D.92, 100.
* Rush.

vol.vi.p.

262.
[Illustration: 1-671-gloucester.jpg GLOUCESTER] But the most memorable actions of valor during this winter season were performed in the west.

When Sir Ralph Hopton with his small troop, retired into Cornwall before the earl of Bedford, that nobleman, despising so inconsiderable a force, abandoned the pursuit, and committed the care of suppressing the royal party to the sheriffs of the county.

But the affections of Cornwall were much inclined to the king's service.