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156 - M M A G A Z I W&, Jof4 carrying a Deed ofWritingr which was faid to bethc Warrant impowering them to a& ; ; next 6ne caVry in g a large; Bible onTa rich Grimfori: Velvet Cloth, finely trimmed with Silver kace and Taflels, which was followed by two other Gentlemen with Emblems hanging to : Blue Ribbons about their NecBl; After thefe a Gentleman carrying a very handfome Sword unftieathed, . quite upright , and then one with a white Wand in hislHand, and an Em blem hanging upon his Breaft, vvho reprefcnt--ed their Grant! M after. SeveralMembers, Gentlemen tvvb and tvvoclofed the Proccffi- on, iiv which Order they; went to their Lodge Room at thc-Fnn p'Ciorktfeyifcreturnedi n the lame-Order, ' but not exaflly in the fame Manner, for I 6b' ferved that fome of them, who before had no ' Emblem rounS hantzins: to Silver Lace. Tbefc LheardHvere - the Officers of the nevy Lodge, now iriveited avkh-Ulieir t hey had al I Lea t he r A pro ns , I thou ! d h a ve added,-4tha they hadalllikewifewhitc Gloves. The ,Proceflion ended, they fat down to a very el egan rjjj n nerjrpro v icfedja t is invariable, it ought to be fairly and mature ly examined arid Submitted toiahd perhaps after a due Attention to he followiiig-Extradl: thofe'of the fuppbfed greateft Abilities, may retracS their Errors; and join with; the inge-: hious Authof-in his juft Obfer.vations. " When the Duke de Sully, in 176? fet - the Fountain - and in the Afternoon I fet out for this Place, fp much pleafcd with what lhad feen, that I am determined, when I return to Town,; toTjbecome a Mem be r of th i s Soc ie ty,- if they will do me the Honour to admit out on an Embaflage for the Court of EngJand, he was attended byv,a nurous-Rt;tinue of th principal Gentlemen in iwrrf amongft the reft Z Mr. Servin p r efen ted dilis ,y oung Soil to him, at the ft me Time; earneltly begging th e DuklTThTtrhir to make; hi m an hone ft Man. This Requeft gav e Sully a great Curiofity to fea rfih i n to h is C haracter, and h e gives th c f o 1 1 owi rig A ceo unt of him, which we ihall not abridge. uHis Ge nius, fays he, . was To lively, that nothing could efcape hts Penetration ; his Apprehenft bn vvas fo quick that he linderfiood every Thing in an Inftant ; and .his Memory fo i:prpdigiou5,rthatrrhn He ,w5 Matter of all the Branches of Philofo phy, and the Mathematics, particularly For tification and Defigning. Nay, he was To .thoroughly acquainted with Uivinity, that he me From the B A R B A DO S- M E R- C U R T. - T is afierted-byan-ingcnious-Writer,--that a: Mih accurate Judgment cannot bavea 1 -greatm:pfldeairH ence-iH s t ha t-accu ra t e j udgrrien t , is not friendly to Declamation y or copious Eloquence ; and, Experience confirms, that a great or cotnprehenftve Memory is Jcldom connected with a good Judgment. Thefe Sentiments, on hnt reading, ap- was ah excellent Preacher, -vvhen he pleafed ; ' and cou !d manage t he Controyerfy for c r againft the proteltant Religion with the grea Tie(bAbilit)He notonlunderftood Hebrew, and other learned Languages, but all the Jargons of the Moderns. He entered : fo exactly into their Accent and Pronuncia tion, to which he joined fuch a perfed Imita . tion of: their Air and Mariners, that not only the People, of the difFerent Nations in but of the feverah Provinces of Tmw,-w have Jtaken.h i mTor-a-Nat i veio tth eGo un t ry- peared to me new. a nd extraordinary ; f bu t af-: ; tc r t h e b e ft C 0 n fi d e r a t i 0 n , I . am f ullycony i nc ed6fitheir Tru. J Thoie wh lowoUdea5nd.ara.fo or copious Eloquence, arid think they poflefs a great or comprehenfive ' Memory, will be furprlfedthat anygenious Writer fhould fert that they are deftituteof an accurate anil "good Judgment, and therefore they will not fubferibe to thefe "Sentiments : But as Truth " He applied " his Talents to imitate, all Sorts of Perfons, which he performed with wonderful Dexterity ; and was accordingly the beft Co median in the World. Tie was a good Poet, an Excellent Mufician, and fung with equal Art and Sweetnefs. He faid Mafs ; for he oddoryhirtgsiml Thing. His Body was pcrfeftly proportioned to hisj. MincL vigorous, andagiie$rform He rode a, Horfe well ; and -was admired for dancing, leaping, and wreftling.. He-was , acquain ted with all Kinds of Sports and Di ve r fions ; and could practice ihj moft of ,the mechan Suly&i, He r was :: aL iar, nfa Ife, tr cache rous;
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