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the year 1642. And was buried decently by his said ne- CHAP phew in St. Paul's church, at the north door, by Dr. Linacer's tomb; his funeral being upon St. Mark's day. He Anno 1587. also composed and set up a handsome monumental inscription in memory of him: which will give a more particular account of this Dr. Simeon Fox. For which the reader may

apply himself to the Appendix: as I have transcribed it No. XLVII. from the composer's own hand.

And meeting with some short minutes of Samuel, the Samuel eldest son, writ in his own diary concerning himself, I could Fox's diary. not but add them in the Appendix, to the rest of the me- Number morials of that reverend man his father: whereby may be XLVIII. observed, not only his education and bringing up in learning, his travels abroad, his reputation at home, his successes, and prosperous state, and plentiful issue, and length of age to see his children's children; but also in all this, the signal blessing of God upon him, for that pious confessor his father's sake.

I must subjoin here the mention of an excellent letter in Latin, directed to such ministers as scrupled conformity to the rules of the church, for preventing the breach of unity: written, as near as I can conjecture, about this or the former year; the author not mentioned; but by the style, and some other circumstances, I should be apt to name the abovementioned to be the man; or perhaps Dr. Laurence Humfrey. It is a very good discourse, earnestly pressing unity and agreement upon such as made divisions in this reformed church, by way of a compassionate address to them. It is An expostulatory letter to the puritans, for their conten- An Expostions in the church, and exhortatory to peace, and an earnest tulatory application of themselves to preach the gospel, and to lay 507 aside reflections in their sermons. And bore this title, Ad omnes fideles ministros Jesu, cooperarios suos in evangelio, et qui verum habent domus Dei reformanda zelum. This epistle is somewhat long, and therefore I place it in the Appendix, as well worthy a place there, being writ in such No. XLIX. a Christian spirit of concord and peace.

I shall only add a book or two set forth this year. The

Letter.

II.

BOOK one was, An Answer to Cardinal Allen, writ by J. Stubbes, in Vindication of the English Justice, in the execution of Anno 1587. several papists and Jesuits for treason. The book was reVindication viewed by certain learned civilians; viz. Bynge and Hammond, and the author employed in this work by the lord treasurer; as hath been shewn before more at large.

of English Justice.

Newton's

Poems.

a Vowel.

Tho. Newton of Cheshire, a poet in these times, among the rest of his poems published in Latin verse, describes all the writers of our history of England and Wales to this year, with this title, De Annalibus seu Chronicis Anglicis, in this manner :

Loydus ut hac pridem gnavus prolusit arena,

Lelandus, Pricius, Stous, Holingshedius.

Lambardus, Morus, Camdenus, Thinnius, Hallus,
Vocalisa, Grafton, Foxius, Harrisonus.

Lanquettus, Patinus, Cooperus, Roussa Pouelus,
Caxtonus, Sprottus, Saxto, Trevisa, Balus.
Hardingus, Gyldas, Stanithurstus, Beda, Nevillus,
Doctaque Flaminii lima polivit opus.

And then, after the names of all these historians, he ends
with the mention of the great ecclesiastic antiquarian, arch-
bishop Parker, in this manner:

Nec te, cane senex, magne O Parkere, silebo,
Cui decus attulerat pontificalis apex.
Omnibus his merito laus debita et optima merces
Quod patriæ accendant lumina clara suæ.

THE END OF VOL. III. PART I.