Erasmus's Paraphrase the last clauses of ten lines confused, and imperfect on purpose, he, sitting silent awhile, and covering his face with his hand, immediately rehearsed all those broken parcels, of sentences the right way, and the contrary, without hesitation. This art he professed to teach others, and actually taught it to Dr. Parkhurst when at Zuric; who, in the space of twenty-eight days, and only by spending an hour a day upon it, learned all the twenty-eight chapters of St. Matthew's Gospel so perfectly that he could repeat any verse: knowing at the same time what went before and what followed *.

Jewell's custom of noting down in Commonplace Books, and keeping Diaries of whatever he thought he might afterwards have occasion to use; ("which" says one of his Biographers "were many in number, and great in quantity, being a vast Treasure of Learning, and a

* Humfr. in Vita, p. 234. T. Fuller's Life of Jewell, prefixed to his Works. London, 1609.

rich Repository of Knowledge, into which he had collected Sacred, Profane, Poetic, Philosophic, and Divine Notes of all sorts; and all these he again reduced into a small piece or two, which were a kind of General Index, that he made use of at all times when he was to speak or write any thing; but which were drawn up in Characters for brevity, and thereby so obscured that they were of no use after his Death to any other person;") was a great proof of his indefatigable industry and extensive research after Truth. These Memoranda he always perused once every year, and out of them he extracted whatever he thought was most remarkable or useful. Hence it arose, that when Harding in his Controversy with Bishop Jewell abounded in Words only, that his Opponent, whose reading was more profound, overwhelmed him with a host of Witnesses and Citations out of the Ancient Fathers, Councils, and Church Historians confirming every thing with so

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great a Number of incontestable Authorities,

that Harding durst never after venture a Second perfect and full Answer, but contented himself with making trifling and illiberal attacks, unworthy of a man who laid any claim to the credit of being esteemed either candid or learned*. Bishop Jewell however was so careful in the use of his own Memoranda, lest any error should have crept into it, that when he wrote the Defence of the Apology and Reply he would not trust entirely to his own Transcripts; but first carefully read the Books which had issued from the pen of Harding, and marked therein what he thought worthy of an Answer: he next drew up the heads of his intended Answer, and fixed on what Authorities he would make use of on each Head: and then, with the assistance of his Common-place Book marked all the Passages which he employed his Scholars to transcribe under their proper heads, that he might have them at large under his own eye when he came to write. Such Diligence

*Ecclesia Restaurata.

and Care proclaims at once the Industry, Fidelity, and Modesty of this Worthy Prelate; and is a just reprehension of those who negligently take upon trust and record false Citations from the pens of other men, without carefully extracting them from their Original Sources: a practice by which great mistakes have been made, and Controversies have sprung up; much to the annoyance of the World*.

His Knowledge in Languages was very extensive, being an excellent Greek Scholar†, and well acquainted with the Italian Tongue. As to the Latin, he both wrote and spoke it with such perfect elegance, fluency, and purity, that it might almost have been mistaken for his mother tongue: and the means he took to acquire this profound knowledge of

The Epistle Dedicatory before some of his Sermons. Printed by Mr. John Garbrand, A. D. 1583, 8vo.

+ When Lady Bacon translated his Apology, she wrote a Letter to Bishop Jewell in Greek, which he answered in the same language. See the Enumeration of his Works.

so universal and useful a language may not be unworthy the particular attention of our readers. In his youth he made himself perfect Master of Horace, on whose works he at that early period wrote a Commentary. He afterwards studied diligently the excellent and voluminous Writings of Cicero and Erasmus: every day of his life reading, transcribing, and imitating them, especially during his residence at Oxford; where he accustomed himself to declaim in Latin, Extempore, during his solitary walks in the Woods and Groves.

He was also well read in all the Greek Poets, Orators, and Historians; especially those who had written on Ecclesiastical affairs and above all others his favourite author was Gregory Nazianzen, whose Writings he quoted on every occasion.

These acquirements he improved during his residence at Frankfort, Strasburg, and Zuric; as much by diligent research and