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CARISBROOKE CASTLE. z97
removed by order of the parliament. They accompanied
him to Tichfield, a feat of the Earl of Southampton, and
Afhburnham and Berkeley were fent thence to feek an
interview with Colonel Hammond, the governor of the
Ifle of Wight, which ended in Charles’s reception by the
governor, and his fubfequent imprifonment and delivery to the
parliament.
Clarendon fays that there is no clear ftatement in the narra-
tives of his two attendants “ of any probable inducement to
prevail with the king to undertake the journey,” and that he
had fought in thefe narratives, in vain, what the motives might
be which led to fo fatal a refult.—“ That when they fet off
the king had certainly no intention of going to the Ifle of
Wight.”—That on the road he afked Afhburnham “ where the
fhip was ?” And he blames this gentleman extremely for not
having procured a fhip after having engaged to do fo. All
thefe are very ftrange affertions, as every one who examines
thofe narratives muff perceive. The motives which led
Charles to think of the Ifle of Wight are all clearly detailed
by Afhburnham : no fhip is mentioned in Berkeley’s relation,
except that the king faid he had heard that he had one at Ports-
mouth ; to which Sir John replied that the whole was a fable
and an impoflibility, becaufe he had not a penny to procure one
with. In Afhburnham’s narrative, he himfelf gives as a reafon
for Charles’s concealment in the Ifle of Wight, that, as he
was in treaty with the Scots, it would be fatal to leave
England altogether, and that, if he defired it, it would require
fome time to procure a fhip. No queftion on the journey
was afked by Charles, of Afhburnham, “Where is the
fhip?” becaufe he knew very well from Berkeley that there
was none. The whole fcheme of the flight had been
duly difcuffed, and was underftood by the whole party before
fetting out. Yet on fuch grounds does Clarendon fay,
removed by order of the parliament. They accompanied
him to Tichfield, a feat of the Earl of Southampton, and
Afhburnham and Berkeley were fent thence to feek an
interview with Colonel Hammond, the governor of the
Ifle of Wight, which ended in Charles’s reception by the
governor, and his fubfequent imprifonment and delivery to the
parliament.
Clarendon fays that there is no clear ftatement in the narra-
tives of his two attendants “ of any probable inducement to
prevail with the king to undertake the journey,” and that he
had fought in thefe narratives, in vain, what the motives might
be which led to fo fatal a refult.—“ That when they fet off
the king had certainly no intention of going to the Ifle of
Wight.”—That on the road he afked Afhburnham “ where the
fhip was ?” And he blames this gentleman extremely for not
having procured a fhip after having engaged to do fo. All
thefe are very ftrange affertions, as every one who examines
thofe narratives muff perceive. The motives which led
Charles to think of the Ifle of Wight are all clearly detailed
by Afhburnham : no fhip is mentioned in Berkeley’s relation,
except that the king faid he had heard that he had one at Ports-
mouth ; to which Sir John replied that the whole was a fable
and an impoflibility, becaufe he had not a penny to procure one
with. In Afhburnham’s narrative, he himfelf gives as a reafon
for Charles’s concealment in the Ifle of Wight, that, as he
was in treaty with the Scots, it would be fatal to leave
England altogether, and that, if he defired it, it would require
fome time to procure a fhip. No queftion on the journey
was afked by Charles, of Afhburnham, “Where is the
fhip?” becaufe he knew very well from Berkeley that there
was none. The whole fcheme of the flight had been
duly difcuffed, and was underftood by the whole party before
fetting out. Yet on fuch grounds does Clarendon fay,