A London ship, commanded by Richard Ingle,
a Puritan and a staunch upholder of the cause of Parliament, arrived before
St. Mary's, where he gave great offense by his blatant remarks about the
King and Rupert, "that Prince Rogue." Though he was promptly arrested on
the charge of treason, he managed to escape and soon left the loyal colony
far astern.
In the meantime Leonard Calvert had come back to Maryland, where he found
confusion and a growing heat and faction and side-taking of a bitter sort.
To add to the turmoil, William Claiborne, among whose dominant traits was
an inability to recognize defeat, was making attempts upon Kent Island.
Calvert was not long at St. Mary's ere Ingle sailed in again with
letters-of-marque from the Long Parliament. Ingle and his men landed and
quickly found out the Protestant moiety of the colonists. There followed an
actual insurrection, the Marylanders joining with Ingle and much aided by
Claiborne, who now retook Kent Island. The insurgents then captured St.
Mary's and forced the Governor to flee to Virginia. For two years Ingle
ruled and plundered, sequestrating goods of the Proprietary's adherents,
and deporting in irons Jesuit priests. At the end of this time Calvert
reappeared, and behind him a troop gathered in Virginia. Now it was Ingle's
turn to flee. Regaining his ship, he made sail for England, and Maryland
settled down again to the ancient order. The Governor then reduced Kent
Island. Claiborne, again defeated, retired to Virginia, whence he sailed
for England.
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