2 6 The Duchess of Newcastle 



forced His Majesty to raise an army, to reduce them 

 to their obedience, and his Treasury being at that 

 time exhausted he was necessitated to desire some 

 supply and assistance of the noblest and richest of 

 his loyal subjects; amongst the rest. My Lord lent 

 His Majesty 10,000/. and raised himself a voluntier- 

 troop of horse, which consisted of 120 knights and 

 gentlemen of quality, who marched to Berwick by 

 His Majesties command, where it pleased His Majesty 

 to set this mark of honour upon that troop, that it 

 should be independent, and not commanded by any 

 general ofhcer, but onely by His Majesty himself; 

 the reason thereof was upon this following occasion. 

 His Majesties whole body of horse, being com- 

 manded to march into Scotland against the rebels, 

 a place was appointed for their rendezvous; im- 

 mediately upon their meeting. My Lord sent a gentle- 

 man of quality of his troop to His Majesties then 

 General of the Horse, to know where his troop should 

 march; who returned this answer. That it was to 

 march next after the troops of the general officers of 

 the field. My Lord conceiving that his troop ought 

 to march in the van, and not in the rear, sent the same 

 messenger back again to the General, to inform him, 

 that he had the honour to march with the Prince's 

 colours, and therefore he thought it not fit to march 

 under any of the officers of the field ; yet neverthe- 

 less the General ordered that troop as he had formerly 

 directed. Whereupon, My Lord thinking it unfit at 

 that time to dispute the business, immediately com- 

 manded his cornet to take off the Princes colour's 

 from his staff, and so marched in the place appointed, 

 choosing rather to march without his colours flying, 

 then to lessen his master's dignity by the command 

 of any subject. 



