our with King James, "who any prince in Christendom." ch he translated into Latin, do good offices therewith." i great. He it was who was nding representatives to the Bishop of Winchester, being ing" Andrewes. hies that Francis Cleark, Knt., of Sydney College, augmenting the buildings. And yet the a stranger to the foundation; "pitched upon it" because it "But I have been informed ely to Cambridge, to see unseen, daily presence in the Hall, with ps, and diligent performance of place unto him."2 In the same mest paid by Chief Justice Bramtegrity of the Judge, "effectually wherein I was bred."s Dr. Ward relating to these benefactions, to as in his Hist. Camb. Of John Lord Worthies that his days were "not a desires of the lovers and honourers especially of the Society in Sydney a most bountiful benefactor."4 of Sydney College was a skull, said by ought from a well in Candia, which, says over with stone, yet so as the bone the middle, as by a casual breach thereof kull was sent for [through Dr. Harvey] by whilst I lived in the house, by him safely the college, being a prince as desirous in serve other's propriety, as to satisfy his own. WARD,6 who became Fuller's tutor-"my Reve rdshire, p. 118. he was not akin. (Aubrey's Letters, iii. 572.) Seth entered the college in 1632, being taken by Dr. Ward into his "more especial care, lodging him in his own apartment and allowing him the use of his library; in a word, treating him as if he had been his own and only son." (Pope's Life of Bishop Ward, chap. ii.) scholars, whom our parents have bred up at the Fountains of Learning and Religion, till our Portions are almost shrunk into our Education."1 SYDNEY (or more correctly Sydney-Sussex) COLLEGE was a new foundation in Fuller's time, having been erected at a cost of £5,000, by Frances Sidney, aunt of Sir Philip Sidney and widow of the Earl of Sussex. Here originally was a house of the Franciscans, founded by Edward I. In Fuller's day the area of their church was "easily visible in Sydney College garden, where the depression and subsidency of their bowlinggreen east and west, present the dimensions thereof; and I have oft found dead men's bones thereabouts." The site, which was purchased from Trinity College by the foundress' executors, was formerly very extensive; and the church was one of the largest in the town, being used by the University for their public Exercises and Commencements up to 1507. After the erection of the new college, the refectory of the Friary was converted into a chapel, and was so used up to 1776. Fuller tells us that some had falsely reported that the building was once a stable. Accordingly both it, and Corpus Christi and Emanuel Colleges, were in 1629 "presented "by Bishop Wrenn to Archbishop Laud, and by him to the King, as unconsecrated; "with which his majesty was much displeased, and determined for their consecration." But Fuller with others "their equals in learning and religion" contended that the continued series of divine duties performed in the chapel for more than thirty years did effectually consecrate it.o Fuller quaintly terms the foundation a Benjamin college, "the least, and last in time, and born after the death of its mother." Though a "little babe," the college was, says Fuller, "well battelled "s under the fostering care of its early Masters and others, who increased its small revenues. Its first Master was Dr. James Mountagu (afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells), who was a benefactor both to it and the University. He was the advocate of " Low Church" views, being known for his Puritan inclinations; and his opinions gave a reputation to the college for many years. The promotion of Mountagu was 1 Sermon Of Assurance, p. 15. 2 Hist. Camb. sect. ii. § 23 seq.; Cole's MSS. vol. xx. fol. 107, vol. xlvii. fol. 93. Grew fat. Fuller often employs this word, obsolete but for the fact that battels are still the daily allowances of food to the students at Oxford, as also expenses for provisions. In the Pisgah-Sight, e.g., we have: Bethsan, in Issachar, "afterwards called Nysa by humane writers from Nysa, Bacchus his nurse, whom he is said there solemnly to have buried. A jolly dame, no doubt, as appears by the well battling of the plump boy her nursery" [ie. a nurse's charge]. (ii. 177. See also ii. 217 and iii. 347.) very rapid: he was highly in favour with King James, "who did ken a man of merit as well as any prince in Christendom." The works of the pedant monarch he translated into Latin, "and improved his greatness to do good offices therewith." i His influence at the Court was great. He it was who was the mover in the design for sending representatives to the Synod of Dort. He died (1618) Bishop of Winchester, being succeeded by "that gulf of learning" Andrewes. 66 Fuller duly notes in his Worthies that Francis Cleark, Knt., was one of the noble benefactors of Sydney College, augmenting the scholarships and extending the buildings. And yet the worthy knight, he tells us, was a stranger to the foundation; and some said that his charity "pitched upon it" because it was the "youngest foundation." But I have been informed that Sir Francis, coming privately to Cambridge, to see unseen, took notice of Doctor Ward his daily presence in the Hall, with the scholars' conformity in caps, and diligent performance of exercises; which indeared this place unto him." In the same book, Fuller alludes to a bequest paid by Chief Justice Bramstone, as an instance of the integrity of the Judge, "effectually relating to the foundation wherein I was bred."3 Dr. Ward gave our author particulars relating to these benefactions, to which there are also allusions in his Hist. Camb. Of John Lord Harrington, he says in The Worthies that his days were "not according to the hopes and desires of the lovers and honourers of virtue in this nation, especially of the Society in Sydney College, whereto he was a most bountiful benefactor."4 Among the curiosities of Sydney College was a skull, said by Fuller to have been brought from a well in Candia, which, says he, "was candied all over with stone, yet so as the bone remained entire in the middle, as by a casual breach thereof did appear. This skull was sent for [through Dr. Harvey] by King Charles; and, whilst I lived in the house, by him safely again returned to the college, being a prince as desirous in such cases to preserve other's propriety, as to satisfy his own curiosity." 5 Dr. SAMUEL WARD, who became Fuller's tutor "my Reve 1 Worthies, § Northamptonshire, p. 284. Ibid. § Bedfordshire, p. 118. 3 Ibid. Essex, p. 329. 6 DR. Seth WARD (afterwards Bishop of Sarum) was also of this college, being a Servitor to Dr. Samuel Ward, to whom he was not akin. (Aubrey's Letters, rend Tutor," he terms him'-had been Master of Sydney College since 1609. We have already met with him as interested in young Fuller, through the friendship of the former with Dr. Davenant. As the connection between Ward and his pupil was now, and had been for some time, very intimate, a few particulars of him may be noted. Ward belonged to a Durham family "of more ancientry than estate," and had received his education at Christ and Emanuel Colleges. He soon acquired the reputation of being one of the most learned theologians of the day, and was accordingly chosen as a representative at the Synod of Dort. He became chaplain to Mountagu, the former Master of Sidney, through whose influence he was afterwards made chaplain to the King. At one time of his life, Dr. Ward was beneficed at Much-Munden, Hertfordshire: he had other preferment in the diocese of Bath and Wells, and in the province of York. He was an exact linguist, and was one of the translators of the Bible. To him, with eight other divines at Cambridge, was assigned a portion of the Apocrypha; and so well did they perform their task that the revisers of the whole volume-Drs. Smith and Raynolds-complimented Ward upon the production. On the promotion of his friend Dr. Davenant, then Margaret Professor, to the See of Sarum, Dr. Ward succeeded to the former office,—an appointment entirely in accordance with Dr. Davenant's wish: he held it for above twenty years. He followed the theology of Calvin; and in 1628, i.e. about the time that Fuller entered, Laud complained of this college, Emanuel (under Dr. Preston), and St. John's, as being "nurseries of Puritanism," and as calling for "reform." Towards the close of his life, Dr. Ward was much opposed to the practices of Laud and the Court clergy. Under Dr. Ward's conscientious mastership the college was very prosperous, having about 140 students. He devoted himself to the advancement of his pupils. And how entirely the college was devoted to him is proved by the particulars which have been put on record by his pupils, Fuller and Seth Ward. Lloyd also gives us the following particulars of Dr. Ward's college life: "[He was] so good a man that he was Tutor as well as Master to the whole college; yea, kept almost as big a college by his goodness, as he governed by his place; more depending upon him there and abroad as a benefactor, than did as a governour. Being a great recommender, as well as an incourager of worth, he used to say that he knew nothing that 1 Worthies, § Warwickshire, p. 128. 2 Tanner MSS., Ixxiii. 25. Church and State suffered more by, than the want of a due knowledge of those worthy men that were peculiarly enabled and designed to serve both. And, as another argument of his goodness, he went always along with the moderate in the censure of preachers in the University, practices in the courts that were under his jurisdiction: and, in opinions in the Convocation whereof he was a member, much pleased with a modest soft way." As regards the Master's college-duties, documents are in existence which seem to show his almost morbid sensitiveness in relation to them. As to his connection with the measures proposed for Church-government, the Long Parliament assigned him an important position in the Assembly of Divines; but he preferred the quiet of his college to the strife of debate. 3 4 It seems to have been Fuller's lot during his college-life to have been closely associated with those whose characters were not marked by extreme opinions. This was pre-eminently the case with Dr. Ward. His pupil says of him that "he was counted a Puritan before these times, and Popish in these times; and yet being always the same, was a true Protestant at all times." Fuller afterwards included Dr. Ward among his Worthies, where, however, he does not in his own words speak of him at any length, "because the pen of a pupil may probably be suspected of partiality." What little he does say is finely put. "He turned with the times as a rock riseth with the tide; and for his uncomplying therewith was imprisoned in St. John's College in Cambridge. . . He died [Sept.] anno 1643, and was the first man buried in Sidney College Chapel." One of his former pupils, the Earl of Manchester, attended the funeral. Another, Seth Ward, accompanied him throughout all his imprisonment, and received his last words, which were, "God bless the King and my Lord Hopton!"5 Fuller again mentions Ward in the Hist. Camb., whence we gather that the cause of his imprisonment was that in March 1643 he with other heads of houses refused to contribute to the Parliament the money which was demanded "so to redeem their forwardness in supplying the King," in July, 1642. "Yet was he a Moses," says his pupil, "not only for slowness of speech, but, otherwise, meekness of nature. Indeed, when in my private thoughts I have beheld him and Dr. Collins, (disputable whether more different or |