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other by Aninuisity ; but was forward to do any of them 

 good Offices, when their particular Cases afforded him ground 

 to appeer on thir behalf. And especially, if on the score of 

 AVitt or Learning, they could lay claim to his peculiar Patron- 

 age. Of which were instances, among others, the Grand child 

 of the famous Spencer,'^ a Papist suffering in his concerns 

 in Ireland, and S"^ "William Davenant when taken Prisoner,®* 

 for both whom he procur'd relief."^ 



This his Sincerity, and disentanglement of any private 

 ends Avith his Sentiments relating to the Public, proceeded 

 no doubt from a higher Principle, but was in great part sup- 

 ported,^® and temptations to the contrary avoided by his con- 

 stant Frugality; which enabl'd him at first to live within 

 compass of the moderate Patrimony his Father left him, and 

 afterwards to bear with patience, and no discomposure®^ of 

 his way of living, the great losses which befell him in his For- 

 tunes. Yett he Avas not sparing to buy good Books ; of which 

 hee left a fair Collection; and was generous in relieving the 

 wants of his Friends. Of his**^ Gentleness and Humanitv hee 



' Perorations at the close of those Books at the close of those 

 so fermly & denounc'd 



Books where hee denounc'd. little less then Prophetically the Punish- 



wch due to 



ments often befell the abusers of that Specious name whether by 



enlarging serve 



stretching it to licenciousness or by inverting it to ye corrupt ends of 

 Amb[ition] And as hee was not link'd to one Party by selfe.' 



" A fact not mentioned elsewhere. 



"An interesting confirmation of the tradition related by Jonathan 

 Richardson {Explanatory yoies on 'Paradise Lost,' pp. Ixxxix-xc). 

 Richardson says he received the information from Thomas Betterton, 

 through Alexander Pope, that at the Restoration, when Milton was in 

 danger of losing his life, ' 't was Sir William Davenant obtained his 

 remission, in return for his own life procured by Milton's interest when 

 himself was under condemnation, anno 1650. A life was owing to Mil- 

 ton (Davenant's), and 't was paid nobly, Milton's for Davenant's at 

 Davenant's intercession.' 



*' Wood omits this and the preceding paragraph. 



" ' by his Frugality ' crossed out. 



" ' no discomposure ' substituted for ' small alteration.' 



* ' genero '[sity] crossed out. 



