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         Wood, Thomas, 1661-1722.
      
       
         
           1693
        
      
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             A vindication of the historiographer of the University of Oxford, and his works from the reproaches of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, in his letter to the Lord Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield, concerning a book lately published, called, A specimen of some errors and defects in the history of the reformation of the Church of England, by Anthony Hurmer, written by E.D. ; to which is added the historiographer's answer to certain animadversions made in the before-mention'd History of the Reformation, to that part of Histroia & antiquitates Universitatis Oxon, which treats of the divorce of Queen Catherine from King Henry the Eighth.
             Wood, Thomas, 1661-1722.
             E. D.
          
           [2], 5-30 p.
           
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             London :
             1693.
          
           
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             Anthony Harmer is a pseudonym for Henry Wharton.
             Attributed to Thomas Wood. cf. NUC pre-1956.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695. -- History and antiquities of the University of Oxford.
           Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695. -- Athenae Oxoniensis.
           Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. -- History of the reformation of the Church of England.
           Wharton, Henry, 1664-1695. -- Specimen of some errors and defects in The history of the reformation of the Church of England.
           University of Oxford.
           Church of England -- History.
        
      
    
     
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             814
             WOOD
             (
             Anthony
             à
             )
             :
             D.
             (
             E.
             )
             A
             VINDICATION
             OF
             THE
             HISTORIOGRAPHER
             OF
             THE
             UNIVERSITY
             OF
             OXFORD
             ,
             and
             his
             Works
             ,
             from
             the
             Reproaches
             of
             the
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Salisbury
             in
             his
             Letter
             to
             the
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Coventry
             and
             Litchfield
             ,
             concerning
             a
             Book
             lately
             Published
             ,
             called
             ,
             A
             Specimen
             of
             some
             Errors
             and
             Defects
             in
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             by
             Anthony
             Hurmer
             .
             To
             which
             is
             added
             the
             Historiographers
             Answer
             to
             certain
             Animadvertions
             made
             in
             the
             before-mention'd
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
             to
             that
             part
             of
             Historia
             et
             Antiquitates
             Universitatis
             Oxon
             ,
             which
             treats
             of
             the
             Divorce
             of
             Queen
             Catherine
             from
             King
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
             .
             Sm.
             4to
             ,
             30
             pp.
             ,
             cobb
             boards
             ,
             FINE
             COPY
             ,
             RARE
             .
             £4
             10
             0
             Randal
             Taylor
             :
             London
             1693
          
        
         
           
             ⁂
             This
             rare
             tract
             is
             an
             answer
             to
             one
             of
             the
             many
             attacks
             on
             Anthony
             à
             Wood
             ▪
             the
             famous
             author
             of
             the
             Athenae
             Oxoniensis
             .
             His
             works
             are
             fully
             described
             and
             many
             of
             his
             statements
             justified
             by
             reference
             to
             the
             original
             authorities
             .
             It
             was
             probably
             written
             by
             Thomas
             Wood
             ,
             his
             nephew
             ,
             the
             lawyer
             ,
             who
             appeared
             for
             him
             in
             his
             suit
             against
             Lord
             Clarendon
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           Historiographer
           OF
           THE
           UNIVERSITY
           of
           OXFORD
           ,
           AND
           HIS
           WORKS
           ,
           FROM
           The
           Reproaches
           of
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Salisbury
           ,
           in
           his
           LETTER
           to
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Coventry
           and
           Litchfield
           ,
           concerning
           a
           Book
           lately
           Published
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             A
             Specimen
             of
             some
             Errors
             and
             Defects
             in
          
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           by
           
             Anthony
             Hurmer
          
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           
             E.
             D.
          
           
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           the
           
           Historiographer's
           Answer
           to
           certain
           Animadversions
           made
           in
           the
           before-mention'd
           
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
          
           ,
           to
           that
           part
           of
           
             Historia
             &
             Antiquitates
             Vniversitatis
          
           Oxon
           ,
           which
           Treats
           of
           the
           Divorce
           of
           Queen
           Catherine
           from
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Randal
             Taylor
          
           ,
           MDCXCIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           Historiographer
           OF
           The
           University
           of
           OXFORD
           ,
           And
           his
           Works
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THE
           Prefacer
           to
           the
           First
           Volume
           of
           
             Athenae
             Oxonienses
          
           ,
           (
           now
           an
           Eminent
           Proficient
           in
           the
           Common
           Law
           ,
           )
           saith
           ,
           First
           ,
           
             It
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Work
             hath
             through
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             his
             Life
             declined
             the
             pursuit
             of
             any
             private
             interest
             ,
             or
             advantage
             ,
             and
             hath
             only
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Abilities
             ,
             endeavoured
             to
             promote
             the
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             of
             that
             Nation
             wherein
             he
             had
             been
             Born
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             
             of
             that
             University
             wherein
             he
             was
             Educated
             .
             His
             Early
             Application
             ,
             or
             as
             some
             call
             it
             ,
             his
             Natural
             Propensity
             to
             Histories
             and
             Antiquities
             ,
             made
             him
             more
             fit
             to
             serve
             his
             Country
             in
             that
             ,
             than
             in
             any
             other
             Study
             ;
             and
             that
             part
             of
             Antiquity
             which
             was
             most
             useful
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             which
             yet
             lay
             most
             neglected
             ,
             became
             the
             immediate
             object
             of
             his
             Care
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             not
             only
             deserved
             ,
             but
             required
             and
             wanted
             the
             greatest
             Industry
             .
          
        
         
           The
           First
           product
           of
           his
           Labours
           and
           generous
           Studies
           was
           ,
           
             The
             History
             and
             Antiquities
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
          
           Oxford
           ,
           which
           being
           by
           him
           wrote
           in
           English
           in
           his
           Juvenile
           Years
           ,
           it
           pleased
           the
           Chief
           Heads
           of
           the
           said
           University
           to
           have
           it
           put
           into
           Latin
           ,
           that
           the
           Learned
           World
           might
           know
           and
           be
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Antiquity
           ,
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           thereof
           :
           Which
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           done
           by
           a
           Scribler
           ,
           or
           
             poor
             Writer
          
           ,
           as
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Salisbury
           is
           pleased
           to
           Characterize
           the
           Author
           in
           his
           Letter
           ,
           p.
           9.
           they
           would
           not
           in
           the
           least
           have
           taken
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           nor
           would
           a
           certain
           *
           Writer
           of
           Note
           have
           stiled
           it
           Four
           Years
           before
           it
           was
           Published
           ,
           
             Liber
             aureolus
             plurimo
             labore
             nec
             minori
             judicio
             confignatus
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           It
           was
           a
           Book
           of
           Eight
           Years
           
           Labour
           ,
           and
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           Extracted
           from
           the
           very
           Bowels
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           as
           the
           many
           Quotations
           from
           Records
           and
           Manuscripts
           in
           every
           Page
           thereof
           do
           shew
           .
           It
           hath
           afforded
           matter
           for
           many
           Eminent
           Writers
           ,
           whether
           Domestick
           ,
           or
           Foreign
           ,
           who
           have
           made
           Honourable
           mention
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           its
           Author
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           are
           Bookish
           Men
           (
           who
           have
           frequently
           stiled
           it
           ,
           
             A
             Choice
             Treasure
             of
             Antiquities
             ,
             )
          
           do
           know
           very
           well
           .
        
         
           After
           it
           was
           finished
           ,
           the
           Curators
           of
           the
           Sheldonian
           Press
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Sir
           
             Leoline
             Jenkins
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Joseph
             Williamson
          
           ,
           Dr.
           
             John
             Fell
          
           ,
           (
           afterwards
           Bishop
           of
           
             Oxon
             ,
          
           )
           and
           Dr.
           
             Tomas
             Yate
          
           ,
           did
           Dedicate
           it
           to
           His
           Majesty
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           to
           whom
           being
           presented
           at
           Windsor
           in
           July
           ,
           1674
           ,
           by
           Dr.
           
             Richard
             Allestry
          
           Provost
           of
           Eaton
           College
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           was
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           accept
           of
           it
           ,
           turn
           over
           several
           parts
           thereof
           ,
           and
           hold
           some
           Conference
           about
           it
           with
           that
           Learned
           Doctor
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           was
           by
           his
           Letters
           informed
           .
           Soon
           after
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           agreed
           ,
           that
           as
           many
           Copies
           that
           Cost
           Eighty
           Pounds
           should
           be
           presented
           to
           the
           great
           Persons
           of
           the
           Royal
           Court
           ,
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Law.
           And
           afterwards
           it
           was
           presented
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           said
           University
           ,
           (
           1.
           )
           To
           the
           most
           illustrious
           Prince
           
             John
             William
          
           Prince
           of
           Neoburg
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Entertained
           by
           the
           Members
           thereof
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           June
           ,
           1675.
           
           See
           in
           the
           Fasti
           
           of
           the
           Second
           Volume
           of
           
             Athenae
             Oxon.
          
           p.
           871.
           
           (
           2.
           )
           To
           the
           most
           illustrious
           Prince
           
             Cosmo
             de
             Medicis
          
           ,
           the
           great
           Duke
           of
           Tuscany
           ;
           to
           whom
           the
           said
           
             Hist
             .
             &
             Antiq.
          
           was
           sent
           by
           the
           Decree
           of
           the
           Venerable
           Convocation
           of
           the
           Doctors
           and
           Masters
           ,
           held
           on
           the
           Seventh
           of
           October
           ,
           1675
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           a
           Latin
           Letter
           Pen'd
           by
           the
           Publick
           Orator
           ,
           wherein
           a
           Just
           and
           Laudable
           Character
           was
           given
           of
           the
           said
           Book
           ,
           as
           it
           appears
           in
           the
           Register
           of
           the
           Acts
           of
           that
           Convocation
           .
           The
           said
           Duke
           had
           been
           entertained
           by
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           see
           it
           ,
           and
           its
           Glories
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           May
           ,
           1669.
           
           (
           3.
           )
           To
           
             Charles
             Maurice
             le
             Tellier
          
           Archbishop
           and
           Duke
           of
           Rheimes
           ,
           when
           he
           and
           other
           French
           Nobility
           visited
           the
           University
           .
           It
           was
           presented
           by
           the
           Hands
           of
           Doctor
           Fell
           Bishop
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           the
           8th
           of
           May
           ,
           1677.
           
           (
           4.
           )
           To
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           James
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Entertained
           by
           the
           University
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           May
           ,
           1683.
           
           See
           in
           the
           said
           Fasti
           ,
           p.
           893
           ,
           &c.
           
           To
           omit
           others
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           forgotten
           the
           most
           Illustrious
           and
           Excellent
           Ld.
           
             Peter
             Sparr
             Fzee
          
           ,
           Baron
           of
           Croneberg
           ,
           &c.
           
           General
           of
           the
           Army
           of
           Foot
           belonging
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Sweedland
           ,
           and
           Extraordinary
           Embassador
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           from
           the
           said
           King
           of
           Sweedland
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           Copy
           presented
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Heads
           ,
           tho'
           not
           quite
           finished
           at
           the
           Press
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Entertained
           in
           Oxon
           ,
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           June
           ,
           1674.
           
        
         
         
           These
           Memoirs
           are
           purposely
           set
           down
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           might
           understand
           what
           value
           the
           chief
           Members
           of
           the
           most
           Famous
           University
           of
           Oxon
           had
           for
           that
           Book
           ,
           which
           they
           deemed
           a
           fit
           Present
           for
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           other
           great
           Persons
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           see
           that
           the
           Author
           thereof
           was
           not
           a
           
             poor
             Writer
          
           ,
           or
           Scribler
           ,
           or
           one
           
             who
             had
             no
             Reputation
             of
             lose
             ,
          
           as
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Salisbury
           in
           his
           Letter
           before
           mention'd
           tells
           you
           ,
           p.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
        
         
           The
           said
           Book
           ,
           wherein
           is
           maintained
           ,
           by
           several
           valid
           Arguments
           ,
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           against
           that
           of
           Cambridg
           ,
           remains
           as
           yet
           unanswer'd
           :
           Nor
           is
           any
           part
           of
           it
           Animadverted
           upon
           ,
           but
           a
           Minute
           part
           ,
           by
           Doctor
           
             Gilbert
             Burnet
          
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           
             The
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           Printed
           at
           London
           ,
           1679
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           p.
           85
           ,
           86.
           the
           Author
           speaking
           of
           the
           Divorce
           of
           Queen
           Catherine
           from
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           makes
           these
           Animadversions
           following
           on
           the
           said
           part
           in
           
             Hist
             .
             &
             Antiq.
             Vniv
             .
             Oxon.
          
           lib
           1.
           p.
           256.
           a.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Collector
             of
             the
             Antiquities
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             informs
             us
             of
             the
             uneasiness
             of
             this
             matter
             ,
             
               (
               the
               Divorce
               ,
            
             )
             and
             of
             the
             several
             Messages
             the
             King
             sent
             before
             that
             Instrument
             ,
             
               (
               meaning
               the
               Act
               ,
               or
               Decree
               of
               the
               Vniversity
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               Divorce
               ,
               )
            
             could
             be
             procured
             .
             So
             that
             from
             the
             12th
             of
             February
             ,
             to
             the
             8th
             of
             
             April
             ,
             the
             matter
             was
             in
             Agitation
             ,
             the
             Masters
             of
             Arts
             generally
             opposing
             it
             ,
             tho'
             the
             Doctors
             and
             Heads
             were
             (
             for
             the
             greatest
             part
             )
             for
             it
             .
             But
             after
             he
             has
             set
             down
             the
             Instrument
             ,
             he
             gives
             some
             Reasons
             (
             upon
             what
             design
             I
             cannot
             easily
             imagine
             )
             to
             shew
             that
             this
             was
             extorted
             by
             force
             ;
             and
             being
             done
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             Masters
             of
             Arts
             ,
             was
             of
             its
             self
             void
             and
             of
             no
             force
             .
             And
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             an
             ill
             thing
             ,
             he
             takes
             pains
             to
             purge
             the
             University
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             lay
             it
             upon
             the
             Fears
             and
             Corruptions
             of
             some
             Aspiring
             Men
             of
             the
             University
             :
             And
             without
             any
             proof
             gives
             Credit
             to
             a
             Lying
             Story
             set
             down
             by
             Sanders
             ,
             of
             an
             Assembly
             called
             by
             Night
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Seal
             of
             the
             University
             was
             set
             to
             the
             Determination
             ;
             but
             it
             appears
             that
             he
             had
             never
             seen
             ,
             or
             considered
             the
             other
             Instrument
             to
             which
             the
             University
             set
             their
             Seal
             ,
             that
             was
             agreed
             on
             in
             Convocation
             of
             all
             the
             Doctors
             and
             Masters
             ,
             as
             well
             Regents
             as
             Non-Regents
             ;
             giving
             power
             to
             these
             Doctors
             and
             Bachelors
             of
             Divinity
             to
             determine
             the
             matter
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             the
             Seal
             of
             the
             University
             to
             their
             conclusion
             .
             The
             Original
             whereof
             the
             Lord
             Herbert
             saw
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             Persons
             so
             deputed
             had
             full
             Authority
             to
             set
             the
             University's
             Seal
             to
             that
             conclusion
             ;
             perhaps
             that
             Instrument
             was
             not
             so
             carefully
             preserved
             among
             their
             Records
             ,
             or
             was
             in
             Queen
             
             Mary's
             Days
             taken
             away
             ,
             which
             might
             occasion
             these
             Mistakes
             in
             their
             Historian
             .
          
           
           
             There
             seems
             also
             another
             Mistake
             in
             the
             Relation
             he
             gives
             ,
             for
             he
             says
             ,
             those
             of
             Paris
             had
             determined
             in
             this
             matter
             before
             it
             was
             agreed
             to
             at
             Oxon.
             The
             Printed
             Decision
             of
             the
             Sorbone
             contradicts
             this
             ,
             for
             it
             bears
             Date
             the
             Second
             of
             July
             ,
             whereas
             this
             was
             done
             the
             Ninth
             of
             April
             ,
             1530
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Church
           Historian
           ,
           soon
           after
           the
           Author
           ,
           or
           Collector
           of
           
             the
             Antiquities
             of
          
           Oxford
           ,
           Examining
           the
           said
           Animadversions
           on
           that
           little
           part
           of
           his
           Book
           before
           mention'd
           ,
           he
           divided
           them
           into
           several
           pieces
           ,
           and
           made
           Answer
           to
           each
           ,
           but
           were
           not
           then
           Printed
           .
           The
           Contents
           of
           which
           ,
           and
           the
           Answers
           follow
           .
        
         
           —
           But
           after
           he
           hath
           set
           down
           the
           Instrument
           ,
           he
           gives
           some
           Reasons
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Two
           first
           Reasons
           (
           if
           they
           may
           be
           so
           called
           )
           were
           put
           in
           by
           another
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           were
           taken
           by
           the
           Author
           from
           these
           Three
           Books
           following
           ,
           viz.
           (
           1.
           )
           From
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             Marriage
          
           ,
           &c.
           written
           by
           Doctor
           
             Nicholas
             Harpesfield
          
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Folio
           Manuscript
           ,
           written
           either
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Queen
           MARY
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Queen
           ELIZABETH
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           by
           him
           quoted
           in
           the
           place
           excepted
           against
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           From
           
             The
             Life
             of
             Queen
          
           Catherine
           ,
           written
           by
           
             William
             Forest
          
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           and
           Dedicated
           to
           Her.
           'T
           is
           also
           a
           Manuscript
           ,
           and
           written
           in
           a
           fair
           Character
           on
           
           Parchment
           .
           (
           3.
           )
           From
           
             An
             Apology
             for
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Vniversity
             of
          
           Oxon
           
             against
             King
          
           Henry
           
             the
             Eighth
          
           ,
           &c.
           written
           by
           a
           Master
           of
           Arts
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           Manuscript
           also
           ,
           and
           hath
           all
           the
           Kings
           Letters
           therein
           ,
           written
           to
           the
           University
           about
           the
           Question
           of
           Marriage
           and
           Divorce
           ,
           with
           several
           passages
           relating
           to
           Convocations
           and
           Congregations
           ,
           concerning
           the
           said
           Question
           .
        
         
           So
           now
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           frame
           ,
           or
           give
           those
           Reasons
           from
           his
           own
           Invention
           ,
           but
           from
           Authors
           of
           Credit
           in
           the
           time
           they
           Lived
           .
        
         
           —
           (
           Vpon
           what
           design
           I
           cannot
           easily
           imagin
           .
           )
        
         
           There
           was
           no
           design
           at
           all
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           but
           only
           for
           Truth
           's
           sake
           ,
           which
           very
           few
           in
           these
           Days
           will
           deliver
           .
        
         
           —
           And
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           an
           ill
           thing
           ,
           he
           takes
           pains
           to
           purge
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           it
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           very
           ill
           thing
           (
           as
           he
           thought
           )
           for
           a
           King
           by
           his
           Letters
           to
           frighten
           Persons
           out
           of
           their
           Consciences
           and
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           to
           force
           them
           (
           as
           't
           were
           )
           to
           say
           and
           do
           what
           must
           please
           him
           :
           But
           forasmuch
           as
           the
           Masters
           would
           not
           be
           frightned
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           were
           laid
           aside
           ▪
           and
           the
           matter
           discussed
           and
           determined
           by
           a
           few
           Old
           Doctors
           ,
           and
           Bachelors
           
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           who
           would
           act
           and
           say
           any
           thing
           to
           please
           the
           King
           ,
           lest
           danger
           should
           follow
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           commended
           for
           keeping
           their
           Consciences
           sound
           ,
           and
           standing
           up
           for
           that
           which
           they
           thought
           was
           Equity
           .
        
         
           —
           And
           without
           any
           Proof
           gives
           Credit
           to
           a
           Lying
           Story
           set
           down
           by
           Sanders
           ,
           of
           an
           Assembly
           called
           by
           Night
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Sanders
           is
           not
           his
           Author
           ,
           for
           he
           says
           no
           such
           thing
           in
           his
           Book
           
             De
             Schismate
          
           ,
           of
           an
           Assembly
           called
           by
           Night
           .
           His
           Author
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           the
           Apology
           before-mention'd
           ,
           which
           adds
           ,
           
             That
             when
             a
             Regent
             of
          
           Balliol-College
           (
           whom
           the
           Scholars
           called
           King
           
             Henry
             )
             heard
             that
             the
             Commissary
          
           (
           or
           Vice-Chancellour
           )
           
             and
             his
             Company
             were
             going
             to
             dispatch
             this
             Night-work
             ,
             denied
             the
             Seal
             with
             his
             Breeches
             about
             his
             Shoulders
             for
             want
             of
             a
             Hood
             .
          
           See
           in
           
             Hist
             .
             &
             Antiq.
             Vniv
          
           .
           Oxon.
           lib.
           1.
           
             p.
             256.
             a.
          
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           the
           Meeting
           was
           unseasonable
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Actions
           Clancular
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           protested
           against
           by
           ,
           and
           done
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Regents
           .
           And
           as
           for
           Sanders
           ,
           tho'
           he
           cannot
           defend
           him
           ,
           yet
           many
           things
           in
           his
           Book
           
             De
             Schismate
          
           ,
           especially
           those
           relating
           to
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           he
           finds
           ,
           from
           other
           places
           ,
           to
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           —
           But
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           never
           seen
           and
           considered
           the
           other
           Instrument
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Vniversity
           set
           their
           Seal
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           The
           grand
           Collection
           ,
           or
           Farrago
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Master
          
           ,
           of
           New-College
           ,
           drew
           up
           by
           the
           Lord
           
           Herbert's
           appointment
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           write
           the
           
             Life
             of
             King
          
           Henry
           
             the
             Eighth
          
           ,
           he
           had
           seen
           and
           perused
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           with
           all
           his
           diligence
           find
           that
           Instrument
           ,
           Act
           ,
           or
           Decree
           of
           Convocation
           ,
           neither
           in
           the
           Three
           great
           
           Folio's
           written
           by
           another
           Hand
           ,
           containing
           Materials
           at
           large
           for
           the
           writing
           the
           said
           Life
           ,
           neither
           in
           any
           of
           the
           Registers
           ,
           Records
           ,
           or
           Papers
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           University
           :
           So
           that
           for
           those
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           because
           that
           the
           Lord
           Herbert
           says
           ,
           that
           
             it
             was
             blurred
             ,
             and
             not
             intended
             for
             the
             King
             ,
          
           and
           that
           also
           it
           was
           not
           under
           Seal
           (
           you
           say
           't
           was
           )
           neither
           passed
           in
           the
           Majority
           of
           Votes
           ,
           therefore
           did
           he
           omit
           it
           ,
           as
           not
           Authentick
           .
           Truly
           he
           had
           good
           ground
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           only
           drawn
           up
           ,
           and
           not
           proposed
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           had
           been
           proposed
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           Registred
           ,
           there
           being
           nothing
           proposed
           either
           in
           Convocation
           ,
           or
           Congregation
           ,
           but
           is
           Registred
           ,
           whether
           denied
           or
           not
           :
           And
           the
           Register
           of
           that
           time
           is
           most
           exactly
           kept
           ,
           and
           nothing
           ,
           as
           he
           could
           perceive
           ,
           hath
           been
           tore
           out
           .
        
         
           —
           There
           seems
           to
           be
           another
           Mistake
           in
           the
           Relation
           he
           gives
           ,
           for
           he
           says
           ,
           those
           of
           Paris
           had
           determined
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           He
           says
           it
           not
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           said
           by
           
             M.
             Warham
          
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           then
           Chancellour
           of
           
           the
           University
           ,
           in
           his
           Letters
           thereunto
           ,
           
             To
             make
             what
             Expedition
             they
             could
             to
             give
             in
             their
             Answer
             to
             the
             King's
             Question
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
          
           Paris
           and
           Cambridge
           
             had
             done
             it
             already
          
           .
           For
           this
           matter
           he
           Quotes
           the
           Book
           of
           Epistles
           sent
           from
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Manuscript
           in
           the
           Archieves
           of
           
           Bodley's
           Library
           ,
           Epist
           .
           197.
           
           Yet
           he
           believes
           the
           Archbishop
           said
           those
           things
           to
           hasten
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Convocation
           of
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           the
           more
           ,
           tho'
           probably
           it
           was
           not
           so
           .
           However
           he
           was
           not
           bound
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           ,
           but
           to
           follow
           Record
           as
           he
           had
           found
           it
           :
           And
           that
           he
           doth
           follow
           Record
           throughout
           his
           Book
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           (
           as
           he
           presumes
           )
           of
           the
           Venerable
           Senate
           of
           Antiquaries
           ,
           or
           Historiographers
           ,
           can
           deny
           it
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Thus
           far
           the
           Answer
           to
           the
           Animadversions
           of
           the
           
             Church
             Historian
          
           ,
           made
           on
           a
           little
           part
           of
           
             Hist
             .
             &
             Antiq.
             Vniv
          
           .
           Oxon.
           Now
           forasmuc
           has
           the
           said
           Church-Historian
           doth
           often
           quote
           and
           make
           use
           of
           several
           Manuscripts
           and
           Records
           in
           the
           Cottonian
           Library
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           well
           worth
           the
           Curiosity
           of
           some
           Persons
           ,
           to
           Enquire
           why
           he
           did
           not
           make
           use
           of
           a
           certain
           Volume
           in
           that
           Library
           ,
           under
           
             Faustina
             ,
             c.
          
           7.
           containing
           Letters
           sent
           from
           ,
           and
           Copies
           of
           Charters
           ,
           Privileges
           ,
           &c.
           of
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           :
           In
           which
           Letters
           are
           several
           Matters
           relating
           to
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           said
           University
           by
           certain
           Commissioners
           appointed
           by
           King
           Henry
           
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           Anno
           1535.
           
           To
           which
           may
           be
           Answered
           ,
           that
           there
           being
           many
           Vile
           things
           in
           the
           said
           Letters
           ,
           which
           tend
           rather
           to
           the
           Deformation
           of
           the
           said
           University
           ,
           (
           a
           Nursery
           to
           supply
           the
           Church
           )
           they
           would
           have
           spoiled
           the
           smooth
           Current
           of
           his
           
             History
             of
             Reformation
          
           :
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           as
           several
           Curious
           Persons
           have
           supposed
           ,
           it
           doth
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           Argue
           much
           Partiality
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           is
           Partial
           ,
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           an
           Historian
           .
           One
           passage
           ,
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           set
           down
           ,
           written
           by
           
             Nicholas
             Layton
          
           ,
           or
           Leighton
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ;
           his
           Letter
           Dated
           the
           Twelfth
           of
           September
           ,
           1535
           ,
           and
           directed
           to
           
             Thomas
             Cromwell
          
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           (
           wherein
           is
           mention
           made
           of
           some
           of
           the
           mad
           work
           they
           had
           done
           relating
           to
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Famous
           
             Joh.
             Duns
             Scotus
             ,
          
           )
           tells
           you
           thus
           ,
           
             We
             have
             set
             Dunce
             in
             
               Boccardo
               ,
               (
               meaning
               a
               Prison
               in
            
             Oxon
             
               so
               called
               ,
            
             )
             and
             have
             utterly
             Banished
             him
             Oxford
             for
             ever
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             blind
             Glosses
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             made
             a
             common
             Servant
             to
             every
             Man
             ,
             fast
             Nailed
             up
             upon
             Posts
             in
             all
             Common
             Houses
             of
             Easement
             ,
             
               Id
               quod
               oculis
               meis
               vidi
            
             .
             And
             the
             Second
             time
             we
             came
             to
             New-College
             ,
             after
             we
             had
             declared
             their
             Injunctions
             ,
             we
             found
             all
             the
             great
             Quadrant-Court
             full
             of
             the
             Leaves
             of
             Dunce
             ,
             the
             Winds
             blowing
             them
             into
             every
             Corner
             ,
             and
             there
             we
             found
             one
             Mr.
             Greenfeld
             ,
             of
             Buckingham-shire
             ,
             gathering
             part
             of
             the
             said
             Book-Leaves
             (
             as
             he
             said
             )
             therewith
             to
             make
             him
             Scuels
             ,
             or
             Blaunsheers
             ,
             
             to
             keep
             the
             Deer
             within
             the
             Wood
             ,
             thereby
             to
             have
             the
             better
             Cry
             with
             his
             Hounds
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Thus
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Layton
          
           :
           Which
           things
           were
           mostly
           done
           by
           Dr.
           
             John
             London
          
           ,
           another
           Commissioner
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           Warden
           of
           New-College
           ,
           who
           spared
           not
           to
           Abuse
           his
           Founder
           ,
           College
           ,
           University
           ,
           and
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           gain
           Favour
           from
           great
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Wealth
           into
           his
           Purse
           .
        
         
           If
           so
           be
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           had
           such
           disrespect
           for
           that
           most
           famous
           Author
           
             J.
             Duns
          
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           much
           admired
           by
           our
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           so
           difficult
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctors
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           namely
           Dr.
           
             William
             Roper
          
           ,
           Dr.
           
             John
             Kynton
          
           ,
           Dr.
           
             William
             Mowse
          
           ,
           &c.
           professed
           ,
           that
           in
           Twenty
           Eight
           Years
           Study
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           understand
           him
           rightly
           ,
           (
           as
           
             John
             Bale
          
           ,
           an
           inveterate
           Enemy
           to
           that
           Author
           ,
           and
           Romanists
           ,
           *
           reports
           ,
           )
           what
           then
           had
           they
           for
           others
           of
           inferiour
           Note
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           I
           have
           very
           good
           reason
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           made
           sad
           Havock
           in
           the
           University
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           wanting
           ,
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           ill
           Report
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Learned
           Men.
           So
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           what
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           former
           times
           did
           Advance
           ,
           and
           Cry
           up
           ,
           the
           Peevish
           and
           Base
           Humour
           of
           these
           (
           1535
           )
           
           did
           decry
           and
           run
           down
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           World's
           Career
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           let
           's
           proceed
           ,
           It
           has
           been
           a
           Wonder
           ,
           that
           among
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           most
           Famous
           University
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           who
           have
           signaliz'd
           their
           Learning
           and
           Industry
           in
           all
           Professions
           ,
           and
           almost
           upon
           all
           Subjects
           ,
           never
           have
           undertaken
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Writers
           thereof
           ,
           and
           of
           Learning
           ,
           till
           our
           Historiographer
           wrote
           the
           Athenae
           and
           
             Fasti
             Oxon
          
           ,
           the
           First
           Volume
           of
           which
           coming
           out
           in
           1691
           ,
           doth
           make
           the
           Second
           Volume
           which
           he
           has
           written
           .
           It
           was
           partly
           collected
           from
           Records
           ,
           and
           Registers
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           it
           from
           the
           Works
           of
           Authors
           who
           are
           therein
           mention'd
           .
           Another
           part
           from
           Books
           written
           pro
           and
           con
           ,
           and
           what
           concerns
           the
           Death
           and
           Burial
           of
           Authors
           ,
           is
           taken
           from
           Epitaphs
           ,
           Parochial
           and
           other
           Registers
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           Will
           ,
           or
           Heralds-Office
           at
           London
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           what
           is
           said
           of
           such
           Roman
           Catholick-Writers
           ,
           either
           in
           that
           ,
           or
           the
           Second
           Volume
           ,
           who
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Religion
           in
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           ,
           have
           fled
           their
           Native-Country
           ,
           is
           partly
           taken
           from
           the
           Registers
           of
           those
           Colleges
           and
           Houses
           of
           Religion
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           wherein
           they
           have
           settled
           ,
           and
           spent
           their
           time
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           Epitaphs
           ,
           or
           Inscriptions
           on
           their
           Graves
           .
           All
           which
           hath
           been
           communicated
           to
           the
           Author
           by
           Letters
           from
           Persons
           mostly
           unknown
           to
           him
           .
           Now
           whereas
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Salisbury
           saith
           in
           his
           Letter
           ,
           
             p.
             9.
             
             That
             he
             hath
             
             been
             visibly
             made
             a
             Tool
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             to
             Reproach
             all
             the
             greatest
             Men
             of
             our
             Church
          
           ;
           is
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           not
           true
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           hath
           several
           times
           protested
           ,
           and
           with
           Zealous
           Imprecations
           declared
           his
           Innocency
           of
           such
           a
           matter
           ,
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           make
           Oath
           in
           any
           Court
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           either
           by
           Letter
           from
           ,
           or
           Discourse
           with
           ,
           any
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           whether
           Religious
           ,
           or
           Laick
           ,
           been
           desired
           ,
           persuaded
           ,
           or
           provoked
           to
           speak
           any
           one
           thing
           of
           ,
           or
           against
           ,
           a
           Writer
           ,
           or
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           any
           Person
           else
           ,
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Persuasion
           .
        
         
           His
           Lordship
           ,
           in
           that
           Character
           of
           the
           
           Historiographer's
           being
           made
           a
           Tool
           ,
           hath
           seemed
           much
           to
           incline
           to
           the
           vain
           Reports
           of
           some
           Men
           ,
           and
           hath
           received
           things
           too
           much
           upon
           trust
           :
           For
           had
           he
           enquired
           of
           several
           Persons
           in
           Oxon
           of
           known
           Worth
           and
           Truth
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           found
           him
           not
           to
           be
           so
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           those
           just
           Truths
           which
           he
           hath
           given
           of
           Trimmers
           and
           Temporizers
           relishes
           not
           with
           many
           Men
           of
           this
           Age.
           
        
         
           Furthermore
           also
           ,
           whereas
           his
           Lordship
           doth
           alledg
           ,
           
             That
             he
             hath
             laid
             together
             all
             that
             the
             Malice
             of
             Missionaries
             could
             furnish
             him
             with
             ,
             to
             Blemish
             the
             Work
             of
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Men
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             Bishop
          
           Jewell
           ;
           is
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           a
           mistake
           ,
           for
           he
           laid
           them
           not
           ,
           but
           
             R
             Parsons
          
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           whom
           he
           Quotes
           for
           what
           he
           says
           :
           
           And
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           ill
           said
           of
           that
           Bishop
           ,
           those
           of
           Parsons
           his
           Party
           are
           to
           Answer
           for
           it
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Athenae
             Oxon
          
           is
           so
           far
           from
           speaking
           ill
           of
           that
           Worthy
           and
           Learned
           Bishop
           ,
           that
           he
           tells
           you
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Lights
             that
             the
             Reformed
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             hath
             produced
             ;
             that
             for
             his
             great
             Learning
             and
             Sufferings
             he
             was
             made
             Bishop
             of
          
           Salisbury
           
             by
             Queen
          
           Elizabeth
           ;
           and
           adds
           ,
           with
           Cambden
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           no
           Missionary
           )
           
             That
             he
             was
             a
             wonderful
             ,
             great
             ,
             and
             deep
             Divine
             ,
             a
             most
             stout
             and
             earnest
             Maintainer
             of
             our
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             against
             the
             Adversaries
             of
             his
             Learned
             Books
             :
             That
             he
             was
             a
             Man
             of
             singular
             Ingeny
             ,
             of
             exquifit
             Erudition
             in
          
           Theologicals
           ,
           
             and
             of
             great
             Piety
          
           ,
           &c.
           what
           more
           can
           be
           said
           ?
           If
           this
           is
           not
           enough
           ,
           after
           an
           excellent
           Book
           written
           of
           his
           Life
           by
           the
           Learned
           Dr.
           
             Lawrence
             Humphrey
          
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           is
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Truth
             is
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             easily
             observed
             by
             any
             ordinary
             Reader
             (
             not
             prejudiced
             )
             that
             the
             Author
             of
          
           Athenae
           Oxon.
           hath
           written
           *
           very
           impartially
           ,
           and
           has
           related
           whatsoever
           he
           knows
           ,
           whether
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           of
           those
           whose
           Lives
           he
           writes
           .
           The
           Roman
           Catholicks
           are
           not
           better
           used
           by
           him
           ,
           than
           those
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             Lives
             of
             many
             of
             them
             in
             the
             First
             Volume
             ,
             among
             which
             are
             those
             of
          
           John
           Bekinson
           ,
           William
           Chiadsey
           ,
           Edm.
           Bonner
           ,
           Thomas
           Harding
           ,
           Henry
           Cole
           ,
           Edm.
           Campian
           ,
           John
           Nicholls
           ,
           Robert
           Parsons
           ,
           
             and
             others
             ,
             whose
             great
             Mutability
             in
             Religion
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             Author
             of
          
           The
           works
           of
           the
           Learned
           
             calls
             Hyprocrisie
             )
             he
             sets
             down
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Second
           Volume
           of
           the
           
             Athenae
             Oxon
          
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Third
           Volume
           that
           the
           Author
           hath
           Published
           ,
           was
           collected
           as
           the
           First
           ,
           viz.
           From
           Records
           ,
           Registers
           ,
           &c.
           
           In
           it
           you
           'll
           find
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           the
           Mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           Acted
           in
           that
           dismal
           Rebellion
           which
           was
           commenced
           by
           the
           Puritans
           ,
           and
           other
           Factious
           People
           ,
           Anno
           1642
           ,
           opened
           and
           displayed
           .
           It
           shews
           how
           those
           Brethren
           were
           common
           Preachers
           up
           of
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           how
           their
           Pulpits
           were
           Esteemed
           by
           Observing
           Men
           ,
           the
           Chairs
           of
           Juglers
           :
           That
           Blasphemies
           ,
           Profanations
           ,
           Absurdities
           ,
           &c.
           were
           by
           them
           vented
           every
           Day
           in
           their
           Extemporary
           Prayers
           and
           Sermons
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           blinding
           and
           misleading
           of
           the
           People
           .
           It
           shews
           how
           the
           Men
           of
           those
           times
           did
           turn
           themselves
           ,
           and
           overturn
           all
           things
           ,
           meerly
           for
           private
           Interest
           and
           Gain
           .
           It
           shews
           also
           the
           Instability
           of
           others
           ,
           who
           then
           Swore
           and
           Forswore
           for
           their
           own
           Ends
           ,
           made
           Religion
           a
           Stalking-Horse
           ,
           and
           of
           Sacred
           Oaths
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           common
           Knights
           of
           the
           Post
           .
        
         
         
           Therein
           you
           'll
           find
           many
           passages
           relating
           to
           the
           Life
           and
           Actions
           of
           that
           Blessed
           Martyr
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           especially
           for
           the
           Two
           last
           Years
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           which
           were
           never
           before
           Published
           ,
           and
           the
           Intriegues
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Leading
           Men
           on
           the
           Rebels
           side
           ,
           that
           were
           carried
           on
           ,
           in
           bringing
           that
           Pious
           Prince
           to
           the
           Block
           .
           Therein
           you
           'll
           find
           great
           and
           generous
           Sense
           of
           Loyalty
           in
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           from
           his
           Pen
           Just
           and
           Impartial
           Characters
           of
           the
           True
           and
           Suffering
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           as
           also
           the
           Impartial
           Relations
           of
           such
           as
           were
           not
           so
           ,
           mostly
           taken
           from
           their
           own
           Books
           and
           Sermons
           ,
           or
           Pamphlets
           written
           by
           the
           Brethren
           ,
           or
           Royal
           Party
           .
           You
           'll
           also
           find
           therein
           the
           Just
           Characters
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           that
           adhered
           to
           the
           said
           King
           when
           he
           was
           at
           Oxon
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           of
           History
           that
           relates
           to
           that
           most
           Wicked
           and
           Barbarous
           Rebellion
           before-mention'd
           ?
           You
           'll
           also
           find
           therein
           many
           bold
           and
           undeniable
           Truths
           ,
           which
           treading
           too
           close
           on
           the
           heels
           of
           Time
           ,
           several
           Persons
           (
           whose
           Relations
           had
           been
           Actors
           in
           ,
           or
           submitters
           to
           the
           Men
           in
           the
           said
           unparallel'd
           Rebellion
           ,
           )
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           them
           Abuses
           and
           Libels
           ,
           thereby
           to
           bring
           the
           Author
           into
           trouble
           .
        
         
           Both
           the
           Volumes
           of
           the
           Athenae
           and
           
             Fasti
             Oxon
          
           ,
           (
           which
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Salisbury
           calls
           a
           
             despicable
             Book
          
           )
           are
           most
           exactly
           written
           according
           to
           time
           ;
           and
           the
           Author
           has
           been
           so
           
           punctual
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Day
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           the
           Hour
           of
           a
           thing
           done
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           Writer
           ,
           or
           Bishop
           ,
           is
           set
           down
           ;
           and
           all
           compacted
           in
           so
           good
           and
           exact
           a
           Method
           ,
           that
           nothing
           of
           that
           Nature
           can
           possibly
           be
           done
           better
           :
           And
           therefore
           why
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Salisbury
           should
           say
           ,
           
             That
             he
             has
             thrown
             together
             a
             Tumultuary
             mixture
             of
             Stuff
             and
             Tattle
             ,
          
           none
           in
           Oxon
           can
           imagin
           it
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           least
           judge
           where
           that
           
             Stuff
             and
             Tattle
          
           should
           be
           lodged
           .
           Both
           the
           said
           Volumes
           will
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           be
           of
           great
           use
           to
           all
           Persons
           of
           Literature
           ,
           but
           particularly
           to
           such
           as
           apply
           themselves
           to
           History
           ,
           or
           Politicks
           ,
           whom
           it
           concerns
           every
           Moment
           to
           know
           what
           kind
           of
           Men
           were
           the
           Authors
           of
           those
           Books
           they
           Read.
           Neither
           is
           that
           knowledg
           unnecessary
           to
           all
           that
           Study
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           Writing
           of
           Authors
           may
           be
           said
           
             to
             be
             the
             Picture
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
          
           so
           to
           know
           their
           Life
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           most
           remarkable
           Actions
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           
             a
             great
             help
             towards
             judging
             rightly
             of
             their
             Sentiments
             .
          
           This
           being
           an
           infallible
           Truth
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           a
           wonder
           to
           many
           ,
           why
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Salisbury
           ,
           who
           hath
           written
           many
           Lives
           (
           and
           many
           more
           )
           of
           Eminent
           Men
           ,
           and
           seems
           to
           have
           a
           peculiar
           Genius
           that
           way
           ,
           should
           now
           endeavour
           to
           run
           down
           the
           Athenae
           and
           
             Fasti
             Oxon
          
           ,
           which
           consists
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           ,
           of
           Lives
           and
           Characters
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           a
           
             despicable
             Book
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           a
           Scribler
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           As
           for
           that
           passage
           in
           Mr.
           
             W.
             Fulman
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Second
           Volume
           of
           Athenae
           ,
           p.
           625
           ,
           that
           his
           
             Corrections
             of
             ,
             and
             Observations
             on
             ,
             the
             First
             part
             of
          
           The
           History
           of
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             were
             some
             omitted
             ,
             and
             others
             curtail'd
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           The
           Author
           had
           from
           Mr.
           Fulman
           himself
           ,
           who
           related
           it
           several
           times
           with
           reluctancy
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           his
           Collegiats
           of
           Christ-Church-College
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           Condole
           his
           Misfortune
           ,
           that
           his
           Labours
           and
           Lucubrations
           could
           not
           stand
           according
           to
           his
           Mind
           ,
           desiring
           withal
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           said
           Author
           had
           done
           *
           him
           right
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Collecting
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           obtaining
           Materials
           for
           the
           Writing
           of
           that
           King's
           Life
           (
           the
           Glory
           of
           which
           ,
           Dr.
           
             Richard
             Perinchief
          
           carried
           away
           ,
           )
           so
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           do
           him
           right
           in
           the
           Work
           
             (
             Athenae
             Oxon
          
           )
           that
           he
           was
           then
           Meditating
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           World
           know
           of
           
             the
             omitting
             and
             curtailing
             of
             many
             of
             the
             said
             Observations
             .
          
           All
           which
           ,
           he
           according
           to
           a
           promise
           then
           made
           ,
           hath
           performed
           ,
           and
           thereby
           done
           right
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           his
           deceased
           Friend
           :
           Which
           being
           Just
           and
           Equitable
           ,
           and
           not
           unbecoming
           an
           Historian
           ,
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Salisbury
           needed
           not
           
             to
             expect
             to
             see
             a
             Writer
             of
             his
          
           (
           Anthony
           Harmer
           '
           
             s
             )
             Rank
             descend
             so
             low
             to
             Cite
             such
             a
             Scribler
             ,
             especially
             
             upon
             such
             an
             occasion
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           Mr.
           
           Harmer's
           reference
           to
           a
           passage
           in
           the
           Second
           Volume
           of
           the
           
             Athenae
             Oxon.
          
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Scribler
           ,
           and
           other
           most
           terrible
           things
           of
           the
           Historiographer
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           been
           mention'd
           ;
           but
           something
           must
           be
           said
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           never
           so
           unjust
           ,
           lest
           an
           Answer
           should
           be
           deficient
           ,
           
             Et
             hinc
             Lachrymae
          
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           but
           reflect
           on
           that
           sort
           of
           Creature
           ,
           who
           when
           for
           their
           Snarling
           and
           Barking
           ,
           a
           Stone
           or
           a
           Stick
           is
           thrown
           at
           them
           ,
           they
           turn
           Tail
           to
           him
           that
           threw
           it
           ,
           and
           fall
           with
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           Grins
           upon
           the
           poor
           Instrument
           of
           Correction
           .
           With
           Reverence
           be
           it
           spoken
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           great
           likeness
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           .
           Mr.
           Harmer
           being
           a
           little
           offended
           with
           the
           Noise
           made
           by
           the
           Writer
           of
           
             The
             History
             of
             Reformation
          
           ,
           thought
           fit
           to
           cast
           at
           him
           a
           passage
           out
           of
           
             Athenae
             Oxon.
          
           Vol.
           2.
           p.
           625.
           
           Upon
           this
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           History
           turns
           away
           from
           the
           Objecter
           ,
           and
           falls
           upon
           the
           Book
           so
           Objected
           to
           him
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Fury
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Book
           had
           been
           burned
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           better
           used
           .
           But
           pray
           where
           's
           the
           Ingenuity
           of
           this
           Method
           of
           Defence
           ?
           Would
           any
           Court
           of
           Equity
           allow
           ,
           that
           when
           a
           Person
           stands
           Convicted
           of
           a
           Crime
           by
           this
           or
           that
           Evidence
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           insist
           upon
           disproof
           of
           the
           Testimony
           ,
           but
           fall
           upon
           the
           Witness
           ,
           and
           call
           him
           Fool
           and
           Knave
           ,
           because
           he
           dared
           to
           prove
           him
           guilty
           ?
           If
           the
           Writer
           of
           this
           
             Vindication
             had
             treated
             Mr.
          
           
           Harmer
           
             with
             some
             Scorn
             and
             Contempt
             ,
             it
             had
             not
             affrighted
             him
             ,
             nor
             deterr'd
             him
             from
             enquiring
             further
             into
             the
             truth
          
           *
           
             of
             things
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           seems
           when
           he
           foresaw
           his
           Scorn
           and
           Contempt
           would
           be
           thrown
           away
           upon
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Harmer
           ,
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           cast
           it
           all
           upon
           the
           By-stander
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Athenae
             Oxen.
          
           And
           it
           was
           wisely
           done
           ,
           not
           to
           provoke
           the
           Man
           that
           wore
           the
           Sword
           ,
           but
           to
           turn
           the
           Affront
           upon
           the
           Naked
           Passenger
           .
           And
           he
           has
           effectually
           done
           it
           upon
           one
           ,
           who
           can
           digest
           a
           Rude
           thing
           ,
           and
           equally
           neglect
           Greatness
           and
           Passion
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           matter
           that
           his
           Lordship
           of
           Salisbury
           takes
           notice
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             His
             Barbarous
             attacking
             the
             Memory
             of
             his
             Predecessor
             Bishop
          
           Ward
           ,
           
             who
             was
             in
             so
             many
             respects
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Men
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           his
           Lordship
           means
           by
           
             Barbarous
             attacking
          
           ,
           is
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           in
           his
           sense
           Abusing
           ,
           or
           
             Reporting
             False
             things
             of
             him
          
           .
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           let
           the
           Reader
           know
           that
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           being
           taken
           from
           Register
           and
           Observation
           ,
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           Sun
           at
           Noon
           :
           But
           I
           see
           Truth
           must
           not
           be
           spoke
           at
           all
           times
           .
           Had
           his
           Lordship
           known
           Dr.
           Ward
           before
           His
           Majesties
           Restauration
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           been
           of
           another
           Mind
           ;
           but
           his
           knowledg
           of
           him
           ,
           was
           not
           ,
           I
           presume
           ,
           till
           after
           he
           was
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           when
           then
           ,
           
           and
           to
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Death
           ,
           he
           was
           esteemed
           a
           Good
           and
           Excellent
           Man.
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           Man
           of
           Parts
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           Royalist
           for
           a
           time
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           saw
           that
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           was
           beheaded
           ,
           and
           Monarchy
           never
           in
           a
           possibility
           of
           returning
           again
           ,
           then
           did
           he
           change
           his
           Orthodox
           Principles
           ,
           submit
           to
           the
           Men
           then
           in
           power
           ,
           and
           Eat
           the
           Bread
           of
           Two
           Royalists
           ,
           (
           that
           had
           been
           Ejected
           ,
           )
           successively
           .
           And
           tho'
           his
           Friends
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           took
           the
           Oath
           cal●ed
           the
           Engagement
           ,
           yet
           it
           appears
           that
           he
           did
           so
           in
           the
           Register
           belonging
           to
           the
           Committee
           for
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           University
           of
           Oxon
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           many
           Years
           since
           informed
           by
           the
           Clerk
           belonging
           to
           that
           Committee
           .
        
         
           What
           his
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           was
           ,
           while
           he
           Lived
           in
           Oxon
           ,
           the
           poor
           Remnant
           of
           the
           Royalists
           that
           then
           remained
           there
           ,
           would
           have
           told
           you
           ,
           who
           usually
           said
           ,
           
             That
             had
             not
             Dr.
          
           Ward
           
             degenerated
             from
             their
             Principles
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             have
             lashed
             out
             into
             several
             Immoralities
             ,
          
           &c.
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           which
           ,
           he
           also
           lost
           the
           Opinion
           that
           the
           then
           Saints
           in
           the
           University
           had
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           conclude
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           with
           you
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Athenae
             Oxon.
          
           which
           is
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           but
           few
           were
           Printed
           ,
           )
           set
           
           before
           the
           First
           Volume
           of
           the
           said
           Athenae
           running
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             Reader
             is
             desired
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             this
             Herculean
             Labour
             had
             been
             more
             proper
             for
             a
             Head
             ,
             or
             Fellow
             of
             a
             College
             ,
             or
             for
             a
             Publick
             Professor
             ,
             or
             Officer
             of
             the
             most
             Noble
             University
             of
             Oxon
             ,
             to
             have
             undertaken
             ,
             than
             the
             Author
             ,
             who
             never
             enjoyed
             any
             Place
             or
             Office
             therein
             ,
             or
             can
             justly
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             Eaten
             the
             Bread
             of
             any
             Founder
             .
             Also
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             been
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             fit
             for
             one
             who
             pretends
             to
             be
             a
             Virtuoso
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             all
             Men
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             that
             are
             Transacted
             :
             Or
             for
             one
             who
             frequents
             much
             Society
             ,
             where
             the
             Characters
             of
             Men
             and
             their
             Works
             are
             frequently
             discussed
             ;
             but
             the
             Author
             ,
             alas
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             from
             frequenting
             such
             Company
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             as
             't
             were
             Dead
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             utterly
             unknown
             in
             Person
             to
             the
             generality
             of
             Scholars
             in
             Oxon.
             He
             is
             likewise
             so
             great
             an
             Admirer
             of
             a
             Solitary
             and
             Retired
             Life
             ,
             that
             he
             frequents
             no
             Assemblies
             of
             the
             said
             University
             ,
             hath
             no
             Companion
             in
             Bed
             ,
             or
             at
             Board
             ,
             in
             his
             Studies
             ,
             Walks
             ,
             or
             Journeys
             ,
             nor
             holds
             Communication
             with
             any
             ,
             unless
             with
             some
             ,
             and
             those
             very
             few
             ,
             of
             Generous
             and
             Noble
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             have
             in
             some
             measure
             been
             promoters
             and
             encouragers
             of
             this
             Work
             :
             And
             indeed
             all
             things
             considered
             ,
             he
             is
             but
             a
             degree
             different
             from
             an
             Ascetick
             ,
             as
             spending
             all
             or
             most
             of
             his
             time
             ,
             whether
             by
             Day
             or
             Night
             ,
             in
             Reading
             ,
             Writing
             ,
             or
             Divine
             Contemplation
             .
             
             However
             ,
             he
             presumes
             ,
             that
             the
             less
             his
             Company
             and
             Acquaintance
             is
             ,
             the
             more
             Impartial
             his
             Endeavours
             will
             appear
             to
             the
             Ingenious
             and
             Learned
             ,
             to
             whose
             Judgments
             only
             he
             submits
             them
             ,
             and
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           shall
           add
           what
           I
           know
           besides
           of
           the
           same
           Author
           ,
           viz.
           That
           he
           did
           never
           in
           heat
           and
           forwardness
           meddle
           with
           a
           Subject
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           was
           not
           prepar'd
           by
           Education
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           Method
           of
           Studies
           :
           That
           he
           never
           Wrote
           to
           oblige
           a
           Rising
           Party
           ,
           or
           to
           insinuate
           into
           the
           disposers
           of
           Preferment
           ;
           but
           has
           been
           content
           with
           his
           Station
           ,
           and
           aimed
           at
           no
           end
           but
           Truth
           :
           That
           he
           never
           took
           up
           with
           the
           Transcript
           of
           Records
           ,
           where
           the
           Originals
           might
           be
           consulted
           :
           Nor
           made
           use
           of
           others
           Eyes
           ,
           when
           his
           own
           could
           serve
           :
           That
           he
           never
           Wrote
           in
           Post
           with
           his
           Body
           and
           his
           Thoughts
           in
           a
           hurry
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           fix'd
           Abode
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           deliberate
           Pen
           :
           That
           he
           never
           conceal'd
           an
           Ungrateful
           Truth
           ,
           nor
           flourish'd
           over
           a
           Weak
           Place
           ,
           but
           in
           sincerity
           of
           Meaning
           and
           Expression
           has
           thought
           an
           Historian
           should
           be
           a
           Man
           of
           Conscience
           :
           That
           he
           has
           never
           had
           a
           Patron
           to
           oblige
           ,
           or
           forget
           ,
           but
           has
           been
           a
           free
           and
           independent
           Writer
           :
           And
           in
           a
           Word
           ,
           that
           he
           confesses
           there
           may
           be
           some
           Mistakes
           in
           Modern
           Things
           and
           Persons
           ,
           when
           he
           could
           have
           no
           Evidence
           but
           from
           the
           information
           of
           living
           Friends
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           Enemies
           :
           But
           he
           is
           confident
           ,
           that
           where
           Records
           are
           cited
           ,
           and
           
           where
           Authentick
           Evidence
           could
           possibly
           be
           had
           ,
           there
           he
           has
           been
           Punctual
           and
           Exact
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           defies
           
             Anth.
             Harmer
          
           to
           Write
           any
           one
           Specimen
           of
           Errours
           and
           Defects
           in
           his
           History
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           can
           find
           out
           Eighty
           Nine
           ,
           or
           One
           Hundred
           ,
           gross
           Mistakes
           ,
           yet
           he
           should
           not
           value
           his
           Threats
           of
           further
           Exposing
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Writings
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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             in
             fol.
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             p.
             593.
             col
             .
             2.
             in
             Voce
             Oxon.
             
          
           
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             his
             
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               of
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             ,
             &c.
             
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             Anno
             1545
             ,
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             26.
             
          
           
             *
             
               So
               in
            
             The
             Works
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               London
               ,
               1691.
               qu.
               p.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             Hist
             .
             &
             Antiq.
             Univ.
             Oxon
             ,
             
               lib.
               2.
               p.
               243.
               
               See
               also
               in
            
             Athenae
             Oxon
             ,
             
               Vol.
               2.
               p.
            
             625.
             
          
           
             *
             Preface
             to
             the
             
               Specimen
               of
               Errours
            
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             7.
             
          
        
      
    
  

