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came before them. Thirdly, that he had confessed twice or 



thrice before that time, that a man might be saved in ob 

 serving the orders of the Church established by the laws 

 of the land, and in consequence thereupon he charged him 

 with the vanity and fruitlessness of seeking a further re 

 formation : adding moreover, that in the greatest matters 

 he and others contended for, they were of the same opinion 

 that the Papists were of; as partly, he said, appeared by 

 the answers of some of his party that were a few days ago 

 at Lambeth before the Archbishop and the Commissioners 

 there: whereas what agreement was between the Papists 

 and the Bishops (which that party was so apt to lay to their 

 charge) was at most but in some small ceremonies, and they 

 but indifferent, till established by law. And these were 

 some of his expostulations and dealings in commission with 

 Cartwright. 



In many passages past of this our history we may have 

 seen, that our Bishop had no great pleasure in his advance 

 ment to the bishopric. And he being of a quick and some- 

 The Bi- what hasty spirit became the more uneasy. I shall mention 

 vexed 8 wUh e ne passage more, (besides what is before mentioned,) that 

 an Irish p u t him into a discomposure, and seemed in truth to have 

 been a thing put upon him by some of his back-friends to 

 disturb him. It was often practised by the Privy Council 

 to commit to the Bishops persons of quality or learning, to 

 whose charge matters of treason or breach of laws had been 

 laid ; that by their conversation and learned discourses and 

 persuasions, the other might be gained and reclaimed, lying 

 under an easy restraint in their houses. But about the 

 month of April 1592, the Council sent to our Bishop a cer 

 tain extravagant Irish Priest named Sir Denys Roghan, or 

 Rowghane, and a woman, pretended to be his wife; the 

 Bishop called her his housewife. These he was to maintain 

 in meat, drink, and lodging, at his house; how long he 

 knew not. The man had little to recommend him, be 

 ing of a loose turbulent conversation. The woman had a 

 great belly, (which the Bishop called, her being 



