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as he would have done with his Children. He therefore 
figned with his jHand three Days before his Deaths his 
Pofthumous W<)rks, which he had ordered to be deli- 
ver'd to his Cbllegues of the Royal Smety at London. 
Then having confeft himfelf with great humilty, he at- 
tended generoufly, and with Faith in God , the Death 
which appeared to him certain, and not far off. And 
on the 29th of Novmler oi the fame Year, a terrible 
Apoplexy, finifht in the fpace of four Hours, this (b 
precious Life. 
The Pope regretted the lofs of this Worthy and 
Learned Gentleman, in terms moft pathetick, which 
expreft the grief that he felt for him 3 being defirous 
to honour, as much as he could, the Memory of this 
liluftrious Perfon> who was fo ufeful to him during his 
Life. 
And becaufe this mofl Learned Man thought he fliouid 
end his days by an Apoplexy, which made him often fay 
to his Friends laughing, that he was not much concerned 
for Death, becaufe he knew, that when it came on him 
it fhould find him in his Clothes. He therefore forbad, 
by his Will, his Friends to open his Body till thirty Hours 
after his Death, for he knew well enough, that forae, who 
fcem'ddead on a fudden, have reviv'd Tome hours after. 
But how vain are the hopes of Men ! And how do they 
deceive themfelves in their defigns ? Would to God this 
Man to whom the Commonwealth of Phyfick is fb 
much indebted, had revived, and we had not reafbn to 
lament fb fuddain a death. 
I now come to give you an account of what was found 
mofl remarkable in his Body. * 
The Abdomen being opened, we found the Ventricle, 
with the Guts, the Sweet-bread, the Spleen and Liver, 
mofl found, both as to colour and bignefs; only she 
Bladder of the Gall abounded with a black GalL The 
Aaaa left' 
