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ih-iii INTRODUCTION. the Senate, which took place on Shrove Tuesday, 17 14, when there was a difference between the College and the University, seems to show that this was a raprint, for in 1726 Synge was Archbishop of Tuam.] The sermon, here alluded to, was preached in 17 11, on the anniversary of the great Irish rebellion of 1 64 1, at St. Andrew's Church, Dublin: the text was Luke, xiv., 23 : — " Compel them to come in." The sermon is entitled :— " The Case of Toleration considered." It advo- cated Charter Schools, " to provide for the conversion of Papists," but if that was found to be impracticable, it recommended "a toleration of those Papists who disclaimed those notions of their Church which are subversive of civil government." For this sermon Mr. Synge was thanked by the House of Commons, but incurred the disap- Vicar of Naas, who answered the sermon, and was replied to by SjTige, in the pamphlet here quoted. This Edward Synge is not to be confounded with the Edward Synge (his son), who was Fellow of Trinity College, Bishop successively of Clonfert, ClojTie, Ferns, and Elphin ; nor with another (who was his father). Bishop of Limerick, afterwards Cork, and died 2znd Dec, 1678. This family was of Bridgenorth ; their ancestor was named ISIillington ; he was a singing man of the choir there, and took the name of Singe, or S}Tige, from his profession. The following table will show the relationship of the Synges, who were bishops in Ireland : — proval of Mr. Stephen RadcIifFe, Millington, alias Synge, of Bridgenorth. Thomas Synge. George, (Alderman and Bailiff of Bridgenorth), ob. 1601. Richard, (Alderman and Bailiff, ibid.), ob. 1631. George, Bishop of Cloyne, cons. 1638 ; died at Bridgenorth, 1653. Samuel, Dean of Kildare; ob. 30th Nov. 1708. Ed^yard, Bishop of Limerick, 1660; Cork, Cloyne, and Boss, 1663 ; ob. 22nd Dec. 1678. l__ Edward, Bishop of Raphoei 17 14 ; Archbishop of Tuam, 1716; died 23rd July, 1741. Nicholas, Archdeacon of Dublin, J 743 ; Bishop of Killaloe, 1748. I Edward, FeU.Trin. Coll., Dubl., 17 10 ; Bishop of Clonfert, 1730; Cloyne, 1731 ; Ferns, 1733; Elphin, 1740; diedigth Jan. 1762.