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To the right reverend father in God, IOHN KING, Lord Bishop of London, Peter Moulin wisheth, &c.
THe greater content and delight I received in the friendship and society of Dr. Featley, the greater cut it was to me to part with him; for he is such a man, as you shall meet with but few; and whom, when you know throughly▪ you cannot but love enti∣rely. He is a man of choyce learning, of a nimble and ready wit, of an honest and religious disposition, seasoned with marvelous sweet∣nesse: at whose departure, your English Priests and Jesuits, because they found him a sore adversary, no doubt did greatly rejoyce: for their manner is to hancker about Paris, and to lye in wait for English Gentlemen that travail thi∣ther, that they may catch them in their nets, and engage them in the Romish quarrell▪ with these Doctor Featley often encountred, and striving with them, carryed away the prize▪ and confirmed those that were weak in the faith; and gave proof how much it concer∣ned your Church to have here an able English Minister to make strong opposition against such pestilent wits. To be deprived of the company of such a man, & to be pluckt out of his bosome, how grie∣vous a thing it was to me, any man may judge, who knows the scarcitie of such men h••re: but because he is called to an higher place, and shall reap a more plentifull harvest with you, it is fit for me for the publike good and profit of the Church, to forgoe my private interest.