The HIS T 0 RY of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. King againrt the government. There was faid to be a confpiracy in the north Charles II. h bl' d r. 'll. {l h 1 1' 1663 . among t e ,repu Jeans an ,eparatJns, to re ore t e ong par lament, and ~ put Lambert and Ludlow at their head, though the former was lhnt up in prifon in a remote i!land, and the other gone into banilhment. There . had been fame unadvifed and angry converfation among the meaner fort of people of republican principles, but it was not pretended that any gentle– men of charatl:er, much lefs that the body of the englijh non-conformills were acquainted with it; however, about twenty were tried and condemn– ed at York and Leeds, and feveral executed. Some very mean perfons were inditted at the Old Bai!y for a branch of the fame defign, as Tongue, Philips, Stubbes, Hind, Sel/ars, and Gibbes: They were not tried fep~- K. Chron. rately, but fet at the bJr together, and oondemned in the lump. It was t f4°• 841. pretended that the fifth monarchy men, anabapti!l:s, independents, and 3~5~my, P· fame quakers,. were confenting to fome defperate deGgns, but the a~thors Rapin, p. were never d1fcovered; however, four of thefe pretended confp!l'>.tors 310. were executed, who confeffed at the place of execution, that they had heard fome treafonable expreilions in company, but denied to the lafl: that they were acquainted with any confpiracy againfl: the king; and whoever reads their trials will be enclined to think, that it was a de– :fign of tho[e who were at the head of aff,tirs, to enflJme the popu– lace againfl: the non.conformifl:s, in order to bring on them greater feveriti es. .1/a for re– lief of n0/1Jubfcribi,g /oyalijls. 15 Car· II. 4:ap. 6. An atl: was paffed this fummer,_for the relief of fuch peifons as byJick– nefs, or other impediments, quere difobled from Juiji:ribing the declaration in the aCl if umjormity, and explanation if the faid ael. The preamble fets forth, " that divers perfons of eminent loyalty, and known affetl:ion " to the liturgy of the church of England, were out of the kingdom; " and others, by rea[on of ficknefs, difability of body, or otherwife, " could not fubfcribe within the time limite@, and were therefore di[-· " abled, and ipfo faelo deprived of their prebendaries, or other livings, " therefore further time is given them to the feafl: of the nativity of " our Lord next enfuing ; or if out of England, forty days after their " return:" Which £hews, that the time limited by the atl: of uniformi– ty was not fufficient. The journal ?f. the hou[e of. lords ment ions a claufe inferted by their lordfhips, explammg the fltbfcrtpt10n and declara– tion to relate only to praelice, and obedience to the law, which pafied the upper houfe, though feveral temporal lords prote~ed againfl: it, as def– truCtive to the church of England, however when 1t came down to the commons, the claufe was rejetl:ed, and the lords did not think fit to in– fift upon its being refiored. While
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