ticular out of the Word of God, to the very taking up of a rush or straw, as their grave master J. C. taught them. As if God took care of straws, or their taking of them up." 501. Lord Say, 512. 502, 3. Calvinists.

510. King's power with regard to the Church.

519. Great part of the powder treason was hatched at St. Winifred's Well. 527. Running lectures.

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and his Majesty must, notwithstanding his said oath, proceed against the offenders."

14. Don Fennyn's wild report to Buckingham of a people in America who produced gold, without working for it in the mines, had also precious stones, and were besotted with a prediction that there should come unto them a nation with flaxen bair, white complexion, grey eyes, that shall govern them.

18. Buckingham's treaty with the King

531. A pun. Laud and Charles.

610. To Sir Ken. Digby on his change of religion, a beautiful letter, most characteristic of, and most honourable to the writer.

Vol. 2.

America, Jamaica, St. Domingo, &c.

49. 1631. League offensive and defensive with Spain against Holland.

67. Prohibited books introduced under the Spanish resident's address.

72. Father Leander alias Jones. 127. One D. Francesco de Melo, of the

195. Jackson.

Answer to Lord Say's speech. 12. Roundheads.

Clarendon's State Papers.

3. SPANISH match. The Pope insisted that the children should be brought up Catholics under the mother till they were twelve or fourteen, James having limited their education under the mother to seven years. James was contented to yield thus much farther, "that howbeit in the public articles (which in that point he desires not to be altered), he mentions but seven years, he will oblige himself privately by a letter to the King of Spain, that they shall be brought up sub regimine matris for two years longer, that is, until the age of nine." 10. "James promised a perpetual toleration to exercise the Roman Catholic religion within their private houses,-but with this protestation, that if they shall insolently abuse this his Majesty's high grace and favour to the danger of embroiling his state and government, the safety of the Commonwealth is in this case supreme law,

tempered man, now ambassador at Geneva, 1634.

130. F. Leander's account of the disputes among the Roman Catholics in England. The propositions that the King could only legislate with his parliament, and that in certain cases the temporal commonwealth might depose the King, were deemed very injurious to their cause.

134. "The King," F. Leander says, "is not a heretic-only a person not sufficiently informed.”

140. Wealth of the Jesuits in England, some 2 or £300,000 in yearly rents of lands, houses and money at use. More than 360 Jesuits in the country, and out of it more than 550 English students in their colleges.

141. Danger from them.

159. List of gifts which Charles permitted the Lord Treasurer Portland to receive, amounting to £44,500, among them was a sum of £500 from Sir Wm. Withpool, for pardoning his burning in the hand.

167. Employment of French Capuchins in Scotland, a mischief planned by Richelieu and Father Joseph, of which Leander warns Windebank. 1634.

197. Leander's view of the nearness of

that we must either submit to one, or be tyrranized over by hundreds. And those that did with the greatest violence pull themselves from under the King's government, when they looked upon it in comparison with Queen Elizabeth's, could with as much greediness submit to it, now they are able to compare it experimentally with Sir H. Vane's."

169. 1644. Lord Inchiquin says he entered into no terms with the Parliament "till I saw that there was no living in Ireland for any but Papists: and that his Majesty was yet so deluded by these people, that his confidence of their integrity induced him to leave us in their power, who we know intend our extirpation, and resolve to be no longer obedient to his Majesty than he shall permit them to do what may conduce to that end.

"Ormond, the man in the world the rebels have shown most hatred to, and that justly, as being the person has given them most of prejudice."

182. Sir J. Hotham, when he departed from London, gave assurance to some of his nearest friends, "that he would not deny the King entrance into Hull, and surely had not done it, but that he was informed by some person near the King, in case he permitted his Majesty's entrance, he would lose his head; and it is conceived the same person did most prompt the King to go to Hull."

186. Hotham was the first man who moved in the House of Commons that Laud might be charged with high treason, and yet the person that suffered immediately before him upon the same stage.

188. An excellent letter of Culpeper's to Digby :-"Remember that a kingdom is at stake, and the present and all future ages will call them wise and honest too, that shall preserve it." He advises "a severe and most strict reformation in the discipline and manners of the army. Our courage is enerved by a lazy licentiousness; and good men are so scandalized at the horrid impiety of our armies, that they will not believe that

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God can bless any cause in such hands. Begin upon a new scale, and learn of my lord Montrose to be as conscientious in protecting your friends as terrible to your enemies, and subtle in taking all measures for such."

191. Digby's letter to the Scotch lords: "Is there any that would pretend themselves bound in conscience to enforce the same church government here which is settled in Scotland? Certainly, my lords, they who justify their taking up arms against their King, to withstand his imposing upon them a church government, against their consciences, can ill pretend to justify their continuing in arms against him, because he will not let them impose upon him a church government against his conscience." 201. Ormond. 287.

202. Glamorgan's instructions:- They prove a lamentable willingness in Charles to make scape goats of his faithful servants. And also a duplicity, which no doubt was forced upon him by the times. See also 306.

207. Culpeper:-"As for foreign force, it is a vain dream." This was a real statesman.

209. Charles represents to Montreuil, that if he could in conscience consent to establish a Presbyterian church in England, the Independents would not submit to it.

220. 1646. Charles sends Montreuil a protestation "that all my servants, and all others who adhere to me, shall be saved from ruin or any public dishonour. Which is a condition that my wife writ to me that not only she, but likewise Cardinal Mazerin, were absolutely of opinion that I was sooner to die than not to have."

226. March, 1645-6. Charles's overtures to Sir H. Vane.

234. 1646. Hyde looks for advantages which "may be taken from the necessary distractions among themselves: there being not yet six men of one mind in their future designs upon the public, or in their private charity to each other."

243. Charles's ground for refusing to

yield in church matters, forcibly stated. 254.

cio.

settlement of Presbytery, with liberty for tender consciences, which is a back door to let in all sects and heresies. The Socinians now begin to appear in great numbers un

296. His contrition for Strafford's death, and his declaration, that he was surprised into his assent to the perpetual Parliament, "instantly after I made that base unworthy concession."

298. The Pope's terms communicated through Sir K. Digby.

317. "I am not satisfied that too imperious a dislike heretofore in our Church of England, when she was of reputation and authority toward those churches, (the French,) especially the testy and imprudent carriage of my lord Sligo, when he was ambassador, towards those of Charenton, was not the best argument that hath been yet given, for those unworthy and uncharitable opinions of the religion of the King and Court of England.”— HYDE.

322. Hyde's opinion, that the Scots would not betray the King.

326. 1646-7. His opinion that the King should make no unworthy concessions.

333. His foresight that there could be no peace till we were prepared to settle upon the old foundations.

336. Scandal of entertaining Con.—and inexcusable intrigues with the Irish Catholics. Here is a feeling evinced of Charles's want of openness to his best servants.

337. The Scotch a bare-faced rebellion. 342. Of Digby he says, "Yet truly I more fear that young man's fate, than I do any man's to whom I wish so well."

366. "If ever I come abroad again into the world, and any part be mean enough for me to act, I shall have ambition enough to make some means to be admitted to my lord marquis (Ormond,) whom, in good faith, I take to be the most excellent subject the King is lord of."

a sect of women lately come from foreign parts, and lodged in Southwark, called Quakers, who swell, shiver, and shake, and when they come to themselves, (for in all the time of their fits Mahomet's holy ghost converses with them,) they begin to preach what hath been delivered to them by the spirit."

448-9. Charles's most admirable letter to his son.

455. Scheme for attempting to release the King from Carisbrook.

543. Ascham. "There was found about the person of the man when he was dead, upon the left side next his skin, and nearest his heart, a plate of silver, which is now in his majesty's keeping, (of Spain) and a model whereof we herein send your Majesty. We here take it to be some combination entered into at that time. It may be the hieroglyphic may be better understood nearer England, though it wants not several comments here."

554. Whalley.

xxxvii. App. "The King (1647) lately asked Mr. Marshall what exceptions they had against the Liturgy, or against what part of it they took dislike. He answered that the Parliament had made an ordinance that it should not be used and therefore he could not approve of it. To which the King replied that he could have had as good a reason as that from the Earl of Pembroke."

Martin, upom reading of letters from Holmby, desiring directions how to deal with such as flocked up to be touched by the King, said he knew not but the Parliament's Great Seal might do it as well, if there were an ordinance for it.

xl. "There is a new sect sprung up among them, 1647, and these are the Ke