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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
1. That the Earl by his constant backwordnesse to action, and unwillingnesse to ingage with the enimys, hath lost many faire advantages and opportunityes, and hath neclected the commands of Parlement and booth Kindomes in matters of importance.
1. Ha. that ther weare propositions made to the Earl when he came from Yorke to beleauger Newarke, which was a thing very feasable, but the Earl wold not consent unto it.
2. Ri. that after the Earle came from Yorke he found him allwayes backward to putt his armye to action.
3. Wa. that when ther wear propositions made to the Earl to putt his army into action he was very backword, and, beeing advised to build a fort a[t] Musham Bridge to block upp Newark, he refused it, and when ther wear propositions sent to march into Cheshire he refused to goe.
page 099 note a This document appears to be a summary of the evidence given (in support of Cromwell's charge) before the Committee of which Tate was chairman. The witnesses appear to be mostly either connections or partizans of Cromwell.—G.C.