Excerpt from A Selection From the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of EnglandThe dinner done, which was not very long, he used to sit an hour, or thereabouts, talking or play ing at chess: that done, he returned to his study, and there would continue, except suitors or business abroad were occasion of the contrary, until five of the clock at night, and then would come to common prayer, as in the forenoon which being finished, he went to supper, behaving himself there, as at his dinner before: after supper, he recreated himself in playing at chess the Space of an hour, he would then return again to his study, continuing there till eleven of the clock at night, which was his common hour to go to bed, then saying his prayer upon his knees, as in the morning when he rose.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.