Volume 1

'Brief Lives', chiefly of Contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the years 1669 & 1696. / Edited from the author's mss. by Andrew Clark.

  • Aubrey, John, 1626-1697.
Date:
1898
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Credit: 'Brief Lives', chiefly of Contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey, between the years 1669 & 1696. / Edited from the author's mss. by Andrew Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as also— (Johan. Franc.) Nicer on ; Samuel Sorbier, M. D.—vide his epistle and Gassendus’s before his De Cive. ... Verdusius, to whom he dedicates his ... Dialogi (* ** *** **** ***** vide my Dialogi for his Christian name—’tis dedicated to him). ** T. H. would say that Gassendus was the sweetest - natured man in the world. Des Cartes and he were acquainted and mutually respected one another. He would say that had he kept himself to Geometry he had been the best geometer in the world but that his head did not lye for philosophy. *** Mr. Hobbes was wont to say that had Mieur Des Cartes (for whom he had a high respect) kept himselfe to geometrie, he had been the best geometer in the world ; but he could not pardon him for his writing in defence of transubstantiation, which he knew was absolutely against his opiniona and donne meerly to putt a complimentb (on) the Jesuites. **** I have heard Mr. Oates say that the Jesuites doe much glorie that he (Des Cartes) had his education under0 them. ’Tis not unlikely that the Jesuites putt him upon that treatise. Edmund Waller d, esq., poet. ***** Sir Kenelm Digby, amicus T. H. ****** (1648 or 49e, at Paris.) Sir William Petty (of Ireland f), Regiae Societatis Socius, a person g of a stupendous invention h and of as great prudence and humanity, had an * MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 50v. ** MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 7. *** MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 50*. a Dupl. with ‘ conscience.’ b Dupl. with ‘ flatter.’ **** MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 51. 0 Dupl. with 4 from.’ d Scored out here ; inserted infra, p. 369. ***** MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 7- ****** MS. Aubr. 9, fol. 51. 6 Suggested by Aubrey as the date of the beginning of the intimacy between Hobbes and Petty. Anthony Wood objects in a note on fol. 5ov :— ‘ Dr. Petty was resident in Oxford 1648-49, and left it (if I am not mistaken) 1652.’ Aubrey notes:— ‘ Entred, vide p. 8b’ (i.e. fol. 37 v; supra, p. 336). f Aubrey notes :—1 Quaere the name of his principall seate in Ireland.’ s Aubrey notes (fol. 5ov) :— 1 Quaere Sir John Hoskyns and Dr. Blackbourne to word this well.’ h Dupl. with c witt.’