.110oryofthe Puritans, examin'd. 323 can find no real Blemilh upon you, dare, like the Romifh Imagers in Queen Mary's days, paint ' Fiends and Faults upon your Coat; as thofe cun- ningly cruel Men, in the Primitive Time, cloath- ' ing the harmlefs Chriftian Martyrs, with the Skins of falvage Bears and Bulls, that they might be baited and torn by the deceiv'd Maftiffs, which would have fawn'd upon them, had they appear'd in their own Shapes.' * What has been exemplified in the Cafe ofBi- fhop Hall, might likewife be inftanced inBifhop Moreton, who equally fufFer'd by Imprifonments, Sequeffrations and Defamation.' Neal, p. 533 His Majefly having been allured, that the Lord Kimbolton, and five of the molt attive Members in the Houle of Commons, viz. Denzil Hol- lis &c. Efgs; had invited the Scots into England, and were now the chiefEncouragers of thofe Tumults, that had kept the Bifhops and PopiA Lords from the Houle ; [This Gentleman has an artful way of joining the Bops and Popfh Lords together:] That they had afpers'd his Government, and were endeavouring to deprive him of his Royal Power ; refolv'd to impeach them ofHigh- Treafon. Accordingly his Majeftylent his Attorney- Generalto theHoufewiththeArticles,Jan.3.and Pent Officers to their Houfes tofoal up their Trunks, &c. But the Members not being order'd into Cuflody, as his Maje/ty expeaed,he went himfelf to the Houfe, the next Day in the Afternoon, to f ize them, attended with a- bout 200 Officers and Soldiers, arm'dwith Swords and Pillols ; the Gentlemen of the Inns of Court, who had ssffer'd their Service to defend the King's Peron, having Notice to be ready at an Hour's warning.' t ThenextDay in the Afternoon (fàys LordCla- ' rendon) the King attended only with his own ufual * Seditious Preachers, 6>c p. 87. j Clareodor.'s Hirt. Voi. I. p. 2.8t. Lb. p. 29 t, Ib. p. 341. &.áfJ12worsh, Vol. 1V. p 431. p. 708. Y 2 ' Guard,
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