Preface

Persecution, which has not yet relented in our regard, under the ever varying depositaries of secular power, has retarded the publication of this Volume, far beyond our worst expectations. Our readers will, we trust, be good enough to believe that we regret these forced delays as much as they do.

May we hope that they will please to remember us and our Monastic brethren, in their prayers to God, and thus aid us to bear the brunt of hell's violence, so particularly directed against the sons of Dom Ghi£ranger. We implore Our Lord to vouchsafe, in return, to pour upon our readers a share in those blessings promised by him to those who suffer for Justice sake.