36 NATURAL HISTORY. 



So passed away a great and good man, who to pre- 

 eminent intellectual gifts united a singularly upright, 

 simple, pure, and lovable disposition. As his biographer 

 Derham has it ' in his dealings no man more strictly just ; 

 in his conversation, no man more humble, courteous, and 

 affable ; towards God, no man more devout ; and towards 

 the poor and distressed, no man more compassionate and 

 charitable, according to his abilities.' 



