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In it he covenanted
to pay him regularly half the profits of his canonry as long as he
enjoyed it, and to diminish a sense of obligation, he required the
Doctor to return him another bond, subjecting himself to a similar
division, in case a change of times should cause another revolution of
incumbents. The delicacy of this proceeding, at a time so peculiarly
unfavourable to the hopes of Loyalists, tended much to assist the
Doctor's endeavours of making his family charitably disposed, and even
Mrs. Mellicent went so far as to lament that Barton was not a churchman.

[1] Such was the case of Dr. Morley, Bishop of Winchester, who
was accidentally met and relieved by Sir Christopher Yelverton,
and for many years sheltered in his mansion.
[2] This was true of the family of Wren, Bishop of Hereford,
besides many others. He was imprisoned eighteen years, refusing
to accept any favour from the Usurper. He lived to the Restoration.
[3] This description is taken from the Spectator, No.


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