Note LXXXVII — AUBREY'S 'BRIEF LIVES' (continued 5)
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] He was one of the best bowlers of his time in England. He playd at cards rarely well, and did use to practise by himselfe a bed, and there studyed how the best way of managing the cards could be. His sisters comeing to the Peccadillo-bowling-green crying for the feare he should loose all <their> portions.