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CHAP, the people ; and to breed disputes against the common or- 

 1V&amp;gt; der. And therefore the Queen, in the aforesaid proclama 



tion, commanded all printers and stationers, or others, who 

 had any of these books in their possession, to bring the 

 same forthwith to the Bishop of the diocese, or to some of 

 her Majesty s Privy Council ; and not to suffer any of them 

 upon pain of imprisonment. The issue therefore was, that 

 Woodcock, having lain about a week in Newgate, found 

 such favour from those of his own company of stationers, 

 that the chief of them, as Richard Tottyl, the Master, 

 John Harrison and George Bishop, Wardens, and Wil 

 liam Seres and John Day, directed their letter to the Lord 

 Treasurer, soliciting him that he would either direct his 

 warrant for the enlargement of this man, or else to signify 

 his pleasure to the Bishop, to take order herein accordingly, 

 the said person putting in sufficient bonds to appear at all 

 times w r hen he should be called, and ready to answer any 

 matters that should be objected against him. And thus the 

 Bishop by his watchfulness over this sort of men, and their 

 books too, which spread their opinions, shewed how little 

 he liked them. 



One of the In this year 1578, one William Hopkinson, a Minister 

 I Jncolnde- ^ Lincolnshire, and under the care of our Bishop when 

 dicates a Archdeacon there, translated a Latin book of Beza in be- 

 h &quot;j half of Calvin s doctrine concerning election, entitling it, An 



evident Display of Popish Practices, or patched Pelagianism : 

 which the said Hopkinson printed, and dedicated to our 

 Bishop, in acknowledgment of his former good and careful 

 inspection of the Clergy of Lincoln, &quot; and his zeal for the 

 &quot; Lord s family,&quot; as he expressed it ; &quot; which,&quot; he said, &quot; he 

 &quot; himself eftsoons experienced to his great comfort, in the 

 &quot; time of his being within his jurisdiction. And being lately 

 &quot; come to the great charge of overseeing the diocese of 

 &quot; London, he prayed God to increase in him his many and 

 &quot; mighty blessings, and to multiply upon him the measure 

 &quot; of his grace; that as he had chosen him into the forefront 

 &quot; of his harvest, and given him among others the chiefest 

 &quot; and special charge over his field furnished with labourers; 



