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Excerpt from Vindiciae Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Letters to Charles Butler, Comprising Essays on the Romish Religion and Vindicating the Book of the Church
A few days after the Book of the Church was published, I called on the friend to whom this volume is inscribed, and heard from him of a letter in the newspapers, showing thata story concerning Gardiner's death, which I had taken from fox, could not be true. I was on the point of leaving town; and when shortly after wards a second edition of the work was called for, and the Publisher wrote to ask whether any alterations were to be made, I gave directions for expunging the passage, without troubling myself to inquire into a question which I had no immediate means of investi gating. It may be imagined then with what surprize I perused the following passage in Mr. Butler's Letters; the falsehood Of the story was noticed by Dr. Lingard; still it found its place in the first edition of your work. Articles afterwards appeared in different newspapers, showing the falsehood of Fox's narrative: you have however retained it in your second edition; and long may it there remain, as proof of the little reliance that should be placed on those writers who place their trust in Fox.
What could I suppose, upon reading this positive assertion, but that the directions which I had sent to Mr. Murray must have been mis laid, or overlooked; that the fact was as Mr.
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Excerpt from Vindiciae Ecclesiae Anglicanae Letters to Charles Butler, Comprising Essays on the Romish Religion and Vindicating the Book of the Church
Butler had stated it; and that a charge affect ing my integrity as an historian was brought against me, of which I knew myself innocent, and yet must appear to stand convicted? Under this apprehension I referred to the second edi tion, and found, hardly with less surprize than the charge itself had excited, that the passage was not there; that my directions had been duly Observed; and that Mr. Butler's assertion so positively made, so pointedly applied, was, shall I say like many other of his assertions. He had not thought it necessary to ascertain the fact for himself; but had hazarded this broad, unqualified accusation upon the faith of others, who either knew not, or cared not what they said.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.