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viz. in the cause of Mr. Barker, the Lord Chancellor 

 received from Barker seven hundred pounds : I confess 

 and declare, that the money mentioned in the article was 

 received from Mr. Barker, some time after the decree 

 passed. 



&quot; 24. To the four and twentieth article, five and twentieth, Apothe- 

 and six and twentieth articles of the charge, viz. the four Grocers 

 and twentieth, there being a reference from his majesty to 

 his lordship of a business between the Grocers and the 

 Apothecaries, the Lord Chancellor received of the Grocers 

 two hundred pounds. The five and twentieth article : in 

 the same cause, he received of the Apothecaries that stood 

 with the Grocers, a taster of gold, worth between forty 

 and fifty pounds, and a present of ambergrease. And the 

 six and twentieth article : he received of the New Company 

 of the Apothecaries that stood against the Grocers, an 

 hundred pounds : To these I confess and declare, that the 

 several sums from the three parties were received; and 

 for that it was no judicial business, but a concord, or 

 composition between the parties, and that as I thought all 

 had received good, and they were all three common purses, 

 I thought it the less matter to receive that which they 

 voluntarily presented ; for if I had taken it in the nature 

 of a corrupt bribe, I knew it could not be concealed, 

 because it must needs be put to accompt to the three 

 several companies. 



&quot; 27. To the seven and twentieth article of the charge, Vintners. 

 viz. he took of the French merchants a thousand pounds, 

 to constrain the vintners of London to take from them 

 fifteen hundred tons of wine; to accomplish which, he 

 used very indirect means, by colour of his office and 

 authority, without bill or suit depending ; terrifying the 

 vintners, by threats and imprisonments of their persons, to 

 buy wines, whereof they had no need or use, at higher 



