Excerpt from Tercentenary of New England Families, 1620-1920: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation The death of the Black Prince, who had been his supporter, threw the reformer more upon the protection of the people, the native clergy and Parliament. Though his defense did not fail him, his natural timidity gave indication that he was not as confident of his reform movement. His translation of the Bible was sustained by the House of Commons; the University of Oxford approved of his refusal to appear before the primate on the charge of heresy. The House of Commons refused to acquiesce in the bill passed by the lords against heretics. A yet more significant step was that the King revoked the license granted the bishops for the same purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.