THE

Book of the Church.

BY

ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. LL.D.

POET LAUREATE,

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY

OF HISTORY, OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, OF THE CYMMRO-

DORION, OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OF THE AMERICAN

ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, OF THE
BRISTOL PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY, &c.

SECOND EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXIV.

ODLEIAN

D

1951

LIBRARY

TO THE

REVEREND PETER ELMSLEY, D.D.

PRINCIPAL OF ST. ALBAN'S HALL,

CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY, &c. &c.

THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED, AS A MEMORIAL OF RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP.