The HISTORY of the -PuRITANs. VoL. II. King · clared void, and illegal -- the aB: for difabling perfons in holy orders Charles 1!, t '(, ] - · r->·n• 1 d 1 b'fL 166 r. o exerct e te~pora )lHlJut~..-~wn was repea e -- t 1e twops were re- ~ ilored to thetr feats tn parltament --the old ecdefiafiical jurifdiB:ion was revived by the repeal of the r7th of Charles I. except the oath ex dficio --and it was made a pr:Emunire to call the Ring a paptfi. · -King's fecond The llorm was all this while gathering very black over the prefhyterifpecch to hzs [, h h ]' fi d . Ni h l - ·parliament. an 1 _s; ordw hen ~~par ramhent met a econ ·ttme, ov. 2o, t e ~tng com- , p tmente t e b1tuops, w o appeared now again in their places among the peers, and obferved in his fpeech, that it was a felicity he had much de– ·fired to fee, as the only thing wanting to reflore the old confiitution. He then fpoke the language of the chancellor, and told the commons, " that ·« there were many wicked infl:ruments who laboured night and day to " difi:urb the public peace - That it was worthy of their care to pro– " vide proper remedies for the difeafes of that kind; that if they found ·cc new difeafes they mufi find new remedies. That the difficulties which " concerned religion were too hard for him, and therefore be recommend.;;– " ed them to their care and deliberation who could befi provide for them." The tendency of this fpeech was to make way for breaking through the Breda declaration, and to furnifi1 the parliament with a pretence for treat– ing the non-conformifis with rigor, to which they were tbemfelves too well enclined. 'Shamplots Lord Clarendon, in a conference between the two houfes, affirmed po– f~there~on fitively, that there was a real confpiracy againfi the peace of the kingdom ; ~i:n;~e yte- and though it was difconcerted in the city, it was carried on in divers Yarrington'scounties; a committee was therefore appointed to enquire into the truth plot. of the report; but after all their examinations not one tingle perfon was .K. Cbron. · .n d r h r d £ • G · k £ ll. 602 'Convt~..-Le , or 10 muc as protecute tor rt. reat pams were ta en to anen .p. ' fame treafonabledefigns on the prefbyterians; letters were fent from unknown hands to the chiefs of the party in feveral parts of the kingdom, intimating the projeCt of a general infurreB:ion, in which their friends were concerned, and ddiring them to communicate it to certain perfons in their neighbour– hood, whom they name in their letters, that they may be ready at time and place. A letter of this kind was direCted to the reverend Mr. Sparry in Worcejlerjhire, defiring him and captain Yarrington to ?e ready with money; and to acquaint Mr. Oat/and and Mr. Baxter With the defign. This, with a packet of the fame kind, was faid to be left under a hedge ·by aJcots pedlar; and as foon as they were found, they were carried to Sir J. Packington, who immediately committed Sparr;•, Oat/and, and Ya_r– ington to prifon. The militia of the county was raifed, and the city of Worcejler put into a pofiure of defence; but the il1am was fo _notori– ous, .that t.he earl of Bri/Jol, though a papifr, was aihamed of 1t; and after
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