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Mr. Carte, in his Life of the Duke of Ormond, 22 

 and Dr. Birch, 19 following the same authority, assert 

 that &quot; The Earl of Glamorgan, having embarked 

 on board a small vessel, was near being taken by a 

 Parliament ship, which pursued him till he took refuge 

 in a port of Cumberland.&quot; This, however, must refer 

 to his second, and not to his first, attempt to set sail 

 from Wales. 



We can now understand the occasion of delay pre 

 viously unaccounted for ; thus, Dr. Birch, after inform 

 ing us through Mr. Trevor s letter of the 9th of April, 

 1645,* that the Earl has actually &quot; gone into Ireland,&quot; 

 proceeds in the next page to quote a passage from Lord 

 Digby s letter, dated Dublin, 8th of May, 1645:- 

 44 Though I have no full knowledge of what Lord 

 Herbert was to bring with him ; yet by his letter to me 

 out of Wales, I guess his missing this place (Dublin) 

 was a great misfortune to the King s service, even in 

 relation to the credit I found the Irish were apt to give 

 to his services and undertakings ; and therefore if he 

 be where he can get once more to the water s edge, and 

 will venture over, I am very confident the little frigate I 

 now send to stay the return of the bearer, will land him 

 in some safe port of Ireland.&quot; 



In consequence of this arrangement he at length 

 arrived at Dublin about the end of July or beginning 

 of August, 22 1645, being a space of about six months 

 from the time of his leaving Oxford. 



An incident with which the Earl of Glamorgan was 

 connected occurred during his stay in Wales, affords an 

 amusing episode illustrating the prevailing superstition 

 of the age, against which his Lordship was by no 



Carte. IU Birch. * Birch s Inquiry, p. 58. 



