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by letter, who was very willing to decline the 

 office that had been allotted him, least he should 

 seem desirous to invade a jurisdiction in which 

 he was not concerned. But it so happened that 

 the Bishop of Worcester could not be prevailed 

 upon to present the address himself; which 

 occasioned a second letter from Lambeth, to 

 contradict the purport of the former, and to 

 acquaint the Archbishop of York, that it was 

 now necessary for him to head the Convocation, 

 that being the day on which the address was 

 ordered to be presented : my Lord of York not 

 knowing what use would be made out of his 

 engaging again to perform that office, by those 

 who had instilled the former jealousies into his 

 Grace of Canterbury, wrote the following letter 

 to the Archbishop. 



'' February U, UOS-i. 



" My Lord, 



" I had the favour of your Grace's 

 letter by your servant, which indeed so sur- 

 prised me, that I was not sorry the business of 

 the Lords' House this day offered so fair an 

 occasion of getting the Queen to put off the 

 presenting our address till to-morrow. My Lord 

 y^ Treasurer was pleased to undertake that matter, 

 and accordingly was gone to the Queen before 

 I had your second letter by the Bishop of Wor- 



