[541] He did not publish what he wrote, but it is inserted in the Oxford Edition of his works, v. 309–344.
[542] Pepys' Diary, Feb. 10, 1668.
[543] Parl. Hist., iv. 404.
[544] Birch, as we have seen, informed Pepys that the King was for toleration, but the Bishops were against it. The great difficulty was about tolerating Papists.
[545] Pepys' Diary, Feb. 28, 1668.
[546] Life of Philip Henry, 112.
[547] Parl. Hist., iv. 413.
[548] Ibid., 414–422. These speakers were Colonel Sandys, Sir John Earnly, Sir W. Hickman, Mr. Ratcliffe, Sir Walter Yonge, Sir J. Littleton, Sir John Birkenhead, and Mr. Seymour.
[549] Constitutional History, ii. 70.
[550] Baxter's Life and Times, iii. 37.