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THE FAMOUS
HISTORY
OF THE
LEARNED FRIAR BACON.
CHAP. I.
Friar Bacon's Birth and Parentage, and by what means he came to be ſo great a Scholar. How the King ſent for him from Oxford, and in what wonderful Manner he pleaſed the King's five Senſes: Alſo the comical Pranks be play'd with a Courtier ſent to fetch him.
THE famous Friar Bacon (whoſe name has ſpread through all the world) was born in Lancaſhire; his Father's name was Ralph Bacon, and his name Roger. From his infancy he was obſerved to have a profound pregnant wit; as he grew up, a great reader of books, and deſirous of learning, which to admiration he took ſo faſt, that his ſchool-maſter could teach him no further; and being about to ſend him home with commendations to his father, he fearing the worſt, humbly beſought him to
