94 THE LIFE OF 



CHAP. &quot; ship not to give credit unto the complaints of such disor- 

 VI[L &quot; dered men as he is, whom it seemeth no due course of 

 &quot; law will anywise content. And so I commit your good 

 &quot; Lordship to God s holy protection. 1 



The proviso mentioned by the Bishop in the letter before, 

 as warranting their doing, is in the statute of anno primo ; 

 whereby is given unto the Archbishop, Bishop, and other 

 ordinaries, power and authority to inquire in their visita 

 tions, synods, &c. to take accusations and informations of 

 such offences, and to punish the same by admonition, ex 

 communication, sequestration, or deprivation, and other cen 

 sures and proceedings in like form, as heretofore had been 

 used in like cases by the Queen s ecclesiastical laws. 

 Cawdry s But James Morice, Cawdry s friend and counsellor, ad- 

 counseiior s vised in some heat, that his Lordship would make the Bi- 

 v!ce7 8 shop feel and understand his lawless proceedings, whereby 

 (as he said) haply some remorse of conscience might move 

 him to be more favourable ; and added, that though it 

 might be offensive to find fault with judicial proceedings, 

 he considered also the present time and persons, and had 

 little hope to do any good by that course of reexamining ; 

 yet, seeking to help the wronged, and to maintain law and 

 justice, and to make ecclesiastical judges more careful here 

 after, he thought it unseemly in men of his profession to be 

 afraid of every frown ; especially having, as he assured him 

 self, the law to take his part. 



Dr . Au- In the same year, viz. July 1591, the Lord Burghley 



brey s judg- gent cer t a in papers concerning Cawdry s case, drawn up by 



ment of the J \ . J 



case. the aforesaid Morice, to prove the course taken against him 



unlawful, to Dr. Aubrey, a learned civilian, and indeed one 

 of the Commissioners ; that he would send back his impar 

 tial judgment thereupon, laying aside the consideration of 

 himself as a Commissioner. And Aubrey accordingly wrote 

 his opinion learnedly and modestly, as followeth ; for I 

 choose rather to transcribe his letter, than contract the sub 

 stance of it. 



&quot; My duty to your good Lordship humbly remembered. 



