Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain…

He was well-set, and he was therewithal, of a very Comely, though a very Manly Countenance: A Countenance where any true skill in Physiognomy, would have read the Characters of a Generous Mind. Wherefore passing to his Interior, the very first Thing which there offered it self unto Observation, was a most incomparable Generosity.

He was well-set, and he was therewithal, of a very Comely, though a very Manly Countenance: A Countenance where any true skill in Physiognomy, would have read the Characters of a Generous Mind. Wherefore passing to his Interiour, the very first Thing which there offered it self unto Observation, was a most incomparable Generosity.

And of this, besides the innumerable Instances, which he gave in his usual Hatred of Dirty, or Little Tricks, there was one Instance for which I must freely say, I never saw Three Men in this World that Equalled him; this was, His wonderfully Forgiving Spirit. In the vast Variety of Business, through which ⟨p. 89⟩he Raced in his Time, he met with many, and mighty Injuries, but, although I have heard all, that the most venomous Malice could ever Hiss at his Memory, I never did hear unto this Hour, that he did ever once deliberately Revenge an Injury.

And of this, besides the innumerable Instances, which he gave in his usual Hatred of Dirty, or Little Tricks, there was one Instance for which I must freely say, I never saw Three Men in this World that Equal'd him; this was, His wonderfully Forgiving Spirit. In the vast Variety of Business, through which ⟨p. 89⟩he Raced in his Time, he met with many, and mighty Injuries, but, although I have heard all, that the most venemous Malice could ever Hiss at his Memory, I never did hear unto this Hour, that he did ever once deliberately Revenge an Injury.