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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 67. 



upon Record, in the Writings of our Popish and 

 Jacobite Authors, who never faild to reproach him 

 with this Infirmity. 



" After this Cure, Mr. Lock grew so much in 

 esteem with my Grand-Father that as great a Man 

 as he had experienc'd him in Physick ; he look'd 

 upon this but as his least part He encourag'd 

 him to turn his Thoughts another way. Nor would 

 he suffer him to practice Physick except in his own 

 Family and as a kindness to some particular Friend. 

 He put him upon the studdy of the Religiouse and 

 Civil affaires of the Nation with whatsoever re- 

 lated to the Business of a Minister of State : in 

 w'^'' he was so successful!, that my G'' Father begun 

 soon to use him as a Friend, and consult with him 

 on all occasions of that kind. He was not only 

 with him in his Library and Closet, but in com- 

 pany with the Great Men of those times, the Duke 

 of Buckingham, Lord Hallifax and others, who 

 being men of Witt and Learning, were as much 

 taken with him. For together with his seriouse, 

 respeclfull and humble Character, he had a mixture 

 of Pleasantry and a becoming Boldness of Speech. 

 The Liberty he could fnke with these great Men 

 was peculiar to such a Genius as his. A pleasant 

 Instance of it runs in my Mind : tho' perhaps the 

 relation of it may not be so pleasing to another. 



" At an appointed Meeting of two or three of 

 these Great-Men at my G-^ Father's House, more 

 for Entertainment and good company than for 

 Business, it happen'd that after a few Compliments 

 the Cai-ds were called for, and the Court-Fashion 

 prevailing, they were engag'd in Play before any 

 Conversation was begun. Mr. Lock sate by as a 

 spectator for some time. At least taking out his 

 Table-Book, he began to write something very 

 busily : till being observd by one of the Lords, 

 and ask'd what he was meditating ; My Lords 

 (sayd he) I am improving my self the best I can 

 in your Company : for, having impatiently way ted 

 this Honour of being present at such a meeting of 

 the wisest Men and greatest Witts of the Age, I 

 thought I could not do better than to write your 

 Conversation : and here I have it, in substance, all 

 that has pass'd for this hour or two. There was 

 no need of Mr Lock's writing much of the Dia- 

 logue. The great men felt the ridicule, and took 

 pleasure in improving it. They quitted their 

 Play, and fell into a Conversation becoming them : 

 and so passd the remainder of the Day. 



" When my G"" Father, from being Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer, was made High Chancellor (w"^"" 

 was in the year 1672) he advanc'd Mr. Lock to 

 the Place of Secretary for the Clergy : and when 

 my G'^ Father quitted the Court and be"-an to be 

 in Danger from it, Mr. Lock now shard with him 

 in Dangers, as before in Honours & Advantages. 

 He entrusted him with his secretest negotiations, 

 and made use of his assistant Pen in matters that 

 nearly concernd the State, and were fitt to be 



made publick, to raise that spirit in the Nation 

 which was necessary against the prevailing Popish 

 Party- 



" It was for something of this kind that got air, 

 and out of great Tenderness to Mr. Lock that my 

 Grandfather in the year 1674 sent him abroad to 

 travell : an Improvement w*^'' my G"* father was 

 gladd to add to those he had allready given him. 

 His Health servd as a very just Excuse: he being 

 consumptive as early in his Life as that was. So 

 that having travelld thro' France he went* to 

 Montpelier and there stayd for some time. He 

 returnd again to my G*" Fathers in the year 1678, 

 and remaind in his Family till the year 1682 : 

 w"^'^ was the year that my G'^ Father retird into 

 Holland and there dyed. Mr. Lock who was to 

 have soon followd him thither, was not prevented 

 in the voyage, by this Death : but found it safest 

 for him to retire thither, and there lived (at our 

 good Friend Mr. Fnrly's of Rotterdam) till the 

 hapjiy Revolution of King William, w'"" restord 

 him to his native Country and to other Publick 

 offices of greater Note, w"" by fresh Meritts he 

 deserv'd : witness his then Publishd Books of Go- 

 vernment, Trade and Coin : by w"^'' he had as 

 considerably servd the State, as he had done the 

 Church and Protestant Interest by his defence 

 of Toleration and support of the Revolution- 

 Principles. 



" But of tills part of his Life, you need no In- 

 formation. 



" Thus far I have made mention of Mr. Lock as 

 to his station in Publick aifaires, under my Grand- 

 father. Now as to his Service in private affaires, 

 and the Concerns of a Family, w'^'' was, in every 

 respect, so happy in him, that he seem as a good 

 Guardian Angel sent to bless it. 



" AVhen ]Mr. Lock first came into the Family, 

 my Fatiier was a youth of about fifteen or sixteen. 

 Him my Grandfather entrusted wholly to Mr. 

 Lock for what remain'd of his Education. He was 

 an only Child, and of no firm Health : w'^^ induc'd 

 my G*" Father, in concern for his Family to think 

 of marrying him as soon as possible. He was too 

 young and unexpcrienc'd to chuse a Wife for him- 

 self: and my Grandfather too much in Business to 

 chuse one for him. The affair was nice, for tho' 

 my Grandfather requir'd not a great Fortune, he 

 insisted on good Blood, good Person and Consti- 

 tution, and above all, good Education, and a Cha- 

 racter as remote as possible from that of Court- or 

 Town-bred Lady. All this was thrown upon 

 Lfr. Lock, who being allready so good a Judge of 

 Men, my Grand Father doubted not of his equal 



• " It was there (as I take it) that Mr. Lock came 

 so particularly well accjuanited witli My Lord Pem- 

 brock, that great Ornament and Pillar of our Nation. 

 He was then Mr. Herbert, a younger Brother only." 

 — {In a marginal note.') 



