eat flesh, the butchers sold flesh; in one roof, at one instant. The butcher killed, and sold it by pieces; the priest did sacrifice, and orally devour it whole: whether was the more butcher? The like we might have seen at Malines

"The other, an Englishman,* so madly devout, that he had wilfully mured up himself as an anchorite; the worst of all prisoners: there sat he, pent up, for his further merit; half hungerstarved, for the charity of the citizens. It was worth seeing, how manly he could bite in his secret want; and dissemble his over-late repentance. I cannot commend his mortification, if he wish to be in heaven, yea, in purgatory, to be delivered from thence. I durst not pity him; because his durance was willing, and, as he hoped, meritorious but, such encouragement as he had from me, such thank shall he have from God; who, instead of an " Euge," which he looks for, shall angrily challenge him, with "Who required this?" I leave him now, in his own fetters; you, to your worthy and honourable employments.

"Pardon me this length. Loquacity is the natural fault of Travellers: while I profit any, I may well be forgiven."

One Goodwin, a Kentish-man.

The Bishop continues the "Account of himself."

"After some year and half, it pleased God inexpectedly to contrive the change of my station.

My means were but short at Halsted; yet, such as I oft professed, if my then patron would have added but one ten pounds by year, which I held to be the value of my detained due, I should never have removed. One morning, as I lay in my bed, a strong motion was suddenly glanced into my thoughts of going to London. I arose, and betook me to the way. The ground, that appeared of that purpose, was to speak with my patron Sir Robert Drury; if, by occasion of the public preachership of St. Edmund's-Bury then offered me on good conditions, I might draw him to a willing yieldance of that parcel of my due maintenance, which was kept back from my not over-deserving predecessor: who, hearing my errand, dissuaded me from so ungainful a change, which, had it been to my sensible advantage, he should have readily given way unto; but not offering me the expected encouragement of my continuance.

“With him I staid, and preached on the Sunday following. That day Sir Robert Drury, meeting with the Lord Denny, fell belike into the commendation of my sermon. That religious and

noble Lord had long harboured good thoughts concerning me, on the reading of those poor pamphlets which I had formerly published; and long wished the opportunity to know me. To please him in this desire, Sir Robert willed me to go and tender my service to his Lordship; which I modestly and seriously deprecated: yet, on his earnest charge, went to his Lordship's gate; where I was not sorry to hear of his absence.

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*

Being now full of cold and distemper in Drury-lane, I was found out by a friend, in whom I had formerly no great interest, one Mr. Gurrey, tutor to the Earl of Essex. He told me how well my Meditations were accepted at the Prince's court, and earnestly advised me to step over to Richmond, and preach to his Highness. I strongly pleaded my indisposition of body, and my inpreparation for any such work; together with my bashful fears, and utter unfitness for such a presence. My averseness doubled his inportunity: in fine, he left me not, till he had my engagement to preach the Sunday following at Richmond. He made way for me to that awful pulpit; and encouraged me by the favour of his noble lord, the Earl of Essex. I preached. Through the favour of my God, that sermon was

* Prince Henry.

not so well given as taken; insomuch as that sweet prince signified his desire to hear me again the Tuesday following. Which done, that labor gave more contentment than the former: so as that gracious prince both gave me his hand and commanded me to his service.

My patron, seeing me, on my return to London, looked after by some great persons, began to wish me at home; and told me, that some or other would be snatching me up. I answered, that it was in his power to prevent: would he be pleased to make my maintenance but so competent as in right it should be, I would never stir from him. Instead of condescending, it pleased him to fall into an expostulation of the rate of competencies; affirming the variableness thereof, according to our own estimation, and our either raising or moderating the causes of our expenses. I shewed him the insufficiency of my means: that I was forced to write books to buy books. Shortly, some harsh and unpleasing answer so disheartened me, that I resolved to embrace the first opportunity of my remove.

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Now, while I was taken up with these anxious thoughts, a messenger (it was Sir Robert Wingfield of Northampton's son) came to me from the Lord Denny, now Earl of Norwich, my after most honorable patron, entreating me from his Lordship to speak with him, No sooner came I

thither, than, after a glad and noble welcome, I was entertained with the earnest offer of Waltham. The conditions were, like the mover of them, free and bountiful. I received them, as from the munificent hand of God: and returned, full of the cheerful acknowledgments of a gracious providence over me."

The church of Waltham is neither rectory nor vicarage, but a curacy or donative, cum curâ animarum, and, anciently had only a poor stipend of £8. a year pertaining to it, till by the pious bounty of Edward Earl of Norwich, £100. per annum, with other considerable accommodations, were settled upon the incumbent, and good lands tied for the true payment thereof.*

How unwilling Mr. Hall was to be obliged to remove from Halstead; and his feelings on the occasion, are particularly described in the following letter to Sir Robert Drury, and his lady, concerning his removal from them:

See Magna Britannia, vol. i, p. 655. Ed. 1720. 4to. Dr. Thomas Fuller, the Author of the Church History, History of Waltham Abbey, "Worthies," &c. &c. was collated to this donative by the Rt. Hon. John Haye, Earl of Carlisle. Fuller, speaking of his predecessor Hall, says, "Here I must pay the tribute of my gratitude to his memory, as building upon his foundation, beholding myself as his great-grand-child in that place, three degrees from him in succession: but, Oh! how many from him in ability!" Worthies, vol. i, p. 566. 4to, Ed. 1811.