twelve o'clock
This occasioned a letter to my Lord Fairfax , wherein our general returning the civilities , and neither accepting nor refusing his proposal , put it upon his honour , whether there was not some agreement or concession between his Majesty and the Parliament , in order to a general peace , which this treaty might be prejudicial to , or thereby be prejudicial to us . The Lord Fairfax ingenuously declared , he had heard the king had made some concessions , and he heartily wished he would make such as would settle the kingdom in peace , that Englishmen might not wound and destroy one another ; but that he declared he knew of no treaty commenced , nor anything passed which could give us the least shadow of hope for any advantage in not accepting his conditions ; at last telling us , that though he did not insult over our circumstances , yet if we thought fit , upon any such supposition , to refuse his offers , he was not to seek in his measures . And it appeared so , for he immediately advanced his forlorns , and dispossessed us of two advanced quarters , and thereby straitened us yet more . We had now nothing to say , but treat , and our general was so sensible of our condition , that he returned the trumpet with a safe-conduct for commissioners at twelve o'clock that night ; upon which a cessation of arms was agreed on , we quitting Truro to the Lord Fairfax , and he left St Allen to us to keep our headquarters . The conditions were soon agreed on ; we disbanded nine full brigades of horse , and all the conditions were observed with the most honour and care by the enemy that ever I saw in my life . Nor can I omit to make very honourable mention of this noble gentleman , though I did not like his cause ; but I never saw a man of a more pleasant , calm , courteous , downright , honest behaviour in my life ; and for his courage and personal bravery in the field , that we had felt enough of . No man in the world had more fire and fury in him while in action , or more temper and softness out of it .