Treasurer Salisbury, then Secretary of State, who sent him into Sir
John Wolstenholm's family, and gave him a small place in the Custom-
house, to enable him for the employment. He, being of good parts and
great capacity, in some time raised himself, by God's help, to get a
very great estate, for I have often heard him say that, besides his
education, he never had but twenty marks, which his father gave him
when he came to London, and that was all he ever had for a portion. He
made it appear with great truth that, during the time of the war, he
lost by the rebels above one hundred and thirty thousand pounds, and
yet he left his son sixteen hundred pounds a year in land, and gave
his daughter above twenty thousand pounds.

Now it is necessary to say something of my mother's education of me,
which was with all the advantages that time afforded, both for working
all sorts of fine works with my needle, and learning French, singing,
lute, the virginals and dancing, and notwithstanding I learned as well
as most did, yet was I wild to that degree, that the hours of my
beloved recreation took up too much of my time, for I loved riding in
the first place, running, and all active pastimes; in short, I was
that which we graver people call a hoyting girl; but to be just to
myself, I never did mischief to myself or people, nor one immodest
word or action in my life, though skipping and activity was my
delight, but upon my mother's death, I then began to reflect, and, as
an offering to her memory, I flung away those childnesses that had
formerly possessed me, and, by my father's command, took upon me
charge of his house and family, which I so ordered by my excellent
mother's example as found acceptance in his sight. I was very well
beloved by all our relations and my mother's friends, whom I paid a
great respect to, and I ever was ambitious to keep the best company,
which I have done, I thank God, all the days of my life. My father and