TO THE MEMORY 

 OF 



JOHN EVELYN ESQUIRE 



A MAN OF GREAT LEARNING SOUND JUDGMENT 



AND 



MOST EXTENSIVE BENEVOLENCE. 

 FROM AN EARLY ENTRANCE INTO PUBLIC LIFE 



TO AN EXTREME OLD AGE 

 HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF AS LIVING ONLY FOR 

 THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND. 



READER 



DO JUSTICE TO THIS ILLUSTRIOUS 

 CHARACTER 

 AND BE CONFIDENT 

 ^HAT AS LONG AS THERE REMAINS A PAGE OF 

 HIS NUMEROUS WRITINGS 

 AND 



AS LONG AS VIRTUE AND SCIENCE HOLD 

 THEIE ABODE IN THIS ISLAND 

 HIS MEMORY WILL BE HELD IN THE UTMOST 



VENERATION. 



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