But they were now as severely treated as in the days of Lestrange.

A History of the Bloody Assizes was about to be published, and was expected to have as great a run as the Pilgrim's Progress.

But the new licenser refused his Imprimatur.

The book, he said, represented rebels and schismatics as heroes and martyrs; and he would not sanction it for its weight in gold.

A charge delivered by Lord Warrington to the grand jury of Cheshire was not permitted to appear, because His Lordship had spoken contemptuously of divine right and passive obedience.
Julian Johnson found that, if he wished to promulgate his notions of government, he must again have recourse, as in the evil times of King James, to a secret press.