96 THE LIFE OF 



CHAP. &quot; from the ministry, the temporal law of the realm taketh 



VIIL &quot; no knowledge thereof; and yet the Chief Justice of the 



&quot; Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, and the Queen s 



&quot; Attorney, were there, and gave their consents. And it is 



&quot; of that nature, that until he be restored, he is not capable 



&quot; of any other benefice ecclesiastical ; and was [so censured,] 



&quot; not only for lack of his conformity to the sentence, but 



&quot; for that he refused to conform himself to the observation 



&quot; of her Majesty s laws, and of the order of the book, in 



&quot; sundry particular points : however, in general words he 



&quot; pretendeth that he will be obedient. Thus praying your 



&quot; good Lordship to take this my short plain answer in good 



&quot; part, I humbly take my leave of your good Lordship. 



&quot; Your good Lordship s humbly 



&quot; at commandment, 



&quot; WILLIAM AUBREY.&quot; 



&quot; From London, 

 &quot; this 18th July, 1591.&quot; 



The statute That sentence of anno primo of the Queen, which Caw- 

 Cawdry ^ dry s counsel so much urged to render the sentence of de- 

 counsel, privation null, was this, that it appointed the punishment 

 for depraving the Book of Common Prayers, or refusing to 

 say or use the said Common Prayers, or to minister the Sa 

 craments, after lawful conviction according to the laws of 

 this realm, by verdict of twelve men, by confession, or no 

 torious evidence of the fact ; for the first offence, to be only 

 the loss of the profits of his benefice for one year, and six 

 months imprisonment ; and after the first conviction, if a 

 second offence be committed, and a lawful conviction had, 

 then a year s imprisonment with deprivation ipso facto. 

 But this decree or definitive sentence inflicted deprivation 

 for the first offence, leaving no time for the second convic 

 tion, nor punishment for a second offence. 



Offered to ^nd j^us a t last this long process seemed to be ended, 

 to his min- (at least I know no more of it,) which was in hand four 

 subset&quot; J ears an d seven months, and cost Cawdry one or two and 

 tion. twenty journeys to London. The last particular I meet 



