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&quot; cern and judge of meet or unmeet persons for such rooms, CHAP. 



&quot; both for your long experience in the Commonwealth, and V &quot; 



&quot; for that rare learning that God hath endued you with ; 



* therefore, as one wishing that the best jewels may be 



* sought out for the garnishing of Christ s Church, I 



&quot; thought good to call upon you, (though I need not,) and 



&quot; to put you in remembrance of that I know you never for- 



&quot; get, (unless it be through your great and infinite business,) 



&quot; that it may please you to have a special eye to the be- 



&quot; stowing of the bishopric of Bath and Wells ; wherein I 



&quot; will not prescribe, but shew what I wish, to the discharge 



&quot; of her Majesty s conscience, which I know of itself herein 



&quot; is tender, and godly, careful for the great advancement of 



&quot; God s glory, and the profit of his Church. Methink 



&quot; therefore (pardon me, my good Lord) it were good, if 



&quot; Lincoln were removed to Bath; where, for lack of a learned 



&quot; man, reigneth great ignorance ; and Norwich (who shall 



&quot; never be able to do any great good where he is) to Lin- 



&quot; coin, where the diocese is well settled ; and Rochester to 



&quot; Norwich ; who for his quickness in government, and his 



&quot; readiness in learning, is the fittest man for that country 



&quot; that I know ; and especially to bridle the innovators, not 



&quot; by authority only, but also by weight of argument : and 



&quot; then to his place Mr. Dean of Westminster, a man every 



&quot; way very fit for any good place ; who having his deanery 



&quot; in commendam, might marvellous well serve her Majesty 



&quot; in the room of the Almoner, who now I know, even upon 



&quot; conscience, would be glad to be with his flock. And so I 



&quot; think all places would be sufficiently provided, and your 



&quot; conscience discharged ; to whom I am persuaded the due 



&quot; looking to this matter specially appertaineth, because you 



&quot; are learned and zealous. 



&quot; Therefore in God s behalf, my good Lord, look to it ; 

 &quot; for truly God will require an account of your omission at 

 &quot; your hands. Thus hoping you will forgive me this bold- 

 &quot; ness, I take my leave, most humbly praying God to bless 

 &quot; you many years in this State ; that we all thereby may 



