[170] Commons' Journals, Vol. 8, p. 259.

[171] Ibid.

[172] D'Israeli's Amenities of Literature, Vol. 3, p. 325.

[173] Howell's State Trials, vol. 7, p. 946. See also a Tract published by Smith, entitled "An account of the injurious proceedings of Sir George Jeffreys, Knight, late Recorder of London, against Francis Smith, Bookseller."

[174] Commons' Journals, Vol. 8, p. 74.

[175] Commons' Journals, Vol. 8, pp. 183, 186, 192, 194, 198. Howell's State Trials, Vol. 5, p. 1363.

[176] Howell's State Trials, Vol. 7, p. 946.

[177] Domestic State Papers, Charles II, Vol. 38, Nos. 56, 57, 58.

[178] Ibid, Vol. 39, No. 132.

[179] Domestic State Papers, Charles II, Entry Book 5, p. 39.