OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 333 



&quot; My journey to Ireland with levies and inci 

 dent [al expenses?], there as well at sea as at 

 land.* I * * * * 



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&quot; The furnishing of troops of 6 score [gentle 

 men with ?] arms, and most of them with horses, 

 some of them of an hundred pounds price, and 

 many of 50 ; for though the gentlemen betwixt 

 them made above 60,000 per annum land of 

 inheritance, yet being unexpectedly raised in 8 

 days, and could not furnish themselves, which I 

 did according to their quality, together with 

 their servants to the number of 200, keeping a 

 constant table for them the whole journey, all 

 along from Gloucester into the West ; whereat 

 they never wanted wine, that being carried along 

 with us, but oftentimes beer 5 together with 

 6,000 in ready money, paid my foot soldiers 

 at the raising of the siege of Gloucester : which, 

 all modestly rated, came unto above . 25,000 



&quot; The keeping of the garrison of Eaglan, 

 towards which, till the very last cast, there was 

 never a penny contribution raised or exacted, 

 amounted to, at the least . . 40,000 



The total 318,000 



&quot; Besides the garrison of Monmouth, both town 

 and castle, Chepstow, Goodrich with Hinan, and 

 the Forest of Dean, recovered from the enemy, 

 all at my charge till Sir William Vavasour came, 

 who hath had of me 500 twenty shilling pieces at 



* The cipher follows on the same line, and agrees in character with the cipher- 

 writing on page 180. Sec Comment on Article No. 5, in the &quot; Century.&quot; 



