By W. W. Ravenhill, Esq. 



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That Pyle after he saw there was no greater appearance, said it was the 

 baseness of those who had engaged themselves, and failed. That Pyle told him 

 that Colonel Gardner was engaged ; that he met Pyle at one Pyle's house at 

 "Wallop in Hampshire. That they did all expect the Marquiss of Hertford very 

 earnestly ; and that Wagstaff said he would meet them at Blandford, that the 

 said Pyle was very much acquainted with one Read that is now in the Tower. 

 That Pyle informed them, that a great party would rise in Kent, the North, and 

 in Wales. Said that Scotland and Ireland was to rise also at the same time. 



That when he was in France, which was a little before Christmas last, there 

 was the Cardinal's * regiment brought down thither; and it was reported there, 

 that the French were to help the king to his crown ; and the Governor of 

 Eollogne said, that he wished he were in England with 2000 such horse as his 

 were. 



That Plymouth was the plaoe where the Duke was to land. 

 That Pyle mentioned Lord Willoughby of Parham, and Sir William Waller 

 to be engaged. 



That when by the rising of the west and north they had drawn the army 

 from London, then they were to have risen here in London and the parts about." 



Some of the information thus obtained from Jones, Thurloe already 

 knew from Manning, a gentleman in the exiled king's suite, who 

 was just beginning to furnish him with " letters of intelligence 33 in 

 return for bills of exchange. 



By the 11th of April, Penruddock and Jones bad reached Salisbury, 

 where those who were about to take part in the assizes at that city 

 had already assembled. The newspaper, Perfect Account, of April 

 15th, 1655, has the following record of their visit : — 1 



<c Salisbury April 12th. Colonels Penruddock and Jones and Mr. Macke the 

 apothecary of this place came yesterday to this town from London in order to 

 their tryall." 



Further on we read : — 



" Tuesday, April 17th, [Friday, April 13th] from Salisbury Colonel Penruddock 

 was conducted from hence yesterday, and Colonel Jones towards Exceter, where 

 it is said they shall be tryed. Colonel Penruddock seems to be no whit daunted, 

 or dismayed at the near approach of his tryall, which most people look upon as 

 the very next step unto death, saying that he hath a quiet conscience, which 

 is a continual feast, and refresheth and will support him in the time of the 

 greatest difficulty and distress ; but Colonel Jones seems to be a man of milder 



*Mazarin. It was reported that King Charles was about to marry one of the Cardinal's nieces, a 

 diplomatic commodity, of which there were " two in store." 3 Th., 564, 



1 There is a confusion of dates in the Perfect Account. The paper itself 

 is headed Wednesday ! the 15th instead of 18th April. Tho other papers say 

 Penruddock and Jones left Salisbury on the 12th. 



