His  reputation  had  already  preceded  him ;  and  both  the  King,  and
the  principal  English  Bishops,  were  ready  to  give  him  a  hearty
reception.
It  was  a  time  of  active  theological  controversy  :  Andrewes  had  just
published  his  "Tortura  Torti,"  and  was  on  the  eve  of  pubUshing  his
"  Responsio  ad  Apologiam  Card.  Bellarmini;"  and  being  the  most  pro-
minent controversialist  of  the  time,  and  in  constant  attendance  on  the
King,  he  was,  almost  as  a  matter  of  course,  brought  into  immediate
communication  with  Casaubon.
Their  acquaintance  soon  ripened  into  the  closest  intimacy.  And  it
will  be  seen,  by  the  extracts  which  will  be  given  from  the  letters  and
Diary  of  Casaubon,  that  he  and  Andrewes  were  frequently  in  almost
daily  communication.
Casaubon  was  present,  shortly  after  his  arrival  in  London,  at  the
consecration  of  the  Scottish  Bishops,  on  Oct.  21.  (prid.  Kal.  Nov.
according  to  his  reckoning'.)     (Ephem.  p.  789.  Oxon.  1850.)

On  the  following  Friday,  Oct.  26,  (al.  Non.  Nov.,)  there  is  this  entry
in  his  Diary :  "  Cum  sapientissimo  et  doctissimo  viro  D.  Eliensi  aliquot
boras  posui,  et  miram  illius  erga  me  humanitatem  et  benevolentiam
i^novi."     (Ephem.  pp.  790,  791.)

The  next  entry  records  their  employment  on  the  14th  of  November  :
"  viii.  Kal.  Dec.  A  prandio  accitus  sura  ab  Episcopo  Eliensi  cum  hospite
meo  viro  doctissimo  ^  ut  ille  nobis  librum  a  se  scriptum  et  mox  edendum

"  Ciisaubon's  dates  are  according  to  the  New  Style.  i"  J.  Overallo.
