Chap. XI. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 793 where fuch maintenance is wanting ; and for loch other good ufes, to K. Charles I. " the advancement of religion piety and learning, as fhall be directed by 6i 42. " parliament. ^^' " Provided, that all revenues and rents as have been, and now ought " to be paid, for the maintenance of grammar fchools or fcholars, or " for the repairing any church, chapel, highway, caufeway, bridges, " fchool-houfe, alms:houfe, or other charitable ufes, payable by any of " the perfons whole offices are taken away by this ad, (hall be Conti- " nued. Provided alto, that this act Ball not extend to any college, " church, corporation, foundation, or houle of learning in either of the " univerfities." It may feem firange that the parliament fhould abolifh the prefenteflab- Remarks. lìifhment before they had agreed on another, but thefoots would not de- clare for them till they had done it. Had the two houles been enclined to prefbytery (as fome have maintained), it had been cafy tohave adopt- ed the foots model at once ; but as the bill for extirpating epifcopacy was not to take place till above a year forward, 'tis apparent they were willing it fhould not take place at all, if in that time they could come to an ac- commodation with the king ; and if the breach fhould then remain, they propofed to confult with an affembly of divines what form to erect in its ftead. Thus the old englifh hierarchy lay profirare for about eighteen years, although never legally abolqbed for want of the royal aflent ; and there- fore at the reforation of king Charles 11. it took place again, without any new law to reftore it ; which the prefbyterians, who were then in the faddle not underftanding, did not provide again(' as they might. While the king and parliament were thus ftrengthening themfelves; and The war calling in feverally all the fuccóúrs they could get, the (cene of the war opens. began to open ; his majefy travelled with a large retinue into feveral of the northern and wefiern counties, fummoning the people together,and in let fpeeches endeavouring to poffefs them of the jufice of his caufe, pro- mifing upon the word of a king, that for the future he would govern by law. Upon this affurance about forty lords, and feveral members who had deferted the houle of commons, figned an engagement, to defend his majefiy's perfon and prerogative, tofupport theprotßant religion efiabl- ed by law, andnot to fubmit to any ordinance of parliament concerning the militia that had not the royal afnt. Great numbers lifted in his tnajef- ty's fervice, whereby an army was formed which marched a fecund time to the liege of Hull. A week after the king was let down before this fortrefs, and not before parliament [Yuly i2.] the two houlesafter long debates, came to this refolution, that vote the rai- an 4rm I. fhould be railedfor the defence of the king and parliament, thatfing an army. $ I the
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