her part, which done, and after she had engaged to submit to further penitence, she was divinely

released.

PAPAL VENALITY.

King Henry the seventh of England, might, if he pleased, have been made a saint, or at least inserted as one in the popish calendar, but the canonization fees to the Roman Pontiff amounted to more than the king was willing to pay, being not less than fifteen thousand ducats of gold, about 7125 pounds sterling; a tolerably large sum in those days, though for the honour of being made a saint, perhaps as cheap as could be afforded, considering the market price of the article.

MOORE, BISHOP OF ELY.

A gentleman calling on an intimate friend of Dr. Moore, found him busy in hiding his best books, and locking up as many as he could. On inquiring the reason of this odd occupation, the other replied, "The bishop of Ely dines with 66. me to day."

SCOTCH COVENANTERS.

As if it were to perpetuate the recolletion of the absurdities enveloped in the cloak of religion which dishonoured the seventeenth century,

some anonymous author has collected and published innumerable specimens of "Scotch Pres"byterian Eloquence," a work which must afford the greatest amusement, and of which, for the entertainment of our readers we present them with the following extracts. A preacher in the south of Teviotdale, said in his sermon, "Our "neighbour nation will say of us, poor Scotland, "beggarly Scotland, scabbed Scotland, lousie

Scotland; yea, but covenanted Scotland, that "makes amends for all"-for poverty, beggary, scabs, and lice. One Murray, marrying a couple, called the man the head, and the woman the tail; in the name of God then, said he, I join head and tail together; Sirs, let no man ever separate them. One Mr. Robert Steidman, in Carridden, told once, that the people of God had many doubts about their election, for proof of this, says he, see the 2nd Cant. v. 16. "My "beloved is mine, and I am his !" Another time he tells that Christ was not proud nor lordly, "for he rode upon an ass, which is a low beast, " and wherefore think ye he did this? It was,

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Sirs, for the conveniency of the old wives that "followed him, that he might kuttle (whisper) "the gospel in their ears as he went along." Mr. Areskine, praying in the Tron church, said, "Lord have mercy on all fools and idiots, and

particularly on the magistrates of Edinburgh." Mr. Hugh Kenneday, moderator of the general assembly, being about to christen a child in the college kirk, looked about him and said, "Look

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Sirs, and see the devil painted in that bairn's "face, but we shall do the best we can to con"jure him out. I shall shortly nail his lug to "Christ's throne, till from a calf he grow up to "an ox to draw in Christ's plough." Mr. Shields, in a sermon at Aberdeen, told the people the only way to hold a fast grip of Christ, was to entertain him with three liquors in three sundry bickers (wooden cups) you must have a pint of hope, three pints of faith, and nine pints of hot, hot, hot burning zeal. Having thus spoken of Scotch Presbyterian preachers, we cannot for bear giving the following anecdote connected with a celebrated French Presbyterian preacher, Peter de Bosc, of Caen, a man who was extremely beloved, as much for his abilities as for his urbanity of manners. A letter de Cachet, had removed him from his office, but October the fifteenth, 1664, Mr. De Bosc recovered the liberty of returning to his church, and the joy which was at Caen, when he came there, cannot be expressed. A great many honourable persons congratulated him; but there was a catholic gentleman who then did one of the strangest

things ever heard of.

He was a man of distinction in the province, whose life was not very regular, but who made open profession of loving pastors who had particular talents, and seemed particularly enamoured of the merit of Mr. De Bosc.

INDULGENCES.

An indulgence of forty days was granted by Forsham, Bishop of Ely, to those who going three times round a certain cross in the Church yard of Westoneynge, live and die, saying the Lord's prayer, and ave maria, for the souls of John Emmessone and Alice, his wife, whose bodies repose there, and for all christian souls,— Dated Holbourne, Ultimo marcii, 1406.

An indulgence of forty days was granted by Thomas de Arundel, Bishop of Ely, in 1375, to all those who should assist him at offering up prayers and saying masses for the prosperous voyage of Edmund, Earl of Cambridge, and John duke of Brittany.

On the 12 July, 1385, a mandate was sent from the Archbishop to his suffragans, to put up prayers, celebrate masses, processions, and make sermons for the good success of the king, who was then on an expedition against the Scots, and grants forty days indulgence to the celebrants and assistants of devotion with contrition.

On the 21st of June, 1389, a mandate was issued to pay and make processions for the safety of the church and state, and king, with an indulgence of forty days to the assistants, &c.

A mandate from the Archbishop to cause, masses, processions, and litanies, for peace and tranquility; dated in Priorats de Dunmow 24 Julii, 1397. The bishop orders his official to execute it with forty days indulgence as usual.

A mandate from the Archbishop to the bishops to order processions, &c. against the duke of Orleans Dux Aurilian, who was come into Milford Haven with 144 ships. The bishop orders his official the commissary general to execute it, and grant 40 days indulgence as usual; dated Dodyngton, 4th September, 1405.

Indulgence of 40 days (dated 4th June, 1408) was granted to those who visited the chapel of the blessed Virgin Mary, in the Conventual Church of Thorney, with confession and contrition, should say the Antiphon the Bishop (Fordham) lately in his visitation found newly institut ed there in honour of our lady, beginning Ave Regina and after Compline of each day should sing the same in the said chapel, or be present at the singing of it, or should supply lights for the same use, or who should assist the monks when they are hindered from saying the same.