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Show 114 ATROCIOUS Jl.JDG ES. l A. I>. 1G~7. ::1 1 'Vhen the . ntencc wu.-- to be ex-keeper of the great sea . . . . . r t )relate ostensibly for tnmpenng )assed on tlns unlortuna e I c:. ' • • I . b . to criye evidence ngmn. t hnn on with the witnes e~ w o were o . l . l bud been abanJonccl n. untenable, a former accusa.tlOn, w uc l . . . ., . . I • . L d' "' Popish InnovatiOn~ In 1 eli-but iu reality for oppo mg au ~ . . .. . ., 13ramp ton d ~dauued bttterly agcun~t the O'ious ceremonres, b . riO'ht reYerend defendant, saying,- . . 0 ,, I find my L or,u.1 n· ·l of Lincoln Inuch to blame 111 pel- 1. lOp . . . f · tne ~se -a foul faulL suadinrr, threatening, and dlrcctmg o Wl • ·- . . . o t- t . hin1 most gross who hath curam anunarwn 111 any, uu Ill ' . ., ·t ll 1 . l'locese To destroy Inen s soul I;, mo~ throuO'hout a llS l • , d . o d to be cverely puni ·bed. I do hold hin1 not ftL to o 1ous, an 1 · t uc l . f' oul, and therefore I do cen,:;ure nm o have t 1e cu1 e o ... ' f' t' b ji . t 'l tl1C 0 suspended tam ab officio quam a pne_ cw, o pay < " £10 000 and to be n• npn. .... oneu.1 t1u t.u· ) 0o' tile J~'-J· ncr'' l)lcasure. :-1 • • Th' is s'e ntence, a1thoug 1 · 1 r<:n ted t1 itl not .-atw.!L! t ncrorous Y ex · ' . . 1 ' • 1 '1 d c 1 y uvr the venO'eancc of the arehLi--hop; and the ut. · wp, " l o 0 ' . the rfower havincr reet>l• V<'C1 SOllH' 1 ~ttcr,' from a pnsoner 111 ' ' o 1 . one of the ma ·tcrs of · \x'"r c. tnu· n · tcr ~~~ ~ 1 01 n sin <r ( t rc- 10 , · o . spectful language toward· the ar ·1 11u,1 • s 1w p, anl1 (''l<1 1 i•n orr hunI . . · . . f'l, 1 no·amst. the "a little great nlan," a new Jnionnatwn w .. l:-; l el 'o . I bishop for not ha \'l. ng (h. sc l o.:;e d t 11 e. . ' 1t ·tt u. .: -,; to ''1 m~WL' trat c, o . , that the wn.t er nu.r rht have b f'ell l·l llllle,(l ··t el· rl>rouo·httoJUS· it\ ) o . o . '1 l .. 1 I l the de 1 dw rn-tice. Of course he wa' found gu1 Ly; ant '' I< 1 ·• • 1 1 ·u Chief Jus· tion aro e about the puni.-lnucnt, thus spo (C .1°1 tice Bramp. ton:- , clear my '' The conceal in rr of the libe 1 doth hy no nle<U1 ~ ~ . . ] ·1r, . . beL ween a Lord Bishop of Lmcoln, for th<;rc L' a t 11 r cncc . • .1 ublic oilwcr. letter which cone rns a pn vate per on anu u P . , If . 1 tl at rccct\'CJ a libellous letter concern a. pnvate person, 1e 1 ' . · f · t concern a it 1nay conceal it in his pocket or burn 1t; but 1 1 ~ A D. l~!l. J J OHX 1:H1A:HP:ST0~. 115 public person, he ought to reveaL it to some puLlic ofl1cet· or mn.gi "' trate. vVhy ·hould 1ny Lord of Lincoln keep the 'e letterti by him, but to the end to pu L>lish LllCm, and to ha vc th 111 at all ti1nes in rcadines: to be pui.Jli ·heel? I agree in the pro~ posed sentence, that, in addition to a :fine of £SOOO to the king, he do pay a fine of £3000 to the urchi.Jishop, : eeing the offence i:S tlgnin.·t so honorable a per on, and tltere is not the lea"t cau. c of any grievtlnee or wrong that he hath done to my Lord of Lincoln. For his being <lrgradeu, I leave it to those of tbe Ecclesiastical Court to whon1 iL uot.h belong. As to the pillory, I an1 very . orry and unwilling to give such a sentence upon any man of his calling and degree. But when I consider the quality of the pcr~on, and how 1nuch it doth nggravate the offence, I cannot tell how to pare hirn; for the consideration that hould 1nitigatc the puni hmcnt adds to the enormity of the offe11ce." As no clerical cri1ne had been cou1mitted for whid1 degradation could. be inflicted and a· iL wa thought not altogether decent that a bi~hop, wearing his lawn ·le ve , his rochet, and his 1nitre, ·hould stand on the p11lory, to be pelted with brickbats and rotten egg~, the lonl ehief ju~tice wa, ovcrrul <1 respecting this 1a t uggc ·tion, and th cntence wn ' lirnit c.l to the two fln r,, with perpetual imprisonment. The defendant was kept in durance under it till the n1eeting of the Long Parlian1cnt, when he wa · liberate<l; and, becoming un areh~ bishop, he aw hi~ persecutor take his place in the Tower, while he hitnself was placcc.l at the head of the Uhurdt of England. Now <'nme the time when Lord Chief Ju::>tice Brampston himself was to tremble. The first grievance taken up was ship money; and both houses resoh·cc.l that the t~x was illegal, |