Tranjlated out of Latine into Engli{h, He never therefore declined _the FriendfuiJ> of lllufirious Perfonages; not to gain honour to himfelf, that t hereby he faw h1s commendauon_would ~ mo~e effectual, when be fuould defire favour on the behalfof others. The ~oney, wh1ch fomet1me r1ch men offe~ed ~im, he accepted, returning it back to the Poor. ~e ltkew1fe f~equemtd the T ables of h1sfrlends, not for his plcafure-f. 1ke, being o_f a fpare dtet; ltut both m courtefi e t? keep them_cc:mpanr, and IeO: any fuould imagine, he e1ther feared, or fled from the wrafUmg, and frnvmg wtth voluptuous Encounters, or that he thought himfclf, by being abfent, better defended againO: the pleafures incident to eat ing and drinking, than by the _guard of his own moderation, In a word, to did Mr. Fox behave himfclf in thof~: things whtch ~ue followed by delights, that certain it is, none of thofe who were always in his company, can remember any fpeech or a~ior:a of his, which might bewra.y the leal11bew of a defire to them; and fo far was he from thufimg ;1fter Honour, R.iches, Applaufe, or any outward good; that be would at no time fuffer the care of his private EO:ate to emer his mind, muc~ ldS .rhat it fb~uld by ~aking thought for h!s Houfuold- ~~~~~ ~so;:~~~;t~~e~~at:il~r~~:~afc~;~~;t:~ee~~~~~~ 1t 0{r~~d~d~s f~:t~~a~~~n1 ~i!~~t%~ 1 confider the caufe wherefore he thought all other things fo mu~h contemptible, efpecially fince that could not be imagined to arife from any obHinate difdamfuLnefs, much lefs from a fleepinefs or Oug:gifuncfs of mind; [ a!f~re my felf, it was only the love of God, wherewith his mind was fo filled, and fo much deltghted, that he left no room, nor any affeltion free for m her pleafures, of. h:~ own accord feparatin~ hin~Tclf from the fufhio~s of the ~orld, of which he was not otherwtfe mcapable; and devotmg htmfelf wholly to thts care, hke one Who had found an invaluable Treafure, he bent his eyes and his mind upon this only, neither hoping nor expefring any thing befides, but refolved to "!ake this the fcope of all his willies and ddires: Whereby (as in fuch a cafe muft needs happen) tt fo fell out, that they who obferved his mind fo ftedfaOJy fixed upon God, and that he bot~ fp-oke and did many tbin~s beyond the opinion of an ordinary good man, believed that he could n?t b~ void of fomc dtvioe Infpirarion; and now fome began, not as a good man to honou r h1m, but as one fcnt from Heaven, even to adore him, through the folly of mankind, madly doting upon any thing, whatfoeverthcir owa wi\l bath fet up to be worlli ipped. I .will neither mince: the truth of any fiory, nor wi.lll with ad.d itions Hatter. Report. M:my things did Mafier Fox foretel, by occafion of comforttng the affi taed, or tewfy ing thofc th1t were fiubborn , to which the event proved after anfwcrable, and (perchance) in many things he was deceived. It h:uh been already relate~, with ~hat confta~cy, whil!t he. re~ain~d at B1fl among his banifued Country-men, he figmfied the ttmes of thetr return. It ts hkewdC well known, what Anfwer he gave concerning that noble and vertuous Woman, the Lady Annt Henna$e, who l)•iog fick of a violent li'eaver, when the Difeafe had fo far increafed, that the Phyl!nans had pronounced it .deadly, Mafier Fox was called to be prefeor at her ending, whofe counfel and fideli ty !he had often made ufe of, in matters appertaining ro her Souls health. After he had per- ~~fw~fi~:s3~s ~~~:;~!:J t~ h~~a:iWc~r~:;;sy;;~o~~(%i~i~~)1 ~~f~:co%~~a~~ ;;~~ J~~:. to prepare your felf for all events; but know thts from me, T hat of thts fickneb you fh.t ll not die. By chance, among tbofe who fiood by, was Sir MoJie Finch, a well known and honourable Knight, the Ladies Son in law, who eit her moved with fo unufual a Speech, or defirous to get fomewhat more out o~ him, as lOon as Ma!l:er Fox was a little withdrawn from the re£\: of the company, began feemmgly to chide with ~i~; telling hi~, that he _could not b_ut ma rvel what his intent was, that contrary to the op_m1on of the Amfis, he bemg an unsktlful man, fuould prefumetodetermine the end of thcD1fca.fe, and by fo doing bring the fick Woman, by condltion ·ofher Sex, wav_ering, ~et hi.the~to undifrn~ycd, to ~n impat!ence of ~ying, by giving her this hope and expefratton of hfe: tf hts Mother m Jaw mtght be ltkely to hve, that no man bad more caufe of joy than himfelf:. but if her death were indeed at hand, it befitted no man Iefs to difftmblc it, than he, who ought to .provide for the good of het Soul: that he did therefore, for the friendfr.ip he bare him, much fear, left, by that untimely word, he had lo£\: ~fi~:tJ:~. 0fm~h~g~0:d~P;~~~~r~~~~t fu~"~:dp:~tr~:rl~i~Jr;js ~~~t:o;n!::,~~~hink~~ ~~~ :!c~v~~e~~h;atb~i~e~~~r~i~J t~aet ~~\!:i~id i~~a:~~e ~~:edw~~~~~:~n~~dhi~at *~elli~a~: :~~vered: nor can I in this tell an umruthJ there being many yet living, who could reprove Like t o this, and no lefs true wa~ that fiory OfMiO:rifs H?niwood, an honourable Gentlewoman, ~0~0 0~:dfe=~~ ~;~~natJvfc~a~sr ~~~ra~~kfu';tc~n~~~~~:Kt~~~ :~:~eu~~ ~:f~~i~~u~~t~fe~~~ though !he had already confulted wi th the gravefl: Divines, and the beet Phyfitians, and with all, who either in the art of curing, O( power of perfwading were accoumed to excel th.e reft. At leogth the fent alfo for Mr. Fox. They who we~t along with him thither related afienvard, that never had they emred in_to a more ~eavy or affitlkd houfe. There fate by the fick Woman to attend her, her Friends, Kmsfolk,. Children and Servants, fomc upon Seats, and fon:te on the Chamber·floor, not weeping or fi~hmg, as tbofc commonly do that lament, but havmg fpertt all tlleir tears, rcfolutel>: filem, m:tther rifing to thofe that came in, nor anfwering thofe who aske<,l any quefiion, as tf t.hat alfo became thei.r mourning; you might have gueft them fa ' many
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