Laud, William

The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Laud

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...letters, that you complain of a decay in your sight, and the whole frame of your body, for this is no time to have such as you are fail. But though I could not write when William Raylton writ last, being suddenly after the receipt of your letters, yet I desired him to signify unto you, that I had 1 Edward Pocock, the first Laudian Mount Athos. Professor of Arabic, was now residing The letters between Laud and Po-at Constantinople. H twas prevented cock are given by Twells only in a frag jnaking any inquiries for the MS. mentary form; and fruitless inquiries mentioned by the Archbishop, in con-have been made for the originals sequence of the murder of the Patri-themselves. arch Cyrillus Lucaris, of which he wrote - Archbishop Ussher. the Archbishop a detailed account, h See Strafforde Letters, vol. ii. Pocock in the same letter gave the pp. 156--159. Archbishop an account of the MSS. in spoken home to his Majesty (as indeed I did) concerning 1 i have had your great business with the Lord Chancellor of Ireland ', speak a se-which I hope will go well, and if it should not, nay cond time, . and do not would be worse for it, considering how all government is find but the n' King is very shaken at this present. this busi-I cannot possibly say more to your Lordship than I have concerning the new book of Rates; and when the Ministers of State on that side shall have sent over their judgment upon it, we shall soon see what will become of it; and whatever be an Englishman's quality, not to let things alone when they are well, yet in this particular there is a Dominus opus habet, and that will go far in all these businesses; and if it go not too far 'tis well. I shall be very glad to hear that Christ Church goes on, but sorry withal for that which you write after, .