[The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. by David Hume]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. CHAPTER LIX 108/111
But the former soon died; of grief, as is supposed, for her father's tragical end: the latter was, by Cromwell, sent beyond sea. The king's statue, in the exchange, was thrown down; and on the pedestal these words were inscribed: "Exit tyrannus, regum ultimus;" The tyrant is gone, the last of the kings. Duke Hamilton was tried by a new high court of justice, as earl of Cambridge, in England; and condemned for treason.
This sentence, which was certainly hard, but which ought to save his memory from all imputations of treachery to his master, was executed on a scaffold erected before Westminster Hall.
Lord Capel underwent the same fate. Both these noblemen had escaped from prison, but were afterwards discovered and taken.
To all the solicitations of their friends for pardon, the generals and parliamentary leaders still replied, that it was certainly the intention of Providence they should suffer; since it had permitted them to fall into the hands of their enemies, after they had once recovered their liberty. The earl of Holland lost his life by a like sentence.
Though of a polite and courtly behavior, he died lamented by no party.
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