THE foregoing is a true and authentic Copy of the Alterations and Amendments of the Liturgy, which were prepared by the Commissioners appointed by Royal Letters Patent, dated the seventeenth day of September, in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, and are contained in an interleaved copy of a black letter edition of the Book of Common Prayer, printed in 1683, and published in 1686, (as appears by the several Title-pages,) remaining in the special custody of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace, according to the terms of certain Papers of " Directions" transcribed among the Illustrative Documents that accompany this Copy. On the outside of the cover, in front of the said interleaved Volume, is the following Note, written by Dr. Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, within the pannel of the binding :— "This Book is to be deposited in Lambeth Library, together with the "Papers, which belong'd to Archb. Tenison, and remain now, digested "under their proper heads, in my Closet at Fulham, at the end of my Study." 66 Signed, "E. L." The following Note or Extract, in the same handwritings as those of the Alterations and Amendments, is written on a flyleaf at the beginning of the said interleaved Volume: : "After the Kalendar &c. just before Catechism? &c. in yo Preces privatæ set forth by Author: of Q. Eliz. in 1573. in 16°. See Admon: ad Lectorē. "Ubi in Calendario, singulis ferè diebus uniuscujusqz mensis, Sanctorum (quos vocant) nomina apposuimus: Id eò fecimus amice Lector, non quòd eos omnes pro divis habeamus, quorum aliquos ne in bonis quidem ducimus: Aut quod alioqui (si Sanctissimi sint) ijs divinum Cultum atq3 Honorem tribuendum censeamus: Sed ut certarum quarundam rerum, quarum stata tempora nosse plurimum refert, quarumq3 ignoratio nostris hominibus obesse possit, quasi Notæ quædam sint atqz indicia. Atq3 ha[e]c quidem hujus facti et instituti nostri ratio esto. Vale.” In the foregoing Copy, care has been taken to transcribe all the manuscript Alterations, Amendments, Notes, Proposals, Suggestions, and Queries, of every description, contained in the said interleaved Volume, verbatim et literatim, with scrupulous adherence to the forms of spelling, abbreviation, and punctuation, observed in the Original; together with all such cancelled or altered passages thereof, (herein carefully distinguished as such,) which appear in any manner or degree to be important. In the first column of this Copy are given, all the titles and headings of the said Book of Common Prayer, within inverted commas; and all such quotations of the printed text, with apt words describing the same, as are needful to show to what parts of the Liturgy the Alterations and Amendments relate. In the second column are given, first, such descrip tive tive words as aptly and truly express the nature of the several Amendments, whether they consist of omissions, alterations, additions, or otherwise; and secondly, the Amendments themselves, separated from the said descriptive words by an excluding bracket. It is also to be observed that, where any brackets occur in the manuscript Amendments, they are distinguished from my own brackets, in this Copy, by inverted commas, thus "[ ]." I hereby certify that the foregoing Copy has been made under my superintendence and direction; and that it has been repeatedly revised and carefully examined and compared with the Original, by me; also that I have numbered the several Titles, Amendments and Notes, in 598 distinct articles, for convenient reference thereto. Lambeth Palace," 5 May 1854. Willm. Henry Black, Late Assistant Keeper of the Public Records. ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS 1689. COPIES OF ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, FROM THE ARCHIEPISCOPAL RECORDS AND LIBRARY AT LAMBETH PALACE. I. The Royal Commission to the Archbishop of York and others, dated 17 September, 1 William and Mary, 1689. II. Diary of the Proceedings of the Commissioners, from 3 October to 18 November, 1689; written by Dr. John Williams, a Commissioner. III. IV. Directions, from the Dean of the Arches, respecting the Custody of the Interleaved Copy of the Liturgy, containing the Alterations and Amendments prepared by the Commissioners. tive words as aptly and truly express the nature of the several Amendments, whether they consist of omissions, alterations, additions, or otherwise; and secondly, the Amendments themselves, separated from the said descriptive words by an excluding bracket. It is also to be observed that, where any brackets occur in the manuscript Amendments, they are distinguished from my own brackets, in this Copy, by inverted commas, thus "[ ]." I hereby certify that the foregoing Copy has been made under my superintendence and direction; and that it has been repeatedly revised and carefully examined and compared with the Original, by me; also that I have numbered the several Titles, Amendments and Notes, in 598 distinct articles, for convenient reference thereto. Lambeth Palace,} 5 May 1854. Willm. Henry Black, Late Assistant Keeper of the Public Records. ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS 1689. COPIES OF ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, FROM THE ARCHIEPISCOPAL RECORDS AND LIBRARY AT LAMBETH PALACE. I. The Royal Commission to the Archbishop of York and others, dated 17 September, 1 William and Mary, 1689. II. Diary of the Proceedings of the Commissioners, from 3 October to 18 November, 1689; written by Dr. John Williams, a Commissioner. III. IV. Directions, from the Dean of the Arches, respecting the Custody of the Interleaved Copy of the Liturgy, containing the Alterations and Amendments prepared by the Commissioners. |