&c. that the Regicides immediately "feized Dr. Juxon, imprifoned him, "and examined him with all poffible

latter had fo warm a zeal for orthodoxy, and against schifmatics, that he refused, though much intreated, to read the burial-fervice over the corpfe of a Danifh gentleman, a proteftant, who died at Rome about the year 1762 or 63, and left that office to be performed by a worthy clergyman, chaplain to an English nobleman then at Rome, from whom we had this account. It is cuftomary, when any English Proteftant dies at Rome, for any of his acquaintance, though a layman, of the fame religion, to read the burialfervice over his corpfe. When Wagstaffe himself died, he was carried to the unhallowed cœmetery of heretics, where it was expected by the British attendants that the fervice would be read over the deceafed by his fellow loyalift Mr. Murray, his compatriot, and of the fame church. The worthy old gentleman (for worthy he is known to be), for fome reafon or other, declined the office, faying to the grave-digger, Cover him up, Cover him up. This Mr. Wagstaffe is faid to

'have been a man of letters, and to have left behind him a collection of curious and valuable books.

rigour,

❝rigour, and searched him narrowly for

all papers that he might have from

"the King, even to fcraps and par

"cels."

All this is manifeft forgery. Bp. Juxon was neither feized nor imprifoned, nor fearched for any papers; nor were any papers required. of him but one; of which we have the following account in Fuller's Church History:

"His Majefty being upon the fcaffold, ❝ held in his hand a small piece of pa66 per, fome four inches square, contain

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ing heads whereon in his fpeech he in"tended to dilate; and a tall foldier, look

ing over the King's fhoulders, read it, "as the King held it in his hand. - His

* Birch, folio, p. lxxxii.

"speech

&c. that the Regicides immediately "feized Dr. Juxon, imprifoned him, "and examined him with all 'poffible

latter had fo warm a zeal for orthodoxy, and againft fchifmatics, that he refufed, though much intreated, to read the burial-fervice, over the corpfe of a Danish gentleman, a proteftant, who died at Rome about the year 1762 or 63, and left that office to be performed by a worthy clergyman, chaplain to an English nobleman then at Rome, from whom we had this account. It is cuftomary, when any English Proteflant dies at Rome, for any of his acquaintance, though a layman, of the fame religion, to read the burialfervice over his corpfe. When Wagstaffe himself died, he was carried to the unhallowed cemetery of heretics, where it was expected by the British attendants that the fervice would be read over the deceafed by his fellow loyalift Mr. Murray, his compatriot, and of the fame church. The worthy old gentleman (for worthy he is known to be), for fome reafon or other, declined the office, faying to the grave-digger, Cover him up, Cover him up. This Mr. Wagstaffe is faid to

have been a man of letters, and to have left behind him a collection of curious and valuable books.

"rigour,

" rigour, and searched him narrowly for "all papers that he might have from "the King, even to fcraps and par"cels."

All this is manifeft forgery. Bp. Juxon was neither seized nor imprisoned, nor fearched for any papers; nor were any papers required. of him but one; of which we have the following account in ! Fuller's Church History:

"His Majefty being upon the scaffold, "held in his hand a fmall piece of pa

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per, fome four inches fquare, contain

ing heads whereon in his speech he in"tended to dilate; and a tall foldier, looking over the King's fhoulders, read it, "as the King held it in his hand..- His * Birch, folio, p. lxxxii..

fpeech

fpeech ended, he gave that small pa"per to the Bp. of London. After his "death, the officers demanded the paper,

"of the Bishop, who, because of the depth of his pocket, fmallnefs of the 76. paper, and the mixture of others "therewith, could not fo foon produce "it as was required. At laft he brought. "it forth; but therewith the others were

unfatisfied [jealousy is quick of growth],

"as not the fame which his Majefty de"livered unto him. When presently "the foldier, whofe rudenefs" [the bad caufe of a good effect] "had formerly "over-inspected it in the King's hand, "attefted this the very fame paper, and

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prevented farther fufpicions, which