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111. *** British Empire in America, vol.i.p.
372. **** Purnet. Notwithstanding his narrow revenue, and his freedom from all vanity, he lived in such magnificence, that he possessed four and twenty palaces, all of them elegantly and completely furnished; insomuch that, when he removed from one to another, he was not obliged to transport any thing along with him. Cromwell, though himself a barbarian was not insensible to literary merit.
Usher, notwithstanding his being a bishop, received a pension from him.
Marvel and Milton were in his service.
Waller, who was his relation, was caressed by him.
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