" rigour, and fearched 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 Hiftory: "His Majefty being upon the fcaffold, "held in his hand a fmall piece of pa66 per, fome four inches fquare, contain ing heads whereon in his fpeech he in "tended to dilate; and a tall foldier, look 66 ing over the King's fhoulders, read it, "as the King held it in his hand. - His * Birch, folio, p. lxxxii. fpeech 66 fpeech ended, he that fmall pa gave 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, finallnefs of the 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 [jealoufy 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-infpected it in the King's hand, "attefted this the very fame paper, and "prevented farther fufpicions, which "might might have terminated to the Bishop's "trouble.” The Bishop then was no farther troubled than by the officer's demanding this fingle paper. All the rest he carried off in the depth of his pocket. If any thing more troublesome had happened to the Bishop upon the occafion, Fuller would certainly have known it, and would as certainly have recorded it; for he takes him up again in his Worthies of England. Other accounts fay, that the Bishop afterwards retired to his own manor of Little Compton in Glocefterfhire, where he fometimes rode a hunting for his Fuller's Church Hiftory, p. penult. health; health; a certain fign that he had no great moleftation from the ruling party*. Milton fays, the King "bequeathed "this prayer among his deifying friends "to be published by them." And publifhed it actually was, twice if not thrice, before Milton's Iconoclaftes appeared; which, according to Wagftaffe, was not till November 7, 1649. The proper inference from which premifes, compared with Fuller's circumftantial and candid account, is, that all these prayers remained with Dr. Juxon till his communication of them to the King's friends occafioned their being published. The author of Clamor Regii Sanguinis, &c. as Englished by Wagstaffe, * Wood, Athen. Ox. vol. II. p. 1145. fays, "The Bishop being brought be"fore the King's judges, was command"ed by them, not without dreadful me"naces, to reveal the meaning of the "word Remember, repeated to him twice by the King upon the fcaffold." To this latter charge Milton replies, "I will not deny that the Bifhop might "be interrogated by one or other of "thefe judges, by the way, concerning "this matter; but I do not find that he "was convened on purpose by the coun 66 cil, or the high court of justice, as if they all of them troubled themselves about it, or were folicitous to know "it *." Defenfio Secunda, p. 391. ed. 1753, Quarto. From |
