NOTES TO INTRODUCTION. inlargement of knowledg in ye understandinge chiefly of God in Christ, wch is life eternal!, then of morrall science, wch will not only enriche yr mind but sett of yor conversa- tion amongst men, as shaddows do some pictures, to ye workeman's greater com'endation. Fyrst then take ye wise man's counsel! to remember yr Creator in ye dayes of ye youth, to love Hym yt made you when you were not, and redeemed you with ye preciouse blood of His deare Sonne when you were lost, weh you must finde to be from a vaine conversation, and love will teach you ye feare of ye Lord, andes ye beginninge of wisdome, we" not only makes one man differ from another, as reason doth man from a beast, but giveth life to hym yt hath it; and it will give you an elevation above ye base wayes wherein many young men wallow; and I feare ye universities do too much abound with such pigges, from weh ye preservative must be daily prayer for God's blessinge on yr owne and ye endevours of yT loving and graciouse tutor, whose care and counsells if you answer with diligence and obedience you will allsoe my expectation, with no little comforts; so, with my constant prayers for ye blessings of our heavenly Father upon you, I send you ye blessing of y' loving father, Ro. HARLEY. " Brampton Castle, 190 9bris, 1638." Page xxi. Edward Harley, Captain of a troop of horse, &c.-Jour. H. Com. 13 Nov. 1643. "Ordered, That the men raised under the command of Col. Harley shall be forth- with sent to Plymouth by sea, part raised by imprest. The Committee of the West to take care for the raising of these men." 21 Aug. 1648. " Letter from Salop, that Sir Henry Lyngen, with a party of horse, took 60 of Col. Harley's men; and, about two days after, a party of Col. Harley and Col. Horton's men met with Sir Hen. Lyngen's men about Radnor, regained all the men, horse, and prisoners, took Sir Hen. Lyngen and Col. Croft and many others of the King's commandersprisoners, slew divers of the party, and routed the rest. "-Whitelocke, p. 325. In the Auditor's notes there is an allusion to the barbarous treatment Colonel Edward Harley received from Sir Herbert Croft and other deputy lieutenants, in sending part of a troop of horse to seize a pair of pistols given him by Lord Vere as a memorial, these being the pistols with which he charged at the battle of Newport. Page xxii. Mr. Clogie.-Alexander Clogie was buried in the chancel of Wigmore church, where there is a slab in the floor under the communion table with this inscrip- tion :- " Here lyeth, in hope of a glorious resurrection unto life eternal, the body of that holy, reverend, and learned divine, Mr. Alexander Clogie, who departed this life 24 Oct. 1698, aged 84. Minister of Wigmore 51 years." He was the author of a Sermon, " Vox Corvi; or, The Voice of a Raven that thrice spoke these Words distinctly : ' Look into Colossians the 3rd, 15th.' The Text itself looked into and opened in a Sermon preached at Wigmore, in the County of Hereford; to which is added, ' Serious Addresses to the People of this Kingdom,' shewing the use we ought to make of this Voice fromHeaven. Lond. 1694."
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