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Title: The history of the reformation of the Church of England
Year: 1681 (1680s)
Authors: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715
Subjects: Reformation
Publisher: London : Printed by T.H. for Richard Chiswell
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form, were named outof a great many more. To this he put in his anfwer, by his Attorney,and confeffed the Indictment, but pleaded his ignoranee of the Statute,and fubmitted himfelf to the Kings mercy. Upon this it was decla-red, that he was out of the Kings protection, and that he had forfeitedhis Goods and Chattels to the King, and that his Perfbn might befeized on. Then was his rich Palace of Torl^-houje ( now /Whitehall)with all that vaft Wealth, and Royal Furniture that he had heaped to-gether, ( which was beyond any thing that had ever been feen in Eng-land before, ) feized on for the King. But it feems the King had nota mind to deftroy him out-right, but only to bring him lower, and to ^r2* try if tne terror of that would have any influence on the Pope: There-in. »#,/. fore on the 21JI of November, the King granted him firft his Prote-ction, and then his Pardon, and reftored him to the Arch-bifhoprickof Torl^, and the Bifhoprick of Winchester, and gave him back in Mo-ney, *V8i.
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fcntedfrrXUi-Chfrett at de Rofe and Cro,vm/in STnalr Ouu-ck u^ci Book II. of the Church of England. 81 ney, Goods, and Plate, that which amounted to 6574/. 5 /. 7 d. and 1529.many kind Mefiages were fent him, both by the King, and Amfc •~*~v^i folej/tt. * But as he had carried his Grcatncfs with moft extravagant pride, Themeannefsfo he was no lefs bafely caft down with his misfortune) and having °J)no ballad within himfelf, but being* wholly guided by things withouthim, he was lifted up, or caft down, as the Scales of Fortune turned :yet his Enemies had gone too far, ever to fuffer a man of his parts ortemper, to return to favour. And therefore they fo ordered it, thatan high Charge of many Articles was brought againft him, into theHoufe of Lords, in the Parliament that (ate in November following)and it palled there, where he had but few Friends, and many and greatEnemies. But when the Charge was fent down to the Houfe of Com-mon?, it was lb managed by the induftry of Cromwell, who

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