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from the diary, or from other evidences of equal 

 authority with it. And as to the reflections 

 which he will find here and there interspersed, 

 though very sparingly, he may judge of them a& 

 ibe pleases : they are the compilers, and do not 

 belong to the Archbishop. 



'a In material points, which depend wholly on 

 the testimony of the diary, it is for the most part 

 expressly quoted, as will be seen in the third 

 and fourth parts. But it is not always referred 

 ^0 ^in other matters, for which there is other 

 collateral pro(>f. ff 



f^ The several orighml letters, and copies of 

 originals, wrote by and to the Archbishop, 

 which are inserted at length, in different part« 

 of the book, and the original papers, of several 

 sorts, which are either scattered up and down 

 in the body of the work, or collected into the 

 appendixes, must speak for themselves. If they 

 be thought superfluous, they may be passed 

 over. If proper, the reader is welcome to them. 

 ■^Thereare, indeed, more of this sort, ihan are 

 usually to be met with in the lives of private 

 men, already published ; but the authority and 



