luence over him. His desire, however, of
finishing an accommodation, induced him to go as far in both these
particulars as he thought any wise consistent with his duty.

The estates of the royalists being at that time almost entirely under
sequestration, Charles who could give them no protection, consented
that they should pay such compositions as they and the parliament
should agree on; and only begged that they might be made as moderate as
possible. He had not the disposal of offices; and it seemed but a small
sacrifice to consent, that a certain number of his friends should be
rendered incapable of public employments.[v*]

* Walker, p. 51.

** Walker, p. 78.

*** Walker, p. 45.

**** Walker, p. 69, 77

v Walker, p. 56, 68

v* Walker, p. 61

But when the parliament demanded a bill of attainder and banishment
against _seven_ persons, the marquis of Newcastle, Lord Digby, Lord
Biron, Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Sir Richard Granville, Sir Francis
Doddington, and Judge Jenkins, the king absolutely refused compliance;
their banishment for a limited time he was willing to agree to.[*]

Religion was the fatal point about which the differences had arisen; and
of all others, it was the least susceptible of composition or moderation
between the contending parties. The parliament insisted on the
establishment of Presbytery, the sale of the chapter lands, the
abolition of all forms of prayer, and strict laws against Catholics.
The king offered to retrench every thing which he did not esteem of
apostolicat institution: he was willing to abolish archbishops, deans
prebends, canons: he offered that the chapter lands should be let at low
leases during ninety-nine years; he consented, that the present church
government should continue during three years:[*] after that time, he
required not that any thing should be restored to bishops but the power
of ordination, and even that power to be exercised by advice of the
presbyters.[**] If the parliament, upon the expiration of that period,
still insisted on their demand, all other branches of episcopal
jurisdiction were abolished, and a new form of church government must,
by common consent, be established. The Book of Common Prayer he was
willing to renounce, but required the liberty of using some other
liturgy in his own chapel; [***] a demand, which, though seemingly
reasonable, was positively refused by the parliament.

In the dispute on these