48 The Duchess of Newcastle 



caused My Lord to plant his cannon, and draw up 

 his army on the mentioned hill; and having played 

 some little while upon the town, put the enemy into 

 such a terror, that the Governour sent out, and offered 

 the surrender of the town upon fair terms, which My 

 Lord thought fit rather to embrace, then take it by 

 force ; and though according to the articles of agree- 

 ment made between them, both the enemies arms 

 and the keys of the town should have been fairly 

 dehvered to My Lord ; yet it being not performed as 

 it was expected, the arms being in a confused manner 

 thrown down, and the gates set wide open, the 

 prisoners that had been kept in the town began first 

 to plunder; which My Lord's forces seeing, did the 

 same, although it was against My Lord's will and 

 orders. 



After My Lord had thus reduced the town, and put 

 a good garison of soldiers into it, and better fortified 

 it, he marched before Lincoln, and there he entered 

 with his army without great difficulty, and placed 

 also a garison in it, and raised a considerable army, 

 both horse, foot, and dragoons, for the preservation 

 of that county, and put them under commanders, 

 and constituted a person of honour Commander-in- 

 Chief, with intention to march towards the south, 

 which if it had taken effect, would doubtless have 

 made an end of that war; but he being daily impor- 

 tuned by the nobility and gentry of Yorkshire, to 

 return into that county, especially upon the per- 

 swasions of the Commander-in-Chief of the forces left 

 there, who acquainted My Lord that the enemy grew 

 so strong every day, being got together in Kingstone 

 upon Hull, and annoying that country, that his 

 forces were not able to bear up against them ; alledg- 

 ing withall, that My Lord would be suspected to 



