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do not this foolishly (as may at the first sight appear,) because my lord is 

 my executor, but because I know it will please the gaiety of her humour, 

 which ought to be preserved for all their sakes that have the honour and 

 happiness to be known unto her. To the Right Honourable the Lord 

 Newport, I bequeath the picture of St Anthony, in a round frame. To 

 my very good friend, Mr John Harvy, the picture of the Samaritan, by 

 whose kindness I have been often refreshed. To my good friend, Mr Chr. 

 Gise, Sir Thomas Moor's head, which upon my conscience I think was not 

 more ingenious than his own. And I write this rather as a commemoration 

 than a legacy, for I have always made a difference between kindnesses and 

 courtesies. To Mr George Pitt, I give the picture of my Dutch Fair, which 

 is full of business, but where there is always room for a kindness. And I 

 brag of the favours I received from him, because they came not by chance. 

 To my cousin, Henry Stafford, son to my kind friend, Mr William Stafford, 

 I give all my printed books, which although they are of no great value, 

 yet they may seem proportionable to his youth, and may serve as a 

 memorial to incline him to be as indulgent to poor scholars as his father 

 and grandfather have been before him. And by this means I give not 

 only a legacy, but entail it upon other men that deserve their kindness. 

 To my honourable friend, Sir Allen Broderick, I give my cedar table, to 

 add a fragour to his excellent writing. To my kind friend, Mr Tho._ 

 Killigrew, I give all my doves, that something may descend upon a courtier 

 that is an emblem of kindness and truth. To my servant, Mary Web, if 

 she be with me at the time of my death, I give all my linen that belongs to 

 my personal use, and forty shillings above her wages, if it does not appear 

 that she hath occasioned my death ; which I have often lived in fear of, 

 but being alone could never help, although I have often complained of my 

 sad condition to my nearest relations, 'twas not fit to trouble others. To 

 Mr Isaac Walton, I give all my writings under my father's hand, which 

 may be of some use to his son. if he makes him a scholar. To the 

 Reverend Bishop of Chichester, I return that cabinet that was my father's, 

 now in my dining-room, and all those papers which are of authors 

 analysed by my father ; many of which he hath already received with his 

 Common Place Book, which I desire may pass to Mr Walton's son, as 

 being more likely to have use for such a help, when his age shall require it. 

 These four sides of this small paper being written by my own hand, I hope 

 will be a sufficient testimony that this is my last Will. And such trivial 

 things were not fit for a greater ceremony than my own hand and seal, for 

 I have lived alwaies without all other witnesses but my own conscience, 

 and I hope I have honestly discharged that. I have in a paper annexed 

 something at this present ; and may do some things hereafter, which I 

 presume my most honourable good Lord of Portland will see performed. 



JOHN DONNE. 



Witnesses : When I made this Will I was alone; after- 



Marleburgh. wards I desired my good friends, the Earl of 



Will. Glascocke. Marleburgh, and Mr Glascocke to witness it. 



Which was in Novemb. the 2 d , 1661. 



JOHN DONNE.' 



Non euro quid cle me Judicet hceres. HOR. 

 Printed February 23, 1662 



