[264] Salisbury to Edmondes, Oct. 17, 1605.—Stowe MSS. 168, fol. 181.

[265] See History of England, 1603-1642, i. 238, 243.

[266] Garnet’s Declaration, March 9, 1606.—Hist. Rev. July, 1888, p. 513.

[267] Father Gerard gives a facsimile, p. 199.

[268] Harl. MSS. 360, fol. 112 b.

[269] See p. 128.

[270] As in the case of the merchant who refused to pay the imposition on currants, ‘Bate’ and ‘Bates’ were considered interchangeable.

[271] G. P. B., No. 145. The words in italics are added in a different hand. Dunbar’s name does not occur in the list of Commissioners at p. 24.

[272] See p. 41.

[273] Gerard, p. 179. I do not think his argument on this point conclusive, but obviously it would be useless to forge a document unless it was to be used in evidence.