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ExtraSls from the Portfolio of a Man of Letters. [SepC, 1, 



DIAPERS. 



Diaper is th; nsme niven to a linen- 

 cloih with a rhomboidal ficruie or pattern, 

 which is ufcd to make napkins and night- 

 caps . Whence the word ? I fufocil it 

 to have been originally written D'Ypres j 

 that the art ot maniifacliiring it was 

 brought hiihersfrom Flanders 5 and that 

 the article was named from its native 

 plice. Many kinds of ihiff are caJed 

 from the towns in which they were firft 

 mnde. Thus, at Leeds are IbiJ Amens 

 (origimliy Amier.s) ; at Halifax, D-niivs 

 (origin-illy De NiCmes) ; at Manchelitr, 

 calicoes (originally Calicnts or Cnlcut- 

 tas) ; at Norwich, Mecklenbi'igs ; and in 

 Spital-fields, M.intuas and Fadua'.cys, — . 

 Worftead-yarn is lb called from a lown in 

 Norfi'k, where thcFleniifli wool-combers 

 firft fettled ; and poicelain has its vulgar 

 name from China. 



DR. ARTHUR CHARLET/0 ARCH T. IS HOP 



TEN] SON (giziijig fame account of 



MR. POLAND). — £x BIE. HARL. 

 •' MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE, 



*' I have nrt the fatisfaflion to know 

 either Dr. W;l!iams* or his Ion, fo much 

 as by face, but I am very well acquiir.ted 

 vith his learned writings agiiinft the Pa- 

 pills, Deill?, and ill defence oflheLi:ur- 

 gy, that juftly entiJe him to the favour 

 vt all, that love the Chinch or learnirvg. 

 I am heartily forry I did not know liioner 

 liis fon's preieiilions ?.nd your Grace's 

 wiflies, having alitile fpent my credit al- 

 ready wiih my neighb..uts. 



" Mr. Warden is a very fir.cere pro- 

 moter of learning ; but his long, and fre- 

 quent abier.ce from the College, has de- 

 prived liim of that juft authority with his 

 f.:ciety which he ought to have, and, by 

 his continual pref nee now, hert.a';er will 

 have. The time is now very ftiort, but 

 whatever good ofiice I can do, fliall zea- 

 loiifly be performed with regard to your 

 dace's pleafure. Where lb many pre- 

 tend, and thole young, we think one dif. 

 appointment a fa r (le p, if the youth be 

 hoptfnl, to be pieTerred the next election. 



" As to Mr. Poland's behaviour, it 

 was fo public and notorious here, that the 

 late Vice Chancellor ordered him to de- 



* Author of The Cafe of L.iy Commu- 

 nion with the Church ot England confideied. 

 Lond. 1683, 4to. — A Roman Catechifm, 

 with an Anfvver thereto. Loud. i6S6-7i — 

 Vindication of Arcbkilhop Tillotfin's Ser- 

 mon's, concerning tlie Divinity and Incarna- 

 tion of our bleiVtd Saviour Lord. II"!!) 5. 4to — 

 Eglurhad byir ar Catechiim yrEglwys yug- 

 kjd a Tiiyftifl«chau or Serythurlan, 



part this place ; which he accordingly pro- 

 miled to do, and did for fome time, bi t 

 afterwards, in the Vice Chancellor's ab- 

 fence, returned. Evidence was then of- 

 ferred upon oith, of his trainpling upon 

 the Common Prater Book, talking againft 

 the Scriptures, commending Comnicin- 

 wealths, juftifying the murder of King 

 Charles, railing ajainft priefis in general, 

 with a thiufand other extravigancle*. as 

 his comrn; n converl'aticn. His bthavicur 

 was the fame in Scotland and Holland, 

 where he quarrelled with the profelTors. 

 Ke had the vanity here to own himfclf a 

 fpy up-n the Univerfity ; and inlinuated, 

 that heieceived penfiors from fome great 

 uiLri, and thit iiis- ciiarafters of perl'ons 

 here were the only iTicafures lollowed 

 above. His in.'blent cafrias:e made him 

 at laft contemptible, both to the fcholars 

 and thi.to'.vniiiien : I was always .^pt to 

 fancy that he vju'd appear at laii- to be a 

 Papirt. He I retended to great inirigues 

 and cotrefpondencies, and by thoie means 

 abufed the names of feme very great men. 

 He btiafted much of the young Lord Adi- 

 Icy Co.^pir i how he had framed him, and 

 that lie flijuldourdo his giandfaiher in all 

 hii glo:ions deilgn^. At his going away, 

 he pretended fome confiderable office 

 would ioice him to declare hinif If of 

 fume Churl h very fpeedily ; a'd tliat he 

 (hould be a Member of Parliament, and 

 then fliould have an opportunity of being 

 revenged on pricfts and uiiivcifit'ts.^ 

 Whei he came down firif, he promiled 

 hitnlllf very many difcoveries, from the 

 freedom of mv converfation ; but before 

 I came from London, he had (o expoled 

 himl'clf, that a very worthy perlbn, Mr. 

 Kcnneit, who was to introduce him to 

 my acquaintance, gave me time'.y caution, 

 fo that I law him but once, at my door, 

 and everaftcrwards he rei uted me amongft 

 his worft enemies, for winch he fwore re- 

 venge. Mr. Creech and Mr. Gibfon,* 

 whom he' courted much, very tittle va- 

 lued his learning, 10 which he fo much 

 pretended. However, I prefiime, he 

 might have done well enough, in cafe he 

 cuuld have commanded his temper, which 

 is io very violent, as to betray him in all 

 places and countiies he has been in. 



" I beg your pardon for this letter, 

 and humbly thank you for your approba- 

 tion of our mufic, which my friend Mr, 

 Pepvsveiy much admires. 1 humbly beg 

 leave to remain your Grace's molt dutiful 

 fervant, Ar. Charlett." 



Uni-xj. Coilf^e, 051. 2";, 1695. 



* Afterwards bitl:op ot L.ndon. Author 



of Chrotiicon Saxujiicum, and other woiks. 



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