made a youth performe it. Mr. Gascoigne taught an Irish boy the way, and he flew over a river in Lancashire (or thereabout), but when he was up in the ayre, the people gave a shoute, whereat the boy being frighted, fell downe on the other side of the river, and broke his legges, and when he came to himselfe, he sayd, that he thought the people had seen some strange apparition, wh fancy amazed him. This was A: 1635, and be spake it in the Royal Societie, upon the account of the flying at Paris, two yeares since. Vide the Transactions.

SIR THOMAS MORE, LD CHANCELLOUR.

His countrey-house was at Chelsey, in Middlesex, where S John Danvers built his house. The chimney-piece of marble, in St John's chamber, was the chimney-piece of S Thomas More's chamber, as S John himselfe told me. Where the gate is now, adorned with two noble pyramids, there stood anciently a gate-house, wh was flatt on the top, leaded, from whence is a most pleasant prospect of the Thames and the fields beyond: on this place the La Chancellour More was wont to recreate himselfe, and contemplate. It happened one time, that a Tom of Bedlam came up to him, and had a mind to have thrown

him from the battlements, saying, "Leap, Tom, leap." The Chancellour was in his gowne, and besides ancient, and not able to struggle with such a strong fellowe. My L had a little dog with him, sayd he, "Let us first throwe the dog downe, and see what sport that will be;" so the dog was throwne over. "This is very fine sport," sayd my L, "fetch him up, and try once more;" while the madman was goeing downe, my La fastened the dore, and called for help, but ever after kept the door shutt.

His discourse was extraordinary facetious. One night riding, upon the suddaine he crossed himselfe, majori cruce, crying out, "Jesu Maria, doe not you see that prodigious dragon in the skye?" they all lookt-up, and one did not see it, nor the other did not see it, at length one had spyed it, and at last all had spyed; whereas there was no such phantome, only he imposed on their phantasies.

After he was beheaded, his trunke was interred in Chelsey church, neer the middle of the south wall, where was some slight monument erected, wch being worne by time, about 1644 S. . . Laurence, of Chelsey (no kinne to him), at his own proper costs and chardges, erected to his memorie a handsome inscription of marble. His head was upon London bridge: there goes this

story in the family, viz. that one day as one of his daughters was passing under the bridge, looking on her father's head, sayd she, "That head has layne many a time in my lappe, would to God it would fall into my lappe as I passe under;" she had her wish, and it did fall into her lappe, and is now preserved in a vault in the cathedral church of Canterbury. The descendant of Sir Thomas, is Mr. More, of Chelston, in Herefordshire, where, among a great many things of value plundered by the soldiers, was his chap," wch they kept for a relique. Methinks 'tis strange that all this time he is not canonized, for he merited highly of the church.

In the hall of S: John Lenthall, at Bessilslye, in Berks, is an original of S: Tho. and his father, mother, wife, and children, donne by Hans Holbein. There is an inscription in golden letters of about 60 lines, weh I spake to Mr. Tho. Pigot, of Wadh. coll. to transcribe, and he has done it very carefully. Aske him for it.

About the latter end of Erasmus's Epist. Antwerp edition, pag. 503, 504, 505, is an Epitaph for S: Th. More, and another for his lady.

Mem. S: Thomas More's father had a countrey house at Gubbins, in Hertfordshire, wch is in the familie still; who are still Catholiques; whether he was borne there or no, non constat. (Seth Ward, Eps. Sar.)

SIR THO. MORGAN.

Sir Jo. Lenthall told me, that at the taking of Dunkyrke, Marshall Turenne, and, I thinke, Cardinall Mazarine too, had a great mind to see this famous warrior. They gave him a visit, and whereas they thought to have found an Achillean or gigantique person, they sawe a little man, not many degrees above a dwarfe, sitting in a hutt of turves, with his fellowe soldiers, smoaking a pipe about 3 inches, or neer so long, with a green hatt-case on. He spake with a very exile tone, and cryed out to ye soldiers, when angry with them, "Sirrah, I'le cleave your skull!" as if the wordes had been prolated by an eunuch. He was of meane parentage in Monmouthshire. went over to ye Lowe-Countrie warres about 16, being recommended by some friend of his to some commander there, who, when he read the letter, sayd, "What has my cosen recommended a rattoon to me?" at which he took pett, and seekt his fortune as a soldier with Saxon Weymar. He spake Welch, English, French, High Dutch, and Lowe Dutch, but never a one well. He seated himselfe at Chewston, in Herefordshire. Obiit about 1679.

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JOHN OGILBY, ESQ.

Was borne at. * in Scotland, November 1600. He was of a gentleman's family, and bred to his Grammar. His father had spent his estate, and fell to decay, and was a prisoner in the King's bench, whom, together with his mother, his son relieved by his owne industry, being then but about the age of 12 or 13 yeares. By the advantage of his sonne's industry, he raysed a small summe of money, wch he adventured in the lottery for the advancement of the plantation in Virginia, A.... and he gott out of prison by this meanes. His motto (of his lott) was,

I am a poor prisoner, God wott,
God send me a good lott,

I'le come out of prison, and pay all my debt.

It so happened that he had a very good lott, that did pay his debts.

John (the son) bound himselfe apprentice to one Mr. Draper, who kept a dancing-schoole, in Grayes-Inne-Lane, and in a short time arrived to so great excellency in that art, that he found meanes to purchase his time of his master, and

* Mr. Gadbury sayes that Mr. Ogilby told him (he was very sure) that he was borne either in or neer Edinburgh. Sed tamen quære de hoc of Mr. Morgan, his grandson.