[ 160 J jeiions to this Habit under KING ED- WARD, could not now have had fo ftrong an Averfion againft a Drefs not to be worn by themfelves. This violent Averfion mull be artfully and defignedly rais'd in their Minds. The Endeavours to raife fuch a warm Spirit fucceeded but too well among the giddy Multi- tude. The Populace were effe&ually inflam'd upon this Occafion. That this Matter may not be aggravated, the Reader (hall have it in Mr. N's own Words, and is defired particularly to obferve, that thefe Difturbances were in the Year i 564. BEFORE the Queen's Letter and the Advertifements, requir- ing the Ufe of the lawful Habits were publifhed, i. e. BEFORE the Queen had declared roundly, &c. and BEFORE the Bithops had explain'daway their Tro- mifes. THE PROTESTANT POPULACE, " Jays he, thro'out the Nation were so " INFLAMED (he fhould have told us " by whom) that nothing but an awful " Subjection to Authority could have " kept them within theChurch. Great " Numbers refufed to frequent thofe " Places of Worfhip where Service was Minifter'd in that gets. They would _` not Mute fuch Miniflors in the " Streets, nor keep them Company; cc nay, if we maybelieve Dr. Whitgift, " in
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