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affair to the King, from her Majesty in England, 

 the success of the motion might in all probabi- 

 lity prove good. Hereupon, Dr. Jablouski re- 

 solved to attempt it by an application to the 

 Archbishop of Yoi^k (moved thereto chiefly by 

 the Rev. Mr. Ayerst) ; and made use of Dr. 

 Hobart, then in Berlin, and personally known 

 to the Archbishop, to transmit the letter*, 

 wherein he begs his Grace's correspondence and 

 assistance. Dr. Hobart took this opportunity 

 of mentioning the several steps which had been 

 made before in this business (out of whose 

 accounts that which is above related is for the 

 most part an extract), and inclosed Dr. Jablou- 

 ski's plan of a public form of worship ; and 

 added, that the doctor would be most punctual on 

 his side, to give information of all that should be 

 requisite for tJie furtherance of the design; that he 



* This letter itself is not to be found ; but that it was wrote 

 at the instance of Mr. Ayerst, and submitted to liis judgment 

 and correction, appears from these words in the doctor's letter 

 to him, 17th Sept. 1710. N. S. " Cum hesternum tempus po- 

 meridianum universum extra cedes meas et parlim extra urbem 

 transigere coactus fuerum, literas promissas ad bonum Archi- 

 episcopum Ebor, parare baud potui. Eas nunc rudi Minerva 

 conceptas tuse censurae subjicio, ut siquid adjiciendum omit- 

 tendum, mutandum existimes, fraterne me moneas. Mitto 

 etiam exemplar Cogitationum mearum ad Exc. Printzhim. In 

 cujus versione prseter primum exordium (quod nuUius vobis 

 esse potest utilitatis) alia qua? forte videbuntur libere omittes," 



