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of Bute, who would confer a favour on pofterity by 
publifhing engravings from them, as they contain a 
great 
could be perfuaded to accept of it. His perfonal fervice, his ample for- 
“ tune, his houfe, and every thing in his power, always contributed, in 
“ the moll extenfive manner, to the promotion of learning, fcience, arts,. 
44 mechanics, and, in fhort, every thing that tended to the public benefit 
“ and honour of his country, or was of ufe to particular members of the 
“ community he lived in. In fhort, his generality was fo diffufive, that 
“ he may be juftly deemed a benefactor to the whole community; whilft, 
14 inftead of hoarding up that great wealth his practice gained, to raife a 
44 vafl eflate, as he might eafily have done, his public fpirit was uncon- 
44 fined, and he was contented to leave behind him a moderate fortune 
44 only. The worthy Dr. Askew, from a laudable veneration for the me- 
“ mory and public character of fo great a patron of learning, &c cauf- 
44 ed a fine marble bull of him to be made by one of the moll eminent 
44 fculptors of the prefent age, which is placed in the College of Phyfici- 
44 ans, London. And, on this occafion, I cannot help informing fucceed- 
44 i n g generations, that they may fee the real features of Dr. Mead in 
44 this faid bull; for I, who was as well acquainted with hi-s face as 
44 any one living, do pronounce this bull of him to be fo ’like, that, as- 
“ often as I fee it, my mind is filled with the Itrongell idea of the ori- 
“ ginai. 
“ Martin Folkes, Efq; the 1 all of my deceafed principal patrons, 
“ was a friend and intimate acquaintance of the other three. He had 
4< 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 fervants, at 
ie a proper age to make juft obfervations, and gather all the commendable 
<e parts of the learning, cuftoms, and manners of the countries through 
e ‘ which he pafled, in order to refine and polilh thofe of his own. He 
4 ‘ travelled not in hafte* as is the general cuftom; but proceeded flowly,. 
A( and fpent what time was necefiary to inform himfelf of all that was 
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