248 The Death of the First Earl of Salishiry at Marlborough. 



three years he had left his diocese without episcopal oversight. 

 He died in London, " at Mrs. Austen's house on the Banckside," 

 9th October, 1637, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. 

 His "Observations" of 1612 tell how 



" We went from Kensington the 28. of Aprill, and lodged at my lord 

 Chandos's house in Ditton. 



" April 29. Wee went forward to Cowson ' (my Lord Knowles his house) 

 . . The 30. of Ayrill wee tooke our journey to Newberrie [Mr. Dolernan's ]; ^ 

 my lord beinge veary wearie, fainte and ill. 



"May 1. Wee went to Marlburie [Mr. Daniel's].^ By the way he was 

 very ill. Heare came Luke to him. 



" May 2. Wee went to Lacock, to my Lady Stapletons; wheare all busynes 

 was with Luke at night. 



"May 3. Being Sonday, my lord appointed me to preach; where he 

 devoutly hard a sermon ; dyned, and went that night to Bathe. 



" At the Bathe from Sonday to Fridaie being the 8 of May, there passed 

 noe great matters but essayes in the bathe. 



" On Fridaye the 8. of May, my lord was exceedingly revived bj' the Bathe. 

 The first thinge he did was the sacrifice wee offered to God of thanksgivinge. 



" This continued untill Twesdaie at night the 12. of May ; when, the Bath 

 having exhausted some of the humor, my lord began to droope : the scorbuth 

 appeared in a kind of blue and livid spotts. Soe he continewed Wednesdaie 

 and Thursdaie ; till Friday, after dynner, being the 15. of May ... he 

 came out of his weaknes, and had in the afternoone, the cleere use of his 

 understandinge and reason. And amongst other things divinely remembred 

 of him, he desired me to praie for him, ' for that he stood in great need of it.' " 



[Then follow some pages of profitable discourse in which Sir 

 Michael Hicks, Dr. Atkins, the physician, and others joined ; and 

 so for several consecutive days. On the 18th he removed his 

 lodgings and went to view the great church in Bath and expressed 

 his intention of bestowing " some good remembrance to the 

 fynishing thereof" after the example of "ould master Bellott,"his 

 father's steward, who had been a liberal contributor . 



" My lord gave at the present £i a week to the poore, duringe his abode at 

 Bathe ; £8 to the hospitals ; ^£10 to the guides, poore men in the Bathe. 

 And £3 to the sergiants. Theare was noe place wheare wee came, but theare 

 was a liberall remembrance of the poore." 



Caussam": Finett, ap. 'Nicholns' Progresses ofK. James T., vol. ii., p. 446. 

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