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Show . The Life of the Honourable A~thor_. __ _ exqui..f ite 1'Y Sl~.il /eJ.' for a Woman ' in the G· reek, and Latin, _,r;1 . . ~ Thefe being the Parents, you n1ay ett.Jt ~ tmagzne, wo hanttu te hte. I 1r1r1'u e , '1P4J li~~e to be; H• tJvin.g had' whatfoever, Nature, or Breeding, could put tnto Ht~n. . HiJ fi!ft, and chil~ifh,~ellrJ, -were not wttb.~ut Jinne M~r~ of Eminency ; .At -whtch Ttme,. ~e waJ endued,wtth that freg~ n~ncy, .. .tndTowardneJt, ofWtt; A1they were P~efages, of that Deep, and Univerfall,Apprehen~on, whtch wa; m~- nt1;+eo.Ja, .·tn b1·,~, , arfterrPard: ABd caufed hun, to bl:d t a;1~41 1 n· e1t1z ce of, by feveral Perfons, ofWorth, and fl~ce; An , ejpe~ur :y, by tbl Queen j who, ~ aJ ~ have been ·znforme~, ) ~eltghted muc h, then , to con~1''e r ~tth btm ; And to prov.e hzm wzth ~.e ... fiions: unt9 whom, he delivered Himfolf,wzth. that Gravtty, and M11turity, above IJiJ yearJ; That her Ma)efiy, would of-ten term Him ; The young Lord Keeper. . At the ordinary yearJ, tJfKipenefJ, for t.he untverfity; ~r rather,fomething e~rlier ; H~ waJ font, by hu F ther, to T nnity Colledge, in Camhndge; To be~ducat~d, and bred, Hnder the Tuition, tJfD'o8:o~ John Whtte-Gtfr, then M~fic: r of the Colledge; Afterward I, the R.e~owned Ar~h·Btfhop, ofCanterhury; A _Prelate, eftb~ ~trfi Magnttude, . for SanCiity,Learning,P attence,and Humtltty : V~der wbom, ·He waJ ebftrtVed~ to batz~e been more, tiJen an ?rdtnary Frofi-. cient,in the flverall.ArtJ, andScienceJ. Wht!ft he wa.1 co~morant in the Univerfity, about 16. ye~Jr .1 of Age, ( AJ hu Lordfuip h4thbeenpltafod, t~ impart unto my ~elf;)h~ftdi fell, into th1 Difli~, of the Phtlofophy, of Anfiotle : Not for the Worthlefneffe, of ~ht A uthour, to rPhom he ~"Hid ever afcribe, aU High Attnbu~es; But for the ~nfruttf~Ineffe, of the way; Being a Pht!ofop~y, (~tJ bu Lor~llup ufed to Jay ) onely flreng, for DifputattonJ, ~rnd Co»ttnttonJ ; But Barre~, ofthB Produtl:io~, of Works, fo~ tin Benp~, of the Lifo, tJj Man. In wh1ch Mz1zd, he conttnued, to hu ·Dying D11y. . After he bad paffid, the Circle , of the Liberall Arts ; Ui1 Father, thought fit,to frame,an d m~Hld hiltJ,for the Ar~s, of State: And, for thilt end,fent hi mo'ller into France, wstt~ tr The Life ot the Honourable Author. Sir Amy as Paulct, then Employed A1nhaifadour Lieger, into F ranee : By whom, he WIIJ, ~tfter a while, held fit t() be entru. fteJ, '#itb forne Melfage, or Advertifemen t, to the Qyeen : which having performed, 'lllith great ApprobAtion, he returned hac~, into F ranee again ; With Intention, to continue, for Jome years, tiJere. In biJ abfontc, iu France, hiJ Father, the Lord Keeper, died; Having collected, (aJ I have heard, of Knowing Perfons,) a confiderahle Jumme o Money~ which he had Jeparated, with Intention, to have made a competent Purchafe of~and, for the Lively-hood, of thiJ biJ youngeft Son; (who W4J onely unprovided for; And though, he waJ the younge.ftin yearJ, yet he waJ not the loweft, in hiJ Fathers Affection;) But the faid Purchafe, being un·accomplifoed, t~t hiJ Fathers · Det~th, there came 1UJ greater !foare to him, tb4~t hiJ jingle rp 4rt, and Portion, of the Money, divid4ble amongfl5. Brethren: By JPhich meaneJ, he lived, in Jome fireits, ttnd N ecdiities, in hiJ youn,ger year .1. For aJ for that ple~f"nt Scite,andMannour, of Go~hambury, he C4tne not to it, till many ye~trJ after, by the Death, ofhiJ Dea ... refi Brother, Mr. Anthony :Bacon·; A Gentleman, equall !o him, in Heigth efWit ; Though i11[eriour to him, in the Endowments, n[Learning, 4ndKn<?wledge :· Vnto whom he was, moft nearly, conjoynedin Affection; They two, being the fole Male Ilfue, of a feconJVenter. Being returned from Travai1e, he applyed himfelf, to the 'fludy, tJftbe Common Law ; which he tooft upon him, to be his J'lrvfejfion. In whicb, heobtain(d to great Excellency; ·rhough he m•de that, ( aJ himfllf faid,) but tu an .A.ccef!ary, and not aJ hiJ Principal/ ftHtly. He wrot~, feverallTracrates, · upon that Sub jeti. Wherein, though fome great Maili:ers, of the Law, did out-go him, in Bulk, and Particularities of Cafes; yet, in the Science, of the Grounds:;.andMyfieries,o tb, Law, he WllJ exceeded by none. ln tbiJ 3a111J, hewttJ, ttfter a while, fworn, oft be Qyeens Counfell Learned, Extraordinary; A Grace, (if I err not, ) fc~rcc ~nown before. B~.feated bimfelf,jor the·Commodityj ofhiJ.ftutiieJ, and Pr~tCiifo; am~gfl the Honourable Society, of Greyes Inn; ~----------~---------------o-~_1 --~ |