[71] This belief is so notorious that one instance must suffice as evidence for it. A paper of informations addressed to Cecil himself, April, 1604, declares that the Catholics hoped to see a good day yet, and that "his Majesty would suffer a kinde of Tolleracyon, for his inclynacyon is good, howsoever the Councell set out his speeches." (S.P.O. Dom. James I. vii. 86.)
[72] Mr. Gardiner (Hist. i. 229, note) says that arrears were never demanded in the case of the fine of £20 per lunar month for non-attendance at the parish church. Father Gerard, however, a contemporary witness, distinctly states that they were. (Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot, ed. Morris, p. 62.)
[73] Court of King James, i. 100.
[74] Narrative, p. 46.
[75] Stonyhurst MSS., Anglia, iii. 103.
[76] Of the Prince of Wales it was prophesied:
"The eighth Henry did pull down Monks and their cells,
The ninth will pull down Bishops and their bells."
[77] Concerning this letter see Appendix B, Digby's Letter to Salisbury.
[78] R.O. Dom. James I. xvii. 10.
[79] Hallam, Constitutional Hist. i. 392 (3rd ed.).