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Show 106 should be taken away. Lathrop spoke for the record, "I desire that other passage may be remembered; I dare not take this oath." Sam Eaton and Sam Howse alike also refused the oath. And when Pennina Howse refused, Bishop Laud turned on her. "Will you trust Mr. Lathrop and believe him rather than the Church of England?" "I refer myself to the word of God, whether I take this oath or not," Pennina calmly answered. One by one, the remaining conventiclers were called forth, each in succession refusing to say the oath. Bishop Laud demanded that they be held in strict custody, but especially Lathrop because he had more to answer than he knew of. |
