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my faith, and fay but little more; for I know that any 
thing more will be to no purpofe. They talk of free de¬ 
putation ; but I am allured, their grand argument will be, 
as it was that of their forefathers. We have a law , and by 
our law ye ought to die." When he was brought into court, 
lie had a cap on his head buttoned under his chin, a pair 
of fpedlacles hanging at his bread:, a New Tellament un¬ 
der his arm, and a Half in his hand. He was exhaufted 
in prelling through the crowd, and was permitted to fit 
down; after a fufficient paufe, he was told he mull: dif- 
pute upon the articles brought againlt him ; he declared 
lie was unable, through age, to do any fuch thing: “ I 
am not able to debate, faid the venerable old man ; “ I will 
avow' my faith, and then do with me as you pleafe.” He 
was next enfnared, by the artful conduit of his accufer, to 
make concellions which were againlt him ; and upon this 
the prolocutor arofe, and exclaimed to the populace, 
“ Here you fee the weaknefs of herefy againlt the truth; 
here is a man, who, adhering to his errors, hath given up 
thegofpel, and rejected the fathers.” The good old man 
made no reply, but, wrapping his gown about him, and 
taking his New Teltament and his ltaff, walked out with 
the greateit compofure. On the following Friday he was 
again brought into court, was firlt excommunicated, and 
then condemned to death. As foon as the lentence was 
read, Latimer, lifting up his eyes to heaven, exclaimed, 
“ I thank God moil heartily, that he hath prolonged my 
life to this end.” 
No fteps were taken towards putting the fentence againlt 
the prelates into execution for nearly a year and a half ; 
but, in 1555, new laws in fupport or the Romilh religion 
having been enafted, a commilfion was granted by cardi¬ 
nal Pole, the pope’s legate in England, to the bilhops of 
Lincoln, Gloucelter, and Briftol, empowering them to try 
bilhops Latimer and Ridley for herefy. The prelates were 
ordered before the commiffioners; and, when Ridley had 
been examined, bilhop Latimer was brought to the bar, 
whom the bilhop of Lincoln addrelfed, in an eloquent 
and very pathetic fpeech, earneltly exhorting him to ac¬ 
cept the mercy that was offered, and to acknowledge the 
authority of the fee of Rome. The good bilhop was too 
firmly fixed in his opinions to give them up through mo¬ 
tives of timidity, and the defire of prolonging his life. 
He was, however, remanded, and on the next day judg¬ 
ment was palled on him and Ridley. Their execution 
was fixed for the 16th of October, and the place chofen 
was the north fide of the city, near Baliol college. Leif the 
bloody fcene fhould excite a tumult, the military were or¬ 
dered to attend the place of execution. On the day ap¬ 
pointed, the vice-chancellor of Oxford, and other perfons 
of diilinftion, rqiaired to the fpot which was to witnefs 
the fufferings of thele worthy men ; the prifoners, at the 
fixed hour, were fent for ; and the concern of the fpedta- 
tors, which was apparent in every countenance, excepting 
in thofe who were aftors in the fcene, was greatly aug¬ 
mented by the Itriking contrail of their appearance. Rid¬ 
ley was drelfed in his epifcopal habit, fhowing what they 
had formerly been ; and bilhop Latimer wore his prifon- 
attire, by which he exhibited the condition to which they 
were now reduced. Having heard a fennon by a popifh 
doctor, in which they were treated with great inhuma¬ 
nity, they prepared for their laft trial, and were thained 
to the llake. The fire was fpeedily kindled; and at the 
fight of the flames Latimer exclaimed, “ Be of good cheer, 
mailer Ridley, and play the man ; we fnall this day light 
fuch a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trult lhall 
never be put out.” lie then recommended his foul to God, 
and a few minutes put an end to the fufferings of thele no¬ 
ble martyrs. 
Such was the glorious and triumphant end of Hugh 
Latimer, who had been indefatigable in the difcharge of 
the duties of life, and who exhibited the moll aftonilhing 
firmnefs and compofure in the feveral trials to which he 
was expofed. Fie Was not learned in the ulual fenfe of 
the- word 3 for he cultivated only ufeful learning 5. and ha 
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lived rather what the world calls a good than a great man. 
He was eminent as a preacher, but his fermons that are 
extant are not patterns of good compolition ; his manner 
of preaching was aifedting, as he fpoke from the heart,’ 
and made deep and Jailing impreflions on his auditors. 
He dilplayed at all times a noble and apollolic zeal in the 
propagation of the truth. No one had a higher fenfe of 
what became his office, or was lefs influenced by any 
finifter motive; and none ever reproved vice with more 
freedom, without any regard to the rank of his hearers. 
A collection of his lermons was publilhed in 1570, by 
Augullus Bernhere, a Swifs, (who calls the bilhop his 
mailer,) and dedicated by him to Catharine duchefs of 
Suffolk. It confills of forty lermons, and has fince been 
frequently reprinted. Several of his letters are preferved 
in Fox’s Acts and Monuments; among which is his ce¬ 
lebrated one to king Henry VIII. in 1530, for reftoring 
the free liberty of reading the holy Scriptures. Injunc¬ 
tions given by him to the prior and convent of St. Mary 
Houfe in Worceller, during his firlt vifitation in 1537,are 
alfo inferted in the collection of records, at the end of the 
fecond volume of Burnet’s Hillory of the Reformation. 
Gilpin's Life of Latimer. 
LAT'IMERS, is a hamlet, with a chapel of eafe, to Che- 
fham ; it received its name from its ancient lords. In this 
hamlet lived fir Edwin Sands, whofe daughter, having 
four fons and nine daughters by her hulband fir Thomas 
Temple, anceltor of the prefent earl Temple, lived to fee 
feven hundred delcended from her, and died in 1656. 
The ancient feat of the Cavendiih family was here ; which 
feat and park are now the property of lord George Cavendiih. 
LAT'IN, the language of the ancient Romans. See 
the article Language, p. 181. In law-proceedings, three 
forts of Latin are noticed. 1. Good Latin, allowed by 
grammarians- and lawyers. 2. Falfe or incongruous La¬ 
tin, which in times pall would abate original writs; though 
not make void any judicial writ, declaration, or plea, &c. 
3. Words of art, known only to the (ages of the law, and 
not to grammarians, called Lawyers' Latin. 1 Lil. Abr. 146. 
147. Stat. 36 Edw. III. c. 15, directed all pleas, &c. to 
be debated in Englilh and recorded in Latin ; but now, 
by 4 Geo. II. c. 26. 6 Geo. II. c. 14. the records and 
proceedings are to be in Englilh. Formerly the ufe of a 
word not Latin at all, or not lo in the fenfe in which ufed, 
might in many cafes be helped by an Angltce ; though, 
where there was a proper Latin word for the thing intend¬ 
ed to be exprefled, nothing could help an improper one. 
And, when there was no Latin for a thing, words made 
which had l'ome countenance of Latin, were allowed' 
good,as velvetum, anglice velvet, &c. soRep. 133. Another 
maxim of law is, that mala grammatica non vitiat chartam ; 
neither falfe Englilh nor bad Latin will deltroy a deed. 
Co. Litt. 233. Which perhaps a claliical critic may think 
to be no unnecelfary caution. 
LATTN, adj. Written or fpoken in the language of 
the old Romans.—Augullus himfelf could not make a 
new Latin word. Locke. 
LAT'IN,/. An exercife praflifed by fchool-boys, who 
turn Englilh into Latin.—In learning farther Iris lyntaxis, 
lie lhall not ufe the common order in fchools for making 
of Latins. Afcham.— [The adjective, by elliplis, for] The- 
Latin language.—If you attend to the thoughts and images 
in French and Englilh poetry, they will.be of ufe to you, 
when you com pole in Latin or Greek. Chejlerjield. 
Of fuch deep learning little had he need, 
Ne yet of Latin , ne of Greek. Sperfer's llnbberd. 
LATINA'RIUS, f. An interpreter of Latin. See La¬ 
timer. 
LATI'NI (Brunetto), an early reviver cf literature in 
Italy, was born at Florence in the thirteenth century. He 
was employed, about the middle of that century, by the 
Guelphs in Florence, as ambaffador to Alphonlo king of- 
Caitile,. with the view of obtaining aid. againll Manfred 
king of Naples and Sicily. J 3 y the prevalence of the ».p~- 
