The Boscobel tracts . j aCi/yzrtcfirte tirslfr Catjr aScttczms TrentL. ? aStvcrlm-rvc LOJTDOM. /lie/msrfiir/ze/ DIARY. 49 companied the latter, with the intention of crossingthe Severn at Madeley, and seeking a refuge amongthe loyalists of Wales, from which quarter it wasjudged that he might escape to France with theleast suspicion. At Evelin Mill they were chal-lenged in the dark by the miller, who, unknown toPenderel, was at that moment entertaining a partyof royalist fugitives in his house. Little dreamingof the real character of this honest fellow, who,equally suspicious on his own part, r
The Boscobel tracts . j aCi/yzrtcfirte tirslfr Catjr aScttczms TrentL. ? aStvcrlm-rvc LOJTDOM. /lie/msrfiir/ze/ DIARY. 49 companied the latter, with the intention of crossingthe Severn at Madeley, and seeking a refuge amongthe loyalists of Wales, from which quarter it wasjudged that he might escape to France with theleast suspicion. At Evelin Mill they were chal-lenged in the dark by the miller, who, unknown toPenderel, was at that moment entertaining a partyof royalist fugitives in his house. Little dreamingof the real character of this honest fellow, who,equally suspicious on his own part, rushed boldlyout to seize the supposed roundhead spies, the kingand Penderel ran precipitately off, and soon escapedthe miller s pursuit. At midnight they reached thehouse of Mr Wolfe, a royalist gentleman residing atMadeley, about seven miles from Boscobel; whomthey found alarmed for the safety of his son (thena prisoner at Shrewsbury), and indisposed, as hedeclared, to risk his own safety for any one lessthan the king. In this dilemma, Penderel judgedit best to disclose the real quality o
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