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of his property, and recovering debts due to him ; and the Court of Directors " expressly ordered that he should be treated with every respect, and allowed a passage to Eng- land." Finally, in the year 1670, * both Mr. Foxcroft and Sir Edward Winter set sail for England, but not, it may be presumed, in the same ship.

Sir Edward Winter arrived safely in England ; married Emma, a daughter of Mr. Richard Howe, of Norfolk ; and, dying in 1685-86, at the age of sixty-four, he was buried in Battersea church. His widow raised a handsome white marble monument to his memory. It is surmounted by his bust, and has at foot a representation both of his struggle with a tiger, and of a fight he had with Moors. There is a Latin inscription which sets forth that, having set out from his fatherland, he traded very successfully in the East Indies, amassed great wealth, and might have gained more if he had not despised riches. Having lived in splendour and honour abroad he returned home. Then follow these lines : —

Born to be great in Fortune as in Mind, Too great to be within an Isle confin'd ; Young, helpless, friendless, Seas unknown he try'd, But English Courage all these wants supply'd. A pregnant Wit, a painfull Diligence, Care to provide, and Bounty to dispense, Joyn'd with a Soul sincere, plain, open, just, Procur'd him Friends, and Friends procur'd him Trust. These were his Fortune's rise, and thus began This hardy Youth, raised to a happy Man, A rare Example, and unknown to most, Where Wealth is gain'd, and Conscience is not lost, Nor less in Martiall Honour was his name, Witness his actions of Immortall Fame. Alone, unarm'd, a Tyger he opprest, And crush'd to death a monster of a Beast. Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew Singly on foot, some wounded, some he slew, Dispers'd ye rest : what more could Sampson do ? True to his Friends, a Terrour to his Foes, Here now, in Peace, his honour'd bones repose. 1 See Appendix II. : — " Fort St. George in 1673."