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gon, whom when he_ recover’d 
his reason he hated: but that 
serv’d only to augment his misfor- 
tune, and the circumstances of that 
story not being neccessary to be 
here inserted, 1 shall only adde 
that my mother liv’d in my uncle’s 
house, secretly discontented at this 
accident, but was comforted by the 
kindnesse of my uncle’s wife, who 
had contracted such an intimate 
_ friendship with her, that they seem- 
ed to have but one soule. And in 
this kindnesse-she had some time 
a great sollace, till some mallicious 
persons had wrought some iealou- 
sies which were very groundlesse in 
my uncle, concerning his wife, but 
his nature being inclinable to that 
passion, which was fomented in him 
by subtile wicked persons, and my 
mother endeavouring to vindicate 
iniur’d innocence, she was herselfe 
not well treated by my _ uncle, 
whereupon she left his house, with 
a resolution to withdraw herselfe 
into the island, where the good mi- 
nister was, and there to weare out 
her life in the service of God. While 
she was deliberating, and had fixt 
upon it in her owne thoughts, resol- 
ving to impart it to none, she was 
with sr. William St. John, who 
had married my aunt, when my 
father accidentally came in there, 
and fell so heartily in love with her, 
that he perswaded her to marry 
him, which she did, and her me- 
Jancholly made her conforme chear- 
fully to that gravity of habitt and 
couversation, which was becoming 
the wife of such a person; who 
was then 48 yeares of age, and she 
notabove 10. The 1st yeare of 
their marriage was crown’d with a 
sonne, call’d after my father’s 
name, and borne at Kast Smithfield, 
im that. house of the king’s which 
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belong’d to my father’s employ- 
mentin the navie: the next years 
they removed to the Tower of Lon- 
don, whereof my father was made 
lieftenant, and there had 2-sonns 
more before:me and 4 daughters, 
and two sounes after: of all which 
only three sons and two daughters 
surviyd him att the time of his 
death, which was in the sixty-third 
yeare of his age, after he had three 
yeares before languisht of a con- 
sumption that succeeded a feaver 
which he gott in the unfortunate 
voyage to the Isle of Rhee. - 
*¢ He died in the month of May 
1630, sadly bewail’d by not only 
all his dependants and relations, but 
by all that were acquainted with 
him, for he never convérst with any 
to whom he was not at some* time 
or in some way beneficiall; and 
his nature was so delighted in 
doing good, that it wan him the - 
love of all men, even his enemies, 
whose envie and mallice it was his 
custome to overcome with obliga- 
tions. He had greate naturall 
parts, but was too active in his 
youth to stay the heightning of 
them by study of dead writings, 
but in the living bookes of men’s 
conversations he soone became so 
skillfull that he was never mista- 
ken but where his owne good 
would not lett him give creditt 
to the evill hediscern’d in others. 
He was a most indulgent huss 
band, amd no lesse kind’ to his 
children; a most noble master, 
who thought it not enough to 
maintaine his servants honorably 
while they were with him, but 
for all that deserv’d it, provided 
offices or settlements as for chil. 
dren. He was a father to all his 
prisoners, sweetning with such com- 
passionate kindnesse their restraint, 
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