wants and her ability.

"She was abstemious in her living, and in apparel void of all vain
ornaments. I must needs say, that her mind had a noble prospect:
her eye was to a better and more lasting inheritance, than can be
found below. This made her not overrate the honors of her station,
or the learning of the schools, of which she was an excellent
judge. Being once at Hamburgh, a religious person, whom she went
to see for religion's sake, remarked to her, that 'it was too
great an honor for him, that a visitant of her quality, who was
allied to so many great kings and princes of this world, should
come under his roof:' to whom she humbly replied, 'If they were
religious, as well as great, it would be an honor indeed; but if
you knew what that greatness was, as well as I do, you would value
it less.'

"After a religious meeting which we had in her chamber, she was
much affected, and said, 'It is a hard thing to be faithful to
what one knows. O, the way is strait! I am afraid I am not weighty
enough in my spirit to walk in it.'

"She once withdrew, on purpose to give her servants, who were
religiously disposed, the liberty of discoursing with us that they
might the more freely put what questions of conscience they
desired to be satisfied in. Sometimes she suffered both them and
the poorest persons of her town to sit by her in her own chamber,
where we had two meetings. I cannot forget her last words, when I
took my leave of her:--'Let me desire you to remember me, though I
live at so great a distance, and you should never see me more. I
thank you for this good time. Be assured that, though my condition
subjects me to divers temptations, yet my soul has strong desires
after the best things.'

"She lived till the age of sixty years, and then departed at her
house in Herwerden, in the year 1680, as much lamented as she had
been beloved by her people. To her real worth I do, with a
religious gratitude, dedicate this memorial."

Robert Boyle.

An eminent philosopher, and a truly good man, was the son of Richard, earl
of Cork, and was born at Lismore, in Ireland, in the year 1627. At Eton
School, where he was educated, he soon discovered a force of understanding
which promised great things, and a disposition to improve it to the
utmost. During his education, and before he was ten years