54 KILLIGEEW MANUSCEIPTS. 



sure he will be to yours : University and Temple Education : 

 You must Magnify his having Studyed the Law, to give your 

 people an aufull impress"^ of him." 



In a letter written at this time, Martin Killigrew thus 

 describes his own health : — 



" As to my health, it is without Alteration, as good as Can 

 be Suposed at 71. I cafiot say my firmness at the Hour of 

 Death will Exceed that of others in the Like Case ; But at 

 present, the thoughts of Leaveing this World, are farr from 

 being Disagreeable to me, relishing nothing in it ; and yet 

 Affected with Disagreeable Insidents happening, So that when 

 the time Comes of your hearing of my being released, your 

 friends^ must make you rejoyce at it ; Still with all my resigna- 

 tion I submitt to my Doctor and few friends Solicitation, In 

 going to Plow every Day, to suport, a Wretched Life, that is, at 

 3 a Clock I go 3. miles to Kingsinton garden ; In Extent 3 Miles 

 round, w"^ I Compass with the help of two restings, At an 

 Amuseing Book ; A Progression of 9. Miles 6 in a Coach, and 3 

 on foot ; my Mornings I Dedicate to my friends and business, 

 more then you can Suppose, of other peoples, I still cheerfully 

 Undergo." 



Perhaps the most interesting sentence in any of the letters 

 occurs in one dated 25 August, 1737, as follows : 



" I am Upon Leaving behind me Somthing Historically of 

 the ffamily, the Memory of w"^ So Dear to me ; And before the 

 Days Grow too Short, If you will give Your Selfe the trouble of 

 takeing Pen, Inke, and Paper, with you, Some Sunday in the 

 Afternoon to Budock Church, And take from the Monum*' in the 

 Chancell, the Necessary, You will Oblige me. And in return 

 Expect a Duplicate of what I so make out. Composed of Inci- 

 dents, which Otherwise, You must Live and Dye Ignorant Off." 



On Feb. 11, 1737-8, he writes 



" Tell Mrs. Hill that if her Son the Seaman be inclined to 

 the Church of Eoome, I will Use my interest for making him a 

 Cardinal." 



The letters, however, are mostly about matters connected 

 with the Estate and accounts. He instructs Mr. Hall how to 

 resist the encroachments of the Corporation ; when and how to 



