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learning. he was uncle to Mrs. Vincent i.e. bro^r. to her mo^r. Mr Clarks wife, where Iſaac had lodgd at Grantham. this seems to be the reaſon of his going to that college. the Dr. had a particular kindneſs for him & gave him all the incouragemt. imaginable, ſenſible of the lads great merit.

^Xthe D^r. was bred at Grantham school, & was rector of Boothby pannel hard by.

I have very little to ſay about S^r. Iſaacs life, whilſt he was reſident in the Univerſity. I left that part of his history intirely to Mr Conduit: having no opportunity of inquiry concerning it, whilſt I lived at Grantham. at that time it might have been done to purpose. D^r. Bentley knew a good deal of it. & I believe D^r. Colbach.

^*D^r. Cotes had wrote ſomewhat on S^r. Iſaac

It were to be wiſhed still, that ſome perſon of that Univerſity would pick up the remembrances of this important life, whilst they possibly are to be had. D^r. Halley had wrote a considerable quantity of papers relating to this subject. but he w^d. not communicate them to Mr Conduit.

I have heard it as a tradition, whilſt I was student at Cambridg, that when S^r. Iſaac stood for bachelor of arts degree, he was put to ſecond poſing, or lost his groats, as they term it; wh is lookd upon as diſgraceful. I can't tell whether it be true or not; but it ſeems no ſtrange thing at that time of day, notwithſtanding S^r. Isaac's great