this conference has been preserved among the Smith
Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library; but it is not in the form of
letters to Dr. Morley. Vol. xl. of this valuable collection of
manuscripts contains (as described in Smith's table of contents):--

1. "Papers of Bp. Cosins in defence of the Ordination of the
Church of England against father Prior.

"The first of these is Bp. Cosin's Review of the Father's
Letter, &c. [the title-page is placed at p. 77.]

"Then follows a letter (which is indeed the Bishop's first
paper, and should be put first) from Bishop Cosin to the Father.

"After that the Father's Answer to Bishop Cosin's Review at p.
81.

"Then come two other papers about the validity of our
Ordination, with a preface concerning the occasion, p. 89."

2. "Then, p. 101., A Letter from a _Rom. Cath._ to a Lady about
communicating in one kind,--with Bishop Cosin's Answer."

3. "Lastly, in p. 123., is A Letter of Bp. Cosin's to Dr.
Collins concerning the Sabbath."

The order in which the papers under the first head, about our English
ordination, should fall, appears to be as follows:--

1. There is a note attached to p. 65., evidently written by Dr. Tho.
Smith himself in the following words:

"Transcript of several papers of Bishop Cosin's sent to me by
Dr. J. Smith, Prebendary of Durham.--T.S."

2. At p. 77. the title-page is given thus:

"A Review of a Letter sent from F.P.R. to a Lady (whom he would
have persuaded to the Rom. party) in Opposition to a former
paper given him for the defence of the Church of England in the
Ordination of Priests."

To this are appended the respective forms of ordering priests used in
the Church of England and in the Roman Church.

3. Then, at p. 89., we have the "occasion of this ... Discourse
concerning the Ordination of Priests," &c. This is a kind of preface,
which contains the first paper that was given to the Prior, dated June
14, 1645; also another paper, bearing date July 11, 1645, but ending
abruptly in the middle of a sentence, and having written below it
(probably in Dr. J. Smith's hand) the following note:

"The rest of this is not yet found, and that which is written
thus far is not in the Bishop's own hand, but the copy is very
fair."

However, this second paper (ending thus abruptly) appears to be no more
than the first draft of a long letter from Cosin to the P