a 
a 
FO X. 
-€levation, becaule he could not confcientionfly fubferibe to 
al c and 
ed by the ecclefiaftical commiflions, a 
of the ceremonies of the 
o give countenance to conformity, Mr. Fox was 
called 6 on by) archbithop Parker to fub{cribe. He attended, 
accordin he fummons; but, in reply to the command, 
he took for his pocket a Gr ane — and faid, ¢ 
this will L fubfcribe.”? Ando other occafion, whe n he 
was required to fubfcribe to the uane. he refufed, faying, 
** T have nothing in the church fave a prebend at Salifbury, 
and much good may it do you, if you will take it from me.” 
e was, however, too highly refpe€ted by the bifhops, 
mott a _ h sae — his fellow-exiles, to be further r mos 
the articles enforc 
Leer he alfo hag. ahaa of fome 
d 
oh ld. their liv- 
urch. This modera- 
Sequelae of the ati In 
“a tifts “A nu 
houfe, where ae were gienbie te ae 
wards tried for herefy. es were condemned to die; 
— thefe nine were ban » and two fenten e th 
ture of Chrif- 
e sue at the 
rote a Latin let- 
quity of ee awith death perfons g ‘€LTOr, OF 
obftinacy of judgments and fhewe w inconfiftent fuch 
nduct was with as oe {pirit and pure precepts of 
ofpel. His 
though E Elizabeth bad fo high a refpect for Fox as con. 
ftautly to denominate him « Father,” yet in this inftance 
fhe refolved to thew no mercy, as it was fallely called, un- 
Jefs the unfortunate men fhould recant. ir. Fox, as we have 
e he thought he 
His piety and 
; his aoe condué ever cor-. 
refponded with his seis and was irreproachable, 
o 
was modeft, humble, obliging, and parecer for his hu-. 
manity and kindnefs to the poor. n his 7oth 
year, on-the 18th of ila i587 generally a one and 
famented by all who knew He author of many 
pieces, befides thofe which’ have béen already noticed: their 
titles, with their feveral dates, are is in the Biographia 
Britannica. nila may here refer to his “* Tables of Gram- 
ere at firft recommended by eight lords of 
is, as we have fale 
as any ‘man as 
edly 
ne?” Caaaen pe ie fallowing t tana: to Mr. F 
d ‘one, even 
and his “ Aéts and Monuments:’’ . * Ex eruditdram 
rhe hiftoriam, five ; ndetelto, veritatis 
ftudio, primum Latifé, pottea Beatick pers magna 
cum laude contexuit.”? The ‘* A&s and Monuments’? 
were firft publithed i in one thick volume, folio, in the year 
1563; but in 1583, a fourth edition of it was pri 
London, in two volumes, folio ; and in the nae of the 
following century it came out in three volumes. The 
ninth edition of this work a cous red in 1684, in ee VQ. 
lumes, folio, with copper pt cuts, inilead of the wooden 
ones which had b n with the former impreffions. 
In queen Elizabeth’s time, a was made that this 
book fhould be placed in cies common halls of the arch- 
bifbops, and of all bifhops, deans, archde eacons, heads of 
ae aos oe ie author ; and fome pro ha 
every opportunity “ un der alue and depreciate it, afferting 
that the oes are defignedly mifreprefented, Such a charge 
led to a ftri€t examination of the merits of the performance ;- 
and it was acknowledged. by Burnet and ‘Strype to be a 
faithful record of the events that took place, not indeed 
without defeéts, not wholly without error, but fre 
every a pea se defigned miltepretentation 
me of the author, he was ready to cor 
akes as were poued out to : 
cuffed with candour and ability in the Biographica Britan« 
nica, to which the reader is referr 
GerorGe, founder of ae fociety of friends, com- 
monly called eet was born at tila in ae er- 
hive, in 1624. ather was a we a yaeale 
ie his neighbours is rf s piety and vieues ; and he feem 
o have taken great pains in aaa ng fon 
oe of 
gone to an inn for refrefhment 5 ; 
t 
length he reached the metropolis, when his friends i inter-’ 
fered, and befought him to return and fettle in fome regular 
employment. He returned, but did not remain with them. 
many months ; determining to-embrace an itinerant mode of 
life. much and often, 
>h ay together, an 
wa aire din the fields by night, as if i ina hate of deep melan 
ol He occafionally attended upon public leche. 
but did not derive that benefit from them that he looked sale = 
and hearing, as he fuppofed, a voice grates «* There 
Nees aa can fpeak to thy condition,” 
he forfook ie ufual outward means of religion ; .contending 
that as God did not dwell in temples made with hands, a 
