Excerpt from The Church History of Britain, From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year MDCXLVIII, Vol. 1 of 3 At the close of his long abjuration, however, the good bishop evinces an inclination to soften some of his sweeping censures on the author of this Church History If it were possible to refine it well, tiie work would be of good use; since there are in it some things of moment, hardly to be had elsewhere, which may often illustrate dark passages in more serious writers. These are to be despised, where his authorities are cited and appear credible. 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.