HISTORY
OF
FRIAR BACON.
CHAP. I.
Friar Bacon's Parentage and Birth; and by what Means be became ſo great a Scholar. How the King ſent for him from Oxford to ſhew him his Art; and in what ſtrange Manner he pleaſed his five Senſes: and the comical Pranks he played with a Courtier ſent to fetch him.
THE famous Friar Bacon, whose name has spread through the whole world, was born in Lancashire; his father's name was Ralph Bacon, and his name was Roger, From his infancy he was observed to have profound judgment, and a pregnant wit; and as he grew up he was a great reader of books,, and very desirous of learning; which he took so fast, that in a few years his school-
master
