Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-07

Inc Birdie arm. He hath been in the
Tower once for treason. Twas he who
fed with the Lady Henrietta Berkeley
ms WTe's sister. 4 fine leader truly for
a Cody cause! The man upon his left,
with the red swollen face ami whit
feather in his cap, is Col Holmes.
trust that he will never show the white
feather save on his head. The other
upon the high chestnut horse is a lawyer.
though, by my soul, he is better man IL.
bin of costs. He is the republican.
Wade, who led the foot az the sk;rmish
AT bridgeport, and brought them off with
safety. The tail heavy-faced soldier IN
the steel bonnet is Anthony BuySe. the
Brandenburger. soldado of fortune. and
a man of high heart, as are most of his
countrymen. / have fought both with
him and against him ere now"
Mark We the long thin man behind
him?' cried Reuben. He hath drawn
his sword, and waves it over his head.
lis a strang time and place for tie
broadsword exercise. He is surely
mad
Perhaps you are not far amiss." said
Saxon Yet by my hi!t, were it not FOX
that man there would be no PrOtestan.
army advancing upon MS down yondeE
road. lis he who by dangling the crown
before MOnmOuth's eyes beguiied him
away from his snug retreat in Braban.
There is not one of these men whom he
hath not tempted into this affair by some
bait or other. With Grey it was a duke
dom, with Wade the wool-sack, Will
Buyse the plumber of Cheapside. Every
one hath his own motive. but the clues
to them all are in the hands OF yondtr
crazy fanatic. who makes the puppets
dance as he will. He hath plotted more.
lied more. and suffered less tnan any
Wing in the party
1T must he that DIR. Robert Ferguson
of whom | have heard my father speak.
said I.
You are right It's he. | nave but
seen him once in Amsterdam. and yet
know him by his shock wig and crooked
shoulders. 1t is whispered that of late
his ovenweening conceit hath unseated
his reason. See, the German places his
hand upon his shoulder and perSuades
him to sheath his weapon. King Mon
mouth glances round too, and smiles as
though he We're the court buffoOn with n
Geneva cloak instead of the motley. But
the van is upon us. To your companies.
and mind that We raise your swords 70
the salute while the colors of each troop
go by"
While our companion had been talking,
the whole Protestant army had been
streaming towards the town. and the
head of the fore-guard was abreast the
gateway. -Four troops of horse led tn"
way, badly equipped and mounted, with
ropes instead of brides. and i'll some
cases squares of sacking in place Of sad
dies. The men were armed for the most
part with sword and pistol, while a few
had the buff-coats, plates and head
pieces. taken at Administer, still stained
sometimes with the blood of the last
wearer. In the midst of them rode a
banner bearer, who carried a great
square ensign hung upon a pole, which
was supported upon a socket let into the
side of the girth. Upon il was printed in
golden letters the legend. PRO libertatc
diers were made up of young yocmen'E
and farmers sons unused to discipline,
and having a high regard for themselves
as volunteers. which caused them to
cavil and argue over every order. For
this cause, though not wanting in nat
ural courage, they did little service dur
ing the war; and were hindrance rather
than a help to the army
Behind the horse came the foot, walk
ing six abreast, divided into companies
of varying size. each company bearing a
banner which gave the name of the town
or village from which it had been raised.
This manner of arranging the troops had
been chosen because 1T had been found 30
be impossible to separate men VINO We're
akin and neighbors to each other. They
would fight, they said side by side, 0"
they would not fight at all. For my own
part, ] think that it is no bad plan, for
when 1t comes to push of pike man
stands all the faster when he knows thai
he hath old and tried friends on either
side of him. Many of these country
places | came to know afterwards from
the talk of the men, and many others
l 7 y. tho,
names upon the banners have come 70
have a real meaning with me. Homer
hath, | remember, a chapter or book
wherein he records the names of al the
Grecian chiefs and whence they came,
and how many men they brought to the
common muster. 1t is pity that there IS
not some western Homer who could re-
cord the names of these brave peasants
and artisans. and recount what each did
or suffered in upholding a noble though
disastrous cause. Their places of birth
ut least shall not be lost as far as niue
own feeble memory can carry me.
The first foot regiment. if so rudely
formed band could be so called, CON
sisted of men Of the sea, fishers and
coastmen. clad in the heavy blue jenkins
and rude garb of their class. They were
bronzed. weather-beaten tarpaulins, with
hard mahogany faces, variOusly armed
with birding pieces, cutlasses, or pistols.
/ have a notion that il was not the first
time that those weapons had been turned
against King James servants for the
Somerset and Devon coasts were famous
breedingplaces for smugglers, and many
saucy lugger was doubtless lying up
in creek or in bay while her crew had
gone soldering to Taunton. As to
discipline. they had no notion Of it. but
rolled along in true blue-water style,
with many shout and halloo to each
other or to the crowd From Star Point
to Portland Roads there would be few
nets for many weeks to come, and fish
would swim the narrow seas which
should have been heaped on Lyme Cobb
or exposed for sale in Plymouth market.
Each group. or band, Of these men Of
the sea bore with it its own banner, that
of Lyme in the front. followed by Top
sham. Colyfort. Bridport, Sidmouth, OF
terton. Abbotsbury. and Charmouth. all
southern towns. which are on or near
the coast So they tro0ped past US, rough
and careless. with caps cooked, and the
reek of their tobacco rising up from them
like the steam from a tired horse. In
number they may have been four hun
dred or Whereabouts.
The peasants Of Rockbere, with fail
and scythe. led the next column, fol
lowed by the banner Of Honiton, which
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