CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SIXTH.

But let us now, like soldiers on the watch, Put the soul's armour on, alike prepared For all a soldier's warfare brings. JOANNA BAILLIE.

The reader will recollect, that when Rochecliffe and Joceline were made prisoners, the party which escorted them had two other captives in their train, Colonel Everard, namely, and the Rev. Nehemiah Holdenough. When Cromwell had obtained entrance into Woodstock, and commenced his search after the fugitive Prince, the prisoners were placed in what had been an old guardroom, and which was by its strength well calculated to serve for a prison, and a guard was placed over them by Pearson. No light was allowed, save that of a glimmering fire of charcoal. The prisoners remained separated from each other, Colonel Everard conversing with Nehemiah Holdenough, at a distance from Dr. Rochecliffe, Sir Henry Lee, and Joceline. The party was soon after augmented by Wildrake, who was brought down to the Lodge, and thrust in with so little ceremony, that, his arms being bound, he had very nearly fallen on his nose in the middle of the prison.

"I thank you, my good friend," he said, looking back to the door, which they who had pushed him in were securing--"_Point de ceremonie_--no apology for tumbling, so we light in good company.--Save ye, save ye, gentlemen all--What, _a la mort_, and nothing stirring to keep the spirits up, and make a night on't?--the last we shall have, I take it; for a make [Footnote: A half-penny] to a million, but we trine to the nubbing cheat [Footnote: Hang on the gallows] to-morrow.--Patron--noble patron, how goes it? This was but a scurvy trick of Noll so far as you were concerned: as for me, why I might have deserved something of the kind at his hand."

Answer this series of questions:

1. Who became prisoners?
2. Were there others?
3. Who were they?
4. Where did Cromwell gain entrance to?
5. Was he looking for someone?
6. Who?
7. Where did they put the prisoners?
8. Was that a good place to put them?
9. Did someone watch over them?
10. Who assigned them to do so?
11. Were the prisoners huddled together?
12. Who did Colonel Everand speak with?
13. Who else was brought there?
14. How were his arms positioned?
15. What did he almost fall on?
16. Where?

Numbered answers:
1. Rochecliffe and Joceline
2. yes
3. Colonel Everard and the Rev
4. Woodstock
5. yes
6. the fugitive Prince
7. an old guardroom,
8. yes
9. yes
10. Pearson
11. no
12. Nehemiah Holdenough
13. Wildrake
14. they were bound
15. his nose
16. in the middle of the prison.