Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Such are some of the materials for the "Memorial" suggested by MR.
BOLTON CORNEY; and if the original subscribers to a Monument should
consent to such an appropriation of their funds, it will be necessary to
apportion the number of copies to be distributed to each subscriber,
according to the amount of the original contribution. It is to be
presumed that the work will be strictly limited to subscribers, and
that no copies will be printed for sale, the object being, to do honour
to Caxton, and produce a lasting Memorial of that industrious printer.
The form of the work is of importance, with reference to the cost of its
production: and if a new life of the first English printer should
perchance be found necessary, "The Caxton Coffer" will require to be
considerably replenished before the literary undertaking can be carried
into effect.
BERIAH BOTFIELD.
LORD STRAFFORD AND ARCHBISHOP USSHER.
In Lord Campbell's account of the conduct of Archbishop Williams, and
the advice which that prelate gave to Charles I. with respect to the
attainder of Lord Strafford, is a sentence which seems to require a
"Note." Having observed that "Williams's conduct with respect to
Strafford cannot be defended," and having referred particularly to his
speech in parliament, he proceeds in these words:--
"The Bill of Attainder being passed, although he professed to
disapprove of it, he agreed to go with three other prelates to try
to induce the king to assent to it, and thus he stated the
question:--'Since his Majesty refers his own judgment to his
judges, and they are to answer it, if an innocent person
suffers,--why may he not satisfy his conscience in the present
matter, since competent judges in the law have awarded that they
find the Earl guilty of treason, by suffering the judgment to
stand, though in his own mind he is satisfied that the party
convicted was not criminous?' The other three bishops, trusting to
his learning and experience, joined with him in sanctioning this
distinction, in laying all the blame on the judges, and in saying
that the king, with a good conscience, might agree to Strafford's
death. Clarendon mainly imputes Strafford's death to Williams's
conduct on this occasion, saying that 'he acted his part with
prodigious boldness and impiety.' It is stated as matter of
palliation by others, that Ussher, the celebrated Archbishop of
Armagh, was one of this deputation, and that Strafford, although
aware of the advice he had given, was attended by him on the
scaffold, and received from him the last consolations of
religion."--_Lives of the Chancellors_, vol. ii. p. 494., second
edition.
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