he was bound to keep them: which he eaſily obtained, not only for himſelf, but for all that had taken it, whereby all thoſe whom he could any way corrupt, were free to be of his party.
The next year the King kept his Chriſtmas at the Tower with the Queen; and being, by the inſtigation and wicked counſel of ſome about him rendered, wholly averſe to the covenant which he had made with his parliament, he contrived how to publiſh his averſion and indignation againſt it. In order to which, he kept his reſidence in the Tower, “And having broken open the locks to come at the treaſure which was depoſited there ab antiquo[1]” [which I ſuppoſe was ſome antient heirlome or public ſtock of the kingdom, kept there as a reſerve againſt ſome great exigency; for it is plain he had not the keys of it] “he brought it out to ſpend.” After this, he hires workmen to repair and for-
- ↑ Vid. artic 24. in depoſitione R. 2. Theſaurum, coronas, reliquias, & alia jocalia videlicet bona regni, quæ ab antiquo dimiſſa fuerant in archivis regni, pro honere regis & conſervatione regni ſui in omnem eventum, abſtulit, &c. rotulos recordorum, ſtatum & gubernationem regni ſui tangentium deleri & abradi fecit, &c. there went, Habent enim ex antiquo ſtatuto, &c. Decem. Scrip. 2752.
