Protestantism in Scotland - James Aitken Wylie

forms of prayer taken from the Mass-book and
Roman Pontifical; "as if he wished," says one, "to
try how much of a Papist might be brought in
without Popery." There were some who said that
the archbishop was at no great pains to make any
wide distinction between the two; and if distinction
there was, it was so very small that they were
unable to see it at Rome; for, as Laud himself tells
us in his Diary, the Pope twice over made him the
offer of a red hat.
It added to the confusion in men's minds to find
that, while the Protestants were severely handled in
the Star Chamber and High Commission Court,
Papists were treated with the utmost tenderness.
While the former were being fined and imprisoned,
favors and caresses were showered on the latter. It
was forbidden to write against Popery. The
Protestant press was gagged. Fox's Book of
Martyrs could not appear; the noble defenses of
Jewell and Willet were refused license; Mr.
Gillabrand, professor of mathematics in Gresham
College, was prosecuted for inserting in his
Almanack the names of the Protestant martyrs out
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