Cambridge and its history : with sixteen illustrations in colour by Maxwell Armfield, and sixteen other illustrations . e Cutter of Coleman Street; andSamuel Pepys took his wife to see it, and a good playit is. On the following Monday, King Charles himself,with his son and retinue, drove over from Newmarketto visit Cambridge, and the Vice-Chancellor and , now a fellow of Saint Johns, had orationsready to welcome him. He visited Trinity and SaintJohns, approving the chapel ornaments, and took atravelling banquet—he was on his way to York—inthe second court of the latter college, whe
Cambridge and its history : with sixteen illustrations in colour by Maxwell Armfield, and sixteen other illustrations . e Cutter of Coleman Street; andSamuel Pepys took his wife to see it, and a good playit is. On the following Monday, King Charles himself,with his son and retinue, drove over from Newmarketto visit Cambridge, and the Vice-Chancellor and , now a fellow of Saint Johns, had orationsready to welcome him. He visited Trinity and SaintJohns, approving the chapel ornaments, and took atravelling banquet—he was on his way to York—inthe second court of the latter college, where he atea little and gave the Prince good store to put in hispocket : then the noblemen and the rest of his followersmade quick dispatch of the remainder. Muchcontent the King received from the doctors : buthis visit lacked not ominous symptoms. Neither thesheriff nor any of the county gentlemen came to meethim, and women and others of the town followed hiscoach humbly and earnestly entreating that he wouldreturn to his parliament, or they should be in the condescension of the King and the oppor-. •lAlk( A^K vy THK SI. I ( 0I,»;K MILTON AND THE COMMONWEALTH 203 tunity of showing its devotion to him the Universityhilled, or tried to lull, itself into a belief that all was yetwell. On the Sunday following the visit, Holdsworth,Master of Emmanuel, preached at St. Marys, andconfidently assured his audience, Never were theriches of the kingdom so great, its peace so constant,the state of it for all things so prosperous. Very near, even at the doors, when Holdsworthwas preaching his Lenten sermon, was the two-handed engine seen in vision by Milton five yearsearlier. The hands that wielded it were furnishedby the new Puritan foundation of Sidney. EdwardMontagu, who later became known in history as thesecond Earl of Manchester, was admitted there in1618 : he was a nephew of the first Master, JamesMontagu, afterwards Bishop of Winchester. OliverCromwel
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