It is more agreeable, therefore, to reason as well as candor, to suppose, that Monk, as soon as he put himself in motion, had entertained views of effecting the king's restoration; nor ought any objections, derived from his profound silence even to Charles himself, to be regarded as considerable.

His temper was naturally reserved; his circumstances required dissimulation; the king, he knew, was surrounded with spies and traitors; and, upon the whole, it seems hard to interpret that conduct which ought to exalt our idea of his prudence, as a disparagement of his probity.
* Gumble's Life of Monk, p.

93.
Sir John Granville, hoping that the general would engage in the king's service, sent into Scotland his younger brother, a clergyman, Dr.Monk, who carried him a letter and invitation from the king.

When the doctor arrived, he found that his brother was then holding a council of officers, and was not to be seen for some hours.

In the mean time, he was received and entertained by Price, the general's chaplain, a man of probity, as well as a partisan of the king's.