reason of his close reslreint, to defend himselfe, or to speake with lawyers or others about aftaires that neerely concern'd his estate, besides the neglect of all his businesse, ,a nd the intollet~able charge and inconvenience of his disorcler'd famely, disperst into three severall places, which would suddenly bring ruinc upon his whole famely, besides the destruc tion of his health . Beunett told her, her husband was a very unfortunate person in regard of his fo rmer crimes. She told him, she had rather hoped he had bene happie in being .compriz'd in the act of oblivion, which allow'd him not to be remember'd as a criminal!, and that she had chosen to make her addresses to him in this occasion, because some of the councell had told her the king left all the management of these things to him. He was very urgent with her to know who it was that inform'd her that he was the sole actor in these businesses; but she desir'd to be excus'd for naming any author in that thing, which she had not ment ion' cl but that she tho.ught it his honor to owne: but he told her, he would not move for any more liberty for her husband then he had, unlesse he could be secur'd it might be done with more safety to his maiesty then he could apprehend it. " But," sayd he, " Mrs. Hutchinson, I have some papers of yours which " I would shew, not to examin.e you, but to see whether you will " informe me anicthing of tbem." She told him she bad curiosity enough to see aniething that past under her name; whereupon he call'd forth his man, who brought out a greate bundle of papers, call'd examinations, taken at Grantham, of passages betweene Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Vane. First he shew'd her a character which contein'd ciphers for the names of many gentlemen and weomen . for Clarendon obtained of Charles the Second to Constrain his brother to marry hi s daughter, whom he had rlishonoured: she brought him the Princesses Mary and·Anne, successively queens of England; and Bennet, Earl of Arlington, to gain himself popularity in a moment of need, first proposed the match between Mary and the Prince of Orange, afterwards \-V illi am the Tbird!
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