. The first and second battles of Newbury and the siege of Donnington Castle during the Civil War, 1643-6 . ake himbend; and, if his conduct had always been as straightforwardas his principles, he would have attained the summit of fameas a political and ecclesiastical martyr. But if he failed inmany ways as a King, he at least died like one; and evenhis political opponent, Andrew Marvel, generously recognizedhis exemplary patience and equanimity in those familiar lineswhich form part of an ode addressed to Cromwell himself:— He nothing common did, or mean,Upon that memorable scene; But with hi
. The first and second battles of Newbury and the siege of Donnington Castle during the Civil War, 1643-6 . ake himbend; and, if his conduct had always been as straightforwardas his principles, he would have attained the summit of fameas a political and ecclesiastical martyr. But if he failed inmany ways as a King, he at least died like one; and evenhis political opponent, Andrew Marvel, generously recognizedhis exemplary patience and equanimity in those familiar lineswhich form part of an ode addressed to Cromwell himself:— He nothing common did, or mean,Upon that memorable scene; But with his keener eye The axes edge did try:Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite,To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. His conduct in reference to the Battles of Newbury, as wehave here traced it, illustrates both the virtues and faults ofhis character, from a military point of view; and if thesepages have added anything to the vividness with which everyfeature of the English Revolution deserves to be studied, thelabour expended on them will have been amply 213 APPEI^DIX. I.—THE KINGS MAECH TO , 1644. (From the Iter Carolxnum.) Friday, 18 Oct to Andover. The Wliite Hart. (Dinner in the field.)1 night; 15 miles. Saturday, 19 Oct. to Wliitclmrch. Mr. Brookes.* (Dinner in thefield.) 2 nights; 7 miles. Monday, 21 Oct. to Kingsclere. Mr. (Dinner at Whit-church.) 1 night; 5 miles. Tuesday, 22 Oct. to Newbury. Master Dunces J nights residence.(Dinner at Kingsclere.) 5 nights; 6 miles. (From Sijmondss Diary,J Monday, 21 October. His Majestic, &c. left Whitchurch, the generalrendesvous (sic) upon the Downe near Kingsmills howse. § * Whitchurch. The King when at Whitchurch quartered at The Priory, thehouse of Mr. Thomas Krooke, a staunch royalist, whose family had long resided atthis place. There are several of their memorials in the Church. Mr. Brooke,who is said to have entertained Charles and his officers at the
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