titions, while the same subject is alluded to in many separate passages. It was thought best to print the whole as it stood, and to trust to a comprehensive index to bring together the various references to the same subject. I have sometimes introduced cross-references in the text, but it was not possible to do this systematically; so that it will be necessary to consult the index to ascertain all the references to a given subject. Any suggestions or additions which I have entered in the text are placed in square brackets, as are also my own footnotes. Dr. White Kennett's initials are affixed to many of the notes; many more are in his handwriting, but not initialed, and to these I have appended "W. K." in square brackets. I have sometimes verified Aubrey's references and amplified his quotations, and here again square brackets will indicate what I have done, but I have not had the leisure to make these references at all complete. In one or two cases I have been obliged to omit a word or two which even in a reprint would be considered unsuitable for publication; but I have almost always allowed the text to stand as written, even at the risk of offending the scrupulous reader. I have thought this also the right course to adopt, because, had I cut out matters which seem to me offensive, I should have excised several passages which reflect unfairly upon the Catholic Church, as well as one or two to which Christians of all denominations would probably take exception. I need hardly say that I do not share Aubrey's views upon these matters.
