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A56135	A breviate of the life of VVilliam Laud, Arch-bishop of Canterbury extracted (for the most part) verbatim, out of his owne diary, and other writings, under his owne hand : collected and published at the speciall instance of sundry honourable persons, as a necessary prologue to the history of his tryall, for which the criminall part of his life, is specially reserved / by William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier [sic].	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1644 (1644)	Wing P3904; ESTC R19543	54,825	42

iterum et codem die revolventis anni nec satis adhuc cautus aut satis humilis factus in aliud grave peccatum incidi Lapidatus iterum non pro sed a peccato Nunc plenè suscata me Domine ne moriar ultra in peccatis meis sed Deo ut vivam et vivens gaudeam in te per merita et miserationes Iesu Christi Salvatoris nostri Amen These falls it seemes of his were great and scandalous but his privat humiliation for them commendable After this he lapsed into some other speciall sinne perchance uncleannes with E. B. as this following Anniversary prayer manifests O Mercifull God thou hast shewed me much mercy and done great things for me and as I was returning instead of thankefullnesse I wandered out of my way from thee into a foule and a strang path there thou madest me see both my folly my weaknes Lord make me ever see them ever sorry for them O Lord for my Saviour sake forgive the folly and strengthen me against the weakenesse for ever Lord forgive all my sinnes and this and make me by thy grace thy most true humble and faithfull servant all the dayes of my life Through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen September 16. 1617. He was very likely to have beene burnt by fier in St. Johns Colledge in Oxford for his sinnes Doctor * Goodwins Son attests that he suborned Doctor Metcalfe to poyson his Father then Deane of Christ Church in Oxford which was effected whereupon he penned this Anniversary prayer for that day O Misericors pateriquo me vertam Qui et exeundo et revertendo peccavi contrate Abij cum prodigo prodigus in longinquam regionem dissipavi substantiam meam tuam luxuriose Ibi primum sensi omnia consumpta et me dignum non meliori quam porcorum consortio Nec tamen aut vita illa immunda aut fames gratiae de reditu ad meliorem frugem vel cogitavit Reversum jam ab itinere infausto ecce judicia tua Domine insequntur me Ignis corripit tecta sub quibus sum Videt enim Deus nec multum distulit sed ignis accensus est in Jacob et ira ascendit in Israel et scelera non dubito mea conflagrationem Collegio minitabantur et mihi Nam dum igni extinguendo intentior sum parum abfuit quin ab igne extinctus sim Quum ecce misericordia tua Dominevix sine miraculo me flammis eripuit Nam dum amica manus astantis vi quadam amovit eodem instanti ex eodem loco ubipedem figere decrevi prorupit inclusus ignis in flammas subsidunt gradus Et ego si ibi invenisset incendium una perijssem O peccata mea nunquam satis deflenda O misericordia tua Domine nunquam satis praedicanda O paenitentia nunquam mihi magis necessaria O gratia tua Domine humilimè et jugiter imploranda Surge O Domine Pater et ecce venio lento quidem et instabili gressu sed venio et confiteor Peccavi enim in Caelum et contra te nec dignus sum vocari filius tuus Sim O Domine quid vis modo tuus Ablue peccata mea in sanguine filij tui ut sim tuus Et concede obsecro ut sicut tum terror ita quotidie memoria ignis hujus exurat faeces omnes et reliquias peccatorum meorum ut cautior factus melior ignis charitatis et devotionis me in amorem tui et in odium peccati accendat Per Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen February 5. 1628. as he was going to Hampton Court to wait on the King he brake the great cord of his Leg by treading on sinking uneven ground March 6. 1641. he brake it againe as he was walking in his Chamber in the Tower upon which occasion he compiled this annuall prayer for those dayes O Domine misericors Glorificetur Beatissimum nomen tuum Ecce enim Ego Dum pro officio Regem sequor tui humanorum Causuum immentor mihi praefidens infausto in via saltu in terram infidam incidi tendonem fregi Levatus in Currum Hamptoniam perveni Cruciatus talis fuit qualis nervi sentire solent Et certe in Febrem ferventiorem ipse angor conjecisset nisi ingens defluxus sanguinis me ab illo metu liberasset Magna infirmitate laboravi fere per biennium claudus incessi Infirmitatem aliquam adhuc sentio Sed gratiae immortales tibi ô Beatissima Trinitas usum satis perfectum crurium dedisti mihi confirmasti praeter omnium expectationem gressus meos Dirigas nunc eos O Domine in vijs mandatorum tuorum ut nunquam vel inter te mundum claudicem sed recte pergam viam Testimoniorum tuorum curram quum dilatasti cor meum Oro itaque ne differ as vel dilatationem cordis vel confirmationem pedum in semitis Justificationum tuarum per propter Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum AMEN May 11. 1640. The people being inraged against him for his Tyrannie his reviving the Scottish Warres and troubles after the first pacification dissolving the Parliament in great discontent Imprisoning the Aldermen of London for refusing to lend monies and certifie the names of monyed men to maintaine the Scottish wars the re-enforcing of Ship-money fomenting of Popery and continuing the Convocation after the Parliament dissolved thereupon assaulted his House at Lambeth to apprehend and bring him to punishment Whereof he having notice prevented the danger by flight and caused one of them to bee hanged drawne quartered and another racked Whereupon he made this prayer O Eternall God and most mercifull Father As this day the furie of the inraged multitude was fierce upon me and my House to destroy me and to pillage it It pleased thee in mercie to preserve both and bring some of them to shame and punishment I have sinned many wayes against thee O Lord and this was a loud call of thine and a mercifull to bring me to Repentance which I beseech thee give mee grace to heare and obey But what I have done to hurt or offend them that should stirre up this rage against me * I know not Lord in thy mercie look down upon me fill my heart with thankefulnesse for this great deliverance and suffer me not to forget it or the examination which I tooke of my selfe upon it And as for them and their like let them not have their desire O Lord Let not their mischievous imaginations prosper against me nor their furie lay hold upon me lest they be too proud and least I end my wearie dayes in misery Yet forgive them O Lord for they know not why they did it and according to thy wanted mercie preserve me to serve thee and let the same watchfull protection which now defended mee guard me

to be attendant observant and obedient to you and every of you in the execution and performance of this our Royall Will and Command as they and every of them will answer the contrarie at their uttermost perills Neverthelesse wee doe hereby declare our Royall pleasure to bee That they the said Sir Henry Marten Sir Charles Caesar Sir Thomas Ridley and Nathaniell Brent in their severall Offices and places aforesaid and all other Registers Officers and Ministers in the severall Courts Offices and Jurisdictions appertaining to the said Archbishop shall quietly and without interruption hold use occupie and enjoy their severall Offices and Places which they now hold by the Grant of the said Archbishop or of any other former Archbishop of Canterbury in such manner and forme and with those benefits priviledges powers and authorities which they now have hold and enjoy therein or there out severally and respectively they and every of them in their severall places being attendant and obedient unto you the said George Bishop of London Richard Bishop of Durham John Bishop of Rochester John Bishop of Oxford and William Bishop of Bath and Wells or to any foure three or two of you in all things according to the Tenor of this our Commission as they should or ought to have beene unto the said Archbishop Himselfe if this Commission had not beene had or made IN WITNESSE whereof wee have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witnesse Our selfe at Westminster the ninth Day of October in the third yeare of Our Raigne Edmondes Per ipsum Regem Octo. The Dean of Canterburies speech that the businesse could not goe well in the Isle of Re there must be a Parliament some must be sacrificed that I was as like as any spoken to Doctor W. The same speech after spoken to the same man by Sir Dudly Diggs I tould it when I heard it doubled let me desire you not to trouble your selfe with any reports till you see me forsake my other friends c. Ita Ch. R. The retreat out of the Isle of Re November My Lord D. returned to Court The Countesse of Purbecke censured in the High Commission for Adultery December 25. I preached to the K. at Whit-Hall Ianuary 29. Tuesday A resolution at the Councell Table for a Parliament to begin March 17. If the shires goe on with levying mony for the Navy Ianuary 30. Wednesday My L. D. of Buckinghams sonne was borne New Moone die 26. The L. George Feb. 5. Tuesday The straining of the backe sinew of my right leg as I went with his Majesty to Hampton Court I kept in til Feb. 14. saving that upon Tuesday Saint Valentines day I made a shift to goe and Christen my L.D. sonne the L. George at Wallingford House March 7. I preached at the opening of the Parliament but had much a doe to stand I continued lame long after Iune 1. An. 1628. Whitsunday I preached at Whit-Hall Iune 11. my L.D. of Buckingham voted in the House of Commons to be the cause or causes of all grievances in the Kingdome Iune 12. Thursday I was complaind of by the House of Commons for warranting D. Manwarings Sermons to the Presse Iune 13. D. Manwaring answered for himselfe before the Lords and the next day being Saturday Iune 14. was censured after his censure my cause was called to the report The same day the house of Commons were making their Remonstrance to the King One head was Innovation of Religion therein they named my Lord the Bishop of Winchester and my selfe one in the House stood up and said now we have named these Persons le ts thinke of some causes why we did it Sir Edward Cooke answered have we not named my Lord of Buckingham without shewing a cause and may we not be as bold with them This Remonstrance was delivered to the King Tuesday Iune 17. Thursday Iune 26. the session of Parliament ended and was proroged to Oct. 20. Tuesday Iuly 1. my conge deslier was signed by the King for the Bishopprick of London Iuly 15. Saint Swithin and faire with us I was translated to the Bishoprick of London the same day the L. Weston was made Lord Treasurer Saturday August 9. A terrible salt rhume in my left eye had almost put me into a Feaver Tuesday August 12. my L. D. of Buckingham went towards Portsmouth to goe for Rochell Saturday August 23. Saint Bartholemews Eve the D. of Buckingham slaine at Portsmouth by one Leiutenant Felton about 9. in the morning August 24. The newes of his death came to Croyden where it found my selfe and the Bishops of Winchester Elye and Carlile at the consecration of Bishop Mountague for Chichester with my Lords Grace What a professed Votary and Creature this Bishop was to the D. of Buckingham will appeare by these his speciall Prayers for him written with his owne hand in his booke of privat Prayers and Devotions found in his Chamber at the Tower P. 164.165.166 much used as is evident by the fouleing of the leaves with his fingers Pro Duce Buckinghamiae GRacious Father I humbly beseech thee blesse the * Duke of Buckingham with all spirituall and temporall blessings but especially spirituall make and continue him faithfull to his Prince serviceable to his Country devout in thy truth and Church A most happy Husband and a blessed Father filled with the constant love and honour of his Prince that all thy blessings may flow upon himselfe and his posterity after him Continue him a true-hearted freind to me thy poore servant whom thou hast honoured in his eyes make my heart religious and dutifull to thee and in and under thee true and secret and stout and prudent in all things which he shall be pleased to commit unto me Even so Lord and make him continually to serve thee that thou maist blesse him Through Jesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen That he was privy to his Iourney into Spaine with Prince Charles now our Soveraign which voyage was * purposly plotted to pervert him in his Religion and reconcile him to Rome is apparent by this insuing prayer annexed to the former O Most mercifull God and gratious Father the Prince hath put himselfe to a great adventure I humbly beseech thee make cleare way before him give thine Angells charge over him be with him thy selfe in mercy power and protection in every step of his Journey in every moment of his time in every consultation and addresse for Action till thou bring him backe with safety honour and contentment to doe thee service in this place BLesse his most trusty and faithfull servant the Lord Duke of Buckingham That he may be diligent in service provident in businesse wise and happy in Councell for the honour of thy name the good of the Church the preservation of the Prince the contentment of the King the satisfaction of the State preserve him I humbly beseech thee from all envy that attends him And

through the remainder of my life And this for thy own goodnes sake and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ Amen After all this Decemb. 18. 1640. He was accused by the House of Commons of High-Treason as well he deserved upon which he composed this prayer wherein he most arrogantly pleades his innocency before God though hee appeares most criminall and guiltie to the eyes of most men O Eternall God and mercifull Father I humbly beseech thee looke downe upon me in this time of my great and grievous affliction Lord if it bee thy blessed will make my innocencie appeare and free both me and my profession from all scandall thus raised on me And however if thou be pleased to try me to the uttermost I humbly beseech thee give me full patience proportionable comfort contentment with whatsoever thou sendest and a heart ready to dye for thy Honour the Kings Happinesse and this Churches preservation And my zeale to these is all the sinne humane frailtie excepted which is yet known to me in this particular for which I thus suffer Lord look upon me in mercy and for the merits of Jesus Christ pardon all my sins many and great which have drawne downe this judgment upon mee and then in all things doe with me as seemes best in thine owne eyes And make me not onely patient under but thankefull for whatsoever thou doest O Lord my strength and my Redeemer AMEN His speciall prayers made upon sundry publike occasions registred with his owne hand in his * Booke of devotions were all formerly printed and read in Churches the two last of them against the Scots being most memorable are only necessary to be here recorded he being the * Arch-Incendiarie against them O Eternall God and mercifull Father by whom alone Kings Raigne thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all victorie Wee humbly beseech thee to gard Our most Gracious Soveraigne Lord KING CHARLES To blesse him in His person with health and safetie in His Councells with wisdome and prudence and in all His actions with Honour and good successe Grant blessed Lord that Victorie may attend His designes and that His Liege people may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the face of thine and His Treacherous enemies Give him blessed Father so to settle His Subjects in Peace and the true feare of thy Divine Majestie that Hee may returne with joy and honour and proceed long to governe his Kingdomes in * Peace and plentie and in the happinesse of true Religion and Pietie all his dayes These blessings and whatsoever else shall bee necessary for him or for our selves Wee humbly begge of thee O mercifull Father for Jesus Christ His sake Our only Mediator and Redeemer AMEN O Eternall God Mercifull Father by whom alone Kings raign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victory Wee humbly beseech thee both now and ever to guide and preserve Our most Gracious Soveraigne Lord KING CHARLES To blesse him in his Person with health and safetie in His Councells with wisdome and prudence and in all his actions with honour and good successe Especially against those his traiterous Subjects who having cast off all Obedience to their Anoynted Soveraigne doe at this time in rebellious manner invade this Realme Grant blessed LORD that victory may attend His Majesties designes that His Liege people may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the face of thine and his Treacherous enemies Inable him blessed Father so to vanquish and subdue them all that His Loyall Subjects being setled in Peace and the true feare of thy Holy Name He may returne with joy and honour and continue to governe His Kingdome in peace and plentie and in the happinesse of true Religion and Pietie all his dayes These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him we humbly begge of thee O mermercifull Father for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Redeemer AMEN These prayers were strictly enjoyned to be daily read in Churches and were so by the Prelaticall party with greatest Zeale and devotion and many Godly Ministers were questioned pursevanted suspended for not reading them Since his Imprisonment in the Tower he received severall letters from the King under the privy signet and other Malignants in opposition to the Parliament and some proceedings in it take one or two instead of many Charles Rex MOst reverend Father in God and right trusty and right welbeloved We greet you well We are informed that Doctor Isaak Bargrave Dean of our Cathedrall of Cant. is very lately deceased by his death the Parsonage of Chartham neere Cant. become voyde Many good motives and reasons have graciously inclined Vs to favour therewith Iohn Reading Clark now beneficed at Dover in Our Country of Kent but deprived as we understand of the small lively-hood he had thence accrewing by the perverse disposition of some of his turbulent Parishioners Wherefore we very earnestly desire you to bestow the said Parsonage of Chartham upon the said Iohn Reading or at the least that if you shall be restrained from so doing by either or both Houses of Parliament you then forbeare to present any other to the same that so the said Parsonage lapsing into our guift We may as We intend conferre it on him This We are confident of from you both in regard of the persons worthinesse and sufferings and that We shal therein receive very good content and satisfaction Given at Our Court at Oxford the 27th of January 1642. To the most Reverend Father in God our right trustie and right welbeloved Councellor William Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury his Grace These directions of his Majesty he punctually observed as appeares by his Diary February 3. 14. 25. An. 1642. and March 28. Aprill 11. 13. 14. 21. 22 1643. Other Letters he received from his Majesty for the speedy payment of his first fruits to his Officers to which he returned an Answere under his owne hand And this ensuing letter from the Lady Aubigny a grand Malignant after the slaughter of her Husband in a fight against the Parliament My Lord THe former letter J sent your Grace was written before J knew what great affliction God had laid upon me by the unfortunat losse of my deare Lord whereby I am made unfit to stir abroad to receive them or any other comfort and this Gentleman for the most part being at Cambridge since this miserable accident hath been the true cause I have not importuned your Grace to know if there can be any thing done in this businesse till J wait upon you which shall be as soone as J am fit to appeare in any place for as yet I confesse I cannot be so much my selfe to overcome my passion though I know my Lord dyed in a * just and honourable action and that I hope his soule finds which consideration is the only satisfaction of Your Graces humble servant Kath. Aubigny Ianuary 2. Comming from so distracted