. England's worthies, under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . Memoir ofMr. JOHN VICARS, The Authour of this Booke, T^His extraordinary Enthufiaft of the |Seventeenth Century, was born in Lon-don in 1582, and defcended from the familyof Vicars in Cumherland. He was educa-ted in Chrijis Hofpital, London, and after-wards was a Member of Queens College,Oxford, but whether he took his Degrees,Wood has not difcovered. After leavingCollege he went to London, and becameUfher of Chrijis Hofpital, which place heheld till towards the clofe of his Life. Itd
. England's worthies, under whom all the civill and bloudy warres since anno 1642, to anno 1647, are related . Memoir ofMr. JOHN VICARS, The Authour of this Booke, T^His extraordinary Enthufiaft of the |Seventeenth Century, was born in Lon-don in 1582, and defcended from the familyof Vicars in Cumherland. He was educa-ted in Chrijis Hofpital, London, and after-wards was a Member of Queens College,Oxford, but whether he took his Degrees,Wood has not difcovered. After leavingCollege he went to London, and becameUfher of Chrijis Hofpital, which place heheld till towards the clofe of his Life. Itdoes not appear that he was a Preacher, although moil of his Writings concern theReligious Controverfies of the Times. Upon the commencement of the Rebel-lion he fliowed his great forwardnefs forPresbyterianifm, hated all People that lovedObedience, and Affrighted many of theweaker fort, and others, from having anyAgreement with the Kings Party, by con-tinually inculcating into their heads ftrangeStories of Gods Wrath againft the Cava-liers. Afterwards, when the Independentsbecame predominant, he manifefleenglandsworthies00vica
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