fore their Majeſties. He quoted the Authority of the Rabbis, and ſome Paſſages from St. Bonaventure, to prove that the Œdipus of Sophocles was the Work of the evil Spirit; that Terence was excommunicated ipſo facto; and added, that doubtleſs Brutus, who was a very ſevere Janſeniſt, aſſaſſinated Julius Cæſar, for no other Reaſon, but becauſe he, who was Pontifex Maximus, preſum'd to write a Tragedy the Subject of which was Œdipus. Laſtly, he declar'd that all who frequented the Theatre were excommunicated, as they thereby renounc'd their Baptiſm. This was calling the higheſt Inſult on the King and all the Royal Family; and as the Engliſh lov'd their Prince at that Time, they cou'd not bear to hear a Writer talk of excommunicating him, tho' they themſelves afterwards cut his Head off. Prynne was ſummon'd to appear before the Star-Chamber; his wonderful Book, from which Father Le Brun ſtole his, was ſentenc'd to be burnt by the common Hangman, and himſelf to loſe his
