thing which reflected upon the memory of King Henry the Eighth; but, if the Reader will give himſelf the trouble to look into it, the true reaſon will ſoon appear; and he will find that the author might have been as free as he pleaſed with the King's Highneſs, had he not offended,[1] ſome of their more powerful Highneſſes the Heads of Houſes, by obtruding upon them ſome unreaſonable advice againſt drinking, gaming, and luxurious living, which the immortal Queen Elizabeth gave to their predeceſſors in her time; for which, at their inſtigation, he was ſo cruelly harraſſed by the then Vice-Chancellor, Doctor Baron, in his Court, that had that Magiſtrate continued much longer in his office, or had not Mr. Hearne been well ſupported by the munificence of ſome great men at London, that learned and laborious Antiquary would have been torn to pieces; or, at leaſt, intirely diſabled to proceed in his ſtudies. The Reader may expect a farther account of this, when I come to conſider the caſe of Academical Prohibitions, and the nature of the Vice-Chancellor's court more diſtinctly in ſome future eſſays.
- ↑ Viz. Dr. Gardiner, Charlet, D—l···ne, C--b, &c.
