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^ Marrin Folkcs, Efq-, the la^i of my 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 jufl: 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 n-ot in hafte, as is the general cuï^ 

 torn-, but pxo(xeded Ûowiy, and fpent what 

 time was noceflary to inform himfelf of zll 

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

 ed to have attained to univerfal knowledge ; 

 for, in the many opportunities I have had erf 

 being in his company, almoft every part of 

 fcience has happened to be the fubjed of dif- 

 courfe, all of which he handled as an adept in 

 each. He was a man of great politenefs in his 

 manners, free from all pedantry and pride, and, 

 in every refpedt, the real unaffeded fine gen- 

 tleman. 



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