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col._n 1595_o 19_o francis_n nethersole_n fellow_n of_o trin._n col._n 1611_o 20_o george_n
breed_v b._n 11._o p._n 219._o ¶_o 85._o his_o peaceable_a disposition_n ¶_o 86._o improve_n of_o piety_n p._n 220._o ¶_o 87_o etc._n etc._n a_o innocent_a deceiver_n ¶_o 90._o excellent_a hebrician_n ¶_o 91._o last_o of_o the_o old_a puritan_n ¶_o 92._o dog_n meat_n give_v to_o man_n b._n 3._o p._n 29._o ¶_o 46_o dominican_n friar_n their_o first_o come_v over_o into_o england_n b._n 6._o p._n 270._o ¶_o 15._o after_o their_o expulsion_n set_v up_o again_o by_o q._n mary_n p._n 357._o the_o learned_a man_n of_o this_o order_n who_o be_v breed_v in_o cambrid_n hist._n of_o cam._n p._n 30._o de_fw-fr dominis_n marcus_n antonius_n see_v spalleto_n john_n donne_n dean_n of_o st._n paul_n prolocutor_n in_o the_o convocation_n b._n 10._o p._n 112._o ¶_o 15._o his_o life_n excellent_o write_v by_o mr._n isaac_n walton_n ¶_o 16._o doomsday_n book_n compose_v by_o the_o command_n of_o will._n the_o conqueror_n b._n 3._o ¶_o 3._o dort_n synod_n b._n 10._o p._n 77._o ¶_o 63._o four_o english_a 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with_o much_o difficulty_n and_o danger_n into_o denmark_n b._n 8._o p._n 8._o ¶_o 13._o dublin_n university_n found_v by_o queen_n elizabeth_n b._n 9_o p._n 211._o ¶_o 44._o the_o several_a benefactor_n whereof_o mr._n luke_n chaloner_n a_o chief_a p._n 212._o no_o rain_n by_o day_n during_o the_o build_n of_o the_o college_n ibidem_fw-la the_o provost_n thereof_o p._n 213._o ¶_o 47._o dubritius_fw-la archbishop_n of_o caerlion_n a_o great_a champion_n of_o the_o truth_n against_o pelagius_n c._n 6._o ¶_o 3._o aducate_a worth_n about_o four_o shilling_n but_o imprint_v eight_o b._n 5._o p._n 196_o ¶_o 37._o andrew_n ducat_n in_o effect_n the_o founder_n of_o queen_n college_n in_o cambridge_n hist_o of_o cambridge_n p._n 80._o ¶_o 33._o st._n dunstan_n his_o story_n at_o large_a cent._n 10._o ¶_o 11._o etc._n etc._n his_o death_n and_o burial_n in_o canterbury_n ¶_o 44._o as_o appear_v notwithstanding_o the_o claim_n of_o glassenbury_n by_o discovery_n ¶_o 45_o 46._o dunwolphus_fw-la of_o a_o swineherd_a make_v bishop_n of_o winchester_n c._n 9_o ¶_o 41._o durham_n the_o bishopric_n dissolve_v by_o king_n edward_n the_o six_o b._n 7._o p._n 419._o ¶_o 2._o restore_v by_o queen_n mary_n ¶_o 3._o wil._n dynet_n the_o solemn_a abjuration_n enjoin_v he_o wherein_o he_o promise_v to_o worship_v image_n b._n 4._o p._n 150._o e._n easter-day_n difference_n betwixt_o the_o british_a &_o romish_a church_n in_o the_o observation_n thereof_o cent._n 7._o ¶_o 5._o the_o controversy_n state_v betwixt_o they_o ¶_o 28._o reconcile_v by_o laurentius_n ¶_o 30._o the_o antiquity_n of_o this_o difference_n ¶_o 31._o spread_v into_o private_a family_n ¶_o 89._o a_o counsel_n call_v to_o compose_v it_o ¶_o 90._o settle_v by_o theodorus_n according_a to_o the_o romish_a rite_n ¶_o 96._o eton_n college_n found_v by_o k._n henry_n the_o six_o b._n 4._o edgar_z king_n of_o england_n cent._n 10._o ¶_o 24._o discipline_v by_o dunstan_n for_o viciate_a a_o nun._n ¶_o 26._o the_o many_o canon_n make_v by_o he_o why_o in_o this_o book_n omit_v ¶_o 29._o a_o most_o triumphant_a king_n ¶_o 30._o his_o death_n ¶_o 34._o edmund_z king_n of_o the_o east_n angle_n cruel_o martyr_a by_o the_o dane_n cent._n 9_o ¶_o 22._o edward_z the_o elder_a call_v a_o council_n to_o confirm_v his_o father_n act_n cent._n 10._o ¶_o 5._o give_v great_a privilege_n to_o cambridge_n ¶_o 6._o edward_z the_o martyr_n cent._n 8._o ¶_o 34._o barbarous_o murder_v ¶_o 42._o edward_z the_o confessor_n his_o life_n at_o large_a cent._n 11._o ¶_o 11_o etc._n etc._n king_n edward_z the_o first_o his_o advantage_n to_o the_o crown_n though_o absent_a at_o his_o father_n death_n b._n 3._o p._n 74._o ¶_o 3._o his_o achievement_n against_o the_o turk_n ¶_o 4._o cast_v the_o jew_n out_o of_o england_n p._n 87._o ¶_o 47._o choose_a arbitratour_n betwixt_o balliol_n &_o bruce_n claim_v the_o kingdom_n of_o scotland_n p._n 88_o ¶_o 49._o which_o kingdom_n he_o conquer_v for_o himself_o ¶_o 50._o stout_o maintain_v his_o right_n against_o the_o pope_n p._n 90._o ¶_o 2._o humble_v rob._n winchelsey_n archbishop_n of_o cant._n ¶_o 4_o 5._o the_o dialogue_n betwixt_o they_o 6._o his_o death_n and_o character_n p._n 92._o ¶_o 11._o his_o arm_n the_o standard_n of_o the_o english_a yard_n ibid._n king_n edward_z the_o second_o his_o character_n b._n 3._o p._n 93._o ¶_o 13._o fatal_o defeat_v by_o the_o scot_n ¶_o 14._o his_o viciousness_n p._n 100_o ¶_o 28._o accuse_v for_o betray_v his_o privilege_n to_o the_o pope_n ¶_o 29._o his_o depose_n and_o death_n p._n 103._o king_n edward_z the_o three_o a_o most_o valiant_a and_o fortunate_a king_n both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n found_v king_n hall_n in_o cambridge_n hist_o of_o camb._n p._n 39_o ¶_o 36._o his_o death_n and_o character_n b._n 4._o p._n 136._o ¶_o 12._o king_n edward_z the_o four_o gain_v the_o crown_n by_o conquest_n b._n 4._o p._n 190._o ¶_o 46._o beat_v afterward_o in_o battle_n by_o the_o earl_n of_o warwick_n p._n 191._o ¶_o 31._o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n fly_v beyond_o the_o sea_n return_v and_o recover_v the_o crown_n ¶_o 32_o 33._o a_o benefactor_n to_o merron_n coll._n in_o oxford_n b._n 3._o p._n 75._o ¶_o 7._o but_o malefactor_n to_o king_n coll._n in_o cambridge_n hist_o of_o camb._n p._n 76._o ¶_o 19_o his_o death_n b._n 4._o p._n 199._o ¶_o 4â—_n king_n edward_z the_o five_o barbarous_o murder_v by_o his_o uncle_n richard_n duke_n of_o york_n b._n 4._o p._n 196._o ¶_o 5._o king_n edward_z the_o six_o his_o injunction_n b._n 7._o ¶_o 3._o observation_n thereon_o p._n 374._o his_o several_a proclamation_n whereof_o one_o inhibit_v all_o preacher_n in_o england_n for_o a_o time_n p._n 388_o 389._o his_o text_n royal_a and_o our_o observation_n thereon_o p._n 397_o 398._o etc._n etc._n give_v a_o account_n by_o letter_n to_o b._n fitz-patrick_n of_o his_o progress_n p._n 412_o 413._o several_a letter_n write_v by_o he_o p._n 423_o 424._o his_o diary_n p._n 425._o ¶_o 14._o quick_a wit_n and_o pious_a prayer_n ¶_o 17._o at_o his_o death_n ibid._n edwin_n king_n of_o northumberland_n and_o in_o effect_n monarch_n of_o england_n after_o long_o preparatory_a promise_n cent._n 7._o ¶_o 39_o etc._n etc._n at_o last_o convert_v and_o baptise_a ¶_o 43._o slay_v by_o the_o pagan_n in_o battle_n ¶_o 60._o egbert_n archbishop_n of_o york_n famous_a in_o several_a respect_n b._n 2._o p._n 101._o ¶_o 23._o his_o beastly_a canon_n ¶_o 24._o egbert_n first_o fix_v monarch_n of_o england_n cent._n 8._o ¶_o 41._o first_o give_v the_o name_n of_o england_n cent._n 9_o ¶_o 5_o 6._o be_v disturb_v by_o the_o dane_n ¶_o 7._o eleutherius_fw-la bishop_n of_o rome_n his_o letter_n to_o king_n lucius_n cent._n 2._o ¶_o 6._o pretend_v to_o a_o ancient_a date_n than_o what_o be_v due_a thereunto_o ¶_o 7._o send_v two_o divine_v into_o britain_n ¶_o 8._o elie_n abbey_n make_v the_o see_v of_o a_o bishop_n b._n 3._o p._n 23._o ¶_o 23._o the_o feast_n therein_o exceed_v all_o in_o england_n b._n 6._o p._n 299._o ¶_o 11._o q._n elizabeth_n proclaim_v b._n 8._o p._n 43._o ¶_o 56._o assume_v the_o title_n of_o supreme_a head_n of_o the_o church_n b._n 9_o p._n 152._o ¶_o 4._o defend_v therein_o against_o papist_n p._n 53._o ¶_o 5_o 6._o etc._n etc._n excommunicate_v by_o pope_n pius_fw-la quintus_fw-la b._n 9_o p._n 93_o 94._o her_o farewell_n to_o oxford_n with_o a_o latin_a oration_n b._n 9_o p._n 223._o ¶_o 7_o 8._o her_o welcome_a to_o cambridge_n with_o a_o latin_a oration_n hist_o of_o cambridge_n p._n 138._o her_o death_n b._n 10._o p._n 4._o ¶_o 12._o john_n elmar_n bishop_n of_o london_n his_o death_n and_o character_n b._n 9_o p._n 223._o ¶_o 10._o elvanus_n send_v by_o king_n lucius_n to_o eleutherius_fw-la bishop_n of_o
pursue_v by_o the_o scholar_n p._n 62._o ¶_o 15._o whereupon_o be_v interdict_v the_o university_n ¶_o 17._o but_o at_o the_o bishop_n intercession_n ¶_o 19_o and_o the_o scholar_n solemn_a penâ—ance_n ¶_o 20._o 〈◊〉_d be_v reconcile_v ibidem_fw-la john_n overdo_n all_o carry_v the_o king_n professor_n plâ—oe_v from_o mr._n wotton_n hist._n of_o camb._n p._n 125._o ¶_o 20._o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n b._n 10._o p._n 7._o give_v king_n james_n a_o account_n of_o lambeth_n article_n p._n 13._o his_o death_n p._n 86._o ¶_o 10._o oxford_z university_n if_o not_o found_v restore_v by_o king_n alfred_n c._n 9_o ¶_o 30._o the_o arm_n of_o the_o university_n â—_o 40._o the_o scholar_n there_o of_o harsh_o use_v by_o king_n williamâ—he_n â—he_z conqueror_n b._n 3._o p._n 6._o ¶_o 16._o kill_v the_o brother_n of_o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n p._n 61._o ¶_o 13._o for_o which_o â—e_n interdict_v the_o university_n p._n 62._o ¶_o 17._o till_o the_o scholar_n make_v their_o solemn_a submission_n ¶_o 20._o the_o great_a and_o sudden_a alteration_n therein_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o q._n marry_o b._n 8._o p._n 7_o 8_o 9_o a_o strange_a mortality_n anno_fw-la 1577._o aâ—_n the_o assize_n b._n 9_o p._n 109._o ¶_o 22._o count_v by_o â—aunders_n a_o greâ—â—_n miracle_n ¶_o 24._o though_o a_o natural_a cause_n be_v assign_v thereof_o ¶_o 25._o discontent_n therein_o about_o innovation_n b._n 11._o p._n 141_o ¶_o 18_o etc._n etc._n p._n appall_v what_o it_o iâ—_n with_o the_o my_o stery_n thereof_o c._n 7._o ¶_o 38._o pandulphus_fw-la his_o proud_a 〈◊〉_d b._n 3._o p._n 53._o ¶_o 22._o katherine_n par_fw-la marry_v to_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o b._n 3._o p._n 243._o ¶_o 48._o her_o enemy_n 〈◊〉_d against_o 〈◊〉_d defeat_v by_o god_n providence_n ¶_o 49_o 50_o the_o form_n of_o public_a prayer_n for_o she_o b._n 7._o p._n 374_o â—â—letter_n of_o edward_n the_o six_o while_o prince_n unto_o she_o p._n 423_o 424._o parish_n in_o england_n first_o divide_v by_o pope_n honourâ—â—â—_n 7._o ¶_o 68_o matthew_n parker_n almost_o lose_v his_o own_o life_n to_o convert_v the_o rebel_n b._n 7._o p._n 394._o ¶_o 7._o make_v archb._n of_o cant._n b._n 9_o p._n 60._o ¶_o 23_o most_o legal_o consecrate_v ¶_o 25_o etc._n etc._n in_o defiance_n of_o all_o popish_a calumny_n ibidem_fw-la his_o death_n p._n 108._o ¶_o 17._o and_o defence_n against_o mr._n prin_fw-mi ¶_o 18._o see_v bennet_n coll._n margaret_n parker_n the_o archbishop_n his_o exemplary_a wife_n b._n 9_o p._n 108._o ¶_o 19_o st._n pattern_n a_o pattern_n for_o all_o bishop_n c._n 6._o ¶_o 10._o st._n patrick_n false_o report_v live_v and_o die_v at_o glassenbury_n c._n 5._o ¶_o 18_o 19_o 20._o a_o distinct_a person_n from_o sen_n patrick_n ¶_o 20._o st._n paul_n by_o a_o poetical_a hyperbole_n only_o make_v to_o preach_v in_o britain_n c._n 1._o ¶_o 8._o paulinus_n his_o death_n c._n 7._o ¶_o 79._o the_o pax_n what_o it_o be_v and_o the_o original_n thereof_o hist_o of_o walt._n p._n 17._o in_o the_o three_o item_n peada_fw-la first_o christian_n prince_n of_o mercia_n c._n 7._o ¶_o 83._o pelagius_n a_o britain_n by_o birth_n c._n 5._o ¶_o 1._o his_o principal_a error_n ¶_o 3._o condemn_v by_o many_o counsel_n under_o the_o name_n of_o his_o scholar_n caelestius_n ibid._n pembroke_n hall._n in_o cambridge_n found_v by_o mary_n de_fw-fr st._n paul_n hist._n of_o camb._n p._n 41._o pembroke_n college_n in_o oxford_n found_v b._n 11._o ¶_o 41_o 42._o john_n penry_n with_o other_o execute_v for_o libel_v against_o the_o bishop_n b._n 9_o p._n 223._o ¶_o 6._o rob._n person_n jesuit_n come_v over_o into_o england_n b._n 9_o p._n 114._o ¶_o 41._o his_o three_o strange_a escape_n p._n 118._o ¶_o 44_o 45._o return_n to_o rome_n ¶_o 46._o master_n of_o the_o english_a college_n there_o p._n 86._o the_o secular_a priest_n bitter_o complain_v of_o he_o p._n 233._o ¶_o 30._o st._n peter_n he_o never_o preach_v in_o britain_n not_o withstand_v person_n his_o argument_n to_o the_o contrary_a c._n 1._o ¶_o 7._o peter-pence_n first_o grant_v to_o the_o pope_n by_o king_n ina_n c._n 8._o ¶_o 13._o amount_v at_o least_o to_o seven_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o pound_n per_n ann_n b._n 15._o p._n 197._o ¶_o 46_o 47._o peter-house_n found_v by_o hugo_n balsham_n subprior_n of_o ely_n hist_o of_o camb._n p._n 12._o ¶_o 44._o endow_v many_o year_n after_o by_o the_o same_o hugo_n when_o bishop_n of_o ely_n p._n 30_o 31_o 32_o 33._o st._n petrock_n captain_n of_o the_o cornish_a saint_n c._n 6._o ¶_o 11._o j._n philpot_n stout_o defend_v the_o truth_n in_o the_o convocation_n b._n 8._o ¶_o 22._o against_o rail_a weston_n ¶_o 23._o seal_v it_o with_o his_o blood_n ¶_o 24._o john_n pierce_n archbishop_n of_o york_n his_o death_n and_o commendation_n for_o exemplary_a temperance_n b._n 9_o p._n 223._o ¶_o 9_o thomas_n piercy_n earl_n of_o northumberland_n his_o rebellion_n against_o q._n elizabeth_n b._n 9_o p._n 83._o ¶_o 15._o in_o maintenance_n of_o popery_n ¶_o 16._o rout_v by_o the_o queen_n force_n ¶_o 17._o behead_v at_o york_n ¶_o 19_o james_n pilkinton_n the_o false_a report_n of_o ten_o thousand_o pound_n give_v with_o his_o daughter_n b._n 5._o p._n 253._o ¶_o 55._o the_o truth_n thereof_o b._n 9_o p._n 109._o ¶_o 21._o his_o death_n ibidem_fw-la pope_n pius_n the_o four_o his_o letter_n and_o proposal_n to_o q._n elizabeth_n b._n 9_o p._n 68_o ¶_o 40._o pope_n pius_n the_o five_o his_o sentence_n declaratory_a against_o q._n elizabeth_n b._n 9_o p._n 93._o players_z prohibit_v by_o proclamation_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o six_o b._n 7._o p._n 391._o thomas_n playfer_n his_o rant_a epitaph_n hist_o of_o camb._n p._n 158._o ¶_o 40._o plegmund_n of_o a_o eminent_a eremite_n make_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n c._n 9_o ¶_o 43._o consecrate_v seven_o bishop_n in_o one_o day_n c._n 10._o ¶_o 4._o plunder_n whence_o derive_v and_o when_o first_o use_v in_o england_n b._n 11._o p._n 196._o ¶_o 33._o reg._n pool_n cardinal_n why_o so_o much_o favour_v by_o q._n mary_n b._n 8._o ¶_o 39_o godfather_n to_o â—_o tremelius_fw-la ¶_o 40_o consecrate_a archb._n of_o cant._n ¶_o 41._o his_o dry_a sermon_n of_o the_o pall_n ibid._n reconcile_v england_n unto_o rome_n ¶_o 42._o his_o death_n b._n 8._o s._n 3._o ¶_o 49._o well_o incline_v to_o be_v a_o protestant_n ¶_o 50._o leave_v all_o his_o estate_n to_o italian_n 51._o chancellor_n both_o of_o cambridge_n and_o oxford_n hist_o of_o camb._n p._n 135._o ¶_o 53._o sr._n tho._n pope_n vide_fw-la trinity_n college_n oxford_n the_o pope_n in_o england_n in_o his_o rise_n improve_v his_o power_n on_o five_o sort_n of_o prince_n c._n 10._o ¶_o 2._o the_o pope_n in_o england_n in_o his_o reign_v a_o conjectural_a estimate_n of_o his_o yearly_a revenue_n in_o england_n b._n 5._o p._n 197._o the_o pope_n in_o england_n in_o his_o ruin_n how_o his_o usurp_a power_n at_o the_o abolition_n thereof_o be_v restore_v to_o several_a person_n to_o who_o it_o do_v belong_v b._n 5._o ¶_o 199._o all_o preacher_n for_o a_o time_n inhibit_v by_o a_o proclamation_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o six_o b._n 7._o p._n 388_o 389._o premunire-statute_n why_o make_v b._n 4._o p._n 145._o the_o form_n thereof_o p._n 146_o etc._n etc._n why_o so_o name_v p._n 148._o ¶_o 35._o thomas_n preston_n master_n of_o trinity_n hall_n queen_n elizabeth_n her_o scholar_n history_n of_o camb._n p._n 139._o ¶_o 2._o john_n preston_n his_o great_a favour_n at_o court_n b._n 11._o ¶_o 6._o employ_v in_o a_o double_a conference_n ¶_o 35_o 36._o temporize_v with_o the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n ¶_o 43_o 44._o his_o death_n and_o burial_n ¶_o 66._o william_n prin_fw-mi b._n 11._o p._n 152._o ¶_o 56._o accuse_v for_o libel_v against_o bishop_n ¶_o 57_o his_o plea_n reject_v p._n 152._o ¶_o 6â—_n and_o answer_v refuse_v ¶_o 63._o his_o speech_n on_o the_o pillory_n ¶_o 73._o and_o behaviour_n therein_o ¶_o 74._o good_a employment_n in_o his_o exile_n 75._o bring_v book_n with_o triumph_n p._n 172._o ¶_o 32._o false_a prophecy_n a_o great_a trade_n drive_v with_o they_o in_o abbey_n hist_o of_o abb._n p._n 333._o ¶_o 11._o prophecying_n in_o england_n how_o order_v b._n 9_o p._n 121._o ¶_o 2._o their_o inconvenience_n p._n 122._o ¶_o 3._o archbishop_n grindal_n his_o large_a letter_n to_o q._n elizab._n in_o their_o defence_n p._n 123_o etc._n etc._n provision_n of_o the_o pope_n their_o nature_n b._n 3._o p._n 8._o and_o b._n 4._o p._n 115._o ¶_o 25._o redress_v by_o a_o statute_n ¶_o 26._o yet_o complain_v of_o many_o year_n after_o p._n 147._o ¶_o 43._o psalm_n of_o david_n by_o who_o translate_v into_o english_a meet_a b._n 7._o p._n 406._o ¶_o 31._o the_o mean_a do_v thereof_o endeavour_v to_o be_v defend_v ¶_o 32._o