408 practises, though he had never yett bene examin'd by any magistrate, one or other. His wife, by his command, restrein'd herselfe as much as she could from shewing her sadnesse, whom he bad to remember how often he had told her that God never preserv'd him so extraordinarily at first, but for some greate worke he had further for him to doe or to suffer in this cause, and bad her be· thankefu!I for the mercy by which they had so long in peace enioy'd one another, since this eminen t change, and bad her trust God with him; whose faith and chearefullnesse were so encouraging that it a little upheld her; but, alas ! her devining heart was not to be comforted ' she remembred what had been told her of the cruel! resolutions taken against him, and saw now the execution of them. On Friday, Nov. the 6th, he was sent for by Secretary Bennett, to his lodgings at Whitehall, which was the first time he was examin'd, and the questions he asked him were:-lst. "Where he " had liv'd this four or fi ye months?" To which he answer'd, " Coh- " stantly at home; at his own house in Nottinghamshire." 2d. " What company used to resort to his house?" He told him, " None, not so much as his ne~rest relations, who scarce ever saw " him." 3d. " What company he frequented?" He told him, ·"None, and tha t he never stirr'd out of his owne house to visitt " any ." Bennctt sayd, "That ·was very much." 4th. " 'Whither "he knew Mr. Henry Nevill?" He answer'd, "Very well." 5th. " ·when he saw him?" He sayd., "To his best remembrance never "since the king came in." 6th. " ·when he writt to him?" He sayd, "Never in his life." 7th. "When Mr. Nevill writt to him?" He sayd, " Never." 8th. " Whither any messages bad past be- · "tween them?': He sayd, "None at all." 9th. " ·whither none "had moov'd aniething to him concerning a republique ?" · He sayd, " He knew none so indiscreet." lOth. "What children he " had?'' He sayd, " Foure sonnes and foure daughters." 11th. "How old his sonnes were?" He sayd, "Two were at men's estate,
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