Note 286 — Chapter X
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Whitelock, 109, 137, 142; Rushw. Abr. v. 163. The first rat (except indeed the Earls of Holland and Bedford, who were rats with two tails) was Sir Edward Dering, who came into the parliament's quarters, Feb. 1644. He was a weak man of some learning, who had already played a very changeable part before the war.