Life of William Laud, Floating text 1
The Memorables of our late deare and Dread Soveraigne King IAMES of famous memory.
1. HE was a King almoſt from his Birth.
2. His great Clemency, that he ſhould Raigne ſo long and ſo moderatly, that knew nothing elſe but to raigne.
3. The difficult times in Scotland during his Minority, as much perplexed with Church as State factions,
4. His admirable patience in thoſe younger times, and his wiſedome to goe by thoſe many and great difficulties, till God opend him the wayes to his juſt Inheritance of this Crowne.
5. His peaceable entry into this Kingdome, contrary to the feares at home, and the Hopes abroad; not without Gods great bleſſing both on him and us.
6. His ability as ſtrong in Grace as Nature, to forgive ſome occurrences.
7. The continuance of full 22. yeares Raigne all in peace, without war, from forraine Enemy or Rebellion at home.
8. The infinit advantage which people of all ſorts might have brought to themſelves▪ and the enriching of the State, if they would have uſed ſuch a government with anſwerable care, and not made the worſt uſe of peace.
9. Gods great mercy over him in many deliverances from private conſpirators and above the reſt that which would have blowne up his poſterity, and the ſtate by Gunpouder.
10. That in all this time of his Raigne of England, he tooke away the life of no one Noble man but reſtored many.
11. That the ſweetneſſe of his nature, was ſcarce to be paralleld by any other.
12. It is little leſſe then a miracle that ſo much ſweetneſſe ſhould be found in ſo great a hart, as beſides other things ſicknes, and death it ſelfe ſhewed to be in him.
13. Clemency, Mercy, Juſtice, and holding the State in peace, have ever bin accounted the great vertues of Kings, And they were all eminent in him.
14. He was not only apreſerver of peace at home, but the great peace maker abroad, to ſettle Chriſtendome againſt the Common Enemy the Turke, which might have beene a glorious worke, if others had beene as true to him, as he was to the Common good.
15. He was in privat to his ſervants, the beſt Maſter that ever was, and the moſt free.
16. He was the Juſteſt Man that could ſit betwene parties, and as patient to heare.
17. He was bountifull to the higheſt pitch of a King.
18. He was the greateſt Patron to the Church which hath been in many ages.
19. The moſt learned Prince that this Kingdome hath ever knowne for matters of Religion.
20. His Integrity and ſoundneſſe in Religion to write, and ſpeake, Beleeve, and doe, Live and die, one and the ſame, and all Arthodox.
21. His tender love to the King his ſon, our moſt gratious Soveraigne that now is, and his conſtant reverence in performance of all duties, to his Father, the greateſt bleſſing, and the greateſt example of this and many Ages.
22. The education of his Majeſty whome we now enjoy (and I hope, and pray, that we may long and in hapineſſe enjoy) to be an able King, as Chriſtendome hath any the very firſt day of his Raigne. The benefit whereof is ours, and the honour his.
23. His ſickneſſe from the begining more grevious then it ſeemed. A ſharp Melancholy humour ſet on fire, though uſherd in by an ordinary Tertian Agu.
24. He was from the begining of his ſickneſſe ſcarce out of an opinion that hee ſhould dye, and therefore did not ſuffer the great affaires of Chriſtendome to move him more then was fit, for hee thought of his end,
25. His devout receiving of the bleſſod ſacrament.
26. His Regall ſenſure of the moderate Reformation of the Church of England, and particulerly for the care of retayning of abſolution, the comfort of diſtreſſed ſoules,
27, His continuall calling for prayers, with an aſſured confidence in Chriſt.
28. His death as full of patience as could be found in ſo ſtrong a death.
29. His reſt, no Queſtion, is in Abrahams boſome, and his Crowne changed into a Crowne of Glory.
Aprill 6. 1625. I gave the Duke a Schedule wherein the names of Eccleſiaſticall perſons were deſcribed under the Letters O. (Orthodox) and P. (Puritans.NOTE.) The Duke of Buckingham himſelfe commanded that I ſhould thus digeſt then, to ſhew them (as he ſaid) to King Charles. Aprill. 9. The Duke of Buckingham moſt venerable to mee by all Titles, certified mee, that ſome body, I know not out of what envy, had blemiſhed my name with King Charles, his moſt Excellent Majeſty, taking occaſion from the error, into which (I know not by what fate) I fell heretofore in the caſe of Charles Earle of Devon. December 26. 1605. The ſame day I received a Command that I ſhould repaire to the Reverend Biſhop of Wincheſter, and that I ſhould demand, what he would have done in the Cauſe of the Church, and that I ſhould bring backe his Anſwer, eſpecially in the 5. Articles, &c. Aprill 10. being Sunday, after the Sermon ended I went to the Biſhop, who was at his Chamber at White-Hall. I related what things I had received in Command. He gave mee an Anſwer. Aprill 13. I related to the Duke of Buckingham what the Biſhop of Wincheſter anſwered. At the ſame time he certified me what the King had reſolved concerning the Biſhop of Durham, Clerke of the Chappell to the King, and concerning a ſucceſſor. Aprill 17. Eaſter day, the Biſhop of Durham being ſicke, I was by the ſaid Biſhops Petition to the illuſtrious Earle of Psmbrooke Lord Chamberlain, aſſigned to ſerve the Kings Majeſtie in the place of the Clarke of the Cloſet: which Office I performed till the firſt of May, Aprill 23. Burton delivered a writing to the King.
An. 1625. May 11.19.29. I writ Letters to the Duke of Buckingham, into France: May 30. I went to Chelſey to the Dutches of Buckingham, June 5. I received Letters from the Duke of Buckingham out of France; I anſwered them the next morning. June 12. Queene Mary paſſing the Seas, arrived on our ſhore about ſeaven of the Clocke in the afternoone. GOD grant ſhee may bee an Evening, and happie Starre to our world. June 25. All the Biſhops which were then preſent, were brought in to kiſſe the Queenes hand: Shee received Us with higheſt ſavour. July 3. King James appeared to me in Dreames; I ſaw him only ſwiftly paſſing by. Hee was of a cheerfull and ſerene countenance. In the paſſage he ſaw mee, beckned to me, ſmiled, and ſuddainly was withdrawne out of my ſight. Iuly 7. 1625. Richard Mountague was brought into the lower Houſe of Parliament, &c. July 9. Saturday, it pleaſed moſt Excellent King Charles to intimate to that Houſe, that thoſe things which were there ſpoken and determined concerning Mountague, without his Privitie, did not pleaſe him. Iuly 11. The Parliament was tranſlated to Oxford by reaſon of the plague Iuly 13. I went into the Countrie to the Houſe of my moſt deare Friend Francis Windebanke. NOTE.As I was traveling thither Richard Mountague caſually met me. I was the firſt who certified him of the Kings favour towards him. Iuly 31. I fell I knew not how in the Parlour at Saint Iohns Colledge in Oxford, and hurt my left Shoulder, and Huckle-bone. Auguſt 21. I ſtaied at Brecon in Wales: that night in a Dreame, the Duke of Buckingham ſeemed to me to aſcend into my bed; where he carried himſelfe with much love towards mee, after ſuch reſt wherein wearied men are wont exceedingly to rejoyce: And likewiſe many ſeemed to mee to enter the Chamber, who did ſee this. Not many dayes before, I ſeemed to ſee the Dutches of Buckingham that Excellent Lady, in a Dream: at firſt ſhe was much perplexed about her Husband, but afterwards merry, and rejoycing, that ſhe was freed from the feare of abortion; that in due time ſhe might be a mother again. Aug. 24. My Coach was twice overturned; the firſt time I was in it; the later it was emptie. Decemb. 4. I was very much troubled by Dreames. The Duke of Buckingham, his ſervants, and family, wholly tooke mee up. All things were not well ordered; The Dutcheſſe being ill, calls out her maids, and goeth to bed: Det Deus meliora. Septem. 11. I dreamed that Dr. Theodore Price, admoniſhed me concerning Ma: and that he was unfaithfull towards me, and revealed all things which he knew, and that I ſhould beware of him, and no more &c. Afterwards I dreamed of Sacke Croe, that he was dead of the Plague, when as he had not been long with the King.
Septem. 26. I Dreamed of the marriage of I knew not whom, at Oxford: all preſent flouriſhed with greene garments. I knew none but Thomas Flaxney: preſently after, without any wakening, that I know of, I ſaw the Biſhop of Worceſter, having his head covered with linnen clothes. He friendly perſwaded me, that I would dwell with them, at the place where the Marches of Wales was then kept: but not expecting my anſwer, himſelfe anſwered, that hee knew I could not live ſo meanely. Nov. 17. Charles the Duke of Buckinghams ſonne (writes hee) was borne, whom God bleſſe with all the good things of Heaven and earth. Janu. 4. and 23. I met to conſult of the Ceremonies of the Kings Coronation. And in January hee compiled the booke for the Kings Coronation, wherein hee altered the Coronation Oath; executed the Office of the Deane of Weſtminſter at the Coronation inſtead of, Dr. Williams, then Deane of Weſtminſter Biſhop of Lincolne, and Lord Keeper of the Great Seale, whom the King would not admit to be preſent at the Ceremonies of his Coronation. Ianu. 29. I underſtood what the Duke of Buckingham collected, King Charles had determined with himſelfe concerning the Cauſe, Booke, and opinions of Richard Mountague. I ſeeme to ſee a Cloud ariſing, and threatning the Church of England: God for his mercy diſſipate it. Febr. 6. I preached before the King and Nobles, at the beginning of the Parliament. Feb. 11. & 17. There was a Conference at the Duke of Buckinghams, in the preſence of many Noble men, about Mountagues Appeale, and his Popiſh and Arminian Tenents therein broached. Biſhop Morton, and Doctor Preſton oppoſing them, and he with Doctor White defending them. Febr. 21. The Duke of Buckingham (writes he) ſent for me to come to him, then hee gave mee in command, that, &c. Febr. 21. I ſought the Duke at Chelſey. There I firſt ſaw his late borne heire CHARLES; but not finding the Duke, I returned home, where I found his ſervant ſeeking me: I haſtened with him, and found him in the Court: I related what I had done, Feb. 14. I was with the Duke at his Houſe almoſt three houres where with his owne hand, &c. He commanded me, that I ſhould adde ſome thing, I obeyed his command, and brought it the next day.
March 1. Being Saint Davids day, there began a clamour in the lower Houſe of Parliament againſt the Duke of Bukingham by name, for ſtaying a Ship called the St. Peter of Newhaven, after ſentence pronounced: from that day there were perpetuall agitations in that Houſe, March 11. Docter Turner a Phyſition, propounded in the Houſe ſeaven queſtions, commonly called Queres againſt the Duke of Buckingham; yet grounded on no other foundation, then what hee received (as hee ſaid) from publike fame.
An. 1626.An. 1626. March 26. Sunday the Duke of Buckingham ſent mee to the King; there I acquainted the King with 2. buſines, which, &c. The moſt Gratious King gave me thankes. March 29. King Charles made a ſpeech to both Houſes of Parliament, both by himſelfe, and by the moſt Honourable Lord Keeper of the Great Seale, in the Palace of White-Hall: He reproved the Lower Houſe for many things. Hee added many things concerning the Duke of Buckingham, &c. (This ſpeech of his was penned for him by this pragmaticall Biſhop, the Originall Coppie whereof was given in evidence againſt him under his owne hand:) In the Convocation held that day, many things were agitated concerning the Sermon, which Gabriell Goodman Biſhop of Gloſter, preached before the King the fifth Sunday of Lent preceding. Aprill 5. In the morning, the King ſent that the Biſhops of Norwich, Litchfield, and Saint Davids, ſhould appeare before him. I and the Biſhop of Litchfield appeared; the Biſhop of Norwich was gone into the Countrie. We received the Kings command about, &c. and returned. Aprill 12. At nine a Clocke in the morning, the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, the Biſhop of Wincheſter, and (I) Biſhop of Saint Davids met together, being commanded by the King to conſult about the Sermon which the Biſhop of Gloceſter, Doctor Goodman preached before the Kings Majeſtie on the fifth Sunday in Lent: We conſulted, and gave anſwer to the King, that ſome things were ſpoken leſſe warily, nothing falſly: Neither was any thing innovated by him, in the Church of England.
That it would be beſt he ſhould preach againe at ſuch time as he ſhould chuſe, and ſhould ſhew how and in what things he was ill taken, and miſunderſtood by the Auditors. That night after nine a clocke, I related to the King what I received in command the fifth of Aprill, and other things thereunto belonging. The King ſpake many things moſt graciouſly concerning the reſtoring of Impropriations, when as I ſhould have firſt determined of the maner, Aprill 14. the Duke of Buckingham fell into a Feaver, Aprill 19. the Petition of Iohn Digby Earle of Briſtoll againſt the D. of Buckingham was read in the upper Houſe of Parliament; It was ſharpe and ſuch as threatned deſtruction to one of the parties, Aprill 20. King Charles referred the cogniſance of the whole buſineſſe, and likewiſe of the Petition of the Earle of Briſtoll to the Parliament houſe, Aprill 21. the Duke of Buckingham ſent for me to come to him; Then I heard what Sir John Cooke, principall Secretary to the King had ſuggeſted againſt me to the L. Treaſurer of England, and he to the Duke: Domine miſerere ſervi tui. Aprill 22. Sunday, the King ſent that all the Biſhops ſhould attend him at 4. of the Clocke in the after noone, we were foureteene of us preſent: He reprehended us, that we were ſilent in the cauſes of the Church, in this time of Parliament, and did not make knowne to him, what might be profitable or unprofitable to the Church, for that he was ready to promote the cauſe of the Church. After this he Commanded that in the cauſes of Briſtoll and Buckingham our Conſciences being the guide, we ſhould follow only proofes not rumours, Aprill 30. I preached at Whit-Hall before the King. May 1. The Earle of Briſtoll was accuſed of high Treaſon in Parliament by the Kings Atturney Sir Robert Heath; The ſaid Earle then and there exhibited 12. Articles againſt the Duke of Buckingham, and accuſed him of the ſame crime, and exhibited other Articles againſt Baron Conway, Secretary; The Earle of Briſtoll was committed to Iames Maxwell Keeper of the blacke Rod. May 8. at two of the Clock in the afternoon the lower Houſe impeached the Duke of Buckingham to the upper Houſe, ſaying 13. accuſations to his charge; The Biſhop though then a Member of the upper Houſe and a Judge of this cauſe, was yet ſuch a ſworne Vaſſall to the Duke, that he penned his ſpeech which he made to the Lords in the upper Houſe againſt the Commons impeachment, and corrected and amended his Anſwer to his Impeachment, as his feed Advocate in ſundry particulers, given againſt him in evidence under his owne hand. And likewiſe penned the Kings ſpeech to the Houſe of Peeres, touching the Duke, and the Commitment of the Earle of Arundell, as appeares by the Originall draught under his hand: concerning which ſpeech he thus writes in his Diary, May 11. King Charles came to the Parliament Houſe He ſpake to the Nobles in few words concerning the preſervation of the honour of Noble men; againſt the vile and deteſtable calumnies of thoſe of the Lower Houſe who accuſed the Duke, &c. There were eight who diſcharged their allotted parts in that buſineſſe. The Prologue Sir Dudley Diggs, and Epilogue, Sir Iohn Eliot, This day they were both by the Kings Command committed to the Tower, and both of them enlarged within few dayes, May 25. Becauſe the E. of Arundell (then under reſtraint) was not ſent back to the Houſe, nor the Cauſe of his commitment revealed, there grew ſuſpition that the Priviledges were infringed and it was concluded amongſt the Peeres to adjourne the Houſe till the next day. On which day (May 26.) they adjourned the Houſe till the ſecond of Iune, reſolving that they would do nothing till the Earl were reſtored, or at leaſt a cauſe of his commitment declared, &c. May 25. this day wherein theſe tumults were firſt moved was Pope Vrbans day; & at this time Vrban the 8. ſits Pope. Iune 15. after many agitations, private malice againſt the D. of Buckingham prevailed and ſuffocated all publike buſineſſes, nothing is done, but the Parliament diſſolved.NOTA
Iune 20. King Charles nominated me to be Biſhop of Bath and Wells, and likewiſe enjoyned me to preach at the ſolemne Faſt before him; which I did at White-Hall, Iuly the 5. Iuly 26. The King ſigned my Congedeſlier to the Deane and Chapter of Wells to elect me Biſhop of Bath and Wells, Iuly 27. Doctor Field Biſhop of Landaffe brought me certaine Letters from the moſt illuſtrous Duke of Buckingham, the Letters were open and written partly in Carecters, the Duke ſent them to me, that I ſhould conſult, one called Swadling about them, who could read the Characters Auguſt 4. I and Swadling went to the Duke, he read the Letters, which were certaine malicious things, which the Duke contemned, Auguſt 16. I was elected Biſhop of Bath and Wells, it was Wedneſday, and the letter D. Auguſt 25. Two Robin-red-breaſts flew together through the dore into my Study as purſuing one the other, that ſuddaine motion made me ſtartle. I let them out as they had entered, I was then preparing a Sermon on Eph. 4.30.
September 14. in the evening the Duke of Buckingham ſaid that I ſhould reduce certaine inſtructions into forme, partly politicall, partly Eccleſiaſticall, in the cauſe of the King of Denmarke, a little before afflicted by Duke Tilly, to be ſent through all Pariſhes. Moſt breife heades are delivered to me, he would have them ready by Saturday following, September 16. I prepared and brought them by the prefixed houre. I read them, he brought me to the King. There, being commanded, I read them once againe, both of them approve them, September 17 Sunday they were propoſed and read (for I left the papers with the Duke) before the Kings Majeſties honourable Councell, and thanks be to God they were approved by all.
September 18. My election to the Biſhopricke of Bath and Wells, was confirmed September 19, I went my ſelfe to the King at Theobalds who there preſently reſtored me to the temporalities from the time of my Predeceſſors death. What things happened betweene me and the Lord Baron Conway the Kings principall, Secretary whiles we returned together, September 21. Lancelot, Andrewes Biſhop of Wincheſter, and Deane of the Kings Chapell died about foure a clocke in the morning September 30. The Duke of Buckingham certified me that the King had determined that I ſhould ſucceed the Biſhop of Wincheſter then dead, in the office of Deane of the Kings Chappell, October 2. The ſame Duke told me, what the King of that day, further determined concerning me; if A. B. C. &c. (that is, if the Archbiſhop of Canterburie died,NOTE. to wit, that he ſhould ſucceed him) October 2 I went to the Court which was at Hampton, there I gave the King thanks for the Deanery of the Chapell he granted to me, whence I returned to London. October 6. I tooke the Oath appointed for the Deane of the Chapell to take, in the Chapple before the right Honourable Philip Earle of Mountgomery, Lord Chamberlaine, Stephen Boutin Subdeacon miniſtring the Oath; November 14. or there about having taken an occaſion both from the abrupt beginning and alſo ending of publique prayers on the 5th. of November, I requeſted of my Gratious King Charles, that he wold be preſent at the Liturgy as wel as at the Sermon every Lords day, and that at whatſoever time of Prayers he came, the Preiſt who miniſtred ſhould proceed to the end of Prayers. The moſt religious King not only aſſented,NOTE. but likewiſe gave me thanks. This was not done before, from the beginning of King Iames Raigne till this day; Now thankes be to God it takes place.
December 21. I dreamed of the buriall of I know not whom, and that I ſtood by the duſt, and I awaked ſorrowfull, December 25. Chriſtmas day, I made my firſt Sermon as Deane of the Chapell at White-Hall. Ianuary 6. I dreamed in the night, that my Mother, dead long before, ſtood by my bed ſide, and drawing the Curtaines a little looked chearefully upon me; I was glad to ſee her looke ſo merrily. After that ſhee ſhewed me an old man dead long before, whom I knew, and loved whiles he lived; He ſeemed to have laine on the ground, merry enough, but with a wrinckled face, his name was Grove, whileſt I prepared to ſalute him, I awaked.
Ianuary 8. I went to viſit the Duke of Buckingham; he rejoyced, and gave into my hands Papers concerning the Invocation of Saints, which his mother gave him: I know not what Prieſt gave them to her, Ianuary 13. The Biſhop of Lincolne deſired reconciliation with the Duke of Buckingham, &c. Ian. 14. Towards the morning I dreamed that the Biſhop of Lincolne I know not with whom, came with Iron chaines, but returning freed from them, he leaped upon a horſe, departed, neither could I overtake him Ianuary 16. I dreamed that the King went out of a ſtanding, and that when he was hungry I led him away at unawares into the houſe of Francis Windebancke my friend,NOTE. Whiles he prepared to eate▪ I, whiles others were abſent, held the City to him after the accuſtomed manner: I brought beare, but it pleaſed him not, I brought ſome again, but in a ſilver Cup; The moſt Gratious King ſaid; Thou knoweſt I alwayes drink out of a Glaſſe;NOTE. I went againe, and awaked. Ianu. 17. I ſhewed reaſons to the King, why the Papers of the deceaſed Biſhop of Wincheſter, concerning Biſhops, That they are Iure Divino, were to bee printed, contrary to that which the Biſhop of Lincolne miſerably, and to the great detriment of the Church ſignified to the King, as the King Himſelfe had told me formerly: Febr. 7. I dreamed in the night, that I was ſicke of the Scurvey, and that all my Teeth were ſuddainly looſe, eſpecially one in my lower jaw-bone, which I could hardly keep in with my finger, untill I might get help, &c. Febr. 20. Iohn Fenton began the cure of a certaine Itch, &c. Febr 22. I tooke a journey towards New-Market, where the King then was. March 8. I came to London: The night following, I Dreamed I had been Reconciled to the Church of Rome: This diſtracted me,NOTE. and I wondred much whence it hapned; being troubled at the ſcandall: and this my fall, which would weaken many excellent and learned men in the Church of England. Thus troubled in my dreame, I ſaid with my ſelfe, that I would preſently goe, and making confeſſion, aske pardon of the Church of England. As I was going to doe it, a certaine Prieſt met me, and would hinder me; but being moved with indignation, I went on my way; and when I had wearied my ſelfe with wayward Cogitations, I awaked. I felt ſuch impreſſions, that I could ſcarce believe I had dreamed. March 12. I went with the King to Theobalds. March 17. about midnight, I buried Charles Viſcount Buckingham, eldeſt and the only ſonne of George Duke of Buckingham, being a yeare and neare 4. months old.
March 27. 1627.A.nno 1627 I had this enſuing dreame. There were certaine Legacies given to Dame Dorathy Wright, Widow of George Wright Knight, my familiar acquaintance. The Legacies were 430l. and more given by a certain Kinſman named Farnham, to the Widow and her Children. At the inſtance of the widow, when as the Executor denied or delayed to pay the Legacies, I obtained Letters from the moſt illuſtrious Duke of Buckingham in favour of the Widow, (for the Duke was Mr. of the Horſe, and the ſaid George Wright was one of the Kings ſervants under him,) when I had now the Letters in my hand, and was about to give them to the Widdow, to ſend into Ireland, where the Executor lived, this night George Wright appeared to me in a dreame, dead at leaſt two yeares before; hee ſeemed to me very handſome, and merry enough. I told him what I had then done for his Wife and Children: He conſidering with himſelfe a little, anſwered, that the Executor had ſatisfied him thoſe legacies whiles he was living, and preſently looking into ſome papers in his Study adjoyning, he added again, that it was ſo.NOTE. And moreover he whiſpered me in the eare; That I was the cauſe why the Biſhop of Lincolne ſhould not bee againe admitted into favour, and into the Court.
Aprill 4. When King Charles abſolved Doctor Dun, about ſome ſlips in a Sermon preached before him on Sunday, Aprill 1. That which he then moſt Gratiouſly ſaid to me, I writ in my heart in indeleble Characters, with greateſt giving of thanks to God, and the King. April 7. Whiles I went to the Court to wait on the King at Supper, going out of my Coach, my foot ſtumbling, I fell head-long. I never fell a more grievous fall, but through Gods merciemercy, I eſcaped with the contuſion of my hip, and that but lightly.NOTE. April 24. The exceptions which the Archbiſhop of Canterburie exhibited, againſt the Sermon of Doctor Sibtharpe, were firſt brought to mee: and thoſe things which follow.
April 29. Sunday, I was made a Privie Councellour to the moſt illuſtrious King Charles. I pray God to turne it to his honour, and to the good of this Kingdome and Church. (This day he was by His Majeſties ſpeciall command, ſworne of His Privie Councell, ſate at the Board, and ſigned Letters; as His Teſte under the Seale of the Councell Table, and Sir William Beechers hand, atteſts, found in his ſtuddie among other writings; which makes his ill adviſe to the King more criminall.)
May 13. Whitſunday I preached before the King, &c. June 7.8. I attended King Charles from London to Southwicke by Portſmouth, Iu. 11. His Majeſtie dined a bord, the Triumph, where I attended him. June 17. The Biſhoppricke or London was granted me at Southwicke. Iune 24. I was commanded to goe all the progreſſe. Iune 27. the Duke of Buckingham ſet forwards, towards the Iſle of Ree. Iuly 4. The King loſt a Jewell in hunting, of 1000l: value. That day the Meſſage was ſent by the King, for the ſequeſtring of the Archbiſh. of Canterburie. Iuly 7. I Dreamed that I had loſt two teeth. The Duke of Buckingham took the Iſle of Ree. Iuly 26. I attended the King and Queen at Wellingburrough. Iuly 29. The firſt news came from my Lord Duke of his ſucceſſe: Aug. 12. The ſecond newes came from my Lord Duke to Wincheſter, Aug. 26. The third newes came to my Lord Duke to Alderſhot. Septe. Newes cames from my Lord Duke to Theobalds, and after that to Hampton Court. I went to my Lord of Rocheſter to conſider about the Archbiſh. of Canterburie, NOTE.and returned to Hampton Court. The Kings ſpeech to me in the withdrawing Chamber; That if any did, &c. I before any thing ſhould ſinke, &c.
Octo. The Commiſſion to the Biſhops of London, Durham, Rocheſter, Oxford, and my ſelfe, then Bath and Wells, to execute Archiepiſcopall juriſdiction, during the ſequeſtration of my Lord G. of Cant: (which Commiſſion being of his own procurement, in malice and envie againſt Archbiſhop Abbot,) ſhal here be inſerted, for his caſuall homicide of his Keeper, in ſhooting at a Bucke.