"One cannot," fays he,

"look upon these "heads without horror, and without imagining "that they are juft going to pronounce thefe "terrible words: People, eternity itself will not "be able to expiate our offence. Learn by our “example, that the life of Kings is inviolable."

Charles Patin was a Physician, and used to say for the credit of his art, that it had enabled him to live in perfect health till he was eighty-two years

of

age; that it had procured him a fortune of twenty thousand pounds; and that it had acquired him the friendship and esteem of many very refpectable and celebrated perfons.

Patin mentions in his Travels a reply of a German to a Frenchman, who had taxed the Germans with loving wine, and expofing them. felves in confequence of that vice: "Les Allemands " font quelquefois fous dans leur vin, (said he,) mais "les François font toujours fous."

LORD FAIRFAX.

PERSONS Who have been the moft active in promoting Revolutions in Kingdoms, have in general, after their experience of the dangers and miferies confequent upon them, been very open in proclaiming them to the world. Lord Fairfax, the celebrated Parliamentary General in Charles the Firft's time, fays, in the Memoirs that he left of the part which he took in those times of trouble and confufion, in fpeaking of the execution of his Sovereign, "By this purging "of the House (as they called it), the Parlia

ment was brought into fuch a confumptive "and languishing condition, that it could never

again recover that healthful condition which "always kept the kingdom in its strength, life, "and vigour. This way being made by the "sword, the trial of the King was the easier "for them to accomplish. My afflicted and "troubled mind for it, and my earnest en"deavours to prevent it, will, I hope, fuffi"ciently teftify my diflike and abhorrence of "the fact. And what will they not do to the "fhrubs, having cut down the cedar?"

Lord Fairfax by no means confented to the death of Charles the First, and was much furprised

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prised when Sir Thomas Herbert informed him that the fatal ftroke had been given.

This nobleman made an offer to his Sovereign of the affiftance of the Army. Charles replied, that he had as many friends there as his Lordship.

Lord Fairfax told Sir Philip Warwick, who was complimenting him upon the regularity and temperance of his army, that the best common foldiers he had came out of the King's army, and from the garrisons he had taken. " So," added he, "I found you had made them good foldiers, and I have made them good men."

According to Sir Henry Slingfby's MS. Memoirs, Lord Fairfax appears to have been once in the most imminent danger of his life, in the fummer of 1642.

"My Lord of Cumberland once again fent out "Sir Thomas Glenham to beat up Sir Thomas Fairfax's quarters at Wetherby. Command. ❝ing out a party both of horse and of dragoons, "Sir Thomas comes close up to the town undif"covered, a little before fun-rife. Prideaux "and fome others enter the town through a "back yard. This gave an alarm quite through

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"the town. Sir Thomas Fairfax was at this

juncture drawing on his boots to go to his "father at Tadcaster. Sir Thomas gets quickly "on horfeback, draws out fome pikes, and fo "meets our Gentleman. Every one had his "fhot at Sir Thomas, he only making at them "with his fword, and fo retired under the guard "of his own pikes to another part of the town."

LORD KEEPER FINCH.

THE following curious particulars relative to the impeachment of Lord Keeper Finch were copied by Bishop Warburton from a MS. Hiftory of the Rebellion, found in a large volume, all in Lord Clarendon's hand-writing, which contains the private Memoirs of his own Life, as well as the public history that was extracted from this volume. They form one of the many paffages which Lord Clarendon himself had drawn his pen through, as not to be printed as part of the History of the Rebellion, and were prefented to the COMPILER by the late learned and excellent Dr. Balguy, who received the copy from Bishop Warburton:

"It began now to be observed, that all the "public profeffions of a general reformation, and "redrefs

"redress of all grievances the kingdom suffered "under, were contracted into a fharp and ex"traordinary perfecution of one perfon* they "had accused of high treason, and within fome "bitter mention of the Archbishop t; that there ἐσ was no thought of difmiffing the two armies, "which were the capital grievance and infup"portable burthen to the whole Nation; and "that instead of queftioning others, who were "looked upon as the causes of greater mischief "than either of thofe they profeffed so much

displeasure againft, they privately laboured by "all their offices to remove all prejudice towards "them, at least all thoughts of profecution for "their tranfgreffions, and fo that they had

blanched all fharp and odious mention of Ship"Money, because it could hardly be touched "without fome reflection upon the Lord Keeper "Finch, who had acted fo odious a part in it, "and who, fince the meeting of the Great "Council at York, had rendered himself very "gracious to them, as a man who would facili"tate many things to them, and therefore fit to "be preferved and protected. Whereupon the "Lord Falkland took notice of the bufinefs of "Ship-Money, and very fharply mentioned the "Lord Finch as being the principal promoter of it; and that, being a fworn judge of the Law,

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