this  day  the  church  of  Christ.     To  speak,  moreover,  of  the  liturgies  And  in
of  St.  James,  of  Chrysostome  and  others,  of  the  first  mass  said  by  luurgies
St.  Peter  at  Rome,  and  that  St.  Peter  sat  twenty-five  years  bishop  ot
Rome.     To  speak  also  of  the  works  of  Augustine,  Ambrose,  Jerome,


394  A    DEFENCE    OF    LORD    COBIIAM,

iinirri    and  Gregory,  what  doctor  or  famous  writer  hath  there  been  in  the
'      church,  under  whose  name  some  counterfeited  books  have  not  falsely
A.  D.    been  fathered,  and  yet  stand  still  authorised  under  their  patronage,  to
^'^^•^'    the  great  detriment  of  the  church  ?     What  should  I  speak  of  Abdias,
Untruth  Amphilochius,  Dionysius  Areopagita ;  the  *■  Dialogues  of  Gregory,"'
terf-eUed   whicli  falscly  to  this  day  have  been  ascribed  to  Gregory  I.,  Avhcreas
books.   ^  indeed  they  were  first  written   in  Greek  by  Gregory  III.,  and  aftcr-
Dia-     "  wards  translated  out  of  Greek  into  Latin  by  pope  Zachary ;   vide
ogues.     gypj-a.     Likewise  that  worthy  and  imperial  sermon  entituled, '  Eusebii
Pamphili  Sermo  ad  Conventum  Sanctorum,''  hath  to  this  day  wrong-
fully borne  the  name  of  Eusebius  ;'  whereas,  in  very  truth,  it  was
made  by  the  good  emperor  Constantine  himself,  in  his  own  heroical
style  in  Latin,  and  afterwards  translated  out  of  Latin  into  Greek  by
Eusebius,  as  he  himself  confesseth  in  his  work, '  De  Vita  Constant.'
lib.  4.     But  as  touching  this  serm,on,  although  the  name  be  changed,
so  godly  and  fruitful  it  is,  that  it  mattereth  not  much  under  whose
name  it  be  read,  yet  worthy  to  be  read  under  the  name  of  none  so
much,  as  of  the  emperor  Constantine  himself,  who  was  the  true  author
and  owner  thereof.
