"[He] answered, 'On Wednesday last was sevennight, he came from Yorke, and came to his house in London. "'He heard of a petition that was never delivered. "'He never heard of any censure of the Parliament. "'He heard that a paper was burnt for being irregularly burnt [?presented]. "'He had heard that the Petition, that went under the name of the Kentish Petition, was burnt by the hands of the common hangman. "'He never heard of any order of either, [or] of both, the Houses concerning [the Petition]. "'He was at Hull on Thursday or Friday was a sevennight: as he came from Yorke, he took Hull in the way. He had heard, that Sir Roger Twisden was questioned for the like Petition. "'He was yesterday at BLACKHEATH.' "Resolved, upon the question, that Captain Lovelace shall be presently Committed prisoner to the Gatehouse. "Resolved, upon the question, that Sir William Boteler shall be presently committed prisoner to the Fleet. "Ordered, that the sergeant shall apprehend them, and carry them in safe custody, and deliver them as prisoners to the several prisons aforesaid." On the 4th May, 1642, the House of Commons ordered Mr. Whittlock and others to prepare a charge against Mr. Lovelace and Sir William Boteler with all expedition; but nothing further is heard of the matter till the 17th June, When Lovelace<2.23> and Boteler petitioned the House separately for their release from custody. Hereupon Sir William was discharged on finding personal bail to the extent of <pounds>10,000, with a surety for <pounds>5000; and in the case of his companion in misfortune it was ordered, on the question, that "he be forthwith bailed upon GOOD security." This "good security," surely, did not reach the sum mentioned by Wood, namely, <pounds>40,000; but it is likely that the author of the ATHENAE is ONLY wrong by a cypher, and that the amount fixed was <pounds>4000, as it has been already suggested. Thus Lovelace's confinement did not exceed seven weeks in duration, and the probability, is that the sole inconvenience, which he subsequently experienced, was the loss of the bail.