History of England Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of England Vol. 5<br><br>Indicated the hope of a speedy deliverance and of a terrible revenge. Simon Luttrell to whom the care of the capital was intrusted hastened to take such precautions as fear and hatred dictated. A proclama tion appeared enjoining all Protestants to remain in their houses from nightfall to dawn and prohibiting them on pain of death from assembling in any place or for any purpose to the number of more than five. No indulgence was granted even to those divines of the Established Church who had never ceased to teach the doctrine of non-resistance. Doctor William King who had after long holding out lately begun to waver in his political creed was committed to custody. There was no jail large enough to hold one-half of those whom the governor suspected of ''evil designs. The College and several parish churches were used as prisons; and into those buildings men accused of no crime but their religion were crowded in such numbers that they could hardly breathe.''<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.