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the name of God. Amen.—I, Sr William Petty, Knt, born at Rumsey, in Haumtshire, doe, revoking all other and former wills, make this my last will and testament, premising the ensueing preface to the same, whereby to express my condition, designe, intentions, and desires, concerning the persons and things contained in and relating to my said will, for the better expounding any thing which may hereafter seem doubtfull therein, and also for justifing in behalfe of my children the manner and means of getting and acquiring the estate wch I hereby bequeath unto them, exhorting them to emprove the same by no worse negotiations. In the first place, I declare and affirme that at the full age of fifteene years I had obtained the Lattin, Greeke, and French tongues, the whole