46 LATER WRITINGS OF BISHOP HOOPER, TOGETHER WITH HIS LETTERS AND OTHER PIECES. EDITED FOR The Parker Society, BY THE REV. CHARLES NEVINSON, M.A. WARDEN OF BROWNE'S HOSPITAL, STAMFORD, LATE FELLOW OF WADIIAM ADVERTISEMENT. THE Editor on the completion of his labours desires to record his obligations to the most noble the Marquis of Exeter, and to the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough, who kindly allowed him access to their libraries: to the Rev. J. F. Russell, of Enfield Highway, for the loan of several originals; and to the Rev. Robert Scott and other friends for much valuable assistance. To these must be added the Rev. Samuel Carr, Editor of the Early Writings of Bishop Hooper, who offered to overlook the work during its progress through the press. In the preparation of the work for the press the text of the original editions has been in almost all cases rigidly adhered to the marginal notes and references are original, with the exception of the bracketed portions, which have been supplied by the Editor; and the references to the fathers and other writings have been, as far as practicable, carefully verified. The Editor regrets that, owing to a severe illness which attacked him while the sheets were passing through the press, some confusion has arisen in the headings of sheets 8, 9, and 10. The heading on the left hand pages from 118 to 156 inclusive should have been "Visitation Book;" and on the opposite pages "Articles, Injunctions, Interrogatories, &c." according to the subjects. The Epistola ad Episcopos &c., and the Appellatio ad Parlamentum, ought, perhaps, to be considered as introductory epistles to the Treatise which follows them: but the Editor felt that the position which they occupy in Foxe's work did not quite justify the adoption of this arrangement. |