Excerpt from A Treatise of Church-Lands and Tithes: In Two Parts Q 8 74m: Dairymplc obferves, 4) till the begin ning of the Fourteenth Century. Pains was taken firfi to Profelyte their Abts with the Bait of Preferment to new ereaed Bilhopricksi and Keldm poffefs'd of Parochial Churches were Degreesfuffer'd to enioy their Benefices during Life. At length what by thefe, and forcible methods, that Pious Set of Men was quite thruli out: Upon whofe Ruines, a mofi corrupt Regular and Secular Clergy let up. Monas chifm in Sqotland, by the Difiinfiion of Vows, Rules, and different Orders, became a motely kind of thing: And Monks, without regard to thefe. Turu'd quite unruly and diforderly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.