[493] This account is given by Bates himself.—Baxter's Life, iii. 14.
[494] For those who took the oath see Baxter, iii. 13. See also Calamy's Abridgment, note 312.
[495] Baxter's Life and Times, iii. 13. His inquiries respecting the oath went far beyond the meaning of the word endeavour.
[496] Hunter's Life of Heywood, 173.
[497] Life of Philip Henry, 108.
[498] For his character by Burnet see Hist. of his Own Time, i. 100.
[499] The following story is given in a letter written just after the Duke's duel with the Earl of Shrewsbury. If the story be true, it is one of evanescent religious impression, or of unparalleled hypocrisy:—"The Duke of Buckingham is become a most eminent convert from all the vanities he hath been reported to have been addicted to; hath had a solemn day of prayer for the completing and confirming the great work upon him. Dr. Owen, and others of the like persuasion (Independents), were the carriers on of the work. He is said to keep correspondence with the chief of those parties. He grows more and more in favour and power."—Hunter's Life of Heywood, 198.
[500] February 28, Cal. Dom., 1665–66, pref. xxx.
[501] In the Record Office—besides many other papers under the year 1665 respecting plots in Yorkshire—there is a long one extending to eighteen pages, full of minute particulars on the subject, dated December 24th, entitled Information given to Mr. Sheriff.
[502] James' Life of Louis XIV., ii. 143.