30 The Duchess of Newcastle 



Nevertheless, he thought it his duty rather to hazard 

 all, then to neglect the commands of his soveraign; 

 and resolved to shew his fidelity, by nobly setting all 

 at stake, as he did, though he well knew how to have 

 secured himself, as too many others did, either by 

 neutrality or adhering to the rebellious party; but 

 his honour and loyalty was too great to be stained 

 with such foul adherencies. 



As soon as My Lord came to Newcastle, in the first 

 place he sent for all his tenants and friends in those 

 parts, and presently raised a troop of horse consisting 

 of 120, and a regiment of foot, and put them under 

 command, and upon duty and exercise in the town 

 of Newcastle; and with this small beginning took 

 the government of that place upon him ; where with 

 the assistance of the townsmen, particularly the 

 mayor (whom by the power of his forces, he con- 

 tinued mayor for the year following, he being a 

 person of much trust and fidelity, as he approved 

 himself) and the rest of his brethren, within few days 

 he fortified the town, and raised men daily, and put 

 a garrison of soldiers into Tinmouth-Castle, standing 

 upon the River Tyne, betwixt Newcastle and the sea, 

 to secure that port, and armed the soldiers as well as 

 he could: and thus he stood upon his guard, and 

 continued them upon duty; playing his weak game 

 with much prudence, and gi^^ng the town and 

 country very great satisfaction by his noble and 

 honourable deportment. 



In the mean time, there happened a great mutiny 

 of the trainband soldiers of the bishoprick at 

 Durham, so that My Lord was forced to remove 

 thither in person, attended with some forces to appease 

 them ; where at his arrival (I mention it by the way, 

 and as a merry passage) a jovial fellow used this 



