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end to the old. But I gave him no commis- 

 sion (not so much as by an innuendo) that he 

 should do it; nor could I ever think fit to break 

 off so abruptly with Mr. Bernard, (who hath 

 been so kind hitherto,) without first acknow- 

 ledging his past care. 



'' But my cousin, W. S., will be with you 

 about Candlemas ; and then I will order him to 

 do what is fitting herein. Interim, cura ut 

 valeas. 



"■ My respects and service, I pray, to all 

 friends ; and most particularly to my honourable 

 friend and patron Mr. R. N., and to my re- 

 verend brother the B. of P. when you see him." 



'' Fresingfield, March 15th, 1692. 



'* Dear Friexd, 



*' My copy of Sir Walter Raleigh's 

 William the First, I had soon after I was a 

 Bachelor of Arts, taken from the papers of an 

 old presbyterian in Hertfordshire, which sort 

 of men were always the more fond of Sir Wal- 

 ter's books, because he was under the disfavour 

 of the court. I never saw or heard of another 

 copy, but one in my late Lord Radnor's hands, 

 which was imperfect, and upon his request 

 supplied from mine. His grand child, Mr. 

 Raleigh, my neighbour in Surrey, knew nothing 



