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was truly vertuous ; the patriot of his country, 

 and the glory of the court, beloved of the people, 

 and a lover of piety ; who left legacies of love to 

 the surviving natives, when he sealed his death 

 with noble English blood. 



TJieoph. Was Col. A. S. one ? 



Am. That great soul was too great for the 

 world, whose life in a manner was a continued 

 death, signified by those trophies of war he 

 carried about him. He died but to teach his 

 country-men the easy methods of honourable 

 dying, to the astonishment of mankind, and 

 foreign ambassadors. 



Theoph. Was Alderman C. one ? 



Am. That brave and worthy citizen, to his 

 eternal praise, sealed London's Magna Charta 

 with a Christian exit, and a voice from heaven. 

 Therefore put no more questions, for the asnigma 

 is explained, but begin where you left off, so let 

 us conclude. 



Theoph. Then Pie only desire a description of 

 man. 



ARNOLDUS HIS MEDITATION. 



Arn. Adam as an angel in the shades of Pa- 

 radise, typified his Creator : then it was that this 

 mortal state seemed immortal; and man, be- 

 cause a signature of this admirable creation, was 



