12 The Life of William, Duke of Newcastle 



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the Church could be more happily governed than it was at 

 that present. 



Some short time after, my Lord received from her Majesty 

 the Queen 1 , out of Holland, a small supply of money, viz. a 

 little barrel of ducatoons, which amounted to about ^500 

 sterling ; which my Lord distributed amongst the officers of 

 his new-raised army, to encourage them the better in their 

 service ; as also some arms, the most part whereof were con- 

 signed to his late Majesty ; and those that were ordered to be 

 conveyed to his Majesty, were sent accordingly, conducted 

 by that only troop of horse, which my Lord had newly raised, 

 with orders to return again to him ; but it seems his Majesty 

 liked the troop so well, that he was pleased to command their 

 stay to recruit his own army. 



About the same time the King of Denmark was likewise 

 pleased to send his Majesty a ship, which arrived at Newcastle, 

 laden with some ammunition, arms, regiment pieces, and 

 Danish clubs 2 ; which my Lord kept for the furnishing of 

 some forces which he intended to raise for his Majesty's service. 

 For he perceiving the flames increase more and more in both 

 the Houses of Parliament then sitting at Westminster, against 

 his Majesty's person and government ; upon consultation 

 with his friends and allies, and the interest he had in those 

 northern parts, took a resolution to raise an army for his 

 Majesty's service, and by an express acquainted his Majesty 

 with his design ; who was so well pleased with it, that he sent 

 him commissions for that purpose, to constitute him General 



1 The Queen's correspondence with Newcastle is contained in the Letters of Queen 

 Henrietta Maria, edited by Mrs. M. E. Green. ' The Queen herself intended at first 

 to land at Newcastle and join the Earl. She writes to the King on November 20, 1642 : 

 " As I was ready to set out, and had fixed the day, the wind changed, which has made 

 me change my resolution. I have received letters from the Earl of Newcastle, by which 

 he begs me not to come yet, for he is constrained to march into Yorkshire. Hotham 

 is playing the devil. So that I shall await the issue of his march, of which in a week 

 I hope to hear tidings." ' — Letters, p. 145. Brand states that on October 13 a small 

 vessel arrived at Newcastle with arms for a thousand men, and £10,000 in money. His- 

 tory of Newcastle, i, 46r. 



2 Vicars mentions the capture in August 1643 of a Danish ship bringing arms to the 

 King, including 1000 ' piked clubs or Roundheads ' (God's Ark, p. 22). One of the 

 chief reasons which induced the King to attempt the seizure of Hull, in January 1642, 

 was its convenience for landing Danish troops. The King was still seeking to obtain 

 troops and munitions from Denmark, vide Letters of Queen Henrietta Maria, pp. 148, 

 153, and an intercepted letter from the Hague, dated November 26, 1642, addressed 

 to Secretary Nicholas, and printed by order of the Parliament. ' From Denmark are 

 likewise sent arms for 10,000 foot, and r,5oo horse, with a train of artillery and every- 

 thing proportionable, to the very drums and halberds. Two good men of war come 

 their convoy, and in them an ambassador to his Majesty, a person of great quality in 

 Denmark.' — Rushworth, III, ii, 69. 



