A Letter of Sir Henry Wotton's to the late King, in the behalf of Bishop Bedel, when he was desired by the Archbishop of Armagh, to accept of the Provostship of Dublin College in Ireland, which hath been lately published in the Life of Sir Henry Wotton.A Letter of Sir Henry Wotton's to the late King, in the behalf of Bishop Bedel, when he was desired by the Archbishop of Armagh, to accept of the Provostship of Dublin Colledge in Ireland, which hath been lately published in the Life of Sir Henry Wotton.
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A Letter of Sir Henry Wotton's to the late King, in the behalf of Bishop Bedel, when he was desired by the Archbishop of Armagh, to accept of the Provostship of Dublin College in Ireland, which hath been lately published in the Life of Sir Henry Wotton.
A Letter of Sir Henry Wotton's to the late King, in the behalf of Bishop Bedel, when he was desired by the Archbishop of Armagh, to accept of the Provostship of Dublin Colledge in Ireland, which hath been lately published in the Life of Sir Henry Wotton.
May it please your most Gracious Majesty,
Having been informed that certain persons have by the good wishes of the Arch-Bishop of Armagh, been directed hither with a most humble Petition unto your Majesty, that you will be pleased to make Mr. William Bedell (now resident upon a small Benefice in Suffolk) Governor of your College at Dublin, for the good of that society; and my ⟨p. 357⟩self being required to render unto your Majesty some testimony of the said William Bedell who was long my Chaplain at Venice in the time of my employment there; I am bound in all conscience, and truth (so far as your Majesty will vouchsafe to accept my poor judgement) to affirm of him that I think hardly a fitter man for that charge, could have been propounded unto your Majesty in your whole Kingdom, for singular erudition and piety; Conformity to the rites of the Church, and Zeal to advance the Cause of God wherein his Travels abroad were not obscure in the time of the Excommunication of the Venetians.
HAving been informed that certain persons have by the good wishes of the Arch-Bishop of Armagh, been directed hither with a most humble Petition unto your Majesty, that you will be pleased to make Mr. William Bedell (now resident upon a small Benefice in Suffolk) Governour of your Colledg at Dublin, for the good of that society; and my