. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order. nocent. He was, however, treatedVrith great severity, and all his-applications, aswell for a public trial, as for a more easy confine-ment, were rejected. At length his sisters, whoexerted themselves with great zeal and affectionin his behalf, moved for a habeas corpus, whichwas at first refused; and when it could nolonger be resisted, itseflicacy was most illegallyand tyrannically eluded, by conveying him awayin the
. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order. nocent. He was, however, treatedVrith great severity, and all his-applications, aswell for a public trial, as for a more easy confine-ment, were rejected. At length his sisters, whoexerted themselves with great zeal and affectionin his behalf, moved for a habeas corpus, whichwas at first refused; and when it could nolonger be resisted, itseflicacy was most illegallyand tyrannically eluded, by conveying him awayin the night, by sea, to St. Nicholass island,near Plymouth. The confinement in thatwretched place soon injured his health, and hewas suffered to be removed to the fort at Ply-mouth. Ihere, cither from the hardships hehad undergone, or from improper medical treat-ment, his faculties became deranged. His re-lations now obtained a warrant lor his releasefrom the king, and he was brought to London,where he recovered in some measure from hisbodily debility, but rcinaiiied subject to singu-lar mental deviations. While in this state, hewas y.(»f\fl^i as a husband by a lady of family,. Inliiis dcaJpLCluTe onely doLK ^ fole heirc, to Country dearc,ifhisfoulesportra-itlwercit wouldihectdLThat here ^reaLATts, vcrLuesandp[racecli(i -J well Sufs HAH ( 59 ) H A R celebrated for her wit, whom, in the bloom of heryouth, he had addressed without effect. Thoughhe found cause to suspect that her present com-pliance was from interested motives, and a dif-ference ensued soon after , he wasafterwards reconciled to her, and behaved in agenerous and respectful manner to her duringthe remainder of his life. He died from a pa-ralytic seizure in 1677, and was buried in claurch, Westminster. Harringtonwas a man of extensive knowledge and consi-derable abilities ; but his numerous writings aremore valuable for the depth of their matterthan their styl
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