Strype, vol.ii.p.

40, 51.
**** Camden, p.

442.
v D'Ewes, p.

207, 208, etc.
v* D'Ewes, p.

219, 241.
Nothing could be a stronger proof that the puritanical interest prevailed in the house, than the intemperate use of authorities derived from Scripture, especially from the Old Testament; and the queen was so little a lover of that sect, that she was not likely to make any concession merely in deference to their solicitation.