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morton, being resolved to find out the Prince, but having by a 

 storm been driven towards the coast of Scotland, and endan- 

 gered their lives, they returned without obtaining their aim 1 . 



After some little time, my Lord having notice that the Prince 

 was arrived at the Hague, he went to wait on his Highness 

 (which he also did afterwards at several times, so long as his 

 Highness continued there), expecting some opportunity where 

 he might be able to show his readiness to serve his King and 

 country, as certainly there was no little hopes for it ; for, first 

 it was believed that the English fleet would come and render 

 itself into the obedience of the Prince ; next, it was reported 

 that the Duke of Hamilton was going out of Scotland with a 

 great army, into England, to the assistance of his Majesty, 

 and that his Majesty had then some party at Colchester. 

 But it pleased God that none of these proved effectual ; for the 

 fleet did not come in, the Duke of Hamilton's army was des- 

 troyed, and Colchester was taken by the enemy, where my dear 

 brother, Sir Charles Lucas, and his dear friend, Sir George Lisle, 

 were most inhumanly murdered and shot to death, they being 

 both valiant and heroic persons, good soldiers, and most loyal 

 subjects to his Majesty ; the one an excellent commander 

 of horse, the other of foot 2 . 



My Lord having now lived in Rotterdam almost six months, 

 at a great charge, keeping an open and noble table for all 

 comers, and being pleased especially to entertain such as were 

 excellent soldiers and noted commanders of war, whose kind- 

 ness he took as a great obligation, still hoping that some 

 occasion would happen to invite those worthy persons into 



1 Sir William Throckmorton afterwards succeeded in reaching Scotland, when the 

 King went thither in 1650, took part in the expedition to England, and was danger- 

 ously wounded in Lord Derby's defeat at Wigan. * He received so many wounds that 

 he was looked upon as dead, and not fit to be carried away with the prisoners ; and 

 so fell into such charitable and generous hands in the town, that, being believed to be 

 dead, he was afterwards so well recovered though with great maims and loss of limbs, 

 that he at last got himself transported into Holland, where he was at first appearance 

 taken for a ghost, all men having believed him to be buried long before.' — Clarendon, 

 Rebellion, xiii, 67. 



2 Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle were shot on August 28, 1648, by sentence 

 of a court-martial after the surrender of Colchester. This can hardly be termed a mur- 

 der. By the fourth article of the capitulation the Lords, Captains, superior officers, 

 and gentlemen of quality were ' to render themselves to the mercy of My Lord General ' 

 which, in answer to a question from the Commissioners of the besieged, was defined 

 to mean ' without certain assurance of quarter ; so as the Lord General may be free 

 to put some immediately to the sword, if he see cause ' (Rushworth IV, ii, 1247). The 

 executions therefore involved no breach of the terms of the treaty. Lives of Lucas 

 and Lisle are contained in the Dictionary of National Biography. For a discussion 

 of the question of their execution see Appendix x. 



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