"ried by the six poorest men in the parish, "and to have laid over him a plain stone, with "an inscription on it of his own composing, "which the writer did not yet know. He was,

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according to his order, buried on Wednesday morning the 21st, at Froome, I think. "These particulars I dare say you have not "heard of, if you have of the death of this "excellent prelate; and therefore that I 66 might the more exactly remember them, I "take this night to write my answer, and "partly because we are ordered to make " verses upon the melancholy occasion against Saturday, with which I must necessarily "be busied to-morrow, though against my "inclination. For though such sorrowful subjects may be proper, yet I could have "wished the puzzling our heads with verses might have been let alone until another "time, because they will be apt to discompose "our minds, and keep out of them better "thoughts, and fitter for this holy week,

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especially this latter part of it. To direct us "in the observance of which, Mr. Anstey sent "to all or most of his pupils on Monday

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(as Mr. Edmondson had done to his the "week before) a book, entitled, The Use,

"Measures, and Manner of Christian

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Fasting; especially with regard to the most

holy passion-week; by Mr. Brome, one of "our senior Fellows, a particular friend to "the Master, and who always lived in the "Lodge with him. Though I have most of ، it that is useful in short in Mr. Nelson, "and should have liked Mr. Seller's book "much better to employ my time on this great week, yet I thought it very improper

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to refuse it, and that it were better to be "at a small, though unnecessary charge, "than seem to put an affront on Mr. Anstey "and the author, if not the Master also, to "whom the book is dedicated. I must

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hastily conclude, (it being pretty late,) ،، with desiring you to accept the duty of, ،، Your most obedient son, "A. B."

To which I shall add what I meet with in his next to his father, of April the 5th, relating to the same subject. ،، The body of our

"late excellent Master was interred on Thurs"day night; but the funeral is not to be performed till next Saturday. He has "been a noble benefactor, having left by his

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"will two Exhibitions of £10 each; all his "books to the library; his country-seat at Thriploe, valued at £120 per annum, to "the Master, after the death of Mr. West, "his nephew and heir, and £500 to buy a "living for the College. Besides private "legacies, as £100 to Mr. Brome, who is "also to have the use of his books as long as "he stays here; to his Sizer, and to another "who had been his Sizer, whom (being a re"lation of Bishop Gunning) he had just "made Fellow though but middle Bachelor, "£10 each for mourning; and five pounds 66 to him who is to make his funeral oration."

Doctor Robert Jenkin was at the forementioned time, viz. Monday, April 9, chosen Master of the College; whose favour our young student, partly by his own merit, and partly by the recommendation of his good friend and patron Mr. Roper, quickly gained; yet when he gives his father an account of it, according to his wonted piety, referring all to the first cause, he attributes it to God alone.

He was (as I have already observed (so early a riser, and so constant at chapel, (un

less on those few state holy-days that intervened,) that he was easily prevailed on by the chapel-clerk (who was indisposed) to officiate for him, which he did for almost two months, to the satisfaction of the Master and Deans. But the aforementioned eleven months being now expired, and having kept freshman's-term (as it is there called) purely for the sake of the exercise he was to perform in it; he was willing to visit his friends in Surrey, and having obtained his father's leave, went for Headley at the beginning of August: where he with great diligence assisted in the instruction of the scholars, and thereby made himself more perfect in the Greek and Latin, especially the grammar of both, and improved in his arithmetic to qualify him for an auditor of the algebraic lecture in their College. During his stay at Headley, it pleased God to take away his youngest sister, whose sickness and death would have been much more afflicting, had he been at College at the time: but being near her, he had the satisfaction of knowing continually how she did, and of contributing his assistance for her recovery, by going

himself to consult the Doctor, (who lived at some distance,) as often as it was thought necessary.

At the latter end of October he left Headley, in order to return to St. John's, there to prosecute his studies with the same vigour as formerly, or rather greater. Quickly after his arrival, he gave his father a large account of his journey, and of the kind reception Mr. R. gave him when he waited on him at his chamber. And then after a little College news, goes on thus: "Though I "could not but be perfectly satisfied with, "and very happy in, the many kindnesses I "received from my mother and you in the country, for which I return many and

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hearty thanks; yet methinks I receive "more than ordinary satisfaction in being "returned to this pleasant seat of the

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Muses, where I find my books and all

things in a very good condition, and my"self happy at the ethic-table at morning "lectures in the hall. And I think myself "in duty bound on this day, (Nov. 6.) on "which I was elected Scholar, to give an"nual thanks to the Almighty for having "most graciously afforded me so comfortable