[185] Fuller, iii. 422. According to Verney's Notes, Burgess speaks of "Choristers and officers as fellows that are condemned for felons, and keep ale-houses, and so they may still," 77.

[186] Rushworth, iv. 276.

[187] Parl. Hist., ii. 773.

[188] Sanford's Illustrations, 363.

[189] Nalson, ii. 248.

[190] Parry's Parliaments and Councils of England, 353.

[191] Sanford's Studies and Illustrations, 364.

[192] Dering published an apology in 1642.

[193] The following letter by Sydney Bere, secretary to Sir Balthazar Gerbier, afterwards to Sir H. Vane, is preserved in the State Paper Office.

"Whitehall, 17th June, 1641.