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rogation^ lie says, Upon Tuesday last this long and wearisome 
session was ended, and the parliament prorogued to Tuesday, 
the 18th of Novemher next, ‘^for Tuesday is the King’s day, 
as he saith, marked and designed unto him by God, and there¬ 
fore to that day, and from that day, his majesty makes all his 
references.” In my last letter (he continues) I left at the death 
of Garnett,! Superior of the Jesuits, who, by the confession of 
his knowledge of the great Powder Treason, and of the two 
briefs directed to the clergy and laity catholick here, not to 
resist the King only in his way to this crown, hut by advancing 
a catholick to stand against him to the uttrance, even to the 
very deposing of him, if it should fortune him to be seated on 
the throne; and by his much and gross insisting upon equivo¬ 
cation, which is no other hut artificial and scholar-like lying, 
he hath much, as is hoped, diminshed and discredited that 
cause, but I know your Lordship by this time hath heard 
enough of him. Since his death and the passing the bill of 
attainder, in the Commons house there hath been much con¬ 
tention and much jealousy between the bishops and the com¬ 
mons, not as puritans opposed against their dignities, for your 
lordship knows all were not such, hut by laying open the force 
and reviver of the Statutes of 1st of Edward VI., chap. S, which 
ordered what seals and style they should use in the exercise of 
their ecclesiastical jurisdiction, by which they all thought for a 
season that they should have been miserably in the King’s 
mercy for doing otherwise than w'as in that statute prescribed, 
but that wound was stitched and smoothed over by the King’s 
learned counsel, and they may thank God that his Majesty’s 
song is more of mercy than judgment.” Mr. Brooke then men¬ 
tions Dr. Parker’s sermon at Pawles-Cross, on Sunday, the 
25th of May—such an angry, scolding, irreverent and 
slanderous sermon, partly against the house of commons, that 
he was scarcely endured.” He then proceeds with the news of 
the court. The King of Denmark is expected here to be 
godfather to the second English-horn royal impe that about 
Midsummer will be ready to step upon this miserable stage. 
The lord of Salisbury rid with such pomp and such a troupe to 
t Garnett was executed on the 6tli of May. 
