1671-2.

March 15, against popery, though it gave great offence to the king. His example was followed by the other bishops. He was editor of the "Gentleman's Calling," supposed to be written by the author of the "Whole Duty of Man." Ob. Oct. 1675.

Consec. Dec. 2, 1660.

HENRICUS COMPTONUS, episcopus Londinensis. Loggan sc. 1679; large h. sh.-Henry Compton was successor to Bishop Henchman in the see of London. There is some account of him in the next reign.

JOHANNES COSIN, episcopus Dunelmensis. W. Dolle sc. Before his "History of Transubstantiation," 1676; 8vo.

John Cosin was master of Peter-house, in Cambridge, and dean of Peterborough, in the reign of Charles I. in which he enjoyed several other considerable preferments. He was accused of introducing superstitious innovations in the church of Durham, of which he was then a prebendary,† by Peter Smart, who had been prosecuted by him for preaching against episcopacy. He held his deanery but a short time, as he was the first of the clergy who were sequestered from their dignities and benefices by the parliament.‡ In 1643, he retired to Paris, where he was appointed chaplain to the Protestant part of Queen Henrietta's family. He succeeded Dr. Morton in the see of Durham; and while he sat in that see, expended more than 36,000l. in public and private charities and benefactions. He died Jan. 15, 1671-2, in the 78th year of his age. His principal work, which shews him to have been a man of learning, is his "Scholastical History of the Canon of the Holy Scripture;" a book still in esteem. The first edition was published in 1657, the second in 1672; 4to.

BRIAN DUPPA, quondam episcopus Wintoniensis. R. W. (White) sc. Before his " Holy Rules and Helps of Devotion," &c. small 12mo. 1674.

* See the epistle prefixed to the octavo edition of that book.

+ He is, in Rapin's "History," said to have been dean; but this is a mistake. He was installed dean in November, 1640.

There is a portrait of him at Christ Church, in Oxford, of which college he was dean.

from Salisbury, Oct. 4, 1660.

Brian Duppa, who was successively promoted to the bishoprics Translated of Chichester and Salisbury by Charles I. was, upon the restoration of Charles II. advanced to the see of Winchester. He had been preceptor to the latter of these princes, and was, in all respects, well qualified for that important office. He was a very handsome personage, of a graceful deportment, and of an irreproachable life. He lived in retirement at Richmond during the usurpation; and was then hospitable, generous, and charitable, to a degree beyond his fortune. He is said to have received 50,000l. for fines, soon after his translation to Winchester. It is certain that he remitted no less than 30,000l. to his tenants, and that he left 16,000l. to be expended in acts of charity and munificence. He left legacies to Christ Church, and All-Souls College, in Oxford; and to the several cathedrals in which he sat as bishop; and founded an almshouse at Richmond. The king asked his blessing on his knees, as he lay on his death-bed. He died March 26, 1662. He was author of sermons, and several books of devotion. When he was bishop of Chichester, he published his "Jonsonius Verbius," which is a collection of verses in praise of Ben Jonson and his works, by above thirty different hands.

GEORGE MORLEY, bishop of Winchester. P. Lely p. R. Tompson, exc. large h. sh. mezz.

GEORGE MORLEY, &c. Lely p. Vertue sc. 1740. In the collection of General Dormer, at Rowsham. Illust. Head.

GEORGE MORLEY, &c. in the " Oxford Almanack," 1744.

GEORGE MORLEY, &c. sitting in a chair; h. sh.

mezz.

This print, as I learn from Vertue's manuscript, was done by Vansomer.

There is a portrait of him at Christ Church, in Oxford, of which he was canon, and afterward dean.

There is another by Sir Peter Lely, at Amesbury.

Translated

from Worcester, May 14, 1662.

George Morley, some time chaplain to Charles I. was a polite scholar, and an eminent divine, especially in controversy. He was, in the early part of his life, one of Ben Jonson's sons. He was also an intimate friend of Lord Falkland, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Chillingworth, Mr. Waller,* and others of the first eminence in the late reign. One of his excellences, which raised him much in the esteem of all his friends, helped to degrade his character in the opinion of his enemies. This was his wit, which was natural, but uncommon; keen, but inoffensive. The very faculty was condemned by many in this age, without the least regard to its application. After the death of the king, he retired to the Hague, where he attended on Charles II. He afterward resided at Antwerp, where he was very. assiduous in his ministerial duty. During his residence abroad, he contracted an intimacy with Rivetus, Heinsius, Salmasius, Bochart, and other persons of rank in the learned world. Upon the restoration, he was made dean of Christ Church, and the same year bishop of Worcester, whence he was translated to Winchester. His constant practice was to rise at five o'clock in the morning, to go to bed at eleven, and eat but once a day. By these rules he preserved his health, with very little interruption, through the course of a long life. He died Oct. 29, 1684. His writings are chiefly on polemical subjects.†

PETRUS MEWS, Wintoniensis episcopus, &c. qui pugnavit et oravit pro pace regni et ecclesiæ. D. Loggan ad vivum del. et sc. h. sh. There are two oval prints of him, smaller than the former, without the name of an engraver.

DR. PETER MEWS, &c. in a square. D. Loggan; T. Trotter sc. 4to.

His portrait is at St. John's College, in Oxford, of which he was president.

* Mr. Morley was under an arrest for a debt, when this gentleman first became acquainted with him; and it is said that he paid the debt, on condition that he would live with him at Beconsfield, which he did for many years. Mr. Waller acknowledged that he was indebted to him for his taste of the ancient classics. See the "Life of Waller," before his works, 12mo.

+ In 1683, he published several treatises in a quarto volume. In the preface is a good account of the religious character of Anne Hyde, dutchess of York, before her conversion to popery.