If he fhould die before me, I give and devife the fame to his Son Mr. Peter Hawker. Witnefs my Hand this 3d. Day of March, 1725.

RICHARD NORTON.

I do give and devise to my former Servant William Ware Ten Pounds. Witness my Hand, the 12th Day of Auguft, 1725.

RICHARD NORTON.

Surgeon, with all Privatenefs poffible, as foon as may be, at least within 24 Hours after my Decease: My Bowels to be put into a fquare leaden Cafe, and laid at my Feet in my Grave. You must lay forth my Body A decently with the Help only of Men Servants, placing it into a Lead Coffin as foon as you can; both the Cafe and the Coffin to be fodered up immediately as finished.

Whereas I have added in thefe Papers of my Legacies Two Hundred Pounds more to my Legacy to Edward Wynn my Servant, which make B Five Hundred Pounds to Edward Wynn aforesaid, with all my Mare or Mares, Colt or Colts added alfo. Witness my Hand, the 20th Day of Auguft, 1725.

Item, I do give, devife and bequeath unto the faid Edward Wynn, C my Walnut-tree Cabinet, with the Drawers under it, with all that is in them; not the Glafs Cabinet; except fuch Papers as may belong to my Eftate. Witnefs my Hand, this 8th Day of September, 1725.

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But before my Coffin is fodered up, I would have you lay a plain Plate of Lead upon my Breaft, cut deep with the Sign of the Cross, and the Words following, as the Day and Year of my Death fhall happen.

RICHARD NORTON, of Southwick, was Born the 24th Day of May, 1666, and Died the

and the very fame only to be cut on the Lid of my Coffin Outfide.

I have in my laft Will directed that my Body be put into a leaden D Coffin, and buried 10 Foot deep on the South Side of the Altar, in Southwick Church; but you are to fee that the Grave be vaulted with Brick Work rammed with Earth above, and the Pavement laid down as before. You are to bury me as foon as poffible: I will have no Pomp, therefore no Escutcheons; but out of the hundred Pounds I have allowed by my Will for Funeral Charges and Servants Mourning only, you are to buy a new black Velvet Pall, to be carried over my Coffin to my Grave, and then and there to be thrown over me; and presently the Grave is to be arched over with Brick Work: The faid Pall to remain over me in the Grave. You to fee this done; you and my Tenant Thomas Bird are appointed by my Will to direct my G Funeral, and I have given you both Legacies worth your Pains for fo doing, or elfe you are to have nothing. And in my Will I have or

RICHARD NORTON. Whereas I have given unto my Sifter, Elizabeth Chichley, the Wife of Mr. Edward Hughes, all my Plate, Linnen, China, and all my Furniture in my Green Damask BedChamber, I do hereby declare my Intent of the Devife to be, and do appoint that the faid Elizabeth Hughes fhall have and enjoy the Ufe and Ufage of all the aforefaid Effects, for and during the Term of her natural Life only, and that immediately from and after her Decease, all the faid Effects fhall be divided in F equal Value, among fuch Children of the faid Elizabeth Hughes, as fhall be living at the Time of her Decease, to whom I give and bequeath the faid Effects accordingly: Witness my Hand, this 8th of September, 1725. RICHARD NORTON. My Directions to my Servant Edward Wynn, concerning my Death and Burial.

I would be embowelled by a good

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you Edward Wynn, and to you Tha mas Bird, both and either of you to act and do according to thefe Directions afore written. Witness my Hand, this 7th of November, 1731. RICHARD NORTON.

Ned,

Mr. Moody, of Havant, hath a Deed of mine in his keeping, by which I have given you Steny Dean, and many other valuable Things I have given you by Legacy; take Care of that Writing fealed up, concerning my Legacies, therefore written upon and called fo.

Southwick-Houfe, Aug. 20, 1725.

I do hereby give. and devife to Edward Wynn, my Servant, 150 Guincas, fealed with my Seal, in a little Bag, upon this Condition only; that he do pay and defray all and every my Funeral Charges and Expences, and zol to the Poor of the Parish of Southwick, on the Day of my Funeral, with the faid Sum which he hath in his Keeping. Witness my Hand the Day and Year

dered one hundred Pounds, and no
more, to be laid out upon my Fune-
ral, in which Mourning for my Ser-
wants, and twenty Pounds to be dif-
tributed to the Poor of Southwick,
on the Day of my Burial it must be,
are all included; and to thofe that A
fhall carry me to my Grave, give
twenty Shillings a-piece, rather than
Drink, to buy them a Gold Ring;
or do you buy them for them. I
have faid I would have no Pomp nor
Efcutcheons, fo no Pall Bearers
have I thought of at all. I would B
have all Candles lighted in the
Church that Time, as ufual to be at
any Time you have seen, excepting
where it cannot be, because of the
Grave; and I earnestly wish that our
Anthem out of the 106th Pfalm,
with every Verfe and Chorus, might C
be fung or read during the Burial
Office; the very fame Verfes as are
in that Anthem; and no other, or
more of that Pfalm: And I will
have no other Part of the Service to
be performed, remember this, but
only the Burial Office. You need D above-written.
fear no Threats from any Pre-
tenders to my Eftate. If any fhould
be fo barbarous to endeavour to
hinder you, or either of you, to per-
forin this laft good Office to me, you
are both named and authorized by
my Will for fo doing, which will
fhew who I appoint to be my Heirs.
I intend to lodge one in the Hands
of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
having two in the fame Words; and
the other I fhall keep by me, which.
you are to open and read before three
Witneffes, as foos as I am dead. F
Thomas Bird, will fee I trust him; fo,
good and faithful Ned use my dead Bo-
dy with all Decency, and fee me laid
eafily, quietly, and fpeedily in my
Grave, according to thefe my Di-
rections. What Money I may have
by me, or due to me any ways, are
by my Will charged with my said
Funeral Expences; and this fhall be
fufficient Authority and Power to

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RICHARD NORTON.

Indorfed on the inner Cover, in which the Will

and Codicils were firft fealed up. My laft Will and Teftament to be opened and read before three Witneffes, immediately after my Death,' together with my Paper of Legacies

herein.

RICHARD NORTON.

Edward Wynn and Y

Thomas Bird, S

Or either of them, I charge to do as above faid, keep this and the Cover of my Will.

Indorfed on the outer Cafe, in which the Will and Codicils were fealed up.

My laft Will and Teftament, which I do hereby charge (as they will answer it to God) my Servant Edward Wynn, and my Tenant TheGmas Bird, or either of them, to break open and read, as foon as I am dead, before three Witneffes, therein being Directions neceffary

and,

and presently to be known for my Funeral; therefore no Relation of

mine need be prefent, but keeping this Paper will be a fufficient Security to them or either of them, against all Men; and I do charge them not

Wrote on a

Paper on which Sir John Lawson Gold Chain and Medal was fealed up. My Brother-in-Law, Mr. Joba Chichley, being dead, I do give the inclofed Gold Medal and Chain, which the Parliament gave to Sir John Lawson, our Grandfather, and

to fuffer this Will to go out of their Af bequeath them to my Brother Mr. Hands, neither for Flattery or Fear.

RICHARD NORTON.

Richard Chichley. Witnefs my Hand this 16th Day of December, 1727RICHARD NORTON.

A View of the Weekly ESSAYS and DISPUTES in this Month.

Grubftreet Journal, Feb. 1. No 162.

The Cambridge Fop.

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R. Bavius fays, the following Epiftle is a Copy from a very celebrated Original of the most polite Midonius, whofe Life and Adventures may perhaps hereafter be brought to Light, for the Emolument of his Majefty's C liege Subjects, both Gentlemen and Ladies.

won't fuffer it; no nor Papa neither, tho he chides now and then for my Puerilities (as he calls them) and all B that: but you know, Auntee, Papa's a Man, a mere Man, and no Judge of our petites Fancies. But tho Papa frowns now and then, I won't bear the Flears of these bookish unmannerly Fellows, that don't put on a clean Shirt above once a Week; as for Burgundy and Champaign, good gads! 'tis all Arabic to them. They hateevery Thing that's polite; and becaufe I fometimes rally them about Ale and Tobacco, the filthy Creatures are ready to burst with Anger. Dear Auntee, I vow you'd split your Sides at a great greafy Animal, that thinks himself a Philofopher, with a piss-burnt Wig, a thread-bare Coat, a Pair of Ruffles hanging over his Nuckles, and the moft venerable formal Face in the Univerfe. I never fee him but I think of old Aaron, in the Tapestry in our Dining-Room. This Fellow pretends now and then to be arch, and banter me: But then the Creature is fo fheepish, I ftare him out of Countenance in an Inftant.

Hon. and dearest Auntee, Well, I am refolv'd I won't stay in this ftrange Place, and fo I wou'd have you tell Mamma; and I am D fure you two can perfuade Papa to any Thing. Here indeed they put me on a fine Gown, and let me wear my lac'd Waste-coat every Day: But Ld, I can't laugh when I will, and fay what I please. And you know, dear Auntee, Mamma in- E dulg'd her little Midony in every Thing; and you used to say I had an infinite Deal of Wit and Humour: But here the Wretches call me an infignificant Creature, a Thing, a pert Coxcomb, a Fop, a Fool, and I know not what. I won't bear it, I F can tell them that: I didn't come here to be laugh'd at, that I didn't: I'm fure, dear Mamma and Auntee

We haven't above two or three converfible Creatures in the whole Univerfity: There's my Lord, the Honourable Mr. — and Sir all my very intimate Acquaintance; they're

they're the prettieft Gentlemen,
they've the fweeteft Fancy in their
Cloaths, the politeft Tafte, and they
keep each of them a Footman and a
Brace of Geldings. The reft are a
Pack of dull, muzzy, ftupid Ani-
mals, and wear fuch Wigs, the L-d A
deliver me from them. Then our
old Socrates is angry I don't go up to
Chappel every Morning, I'm fure
Mamma wondn't have me kneel a
tedious Half-Hour in a cold damp
Place, to hear a formal Fellow,
with Eyes fcarce open, hum over a B
Heap of heavy Prayers, in a Tone
more deplorable than that of the
Ludgate Orators. Here's a Wretch
too had the Impudence but last Week
to tell me my Face wasn't my own,
when you know, dear Auntee, I
never used any Thing but your Wash C
to cure Freckles and Pimples, and
Dr.'s Cofmetic. Then, bless
me! I have fuch a Figure of a Bed-
maker, I can't speak to her without
my Spunge at my Nofe: I wish I
had our Betty Well; I long to
see you, and will fee you; and fo
with Duty to Papa and Mamma,
I am, dearest Auntee,

Your Moft Obedient Nephew,
Midonius.

P. S. Tell Mamma I can't eat Mutton, and have just forgot my Dancing.

Weekly Regifter, Feb. 3. N° 147. The Vanity and Unreasonableness of prying into Futurity.

gers he will be expos'd to in the fu ture Course of his Life.

When we read the Story of Damocles, and fee him at a Banquet, and a drawn Sword pendent o'er his Head, fuftain'd only by a fingle Hair, we judge him in a wretched Condition, and would not be in the fame, one Minute, to be poffeffed of the whole. World the next: Yet where would be the Difference between his Cafe and ours, were we admitted to take a Profpect of the dark Decree of Futurity? Would not the Forefight of becoming a Beggar one Day, lofing our dearest Relations (who might af fift us) the next, the Pain of lofing an Eye, a Leg, or an Arm, or, in fhort, to take a Farewel of the World another Day, make us rather envy than abhor what we call'd before a miferable Condition?

What we ought to return our hearty Thanks to the Almighty for concealing from us, we most vigorously contend to know. This pernicious Defire, by fo frequent Indulgence, Dcorrupts the Mind to that Degree, that whatever little petty Thing moves out of its ufual Courfe, we presently conclude it an Omen of our future Good or Evil.

The Stepping with the left Foot out of Bed first in the Morning, E would terrify our modern Ladies to

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that Degree, as to make them keep their Chamber, and not be at home to any Vifitants all Day: But the Death of a favourite Sparrow would make them undergo the worst Punishment imaginable, viz. not to play a Game at Quadrille for a whole Week.

Universal Spectator, Feb. 3. N° 226.
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Skill in tranflating; witnefs, those noble Verfions in the Declaration Form, Una Chariotta cum quatuor equis, Anglice, A Chariot and Four. Centum Bundelli Lignorum minorum, Anglice, A hundred of Faggots. And

HE Time drawing near, when by a late Act of Parliament, the Laws of our Coun- A the Wits and Criticks ought not to try, and the Proceedings thereupon, are to be given out to us in our own Language; this Author begs Leave to give his Advice to the Tranflators in fome Particulars.

Tho' our Statutes, fays he, are generally worded in very intelligible B Terms, yet I could wifh fome Expreffions were render'd into fuch plain English, that the Meaning of them might be obvious to the meaneft Capacity; fuch as Special Matter, Reprizes, Effoigne, Pledge or Wager of Law, and Imparlance; which have C given great Offence to fome honeft well-meaning Juftices, who have not had the Benefit of an Inn of Court Education.

Since fuch learned Expreffions as thefe, Totos meos Barnos, Stabulos, & Outboujas, are capable of an eafy and familiar Tranflation, I recommend it, that the Verfion may be as pure as poffible; and that nothing be introduc'd lefs familiar, or more rough, barbarous and unintelligible, than what we have already parted with.

Whether the Law French is wholly laid afide, what French Terms are ftill retain'd, or how the following Expreffions are render'd, Feme Couverte, Oufter de main, Sans alfault de mefme, Cefte qui ufe, Avoir dire, &c: I have not yet examin'd:

But I

humbly hope, that no greater Indulgence will be given to a Language, which has been long fince, and very confiderably improv'd, than to a Language which hath been a good while at the Height, and is not, perhaps, capable of any Improvement whatsoever.

The Lawyers fhould be employed in this Tranflation, as having already given us fome Specimens of their VOL. II.

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be excluded, that they may confine the Lawyers to fuch a nice and accurate Way of tranflating, as may exclude all future Attempts to correct and amend their Works. Thus, when the famous Lawyer in the Play, with the Affiftance of a Cambridge Wit, undertook to tranflate Law English into Latin, the following noble Products of his inimitable Pen, Commenfabo actionem contra omnes E fingulos: Et habebo pinguia damagia: Et trounfabo vos ut homo nunquam fuit trounfatus in toto mundo. Debet enim furgere per tempus qui me decipit, have ftood the keeneft Enquiries of all the Criticks ever fince; and no Master of Tranflation, or so much as of bumble Imitation, hath as yet prefum'd to alter or amend them, or to add to their Force and Elegancy.

London Journal, Feb. 3. N° 710.

Occafional Reflections on publick Writers, the Craftíman. &c.

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HE Interefts, Prejudices, and Paffions of Men make it neceliary for a publick Writer to appear fometimes in his own Vindication. A late Paper, about publick Wijdom (See p. 22.) has given Offence, only because it declares, what is faid by the Friends of the Ministry, for their Scheme; and Advice is given to Tradefmen how to behave till the Scheme is produced, and this great Mystery reveal'd.

The Cafe of a publick Writer, who hath common Good in View, is very hard, indeed: If he does not go entirely into one Party or the other, he is not well received by either; if he does not vindicate every Thing a Minister doth, he is lost with Minif