36 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1641-1642. 



John Byron, averring that he had but 600, and 

 300 of which was given to defray his horses, which 

 the Marquis of Hamilton, then Master of the Horse, 

 refused to do, fearing to displease the Parliament.&quot; 



For awhile he was necessitated to act with consum 

 mate caution to conceal his true political bias from the 

 Parliamentary party. But the drama of his life has now 

 to change ; his &quot; golden days&quot; are gone, and hereafter 

 we view him only in evil times, times so distracted 

 and turbulent, that the materials they afford us of his 

 future life, are but like the fragments of a terrible 

 wreck. 



