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"A mighty pain to love it is, / And 'tis a pain to miss it; / But of all pains, the greatest pain / It is to love, but love in vain." / --Cowley.
The city of Hereford, which had been evacuated by the last remnants of Lord Stamford's army shortly before Christmas, was once more in the hands of the Royalists, and throughout the winter, reprisals had been the order of the day. Price, the Mayor, who had admitted Stamford's troops, was thrown into gaol, his house was plundered, and there was a keen desire to hang him in front of his own door, happily frustrated by the more moderate citizens. Sir Richard Hopton, also, had his house at Canon Frome plundered, while Dr. Harford would probably have suffered imprisonment for his bold advocacy of the Parliamentary cause had not the citizens been loth to lose the services of their first physician.