Micah Clarke

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1. Chapter
   I. OF CORNET JOSEPH CLARKE OF THE IRONSIDES. II. OF MY GOING TO SCHOOL AND OF MY COMING THENCE. III. OF TWO FRIENDS OF MY YOUTH. IV. OF THE…
2. Of Sir Gervas Jerome, Knight Banneret Of The County Of Surrey
   XIV. OF THE STIFF-LEGGED PARSON AND HIS FLOCK. XV. OF OUR BRUSH WITH THE KING’S DRAGOONS. XVI. OF OUR COMING TO TAUNTON. XVII. OF THE GATHE…
3. Of Cornet Joseph Clarke Of The Ironsides
   It may be, my dear grandchildren, that at one time or another I have told you nearly all the incidents which have occurred during my advent…
4. Micah Clarke - Of My Going To School And Of My Coming Thence - (1)
   With the home influences which I have described, it may be readily imagined that my young mind turned very much upon the subject of religio…
5. Micah Clarke - Of My Going To School And Of My Coming Thence - (2)
   When I was fourteen years of age, a yellow-haired, brown-faced lad, I was packed off to a small private school at Petersfield, and there I…
6. Of Two Friends Of My Youth
   I fear, my children, that you will think that the prologue is over long for the play; but the foundations must be laid before the building…
7. Of The Strange Fish That We Caught At Spithead
   One evening in the month of May 1685, about the end of the first week of the month, my friend Reuben Lockarby and I borrowed Ned Marley’s p…
8. Of The Man With The Drooping Lids
   My mother and my father were sitting in their high-backed chairs on either side of the empty fireplace when we arrived, he smoking his even…
9. Micah Clarke - Of The Letter That Came From The Lowlands - (1)
   In the morning I was up betimes, and went forthwith, after the country fashion, to our quest’s room to see if there was aught in which I co…
10. Micah Clarke - Of The Letter That Came From The Lowlands - (2)
    But it was no easy thing for me to think seriously of anything in the hamlet; for I was in some way, my dear children, though I say it myse…
11. Of The Horseman Who Rode From The West
    My father set to work forthwith preparing for our equipment, furnishing Saxon out as well as myself on the most liberal scale, for he was d…
12. Micah Clarke - Of Our Start For The Wars - (1)
    All along the ridge of Portsdown Hill we had the lights of Portsmouth and of the harbour ships twinkling beneath us on the left, while on t…
13. Micah Clarke - Of Our Start For The Wars - (2)
    ‘But what can the well-filled purse do for them?’ said I. ‘What will the few score pieces which these bloodthirsty wretches have filched fr…
14. Of A Passage Of Arms At The Blue Boar
    I had slept several hours when I was suddenly aroused by a prodigious crash, followed by the clash of arms and shrill cries from the lower…
15. Micah Clarke - Of Our Perilous Adventure On The Plain - (1)
    We were not half a mile from the town before the roll of kettledrums and the blare of bugles swelling up musically through the darkness ann…
16. Micah Clarke - Of Our Perilous Adventure On The Plain - (2)
    ‘The accursed hounds!’ cried Saxon, putting spurs to his horse and shooting ahead of us; ‘I feared as much. They have freed them from the l…
17. Of The Lonely Man And The Gold Chest
    The strong yellow glare which had attracted us across the moor found its way out through a single narrow slit alongside the door which serv…
18. Micah Clarke - Of Certain Passages Upon The Moor - (1)
    In the morning, after a breakfast furnished by the remains of our supper, we looked to our horses and prepared for our departure. Ere we co…
19. Micah Clarke - Of Certain Passages Upon The Moor - (2)
    ‘Nay, by my manhood, you shall not,’ said Saxon, springing up from his seat. ‘What are all these infernal lazy drawers here for if you are…
20. Of The Stiff-Legged Parson And His Flock
    Our road lay through Castle Carey and Somerton, which are small towns lying in the midst of a most beautiful pastoral country, well wooded…
21. Micah Clarke - Of Our Brush With The King’s Dragoons - (1)
    Some little distance from us a branch road ran into that along which we and our motley assemblage of companions-in-arms were travelling. Th…
22. Micah Clarke - Of Our Brush With The King’s Dragoons - (2)
    ‘Five of the faithful have fallen,’ said Hope-above Williams. ‘Shall we not sally forth and do battle with the children of Antichrist? Are…
23. Of Our Coming To Taunton
    The purple shadows of evening had fallen over the countryside, and the sun had sunk behind the distant Quantock and Brendon Hills, as our r…
24. Of The Gathering In The Market-Square
    The fair town in which we now found ourselves was, although Monmouth had not yet reached it, the real centre of the rebellion. It was a pro…
25. Micah Clarke - Of Master Stephen Timewell, Mayor Of Taunton - (1)
    Within the town-hall all was bustle and turmoil. At one side behind a low table covered with green baize sat two scriveners with great roll…
26. Micah Clarke - Of Master Stephen Timewell, Mayor Of Taunton - (2)
    ‘Hem! hem!’ cried I warningly, for several of the Puritans were listening with faces which expressed anything but approval. ‘What you say o…
27. Micah Clarke - Of A Brawl In The Night - (1)
    Decimus Saxon refused to avail himself of Master Timewell’s house and table for the reason, as I afterwards learned, that, the Mayor being…
28. Micah Clarke - Of A Brawl In The Night - (2)
    Master Stephen Timewell had busied himself in these preparations, but he had borne in mind at the same time that the most welcome sight whi…
29. Of The Muster Of The Men Of The West
    Monmouth was at that time in his thirty-sixth year, and was remarkable for those superficial graces which please the multitude and fit a ma…
30. Micah Clarke - Of My Hand-Grips With The Brandenburger - (1)
    King Monmouth had called a council meeting for the evening, and summoned Colonel Decimus Saxon to attend it, with whom I went, bearing with…
31. Micah Clarke - Of My Hand-Grips With The Brandenburger - (2)
    ‘You will have surmised, gentlemen,’ he said, ‘that I have called you together to-day that I might have the benefit of your collective wisd…
32. Of The News From Havant
    Having given my orders that Covenant should be saddled and bridled by daybreak, I had gone to my room and was preparing for a long night’s…
33. Micah Clarke - Of The Snare On The Weston Road - (1)
    Just after sunrise I was awoke by one of the Mayor’s servants, who brought word that the Honourable Master Wade was awaiting me downstairs.…
34. Micah Clarke - Of The Snare On The Weston Road - (2)
    Passing through the entrance, which must have been dug with great labour through the solid rock, we came out into a lofty and roomy cave, l…
35. Micah Clarke - Of The Welcome That Met Me At Badminton - (1)
    When I opened my eyes I had some ado to recall where I was, but on sitting up it was brought home to me by my head striking the low ceiling…
36. Micah Clarke - Of The Welcome That Met Me At Badminton - (2)
    I was again compelled to assure him that the matter was not one of which I could speak with a stranger, on which he appeared to be huffed,…
37. Micah Clarke - Of Strange Doings In The Boteler Dungeon - (1)
    ‘Take down this fellow’s statement,’ said the Duke to his scrivener. ‘Now, sirrah, it may not be known to you that his gracious Majesty the…
38. Micah Clarke - Of Strange Doings In The Boteler Dungeon - (2)
    I found myself in the presence of a stout short man clad in a rude jerkin and leather breeches, which gave him somewhat the appearance of a…
39. Of The Strife In The Council
    King Monmouth’s council was assembled at the time of my coming, and my entrance caused the utmost surprise and joy, as they had just heard…
40. Micah Clarke - Of The Affair Near Keynsham Bridge - (1)
    Monday, June 21, 1685, broke very dark and windy, with dull clouds moving heavily across the sky and a constant sputter of rain. Yet a litt…
41. Micah Clarke - Of The Affair Near Keynsham Bridge - (2)
    As the Blues retired we observed that a single officer brought up the rear, riding very slowly, as though it went much against his mood to…
42. Of The Fight In Wells Cathedral
    I am fairly tied to the chariot-wheels of history now, my dear children, and must follow on with name and place and date, whether my tale s…
43. Of The Great Cry From The Lonely House
    And so our weary marching and counter-marching came at last to an end, and we found ourselves with our backs fairly against the wall, and t…
44. Micah Clarke - Of The Swordsman With The Brown Jacket - (1)
    The sergeant, who was a great raw-boned west-countryman, pushed the gate open, and we were advancing up the winding pathway, when a stream…
45. Micah Clarke - Of The Swordsman With The Brown Jacket - (2)
    ‘For the gallows I care not a clipped shilling,’ the highwayman answered, sending up thick blue curls of smoke into the morning air. ‘We ha…
46. Micah Clarke - Of The Swordsman With The Brown Jacket - (3)
    ‘My thanks to ye, dear friends and subjects,’ he cried. ‘The issue rests with the Almighty, but what men can do will, I know well, be done…
47. Micah Clarke - Of The Onfall At Sedgemoor - (1)
    However pressing our own private griefs and needs, we had little time now to dwell upon them, for the moment was at hand which was to decid…
48. Micah Clarke - Of The Onfall At Sedgemoor - (2)
    ‘There must be a passage somewhere,’ cried Saxon furiously. ‘Every moment is worth a troop of horse to them. Where is my Lord Grey? Hath th…
49. Micah Clarke - Of The Onfall At Sedgemoor - (3)
    ‘Hush!’ cried Saxon, as we all gave a cry of horror and execration; ‘do not dishearten our brave lads! Cowardice is catching and will run t…
50. Micah Clarke - Of My Perilous Adventure At The Mill - (1)
    At the base of the mill there stood a shed which was evidently used to stall the horses which brought the farmers’ grain. Some grass was he…
51. Micah Clarke - Of My Perilous Adventure At The Mill - (2)
    ‘In as good, though not in a better,’ I returned. ‘That sword hath always been drawn for the rights and liberties of Englishmen, and agains…
52. Micah Clarke - Of The Coming Of Solomon Sprent - (1)
    The church of Gommatch was a small ivy-clad building with a square Norman tower, standing in the centre of the hamlet of that name. Its gre…
53. Micah Clarke - Of The Coming Of Solomon Sprent - (2)
    ‘It is, indeed, a sore sight to see them suffer so patiently and uncomplainingly,’ I answered, ‘and for such a man, too!’ ‘Aye, the chicken…
54. Micah Clarke - Of The Devil In Wig And Gown - (1)
    There was no delay in the work of slaughter. That very night the great gallows was erected outside the White Hart inn. Hour after hour we c…
55. Micah Clarke - Of The Devil In Wig And Gown - (2)
    We were scarce back in the wool-house once more when a file of guards with a sergeant entered, escorting a long, pale-faced man with protru…
56. Micah Clarke - Of The Devil In Wig And Gown - (3)
    ‘This way, sir,’ said the sailor, ‘right aft into the cabin, sir.’ Still following my guide, I found myself in the low cabin of the brig. A…
57. Micah Clarke - Of The End Of It All - (1)
    And so, my dear children, I come to the end of the history of a failure a brave failure and a noble one, but a failure none the less. In th…
58. Micah Clarke - Of The End Of It All - (2)
    Note F. Disturbances at the old Gast House of Little Burton. The circumstances referred to by the Mayor of Taunton in his allusion to the D…