Chap. VII. The HISTORY ofthe PURITANS. 655 all the !yarn churches in "England in time of divine fervice, wherein -K.'Charks I. they are called traiterons fubjelts, having cafe ofall ohedience to theirfive- í64o. reign ; and fupplication is made to the almighty to cover their faces with lhame as enemies to God and the king. They therefore pray that the archbifhop may be immediately removed fromhis majefly's prefence, and that he may be brought to a trial, and receive fuch cenfiare as he has de- ferved according tothe lawsof the kingdom. The archbifhop has left behind him a particular anfwer to thefe articles Hisgrace's in the biftory of his troubles and trial, which is wrote with a peculiar reply. Iharpnefs of ftile, and difcovers a great opinion of his own abilities, and a fovereign contempt of his adverfaries ; but either from a ditlruft of the flrength of his reply, or for force other reafons, his grace was pleafed wifely to evade the whole charge at his trial, by pleading the ael of obli- vion at the pacification of thefcots troubles. and Troubles,. When the report of thefe articles was made to the commons, the re-P' 41t' fenttnents of the houle againft the archbifhop immediately broke out into a flame; many fevere fpeeches were made againft his late condu/t ; and among others, one by Sir Harbottle Grimßone fpeaker of that parliament which reftored king Charles II. who flood up and Paid, " That this Sir H. " great man the archbifhop of Canterbury, was the very fty of all that Grimfone's " peflilential filth that had infefted the government ; that he was thef?"`bagai" " only man that had advanced thofe who together with himfelf had b, " been the authors of all the miferies the nation now groaned under. " That he had managed all the projeas that had been fet on foot for thefe ten years pall, and had condefcended fo low as to deal in to- " bacco, by which thoufands of poor peoplehad been turned out of their " trades, for which they ferved an apprenticefhip ; that he had been. " ° charged in this houle, upon very flrong proof, with defigns to fob- " vert the government, and alter the proteflant religion in this kingdom,. as well as in Scotland; and there is fcarce any grievance or complaint comes before the houle, wherein he is not mentioned like an angry " wafp, leaving his fling in the tail of every thing." He therefore mo- ved, that the charge of the/ergs commiffioners might be fupported by an impeachment of their own ; and that the queftion might now beput, whe- ther the archbifhop had beenguiltyofhigh treafon 2 Which being voted, Mr. He it ün_ Hollis was immediately Pent up to the bar of the houfe oflords to impeach Peachedbytbr. him in the name of all the commons of England, and to defire that hise°bi'1hParlif- perfon might be fequeftered, and that in convenient time they wouldament. bring up the particulars of their charge; upon which his grace being commanded to withdraw, flood up in his place and faid, " thathe was °" heartily forry for the offence taken agairifl him, but hurhbly defired their lordfhips to look upon the whole courfe of his life, 'which was- " fuch=
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