^  But  what  flile  (ball  I  ufe  to  fet  forth  this  Still,  whom  well  nigk
thirty  yeares  fince  my  reverent  tutor  in  Cambridge  ftil'd  by  this  nan^e
Divine  Stilly  wko,  when  my  felfe  came  to  him  to  fue  6>r  my  grace
to  be  batchelour,  firft  he  examined  me  flricktlyy  and  after  anfwered
tne  kindly,  that  the  grace  he  granted  me  was  not  of  grace,  but  of
merit,  who  was  often  content  to  grace  my  young  exemfes  with  his
venerable  prefence,  who,  from  uiat  time  to  this,  hath  given  m»
fome  helpes,  more  hopes,  all  encouragements  in  ipy  befl  ftudies. To
whom  I  never  came  but  I  grew  more  relmous  ;  from  whom  I  nevey
went  but  I  parted  bettA*  inflruded. Of  mm  therefore  py  acquain-
tance, my  friend,  my  inftriiflor,  and,  laflly,  my  dioonan,  if  I
fpeake much,  it  mn  notto  be  marvelled ;  lif  I  fpeake  franckly,  ir

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is  not  to  t)e  b^flied;  and,  thought  fpeake  partially,,  it  fmre  to  ht
pardoned ;  yet,  to  keep  within  my  proportion,  coftonie,  and  pro*
jnife,  in  idl  tl^efe  I  muft  fay  this  of  him  ;  his  breeding  was  from
his  diildhood  in  £ood  literature^  and  partly  in  maiick,  which  was
coanted  in  thofe  oayes  a  preparative  to  divinity ;  neither  coald  any. be  admitted  xofrhfutm  tMfitram^  esxcpt  he  coold  ^tft  iittg  k  him  can
iene  can^  as  they  called  it,  which  is  to  read  well,  to  confter  well,
and  to  fing  wiffl ;  in  which  laft  he  hath  good  jad^ment,  and  I  have
beard  good  mnfick  of  voyces  in  his  hou&. 