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Whether such a crime was actually committed, is not 

 for US to say ; suffice it, there is no proof; but foUowing aa 

 there does immediately a charge, " That he set forth a man 

 in aiTQes against the Parliament," a suspicion is raised that 

 the recruit may have sallied forth equipped with the 

 murdered warrior's weapons, 



I regret to say that the catalogue of Mr. CoUins's crime« 

 is not yet complete ; neither his " faire parsonage house," 

 er his " pigeon house," his glebe or his tithes, prevented 

 him, if Mr. Curll is to be beUeved, from breaking the 

 eighth commandment; for amongst the stock seized on his 

 premises, were " four oxen, three kyne, two calves, and two 

 swine, which had been stolen away out of Sir Edward 

 Berkeley's ground at Hatherley, in Maperton parish, by 

 the Said Mr. CoUins." His own stock seems to have been 

 sold at ruinous prices ; twelve sheep were driven to Win- 

 canton fair, and fetched only £5 : 4s., or 8s. 8d. each, and 

 two ricks of hay brought £2. His library of books was 

 valued at £16 : lOs. 8d. 



Mr. Wilkinson,* the rector of Weston Bampfylde, was 

 ejected because he was a pluraHst, hol ding Weston and 

 Bradford together, contrary to the ordinance of ParUa- 

 ment, and the parsonage was bestowed, by the Standing 

 Committee, on Älr. Brook, the curate. 



The estates of Dr. Godwin, ßector of Kingweston, were 

 sequestered because he was a known delinquent, and an idle 

 and scandalous minister ; no particular charges are specified 

 against him, uuless his idleness is to be inferred from 

 keeping a curate. Respecting him Mr. Curll appends this 

 note. — " The poor curate, Mr. Barber, is in much want, 

 and his family all wanting clothes and other necessaries, 

 and having but £12 a year aUowed him by the committee, 



* I have given the names as they are mentioned in the MS. 



