nant brought us again to the Barr, but with what fhoutings and exclamations and furious expreffions of the enraged Multitudes, it is not eafie to apprehend; being thither brought and severally charged upon our Knees, and having given our Negative Answers to every particular, Two Bishops, London and Winchester, were call'd in as witnesses against us, as in that point, whether they apprehended any fuch cause of fears in the tumults affembled, as that we were in any danger of our Lives in coming to the Parliament; who feemed to incline to a favourable report of the Perills threatned, though one of them was convinced out of his own Mouth, from the Relations himself had made at the Arch-bishop of Yorks Lodging. After this Wild and Glyn made fearfull declamations at the Barr against us, aggravating all the Circumftances of our pretended Treason to the highest pitch. Our Counsell were all ready at the Barr to plead for us in Answer of their clamo rous and envious fuggestions; but it was answered, that it was now too late, we fhould have another day, which Day to this Day never came ; the Circumftances of that day's hearing were more Grievous to us then the fubftance; for we were all throng'd fo miferably in that ftrait room before the Barr, by reason that the whole houfe of Commons would be there to fee the prizes of their Champions plaid; that we ftood the whole afternoon in no fmall tor ture; fweating and strugling with a Merciless Mul

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titude, till being difmiffed we were exposed to a new and greater danger. For now in the dark we muft to the Tower, by Barge as we came, and muft fhoot the Bridge with no fmall Perill. That God, under whofe Mercifull Protection we are, returned us to our fate Cuftodie: There now we lay fome weeks longer,expeding the fummons for out Counfails anfwer; but instead thereof our Merciful Adverfaries, well finding how fure they would be foyl'd in that unjuft charge of Treafon, now under pretences of remitting the height of rigour, wave their former Impeachment of Treafon against us, and fall upon an Accufation of high Mifdemeaners in that our Protestation, and will have us profecuted as guilty of a Premunire although as we conceive the law hath e ver been in the Parliamentary proceedings, that if a man were impeached,as of Treason,being the highest crime, the Accufant must hold him to the proof of the charge, and may not fall to any meaner Impeachment upon failing of the higher. But in this cafe of ours it fell out otherwife, for although the Lords had openly promifed us, that nothing fhould be done against us, till we and our Counfail were heard in our defenfe, yet the next Newes we heard was, the house of Commons had drawn up a bill against us, wherein they declared us to be Delinquents of a very bigh Nature, and had thereupon defited to have it enacted that all our fpirituall Means fhould be taken away: Only there should be a Yearly allowance to every

Bishop for his maintenance, according to a proportion by them fet down; wherein they were pleafed that my share should come to 400P. per annum : this bill was fent up to the Lords and by them alfo paffed, and there hath ever fince lyen: this being done, after fome weeks more, finding the Tower befides the Restraint, chargeable; we petitioned the Lords that we might be admitted to bail; and have liberty to return to our Homes the Earl of Effex moved, the Lords affented, took our bail, fent to the Lieute-nant of the Tower for our discharge: How glad were we to flie out of our Cage? No fooner was I got to my Lodging, then I thought to take a little fresh Air, in St. James his Park; and in my return to my Lodging in the Deans yard, paling through Westminifter Hall, was faluted by divers of my Parliament acquaintance, and welcomed to my liberty, whereupon fome that look't upon me with an evil eye run into the House, and complained that the Bishops were let loose, which it feems was not well taken by the houfe of Commons, who prefently fent a kind of expoftularion to the Lords, that they had difmiffed fo haynous offenders without their knowledg and confent; Scarce had I refted me in my lodging. when there comes a Meffinger to me with the fad newes of fending me and the rest of my brethren the Bishops back to the Tower again; from whence we came, thither we must go ; and thither I went with an heavy (but I thank God not impatient)

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heart. After we had continued there fome fix weeks longer, and earnestly Petitioned to return to our fe verall charges, we were upon 5000. Bond difmiffed, with a clause of Revocation at a short warning, if occafion should require. Thus having spent the time betwixt Newyears Even and VVhitfontide in those fafe walls, where we by turnes preached every Lords Day to a large Auditory of Cittizens, we difpofed of our felves to the places of our feverall abode.

For my felf, addreffing my felf to Norwich, whe ther it was his Majefties pleasure to remove me, I was at the first received with more refpect, then in such times I could have expected; there I preached the day after my arivall to a numerous and attentive people; nether was fparing of my pains in this kind ever fince, till the times growing every day more impatient of a Bishop, threatned my filencing. There though with fome fecret Murmurs of difaffected perfons, I enjoyed peace till the ordinance of sequeftration came forth, which was in the latter end of March following, then when I was in hope of receiving the profits of the fore-going half year; for the maintenance of my family, were all my Rents stopped and diverted, and in the Aprill following came the fequeftrators viz. Mr. Sotherton Mr. Tooly Mr. Rawly Mr. Greenewood, &c. To the Palace and told me that by vertue of an ordinance of Paraliment they muft feize upon the Palace, and all the estate I had, both reall and perfonall, and ac

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cordingly fent certain men appointed by them (whereof one had been burnt in the hand for the mark of his Truth,) to apprize all the goods that were in the house,which they accordingly executed with all diligent severity, not leaving fo much as a dozen of Trenchers,or my Childrens pictures out of their curious Inventory. Yea they would have apprized our very wearing clothes, had not Alderman Tooly and Sheriff Rawley (to whom I fent to require their Judgment concerning the Ordinance in this point) declared their opinion to the contrary. These goods,both Library and houfhold ftuff of all kinds, were appointed to be exposed to publick fale. Much inquiry there was when the goods fhould be brought to the Market; but in the mean time Mrs. Goodwin, a religious good Gentlewoman, whom yet we had never known or seen, being moved with compaffion, very kindly offered to lay down to the Sequeftrators that whole fumme which the goods were valued at; and was pleased to leave them in our hands for our use, till wo might be able to repurchase them, which the did accordingly and had the goods for mally delivered to her by Mr. Smith and Mr. Greenwood,two Sequeftrators. As for the books, severall Stationers lookt on them, but were not forward to buy them, at last Mr. Cook, a worthy Divine of this Diocefs, gave bond to the Sequeftrators, to pay to them the whole fumme whereat they were fet, which was afterwards facisfied out of that poor pittance,that

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