“Mr. Beauchamp, a young man of learning and fine parts, happened to make an acquaintance with Mr. Grandison in the island of Candia, where they met as countrymen, which from a sympathy of minds, grew immediately into an intimacy that will hardly ever end. This young gentleman, in the course of his travels, visiting Athens, about this time, was informed of the doctor’s misfortune, by one of the eight Christians, who constituted the tri-bunal above-mentioned, and who was an affectionate friend of the doctor’s, though forbidden to busy him-self in his cause; and Mr. Beauchamp (who had heard Mr. Grandison speak of the doctor with an uncommon affection) knowing that Mr. Grandison was then at Constantinople, dispatched a man on purpose, to acquaint him with the affair, and with all the particulars he could get of the case, authenti-catedasmuch as the nature of the thins: would admit.

“Mr. Grandison was equally grieved and asto-nished at the information. He instantly applied to the English ambassador at the Porte, as also to the French minister there, with whom he had made an acquaintance: they to the grand vizir: and an or-der was issued for setting the doctor at liberty. Mr. Grandison, in order to urge the dispatch of the chiaux, who carried it, accompanied him, and ar-rived at Athens, just as the vay vode had determined to get rid of the whole affair in a private manner (the doctor’s finances being exhausted) by the bow-string. The danger endeared the doctor to Mr. Grandison; a relief so seasonable endeared Mr. Grandison to the doctor; to them both Mr. Beau-champ, who would not stir from Athens, till he had seen him delivered; having busied himself in the interim, in the best manner he could (though he was obliged to use caution and secrecy) to do him ser-vice, and to suspend the fatal blow.

“Here was a cement to a friendship (that had been begun between the young gentlemen from likeness of manners) between them and the doctor, whom they have had the goodness ever since to re-gard, as their father: and to this day it is one of the doctor’s delights to write to his worthy son Beau-champ all that he can come at, relating to the life and actions of a man, whom the one regards as an example, the other as an honour to the human race.