in thirty quires of paper (D). He had before written to his grace upon the fame fubject, in a letter dated January 28, 1623, where having obferved that in Sixtus fenenfis, Alphonfus de Caftro, and Antoninus's Summæ, there were about five hundred baftard brevities and about a thousand places in the true authors which are corrupted, that he had diligently noted, and would fhortly vindicate them out of the MSS, being yet only conjectures of the learned, he proceeds to acquaint his grace, that he had gotten together the flower of the English divines, who would voluntarily join with him in the fearch. Some fruits of their labours, continues he, "if your "lordship defires, I will fend up. And might I be but fo "happy, as to have other twelve thus beftowed, four in "tranfcribing orthodox writers, whereof we have plenty that "for the fubftantial points have maintained our religion "(40 or 50 pounds would ferve); four to compare old "prints with the new; four other to compare the Greek "tranflations by the papifts, as Vedelius hath done with Ig"natius, wherein he hath been fomewhat helped by my "pains; I would not doubt but to drive the papifts out of "all their ftarting-holes. But alas! my lord, I have not en"couragement from our bishops. Preferment I seek none at "their hands; only 40 or 60 pounds per annum for others " is that I feek, which being gained, the caufe is gained, "notwithstanding their brags in their late books." In the convocation held with the parliament at Oxford in 1625, of which he was a meniber, he moved to have proper commiffioners appointed to collate the manufcripts of the fathers in all the libraries in England, with the popish editions, in order to detect the forgeries in thefe lait. And this project not meeting with the defired encouragement (E), he was fo thorough

(D) These two letters are in the collection at the end of Parr's life of archbishop Ufher, numb. 66

"prince's purfe. If I was in "Germany, the state would de"fray all charges. Cannot our and 77. "eftates fupply what is wanting? (E) We may form a probable "If every churchman that hath conjecture of his plan, from a paf-100l. per annum and upwards fage in the juft cited letter to arch- "will lay down but a fhilling for bishop Uther, where he expreffes himself thus: "Mr. Briggs will "fatisfy you in this and fundry "other projects of mine, if they "mifcarry not for want of maintenance: it would deferve a

every hundred towards thefe "public works, I will undertake " the reprinting of the fathers, " and fetting forth of five or fix "orthodox writers, comparing of "books printed with printed or

written ;

thoroughly perfuaded of the great advantage it would be both to the proteftant religion and learning, that, arduous as the task was, he fet about executing it himself, and had made a good progrefs in it, as appears from his works, a catalogue of which may be feen below (F); and no doubt would have proceeded

ceeded much farther towards completing his defign, had not he been prevented by his death, which happening in Auguft 1629, at his house in a fuburb called Holywel! in Oxford, he was interred in New-college chapel. Mr. Wood informs us, that he left behind him the character of being the most induftrious and indefatigable writer against the papifts that had been educated in Oxford fince the reformation; and in reality his defigns were fo much, and so well known to be for the pub lic benefit of learning and the church of England, that Cam den, fpeaking of him in his life-time, fays, "He is a learned "man and a true lover of books, wholly dedicated to learn"ing, who is now laboriously searching the libraries of En "gland, and propofeth that for the public good which will be for the great benefit of England."

Wood's

hift, and an

tiq, univ. Oxon. as alfo his A

then. and Fafti Oxon. A vol. I.

JAMES (RICHARD) nephew of the preceding, was born in the fame place, and entered of Exeter-college in Oxford; but being chofen fcholar of Corpus-Chrifti in 1608, took his degrees of arts at the regular times, and became probationer fellow of his college in 1615, about which time he entered into holy orders, and was a frequent preacher. But being a man of humour, of three fermons preached before the university, one concerning the obfervation of Lent was without a text, according to the moft ancient manner; another against the text, and the third befide it. About the year 1619, he travelled through Wales into Scotland; and thence to Shetland, Greenland, and into Ruffia; of which he wrote obfervations the fame year. He proceeded bachelor of divinity in 1624, and not long after affifted the celebrated mr. John Selden, in compofing his Marmora Arundeliana, published in 1628. He was alfo very ferviceable to fir Robert Cotton and his fon fir Thomas, in difpofing and settling their noble library. And with the former of these (who was no friend to the gative) he was committed close prifoner, by order of the house of lords, in 1629. During his confinement, he compofed a copy of verfes in English, which he prefixed afterwards to a copy of all the printed works of his own original compofition, bound in one volume, and prefented it to the Bodleian library fome time before his death, which was occafioned by a quartan

logus indulgentiarum, &c. Lond. 1617, 4to; but fome were of opinion this book was published by William Crashaw, already men

prero

tioned. Several letters of our au-
thor are published at the appendix
to Parr's life of Archbishop Ufher.

fever, brought upon him through a too intense application to his ftudies, in the beginning of December 1638; he died in the house of fir Thomas Cotton, bart. near Weftminster-hall, and was interred on the 7th of this month, in St. Margaret's church in that city. Mr. Wood tells us, that he was esteemed a person well versed in moft parts of learning, and particularly was a very good Grecian, a poet, an excellent critic, antiquary, divine, and admirably well skilled in the Saxon and Gothic languages. That nothing was wanting but a fine-cure or prebend, either of which if conferred upon him, Hercules's labours would have feemed a trifle, Moreover, that, though humorous, yet he was of a far better judgment than his uncle, and, had he lived to his age, would have furpaffed him in publifhed books; and his uncle himself, in a letter to archbishop Ufher, gives the following character of him: "A kinsman of

mine is at this prefent, by my direction, writing Becket's "life, wherein it fhall be plainly fhewed, both out of his own "writings, and those of his time, that he was not, as he is "efteemed, an arch-faint, but an arch-rebel; and that the ❝ papists have been not a little deceived by him. This kinf ❝ man of mine, as well as myself, fhould be right glad to do any fervice to your lordship in this kind. He is of ftrength, "and well both able and learned to effectuate fomewhat in "this kind, critically feen both in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, knowing well the languages both French, Spanish, and Italian, immenfe and beyond all other men in reading of the manufcripts, of an extraordinary ftyle in penning; "fuch a one as I dare balance with any priest or jefuit in the "world of his age; and fuch a one as I could wish your "lordship had about you: but, paupertas inimica bonis eft Athen, Ox- "moribus, and both fatherless and motherless, and almost en. vol. 1. (but for myfelf) I may fay (the more is pity) friendlefs.

JAMYN (AMADIS) a celebrated French poet in the 16th century, was born at Chaource, a town in the diocese of Troyes, in Champagne. He was, in his youth, a great traveller, and run over Greece, the ifles of the Archipelago, and, Afia Minor. Poetry was his delight, and he applied himfelf to it in his infancy; and his writings,, both in verse and profe, fhew that he had ftudied carefully the Greek and Latin tongues, and had read with attention the best authors of antiquity, especially the poets. He is esteemed the rival of Ronfard, who was his contemporary and friend, but he is not so bombast, nor fo rough in the use of Greek words, and his

ftyle

ftyle is more natural, fimple, and pleasing, than that of Ronfard. Jamyn was fecretary and chamber-reader in ordinary to king Charles IX, and died about the year 1585. We have, 1. His poetical works in 2 vol, 2. Difcours de philofophie a Pafficharis & a Pedanthe, with feven academical difcourfes, the whole in profe, printed at Paris 1584 in 12mo. 3. A tranflation of Homer's Iliad, in French verfe, begun by Hugh Salel, and finished by Jamyn from the 12th book inclufive, to Dia. Perwhich is added a tranflation of the three first books of the tat, Odyffey.

JANSEN (CORNELIUS) bishop of Ypres, one of the moft learned divines of the 17th century, and principal of the fect called, after his name, Jansenifts. He was born in a village called Accoy, or Akoy, near Leerdam, in Holland, of Roman catholic parents (G); having had the elements of grammar learning at Utrecht, he went to Louvain in 1602, where he applied fo intenfely to his ftudies, that he brought himself into a flow fever, for which he was advised to remove to another place for the benefit of the air. Accordingly he went to Paris, where he met with John du Verger de Hauranne, afterwards abbot of Saint-Cyran, with whom he had contracted a very ftrict friendship in Louvain; here that worthy friend recommended him to be preceptor, i. e. domestic tutor, in a very good family; and being a man of erudition, he foon got acquainted with fome perfons of figure. Some time after, his friend being removed to Bayonne, he followed him thither: where pursuing their ftudies with unabated ardour, they were taken notice of by the bishop of that province, who contracted a great efteem for them, and having procured Du Verger a canonry in his cathedral, he fet Janfen at the head of a college, or school. He spent five or fix years in Bayonne, applying himself with the fame continued vigour to the ftudy of the fathers, and St. Auftin in particular; and as he did not appear to be of a ftrong conftitution, Hauranne's mother used sometimes to tell her fon, that he would prove the death of that worthy young Fleming, by making him over overftudy himself.

At length, the bifhop being raised to the archiepifcopal fee of Tours, prevailed with Du Verger to go to Paris; fo that Janfen being thus feparated from his friend, and not fure of the protection of the new bifhop, left Bayonne and after

(G) His father's name was Jan mother was called, Lyntze Gif Ottie, by trade a carpenter, his berts.