NOTE ON HUGHIE THE GRAEME.

_And wi' the Bishop thou play'd the whore._--P. 326, v. 9.

Of the morality of Robert Aldridge, bishop of Carlisle, we know but

little; but his political and religious faith were of a stretching and

accommodating texture. Anthony a Wood observes, that there were many

changes in his time, both in church and state; but that the worthy

prelate retained his offices and preferments during them all.

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