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ROSICRUC1AN APOLOGISTS : JOHN HEYDON. 327
handsome straight body ;
an ovall, ruddy face, mixed with
a clear white, his hair of a dark flaxen-brown colour, soft,
and curling in rings gently at the ends of the locks ; his
hands and fingers long and slender, his legs and feet well
proportioned, so that to look upon he is a very com-
pleat gentleman. But he never yet cast affection on a
woman, nor do I find him inclined to marry. He is very
often in great ladies' chambers, and, I believe, his modest
behaviour makes them the more delighted in his company.
The princes and peers, not only of England but of Spain,
Italy, France, and Germany, send to him dayly, and upon
every occasion he sheweth strong parts and a vigorous
brain. His wishes and aimes speak him owner of a noble
and generous heart ; his excellent books are admired by
the world of lettered men as prodigies of these later times ;
indeed (if I am able to judge anything), they are full of
the profoundest learning I ever met withall. Tf any man
should question my judgement, they may read the comen-
dations of both universities, besides the learned Thomas
White and Thomas Kevell, Esquires, both famous in Rome
and other parts beyond sea, that have highly honoured this
gentleman in their books. Yet he hath suffered many
misfortunes. His father was sequestered, imprisoned, and
lost two thousand pounds by Cromwell ; this Oliver im-
prisoned this son also two years and a half, or thereabout,
in Lambeth House, for he and his father's family were
always for the king,
and endeavoured to the utmost his
restoration ; and indeed the tyrant was cruel, but John
Thurloe, his secretary, was kind to him, arid pittied his
curious youth. Joshua Leadbeater, the messenger, kept
him (at his request and Mr John Bradley's) at his own
house, and gave him often leave to go abroad, but being yet