6 passion; he had a very good facultie in perswading, and would speake very well pertinently and effectually wjthout premeditation upon the greatest occasions that could be offer'd, for indeed his iudgment was so nice, that he could never frame any speech beforehand to please himselfe, but his invention was so ready and wisedome so habitual! in all his speeches, that he never had reason to repent himselfe of speaking at any time without ranking the words beforehand, he was not talkative yett free of a discomse, of a very spare diett, not much given to sleepe, an early riser when in health, he never was at any time idle, and hated to see any one elcc soe, in all his natural! and ordinary inclinations and composure, there was something extraordinary and tending to vertue, beyond what I can describe, or can be gather'd from a bare dead description; then~ was a life of spiritt and power in him that is not to be found in any copie drawne ti·om him: to surnme up therefore all that can be sayd of his outward frame and disposition wee must truly conclude, that it was a very handsome and well furnisht lodging prcpar'd for the reception of that prince, who in \he administration of all excellent vertues reign'd there awhile, till he was called bat:k to the pa:IIace or the universal! emperor. m HIS VERTUES. To number his verlues, is to give the epitome of his life," which was nothing elce but a progresse from one degree of vertue to anm Is not here I)1ato's system pourtray'd in language worthy of that sublime and eloquent philosopher? n Highly panegyrical as the character Mrs. Hutchinson here gives of her husband may appear, yet every point of it will be completely exemplified in the narrative; bu if the widow's fondness 10r his memory should have led her in to some excess) who will !>lame itl
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