2 8o The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. VII. Queen " million, or elfe at our next fitting there, then next immediately fol_ Elizabeth, « lowin And that after ourappearance there made, you, and ever 1584. g : y r PP Y Y cc of you, (hall attend, and not depart without our fpecial licence ; wil- .r ling and commanding you, to whom thefe our letters (hall firfl be 00 delivered, to (hew the fame, and give intimation and knowledge there- °` of to the others, nominated upon the indorfement hereof, as you, and " every of you, will anfwer to the contrary at your perils. Given at ei. London the -6th of May, 5584. Indorfel, To Ezekias Morley, Rob. Pamnet, and>of Ridgwel m Effete. William Bigge, 3 john Cant. Gabriel Goodman. fohn London.. The purfuivant who brought them up, had thirty-three fhillings and four-pence for forty-one miles, being about nine or ten pence a mile. Upon their appearing before the commifhoners, they were committed pri- foners to the Clink prifon feven weeks, before they were called to their trial. When the prifoners were brought to the bar, the court imme- diately tendered them the oath, to anfwer all queftions to the bell of their knowledge; by which they were obliged not only to accufe them- felves, but frequently to bring their relations and friends into trouble. The party to be examined, was not to be acquainted with the interroga- tories before-hand, nor to have a copy of his anfwers, which were lodged with the fecretary of the court, againft the day of his trial. If the com- miflioners could not convict him upon his own confeffion, then they ex- amined their witneffes, but never cleared him upon his own oath. If they could not reach the prifoner, by their ordinary jurifdittion as bifhops, they would then fit as ecclefia/lical commi/oners. If they could not con- vi t him upon any flatute, then they had recourfe to their old obfolete law ecclefiaflical ; fo that the prifoner feldom knew by what law he was to be tried; or how to prepare for his defence. Sometimes men were obliged to a long attendance, and at other times condemned in hafte L. of Whit- without any trial. The reverend Mr. Bráyne, a Cambridge minifler, being gift, p. 163. fent for to Lambeth, made his appearance before the archbifhop and two other commiffioners, on Saturday in the afternoon, and being cdmmand- ed to anfwer the interrogatories of the court upon oath, he refufed unlefs he might firfl fee them, and write down his anfwers with his own hand; which his grace refufing, immediately gave him his canonical admoni- tions, once, twice, and thrice; and caufed him to be regiftered for con- tempt, and fufpended. Let I
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