APPENDIX.

Page 1. "Ahasuerus." He is generally, I believe, supposed to have been Darius Hystaspes, the son-in-law of Cyrus the Great. This is maintained by the high authority of Archbishop Usher (Annals, p. 110), but other writers of eminence have endeavoured to identify him with succeeding monarchs. See Bishop Patrick on Esth. i. 1, and Calmet's Dictionary of the Bible, Art. Ahasuerus. The reason why I allude to the subject here, is in order to remark, for the connecting of the history, that, if the generally received opinion be correct, the events recorded in the book of Esther must come in chronologically about the period mentioned in the sixth chapter of Ezra.

Page 5. "England originally independent of Rome." As this is a point of very considerable importance, I may refer to the following authorities out of many :-Bishop Stillingfleet's "Antiquities of the British Churches;" Dr. Hales on "The Origin and Purity of the Primitive Church of the British Isles;" Soames' "Inquiry into the Doctrines of the Anglo-Saxon Church ;" and a valuable pamphlet, containing a summary of the question, by the Rev. M. Foye, M.A. Seeley. With special reference to the Irish Church, it may be well, particularly at the present day, to mention that the same independence is clearly established in several valuable works of recent date. One is by Mr. Foye; another, of larger size, by Dean Murray. Also the "Primer of the Church History of Ireland," by Robert King, B.A.; with a smaller compendium, entitled "The little Red Book of the Church History of Ireland."

Page 10. I have said inadvertently that the original Service for November 5 was sanctioned by the Church and the State. More properly it should be by the Crown and the Convocation. The observance of the day was enjoined by Act of Parliament. I have explained myself more fully and accurately at p. 14. On this subject I may refer to a useful pamphlet by my friend the Rev. T. Lathbury, entitled "The Authority of the Services," usually called the State Services, which originally appeared in the Church of England Quarterly Review. Painter, London.

Page 10. As I have so frequently alluded to King James's speech at the opening of Parliament, it may be desirable to insert here some extracts from it, as throwing light on the occurrences, "As for your part,

that are my faithful and loving subjects of all degrees, I know that your hearts are so burnt up with zeal in this errand, and your hands and feet so bent to concur in the execution thereof (for which as I need not spurn for, so can I not but praise you for the same) as it may very well be possible, that the zeal of your hearts shall make some of you in your speeches rashly to blame such as may be innocent of the attempt; but, upon the other part, I would have you consider that I would be sorry that any being innocent of this practice, either domestic or foreign, should receive blame or harm from the same. For, although it cannot be denied, that it was only the blind superstition of their errors in religion that led them to this desperate device, yet does it not follow that all professing the Romish religion were guilty of the same. For, as it is true no other sect of heretics ..... did ever maintain that it was lawful or meritorious (as the Roman Catholics call it) to murder princes or people for quarrel of religion; and, although particular men of all professions of religion have been, some thieves, some murderers, some traitors, yet, when they came to their end and just punishment, they confessed their fault to be in their nature and not in their profession (these Roman Catholics only excepted); yet, it is true, on the other side, that many honest men, blinded, peradventure, with some opinions of Popery, as if they be not found in the question of the real presence, or in the number of the sacraments, or some such school questions ;-yet do they either not know, or, at least, not believe, all the true grounds of Popery, which is, indeed, the mystery of iniquity. And therefore do we justly confess that many Papists, especially our forefathers, laying their only trust upon Christ and his merits at their last breath, may be, and oftentimes are, saved. Detesting, in that point, and thinking the cruelty of Puritans worthy of fire, who will admit no salvation to any Papist, I therefore thus conclude this pointthat, as upon the one part, many honest men, seduced with some errors of Popery, may yet remain good and faithful subjects; so, upon the other part, none of those who truly know and believe the whole grounds and school conclusions of their doctrines, can ever prove good Christians or faithful subjects." Parliamentary History, 5th vol., p. 127. Ed. 1751. I take this from another source, not being able to refer to the Parliamentary History at this moment.

Page 13. Respecting the present celebration of the feast of Purim among the Jews, see Calmet's Dictionary. Art. "Pur."

This was entitled "The ConQueen of England, and her adhe

Page 18. "The Bull of Pope Pius V." demnation and Excommunication of Elizabeth, rents, with an addition of other punishments." It is too long to give entire. In the beginning he asserts the authority of the Pope-" He that reigneth on high committed one holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church (out of which there is no salvation) to one alone upon earth, namely, to Peter,

the Prince of the Apostles, and to Peter's successor, the Bishop of Rome, to be governed in fulness of power. Him alone he made prince over all people and all kingdoms, to pluck up, destroy, scatter, consume, plant, and build, that he may contain the faithful that are knit together with the band of mutual charity, in the unity of the Spirit." He next alleges a variety of crimes as committed by Elizabeth against the holy see, and which, in fact, are all summed up in her favouring the Reformation, and refusing to submit to the Papal supremacy: and then proceeds—“ We do, out of the fulness of our apostolic power, declare the aforesaid Elizabeth, being a heretic, and a favourer of heretics, and her adherents in the matters aforesaid, to have incurred the sentence of anathema, and to be cut off from the unity of the body of Christ. And, moreover, we do deelare her to be deprived of her pretended title to the kingdom aforesaid, and of all dominion, dignity, and privilege whatsoever. And also the nobility, subjects, and people of the said kingdom, and all others who have in any sort sworn unto her, to be for ever absolved from any such oath, and all manner of duty, of dominion, of allegiance, and obedience. And we do command and interdict all and every the noblemen, subjects, people, and others aforesaid, that they presume not to obey her, or her monitions, mandates, and laws." Bullarium Romanum, Romæ, 1638, tom. 2, p. 229.

Page 19. Letters of Sir E. Digby. See a brief but interesting ac count of these letters, with several extracts from them, in Mr. Lathbury's valuable work "Guy Fawkes, or the Gunpowder Treason."— Parker, London. I refer my readers to the same book for the more minute details of the conspiracy, and particularly with respect to the case of Garnet, the Jesuit, which I have not had time to enlarge upon. His equivocations, the proofs of his being identified with the plot, the alleged miracle of the straw, and the manner in which his memory has been regarded in the Church of Rome, are all illustrated at some length.

Page 20. The following is an extract from the 3d Canon of the 4th Council of Lateran :-"Let the secular powers, whatever offices they may discharge, be admonished and induced, and, if need be, compelled by ecclesiastical censure, that, as they desire to be reputed and accounted faithful, so, for the defence of the faith, they publicly set forth on oath that, to the utmost of their power, they will bonâ fide strive to exterminate from the lands subject to their jurisdiction all heretics pointed out by the Church. ...... But if any temporal lord, being required and admonished by the Church, shall neglect to cleanse his country of this heretical filth, let him be bound with the chain of excommunication by the Metropolitan and the other coprovincial Bishops. And if he shall scorn to make satisfaction within a year, let this be signified to the Supreme Pontiff; that, thenceforth, he may declare his vassals to be absolved from their fidelity to him, and may expose his land to be occupied by Catholics, who, the heretics being exterminated,

may, without contradiction, possess it, and preserve it in the purity of the faith saving the right of the chief lord, so long as he himself presents no obstacle, and offers no hindrance in this matter; the same law, nevertheless, being observed concerning those who have not lords in chief. But let the Catholics, who, having taken the sign of the cross, have girded themselves for the extermination of heretics, enjoy the same indulgence, and be armed with the same holy privilege, as is conceded to those who go to the assistance of the Holy Land." Lab. and Cos. Concil. tom. 11, p. 147-51. The decree of the third Council is to be found in tom. 10, p. 1522-23.

Page 20. The fourth Council of Lateran recognized as a general Council in the Council of Trent. Sess. xxiv., cap. 5. The statement of the Catechism of the Council of Trent on the power of the Church over heretics, will be found in Par. 1, Art. 9, Sec. 12.

Page 20, 21. Respecting all that I have said in these pages about the Canon Law, the Breviary Services, the Coronation of the Pope, &c., it will be sufficient, instead of giving all the references at length, to refer to a valuable work of Dr. Wordsworth, entitled, "Letters on the Destructive Character of the Church of Rome, both in Religion and Policy." London, Rivingtons, 1847. He gives proofs on all these points.

Page 21, 22. Bellarmine, Bailly, &c. See Bailly, vol. i., p. 179. Delahogue, Tract. de Eccles. p. 404. Bellarm. de Laicis, lib. 3, c. 21. Nothing can be more distinct than the statements of Bellarmine. He enters into an elaborate argument in favour of persecution-meets the objections to it -asserts that "all Catholics" maintain it(sect. 2)—and says expressly that the exercise of it is to be decided on the grounds of ability or prudence. A number of quotations, extracted by myself from the before-mentioned works, are contained in a "Speech delivered at Bath on the occasion of petitioning against the endowment of Maynooth College." Pocock, 1845. The teaching of Dens is notorious.

Page 23. On the massacre of St. Bartholomew, I may refer to the work with that title by Sir W. S. R. Cockburn, Bart., M.A. London: Parker, 1840.

Page 24. The facts briefly noticed in this page respecting the Zillerthalers, &c., may be seen detailed at length, with the authorities, in a Lecture delivered by me, entitled "Popery on the Continent in the Nineteenth Century." London: Jackson, Islington Green.

Page 26. Establishment of Episcopal Sees by the Pope. My authority for this is simply what has appeared in the public papers.

Page 26, 27. With respect to the system of precedence in the Colonies, this statement is founded on Lord Grey's letter to the Colonial

authorities, which appeared in the newspapers, directing that the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops should be respectively addressed as "His Grace," and "His Lordship." The effect of this, in regard to our Bishops in the Colonies (for we have no Archbishops), must be what I have stated. Respecting the Irish Colleges, the statement rests on Lord Clarendon's letter to Archbishop Murray, and the Papal rescript with Archbishop M'Hale's letter, all of which were also recently published in the papers.

H. E. CARRINGTON, PRINTER, BATH.