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be restored ; upon which he left Norwich and 

 repaired to London, where, in company with 

 his brother Rawlinson, he waited on the Lord 

 Chancellor, (Dec. 22,) who was very civil, and 

 intreated him kindly, notwithstanding his late 

 very different usage of the Bishop of London. 

 His lordship advised the Doctor to draw up 

 his petition again, and employ some friend, 

 naming Mr. Henry Guy, (then Secretary of the 

 Treasury) to hand it to Lord Sunderland. Ac- 

 cordingly he waited upon Mr. Guy, and gave 

 him the same petition that he had offered at 

 Hampton Court, and again to no purpose, at 

 Windsor. But Mr.' Guy having perused it, said 

 it was too long, and would not do : and ordered 

 the Doctor to draw up one in two or three lines, 

 acknowledging his being sorry for having in- 

 curred the King's displeasure, and desiring it 

 might be removed, and not to meddle with 

 reasons and apologies. This the Doctor did im- 

 mediately, in the words following. 



**TO THE king's MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 



** The Humble Petition of John Sharp, Clerk. 

 ** Sheweth, 

 *' That it is a grievous affliction to your 

 petitioner to have incurred your Majesty's dis- 

 pleasure, for the which he is most heartily sorry, 

 and promiseth, for the future, to behave him- 



