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he difcovered the Abufe; and evidently proved it to be 
fuch, by a diligent fearch into Records, and the ancient 
Ufages of . the Place. Upon a fair Hearing, Judgment 
was given, That the old Feoffees fliould refund the ft- 
veral Sums that had been irregularly employed, and 
that new Feoffees fliould be Conftituted to prevent the 
like abufes for the future. This was the Abufe, and by 
this means it was regulated ; which,asit fucceeded here^ 
fo would it be the moft effedual way to reform and 
prevent fuch mifcarriages for the future, 
II. There is another thing which I obferve, which 
makes the Book of more general Ufe^than the Title feems 
to imply, and that is, The numbers of Original Charters, 
and Inftrumerits, given us entire by the Author, from 
whence confiderable Additions may be made to the Mo'- 
naftkon Anglicanutn of Sir William Dugdale, 'Tis po/R- 
ble, there are fome that may think thePubliftiing of thefe 
at large an imcumbrance to the Work,- but I wiih all 
other Books werefwell'd to as good purpofe. Where 
Men confult nothing in Reading, but their own Pleafure 
and Diverfion, there indeed a neat fuperficial account of 
things does beft ferve the turn ; but if they aim at Truths , 
original Inftruments do certainly afford the beft Inftru- 
ftions : they give us a much clearer Apprehenfion of 
things, and leave afar more lafting Impreffioo upon the 
Memory, than the beft penn d Hiftory in the World. 
[11. We find here and there, difperfed in the Body of 
the Book, feveral Difcourfes by way of Digreffion, 
relating chiefly to Ecclefiaftical Matters : (as Pag 19.) 
Concerning the ancient method of dividing the Tithes ; 
Pag. 10 A Confutation of <?^^r Selden, ahout the Arli^ 
trary difpofal of Tithes hy Lay Patrons : Pag. 413. a large 
Account of the Rife and Growth of Appropriations : 
Pag. 581. to Page 614« a long Difcourfe concerning the 
Dignity of Moths r Churches ; Pag. djx. to Pag. 653. 
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