"When I shall be satisfied in conscience that I may lawfully do it, I will willingly submit." "I do submit to King and Parliament in this visitation, so far as lawfully I may." "I do not conceive that this visitation doth at all concern me." "Whereas" (this was made by a gentleman of Christ Church) "I, being a Commoner here, do receive no benefit from the House, but living at great expense, and daily expecting to be taken home by my friends, I think this visitation doth not concern me." "Sirs, to acknowledge the authority of Parliament in this visitation were to acknowledge you lawful visitors, and to acknowledge you lawful visitors were to say more than I know; and also to acknowledge many visitors, whereas I can but acknowledge one." For myself I rather admired such answers as were given by Francis Dixon and Joseph Carricks, students of Christ Church, whereof the one said: "I, Francis Dixon, shall not submit to any visitors but the King, and do acknowledge no visitor but the King." And the other: "I, John Carricks, will not submit to the visitation; I will not." And, indeed, the reservations of the others served them but little, for the visitors shut them at last to a plain "Yes" or "No." On the seventh day of May came the visitors to Lincoln College, and set us the same question. The greater part submitted; these I name not, nor say that they sinned against their conscience. There is One that judgeth, to whom they shall answer. As for me, I met the visitors with a plain "No," and having before, as knowing what should follow, prepared all things against my departure, left Oxford that very same day. CHAPTER XVI. OF MY KINSFOLK AT ENSTONE.