"With unblushing falsehood," says Mr Gardiner, they in other respects lied to the English Parliament.

On May 19 Charles bade Montrose leave the country, which he succeeded in doing, despite the treacherous endeavours of his enemies to detain him till his day of safety (August 31) was passed.
The Scots of the army were in a quandary.

The preachers, their masters, would not permit them to bring to Scotland an uncovenanted king.

They could not stay penniless in England.

For 200,000 pounds down and a promise, never kept, of a similar sum later, they left Charles in English hands, with some assurances for his safety, and early in February 1647 crossed Tweed with their thirty-six cartloads of money.