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The clerk, having read the letter, delivered the same to the Lord Chief Jus 

 tice ; who, by repetition, read the same also. 



The Lord Bishop of Landaph admitted to speak for his defence of the accu 

 sation of Brocage, in a bribe intended to the Lord Chancellor, in Mr. Egerton s 

 cause ; shewed his grief, that he remained accused, arraigned, condemned, and 

 executed, in dicta causa ; for although he should (as he doubted not to do) 

 clear himself, yet the scandal would not die. He shewed, that the party that 

 accused him was the party grieved, a man weak and mad with affliction ; as 

 for the action whereof he was accused, he was but used therein ; he was 

 requested first by Francis Jenour, but refused ; then by Tristram Woodward, 

 and then he also denied it ; at last the party himself requested him, at whose 

 tears he yielded thus far, that the party (videlicet, Edward Egerton) might 

 acknowledge unto him a recognizance of six thousand pounds ; it was only 

 acknowledged, not enrolled, nor intended to be enrolled ; he was only trusted 

 with it for Mr. Egerton s good ; Davenport and others were to be the actors. 

 That he discharged his trust accordingly, and delivered back the recognizance, 

 though Davenport and others importuned him to the contrary. His aims in this 

 action were two : the one, charity, to do Mr. Egerton good ; the other, to prefer 

 a beneficial suit to an honourable friend, to whom he owed his very life. If he 

 had an eye to some private gain to himself, having wife and children, he had 

 therein sinned against God, in not relying only on him for their maintenance, 

 but no sum of the share of this six thousand pounds was ever purposed unto 

 him. And upon a strict examination of his conscience herein, he protested be^ 

 fore God, in whose council he stood, and before this honourable assembly, 

 &quot; qui estis Dii,&quot; inquit, that he was not to have one denier of a share therein. 



The Lord Chamberlain moved, that, for the better consideration of this 

 business, and how to proceed to the proofs, the court may be adjourned ad 



Slacitum, and the whole house sit as a committee. Whereupon the Lord Chief 

 ustice removed to his place as an assistant. 



After much debate thereof, the Lord Chief Justice, by direction, returned to 

 the place of speaker, and it was agreed, that a message should be sent to the 

 Lower House, by Mr. Attorney General and Sir William Bird, to declare unto 

 the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the House of Commons, that the Lords 

 have, according to the conference yesterday, taken consideration of the complaints 

 by them made against the Lord Chancellor, and against the Lord Bishop of 

 Landaph ; that they find they have use of three letters written by the said Lord 

 Bishop of Landaph, and of other writings (mentioned by them in their said 

 complaint), and also of the testimony of two gentlemen, members of that house, 

 videlicet, Sir George Hastings and Sir Richard Yonge. In taking of whose 

 testimonies, the Lords intend not to touch the privileges of their house, but to 

 have the same as of private persons, and not as members of that house, if cause 

 shall require, upon the examination of the said abuses complained of. 



Answer returned, that the said two gentlemen, Sir George Hastings and Sir 

 &quot;Richard Yonge, will voluntarily, and not by commandment nor direction of 

 their house, attend their lordships. That all letters, &c. required shall be sent 

 accordingly. As for the general request, that the Lords may send for any 

 other members of that house to be examined herein, they humbly pray that 

 they may advise thereof. 



Memorandum, that, during the time that the whole house sat as a committee 

 as aforesaid, it was debated, and agreed, that the parties undernamed should 

 also be sent for, to be sworn and examined in this business : videlicet, 



Christopher Awbrey, Tristram Woodward, 



Ralph Merefill, Francis Jenour, 



Edward Egerton, Randolph Davenport. 



It was now also moved, and much disputed, whether Sir William Broncker 

 and Sir Rowland Egerton (the two adversaries of Christopher Awbrey and 

 Edward Egerton) should be sent for also, to be examined whether they gave any 

 bribe on their part. 



Moved by the Earl of Southampton, and agreed, that an answer should be 



