Sollicited many People to go down with their Arms to Westminfter, upon a day (that was named) when She faid, her Husband had fent her word, that in the House of Commons They were together by the Ears, and that the worfer Party was like to get the better of the good Party; and therefore her Husband defired his Friends to come with their Arms to Westminster to help the good Party; and that thereupon many in a fhort time went thither: They who offer'd to make Proof of the fame, were appointed to Attend many days; but notwithstanding all the importunity that could be used, were never admitted to be Heard. Rabble about ALL this time the King (who had been with great Solemnity invited by the City of London, and defired to make his Refidence nearer to Them than Hampton-Court) was at White-Hall, where, befides his ordinary Retinue, and menial Servants, many Officers of the late Disbanded Army, who Sollicited Their remainder of Pay from the Two Houfes, which was fecured to Them by Act of Parliament, and expected fome farther employment in the War with Ireland, upon obfervation, and view of the Infolence of the Tumults, and the Danger, that they might poffibly bring to the Court, Some Officers offer'd themselves for a Guard to his Majefty's Perfon; and Repell the were with more Formality and Ceremony entertained by white Him, than upon a juft computation of all diftempers, was Hall. by many conceived Seafonable. And from thefe Officers, warm with indignation at the Infolences of that vile Rabble, which every day paffed by the Court, firft Words of great Contempt, and then, those words commonly finding a Re turn of equal Scorn, Blows were faftened upon fome of the moft Pragmatical of the Crew. This was looked upon by the House of Commons like a Levying War by the King, and much pity expreffed by Them, that the poor People fhould be fo ufed, who came to Them with Petitions (for fome few of them had received fome Cuts, and Slafhes, that had drawn Blood) and that made a great argument for Reinforcing their Numbers. And from thofe conteftations, the Hence the two Terms of Round-head and Cavalier grew to be receiv'd terms of in discourse, and were afterwards continued for the most Suc-Roundcinct diftinétion of affections throughout the quarrel: They who were looked upon as Servants to the King, being then called Cavaliers; and the other of the Rabble contemned, and despised, under the name of Round-Heads. THE Houfe of Commons being at this time without any Member, who having Relation to the King's Service, would exprefs any Zeal for it, and could take upon him to fay, to others, whom he would truft, what the King defired, or to whom they who wished well, could refort for advice, and Y 2 direction; Head and Cavalier. The Lord Falkland quer. direction; fo that whilst there was a strong conjunction, and Combination to disturb the Government by depraving it, whatever was faid or done to Support it, was as if it were done by chance, and by the private dictates of the reason of private men; the King Refolved to call the Lord Falkland, made Secre- and Sr John Colepepper, who was Knight of the Shire for taryof State, Kent, to his Council; and to make the former Secretary of and Sr John State in the place of Vane, that had been kept vacant; and Colepepper the latter Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Office the Lord Chancellor of the Exche Cottington had Refigned, that Mr Pym might be put into it, when the Earl of Bedford fhould have been Treasurer, as is mention'd before. They were Both of great Authority in the House; neither of them of any relation to the Court; and therefore what They said made the more Impreffion; and They were frequent Speakers. The Lord Falkland was wonderfully beloved by all who knew him, as a man of Excellent Parts, of a Wit fo Sharp, and a Nature fo Sincere, that nothing could be more Lovely. The Other was generally esteemed as a good Speaker, being a man of an Univerfal Understanding, a Quick Comprehenfion, a Wonderful Memory, who commonly Spoke at the end of the Debate; when he would recollect all that had been faid of Weight on all fides with great exactness, and express his own Sense with much clearness, and fuch an application to the House, that no man more gathered a general Concurrence to his Opinion than he; which was the more notable, because his Person, and manner of Speaking were ungracious enough; fo that He prevailed only by the ftrength of his Reason, which was inforced with Confidence enough. THE King knew Them to be of good Esteem in the House, and good Affections to his Service, and the quiet of the Kingdom; and was more eafily perfwaded to beftow those Preferments upon Them, than the Lord Falkland was to accept that which was defigned to him. No man could be more Surprized than He was, when the first Intimation was made to him of the King's purpose: He had never propofed any Such thing to himself, nor had any Veneration for the Court, but only Such a Loyalty to the King as the Law required from him. And he had naturally a Wonderful Reverence for Parliaments, as believing them moft Sollicitous for Justice, the Violation whereof in the leaft degree he could not forgive any Mortal Power: and it was only his Obfervation of the Difingenuity, and want of Integrity in this Parliament, which leffened that Reverence to it, and had difpofed him to cross, and oppose Their defigns: He was fo totally unacquainted with business, and the forms of it, that He did believe really he could not Execute the Office with any Suffi ciency. But there were two confiderations that made most Impreffion upon him; the One, left the World should believe, that his own Ambition had procured this Promotion, and that he had therefore appeared Signally in the House to Oppofe thofe Proceedings, that he might thereby render himself gracious to the Court: The Other, left the King fhould expect fuch a Submiffion, and Refignation of himself, and his own reason, and judgement to his Commands, as he should never give, or pretend to give; for he was fo fevere an Adorer of Truth, that he could as eafily have given himself leave to Steal as to Diffemble; or to fuffer any Man to think that he would do any thing, which he Refolv'd not to do, which he thought a more mischievous kind of Lying, than a pofitive averring what could be most easily contradicted. IT was a very difficult task to Mr Hyde, who had most Credit with him, to perfwade him to fubmit to this purpose of the King's chearfully, and with a juft fense of the Obligation, by promifing that in those Parts of the Office, which required moft Drudgery, he would help him the beft he could. But above all he prevail'd with him, by inforcing the ill confequence of his refufal to take the Office, which would be interpreted to his diflike of the Court, and his Opinion, that more would be required from him than he could honestly comply with, which would bring great Prejudice to the King: On the other hand, the great Benefit that probably would redound to the King, and the Kingdom, by his accepting fuch a Truft in fuch a general defection, by which he would have opportunity to give the King a truer Information of his own Condition, and the State of the Kingdom, than it might be prefumed had been given to him, and to prevent any Counfels or Practice, which might more alienate the Affections of the People from the Government; and then, that by this relation He would be more able to do the King Service in the House, where he was too well known to have it believed, that he attained to it by any unworthy Means or Application. In the end, He was perfwaded to fubmit to the King's good Pleasure, though he could not be prevail'd with to accept it with fo good a Grace, as might raife in the King any notable Expectation of his departing from the feverity of his own Nature. THUS, He and Colepepper were both invested in thofe Offices, to the no fmall difpleasure of the Governing Party, which could not diffemble their Indignation, that any of their Members should prefume to receive thofe Preferments, which they had defigned otherwise to have difpofed of. They took all opportunities to exprefs their diflike of Them, and to Oppofe any thing they Propofed to Them. And within few Y 3 days |