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DICKSON ON THE HISTORY 



his eleven years' imprisonment. It was written for the use of 

 Prince Henry. 



Bunyan wrote his " Pilgrim's Progress" in prisoD. 



Selden, the learned, wrote in prison the " History of 

 Eadmor." 



Buchanan, in a monastic dungeon in Portugal, composed 

 his ' ' Paraphrases of the Psalms." 



Boethius compiled his work on the ' 1 Consolations of 

 Philosophy " in prison. 



Cardinal Polignac wrote the ■ ' Anti-Lucretius " in exile. 



Cervantes .wrote his * ' Don Quixote " when in captivity in 

 Barbary. 



Grotius wrote his " Commentary on St. Matthew/' and 

 other works, in confinement. 



Margaret, Queen of Henry IV. of France, confined in the 

 Louvre, pursued warmly the study of polite literature, and 

 composed a skilful apology for the irregularities of her 

 conduct. 



Voltaire sketched, and partly composed, the plan of the 

 "Henriade," during his imprisonment in the Bastile. 



Sir W. Davenant finished his poem of " Gondibert," during 

 his confinement in Carisbrook Castle ; and many others might 

 be added to the list. 



On this subject the author can speak feelingly and from 

 dear bought experience^ as a subsequent narrative will testify.* 



Having now, in the year 1863, brought out in public the 

 first lot of yarn and cloth made from the fibres of India, 

 rheea, plantain, Flax, and hemp, spun separately and mixed 

 with cotton, all of which I had spun from time to time, on 

 silk, Flax, worsted and cotton machinery, commencing in 



* The Rheea Fibre Company, with a Jew Tailor as Chairman, a Jew 

 Solicitor, a Jew Book-keeper and the choice man of the Chairman, as 

 Secretary. See the end for the cause of the failure of the Eheea Fibre 

 Company 



