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 A S T E L L. 459 her, unattended with any forbidding airs of fourncfs or mo- rofenefs. Her mind was generally cbje<h fhe hath treated at large in her excellent writings. Some very great men bear tefri- mony to the merit of her works, fuch as Attcrbury, fiickcs, Walker, Norris, Dodwell, and Evelyn. She was remarkably abftemious, and fecmed to enjoy an uninterrupted ftate of health, till a few years before her death ; when, having one of her breads cut off, it fo much impaired her conftitution, that fhe did not long furvive it. This painful operation fhe underwent without difcovering the leaft timidity or impatience, without a groan or a figh ; and (hewed the fame retulution and refignation during her whole illnefs. When ihe was confined to her bed by a gradual decay, and the time of her dillolution drew near, {he ordered her fhrowd and coffin to be made, and brought to her bed-iide, and there to remain in her view, as a conftant memento of her approaching fate, and to keep her mind fixed on proper contemplations. She died in 1731, in the 6^d year of her age, and was buried at Chelfea. Her writings axe enumerated below [A]. A STRUG f.-] I. " Letter? concerning the love 6. < c A fair Way vvith the Difientrrs c< of God published by J. Norri, M. A. " and their Patrons, not writ by Mr. " reb>r of Bcmerton, 1695," Svo. " Lindlay, or any other furious aco- 2. " An Ell'ay in defence of the Fe- " bite, whether a Cler-.yman or Lay- " male Sex. In a Letter to a Lady. " man; but by a very -Moderate Perfon, <c Written by a Lady, 1696." " and dutiful Subjedl to the (^iieen, 3. " A Serious Propofal to the Ladies, " 1704," 410. While thistreati^ was in iecond part to the fame. Both printed " tue :" to which fhe immediately re- together in I2mo, 1697. turned an anfwer in a poftfcript in this 4. " An impartial Enquiry into the book.. (e caufes of Rebellion and Civil Wa' in. 7. " Rcfieclions upon Marri.ige. To " p Attcroury. See his Epiftolary xjaarto. '1 hs prefatory dilcourfe is ad- Correfpondence, vol.i. p. 20. and vol. drefied to Dr. Davenant, suthor of the ii. p. -^. pamphlet, and of effayson peace and 9. " Six Familiar Effays upon Mar- war, &:,. " riage, Crolles in Love and Friend- A a 4
 * ' reafon,and he al ways ought, to be chearful :" and, *' Th..t
 * ' deje&ed looks and melancholy airs were very unlcemly in
 * ' for the advancement of their true the prefs, l)r, Ddvenant publiihed a new
 * ' and greateft intereft, tec.'" And a edition of his " Moderation Mill a Vir-