Memoria Wilsoniana. Or, Some dues unto the memory of the truly Reverend & renowned…

S. 2. Mr. John Wilson, descending from Eminent Ancestors, was Born at Windsor in the Wonderful Year 1588. The Third Son of Dr. William Wilson, a Prebend of St. Pauls, of Rochester and of Windsor, and Rector of Cliff: having for his Mother, a Niece of Dr. Edmund Grindal, the most Worthily Renowned Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. His exact Education under his Parents, which betimes Tinged him with an Aversation to Vice, and above all, to the very shadow of a Lye, fitted him to Undergo the further Education, which he received in Eaton-College, under Udall (and Langely) whom now we may Venture, after Poor Tom Tusser, to call, The Severest of Men. Here he was most Remarkably Twice Delivered from Drowning; but at his Book, he made such Proficiency, that while he was the Least Boy in the School, he was made a Propositor; and when the Duke of Biron Ambassador from the French King Henry IV, to Queen Elizabeth, Visited the School, he made a Latin Oration, for which the Duke bestowed Three Angels upon him. After four years Continuance at Eaton, he was Removed unto Cambridge, between the Fourteenth and Fifteenth year of his Age; and Admitted into Kings College ⟨p. 4⟩in the year 1602. When he came to stand for a Fellowship in that College, his Antipathy to some Horrid Wickednesses, whereto a Detestable Wretch that had been Acquainted with him, would have betrayed him, caused that Malicious Wretch by Devised and Accursed Slanders to ruin so far the Reputation of this Chaste Youth with the other Fellows, that had not the […], who was a Serious and a Reverend Person, interposed for him, he had utterly lost his Privilege; which now by the Major Vote he Obtained. But this Affliction put him upon many Thoughts and Prayers before the Lord.

S. 2. Mr. Iohn Wilson, descending from Eminent Ancestors, was Born at Winsor in the Wonderful Year 1588. The Third Son of Dr. William Wilson, a Prebend of St. Pauls, of Rochester and of Winsor, and Rector of Cliff: having for his Mother, a Neece of Dr. Edmund Grindal, the most Worthily Renowned Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. His exact Education under his Parents, which betimes Tinged him with an Aversation to Vice, and above all, to the very shadow of a Lye, fitted him to Undergoe the further Education, which he received in Eaton-Colledge, under Udal (and Langely) whom now we may Venture, after Poor Tom Tusser, to call, The Severest of Men. Here he was most Remarkably Twice Delivered from Drowning; but at his Book, he made such Proficiency, that while he was the Least Boy in the School, he was made a Propositor; and when the Duke of Biron Embassador from the French King Henry IV, to Queen Elizabeth, Visited the School, he made a Latin Oration, for which the Duke bestowed Three Angels upon him. After four years Continuance at Eaton, he was Removed unto Cambridge, between the Fourteenth and Fifteenth year of his Age; and Admitted into Kings Colledge