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And as Mr. Meaze, of Berkshire, was none other than 

 Henry Garnet, the Provincial of the EngHsh Jesuits, the 

 importance of the testimony becomes apparent. And 

 the fact gives birth to a fancy. It is interesting to me 

 to think that Mr. Meaze, of Berkshire, with his candid 

 blue eyes, his fair curHng hair, his poHshed courteous 

 manners, his form tending to an embonpoint by no means 

 suggestive of asceticism ; it is interesting to me, I say, 

 to think that Mr. Meaze, of Berkshire, may have been a 

 well-known and respected figure about Enfield Wash. 

 That he may have been recognised as Father Garnet, for 

 the first time as he stood absolutely under the beam on 

 that May morning — " the morrow of the invention of the 

 Cross " — on the great scaffold at the west end of old St. 

 Paul's ; that he may have been recognised there by some 

 Enfield yeoman, who had ridden in from Enfield to see 

 the show, little expecting to see in the last victim, in 

 the most distinguished of all the victims perhaps, to a 

 justly outraged justice, the courteous, handsome stranger, 

 whom he had so admired and respected down in his quiet 

 Enfield home ! 



And here I shall leave the historical part of the great 

 north road and take to coaching. Of the great Tom 

 Hennes}-, with whom we have already made a driving 

 acquaintance, an anecdote may first be told. The scene 

 of it is laid of course on the Barnet route to York, on 

 which route the great Tom drove. Between Hatfield 

 and Welwyn then Tom aforenam.ed nearly got into hot 

 brandy and water. And in this wise — A young gentle- 

 man, named Reynardson, who in the matter of coaching 

 was at quite an early age a devotee, and has lived to 

 write a book of his various experiences Doivn tJie Road, 

 was seated at Tom Hennesy's side on one of his numerous 

 journeys from London to Huntingdon. He — the young 

 gentleman — burned as usual to be Jehu. Upon which 

 Tom Hennesy, who seems to have been an extremely 

 agreeable and vivacious box companion, said, " Now then, 

 sir, you must take them a bit." Mr. Reynardson did 



