" And so whether he did fly or no I cannot tell; but
Tom Porter showed H. Bellasses that he was wounded too: and they
are both ill, but H. Bellasses to fear of life. And this is a
fine example; and H. Bellasses a Parliament-man too, and both of
them extraordinary friends! Among other discourse my cosen Roger
told us a thing certain, that my Lady Castlemaine hath made a
Bishop lately, namely, her uncle Dr. Glenham, [Henry Glenham,
D.D., was Dean of Bristol, 1661; but, I believe, never raised to
the Bench.] who, I think they say, is Bishop of Carlisle; a
drunken, swearing rascal, and a scandal to the Church; and do now
pretend to be Bishop of Lincoln, in competition with Dr. Raynbow,
[Dr. Rainbow was Bishop of Carlisle from 1664 to 1684.] who is
reckoned as worthy a man as most in the Church for piety and
learning: which are things so scandalous to consider, that no
man can doubt but we must be undone that hears of them. Cosen
Roger did acquaint me in private with an offer made of his
marrying of Mrs. Elizabeth Wiles, whom I know; a kinswoman of Mr.
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