l4The HISTORY of the PuRITANs; VoL. II. K. Charles I, " and ever to be honoured, and renowned, pious lord Brcoke, whofe ~ " moft illufirious name and memory, both for his piety, prudence, in– " comparable magnanimity, and heroick martial fpirit, for his loyalty to " the king, and fidelity to his country, deferves to remain deeply engra– " ven in letters of gold on high erected pillars of marble," On the othtr hand archbifhop Laud in his diary, has fome very remarable obfervations upon his death, which G1ew the fuperftition of that prelate. " Firfl, (fays his grace) I obferve, that this great and known enemy to " cathedral churches died thus fearfully, in the affault of a cathedral; " a fearful manner of death in fuch a quarrel ! Secondly, that this hapDiary, p. ZOI. " pened upon St. Cbad's day, of which faint the cathedral bears the " name. Thirdly, that this lord coming from dinner about two years " fince from the lord Herbert's houfe in Lambeth, upon fome " difcourfe of St. Paul's church then in their eye upon the watt:r, " faid to fome young lords that were with him, that he hoped to live " to fee that one ftone of that building fhould not be left upon another; " but that church fiands yet, and that eye is put out, that hoped to " fee the ruins of it." Tomkin's While the treaty of Oxford was depending, his maje!1y's friends in plot. the city were contriving to bring him to London, and deliver the parliaRuihw. ment into his hands. Mr. 'Tomkim, Chaloner, and. Wailer a member ~o~.2~' of the houfe o.f ~ommons, in conjunction with fo.me others, were to Rapin, carry off the kmg s chtldren, to fecure the mofi acttve members of the P· 1 5°, 1 54· houfe of commons, as Mr. Pym, Hampden, Strode, &c. to feize the 'Iou;er and the gates of the city with the magazines, and to let in a party of the royal forces, who were to be at hand ; for all which they had the king's commiffion, dated March 16. 1643· The day of rifing was to be the !aft Wednifclay in May; but the plot being difcovered by a fervant of Tomkins's before it was ripe for execution, the confpirators were apprehended and tried ; Tomkins and Cba!oner confeired the facts and were executed ; but Wailer purchafed his life tor ten thoufand .A new oath or covenant. Ruihw. Vol. V. p. 325· pounds, and was bani(hed. Upon this difcovery both houfes refolved to il:rengthen themfdves by a new covenant or vow, which was tendered firfi to their own members, then to the army, a11d fucb of the people as were willing to take it, In it they declare, " their abhorence of the late plot, and engage not " to lay down their arms as long as the p:~pifts were protected from juft- " tice, but to affift the parliament according to their abilities in the juft "defence of the proteftant religion, and the liberties of the fubjcct, " againft the forces raifed by the king, without their confent." Never– thelefs the king's- friends were not difheartned from entring into feveral other combinations againfi the parliament; one was difcovered in Augufl, ana
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