Note FH — THE 'LIVES' (continued 6)

(P. 323.) On fol. 30 of MS. Aubr. 9 is another draft of this paragraph:—'He had an elder brother, Francis Hobbes, a wealthy man, and had been alderman of the borough' (dupl. with 'towne'); 'by profession a glover, which is a great trade here and was heretofore greater. He was orbus. He contributed much, or altogether maintained his nephew Thomas at Magdalen Hall in Oxon; and when he dyed gave him an agellum (vocat. "the Gasten"), which lyes neer the horse faire: valet per annum 16 li. vel 18 li.'