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the grave’s brmke, not (as I hope) that 
his rna‘** thought me worthye of manye 
deathes and to behoMe all myne caste 
owte of the worlde w^'^myselfe; but as a 
kynge, who knoweth the poore in truthe, 
hath retayned a promyse from God, that 
his throne shall be established for ever. 
And for yo’’ selfe, S'" , seeinge yo’’ daye is 
but nowe in the dawne and myne come 
to the evenynge; yo^^wne vertues and 
the king’s grace assuringe you of manye 
good fortunes and much honor, I beseach 
you not to begynne yo*’ first buildinge 
upon the ruynes of the innocent, and 
that ther greifes and sorrovves doe not 
artende yo' first plantaco''n. I have bene 
bounden to y* nation, as well for manye 
otlier graces as for the true reports of my 
tryall to the king’s ma'*®; against whom, 
had [ bene founde malignant, the bear- 
inge of my cause woulde not have ciianged 
enemyes into friendes, malice into com¬ 
passion, and the greatest number p'sent 
into a commiseracon of my estate. It is 
not the nature of fowle treason to begett 
such fayre passions, neyther woulde it 
agree w'^ the dueiye and love of faythfull 
suhjectes (especiallye of yo' nation) to 
bewayle his overthrowe who had con- 
spyred against the most iiberall and 
naturall lorde. I therefore trust, s', 
that you will not be the first that will 
kyll us owtright, cutt downe the tree with 
the fruyte and undergoe the curse of 
them that enter into the fieldes of the 
latheries, the w*^'^ (yff it please you to 
knowe the truthe) are farre lesse fruitfull 
in value tlian in fame. And that so wor- 
thie a gent, as yo' selfe will rather bynde 
ys to yo' service, beinge, s' , gent, not 
base in birthe or allyance, who have in* 
terest thereim And myselfe w'*' my ut- 
terinost thankfulnes will ever remayne 
yeadye 
to obey your conrandements 
Wa.Ral. 
5*0 the honorable and zcCftthye knight 
Rob^ Carre, at the courte. 
Of Or. SAMUEL CLARKE. 
Ex MSS. R. Thoresby, esq^^. 
TViiiomhi ult. 1700. 
DE4R SIR, 
T received the token of your kindness 
last week, but have not leisure at pre¬ 
sent to peruse it thoroughly, being en¬ 
gaged in the review, and correcting many 
ot Dr. Mauton’s sermons for the press, 
winch will take me up a considerable 
time; and the truth is. I find little savour 
'ey relish in dry crabbed netio.os which 
have no infiiience upon practice. Now! 
grow old, such discourses as may prepare 
me for eternity help me to further ac¬ 
quaintance and communion with God, 
and stir up my sluggish desires after him, 
are more suitable both to' my necessities 
and inclination. Tbo’ every truth ba 
valuable, yet some rich metal lies so 
deep and iH such small quantities that 
the product will not answer the hdbour 
and charge, I am not much concerned 
whether the sun move about the earth 
(as the Scripture ^11 along implies, and 
therefore I think is the truth) or the 
earth moves about the sun, which I take 
to be a very absurd opinion, because the 
suu is more fitted for motion than the 
earth, which is such a gross heavy^body, 
and would be sett all on fire by such a 
rapid motion, as we see the wheels of a 
coach are subject to. But I wander, and 
shall add no more at present but that I ana 
Yo' respectful brother 
Sa. Clark. 
To the Reverend Mr. John Mumfry^ 
In Greate Rassell-streetf 
near Montague^-House. 
Of DR. RADCLIFFE, tO SIR GEORGE 
BEAUMONT. 
Ex MSS, Radcliffh, Oxon. 
January biby 171^. 
SIR, 
I cannot express the obligations 1 
and my friends owe to you for the 
great and kind presents you were pleased 
to send me, with which you have enabled 
me to keep an open Xmas. I should 
have returned you thanks before, but 
that part of them had lasted ’till now, amt 
remained extraordinarily good ’till the 
last. I wish I could have been so happy 
as to likvG enjoyed your company here^ 
that, as you were the founder, you might 
have been a partaker also of your own 
'favour. And God knows how soon now 
a melancholy occasion may be the cause 
of our meeting. I don’t doubt but that 
you have heard the account of iier Ma¬ 
jesty’s illness, and hej’e we are all in the 
dark as well as the doctors. At first 
they said it wa« ague, and then they gave 
the Jesuits’ bark; slie took but three 
doses, and that was left off; so that f sup¬ 
pose they found it no ague, or else she 
should have taken more or none at all. 
Then it was conjectured to be the gout 
in the stomach, and now it is tlmughr to 
be the gout all over excepting thejoitirs. 
Oiie of the doctors rieclareti, becasise 
there was no intermissiua the 2d dav^ 
rhaiit 
