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Show 240 ATH.OCIO"G:5 JUDGES. [A. D. 16 f• into '"hich he l1ad fallen ; and the anticipation of ''the wor c retnaining behind," when he was to be finally kiekcd out, preyed upon his spirits. No longer was he ear-wigged by the Lord Cravens, who wor~hip a ft1.voritc; no n1ore did the foreiO'n mnbassadors bow low when they thought that he ob- o ~e n· eel then1 : hi,., levee was now deserted ; he seemed to himself to discover a sneer on eYery countenance at \Vhitchall ; and he su ~pcctcd that the bar, the officers of the court, and the bystanders in chancery, lookeJ at him a.. if they were sure of his coming disgrace. 'fo shade him elf from observation, while he sat on the bench he held a large nosegny before his face. Dreadfully dejected, he lost his appetite and his strength. I!e could not even get through the bu inc s of the court; and Te?nanets multiplying upon hin1 kept hi1n awake at night, or haunted hj1n in l1is sleep. lie drooped so n1uch, that for some time he seemed quite heart-broken. At la t, he had an attack of fever, which confined hin1 to hi bed. The coronation was approaching, and it was important that he should sit in the "Court of Claim ·." !laving recovered a little by the u ··e of Jesuits' bark, he presided there, though still extre1nely weak; and he walked at the coronation "a::; a ghost with the visage of death upon him, such a unk and spiritlcs countenance he had." While he " ·as in this wretched state, new · arrived that the Duke of JUonmouth had landed in the " ·e t of England and raised the standard of r ebellion. The Parliament, haYing come to a number of loyal votes havino· attainted the duke, ' 0 and granted a supply, was adjourned, that the me1nbcrs might a: si t in preserving tranquillity in their everal districts. The lord keeper talked of resigning, and wrote a letter to A. D. 1685.] FILL' ' I ' ~ORTII. 2-!1 the Earl of Rochc~ ter, to a~k leave to go into the country for the recovery of his health, saying, "I haYc put myself into the hands of a doctor, '"ho a. ~ure · Inc of a spee<ly cure by entering into a course of phy ic." L eave was given, and he proceeded to Wroxion, in Oxford ~ hire, the seat which belonged to him in right of his wife. Here he langui ... hed while the battle of Sedgen1oor was fought -1\Iontnonth after in vain trying to 1nelt the heart of his obdurate uncle, was executed on 'rower IIill under his parliamentary attainder, an<-1 the inhutnan J }frrcys, armed with civil and 1nilitary authority, set out on hi.· celebrated "campaign." Roger North 1YoulJ make us believe that the dying Guilford was horrified by the e:fi'usion of bloocl which was now incarnardz'n£ng the we .. tern countie::; by command of the lord general chief ju, ticc and that he actually interpo ed to stay it:- ' Upon the news returne(1 of hi: violent proceeding, hi:;; lord 'hip .. aw the king woul<l be a great sufferer thereby, and went directly to the king, anc1 moved h1tn to pn L a stop to the fury, which wncl in no respect for h i~ service; but in many respect for the contrary. For though the executions were by law ju ·t, yet neYer were the delude<l people all capitally punishe<l ; and it would ue accounted a carnage and not law or ju.~tice ; and thereupon orders ·went to mitigate the proceeding. I a1n sure of l1is lord hip's interce~sion to the king on this occasion beincr told it at the very time by ' 0 himself." It is painful to doubt the upposer1 exertion of mercy and firmness by the lord keeper; but an attention to dates, of which this biographer is always so inconceivably negligent, ·bows the story to be irnpo~ ~iblc. Jeffreys did not op~n his campaign by the laughter of the Lady Lisle, at \Vmchester, till the 27th of August, and be carried it on with 21 |