Having discharged this duty to the memory of my deceased friend, I
went on in my new province, instructing my little pupils in the
rudiments of the Latin tongue, to the mutual satisfaction of both
their parents and myself. As soon as I had gotten a little money in
my pocket, which as a premium without compact I received from them,
I took the first opportunity to return to my friend William
Penington the money which he had so kindly furnished me with in my
need, at the time of my imprisonment in Bridewell, with a due
acknowledgment of my obligation to him for it. He was not at all
forward to receive it, so that I was fain to press it upon him.
While thus I remained in this family various suspicions arose in the
minds of some concerning me with respect to Mary Penington's fair
daughter Guli; for she having now arrived at a marriageable age, and
being in all respects a very desirable woman--whether regard was had
to her outward person, which wanted nothing to render her completely
comely; or to the endowments of her mind, which were every way
extraordinary and highly obliging; or to her outward fortune, which
was fair, and which with some hath not the last nor the least place
in consideration--she was openly and secretly sought and solicited
by many, and some of them almost of every rank and condition, good
and bad, rich and poor, friend and foe.
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