not endure to read
more of it. It was ordered to be sealed and delivered into the
king's hands by eight members, and to acquaint his majesty with the
place and time of finding it; particularly that upon the reading of
one line and a half at most, they would read no more, but sealed it
up, and brought it to the House."

[302] I have since discovered, by a manuscript letter, that this
_Dr. Turner_ was held in contempt by the king; that he was ridiculed
at court, which he haunted, for his want of veracity; in a word,
that he was a disappointed courtier!

[303] This circumstance is mentioned in a manuscript letter; what
Cooke declared to the House is in Rushworth, vol. i. p. 525.

[304] I refer the critical student of our history to the duke's
speech at the council-table as it appears in Rushworth, i. 525: but
what I add respecting his personal sacrifices is from manuscript
letters. Sloane MSS. 4177. Letter 490, &c.

[305] On this subject, see note to the brief article on Buckingham
in vol. i.

[306] Curiosities of Literature, First Series, vol. iii. p. 438, ed.
1817; vol. v. p. 277, ed. 1823; vol. iii. p. 429, ed. 1824; vol. iv.
p. 148 ed. 1834; p. 301, ed. 1840, or vol. ii. p. 357, of this
edition.

[307] I find this speech, and an account of its reception, in
manuscript letters; the fragment in Rushworth contains no part of
it. I. 526. Sloane MSS. 4177. Letter 490, &c.

[308] Modern history would afford more instances than perhaps some
of us suspect. I cannot pass over an illustration of my principle,
which I shall take from two very notorious politicians--Wat Tyler
and Sir William Walworth!

Wat, when in servitude, had been beaten by his master, Richard
Lyons, a great merchant of wines, and a sheriff of London. This
chastisement, working on an evil disposition, appears never to have
been forgiven; and when this Radical assumed his short-lived
dominion, he had his old master beheaded, and his head carried
before him on the point of a spear! So Grafton tells us, to the
eternal obloquy of this arch-jacobin, who "was a crafty fellow, and
of an excellent wit, but wanting grace." I would not sully the
patriotic blow which ended the rebellion with the rebel; yet there
are secrets in history! Sir William Walworth, "the ever famous mayor
of London," as Stowe designates him, has