MARSHALL. 249 In the year 1644, he attended the commissioners of par- liament at the treaty of Uxbridge. In 1615, he was chosen one of the committeeof accommodation, to secure the peace of the church, and promote, as far as possible, the satisfac- tion of all parties. The year following, he was appointed, together with Mr. Joseph Caryl, chaplain to the commis- sioners who were sent to the king at Newcastle, in order to an accommodation for peace. Removing thence, by easy journies, to Holmby-house in Northamptonshire, the two chaplains performed divine worship there ; but his majesty never attended.. He spent his Lord's day in private; and though they/waited at table, he would not so much as allow them to ask a blessing. The Oxford historian, who men- tions this circumstance, relates the following curious anec- dote :- It is said that Marshall did, on a time, put himself more forward than was meet to say grace; and, while he was long in forming his chaps, as the manner was amongthe saints, and making ugly faces, his majesty said grace him- self, and was fallen to his meat, and had eaten up some part of his dinner, before Marshall had ended the blessing; but Caryl was not so impudent."-t About the above period, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Nye were, by order of the parliament, appointed to attend the commis. sioners to Scotland, whose object was to establish an agree- ment with the Scots.t In their letter to the assembly, they assure their brethren, that the ministers in the north are wholly on the side of the parliament. They conclude their canting letter, as Dr. Grey calls it, in the following words : 44 We scarce ever saw so much of Christ for us as this day, in the assembly's carrying of this business : such weeping, such rejoicing, such resolution, such pathetical expressions, as we confess bath much refreshed our hearts, before extremely saddened with ill news fromour dear coun- try ; and hath put us in good hope that this nation (which sets about this business as becometh the work of God and the saving of the kingdoms) shall be the means of lifting up distressed England and Ireland."§ In the year 1647, Mr. Marshall was appointed, together Dr. Grey, on the authority of " An Apology for the Bishops," says, that Mr. Marshall having once petitioned the king for a deanery, and at another time for a bishopric, and being refused, his majesty told him at Holmby, that he would on this account overthrow all.--Grey's Exam. vol. i. p. 392. + Wood's Athenw Oxon. vol. ii. p. 375. Clarendon's Hist. vol. ii. p. 232. § Grey's Examination, vol. ii. p, 94.
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