But she indignantly refused to
surrender without the consent and commandment of her lord; and after
many interviews, to which she assented only to gain time, and to
complete the provisioning and fortifying of her little garrison, they
began to find her answers too full of policy and procrastination,
dangerous to the fidelity of their troops. In the end, seeing she was
only amusing them by vain pretences, they sent the following as their
final terms, by Colonel Morgan, commander of the engineers, who had been
appointed by Sir Thomas Fairfax to conduct the siege:--
1st. "That the Countess of Derby shall have the time she desires, and
then liberty to transport her arms and goods to the Isle of Man, except
the cannon, which shall continue there for the defence of the house.
2d. "That her ladyship, by ten o'clock on the morrow, shall disband all
her soldiers, except her menial servants, and receive an officer and
forty parliament soldiers for her guard."
Morgan is described as "a litle man short and peremptory, who met with
staidnes to coole his heat; and had the honor to carry backe this last
answer--for her ladyshipp could scrue them to noe more delayes, viz.
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