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 years, Cromwell, no longer unknown to fame, chanced to be passing through the streets of Huntingdon at the head of his Ironsides, he happened to notice the very clergyman watching the procession, and, smiling, reminded him of the incident, asking him if he remembered it. "I do well," replied the clergyman, who bore no love towards the Puritans, "and I wish to God I had let you drown rather than have saved your life to use it to fight against your king." To which Cromwell sternly retorted, "It was God's will, you merely acted as His servant to perform His wishes. Be pleased, sir, to remember that."