Heylyn (528) states, that only seven Lords concurred in the sentence; Clarendon (519), that there were not above twelve peers in the House at the time. In the Journals the names of nineteen appear at the commencement of the minutes of the sitting.
[501] Lives of the Chancellors, iii. 204; Const. Hist., i. 577; Hist. of Commonwealth, i. 428.
[502] Life of Pocock, by Dr. Twells, 84. See also a curious tract respecting Laud in Harleian Miscel., iv. 450.
[503] Rushworth, v. 781. "Let us run with patience that race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."
[504] Rushworth, v. 785.
[505] A newspaper notices that:—Whereas he had been the archpatron of those who branded honest men with the name of roundheads more than hath been usual, his own head when cut off, though sawdust had been laid about the block, "did tumble once or twice about like a ball."
[506] Henry Rogers.
[507] See Bruce's Account of Laud's Berkshire Benefactions.
Mr. Bruce, who has had ample means of judging of Laud's character, observes:—"A winking at a little finesse designed to accomplish some end, supposed to be for the good of the Church, is all that may be brought home to him—his hands were never defiled by the touch of a bribe."—Calendar of State Papers, Dom., 1635. Preface.
[508] Overstrained parallels between Laud and Wolsey were drawn in the pamphlets of the day.—See Harl. Miscell., iv. 462.