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licitous to make profelytes to thefe, but 
Gireéted his friendly endeavcurs to pro- 
mote wifdom and piety in- heir hearts, 
and his labours of love werenot in vain. 
They reverenced and loved hin as a father, 
attracted by that fweetnefs o: temper and 
paternal condefcenfion, freedcm and affec- 
tion, with which he treated tiem.” 
From the Port-folio of a Man of Letters. 
[ Jan. Ys 
The family of the Scotts, befides thefe 
gentlemen, was remarkable for a {weet 
and agreeable temrer, and for a poetical 
vein. (Ssme branches and defcendants 
from tt ae ftill living, and, fhould thele 
fketchés be feen by them, itis hoped, that 
it will ftimulate them to /upply fuller me- 
moirs of their worthy ancefters. 
ExiraGs fron, the Portfolio of a Man of Letters. 
OLIVER CROMWELL and the FRENCH 
AMBASSADOR. 
“FHE Proteftor received the Duke de 
R Crequi in the Banqueting houfe, in 
great flate and pomp, on the o:cafion; after 
which, the Ambaffacor havng made his 
fpeech and compiiments, delivered a letter 
into his hands, fuperfcribed, ** To his 
Moft Serene Highnefs, Olive, Lord Pro 
teétor of England, Scotlard, and Ire- 
land.”” The Prote@tor looked haftily upon 
the letter, and then, puitirg it in his ~ 
pocket, turned away, without fpezking a 
werd, or reading it. The Ambafiador 
was highly vexed at this, and as fon as 
e could meet with Secretary Thuile, ex- 
poitulated with him for the great affront 
and indignity offered to his mifer, fo 
great a Prince, and efked him what he 
thought the eaufe might be. Thurloe 
anfwered, he thought the Protea might 
be difpleafed with the fuperfcriptin of the 
Jetter. The Ambaffador faid, he thought 
it was according to form, and in rms as 
agreeable as could be. But, faid Thur- 
hoe, the Proteftor expcéted it woild have 
been addrefl<d, ‘© To our Dear 3rother, ° 
Oliver, Lord ProteStor.” The Ambafla- 
dor wrote this over to France; vhen the 
King replied, ‘* Shall I call fucha fellow 
my brother ?*? to which Cardind Maza- 
rine anfwered, ** Aye, call him your fa- 
ther, if need be, if you would git of him. 
what you defire ;” and fo a Jetter was pro- 
cured, having the fuperfcription €fired. 
This account was had from judre Reok- 
by, who was prefent at the delivwy of the 
Jetter.—From Dr. Henry Sat:pya’s Ma- 
nufcript Day-book. : 
SMART REPARTEE. 
In the long Parliament of Kite Charles 
II. one of the Penfioners wh was a 
very dull man, though able erough to 
take money and vete, was imprfed upon 
by a wag that fat next him:—'* Mr. Z. 
(faid he) I hear you fay our Saviour was 
a Fewi?—* Damn them (reolied he) 
that faid fo; I never faid or thought fo,” 
/ 
But the gentleman prefling upon hims 
made him very unea'y and_noily ; which 
when the Heu‘e took notice of, he fteod 
vp and faid, ‘* Mr. Speaker, here’s a gen- 
tieman abufeth me grofsly, and tells me I 
called our Saviour a lew I fwear, that I 
never thought fo difgracefully. ef him.” 
Not long aiter this was told co the King, 
who, meeting Mr. Z. faid, **I hear you 
held that our Saviour was a Jew. 
‘© Not I (‘aid he) but Mr. would 
impoie it on me.’’*—** Buf (/aid the King 
further) I hear you were for the Oath of 
Abjuration of me. and my tamily.”— 
‘¢ Yes, (faid tie) God forgive me! for it 
wwas in the fame fenfe that your Majefy 
tcok ihe Cewenant!’*—which made the 
King go fhootirg out_his lips, and fay he 
was never fo abufed by a fool in his life. 
SIR ARTHUR INGRAM. 
He was a rich merchant in London, 
and of an overgrown eftate, purchafed 
much, and his way was te pay one half 
down fairly and fully, but the fecond half 
by a bil in Chancery, as he would always 
find fome flaw, fome incumbrance or other, 
to balk the fecond payment; and, having 
got poffefiion of the eftate by the firft pay- 
ment, would keep the matter tied up in 
Chancery as-long as poffible. Some time 
before his death, Sir Arthur built an 
alms-houfe, and carrying Mr. Garout, of 
Leeds,-to fee it, would needs have his 
opinion of it; which though he at firft 
declined giving, yet being urged, he told 
him it was too little. ‘* Why, (faid Sir 
Arthur) the rooms are big enough, and 
its in every man’s choice what number he 
will admit.”°—‘* However (faid Mr. G.) 
they are at all events too little to hold half 
thofe whom you have undone.” 
A COUNTRYMAN AND a WATCH. . 
Lotd Brooke (about the year 1630) had 
eccafion to light off his horfe, and laid 
down his watch on the grafs by him. It 
was 2 watch of great value—the cafe fet 
with diamonds. » He left it where he laid 
it, entirely forgetting it, until, after 
having 
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