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into English for the benefit of readers who may not 

 be competent to translate them. 



BRIAN DUPPA, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER 



(1588-1662). 



" There has perhaps never passed a life of which a 

 judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful," 



Dr Johnson, 



His father was by repute Vicar of Lewisham 

 in Kent, where he was born. He was educated 

 at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, be- 

 coming a Fellow of All Souls' in 1612, and Dean 

 of Christ Church in 1629, where during his reign 

 he made many changes in the interior of the 

 Cathedral. In 1626 he married, and later 

 on he became tutor to the Prince of 

 Wales, afterwards Charles II., who visited 

 Duppa when he was dying and knelt at his 

 bedside to receive his blessing. In 1638 he was 

 made Bishop of Chichester, and translated to 

 Salisbury in 1641. At the Restoration he was, 

 in 1660, made Bishop of Winchester. Some say 

 he assisted Charles I. in the composition of 

 Eihon Basilihe, but he did not write much. 

 Duppa was a man of "exemplary piety, lively 

 conversation, and excess of good-nature." He 

 was noted for his charity. His last days were 

 spent in retirement at Richmond in Surrey, 



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