8¢8 A Review of the principal farls objec"lecl to the of archbilhop Cranmer, and fufpeëts there may be many more; yet no man will venture to fay, that his collections are ufelefs, or not deferving the commendations of pofterity ; nor would Mr. N. have complained of the fcrutiny this writer and his friends have made into his hiftory, had they done it with temper, and only with a defign to corredt thofe miftakes, which in fo long a work, it was almoft impotlible to avoid. Upon a careful review of the hiftory it appears, that there are feveral errors of the press, and fome overfights of the author, which, together with fome marginal additions, for the fatisfaêtion of the more inqui fitive readers, are thrown together at the end of there papers * ; but it will be no lefs evident to all difinterefted judges, that the chief objeétions of this writer, are either miftakes of his own, or of no confequence to the truth of the hiftory. The principal farts are uncontefted, and mutt be fo, as long as there are any records of thofe times remaining. Vindic. Our author is pleated to pour great contempt on Mr. N's manufript P. X90' collection of original papers, becaufe it brings to light force of thofe unjuftifiable feverities, which the hiftorians of thofe times had omitted ; but its authority (hall be left with the reader, after he is acquainted, that it was colleéted manyyears ago, at the expence of the reverend Mr. Humphry Morrice, force time chaplain to Denzil lord Hollis, who employed an amanuenfis in the univerfity of Cambridge for this pur- pofe, whole name I could mention if it were proper; but it is fuffici- cient to fay, that at the foot of molt of the papers,' there are references to the places from whence they were copied ; and the induftrious Mr. Strype was fo well fatisfied of the authority of this MS. that at his own requeft, he was permitted to tranfcribe from it feveral of thofe papers which are among his RECORDS. I (hall now attend our author through his principal fads, without attempting to lay open all his miflakes, or entring any farther into the controverfy, than is neceffary to my own defence ; for k muff always be remembred, that Mr. N. is not the defender of the government, doctrine and worfhip, of the puritans, but only their hiftorian. CHAP. I. Of the reli- H E firft. charge againft Mr. N. is, that " by his account of gsousCharac- " the great and illuftrious queen ELIZABETH, it muff be Elizabéh eeu ,, thought HER HEART WAS ENTIRELY POPISH." To fupport this Vindic. conclufion, our author produces the following paffages, out of the P. '3. hiftory " Molt (if not all) of thefe are inferted in the prefent edition in their proper places.
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