aptf lfef^them iifï Föaïmënt to tK ë ^ r e ê^ K ^ ^ fo fë ^ ^ ^ fe .
-Revenues are of late very much eridBeafècPfcy the FeoffeéS'of thé
School^1 who out of the impróvments,haVë a s ^ lh èöKfidédbly
augmenteTthe Matters
low’di&Waftïs the; mimfai&ricè lïf fflëh Sêtófa^aÜ ttfé Hiwer-
'fiy/Wffle°Wa^e& of flie Co|e|ëV! and É | Ri^h-Maflër
‘think feqüirfte^ and Ha^e befidés, f° r fomé'Years paft, -added a
-Third Mattier^ for Whom they have alreadyë ife ltëdNewy-and
convenient School, at the end off the other. ■'
j Befides thefe publiek Benefa&fofts, and Endowment^ * there
have been federal other füms of Mónéys, afiTafdnuil Rëvehbes,
left and bequeathed tö "thePobr of the faidTów», by fevëral
Perfonsf Whr are thereby,with the Charity df the pretóóf 'Inhabitants,
competently provided for, without ftarving at home, or
being forced tö feek relief abroad.
? Let usdojfuftice tóSthëMemory
iof Broad§toner Efqjl who has noblji added^to the lénefaiaiofelöf
the publiek School four Exhibitions ; The” Scholars are to be
Batchellodrs of Arts, :in the College of -Brazen*Nofe? in Oxford^
thefe are to be elected by the Wardens of Manchester ^ the ReStor
of Bury, and Parfon of PreStwich then Living, they are at present
of 'Value betwixt Twenty, and Thirty Pounds per Annum
each, but after the Death of his Lady, will advance to near Sisf-
ty Pounds a piece Yearly; and thefe they ar.e to hold till they
have commenced Matters of Arts, and I do believe they will then
be the beft Exhibitions in that Univerfity.
The Town gives Title to an Honourable Family, Henry
Mouniague, being Created Earl of Mancefter by King Charles I.
Ann. Doiw. 1625. which Honour is now poffeffed by Edward
his Grand Child, third Earl of the faid Family; This account was
given me by my honour’d Friend the Reverend , and Learned
Dr. Wroey the Prefent Warden of the Collegiate Church at Man-
chefter^ within which Church, are inferiptions of fome Eminent
Perfons.
1 At Maclesfield in Chejbire Mas a CollegefFounded by Thomas
■Savage firft Bifhop of London^ and afterwards Areh-Bifhop of
Tor/:, in which; feveral of that noble Family, the Savages, are buried
3: as alfo of the Family of Dunhani,? which fiom Mammon'de
Adajf}-, By the Fittms^ and Venables'1 came Hereditarily to the
famous Family of Booth. , \
P After thefe Learned arid Charitable Perfohages, let us rank 6-.
thers Eminent for natural difeoveiies,Bbf which the'le Coun .V~j
hive riot1 Been1 altogether-Barren; The WorlJtbw^ a» great
riyetlfeigatienitto the gre-aniiHuftpy, and 'Knowledge of Richard
Tovonley^ of 7 owrefey, Efq; which will be the beft 'Underftdod'by
k^efeL'UfMsisoWtt Exfferiilejfft, fanftil^ffforrnaBj^^e-i
His • Letter to Dr. Croon^ touching the invention of dividing
a FdotI into; many thoufand-Parts for Mathematical purpdfes is If
w l y i i t
‘“{Ftnain^inon^ df^e daft PHilofdphicaL Tfahfa€fiOns^ ‘ffow
ffl fou® Mi! iMa2toiefiedhs?,llls^i't*€ailftfe' of divM2l | s:4'Tocl: tftto
^/fl8ar ^ocfoJpii'ts ^ and taking ’thereby Airgle^ to%el^F|f|at
“^xa&nefs'j Tam told, Tfoil bedOOked-Upon as :4i '^Wat wrong-
er of oUr'Nation , fhou’d T not let the W ofld: kriOw, :that'
<;t$utwrforheP lfcdtter’d5 PipeFsHnd, Letters,-' thaf fotmerly earn'd
^%b3n3y^ndi,%t4;(^tffle^ata':efithtfo jpaftsponeiMf(rafffiignSj
^ifodnd-Out,-thatlbefOre theclate Givil Wals*(l he bad'hot on I j/f
^odevtfed-ad inftfament of a& gfeat&Tswer,. asiMrAdrift,! ifeiifc
& hid'klfo for-fome Yeads made ufe of it, riot only for taking the
tDiafoeteis OfsthePlanetsy 1 add diftaijicefcoppnl L^d j Jluif jhad
f* dariher endfeavour’di bull of itsiPte<pfe®gjfs$ • to g&tbgt-tmany£§&
• Ataihties in tHteHeavens^ amongft whi^^Tfo^lliwlyid^ntipfii^e^
Sh J)ithe fmdingcthei Moon’sdiftante^ jfrom tw^@I?^rv^jg|iS^
‘friof'Hetf HorizQQtal,' and MeHdional Diatoiet^rs^E^ncIi; I «UfH®
^mpntion becaUfeiheTifwcfelAttfonQmer^eftecmsjhii^felf^te^fi*
^Ith^t took aipy foth notice,as thereby toTfilSle-tllie^g|i*s^arfJ|axi
tc-Fotjour GdunfnydMan 'fullyfcpnttdf^dDtihdfo^^
‘^dtitoah aequafintance of his, 1 wloothereupon pj^pgffdjtp bl11*
^»the difficujtiefcthat would toifo^ponj
%iconfiderations n^on the ftrange Nicetiei decefiiry to give hifo a
E u certainty