708 'I'he HISTORY of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. Cl Kitg !I and was one qf the a!Jembly qf divines. In the year 1 646, he was appoint~ 1~~;'6. · ed one of the preachers to the ~nivedit y of Oxford, and afterwards a viji- ~ tor. Upon the reform of the umverfity, he was made dean of Chrifl C~urch and vicechancellor, After ~he ki~g's death, be lof~ his dea1:ry for refufing the engagement, but comphed with all the other changes t1l the kinry's re~ il:~ration, when ~1e ap~eared with the prdbyt~rians, but was pre~ailed wah to accept a blfhopnc on the terms of the kmg's declaration, which never took place. He was a perfon of fingular affability, meekne(s, and humility, and a fi·equent preacher. He was a confi:ant refident in his diocefe, and a good old puritan, who never concerned himfelf with the politics of the court. He died at Norwich Jan. 16, 1676, atatis [~ venty-fix. 16 77 . The murmurs of the people againfi: the government, increafed ratht>r Dangerous than diminilhed. When the parliament met, they acldrelfed the king to .!!,:::.:!the ~nterhin~o a~11alliahnce7 wdith the ~utch,1 and other c(:onfederates, fo_r preferv– Gazettee, mg t eJpantpJ net enan .s, as tue on y means to ave Great Bn tain from Numb. 1203 popery and fiavery. But his maje!ly declared, he would not fuffer his prerogative of making war and peace to be invdded, nor be prefcribed to as to his alliances. However, he confented to a feparate peace with the dutch, and then prorogued the parliament to the middle of July, by which time the french had almo!l compleated their conqnefl:s of thejpanijh Flanders. The chief thing the parliament could obtain, was the repeal of the popiili act de baretico comburendo. Man·iage of But when the campaign was over, his majefi:y did one of the mofl: po– rhe prince. of pular actions of his reign, which was, marrying the princefs MAR v, ~:·;~-:;:;:" ddefi: daughter of the duke of York, to the PR:NcE .of ORANGE, Mary. The king imagined he could oblige the dutch by th1s fam1ly alliance, to fubmit to a difadvantageous peace with the french; but when the prince declared roundly, that he would not facrifice his honour, nor the liber– ties of Europe for a wife, his majefly faid, he was an honefl: man, and gave him the princifs without any conditions, to the great joy of all the true friends of their country, who had now a protdl:ant heir to the crown in view, though at fome diflance. The nuptials were folemnized N ov. 4, 1677, and the royal pair foon after embarked privately for Hol– land. Death of This year died ar~hbiiliop She/don, one o~ the n:o~ inveterate enemies 11 rcbbp. She!- of the non-confonmfl:s, a man of perfecutmg pnnc1ples, and a tool of don, a_nd the prerogative, who made a jefl: of religion, any farther than it was a P(omotzon ofd political engine of fi:ate. He was fucceeded by Dr. Sancrqft, who_wa~ tiancroft an f . b . iji h 1 · D C t t d t Compton, deprived or;aco t!t m at t e revo utiOn. r. omp on was promo e o the fee of London, in the room of Dr. Henchman, a man of weak but arbitrary principles, till it came to his turn to be a fufferer. MaiJ.y of the
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