Thirty-five temporal peers of the realm were counted in the crowd.

[394] All the four judges of the Court were on the bench.

Wright, who presided, had been raised to his high place over the heads of many abler and more learned men solely on account of his unscrupulous servility.
Allybone was a Papist, and owed his situation to that dispensing power, the legality of which was now in question.

Holloway had hitherto been a serviceable tool of the government.

Even Powell, whose character for honesty stood high, had borne a part in some proceedings which it is impossible to defend.