Chap. V. 2-he HISTORY ìf the PUkItANS. 225 " if he knew no more than he did at that time. " The earl of LeicJlpr Queen could not but refent his ill ufage ofhim, which he had an opportunity. Ellabetta, to repay had he been fo minded ; the archbifhop having executed an atof w5:. juftice [as he called ir,J upon a perfon in the late plot, after he had received a letter from court forbidding him to do it ; which was not very confiftent with his allegiance. But the archbifhop braved out his conduel againft e- very body, after his own brethren the bithops, andall the world had aban- donedhim. He told the lord treafurer, " That he carednot for Leicßer, Life of Par- "' though he was informed he took council with the Precifzans to undoker, P. 477. e` him : That though he had writ to the earl, and to another puritan cour- " tier, it was not in way of fubmiffïon, as fome of the crew reported and " took it That the earl had peaceably writ again to him, diffembling " his malice like a rightcourtier ; but he notwithftanding underftood what " was purpofed againft him, for religion fake he took it. " This was the fpirit and language ofour archbifhop! One of the laft publick at-ts in which hisgrace was employed, was vifit- 1575. ing the diocefe of Winchfler, and in particular the ifle ofWight ; andhere v si he made ufe of fuch methods of feverity (lays Mr. Strype), as made himteofWtght, talked againft, all over the country. This ijland was a place ofretort for foreignprotJlants, and fea-faring men of all countries, which occafioned the habits and ceremonies not to be fo ftric`tly obferved as in other places, their trade and commerce requiring a latitude : When the archbifhop carne thi- ther withhis retinue, hegave himfelf no trouble about the welfare of the ifland, but turned out all thofe minifters who refufed the habits, and Phut up their churches. This was fo great a concern to the inhabitants, thatLife of Pan, they fent up their complaints to the earl ofLeice/ler, who made fuch a re-ker, p 49r. port to the queen, of the archbifhop'sproceedings, that her majefty immedi- ately gave order, that things fhould return to their former channel ; and when hisgrace came to court after his vifitation, her majefty received him coldly, and declared her difpleafure againft his unfeafonable feverities. The bithop of Winche/ler all() complained, that the clergyof his diocefe had been lifted in an unmerciful manner ; all which inftead of foftning this prelate, drew from him the followingangry letter to the lord treafurer, wherein hè complains, " Ofthe ftrong intereft the puritans had at court ; and of the " inconftancy of force of thebithops ; that feveral ofthat order lay by and el , Appen- " did little, while others endeavoured toundermine him. That the queen dia, " was almoft the only perfon that flood firm to the church ; but if the No. XCIX,. " precifrans had the advantage, her majefty would he undone. That he " was not fo much concerned for the cap, tippet,furplice, wafer bread, and fuch like ceremonies, as for the authority of the laws that enjoined them. " The queen indeed had told him, that he had the fupreme government " eccletìafiical, but upon experiment he found it very much hampered and V o L. I. G embar-
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