Memorandum that Dr. <John> Wilkins (who[168] maried his[169] aunt) was very instrumentall in perswading persons of quality and corporations to addresse: but what did it signifie?
Henry Martin, esq.; 'you[170] have already made your little less.'
His short lettre to his cosen Stonehouse of [Radley[171]] by Abingdon that 'if his majestie should take advice of his gunsmiths and powder-men he would never have peace'—from Sir John Lenthall: as also of his draweing the remonstrance of the Parliament when 'twas formed a commonwealth—within five or six lines of the beginning he sayes 'restored to it's auncient goverment[172] of a commonwealth.' When 'twas read Sir Henry Vane stood up and repremanded and 'wondred at his impudence to affirme such a notorious lye.' H. M., standing up, meekely replied that 'there was a text had much troubled his spirit for severall dayes and nights of the man that was blind from his mother's womb[173] whose sight was restored[174] at last,' i.e. was restored to the sight which he should have had.
[175]Insert the song of
'Oliver came to the House like a spright' etc.
Obiit at Chepstowe, a prisoner, September ... (about the middle) anno Domini 1680.
He was very hospitable and exceeding popular in Berks, the whole countie.
Memorandum when his study was searcht they found lettres[XII.] to his concubine, which was printed 4to. There is witt and good nature in them.
[XII.] H. Martin, esq., his letters in 4to to his miss, printed[176] anno <1685>, but 'tis not to his disgrace: evidence of reall naturall witt and bôn naturel.—MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 11.
Becket in the parish of Shrineham, his chiefe seate: in the Vale of White-horse: now major Wildman's.