King needed not to take care to catch or execute the Rebells, for
they themselves out of their zeal to him, and to make amends for
what was past, imprisoned and killed all they met; the Plunder being
their own. This continued for some eight or ten days. Which the King
hearing of, commanded to kill no more, but that whom they took they
should imprison, until examination passed; which was not so much to
save innocent persons from violence, as that he might have the Rebells
to torment them, and make them confess of their Confederates. For he
spared none that seemed guilty: some to this day lye chained in Prison,
being sequestred of all their Estates, and beg for their living. One
of the most noted Rebells, called Ambom Wellaraul, he sent to Columba
to the Dutch to execute, supposing they would invent new Tortures
for him, beyond what he knew of. But they instead of executing him,
cut off his chains, and kindly entertained him, and there he still
is in the City of Columba, reserving him for some designs they may
hereafter have against the Countrey.

[The King poysons his Son to prevent a Rebellion hereafter.] The King
could but not be sensible, that it was his rigorous government that
had occasioned this Rebellion, yet amended it not in the least; but on
the contrary like to Rehoboam added yet more to the Peoples yoak. And
being thus safely re-instated in his Kingdom again, and observing
that the life of his Son gave encouragement to the Rebellion, resolved
to prevent it for the future by taking him away. Which upon the next
opportunity he did by Poysoning him, which I have related before.

[His ingratitude.] But one thing there is, that argues him guilty of
imprudence and horrible ingratitude, that most of those that went along
with him when he fled, of whose Loyalty he had such ample experience,
he hath since cut off; and that with extreme cruelty too.

[Another Comet, but without any bad effects following it.] In the
year 1666 in the month of February, there appeared in this Countrey
another Comet or stream in the West, the head end under the Horizon,
much resembling that which was seen in England in the year 1680 in
December. The sight of this did much daunt both King and People,
having but a year or two before felt the sad event of a Blazing-Star
in this Rebellion which I have now related. The King sent men upon
the highest mountains in the Land to look if they could perceive the
head of it, which they could not, be