1646-7.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 153 



The terms of peace being concluded on the 1 7th of 

 August, the Castle was to be surrendered to Sir Thomas 

 Fairfax for the use of the Parliament, the articles of the 

 treaty, among others, stipulating : That all the officers, 

 soldiers, and gentlemen of the garrison, should march 

 out with horses and arms, colours flying, drums beating, 

 trumpets sounding, matches lighted at both ends, bullets 

 in their mouths ; and every soldier with twelve charges 

 of powder and ball ; with permission to select any place 

 within 10 miles of the Castle, for the purpose of deliver 

 ing up their arms to the General in command ; after 

 which the soldiers were to be disbanded and set at 

 liberty ; and safe-conduct and protection given to all the 

 gentlemen and others who had sought refuge within 

 the walls of Raglan Castle. 



Wednesday, the 19th of August, 1646, in conformity 

 with the treaty, the Castle was taken possession of by 

 General Fairfax. The Marquis of Worcester, bordering 

 on 70 years of age, infirm and careworn as he was, 

 accosted Fairfax in a pleasant, jocose mood ; yet it must 

 have been but a melancholy cortege by which he was 

 attended, on abandoning that roof which was soon to 

 be destined to irreclaimable ruin. It must have ap 

 peared to the bystanders more like a military funeral 

 procession than any other conceivable spectacle, in 

 which, however, the glistening of arms and armour, the 

 rustling of banners, the blast of trumpets, and the roll 

 of drums must have been felt by all alike, as though 

 more in mockery than evincing any cause of exulta 

 tion. 



The Marquis was accompanied by his son, the Lord 

 Charles Somerset, governor of the Castle ; the Countess 

 of Glamorgan ; Lady Jones and Sir Philip Jones ; 

 Dr. Thomas Bayly, the chaplain, who had also acted 

 as one of the Commissioners from the Castle ; Conimis- 





