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* Clarendon, vol. i. p. 199. Whitlocke, p. 122. May, p. 81. But those who were willing to retain bishops, insisted on reducing their authority to a low ebb, as well as on abolishing the ceremonies of worship and vestments of the clergy. The controversy therefore, between the parties was almost wholly theological, and that of the most frivolous and ridiculous kind.
And you have an army in Ireland, which you may employ to reduce this kingdom to obedience: for I am confident the Scots cannot hold out five months." * Clarendon, vol. i. p. 223, 229, 230, etc. Whitlocke, p. 41. May p. 93.
Lisle, the wife of one of the commissioners of the great seal, took to him the urine of Whitlocke, one of the most eminent lawyers of the time, to consult him respecting the health of the party, when he informed the lady that the person would recover from his present disease, but about a month after would be very dangerously ill of a surfeit, which accordingly happened.
James's were intended by the generals to be brought to auction, in order to pay the arrears of some regiments of cavalry quartered near London; but, Seiden, apprehensive of the loss, engaged his friend Whitlocke, then lord-keeper for the commonwealth, to apply for the office of librarian. This expedient saved that valuable collection.
He continued his march, and took possession of Oxford, the only town in his dominions which was altogether at his devotion. * Clarendon, vol. iii. p. 44, etc. May, book iii. p. 16, etc. Whitlocke, p. 61. Clarendon, vol. iii. p. 59.
Charles thought, that what concessions were made to the public were of little consequence, if no gratifications were bestowed on individuals who had acquired the direction of public counsels and determinations. A change of ministers, as well as of measures, was therefore resolved on. * Clarendon, vol. i. p. 209. Whitlocke, p. 39. Rush. vol. v. p, 189. Clarendon, vol. i. p. 195.
* Whitlocke, p. 58. Dugdale, p. 96, 99. Meanwhile the splendor of the nobility with which the king was environed much eclipsed the appearance at Westminster. Lord Keeper Littleton, after sending the great seal before him, had fled to York. Near the moiety, too, of the lower house absented themselves from counsels which they deemed so full of danger.
They considered not, that the very insignificancy of these ceremonies recommended them to the superstitious prelate, and made them appear the more peculiarly sacred and religious, as they could serve to no other purpose. * May, p. 25. Rushworth, vol. ii. p. 190. Welwood, p. 61. * Rushworth, vol. iii. p. 1327. Whitlocke, p. 97.
These motives of policy were probably seconded by his bigoted prejudices; as no human mind ever contained so strange a mixture of sagacity and absurdity as that of this extraordinary personage. * See the account of the negotiations with France and Spain by Thurloe, vol. i. p. 759. He proposed to Sweden a general league and confederacy of all the Protestants. Whitlocke, p. 620.
Instead of attacking Oleron, a fertile island, and defenceless, he bent his course to the Isle of Rhé, which was well garrisoned and fortified: having landed his men, though with some loss, he followed not the blow, but allowed Toiras, the French governor, five days' respite, during which St. * Rushworth, vol i. p. 426. Whitlocke, p. 8. Sir Philip Warwick, p. 25.
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