The History of England : From the Accession of James I to the Elevation of the House of Hanover 2
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This was feconded by the voluntary advice of al- moil all the nobility who furrounded the camp ^ and Charles was in a manner obliged, contrary to thofe fchemes of conquefl he had projected, to enter into treaty with the Scots, and counter- mand the orders, he had fent to Hamilton to dq what mifchief he could to the rebels * : Hamil- ton has been much condemned by the violent royalifts and prelarifts for the moderate part he adtcd in the execution of his orders againft the Scots. This noblem.an,... though Charles's minion, and fattened v/ith the opprefTions of the people -f , had not yet arrived to the profligate fellifhnefs of a Wentworth. He could not look without hor- ,*^ ror on the profped of his country conquered by * Charles, and taking the law from a triumvirate :j:, with whofe arbitrary principles he was thorough- ly acquainted. Full of thefe apprehenfions, he was far from being in a hurry to perform the vio- lent commands of his mafler, and always repre- fented the ftate of the covenanters in a very for- midable light, but particularly when fent down with a force, which, many authors are of opi- nion, might have brought the mal-contents to any terms of fubmiffion j it was from thefe re- • He wrote to Hamilton, that he mull now keep upon the defen£ve, for he was clearly and fully fatisfied in his own judgment that what pafTed in the gallery between them had been too much verified on this occafion j ^iz.
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