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Ask Saxon, Your majesty" the Ger
man answered. Ny opinion in
Raths- Nersammlung is, l have observed,
tVer the same as his.
Then we turn TO you, Col Saxon"
said Monmouth. We have in this cOun-
cil party who are in favor of an ad-
vance and a party who wish to stand
their ground. Their weight and mum
beers are, methinks, nearly equal If you
had the casting vote how would you de-
clde! All eyes We're bent upon our lead
er. for his martial bearing and the re-
spect shown TO him by the veteran Buyse
made 1t likely that his opinion mi ght
really turn the scale. He sat for Il few
moments in silence with his hands be-
fore his face.
Il will give my opinion. your majesty"
he said ut last 'Feversham and
Churchill are making for Salisbury with
5000 foot. and they have pushed on 500
Of the Blue guards. and two or three
dragoOn regiments. We should, there
fore, as Lord Grey says have to fight OH
Salisbury plain, and our foot armed with
Il medley of weapons could scarce make
head against their horse. All is possible
To the Lord, as DIR. Ferguson wisely
says. We are as grains of dust in the
hollow of His hand. Yet He hath given
us brains wherewith to choose the bet
ter course. and if we neglect il we must
suffer the consequence Of our folly
Ferguson laughed contemptuously. and
breathed out Il prayer, but many of the
other Puritans nodded their heads to ac-
knowledge that this was not an unreal
sonable view to take of it.
'On the other hand, sire" Saxon con
tinued, lit appears to me that TO remain
here is equally impossible. Your maj
esty's friends throughout England would
lose all heart if the army lay mOtionlesS
and struck no blow. The rustics would
flock off to their wives and homes. Such
great army thaw away like an icicle i'll
the sunshine. Once gone it is no easy
matter to collect them again. To keep
Them we must employ them. Never let
them have an idle minute Drill them.
March them. Exercise them. Work
them. Preach to them. Make them
obey God and their colonel. This can
not be done i'll snug quarters. They must
travel. We cannot hope to end this
business until we get to London. Lon
don, then, must be our goal. But there
are many ways of reaching it, You
have, sire. as have heard, many friends
at Bristol and in the midlands. If |
might advise. ! should say let us march
round i'll that direction. Every day that
passes will serve to swell your forces
and improve your troops, while all will
feel something Is a-stirring. Should we
are not very strong-it would give lis n
very good command of shipping, and a
rare center from which to act. If all
goes well with us, we could make our
way to London through Worcestershire
and Worcestershire hi the meantime /
might. suggest that day # fast and
humiliation be called, to bring down
blessing on the cause"
This address. skillfully compounded of
worldly wisdom and of spiritual zeal,
won the applause of the whole council,
and especially that Of King Monmouth.
whose melancholy vanished as if by
magic.
by my faith. colonel" said he. you
make it all as clear as day. OF course,
II we make ourselves strong in the west,
and my uncle is threatened with disaf-
fection elsewhere, he will have no chance
TO hold out against us. Should he wish
to tight us upon our own ground, he
must needs drain his troops from north.
south and east, which is not to bethought
of. We may very we'll march to Lon
don by way of Bristol"
Il think that the advice is good" Lord
Grey observed. but | should like to ask
Col. Saxon what warrant he hath for
saying that Churchill and Feversham are
on their way, with 5000 regular foot and
several regiments Of horse"
The word of an officer of the Blues
WIN NilouI 1 tcIlNc fSGl III SALISBURY.
Saxon answered. He confided in me.
believing me to be one Of the Duke of
Beauf0rt's household AS to the horse.
one party pursued us on Salisbury plain
with bloodhoundS. and another attacked
us not twenty miles from here and lost
a score of troopers and a cornet'
We heard something Of the brush"
said the King. 1T was bravely done.
But IT these men are so close. we have
no great time for PREPARATION
heir foot cannot he here before q
week. said the mayor. by that time
we might be behind the walls Of Bris-
toll
There is one point which might be
urged observed Wade. the lawyer.
We have, as your majesty most truly
says. met with heavy encouragement in
the fact that no noblemen and few com
moners Of repnte have declared for us.
The reason IS, ! opine, that each doth
wait for his neighbor to make move.
Should one or two come over. the 9TH
ers would soon follow How. then. are
we to bring a duke or two to our stand.
ardS|'
There's the question. Master Wade"
said Monmouth, shaking his head de
Spondently.
Il think that it might be done" CON
tinued the Wing lawyer. Mere proc
lamationS addressed to the commonalty
will not catch these goldfish. They are
not to be angled for with naked hook.
| should recommend that some form of
summons or writ be served upon each of
them. calling upon them to appear in
onr camp within Il certain date under
pain of high treason"
There spake the legal mind" quotlt
King Monmouth with laugh But
you have omitted to tell us how the said
writ or summons is to be conveyed to
these same delinquents."
There is the Duke Of Beaufort" con
tinued Wade. disregarding the Kings oh
lection. He is president OF Wales. and
he is. as your majesty knows lieutenant
Of fcur English counties His influence
overshadows the whole west He hath
200 horses in his stables at Badminton.
and 1000 men, rs | have heard. sit
down at his tables every day. Why
should not 4 special effort be made 10
gain over such one. the more so as
We intend TO march in his direction? =
Henry. Duke Of Beaufort. is unfor-
tunately already in arms against his soy
ereign.' said Monmouth. gl90mily.
He is, sire. hat he may be induced
to turn in your favor the weapon which
he hath raised against YOU. He IS
Protestant. He is said to be a Wing.
Why should We not send n message To