"In obedience to your Majefty's letter above" mentioned, I make account, God willing, to be upon my way towards England fome time next "month, having in the interim performed to my "Lord Sandwich (as I hope I fhall to his full "fatisfaction) thofe offices which your Majefty "commands me in the fame, whofe Royal perfon, “councils, and undertakings, God Almighty pre"ferve and profper many years; the daily fervent 66 prayers of "Your Majesty's "Ever loyal fubject, "Ever faithful and moft obedient fervant, "RICHARD FANSHAWE *.” His recal is faid to have broken his heart; he died foon afterwards. Sir Richard was a scholar in the antient and modern languages. He tranflated the "Paftor Fido" of Guarini in the spirit of the original, of which Sir John Denham thus fpeaks, after having censured servile translations : A new and nobler way thou doft pursue * When Sir Richard Fanshawe was in Spain, he was defired by a Governor of a fortrefs through which he was travelling, to give the pafs-word; he politely gave, "Viva "el Re Catolico !" Sir Sir Richard tranflated into Latin verfe that beautiful modern Paftoral, Fletcher's "Faithfull Shepherdefs." He also tranflated "The Lufiad" of Camcens; and wrote fome original Poems and Letters during his embaffies in Spain and Portugal. Sir Richard's perfon and difpofition are thus described in the Manufcript Memoirs of LADY FANSHAWE, which are addreffed by her to her only fon, and begin in this exquifitely tender and affecting manner: "I Have thought it convenient to discourse "to you, my most dear and only fon, the most "remarkable actions and incidents of your family, 66 as well as thofe eminent ones of your father's " and my life; and neceffity, not delight nor re"venge, hath made me infift upon some paffages "which will reflect on their owners, as the praises "of others will be but juft (which is my intent "in this narrative). I would not have you be a "ftranger to it, because, by your example, you "may imitate what is applicable to your condition in the world, and endeavour to avoid thofe "misfortunes we have paffed through, if God "pleafes. "Endeavour to be innocent as a dove, but as "wife as a ferpent; and let this leffon direct you "moft in the greater extremes of fortune: "Hate 66 your Hate idleness, and avoid all paffions. Be true in words and actions. Unneceffarily deliver not your opinion; but when you do, let it be just, consistent, and plain. Be charitable in thought, word, and deed; and ever ready to for"give injuries done to yourself; and be more pleaf"ed to do good than to receive good. Be civil and " obliging to all (dutiful where God and nature "command you), but a friend to one; and that friendship keep facred, as the greatest tie upon earth; and be fure to ground it upon Virtue, for no other is either happy or lafting. "Endeavour always to be content in that state "of life to which it hath pleased God to call you; ❝and think it a great fault not to improve your "time, either for the good of your foul, or the "improvement of your understanding, health, or "eftate; and as these are the most pleasant pastimes, "fo it will make you a chearful old age, "which is as necessary for you to defign, as to "make provision to fupport the infirmities which decay of ftrength brings; and it was never seen "that a vicious youth terminated in a contented chearful old age, but perished out of coun ❝tenance. "Ever keep the best qualified perfons company, "out of whom you will find advantage; and "reserve some hours daily to examine yourfelf and VOL. II. "for "fortune; for if you embark yourself in perpetual "conversation or recreation, you will certainly fhipwreck your mind and fortune. Remember "the proverb, Such as his company is, such is "the man; and have glorious actions before your "eyes, and think what will be your portion in "heaven, as well as what you may defire upon "earth. Manage your fortune prudently, and "forget not that you must give God an account "hereafter, and upon all occafions. "Remember your father; whofe true image "though I can never draw to the life, unless God "will grant me that bleffing in you, yet because you were but ten months old when God took "him out of this world, I will for your advan"tage fhew you him with all truth, and without « partiality. "He was of the biggeft fize of men, strong, and "of the best proportion; his complexion fan"guine, his fkin exceeding fair; his hair dark"brown, and very curling, but not long; his eyes 66 gray and penetrating; his nofe high, his coun"tenance gracious and wife, his motion good, "his fpeech clear and diftinct. He used no "exercise but walking, and that generally with "fome book in his hand (which oftentimes was "poetry, in which he spent his idle hours): fome"times he would ride out to take the air, but "his most delight was to go with me in a coach "fome miles, and there difcourfe of those things "which then most pleased him (of what nature "foever). He was very obliging to all, and "forward to ferve his Master (his King), his "Country, and Friend. Cheerful in his conver"fation, his discourse ever pleasant, mixed with "the fayings of wife men, and their histories "repeated as occafion offered; yet fo referved, that he never fhewed the thought of his heart,› "in its greatest sense, but to myself only; and this "I thank God with all my foul for, that he never "difcovered his trouble to me, but he went away "with perfect cheerfulness and content; nor re- › "vealed he to me his joys and hopes, but he would say they were doubled by putting them in my "breaft. I never heard him hold difpute in my "life, but often he would fpeak against it, faying "it was an uncharitable cuftom, which never "turned to the advantage of either party. He "could never be drawn to the faction of any party, "faying he found it fufficient honeftly to perform "that employment he was in. He loved and ufed "cheerfulness in all his actions, and profeffed his 66 religion in his life and converfation. He was a "true Proteftant of the Church of England, and "fo brought up and died. His converfation was "fo honeft, that I never heard him speak a word 3 |