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literary arena ; and he now probably resolved himself to follow 

 the advice he had once given to his young friend Charles 

 Scarborough, " to leave off gunning/' 1 and dedicate himself 

 wholly to more congenial pursuits. And then Charles had 

 long made it apparent, even to the most ardent of his adhe- 

 rents, that no faith was to be put in his promise, no trust to 

 be reposed in his royal word. The wise old man, verging on 

 the age of threescore years and ten, doubtless saw that it was 

 better for him to retire from a responsible office, now become 

 most irksome and thankless, and seek privacy and leisure 

 for the remainder of his days. These Harvey found awaiting 

 him in the houses of his affectionate brothers now in the house 

 of Eliab, in the City, or at Roehampton, and then in the 

 house of Daniel, in the ' suburban' village of Lambeth, or at 

 Combe near Croydon in Surrey, in each of which Harvey 

 had his own apartments. The Harveys appear to have been 

 united from first to last in the closest bonds of brotherly love, 2 

 and to have had a common interest in many of their under- 

 takings; and Eliab, as we shall see, employed the small capital, 



1 " Prithee leave off thy gunning and stay here ; I will bring thee into practice." 

 (Aubrey, Op- cit. p. 381.) 



2 On the monumental tablet of Thomas, the first of the brothers who died, in the 

 church of St. Peter's-le-Poore, the mottos, doubtless supplied by a surviving member 

 of the family, show this feeling. The inscription is as follows : 



As in a Sheafe of Arrows. 



Vis unita fortior. 



The band of Love 



The Unitor of Brethren. 



Here Lyeth the body of Thomas Harvey, 



Of London, Merchant, 



Who departed this life 



The 2nd of Feby. An. Dora. 



. 1622. 



(Stow's London, third edit., fol. Lond. 1633.) 



John Harvey, Esq., who died in 1645, left his brother William's wife 50. Eliab 

 Harvey attended particularly to his brother William's interests ; and William at his 

 death returned Eliab's kindness by leaving him his residuary legatee. 



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