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corded as a busy politician by St. Kvrcmond, and described by Sir Philip Warwick as a she saint, who had changed her gallant from Strafford to Pyrn,

and was become " a frequenter of sermons and conventicles." Obiit 1660.

Marquis of Montrose, half length, by Vandvck, Martin Ryckaert, (half length, by the same) a native of Antwerp, who acquired considerable ex- cellence a: a painter of landscapes, architecture, and ruins; and lived in habits of close intimacy with Vandyck. lie maybe reported as more than usually indebted to industry and perseverance for the pro- gress which he made in his profession, having been born only with the left hand. Ob, 1 C ;6, /t. .;.c. E chj a rcl Worthy Montague, half length, by Rom- uev, In a Turki. 1: dn s ;. The garb alone bespeaks some peculiarity of disposition: but indeed, the whole of his lie, i. ;, even in the most trivial oecurrcn - ;i spirit lis- adventure. When a boy, he c'.vod three tii. . stminler-school, and

weel the occupath >n ol ? chmmev-svevper; cried ii ;ii in 'lithe, and sailed as a cabin-

!. . rtcd from the vessel, and ' ' -. in tii: capacity he was eii 'covered

by the Crlti ii Clonsul, wh.-> j\ turned him to his. friends, in hones of recovering lost time, he was then provided with r, and cjuuiificd for hi.-

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