works of piety and charity, prepare for a better state hereafter.

This noble knight had, in his early youth, contracted a strict
friendship with the only son of the Lord Lovel, a gentleman of eminent
virtues and accomplishments. During Sir Philip's residence in foreign
countries, he had frequently written to his friend, and had for a time
received answers; the last informed him of the death of old Lord Lovel,
and the marriage of the young one; but from that time he had heard no
more from him. Sir Philip imputed it not to neglect or forgetfulness,
but to the difficulties of intercourse, common at that time to all
travellers and adventurers. When he was returning home, he resolved,
after looking into his family affairs, to visit the Castle of Lovel,
and enquire into the situation of his friend. He landed in Kent,
attended by his Greek friend and two faithful servants, one of which
was maimed by the wounds he had received in the defence of his master.

Sir Philip went to his family seat in Yorkshire. He found his mother
and sister were dead, and his estates sequestered in the hands of
commissioners appointed by the Protector. He was obliged to prove the
reality of his claim, and the identity of his person (by the testimony
of some of the old servants of his family), after which every thing was
restored to him. He took possession of his own house, established his
household, settled the old servants in their former stations, and
placed those he brought home in the upper offices of his family. He
then left his friend to superintend his domestic affairs; and, attended
by only one of his old servants, he set out for the Castle of Lovel, in
the west of England. They travelled by easy journeys; but, towards the
evening of the second day, the servant was so ill and fatigued he could
go no further; he stopped at an inn where he grew worse every hour, and
the next day expired. Sir Philip was under great concern for the loss