But let us leave the Doctor and attend to my Lord Herbert, who is pleafed to fpeak thus: "His Birth, being otherwife fo obfcure and mean as no Man had ever ftood fo fingle, for which Reason alfo his chief Endeavour was not to displease any $6 great "their Horfes, and walked "fome fmall Way into the Wood, Lindley began to turn "pale, and to be feized with "Horror from fome unknown or Caufe: Upon which Crom"well afked him how he did, how he felt himself? He "anfwered, That he was in fuch "a Trembling and Confternation, " that he never felt the like in "all the Conflicts and Battles "he had been engaged in ; but "whether it proceeded from "the Gloominefs of the Place, 66 or the Temperament of his 66 great Fierceness, It should bow"ever be for fourteen Years. But "the other peremptorily de"clared, It could not pofibly be for "" any longer Time; and if he "would not take it fo, there were "others who would accept of it. "Upon which Cromwell at last <s took the Parchment, and returning to Lindsey with great "Joy in his Countenance, he cried, Now, Lindfey, the Bat"tle is our own! I long to be en"gaged. Returning out of the "Wood, they rode to the Ar"my, Cromwell, with a Refolution to engage as foon as poffible, and the other with à Defign to leave the Army as foon. After the firft Charge it was impoffible for him to ftir one Step further. Upon which 66 6 Cromwell called him Faint-Lindsey deferted his Poft, and "rode away with all poffible Speed, Day and Night, till "he came into the County of "Norfolk, to the House of an "bearted Fool, and bid him fand there and obferve, or be "Witness; and then advancing "to fome Distance from him, "he met with a grave elderly Man with a Roll of Parchment in his Hand, who deli"vered it to Cromwell, who ea intimate Friend, one Mr. Thorowgood, Minister of the Pa"rifh of Cromwell, 66 as foon as he miffed him, "fent all Ways after him, with "a Promife of a great Reward to any that should bring him "alive a 66 JA $ 66 86 "tween them; particularly, "Cromwell faid, This is but for Seven Years; I was to have had it for one and twenty, and it must "and shall be fo. The other "told him pofitively, it could 66 66 not be for above feven; upon "which Cromwell cried with Body, he knew not. How" now, faid Cromwell, what, "troubled with Vapours? Come "forward, Man! They had" "not gone above twenty Yards, "before Lindsey on a fudden ftood ftill, and cried out, By all that's good, he was feized with fuch an unaccountable" "Terror and Aftonishment, that gerly perused it. Lindley, little recovered from his Fear, heard feveral loud Words be 66 66 66 ' 66 66 * great Perfon, which yet could not fecure him; ડ for, as all Things paffed thro' his Hands, fo they. "who failed in their Suits generally hated him: All which, though it did but exafperate his ill Nature, yet this good Refultance followed, that it made him "take the more Care to be just, whereof allo be obtained "the Reputation in his publick bearing of Caufes; for "as be loved no-body, fo his Reafon carried him". To fearch into the Secrets of Men's Hearts, and find out finifter Motives for worthy Actions, we will leave to the two moft Reverend Gentlemen, Dr. Echard, and Dr. Knight; but, furely, in the Apprehenfion of Mankind in general, his doing strict Juftice was laudable, and the most probable Means of procuring him prefent Intereft, Reputation, and a lasting Fame, whatever might be his Motive. That certainly die that Day Seven Years "alive or dead." Thus far the When Mr. Thorogood faw But Monfieur Rapin fays, The Dr. has made the Prodigies on the Day of his Death (Sept. 3, 1650) of a Piece with his Devilish Contract, making the very Winds and his Guts equally rife in Judgment against him. he pleaf no body but the King. That an ingenuous Difpofition and univerfal Be nevolence towards Mankind are requifite in those who prefide in Courts of Judicature cannot be denied, and that Wolfey wanted not thefe fhining Qualities almost all own, and feveral of his charitable and noble Foundations prove: And thefe Qualities, and many more with which he was endowed, one would reasonably think, might have protected him from fo many fevere Cuts from his Reverend Brethren. And as Monfieur Rapin, and others of the Cardinal's inveterate Enemies have endeavoured egregiously to mifreprefent almost every Action of his, we think proper to fubjoin two Authorities from Dr. Fiddes. "There are (fays the Doctor) two confiderable "Testimonies from Erafmus's great Friends, Sir Thomas More and Ammonius, relating to the Cardinal's "wife and equitable Conduct as Chancellor of England, that may be here not inconveniently cited; "and especially as they tend to remove a Prejudice, " which has been entertained against the Cardinal, as "if he had used some indirect Methods towards fuperfeding Archbishop Warbam in that high Office. "Sir Thomas More's Words are thefe, "*The Arch 86 66 66 bishop of Canterbury bath at length refigned the Office ແ of Chancellor, which Burthen, as you know, be bad ftrenuously endeavoured to lay down for fome Years; "and the long wifhed for Retreat being now obtained, "be enjoys a moft pleasant Recefs in his Studies, with the "agreeable Reflection of having acquitted himself fo bo"nourably in that bigh Station". "The Cardinal of "York (continues Sir Thomas †) by the King's Orders, fucceeds + Princeps,ei Cardinalem fuf fecit Eboracenfem. Qui ita fe gerit ut fpem quoque omnium, quanquam pro reliquis Ejus virtutibus maximam, longè exuperet. (quod eft difficillimum) etiam poft optimum Predecefforem valde probetur ac placeat. Morus Erafmo 66 C Et p. 221. 66. * Archiepifcopus Cantuarienfis, Officio Cancellarii, cujus onus, jam aliquot, ut fcis, annos, mirum quam laborabat excutere, tandem exfolutus eft. Et defideratum jam diu fecretum nactus, gratiffimo in ter Literas otio & negotiorum bene à fe geftorum Recordatione fru itur. El 56 60 SS fucceeds him, who difcharges the Duties of that Poft fo confpicuously, as to furpass the Hopes of all, notwithstanding the great Opinion they had of his other "eminent Qualities; and, what is most rare, to give fo "much Pleafure and Satisfaction, after fo excellent a Predeceffor. "Ammonius writes to Erafmus to "the fame Effect, in regard to the foregoing Arti "cles, and fays,t Your Archbishop, with the King's good "Leave, bas laid down his Poft, which that of York, after much Importunity, has accepted of, and behaves moft beautifully". After citing these Proofs of the Cardinal's Moderation, from Gentlemen that were his Cotemporaries, with what Face can Monfieur Ra pin, and other Authors, charge him with Greediness to ftep into his Predeceffor's Place. Erafmus, juft at the Clofe of this Year, obtained the Royal Licence to return again to Bafil, where he had not been long before he wrote to the Cardinal the following Letter : 66 Erafmus to the most Rev. Lord Thomas, Cardinal and Erafmus re turns to Ba fil. Moft Reverend Prelate, 66 I << "I am very forry that I had not an Opportunity "of a longer, and more particular Conference with. your Highness, before I left England. My laft Refuge, and the Sheet-anchor of my Felicity. ❝ had fixed in you; but I was in hafte to publish St. ferom, a voluminous and celebrated Work, and, "if I mistake not, a Work which will be immortal, befides its being pious and edifying. This it was "which 66 66 + Tuus Cantuarienfis, cum bona regis venia, Magiftratu fe abdicavit. Quem Eboracenfis impendio rogatus fufcepit, & pulcherrime gerit. Andreas Ammonius Erafmo. Whether the Comparison, in a good Degree, will not hold between the late great Chancellor, Lord Talbot, and his prefent Succeffor, the Right Hon. Philip Lord Hardwick, who fills the Chair with fo much Sagacity and Eminence, we shall leave the Learned in the Law to determine. "which I had fo much at Heart, that I neglected alf "other Business to profecute it. <6 "The Roads in this Part of the World were always obnoxious to Robberies, but never more than "at this Tinie; and then the Rhine, being fwelled "with Snows and Rains, had overflowed and made "fo general an Inundation, especially about Straf "bourg, that our travelling might more truly be "called fwimming, than riding. However, I defpifed every thing if fo be I could but get St. Jerom pub"lifhed. There is a new Greek Teftament printed σε as it was written by the Apostles, with a Latin "Tranflation, and Annotations by me. Some other Things alfo I have published of lefs Confequence. "And yet thefe Trifles are a greater Trouble to me, "than those arduous Affairs of State are to you. "When, therefore, we have finished thefe Under 66 66 takings, we will haften our Return to England, ef23 pecially if your Eminency's Goodness and Generofity will, in the mean Time, be providing fomething for me as a Refreshment, both to my Mind and Body, after the Fatigues I have undergone from these Employments. May a good State of Health be ટ enjoy'd by your moft Reverend Lordship, to whom "I wholly devote and dedicate myself. 66 66 "Bafil, Feb. 3, 1516." ' About this time the Reverend Dr. Colet, a famous Divine, met with a very kind Treatment from the Cardinal, which Account we fhall take from Dr. Knight, who tells us, "That the Bishop of London "had profecuted the Dr. for an Heretick, upon "which he laid his Complaint before the Cardinal; "that the Cardinal paid a particular Deference and "Refpect to Dr. Colet; and took care that he should "peaceably poffefs what he had without any Diftur"bance, and ftopt the further Profecutions against him." * Dr. |
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