LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SANCROFT. 47 



me to find so mnch of it in Sa. Daniel, without 

 his ever mentioning Sir Walter; so that whe- 

 ther Plato Philonizeth, or Philo Platonizeth, is 

 hard to judge. 



" I pray, let Mr. Bernard be paid in the first 

 place for the Journals des Scavans, and the two 

 little French books : and then (with my thanks 

 for his kindness) present him. from me with a 

 guinea ; and as much more as you think bkn- 

 seant. 



'' I am amazed to hear of another new plot, 

 (which I never heard of, but by your letter;) 

 and that there are five hundred in it : but one 

 comfort in it is, that if there be five thousand in 

 it, I am sure I am none of them : as sure as that 

 I am, 



*' Your affectionate faithful friend. 



" I should very much rejoice to hear, that 

 your neighbour's daughter died in peace, and 

 received no troublesome visits upon her death- 

 bed ; and that she was buried, and how ; and 

 that the poor little orphan is come back to your 

 voisinage : for those w^ords, TU take the same 

 care of him, as of mine oicn, amount not to more 

 or less than this, 111 put him into the Clermont 

 or the College of Navarre, to be educated by 

 the sons of the lame soldier of Pampelune. 



