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upon a Message from the Kiiige, to restore his Rights & 

 Prerogativ^es, they should declare for the Kinge, and take all 

 the Kinge's Friends into their protection. And if the 

 Parliament did condiscend to restore the Kinge, they should 

 be a means, that not above 4. of them should suffer banish- 

 ment, & none at all death.' 



" This done, the French Agent brought me word, that the 

 Scots seriously protested the performance of all these, & writt 

 a little Note to the Kinge to accept of them, & such security, 

 as was given to him, in the King's behalfe. 



" I came to the Kinge upon Friday night, and related all 

 & he resolved next morninge to goe to them, & soe upon 

 Tuesday Morninge, we all came to Southwell, to Montreuil's 

 Lodgings, where some of the Scotch Commissioners came to 

 the Kinge, and desired him to march to Kellom [Kelham] 

 for security, whither he went after Diner. 



" That night they procured an Order from the Kinge to 

 the Lord Ballasis [Belasyse] for Surrender of Newark, that 

 they might make more speedie repair to Newcastle. And 

 while the Kinge stayed at Kellom, pressed the Kinge to some 

 things, contrary to the former Propositions, at which the 

 Kinge was much displeased." 



The king was now a prisoner in the hands of 

 the Scotch, consequently the march from Kelham 

 to Newcastle was not conducted by the direction or 

 interference of Hudson. On their arrival at New- 

 castle, Hudson and Ashburnham were wanted by a 

 sergeant-at-arms who had been sent there by the 

 Parliament to arrest them ; the latter effected his 

 escape to Holland, while Hudson was temporarily 

 confined in the mayor's house. Curiously enough, 

 the Scotch kept their engagement with respect to 

 Hudson, and refused to deliver him up to the 

 Parliamentary sergeant-at-arms, probably because 



