This Addition to Bishop Godwin's Catalogue, was printed in 1653, with the following title prefixed by Dr. Chetwind, the maternal grandson of Sir J. Harington.

A
BRIEFE VIEW
of the State of the Church
Of ENGLAND,
as it stood in Q. ELIZABETHS
and King JAMES his Reign,
To the Yeere 1608.

Being a Character and History of
The BISHOPS of those Times. And
may serve as an additionall Supply
to DOCTOR GODWIN'S
Catalogue of Bishops.

WRITTEN
For the private use of Prince Henry, upon
occasion of that Proverb,
Henry the Eighth pull'd down Monks and their Cells,
Henry the Ninth should pull down Bishops and their Bells.

By Sir JOHN HARINGTON,
Of Kelston, near Bath, Knight.

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