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CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| List of Sheriffs; Character of the Roman Catholic Country Gentlemen | 301 |
| Feeling of the Dissenters | 304 |
| Regulation of Corporations | 305 |
| Inquisition in all the Public Departments | 308 |
| Dismission of Sawyer | 310 |
| Williams Solicitor General | 311 |
| Second Declaration of Indulgence; The Clergy ordered to read it | 312 |
| They hesitate; Patriotism of the Protestant Nonconformists of London | 314 |
| Consultation of the London Clergy | 315 |
| Consultation at Lambeth Palace | 317 |
| Petition of the Seven Bishops presented to the King | 318 |
| The London Clergy disobey the Royal Order | 321 |
| Hesitation of the Government | 322 |
| It is determined to prosecute the Bishops for a Libel | 324 |
| They are examined by the Privy Council | 325 |
| They are committed to the Tower | 326 |
| Birth of the Pretender; He is generally believed to be supposititious | 328 |
| The Bishops brought before the King's Bench and bailed | 332 |
| Agitation of the Public Mind | 335 |
| Uneasiness of Sunderland | 336 |
| He professes himself a Roman Catholic | 337 |
| Trial of the Bishops | 338 |
| The Verdict; Joy of the People | 348 |
| Peculiar State of Public Feeling at this time | 353 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Change in the Opinion of the Tories concerning the Lawfulness of Resistance | 357 |
| Russell proposes to the Prince of Orange a descent on England; Henry Sidney | 365 |
| Devonshire | 366 |
| Shrewsbury; Halifax; Danby | 367 |
| Bishop Compton | 368 |
| Nottingham; Lumley | 369 |
| Invitation to William despatched | 370 |
| Conduct of Mary | 371 |
