LAUNCELOT ANDREWES

Was borne in London, went to schoole at Merchant Taylers schoole. Mr. Mulcaster was his schoolemaster, whose picture he hung in his studie. Old Mr. Sutton, a very learned man of those dayes, of Blandford St. Maries, Dorset, was his school fellowe, and sayd that Launcelot Andrewes was a great long boy of 18 yeares old at least before he went to the university.* He was a fellowe of Pembroke-hall, in Cambridge (called Collegium Episcoporum, for that, at one time, in those dayes, there were of the house bishops.) The Puritan faction did begin to increase in those dayes, and especially at Emanuel College. That party had a great mind to drawe in this learned young man, whom (if they could make shew) they knew would be a great honour to them. They carried themselves outwardly with great sanctity and strictnesse, so that 'twas very hard matter to as to their lives. They preached up very strict keeping and observing the Lord's day, and made upon the matter, damnation to breake it, and that 'twas lesse sin to kill a man. Yet these hypocrites did bowle in a private garden at an other colledge, every Sun

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* Mr. Sutton came to Ch. Ch. Oxon. at eleaven. wrote much, but printed nothing but a little 8° against the Papists.

day after sermon, and one of the colledge (a loving friend to Mr. L. Andrewes) to satisfie him one time lent him the key of a private back dore for the bowling green, on a Sunday evening, which, he opening, discovered these zealous preachers, with their gownes off, at earnest play. But they were strangely surprized to see the entry of one that was not of the Brotherhood. There was then at Cambridge a good fatt alderman that was wont to sleep at Church, which the alderman endeavoured to prevent but could not. Well! this was preached against as a signe of Reprobation. The good man was exceedingly troubled at it, and went to Andrewes his chamber to be satisfied in point of conscience. Mr. Andrewes told him that [it] was an ill habit of body not of mind, and that it was against his will, advised him on Sundays to make a more sparing meale, and to mend it at supper. The alderman did so, but sleepe comes upon [him] again for all that, and was preached at. [He] comes againe to be resolved with teares in his eies-Andrewes then told him, he would have him make a good hearty meale as he was wont to doe, and presently take out his full sleep ;-He did so, came to St. Maries Church, where the preacher was prepared with a sermon to damme all who slept at sermon, as a certaine signe of Reprobation. The good alderman having taken his full nap before, lookes on the preacher all sermon time, and spoyld the

designe. But I should have sayd that Andrewes was most extremely spoken against and preached against for offering to assoile or excuse a sleeper in sermon time. But he had learning and witt enough to defend himselfe. His great learning quickly made him known in the university, and also of King James, who much valued him for it, and advanced him, and at last made him Bp. of Winchester, which bishoprick he ordered with great prudence, as to government of the parsons, preferring of ingeniose persons that were staked to poore livings and did delitescere. He made it his enquiry to find out such men. Amongst severall others (whose names have escaped my memorie) Nicholas Fuller, minister of Allington neer Amesbury, in Wilts, was one. The bishop sent for him, and the poor man was afrayd and knew not what hurt he had done. He makes him sitt downe to dinner, and, after the desert, was brought in in a dish his institution and induction, or the donation of a prebend, which was his way. He chose out alwayes able men to his chaplaines, whom he advanced. Among others, Wren, of St. John's, in Oxon. was his chaplaine, a good generall scholar and good orator, afterwards deane of Winsore, from whom (by his son in lawe, Dr. W. Holder) I have taken this exact account of that excellent prelate. His Life is before his sermons, and also his epitaph, which see. He dyed at Winchester house,

in Southwark, and lies buried in a chapell at St. Mary Overies, where his executors. . . . Salmon M.D. and Mr. John Saintlowe, merchant of London, have erected (but I believe according to his last will, els they would not have layen out 10007.) a sumptuose monument for him. He had not that smooth way of oratory as now. It was a shrewd and severe animadversion of a Scotish lord, who, when K. James asked him how he liked Bp. A.'s sermon, sayd, that he was learned, but he did play with his text, as a Jackan-apes does, who takes up a thing and tosses and playes with it, and then he takes up another, and playes a little with it—Here's a pretty thing, and there's a pretty thing!

WILLIAM AUBREY, DOCTOR OF LAWES.

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(Extracted from a MS. in the hands of Sr. Henry St. George, * I guesse it to be the hand-writing of Sr. Daniel Dun, Kt. LL.D. who married Joane, 3d da. of Dr. Wm. Aubrey.)

"William Aubrey, the second son of Thomas "Aubrey, the 4th son of Hopkin Aubrey, of Abercumvrig, in the county of Brecon, Esq. in "the 66th year of his age or thereabouts, and on the 25th of June, in the year of our Lord

* [In the original Manuscript, is the figure of a heart. EDITOR.]

"1595, departed this life, and was buried in the "Cathedral Church of St. Paul, in London, on "the north side of the Chancel, over against "the tomb of Sr. Jn. Mason, Knight, at the "base or foot of a great pillar standing upon "the highest step of certain degrees or stairs "rising into the Quire eastward from the same

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pillar towards the tomb of the Right Hon. the "Lord William Earl of Pembroke, and his fu"nerals were performed the 23rd of July, 1595.

"This gentleman in his tender years learned "the first grounds of grammar in the College of "Brecon, in Brecknock town, and from thence "about his age of fourteen years he was sent by "his parents to the University of Oxford, where, "under the tuition and instruction of one Mr.

Morgan, a great learned man, in a few years he "so much profited in humanity and other recom"mendable knowledge, especially in Rhetoric and

Histories, as that he was found to be fit for "the study of the Civil Law, and thereupon was "also elected into the Fellowship of All Souls College, in Oxford, where the same law hath always much flourished, in which College he earnestly studied and diligently applied himself "to the lectures and exercise of the House as "that he there attained the degree of a Doctor "of the Law Civil, at his age of 25 years, and "immediately after he had bestowed on him the "Q. Public Lecture of Law in the university, "the which he read with so great a commenda