th desperate charcoal round his darken'd walls?"

We have also a catalogue of printed books written by Wm.
Prynne, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq., in these classes--

Before }
During } his imprisonment, with the motto _Jucundi acti
labores_. 1643.
Since }

[104] The interesting particulars of this interview have been
preserved by the Archbishop himself--and it is curious to
observe how Laud could now utter the same tones of murmur and
grief to which Prynne himself had recently given way. Studied
insult in these cases accompanies power in the hands of a
faction. I collect these particulars from "The History of the
Troubles and Tryal of Archbishop Laud," and refer to Vicars's
"God in the Mount, or a Parliamentarie Chronicle," p. 344, for
the Puritanic triumphs.

"My implacable enemy, Mr. Pryn, was picked out as a man
whose malice might be trusted to make the search upon me, and
he did it exactly. The manner of the search upon me was
thus: Mr. Pryn came into the Tower so soon as the gates
were open--commanded the Warder to open my door--he came into
my chamber, and found me in bed--Mr. Pryn seeing me safe
in bed, falls first to my pockets to rifle them--it was
expressed in the warrant that he should search my pockets.
Did they remember, when they gave this warrant, how odious it
was to Parliaments, and some of themselves, to have the
pockets of men searched? I rose, got my gown upon my
shoulders, and he held me in the search till past nine in the
morning (he had come in betimes in the morning in the month
of May). He took from me twenty-one bundles of papers which
I had prepared for my defence, &c., a little book or diary,
containing all the occurrences of my life, and my book of
private devotions; both written with my own hand. Nor could
I get him to leave this last; he must needs see what passed
between God and me. The last place he rifled was a trunk
which stood by my bedside; in that he found nothing but about
forty pounds in money, for my necessary expenses, which he
meddled not with, and a bundle of some gloves. This bundle he
was so careful to open, as that he caused each glove to be
looked into; up