Oliver Cromwell discovering the King's letter, The Blue Boar, Holborn, 1647
Illustration by Thomas Henry Nicholson (????-1870) from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. An alleged incident that claims Cromwell & Ireton rode to the Blue Boar on a tip off, and discovered a letter sewn into a saddle from Charles to the queen. Cromwell read 'He should know in time how to deal with the rogues, who instead of a silken garter should be fitted with a hempen cord' A clear reference to a noose instead of the Garter that he had promised Cromwell. This convinced Cromwell Charles was not to be trusted in his negotiations. Info from wiki: From Carisbrooke, Charles continued to try to bargain with the various parties. In direct contrast to his previous conflict with the Scottish Kirk, on 26 December 1647 he signed a secret treaty with the Scots. Under the agreement, called the "Engagement", the Scots undertook to invade England on Charles's behalf and restore him to the throne on condition that Presbyterianism be established in England for three years
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