1 1 8 The Duchess of Newcastle 



other side, it is very dangerous and dif&cult for them 

 to endeavour it, when they are pulled down b}?^ the 

 heels, and beaten upon their heads. 



3. Of His Loyalty and Sufferings 



I DARE boldly and justly say, that there never was, 

 nor is a more loyal and faithful subject then My 

 Lord: not to mention the trust he discharged in all 

 those imployments, which either King James, or 

 King Charles the First, or His now gracious master 

 King Charles the Second, were pleased to bestow 

 upon him, which he performed with such care and 

 fidelity, that he never disobeyed their commands 

 in the least ; I will onely note, 



1. That he was the first that appear'd in aiTnes 

 for His Majesty, and engaged himself and all his 

 friends he could for His Majesties service ; and though 

 he had but two sons which were young, and one onely 

 brother, yet they all were with him in the wars: his 

 two sons had commands, but his brother, though he 

 had no command, by reason of the weakness of his 

 body, yet he was never from My Lord when he was 

 in action, even to the last; for he was the last with 

 My Lord in the field in that fatal battel upon Hessom- 

 moor, near York ; and though my brother, Sir Charles 

 Lucas, desired My Lord to send his sons away, when 

 the said battel was fought, yet he would not, saying, 

 his sons should shew their loyalty and duty to His 

 Majesty, in venturing their lives, as well as himself. 



2. My Lord was the chief and onely person, that 

 kept up the power of his late Majesty; for when his 

 army was lost, all the King's party was mined in all 

 three of His Majesties kingdoms; because in his army 

 lay the chief strength of all the royal forces ; it being 



