This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801 edition. Excerpt: ...c. iv. (2) His father kept a miserable ale-house at Northorp, in Flintshire. He himself was guilty of divers frauds and other crimes for which he was forced to fly out of Wales, Strype, vol. iii, p. 252. ' (3) Camd.Ann. 1565. (4) Ibid, Strype, vol, iii, p. 255. (5) "This man (W. Parry) had earnestly requested of "Burghley to travel abroad to do the queen service, as a spy and private intelligencer in the Popish countries." Strype's Annals, vol. ii, p.593., had had done them, particularly in "shaking the seminary of Rheims, and; overthrowing the pensioners at Romes by courses strange and extras, ordinary "(l) He did not fail, however, to solicit'for more ample supplies of money, by means of which he promised to do still greater things. The more effectually to impose upon Catholics, he twice went through the ceremony of abjuring Protestantism, and of being solemnly received irito the Catholic communion, namely, at Paris and at Milan, (2) His grand object was to: get access to persons of distinction ad note amongt them. Some of those to whom he ail dressed himself, and particularly the experienced F, Parsons, kept him at a distance, suspecting hitti to be what he really was3 a spy to the English ministry. (3) With others he succeeded in forming more or less of an acquaintance, either in person or by letter. Amongst the persons of note to whom he got recommended, was cardinal Cosmo, the pope's minister at Rome, who being assured that Parry had it both in his power and his disposition to render great service to the (1) Strype, vol.ii, pp.648, 649, vol.iii, pp.79, 80,188, 255, 526, &c. (2) See his last speech, Strype, Vot. iS, p. 250. His being reconciled twice over independently of other arguments prove him to have been a hypocrite and...