But", pursues he, " not too much of this, lest a
partial Affection steal, as unawares, into my
Commendation, as one, by my Mother, descended from
his Loins, and by my Birth a Member of the House (d)."

But Mr. Carew hath given us an account of his Ancestors, which I shall
set down here, that the Reader may see they were no less distinguished
by the great Estates in their possession, than by the Noble Families
they were allyed to. Speaking of the Lyner, which, with the Tamer,
discharges itself into the Sea above Plymouth;

"A little within this Mouth of Lyner", says
he (e), " standeth East-Antonie, the poore home of
mine Ancestours, with which in this manner they
were invested:

Sir John Lerchedekne ------- of Ashton in Devon.
Touching our Stock in general", pursues our Author
(f), " and my Family in particular -------------
our Queen."

The Pregnancy of his Parts being much above his Age, he was sent to
Oxford in the Year 1566, being then but eleven Years old, and

"(g) became a Gentleman Commoner of Christ Church .......
but had his Chamber in Broadgate's Hall:"

And three Years after he was call'd to dispute with the incomparable
Sir Philip Sidney, who was a Year older than he (h).