. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. Chester. Exeter wa^ besieged and taken by Fair-fax, whereupon the king and his broken hosts retreated to Oxford, which Fairfaxand Cromwell were preparing to besiege. Rather than be taken prisoner by hisenemies, Charles I. fled into Scotland, hoping to find respect and kind treatmentamong his Scotch subjects. He went into the camp of an army of Scots that wasengaged in the service of the Parliament; but instead of treating him as their king,the Sccjts placed a guard around him and kept him as a prisoner. The fana
. Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations. Chester. Exeter wa^ besieged and taken by Fair-fax, whereupon the king and his broken hosts retreated to Oxford, which Fairfaxand Cromwell were preparing to besiege. Rather than be taken prisoner by hisenemies, Charles I. fled into Scotland, hoping to find respect and kind treatmentamong his Scotch subjects. He went into the camp of an army of Scots that wasengaged in the service of the Parliament; but instead of treating him as their king,the Sccjts placed a guard around him and kept him as a prisoner. The fanatical•icotch preachers, unable to restrain their zeal, insulted him to his face, and, iricrmons {)reached in his presence, bitterly reproached him as a wicked The King in the Power of the Parliament.—\Vhen the Parliament \ws, informed that the king was in the hands of the Scots, it began to negotiate with themfor Ihe possession of his person. The Scots surrendered Charles I. into the iinndsof commission»rs appointed by the Parliament, upon receiving 400,000 pourds. CROMWELL.
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