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James, es, and folfnder of the College at Dulwich in Surry, was born in London, in the parish of St. Botolph, Sept. 1.1566 3001 dude is bolady and It It may appear Surprising, how one of Mr. Alleyn's profession should be enabled to erect such an edifice as Dulwich College, and liberally endow it for the maintenance of so many persons. But it must be observed that he had some paternal fortune, which though small, might lay a foundation, for his future

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profits he received from acting, to one of his provident disposttion, must have considerably improved his fortune besides, he was not only an actor, but master of a play-house, built at his own expence, by which he is said to have amassed considerable wealth. Such kind of donations ns have been frequently thought to proceed more from Vanity and ostentation than real piety, but this of Mr. Alleyn has been ascribed to a very Singular cause, for the devil has been said to be the first promoter of it, - Mr. Aubrey mentions a tradition, that Mr. Alleyn playing a demon with six Allenst others, in one of Shakspeare's plays, was in the midst of the play surprized by an apparition of the Devil, which so worked on his fancy, that he made a vow, which he performed by building Dulwich college.' He founded this institution for the maintenance of a master, a warden, and four fellows, three whereof were to be clergymen and the fourth an organist; also, six poor men and as many women, besides twelve poor boys, to be educated till the age of 14, and then bound out to some trade or calling.

He was himself the first master of his college, so that make use of the words of Mr. Haywood, one of his contemporaries, " He was so mingled with humility and charity, that he became his own pensioner, humbly submitting himself to that proportion of diet and cloaths which he had bestowed on others." He died Nov. 25, 1626, in the 61st year of his age, and was buried in the chapel of his new college."

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ALMAGRO (DIEGO a native of Spain, con cerning whose parentage we know nothing, as he was ing. He, however, at an early period of his life, entered into the profession of arms, and soon dis covered himself to be a man of intrepid valour, inde fatigable activity, and insurmountable constancy in enསམ་ར during hardships.

About the year 1523 being then settled at Panat ma, in South America, he, together with Pizarro, a man of obscure birth, who could neither read nor write, and Hernando de Luque, a priest and school master formed the mighty, project of conquering the empire of Peru, They accordingly sailed upon this apparently romantic expedition, with only 70 mens and arrived at the continent, Nov., 1524, where being defeated by the natives, and Almagro, having lost an evoy eye, they returned to Panama. The disaster, hows ever, was so far from inducing them to relinquish their scheme, that on the contrary it seemed to afford them a fresh stimulus, to gratify their avarice and ambition. We accordingly find them setting out with 80 men early in the year 1526, and arriving at Tacamez to the south of to the south of the river Emeraulds, on the coast of Quito, but meeting with a warmer recepis tion from the natives than they expected, they weres obliged to retire to Galloa, an island at some distance from the co continent, where Pizarro remained with part of the troops, whilst Almagro was dispatched to Par ama for farther reinforcements.. But the new gove ernor, a more timid man than his predecessor, con cluding, that an expedition attended with such cert tain waste of men was highly detrimental to an ind fant and feeble colony, not only prohibited any fatther new levies, but dispatched a vessel to recall Pier ther new

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Almagro and De Luques finding, that if Pizarro should obey this order, their expectations would bel entirely disappointed, sent word to him privately advising him not to relinquish an enterprize which

was the foundation of all their Hopes, and the only ir means of re-establishing their reputation and fortune, both of which were on the decline. Pizarro accordingly refused to comply " But his men but his men being generally

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monstrances of his own most attached friends, he had spared their lives, when he had them in his power, and entreated them to suffer him to pass the wretched remains of his days, in bewailing his crimes and making his peace with Heaven: but the brothers were inexorable. He was accordingly beheaded in 1538, in the 75th year of his age.

ALMAGRO (DIEGO,) the son of the former by an Indian woman, was at Lima at the time of his fu ther's death, and had by him been named successor to his government, pursuant to a power, which the emperer had granted in the original patent. In 1541, those! who bad been attached to the fortunes of the old A magro, and others, who were dissatisfied with the ty raniry of the Pizarros, resorted to Lima, where the house of young Almagro was open to them. On the 26th June of the same year, he headed a number of