FOX 
becomes lefs than the fri€tion ae them and the fides of 
the-ca sane then, indeed, the barrel, by being fhortened, 
will fhoo with greater force ; tae as the leng:h of the bar- 
rel cues to produce this effect is vaftly greater than can 
ever be employed for any purpofe, the objection does not 
hold.. It feems clear, that a piece may be made fo long, 
that it will not throw a ball with fo great v veloc ay) as one 
not o 
and the fides of the barrel ; and hence may be Soferred the 
neceffity of touch-holes which do not prime of themfelves, 
and of wadding that ftops the barrel her wees 
following opinion is given by the ingenious writer of the 
article to which we have referred with rega “ : the at 
of barrel that is beft ade for general u e bar- 
_ are found to aafwer beft for in Sint are 
irty-two to thirty-eight facie: and whether we con- 
the e appearance of the piece, its lizhtne’s, or the eafe 
ae which it is managed, we believe, (he fays,) that a barrel 
he other, of thefe num- 
gunfmiths pique themfelves oa the proportion they giv 
the different parts of their piles mei and os e Seduce 
a ore. over their contemporaries in fav of their 
a 
fee Province of Guns, Rance, Recor Ly and RiFve. 
In fhooting, obferve to do it with ie oe if poffible, 
and rather fide-ways, or behind the fowl, i 
faces. Obferve alfo to chufe the m oh con Ail fhelter, 
as ahedge, bank, ortree. If you ha ave not fhelter enough, 
upor n your hands and knees, or ufe a ftalk- 
See 
a . is mores by es 
_ dies. lague, then not beruene in England, broke 
out in Oxted , which forced Mr. Fox to tinifh his educa- 
tion at Pembroke Hall, pear aie and from thence he 
on law and theology. In this 
bifhop of Ely, w 
the perfecutions of the iafamous Richard IIT. ft v 
the means of this see that Fox, who had been created 
‘door, was introduced to Henry, earl of Richmond, who 
was at "that time oe afcheme to dethrone sao 
Dr. Fox entered into his views, was admitted into his m 
fecret counfels, and wadertook and accomplifhed that cat 
of the plan which was entrufted to him. After Henry 
had gained the crown of England as the refult of the vic- 
tory of "Bofworth-field, he appointed Dr. e of his 
y.councillors, and, next to Dr 
8 s nominated in 
Teg ter; appointed keeper of the privy 
feal 5 i "dacigal ay of flate, and mafter of St. 
FOX 
Croffe, near Winchefter. From this heed oe 
his high ftation i in the church, Dr. F 
49 le wis now fent on an sake fly 
-otland to terminate eel Cee nzes refpecting t 
k ;-but with all his ahily aud dice he 
effet the sarpe ve War was commenced: by 
James, Sid favaded England, but by the exertions “of the 
bifhop he was driven back “to his own country. Short] 
after Hen appointed bifhop Fox his ambaffador to the 
court of Scotland, ely he figned a feven-years truce be- 
tween the two king om enry now made overtures for 
a elidel} etween the king of Scotland and his own 
saa r Margaret, and Dr. Fox was fent to negociate the 
mportant bufinefs, which was co sacha in the beginning 
ae he year 1501-2. During this tag dey ciation he was chofen 
chancellor of the uikiverfity of Cambridge ; an out the 
{ame time tranflated to the vacant {ce of Winchefter. Here 
he fpent the remainder of his days in great affluence and 
profperity, unlefs when {tate affairs required his attendance 
at court, or he was engaged in conducting negociations of 
ae = foreign powers. During the reign of Henry 
mportant affair was undertaken without his advice 
se ‘fanétion, but when. Henry ‘eee fucceeded .to the 
ry 
ho slly en en- 
ae fooner did he find 
Rimfelf fecure of the royal ae than he feized the 
pe adminiftration of public affairs, and found means of 
ing from court all who 
ane by dividing with ha the monarch’s efteem. Bi- 
wh egl 
c 
difcontent and difpuft. 
alone, but was ae projecting 
ia to — otter 
Oxford, a 
fortune to ine. his fight, of which circumftance Wolfley, 
then a cardinal, withed to take advantage, by perfuading 
him to refign his bifhopric, and to receive, in its wane 
penfion from the crown. opolal, 
blind, and-was not able to 
ack, yet he could difcern between 
true and falfe, Hehe a wrong: and Laie faw, without 
eyes, the malice of that ungrateful man, which he did not 
fee before. That it behoved the cardinal not be fo ae 
with ambition as not to forefee his o he 
died in the year'1 528; at a very advanced age, leavi vin 
hind him a chara€ter very eminent for political fagacity, and 
the ability and addrefs with which he condu@ed the, moft 
nt 
letter is preferved in Strype’s Memorials, 
which he wrote on the fubject of the cardinal’s intended ge. 
could give him any ey or - 
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