Excerpt from Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Are Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, Esq. And Lives of Eminent Men; Part II J. Dryden, Poete, was borne here. Vol. 11. A Aof the sisters of John Davenant, Bp. Of Sarum.* He was a boy of a pregnant witt, and when the Bp. And his father were discoursing, he would be by and hearken, and now and then putt in, and sometimes beyond expectation, or his yeares. He was of a middle stature; strong sett; curled haire a very working head, in so much, that walking and meditating before dinner, he would cate up a penny loafe, not knowing that he did it. His naturall memorie was very great, to wch he added the art of memorie: He would repeate to you forwards and backwards all the signes from Ludgate to Charing-crosse. He was fellow of Sydney coll. In Cambr. Where he wrote his Divine Poemcs. He was first minister of Broad Windsor, in Dorset, and prebendary of the church of Sarum. He was sequestered, being a royalist, and was afterwards minister of Waltham-crosse, in Essex, and also of the Savoy, in the Strand, where he died, and is buried, not long after the restauration of his majestic. He was a pleasant facetious person, and a bonus socius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.