Noy. 3. 1849.] 
stiff drawing-room into the nursery, snubbed 
to be sure by the act, but joyful in the free- 
dom of banishment. We were going to say 
(but it might sound vain-glorious), where do 
things read so well as in notes? but we will 
put the question in another form :— Where do 
you so well test an author’s learning and 
knowledge of his subject ?—-where do you find 
the pith of his most elaborate researches? — 
where do his most original suggestions escape ? 
—where do you meet with the details that fix 
your attention at the time and cling to your 
memory for ever? —where do both writer and 
_reader luxuriate so much at their ease, and 
feel that they are wisely discursive ? But 
if we pursue this idea, it will be scarcely 
possible to avoid something which might look 
like self-praise ; and we content ourselves for 
the present with expressing our humble con- 
viction that we are doing a service to writers 
and readers, by calling forth materials which 
they have themselves thought worth notice, 
but which, for want of elaboration, and the 
“little leisure” that has not yet come, are 
lying, and may lie for ever, unnoticed by 
others, and presenting them in an un- 
adorned multum-in-parvo form. To our 
readers therefore who are seeking for Truth, 
we repeat “When found make a Nore 
of ;” and we must add, “till then make a 
QUERY.” 
PLACE OF CAPTURE OF THE DUKE OF 
MONMOUTH. 
20th October, 1849. 
Mr. Editor, — Mr. Macaulay’s account of the 
Battle of Sedgemoor is rendered singularly 
picturesque and understandable by the per- 
sonal observation and local tradition which 
he has brought to bear upon it. Might not 
his account of the capture of Monmouth de- 
rive some few additional life-giving touches, 
from the same invaluable sources of inform- 
ation? It is extremely interesting, as every 
thing adorned by Mr. Macaulay’s luminous | 
style must necessarily be, but it lacks a little 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
3 
of that bright and living reality, which, in 
the account of Sedgemoor, and in many other 
parts of the book, are imparted by minute 
particularity and precise local knowledge. 
It runs as follows :— 
** On Cranbourne Chase the strength of the horses 
failed. ‘They were therefore turned loose. The 
bridles and saddles were concealed. Monmouth 
and his friends disguised themselves as country- 
men, and proceeded on foot towards the New 
Forest. They passed the night in the open air: 
but before morning they were surrounded on every 
side.... At five in the morning of the seventh, 
Grey was seized by two of Lumley’s scouts. . . . It 
could hardly be doubted that the chief rebel was 
not far off. The pursuers redoubled their vigi- 
lance and activity. The cottages scattered over 
the heathy country on the boundaries of Dorset- 
shire and Hampshire were strictly examined by 
Lumley; and the clown with whom Monmouth 
had changed clothes was discovered. Portman 
came with a strong body of horse and foot to assist 
in the search. Attention was soon drawn to a 
place well suited to shelter fugitives. It was an 
extensive tract of land separated by an inclo- 
sure from the open country, and divided by nu- 
merous hedges into small fields. In some of these 
fields the rye, the pease, and the oats were high 
enough to conceal a man. Others were overgrown 
by fern and brambles. A poor woman reported 
that she had seen two strangers lurking in this 
covert. The near prospect of reward animated 
the zeal of the troops....The outer fence was 
strictly guarded: the space within was examined 
with indefatigable diligence; and several dogs of 
quick scent were turned out among the bushes. 
The day closed before the search could be com- 
pleted: but careful watch was kept all night. 
Thirty times the fugitives ventured to look through 
the outer hedge: but everywhere they found a 
sentinel on the alert: once they were seen and 
fired at; they then separated and concealed them- 
selves in different hiding places. 
“ At sunrise the next morning the search re- 
commenced, and Buyse was found. He owned 
that he had parted from the Duke only a few hours 
before. ‘The corn and copsewood were now beaten 
with more care than ever. At length a gaunt 
figure was discovered hidden in a ditch. The 
pursuers sprang on their prey. Some of them 
were about to fire ; but Portman forbade all vio- 
lence. The prisoner’s dress was that of a shep- 
herd; his beard, prematurely grey, was of several 
days’ growth. He trembled greatly, and was un- 
able to speak. Even those who had often seen 
him were at first in doubt whether this were the 
brilliant and graceful Monmouth. His pockets 
were searched by Portman, and in them were 
found, among some raw pease gathered in the rage 
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