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remarkable man ; a good and great man, and in 

 my mind more deserving of the title of great 

 than those who have earned it in command of 

 armies and in fields of blood the heroes of the 

 vulgar. 



PISCATOR. I in part agree with you, be- 

 lieving that humility is one of the qualities of 

 the highly gifted. Perhaps you will somewhat 

 lower your opinion of Eobert Walker when I 

 tell you that he died worth 2000/., and this 

 after bringing up decently and settling in life 

 a large family ; and he had twelve children. 



AMICUS. Not a jot, as I infer he effected it by 

 his economy and good management, and as you 

 say he was without greed and declined increase 

 of income likely to interfere with his duties. 

 It surprises me, however, that he could have 

 laid by so much. 



PISCATOR. In his time there was no public 

 house here. From Mr. Tyson I learned that 

 his house afforded refreshment, and that he did 

 not object to payment in return, supplying 

 even malt liquor of his own brewing; never, 

 however, allowing any excess to be committed, 

 and never permitting spirits to be drunk under 

 his roof. This may have been qne of the many 

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