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that this misfortune (but looked upon in Prussia 

 rather as a neglect in the Archbishop of Can- 

 dedication of St. Irenaeus to the King of Prussia, in 1702, he 

 says nothing of his being sent over by him, but rather intimates 

 the contrary, ascribing the leaving of his country to the provi- 

 dence of God in general, and not to any particular order of his 

 prince. And lastly, in Mr. Collier's account of Dr. Grabe, in 

 his Dictionary, who was instructed by Dr. Hickes in many par- 

 ticulars concerning him, there is no mention made of his being 

 first sent into England, on account of consecration; which 

 could hardly have been omitted had there been any authority 

 for it ; the information, therefore, given to the learned editor 

 of Godwin, was undoubtedly grounded upon some imperfect 

 account of my Lord of Canterbury's refusal to answer Dr. 

 Ursinus's letter, wrote to his Grace by his Prussian Majesty's 

 order ; and which was suj)posed to he delivered, and yet was 

 not. The person who only could give the true account of this 

 matter was the same that was employed by Dr. Ursinus to ask 

 his Grace whether he received the letter sent him, and to desire 

 him to write something which might be shewed the King, to 

 satisfy him whether it was received or no, which person (a man 

 of strict veracity and honour, but desirous that his name might 

 not be used on this occasion), reported from his Grace, that the 

 said letter never came to his hands, hut withal, that his Grace 

 was unwilling to write any thing to Dr. Ursinus (that being pro- 

 posed to him), alleging the scandalous report that was at that 

 time spread of the university of Helmstadt having declared, in 

 the case of the marriage of the Queen of Spain, that it was lawful 

 for a Protestant to change communion, which he said was such a 

 reflection on all the Protestant Churches of Germany, that it was 

 stifficient at that time to hinder his commencing a correspondence 

 with any of them. This was the whole of the matter, as appears 

 from a paper sent the Archbishop of York by Dr. Hobart, and the 



