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CONTENTS.

Inquisition in all the Public Departments .

Dismission of Sawyer.

Williams Solicitor General ....

Second Declaration of Indulgence . . .

The Clergy ordered to read it ...

They hesitate; Patriotism of the Protestant Nonconformists of

London .

Consultation of the London Clergy ....

Consultation at Lambeth Palace ....

Petition of the Seven Bishops presented to the KingThe London Clergy disobey the Itoyal Order .

Hesitation of the Government.

It is determined to prosecute the Bishops for a LibelThey are examined by the Privy Council .

They are committed to the Tower .' .

Birth of the Pretender.

He is generally believed to be supposititious .

The Bishops brought before the King’s Bench, and bailedAgitation of the Public Mind ....

Uneasiness of Sunderland.

He professes himself a Roman Catholic; Trial of the BishThe Verdict; Joy of the PeoplePeculiar State of Public Feeling at this Time .

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CHAPTER IX.

Change in the Opinion of the Tories concerning the Lawfulness of

Resistance.

Russell proposes to the Prince of Orange a Descent on England;

Henry Sidney ....

Devonshire; Shrewsbury; Halifax; DanbyBishop Compton; Nottingham; Lumley .

Invitation to William despatched

Conduct of Mary.

Difficulties of William’s Enterprise . .

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