THE SUBSIDY [jTH MARCH
cheaper than they could for themselves, they will never give
them work to do This engrossing of so many trades into
their hands beggareth many that usually live by trade He
thought it inconvenient to have men's lands surveyed because
many are now esteemed richer than they are, and if their land
and goods were surveyed they would be found beggars , and
so their credit, which is now then wealth, would be bound
nothing But he agreed to three subsidies, for the longer we
defer aid, the less shall we be able to yield aid, and in the end the
greater aid will be required of us
Sir Francis Drake described the King of Spain's strength and
cruelty where he came, and wished a frank aid to be yielded to
withstand him , and he agreed to three subsidies
In the afternoon the House considered of the subsidies m
committee and after long debate it was agreed for three sub-
sidies payable in four years
ytb March BARROWISTS ARRESTED.
Many of the sect called Barrowists have been taken at one of
their meetings at Islington One, Daniel Buck, a scrivener,
was to-day examined before Justice Young Concerning the
bishops he thinketh that they have no spiritual authority over
the rest of the Church Being demanded who was their
pastor, he said one Mr Francis Johnson , and about six months
since this Johnson delivered the sacrament of baptism to seven
persons, but they had neither godfathers nor godmothers
He took water and washed the faces of them that were baptised,
saying only in the administration of the sacrament, * I do
baptise thee in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost,' without using any other ceremony therein, as is
usually observed according to the Book of Common Prayer.
Being further demanded the manner of the Lord's Supper
administered among them, he saith that five white loaves or
more were set upon the table The pastor did then break the
bread, and delivered it to some of them, and the deacons
delivered to the rest, some of the congregation sitting and some
standing about the table And the pastor delivered the cup
unto one, and he to another, till all had drunken, using the words
at the delivery thereof as it is set down in the eleventh of the
Corinthians, the 24th verse