Had he walked in the path o' the Lord he wudna be lying in the Tolbooth o' Edinburgh wi' the tow or the axe before him.

Why did he no gird up his loins and march straight onwards wi' the banner o' light, instead o' dallying here and biding there like a half-hairted Didymus?
And the same or waur will fa' upon us if we dinna march on intae the land and plant our ensigns afore the wicked toun o' London--the toun where the Lord's wark is tae be done, and the tares tae be separated frae the wheat, and piled up for the burning.' 'Your advice, in short, is that we march on!' said Monmouth.
'That we march on, your Majesty, and that we prepare oorselves tae be the vessels o' grace, and forbear frae polluting the cause o' the Gospel by wearing the livery o' the devil'-- here he glared at a gaily attired cavalier at the other side of the table--'or by the playing o' cairds, the singing o' profane songs and the swearing o' oaths, all which are nichtly done by members o' this army, wi' the effect o' giving much scandal tae God's ain folk.' A hum of assent and approval rose up from the more Puritan members of the council at this expression of opinion, while the courtiers glanced at each other and curled their lips in derision.

Monmouth took two or three turns and then called for another opinion.
'You, Lord Grey,' he said, 'are a soldier and a man of experience.

What is your advice?
Should we halt here or push forward towards London ?' 'To advance to the East would, in my humble judgment, be fatal to us,' Grey answered, speaking slowly, with the manner of a man who has thought long and deeply before delivering an opinion.

'James Stuart is strong in horse, and we have none.