world w'd not do, but her brotherin-law turn'd quite round, and went into Stratford another way, the troop of horse being just then getting on horseback, about twice twelve score off; and as I told her, we did meet y'e troop, just but in the town of Stratford. But then her brother and we parted, he going his way, and we our's towards Long Marston, where we lay at a kinsman's, I think, of Mrs. Lanes; neither the said kinsman, nor her brother-in-law, knowing who I was. The next night we lay at Cirencester, and so from thence to Mr. Norton's house, beyond Bristol, where, as soon as ever I came, Mrs. Lane call'd the buttler of the house (a very honest fellow, whose name was Pope, and serv'd Tom Germayne, a groom of my bed-chamber, when I was a boy at Richmond) and bad him take care of Wm Jackson, (for that was my name) as having been lately sick of an ague, whereof she said, I was still weak and not quite recovered; and the truth was, my late fatigues and want of meat had indeed made me look a little pale. Besides this, Pope had been a trooper in the king my father's army, but I was not to be known in y'e house for any thing but Mrs. Lanes servt Mem'd that one Mr. Lassels, a cousin of Mr. Lane's, went all the way with us to Col. Lane's on horseback, single, I riding before Mrs. Lane. Pope the buttler took great care of me that night (I not eating with the servants as I otherwise sh'd have done upon account of my not being well.) The next morning as we arose pretty early, having a pretty good stomach, and went to the but tery hatch to get my breakfast, where I found Pope and two or three other men in the room, and we all fell to eating bread and butter, to which he gave us very good ale and sack, and as I was setting there, there was one that look'd like a country fellow, sat just by me, who talking, gave so particular an acc't

of the battle of Worcester to the rest of the company, that I concluded he must be one of Cromwell's soldiers; I asked him, How he came to give so good an acct of that battle; he told me he was in y'e king's regiment, by which I tho❜t he meant one Col. King's reg't; but questioning him further, I perceiv'd that he had been in my reg' of guards, in major Broughton's company, that was my major in the battle. I asked him what kind of a man I was, to which he answered, by describing exactly both my cloths and my horse; and looking upon me, he told me that the king was at least three fingers taller than I, upon which I made what haste I c'd out of the buttery, for fear he sh'd indeed know me, as being more afraid when I knew he was one of our own soldiers, than when I took him for one of the enemy's. So Pope and I went into the hall, and just as we came into it, Mrs. Norton was coming by thro' it. Upon which I, plucking of my hat, and standing with it in my hand as she passed by, I observ'd, just as I was putting it off, that Pope look'd very earnestly in my face. But I took no notice of it, but put on my hat again and went away, walking out of the house into the fields. I had not been out half an hour, but coming back I went up into the chamber where I lay, and just as I came thither, Mr. Lassels came to me, and in a little trouble said, What shall we do, I am afraid Pope knows you, for he says very positively to me, that it is you; but I have denied it. Upon which I presently without more ado, asked him wether he was an honest man or not, when he answered me, that he knew him to be so honest a fellow that he durst trust him with his life, as having been always on our side; I thought it better to trust him than go away leaving that suspicion upon him, and thereupon I sent for Pope, and told him that I was glad to meet him there, and

would trust him with my life as an old acquaintance; upon which, being a discreet fellow, he asked what I intended do, for (says he) I am extremely happy I know you, otherwise you might run great danger in this house; for tho' my master and mistress are good people, yet there are at this time one or two in it that are very great rogues, and I think I can be usefull to you in any thing you will command me; upon which I told him my design of getting a ship (if possible) at Bristol, and to that end bade him go that very day immediately to Bristol, to see if there was any ships going either to Spain or France, that I might get a passage away in. I also told him that my I'd Wilmot was coming to meet me here, for he and I had agreed at Col. Lane's, and were to meet this very day at Norton's; upon which Pope told me, that it was most fortunate that he knew me, and had heard this from me, for if my I'd Wilmot sh'd have come thither, he would have been most certainly known to several people in the house, and therefore he w'd go, and accordingly went out to meet my I'd Wilmot, a mile or two from the house, carrying him to an ale-house not far off, where he lodged him till it was dark, and then brought him hither by a back-door into my chamber, I still passing for a serving man; and Lassel's and I lay in one chamber, he knowing all the way who I was: so after Pope had been at Bristol to inquire for a ship, but could hear of none ready to depart beyond sea sooner than above a month, which was too long for me to stay thereabouts, I betook myself to the advising afresh with my I'd Wilmot and Pope, what was to be done, and the latter telling me that there lived somewhere in that country upon the edge of Somersetshire, at Trent, within two miles of Sherbourne, Frank Windham, y'e Anight marshall's brother, who being

my old acquaintance and a very honest man, I resolved to get to his house; but the night before we were to go away, we had a misfortune that might have done us some prejudice; for Mrs. Norton, who was big with child, fell into labour and miscarried of a dead child, and was very ill, so that we could not tell how in the world to find an excuse for Mrs. Lane to leave her cousin in that condition; and indeed it was not safe to stay any longer there, where there was so great a resort of disaffected and idle people. At length consulting with Mr. Lasell's, I thought the best way would be to counterfeit a letter from her father's house, old Mr. Lane's, to tell her that her father was extremely ill, and commanded her to come away immediately, for fear she sh' not not find him alive, which letter Pope delivered so well while they were all at supper, and Mrs. Lane playing her part so dexterously, that all believed old Mr. Lane to be in great danger, and gave his daughter the excuse to go away with me the next morning early; accordingly the next morning we went directly to Trent, to Frank Windham's house, and lay that night at Castle Casey, and the next night came to Trent, where I had appointed my 1d Wilmot to meet me, whom I still took care not to keep with me, but sent him a little before, or left him to come after me. When we came to Trent, my I'd Wilmot advised with Frank Windham, wether he had any acquaintance at any sea-port town upon the coast of Dorset, or Devonshire, who told me he was very well acquainted with Giles Strangways, and that he would go directly to him, to inform himself wether he might not have some acquaintance at Weymouth, or Lyme, or some of those ports. But Giles Strangways proved not to have any, as having been long absent from all those parts, as not daring to stir abroad, being always faithfull to the

king, but he desired Frank Windham what he could do therein himself, it being unsafe for him to be found busy upon the sea-coast. But withall, he sent me 300 broad pieces, which he knew were necessary for me in the condition I was now in, for I durst not carry any money about me in those mean cloths, and my hair cut short (but about 10 or 12 shillings in silver.) Frank Windham, upon this, went himself to Lyme, and spoke with a merchant there, to hire a ship for my transportation, being forced to acquaint him that it was I that was to be carried out. The merchant undertook it (his name being -) and according hired a vessel for France, appointing a day for my coming to Lyme to embark; and accordingly we set out from Frank Windham's, and to cover the matter the better, I rode before a cousin of Frank Windham's, a Mrs. Judith Connesby, I still going by the name of Wm. Jackson: memb'd that one day during my stay at Trent, I hearing ye bells ring (ye church being close by Frank Windham's) and seeing a company got together in the church-yard, I sent down the maid of the house, who knew me, to inquire what was the matter; who turning, told me, that there was a rogue, a trooper, come out of Cromwell's army, that was telling the people that he had killed me, and that that was my buff coat which he had then on. Upon which, most of the village being fanaticks, they were ringing the bells, and making a bon-fire for joy of it. This merchant having apointed us to come to Lyme, we, viz. myself, Id Wilmot, Frank Windham, Mrs. Connesby, and a servant of Frank Windham's, whose name was Peter, were directed from him to a little village hard by Lyme, the vessel being to come out of the cobb at Lyme, and come to a little creek that was just by this village, wither we went, and to send their boat on

shore to take us in at the said creek, and carry us over to France; the wind being then very good at north. So we sat up that night, expecting the ship to come out, but she failed us, upon which I sent Frank Windham's man, Peter, and my ld. Wilmot, to Lyme, the next morning, to know the reason of it. But we were much troubled to know how to pass away our time the next day, till we c'd have an answer. At last we resolved to go to a place on the road to London called Bridport, about four miles from Lyme, and here stay till my 1d Wilmot sh'd bring us news wether ye vessel could be had the next night or not, and the reason of last night's failure. So Frank Windham, Mrs. Connesby, and I, went in the morning on horseback away to Bridport, and just as we came into the town, I could see the streets full of red coats (Cromwell's soldiers) being a reg' of Col. Haynes's, 1500 men, going to embark to take Jersey. At which Fk Windham was very much troubled, and asked me what I w'd do; I told him, we must go impudently into the best inn in the town, and take a chamber there, as the only thing to be done, because we sh'd otherwise miss my ld. Wilmot, in case we went away any where else, and that wd be very inconvenient both to him and me. So we rode directly into the best inn of the place, and found the yard full of soldiers. I alighted, and taking the horse, thought it the best way to go blundering in amongst them, and lead them through the middle of the soldiers into the stable, which I did, and they were very angry with me for my rudness. As soon as I came into the stable, I took the bridles off the horses, and called the hostler to me to help me feed the horses. Sure, Sir, I know your face!— which was no very pleasant question, but I thought the best way was to ask him where he had lived, wether he had always lived there or no; he told me he was newly come

thither, that he was born in Exeter, and had been hostler in an inn there hard by one Mr. Potter's, a merchant there, in whose house I had lay'd in the time of the war. So I thought it best to give the fellow no further occasion of thinking where he had seen me, for fear he should guess right at last; therefore I told him, friend, Certainly you have seen me at Mr. Potter's, for I served him a good while above a year: O! says he then, I remember you a boy there, and with that was put off from asking any more about it; but desired we might drink a pot of beer toge ther, which I excused by saying, that I must go wait upon my master, and get his dinner ready for him, but told him my master was going to London, and w'd return about three weeks hence, when he would lay there, and I would not fail to drink a pot with him. As soon as we had dined, my lord Wilmot came into the town from Lyme, but went to another inn. Upon which we rode out of the town, as if we had gone upon the road for London, and when we had got two miles off, my lord Wilmot overtook us, he having observed, while in town, where we were, and told us he believed the ship might be ready next night, but that there had been some mistake betwixt him and the master of the ship. Upon which, I thinking it not fitt to go back again to the same place where we had sat up the night before, we went to a village called about four miles in the country, above Lyme, and sent Peter to know of the merchant wether the ship would be ready; but the master of the ship doubting that it was some dangerous employment he was hired upon, absolutely refused the merchant, and would not undertake to carry us over; whereupon we were forced to go back again to Frank Windham's, at Trent, where we might be in some safety till we had hired another vessel or ship; as soon as we came to Fk W's. I sent VOL. IV.

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away presently to Col. Robt Phillips's, who then lived at Salisbury, to see what he c'd do for the getting me a ship, which he undertook very willingly, and had got one at Southampton, but by misfortune she was amongst others prest to transport their soldiers to Jersey, by which she failed us also; upon this I sent further into Sussex, where Robin Phillips knew one Col. Gunter, to see wether he could hire a ship any where upon that coast, and not thinking it convenient for me to stay any longer at Fk W's, wher I had been in or about a fortnight, and was become known to very many. I went away to a widdow gentlewoman's house, one Mrs. Hyde some four or five miles from Salisbury, wher I came into the house just as it was almost dark, with Robin Phillips only, not intending at first to make myself known. But just as I alighted at the door, Mrs. Hyde knew me, though she never had seen me but once in her life before, and that was with the king, my father, in the army, when we marched by Salisbury some years before in the time of the war; but she being a discreet woman, took no notice at that time of me; I passing only for a friend of Robin Phillips's, by whose advice I went thither. At supper there were with us, Frederick Hyde (since a judge) and his sister-in-law, a widdow; Robin Phillips, myself, and doct Henshaw, since bishop of London, whom I had appointed to meet me there. While we were at supper, I observed Mrs. Hyde and her brother Frederick, to look a little earnestly at me, which led me to believe they might know me. But I was not at all startled at it, it having been my purpose to let her know who I was; and accordingly immediately after supper, Mrs. Hyde came to me, and I discovered myself to her, who told me she had a very safe place to hide me in, till we knew wether our ship was ready or not, but she said, it was not safe to trust any body but

herself and sister, and therefore advised me to take my horse the next morning, and make as if I quitted the house, and return again about night, for she would order it so that all her servants, and every body should be out of the house but herself and sister, whose name I remember not. So Robin Phillips and I took our horses, and went as far as Stonehenge, and there we stay'd looking upon the stones some time, aud returned back again to Heale, the place where Mrs. Hyde lived, about the time appointed, wher I went up into the hiding hole, that was very convenient and safe, and stayed there all alone; Robert Phillips then going to Salisbury, some four or five days, sometimes Mrs. Hyde, and sometimes her sister, bringing me meat. After four or five days stay, Robin Phillips came to the house, and acquainted me that a ship was ready provided for me at Shoreham, by Col. Gunter, upon which, at two o'clock in the morning, I went out of the house by a back way, and with Robin Phillips met Col. Gunter and my ld Wilmot together, some fourteen or fifteen miles off, on our way towards Shoreham, and were to lodge that night at a place called Hambleton, seven miles from Portsmouth, because it was too long a journey to go in one day to Shoreham; and here we lay at a house of a brothor in-law's of Col" Gunter, one Mr. Symonds, where I was not to be known, I being still in the same gray cloth suit as a serving man, tho' the master of the house was a very honest poor man, who, while we were at supper came (he having been all the day playing the good-fellow at an ale-house in the town) and taking a stool, sat down with us, where his brother-in-law, Cola Gunter, talking very fullingly concerning Cromwell and all his party, he went and whispered his brother-in-law in the ear, and asked wether I was not some round-headed rogue's son, for I looked very sus

piciously. Upon which Col Gunter answering for me, that he might trust his life in my hands, he came and took me by the hand, and drinking a good glass of beer to me, called me brother round-head. About that time, my id Southampton, that was then at Titchfield, suspecting (for what reason I do not know) that it was possible I might be in the country, sent either to Robin Phillips, or Doct. Henshaw, to offer his services, if he cd assist me in my escape, but being then provided with a ship, I w'd not put him to the danger of having any thing to do with it. The next day we went to a place called Brighton or Brighthelmstone, where we were to meet the master of the ship, as thinking it more convenient to meet there than just at Shoreham, where the ship was; so when we came to the inn at Brighthelmstone, we met with one Mr. the merchant; who had hired the vessel, in company with her master, the merchant only knowing me, having hired her only to carry over a person of quality that was escaped from the battle of Worcester, without naming any body, and as we were all together, viz. Robin Phillips, my ld Wilmot, the merchant, and the master of the vessel, and I; I observed that the master of the vessel looked very hard on me, and as soon as we had supped, called the merchant aside, and the master told him that he had not dealt fair with him, for tho' he had given him a very good price for the carrying over that gentleman, yet he had not been clear with him; for (says he) he is the king, as I very well know him to be so; upon which the merchant denying it, saying, that he was mistaken, the master answered, I know him very well, for he took my ship, together with other fishing vessels at Brighthelmstone, in the year 1648; which was when I commanded the king, my father's fleet, and I very kindly let them go again: but (says he) be not troubled at it,