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The Collector.
such labers . This work of love is for a saint , and I hop a saint in glory ( Mr . Pym ) who himself died a hibercr in thesam wttrk . You may please to tak the cas briefly thus . The Parliment granted to trustes a forfeited estate of giid vain for the painieut of dets , and providing persons . The trustes wou'd have sold it for thes ends , and yilded the overplus to the Parlimentaccording to the ordinunce
, . This they cud not efect , by reson that no considerable prise was to be had . Thus have they spent sum veers to smal advantag . As to the satisfaction of the dets , the interest , side ' s in law , and other charges , eting up a great part of the revenu . And now of late the Commissioners of Habberdasher ' s Hall hav laid their hands upon the estatand so the rents lded in the hands of teunantsand in
; y , yet - terest goes on , and the estat is not profitabel to the Comon ' -welth , nor to ani other . But one of the trustes going about this bisnes to Habberdasher ' s Half in his return was arrested for Mr . Pym ' sdef , and so I thine continues . That wich I desir is this , that fin ' s estat may be aded to thos thaf are
now put to sale , and that some four or five of the Hotts be nam'd as acomite to consider what is fit to alow further toward the foremention'd dets and persons , according to the true intent of the ordinunce , and to reservthe rest for the comon welth , " which may be a considerable sum . This , or ani other motion wich yourself shal class , 1 humb ) i and eatnestli desir you to advance ; and so much the rather , that there mai be sum spedi end of this bisnesthere being but litel hop
, of dispatch at Plabberdasher ' s Hall , they having befor them ,-as a laier of the trustes told me , fourscor caases when a morion was to be made for this bisnes ; besids . as 2 understand , when al is don , they mene to bring it at last to the Parliment , wich bi the former wai mai be fair more spedili don . When you have perform'd thisI hop it will be nogref of heart to
, you that you have done so gud a wurk for the servant of a gud God ; in and forwoos service 1 belive the dets were cheflv contracted ; but you shal here resembel the profet who suppli'd oil for the paime ' ntof the dets of a profet deces'd ; aud for me , you shal bind me still to be , Sir , your faithful and thancful servant ,
S . ROUS . LORD CtlAfsCELLOR BACON . THIS great man , whom some one has justly called the philosophical prophet , being asked by King James the First what lie thought of the French Ambassador , who it seems was of uncommon stature ? made answer , these tall folks arc like houses five or six stories h ' tvh , where ihe uppermost rooms are always the wont furnished .
BISHOP LESLIE . THIS learned prelate quitted the protestant religion in Scotland , and went to Rome , where he expected that in consideration of his losses and learning , the Pope would bestow a pension upon him : but
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The Collector.
such labers . This work of love is for a saint , and I hop a saint in glory ( Mr . Pym ) who himself died a hibercr in thesam wttrk . You may please to tak the cas briefly thus . The Parliment granted to trustes a forfeited estate of giid vain for the painieut of dets , and providing persons . The trustes wou'd have sold it for thes ends , and yilded the overplus to the Parlimentaccording to the ordinunce
, . This they cud not efect , by reson that no considerable prise was to be had . Thus have they spent sum veers to smal advantag . As to the satisfaction of the dets , the interest , side ' s in law , and other charges , eting up a great part of the revenu . And now of late the Commissioners of Habberdasher ' s Hall hav laid their hands upon the estatand so the rents lded in the hands of teunantsand in
; y , yet - terest goes on , and the estat is not profitabel to the Comon ' -welth , nor to ani other . But one of the trustes going about this bisnes to Habberdasher ' s Half in his return was arrested for Mr . Pym ' sdef , and so I thine continues . That wich I desir is this , that fin ' s estat may be aded to thos thaf are
now put to sale , and that some four or five of the Hotts be nam'd as acomite to consider what is fit to alow further toward the foremention'd dets and persons , according to the true intent of the ordinunce , and to reservthe rest for the comon welth , " which may be a considerable sum . This , or ani other motion wich yourself shal class , 1 humb ) i and eatnestli desir you to advance ; and so much the rather , that there mai be sum spedi end of this bisnesthere being but litel hop
, of dispatch at Plabberdasher ' s Hall , they having befor them ,-as a laier of the trustes told me , fourscor caases when a morion was to be made for this bisnes ; besids . as 2 understand , when al is don , they mene to bring it at last to the Parliment , wich bi the former wai mai be fair more spedili don . When you have perform'd thisI hop it will be nogref of heart to
, you that you have done so gud a wurk for the servant of a gud God ; in and forwoos service 1 belive the dets were cheflv contracted ; but you shal here resembel the profet who suppli'd oil for the paime ' ntof the dets of a profet deces'd ; aud for me , you shal bind me still to be , Sir , your faithful and thancful servant ,
S . ROUS . LORD CtlAfsCELLOR BACON . THIS great man , whom some one has justly called the philosophical prophet , being asked by King James the First what lie thought of the French Ambassador , who it seems was of uncommon stature ? made answer , these tall folks arc like houses five or six stories h ' tvh , where ihe uppermost rooms are always the wont furnished .
BISHOP LESLIE . THIS learned prelate quitted the protestant religion in Scotland , and went to Rome , where he expected that in consideration of his losses and learning , the Pope would bestow a pension upon him : but