The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…

THO he ever governed his Diocese with great diligence, yet perceiving his death approaching, he began a new and more severe Visitation of it; correcting the Vices of the Clergy and Laity more sharply; enjoining them in some places tasks of Holy Tracts to be learned by heart, conferring Orders more carefully, and preaching oftener.

THO he ever governed his Diocess with great diligence, yet perceiving his death approaching, he began a new and more severe Visitation of it; correcting the Vices of the Clergy and Laity more sharply; injoyning them in some places tasks of Holy Tracts to be learned by heart, conferring Orders more carefully, and preaching oftener.

HAVING promised to preach at Lacock in Wiltshire, a Gentleman who met him going thither, observing him to be very ill by his looks, advised him to return home, assuring him it was better the People should want one Sermon, than to be altogether deprived of such a Preacher. But he would not be persuaded, but went thither and preached his last Sermon out of the fifth to the Galat. Walk in the Spirit, &c. which he did not finish without great labour and difficulty.

HAVING promised to preach at Lacock in Wiltshire, a Gentleman who met him going thither, observing him to be very ill by his looks, advised him to return home, assuring him it was better the People should want one Sermon, than to be altogether deprived of such a Preacher. But he would not be perswaded, but went thither and preached his last Sermon out of the fifth to the Galat. Walk in the Spirit, &c. which he did not finish without great labour and difficulty.

THE Saturday following being the 22d. of September 1571. he piously and devoutly rendered up his Soul into the Hands of God, having first made a very devout and Christian Exhortation to those that were about him, and expressing much dislike of one of his Servants who prayed for his Recovery. He died at Monketon farly, when he had been a Bishop almost twelve years; and was buried almost in the middle of the Quire of his Cathedral Church, and Aegidius Lawrence preached his Funeral Sermon. He was extremely bewailed by all men; and a great number of Latin, Greek and Hebrew Verses were made on this occasion by learned men, which are collected and printed by Mr. Lawrence Humphrey Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxon, in the end of his Life written in Latin by the order of that University; nor has his name been since mentioned by any Man, without such Elogies and Commendations as befitted so great, so good, so learned and laborious a Prelate.