He had been lying ill of gout at York, but had recovered so far as to be able to come to Edinburgh as a kind of messenger to Monk from Lambert.

He delivered his message punctually enough, but told Monk he was glad to be with him again, and would follow him implicitly whatever he did, being "no statesman" himself.

Monk was vastly pleased, looking on Morgan, it is said, as worth more than all the 140 officers he had lost.

Morgan had, moreover, brought important communications from Yorkshire, which led Monk to dispatch Clarges and Talbot thither to establish an understanding with Lord Fairfax.[1] [Footnote 1: Phillips, 667-669; Skinner, 138-140.] Meanwhile Monk's three Commissioners had arrived at York and been in parley with Lambert.

Finding that the question of the restitution of the Rump was involved in their instructions, he passed them on to London, having stipulated for a truce till the result should be known.