338 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. 



complain of the strange misrepresentations which 

 he observed were made to the Queen, of persons 

 who deserved her favour and countenance. He 

 set her right as often as he had opportunity, 

 and would sometimes ** have (as he says) warm 

 talk with her about those who made false representa- 

 tions of persons to her Majesty J" 



And he had some reason too to expostulate 

 with her on this head, upon his own account, 

 for there were some who had endeavoured to 

 represent him to her Majesty, as not being true 

 to her interests, as both my Lord Godolphin 

 and my Lord Marlborough had acquainted him, 

 though the Queen herself took no notice of it, 

 nor seemed to receive the least impressions to 

 his prejudice. 



But to proceed to his other acts and services 

 for the benefit of the clergy, and honour of the 

 Church of England. In all ecclesiastical affairs 

 during the Queen's reign, he was principally 

 consulted, and as he applied himself more 

 closely to those as being most properly within 

 his sphere, so his application generally met with 

 success, and turned to good account. The point 

 that claims to be first considered under this 

 head was, that glorious and ever-memorable 

 act of the Queen's reign, commonly called her 

 Bounty. 



The thought was originally from Bishop Bur- 



