OF SELBORNE. 
It is remarkable that the bifliop expreffes more warmth againfl 
this than any other irregularity; and lliridly enjoins them, under 
pain of ecclefiaftical cenfures, and even imprifonment if neceffary 
(a threat not made ufe of before), for the future to wear boots, 
" ocreis feu botis," according to the regular ufage of their ancient 
order. 
Item 29th. He here again, but with lefs earneflnefs, forbids 
them foppifh ornaments, and the affedlation of appearing like 
beaux with garments edged with coftly furs, with fringed gloves, 
and filken girdles trimmed with gold and filver. It is remarkable 
that no punifliment is annexed to this injunction. 
Item 31ft. He here fingly and feverally forbids each canon not 
admitted to a cure of fouls to adminifler extreme unction, or the 
facrament, to clergy or laity; or to perform the fervice of matri- 
mony, till he has taken out the licenfe of the pariili prieft. 
Item 5 2d. The bifhop fays in this item that he had obferved 
and found, in his feveral vifitations, that the facramental plate and 
cloths of the altar, furplices, Sec. were fometimes left in fuch an 
uncleanly and difgufting condition as to make the beholders 
fliudder with horror ; — " quod aUquibus funt horrori :" he there- 
fore enjoins them for the future to fee that the plate, cloths, and 
veftments, be kept bright, clean, and in decent order : and, what 
k " Men abhorred the offering of the Lord." 1 Sam.cliap. ii.'Z'. 17. Strange a5 
this account may appear to modej-n delicacy, the author, when firft in orders, twice met 
with fimilar circumftances attending the facrament at two churches belonging to two ob- 
fcure villages. In the firft he found the infide of the chalice covered with birds' dung ; 
and in the other the communion-cloth foiled witli cabbage and the greafy drippings of 
a gammon of bacon. The good dame at the great farm-houfe, who was to furnilh the 
cloth, being a notable woman, thought it beft to fave her clean linen, and fo fent a foul 
cloth that had covered her own table for two or three Sundays before, 
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