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all arts and sciences, but especially in the mathe- 

 maticks, in which study he spent most part of his 

 time; and though his tongue preacht not moral 

 philosophy, yet his life taught it. Indeed he was such 

 a person, that he might have been a pattern for all 

 mankind to take : he loved My Lord his brother with 

 a doting affection, as My Lord did him, for whose 

 sake I suppose he was so nobly generous, carefully 

 kind, and respectfull to me : for I dare not challenge 

 his favours as to my self, having not merits to deserve 

 them, he was for a time the preserver of my life, for 

 after I was married some two or three years, My Lord 

 travelled out of France, from the city of Paris, in 

 which city he resided the time he was there, so went 

 into Holland, to a town called Rotterdam, in which 

 place he stayed some six months; from thence he 

 returned to Brabant, unto the city of Antwerp, which 

 city we past through, when we went into Holland, 

 and in that city My Lord settled himself and family, 

 choosing it for the most pleasantest, and quietest 

 place to retire himself and ruined fortunes in. But 

 after we had remained some time therein, we grew 

 extremely necessitated, tradesmen being there not 

 so rich as to trust My Lord for so much, or so long, 

 as those of France ; yet they were so civill, kind and 

 charitable, as to trust him, for as much as they were 

 able; but at last necessity inforced me to return 

 into England to seek for reliefe; for I hearing My 

 Lord's estate amongst the rest of many more estates 

 was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners 

 should have an allowance therefrom, it gave me hopes 

 I should receive a benefit thereby; so being accom- 

 panied with My Lord's only brother Sir Charles 

 Cavendish, who was commanded to return, to live 

 therein, or to lose his estate, which" estate he was 



