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Sir William Herbert of St. Julian's had an only 

 daughter, to whom, on his death, he bequeathed all 

 his pofleHions, on condition only, that ibe iliould 

 marry fome perfon of the name of Herbert. She 

 continued unmarried till fiie was of age, when young 

 Herbert, then only fifteen years old, was propofed 

 to her. She- accepted the youth for her hnfband, 

 and they were united in February 1598. 



He returned to Oxford with his wife and mother, 

 took a houfe there, and continued his fiudies with 

 afTiduity. Befides claffical literature, he attained a 

 knovv'ledge of the French, Italian, and Spaniih lan- 

 guages, and this without any affiftance. He alfo 

 acquired fome knowledge of mufi^: and medicine; 

 and in the latter he pretended to cure many dif- 

 orders that baffled the fldll of the moft able phy- 

 licians : in the account of his life he enumerates 

 feveral cafes. 



Three years after his marriage he quitted Oxford, 

 and refided in London till he was twenty-one. — 

 Soon after the acceffion of James I. he was created 

 a knight of the bath; and he declares that he ad- 

 hered fhriftly to the tenor of his oath of knighthood, 

 which required him never to fit in the place where 

 injuflice Ihould be done, but to right it to the 

 utmoft of his power ; and in cafe of ladies or gentle- 

 men being wronged in their honour, if they de^ 

 manded his affiftance, that he Ihould give it without 

 referve, &c.--- In this chara£ler it is that, " in one 

 point of view we obferve him, like the knight of 



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