But the Parliament refused to be pacified, and insisted that the Princes must depart within ten days. A long correspondence ensued, relating chiefly to passes for various servants, "whom we would not willingly leave behind." The list forwarded to the Parliament by Rupert, included a chaplain, some seven or eight gentlemen, footmen, grooms, a tailor, a gunsmith, a farrier, a secretary, "my brother's secretary's brother," and "a laundress and her maid."[67] On July 4th the brothers reached Dover, whence Rupert took ship for Calais, and Maurice for the Hague. Rupert's "family," as his train was called, followed more slowly, and rejoined him on July 23rd, at St. Germains. "Blessed be God, for his and our deliverance from the Parliament,"[68] piously concludes the journal of his secretary. So ended Rupert's part in the Civil War; a part played, on the whole, creditably, and yet not without serious faults {204} both of temper and judgment. In the earlier days of the war, while possessed of the King's confidence, the Prince had been almost uniformly successful. Later, when he had to struggle against plots and counter-plots, a vacillating King, false friends, and open enemies, he failed. That Digby had laid a deliberate scheme for his overthrow is evident; yet he had made Digby his enemy by his own faults of temper, and his own indiscretions had placed the necessary weapons in the Secretary's hands. That he was unjustly treated with regard to Bristol there can be no doubt, but he ruined his own cause by his hopeless loss of temper. Nothing could justify the mutinous scene at Newark, and Rupert afterwards confessed himself ashamed of it. That the King's affairs would have prospered better had Digby's influence been less and Rupert's more, seems probable. Faults and limitations, Rupert had, but he understood war as Digby did not. His fidelity was irreproachable, and could never have been seriously doubted. But he knew when the cause was lost, though the sanguine secretary failed to perceive it, and his advice to make peace was reasonable enough. It was unfortunate that the position was such as made that reasonable advice impossible to follow. [1] Warburton. III. p. 133. Maurice to Rupert, July 7, 1645. [2] Warburton. III. p. 149. Rupert to Richmond, July 28, 1645. [3] Ibid. p. 151. Rupert to Legge, July 28, 1645. [4] Add. MSS. Richmond to Rupert, Aug. 3, 1645. [5] Rushworth, VI. 132. King to Rupert, Aug. 3. [6] Warburton, III. 73. Rupert to Legge, Mar. 31, 1645. [7] Carte's Ormonde, VI. 303. Digby to Ormonde, June 26, 1645 [8] Warburton, III. p. 145. [9] Ibid. p. 156. Rupert to Legge, July 29, 1645. [10] A Narrative of the Siege of Bristol. Warburton, III. pp. 166-180. [11] Warburton, III. pp. 172-174. [12] Narrative of Siege of Bristol. Warburton, III. pp. 168-169. [13] Ibid. p. 178. [14] Narrative of Siege of Bristol. Warburton, III. p. 180.