was he in this piece of paffion, which had its fuddaine variation from a ftern and furious anger to a foft and melting affection, which

made Gib no lofer by the bargaine."-The Hiftory of Great Britain, containing the Life and Reign of King James the First. By ARTHUR WILSON, Efq. Folio. 1652.

"A new incroachment upon the Sabbath*," fays Wilfon," gave both King and People more "liberty to profane the day with authority; for "if the Court were to remove on Monday, the King's carriages muft go out the day before: "all times were alike; and the Court being to

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remove to Theobalds the next day, the carriages went through the City of London on the "Sabbath, with a great deal of clatter and noise "in the time of divine fervice. The Lord Mayor,

hearing of it, commanded them to be stopt; "and this carryed the officers of the carriages "with a great deal of violence to the Court; and "the business being prefented to the King with "as much afperity as men in authoritie (croffed

in their humors) could exprefs it, it put the "King into a great rage, fwearing, he thought "there had been no more Kings in England "but himself; yet, after he was a little cooled,

*Book of Sports, put forth by proclamation in 1617, the fifteenth year of the reign of this Prince.

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"he fent a warrant to the Lord Maior, com

"manding him to let them pass, which he "obeyed, with this anfwer:

While it was in

my power, I did my duty; but that being "taken away by a higher power, it is my duty "to obey.' Which the King, upon fecond "thoughts, took well, and thanked him for it."

James, by a proclamation in the seventh year of his reign, on the mature deliberation of his Council, forbad all new buildings within ten miles of London; and commanded, that if in fpite of this ordinance there fhould be any fet up, they fhould be pulled down, though notice was not taken of them till seven years afterwards. At the fuggeftion, however, of Archbishop Bancroft, James did not oppofe the building of a College at Chelsea*, "wherein," fays Wilfon, "the choiceft and ableft fcholars of the king"dom, and the most pregnant wits in matters "of controverfy, were to be affociated under a "Provoft, with a free and ample allowance not

The fite of this College is now the Royal Hofpital at Chelfea. The College was abandoned foon after the death of Bancroft; "the King," fays Wilfon, "wifely confider"ing, that nothing begets more contention than oppofition, ❝ and that fuch fuellers as the Profeffors of it would be apt "to inflame rather than quench the heat that would arife " from thofe embers."

The Plan and Expence of Chelsea College are faid to have been Dr. Sutcliffe's.

"exceeding

"exceeding three thoufand pounds a year, "whofe defign was to anfwer all Popish Priests "and others that vented their malignant spirits against the Protestant religion.”

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"In the reign of this Prince," fays Wilfon, "England was not only man'd with Jesuits, (all power failing to oppose them,) but the women "alfo began to practise the trade, calling them"felves Jefuitrices. This Order was first set "afoot in Flanders, by Miftres Ward, and <Miftres Twittie, two English gentlewomen, "who clothed themselves in Ignatian habit, and "were countenanced and fupported by Father "Gerrard, Rector of the English College at "Leige, with Father Flack, and Father More. "But Father Singleton, Father Benefield, and "others, oppofed them, and would not blefs "them with an Ite prædicate, for their defign

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was to preach the Gospel to their fex in Eng"land. And in a fhort time this Miftres Ward

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(by the Pope's indulgence) became the Mo"ther-general of no lefs than two hundred "English damfels of good birth and quality, "whom fhe fent abroad to preach, and they "were to give account to her of their apoftolick "labours."

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ELIZABETH,

PRINCESS PALATINE,

THE original of the following Letter of this unfortunate Princefs, daughter of James the First, King of England, is in the Collection of Royal Letters in the British Museum.

"I have received your kind letter and learned "difcourfe with much contentement. Indeed, 66 we have fuffered much wrong in this world, 66 yet I complain not at it, because when God "pleafeth we fhall have right. In the mean "time, I am much beholden to you for your

good affection, hoping you will not be wearie "to continue your friendlie offices towards me, "in the place where you fitt, which fhall never "be forgotten by

"Your most affured friend,

LADY ARABELLA STUART.

"THE great match that was lately stolen be"twixt the Lady Arabella* and young Beau"champ †, provides them both of fafe lodgings: "the lady close prifoner at Sir Thomas Perry's house at Lambeth, and her husband in the Tower. Melvin, the poetical Minifter, wel"comed him thither with this diftich:

"Communis tecum mihi caufâ eft carceris. AraBella tibi caufa eft, araque facra mihi.

"WYNWODE's State Papers."

Lady Arabella escaped from her confinement, and got on board a French veffel beyond Gravef end.

In a letter of Mr. More to Sir Ralph Winwood, it is faid, "Now the Kyng and the Lords being "much disturbed with this. unexpected accident, "my Lord Treasurer fent orders to a pinnace

* Lady Arabella was the daughter of Charles Stuart, younger brother to James the First's father.

Sir William Beauchamp, fon of Edward Lord Beauchamp, and grandfon to the Earl of Hertford. He was made Governor to Charles the Second when Prince of Wales, and created Marquis of Hertford by Charles the First.