were extended to him, his whole life should be passed in evincing
his gratitude for such goodness. The Whigs were furious at his
pusillanimity, and loudly declared him to be far more deserving
of blame than Grey, who, even in turning King's evidence, had
preserved a certain decorum. Hampden's life was spared; but his
family paid several thousand pounds to the Chancellor. Some
courtiers of less note succeeded in extorting smaller sums. The
unhappy man had spirit enough to feel keenly the degradation to
which he had stooped. He survived the day of his ignominy several
years. He lived to see his party triumphant, to be once more an
important member of it, to rise high in the state, and to make
his persecutors tremble in their turn. But his prosperity was
embittered by one insupportable recollection. He never regained
his cheerfulness, and at length died by his own hand.39

That Delamere, if he had needed the royal mercy, would have found
it is not very probable. It is certain that every advantage which
the letter of the law gave to the government was used against him
without scruple or shame. He was in a different situation from
that in which Stamford stood. The indictment against Stamford had
been removed into the House of Lords during the session of
Parliament, and therefore could not be prosecuted till the
Parliament should reassemble. All the peers would then have
voices, and would be judges as well of law as of fact. But the
bill against Delamere was not found till after the prorogation.40
He was therefore within the jurisdiction of the Court of the Lord High Steward.
This court, to which belongs, during a recess of
Parliament, the cognizance of treasons and felonies committed by
temporal peers, was then so constituted that no prisoner charged
with a political offence could expect an impartial trial. The