LIB. III. The Honour oftbeMariedClergie. A Howmany haveour times yeeldedofrhar rank, whombmh A~ademicoll eduta~ion, •nd experience, and rravell, and O:udy havewrought 10 an emmenr perfiit,oo in all Am, efpecially in Mathematikes and Hiflory? Such wos Fabi4"'· ~hofdide!iry(belidesbisorherworrhs) wasnever (that I find) .taxed, but by thll mfolenr P<o rhu barb learned to furbeare noman1 Hew~ roooldfor us to bribe, and coo crediblefur C.B. todifgrace. Ifhewould have lenr Rome but this one lye,noman had been more authemicall; now his truth makes himfabulousF4o/4fl, Thar one fJulr h01h rnured 0ur Archdeacon of Htmri.egdoul(o. • The O:ory which he tells ofcheCardinall ofCrema the Pope! Legate, ralten in bed (afrer his bufie indeavours againO: themaried Clergie) the fame day with an Harlor, bath uodone his reputation. Why will C.E. O:irre this linkt?Noman provoked him: Jfhe did norlong to blazon che lhameofhis friends, he had rather fmothered this foule occurrence: bur fince bewill bemedling, Het IJPerliffim•,"'gori "o"pot ~tit, cel4rilm; deb•it, faith HMntl»gdon: The thl11g wasmoft openiJ f<_11oW"' it coNid fJO/ be dmitd, it mt~bt no/ be<.,maled. Yet nowcomes an UpO:arr-Novice,and dares tell us from BaronhH, that this was ameere Fable, howpublikeand notorious foever Hunti11gdo" make5 it: with rhefe men rhis rule is univorfall; wharfoever rnayrendro the difbonourofthe ChurchofB.onu, is falfe and fabulous. Indeed, I remember what theirClo!fefaidofold, ' ClericNs '"'Piellwt mMiimm, pr~t[umit11r 6tne t~gtre,ji ergoCkric111 4fJipleOitnl'mlllitrem, il:terpretabi111r q~t'odcau ... fobttmllcendi ""'• hoc{4ci41: That is, AC/ergk-m•n im6racing4 w•• 4., mNjl be pre- {HmtdJ•doe wtU; Ifthertfor< 4Clerk! 14/f! 4Womas 6J the mitldk, it m•ft he iattrprtttd C that hed•thitlotive her bi1 hltjiflg. * Perreps the good Leg>re was burbeO:owing his ghoO:lyblefliogon 10 needfulla fubjea"; bur that he was found inbed with her, if C.E. were not as lhamelesas that'Cardinall, orhisbed-fellow, he durft not dmy; For wh;~Cimpudency is this, to caQthisrelation only upon fl.f!Nwlingd.,, when fo many uncontrolable Penshavereoorded it to theworld I Men oftheir own flamp,for Religion, forDevotion. Mallbe.> Parit,R4nN/fHtCe{lreflfs,R•ger H•ved·n, P•l,dore V~rgii,Fabian, Mallh£111Wepmonafterimjis, oth<rwife c•lled FkriltgHI, n.o., Joonnes fHi ifl Concilio,&diith h<; The[ai!IJobnwhich in thee pM Co•nceUh•dgritvo•flJc411 - drmntd40the' ConcNbilldiJ Priefls, """' la~en himfilft in thefooucdme. NowJet my Reader judge, whether this PrieO:s rruch, or that Cardinals honeO:ywere grearcr. D SECT. XVI. ~DI{J.gt.ilr [crijt• •Sothc:Chcomcle telsus of Addmt~J\bboc: ofMalfflisbury, who~1 l1e wasfiimxlro the VICC 9fthe Aefh, hadwont rodefmte the lkvli,andtorment htm{dfi: w•thhoiillng a· f.lil_'t' young V1~1nmhh bcd,!oJ~as ~:~~%le Pfi!ter. Y11i.PJs~.Dt{. His third Ponderation is rhe fame with the firO:;evcry thing cekes. His S.Dtlf1jl4n Polyd.f•!P•faod A,flt!Jie, Greg~'.} and Beri•, are againe laid in our difi1; we cannot feed on t:,;t:t~t~~ thefe over-ofc.fod Coieworrs.I amchallenged here ro pruduceany PrieO: or Deacon p.,. that lived in Wedlocke before the rimes ofDunfl•n? Theman prefomes upon rhe '"""'''""";. fuppreffion ofRecords.Forone,I name himhundrrds. Whowere they that D11njlatJ ~~:[~:;;,~~: andhis fcllow"Sainrs found fe~ted in theCathednllC!.urches of thisLand I whom •g• d''""M· dbid the~ejetl:?,.,~ere the':.norm 1 aric;d PhrieO:s? What did the ejefted Clergy pie.d, ~:;'~;;!~":,d ut.anctent pouru1on? Arrer t llt, m t e Synod which Atchbilhop • L.atlfranc~beld fw• •h-d, E at Wiochtjler (which I wonder my Dereltor would over-fee: This negleCl: is nor for ,f •I• f.t..'"" nothing:) was it not decreed th:tt the Canons fbouJd noc have Wives, but tharthe ~t;;::t._.:;•! PriefrswhichdweltinTownesandVillageslhould nor be compelled ro put away cis'" '"'"''"· chcirWives; though camion is put in for the furure? tat· "?.a"!JfJ l!f.l4 . Whatdaththisimply, but<hatinrhofeanciemTi'llesthe Englilh Clergy were ;:;;;,i:;~~~j' molfeofive!y marica?Towhich adde that old R.ecord from an ancient Marryrologue w" J.,,bt,_ ofthe Church ofC•nter6nry ; Lanfrancus Archiepifoopus reddiJJt l!cclefte Sanlli An- ~·d m"""'" dru,&c. LanfranckArchbijLop otth rejl.,edtoS4inl AndrewesChttrch the Monajlerj .;":;,.~.c..,._ •fS.Muy 0 11'i lhthe lAnds andHoNf<1'1¥Jhich Livingns Priejl, andhuWifi hadin I..on- wi.r.f"' w•f,. "'?',&c. And beforehim, or DNfljl4n either,inKing F.du11111ds time,•Bifhop OfMiphru t~";7;;~.'&': wah Athelmt and V lricf{, Laicks, thrufrs out theMonksofEvifh4nt 1 andplaced Ca- ""'· nons (maried Priells)in their roome. L.O:ly,
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