Desborow's regiment, being sent by Lambert to support his friends, no sooner arrived at St.Albans, than it declared for the same assembly.
Fleetwood's hand was found too weak and unstable to support this ill-founded fabric, which every where around him was falling into ruins.
When he received intelligence of any murmurs among the soldiers, he would prostrate himself in prayer, and could hardly be prevailed with to join the troops.

Even when among them, he would, in the midst of any discourse, invite them all to prayer, and put himself on his knees before them.

If any of his friends exhorted him to more vigor, they could get no other answer than, that God had spitten in his face, and would not hear him.

Men now ceased to wonder why Lambert had promoted him to the office of general, and had contented himself with the second command in the army.
Lenthal, the speaker, being invited by the officers, again assumed authority, and summoned together the parliament, which twice before had been expelled with so much reproach and ignominy.

As soon as assembled, they repealed their act against the payment of excise and customs; they appointed commissioners for assigning quarters to the army; and, without taking any notice of Lambert, they sent orders to the forces under his command immediately to repair to those quarters which were appointed them.
{1660.} Lambert was now in a very disconsolate condition.