Note 350 — Chapter II · THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1642 AND 1643.

Giustiniani mentions, under date of August 22, that the standard had been set up the week before. This is not actually false, as it was at first displayed from the castle, which the King did not approve. The error of Clarendon, who gives August 25, may arise from the various repetitions. The 22nd is beyond a doubt the true date. Cp. ‘True and exact Relation’ in Somers Tracts iv.