[199] Parl. Hist., ii. 822-826.
Sir Ralph Verney notices the debate on the 12th, but his notes are unfortunately very brief, and run thus:—
"Actions constant at all times to men of one order, 'tis a great sign of their malignity.
Oil and water may be severed, but oil and wine never.
Pledwell's arguments might have been used for the pope as well as for other bishops.
Vaughan.—Three things considerable in bishops: election, confirmation, consecration.
Os Episcopi is a chancellor.
Oculus Episcopi is the commissary.
Consilium Episcopi is the dean."—Verney Papers, 94.
Letters in the State Paper Office show the excitement produced by the Commons' proceedings. Slingsby says, 10th June, "The discourse of all men is they must now strike at root and branch, and not slip this occasion."