390 'IheHISTORY of the PuRITANs. VoL. !I. Common· if London. Sad times! Was his lordihip then afraid that the olcoran ~'6~th. ihould prevail againfl: the bible? Or that the doctrines of Chrifl: could not ~ fupport themfelves againft the extravagant follies of an impofl:or? But the book did no harm, though the commons immediately publiihed an order for fuppreiling it; and fince the rell:itution of monarchy and epifcopacy, we have lived to fee the life of Mahomet and his Koran publiihed without mifchief or offence. 1650. 'Marquis of Momrofs executed. ;Burn. Hill-; ' p. 36. 52· His lord!hip adds, that the papifl:s took advantage of the liberty of the times, who were never more numerous and btffY; which is not very pro. bable, becaufe the parliament had baniihed all papifl:s twenty miles from the city of London, and excepted them out of their aCls of indulgence and toleration; the fpirit ofthe people againfl: popery was kept up to the height; the mob carried the popes effigies in triumph, and burnt it publicly on queen Elizabeth's birth day; and the minifl:ers in their pulpits pro– nounced him antichrifl:; but fuch is the zeal of this right reverend hif– torian! The beginning of this yeat, the marquis of Montrofs was taken in the north of Scotland by colonel Straughan with a fmall body of troops, and hanged at Edinburgh on a gallows thirty feet high ; his body was buried under the gallows, and his quarters fet upon the gates of the principal towns in Scotland; but his behaviour was great and firm to the !aft, The marquis appeared openly for the king in the year 1643· and having routed a fmall party of covenanters in Per,thjhire, acquired con!iderable renown; but his little fucceffes were very mifchievous to the king's affairs, being always magnified beyond what they really were: His vanity was the occa– fion of breaking off the treaty ofUxbridge, and his fears left king Charles II. fhould agrt;e with the ftots, and revoke his commiillon before he had executed it, now hurried him to his own ruin. Co~tditiom of The young king being in.treaty with thefcots covenanters at Breda, was the fcots. forc~d to fiifle his refentments for the death of the marquis, and fubmit to -treatY, wzth the following hard conditiorjS. tbe·Azng. ) h 11 r ' • d b h I . k a -d b r ( 1. " T at a per1ons excommunicate y t e <lr 1oul e ;or- " bid the court. (2.) " That the king by his folemn oath. and under his hand and (ea!, · " declare his allowance of the covenant. (3 .) " That he confirm thofe acts of parliament which enjoin the eo– " venant. That he efl:ablilh the prdbyterian worihip and difcipline, and " {wear never to oppofe, or endeavour to alter them. (4.) " That all civil maters be determined by parliament; and all eccle– " fiafl:ical affairs by the kirk. ( 1.) "That
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