of the greatest saints.”—(_Neale’s History of the Puritans_.) Of the Civil War, the period in which this worthy bishop lived, there is but little to record. Norwich seems from the first to have given an unhesitating support to the Parliament, and was assessed at £53 yearly towards the maintenance of the Earl of Manchester’s forces. That there was, however, a party in the city who leaned to the King’s side, is shown by a tragical occurrence in 1648. John Utting, the mayor, had been complained of for not carrying out the ordinances against images; but upon a _poursuivant_ being sent to require his attendance at the bar of the House to answer the charge, a violent tumult arose; the rioters obtained possession of the military depôt, (whose site the Bethel now occupies,) and 98 barrels of gunpowder being accidentally fired, 200 persons were killed or wounded by the explosion. Coming down to 1671, we must chronicle the visit of the “Merry Monarch,” with his Queen and brother, who were sumptuously entertained by the Duke of Norfolk, as well as by the civic grandees: an animated description of the city at this period—with its ducal palace, its prosperous manufactures, and the priceless cabinet and botanical gardens of the famous Sir Thomas Browne (whose monument may be seen in St. Peter’s church)—is given by Macaulay. Ten years later, James, Duke of York, paid a second visit; but in 1687 he had, as king, forfeited all popularity by his arbitrary interference with the corporation; and the representative of the house of Howard, riding into the market at the head of 300 knights and gentlemen, amid the acclamations of the citizens, declared for a free parliament. It was the son of this duke, who, taking umbrage at the mayor’s forbidding his comedians entering the city with trumpets, demolished the whole of his ancestral palace, said to be the largest town house in the kingdom out of London, and which, from Christmas to Twelfth-night, was wont to be open to all comers.