Itememlier  perfect  expropriation  is  our  great  lr*a«urr,  which  w»  matt
cndravuur  to  prewrve  by  renouiidng  all  domioioD :  inthcuie  of  money
we  ought  to  be  very  modersU ;  an4  in  all  matter*  of  moment  li&vs
recourw,  if  jiowiible,  to  the  snptrior."


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wliicli  be  reooonced  to  embrace  cvangclicfil  povcrtj.  Whilst
diapUkin  to  Sir  John  Sliellcv,  he  wiis  infamously  citluraniatod
by  some  male  vol  u  lit  tungiu-s;  but  liia  putroii  canic  fonriird
moot  hotiouiubly  mid  [irumptly  in  defence  of  his  int^rity,
tu  1700.  His  brothreu  alito  te»titied,  that  at^cr  more  than
tireoty  years'  cxpericaco  of  him,  tbcy  believed  him  to  be  a
man  of  tohd  virtue  and  Ivoraing,  ever  truly  obedient  to  bis
superiors  aiid  aulMred  to  hiH  bn-lbren,  adding,  "  da  tic  was
th«  first  tlkat  appeared  at  the  King's  llench  bar  since  the  late
BcvolutioD  upon  aceonnt  of  rclifrion,  so  if  aoy  person  or  per-
sons, upon  a  pique  or  hatred  of  the  Catholic  fiuth,  think  fit  to
make  a  trial  of  his  Chruitian  fortitude,  we  limity  beliere  and
bojpe  tbat  Uo<l  will  enable  him,  by  his  gm«e,  to  couTince  the
tbmking  part  of  maitkind  that  his  rocation  &om  a  plentiful
estate  to  vvangclical  poverty  was  real  and  not  feigned." —
(Rcf;.  p.  247.)  And  *o  the  crciit  proved.  He  was  elected
prorincial  on  ISth  Augiut,  1710.  Ohiit  anno  1719,  "  Pni<
vinci»  Pater"  (p.  80a).
17.  Atitkon^  Farkituon,  elected  3rd  May,  1713 ;  rc-oleeted
11th  April,  \72ii.     Died  in  England,  80tb  January,  1728.
