the HISTORY of the PURITArs. Chap. I. Kingjatnes I. matter of Trinity college. Having been a celebrated champion for the hierarchy, the queen advanced him firft to the bifhoprick of Worceen, and then to the province of Canterbury. He was a fevere governor of the church, preffing conformity with the utmoft rigor, in which her majefty always gave him her countenance and fupport: He regarded neither the intreaties -of poor minifters, nor the interceffions of courtiers, being Ready to the laws, and even out-going them in the caufe of unifor- mity. Mr. Fuller Pays, he would give fair words and good language, but would abate nothing. Sir G. Paul, the writer of his life, Pays that CHOLER was his chief infirmity ; which has fufficiently appeared by the account already given of the many perfecutions, oppreffions, and un- juftifiable hardthips the puritans fuffered under his adminiftration; not- withftandingwhich they encreafed prodigioufly, infomuch that towards the latter end of his life, his grace grew weary of the invidious em- ployment ; and being afraid of king yames's firft parliament, died (as it is faid) with grief before it met, defiring rather togive_an account of his bi/hoprick to God, than exercife it among men. He had been at court the firft Sunday in Lent, and as he was going to the council- chamber to dinner, was feized with the dead palfy on the right fide, and with the lofs of his fpeech; upon which he was carried firft to the lord treafurer's chamber, and then to Lambeth, where the king vifited him on %e/day, but not being able to converfe, he lifted up his eyes and hand, and Paid, pro ecclefsa Dei, which were his laft words. He would have wrote fome- thing, but could not hold his pen. His difeafe encreafing he expired the next day, being the 29th of February, evtat. 73. and was buried at Croy- don on the 27th of March following, where he has a fair monument, with his effigies at length upon it. He was an hofpitable man, and ufually travelled with a great retinue ; in the year 1589, he came into Canterbury with a train offivehundred horfe, of which one hundred were his own fervants. He founded an hofpital and free fchool at-Croydon, and though he was a cruel perfecutor of the puritans, yet compared with his fucceffor Bancroft, he was a valuable prelate. Proclamation Before the meeting of the parliament the king iffued two proclama- again./' Je- tions, one commanding all jefuits and priefts in orders to depart the faitsand Y° ;kingdom [Feb. 22d.] w ütam. herein he was very careful to let the world gaps, know, that he did not banifh them out of hatred to the catholick re- p. 250. ligion ; but only for maintaining the pope's temporal power over princes. The other was againft the puritans, in which there was no indulgence for tender confciences,all mutt conform, or fuffer the extremities of the law. King's fpeech The king opened his firft feffion of parliament with a long fpeech, in to hisparlia- which there are many ftrokes in favour of tyranny and arbitrary power : His went. "
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