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tia sua indulgeat, pristinaque corporis sanitate 

 restituta concedat ut in sui suaeque Ecclesise 

 honorem atque utilitatem vitam diutinam pro- 

 traham. 



Eodem die, Serennissimus Rex noster Wil- 

 lelmus, ex Hollandia mare transnavigans, apud 

 Margate in Insula Thaneto appulit et Cantua- 

 riam adveniens in sedibus Decanilibus pernoc- 

 tavit. Vesperi itaque, Canonicos Cantuarienses 

 comitatus, regias deosculatus sum manus. 



Here the MS. diary concludes. A note at 

 the end, in Dr. Birch's hand-writing, says, 

 *' Mr. Wharton died 5th March, 169f .' 



?3 

 6 



The details, which this narrative of Mr. Whar- 

 ton's life have exhibited, of his unparalleled in- 

 dustry, talents, and acquirements, prove how 

 great a loss was sustained by the literary world 

 in his early death. No one can know so much 

 respecting him, as has been given in the fore- 

 going diary, without being desirous of know- 

 ing more : and on this account the following 

 delineation of his character, with an account of 

 his illness and death, and of the respect paid to 

 his memory, proceeding from the pen of a con- 

 temporary,* must be perused with interest: — 



* See the lite of Mr. ^Vharton, prefixed to his Sermons. 



