The Earliest Life of ^Iiltox. 11 



two B(X^l-s of Eifonndticni*- by way of .address to a friend. 

 And then in answer to a Bishop hee writt of Prelatical Epis- 

 copacy and The Reason of Church GovcrnmK After that" 

 A)nmadi'crsio)iS upon ihe Remonstrants defence (the work 

 of Bishop Hall) against Smectymnyus** and Apologij for 

 those A)ii mad versions. 



In this while, his manner of Settlement fittinfj him for 

 the reception of a Wife, hee in a moneths time (according 

 to his practice of not wasting that precious Talent) conrted. 

 marry ed, and brought home from Forresthall'*^ near Oxford 

 a Daughter of ]\P Powell. But shee, that Avas very Yong, & 

 had bin bred in a family of plenty and freedom, being not 

 well pleas 'd with his reserv'd manner of life, within a few 

 days left him, and went back*" into the Country with her 

 Mother: Xor though hee sent severall pressing invitations 

 could hee prevayl w^^ her to return, till about foure yeers 

 after, when Oxford was surrendr'd (the nighness of her 

 Fathers house to that Garrison having for the most part of 

 the meantime hindred any communication between them) 

 shee of her own accord came, & submitted to him ; pleading 

 that her ]\[other had bin the inciter of her to that froward- 

 ness." Hee in the Interval,*^ Avho had entred into that 



man, a hater of all things that looked towards a single person, a great 

 reproacher of the Universities, scholastical degrees, decency, and uni- 

 formity in the Church.' 



"'And then' crossed out. 



"Substituted for 'After that for a first and second.' 



"Wood has: 'Atiimadversions upon the Remonstrants defeuee 

 against Smectymnuus. Lend. 1641. qu. Which Rem. defence was 

 written (as 'tis said) by Dr. Jos. Hall, Bishop of Exeter.' 



*'An error for Forest-7ti7?; a mistake, as Mr. F. Madan of the 

 Bodleian Library suggests, not likely to have been made by an Oxford 

 man. 



*• ' Went back ' substituted for ' return'd.' 



*' Wood's use of this passage is a good example ot the literal way 

 in which he borrowed much of the manuscript. ' It mus. now be known,' 

 Wood says, ' that after his settlement, upon his return from his Travels, 

 he in a month's time courted, married, and brought home to his house 

 in London a Wife from Forsthill lying between Ualton and Oxford, 

 named Alary the Daughter of Mr. J'oaell of that place Gent. But 



