\ L 1 B. Ill. TheHonourofthe MariedC/ergie. A whether Spider-carher, cor~<r-creeperC.E. Pfcudo-Carholtk<Priefi, wrote afcurrilous Letterofabove rwo quireof plp!!r, in a rwelw:-yeare; anfwer ro three leivesof J. H.l.t is nor more fure th:lt there i~_! ltoroe, or that Gregory and NicoltH fare there, thln rh>< fuch an Epiftle waswritten thither lbove (even hundred yeares ago. It was exr•nrofold, before ever rhofe Lurherao quurels were hatched. ler him ther<fore gne filh for Frogs in rhe Pond ofhis GrrgorJ, wh\les he derives rhencethe vaio pleas ofimprob1biliry. Ifthere we•e differences in relating the circumllaocesofthat llory ( 35 1know none) mu[\ it needs thereupon be falfe? Which oftheir Hillories ts not liable tovariety of rtport? To begin with the firfi: The ti1ccd!ion ofLiniH, ond Cfe· t~~<,and C/cmem, isdive.fly reporred; is there no (rluh in it? Toend with the lafi: The tirlecf Paul the fifr to the ch1ire of Peltr in the lawtulneffe ot his !\le/lion, isdivcrOy reponed; bathhe theref~re no true chime to his feat? But who e,ver placed GregorieJ pond in Sicily? This isoneofthe fitreos of his Filz.-SiNJ011J. Ifotherauthors have mentioned rhisnarrati0n,rhen all rhe firength of thishifiqrylyerh not on Hufderick;l f none befidehim,his words varynot.rhefe are bur tricks to outfdCe truth. The Ep:file, in fpighr of co~rrad iftion, is fo mcienr; aJJd what c3fe we thtn for names? Wh~rher ir were Saint 'L'd1lrirk, or Httlrltric4, or JrqJNji~nrH, we labour not much. Let it be rhe talkeofidle Criricks to difpme who wss HuM64J mother, and I whll was her age; No leffe vain is my Refuter, thJt fpends many wa!lo words about his Saint Vd•lrlck._, in lhewing the difference of time betWIXt him and Pope Nirola<; the one dying,Anno 869. theother being borne,89o. and provingour ofhJSobfcure I Sorhonljl Mo•chi4c<NIH, that rhere were five BilhopsofA•./fr•r&e,betwixr the rimes of C rhe one, and the other: whereby a ftmple Reader might eafily bedeluded,and drawn to think, there isnorhing but impo!libi!ry and unrrmh in om report: whereas there is nothing in all rhisperemptory and colourable Aourifh of his, bur mrere co~ging ormifprifion: Forborh IUiriciM apart, and rheCenturifl!, and chmMili•J (all Ger· mlnes, thulhouldbe bell acquainted with the filre oftheir owa) have long ftnce told him,rhar hisSaint Vi•lritk..was not the man whom they held che Aurhor ofthis Epi!lle,buc HMUerlck,lnother,normrr:h dilf'fCt in name,burdiffeting in time above fevenry ycares;Ne n#lllinif efNivoc~fiflld/,rem lurb"t, ~nd ltjl tbeetp1i'lJoc4tioll oft he ••me(faith C/>emmti•r)Jho•ldtroNhk tin Reoil<r; Thm if G11otherVd•frlck_ofA•g•JI•, whom AvmtllltTPritu ttlhaveti.Jed AtJno 973.BIIf tbh H111derid,£nLIHSJI'lJiJIIWritu to have d1ed A~11• 900. '"J in 1h: J<'te ofhiug' 81. Thul he, from th,.athority of D two their famoufe[\ Hifiorians: fromwhole >ccnunt On•phriNJ differs nor much. But (that my R.cfurer may hereafter C.ve the l•bouroffcannning rheirdifcordam Comput:ldons) whethrric were either, or neilherofthem, iris nm wonh to us one h1ire .of his crown~ ftnce wirhour faithfu!l and learned Fo~·, wer3ther from theamhoricy ofancienr F.:n~lilh Copies, a(;ribcir ro Vvf~<jia>lus, whofe fecond Epi!l'ea\fo in the f.Jme (\ile 10 the C. re purpofC, is cx<>m from the fJme Records, nor inferiour to rhe former: What matters it fonhc name, when it ap?ears th·\C the EpHHe ir felfei• truly ancient,pondcrou~, reverend, Theo~ogic::~ll, convittive;:md f'uch as thebdf RomtnJ he3dsc.noo: a<ur feven hundred rear<! lh>pe. jufianfwtr UntO?Even in fome C•- nonicoll Books, though there he difference in the names ofthe Pen-men,rhere is full affenrro rheir divinomhority: And why is it nor fo in humanr? Thus thenwe h t ve eaGiy b!own away thcfe light bubbles ofDifcourfe, which our Adverfary hach raifed I J;: our nf,hcNut-fl:ellothiscom?mltion, from rhe Age,Perfon,WririnrsofhisS,inr \ Vd•lric~; and rerurne his i111purom •tfiio cNjHJIIth•loniJ Epificl•m, with hisjirrei o- ,;,, and flumhet cordil, back whence it came, torhe Writer cited by my Adverfary, nor named• But by better due ro the next hand,wherero lam no whit beholdinRfor leavirg it un-englif!led, in that C.£. fpared not me but himfclfe: Who is oefiioq•il, bur he that leaperh m to the Preffe without aname ? who Nehulo, rather than hethar rnaiketh and marchcth fu6 mh•l• ,hoplng to pa!l; in theconf!i[t for adoughty Kuighr orChampion,,r, ho.oo(ciNto, nor daring to lift up hisSever? whO'writes imp.ram EPifl•l•m, bmhe that hath fcribled a Vo\uminou• Epi!lle, ro crydowr p 1rc and Ho- ?~rable Maria~e, for the inhauncingofimpure Celib1~e? nor rhot1 in Tbeji, Cel.bJte IS Impure, bur in HJp•th'.Ji rhei·s, forced and hypocritic-.11. SECT. Chtm.bip.J~ C~tl:~MM.
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