ave forgotten the two first of the stanza; but the purport of them was, that
his censures proceeded from good-will, and, therefore, he would be known to
be the author.
"Because to be a libeller (says he) I hate it with my heart; From Sherburne
town, where now I dwell My name I do put here; Without offense your real friend,
It is Peter Folgier."
My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to
the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me,
as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. My early readiness in
learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when
I could not read), and the opinion of all his friends, that I should certainly
make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin,
too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his short-hand volumes of sermons,
I suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his c
