ABSTRACT
Hugh Clarke was altogether a fiery spirit; naturally he fell out with his bishop, who for a time had him lodged in gaol, and one of his parishioners was sufficiently incensed with his proceedings to waylay him with murderous intent. Clarke discoursed with such eloquence “of his disordered life” to his would-be assailant that he repented and went. Among the zealous Puritans who arose in the latter part of Queen Elizabeth’s reign none showed greater zeal than a certain Clarke. His son, Samuel Clarke, as is sufficiently obvious, a man of like character and leanings to his parent. Samuel Clarke was ejected for refusing to comply with the Act of Uniformity, and occupied the remainder of his life in writing, chiefly biographies of persons of religious note. Included in these biographies, besides that of his father, was also one of his wife, Katherine.
