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Rh 30. VIII of Clubs

"Pride Oliver's drayman"

Parliament not proving willing to condemn Charles I., was purged of its unruly members by Colonel Pride, (who was said to have been originally a drayman) who entered the house and drove 160 members into the streets, leaving 60 of the faithful to govern the kingdom and murder their monarch.—(Imprisonment and death of King Charles I., Aungervyle Society reprint, p. 58).

31. VIII of Spades.

"Scot Oliver's clerk or tallyman."

Scott was one of the members of the long parliament, and with Robinson was sent to Monk to "give some check to that license of addresses and resort of malignants."—Clarendon's Rebellion, vol. iii. p. 410.

32. VIII of Diamonds.

"Don Haselrigg Kt. of y$e$ codled braine."

"Haselrigg was of a rude, and stubborn nature, and of a weak understanding." (Clarendon's Rebellion, vol. iii. p. 401).

33. IX of Hearts.

"Huson the cobler entring London."

Hewson, who had originally been a cobbler, became Lt.-Col. of Cromwell's Ironsides.