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YND being very weary of ſtaying long in a place, ſhipped himſelf for Scotland: when he was landed, and preſented his ſervice to the King at Stirling: the King being informed who he was, had ſome diſcourse with him, and commended him to the Duke of Buckingham, then preferred him to ride in his troop, becauſe his life-guard was full. He came into England with the ſame troop, was in the engagement at Warrington, came to Worceſter fight, and ſtayed till the king was fled. Hynd being in the city, ſaw the gates full of flying perſons, lept over the wall on foot, by himſelt only travelled the country, and lay three days under buſhes and hedges, becauſe of the ſoldiery, and afterwards he came to Sir John Pakinton's woods, where he lay five days, and from thence he came on foot to London, and lodged five weeks very ſecurely: but on November 9th, 1651. A diſcovery was made of Captain Hynd's frequenting one Deny's, a barber, over againſt St. Dunſtan's church in Fleet-ſtreet, who went by the name of Brown. This information was communicated to certain gentlemen, belonging to the right honourable Mr. Speaker, who with great care ſo ordered the buſineſs, that there was no ſuſpicion at all: to his chamber door they went, forced it open, and immediately, with their piſtols cocked, ſeized upon his perſon, carried him to Mr. Speaker's houſe in Chancery-lane, and ſo ſecured him for that night. The next day being Monday, by order from the Right Honourable Council of State, the ſaid Captain Hynd, was