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Martin Folkes, Efq-, the laft of niy deceafed 

 principal patrons, was a friend and intimate 

 acquaintance of the other three. He had 

 made the grand tour of Europe, not in the 

 younger part of life, but after his marriage* 

 He travelled with part of his family and fer- 

 vants, at a proper age to make juft obferva- 

 tions, and gather all the commendable parts of 

 the learning, cuftoms, and manners of the 

 countries through which he paffed, in order 

 to refine and polifh thofe of his own. He 

 travelled not in hafle, as is the general cuf- 

 tom ; but proceeded flowly, and fpent what 

 time was necefiary to inform himfelf of all 

 that was worth notice : and, indeed, he feem- 

 ed to have attained to univerfal knowledge ^ 

 for, in the many opportunities I have had of 

 being in his company, almoft every part of 

 fcience has happened to be the fubje6fc of dif- 

 courfe, all of which he handled as an adept in 

 each. He was a man of great poiitenefs in his 

 manners, free from all pedantry and pride, and, 

 in every refped, the real unaffefted fine gen- 

 tleman. 



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