Chap. IV. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. I27 had done. But ftill the queen was fo cold, that when the bifhop of Zueen London came to court, the fpoke not a word to him, about the redref- fing N hzàbech, the negleft of conformity, in the city of London, where it was molt difregarded. Upon which the archbifhop applied to the fecretary, de- firing another letter from the queen, to back their endeavours for con- formity, adding in Tome heat, Ifyou remedy it not by letter, Iwill no more flrive againft the /lream, fume or chide who will. But the wearing the popifh garments being one of the grand principles of non- conformity, it will be proper to fet before the reader, the fentiments of fome learned reformers upon this controverfy, which employed the pens of the molt judicious divines of the age. We have related the unfriendly behaviour of the bill-lops Cranmer and Sentineents of Ridley towards Hooper ; and that thofe very prelates who once threaten'd the r/t ve- farmers about his very life for refufing the habits, if we may credit Mr. Fox's latin edi- the habits. tion of the book of martyrs, lived to fee their miflake and repent: For Fox's book of when Brooks bifhop of Glouceer came to Oxford, to degrade bifhop ulrrSoo Ridley, he refufed to put on the furplice, and while they were putting Ridley. it on him, whether he would or no, he vehemently inveighed againft the lnna!0. Ref, apparel, calling it fool, abominable, and too fond fòr a vice in a play. Vol. 1;. p. Bithop Latimer alto derided the garments; and when they pulled offs Latimer. his furplice at his degradation, Now, foys he, I can make no more holy water. In the articles againft bifhop Farrar, in king Edward's reign, 'twas ob- Farrar. jetted, 4rtic. 4.9. that he had vowed never to wear the cap, but that he came into his cathedral with a long gown and hat ; which he did not deny, alledging he did it to avoid fupertlition, and without any offence to the people. When the popith vefiments were put upon Dr. Taylor, the martyr, Taylor. in order to his degradation, he walked about with his hands by his fides, faying, How fay you, my Lord, am I not a goodly fool? If I were in Cheapfide, would not the boys laugh at thofe fools toys andapi,fh trumpery? And when the furplice was pulled off, Now, lays he, I am rid of a fool's Coat. When they were pulling the fame off of archbifhop Cranmer, he Cranmer, meekly replied, All this needed not, I- myfelf had done with this gear ; long ago. Dr. Heylin teftifies, That yohn-Rogers the proto-martyr, peremptorily Rogers. refuted to wear the habits, unlefs the popith priefts were enjoined to wear upon their fleeves, by way of diftinétion, a chalice with an hòf. The fame he efforts concerning Philpot, a very eminent martyr; and concerning one Tyms a deacon, who was likewife martyr'd in queen Mary's reign. The
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