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good from bad, neither were we suffered to have any 

 f amiliaritie with the vulgar servants, or conversation : 

 yet caused us to demean our selves with an humble 

 civillity towards them, as they with a dutifull respect 

 to us, not because they were servants were we so 

 reserved ; for many noble persons are forced to serve 

 through necessitie ; but by reason the vulgar sort of 

 servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children 

 ill examples, and worse counsel. 



As for tutors, although we had for all sortsof vertues, 

 as singing, dancing, playing on musick, reading, 

 writing, working, and the like, yet we were not kept 

 strictly thereto, they were rather for formality then 

 benefit, for my mother cared not so much for our 

 dancing and fidling, singing and prating of severall 

 languages, as that we should be bred virtuously, 

 modestly, civiUy, honourably, and on honest prin- 

 ciples. 



As for my brothers, of which I had three, I know 

 not how they were bred. First, they were bred when I 

 was not capable to observe, or before I was born; 

 hkewise the breeding of men were after different 

 manner of ways from those of women; but this I 

 know, that they loved virtue, endeavoured merit, 

 practised justice, and spoke truth; they were con- 

 stantly loyal, and truly vaHant. Two of my three 

 brothers were excellent soldiers, and martial dis- 

 cipliners, being practised therein, for though they 

 might have lived upon their own estates very honour- 

 ably, yet they rather chose to serve in the wars under 

 the states of Holland, than to live idly at home in 

 peace : my brother. Sir Thomas Lucas, there having 

 a troop of horse ; my brother, the youngest Sir Charls 

 Lucas serving therein: but he served the states not 

 long, for after he had been at the siege and taking of 



