Note 493 — Chapter XVII
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Neal, iii. 176. Laud says, under date January 22, 1643-4:—"This day the Thames was so full of ice that I could not go by water. It was frost and snow, and a most bitter day. I went, therefore, with the Lieutenant in his coach, and twelve wardens, with halberts, went all along the streets." "So from the Tower-gate to Westminster I was sufficiently railed on and reviled all the way. God, of his mercy, forgive the misguided people! My answer being put in, I was for that time dismissed; and the tide serving me, I made a hard shift to return by water."—Works, iv. 45.