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second nature, was in correspondence with John 

 Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, after he had been 

 made prisoner at the Battle of Worcester, and 

 made him believe that his life was in danger and 

 only saved by her efforts, made successful through 

 Cromwell's devotion to her. The result of this 

 fatal Battle of Worcester is pithily described in 

 Carlyle's " Life of Oliver Cromwell " : "At Wor- 

 cester, the while, thousands of Prisoners are getting 

 ranked, ' penned-up in the Cathedral,' with sad 

 out-looks : carcasses of horses, corpses of men, 

 frightful to sense and mind, encumber the streets 

 of Worcester; ' we are plucking Lords, Knights, and 

 Gentlemen from their lurking-holes,' into the un- 

 welcome light. Lords very numerous ; a Peerage 

 sore slashed. The Duke of Hamilton has got his 

 thigh broken ; the Earl of Derby, also wounded, 

 is caught, and tried for Treason against the State ; 

 lays down his head at Bolton, where he had once 

 carried it too high. Lauderdale and others are put 

 in the Tower; have to lie there, in heavy dormancy, 

 for long years. The Earls of Cleveland and 

 Lauderdale came to Town together, about a fortnight 

 hence. ' As they passed along Cornhill in their 

 coaches with a guard of horse, the Earl of Lauder- 

 dale's coach made a stand near the Conduit : where 

 a Carman gave his Lordship a visit, saying, " Oh, 

 my Lord, you are welcome to London ! I protest, 

 off goes your head, as round as a hoop ! " But 



