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he might have done with much security, or at least 

 have sent him a commission and orders how he should 

 do His Majesty further service. 



But instead thereof he received orders from His 

 Majesty to observe such directions as he should 

 receive from the Parliament then sitting : whereupon 

 he was summoned personally to appear at the House 

 of Lords, and a committee chosen to examine the 

 grounds and reasons of his undertaking that design ; 

 but My Lord shewed them his commission, and that 

 it was done in obedience to His Majesties commands, 

 and so was cleared of that action. 



Not long after, My Lord obtained the freedom from 

 His Majesty to retire again to his countrey life, which 

 he did with much alacrity: He had not remained 

 many months there, but His Majesty was forced by 

 the fury of the said Parliament, to repair in person to 

 York, and to send the Queen beyond the seas for her 

 safety. 



No sooner was His Majesty arrived at York but he 

 sent his commands to My Lord to come thither to 

 him; which, according to his wonted custom and 

 loyalty, he readily obeyed, and after a few days spent 

 there in consultation. His Majesty was pleased to 

 command him to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to take upon 

 him the government of that town, and the four 

 counties next adjoining; that is to say, Northmnber- 

 land, Cumberland, Westmerland, and the Bishoprick 

 of Durham ; which My Lord did accordingly, although 

 he wanted men, money and ammunition, for the 

 performance of that design ; for when he came thither 

 he neither found any military provision considerable 

 for the undertaking that work, nor generally any 

 great encouragement from the people in those parts 

 more then what his own interest created in them; 



