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The Famous

HE famous friar Bacon whose name has spread through the world, was born in Lancashire; his father’s name was Ralph Bacon, and his name Roger. From his infancy he was observed to have a profound pregnant wit; he grew up, a great reader of books, and desirous of learning, which to admiration he took so fast, that his schoolmaster could teach him no further; and being