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He had it even in mind, and suggested it to his friend 

 Boyle, to establish a retreat, where the lovers of virtue and 

 science might shelter themselves from the accidents of the 

 times. In 1699 he succeeded to the family estates, and 

 removed to Wotton, where he passed the remainder of 

 his life. 



"Eveljm lived through the troubled times of Charles I., 

 Cromwell, Charles II., James II., and William; and without 

 surrendering any principle, or condescending to any flattery, 

 he was preserved from persecution by the respect universally 

 accorded to his character. He lived in intimacy with men 

 of all persuasions; and few foreigners, distinguished for 

 learning or arts, left England without visiting him."* 



Evelyn died in the eighty- sixth year of his age, 27th 

 February, 1705—6, and was buried at Wotton. His tomb, 

 by his desire, bears this inscription : — " Living in an age of 

 extraordinary events and revolutions, he had learned from 

 thence this truth, which he desired might be thus commu- 

 nicated to posterity : That all is vanity which is not honest ; 

 and that there is no solid wisdom but in real piety." 



Evelyn's writings were very numerous and on many 

 subjects, which, as not concerning this work, I do not 

 specify. The most important and best known is his ' Silva ; 

 or, a Discourse of Forest-trees, and the propagation of 

 Timber in his Majesty's dominions.' This work was written, 

 at the request of the Royal Society, " upon occasion," as it 

 is stated on the title-page, " of certain Queries propounded 

 to that Illustrious Assembly by the Hon. the Principal 

 Officers and Commissioners of the Navy." It was delivered, 

 15th October, 1662, and published by order of the Royal 

 Society. It has since " undergone several editions : a 

 second in 1069; a third in 1079, with great additions and 

 improvements ; a fourth in 1705, still considerably augmented ; 

 - ' Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography.' 



