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fight of a genuin Copy would foon difcover it. 'Twas certainly poffible for them to alter that Leaf, tho' the other Parts of the Forms continued untouch'd.

Nothing now remains, upon this Head, but that I account for the different Readings of the Con-troverted Claufe it felf. There is no Difpute about the English Copies. For thofe that have it, read all alike. But the Record (as Archbishop Laud's Paper and Dr. Heylyn exprefly teftify) Wolf's Edition, and that MS. by which Bod. 2. was corrected (tho' I verily believe it was the Record it felf) have not the Words five ceremonias, which are in Bishop Sparrow's Copy of Day, and which Dr. Heylyn himself does (a) elsewhere acknowledge; with this only Difference in the whole (which in Reality is none) that the Doctor places fidei after controverfiis, whereas in the Record and Wolf's Edition it ftood before it; and this Mifplacing might be a Slip of the Doctor's Memory, or a Miftake of the Prefs, I prefume therefore, that the Claufe ftood as Wolf reads it, till the Year 1571, when the Convocation inferted five ceremonias, as exegetical to ritus; and fo Day printed it. And Dr. Heylyn accordingly,when he does not exprefly cite the Record, quotes it as it ftood improved or enlarged in the ufual Copies.

(a) The Life of Archbishop Laud, p. 70.

CHAP.

CHA P. XXVI.

Of the Subfcription of the Convocation in 1604.

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Don't find that the Convocation ever had the Articles again before them, till the Year 1604, when they fubfcribed them in a moft folemn Manner.

They took a Quarto Copy of them, printed at London in the Year 1593, by the Deputies of Chriftopher Barker (which alfo has the Controverted Claufe of the Twentieth Article, to note that by the way) bound up in Vellam, with a quantity of Paper annexed,fufficient for their Purpose. And on the Backfide of the laft Page was written as follows.

To all and fingular the precedent Articles of Religion comprifed in this Booke, being in Number Thirty nine, we the Byfhops and whole Cleargy of the Province of Canterburye affembled in the Convocation holden at London, uppon a publique Readinge and deliberate Confideracion of the fayed Articles the 18th of May in the Yeare of our Lord God 1604. have willingly and with one accorde confented and fubfcribed.

Then in the fame Page are the following Autographal Subfcriptions, viz.

Ric. London, Prefident.

Tho. Winton.

W. Lincoln.

Jo. Bathon, & Wellen.

Antho. Ciceftren.

Jo. Roffenf.

Gerv. Wigorn.
Anth. Meneven.

Willm. Alphen.

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The next Page contains the following Subfcriptions of other Bishops,

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The two next Pages contain the Subfcriptions of the Deans; as feveral others do those of the Archdeacons, Proctors for Chapters, and Proctors for the Clergy, in the following Order.

Decani Ecclefiarum Cathedralium, & Collegi

atarum.

Thomas Ravis, Decanus Ecclef. Chrifti Oxon. Proloquutor.

Jacobus Mountagu, Decanus Capella Regiæ, &
Ecclef. Lich.

Tho. Nevile, Decanus Ecclef. Metropol, Cant.
Matt. Sutlivius, Decan. Exon.

Joannes Gordon, Dec. Sarum.

Umpbridus Tyndall, Dec. Elienf

Tho. Blague, Dec. Roffenf.

Rich. Eedes, Dec. Wigorn.

Johannes Overall, Dec. D. Pauli London.

Griffith Lewys, Dec. Ecclef. Gloucest

Simon Robfon, Dec. Brift.

Benj. Heydon, Dec. Wellens.

Georg.

Georg. Montgomery, Dec. Norvic.
Laurentius Stanton, Dec. Lincoln.

Georg. Abbott, Dec. Winton. per me Tho. Ravis ex fpeciali mandato Procuratorem ad hoc fubfti

tutum.

Carolus Langford, Dec. Heref. per me Sim. Smyth de fpeciali mandato Procuratorem ad hoc fubftitutum.

Tho. Banks, A. M. Dec. Afaph. per me Gulielmum Barlow de fpeciali mandato Procur. ad hoc fubftit.

Richardus Parrye, S. Th. Prof. Dec. Bangor. per me Tho. Ravis de fpeciali mandato Procur. ad hoc fubftit.

Archidiaconi.

Car. Fotherbye, Archid. Cant.
Mich. Renigerus, Arch. Winton.
Joannes Langworth, Arch. Wellenf.
Philip. Biffe, Arch. Taunton.
Fac. Cottington, Arch. Surrie.
Jo. Drury, Arch. Oxon.
Tho. Barret, Arch. Exon.
Ric. Clayton, Arch. Lincol.
Will. Tooker, Arch. Barum.

Erafmus Webb, Arch. Bucks.

Joannes Buckeridge, Arch. Northampton.

Joannes Freake, Arch. Norwic.

Rob. Hill, Arch. Gloceft.

Simon Smyth, Arch. Heref.

Rob. Newman, fubft. Johannis Firmarie Arch. de

Stowe.

Mer. Morgan, Arch. de Carmarthen.

Theoph. Ailmer, Arch. London.

Rad. Pickbaver, Arch. Sarum.

Rob, Tighe, Arch. Middlef.

Rog.

Rog. Dod, Arch. (a) Salop.

And. Vaen, Arch. Brechon.

Simon Smyth, Procurator Guilhelmi (b) Grenew, Arch. Salop. in Ecclef. Cath. Heref.

(c) W. Souch, Procurator Archidiaconi Sarum. Guilelmus Hinton, Arch. Covent.

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Lewis Swete, Arch. Tottnes, per me Procur Tho.

Barret.

W. Souch, Proc. Arch. Dorfet.
Joannes Maptizden, Arch. Suff.
Wm. Huchenfon, Arch. Cornub.
Cadwalladerus Hughes, Arch. Landav.
Tho. Stalter, Arch. Roffenf..
Tho. Wither, Arch. Colceftr.
(d) Tho. Corbett, Proc. Arch. Lefter.
Fo. Johnson, Arch. Wigorn.
Rob. Johnson, Arch. Leiceft.
Ri. Stokes, Arch. Norf.
Tho. Patenfon, Arch. (e)
Job. Mattock, Arch. Lewens.
Rich. Hackluyt, Arch. Weft.
Sam. Harfnet, Arch. Effex.

(a) There are two Archdeaconries of Salop, the dne in Lichfield, the other in Hereford Diocese. It appears from the next Subfcription fave one, that this Perfon enjoyed the former of thefe Dignities.

(b) I think I read this Perfon's Name right.

(c) I prefume, Souch came into the Houfe, after Pickharver was gone forth; and therefore, knowing himself to be Pickhaver's Proxy, and not perufing the Names of thofe that had already fubfcribed, he haftily entred this Subscription.

(d) This has a Mark before it; which probably fignifies that it ftands for nothing, Jobnfon coming prelently into the House, and fubfcribing in Perfon.

(e) I can't pofitively affirm, what Place this Person was Archdeacon of, his Title being written in fo bad a manner. But I guess, 'twas Chichifter; for I think I can make out Ciftria. er fomething very like it.

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