Monk, he saw, had passed the Tweed at Coldstream, and was advancing upon him.

His own soldiers deserted him in great multitudes, and joined the enemy.

Lord Fairfax, too, he heard, had raised forces behind him, and had possessed himself of York, without declaring his purpose.

The last orders of the parliament so entirely stripped him of his army, that there remained not with him above a hundred horse: all the rest went to their quarters with quietness and resignation; and he himself was, some time after, arrested and committed to the Tower.

The other officers, who had formerly been cashiered by the parliament, and who had resumed their commands that they might subdue that assembly, were again cashiered and confined to their houses.