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Article A MASON'S ADVENTURE; ← Page 5 of 8 →
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A Mason's Adventure;
Init that the rustling of Richard ' s calves-skin breeches was the best direction his Majesty had to follow him in that dark night . Finding the passages of the Severn guarded by Cromwell ' s soldiers the old story tells its reader , that Mr . Woolf , after concealing the Kinoin a barn during the day , advised his Majesty " not to prosecute this design for Wales , but rather to go to Boscobel House , being the most retired lace for concealment in all the country" which advice the Kin
p ; " follows , Mrs- Woolf discolouring his hands , for further disguise , with walnut-tree leaves . At about eleven of the clock at night ( Charles ) sets forward , with his faithful guide Richard , towards Boscobel . "About three of the clock on Saturday morning , being come near tbe house , Richard left his Majesty in the wood , whilst he went in to see if no soldiers were there , or other danger ; where he found Colonel William Carlis ( who had seennot the last man bornbut the last
, , , man killed at Worcester , and ) who , having with much difficulty made his escape from thence , was got into his own nei ghbourhood , and for some time concealing himself in Boscobel Wood , was come that moi-nin « to the house , to get some relief of William Penderel , his old acquaintance . Richard having acquainted the Colonel that the King was in the wood , the Colonel , with William and Richard , go presently thither to give their attendance , where tbey found his Majesty sitting on the root of a treewho
, was glad to see the Colonel , and came with them into the house , and did there eat bread and cheese heartily , and ( as an extraordinary ) William Pendent ' s wife made his Majesty a posset of thin milk and small beer , and got ready some warm water to wash his feet , not only extreme dirty , but much galled with travail . The Colonel pulled off his Majesty ' s shoes , which were full of gravel , and stockens , which were very wet , and there being no other shoes in the house that would fit his Majesty , the good wife put some hot embers in those to dry them , whilst his Majesty ' s feet were washing , ancl his stockens shifted .
" Being thus a little refreshed , the Colonel persuaded his Majesty to go back into the wood , ( supposing it safer than the house , ) wliere the Colonel made choice of a thick-leaved oak , into which William and Richard help'd them both up , and brought them such provision as they could get , with a cushion for his Majesty to sit on ; the Colonel humbl y desired his Majesty ( who hacl taken little or no rest the two preceding nights ) to seat himself as easily as he could in the tree , and rest his head the Colonel
on ' s lap , who was watchful that his Majesty might not fall . In this oak they continued most part of that day ; and in that posture ' his Majesty slumbered away some part of the time , and bore all these hardships and afflictions with incomparable patience . In the evening they returned to the house , where William Penderel acquainted his Majesty with the secret place wherein the Earl of Derby had been secured , which his Majesty liked so well , that he resolved , whilst he staid thereto trust onel
, y to that , and go no more into the Royal Oak , as from hence it must be called , where he could not so much as sit at ease . His Majesty , now finding himself in a hopeful security , permitted William Penderel to shave him , and cut the hair of his head , as short at top as the scissors would do it , but leaving some about the ears , according to the country mode ; Colonel Carlis , attending , told his Majesty , William was but a mean barber ; to which his Majesty answered , lie had never been shaved by any barber before . The King bade William
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Mason's Adventure;
Init that the rustling of Richard ' s calves-skin breeches was the best direction his Majesty had to follow him in that dark night . Finding the passages of the Severn guarded by Cromwell ' s soldiers the old story tells its reader , that Mr . Woolf , after concealing the Kinoin a barn during the day , advised his Majesty " not to prosecute this design for Wales , but rather to go to Boscobel House , being the most retired lace for concealment in all the country" which advice the Kin
p ; " follows , Mrs- Woolf discolouring his hands , for further disguise , with walnut-tree leaves . At about eleven of the clock at night ( Charles ) sets forward , with his faithful guide Richard , towards Boscobel . "About three of the clock on Saturday morning , being come near tbe house , Richard left his Majesty in the wood , whilst he went in to see if no soldiers were there , or other danger ; where he found Colonel William Carlis ( who had seennot the last man bornbut the last
, , , man killed at Worcester , and ) who , having with much difficulty made his escape from thence , was got into his own nei ghbourhood , and for some time concealing himself in Boscobel Wood , was come that moi-nin « to the house , to get some relief of William Penderel , his old acquaintance . Richard having acquainted the Colonel that the King was in the wood , the Colonel , with William and Richard , go presently thither to give their attendance , where tbey found his Majesty sitting on the root of a treewho
, was glad to see the Colonel , and came with them into the house , and did there eat bread and cheese heartily , and ( as an extraordinary ) William Pendent ' s wife made his Majesty a posset of thin milk and small beer , and got ready some warm water to wash his feet , not only extreme dirty , but much galled with travail . The Colonel pulled off his Majesty ' s shoes , which were full of gravel , and stockens , which were very wet , and there being no other shoes in the house that would fit his Majesty , the good wife put some hot embers in those to dry them , whilst his Majesty ' s feet were washing , ancl his stockens shifted .
" Being thus a little refreshed , the Colonel persuaded his Majesty to go back into the wood , ( supposing it safer than the house , ) wliere the Colonel made choice of a thick-leaved oak , into which William and Richard help'd them both up , and brought them such provision as they could get , with a cushion for his Majesty to sit on ; the Colonel humbl y desired his Majesty ( who hacl taken little or no rest the two preceding nights ) to seat himself as easily as he could in the tree , and rest his head the Colonel
on ' s lap , who was watchful that his Majesty might not fall . In this oak they continued most part of that day ; and in that posture ' his Majesty slumbered away some part of the time , and bore all these hardships and afflictions with incomparable patience . In the evening they returned to the house , where William Penderel acquainted his Majesty with the secret place wherein the Earl of Derby had been secured , which his Majesty liked so well , that he resolved , whilst he staid thereto trust onel
, y to that , and go no more into the Royal Oak , as from hence it must be called , where he could not so much as sit at ease . His Majesty , now finding himself in a hopeful security , permitted William Penderel to shave him , and cut the hair of his head , as short at top as the scissors would do it , but leaving some about the ears , according to the country mode ; Colonel Carlis , attending , told his Majesty , William was but a mean barber ; to which his Majesty answered , lie had never been shaved by any barber before . The King bade William