Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . the Icon Basilice appeared,Cromwell in vain solicited him to employ his talents to write against it. Hedied 30th of November, 1654. His valuable library was given by his executorsto the university of Oxford. As a scholar Selden ranks very high. He was notonly skilled in the Hebrew and oriental languages, but he was acquainted withall
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . the Icon Basilice appeared,Cromwell in vain solicited him to employ his talents to write against it. Hedied 30th of November, 1654. His valuable library was given by his executorsto the university of Oxford. As a scholar Selden ranks very high. He was notonly skilled in the Hebrew and oriental languages, but he was acquainted withall laws, divine and human, and in the stores of a most retentive memory hehad treasured up whatever is valuable, interesting, and important, in ancientand modern literature. He was, as Grotius states him, the glory of the Englishnation, and as Whitelocke says, his mind was as great as his learning, and hewas as hospitable and as generous as any man. He was a person, as Claren-don has observed, whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expres-sions equal to his merit and virtue. His learning was stupendous, and if hehad some infirmities they were weighed down with wonderful and prodigiousabilities and excellences, in the other scale. 176 JOHN WINTHROP. JOHN WINTHROP. JOHN WINTHROP, the first governor of Massachusetts, was born at Groton,in Suffolk county, England, June 12, 1587, and was descended from an ancientand honorable family. His grandfather was an eminent lawyer in the reign ofHenry VIII., and attached to the Reformation. His father was of the sameprofession, and the subject of this sketch himself was bred a lawyer, in whichcharacter he was eminent for both integrity and abilities. Indeed, he musthave had the fairest reputation, for he was appointed a justice of the peace ateighteen years of age. When the design of settling a colony in New England was undertaken in1630, Mr. Winthrop was chosen by general consent to conduct the estate, amounting to the
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