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cA A P. Right Reverend Father in God, these are most hum- 

 - &quot; bly to advertise you for discharge of our consciences, and 



A secret ^ o (J es i re your Lordship to see these abuses reformed, 



letter to the J . r 



Bishop con- &quot; which hereafter we mind to declare to your Lordship ; 



wnereas ner Majesty by the direction of your Lord- 

 &quot; ship and others, her Majesty s Commissioners in causes 

 &quot; ecclesiastical, have set down and appointed divers and 

 &quot; sundry good orders for the reformation of that idolatrous 

 &quot; sect of the Romanists, enemies unto her Majesty and her 

 &quot; realms, we thought it good to discharge our duties, and 

 &quot; to advertise your Lordship thereof. 



&quot; So it is, that of late time there came commandment to 

 &quot; separate and shut up as close prisoners all the Papists, 

 &quot; as well knights as others. At which time there was re- 

 &quot; quest made unto your Lordship by the deputy of this 

 &quot; house, (as we think but for saving of charges,) that the 

 &quot; said knights and men of worship should meet dinner and 

 &quot; supper, where they should use but table-talk. The which 

 &quot; liberty to some of them, in our opinions, is more than was 

 &quot; before the said restraint. For that now they stay there 

 &quot; sometimes two hours after their suppers. The reforma- 

 &quot; tion whereof we refer to your fatherly consideration. 



&quot; Also, we thought good to advertise your Lordship that 

 &quot; there are six prisoners, some of them gentlemen, whose 

 &quot; names are these : Mr. Farley, Mr. Thymbletharp, and his 

 &quot; brother, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Burchingshaw, and one Jen- 

 &quot; kin Williams : which six persons are thought to be by 

 &quot; the Papists infected and seduced since their coming hi- 

 &quot; ther. Of which two of them, named Burchinshaw and 

 &quot; Jenkin Williams, are appointed to attend upon the Pa- 

 &quot; pists, and sworn as though they were servants ; and within 

 &quot; these six months did come to church : with whom we 

 &quot; desire that your Lordship of yourself will appoint some 

 &quot; godly man to confer severally in time, lest they become 

 &quot; arrogant. 



&quot; Also, we think good to signify unto your Lordship 

 u some of their names, which have used to come to this 

 &quot; house to the Papists, and do yet resort to bring news. 



