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Now a couple of less well known things about . He was intensely religious and among his religious writings was a tale, "Love and Religion Demonstrated in the Martyrdom of Theodora, and of Didymus".

Handel made it into an opera, "Theodora". Listen here: youtu.be/pe2AIay_Yy8

Link to the digitised book: books.google.ie/books?id=WJU0A

And for something lighter, here's 's satire of Boyle's "Occasional Reflections" publicdomainreview.org/collect

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