414 made use of this fellow, nor any of them, in any businesse of trust, allthough he thought it not goou to discourage any that appear'd to wish them well, among so many bloody murtherers as they were given up to. The collonell endured hi s prison patiently till the triall of those they call'd conspirators in Yorkshire was over; but when he had 1ayne from November till Candlemasse terme in prison, he sent his wife to Secretary Bennett to desire ' that such persons as had businesse with him might · have the liberty to come to him. She had before bene with some of the privie councell who were het· husband's friends and allies, to complain of his uniust impri,onment, and his harsh usage there, contrary to al l Jaw, fi·om the beginning to the ending, even their owne !awes, and they had told her that they were sensible of it, but that they only stood for ciphers, while the chancellor and Bennett manag'd all things without their privity, Jn most oppressive and illegall wayes.' She, as she was advis'd, e It was thought better to bring together here several observations relating to :Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, and chancellor, Bennet, Earl of Arlington, and secretary, .and Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham. The first is well known from his history and letters to have been an unreasonable enemy to Presbytery and Presbyterians: which prejudice induced him to persuade his royal master, whose confidence for a great length of time he almost entirely engrossed, to violate all hi s promises to them, though gratitude as well as honour should have made him keep them. About this time his credit began to diminish by the introduction of Benuet to be secretary of state instead of Nicholas, who was the particular friend of Hyde. But at the period here spoken of, this had taken effect but partially, and not enough to furnish for ihose who were oppressed by the. one, a succour in the opposition of the other; nor does there appear much reason to hope for moderation in ei ther. 'Vho it was of the privy council th at gave 'Mrs. H utchinson her information cannot be conjectured; but there is no doubt that the too great ascendancy of the chancellor did, no long time after, cause him to be impeached in parliament, and accused of all the -misconduct of many years. · It was in vain that he endem'oured, in the written defence he sent to the parliament, to distribute tlie odium among the counc il in general: the information here given tQ Mrs. Hutehinson obtained general belief; he was condemned, and died in
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