i^c. which boke I prefente unto the moolle criften Kynge
Ediv. 4. began the xii of Marche, fynylhed vii day of
Juyn — and enprynted xx of Nc'vcrnbre, xxi ycre of Ediv. 4.
[f] Tulle of old age tranflated out of Latin into Freti/hg
by Laurence de pr'wio faBu — — and enprynted by me fimple
perlbn William Caxton into Englyjj/.e at the plailir, folace
and reverence of men growing into old age, the xii day of
jiug. M cccc Lxxxi. Tullius de slnectute was
tranflated by the ordenaunce and defyre of the noble and
auncient knyght Sir Johau Fajiolf of Kcrfollie Bannerette,
lyvynge the age of fourfcore ycrc, exercifyng the warrys for
the unyverfal welfare of both Ro}'ames of EngUnd and
Fraur.ce for forty yeres, admyny.lring juftice and polytique
govcrnaunce under three !:yngcs, Hcr.:-y 4, 5, 'o. govcrnour
of the duchy of ^//^
tranflaied by the noble famous Erie of Wurcrjlre fone and
hcycr to the lord Typtoft, which in his tyme flowred in ver-
\\\c and cunnyng, to whom I knewe none lykc tmonee the
lordes
z62 A Differ tat ion concerning the
Polycronicon ; compiled in Latin by Ranulph
Higden Monk of Chejire. Tranflated into Eng-
lifjhe by Jo]:>n Trevifa vycarye of Barkeley, at
the requeft of Thomas lord Barkeley. Continued
from 1357 to 1460, by me fimple perfon Wil-
li am Caxton. Ended 2d of Juyll xxii of Ed-
ward IV. a thoufand foure honderd and foure-
fcore and tweyne. Fol. 1482
The legende of Sayntes^ called the Golden legende ;
tranflated out of Frenjhe, and fynyfhed the xx
day of Novemh. the fyrft yere of kyng Richard
the thyrd, at Weflmejtre \g\ Fol. 1483
The boke called Caton ; [or Cato^s Precepts in
Latin, with a Verfion and Comment in Englifii]
tranflated
lordes of the temporalite in fcience and moral vertue — the
. Declamacyon was tranflated alfo by the Erie — whiche late
pitoufly loft his lyf. ' — When I had enprynted the boke of
old age, — me feemed it according that thi& fayd boke of
friend/hip fhould follow, bycaufe there cannot be annexed to
old age a better thynge than good and wcry fricndfhip ;—
whiche lytil volume I have empryfed to enprynte under the
umbre and ihadowe of the noble proteccion of our mooft
dradde foverayn and mooft criften kyng Ed-ivard the
fourthe, to whom I mooft humbly byfeeche to recey ve the
faj'd boke, ^c.
[g] We have three Copies of this Book, but all imper-
feft, both in the beginning and end ; fo that they give us
neither the Title nor the Date : but from the Contents it
appears to be the fame that is defcribed by Mr. Mattaire
under the Title oi La Legende Doree, printed 1483. in large
FoliOj each Page in two Columns. The Catalogue of
Cax ton's Works given by Palmer and Bagford, recites
two Editions of a Book called Vitas Patrum ; but they are
probably no other than different Editions of the Golden Le-
gend, which from a fimilitudc of the Subjed they have
miftaken for the other Work ; which in reality was never
publiftied
Origin c/ Printing in England. ^6^
tranflated out o^ Frenfhe, in th abbaye oifVeJi-
mynfire, xxin of Decemhe, the firfl of Rycb. III.
dedicated to the Cyte of London [b]. FoL 1485
The book of th enfeignmentes and techynge that
the Knygbt cf the Toure made to his daughters.
Tranflated out of Frenjhe. Enprynted the laft
dzyt of Janyver, iht fivfk of Rich. III. [/] Fol,
1483
publifhed by Caxton ; who, after having tranflated and
prepared it for the Prefs, died before the Impreffion ; which
was executed afterwards by Wjnkya de Worde, with this Co-
lophon :
Vitas Patrum. The ryht devout and folytaiy lyf of the
auncyent or olde holy faders hermytes dwcllying in the de-
ferts— upon whiche have wryten St. 7^r»;»— tranflated out
of Frenjhe into EvgUpe by Wyllyam Caxton of Wejimynjire
late deed, and fynylhed at the Jaft daye of his lyfF— en-
piynted in the fayd towne oi Wifinr^njire by maWynkyn de
Worde. 1495.
\h\ To the noble auncyent and renommed Cytc, the
Cyte q{ London in England, I William Caxton Cytezeyn and
Conjurye of the fame , of the fraternyte and felaufliip of
mercerye owe of ryght my fervylb and good wyll, and of
very dute am boundcn naturelly to affifte and counceille as
ferforth as 1 can, as to my moder, of whom I have re-
ceyved my noureture and lyvynge, and ftial praye for the
good profperite and polecye of the fame duryng my
lyf, ^V.
[/â– ] Whiche boke is comen to my handes by the requeft
and defyre of a noble lady which hath brougt forth many
fayr dougters— and for the ziele and love that flie hath to
her fayr children— hath defy red me to tranflate it into En-
gyliJJJj-~.\Ti whiche werke I fynd many good eiifeignmentis
& lernynges by evydent hiftoryes of audorite and good en-
famples for al maner of peple in generally, but in efpecyal
for ladycs and gentilwymen dougters to lordcs and gcntil-
men, ^V.
The
364 A "Differ tation concerning the
^he Ryal hook^ or hook for a kyng [Jc] •, in
whiche ben compryfed the x commandments,
the xii artycles of the fayth, the vii dedely
fynnes, the vir ^ttycionsoi xho. Pater nojler^ the
yeftes of the holy ghooft, the vii vertues, (^c.
reduced out of Frenfhe into Englyjhe at the requefte
cf a fynguler frende^ a mercer cf London. Fynyjhed
xiJi Septem. the fecond of Rich. III. Fol. 1484
'^he book of good maners [/] ; delyvered to me
by a fpecyal frende of myn a mercer of London
named William Praat ; tranflated out of Frenfhe,
Fynyflied the VIII of Jz/jy;?, M.iiiicLxxxvi. firft
yere of kyng Harry the VII. enprynted xi of
M^ye after. Fol. 1487
1'he doctrinal of fapyeme ; ryght utile and
prouffytable to alle cryften men ; tranflated out
' of Frenfhe at TVeJlmeJlery and fynyped vii of
May. W. C. [w] 1489
"The
\]i\ CcOTpiled atte requefte of kyng Phelyp h Bele of
Frautice, 1279. rtAxicedi out. o? Frenjhe into Engli/Jhe hy me.
* — atte requefte of a worftiipful marchaunt and mercer of
Lo-ndon — for a fpecyal book to knowe al vyces, and braunches
of them alfo al vertues — whiche for — the right grete fub-
ftance whiche is compryfed therein may and ought to be
called ryal — and alfo bycaufe that it was made atte requeft
of that ryght noble kyng Phelyp.
[/] Compiled by the venerable Frere Jaques le Graun*
lycencyat in Theologye religyous of the ordre of St. Ju-
gufi7i — whiche book is of auftorite for as moche as there is
nothyng fayd therein but for the mooft parte it is alledged
by fcrypture or ellis by fayeng of holy feyntes doftours
•philofophres. —
[tji] The ryght reverent fader in God Guy de Roye by
the dyvine myferacion Archebyfhop of Senct' hath doon it
to
Origin 0/ P r i n t i N g ifi England. 365
"The book of the fayt of armes and chyvdrie
whicbe CWx^yvi^ ofFyk dreive out o/Vegecius
de re militari; which book being in Frenfhe was
delyvered to me by the mood criften kyng my
foverayn lord. Hen, vii. to be tranflated into
Englifhe, xxiii. of Jan. the iiii yere of his
reign. Enprynted xiiii Juyll next follow-
ing. FoL 1489
The boke of Eneydos made in Latyn by
that noble Poete and gretc clerke Vyrgyle-,
tranflated from xki^Frcnche into Engliffhe [profe]
XXII 7«y», fyfthc ^i Hen. VII {fi\ Fol W. C.
1490
ConfeffiQ
to be wreton for the hekhe of his foule and of the foules
of alle hys people — and in fpecyal it is made for fymple
layemen — to ftir them up to devotion. —
All our Writers on Printing obferve, that Caxton dif-
tinguifhed his Impreffions by a particular Device, confiding
of the initial Letters of his Name, with a cypher between,
which they interpret to Hand for 74, and to refer to the firft
year of his Printing 1474: but as far as I can find, he be-
gan only to ufe this Cypher near the end of his Life, and in
his latelt works ; this Book being the firft of this Catalogue,
in which I have obfervcJ it to be applied, as it generally is
in thofe that he afterwards publifhed.
[«] I praye Mayfler 7c;{'. 5'/{f/^o« late created poete lau-
reate in the Univerfite of Oxenforde to overfce and correftc
this boke — for hym I knowe for fufFycyent to expowne
every dyffyculte that is therein — for he hath late tranflated
the Epyftles of Tulle and the boke of Dyodorus Siculta and
dyverfe other werkes out of Latyn, not in rude and olde
langagc, but in polyflicd and ornate termes craftily, as he.
that hath redde Vyrgyle, Onjide, Tulle and all the other no-
ble poetes and oratours, to mc unknown—- and alfo he hath
â– reddc
^66 A Dijfertation concerning the
Confejfio Amantis, A Poem in EngUJhe by
John Cover. Fol. at Wejimejire [c]. ^493
A book containing many godly treatifes ; tranflat-
cd out oi Frenfjh [/>] Fol, W. C. 1495
The
rtdde. the ix mufes, and underflande their muficalle fcy-
ences, and to whom of theym eche fcyence is appropred.
J fuppofe he hath dronken of E/icons well — whiche boke I
prefente unto the hye born my tocommynge naturell and
foverayn lord Jrthur Prynce of Wa/ys, Due of Comeivayll
and Erie of Cbefter fyrft bygoten fon and heyer unto our
moft dradde naturall and foverayn lord and moft cryften
k)Tig Henry VII.
[e] Enprynted at Wejimejire and fynyfhed the 2d of Zep-
ttm. the fyrft yere of Kynge Rich. III. mcccclxxxxui.—
From the inconfiftent account of the Date of this Book, it
appears, that either an x muft have been added by miftakc
to the year of Impreffion ; or, what I rather take to be the
cafe, this was a fecond Edition printed x years later than the
iirft, but with the very fame Colophon, excepting this change
of its Date. The Author was contemporary with Chaucer^
and a celebrated Poet and Scholar in that Age. — At the end
of his Work there is an Advertifement in Latin to this Ef-
fea:
Pray for the Soul of John Gower ; for whofoever pray*^
for his Soul, Ihall mercifully enjoy in the Lord a thoufand
and five hundred days of pardon, granted in due form by
the Church, for each time that he Ihall fo pray.
[/] By a perfone that is unperfight in fuch werke, where -
for he humbly byfeche the learnyd reders wyth pacyens-
to correfte it — and of their charyte to pray for the foule of
the tranflatour— the boke treateth fyrft of the gloryou*
paflion of our Savyour, and the compofcyon that his blefTyd
moder had therof ; and alfo wherefor we ought to lore
AKa
a
Origin
The Decades of the ocean ; written by Pet,
Martyr of Angler ia^ &c. 1494. Bibliothec. Pe*
troburg,
The works of Chaucer-, by William Caxton^
1498. ibid.
Books without a Date.
The recuyell or gadryng togeder of the hijloryes
$f Troye ; tranflated out of Frenjhe [q\. FoL
Boecius de confolacione philofophie -, tranflated
into Englifh by Geffrey Chaucer [r], FeU
The
Alfo Iheweth another treatife moche prouiFytable for rc-
formacyon of foules defoyled wyth ony of the vii dedely
fynnes.
Item^ Another (hewynge the fignes of gooftly love.
hem, A treatife of the vertues and of the braunches of
the appultree whiche is expouned morally.
Alfo is declared wherby men maye feke the love of our
Lord.
And the laft treatyfe fpekyth to exhorte the perfone to
efchewe and have in contempte all evyll thoughtes— —
whiche boke was lately tranflated out oiFrenJJhe, 1493, by
a right well dyfpofed perfone, for bycaufe he thoughte it
necefTary to al devoute peple to rede or here it redde. And
alfo caufed the fayd boke to be enprynted.
[f ] Tranflated out of Latyn into Frenjhe^ by the venera-
ble perfone Raoul le Fc'vre prceft, and by me indigne and
unworthy tranflated into this rude EngUJfh, by the com-
mandment of my fayd redoubtid lady duches of Bourgone — â–
whice werke [of tranflating] was begonne in Brugi:^ and
contynued in Gaunt, and fmyflied in Colcyn, 1471. —
[r] For as moche as the flile of it is harde and difficile
to be underilonde of funple perfones, Therfore the worfliip-
1:
3^8 A "Dijfertation concerning the
'The lyf of the gloryous Vyrgyn and Martyr
Saynt Katharyn of Sene [j^], with
'The Rcvelacyons of Saynt Elyfabeth the kynges
dougter of Hungary e [/]. Fol. W. C.
. Speculum
ful fader and firft foundeur and enbeliffher of ornate elo-
quence in our Euglijh, I mene Mayfter Geffrey Chaucer, hath
tranflated it oute of Latjn into oure ufual and moder tongue
followyng the Latyn as neygh as is poflible to be under-
ftande. Wherein in myne oppynon he hath defervid a per-
petuel lawde and thanke of al this noble royame of Eng-
lond. — Thenne for as moche as this fayd boke fo tranflated
is rare and not fpred ne knowen as it is digne and worthy,
for the erudicion of fuche as ben ignoraunt, atte fequefte
of a finguler frende and goflib of myne, I William Caxtofz
have done my devoir tenprynte it in fourme as is here afore
made.- And further-more I defire and require you that
of your charite ye wold praye for the foul of the fayd wor-
ihipful man Geff. Chaucer, firft tranflatour of this fayd boke
into Ergliffh and enbeliflher in making the fayd langage
ornate and fayr. ^
To the end of the Book is added the Epitaph of Chaucer
in Latin Verfe, made at the Inftance and Coft of Caxton,
by Stephen Surigon of Milati, Poet Laureat. The Book is
without Signatures, Date, and Place of Printing, which
fhews it to be one of his earlieft Works.
[i] I purpos by our Lordis mercy — to tranflate into
Evglijfhe, the Legende aud the blejjed lyf of an holy mayde atid
•virgyn. — This Legende compyled a worlhipfull cleark
Fryer Reymond of the ordre of Saynt Dofnynic, dodtor of
dey /nyte and confefibur of this holy virgyn. — In this tran-
flacion J leve of — al poyntes of devynyte which pafTeth
your underftondyng — and that thou geve full credence to
that I ihal wryte, the veryte may be prevyd wythout noy
fcynyng bi fcryptures of her confefTours — and alfo the
wytnes I purpofe to put in at the €n4e of eche chapytre,
^s that worfliipful Gierke did.
[/] Saynt Elyfahith aboute the en4ynge of her lyff, the
whiche was 1231, afFermyd that fhe had feyn and herde.
Origm
Speculum vite Chrijli ; or, the myrroure of the
hlejjyd lyf of Jhefu Chtyjie; compiled from the
Latin book of Dr. Bonaventure de meditacione
vite Crifii [«] ; together with a fhorte trea-
tycc of the hyeft and moftc worthy Sacramente
of Chriltes bleflid body, and the marveylles
thereof Fol. W. C.
Dire5lorium Sacerdotum: five Ordinale fecundum
ufum Sarum, una cum Defenforio ejufdem Birec-
as it is above wryten : and fhe fayde that Ihe hadde fo grete
certaynte of theym all, that fhe wolde rather fufFre deth
thenne to double ony lytyll part of theim that they were
iiot trewe.
[u] Memorandum, quod circa annum Domini 1410,
originalis copia hujus libri in Anglicis prefentebatur
London! per compilatorem ejufdem, Reverendiffimo in
Chrifto Patri & Domino Thome Arundell Cantuarienfi
Archiepifcopo, ad infpiciendum & debite examinandum
antequam fuerat libere communicata. Qui poll infpeftionem
ejufdem per dies aliquot retradens ipfum librum memorato
ejufdem libri proprie vocis oraculo in fingulis commendavit
& approbavit, necnon & aucloritate fua metropolitica ut-
pote catholicum publice communicandum decrevit & man-
davit ad fidelium edificationem & hereticorum five LoUar-
dorum confutacionem.
And fo for as moche as in the boke ben conteyned dy-
verfe ymagynacyons of Cryftes lyf, the whiche lyf from
the begynnynge in to the endying eyver ble/fyd and with-
out fynne pafiynge alle the ly\'es of alle other fayntes, as
for a fynguler prerogatyve maye be cleped The blejfyd lyf
ef Jhefu Crife, the whyche alfo bycaufe hyt maye not be
fully defcryved, as the lyves of other fayntes, but in a
jnannere of lykenelFe as the ymage of mannes face it
Ihewed in the myrrour, thcrforc as for a pertyncnt name
to thys booke hyt may fkylfully be cleped The Myrroure
•f the blejfyd lyf of Jhefu Cryfle.
Vol. V. A a /^n;
370 A Differ tatton concerning the
torij [.v] ; item Tractatus qui dicitur, Crede
michi [y']. FoL
'The book of fame; made by Geffrey Chau-
cer [2;]. FoL
The Chafiyfing of Goddes Chyldren; a book
proufFy table for mannes Ibule and right comfort-
. ' [a] Ad fin. Impreffum eft hoc direftorium cum de-
fenforio ejufdem per JVilliam Caxton, apud Weftmonafteriura
prope London.
[j] Crede michi
fequentes Articuli ventulati funt & approbati per canonicos
ecclelie Sarum. —
Ad fin. Quia vero in hoc opere non fcribitur aliqua
regula nifi fit vera fecundum ordinale Sarum & bene venti-
lata, ac peritorum virorum teftimonio ac figillis confirmata.
Ideo prefens opufculum vocatur Crede mihi, nam qui
prediftas regulas memoriter tenet vix poterit errare in fer-
viclo divino, Deo gratias.
This is the only Book that we have of Caxton's print-
ing in Latin; wliich I have not obferved to be mentioned
in any Catalogue of hisWorks. It confutes a Notion that has
commonly obtained, that he confined himfelf to the printing
of E-ngliJh. Though, befides the prefent Volume, which
is of no fmall fize in Folio, and a Latin Edition of Bai-tholo-
vi^us de proprictatibzis rerum, afcribed to him by Wynhyn ae
IVorde, there is a good deal of the Latin Text intermixed
with fome of the Tranflations that he pubUflied : as of
JBoeiiziS de covfolatione \ Caio ; the XI i Prouffytes of Tribu-
lacyon ; Speculum vite CriJJi, &c.
[£;] Whiche werke as me femeth be craftily made, for
^ he towchyth in it ryght grete wyfedom and fubtyll under-
ftondying, and fo in all his werkeys he excellyth in myn
opynyon all other wryters in our EnglyJJ'h, for he wryteth
no voyde wordes, but alle hys matter is full of hye and
quycke fentence. To whom ougt to be gy ven laude and
preyfying for hys noble makyng and wrytyng, — for of him
allc other have borowed fyth and taken. — -—
able
Origin ^Printing in England. ^71
able to the body, and fpecially in adver-
Tite. Fol.
A bokc compofed of diverfe ghoftly matters ;
of whiche
The fyrft treatife is named Orologitnn Sapien-
cie [rt], fhewing vii poyntes of true love of
everlailyne wyfdom. At JVeJlmynJlre.
The fcconde fheweth xii prouffyles of tribula-
cion lb']. W. C.
The thyrde flieweth the holy rule of Saynt Be-
net [f] ; emprynted at JVeJlmynJlre by defiryn
of certeyn worfhipfull psrfones, ^arto.
\_a] That name was gyvcn therto as hjrt is feyde in the
proheme of the boke, bycaufe that the mater thereof wa4
ihe\v)n to hym that wrote hit, as in a vifioun, under the
figure and likenefs of a wonder fayre Orologc fetet and aray-
ed with paflynge fayre Rofes and wyth Symbales fwete
fownynge. isfc.
i^/ legit emendet, prefforem mn reprehendat
IVyllelmum Caxton. Cui deus aha tradat.
[b] A lytill fhorte treatyfe that tellyth how there were
VII mayfters aflembled togydre everyche one alked other
wjiat thynge they myghte bed fpeke of that myght plefe
God, and were mooit profitable to the people. And all
they were accorded to fpeke of tribulacyon.
[f] A compendious abftraftc tranflate into EngUJJ'he
out of the holy rule of Saynt Benet for men and wymen of
the habyte thereof the whiche underllonde lytyll Laten or
none, to the er.tcnt that they maye often rede, execute the
hole rewU and the better kepe it than it is, accordyng to
the abyte and their ftrcyte profeflyon, ^c,
Aa 2 A
'^'H 'A Dijfertation concerning, &g.
A colle6lion oi Chaucer* s Poems [^. ^arto*
There is an Edition of the Game of Chejfey
without date, with wooden Cuts, of Maur,
Johnfon, Efq.
The life and death of king Arthur, called la
mort d' Arthur, without date or Printer's name,
in a large black letter with wooden cuts.
Penes M. J.
Hiftory of Reynard the Foxe; tranflated from
Dutche by William Caxton, in th' Abbay of
Wejimefire, 1481. Penes M.J.
[/\ This Book is without Signatures, Date, Place, or
Name of Printer, and contains the following Pieces :
Sfans puer ad nienfam j or, LefTons of Behaviour to the
Young.
An holy Salve regina in Englijh.
Parvus Cat ho.
Magnus Catho, in four Books.
Fable of the Chorle and the Birde.
of the Horfe, the Ghoos, and the Sheep, &c.
A lift of proper terms or phrafes, in fpeaking of bealls,
birds, &c.
The Temple of glafs.
Scipio's, dream, called T^he Parlaiment of Birds ; or Temple
of hrafs,
A treatyfe whiche John Skogan fente unto the lordes and
gentilmen of the kinges hows, exortynge them to lofe no
tyme in their yougtlie.
The good counceyl of Chaucer ; or, the Book of curtefye
Annelida and Arcyte.
Chancers complaint to his purfe.
The nuoye o( Chaucer to Kynge Henry the Fourth.
A N
THE
INDEX.
N. B. Pref. ftands for Preface ; Intr. for In-
trodutlory Bifcourfe ; Pojl. for Pojlfcript ;
N. for Note. The Numerals refer to the
Volumes, and the Figures to the Pages of
the feveral Trads.
A.
ACADEMY, its peculiar character and dillinc-
tion to deliver nothing dogmatically, and to
follow only the probable, iii. 78.
Addison, Mr. his obfervation on the impofture of the
holy houfe of Loretto, v. 1 50. affirms, that the mcltmg
of St. Januarius\ blood was one of the mod bunglmg
tricks that he had ever feen, v. 152.
Adoration of the Host: too abfurd for the praftice
even of Heathens, v. 55. . , r 1.
vEneas Gaz^us attells the pretended miracle of the or.
thodox, whofe tongues were cut out by order of Hun-
neric the Vandal, and yet fpoke afterwards, i. 316.
iEscuLAPius : fuppofcd by Qngen to be a Daemon, cun-
ning in medicine, i. 202. In his temples, all kinds of
difeaies were believed to be cured, 1. 203.
Allegorical narrations of a quite different kind from
hiftorical, ii. 449.
Altars placed on the roads in popifh countrigs, v. 129,
130, 131, 132, 133. attheentranceof towns, V.I 35.
Ambrose, St. relates a flory of Satyrus, who was faved
from Ihipwreck by a piece of confecrated bread, 1. Intr.
ci N Aniwered iiymmachus\ petition for the rc-
^ â– â– Aa 3 placing
The INDEX.
placing of the altar of viftory in the Senate-houfe,
V. 170.
Amelote, father, his French tranflation of the new teftar
meat, iii. 347.
Ammianus Marcellinus : his account of -<^p//
neus\ temple being fet on fire, i. 285. N.
Amphibolus, St. believed to owe his faintfhip to a mif-
taken paiTage in the old adts or legends of St. Allan, and
to have been nothing more than the cloke, which St.
Alban happened to have at the time of his execution,
V. 125.
Ancient Fathers, extremely credulous, fuperftitious,
prejudiced, enthufiaftic, and fcrupling no art or means
of propagating their notions and principles, i. Pref. 28.
The chief inftrumenf, by which they acquired and main-
tained their credit in the world, was an appeal to a di-
vine and miraculous power, as reliding among them, i. 29.
Claim, among other miraculous gifts, thefe three ; the
gift of raifmg the dead ; of fpeaking with tongues ;
and of underltanding the holy fcriptures, ihid. What-
ever their charader be, or whatever they have taught or
praftifed, is a matter, that makes no part in the reli-
fion ofaproteftant, Intr. i. 83. Their authority rejefted
y Chilling'worth, ibid. Their authority carried higher by
the church of England, than in any other proteftant
country, i. 93. Chriftianity no more concerned in, or af-
fefted by, the characters of the ancient, than by thofe
of the modern fathers of the church, i. 96. The ufes of
them, ibid, and 97. They, particularly Chryfojiom, Jerom,
and Auguftin, taught, praftifed, and recommended rites
and doftrines, received by the Ro7niJh church, but
condemned and rejefted by proteftant churches, i. Pref,
109. No where affirm, that either they themfelves, or
the apoftolic fathers before them, were endowed with
any power of working miracles, i. 143. Their credu-
lity and zeal impofed upon by the juggling of flrolling
wonder-workers, i. 147. Their abfurd reafonings, both
in religion and morality, the fubjeft of feveral whole
books, i. 180. Their veracity queftionable, i. 181.
Their unanimity of no force to prove the truth of any
opinion, i. 189. Univerially believed, that there were
magicians both among the Gentiles and heretical Chri-
ftians, who had each their particular Demons, i. 190,
191. Believed the whole fyftem of pagan idolatry to
have been managed by the craft and agency of Daemons,
i. 194. Their notions of the power of Demons a proof
of
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•f the grofleft credulity, ihid. A/cribe the wonderful
things, pretended to be performed by magicians and
jugglers, to the aififlance of Da:mons, i. 213. Allow
the power of carting out devils, both to Je^vs and Cen-
tiles, i. 209. Obfervations on their accounts of the calling
out devils, i. 215. &feq. Some of the principal of them, in
the fourth century, deliver themfclves variouily and in-