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 30 Anne BradJlreeCs Works.

In covntry ftrange thou did'ft provide, And freinds raif'd him in euery Place; And courtefies of fvndry forts From fuch as 'fore nere faw his face.

In licknes when he lay full fore, His help and his Phyfitian wer't; When royall ones that Time did dye,* Thou heal'dfl his flefh, and cheer'd his heart.

persons of pretty note : Mr. Mejo (Majhew), a godlj minister, that taught the Indians at Martha's Vineyard ; and sundry young students, and some very hopeful ; sundry women also, two of which were sisters in our own church One of the ketches, likewise, that went hence for Eng- land, was taken by a pirate of Ostend, and therein much estate lost."

13111 September, 1660, only a few months after the restoration of his brother, Charles II., to the throne. Mary, their sister, the Princess of Orange, returned from Holland soon after his death, and fell a victim to the same disease on the 24th December following.
 * Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of Charles I., died of small-pox

"This punishment of declared enemies interrupted not the rejoicings of the court ; but the death of the Duke of Gloucester, a young prince of prom- ising hopes, threw a great cloud upon them. The king, by no incident in his life, was ever so deeply affected. Gloucester was observed to possess united the good qualities of both his brothers; the clear judgment and penetration of the king, the industry and application of the Duke of York. He was also believed to be affectionate to the religion and constitution of his country. He was but twenty years of age when the small-pox put an end to his life. The Princess of Orange, having come to England, in order to partake of the joy attending the restoration of her family, with whom she lived in great friendship, soon after sickened and died." — Hume's " History of England," chap. Ixiii.

Under date of Sept. 13, Evelyn writes in his Diary, " In the midst of all this joy and jubilee the Duke of Gloucester died of y" small pox in the prime of youth, and a prince of extraordinary hopes." And again, on the 3ist [24th] of December, "This day died the Princesse of Orange, of y®

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