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stated by him. Written by S Fulke Grevil, "K: Lord Brook; a servant to Queen Elisabeth, " and his companion and friend. London, print"ed for H. Seile, over against S: Dunstan's "church, in Fleet-street, M. DC. LII."

Vid. in SW. D. " Warwickshire" his noble castle, and monument wth this INS. "Here lies "the body of S: F. Gr. K servant to Q. Eliz. "counsellor to King James, and friend to S "Philip Sidney."

MR. JOHN HALES

Was borne at Wells (I thinke I have heard Mr. Jo. Sloper* say), his father was a steward to y family of the Horners, † went to school at Bath (as I take it), fellow of Merton College. Assisted S. Henry Savill in his edition of Chrysostom (cum aliis). Afterwards fellow of Eaton Coli. went Chaplain to S: Dudley Carlton, Ambassador to I thinke was at the Synod of Dort. When the Court was at Windsor, the learned courtiers much delighted [in] his company, and were wont to grace him with their

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* Vicar of Chalke; his mother was Mr. Hales's sister; and he bred him at Eaton.

+ Hopton, Horner, Smyth, Knocknaile, and Thynne, When Abbots went out, they came in.

company. I have heard his nephew, Mr. Sloper, say, that he much loved to read. . . . Stephanus, who was a familist, I thinke, that first wrote of that sect of the Familie of Love: he was mightily taken with it, and was wont to say, that sometime or other these fine notions would take in the world. He was one of the first Socinians in England, I thinke the first. He was a generall scholar, and I believe a good poet: for S John Suckling brings him into the Session of the Poets:

"Little Hales all the time did nothing but smile, "To see them, about nothing, keepe such a coile."

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He had a noble Librarie of bookes, and those judicially chosen, which cost him. . . . lib. and which he sold to Corn. Bee, Bookseller, in Little Britain, (as I take it for 10001.) which was his maintenance after he was ejected out of his fellowship at Eaton college. He had then only reserved some few for his private use, to wind-up his last dayes withall. The Ladie Salter (neer Eaton) was very kind to him after the sequestration; he was very welcome to her Ladyship, and spent much of his time there. At Eaton he lodged (after his sequestration) at the next house, the Christopher (Inn), where I saw him, a prettie little man, sanguine, of a chearful countenance,

* [Sic. EDIT.]

very gentele, and courteous; I was received by him with much humanity: he was in a kind of violet-coloured cloath gowne, with buttons and loopes, (he wore not a black gowne) and was reading Thomas à Kempis; it was within a yeare before he deceased. He loved Canarie; but moderately to refresh his spirits. He had a bountifull mind. I remember in 1647,* when Tho. Mariett, Esq. Mr. W. Radford, and Mr. Edward Wood (all of Trinity coll.) had a frolique to London on foot, from Oxon, having never been there before, they happened to take Windsor in their way, made their addresse to the good gent. being then fellow. Mr. Edw. Wood was the spokes-man: remonstrated+ that they were Oxon. scholars, he treated them well, and putt into Mr. Wood's hands ten shillings.

He lies buried in the church yard at Eaton, under an altar monument of black marble, erected at the sole chardge of Mr. . . . . Curwyn, with a too long epitaph. He was no kiff or kin to him.

*A little after the Visitation. + [Sic. EDIT.]

JOSEPH HALL,

(Bp. of Exon, &c.)

He was a keeper's son in Norfolke, I thinke neer Norwich (From old Mr. Theophilus Woodmeth). He wrote most of his fine discourses at Worcester, when he was deane there. (From Mr. Francis Potter, who went to schoole there.) Monsieur Balzac exceedingly admired him, and often quotes him. V. Balzac's "Apologie."

EDMUND HALLEY.

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The eldest son of .. Halley, a wealthy citizen of the city of London, a soap-boyler. Of the Halleys, of Derbyshire, a good family. He was born in Shoreditch parish, at a place called Haggerston, the backside of Hogsdon.

At 9 years old, his father's apprentice taught him to write, and arithmetique. He went to Paule's schoole to Dr. Gale, while he was there he was very perfect in the Coelestial Globe, insomuch that I heard Mr. Moxon (the Globe-maker) say, that if a star were misplaced in the Globe, he would presently find it out. At... he studyed Geometry, and at 16 could make a dyall, and then he said he thought himself a brave

fellow. At .... went to Queen's College, in Oxon, well versed in Lat. Greek, and Hebr. where at the age of nineteen he solved this useful probleme, never done before, viz. "From 3 distances given from the Sun, and Angles between, to find the Orbe;" mentioned in the Philosophical Transactions, Aug. (or Sept.) 1676. No. 115, for which his name will be ever famous.

A D.... tooke his degree of Bacc. Art.
A: Di tooke his degree of Master of

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A: left Oxon, and lived at London with his father till.... at which time he gott leave, and a viaticum of his father, to goe to the Island of Sancta Hellena, purely upon the account of advancement in Astronomy, to make the globe of the Southern Hemisphere right, which before was very erroneous, as being done only after the observation of ignorant seamen. There he stayed . . . . months; there went over with him (among others) a woman . yeares old, and her husband

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years; before he came from the island, she was brought to bed of a child. At his returne, he presented his Planisphere, with a short description, to his Maj who was very well pleased with it; but received nothing but prayse.

A: 1678, he added a spectacle-glass to the shadow-ane of the lesser arch of the Sea-quadrant, (or back-staffe) which is of great use; for that

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