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20 Here I may take leave to speake a word or two of old Jacob who 

 now is fled from his Earthly Paradise. As to Country he was by birth 

 a German born in Brunswick that great Rum-Brewhouse of Europe : In 

 his younger dayes as I remember I haue heard him say he was sometime 

 a Soldier by which Imploy and travail he had opportunitie of Augmenting 

 his knowledge, for to his native Dutch he added the English Language, 

 and he did understand Latine pretty well. As to fabrick of body he was 

 by nature very well built, (his son in respect of him but a shrimp) tall 

 straite and strong with square shoulders and a head well set upon them. 

 In his latter dayes he delighted to weare a long Beard and once against 

 Whitsontide had a fancy to tagg it with silver, which drew much Company 

 in the Phisick-Garden. But to save you further trouble view his shadow 

 in this Picture. \_Loggarfs engraving of him is here omitted,'} 



Here I may not omit the Remembrance of a worthy person defunct 

 (though not of my acquaintance) & that is D r Morison a Scotchman who 

 was Botanick Lecturer in Oxford till unhappily brought to his end by a 

 bruise wch a Coach gave him in London Street Ano 1682 or 3. Some 

 who haue heard him say he was uery ingenious & pleasant in his discourse 

 on that subject, But whether there be now any Botanick Lecturer in 

 Oxford I can not tell, but M r Sherwood of S* John's an acquaintance of 

 mine a Lincoln-shier gent and a kin to a Lord of that name there, is a 

 great louer of simpling who wth M r Bobert show'd me an Herball set out 

 by D r Morrison wch had the best cuts of Plants that I yet haue seen. 



Anno 1670. Here was built by the Income of the money giuen by the 

 flounder a fair Green-house or Conservatory to preserve tender plants & 

 trees from the Injury of hard winter. 



