first at Winchester, and afterwards at Oxford. In the university he was so highly distinguished that at an early age, in 1488, he was appointed to the superintendence of the civil law school. Having acquitted himself highly to the satisfaction of king Henry VII. in an embassy to the duke of Burgundy, who was supposed, but erroneously, to be a protector of Perkin Warbeck, he was on his return in 1493, appointed chan cellor of Wells, and soon afterwards master of the rolls. The career of fame being now open, his honours were rapidly accumulated. In the year 1502, he was made keeper of the great seal; then Chancellor; in 1503 he was raised to the see of London, and in 1503-4, he was enthroned archbishop of Canterbury; this dignity he enjoyed for twenty-eight years, and expired in 1552 at St. Stephen's, near Canterbury. Like all his contemporaries who raised themselves by their learning and abilities, to honours in the state, Warham was a munificent patron of literature; Erasmus in particular was deeply indebted to his protection. It was however rather his qualities as a Christian, than his attainments as a lawyer and divine, that raised the character of this prelate so very highly in the estimation of the public and posterity.

BISHOP BURNET.

Bishop Burnet, from absence of mind, drew a strong picture of herself to the duchess of Malborough. Dining with this celebrated lady after the disgrace of her husband, Burnet was comparing him to Belisarius. "But how," said she, "could so great a general be so abandoned." "Oh, Madam," replied the bishop," do you not "know what a brimstone of a wife he had?"

A LIST OF RELICS, TO BE SEEN IN THE
CHURCH OF DOBBERAN.

A village in the Duchy of Mecklenburg, situate two miles from the Baltic.

In the church of Dobberan are still preserved maay of those relics so much respected in popish times. They are shown now as a curiosity, and a mark of the ignorance and superstition of former ages. The list of them is as follows:

A small quantity of flax, which the Virgin Mary had for spinning.

A bundle of hay, which the three Wise Men of the East had for their cattle, and left behind them at Bethlehem.

A bone of Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits.

A piece of poor Lazarus's garment.

A bone of St. Christopher, and the first joint of his thumb.

The shoulder blade of the said St. Christopher. A piece of linen cloth, which the Virgin Mary wove with her own hands.

A piece of the head belonging to the fish mentioned in Tobit.

The napkin which the bridegroom made use of at the marriage in Cana of Galilee.

Some bones of Mrs. Adams, grandmother of an Abbot of Dobberan.

A hair of St. Jerome's mustachios.

Part of Judas' bowels, which gushed out as he burst asunder.

The scissars with which Dalilah cut off Sampson's hair.

A piece of the apron which the butcher wore when he killed the calf, upon the return of the prodigal son.

One of the five smooth stones which David put into his bag when he went to encounter the giant Goliah.

A branch of the tree on which Absalom hung by the hair.

The head of St. Thomas the Apostle.

The head of St. Paul.

The head of St. Peter.

A piece St. Peter's fishing net.