[117]. Burton, loc. cit.
[118]. Burton, loc. cit.
[119]. “Life of Henry Jessey,” pp. 67–68.
[120]. That Cromwell’s interposition took place under these circumstances is an inference of the present writer’s. The statements in Jessey’s “Life” clearly point to this conclusion.
[121]. These fragments of Cromwell’s speech are gathered from Jessey’s “Narrative,” Crouch’s Judæorum Memorabilia, pp. 175–176, and Spence’s “Anecdotes,” p. 77.
[122]. Testimony by Rycaut, who was present in the crowd (Spence’s “Anecdotes,” p. 77).
[123]. Writing to Henry Cromwell about the Conference a week later, Thurloe says, “I doe assure you that his highness is put to exercise every day with the peevishness and wroth of some persons heere” (State Papers, vol. iv. p. 343).
[124]. Cf. Conditions, ii., iii., iv., v., ix., xi., and xvii., in Barlow, “The Care of the Jews,” pp. 67, 68, 70, 71, and 73.
[125]. Infra, p. lxxxiv-lxxxv.
[126]. In the Calendar of State Papers, Dom. (1655–1656), p. 15, it is hypothetically dated November 13, the day on which Menasseh’s proposals were referred to the Committee. This date is absolutely impossible, as the Committee could not have ascertained the views it reported to the Council in the course of a single afternoon. If it was not drawn up on the 15th, it could not have been drawn up until the Conference was over, as the Conference was specifically summoned to advise the Committee.