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what day it will be made. My Lord Treafurer is here, and has been here ever fince Sunday, There is a whisper as if fome revolution in favour of King Charles were expected in Spain, the truth of which the foreign post that comes in this day will determine. But we that fee only the outfides of things can easily perceive that fome great event is upon the anvil.

I pray for the health of your Lordship, my Lady, and the family; and am, with the utmoft refpect, your Lordship's ever obliged and most obedient, faithful fervant,

FR. ATTERBURY.

High Admiral. A few days after, Nov. 8, 1709, office was put in commiffion; under the management of Edward Earl of Orford, Sir John Leake, and Sir George Byng, Knights, and George Dodington and Paul Methuen, Efquires.

* Sidney Lord Godolphin, who held that office till Aug. 10, 1710.

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LETTER C*.

To the Rev. Mr. STRYPE †, Low-Leyton.

Chelsea, Wednesday-night, [January, 1709-10.]

REVEREND SIR,

IN

your

"Annals of the first twelve years of Queen Elizabeth," p. 279, I find a paffage out of a Sermon preached before the House of Commons; the Preacher of which fays, "he had once in his hand an original

"Journal

* Indorfed by Strype," Dr. Atterbury, Jan. 1709. Inquiries about a paffage in the Annals of "an Original of the Synod, 1562."

John Strype, the induftrious editor of many valuable publications, was born in London, of German parents. He was educated at CatherineHall, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M. A. and was admitted ad eundem at Oxford, July 11, 1971. He was collated. to the rectory of Theydon-boys, in Effex, in July 1669, which he refigned, in February following, for the vicarage of Low-Leyton in that county. He had also a confiderable finecure given him by Archbishop Tenifon, and was lecturer of Hackney, where he died (at the houfe of Mr. Harris, an apothecary, who had married his grand-daughter) Dec. 13, 1737, at an uncommon great age, having enjoyed his vicarage near 68 years. He kept an exact diary of his own life, which contained many curious circumflances relating to the literary history of his times, as is cafy to conceive, he being engaged in a frequent correfpondence, by letters,

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Journal of the Lower Houfe of Convocation, in the fifth year of the Queen." I fhould be glad to know what this Sermon was, when preached, and by whom, and whether you can allow me a fight of it. If. with Archbishop Wake, Bishops Atterbury, Burnet, Nicollon, and other eminent perfons. Six volumes of these letters are now (1783) in the poffeffion of the Rev. Mr. Knight, of Milton, Cambridgeshire, to whofe favour I owe the two now communicated to my readers.

His publications were, 1. "The second volume "of Dr. John Lightfoot's works, 1684," folio. 2. "Life of Archbishop Cranmer, 1694," fol. 3. "The Life of Sir Thomas Smith, 1698,"8vo. 4. "Leffons for Youth and Old Age, 1699," 12° 15." The Life of Dr. John Elmer, Bishop of "London, 1701," 8vo.

6. "The Life of Sir John Cheke, 1705.” 8vo. 1.7. Annals of the Reformation," 4 vols; vol. I. 1709 (reprinted 1725); vol. II. 1725; vol. III. 1728, vol. IV. 1731,

8. Life of Archbishop Grindal, 1710," fol. 2.9. "Life and Letters of Abp. Parker, 1711," fol. 10. "Life of Archbishop Whitgift, 1718," fol. 11." An accurate edition of Stow's Survey of "London, 1720," 2 vols. folio, for which he was 18 years in collecting materials. Dr. Birch obferves, that his fidelity and industry will always give a value to his numerous writings, however "deftitute of the graces, and even uniformity of ftyle, and the art of connecting facts."

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12. "Ecclefiaftical Memorials, 1721, 3 vols." fol. He alfo published a Sermon preached at the Affizes at Hertford, July 8, 1689; and fome other fingle Sermons, 1695, 1699, 1707, 1711, 1724.

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you

you can, please to let me know, by the penny-poft, directing to Chelfea; and you will much oblige, Reverend Sir, your most faithful, humble fervant, FR. ATTERBURY. I beg alfo to know of you, whether the omitted articles in your Appendix are intended to be printed; becaufe I have been told that you had fuch a design.

LETTER CI*.

To Mr. STR Ÿ P E.

Chelfea, Friday-noon [March 25, 1710.]

REVEREND SIR,

You

OU will be pleased to put me down for a subscriber to the "Hiftory of "Archbishop Grindal." I am forry you do

not

*Indorfed by Strype," Dr. Atterbury, March 25, 1709-10, concerning the Couvocation, 1562. "Received March 25th."

On the blank leaf of this letter Mr. Strype has added, "This was written in answer to mine "Jan. 21, wherein I begged his pardon that I de"clined to name the Divine that, in his Sermon "before the Houfe of Commons, had that expreffion which I hinted in my Annals (which was, "That he had once in his hands a Journal "of the Lower House of Convocation 1562"];

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not think yourself at liberty to let me know in whose hands that Lower House Journal of 1562 was fuppofed to be lodged. Upon a review of your account of Convocation-matters in that year, I find various particulars, which are not to be juftified by the extracts and other MSS. relating to that year now in my hands; and therefore I fhould think you had recourfe to fome other authorities for thofe particulars, which I fhould be glad to be acquainted with. Of thofe things I would fain difcourfe you for half an hour when you come to town: but am going on Monday to Ben'et College, to view the MSS, + there, and Thall not return from thence till toward the end of the week, if fo foon: after that, upon notice of your coming to town, and at what time and place you will be found, I should be glad to wait upon you; and am, Rev. Sir, your most faithful humble fervant,

FR. ATTERBURY.

"and that I purpofely omitted his name, becaufe I believed he was miftaken. So that this writer "mistakes me in what I wrote; and he mistakes "alfo my expreffion, that fuch a Journal was once in his hands; as though I had faid, it was fup"pofed to be lodged in his hands." *Which Dr. Atterbury had fent me. Given to that Society by Abp. Parker. U 4

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