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tvhich he has exhibited in the following beautiful 

 stanzas j and \vhich I here publish without those varia- 

 tions from tbe original that in some copies have greatly 

 Injured the sense, and abated the energy of them i 



How happj is he born, or taught, 



That seveth not another's will ! 

 Whose armour is his honest thought. 



And iple truth his utmost skill; 



Whose passions not his masters are ; 



Whose soul is still prepar'd for death $ 



unto the world, with care 

 Of public fame, or private breath ; 



Who envies none that chance doth raise* 



Nor vice : who never understood, 

 How deepest wounds are given by praise j 



Nor, rules of state, but rules of good; 



Who hath his life from rumours freed ; 



Whose conscience is his strong retreat ; 

 Whose state can neither flatterers feed, 



Nor, ruin make oppressors great ; 



Who God doth, late and early, pray s 



More of his grace than gifts to lend ; 

 And entertains the harmless day, 

 With a religious book or friend. 



This man is freed from servile bands 



Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; 

 Lord of himself, though not of lands ; 



And having nothing, jet hath all. 



This worthy and accompliFhed gentleman died in the 

 year 1639, and is celebrated by Mr. Cowley, in an ele- 

 giac poem, beginning with these lines : 



What shall we say since silent now is He, 

 Who when he spoke, all things would silent be } 

 Who had so many languages in store, 

 That onl/ Fame shall speak of him in more* 

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