3212The Life of the Right Honorable
carried his Lordſhips Picture, from Head to Foot, over with
him into France; as a Thing which, he foreſaw, would be
much deſired there; That ſo they might enjoy, the Image of
his Peiſon; as well as the Images of his Brain, his Books.
Amongſt the reſt, Marquis Fiat; a French-Nobleman;
who came Ambaſſador into England, in the beginning of
Queen Mary, Wife to King Charles, was taken with an
extraor dinary Deſire of Seeing him: For which, he made
way by a Friend: And when he came to him, being then,
through weakneſs, confined to his Bed; The Marquis ſaluted
him with this High-Expresſion; That his Lordſhip, had
been ever to Him, like the Angels; of whom he had of-
ten heard, and read much of them in Books; But he ne-
ver ſaw them. After which they contr acted an intimate Ac-
quaintance; And the Marquis did ſo much revere him; that
beſides his Frequent viſits; they wrote Letters, one to the o-
ther, under the Titles and Appellations, of Father and Son;
As for his many Salutations, by Letters from Forraign Wor-
thies, devoted to Learning; I forbear to mention them; Be-
cauſe that is a Thing common to other Men of Learning, or
Note together with him.
him into France; as a Thing which, he foreſaw, would be
much deſired there; That ſo they might enjoy, the Image of
his Peiſon; as well as the Images of his Brain, his Books.
Amongſt the reſt, Marquis Fiat; a French-Nobleman;
who came Ambaſſador into England, in the beginning of
Queen Mary, Wife to King Charles, was taken with an
extraor dinary Deſire of Seeing him: For which, he made
way by a Friend: And when he came to him, being then,
through weakneſs, confined to his Bed; The Marquis ſaluted
him with this High-Expresſion; That his Lordſhip, had
been ever to Him, like the Angels; of whom he had of-
ten heard, and read much of them in Books; But he ne-
ver ſaw them. After which they contr acted an intimate Ac-
quaintance; And the Marquis did ſo much revere him; that
beſides his Frequent viſits; they wrote Letters, one to the o-
ther, under the Titles and Appellations, of Father and Son;
As for his many Salutations, by Letters from Forraign Wor-
thies, devoted to Learning; I forbear to mention them; Be-
cauſe that is a Thing common to other Men of Learning, or
Note together with him.
But yet, in this Matter of his Fame, I ſpeak, in the Com-
parative, onely, and not in the Excluſive. For his Reputati-
on is great, in his own Nation, alſo; Eſpecially amongſt thoſe,
that are of a more Acute, and ſharper Judgement: Which
I will exemplifie, but with two Teſtimonies, and no more.
The Former; When his Hiſtory of King Henry the Se-
venth was to come forth; It was delivered to the old Lord
Brook, to be peruſed by him; who, when be had diſpatched
it, returned it to the Author, with this Eulogy: Com-
mend me to my Lord; and bid him take care, to get
good Paper and Inke, for the Work is in comparable. The
other ſhall be that, of Doctor Samuel Collins, late Provoſt,
of Kings Colledge, in Cambridge, A Man of no vulgar Wit,
who affirmed unto me, That when he had read, the Book of
the Advancement of Learning, He found himſelf in a caſe
to begin his Studies a new, and that he had loſt all the
Time of his ſtudying before.
parative, onely, and not in the Excluſive. For his Reputati-
on is great, in his own Nation, alſo; Eſpecially amongſt thoſe,
that are of a more Acute, and ſharper Judgement: Which
I will exemplifie, but with two Teſtimonies, and no more.
The Former; When his Hiſtory of King Henry the Se-
venth was to come forth; It was delivered to the old Lord
Brook, to be peruſed by him; who, when be had diſpatched
it, returned it to the Author, with this Eulogy: Com-
mend me to my Lord; and bid him take care, to get
good Paper and Inke, for the Work is in comparable. The
other ſhall be that, of Doctor Samuel Collins, late Provoſt,
of Kings Colledge, in Cambridge, A Man of no vulgar Wit,
who affirmed unto me, That when he had read, the Book of
the Advancement of Learning, He found himſelf in a caſe
to begin his Studies a new, and that he had loſt all the
Time of his ſtudying before.