The life, times, and scientific labours of the second Marquis of Worcester : to which is added a reprint of his Century of inventions, 1663, with a commentary thereon . arliament;Cromwell enjoyed the Monmouthshue estates of theMarquis, to the value of £2500 per annum, and allowedLord Herbert a pretty liberal income. From Edinburgh,Cromwell wiote on the 12th of April, 1651, a letter tohis wife:— My dearest. Beware of my Lord Her-bert his resort to your house ; if he do so may occa-sion scandal, as if I were bargaining with him : indeedbe wise 5 you know my meaning.! ^^ The Marquis might have so
The life, times, and scientific labours of the second Marquis of Worcester : to which is added a reprint of his Century of inventions, 1663, with a commentary thereon . arliament;Cromwell enjoyed the Monmouthshue estates of theMarquis, to the value of £2500 per annum, and allowedLord Herbert a pretty liberal income. From Edinburgh,Cromwell wiote on the 12th of April, 1651, a letter tohis wife:— My dearest. Beware of my Lord Her-bert his resort to your house ; if he do so may occa-sion scandal, as if I were bargaining with him : indeedbe wise 5 you know my meaning.! ^^ The Marquis might have some private object in view,equally with that of serving his prince, and might have Erit. :Mus Cole IMSS. Vol. xxxiii. p. 37. « Girlyle. 1652-4.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 211 been better assured than history cletennines, that hislife, at all events, would be safe. It is stated in theHistory of the Tower,^ in noticing the Marquis of AVor-cester being- added to the number of distinguishedpersons confined there in 1652, that the wants and dis-tresses to which he had been subjected on the continenthad driven him to seek shelter in his own country. Tov^^ r kill. BIRDS-ETK view from map of LONDON, 1658. On the 28th of July, 1652, the House of Commons,immediately after prayers, Resolved, That the Earlof Worcester do stand committed to the Tower ofLondon, in order to his trial. And, That it be re-ferred to the Council of State to consider, in what waythe Earl of Worcester may be tried, and who hath har-boured him ; and to consider of all circumstances in hisbusiness, and to report their opinion thereon to theHouse, on Eriday morning next. ^ Bavlcv, ]• 2 212 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1654. A year later, being on tlie 29th of August, 1653,Colonel Eous reports from the Committee of Petitions, The most humble Petition of Edward Somerset, Earlof Worcester, now prisoner in the Tower. As also, the humble Petition of Margaret, Countessof Worcester ; which were both read. Fol
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