He delayed to make it so long that we may reasonably suspect him of having waited for the death of those who could confute him; and he produced no evidence but his own.
[558] While these things happened in London, every post from every part of the country brought tidings of some new insurrection.

Lumley had seized Newcastle.

The inhabitants had welcomed him with transport.

The statue of the King, which stood on a lofty pedestal of marble, had been pulled down and hurled into the Tyne.

The third of December was long remembered at Hull as the town taking day.