SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.-WALSINGHAM'S INSPECTION OF LETTERS IN CI-

PHER. HIS SUBTLE CONNECTION WITH THE AGENTS OF THE QUEEN

OF Scors. HER FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. WALSINGHAM'S PLAN

TO SECURE IT. THE CONSPIRACY IN PARIS. ANTHONY BABINGTON.

- HIS ROMANTIC ENTHUSIASM FOR THE QUEEN OF SCOTS. HE IS

DRAWN INTO THE CONSPIRACY. HE MODIFIES THE PLAN OF PRO-

CEDURE, AND SECURES NEW ASSOCIATES. QUEEN MARY'S CORRESPOND-

ENCE WITH BABINGTON. PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT. THE CONSPIR-

ACY REVEALED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. BALLARD ARRESTED. - THE

CONSPIRATORS ALARMED, BUT QUIETED BY WALSINGHAM. THE CON-

SPIRACY REVEALED TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL. THE FLIGHT OF THE

CONSPIRATORS.

THE HUE AND CRY.

THE ALARM OF THE PEOPLE.

IT IS

THE ARRESTS. THE ENTHUSIASTIC JOY OF THE PEOPLE.

ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE QUEEN. GIFFORD'S FLIGHT AND FATE.

WALSINGHAM CHARGED WITH FORGERY OF LETTERS. HIS COURSE

JUSTIFIABLE. -THE TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS.

BOURNE IN PRISON. THE EXECUTIONS.

· CHIDIOCK TITCH-

72

CHAPTER IV.

THE PARLIAMENT OF 1586-7.

COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED FOR THE TRIAL OF THE QUEEN OF SCOTS.

THEIR SENTENCE. — ELIZABETH RECOMMITS THE CASE TO PARLIAMENT.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S PETITION IN BEHALF OF THE LORDS, FOR

THE EXECUTION OF MARY. THE SPEAKER'S PETITION IN BEHALF OF

THE COMMONS. — ELIZABETH'S REPLY. HER SPECIAL MESSAGE, THAT

THE PARLIAMENT MIGHT DEVISE OTHER MEANS FOR THE SAFETY OF

THE REALM. — THEY REPLY, THAT THEY "CAN FIND NO OTHER WAY";

AND ITERATE THEIR PETITION. HER" ANSWER ANSWERLESS.’ PAR-

LIAMENT ADJOURN. — PUBLIC REJOICINGS FOR THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST

MARY. THE SINCERITY OF ELIZABETH CONSIDERED. - THE HONESTY

OF THE PARLIAMENT, PARTICULARLY OF THE PURITAN MEMBERS, CON-

SIDERED. HOSTILE PLANS OF SPAIN ARE DISCOVERED. A SPECIAL

EMBASSY FROM FRANCE. THE AMBASSADOR ORDINARY SCHEMES FOR

THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH. HIS PLOT DISCOVERED. ALARMING

RUMORS. ELIZABETH'S PERPLEXITY. SHE ORDERS A WARRANT FOR

MARY'S EXECUTION TO BE DRAWN. - IT IS SIGNED AND DESPATCHED

WITHOUT THE QUEEN'S KNOWLEDGE. HER ANGER. HER BEHAVIOR

UPON HEARING OF MARY'S DEATH. THE PRESBYTERIAN PLATFORM.

PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLE. A BILL OFFERED IN THE COMMONS FOR

A NEW BOOK OF DISCIPLINE AND OF COMMON PRAYER. THE QUEEN

DEMANDS IT. -THE BILL AND BOOK READ, UPON A MOTION OF PETER

WENTWORTH.- A SPEECH AGAINST THEM. WENTWORTH TAKES HIS

STAND FOR THE LIBERTIES OF THE HOUSE. - HIS ARTICLES, OR QUES-

TIONS, THEREUPON. HE IS SENT TO THE TOWER; AND OTHERS ALSO.

- A MOTION, AND A COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE, FOR THEIR RELEASE.

THE QUEEN PETITIONED IN BEHALF OF THE NEW MODEL
OF DIS-

CIPLINE. HER ANSWER.—THE BILL OF THE PURITANS CONSIDERED. —

THE ATTEMPT OF MARGUERITE LAMBRUN TO ASSASSINATE QUEEN ELIZ-

ABETH.

124

CHAPTER V.

ANNUS MIRABILIS. (A. D. 1588.)

ITS

MARTIAL PREPARATIONS IN ENGLAND. THE SPANISH ARMADA.

PLAN OF OPERATIONS. - AUXILIARY FORCES EXPECTED FROM FRANCE,

THE NETHERLANDS, AND HEAVEN. MOTIVES AND PURPOSES OF PHILIP

OF SPAIN. ANXIETY ON THE CONTINENT. — THE SPANISH FLEET EN-

TERS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. THE FIRST SKIRMISH. THE NAVAL

FORCE OF ENGLAND. THE LORD ADMIRAL EFFINGHAM GIVES CHASE

AND FIGHT. THE SPANIARDS ANCHOR AT CALAIS. ARE DISPERSED

BY FIRE-SHIPS, AND ATTACKED IN DETAIL. THE SPANIARDS HOLD A

COUNCIL OF WAR, AND RESOLVE UPON A RETREAT THROUGH THE

NORTHERN SEAS. THEIR SUFFERINGS AND DISASTERS. ONLY SIXTY

SAIL SUCCEED IN REACHING SPAIN. THE MOURNING OF THE PEOPLE.

THE ENGLISH CAMP AT TILBURY. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH THERE.

THE LOYALTY OF THE ENGLISH CATHOLICS. GOD THE VICTOR.

THANKSGIVING OF THE ENGLISH. THE LAST DAYS OF THE EARL OF

LEICESTER. HIS PIOUS EPISTLES.

183

CHAPTER VI.

THE WANDERING FREE PRESS. (A. D. 1587 – 1589.)

JOHN PENRY'S ARRIVAL AT NORTHAMPTON. HIS "SUPPLICATION TO THE

PARLIAMENT.” HIS EXAMINATION AND IMPRISONMENT. AN OLD

MAN'S ARGUMENT AGAINST THE CELIBACY OF THE CLERGY. ITS WEL-

COME AND SUCCESS.-PROPHETIC DREAMS. A CHRISTIAN MAIDEN'S

Love. PENRY'S EARLY HISTORY.-FAWSLEY MANOR. THE PREL-

ATES ANNOYED BY PURITAN BOOKS. ROBERT WALDEGRAVE AND HIS

SECRET PRESS. HIS PERSECUTIONS. THE SEIZURE AND DESTRUCTION

OF HIS PRESS. ANOTHER PRESS ESTABLISHED. - PREVIOUS TROUBLES

OF MR. JOHN WIGGINTON. THE COMMOTION EXCITED BY THE ISSUES

OF THE NEW PRESS. A DOMICILIARY VISIT BY NIGHT. MR. WIGGIN-

TON AGAIN ARRESTED. · HIS EXAMINATION. COMMITTED TO PRISON.

- MIGRATIONS AND OPERATIONS OF THE PRESS. PENRY SUSPECTED,

AND HIS STUDY SACKED. HIS INDIGNATION, AND HIS APPELLATION

TO PARLIAMENT."- ORDER FOR HIS ARREST. HIS RETREAT TO SCOT-

LAND. THE ENGLISH GUILLOTINE.

231

CHAPTER VII.

MARTIN MAR-PRELATE. (A. D. 1588, 1589.)

SYNOPSIS OF THE MARTIN TRACTS. WHY SOUGHT FOR WHERE UNHEARD

OF. THE SENSATION WHICH THEY PRODUCED IN ENGLAND. - PROCLA-

MATION AGAINST THEM. SEIZURE OF THE PRESS. ARREST OF ITS

EMPLOYEES AND PATRONS. THEIR ARRAIGNMENT AND SENTENCE.

REMARKS ON MARTIN'S WRITINGS. MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THEM.

- THEIR AUTHORSHIP AND SPONSORS CONSIDERED. THE PURITANS

VOL. III.

2

DISAVOWED THEM. DISAVOWAL OF THROGMORTON, CARTWRIGHT, PEN-

RY, UDAL. — THE PROMINENT PURITAN CLERGY DENOUNCED MARTIN

UPON HIS FIRST APPEARANCE. THE WRITER TO THIS DAY UNKNOWN.

273

CHAPTER VIII.

THE PARLIAMENT OF 1588-9.

THE NATION RESTORED TO QUIET. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

AN EXTRAORDINARY SUPPLY GRANTED BY THE COMMONS. ABUSES OF

PURVEYANCE AND IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER. BILLS AGAINST

THEM. - A COMMITTEE TO JUSTIFY THE BILLS TO HER MAJESTY AND

TO URGE HER ALLOWANCE OF THEM. HER REPLY. CONFERENCES

UPON THESE ABUSES BETWEEN THE LORDS AND THE COMMONS. —— Mo-

TION AGAINST GRIEVANCES IN THE CHURCH. RETAINED AND RETURNED

BY THE SPEAKER. BILL AGAINST PLURALITIES. ·DEBATE UPON IT IN

THE HOUSE OF LORDS. PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. REMARKS UPON

THEIR PROCEEDINGS.

309

CHAPTER IX.

THE DIVINE RIGHT OF BISHOPS. (A. D. 1588-9.)

THE FIRST SUNDAY AT SAINT PAUL'S CROSS AFTER THE OPENING OF

PARLIAMENT. DR. BANCROFT THE PREACHER. FOR HIS THEME SUB-

STITUTES PURITANISM FOR CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED.

-HE COM-

PLAINS THAT THE PURITANS ARE BORNE WITH, WHILE THEY SUSTAIN

THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE. LAITY SHOULD YIELD THEIR JUDG-

MENT TO THE CLERGY. THE PURITANS "BASE, RASCALLY, DEVILISH,

AND ANTICHRISTIAN.” THE DIVINE RIGHT OF BISHOPS, SUCH AS IN

THE ENGLISH CHURCH.

THE COMMON DOCTRINE ON THIS SUBJECT

SIXTY YEARS BEFORE. POPULAR INDIGNATION AT BANCROFT'S Doc-

TRINE. REMONSTRANCE OF SIR FRANCIS Knollys. HIS APPEAL TO

DR. RAINOLDS. THE ANSWER OF DR. RAINOLDS.

DISCARDED BY THE COUNCIL AND BISHOPS.

BANCROFT'S THEORY

329

CHAPTER X.

CARTWRIGHT AND THE NEW DISCIPLINE. (A. D. 1585-1589.)

THE RHEMISH TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. THOMAS CART-

WRIGHT SOLICITED TO CONFUTE IT. HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND. - HIS

ARREST, IMPRISONMENT, AND RELEASE. INTERVIEW BETWEEN CART-

WRIGHT AND WHITGIFT. CARTWRIGHT PREFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL

AT WARWICK. SUMMONED TO ANSWER CHARGES. DISMISSED WITH-

OUT CENSURE. FORBIDDEN TO PURSUE HIS CONFUTATION OF THE

RHEMISH TESTAMENT. PERSISTS IN IT AT INTERVALS. HIS CON-

NECTION WITH THE PURITAN "BOOK OF DISCIPLINE.” THE SUBSCRIP-

TION TO THAT BOOK. — SUBSCRIBERS TO IT; MANY OF THEM CONFORM-

ISTS.

THE NATURE AND DOINGS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN "ASSEMBLIES." 348

CHAPTER XI.

"FLAT ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY." (A. D. 1590–1592.)

MR. WIGHT IMPRISONED. - HIS PAPERS REVEAL THE DOINGS OF THE

PURITAN ASSEMBLIES. OTHER CLERGYMEN IMPRISONED. REVELA-

TIONS BY SOME OF THEM UPON OATH. — ARTICLES OBJECTED AGAINST

MR. CARTWRIGHT. HE SOLICITS THE GOOD OFFICES OF Lord Bur-

LEIGH. BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS REFUSES THE OATH. UPON HIS

SECOND APPEARANCE CONSENTS, ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS, TO MAKE

OATH UPON CERTAIN CHARGES. LORD BURLEIGH REMONSTRATES.

CARTWRIGHT AND OTHERS NOW HELD IN PRISON FOR REFUSING THE

OATH. THEIR CASES REFERRED TO THE STAR-CHAMBER. ARRAIGNED

THERE, BUT THE PROCEEDINGS SUSPENDED. CARTWRIGHT BROUGHT

BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS SECRETLY. UPBRAIDED AND INSULTED.

CHARGES MADE BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. MR. CARTWRIGHT

AGAIN REFUSES THE OATH.-DISPUTE BETWEEN BISHOP AYLMER AND

DR. BANCROFT.-MR. CARTWRIGHT REMANDED TO PRISON. WRITTEN

ARTICLES PREFERRED AGAINST HIM AND OTHERS IN THE STAR-CHAM-

BER. - THEIR WRITTEN ANSWERS UPON OATH. PROSECUTION FAILS

FOR WANT OF PROOF. THE COMMISSIONERS STILL HOLD THEM IN

PRISON. MR. CARTWRIGHT SOLICITS THE INTERCESSION OF LADY RUS-

SEL WITH LORD BURLEIGH. THE PRISONERS ADDRESS THE QUEEN.

SOME FAVOR SHOWED, EXCEPT TO MR. CARTWRIGHT. -THE ARCH-

BISHOP'S CONDITIONS OF RELEASE REJECTED. - PUBLIC SYMPATHY FOR

THE PRISONERS. INTERCESSIONS OF KING JAMES, OF SIR FRANCIS

KNOLLYS, AND OF DOCTORS AT CAMBRIDGE, UNAVAILING.

370

CHAPTER XII.

PURITANS IN THE SECULAR COURTS. (A. D. 1590–1592.)

ROBERT CAWDREY ARRAIGNED, DEPRIVED, AND DEPOSED. — LORD BUR-

LEIGH ADVISES HIS APPEAL TO Law. MR. CAWDREY COMMENCES

A SUIT TO TEST, BY MUNICIPAL LAW, THE PRACTICE OF ECCLESIASTI-

CAL COURTS. THE VERDICT OF THE JURY UPON THE FACTS. THEY

REFER TO THE COURT WHETHER HIS DEPRIVATION WAS, OR WAS NOT,

WARRANTED BY LAW. THE ARGUMENT UPON THIS POINT FOR THE

PLAINTIFF. - THE REBUTTING ARGUMENT OF THE COURT. A REVIEW

OF THIS ARGUMENT. - THE INDIGNATION OF LORD BURLEIGH AND OF

THE PEOPLE. JOHN UDAL ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE ASSIZES AT CROY-

DEN. - HIS INDICTMENT. HIS PREVIOUS TROUBLES. HIS TRIAL.

THE VERDICT, GUILTY OF FELONY. THE COURT URGE HIM TO SUB-

MISSION. HIS PLEA FOR STAYING OF SENTENCE. IS SENTENCED TO

DEATH. ORDER FOR HIS RESPITE. HIS CONFERENCE WITH A MES-

SENGER FROM THE QUEEN. SIR WALTER RALEIGH INTERFERES IN HIS

BEHALF. ANOTHER OVERTURE. MR. UDAL SIGNS AN ACKNOWLEDG-

MENT. THE ARCHBISHOP UNWILLING FOR HIS PARDON. THE LON-

DON MERCHANTS SEEK HIS LIBERATION; BUT IN VAIN. HIS SUFFER-

INGS AND DEATH IN PRISON. CONSIDERATIONS UPON HIS CASE.

402

CHAPTER XIII.

HENRY BARROW. (A. D. 1586 – 1588.)

A LONDON RAKE. HIS REFORMATION. THE TENETS OF THE INDEPEN-

DENTS. THEIR DIFFERENCES AND AFFINITIES WITH THE PURITANS

PROPER. THE INDEPENDENTS WITHOUT ORGANIZATION AND WITHOUT

A LEADER. — THEIR CONDITION IN SOCIETY, AND THEIR CHARACTER-

ISTICS. HENRY BARROW THEIR MASTER-SPIRIT. MASTER FOX's OR-

DINARY IN NICHOLAS LANE. CONFERENCE THERE BETWEEN MR.

BARROW AND MR. HULL ABOUT THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN GREEN-

WOOD. - THEY VISIT GREENWOOD IN THE CLINK.- BARROW DETAINED

THERE A PRISONER. TAKEN BEFORE THE ARCHBISHOP AND OTHER

COMMISSIONERS. HE IS COMMITTED TO THE GATEHOUSE. HIS SECOND

INTERVIEW WITH THE COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE A SPECIAL COMMIS-

SION, IN COMPANY WITH GREENWOOD. THEIR OBJECTIONS TO Ju-

DICIAL OATHS. THEIR INGENUOUS BOLDNESS. THEY ARE ENLARGED.

- AGAIN ARRESTED. - MR. BARROW'S EXAMINATION.

445

CHAPTER XIV.

THE INDEPENDENTS. (A. D. 1588-1593.)

THE BISHOPS THEIR OWN ENEMIES. INCREASE OF THE INDEPENDENTS.

- THEIR SECRET ASSEMBLIES. A CHURCH ORGANIZED IN LONDON.

MIDNIGHT ARREST OF GREENWOOD AND JOHNSON, FIFTY-SIX PERSONS

· ARRESTED AT ISLINGTON. OTHER ARRESTS. - PRIVATIONS OF PRISON

LIFE. PRISONERS DETAINED WITHOUT TRIAL. THEIR COMPLAINT.

THE JAIL-FEVER. FLOGGING WITH CUDGELS. THE TORTURE OF

"LITTLE EASE." DEATH IN PRISON. CHAINS AND DUNGEONS.

MANY DIE; SOME THRUST FORTH TO DIE. — WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THESE HORRORS, AND HOW far. THE FACTS CONCEALED FROM

THE QUEEN. THE INQUISITION OF ENGLAND AND THE INQUISITION OF

SPAIN COMPARED.

471

CHAPTER XV.

EXECUTIONS. (A. D. 1592–3.)

CHRISTIAN CONVICTS LED OUT OF PRISON FOR EXECUTION.

BOOKS PUBLISHED BY BARROW AND GREENWOOD WHILE IN PRISON.

THEY AND THEIR ASSISTANTS INDICTED FOR THE SAME, CONVICTED,

AND SENTENCED TO IMMEDIATE EXECUTION. A CONFERENCE WITH

BARROW AND GREENWOOD FOR THEIR SOULS' HEALTH" AND FOR

THEIR RECANTATION. THE SENTENCE OF THEIR ASSOCIATES COM-

MUTED. BARROW AND GREENWOOD TAKEN TO THE GALLOWS. THEIR

ADDRESSES TO THE PEOPLE. A SECOND REPRIEVE. - REJOICINGS OF

THE PEOPLE. TAKEN AGAIN TO TYBURN AND EXECUTED. THE

SECRET HISTORY OF THEIR REPRIEVES AND EXECUTION. JOHN PENRY

HIS HISTORY

AND HIS FAMILY AT STEPNEY.-HIS ARREST THERE.