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Show 114 observing closely Lathrop's reaction to his words. "Confess, Lathrop! You and he did the printing, didn't you 911 Lathrop remained silent. "His press will be destroyed with or without evidence, with or without a confession. "Laud spoke ruefully. "Is that all?" Lathrop inquired hesitantly. "You're worried, aren't you? No, that's not ail...." Laud chose to withhold the desired information from Lathrop, enjoying the hint of anxiety he saw in Lathrop's eyes. "Will he be tried in Star Chamber?" asked Lathrop. "Will he be tried in Star Chamber?" the Bishop spoke mockingly. Without answering, he began to pace the room. "We use the same scriptures. We worship the same God." It was an enigma to Laud that there were good men such as Lathrop who did not see or did not value the virtue of unity of worship in the Kingdom. Supremacy and Uniformity of Worship were his two undeviating goals. There was strength in unity. Didn't these men want a strong Kingdom? "Perhaps we ought to do to all of you Puritan ministers what we used to do to Catholic priests!" Laud was resorting to threats to see if yet any rise could be gotten from this Puritan, "I don't fear the gallows," Lathrop's reply was |