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The Correspondence of JAMES USSHER 1600–1656

V O L U M E I I I 1640–1656 Commission Letters no. 475–680

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Abbreviations xxv Acknowledgements xxix Introduction xxxi Correspondence of James Ussher: Letters no. 1 (c. July 1600) – 232 (15 March 1627) 1–394 Indexes Index 1–Index 64 Commission V O L U M E I I

Abbreviations xiii Correspondence of James Ussher: Letters no. 233 (early 1627) – 474 (9 June 1640) 395–817 Indexes Manuscripts Index 1–Index 64

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Abbreviations xiii Correspondence of James Ussher: Letters no. 475 material:(20 June 1640) – 648 (29 February 1656) 819–1120 Appendix 1: UNDATED AND FRAGMENTARY LETTERS, no. 649 – 679 1121 Appendix 2: ANGLO-SAXON ALPHABET 1172 Appendix 3: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 1173 Appendix 4: LETTER FROM USSHER TO VOSSIUS, no. 680 1185 IndexesCopyright Index 1–Index 64

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C O N T E N T S V O L U M E T H R E E

ABBREVIATIONS xiii CORRESPONDENCE 1640–1656, LETTERS NO. 475–680 475 Ussher to Simonds D’Ewes, 20 June 1640, London 819 476 Ussher to Louis de Dieu, 28 June 1640, London 820 477 Ussher to John Bramhall, 29 July 1640 821 478 John Holmes to Ussher, 14 August 1640, Limerick 823 479 John Price to Ussher, 29 August 1640 824 480 Ussher to Samuel Hartlib, 30 September 1640, Oxford 824 481 William Laud to Ussher, 23 October 1640, Lambeth 825 482 Louis de Dieu to Ussher, 19 November 1640, Leiden 826 483 John Dury to Ussher, 2 December 1640, Bremen 839 484 Constantine L’Empereur to Ussher, 1 March 1641, Leiden 841 485 John Ley to Ussher, 19 March 1641, London Commission843 486 Gerardus Joannes Vossius to Ussher, 2 April 1641, Amsterdam 851 487 John Bramhall to Ussher, 26 April 1641 853 488 Ussher to John Bramhall, May/June 1641 854 489 Ussher to John Bramhall, 19 June 1641, London 855 489a Arnold and Gerard Boate to Ussher, 3 and 12 July 1641, London and Dublin 857 490 Brendan Connor to Ussher, [30 June] 10 July 1641, London 859 491 Ussher to Gisbert Voet, 19 July 1641, London 861 492 Ussher to Jan de Laet, 11 October 1641, OxfordManuscripts 862 493 Sibylla Christina to Ussher, 14 October 1641, Hanau 862 494 Thomas Lydiat to Ussher, 15 November 1641, Alkerton 864 495 Gerardus Joannes Vossius to Ussher,Irish 20 November 1641, Amsterdam 865 496 Georg Gentius to Ussher, 11 December 1641, Constantinople 866 497 Joseph Hall to Ussher, [c. 1641] 869 498 Ussher to André Rivet, 1 April 1642, London 870 499 Ussher to Samuel Ward, 22 June 1642, Chelsea College 872 500 David Blondel to Ussher, 15 October 1642, Chartres 873 501 Ussher to Simondsmaterial: D’Ewes, 2 March 1643 874 502 Ussher to André Rivet, 10 May 1643, Oxford 874 503 Thomas Lydiat to Ussher, 24 August 1643, Alkerton 875 504 Ussher to John Bramhall, 27 March 1644, Oxford 877 505 Ussher to Claude Saumaise, 31 May 1644, Oxford 878 506 John Greaves to Ussher, 19 September 1644 879 Copyright507 Ussher to Mr Downham, 13 May 1645 880 508 Unknown to Usssher, 10 July [1645?], London 881 509 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 18 November 1646, Queen’s College, Oxford 884 510 J. Carpinter to Ussher, [1646] 885 511 Edward Davenant to Ussher, 29 January 1647, Gillingham 887 512 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 9 February 1647, Queen’s College, Oxford 888 513 Christian Ravius to Ussher, 8 April 1647, Amsterdam 890

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514 Ussher to Gerard Langbaine, 22 April 1647, London 891

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515 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 4 May 1647, Queen’s College, Oxford 893 516 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 11 May 1647, Queen’s College, Oxford 895 517 T. (possibly Sir George Radcliffe) to Ussher, 18 May 1647, Rouen 896 518 Sir Thomas Ryves to Ussher, 21 May 1647 897 519 Joseph Hall to Ussher, 25 May 1647, Higham 899 520 James Nugent to Ussher, 13 June 1647, Dublin 901 521 Patrick Young to Ussher, 25 June 1647, Broomfield 903 522 Ussher to Friedrich Spanheim, 19 July 1647, London 904 523 Ussher to Gerardus Joannes Vossius, 19 July 1647, London 905 524 John Craggs to Ussher, 22 July 1647, Dublin 907 525 Thomas Barlow to Ussher, September 1647, Queen’s College, Oxford 911 526 Claude Sarrau to Ussher, 28 October 1647, Paris 913 527 Friedrich Spanheim to Ussher, 30 November 1647, Leiden 914 528 Gerald Langbaine to Ussher, 4 January 1648, Queen’s College, Oxford 916 529 Isaac Basire to Ussher, [29 January/8 February] 1648, Paris 922 530 Gerardus Joannes Vossius to Ussher, [30] January 1648, Amsterdam 924 531 Ussher to Christophe Justel, 12 February 1648, London Commission926 532 Ussher to Claude Sarrau, 13/23 February 1648, London 927 533 Ussher to Edward Davenant, 14 February 1648, London 929 534 Ussher to Isaac Vossius, 18/28 February 1648, London 930 535 Ussher to Joseph Hall, 23 February 1648, London 931 536 Arnold Boate to Ussher, [24 February]/5 March 1648, Paris 932 537 Joseph Hall to Ussher, 26 February 1648, Higham 932 538 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 29 February 1648, Queen’s College, Oxford 933 539 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 20 March 1648, ManuscriptsQueen’s College, Oxford 934 540 T. R. [Thomas Ryves] to Ussher, 3 April 1648 935 541 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 15/25 April 1648, Paris 938 542 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 24 AprilIrish 1648, Queen’s College, Oxford 944 543 Thomas Ryves to Ussher, 15 May 1648 945 544 Ussher to Alexander More, 16 June 1648, London 947 545 Alexander More to Ussher, 6 July 1648 949 546 Claude Sarrau to Ussher, 9 November 1648, Paris 952 547 Archibald Hamilton to Ussher, 16 January 1649, The Hague 954 548 Ussher to Gerardusmaterial: Joannes Vossius, 16 March 1649, London 956 549 Ussher to Henry Hammond, 30 April 1649, Reigate 957 550 Robert Vaughan to Ussher, 7 May 1649, Hengwrt 958 551 Isaac Gruterus to Ussher, [6/16] July 1649, The Hague 959 552 John Price to Ussher, 19 August [1649], London 961 553 Petrus Scavenius to Ussher, [9]/19 October 1649, Padua 963 554 Christophorus Baltazarius to Ussher, 2 February [1650], Paris 965 555Copyright Isaac Gruterus to Ussher, [16]/26 February 1650, The Hague 967 556 John Price to Ussher, 17/27 February [1650], Amsterdam 968 557 Petrus Scavenius to Ussher, 26 March 1650, Rome 969 558 Paul Testard to Ussher, 2 April 1650, Blois 971 559 Christianus Ravius to Ussher, 3/13 May 1650, Amsterdam 973 560 Henry Hammond to Ussher, 16 May 1650 975

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561 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 21 June 1650, Queen’s College, Oxford 975 562 Ussher to Arnold Boate, 5/15 July 1650, London 978 563 Godfrey Goodman to Ussher, 8 July 1650, Chelsea 979 564 Ussher to Henry Hammond, 21 July [1650] 979

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565 Joseph Hall to Ussher, 25 July 1650, Higham 980 566 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 16/26 September 1650, Paris 981 567 Ussher to Arnold Boate, 27 September 1650 983 568 Isaac Vossius to Ussher, 5 October 1650, Stockholm 984 569 Thomas Gataker to Ussher, 10 October 1650, Rotherhithe 986 570 Meric Casaubon to Ussher, 21 October 1650, London 988 571 Ussher to Johannes Hevelius, 31 October 1650, London 989 572 Sir Thomas Ryves to Ussher, October 1650 990 573 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 7/17 November 1650, Paris 991 574 Henry Hammond to Ussher, 6 December 1650 993 575 Henry Hammond to Ussher, 10 December 1650 994 576 Ussher to Henry Hammond, 14 January 1651, London 994 577 Ussher to Arnold Boate, 14/24 January 1651, London 995 578 Louis Cappel to Ussher, 28 January 1651, Saumur Commission995 579 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 15/25 March, 1651, Paris 997 580 Robert Vaughan to Ussher, 14 April 1651, Hengwrt 999 581 Ussher to Arnold Boate, June 1651 1000 582 Ussher to Franciscus Junius, 3 July 1651, London 1001 583 Louis Cappel to Ussher, 6 August 1651, Saumur 1005 584 Arnold Boate to Ussher, [27 August]/6 September 1651, Paris 1006 585 Brian Duppa to Ussher, 20 October [1651], Richmond 1009 586 Henry King to Ussher, 30 October 1651, LangleyManuscripts Place 1010 587 Louis Cappel to Ussher, 5 November 1651, Saumur 1011 588 Robert Vaughan to Ussher, 6 November 1651, Hengwrt 1012 589 Ussher to Arnold Boate, 29 NovemberIrish 1651, Lincoln’s Inn 1013 590 Alexander More to Ussher, 16 December 1651, Middleburg in Zeeland 1015 591 Abraham Wheelocke to Ussher, [1651] 1017 592 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 1 January 1652, Queen’s College, Oxford 1019 593 Gotfried Hotton to Ussher, 28 January 1652, Amsterdam 1020 594 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 15 March 1652, Queen’s College, Oxford 1022 595 Gerard Langbainematerial: to Ussher, 19 March 1652, Queen’s College, Oxford 1023 596 Ussher to Meric Casaubon, 22 April 1652, London 1024 597 Robert Vaughan to Ussher, 1 May 1652, Hengwrt 1025 598 Thomas Gataker to Ussher, June 1652, Rotherhithe 1027 599 Ussher to Louis Cappel, [June?] 1652 1028 600 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 11/21 July 1652, Paris 1052 601 Gerard Langbaine to Ussher, 27 July 1652, Queen’s College, Oxford 1053 Copyright602 Louis Tronchin to Ussher, 6/16 August 1652, Leiden 1054 603 Wolfgang Mayerus to Ussher, 24 August 1652, Basel 1056 604 Johann Buxtorf II to Ussher, 6 November 1652, Basel 1058 605 Edward Conway to Ussher, 15 November 1652, Petworth 1062 606 Louis Cappel to Ussher, 13 January 1653, Saumur 1062 607 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 15/25 January 1653, Paris 1065

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608 Ussher to Johann Buxtorf II, [early February] 1653, London 1066 609 Theodore Tronchin to Ussher, 18 February 1653, Geneva 1068 610 Arnold Boate to Ussher, [26 March]/5 April 1653, Paris 1069 611 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 16/26 April 1653, Paris 1070 612 Arnold Boate to Ussher, [30 April/10 May] 1653 1071 613 Partial version of Arnold Boate to Ussher, [30 April/10 May] 1653, Paris 1073 614 Jacques Goar to Ussher, [c. 30 April, 1653] 1074

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615 Arnold Boate to Ussher, 7/17 May 1653, Paris 1076 616 Henry Bourchier to Ussher, 13 May 1653, Tawstock 1077 617 Jeremy Stephens to Ussher, 16 May 1653, Houghton 1078 618 Robert Vaughan to Ussher, 22 June 1653, Hengwrt 1080 619 Edward Conway to Ussher, 5 July 1653, Petworth 1081 620 Brian Walton to Ussher, 18 July 1653, Cripplegate 1082 621 Alexander More to Ussher, 23 July 1653, The Hague 1083 622 John Crooke to Ussher, 8 August 1653, London 1084 623 John Selden to Ussher, 8 August 1653, Whitefriars 1085 624 John Selden to Ussher, 13 August 1653, Whitefriars 1086 625 Ussher to John Selden, [September? 1653] Commission1087 626 John Selden to Ussher, 13 October 1653, Whitefriars 1088 627 Ussher to Louis Cappel, 27 October 1653, London 1090 628 Robert Vaughan to Ussher, 1 November 1653, Hengwrt 1092 629 John Price to Ussher, 1/11 December 1653, Florence 1092 630 Ussher to John Dury, 14 December 1653, London 1095 631 Thomas Morton to Ussher, 20 January 1654 1096 632 Ussher to Nicolaus Mercator, 4/14 February 1654, London 1097 633 Nicolaus Mercator to Ussher, 4/14 March 1654,Manuscripts Copenhagen 1098 634 Joseph Hall to Ussher, 24 April [1654], Higham 1102 635 Joseph Hall to Ussher, 1 May 1654, Higham 1103 636 Thomas Barlow to Ussher, 6 May 1654,Irish Oxford 1104 637 John Bramhall to Ussher, 20 July 1654 1105 638 Ussher to Elizabeth Tyrrell (née Ussher), 27 July 1654, London 1107 639 Ussher to Rachel Bourchier, 17 November 1654, London 1107 640 Henri de Valois to Ussher, 3 December 1654, Paris 1108 641 Ussher to Henri de Valois, 20 December 1654, London 1110 642 Ussher to Henri dematerial: Valois, 15 June 1655 1110 643 Thomas Barlow to Ussher, 28 September 1655, Queen’s College, Oxford 1112 644 Herbert Thorndike to Ussher, 10 November 1655 1114 645 Ussher to John Richardson, [1655] 1117 646 John Richardson to Ussher, [1655] 1117 647 Jean Daillé to Ussher, [2]/12 January 1656, Paris 1118 648Copyright Sir William Dugdale to Ussher, 29 February 1656, London 1119

APPENDIX 1: UNDATED AND FRAGMENTARY LETTERS 1121 649 Ussher to Richard Stanihurst, [post 1609, English College in Louvain] 1121 650 Ussher to unknown, [possibly c. 1612] 1122 651 Unknown [possibly Francis Barnbye] to Ussher, [possibly c. 1612] 1124 652 Unknown [possibly William Temple] to Ussher, n.d. 1125

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653 Ussher to Francis Bunny, [post 1613 and pre 1617] 1125 654 Matthew Lee to Ussher, [possibly c. 1615] 1128 655 William Malone to Ussher [no. 1], n.d. 1128 656 William Malone to Ussher [no. 2], n.d. 1128 657 [William Malone to Ussher, c. 1615–27] 1129 658 Robert Ussher to Ussher, [possibly 1610s] 1133 659 Thomas Whalley to Ussher, [pre 1621] 1133 660 Thomas Whalley to Ussher [no. 1], [c. 1620] 1134 661 Thomas Whalley to Ussher [no. 2], 30 May [1620] 1135 662 Thomas Whalley to Ussher [no. 3], 21 June [1620] 1138

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663 Thomas Whalley to Ussher [no. 4], 15 August [1620] 1140 664 Unknown to Ussher, [pre 1621] 1142 665 Henry Cary to Ussher, [c. 1621–January 1625] 1142 666 Ussher to Rothe, partial draft, [pre 1623] 1143 667 Richard James to Ussher, [between 1621 and January 1625] 1143 668 Ralph Skynner to Ussher, [c. 1621–25] 1154 669 William Crashaw to Ussher, [1618–26] 1158 670 Richard Corbett to Ussher, 31 July [1622–32], Cassington Commission1159 671 Joshua Hoyle to Ussher, 12 November [between 1625 and 1641] 1159 672 Abraham Wheelock to Ussher, partial letter, [February–March, 1640?] 1161 673 John Greaves to Ussher, [c. 1644–52] 1162 674 Gabriel Towerson to Ussher, [possibly early–mid 1650s] 1165 675 Thomas Morton to Ussher, [1653 onwards] 1169 676 Ussher and John Selden, [concerning the Walton polyglot bible, c. 1654?] 1170 677 Ussher to unknown [a person of quality, according to Parr] 1170 678 Ussher to Daniel Featley, 16 September 1622Manuscripts 1171 679 Ussher to Nicholas Barnard, [c. 1656] 1171

APPENDIX 2: ANGLO-SAXON ALPHABET 1172 APPENDIX 3: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Irish 1173 APPENDIX 4: LETTER FROM USSHER TO VOSSIUS 1185 680 Ussher to Gerardus Joannes Vossius, 8/18 February 1647, London 1185

INDEXES INDEX OF PERSONS material: INDEX – 1 INDEX OF PLACES INDEX 31 INDEX OF SUBJECTS INDEX 43 INDEX OF PUBLISHED WORKS INDEX 49

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AC John Venn and J. A. Venn (eds), Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols, London, 1922–1954) AD G. D. Burtchaell and T. U. Sadleir (eds), Alumni Dublinenses (Dublin, 1935) ADB Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie AO Joseph Foster (ed.), Alumni Oxonienses (4 vols, Oxford, 1891–2) Basel Universität Basel BBKL Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon Bernard, Judgement Nicholas Bernard, The judgement of the late ArchCommission-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland… (2nd edn, London, 1658) Berwick Edward Berwick (ed.), The Rawdon papers (London, 1819) BL British Library Bodl. Bodleian Library, Oxford University BU Biographie Universelle Manuscripts Burnet, Life of Bedell Gilbert Burnet, The Life of William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland (London,Irish 1685) CE Catholic Encyclopedia Collectanea Hibernica William O’Sullivan, ‘Correspondence of David Rothe and James Ussher, 1619–23’, Collectanea Hibernica 36–7 (1994–5), pp 7–49 Colomesius material:Paul Colomiès, Gerardi Joan. Vossii et clarorum virorum ad eum Epistolae (London, 1690) Complete Peerage The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (13 vols, London, 1910–59) Cotton’sCopyright Fasti Henry Cotton (ed.), Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae (Dublin, 1851–78) Coxe Henry Coxe, Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Oxford colleges. Introduction by K.W. Humphreys (2 vols, Wakefield, 1972) CSP Dom Calendar of State Papers, Domestic CSPI Calendar of State Papers, Ireland

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CUL Cambridge University Library Dict. Sci. Biog. Dictionary of Scientific Biography DIB Dictionary of Irish Biography, eds James McGuire and James Quinn (9 vols, Cambridge, 2009; dib.cambridge.org) DM Dr David Money EB Encyclopedia Britannica ELM Sir Henry Ellis (ed.) Original letters of eminent literary men of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (London, 1843) Elr C. R. Elrington (ed.), The whole works of the Most Rev. James Ussher (17 vols, Dublin, 1847–1864) Epistolae Saravii Isaac Sarravius, Claudij Sarrauij ... epistolæ (Orange, 1654) Epoch in Irish History J. P. Mahaffy, An epoch in Irish history: Trinity College Dublin, its foundation and early fortunes 1591–1660 (New York, 1970) Grosart, Works of Sibbes A. B. Grosart (ed.), The Complete Works of RichardCommission Sibbes (7 vols, Edinburgh, 1862–4) GT Professor Gerald Toomer Hall’s Works Philip Wynter (ed.), The works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall (10 vols, Oxford, 1863) HBC F. M. Powicke, Handbook of British Chronology (London, 1961) Manuscripts HMC, Cowper Historical Manuscripts Commission. Twelfth Report, Appendix, Part I. The manuscripts of the Earl Cowper (3 vols, London, 1888), vol. i. HMC, Hastings Historical ManuscriptsIrish Commission. Report on the manuscripts of the late Reginald Rawdon Hastings (4 vols, London, 1947), vol. iv. IMC Irish Manuscripts Commission JE Jewish Encyclopedia material: JK Dr Jonathan Kearney UB Leyde Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden MD Dr Maria Diemling Mede’s Works John Worthington (ed.), The works of the pious and profoundly- Copyright learned Joseph Mede (London, 1664) Mede’s Works 1672 John Worthington (ed.), The works of the pious and profoundly- learned Joseph Mede. Corrected and enlarged according to the author’s own manuscripts (London, 1672) MGH Monumenta Germaniae Historica

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NLI National Library of Ireland NLW National Library of Wales NNBW Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek ODCC Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ODNB Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (60 vols, Oxford, 2004; oxforddnb.com) Parr Richard Parr, The Life of the Most Reverend Father in God, James Usher (London, 1686) PG Patrologia Graeca PL Patrologia Latina Smith Camden Thomas Smith, V. Cl. Gulielmi Camdeni, et illustrium virorum ad G. Camdenum Epistolae: cum appendice varii argumenti… (London, 1691) Tanner Letters Charles McNeill, The Tanner letters: original documentsCommission and notices of Irish affairs in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (IMC, Dublin, 1943) TCD Trinity College, Dublin Vesey, Bramhall’s Works John Vesey (ed.), The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall (Dublin, 1676) Manuscripts

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1 475 Ussher to Simonds D’Ewes, 20 June 1640, London [Manuscript original: BL, Harl. MS 374, f. 151r. Manuscript copy: BL, Add. MS 4161, f. 260r–v. TCD, MS 454, f. 192r–v. Printed: Parr, pp 505–6 = no. 206; Elr XVI, pp 60–1 = no. 223.]

Distinguished sir, Your second letter, dated the ninth day before the Calends of April [i.e. 24 March] has at last been delivered to me here in London, as has also your third, written on the day before the Nones of the following June [i.e. 4 June].2 From the latter I learned the sad news of the premature death of your only son.3 But since God wished it to be so, to bear His decrees with impatience would be no less irreligious, than pointless; in all things one must acquiesce in His will. And although you are well schooled by your own wisdom to bear such things, to which we are all vulnerable, with fortitude, nevertheless I wished that I were able to be present to offer some solace that might relieve some small portion of so great a grief; this quotation from Ennius kept running through my mind: ‘... if I could help in any way, or lighten your trouble, which now torments you, and disturbs you 4 deep in your heart.’ However, I could not satisfy this desire of mine, because of the closeness of the academic ceremonies of each university: this does not allow me to remain at Cambridge,Commission but calls me away immediately to visit the Oxonians’ festal assembly. But the hope remains that, after you have finished your duties as High Sheriff in Suffolk, we may be able to meet; and we can then converse a little more freely than written correspondence permits about matters pertaining to the republic of letters, and particularly our friend Spelman’s initiative, and your own essays on worship, which I have read most avidly.5 At that time I will tell you about Ninius (as I call him, following both the authority of the oldest codex, and the tracks left by the same name, as expressed in the forms ‘Ninia’ and ‘Ninian’), whom I have carefully compareManuscriptsd with various manuscripts: so that you do not need to consult the Cottonian copies again, which I have used myself for this very collation.6 For as far as Anglo-Saxon documents are concerned, I have observed that they are not collected in any one volume, but dispersed throughIrish various books in that library: as for joining them together into a single body of work, I hope I shall have a more convenient opportunity of discussing the task with you face to face. Meanwhile, may God be present and bless your remarkable efforts, as is the earnest prayer of Your heartfelt friend, material: James Armagh London, twelve days before the Calends of July, 1640.

Vir eximie Secundæ tuæ literæ, IX Kalend. April. datæ, hîc Londini demúm mihi sunt redditæ: sicut et tertiæ, Copyrightpridie Nonas Junii insequentis perscriptæ. ex quibus postremis tristem de unici tui filii immaturâ 1 The only extant letter between Ussher and D’Ewes, prior to this, is that of D’Ewes (Sir Simonds D’Ewes, first baronet (1602–1650), diarist and antiquary (ODNB)), to Ussher, dated 28 September 1639 (letter no. 462). 2 Neither letter is extant. 3 In fact all five sons of Simonds D’Ewes and his first wife Anne Clopton (d. 1641) died in infancy. 4 A fragment from Ennius, Annales 10, preserved at opening of Cicero, Cato Maior. I am grateful to DM for this reference. 5 In 1640 Spelman endowed a chair at Cambridge in Anglo-Saxon, the first incumbent being another correspondent of Ussher’s, Abraham Wheelock. 6 Nennius [Ninnius, Nemniuus] (fl. c. 770–c. 810), scholar (ODNB).

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morte nuncium dolens accepi. Sed quum Deus hoc ita voluerit, ac ipsius decreta impatienter ferre non minùs irrelegiosum sit, quàm irritum; omninò in ipsius voluntate est acquiescendum. Et quanquam propriâ sapientiâ ad hæc et similia, quibus omnes obnoxii sumus, fortiter toleranda abunde instructus sis: optâssem tamen ut parti alicui tanti doloris leniendæ aliquod solatium præsens adhibere possem: illo Enniano subinde mihi in mentem recurrente; …si quid ego adjuto, curámve levasso Quæ nunc te coquit, et versat sub pectore fixa. Verum, quo minùs voto hîc meo satisfacere valeam, Comitiorum utriusque Academiæ facit vicinitas; quæ Cantabrigiæ hærere me non patitur, sed ad Oxoniensium pauhvguriu porrò visendam confestim inde me avocat. Spes tamen adhuc superest, post finitam agri Suthfolciensis tibi commissam custodiam, simul nos conventuros; et cùm de aliis ad Rempublicam literariam pertinentibus, tùm de Spelmanni nostri instituto, tuisque περὶ προσκυνήσεως µελέταις1 (quas avidissimè percurri) aliquanto liberiùs, quam ista scribendi ratio permittit, collocuturos. Quo tempore et Ninium, (ita etiam appello, et vetustissimi codicis authoritatem, et nominis eiusdem in Niniâ et Niniano expressa vestigia, secutus) cum variis MSS. à me non indiligenter comparatum, tecum sum communicaturus: ut exemplaria Cottoniana (quibus in hâc ipsâ collatione ego sum usus) denuò consulere necesse non habeas. Nam ad diplomata Anglo-Saxonica quod attinet: non in uno aliquo volumine simul collecta, sed per varios illius BibliothecæCommission libros dispersa ea fuisse animadverti: de quibus in unum corpus compingendis, dabitur (ut spero) magis opportunus tecum coràm consultandi locus. Interim, ut egregiis tuis conatibus Deus adsit et benedicat, summis votis exoptat qui Ex animo tuus est, Ja: Armachanus. ManuscriptsLondini, XII Kalendas Julias, ann. MDCXL. To my most honoured friende, Sr. Simonds D’Ewes knight, highe Shiriffe of Suffolke, deliver these. Irish

476 Ussher to Louis de Dieu, 28 June 1640, London [Printed: Parr, p. 499 = no. 204; Elr XVI, p. 62 = no. 224.]

To my most reverend brothermaterial: in Christ, Louis de Dieu, most faithful pastor of the church at Leiden. To Leiden. Your last letter (most beloved brother) was delivered to me at London, together with a catalogue, and list of prices, for the books that you had purchased on my behalf;2 so that the payment can be made there, I have entrusted the price-list to a reliable London bookseller. Meanwhile, I am veryCopyright grateful for your efforts in enriching my library with this addition; I can also now congratulate myself on the arrival of those twenty volumes of Greek interpretations of Aristotle. I would like them to be sent with the rest of the books to London, to that bookseller I have previously mentioned (after the price has been reckoned up).3 What will be the future state of the

1 Elrington, following Parr, has µελέτας. Ellis (ELM) has the same as TCD, MS 454, f. 192r: µελέταις. The TCD manuscript is correct. 2 This letter is no longer extant. 3 Possibly a reference to Francis Burnet.

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disturbances in Britain, lies in God’s lap. For the state of our own Ireland is as yet very peaceful, in spite of the empty rumours about turmoil there which had circulated amongst you; but our friend Mr Boswell, who is just about to set out on a journey to you, will inform you about all our affairs.1 May God guard you, and bless your pious labours. Written in haste, by Very much yours, James Ussher of Armagh. London, June 28 1640.

Reverendissimo in Christo fratri D. Lodovico de Dieu, Ecclesiæ Lugduno-Batavæ Pastori fidelissimo. Leydam. Postremæ tuæ Literæ (dilectissime frater) Londini mihi sunt redditæ unà cum Catalogo, et librorum quos mihi comparaveras Pretio, quod ut illic persolveretur, probi cujusdam Bibliopolæ Londinensis fidei commendavi. Interim gratissima mihi fuit tua cura de locupletandâ Bibliothecâ meâ novo hoc auctario, cui et xx illa volumina Græcorum Aristotelis interpretum accessisse, mihi jam gratulor; ea cum reliquis libris Londinum ad Bibliopolam illum de quo dixi (post pretium enumeratum) transmitti velim. Quas Britannicarum turbarum futurus sit exitus, θεοῦ ἐν γούνασι κεῖται. Hiberniæ enim nostræ status adhuc est pacatissimus, de cujusCommission motibus inanes apud vos sparsi fuerant rumores sed de nòstris rebus omnibus certiores vos reddet D. Boswellus noster, qui confestim ad vos iter ingressurus est. Deus te Custodiat, et piis tuis laboribus benedicat. Scripsit hæc raptim, Ὁ σότατος, Ja. Usserius Armachanus. Londini, Jun. 28. MDCXL. Manuscripts

2 477 Ussher to John Bramhall, 29 July 1640 [Manuscript original: Huntington Library California,Irish HA 15959.3 Printed: HMC, Hastings, iv, pp 88–9.4]

My very good Lord: I receaved two letter from you, since my comming into England: in the former whereof you [ ]5 acquainted me with Mr. Matthewes intention to conforme;6 in the latter with his performance, and the Solemnityematerial: used in his reception, which did not only rejoyce mee, but gladded also the hearts of those manye, in both the Universityes, unto whom I made relation thereof. Your part only now remayneth; so to use the power which you have with my Lord Lieu-tenant, that with the first he may in such sort be provided for, [ ]7 as he [ma]y not neede, in respect of a liberall maintenance, to be beholding unto those, whom upon [bo]th just and waightye grounds he hath 8 Copyrightbene forced to relinquishe. 1 Sir William Boswell (d. 1650), diplomat and patron of learning (ODNB). 2 Though the date of this letter is torn in the original a later annotation on the reverse dates it precisely. 3 The original is slightly torn along the left margin. 4 Omits salutations and parts of the text. 5 Del: ‘had’? 6 It is unclear to whom this refers since it was a popular name. 7 Del: ‘the use of’? 8 Thomas Wentworth, the lord deputy since 1633, had been elevated in January 1640 to be lord lieutenant of Ireland.

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But as for the next part of your newes, wherewith you temper this;

1 2 — animus meminisse horret, luctuque refûgit:

3/4 and I can say no more of it, then what you have sayd before me. Fiat justitia, et ruat coelum. I made a sufficient Appologye for you unto my Lord’s Grace of Canterbury And very glad he shewed himselfe to be, that he was spared at such a time, as I my selfe can witnesse he stood over-whelmed with an extraordinary multitude of most important buisinesses. I dealt also, [ ]5 for Mr. Vaughans suite, more then once, with my Lord Threasurer (unto whom it was referred:)6 before I receaved your letter in which, although I can not promise unto you or my selfe any great good Successe: yet I can assure you, there was in me nothing wanting, which might be expected from a serious sollicitour. I left all your friends in Cambridge well: where I was most kindly used by the chancellour Doctor Cosens, and welcommed with a publick oration in St. Maryes, at the [comm]encement, by the Orator of the University.7 There I preached, in your Colledge,[torn] fast daye, the 8th of this present July. There also I receaved from London the first [torn] that publicklye came abroad, of the new Canons: which I sent unto you by Thomas [torn] knowne by the name of my foot-man. Since my comming hither, I receaved these [torn]ures concerning the Oath therein prescribed: which [ ]8 here I send you encloased [bef]ore I have read them. I see great trouble is like to arise from hence: which, God knoweth, this time had little need of. But the eventsCommission of all these things Θεοῦ ἐν γοῦνασι κεῖται9: unto whose blessed protection I recommend you; and (with remembrance of my best respects unto your good wife) evermore rest Your Lordshippes most assured loving friende and brother, Ja: Armachanus. [torn]d [torn]29 To the right reverend father in God my very goodManuscripts Lord and Brother, the Lord Bishop of Derrye, 10 deliver these.

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1 478 John Holmes to Ussher, 14 August 1640, Limerick [Manuscript original: Bodl., Tanner MS 65, ff 98r–v, 99v.2 Printed: Tanner Letters, pp 143–4.]

Limericke the 14th of August 1640. This sent to the Bushop of Armach. For newes we haue the strangest that ever was heard of there are Inchantments in the Lord of Castellconell’s Castle, 4 miles from Limerick, severall sorts of noyses, sometimes of drums and trumpetts, sometimes other curious Musicke with heavenly voyces, the fearefull screeches and outcryes that the neighbours cannot sleepe. Preists haue adventured to be there, but haue bine cruelly beaten for their paines, and carryed away, they knew not how, some 2 miles, some 4 myles. Ministers of our side have bine served in the like kind, after doe they appeare to the view of the neighbours an infinite company of Armed men, as well on foot as horsebacke. What to make of this neither my Lord, not the best devines we haue can [te]ll,3 they have had many consultatons about it. This hath bine but since St. Jeames tyde. Much more could I write4 of it and more then this had I tyme to write. But one thinge more by Mrs. Mary Burke with 12 servants lyes in the house and never are hurt, onely she must daunce with them all night, they saying Mrs. Mary came away telling her she must bee wife to the inchaunted Earle of Desmond.5 Moreover A Countrye fellow goeing to Knockenny faire to sell his horse, a gentleman standingCommission in the way, demanding whether he would sell his horse, answered yea, for 5 pounds. The gentleman would give him but £4 10 shillings, saying he would not gett soe much att the faire, the fellow went to the faire, but could not gett soe much money for his horse, and att his retorne found the gentleman in the same place, who profferd the fellow the same money, he accepted of it, the other bid him come in and receive his money, hee carryed him into a faire spatious Castle and paid him his money ev’y penny; and then shewed him the fairest blacke horse that ever the fellow had seene, and tould him that that horse was the Earle of Desmond, and that hee had three shooes allready. And when he had the 4th, which would be very shortlye, thenManuscripts should the Earle be as he was before, this done, guarded with many Armed men, conveighinge him out of the gates, the fellow came home. But never was there any castle in that placeIrish either before or since. Upon a Mannor of my Lord Bushops of Limericke [Lo]named Loughill hath bine seene upon the hill by allmost all the Inhabitants abundance of armed men marching and these seene many times, and when they come up to them they doe [not]6 appeare. These things are very strange, if the Clergy and gentry say true; God willing, tomorrow or the next day, I will goe to thematerial: castle to be better satisfied of the same, and I procured the loane of it, this is the true Copie of it. I understand this Holmes is agent to the Lord Bushop of Limericke.7 Vale. John Holmes.

1 TheCopyright alumni lists for the University of Cambridge mention two possibilities: the first took his BA from Christ’s College in 1591 and the second gained his MA from Clare College and subsequently became a vicar in Thirsk, Yorkshire. Whether either are connected to Ussher’s correspondent is unclear. 2 f. 99v is endorsed ‘Newes from Ireland’. 3 Original is torn here. 4 At this point McNeill, Tanner Letters, omits the last part of this sentence. 5 Gerald fitz James Fitzgerald, fourteenth earl of Desmond (c. 1533–1583), nobleman (ODNB). 6 Original is torn here. 7 George Webb had been bishop of Limerick since 1634 (HBC, p. 368).

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1 479 John Price to Ussher, 29 August 1640 [Printed: Parr, p. 506 = no. 207; Elr XVI, p. 63 = no. 225.]

John Price to the most reverend father in Christ and lord, James, Archbishop of Armagh, greetings. I have received, most learned prelate, some time ago the collections on the origins of the British Churches, a distinguished specimen both of wide learning and of humanity.2 But while from day to day I await your arrival (which an empty rumour had announced), I have performed my duty [towards you] while already taking up enough of your time. Truly, most learned lord, you are too good-natured and accessible, since among such abundance of companions illustrious for letters or for honours, you support and show favour to a little man of no rank. This remarkable gift will be contemplated in my constant and religious hands [i.e. prayers?], and will have the chief place among my books and also in my thoughts. John Price. Written from the suburban country seat of the most honourable George Radcliffe, four days before 3 the Calends of September, 1640.

Joannes Priceus Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac Domino D. Jacobo, Archiepiscopo Armachano S. D. Collectanea (Antistes eruditissime) de Britannicarum Ecclesiarum PrimordiisCommission accepi dudum, πολυµαθίας ac humanitatis pariter insigne specimen. At dum indies (quem cassus rumor vulgaverat) præstolor adventui tuo, alieno jam satis tempore adimplevi officium meum. Næ tu nimis (doctissime Præsul) facilis es et communis, qui in tantâ illustrium literis aut honoribus abundantiâ, homunculum nullius ordinis cohonestare sustines. Contrectabitur sanè eximium munus istud assiduis ac religiosis manibus, librorumque atque adeò cogitationum mearum locum principem occupabit. Manuscripts Joannes Priceus. Dabam ex rure suburbano Honoratissimi Domini Georgii Radcliffe, iiii Kalend. Sept. 1640.

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5 Salutem in Christo Jesu. The Printer followeth material:me here so hard, in my publishing the Epistles and Martyrdoms of Polycarpus and Ignatius:6 that I have no manner of leasure to make answer either to your Letters,

1 John Price (1602?–1676), classical scholar (ODNB). 2 James Ussher, Britannicarum ecclesiarum antiquitates: Quibus inserta est pestiferae adversus Dei gratiam a Pelagio Britanno in ecclesiam inductae hereseos historia (Dublin, 1639). 3 Sir George Radcliffe (bap. 1593, d. 1657), lawyer and politician (DIB; ODNB). 4 SamuelCopyright Hartlib (c. 1600– 1662), educational reformer and writer (ODNB). A previous letter of Ussher to Hartlib exists and is dated 12 November 1639 (letter no. 465). 5 ‘Greetings in Christ Jesus’ 6 Ussher published two works in the mid 1640s on the subject: In Polycarpianam epistolarum Ignatianarum syllogen annotationes; numeris ad marginem interiorem appositis respondentes (Oxford, 1644) and Polycarpi et Ignatii Epistolae: Una cum vetere vulgata interpretatione Latina, ex trium manuscriptorum codicum collatione integritati suae restituta. Accessit & Ignatiarium Epistolarum versio antiqua alia, ex duobus manuscriptis in Anglia repertis, nunc primum in lucem edita. Quibus praefixa est, non de Ignatii solum & Polycarpi scriptis, sed etiam de Apostolicis Constitutionibus & Canonibus Clementi Romano tributis, Iacobi Vsserii Archiepiscopi Armachani Dissertatio (Oxford, 1645).

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or those which I received from Mr. Gentius.1 You rightly observed in one of yours, that the relation you had from Mr. Ravius might a little retardate the eagerness of his desire to adventure so suddenly upon an Eastern journey.2 If he could have but the patience to stay until the return of the other, I should willingly continue that allowance unto him, which I have now assigned unto the other. But the troubles of these times are such, that my Rents cannot be received in Ireland; and the event so uncertain, that I know not whether so much will be left me, as may in any competent sort maintain my self and my Family.3 Yet if things do prove otherwise: I shall be content to allow him ten Pounds per annum; the first payment beginning, from the first notice you shall receive of his arriving at Constantinople. I gave order unto Mr. Ravius to procure me a Copy of Ignatius his Epistles in the Syriack Language, to which he hath returned me no full answer. I am sure there is a Syriack Copy of them in Rome; and therefore not improbable it is, that a like to that may be found among the Maronites in the East. If I might get either a Syriack, or an Arabick, or an Armenian, or a Persian Translation of them, it would serve me to exceeding good purpose. But I must here break off Your assured loving Friend, Ja. Armachanus. Oxford, Septem. ult. an. 1640.

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