LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SANCROFT. 69 



with him as one of his chaplains during the last 

 six years of his occupying Lambeth Palace, 

 from the year 1685 to 1691, has mentioned a 

 few particulars which describe his great abste- 

 miousness as to diet, the simplicity of his gene- 

 ral mode of living, and the regularity with 

 which he divided his hours for devotional exer- 

 cises and for other employments. 



'* He was," he states, " the most pious hum- 

 ble good Christian I ever knew in all my life. 

 His hours for chapel were at six in the morning, 

 twelve before dinner, three in the afternoon, 

 and nine at night, at which times he was 

 constantly present, and always dressed. 



** His usual diet, when it was not fast day, 

 was two small dishes of coffee, and a pipe of 

 tobacco, for breakfast; at noon, chicken or 

 mutton; at night, a glass of mum,* and a bit of 

 bread, if any thing."! 



Of Archbishop Bancroft's talents and acquire- 

 ments, the fruits that remain are fewer than 

 might be desired. It is stated J that he always 

 aimed at great privacy in his thoughts and 

 writings, being unwilling to appear in print, 



* Mum is ale brewed from wheat. 



t See Cole's MSS. in the British Museum. Cole remarks 

 that the account which Mr. Needham here gives of his patron 

 is extremely meagre, and that much moi-e ought to have been 

 said by one who had access to his familiar habits, 



X See Preface to Miscellan. Curiosa, p. xxxii. 



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