I5art III. Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter. 2 notable, that he, that did fo much to make the Oxford Law for banilhing Minifters from Corporations that took not thatOath, doth in his Letter from France fine his banifhment fay, that he never was infavourfine the Parliament Sat at Oxford. § 49. Beforethis the Dukeof Buckingham, being the head of.his Adverfaries, had been overtopt.by him, and wasfain tohidehin?felf, till the Dutch put as infear, and thenhe appeared and rendered himfelf, and went prifoner to the Tower;. but.with fo great Acclamations of the People in the Streets as was a great Difcouragement to the Chancellor : And the D. of Buckinghamwas quickly fet at liberty. Whereupon as the Chancellor had made himfelf the headof thePrelatical party, who wereall for fettingupthemfelves by force, andfult'eringnone that were againft them fo Buck- inghamwould now be the head ofall thofe parties, that were for liberty of Confci- ence : For the Man was of noReligion, but notortoutly andprofelfedlyluftful ; And yet of greater wit andparts, and founder Principles as to theintereít of Humanity, and theCommon good, than molt Lords in the Court. Wherefore he Countenanced Fanatïcks and Seftaries among others, without any great fufpicion, becaufe he was knownto be fo far from them himfelf. Though he marryed the Daughter and only Childof the Lord Fairfax, late General of theParliament's Army, and is his heir hereby, yet far enoughfromhis mind ; butyet a defenderof the Priviledges of Hu- manity. § qo. Before this alfothe Earlof BriJlol had attempted to pull down the Chancel-, lor, and to bring in a Charge against him into the Parliament : ButtheKing foon quelled .him ; And being a PapiJS , he bath lain latent or quiet ever fine, as unfit to appear ih publick bulineffes ; And Buckingham performed the Work. § 5 i. In Otfoher following the Parliament gave thanks to the King for removing the Lord Chancellor : But theywere vehementin Peeking an account of the Moneys which havebeengrantedfor the publickfervice, and alfoto havean account of the bu- finefs at Chatham; by wholefault itwas thatthe Dutch were unrefined and furprized our (hipping : And Committees were appointed for there purpofes, and a greatdeal of talk and ihr was made about themfor a long time; but they could neverattain their ends ;. but, they that were faulty had friends enow to procuretheir fecurity; And tho the Parliamentgrudged at it, and fometimestalkt high, yet this made noal- . terationinourAffairs. § 51. One notable difadvantage whichwe had by the Dutchattempt was, that it drew downour new raifed ht-landSouldiers into Kenttowards Shernefs, where the un- healthful Air raft fuchabundance of them into ficknefs, andkill'd fo many, as greatly. weakened Many ; Diversof the molt forward Gentlemen of the Countrey there loft their Lives ; Andthus we havetaught anEnemyhow to undoeus, if he can butforce us to keepour Inland - Soldiers who are not ufed to that Air, about the mouth of the Thames their bodies are no more ableto endure'it, than if it were themortallekof our Foreignplantations. -. § g;. Bat the v_reat kiroftheféTimes wasabout Money : TheParliament faid,that never had the like fiunms been laid on the fubjefts of this Land; and that the old wayof payments by fiveor fix fubfidies ata time, was fuch a trifle in Comparifonof this, as that it would he karce obfervable: After many raft ferns grantedby way of Land-Taxes, Royal Aid, Poll-money, ciPC. there was Ceded, for continuance, the Chimney-money, and feveral Excifes, and the Customs, and the Wine-Tax for a li- mited Time trc. But all wasfo muchtoo little, that more waskill needed and de- manded. TheCountrey-people cried out, We are undone. The. Tenants at Will did fo many of them give up their Farms, that the Gentlemencried out, If aye have any moreLand-Taxer, we are undone. What the People Paid of theParliament, and what of the Court, andwhat of theBithops, and whatof theWomen, I fhall not write : But Lofers and falterers will take leaveto talk. But the Parliament grew more ur- gent tohave anaccount of the moneys, as not believing that it was pofible fairly to expend fo much. The Perfons that were made a,Committee for examinin Accounts,, were very eminent for Ability, and Impartiality, and fincerity ; (Mr. William Pier- point; the LordBruerton, Cql. Thompfon, and abundance more) They laid the great blameon SirGeo. Carteret, Treafürer for the Navy : He was accufed deeply in the Idoufe of Commons : He excited himfelf by layingmuch on the King's Privy-feals TheParliament Laid, that tholeMoneys were not tohave been laid out on private Ufes, After his time,the Kingand Councilcalled the Lord Brunton, Col. Thom-. fon, and forceothers, and Iharplyrebuked them, as. injurious Perians, and fuch as fought
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