Ifi57-1G59.] NEWCASTLE. 215 



his Father was hanged for Felony ; and he did wonder who 

 did send him to the Parliament." And further this Informant 

 saith, That some Days before, he being in Company where 

 Cavalier Gentlemen were murmuring that they had been 

 debarred from Horse-Races, Daniel Collingiuood, son of the 

 said Sir Robert, thereupon took liberty to say, that there was 

 none now in Power, but the Rascality ; who envied that 

 Gentlemen should enjoy their Recreations. 



" ' Robert Ogle! 

 " The said Robert Ogle, being at the Door, was called in : 

 And being come to the Bar, the Speaker examined him upon 

 the matter in the Paper ; which he affirmed in the several 

 Particulars : And the Paper being shewed unto him, he 

 acknowledged, that the same was subscribed with his Hand, 

 and the Matters therein are true. 



" Ordered, That Sir Robert Colliugivood, and Daniel Colling- 

 ivood his Son, be sent for as Delinquents." 



" Tuesday, 2yd of J?ine, 16^ y. 

 " The House being informed,, that Mr. Colliugivood was at 

 the Door, being sent for, by Warrant, as a Delinquent ; " 



" He was called in : And, being come to the Bar ; and 

 kneeling, the Speaker demanded of him, Whether he did say, 

 That there were none but the Rascality now in Power, who 

 envied that Gentlemen should enjoy their Recreations : He 

 doth utterly deny, that he spake any such Words. 



" And being commanded to withdraw ; 



" Resolved, That Daniel Colliugivood be discharged. 



^^ Resolved, That Sir Robert Colliugivood have time to 

 appear at the Bar on Thursday of the next Meeting ; and 

 in the meantime the Warrant of the Serjeant at Arms be 

 suspended." 



[On the 29th of January, 1657-8, Sir Robert Collingwood 

 appeared at the Bar of the House of Commons, and after 

 undergoing a similar ordeal, was ordered to be " discharged 

 of his Imprisonment." — Vol. viii., sub dato.] 



We cannot do better than to conclude this chapter 

 with the following extract from Hume : — 



