The City was to be overmastered utterly and finally, and Monk was to be the agent .-- Not even yet did Monk rebel.

The gates and portcullises were broken in pieces by his soldiers, and every other order was punctually carried out.

The soldiers were in indignation over their base employment, and the citizens were stupefied.

In vain were Clarges, Dr.Barrow, and others of Monk's friends going about and assuring the Lord Mayor and Aldermen that the General was a man of very peculiar ways and must not be too hastily judged.

"Very peculiar ways indeed," thought the citizens, mourning for their honours lost, and their broken gates and portcullises.