sider himself at liberty to reject the money, after

it had been so granted.

Alas! that the simplicity of plain-dealing should be thus circumvented by the contrivances of worldly wisdom! Surely then, not with less reason than Falstaff, on detecting lime in his sack, here the earl of Clarendon might have exclaimed, -"there is nothing but roguery to be found in " villainous man."

APPENDIX. No. VI.

MEMOIRS

OF

SIR JOHN BERKLEY,

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS NEGOTIATION

WITH

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CROMWELL,

COMMISSARY-GENERAL IRETON,

AND OTHER officers oF THE ARMY,

For Restoring King CHARLES the FIRST, to the Exercise of the Government of England.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. DARBY, IN BARTHOLOMEW-CLOSE, FOR A. BALDWIN, IN WARWICK LANE.

MDCXCIX.

VOL. II.

MEMOIRS

OF

SIR JOHN BERKLEY.

IN the Year 1647, her Majesty, and his Highness the Prince of Wales, were pleased to send me into Holland, to condole the death of the Prince of Orange; and having performed that office, I returned with Mr. John and Mr. William Ashburnham, to France, by the way of Calais; where we met with the news of his Majesty's being seized by one Cornet Joyce, in Holmby House, from whence he was carried with a guard of 400 horse, towards the army, the Cornet producing no authority, whereby to warrant this proceeding. The next Post brought us advertisement to Calais, that his Majesty was well received by the officers and soldiers of the Army, and that there were great hopes conceived, that they would both concur to establish his Majesty in his just Rights. From Calais we went to Rouen, where we met a confirmation of this intelligence, and heard withal, that one Sir Edward Ford (who was brother-inlaw to Commissary-general Ireton) was sent, by