Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.
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Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.
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G. S.
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London :: printed for Thomas Passinger at the three Bibles on London-Bridge, William Thackary at the Angel in Duck-lane, and John Wright at the Crown on Ludgate-Hill,
1684.
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"Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A58992.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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Since the Reformation.
Rob. Langeland, a Protestant in Judgment (tho he lived 150 years before the general Reformation) was born at Mortimer's Clibery, bred a Priest, and one of the first followers of Wickliffe, wanting nei∣ther Wit nor Learning, Witness his Book entituled The Vision of Pierce Plough-man, highly commended by Mr. Selden. He flourished under Edward 3. An. 1369.
Th. Churchyard, born in Shrewsbury, about the beginning of Queen Elizabeth, wrote a Book in Verse, of the Worthiness of Wales, taking in Shrop-shire. He died about 11 Elizabeth 1570. His Epitaph being
Come Alecto lend me thy Torch,To find a Church-Yard in a Church-Porch:Poverty and Poetry his Tomb doth enclose,Wherefore good Neighbours be merry in Prose.
Th. Holland, D. D. born in the Marches of Wales, bred in, and Rector of Exeter Colledge, in Cam∣bridge, was so much addicted to Study, that the Scholar in him almost devoured all other Relations,
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and being well acquainted with the Fathers, succee∣ded Dr. Lawr. Humphride in the place of Regius Professor. His solemn Valediction of the Fellows (when occasion) was, I commend you to the Love of God and to the hatred of Popery and Superstition. His Extemporaries were often better than his pre∣meditations. He died 1612. and was buried in Ox∣ford.
Abraham Whelock, born in White-Church Parish, Arabick Professor and Minister of St. Sepulchres in Cambridge, admirable his knowledge in the Orien∣tal Tongues; amongst the Western, he was well versed in the Saxon. Witness his Edition of Bede▪ He translated the New Testament into Persian, and printed it, hoping that it might tend to the Con∣version of that Country. He died 1654.
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