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Permission to Print original: "Imprimatur"

This Book, the Title of which is

( A History of Ecclesi-

astical Writers. )

From Lambeth Palace, The official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London. Jan. 10,
1687.

John Battely, Domestic Chaplain original: "à Sacris Domesticis," referring to a private secretary or chaplain residing in the bishop's household. to the

Most Reverend Father in Christ

and Lord, Lord William, William Sancroft (1617–1693), who was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of this publication.

Archbishop of Canterbury.

OF THE WRITERS

OF THE CHURCH original Latin: "Ecclesiasticorum"

A Literary History In the 17th and 18th centuries, a "Literary History" (Historia Literaria) was not a narrative story, but a systematic encyclopedia or bibliography listing authors, their biographies, and their published works.