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the commissioners to apply themselves to the 

 king to know his royal pleasure. 



Theoph. And what was his answer ? 



Arn. He desired to be removed to one of his 

 southern palaces, in order to which they remo- 

 ved him to Holmby. But the jest lay here, the 

 English without instructions could not take 



See Ludlow's ^ 5 an( ^ ^ ne Scots by instructions 

 Reply to would not take him : this was the cri- 



Hollmgworth. 



tical time when nobody would have 

 him ; and the reason the Scots gave for it was 

 this : That he had made such breaches in the 

 bowels of England, they were unwilling to take 

 him into the bowels of Scotland. This is the 

 truth on't, and this is the Scots selling their king. 

 But where's Agrippa? what have you done with 

 him ? And I would as gladly know what our 

 proud superiors intend to do with us, except to 

 spin out our lives with the wealth of the na- 

 tion. 



Theoph. Agrippa, shall I ask you one single 

 question? Whether is best, a petty king in 

 every county, or a parochial bishop in every 

 classis, to ride the people but half way to 

 Heaven ? 



Agrip. I approve of neither ; though some 

 oppose a single person to an eye- sore in the 

 kingdom, and at the same time conclude a 



