Protestantism in Scotland - James Aitken Wylie

the passions on both sides, took care that it should
not be restored. After some time spent in
remonstrances, messages, and answers, the king
marched to Hull, where was store of all kinds of
arms, the place having been made a magazine in
the war against the Scots. At the gates, Charles was
refused entrance by the governor, Sir John Hotham,
who held the city for the Parliament. Pronouncing
him a traitor, the king turned away and directed his
course to Nottingham.[4] There on the 22nd of
August, 1642, Charles set up his standard, which,
as Lord Clarendon takes note, was blown down the
same night, nor could it be replaced till two days
thereafter, from the violence of the storm then
blowing. It was a worse omen that comparatively
few assembled to that standard. The king now
issued his summons to the gentlemen of the North
to meet him at York. The word, "To your tents, O
Israel," had gone forth; the civil war had
commenced.
This recalls us once more to Scotland. The two
kingdoms were at that moment threatened with a
common peril, and this summoned them to a
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