§ ii. Some Occurrences during the first year and a half of Queen Mary's reign v. Bonner's dealings with his own prisoners § vi. His dealings with the Court (From a Lithograph after Holbein, by T. R. Way.) 22 56 SIR WILLIAM PAGET, first Lord Paget. (From a Mezzotint.) STEPHEN GARDINER, Bishop of Winchester (From an Engraving by P. à Gunst.) JOAN BALE, Bishop of Ossory (From an Engraving by H. Meyer.) (From a Lithograph after Holbein, by T. R. Way.) THOMAS CROMWELL, Earl of Essex (From a Lithograph after Holbein, by T. R. Way.) CARDINAL POLE (From an Engraving after Titian, by H. T. yall.) 74 130 176 198 200 EDWARD SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector (From an Engraving after Holbein, by Goldur.) PAGE 238 NICHOLAS RIDLEY, Bishop of London 266 (From an Engraving by P. à Gunst.) EDWARD, Lord HERBERT of Cherbury . 310 (From an Engraving by 1. Thomson, after a Drawing Page 67, line 11, for "1544" read "1554" 1 ESSAYS. ESSAY I. PURITAN VERACITY. No. I. GEORGE JOYE-ANDREW DALABER. FOR the history of the Reformation in England, we depend so much on the testimony of writers, who may be considered as belonging, or more or less attached, to the puritan party, or who obtained their information from persons of that sect, that it is of the utmost importance to inquire whether there was any thing in their notions respecting truth, which ought to throw suspicion on any of their statements. The question is one which does not require much research or argument. There is something very frank (one is almost inclined to say, honest) in the avowals, either direct or indirect, which various puritans have left on record, that it was considered not only allowable, but meritorious, to tell lies for the sake of the good cause in which they were engaged, and for the benefit of those who were fellow-helpers in it. The case is not merely that the charitable partizan looked with compassion on the weak brother who denied his faith under the dread of cruel torments, or stood by with pitying and loving connivance while he told a lie as to some matter of fact, to save his own life, or lives dearer than his own. It is, that they did not hesitate, without any such urgent temptation, and with great deliberation and solemnity, to state what they knew to be false; and that the manner in which such falsehoods were A |