Note 507 — Chapter XVII
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See Bruce's Account of Laud's Berkshire Benefactions.
Mr. Bruce, who has had ample means of judging of Laud's character, observes:—"A winking at a little finesse designed to accomplish some end, supposed to be for the good of the Church, is all that may be brought home to him—his hands were never defiled by the touch of a bribe."—Calendar of State Papers, Dom., 1635. Preface.