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thought it an honour to be called by the name of the greatest chap.soldier in Europe. But, brave and skilful as he was, he was ■not their countryman: and their regiment, during the fifty sixyears which had elapsed since it gained its first honourable dis-tinctions in Germany, had never been commanded but by aHepburn or a Douglas. While they were in this angry andpunctilious mood, they were ordered to join the forces whichwere assembling at Harwich. There was much murmuring;but there was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich.

There the signal of revolt was given by two captains who ■werezealous for the exiled King. The market place was soon filledwith pikemen and musketeers running to and fro. Gunshotswere wildly fired in all directions. Those officers who attemptedto restrain tW rioters were overpowered and disarmed. Atlength the chiefs of the insurrection established some order,and marched out of Ipswich at the head of their adherents. Thelittle army consisted of about eight hundred men. They hadseized four pieces of cannon, and had taken possession of themilitary chest, which contained a considerable sum of money.

At the distance of half a mile from the town a halt was called: ageneral consultation was held; and the mutineers resolved thatthey would hasten back to their native country, and would liveand die with their rightful King. They instantly proceedednorthward by forced marches.*

When the news reached London the dismay was great. Itwas rumoured that alarming symptoms had appeared in otherregiments, and particularly that a body of fusileers which layat Harwich was likely to imitate the example set at Ipswich.

“If these Scots,” said Halifax to Beresby, “are unsupported,they are lost. But if they have acted in concert with others,the danger is serious indeed.”** The truth seems to be that

* Commons’Journals, March 15. 168$,** Kcrcsby’s Memoirs.