Volume 1
The works of Sir Thomas Browne / edited by Simon Wilkin.
- Thomas Browne
- Date:
- 1890-1893
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The works of Sir Thomas Browne / edited by Simon Wilkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Kemp and Sir Philip Skippon are chosen for Dunwich as before, the towne having sent unto them desiring them to accept of the place. So wee have butt two newe parliament men for Norfolk. Sir James Johnson for Yarmouth, and Sir Henry Hobart for Lynne. And for ought I perceave there is no considerable number of new men chosen in other parts. I find in the newes letters that Mr. Whittle, the kings chirurgeon, is dead, and that your neibour Mr. Moullins, is swome in his place; butt which of the MoiilKns I knowe not, perhaps Mr. Peirce may bee in Scotland with the duke. I am sorry to find that the King of England is fayne to reduce his howsehold expences to twelve thousand pounds p. annum, especially hee having a farre greater revenue then any of his predecessors. God keepe all honest men from penury and want; men can bee honest no longer then they can give everyone his due : infundoparsimonia seldome re- covers or restores a man. This rule is to be earned by aU, vtere divitiis tanquam moriturits, et idem tanquam victurus parcito divitiis. So may bee avoyded sordid avarice and improvident prodigallity ; so shall not a man deprive himself of God's blessings, nor throwe away God's mercies ; so may hee bee able to do good and not suffer the worst of evUs. Two earthern bottles floatting upon the sea, with this motto, si collidimm frangimiir,^^ is apply cable unto any two concemes whose interest is united, and is to conserve one another; which makes mee sorry for this dissention between the king and the people, that is, the major part of them, as the elections declare. God send a happy conclusion, and bee reconciled imto us, and give us grace to forsake our sinnes, the houtefeiuv and incendiaries of aU. God blesse you aU.—Tour loving father, Thomas Buowne. Sir Thomas Browne to Ms daughter Mrs. Lyttleton— Sept. 15, [1681.] Deaee Betty,—Tho it were noe wonder this very tem- pestious and stormy winter, yet I am sorry you had such an uncomfortable sight as to behold a ship cast away so neer you; this is noe strange tho unwelcom sight at Yarmouth, Cromer, Winterton, and sea towns : tho you could not saue them, I hope they were the better for your prayers, both](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22650337_0001_0489.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
