Charles the King
“He had crossed the border and was staying at Berwick Castle with what remained of his army, a defeated army composed of discontented, untrained men, grumbling against a war with which none of them was in religious sympathy, officered by nobles and gentry quarrelling amongst themselves and secretly in league with many of the Scottish rebels.
Lord Holland, Henrietta’s friend and his favourite, had taken his cavalry and foot-soldiers into Scotland and run from the superior Scots forces without fir...ing a shot. There was no battle, only a disgraceful rout, and what was left of the Royal army’s tremulous morale collapsed.
They were surrounded by the Covenanters, and the discipline and fervour of the rebellious Scots were a merciless reminder to him of the disloyalty and cowardice of his own people. He had met the Scottish leaders to discuss a treaty—the rough, suspicious Earl of Rothes and the younger, more courteous Earl of Montrose, and Charles had received them graciously and disarmed them with promises he had no intention of keeping.MoreLess
Lord Holland, Henrietta’s friend and his favourite, had taken his cavalry and foot-soldiers into Scotland and run from the superior Scots forces without fir...ing a shot. There was no battle, only a disgraceful rout, and what was left of the Royal army’s tremulous morale collapsed.
They were surrounded by the Covenanters, and the discipline and fervour of the rebellious Scots were a merciless reminder to him of the disloyalty and cowardice of his own people. He had met the Scottish leaders to discuss a treaty—the rough, suspicious Earl of Rothes and the younger, more courteous Earl of Montrose, and Charles had received them graciously and disarmed them with promises he had no intention of keeping.MoreLess
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