Attorney-General—You are sure my lord Russell was there?
Lord Howard—Yes, sir; I wish I could say he was not.
Attorney-General—Did he sit there as a cypher? What did my lord say?
Lord Howard—Every one knows my lord Russell is a person of great judgment, and not very lavish in discourse.
Serjeant Jeffreys—But he did consent?
Lord Howard—We did not put it to the vote, but it went without contradiction, and I took it that all there gave their consent.
Solicitor-General—The raising of money you speak of, was that put into in any way?
Lord Howard—No, but every man was to put themselves upon thinking of such a way, that money might be collected without administering jealousy.
Attorney-General—Were there no persons to undertake for a fund?
Lord Howard—No, I think not. However it was but opinion, the thing that was said was jocosely, rather than anything else, that my lord of Essex had dealing in money, and therefore he was thought the most proper person to take care of those things; but this was said rather by way of mirth, than otherwise.