64 HISTORY OF 



dered on the tenth of November, and Mitton faith- 

 fully restored to every individual whatever had 

 been entrusted to the archbishop. For these ser- 

 vices, the parliament granted the latter a general 

 pardon, and a release from all his sequestrations.' 



The calumniators of the archbishop have taken 

 advantage of these transactions to blacken his cha- 

 racter, but they are far from proving that he had 

 the least intention of assisting the parliament 

 against the king. As he had been so unjustly 

 dealt with by prince Rupert, and the king's af- 

 fairs were now desperate, he had no alternative 

 but to make the best terms he coidd, in order to 

 secure the property entrusted to his care ; and 

 all the actions of his life prove his devotedness to 

 the royal cause. Upon hearing of the king's death, 

 he was so much grieved, that it is recorded of him, 

 that after this time he constantly rose out of bed at 

 midnight, and kneeling on his bare knees, prayed 

 earnestly for a quarter of an liour before he re- 

 turned to rest. His spirit, which had hitherto 

 been untouched by his frequent misfortunes, was 

 now entirely broken; and his constitution r;i|)idly 



5 Pennaiil'.s Tour in Wales. III. 133. 



