And mend your ways for my sake;
For you must die like Isaac Reed,
Tho’ you read till your eyes ache.’
T. Randolph was a friend and pupil of Ben Jonson’s; he published The Muses’ Looking Glass, which satirised the Puritans; died 1634.
[59] Miscellanies, ed. 1696.
[60] Diary, July 13, 1654.
[61] Præsul. Ang., p. 779. Godwin.
[62] Hist. of Royal Society. Bishop Sprat, ed. 1722, p. 53.
[63] ‘Dr. Christopher Wren, Deane of Windsor, was buried June 3, 1656,‘ is the entry in the register; there does not appear to be any monument or brass to his memory. The Parentalia and Elmes’s Life give 1658, but the dates are frequently inaccurate in both books.
[64] Evelyn’s Diary, March 31, 1658. ‘That holy martyr Dr. Hewer condemned to die, without law, jury or justice by a mock council of State as they called it. A dangerous, treacherous time. June 8, ib. That excellent preacher and holy man Dr. Hewer was martyred for having intelligence of his Majesty, through the Lord Marquess of Ormond. He was beheaded on Tower Hill. The name was spelt Hewer, Hewet, and Hewett.