:so The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. X. Charles I. " and they were empowered to call before them all provofis, mallers, L~ " and fellows of colleges, all fludents and members of the univerfity, all " rninifl:ers in any of the counties of the afTociation, all fchool mafl:ers, " that were fcandalous in their lives, or ill-qjjected to the parliament, or jc– " menters of this unnatural qvar, or that jhall wilfully rifufe obedience to the " orders if parliament, or have deferted tbeir ordinary places rJ rejidence, ·« uot being emplo)•ed in tbe Jervice of the king and parliament. The fa id " committee were alfo empowered to fend for witnefTes, and to examine · " any complaints againfl: the forementioned delinquents upon oath, and " to certify .the names of the perfons accu fed to the tar! of Mancbefler, " with the charge and proof, who !hall have power to ejeCt fuch as he " !hall judge unfit for their places; to fequefl:er their dlates, means and " revenues, and to difpofe of them as he !hall think fit, and place others " in their room. being firfl: approved by the afTembly of divines fitting " at W tjtmi;ifter. He had alfo power to order the covenant to be admi– " nil1ered where he thought fit, and to affign the fifths of fequeftered " el1ates for the benefit of their wives and children." The ordinance makes no mention of the doCtrine or difcipline of the church, feeming to be levelled only againit thofe who took part with the king in the war. 'Charafler of The earl of Mancbtfter, who was at the head of thefe fequeftration~, eah~f:fMan- was L1iled in the life-time of his father, lord Kimbolton, and was one of c ~.. .Ier. . the Impeached members of the houfe of commons : Lord C/armdon obClarend. ferves, that " he was of a genteel and generous nature ; that his natural ~;~: ~of.'II. « ci~ility and good manners flowed t.o all men, and th~t he was never P· 21 r_ " guilty of .any rudenefs, even to thofe whom he was obliged to opprefs; " that he long and heartily wifhed for the refioration, and never forfeited Manner of his proceed-· .ing_ Sui[ C!er. " that grace and faveur, to which his majefiy received him after his re– " turn ." The earl repaired in perfon to Cambridge, about the middle of February, with his two chaplains Mr• .Ajhe and Mr. Good, and by his wan·ant of the 24th infiant, required the heads of the feveral colleges and hallsto fend him thei r fiatutes, with the name-s of their member~, and to certify who were preCent, and who abfent, with the exprefs time of their difcontinuance. Two days after, the officers of each college and hall were ordered to give fpeedy advertifement to the mafiers, fellows, fcho– ·lars, [:}c, to repair to Cambriclge by the 10th of Marcb, in order to an– fwer fuch enquiries as 11wuld be made by himfelf or his commiffioners. But t.be earl bei ng informed, that this notice was too l110rt, the time was prolonged to the 3d of April, when the earI fummoned Mr. Tzmjtal a~1d Mr_ Pa!grave, fellows of Corpus Chrifti college, to appea r before the commiffioners at the Bear-Inn, in Cambridge, on penalty of cjeCl:menr. Warrants of the fame nature were fent to feveral of the fellows of Caius, St. .Jchn's, f{,J,teen's, Peter rloz!fe, Sidney, Trinity, Cbrijt's, !11agdalm, and
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