Windsor castle . in the Upper Ward. He thought, butin vain, to build another banqueting hall, and to con-struct a fountain, where Hercules was to have beenseen strangling Antaeus, so as to make it appearthat by squeezing of him the water came out ofhis mouth . Charles often held his Court at Windsor,and was at the Castle in January when the CivilWar was at hand; there was a garrison of fortyofficers and four hundred horse, and wagons ofammunition were arriving. But in October, 1642,appeared a pamphlet, entitled Exceeding true andhappy news from the Castle of Windsor declaringhow several troops
Windsor castle . in the Upper Ward. He thought, butin vain, to build another banqueting hall, and to con-struct a fountain, where Hercules was to have beenseen strangling Antaeus, so as to make it appearthat by squeezing of him the water came out ofhis mouth . Charles often held his Court at Windsor,and was at the Castle in January when the CivilWar was at hand; there was a garrison of fortyofficers and four hundred horse, and wagons ofammunition were arriving. But in October, 1642,appeared a pamphlet, entitled Exceeding true andhappy news from the Castle of Windsor declaringhow several troops of Dragoons have taken posses-sion of the said Castle to keep it for the use of theKing and Parliament. For King and Parliamentwas a euphemism. Windsor was esteemed one ofthe strongest places in the kingdom, and could theCavaliers have retained and fortified it, they mighthave descended upon London. And so severalwell-affected Gentlemen and valiant Religious Com-manders have gone to raise several troops of Dra-. a. OH !*UJH -X uz z < u < a: IX) H XH ao z THE STORY OF THE CASTLE 41 gooners and Volunteers, some of which are alreadyarrived at Windsor, and have taken possession ofthe Castle. The intruders took the chapel plateof St. Georges and coined it into money for theParliament; they despoiled Wolseys tomb; and theycarried off Edward IVs embroidered surcoat of crim-son velvet, wrought with gold and pearls and deco-rated with rubies, which had hung over his tombsince the opulent funeral of 1483. Prince Rupert attacked the Castle in the sameyear, 1642, but without success, and in the winterand spring following Essex made it his headquartersand a prison for Royalists, while Rupert flickeredhere and there about Oxford. At the end of the warWindsor was the strange foil to that notable prayermeeting of the Army officers held some time earlyin 1648. The Army was uneasy in its relations withpeople and Parliament; it had cause to fear a re-vival of royalism; and some officers ha
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