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82 stantiated in the most objectionable form and degree^ from whence came it 9 from whom did the church of England receive it ? At any rate, the solution of Fees of OJlce, which, we shall see, is the sheet anchor of the Roman apolo- gists, is, by this supposition of identity, per- fectly destroyed ; for in the foregoing instances it is plain mulct or commutation. But will any person who has any knowledge of the two things attempted to be identified, take upon himself to afllrm, or, what is better^ prove^ that the Church of England has, either in prints or in office copies^ regular catalogues of crimes, for absolution from which certain varying sums of money are to be paid, or that any thing in that church exists, or is allowed, identical, or even in the remotest degree similar, to the tables described, and the one exhibited^ in this work i But we have yet to encounter another man, armed with " Fees of Office,''* Dr. Milner, late Vicar apostolic of the Midland district in this country. In his iro7iicaLly entitled End of Caniroveretf, ed« 1824, Letter xti. Note 1, he writes of what he calls a " curious account,'* and affirms it to be borrowed £rom the Taxa Cancellaritse Romance, a book which has been frequently published, though with great variai^ it