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Show J84 ATROCIOUS .JUDGES. [A. D. 16 :J. fact t h at t h e pub l1. s l1 e ·u, r·eports of the State Tri.a ls at which h.e presided were all revised and retouched by hi~m· elf; ~nd Ius speeches, w1 n .c h fill u s with alnazemcnt anJ horr O. I' he .e xpected would be regarded as proofs of his spirit and ln genius. lie had excellent natural abilities, and might have Intul~ a gr~at fio-ure 1. n lu's pr.o 1~e s sl'or1., but w.a. s proflioo -ate in lus . hublts, 0 ' 1 h 'l brutal in his manners, with only one rule to gmc e .1m- ' reo-ard to what he considered his o'vn intere t- Wlthout n 0 touch of humanity, wholly impenetrable to remorse. CIIAPTER XIII. FRANCIS NORTII. V{ E now come to one of the rno t contemptible of menFrancis North, known by the title of Lord J(eeper Guilford. lie had not courage to comrnit great crinws ; but- . cHi.' h, cunning, sneaking, and unprincipled -It is only restraint was a regard to his own per onal saD 'Iy, and throughout his whole life he ought and obtained advancement by the meanest art . Our Lero, although he hitnself aseril>cd hi~ success to his poverty, wa of noble birth. The founder of his family was Ed. ward North, a set:jeant at law, chancellor of the Augmentations, and createll a uaron l>y writ in the reign of Ileury VIII. Dudley, the third baron, " haYing eonsumed the greatest part of his c ' Late in the gallantries of 1\:ing James' -- court, or, rather, hi~ son Prince Ilcnry's," rctirc<l a n<l spent the rest of his days at his seat in CambriL1gc 'hire. 'Ylwn the ciYil 'var broke out, he sided with the Parliament, and on rare occasions coming to London, he i, ... aid to ha ' 'e sat on the trial of Laud, and to have Yotcd for his death. !laYing reached extreme old nrre he died in the year IGGG. 0 ' Duuley, his heir, who, at the age of sixty-three, stood on the steps of the throne in the !louse of Lords as '"the clcle.,t son of a peer," was a great traveller in his youth, and cr ved with di-stinction in th Low Countries under Sir Franci., Vere. Yet he never would put on his hat, nor sit down in the pre::;ence of his father, unless by the old peer's exprc s c01nman<ls. 1 () * ( 18,)) |