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there was no money to be gained by so doing. A 

 consultation was held on the following day, as to 

 the best way of getting rid of Hudson, who was 

 offered a passage to Holland. He nobly declined 

 to accept the proffered refuge, and preferred to go 

 to London in order still to serve the cause of his 

 betrayed sovereign, notwithstanding the dangers that 

 course was certain to entail. Leaving Newcastle 

 at two o'clock on Sunday morning, he arrived, 

 apparently without any serious adventure, in Lon- 

 don, on the following Monday, the ist of June. 

 Here he was in constant communication with a 

 few staunch Royalists, ready to ride any distance, 

 fearless of the consequences, in the cause he still 

 adhered to, now the most forlorn of forlorn hopes. 

 Many projects may have been discussed, but there 

 only remained two courses to pursue : one to urge 

 the king to make the best of his bad bargain, and 

 temporize with the Scots ; the other to communicate 

 with the queen, who was then in France. The latter 

 course having been decided upon, the expedition was 

 undertaken by Hudson with his usual alacrity ; but 

 having been betrayed by a false friend, he was arrested 

 at Sandwich on the 7th of June, when en route for 

 Dover. 



Immediately after his arrest Hudson was brought 

 to London and committed to prison. On the 18th 

 of June his examinations and confession were under 

 the consideration of the Parliament, and on the 24th 

 of that month, in a characteristic letter to Mr. Brown 

 of Lincoln's Inn (which is still preserved in the 



