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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THROUGH ENGLAND ON A SIDE SADDLE ***
+
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+                            Through England
+
+                            On a Side Saddle
+
+
+                    IN THE TIME OF WILLIAM AND MARY
+
+
+                           BEING THE DIARY OF
+
+                            _CELIA FIENNES._
+
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+                             --------------
+
+
+                        WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
+
+                        THE HON. MRS GRIFFITHS.
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+                         ---------------------
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+
+
+
+                                _LONDON:
+                Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.
+            Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co._
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+                               ----------
+
+          _New York: Scribner & Welford, 743 & 745, Broadway._
+
+                                   --
+
+                                  1888
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
+[Illustration:
+
+  FIELD & TUER,
+  THE LEADENHALL PRESS, E.C.
+  (T. 4346)
+]
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
+
+
+                             _THIS VOLUME_
+
+                                   IS
+
+                               Dedicated
+
+                         TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF
+
+                               My Father,
+
+                       13TH BARON SAYE AND SELE.
+
+                                                  E. W. G.
+
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+                             INTRODUCTION.
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+                                -------
+
+THE account of the several journeys through England undertaken by my
+kinswoman, Celia Fiennes, in the reign of William and Mary, may prove
+interesting, as shewing the manners and customs of those times. The
+writer’s diligent and attentive observation of details concerning the
+various counties through which she passed, either on horseback or in her
+equipage, and her descriptions of the many gentlemen’s seats visited by
+her, seem worthy of notice and preservation. Numerous towns are
+described, and a great many churches and country seats—some of which
+doubtless no longer exist—are minutely detailed. There being little
+literature of this kind and period in existence, Celia Fiennes’s diary
+almost takes the position and value of an historical document. The
+portion relating to London is interesting. The Lord Mayor’s Show and
+other ceremonies are fully described. The perusal of these quaint and
+straight-forward pages, in which there is little pretence to style,
+gives a good idea of what England was two hundred years back. The only
+actual date mentioned is 1695. The absence of roads strikes one, and
+also the unimportance of what are now the great manufacturing districts
+of the north. Bristol appears to have been the second city in the
+kingdom. The fashionable baths and spas and style of bathing are
+minutely described. With the exception of the dome, St Paul’s Cathedral
+was finished, and Whitehall Palace had recently been burned—the
+authoress suspects by Papist incendiaries.
+
+The original MS., given to me by my father, has been copied verbatim, as
+I believe any correction or alteration would spoil its quaint
+originality. Celia Fiennes was daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes, a
+Parliamentarian Officer, by his marriage with Miss Whitehead, and was
+sister of the third Viscount Saye and Sele.
+
+
+                                                  EMILY W. GRIFFITHS.
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+                             TO THE READER.
+
+                                -------
+
+AS this was never designed: soe not likely to fall into the hands of any
+but my near relations, there needs not much to be said to Excuse or
+recommend it. Something may be diverting and proffitable tho’ not to
+Gentlemen that have travelled more about England, staid longer in
+places, might have more acquaintance and more opportunity to be
+inform’d. My Journeys as they were begun to regain my health by variety
+and change of aire and exercise, soe whatever promoted that was pursued;
+and those informations of things as could be obtein’d from jnns en
+passant, or from some acquaintance, inhabitants of such places could
+ffurnish me with for my diversion, I thought necessary to remark: that
+as my bodily health was promoted my mind should not appear totally
+unoccupied, and the collecting it together remain for my after
+conversation (with such as might be inquisitive after such and such
+places) to w^{ch} might have recourse; and as most I converse with knows
+both the ffreedom and Easyness I speak and write as well as my deffect
+in all, so they will not expect exactness or politeness in this book,
+tho’ such Embellishments might have adorned the descriptions and suited
+the nicer taste.
+
+Now thus much without vanity may be asserted of the subject, that if all
+persons, both Ladies, much more Gentlemen, would spend some of their
+tyme in Journeys to visit their native Land, and be curious to Inform
+themselves and make observations of the pleasant prospects, good
+buildings, different produces and manufactures of each place, with the
+variety of sports and recreations they are adapt to, would be a
+souveraign remedy to cure or preserve ffrom these Epidemick diseases of
+vapours, should I add Laziness?—it would also fform such an Idea of
+England, add much to its Glory and Esteem in our minds and cure the evil
+Itch of overvalueing fforeign parts; at least ffurnish them with an
+Equivalent to entertain strangers when amongst us, Or jnform them when
+abroad of their native Country, which has been often a Reproach to the
+English, ignorance and being strangers to themselves. Nay the Ladies
+might have matter not unworthy their observation, soe subject for
+conversation, within their own compass in each county to which they
+relate, and thence studdy now to be serviceable to their neighbours
+especially the poor among whome they dwell, which would spare them the
+uneasye thoughts how to pass away tedious dayes, and tyme would not be a
+burthen when not at a card or dice table, and the ffashions and manners
+of fforeign parts less minded or desired. But much more requisite is it
+for Gentlemen in g^l service of their country at home or abroad, in town
+or country, Especially those that serve in parliament to know and jnform
+themselves y^e nature of Land, y^e Genius of the Inhabitants, so as to
+promote and improve Manufacture and trade suitable to each and encourage
+all projects tending thereto, putting in practice all Laws made for each
+particular good, maintaining their priviledges, procuring more as
+requisite; but to their shame it must be own’d many if not most are
+Jgnorant of anything but the name of the place for which they serve in
+parliament; how then can they speake for or promote their good or
+Redress their Grievances? But now I may be justly blamed to pretend to
+give acc: of our Constitution, Customs, Laws, Lect, matters farre above
+my Reach or capacity, but herein I have described what have come within
+my knowledge either by view and reading, or relation from others which
+according to my conception have faithfully Rehearsed, but where I have
+mistaken in any form or subject matter I easily submitt to a correction
+and will enter such Erratas in a supplement annext to y^e Book of some
+particulars since remark’d; and shall conclude with a hearty wish and
+recommendation to all, but Especially my own Sex, the studdy of those
+things which tends to Improve the mind and makes our Lives pleasant and
+comfortable as well as proffitable in all the Stages and Stations of our
+Lives, and render suffering and age supportable and Death less
+fformidable and a future State more happy.
+
+
+                                        CELIA FIENNES.
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+                               THE DIARY
+
+                                   OF
+
+                            _CELIA FIENNES_
+
+                                -------
+
+
+                           _THE ACCOUNT OFF_
+
+severall Journeys into severall parts of England with many Remarkes;
+some w^{th} my mother from Newtontony Wiltshire which is all on the
+downs a fine Champion Country pleasant for all sports, Rideing, Hunting,
+Courseing, Setting and shooteing. From Newtontony I went to Sarum 8
+miles which is a Citty and Bishop’s Seat, pretty Large town Streetes
+broad but through y^e midst of them runs a little rivulet of water which
+makes y^e Streetes not so clean or so easye to pass in, they have stepps
+to Cross it and many open places for horses and Carriages to Cross
+itt—itt takes off Much from the beauty of y^e streetes—the Cause of it
+was from the burning of the old town called Salsebury which was on a
+hill about a mile off this and it was so drye and farre from springs
+that it was destroyed by fire and only the ruines of the Castle is to be
+seen like a high wall with fortifications: this town now Stands low by
+the water by a great River, the houses are old Mostly timber Buildings,
+there is a large Market House with the town hall over it and a prison
+Just by—there is also a large Cross in another place and house over it
+for a Constant Market for fruite, fowle, Butter and Cheese and a fish
+Market; the town is well served with all provissions; there is good
+buildings in that part they call the Close, both New built and y^e old
+good houses belonging to the doctors of the Church. Y^e Dean has a very
+good house and Gardens, so is the Bishop’s Palace at y^e end of a Row of
+trees—the roomes are lofty and Stately: all these houses are round y^e
+Cathedrall which is esteemed the finest in England in all respects, it
+only lyes low in a watry meadow so y^t the foundations is in the water,
+made of ffaggots and timber, yet notwithstanding its want of a Riseing
+ground to stand on y^e steeple is seen many miles off, the spire being
+so high it appeares to us below as sharpe as a Dagger, Yet is in the
+Compass on the top as bigg as a Cart wheele; its all stone and Carved
+finely with spires and Arches, there are severall doores into y^e
+Church, in the body of it stands the pulpet and seates on each side;
+there are two large Isle’s runnes up on either side; the font stands
+below opposite to the quire y^t enters w^{th} 2 or 3 steps assent from a
+large Cross Isle that leades to the Cloysters, in which is y^e Chapter
+house which is very large and supported only by one small stone Pillar
+in y^e middle, painted round the walls with figures Carved y^e whole
+accō: of the book of Genesis, the Windows are painted very finely—Much
+of the History of the Bible. There is as many little Chappels in the
+Church as months in a yeare, as many doores as weekes, as many Marble
+pillars as dayes, as many windows as houres, as many partitions in the
+windows as minutes in the year. The roofe of the Church is very lofty
+and exactly neate in all things though not so large as some other
+Cathedralls—the top of the Qoire is exactly painted and it lookes as
+fresh as if but new done though of 300 yeares standing—there is a very
+good organ and a deske for the reader raised so high even with the organ
+for y^e advantage of the voice to be heard, yet y^e Church is so lofty
+y^t y^e Eccos drowns y^e Intelligableness of the voice. The Comunion
+table, hangings and y^e booses are all of crimson velvet with gold
+fringe, 2 large Candlestickes gilt w^{th} great white tapers in them, a
+large gilt bason to receive y^e offerings in—there is many good
+monuments there, also there are ye Statues of the 3 bishops that built
+the Church cut in stone—there are two large fine monuments above y^e
+Rest—one all free stone for the lord George, his Effiges and ladyes att
+length on a bed in their Robes and ruffs on pillows, and y^e four
+pillars are twisted, and over it Angels, figures of birds, beasts,
+flowers and leaves very fine, there sits Justice w^{th} y^e ballance in
+her hand, one scale laying over y^e other twisted lookes very natural
+and well, with y^e wreathed work all in free stone with their Armes cut
+about in Escutheons all about it; the other is a monument for the Duke
+of Summerset all in marble, a large bed his Effigee in garment and ruff
+all in Coullours, his lady the same only she is laid one step above him
+because she was Daughter to the Dowager of ffrance and sister to Henry
+y^e 7^{th} of England by her second husband Charles brandon Duke of
+Suffolk.
+
+There is y^e Effiges of their 2 sonnes, Lord Beachom at their head and
+Lord Seymour at y^e feete in Armour on their Knees, and severall
+Daughters on their knees at y^e bottom and 12 pillars of Irish gray
+marble. The Armes is cutt finely in Escutcheons &c. and in figures with
+y^e supporters and severall sorts of beasts carved in a piramide
+fashion, and on y^e top the Duke’s Corronet—these 2 monum^{ts} are
+railed in with Iron grates, there is the Effigee in stone off a doctor
+that starved himself to death attempting to imitate our Saviour to fast
+40 dayes—but at 31 dayes end he became sensible of his evil and would
+have retrieved his life by eateing againe, but then by y^e Just judgment
+of god could not swallow any thing down his throate;—there is a chaple
+or burying place of Judge poppums that had two very wild sonnes and by 2
+pictures of his sonnes, pictured one with death y^e other with a
+skeleton and set in y^e room they were to come into by their father’s
+order, it pleased God to bless as a meanes to reclaim them. Ye pictures
+are still there; the windows of the Church but especially y^e Quire are
+very finely painted and large of y^e history of y^e bible—the tower ffor
+y^e bells are in y^e yard at some distance from the Church—there are 6
+Churches in the town and subburbs and y^e County Goal at y^e end of the
+town called ffisherton, just by the great river that runnes to
+Christ-Church in Salsebury. They keep the quarter session once in y^e
+yeare the oth^r tymes are kept at Malbrough about 24 mile off and at y^e
+Devises about y^e same distance w^{ch} is a very neate little town with
+a very good market house and town hall sett on stone pillars; it is a
+bourrough and a very rich tradeing place ffor the Clothing trade, the
+fourth place y^e session is kept is Warminster about y^e same
+distance—its a pretty little town a good Market for corn and there is
+the Mindiffe Coale which is allmost as good as the sea Coale from
+New-Castle that is dugg out of the hills all about;—But y^e Assizes is
+allwayes kept at Salsebury and is a Major town though Wilton about 2
+mile off is y^e County town and y^e Knights of y^e shire are chosen
+there, though its now but as a little village as it were, and only
+supported by the Earle of Pembrooke which lives there and has a very
+ffine house with large Courts one within another. At y^e Entrance there
+is a lofty Hall with good Pictures, 3 or 4 dineing roomes and drawing
+roomes of State with very good bed Chambers and well furnished velvet
+damaske and tissue, one Gallery and y^e dineing roome was all wanscoated
+with pictures of y^e family—there is a drawing roome and Anti roome, y^e
+wanscoate is painted with y^e whole History of the Acadia romance made
+by S^r Philip Sidney, brother to the then Countess of Pembrooke and
+Composed by him in y^e ffine woods above y^e house.
+
+Another room is painted w^{th} all sorts of sports, Hunting, Hawking
+&c.—they are all finely painted on the Ceiling and very lofty. there is
+one dineing roome y^t the Chimney is just under a window and the
+Tunnells runnes upon each side. there is one Chamber, the chimney stands
+Just by the window opposite to Salsebury, and on the black Marble
+Chimney piece soe finely polished you may see all the Cathedrall as in a
+Glass; I have seen it plaine. There are very fine Marble Chimney pieces
+in most of y^e roomes, and marble windows. The Gardens are very fine
+with many gravel walkes with grass squaires set with fine brass and
+stone statues—fish ponds and basons with ffigures in y^e middle spouting
+out water—dwarfe trees of all sorts and a fine flower garden—much wall
+fruite. Y^e river runns through y^e garden that easeily conveys by pipes
+water to all Parts.
+
+A Grottoe is att y^e end of the garden just y^e middle off y^e house—its
+garnished with many fine ffigures of y^e Goddesses, and about 2 yards
+off the doore is severall pipes in a line that with a sluce spoutts
+water up to wett the strangers—in the middle roome is a round table and
+a large Pipe in the midst, on which they put a Crown or Gun or a branch,
+and so y^t spouts the water through y^e Carvings and poynts all round
+y^e roome at y^e Artists pleasure to wet y^e Company—there are figures
+at Each corner of y^e roome that Can weep water on the beholders and by
+a straight pipe on y^e table they force up y^e water into y^e hollow
+carving of y^e rooff like a Crown or Coronet to appearance but is hollow
+within to retaine y^e water fforced into it in great quantetyes y^t
+disperses in y^e hollow Cavity over y^e roome and descends in a Shower
+of raine all about y^e roome—on each side is two little roomes which by
+the turning their wires y^e water runnes in y^e rockes—you see and hear
+it and also it is so contrived in one room y^t it makes y^e melody of
+Nightingerlls and all sorts of birds w^{ch} engages y^e Curiosity of y^e
+Strangers to go in to see, but at y^e Entrance off each room is a line
+of pipes that appear not till by a Sluce moved—it washes y^e spectators
+designed for diversion.
+
+Y^e Grottoe is leaded on y^e top where are fish ponds, and just without
+y^e grottoe is a wooden bridge over y^e river. Y^e barristers are set
+out w^{th} Lyons set thick on Either Side w^{th} their mouths open, and
+by a sluce spout out water each to other in a perfect arch y^e length of
+y^e bridge. There are fine woods beyond y^e house and a large parke
+walled in. From thence I went to Blandford in Dorsetshire 18 miles
+through a haire waring and a forest of y^e Kings.
+
+Blandford is a pretty neate Country town. Thence to Merly by Wimborn
+over a great river Called the Stoure and a large Arched bridge to a
+Relations house, S^r William Constantines house—thence to Poole a little
+seaport town 4 miles off where was a very good Minister in y^e publick
+Church—M^r Hardy.
+
+From thence we went by boate to a little Isle Called brownsea 3 or 4
+leagues off where there is much Copperice made, the stones being found
+about y^e Isle in y^e shore in great quantetyes. there is only one house
+there w^{ch} is the Governours, besides little fishermen’s houses; they
+being all taken up about y^e Copperice workes; they gather y^e Stones
+and place them on ground raised like y^e beds in gardens, rows one above
+the other and are all Shelving, so y^t y^e raine disolves y^e Stones and
+it draines down into trenches and pipes made to receive and Convey it to
+y^e house, y^{ch} is fitted with Iron panns four square and of a pretty
+depth at least 12 yards over. They place Iron spikes in y^e panns full
+of branches and so as y^e Liquor boyles to a candy it hangs on those
+branches; I saw some taken up—it look’d like a vast bunch of grapes. Y^e
+Coullour of y^e Copperace not being much differing it lookes cleare like
+Suger-Candy—so when y^e water is boyled to a Candy they take it out and
+replenish the panns with more liquor. I do not remember they added
+anything to it only y^e Stones of Copperice disolved by y^e raine into
+liquor as I mention’d at first—there are great furnaces under, y^t
+Keepes all the panns boyling—it was a large room or building with
+Severall of these large panns: they do add old Iron and nailes to y^e
+Copperass Stones. This is a noted place for lobsters and Crabs and
+shrimps. I there eate some very good. From Merly we went to y^e Isle of
+Purbeck. At Warrum we passed over a bridge where y^e sea flowed in, and
+Came by y^e ruines of Corffe Castle which stands on a hill, yet
+surrounded by much higher hills y^t might easily command it, and so in
+y^e Civil warrs was batter’d down with Granadeers—thence you rise a
+great ascent of hills, called the Linch or rather y^e ridge, being so
+for 3 or 4 miles, rideing to Quare, which was 16 miles ffrom Merly to a
+relations house—Cos’n Colliers.
+
+From this ridge you see all y^e Island over, which lookes very
+fruitfull, good lands, Meadows, woods and jnclosures—there are many
+quarys in these hills of y^t w^{ch} is called the free stone from hence
+they digg it—the shores are very Rocky all about y^e Island. We went 3
+miles off to Sonidge a sea faire place not very big—there is a flatt
+sand by y^e sea a little way: they take up stones by y^e shores y^t are
+so oyly, as y^e poor burn it for ffire, and its so light a ffire it
+Serves for Candle too, but it has a strong offensive smell. At a place 4
+mile off called Sea Cume the Rockes are so Craggy and y^e Creekes of
+land so many y^t y^e sea is very turbulent—I pick’d shells and it being
+a spring tide I saw y^e sea beat upon y^e Rockes at least 20 yards with
+Such a ffoame or ffroth—and at another place the rockes had so large a
+Cavity and Hollow y^t when y^e Sea flowed in, it runne almost round and
+Sounded like some hall or high arch. In this Island are severall pretty
+good houses though not very large. Att Kingston, S^r William Muese has a
+pretty house, and att Income M^r Coliffords—Doonshay, M^r Dollings and 7
+mile off Quare. Att Finnum, lady Larences, there is a pretty large house
+but very old timber built: there I eate y^e best Lobsters and Crabs,
+being boyled in y^e Sea water and scarce Cold—very large and Sweet. Most
+of the houses in y^e Island are built of stone—this is Just by the great
+Cliffts w^{ch} are a vast height from y^e sea—here is plenty of
+provision of all sorts especially of fish. ﬀrom Finnum we ascend a high
+hill of a great length till you are out of y^e Island which does hardly
+appeare to be now an Isle, the tide having left it on this side that you
+passe only a little Brooke. There is another Castle called Brindon, but
+y^t lyes low and appears not much—thence we came to Piddle 6 or 7 miles
+off where was a relation—Mr Oxenbridg; an old house w^{ch} formerly was
+an abby—thence to Dorchester town 5 miles—it stands on y^e side of a
+Hill the river runnes below it—the town lookes Compact and the streetes
+are very neately pitch’d and of a good breadth—The Market-place is
+spaceious—The Church very handsome and full of galleries.
+
+Thence we went to Burport about 8 miles—The wayes are stony and very
+narrow—the town has a steep hill to descend through the whole
+place—thence to Woolfe 4 miles to a relation—Mr Newbery a man of many
+whymseys—would keep no women servants—had all washing, Ironing dairy
+and all performed by men—his house look’s like a little village when
+you Come into y^e Yard—so many little buildings apart from each
+other—one for a stillitory—another for out houses and offices, another
+long building for Silk wormes, and y^e dwelling house is but mean and
+spoyl’d by his ffancy of makeing a hall up 3 storyes high and so lofty
+nothing suiteable to it. He had good gardens and orchards much good
+ffruite, but all in a most rude Confused manner. Thence we went to
+Colway neare Lime in Somersetshire about 8 miles to a relations house
+Mr Hendly’s—from thence it is 2 miles to Lime a seaport place open to
+the main ocean, and so high and bleake Sea, that to secure the Harbour
+for shipps they have been at a great Charge to build a Mold from the
+town with stone like a halfe Moon, w^{ch} they call the Cobb; its
+raised with a high wall and this runns into y^e Sea a good Compass
+that y^e Shipps rides safely within it, when the tide is out we may
+see the foundations of some part of it—that is the tyme they looke
+over it to see any breach and repaire it immediately, else y^e tide
+come with so much violence would soone beate it down—there is some
+part of it low and only is to joyne y^e rest to the land, and at high
+water is all Cover’d of such a depth of water that shipps may pass
+over it to enter the Cobb or halfe moone, which is difficult for
+fforeigners to attempt, being ignorant, though its better than goeing
+round the other way for those that know and do observe the tide—the
+spring tides and any Storme does some tymes beate up and wash over the
+walls of the forte or castle into the Court and so runns into the
+town, though at other tymes when its’ the ordinary tide and calme sea
+it is at least 300 yards from the banke on which the high wall is
+built—In most parts of somersetshire it is very fruitfull for
+Orchards, plenty of apples and peares, but they are not Curious in the
+Planting the best sort of fruite which is a great pitty, being so
+soone produced and such quantetyes, they are likewise as Careless when
+they make Cider—they press all sorts of Apples together, else they
+might have as good sider as in any other parts, even as good as the
+Herrifordshire—they make great quantetyes of Cider, their presses are
+very large, so as I have seen a Cheese as they call them which yeilded
+2 hoddsheads—they pound their apples, then lay fresh straw on the
+press, and on that a good lay off Pulp of the apples, then turne in
+the ends of the straw over it all round and lay fresh straw, then more
+apples up to the top. Just by Lime you Cross a little brooke into
+Devonshire which is much like Somersetshire—fruitfull Country’s for
+Corn, graseing, much for inclosures that makes the wayes very narrow,
+so as in some places a Coach and Waggons Cannot pass—they are forced
+to Carry their Corn and Carriages on horses’ backes with frames of
+wood like pannyers on either side y^e horse, so load it high and tye
+it w^{th} Cords—this they do altogether the farther Westward they goe
+for y^e wayes grow narrower and narrower on to y^e lands end. They
+shewed me the Lizard point from Lime, it was a good distance—Y^e land
+grows narrower in a compass round, as it were round the sea. From lime
+the wayes are also difficult by reason of the very steep hill up and
+down, and that so successively as little or no plaine even ground, and
+full of large smooth pebbles that make the strange horses slip and
+uneasye to go—the horses of the Country are accustomed to it and
+travell well in the rodes—in y^e opener wayes they use a sort of waine
+or carriage made narrower than our Southern Waggon, but longer and so
+load them high—from Lime to Burport is 12 miles and so to Dorchester;
+thence to Blandford we pass over Woodbery hill eminent for a great
+Faire that is kept there of all things: the road passed by
+Cherbery—the foot of the hill on the Slope stands a pretty Seate of Mr
+Earles my relation—the house is new built on y^e brow of y^e hill
+whence you have large prospects of 20 mile round—you may see
+Shaftesbury thence 16 mile off—there is a good wood behind the house,
+good gardens wall’d with plenty of fruit, good fish and decoy pounds.
+There is a very good Hall at the entrance leads you to a large parlour
+and drawing room on y^e right hand that opens to the gardens—a very
+good little parlour on the left with servants room, and another
+parlour for smoakeing, all well wanscoated and painted and the offices
+convenient—the Chambers are good and lofty and sizeable—good
+ffurniture in the best 2 Chambers, in an angle the staires leads up
+halfe way into y^e middle of the house and so divides in four parts
+and runnes to each angle.
+
+Thence 6 miles to Blandford, thence 18 to Salsebury and 8 mile to
+Newtontony which stands in y^e midst of y^e downs 8 mile from Andover a
+market town in Hampshire and y^e roade to London. It lyes 15 mile from
+Winchester—it is three mile from Amesbury and 2 mile more to Stoneage
+that stands on Salsebury plaine—eminent for many battles being faught
+there—this Stoneage is reckon’d one of the wonders of England how such
+prodigeous stone should be brought there, as no such Stone is seen in
+y^e Country nearer than 20 mile. They are placed on the side of a hill
+in a rude jregullar form—two stones stands up and one laid on their tops
+with morteses into each other and thus are severall in a round like a
+wall with spaces between, but some are fallen down, so spoyle the order
+or breach in the temple, as some think it was in the heathen tymes;
+others thinke it the Trophy of some victory wone by one Ambrosious, and
+thence the town by it has its name of Amesbury. There is severall rows
+of lesser stones within the others set up in the same forme of 2 upright
+and one lies on the top like a gateway. How they were brought thither or
+whether they are a made stone is not resolved—they are very hard yet I
+have seen some of them scraped—the weather seemes not to penetrate them.
+To increase the wonder of the story is that none Can Count them twice
+alike—they stand confused and some single stones at a distance but I
+have told them often, and bring their number to 91. This Country is most
+Champion and open, pleasant for recreations—its husbandry is mostly Corn
+and sheep, the Downs though short grass y^e feed is sweet, producing the
+finest wooll and sweet meat though but small.
+
+The little towns or villages lies in the valleys and runs along in the
+bottom and are called Bourns having water running in most of them. From
+Stonidge I went to Evell in Somersetshire, thence to Meer a little town
+about 15 mile; by the town is a vast high hill called the Castle of
+Meer—its now all grass over and so steepe up that the ascent is by
+footsteps cut in the side of the hill. I was on the top where some had
+been digging and was come to a space that was Arched and the walls
+plaistred and washed white and smooth—it was but a little roome, I tooke
+a piece of its walls and plaister. That shews there may be Cells or
+vaults in the hill—from thence to Wincauton 7 miles which is on a steep
+hill and very stoney—you go through the town all the way down as it were
+a steep precipice, all Rocks—thence to Castle Cary 3 or 4 miles—its
+generally a good fruitfull Country, much on jnclosures as is most of
+Summersetshire.
+
+Thence to Alford 2 miles where was a minerall water which Company
+resorts to for drinking—formerly it has been more frequented than of
+late—many now send for them severall miles and have Beer brewed of
+them—there being no good accomodation for people of fashion, the Country
+people being a Clownish rude people. Y^e waters are mostly from Alom—its
+a Cleare little well and a quick spring—the bottom of the well has a
+sort of Blewish Clay or Marle, its a quick purger, good for all sharpe
+Humers or Obstruction. In three mile of this place is Queen Camell
+famous for a fine ring of bells and for the fine sort of brown thread
+called Nuns thread—as we returned from thence we came by Bruton a very
+neate stone built town—from it we ascend a very high steep hill all in a
+narrow Lane cut out of the rocks on which grow trees thick, their Roots
+runns amongst the rocks, and in many places fine Clean springs buble
+out, and run a long out of the rocks, it smells Just like the sea. we
+were full an hour passing that hill though with four horses and a
+Chariot. My sister self and Maid: thence to Willding which is a place of
+much water, so to Newtontony in all 30 miles.
+
+Another Journey to the Bath, from Newtontony to Warminster 18 miles a
+good road town and good way; thence to Breackly 5 mile a Deep Clay way,
+we passed over one Common of some miles Length on a narrow Causy that a
+Coach can scarce pass, all pitched with slatts and stones—our Coach was
+once wedged in y^e wheele in the stones that severall men were forced to
+lift us out; its made only for Packhorses which is the way of Carriage
+in those parts. Y^e Common is so Moorish their feete and wheeles would
+sinke in, so no going there—thence to Philip Norton 3 miles a very neate
+stone built village. Thence you pass a good way between 2 stone walls to
+the bath, 5 mile down a very steep hill and stony, a mile from the town
+scarce any passing and there descends a little Current of water
+continually from the rocks. The wayes to the bath are all difficult, the
+town lyes Low in a bottom and its steep ascents all wayes out of the
+town. The houses are indifferent, the streetes of a good size well
+pitched. There are severall good houses built for Lodgings that are new
+and adorned, and good furniture, the baths in my opinion makes the town
+unpleasant, the aire so low, encompassed with high hills and woods.
+There is 5 baths the hot bath the most hot springs—its but small and
+built all round, which makes it y^e hotter—out of it runns the water
+into a bath called the Le pours.
+
+The third bath is called the Cross bath w^{ch} is some thing bigger then
+the former and not so hot; the Cross in the middle has seates round it
+for y^e Gentlemen to sitt, and round the walls are Arches w^{th} seates
+for the Ladyes, all stone and the seate is stone and if you thinke the
+seate is too Low they raise it with a Coushon as they call it, another
+Stone, but indeed the water bears you up that y^e seate seemes as easy
+as a down Coushon. Before the Arch the Ladyes use to have a laced toilet
+hung up on the top of the Arch and so to shelter their heads even to the
+water if they please. You Generally sit up to the Neck in water, this
+Cross bath is much the Coolest and is used mostly in y^e heate of
+summer; there are Gallery’s round y^e top that y^e Company that does not
+Bathe that day walkes in and lookes over into y^e bath on their
+acquaintance and company—there are such a number of Guides to each bath
+of women to waite on y^e ladyes, and of men to waite on the Gentlemen,
+and they keepe their due distance. There is a serjeant belonging to y^e
+baths that all the bathing tyme walkes in galleryes and takes notice
+order is observed and punishes y^e rude, and most people of fashion
+sends to him when they begin to bathe, then he takes particular Care of
+them and Complements you every morning w^{ch} deserves its reward at y^e
+end of the Season. When you would walk about y^e bath I use to have a
+woman guide or two to Lead me for the water is so strong it will quickly
+tumble you down, and then you have 2 of the men guides goes at a
+distance about y^e bath to Cleare y^e way. At y^e sides of the Arches
+are rings that you may hold by and so walke a little way, but y^e
+springs bubbles up so fast and so strong and are so hot up against ye
+bottoms of ones feete, Especially in that they Call y^e Kitching in the
+bath, which is a great Cross with seates in y^e middle and many hot
+springs riseth there. The Kings bath is very large, as large as the rest
+put together, in it is the hot pumpe that persons are pumpt at for
+Lameness or on their heads for palsyes. I saw one pumpt, they put on a
+broad brim’d hatt w^{th} the Crown Cut out so as y^e brims Cast off y^e
+water from y^e face; they are pumpt in y^e bath, one of y^e men Guides
+pumps—they have two pence I thinke for 100 pumps. The water is scallding
+hot out of the pump, the armes or Legs are more easyly pumped. The
+Ladyes goes into the bath with Garments made of a fine yellow canvas,
+which is stiff and made large with great sleeves like a parsons gown;
+the water fills it up so that its borne off that your shape is not seen,
+it does not cling close as other linning, which Lookes sadly in the
+poorer sort that go in their own linning. The Gentlemen have drawers and
+wastcoates of the same sort of canvas, this is the best linning, for the
+bath water will Change any other yellow. When you go out of the bath you
+go within a doore that leads to Steps which you ascend by degrees that
+are in the water, then the doore is shut which shutts down into the
+water a good way, so you are in a private place where you still ascend
+severall more steps and let your Canvass drop of by degrees into the
+water, which your women guides take off, and the meane tyme your maides
+flings a garment of flannell made like a Nightgown w^{th} great sleeves
+over your head, and y^e guides take y^e taile and so pulls it on you
+Just as you rise y^e steps, and y^e other garment drops off so you are
+wrapped up in y^e flannell and your nightgown on y^e top, and your
+slippers and so you are set in Chaire which is brought into y^e roome
+w^{ch} are called slips, and there are Chimney’s in them, you may have
+fires. These are in severall parts of the sides of y^e bath for y^e
+Conveniency of persons going in and out of y^e bath decently, and at y^e
+top of y^e staires stands a woman y^t Layes a woollen Cloth for you to
+set your bare foot, and also to give you attendance. Y^e Chaires you go
+in are a low seate and w^{th} frames round and over y^r head and all
+cover’d inside and out w^{th} red bayes and a Curtaine drawn before of
+y^e same w^{ch} makes it Close and warme; then a Couple of men w^{th}
+staves takes and Carryes you to your lodging and sets you at y^r bedside
+where you go to bed and lye and sweate some tyme as you please. Y^r own
+maides and y^e maides of the house gets your fire and waites on you till
+you rise to get out of your sweate. All the baths has the same
+attendance, the queens bath is bigger then y^e other three but not and
+neare so big as y^e Kings, which do run into each other and is only
+parted by a wall and at one place a great arch where they run into each
+other. Y^e queens bath is a degree hotter than y^e Cross bath and y^e
+Kings bath much hotter, these have all gallery’s round and the pump is
+in one of these galleryes at y^e Kings bath which y^e Company drinks of,
+its very hot and tastes like y^e water y^t boyles Eggs, has such a
+smell, but y^e nearer y^e pumpe you drinke it, y^e hotter and less
+offencive and more spiriteous. The baths are all Emptyed as soone as the
+Company goes out, which is about 10 or 11 of y^e Clock in the morning;
+then by sluces they empty at once y^e bath so it fills againe. I have
+seen all y^e springs bubble up as thicke out of y^e ground when the
+baths have been empty. Y^e bottom is gravell. So they will be full for
+y^e evening if Company would go in againe, if so they empty them againe
+at Night and they are filled against y^e morning and there will be such
+a white scum on the bath w^{ch} y^e guides goes and scimms off Cleane
+before any Company goes in; if they go in while this scum is on it gives
+them the bath mantle as they call it, makes them breake out into heate
+and pimples; y^e like will be on them if they go into y^e bath before
+they have purged, especially in y^e hotter bath. Y^e places for
+divertion about y^e bath is either y^e walkes in that they call y^e
+Kings Mead which is a pleasant green meaddow, where are walkes round and
+Cross it, no place for Coaches, and indeed there is little use of a
+Coach only to bring and Carry y^e Company from y^e bath for y^e wayes
+are not proper for Coaches.
+
+Y^e town and all its accomodations is adapted to y^e batheing and
+drinking of the waters and to nothing else, the streetes are well
+pitched and Cleane kept and there are Chaires as in London to Carry y^e
+better sort of people in visits, or if sick or infirme and is only in
+the town, for its so Encompassed with high hills few care to take the
+aire on them. There is also pleasant walkes in y^e Cathedrall in the
+Cloysters and y^t leades to y^e discription of the Coronation in this
+place at y^e bath y^e 23^d April w^{ch} I recieved y^e relation off from
+a spectatrix it being y^e day queen ann was Crowned, and is never
+performed unless when a queen is the Chiefe as Queen Elizabeth &c., her
+Sister our late Majesty’s King William and Queen Mary because the queen
+was Joyn’d in the throne as principle, they representing y^e Amazons
+consisting of the young Maids. The Companyes of the town being assembled
+at M^r Mayors house begin to proceed with their officers masters and
+wardens and each Company with their flag—After marched in a troupe y^e
+Maides of the suburbs each with their proper officers of themselves, as
+Capt^n Ensigne and lieutenant w^{th} plummes of feathers. Just before
+y^e capt^n went her guard which was 6 young men drest in their holland
+shirts, with garters, and Ribons in their hatts, and their swords drawn
+in their hands, then the capt^n in her short wastecoate with gold lace,
+and their peticoates silke y^t were with furbellows ode above anoth^{er}
+with Ribons, w^{th} a trunchant in their hand w^{th} an inscription, God
+save queen Ann. Just behinde their Captaines went two Maides with two
+scepters gilt, next them two more y^t bore the crown between them w^{ch}
+was gilt, also their Ensigne. Their flag w^{ch} holds the same
+inscription God save queen Ann was guarded by two young Men drest as y^e
+others in their holland shirts: then the troupe followed in order in
+same dress as their officers with Crowns on their heads of Guilded
+Lauwrell, in Number about 100; next came y^e Citty Maides w^{th} their
+Majoress Generall with their plummes of feather with a wreath of Gilded
+Lawrell like a Crown, and on y^e top w^{th} all sorts of pretious stones
+y^e Jewellers shops Could supply them w^{th} and were guarded w^{th}
+young men as y^e others; behind y^e Majoress followed six all in white
+with a green Cross swathe with this inscription in white God save queen
+Ann each with their Trunchant in their hands as y^e former, and two
+carrying 2 scepters gilt, and after them two more y^e Crown between
+them, w^{ch} was very rich in pearles; then two more carryed y^e queens
+Armes between them, their dress was just as y^e first were only much
+richer and finer and all of them gather’d up y^e upper peticoate in
+little scallops just to shew their under peticoates w^{ch} were white.
+Y^e troupe of y^e amazans in order w^{th} their bows and arrows w^{th}
+Crowns of Gilded Lawrel, their officers had plumes of feathers and their
+Serjeants with their halberts, their number was also about 100.
+
+Next after followed all y^e young men of y^e town form’d into a Company
+of Granadeers w^{th} their proper officers w^{ch} had laced hatts and
+plumes of feathers; each soldier had a red cap w^{th} Cyphers and a
+Crown gilt w^{th} gold and furbelowed with blew round their head; their
+hair was tyed back with scarlet ribon, they had scarlet garters and
+scarlet slings for their gunns; drest all in their holland shirts and
+white stockings and had a hanger by their sides. their number was about
+30. Next followed four couple of Maurice dancers with their pranceing
+horses, in holland shirts with laced hatt riboned, and Cross swashes and
+garters w^{th} bells, w^{th} their two antiques drest in their
+formalityes, w^{th} hankershiefs in their hands danceing all y^e way.
+
+Next walked y^e Clergy, then next followed M^r Major with two pages
+attending him, followed by the Corporation aldermen all in their scarlet
+gowns, and the common Councill in their gowns. Next followed in y^e
+reare all y^e marryed men formed into a Company of Artilery, their hatts
+Laced, with plumes of feathers all in their own Cloths:
+
+Ye Soldiers y^e Same w^{th} Swords and gunns w^{th} two Blunderbusses;
+every Company both of men and women was attended by drums and all sort
+of musick both wind and stringed instruments.
+
+Thus they repaired to y^e Cathedrall, Y^e granadeers salutes them Just
+as they enter the Abby with a volly of shott, and there they have a
+sermon and as they come out of the Cathedrall y^e Company of artillery
+salutes them againe with another volly, so in the same order they return
+to their Guild Hall where is a sumptuous feast w^{th} Musick and
+danceing w^{ch} Ends y^e solemnity w^{th} bonfires as is usual.
+
+ I now proceed to describe the rest of the town. there are green walkes
+very pleasant and in many places, and out of the Cathedrall you walk
+into y^e priory which has good walkes of rows of trees, which is
+pleasant—there are y^e deans prebends and doctors houses which stand in
+y^t green which is pleasant, by y^e Church called the Abby, w^{ch} is
+lofty and spacious and much Company walke there especially in wet
+weather. Y^e Quire is neat but nothing extraordinary—in that Kings mead
+there are severall little Cake-houses where you have fruit lulibubs and
+sumes Liquours to entertaine y^e Company that walke there.
+
+The markets are very good here of all sorts of provision flesh and ffish
+especially when the season for y^e Company batheing and drinking lasts,
+great plenty and pretty reasonable. The Chargeableness of the bath is
+y^e Lodgings and fireing, the ffaggotts being very small, but they give
+you very good attendance there.
+
+Another Journey I went with my mother into Oxfordshire, by Barkshire to
+Hungerford 16 mile, which is famous for Crawfish there being a good
+river and great quantityes of y^t fish and large.
+
+This is in Barkshire, thence to Lamborn w^{ch} is a woody Country 7
+miles, thence to ffarington 7 mile a pretty large place but lyes very
+watry, and so by Radcote 5 miles, w^{ch} is much y^e same deep Countryes
+much on Clay; by ffarington is a fine house of S^r George Pratt’s Called
+Coalsell. All y^e avenues to y^e house are fine walkes of rows of trees,
+y^e garden lyes in a great descent below y^e house of many steps and
+terresses and walkes one below another, a green walke with all sorts of
+Dwarfe trees, fruit trees with standing apricot and flower trees,
+abundance of garden roome and filled with all sorts of things improved
+for pleasure and use. The house is new built with stone, most of y^e
+offices are partly under ground—Kitchin, Pantry, buttlery and good
+Cellers and round a Court is all y^e other offices and out houses; this
+is all even with y^e back yards. The Entrance of y^e house is an ascent
+of severall steps into a hall so lofty the rooff is three storyes,
+reaches to y^e floore of y^e gallery—all the walls are Cutt in hollows
+where statues and Heads Carved ffinely are sett, Directly fore-right
+Enters a large Dineing roome or great parlour, which has a door
+thourough into the garden y^t gives a visto through y^e house: within
+y^t is a drawing room, on y^e other side another roome of the same size,
+and backward is a little parlour all with good ffurniture, tapistry,
+Damaske, &c. There runs up a p^r of back Staires at each end of the
+house quite to y^e top to the gallery which does make convenient all y^e
+Chambers. The great Staires goes out of the hall on each side, spacious
+and handsom staires runs up and meetes on the landing place, w^{ch} is a
+passage that runs on both sides to each end of the house, but is made
+private by two doores on each side: on the top of the staires you enter
+in y^e midle into a dineing roome, within that a Chamber on each side
+with two Closets to each bigg Enough for a little bed, with Chimney’s
+convenient for a servant and for dressing roomes, one of which has a
+doore also out into that passage and soe to the back staires; this is
+y^e same on y^e other end, and also two roomes on y^e other side, each
+end of y^e hall which continues to run up even with the second story,
+which are all good Chambers, and one more here because the great staires
+goe but to y^e first story: they are all well and Genteel’ly furnisht,
+damaskes Chamlet and wrought beds ffashionably made up. Over this runs a
+gallery all through the house, and on each side severall garret roomes
+for servants ffurnished very neate and Genteele, in y^e middle are
+staires y^t Lead up to the Cupilow or large Lanthorn in the middle of
+the leads. Y^e house being Leaded all over and the stone Chimney’s in
+severall rows Comes up in them on each side y^e Cupilow, it shewes exact
+and very uniform, as is y^e whole Building. This gives you a great
+prospect of gardens, grounds and woods that appertaine to y^e Seate, as
+well as a sight of the Country at a distance. There was few pictures in
+the house only over doores and Chimney’s; the hall was paved with black
+and whyte marble and had seates round the roome cut in arches on the
+walls. From thence Oxfordshire we enter over the Vale of the White horse
+w^{ch} takes its name from a Ridge of high hills on which is Cutt out
+the shape off a horse in perfect proportions in broad wayes, and is seen
+a great distance very plaine, the hills being on Chalke look’s white and
+the great valley in the bottom is term’d the Manger; it extends a vast
+way, a rich jnclosed Country, and we pass through some part of
+Glocestershire at Norton where is another seat of my Brother
+Say’s—thence to Broughton by Banbery which is 25 mile.
+
+Broughton is an ancient Seate of y^e Lord viscount Say and Seale; its an
+old house moted round, and a parke and Gardens, but are much left to
+decay and ruine when my brother Came to it. He has two other houses in
+two or three Miles, Shettford a little neate house and gardens, and
+Newton, but that is mostly pulled down. From Broughton I went to see
+Edgehill where was the ffamous Battle ffought in Cromwell’s tyme—its 10
+mile off, the Ridge of hills runns a great length and so high that the
+land beneath it appeares vastly distant, its a rich ground full of
+inclosures and lookes finely, tho’ fformidable to look down on it and
+turnes one’s head round—the wind allwayes blows w^{th} great violence
+there because of the Steepeness of y^e hills. The top is a flatt full of
+Barrows and hills that are markes of a Camp and battles.
+
+About 2 mile from Broughton is a great old house much like Broughton;
+its S^r Robert Dashwoods—most of the great houses there about are old
+built. About three mile off at Adderbery w^{ch} is a pretty neate
+vilage, there are two or three good houses one of S^r Thomas Cobbs and
+Lady Rochesters looks neate and well with good gardens.
+
+There is about 2 mile off the Lord Guilffords house Roxton which is a
+good house within a parke. You enter a large hall, on the left hand
+leads to a little parlour down to y^e Kitchins, the halfe pace att the
+upper end of the hall leads into dineing roome, drawing roome, and a
+large staire-case with good pictures; there you enter another large
+dineing roome with great Compass windows and fine Pictures of the
+family. Within is a drawing roome and Chambers and Closets well
+proportioned, little or no ffurniture was up, only in y^e worst roomes;
+in one Closet att each doore was Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth’s
+pictures to the ffoote in bibb and apron very pretty: in one roome was
+the Lord North and Ladyes picture, which was Lord Chiefe Justice and
+their sonnes picture in the middle, all at length,—many good Pictures in
+most roomes. There was a part new built all the new ffashion way which
+was designed for the present Lord Gilford and Lady. The Gardens are very
+good, the outhouses and Stables handsome.
+
+Banbury is a pretty little town, the streets broad and well pitched, the
+whole Country is very pleasant and the land rich—a red earth. They make
+some of their fences with stones—dry walls without Morter. It seemes
+much on a flatt and you have a large prospect, from thence to London we
+go by Alesbury 20 mile, thence to London 30 mile.
+
+A journey my mother went from Newtontony to Durly in the fforest 15
+miles, thence to Nurstead 15 mile to a Relations house, (Aunt Holts,) a
+neate new built house with brick and stone—a hall, little parlour on y^e
+left side, a back door into a Court built round with all the offices out
+to y^e stables and barnes: on the right side a great parlour and drawing
+roome y^t opened into the garden w^{ch} were fine gravel walks, grass
+plotts and beyond it a garden of flower trees and all sorts of Herbage,
+store of fruit, and freestone broad walke in y^e Middle to y^e house.
+Y^e Chambers are very good and Convenient and in y^e ffront is a place
+walled in, beyond is a long ground sett with rows of trees; on y^e right
+side of y^e house is a large grove of firrs halfe scotts halfe norroway
+which lookes very nobly. The roades all about this Country are very
+stony, narrow and steep hills or else very dirty as in most of Sussex,
+but good rich land; it is in 2 mile of petersffield in Hampshire w^{ch}
+is a good little neate town. In a mile of it is a Gentlemans house
+Called Maple Duram which Might now be new named into yew, ffor the great
+number of yew trees set thick in severall green walkes that grows high
+and is cutt close to the body up almost to the top, and y^e tops are
+left in a great head that spreads and makes it very shady and pleasant.
+From thence we went to Guilford w^{ch} is a good town built with stone.
+The streetes are broad—thence to Kingston on the Thames 30 mile thence
+to London 10 mile, from London againe to Colebrooke 15 miles, thence to
+Maidenhead 10. You go in sight of Winsor Castle on the left hand and
+Eaton Colledge as you pass the bridge at Maidenhead, and on y^e right
+hand you see Cliffton house a fine Building of y^e Duke of Buckingams.
+Thence to Redding 5 miles w^{ch} is a pretty large place, severall
+Churches, in one lyes buried one of my sisters that Dyed at my
+Grandmothers there of the small pox, her monument of white marble stands
+up in the Chancell. From Redding to the Veale 5 miles, Sad Clay Deep way
+this is in Barkshire, thence to Newbery 8 mile all Clay Mirey ground.
+
+Newbery is a little town famous for makeing the best whipps—its a good
+market for Corn and trade. Thence to Newtontony over Way hill famous for
+a Faire kept there on Michelmas day.
+
+My journey to London after my Mothers death was by Sutton 14 mile thence
+to Baseing stoke 12 mile, a large town for to Entertaine travellers and
+commodious, 2 mile beyond we pass by Basen on the left side, a house of
+the Duke of Boltons w^{th} a large parke and gardens. Y^e house is not
+fine being much demolished and spoyled after the Civil warres, it being
+a garrison held by y^e King. On the right hand at a mile distance you
+come in sight also of a great building like a little town—the house of
+S^r Robert Hendlys; so to Hartffordbridge is 8 mile more thats only a
+place full of jnns for the conveniency of the road. Thence over a heath
+you go to Bagshott that is 8 mile all on a heavy sand where you come by
+a parke of y^e kings, and in it is a pretty house—thence to Eggum 8 mile
+very heavy sand, so to Staines where you cross the Thames on a bridge to
+Midlsex and so to Houndslow 4 mile, to Brandford 4 mile, to Turnumgreen
+2, thence to Hammersmith 2 to Kensington 2 and London 2 miles.
+
+Another journey ffrom London to Alsebury 30 mile, from thence to great
+Horrwood in Buckinghamshire 10 miles, from thence I went to Hillsdon a
+house of Mr Dentons 7 miles which stands on a Riseing in the middle of a
+fine Parke and lookes very well; its not large, a good hall w^{th} 2
+parlours and has a glide through the house into the gardens w^{ch} are
+neately kept—the grass and Gravel walkes w^{th} dwarfs and flower beds
+and much fruit; the prospect is fine all over the gardens and parke, and
+the river and woods beyond them. We went to Thorndon S^r Thomas
+Tyrrells, a good old house and very good gardens, some walkes like
+Arbours Close, others shady others open, some gravel, others grass with
+Cyprus’ trees, a fine river runnes all the back side of the garden,
+where is very good ffish. The house is low but runnes much on the
+ground, so there are many roomes w^{ch} are lofty but its not built in
+many storyes. Thence we went 4 mile to Stow S^r Rich^d Temples new house
+that stands pretty high. You enter into a hall very lofty with a gallery
+round the top, thence through to a great parlour that opens in a
+Bellcony to the garden, and is a visto thro’ the whole house, so that on
+the one side you view the gardens w^{ch} are one below another w^{th}
+low breast walls and Taress walkes, and is replenished with all y^e
+Curiosityes or Requisites for ornament, pleasure and use, beyond it are
+orchards and woods with rows of trees; on the other side you see y^e
+parke rowes of trees; the roomes are all lofty and good, the hall is not
+large but sutable to its height—a great many Chambers and roomes of
+state. Some the ground floores are inlaid, ffine Pictures and good
+staircase and gallery w^{ch} leads to the Ledds through a large Cupelow
+w^{ch} gives y^e prospect of the whole Country. We went to horrwood 7
+mile, by severall other seates of S^r Ralph Verny’s who has most exact
+ffine gardens: within two mile off Horrwood is a well of minerall waters
+from Iron just like Tunbridg and as good. I dranke them a
+fortnight—there are severall of the same sort of springs all about that
+Country. Thence I went to Buckinghamtown 7 mile, a very neate place and
+we passed the river Ouise over a very high bridge tho’ the river seemed
+not then so very full, but it swells after great raines which makes them
+build their arches so large. Thence to Banbury in Oxfordshire 13 miles,
+thence to morton Hindmost in Glocestershire 14 miles, thence to Hales 8
+miles over steep stony hills, a house of Lord Tracy’s where my brother
+Say lived—a good old house, and there is a pretty Chappel with a Gallery
+ffor people of quality to sitt in w^{ch} goes out of the hall that is a
+lofty large roome: good parlour and severall good lodging roomes. You
+ascend into the house by Severall stone stepps. Within 2 mile of this is
+a better house of y^e Lord Tracy with a very good parke which stands so
+high that by the Lodge I rode up y^e banks I could see all the parke
+about and y^e deer feeding and running.
+
+There is a little river and large ponds—it gives you a good sight of the
+Country about, w^{ch} is pretty much inclosed and woods a rich deep
+Country and so the roads bad. There are severall high hills that I was
+on that gave a large prospect to y^e eye. I saw some of this land
+improved in the produce of woods w^{ch} y^e dyers use—its ordered in
+this manner, all the Summer season if drie for 4 or 5 months they sow it
+or plant it, but I thinke its sown—then its very Clean wedd when grown
+up a little out of y^e ground, for it rises no higher then Lettice and
+Much in such tuffts; y^e Coullour off y^e Leafe is much like Scabins and
+the shape Resembling that: this they Cutt of Close to y^e ground and soe
+out of y^e same roofe Springs the Leafe againe, this they do 4 tymes,
+then in a Mill w^{th} a horse they Grind the Leaves into a paste, so
+make it up in balls and drye them in a Penthouse to secure it from
+raine—only the wind dryes it. This plantation of about 12 acres would
+Employ 2 or 3 ffamilyes Men, Women and Children, and so they Generally
+Come and Make little hutts for themselves for y^e Season to tend it.
+
+Here I saw flax In the growth. The smell of the Woode is so strong and
+offencive you can scarce beare it at y^e Mill: I could not fforse my
+horse neare it.
+
+ffrom thence I returned. Backe by a place where is a stone stands to
+Divide ffour shires—Worcester, Oxford Glocester and Warwickshire—so I
+ascended there a high hill and travaill’d all on y^e top of y^e hills a
+pleasant and a good Roade. I came to Rowle Stone where are many such
+greate stones as is at Stonidge, one stands uppright, a broad Stone
+Called the King’s Stone, being the place a Saxon King was secured
+against his enemies; thence to Broughton in all 26 miles. Thence I went
+to Astrop where is a Steele water Much ffrequented by y^e Gentry, it has
+some Mixture of Allum so is not so strong as Tunbridge. There is a ffine
+Gravell Walke that is between 2 high Cutt hedges where is a Roome for
+the Musick and a Roome for y^e Company besides y^e Private walkes. The
+well runnes very quick, they are not Curious in keepeing it, neither is
+there any bason for the spring to run out off only a dirty well full of
+Moss’s which is all Changed yellow by the water. There are Lodgings
+about for y^e Company and a little place Called Sutton. this is four
+mile, thence to Oxfford 14 mile all in a very good Road and an exceeding
+pleasant Country. You pass by many ffine seates, Park’s, woods, the Land
+in Most part of this County is Rich Red Mould and deepe so as they are
+forced to Plough their Ground 2 or 3 tymes for wheate and Cannot use
+Wheeles to their Ploughs, its rich Land and produces plenty of all
+things.
+
+Oxford opens to view 2 mile off, its Scituation is ffine on a Round hill
+Environ’d Round with hills adorn’d with Woods and Enclosures, yet not so
+neare as to annoy y^e town which stands pleasant and Compact. There is a
+ffine Causy for neare two mile by the Road for the Schollars to walke
+on, y^e Theater stands the highest of all and much in y^e middle
+Encompass’d with y^e Severall Colledges and Churches and other Buildings
+whose towers and Spires appeares very Well at a Distance; the Streetes
+are very Cleane and well Pitched and pretty broad. The high Streete is a
+very Noble one, soe Larg and of a Greate Length. In this is y^e
+University Church Called S^t Maryes, which is very large and Lofty but
+Nothing very Curious in it. The Theater is a Noble Pile of building, its
+Paved with Black and White Marble, exceeding Large and Lofty, built
+Round and Supported by its own architecture all stone, noe pillars to
+support it; itt has windows all round and full of Gallery’s ffor the
+Spectators as well as Disputants when y^e acts are at Oxford. Over the
+Rooff of this Large Roome are as Large roomes with Severall Divissions
+which are Used for the Drying the Printed Sheetes of bookes, and this
+has Light in Ovalls which is quite Round the Theater and in the Middle
+is a large Cupelow or Lanthorne Whence your Eye has a very ffine view of
+y^e whole town and Country; this is all Supported on its own work. Under
+the theater is a roome w^{ch} is ffitted for printing, where I printed
+My name Severall tymes. The outside of y^e theater there is a pavement
+and spikes of Iron in a Raile round with pillars of stone to secure it
+from the street. Just by it is a little building w^{ch} is full of
+Antiquityes w^{ch} have many Curiositys in it of Mettles, Stones,
+Ambers, Gumms.
+
+There is the picture of a Gentleman y^t was a Great benefactor to it
+being a travailer; the fframe of his picture is all wood carved very
+finely with all sorts of figures, Leaves, birds, beast and flowers. He
+gave them 2 ffine gold Meddals or Silve gilt w^{th} two ffine great
+Chaines of the same, one was all curious hollow worke w^{ch} were given
+him by some prince beyond the Sea. There is a Cane which looks like a
+Solid heavy thing but if you take it in yo^r hands its as light as a
+feather, there is a Dwarfe shoe and boote, there are several Loadstones,
+and it is pretty to See how y^e steele Clings or follows it, hold it on
+the top att some distance the needles stand quite upright, hold it on
+either side it moves towards it as it rises and falls.
+
+There are several good Colledges I saw most of y^m. Waddom hall is but
+little; in Trinity Colledge is a fine neate Chapple, new made, finely
+painted. Christ Church is y^e largest Colledge. The Courts large, y^e
+buildings large and lofty; in one of the Courts is a tower new built for
+to hang the Mighty Tom, that bell is of a Large size, so great a Weight
+they were forced to have engines from London to raise it up to the
+tower. There is a fine ring of bells in y^e Colledge S^t Magdalines, its
+just by the river, there is to Maudline Hall (which is a very large and
+good Cloyster) a very fine gravell walk, two or 3 may walke abreast, and
+Rows of trees on either side, and this is round a water w^{ch} Makes it
+very pleasant.
+
+S^t Johns Colledge had fine gardens and walkes but I did but just look
+into it, so I did into kings, and queens Colledges, and severall of the
+rest I looked into, they are much alike in building but none so large as
+Christ Church Colledge. I was in New Colledge w^{ch} is very neate, but
+not large, the buildings good, Y^e Chapple very fine; Ye Garden was new
+makeing, there is a large bason of water In the Middle there is little
+walkes and mazes and round mounts for the schollars to divert
+themselves.
+
+In Corpus Christus Colledge w^{ch} is but small there I was entertained
+at supper and eate of their very good bread and beare which is
+remarkably the best anywhere Oxford Bread is.
+
+The Physick garden afforded great diversion and pleasure, the variety of
+flowers and plants would have entertained one a week. The few remarkable
+things I tooke notice off was y^e Aloes plant w^{ch} is like a great
+flag in shape, leaves and Coullour, and grows in the fform of an open
+Hartichoake and towards the bottom of each Leafe its very broad and
+thicke, In w^{ch} there are hollows or receptacles for y^e Aloes.
+
+There is also y^e sensible plant, take but a Leafe between finger and
+thumb and squeeze it and it immediately Curles up together as if pained
+and after some tyme opens abroad again, it looks in Coullour like a
+filbert Leafe but much narrower and long. There is also the humble plant
+that grows on a long slender Stalke and do but strike it, it falls flatt
+on y^e ground stalke and all, and after some tyme revives againe and
+Stands up, but these are nice plants and are kept mostly under Glass’s,
+y^e aire being too rough for them. There is y^e wormwood sage Called
+Mountaigne sage, its to all appearance like Comon sage only of yellower
+green, a narrow long Leafe full of ribbs; In yo^r Mouth the flavour is
+strong of Wormwood to the taste. The library is as large as 2 or 3
+roomes but old and a little disreguarded except one part w^{ch} is
+parted from the rest, wansecoated and fitted up neate and painted which
+was done by King james y^e Second w^n he designed Maudling Colledg for
+his priests A Seminary. Here I met w^{th} some of my relations who
+accompanyed me about to see some of the Colledges I had not seen before,
+S^t John’s Colledge which is large and has a ffine Garden at one
+Entrance of it with Large Iron-gates Carved and Gilt; its built round
+two Courts: the Library is two walks, one out of the other the inner one
+has severall Anatomy’s in Cases and some other Curiosity of Shells,
+stone, bristol Diamonds, skins of ffish and beasts. Here they have the
+Great Curiosity Much spoken off King Charles the ffirsts Picture; Y^e
+whole Lines of fface band and garment to the Shoulders and armes and
+garter is all written hand and Containes the whole Comon prayer, itts
+very small the Character, but where a straight Line is you May read a
+word or two; there is another of Gustaus Adolphus whose portraiture is
+represented to the Eye in writeing alsoe and Contains his whole Life and
+prowess; there is alsoe the Lord’s prayer and ten Commandments in the
+Compass of a Crown piece; there are also Severall books all of writing
+on vellum Leaves, and one book written in y^e Chinease Caractor on the
+jndian barks off trees; there is alsoe a Book of the Genealogies of the
+Kings since the Conquest to King Charles the Second, with the Severall
+Coates all Gilded very fresh till the two or three Last w^{ch} is
+pretended to be difficient from the art being Lost of Laying Gold so
+ffine on anything to polish it, but thats a great Mistake for that art
+is still in use in England, but the Excuse served the Negligence or
+jgnorance of the workman; there was alsoe One book w^{th} severall Cutts
+in it off y^e Conception of Christ till his Ascention. There was alsoe a
+ffine prayer book or Mass book of Q. Marias, this was in the new part of
+the Library which was neately wanscoated and adorned. There is a ffine
+grove of trees and walks all walled round.
+
+Queens Colledge Library is all new and a stately building Emulating that
+of Christ Church in Cambridge, it is not so large and stands on one
+range of Pillars of stone, the other ffront being all with Statues in
+Stone, in Nitches and Carved adornements and on the tops ffigures and
+statues. The Staircase is pretty broad but not so ffinely wanscoated or
+Carved as that at Cambridge, the roomes is Lofty, but not so large, Well
+Wanscoated and there is good Carvings; its Mostly full of Books in the
+severall divisions and great Globes, its boarded Under foot, there is no
+ballcoany because the prospect is but to a dead wall, its very handsom.
+
+Trinity Colledge Chapple which was not ffinish’d the Last tyme I was at
+Oxford but now it is a Beautifull Magnifficent Structure. Its Lofty and
+Curiously painted—the Rooffe and Sides y^e history of Christ’s ascention
+a very ffine Carving of thin white wood just Like that at Windsor it
+being the same hand. The whole Chappel is Wanscoated with Walnut tree
+and the fine sweet wood y^e same y^t y^e Lord Oxfford brought over when
+high admiral of England, and has wanscoated his hall and staircase with.
+It is sweet like Cedar and of a Reddish Coull^r, but y^e graine much
+ffiner and well vein’d.
+
+New Colledge which belongs to the ffiennes’s, William of Wickam the
+founder, so I look’d on myself as some way a little Interested in that,
+here I was very handsomly Entertained by M^r Cross w^{ch} was one of my
+nephew Say and Seale’s Tutors when at Oxfford. These ffellowshipp in New
+Colledge are about 100 say and a very pretty appartinent of Dineing
+Roome, bed Chamber, a studdy and a room for a Servant, tho’ y^e
+Serviteurs of the Colledge gives attendance; and here they may Live very
+Neatly and well if Sober and have all their Curiosityes they take much
+delight in, greens of all sorts, Myrtle, oringe and Lemons and
+Lorrestine growing in potts of Earth and so moved about from place to
+place and into the aire sometymes. There are severall New Lodgings added
+and beautifyed here, the Gardens also w^{th} gravell and Grass walkes,
+some shady and a great mount in the Middle w^{ch} is ascended by Degrees
+in a round of Green paths deffended by greens cutt Low, and on y^e top
+is a summer house. Beyond these Gardens is a bowling-green and round it
+a Close shady walke, walled round and a Cutt hedge to the bowling-green.
+
+There are in Oxford 18 Colledges and Six halls viz. New Colledge, Christ
+Church, Martin Colledge, Corpus Christy Colledge, Magdalen Colledge,
+University Coll, Pembroke Colledge, Linghorn Colledge, which is
+overlook’t by the Devil, Brasen-nose Colledge, Wadham Colledge, Queens
+Colledge, Belial Colledge, Orrel Colledge, Trinity Colledge, Exetter
+Colledge, All-souls Colledge, Jesus Colledge, S^t Johns Colledge,—halls
+7 viz Alben hall, Maudlin hall, Newin hall, Hart Hall, Glocester hall,
+S^t Mary hall, and Edmond hall. There is a very odd Custom In Queen
+Coll. for every new-years-day, there is a Certain Sum Laid out In
+Needles and thread w^{ch} was Left by y^e founder and every Gentleman of
+that Colledge has one given him w^{th} these words: Take this and be
+thrifty.
+
+In New Colledge Garden in y^e plott there is y^e Colledg Armes Cutt in
+box and y^e 24 Letters round it.
+
+Next plott a sun-dial cutt in box and true-Lovers knotts; att y^e
+entrance of y^e Colledge over y^e gate is the ffiennes’s and y^e
+Wickhams Arms Cutt in stone Sett up there by my Nephew Say when he was
+at y^e Colledge before his travels. There is a large stone statue in the
+Middle of y^e first quadrangle of William of Wickhams y^e ffounder,
+railed in w^{th} Iron Grates.
+
+In y^e Library are y^e pictures of some of y^e learned men w^{ch}
+belonged formerly to the University.
+
+From Oxford I went to Abington and Cross’d y^e River Thames on a bridge
+att y^e end of y^e town and so Entered into Barkshire and rode along by
+y^e thames side a good way, w^{ch} was full of Barges and Lighters—its 6
+mile to Abington. Before I proceed will Insert y^e names of y^e
+ffounders of y^e halls and Colledges in Oxford. University Colledge was
+founded by King Alfred. Baliol Coll. was founded by John and David
+Baliol, Merton Coll. by Walter de Mert, Exetter Coll. by Walter
+Stapleton, Oriel Colledge by King Edward the second, Queen Coll. by
+Robert Egglesfield, New Colledge by W^m of Wickham, Lincoln Colledge by
+Richard Fleming, All souls Coll. by Henry Chicklay Magdalin Coll. by W^m
+Wainfleet, Brason-nose Coll. by W^m Smith, and Rich^d Sutton,
+Corpus-Christy Coll. by Rich^d fox, Christ-Church Coll. by Henry y^e
+eight, Trinity Colledge by Tho. Pope, S^t Johns Coll. Thomas white,
+Jesus Colledge by Queen Elizabeth, Wadham Coll. by Nicholas and Dorothy
+Wadham, Pembrooke Coll. by Thomas Feisdale and Rich^d Whitewick, Hart
+Hall by Walter Stapleton, S^t Mary Hall by King Edward the 2^d, Newin
+Hall by W^m of Wickham, Magdalen Hall by W^m of Wainfleet, Gloster Hall
+by thomas White, Alton Hall by y^e abbess of Alban, St Edmond Hall by
+y^e arch Bishop of Canterbury.
+
+From thence I went to Abington. Abington town seemes a very well built
+town and the Market Cross is the ffinest in England, its all of free
+stone and very Lofty; Even ye Isles or Walk below is a Lofty arch on
+severall Pillars of square Stone and four square Pillars: over it are
+Large Roomes with handsome windows, above w^{ch} is some Roomes with
+Windows and Little Like the Theatre att Oxford only this is a Square
+building and that round, it makes a very ffine appearance.
+
+From thence I went to Elsly 8 mile farther, a little Market town, good
+Inns thence Newbury. Most of this way is much on Downs and good Roads,
+its 7 mile to Newbury where I called on an old acquaintance Marryed to a
+tradesman M^r Every, who is so Like the Minister his Uncle y^t was my
+acquaintance. Here I staid an hour and then proceeded on to Basenstoke
+12 long miles, being my ready road to Chichister, and from Basenstoke to
+Alton 8 mile and from thence to Petersffield and to Nurstead 11 long
+Miles, this was in Hampshire so was Basenstoke: here I lay at a
+Relations House M^r Holt that marry’d My Mothers sister. From thence I
+went to Chichester through a very ffine Parke of the Lord Tankervailes,
+stately woods and shady tall trees at Least 2 mile, in y^e Middle stands
+his house w^{ch} is new built, square, 9 windows in y^e ffront and seven
+in the sides. Brickwork w^{th} free stone coynes and windows, itts in
+the Midst of fine gardens, Gravell and Grass walks and bowling green,
+w^{th} breast walls Divideing each from other, and so discovers the
+whole to view. Att ye Entrance a Large Coart w^{th} Iron gates open
+w^{ch} Leads to a less, ascending some stepps, ffree stone in a round,
+thence up More Stepps to a terrass, so to the house; it looks very neate
+and all orchards and yards convenient. Thence I entered into Sussex and
+soe Chichester, w^{ch} is 12 miles. This is but a Little Citty
+Encompass’d with a wall w^{th} 4 gates which Casts the two streetes
+directly across each other and so Lookes through from Gate to Gate, one
+Streete does, the other it seemes did so formerly, but in new building
+of some of their houses they have encroach’d into the Streete and so
+hinders the through visto. In Midst of these 2 or 4 streetes Divided by
+the Market place is a very faire Cross of Stone Like a Church or greate
+arch, its pretty Large and pirramydy form w^{th} severall Carvings. The
+Cathedrall is pretty Lofty, y^e painting on y^e Roofe in the quire and
+Isles Looked very ffresh tho’ 300 yeares old, there is in the jsle on
+y^e roofe y^e phaney of 6 faces joyned and 6 eyes and yet each face has
+two eyes and in another place the faces turned outward and so the 6
+faces are 12 eyes. The Quire is good, there is a fixed pulpit in it
+overight y^e Bishops seate w^{ch} is not usual, I never saw it
+before—Usually they have pulpits that are Moveable.
+
+There is a faire Organ and another pulpit in y^e body of the Church,
+there is also an entire Church in y^e Cathedral by it self w^{ch} is y^e
+parish Church. There are in all 6 parishes and so many Churches besides
+y^e Cathedrall. Over the alter is painted glass Chequer’d blew white and
+Red, so deepe the Coull^r is struck into the Glass as makes it darkish,
+in one of the Isles is a square place, on each side y^e Wall is filled
+with y^e Kings pictures from y^e Conquest to their present Majestyes;
+there is also one Picture pretty Large of a Saxon King in his Robes and
+an abbott with his brethren, petitioning to build this Cathedrall which
+before belonged to y^e Isle of Ely where was y^e Bishops see. There is
+also one large Picture of another Bishop petitioning King Harry y^e
+8^{th} to ffinish and paint y^e Church. On y^e other side the wall is
+filled up w^{th} y^e severall abbots and Bishops since ye Conquest that
+have been of Chichester. In their advancement they are brought from
+Bristol to Chichester and next advance is to Ely and so on to greater
+revenues. The tower is 260 odd steps, from whence you may see the whole
+town. There are 3 or 4 good New houses, one is y^e Dean’s, Mr Edds, a
+very good man; from thence I saw y^e Isle of Wight, Spitthead; the sea
+comes within a mile of ye Citty, Remarkable for Lobsters and Crabs
+Chichester is. There is an Engine or Mill about a Mile off the town
+draws up salt water at one side from the sea and fresh water from a
+Little rivulet w^{ch} descends from a hill, and so supply’s y^e town.
+Halfe way off y^e tower you go round y^e quire and Looke down into it,
+there are severall effigies of marble and allabaster of y^e Bishops of
+the place and one of the Earle of Arundell and his Lady.
+
+Chichester is 50 mile from London y^e Direct way by Guildford, but I
+went through more of Sussex w^{ch} is much in blind dark Lanes and up
+and down Steepe hills, to Billinghurst and passed through Arundell parke
+belonging to y^e Duke of Norfolke, this was 18 mile, from whence I went
+to Dorken in Surry 15 mile, where are y^e best trouts in y^e river
+w^{ch} runns by Box hill a Remarkable diversion to people that go to
+Epsum. The hill is full of box w^{ch} is Cutt out in severall walks
+shady and pleasant to walk in tho’ the Smell is not very agreeable; the
+brow of the hill being Such a height gives a Large prospect of a
+ffruitfull vale full of inclosures and woods, and this River Runns
+twining itself about and is called y^e Swallow, and Just about Dorken
+and Leatherhead 4 mile thence it sinkes away in many places w^{ch} they
+call Swallow holes, this Must be some quicksand, but y^e Report of it is
+it sincks here and runnes und^r ground a Mile or two and rises about
+Moles and Runs againe. Camden does credit this and repeates a tryal one
+made of forceing a Duck into one of those falls w^{ch} Came out at y^e
+other side by Moles w^{th} its ffeathers allmost all Rubbed off w^{ch}
+supposses y^e passage to be streight, but how they Could force y^e Duck
+into so difficult a way or whither anything of this is more than
+Conjecture must be Left to every ones Liberty to judge. From Dorken its
+10 mile to Kingsston, a Chalky hard Road w^{ch} is in Surrey, this
+stands on the Thames, its a great Market for Corne; I was there on
+Satturday and saw great quantity’s of Corn and Mault sold; thence I
+passed by Richmond park wall a good way and Came in sight of Hampton
+Court w^{ch} is a Noble Building, had the good queen Mary Lived to have
+ffinished it, it would have been y^e noblest palace in y^e Kingdom. I
+passed the end of Wanstead and Clapham and part of Lambeth having
+Chealsey College in view and y^e whole Cittys of Westminster and London
+so thro’ Southwarke over London bridge into Middlesex 10 mile in all
+from Kingston—this Little journey was 220 mile.
+
+Another journey into Herrifordshire from London, by Uxbridge to Islip 5
+miles that is 7 mile off Oxford, from Islip to Woodstock where remaines
+no foote steps of faire Rosomonds Bower, only y^e walls round y^e parke
+and the little brookes that supply’d it w^{th} water for y^e baths and
+wells and ponds. Thence to Morton Hindmost in Glocestershire to a
+Relations house, My Uncle Rich^d ffiennes’s widdow, a little neate stone
+built town, good Innes for y^e travellers being y^e road from London to
+Worcester and Herrifford and wales. Thence over Broadway hill to Parshur
+in all 30 mile by 12 of y^e Clock, thence to Upton, where we pass on a
+large bridge over y^e fine River the Severn w^{ch} runs from Worcester
+and to Glocester, Shrewsbury and to Bristol where it runns into the
+sea—in some places its very broad, Some Miles over, but here it was no
+broader than y^e Thames is at Staines—it affords good ffish, Salmon and
+severall sorts besides. I think this River does not Ebb and flow so
+farre into y^e Land. Here we Enter into Worcestershire and ascend
+Manborn hills or as some term them y^e English Alps, a Ridge of hills
+Divideing Worcestershire and Heriforshire and was formerly Esteemed the
+divideing England and Wales, Herriford Shropshire &c. were Weltch
+Countys. They are at least 2 or 3 miles up and are in a Pirramidy
+fashion on y^e top. I rode up upon y^e top of one of y^e highest from
+whence Could discern the Country above 40 miles round and noe hills but
+what appeared Like Burrows or Mole hills, these being so high Nothing
+Could Limitt y^e Eye but distance. Just at y^e Bottom stands Worcester
+town which Looks like a Large well built town of Brick and Stone—I was
+not in it. On the one Side of this high Ridge of hills Lies Worcester:
+Oxford Glocestershire &c. appears in plaines, enclosures, Woods and
+Rivers and many Great hills tho’ to this they appeare Low: on the other
+Side is Herriforshire w^{ch} appears Like a Country off Gardens and
+Orchards the whole Country being very full of fruite trees &c. it lookes
+like nothing else—the apple and pear trees &c. are so thick even in
+their Corn fields and hedgerows. The descent is as long and steep in
+some places as its riseing was. Thence to a Relations house my uncle
+John ffiennes and his son; New house, 20 mile from Parshur which I rode
+all in one day in June and y^e miles are here very long so that at Least
+it may be esteemed the Last 20 mile as long as the 30 mile gone in the
+morning. My Cos’n ffiennes has made a very convenient habitation at this
+place w^{ch} Contrary to its Name was an old built house—Timber worke,
+but by his alteration and additions of good Brick walls round the Court
+and 4 pretty gardens, w^{th} good Walks grass platts much good fruite,
+of w^{ch} the Country does Easily produce, and if persons are Curious in
+planting may have y^e best w^{ch} my Cosen has here, and the walls some
+Lower than other gives the sight of y^e Garden at one view. Severall
+large orchards behind the house with new Stables and offices w^{ch}
+makes it look well. Itts in sight of severall houses, but all old
+buildings—Lady Hopton’s in a Low meadow—there are woods by it and a
+Little river parts them, called y^e Framy w^{ch} gives Name to Severall
+Little villages as Cannon froom, Bishops ffroom, Castle froom; this
+runnes into another Little river Called the Lug and both runnes into the
+River Wye w^{ch} is on y^e back side of Herriford town. This was 7 miles
+from us, its a pretty little town of timber buildings, the streetes are
+well pitched and handsome as to breadth and Length. The river Wye is as
+broad as the Thames is at Maidenhead bridge, or hardly so broad, its a
+Rapid River and seemed much disturb’d; there is very good ffish in it;
+it did not looke Cleare w^n I saw it, but was thick and yellow but y^t
+is against foul weather.
+
+The Mount which is the only thing of y^e Castle that remaines Commands
+the sight of y^e river and town. The Cathedrall is very neate but small,
+the Carving of the wood in the Quire was good. In the Library I was
+shown by y^e Dean of Herriford y^e History of pope Joan with her
+Picture, it was printed in and with the history of all the popes in Rome
+successively—it was writt in old English, but I made a shift to read it.
+There is ye Bishops Palace and y^e Deanes and Doctors houses w^{ch} are
+the best buildings, but they are not very ffine or Large. 7 mile thence
+on a flatt is M^r Paul folie’s Seate called Stoake in whose parlour you
+see Herriford quite plainer—its a very good old house of Timber worke
+but old ffashion’d, and good Roome for Gardens, but all in an old fform
+and mode and M^r Folie Intends to make both a new house and gardens. The
+latter I saw staked out, so it will be to no purpose to say anything of
+it as its now only y^e good Barns and Stables that are new Covered
+w^{th} slate, y^e ffine Bowling-green walled in, and a Summer-house in
+it all new. There is beyond this, ffine woods and a delicate Parke above
+the house—pailed in; y^t is stored with deare both red and ffallow and
+affords 12 brace in a season, there are also fine Coppices.
+
+From thence to Newhouse againe 7 mile, hither we went 5 or 6 tymes from
+Newhouse to Broughton. We went by Eshum and y^e Vale of y^e Red horse
+being a Vale of a great extent, the earth is all Red, its a very Rich
+Country for Corn and ffruites and woods. Its Called y^e Vale of Eshum or
+of y^e Red horse from a Red horse Cut out on some of y^e hills about it
+and y^e Earth all Looking Red, y^e horse Lookes so as y^t of y^e white
+horse Vale. Here is all very heavy way to Weston 25 mile in Glocester,
+to a Parsonage of my Cos’n Pheramus ffiennes given him for his life by
+his and our Grandfather Will^m Lord Viscount Say and Seale—its a neate
+building all stone, and y^e walls round Court, Gardens and yards, all
+are of Stone.
+
+A mile thence was one of his sisters marry’d to a Parson M^r Browne that
+has a very neate and Convenient Little house and Gardens. A mile from
+thence is a very high hill from whence I Could see a great
+distance—Warwick and Coventry and a large tract of Land all round. Att
+the foote of this hill Lyes Camden Town w^{ch} I went through, its built
+all of stone as is the Church w^{th} the Effigie of the Little
+Viscountess Camden that lived to a great age and was Mother to the Earle
+of Gainsborough; its Cut out in white Marble and stands in an arch in
+the wall, w^{th} two Leav’d doores to it, to keep it from y^e dust—there
+were severall little Monuments besides in the Church. From thence to
+Brailes and thence to Broughton 19 miles to my Brother Say, w^{ch} is 50
+miles from London; I went by Alsbury 20 thence 30 to London.
+
+A journey I went into the New fforest in Hampshire to Ffarnum 38 mile,
+there we go by Aberstone the Duke of Boltons house, stands on y^e Side
+of a hill where are ffine Gardens and much ffruite. From Ffernum you see
+the Castle w^{ch} is y^e Bishops of Winchesters house, its a large
+building; thence you go to Alton 7 mile, thence to Alsford 7 mile more,
+you go along on the hills in sight of the River all w^{ch} gives name to
+those places, its a good Chaulkey way. Thence to Winchester 7 mile—in
+one mile off the town is Woolsey y^t was formerly y^e Bishops house, a
+large Rambling building like a little town, this is on Maudline hill
+whereon a Considerable ffaire is kept neare Michelmas, y^e Traffique
+mostly hopps which y^t Country produceth good and Cheese—its noted for a
+vast many of Waines from Severall parts especially from the West
+Country.
+
+Winchester is a large town was once y^e metropolis, there is a wall
+Encompassing it with severall Gates; the streetes are pretty good, Large
+and long, y^e buildings but Low and old, only some few in the Close
+w^{ch} are new built of the Doctors houses by y^e Colledge and the
+Church. Y^e Deans house is a good old house, timber buildings; there are
+some of the roomes Lofty and large, a dineing, drawing room and bed
+Chamber very good; a long Gallery runns through the house and opens into
+the Garden by a Descent of Severall Stone stepps. Y^e Garden is but
+small—there are Green and gravel walkes higher and Lower, but its all in
+an old fashion’d form but neately kept and severall Curiosityes in potts
+of flowers and greens. The Bishops palace stands in a Low Ground or
+Watry Meadow, its a timber building but so unpleasant that the Bishop
+lives not at it but at Ffarly Castle about 20 mile off.
+
+The Cathedrall at Winchester is one of y^e biggest in England and is to
+be admired for its Largeness, not its neatness or Curiosity, there is an
+ascent of 20 steps up to the quire that is finely Carved in y^e wood,
+and on the top all round stands in ffine painted Chests the bones of the
+Kings of England y^t were buried there; for Winchester was the Regal
+Citty w^{ch} now it has lost, as also a peculiar art of dying y^e best
+purples. In the Church there are no good Monuments worth notice, the
+body of the Church is very large, y^e Steeple Lookes Noble, but y^e
+Spire is not a neare so high as Salisbury. In the town is a new building
+begun by K. Charles the Second for a Palace when he Came to hunt and for
+aire and diversions in the Country. I saw y^e Modell of it w^{ch} was
+very fine and so would it have been if ffinished; but there is only y^e
+outside shell is set up, there were designed fine apartm^{ts} and two
+Chapples but its never like to be finish’d now.
+
+There is a good river runns thro’ the town, at y^e backside the Castle
+stood high, but there now remaines only y^e ruined walls and banks on
+w^{ch} they make gardens and hopp yards, w^{ch} runnes a great Length on
+the side of y^e brow of the hill that some part of y^e town is built
+on—it Lookes pretty. Here is a good Colledge it is on y^e same
+foundation y^t New Colledge in Oxford are; both built and Endowed by
+Great Will^m of Wickam an ancester of y^e ffiennes and Lord Say and
+Seale. So all the founders Kindred by his own Statutes are first to be
+Chosen and have a Right to many priviledges—its only in default or want
+of any of his Kindred or of Such and Such Parishes w^{ch} he names that
+any other person ought or Can be Chosen a Child of this Colledg. They
+have such a Number above 100—they have their Diet and a gown every year,
+and so much mony Every quarter, and here they have their Learning and
+provision.
+
+There are also fellowships—w^{ch} as they become vacant they who are
+fitt its bestowed on them—on w^{ch} a young Man May Maintain himself
+well and so improve his Learning. These fellowships at New Colledg are
+forfeited if they do not live there, or for y^e most part; and also as
+soone as they are Marryed they are put out in number fellows and master
+and warden, but at winchester the fellowships are of greater value and
+do appertaine to a person during Life in Case he Comes and resides for
+y^e most part there, even when they are marryed.
+
+I thinke there are but 7 fellowships here. There is a warden of y^e
+Colledge and a Schoolemaster and usher at Winchester. Y^e Colledge is a
+good Pile of Building there is a very pretty Chapple in it and a very
+fine Library w^{ch} is in y^e Cloysters y^t are very good for walking.
+
+There is a large hall they eate in and have their exact Commons to Every
+one, so have the fellows, their Lodgings are Convenient and all their
+offices, the Warden has built a new appartment for himself w^{ch} looks
+well about a mile or two beyond Winchester, we go by S^t Cross, a Large
+hospitall for old men and I thinke most is for y^e decayed schollars.
+
+The Masters place is worth 1000 pound a yeare—it used to be annexed to
+y^e Warden of the Colledges place, by their ffoundation they are to give
+reliefe to any Travellers that call there so farre as a Loafe of bread
+as big as our two penny bread is and a Draught of beare and a piece of
+mony. I thinke its y^e value of a Groate. Ffrom thence I came to
+Redbridge, thence to Buckland in the new forest in all 20 mile; ffrom
+Buckland w^{ch} was a Relation’s house—S^r Rob^t Smiths—its a mile to
+Limington a seaport town—it has some few small shipps belongs to it and
+some Little trade, but y^e Greatest trade is by their Salterns. Y^e Sea
+water they draw into Trenches and so into Severall ponds y^t are secured
+in y^e bottom to retain it, and it stands for y^e Sun to Exhale y^e
+Watry fresh part of it, and if it prove a drye sumer they make the best
+and most Salt, for y^e raine spoyles y^e ponds by weakning y^e Salt.
+When they think its fit to boyle they draw off the water from y^e ponds
+by pipes w^{ch} Conveys it into a house full of Large Square Iron and
+Copper panns; they are shallow but they are a yard or two if not more
+Square, these are fixed in Rowes one by another it may be twenty on a
+Side, in a house under which is the ffurnace y^t burns fiercely to keepe
+these panns boyling apace, and as it Candy’s about y^e Edges or bottom
+so they Shovell it up and fill it in great Baskets and so the thinner
+part runns through on Moulds they set to Catch it, w^{ch} they Call Salt
+Cakes. Y^e rest in y^e Baskets drye and is very good Salt and as fast as
+they Shovell out the boyling Salt out of y^e panns they do replenish it
+w^{th} more of their Salt water in their pipes. They told me when the
+Season was drye and so the Salt water in its prime they Could make 60
+quarters of Salt in one of those panns w^{ch} they Constantly attend
+Night and day all the while the fire is in the ffurnace, because it
+would burn to waste and Spoyle y^e panns w^{ch} by their Constant Use
+wants often to be repaired. They Leave off Satterday Night and let out
+y^e fire and so begin and kindle their fire Monday Morning. Its a pretty
+Charge to light the fire. Their Season for makeing Salt is not above 4
+or 5 Months in y^e year and y^t only in a dry Summer. These houses have
+above 20 some 30 others more of these panns in them, they are Made of
+Copper. They are very Carefull to keep their ponds well secured and
+Mended by good Clay and Gravell in the bottom and Sides and so by sluces
+they fill them out of the sea at high-tides and so Conveyed from pond to
+pond till fit to boyle. Ffrom Limmington to Lindhurst is 6 mile, where
+is a house of y^e Kings w^n he comes to hunt in the new fforest, and y^e
+Lord Warden of the fforest is there when he Comes to hunt and Hawk, to
+Whome Comes all the Gentry of the Country to waite on him—he dines at
+Night from 7 to 12 of the Clock. He is served in plaite, those y^t hunt
+with him all day Comes and Dines or Supps with him. He has power to
+dispose and order y^e Concerns of y^e forrest for y^e timber for shipps
+and to have it Cherrish’d and secured from Spoyle, as also the deare and
+Game to be preserved, y^e disposeing of the Lodges are in his power.
+There are 15 Lodges and these are disposed to Gentlemen that have
+underkeepers y^t takes care of it, and w^t is peculiar to y^e New
+forrest and known no where Else are these Brouce Deare; at these
+severall Lodges y^e Keepers gather Brome and at Certaine tymes in y^e
+day by a Call gathers all the Dear in within the railes which belongs to
+Each Lodge, and so they Come up and feed upon this Brouce and are by
+that meanes very fatt and very tame, so as to Come quite to Eate out of
+y^e hand. All the day besides they range about and if they meete anybody
+if it be their own keeper without y^e pail of y^e Lodge they will run
+from him as wild as Can be. These Lodges are about 4 miles asunder and
+its a great Priviledge and advantage to be a Cheefe Keeper of any of
+these Lodges; they have Venison as much as they please and Can easily
+shoote it when the troop Comes up w^{th} in y^e paile, for none are
+allowed to Shoot out in y^e forrest, nor are allowed to go out w^{th}
+Gun or dog or to keep any Except Gentlemen, and not they if they have
+been found Shooteing in y^e fforest. I think its ffellony for any to
+kill y^e Kings dear. there are severall Rangers of y^e fforest, and 6
+verderers y^t are their justices or judges of all matters Relateing to
+y^e fforest, these ought allwayes to reside in y^e fforest and are to
+attend the King when he Comes into y^e new fforest. Clothed in green,
+they have a buck and Doe Every year for their ffee, besides being
+Masters—the under keepers are at their beck so y^t they Can get as Much
+venison as they want. There is also a Rider of y^e fforest who is to see
+about y^t all things are secure and well done and y^e Timber kept and
+Deer, to see they are not spoyled or Destroyed: his Right is to all the
+Deer y^t are hurt or Maimed as also he is to have y^e Shoulder of y^e
+first Stagg that is hunted and killed in the Season. There is a Bow man
+w^{ch} is to provide y^e King w^{th} Bow and arrow when he Comes into
+y^e fforest—they have some priviledge also but y^e shooteing by bow and
+arrow being Left off, y^t office is not regarded.
+
+Ffrom Lindhurst about a Mile is a parke called new parke enclosed out of
+y^e fforrest with Pailes, it belongs to y^e Kings house; there is a
+house in it w^{ch} was the Lodge—a large old Timber house. Ffrom
+Limington to y^e Isle of Wight its about 4 Leagues; to Yarmouth you go
+by Hurst Castle, y^t runnes on a point of land into y^e sea just by the
+Needles within a League of Yarmouth, and those needles are severall
+Great Rocks on y^t side of the Island, craggy, and severall stand out
+into the sea w^{ch} makes it very hazardous for shipps to pass there,
+Especially in a Storme or for Strangers—y^e passage being narrow between
+the Needles and Hurst Castle, Can easily Command any ship that would
+pass there. Yarmouth is a little Sea-port and has a Little Castle that
+Can annoy Any Enemy that should pass by Hurst, so between them may well
+Secure y^t part of y^e Isle and all on y^e back side of the jsland are
+those Needles y^t are a Natural ffortification it being inaccessible.
+
+So at another part of y^e jsle there is Sandumffort w^{ch} is a pretty
+strong place. Y^e jsland is 10 mile in the breadth and 30 mile in
+Length—Upon Most of the high hills you see the wall of y^e sea on both
+Sides, if not all round you as in some places. Ffrom Yarmouth to Newport
+is seven mile, a little town y^t y^e Arm of the Sea Comes up to—its one
+of the biggest towns in y^e Island; in a mile off it is Casbrooke Castle
+into w^{ch} King Charles y^e first retired when he was worsted by y^e
+Parliaments forces—there are some good roomes still that remaine but y^e
+most part are destroyed and only ruined walls to be seen. There is a
+deep well of 40 ffathom they draw up y^e bucket by a great Wheele in
+w^{ch} they put a horse or ass—a stone thrown down sounds a long tyme
+ere you hear it splash into y^e water. About seven miles thence is Cowes
+both East and west 2 ports for Shipps to ride in and be Recruited w^{th}
+all sorts of provisions w^{ch} is done on very reasonable terms. Y^e
+ffertillity of the whole jsland produces Corn of all sorts in great
+plenty, and all sorts of Cattle and butter; Cheese as also Great Store
+of ffish and ffowle; there is some Little part fforrest land but for y^e
+most part are Meddows and good downs.
+
+The little ports are all fitted for y^e Seamen and their affaires,
+Little houses, not but there are severall good old houses that are
+Gentlemens seats, as S^r Robert Dilington at Knighton and S^r John
+oglander at Nunwell, S^r Robert Worstly and severall More. S^r Rob^t
+Holmes has a good Estate there, he was the Governour of y^e Island and
+of Yarmouth Castle and there he is buried, Where is his Statue Cutt in
+Length in white Marble in the Church and railed in with Iron Grates; he
+was raised from Nothing and an imperious Govern^r, and what he Scrap’d
+together was forced to Leave to his Nephew and base Daughter, haveing no
+other, and they have set up this Stately monument which Cost a Great
+deal. There is one place called Mottstone just by the sea side, the Name
+Comes from many Great Stones that stand up in the Grounds not unlike y^e
+stones at Stonidge in Wiltshire, but this sort of stone is in Many
+places of y^e Island and most of the houses are built of Stone, some few
+Brick. From a hill just above Cowes that runns along by the Sea side You
+May Easily see Spitthead And S^t Hellens point and all the Shipps that
+Lay along y^e Road and that Lay in Portsmouth haven. From Ride is 3
+Leagues to portsmouth, I pass’d it in an hour. Portsmouth is a very Good
+town, Well built with Stone and brick, its not a large town, there are
+Walls and Gates about it, and at Least eight Bridges and Gates without
+one another w^{th} Ditches which secures it very Strongly to y^e
+Land-ward, to the Sea the ffortifications are not so strong; there is a
+plattform with Guns and Pallisadoes. There is a good dock for Building
+Shipps, but about 6 mile off at Red bridge are the best Shipps built.
+There are most of the great Shipps Lye at Anchor here.
+
+I was a board y^e Royal Charles, and the Royal James, which are ffine
+Shipps, y^e Roomes Spacious for Length and Breadth but not high. There
+was a large Chappel and Cabbin with Damaske furniture. The Castle at
+Portsmouth is not Great—its Rather Called the Kings house where is a
+Great deal of armes. I was in the Dineing Roome where King Charles y^e
+Second met Queen Katherine and was marryed to her and set the crown on
+her head. There from that roome out of double doores goes a long wooden
+bridge to the Plattforme; just by is South sea Castle which is wash’d
+round by y^e sea and pretty deep water att Spring tides, it Looks very
+fine but think its but of Little Strength or Service. Above the town is
+a very fine down Called Porchester down very pleasant for Sports Hawking
+and hunting; 6 mile over this down is Southwicke, Coll: Nortons a good
+old house Capable of being Made ffine, Large Garden room—Woods and
+Grounds Lying well about it and a good Warren, Coppices and y^e Stately
+G^t Timber trees as may be seen. He was an old officer in the Long
+parliam^t service—this is 15 mile from Winchester and from Winchester to
+South-hampton is ten miles; that is a very neate clean town and the
+Streets well pitch’d and kept so, by their Carrying all their Carriages
+on Sleds as they do in holland, and permit no Cart to go about in y^e
+town, and keep it Clean Swept—this was formerly more strictly observ’d
+when the town was full of trade, for it is a good port, but now y^e
+trade has failed and y^e town almost forsooke and neglected. Its a place
+of No Strength now, by reason of y^e Castle being ruined and the
+fortifications neglected and the Gunns taken thence, tho’ by most its
+thought the best scittuated port for Shipps to Ride and take their
+provision in and so Capable of tradeing; but the last 2 Reignes for near
+40 year discourag’d it being a proper place for the french to have
+Seiz’d and Secured for themselves. About 3 Leagues off is Cashot Castle
+just out into the Sea w^{ch} does Encompasse it all but a very little
+point of land Called Horsy Beach that runnes out into the New forrest by
+Bewly w^{ch} was an abby in the fforest, for the Extent of y^e fforrest
+is large—Miles long; All round Casholt Castle on the Beach itts as full
+of fine Cockle shells so that they heap them up all round the Castle
+Like a wall.
+
+It was at South-hampton King Philip Landed when he Came to marry Queen
+Mary. Ffrom thence its 6 miles to Rumsey, and the Road Runns just by a
+ffine house of one of my Relations S^r John S^t Barbe’s; the Rows of
+trees in the avenues runns just from y^e Road to the front of the house.
+You Enter a Court thats wall’d in and blew Iron gates. The Court has a
+Round in the Middle rail’d in, designed for a Bowling Green, and the
+Coaches drive round it to Come to the Entrance w^{ch} is severall stone
+Stepps to a broad Space that is railed w^{th} Balls and Banisters: the
+Space is paved w^{th} broad free stone the stepps y^e Same 8 or 10. The
+house is a halfe Roman H. Y^e hall is in the Middle w^{th} double
+doores, its very lofty and large there’s a Chimney just against the
+Entrance on the Right hand, runns in an Entry through the house to the
+back yard, where are the offices, Still house and Barnes and Coach
+houses and a very ffine Stable built of Brick—there are large
+partitions. In this Entry you have the pantry and Cellars and on the
+other side y^e Kittchin Larders and pastry w^{ch} is one wing of the
+house and just behind the hall is y^e Servants hall and a Little parlour
+just by the pantry and back staires. Then the great hall is divided in
+halfe by the Staircase, w^{ch} hangs on its own work not supported of
+Either Side, to the first half pace and all the way up without Support,
+on the one Side they are of oake, the railes and Banisters are
+varnished. The halfe paces are Inlaid w^{th} yew wood w^{ch} lookes a
+yellowish Red in Squaires; they Land on the next Story with a space of
+this Inlaid worke of a good Bigness the whole Compass of y^e Staircase.
+The Roofe of the Staires is even w^{th} y^e Roofe of y^e next Story; on
+the other side of the Staires are severall Rows of Pillars of wood
+Painted Like Marble for to walke between, and you pass quite under the
+Staires into a Little Closet, and a little farther into a back yard
+where is a Bathing house and other necessarys. There is a screen stands
+on the side of the Staires next the Chimney to make that part more
+private. Y^e hall Runns quite through to the Garden where there is a
+door w^{th} stepps down and so at this door you see thro’ the house to
+y^t back yard I mentioned at y^e End of the Entry. The other wing of y^e
+house is a large parlour and drawing Roome, this is out of the hall by
+the Garden; the hall is well painted and a Carved Cornish round and
+pillars on the wanscoate round the Roome. The parlour is wanscoated and
+painted a Cedar Coullour. The next Story you Enter of this large halfe
+pace on the Right hand, into a door w^{ch} Leads fore Right to a
+Balcony, and on the Left hand into a passage, w^{ch} leads to the
+Chamber over the drawing Roome, and by it is a Servants Roome Even
+w^{th} y^e passage. On the Right hand is a passage Leads to Another
+Roome just over against—open the doores and there is a perfect visto, so
+there is the other way and a servants roome even w^{th} y^e passage;
+beyond this roome is a back Stair Leads to the bath, and by y^e Servants
+Roome is a large back Staire that Leads to the Next Story, the Great
+staires Ending here, and on the Left hand they lead into a large dineing
+Roome &c.—then a drawing Roome and next a bed Chamber w^{ch} has a back
+doore to the back Staires by y^e kitchin. These doores open through to
+y^e End one way the best bed Chamber and quite to the balcony y^e other
+side a visto.
+
+Within the dineing roome on ye Left hand is a very Largo bed Chamber
+w^{ch} jndeed is y^e best—good tapistry hangings—here is design’d a
+velvet bed its painted white; there are very good Pictures; here is a
+Little back Staires to y^e Servants hall. The dineing Roome is
+wanscoated and varnish’d the other Roomes nothing done to—that is the
+drawing Roome and Chamber. W^{th} in there is damaske, and Camlet beds
+in y^e other Roomes, and off these back Staires by y^e Kitchin is a
+Chamber, anty Roome, dressing roome, 2 Closets These back staires goe up
+to the next Story y^t Leads to the roomes over this, and to a long
+Gallery that is Window all to the ffront and Leads to all y^e Chambers.
+There is handsome roomes only those at y^e Side and End are Garret
+fashion—between are Servants roomes and Closets: thence a little pair of
+Stairs Leads up to the Gallery and thence up to the Cupilow which is in
+the Middle of the house, all Windows round and on y^e top has a Gold
+ball that holds severall Gallons. On each Wing there are 2 little
+towers, one has y^e Clock the other a Sundial, and on the top two gold
+balls of a Lesser size. The Gardens are walled in, some with brest
+walls, some higher with flower potts on them; severall places with open
+grates to Look through with Stone balls or ffigures on the pillars each
+Side the Gates everyway. There is a water house that by a Wheele Casts
+up the Water out of y^e River just by, and fills y^e pipes to Serve all
+y^e house and to fill y^e bason designed in the middle of the Garden
+w^{th} a Spout in the middle.
+
+The Gardens are not finish’d but will be very ffine, w^{th} Large Gates
+open to y^e Grounds beyond, some of w^{ch} are planted with trees. Its a
+fine thing, but doubt its no very good aire—it stands in a low place
+near y^e River, the hills all round on y^t Side and y^e Mold and Soyle
+is Black and such as they Cut up for peate. The road from hence to
+Salisbury is by White Parish and Joy Church and you come in Sight of my
+Lord Coal-rain house that Looks Like a good Building of Stone, but its
+just so upon the Great River that it lookes Like a Little Castle or
+Shipp. This river runns to Breamore from Salisbury just by a very fine
+Seat of y^e Lady Brooks which was S^r W^m Doringtons heir. The house
+Stands finely to the River a brick building. You Enter into a Walled
+Court Soe up 12 Stepps at Least into a Noble hall: on the Left hand was
+a parlour, and on y^e Right a large drawing roome a Little parlour and
+Large Staires up to Severall very handsom Chambers ffurnished with good
+Tapistry and damaske and some velvets, w^{ch} was new because the fire
+had Spoiled most of the goods; but the house was built just in y^e same
+ffigure. The Kitchins and offices are all under y^e roomes of State and
+they go down Steps to it Under y^e Arch of Stepps that ascend to the
+hall: out of the drawing roome by Glass doors you enter the Garden on a
+terrass and y^t by Stepps, so to Severall Walks of Gravel and Grass and
+to the Gardens, one below another with Low Walls to give the view all at
+once. Here was fine flowers and Greens Dwarfe trees and oring and Lemon
+trees in Rows w^{th} fruite and flowers at once and some ripe; they are
+y^e first oring trees I ever Saw. Here are Stately woods and walks. This
+River Runns to ffording bridge A Little place, thence to Kingwood,
+thence to Christchurch; it turns many Great Mills and there have been
+great attempts to make it Navigable w^{ch} would be of Great advantage,
+but all Charge has been Lost in it. There is Store of good ffish in it;
+it runns to Christchurch and divides the new fforest from Wiltshire,
+there is a large Bridge that crosses at Christchurch where it runns into
+the Sea. This is 18 miles from Salisbury 20 miles from Newtontony over
+y^e down, 6 to Rumsy 4 to Lockerly two to East Titherly where S^r
+ffrancis Rowles has a fine house and Garden and Groves. One on the Edge
+of y^e hill, all in sight of y^e Road Looks ffinely of Scott and
+Norroway ffirrs in Rows and Looks very well. In 2 mile of this is Dean
+w^{ch} was S^r John Evlings, now his Grandsons Lord Kingston, it seems
+to be a good Lofty Building, its woody and very ffruitfull. There is
+Likewise a good old seate of M^r Whiteheads my grandfathers, Normans
+Court in West Titherly; its well wooded, good Gardens, but a very old
+house; a ffine Grove of ffirrs to y^e ffront. This is 7 mile from
+Newtontony and as much to Stockbridge w^{ch} is y^e Road to London;
+thence to Sutton 12 miles, thence to Basinstoake 12 mile. Its a Large
+town and has a good trade being a Road. A mile thence is Basin on y^e
+Left hand w^{ch} was a house of y^e Duke of Boltons, but being a
+Garrison in y^e Civil warrs was pulled down and Now only some part
+remaines, and the Gardens w^{ch} are improved and new walls built: fine
+fruit and vineyards, a large parke to it. On y^e Right hand about a mile
+off is Hackwood which is another Seate of y^e Duke of Boltons in a
+pretty parke. It looks very pretty not large. Basinstoake Lyes watrish
+but its on Chalke. A little further on y^e Left hand at some distance
+you see a fine Seate of S^r Robert Henleys, it looks Like a little town,
+its so large a building, and they say its a noble thing ffinished and
+furnish’d very well with good Gardens.
+
+To Harfordbridge 8 mile thence to bagshott 8 mile a heavy sandy way, and
+y^e Same from thence to Egam 8 mile; thence to Staines a mile, where we
+Cross y^e Thames on a bridge and enter Middlesex—thence to London 15
+miles.
+
+I went to see Hampton Court 10 mile from London; it looks Like a little
+town y^e buildings runn so great a Length on y^e ground, Y^e old
+buildings and y^e New part w^{ch} King William and Queen Mary built. Y^e
+Queen took Great delight in it. Y^e new was but just y^e shell up and
+some of y^e Roomes of State Ceil’d but nothing ffinished. The roomes
+were very Lofty, round a Large Court and all the appartments intire. The
+old buildings were on the other side the prioy Garden: there was the
+water Gallery that opened into a ballcony to y^e water, and was decked
+with China and ffine pictures of y^e Court Ladyes drawn by Nellor.
+Beyond this came severall Roomes, and one was pretty Large, at y^e four
+Corners were little roomes like Closets or drawing roomes, one pannell’d
+all w^{th} jappan, another w^{th} Looking Glass, and two w^{th} fine
+work under pannells of Glass. There was the queens Bath and a place to
+take boat in the house. The Gardens were designed to be very ffine,
+Great fountaines and Grass plotts and gravell walkes, and just against
+the middle of y^e house was a very large fountaine, and beyond it a
+large Cannal Guarded by rows of Even trees that runn a good way. There
+was fine Carving in the Iron Gates in the Gardens w^{th} all sorts of
+ffigures, and Iron spikes Round on a breast wall and severall Rows of
+trees.
+
+
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+
+
+
+
+             _HERE BEGINS MY NORTHERN JOURNEY IN MAY 1697_
+
+ffrom London to Amwell Berry in Hartfordshire 19 mile, thence to Bishops
+Startford in Essex 13 mile, w^{ch} is a very pretty Neat Market town, a
+good Church and a delicate spring of Water w^{ch} has a wall built round
+it, very Sweet and Cleare water for drinking. There is a little river
+runns by the town y^t feeds severall Mills.
+
+Thence we Went to Andlyend 10 miles, a house of y^e Earle of Sussex
+w^{ch} makes a Noble appearance Like a town, so many towers and
+buildings off stone within a parke w^{ch} is walled round. A good River
+runs through it, we pass over the bridge. Its built round 3 Courts,
+there are 30 great and Little towers on the top, and a great Cupilow in
+the Middle. The roomes are Large and Lofty with good Rich old ffurniture
+tapistry, but Noe beds in y^t part we saw. There are 750 (150?) Roomes
+in the house.
+
+The Cannall in the Midst of the parke Look’d very fine, its altogether a
+Stately palace and was built for one of y^e Kings. Thence to
+Little-berry one Mile, where is a house with abundance of Curiosityes
+all performed by Clock work and Such like, w^{ch} appears very Strange
+to the beholders, but the master was not at home so I saw no more than
+the Chaire they Set in when they are Carry’d about. All the Country is
+pleasant; between this and Cambridge you go in sight of so many neate
+villages w^{th} Rows of trees about them and very neate built
+Churches—Sometimes 5 or 6 of these are in view together in 3 or four
+mile of Each other—Y^e Churches are stone-work. We went to Babaram where
+was a house of S^r Rich^d Bennets in a pleasant parke prettyly situated,
+only it is in a Low ground, but y^e fine Rows of trees in the severall
+avenues Came just down to the Road: thence to Bornbridge 5 mile, thence
+to Hodmogoge hills 3 miles, w^{ch} looks at a distance Like a long Barn,
+but when you approach Near you see it a Great fortification or Ruines of
+a Castle, with great trenches one within another, and all y^e
+buildings—there is only a long string of Stables to keep y^e Kings
+hunting horses. The hill is of a great height from whence you have a
+great prospect of y^e whole Country and of Cambridge w^{ch} is 3 mile
+off. The town Lyes in a bottom and Marshy Ground all about it severall
+miles w^{ch} is Garnish’d with willows; y^e buildings are old and
+Indifferent. the Streetes mostly narrow, (except near the Market place),
+w^{ch} is pretty spacious—there stands the University Church. Trinity
+Colledg is the ffinest, yet not so Large as Christchurch College in
+oxford. In the first Court there is a very ffine ffountaine in the
+Middle of y^e Quadrangle w^{th} a Carved top and Dials round—there are
+Large Cloysters. The Library runns all y^e rang of building at y^e End
+and stands on 3 rows of stone pillars; it opens into the Gardens and
+walk w^{th} 3 Large Gates or doores of Iron Carv’d very ffine w^{th}
+fflowers and Leaves. The river runs at y^e back side of most of y^e
+Colleges; they have fine stone bridges over it and gates that Lead to
+fine walks; Y^e rivers name is Cam.
+
+The Library farre exceeds that of Oxford, the Staires are Wanscoated and
+very large and Easye ascent, all of Cedar wood, y^e room spacious and
+Lofty paved w^{th} black and white marble, y^e sides are wanscoated and
+decked with all Curious books off Learning, their Catalogue and their
+Benefactors. There is two Large Globes at each End w^{th} teliscopes and
+microscopes and y^e finest Carving in wood, in flowers, birds, Leaves,
+ffigures of all sorts as I ever saw. There is a large Balcony opens at
+the End, very large, all finely painted all over y^e history of the New
+Testament. Its a hundred and twenty steps to y^e roofe and supported by
+noe pillars all Arch of Stone: You walke on y^e Arch or Cradle as its
+term’d. There is 32 Little windows Cut in Stone just as you ascend to
+y^e Cradle or Arch w^{ch} runns on Either side, and a p^r of Staires of
+8 stepps to every 3 windows w^{ch} Lead up to the Arch; thence you
+ascend the Leads over all w^{ch} are fine, secured by battlements round,
+there are 4 large Spires: at each corner one. On these Leads you May see
+a vast Country round.
+
+You see Ely-minster and y^e towers; this is a noble building and Stands
+on so advantagious a ground, and so Lofty built y^t its perspicious
+above y^e town; this is in Lieu of y^e Theatre at Oxford there being
+none here. St Johns College Garden is very pleasant for y^e fine walks
+both Close Shady walks and open Rows of trees and quickset hedges. There
+is a pretty bowling green with Cut arbours in the hedges. Queens
+Colledge is old but a stately and Lofty building. Claire Hall is very
+Little but most Exactly neate in all parts, they have walks w^{th} Rows
+of trees, and bridges over the river and fine painted Gates into y^e
+ffields. Katherine Hall is new built, the Chapple was not Quite
+ffinished; the apartments for y^e fellows and Gentlemen Commoners are
+very ffine, a Large dineing roome, a good Chamber and good Studdy and
+this for 8£ a year.
+
+Here we are Entertained by some of our Companys acquaintance. From
+Cambridge we go just by Peterborough: we see the Minster and y^e town,
+very plaine all built with Stone. The road is very pleasant to
+Ffenistanton, 8 miles to Godmanchester, and from thence Huntington 1
+mile. We cross the River Lin over a bridge and so Enter Huntingtonshire.
+This river goes to Lin in Norfolke its a very pleasant Country to travel
+in in y^e Summer, but after raines its in Some places deep, but the
+prospects are delighting; Little town and good Enclosure w^{th} woods
+and same of the Country’s. Huntington is but a Small Shire town; just by
+it is a house of the Lord Sandwich, y^t it is pretty large. We enter a
+good Lofty hall, in it hangs the Ship in w^{ch} he was lost, that is the
+representation of it Cut out in Little and all things Exactly made to
+it; there is a good parlour and drawing roome: well proportion’d are y^e
+rooms w^{th} good old ffurniture and good Pictures. There is a Large
+dineing roome above w^{th} good tapistry hangings, and its Ceil’d w^{th}
+jrish oake Carv’d with points hanging down like fine ffret worke; this
+wood no spider will weave on or endure. There are good bed Chambers with
+good furniture and fine pictures; over one of the Chimneys is a fine
+picture of Venus were it not too much uncloth’d. The Gardens and
+Wilderness and Greenhouse will be very fine when quite ffinished with
+the dwarfe trees and gravell walks. There is a large fountaine or bason
+which is to resemble that in the privy garden at Whitehall, which will
+ffront the house.
+
+The high terrass walks Look out on the Road. all this Country is good
+Land and ffruitfull and much like Oxfordshire.
+
+Ffrom Huntington we came to Shilton 10 mile, and Came in Sight of a
+great water on the Right hand about a mile off w^{ch} Looked Like Some
+Sea it being so high and of great Length: this is in part of the ffenny
+Country and is Called Whitlsome Mer, is 3 mile broad and six long. In
+y^e Midst is a little jsland where a great Store of Wildfowle breeds,
+there is no coming near it; in a Mile or two the ground is all wett and
+Marshy but there are severall little Channells runs into it w^{ch} by
+boats people go up to this place. When you enter the mouth of y^e Mer it
+lookes fformidable and its often very dangerous by reason of sudden
+winds that will rise Like Hurricanes in the Mer, but at other tymes
+people boate it round the Mer with pleasure. There is abundance of good
+ffish in it. This was thought to have been Sea some tyme agoe and
+Choak’d up and so remaines all about it for some miles a ffenny Marshy
+Ground for those little Rivers that runns into y^e Sea some distance of
+miles. Thence to Wangfford 2 miles, thence to Stamfford 5 miles.
+
+We pass over a down where is a Cross that directs three wayes York,
+London and Oatly, and here we Come in Sight of a Gentlemans house that
+stands finely on a hill in a parke, pretty high with fine groves about
+it. A little farther when we are pass’d the water att Wansford we enter
+Ruttlandshire w^{ch} seems more woody than y^e others. Stamfford town is
+as fine a built town all of stone as may be seen; its on the side of a
+hill w^{ch} appears very fine in the approach.
+
+Severall very good Churches with high Spires and towers very
+ornamentall, its not very Large, but much ffiner than Cambridge, and in
+its view has severall good houses. On the Right hand of Stamfford is a
+house of M^r Neals in a pretty neate parke pailed in; y^e house not very
+big but Lookes well. On the Side of y^e hill over against Stamfford and
+on the Left hand over against the town Stands My Lord of Exeters Burly
+house, Eminent for its Curiosity. The Situation is the finest I ever
+saw, on the Edge of the hill and severall Rows of trees of severall
+acres about it quite to the Road. It stands in a very fine parke w^{ch}
+is full of deer and fine Rows of trees. On Either side a very broad
+Glide or visto that Lookes finely to y^e River and to the adjacent
+hills, a distance, both with fine woods. The town of Stamfford appears
+very fine on the Left hand and most noble woods on the Right hand. The
+house Looks very nobly; y^e Garden very fine within one another w^{th}
+Lower and higher walls deck’d with all Sorts of trees and Greens; very
+fine Gravell walks and Grass squaires w^{th} Statues and fine Grass
+walks, dwarfs and all sorts of Green trees and Curious things: very fine
+fountaines, there is one in the middle of the Garden thats just to y^e
+Middle also of the house, that is of an exceeding great size. There is a
+fine vineyard, Warren and Groves w^{ch} makes its prospects very
+delightfull.
+
+You enter a large Court walled, thence to a Space of Ground pretty
+Large, Encompass’d round w^{th} a little wall of a yard High of free
+Stone very ffine wrought, on which are to be Iron railes and spires,
+that was not ffinish’d nor the space paved which is design’d to be of
+broad Stone: all before the house the little breast wall is in a Compass
+Like a halfe Moone.
+
+The Sides up to the house are built in roomes for appartments, you
+ascend the house by Stone Steps—about 12—that all turn round; the upper
+Stepp is at Least 20 foot steps in Compass; the door you enter is of
+Iron Carv’d the ffinest I ever saw all sort of Leaves, flowers, figures,
+birds, beasts, wheate in y^e Carving; very Large y^e doors are—there is
+an Inside doore as Case to it. On the other side of the house is Such
+another door that Leads into a Court. The hall is a noble roome painted
+ffinely, y^e walls with armory and Battles; its Lofty and paved with
+black and white Marble. You go thence into parlours, dineing rooms,
+drawing roomes and bed Chambers one leading out of another, at Least 20
+that were very Large and Lofty, and most fine Carving in the
+Mantlepieces, and very fine paint in pictures, but they were all Without
+Garments or very little, that was the only fault, the immodesty of y^e
+Pictures, Especially in My Lords appartment. This bed Chamber was
+ffurnish’d very Rich, the tapistry was all blew Silke and Rich Gold
+thread, so that the Gold appeared for y^e Light part of all the worke.
+There was a blew velvet bed with gold ffringe and very Richly
+Embroidered, all the Inside with ovals on the head piece and tester,
+where the figures are so finely wrought in Satten stitch it Looks Like
+painting. There is also My Ladys appart^t, Severall roomes very Richly
+ffurnished and very ffine tapistry with Silver and gold in Most; there
+was at Least 4 velvet beds 2 plaine and 2 figured—Crimson—green—Severall
+Coullours together in one; Severall Damaske beds and some tissue beds
+all ffinely Embroydered. My Ladys Closet is very ffine, the wanscoate of
+the best Jappan, the Cushons very Rich Work: there is a great deale of
+fine worke under Glasses and a Glass case full of all Sorts of
+Curiosityes of Amber stone Currall and a world of fine things. My Lord
+Excetter in his travells was for all sorts of Curious things if it Cost
+him never so much, and a great many of my Ladyes fine things were given
+her by her Mother y^e Countess of Devonshire. There is a Chamber My Lady
+used to Lye in in the Winter, a green velvet bed and the hangings are
+all Embroydery of her Mothers work very ffine; the Silk Looks very fresh
+and ffigures Look naturall.
+
+There is a drawing room by that, w^{ch} has a great Curiosity that my
+Lord brought from beyond sea, on the Mantlepiece under a glass; its
+nunns work the ffinest Embroidery that it Looks just Like point or the
+ffinest Linnen you can see; this Cost a great Sume. There are fine
+Chimney pieces of Marble and the windows the same, there are at least 20
+rooms very Large and Lofty that are all painted on the top; there are at
+Least 20 on y^e other side of the house all w^{th} different ffrett work
+on the Ceiling, besides almost as many more roomes that are a building.
+Some the floores Not Laid, others Not ffinish’d y^t the house will be a
+vast thing w^n done. The floores were Inlaid in severall roomes, the
+Chapple is old and not to abide, the painting is good but the place is
+not Suteable to any part Else. The great variety of the roomes and ffine
+works tooke me up 2 full hours to go from one Roome to another over the
+house. The Bowling-green, Wilderness, nor Walke I was not in, being so
+great a tract of ground, but you see it all at a view on y^e top of y^e
+house; it is Esteemed the ffinest house and scituation that is in
+England and will be very Compleate when ffinish’d.
+
+From thence we went to Streton 6 mile, a Little house of one Mr Horsman;
+very good Plantations of trees about it—Stone building. Rutlandshire
+seems more woody and Inclosed than some others. Thence to Colson where
+Lincolnshire Comes in; 2 mile thence towards Lincoln we go on a fine
+Champion Country much Like Salisbury plaine, and a Large prospect all
+round—at a distance you See woods and towns. This is the best part of
+this shire for most part is ffenny, and we went twenty six Miles all on
+Such Way quite to Lincoln town. We pass by Grantum which is a good town
+16 mile from Lincoln, all built with Stone, but Lies down in a Low
+bottom. The Church has a very high Steeple, its Seen above a Great hill
+that is by it of a great Length and its a long tyme w^n you see a great
+part of the Steeple before you come to see the Church or town it Lies so
+in a bottom. Lincoln opens to view at Least 6 miles off; it Stands on a
+very high hill and Looks very ffine; at the Entrance the houses Stand
+Compact together. The Streetes are but Little but its a vast hill to
+ascend into the town where the Minster stands, by that Means its very
+perspicious and Eminently in view a great Many Miles off. The tower,
+that Great Thoms nest, is 250 steps up, 8 persons may very well Stand up
+in the hollow of the bell together, its as much as a man Can Reach to
+the top of the bell with his hand when he is in the Inside; its rarely
+Ever rung but only by Ringing the Clapper to Each Side w^{ch} we did and
+that sounds all over the town. The houses are but small and not lofty
+nor y^e Streetes of any breadth. The Sea has formerly Come up to the
+town and y^{re} has been very deep water where now great part of y^e
+town is built, so y^t what was y^e town formerly is that w^{ch} stands
+upon a precipice as it were of a hill. Y^e water is Choake up now and
+y^e sea Comes not near in Severall Miles and what water they have is
+Called Lincoln Dike—you pass it over on a bridge. We went thence by many
+very ffine Seates, we pass by S^r John Brownlows and Severall others;
+thence to Newark 12 mile in Nottinghamshire; just by it you see a very
+pretty new house of brick building of the Lord Lexingtons, w^{th} the
+walls and towers that Looks very Well. Newark is a very neate Stone
+built town, the Market place is very Large and Look’d ffine; just by it
+is the Great Church w^{ch} is Large and with a very high Spire, there is
+prayers twice a day in it. There remaines the holes in the Church walls
+that the bullets made which were shott into the town in the Siege Laid
+to it by the Parliament army in the Civil warrs: the Castle was then
+demolish’d so y^t only the ruinated walls remaine w^{ch} is washed by a
+very pretty river. At this we Enter Nottinghamshire and here I met
+w^{th} the strongest and best Nottingham ale that Looked very pale but
+Exceeding Clear. Thence to Nottingham town, its 12 mile more and we
+ffery’d over the Trent w^{ch} in some places is so deep, but waggons and
+horses ffords it. I rode along 7 or 8 mile by the Trent w^{ch} is a
+ffine River tho’ not so broad as the Thames is at Kingston, but it
+look’d very pleasant to Ride by its bancks for so many miles, and on the
+other side was a high Ridge of hills shaded over from the top to the
+bottom w^{th} fine trees and this for Severall Miles. When on the other
+hand you see a vast bottom Called Note Vale, y^e wood belongs to one M^r
+Heckam. You pass by severall pretty houses by the river Side, Stone
+buildings, good Gardens, and a Little farther you see the Lord Kingstons
+house w^{ch} is Contigeous to Nottingham town, called Home Peirpoynt
+w^{ch} Looks finely in woods. The town of Nottingham is the neatest town
+I have seen, built of stone and delicate, Large and long Streetes much
+like London, and y^e houses Lofty and well built. The Market place is
+very broad, out of w^{ch} runns a very Large Streete much like Holborn
+but the buildings ffine, and there is a Pyaza all along one side of one
+of the Streetes, w^{th} Stone pillars for walking that runns the Length
+of the Streetes w^{ch} is a mile long. All the Streetes are of a good
+size all about y^e town and well pitch’d, there are severall good houses
+in the town. There are 3 or 4 Large houses of the Duke of New-Castles
+w^{th} the Castle w^{ch} is a fine thing—stands very high on a hill—and
+when you Come to the Castle you ascend 40 Steps to the Court and hall.
+The roomes are very Lofty and Large, 6 or 7 state roomes and a long
+gallery hung with fine Pictures of the ffamily; the wanscoate is most of
+Cedar. Some Roomes are hung with good tapistry. The Chamber of State is
+hung w^{th} very Rich tapistry so much silver and gold in it that the 3
+pieces that hung the Roome Cost 1500^£: the bed was rail’d in as y^e
+presence Chamber used to be, y^e bed was damaske. The floore of the
+roome was jnlay’d w^{th} Cyphers and the Corronet: here y^e Princess Ann
+Lay when she fled in King James’s tyme when the prince of orange was
+Coming over. On the Leads you have a very fine prospect of y^e whole
+town and river; You see the Earle of Kingstones and S^r Thomas
+Willoughby’s fine house on y^e other side of y^e town, and at a distance
+we see Beavior Castle the Earle of Rutland’s house, and a prospect more
+than 20 mile about, shewing the diversityes of Cultivation and produce
+of the Earth. The land is very Rich and fruitfull, so the Green Meadows
+w^{th} the fine Corrn ffields w^{ch} seemes to bring forth in handfulls.
+They soe most of Barley and have great Encrease, there is all sorts of
+Graine besides, and plaines and Rivers and Great woods and Little towns
+all in view. They make brick and tile by y^e town—the Manufacture of the
+town mostly Consists in weaving of Stockings w^{ch} is a very Ingenious
+art. There was a man that spunn glass and made Severall things in
+glass—birds and beasts. I spunn some of the glass and saw him make a
+swan presently w^{th} divers Coull’d glass; he makes Buttons w^{ch} are
+very strong and will not breake. Nottingham is ffamous for good ale, so
+for Cellars, they are all dugg out of the Rocks and so are very Coole.
+Att y^e Crown Inn is a Cellar of 60 stepps down, all in y^e Rock Like
+arch worke over your head: in y^e Cellar I dranke good ale. We were very
+well Entertained and very Reasonably att the Blackmoors head; thence we
+went to Mansfield 12 mile and pass’d some part of the fine fforest of
+Sherwood. Mansfield is a Little Market town built with Stone, there is a
+Little river; they make and dye Tammy’s here. There is one pretty Stone
+built house just by the water side of 40 Stepps ascent into it. At the
+End of the town is an hospital built by a quaker for ancient people, its
+a good neat building, they were to have 8 pound a year a piece and the
+roomes and Gardens, but its Chiefly for their friends. There is nothing
+remarkable here but the dearness of y^e Inns, tho’ in so plentifull a
+Country. We went thence to Wursup and went through a parke of y^e Duke
+of New-Castles and by his house Calld Welbeake. Ye house is but old and
+Low buildings, but the parke is the Noblest wood I Ever saw, fine and
+stately Straight. A mile thence is a fine pile of Buildings of Stone
+very uniforme and high Called Worsup Mannour built by a Coe heir of the
+Devonshire house—3 sisters built 3 noble buildings, this and Ardeck and
+Chattsworth. A little beyond this is another Building the remaines of
+Worsup Abby. All the way to Blith is a very heavy Sandy Way 12 miles. At
+Blith was a very Sweete house and Gardens and Grounds, it was of Brick
+work Coyn’d with Stones and the Windows with Stone, all sashes; the
+building was so neate and Exact, it was Square w^{th} 4 juttings out at
+Each Corner; it Stands high and Commands the Sight of the Country about.
+The fine river by it with fish ponds and Meadows and fine woods beyond
+makes it look very pleasant. The Gardens are very neate and after the
+London Mode, of Gravel and Grass walks and Mount, and the Squaires with
+dwarfes and Cyprus, ffirre and all sorts of Greens and fruite trees, its
+very ffruitefull—I Eate good fruite there. Its just by the Church so
+that a Large Arch w^{ch} did belong to the Church is now made a shady
+Seate to the Garden with Greens over it, under w^{ch} is a Sepulchre for
+y^e ffamily. It belongs to one M^r Mellish a Merchant in London, its in
+all parts a most Compleate thing and its scituation most pleasant.
+Almost all y^e road between this and DonCaster is sandy way, to Rosdin 3
+mile, thence to DonCaster 6 miles—here Yorkshire beginns and here the
+Musick wellcom’d us into Yorkshire. DonCaster is a pretty Large town of
+Stone buildings, the streetes are good, there is a handsome Market Cross
+advanc’d on 20 steps at Least. The Church is neate and pretty Large,
+Severall Little Monuments. This town stands on the River Don, w^{ch}
+gives name to the town, here is also a good Large Meeteing place. We
+were here the Lord’s day and well Entertained at the Angel. Thence we
+went to Wentbridge and pass’d by woods belonging to S^r Wentworth by his
+house 7 mile to Wentbridge, where had been a fire the night before
+Caused by the Lightening and thunder w^{ch} was remarkably great as we
+took notice of, 2 barnes and a house was burnt.
+
+Thence we ascended a very Steepe hill and so to Fferrybridge 3 mile
+where we pass’d the fine River Called the Aire, Large for Barges as was
+most of those Rivers I have mention’d.
+
+From thence to TodCaster 8 mile, w^{ch} is a very good Little town for
+travellers, mostly jnns and little tradesmens houses. This stands on a
+very large River Called the Whart. Just before you Come to y^e town
+there is some of y^e water w^{ch} on Great raines are not to be
+pass’d—it was very deep when I went through. Thence we go much on a
+Causey to Yorke 8 miles more, it stands high but for one of the
+Metropolis and the see of y^e Archbishopp it Makes but a meane
+appearance. The Streetes are Narrow and not of any Length, save one
+w^{ch} you Enter of from the bridge that is over the Ouise which Lookes
+like a fine River when full after much raine. It is but Low in
+Comparison of Some Rivers, it bears Great Barges, it Looks muddy, its
+full of good ffish. We Eate very good Cod fish and Salmon and that at a
+pretty Cheape rate, tho’ we were not in the best jnn for the Angel is
+the best in Cunny Streete. The houses are very Low and as jndifferent as
+in any Country town and the Narrowness of y^e Streetes makes it appear
+very mean.
+
+Nottingham is so farre before it for its size—its true Nottingham is not
+a quarter so bigg, Else y^e Streetes and buildings are so Much Nobler as
+Can be jmagin’d; it Lookes better att the approach because you see the
+towers off y^e gates and Severall Churches in Compassing y^e Minster and
+all y^e Windmills round y^e town of w^{ch} there are many. Y^e River
+runns through the town and so its divided, y^e buildings Look No better
+than the outskirts off London Wappen &c. The Bridg is fine arches and
+built on with houses; the Pavements w^{ch} is Esteem’d the Chiefe part
+of town where y^e Market house and town hall stands is so mean that
+Southwarke is much before it. There are a Great Many pretty Churches 16
+in Number, but the minster is a noble building and holds in view at
+Least 30 miles before you Come to it. I saw it and also at y^t distance,
+and saw just by it a high hill or ffortification it appeared to be, but
+when I Came to York I found it to be only a very high hill w^{th}
+stately high trees on it as thick as Could be, a Noble Grove. The
+Minster is very Large and fine of Stone, Carv’d all the outside, 3 high
+towers above the Leads; I was in one of them, the highest, and it was
+262 steps and those very Steep Steps, there is a Gallery round the
+middle of the Church about halfe way that goes off these steps of the
+tower, where you may go round and Looke down into the body of y^e Church
+and y^t was so great a distance that the men and Ladyes that were
+Walking below look’d like Pigmyes a very little to us above. On the
+Leads of y^e tower Shews a vast prospect of the Country, at Least 30
+mile round, you see all over the town y^t Lookes as a building too much
+Cluster’d together, y^e Streetes being so narrow—some were pretty Long.
+There is another river w^{ch} fills the ditches round the town Called
+Ffosse. In the Minster there is the Greatest Curiosity for Windows I
+ever saw, they are so large and so Lofty, those in the Quire at y^e End
+and on Each side that is 3 storys high and painted very Curious with
+History of y^e Bible; the painting is very fine such as was in Kings
+Chapple in Cambridge, but the Loftyness of y^e windows is more than I
+ever saw any Where Else and by all accounts is peculiar; There is such
+another Window at the End of the Cross jsle just by y^e Quire—all y^e
+other Windows are of y^e usual Size of other Cathedralls. Ye body of y^e
+Church is large and I thinke Larger than any Cathedrall I have seen,
+bigger than Winchester Cathedrall. All these Isles are broad the people
+of ffashion use them to Walke in and on that account its much [something
+left out] they keep it not Cleaner, the Quire has a very good Carving in
+Wood about it, there is a very good Organ, the table cloth and Cushons
+and books at y^e Comunion table was Crimson velvet and hangings, and its
+Embroyder’d very Richly w^{th} gold of a Great depth, and Gold ffringe
+at y^e bottom: this was Given y^e Church by Doctor Lamplue y^t was the
+Arch-bishop whose Statue is in White Marble in y^e wall w^{th} Mitre and
+shepherds Crook. Just by him is ye Effigy of another Bishop Laying along
+cut in Stone, and by the aire and Mien he looks more Like a Soldier or
+Beau than a Bishop and so it seemes he was in humour. The Embriodery at
+the table is almost yard deep, that was given by Lamplue. In the vestry
+there is a well of Sweet spring-water called S^t Peter’s well, y^e S^t
+of the Church, so it is S^t Peters y^e Cathedrall is. There is a large
+hunters horne tipt with Silver and Garnish’d over and Engraved ffinely
+all double Gilt w^{th} a Chaine, the same given by a Gentleman that also
+gave his Estate to add to the revenues of y^e Church, on a dislike to
+disobedient Children; he used the horne When he hunted and drank in it
+too. I saw there the ffine tissue Cannopy that was held over the head of
+King James the first when he Came into England and y^e head of 2 mace
+w^{ch} were Carry’d before him then. There I saw a Chest that was
+Triangular fashion, the Shape of y^e Coapes when folded in y^e Middle
+and so put into this Chest. The Chapter house is very finely Carv’d and
+fine painting on the windows all round, its all arched Stone and
+Supported by its own Work haveing no pillars to Rest on, tho’ its Length
+and breadth be Equal and at Least 24 ffoot Each. Here was a mint for
+Coyning the old money and plaite into new mill’d money; I saw them at
+work and Stamp’d one halfe Crown my Self—they dispatch worke very fast
+and have Coyn’d Severall 1000_£. I see all parts of the work about y^e
+pounding, the boyling, defineing and makeing Barres and Cutting out in
+y^e mill and Bakeing and Stamping, all but Milling which art they are
+Sworne to keep private.
+
+ The Bishops Seate was 4 or 5 mile out of town on the River Ouise. Ffrom
+thence we went over a marshy Comon to the Spaw at Marsborough 12 mile;
+the town is a pretty stone building, in it a large Market place; there
+is a River, the water Looks black, I ffancy it runns off from the Iron
+and sulpher mines which Changes the Coull^r;—We pass it over on a large
+bridge, tho’ in some places they may ford it, its all on a Rock and the
+Sides of the hill by y^e River is all rock and the Little houses are all
+built in the Rocks, there is a little Chapple cut out of the Rock and
+arch’d and Carved w^{th} ffigures of Saints, I suppose its Called S^r
+Robert Chapple he was Esteemed a very devout man, his Effigee is Carv’d
+at the Entrance, there is an alter y^t was deck’d w^{th} flowers and the
+Ground w^{th} Rushes for y^e devout that did frequent it. Severall
+Papists there about and many that Came to y^e Spaw and S^t Mongers well
+did say their prayers there. There was a Manuscript w^{th} a long story
+of this S^r Robert. There is also the ruines of an abbey where there has
+been many bones taken up and some preserv’d as Reliques—there was a
+papist Lady Lodg’d where we did and our Land Lady at y^e Inn where we
+were treated Civily she told us she went with this Lady among these
+ruines where the Lady would say her prayers, and one day some had been
+digging and brought up y^e bone of a mans arme and hand and y^e Ligature
+of y^e Elbow held y^e bones together w^{ch} by Strikeing Came asunder,
+and in y^e hollow part of y^e joynt was a jelly like blood that was
+moist, this Lady dipp’d y^e End of her handkerchief in it and so Cut it
+off and put it up as a Relique. There are y^e ruinated walls of the
+Castle remaines but of no use, but some part is made a prison and some
+vaults made Cellars. I dranke very Strong Clear ale in one of those
+Cellars.
+
+We were in a very pretty Garden of a Gentlemans of our LandLady Mason’s
+acquaintance where was all manner of Curiosityes of fflowers and
+Greens—Great variety—there is also a Cherry Garden with Green walkes for
+y^e Company to walk in and a Great Seate in a high tree that gives a
+pleasant prospect.
+
+ From thence we went over to Haragate w^{ch} is just by the Spaw, two
+mile further over a Common that belongs to Knarsborough; its all marshy
+and wett and here in the Compass of 2 miles is 4 very different springs
+of water; there is the Sulpher or Stincking spaw, not Improperly term’d
+for the Smell being so very strong and offensive that I could not force
+my horse Near the Well; there are two Wells together with basons in them
+that the Spring rises up in, which is ffurr’d with a White Scumm which
+rises out of the water, if you keep it in a Cup but a few hours it will
+have such a white Scumm on it, not withstanding it rises out of y^e
+Spring very Cleare and so being a quick Spring itt Soone purges it Self
+Cleare againe, it Comes from Brimstone mines, for the taste and smell is
+much of Sulpher, tho’ it has an additionall offenciveness Like Carrion.
+The Ground is Bitumus or the Like that it runns over, it has a quality
+of Changing Silver into y^e Coull^r of Copper and that in a few minutes,
+much quicker than the Baths in the West County in Somersetshire. Its a
+quick purger and very good for all Scurbutick humours, some persons
+drink a quart or two, I dranke a quart in a Morning for two dayes and
+hold them to be a good Sort of Purge if you Can hold y^r breath so as to
+drinke them down. Within a quarter of a mile is the sweete spaw or
+Chalibiet, a Spring which rises off Iron and steele like Astrup or
+Tunbridge and Like the German Spaw. This is a quick Spring and the Well
+made up with a bason, and a Cover of Stone over it Like an arch; this
+opperates as all jron springs does, tho I Could not find them so strong
+or spiriteous as those at Tunbridge. One thing I observ’d of the
+Stinking spaw tho’ its taste and opperation was like the Somersetshire
+bathes, yet this was not warme in the Least as those Bathes are. Just
+Between these two spaws is a fine Cleare and sweete Spring of Comon
+water very good to wash Eyes and pleasant to Drinke. The ffourth Spring
+w^{ch} is but two mile off these is of a petrifying quality turnes all
+things into stone. It rises in a banck on y^e top of a hill and so runns
+along in a little Channell about a foote over and all the Ground it
+runns over is moorish and full of holes with water Standing in it,
+w^{ch} stincks just like the Sulpher Spaw and will turn Silver to the
+Coullour of Copper as y^t does. Notwithstanding this Clear spring runns
+through it with a Swift Current to the brow of y^e hill and then it
+spreads it Self all round y^e hill w^{ch} is a Rock, and so runns down
+all over the brow of y^e hill Continually, like a Nasty shower of Small
+and Great Raine, and so it meetes in y^e bottom and runns all into the
+river Knarsborough, and this water as it runns—where it Lyes in the
+hollows of y^e Rock does turn moss and wood into Stone or rather Crusts
+or Candys wood. I saw some w^{ch} had a perfect Shell of stone about it,
+but they tell me it does in tyme penetrate through the Wood. I took Moss
+myself from thence which is all Crisp’d and perfect Stone; all the Grass
+Straws or any thing that the water falls upon it does Convert to
+hardness like Stone. Y^e Whole rock is Continually dropping with water
+besides y^e Showering from the top w^{ch} ever runns and this is Called
+the dropping well. There is an arbour and y^e Company used to Come and
+Eat a Supper there in any Evening to have the pleaseing prospect and the
+murmuring Shower to Divert their Eare; in a good Space of tyme it will
+harden Ribon Like Stone or any thing Else.
+
+Ffrom Harragate to Cockgrave is 6 mile where is a Spring of exceeding
+Cold Water Called S^t Mongers Well; the Story is of a Child y^t was Laid
+out in y^e Cold for the parishes Care and when the Church-Wardens found
+it they took Care of it—a new born Infant—and when it was baptised they
+gave it the Name of “Amongst” because they said the Child must be kept
+among them, and as the papist sayes he was an Ingenious Child and so
+attained Learning and was a very religious man and used this spring to
+wash himself; after sometymes that he had gotten prefferrment and so
+grew Rich he walled the Spring about and did many Cures on diseased
+bodies by batheing in it, w^{ch} Caused after his death people to
+frequent the Well w^{ch} was an Inconveniency to y^e Owners of y^e
+ground, and so they forbad people Coming and Stopped up y^e Well; and
+the Story sayes on that severall judgments Came on the owners of y^e
+Ground and y^e Spring broke up all about his Ground w^{ch} forced him to
+open it againe and render it usefull to all that would Come to Washe in
+it—thus farre of y^e fable.
+
+Now the Spring is in use and a high wall round it, Y^e Well is about 4
+or 5 Yards square and round the brimm is a walke of Broad stone round.
+There are 4 or 5 Steps down to the bottom, it is no deeper at Some
+places then a Little above y^e Waste, not up to y^e Shoulders of a
+woman, and you may kneel on a flatt Stone and it Comes to y^r Chin—this
+the papists made use of very much. At one Corner the Springs rise they
+are very quick and there is a Sluce that it Continually runns off so as
+to keep just at the same depth, and it runns off so fast and y^e Springs
+supply so fast that it Clears the Well presently after any body has been
+in. I allwayes Chose to be just where y^e springs rise that is much the
+Coldest and it throws off anything in the Well to y^e Sluce. Setting
+aside y^e papists ffancyes of it I cannot but think it is a very good
+Spring being remarkably Cold and just at y^e head of y^e Spring, so its
+ffresh w^{ch} must needs be very strengthning; it Shutts up the pores of
+y^e body immeadiately, so fortifyes from Cold, you Cannot bear ye
+Coldness of it above 2 or 3 minutes and then you Come out and walke
+round y^e pavement and then in againe, and so 3 or 4 or 6 or 7 as many
+tymes as you please. You go in and out in Linnen Garm^{ts}, some go in
+fflannell; I used my bath Garm^{ts} and so pulled them off and put on
+flannell when I Came out to go into the bed which is best; but some Came
+at a distance—so did I and did not go into bed—but some will keep on
+their wet Garments and let them drye to them and say its more
+beneficial, but I did not venture it. I dipp’d my head quite over every
+tyme I went in and found it Eased a Great pain I used to have in my
+head, and I was not so apt to Catch Cold so much as before w^{ch} I
+imputed to the Exceeding Coldness of y^e Spring that shutts up the pores
+of the body. Its thought it runns off of some very Cold spring and from
+Clay. Some of y^e papists I saw there had so much Zeale as to Continue a
+quarter of an hour on their knees at their prayers in y^e Well, but none
+else Could well endure it so long at a tyme, I went in 7 Severall
+seasons and 7 tymes Every Season and would have gone in oftener Could we
+have Staid longer. We went back to Harragat 6 mile and then we went to
+Burrough Bridge 8 mile—a famous place for Salmon, but then we Could not
+meete with any, but we had a very Large Codfish there above a yard long
+and more than halfe a yard in Compass very fresh and good and Cost but 8
+pence. I saw as big a one bought then for 6 pence and six Crabbs as big
+as my two hands, the Least was bigger than one of my fists, all cost but
+3 pence. Thence to Harragate 8 mile, then we went and Laid at
+Knarsburoughe 2 mile, w^{ch} was nearer to S^t Mungers Well, for we went
+it twice from Harragate and back w^{ch} was 12 mile more and found it
+too farre to go in an afternoon—from Knarsburough it was but 4 mile; we
+went it four tymes and back w^{ch} was 16 miles and we went afterwards
+to Harraget 3 tymes and back 12 mile more. From Knarsborough we went to
+Rippon a pretty Little market town mostly built of Stone, 8 mile, a
+Large Market place with a high Cross of severall Stepps; we were there
+the Market day where provisions are very plentifull and Cheape.
+
+In the Market was sold then 2 good Shoulders of veal, they were not very
+fatt nor so large as our meate in London but good meate, one for 5^d the
+other for 6^d, and a good quarter of Lamb for 9^d or 10^d, and its usual
+to buy a very good Shoulder of Veale for 9 pence, and a quarter of Beefe
+for 4 shillings; Indeed it is not large ox Beef but good Middling
+Beasts: and Craw ffish 2^d a Doz^n—so we bought them.
+
+Notwithstanding this plenty some of y^e Inns are very dear to Strangers
+that they Can impose on. The town Stands on a hill and there is a good
+large Stone built Church well Carved, they Call it a minster. There is
+very fine painting over the alter, it Looks so natural just like Real
+Crimson satten with gold ffringe like hangings, and Severall rows of
+Pillars in jsles on Either side w^{ch} looks very naturall. There are
+two good Bridges to the town, one was a rebuilding, pretty large with
+Severall arches Called Hewet bridge—its often out of repaire by reason
+of the force of y^e water that Swells after great raines, yet I see they
+made works of wood on purpose to breake the violence of y^e Streame and
+y^e Middle arche is very Large and high.
+
+There are Severall good houses about y^e town and Severall Gentlemens
+Seates about a mile or two distance: 2 mile off is a fine place of S^r
+Edw^d Blackets, it looks finely in y^e approach in the Midst of a good
+parke, and a River runns just by it, it stands in the middle and has two
+Large Gardens on Each side. You Enter one through a Large Iron Barr-gate
+painted Green and gold tops and Carv’d in Severall places, this is ffine
+Gravel walks between grass plotts 4 Square, with 5 brass Statues Great
+and Small in Each square, and full of borders of flowers and Green banks
+with flower potts. On y^e other side of y^e house is just such a Garden,
+only the walkes are all grass rowl’d and the Squares are full of dwarfe
+trees, both ffruites and green, set Cross wayes w^{ch} Lookes very
+finely. There is a flower Garden behind y^e house; in it and beyond it a
+Landry Close, with frames for drying of Cloths, walled in. There are
+good Stables and Coach house and all the offices are very
+Convenient—very good Cellars all arch’d, and there I dranke small beer
+four years old not too Stale, very Clear good Beer well brew’d. Their
+kitching, pastry and pantry &c all very Convenient; in y^e pantry hangs
+a picture of y^e dimentions of a large ox y^t was fed in these grounds
+w^{th} y^e accò of its weight. Y^e Quarters was 106 Stone 1^£ and y^e
+hide was 12 stone and 8 pound, the tallow was 19 stone, the head 4
+stone, y^e Legs and feate weigh’d 3 stone 11^£. This Gentleman breeds
+and feeds much Cattle in his grounds and has one of y^e largest Beeves
+in England.
+
+his house is built with bricke and Coyn’d w^{th} stone w^{th} a flatt
+Roofe Leaded, w^{th} railes and Barristers, and a large Cupilow in y^e
+middle—you may see a Greate way round y^e Country. Y^e ffront Entrance
+is 3 gates of Iron Barres and spikes, painted blew with gold tops, and
+brick work between y^e gates and pillars with stone tops Carv’d Like
+flower potts; y^e pillars all Coyn’d with Stone. Y^e Middle gate is made
+large in a Compass like a halfe Moone.
+
+ There are four more spaces in the wall open with Iron barres and
+spikes, 2 of w^{ch} are in each side into y^e Gardens, and answers two
+Like them on the other side of the Gardens. The two other are Less and
+are at y^e End of a terrass walk just along y^e Entrance w^{ch} you
+ascend by Steps from the Middle gate; they are all adorned with brick
+pillars Coyn’d w^{th} stone and Stone heads—these are all painted blew
+and gold tipps. From the Terrass you have a Court y^t Leads into y^e
+middle of y^e house into a large hall; over y^e doore at y^e Entrance is
+a fine Carving of stone w^{th} Leaves and flowers with fine stone
+pillars, and y^e Armes Cutt finely, there is a fine dyal and Clock above
+all. The hall you Enter is of a very good size and height. 2 dineing
+roomes and drawing roomes, one for the Summer with a marble floore, 6 or
+7 Chambers off a good size and lofty, so y^e most of y^e beds were two
+foote too low w^{ch} was pitty they being good beds, one was Crimson
+ffigured velvet, 2 damaske beds, the rest moehaire and Cambet. Y^e
+roomes were mostly wanscoated and painted. Y^e best roome was painted
+just like marble—few roomes were hung. The ffurniture was very neately
+kept and so was the whole house, the roofe of y^e Staires was finely
+painted, there was Severall pictures but not Set up the house being in
+mourning for his Lady, and her mother the Lady Yorke, w^{ch} dyed in a
+month or two of Each other. She left S^r Edward 10 Children, he has a
+great state and will have the 2000 P ^{an} fall to him that is Lady Mary
+Ffenwichs anuity. he was a merchants son at Bristol. The house is served
+with water by pipes into a Cistern into y^e Garden, Cellars and all
+offices. This was the ffinest house I saw in Yorkshire. We returned to
+Knarsborough 9 mile and from thence we went to York againe 12 mile, this
+was y^e worst Rideing in Yorkshire, then we passed thro’ York town by
+another gate towards Hull, and y^t Streete was Larger and better
+buildings than what I saw before in Yorke, and here we pass over the
+muddy River, Called the muddy Ffosse. We passed over the river Derwent
+that runns through the middle of Derbyshire to Born Bridge 9 mile,
+Whitten 6 miles a Little neate Thatch’d town of a mile long where we
+Lay, and passed by Burlington Lord Cliffords house that stood in a
+bottom amongst trees and Look’d well, and they Say is well painted and
+good ffurniture, but I saw not y^e Inside, only pass’d by it. There we
+had a very Large Salmon that Cost and y^e sauce but 18^d, it was very
+ffresh and good and above 3 quarters of a yard long. Thence to Beverly 9
+miles w^{ch} is a very fine town for its size, its prefferable to any
+town I saw but Nottingham. There are 3 or 4 Large Streetes well pitch’d
+bigger than any in York, the other Lesser Streets about y^e town being
+Equal with them. The Market Cross is Large, there are 3 markets, one for
+beasts another for Corne and another for ffish, all Large, the town is
+Serv’d with Water by wells walled up round or rather in a Square, above
+halfe ones length, and by a pully and weight letts down or draws up the
+Buckat w^{ch} is Chained to y^e beame of y^e pully. There are many of
+these wells in all the streetes it seemes its in Imitation of Holland,
+they being supply’d with water soe. The buildings are new and pretty
+Lofty, the Minster has been a ffine building all stone, Carv’d on the
+outside w^{th} ffigures and Images, and more than 100 pedastalls that
+remaine where Statues has stood of angels and the like. The wood worke
+in the quire is very ffine. Just by the Comunion table is the Sanctuary
+or place of Refuge where Criminalls flee for Safety—its a Seate of Stone
+work Cut all in one.
+
+Earle of Northumberland’s and Lady’s Monuments—his is very plaine, only
+a marble Stone raised up with Stone about 2 yards high; his Name, by
+means of his great atchievments in the Barrons warre, great Percy Earle
+of Northumberland, is monument Enough to posterity. His tombe was a
+little fallen in and a hole So bigg as many put their hands in and
+touch’d the body w^{ch} was much of it Entire of y^e bonds; the Skull
+was whole and the teeth firme, tho’ of so many yeares standing. The
+Countess’s monument is very fine, its made of y^e same free stone y^e
+Church is built w^{th}, but so finely polished y^t it looks like Marble,
+and Carv’d w^{th} figures, birds leaves, flowers, beasts and all sorts
+of things and y^e armes is Cutt out in severall places all about it; the
+top of the arch is one Entire Stone as much as one Can Grasp and its all
+finely Carv’d w^{th} all sorts of Curiosityes and adorn’d with Gilding
+and painting.
+
+There are 4 good monuments all of marble of y^e Wharton ffamily. In the
+middle of y^e Church is y^e tomb of S^t John with a brass Inscription on
+y^e pavement, and at a little distance they shew’d us the wearing of y^e
+pavement with y^e obeisance of his votarys, this being S^t John of
+Beverly. At the End of y^e Church is y^e ffont, y^e upper part of it,
+that is the bason was of one Entire marble of a Darke Coullour. Y^e
+Cover was Carv’d Exactly and of a Piramidy fform and very high. There is
+another Church Called S^t Mary’s y^t is very large and good I thought
+that had been the Minster at first Entrance of y^e town; there is the
+prayers Everyday and its used on all accounts and so the other is
+neglected. This has a quire in which they were preaching w^n we were
+there. There is a very good free schoole for boys, they say y^e best in
+England for Learning and Care w^{ch} makes it fill’d with Gentlemens
+Sons besides the free Schollars from all parts—provision being very
+Cheape here. I was offered a large Codffish for a shilling and good
+Pearch very Cheape, we had Crabbs bigger than my two hands pence apiece
+w^{ch} would have Cost 6 pence if not a shilling in London and they were
+very sweete. From thence we went to Hull 6 mile all upon a Caussey
+secured w^{th} two little rivers running on Each Side w^{ch} is used to
+flow over their grounds it being a Great fflatt severall miles, and the
+meadows are Cloth’d w^{th} good Grass by y^t means. The river Hull runns
+from Beverly at the town End, just by y^e Minster you Cross it, this
+runns to Hull, y^e town is properly Called so from that River, but its
+name is Kingston on y^e Hull, being built on y^t River w^{ch} runns into
+y^e Humber w^{ch} is a noble River—y^e mouth of it opens just ag^{st}
+this town. The buildings of Hull are very neate good streets, its a good
+tradeing town by means of this great River Humber y^t Ebbs and flows
+Like the Sea, and is 3 or 4 mile over at y^e Least; it runns 20 mile
+hence into y^e Sea and takes in all y^e great Rivers—y^e Trent Ouise,
+Aire, Don, y^e Derwent and y^e Hull, and Carries much water that a man
+of warre of all sorts Can Ride. I was on board a new man of warre y^t
+belonged to the town and Called y^e Kingston, it was but small, well
+Compact for provision and was built fit for swift saileing. The Humber
+is very salt, allwayes it rowles and tosses just like y^e Sea, only y^e
+soile being Clay turnes y^e Water and waves yellow and soe it differs
+from y^e Sea in Coullour, not Else—its a hazardous water by reason of
+many shoares y^e tides meete. I was on it a pretty way and it seemes
+more turbulent than y^e Thames at Gravesend.
+
+We enter y^e town of Hull from y^e Southward over two drawbridges and
+gates, there is the Same Entrance in another part of y^e town by 2 gates
+and 2 drawbridges from Holderness, and so y^e ditches are round y^e town
+to y^e Landward, and they Can by them floate y^e grounds for 3 mile
+round w^{ch} is a good ffortification. The Garrison and plattforme
+w^{ch} is the ffortification to y^e Sea is in a very uniforme ffigure
+and were it ffinished is thought it would be the ffinest ffortification
+that Could be seen—its wall’d and pallisadoed. I walked round it, and
+viewed it and when I was on y^e water, it seemes to runn a great Length
+and would require many Soldiers to deffend y^e halfe moons and workes.
+In the town there is an hospitall y^{ts} Called y^e Trinity house, for
+Seamens widdows, 30 is their Completm^t, their allowance 16^d p^r weeke
+and ffewell, they have a little Chapple to it for prayers; over this
+building is a large roome for Cordage and sailes, where they make them
+and keep their Stores. In the middle of this roome there hangs a Canoe
+to y^e Roofe of y^e Roome just bigg Enough for one man to sit in, and
+the Effigie of a man that was taken w^{th} it, all his Cloths Cap and a
+Large bag behind him where in his ffish and provision were, these were
+all made of y^e skin of ffishes and were y^e same w^{ch} he wore when
+taken, y^e forme of his face is only added and just resemble y^e wild
+man that they took, for so the Inscription Calls him, or y^e bonny boate
+man; he was taken by Cap^{tn} Baker and there are his oars and spear y^t
+was with him—this is all written on y^e boat to perpetuate y^e memory of
+it; he would not speak any Language or word to them y^t took him nor
+would he Eate, so in a few dayes died. There is a good large Church in
+Hull. You Enter a large jsle just in the Middle that runns quite aCross
+through the Church, and divides the body of the Church w^{th} y^e pulpet
+and pews on one Side with a partition of wood Carv’d, and on the other
+side was such another partition for y^e Chancell, and I observ’d there
+their alter stood tablewise for y^e Comunion just in the middle of y^e
+Chancell, as it was in the primitive tymes before Popery Came in. There
+was Severall Little monuments of marble in y^e walls. Ffrom thence to
+Beverly againe 6 mile w^{ch} is all a flatt, thence to Brance Burton 8
+mile, all likewise on a Levell w^{ch} they Call Loughs. Here we Could
+get no accomodation at a Publick house, it being a Sad poore thatch’d
+place and only 2 or 3 Sorry Alehouses, no lodgings but at y^e hall house
+as it was Called Where liv’d a Quaker w^{ch} were Sufficient people. The
+rooms were good old rooms being y^e Lord of the mannours house—these
+were but tennants—but did Entertain us kindly, made two good beds for us
+and also for our Servants, and good bread and Cheese, bacon and Eggs.
+Thence we went to Agnes-Burton 7 mile, the miles are long and so they
+are in most part of these Northern County’s. This is the East Rideing of
+Yorkshire and we saw y^e Session house at Beverly for this Rideing.
+
+Agnes Burton is a Seate of S^r Griffith Boyntons, Grandson to S^r
+ffrancis w^{ch} married my father’s Sister one of William Lord Viscount
+Say and Seales Daughters.
+
+It looks finely In the approach. A mile or two off we pass by another of
+his houses w^{ch} is newer built and very good Gardens, Called
+Barmstone,—we Eate some of y^e good ffruite. The house is all built with
+Bricks and so good Bricke that at 100 years standing no one Brick is
+faulty; it stands on a pretty ascent. We Enter under a Gate-house built
+w^{th} 4 large towers into a Court which is large, in y^e middle is a
+Bowling green palisado’d round, and y^e Coaches runns round it to the
+Entrance w^{ch} is by 10 stepps up to a Tarress, and thence a pav’d
+walke to y^e house. Cut box and ffilleroy and Lawrell about y^e Court.
+The ffront Looks very uniform with severall round buildings on each side
+answerring Each other with Compass windows, and y^e middle is a Round
+building, and y^e door Enters in in y^e side of y^t tower w^{ch} was y^e
+old fashion in Building and is like my brother Say’s house at Broughton.
+
+Out of an Entry you Come into a very Lofty good hall, y^e Screen at the
+Lower End (w^{ch} divides it from y^e Entry) is ffinely Carv’d, the
+parlour and drawing roome are well proportion’d roomes, and y^e
+wanscoate is all well Carv’d, y^e moldings of y^e doores and Chimneys
+are finely Carv’d w^{th} Staggs and all sorts of beasts, woods and some
+leaves and flowers and birds and angells &c. There is beyond this a very
+good little parlour w^{th} plaine wanscoate painted in veines like
+marble, dark and white Streakes. There is a very good dineing roome over
+this and 5 very good Chambers some well ffurnished, all very neate and
+Convenient w^{th} Closetts to their own apartments and Anty roomes.
+There is much of y^e Same ffine Carving in the dineing roome, the
+Chambers are all wanscoated and Carv’d, there is a noble gallery over
+all, with large windows on y^e sides and at Each End painted very
+Curiously, out of w^{ch} you view the whole Country round and discover
+the shipps under saile though at a good distance. The Gardens are large
+and are Capable of being made very ffine—they now remaine in the old
+ffashion. There is gravell walks and grass and Close walks, there is one
+walke all y^e Length of the Garden Called the Crooked walke, of grass
+well Cutt and rowled, it is indented in and out in Corners, and so is
+the wall w^{ch} makes you thinke you are at y^e End off the walke
+Severall tymes before you are, by means of y^e Codling hedge that is on
+the other side. This Leads you to a summer house that also opens to a
+large gravell walke that runns the breadth of y^e Garden to the house
+ward. From Agnes Burton we went to Scarborough 14 mile. We pass’d from
+this flatt to Boynton, thence ascended the wouls or high hills so Called
+in this County, and it prov’d misty w^{ch} made our observations to be
+fixed on it that the mist was thicker and more held in those high wouls
+as raine or mist is in thick trees, so y^e mist was much more there than
+in y^e plaine, so thick in some you Could not see the top. We descended
+these high wouls by a steep and hazardous precipice on one Side and y^e
+way narrow.
+
+ Scarbrough is a very pretty Sea-port town built on the Side of a high
+hill. The Church Stands in the most Eminent place above all y^e town and
+at Least 20 Steps you ascend up into y^e Churchyard. The ruines of a
+Large Castle remaines, the Walls in Compass Severall acres of ground y^t
+feeds many beasts and milch Cows. Y^e hill on w^{ch} the Castle Stands
+is very Steep and Severall trenches over one another, round the walls
+all one Side of the Castle Stands out to the sea shore a good Length.
+Its open to the Main ocean and to secure the harbour there is a mole or
+halfe moone, two, one within y^e other something resembling the Cobb at
+Lime in Sommersetshire. The sea when the tide is in is Close up to the
+town and the bottom of a Ridge of hills that runns from the town 5 or 6
+mile in a Compass. When its Ebb water it Leaves y^e shore 400 yards all
+a flatt, and such good sand, as you presently walke on it without
+Sinking, y^e Sand is so smooth and firme, and so you may walke 5 or 6
+mile on the Sand round by y^e ffoote of this Ridge of hills, w^{ch} is
+the poynt by w^{ch} all the Shipps pass that go to NewCastle or that
+way. I see 70 saile of shipps pass the point and so Come onward at some
+Distance off from the Castle, Supposed to be Colliers and their Convoys.
+On this Sand by the Sea shore is y^e Spaw well w^{ch} people frequent,
+and all the diversion is y^e walking on this sand twice a day at y^e Ebb
+of the tide and till its high tide and then they drink. Its something
+from an Iron or Steele minerall but by means of the tide flowing on it
+Every tyme. Especially spring tydes it Covers y^e well quite—and
+allwayes flowes up just to it, w^{ch} Leaves a brackish and saltness
+w^{ch} makes it purge pretty much, but they say y^e Spring is so quick
+that it soone Casts off y^e Sea water; but in my opinion is y^t the
+whole spring and all the Springs that Bubble up all over the sands must
+be agreable and of the sort of water the sea is, being so just on the
+sea side and so neare must be Influenc’d by y^e salt water. It seems to
+be a pretty turbulent Sea, I was on it in a little boate but found it
+very rough even just in y^e harbour, I suppose the Cause may be from
+standing so open to y^e Maine. The town has abundance of Quakers in it,
+most of their best Lodgings were In quakers hands, they Entertain all
+people, soe in Private houses in the town by way of ordinary, so much a
+Meale and their Ale. Every one finds themselves—there are a few Inns for
+horses only. I was at a quakers meeteing in the town where 4 men and 2
+women spoke one, after another had done, but it seem’d such a Confusion
+and so inCoherent that it very much moved my Compassion and pitty to see
+their delusion and Ignorance and no less Excited my thankfullness for
+the Grace of God that upheld others from such Errors. I observ’d their
+prayers were all made on the first person and single, though before the
+body of people; it seems they allow not of ones being the mouth of y^e
+Rest in prayer to God tho’ it be in the publick meetings. In this town
+we had good accomodations and on very Reasonable terms. They drye a
+large ffish Like Codlings and salt them and when you dress them, water
+them; then they string them on wire, and so Rost them before the fire
+and make good sauce for them, they Eate very well and as tender as a
+fresh Codling and very sweete iff they were well cured when they were
+first taken, Else they will taste stronge.
+
+Thence we went to Maulton 14 miles w^{ch} is a pretty large town built
+of Stone but poor; there is a large market place and severall great
+houses of gentlemens round the town. There was one M^r Paumes that
+marry’d a relation of mine Lord Ewers Coeheiress who is landlady of
+almost all y^e town. She has a pretty house in the place. There is the
+ruins of a very great house w^{ch} belonged y^e family but they not
+agreeing about it Caused y^e defaceing of it. She now makes use of y^e
+roomes off y^e outbuildings and gate house for weaving and Linning
+Cloth, haveing set up a manuffactory for Linnen w^{ch} does Employ many
+poor people. She supply’d me w^{th} very good beer, for y^e Inn had not
+the best. Thence to York 14 miles, and so to Tadcaster 8 mile, thence to
+Aberfford 4 miles all on a heavy bottom, their miles are long and I
+observe the ordinary people both in these parts of Yorkshire and in the
+northern parts Can scarce tell you how farre it is to the next place
+unless it be in the great towns, and there in their publick houses, and
+they tell you its very good yate Instead of Saying it is good way, and
+they Call their gates yates, and do not Esteem it uphill unless so steep
+as a house or precipice; they say its good levell gate all along when it
+maybe there are Severall great hills to pass, but this account did
+Encrease on us the nearer we Came to Darbyshire, but in Generall they
+Live much at home and scarce Ever go 2 or 10 mile from thence Especially
+the women, so may be term’d good housekeepers. To Aberford we Came by
+severall pretty Seates in view, we Lay at an acquaintances house M^{rs}
+Hickeringalls: thence we went to Castleton Bridge 5 mile, where was a
+glass house; we saw them blowing white glass and neale it in a large
+oven by the heate of y^e ffurnace. All the Country is full of Coale and
+the pitts are so thick in y^e roade that it is hazardous to travell for
+strangers.
+
+Thence to Pomffret 3 miles w^{ch} Looks very finely in the approach. Its
+built on a hill all of stone, its a very neate building and y^e streets
+well pitch’d and broad, the houses well built and looks more stately
+than any in York, only its not the tenth part so bigg, its a neate
+little town as I have seen. there are severall very good houses in it,
+one Doct^r Burgess has built a very good house w^{ch} is Call’d his
+ffolly. There is a noble house at the Entrance of the town of y^e Lady
+Grace Perpoynt, and good Parke Gardens and walks and a great revenue
+belonging to it,—the Daughter of the Marquis of Dorchesters. There is a
+ffine Church in the town and as spacious a market place as is at
+Salisbury or as you shall see any where, and the building so Even and
+uniforme as well as Lofty that it appears very magnificent—its a Major
+town. We were in the Chief Inn the Sunn, tho’ there are many good Inns,
+but this was a very good Genteel jnn and it happen’d the Landlord was
+then Major of y^e town.
+
+Provisions are very Easy here, we had 2 or 3 pound of Codffish for a
+small matter and it was a Large dish. Y^e town is full of Great Gardens
+walled in all round on y^e outside of the town, on the Edge of y^e hill
+so the Gardens runns down a great way, you descend with them by severall
+stepps. Its a fruitfull place, fine flowers and trees with all sorts of
+fruite, but that w^{ch} is mostly jntended is the Encreasing of
+Liquorish w^{ch} y^e Gardens are all filled with, and any body that has
+a Little ground improves it for the produce of Liquorish of w^{ch} there
+is vast quantetyes, and it returns severall 100 pounds yearly to the
+towns. The Leafe is not much unlike a Rose Leafe but some w^t narrower
+and Longer, the Coullour is something a Yellower Green, Else the
+branches grow Like it w^{th} double Leaves on a Stalke and severall all
+down y^e Stalke, somewhat in the manner of Caliceily or Solomons Seale
+and much of that smoothness of Leafe. Thence to Hemsworth 4 mile where
+we Could meet w^{th} no Lodging, only Little ale houses to give one a
+pot of beere, and so we went 2 mile ffarther but found it y^e same and
+it being too farre to reach Rotheram we made use of ye hospitallity of a
+Clergyman one M^r Fferrer w^{ch} was a very Genteele man and gave us a
+Civil Entertainm^t and good beds—he has a very good house and Genteely
+ffitted good Hall and parlour, and the Garden very neate. Its a very
+ffruitfull Country w^{ch} Encourages jndustry and there is plenty of
+Stone Like free Stone w^{ch} makes ffine houses and walls. Thence to
+Rotheram 12 miles, its most in a deep Clay ground and now the wayes are
+more difficult and narrow. Rotheram is a good market town well built all
+of stone. The Church stands high in y^e middle of the town and Looks
+finely, its all Stone and Carv’d very well all the out side. Thence to
+Ackington 8 mile, a very Little place its 3 mile from Shellton town, but
+that was thought out of our way, so we Lay here in a poor Sorry Inn.
+There was one good bed for us Gentlewomen. Its a pretty Long Parish and
+through it runns a Water which Came down a great banck at the End of y^e
+town like a precipice with such violence y^t it makes a great noise, and
+looks Extreamely Cleare in the Streame that gushes out and runns along:
+it runns on off a deep yellow Coullour, they say it runns off of a
+poisonous mine or Soile and from Coale pitts; they permit none to taste
+it for I sent for a Cup of it and y^e people in y^e Streete Call’d out
+to forbid y^e tasteing it, and it will beare no Soape so its useless.
+Here we Entred Darbyshire and went to Chesterffield 6 mile, and Came by
+y^e Coale mines where they were digging. They make their mines at y^e
+Entrance Like a Well and so till they Come to y^e Coale, then they digg
+all the Ground about where there is Coale and set pillars to support it,
+and so bring it to y^e well where by a basket Like a hand barrow by
+Cords they pull it up—so they Let down and up the miners with a Cord.
+Chesterffield Looks Low when you approach it from the Adjacent hill
+w^{ch} you descend, but then you ascend another to it. The Coale pitts
+and quaraes of stone are all about, Even just at y^e town End, and in
+the town its all built of stone. Y^e Church stands in a place of
+Eminency, the town Looks well, the Streets good, y^e Market very Large.
+It was Satturday w^{ch} is their market day and there was a great Market
+Like some little ffaire, a great deale of Corne and all sorts of ware
+and ffowles there. I bought my self 2 very good ffatt white (pullings as
+they Call them) pullets for 6 pence both, and I am sure they were as
+Large and as good as would have Cost 18 pence if not 2 shill^s a piece
+in London—so said all my Company. In this town is y^e best ale in the
+Kingdom Generally Esteem’d. All Derbyshire is full of Steep hills and
+nothing but the peakes of hills as thick one by another is seen in most
+of y^e County w^{ch} are very steepe, w^{ch} makes travelling tedious
+and y^e miles Long. You see neither hedge nor tree but only Low drye
+stone walls round some ground Else its only hills and Dales as thick as
+you Can Imagine, but tho’ the Surface of y^e Earth Looks barren yet
+those hills are impregnated w^{th} Rich marble stone metals, Iron and
+Copper and Coale mines in their bowells, from whence we may see the
+wisdom and benignitye of o^{er} greate Creator to make up the
+Defficiency of a place by an Equivolent, and also the diversity of the
+Creation w^{ch} Encreaseth its Beauty. We go from Chesterffield to y^e
+Duke of Devonshires house and ascend a high hill at Least two or three
+miles Long, we pass’d by a Cavity in one great Banck or Rock Called
+Stonidge Hall all stone of about 12 yards long and about 4 or 5 broad,
+its all Rock like an arch on y^e Roofe but its not ffenc’d so but y^e
+beasts trample and ffowle it you Can scarce go into it. The same long
+steep hill we had to descend w^{ch} Comes to Chattsworth ten mile. The
+Duke’s house Lyes just at y^e foote of this steepe hill w^{ch} is like a
+precipice just at y^e Last, notwithstanding the Dukes house stands on a
+little riseing ground from y^e River Derwent w^{ch} runns all along y^e
+front of y^e house, and by a Little fall made in y^e water w^{ch} makes
+a pretty Murmurring noise. Before y^e gate there is a Large parke and
+Severall ffine Gardens one w^{th} out another w^{th} Gravell walkes and
+Squairs of Grass w^{th} stone statues in them, and in y^e middle of Each
+Garden is a Large ffountaine full of Images, sea gods and Dolphins and
+sea horses w^{ch} are full of pipes w^{ch} spout out water in the bason
+and spouts all about the Gardens. 3 gardens just round the house. Out of
+two of y^e Gardens you ascend by Severall Stepps into other Gardens
+w^{ch} some have Gravell walks and squares Like y^e other w^{th} Statues
+and Images in the bason. There is one bason in the Middle of one Garden
+thats very Large and by sluces besides the Images Severall pipes plays
+out y^e water—about 30 Large and small pipes altogether, some fflush it
+up that it ffrothes Like snow. There is one Garden full of stone and
+brass statues. So the Gardens Lyes one above another w^{ch} makes the
+prospect very fine. Above these gardens is an ascent of 5 or 6 stepps up
+to green walk and groves of firrs and a wilderness and Close arbours and
+shady walks. On Each End of one Walke stands two piramidies full of
+pipes spouting water that runns down one of them—runns on brass hollow
+work w^{ch} looks like rocks and hollow stones.
+
+Y^e other is all fflatts, stands one above another like Salvers so the
+water rebounds one from another 5 or 6 one above the Other. There is
+another green walke and about y^e Middle of it by y^e Grove stands a
+fine Willow tree, the Leaves, Barke and all looks very naturall, y^e
+roote is full of rubbish or great stones to appearance and all on a
+Sudden by turning a sluce it raines from Each Leafe and from the
+branches like a shower, it being made of Brass and pipes to Each Leafe,
+but in appearance is Exactly like any Willow. Beyond this is a bason in
+w^{ch} are y^e branches of two Artichock Leaves w^{ch} weeps at y^e End
+of Each Leafe into the bason w^{ch} is placed at y^e foote of Lead steps
+30 in number. The Lowest step is very deep, and between Every 4 stepps
+is a half pace all made of Lead and are broad on Each side. On a little
+banck stands blew balls 10 on a side, and between Each ball are 4 pipes
+w^{ch} by a sluce spouts out water aCross y^e stepps to Each other like
+an arbour or arch. While you are thus amused suddenly there runs down a
+torrent of water out of 2 pitchers in y^e hands of two Large nimphs Cut
+in stone that Lyes in the upper step w^{ch} makes a pleaseing prospect.
+This is designed to be Enlarged and Steps made up to y^e top of y^e hill
+w^{ch} is a vast ascent, but ffrom y^e top of it now they are Supply’d
+w^{th} water for all their pipes so it will be the Easyer to have such a
+fall of water Even from y^e top w^{ch} will add to the Curiositye. The
+house is built all of Stone y^t is dugg out of the hills, its like free
+stone—a flatt Roofe w^{th} Barristers and flower potts. In the ffront is
+7 large windows, the glass is diamond Cutt and all off large Looking
+glass, y^e panes bigg 4 in a breadth 7 in height, to the Garden ward was
+12 windows of y^e same glass 4 panes broad 8 long, y^e Lowest windows
+are made w^{th} Grates before them and are for birds—an Averye—and so
+looking glass behind. Y^e stepps out of y^e Garden are on Either side 20
+steps and Iron barrs painted blew and tipt w^{th} gold. Y^e steps meete
+on y^e top in a halfe pace railed y^e same, but y^e front entrance is
+not finished; there is a large Court w^{ch} is to be pas’d and so stepps
+on Each side of stone w^{th} half paces up to a tarrass walke. Y^e large
+gates of jron barrs are 3 at y^e Court and from this tarress you Enter.
+The ffront is w^{th} Severall Large stone pillars Carv’d, at y^e
+Entrance into another Court w^{ch} y^e house is built about, and here
+are peaso’s supported w^{th} stone pillars, under w^{ch} you pass from
+one place to another. Out of it is y^e Chappel w^{ch} is a very lofty
+building and supported by 4 large pillars of black marble, two at y^e
+alter, 2 just at y^e bottom to support y^e gallery for y^e Duke and
+Dutches to sitt in. Y^e pillars are 14 foote, and so bigg that I could
+not Compass one w^{th} my arms. These 4 and 2 stepps by y^e alter was
+made out of one stone Cut out of y^e hill just by, so is all y^e marble
+about the house and so finely polish’d like a Looking glass; the pavem^t
+is black and white marble vein’d, Lay’d long wayes in large stones all
+of y^e same. Y^e painting is very fine, on the top and on the sides y^e
+history of Christ and y^e New testament. There is a very fine Carving of
+wood and Stone, the Dove at the alter y^e Angels and Cherubims w^{th}
+flowers, Leaves Laurell &c. &c. very Curiously Carv’d. The hall is very
+Lofty, painted top and Sides with armory and there is 18 steps on Each
+side goes up as an arch, w^{th} Iron Barristers tipt w^{th} gold w^{ch}
+Meetes on y^e top Large steps of stone. Thence you Enter a dineing
+roome, two drawing roomes, a bed Chamber and Closet w^{ch} opens quite
+thro’ the house a visto, and at the End of the dineing roome is a Large
+door all of Looking glass in great pannells all diamond Cutt. This is
+just opposite to y^e doores that runs into y^e drawing roome and bed
+Chamber and Closet so it shews y^e roomes to Look all double. Ye
+ffloores of y^e Roomes are all finely Inlaid, there is very Curious
+Carving over and Round the Chimney pieces, and Round the Looking-glasses
+that are in y^e peers between the windows, and fine Carv’d shelves or
+stands on Each side of y^e glass. Every roome is differing work and all
+fine Carving and over y^e doores some of it is of y^e Natural Coull^r of
+y^e wood and varnish’d only—others painted. Ye Dutchess’s Closet is
+wanscoated w^{th} y^e hollow burnt japan, and at Each Corner are peers
+of Looking glass; over the Chimney is Looking glass an oval and at the 4
+Corners after this figure ⌘, and hollow Carving all round y^e glass. The
+roomes are all painted very finely on y^e top; all y^e windows y^e
+Squares of glass are so large and good they Cost 10s. a pannell. There
+was sweete tapistry hangings with small figures and very much silk, they
+Look’d as ffresh as if new tho’ bought severall yeares—there were no
+beds up. There was as many roomes on the other side w^{ch} were not
+ffinished, they were just painting y^e Ceilings and Laying the floores
+w^{ch} are all jnlaid, these were the Duke and dutchess’s apartm^{ts}
+besides which are a great number of roomes and severall offices. There
+is a fine Grottoe all stone pavement Roofe and sides, this is design’d
+to supply all y^e house w^{th} water besides severall ffanceyes to make
+diversion. Within this is a batheing roome, y^e walls all w^{th} blew
+and white marble—the pavement mix’d, one stone white, another black,
+another of y^e Red vaned marble. The bath is one Entire marble all white
+finely veined w^{th} blew and is made smooth, but had it been as finely
+pollish’d as some it would have been the finest marble that Could be
+seen. It was as deep as ones middle on the outside, and you went down
+steps into y^e bath big enough for two people. At y^e upper End are two
+Cocks to let in one hott, y^e other Cold water to attemper it as persons
+please—the Windows are all private Glass. The Gallery we ascended out of
+y^e hall into before we Came to y^e dineing roome, w^{ch} I should have
+spoken off then, was delicately painted over head, and Round on the top
+was a raile and Barristers so naturally drawn just round the Cornish,
+that you would take it for a Railed walke round y^e top to looke down
+into the gallery, There is another ffine staircase all stone and hangs
+on it self on y^e outside, y^e support is from y^e wall and its own
+building. Ye stone of y^e half paces are large and one Entire stone
+makes Each. On the top of y^e Staires y^e space Leading to y^e roomes
+are 3 large Stones, the Stones Cost 20^£ a piece, so large and thick you
+would wonder how they should be raised up so high and be supported by
+its own arch without any pillars on y^e outside. This is all of Stone
+Cut out of y^e hills w^{ch} Looks like what we Call free stone. Y^e
+house is all off the same and all the marble in y^e Windows, Chimneys
+and pavements is all marble dug out of the hill above the house, both
+black, white rance, and Curiously veined and polished, so fine as any I
+ever saw w^{ch} Came from beyond sea. Thence we came to Bankwell a
+pretty neate market town 2 mile; it Stands on a hill, yet you descend a
+vast hill to it w^{ch} you would thinke impossible to go down, and we
+was forced to fetch a Great Compass, and by reason of y^e steepness and
+hazard of y^e wayes if you take a wrong Way there is no passing. You are
+forced to have guides as in all parts of Darbyshire, and unless it be a
+few y^t use to be guides y^e Common people know not above 2 or 3 mile
+from their home, but they of y^e Country will Climbe up and down w^{th}
+their horses those steep precipices. There are many fine springs of
+water purling out of y^e Rock on these hills. At Bankwell there was an
+Excellent Minister in y^e Publick who pray’d and preach’d very seriously
+and his Life and Conversation is suitable, not very frequent in our
+dayes to be found.
+
+We went 3 mile off in the afternoone to heare another y^t was in a
+meeteing and so 3 mile home againe. Y^e hills about y^e town and all
+about y^e town is rocks of y^e finest marble of all sorts—huge Rock. I
+took some of it and shewing it to severall they think it Comparable to
+any beyond sea. Thence to Haddon Hall for so all y^e great houses are
+called, as Chatsworth Hall, so this Haddon Hall the Earle of Rutlands
+house 2 mile from Bankwell; its a good old house all built of stone on a
+hill and behind it is a ffine grove of high trees and good Gardens, but
+nothing very Curious as y^e mode now is. There is a large Parke upon a
+great ascent from y^e house which is built round a Court, y^e parke is
+one part of some of y^e highest hills w^{ch} gives a great prospect over
+y^e Country. But Indeed all Darbyshire is but a world of peaked hills,
+which from some of y^e highest you discover y^e Rest Like steeples or
+tops of hills as thick as Can be, and tho’ they appear so Close yet y^e
+steepness down and up takes up y^e tyme, y^t you go it as if so many
+Miles, and were y^e ground measur’d would be in Length as much as miles
+on a plaine. Thence to Buxton 9 mile over those Craggy hills Whose
+Bowells are full of mines of all kinds off Black and white and veined
+Marbles, and some have mines of Copper, others tinn and Leaden mines, in
+w^{ch} is a great deale of silver. I have some w^{ch} Looks full of
+silver, its so bright just brought up out of one of y^e mines. They digg
+down their mines Like a well for one man to be let down w^{th} a Rope
+and pulley, and so when they find oar they keep digging under ground to
+follow the oar w^{ch} lies amongst the stone y^t Lookes like our fine
+stones. In y^t mine I saw there was 3 or 4 at work and all let down
+thro’ y^e well; they digg sometymes a great way before they Come to oar.
+There is also a sort of stuff they dig out mixt w^{th} y^e oar and all
+about the hills they Call Sparr, it looks like Crystal or white sugar
+Candy, its pretty hard; y^e doctors use it in medicine for the Collick;
+its smooth like glass but it looks all in Crack’s all over. They Wall
+round the Wells to y^e mines to Secure their Mold’ring in upon them,
+they Generally Look very pale and yellow that work Underground, they are
+fforc’d to keep Lights w^{th} them and sometymes are forced to use
+Gunpowder to break y^e stones, and y^t is sometymes Hazardous to the
+people and destroys them at y^e work. Its very difficult to find the
+Wayes here for you see only tops of hills and so many roads—by reason of
+y^e best wayes up and down—that its impossible for Coach or Waggon to
+pass some of y^m, and you scarce see a tree and No hedges all over y^e
+Country, only dry stone walls y^t incloses ground no other ffence.
+Buxton we Saw 2 or 3 tymes and then Lost y^e sight of it as often, and
+at last did not See it till just you Came upon it—that 9 mile we were
+above 6 hours going it. The house thats Call’d Buxton Hall w^{ch}
+belongs to y^e Duke of Devonshire its where the warme bath is and well,
+its the Largest house in the place tho’ not very good; they are all
+Entertaining houses and its by way of an ordinary—so much a piece for
+y^r dinners and suppers and so much for our Servants besides; all y^e
+ale and wine is to be paid—besides, the beer they allow at the meales is
+so bad y^t very Little Can be dranke. You pay not for y^r bed roome and
+truely the other is so unreasonable a price and y^e Lodgings so bad, 2
+beds in a Roome some 3 beds and 4 in one roome, so that if you have not
+Company Enough of your own to fill a Room they will be ready to put
+others into the same Chamber, and sometymes they are so Crowded that
+three must Lye in a bed. Few people stay above two or three nights its
+so Inconvenient. We staid two nights by reason one of our Company was
+ill, but it was sore against our Wills for there is no peace nor quiet
+with one Company and another going into the bath or Coming out; that
+makes so many strive to be in this house because the bath is in it. Its
+about 40 foot Long and about 20 or 30 ffoote broad being almost square.
+There is 10 or 12 springs that bubble up that are a Little warme, its
+not so warme as milke from y^e Cow, and not a quick spring, so y^t its
+not Capable of being Cleansed after Everybody has been in. Its warme
+Enough just to Open the pores of ones body, but not to Cause sweat, I
+was in it and it made me shake, its farre from the heate that is in the
+Somersetshire baths. Its Cover’d over the top, but not Ceiled and there
+is an open place in the middle like a Tunnell w^{ch} pours the Cold down
+on y^e head, it would in my thoughts be better if it were Exposed all to
+y^e aire and sunn. There is a pavem^t of Stone on one side at y^e brim
+to walke on, with benches of Stone to Sitt on. You must have a guide y^t
+Swims with you, you may Stand in some place and hold by a Chaine and y^e
+water is not above y^r Neck, but in other parts very deep and strong it
+will turn you down. About 10 or 12 yards distant is a spring Called S^t
+Anns Well w^{ch} is for drinking, they have arch’d it up y^t its much
+hotter, it heates y^e Cup you take it up in but not or near so hot as
+y^e Somersetshire baths and springs are, the taste is not unpleasant but
+Rather like Milk, they say its Diaretick—I dranke a part of a Cup full.
+
+Another wonder is that of Pooles hole, thats just at y^e towns End, a
+Large Cavity under ground of a Great Length. Just at the Entrance you
+must Creep, but presently you stand upright, its Roofe being very Lofty
+all arched in the Rocks and sound with a great Ecchoe. Y^e Rocks are
+Continually droping water all about, you pass over Loose stones and
+Craggy Rocks. The dripping of the water wears impression on y^e Stones
+that forms them into Severall Shapes, there is one Looks Like a Lyon
+w^{th} a Crown on his head, y^e water trickling on it weares it into so
+many shapes; another place Lookes just Like y^e shape of a Large organ
+w^{th} ye severall Keys and pipes one above another as you see in a
+great Cathedrall; there is also a Stone w^{ch} Looks white and in shape
+Like a salted flitch of Bacon w^{ch} hangs down from the Roofe of y^e
+Arch w^{ch} is very Lofty in this place. There is another Rock Looks
+like a Chaire of State w^{th} y^e Canopy and all glistring like diamonds
+or starrs; thus does all y^e sides of the Rock all shine Like Diamonds.
+Y^e Rocks are very Large and Craggy and Indented, some Looks like y^e
+outsides of Cockle shells, others are smooth all Caused I believe from
+y^e dripping of y^e Water. I was as farre as y^e Queen of Scotts pillar,
+w^{ch} is a Large white stone, and y^e top hangs over your head Like a
+Cannopy all great white Stones and in spires or Large jceickles and
+glistring as the other. They may go farther but I had no such Curiosity,
+I had y^e Light Carry’d that shewed me to S^t Anns Needle after w^{ch}
+is only sand. This white stone is very Like Chrystall of w^{ch} there is
+a stone Like a Bason or Large ffont wherein drops Continually y^e water
+w^{ch} runns over and trickling down does as it were Candy in jceickles
+and points, under w^{ch} is a pillar of this white stone. We had some
+broken off which Looks like y^e jnsides of oyster-shells or mother of
+pearle, some Looks like alabaster. As I went I Clamber’d over the top of
+all y^e stones and as I Came back I pass’d under severall of y^e arches
+Like bridges; they are both wayes full of Loose stones and the water
+dropping makes them slippery, it being also very uneven by reason of y^e
+Craggs. How it should Come none Can give any good accō; its Call’d
+Pooles hole from a man of that name that was a Robber and use to secure
+himself in y^t place like a house, and so y^e Country people imagined he
+made it, but some think it was dug to find mines or marble or Chrystal
+because y^e mettle mines are full of stone as I s^d before; only this
+Enters in y^e side whereas the mines they make now are as a well
+perpendicular for severall yards before it spreads, and y^t not till
+they Come to find metal, but y^e difficulty appears as to this hole how
+so large a Cavity should be Left, as in some places y^e Roofe is as
+lofty as you can see and all stone; now how it should be fixt so as not
+to tumble in by y^e weight of y^e Earth or stone on y^e top: as to y^e
+waters dropping y^t is but what is Customary among rocks and stones,
+there are many springs w^{ch} run in y^e veines of y^e Earth and
+allwayes are running in such subteraneus vaults in the Earth, w^{ch}
+gather together and runns in a little Channell in y^e bottom of this
+Cave as you may step one. The 4th wonder is that off Elden hole about 2
+mile from Buxton; its on y^e side of a hill about 30 yards if not better
+in length at y^e brimm, and half so broad, and just in sight is full of
+Craggy stones like a Rock for about 2 or 3 yards down, w^{ch} Contracts
+the Mouth of y^e hole to about 4 yards long and 2 broad or thereabouts;
+w^{ch} hole is Suppos’d to run down directly a vast length and has been
+try’d w^{th} a Line and plummet severall fathom and the bottom not
+Sounded, tho’ some are of opinion its because the hole runns aslant so
+the plummet and Line Could not pass, and what we observ’d gives some
+strength to this notion, for Cast a stone down you hear it Strike a long
+tyme at the sides of y^e hole, and if you go down below 100 y^{ds} or
+more and Lay y^r head to the ground you shall hear the stone ring Much
+longer than those that stand at the holes mouth, w^{ch} must discover
+y^e ground to be hollow at Least much farther in Compass than the mouth
+of y^e hole, but its Certain it must be of a great depth by reason of
+the tyme you Can hear a stone strike and ring in its descending, and y^t
+which Lessens the sound may be by its breaking against the sides. Its a
+very hazardous place, for if a man or beast be too near the Edge of y^e
+bank and trip they fall in w^{th} out retrieve. Y^e beasts graze in the
+Grounds and hills but it must be some great force that drives them near
+the hole; there is a sort of instinct in Nature, self preservation and a
+great sence of danger in beasts; its reported that severall Attempts
+have been made to ffence the whole round w^{th} a stone Wall as the
+manner of the fences are all over y^t Country, but yet it has been all
+in vaine. What they built up in the day would be pull’d down in y^e
+night and so its vaine to trye y^e securing it round from any falling
+in—this the people tell us. The Country here about is so full of moore
+or quagmires and such precipices that one that is a stranger Cannot
+travell w^{th} out a guide, and some of them are put to a Loss
+sometymes.
+
+The fifth wonder is Mamtour w^{ch} is a high hill that Looks Exactly
+round, but on the side next Castleton w^{ch} is a Little town in the
+High Peake on that side its all broken that it Looks just in resemblance
+as a great Hay-Ricke y^{ts} Cut down one halfe on one side—that
+describes it most naturall. This is all sand, and on that broken side
+the sand keeps trickling down allwayes Especially when there is the
+Least wind of w^{ch} I believe this Country scarce Ever is w^{th}out;
+many places of the hill Looks hollow and Loose w^{ch} makes it very
+dangerous to ascend and none does attempt it, y^e sand being Loose slips
+y^e foote back againe.
+
+The 6^{th} wonder is at Casleton 4 mile from Elderhole; its a town Lyes
+at y^e foote of an Exceeding steep hill w^{ch} Could not be descended by
+foote or horse, but in a Compass and y^t by y^e Roads returning to and
+agen on y^e side of y^e hill at Least 4 tymes before we Could gaine y^e
+bottom or top of s^d Hill. This is w^{ch} they Call the Devills Arse a
+peake, the hill on one End jutting out in two parts and joyns in one at
+y^e top, this part or Cleft between you Enter a great Cave w^{ch} is
+very Large, and severall poor Little houses in it built of Stone and
+thatch’d Like Little Styes, one seemed a Little bigger in which a
+Gentleman Liv’d and his wife y^t was worth above 100^£ a year w^{ch} he
+left to his brother, Chooseing rather Like a hermite to Live in this
+sorry Cell. One M^r Midleton who was w^{th} us s^d he had dined w^{th}
+them there on Carrots and Herbs, and y^t he was dead and his wife a year
+or two since. Now none but very poor people Live there w^{ch} makes some
+small advantage by begging and by Lighting the strangers into the Cave
+w^{ch} beyond this you Enter so straight a passage. At the mouth you
+stoop very Low Even upon y^r Breast and Creep in, when you are about a
+yard or two’s Length you stand upright, it being Lofty in manner of
+Poole’s Hole only the Rock hangs down in so many places that there is
+often Cause of Stooping very Low to pass by y^m, and here y^e ground you
+tread on is all sand and firme, only y^e Rocks do drip water in many
+places w^{ch} makes it damp and strikes Cold to you, but Excepting the
+pillars of Rock in some places that hang down y^e most of it is very
+Lofty and a great Ecchoe like a Church. You pass a good way by y^e Light
+of many Candles haveing Lost y^e sight of day from y^e first stooping
+Entrance. At Last you Come to a river they Call it, a great water it is
+and very deep, they say its about 12 yards over and some do go on it
+w^{th} a Little boate to y^e other side but I would not venture. There
+was one Gentlewoman in our Company s^d she had once been Carry’d over on
+2 mens shoulders, but they waded above their waste in water, so I would
+not be for so dangerous I was sure it was a difficult Enterprise, and
+when you are over y^t side they go over but such places as was pass’d
+before w^{ch} Leads to another such a water w^{ch} some men have pass’d
+over and so have gone on to a third water, but there y^e Rocks hung so
+Low as almost to touch y^e water w^{ch} hindred their proceeding. That
+water I saw was strange, so deep and large and look’d like a standing
+water but whether it were or not Could not tell, no Doubt but it has a
+passage thro’ the veines of y^e Earth or Else would swell so as to Cause
+a bursting out of y^e Earth—it seemed to have a motion w^{th} it, All
+these things shewes the great wisdom and power of our blessed Creator to
+make and maintaine all things within its own Bounds and Limits w^{ch}
+have a tendency to worke out ruine to y^e whole frame of y^e world if
+not bridled by Gods Command.
+
+The seventh wonder is a flowing and Ebbing Well between this town and
+Buxton w^{ch} Ceases its miraculous motion but on Great raines which
+Raises the springs, and then, the man w^{ch} was w^{th} us told me he
+had seen it severall tymes in y^e winter when y^e springs were high to
+Ebb and flow severall tymes in a hour, w^{ch} appear’d by y^e Rise and
+fall of y^e water from y^e Edge of ye well, and the man seem’d to be a
+good sober man, M^r Middleton it was, so that its Likely when the
+springs are high the water from the sea may have a quicker flux and
+Reflux thro’ the Channells of y^e Earth, but this is a good distance
+from y^e sea or Ebbing and flowing Rivers.
+
+From Castleton to Buxton is 6 mile, but they are very long. You might go
+10 of miles near London as soon as you are going halfe so many here.
+
+Thence we went to Ashburn 16 miles where I saw some of their Copper
+mines where they dig them like a well, but secure y^e side w^{th} wood
+and turffe bound w^{th} ye wood like Laths or frames aCross and long
+wayes to secure it. This is a pretty neate market town; thence to Uxeter
+8 mile, and we Cross a River on a long Bridge and so we enter
+Staffordshire w^{ch} has quite a different soyle, sand and gravell and
+some Clay, and very pretty sort of pebbles in the ground—some of a
+bright green like an Emerald, others vein’d, some Clear like Christall.
+This Country is well wooded and full of Enclosures, good Rich Ground, is
+Extreamely differing from Darbyshire. Just before we Came to Uxeter we
+pass by a very Exact house and Gardens of one M^r Cotten a justice of
+peace, its Brick and Coyn’d w^{th} stone, the Gardens or Courts very
+Compleate, but it stands in a Low moorish ground to show this worlds
+good is not perfect but has its foule as well as faire Side and with all
+its Conveniency’s Must Labour under some difficultyes. We pass thro’ a
+deep and Long water just by, but y^e bottom was hard gravell, this
+supply’s severall mills w^{ch} are used for their prepareing y^e metal
+they take out of y^e mines. I had a piece of Copper given me by One of
+y^e managers of y^m.
+
+Thence we Came to Woolsley 7 mile, to a Relations house S^r Charles
+Woolsley whose Lady was my Aunt, where we dined. Y^e house stands in a
+fine parke; y^e house is an old building and but Low, its built round a
+Court: there is a Large Lofty hall in y^e Old fashion, a dineing and
+drawing roome on y^e one hand, and a little parlour on the other, the
+best roomes were newer built w^{th} Chambers over them, and a very good
+staircase well wanscoated and Carv’d w^{th} good pictures. Y^e Rest of
+the house is all old and Low and must be new built. Y^e Gardens are
+good, both gravell and Green walks; there is a good River runns by it
+w^{ch} has dwarfe trees and honysuckles and binds on the Bancks, there
+is a great deale of good fruite and there are severall walks, one shady
+w^{th} high trees w^{ch} my Aunt told me my mother liked to walke in and
+so was Call’d her walke. I eate a sort of flatt strawbery like a button,
+w^{ch} grew in a second Crop from y^e same strawberys Roote w^{ch}
+produces its first Crop a sort of Large garden Strawberries and this
+sort afterwards. In this Country they burn all this tyme of y^e year
+July, their ffern and make y^e ashes up in balls and so keep to make Lye
+for driveing their Ruck of Cloth’s w^{ch} whitens them much. Not farre
+from hence they have y^e mines of the fine sort of Coale that is hard
+and will be pollished like black marble, for salts or boxes or such
+Like, y^e only difference it will not bear ye fire as marble does, Else
+it resembles it very much; there were of these mines just by but now
+they have Come to y^e End of this veine and so there is none within 6 or
+7 mile.
+
+This is y^e pitt Coale, y^{ts} Cloven and burns Like a Candle, and makes
+white ashes Like y^e Scotch-Coale. Y^e same sort is in Nottinghamshire.
+From hence we went to Litchfield 7 mile, a sandy Road full of fine
+pebbles; Litchfield stands Low, there is a greate standing water as I
+have seen just by y^e town, w^{ch} does often flow y^e grounds after
+Raines, so the Road is secured w^{th} a banck and a breast wall of a
+good Length into y^e town—as a Long Causy or bridge y^e Road is, and
+there are some few Arches here and there to Carry off y^e water. Y^e
+water has very good ffish in it but it must be muddy; its the privilege
+of y^e Magistrates only to have fishing or to go about it w^{th} a
+little boate. The town has good houses, y^e Close has y^e Bishops and
+Deanes and prebends houses w^{ch} are good; the streetes are very neate
+and handsome, y^e Breadth and length very well and the building
+handsome. The minster is a stately structure but old, y^e outside has
+been finely Carv’d and full of Images as appears by the nitches and
+pedistalls w^{ch} remaine very Close all over the walls, and still just
+at ye front remaines some Statues of y^e Kings of Jerusalem and some
+angels and Cherubims. At y^e door is a Large statue of King Charles y^e
+Second, and all about y^e door is fine Carving of flowers Leaves, birds
+and beasts and some saints and apostles statues. The Inside of y^e
+Church is very neate being new but there is but Little painting; there
+are two Quires, one old one w^{th} organs and seates, y^e other new
+w^{ch} is very Large w^{th} Organs and fine Carving in y^e wood; here
+are 2 organs. There is a painting over the Communion table of peach
+Collour satten Like a Cannopy w^{th} gold fringe, and its drawn so well
+that it lookes like a Reall Cannopy. There is some remaines of a Castle,
+y^e walls and some of the towers remaine. The wall that Encompasses y^e
+town is what Encompasses the Church and goes from thence.
+
+We went thence to Colehill 12 mile, and pass’d by severall good houses.
+Here I saw y^e way of makeing Runnet as they do in Cheshire—they take
+y^e Reed bag and Curd and haveing washed it Clean, salt it and breake
+y^e Curd small about y^e bag, so drye them, being stretch’d out with
+sticks like a glove, and so hang them in a Chimney till you need it,
+then Cut a piece off this as big as halfe a Crown and boyle it in a
+little water w^{ch} water will turn y^e milke better than any made
+runnet and its freshe. This is a pretty little market town and stands on
+a hill.
+
+Thence to Coventry all on a Levell 8 mile. I Came by severall pretty
+seates, one on the Left hand of S^r Andrew Hacket stands in a parke and
+good gardens walled in, and on the Right hand we Came Close to a very
+pretty new built house w^{th} severall Rows of firrs, the outward Court
+Came in a Compass w^{th} open Barrgates just to the Road, and a brick
+bridge from the Court at one side quite Cross y^e highway: we drove
+under it w^{ch} Leads to a parke that runs along on the other hand. The
+house was brick and Coyn’d with stone and the windows the same, 8
+windows in the front and y^e Lawrells and greens look’d very pretty.
+Coventry stands on the side of a pretty high hill and as you approach it
+from the adjacent hill you have the full prospect. The spire and steeple
+of one of the Churches is very high and is thought the third highest in
+England. In the same Church yard stands another large Church w^{ch} is
+something unusuall two such great Churches together; their towers and
+the Rest of y^e Churches and high buildings make the town appear very
+fine, the streetes are broad and very well pitch’d w^{th} small stone.
+The Cross is noted and y^e finest building in England for such a thing,
+and in my phancy it very much resembles y^e picture of y^e tower of
+Babel, its all stone Carv’d very Curiously, and there are 4 divisions
+Each being less than another to y^e top, and so its Piramidy forme. In
+Each partition is severall nitches for statues quite round it where are
+kings and queens, and just on Each side before Each statute is their
+arms and y^e arms of England and the arms of y^e town, and so its
+adorn’d w^{th} Coullours and gilding in their proper places as in the
+garments and Crowns or Coronets, and finely Carv’d w^{th} angels and
+Cherubims and all sorts of beasts, Birds, flowers in garlands, and
+Leaves—this in Every division; there is variety quite up to the top
+w^{ch} is finely Carv’d and Gilt. This is y^e biggest place in y^e town,
+and y^e streete very broad and runs off a great length, and most of y^e
+streetes are very good. Y^e buildings are mostly of timber work and old.
+There is a water house at the End of y^e town w^{ch} from springs does
+supply by pipes y^e whole town w^{th} water in y^e manner that London
+is. There is also a water w^{ch} serves severall mills y^t belong to the
+town; it seems to be a thriveing good trading town and is very Rich.
+They have a great publick stock belonging to y^e Corporation above 3
+thousand pound a year for publick schooles, Charity and y^e maintenance
+of their severall publick Expences, of their Magistrates and Companyes,
+the majority of the heads are now in y^e sober men, so its Esteem’d a
+ffanatick town, and there is Indeed the largest Chapple and y^e greatest
+number of people I have ever seen of y^e Presbiterian way. There is
+another meeteing place in y^e town of y^e Independants w^{ch} is nott so
+bigg, but tho’ they may differ in some small things, in y^e maine they
+agree and seeme to Love one another w^{ch} was no small sattisfaction to
+me, Charity and Love to y^e brethren being y^e Characteristicall marke
+of Christs true Disciples.
+
+Coventry has one thing remains Remarkable not to be omitted, the statue
+of a man Looking out of a window w^{th} his Eyes out, and is a monument
+as history tells us of some priviledges obtein’d by a Lady wife, to the
+nobleman who was lord of y^e town, and she was to purchase them by
+passing on horse back through y^e town naked w^{ch} he thought she would
+not do, but out of zeale to relieve y^e town from some hard bondage she
+did, and Commanded all windows and doores to be shutt and none to appear
+in the streete on pain of death w^{ch} was obey’d by all; but one man
+would open a window and Looke out and for his impudence had this
+judgment on him to be struck blind; this statute is his resemblance and
+one day in a year they Remember y^e good Lady by some rejoyceing. There
+are severall good walks about y^e town, and a large parke above y^e town
+w^{ch} most people walk in: thence we went to Warwick. Coventry is
+joyn’d to Litchfield under one Bishop and y^t w^{ch} I wonder at that
+the Bishop and most of y^e dignatorys and abundance of Gentry Rather
+Chooses to Live at and near all about Litchfield tho’ it stands so low
+and waterish, than at Coventry w^{ch} is a pleasanter scituation and
+better buildings. There is S^r Tho: Nortons house at y^e end of y^e town
+and a large parke. From Coventry to Warwick going about to see an
+acquaintance of our Company we made it 10 mile, and went in sight of y^e
+Lord Liegh on y^e Left hand, w^{ch} Lay all along by y^e River Aven; it
+stands Low very well wooded.
+
+We ascended a very steep hill to take a view of y^e Country and so Could
+see Coventry, and were just by Hillingworth Castle on y^e Right
+hand—much of y^e Ruines of y^e walls remaine still—and so Enter
+Warwickshire. The town of Warwick by means of a sad fire about 4 or 5
+years since y^t Laid y^e greatest part in ashes, its most now new built,
+w^{ch} is w^{th} brick and Coyn’d w^{th} stone and y^e windows y^e same.
+There still remaines some few houses of y^e old town w^{ch} are all
+built of stone. Ye streetes are very handsome and y^e buildings Regular
+and fine, not very Lofty being Limited by act of partliam^t to such a
+pitch and size to build y^e town. Y^e ruines of y^e Church still
+remaines, y^e repairing of which is y^e next worke design’d; Y^e
+Chancell stands still in w^{ch} was all the fine monuments y^t were
+preserv’d from the fire; there is one monument of y^e great Earle of
+Leisters and his Ladyes in stone Curiously wrought, w^{th} their
+Garments, and painted and Gilded. There is another in marble of y^e
+Earle of Warwick, y^e statue Cut very finely, y^e face hands and forme
+very Lively, and under his head is a Role of Straw matting as you would
+suppose being Exceeding naturall Cut in Stone. In y^e middle stands y^e
+monument of y^e Earle y^t was regent in Ffrance and dyed there and was
+brought and buried here, his statue at Length in armour, but y^e Lines
+of his face and hands w^{th} y^e veines and sinews were so finely Cast
+and y^e very aire of his Countenance much to y^e Life or Like a Liveing
+man all Cast brass and Burnish’d very delicately y^t it Looks like Gold,
+all his armour very Exact and his arms are Cut finely at his head, and
+supporters at his feete, w^{th} ffigures and Images to adorne it; round
+the tombstone on y^e one side and Each End is 4 : and 2 y—at the End
+statues of y^e great men y^t were of his family, sons and
+Grand-Children, and on the other side are 4 Ladies of the family all
+Cast in the same Burnish’d Brass; they are in little and all in
+Religious habits w^{ch} formerly in ye tymes of popery and superstition
+most persons Coveted to dye in; their garments are folded in differing
+shapes and w^{th} many wrinklings and gathers w^{ch} is very exact and
+y^e more to be noted being all in such a stiff mettle as Brass and yet
+it Lookes Easye and natural. On y^e other side y^e Church in a little
+Chapple is a Large monument of Black and White Marble in manner of a bed
+w^{th} pillars, and its grated round—the pillars black marble—of some
+Nobleman w^{th} a Large Inscription round it, and one thing is noted of
+him there that he thought it his greatest Character to be Esteem’d a
+great ffriend and Companion of S^r Philip Sidney’s w^{ch} is but of poor
+availe to him now dead if he was not y^e friend of y^e great Jehovah—but
+such is y^e folly and vanity of y^e most of y^e world to be in Esteeme
+w^{th} y^e wise and great men of this world. There is delicate Carving
+about y^e walls and round y^e windows in stone all manner of Birds
+beasts, Laurells flowers &c &c, and Cherubims, and Gilded and painted in
+severall parts. Warwick Castle is a stately building, its now the Lord
+Brooke’s house. You Enter thro’ two Large Courts into a noble Hall
+wanscoated, w^{th} in it is a Large parlour all wanscoated w^{th} Cedar,
+w^{ch} is full of fine pictures of the family and beyond that is a
+drawing roome and bed Chamber w^{th} good tapistry hangings; they are
+old but so good worke and so beautifull the Coullours still, you would
+admire it, and the worke so Curious all of silk that y^e very postures
+and faces Look Extreame lively and naturall, and the groves streames and
+Rivers Look’s very well on it. There was good velvet Chaires in y^e
+roomes and good Pictures. Within y^e bed Chamber is Closets, out of one
+you Looke to y^e river even at y^e End window, there is so greate a
+Levell you may see near 20 mile. Stowe in y^e Old you see w^{ch} is as
+farre, its all full of Enclosures and woods most of the Country. All
+these roomes are very Lofty and large and larger than most houses I have
+seen, the Gardens fine and many without Each other, w^{th} good gravell
+and grass walks, squares of dwarfe trees of all sorts and steps to
+descend from one walke to another, y^e whole of w^{ch} I saw at one view
+on y^e top of y^e mount, together with y^e whole town and a vast
+prospect all about, y^e mount being very high and y^e ascent is round to
+an agen securred by Cut hedges on y^e side y^e path. At y^e Entrance of
+y^e first Court y^e porter diverts you w^{th} a history of Guy Earle of
+Warwick, there is his walking staff 9 foote long and y^e staff of a
+Gyant w^{ch} he kill’d thats 12 ffoote long; his sword, Helmet and
+shield and breast and back all of a prodigious size, as is his wives
+jron slippers and also his horses armour and the pottage-pott for his
+supper—it was a yard over the top; there is also the bones of severall
+Beasts he kill’d, the Rib of y^e Dun-Cow as bigg as halfe a great Cart
+Wheele: 2 miles from the town is his Cave dugg out by his own hands just
+y^e dimention of his body as the Common people say, there is also his
+will Cut out on stone, but y^e letters are much defaced; these are the
+storyes and meer ffiction, for the true history of Guy was that he was
+but a Little man in stature tho’ great in mind and valour, which
+tradition describes to posterity by being a Gyant. Such will the account
+be of our Hero King William the third tho’ Little in stature yet Great
+in atchievements and valour. Ffrom Warwick we went towards Daventry all
+along part of the vale of y^e Red horse w^{ch} was very heavy way, and
+Could not reach thither being 14 mile. About 11 mile we Came to a place
+Called Nether Sugar—a sad village, we Could have no Entertainment. Just
+by it on the top of a steep hill is Shuggbery Hall a seate of S^r
+Charles Shuggberys who seeing our distress being just night and y^e
+horses weary w^{th} y^e heavy way he very Curteously tooke Compassion on
+us and treated us very handsomely that night, a good supper serv’d in
+plaite and very good wine and good beds. My Lady Shuggbery was the lord
+Leigh’s Daughter and that day dineing there her Coach drove by us when
+in distress Enquireing for Lodging w^{ch} Caused S^r Charles to Come out
+to meete us, shewed a generous hospitable spirit to strangers, and with
+a great deale of good humour My Lady Entertained us. The house stands
+within a good parke, the deer so tame as to Come up near y^e gate w^{ch}
+ascends steps to a Court of Broad stone. The house looks very handsome
+built of Brick and Stone, good hall and large parlour and drawing roome
+well wanscoated, neately ffurnish’d and a little parlour on the other
+side with good pictures; the Butlery Kitchen and offices very
+Convenient, two good staircases and 3 or 4 good Chambers very well
+ffurnish’d tho’ not very Rich; but in the Generall all things were very
+well as any private Gentleman has whatever. he has severall good houses.
+He ordered one of his Daughters to get me a Curiosity they dig up in
+most part of the hill there about, they Call them Arms, its just Like
+Mullets that they have in an Eschuteon to difference the third son from
+the first and second in a family. Thence we went to Daventry 3 miles, a
+pretty large Market town and good houses all of stone and so we Enter
+into Northamptonshire. To Northampton town is 8 mile w^{ch} opens a
+noble prospect to y^e sight a mile distant, a large town well built, y^e
+streetes as large as most in London Except Holborn and the Strand, the
+houses well built of brick and stone, some all stone, very regular
+buildings.
+
+The town hall is new built all stone and resembles Guildhall in Little
+tho’ it is a good Lofty spacious place. There is two Barrs in it w^{th}
+y^e benches and seat distinct, over one of the Barrs is King William and
+Queen Mary’s pictures at Length. The Church is new built, its very
+neate, there is two Rows of stone pillars at the Entrance of the Church
+on y^e outside, and it is to be paved w^{th} broad stone but y^t was not
+quite ffinished, they were at worke on some adornments at the ffront.
+There is abundance of new buildings which adds to the beauty of y^e
+town. We enter the town from Daventry over a large Bridge, and the water
+runs twineing about y^e grounds w^{th} rows of Willows on Each side of
+it w^{ch} looks very pretty.
+
+Y^e way out of town towards London you go by a Cross a mile off the town
+Call’d High-Cross, it stands just in the middle of England, its all
+stone 12 stepps w^{ch} runs round it, above that is the stone Carv’d
+ffinely and there are 4 Large Nitches about y^e Middle, in Each is the
+statue of some queen at Length which Encompasses it w^{th} other
+Carvings as garnish, and so it rises less and less to y^e top like a
+tower or Piramidy. Thence to Stony Stratford, so Cross y^e river Aven
+again 12 mile, and Enter Buckinghamshire. At Stony Stratford w^{ch} is a
+little place built of stone they make a great deale of bonelace and so
+they do all here about, its the manuffactory of this part of y^e
+Country, they sit and worke all along y^e streete as thick as Can be.
+
+Thence to great Horwood: this Country is fruitfull, full of woods,
+Enclosures and rich Ground. Y^e Little towns stand pretty thicke. You
+have many in view as you pass y^e Road. 6 mile to Horwood, thence we
+pass by a lofty pile of Building Called Salden, a gentlemans house, and
+by the Rich M^{rs} Bennets House, Remarkable for Coveteousness w^{ch}
+was y^e Cause of her death—her treasures tempted a Butcher to Cut her
+throate who hangs in Chains just against her house. She had 3 daughters,
+the two youngest are Living one married to a Benet, y^e other y^e Earle
+of Salisbury and are great fortunes by their mothers penuriousness.
+Thence to Oxborn and Enter Bedfordshire 13 mile. The duke of Bedfords
+house we saw w^{ch} stands in a fine parke full of deer and wood, and
+some off the trees are kept Cut in works and y^e shape of severall
+beasts. The house is an old Building, Low, there are very good stables
+and out offices, Landry yard &c. The gardens are fine, there is a Large
+bowling-green with 8 arbours kept Cut neately and seates in Each, there
+is a Seate up in a high tree that ascends from y^e green 50 steps that
+Commands the whole parke round to see the Deer hunted, as also a Large
+prospect of the Country. There are 3 Large Gardens, fine Gravell walks
+and full of fruite. I Eate a great quantety of y^e Red Coralina goosbery
+w^{ch} is a large thin skin’d sweete Goosebery. Ye walks are one above
+another w^{th} stone steps. In the square, just by the dineing roome
+window is all sorts of pots of flowers and Curious greens, fine orange,
+Cittron and Lemon trees and mirtles, striped ffilleroy and y^e fine
+aloes plant. On the side of this you pass under an arch into a Cherry
+garden in the midst of w^{ch} stands a figure of stone resembling an old
+weeder woman used in the garden, and my Lord would have her Effigie
+w^{ch} is done so like and her Clothes so well that at first I tooke it
+to be a Real Living body. On y^e other side of y^e house is another
+Large garden, severall gravell walks one above another, and on the
+flatts are fish ponds the whole length of the Walke; above y^t in the
+next flat is 2 fish ponds, here are dwarfe trees spread of a great
+bigness. Ffrom thence we Came to Dunstable 7 mile over a sad road Called
+Hockley in y^e Hole, as full of deep slows in y^e winter it must be
+Empasable. There is a very good pitch’d Causey for foote people and
+horse, that is raised up high from the Road, and a very steepe Chaulky
+hill, from whence it has its name—the Chalk hill just as you Enter
+Dunstable. Its a good town as you shall meete with on the Road, its full
+of Inns, there is a long Large streete with a great water in the
+streete—it Looks like a Large pond. Here I went to see two of my
+Relations Daughters to S^r Charles Woolsley, one marry’d there to a
+Doctor of physick D^r Marsh, w^{th} whome was a maiden sister my Cos’n
+Bridget Woolsley. Thence to S^t Albans and so we Enter Hartfordshire 12
+mile. There is a very large streete to the Market place, its a pretty
+Large town takeing all the S^t Juliers and y^t at one End, and y^e other
+End is S^t Nicholas where is a handsome Church. The great Church w^{ch}
+is dedicated to S^t Albans is much out of repaire, I see the places in
+the pavement that was worn like holes for kneeling by the devotes of y^e
+Religion and his votery’s as they tell you, but the whole Church is so
+worn away that it mourns for some Charitable person to help repaire it.
+There are severall good houses about y^e town, one of y^e Earle off
+Maulberough (now Duke of Marlborough) and one of M^{rs} Gennings y^e
+Countess Mother.
+
+Thence we Came to Barnet 8 mile, w^{ch} is in Middlesex and seemes to be
+a very sharpe aire; its a Large place and y^e houses are made Commodious
+to Entertain the Company y^t Comes to drink the water, w^{ch} Certainly
+if they be at the paines to go once and see would have but Little
+stomach to drink them. The well is a Large place walled in 8 square, its
+at Least two yards over and built 2 or 3 yards up from the water and
+over it is Lattices of wood round to Looke down into it and so Covered
+like a house above; below are staires down to a doore to go in to dip
+the water there. I stood at the Lowest step above the water to Look into
+it, its full of Leaves and Dirt and Every tyme they dip it troubles y^e
+water, not but what they take up and let stand—Looks Clear but I Could
+not taste it. Its very deep and not done at the bottom w^{th} a bason as
+Tunbridg, neither Can you see the bottom, so that it appears not to be a
+quick spring as Tunbridg or y^e Spaw or Hamstead waters w^{ch} have all
+fine stone basons in w^{ch} you see the springs bubble up as fast and by
+a pipe runs off as Clear and fast; it more resembles Epsom for w^{ch}
+reason I dislike that. Thence to Highgate 6 miles, thence to London 4
+miles where I returned and all our Company Blessed be God very well
+w^{th} out any disaster or trouble in 7 weeks tyme about 635 miles that
+we went together.
+
+My Journey to Canterberry and Dover in Kent the same year from Amwell in
+Hartfordshire. I went to Royston 1 mile, and Epin in Essex 9 mile,
+thence to Drumford through Lanes and much wood—that part of Essex is
+full of woods; y^t was 10 mile. Thence to Abnife 14 mile, thence to
+Tilbery 3 mile w^{ch} is a ffine ffort, a great flatt to y^e Land, full
+of Watry ditches and may be flooded all over. Here was the fight by y^e
+parliament in 1640. There are Severall Buildings by themselves of a
+Triangular form of Brickwork in w^{ch} y^e powder and amunition is kept.
+Here is a ferry over to Gravesend where we enter Kent, w^{ch} Lyes just
+over against it a little snugg town under a hill, the houses little and
+thick together fitt only for seamen and soldiers y^t are Employ’d in the
+water or the ffort. I saw severall Colliers pass by Laden towards
+London.
+
+The Thames here is very Rough and Deep so as we fferry over in a boate
+like a Hoy. Thence I went to Rochester 7 mile most in lanes; we Enter
+the town over the Medway w^{ch} is the finest River I ever saw, it runs
+thence to the sea and meetes y^e Thames at y^e Boy in Nore and so they
+fall into y^e sea together, but it Ebbs and flows up a great way above
+Rochester and is very salt. The Bridg at Rochester is the finest in
+England—nay its said to Equal any in the world—it is not built upon
+w^{th} houses as London Bridge but its very Long and fine, Iron spikes
+Like a grate is on the top of the wall w^{ch} is breast high, and these
+jrons on the top w^{ch} are above a yard more. Its jndented at Each arch
+as all bridges are, there are 9 large Arches w^{th} y^e middle one
+w^{ch} is to be opened by drawing up to give passage to Barges and
+little vessells. When y^e tyde was out I saw the worke of the arches is
+w^{th} wood Cutt hollow, and stands a good distance into the water to
+keep the water from bearing too hard against the Bridge.
+
+The town is large jncludeing the suburbs and all, for there is a large
+place before you pass the river w^{ch} washes quite round y^t side of
+y^e town to y^e Dockyards, thats a mile from it where are two large
+yards for building shipps.
+
+I saw severall Large shipps building, others refitting. There was in one
+place a sort of arches like a bridge of Brickwork, they told me y^e use
+of it was to let in y^e water there, and so they put their masts in to
+season, besides this dock, here are severall streetes of houses on this
+hill w^{ch} is pretty high and is just against Rochester, and on y^e
+hill you have y^e best prospect of the town and see y^e severall good
+Churches in it, and the Castle w^{ch} is a pretty Little thing just by
+y^e Medway w^{ch} runs along by it, and so at foote of this hill is a
+Round and so onward to sea. There were severall shipps at anchor along
+y^e River. All behind the town is another hill w^{ch} is covered w^{th}
+fine woods y^t Looks very fine; thence to Sittingburn 11 mile all in
+sight of y^e Lovely Medway. This is a very good town for y^e Road and
+travellers as you shall meete w^{th}. The Church is all built w^{th}
+flints headed so Curiously that it Lookes like glass and shines with y^e
+suns Reflexion.
+
+Thence to Canterbery 16 mile, we pass by great Hop yards on both sides
+of the Road, and this year was great quantetyes of that fruite here in
+Kent. We pass by Ffeversham just at y^e towns End w^{ch} is 9 mile from
+Canterbury, its a very large town and good buildings of Bricke.
+Canterbery opens to view 6 miles distant by y^e advantage of a high hill
+we pass over to it—its a noble Citty—y^e gates are high tho’ but narrow,
+the streetes are most of them Large and long, and y^e buildings
+handsome, very neate but not very Lofty, most are of Brickwork, its a
+flourishing town, good tradeing in y^e weaving of silks. I saw 20 Loomes
+in one house w^{th} severall fine flower’d silks, very good ones, and
+its a very Ingenious art to fix the warps and Chaine in their Loomes to
+Cast their work into such ffigures and flowers. There stands a boy by
+Every Loome and pulls up and down threads w^{ch} are fastened to the
+weaving, and so pulls the Chaine to the Exact form for y^e shuttle to
+work through.
+
+There are also paper mills w^{ch} dispatches paper at a quick rate, they
+were then makeing brown paper w^n I saw it. The mill is set agoing by
+y^e water and at y^e same tyme it pounded the raggs to morter for y^e
+paper, and it beate out meale and Hemp and ground bread altogether—that
+is at y^e same tyme. When y^e substance for y^e paper is pounded Enough,
+they take it in a great tub and so with a frame just of y^e size of y^e
+sheetes of paper made all of small wire just as I have seen fine Screens
+to Screen Corne in, only this is much Closer wrought, and they Clap a
+frame of wood round y^e Edge and so dip it into y^e tub and what is too
+thinn runs through; then they turn this frame down on a piece of Coarse
+woollen just of y^e size of y^e paper and so give a Knock to it and it
+falls off; on w^{ch} they Clap another such a piece of woollen Cloth
+w^{ch} is ready to Lay y^e next frame of paper, and so till they have
+made a large heape w^{ch} they by a board on the bottom move to a press,
+and so Lay a board on y^e top and so Let down a great screw and weight
+on it, w^{ch} they force together into such a narrow Compass as they
+know so many sheets of paper will be reduced, and this presses out all
+y^e thinner part and Leaves the paper so firme as it may be taken up
+sheete by sheete and Laid together to be thoroughly dryed by the wind.
+They told me white paper was made in the same manner only they must take
+white woollen to put between. There is a great number of French people
+in this town w^{ch} are Employ’d in the weaving and silk winding, I
+meete them Every night going home in great Companyes, but then some of
+them were Employ’d in the Hopping, it being the season for pulling them.
+Here is a spring in the town that is dranke by many persons as Tunbridge
+and approv’d by them, but others find it an ill water, one Gentleman in
+y^e same house I was in Complained of a numbness in his Limbs after
+drinking it sometyme, w^{ch} is quite Contrary to Tunbridge waters whose
+property is to relieve Lost Limbs y^t are benumbed, and it Comeing from
+steele should have y^t Effect it raising the blood and gives it a new
+Circulation. The taste of the spring in this town seems to be from a
+mixt soyle and bears a Likeness to y^e Sulpher spaw Epsome and y^e Iron
+springs too w^{ch} are at Tunbridge; what its operation is I Cannot tell
+only tasteing halfe a Glass of it w^{ch} I did not Like. Y^e well is
+walled in and a raile round w^{th} stepps down and paved aboute for the
+Company to stand just at y^e head to drinke, but I like no spring y^t
+rises not quick and runs off apace that must have most spirit and good
+off the minerall it Comes from. There is fine walks and seates and
+places for the musick to make it acceptable and Comodious to y^e
+Company. There is a large Market house and a town Hall over it in the
+town, but the Cathedrall is the finest sight there, the Carving of stone
+is very fine on the outside as also within, but its not so Large as
+Salisbury; its a square tower—no spire running up from it—but the small
+ones at Each Corner of y^e tower for ornament.
+
+There are two large jsles in y^e middle of the Church w^{ch} leads to
+open gates of jron barrs and spikes, thence is an ascent of 20 steps, as
+Winchester Church is; up to y^e Quire, where is a fine Large organ, so
+is the ffont well Carv’d and painted and Gilded, the bottom is white and
+grey Marble w^{th} white marble statues round the stem to the ffoote,
+the top is made in a piramidy Carv’d and painted. The Windows in y^e
+Quire are most delicately painted as Ever I saw, y^e Curiosity of the
+worke and Coullours beyond others, but the size of the windows much
+Inferior being very small for a Church. Y^e Glass is very thick and the
+Coullours Laid on it strikes through the glass, its Coullours tinctures
+all y^e Glass, an art w^{ch} now is lost amongst us. At y^e Alter is a
+Cloth and Coushons of purple ffigured Velvet the books the same, there
+is a broad tissue border of orrace work gold and silver, and at y^e Edge
+is a ffine knotted fringe of purple silk and gold. The Bishops seate and
+Cushon the same w^{ch} was given by our good Queen Mary King Williams
+Queen when she was at Canterbery. The Chapter house is pretty Lofty
+supported by its own worke w^{th} out pillars, its Ceiled with Irish
+oake, there are severall good monuments of y^e Kings and queens and
+great men and severall Bishops. There is one Bishops statue y^t was at
+y^e paines to divide the Bible into Chapters w^{ch} makes it more
+Commodious to the Reader, and was a good Employment for him it being the
+proper subject of such a person of y^e Church to studdy y^e holy
+Scriptures w^{ch} gives the truest wisdom. There is the Chaire that all
+y^e Arch Bishops are Inaugurated in when made Arch Bishops, its wood
+with Elbows. There is another statue of a Bishop Cut out in wood, his
+Robes and all well Carv’d and is ffirm and solid still, Except some
+small deffaceing by y^e soldiers in y^e warre tyme, and this has stood
+some 100 of yeares. There is a Chapple Called Thomas of Beckets Crown,
+the Roofe being Carv’d in the fform of a Crown and painted; there is
+also a pavement w^{ch} is much worne by the feete and knees off this
+S^{ts} votarys that Came to do obeysance to his Shrine. There is one
+Brass statue in armour but its not so bright being less regarded than
+that at Warwick. Under the Cathedrall is a Large Church just Like S^t
+Ffaiths under S^t Pauls in London; this is given to the Ffrench
+protestants in the town for the worshipping God, it holds a vast number
+of people, its as full of Seates as Can thrust by Each other, it seemed
+a Little darkish, but they say when the doores are open its Light
+Enough, its so well arch’d that they Cannot hear them in the Cathedrall
+when singing—at least no wayes to disturb them. I went out another part
+of the town thro’ a good gate and so to Dover 15 mile much up hill and
+down, it was a good Road and Sort of Champion Country, yet at a distance
+you see many good woods and pretty houses w^{th} Rows of trees. The
+Castle at Dover is discover’d five mile off standing on the Edge of a
+very steep hill on w^{ch} you ascend up to y^e tower 120 steps up,
+whence you discover Callice in Ffrance. I saw the Clifts and hills
+plaine, but in some Cleer dayes towards the Evening you may see the
+towers and buildings of Callice, you likewise see a vast way on all
+sides sea ward and to y^e Land. The Castle is Left much to decay and
+ruinated only a small appartment for the Governour of three or four
+Roomes, Else y^e whole is spoyl’d the floores taken up and wanscoate
+pulled down. I was in the roome Queen Elizabeth was kept prisoner in
+till the death of queen Mary, the balcony just by in w^{ch} she saw the
+messenger Coming which she supposed was of Death to take off her head,
+but proved the Messenger that brought y^e news of the Crown and Kingdom
+falling to her by the death of her sister. She afterwards repaired the
+Chapple but now its quite out of use, the Roofe and side being Mouldred
+down in many places. There is a fine dry well in y^e Castle walled
+Curiously of a vast depth, the use of it was to Discover the work of the
+miners in tyme of a siege whereabout they were at worke, going down into
+this well discovered y^e working by y^e shakeing y^e Earth at what side
+they were at worke, and so might defeate them by a Countermine. There is
+also a great well of 60 ffathom deep, the water is drawn up by a great
+wheele with a horse, notwithstanding its so deep yet its also wide and
+Exactly down Right, that I could see the water at the top, and when I
+flung a stone w^{ch} was a pretty while descending I saw when it plashed
+into y^e water. There is on y^e Plattform guns mounted w^{ch} being so
+high Commands the Road so as no ship Durst saile under it. Its a mighty
+steep Clift at the poynt which makes ones head Giddy to Look down to the
+sea. There is one Gun of Cast Brass of a Great Length finely Carv’d and
+adorn’d with ffigures, this Carrys a Ball a great way tho’ y^e bore or
+muzzle of y^e Gun be not bigger than my fist, so the Ball its Charged
+with Cannot be very bigg but it will do Execution a great way off; this
+was made at Utriche in Holland and presented to Queen Elizabeth; its
+worth a great sum of money for its Curiosity. There is a Little Cannon
+of y^e same worke w^{ch} I have seen in y^e Tower at London, there is a
+great Inscription on it. There are Gunns also planted in a Little ffort
+at y^e ffoote of this steepe Clift to secure y^e Road from Pirates, for
+as to Dover town it Looks like a place of no deffence, its a Little
+place, y^e houses are Little and looks thrust together, there is a
+market house and town hall, its well enough for the accomodation of the
+seamen and to Supply the shipps w^{th} anything, it seems where the town
+stands the sea formerly Came in and was Cover’d under water severall
+fathom deep so as the shipps Ride there in harbour. The town was only
+within the Limits of a wall w^{ch} Encompass’s y^e Castle of which small
+matters appears, only of a great Banck and some parts of y^e Ruines of
+y^e ffoundation, but y^e sea Leaving the shore so ffarre they have built
+this town w^{ch} has no gates.
+
+Thence we went to Deale 7 mile, all by the sea side w^{ch} is Called the
+Downs w^{ch} sometymes is full of shipps all along the Road, but now
+there were not many. The Downes seems to be so open a place and the
+shoar so Easye for Landing I should think it no difficulty to Land a
+good army of men in a little tyme, there is only 3 Little fforts, or
+Castles they Call them, about a miles distance one to another—Warworth
+at Deal, and Sandwitch which holds a few Guns, but I should think they
+would be of Little Effect and give the Enemy no great trouble. Deale
+Looks like a good thriveing place, y^e buildings new and neate Brickwork
+with gardens. I believe they are most masters of shipps houses and
+seamen or Else those that belong to y^e Cordage and Saile makeing with
+other Requisites to shipping. All this Country about seemes to be a very
+fruitfull soyle and full of woods. You see a many pretty towns
+altogether almost, neate Churches and towers all the way you travell
+from Dover to Deale on y^r Left hand, but beyond Deale you go a very
+deepe heavy sand for 4 mile to Sandwich. You go along by y^e Sea side in
+sight of the jsle of Thannet w^{ch} is just over against Sandwich and is
+so near it you see y^e Lands and jnclosures and woods and houses. I
+suppose it not a quarter of a League from Sandwich; this is a sad old
+town all timber building, you Enter by a gate and so you go out of it by
+a gate, but its run so to Decay that Except one or two good houses its
+just like to Drop down y^e whole town.
+
+Thence to Canterbery ten mile most thro’ Lanes. We come by my Lord
+Winchelseas house, garden and parke. Y^e house is an old building—and so
+I Entered Canterbery another way through another gate and observ’d all
+wayes to y^e town—being from hills gives the prospect of y^e town very
+finely to the Eye and Indeed it Lookes like a good Citty altogether
+which way Ever you Looke on it in the approach. From thence to Maidstone
+I went 9 mile back the way I Came, and on the hill 6 mile off w^{ch}
+gave me so fine a sight of Canterbery as I came, did Likewise present a
+pleaseing prospect as I returned; it being a very high hill Commands the
+view of the Country a vast way and w^{th} such variety of woods rivers
+and Inclosures and buildings that was very delicate and diverting. When
+I turned off the road to Maidstone I travell’d through Lanes and woods
+w^{ch} were very ffine but hid y^e sight of the Country about being so
+Close; y^t it was y^e privatest Road I have travell’d. About 10 mile
+short of Maidstone you ascend a very steep hill w^{ch} discovers the
+whole Country at one view 40 mile off backward from whence we Came; and
+a few paces on the top of y^e hill the descent of the hill on that other
+side is so great a fall that gives you as full a discovery of the
+Country all forward, both w^{ch} shew the variety of grounds intermixt
+w^{th} Each other, and Lesser hills and plaines and Rivers w^{ch} such
+advanced grounds present y^e travellers at one view; this is Called
+Boxlye hills and is part of the same Ridge of hills w^{ch} runs along by
+Epsome.
+
+From Canterbery its 30 mile to Maidstone. Maidstone town is a very neate
+market town as you shall see in the Country, its buildings are mostly of
+timber worke, the streetes are Large. The Market Cross runs down in the
+middle of the greate streete a good way, there being three divisions in
+it, one good Cross for fruite, another for Corne, and another for all
+sorts of things, 2 of which is built over for the town hall and publick
+use. There is also a Large Gail. This streete notwithstanding the hall
+and Cross stands in the midst, is yet a good breadth on Each side and
+when it Comes to meete in one, is very broad and runs down a great
+Length quite to the bridge Cross the Medway which is not very broad
+here, yet it beares Barges that bring up burdens to the town: it seemes
+to divide the town for beyond the Bridge are buildings, whole streetes
+w^{ch} runs along y^e river. There are very pretty houses about the
+town, looks like the habitation of Rich men. I believe its a wealthy
+place, there are severall pretty streetes. This was Market day being
+Thursday and it seemed to be well furnish’d w^{th} all sorts of
+Commodityes and I observed there was great quantety’s of Leather but
+Could not Learn what particular thing that was their staple Comodity or
+tradeing in, but in Generall it seemed to be like a Little faire for the
+variety of wares tho’ they told me that was not so full a Market as some
+dayes because the Country people were taken up aboute their hopping so
+Could not bring things to Market. Thence to Rochester 8 mile, I came by
+a great many ffine hopp yards where they were at work pulling y^e hopps.
+I came into Rochester at the other side, thro’ the wood on the hill I
+mentioned before, from whence the town and y^e dock yards washed by the
+Medway, with the shipps at anchor was as acceptable a prospect and
+diverting as was y^e other on the other side. I went through y^e town
+just by the great Church w^{ch} is a good building but nothing Curious:
+also I went by y^e Castle wall w^{ch} is but small what remaines of it;
+thence over the ffine bridge, and as I travell’d all along in sight of
+the Medway to Rochester, so Next day I went in sight of the Thames. I
+went that night to Gravesend w^{ch} is all by the side of Cherry grounds
+that are of severall acres of ground, and Runs quite down to the Thames
+w^{ch} is Convenient for to Convey the Cherrys to London, for here the
+Great produce of that fruite is w^{ch} supplyes y^e town and Country
+with y^e Kentish Cherrys, a good sort Fflemish fruite. I went 2 mile
+beyond Gravesend w^{ch} made it in miles 9 from Rochester, to a Little
+place Called Northfleete, its much in the woods. Thence I went to
+Dartfford 6 mile a little neate town; thence to Shutershill 2 mile on
+the top of w^{ch} hill you see a vast prospect Exactly Round it, being a
+great height of ground and such a descent Every way that Commands the
+sight of a vast tract of ground, w^{ch} appeares in y^e greatest
+variety—some Lands Clothed w^{th} trees, others with grass and flowers,
+gardens orchards w^{th} all sorts of Herbage and tillage, w^{th} y^e
+severall Little towns all by y^e river Eariff, Leigh, Woolwich &c, quite
+up to London, Greenwitch, Deadford, Blackwall—the Thames twisting and
+turning itself up and down bearing severall vessells and men of warre on
+it, and some under saile. On this part of the River I have seen 100
+saile of shipps pass by in a morning which is one of the finest sights
+that is; added to this you view all Blackheath, the kings parke att
+Greenwitch, and a vast Country on y^t side, besides y^e places whence I
+came by: turning about I Could view at Least 20 mile. This is Esteemed
+as a noted Robbing place; on this hill are severall springs of water
+w^{ch} Comes from Allum which are very quick purges much Like Epsome and
+Dullage, but I thinke farre Exceeds Either in strength and opperation.
+Thence to Greenwitch 2 mile where I ferry’d over, and observ’d one
+Little shipp passed by me w^{ch} I observ’d was farr behind me in y^e
+morning at Gravesend and sailed along in sight all the tyme and was
+gotten before me. I fferry’d to Popler and Stepney, so to Hackney 3
+mile, thence to Tatnum 2 mile, thence to Endfield 5 miles, w^{ch} is all
+in Middlesex Ever since I fferryed over out of Kent. Thence to
+Amwellbery 10 mile in Hartfordshire w^{ch} I Compleated in 5 days, and
+went 184 miles, w^{ch} added to severall journeys I went in
+Hartfordshire and twice to Amwell and to London againe w^{ch} is 76 mile
+done, and y^e severall journeys at London and in Hartfordshire, Comes to
+150 more miles besides the Little Rideings to take y^e aire at the parke
+or Else, w^{ch} were severall miles more if added together w^{ch} I have
+gone this year: but w^{th}out that it is 226 miles, so add these to my
+Northern journey this yeare makes about 1045 miles of which I did not go
+above a hundred in the Coach.
+
+ I being in Kent this year shall Insert something of Tunbridge. The
+waters I have dranke many years w^{th} great advantage—they are from the
+Steele and Iron mines, very quick springs Especially one well. There are
+two w^{th} Large basons of stone fixt in y^e Earth w^{th} severall holes
+in the bottom by w^{ch} the springs bubble up and fill it so as it
+alwayes runns over, notwithstanding the quantety dipp’d up in a morning
+which is the usual tyme the Company Comes, and the nearer they drink it
+the spring y^e better, it being a spiriteous water that is ready to
+Evaporate if Carry’d any way, as has been try’d by weighing the water by
+the well and Carrying them but to y^e middle of the walks, it has Lost
+of y^e weight, and much more the End of the whole walke: notwithstanding
+many has it brought to their Lodgings a mile or two off and drink them
+in their beds, nay, some have them brought to London w^{ch} is near 40
+miles. They have the bottles filled and corked in the well under the
+Water and so seale down the Corks w^{ch} they say preserves it. They
+have made the wells very Comodious by the many good buildings all about
+it and 2 or 3 mile round which are Lodgings for the Company that drinke
+ye waters, and they have Encreased their buildings so much that makes
+them very Cheape. All people buy their own provision at y^e market
+w^{ch} is just by y^e wells and furnish’d w^{th} great plenty of all
+sorts. Flesh, fowle and fish and in great plenty is brought from Rhye
+and Deale &c, this being y^e road to London, so all the season the water
+is drank they stop here w^{ch} makes it very Cheape, as also the Country
+people Come w^{th} all their backyard and barne door affords to supply
+them with, and their gardens and orchards, w^{ch} makes y^e markets well
+stored and provision Cheape, w^{ch} the Gentry takes as a diversion
+while drinking the waters to go and buy their dinners; it being Every
+day’s market and runns the whole Length of y^e walke, w^{ch} is between
+high trees on the market side for shade, and secured w^{th} a Row of
+buildings on y^e Right side, w^{ch} are shopps full of all sorts of
+toys, silver China, milliners and all sorts of Curious wooden ware
+w^{ch} this place is noted for, (the delicate neate and thin ware of
+wood both white and Lignum vitæ wood): besides w^{ch} there are two
+Large Coffee houses for tea, Chocolate &c, and two Roomes for y^e
+Lottery and hazard board. These are all built w^{th} an arch or pent
+house beyond y^e shops, some of w^{ch} are supported by pillars like a
+peason, w^{ch} is paved w^{th} brick and stone for y^e drye walking of
+ye Company in raine; Else they walke w^{th} out w^{ch} is a Clay and
+sand mixt together. They have been intending to make it gravell w^{ch}
+would be much better. All those Conveniency’s are added by y^e Companyes
+Contributions Every year—what has been and so what will be. There is at
+y^e Lower End of the walke, w^{ch} is a broad space before you Come to
+y^e walls of y^e wells, a Large sun-dial set upon severall steps of
+stone, thence you go straight along to a Chapple w^{ch} has been built
+by ye severall Collections of ye Company Every year; its a pretty place
+and Cost a great deal of money, and Every year there is Contribution for
+ye maintenance of a minister. There are severall buildings just about ye
+well where are severall apothecary’s shops, there is also a Room for ye
+post house. The post Comes Every day and returns Every day all the while
+the season of drinking ye waters is, from London and to it; Except
+Mondayes none Comes down from London, so on Satturdayes non goes up to
+London. You pay a penny Extraordinary for being brought from tunbridge
+town w^{ch} is 4 mile distance, that being a post town, you Likewise
+have the Conveniency of Coaches every day from London for 8 shillings
+apiece dureing the whole season, and Carriers twice a weeke.
+
+There are severall bowling greens about y^e wells, one just at it on
+Mount Sion and another up y^e hill Called Mount Ephraim where is also a
+Large Chapple where the presbiterians have preaching: they have a
+minister w^{ch} by y^e Collections of y^e Company is also maintained all
+the winter to preach, as is the publick Chapple at the walks. There is
+severall other Bowling greens at a distance off a mile or two, fitted
+for Companys Lodging there, as Rust hall and Southbourough; they have
+all houses to y^e greens, so the Gentlemen Bowle, the Ladies dance or
+walke in y^e green in y^e afternoones, and if wet dance in the houses,
+there being Musick maintained by the Company to play in the morning so
+long while they drink the waters, and in y^e afternoon for danceing.
+
+There are severall good taverns at the walks and all about to supply
+good wine and Brewhouses for beer and Bakers for Bread, but some of them
+Come from London and spoyle the market by raiseing y^e price—so the
+higlers and Hucksters in a great measure. This whole Country is full of
+stone and jron, the Earth is Clay and Sand. About 3 mile off there is a
+good seate of the Lord Lesters Spenshurst w^{ch} stands in a very good
+parke; the house is but old—Large roomes and stone staires and windows,
+a good hall and gallery full of good old pictures, and other roomes of
+state; no ffurniture but old tapistry hangings. You have a most pleasant
+prospect as you go to it and from it, of valeys Cover’d with woods of
+great Length, and hills beyond on the other side. About 3 or 4 miles off
+is a seate of the Lord Abergauneys w^{ch} is Lord of the manour in a
+parke and fine woods all about it, the most of the Country is woody.
+There is 4 or 5 miles off a place they Cast Gunns, there being a great
+store of oare all over the Country: its a great Charge and Continuall
+attendance. When they have Lighted y^e fire for to Cast bells or guns
+they must be Cautiously blowing, and y^e mettle will be apt to fall down
+on the nose of y^e bellows and harden; that if it be not still Cleared
+off would quickly damm up the fire and put it out. There are severall
+good houses all about and a pleasant place to Ride in in y^e summer and
+dry weather, but a sad deep impassable Road when much Raine has fallen.
+As I was Rideing about I took a view of y^e Country in many parts. There
+is a Little rivulet just by the wells w^{ch} divides y^e Countys so that
+y^e buildings are some in Kent some in Sussex.
+
+About ffaint 4 or 5 mile off is a house of Lord Abergauny and parkes and
+much woods about it. Another way by Lakington Green and Groombridge
+about 4 mile off is an old house in a parck, pretty Large, Called
+Ashurst w^{ch} they say belonged to Alderman Ashurst family, but hurst
+w^{ch} signifyes grove or wood is a name all here about, as Spenshurst
+Lord Lesters house 4 mile another way in a good Parke and Speldhurst
+another parish 2 or 3 mile off and Goodhurst about 12 mile off the
+Wells. I went by Calvery plaine and Woods gate and so to a Little Market
+town Called Branklye; the way is much thro’ Lanes, being an Enclosed
+Country for the most part, w^{ch} is the Cause of these names as is much
+of Sussex w^{ch} joyns to Kent; there are places Called Billingshurst
+and Medhurst and Pendhurst &c. This Goodhurst I went to stands on a
+great hill and is seen severall miles, 2 mile from y^e first ascent
+w^{ch} is at a Little village belonging to it, and to y^e top of y^e
+hill w^{ch} is y^e middle of y^e place. Its a pretty Large place—old
+timber houses, but y^e Extent of y^e parish is neare ten miles. They are
+a sort of yeomanry Gentry, about 2 or 3 or 400£ a year and Eate and
+drink well and Live Comfortably and Hospitably.
+
+The old proverb was a yeoman of Kent w^{th} one years rent Could buy out
+y^e Gentlemen of Wales and knight of Sscales and a Lord of y^e North
+Country—his Estate was so much better. All in these parts are the same
+Minerall waters being much on Iron mines. I returned againe to tunbridge
+wells the 12 mile, then I went from thence to Sumerhill about 4 or 5
+mile off, thro’ much woods and lanes and some pleasant shades of Lofty
+trees. This is a seate of y^e last viscount Purbecks—stands on a hill in
+a good Large parke, built of stone and Lookes in good repaire for y^e
+most part, and good Large Roomes and Staircases and abundance of good
+sizeable Roomes Leading one out of another in visto’s thro’ the house,
+something Like our new way of building and Lofty Enough. Its Capable of
+being very fine w^{th} visto’s of walks Cut through and across a great
+many, which delights the Rider or walker being so shady w^{th} Lofty
+trees. There is remains of a bowling green w^{ch} is an advanced piece
+of ground above all the rest and discovers the Country a great Circuite
+round; then we returned to the wells againe 5 mile.
+
+Then I went from y^e wells to Rye 31 miles, by Ambursly 8 mile—this was
+good way being a drye summer, otherwise its deep being Clay for y^e most
+part. I passed much through Lanes and little villages and near Rye I
+went thro’ a Comon full of Bushes and ffurze and heath; its a pretty
+steep hill I ascended w^{ch} is Called beggars hill and being
+Bartholomew tide here was a faire w^{ch} was Rightly Called beggarhill
+faire being the saddest faire I ever saw—ragged tatter’d Booths and
+people—but the musick and danceing Could not be omitted. This hill on
+the top gave the view of y^e sea and a great tract of Land on Each side.
+That is Choak’d up w^{th} sand w^{ch} formerly was a good haven for
+shipps; the sea does still Come up to Rhye town as yet but its shallow,
+and y^e Castle w^{ch} stands a Little distance—a mile—is also left of
+the sea at least 4 mile. This is Winchelsea Castle but all between it
+and Winchelsea is nothing but Quagmire and marshes, drained in some
+places by ditches, and this is at Least 4 miles to the town. I did go to
+it but first fferry’d over a Little arm of the sea w^{ch} still finds a
+Current up to some of y^e Land between Rhye and Winchelsea, then I rode
+round y^e marshes on y^e side of a hill in narrow foote paths, and
+passed over a Bridge Cross another Little arme of y^e sea: near it is a
+gate on y^e Bridge and Enters you into the Libertys of y^e town w^{ch}
+stands on a pretty high hill. From it Lookes not of any great Circuite
+of ground by y^e first view, being high, but in y^e middle you see it
+has been a fine place for there were 36 Large Squares of building, the
+remaines of pieces of walls in most places you see, or else a hedge
+supplys that you see y^e streetes were very broad and long and divided
+these squares, ye Cross streetes y^e same. I rode up a middle streete
+and saw y^e others run aCross of Equal breadth. Remaines of Churches and
+halls are to be seen but Else grass grows now where Winchelsea was as
+was once said of Troy. There are but a very few houses now, but y^e
+Corporation still Continues and y^e major and aldermen w^{ch} 13 makes
+most of y^e Inhabitants. M^r Majors house Look’d neate as did y^e
+parsonage. They Elect two Burgesses to it in y^e parliament and its y^e
+ancientest Corporation in England, so y^t should Lord Major of London
+meete M^r Major of Winchelsea he must give him place: it was as
+flourishing place before the sea Left it that was in England, but now
+lost, as Rhye will be in a Little tyme if the sea Leaves it, w^{ch} is
+in a very faire way to do; and men now apply to quite Drane the marshes
+for Corn and grass Rather than Endeavour to Cleare y^e Channell of the
+sand w^{ch} if it were done would be y^e best harbour for shipps as
+formerly was. There are great vaults in Winchelsea w^{ch} was the
+merchants Cellars, and were houses.
+
+There was some few brass and marble statues in the Church but much
+demolished as was y^e Church. Rhye town is not very bigg—a little Market
+place—this is famous for fish; from hence all the good turbutt, pearle
+and Dorea and all sort of sea fish Comes to supply y^e wells and London,
+but I could get little. Y^e faire took up y^e ffishermen. Indeed here I
+dranke Right french white wine and Exceeding good and then returned to
+y^e wells 38 miles. In the Road from thence to London you go either by
+Fair lane and so Come just by S^r Harry Vaines house (now Lord Barnett),
+w^{ch} Lookes very finely w^{th} y^e Rows of trees about it, or Else you
+go by Sevenoake a sad deep Clay way after wett. You Come in sight of a
+great house on a hill Called Summerly, looks like a Little town it runs
+on so much ground, it was the Lord Purbeckes.
+
+You also Come in sight of Nonsuch w^{ch} was a great house of the Kings
+Built by Charles the Second. You pass on to the Riverhead as they Call
+it, a fine spring of Cleare water y^t runs thence in a Little River. is
+at the foote of a great hill Called Madam Scott hill so steepe as
+seldome is Either Rode down or up, and few Coaches but gaines the top of
+it by a Compass round it w^{ch} is steep Enough. This is 15 mile from
+the wells—thence to Ffarnburough: about 8 mile, thence to Brumley, and
+to London 15 more.
+
+
+                     _MY GREAT JOURNEY TO NEWCASTLE
+                           AND TO CORNWALL_,
+
+the account of many journeys into most parts of England, what
+observation and distance of one place to another in my travels.
+
+Ffrom London to Albins in Essex 17 mile S^r Robert abdys, Whose house
+stands very pleasantly in a parke full of deer. The house on an advanced
+ground appeares to view at y^e Entrance, but its old building: Large
+Roomes—some Rows of trees Lead up to it. Thence I returned home 17 mile
+more, from London to Bednal-green twice, and back againe 16 mile, from
+London to Highgate 4 miles to M^r Thomas’s house, where is a most exact
+garden w^{th} all sorts of greens and flowers and fish ponds. There my
+Nephew Ffiennes Harrison w^{th} M^r Showers went to fish w^{th} me.
+Thence we went to Hampstead, so made it 5 mile home againe. I went from
+London twice and back againe from Kensington, in all 8 mile—this I put
+in only to know the number of miles y^t I went in one yeare.
+
+Ffrom London to Amwell bery w^{ch} is in Hartfordshire 19 mile, where I
+staid a day or two: thence to Bishopstafford in Essex 13 mile, thence to
+Dunmew 8 long miles thro’ severall Little villages; its very deep way
+Especially after raine. This is a Little Market town: they are
+altogether taken up about the spinning and prepareing for the Bayes. All
+along between that and Colchester you pass but halfe a mile Ere one
+Comes to two or 3 houses all along the road; its from Dunmow to
+Colchester 22 miles and mostly Clay deep way. Colchester is a Large town
+in the Compass of Ground. Fformerly there was 16 Churches tho’ now much
+of it is ruinated. A mile before you Come to the new town one Enters a
+little village which still is in the Limits of y^e Citty and Majors
+jurisdiction; there is a pretty good house of y^e Lord Lucas.
+
+You Enter the town by a gate; there are 4 in all; there is a Large
+Streete w^{ch} runs a great Length down to the bridge, near a mile long:
+about the middle of it runs another broad streete and near its Length
+like stalls on purpose to Lay their Bayes when exposed to saile. Great
+quantetyes are made here and sent in Bales to London that is 44 miles
+distant. Y^e whole town is Employ’d in spinning weaveing, washing drying
+and dressing their Bayes in w^{ch} they seeme very Industrious. There I
+saw y^e Card they use to Comb and dress the Bayes, w^{ch} they Call y^m
+testles, w^{ch} are a kind of Rush tops or something Like them w^{ch}
+they put in frames or Laths of wood. The town Looks Like a thriveing
+place by the substantiall houses and well pitched streetes w^{ch} are
+broad Enough for two Coaches to go a breast, besides a pitch’d walke on
+Either side by y^e houses secured by stumps of wood, and is Convenient
+for 3 to walke together. Their buildings are of timber of Loame and
+Lathes and much tileing: the fashion of the Country runs much in Long
+Roofes and great Cantilivers and peakes. Out of these great streetes
+runs many Little streetes, but not very narrow—mostly old buildings
+Except a few houses builded by some Quakers, y^t are brick and of the
+London mode. The town did Extend itself to the sea but now its ruines
+sets it 3 mile off. Y^e low Grounds all about y^e town are used for y^e
+whitening their Bayes for w^{ch} this town is remarkable, and also for
+Exceeding good oysters, but its a dear place and to Grattifye my
+Curiosity to Eate them on y^e place I paid dear. Its a town full of
+Dessenters, 2 meeteings very full besides anabaptists and quakers.
+Formerly the famous M^r Stockton was minister there till he Dyed. From
+Colchester to jpswitch is 10 mile, and thence to Dedom 9 miles, the way
+pretty good Except 4 or 5 miles they Call y^e severalls, a sort of deep
+moore Ground and woody. At this place I passed over a wooden bridge,
+pretty Large, w^{th} timber railes of w^{ch} make they build their
+bridges in these parts; and now I go into Suffolk w^{ch} is not so rich
+Land as y^e part of Essex I passed through, w^{ch} was meadows and
+grounds w^{th} great burdens of grass and Corn. So I went to jpswitch 9
+mile more; this is a very Clean town and much bigger than Colchester is
+now. Ipswitch has 12 Churches, their streetes of a good size well
+pitch’d w^{th} small stones; a good market Cross railed in. I was there
+on Satturday w^{ch} is their market day and saw they sold their Butter
+by y^e pinte 20 ounces for 6 pence and often for 5^d or 4^d; they make
+it up in a mold just in the shape of a pinte pot and so sell it. Their
+Market Cross has good Carving, y^e ffigure of justice Carv’d and Gilt.
+There is but 3 or 4 good houses in y^e town—y^e rest is much Like y^e
+Colchester buildings, but it seems more shatter’d, and Indeed the town
+Looks a Little disregarded, and by Enquiry found it to be thro’ pride
+and sloth, for tho’ the sea would bear a ship of 300 tun up quite to y^e
+Key, and y^e ships of y^e first Rate Can Ride w^{th} in two mile of the
+town, yet they make no advantage thereof by any sort of manufacture,
+w^{ch} they might do as well as Colchester and Norwitch, so that y^e
+shipps that brings their Coales goes Light away, neither do they address
+themselves to victual or provide for shipps. They have a Little dock
+where formerly they built ships of 2 or 3 tun, but now Little or Nothing
+is minded save a Little ffishing for y^e supply of y^e town. There is
+one pretty good house of y^e Earle of Herrifords that marry’d one of M^r
+Norborns Daughters, that was Killed by S^r Tho: Montgomery. You Enter
+thro’ two Courts walled and divided by a breast wall on w^{ch} are Iron
+spikes pallasadoes: the Middle is a broad gravell walk fenced in w^{th}
+stone walls; on Each side 3 or 4 steps up into the other Court, and so
+many steps more thro’ an arch into a third Court. This arch joyns a Low
+building w^{ch} are the offices Leaded on the top, and rail’d round, and
+Each End Enters into Chambers joyning to y^e house, that is built round
+this Last Court from whence you Enter y^e porch. The house is handsome
+all brick worke and brick pillars; a good hall, parlour, and drawing
+roome, and Large Closet, 2 or 3 other Roomes less, answereing it and a
+Billyard Roome above w^{th} as many roomes of state all ffurnish’d
+w^{th} good old things: a pretty staircase, but its all Little. There
+are 3 gardens on the one side w^{th} grass and gravell walkes all kept
+neate, and good fruite; on the other side is one Large garden w^{th} a
+sumer house in w^{ch} stands a Large statue, black, of a Gigantick form
+and proportion; this answeres the fine green house on y^e other side.
+This town has many dessenters in it. Thence I went to Woodbridge 7 miles
+mostly Lanes, Enclosed Countrys. This is a Little Market town but has a
+great meeting for y^e dessenters. Thence to Wickham 5 mile more but
+these are all very Long miles.
+
+Thence to Saxmunday 8 miles more: this is a pretty bigg market town. The
+wayes are pretty deep, mostly Lanes very Little Commons. I pass’d by
+severall Gentlemens seates, one, M^r Dormers w^{ch} stands in a fine
+parke. Y^e Entrance from y^e Road thro’ rows of trees Discover’d the
+front and building very finely to view, being built w^{th} stone and
+Brick and many sashes: Lookes like a new house w^{th} y^e open jron barr
+gates between pillars of stone the breadth of y^e house. So to Bathfort
+8 miles where is the remaines of y^e walls of an abby and there is still
+a very fine Church all Carv’d in stone hollow work one tire above
+another to y^e tower that ascends not very high but finely Carv’d: also
+hence I descended with Low^r grounds banck’d on Each side w^{th} a brick
+wall, but Low and so a walk on it for foote people, and severall arches
+here and there to draine off the water, so that those bancks are to
+secure the Road from the Marshy ffenny water that of a great Extent on
+both sides is subject to. Thence I passed by some woods and Little
+villages of a few scattered houses, and Generally y^e people here are
+able to give so bad a Direction that passengers are at a loss what aime
+to take: they know scarce 3 mile from their home, and meete them where
+you will and Enquire how farre to such a place they mind not where they
+are then, but tell you so farre, w^{ch} is the distance from their own
+houses to y^t place. I saw at a distance as I descended some of their
+hills a Large place that Look’d nobly and stood very high Like a Large
+town. They told me it was called Either Stowle or Nole I cannot tell
+w^{ch}. I Rode in sight of S^t Georges Channell In the way from
+Colchester and Ipswitch and so to Norwich. Sometymes it was in view then
+Lost againe. To Beckle is 8 mile more w^{ch} in all was 36 miles from
+Ipswitch, but Exceeding Long miles; they do own they are 41 measured
+miles. This is a Little market town but its the third biggest town in
+y^e County of Suffolke—Ipswitch Berry and this. Here was a good big
+meeteing place at Least 400 hearers and they have a very good minister
+one M^r Killinghall; he is but a young man but seemed very serious. I
+was there y^e Lords day. S^r Robert Rich is a great supporter of them
+and Contributed to y^e building the meeteing place w^{ch} is very neate.
+He has a good house at y^e End of the town w^{th} fine gardens. There
+are no good buildings the town, being old timber and plaister work
+Except his and one or two more. There is a pretty bigg market Cross, and
+a great Market kept. There is a handsome stone built Church and a very
+good publick minister whose name is Armstrong: he preaches very well
+they say notwithstanding the town is a sad Jacobitish town. This Chooses
+no parliam^t men. At y^e towns End one passes over the river Waveny on a
+wooden bridg railed w^{th} timber and so you Enter into Norfolk: its a
+Low flatt ground all here about, so that the Least raines they are
+overflowed by y^e River and Lye under water as they did when I was
+there, so that the roade Lay under water w^{ch} is very unsafe for
+strangers to pass by reason of y^e holes and quicksands and Loose
+bottom. The ordinary people both in Suffolk and Norfolk knitt much and
+spin, some w^{th} y^e Rock and fusoe as the French does, others at their
+wheeles out in the streete and Lanes as one passes. Its from this town
+to Norwitch 12 miles, and its 10 to Yarmouth where they build some small
+shipps, and is a harbour for them and where they victual them. Also
+Harwitch about 12 or 14 miles also, but the miles are here as long again
+as about London and pretty deep way, Especially after raines: these
+miles are much Longer than most miles in Yorkshire.
+
+Norwitch opens to view a mile distance by the help of a hill whereon is
+a little village. As I observe most of y^e great towns and Cittys have
+about them Little villages as attendants or appendix’s to them w^{ch}
+are a sort of Subburbs, there being stragling houses for y^e most part
+all the way between y^t and y^e gates. You pass over a high bridge y^t
+leads on over a high Causey of a pretty Length w^{ch} Lookes somewhat
+dangerous being fenced with trenches from its bancks (pretty deep)
+that’s on both sides to secure it from the water, and these trenches
+runns in many places round the Low grounds to drain them, w^{ch}
+Employ’d to whiten and Bleach their woollen stuff the manufacture of the
+place. This Long Causey brings you to the Large stone bridge over the
+river into w^{ch} those trenches Empty themselves.
+
+Then you proceed to the Citty w^{ch} is walled round full of towers
+Except on the river side w^{ch} serves for the wall. They seeme y^e best
+in repaire of any walled Citty I know tho’ in some places there are
+little breaches, but the Carving and battlements and towers Lookes well.
+I enter’d the west gate. There are 12 gates in all and 36 Churches,
+which is to be seen in a Clear Day altogether on the Castle walls—I told
+30 myself there. They are built all of flints well headed or Cut w^{ch}
+makes them Look blackish and shineing. The streetes are all well pitch’d
+w^{th} small stones and very Clean, and many very broad streetes: y^t I
+Entred in first was very broad for 2 Coaches or Carts to pass on Either
+side, and in the middle was a great well house w^{th} a wheele to wind
+up the water for the good of y^e publick. A Little further is a Large
+pond walled up w^{th} brick a mans height w^{th} an Entrance on one End.
+A Little farther was a building on which they were at work, design’d for
+a water house to supply y^e town by pipes into their houses w^{th}
+water. At a Little distance was another such a pond walled in as I
+described before. These things fill up the middle of this spacious
+streete w^{ch} is for use and also ornament, y^e spaces Each side being
+so broad. This brings you into a broad space Called the Hay market
+w^{ch} is on a hill, a very steep descent all well pitch’d as before:
+this Comes to another space for a market to sell hoggs in, and opens
+farther into divisions of buildings that begins severall streetes y^t
+runs off good Lengths and are of a tollerable size. One runs along
+behind w^{ch} is all for stalls for y^e Country butchers that bring
+their meate for y^e supply of y^e town, w^{ch} pay such a Rent for them
+to y^e town. On y^e other side are houses of y^e town butchers, y^e
+Inhabitants: by it is a Large market for fish, w^{ch} are all at a
+Little distance from y^e heart of y^e Citty, so is not annoy’d w^{th}
+them. There is a very Large market place and hall and Cross for fruite
+and little things Every day, and also a place under pillars for y^e Corn
+market.
+
+The building round here is Esteemed y^e best and here is the town Hall,
+but all their buildings are of an old form, mostly in deep poynts and
+much tileing as has been observ’d before, and they playster on Laths
+w^{ch} they strike out into squares like broad free stone on y^e
+outside, w^{ch} makes their fronts Look pretty well; and some they build
+high and Contract y^e roofes resembling the London houses, but none of
+brick Except some few beyond the river w^{ch} are built of some of y^e
+Rich factors like y^e London buildings. There is in y^e middle of y^e
+town the Duke of Norfolks house of Brick and stone, w^{th} severall
+towers and turrets and balls y^t Looks well, w^{th} Large gardens, but
+y^e Inside is all demolished only y^e walls stand and a few Roomes for
+offices but nothing of state or tollerable for use.
+
+On y^e Castle hill you see y^e whole Citty at once, being built round
+it: its a vast place and takes up a Large tract of ground, its 6 miles
+in Compass.
+
+Here is the County hall and Goale where y^e assizes are held and y^e
+Sessions. Nothing of y^e Castle remaines but a green space, and under it
+is also a Large space for y^e beast market, and 3 tymes in y^e year is
+there a very great faire kept to w^{ch} resort a vaste Concourse of
+people, and wares—a full trade. Y^e whole Citty Lookes Like what it is,
+a Rich thriveing Industrious place; Satturday is their great market day.
+They have beside y^e town hall a hall distinct w^{ch} is the scaleing
+hall where their stuffs are all measured, and if they hold their
+breadths and Lengths they are scaled, but if they are deffective there
+is a fine Layd on y^e owner and a private marke on y^e stuff w^{ch}
+shews its defficiency.
+
+There was also y^e mint which they Coyn’d, but since the old money is
+all new Coyn’d into mill’d money, that Ceases. Here there is a ffine
+large Cathedrall and very Loftly, but nothing remarkable of monuments or
+else: by it is 3 hospitalls for boys girls and old people who spinn
+yarne, as does all y^e town besides for y^e Crapes, Callimancos and
+damaskes w^{ch} is y^e whole business of the place. Indeed they are
+arrived to a great perfection in worke, so fine and thinn and glossy;
+their pieces are 27 yards in Length and their price is from 30 shillings
+to 3 pound as they are in ffineness. A man Can weave 13 yards a day, I
+saw some weaveing; they are all Employ’d in spinning, knitting weaveing,
+dying, scouring or bleaching stuffs. Their hospitalls are well provided
+for; there are 32 women in one as many men in y^e other, there is also a
+good free schoole. There is a great many Cerimonyes in y^e Choice and
+Swearing their major: they Elect him the first day of May and y^n
+prepare for his being sworne on Holly Thursday. They new washe and
+plaister their houses w^{th} in and without w^{ch} they strike out in
+squares like free stone. All y^e streete in w^{ch} this mayor Elect’s
+house, is very exact in beautifying themselves and hanging up flaggs y^e
+Coull^{rs} of their Companyes, and dress up pageants and there are
+playes and all sorts of show that day—in Little what is done at y^e Lord
+major of London show. Then they have a great feast w^{th} fine flaggs
+and scenes hung out, musick and danceing. I was in y^e hall they keep
+their feast in and saw some of their preparations: for that day being
+about a fortnight to it. The town is a mile and a halfe from y^e North
+to y^e South gate. Just by one of y^e Churches there is a wall made of
+flints that are headed very finely and Cut so exactly square and Even to
+shutt in one to another that y^e whole wall is made without Cement at
+all they say, but it appears to be very little if any morter; it Looks
+well, very smooth shineing and black.
+
+A great many descenters are in this Citty, the Gentlewoman that was my
+acquaintance there dyed 10 dayes before I came thither so I made no
+great stay there but to see about y^e town.
+
+Thence I went to Windham a Little market town 5 miles, mostly on a
+Causey y^e Country being Low and moorish, and y^e Road on y^e Causey was
+in many places full of holes tho’ its secured by a barr at which
+passengers pay a penny a horse in order to the mending y^e way, for all
+about is not to be Rode on Unless its a very dry summer. Thence we went
+mostly through Lanes where you meete y^e ordinary people knitting 4 or 5
+in a Company under the hedges. To Attlborough, 5 mile more to a Little
+village, still finding the Country full of spinners and Knitters: thence
+to Thetford 6 miles more, w^{ch} was formerly a large place but now much
+decay’d and the ruines only shews it dimentions. There is a very high
+hill quite round stands up on one side of it and Can scarcely be
+ascended so steep. Here I Lay, w^{ch} is still in Norfolk. Next day I
+went to Euston Hall w^{ch} was y^e Lord arlingtons and by his only
+daughters marriage w^{th} y^e Duke of Grafton is his sons by her. Its
+two mile from thetford, it stands in a Large parke 6 miles about. Y^e
+house is a Roman H of brick: 4 towers w^{th} balls on them; the windows
+are Low and not sashes Else y^e roomes are of a good size and height, a
+good stair case full of good pictures, a Long gallery hung w^{th}
+pictures at Length, on y^e one side the Royal family from K: Henry y^e
+7^{th} by y^e Scottish race, his Eldest daughter down to y^e present
+King William and his queen Mary. The other side are forreign princes
+from y^e Emperour of Moroccoe, y^e Northern and Southern princes and
+Emperour of Germany. There is a square in y^e middle where stands a
+billiard table, hung w^{th} outlandish pictures of Heroes; there is
+Count Egmint and Horn &c &c, but y^e End of y^e Roome is y^e Duke and
+Dutchess of Grafton’s picture at length. Thence I enter’d into dineing
+and drawing roome and bed Chambers of a very good size and good fret
+work on y^e Cieling: in one of the roomes was y^e Dutchess of
+Cleavelands picture in a sultaness dress, the Duke of Grafton being King
+Charles y^e seconds base son by her. There was also another picture of
+y^e Royal family. K Charles y^e firsts 5 Children altogether. I have
+often seen 3 w^{ch} was K: Charles y^e second, K: James and y^e Princess
+of Orange; but here was also y^e Lady Elizabeth and y^e Duke of
+Glocester a Little Infant on a pillow. In another place there is the
+queen mothers picture the Lady Henrietta drawn Large. There is a fine
+hall and parlour below pav’d w^{th} free stone. There are good gardens
+w^{th} fountaines and some stone statutes, a Cannall by y^e side, a
+Large Court at y^e Entrance w^{th} 3 Iron barr gates w^{ch} open to y^e
+ffront, divided w^{th} stone pillars and balls. Y^e Court w^{th} out is
+walled round and y^e wall is Carry’d a great Length round y^e back
+yards. Within this is another Court w^{th} Iron spike pallasadoes
+divided Every 2 or 3 yards by little stone pillars with balls. There are
+severall Rows of trees runs of a great length thro’ the parke a visto to
+y^e front of y^e house, w^{ch} lookes nobly tho’ not just of y^e new
+modell’d way of building. At y^e back gate I crossed over y^e river
+Waveney w^{ch} is y^e division of y^e two County’s and enter’d Suffolk
+and pass’d over perfect downs, Champion Country just like Salisbery
+plaine; and y^e winds have a pretty power here and blows strongly in y^e
+winter not well to be Endured.
+
+So to S^t Edmundsbery 8 mile, but as has been often observ’d before, the
+miles are very long. I pass’d by two or 3 Little villages, and about 2
+mile off there is y^e town of St Edm^{ds} Bury w^{ch} appeares standing
+on a great hill, y^e towers and buildings Look so Compact and well
+together w^{th} the trees and gardens thick about it y^e prospect was
+wonderfully pleasant. A mile off by a little village I descended a hill
+which made y^e prospect of y^e town still in view and much to advantage,
+its but two parishes. Y^e market Cross has a dyal and Lanthorn on y^e
+top, and there being another house pretty Close to it high built w^{th}
+such a tower and lanthorn also, w^{th} y^e two Churches towers and some
+other buildings pretty good, made it appear nobly at a distance. This
+high house is an apothecarys—at least 60 stepps up from y^e ground and
+gives a pleaseing prospect of ye whole town. Severall streetes but no
+good buildings Except this, the rest are great old houses of timber and
+mostly of y^e old forme of y^e Country w^{ch} are long peaked roofes of
+tileing. This house is the new mode of building; 4 roomes of a floore
+pretty sizeable and high, well furnish’d, a drawing roome and Chamber
+full of China and a damaske bed Embroyder’d: 2 other Roomes, Camlet and
+Mohaire beds; a pretty deale of plaite in his wives Chambers and
+parlours below, and a large shop. He is esteem’d a very Rich man. He
+shewed me a Curiosity of an Herball all written out w^{th} Every sort of
+tree and herb dryed and Cut out and pasted on the Leaves; it was a
+doctor of Physicks work that left it him a Legacy at his Death, it was a
+fine thing and would have delighted me severall dayes but I was passant.
+There was two streetes were broad and very Long, out of w^{ch} ran a
+Cross 5 or 6 streetes more w^{ch} are as good as in most Country
+towns—they are well pitch’d w^{th} small stones. There are many
+descenters in y^e town—4 meeteing places w^{th} y^e Quakers and
+anabaptists. There is only the ruines of y^e abby walls and the fine
+gate at the Entrance that remaines—stone, well Carv’d. It seemes to be a
+thriveing Industrious town; 4 gates in it.
+
+There are a great deale of Gentry w^{ch} Lives in y^e town, tho’ there
+are no good houses but w^{ch} are old and rambling ones. They are in
+that they Call the green, a space by y^e Churches w^{ch} are pretty near
+together. They are pretty Large but nothing Curious in them—stone
+buildings—no monuments worth notice. They keep them very Clean and neate
+and have a moveable scaffold to Clean the roofe and windows and walls.
+Its a very dear place, so much Company Living in the town makes
+provision scarce and dear: however its a good Excuse to raise the
+Reckoning on strangers.
+
+Thence I went to admiral Russells who is now Lord orfford, a long 10
+mile, and Loseing my way made it 12 mile; its pretty good way. I passed
+by a village or two, and in a mile of Lord orffords house I Enter
+Cambridgeshire, w^{ch} stands 3 mile from New market. You Ride in sight
+of New market heath where the Races are—its good Road; here are severall
+good gardens well kept good gravell and green walks w^{th} fine greens
+and flowers, walled in and all the outhouses very handsome. A Coach yard
+and stables in the middle of w^{ch} is a Large gate into y^e ground, and
+built over w^{th} a high lanthorn where hangs the Clock and bell: this
+stands higher than y^e house like a tower; y^e house being a flatt Roofe
+leaded and railed round full of Chimneys, but this tower I saw 10 mile
+off. All y^e out offices built round a Court very handsome. The hall is
+very noble paved w^{th} free stone, a squaire of black marble at Each
+Corner of y^e freestone: there are two fine white marble tables veined
+w^{th} bleu; its wanscoated w^{th} wall nut tree, the pannells and Rims
+round w^{th} mulbery tree y^t is a Lemon Coullour, and y^e moldings
+beyond it round are of a sweete outlandish wood not much differing from
+Cedar but of a finer Graine, the Chaires are all the same: its hung
+w^{th} pictures att full proportion of y^e Royal family all in their
+Coronation Robes, from Charles the first to his Majesty w^{th} y^e Queen
+also, and at the End is Prince George and Princess Ann in their Robes of
+Crimson velvet and Dukes Coronet as Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland. The
+whole house is finely furnish’d w^{th} differing Coull^d Damaske and
+velvets, some ffigured and others plaine, at Least 6 or 7 in all Richly
+made up after a new mode. In y^e best drawing roome was a very Rich
+hanging gold and silver and a Little scarlet, mostly tissue and brocade
+of gold and silver and border of green damaske round it; y^e window
+Curtain y^e same green damaske round it y^e window Curtain y^e same
+green damaske, and doore Curtains. There was no Looking-glass but on y^e
+Chimney piece and just opposite in y^e place a Looking glass used to be
+was 4 pannells of glass in Length and 3 in breadth set together in y^e
+wanscoate. Y^e same was in another drawing roome w^{ch} was for my Lord.
+The dining roome had this Looking glass on y^e top peers between the
+three windows; it was from y^e top to y^e bottom 2 pannells in breadth
+and 7 in Length so it shews one from top to toe. The roomes were all
+well wanscoated and hung and there was y^e finest Carv’d wood in
+fruitages, herbages, gumms, beasts, fowles &c. very thinn and fine all
+in white wood w^{th} out paint or varnish. Y^e severall sorts of things
+thus Carv’d were Exceeding naturall all round. The Chimney pieces and
+y^e sconces stand on Each side the Chimney, and the glasses in those
+Chambers where were Loose Looking-glasses, w^{ch} were w^{th} fine
+Carv’d head and frames some of the naturall wood others Gilt, but they
+were y^e largest Looking-glasses I Ever saw. There was a great flower
+pott Gilt Each side the Chimney in the dineing Roome for to sett trees
+in. Y^e great Curiosity of this wood Carving about y^e Doores Chimneys
+and sconces, together w^{th} y^e great Looking Glass pannells is much
+talked of and is y^e finest and most in quantety and numbers thats to be
+seen any where. There is very fine China and silver things and irons and
+jarrs and perfume potts of silver. Y^e common Roomes are all new,
+Convenient and neate with Double doores lined to prevent noises. Y^e
+Stair Case is wanscoated, very noble, fine Pictures, there is y^e battle
+at la Hogue a Large sea piece w^{th} an jnscription of y^e admiralls
+valour when y^e great ship y^e Gunn was burnt and mightily valued by y^e
+ffrench King.
+
+From thence I went 8 mile to Ely w^{ch} were as long as the 12 I Came
+from S^t Edmondsbery, y^e wayes being very deep; its mostly Lanes and
+Low moorish ground on Each Side deffended by y^e ffendiks w^{ch} are
+deep ditches w^{th} draines. Y^e ffenns are full of water and mudd these
+also Encompass their grounds, Each mans part 10 or a dozen acres a piece
+or more, so these dieks are the fences. On Each side they plant willows
+so there is 2 rows of trees runns round y^e ground w^{ch} Looks very
+finely to see a flatt of many miles so planted but it must be ill to
+Live there. All this while Ely minster is in one’s view at a mile
+distant you would think, but go, it is a Long 4 miles. A mile distant
+from y^e town is a Little Hamlet from w^{ch} I descended from a steep
+hill and so Cross a bridge over water w^{ch} Enters into y^e Island of
+Ely, and so you pass a flatt on a Gravel Causey w^{ch} way y^e Bishop is
+at y^e Charge to repaire Else there would be no passing in y^e summer.
+This is secured by some dikes w^{ch} surround more grounds as y^e
+former, full of Rows of trees and willows round them w^{ch} makes Ely
+looke finely through those trees, and y^t stands very high. In the
+winter this Caussey is over flowed and they have no way but boates to
+pass in. They Cut peate out of some of these grounds. The raines now had
+fallen so as in some places near y^e Citty y^e Caussey was Covered, and
+a Remarkable deliverance I had, for my horse Earnest to drinke ran to
+get more depth of water than y^e Caussey had, was on y^e brinke of one
+of these dikes, but by a speciall providence w^{ch} I desire never to
+forget and allways to be thankfull for, Escaped. Y^e bridge was over the
+River Linn w^{ch} Comes from Norfolke and does almost Encompass the
+jsland of Ely w^{ch} is 20 mile in bigness, in w^{ch} are severall
+Little towns as Wisbech and many others. There is another River that
+joyns w^{th} y^e Linn w^{ch} Compasses this land into an jsland. At this
+bridge is a gate, but by reason of y^e great raines y^e roades were full
+of water, even quite to y^e town w^{ch} you ascend a very steep hill
+into, but y^e dirtyest place I ever saw, not a bitt of pitching in y^e
+streetes, so its a perfect quagmire y^e whole Citty, only just about y^e
+palace and Churches the streetes are well enough for breadth, but for
+want of pitching it seemes only a harbour to breed and nest vermine in
+of w^{ch} there is plenty Enough, so that tho’ my Chamber was near 20
+Stepps up I had froggs and slow worms and snailes in my Roome, but
+suppose it was brought up w^{th} y^e faggotts. But it Cannot but be
+jnfested w^{th} all such things being altogether moorish ffenny ground
+w^{ch} Lyes Low: it is true were the Least Care taken to pitch their
+streetes it would make it Looke more properly an habitation for human
+beings and not a Cage or nest of unclean Creatures. It must needs be
+very unhealthy tho’ the natives say much to the Contrary w^{ch} proceeds
+from Custom and use, otherwise to persons born in up and dry Countryes
+it must destroy them Like Rotten sheep in Consumptions and Rhums.
+
+The Bishop does not Care to stay long in this place not being for his
+health; he is the Lord of all the jsland, has the Command and y^e
+jurisdiction. They have lost their Charter and so are no Corporation but
+all things are directed by the Bishop and its a shame he does not see it
+better ordered and y^e buildings and streetes put in a better Condition.
+They are a slothful people and for little but y^e takeing Care of their
+Grounds and Cattle w^{ch} is of vast advantage. Where the yeares prove
+drye they gaine so much that in Case 6 or 7 wet yeares drown them all
+over, the one good yeare sufficiently Repaires their loss.
+
+There is a good palace for the Bishop built of stone, but it was
+unfurnished. There are two Churches; Ely minster is a Curious pile of
+Building all of stone, the outside full of Carvings and great arches and
+fine pillars in the front, and the jnside has the greatest variety and
+neatness in the works. There are two Chappels most Exactly Carved in
+stone all sorts of figures, Cherubims Gilt and painted in some parts.
+Y^e Roofe of one Chappell was one Entire stone most delicately Carved,
+and hung down in great poynts all about y^e Church. The pillars are
+Carv’d and painted w^{th} y^e history of y^e bible, Especially the new
+testament and description of Christs miracles. The Lanthorn in y^e quire
+is vastly high and delicately painted and fine Carv’d worke all of wood,
+in it the bells used to be hung, five, the dimention of y^e biggest was
+so much when they rung them it shooke y^e quire so and y^e Carv’d worke
+that it was thought unsafe, therefore they were taken down. Its 80 odd
+steps to the top of y^e Lanthorn and 160 steps round in Compass. There
+are very good monuments and abundance of niches in the walls where
+Statues have been; there is one of white marble Laying at length and so
+Exactly Cut y^t y^e hand lookes Extreamely natural, the sinewes and
+veines and every turn of y^e fingers so finely done as to appear very
+proper. There is another that was a Bishop made by Queen Elizabeth whose
+garments and all are marble and so finely Embroydered Carv’d and painted
+and gilt and a verge all down before and Round y^e neck w^{th} y^e
+ffigures of the apostles done in Embroydery as it were, all marble very
+fine. There was 4 or 5 more good Marble Statues. There was on one of y^e
+Pillars y^e shape of y^e seameless Coate w^{ch} Christ wore. In another
+place there is a great Red Cross very high on some of y^e arches, and
+its very dangerous to go or Climbe round, the pillars to it being of a
+vast height and this used to be as a pennance to y^e people in y^e tyme
+of popery. There is one Chappell for Confession w^{th} a Roome and
+Chaire of State for y^e priest to set to hear y^e people on their knees
+Confess into his Eare through a hole in y^e wall. This Church has y^e
+most popish remaines in its walls of any I have seen. There still
+remaines a Cross over the alter; the Candlesticks are 3 quarters of a
+y^d high massy silver gilt very heavy. The ffont is one Entire piece of
+White Marble stemm and foote, the Cover was Carv’d wood w^{th} y^e image
+of Ch^{sts} being baptised by John and the holy Dove Descending on him,
+all finely Carv’d white wood w^{th} out any paint or varnish. They Draw
+up the Cover by a pully and so Let it down again w^{ch} shutts Close
+unless against raines then it swells open as it did now and I believe in
+y^t Citty its usually annoy’d with wet. This Cathedrall was much
+frequented by the priests in K James the Seconds tyme and many of their
+Relicts washed ffaire to be seen, and y^e woman told me the priest use
+to shew her where Every thing was, and they hoped quickly to be in
+possession of it, and made many promises how kind they would be to them
+their retainers to the Church; but blessed be God y^t put a tymely stop
+to the protestants utter ruin and y^e hopes of the papists. When I was
+upon the tower I Could see Cambridg and a great prospect of y^e Country
+w^{ch} by reason of y^e great rains just before under water, all the
+ffenny ground being all on a flatt unless it be one side of the town
+w^{ch} is all the high dry grounds, into w^{ch} they drive up their
+Cattle to secure them in the wet seasons. There is no tradeing in the
+town, their maine buissiness and dependance is on draining and fencing
+their Grounds and breeding and grasseing Cattle. There is a fine gate of
+stone arch’d Like a Church w^{ch} is Called the abbey, but no remaines
+of y^e Abby Left, only as its built into houses for the Doctors and
+Clergy, within which is the palace for the Bishop which is their
+temporall as well as spiritual prince or Lord. From this Citty I passed
+over those higher grounds on w^{ch} was some good Corn but mostly is for
+grass for their Cattle. You see many pretty Little towns 4 or 5 in view
+together 2 or 3 miles distant. I went to Sutton, one of them, 6 miles
+off the Citty, this was a Little Market town; thence to y^e ffenn banks
+on y^e top of which I Rode at Least two miles w^{th} y^e ffenns on both
+sides w^{ch} now were mostly under water, a vast tract of such grounds
+w^{ch} are divided by the Dikes w^{th} out trees, as those I observ’d
+before, and these high banks are made to draine and ffence out y^e water
+from y^e Lower grounds, and so from one banck to another w^{ch} are once
+in many acres of Land 100, so that at length it does bear off the water
+but in the winter it returns, so as they are forced to watch and be all
+wayes in repaireing those bancks; and Considering y^e vast allowance
+yearly for draining those fenns at least 3000^£ an. I wonder they have
+not perfectly runn off y^e water and so Barracadoed it as not to (?) soe
+it often overflows it againe as it does in many places; but they are all
+a lazy sort of people and are afraid to do too much. Here I see y^t many
+swans nests on Little Hillocks of Earth in the wett ground that they
+Look as if swimming w^{th} their nests, some were with their young
+signetts, 3 or 4 in heape w^{th} their damms hovering over them for
+their security. This brought me to the Armitage along 8 mile in all from
+Ely town, and here I Repass’d the River Lin on a wooden Bridge and so
+went out of y^e jsland of Ely w^{ch} was in Cambridgshire and Entred
+into Huntingdonshire.
+
+There was another bridge over a deep place of y^e River under w^{ch} the
+boates and barges went, and this bridge was in the water; one must pass
+thro’ water to it and so beyond it a good way, and y^e Road was so full
+of holes and quicksands I durst not venture, y^e water Covering them
+over and a stranger there Cannot Easily Escape y^e danger, tho’ I see
+the Carryers went y^t way to save the Expense of y^e fferry, but I
+Rather chose to Ride round and fferry over in a boate 2 pence a horse to
+a Little town. This river runs along by S^t Ives w^{ch} was an old
+monastery and a Rich one. From this fferry its 8 mile to Huntington
+town; one goes much in sight of y^e River and y^e severall places built
+on its bancks w^{ch} Looks well—these are pretty long miles. From
+Huntington town I went to Stillton 9 mile more, and thence I went to y^e
+Citty of Peterborough in Lincolnshire w^{ch} was 5 long miles, the wayes
+deep and full of Sloughs. It stands very high and to be seen at a great
+distance y^e towers of y^e minster being all in view—one would think it
+but a quarter of a mile when you have a mile or two still to it. Y^e
+whole Citty Looks very well and handsomely built but mostly timber
+worke: you pass over a Long stone bridg. The Streetes are very clean and
+neate, well pitch’d and broad as one shall see any where, there is a
+very spacious market place, a good Cross and town Hall on the top. The
+Cathedrall is a magnificent building standing in the midst on advanced
+ground, all stone, y^e walls very neately wrought, the front is in 3
+great arches full of Small stone pillars smoothly turn’d and halfe paces
+as it were in y^e 2 side arches, the head is w^{th} no high tower but 5
+Little ones, 3 of w^{ch} in the middle are higher and bigger than the
+other; between Each are 3 peakes Like great Canteliver windows but all
+finely Carv’d in stone. Ye middle arch is the Entrance w^{ch} is
+Exceeding Lofty, as is the Roofe of y^e whole, and so well painted that
+it appears to be hollow Carving, this seems to be the two remarkable
+things in y^e whole. Its a spacious place, but one large jsle w^{ch} is
+in y^e middle Leading up to y^e quire, where I observed they put y^e
+seate of any of their deceased dignatorys of y^e Church in Black w^{th}
+an Escutcheon: here was one, so now here was y^e Statue of y^e person
+y^t was last abbott and first Bishop of y^e place; there was also y^e 2
+monuments of 2 queens, y^t of Catherine of Spain being Harry y^e 8^{ths}
+queen, and also the statute of y^e queen Mary of Scotts that was both
+beheaded and buried here, and there is also y^e picture of an old man
+w^{th} y^e Inscription of y^e whole matter, w^{ch} was y^e Sexton and
+dugg both their graves. Here is a pallace for y^e Bishop, of stone
+Building very neate, and y^e Doctors houses, all in a space Called the
+Colledg—very neate but nothing Curious. The river Linn washes the town
+almost round; it Looks like a very jndustrious thriveing town—spinning
+and knitting amongst y^e ordinary people.
+
+I went thence to Wansford and passed by M^{rs} S^t Johns house w^{ch}
+stands on a hill a mile from y^e town in a fine parke. There was no gate
+to Peterborough town and as I pass’d y^e Road I saw upon y^e walls of
+y^e ordinary peoples houses and walls of their out houses, y^e Cow dung
+plaister’d up to drie in Cakes w^{ch} they use for fireing, its a very
+offensive fewell, but y^e Country people use Little Else in these parts.
+Wansford is 5 mile from Peterborough, where I passed over the Bridge
+w^{ch} Entred me into Northhamptonshire, the town being part in that
+shire w^{ch} is towards London, y^e other in Lincolnshire w^{ch} a mile
+or two farther joyns w^{th} Rutlandshire at Stamford, w^{ch} town stands
+in y^e 3 Countyes, where I Lay at “y^e Swan in Wansford in England,”
+being a jest on a man makeing hay fell a sleep on a heap of it, and a
+great storme washed y^e Hay and man into y^e River and Carry’d him to
+y^e Bridge, where he awoke and knew not where he was, Called to y^e
+people in y^e grounds and told them he liv’d in a place Called Wansford
+in England w^{ch} goes for a jest on y^e men of Wansford to this Day.
+
+Thence I went to Durant 5 miles and passed over a very good stone
+bridge. Here we are neare y^e quarry’s of stone, and all y^e houses and
+walls are built of stone as in Glocestershire. This River and bridge
+Enter’d me into Leicestershire w^{ch} is a very Rich Country—Red land,
+good Corne of all sorts and grass, both fields and jnclosures. You see a
+great way upon their hills y^e bottoms full of Enclosures, woods and
+different sort of manureing and Herbage, amongst w^{ch} are placed many
+little towns w^{ch} gives great pleasure of y^e travellers to view. Y^e
+miles are long but hither its pretty hard good way; to Coppingham 5 mile
+more w^{ch} is a neate market town. Satturday is their market w^{ch} is
+very good affording great quantetyes of Corn, Leather garne and Cattle;
+such a Concourse of people y^t my Landlord told me he used to have 100
+horse set up at his jnn, and there were many publick houses. Here you
+see very Large fine sheep and very good land, but very deep bad roads.
+From hence to Leister w^{ch} they Call but 13 miles, but y^e longest 13
+I ever went and y^e most tiresome being full of sloughs, y^t I was near
+11 hours going but 25 mile, as they Reckon it, between Wansford and
+Leicester town—a footman Could have gone much faster than I Could Ride.
+Their fewell here is as I said but Cowdung or Coale w^{ch} they are
+supplyed with out of Warwickshire. Leicester town stands on the Side of
+a little riseing Ground, tho’ at a distance from y^e adjacent hills it
+Looks Low, but its a good prospect. It has 4 gates, y^e streetes are
+pretty Large and well pitch’d, there are five parishes; the Market place
+is a Large space very handsome w^{th} a good Market Cross and town hall.
+Y^e river Sow w^{ch} runs into y^e river Reeke and both Empts themselves
+into y^e Trent. Trent to y^e Bow Bridge w^{ch} is one arch over into y^e
+Priory, w^{ch} King Rich^d y^e third pass’d over out of y^e Priory when
+he went to fight in Bosworth field w^{th} King Henry the seventh, but
+the stone he struck his heele at and against, w^{th} w^{ch} his head was
+struck at his return when brought athwart the horse Dead, I Could not
+see it, being removed, but I saw a piece of his tombstone he Lay in,
+w^{ch} was Cut out in exact form for his body to Lye in; y^t remains to
+be seen at y^e Greyhound in Leaster but is partly broken. There I saw a
+piece of y^e jury wall as its Called being in arches and was a place
+where the Jews burnt their sacrifices.
+
+There are two Hospitalls, one for old men y^e other women 24 in number;
+they are allowed 2^s : 8^d p^r weeke, Candle, fewell oatmeale, butter
+and salt. I saw the Library w^{ch} is pretty large, there was two Large
+Divinity Books the arch-Bishop gave them lately, and the names of all
+their Benefactors; there was one book all written hand by a scribe
+before printing was found out, it was a fine vellum; and there was
+another Book of y^e New Testament in Chineaze Language and Characteur.
+Y^e town is old timber building Except one or two of Brick. There is
+Indeed that they Call y^e Newark w^{ch} is Encompass’d w^{th} a wall of
+a good thickness and two great gates w^{th} towers as the town gates
+are, in w^{ch} they keep their arms and amunition. Y^e walls now are
+only to secure gardens that are made of y^e ruin’d places that were
+buildings of strength. In this Newark w^{ch} is a large space of ground
+are severall good houses some of stone and Brick In which some Lawyers
+Live ffrank; there is also a new pile of Building all of Brick w^{ch} is
+the Guild Hall where y^e assizes are kept twice in y^e yeare and y^e
+session quarterly.
+
+S^t Martins Church w^{ch} is one of y^e biggest—there is none very big
+and none fine—but here I saw Hyricks tomb who was major of y^e town and
+was married to one wife 52 years in all, w^{ch} tyme he buried neither
+man woman or Child tho’ most tymes he had 20 in his family, his age was
+79 and his widdow 97 at her death, she saw 142 of her posterity
+together. They have a water-house and a water mill to turn y^e water in
+deep Leaden tubbs or Cisterns for their use: there are wells in some
+streetes to draw water by a hand wheele for y^e Common use of the town.
+
+The major and alderman goes about in procession on Holy Thursday which
+was y^e day I was there. Here are a great many descenters in this town.
+This Country as I s^d was all Rich deep land, and they plough their land
+all w^{th} ploughs w^{th} out wheeles as they do in Oxfordshire and
+other deep lands. From thence I passed to Bosworth 8 miles, and went by
+a Gentlemans house and thro’ a little parke where the deer were very
+tame, and passed through Bosworth and over y^e ground where was y^e
+battle between King Richard y^t Lost his Life by y^e hand of y^e Earle
+of Richmond afterwards King Henry y^e Seventh, who was Crown’d in this
+Bosworth field w^{th} y^e Crown taken off from King Richards head, who
+being dead was Ignominiously Cast aCross a horse and Carried to
+Leicester and buried there as a just judgm^t of God for Killing his two
+nephews and reigning in their stead.
+
+This is a great flatt full of good Enclosures. Near this is Narsby where
+was y^e great battle fought between King Charles y^e First and y^e
+parliam^t of England. From thence I went to Fallmouth 7 miles more and
+so into Warwickshire over a bridge. This is a little market town; thence
+3 miles more to Tamworth a neate town built of Brick and mostly new; in
+sight at its approach it look’d like Litchfield but not a quarter so big
+a market town, it stands halfe in Warwickshire and halfe in
+Staffordshire, and so to Litchfield over a large stone bridg that
+Crosses y^e Tamworth river that gives name to y^e town. To Litchfield is
+5 mile more all very good way mostly Gravel; I went it in an hour. This
+side Entring y^e town I Came by a Large good Almshouse w^{ch} I saw not
+before. They have in this town a Custome at Whitsontide y^e Monday and
+Tuesday Call’d y^e green Bower feast, by which they hold their Charter.
+The Bailiff and Sheriff assist at y^e Cerimony of dressing up Baby’s
+w^{th} garlands of flowers and Carry it in procession through all y^e
+streetes, and then assemble themselves at y^e Market place and so go on
+in a solemn procession through the great streete to a hill beyond y^e
+town where is a Large Bower made w^{th} greens in w^{ch} they have their
+feast. Many lesser Bowers they make about for Conveniency of y^e Whole
+Company and for selling fruite Sweetemeetes and Gingerbread w^{ch} is a
+Chief Entertainment.
+
+ Thence I went to Woolsely 7 mile farther, to S^r Charles Woolsley where
+I staid 6 weekes it being my aunt his Lady who Engaged my stay. His
+seate stands very finely by y^e river Trent; there is also a moate
+almost round ye house. Y^e house is old timble building, only a Large
+parlour and noble stair Case w^{th} handsome Chambers S^r Charles has
+new built. It is built round a Court w^{th} a gate house w^{ch} Leads to
+y^e outward Court that has a paved walke, broad stone y^e same as y^e
+first Court is paved with.
+
+There are green spaces and a fine green banck w^{th} box or philteroy
+hedge Cut round. There are very good gardens abundance of fruite of all
+sorts and y^e ffinest dwarfe trees I ever saw, so thick like a hedge and
+a huge Compass Every single tree, and very full of fruite of apples,
+pears and Cherries; there are fine flowers, Heber roses white and
+yellow; there was a fine Sena trees y^t bears a great Branch of yellow
+fflowers. Y^e ground Lyes all well about y^e house and a fine park by
+the End of it, part of w^{ch} is on a high hill y^e side of w^{ch} the
+deer sport themselves, w^{ch} looks just on y^e house and is wonderfull
+pleasant: its a Large parke 6 miles round full of stately woods and
+replenish’d w^{th} red and fallow deer, one part of it is pretty full of
+Billberryes w^{ch} thrive under y^e shade of y^e oakes, its a black
+berry as big as a large pea and are Ripe about Harvest. There is a very
+ill Custome amongst them now not to be broken, when they are Ripe. The
+Country Comes and makes Boothes and a sort of faire y^e outside of y^e
+parke, and so gather y^e berries and sell y^m about y^e Country. The
+greenes they Call Wissums and on these wissums the Deer Brouse in y^e
+winter and on holly of which there is great quantetys. In Kankwood just
+by there is also great quantety’s of fferne w^{ch} tho’ it over runs
+their ground and so spoiles y^e grass where its much, yet y^e
+usefullness of it renders it necessary to be preserv’d; when it is at
+its maturity w^{ch} happens just before harvest or hay tyme, y^e whole
+Country are Employ’d in Cutting it up and burning it in heapes for y^e
+sake of y^e ashes w^{ch} they make fine and Rowle them up in Balls and
+so sell them or use them all y^e year for washing and scouring, and send
+much up to London, y^e ashe balls being Easily sent about, without
+w^{ch} they would have no ashes in the Country for such uses; for their
+fewell is altogether Coales w^{ch} Indeed are very good and plenty, you
+might have a load for 3 or 4 shillings brought home y^t would serve a
+poore mans familly y^e winter. Its in great pieces and so Cloven burns
+light so as the poorer sort works by it and so it serves for heate and
+light: its very shineing Coale all about this Country tho’ they
+Complaine they have lost y^e vein of the best sort w^{ch} they Call
+Channell Coale and is y^e sort they have still in Wales and Lancashire
+w^{ch} burnt much Lighter and less waste, but this I thought to be very
+good, no better than it. I have in London given 40^s for such a Load.
+
+In this parke is severall ponds w^{ch} affords good ffish, as does y^e
+moate and y^e Trent as trout, Eeles, tench, perch &c, the Largest perch
+I ever saw just Caught and dress’d immediately w^{ch} Eates in
+perfection. Y^e hill in y^e parck Called Hartshill is so high that from
+y^e top of it you see near 20 miles round, and shews all y^e Country
+w^{ch} in this part of Staffordshire is full of woods and jnclosures and
+good land, Except y^e Kanck-wood w^{ch} is but a barren heath ground,
+but good wood—its fine for Hawking in y^e heath. Its full of little
+Brookes and Rivulets w^{ch} abounds with Crawfish and they were the
+sweetest and Largest I have seen any where. From hence to Stafford town
+is 5 mile—you go by y^e banck of y^e Trent most of y^e way and passing
+over two Rivers on stone bridges, Called y^e Sore and the Pink w^{ch}
+both Empt themselves into y^e Trent and so Enter y^e town through a
+gate. Its an old built town, timber and plaister pretty much, in Long
+peaked Rooffes of tileing; 3 gates to the town—there was another w^{ch}
+Leads to the Castle w^{ch} now is ruinated, and only remaines on a hill
+the fortification trenches y^t are grown over w^{th} green. Y^e streetes
+are pretty Large and well pitched; a broad space for y^e market place
+Wherein is a good Market house on stone pillars w^{th} a handsome town
+hall over it—some of the houses are pretty good. This Country is much
+for Entertainments, in every house you must Eate and drinke.
+
+ From thence back to Woolsley againe 5 miles, from thence to Heywood
+parke w^{ch} was 2 mile where Lived a Daughter of my aunt
+Woolsley—marryed M^r Hedgewood—a little neate box they Live in.
+
+From thence back againe 2 miles. To the Kank wood is pleasant Rideing,
+its 20 mile long belongs to y^e Lord Paget, there are 4 lodges; in it a
+great deale of wood and deer and goates. I went to Ffurnes Coppice
+w^{ch} is 4 mile—on it a fine Covert of tall trees on a hill and a mile
+farther was a fine wood Called Hedgford; Poole a quarter of a mile long
+full of good fish; thence home 5 mile. Another day I went to Stiles
+Coppice 3 mile off w^{ch} is on a high hill and a fine tufft of trees,
+it Looks but Little at a distance but is a fine Covert for y^e sheep and
+Cattle: I went quite round it from whence Could see y^e Country a good
+distance and see into 7 Countys together, Warwickshire, Leicestershire
+Glocestershire Derbyshire Staffordshire Shropshire and Cheshire; so home
+againe by Ridgly a mile aboute so it was 4 mile.
+
+Another day I went to Boudezworth the Lord Pagets house 4 mile off, and
+passed by y^e Coale pitts where they were digging: they draw up the
+Coale in baskets with a Little wheele or Windlass like a well—its very
+good.
+
+Lord Paget’s house is old Brick built, y^e ffront is uniforme and very
+handsome with towers, but there is no good roome but a Long gallery
+thats worth seeing: its a fine parke; just by it is a high hill on
+w^{ch} is the remaines of an old ffortification, they Call it the Castle
+wall, its of very great antiquity but now grown over w^{th} grass; from
+thence the prospect of the Country is great. The parke is of Large
+Extent and some of those pitts are in it—y^e Channell Coales, but y^e
+water has over flow’d some of them and spoyl’d their digging; thence I
+went home againe 4 miles—Another day I went to Panckeridge race over y^e
+Kankwood 7 mile, where were most of y^e Gentlemen and Ladies of the
+Country, severall Coaches and six horses, Indeed y^e miles are Long and
+y^e wayes bad in the winter that obliges them to drive more horses;
+these were persons of good Estates also. There appear’d only one horse
+to run for y^e plaite which was a salver; thence to Woolesley again 7
+mile more. Its a fine Country here about for Rideing one has a pleaseing
+prospect Every way Especially on any advanc’d ground.
+
+I went to Brinsy Coppice w^{ch} was 4 mile, thence Could see towards
+Shrewsbury and y^e high hill the Reekee, and in a Cleare day Could see
+something of Chester, and so home againe 4 mile more. Another day I went
+upon Jtching hill 1 mile w^{ch} is a sort of Rock, but y^e stone is of a
+Red Coullour and looks Like a sandy stone by its Moldring, but they tell
+me when its wrought in a wall and have been season’d w^{th} y^e weather
+it grows very hard and serviceable in building. From thence I went a
+Compass round to Heywood parke 4 mile off and y^n home againe 2 miles;
+and another day I went the same tour about to Heywood parke and back
+w^{ch} was 6 mile more. While I stay’d at Woolsley I went directly to
+Heywood parke above what I mentioned before and returned home w^{ch} was
+in all 8 miles, and another day I went to a poole in the Kanckwood 3
+mile to ffish and from thence to Heywood parke thro’ a very fine Coppice
+of trees on a hanging brow of a hill w^{ch} Look’d very fine, and so
+home 2 mile more. I name y^e number of miles I went only to see y^e
+whole accō of miles I travell’d this yeare. These Coppices there are
+many of them w^{ch} is a good shelter for y^e Cattle.
+
+Another journey to Darby town from Woolsley by Colton and Blithbery 3
+mile, thence to Yoxwell 3 mile over Nedwood forest of y^e King, w^{ch}
+is 40 mile in Extent, all y^e way you have a fine prospect of y^e
+Country, Enclosed good lands, admirable Corne of all sorts, good grass:
+I went in sight of Tetbery Castle w^{ch} is y^e Kings—a great
+ffortification, but all decay’d—here 4 mile more and there it was that I
+pass y^e river Dove on a stone Bridge Called Dovebridge w^{ch} Enters me
+into Darbyshire and thence its 8 mile more to Darby town.
+
+Darby town Lies down in a bottom built all of brick or for y^e most
+part; in it are 5 Churches built of stone y^e biggest of w^{ch} I was
+in, y^e tower was finely Carv’d full of niches and Pedistals where on
+Statues had been set, but nothing worth notice in y^e jnside except a
+monument w^{ch} was over y^e vault of y^e Duke of Devonshire, on w^{ch}
+stands 2 Effigees at length all of white marble y^e Earle and his
+Countess of Devonshire w^{th} an arch or Cannopy of Stone over their
+heads; this is rail’d in w^{th} Iron gates. There is also another statue
+of marble painted and Gilded lying at length w^{ch} is also railed in.
+Y^e River Derwent runns by the town and turns many mills, and y^e water
+Engine w^{ch} turns y^e water into y^e pipes that serves y^e town, y^e
+same wheele grinds also, but they do it for a half penny a strike w^{ch}
+is the same measure as our Bushill. At this Engine they Can grind if its
+never so high a flood, w^{ch} hinders all y^e other from working at y^e
+flood, they are quite Choaked up, but this they Can set higher or lower
+just as the water is. There are bays w^{ch} they make w^{th} stones to
+keep the water to run to y^e mill and thence it falls againe into y^e
+Derwent; there is also a fine stone Conduit in the Market place, w^{ch}
+is very spacious, well pitch’d a good Market Cross. This is a dear place
+for strangers notwithstanding y^e plentyfullness of all provision. My
+Dinner Cost me 5^s and 8^d, only 2 servant men w^{th} me and I had but a
+shoulder of mutton and bread and beer.
+
+Here they mak great quantetys of gloves, I did not observe or Learn any
+other trade or Manufacture, they had only shops of all sorts of things.
+They Carry much of their Carriages on sledges to secure their pitching
+in the streetes. Thence I went to Chartly 6 mile Lord Fferrers, and
+thence Bradby Lord Chesterfields, and passed by a fine parke of some
+Gentlemans in w^{ch} was a summer house on y^e side of y^e hill amongst
+fine tall trees w^{ch} Look’d very well, and on y^e Right hand I turned
+up to y^e Earle of Chesterfields parke full of fine Rows of trees
+running up y^e avenue to y^e house. One Enters an outward Court and
+drives round a Little pond like a ditch all pav’d w^{th} stone, or great
+basin of stone, in which were two swans swimming about in y^t little
+Compass; y^e gates are all jron barrs and the whole front of y^e house
+open jron pallasadoe spikes in a Compass round Like a half moone.
+Answerable to y^t beyond y^e stable yard is another such a demy Circle
+of open pallasadoe, y^t lets you out to y^e prospect of y^e grounds
+beyond, full of regular Rows of trees. Y^e house has a visto quite thro’
+by a glass bellcony door into y^e gardens, and so to y^e parke beyond on
+y^t side. Y^e front have something surpriseing in it; its all of free
+stone w^{ch} is dipt in oyle that adds a varnish to its Lustre as well
+as security to its foundation. Y^e Roofe is not flatt as our Modern
+buildings so y^e garret windows Come out on y^e tileing w^{ch} is all
+flatt None of y^e windows are sashes which in my opinion is y^e only
+thing it wants to render it a Compleate building: its halfe a roman H.
+There is an ascent of 5 or 6 steps all stone to y^e gates, and so you
+proceed on a broad paved walke w^{ch} is divided by a Cross walke of y^e
+same towards y^e upper End; thence y^e ascent by as many more stone
+steps into a noble hall y^t has a Row of white marble pillars at y^e
+upper End. Y^e middle a Little roome w^{th} a marble table in the middle
+w^{ch} is y^e Balcony into y^e Garden, but y^{ts} without Steps down
+into y^e Garden. From these Rows of Pillars on y^e Right hand runs a
+passage to y^e Servants roome and all the offices, and at y^e End is a
+Chappell w^{ch} was very neate. Over y^e alter is a large ovall of Glass
+of y^e sort of Private glass used in Windows to obscure y^e Sight from
+without, but hinders not y^e Light w^{th} inside; this Look’d pretty as
+being particular and uncomon.
+
+There was a little organ and Closets for y^e Lord and Ladies to sitt
+in. From y^e hall on the left hand Enters into a Large roome w^{th}
+a billiard table, from thence into a Large parlour and 2
+drawing-roomes,—there was a good dineing roome. Above, y^e drawing
+Roome had Company in it, y^e Earle having just marry’d his Eldest
+daughter Lady Mary to one M^r Cooke a Gentleman of a good Estate
+hard by, so there was Company to wishe her joy; but I was in
+severall bed Chambers, one had a Crimson damaske bed, y^e other
+Crimson velvet set upon halfe paces: this best was y^e bride Chamber
+w^{ch} used to be Call’d y^e Silver roome where y^e stands, table,
+and fire utensills were all massy silver, but when plaite was in
+nomination to pay a tax, y^e Earle of Chesterfield sold it all and
+y^e plaite of y^e house, so that when y^e table was spread I saw
+only spoones, salts and forks and y^e side board plaite, noe plaites
+or dishes and but few salvers. Ye pictures was all burnt by a fire
+and so there are only bare walls. One Roome was painted over
+head—y^e others frettwork, but y^t w^{ch} is most admired, and
+justly so to be by all persons, and Excite their Curiosity to Come
+and see is y^e gardens and waterworks. Out of y^e Billiard Roome y^e
+first was with Gravell walks, and a large fountaine in the middle
+with flower potts and Greens set Round y^e Brimm of y^e fountaines
+that are paved w^{th} stone. You see but one garden at a tyme. The
+Pipes in y^e fountaines play very finely, some of a great height,
+some fflushes y^e water about; then you Come to a descent of
+severall steps w^{ch} discovers anoth^r fine garden w^{th}
+fountaines playing through pipes besett on y^e branches w^{th} all
+sort of Greens and flower trees, dwarfe honeysuckles in a Round tuff
+growing upright, and all sorts of flower trees and greens finely
+Cutt and Exactly kept. In one garden there are 3 fountaines wherein
+stands great statues; Each side on their pedistalls is a dial one
+for y^e Sun y^e other a Clock w^{ch} by y^e water worke is moved and
+strikes y^e hours, and Chimes y^e quarters, and when they please
+play Lilibolaro on y^e Chimes: all this I heard when I was there. On
+one side of this garden is a half Compass w^{th} a breast wall on
+w^{ch} are high jron pallisadoes divided with severall Pillars,
+stone with Images on their tops about 2 yards distance; this opens
+to view y^e parke and a sort of Cannall or pond w^{ch} is in it of a
+good bigness. Beyond this Garden is a Row of orange and Lemon trees
+set in y^e ground, of a man’s height and pretty big, full of flowers
+and some Large fruit almost Ripe: this has a pent house over it
+w^{ch} is Cover’d up very Close in the winter. This Leads on to a
+great wilderness and Just by it is another Square w^{th} a fountaine
+whose brim is deck’d with flower potts full of flowers and all sorts
+of greens; on Either side is 2 or 3 rows of orange and Lemon trees
+in boxes one below another in growth.
+
+Just against this is a wall Cover’d over w^{th} Lawrell finely Cutt, and
+also in y^e middle is an arch, and on Either side stone staires ascends
+it w^{ch} terminate in a sort of half pace all Cover’d over w^{th}
+Lawrell, and this Enters a doore into another Garden through a little
+garden house. This also has a fine fountaine Like y^e others, only as
+most of y^e others was green walks this was Gravell, so was the garden
+on y^e Right side of y^e house. Ye front Garden w^{ch} has y^e Largest
+fountaine has also a fine Green house and very fine flowers, and y^e
+beds and borders are Cut in severall formes; y^e Greens are very fine
+and y^e hedges Cutt in severall formes; there was one tree not much
+unlike y^e Cyprus green but y^e branches were more spread and of a
+Little yellower green, y^e Barke of y^e Limbs yellow—it was y^e Cedar of
+Lebonus. There was also fine strip’d stocks, Double Like a Rose. There
+was a Large Ewe tree in y^e middle of one Garden Cut in forms, fine
+ffirrs and Cyprus and ffilleroy of w^{ch} some was striped Like silver,
+white, others yellow Like Gold, w^{ch} gave them their different names,
+and fine gilded and striped Hollys.
+
+There was one green in a pott Call’d S^t John y^e baptists herb, it was
+full of many Leaves and y^e Coullour not much unlike the green they Call
+Solomons Seale but longer and bigger Leaves; its an annual plant. Here
+just by y^e wilderness is y^e tulip tree w^{ch} runns up of a great
+height and y^e flower is on y^e top; it flowers in August. There is a
+great avery of Birds w^{ch} stands Like a sumer house open; there is
+also many Close averys of Birds and severall Green shady walks and Close
+arbours. There are very fine woodbines grows like tuffs all in flower
+Red and white. There is some of y^e fountaines that have figures in them
+that throws up water a greate height—a Cascade of water.
+
+Then I returned into y^e hall and so into a Coole roome in w^{ch} was a
+fountaine where I dranke a Glass of wine and so proceeded. This was 3
+miles from Chartry, thence through a fine visto or Glide of trees w^{ch}
+runs along y^e parke and so to Burton on y^e Trent 2 long miles. This is
+a pretty large town; here is a very long stone bridge over y^e Trent:
+the Streetes are very well pitch’d and some very broad.
+
+Thence over Nedwood fforest 6 mile, and thence to Yoxsell, w^{ch} is 6
+mile more to Woolsley and they are all Long miles; then I went againe to
+Stafford town 5 miles and from thence to Jnstree M^r Thetwins—its bad
+way. You go by S^t Thomas’s w^{ch} was some old abbey—its still a good
+house.
+
+Going along y^e side of y^e hill gives a great view of y^e Country that
+is mostly jnclosures we passed between two parkes, y^e one is Lord
+astons, and goe in sight of Tixall hall w^{ch} is a good house and Looks
+handsomely of stone building: the other was M^r Thetwins parke w^{ch}
+has fine Rows of trees—ffirrs Scots and Noroway and y^e picanther—the
+ffront lookes nobly. Noe flatt Roofed houses in this Country but much in
+windows. Two Large bow windows on Each side runns up y^e whole building,
+y^e middle the same besides much flatt window between, so that y^e whole
+is Little besides window. Its built brick and stone, the part to y^e
+garden ward is new building of y^e new fashion and sash windows. Y^e
+Court is 2 or 5 stepps up w^{th} open jron pallasadoes y^e breadth of
+y^e house and a broad paved walk w^{ch} Leads up to y^e doore in the
+Middle. Y^e visto is quite through y^e house to y^e gardens and through
+a long walke of trees of a mile through the parke to a Lodge or summer
+house at y^e End, w^{ch} Lookes very finely, it being a Riseing ground
+up to y^e parke. There is a Crosse paved walke in y^e Court w^{ch} Leads
+to a little house on Each End like summer houses, w^{th} towers and
+balls on y^e top; y^e one Leads through to y^e Churchyard w^{ch} is
+planted w^{th} Rows of Ewe trees very uniforme and Cutt neately. Y^e
+Church is new and very handsome, good frettworke on y^e top, the wood
+worke well Carv’d, its seates good wanscoate and with locks.
+
+In the Chancell are two monuments of Marble, one all white, y^e other
+white with a border Black, and with white pillars; the middle at y^e
+bottom is alabaster. The pillars of y^e Church is made of y^e Red stone
+w^{ch} is plenty in this Country and they are all polished over; the
+ffront is all white marble; stem y^e same veined bleu, y^e foot is
+black, y^e Cover is wood Carv’d very well. The porch is very high on
+w^{ch} is a dyal, it almost breakes ones neck to Looke up at it for y^t
+y^e tower in w^{ch} are 5 bells. There is just against this a garden.
+
+On y^e other side the dwelling house w^{ch} is severall steps up
+it—Gravell walkes full of flowers and greens and a box hedge Cut finely
+with Little trees, some Cut round, and another hedge of strip’d holly
+Cut Even and some of Lawrell Cut Even Likewise. Out of this you go into
+a flower garden divided into knotts, in which were 14 Cyprus trees
+w^{ch} were grown up very tall some of them, and kept Cutt Close in four
+squares down to y^e bottom. Towards y^e top they Enclined to a point or
+spire. Thence into another garden w^{th} gravell walkes, and so into a
+summer house through w^{ch} you Enter a good Bowling green, w^{ch} also
+goes out of another garden, w^{ch} takes in y^e whole breadth of y^e
+house and is full of flowers and greens and dwarfe trees and little
+borders of Severall sorts of greens Cut Even and Close, of tyme,
+severall sorts and of savin w^{ch} is another Coullour, and of Lavender
+Cotten another Coullour, and Rosemary and severall others. From this
+Bowling green in y^e Middle you descend 18 stepps in a Demi Circle
+inwards halfe way, then y^e stones are set round and so y^e half pace
+is, and y^e other stepps are Round turned outward, and y^e Lowest much
+y^e Largest as was y^e uppermost of y^e first. This leads to a place
+designed for ponds to keep ffish in but this place will not admitt of
+any water works altho’ its a deep Dirty Country. They neither have good
+gravell or marle to make a pond secure to hold water, nor are they near
+Enough y^e springs, but are forced to be supply’d w^{th} water by pipes
+from y^e River trent that is a mile off, and yet the whole place seems a
+quage, and when one is descended y^e hill this seemes to be the only
+thing wanting, for just by the Bowling-green is a very fine wilderness
+with many Large walks of a great Length full of all sorts of trees,
+scycamores, willows, Hazel, Chesnutts, walnuts, set very thicke and so
+shorn smooth to y^e top w^{ch} is left as a tuff or Crown—they are very
+Lofty in growth w^{ch} makes y^e Length of a walke Look Nobly. There is
+also a Row on y^e outside of firrs round Every grove 2 yards or 3
+distant—some silver ffirrs—some Norroway—some Scotts and pine trees:
+these hold their beauty round y^e groves in y^e winter when y^e others
+Cast their Leaves. This was from Stafford 3 mile and to Woolsley was 3
+mile more through narrow stoney Lanes through great Heywood.
+
+Att Jnstree, M^r Shetwins, I saw a fine pomegranate tree as tall as
+myself, the Leafe is a long slender Leafe of a yellowish green Edged
+w^{th} red and feeles pretty thicke, y^e Blossom is white and very
+double. There was a terrass walke in one of y^e Gardens that gave y^e
+full prospect of y^e Country a great way about—its a deep Country—you
+are going these 3 miles to Woolsley a great while. There was at S^r
+Charles Woolsly’s some of y^e best good land and some of y^e worst, as
+is y^e Kankwood, but here y^e Roads are pretty good and hard w^{ch}
+makes it pleasant. There is much fine fruite here S^r Charles takeing
+great delight in his Gardens, I must say I never saw trees so well
+dress’d and pruned, y^e walls so Equally Cover’d as there. There is
+severall sorts of strawbery’s but y^e vermillion is y^e finest, very
+large as any Garden strawbery and of a fine scarlet Coullour, but its a
+Later sort; there was a pretty almond tree in Bloome y^e flower not
+unlike a Rosemary flower. From thence I tooke my progress Northward and
+went from hence to NewCastle under Line, through Stone w^{ch} was 9
+miles, and then to Trentum, and passed by a great house of M^r Leveston
+Gore, and went on the side of a high hill below which the River Trent
+rann and turn’d its silver streame forward and backward into s. s w^{ch}
+Looked very pleasant Circleing about y^e fine meadows in their
+flourishing tyme bedecked w^{th} hay almost Ripe and flowers. 6 mile
+more to NewCastle under Line where is the fine shineing Channell Coale;
+so y^e proverb to both y^e New-Castles of bringing Coales to y^m is a
+needless Labour, one being famous for this Coale thats Cloven and makes
+white ashes as is this, and y^e NewCastle on y^e Tyne is for y^e sea
+Coale y^t Cakes and is what is Common and famillier to every smith in
+all villages. I went to this NewCastle in Staffordshire to see the
+makeing of y^e fine tea potts. Cups and saucers of y^e fine red Earth in
+imitation and as Curious as y^t w^{ch} Comes from China, but was
+defeated in my design, they Comeing to an End of their Clay they made
+use of for y^t sort of ware, and therefore was remov’d to some other
+place where they were not settled at their work so Could not see it;
+therefore I went on to Beteby 6 miles farther and went by a Ruinated
+Castle y^e walls still remaining Called Healy Castle—this was deep Clay
+way. This town is halfe in Staffordshire and halfe in Cheshire, one side
+of y^e streete in y^e one, and y^e other in y^e latter, so y^t they
+often jest on it in travelling one wheele goes in Staffordshire y^e
+other wheele in Cheshire.
+
+Here is a great mer or standing water 2 miles Compass—great store of
+good fish; it belongs to one M^r Egerton: thence I went to Nantwitch 5
+long miles. Nantwitch is a pretty large town and well built: here are
+y^e salt springs of w^{ch} they make salt and many salterns w^{ch} were
+a boyling y^e salt. This is a pretty Rich land; you must travell on a
+Causey; I went 3 miles on a Causey through much wood. Its from Nantwitch
+to Chester town 14 long miles, y^e wayes being deep: its much on
+Enclosures and I passed by severall large pooles of waters, but what I
+wonder’d at was y^t tho’ this shire is remarkable for a greate deale of
+greate Cheeses and Dairys I did not see more than 20 or 30 Cowes in a
+troope feeding, but on Enquiry find y^e Custome of y^e Country to joyn
+their milking together of a whole village and so make their great
+Cheeses. West Chester town lies in a bottom and runs a greate length and
+is pretty big—there are 10 Churches.
+
+The Cathedrall is Large and Lofty, y^e quire well Carv’d, fine tapistry
+hangings at y^e alter, a good organ: The Bishops pallace is on the Right
+hand of it and the Doctors houses, all built of Stone. There is a new
+hall building w^{ch} is for y^e assize and it stands on great Stone
+pillars w^{ch} is to be y^e exchange w^{ch} will be very Convenient and
+handsome; the hall is round, its built of Bricke and Stone Coynes, there
+are Leads all round w^{th} battlements and in the middle is a tower,
+there are ballconies on y^e Side and windows quite round y^e Cupillow
+that shews y^e whole town round. There is another town hall—a long Lofty
+place, and another by the Side w^{ch} is Called the Councill Roome both
+for y^e Major and Aldermen to meete for y^e buissinesse of y^e
+Corporation. Y^e town is walled all aboute w^{th} battlem^{ts} and a
+walke all round pav’d w^{th} stone, I allmost Encompass’d y^e walls. Ye
+streetes are of a greate breadth, but there is one thing takes much from
+their appeareing so and from their beauty, for on each side in most
+places they have made penthouses so broad set on pillars w^{ch} persons
+walk under Covert, and is made up and down steps under which are ware
+houses. Tho’ a penthouse or pallasadoe be convenient for security from
+y^e sun or weather and were it no broader than for two to passe one by
+y^e other it would be well and No dissight to y^e grace of y^e Streetes,
+but this does darken y^e streetes and hinder y^e Light of y^e houses in
+many places to y^e streete ward below, indeed in some places were it
+only before y^e Chiefe persons houses it would be Convenient where its
+flatt and Even w^{th} the streetes. The town is mostly timber buildings,
+the trade and Concourse of people to it is Chiefly from the jntercourse
+it has with Ireland—most take this passage; and also y^e jntercourse
+w^{th} Wales w^{ch} is parted from it and England by y^e river Dee
+w^{ch} washes y^e Castle Walls in w^{ch} they keep their Stores, but
+nothing fine in it. The walls and towers seemes in good repaire. At the
+End of y^e town just by the Castle you Crosse over a very large and Long
+Bridge over the River Dee w^{ch} has the tyde Comes up much beyond the
+town; its 7 mile off y^t it falls into y^e sea, but its very broad below
+y^e town, when at high tyde is like a very broad sea: there they have a
+little Dock and build shipps of 200 tunn, I saw some on the stocks.
+
+Cross this River by this Bridge Enters Fflintshire and so Crossed over
+y^e marches w^{ch} is hazardous to strangers, therefore M^r W^m
+Allen—w^{ch} was y^e major of Chester that time and gave me a very Civil
+treate being an acquaintance of my Brother S^r Edmund Harrison—so
+order’d his son and another Gentleman to Ride w^{th} me to Direct, to
+Harding w^{ch} was 5 miles. Just by that was a very fine new built house
+of Brick and in y^e Exact forme of y^e London Architecture w^{ch} was
+this M^r Majors house and good gardens.
+
+Att Harding, where was my Relation D^r Percivalls wife who was Minister
+of y^t place: his parish was 8 miles in Extent and 2 lordships in it,
+and y^e ruines of two great Castles in it remaines—its good Rich Land
+here, much on Enclosures and woods.
+
+In a tarresse walke in my Relations garden I could very plainly see
+Chester and y^e River Dee with all its Washes over the Marsh ground
+w^{ch} look’d very finely: here are sands w^{ch} makes it very difficult
+for strangers to passe w^{th} out a guide. From hence my Relation
+Carry’d me to Holly Well and pass’d thro’ Flint town w^{ch} is the shire
+town 5 mile from harding; its a very Ragged place many villages in
+England are better, y^e houses all thatched and stone walls, but so
+decay’d that in many places Ready are to tumble down. There was a town
+hall such a one as it was; it was at a Session tyme w^n I was there
+w^{ch} shew’d it at its Prime. There is a Castle w^{ch} still remaines
+w^{th} its towers built of stone, its down to y^e water side: from
+thence to Holy well is 3 mile mostly by y^e water side w^{ch} is
+Reckon’d the sea—here I went just in sight of high Lake where were many
+shipps Rideing along that harbour.
+
+S^t Winfreds Well is built over w^{th} stone on Pillars Like a
+Tryumphall arch or tower on y^e gates of a Church, there is a pavem^t of
+stone w^{th} in—round 3 sides of y^e well w^{ch} is joyn’d on y^e fourth
+side by a great arch of stone w^{ch} Lies over y^e water y^t runs of
+from y^e well; its many springs w^{ch} bubbles up very fast and Lookes
+Cleane in a Compass w^{ch} is 8 square walled in w^{th} stone. In y^e
+bottom w^{ch} you see as Clear as Chrystall are 9 stones Layd in an oval
+on w^{ch} are dropps of Red Coullour some almost quite Covering the top
+of y^e stone, w^{ch} is pretended to be y^e blood of this holy saint
+whose head was struck off here and so where her body Laid this spring
+burst forth and remaines till now a very Rapid Current, w^{ch} runs off
+from this well under a barre by w^{ch} there are stone stepps for y^e
+persons to descend w^{ch} will bathe themselves in the well, and so they
+walke along y^e Streame to the other End and then come out, but there is
+nothing to Shelter them but are Exposed to all the Company that are
+walking about y^e well and to y^e Little houses and part of y^e Streete
+w^{ch} runs along by it but y^e Religeuse are not to mind it, it seemes
+the saint they do honour to in this place must beare them out in all
+things. They tell of many lameness’s and aches and distempers w^{ch} are
+Cured by it, its a Cold water and Cleare and runs off very quick so y^t
+it would be a pleasant refreshm^t in y^e sumer to washe ones self in it,
+but its shallow not up to y^e Waste so its not Easye to Dive and washe
+in, but I thinke I Could not have been persuaded to have gone in unless
+I might have had Curtains to have drawn about some part of it to have
+shelter’d from y^e Streete, for y^e wett garments are no Covering to y^e
+body; but there I saw abundance of y^e devout papists on their Knees all
+round a well. Poor people are deluded into an jgnorant blind zeale and
+to be pity’d by us y^t have the advantage of knowing better and ought to
+be better. There is some stones of a Reddish Coullour in y^e well s^d to
+be some of S^t Winifred’s blood also, w^{ch} y^e poore people take out
+and bring to y^e strangers for Curiosity and Relicts, and also moss
+about y^e bancks full of great virtue for Every thing. But its a
+Certaine gaine to y^e poore people—every one gives them something for
+bringing them moss and y^e stones, but lest they should in length of
+tyme be quite gather’d up they take Care to replenish it dayly from some
+mossy hill and so stick it along y^e sides of y^e well—there is good
+streames runs from it and by meanes of steepe descent runs down and
+turns mills. They come also to drinke of y^e water w^{ch} they take up
+in y^e first square w^{ch} is walled round and where the springs Rise
+and they say its of wonder full operation. Y^e taste to me was but like
+good spring water w^{ch} w^{th} wine and sugar and Lemons might make a
+pleasant Draught after walking amongst those shady trees of w^{ch} there
+is a great many and some straight and tall like a grove but not very
+uniforme. From thence I went back to Harding w^{ch} is 8 very Long
+Miles. At Holly well they speake Welsh; the inhabitants go barefoote and
+bare leg’d—a nasty sort of people. Their meate is very small here,
+Mutton is noe bigger than Little Lamb, what of it there is was sweete;
+their wine good being Neare y^e Sea side, and are well provided with
+ffish—very good Salmon and Eeles and other ffish I had at Harding. This
+shire is improperly Called Fflintshire there being noe flints in all y^e
+Country. There are great Coale pitts of the Channell Coale thats Cloven
+huge great pieces: they have great wheeles that are turned w^{th} horses
+y^t draw up the water and so draine the Mines w^{ch} would Else be over
+flowed so as they Could not dig the Coale; they have also Engines y^t
+draw up their Coale in sort of baskets Like hand barrows w^{ch} they
+wind up like a Bucket in a well, for their mines are dug down through a
+sort of well and sometymes its pretty Low before they Come to y^e
+Coales; it makes y^e Road unsafe because of y^e Coale pitts and also
+from y^e Sloughs and quicksands, all here about being mostly near y^e
+bancks of y^e water. In this Country are quarrys of Stone, Copper and
+Iron Mines and salt hills, its a hilly place, very steep descents and
+great many very high hills, but I went not so farre as Pen Ma Mower but
+Cross’d y^e river Dee haveing first went two mile by these Coale mines
+(at least 10) in a place (?) its a thing w^{ch} holds neer two bushell
+that is their Basket they draw up w^{ch} is bought for 6 pence. I forded
+over y^e Dee when y^e tide was out all upon the sands at Least a mile,
+w^{ch} was as smooth as a Die being a few hours left of y^e flood. Y^e
+sands are here soe Loose y^t the tydes does move them from one place to
+another at Every flood, y^t the same place one used to ffoard a month or
+two before is not to be pass’d now, for as it brings the sands in heaps
+to one place so it leaves others in deep holes w^{ch} are Cover’d w^{th}
+water and Loose sand that would swallow up a horse or Carriages; so I
+had two Guides to Conduct me over. The Carriages w^{ch} are used to it
+and pass Continually at y^e Ebbs of water observes y^e drift of sands
+and so Escape y^e danger. It was at least a mile I went on y^e sands
+before I Came to y^e middle of y^e Channell w^{ch} was pretty deep and
+with such a Current or tyde w^{ch} was falling out to sea together
+w^{th} y^e wind, the horses feete could scarce stand against it, but it
+was but narrow just the deep part of the Channell and so soone over.
+When the tyde is fully out they frequently fford in many places w^{ch}
+they marke as the sands fall and Can go near 9 or 10 mile over y^e sands
+from Chester to Burton or to Flint town almost; but many persons that
+have known the ffoards well y^t have Come a year or halfe a year after,
+if they venture on their former knowledge have been overwhelm’d in the
+Ditches made by y^e sands w^{ch} is deep Enough to swallow up a Coach or
+waggon; but they Convey their Coales from Wales and any other things by
+waggon when the tyde is out to Chester and other parts. From Burton
+w^{ch} was on y^e side of England the shore, I went to y^e fferry 9
+miles to the river Meresy another great River and a perfect sea for 20
+mile or more. It Comes out of Lancashire from Warrington and both this
+and y^e Dee Empts themselves into y^e sea almost together a few Leagues
+from Leverpoole, w^{ch} poole is form’d by a poynt of land that runs
+almost round the Entrance from y^e sea, being narrow and hazardous to
+strangers to saile in in the winter. Y^e mouth of y^e river by reason of
+y^e Sands and Rocks is a gate to y^e River; this I ferry’d over and was
+an hour and halfe in y^e passage, its of great breadth and at low water
+is so deep and salt as y^e sea almost, tho’ it does not Cast so green a
+hew on y^e water as ye sea, but else the waves toss and y^e Rocks grate
+all round it and is as dangerous as y^e sea. Its a sort of Hoy that I
+ferried over and my horses—y^e boate would have held 100 people.
+
+Leverpoole w^{ch} is in Lancashire is built just on the river Mersy
+mostly new built houses of brick and stone after the London fashion; y^e
+first original was a few fishermens houses and now is grown to a large
+fine town and but a parish and one Church, tho’ there be 24 streetes in
+it. There is Indeed a little Chappell and there are a great many
+dessenters in the town. Its a very Rich trading town, y^e houses of
+Brick and stone built high and Even that a streete quite through Lookes
+very handsome—the streetes well pitched. There are abundance of persons
+you see very well dress’d and of good fashion, y^e streetes are faire
+and Long, its London in miniature as much as ever I saw anything. There
+is a very pretty Exchange stands on 8 pillars besides the Corners w^{ch}
+are Each Arche pillars all of stone and its railed in, over w^{ch} is a
+very handsome town hall—over all is a tower and Cupilow thats so high
+that from thence one has y^e whole view of y^e town and the Country
+round—in a Clear day you may see y^e Jsle of Man w^{ch} also was in view
+from out of Wales at Harding on the high tarrass walke in my Cos’n
+Percivalls garden.
+
+Thence to Prescote 7 very long miles, but pretty good way, mostly Lanes;
+there I passed by Nosel the Earle of Darbys house w^{ch} Looked very
+nobly w^{th} many towers and balls on them; it stands amongst tall trees
+and Lookes like a pleasant grove all about it, its an old house runs a
+great Compass of ground. Y^e town of Prescote stands on a high hill, a
+very pretty neate Market town—a Large market place and broad streetes
+well pitch’d.
+
+Thence to Wiggon, 7 long miles more mostly in Lanes and some hollow
+wayes and some pretty deep stony way so forced us upon y^e high Causey,
+but some of y^e way was good w^{ch} I went pretty fast and yet by reason
+of the tediousness of y^e miles for length I was 5 hours going that 14
+mile; I could have gone 30 miles about London in y^e tyme. There was
+pretty much woods and Lanes through which I passed, and pass’d by a mer
+or Lake of water; there are many of these here about, but not going
+through Ormskerk. I avoided going by the famous Mer Call’d Martin mer
+that as y^e proverb sayes has parted many a man and his mare—indeed it
+being neare evening and not getting a Guide I was a little afraid to go
+that way it being very hazardous for Strangers to passe by it. Some part
+of y^t mer one M^r Ffleetewood has been at y^e Expence to draine so as
+to be able to use the ground for tillage, having by trenches and
+floodgates w^{th} banks shutt out y^e waters y^t still kept it a marsh
+and moorish ground, but it was a very great Charge; however it shews by
+industry and some Expence, if Gentlemen would set about it, Most of y^e
+waste ground thats now a ffenny Moor and Mostly water might be rendered
+usefull and in a few yeares answere y^e first great Charge on it.
+Wiggons is another pretty Market town built of stone and brick: here it
+is that the fine Channell Coales are in perfection—burns as light as a
+Candle—set the Coales together w^{th} some fire and it shall give a snap
+and burn up light. Of this Coale they make Saltcellars, Stand-dishes and
+many boxes and things w^{ch} are sent about for Curiositys and sold in
+London and are often offer’d in the Exchange in Company w^{th} white or
+black marble and most people deceived by them w^{ch} have not been in
+those Countrys and know it, but such persons discover it and will Call
+for a Candle to trye them whether marble or Coale: its very finely
+pollish’d and Lookes much like jett or Ebany wood for w^{ch} one might
+Easily take it when in boxes &c &c. I bought some of them for Curiosity
+sake. 2 mile off Wigon towards Warrington (w^{ch} was some of my way
+back againe but for y^e Curiosity’s sake I did,) is the Burning well
+w^{ch} burns like brandy; its a little sorry hole in one of y^e grounds
+100 yards from y^e Road that Comes from Warrington to Wiggon just by a
+hedge or banck, its full of dirt and mud almost but the water
+Continually bubbles up as if it were a pott boyling w^{ch} is the spring
+or severall springs in that place; Nevertheless I felt y^e water and it
+was a Cold Spring. Y^e man w^{ch} shewed it me, w^{th} a dish tooke out
+a good quantety of y^e water and threw away and then w^{th} a piece of
+Rush he lighted by a Candle y^t he brought in a lanthorne, he set y^e
+water in y^e well on fire and it burn’d blewish just like spirits and
+Continued a good while, but by reason of y^e great raines y^t ffell y^e
+night before y^e spring was weaker and had not thrown off the raine
+water, otherwise it used to flame all over y^e well a good height, now
+it burnt weaker; at last the wind blew out y^e mans Candle and he
+severall tymes lighted y^e bitt of Rush or splinter of wood by y^e flame
+y^t burnt in y^e well. This is a little unaccountable; I apprehend its a
+sort of an unctious matter in y^e Earth and soe through its veines the
+springs run w^{ch} Causes it so to burn, for I observ’d when they dug
+into y^e banche and opened the sort of Clay or mudd, it burnt fiercer
+and more from y^e well. I returned againe to Wiggon two mile and thence
+to Preston and passed by S^r John Bradshaws house w^{ch} stood on y^e
+declineing of a hill in y^e midst of a fine grove of trees. Severall
+fine walkes and Rows of trees thereabout; just in the Road on the banck
+where on the hedge stood was Errected a high stone pillar Carv’d and a
+ball on y^e top with an jnscription Cutt on it shewing the Cause of it,
+being the monument of an officer that in a fight just there, his horse
+takeing y^e hedge and Ditch on some distaste he tooke at y^e Gunns and
+smoake, flung out his sword out of y^e scabbard and flung his Master
+down on y^e poynt of it w^{ch} ran him through that he dyed and Lyes
+buried on y^e Spott.
+
+Preston is reckon’d but 12 mile from Wiggon but they Exceed in Length by
+farre those y^t I thought long the day before from Leverpoole; its true
+to avoid the many Mers and marshy places it was a great Compass I tooke,
+and passed down and up very steep hills, and this way was good Gravell
+way; but passing by many very Large arches y^t were only single ones but
+as Large as two great gate wayes, and y^e water I went through y^t ran
+und^{er} them was so shallow notwithstanding these were Extreme high
+arches, I enquired the Meaneing and was inform’d that on great raines
+those brookes would be swelled to so great a height that unless those
+arches were so high, noe passing while it were so.
+
+They are but narrow bridges for foote or horse and at such floods they
+are fforced in many places to boate it till they Come to those arches on
+the great Bridges w^{ch} are across their great Rivers; this happens
+sometymes on sudden great showers for a day or two in y^e summer, but
+y^e winter is often or mostly soe that there are deep waters so as not
+Easily Cross’d; but once in 3 or 4 years there is some of those very
+greate floods I mentioned before, that they are fforced to boate from
+bridge to bridge w^{ch} is little Enough then to secure them. I passed
+by at Least half a doz^n of these high single arches besides severall
+great stone Bridges of 4 or 6 arches which are very high also over their
+greatest rivers. Preston stands on a hill and is a very good market
+town; Satterday is their market w^{ch} day I was there and saw it was
+provided with all sorts of things—Leather, Corn Coales, butter, Cheese
+and fruite and garden things: there is a very spacious Market place and
+pretty Church and severall good houses. At y^e Entrance of y^e town was
+a very good house w^{ch} was a Lawyers all stone work 5 windows in y^e
+front and high built according to y^e Eastern building near London; the
+ascent to y^e house was 14 or 15 stone stepps Large and a handsome Court
+with open jron Pallasadoes in the gate, and on Each side, the whole
+breadth of y^e house, w^{ch} discover’d the gardens on Each side of the
+house, neately kept flowers and greens; there was also many steps up to
+y^e house from y^e Court—it was a Compleate building. There was 2 or 3
+more such houses in y^e town and Indeed the Generallity of y^e
+buildings, Especially in 2 or 3 of y^e great streetes were very
+handsome, better than in most Country towns and y^e streetes spacious
+and well pitch’d. I was about 4 houres going this twelve mile and Could
+have gone 20 in the tyme in most Countrys, nay by the people of these
+parts this twelve is as long and as much tyme taken up in going it as to
+go from thence to Lancaster w^{ch} is 20 mile, and I Can Confirme this
+by my own Experience for I went to Goscoyne w^{ch} is 10 miles and halfe
+way to Lancaster in two houres, where I baited, and here it was I was
+first presented w^{th} y^e Clap bread w^{ch} is much talked of made all
+of oates. I was surpris’d when the Cloth was Laid, they brought a great
+Basket such as one uses to undress Children with and set it on the table
+full of thin waffers as big as Pancakes and drye that they Easily breake
+into shivers, but Coming to dinner found it to be y^e only thing I must
+Eate for bread. Y^e taste of oate bread is pleasant enough and where its
+well made is very acceptable, but for y^e most part its scarce baked and
+full of drye flour on y^e outside. Y^e description of how its made ought
+to Come in here but I Reserve it to y^e place I saw it made at the best
+way. As I Come to this place which was much over downs or a Race ground
+I Came along by some of y^e old Picts walls, y^e ruines of which here
+and there remaines in many parts of y^e Country. Gascoyn is a little
+market town—one Church in it w^{ch} is a mile off from y^e town, and y^e
+parish is 8 miles long, which discourag’d me in staying there being
+Satterday night and so pressed on to Lancaster.
+
+I percieve most of y^e parishes are a great tract of Land and very Large
+and also beneficial, for all over Lancastershire the revenues of y^e
+parsonages are Considerable 2 and 300^£ 500 and 800 a piece, y^e parson
+at Liverpoole has 1100 a yeare, and its frequent Everywhere 3 or 400^£.
+Thence to Lancaster town 10 mile more which I Easily Reached in 2 hours
+and a halfe or 3 hours; I passed through abundance of villages almost at
+y^e End of Every mile, mostly all along Lanes being an Enclosed Country.
+They have one good thing in most parts of this principality, or County
+palatine its rather Call’d, that at all Cross wayes there are posts
+w^{th} hands pointing to each road w^{th} y^e names of y^e great town or
+market towns that it Leads to, w^{ch} does make up for y^e Length of y^e
+miles y^t strangers may not Loose their Road and have it to goe back
+againe. You have a great divertion on this road haveing a pleasing
+prospect of y^e Countrys a great distance round, and see it full of
+jnclosures and some woods, three miles off y^e town you see it very
+plaine and y^e sea, Even y^e main ocean; in one place an arm of it Comes
+up w^{th} in 2 mile of y^e town. Y^e River Liene runs by the town and so
+into y^e sea. Y^e situation of Lancaster town is very good, y^e Church
+neately built of stone, y^e Castle w^{ch} is just by, both on a very
+great ascent from y^e Rest of y^e town and so is in open view, y^e town
+and River Lying Round it beneath. On y^e Castle tower walking quite
+round by y^e battlements I saw y^e whole town and river at a view,
+w^{ch} runs almost quite round and returns againe by y^e town, and saw
+y^e sea beyond and y^e great high hills beyond y^t part of y^e sea,
+w^{ch} are in Wales, and also into Westmoreland to the great hills there
+Called ffurness ffells or hills, being a string of vast high hills
+together: also into Cumberland to y^e great hill Called Black Comb hill
+whence they digg their black Lead and no where Else; but they open y^e
+mine but once in Severall yeares. I also saw into Yorkshire,—there is
+Lead, Copper, gold and silver in some of those hills and marble and
+Christall also.
+
+Lancaster town is old and much decay’d: there has been a monastery, the
+walls of part of it remaine and some of y^e Carv’d stones and ffigures;
+there is in it a good garden and a pond in it w^{th} a little jsland on
+w^{ch} an apple tree grows—a Jenitin; and Strawberys all round its
+Rootes and y^e banks of the Little jsle. There are 2 pretty wells and a
+vault that Leads a great way under ground up as farre as y^e Castle,
+w^{ch} is a good distance. In the River there are great weres or falls
+of water made for Salmon ffishing, where they hang their nets and Catch
+great quantety’s of ffish, w^{ch} is neare the bridge. The town seemes
+not to be much in trade as some others, but the great store of fish
+makes them Live plentifully as also the great plenty of all provisions.
+The streets are some of them well pitch’d and of a good size; when I
+came into the town the stones were so slippery Crossing some Channells
+that my horse was quite down on his nose, but did at length recover
+himself, and so I was not thrown off or jnjured w^{ch} I desire to bless
+God for, as for the many preservations I mett with. I Cannot say the
+town seemes a lazy town and there are trades of all sorts, there is a
+Large meeteing house, but their minister was but a mean preacher; there
+are 2 Churches in the town which are pretty near Each other.
+
+Thence I went to Kendall in Westmoreland over steepe stony hills all
+like Rocks, 6 miles to one Lady Middleton, and by some Gentlemen w^{ch}
+were travelling that way that was their acquaintance, had the advantage
+of going through her parke, and saved the going Round a bad stony
+passage. It was very pleasant under the shade of the tall trees. It was
+an old timber house, but the family being from home we had a free
+passage through it on to the Road againe, much of w^{ch} was stony and
+steep—far worse than the Peake in Darbyshire. This Lady Middleton was a
+papist and I believe the Gentlemen y^t was travelling were too. Thence
+to Kendall ten mile more, most of y^e way was in Lanes when I was out of
+the stony hills, and then into jnclosed Lands, here in 6 miles to the
+town you have very Rich good Land Enclosed—Little round green hills
+flourishing w^{th} Corn and grass as green and fresh, being in the prime
+season in July. There is not much woods but only the hedge rows round
+the grounds w^{ch} Looks very fine. In these Northern Countyes they have
+only the summer Graine, as barley, oates, peas, beans, and Lentils, noe
+wheate or Rhye for they are so cold and Late in their yeare they Cannot
+venture at that sort of tillage, so have none but what they are supply’d
+out of other Countys adjacent. The Land seemes here in many places very
+ffertile; they have much Rhye in Lancashire Yorkshire and Stafford and
+Shropshire and so Herriford and Worcestershire, w^{ch} I found very
+troublesome in my journeys, for they would not own they had any such
+thing in their bread, but it so disagrees w^{th} me as allwayes to make
+me sick w^{ch} I found by its Effects whenever I met w^{th} any, tho’ I
+did not discern it by the taste; in Suffolke and Norfolke I also met
+w^{th} it, but in these parts its altogether y^e oatbread. Kendall is a
+town built all of stone, one very broad streete in which is the Market
+Crosse; its a goode tradeing town mostly famed for the Cottons: Kendall
+Cotton is used for blanckets and the Scotts use them for their Plodds
+and there is much made here and also Linsi-woolseys, and a great deale
+of Leather tann’d here, and all sorts of Commodityes—twice a weeke is
+y^e market ffurnished w^{th} all sorts of things.
+
+The River Can w^{ch} gives name to the town is pretty Large but full of
+Rocks and stones that makes shelves and falls in the water, its stor’d
+w^{th} plenty of good ffish and there are great ffalls of water partly
+naturall and added to by putting more stones in manner of Wyers, at
+w^{ch} they Catch Salmon when they Leape with speares. The Roaring of
+y^e water at these places sometymes does foretell wet weather; they do
+observe when the water roares most in the fall on the Northside it will
+be ffaire, if on the Southside of the town it will be wet. Some of them
+are falls as high as a house. The same observation is at Lancaster at
+the Wires where they Catch Salmon; against Stormes or raines it will be
+turbulent and Rore as may be heard into the town. There are 3 or 4 good
+houses in the town, y^e rest are like good traders houses very neate and
+tight. The streetes are all pitch’d w^{ch} is Extreame Easy to be
+repair’d, for the whole Country is like one Entire Rock or pitching
+almost all y^e Roads. At the Kings arms, one M^{rs} Rowlandson, she does
+pott up the Charr ffish the best of any in the Country: I was Curious to
+have some and so bespoke some of her, and also was as Curious to see the
+great water w^{ch} is the only place that ffish is to be found in, and
+so went from Kendall to Bondor 6 miles thro’ narrow Lanes, but the Lands
+in y^e jnclosures are Rich. But here Can be noe Carriages, but very
+narrow ones like Little wheele-barrows that with a horse they Convey
+their fewell and all things Else. They also use horses on which they
+have a sort of Pannyers some Close, some open, that they strew full of
+hay turff and Lime and Dung and Every thing they would use, and the
+reason is plaine, from the narrowness of the Lanes where is good Lands
+they will Loose as Little as they Can, and where its hilly and stoney no
+other Carriages Can pass, so they use these horse Carriages, and
+abundance of horses I see all about Kendall streetes with their Burdens.
+This Kendall is the biggest town and much in y^e heart of Westmoreland,
+but Appleby 10 mile off is the shire town where the session and assizes
+are held and is 7 miles to this great Lake Wiandermer or great standing
+water w^{ch} is 10 mile long and near halfe a mile over in some places.
+It has many Little hills or jsles in it, one of a great bigness of 30
+acres of ground on which is a house, y^e Gentleman that is Lord of y^e
+Manour Lives in it—S^r Christopher Phillips; he has a great Command of
+y^e water and of y^e villages thereabout and many Priviledges, he makes
+a Major or Bailiff of y^e place during life; its but a small mean place,
+M^r Majors was the best Entertaining house where I was. Y^e Isle did not
+Looke to be so bigg at y^e shore, but takeing boate I went on it and
+found it as large and very good Barley and oates and grass. The water is
+very Cleer and full of good ffish, but y^e Charr ffish being out of
+season Could not Easily be taken, so I saw none alive but of other ffish
+I had a very good supper. The season of the Charr ffish is between
+Michaelmas and Christmas; at that tyme I have had of them, w^{ch} they
+pott with sweete spices. They are as big as a small trout, Rather
+slenderer and y^e skinn full of spotts, some Red Like the finns of a
+Perch and the jnside flesh Looks as Red as any salmon if they are in
+season; their taste is very Rich and fatt tho’ not so strong or Clogging
+as the Lamprys are, but its as fatt and Rich a food. This great water
+seemes to flow and wane about with y^e wind but it does not Ebb and flow
+Like the sea with the tyde, neither does it run so as to be perceivable,
+tho’ at y^e End of it a Little Rivulet trills from it into the Sea, but
+it seemes to be a standing Lake Encompass’d with vast high hills, y^t
+are perfect Rocks and barren ground of a vast height, from which many
+Little Springs out of y^e Rock does bubble up and descend down and fall
+into this water. Notwithstanding great raines y^e water does not seem
+much Encreas’d tho’ it must be so, then it does draine off more at the
+End of the Lake. These hills w^{ch} they Call Ffurness Ffells a long Row
+Continued some miles, and some of them are Call’d Donum ffells and soe
+from the places they adjoyne to are named, but they hold the whole
+length of the water w^{ch} is 10 mile; they have fome parts of them that
+has wayes that they Can by degrees in a Compass ascend them and so they
+go onward. In the Countrys, they are fferried over the Lake when they go
+to market. On y^e other side over those ffells there is a sort of Stones
+Like Rubbish or Broken pieces of stones, w^{ch} Lies about a quarry,
+that Lies all in the bottom of y^e water; where its so shallow as at the
+shores it is and very Cleer you see the bottom; between these stones are
+weeds w^{ch} grows up, that I had some taken up just Like samfyer and I
+have a fancy its a sort of sampire that Indeed is gather’d in y^e Rocks
+by the sea and water, and this grows in the water but it resembles it in
+Coullour, ffigure and the taste not much unlike—it was somewhat
+waterish. There was also fine moss growing in the bottom of y^e water.
+Here it was I saw y^e oat Clap bread made. They mix their flour with
+water, so soft as to rowle it in their hands into a ball, and then they
+have a board made round and something hollow in the middle riseing by
+degrees all round to the Edge a little higher, but so little as one
+would take it to be only a board warp’d, this is to Cast out the Cake
+thinn and so they Clap it round and drive it to y^e Edge in a Due
+proportion till drove as thinn as a paper and still they Clap it and
+drive it round, and then they have a plaite of jron same size w^{th}
+their Clap board, and so shove off the Cake on it and so set it on
+Coales and bake it; when Enough on one side they slide it off and put
+the other side; if their jron plaite is smooth and they take Care their
+Coales or Embers are not too hot but just to make it Looke yellow, it
+will bake and be as Crisp and pleasant to Eate as any thing you Can
+jmagine, but as we say of all sorts of bread there is a vast deal of
+difference in what is housewifely made and what is ill made, so this if
+its well mixed and Rowled up and but a little flour on the outside which
+will drye on and make it mealy is a very good sort of food. This is the
+sort of bread they use in all these Countrys, and in Scotland they
+breake into their milk or broth or Else sup that up and bite off their
+bread between while they spread butter on it and Eate it with their
+meate. They have no other Sort of bread unless at market towns and that
+is scarce to be had unless the market dayes, soe they make their Cake
+and Eate it presently, for its not so good if 2 or 3 dayes old. It made
+me reflect on the description made in Scripture of this Kneeding Cakes
+and bakeing them on the hearth whenever they had Company Come to their
+houses, and I Cannot but thinke it was after this manner they made their
+bread in y^e old tymes Especially those Eastern Countryes where their
+bread might be soone dry’d and spoil’d. Their little Carts I was
+speakeing of they use hereabout, the wheeles are fastned to the axletree
+and so turn altogether, they hold not above what 5 wheelbarrows would
+Carry at three or four tymes, which the Girles and Boys and women does
+go about with drawn by one horse to Carry any thing they want. Here is a
+great deal of good grass and Summer Corn and pastures, its Rich Land in
+the bottoms as one may Call them Considering the vast hills above them
+on all sides, yet they Contain a number of Lesser hills one below
+another, so that tho’ at one Looke you think it but a little Land Every
+body has; Yet it being so full of hills its many acres w^{ch} if at
+Length in a plain would Extend a vast way. I was about a quarter of an
+hour in the boate before I reach’d y^e island w^{ch} is in the midst of
+the water so by that you may guesse at the breadth of the water in the
+whole, they fferry man and horse over it; its sometymes perfectly Calme.
+Thence I Rode almost all the waye in sight of this great water, some
+tymes I lost it by reason of y^e great hills interposeing and so a
+Continu’d up hill and down hill and that pretty steep, even when I was
+in that they Called bottoms w^{ch} are very rich good grounds, and so I
+gained by degrees from Lower to higher hills w^{ch} I allwayes went up
+and down before I Came to another hill. At last I attained to the side
+of one of these hills or ffells of Rocks, w^{ch} I passed on the side
+much about the Middle, for Looking down to the bottom it was at Least a
+Mile all full of those Lesser hills and jnclosures, so Looking upward I
+was as farre from the top which was all Rocks, and something more barren
+tho’ there was some trees and woods growing in y^e Rocks and hanging
+over all down y^e Brow of some of the hills. From these great ffells
+there are severall springs out of y^e Rock that trickle down their
+sides, and as they meete with stones and Rocks in the way, when
+something obstructs their passage and so they Come with more violence,
+that gives a pleaseing sound and murmuring noise. These descend by
+degrees at last fall into the Low grounds and fructifye it w^{ch} makes
+y^e Land soe ffruit full in the valleys, and upon those very high ffells
+or Rocky hills its (tho’) soe high yet a moorish sort of ground whence
+they digg abundance of Peat w^{ch} they use for their fewell, being in
+many places a barren ground yeilding noe wood &c. I rode in sight of
+this Winander water as I was ascending another of those barren ffells
+w^{ch} tho’ I at last was not halfe way up, yet was an hour going it up
+and down on the other side, going only on the side of it about y^e
+middle of it, but it was of such a height as to shew one a great deale
+of y^e Country when it happens to be between those hills, Else those
+interposeing hinders any sight but of y^e Clouds. I see a good way
+behind me another of those waters or mers but not very bigge. These
+great hills are so full of Loose stones and shelves of Rocks y^t its
+very unsafe to Ride them down.
+
+There is good Marble amongst those Rocks. As I walked down at this place
+I was walled on both sides by those inaccessible high rocky barren hills
+w^{ch} hangs over ones head in some places and appears very terrible,
+and from them springs many Little Currents of water from the sides and
+Clefts, w^{ch} trickle down to some Lower part where it runs swiftly
+over the stones and shelves in the way, w^{ch} makes a pleasant Rush and
+murmuring noise, and Like a snowball is Encreased by Each spring
+trickling down on either side of those hills, and so descends into the
+bottoms w^{ch} are a moorish ground in w^{ch} in many places the waters
+stand, and so forme some of those Lakes as it did here. Y^e Confluence
+of all these little springs being gathered together in this lake, w^{ch}
+was soe deep as the Current of water y^t passed through it was scarce to
+be perceived till one Came to the farther End from whence it run a good
+little River and pretty quick, over w^{ch} many bridges are Laid. Here I
+Came to villages of sad little hutts made up of drye walls, only stones
+piled together and y^e Roofs of same slatt; there seemed to be little or
+noe tunnells for their Chimneys and have no morter or Plaister within or
+without. For the most part I tooke them at first sight for a sort of
+houses or Barns to fodder Cattle in, not thinking them to be dwelling
+houses, they being scattering houses, here one, there another, in some
+places they may be 20 or 30 together; and the Churches the same. It must
+needs be very Cold dwellings, but it shews some thing of y^e Lazyness of
+y^e people; indeed here and there there was a house plaister’d, but
+there is sad Entertainment—that sort of Clap bread and butter and Cheese
+and a Cup of beer all one Can have, they are 8 mile from a market town
+and their miles are tedious to go both for illness of way and length of
+y^e miles.
+
+They reckon it but 8 mile from the place I was at the night before, but
+I was 3 or 4 hours at Least going it. Here I found a very good smith to
+shoe y^e horses, for these stony hills and wayes pulls off a shoe
+presently, and wears them as thinn that it was a Constant Charge to shoe
+my horses every 2 or 3 dayes, but this smith did shoe them so well and
+so good shoes y^t they held some of the shooes 6 weekes. Y^e stonyness
+of the wayes all here about teaches them y^e art of makeing good shooes
+and setting them on fast. Here I cross’d one of y^e stone bridges y^t
+was pretty Large w^{ch} Entred me into Cumberlandshire. This River
+together with y^e additionall springs Continually running into it all
+the way from those vaste precipices Comes into a Low place and form a
+broad water w^{ch} is very Cleer and Reaches 7 mile in Length, Uleswater
+its Called, such another water as that of Wiandermer only that reaches
+10 mile in Length, from Amblside to y^e sea, and this is but 7 such
+miles Long. Its full of such sort of Stones and flatts in the bottom as
+y^e other, neer the brimm where its Shallowe you see it Cleer to y^e
+bottom; this is secured on Each side by such formidable heights as those
+Rocky ffells in same manner as the other was. I rode the whole Length of
+this water by its side, sometyme a Little higher upon the side of the
+hill and sometyme just by the shore, and for 3 or 4 miles I Rode through
+a fine fforest or Parke where was deer skipping about and haires, w^{ch}
+by meanes of a good Greyhound I had a Little Course, but we being
+strangers could not so fast pursue it in the grounds full of hillocks
+and ffurse and soe she Escaped us. I observed the boundaries of all
+these great waters (which are a sort of deep Lakes or kind of standing
+waters) are those sort of Barren Rocky hills w^{ch} are so vastly high.
+I Call this a standing water because its not like other great Rivers as
+y^e Trent Severne, Hull or Thames &c. to appear to Run w^{th} a streame
+or Current, but only as it Rowles from side to side Like waves as the
+wind moves it; its true at the End of this being a Low fall of Ground it
+runs off in a Little streame. There is Exceeding good ffish here and all
+sorts of provision at y^e market towns. Their market town was Peroth 10
+long miles. A mile or two beyond this Ullswater,—Tuesday is the market
+day w^{ch} was the Day I came thither. Its a Long way for y^e market
+people to goe but they and their horses are used to it and go w^{th}
+much more facility than strangers. At y^e end of this Ullswater is a
+fine round hill Look’d as green and full of wood very pleasant, w^{th}
+grass and Corne very ffruitefull, and hereabout we Leave these Desart
+and Barren Rocky hills, not that they are Limitted to Westmoreland only
+for had I gone farther to y^e Left hand into Cumberland I should have
+found more such, and they tell me farr worse for height and stony-nesse
+about White haven side and Cockermouth, so y^t tho’ both the County’s
+have very good land and fruitfull, so they equally partake of y^e bad,
+tho’ Indeed Westmoreland takes it name from its aboundings in springs
+which distilling itself on Lower ground, if of a spungy soile made it
+marshy or Lakes, and in many places very fruitfull in summer graine and
+grasse, but y^e northerly winds blow Cold so long on them y^t they never
+attempt sowing their Land with wheate or Rhye. Y^e stones and slatt
+about Peroth Look’d so Red y^t at my Entrance into the town thought its
+buildings were all of brick, but after found it to be the Coullour of
+the stone w^{ch} I saw in the Quarrys Look very Red, their slatt is the
+same w^{ch} Cover their houses. Its a pretty Large town—a good Market
+for Cloth that they spinn in the Country—hempe and also woollen. Its a
+great Market for all sorts of Cattle, meate Corne &c &c. Here are two
+Rivers one Called y^e Emount w^{ch} parts Cumberland and Westmoreland,
+w^{ch} bridge I should have passed over had I Come the direct Roade from
+Kendall to Peroth, but strikeing off to Ambleside to Wiandermer I came
+another End of y^e town. In this River are greate falls of waters Call’d
+Cataracts, by Reason of the Rock and shelves in it w^{ch} makes a great
+noise w^{ch} is heard more against foul weathers into the town, tho’ the
+bridge be halfe a mile out of y^e town. The other River is Called Louder
+w^{ch} gives name to Lord Landsdown’s house Call’d Louder hall w^{ch} is
+four mile from Peroth. I went to it through fine woods, the front is
+just faceing the great roade from Kendall and Lookes very nobly, w^{th}
+severall Rows of trees w^{ch} Leads to Large jron gates, open barres,
+into the stable yard w^{ch} is a fine building on y^e one side of y^e
+house very uniform, and just against it is such another Row of buildings
+y^e other side of y^e house Like two wings w^{ch} is the offices. Its
+built Each Like a fine house jutting out at Each End and y^e middle is
+w^{th} Pillars, white, and Carvings Like the Entrance of a building.
+These are just Equal and alike and Encompass the two sides of the first
+Court w^{ch} Enters, with Large jron gates and jron Palasadoes in the
+breadth, and then there is an ascent of 15 stone steps turned round,
+very Large, and on the top Large jron gates pallisad of jron betweene
+stone pillars, w^{ch} runs the breadth of the front. This Court is with
+paved walks of broad stone, one broad one to the house, y^e other of
+same breadth runs aCrosse to the stables and offices, and so there is 4
+Large Squares of grass in w^{ch} there is a large Statue of Stone in the
+midst of Each, and 4 Little Cupids or Little Boys in Each Corner of the
+4 squares. Then one ascends severall more steps to another Little Court
+v^{th} open Iron Railes, and this is divided Into severall grass plotts
+by paved walks of stone to the severall doores, some of w^{ch} are
+straight, others slope: the grass plotts being seven and in Each statue
+the middle-most is taller than the rest, this is just the front of y^e
+house where you Enter a porch w^{th} Pillars of Lime stone, but y^e
+house is y^e Red sort of stone of y^e Country. Below staires you Enter a
+space that Leads severall wayes to all the offices, and on one side is a
+Large parlour w^{ch} Lookes out on these green plotts w^{th} images. The
+staircase very well wanscoated and Carv’d, at y^e top you are Landed
+into a noble hall very Lofty, the top and sides are exquisitely painted
+by y^e best hand in England which did the painting at Windsor. The Top
+is the Gods and goddesses that are sitting at some great feast and a
+great tribunal before y^m; Each Corner is the seasons of the yeare
+w^{th} the variety of weather Raines and rainbows, stormy winds, sun
+shine, snow and frost with multitudes of other fancys and varietyes in
+painting and Looks very natural—it Cost 500^£ that roome alone. Thence
+into a Dineing room and drawing roome well wanscoated of oake, Large
+pannells plaine, no frettwork nor Carvings or Glass worke, only in
+Chimney pieces. 3 handsome Chambers, one scarlet Cloth strip’d and very
+fashionably made up, the hangings the same, another flower’d Damaske
+Lined with fine jndian Embroidery, the third Roome had a blew satten bed
+Embroider’d. In this Roome was very fine orris hangings in w^{ch} was
+much silk and gold and silver; a Little Roome by in w^{ch} was a green
+and white Damaske Canopy bed w^{ch} was hung w^{th} some of the same
+hangings being made for y^e Duke of Lortherdale and had his armes in
+many places—by his Dying were sold to Lord Landsdon.
+
+They Containe a Scottish story of the 4 quarters of the yeare. The
+roomes are all well pitch’d and well ffinish’d, and many good Pictures
+of y^e family, and severall good fancy’s of human and animals, a good
+gallery so adorn’d w^{ch} Leads to a Closet that Looks into y^e
+Chappell; all things very neate tho’ nothing Extraord^y besides y^e hall
+painting. The Chimney pieces are of a dark Coull^d Marble w^{ch} is
+taken out of the ground just by—its well polish’d. There was some few
+white marble vein’d, but that is not Dug out of this Country. The house
+is a flatt rooffe and stands amidst a wood of Rows of trees, w^{ch}
+w^{th} these statues and those in two gardens on Each side (w^{ch} for
+their walks and plantations is not ffinish’d but full of Statues) which
+with the house is so well Contrived to be seen at one view. Y^e Lady
+Landsdown sent and treated me with a Breakfast, Cold things and sweete
+meates all serv’d in plaite, but it was so Early in the morning that she
+being jndisposed was not up. So I returned back 4 mile to Peroth and
+Came in sight of Severall Genteele seates or Gentlemens houses, and Came
+by a Round green spott of a Large Circumfference which they keep Cut
+round w^{th} a banke round it like a Bench; its story is that it was the
+table a great Giant 6 yards tall, used to Dine at, and there Entertain’d
+anoth^r of nine yards tall which he afterwards killed; there is the
+Length in the Church yard how far he Could Leape—a great many Yards.
+There was also on the Church at Peroth a fine Clock w^{ch} had severall
+motions—there was the Starrs and signes, there was the Encrease and
+Changes of y^e moone, by a Darke and golden side of a Little Globe. A
+mile from Peroth in a Low bottom and moorish place stands Mag and her
+sisters; the story is that these soliciting her to an unlawfull Love by
+an Enchantment are turned w^{th} her into stone; the stone in the middle
+w^{ch} is Call’d Mag is much bigger and have some fforme Like a statue
+or ffigure of a body, but the Rest are but soe many Craggy stones, but
+they affirme they Cannot be Counted twice alike as is the story of
+Stonidge, but the number of these are not above 30. However what the
+first design of placeing them there Either as a marke of y^t sort of
+moorish Ground or what Else, the thing is not so wonderfull as that of
+Stonidge, because there is noe such sort of stone in 20 miles off those
+downs and how they of so vast a bulk and weight should be brought
+thither, whereas all this Country abounds with Quarrys of stone and its
+mostly Rocks. The waye from thence to Carlisle over much heath where
+they have many stone Quarrys and Cut much peate and turff w^{ch} is
+their Chief fuel. Its reckon’d but 16 mile from Peroth to Carlisle, but
+they are pretty Long, besides my going out of y^e waye above 3 or 4 mile
+w^{ch} made it 20. They were very Long and I was a great while Rideing
+it. You pass by the Little hutts and hovels the poor Live in Like
+Barnes—some have them daub’d w^{th} mud-wall—others drye walls.
+
+Carlisle stands in view at Least 4 mile distant, y^e town is walled in
+and all built of stone. The Cathedrall stands high and very Eminent to
+be seen above y^e town. You Enter over the Bridge and Double gates
+w^{ch} are jron grates and Lined w^{th} a Case of doores of thick
+timber, there are 3 gates to the town, one Called the English gate at
+which I entred. The other the jrish w^{ch} Leads on to Whitehaven and
+Cockermouth, the other y^e Scottish gate through which I went into
+Scotland. The walls of the town and Battlements and towers are in very
+good Repaire and Looks well. Y^e Cathedrall all built of stone which
+Looked stately but nothing Curious; there was some few houses as y^e
+Deans and treasurer and some of y^e Doctors houses walled in with Little
+gardens, their fronts Looked Gracefully; Else I saw no house Except the
+present Majors house of brick and stone, and one house which was y^e
+Chancellors built of stone very Lofty, 5 good sarshe windows in y^e
+front, and this within a Stone wall’d Garden well kept, and Iron gates
+to discover it to view with stone Pillars. Ye streetes are very broad
+and handsome well Pitched.
+
+I walked round the walls and saw the River w^{ch} twists and turns
+itself round the grounds, Called the Emount, w^{ch} at 3 or 4 miles off
+is flow’d by the sea. The other River is the Essex w^{ch} is very broad
+and Ebbs and flows about a mile or two off. There Remaines only some of
+the walls and ruines of y^e Castle, w^{ch} does shew it to have been a
+very strong town formerly. The walls are of a prodigious thickness and
+vast great stones, its moated round and with draw bridges. There is a
+Large Market place w^{th} a good Cross and hall, and is well supply’d as
+I am Inform’d w^{th} provision at Easye rate, but my Landlady
+notwithstanding ran me up the Largest Reckoning for allmost nothing, it
+was y^e dearest Lodging I met with and she pretended she Could get me
+nothing else; so for 2 joynts of mutton and a pinte of wine and bread
+and beer I had a 12 shilling Reckoning, but since I find tho’ I was in
+the biggest house in town I was in the worst accomodation, and so found
+it, and a young giddy Landlady y^t Could only Dress fine and Entertain
+the soldiers. From hence I tooke a guide the next day and so went for
+Scotland and Rode 3 or 4 mile by y^e side of this River Emount w^{ch} is
+full of very good ffish. I Rode sometymes on a high Ridge over a hill,
+sometymes on the sands, it turning and winding about that I went almost
+all the way by it and saw them with boates fishing for Salmon and
+troute, w^{ch} made my journey very pleasant. Leaving this River I Came
+to the Essex w^{ch} is very broad and hazardous to Crosse Even when the
+tyde is out, by which it leaves a broad sand on Each side, which in some
+places is unsafe, made me take a good guide which Carry’d me aboute and
+a Crosse some part of it here, and some part in another place, it being
+Deep in y^e Channell where I did Crosse w^{ch} was in sight of y^e mouth
+of the river that runs into the sea. On the sand before the water was
+quite gone from it I saw a great bird w^{ch} Look’d almost black picking
+up ffish and busking in the water, it Looked like an Eagle and by its
+dimentions Could scarce be any other bird. Thence I went into Scotland
+over the river Serke which is also flowed by y^e sea, but in the Summer
+tyme is not soe deep but Can be pass’d over—tho’ pretty deep but narrow.
+It affords good ffish, but all here about w^{ch} are Called borderers
+seem to be very poor people w^{ch} I impute to their sloth. Scotland
+this part of it is a Low Marshy ground where they Cutt turff and peate
+for the fewell, tho’ I should apprehend y^e sea might Convey Coales to
+them. I see Little that they are Employ’d besides ffishing w^{ch} makes
+provision plentifull or Else their Cutting and Carving turff and peate,
+w^{ch} the women and great Girles bare legged does Lead a horse w^{ch}
+draws a sort of carriage, the Wheeles like a Dung-pott and hold about 4
+wheele barrows. These people tho’ with naked Leggs are yet wrapp’d up in
+plodds, a piece of woollen Like a Blanket, or Else Rideing hoods—and
+this when they are in their houses. I tooke them for people w^{ch} were
+sick, seeing 2 or 3 great wenches as tall and bigg as any woman sat
+hovering between their bed and Chimney corner, all jdle doing nothing or
+at Least was not settled to any work tho’ it was nine of the Clock when
+I Came thither, haveing gone 7 long miles that morning. This is a Little
+Market town Called Adison Bank the houses Look just Like the booths at a
+fair, I am sure j have been in some of them that were tollerable
+dwellings to these, they have no Chimneys, their smoke Comes out all
+over the house and there are great holes in y^e sides of their houses
+w^{ch} Letts out the smoake when they have been well smoaked in it.
+There is no Roome in their houses but is up to y^e thatch and in which
+are 2 or 3 beds, Even to their parlours and buttery, and notwithstanding
+y^e Cleaning of their parlour for me I was not able to beare the roome;
+the smell of the hay was a perfume and what I Rather Chose to stay and
+see my horses Eate their provender in the stable than to stand in y^t
+roome for I Could not bring my self to sit down. My Landlady offered me
+a good dish of ffish and brought me butter in a Lairdly Dish with the
+Clap bread, but I Could have no stomach to Eate any of the ffood they
+should order, and finding they had noe wheaten bread I told her I Could
+not Eate their Clapt out bread, soe I bought the ffish she got for me
+w^{ch} was full Cheape Enough, nine pence for two pieces of Salmon halfe
+a one neer a yard Long, and a very Large trout of an amber Coullour, soe
+drinking w^{th} out Eateing some of their wine w^{ch} was Exceeding good
+Claret w^{ch} they stand Conveniently for to have from France, and
+Indeed it was the best and truest Ffrench wine I have dranck this seven
+year and very Clear, I had y^e first tapping of y^e Little vessell and
+it was very fine. Then I went up to their Church w^{ch} Looks Rather
+Like some Little house built of stone and bricke such as our ordinary
+people in a village Live in. Y^e doores were and y^e Seates and pulpit
+was in so disregarded a manner that one would have thought there was no
+use of it, but there is a parson which Lives just by, whose house is y^e
+best in the place, and they are all fine folks in their Sundays
+Cloathes. I observe y^e Church yard is full of grave stones pretty Large
+with Coates of armes, and some had a Coronet on the Eschutcheons Cut in
+the stone. I saw but one house that Look’d Like a house about a quarter
+of a mile, w^{ch} was some gentlemans that was built 2 or 3 roomes and
+some over them of brick and stone, the rest were all Like Barns or hutts
+for Cattle. This is threescore miles from Edenborough and the neerest
+town to this place is 18 miles, and there would not have been much
+better entertainement or accomodation, and their miles are soe long in
+these Countrys made me afraid to venture, Least after a tedious journey
+I should not be able to get a bed I Could Lye in. It seemes there are
+very few towns Except Edenburough Abberdeen and Kerk w^{ch} Can give
+better treatement to strangers, therefore for the most part persons y^t
+travell there go from one Noblemans house to another. Those houses are
+all Kind of Castles and they Live great tho’ in so nasty a way as all
+things are in even those houses one has Little Stomach to Eate or use
+anything, as I have been told by some that has travell’d there, and I am
+sure I mett with a sample of it enough to discourage my progress farther
+in Scotland. I attribute it wholly to their sloth for I see they sitt
+and do Little. I think there were one or two at Last did take spinning
+in hand at a Lazy way. Thence I tooke my ffish to Carry it to a place
+for the English to dress it and repass’d the Serke and the River Essex
+and there I saw y^e Common people men women and Children take off their
+shooes, and holding up their Cloathes wade through the rivers when y^e
+tide was out, and truely some there were that when they Come to y^e
+other side put on shoes and stockings and had ffine Plodds Cast over
+them and their Garb seemed above y^e Common people; but this is their
+Constant way of travelling from one place to anoth^r—if any river to
+pass they make no use of Bridges and have not many. I Came to Long town
+w^{ch} is 3 long mile from Addison Bank and is Called a Border and
+Indeed is very like y^e Scotsland. Thence I Cross’d over a tedious long
+heath to Brampton a mile over Lime River and here I had my dinner
+dress’d—thence to Mucks hall 6 miles. Here I pass’d by my Lord Carletons
+which stands in the midst of woods. You goe through Lanes and Little
+sort of woods or hedge rows and many Little purling rivers or Brooks out
+of y^e rocks. At Muneks Hall I Cross’d such another brooke and so out of
+Cumberland I Entred Northumberland. This is y^e place y^e judges Dine,
+its a sorry place for Entertainement of such a Company; here the
+Sherriffs meete them, it being the Entrance of Northumberland w^{ch} is
+much Like the other County. This it seemes Camden relates to be a
+Kingdom. This I am sure of, the more I travell’d Northward the Longer I
+found y^e miles, I am sure these 6 miles and y^e other 6 miles to
+Hartwhistle might with modesty be esteemed double the Number in most of
+y^e Countys in England, Especially in and about 30 or 40 miles off
+London. I did not go 2 of those miles in an hour. Just at my Entrance
+into Northumberland I ascended a very steep hill of w^{ch} there are
+many, but one about 2 mile forward was Exceeding steep, full of great
+Rocks and stone—some of it along on a Row (the remainder of the Picts
+walls or ffortification) at y^e bottom of w^{ch} was an old Castle the
+walls and towers of which was mostly Standing. Its a sort of Black
+moorish ground and so wet I observ’d as my Man Rode up that sort of
+precipice or steep his horses heeles Cast up water every step, and their
+feete Cut deepe in, Even quite up to y^e top. Such up and down hills and
+sort of boggy ground it was and y^e night Drawing fast on, y^e miles so
+Long, that I tooke a guide to direct me to avoid those ill places. This
+Hartwhistle is a Little town, there was one Inn but they had noe hay nor
+would get none, and when my servants had got some Else where they were
+angry and would not Entertaine me, so I was forced to take up in a poor
+Cottage w^{ch} was open to y^e Thatch and no partitions but hurdles
+plaistered. Indeed y^e Loft as they Called it w^{ch} was over the other
+roomes was shelter’d but w^{th} a hurdle; here I was fforced to take up
+my abode and y^e Landlady brought me out her best sheetes w^{ch} serv’d
+to secure my own sheetes from her dirty blanckets, and Indeed I had her
+fine sheete to spread over y^e top of the Clothes; but noe sleepe Could
+I get, they burning turff and their Chimneys are sort of fflews or open
+tunnills, y^t y^e smoake does annoy the roomes. This is but 12 miles
+from another part of Scotland, the houses are but a Little better built,
+its true the inside of them are kept a Little better. Not far from this
+a Mile or two is a greate hill from which rises 3 rivers: the Teese
+w^{ch} is y^e border between Durham and York, y^e Ouse that runns to
+Yorke, and the River Tyne which runns to NewCastle and is the divider of
+Northumberland and Durham. This river Tyne runns 7 miles and then joyns
+w^{th} the other river Tyne that Comes out of Northumberland and so they
+run on to NewCastle. From Hartwhistle I went pretty much up hill and
+down and had the River Tyne much in view for 6 miles, then I cross’d
+over it on a Large stone bridge and so Rode by its bank or pretty much
+in sight of it on the other side to Hexholme 6 mile more. This is one of
+the best towns in Northumberland Except NewCastle, w^{ch} is one place
+the Sessions are kept for the shire; its built of Stone and looks very
+well, there are 2 gates to it, many streetes, some are pretty broad, all
+well pitch’d, w^{th} a spacious Market place w^{th} a town hall on the
+Market Crosse. Thence I went through y^e Lord Darentwaters parke just by
+his house w^{ch} is an old building not very Large, for 3 mile in all,
+to a Little village where I cross’d over the Tyne on a Long Bridge of
+stone w^{th} many arches. The river is in some places broader than in
+others, its true at this tyme of y^e yeare being Midsumer the springs
+are the Lowest and the Rivers shallow, and where there is any Rocks or
+stones Left quite bare of water.
+
+Thence I went 4 mile along by the Tyne, the road was good hard gravelly
+way for the most part, but very steep up hills and down; on one of these
+I Rode a pretty while w^{th} a great precipice on the Right hand down to
+the river, it Looked hazardous, but the way was very broad. The River
+Looked very reffreshing and y^e Cattle Coming to its sides and into it
+where shallow to Coole themselves in the heate, for hitherto as I met
+w^{th} noe Raines, notwithstanding the great raines y^t fell the 2 dayes
+before I Left Woolsley, and y^e Little showers I had when I went to
+Hollywell I was not annoy’d w^{th} wet nor Extream heat, the Clouds
+being a shade to me by day and Gods good providence and protection all
+wayes. This after noon was the hottest day I met with but it was
+seasonable being in July. As I drew nearer and nearer to NewCastle I met
+with and saw abundance of Little Carriages w^{th} a yoke of oxen and a
+pair of horses together, w^{ch} is to Convey the Coales from y^e pitts
+to y^e Barges on the river. There is Little sort of Dung-potts. I
+suppose they hold not above 2 or three Chaudron. This is the sea Coale
+which is pretty much small Coale tho’ some is round Coales, yet none
+like the Cleft coales and this is what y^e smiths use and it Cakes in
+y^e ffire and makes a great heate, but it burns not up Light unless you
+put most round Coales w^{ch} will burn Light, but then its soon gone and
+that part of y^e Coale never Cakes, there fore y^e small sort is as good
+as any—if its black and shineing, that shows its goodness. This Country
+all about is full of this Coale, y^e sulpher of it taints y^e aire and
+it smells strongly to strangers,—upon a high hill 2 mile from NewCastle
+I could see all about the Country w^{ch} was full of Coale pitts.
+
+New-Castle Lies in a bottom very Low, it appears from this hill a greate
+fflatt. I saw all by the river Tyne w^{ch} runns along to Tinmouth 5 or
+6 miles off, w^{ch} Could see very plaine and y^e Scheld w^{ch} is the
+key or ffort at the mouth of y^e river w^{ch} disembogues itself into
+y^e sea; all this was in view on this high hill w^{ch} I descended—5
+mile more, in all nine from that place.
+
+NewCastle is a town and County of itself standing part in Northumberland
+part in y^e Bishoprick of Durham, the river Tyne being y^e division. Its
+a noble town tho’ in a bottom, it most resembles London of any place in
+England, its buildings Lofty and Large, of brick mostly or stone. The
+streetes are very broad and handsome and very well pitch’d, and many of
+them w^{th} very ffine Cunduits of water in Each allwayes running into a
+Large stone Cistern for Every bodyes use. There is one great streete
+where in y^e Market Crosse, there was one great Cunduit with two spouts
+w^{ch} falls into a Large ffountaine paved w^{th} stone which held at
+Least 2 or 3 hodsheads for the jnhabitants. There are 4 gates w^{ch} are
+all Double gates with a sort of Bridge between Each. The west gate
+w^{ch} I entred I came by a Large building of bricke within bricke
+walls, which is the hall for the assizes and sessions for the shire of
+Northumberland. This is NewCastle on y^e Tyne and is a town and County.
+There is a noble Building in the middle of the town all of stone for an
+Exchange on stone pillars severall rows. On the top is a building of a
+very Large hall for the judges to keep the assizes for the town; there
+is another roome for y^e Major and Councill and another for the jury out
+of the Large roome w^{ch} is the hall, and opens into a Balcony w^{ch}
+Looks out on y^e River and y^e Key. Its a Lofty good building of stone,
+very uniforme on all sides w^{th} stone pillars in the ffronts both to
+the streete and market place and to the waterside. There is a ffine
+Clock on the top just as y^e Royal Exchange has. The Key is a very ffine
+place and Lookes itself Like an Exchange being very broad and soe full
+of merchants walking to and againe, and it runs off a great Length
+w^{th} a great many steps down to y^e water for the Conveniency of
+Landing or boateing their goods, and is full of Cellars or ware houses.
+Ye harbour is full of shipps but none that is above 2 or 300 tun Can
+Come up quite to the Key: its a town of greate trade. There is one Large
+Church built of stone w^{th} a very high tower finely Carv’d full of
+spires and severall devises in the Carving—all stone. The Quire is neate
+as is the whole Church and Curious Carving in wood on each side the
+quire, and over the ffront is a great Piramidy of wood ffinely Carv’d
+full of spires. There was a Castle in this town but now there is noe
+remaines of it but some of y^e walls w^{ch} are built up in houses and
+soe only appears as a great hill or ascent, w^{ch} in some places is 30
+or 40 steps advance to the streetes that are built on y^e higher ground
+where the Castle was. There was one place soe Like Snow Hill in London
+w^{th} a fine Conduite. Their shops are good and are of Distinct trades,
+not selling many things in one shop as is y^e Custom in most Country
+towns and Cittys; here is one market for Corne, another for Hay, besides
+all other things w^{ch} takes up two or three streetes. Satturday was
+their biggest Market day w^{ch} was the Day I was there, and by Reason
+of the extreame heate resolved to stay till the sun was Low ere I
+proceeded farther, so had the opportunity of seeing most of the Market
+w^{ch} is Like a ffaire for all sorts of provision, and good and very
+Cheape. I saw one buy a quarter of Lamb ffor 3^d and 2^d a piece: good
+Large poultry. Here is Leather, Woollen and Linnen and all sorts of
+stands for baubles. They have a very jndifferent sort of Cheese—Little
+things, Looks black on the outside. There is a very pleasant
+bowling-green, a Little walke out of the town w^{th} a Large gravel
+walke round it w^{th} two Rows of trees on Each side Makeing it very
+shady: there is a fine entertaineing house y^t makes up the ffourth
+side, before w^{ch} is a paved walke and Epyasses of bricke. There is a
+pretty Garden, by y^e side a shady walk, its a sort of spring garden
+where the Gentlemen and Ladyes walke in the Evening—there is a green
+house in the garden, its a pleasant walke to the town by y^e walls.
+There is one broad walke by the side of y^e town runns a good Length
+made w^{th} Coale ashes and so well trodden, and the raines makes it
+firm. There is a walke all round the walls of the town. There is a good
+ffree school and 5 Churches. I went to see the Barber Surgeons Hall
+w^{ch} was within a pretty garden walled in, full of flowers and greens
+In potts and in the Borders; its a good neate building of Brick. There I
+saw the roome w^{th} a round table in it railed round w^{th} seates or
+Benches for y^e Conveniency in their disecting and anatomiseing a body,
+and reading Lectures on all parts. There was two bodyes that had been
+anatomised, one the bones were fastned w^{th} wires the other had had
+the flesh boyled off and so some of y^e Ligeament remained and dryed
+w^{th} it, and so the parts were held together by its own Muscles and
+sinews that were dryed w^{th} it. Over this was another roome in w^{ch}
+was the skin of a man that was taken off after he was dead, and dressed,
+and so was stuff’d—the body and Limbs. It Look’d and felt Like a sort of
+parchment. In this roome I Could take a view of the whole town, it
+standing on high ground and a pretty Lofty building.
+
+Just by is a very good Hospital for 14 widdows of tradesmen of the town,
+2 good roomes a piece, a walke under a pyasse w^{th} pillars of
+brickwork, as is the whole building: there is a Large ffountaine or
+Cunduite of water for their use and an open Green before their house all
+walled in, its in y^e major and aldermans disposition, there is 2 or 300
+pound a yeare to it, I thinke its 10 pound a piece. There is a very good
+fountaine belongs to it, and there is a fine bridge over the Tyne river
+w^{th} 9 arches all built on as London bridge is, which Enters you into
+Durham, and on this side of y^e Bridge are so many streets and buildings
+just Like Southwarke. Its a Little town but all is in the Liberty of y^e
+County town of New-Castle and soe Called, but its all in the Diocess of
+Durham. Through part of this you do ascend a greate height and steepness
+w^{ch} is full of Rocky stony stepps, and afterwards the hill Continues
+when out of y^e town till it has set you as high as on the former hill
+on the other side the town—w^{ch} I Entred out of Northumberland—and as
+that gave a Large prospect of the town and whole Country aboute on that
+side, soe this gives as pleasing a sight of it on this side and the
+whole river and shipps in the harbour. Thence I proceeded a most
+pleasant gravell Road on the Ridge of y^e hill and had the whole Country
+in view, w^{ch} seems much on a flatt to this place, tho’ there be a few
+Little steep up hills and descents, but the whole Country Looks Like a
+fruitfull woody place and seemes to Equal most Countys in England. 7
+mile to Chester streete w^{ch} is a Little Market town, and I Rode neare
+Lumly Castle w^{ch} gives title and name to the Lord Lumly: the
+buildings Looke very Nobly, its in a 4 square tower running up to the
+top w^{th} three Round towers at the top between the windows—Lookes
+well—its a front the four wayes, its not finely ffurnish’d.
+
+At this Little Market town I pass’d over the River Weire w^{ch} runns to
+Durham, w^{ch} is 7 mile farther over a pleasant Road and Country y^t
+resembles Black heath, you see the towns and Countrys Round full of
+Woods. One sees the Citty of Durham four mile off from a high hill, not
+but the Citty stands on a great rise of Ground and is a mile and halfe
+in Length. The river runs almost round the town and returns againe, that
+Casts the Citty into a tryangular; its not Navigeable nor possible to be
+made so because its so full of Rocks and vast stones, makes it difficult
+for any such attempt. Durham Citty stands on a great hill, the middle
+part much higher than the rest, the Cathedrall and Castle w^{ch} is y^e
+pallace w^{th} y^e Colledge and all the houses of the Doctors of the
+Churches is altogether built of stone and all Encompass’d w^{th} a wall
+full of battlements above the walke, and this is about the middle of y^e
+hill w^{ch} is a Round hill, and a steep descent into the rest of the
+town, where is the market place w^{ch} is a spacious place, and a very
+ffaire town hall on stone Pillars and a very Large Cunduite. From this
+all the streets are in a pretty greate descent to y^e river, which
+Lookes very pleasant by meanes of its turning and winding to and agen,
+and so there are 3 Large Stone Bridges w^{th} severall arches apiece.
+The abbey or y^e Cathedrall is very Large, the quire is good but nothing
+Extraordinary, some good painting in the Glass of the windows and wood
+Carving. There is over y^e alter a painting of a Large Catherine Wheele
+which Encompasses the whole window and fills it up. The Bishops seate
+has severall steps up, its Called y^e throne, with a Cloth of Gold
+Carpet before it. The seate was King Charles the first, of Crimson
+damaske. A good organ and a fine Clock in w^{ch} is the signes, w^{th}
+Chimes, and finely Carved w^{th} four pirramidy spires on Each Corner, a
+much Larger and higher one in the middle well Carv’d and painted. The
+ffont is of marble, the top was Carv’d wood very high, and terminates in
+a poynt and resembles the picture of y^e Building of Babel—its not
+painted. The Cloysters are good. A Chapple Called S^t Marys now used for
+to keep their spiritual Courts, and in the vestry I saw severall fine
+Embroyder’d Coapes—3 or 4, I saw one above the rest was so Richly
+Embroider’d w^{th} the whole Description of Christs nativity, Life,
+Death and ascention; this is put on the Deanes shoulders at the
+administration of the Lords supper, here is y^e only place that they use
+these things in England, and severall more Cerimonyes and Rites retained
+from the tymes of popery. There are many papists in the town, popishly
+affected, and daily encrease. There was great striveing in the Choice of
+the parliament men, w^{ch} I had the trouble of in most of my journeys,
+y^e Randan they made in the publick houses, jndeed I happen’d to get
+into a quiet good jnn a good accomodation, two Maiden sisters and
+brother kept it—at y^e Naggs head.
+
+The Castle w^{ch} is the Bishops pallace stands on a Round hill w^{ch}
+has severall green walks round it, w^{th} high bancks to secure them one
+above another, and on the top are the towers. About the Middle of the
+hill is a broad Grass walk railed in and enters into a Dineing roome.
+There are very stately good roomes, parlours, drawing roomes, and a
+noble Hall, but the ffurniture was not very ffine the best being taken
+down in the absence of my Lord Crew, who is not a Barron of England but
+is a great prince as being Bishop of the whole principallity off Durham,
+and has a great Royalty and authority, is as an absolute Prince and has
+a great Command as well as revenue; his Spirituall is 5 or 6000^{lb} and
+his temporalls since his brothers Death makes it much more. He Comes
+sometymes hither but for the most part Lives at another Castle w^{ch} is
+a noble seate about 12 mile off, which is very well ffurnish’d and
+ffinish’d; he is the Governour as it were of the whole province. His
+pallace here makes a good appearance w^{th} the severall walks one below
+another with rows of trees, three or four descents and y^e wall at the
+bottom. Just by the Castle is a place for the assizes, 2 open barrs
+Lookes out into what is the space the College and Doctors houses are,
+and there is in the Middle a very ffine Large Cunduite, the water
+falling into the Cistern from 4 pipes, w^{ch} gives a pleaseing sound
+and prospect, it being arch’d with stone, and stone pillars, and Carv’d,
+and alsoe a high top arch ending in a ball; its the ffinest of this kind
+I have seen and so I must say of the whole Citty of Durham, its the
+noblest—Cleane and pleasant buildings, streetes Large, well pitch’d. The
+market Crosse is Large, a fflatt Roofe on severall Rows of Pillars of
+Stone and here is a good Cundit alsoe of stone. The walks are very
+pleasant by the river side. I went by its banck of one end of the town
+to the meeteing house w^{ch} stands just by the River, there was a
+Company of hearers at Least 300, w^{ch} on the Consideration of its
+being under the Dropings of y^e Cathedrall its very well. They have a
+very good minister there, but its New-Castle that has the greate
+meeteing place and many Descenters; they have two very Eminent men one
+of their Name was D^r Gilpin whose book I have read in, but he not being
+at home Could not have the advantage of hearing him.
+
+In the Evening I walk’d out at Durham to another part of the town, by
+another turn of the river along by its Banck, and the river here would
+meete were it not for a Ridge of a hill runs between, it in w^{ch} are
+buildings and ascends up a mile in Length, w^{ch} is one of the
+Parishes. In walking by this river we Came to S^r Charles Musgroves
+House w^{ch} is now old and ruinous but has been good. The Gardens are
+flourishing still w^{th} good walks and much ffruite of w^{ch} I tasted;
+its a place that is used Like our Spring Gardens for the Company of the
+town to walk in the Evening, and its most pleasant by the river, w^{ch}
+by means of severall bays or wires which is of Rock, the waters has
+greate falls from thence, w^{ch} adds a murmuring sound acceptable to
+the people passing. They have good ffish in the river but its full of
+rocks; they talk much of makeing it Navigeable but I ffancy the many
+Rocks all along in it will render it a Difficult work. I went a mile to
+see the spaw waters and to see a salt spring in the Rock in the middle
+of y^e river. In halfe a mile I came to a well w^{ch} had a stone Bason
+in it and an arch of stone over it; the taste was Like y^e Sweete Spaw
+in Yorkshire and the Tunbridge waters.
+
+ About halfe a mile farther I Came to a well w^{ch} is Like the Sulpher
+Spaw, taste and Looke agreeing thereto, w^{ch} is from brimstone, but
+its not quite soe strong for it was a Longer tyme before the silver was
+Changed in it. Here I went a very bad and hazardous passage full of
+stones Like stepps, the water trilling Down them, and a very narrow
+passage by the Bushes and Bancks, but when I was got in there was noe
+returning, so on I went to the river w^{ch} was a Large step to goe down
+into, and all the river full of Shelves and Rocks.
+
+The Spring is in the Cleft of the Rocks w^{ch} stands up in the river,
+and soe springs up, but when much raines falls it washes down soe fast
+upon it that weakens the taste. From this place I came back againe a
+mile. Durham has about 7 Churches w^{th} the Cathedrall, its a noble
+place and the aire so Cleer and healthy that persons Enjoy much health
+and pleasure. From thence to Darlington w^{ch} is 14 pretty Long miles
+but good way, but by the way I Lost some of my nightCloths and Little
+things in a Bundle that the Guide I hired Carry’d. This is a Little
+Market town, the Market day was on Munday w^{ch} was the day I passed
+through it: it was a great Market of all things, a great quantety of
+Cattle of all sorts but mostly Beeves—it seemes once in a fortnight its
+much fuller. Two miles from Darlington I Came to the Ground the Hell
+Kettles are they talk much of, its in Grounds just by the road where
+Cattle were ffeeding, there are 2 pooles or ponds of Water the one
+Larger than y^e other; y^e biggest seemed to me not to be the Deepest
+nor is it Esteem’d soe deep; there was some sedge or flaggs growing
+round that, but y^e fathermost w^{ch} was not soe bigg Looked a Cross
+that had noe flaggs or sedge on its bancks but yet it Look’d to me to
+Cast a green hew, Roleing waves of the water just in Coullour as the
+sea, and as the wind moved the water it very much resembled the sea, but
+the water when taken up in y^e hand Look’d White and y^e taste was not
+the Least brackish but fresh. My Conception of the Cause of y^e greenish
+Coullour was from the greate depth of water, for the reason they Call
+them Hell Kettles is that there is noe sounding a bottom, w^{ch} has
+been try’d by plumet and Line severall ffathoms down; the water is Cold
+and as any other water when took up, it seemes not to Decrease in a tyme
+of Drought nor to advance w^{th} great raines, it draines itself
+insensibly into y^e ground.
+
+This Leads me the ffarthest way to Richmond it being but 8 mile the
+ready Road from Darlington to Richmond, but this way it was 10 miles and
+very tedious miles. Three miles off Darlington I passed over Crafton
+Bridge which Crosses y^e river Teese which Divides Durham ffrom
+Yorkshire, and soe Entred the North Rideing of Yorkshire in which is
+that they Call Richmondshire a shire of 30 miles. The way was good but
+Long, I went through Lanes and woods an Enclosed Country; I passed by a
+house of S^r Mark Melborn on a hill, a Brick building and severall
+towers on the top, good gardens and severall rows of trees up to the
+house, it standing on a hill, y^e trees Runns along on y^e Ridge of y^e
+same—Looks very finely.
+
+Richmondshire has in it 5 waking takes as they Call them, answerable to
+that they Call hundreds in other Countys; Each waking takes has market
+towns in them and are under a Baliffe Each, which are nominated by the
+Earle of Holderness who is the Sole Lord of the whole—its 30 mile in
+Extent. Richmond town one cannot see till just upon it, being
+Encompass’d w^{th} great high hills: I descended a very steep hill to it
+from whence saw the whole town which itself stands on a hill tho’ not so
+high as these by it. Its buildings are all stone, y^e streetes are Like
+rocks themselves, there is a very Large space for the Markets w^{ch} are
+Divided for the ffish market, fflesh market, and Corn; there is a Large
+market Crosse, a square space walled in with severall steps up, and its
+flatt on the top and of a good height. There is by it a Large Church and
+the ruines of a Castle, the pieces of the walls on a hill. I walked
+round by the walls, the River running beneath a great descent to it, its
+full of stones and Rocks and soe very Easye to Make or keep up their
+wires or falls of water, w^{ch} in some places is naturall y^t y^e water
+falls over Rocks w^{th} great force w^{ch} is Convenient for Catching
+Salmon by speare when they Leap over those Bayes. All rivers are Low and
+Dryer in the Summer soe I saw them at the greatest disadvantage being in
+some places almost drye and the Rocks and stones appear bare, but by
+those high and Large stone bridges I pass’d w^{ch} Lay aCross the Rivers
+shewd the Great Depth and breadth they used to be y^e Winter tymes.
+There was two good houses in y^e town, one was M^r Darcys the Earle of
+Holderness’ brother, the other was M^r Yorkes, both stood then and were
+Chosen Parliament men. They had good gardens walled in, all stone, as in
+the whole town, though I must say it Looks Like a sad shatter’d town and
+fallen much to Decay and Like a Disregarded place. I passed on towards
+Burrowbridge and Came not farre from Hornby Castle the Earle of
+Holderness, and also Suddber hall 2 mile off Richmond M^r Darcys house;
+this Road was much on Lanes w^{ch} were narrow but Exceeding Long, some
+3 or 4 mile before you Came to any open place and then I Came to a
+Common w^{ch} was as tedious to me, at Least 5 or 6 mile before I Came
+to an End of it, then I pass’d through a few Little villages and so I
+Came the 19 mile to Burrowbridge in Yorkshire. Here I was the most
+sensible of the Long Yorkshire Miles, this North Rideing of that County
+is much Longer Miles than the other parts which I had been in before. At
+Burrowbridge I pass’d the River Lid or Ouse on a Large stone Bridge:
+this River affords very good ffish, salmon and Codffish and plenty of
+Crawffish. Here I met w^{th} the Clutter of y^e Chooseing Parliament
+men. Thence I went for Knarsebrough 5 mile more; this dayes journey was
+a Long 24 miles, jndeed y^e wayes were very good and drye being y^e
+midst of summer. Here I Came to my old Landlady Mason where I Lay the
+yeare before to Drink the spaw, and from thence I went to Harragate over
+Knarsbrough fforest to Leeds 12 mile, and I went by Harwood Castle—the
+ruined walls some remaines. It was much in Lanes and uphills and Down
+hills, some Little part was open Common; on the Hill that Leads down to
+the town gives a pleaseing prospect of it. Leeds is a Large town,
+severall Large streetes, Cleane and well pitch’d and good houses all
+built of stone. Some have good Gardens and Steps up to their houses and
+walls before them. This is Esteemed the Wealthyest town of its bigness
+in the Country its manufacture is y^e woollen Cloth—the Yorkshire Cloth
+in w^{ch} they are all Employ’d and are Esteemed very Rich and very
+proud. They have provision soe plentiful y^t they may Live w^{th} very
+Little Expense and get much variety; here if one Calls for a tankard of
+Ale w^{ch} is allwayes a groate its the only dear thing all over
+Yorkshire, their ale is very strong, but for paying this Groat for
+yo^{ur} ale you may have a slice of meate Either hott or Cold according
+to the tyme of day you Call, or Else butter and Cheese Gratis into the
+bargaine; this was a Generall Custom in most parts of Yorkshire but now
+they have almost Changed it, and tho’ they still retaine the great price
+for the ale, yet Make strangers pay for their meate, and at some places
+at great rates, notwithstanding how Cheape they have all their
+provision. There is still this Custome on a Market day at Leeds, the
+sign of ye bush just by the Bridge, any body y^t will goe and Call for
+one tanchard of ale and a pinte of wine and pay for these only shall be
+set to a table to Eate w^{th} 2 or 3 dishes of good meate and a dish of
+sweetmeates after. Had I known this and y^e Day w^{ch} was their Market
+I would have Come then but I happened to Come a day after y^e market,
+however I did only pay for 3 tankards of ale and w^t I Eate, and my
+servants was gratis. This town is full of discenters, there are 2 Large
+meeting places, here is also a good schoole for young Gentlewomen; the
+streetes are very broad, the Market Large. Thence I went to Eland 12
+long mile more pretty much steep, up hills and down the same. I crossed
+over a River at Leeds on a Large stone bridge; y^e Country is much on
+Enclosures, good ground.
+
+I goe by quarreys of stone and pitts of Coales w^{ch} are both very
+good, soe that for fewell and building as well as good grounds for
+feeding Cattle and for Corne they are so well provided that together
+with their Industry they must needs be very Rich. All the hills about
+Eland is full of jnclosures and Coverts of wood y^t Looks very pleasant.
+This town gives title to y^e Marquis Hallifax son, as does Hallifax to
+y^e Marquis. This Lyes but 5 or 6 mile hence, its a stony town and the
+roads to it soe stony and difficult y^t I was Discouraged in going, the
+town now being almost ruined and Come to Decay, and y^e Engine that that
+town was famous for to behead their Criminalls at one stroake w^{th} a
+pully this was destroyed since their Charter or Liberty was Lost or
+taken from them, because most barbarously and rigourously acted Even
+w^{th} an absolute power w^{ch} they had of all y^e town; on those
+Informations I resolved not to goe to that ragged town tho’ there are
+many good people and a Large meeteing.
+
+From Eland I went to y^e Blackstone Edge 8 mile, when I had gone 3 of
+the miles I Came to a great Precipice or vast descent of a hill as full
+of stones as if paved and Exceedingly steep; I take it to be much
+steeper than Blackstone Edge tho’ not soe long. Y^e End of this steep
+was a Little village all stony alsoe. These parts have some resemblance
+to Darbyshire only here are more woody places and jnclosures. Then I
+Came to Blackstone Edge noted all over England for a dismal high
+precipice and steep in the ascent and descent on Either End; its a very
+moorish ground all about and Even just at the top, tho’ so high, that
+you travel on a Causey w^{ch} is very troublesome as its a moist ground
+soe as is usual on these high hills; they stagnate the aire and hold
+mist and raines almost perpetually. As I ascended, y^e Morning was
+pretty faire, but a sort of mist met me and small raine just as I
+attained y^e top, w^{ch} made me feare a wet day and y^t the aire would
+have been so thick to have quite Lost me y^e sight of y^e Country, but
+when I attained y^e top where is a great heap raised up w^{ch} parts
+Yorkshire—and there I entred Lancashire—the mist began to Lessen, and as
+I descended on this side y^e ffog more and more went off and a Little
+raine fell tho’ at a Little distance in our view, the sun shone on y^e
+vale w^{ch} Indeed is of a Large Extent here, and y^e advantage of soe
+high a hill w^{ch} is at Least 2 mile up discovers the grounds beneath
+as a fruitfull valley full of jnclosures and Cut hedges and trees. That
+w^{ch} adds to the formidableness of Blackstone Edge is that on y^e one
+hand you have a vast precipice almost the whole way both as one ascends
+and descends, and in some places y^e precipice is on Either hand. This
+hill took me up Much tyme to gaine the top and alsoe to descend it and
+put me in mind of the Description of y^e Alpes in Italy, where the
+Clouds drive all about and as it were below them, w^{ch} descends Lower
+into Mists, then into raines and soe tho’ on the top it hold snow and
+haile falling on the passengers, w^{ch} at Length the Lower they go
+Comes into raine and so into sun-shine—at the foote of those valleys,
+fruitfull, y^e sunshine and singing of birds. This was y^e accō My
+father gave of those Alps when he passed them and I Could not but think
+this Carryed some resemblance tho’ in Little, yet a proportion to that.
+
+From y^e foot of this Blackstone I went to Rochdale 4 mile, a pretty
+neate town built all of stone; here I went to an acquaintances house M^r
+Taylor and was Civilly Entertained. Here is a good Large Meeteing place
+well filled; these parts Religion does better flourish than in places
+where they have better advantages. Here I observ’d the Grounds were all
+Enclosed with Quicksetts Cut smoothe and as Even on fine Green Bancks,
+and as well kept as for a Garden, and so most of my way to Manchester I
+Rode between such hedges, its a thing remarked by most their great
+Curiosity in this kind.
+
+Manchester Lookes exceedingly well at the Entrance,—very substantiall
+buildings, the houses are not very Lofty but mostly of Brick and stone,
+the old houses are timber work; there is a very Large Church all stone
+and stands high soe that walking round the Churchyard you see the whole
+town. There is good Carving in wood in the Quire of y^e Church and
+severall Little Chappells where in are some Little Monuments; there is
+one that was y^e founder of y^e Colledge and Library where hangs his
+pictures, for just by the Church is the Colledge w^{ch} is a pretty
+neate building w^{th} a Large space for y^e boys to play in, and a good
+Garden walled in; there are 60 blew Coate boys in it, I saw their
+appartments and was in the Cellars and Dranke of their beer w^{ch} was
+very good; I alsoe saw y^e Kitchen and saw their bread Cutting for their
+supper and their piggins for their beer. There is a Cloyster round a
+Court, in it is a Large roome for y^e judges to Eate in, and also for
+y^e roomes for heareing and dispatching their buissness, there is a
+Large Library—2 Long walls full of books on Each side,—there is alsoe
+y^e globes at y^e End and Maps, there is alsoe a Long whispering
+trumpet, and there I saw y^e skinn of y^e Rattle Snake 6 ffoote Long
+w^{th} many other Curiositys, their anatomy of a man wired together, a
+jaw of a shark; there was a very ffine Clock and weather glass. Out of
+y^e Library there are Leads on w^{ch} one has the sight of y^e town
+w^{ch} is Large, as alsoe y^e other town that Lyes below it Called
+Salfor and is Divided from this by the river Ouall over w^{ch} is a
+stone bridge w^{th} many arches. Salfor has only a Little Chappell of
+Ease and is belonging to y^e Parish of Manchester.
+
+There is another river Called the Shark w^{ch} runs into y^e Uval. The
+market place is Large, it takes up two streetes Length when the Market
+is kept for their Linnen Cloth, Cottentickings w^{th} is the manufacture
+of y^e town. Here is a very fine Schoole for young Gentlewomen as good
+as any in London, and musick and danceing and things are very plenty
+here—this is a thriveing place. Hence I went a very pleasant roade Much
+on y^e downs mostly Campion ground, some few Enclosures, I went by Dunum
+the Earle of Warringtons house w^{ch} stands in a very fine parcke, it
+stands Low but appeared very well to sight, its old fashioned building
+w^{ch} appeares more in y^e Inside, and the furniture old, but good
+gardens walled in. I also passed by severall Gentlemens seates, one was
+M^r Cholmonlys, another M^r Listers, surrounded w^{th} good Walks and
+shady trees in rows, and severall Large pooles of water some Containeing
+severall acres. I passed over two or three stone bridges Cross Little
+rivers, so to Norwitch w^{ch} is 14 mile. I Entred Cheshire 3 mile
+before I Came to y^e town, its not very Large, its full of Salt works
+the brine pitts being all here about, and so they make all things
+Convenient to follow y^e makeing the salt so y^t y^e town is full of
+smoak from y^e salterns on all sides. They have within these few yeares
+found in their brine pitts a hard Rocky salt that Lookes Cleer Like
+Suger Candy and its taste shews it to be salt, they Call this Rock salt,
+it will make very good brine w^{th} fresh water to use quickly. This
+they Carry to the water side into Wales and by those Rivers that are
+flow’d w^{th} y^e tyde, and soe they boile these pieces of Rock in some
+of the salt water when y^e tyde’s in, w^{ch} produces as strong and good
+salt as the others. Thence I went to Sandy head 3 mile farther. There
+was 12 salterns together at Norwitch—all y^e witches are places they
+make salt in—Nantwitch and Droctwitch they make salt, for at Each place
+they have the salt hills where the brine pits springs: this is not farre
+from y^e place whence they digg the mill stones.
+
+From Sandy Lane head where I baited, to Whit Church is 16 long miles
+over a Long heath for 4 or 5 mile, then to Bestonwood and Came by Beston
+Castle on a very high hill, y^e walls remaineing round it, w^{ch} I Left
+a Little on my Right hand just at y^e foote of y^e hill, and so I
+Crossed y^e great Road w^{ch} Comes from Nantwitch to Chester being then
+just y^e midd way to Either, being 7 mile to Each. There I think I may
+say was y^e only tyme I had reason to suspect I was Engaged w^{th} some
+highway men. 2 fellows all on a suddain from y^e wood fell into y^e
+Road, they Look’d truss’d up w^{th} great Coates and as it were bundles
+about them w^{ch} I believe was pistolls, but they dogg’d me one before
+y^e other behind and would often Look back to Each other, and frequently
+justle my horse out of y^e way to get between one of my servants horses
+and mine, and when they first Came up to us did disown their knowledge
+of y^e way and would often stay a little behind and talke together, then
+Come up againe, but the providence of God so order’d it as there was men
+at work in y^e fields haymakeing, and it being market day at WhitChurch,
+as I drew neer to y^t in 3 or 4 mile was Continually met w^{th} some of
+y^e market people, so they at Last Called Each other off and soe Left us
+and turned back; but as they Rode w^{th} us 3 or 4 miles at Last they
+described the places we should Come by, and a high pillar finely painted
+in y^e Road about 3 mile off of Whitchurch (w^{ch} accordingly we saw as
+we pass’d on) w^{ch} shew’d them noe strangers to y^e Road as they at
+first pretended. I passed over a Little brooke a mile before I Came to
+WhitChurch w^{ch} Entred me into Shropshire. This is a Large market
+town, here are two very fine gardens, one belongs to an apothecary, full
+of all fruites and greens; y^e other was at y^e Crown jnn where I staid,
+it was exceeding neate w^{th} oring and Lemmon trees, Mirtle, striped
+and gilded hollytrees, box and ffilleroy finely Cut, and ffirrs and
+merumsuratum w^{ch} makes the fine snuff, and fine flowers all things
+almost in a little tract of Garden Ground. From thence its 14 mile to
+Shrewsbury and pretty Level way. Ye miles were long and y^e wind blew
+very Cold, I went on a Causey 2 or 3 miles to y^e town, so y^t in y^e
+winter the way is bad and deep but on the Causey.
+
+Y^e town stands Low, y^e spires of 2 of y^e Churches stand high and
+appear Eminent above y^e town, there is y^e remaines of a Castle, y^e
+walls and battlements and some towers w^{ch} I walked round, from whence
+had y^e whole view of y^e town w^{ch} is walled round w^{th} battlements
+and walks round, some of which I went on. Its here the fine river Severn
+Encompasses y^e greatest part of y^e town and twines and twists its self
+about, its not very broad here but its very deep and is Esteemed y^e
+finest river in England to Carry such a depth of water for 80 or more
+miles together Ere it runns into y^e sea w^{ch} is at Bristol. This
+Comes out of Wales, Ross and Monmouthshire, there it turns about and
+Comes to y^e town. On Each side there are 3 bridges over it, in y^e town
+one of them y^t I walked over had some few houses built on it, as London
+bridge, at one End of it. Its pleasant to walk by y^e river; there is
+just by it the Councill house an old building. Here are three free
+schooles together, built of free stone, 3 Large roomes to teach the
+Children, w^{th} severall masters. Y^e first has 150£ a year y^e second
+100 y^e third 50^£ a year and teach Children from reading English till
+fit for y^e University, and its free for Children not only of y^e town
+but for all over England if they Exceed not y^e numbers. Here is a very
+fine Market Cross of stone Carv’d, in another place there is an
+Exchequer or hall for y^e towns affaires, there is alsoe a hall for y^e
+Welsh manufacture. There is a water house w^{ch} supplys y^e town
+through pipes w^{th} water, but its drawn up w^{th} horses and it seemes
+not to be a good and Easye way, so they jntend to make it with a water
+Engine in the town. There are many good houses but mostly old buildings,
+timber; there is some remaines of a great abbey and just by it y^e great
+Church, but nothing fine or worth notice save y^e abbey Gardens w^{th}
+gravell walks set full of all sorts of greens—orange and Lemmon trees: I
+had a paper of their flowers—were very fine,—there was alsoe ffirrs,
+myrtles and hollys of all sorts and a green house full of all sorts of
+Curiosityes of flowers and greens—there was y^e aloes plant. Out of this
+went another Garden much Larger w^{th} severall fine grass walks kept
+Exactly Cut and roled for Company to walke in. Every Wednesday most of
+y^e town y^e Ladyes and Gentlemen walk there as in S^t James’ parke, and
+there are abundance of people of Quality Lives in Shrewsbury, more than
+in any town Except Nottingham; its true there are noe fine houses but
+there are many Large old houses that are Convenient and stately, and its
+a pleasant town to Live in and great plenty w^{ch} makes it Cheap
+Living. This is very near bordering on Wales and was reckon’d formerly
+one of y^e Welsh County’s as was Herifordshire. Here is a very good
+schoole for young Gentlewomen for Learning work and behaviour and
+musick.
+
+From Shrewsbury I went through the great ffaire w^{ch} was just kept
+that day there, full of all sorts of things and all the roade for 10
+mile at Least I met y^e people and Commoditys going to the ffaire. 2
+mile thence I passed over the River Cern on a Large stone bridge, this
+is deep and joyns the Severn and soe I Rode by the great hill Called the
+Reeke noted for the highest piece of ground in England, but it must be
+by those that only Live in the heart of y^e Kingdom and about London,
+for there are much higher hills in the north and West and alsoe not 40
+mile distant from it; Manborn hills seems vastly higher. This hill
+stands just by itself a round hill and does raise its head much above
+y^e hills neare it, and on the one side does Looke a great steepe down,
+but still my thoughts of the ffells in Cumberland and Westmoreland are
+soe farr beyond it in height that this would not be mentioned there; it
+is seen 20 mile off and soe may many other hills, but when I Rode just
+under it I was full Convinc’d its height was not in Compẽtion w^{th}
+those in other parts that I have seen.
+
+There are great hills all about w^{ch} I pass’d over full of Coale
+pitts. Here I Came into y^e Whatling Streete w^{ch} is one of y^e great
+roads of England w^{ch} divided y^e Land into so many Kingdoms under y^e
+Saxons. The roads are pretty good but y^e miles are Long, from
+Shrewsbury to y^e Reeke is 9 mile, from thence to S^r Thomas Patsells
+house 10 mile more; here I went to see his Gardens w^{ch} are talk’d off
+as y^e finest and best kept, y^e house is old and Low, if y^e Gentleman
+had Lived he Did design a new house, its now his sons who is an Infant.
+Before you Come to y^e house for a quarter of a mile you Ride between
+fine Cut hedges, and y^e nearer y^e approach the finer still, they are
+very high and Cut Smoothe and Even just Like y^e hedges at Astrop
+waters, and of Each side beyond are woods, some regular Rows, some in
+its native Rudeness, w^{th} ponds beyond in grounds beneath it. Y^e End
+of this walke you Enter a Large gate of open Iron grates, w^{th} as many
+more jron grates on Each side as the Breadth of y^e gate, opposite to
+this is just another that opens into those grounds I first mention’d.
+There is a Large pitched Court w^{th} some open jron gates and grates at
+Each End, y^t gives the visto quite a Cross through to other Rows of
+trees w^{ch} runs up all about y^e severall avenues.
+
+In this Court stands two Dyals between w^{ch} is an open gate and
+pallasadoes, the whole breadth of y^e front of this jron work w^{ch}
+Leads to the jnner Court, and on y^e other side just in front, is
+another Large gate Carv’d Iron w^{th} pillars brick and stone and flower
+potts; and on Each side to take the whole Breadth of y^e house to w^{ch}
+it faces and soe give the sight of the garden is open pallisadoes, and a
+Little beyond are two more such open Pallisadoes that are Corner wayes,
+and discovers the Groves whose walks Looks Every way, so y^t to stand in
+this outward Court you May see the house, and Court full of statues in
+Grass plotts, w^{th} a broad pav’d walke to the house. In y^e middle on
+y^e one side are flower gardens and y^e parke, y^e other side other
+grounds w^{th} rows of trees and by it very handsome stables and Coach
+houses, and then in the ffront this Large opening to this garden where
+is a ffountaine all wayes playing very high, the water, the Gravel
+walks, and fine flowers and greens of all sorts in potts and on the
+borders. This gate I mention’d had brick pillars w^{th} stone heads on
+w^{ch} stood a turky Cock on each Cut in stone and painted proper. Y^e
+grove I mention’d is the finest I Ever saw, there are six walks thro’ it
+and just in the Middle you Look twelve wayes w^{ch} Discovers as Many
+severall prospects, Either to y^e house or Entrance or fountaines or
+Gardens or ffields. The Grove itself is peculiar being Composed of all
+sorts of greens that hold their verdure and beauty all the yeare, and
+flourishes most in y^e winter season when all other Garden beautys
+fades, of ffirrs, both silver, Scots, Noroway, Cyprus, Yew, Bays &c; the
+severall squares being set full of these Like a Maze; they are Compassed
+round Each square w^{th} a hedge of Lawrell about a y^d high Cut Exactly
+smooth and Even, there are also box trees in the middle. There are two
+other Large Gardens w^{th} Gravell walkes, and grass plotts full of
+stone statues, the stone is taken out of y^e quarry’s about this
+Country, w^{ch} is not a very firme stone and so the Weather Cracks
+them.
+
+In one of these Gardens just the side of y^e house into w^{ch} it opens
+w^{th} glass doors and just over against it is a Large Avery of birds
+w^{th} branches of trees stuck into the Ground; by it is a Little Summer
+house neately painted, beyond this is another Garden w^{th} a broad
+Gravel walke quite round. In the middle is a Long as well as Large
+ffountaine or pond w^{ch} is Called a sheete of water, at y^e four
+Corners are seates shelter’d behind and on y^e top and sides w^{th}
+boards painted, on w^{ch} you sit secured from the weather, and Looks on
+the water w^{ch} has 348 Lead pipes at y^e brims of it w^{ch} takes in
+the sides and End and w^{th} the turning a sluce they streame at once
+into the fountaine w^{ch} Looks well and makes a pleaseing sound. If
+those pipes were but turned in a bow it would Cast the water in an arch
+and so would augment the Beauty of y^e prospect. There are 2 Large
+Images stands in the Midst y^t Cast out water and 4 sea horses all
+Casting out water. In the other Gardens there were Little figures w^{ch}
+bedewed the borders w^{th} their showers.
+
+This Large pond I spoke of before is very deep and good ffish Encreasing
+in it. There is another great pond in a ground beyond, w^{ch} Lyes to
+view thro’ those green pallasadoes and is stored w^{th} much good ffish.
+Thence I went to Aubery 2 miles, a Little Market town, thence to
+Pauckeridge and passed through some parcks w^{ch} belongs to some
+Gentlemens seate. I went by one M^r Peirpoynts, and S^r Walter Rochlys
+house, w^{ch} stands on a hill in a thicket of trees, and soe Came
+againe to the Whatling-street way and soe over Kankewood to Woolsly—in
+all 14 mile ffarther. From Woolsly to Haywood parke 2 mile, and home
+againe 2 mile, from Woolsley to Kanktown 6 mile, thence to
+Woolverhampton 6 mile. I went more in sight of S^r Walter Rochly w^{ch}
+stands very finely on a hill and woods by it—Lookes very stately. These
+miles are very Long thro’ Lanes. I passed by a fine house Prestwitch M^r
+Philip Ffolies, a pretty seate in a parke, a mile beyond there is
+another house of y^e same Gentlemans. Here we had y^e Inconveniency of
+meeteing the Sherriffs of Staffordshire Just going to provide for y^e
+Reception of y^e Judges and officers of y^e Assizes, whose Coaches and
+Retinue Meeteing our Company w^{ch} was encreased w^{th} Cosen Ffiennes’
+Coach and horsemen, w^{ch} made us difficult to pass Each other in the
+hollow wayes and Lanes.
+
+Thence to the Seven Starres where we baited, thence 2 miles ffarther we
+Entred out of Staffordshire into Worcestershire to Broad water, a place
+where are severall ffullers and Dyers mills.
+
+Thence on y^e Right hand are fforging mills for jron works w^{ch} belong
+to M^r Tho: Ffolie, there is a Rocky hill in w^{ch} is a Roome Cut out
+in the Rocks.
+
+On y^e Left hand you goe 7 mile to Ambusly, a very sad heavy way all
+sand, you goe just at Kederminster town End w^{ch} is a Large town much
+Employ’d about y^e worstead trade, spinning and weaving. We also Rode by
+S^r John Packingtons house on the Left hand on the hill just by
+Droitwitch where are the 3 salt springs, divided by a ffresh spring that
+runs by it; of this salt water they boyle much salt that turns to good
+amount. All y^e way from the Seven Starrs where we baited to Ambusly y^e
+Road was full of y^e Electers of y^e Parliament men Coming from the
+Choice of y^e Knights of the Shire, w^{ch} spake as they were affected,
+some for one some for another, and some were Larger in their judgments
+than others, telling their reason much according to the good Liquors
+operation, and of these people all the publick houses were filled that
+it was a hard Matter to get Lodging or Entertainm^t.
+
+We entered Worcester town next day just as y^e Cerimony of the Election
+was performing, and soe they Declared it in favour of M^r Welsh and S^r
+John Packington. 4 mile more to this town—from broad water in all is 11
+mile. Worcester town w^{ch} is washed by the river Severn is a Large
+Citty—12 Churches, the streetes most of them broad, the buildings some
+of them are very good and Lofty, its Encompass’d w^{th} a wall w^{ch}
+has 4 gates that are very strong. The Market place is Large, there is a
+Guildhall besides the Market house w^{ch} stands on pillars of stone.
+The Cathedrall stands in a Large yard, pitch’d, its a Lofty Magnificent
+building, the Quire has good Wood Carv’d and a pretty organ, there is
+one tombstone stands in the Middle of y^e quire by the railes on which
+Lyes the Effigies of King John, the Left side of alter is prince Arthurs
+tomb of plaine Marble in a ffine Chappell w^{ch} is made all of stone
+ffinely Carv’d, both the Inside and the outside is very Curiously Carv’d
+in all sorts of works and Arms, beasts and flowers, under it Lyes the
+statues of severall Bishops, beyond this are two tombstones w^{th} y^e
+ffigure of y^e body in their proper dress, of 2 Saxon Bishops on y^e
+pavement.
+
+The painting of y^e Windows are good and they are pretty Large and Lofty
+tho’ Nothing Comparable to the Cathedrall at york. The tower is high and
+about the Middle of it you may walke round y^e Inside and Look down into
+the body of y^e Church just as it is in york. Just against y^e pulpit in
+y^e body of the Church is a Little organ to set the Psalme. Y^e ffont is
+all of white marble and a Carv’d Cover of wood.
+
+From Worcester we pass’d a Large stone bridge over the Severn on w^{ch}
+were many Barges that were tow’d up by strength of men 6 or 8 at a tyme.
+
+The water just by the town Encompasses a Little piece of Ground full of
+Willows and so makes it an jsland, part of w^{ch} turns Mills. Thence I
+went 4 mile where I Cross y^e River Thames on a stone Bridge, this runs
+to Whitborne and is a very Rapid Streame Especially after raines, w^{ch}
+Just before we begun our Journey had fallen and made the roads, w^{ch}
+are all Lanes full of stones and up hills and down, so steep that w^{th}
+y^e raines y^e waters stood or Else ran down y^e hills, w^{ch} made it
+Exceeding bad for travelling. When we had gone 7 mile, at a Little
+Parish, you Enter out of Worcester into Herriffordshire and soe 7 mile
+ffarther to Stretton Grandsorm and new house, my Cos’n Fiennes’s. This
+is the worst way I ever went in Worcester or Herriffordshire, its
+allwayes a deep sand and soe in the winter and w^{th} muck is bad way,
+but this being in August it was strange and being so stony made it more
+Difficult to travell. From thence I went to Stoake 4 miles, where I saw
+M^r Folies new house w^{ch} was building and will be very ffine when
+Compleated. There is to be 3 flat ffronts to y^e Gardens sides; the
+Right Wing of y^e house is the severall appartments for the ffamily, 2
+drawing roomes and bed Chambers and Closets opening both on a terrass of
+free stone pavements, Each End and the middle there is stone stepps goes
+down on Each side, w^{th} half paces to the garden w^{ch} is by more
+stepps descending one below another. The other wing is to y^e other
+Garden and are to be Roomes of State w^{ch} Lookes towards Herrifford
+town. this is to be Coupled together w^{th} a Large Hall w^{ch} Composes
+the ffront and is of stone work, the rest is brick only Coyn’d w^{th}
+stone and y^e windows stone, and is in forme of a halfe moone Each side
+w^{th} arches to the several offices and stables. To this ffront w^{ch}
+is to be the Entrance Large opening Iron spike gates w^{ch} Lookes into
+their Grounds and Meddowes below it, of a Great Length w^{th} Rows of
+trees to y^e river. The Roofe is Cover’d w^{th} slatt w^{ch} shines and
+very much represents Lead, its adorn’d round y^e Edges w^{th} stone
+ffigures and flower potts. There is a noble parck and woods behind—it
+will be very ffine when ffinished, now I saw it only in the outside
+shell and platt form. thence I returned to Newhouse 4 mile. Thence I
+went to Canaan Ffroom a mile and one mile back w^{ch} was 2 mile more,
+then to Stretton four tymes and back w^{ch} was 8 mile, then from
+Newhouse to Aldbery 5 miles, thence to Marlow 3 mile and there Entred
+Gloucestershire. They are pretty long miles and in the winter deep way,
+though now it was pretty good travelling its 8 mile beyond to
+Glocestertown tho’ in most places near London this would be reckon’d 20
+miles; you may see the town 4 miles off. Glocester town Lyes all along
+on the bancks of y^e Severn and soe Look’d Like a very huge place, being
+stretch’d out in Length, its a Low Moist place therefore one must travel
+on Causeys which are here in good repaire. I pass’d over a Bridge where
+two armes of the river meetes where y^e tyde is very high and rowles in
+the sand in many places and Causes those Whirles or Hurricanes that will
+Come on storms w^{th} great jmpetuosity.
+
+Thence I proceeded over another Bridge into y^e town whose streetes are
+very well pitch’d, Large and Cleane. There is a faire Market place and
+Hall for y^e assizes w^{ch} happened just as we Came there, soe had y^e
+worst Entertainem^t and noe accomodation but in a private house. Things
+ought not to be Deare here, but Strangers are allwayes imposed on and at
+such a publick tyme alsoe they make their advantages. Here is a very
+Large good Key on the river, they are supply’d w^{th} Coales by y^e
+shipps and Barges w^{ch} makes it plentifull; they Carry it on sledges
+thro’ y^e town—its the great Warwickshire Coale I saw unloading. Here
+they follow knitting stockings, gloves wauscoates and peticoates and
+sleeves all of Cotten, and others spinn the Cottens. The Cathedrall or
+minster is Large, Lofty and very neate, the Quire pretty. At y^e
+Entrance there is a seate over head for y^e Bishop to sit in to hear the
+sermon preached in y^e body of y^e Church, and therefore the organ is in
+the Quire on one side w^{ch} used to be at y^e Entrance. There was a
+tomb stone in y^e middle w^{th} a statue of Duke Roberts, second son to
+William the Conquerours son, w^{th} his Legs across as is the manner of
+all those that went to the holy warre; this is painted and resembles
+marble tho’ it is but wood and soe Light as by one ffinger you may move
+it up, there is an jron Grate over it. At y^e alter the painting is soe
+ffine that y^e tapistry and pillars and ffigure of Moses and Aaron soe
+much to the Life you would at Least think it Carv’d. There are 12
+Chappells all stone finely Carv’d on y^e walls and rooffs, the windows
+are pretty Large and high w^{th} very good painting, there is a Large
+window just over y^e Alter but between it and y^e alter is a hollow
+walled in on each side w^{ch} is a Whispering place; speake never so Low
+just in the Wall at one End the person at y^e other End shall heare it
+plaine tho’ those w^{ch} stand by you shall not heare you speake—its y^e
+Wall Carrys y^e voyce. This seems not quite soe wonderfull as I have
+heard, for y^e Large roome in Mountague house soe remarkable for fine
+painting I have been in it, and when y^e Doores are shutt its so well
+suited in y^e Walls you Cannot tell where to find the Doore if a
+stranger, and its a Large roome Every way. I saw a Lady stand at one
+Corner and turn herself to the wall and whisper’d, y^e voice Came very
+Cleer and plaine to y^e Company that stood at y^e Crosse Corner y^e
+roome soe y^t it Could not be Carry’d by y^e side wall, it must be the
+arch overhead w^{ch} was a great height.—But to return to y^e Church,
+the tower was 203 stepps, the Large bell I stood upright in but it was
+not so bigg as y^e great Tom of Lincoln, this bell at Glocester is
+raised by ten and rung by 6 men. On the tower Leads you have a prospect
+of y^e whole town, gardens and buildings and grounds beyond and y^e
+river Severn in its twistings and windings. Here are y^e fine Lamprys
+taken in great quantetys in their season, of w^{ch} they make pyes and
+potts and Convey them to London or Else where, such a present being fitt
+for a king; this and y^e Charr fish are Equally rare and valuable. Here
+are very good Cloysters finely adorn’d with ffretwork, here is the
+Colledge and Library but not stored w^{th} many books. I think this was
+all the remarkable in Glocester. From thence I went in Company all this
+while w^{th} my Cos’n Ffilmer and family. We Came to Nymphsffield after
+having ascended a very steep narrow and stony hill, 10 mile to
+Nympsfield all bad way, but the 20 mile afterwards made up for its
+badness, for these were Exceeding good wayes. 2 mile to Cold harbour
+thence 15 Landsdon—Long, but bowling green way. Here I passed by
+Babington, the Duke of Beaufforts house stands in a Parke on an advanc’d
+Ground w^{th} rows of trees on all sides w^{ch} runns a good Length, and
+you may stand on y^e Leads and Look 12 wayes down to y^e parishes and
+Grounds beyond all thro Glides or visto of trees. The Gardens are very
+fine and water works. On Landsdon hill Summersetshire begins w^{ch} is a
+very pleasant hill for to Ride on for aire and prospect; I went 3 mile
+over it w^{ch} Leads to y^e Bath down a vast steep descent of a stony
+narrow way as is all y^e wayes down into y^e town. The Bath is a pretty
+place full of good houses all for y^e accomodation of the Company that
+resort thither to Drink or Bathe in the summer. The streetes are faire
+and well pitch’d, they Carry most things on sledges, and y^e Company all
+y^e morning y^e Chaires of Bayes to Carry them to the Bath—soe they have
+the Chaire or Sedan to Carry them in visits. There is a very fine hall
+w^{ch} is set on stone pillars w^{ch} they use for y^e balls and
+dancing. This is the only new thing since I was at y^e Bath before,
+Except the fine adornements on y^e Cross in the Cross bath, fine Carving
+of stone w^{th} the English arms and Saints and Cupids, according to the
+phaneze and Religion of King James the Seconds Queen Mary of Modina, as
+part of her thanks and acknowledgments to y^e saints or Virgin Mary for
+the Welsh Prince she Imposed on us. From the Bath I went westward to
+Bristol over Landsdown 10 mile, and passed thro’ Kingswood and was met
+w^{th} a great many horses passing and returning Loaden w^{th} Coales
+Dug just thereabout; they give 12 pence a horse Load w^{ch} Carrys two
+Bushells, it makes very good ffires, this is y^e Cakeing Coale. Bristol
+Lyes Low in a bottom the Greatest part of the town, tho’ one End of it
+you have a pretty rise of ground.
+
+ There are 19 Parish Churches beside the Cathedrall, w^{ch} has nothing
+fine or Curious in it. The Buildings of y^e town are pretty high, most
+of timber work, the streetes are narrow and something Darkish because
+the roomes on y^e upper storys are more jutting out, soe Contracts y^e
+streete and the Light. The Suburbs are better buildings and more
+spacious streetes. There are at one place as you Enter the town 2
+almshouses, 6 men and 6 women a piece at Each. There is alsoe at another
+part of y^e town a Noble almshouse more Like a Gentlemans house, y^t is
+all of stone work, a handsome Court w^{th} gates and Pallisadoes before
+four grass plotts divided by paved walks and a walk round y^e same. The
+one side is for y^e women the other for y^e men, the middle building is
+2 Kitchins for Either and a middle roome in Common for washing and
+brewing, over all is a Chappell. They have Gardens behind it w^{th} all
+things Convenient. They have their Coales and 3 shillings p^r weeke
+allowed to Each to maintain them, this is for decayed tradesmen and
+wives that have Lived well; its set up and allowed to by M^r Coleson a
+merch^t in London. This town is a very great tradeing Citty as most In
+England, and is Esteemed the Largest next London. The river Aven y^t is
+flowed up by the sea into y^e Severn and soe up the Aven to the town,
+Beares shipps and Barges up to the Key, where I saw y^e harbour was full
+of shipps carrying Coales and all sorts of Commodityes to other parts.
+The bridge is built over w^{th} houses just as London bridge is, but its
+not so bigg or Long—there are 4 arches here. They have Little boates
+w^{ch} are Call’d Wherryes such as we use on the Thames, soe they use
+them here to Convey persons from place to place, and in many places
+there are signes to many houses that are not Publick houses just as it
+is in London, the streetes are well pitch’d, and preserved by their
+useing sleds to Carry all things about. There is a very faire market
+place and an Exchange set on stone Pillars. In another place there is a
+very high and magnificent Cross built all of y^e stone or sort of Marble
+of y^e Country, its in the manner of Coventry Cross a Piramedy fform
+running up of a great height, w^{th} severall divisions in nitches where
+is King Johns Effigy and severall other, adorned w^{th} armes and
+figures of Beasts and birds and flowers. Great part of it Gilt and
+painted and soe terminates in a spire on y^e top, the Lower part is
+white Like Marble. Just by the water side is a Long rope yard w^{ch} is
+Encompass’d w^{th} trees on Either side w^{ch} are Lofty and shady,
+therefore its made Choice of for y^e Company of y^e town to take y^e
+Diversion of walking in the Evening. This Compasses round a Large space
+of ground w^{ch} is Called y^e marsh—a green ground. There was noe
+remaines of the Castle. There are 12 gates to y^e Citty, there is a very
+Large Conduit by y^e Key finely Carv’d, all stone, this Conveys the
+water about y^e town but all y^e water has a Brackish taste. There is
+one Church w^{ch} is an Entire worke all of stone, noe timbers but ye
+Rafters and beames belonging to y^e Roofe and y^e seates they sit in.
+Y^e Leads are very high and Large and very neate kept, the tower 15
+stepps upon w^{ch} the whole Citty is discover’d, w^{ch} by reason of
+the good gardens and grounds within its walls is a very Large tract of
+ground in y^e whole. There you see the Colledge green in w^{ch} stands
+the Cathedrall and y^e Doctors houses, w^{ch} are not very fine, built
+of stone. There are some few monuments in this Church w^{th} good
+Carvings of stone round y^e tombs and some Effigies, there are 8 bells
+in this Church, there is 2 men goes to y^e ringing y^e biggest bell.
+From thence I went 2 miles to y^e hott spring of water w^{ch} Lookes
+Exceeding Cleer and is as warm as new milk and much of that sweetness.
+This is just by S^t Vincents Rocks y^t are Great Clifts w^{ch} seeme as
+bounds to y^e river Aven, this Channell was hewn out of those Rocks.
+They Digg y^e Bristol Diamonds w^{ch} Look very Bright and sparkling and
+in their native Rudeness have a great Lustre and are pointed and Like
+y^e Diamond Cutting; I had a piece just as it Came out of y^e Rock
+w^{th} y^e Rock on y^e back side and it appeared to me as a Cluster of
+Diamonds polish’d and jrregularly Cut. Some of these are hard and will
+Endure the Cutting and pollishing by art and soe they make rings and
+Earings of them, the harder the stone is more valuable, w^{ch}
+differences y^e true Diamond that will bear the fire or y^e greatest
+force, and Cannot be divided nor Cut but by some of itself, diamond dust
+being y^e only way they Can Cut diamonds that itself is Capable of
+Impressing Carracters on Glass. Here I fferry’d over the Avon that Comes
+up to y^e town w^{th} a Great tyde in two parts; about 6 mile off it
+joyns y^e Severn w^{ch} now begins to swell into a vast river of 7 mile
+over before it Enters the sea. Then I went to Aston a mile from y^e
+water side thro’ a fine park, an old Large house, and thence I passed
+over Large downs and saw 2 other good houses built of stone, w^{th}
+towers on y^e top, and severall Rows of trees Leading to them which made
+them appear very fine. Soe to Oakey Hole w^{ch} from y^e water side
+where I ferry’d is Esteemed but 15 long mile, its y^e same Distance from
+Bristole but I would not goe back to y^e town, but twere better I had,
+for I made it at Least 17 mile that way. Oakey Hole is a Large Cavity
+under ground Like Poole Hole in Darbyshire, only this seemes to be a
+great hill above it. Its full of great Rocks and stones Lying in it just
+as if they were hewen out of a quarry and Laid down all in y^e ground,
+y^e wall and Roofe is all a Rocky stone, there is a Lofty space they
+Call the hall and another y^e parlour, and another the Kitchen, the
+Entrance of Each one out of another is w^{th} greate stooping under
+Rocks y^t hang down almost to touch y^e ground, beyond this is a Cistern
+allwayes full of water, it Looks Cleer to the bottom w^{ch} is all full
+of stones as is the sides, just Like Candy or Like the Branches they put
+in the boyling of Copperace for y^e Copperice to Crust about it, in the
+same manner so y^t y^e water Congeales here into stone and does as it
+were bud or grow out one stone out of another. Where Ever this water
+drops it does not weare y^e Rock in hollow as some other such
+subterranian Caves does but it hardens and does Encrease y^e stone and
+that in a Roundness as if it Candy’d as it fell, w^{ch} I am of opinion
+it does; so it makes y^e Rocks grow and meete Each other in some places.
+
+They ffancy many Resemblances in the Rocks, as in one place an organ and
+in another 2 little Babys and in another part a head w^{ch} they Call
+the porters head and another a shape like a dog. They phancy one of y^e
+Rocks resembles a woman w^{th} a great belly w^{ch} the Country people
+Call the witch w^{ch} made this Cavity under ground for her
+Enchantments. The rocks are Glistering and shine Like diamonds and some
+you Climbe over where one meetes w^{th} y^e Congealed Drops of water
+just Like jceicles hanging down. Some of the stone is white Like
+alabaster and Glisters Like mettle. You walke for y^e most part in y^e
+Large spaces Called y^e Roomes on a sandy floore, the Roofe so Lofty one
+Can scarce discern the top and Carry’s a Great Eccho, soe that takeing
+up a great stone as much as a man Can heave up to his head and letting
+it fall gives a report Like a Cannon w^{ch} they frequently trye and
+Call y^e Shooteing y^e Cannons. At y^e farther End you Come to a water
+Call’d y^e well, its of a greate depth and Compass tho’ by the Light of
+y^e Candles you may discern the Rock Encompassing it as a wall round.
+These hollows are generally very Cold and damp by reason of y^e waters
+distilling Continually w^{ch} is very Cold, as jce almost when I put my
+hand into y^e Cistern. These Roads are full of hills, and those some of
+them high Ridge of hills w^{ch} does discover a vast prospect all wayes,
+behind me I saw a Great valley full of jnclosures and Lessar hills by
+which you ascend these heights, w^{ch} are all very fruitfull and woody.
+Alsoe I Could see the Severn when Encreased to its breadth of 7 mile
+over, and there it Disembogues into ye sea; then it gave me a prospect
+forward of as Large a vale replenish’d w^{th} fruitefull hills and trees
+and good Ground, thence I Could discern Glassenbury tower; this was
+Maiden Hill just beyond ye Little town of same name and soe by degrees
+descending from a higher to a Lower hill w^{ch} had its ascents as well
+as its descents w^{ch} makes y^e miles seem and are Indeed Long tracts
+of ground.
+
+From Ocley Hole I went to Wells w^{ch} was on an Even ground one mile
+farther, this Wells is what must be Reckoned halfe a Citty this and y^e
+Bath makeing up but one Bishops See. Here are two Churches w^{th} y^e
+Cathedrall. Y^e Cathedrall has y^e greatest Curiosity for Carv’d work in
+stone, the West front is full of all sorts of ffigures, y^e 12 apostles,
+y^e K and Q w^{th} angells and figures of all forms, as thick one to
+another as Can be, and soe almost all round y^e Church.
+
+The assizes was in the town w^{ch} filled it Like a faire, and Little
+stands for selling things was in all the streetes. There I saw y^e town
+hall. The streetes are well pitch’d, and a Large market place and
+shambles. The Bishops pallace is in a park moated round, nothing worth
+notice in it. S^t Andrews well w^{ch} gives name to the town Bubbles up
+so quick a spring and becomes the head of two Little rivers w^{ch}
+Encreases a Little way off into good rivers. Thence I went to Glasenbury
+4 miles, a pretty Levell way till just you Come to the town, then I
+ascended a stony hill and went just by the tower w^{ch} is on a green
+Round riseing ground. There is only a Little tower remaines Like a
+Beacon, it had Bells formerly in it and some superstition observ’d
+there, but now its broken down on one side. From this I descended a very
+steep stony way into the town; Glasenbury tho’ in ancient tymes was a
+Renowned place where was founded the first monastery, its now a Ragged
+poor place and the abbey has only the Kitchen remaining in it w^{ch} is
+a distinct Building, round like a pigeon house all stone. The walls of
+y^e abbey here and there appeares and some Little places and y^e Cellar
+or vault w^{ch} if they Cast a stone into the place it gives a great
+Echo, and y^e Country people says its y^e Devil set there on a tun of
+money w^{ch} makes y^e noise Least they should take it away from him.
+There is the holly thorn growing on a Chimney, this the superstitious
+Covet much and have gott some of it for their gardens and soe have
+almost quite spoiled it, w^{ch} did grow quite round a Chimney tunnell
+in the stone. Here is a very pretty Church a good tower well Carv’d all
+stone 160 stepps up. Walking in the tower I Could have a prospect of the
+whole place w^{ch} appeared very Ragged and decayed. The Church is
+neate, there is the Effigee of the abbot on a tombstone Carved all about
+w^{th} Eschuteons of a Camell, and round it an jnscription or motto in
+old Latin and an old Caracter. It was a phancy of his Stewards who was a
+very faithfull Dilligent servant, and as he made use of those Creatures
+in his masters service y^t were strong and Industrious so y^e motto
+described his services under that resemblance. The Effigee was very
+Curious and w^{th} rings on the fingers, but in Monmouths tyme the
+soldiers defaced it much.
+
+From thence to Taunton 16 miles through many small places and scattering
+houses, through Lanes full of stones and by the Great raines just before
+full of wet and Dirt. I passed over a Large Common or bottom of Deep
+black Land which is bad for the Rider but good for the abider as the
+proverb is; this was 2 or 3 mile long and pass’d and repass’d a river as
+it twin’d about at Least ten tymes over stone bridges. This river Comes
+from Bridge water 7 mile, the tyde Comes up beyond Bridge water, Even
+within 3 mile of Taunton its flowed by the tyde w^{ch} brings up the
+Barges w^{th} Coale to this place, after having pass’d a Large Common
+w^{ch} on Either hand Leads a great waye, good rich Land w^{th} ditches
+and willow trees all for feeding Cattle, and here at this Little place
+where the boates unlade the Coale y^e packhorses Comes and takes it in
+sacks and so Carryes it to y^e places all about. This is y^e sea Coale
+brought from Bristole, the horses Carry 2 Bushell at a tyme w^{ch} at
+the place Cost 18^d and when its brought to Taunton Cost 2 shillings.
+The roads were full of these Carryers going and returning.
+
+Taunton is a Large town haveing houses of all sorts of buildings both
+brick and stone, but mostly timber and plaister, its a very neate place
+and Looks substantial as a place of good trade. You meete all sorts of
+Country women wrapp’d up in the mantles Called West Country rockets, a
+Large mantle doubled together of a sort of serge, some are Linsywolsey
+and a deep fringe or ffag at the Lower End, these hang down some to
+their feete some only just below y^e wast, in the summer they are all in
+white garments of this sort, in the winter they are in Red ones. I Call
+them garments because they never go out w^{th} out them and this is the
+universal ffashion in Sommerset and Devonshire and Cornwall. Here is a
+good Market Cross well Carv’d and a Large Market house on Pillars for
+the Corn. I was in the Largest Church, it was mending, it was pretty
+Large, the alter stood table wayes in the middle of the Chancell, there
+was one good stone Statue stood in the wall, the Effigee was very tall
+in a Ruff and Long Black dress Like some Religious w^{th} his Gloves and
+book in his hand. There were severall Little monuments with Inscriptions
+Round them, they have Encompass’d the Church yard with a new Brick wall
+and handsom Iron gates, there is a Large space Called the Castle yard
+and some remaines of the Castle walls and Buildings w^{ch} is fitted up
+for a good dwelling house. From thence I went to Wellington, they Call
+it but 5 mile but its a Long 7 tho’ the way was pretty good; this is a
+Little Market town. Thence to Culimton 13 mile more, but Indeed these
+were very long Miles, y^e hostler at Tanton did say tho’ they were
+reckon’d but 16 miles it really was a good 20 miles and I am much of
+that mind. I mostly pass’d through Lanes, I entred Into Devonshire 5
+mile off from Wellington, just on a high ridge of hills w^{ch} discovers
+a vast prospect on Each side full of Inclosures and Lesser hills w^{ch}
+is the Description of most part of the West. You Could see Large tracts
+of grounds full of Enclosures good Grass and Corn beset with quicksetts
+and hedge rows, and these Lesser hills w^{ch} are scarce perceivable on
+y^e Ridge of the uppermost, yet the Least of them have a steep ascent
+and descent to pass them. Culimton is a good Little market town, and
+market Cross and another set on stone pillars, such a one was at
+Wellington but on Brick work pillars. Here was a Large meeteing of neer
+4 or 500 people, they have a very good minister but a young man, I was
+glad to see soe many tho’ they were but of the meaner sort, for Indeed
+its the poor Receive the Gospell and there are in most of the market
+towns in the West very good meeteings. This Little place was one
+Continued Long streete but few houses y^t struck out of the streete.
+From thence 10 mile to Exetter, up hills and down as before, till one
+attaines those uppermost Ridges of all w^{ch} discovers the whole
+valley, then you sometymes goe a mile or two on a Down till the Brow of
+the hill begins in a Descent on the other side. This Citty appears to
+view 2 mile distant from one of those heights, and also the River Ex
+w^{ch} runs to Topshum where y^e shipps Comes up to the Barre; this is 7
+mile by water from w^{ch} they are attempting to make navigeable to the
+town, which will be of Mighty advantage to have shipps Come up Close to
+the town to take in their Serges w^{ch} now they are forced to send to
+Topshum on horses by Land, w^{ch} is about 4 mile by Land. They had just
+agreed w^{th} a man that was to accomplish this work for w^{ch} they
+were to give 5 or 6000^£, who had made a beginning on it.
+
+Exeter is a town very well built, the streets are well pitch’d, spacious
+noble streetes, and a vast trade is Carryed on, as Norwitch is for
+Coapes Callamanco and damaske, soe this is for serges. There is an
+Increadible quantety of them made and sold in the town. There market day
+is Fryday which supplys with all things Like a faire almost; the markets
+for meate, fowle, ffish, garden things and the Dairy produce takes up 3
+whole streetes besides the Large Market house set on stone pillars,
+w^{ch} runs a great Length on w^{ch} they Lay their packs of serges.
+Just by it is another walke w^{th} in pillars w^{ch} is for the yarne,
+the whole town and Country is Employ’d for at Least 20 mile round in
+spinning, weaveing, dressing and scouring, fulling and Drying of the
+serges. It turns the most money in a weeke of any thing in England. One
+weeke with another there is 10000 pound paid in ready money, Sometymes
+15000 pound. The weavers brings in their serges and must have their
+money w^{ch} they Employ to provide them yarne to goe to work againe.
+There is alsoe a square Court with Penthouses round where the Malters
+are w^{th} Mault and oat meal, but the serge is the Chief manufacture.
+There is a prodigious quantety of their serges they never bring into the
+market but are in hired roomes w^{ch} are noted for it, for it would be
+impossible to have it altogether. The Carryers I met going w^{th} it, as
+thick, all Entring into town w^{th} their Loaded horses, they bring them
+all just from the Loome and soe they are put into the ffulling-mills,
+but first they will Clean and Scour their roomes with them, w^{ch} by
+the way gives noe pleasing perfume to a roome, the oyle and grease, and
+I should think it would Rather foull a roome than Cleanse it because of
+the oyles, but I perceive its otherwise Esteemed by them w^{ch} will
+send to their acquaintances y^t are tuckers the dayes the serges Comes
+in for a Rowle to Clean their house—this I was an Eye witness of. Then
+they Lay them in soack in vrine, then they soape them and soe put them
+into the ffulling-mills and soe worke them in the mills drye till they
+are thick enough then they turne water into them and so scower them. Y^e
+mill does draw out and gather in y^e serges, its a pretty divertion to
+see it, a sort of huge notch’d timbers Like great teethe;—one would
+thinke it should Injure the serges but it does not. Y^e mills draws in
+w^{th} such a great violence that if one stands neere it and it Catch a
+bitt of your Garments it would be ready to draw in y^e person even in a
+trice. When they are thus scour’d they drye them in racks strained out
+w^{ch} are as thick set one by another as will permitt y^e dresses to
+pass between, and huge Large fields occupy’d this way almost all round
+the town w^{ch} is to the river side; then when drye they pick out all
+knots then fold them w^{th} a paper between Every fold and so sett them
+on an jron plaite and screw down y^e press on them w^{ch} has another
+jron plaite on the top under w^{ch} is a furnace of fire of Coales, this
+is the hott press; then they fold them Exceeding Exact and then press
+them in a Cold press, some they dye but the most are sent up for London
+white.
+
+I saw the severall ffatts they were a Dying in of black, yellow, blew
+and Green w^{ch} two Last Coullours are dipp’d in the same fatt, that
+w^{ch} makes it differ is what they were dipp’d in before w^{ch} makes
+them Either green or blew; they hang the Serges on a great beame or
+Great pole on the top of y^e fatt and so keep turning it from one to
+another—as one turns it off into the ffatt y^e other Rowles it out of
+it, soe they do it backwards and forwards till its tinged deep Enough of
+the Coullour. Their ffurnace that keepes their dye panns boyling is all
+under that roome made of Coale ffires. There was in a roome by itself a
+ffatt for the Scarlet that being a very Changeable dye noe waste must be
+allow’d in that, Indeed I think they make as fine a Coullour as their
+bowdies are in London.
+
+ These Rolers I spake of two men does Continually role on and off y^e
+pieces of serge till Dipp’d Enough, the length of these pieces are or
+should hold out 26 yards. This Citty does Exceedingly resemble London
+for besides these buildings I mention’d for y^e severall Markets, there
+is an Exchange full of shopps Like our Exchanges are, only its but one
+walke along as was the Exchange at Salisbury house in the Strand; there
+is also a very Large space Railed in just by the Cathedrall with walks
+round it w^{ch} is Called the Exchange for Merchants, that Constantly
+meete twice a day just as they do in London. There are 17 Churches in
+the Citty and 4 in the subburbs, there is some remaines of the Castle
+walls, they make use of the roomes w^{ch} are inside for y^e assizes,
+there is the two Barrs besides being Large rooms w^{th} seates and
+places Convenient and jury roome, here is a Large walke at y^e Entrance
+between Rowes of Pillars, there is besides this just at y^e market place
+a Guild hall the Entrance of w^{ch} is a Large place set on stone
+Pillars, beyond w^{ch} are y^e roomes for the session or any town
+affaires to be adjusted. Behind this building there is a vast Cistern
+w^{ch} holds upwards of 600 hodsheads of water which supplyes by pipes
+the whole Citty; this Cistern is replenished from the river w^{ch} is on
+purpose turned into a Little Channell by it self to turn the mill, and
+ffills the Engine that Casts y^e water into the truncks w^{ch} Conveys
+it to this Cistern. The water Engine is Like those at Islington and at
+Darby as I have seen, and is what now they make use of in Diverse places
+Either to supply them w^{th} water or to draine a marsh or overplus of
+water. The river X is a fine streame, they have made severall bayes or
+wires above the Bridge w^{ch} Casts y^e water into many Channells for
+the Conveniencys of turning all their mills, by w^{ch} meanes they have
+Composed a Little jsland, for at the End it againe returns into its own
+united Channell. Those wires makes great falls into y^e water, it Comes
+w^{th} great violence; here they Catch the Salmon as they Leap w^{th}
+speares, the first of these Bayes is a very great one, there is one
+below the bridge w^{ch} must be taken away when the navigation is
+Compleate for they will need all their water together to fill it to a
+Depth to Carry the shipps for just by the Bridge is the Key design’d, or
+y^t w^{ch} now is already they will Enlarge to that place. Just by this
+key is the Custome house, an open space below w^{th} rows of pillars
+w^{ch} they Lay in goods just as its unladen out of the shipps in Case
+of wet. Just by are Severall Little roomes for Land waiters &c, then you
+ascend up a handsome pair of staires into a Large roome full of Desks
+and Little partitions for the writers and accountants, it was full of
+books and files of paper. By it are two other Roomes w^{ch} are used in
+the same way when there is a great deale of Bussiness. There are
+severall good Conduites to Supply y^e Citty w^{th} water besides that
+Cistern, there is alsoe a very fine market Cross.
+
+The Cathedrall at Exetter is preserv’d in its outside adornments beyond
+most I have seen, there remaining more of y^e fine Carv’d worke in
+stone, the ffigures and nitches full and in proportion, tho’ Indeed I
+Cannot say it has that great Curiosity of work and variety as the great
+Church at Wells. Its a Lofty building in y^e Inside, the Largest pair of
+organs[1] I have Ever seen w^{th} fine Carving of wood w^{ch} runs up a
+Great height, and made a magnificent appearance. The Quire is very
+neate, but y^e Bishops seate or throne was Exceeding and very high and
+y^e Carving very fine and took up a Great Compass full of all variety of
+ffigures, something Like the worke over y^e arch Bishops throne in S^t
+Pauls, London, but this was Larger if not so Curious. There was severall
+good monuments and Effigies of Bishops; there was one of a judge and his
+Lady that was very Curious, their Garments Embroyder’d all marble and
+Gilt and painted. There was a very Large good Library in w^{ch} was a
+press that had an anatomy of a woman. Y^e tower is 167 steps up on which
+I had a view of y^e whole town w^{ch} is Generally well built. I saw y^e
+Bishops pallace and Garden, there is a long walke as well as broad,
+Enclosed w^{th} rows of Lofty trees which made it shady and very
+pleasant, w^{ch} went along by the Ditch and banck on w^{ch} the town
+wall stands. There are 5 gates to y^e town, there is alsoe another Long
+walke within shady trees on y^e other side of the town, w^{ch} Leads to
+the Grounds where the drying frames are set up for the serges.
+
+Footnote 1:
+
+  The great pipe 15 inches diameter is two more y^n the celebrated one
+  at Coln.
+
+Ffrom thence I pass’d the Bridge aCross the River Ex to Chedly w^{ch}
+was 9 mile, mostly Lanes and a Continual going up hill and down, some of
+them pretty steep hills and all these Lesser hills as I have observ’d
+rises higher and higher till it advances you upon the high Ridge w^{ch}
+discovers to view the Great valleys below full of those Lesser hills and
+jnclosures w^{th} quicksett hedges and trees and Rich Land, but the
+Roads are not to be seen being all along in Lanes Cover’d over with y^e
+shelter of the hedges and trees. Then when I was on y^e top hill I went
+3 or 4 miles on an open down w^{ch} brought me to the Edge of another
+such a Ridge, w^{ch} was by some steps to be descended as it was gained
+by y^e Lesser hills one below another till I Came to y^e bottom, and
+then I had about 2 or 3 mile along on a plaine or Common w^{ch} for the
+most part are a Little moorish by reason of their receiving the water
+that draines from the severall Great hills on Either side, and so then I
+am to rise up another such a Range of hills, and as neer as I Could
+Compute in my Rideing it was 6 or 7 miles between one high Ridge of
+hills to that over against it, whereas were there a Bridge over from one
+top to the other it Could not be 2 mile distant; but this does give them
+y^e advantage of severall acres of Land by reason of the many hills
+w^{ch} if drawn out on plaines as in some other parts would appear much
+vaster tracts of Land. On these hills as I said one Can discern Little
+besides inclosures hedges and trees, rarely Can see houses unless you
+are just descending to them, they allwayes are placed in holes as it
+were and you have a precipice to go down to Come at them. Y^e Lanes are
+full of stones and dirt for y^e most part because they are so Close the
+sun and wind Cannot Come at them, soe that in many places you travell on
+Causeys w^{ch} are uneven also for want of a Continued repaire.
+
+From Chedly to Ashburton is 11 mile more, in all 20 mile from Exeter,
+the Roads being much the same as before. This Ashburton is a poor Little
+town—bad was the best Inn. Its a market town and here are a Great many
+descenters and those of the most Considerable persons in the town; there
+was a presbiterian, an anabaptist, and quakers meeteing. Thence I went
+for Plymouth 24 long miles, and here the Roades Contract and y^e Lanes
+are exceeding narrow and so Cover’d up you Can see Little about; an army
+Might be marching undiscover’d by any body, for when you are on those
+heights that shews a vast Country about you Cannot see one Road. The
+wayes now become so difficult y^t one Could scarcely pass by Each other,
+Even y^e single horses, and so Dirty in many places, and just a track
+for one horses feete, and the Banks on Either side so neer, and were
+they not well secured and mended w^{th} stones stuck Close Like a Drye
+wall Everywhere when they discover the Bancks to Breake and molder down,
+which Else would be in Danger of swallowing up the way quite; for on
+these bancks (w^{ch} are some of them naturall Rocks and quarrys, others
+mended w^{th} such stone or slate stuck Edgewayes to secure them) for
+the quicksetts and trees that grow on these Bancks Loosen the mold and
+so makes it molder downe sometymes. I pass’d through severall Little
+places and over some stone Bridges. Y^e waters are pretty broad soe
+these are 4 or 5 arches most Bridges, all stone. The running of y^e
+waters is w^{th} a huge Rushing by reason of y^e stones w^{ch} Lye in
+the water, some of them Great rocks w^{ch} gives some Interruption to
+y^e Current w^{ch} finding another way Either by its sides or mounting
+over part of it Causes y^e frothing of y^e water and y^e noise—the
+rivers being full of stones bigger or Less. About 4 or 5 mile from
+ashburton I Came to a Little place Called Dean and at y^e End of it
+ascended a very steep hill, all rock almost; and so it was Like so many
+steps up, this is Called Dean Clapperhill, it was an untoward place but
+not soe fformidable to me as the people of y^e place where I Lay
+described it, haveing gone much worse hills in the North. All along on
+the road where the Lanes are a Little broader you ride by rowes of trees
+on Each side, set and kept Exactly Even and Cut, y^e tops being for
+shade and beauty and they in exact forme as if a Grove to some house. At
+first I thought it was neer some houses till the frequency and Length
+proved the Contrary, for there are very few if any houses neare the
+Road, unless the Little villages you passe through. This Country being
+almost full of stone the streetes and roades too have a naturall sort of
+paveing or Pitching tho’ uneven. All their Carriages are here on y^e
+Backs of horses, w^{th} sort of hookes Like yoakes stands upon Each side
+of a good height, w^{ch} are the Receptacles of their goods Either wood,
+ffurse or Lime or Coale or Corn or hay or straw or what Else they Convey
+from place to place, and I Cannot see how two such horses Can pass Each
+other or Indeed in some places how any horse Can pass by Each other, and
+yet these are the roads y^t are all here abouts. Some Little Corners may
+jutt out that one may a Little get out of y^e way of Each other, but
+this but seldom. Two mile from Plymouth we Come to y^e river Plym just
+by a Little town all built of stone and y^e tyleing is all flatt w^{ch}
+with y^e Lime its Cemented, w^{ch} makes it Look white Like snow, and in
+the sun shineing on the slatt it Glisters.
+
+Here I Came in sight on y^e Right hand of a very Large house built all
+with this sort of stone w^{ch} is a sort of marble. Even all quaryes
+are, and some ffine marble. This house Look’d very finely in a thicket
+of trees Like a Grove and was on the side of a hill and Led just down to
+the head of y^e river Plym w^{ch} is fill’d with y^e tyde from the sea,
+and here I Cross’d it on a stone bridge. Soe I Rode 2 miles mostly by
+the river w^{ch} encreases and is a fine broad streame and at y^e town
+w^{ch} is its mouth it falls into the sea. The sea here runs into
+severall Creekes, one place it runs up to y^e Dock and Milbrook, another
+arm of y^e sea goes up to Saltash and Port Eliot.
+
+Plymouth is 2 Parishes Called y^e old town and y^e new, the houses all
+built of this marble and y^e Slatt at the top Lookes Like Lead and
+glisters in the sun. There are noe great houses in the town, the
+streetes are good and Clean, there is a great many tho’ some are but
+narrow, they are mostly inhabitted w^{th} seamen and those w^{ch} have
+affaires on y^e sea, for here up to the town there is a Depth of water
+for shipps of y^e first Rate to Ride. Its Great sea and Dangerous by
+reason of y^e severall poynts of Land between w^{ch} the sea runs up a
+Great way, and there are severall Little jslands alsoe all w^{ch} beares
+the severall tydes hard one against y^e other. There are two keyes, the
+one is a broad space w^{ch} Leads you up into the broad streete and is
+used in manner of an exchange for the merchants meeteing, for in this
+streete alsoe is a fine stone Crosse and alsoe a long market house set
+on stone Pillars. There are severall good Cunduits to Convey the water
+to the town w^{ch} Conveyance y^e famous S^r Ffrancis Drake (w^{ch} did
+encompass y^e world in Queen Elizabeths dayes and Landed safe at
+Plymouth) he gave this to y^e town. There are two Churches in the town
+but nothing fine. I was in y^e best and saw only King Charles the firsts
+Picture at Length at prayer just as its Cut on the frontispiece of the
+jnenicum. This picture was Drawn and given the Church when he was in his
+troubles, for some piece of service shewn him. The alter stands in the
+Chancell or Railed place, but it stands table wise the Length and not up
+against the wall. The ffont was of marble and Indeed soe is all
+buildings here for their stone is all a sort of Marble, some Coarser
+some finer. There are 4 Large meetings for the descenters in the town
+takeing in the Quakers and anabaptists.
+
+The mouth of y^e river just at y^e town is a very good Harbour for
+Shipps, the Dockyards are about 2 mile from the town—by boate you goe to
+it y^e nearest way—its one of y^e best in England. A Great many good
+shipps built there, and the Great Depth of water w^{ch} Comes up to it
+tho’ it runs for 2 mile between y^e Land, w^{ch} also shelters y^e
+shipps. There is a great deale of Buildings on the Dock, a very good
+house for the Masters and severall Lesser ones, and house for their
+Cordage and makeing Ropes, and all sorts of things required in building
+or Refitting ships, it Lookes Like a Little town. The Buildings are so
+many and all of marble w^{th} ffine slate on y^e Rooffs and at a Little
+Distance it makes all the houses shew as if they were Cover’d w^{th}
+snow and Glisters in y^e sunn w^{ch} adds to their beauty. Y^e ffine and
+only thing in Plymouth town is the Cittadell or Castle w^{ch} stands
+very high above the town, the walls and battlements round it w^{th} all
+their Works and Plattforms are in very good repaire and Lookes nobly,
+all marble full of towers w^{th} stone Balls on the top and Gilt on the
+top; the Entrance being by an ascent up a hill Looks very noble over 2
+drawbridges and Gates, w^{ch} are Marble as is the whole, Well Carv’d,
+the Gate w^{th} armory and statues all Gilt and on the top 7 Gold balls.
+Ye buildings within are very neate, a Large appartment for the
+Governour, w^{th} others that are Less for y^e severall officers. There
+is a Long building alsoe w^{ch} is y^e arsnell for y^e arms and
+amunition, and just by it a round building well secured w^{ch} was for
+the powder round the works in the Plattform for the Gunns w^{ch} are
+well mounted and very well kept. Walking round I had the view of all the
+town and alsoe part off y^e Main Ocean in w^{ch} are some jslands. There
+is S^t Nicholas jsland w^{th} a ffort in it, there it was Harry Martin
+one of y^e Kings judges was banished Dureing Life. There you Can just
+Discover a Light house w^{ch} is building on a meer Rock in the middle
+of y^e sea, this is 7 Leagues off, it will be of Great advantage for y^e
+Guide of y^e shipps y^t pass that way. From this you have a Good
+refflection on y^e Great Care and provision y^e wise God makes for all
+persons and things in his Creation, that there should be in some places
+where there is any Difficulty rocks Even in the midst of y^e deep w^{ch}
+Can be made use of for a Constant Guide and mark for the passengers on
+their voyages, but the Earth is full of y^e goodness of y^e Lord and soe
+is this Great sea wherein are jnumerable beings Created and preserv’d by
+y^e same almighty hand Whose is the Earth and all things there in, he is
+Lord of all. From the plattform I Could see y^e Dock and also just
+ag^{st} it I saw mount EdgeComb a seate of S^r Richard EdgComes, it
+stands on the side of a hill all bedeck’d w^{th} woods w^{ch} are
+Divided into several Rowes of trees in walks, the house being all of
+this white marble. Its built round a Court so the four sides are alike,
+at y^e Corners of it are towers w^{ch} w^{th} y^e Lanthorne or Cupilow
+in the middle Lookes well, the house is not very Lofty nor the windows
+high but it Looked Like a very uniforme neate building and pretty Large.
+There is a Long Walke from one part of y^e front down to y^e waterside,
+w^{ch} is on a descent guarded w^{th} shady Rowes of trees, there is a
+fine terrass walled in, at y^e water side is open gates in y^e middle
+and a sumer house at Each End, from whence a wall is Drawn Round the
+house and Gardens and a Large parck, the wall of which I Rode by a good
+while; so y^t altogether and its scituation makes it Esteemed by me the
+finest seate I have seen and might be more Rightly named mount pleasant.
+From Plymouth I went 1 mile to Cribly Fferry w^{ch} is a very hazardous
+passage by reason of 3 tydes meeting. Had I known y^e Danger before, I
+should not have been very willing to have gone it, not but this is y^e
+Constant way all people goe, and saved severall miles rideings, I was at
+Least an hour going over, it was about a mile but Indeed in some places
+notwithstanding there was 5 men Row’d and I sett my own men to Row alsoe
+I do believe we made not a step of way for almost a quarter of an hour,
+but blessed be God I Came safely over; but those fferry boates are soe
+wet and then the sea and wind is allwayes Cold to be upon, that I never
+faile to Catch Cold in a fferry boate as I did this day haveing 2 more
+fferrys to Cross tho’ none soe bad or halfe soe Long as this. Thence to
+Milbrooke 2 mile and went all along by the water and had the full view
+of ye Dock yards. Here I entred into Cornwall and soe passed over many
+very steep stony hills, tho’ here I had some 2 or 3 miles of Exceeding
+good way on the downs, and then I Came to y^e steep precipices—Great
+Rocky hills—ever and anon I Came down to the sea and Rode by its side on
+the sand, then mounted up againe on y^e hills w^{ch} Carryed me along
+Mostly in sight of y^e Southsea. Sometymes I was in Lanes full of Rowes
+of trees and then I Came down a very steep stony hill to Lonn 13 mile,
+and here I Crossed a Little arme of y^e sea on a Bridge of 14 arches.
+This is a pretty bigg seaport, a Great many Little houses all of stone,
+and steep hill much worse and 3 tymes as Long as Dean Clapper hill, and
+soe I continued up and down hill. Here Indeed I met w^{th} more jnclosed
+Ground and soe had more Lanes and a Deeper Clay Road w^{ch} by the raine
+y^e night before had made it very Dirty and full of water in many
+places, in the Road there are many holes and sloughs where Ever there is
+Clay Ground, and when by raines they are filled with water its difficult
+to shun Danger; here my horse was quite down in one of these holes full
+of water but by y^e good hand of God’s providence w^{ch} has allwayes
+been w^{th} me Even a present help in tyme of need, for giving him a
+good strap he fflounc’d up againe tho’ he had gotten quite down his head
+and all, yet did retrieve his ffeete and gott Cleer off y^e place w^{th}
+me on his Back. Soe I Came to Hoile 8 mile more, they are very Long
+miles y^e ffarther West but you have y^e pleasure of Rideing as if in a
+Grove in most places, y^e Regular Rowes of trees on Each side y^e Roade
+as if it were an Entrance into some gentlemans Ground to his house. I
+fferryed over againe Cross an arme of y^e sea, here it was not broad but
+Exceeding deep. This is y^e Southsea w^{ch} runs into many Little
+Creekes for severall miles into y^e Land w^{ch} is all y^e rivers they
+have. I observed this to be exceeding salt and as green as ever I saw
+y^e sea when I have been a League or two out from y^e Land, w^{ch} shews
+it must be very deep and Great tides. This Hoile is a narrow stony town,
+y^e streetes very Close, and as I descended a Great steep into y^e town,
+soe I ascended one up a stony Long hill farre worse and full of shelves
+and Rocks and 3 tymes as Long as Dean Clapperhill, w^{ch} I Name because
+when I was there they would have frighted me with its terribleness as
+y^e most inaccessible place as Ever was and none Like it, and my opinion
+is y^t it was but one or two steps, to other places forty steps and them
+w^{th} more hazard than this of Dean Clapper. Well, to pass on, I went
+over some Little heath Ground but mostly Lanes, and those stony and
+Dirty, 3 mile and halfe to Parr; here I fferry’d over againe, not but
+when the tyde is out you may ford it.
+
+Thence I went over the heath to S^t Austins w^{ch} is a Little market
+town where I Lay, but their houses are like Barnes up to y^e top of y^e
+house. Here was a pretty good dineing room and Chamber within it and
+very neate Country women. My Landlady brought me one of y^e west Country
+tarts this was y^e first I met w^{th} though. I had asked for them in
+many places in Sommerset and Devonshire; its an apple pye w^{th} a
+Custard all on the top, its y^e most acceptable entertainment y^t Could
+be made me. They scald their Creame and milk in most parts of those
+Countrys and so its a sort of Clouted Creame as we Call it, w^{th} a
+Little sugar and soe put on y^e top of y^e apple Pye. I was much pleased
+w^{th} my supper tho’ not with the Custome of the Country w^{ch} is a
+universall smoaking, both men women and children have all their pipes of
+tobacco in their mouths and soe sit round the fire smoaking w^{ch} was
+not delightfull to me when I went down to talke w^{th} my Landlady for
+jnformation of any matter and Customs amongst them. I must say they are
+as Comely sort of women as I have seen any where tho’ in ordinary
+dress—good black Eyes and Crafty enough and very neate. Halfe a mile
+from hence they blow their tin w^{ch} went to see. They take y^e ore and
+pound it in a stamping mill w^{ch} resembles the paper mills, and when
+its fine as y^e finest sand—some of w^{ch} I saw and took—this they
+fling into a ffurnace and w^{th} it Coale to make the fire. So it burns
+together and makes a violent heate and fierce flame, the mettle by y^e
+fire being separated from y^e Coale and its own Drosse, being heavy
+falls down to a trench made to receive it at y^e furnace hole below.
+This Liquid mettle I saw them shovel up w^{th} an jron shovel and soe
+pour it into molds in w^{ch} it Cooles and soe they take it thence in
+sort of wedges or piggs I think they Call them, its a fine mettle in its
+first melting—Looks Like silver—I had a piece poured out and made Cold
+for to take w^{th} me. Y^e oare as its just dug Lookes Like y^e
+thunderstones, a greenish hue full of pendust this seemes to Containe
+its full description, y^e shineing part is white. I went a mile farther
+on y^e hills and soe Came where they were digging in the tinn mines,
+there was at Least 20 mines all in sight w^{ch} employs a Great many
+people at work almost night and day, but Constantly all and Every day
+jncluding the Lords day w^{ch} they are forced to prevent their mines
+being overflowed w^{th} water. More than 1000 men are taken up about
+them, few mines but had then almost 20 men and boys attending it either
+down in y^e mines digging and Carrying y^e oare to the Little Bucket
+w^{ch} Conveys it up, or Else others are Draineing the water and Looking
+to y^e Engines y^t are draineing it, and those above are attending y^e
+drawing up the oare in a sort of windlass as is to a Well. Two men keeps
+turning bringing up one and Letting down another, they are much Like the
+Leather Buckets they use in London to put out fire, w^{ch} hang up in
+Churches and Great mens halls. They have a Great Labour and Great
+expence to draine the mines of the water w^{th} mills that horses turn,
+and now they have y^e mills or water Engines that are turned by the
+water w^{ch} is Convey’d on frames of timber and truncks to hold y^e
+water, w^{ch} falls down on y^e wheeles as an over shott mill, and these
+are y^e sort that turns y^e water into y^e severall towns I have seen
+about London, Darby and Exeter and many places more. They do five tymes
+more good than the mills they use to turn w^{th} horses, but then they
+are much more Chargeable. Those mines do require a great deale of timber
+to support them and to make all those engines and mills, w^{ch} makes
+fewell very scarce here; they burn mostly turffs w^{ch} is an unpleasant
+smell, it makes one smell as if smoaked Like Bacon. This ore as said is
+made fine powder in a Stamping Mill w^{ch} is Like y^e paper mills, only
+these are pounded drye and noe water Let into them as is to y^e Raggs,
+to work them into a paste. Ye mills are all turned w^{th} a Little
+Streame or Channell of water you may step over, jndeed they have noe
+other mills but such in all the Country; I saw not a windmill all over
+Cornwall or Devonshire tho’ they have wind and hills Enough, and it may
+be its too Bleake for them. In the tinn mines there is stone Dug out and
+a sort of spar something Like what I have seen in the Lead mines at
+Darbyshire but it seemed more sollid and hard, it shines and Lookes Like
+mother of pearle. They alsoe digg out stones as Cleer as Christal w^{ch}
+is Called Cornish Diamonds. I saw one as bigg as my two ffists, very
+Cleer and Like some pieces of Chrystal my father brought from y^e Alps
+In Italy w^{ch} I have by me. I got one of those pieces of their Cornish
+Diamonds as Long as halfe my finger w^{ch} had three or four flatt sides
+w^{th} Edges, the top was sharpe and so hard as it would Cut a Letter on
+glass. Thence I went to —— 6 miles good way, and passed by 100 mines
+some on which they were at work, others that were lost by y^e waters
+overwhelming them. I crossed y^e water on a Long stone bridge and so
+through dirty stony Lanes 3 mile and then I Came into a broad Coach Rode
+which I have not seen since I Left Exeter, so I went 3 mile more to M^r
+Boscawens—Trygothy—a Relation of mine. His house stands on a high hill
+in the middle of a parke with severall Rows of trees with woods beyond
+it. Y^e house is built all of white stone like the Rough Coarse Marble
+and Cover’d w^{th} slate. They use much Lime in their Cement w^{ch}
+makes both walls and Cover Look very white. There is a Court walled
+round w^{th} open Iron gates and barrs. The Entrance is up a few stone
+steps into a Large high hall and so to a passage that Leads foreright up
+a good stair Case. On y^e Right side is a Large Common parlour for
+Constant Eating in, from whence goes a Little roome for smoaking y^t has
+a back way into the kitchin, and on the Left hand is a Great parlour and
+drawing roome—wanscoated all very well but plaine. Y^e Great Parlour is
+Cedar, out of y^t is the Drawing-roome which is hung with pictures of
+the family, that goes into y^e garden w^{ch} has Gravell walks round and
+across, but y^e squares are full of goosebery and shrub-trees and Looks
+more Like a Kitchen garden as Lady Mary Boscawen told me, out of w^{ch}
+is another Garden and orchard which is something Like a Grove, Green
+walks w^{th} rows of fruit trees. Its Capable of being a fine place
+w^{th} some Charge, the roomes above are new modell’d, 3 roomes
+wanscoated and hung as y^e new way is, and y^e beds made up well, one
+red damaske, another Green, another wrought some of y^e Ladyes own work
+and well made up, w^{ch} is her own Roome w^{th} a dressing roome by it.
+There is a dressing roome and a roome for a servant just by y^e best
+Chamber. There are two other good roomes unalter’d w^{th} old hangings
+to y^e bottom on wrought work of y^e first Ladyes. Lady Margets work,
+y^t was my Cos’n German, within that roome was a servants roome and back
+staires, there was just such another apartment on y^e other side.
+
+Between all from the staires a broad passage Leads to a Balcony over the
+Entrance w^{ch} Look’d very pleasantly over the parke but in the Cupulo
+on y^e Leads I Could see a vast way, at Least 20 mile round; for this
+house stands very high to y^e Land side Eastward, and the south was the
+Great Ocean w^{ch} runns into Falmouth thats y^e best harbour for shipps
+in that road. 6 mile from this place westward was to Truro and the north
+to the hills full of Copper mines. Here I was very Civily Entertained:
+from thence I returned back Intending not to goe to y^e Lands End w^{ch}
+was 30 miles farther for feare of y^e raines that fell in the night
+w^{ch} made me doubt what travelling I should have; soe to S^t Culumb I
+went, a pretty Long 12 mile. Here I met with many Rowes of Elm trees
+w^{ch} I have not found in any Country Except Wiltshire; these were
+mostly soe, tho’ there were alsoe ashes and oakes. Y^e hedges were
+Hazelthorne and Holly but to see soe many good rowes of trees on y^e
+road is surprising and Looks Like the Entrance to some Gentlemans house,
+and I cannot tell but some of them were soe tho’ a mile off from y^e
+house.
+
+The next day finding it faire weather on y^e Change of y^e moone, I
+alter’d my Resolution and soe went for y^e Lands End by Redruth 18
+miles, mostly over heath and Downs w^{ch} was very bleake and full of
+mines.
+
+Here I Came by the Copper mines w^{ch} have the same order in the
+digging and draining, tho’ here it seemes Dryer and I believe not quite
+soe annoy’d w^{th} water. The ore is something as the tinn only this
+Looks blackish, or rather a purple Colour, and y^e glistering part is
+yellow as y^e other was white. They do not melt it here but ship it off
+to Bristol by y^e North Sea w^{ch} I Rode in sight of, and is not above
+2 or 3 Mile from hence, which supplyes them with Coales for their fewell
+at Easyer rates than the other side Plymouth and the South Sea, because
+since y^e warre they Could not Double y^e poynt at y^e Lands End, being
+so neer Ffrance y^e pirats or Privateers met them. Indeed at S^t Jves
+they do melt a Little but nothing that is Considerable—that is 10 mile
+from Redruth w^{ch} is a Little market town. Here they Carry all their
+things on horses backs soe that of a market day w^{ch} was Fryday you
+see a great number of horses Little of size w^{ch} they Call Cornish
+Canelys. They are well made and strong and will trip along as Light on
+the stony road without injury to themselves, where as my horses went so
+heavy that they wore their shoes immediately thinn and off, but here I
+met with a very good smith that shooed y^e horses as well as they do in
+London, and that is not Common in the Country, but here I found it soe,
+and at a place in Westmoreland by y^e ffells a smith made good shoes and
+set them on very well. From Redruth I went to Pensands 15 mile and
+passed by y^e ruines of Great ffortification or Castle on a high hill
+about 3 mile from Redruth and passed to Hailes and soe went by y^e sea
+side a great way, it being spring tide it was a full sea. Just over
+against it there was a Church w^{ch} was almost sunck into y^e sands
+being a very sandy place. So I went up pretty high hills and over some
+heath or Common, on w^{ch} a Great storme of haile and raine met me and
+drove fiercely on me but y^e wind soone dry’d my Dust Coate. Here I Came
+by a very good Grove of trees w^{ch} I thought was by some Gentlemans
+house but found it some ffarmers.
+
+The people here are very ill Guides and know but Little from home, only
+to some market town they frequent, but will be very solicitous to know
+where you goe and how farre and from whence you Came and where is y^e
+abode. Then I Came in sight of y^e hill in Cornwall Called y^e Mount,
+its on a Rock in the sea w^{ch} at y^e flowing tyde is an jsland, but at
+Low water one Can goe over y^e sands almost just to it, its but a Little
+market town w^{ch} is about 2 mile from Panzants, and you may walke or
+Ride to it all on y^e sands when y^e tyde’s out. Its a ffine Rock and
+very high—severall Little houses for fisher men—in y^e sides of it just
+by the water. At y^e top is a pretty good house where the Govenour Lives
+sometymes,—S^r —— Hook his name is—there is a tower on the top on w^{ch}
+is a fflag. There is a Chaire or throne on the top from whence they Can
+discover a Great way at sea and here they put up Lights to direct
+shipps.
+
+Pensands is Rightly named being all sands about it—it Lies just as a
+shore to y^e maine South ocean w^{ch} Comes from y^e Lizard and being on
+y^e side of a hill w^{th} a high hill all round y^e side to y^e Landward
+it Lookes soe snugg and warme, and truely it needs shelter haveing the
+sea on y^e other side and Little or no ffewell—turff and ffurse and
+fferne. They have Little or noe wood and noe Coale w^{ch} differences it
+from Darbyshire, otherwise this and to y^e Land’s End is stone and
+barren as Darbyshire. I was surprised to ffind my supper boyling on a
+fire allwayes supply’d w^{th} a bush of ffurse and y^t to be y^e only
+ffewell to dress a joynt of meat and broth, and told them they Could not
+roast me anything, but they have a Little wood for such occasions but
+its scarce and dear w^{ch} is a strange thing y^t y^e shipps should not
+supply them. They told me it must all be brought round the Lands End and
+since y^e warre they Could not have it. This town is two parishes, one
+Church in y^e town and a Little Chappell and another Church belonging to
+y^e other parish w^{ch} is a mile distance. There is alsoe a good
+meeteing place.
+
+There is a good Key and a good Harbour for y^e shipps to Ride, by meanes
+of y^e point of Land w^{ch} runns into y^e Sea in a neck or Compass
+w^{ch} shelters it from y^e maine and answers the Lizard point w^{ch}
+you see very plaine—a point of Land Looks Like a Double hill one above
+y^e other that runns a good way into y^e sea. Y^e Lands End is 10 mile
+ffarther, pretty steep and narrow Lanes, but its not shelter’d w^{th}
+trees or hedg Rows this being rather desart and Like y^e peake Country
+in Darbyshire, dry stone walls, and y^e hills full of stones, but it is
+in most places better Land and yeilds good Corne, both wheate Barley and
+oates and some Rhye. About 2 mile from the Lands End I Came in sight of
+y^e maine ocean on both sides, the south and north sea and soe Rode in
+its view till I saw them joyn’d at y^e poynt, and saw the jsland of Sily
+w^{ch} is 7 Leagues off y^e Lands End. They tell me that in a Cleer day
+those in the Island Can discern the people in the maine as they goe up
+y^e hill to Church, they Can Describe their Clothes. This Church and
+Little parish w^{ch} is Called Church town is about a mile from the
+poynt. The houses are but poor Cottages Like Barns to Look on, much Like
+those in Scotland, but to doe my own Country its right y^e Inside of
+their Little Cottages are Clean and plaister’d and such as you might
+Comfortably Eate and drink in, and for Curiosity sake I dranck there and
+met w^{th} very good bottled ale. The Lands End terminates in a poynt or
+Peak of Great Rocks w^{ch} runs a good way into y^e sea, I Clamber’d
+over them as farre as safety permitted me, there are abundance of Rocks
+and Sholes of stones stands up in the sea a mile off some here and
+there, some quite to y^e shore, w^{ch} they name by severall names of
+Knights and Ladies Roled up in mantles from some old tradition or
+ffiction—Y^e poets advance description of y^e amours of some Great
+persons; but these many Rocks and Stones w^{ch} Lookes Like y^e Needles
+in y^e Isle of Wight makes it hazardous for shipps to double y^e poynt
+Especially in stormy weather. Here at y^e Lands end they are but a
+Little way off of France, 2 dayes saile at farthest Convey them to Hauve
+de Grace in France, but y^e peace being but newly entred into w^{th} y^e
+Ffrench I was not willing to venture at Least by myself into a fforreign
+Kingdom, and being then at y^e End of y^e Land, my horses Leggs Could
+not Carry me through y^e deep, and so return’d againe to Pensands 10
+mile more, and soe Came in view of both y^e seas and saw y^e Lizard
+point and Pensands and y^e Mount in Cornwall w^{ch} Looked very fine in
+y^e broad day, the sunn shineing on y^e rocke in y^e sea. Then I
+continued my returne from Pensands to Hailing and now y^e tyde was down
+and so much Land appeared w^{ch} lay under water before, and I might
+have forded quite a crosse, many y^t know y^e country do, but I tooke
+y^e safer way round by y^e bridge. Here is abundance of very good Fish
+tho’ they are so ill supply’d at Pensands because they carry it all up
+y^e Country East and Southward. This is an arme of y^e North Sea w^{ch}
+runs in a greate way into y^e Land, its a Large Bay when y^e sea comes
+in and upon y^e next hill I ascended from it could discover it more
+plaine to be a deep water and y^e supply of y^e maine ocean. Just by
+here lay some ships and I perceived as I went, there being a Storme, it
+seemed very tempestious and is a hazardous place in the high tides; so I
+came to Redruth. I perceive they are very bleake in these Countryes
+especially to this North Ocean and y^e winds so troublesome they are
+forced to spin straw and so make a caul or net work to lay over their
+thatch on their Ricks and out houses, w^{th} waites of Stones round to
+defend y^e thatch from being blown away by y^e greate winds, not but
+they have a better way of thatching their Houses w^{th} Reeds and so
+close y^t when its well done will last twenty yeares, but what I mention
+of braces or bands of straw is on their Rickes w^{ch} only is to hold a
+yeare. These places as in some other parts, indeed all over Cornwall and
+Devonshire, they have their carryages on horses backes, this being y^e
+time of harvest, tho’ later in y^e yeare than usuall being y^e middle of
+septemb^r, but I had y^e advantage of seeing their harvest bringing in,
+w^{ch} is on a horse’s backe w^{th} sort of crookes of wood like yokes
+on either side—two or three on a side stands up in w^{ch} they stow y^e
+corne and so tie it w^{th} cords, but they cannot so equally poise it
+but y^e going of y^e horse is like to cast it down sometimes on y^e one
+side and sometimes on y^e other, for they load them from y^e neck to y^e
+taile and pretty high and are forced to support it w^{th} their hands,
+so to a horse they have two people, and the women leads and supports
+them as well as y^e men and goe through thick and thinn—sometymes I have
+met with half a score horses thus Loaded—they are Indeed but Little
+horses their Canelles as they Call them, and soe may not be able to draw
+a Cart, otherwise I am sure 3 or 4 horses might draw 3 tymes as much as
+4 horses does Carry and where it is open Ground and roads broad, w^{ch}
+in some places here it was, I wondred at their Labour in this kind, for
+the men and the women themselves toiled Like their horses, but the
+Common observation of Custom being as a second nature people are very
+hardly Convinc’d or brought off from, tho’ never soe jnconvenient.
+
+ From Redruth I went to Truro 8 mile, w^{ch} is a pretty Little town and
+seaport and formerly was Esteemed the best town in Cornwall, now is the
+second next Lanstone. Its just by y^e Copper and tinn mines and Lies
+down in a bottom, pretty steep ascent as most of the towns in these
+Countrys, that you would be afraid of tumbling w^{th} nose and head
+foremost. Ye town is built of stone—a good pretty Church built all stone
+and Carv’d on y^e outside, it stands in y^e middle of y^e town, and just
+by there is a market house on stone pillars and hall on y^e top; there
+is alsoe a pretty good key. This was formerly a great tradeing town and
+flourish’d in all things, but now as there is in all places their Rise
+and period soe this, w^{ch} is become a Ruinated disregarded place. Here
+is a very good meeteing but I was hindred by y^e raine y^e Lords day
+Else should have Come to hearing, and so was forced to stay where I
+Could hear but one Sermon at y^e Church, but by it saw y^e fashion of
+y^e Country being obliged to go a mile to y^e parish Church over some
+Grounds w^{ch} are divided by such stiles and bridges uncommon, and I
+never saw any such before; they are severall stones fixed aCross and so
+are Like a Grate or Large Steps over a Ditch that is full of mudd or
+water, and over this just in the middle is a Great stone fixed side
+wayes w^{ch} is the style to be Clambered over. These I find are the
+ffences and Guards of their Grounds one from another, and Indeed they
+are very troublesome and dangerous for strangers and Children. I heard a
+pretty good Sermon but that w^{ch} was my Greatest pleasure was the good
+Landlady I had, she was but an ordinary plaine woman but she was
+understanding in the best things as most,—y^e Experience of reall
+religion and her quiet submision and self Resignation to y^e will of God
+in all things, and especially in y^e placeing her in a remoteness to y^e
+best advantages of hearing, and being in such a publick Employment
+w^{ch} she desired and aimed at y^e discharging soe as to adorne y^e
+Gospel of her Lord and Saviour, and the Care of her Children. Indeed I
+was much pleased and Edify’d by her Conversation and y^e pitch of Soul
+Resignation to y^e will of God and thankfulness that God Enabled and
+owned her there in, was an attainment few reach y^t have greater
+advantages of Learning and knowing y^e mind of God. But this plainly Led
+me to see that as God himself teacheth soe as none teacheth Like him,
+soe he Can Discover himself to those immediately y^t have not the
+opportunity of seeing him in his sanctuary, and therefore to him we must
+address for help in this or any Duty he Calls us to, both in the use of
+what meanes he appoynts as alsoe for success and blessing on it.
+
+From Truro w^{ch} is 9 mile from Ffallmouth and 4 mile from Trygolny
+w^{ch} was y^e place I was at before w^{th} my Relation, that would have
+Engaged my stay with them a few dayes or weekes to have given me the
+diversion of the Country, and to have heard the Cornish nightingales as
+they Call them, the Cornish Chough—a sort of Jackdaw if I mistake not—a
+Little black bird w^{ch} makes them a visit about Michaelmas and gives
+them y^e diversion of the notes w^{ch} is a Rough sort of musick not
+unlike y^e Bird I take them for, so I believe they by way of jest put on
+the Cornish Gentlemen by Calling them nightingales; but the season of
+the year enclined to raine and y^e dayes declineing I was affraid to
+delay my Return, and these parts not abounding w^{th} much accomodation
+for horses, theirs being a hard sort of Cattle and Live much on Grass or
+ffurses of w^{ch} they have y^e most, and it will make them very ffatt
+being Little hardy horses, and as they jest on themselves do not Love
+the taste of oates and hay, because they never permit them to know the
+taste of it. But my horses Could not Live so, Especially on journeys, of
+w^{ch} I had given them a pretty exercise, and their new oates and hay
+suited not their stomach. I Could get noe Beanes for them till I Came
+back to S^t Columbe againe w^{ch} from Truro by S^t Mitchel was 12 miles
+mostly Lanes and Long miles. As I observed before I saw noe windmills
+all these Countrys over, they have only the mills w^{ch} are overshott
+and a Little rivulet of water you may step over turns them, w^{ch} are
+the mills for Grinding their Corn and their ore or what Else. From S^t
+Columbe I went to Way bridge 6 Long miles. There was a river w^{ch} was
+flowed up by y^e tyde a Greate way up into the Land, it Came from y^e
+north sea, it was broad, y^e bridge had 17 arches.
+
+Thence to Comblefford over steep hills 9 mile more, some of this way was
+over Commons of Black moorish Ground full of Sloughs. The Lanes are
+deffended w^{th} bancks wherein are stones, some Great rocks, others
+slaty stones, such as they use for tileing. Comblefford was a Little
+market town but it was very indifferent accomodations, but the raines
+y^t night and next morning made me take up there till about 10 oClock in
+the morning; it then made a shew of Cleering up made me willing to seek
+a better Lodging. 2 mile from this place is a Large standing water
+Called Dosenmere poole in a Black moorish Ground and is fed by no rivers
+except the Little rivulets from some high hills yet seemes allwayes full
+w^{th} out Diminution and flows w^{th} y^e wind and is stored with good
+ffish, and people Living near it take y^e pleasure in a boate to goe
+about it. There is alsoe good wildfowle about it; it seemes so be such a
+water as the mer at Whitlesome in Huntingtonshire by Stilton its fresh
+water and what supply it has must be the rivulets y^e must Come from y^e
+south sea being that wayward towards Plymouth. As I travelled I Came in
+sight of a great mountaine esteemed the second highest hill in England
+supposeing y^e account Black Combe in Cumberland y^e first, but really I
+have seen soe many Great and high hills I Cannot attribute preeminence
+to Either of these tho’ this did Look very Great and tall, but I thinke
+its better said the highest hill in each County.
+
+I travelled 4 pretty Long miles much in Lanes and then Came into a
+Common where I Cross’d the Great roads w^{ch} on the Right hand Leads a
+way to Plymouth and the south sea, the Left hand to Bastable and the
+north sea, w^{ch} Conveys the stone or rather marble w^{ch} they take
+from hence at Bole, remarkable Quarrys for a Black stone, Exceeding hard
+and Glossy Like marble, very Dureable for pavements. This they send to
+all parts in tyme of peace and London takes off much of it.
+
+Here I Rode over a Common or Down 4 mile Long in sight of y^e North sea
+and saw Hartly poynt which is the Earle of Baths just by his fine house
+Called Stow, his fine stables of horses, and Gardens. There I discern’d
+the Poynt very plaine and just by I saw the jsle of Lundy which formerly
+belonged to my Grandfather William Lord viscount Say and Seale, w^{ch}
+does abound with ffish and Rabbets and all sorts of ffowles, one bird
+y^t Lives partly in the water and partly out and so may be Called an
+amphibious Creature, its true that one foote is Like a turky the other a
+gooses foote; it Lays its Egg in a place the Sun shines on and sets it
+so exactly upright on the small End and there it remaines till taken up
+and all the art and skill of persons Cannot set it up soe againe to
+abide. Here I met with some showers w^{ch} by fitts or storms held
+me,—to Lanston 4 mile more, these 12 mile from Cambleford was not Little
+ones and what with the wet and Dirty Lanes in many places I made it a
+tedious journey. I Could see none of the town till just I was as you may
+say ready to tumble into it, there being a vast steep to descend to when
+the town seemed in a bottom yet I was forced to ascend a pretty good
+hill into the place. Lanston is the chief town in Cornwall where the
+assizes are kept, I should have remarked at y^e Lands End that Pensands
+was the Last Corporation in England, soe this is one of y^e Last Great
+towns tho’ noe Citty, for Cornwall is in y^e Diocese of Devonshire
+w^{ch} is Exeter.
+
+There is a Great ascent up into the Castle w^{ch} Looks very Great and
+in good repaire the walls and towers round it, its true there is but a
+part of it remaines, the round tower or fort being still standing and
+makes a good appearance. The town is Encompass’d w^{th} walls and gates,
+its’ pretty Large tho’ you Cannot discover the whole town, being up and
+down in so many hills. The streetes themselves are very steep unless it
+be at the market place where is a Long and handsome space set on stone
+pillars w^{th} the town hall on the top, w^{ch} has a Large Lanthorne or
+Cupilo in the middle, where hangs a bell for a Clock with a Dyal to the
+streete. There is in this place 2 or 3 good houses built after the
+London form by some Lawyers, Else the whole town is old houses of timber
+work. At a Little distance from the town on a high hill I Looked back
+and had the full prospect of the whole town which was of a pretty Large
+extent. A mile beyond I crossed on a stone bridge over a river and
+Entred into Devonshire againe, and pass’d through mostly Lanes w^{ch}
+were stony and dirty by reason of y^e raines y^t ffell the night before,
+and this day, which was the wettest day I had in all my summers
+travells, hitherto having had noe more than a shower in a day and that
+not above 3 tymes in all except when I Came to Exeter. As I Came down
+from Taunton there was small raine most of the afternoon but this day
+was much worse, so that by that tyme I Came through Lanes and some
+Commons to Oakingham w^{ch} was 15 mile I was very wet. This was a
+Little market town and I met with a very good Inn and accomodation, very
+good Chamber and bed and Came in by 5 of the Clock, so had good tyme to
+take off my wet Cloathes and be well dryed and warme to eate my supper,
+and rested very well without sustaining y^e Least damage by the wet. I
+should have Remark’d that these roads were much up and down hill thro’
+enclosed Lands and woods in y^e same manner the other part of Cornwall
+and Devonshire was, gaineing by degrees the upper Grounds by one hill to
+another and soe descending them in Like manner. These raines fully
+Convinced me of y^e need of so many Great stone Bridges whose arches
+were soe high that I have wonder’d at it because the waters seemed
+shallow streames, but they were so swelled by one night and dayes raine
+y^t they Came up pretty near the arches and ran in most places w^{th}
+such rapidity and Look’d so thick and troubled as if they would Clear
+all before them. This Causes Great floods, and the Lower Grounds are
+overwhelm’d for a season after such raines, so that had I not put on and
+gotten beyond Lanston that day there would have been noe moveing for me
+till the flouds w^{ch} hourly encreased were run off.
+
+Next day I went to Cochen Well 10 mile, mostly good open way except a
+hill or two w^{ch} were steep and stony, tho’ this was the Longer way
+and about, yet by reason of y^e former raines it was the safest, for y^e
+Lower way was run over by the waters w^{ch} are Land flouds from the
+swelling Brookes, w^{ch} are up in a few hours and are sunck in the same
+tyme againe—the wayes were somewhat Dirty. Thence to Exeter 10 mile
+more, but this was the basest way you Can goe and made much worse by
+these raines, but its narrow Lanes full of stones and Loose ground,
+Clay, and now exceeding Slippery by the raines.
+
+A quarter of a mile on this side of the town I stood on a high banck
+from whence the prospect of y^e Citty of Exeter was very pleasant, Could
+see it to great advantage, y^e Cathedrall and other Churches Spires
+w^{th} y^e whole town, w^{ch} in generall is well built, w^{th} y^e good
+Bridge over y^e Ex, w^{ch} is a fine river on whose Banckes are severall
+Rows of trees all below the town. The walks all about it augments the
+beauty of y^e Citty. From whence I went to Topsham 3 miles which is a
+Little market place and a very good Key; hither they Convey on horses
+their Serges and soe Load their shipps w^{ch} Comes to this place, all
+for London. Thence I saw Starre Cross where the Great shipps Ride and
+there they build some shipps. This was up the river, 5 or 6 miles up y^e
+river, but the tide being out Could not goe and it was ten mile by Land
+and their miles are soe Long here I would not goe it seing almost as
+well the shipps y^t Lay there as if at the place.
+
+Thence I returned to Exeter 3 mile where I had been very Kindly
+Entertained by M^r Goswill and his wife, w^{ch} was one my broth^r S^r
+Edmond Harrison did Employ in Buying Serges. From Exeter I went to
+Honiton 15 mile, all fine Gravell way, y^e best Road I have met with all
+in the west. Here it is they make the fine bone lace in imitation of the
+Antwerp and Flanders Lace and jndeed I think its as fine—it only will
+not wash so fine, w^{ch} must be the fault in y^e thread. Honiton is a
+pretty large place, a good market house, near it a good Church w^{th} a
+round tower and spire w^{ch} was very high and a Little peculiar in its
+forme, somewhat Like a Pigeon house Rooffe. Here is a very Large
+meeteing of Descenters. Thence I went to Axminster 7 mile more, but not
+soe good way being much in Lanes stony and Dirty and pretty much up and
+down hills, Like y^e other parts of those Countrys.
+
+Beyond Axminster where I passed over the river Ax on a pretty Large
+Bridge I Came to Somersetshire againe. This Axminster is a Little market
+town and the London Road by Chard, but I struck out of that road 2 mile
+off the town to Liegh w^{ch} was 4 mile from Axminster, to a Relations
+house M^r Hendlys, w^{ch} stands on a hill, but its such an Enclosed
+Country and narrow Lanes you Cannot see a Bow shott before you, and such
+up and down steep hills. Its an old house, and Large Court w^{th} open
+gates that enter you into a passage, on the Right hand a good Parlour
+new wanscoated, next that a Kitchen and pantrys Leads into a Court where
+all the offices are and stable and Coach houses. On the Left side of y^e
+passage at y^e Entrance is a Large old hall w^{th} a Great halfe pace at
+y^e upper End w^{th} 2 Chimneys in the hall. This Leades into a passage
+on the Left hand and so through to another parlour w^{th} good old
+fashion Carved wanscoat. The roomes are low, out of y^e passage Leads up
+a paire of staires to 3 or 4 roomes all Low and but one well furnished;
+then out of same passage below is a doore into the Gardens w^{ch} are
+one Lower than the other with stone stepps, its Capable of being very
+handsome if made with open Grates to set one out to see y^e orchards and
+woods beyond. They were a turffing y^e walks and makeing banks in order
+to it. Y^e house alsoe is Capable of alteration to a good house if the
+windows were made Lower and y^e roomes fitted w^{th} wanscoate and good
+ffurniture. Just to the front there is design’d a visto to be Cut thro’
+the wood to the water side w^{ch} will be very fine being on a descent.
+
+About a mile from hence is one M^r Preadneas house, a fine old house and
+well furnished but they permit none to see it, soe I saw it not only
+drove by it to see my Cozens Little Girle at nurse and soe returned home
+againe a mile, and then from Liegh I went through narrow stony Lanes up
+hills and down, w^{ch} steeps Causes the water on raines to trill down
+on the Low ground that for a few hours or a day there will be noe
+passing in y^e bottom, w^{ch} happen’d while I was at Liegh; one nights
+Raine put the Cattle in the meddows swimming and hindred us from going
+to Church, the water would have Came over the windows of the Coach.
+These stony Lanes I passed till I Came to the Great road which Comes
+from Lime, here I Entred into Dorsetshire and soe went through a Little
+town Called Maiden Newton eight mile more, and soe thence to Dorchester
+town 6 mile more; all a fine hard Gravel way and much on the downs—this
+is good Ground and Much for sheep. Thence I went to Blandford 12 Long
+miles thro’ Piddletown Milborn and WhitChurch. There I staid with my
+relation Cos’n Collier, Husys and Ffussells, thence to Salisbury 18
+mile. When I had passed 6 mile I Came through a Gate w^{ch} brought me
+into Wiltshire and soe over y^e downs to Salisbury and from thence to
+Newtontony 7 miles.
+
+I went from Newtontony to Sarum and home againe 3 tymes w^{ch} made it
+42 miles in all, then to Wallop 4 miles and home again 4 miles, and to
+Grattly twice and back againe 12 mile, and to Cholderton twice 4 miles,
+to Allington and home 2 mile more, then to London.
+
+From Newtontony to Winchester 15 mile, there I went to see a Relation
+M^{rs} Horne thence Alsford 8 mile. The Little raines I had in the
+morning before I Left Newtontony made the wayes very slippery, and it
+being mostly on Chaulk way a Little before I Came to Alsford forceing my
+horse out of the hollow way his feete failed and he Could noe wayes
+recover himself, and soe I was shott off his neck upon the Bank, but noe
+harm I bless God and as soone as he Could role himself up stood stock
+still by me, which I Looked on as a Great mercy—indeed mercy and truth
+all wayes have attended me. The next day I went to Alton 10 miles thence
+Ffarnum 9 miles more. This proved a very wet day, after an hours Rideing
+in the morning it never Ceased more or Less to raine, w^{ch} made me put
+in at Ffarnum and stay all the day after I Came in at noone. But then it
+began to raine much faster and soe Continued. Thence next day I went
+over the fforest in sight of Ffairly Castle w^{ch} is the Bishop of
+Winchesters pallace, it Lookes nobly on a hill, thence to Bagshott 9
+miles, thence to Winsor over the fforest 7 Long miles, this way most
+Clay deep way, the worse by reason of y^e raines and full of Sloughs.
+About a mile off Windsor Castle appeares standing on a hill much after
+the manner of Durham w^{th} y^e walls and battlements round, only that
+is all stone and this is but partly soe and y^e rest Brick plaister’d
+over in imitation of stones w^{ch} does not Look so well. It is a pretty
+great ascent to y^e town w^{ch} is well built, something suitable to
+London by reason of its affinity to y^e Court, and I saw the Cathedrall
+or S^t Georges Church w^{ch} is very fine built all stone and Carved on
+y^e outside, severall Cloysters Leads to the Doctors houses—its a Lofty
+noble building. The quire is properly S^t Georges Chappel whose Rooff is
+very high and Carved very Curiously, all free stone, so is the rest of
+y^e Church. There hangs up y^e Banners and Ensignes of honour belonging
+to y^e Severall Knights of the honourable order of y^e blew garter,
+their Complement is 26, there was one void at this tyme by the Death of
+y^e Earle of Peterborough. There is a Greate Cerimony in their
+Inauguration, their seates are of Wanscoate Carved which are all quite
+round the quire, w^{th} Each Garters and Coate armours and banners on
+the top, and when they are jnstalled. their Garments are blew velvet, in
+shape Like the Coapes, Lined w^{th} white Sattin or silk, that and their
+blew Garter in which hangs a George on horseback besett w^{th} jewels
+and a Diamond Garter put on their Right Leg, which is performed by 2 of
+y^e former Knights of the order, which is given them by the King that is
+the Principal of y^t order. Then they have an oath Given them to
+maintain the Rights and Cerimonyes of said order and soe are seated in
+their seates. There are Great fees paid by each new Knight to y^e
+officers to the poore Knights of Windsor, whose seates are just under
+y^e Seates of the Knights of y^e Garter, 18 poore Knights of Windsor
+w^{ch} have houses provided for them about the Cloyster and 48^£ p^r
+annum each besides their perquisits at such tymes. There are alsoe 18
+singing men and petty Cannons, those that are preachers has houses and
+30^{lb} p^r annum each, but the others have but 22^{lb} each a yeare and
+houses to Live in. These all have their ffees at the jnstalment of Each
+Knight of the Garter and of this order are severall Princes and Great
+men both here and in forreign Parts.
+
+There is a very Large fine organ at y^e Entrance of the Quire, the alter
+is Crimson velvet striped w^{th} Gold tissue, Large Candlesticks and
+Basons Gilt. At the jnstallment there is a Great deale of plaite set out
+w^{ch} belongs to the Chappel. Over the alter is a painting of Christ
+and his twelve apostles at y^e passover supper very naturally drawn, and
+over it a Large window full of fine paintings—the history of the
+testaments. Y^e Quire is paved all with black and white marble under
+which is a Large vault for y^e Royal family. There Lyes King Henry y^e
+8^{th} and King Charles the first &c. There is in the Church a tombe and
+vault of y^e Duke of Norfolks familly w^{th} steele Carvings all about
+it very Curious, and to add to its variety it may be all taken piece by
+piece and put up in a box, its a very Large thing and great variety of
+work—this is on the Right side of the alter.
+
+There is in a Little Chappel by, a very fine monument with two Large
+Statues in alabast^r Painted and gilt all at Length in their garments,
+and round the tomb stone are the Statues of their Children, 7 daughters,
+four of them were twinns and soe represented being put together, and 3
+sonnes, all alabaster, and there is a role of matt under the head of the
+Lord and Lady that was so naturall, Looked like real Matt. This was Lord
+Earle Lincolns tomb. There is another monument of the Earle of Rutlands,
+the first of the family w^{ch} was Earle 100 year since, it was in the
+yeare ano: Dom: 1513: there is round that 6 Sonns and six Daughters with
+Carvings of other Images holding their Coates of armes. There is another
+monument w^{ch} is of y^e old Duke off Beaufort who was base son to King
+Edward the 4^{th}, and therefore there is a barr of reproach aCross the
+English arms w^{ch} he bears. There is another statue of white marble in
+a Leaneing posture almost Lyeing quite along and they say its very Like
+his Effigie—this was the Bishop of Chichester. There is another Bishops
+Effigie in y^e wall just to y^e waste of alabaster. There is a Chappel
+in w^{ch} are prayers at 8 of y^e Clock at night. There is a white
+marble ffont. The rooff of the quire is very Curious, Carv’d stone and
+soe thinn to y^e Leads one might grasp it between thumb and finger, and
+yet so well fixt as to be very strong. From thence I proceeded on to y^e
+Castle w^{ch} is the finest pallace y^e King has Especially now White
+hall is burnt; but that was old buildings and unless it were the
+banqueting house and the apartment which our good Queen Mary beautifyed
+for herself that was never soe well as Winsor. You Enter in through a
+gate; on the right hand is a tower which is built w^{th} Redouts and
+walks round it as was Durham Castle. Its 120 stepps up where is the
+Guard roome hung with armes, thence a Dineing roome, the Duke of
+Norfolks appartment, a Drawing roome and two bed Chambers, one w^{th} a
+half bedstead as the new mode, dimity w^{th} fine shades of worstead
+works well made up—there are good Pictures. The next roome has such a
+bed but that is fine Indian quilting and Embroidery of silk. The tower
+on the Leads is as many stepps more, I walked round it and Could see a
+Great prospect of the whole town and Winsor fforest and the Country
+round to Kensington, I Could see Lord of Hollands house and Rowes of
+trees, and to Harrow of the hill, and to Shooters hill beyond London,
+and the town of Winsor Looked very well. There were severall noblemens
+houses, Duke S^t Albans and fine Gardens, Just by it is the Lord
+Guidolphins house and Gardens; there I Could see the fine walk or rather
+Road planted with trees of a huge length into y^e fforest, w^{ch} King
+Charles made for his going out in Diversion of shooteing, and here I
+could see y^e river Thames w^{ch} twists and turns itself round y^e
+meddowes and Grounds. Upon this tower w^{ch} is most tymes moist, all in
+the walls grows y^e best maiden haire both white and black, w^{ch} is an
+herb much esteemed for Coughs and to put into Drinks for consumption.
+
+Thence I proceeded on to a Large Court Like the Quaderangle at Christ
+Church College in Oxford, or Trinity in Cambridge, in the middle of
+which is a statue of King Charles y^e Second on horseback all of brass,
+and is railed in w^{th} Iron spikes; round this Court are the Buildings
+w^{ch} are y^e severall appartments of the Lords of y^e bed Chamber, and
+the Ladies; also one side is the Lodgings belonging to the princess Ann
+of Denmarke w^{ch} are all of stone and well built and beautifyed. In
+the middle you Enter a Large pair of jron gates finely Carv’d into a
+paved Large space supported w^{th} several rows of Stone Pillars, and
+ascending up Large Staires, which Enters you into the Queens Guard
+Chamber hung full of armoury, w^{ch} is so Exactly set, the Pikes set up
+like Pillars and such distances, y^e muskets Laid a long one above the
+other y^e boxes for y^e powder, and the Edge of y^e Cornish is Pistols
+set as thick as they can be set, and above it are drums and helmets and
+back and breast armour. The Chimney piece is of y^e same; swords in the
+middle, there poynts turned outward, with a round of Little Pistolls set
+Close in quarter Circle; its all exactly uniforme and very handsome.
+Next into a noble Hall w^{ch} has very fine paintings, this is the
+Standard for Curiosity in all places you see painting, its done by the
+same hand did the paintings att Winsor. The top is full of all sort of
+varietys, in the middle is King Charles’s Picture, y^e sides are all
+descriptions of Battles, and between Each Picture in the Pillars is y^e
+George and Blew garter and Starre, at y^e upper End is the Large Picture
+of S^t George Encountering y^e dragon and at the Lower End is y^e
+picture of y^e King that first Instituted this order of the Blew garter,
+and in putting it on himself on his son, who was just returned victor
+from some Considerable Battle. I should have noted in my Remarks of the
+Cerimonies of that order that when any Dies and a Garter Drops they make
+a solemn offering up of all their Ensignes of honour to y^e Church and
+then take them down and pay some ffees as well as at their Entrance into
+it. From this roome I Entred into y^e Chappel under the gallery or
+Closet the King and Queen sets in at prayers, this was supported by four
+Brass Gyants or Else painted Like Brass. This seate of y^e Kings Lookes
+into y^e Chappel, its Crimson velvet, all the jnside and Cannopy w^{th}
+y^e Cloth w^{ch} hung over it all alike Richly Embroyder’d with Gold
+fring. This is the house Chappel and is Exceeding beautifull, y^e
+paintings of the rooffe and the sides which is y^e history of Christs
+miracles his Life and the good he did in healing all distemper, w^{ch}
+are described at Large here and Lookes very Lively. There is alsoe the
+most Exactest workmanship in y^e wood Carving, which is as the painting
+the pattern and masterpiece of all such work, both in ffigures,
+fruitages, beasts, birds, fflowers, all sorts, soe thinn y^e wood, and
+all white natural wood without varnish. This adorns the Pillars and void
+spaces between the paintings, here is as Great qualiety so much for
+Quantety. There was a pretty alter at y^e upper End and two gallerys for
+y^e musick.
+
+Thence I went up staires into a Large dineing roome, Damaske Chaires and
+window Curtaines, wanscoated, and severall fine pictures. The Rooffe of
+this was well painted also, but they are soe Lofty its enough to Breake
+ones neck to Looke on them. Thence into a Gallery full of Pictures
+w^{th} a Large Looking Glass at y^e End. Thence into y^e Drawing roome
+where is the Large Branch of silver, and y^e sconces round y^e roome of
+silver, silver table, and stands, and Glass frames, and Chaire frames.
+Next is y^e queenes Chamber of state, all Indian Embroidery on white
+Sattin being presented to her by y^e Comp^y. On it is Great Plumes of
+white ffeathers, there is very good tapistry hangings full of gold and
+silver, but they are Large old ffigures. Here’s a silver table, and
+stands, and Glass fframe. There was a raile set a Cross at y^e beds
+ffeete w^{ch} reached Each side of y^e roome, made of sweate wood frames
+and open Wires in y^e middle, and was to be Doubled together in Leaves
+as a screen: this was instead of y^e raile use to be quite round y^e
+King and queens beds to keep off Companyes Coming near them.
+
+Thence into an anti-roome through a Little Gallery or passage, thence
+into y^e Kings dressing roome almost all Glass; y^e Chimney piece is
+full of Great stone heads in nitches or hollows made for them, of some
+Emperours. Y^e windows of all y^e roomes are Large sashes as big as a
+good Looking-glass and are all diamond Cut round the Edges, the height
+of y^e windows makes them Looke narrow. Thence into the kings Constant
+bed Chamber, being one of y^e halfe bedsteads of Crimson and Green
+damaske, jnside and outside the same hangings, and Chaires and window
+Curtaines the same; it was Lofty and full with good ffringe, and there
+was such another screen or raile at y^e ffeete of the bed that tooke y^e
+Length of the roome as in the queens Chamber; here was tables, stands,
+Glass frames, Gilt gold, fine Carving on the Chimney pieces, both here
+and in y^e queens’ appartment. Y^e next was ye Chamber of State w^{ch}
+is noble. Indeed, very Lofty and painted on y^e roofe as they all are.
+The bed was green velvet Strip’d down very thick with Gold orrice Lace
+of my hands breadth, and round the bottom 3 such orrices and Gold ffring
+all round it and gold tassels; so was the Cornish. The jnside was y^e
+same, at the head piece was Like Curtaines ffringed round w^{th} gold
+and tyed back w^{th} Gold strings and tassells as it were tyed back and
+soe hung down in the middle, where was the Crown and sypher Embroyder’d;
+the hangings y^e same and such another screen aCrosse the roome to
+secure the bed from y^e Common. Next this is the drawing roome of state,
+the Cannopy and throne and y^e part behind is all green velvet Richly
+Embroyder’d with silver and Gold, of high Emboss’d work, and some
+Curiously wrought Like needlework that you Can scarce see y^e Ground or
+stuff its wrought on, and the Crown of Crimson velvet Embroyder’d just
+over the Chaire or throne of state; the ffoot-stoole the same, w^{ch}
+was all set on a half pace or part raised above y^e rest as the manner
+is, with, a fine Carpet over it. The Cannopy was so rich and Curled up
+and in some places soe ffull it Looked very Glorious, and was newly made
+to give audience to the Ffrench Embassadour to shew y^e Grandeur and
+magnificence of the British Monarch—some of these ffoolerys are
+requisite sometymes to Create admiration and regard to keep up the state
+of a kingdom and nation.
+
+Thence I went into the Common audience roome, where was a throne on such
+a raised space w^{th} a Carpet. This throne and Canopy and y^e back with
+Stooles and Chaires was Crimson and Gold Coullour’d ffigured velvet. Out
+of this I Came into a Large roome for people to wait in, painted with
+black and white and gold—Description of some ffights and men in armour.
+Thence into the Kings Guard Chamber w^{ch} is deckt as the Queens, the
+walls being adorned w^{th} y^e severall armes put in Exact order, only
+in y^e pillars or spaces here they hang the Bandaleers which holds their
+powder. In the mantle piece there was noe difference, but in y^e middle
+was the starre and soe set about with y^e pistols and swords. Thence I
+descended Large staires of stone, and soe through a Court back to y^e
+walk of pillars, and soe through the Large jron gate into the Courts one
+without another all built round.
+
+Winsor town Lookes well, the streetes Large, the Market Cross on stone
+pillars and a Large hall on the top; from thence the streete runs along
+to y^e Bridge over the Thames and there you Enter Buckinghamshire and a
+quarter of a mile off, tho’ jndeed there is building all along. There is
+Eaton Colledge a good stone building Carved on y^e outside, its round a
+square. There is at the ffront a Large schoole roome—400 schollars and 8
+fellows w^{ch} have 400 a piece yearely. Y^e master has 1000^£, he payes
+all the ushers, in number seven; there is alsoe an under master for the
+Little schollars, this was ffounded by King Edward the Confessour and
+Endowed so richly by him, and on the same ffoundation is the revenues of
+y^e Cathedrall and y^e poore knights w^{ch} goe in a peculiar black gown
+like fryers. All their salleryes and y^e repaire of the Cathedrall is
+taken Care of by y^e same ffoundation, w^{th} y^e Colledge, not but
+there is a Little Chappel to y^e Colledge w^{th} in itself for Every
+dayes prayers. The Chappel and schoole room takes up two sides of the
+square, the two others is the Lodging for y^e ffellows and for y^e
+schollars; then y^e middle there is an arch w^{ch} Leads to y^e Cloyster
+and soe into their kitchen and Cellars which are very Convenient and
+high but pretty old. Just by is the great Hall in w^{ch} they eate, the
+schollars and fellows and masters should eate with them. This is the
+same ffoundation as Kings Colledge in Cambridge so y^t those schollers
+that are fitt to be removed to y^e University at y^e Election are sped
+to Kings Colledge in Cambridge and so are advanced as they Can get
+friends into ffellowshipps to Either. Ffrom Windsor I went to y^e fferry
+3 mile and Rode in sight of y^e Castle on this side w^{ch} is all y^e K:
+and Q: appartments and Lookes very noble, y^e walls round w^{th} y^e
+battlements, and Gilt balls and other adornments. Here I fferry over y^e
+Thames and so went a nearer way which is a private road Made for y^e
+kings Coaches and so to Colebrooke 3 mile more. Thence to
+Houndslow-heath and so to London 12 mile more, then I went to
+Bednallgreen 4 miles and home againe 4 mile more, and here ends my Long
+journey this summer in w^{ch} I had but 3 dayes of wet except some
+refreshing showers sometymes, and I thinke y^t was not above 4 in all
+the way and it was in all above 1551 miles and many of them Long miles,
+in all which way and tyme I desire w^{th} thankfullness to own y^e good
+providence of God protecting me from all hazard or dangerous accident.
+
+It Cannot be thought amiss here to add some remarke on y^e metropolis of
+England. London whose scituation on so noble a river as the Thames
+w^{ch} Emptyes it at y^e Boy of y^e Nore, being there joyned w^{th} y^e
+Medway another very fine river alsoe, and falls there into y^e sea
+w^{ch} is about 30 miles from London, and is an Ebbing flowing river as
+farre as Sheen beyond London. This is very Comodious for shipps w^{ch}
+did Come up just to y^e bridge, but from Carelessness y^e river is
+Choaked up, that obliges y^e shipps to Come to an anchor at Blackwall.
+All along this river are severall docks for building shipps of y^e
+biggest burden; six miles from the town y^e Last yeare was built y^e
+Royal Souveraign w^{ch} is our greatest ship. London joyned w^{th}
+Westminster, which are two great Cittyes but now w^{th} building so
+joyned it makes up but one vast building with all its Subburbs, and has
+in y^e walls ninety seven Parishes, without y^e walls 16 parishes, 15
+subburbs, Surrey, Middlesex, 7 parishes in Westminster.
+
+London is y^e Citty properly for trade, Westminster for y^e Court, y^e
+first is divided into 24 wards to each which there is an alderman, and
+themselves Consist of Common Council men and all freemen of the Citty,
+and have power to Choose these aldermen and make their own orders and to
+maintain their own priviledges. All freemen or Livery men of this Citty
+hath a Right to Choose their sherriffs of w^{ch} Every yeare there is
+two, one for Middlesex y^e other y^e Corporation, but both are joyned
+and officiate together in all matters of juries justice or Ceremonies,
+and to maintaine all Rights. These freemen alsoe have their voyce in
+Choice of their Lord Major w^{ch} is done Every yeare with this
+Sollemnity, the Sheriffs being Chosen and sworne at Mid summer, y^e
+Michaelmas after y^e Lord Major is Chosen and sworne; y^e evening before
+which is Simon and Judes day is a feast Called Calveshead feast. Next
+day y^e old Lord Major Comes to meete y^e new one and w^{th} him on his
+Left hand is Conducted on horse back in all their gowns of scarlet Cloth
+Lined w^{th} ffurr; all y^e aldermen in Like Robes only differenc’d as
+their station, those of them w^{ch} have been Lord Majors weare a Gold
+Chaine Ever after, but those y^t have not passed y^e Chaire weare none.
+Y^e Lord Major is allwayes one of y^e aldermen and he has a great gold
+Chaine round his neck, the Sheriffs also weare a gold Chaine round their
+neck y^t yeare. Thus on horseback they proceed two and two w^{th} all
+their officers. Y^e Lord Major has his Sword bearer w^{ch} walkes before
+him w^{th} the Sword in an Embroyder’d Sheath he weares a Great velvet
+Cap of Crimson, the bottom and y^e top of ffurr or such Like standing up
+Like a turbant or Great bowle in forme of a Great open Pye, this is
+Called y^e Cap of Maintenance. This is y^e Lord Majors Chiefe officer,
+he holds his place Dureing his Life and has 1500 a yeare allowed him for
+his table w^{ch} in all things is as good as Lord Major’s and he
+Entertaines all people at it, yet he himself must officiate at the Lord
+Majors table to see all things in order and Comes in at sett tymes
+accordingly to performe them and bring y^e Lord Majors Compliments to
+y^e Campanyes. He thus walkes before the Lord Mayor w^{th} y^e water
+Bayliff beareing a Gold Mace &c. At Fleete ditch they Enter y^e Barges
+w^{ch} are all very Curiously adorned and thus he is Conducted y^e river
+being full of Barges belonging to y^e severall Companyes of London,
+adorned with streamers and their armes and fine musick, and have sack to
+drinke and Little Cakes as bigg as a Crown piece. They Come to
+Westminster staires where they Land and are Conducted, the Lord Majors
+traines being borne up as well y^e old as new Lord Major, they Enter
+Westminster Hall and are Conducted to y^e severall Courts of justice
+where there is severall Ceremonyes perform’d. The new Lord Major is
+presented to y^e King or those deputed to act under him and then is
+sworne, all which being over they are Conducted back to their Barges and
+soe to y^e staires they took barge, where they are received by some of
+y^e nobility deputed by the king who make some Little speech of
+Compliment and Give y^e Lord Major and aldermen a treate of wine and
+sweet meates passant. They mount on horseback and returne only y^e new
+Lord Major takes y^e right hand and haveing by y^e sheriffs invited y^e
+King and Court to dinner, w^{ch} sometymes they accept but mostly
+refuse, because it puts the Citty to a vast Charge; they being then
+Conducted through y^e Citty w^{th} Greate acclamations their own habits
+and trappings of their horses being very fine, and they haveing all the
+Severall Companyes of y^e Citty w^{ch} walke in their order and gowns
+w^{th} pagents to most or many of their Companyes, w^{ch} are a sort of
+Stages Covered and Carryed by men and on y^e top many men and boys
+acting y^e respective trades or Employ^{ts} of Each Company, some in
+shipps for y^e Merch^{ts} and whatever Company the new Lord major is off
+his pageant is y^e finest and y^t Company has y^e precedency that yeare
+of all y^e Companyes Except y^e mercers Company, w^{ch} allwayes is the
+first and Esteemed y^e Greatest, and when there is a Lord Major of y^t
+Company their pageant is a maiden queen on a throne Crowned and with
+Royal Robes and scepter and most richly dressed, w^{th} Severall Ladyes
+dressed, her attendants, all on y^e same pageant and w^{th} a Cannopy
+over her head and drawn in an open Chariot w^{th} 9 horses very finely
+accouter’d and pages that Ride them all, w^{th} plumes of feathers.
+After being drawn through y^e Citty she is jnvited by y^e Lord major to
+a dinner provided on purpose for her, and soe many Rich Batchelors are
+appointed to Entertaine her that is a ranck among y^e freemen. She has
+her traine bore up and is presented to Lady Majoris that salutes her as
+doth the aldermens Ladyes, all w^{ch} are Conducted in their Coaches to
+Guildhall. The new Lady Majoress Richly habitted has her traine borne
+up, and Introduced by one of the officers. The Sheriffs Ladyes Likewise
+weares gold Chaines that yeare, the Lady majoress does wear it ever
+after as doe all y^e aldermens Ladyes whose husbands have been Lord
+majors, and as I said before y^e Lord Majors must be aldermen and must
+have served as sheriffs before, and allwayes y^e king Confers Knighthood
+on the person that is Chosen to be Sheriff unless he were a knight
+before.
+
+In Guild Hall there are severall long tables plenty fully ffurnished
+w^{th} all sorts of varietyes suiteable to the season, w^{th} fine
+Desserts off sweetemeates, and jellys w^{ch} in Pyramidyes stand all y^e
+tyme; the hott meate is brought in in first and second Courses. The Lord
+Major and Lady Majoress sitt at the upper End but in Case the Court is
+there then the Lord Major has one table, y^e Lady another, and y^e old
+Lady Majoress is set at y^e Left hand of y^e new Lady, and the aldermens
+Ladyes at her Right hand according to their senioritye, after which they
+Retire into a Gallery where is danceing the whole Evening.
+
+All this yeare Lord or Lady Majoress goe no where but w^{th} their
+officers to attend them, and y^e old Lord Major and Lady Majoress has
+their traines bore up to Guild Hall and after dinner return without it.
+The whole affaires of y^e Citty are managed by y^e Lord Major and Court
+of aldermen and Common Councill men, he is obliged to take care of
+justice and Right, he does during his yeare jnvite Each Company w^{th}
+all their Masters Wardens and officers twice—the Last tyme all their
+wives alsoe—the Sherriffs doe y^e Like. Each person brings their Gift
+two, three Guinneas, some more and according to their Gift at y^e Last
+Entertainment they have a silver spoon double Gilt, Either weighing soe
+many ounces and soe many as they Give Guinneas many tymes in the yeare:
+those y^t would shew particular respect will go dine w^{th} them and
+bring presents without haveing spoones.
+
+All offices falling vacant in the Majoralty acruee to Lord Major to
+dispose off. There are 24 Companyes w^{ch} have each severall officers,
+as masters wardens &c., and doe meete to fix and maintaine their
+priviledges. They doe walke at y^e Lord Majors day and make sumptuous
+feasts at Each hall appertaineing to their Comp^y w^{ch} is at y^e
+Charge of y^e masters and wardens w^{ch} are officers Chosen new Every
+yeare. They have great stocks and Lands belonging to their Companyes
+Common stock, and w^{ch} does maintaine schooles and Hospitalls and such
+Like w^{ch} from tyme to tyme are Encreased by severall Benefactors and
+Legacyes, some of w^{ch} are greate as in y^e Mercers Company which have
+Lands to a great value for such Ends. There are severall feasts which
+Lord Major and Sherriffs are absolutely obliged to make at their first
+Entrance into their offices, two dayes following each other, and y^e
+first day of y^e terme to all y^e judges, and 3 dayes at Easter going to
+hear a sermon at S^t Brides Each day, and then to jnspect y^e severall
+Charityes and hospitalls y^t all be kept in due order and provided for.
+Y^e Lord Major and Sherriffs attends the King at all tymes to represent
+y^e Publick affaires of y^e Citty and receive his orders, they alsoe
+officiate at y^e proclaiming any new King or Queen or to Declare peace
+or warr, w^{ch} is done in Greate solemnity by y^e King at Arms and
+severall of y^e nobillity in Coaches or on horseback, and y^e officers
+of y^e kings household.
+
+King Williams return after y^e peace was Concluded w^{th} Ffrance and
+y^e Confederates, the Kings Entry was in this manner, y^e Lord Major in
+Crimson velvet Gown w^{th} a Long traine on horseback attended by all
+his officers y^e sword bearer and water Baily very well dress’d. Y^e
+Common hunt was Clad in Green velvet, thus with all y^e aldermen in
+their scarlet gowns they proceeding to receive y^e King just at y^e End
+of Southwark on y^e borders of Kent, the Lord Major Carrying a scepter
+w^{th} a Crown of pearle on y^e top. Y^e King was attended thus, ffirst
+of all his soldiers and officers marched in Ranke, y^e aldermen and Lord
+Major and officers, then all y^e nobillity in their Coaches, the Bishops
+and judges, then y^e first Coach of y^e King w^{th} his household, then
+y^e guards of his body, and then the Coach where in y^e King was, w^{ch}
+was a very rich and Costly thing all y^e fring Rich Gold, y^e Glass very
+Large, the Standards and all outwork Like beaton Gold, drawn by 8 very
+fine white horses with Massy Gold harness and trappings, the Ffrench
+kings present to our king when the peace was concluded, y^e first
+article of w^{ch} was owning King William king of England. After the
+kings Coach a troope of guards de Corps, then the third Coach of y^e
+Kings w^{th} his houshold, and other Coaches with Severall officers of
+the houshold; then as the king passed Southwarke the Baily presented him
+his mace, he returned it with y^e usuall Ceremony and Grattification;
+then at y^e bridge y^e Lord Major demands his place and y^e sword,
+w^{ch} is to March as Capt^n of y^e Kings guards just Imediately before
+y^e kings own Coach, w^{ch} accordingly was given him and he returns the
+said scepter to y^e proper officers who bear y^t and all y^e Maces
+before him, and he bare headed beares y^e sword on horseback just before
+the kings Coach. At y^e same tyme y^e water baily rides in the middle of
+y^e guards as their officer and is on horseback, two men Like pages
+Leading it, soe is Lord Majors in this order: they proceeding through
+the Citty w^{ch} from y^e Royal Exchange on Each side had placed the
+traine bands of the Citty with their officers, next them y^e 24
+companyes of y^e Citty in their order and marks of their Honour and
+priviledges, w^{ch} reached to y^e Conduite in Cheapside, all w^{ch}
+paid their respective Homage and duty to y^e King who receiv’d it very
+kind and obligeingly, as he did y^e Generall joy and acclamations w^{ch}
+proceeded from thousands which were spectators. At Pauls Schoole y^e
+Schollars made him a speech and then he was Conducted to his own pallace
+at Whitehall. But before I leave the Citty of London I must describe its
+Building and treasure. Y^e Government as I said was Lord Major,
+aldermen, sherriffs, Recorder, and Chamberlaine, and other officers as
+Common serjeant, and other sergeants, sword Bearers, water Bayly, Common
+Cryer, and y^e town Clerke; all these with many other officers has
+Considerable salleryes and Endure their Life, Except y^e Chamberlaine
+thats annually Chosen tho’ mostly is in the same person againe. Those
+others are in the Lord Majors dispose and brings a greate advantage to
+him if any dye in his Majoralty. There is alsoe many Considerable
+perquisitts belonging to him to support y^e honnour. The Citty plaite is
+kept for Each, notwithstanding in y^e year it Costs them more many tymes
+than they Receive, and in the whole I have had it from one y^t had been
+at y^e charge said it was above 8000^£ in y^e year.
+
+There is as I said great Publick Stock in the Citty by which they have
+raised sumptuous Buildings, the Royal Exchange for one, a Large space of
+Ground Enclosed round w^{th} Cloysters and open arches on w^{ch} are
+built many walkes of Shopps of all trades. Y^e middle space below was
+design’d and is used for the merchants to meete to Concert their
+buisness and trade and bills, w^{ch} is all open and on y^e top of these
+Piaza’s are y^e Effigies in stone of most of our kings and Queens since
+y^e Conquest w^{ch} were anoynted Crowned heads, from whence this
+Exchange takes its name Royal. In y^e midst of it stands in stone work
+on a Pedestal y^e effigies of King Charles y^e second railed in w^{th}
+Iron spikes. There is alsoe at y^e Bridge a Great Monument of stone
+worke as is y^e Exchange; this is of a Great height 300 stepps up and on
+y^e top gives y^e view of y^e whole town. This was sett up in memory of
+Gods putting a Check to y^e Rageing flame w^{ch} by y^e plotts and
+Contrivance of y^e papists was Lighted. There is a Large Inscription on
+it all round mentioning it, and alsoe of y^e popish plott and y^e gun
+powd^r treason and all by y^e papists.
+
+The Bridge is a stately building all stone w^{th} 18 arches most of them
+bigg Enough to admit a Large Barge to pass, its so broade that two
+Coaches drives a breast, and there is on Each side houses and shopps
+just Like any Large streete in y^e Citty, of w^{ch} there are many and
+well built, Even and Lofty, most has 5 if not 6 degrees. Most of y^e
+Halls belonging to Each Company are Large and Magnificent buildings, as
+alsoe y^e Churches very fine and Lofty of stone work. Ye Greate
+Cathedrall is S^t Pauls w^{ch} was a vast building but burnt by fire,
+has since by y^e Citty been built up, or rather a tax on Coales w^{ch}
+brings all to pay for it in London. It now is almost ffinish’d and very
+magnificent, the Quire w^{th} Curious Carved work in wood, y^e arch
+Bishops seate and y^e Bishop of Londons and Lord Majors is very finely
+Carv’d and adorned, y^e alter alsoe with velvet and gold; on y^e Right
+side is placed a Large Crimson velvet Elbow chaire w^{ch} is for the
+Dean. This is all finished (w^{th} a sweet organ) but y^e body of y^e
+Church w^{ch} is to be Closed on y^e top w^{th} a Large Cupilo is not
+quite done. There was formerly in y^e Citty severall houses of y^e
+Noblemens w^{th} Large gardens and out houses and Great attendances, but
+of Late are pulled down and built into streetes and squares and Called
+by y^e names of y^e noblemen, and this is the practise by almost all
+even just to y^e Court Excepting one or two.
+
+Northumberland and Bedford house, and Lord Mountagues house indeed has
+been new built and is very fine, one roome in y^e middle of y^e building
+is of a surpriseing height Curiously painted and very Large, yet soe
+Contrived y^t speake very Low to y^e wall or wanscoate in one Corner and
+it should be heard w^{th} advantage in y^e very opposite Corner
+aCross—this I heard Myself. And this Leads me to y^e Citty of
+Westminster in w^{ch} are many of these noblemens houses built into very
+fine squares. Y^e kings pallace was a most magnificent building all of
+freestone, w^{th} appartments suiteable to y^e Court of a King, in
+w^{ch} was a Large roome Called the Banqueting-roome w^{ch} was fitted
+for and used in all Publick solemnityes and audiences of ambassadours
+&c. This is y^e only thing Left of y^e vast building which by accident
+or Carelessness, if not designe, has Laid it in ashes together w^{th}
+Exceeding Rich furniture of antiquity, as alsoe y^e greate and good
+Queen Mary’s Closet and Curious treasures. This has all along y^e
+prospect of y^e Thames on one side and a Large parke on y^e other,
+walled in, which is full of very fine walkes and rowes of trees, ponds
+and Curious birds Deer, and some fine Cows. In this parke stands another
+pallace S^t James, w^{ch} is very well and was built for some of y^e
+Royal Familly as y^e Duke of Yorke or Prince of Wales. There is at
+Whitehall in y^e privy Garden a Large pond w^{th} a spout of water of a
+vast height. This of S^t James is Little but daily building adding may
+make it greate.
+
+There is alsoe one Nobleman’s house, is this Parke House w^{ch} is a
+very Curious Building. Just by this parke you Enter another Much Larger,
+Hide-parke, w^{ch} is for Rideing on horseback but mostly for y^e
+Coaches, there being a ring railed in round w^{ch} a Gravel way y^t
+would admitt of twelve if not more rowes of Coaches, w^{ch} y^e Gentry
+to take y^e aire and see each other Comes and drives round and round;
+one row going Contrary to each other affords a pleaseing diversion. The
+rest of y^e parke is green and full of deer, there are Large ponds
+w^{th} fish and fowle. Y^e whole Length of this parke there is a high
+Causey of a good breadth, 3 Coaches may pass and on Each side are Rowes
+of posts on w^{ch} are Glasses—Cases for Lamps w^{ch} are Lighted in y^e
+Evening and appeares very fine as well as safe for y^e passenger. This
+is only a private roade y^e king had w^{ch} reaches to Kensington, where
+for aire our Great King W^m bought a house and filled it for a
+Retirement w^{th} pretty gardens. Besides these y^e king has a pallace
+in y^e Strand w^{th} fine gardens all to y^e Thames river, this
+appertaines to y^e Queen Dowager while she Lives. In this place was y^t
+cruel Barbarous Murder of S^r Edmund Berry Godfrey by y^e papists.
+Westminster is remarkable for haveing in it y^e ancient Large abbey
+w^{ch} is a most magnificent Building of stone finely Graved, and within
+is adorned w^{th} severall monuments of our Kings and Queens and great
+personages.
+
+In Harry y^e sevenths Chapple Layes our Great and good as well as Ever
+Glorious King William, and Queen Mary his Royal Consort and joinctly on
+y^e throne of these kingdoms, whome noe tyme Can ever obliterate y^e
+memory off, their being Englands deliverers in Gods hands from popery
+and slavery w^{ch} King James by y^e King of Frances power was involving
+us in. This abby alsoe is y^e place where y^e sollemnityes of the Kings
+interrments and Corronations are performed of which shall give a
+perticular.
+
+At y^e Death of a Prince which I have been a mournfull spectator or
+hearer of two of y^e most Renowned y^t ever was, King William and queen
+Marys, the Queen Dying before the king he ommitted noe Ceremony of
+Respect to her memory and remains w^{ch} Lay in State in Whitehall in a
+bed of Purple velvet all open, the Cannopy y^e same w^{th} Rich gold
+fring, y^e middle being y^e armes of England Curiously painted and Gilt,
+y^e head piece Embroyder’d Richly w^{th} a Crown and Cyphers of her
+name, a Cusheon of purple velvet at y^e head on w^{ch} was y^e Imperiall
+Crown and Scepter and Globe, and at y^e feete another such a Cusheon
+w^{th} y^e sword and Gauntlets on the Corps w^{ch} was rowled in Lead,
+and over it a Coffin Cover’d w^{th} purple velvet w^{th} the Crown, and
+Gilt in Moldings very Curious. A Pall on all of a very Rich tissue of
+gold and silver, Ruffled round about w^{th} purple velvet w^{ch} hung
+down on y^e ground, w^{ch} was a halfe pace railed as y^e manner of the
+Princes beds are. This in a roome hung w^{th} purple velvet full of
+Large wax tapers, and at y^e 4 Corners of the bed stood 4 of y^e Ladyes
+of y^e bed Chamber—Countesses—w^{th} vailes; these were at severall
+tymes relieved by others of y^e same. Y^e anty Chamber hung with purple
+Cloth and there attended four of y^e Maids of honnour all in vailes, and
+y^e Gentlemen of the bed Chamber, pages in another roome all in black,
+y^e staires all below the same. Y^e Queen dyeing while y^e parliam^t
+sate, y^e King gave mourning to them, 500 and Clerks, w^{ch} attended
+thus: their Speaker haveing his traine bore up, then y^e Lord Major y^e
+same, and attended by y^e aldermen and officers all in black, and y^e
+Judges; then y^e officers of the houshold, then y^e Guards, then y^e
+Gentleman master of y^e horse Led the queens Led horse Cover’d up w^{th}
+purple velvet, next Came the open Chariot made as y^e bed was, the
+Cannopy y^e same all purple velvet, a high arch’d teister Ruffled,
+w^{th} y^e Rich fring and pall, w^{ch} was supported by Six of y^e first
+Dukes of y^e Realme that were not in office. This Chariot was drawn by
+the Queens own 6 horses Covered up with purple velvet and at y^e head
+and feete was Laid y^e Emblems of her dignity, the Crown and Scepter on
+a Cushion at y^e head, and Globe and Gauntlets at y^e feete, after which
+the first Dutchess in England as Chief mourner walked supported by these
+Lords, the Lord president of y^e Councill and y^e Lord privy Seale, she
+haveing a vaile over her face, and her traine of 6 yards Length being
+bore up by the next Dutchess assisted by four young Ladyes. After w^{ch}
+two and two y^e Ladies followed and Lords, all Long traines according to
+their ranke, y^e Bishops Likewise all on foote on black Cloth strained
+on boards, from Whitehall to Westminster abby where was a sermon, in
+w^{ch} tyme y^e body of y^e queen was reposed in a masulium in form of a
+bed w^{th} black velvet and silver fringe round, and hanging in arches,
+and at y^e four Corners was tapers and in y^e middle a bason supported
+by Cupids or Cherubims shoulders, in w^{ch} was one Entire Great Lamp
+burning y^e whole tyme. Then after y^e service of burial w^{ch} is done
+with solemn and mournfull musick and singing, ye sound of a Drum
+unbraced, the breakeing of all y^e white staves of those that were y^e
+officers of y^e queen, and flinging in y^e keys of the rest of y^e
+offices devoted by y^t badge into y^e tomb. They seale it up and soe
+returne in same order they went. There is allwayes a high steward made
+for all solemnityes of y^e Kings and Queens and he is only soe for that
+day, and he goes just before the Led horse. The pages also Lead all y^e
+horses that draws y^e Chariot, and the yeaumen of y^e guard walks on
+Each side all y^e way. This is y^e manner of publick funeralls but if it
+be Kings then the Ladyes attend not. Y^e next Ceremonys is the Crowning
+the Kings and Queens of England w^{ch} is done in this manner as I have
+seen it. The Prince by Letters Summons all the nobility to be ready to
+attend them such a day—its usually on S^t Georges day—by the Earle
+marshall at Westminster Hall, another Greate Building which containes
+the Parliament houses and the courts of justice, and requests all—w^{ch}
+shall Describe hereafter. But as I said they being Come to this
+Westminster Hall y^e Dean of Westminster abbey w^{th} prebends &c comes
+with the Crown, scepter, swords and orb and all the Regalias, it being
+in their Custody w^{ch} are all put on y^e table. Y^e prince does
+appoynt these all to be Carryed by severall Lords; then there being blew
+Cloth spread from y^e Hall to y^e Abby w^{ch} is all railed in and Lined
+with foote and horse Guards, the Procession beginns thus. First four
+drums two and two as is the whole procession, these beate y^e March;
+then the 6 Chancery Clerkes, then the Chaplaines that have Dignityes,
+then the aldermen of London and y^e masters in Chancery, y^e Solicitor
+Generall, y^e Attorney General, then the Gentlemen of the privy Chamber,
+next the judges, then the Children of the Kings Chappel, then the Choir
+of Westminster, then the gentlemen of the Chapple, next y^e Prebends of
+Westminster, then the Master of y^e jewel house, then goes the Privy
+Counsellors y^t are not Peers of the realme, then two Pursuivants goe,
+next them goes y^e Barronesses in Crimson velvet Robes Lined w^{th}
+Earmine, and Cut waved in a Long traine Lined with white sarsnet, the
+sleeves were open to the shoulder, tyed up there with Silver Cords and
+tassells hanging down to y^e wast, the sleeves being fringed w^{th}
+silver, under w^{ch} fine point or Lace sleeves and Ruffles, w^{th}
+Gloves Laced or w^{th} Ribon gold and white, their peticoates were
+white; some tissue Laced w^{th} gold or silver, and their stomatchers
+some were all Diamonds; over all they had mantles of y^e same Crimson
+velvet Lined w^{th} Earmine and fastened to the shoulder, on w^{ch}
+there was a broad Earmine Like a Cape reaching to y^e waste powder’d
+w^{th} rowes according to their Degree, y^e barroness 2 rows, the
+viscountess 2 rows and halfe, the Countesses 3 Rowes, the Marchoness 3
+rows and a halfe, the Dutchesses 4 Rows, the Queen 6; these all having
+Long traines suiteable to their Robes and were in Length as their
+Degree. Y^e Barronesses had their traines 2 yards and a quarter drawing
+on the ground, the Viscountess 2 yards and halfe, y^e Marchionesses 2
+yards 3 quarters, y^e Dutchess 3 yards drawing on the Ground. Their
+heads were dress’d w^{th} much haire and Long Locks full of
+Diamonds—some perfect Peakes of bows of Diamonds as was the Countess of
+Pembrook,—their heads so dress’d as a space Left for their Coronets to
+be set, all y^e rest is filled w^{th} haire, Jewells and gold, and white
+small Ribon, or Gold thinn Lace, in form of a peake, and gold gause on
+their rowles, they have also Diamond necklaces and jewels on their
+habitts. Each Carry their Corronets in their hands w^{ch} does also
+Distinguish their Dignityes. The Barrons is a velvet Cap w^{th} a
+Coronet of Gold, w^{th} six great pearles or what resembles them a white
+Gilding in that form. Y^e Viscounts Coronet is a Gold set w^{th} 16
+pearles of Like sort set very Close together. Ye Earles Coronet is of
+Gold w^{th} spikes, on y^e tops of which are Laid pearles w^{ch} stands
+at a Distance; and have Leaves at y^e frame. Y^e Marquess’s Coronet is
+Gold alsoe w^{th} spikes of Leaves of y^e same at distances, between
+w^{ch} are those pearles much Lower just proceeding from y^e frame. The
+Dukes are a Double row of Leaves y^e one standing up at distances, y^e
+others between, Low by y^e frame.
+
+The Dukes, Marquess’s, Earles, Viscounts, and Barrons, are Differenced
+as the Ladyes are by their Rows of Earmine on their Mantles—they all
+being Clad w^{th} Rich vests under their Robes, and trimm’d gloves of
+Lace or fringe, fine Linnen, and Carry their Coronets in their hands.
+Only those that are knights of y^e garter weare a Chaine of Gold S S on
+their shoulders upon their Earmine Cape, and have their George hanging
+to it, their Starr on y^e breast of their Robes and a Diamond garter on
+their Leg w^{th} blew Ribon. In this manner habited proceeds y^e
+Barronesses and Barrons, then the Bishops that sit in y^e Parliam^t as
+peeres their habit is Lawn sleeves and Black, their Capps are flatt Like
+a 4 square trencher put on Cornerwise; after which went a pursuivant,
+then in same order y^e Viscountesses and next y^e Viscounts; then two
+Heraulds, then in same order the Countesses and next the Earles, then a
+Herauld, then in y^e same order y^e marchionesses next y^e marquisses,
+then two heraulds, then in the same order the Dutchesses, next them the
+Dukes, then two Kings at armes, after which y^e Lord Privy Seale, next
+him Lord President of y^e Councill. Then y^e ArchBishops w^{ch} are
+Esteemed in higher Rank than y^e Dukes, then a Duke w^{ch} is of y^e
+Royal family w^{th} their traine bore up, Prince George of Denmarke
+being Royal Consort to Queen Ann walked so haveing his traine bore by
+the vice-Chamberlaine, the Prince is Duke of Cumberland w^{ch} is y^e
+first Duke; next goe two personages in Robes of state, but of an antique
+forme, velvet and Earmine w^{th} Hatts of Gold tissues, personateing y^e
+two Dukes of Acquitaine and Normandy w^{ch} belongs to y^e English
+Crown. Next them went the Lord w^{ch} bore S^t Edmunds staff, w^{th} a
+Lord that bore the Gold Spurrs, another Lord with y^e Scepter Royal, 3
+other Lords following w^{th} y^e sword of justice, y^e Curtana sword of
+mercy, and another poynted sword, next which S^r Garter King at armes
+between my Lord Major and the usher of y^e black Rod. These Heraulds
+dress in Coates full of y^e Kings armes all about with Gildings, and
+hang short w^{th} Long sleeves and sleeves hanging behind alsoe. Next
+y^e Lord High Chamberlaine single, then next an Earle beares y^e sword
+of State between y^e Earle Marshall and y^e Lord high Constable, made
+for y^t Dayes Solemnity. Next goes an Earle Beareing y^e Scepter of y^e
+Dove, next y^t a Duke Carrying y^e Globe orb, next went a Duke w^{th}
+y^e Crown w^{ch} must be Lord High Steward for that dayes Solemnity,
+next went a Bishop w^{th} y^e Bible between two other Bishops y^t
+Carryed y^e pattent and y^e Challice w^{ch} Last appertaines to y^e Dean
+of Westminster. Next this the Cannopys and in Case there is a King then
+his Consort goes before him in this manner under a Cannopy of Cloth of
+Gold borne up by 8 Barrons of y^e Cinque ports, and is supported by two
+Bishops, and her Coronet or Crown is alsoe Carryed by a Lord before, and
+alsoe a silver Rod by another Lord, w^{ch} when she returns she holds in
+one hand and the Little scepter. Her traine is bore up by y^e first
+Duchess of y^e Realme assisted by 4 maiden Daughters of Earles and her
+Robes ought to be only Crimson velvet, but King James’s Queen would have
+purple, but never Changes them as doth a Queen that is Regent in her
+self y^e Principal, as Queen Ann and her sister Queen Mary joinct in y^e
+throne w^{th} King William. All w^{ch} in some things makes a Difference
+as shall show, for y^e Queen Consort as King James’s queen was not
+anoynted nor sworne unless as a subject to y^e King and walked thus
+before him, after which y^e King Came under another Cannopy of gold
+tissue supported by 8 more of y^e Barrons of the Cinque-ports; he leaned
+on two Bishops, his traine borne up by the Lord w^{ch} is Master of his
+robes assisted by four Lords sonns. These Cannopyes have silver staves
+for Each person to hold them up by. In y^e Case of King William and
+Queen Mary that were set joynctly on the throne anoynted both and sworne
+by y^e Coronation oath, they Likewise walked both under one of these
+Canopyes made very Large supported by y^e 16 Barrons, and on y^e outside
+of Each went a Bishop on whome they Leaned, Leading Each other; and
+their traines were bore, the Kings by y^e Lord w^{ch} is master of y^e
+Robes, the Queen by y^e first Dutchess and young Ladies. And soe their
+throne was Entire two seates and their Cannopyes one at y^e table, but
+now as in Case of our present Majesty Queen Ann I saw her thus; her
+Cannopy was Large bore by y^e sixteen, and she because of Lameness of
+y^e Gout had an Elbow Chaire of Crimson velvet w^{th} a Low back, by
+w^{ch} meanes her mantle and Robe was Cast over it and bore by the Lord
+Master of y^e Robes and y^e first Dutchess, w^{th} 4 maiden Ladies,
+Earles Daughters on Each side Richly Dress’d in Cloth of Gold or Silver,
+Laced, w^{th} Long traines, Richly Dressed in fine Linnen, and jewells
+in their hair, and Embroider’d on their Gowns. The Queens traine was 6
+yards Long, the Mantle suitable of Crimson velvet with Earmine as y^e
+other of y^e nobility, only the rowes of powdering Exceeded, being six
+rowes of powdering. Her Robe under was of Gold tissue, very Rich
+Embroydery of jewellry about it, her peticoate the same of Gold tissue
+w^{th} gold and silver lace, between Rowes of Diamonds Embroyder’d, her
+Linnen fine. The Queen being principall of the order of y^e Garter had a
+row of Gold S S about her shoulders, y^e Georges w^{ch} are allwayes set
+with Diamonds and tyed with a blew Ribon. Her head was well dress’d
+w^{th} Diamonds mixed in y^e haire w^{ch} at y^e Least motion Brill’d
+and flamed. She wore a Crimson velvet Cap with Earmine under y^e
+Circlet, w^{ch} was set with Diamonds, and on the middle a sprig of
+Diamonds drops transparent hung in form of a plume of feathers, for this
+Cap is y^e Prince of Wales’s Cap w^{ch} till after y^e Coronation that
+makes them Legall king and queen—they weare. Thus to y^e quire doore she
+Came, then Leaveing y^e Cannopy—(y^e Chaire she Left at y^e Abby doore—)
+she is conducted to y^e Alter which was finely deck’d w^{th} Gold tissue
+Carpet and fine Linnen, on the top all y^e plaite of y^e abby sett, y^e
+velvet Cushions to place y^e Crown and all y^e regallias on. She made
+her offering at y^e Alter, a pound weight or wedge of gold, here the
+Dean of Westminster and y^e prebends which assists the Arch-Bishop in
+the Cerimonyes are arrayed in very Rich Coapes and Mitres, black velvet
+Embroyder’d w^{th} gold Starrs, or Else tissue of gold and silver. Then
+the Littany and prayers are sung and repeated by two Bishops w^{th} a
+small organ, then the Queen being seated on a green velvet Chaire
+faceing the pulpit attends y^e words of y^e sermon w^{ch} was by y^e
+arch-Bishop of York, w^{ch} being ended y^e Queen arose and returned
+thanks for y^e Arch-bishops Sermon, is shewed to y^e people by saying a
+form, Will you take this to be your Souveraigne to be over you? thus I
+saw the Queen turn her face to y^e four sides of y^e Church, then the
+Coronation oath is repeated to her, w^{ch} she distinctly answered each
+article, which oath is very Large in three articles, relateing to all
+priviledges of y^e Church and State to which she promised to be the
+security and to maintaine all to us. Then she kiss’d y^e Bible, then a
+Bible was presented to her to maintaine y^e true Protestant religion.
+Then she being on a Little throne by the alter, Cover’d all w^{th} Cloth
+of Gold, she has y^e spurrs of gold brought her and they toutch her
+heele, then the sword of state is presented her which she offers up on
+the alter, w^{ch} a Lord appoynted for it redeemes y^e sword for 100
+shillings, and draws it out and beares it naked all y^e day. After the
+other swords are brought and presented her w^{ch} she delivers to y^e
+severall officers, then the ring is put on her finger to witness she is
+married to the Kingdom, then the orb I saw brought and presented to her
+and y^e Scepters. Then she was anoynted in this manner; there was a
+Cloth of silver twilight Embroyder’d, held a Little shaddowing over her
+head. I saw y^e Bishop bring y^e oyle on a spoone soe annoynted y^e
+palmes of her hands, her breast and her forehead, Last of all y^e top of
+her head, haveing taken off y^e prince of Wales’s Cap and y^e haire
+being Cutt off Close at y^e top y^e oyle was poured on and with a fine
+Cloth all Dryed againe. Then Last of all y^e arch Bishops held the Crown
+over her head w^{ch} Crown was made on purpose for this Cerimony vastly
+Rich in Diamonds, y^e borders and y^e Globe part very thick sett w^{th}
+vast diamonds, y^e Cross on y^e top with all diamonds w^{ch} flamed at
+y^e Least motion, this is worth a vast summe, but being made for this
+Cerimony and pulled to pieces againe, its only soe much for the hire of
+such Jewells that made it. This I saw was fix’d on y^e Queens head
+w^{th} Huzza’s and sound of Drumms trumpets and gunns, and at the same
+tyme all y^e peeres and peeresses put on their Coronets on their heads.
+There are divers forms of speech that belong to each Cerimony. Y^e Queen
+after this goes to y^e alter and there I saw her receive the Sacrament,
+I saw the deane bring her y^e bread and wine. Then she is Conducted with
+her Crown on, her Globe and Scepter in her hand and seated on y^e Royal
+throne of y^e Kingdom w^{ch} is of gold finely wrought, high back and
+armes set on a theatre of severall steps, assent rises on four sides to
+it. She being thus seated is followed w^{th} a second Huzza and sound of
+drums and trumpets and Gunns, then all y^e Lords and Bishops pay their
+homage to her; the Eldest of Each ranke swears fidelity to her in his
+own name and in y^e name of all of his ranck. They all singly come and
+touch her Crown and some kiss her Right Cheeke—they make all do soe,—she
+kisses the Bishops. All this while anthems are sung and the Medals are
+Cast about by the treasurer of y^e houshold, after w^{ch} the Queen
+arose and went and made her second offering, sate down on the throne on
+w^{ch} she was annoynted and Crown’d. After, an anthem is sung proper
+for the tyme, after w^{ch} the Queen retired into King Edwards Chappel
+to private prayer, w^{ch} being ended and her Crimson velvet mantle
+being taken off and one of purple velvet made just y^e same put on, in
+y^e same manner they returned Each one in his station, only the Lords
+y^t Carryed the Regalias now tooke their places as peers with y^e rest,
+y^e Queen walked to y^e doore of y^e abby w^{th} obligeing Lookes and
+bows to all y^t Saluted her and were spectatours, w^{ch} were prodigious
+numbers in Scaffolds built in the Abbey and all the streetes on each
+side reaching to Westminster hall, where the Queen againe quitted her
+Chaire w^{ch} was Carryed by four men, the whole procession being both
+going and comeing attended by y^e gentlemen pensioners Clad in Scarlet
+Cloth w^{th} gold Lace, Holding halberds w^{th} gold tops Like
+pick-axes. These make a Lane for the queen to pass and follow two and
+two, next them y^e groomes of the bed Chamber, then the Captaine of y^e
+guards went between y^e Captaine of y^e pensioners band and the Captain
+of y^e yeaumen, and were attended by their officers and yeamen.
+
+The queen being Come up to her table w^{ch} was a great rise of stepps
+she was seated on her throne w^{ch} was under a fine Cannopy. When King
+James was Crown’d he sate soe: at his Left hand sate his Queen under
+another Cannopy, but King William and Queen Mary being both principalls
+sate under one Large Cannopy on one Large throne, but our present Queen
+should have sate alone as she did in the upper End under y^e Cannopy,
+but she sent and did invite Prince George her Consort to dine with her.
+So he Came and at her request tooke his seate at her Left hand without
+the Cannopy. The first Course was served just before the Queen Came in,
+She being ushered in by the Earle Marshall, Lord High Steward, and Lord
+high Chamberlaine on horseback, their horses being finely dress’d and
+managed, and the Cookes Came up with their point aprons and towells
+about their shoulders of poynt; after w^{ch} Comes up the Lord high
+steward againe on horseback, with the other two Lords, and acquaints the
+king or queen there is their Champion without ready to Encounter or
+Combate with any that should pretend to dispute, after w^{ch} he is
+Conducted in on horseback by the Earle Marshall and y^e Lord high
+steward, and they Come up to the stepps of the throne, and there the
+Champion all dress’d in armour Cap-a-pe and declares his readyness to
+Combate w^{th} any that should oppose the Right of their Majestyes, and
+there upon throws down his guantlet w^{ch} is giving Challenge, after
+w^{ch} the King or Queen drinks to him in a Gold Cup w^{th} a Cover, y^e
+same w^{ch} is Carryed to y^e Champion and he drinks, and then he
+retires back and Carrys it away being his Due as is the best horse in
+the kings stable, y^e best suite of armour in y^e armory. This belongs
+to S^r John Dimmocks familly y^t hath a yearly salery from the Crown. My
+Lord Major here officiates as y^e kings Butler, and hath for a Reward
+such another Cup of gold Covered and thus the Ceremony Ends and they all
+retire. Westminster Hall is as full of spectatours sitting on scaffolds
+on Each side, under w^{ch} are severall Long tables spread and full of
+all varietyes prepared for the Lords and Ladies, others for the judges,
+aldermen &c.
+
+When there is a Rideing Coronation they proceed on from y^e abbey when a
+king is Crowned, all on horseback thro’ y^e Citty in y^e same order as
+at the Entry at y^e peace, quite to y^e Tower all richly dress’d and
+their horses w^{th} fine trappings, Led on both sides by Each Lords
+pages, and when its a King only, then only y^e Lords attend as in y^e
+Coronation of King Charles the second, but at Queen Elizabeths the
+Ladies alsoe attended to y^e Tower which is at the utmost extremity of
+y^e Citty of London, where the Governour presents the King with y^e
+Keyes which he returns againe and after some other Cerimonyes and
+makeing some Knights of y^e Bath Either six or Eight I Cannot tell
+which. These are an order that prefferr such a knight above all other
+knights, but is not so high as a Barronet and it alsoe expires at their
+Death descending not to y^e son; they wear a scarlet Ribon round their
+shoulder Like a belt: then they all return back to the pallace; Usually
+the rideing Coronation holds two dayes.
+
+The tower is built just by y^e Thames, thereon many gunns are placed all
+round, its built of free stone, four towers. In one is y^e amunition and
+powder, Called y^e white tower, w^{ch} is kept very secure w^{th} 6
+keyes w^{ch} are kept by six persons. In another part the Coynage is
+where they refine, melt, form, stamp and Engrave all y^e money w^{ch} is
+managed by severall over w^{ch} there is y^e Comptroler of y^e mint. In
+another part is kept severall Lyons w^{ch} are named by y^e names of y^e
+kings, and it has been observ’d that when a king has dyed y^e Lion of
+y^e name has alsoe dyed.
+
+There are also other strange Creatures kept there, Leopards, Eagles &c
+&c w^{ch} have been brought from forreign parts. In another place is
+kept the Crowns and all y^e Regalias, as orb, scepters, swords. The
+Crown that is made on purpose to Crown a prince is pulled to pieces
+againe and they only reserve an old large Crown of King Harry y^e
+seventh in form of a Ducall Coronet, and y^e Crown w^{ch} is used for
+the passing of bills, of w^{ch} here after. This hath Large pearles on
+y^e Cross and an Emerauld on y^e top of y^e head w^{ch} Closes the bands
+w^{ch} goes every way of y^e sides to y^e round frame full of Diamonds
+and Saphyr’s and Rubies w^{ch} y^e frame at y^e bottom is also enchased
+with. This Large Emerauld is as bigg as an Egg all transparent and well
+Cut: the Globe is alsoe sett w^{th} diamonds representing y^e Lines on
+the Celestial Globe. The middle or body of y^e Tower is full of armour
+of all sorts and placed in Each roome w^{th} great Curiosity Like a
+ffurniture on y^e walls and kept very bright and fine. And now I shall
+return to y^e Hall att Westminster where are all y^e Courts of justice
+kept. There are severall parts out of y^e hall for y^e Court of y^e
+Kings Bench for tryal of all Causes by jurys, Grand juryes and petty
+jurys, to manage w^{ch} there is a Lord Chief Justice and three other
+Judges his assistants, where matters are heard by Councellors, attornys
+and solicitors to plead y^e Cause in the Court. All these formerly were
+but few in number when buisness was not delayed but brought to a quick
+jssue and persons had matters decided quicker, but now they are
+increased extreamely and Consequently buisness Lengthened out for their
+profit. There is alsoe another Court of y^e Common pleas to w^{ch} is
+another Chiefe Justice, the first is Call’d the Lord Chiefe Justice of
+the Kings Bench Court, y^e other the Lord Chiefe Justice of y^e Common
+pleas—he hath alsoe three Judges assistants. This Court is in something
+the same nature managed as y^e former, only that matters of Life and
+death are not here tryed or determined, that belongs to y^e Kings Bench.
+There is alsoe the Exchequer Chamber which is another Court and managed
+by a Lord Chiefe Baron and 3 other Barrons assistants, w^{ch} are all
+judges, and all first sergeants and in this manner are fitted, having
+been Entred at such an age into any of y^e jnns of Court of w^{ch} there
+are many in y^e town, Lincolns-inn, Grays-inn, Ffurnifulls-inn,
+Clemens-jnn, Cliffords-inn and others. The Temples Likewise are such
+where they are students in the Law and goe to hear Causes and are
+trained up in that Learning w^{ch} is grounded on our Laws, the Magna
+Charta Law of the whole kingdom by w^{ch} all matters are or may be
+decided. After soe many yeares studdy and being thus Entred they are
+Called to y^e barr—y^t is to plead as Councellors and Barristers in
+these Courts, and out of such that have been thus Barristers many yeares
+they Commence serjeants, and are made in this manner the first day of a
+terme. They walk two and two in their Gowns from y^e Temple to
+Westminster Hall where Each that is designed for serjeants stand with
+their Back to y^e Barr of the Court at a Little distance, y^e puny judge
+on the Bench sayes to the Lord Chief Justice, my Lord I think I spye a
+Brother; the Lord Chief Justice replies truly Brother I thinke its soe
+indeed, send and bring him up to be examined whether capable or well
+quallify’d; w^{ch} is done and after severall questions he is sworn and
+has a Coiffe put on his head, which is a black satten Cap w^{th} a white
+Lace or Edge round y^e bottom and thus he is received into their number
+and soe returned. They have a feast and pay their fees which is
+considerable all to maintain the Court out of such as are sergeants. The
+king makes judges and gives them salleryes; all the judges doe weare
+scarlet robes Lined with furr. These twelve judges sitt in the House of
+Lords on wooll packs, not as peers but as Councellors to informe the
+house of what is their former Laws, and to decide matters that Come
+before them if relating to the Law, and soe are only their officers and
+Cannot put on their Caps without permission of y^e Lords. There is alsoe
+another Court for justice w^{ch} is Called the Court of Equity or
+Chancery. The other Courts properly Judges of the matters of Right by
+Law this as to the Equitty of it, w^{ch} is managed by a Lord Chancellor
+or a Lord Keeper, w^{ch} is not in soe high a station nor at so vast
+expence, but answers the Ends of the other as to the Buissness—is Called
+Lord Keeper because he keepes the great seale of England w^{ch} makes
+all authentick that passes it. This sometymes is managed in Commision by
+three, but many tymes by one single person, he allwayes sitts in the
+house of Lords alsoe and is y^e speaker of y^e house of Lords. Under him
+there is the Master of the Roles w^{ch} is his deputy and in the others
+absence acts in the Court as Chiefe. This Court keeps all the Records
+and statutes, there are two registers belongs to it with six masters
+which are alsoe the under justices, and six Clerks w^{ch} have all their
+Respective offices and Enter all things. Under them is the 60 Clerks and
+other under writers. This formerly was the best Court to relieve the
+subject but now is as Corrupt as any and as dilatory. The Causes in the
+Chancery are heard and Refferr’d to some of the masters and they report
+the matter againe, and soe from the notion of this being a Court of
+Equitty and so gives Liberty for persons to make all the allegation and
+reasons in their Cause, which much delayes y^e dispatch, which formerly
+was of a very good advantage to prevent a huddling up a Cause without
+allowing tyme for y^e partys to produce their evidences or Right, but
+now by that meanes is soe ill managed that it admitts of heareing,
+Re-heareing over and over on the Least motion of y^e Contrary party,
+that will pretend to offer new reason matter for delaying judgment, that
+by this it accrues great advantage to y^e Lawyers that have all their
+fees each motion and may be so Continued many yeares to sometyme y^e
+ruin of the Plaintiffs and deffendants. A small gratuiety obteine an
+order to delay till the next terme and so to another.
+
+There are four termes in a yeare, one at Easter, another at Midsumer,
+and at Michaelmas, and Candle-mass, at which tymes these Courts of
+justice are open for tryal of y^e Causes belonging to their Courts, and
+holds a fortnight or more, one three weekes, another a month, one 5
+weekes; but there are sealeing dayes w^{ch} hold much Longer and this
+between Easter and Midsumer terme joyns the tymes. Y^e Last terme is the
+shortest but the seales hold Longer. After this is the Long vacation
+being the heate of the weather and tyme of harvest in which tyme alsoe
+are the assizes in all the Countys in England, for at y^e End of the
+Midsummer terme y^e Judges takes y^e Circuites assigned Each, usual the
+Lord Chiefe Justice of England w^{ch} is of y^e Kings Bench Chuses the
+home Circuit w^{ch} is the County adjacent all about London, w^{ch} is a
+Less fatigue and more Easily perform’d. Two judges must goe in Each
+Circuite and in all places the one sitts on the Bench of Life and Death,
+y^e other on buisness de-nise-prises, and soe they exchange in all the
+places they Come, y^e judge y^t was on the Life and death at one County,
+in the next takes y^e barr of the nais prisse and so on. There is one
+Called the Northern Circuit w^{ch} is a Long one and takes in Wales;
+there is the Western Circuite alsoe: this takes up 6 of y^e 12 judges
+and Barrons.
+
+But all this while there must be two at Least Left in London to heare
+and attend y^e sessions of y^e Old Bayly which is kept once a month both
+of Life and death and Common pleas.
+
+In all these sessions at y^e Old Bayly y^e Lord Major is the judge and
+sitts as such, but Leaves the management of the Law to the Chiefe
+justice or Judges which ought to be two. There is the Recorder of y^e
+Citty also another justice who after y^e judge has summon’d the Evidence
+does alsoe summ it up, and this is in all the tryals at the Kings Bench,
+alsoe here the sword Bearer is a officer, and Common Cryer, and alsoe
+the two Sherriffs attends, they impanell the Jury and their office is so
+necessary y^t at the death of a Sherriff as happened Last yeare the
+Buissness of the terme happening then stood still till another was
+Chosen and sworne.
+
+The Recorder of the Citty is allwayes knighted and soe is the
+Chamberlaine of the Citty. Now in the assizes in all the Countyes of
+England the sherriff of the County Comes to the Edge of the County and
+Receives y^e judges from the hand of the sherriff of y^e next County and
+Conducts him to y^e County town attended w^{th} the Gentry, and there is
+a Large house in the town hired for that tyme for the judge, and all the
+sherriffs officers attends him and he in person; alsoe he sends the
+judge a present y^e first night of meate and wine and gives him one
+dinner. Its usual that the Judges are Entertained most of the tyme by
+the Bishop Major and best Gentlemen, its seldom they stay more than a
+weeke in a place unless they have a great deale of Buisness or that one
+of the judges should be sick so y^t y^e other must supply both barrs one
+after another. There are Lawyers that allwayes do follow the judges,
+some serjeant which people make use of in their Causes and joyne w^{th}
+them some of their own Country Lawyers. There are two of these assizes
+in a year, the other is in the winter, besides which in Each County they
+have quarterly sessions to w^{ch} all Constables of that precinct
+repaires, and the titheing men w^{th} their presentments and Complaints
+to punish and relieve in petty matters w^{ch} the Justice of the peace
+are judges off, and if they have a matter before them beyond their
+decision they bind them over to the asizes and there to prosecute them.
+The manner of Criminalls punishment after Condemnation, w^{ch} if it be
+for fellony or treason their Condemnation of the first is to be hanged,
+and they are drawn in a Cart from their prisons where they had been
+Confined all the tyme after they were taken, I say they are drawn in a
+Cart with their Coffin tyed to them and halters about their necks, there
+is alsoe a Divine with them that is allwayes appointed to be with them
+in the prison to prepare them for their death by makeing them sencible
+of their Crimes and all their sins, and to Confess and repent of them.
+These do accompany them to the place of Execution w^{ch} is generally
+through the Citty to a place appoynted for it Called Tijburn. there
+after they have prayed and spoken to the people the minister does Exhort
+them to repent and to forgive all the world, the Executioner then
+desires him to pardon him and so the halter is put on and he is Cast
+off, being hung on a Gibbet till dead, then Cut down and buried unless
+it be for murder; then usually his body is hung up in Chaines at a Cross
+high road in view of all, to deterre others. For high treason they are
+drawn in a sledge to their Execution without any Coffin, for their
+Condemnation when hang’d to be taken down before quite dead and to be
+opened. They take out their heart and say this is the heart of a
+traytor, and so his body is Cutt in quarters and hung up on the top of
+the Great gates of the Citty which are the places of their prison, some
+gate houses for debters, others for fellons and traytors. In Case its a
+woman which is a traytor then she is Condemned to be burnt. All at their
+Execution have Liberty to speake, and in Case they are sencible of and
+repent of their Crimes they do declare it and bewaile it and warne
+others from doing the Like, but if they are hard’nd they persist in
+denying it to the Last. Now as I said y^e Law Condemns all thus to be
+Executed, but if it be great persons they obtaine Leave of y^e king they
+may be beheaded, which is done on a scaffold Erected on purpose in
+manner of a stage, and the persons brought in Coaches with Ministers do
+as the former; then when they have ended their prayers and speech they
+Lay down their head on a block and stretch out their bodies. The
+Executioner strikes off their heads with an ax or sword made on purpose
+and if it be for treason take the head and hold it up saying this is the
+head of a traytor; and such Great persons, Especially those that Can pay
+well for it, have their heads sewed on againe and so buried. The Prison
+in London for great persons is the Tower where are appartments for y^t
+purpose. There is in all the County towns Jailes maintained at the
+publick Charge, besides which there are houses for Correction of Lesser
+faults, as Bridewell, to Correct Lazy and Idle persons and to set them
+to work, and alsoe stocks and pillorys to punish them for their Lesser
+faults. The Pilory jndeed is to punish perjur’d persons, which is a
+greate Crime. There is alsoe whipping, some at a Carts taile, and for
+some Crimes they are burnt in the hand or Cheeke as a brand of their
+Evil, and if found againe to transgress, y^t marke serves as a greater
+witness to their Condemnation. Some alsoe are Banish’d out of y^e kings
+dominions dureing Life and should such return they must be executed
+without any other tryal; under which we may speake of out Laweryes; a
+person for treason or fellony absconding into another kingdom, after a
+process at Law by which he is Summon’d to Come and take his tryal, and
+he refuses then he is outlaw’d and all his Estate forfeited to the king,
+and if Ever he be taken in y^e Kings dominions he is Immediately
+Executed w^{th} out any farther tryal, and its usual if such a one be
+known to be in a kingdom of our allies to make a Demand of him by the
+ambassadour, and such a state takes Care Either to deliver him up or
+Else to Expel him their Dominions by proclamation, that none harbour
+such a one but deliver up to the government.
+
+Here is noe wracks or tortures nor noe slaves made, only such as are
+banish’d sometymes into our forreign plantations there to worke, we have
+also prisons for debtors and some of which are privilidge places, as y^e
+Kings Bench the Marshalsea and Fleete which persons Entring themselves
+prisoners there Cannot further be prosecuted, but Continue there
+prisoners dureing Life, and out of the term tymes hire a keeper of the
+prison to go allwayes with him as a jaylor; but the Chief Master must
+have good security to produce him Every term Else he will be Lyable to
+pay his debts, so its only for such as are debtors, and Indeed its a sad
+thing they should be so suffer’d and that there should be places of
+refuge for such. There is one good act to relieve persons that are
+Confined it may be out of Malice and spleen to keep them allwayes so,
+but by this act any such Can sue out his habeas Corpus and soe be
+brought the first day of the terme Either to a tryal or give bail and
+soe be Let out.
+
+Besides this there are in most Lordships, Courts kept which are Courts
+Banns and was at first the only jurisdiction by Each gentleman held, all
+misdemeanours punished, and by them Informed up to the higher courts of
+Kings Bench or Chancery, and alsoe had all their own privelidges
+maintained amongst their tennants and neighbours, and Consisted of a
+Court Life also which ran in y^e same nature with their session Courts.
+These our Laws are Esteemed the best in y^e world, we haveing two
+distinct parts, one Comon Law which is singular to our nation and are
+managed in these sessions, assizes, Kings Bench, and Common pleas, and
+Exchequor, the other is the Civil Law which is the only sort of Law in
+any other Kingdom, of which the Chancery, the Arches w^{ch} is under the
+archbishop and by his appoyntm^t to the severall Judges of that Court
+that are all Civillians, matters of Equitty, all probats of wills,
+w^{ch} in the Arches are made and recorded. This is in a place in the
+Citty the Doctors Commons where is this Court of Arches and prorogative
+Court which Consists of Doctors, Chancelours, Proctors, Suragats w^{ch}
+do y^e offices of Councellours attorney and Solicitours at Common Law.
+There are registers also from this at London. All the Bishops courts are
+kept in each Citty, managed by Chancelours which are Lay men, and the
+suragats, also the Bishops deputyes, the proctors, and parolers, which
+summons all to it, and there are four in a year in Each County. From
+hence are given out Licenses for marriages, here are y^e Cannon Laws of
+the Church explain’d and defended, all Church officers punish’d and
+examin’d, here are proceeding on Information all persons that infringe
+the Church Rites, and formerly all that were vitious and Corrupt in
+their practices, even of y^e Clergy also, and receiv’d suspension or
+some punishm^t due to the Crime, as Excommunication, but evil men and
+governours corrupt and Change wholesome Laws to Evil, so of Late these
+Laws have been put in Execution against tender Consciences that could
+not Comply to some forms prescrib’d in the Litturgy of the Church of
+England, and they have been Excommunicated, after which they are turned
+over to the Lay Chancellour and so prosecuted at Common Law because the
+spiritual Courts and men will not pretend to use the sword of
+punishment, but while they have turned its Edge thus against y^e tender
+Consciences scrupleing the forms of worship in the Church of England,
+they have Left punishing the enormous Crimes of their parishoners nay of
+their Clergy also, to the scandal of Protestants. Indeed blessed be God
+that since King William and Queen Mary of happy memory Weilded the
+scepter, and Liberty for such descenters have been Establish’d by an act
+of Parliam^t, of which houses shall now speake of. Our Kingdom is
+governed by Laws made and Establish’d pursuant to the first
+Constitutions and Magna-Charta, from which is derived all the Charters
+full of priviledges to each Corporation in the Kingdom, suiteable to
+their Customs and well being of each; these Laws are made and are not
+truely authentick if not Enacted and pass’d by our three states which is
+King, Lords and Commons, which Can make Laws for all Cases provided they
+are for the good of the whole and do not tend to subvert our originall
+Contract grounded on our Magna Charta or ffundamental Laws of the Land,
+which Constitution is by all the world esteemed the best if kept on each
+ones Basis, a tripple foundation, and when y^e King Exerts not his
+prerogative beyond its Limitts to the oppressing his peoples
+priviledges, nor the people exorbitant and tumultuous in the standing or
+running up their power and priviledges to Cloud and bind up the hands of
+the prince. But if it goes in an Equal and just footeing, the people
+whose is the purse and strength will maintaine the King and his
+Councellours, and they will do the best offices to the King from the
+people, and so the King might allwayes reigne in his peoples hearts by
+Love as well as over them, and they yeild duty and obedience to him, and
+securely repose in him that should so studdy to preserve them in all
+their privilidges and trade, which would procure us honour and
+admiration to the whole world, and Continue us too greate for Enemyes to
+invade or molest us and so great as to have all seeke to be our allies,
+and those that were so would find a secure trust and faithfull friends
+in us, but alas! its too sadly to be bemoaned y^e best and sweetest wine
+turns soonest sour, some by folly faction and wickedness have
+endeavour’d our own ruin, and were it not for Gods providentiall Care
+and miraculous works we should at this day been a people Left to utter
+dispaire haveing only the agraveteing thoughts of our once happy
+Constitution to Lament its Losse the more. To go on the Parliament which
+in Westminster Hall has appartments, the one for y^e house of Lords and
+Called the Upper House, where all the Lords which are not papists and
+w^{ch} are of age do sitt in their order on benches Covered with scarlet
+cloth, the Bishops Likewise sitt as peers of the realme and have voices
+in all Causes, but in bloud the sanguinary Laws and decision there on
+its said they may sitt, but they from their order in the Church alwayes
+go out, but they first make their claime that they might continue, but
+all other of y^e Lords if absent can give their proxy to another Lord
+and desire him to give his voice in matters debateable in his absence,
+and any such Lord Chuses another that he knows to be of his own
+sentiments, or should give him account at any case he should differ that
+may have the absent Lords real Consent, which has happened that a Lord
+has given his own voice one way and the proxy voice another as the
+absent Lord shall direct, but this is seldome and this is permitted
+because sickness or Extraordinary buissness of their own, the Kings, or
+the peoples, may require his absence. Now the Lords w^{ch} are peeres of
+the realme are born Councellors to the King and are Looked on as such,
+its true tho’ at all tymes they may and should give the King their
+advice yet y^e King has power and do make Choice of a privy Councill,
+which consist of Lords temporall and spirituall, w^{ch} are Bishops, and
+also out of some of y^e Commons of England which are the Gentry. In this
+house of Lords the judges as I said before sitts but have noe vote. The
+Lord Chancellor or Keeper of the Seale sitts and is speaker to that
+house, but if he be noe peer which sometymes happens, and is at this
+tyme in Right Lord keeper of the Seale, then I say he has no voice in
+any matter and serves them only as their servant or officer to put
+questions to Count their voice on their dividing on a matter, to make a
+speech to them from y^e King, and to present anything to y^e King, and
+he sitts on a wool-pack to just under the throne where the king sitts
+when there which is seldome but to pass bills. On each side of the
+throne is two stooles, y^t on the Right hand is for the Prince of Wales
+if any is, that on the Left to the first Duke prince of the blood royal
+or kings brother that is heir more remote. Behind the throne is a place
+for the noblemens sonns minors to be, to give them opportunity to heare
+and instruct them in the Laws of England. In the middle of the roome is
+tables w^{th} bookes and records, and there sitts the secretarys of
+state which are two, these with some under them take the minutes of what
+is debated and resolved. The Lords do form Law agreable to the
+fundamentall Laws in which the judges advise them. They thus form a bill
+which being in all poynts examined, all objections answered, and being
+well amended and passed three tymes, being read and agreed, is Carryed
+down to the Lower house which Consists of the Commons of England Chosen
+by a precept from the Crown to all the Sherriffs of the Countys to Chuse
+amongst themselves two of Each Corporation or Burrough, and two for each
+County which are Called knights of y^e shire, to represent them in this
+assembly. All that are free-holders of a County has a voice to Choose.
+
+The Corporations and Burroughs Chuse by their freemen also, but because
+of the peculiar Customs and priviledges in each place it makes some
+variation. Those that have most of voices which are Legal to Chuse, the
+Bailiff or major of the place or sherriffs return up to the Crown
+office, from whence the precept Came, the Name of such persons so Chosen
+to sitt in the parliament. This was an Excellent Constitution and order
+when kept to its order that none were Chosen but the Gentlemen of the
+shire or town Living there, or Else the Chiefe of their Corporation that
+Lived there, by w^{ch} meanes they were fully instructed what was for
+the weale and good of Each place they serv’d for, and so Could promote
+designes for their advantage and trade and represent their Grievances to
+be redress’d, they also know the strength and riches of the nation and
+soe Could with a more Equal hand Lay y^e taxes on all answerable to
+their ability; but instead of this the nation is so Corrupted that what
+with hopes of prefferrment at Court or being skreen’d by their
+priviledges from paying their debts, which is thus: dureing the sessions
+or forty dayes before or after, such as are parliament men Cannot be
+arrested or troubled for money they owe, y^e reason at first was well
+grounded that these persons were known to be, and in Case a troublesome
+person had money due and had been delay’d by some Extraordinary Cause
+that this troublesome person might find such a one at the parliament
+house might Lay him in prison and so hinder y^e buissness of the nation.
+But this is abused to a great prejudice of the subject, men run out of
+their Estates strive to get into the Parliament to be skreen’d from
+their Creditors; and how Can those that are worth Little or nothing be
+good disposers of the kingdom treasure or priviledges, or stand up for
+them, but by this there is such bribeing by debauching by drinke and
+giving them mony, y^t Instead of the parliament men which use to be
+Chosen to be the Countrys representatives and servants, to whome they
+allowed soe much a day for their expences in London from their homes
+while attending the parliament, that now those that would be parliament
+men spend prodigious summs of money to be Chosen. Some to serve for
+knights of y^e shire have spent 1000 and 1500^{lb} and for Corporation
+and Burroughs in proportion, so y^t they Come in with design to be
+bribed by the Court or any body y^t has any buisness before them, y^t so
+they may be reemburz’d and may gaine more—some place at Least they
+Expect and these Care Little for y^e good of y^e nation, being for the
+most part perfect strangers to the places for whome they serve, and
+consequently to all their Circumstances and so can appeare for none of
+them to their advantage, indeed its their own game they mainly aime and
+pursue, for they have in their power to form good Laws suiteable to the
+fundamentall and Explanatory of such with additionalls to them, tending
+to the enlargeing as well as secureing their priviledges. Such Laws
+being brought in manner of a bill is read three tymes three severall
+dayes, so as all the members might or should have tyme to heare debate,
+consider and amend it, and Every member of this house of Commons that
+are so chosen and have met and take the oathes required of allegiance,
+they Come up to the house of Lords where y^e King meetes them and
+desires them to Chuse a speaker for themselves out of their own number,
+which they do and Come and present him to the King for his approbation,
+w^{ch} done the King makes them a speech and tells them what is
+requisite to be done relateing to the Crown, to fforreign things if any
+warre or any breach of peace any injury from thence, what is necessary
+to be done thereon, if any want of money which they only Can supply, the
+reasons of its wants, his promise well and faithfully to dispose it, he
+exhorts them to rectifye disorders in practice and soe dismisses them.
+This speaker of theirs is the Kings officer Dureing his being speaker
+and has a sallery and must keep a Great table. The king gives him one
+thousand pound presently to fitt him in his Equipage, he always goes in
+Coach or a foote haveing a mace carry’d before him, he has the advantage
+of all bills brought into the house a Certainty for Each, he has the
+advantage of all the votes printed, to sell them, he sitts in a Chaire
+above all the rest of the House to give him advantage to see or heare
+any member that speakes. He is to put all Questions, to Count the voices
+of noes and yeas on y^e division of the house. There are many Comittees
+in this house as well as in the Lords House, appoynted by the whole to
+Inspect severall buissness, and to form bills on such buissness to be
+brought in to the house. If it be a matter of great Consequence there
+may be a Comittee of the whole house which is only thus, y^e speaker
+Leaves his Chaire and they resolve themselves into such a Committee and
+debate matters, and for that tyme Choose a Chairman for the Committee.
+Then the speaker reasumes the Chaire and this Chaireman of y^e Comittee
+reports the debate of y^t Committee to the Speaker and whole House. When
+there is a full house, which may be never was, there is 500 as I said
+before. When they have pass’d a bill thrice through the house with
+approbation they send it up to the Lords, and if they pass it three
+tymes also without amendment then it is jnGross’d, haveing been pass’d
+the two states, and so Lyes ready to pass the Last which is the Kings
+Consent. But if either the bills sent down by the Lords are amended by
+y^e Comons, and when brought up to the Lords againe and they Like not
+those amendments then they Cast out the bill; so Likewise any bill sent
+up by the Commons for the Lords assent in Case they make amendments
+which y^e Comons Like not then they Cast out their bill; but if Each
+other agree to the amendments or pass the bills without amendment
+through both houses then they are Engross’d and prepared for the Royal
+assent, the third state of our government w^{ch} is in this manner. The
+King sends to y^e house of Lords to attend him in their own house, with
+their Robes w^{ch} are Scarlet Cloth with Earmine and Rows of Earmine
+w^{th} gold galloone on Each row, the rows are Encreassed to Each
+dignity and here y^e bishops weare robes w^{ch} are scarlet also, but
+they have about their neck a Large Cape w^{ch} hangs to their waste all
+round of a ffurr that Lookes Like Lambskinns, it hangs Like the Capes of
+the Cloakes y^e shepheards weare in the open plaine downes. The King
+enters; or the Queen as now it is—but I saw King William pass bills in
+his Royal Robes of Purple Lined Earmine w^{th} rows of Earmine and the
+crown on his head which was the Crown I spake of that had great pearles
+on the cross and saphires Rubies and Emeraulds—the Scepter in their
+hand—the Usher of the Black Rod is sent to the House of Comons to attend
+the King in the House of Lords which they do, with their Speaker that
+brings up such bills w^{ch} are so prepared and holds them in his hand,
+one by one presenting them to the King, who touches them with the
+scepter and sayes, “je le veux bieu” and so to all of them one by one,
+w^{ch} done if there be any thing necessary to be told them, the king
+either speakes to them or Else orders the Lord Chancellour or Lord
+Keeper to acquaint them of any thing in the Kings name if its the Kings
+pleasure to prorogue y^m for a few dayes weekes or months. Then that
+putts an End to that session till the tyme prefix’d and at that tyme
+they must meete againe without summons, and if they are not to meete so
+soone, y^e king Issues out a proclaimation y^t its his pleasure y^e
+parliament should be prorogued so much Longer. These prorogations
+allwayes puts an end to all debates and all bills which are not
+ffinished and brought the king to pass, so that at their meeteing againe
+they must begin the things they would have or were about the Last tyme
+anew. This prorogation is in the kings power and is often done for ten
+dayes only to put a stop to heares and debates in the houses, and also
+to put an end to something that is not Lik’d by y^e government. True
+Indeed they may begin y^e same things at their next meeteing, but if it
+be for the great and absolute service of the nation they may, but its
+contrived in another method so as not openly to Confront our governours,
+tho’ too often we have seen it in our dayes against our Glorious truely
+great King William whose wisdom and Compassion for our good pass’d it by
+and forgave it. Now in some Cases the King may and does call the
+Parliament by a proclaimation to sitt before the tyme of the prorogation
+be Expired which takes it off. The parliament does often adjourn
+themselves, as every night so sometymes for a weeke, but still the
+parliament is Look’d on as in sitting and so buisness is not jnterrupted
+but goes on from day to day as they appoint it. The king may also
+adjourn them and the two Houses may be adjourned together, but sometymes
+they may adjourn seperately, for one may adjourn themselves and y^e
+other Continue to act within themselves. Its also in the Kings power to
+dissolve y^e parliament w^{ch} puts a finall End to all their buisness
+which was not ffinished and brought to the King to pass, it also
+disperses the members of y^e House of Commons to be noe more
+representatives of y^e nation till another parliament be summon’d and
+y^e nation make new Choices, which sometymes and in some places falls on
+the old members. It is in the Kings prerogative thus to Call and disolve
+parliaments, to declare warre or peace and making alliances, but y^e
+Kings ought not nor do rightly undertake any such thing but by the
+advice of his standing Privy Councill, which I have spoken before, and
+so his proclaimations allwayes runs by and with the advice of his Privy
+Councill he does so and so, to which he joyns y^e great Councill of the
+nation w^{ch} is his two Houses of Parliament, Lords spiritual and
+temporall and Commons of England, when great matters are in agitation as
+y^t of peace or warre, w^{ch} is in y^e Constitution of the government,
+and strengthened by this that the sinnews of warre is in the people, for
+without them no money is to be had; they give the taxes and subsidies
+for such expences, nay y^e very revenue is given by them to the King or
+the Queen only dureing the then prince’s Life and must be asked of them
+that succeed at the death of their predecessors, at the death of such
+that is in the throne. Formerly the Parliament of Course was dissolved,
+all offices even to a justice of peace was vacant, but our wise King
+William contriveing only our good not only Laid a scheme which if be
+followed will carry on all the Confederacys and designes against the
+Common Enemy of mankind, but also as farre as he could to secure our
+peace w^{ch} was by obtaining an Act of Parliam^t that y^e parliament in
+being when y^e King died or Else the parliament but just then dissolv’d
+by the King, after he dies should assemble together to take care of the
+government and to act under y^e next prince for six months, and till
+that tyme all offices should remain as they were unless the next heir
+should before y^t full tyme were Expired should make any Change of
+places. This thing made the Loss of his death Less felt immediately and
+our Queen Ann found a quiet Easye ascention into the throne. there was
+also at the same tyme an Act to settle the succession in the protestant
+Line, and just before our heroe resign’d his Life crown and throne he
+pass’d an Act to secure us more firmly against any popish successour or
+pretended heirs to the Crown, by an abjuration oath to be taken by all
+subjects, of any prince thats a papist, w^{ch} Confirms the Acts of
+Parliam^t in years past which made a papist prince unable to be king or
+queen of England, because a papest. So this Engages the subjects to
+abjure all such or any of their abbettors or pretenders. This was a
+great pleasure to our dying king to Leave us with all the Security
+possible to Enjoy what he Came to save us in, and give us and what he
+had fought to obtaine for us, Liberty in religion and priviledges. I
+pray God we do not by our provokeing sinns move his anger not only to
+take from us our Benefactor and deliverer but also our said valuable
+Blessings and priviledges, the Gospel Light and being a free nation.
+
+I should have said when the king Comes in his robes to the Parliament
+and all the Lords have theirs, so if there be any Prince of Wales he is
+also in his and weares his Prince of Wales Cap with a branch of diamonds
+in forme of a plume of feathers. He sitts in the house of Lords often—he
+may allwayes—to hear debates and to vote and he does present them to the
+king any of their addresses they desire, which he is attended with some
+of the Lords which are the privy Councellors; they bring back the kings
+answere. The Like is observ’d by the House of Commons, if they have any
+address or any petition to the king they desire some of their members
+which are of the Privy Councill to move y^e King when the House shall
+attend him or her, which they knowing do it and their Speaker is their
+mouth. So when they would have a Conferrence with y^e House of Lords
+they send to them to meete them in y^e painted Chamber or Lobby of their
+house; so does the Lords send to y^e Commons when they would have a
+Conferrence with them. These things are so well adjusted and so for the
+Common good that if Rightly maintain’d in their proper places would be a
+happy Constitution. All Acts of Parliament so pass’d are printed, but
+y^e records of them are kept in the journalls of y^e Parliament by the
+Clerke of y^e Parliament. To him are added in the House of Commons also
+scribes or secretaryes which record and take minutes also. Now it is on
+these Laws that all Causes are tryed, for there are Laws made of all
+sorts both what relates to religious matters as well as humaine; true
+indeed as to points of religion for Rectifying matters as to the orders
+and Church government, that is debated and agreed by a Convocation,
+which is allwayes summoned at y^e same tyme a parliament is Chosen,
+which Consists of two houses, also the Bishops and deanes, and off the
+Inferior Clergy, and is managed by way of debates and disputation which
+have a moderatour and prolocutors. Here they endeavour to reforme any
+abuse in the Church, any deffect in their Cannon Laws, and to Explaine
+those Laws and if they should find such, as in our religion not agreable
+to y^e word of God, they form it into a bill or petition which is
+presented the King in way of an address, he being owned as head and
+supreame under Christ over these Churches and realmes. So this is to
+request his Care of it which y^e King does by Laying it before y^e
+Houses of Parliament who Enacts Laws to secure our religion, and reforme
+evil both in Doctrine and practise by their Acts Duely pass’d. As I said
+before the arch-Bishop’s Chiefe of this convocation house.
+
+ Next I will proceed to give some short account of tryalls on our Laws
+which is thus. Every free man of England being oppress’d Comes in due
+form of Law to demand his right, which being heard by the judges and a
+jury of his own fellow subjects—his Country men—they give their verdict
+in the matter as they thinke most just according to the statutes and
+Laws, and so the right between man and man which does vary from y^e
+different Customs of Each County or precinct. This jury are twelve men
+all sworne on the Bible solemnly to do Justice, not out of feare, fraud
+or malice, favour or affection to jnjure any man, and y^e first man is
+their foreman and speakes for the rest, Either acquit or Condemns the
+person, w^{ch} is in Life or Death, so determining other Causes the same
+manner, and these twelve men must all be agreed in their verdict, which
+is after they have heard all Can be witness’d or alleadged on all sides,
+w^{ch} verdict the Judges also must pronounce on y^e Causes as they have
+brought it in. Now those suites of Law as well as Causes of Life and
+death are brought in by bill to y^e Grand-jury, which are twenty four
+and these all of the best Gentry and many of them justices of peace,
+they examine the matter and if they find it (that is by any Act of
+Parliament) is pleadable or to be enquired into, they draw it up into an
+jndictm^t and so its sent into the Court to be tryed by the Petty Jury,
+after whose Verdict and the Judges pronouncing it, the matter must be at
+an End and taken out of that Court. Sometymes indeed if the Subject is
+oppress’d he may appeale to another Court y^{ts} higher, as from the
+sessions to the assizes, thence to the Kings Bench, thence to y^e
+Chancery, or the Parliament House which when a matter has there been
+Debated and decided there Can be noe more done in it because they are
+the makers of the Laws so best able to Interpret. Sometymes in these
+other Courts a Jury brings in a matter speciall, that is, Leaves it on
+the Judges to determine being a matter of Law, then y^e Judges must
+Consult and do it all of them together.
+
+All persons are tryed by those of their own ranke a Commoner of England
+is tryed by a Jury of Commoners in all Cases and of Life and death, a
+peer of England is tryed by his Peers, and in case it is not the tyme of
+y^e Parliament sitting, then by a bill of oyer and terminer issued out,
+there is 12 Peers are jmpannell’d as a jury. But I must mention one
+thing as to the petty Juryes of Commoners, a person which is tryed for
+his Life may Challenge some of those w^{ch} are brought to be sworne for
+his Jury, that is except against them to such a number without giving
+reason, but if he exceeds that number he must give reason for such
+exception, either to be a man he had injured or one w^{ch} had former
+malice or one related to y^e persons who Either is dead or injured; for
+our Laws Condemn to Death murther, fellony, treasons. By this order you
+see its Justice and Care. Then in matters of Life and Death the witness
+for the King are sworne, but y^e witness for the prisoners are not
+sworne but only Examined to declare the truth. But to returne to the
+tryals of a peer which by such a jury is tryed, in Case the house of
+Lords y^e parliament is sitting, then they prepare Westminster hall for
+the tryal, the House of Comons manage the Evidence and prosecute them,
+and the House of Lords are the Judges and Jury in this manner if it be
+for Life or death, w^{ch} is grounded on a statute either against
+murther, treason or fellony, and so y^e arraignment is read and y^e
+Councill for both sides. Y^e house of Commons produces their Evidence
+and witness and the King Constitutes a Lord High Steward for that day or
+in case the tryal be long he must be Continued till the tryall finishes.
+He beares a white staff as badge of his great office which Indeed is y^e
+greatest officer in England and for the tyme can act for the King, so
+above him. He is usually the person that is Lord Chancellor if he be a
+peer which allwayes is. There he sitts as Judge to whome the other
+peeres of the whole House of Lords are Joyn’d and after a full
+Examination on both sides, and the Criminall haveing had full Leave to
+Cleer himself, then the Lord High Steward askes y^e Lords one by one
+beginning with the puny Lord, so to the highest “in honour my Lord such
+a one do you thinke my Lord that the prisoner at the Barre is guilty or
+not Guilty?”—to which Each Lord stands up and answeres for himself
+Either, so as he Judges, “guilty upon my honour,” or Else “not guilty
+upon my honour” and so it goes from one to all, in this manner the Lord
+High Steward marks down to Each Lords name his answere, and at the Last
+reckons them up so many Guiltyes, so many not Guiltyes, then he adds his
+own thoughts to the side he thinks best, but usualy he is so Crafty as
+to add to the side of the Majority, which being done he pronounces the
+verdict as y^e majority said, Either Guilty or not. Now this verdict the
+Lords give thus on their honour is Equivalent to the oath the Commoners
+take that serve in Juryes, for y^e peeres take no oath in these matters,
+otherwise than so. Now in Case y^e matter against a peer be only a Law
+matter of nuise-prise, then the matter being debated and the answere by
+y^e Lord made in his deffence read, and Councell pleading, then y^e Lord
+High Steward askes Each Lord in same order as before, but in this forme
+“in y^e matter which has been debated before y^r Lord —— Concerning the
+Lord at the Barre w^{th} his deffence whether his deffence be sufficient
+to Cleer him or not what sayes y^r Lordships Content or not content on
+y^r honour?” they all answer as they are affected or understand y^e
+matter “content,” or else “not content” which are fixed to each name and
+so reckon’d up, and y^e majority Carry’s it Either to quitt or not to
+quitt him, to which the Lord High Steward adds his as he pleases also,
+after which they shew the High Steward a respect as a king. He is serv’d
+on the knee and drinkes some wine and when that is done he breakes his
+white staff and so pulls off his hatt. When he was the High Steward he
+had all the maces Carry’d before him all y^e officers attending. But in
+case there be no Chancellour, only a Lord Keeper as at present is, which
+is no peer of y^e realme then he has no vote with y^e Lords only Count
+up y^e votes and declares them w^{ch} has the Majority, without the
+addition of his, haveing none, and he is only substituted the deputy
+steward for the day and so sitts, but on a wool sack as he does in the
+House of Lords and is only their speaker and officer and must aske Leave
+for himself and the Judges to put on their Caps before they might do it,
+now the High Steward sitts in the throne of justice under a Cannopy but
+I see this Lord Keeper only sate on a wool sack at the foote of the
+throne which stood Empty behind him. He had noe Compliment paid him more
+than at another tyme, being only as the Speaker to y^e House of Lords
+and so their officer.
+
+There are severall great officers of y^e Court as Lord Treasurer which
+takes account of all the kings revenues—this sometymes is in Commision
+between 3 or more. There is also the High Admirall of England that has
+the Command of all the shipps and stores. This sometymes is in Comisions
+also of 3 or more under whome are y^e Vice Admirall and Rear Admirall,
+also und^r the Treasurer are severall officers. There is also two
+principal Secretaryes of State which write all things, the Kings
+Lett^{rs} &c, and relateing to the government, maintain all Inteligences
+in y^e kingdom and abroad.
+
+There is also a Master of the Generall Post Office that has all the
+under masters and officers of y^e posts both for forreign Letters and
+inland Lett^{rs}.
+
+There are also governours as Lord Lieutenant of Jreland—that sometymes
+is held in Commission. There is also Lords Justices there, all which
+have their Salleryes ariseing out of the same kingdom. There is also to
+all our forreign plantations govern^{rs} sent from England and their
+salleryes arise from the plantation. The Kings revenues arise from y^e
+Customs of goods exported and jmported, from the Excise on all Liquors
+that are made in England and sold, besides which there is a Considerable
+revenue from Lands belonging to y^e Crown, tho’ that is much Lessen’d by
+the severall donations of our kings for many yeares to their favourites.
+Out of those revenues all y^e Civil List is maintain’d, which is y^e
+Judges salleries, the great officers, the household of y^e king. There
+is another great revenue in y^e Post Office, besides at all
+Extraordinary occasions of the marriage of any of our princess’s their
+portion, or any warre, then the Parliament raises taxes on the nation on
+Land or trade, additional Customs, and also on the Excise, Encreasing
+that under the Civil List is the Expences of the Court, the guards, and
+also the ambassadors which are sent by the king into forreign kingdoms
+to treate matters for Each others good: their Expences while there are
+allowed and so of all Envoyes or Consulls w^{ch} are lesser
+Embassadours. There is also the maintaining the navy, building shipps,
+the wood of which Indeed is out of the King’s fforest.
+
+There remaines now only in what manner the kings or queenes of England
+give publick audience to fforreigne ambassadours Either when they Come
+in their first Entrance or at the tyme of their takeing Leave; but first
+I may give account of our Bishops and Gentry. There is 26 Bishopricks
+with the two Archbishops Canterbury and york and there are as many
+Cittyes and Cathedralls which in my travells have described. All these
+Bishopricks are held of the Crown and are Given by the king, to whome is
+due the first fruites which is one yeares income of the Bishopricks.
+They are held for Life, true jndeed they admit of being removed from one
+Bishoprick to another for advancem^t, nay they may forfeit their
+Bishoprick by not being qualify’d, if they will not sweare to be
+faithfull to y^e government and so they may be suspended, as in y^e Case
+of severall in the last revolution would not sweare to King William and
+Queen Mary and so now refuse also to sweare to her present Majesty Queen
+Ann. These Bishops are only Barrons in themselves, their wives have noe
+honnour thereby nor their Children; but for all peeres of England theirs
+is hereditary from father to son and their Ladies partake of it, nay y^e
+honour descends on a daughter in default of male jssue. The peere must
+first be made Barrons by which they hold all their priviledges—Barrons
+of England—which is from y^e king by patent; all his Children are Called
+y^e hon^{bl} adding the Christian name to their sirname, and this
+remaines to daughters when marry’d. By this patent or another of y^e
+same they may be Created viscount, Earles, Marquesses, dukes, and if
+they are dukes their patent Expresses all the four other titles. Alsoe
+viscounts Children are the same w^{th} Barrons; and Earle’s, marquess,
+and duke’s are Called, the daughters Lady, by their Christian names,
+before and after marriage, unless they marry a Barron then they Lose y^t
+name and are Called a Barroness and so Loses their place. The Eldest son
+of an Earle is Called Lord by his fathers title of Barron, the Eldest
+son of a Marquiss is Called Earle, by the title of his fathers
+Earledome, and all marquiss’s younger sons are Called Lord by their
+Christian name added to their sirname. So the same of dukes Children,
+the Eldest son is Called Marquiss. Now if any dowager to a Lord marry a
+Private Gentleman she in Law is sullied and has Lost her peeress, so if
+a Dutchess or Marquess or Countess or viscountess marry a Barron or
+Either of the degrees which was below her, she Looses it and is only
+Called as the Lady of the present peer She has marry’d now. Though these
+titles be given the noblemens sons and Daughters its not that they are
+really soe, for in our Law they are only Called and Esteemed in the
+first ranke of Gentlemen, and so take place before all Gentlemen
+w^tsoever. The Lower titles made by patents by y^e king is Barronets,
+and is differenc’d only from a Knight by takeing place of all knights
+and that it is hereditary and goes from father to son; a Knight only is
+for his own Life and the king makes them thus: any Gentleman that is to
+be made a knight kneeles down and y^e king draws his sword asking him
+his Christian name, Layes the sword on his head and shoulder, and bids
+him rise up sir such a one as for Example S^r James Bateman our Last
+Sherriff &c. These severall titles and patents pays great fees to the
+severall officers according to the ranke, a Duke cost £1000—, so in
+proportion. Y^e same manner the Knights of the Garter are made as other
+knights nevertheless it may be to those w^{ch} were dukes before. Their
+jnstallment is at Windsor Castle, in this manner: the herraulds which I
+have mentioned several tymes before as a part and management of all the
+Cerimony, and also the persons that studdy all matters of honours and
+are the Recorders of all the titles in England, and all their Coates of
+armour, and knows and keepes Each in their ranke at all Cerimonyes, and
+gives out their armes for Eschuteons at Every bodyes funeralls; they
+have an office just by D^r Commons by S^t Pauls Cathedrall. There is one
+Principal king at armes and 3 if not more other king at armes and other
+under herraulds and Sergeants, which all weare Coates with the kings
+armes all aboute it; these as I say officiates at the jnstalling for
+they record it and add the blew garter about such a Lords atchievement.
+Y^e Cerimony I have in part described together with y^e account of
+Windsor.
+
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+
+Maulbery is in view at some distance from y^e adjacent hills and Lookes
+very fine, with a good river that turns many mills. Its buildings are
+good and Compact, one very Large streete where stands the market place
+and town hall, and at Each end the two Churches, its of a great Length
+jncludeing the two parishes, and the town stands itself on a high hill.
+Beyond one of the Churches is the Duke of Sommersets house, has been a
+greate Rambling building but now most pulled down and newly building,
+they were painting it, good appartments for what is done but none
+furnish’d, and its but one Wing and is built with drawing dineing roomes
+and bed Chambers with Closets and dressing-roomes and two StairCases and
+some roomes above, which is to have another such a wing on the other
+side and Joyn’d with a Greate hall.
+
+The only Curious thing is out of y^e bowling green. You go many stepps
+down into a Grass-walke with quick sett hedges cut Low, this Leads to
+the foote of the mount, and that you ascend from y^e Left hand by an
+Easye ascent bounded by such quick sett hedges Cut Low, and soe you rise
+by degrees in 4 rounds bounded by the Low Cutt hedge, and on the top is
+with same hedge Cut in works, and from thence you have a prospect of y^e
+town and Country round and two parishes two mile off in view, and the
+Low Grounds are watered with ditches, and this mount is Encompass’d
+about with such a Cannal which Emptys itself into a ffish pond, then it
+Empts itself into the river. There is a house built over the ffish pond
+to keep the ffish in. At the ffoote of the mount as I began out of a
+Green walke on the Left hand to ascend it, so on the Right hand Leads to
+another such a walke quite round by y^e Cannall to the other side of y^e
+bowling-green. In the midst of y^e top of the mount was a house built
+and pond but thats fallen down. Halfe way down is a seate opposite to
+y^e dwelling house which is Brick’d. Maulbery is one of the towns in
+Wiltshire y^e quarter sessions is kept in, its 8 mile to Hungerford over
+Savernack Forrest where is many deer. Ffrom Hungerford to Newbury in
+Barkshire 7 mile all very deep way, 15 mile thence to Reading in
+Barkshire flatt way, but y^e vale is heavy sand for 3 or 4 mile. Reading
+is the shire town, its pretty Large and accomodated for travellers being
+a great Road to Gloucester and y^e West Country, but it is very dear.
+
+From London to Rusbery 18 mile by Stanes—pretty house and gardens in
+sight of Windsor in Buckinghamshire—thence Uxbridge 7 mile, pretty good
+way, thence Amersham 9 mile all in the Alesbury road, thence
+Barkminstead 6 Long miles, steep hills into Hartfordshire, a good market
+town, good jnns, thence Dunstable 7 or 9 Long miles steep hills, thence
+Arsly in Bedfordshire 10 mile, which I Entred at Astick 2 mile from
+Arlsy, 2 good old houses of the Edwards and Browns, but this was base
+way, narrow, and Lanes Rooty and Long. Thence Bedford town 9 miles good
+way, a village in a mile or two distance, Hanlow, Clifton Sheford
+Checkston and Bedford. Y^e great road Comes in good way, thence Turvoy 5
+mile belonging to the Earle of Peterborough where he was.
+
+They make much bonelace in these towns. In the Church are fine tombs and
+monuments of that familly, the first with two Ladyes on Each side, he
+higher, one in a widdows dress all marble finely Gilt and painted on a
+bed, and Rowles of Matt very naturall at their head and feete. There was
+another and the Lady dyed in Childbed the Child by her Costly Carved and
+Gilt and 4 beadmen at the feete (he allowed for four old mens
+maintenance), by it another and his Lady all rich marble Gilt and
+painted.
+
+Here I Enter Buckinghamshire againe over the Bridge, so to Northampton
+10 mile over a pretty good road, and Entred the shire within 4 mile of
+the town.
+
+I describe nothing more of Northampton, but the Church was finish’d, the
+Entrance with a breast wall and paved and stepps within round 3 sides of
+the Church, which was begun w^n I was there before. So I proceeded on to
+Litchfield very good way as Exactly straight as a Line, the Whatling
+Streete way, but it was deep heavy ground as in all these Rich Countrys.
+I passed between two noble seates, Homby on the Right hand on the side
+of a hill in woods, stone buildings with towers almost Like a Castle,
+old built, the rows of trees Exact on Each side and avenues, which is
+Earle of Ffevershams. The other on the left hand Lay Low within a
+thicket of wood on all sides but the front, where it appear’d Like a
+Princes Court of Brick and Stone, very fine, Lord Sunderlands, with a
+Large Parke walled in of a good Extent. Thus I went to a Bridge not very
+Large of stone but it is the Boundary of three Countys.
+
+I pass’d from Northampton into Leicestershire with Warwickshire on my
+Left hand, and so went to a Rich Land, here it Lookes of a Redder Earth.
+
+I Came to Cross wayes where was a Latterworth hand poynting 4 wayes to
+Coventry, Leicester, London, and Litchfield, and some thing farther to
+High Crosse which is Esteemed y^e middle of England, where the two great
+Roads meete that divides the Kingdom in the Saxons tyme in 4 parts, the
+Whatling Streete on which still I Continued, and the Ffosse way; thus to
+a Little place Called Smockington, fitted for jnns, on a Road, very
+Comodious. Here I Lay in Warwickshire 10 mile, thence 6 mile to Anderton
+and Talmouth 7, where I Enter Staffordshire, soe Litchfield 6 mile,
+thence Woolsly Eight, from thence to Budsworth, Lord Pagets in a ffine
+Parke, Large Coale mines about it. The house is old but the front very
+regular, 3 Juttings out, Large Compass windows, a good Little parlour,
+out of the hall another Large one with drawing roome and bed Chamber and
+good back staires and Entrys, Large Light fit for attendance. then you
+go up and Enter a dineing roome, drawing roome and Chamber, a Long
+gallery that is the Length of the house and broad, and which adds to its
+greatness. The End opens doores on a terrass out in the garden of same
+breadth and Length up to an orchard or wilderness which Lookes very
+nobly. Here at Each End is two good Chambers of state, Lofty, with anty
+Chambers and for servants and back staires. There are many very good
+roomes of a second rate w^{ch} if well ffurnish’d would Look well. The
+Leads are a greate many stepps up on the top, a Large Cupilow of
+windows, and y^e walls round y^e Leads are so high a person of a middle
+stature Cannot Look over them scarce when on tiptoe, which is a Greate
+Lessening of its beauty w^{ch} would give a Large prospect round of the
+Country of 10 or 12 miles off. There is an addition of new wall on the
+battlements w^{ch} is visible so its Likely it was from some accident
+from y^e Leads Enduced y^e walls being built higher. This Lord has a
+greate Command and Royalty in the County, the Kank forrest of 20 mile is
+his, most of y^e gentlemen in the County pay him Chiefe Rent and some
+hold Right in some of their Land by waiteing on him on some solemn feast
+dayes in the yeare, and bring up his dinner and waite on him as he
+Eates, if then in the Country. But these things are better wav’d then
+sought and is not done few tymes in an age to keep up the Custom.
+
+Ffrom Woolsly after an 8 weekes stay I went to Wolverhampton 11 long
+mile, then to Church-hill neare Sturbridge 9 or 10 mile farther, by the
+many Glasshouses where they Blow Broad Glass, but they were not at work
+on that sort when I was there. At Church-hill was at a farmer Like a
+Gentleman’s, a new pretty house of brick, but wanted ffurniture and
+Cleaneing and good order, but a hearty M^r and M^{rs}. The hill is
+pretty high and gives a great view of the Country which most belongs to
+M^r Foley-Tom of 10,000^£—Large Comonage, there he has a Little Lodge,
+new brick; his own house is 6 or 10 mile thence all within his own
+grounds, and has great jron works and mines, this is within two mile of
+Kederminster, as farre on the other side to Sturbridge. Thence I went to
+Worcester town a sandy way, and here are in some places quicksands. This
+is a 10 Long mile to Worcester but pretty flatt way for the most part,
+thence to Newhouse 12 or 14, the basest way for hills, stony narrow
+hollow wayes very difficult to pass.
+
+I went from Newhouse to Stoake four miles, M^r Foley’s the speaker’s son
+has a very fine pile of building, the wing to Herreford being now up in
+the Shell, which is all for state, great parlour, drawing roome, and bed
+Chambers, with their appendixes and backstaires, and a great staircase
+with Chambers over for state. This is Entred into out of the Greate
+hall, the middle of the house raiseing many stepps out of the Court, the
+Entrance to which on Each side has buildings uniform for Coach house
+stables, dairy out houses. The wing to the garden side is finish’d,
+being their appartment, a pretty staircase that two Easily go up, light
+from the Skye, jron railes and barristers, this from an arch jsle below
+which goes to the kitchen, and hath a doore into this front Court and
+into the gate backward, tho’ not visible on the garden side by y^e
+disguise of painting. From this you ascend these staires to the dineing
+roome which is Even to the great hall and must Enter from it when
+ffinish’d. Out of this on the Right hand was M^r Paul Folie’s the
+father’s studdy, long and Large, with back staires and a servants roome.
+On the Left hand is a drawing roome, beyond his Ladys bed Chamber,
+Closet and Servants roome, and next it are these staires of jron Railes
+that goes up to the next stage, which is over this same wing and is the
+appartment of the young M^r Folie and his Lady which now is the heir and
+in possession.
+
+There is their Chamber, her fine Closet, a servants roome and a Large
+studdy for him; there is also two Large Chambers for strangers which
+takes the whole wing over the dineing roome and studdy. There is also a
+Little roome at the end for strangers opposite to M^r folie’s roome
+which Lookes to the front. This dineing roome is what they Eate in
+allwayes—is well wanscoated. There is a fountaine bason just faceing y^e
+balcony doore that Leads to a terrass paved with black and white marble
+and jron palisadoes; it has a long space and broad for walking and two
+Enclosed on Each side by same jron work a step up or two these doores
+from y^e Ladies Closet and the Studdy, out on them in the middle goes
+the staires two wayes, all jron work, and meete halfe way and Joyne in
+y^e next descent on Gravel, which is in a halfe moon and so design’d to
+be Left in a Low place with a Cascade beneath, and the Gravell walke and
+grass walks to go by it and beyond it in many rows of trees. The walled
+Gardens and walks one below another. This terrass gives a vast prospect
+of the Country, it being scituated on the ascent of a hill. Many rows of
+trees in Meadows below it adds to its beauty being all within his own
+Ground, he has a Great Estate and a Great parke up above it with Great
+woods. The adornment of the Rooffe is flower potts and ffigures Globes
+and Scallop shells, it will be noble Compleate buildings and deserves
+10000^£ a yeare to Live Like it.
+
+The offices are all below and Even with the first Entrance of the
+ffront, what is ffinished is neate good wanscoate and tapistry, there is
+two or three damaske beds and one velvet one what they had before, so
+noe new ffurniture but y^e best wing noe doubt will be finely finish’d
+and furnish’d. The prospect is Large and jndeed to view, at Least in the
+summer and in Drye tyme, Herrifordshire is Like a fruitfull Garden. Near
+Richards Castle is the Bone well a fountain alway full of ffish and
+ffroggs bones tho’ often Cleared of them yet still renewed.
+
+Ffrom Newhouse I Came over Maubern Hills which are Like the Alps and
+have had much wet, the roads deep and difficult, to upton in Worcester
+10 mile, where I pass the severn on a stone bridge—here it is not broad.
+Thence Pursha 5 mile, thence Esham 4 and Weston 4, in Glocestershire to
+my Cos’n Ffiennes, thence to Morton Hindmost up a vast stony high
+hazardous hill of neare two mile Long ascending all the way from
+Weston—this is in sight of Cambden—so to Morton, 6 miles down as steep a
+stony hill 2 mile before I Came to my aunts. Thence to Broughton in
+Oxfordshire passing by 4 shires stone—Warwick, Worcester, Glocester and
+Oxfordshire, and so by Kingston; thence to oxford 18, Abbington where is
+a fine town Hall for the Judges, two barrs and all seates aboute set on
+stone pillars, the staires to the top is about 100, y^e Leads fine and
+gives a Large prospect all about. There is halfe way the staires, a
+place to go in and in Gallerys round Company may stand to heare Causes
+all above the Judges heads—this is Buckinghamshire. Then to Newbery by
+Market Hillsly its 16 mile, which town has been famous for whipps and
+presents a King or Queen when they pass through it with one of great
+price and also w^{th} a purse of Gold. From thence to Way hill through
+Lanes and woods 14 mile, this is in Hampshire, thence to Newtontony in
+Wiltshire 6 mile.
+
+Some account of Epsome in Surrey about ten miles from London. Its on
+Clay and Gravel, the waters are from Alum. The well is Large without
+Bason or Pavement, on the bottom it is Covered over with timber and is
+so darke you Can scarce Look down into it for which Cause I do dislike
+it. Its not a quick spring and very often is dranke drye, and to make up
+the defficiency the people do often carry water from Common wells to
+fill this in a morning; this they have been found out in which makes the
+water weake and of Little opperation unless you Can have it first from
+the well before they Can have put in any other. The usual way of
+drinking them is by turning them with a Little milk. There is a walk of
+trees by it, but not very pleasant, there is a house built in which the
+well is and that is paved with brick to walke in in the wet weather, and
+where people have Carrawayes sweetemeates and tea &c, but it Look’d so
+dark and unpleasant more Like a Dungeon, y^t I would not Chuse to drinke
+it there, and most people drink it at home. There are severall good
+Buildings in Epsome for Lodgings and good Gardens behind them for
+walking. There is a good house of the L^d Bartlets in a parke at the End
+of the town Looks very well. The Greatest pleasure of Emson is Either
+Banstead Downs where is good aire and good rideing for Coaches and
+horses, with a pleasant view of y^e Country, or Else Box Hill which is 6
+or 7 miles off and is the Continuation of the Ridge of hills I mentiond
+by Maidstone; its a Greate height and shows you a vast precipice down on
+the farther side, and such a vast vale full of woods Enclosures and
+Little towns. There is a very good river that runs by a Little town
+Called Darken just at the foote of this hill, very famous for good
+troutts and great store of ffish. On this hill the top is Cover’d with
+box whence its name proceeds, and there is other wood but its all Cutt
+in Long private walks very shady and pleasant, and this is a great
+diversion to the Company and would be more ffrequented if nearer Epsom
+town.
+
+About 4 miles off is S^r Robert Howards house which I went to see, its a
+Square building, the yards and offices very Convenient about it, and
+severall Gardens walled in. All the windows are sashes and Large squares
+of glass; I observ’d they are double sashes to make y^e house the
+warmer, for it Stands pretty bleake. Its a brick building. You Enter a
+hall which opens to the Garden, thence to two parlours, drawing-roomes
+and good staires, there are abundance of Pictures, above is a Dineing
+roome and drawing roome with very good tapistry-hangings of Long
+standing. There is severall bed Chambers well ffurnish’d, good damaske
+beds and hangings and window Curtaines of the same, and so neatly kept
+ffolded up in Clean sheets pinn’d about the beds and hangings. There are
+severall other good beds and ffurniture, one roome all y^e bed and
+hangings are of a fine damaske made of worsted, it Lookes pretty and
+with a Gloss Like Camlett, of a Light Ash Coullour. There are good
+pictures of the family, S^r Robert’s Son and Lady, which was a Daughter
+of the Newport house, with her Children in a very Large Picture. There
+is fine adornements of Glass on the Chimney and fine marble Chimney
+pieces, some Closets with Inlaid floores, its all very neate and fine
+with the several Courts at the Entrance—this I thinke was all remarkable
+at Epsome which is 14 mile to London.
+
+Another Journey to Broughton in Oxfordshire, my brother’s, and now my
+nephew’s house, the Lord Say and Seale. I went by Hartfordshire and
+Bedford from London to Wane 20 mile, thence to Hitching 14 miles, most
+in Lanes and deep Land, and in the winter bad Roads, but very good
+Land—good Corn—the wheate Look’d well but Grass and Summer Corn wanted
+rain, being a drye Spring. Thence to Bedford town 12 mile more, these
+miles are Longer than those about London and much in Lanes and woods.
+
+ Bedford town is an old Building, its wash’d by the river Ouse which
+Comes from Buckingham and is here Broader than in most places till it
+reaches Yorke; its stored with very good ffish and those which have
+Gardens on its brinke keepes sort of trunck or what they Call them. Its
+a Receptacle of wood of a pretty size full of holes to Let the water in
+and out, here they keep the ffish they Catch as pike, perch, tench &c,
+so they have it readye for their use, this is of mighty advantage
+Especially for the Publick houses—you see the ffish taken out ffresh for
+supper or dinner. The river runns twineing about and runns into severall
+notches of Ground w^{ch} is sett full of willows, and many Little boates
+Chained to the sides belonging to y^e people of the town for their
+diversion. It runns by a Ground which is made into a fine bowling-green,
+its upon a hill and a pretty ascent from the river that is besett with
+willows all round beneath; y^e bowling green is well kept with Seates
+and summer houses in it for the use of the town and Country Gentlemen of
+which many resort to it Especially the market dayes. At the Entrance of
+the town you pass over y^e river on a bridge which has a gate on it and
+some houses—this river beares barges. These truncks or Baskets which
+keepes the ffish are ffastned by Chaines to the sides of the Banks in
+each mans Garden. There is nothing worth notice in the town, severall
+streetes small and old, the middle streete which runns from y^e Bridge
+is pretty broad, wherein stands y^e market place and house which is on
+severall stone pillars and raill’d in. There is above it roomes which
+were design’d for the session and publick Buissness of the town by the
+Lord Russell that built it, but his untimely death, being beheaded, put
+a stop to its ffinishing. They now put it to noe use but spinning
+haveing begun to set up the woollen worke, but its Just in its Infancy.
+Over this is the top which is flatt rooff’d Leaded and railed in, from
+thence you see the whole town and Country round.
+
+There is a pretty many Gentry about y^e Country neare neighbours, and
+many Live in the town tho’ in such old houses. From thence I went to
+Asply 8 mile where the Earth turns wood into stone and had a piece of
+it; it seemes its only one sort of wood the Aldertree which turns so,
+and Lay or drive a paile or Stake into the ground there in seven yeares
+its petrify’d into stone, from thence to Onborn w^{ch} is 3 mile more.
+
+Here is the Duke of Bedfords house which I had seen before with the fine
+Gardens and parke, so proceeded on to Dunstable 9 miles ffarther where I
+staid and dined with my kinswoman my aunt Woolsley’s Daughter marry’d to
+a D^r of physick D^r Marsh, and from thence I went to Laighton Buserd
+and thence to Whinslow about 12 mile—this is in Buckinghamshire—thence
+to Broughton in Oxfordshire 17 mile, and staid a weeke and then returned
+through oxfford Citty 18 mile, and so to London 48 mile more.
+
+
+      _A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF EPSOME HAMPTON COURT AND WINDSOR_
+
+Epsom is 15 miles from London, there are great curiosityes in cut hedges
+and trees almost before all doores. They have trees in rows which they
+cut up smooth and about 3 or 4 yards up, they Lay frames of wood in
+manner of a pent house, so plat the branches on it and cuts it smooth,
+they leave the stem of the tree to run up and then cut it clear to the
+top w^{ch} they cut in round heads. There are severall good houses in or
+about Epsham—S^r Rob^t Howard’s w^{ch} I have described, M^r Wessell’s
+now M^r Scawen’s. There is Lord Baltimores in Woodcut Green Encompass’d
+w^{th} a wall at the Entrance—a breast wall with pallisadoes. Large
+courts one within the other and a back way to y^e stables where is a
+pretty horse pond. The house is old but Low, tho’ Large,—run over much
+ground. In ffront 6 windows and in the top just in the middle 12
+Chimneys in a row, being 3 and 3 below Joyning back to back and 3 and 3
+above; the others Looke into a Court w^{ch} is built round. As I drove
+by the side saw broad Chimneys on the End, and at due distance on the
+side on both Ends y^e sides of a Court, w^{ch} is terminated in a
+building on w^{ch} is a Lead w^{th} railes and Barristers.
+
+That house which is now Lord Guilfords at another side of Epsham, Lookes
+nobly in a fine parke pailed round. Severall rows of trees in the front
+of all sorts—Lofty, and some cut Piramidy, some suger-Loafe or rather
+Like a mushrom-top. The front has 6 Large windows and the doore w^{ch}
+is glass, as many on the next story. You Enter by a Large Court w^{ch}
+is on y^e Left side—Stable court; to the right into y^e Gardens, fore
+right you Enter a broad tarass railed in and Paved with stone, you enter
+a noble Lofty hall, plaine but neate, painted white. On y^e right is a
+Little parlour, the lesser hall hung w^{th} armes, a butler’s office,
+with bedchambers and Closets, thence goes y^e Kitchen, schullery,
+bakeing room and Laundry into a Court of all y^e offices and the stable
+yard. Out of y^e Little parlour goes into a pretty Chappel which has a
+balcony closet looking into it for the Lord and Lady.
+
+The Left hand of y^e hall Led into a great parlour w^{ch} runnes to the
+End of the house, and makes the ffront, and short again into another
+great parlour or dineing roome which makes y^e End ffront of the house;
+this also opens into y^e staircase, it Leads on to a drawing roome,
+Closet, bed Chamber, two dressing roomes, w^{ch} with y^e great
+staircase makes up y^e ffront backward and the other End ffront, w^{ch}
+Lookes into y^e stable yard and a garden railed in w^{th} a Large pond
+or Cannall. The back ffront goes out into a garden or Court w^{th}
+Gravel walks round, and a Crosse w^{ch} cuts it into 4 grassplotts where
+are Brass statues, and Leads out through fine jron Carved gates as at
+the ffront out into y^e highway. The right End ffront of y^e house is
+into y^e Garden. Out of both of y^e great parlours and drawing roome two
+Entrances at an Equal distance upon gravell walks. This garden is
+gravell’d round. Y^e two middle walks run up to a double mount which
+cast the garden into 3 Long grass walks w^{ch} also are very broad,
+w^{th} 3 flower potts. There are two degrees of stepps to Each of these
+Gravell walks, the first lands on a Gravell that turns in a 3 side
+square w^{ch} shapes y^e upper mount. The Long gravell walke to y^e
+right hand runns aCrosse the mount to a thicket that Enters y^e Grove
+and is Lost. The other to the Left runns up the whole Length of y^e
+grove up to white gates and open views into y^e parke. The two Ends of
+the Little square gravel walke round the first mount terminates on the
+right in same thicket or Grove, and has only for show a Carved frame as
+a gate, w^{th} wood carv’d Like Cage work painted white, with an arch
+Entrance in the middle for form sake, to make it Look uniforme to the
+Like on y^e Left, w^{ch} Leads to a walk as Long as the Gravell up to
+the wall, and is directly arbour. Like high trees, Cut up to the top and
+with heads which close in an arch—in the middle is Long white seates.
+There are two or three Lesser walks w^{ch} run across it to y^e right
+into the Grove and Lost in the maze; to the Left to another Long walk
+w^{ch} Leads to a Grotto and runs parralel w^{th} y^e gravel walke to
+the top. You Enter a space paved and open arch’d round in seates like a
+Court, and thence you Enter the Grotto, an arch Entirely dark but at the
+Entrance it is so Large as 6 arched seates, and between carv’d stone
+very fine of all sorts of flowers, ffigures, ffruites; y^e Pillars or
+Peers pretty broad. this ran up to a sumerhouse at the End, w^{ch} is
+grown over with greens cut smooth—windows all round. Below this is a
+broad green walke w^{ch} begins at the first Garden and so continues
+round w^{th} y^e wall quite to that broad Gravel walke, and is continued
+by y^e wall quite Encompassing y^e maze, in w^{ch} are some slaunt cut
+wayes, and it terminates in the other side of the first Garden just by a
+garden railed in in which is a Large pond, square in nature of a
+cannall, the bank green Cut fine, and borders for flowers and greens,
+and a Breast wall to the first Garden, on w^{ch} are flower potts. On
+the upper mount—all the grass and bank Even cut—Stands 4 flower potts
+painted blew—Some red on y^e 3 divisions—y^e gravell Cut out as on the
+Margin.
+
+Ffrom the Hall you go to y^e staircase, there is also a doore out of the
+second parlour. This is noble and Lofty all plain wanscoate, only y^e
+halfe paces inlaid. The first is a window the whole height, 13 Large
+pannells in Length, 5 in breadth, which Lookes into one of the Courts
+where the pond is and stable yard. The next half pace Leads you on y^e
+Left hand to the private appartment that is not so Lofty, over y^e Least
+hall to an anty roome, thence a dineing roome, soe drawing roome 5 bed
+Chambers and Closetts. The Last Closett goes into a balcony w^{ch} runs
+aCross y^e middle of said Lofty window, and Looks into the staircase.
+Out of y^e Eating or dineing roome goes a Closett for y^e Ladyes into
+y^e Chappell w^{th} very good back staires up to y^e top roomes. Y^e
+great staires continues up to the Gallery and turns in a long halfe
+pace, w^{ch} Enters it at two doores in Equal distances. Its a Lofty,
+Large as well as Long roome, noe painting or frettwork. At Each End are
+severall handsome bedChambers and Closetts but none ffurnish’d, but y^e
+private appartments has pladd Chamlet damaske neatly made up, not new,
+Glass sconces, and over the Chimney, looking glasses in frames. The
+parke is fine but not stock’d, w^{ch} when it is and house ffurnish’d
+will be a noble seate.
+
+There is another house of M^r Ruths who married Lady Dennagall is new
+and neate. The Entrance is a space the breadth of y^e Court and ffront,
+rail’d in and opening in y^e middle w^{th} sort of wicket, two such at
+Each End w^{th} heavye Latches to pull up, and the gate swings both
+wayes. There is a brick wall w^{th} peers and breast high, and jron
+pallisadoes of a good breadth Each side the gate, w^{ch} is Carv’d jron
+work w^{th} a Deer on the top of a Cypher, and an oaken tree Cut a top;
+the two first peers are w^{th} Great flower potts, those on y^e Peeres
+Each side y^e jron works Lesser flower potts. Beyond are the gates into
+the coach yard, w^{ch} with the Stables is a neate Pile of Buildings by
+it self. Just on y^e other side is such a building the kitchen and
+offices and little Laundry Court, and here is the back Entrance through
+a Long brick Entry open on one side, but a wall to y^e Court side and
+house, and Enters into a passage that Leads to a little hall brick’t,
+w^{th} roomes for y^e buttler and a batheing roome. By it is a Large
+hall paved w^{th} stone and thence is one way into the garden. Under the
+staires and balcony that descends from y^e dineing roome in y^e first
+passage are staires w^{ch} brings to a space that turns up to the Great
+staires and roomes.
+
+The ffront Entrance is into a handsome Court, one Large paved walke in
+the middle between Grass, the borders round of flowers, y^e wall w^{th}
+trees. You ascend some stepps to a broad terrass paved and with a breast
+wall sett w^{th} flower potts. This is the breadth of the house and at
+Each End two Large white seates w^{th} arches over y^e head. You Enter a
+step or two to this space w^{ch} Leads to y^e staires on y^e Left to a
+little parlour wanscoted, white in veines and gold mouldings, a neat
+Booffett ffurnish’d with Glasses and china for the table, a Cistern
+below into which the water turn’d from a Cock, and a hole at bottom to
+Let it out at pleasure. W^{th} in this roome was a Large Closet or
+musick roome, on the other side was a dineing room w^{th} a balcony door
+w^{ch} has staires to y^e garden in a round with half paces and jron
+railes. Thence is a drawing roome, beyond that a Closet that comes out
+into a little passage to the staircase, w^{ch} is Large and makes the
+fourth part of the house; they are wanscoate varnish’d and the Lower
+step or two Larger, and y^e other End is in a turn. The half paces are
+strip’d, the wood put w^{th} y^e Graine, the next slip against the
+Graine, w^{ch} makes it Looke pretty as if Inlaid.
+
+You Enter one roome hung with Crosstitch in silks, the bed the same
+Lined w^{th} yellow and white strip’d sattin, window Curtaines white
+silk damaske w^{th} furbellows of Callicoe printed flowers, the Chaires
+Crosstitch and two stooles of yellow Mohaire w^{th} Crostitch, true
+Lower knotts in straps along and a Cross, an Elbow Chaire tentstitch;
+Glasses over all y^e Chimneys and Marble pieces. The windows in all the
+roomes had Cusheons. The next roome was Lady Dennagalls Chamber and
+Closet hung w^{th} very rich tapistry, the bed Crimson damaske Lined
+w^{th} white Jndia sattin, w^{th} Gold and Crimson flowers printed; the
+Chaires, one red damaske, the other Crostitch and tentstitch very Rich,
+soe round the roome. The Closet, Green damaske Chaires, and many fine
+pictures under Glasses, of tentstitch sattin stitch Gumm and strawwork,
+also jndia flowers birds &c. The roome over the Little parlour was
+M^{rs} Ruths, a pladd bed Lined w^{th} Jndian Callicoe, and an Jndia
+Carpet on the bed—w^{th} in was her Closet. Over this are good Garretts
+and staires to the Leads w^{ch} shews you all about the town.
+
+The first garden is square, the walls full of trees and nail’d neate, an
+apricote, peach, plumb, necktarine, w^{ch} spread but not very high;
+between Each is a cherry stript up to the top and spreads, Composeing an
+arch over the others. There are borders of flowers round and a handsome
+Gravel round. The Grass plott is Large; in the middle a little Gravel in
+an oval or round, where is a Large fountain of stone full of stone
+Images to spout the water. This Garden is the breadth of the dwelleing
+house—the dineing roome and drawing roome Looke into it.
+
+Out of this (which is ffenced by a breast wall w^{th} jron pallasadoes
+painted blew w^{th} Gilt topp) you ascend severall stepps through an
+jronwork’d gate to a ground divided into Long grass walks, severall of
+w^{ch} ascends y^e hill and between the Ground improv’d w^{th} Dwarfe
+trees of ffruite and flowers and greenes in all shapes, intermixt w^{th}
+beds of strawberyes for ornament and use. Thus to another bank w^{th}
+stepps to a Green Cross walke, and then more trees and devices. Thence
+to two mounts cut smoothe—between is a Cannall. These mounts are
+severall stepps up under which are jce houses; they are a square fflatt
+on the top ffenced with banks round and seates, beyond which is a summer
+house in a tree, which shews a great way off the Country. There are Low
+Cut hedges on Each bank, and painted sticks w^{th} Gilt tops in y^e
+greens and flower potts, and thus is one terrass above another. Over
+their stables are Chambers for y^e men, over the Kitchen and Dairy and
+buttery and scullery are roomes for Laundry, and for the maids.
+
+S^r Thomas Cooke’s house has such an Enclosed walk before the gate,
+w^{th} swinging gates at Each End and a Larger in the middle.
+
+Without it is a Row of oakes w^{th} thick heads w^{ch} makes it very
+shady. You Enter a Close gate into a Court, w^{th} a broad paved walk
+between two Large Grass-plotts, besett w^{th} Green Cyprus yew and holly
+in Piramids, and two Large Statues in the middle, the wall Clothed
+w^{th} box holly filleroy cut even. The ffront is two juttings out at
+the Ends flatt in the middle Like a half Roman H. You Rise a step or two
+into a good Hall pav’d w^{th} black and white marble, the sides painted
+black and white resembling nitches or arches for seates. On the Right
+hand is a good Dineing roome wanscoated oake without varnish, the
+pannell Large, and within a drawing roome w^{ch} Lookes into the garden,
+wanscoated. Over, Right, another square one. Between these runs an
+Entry, where in are Closets, and y^e Butlers office, to y^e Kitchen and
+offices, into y^e Stable, Coach yard and into a Laundry Court. In the
+Middle ffronting y^e Entrance is a Door into y^e garden. Just by is a
+Servants hall and way to y^e Cellars under. The Great Staires noble and
+Lofty, all wanscoate, hung w^{th} very good pictures. Above in the
+rooffe is frettwork and an oval Curiously painted with angells and
+ffigures.
+
+Here are two very Good appartments, bed Chambers dressing-roome, Closets
+and presses; besides there are two other good Chambers w^{th} Closets,
+and one Large roome—y^e frame of y^e Chimney piece carv’d with all
+variety of fruites, herbes &c painted proper and all hollow work. Very
+good Pictures in all y^e roomes over Chimneys and doores, all fix’d into
+y^e wanscoate,—noe ffurniture. There is a very good p^r of back staires
+goes hence up to y^e Garret’s, one very Large, 6 other, besides Little
+room. There you ascend into a Cupilow, windows round shews a vast
+prospect of the place; from thence you may descend another such a good
+p^r of back staires to y^e kitchen. The Garden is in forme as M^r Ruth’s
+first flatt, but Larger, w^{th} a Larger fountaine, walled in w^{th}
+ffree stone, a pedistal w^{th} Little Cupids and Dolphins and shells on
+w^{ch} are Images, and on y^e top a Crown made all to spout out water.
+The walls full of fruite, in y^e middle you ascend severall stepps to a
+bank on w^{ch} are jron painted pallasadoes w^{th} Gilt top; gates to
+the same. Here is a Large square w^{th} green walks and gravell and
+ovall in the middle, with devices of Little paths of gravell to Cut the
+grass into shapes, squares and 3 squares. In the middle stands a
+Gladiator on a pedistal, and on y^e walls are Cupids at each riseing of
+the walls for the bank. On the Left side is a summer house w^{th} paints
+of the seasons of y^e yeare. Thence into another Garden for kitchen
+stuff and hott beds, with convenient houses. From this great fflatt you
+ascend severall stepps at three places—equal distance, and then Long
+green walks between borders of strawberies, dwarf trees, and some w^{th}
+green squares sett with Cyprus, Mirtle, yew, Holly cut fine and flowers,
+thus three severall bancks, the spaces so adorn’d. Then you pass on to a
+long green walke, the Right side or End is a fine summer house, the bank
+all along guarded with dwarffe trees; the other to y^e field side rowes
+of tall walnuts, with quick sett hedges cutt. This Carryes on not only
+the breadth of the house but the Length of the whole ground, w^{ch} is
+for y^e other garden for use; and just at the End of the pleasure garden
+begins a Large and Long pond or Cannall—y^e Length of the walke, w^{ch}
+is its bank cut fine. There is another great pond on the Right side of
+the house, and two more in the grounds belonging to it on the Left.
+
+M^{rs} Steeven has a very pretty neate house and gardens, before the
+doore is a part railed in as before, only this is Close at Each end
+w^{th} high wall and seates. In the middle is a gate w^{ch} Leads to the
+gate of the Court, grass walled round, a broad pavement to the house,
+and round Stepps—4 or 5. You Enter into a passage w^{ch} Leads to a
+little parlour, thence a step or two down to an Entry, w^{ch} Leads away
+to a Little Court or passage, which runs to the streete and back to y^e
+garden.
+
+On one side is a building, a summer parlour for a still roome, w^{th}
+brick kitchen and offices and Coach house and stables, w^{th} Chambers
+over for the men. There is in the first parlour a Large Closet, on the
+Left is a Large parlour and drawing-roome, all very neate and well
+wanscoated. Under the staircase is a little roome for a butler, thence
+the staires to the Cellars; this is between the back staires w^{ch} are
+very good and light, and wanscoated up to the garrets, and the great
+staires w^{ch} are very handsome painted white, the Rooffe an oval of
+Cupids. Here are two handsome Chambers with dressing-roomes and light
+and dark Closets and presses. Next floore is to such appartments againe.
+Over all are three good Garrets and two roomes for stores, and it is
+sashed up to the top w^{th} Low windows to sit in. Every Corner is
+improved for Cupboards and necessarys, and the doores to them made
+suiteable to y^e wanscoate. The garden goes out opposite to y^e Entrance
+the walls full of all fruite neately kept. Here are six Grass walks
+three and three, guarded w^{th} dwarfe fruite trees, a Large gravell
+walk round by the wall, and gravell between Each Grass walk. The front
+is a breast wall w^{th} a yew hedge cut neate, and jron pallisadoes
+painten and Gilt tops, with gates Leading to another Garden of grass Cut
+in shapes and knotts, w^{th} flowers and all sorts of greens cut in
+shapes, w^{th} paths of Gravel to fform them. On the Left side a
+Coddling hedge secured a walke of orange and Lemmon trees in perfection.
+This is Closed with a green house all the breadth of the garden, through
+w^{ch} you Enter another of fflowers; thence into orchard and kitchen
+garden w^{ch} is Cast in Exact forms to Look neate. In the green Garden
+was Large alloes plants and all sorts of Perpetualls as well as
+annualls.
+
+There are abundance of houses built of brick, with fine gardens and
+Courts, w^{th} open gates and railes to view, w^{ch} are used as
+Lodgings for the Company; and now the wells are built about, and a Large
+Light roome to walk in brick’d, and a pump put on the well. A Coffee
+house and two roomes for gameing, and shops for sweetmeates and fruite.
+Monday morning is their day, the Company meete and then they have some
+Little diversion, as raceing of boys or Rabbets or Piggs. In the Evening
+the company meete in the Greenes, first in the upper Green many steps
+up, where are Gentlemen Bowling, Ladyes walking. There are Little Shopps
+and a gameing or danceing roome, the same man at the wells keepes it,
+sells Coffee there also. The Lower green is not farr off—just in the
+heart of the town: its a much neater green and warmer. The whole side of
+this is a very Large roome w^{th} Large sashe windows to the green,
+w^{th} Cusheons in the windows and seates all along. There are two
+hazard boards; at the End is a Milliner and China Shop, this is
+belonging to the Great tavern or Eateing house, and all the Length of
+this roome to the street ward is a Piaza wall, and a row of trees Cutt
+and platted together as the ffashion of the place, w^{th} tops running
+up a top with heads. The Crosse in the Streete has a Good Clock.
+
+On the hill where is the race posts they have made a ring as in Hide
+Parke, and they Come in Coaches and drive round, but it is only Lords
+day nights and some nights. There has been 40 Coaches and six which are
+the Gentlemen in the County round, and 20 and 2 horses. The Company in
+y^e town Epshum shall be Clutter’d w^{th} Company from Satturday to
+Tuesday and then they many times goe, being so neare London, so come
+againe on more Satturdays.
+
+Ffrom Epsham I went to Banstead where the parson of the Parish has
+diverted himself in his garden these fifty yeares, is now old and
+doates, but has Curious hedges, one Garden w^{th} Grass plotts and Earth
+walks Cut and wedd. His grass plotts has stones of divers fformes and
+sizes which he names Gods and Goddesses; and hedges and arbours of thorn
+soe neately Cut, and in all ffigures in great rounds. One is a Large
+arbour: You Enter a straite passage as unto a Cell, but within a roome,
+round y^t by a narrow Entry you Come to a Large Square with trees and
+seates, all quick sett hedges cut fine. One is a tree w^{ch} the ivy has
+Covered and there are staires up directly upright, and on y^e top is an
+Eight square Bench—round, the Green grows up Close about it cut even,
+this he Calls “Tenneriff” being in that fform. Next it is another tree,
+there is a fflatt and on it is a table or stoole on w^{ch} is a Great
+white stone in form of some statue that apole w^{th} 9 stones round less
+the muses—this is Parnassus. There are severall heads painted w^{ch} are
+named Mogul Grand Seignior, Cham of Tartary, Zarr of Muscovy, placed in
+severall places. Another Garden is Grass plotts w^{th} yews and holly
+Lawrells, round this on the bank is sett stones very thick, some very
+much bigger for officers, this is the whole Confederate army and their
+Generalls. Here is a trumpeter, Hercules and Bacchus and a hedge of
+Lawrell 7 foote broad. Here are also two trees Cover’d with Ivy and
+thorne Cut smooth and made in ffashion of two great pillars for Hercules
+pillars. There is in y^e middle some platted together and makes a Cover
+to a seate below, and there is a Rose Cut out—you may talk as under the
+Rose. In his house he has many Curiosetyes of stones, one like a brick
+of bread, another Like a shoulder of mutton, a piece of wood from an old
+tree as Like a mounteer capp w^{th} a button on the top, another like a
+furbellow’d peticoat, another stone like an apple paired and a piece Cut
+out and grown Deadish—its said this is Petrify’d into stone as the moss
+in Knarsborough and the wood at Apsley in Bedfordshire; here were many
+Shells, Birds, jndian shoes, bootes, purses &c.
+
+Ffrom Epsham to Leatherhead 3 mile, we pass by S^r Robert Howards which
+I have described. Here is a little town where they make much Leather,
+and other little trades, many Butchers which supply Epsham. Here it is
+that the water which sinks away at Swallow hole at Mole under Box Hill
+which is 7 mile off, and here it Bubbles up in twenty places from a
+hill, and Compases a great river half a mile off, over which a long
+bridge of 14 great arches of stone by their Height shews sometimes the
+water to be very deep. A little farther its so deep as cannot be
+fforded, here the Channell is not so broad, only four Large Arches. We
+goe over thence a mile and halfe to M^r Moores ffine house on a hill,
+its built w^{th} brick and stone Coyned, and the windows Stone, nine
+sashes to the Garden; the jutting out in the middle is three windows.
+The top is in a peak painted frisco, and a Cornish round on Each side; a
+low building Each End Like Wings w^{th} same Cornish Leaded and flower
+potts on it, w^{ch} are the offices on one Side, and Lead to a summer
+House and backward to the private Entrance, a Court y^t you ascend by
+steps of stone and jron barristers with turnings and halfe paces to the
+part of y^e house in Constant use. The ffront in the Entrance is as the
+Garden, only here are but Eight windows, only two in the middle jutting
+the top, and that here you see not those two Low wings. You Enter by the
+Church yard, noe great Court or roome for it, a very Little court w^{ch}
+on the right hand Leads into y^e garden on a banck green walke, to a
+seate or summer house finely painted and stands on four pillars. Within
+this Leads into a gravel walk w^{ch} goes round y^e first Garden. The
+summer house you might pass through to the same green banck walk, which
+Leads to a broad Grass walk on the right hand up the hill near a quarter
+of a mile, Each side planted w^{th} trees, and y^e ground some for
+kitchen gardens orchards hott beds. The top of the hill has two white
+seates and a summer house, this has white open gates, Large as the walk.
+Here is a very fine pond runs across the breadth of the gardens and
+orchards. The Garden at the house is all flatt, much in Grass walks and
+bancks sett w^{th} green, most yews. There is a great gravel walk to the
+fountain from the middle of the house, w^{ch} is filled by a Long
+Cannall as broad as the walk; at the farther End is a trion gilt, with a
+horn w^{ch} can blow the water 20 yards. Here are seates on the bancks,
+and y^e ground is set much in Grass walks w^{th} dwarfe greens, which
+Cutts the grass plotts into four, which are Cutt into fflower deluces
+and Severall Devices w^{th} paths of Gravell, borders of mould, in which
+are greens of all sorts, Piramids and then round jnterchangeable. Beyond
+this is another space as Large, w^{th} a round space w^{th} a Large
+stone ffigure, and severall Less ffigures of brass in the little squares
+and strapps of grass, w^{ch} was fform’d by Cross and round gravell
+walks. There is two broad Gravell walks runns aslaunt like two wings
+from the first garden, as it were parrallel w^{th} the Cannall, and
+these terminate in a wood w^{ch} has a Glide through trees Cut aslant,
+agreable to the walks to give the view quite to Hampton town.
+
+                  *       *       *       *       *
+
+Thence to Hampton Court by Kingston 6 mile, all by the park, the palace
+Enters just by the Thames. On the gate is Lyon, Unicorn and fflower
+potts, the Starre and garter and Draggon y^e thistle and rose Carv’d.
+Here is a space where the Stables on one side and houses for suttlers
+for to provide for the servants. The front is in a Demy Circle—At the
+gates four towers of Brick. Beyond the half moone are two straite
+buildings in w^{ch} are gates, at the Ends two such brick towers, soe
+you Enter through those four towers. The guard Court on the Left goes to
+y^e old Buildings. On the Right you enter a long paved Entry; on one
+side are Lodgings, at the End are Cloysters round a Court which has a
+Large ffountaine in Grass, and at Each Corner a painted post for balls
+or Statues. The grass is planted round with Lawrell and yew, ffilleroy
+and Cyprus, cut a round head, and a Piramid. The Cloysters Lead to the
+royal Staircase which is very Lofty and spacious w^{th} arches for
+seates, the steps jron railes Carv’d and gilt, the wall black and gold
+painted w^{th} armory like a wanscoate. Over that is Curious paintings,
+the twelve Cæsars, over that the banquet of the Gods, all at Length,
+with Ceres over y^e side board w^{th} plenty. The rooffe is angells and
+Cherubims, the ffront on the halfe pace is Julian and the spectre that
+appear’d to him, in a tent of green, the Curtain drawn soe bold as if
+real w^{th} gold ffringe. Here you Enter y^e guard Chamber adorn’d with
+pikes, Halberts, Biounetts Daggers and Pistolls and gunns, w^{th}
+Bandeleers or pouches for amunition, all set in workes and ffigures
+about the Wanscoate, over y^e Chimney Pistolls and Daggers sett like the
+starre in the garter. Thence you go into an anty room hung w^{th}
+tapestry, thence into y^e Common audience roome where was a throne and
+Cannopy, crimson Damaske with Gold ffringe; the form the same round the
+roome. Here was King Charles y^e firsts Picture on horseback over the
+mantlepiece. All the rooffes of the roomes are Curiosly painted w^{th}
+different storyes. Out of this you Enter the Grand state roome which has
+King Williams Picture at Length on the Mantlepiece, ffine Pictures over
+all doores and Carvings in wood. The throne and Cannopy here was Scarlet
+velvet with Rich Gold orrice and window Curtains. Thence into the
+dineing roome where hangs in y^e middle a Chrystall Branch for Candles.
+Its hung with tapistry, I think its here the Queen of Bohemias Picture
+is over the Chimney piece—Sophia’s mother. The window Curtaines flower’d
+Crimson Damaske w^{th} gold ffringe; thence the drawing roome w^{ch} has
+a Silver branch in the middle, and sconces and Queen Marys Picture—here
+is Crimson velvet. Out of this is the presence Chamber w^{th} a Low
+screen across the roome to keep company off the bed w^{ch} is scarlet
+velvet w^{th} gold orrice and hung w^{th} fine tapistry. Out of y^e
+bedchamber goes the dressing roome hung w^{th} yellow damaske and
+Chaires the same. Here was the queen mother Dutchess of Yorks Picture
+over the Chimney, here is a doore into the private Lodgings where there
+is 2 bed Chambers, one Jndian Embroydery the other a mixt damaske; and
+Closets and antyroomes to the galleryes and backstaires.
+
+Out of the dressing roome is the Queens Closet, the hangings, Chaires,
+Stooles and Screen the same, all of satten stitch done in worsteads,
+beasts, birds, jmages and ffruites all wrought very ffinely by Queen
+Mary and her maids of honour.
+
+From thence into a Large Long gallery Wanscoated, and pictures of all
+the Roman warrs on one side, the other side was Large Lofty windows, two
+marble tables in two peers w^{th} two great open jarrs on Each side,
+Each table two such; at the End the same for to put potts of orange and
+mirtle trees in. The window Curtaines and couches or fformes all green
+and white rich damaske.
+
+Out of this into a Long gallery, plain wanscoate without any adornment,
+which is for people to waite in, Either of the servants of the houshold
+or who waites in buissness of the ordinary sort, and here are doores
+that Lead to the back staires and to private Lodgings. This Leads at the
+End into the part was design’d for the Kings side, into a noble Gallery
+w^{th} Curious Pictures of y^e scriptures painted by the Carthusion.
+
+The King of Ffrance offer’d 3000 pound apiece for them, or indeed any
+money. Here are green and white Damaske window Curtaines and Couches as
+the other was. This Leads to roomes not ffinished in the same number as
+on the queen’s side—one is begun to be painted on the top. The sides of
+the walls are painted just Like pieces of tapestry here is Prince
+Georges picture at Length, w^{th} his Dukall Corronet, and an Anchor as
+High Admirall, and thus to the other roomes, to y^e guardroome and Royal
+Staircase as on the Queens side, but none here ffinish’d. The Leads
+gives a vast sight all about of the parke and gardens, the ffront of the
+house to the garden has four Large stone ffigures Hercules, jupiter,
+Mars, Neptune.
+
+There is a long Cannall runs from the ffront a great way, and a Large
+ffounttaine next the house in the first garden, w^{th} a broad Gravell
+and a Cross. till I came almost to Windsor—I drove by some of the
+fforest and the parke and came in another way into town by y^e Castle
+across K: Charles’s Walk. jn the Castle yard is a Little box the queen
+has bought of Lord Godolphin. The garden joyns to the Duke of S^t Albans
+for a little retreate out of y^e Palace. You Enter a Brick Court, on the
+Left is a Little Guard roome, on y^e Right a Row of roomes w^{th}
+Chambers over them for the Kitchen and Pastry and Butteryes, and a
+Little garden pailed in. Then you go on, and on the Left hand Enter the
+house into an Entry: on the Left is a little parlour for y^e Ladies of
+honour to dine in, beyond that Back Staires Pantry and a Cistern or
+Place to Wash things in; by that is the guard roome, under it the
+Cellars.
+
+On the Right hand is a Large Antyroome for persons to wait, where are
+Marble tables in y^e Peeres between the windows; white damaske window
+curtaines and cane chaires. Next it is the Dineing roome some stepps
+down, where was red silk Curtaines Chaires and stooles, and Benches
+round the roome all red silk, w^{th} same coull^d orrice Lace; here was
+a white marble table behind the doore as a sideboard, and a Clap table
+under y^e Large Looking Glass between the windows. Next this was a
+drawing roome; both these roomes were hung w^{th} small Jmage tapistry
+very Lively and ffresh, here was Crimson Damaske window Curtaines,
+Chaires and stooles. The next was what was Prince George’s dressing
+roome, hung, and window Curtaines Chaires and stooles, all w^{th} yellow
+damaske, w^{th} marble Chimney pieces as all y^e Roomes have of
+Differing Coull^{rs} black white, grey, rance &c &c. Large
+Looking-glasses; all the roomes in all y^e house is plaine unvarnished
+oake Wanscoate which Lookes very neate. W^{th}in the dressing roome is a
+Closet on one hand, the other side is a Closet y^t Leads to a little
+place w^{th} a seate of Easement of Marble w^{th} sluces of water to
+wash all down. There is a back doore in y^e dressing roome, to a little
+anty roome with presses, a little Wanscoate table for tea, cards or
+writeing, so to a back staires;—the Queen’s appartment is over it. From
+y^e Greate Staire at the Entrance of the house Lands you in a passage
+that Enters—the anty roome is Crimson damaske curtains. Great chaire and
+Stooles and Benches; the same next it. The presence roome here is
+ffigured Crimson Velvet window Curtaines, Chaires and stooles; here is
+the Q. A Wife to K. James the First at Length in her Rideing habit, by
+her horse and three or four Couple of hounds—these were hung w^{th}
+ffine tapistry as the two below.
+
+Next this was the Queen’s bedChamber, hung, the bed, window-curtaines
+the same, all Rich Crimson Damaske. Here was the screen round the bed as
+the manner is to all the Souveraignes beds. Over the Chimney was Prince
+George’s Picture and by the side of the bed was the Duke of Glocester’s
+in an oval. Thence into a Dressing-roome hung with Divers Coull^d
+flowered sattin, chaires and stooles the same, ffine fflower’d muslin
+window curtaines, A fine Little high screen burnt jappan of 4 Leaves,
+another Chimney screen w^{th} 4 Leaves of the stone work in
+ffigures—jndian. Out of this was y^e Queens Closet just over Prince
+Georges but y^t was Locked. The other side was a little waiting roome to
+Just such marble seates of Easem^t w^{th} the sluces of water as that
+below was in the Queens bedChamber. Overright y^e Entrance of the
+dressing-roome was another Little Closet with the tea Equipage, and
+under that was such a Little tea roome within y^e drawingroome. Here in
+the dressing roome was a backway to a little waiting passage, with
+presses and such little wanscoate tables; this Leads to the back staires
+where there is one bedchamber. The Queen’s appartment ffronts the
+garden; out of the drawing roome you come on a terrass of Gravell, then
+descend stepps down a green banck to a large green space that has 4
+bench seates painted white; behind them is a Green bank, and a Large
+space of green on Either end fill’d with trees, Lawrell ffrilleroy,
+Cyprus, yews, heads a Pirramids, and Mirtles. This is ffenced with jron
+palasadoes painted, to another garden cut in squares and figures, with
+all sorts of fflowers and greens, which has at y^e End a Cut hedge and
+Leads on to a sort of orchard with dwarfe trees. These gardens and
+orchards is in Gravel Walks and Long green walks, in variety as such a
+thing in miniature can admitt.
+
+I drove through another part of Windsor to see a Race run by two
+ffootemen—an English and Scotch—the fformer a taller Bigger man than the
+other. The ground Measur’d and Cut even in a round ring, was almost four
+mile; they were to run it round so often as to make up 22 mile, which
+was the distance between Chareing Cross and Windsor Cross—that was five
+times quite round and so farre as made up the odd miles and Measure.
+They ran a round in 25 minutes. I saw them run the first three rounds
+and halfe another, in an hour and seventeen minutes, and they ffinished
+it in two hours and a halfe. The English gain’d the second round the
+start, and kept it at the same distance y^e five rounds, and then the
+Scotchman came up to him and got before him to the post. The Englishman
+fell down within a few yards of the post. Many hundred pounds were won
+and lost about it, they ran both very neately, but my judgment Gave it
+y^e Scotchman because he seem’d to save himself to y^e Last Push.
+
+I drove home by a fine house of Lord Rawnelaughs, 14 windows in the
+ffront, a square building—much gardening and Curious they say, but that
+Ladyes Pride is, none must see them, and soe Drove a fine Gravell road
+cut with rows of trees. In a mile you come to a broad open way to
+Windsor on the Left hand, on the Right to a little house of y^e Duchess
+of Marlboroughs, which is very exact gardens and ffountaines, Cut hedges
+and Groves, pail’d in; ffrom this house is the ffine Gravell walke
+continued very broad between high rows of trees—on one hand a ffine
+Grove of straite trees.
+
+ This is three mile to Windsor all a Clear visto to the Castle, to that
+which is K. Charle’s Walke for Shooting, which you Enter by a Broad
+Pallasadoe-ffences the whole breadth of the road. So at y^e other End
+which is a mile and goes out into the road w^{ch} comes ffrom Hampton
+Court which you Cross into the yards and Courts that lead up into the
+Castle.
+
+
+
+
+                                “FINIS.”
+
+
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+                         SOME PLACES MENTIONED.
+
+
+                             --------------
+
+
+    Newtontony. Wiltshire. Nath^l Fiennes.
+    Sarum.
+    Ffisherton.
+    Malbrough.
+    Devizes.
+    Warminster.
+    Wilton house. Earle of Pembroke’s house.
+    Blandford. Dorsetshire.
+    Merly.
+    Wimborn.
+    Sir William Constantine’s house.
+    Poole.
+    Brownsea jsland.
+    Isle of Purbeck.
+    Corffe Castle.
+    Quare. M^r Collier’s house.
+    Sonidge.
+    Sea Cuine.
+    Kingston. Sir William Muex’ house.
+    Income. M^r Coliffords house.
+    Doonshay. M^r Dolling’s house.
+    Finnum. Lady Larences house.
+    Brindon.
+    Piddle. M^r Oxenbridg’ house.
+    Dorchester.
+    Burport.
+    Woolfe. M^r Newbery’s house.
+    Colway. M^r Hendley’s house.
+    Lime. Somersetshire.
+    Lizard Point.
+    Blandford Woodbery hill.
+    Cherbery.
+    M^r Earle’s house.
+    Shaftesbury.
+    Andover.
+    Winchester.
+    Amesbury.
+    Stoneage.
+    Salsebury plaine.
+    Evell.
+    Meer and Castle.
+    Wincauton.
+    Castle Cary.
+    Alford.
+    Queen Camell.
+    Bruton.
+    Willdeng.
+    Breackly.
+    Philip Morton.
+    Bath.
+    Hungerford.
+    Lamborn.
+    Ffarington.
+    Kadcote.
+    Coalsell. Sir George Pratt’s house.
+    Vale of Whitehorse.
+    Norton. L^d Say and Seale’s house.
+    Broughton. L^d Say and Seale’s house.
+    Banbery.
+    Shettford.
+    Edgehill.
+    S^r Robert Dashwood’s house.
+    Adderbery.
+    S^r Thomas Cobb and Ly Rochester’s house.
+    Roxton. the Lord Guilfford’s house.
+    Banbury.
+    London.
+    Alesbury.
+
+    Durly.
+    Nurstead. M^r Holt’s house.
+    Petersffield.
+    Maple Duram.
+    Guilford.
+    Kingston on Thames.
+    Colebrooke.
+    Maidenhead.
+    Winsor Castle.
+    Eaton Colledge.
+    Cliffton house. Duke of Buckinghams.
+    Redding.
+    Veale.
+    Newbery.
+    Wayhill.
+
+    Sutton.
+    Baseing Stoke.
+    Basen. Duke of bolton’s house.
+    Sir Robert Hendly’s house.
+    Hartfford bridge.
+    Bagshott.
+    Eggum.
+    Staines.
+    Houndslow.
+    Brandford.
+    Turnumgreen.
+    Hammersmith.
+    Kensington.
+
+    Great Horrwood.
+    Hillsdon. M^r Denton’s house.
+    Thorndon. S^r Thomas Tyrrell’s house.
+    Stow. S^r Rich^d Temple’s house.
+    S^r Ralph verney’s house.
+    Buckingham.
+    Morton Hindmost.
+    Hayles. Lord Tracy’s house.
+    Rowlestone.
+    Astrop.
+    Sutton.
+    Oxfford.
+    Abington.
+    Elsly.
+    Newbury.
+
+    Chichister.
+    Petersffield.
+    Nurstead. M^r Holt’s house.
+    Lord Tankervaile’s Park.
+    Billinghurst.
+    Arundell. Duke of Norfolke’s house.
+    Dorken.
+    Leatherhead.
+    Moles.
+    Kingston.
+    Richmond parke.
+    Hampton Court.
+    Wanstead.
+    Clapham.
+    Lambeth.
+    Chealsey Colledge.
+    Westminster.
+    Southwarke.
+
+    Uxbridge.
+    Islip.
+    Woodstock.
+    Morton Hindmost.
+    Broadway hill.
+    Parshur.
+    Upton.
+    Mauborn.
+    Worcester.
+    Newhouse.
+    Lady Hopton’s house.
+    Cannon ffroome.
+    Bishop’s ffroome Castle.
+    Herriford.
+    Stoake. M^r Paul folie’s seate.
+    Eghum.
+    Vale of Red horse.
+    Weston.
+    Parsonage of Pharamus Fiennes.
+    Parsonage of M^r Browne.
+    Camden Town.
+    Brailes.
+    Alsbury.
+
+    Newfforest. Hampshire.
+    Ffarnum.
+    Aberston. Duke of Bolton’s house.
+    Ffarnum Castle. Bis^p of Winchester.
+    Alton.
+    Alsford.
+    Winchester.
+    Woolsey.
+    Maudline Hill.
+    Redbridge.
+    Buckland. Sir Robert Smith’s house.
+    Limington.
+    Lindhurst.
+    Newparke.
+    Isle of Wight.
+    Yarmouth.
+    Hurst Castle.
+    Sandumffort.
+    Newport.
+    Casbrooke Castle.
+    Cowes.
+    Knighton. S^r R. Dilington’s house.
+    Nunwell. Sir J. Oglanders house.
+    Sir Robert Worstly’s house.
+    Sir Robert Holme’s house.
+    Mottstone.
+    Spitthead.
+    S^t Hellens point.
+    Portsmouth.
+    Ride.
+    Redbridge.
+    Southsea Castle.
+    Porchester down.
+    Southwicke. Col Nortons house.
+    South hampton.
+    Cashot Castle.
+    Bewly.
+    Rumsey.
+    Sir John S^t Barbe’s house.
+    White Parish and Toy Church.
+    Lord Coalrain’s house.
+    Y^e Lady Brooks seate.
+    Ffordingbridge.
+    Kingwood.
+    Christchurch.
+    Rumsy.
+    Lockerly.
+    East Titherly. S^r Francis Rowle’s house.
+    Dean. Sir John Evlings house.
+    Norman’s Court. M^r Whiteheads house.
+    West Titherly.
+    Stockbridge.
+    Sutton.
+    Basinstoake.
+    Hackwood. Duke of Bolton’s house.
+    Harfordbridge.
+    Bagshott.
+    Egum.
+    Staines.
+    Hampton Court.
+
+    Amwell Berry.
+    Bishops Startford.
+    Audly End. Earl of Sussex house.
+    Little berry.
+    Cambridge.
+    Babaran. S^r R^d Bennet’s house.
+    Bornbridge.
+    Hodmogoge.
+    Peterborough.
+    Ffenistanton.
+    Godmanchester.
+    Huntington.
+    Lord Sandwich’s house.
+    Shilton.
+    Whillsome Mer.
+    Wrangfford.
+    Stamford.
+    M^r Neals house.
+    Burly house. L^d Exeter’s house.
+    Streton. M^r Horsman.
+    Colson.
+    Lincoln.
+    Grantum.
+    Sir John Brownlow’s house.
+    Newark.
+    the Lord Lexington’s house.
+    Nottingham.
+    Note rale. Mr Heckams.
+    Lord Kingston’s house.
+    Home Peirpoynt.
+    Duke of Newcastle’s houses.
+    Earle of Kingstone’s house.
+    S^r Thomas Willoughby’s house.
+    Beavior Castle. Earle of Rutland’s house.
+    Mansfield.
+    Forest of Sherwood.
+    Wursup.
+    Welbeake. Duke of Newcastle’s house.
+    Worsup Mannour.
+    Ardeck.
+    Chattsworth.
+    Blith.
+    M^r Mellish’s house.
+    Doncaster.
+    Rosdin.
+    Wentbridge.
+    Fferrybridge.
+    Tod Caster.
+    Yorke.
+    Marsborough spaw.
+    Haragate.
+    Knarsborough.
+    Cockgrave. S^t Munger’s well.
+    Burrough Bridge.
+    Rippon
+    S^r Edward Blackets house.
+    Bornbridge.
+    Whitten.
+    Burlington. L^d Clifford’s house.
+    Beverly.
+    Hull.
+    Agnes Burton. S^r Griffith Boynton’s house.
+    Barmstone.
+    Scarborough.
+    Boynton.
+    Maulton.
+    M^r Paume’s house.
+    Tad Caster.
+    Aberfford.
+    M^{rs} Hickeringall’s house.
+    Castleton bridge.
+    Pomffret.
+    D^r Burgess’ house.
+    Lady Grace Perpoynt’s house.
+    Hemsworth.
+    Rotheram.
+    M^r fferrers house.
+    Ackington.
+    Shellton.
+    Chesterffield.
+    Stonidge Hall.
+    Bankwell.
+    Haddon Hall. Earle of Rutlands.
+    Buxton.
+    Poole’s hole.
+    Maintour.
+    Castleton.
+    Ashburn.
+    Uxeter.
+    M^r Cotten’s house.
+    Woolsley. Sir Charles Woolsleys house.
+    Litchfield.
+    Colehill.
+    Coventry.
+    Sir Andrew Hackets house.
+    Warwick.
+    Sir Thos. Norton’s house.
+    Lord Leigh’s house.
+    Killingworth Castle.
+    Warwick Castle. the Lord Brookes Stone in y^e old.
+    Daventry.
+    Nether sugar.
+    Shuggbery Hall. S^r Chas. Shuggbery’s house.
+    Northampton.
+    Stony Stratford.
+    Great Horwood.
+    Salden.
+    M^{rs} Bennet’s house.
+    Dunstable.
+    Hochley in y^e Hole.
+    S^t Albans.
+    Earle of Maulberoughs house.
+    Mr Jennings’ house.
+    Barnet.
+    Highgate.
+    Amwell.
+    Royston.
+    Epin.
+    Rumford.
+    Abnife.
+    Tilbery.
+    Gravesend.
+    Rochester.
+    Chatham.
+    Sittingburn.
+    Canterbery.
+    Ffeversham.
+    Dover.
+    Callice (in ffrance).
+    Deale.
+    Warworth.
+    Sandwitch.
+    Isle of thanet.
+    Lord Winchelsea’s house.
+    Maidstone.
+    Boxlye hill.
+    Northfleete.
+    Dartford.
+    Shuter’s hill.
+    Eriff.
+    Leigh.
+    Woolwich.
+    Deadford.
+    Blackwall.
+    Popley and Stepney.
+    Hackney.
+    Tatnum.
+    Endfield.
+    Tunbridg Wells.
+    Spenshurst. Lord Lester’s seat.
+    Lord Abergavneys seate.
+    Ffaint.
+    Groombridge.
+    Ashurst.
+    Branklye.
+    Goodhurst.
+    Sumerhill. Visc^t Parbecks.
+    Rye.
+    Ambursly.
+    Beggar’s Hill.
+    Winchealsea Castle.
+    fair lane.
+    S^r Harry Vaine’s house.
+    Sevenoake.
+    Summerly the Lord Purbecks.
+    Nonsuch.
+    Ffarnburrough.
+    Brumley.
+
+    Albins—S^r Robert Abdy’s house.
+    Bednal green.
+    Highgate. M^r Thomas’ house.
+    Lampstead.
+    Kensington.
+    Bishopstofford.
+    Dunmow.
+    Colchester.
+    Lord Luca’s house.
+    Ipswitch.
+    Dedom.
+    Y^e Earle Herrifords house.
+    Woodbridge.
+    Wickham.
+    Saxmunday.
+    M^r Dormer’s seate.
+    Bathfort.
+    Stowle or nole.
+    Norwich.
+    Beckle.
+    Sir Robert Rich’s house.
+    Yarmouth.
+    Harwitch.
+    Duke of Norfolk’s house.
+    Windham.
+    Attlborough.
+    Thetford.
+    Euston hall. L^d Arlington’s house.
+    S^t Edmund’s bury.
+    Admiral Russell’s house—now Lord Orffords.
+    Newmarket.
+    Ely.
+    Sutton.
+    The armitage.
+    S^t Ives.
+    Huntington.
+    Stillton.
+    Peterborough.
+    Wanfford.
+    M^{rs} S^t John’s house.
+    Durant.
+    Coppingham.
+    Leister.
+    Busworth.
+    Narsby.
+    fallmouth.
+    Tamworth.
+    Stafford.
+    Heywood Park. M^r Wedgewood’s house.
+    Kankwood. L^d Pagets.
+    Ridgly.
+    Bondezworth. L^d Pagets.
+    Pauckeridge.
+    Colton.
+    blithbery.
+    Yoxwell.
+    Needwood fforest.
+    Tetbury Castle.
+    Derby.
+    Chartly. L^d fferrers house.
+    Bradby. L^d Chesterffield’s house.
+    Burton on y^e Trent.
+    Instree. M^r Thetwin’s house.
+    S^t Thomas’s Abbey.
+    Lord Aston’s house.
+    Tixall.
+    M^r Thetwin’s Parke.
+    NewCastle under Lyne.
+    Stone.
+    trentum. M^r Leveson Gore’s
+    house.
+    Beteby.
+    Heally Castle.
+    Nantwitch.
+    Chester.
+    West Chester.
+    Harding.
+    Hollywell.
+    Fflint
+    High lake.
+    Burton.
+    Leverpoole.
+    prescote.
+    Nosel. Earl of Darby’s house.
+    Wigan.
+    Warrington.
+    Preston and S^r J. Bradshaw’s house.
+    Gascoigne.
+    Lancaster.
+    Kendall.
+    L^y Middleton’s house.
+    Bondor.
+    Wiandermer.
+    S^r Christopher Phillip’s house.
+    Ambleside.
+    Ullswater.
+    Peroth.
+    Londer hall.
+    Carlisle.
+    Adison bank. Scotland.
+    Longtown.
+    Brampton.
+    Muckshall.
+    My Lord Carleton’s house.
+    Hart whistle.
+    New Castle.
+    Hexholme.
+    L^d Derwentwater’s house.
+    Tinmouth.
+    Durham.
+    Chester Street.
+    Lumly Castle. The L^d Lumly.
+    Lord Crew’s house.
+    S^r Charles Musgrove’s house.
+    Darlington.
+    Richmond.
+    Sir Mark Melborn’s house.
+    M^r Darey’s house.
+    M^r Yorke’s house.
+    Hornby Castle—Earle of Holdeness.
+    Knaresborough.
+    Harragate.
+    Leeds.
+    Harwood Castle.
+    Eland.
+    Hallifax.
+    Blackstone Edge.
+    Rochdale.
+    Manchester.
+    Salfor.
+    Dunum. Earle of Warrington’s house.
+    M^r Cholmonly’s seate.
+    M^r Listers seate.
+    Norwitch.
+    Sandyhead.
+    Whitchurch.
+    Beston wood.
+    Beston Castle.
+    Shrewsbury.
+    S^r Thomas Patsell’s house.
+    Aubery.
+    Panckeridge.
+    M^r Peirpoynt’s house.
+    S^r Walter Rockly’s house.
+    Wolverhampton.
+    Prestwitch. M^r Philip ffolies house.
+    Seven starres.
+    Broadwater.
+    Ambusly.
+    Kederminster.
+    Sir John Packington’s house.
+    Droitwitch.
+    Worcester.
+    Whitborne.
+    Stretton Grandison.
+    Stoake.
+    Albery and Marlow.
+    Gloucester.
+    Nympsffield.
+    Cold harbour.
+    Landsdon.
+    Babington. Duke of Beauforts house.
+    Bristol.
+    Landsdown.
+    Kingswood.
+    Wells.
+    Glasenbury.
+    tannton.
+    Wellington.
+    Culimton.
+    Exetter.
+    Chedly.
+    Ashburton.
+    Plymouth.
+    Dean Clapper hill.
+    Mount Edgcombe. S^r R^d Edgecumbes.
+    Cribly fferry.
+    Loun.
+    Hoile.
+    Parr.
+    S^t Austins.
+    Trygothy. M^r Boscawen’s house.
+    truro.
+    S^t Columbe.
+    Redruth.
+    S^t Ives.
+    Pensands.
+    Hailes.
+    S^t Michael’s Mount.
+    Island of sily.
+    Churchtown.
+    Hailing.
+    Way bridge.
+    Combleford.
+    bastable.
+    Stow. Earle of Baths.
+    Lundy island.
+    Lauston.
+    Oakingham.
+    Cochenwell.
+    Topshum.
+    Honiton.
+    Axminster.
+    Chard.
+    Liegh. M^r Hendly’s house.
+    M^r Predneux’s house.
+    Maiden newton.
+    Milborn.
+    Whitchurch. M^r Colier’s house.
+    Wallop.
+    Grattly.
+    Cholderton.
+    Allington.
+    London.
+    Mallbery.
+    Y^e Duke of Summerset’s house.
+    Hungerford.
+    Rusbery.
+    Uxbridge.
+    Amersham.
+    Barkeningstead.
+    Hanlow.
+    Clifton and Checkston.
+    Turvoy.
+    Earle of Peterborough’s house.
+    Northampton.
+    Creek.
+    Hornby. Earle of ffeversham’s house.
+    Altsop. Lord Sunderlands.
+    High Crosse.
+    Smockington and Anderton.
+    Wolverhampton.
+    Sturbridge.
+    Churchill.
+    Epsom. the Lord Bartlets house.
+    Banstead downs and boxhill.
+    Sir Robert Howard’s house.
+    Ware.
+    hitching.
+    Bedford.
+    Leighton Buzard.
+    Whinslow.
+    M^r Ruth’s and L^y Dennegall’s house.
+    Sir Thos. Cooke’s house.
+    M^{rs} Steven’s house.
+    Parson of Banstead’s garden.
+    M^r Moore’s fine house.
+    L^d Raunelaugh’s house.
+    House of Duchess of Maulborough.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+                                 INDEX.
+
+                    PAGE
+
+ Abbey, Glasenbury, 204
+
+ Abbey, Westminster, 249
+
+ Abbington, 288
+
+ Abby, Ely, 130
+
+ Abdy, Sir Robert, his house Albins, 114
+
+ Aberfford, 74
+
+ Abergauney, Lord, his seate, 111
+
+ Abingdon, 29
+
+ Abnise, 99
+
+ Acadia, Sir Philip Sidney’s, 4
+
+ Accident at Aleford, 233
+
+ Ackington, 76
+
+ Adderbery, 19
+
+ Adison Bank, 171
+
+ Agnes-Burton, 71
+
+ Aire, River, 58
+
+ Albans, St, 98
+
+ Albins, 114
+
+ Aldbery, 197
+
+ Ale at Chesterffield, 77
+
+ Ale, in Cornwall, 224
+
+ Ale, price of, in Yorkshire, 185
+
+ Alesbury, 20
+
+ Alesbury, London to, 21
+
+ Alford, mineral water at, 11
+
+ Allen, Mr Wm., Major of Chester, 148
+
+ Alms houses, Mr Coleson’s, 200
+
+ Alsford, accident at, 233
+
+ Ambursly, 112
+
+ Ambusly, 194
+
+ Ambrosius, 10
+
+ Amesbury, 10
+
+ Amwell Berry, 48
+
+ Amwell bery, 115
+
+ Amwell, from, to Dover, 99
+
+ Andover, 9
+
+ Andrew’s Well, St., 204
+
+ Ann, Queen, Coronation of, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258
+
+ Ann, Queen, Coronation of, at Bath, 15
+
+ Appleby, 160
+
+ Ardeck, 57
+
+ Arlington, Lord, his house Euston Hall, 123
+
+ Armstrong, Mr, 119
+
+ Arundell parke, 32
+
+ Ash, fern, for washing, 136
+
+ Ashburn, 88
+
+ Ashburton, 212
+
+ Ashburton, Dissenters at, 212
+
+ Ashurst, 111
+
+ Asply, petrifying earth at, 292
+
+ Aston, 202
+
+ Aston, Lord, his house Tixall Hall, 144
+
+ Astrop, mineral water at, 23
+
+ Attlborough, 122
+
+ Aubery, 194
+
+ Audlyend, 48
+
+ Audlyend to Cambridge, 48
+
+ Austin’s, St., 217
+
+ Aven, River, 93
+
+ Aven, River, 97
+
+ Axminster, 231
+
+
+ Babaram, 48
+
+ Babington, 199
+
+ Bad accommodation at Carlisle, 170
+
+ Bad entertainment at Hartwhistle, 174
+
+ Bagshott, 21
+
+ Baltimore, Lord, his house, 292
+
+ Banbery, 19
+
+ Banbury, 20
+
+ Banbury, 22
+
+ Bankwell, 81
+
+ Banstead Downs, 289
+
+ Banstead, the parson of, 301
+
+ Barber Surgeons Hall, Newastle, 177
+
+ Barkminstead, 284
+
+ Barkshire, roads in, 21
+
+ Barmstone, 71
+
+ Barnet, 98
+
+ Barnet, waters at, 98
+
+ Barristers-at-Law, 261
+
+ Baseing stoke, 21
+
+ Basen, 21
+
+ Basin, 46
+
+ Basin-stoke, 46
+
+ Basin-stoke to London, 47
+
+ Bastable, 228
+
+ Bath, 199
+
+ Bath, bathing at, 12
+
+ Bath, cake houses at, 17
+
+ Bath Cathedral, 17
+
+ Bath, Earle of, his house Stow, 229
+
+ Bath, expenses at, 17
+
+ Bath, knights of the, 259
+
+ Bath, markets at, 17
+
+ Bath, pageant of coronation at, 15
+
+ Bath, to, from Newtontony, 11
+
+ Bath, walks in, 17
+
+ Bathfort, 118
+
+ Bathing at Bath, 12-14
+
+ Bathing at St Winfred’s Well, 150
+
+ Baths at Buxton, 83
+
+ Battle of Edgehill, 19
+
+ Bayes, manufacture of, 115
+
+ Beauffort, Duke of, his house Babington, 99
+
+ Beavior Castle, 56
+
+ Beckle, 18
+
+ Bedford, 291
+
+ Bedford, Duke of, his house at Ouborn, 292
+
+ Bedford, Duke of, his house in Bedfordshire, 97
+
+ Bedford, fish at, 291
+
+ Bedford, woollen worke at, 291
+
+ Bednal Green, 114
+
+ Bednallgreen, 241
+
+ Beggars Hill fair, 113
+
+ Bennet, Mrs, 97
+
+ Bennet, Mrs, her daughters, 97
+
+ Bennet, Mrs, murder of 97
+
+ Bennet, Sir Richard, his house at Barbaram, 48
+
+ Beston Castle, 189
+
+ Bestonwood, 189
+
+ Beteby, 147
+
+ Beverly, 68
+
+ Beverly Minster, 68
+
+ Bewly, 43
+
+ Billberryes at Woolsley, 136
+
+ Billinghurst,32
+
+ Bird, curious, on Lundy Island, 229
+
+ Bishopric of Durham, 180
+
+ Bishops and Gentry, 281, 282
+
+ Bishops Palace, Sarum, 2
+
+ Bishop’s Startford, 48
+
+ Bishopstafford, 115
+
+ Black Comb Hill, 157
+
+ Black Lead, 157
+
+ Blacket, Sir Edw^d, his seat, 66, 67
+
+ Blackheath, 108
+
+ Blackstone Edge, 186
+
+ Blackwall, 241
+
+ Blandford, 9
+
+ Blandford, 233
+
+ Blandford, Dorsetshire, 5
+
+ Blew garter, Order of, 234
+
+ Blith, 57
+
+ Blith to Doncaster, 58
+
+ Blithbery, 139
+
+ Bole, 228
+
+ Bolton, Duke of, house of, 21
+
+ Bolton, Duke of, his house Aberstone, 35
+
+ Bolton, Duke of, house at Basin, 46
+
+ Bolton, Duke of, house at Hackwood, 46
+
+ Bondor, 160
+
+ Bone well, the, 288
+
+ Bonelace making, 284
+
+ Borderers, Scotch, 170
+
+ Borderers, Scottish, 171, 172
+
+ Born Bridge, 67
+
+ Bornbridge, 48
+
+ Boscawen, Mr, his house Trygothy, 220, 221
+
+ Bosworth, Field of, 135
+
+ Boudezworth, 138
+
+ Boudezworth, Coale pitts at, 138
+
+ Bourns, on Salsebury Plain, 10
+
+ Bowling greens at Tunbridge, 110
+
+ Box Hill, 32
+
+ Box Hill, 289
+
+ Boxlye Hills, 106
+
+ Boynton, Sir Griffith, his seate Agnes-Burton, 71
+
+ Bradby, 140
+
+ Bradshaw, Sir John, his house, 154
+
+ Brampton, 173
+
+ Brance Burton, 71
+
+ Brandford, 21
+
+ Branklye, 112
+
+ Breackly, 11
+
+ Bread at Oxford, 26
+
+ Bridge, London, 247
+
+ Brindon, 7
+
+ Brinsy Coppice, 139
+
+ Bristol, 199, 200, 201
+
+ Bristol Diamonds, 201
+
+ Broad Water, 194
+
+ Broadway Hill, 33
+
+ Brooke, Lord, his house, 94
+
+ Brookes between Preston and Wiggon, 155
+
+ Brooks, Lady, her seat, 45
+
+ Broughton, 19
+
+ Broughton, 23
+
+ Broughton, 35
+
+ Broughton, from London to, 290 291, 292
+
+ Browne, Mr, his parsonage, 35
+
+ Brownsea, 5
+
+ Brownsea lobsters, &c., 6
+
+ Brumley, 114
+
+ Bruton, 11
+
+ Buckingham, Duke of, house of, 21
+
+ Buckingham, 22
+
+ Buckinghamshire, 97
+
+ Buckland, 38
+
+ Budsworth, 285
+
+ Burgess, Dr, house at Pomffret, 75
+
+ Burlington, 68
+
+ Burly house, Lord Exeter’s seat, 52
+
+ Burning of Salsebury, 1
+
+ Burning Well, The, 154
+
+ Burport, 7
+
+ Burrough Bridge, 65
+
+ Burrowbridge, 84
+
+ Burton, 152
+
+ Burton on Trent, 143
+
+ Burying place of Judge Poppum, 3
+
+ Butter at Ipswitch, 116
+
+ Buxton, 83
+
+ Buxton, entertainment at, 83
+
+ Buxton Hall, 83
+
+
+ Cabinet Ministers, 280
+
+ Calvery Plain, 112
+
+ Calveshead feast, 242
+
+ Cam, River, 49
+
+ Cambridge, 49
+
+ Cambridge University, 49
+
+ Cambridge University Library, 49
+
+ Camden Town, 35
+
+ Camden, Viscountess, effigie of, 35
+
+ Can, River, 159
+
+ Canaan Froom, 197
+
+ Canelys Cornish, 222
+
+ Canterbery, 100, 101, 102, 103
+
+ Canterbery Cathedral, 102, 103
+
+ Carleton, Lord, his house, 73
+
+ Carlisle, 169, 170
+
+ Carts in Westmoreland, 162
+
+ Casbrooke Castle, 41
+
+ Cashot Castle, 43
+
+ Castle Cary, 11
+
+ Castle, Dover, 104
+
+ Castle, Lanston, 229
+
+ Castle Winsor, 234
+
+ Castleton, 86, 87
+
+ Castleton Bridge, 75
+
+ Cathedral, Canterbery, 102, 103
+
+ Cathedral, Chichester, 31
+
+ Cathedral, Exeter, 210
+
+ Cathedral, Herriford, 34
+
+ Cathedral, Peterborough, 132
+
+ Cathedral, St Albans, 98
+
+ Cathedral, Winchester, 36
+
+ Cathedral, Sarum, 2
+
+ Cathedral, Wells, 203
+
+ Cathedrall, Glocester, 197
+
+ Cathedrall, Worcester, 195
+
+ Cavern, Peak, 87
+
+ Cern, River, 191
+
+ Channell Coale, 137
+
+ Channell Coale, and Sea Coale, 146
+
+ Channell Coale at Newcastle under Line, 146
+
+ Channell Coale at Wiggon, 153
+
+ Charles the ffirst’s picture at St John’s, 27
+
+ Charles the Second, King, his house Nonsuch, 114
+
+ Charles the Second, Palace at Winchester, 36
+
+ Charr, potted, 159, 160
+
+ Chartly, 140
+
+ Chartry 143
+
+ Chattsworth, 57
+
+ Chattsworth, 78, 79, 80, 81
+
+ Chedley, 211
+
+ Cheese at Newcastle, 177
+
+ Cheese Making in Cheshire, 147
+
+ Cherbery, 9
+
+ Cherry grounds at Gravesend, 107
+
+ Cheshire Cheese Making, 147
+
+ Chester Cathedral, 147
+
+ Chester, Penthouses in, 148
+
+ Chester Street, 178
+
+ Chester, West, 147
+
+ Chesterffield, 77
+
+ Chesterfield, Lord, his house Bradby, 140, 141, 142, 143
+
+ Chichester Cathedral, 31
+
+ Chichester, 30
+
+ Chichester, Crabs and Lobsters at, 31
+
+ Chichester, Lord Tankervaile’s house at, 30
+
+ Chimneys on the Border, 174
+
+ Cholmonly, Mr, his house, 188
+
+ Choosing Parliament men at Durham, 180
+
+ Christ Church, 3
+
+ Christ Church Colledge, 25
+
+ Church, almost sunk in the Sands, 222
+
+ Church at Hull, 70
+
+ Church Convocation, 276
+
+ Church of England, Corruption of, 267
+
+ Churches at Coventry, 91
+
+ Church-hill, farmhouse at, 286
+
+ Cider in Somersetshire, 8
+
+ Circuits, Judges’, 263
+
+ City Companyes, 245
+
+ Civil law, 267
+
+ Claire Hall, Cambridge, 50
+
+ Clap bread, 156
+
+ Clap bread making, 161
+
+ Claret over the Border, 171
+
+ Clifford, Lord, his house Burlington, 68
+
+ Clifton House, 21
+
+ Clouted Cream, 218
+
+ Coaches and Six at Epsom, 301
+
+ Coaches between London and Tunbridge, 110
+
+ Coal, hard like marble, 90
+
+ Coal, Mindiffe, 4
+
+ Coale at Taunton, 205
+
+ Coale, Channell, 137
+
+ Coale Mines at Budsworth, 285
+
+ Coal Mines in Derbyshire, 77
+
+ Coal pits in Yorkshire, 75
+
+ Coale pitts at Boudezworth, 138
+
+ Coale pitts in Flintshire, 151
+
+ Coale pitts in Shropshire, 192
+
+ Coale, price in London, 137
+
+ Coale, price of at Woolsley, 137
+
+ Coales at Bristol, 199
+
+ Coales at Newcastle upon Tyne, 175
+
+ Coal-rain, Lord, his house, 45
+
+ Coalsell, Sir Geo. Pratt’s house at, 17
+
+ Cobb, Sir Thomas, house of at Adderbery, 19
+
+ Cobb, the, at Lime, 8
+
+ Cochen Well, 230
+
+ Cockgrave, 63
+
+ Colchester, 115, 116
+
+ Cold harbour, 199
+
+ Colebrooke, 20
+
+ Colebrooke, 241
+
+ Colehill, 90
+
+ Coleson, Mr, his almshouses, 200
+
+ Colifford, Mr, house at Income, 7
+
+ Colledge, Eaton, 240
+
+ Colledge, Winchester, 37
+
+ Colledges at Oxford, enumeration of, 28
+
+ Collier, Cos’n, 233
+
+ Colson, 54
+
+ Colton, 139
+
+ Colway, 8
+
+ Combiefford, 228
+
+ Common law, 267
+
+ Companyes, City, 245
+
+ Constantine, Sir William, house of, 5
+
+ Convocation, Church, 276
+
+ Cooke, Mr, 141
+
+ Cooke, Sir Thomas, his house at Epsom, 297, 298, 299
+
+ Copper Mines at Ashburn, 88
+
+ Copper Mines in Cornwall, 221
+
+ Copperas, 5
+
+ Copperas works, 6
+
+ Coppingham, 133
+
+ Coppingham to Leicester, 133
+
+ Corfe Castle, 6
+
+ Cornish Canelys, 222
+
+ Cornish Diamonds, 219
+
+ Cornish horse fodder, 227
+
+ Cornish inquisitiveness, 222
+
+ Cornish Nightingales, 227
+
+ Cornish paving stones, 228
+
+ Cornish Water wheels, 227
+
+ Cornwall, Ill guides in, 222
+
+ Cornwall roads, 216
+
+ Cornwall, smoaking universal in, 218
+
+ Coronation of Queen Ann, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258
+
+ Coronation of William and Mary, 255
+
+ Corporation of London, 241, 242, 246, 247
+
+ Corpus Christus Colledge, 25
+
+ Corruption of Church of England, 267
+
+ Corruption of Court of Chancery, 262
+
+ Cost of dinner at Darby, 140
+
+ Cottages in Cornwall and Scotland, 224
+
+ Cotten, Mr, his house near Uxeter, 89
+
+ Cotten manufacture at Glocester, 197
+
+ Cottentickings at Manchester, 188
+
+ Cotton blanckets, 159
+
+ Coursing at Ullswater, 165
+
+ Courts Banns, 266
+
+ Court, Hampton, 47
+
+ Court, Inns of, 261
+
+ Court of Chancery, corruption of, 262
+
+ Courts of Justice, 260, 261, 262
+
+ Coventry, 91 92
+
+ Cowes, 41
+
+ Cows in St James’s Park, 248
+
+ Crafton Bridge, 183
+
+ Crawfish at Hungerford, 17
+
+ Cream, Clouted, 218
+
+ Crew, Lord, Bishop of Durham, 180
+
+ Cribly Ferry, 216
+
+ Criminalls’ punishments, 264, 265
+
+ Cross at Coventry, 91
+
+ Cross, Mr, Lord Say and Seale’s tutor, 28
+
+ Crowning Kings and Queens of England, 251
+
+ Culimton 206
+
+ Cultivation in Westmoreland, 158, 166
+
+ Culumb, St, 221
+
+ Cumberland, 165, 166
+
+ Curious bird on Lundy Island, 229
+
+ Custom, Whitsuntide at Litchfield, 135
+
+
+ Darby, 139, 140
+
+ Darby, Earle of, his house Nosel, 153
+
+ Darcy, Mr, his house Suddber Hall, 184
+
+ Darenwater, Lord, his house, 174
+
+ Darey, Mr, his house, 184
+
+ Darken, troutts and fish at, 289
+
+ Darlington, 182
+
+ Dartfford, 108
+
+ Dashwood, Sir Robert, house of, 19
+
+ Daventry, 96
+
+ Deale, 105
+
+ Dean, 212
+
+ Dean Clapperhill, 212
+
+ Dean, Lord Kingston’s house, 46
+
+ Dean’s House, Sarum, 2
+
+ Dedom, 116
+
+ Dee, River, 148
+
+ Dee, Sands of, 149, 151
+
+ Deer in Hyde Parke, 249
+
+ Denton, Mr, house of, 21
+
+ Derbyshire Coal Mines, 77
+
+ Derbyshire, nature of soil in, 77
+
+ Derwent, 67
+
+ Derwent, River, 140
+
+ Devisses, 4
+
+ Devonshire, description of, 9
+
+ Devonshire lanes, 9
+
+ Devonshire lanes, 211, 212
+
+ Diamonds, Bristol, 201
+
+ Dillington, Sir R., his house at Knighton, 41
+
+ Dimmock, Sir John, 259
+
+ Direction posts in Lancashire, 157
+
+ Directions, bad in Suffolk, 118
+
+ Dirty Condition of Ely, 128
+
+ Dissenters at Ashburton, 212
+
+ Dissection at Barber Surgeons Hall, Newcastle, 177, 178
+
+ Dissenters at Beckle, 118
+
+ Dissenters at Colchester, 116
+
+ Dissenters at Coventry, 92
+
+ Dissenters at Honiton, 231
+
+ Dissenters at Leeds, 185
+
+ Dissenters at Leicester, 135
+
+ Dissenters at Newcastle, 181
+
+ Dissenters at Plymouth, 214
+
+ Dissenters at St. Edmundsbery, 124
+
+ Dissenters in Leverpoole, 152
+
+ Doctor who fasted to death, effigy of, 3
+
+ Doctors’ Commons, 267
+
+ Dolling, Mr, house at Doonshay, 7
+
+ Don, River, 58
+
+ Doncaster, 58
+
+ Donum ffells, 161
+
+ Doonshay, Mr Bolling’s house at, 7
+
+ Dorchester, 7
+
+ Dorchester, 233
+
+ Dorington, Sir William, 45
+
+ Dorken, trout at, 32
+
+ Dormer, Mr, his seate near Saxmunday, 117
+
+ Dosenmere Poole, 228
+
+ Dove, River, 139
+
+ Dover, 103
+
+ Dover Castle, 104
+
+ Downs, The, 105
+
+ Downs, Wiltshire, 1
+
+ Drake, Sir Francis, 214
+
+ Droctwitch, 189
+
+ Durant, 133
+
+ Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Monument to, 3
+
+ Duke of Bolton’s house, 21
+
+ Duke of Buckingham, house of, 21
+
+ Dunum, 188
+
+ Dunmew, 115
+
+ Dunstable, 98
+
+ Durham Castle, 180
+
+ Durham Cathedrall, 179
+
+ Durham Citty, 179, 180, 181
+
+ Dwellings, dirty on the border, 171, 172
+
+ Dying ffatts, 208
+
+
+ Earl of Pembrooke’s house at Wilton, 4
+
+ Earles, Mr, seate of at Woodbery Hill, 9
+
+ East Titherly, 46
+
+ Eaton Colledge, 21
+
+ Eaton Colledge, 240
+
+ Edds, Mr, 31
+
+ Edge Comb, Mount, 215
+
+ Edge Comb, Sir Richd., his seat, 215
+
+ Edgehill, battle of, 19
+
+ Edmundsbery, St, 124
+
+ Edward the Confessour, his foundations at Winsor, 240
+
+ Effigy of a doctor who fasted to death, 3
+
+ Egerton, Mr, 147
+
+ Eggum, 21
+
+ Eland, 185
+
+ Elden Hole, 85
+
+ Electers of Parliament men, 195
+
+ Election at Worcester, 195
+
+ Elsly, 30
+
+ Elizabeth, Queen, her picture, 19
+
+ Ely, 127
+
+ Ely Abby, 130
+
+ Ely, Bishop of, 128
+
+ Ely Minster, 128
+
+ Emount River, 166
+
+ Emount, River, 170
+
+ Endfield, 108
+
+ English and Scotch footmen, race between, 308
+
+ Entertainment at Buxton, 83
+
+ Entertainment, bad at Hartwhistle, 174
+
+ Epin, 99
+
+ Epsom, 289
+
+ Epsom, 292, 300, 301
+
+ Epsom, Mineral waters at, 289
+
+ Eshum, 35
+
+ Essex, River, 170
+
+ Euston Hall, 123
+
+ Evell, 10
+
+ Every, Mr, at Newbury, 30
+
+ Evling, Sir John, 46
+
+ Ewers, Lord, co-heiress of, 74
+
+ Ex, River, 207, 209
+
+ Exchange, Royal, 247
+
+ Exeter, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210
+
+ Exeter, 231
+
+ Exeter Cathedral, 210
+
+ Exeter, Lord, his house at Burly, 52
+
+
+ Fallmouth, 135
+
+ Falmouth, 221
+
+ Fens around Ely, 127
+
+ Fens around Ely, 130
+
+ Fern ash for washing, 136
+
+ Ferrers, Lord, his house Chartly, 140
+
+ Ffairly Castle, 233
+
+ ffarington, 17
+
+ ffarly Castle, 36
+
+ Ffarnburough, 114
+
+ Ffarnum, 233
+
+ Ffenistanton, 50
+
+ Ffenwich, Lady Mary, 67
+
+ Fferrer, Mr, entertainment by, 76
+
+ Fferrybridge, 58
+
+ Ffeversham, 100
+
+ Ffeversham, Earle of, his house Homby, 285
+
+ ffiennes John, his seat New House, 33
+
+ ffiennes, Pheramus, his parsonage, 35
+
+ ffiennes, Richard, his widdow, 33
+
+ Ffilmer, Cos’n and family, 199
+
+ Ffisherton, 3
+
+ Ffleetewood, 153
+
+ Fflintshire, 148, 150, 151
+
+ Ffolie, Mr, his new house at Stoake, 196
+
+ Ffolie, Mr Philip, his house Prestwich, 194
+
+ Ffolie, Mr Thos., his iron works, 194
+
+ ffording bridge, 46
+
+ Ffosse, the Muddy, 67
+
+ Ffosse Way, 285
+
+ Ffulling Mills, 208
+
+ Ffurnes Coppice, 138
+
+ Ffurness ffells, 157
+
+ Ffurness ffells, 161
+
+ Ffussell, Mr, at Whit Church, 233
+
+ Finnum, Lady Larence’s house at, 7
+
+ Finnum, Lobsters and Crabs at, 7
+
+ Fish at Bedford, 291
+
+ Fish at Beverly, 69
+
+ Fish at Borough Bridge, 65
+
+ Fish at Pensands, 224
+
+ Fish at Rye, 114
+
+ Fish at Scarbrough, 74
+
+ Fish at Woolsley, 137
+
+ Fleete Prison, 266
+
+ Flint Town, 149
+
+ Floods in Devonshire, 230
+
+ Floods in Devonshire, 233
+
+ Flowing and ebbing well, 88
+
+ Foley, Mr, his house Stoake, 286, 287
+
+ Folie, Mr Paul, his seat, 34
+
+ Forecasts, weather, by sound of water, 159
+
+ Founders of Halls and Colledges in Oxford, 29
+
+ Forest, Nedwood, 139
+
+ Forest, New, 39
+
+ Foundations of Sarum Cathedral, 2
+
+ Four Shires Stone, 288
+
+ Framy, River, 34
+
+ Freestone quarries, 6
+
+ French people in Canterbury, 101
+
+ French wine at Rye, 114
+
+ Fuel used in fen district, 132
+
+ Funeral, Queen Mary’s, 250, 251
+
+ Furze as fuel, 223
+
+
+ Gainsborough, Earl of, 35
+
+ Gardens at Wilton, Earl of Pembrooke’s, 4
+
+ Garter, Blew, order of, 234
+
+ Gascoyne, 156
+
+ Gennings, Mrs, her house at St Albans, 98
+
+ Gentry, Bishops and, 281, 282
+
+ George of Denmark, Prince, 253
+
+ George’s Chappel, St, Monuments in, 235
+
+ George’s, St, Church at Winsor, 234, 235
+
+ Giant’s table near Peroth, 168
+
+ Gifts to the Lord Major, 244
+
+ Gilpin, Dr, 181
+
+ Glasenbury, 204
+
+ Glasenbury Abbey, 204
+
+ Glasenbury holly thorn, 204
+
+ Glass blowing at Castleton Bridge, 75
+
+ Glass blowing at Sturbridge, 286
+
+ Glassenbury Tower, 203
+
+ Glocester, 197
+
+ Glocester Cathedrall, 197
+
+ Glocester, Cotton Manufacture at, 197
+
+ Gloves, manufacture of, at Darby, 140
+
+ Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry, 249
+
+ Godmanchester, 50
+
+ Goodhurst, 112
+
+ Goswill, Mr, 231
+
+ Governours of foreign plantations, 280
+
+ Grafton, Duke of, 123
+
+ Grantum, 54
+
+ Gravesend, 99
+
+ Gravesend, 107
+
+ Great Heywood, 146
+
+ Great Horrwood, 21
+
+ Green Bower Feast at Litchfield, 135
+
+ Greenwitch, 108
+
+ Groombridge, 111
+
+ Guides in Derbyshire, 81
+
+ Guilford, 20
+
+ Guilford, Lord, his house at Epsom, 293, 294
+
+ Guilford, Lord, house Roxton, 19
+
+ Guillotine at Hallifax, 186
+
+ Gun casting in Kent, 111
+
+ Gustaus Adolphus, his picture at St John’s, 27
+
+ Guy, Earle of Warwick, 95
+
+
+ Habeas Corpus, 266
+
+ Hacket, Sir Andrew, his seate, 91
+
+ Hackney, 108
+
+ Hackwood, 46
+
+ Haddon Hall, 82
+
+ Hailing, 224
+
+ Hales, 22
+
+ Hall, Westminster, 260
+
+ Hallifax, 186
+
+ Halls at Oxford, enumeration of, 28
+
+ Hammersmith, 21
+
+ Hampton Court, 32
+
+ Hampton Court, 47
+
+ Hampton Court, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307
+
+ Hamstead waters, 99
+
+ Haragate, springs at, 62
+
+ Haragate, sulpher or stincking spaw at, 62
+
+ Harding, 148
+
+ Harragate, 184
+
+ Harrison, Ffiennes, 115
+
+ Harrison, Sir Edmond, 231
+
+ Harrison, Sir Edmund, 148
+
+ Hartfford bridge, 21
+
+ Hartly Poynt, 229
+
+ Hartshill, 137
+
+ Hartwhistle, 173
+
+ Harwich, 119
+
+ Harwood Castle, 184
+
+ Hawking in Staffordshire, 137
+
+ Haywood Parke, 194
+
+ Healy Castle, 147
+
+ Heckam, Mr, 55
+
+ Hedgewood, Mr, his house, 138
+
+ Hedgford, 138
+
+ Hell Kettles, 182
+
+ Hemsworth, 76
+
+ Hendly, Mr, house of at Colway, 8
+
+ Hendly, Mr, his house at Leigh, 232
+
+ Hendly, Sir Robert, house of, 21
+
+ Henley, Sir Robert, his seat, 47
+
+ Heraulds’ office, 282
+
+ Herriford, 34
+
+ Herriford Cathedral, 34
+
+ Herriford, Earle of, house at Ipswitch, 117
+
+ Herrifordshire, fruit trees in, 33
+
+ Herrifordshire, journey to, from London, 32
+
+ Hewet Bridge, 66
+
+ Hexholme, 174
+
+ Heywood, Great, 146
+
+ Heywood Parke, 138
+
+ Heywood Parke, 139
+
+ Hickeringall, Mrs, 75
+
+ Hide Parke, 249
+
+ High Cross, Northampton, 96
+
+ High Crosse, 285
+
+ Highwaymen, 189
+
+ Hillingworth Castle, 93
+
+ Hills in Westmoreland, 162, 163
+
+ Hillsdon, Mr Denton’s house, 21
+
+ Hockley in the Hole, 98
+
+ Hodmogoge hills, 48
+
+ Hogue, La, Battle of, 126
+
+ Holderness, 70
+
+ Holderness, Earle of, 183
+
+ Holderness, Earle of, his house Hornby Castle, 184
+
+ Hole, Elden, 85
+
+ Hole, Poole’s, 84
+
+ Holly thorn, Glasenbury, 204
+
+ Holly Well, 149, 150
+
+ Holmes, Sir Robert, 41
+
+ Holt, Aunt, house of, at Murstead, 20
+
+ Holt, Mr, 30
+
+ Home Peirpoynt, 55
+
+ Honiton, 231
+
+ Honiton Lace, 231
+
+ Hop Yards in Kent, 100
+
+ Hopton, Lady, her house, 34
+
+ Hornby, 285
+
+ Hornby Castle, 184
+
+ Horne, Mrs, at Winchester, 233
+
+ Horrwood, Great, 21
+
+ Horrwood, Mineral water at, 22
+
+ Horse fodder, Cornish, 227
+
+ Horse shoeing in Westmoreland, 164
+
+ Horse, White, Vale of, 18
+
+ Horsman, Mr, his house at Streton, 54
+
+ Horsy Beach, 43
+
+ Horwood, 97
+
+ Hospitals at Leicester, 134
+
+ Houndslow, 21
+
+ Houndslow-heath, 241
+
+ Houses of Parliament, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275
+
+ Hovels in Cumberland, 169
+
+ Howard, Sir Robert, his house, 290
+
+ Howard, Sir Robert, his house, 292
+
+ Hoyle, 217
+
+ Hull, 69,70
+
+ Hull, River, 69
+
+ Humber, River, 69
+
+ Hungerford, 17
+
+ Huntington, 50
+
+ Huntington, 131
+
+ Hurst Castle, 40
+
+ Husy, Mr, at Whitchurch, 233
+
+ Hyrick, Major of Leicester, 134
+
+
+ Ill guides in Cornwall, 222
+
+ Income, Mr Colifford’s house at, 7
+
+ Incomes of Kent yeomanry, 112
+
+ Inns of Court, 261
+
+ Inns, want of, in Scotland, 172, 173
+
+ Inquisitiveness, Cornish, 222
+
+ Instree, 143
+
+ Ipswitch, 116
+
+ Ireland, Lords Justices of, 280
+
+ Ireland, Lord Lieutenant of, 280
+
+ Iron Mines in Kent, 111
+
+ Isle of Man, 153
+
+ Isle of Purbeck, 6
+
+ Isle of Wight, 40
+
+ Itching Hill, 139
+
+ Ives, St, 131
+
+ Ives, St, 222
+
+
+ James’s Palace, St, 248
+
+ James’s Park, St, 248
+
+ Journey, Northern, of Celia Fiennes in 1697, 48
+
+ Journey to Newcastle and Cornwall, 114
+
+ Judge Poppum, burying place of, 3
+
+ Judges, 261
+
+ Judges’ Circuits, 263, 264
+
+ Jury Wall at Leicester, 134
+
+ Justice, Courts of, 260
+
+
+ Kanktown, 194
+
+ Kankwood, 136, 137, 138
+
+ Kankwood, 139
+
+ Kankwood, 194
+
+ Katherine Hall, Cambridge, 50
+
+ Kederminster, 194
+
+ Kendall, 158
+
+ Kensington, 21
+
+ Kensington, 115
+
+ Kensington, King William’s house in, 249
+
+ Kent, Mineral Waters in, 112
+
+ Kentish Cherries, 107
+
+ Killinghall, Mr, 118
+
+ King William the Third, 95
+
+ King’s Arms, Kendall, 159
+
+ King’s Bench Prison, 266
+
+ King’s Colledge, 25
+
+ King’s Colledge, Cambridge, 240
+
+ King’s Mead, Bath, 14
+
+ King’s Park at Bagshott, 21
+
+ King’s revenues, 280
+
+ King’s Stone, the, 23
+
+ Kingston, 32
+
+ Kingston, Lord, his house Home Peirpoynt, 55
+
+ Kingston on Hull, 69
+
+ Kingston, Sir William Muese, house of, 7
+
+ Kingston-on-Thames, 20
+
+ Kingswood, 199
+
+ Knarsebrough, 184
+
+ Knarsborough Castle, ruins of, 61
+
+ Knarsborough, Sir Robert Chapple at, 61
+
+ Knarsborough, Spaw at, 61
+
+ Knighton, Sir Robt. Dillington’s house at, 41
+
+ Knights of the Bath, 259
+
+ Knights of Winsor, poore, 234
+
+ Knitting in Suffolk and Norfolk, 119, 122
+
+
+ Lace, Honiton, 231
+
+ Lackington Green, 111
+
+ Lamborn, 17
+
+ Lamprys at Glocester, 198
+
+ Lancaster, 157
+
+ Landlady, a religious, 226
+
+ Land’s End, 223
+
+ Landsdon, 199
+
+ Landsdon Hill, 199
+
+ Landsdown, Lady, 168
+
+ Lanes, Devonshire, 211, 212
+
+ Lanes in Devonshire, 9
+
+ Lansdown, Lord, his house Louder Hall, 166
+
+ Lanston, 229
+
+ Lanston Castle, 229
+
+ Larence, Lady, house of at Finnum, 7
+
+ Latterworth hand, 285
+
+ Law, Tryalls at, 277, 278, 279
+
+ Law terms, 262, 263
+
+ Lead, Black, 157
+
+ Leatherhead, 302
+
+ Leeds, 184
+
+ Leicester, 133
+
+ Leicester, Hospitals at, 134
+
+ Leicester Priory, 133
+
+ Leicester sheep, 133
+
+ Leicestershire, nature of soil, 133
+
+ Lester, Lord, his seate Spenshurst, 111
+
+ Leverpoole, 152
+
+ Leveston Gore, Mr, his house, 146
+
+ Library, Cambridge University, 49
+
+ Lid, River, 184
+
+ Liegh, 232
+
+ Liene, River, 157
+
+ Lime, 8
+
+ Lime, River, 173
+
+ Limington, 38
+
+ Lin, River, 50
+
+ Lincoln, 54
+
+ Lindhurst, King’s house at, 39
+
+ Linn, River, 127
+
+ Linnen at Maulton, 74
+
+ Linnen Cloth at Manchester, 188
+
+ Liquorish at Pomffret, 76
+
+ List of some places mentioned, 311-319
+
+ Lister, Mr, his house, 188
+
+ Litchfield, 90
+
+ Litchfield, 93
+
+ Litchfield, 135
+
+ Litchfield Minster, 90
+
+ Little-berry, 48
+
+ Lizard Point, 223
+
+ Lizard Point, seen from Lime, 9
+
+ Lobsters and Crabs at Finnum, 7
+
+ Lobsters, &c, at Brownsea, 6
+
+ London, 241
+
+ London Bridge, 247
+
+ London, Corporation of, 241, 242
+
+ London to Alesbury, 21
+
+ London to Broughton, journey from, 290, 291, 292
+
+ Long Town, 173
+
+ Lonn, 217
+
+ Lord George, monument to, 2
+
+ Lord Liegh, 93
+
+ Lord Major, Gifts to, 244
+
+ Lord Major’s Show, 242, 243, 244
+
+ Loss of Clothes, 182
+
+ Louder Hall, 166
+
+ Louder, River, 166
+
+ Lucas, Lord, his house at Colchester, 115
+
+ Lug, River, 34
+
+ Lumly Castle, 179
+
+ Lundy, Isle of, 229
+
+ Lye from ffern, 89
+
+
+ Madam Scott Hill, 114
+
+ Mag and her sisters, 168
+
+ Maiden Hair fern for Consumption, 236
+
+ Maiden Hill, 203
+
+ Maiden Newton, 233
+
+ Maidenhead, 20
+
+ Maidenhead, 21
+
+ Maidstone, 106
+
+ Malbrough, quarter session at, 3
+
+ Mamtour, 86
+
+ Man, Isle of, 153
+
+ Manbora Hills, 33
+
+ Manchester, 187
+
+ Mansfield, 57
+
+ Maple Duram, 20
+
+ Marlborough, Duchess of, her house, 308
+
+ Marlborough, Duke of, house at St Albans, 98
+
+ Marlow, 197
+
+ Marsh, Dr, 292
+
+ Marsh, Dr, at Dunstable, 98
+
+ Marshalsea Prison, 266
+
+ Martin, Judge Harry, 215
+
+ Martin’s Mer, 153
+
+ Mary, Queen, her picture, 19
+
+ Maudline Hall, 25
+
+ Maudline Hill, hop and cheese fair on, 36
+
+ Maulbern Hills like the Alps, 288
+
+ Maulbery, 283, 284
+
+ Maulton, 74
+
+ Meat, price of, at Rippon, 65
+
+ Medway, 99
+
+ Meer, Castle of, 10
+
+ Meeteing at Wellington, 206
+
+ Meeteing place at Rochdale, 187
+
+ Meeting the Sheriff’s retinue, 194
+
+ Melborn, Sir Mark, his house, 183
+
+ Mellish, Mr, his house at Blith, 57
+
+ Mentioned, List of some places, 311-319
+
+ Meresy, River, 152
+
+ Merly by Wimborn, 5
+
+ Metropolis, the, 241
+
+ Middleton, Lady, 158
+
+ Mighty Tom, 25
+
+ Milbrook, 213
+
+ Milbrook, 216
+
+ Miles, length of, in Derbyshire, 88
+
+ Miles, length of, in Lancashire, 156
+
+ Miles, length of, in Yorkshire, 74
+
+ Miles long in Essex, 117
+
+ Miles long in Norfolk and Suffolk, 119
+
+ Miles longer in the North, 173
+
+ Miles, number travelled in 1697, 108
+
+ Miles, Yorkshire, 184
+
+ Mindiffe Coal, 4
+
+ Mineral spring at Canterbery, 102
+
+ Mineral springs on Shuter’s Hill, 108
+
+ Mineral water at Astrop, 23
+
+ Mineral waters at Epsom, 289
+
+ Mineral water at Horrwood, 22
+
+ Mineral waters in Kent, 112
+
+ Mines at Ashburn, Copper, 88
+
+ Mines in Derbyshire, 82
+
+ Mines in Flintshire, 151
+
+ Ministers, Cabinet, 280
+
+ Minster, Beverly, 68
+
+ Minster, Ely, 128, 129
+
+ Minster, Litchfield, 90
+
+ Minster, Rippon, 65
+
+ Minster, Yorke, 59
+
+ Mint at Norwitch, 121
+
+ Mint, The, at Yorke, 60
+
+ Mist on Blackstone Edge, 186
+
+ Mole, 302
+
+ Mole, the, at Lime, 8
+
+ Moles, 32
+
+ Montgomery, Sir Thos, 117
+
+ Monument, London, 247
+
+ Monuments in Beverly Minster, 69
+
+ Monuments in St George’s Chappel, 235
+
+ Moore, Mr, his house, 302, 303
+
+ Morton Hindmost, 22
+
+ Morton Hindmost, 33
+
+ Morton Hindmost, 288
+
+ Mottstone, 41
+
+ Mount Edge Comb, 215
+
+ Mount Ephraim, 110
+
+ Mount Sion, 110
+
+ Mount, The, in Cornwall, 222
+
+ Mountague, Lord, his house, 248
+
+ Mucks Hall, 173
+
+ Muese, Sir William, house of at Kingston, 7
+
+ Musgrove, Sir Charles, his house, 181
+
+
+ Nantwitch, 147
+
+ Nantwitch, 189
+
+ Narsby, 135
+
+ Nedwood Forest, 139
+
+ Nedwood Forest, 143
+
+ Needles, The, 40
+
+ Neglected church at Adison Bank, 172
+
+ New Colledge, 25
+
+ New Colledge, 37
+
+ New Colledge, belonging to the ffiennes’s, 28
+
+ New Forest, 39
+
+ New Forest, journey to, 35
+
+ New House, seat of John ffiennes, 33
+
+ New Market heath, 125
+
+ Newark, 134
+
+ Newbery, 21
+
+ Newbery, 289
+
+ Newbury, 30
+
+ Newcastle and Cornwall, journey to, 114
+
+ Newcastle, Dissenters at, 181
+
+ Newcastle, Duke of, his house Welbeake, 57
+
+ Newcastle under Line, 146
+
+ Newcastle upon Tyne, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178
+
+ Newhouse, 197
+
+ Newport, 40
+
+ Newton, 19
+
+ Newtontony, 9
+
+ Newtontony, from, to Bath, 11
+
+ Newtontony to Durly, 20
+
+ Newtontony, Wiltshire, 1
+
+ Nicholas Island, St, 215
+
+ Nightingales, Cornish, 227
+
+ Noblemen’s houses in London, 248
+
+ Nonsuch, 114
+
+ Norborn, Mr, 117
+
+ Nore, 99
+
+ Norfolk, Duke of, his house at Norwich, 121
+
+ Norfolk, Duke of, his park, 32
+
+ Normans Court, 46
+
+ North, Lord Chief Justice, his picture, 20
+
+ Northern Journey of Celia Fiennes in 1697, 48
+
+ Northfleete, 107
+
+ Norton, Colonel, his house at Southwicke, 42
+
+ Norton, Lord Say’s seat at, 19
+
+ Norton, Sir Thomas, his house, 93
+
+ Northampton, 96
+
+ Northampton Church, 284
+
+ Northumberland, entrance into, 173
+
+ Norwitch, 119, 120, 121, 122
+
+ Norwitch, 188
+
+ Norwitch Castle, 121
+
+ Nosel, Earle of Darby’s house, 153
+
+ Note Vale, 55
+
+ Nottingham, 55
+
+ Nottingham ale, 55, 56
+
+ Nottingham Castle, 56
+
+ Number of Churches in Sarum, 3
+
+ Nun’s thread, 11
+
+ Nunwell, Sir John Oglander’s house at, 41
+
+ Nurstead, 20
+
+ Nurstead, Mr Holl’s house at, 30
+
+ Nymphsffield, 199
+
+
+ Oakey Hole, 202
+
+ Oakingham, 230
+
+ Oate bread, 156
+
+ Oglander, Sir John, his house at Nunwell, 41
+
+ Old Bayly, 263
+
+ One horse race at Panckridge, 138
+
+ Orchards in Somersetshire, 8
+
+ Orfford, Lord, his house, 125
+
+ Organ in Exeter Cathedral,210
+
+ Ormskerk, 153
+
+ Ouborn, 292
+
+ Ouise, River, 22
+
+ Ouise, River, at York, 58
+
+ Ouse, River, 174
+
+ Oxborn, 97
+
+ Oxenbridge, Mr, house of at Piddle, 7
+
+ Oxford, 24-28
+
+ Oxford, bread at, 26
+
+ Oxford, cultivation near, 24
+
+ Oxford, enumeration of Halls and Colledges at, 28
+
+ Oxford, Physick garden at, 26
+
+ Oxford University, founders’ names, 26
+
+ Oysters at Colchester, 116
+
+
+ Pack horses near Kendall, 160
+
+ Pack horses in Cornwall and Devon, 225
+
+ Pack horses in Devonshire, 9
+
+ Pack horses in Devonshire, 213
+
+ Packington, Sir John, his house, 195
+
+ Paget, Lord, his great command and royalty, 286
+
+ Paget, Lord, his house Boudezworth, 138
+
+ Paget, Lord, his house Budsworth, 285
+
+ Panckeridge, 194
+
+ Panckeridge race, 138
+
+ Paper Making at Canterbery, 101
+
+ Papists at St Winfred’s Well, 150
+
+ Papists in Durham, 180
+
+ Parke, Hide, 249
+
+ Parke House, 249
+
+ Parliament, Houses of, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275
+
+ Parliament men, choosing, 184
+
+ Parliament men, choosing at Durham, 180
+
+ Parliament men, Electers of, 195
+
+ Parr, 217
+
+ Parshur, 33
+
+ Parsonages, revenues of Lancashire, 156
+
+ Parson’s garden at Banstead, the, 301
+
+ Patsell, Sir Thomas, his house, 192, 193
+
+ Paul’s Cathedrall, St, 247
+
+ Paul’s Schoole, 246
+
+ Paumes, Mr, 74
+
+ Paving stones, Cornish, 228
+
+ Peak Cavern, 87
+
+ Peat in Westmoreland, 163
+
+ Peeping Tom of Coventry, 92
+
+ Peirpoynt, Mr, his house, 194
+
+ Pembrooke, Earl of, gardens at Wilton, 4
+
+ Pembroke, Earl of, his house at Wilton, 4
+
+ Pen Ma Mower, 151
+
+ Pensands, 222, 223
+
+ Penthouses in Chester, 148
+
+ Percivall, Dr, his house at Harding, 148, 149
+
+ Percy, Earl, tomb at Beverly Minster, 68
+
+ Peroth, 165, 168
+
+ Perpoynt, Lady Grace, house at Pomffret, 75
+
+ Peterborough, 50
+
+ Peterborough, 131
+
+ Peterborough Cathedral, 131
+
+ Peterborough, Earle of, 234
+
+ Peterborough, Earle of, his house, Turvoy, 284
+
+ Petersffield, 20
+
+ Petrifying earth at Asply, 292
+
+ Philip Norton, 11
+
+ Phillips, Sir Christopher, 160
+
+ Physick garden at Oxford, 26
+
+ Picts’ Walls, 173
+
+ Picture, Charles the ffirst’s, at St John’s, 27
+
+ Picture gallery at Euston Hall, 123
+
+ Picture of Gustaus Adolphus at St John’s, 27
+
+ Piddle, Mr Oxenbridge’s house at, 7
+
+ Piddletown, 233
+
+ Pink, River, 137
+
+ Pirats and privateers, 221
+
+ Places mentioned, list of some, 311-319
+
+ Plain, Salsebury, 10
+
+ Plantations, foreign, governours of, 280
+
+ Plodds, 171
+
+ Ploughing in Leicestershire, 135
+
+ Plym, River, 213
+
+ Plymouth, 212, 213, 214
+
+ Plymouth Citadel, 214
+
+ Plymouth, Dissenters at, 214
+
+ Plymouth Dockyard, 214
+
+ Poisonous Water at Ackington, 76
+
+ Pomffret, 75
+
+ Poole, 5
+
+ Poole’s Hole, 84
+
+ Popler, 108
+
+ Porchester, 42
+
+ Port Eliot, 213
+
+ Portsmouth, 41
+
+ Portsmouth Castle, 42
+
+ Post between London and Tunbridge, 110
+
+ Pottery in Staffordshire, 146
+
+ Pratt, Sir George, house at Coalsell, 17
+
+ Preadnea, Mr, his house, 232
+
+ Prescote, 153
+
+ Preston, 154, 155
+
+ Prestwich, 194
+
+ Price of Ale in Yorkshire, 185
+
+ Price of Meat at Rippon, 65
+
+ Pride and sloth at Ipswitch, 116
+
+ Priory, Leicester, 133
+
+ Provisions and Wine in Fflintshire, 150
+
+ Provisions, price of at Newcastle, 177
+
+ Pullets at Chesterffield, 77
+
+ Punishments, Criminalls’, 264, 265
+
+ Purbeck, Isle of, 6
+
+ Purbeck, Viscount, his seate Summerhill, 112
+
+ Purple, dying at Winchester, 36
+
+
+ Quagmires near Buxton, 86
+
+ Quaker hospitality, 71
+
+ Quakers at Scarbrough, 74
+
+ Quare, 7
+
+ Quarries and Coale pitts in Yorkshire, 185
+
+ Quarries, freestone, 6
+
+ Queen Ann, Coronation of, at Bath, 15
+
+ Queen Camell, 11
+
+ Queen Mary’s funeral, 250
+
+ Queen’s Colledge, 25
+
+ Queen’s Colledge, Cambridge, 50
+
+ Queen’s Colledge Library, 27
+
+ Quicksands near Worcester, 286
+
+
+ Race, between English and Scotch footmen, 308
+
+ Radcote, 17
+
+ Rawnelaugh, Lord, his house, 308
+
+ Reading, 284
+
+ Red Horse, Vale of, 35
+
+ Redbridge, 38
+
+ Redbridge, 42
+
+ Redding, 21
+
+ Redruth, 221
+
+ Reeke River, 133
+
+ Reeke, The, 191
+
+ Reekee, the high hill, 139
+
+ Regalia at the Tower, 260
+
+ Religious landlady, a 226
+
+ Revenues of Lancashire parsonages, 156
+
+ Revenues, King’s, 280
+
+ Rhye, effects of, in bread, 159
+
+ Rich, Sir Robert, 118
+
+ Richard the Third, King, 133
+
+ Richmond, Yorkshire, 183, 184
+
+ Richmondshire, 183
+
+ Rippon, 65
+
+ Rippon Minster, 65
+
+ River Stour, 5
+
+ Roads, bad state of, in fen district, 131
+
+ Roads, Cornwall, 216
+
+ Roads in Sussex, 20
+
+ Robbing place, Blackheath a noted, 108
+
+ Rochdale, 187
+
+ Rochester, 99
+
+ Rochester, 107
+
+ Rochester, bridge at, 100
+
+ Rochester, Lady, house of, at Adderbery, 19
+
+ Rochly, Sir Walter, his house, 194
+
+ Rotheram, 76
+
+ Rowlandson, Mrs, 159
+
+ Rowle Stone, 23
+
+ Rowles, Sir ffrancis, his house, 46
+
+ Roxton, 19
+
+ Royal Charles, The 42
+
+ Royal Exchange, 247
+
+ Royal James, The, 42
+
+ Royal Sovereign, 241
+
+ Royston, 99
+
+ Rumsey, 43
+
+ Runnet making, 91
+
+ Russell, Adml., his house, 125
+
+ Rust Hall, 110
+
+ Ruth, Mr, his house at Epsom, 295, 296, 297
+
+ Rutland, Earle of, his house, 56
+
+ Rutland, Earl of, his house, Haddon Hall, 82
+
+ Rutlandshire, 51
+
+ Rye, 112, 113
+
+
+ St Albans, 98
+
+ St Alban’s Cathedral, 98
+
+ St Andrew’s Well, 204
+
+ St Ann’s Well, 84
+
+ St Austin’s, 217
+
+ St Barbe, Sir John, his house, 43, 44, 45
+
+ St Edmundsbery, 124
+
+ St Ives, 222
+
+ St Ives, 131
+
+ St James’s Palace, 248
+
+ St James’s Park, 248
+
+ St John, Mrs, her house near Peterborough, 132
+
+ St John’s Colledge, 2
+
+ St John’s Colledge, Cambridge, 50
+
+ St Juliers, 98
+
+ St Magdaline’s Colledge, 25
+
+ St Monger’s Well, 63, 64
+
+ St Nicholas, 98
+
+ St Paul’s Cathedrall, 247, 248
+
+ St Thomas’s, 144
+
+ St Vincent’s Rocks, 201
+
+ St Winfred’s Well, 149
+
+ Salden, 97
+
+ Salfor, 188
+
+ Salisbury house, Strand, 209
+
+ Salmon at Lancaster, 158
+
+ Salmon at Whitten, 68
+
+ Salmon spearing in the River Can, 159
+
+ Salsebury, 9
+
+ Salsebury, burning of, 1
+
+ Salsebury Castle, 1
+
+ Salsebury Plain, 10
+
+ Salt making at Nantwitch, 147
+
+ Salt, method of making, 38
+
+ Salt spring near Durham, 181
+
+ Salt works, 188
+
+ Saltash, 213
+
+ Salterns at Limington, 38
+
+ Samfyer, 161
+
+ Sanctuary in Beverley Minster, 68
+
+ Sands of Dee, 149, 151
+
+ Sandumffort, 40
+
+ Sandwich, Lord, his house at Huntington, 50
+
+ Sandwitch, 105
+
+ Sandy Head, 189
+
+ Sarum, 1
+
+ Sarum, Bishop’s Palace, 2
+
+ Sarum Cathedral, 2
+
+ Sarum Close, 1
+
+ Sarum, Dean’s House, 2
+
+ Sarum Market, 1
+
+ Sarum, Number of Churches in, 3
+
+ Savernack Forrest, 284
+
+ Saxmunday, 117
+
+ Say and Seale, William Lord, 229
+
+ Say, Lord, seat at Broughton, 19
+
+ Say, Lord, seat at Norton, 19
+
+ Scarsborough, 72, 73
+
+ Scawen, Mr, his house, 292
+
+ Scheld, 175
+
+ School, free, at Beverly, 69
+
+ Schoole, Shrewsbury, 190
+
+ Scotch Borderers, sloth of, 172
+
+ Scotland, travelling in, 172
+
+ Scottish borderers, 171, 172
+
+ Scotts Plods, 159
+
+ Sea Cume, 6
+
+ Serges at Exeter, 207
+
+ Sergeants at Law, making, 261
+
+ Serke, River, 170
+
+ Severn, 33
+
+ Severn, River, 190
+
+ Sherwood, Forest of, 57
+
+ Show, Lord Majors, 242, 243, 244
+
+ Shuggbery Hall, 95, 96
+
+ Shuggbery, Lady, hospitality of, 96
+
+ Shuggbery, Sir Charles, 95
+
+ Shark River, 18
+
+ Sheep, Leicester, 136
+
+ Shellton, 73
+
+ Shettford, 19
+
+ Shilton, 51
+
+ Shipbuilding at Rochester, 100
+
+ Shipping on River Thames, 108
+
+ Showers, Mr, 115
+
+ Shrewsbury, 190, 191
+
+ Shrewsbury Schoole, 190
+
+ Shuter’s Hill, 108
+
+ Shuter’s Hill, mineral springs on, 108
+
+ Signboards in Bristol, 200
+
+ Silk weaving at Canterbery, 101
+
+ Sily, Island of, 223
+
+ Sir George Pratt’s house at Coalsell, 17
+
+ Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia, 4
+
+ Sir Richard Temple, house of, 22
+
+ Sir Ralph Verny, seats of, 22
+
+ Sir Robert Hendly’s house, 21
+
+ Sir Thomas Tyrrell, house of, 22
+
+ Sittingburn, 100
+
+ Smith, Sir Robert, 38
+
+ Smoaking, universal in Cornwall, 218
+
+ Smockington, 285
+
+ Some places mentioned, list of, 311-319
+
+ Somerset, Duke of, his house at Maulbery, 283
+
+ Somersetshire, Cider in, 8
+
+ Somersetshire, orchards in, 8
+
+ Sonidge, 6
+
+ Sore, River, 137
+
+ South Sea Castle, 42
+
+ Southborough, 101
+
+ South-hampton, 42
+
+ Southwicke, 42
+
+ Sow, River, 133
+
+ Sparr, Derbyshire, 83
+
+ Spaw, Scarbrough, 73
+
+ Spaw waters near Durham, 181, 182
+
+ Speldhurst, 112
+
+ Spenhurst, 111
+
+ Sports in Wiltshire, 1
+
+ Stafford, 137, 143
+
+ Staffordshire, 88, 89
+
+ Staffordshire Pottery, 146
+
+ Staines, 21
+
+ Stanes, 284
+
+ Stamfford, 51
+
+ Stamford, 131
+
+ Starre Cross, 232
+
+ Steeven, Mrs, her house at Epsom, 299
+
+ Stepney, 108
+
+ Stiles Coppice, 138
+
+ Stiles in Cornwall, 226
+
+ Stillton, 131
+
+ Stoake, 196
+
+ Stoake, 286, 287
+
+ Stoake, Mr Paul Folie’s seat, 34
+
+ Stocking weaving, 56
+
+ Stockton, Mr, 116
+
+ Stoneage, description of, 10
+
+ Stonidge Hall, 77
+
+ Stony Stratford, 97
+
+ Stour, River, 5
+
+ Strand, King’s Pallace in the, 249
+
+ Streton, 54
+
+ Stretton Grandsorm, 196
+
+ Stow, 22
+
+ Stow, 229
+
+ Suddber Hall, 184
+
+ Summerhill, 112
+
+ Summerset, Duke and Duchess of, Monument to, 3
+
+ Sunderland, Lord, his house, 285
+
+ Sussex, Earle of, his house, 48
+
+ Sussex, roads in, 20
+
+ Sutton, 130
+
+ Sutton near Astrop, 24
+
+ Swallow hole, 302
+
+ Swallow holes, 32
+
+ Swallow, River, 32
+
+ Swans in Ely fens, 131
+
+
+ Tadcaster, 74
+
+ Tamworth, 135
+
+ Tamworth, River, 135
+
+ Tankervaile, Lord, house of at Chichester, 30
+
+ Tarts, West Country, 218
+
+ Tatnum, 108
+
+ Taunton, 205
+
+ Taylor, Mr, house at Rochdale, 187
+
+ Tees, River, 174
+
+ Temple, Sir Richard, house of, 22
+
+ Tetbery Castle, 139
+
+ Thames at Gravesend, 99
+
+ Thames, River, 196
+
+ Thames, River, choaked up, 241
+
+ Thames, River, shipping on, 108
+
+ Thannet, Isle of, 105
+
+ Thatching in Cornwall, 225
+
+ Thetford, 122
+
+ Thetwin, Mr, his house Instree, 143, 144
+
+ Thom, Great, of Lincoln, 54
+
+ Thomas, Mr, his house at Highgate, 115
+
+ Thomas’s, St, 144
+
+ Thorndon, 22
+
+ Thriving place, Manchester a, 188
+
+ Tilbery fort, 99
+
+ Tin mining, 218, 219
+
+ Tinsmelting, 218
+
+ Tinmouth, 175
+
+ Titherly, East, 46
+
+ Titherly, West, 46
+
+ Tixall Hall, 144
+
+ Tod Caster, 58
+
+ Tom, Mighty, 25
+
+ Tom of £10,000, 286
+
+ Topsham, 231
+
+ Topshum, 207
+
+ Tower, the, 259
+
+ Tracy, Lord, house of, 22
+
+ Travelling in Scotland, 172
+
+ Trent, River, 55
+
+ Trent River, 133
+
+ Trent, River, 146
+
+ Trentum, 146
+
+ Trinity Colledge, 25
+
+ Trinity Colledge, Cambridge, 49
+
+ Trinity Colledge Chapple, 27
+
+ Trinity House at Hull, 70
+
+ Truro, 221
+
+ Truro, 226
+
+ Tryalls at Law, 277, 278, 279
+
+ Tunbridge, 109, 110
+
+ Tunbridge, mineral waters at, 109
+
+ Turf as fuel, 219
+
+ Turnumgreen, 21
+
+ Turvoy, 284
+
+ Tyne, River, 174
+
+ Tyrrell, Sir Thomas, house of, 22
+
+
+ Ullswater, 165
+
+ University, Cambridge, 49
+
+ University, Oxford, 25
+
+ Upton, 33
+
+ Uval, River, 188
+
+ Uxeter, 88
+
+
+ Vale of Red Horse, 35
+
+ Vale of White Horse, 18
+
+ Veale, The, 21
+
+ Vermin at Ely, 128
+
+ Verny, Sir Ralph, seats of, 22
+
+ Views from Winsor Castle, 236
+
+ Villages in Westmoreland, 164
+
+ Vincent’s Rocks, St, 201
+
+
+ Waddom Hall, 25
+
+ Wains in Devonshire, 9
+
+ Wansford, 51
+
+ Wansford, 132
+
+ Wansford “in England,” 132
+
+ Warminster, 4
+
+ Warminster, 11
+
+ Warrington, 152, 154
+
+ Warrington, Earle of, his house Dunum, 188
+
+ Warrum, 6
+
+ Warwick, 93
+
+ Warwick Castle, 94
+
+ Warwick Church, ruins of, 93
+
+ Warwick, Earle of, Guy, 95
+
+ Warworth, 105
+
+ Water works at Exeter, 209
+
+ Wangfford, 51
+
+ Waveny, River, 119
+
+ Way Hill faire, 21
+
+ Weather forecasts by sound of water, 159
+
+ Weire, River, 179
+
+ Welbeake, 57
+
+ Well, St Ann’s, 84
+
+ Well, The burning, 154
+
+ Wellington, 206
+
+ Wells, 203
+
+ Wells Cathedral, 203
+
+ Welsh at Holly Well, 150
+
+ Welsh Prince, Mary of Modina’s, 199
+
+ Wentbridge, 58
+
+ West Chester, 147
+
+ West Country rockets, 205
+
+ West Country tarts, 218
+
+ West Titherly, 46
+
+ Westminster, 241
+
+ Westminster Abbey, 249
+
+ Westminster Hall, 260
+
+ Westmoreland, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165
+
+ Westmoreland, Carts in, 162
+
+ Westmoreland hills, 162, 163
+
+ Whart, River, 58
+
+ Whatling Streete, 285
+
+ Whipps made at Newbery, 21
+
+ Whit Church, 189, 190
+
+ Whit Church, 233
+
+ White Horse, Vale of, 18
+
+ Whitehall, 236
+
+ Whitehall Palace, 248
+
+ Whitehead, Mr, his house, 46
+
+ Whitlsome Mer, 51
+
+ Whitten, 67
+
+ Wiandermer, Lake, 160, 161
+
+ Wickam, William of, 37
+
+ Wickham, 117
+
+ Wight, Isle of, 40
+
+ Wild beasts at the Tower, 260
+
+ Willding, 11
+
+ William and Mary, Coronation of, 255
+
+ William of Wickam, 37
+
+ William the Third, King, 95
+
+ Willoughby, Sir Thos., his house, 56
+
+ Wincanton, 10
+
+ Winchelsea, Corporation of, 113
+
+ Wilton, 4
+
+ Wilton, Knights of the shire chosen at, 4
+
+ Wiltshire Downs, 1
+
+ Wiltshire sports, 1
+
+ Winchelsea, 113
+
+ Winchelsea Castle, 113
+
+ Winchelsea, Lord, his house, 106
+
+ Winchester, 36
+
+ Winchester, Bishop of, his castle, 35
+
+ Winchester, Bishop of, his pallace, 233
+
+ Winchester Cathedral, 36
+
+ Winchester Colledge, 37
+
+ Winchester, Dean’s House at, 36
+
+ Windham, 122
+
+ Winfred’s Well, St, 149
+
+ Winsor, 234, 240
+
+ Winsor, 309
+
+ Winsor Castle, 21
+
+ Winsor, poore knights of, 234
+
+ Woad, cultivation of, 23
+
+ Wolds, Yorkshire, 72
+
+ Woodbery Hill, fair at, 9
+
+ Woodbridge, 117
+
+ Woodcut Green, 292
+
+ Wooden ware at Tunbridge, 109
+
+ Wood’s Gate, 112
+
+ Woodstock, 32
+
+ Woolfe, Mr Newbery’s house at, 7
+
+ Woollen cloth at Leeds, 185
+
+ Woollen stuff at Norwitch, 119, 121
+
+ Woollen worke at Bedford, 291
+
+ Woolsey, 36
+
+ Woolsley, 89
+
+ Woolsley, 143
+
+ Woolsley, 136, 137
+
+ Woolsley, Bridget, 98
+
+ Woolsley, Sir Charles, his house, 89
+
+ Woolsley, Sir Charles, his house, 136
+
+ Woolsly, 194
+
+ Woolsly, Sir Charles, his gardens, 146
+
+ Wolverhampton, 194
+
+ Worcester, 33
+
+ Worcester, 195
+
+ Worcester Cathedrall, 195
+
+ Works, copperas, 6
+
+ Worstly, Sir Robert, 41
+
+ Worsup Abby, 57
+
+ Waterwheels, Cornish, 227
+
+ Whatling Street, 192
+
+ Wiggon, 153
+
+ William, King, his return after the peace, 245, 246
+
+ Winsor Castle, 234, 236, 237, 238 239, 241
+
+ Worsup Mannour, 57
+
+ Wye, River, 34
+
+
+ Yarmouth, 40
+
+ Yarmouth, 119
+
+ Yate, good level, in Yorkshire, 75
+
+ Yeomanry of Kent, incomes of, 112
+
+ York, 67
+
+ Yorke, 58
+
+ Yorke Minster, 59
+
+ Yorke, Mr, his house, 184
+
+ Yoxsell, 143
+
+ Yoxwell, 139
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+ ● Transcriber’s Notes:
+    ○ Some words are abbreviated by leaving letters out and/or marking
+      them with macron, as in "accō" for "account" or raising some
+      letters to be superscripts. as in "w^{th}" for "with".
+    ○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
+    ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
+    ○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
+      when a predominant form was found in this book.
+    ○ Text that:
+      was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_);
+      had extra character spacing by “plus” signs (+stretched+).
+    ○ The use of a caret (^) before a letter, or letters, shows that the
+      following letter or letters was intended to be a superscript, as
+      in S^t Bartholomew or 10^{th} Century.
+    ○ The use of an underscore before a letter shows that the following
+      letter or letters were intended to be a subscript.
+
+
+
+
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THROUGH ENGLAND ON A SIDE SADDLE ***
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+<div style='text-align:center'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THROUGH ENGLAND ON A SIDE SADDLE ***</div>
+
+<div  class='figcenter id001'>
+<img src='images/cover.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' />
+<div class='ic001'>
+<p><span class='small'>The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.</span></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c000' />
+</div>
+<div>
+  <h1 class='c001'>Through England<br /> <br /><span class='c002'>On a Side Saddle</span></h1>
+</div>
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+<div class='nf-center c003'>
+    <div><span class='c004'>IN THE TIME OF WILLIAM AND MARY</span></div>
+    <div class='c003'>BEING THE DIARY OF</div>
+    <div class='c000'><em class='gesperrt'><span class='c005'>CELIA FIENNES.</span></em></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class='c006' />
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+<div class='nf-center c003'>
+    <div>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY</div>
+    <div class='c000'><span class='c007'><span class='sc'>The Hon. Mrs</span> GRIFFITHS.</span></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class='c008' />
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+<div class='nf-center c009'>
+    <div><i>LONDON:</i></div>
+    <div><i>Field &amp; Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.</i></div>
+    <div><i>Simpkin, Marshall &amp; Co.; Hamilton, Adams &amp; Co.</i></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class='c010' />
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+  <div class='nf-center'>
+    <div><i>New York: Scribner &amp; Welford, 743 &amp; 745, Broadway.</i></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class='c011' />
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+  <div class='nf-center'>
+    <div>1888</div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c003' />
+</div>
+<p class='c012'>&nbsp;</p>
+<div  class='figcenter id002'>
+<img src='images/publogo.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' />
+<div class='ic001'>
+<p><span class='c013'>FIELD &amp; TUER,<br />THE LEADENHALL PRESS, E.C.<br />(T. 4346)</span></p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c014' />
+</div>
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+<div class='nf-center c015'>
+    <div><i>THIS VOLUME</i></div>
+    <div class='c000'>IS</div>
+    <div class='c000'><span class='c016'><span class="blackletter">Dedicated</span></span></div>
+    <div class='c000'>TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF</div>
+    <div class='c000'><span class="blackletter"><span class='c016'>My Father,</span></span></div>
+    <div class='c000'><span class='fss'>13TH</span> BARON SAYE AND SELE.</div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<p class='c017'>E. W. G.</p>
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c015' />
+</div>
+<div class='chapter'>
+  <span class='pageno' id='Page_vii'>vii</span>
+  <h2 class='c018'>INTRODUCTION.</h2>
+</div>
+
+<hr class='c019' />
+
+<p class='c020'><span class='sc'>The</span> account of the several journeys through England
+undertaken by my kinswoman, Celia Fiennes, in the reign
+of William and Mary, may prove interesting, as shewing the
+manners and customs of those times. The writer’s diligent
+and attentive observation of details concerning the various
+counties through which she passed, either on horseback or in
+her equipage, and her descriptions of the many gentlemen’s
+seats visited by her, seem worthy of notice and preservation.
+Numerous towns are described, and a great many churches
+and country seats—some of which doubtless no longer
+exist—are minutely detailed. There being little literature
+of this kind and period in existence, Celia Fiennes’s diary
+almost takes the position and value of an historical document.
+The portion relating to London is interesting. The
+Lord Mayor’s Show and other ceremonies are fully
+described. The perusal of these quaint and straight-forward
+pages, in which there is little pretence to style,
+gives a good idea of what England was two hundred
+years back. The only actual date mentioned is 1695.
+The absence of roads strikes one, and also the unimportance
+of what are now the great manufacturing districts of
+the north. Bristol appears to have been the second city
+in the kingdom. The fashionable baths and spas and
+style of bathing are minutely described. With the exception
+of the dome, St Paul’s Cathedral was finished, and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_viii'>viii</span>Whitehall Palace had recently been burned—the authoress
+suspects by Papist incendiaries.</p>
+<p class='c012'>The original MS., given to me by my father, has been
+copied verbatim, as I believe any correction or alteration
+would spoil its quaint originality. Celia Fiennes was
+daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes, a Parliamentarian
+Officer, by his marriage with Miss Whitehead, and was
+sister of the third Viscount Saye and Sele.</p>
+<p class='c021'>EMILY W. GRIFFITHS.</p>
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c003' />
+</div>
+<div class='chapter'>
+  <span class='pageno' id='Page_ix'>ix</span>
+  <h2 class='c018'>TO THE READER.</h2>
+</div>
+
+<hr class='c019' />
+
+<p class='c020'><span class='sc'>As</span> this was never designed: soe not likely to fall into
+the hands of any but my near relations, there needs not
+much to be said to Excuse or recommend it. Something
+may be diverting and proffitable tho’ not to Gentlemen that
+have travelled more about England, staid longer in places,
+might have more acquaintance and more opportunity
+to be inform’d. My Journeys as they were begun to regain
+my health by variety and change of aire and exercise, soe
+whatever promoted that was pursued; and those informations
+of things as could be obtein’d from jnns en passant,
+or from some acquaintance, inhabitants of such places could
+ffurnish me with for my diversion, I thought necessary to
+remark: that as my bodily health was promoted my mind
+should not appear totally unoccupied, and the collecting it
+together remain for my after conversation (with such as
+might be inquisitive after such and such places) to w<sup>ch</sup> might
+have recourse; and as most I converse with knows both the
+ffreedom and Easyness I speak and write as well as my
+deffect in all, so they will not expect exactness or politeness
+in this book, tho’ such Embellishments might have
+adorned the descriptions and suited the nicer taste.</p>
+<p class='c012'>Now thus much without vanity may be asserted of the
+subject, that if all persons, both Ladies, much more Gentlemen,
+would spend some of their tyme in Journeys to visit
+their native Land, and be curious to Inform themselves and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_x'>x</span>make observations of the pleasant prospects, good buildings,
+different produces and manufactures of each place, with
+the variety of sports and recreations they are adapt to,
+would be a souveraign remedy to cure or preserve ffrom
+these Epidemick diseases of vapours, should I add Laziness?—it
+would also fform such an Idea of England, add
+much to its Glory and Esteem in our minds and cure the
+evil Itch of overvalueing fforeign parts; at least ffurnish
+them with an Equivalent to entertain strangers when
+amongst us, Or jnform them when abroad of their native
+Country, which has been often a Reproach to the English,
+ignorance and being strangers to themselves. Nay the
+Ladies might have matter not unworthy their observation,
+soe subject for conversation, within their own compass in
+each county to which they relate, and thence studdy now
+to be serviceable to their neighbours especially the poor
+among whome they dwell, which would spare them the
+uneasye thoughts how to pass away tedious dayes, and
+tyme would not be a burthen when not at a card or dice
+table, and the ffashions and manners of fforeign parts less
+minded or desired. But much more requisite is it for
+Gentlemen in g<sup>l</sup> service of their country at home or abroad,
+in town or country, Especially those that serve in parliament
+to know and jnform themselves y<sup>e</sup> nature of Land,
+y<sup>e</sup> Genius of the Inhabitants, so as to promote and improve
+Manufacture and trade suitable to each and encourage all
+projects tending thereto, putting in practice all Laws made
+for each particular good, maintaining their priviledges,
+procuring more as requisite; but to their shame it must be
+own’d many if not most are Jgnorant of anything but the
+name of the place for which they serve in parliament; how
+then can they speake for or promote their good or Redress
+their Grievances? But now I may be justly blamed
+to pretend to give acc: of our Constitution, Customs,
+Laws, Lect, matters farre above my Reach or capacity, but
+herein I have described what have come within my knowledge
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_xi'>xi</span>either by view and reading, or relation from others which
+according to my conception have faithfully Rehearsed, but
+where I have mistaken in any form or subject matter I easily
+submitt to a correction and will enter such Erratas in a
+supplement annext to y<sup>e</sup> Book of some particulars since
+remark’d; and shall conclude with a hearty wish and
+recommendation to all, but Especially my own Sex, the
+studdy of those things which tends to Improve the mind
+and makes our Lives pleasant and comfortable as well as
+proffitable in all the Stages and Stations of our Lives, and
+render suffering and age supportable and Death less fformidable
+and a future State more happy.</p>
+<p class='c022'>CELIA FIENNES.</p>
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c003' />
+</div>
+<div class='chapter'>
+  <span class='pageno' id='Page_1'>1</span>
+  <h2 class='c018'>THE DIARY<br /> <br /><span class='c023'>OF</span><br /> <br /><span class='c016'><em class='gesperrt'>CELIA FIENNES</em></span></h2>
+</div>
+
+<hr class='c019' />
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+<div class='nf-center c003'>
+    <div><i>THE ACCOUNT OFF</i></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<p class='c020'>severall Journeys into severall parts of England with many
+Remarkes; some w<sup>th</sup> my mother from Newtontony Wiltshire
+which is all on the downs a fine Champion Country
+pleasant for all sports, Rideing, Hunting, Courseing, Setting
+and shooteing. From Newtontony I went to Sarum 8 miles
+which is a Citty and Bishop’s Seat, pretty Large town
+Streetes broad but through y<sup>e</sup> midst of them runs a little
+rivulet of water which makes y<sup>e</sup> Streetes not so clean or so
+easye to pass in, they have stepps to Cross it and many
+open places for horses and Carriages to Cross itt—itt takes
+off Much from the beauty of y<sup>e</sup> streetes—the Cause of it
+was from the burning of the old town called Salsebury
+which was on a hill about a mile off this and it was so drye
+and farre from springs that it was destroyed by fire and only
+the ruines of the Castle is to be seen like a high wall with
+fortifications: this town now Stands low by the water by a
+great River, the houses are old Mostly timber Buildings,
+there is a large Market House with the town hall over it
+and a prison Just by—there is also a large Cross in another
+place and house over it for a Constant Market for fruite,
+fowle, Butter and Cheese and a fish Market; the town is
+well served with all provissions; there is good buildings in
+that part they call the Close, both New built and y<sup>e</sup> old
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_2'>2</span>good houses belonging to the doctors of the Church. Y<sup>e</sup>
+Dean has a very good house and Gardens, so is the Bishop’s
+Palace at y<sup>e</sup> end of a Row of trees—the roomes are lofty
+and Stately: all these houses are round y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall which
+is esteemed the finest in England in all respects, it only lyes
+low in a watry meadow so y<sup>t</sup> the foundations is in the
+water, made of ffaggots and timber, yet notwithstanding its
+want of a Riseing ground to stand on y<sup>e</sup> steeple is seen
+many miles off, the spire being so high it appeares to us
+below as sharpe as a Dagger, Yet is in the Compass on the
+top as bigg as a Cart wheele; its all stone and Carved finely
+with spires and Arches, there are severall doores into y<sup>e</sup>
+Church, in the body of it stands the pulpet and seates on
+each side; there are two large Isle’s runnes up on either side;
+the font stands below opposite to the quire y<sup>t</sup> enters w<sup>th</sup> 2
+or 3 steps assent from a large Cross Isle that leades to the
+Cloysters, in which is y<sup>e</sup> Chapter house which is very large
+and supported only by one small stone Pillar in y<sup>e</sup> middle,
+painted round the walls with figures Carved y<sup>e</sup> whole accō:
+of the book of Genesis, the Windows are painted very
+finely—Much of the History of the Bible. There is as
+many little Chappels in the Church as months in a yeare,
+as many doores as weekes, as many Marble pillars as dayes,
+as many windows as houres, as many partitions in the
+windows as minutes in the year. The roofe of the Church
+is very lofty and exactly neate in all things though not so
+large as some other Cathedralls—the top of the Qoire is
+exactly painted and it lookes as fresh as if but new done
+though of 300 yeares standing—there is a very good organ
+and a deske for the reader raised so high even with the
+organ for y<sup>e</sup> advantage of the voice to be heard, yet y<sup>e</sup>
+Church is so lofty y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Eccos drowns y<sup>e</sup> Intelligableness of
+the voice. The Comunion table, hangings and y<sup>e</sup> booses
+are all of crimson velvet with gold fringe, 2 large Candlestickes
+gilt w<sup>th</sup> great white tapers in them, a large gilt bason
+to receive y<sup>e</sup> offerings in—there is many good monuments
+there, also there are ye Statues of the 3 bishops that built
+the Church cut in stone—there are two large fine monuments
+above y<sup>e</sup> Rest—one all free stone for the lord George,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_3'>3</span>his Effiges and ladyes att length on a bed in their Robes
+and ruffs on pillows, and y<sup>e</sup> four pillars are twisted, and
+over it Angels, figures of birds, beasts, flowers and leaves
+very fine, there sits Justice w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> ballance in her hand, one
+scale laying over y<sup>e</sup> other twisted lookes very natural and
+well, with y<sup>e</sup> wreathed work all in free stone with their
+Armes cut about in Escutheons all about it; the other is a
+monument for the Duke of Summerset all in marble, a
+large bed his Effigee in garment and ruff all in Coullours,
+his lady the same only she is laid one step above him
+because she was Daughter to the Dowager of ffrance and
+sister to Henry y<sup>e</sup> 7<sup>th</sup> of England by her second husband
+Charles brandon Duke of Suffolk.</p>
+<p class='c012'>There is y<sup>e</sup> Effiges of their 2 sonnes, Lord Beachom at
+their head and Lord Seymour at y<sup>e</sup> feete in Armour on their
+Knees, and severall Daughters on their knees at y<sup>e</sup> bottom
+and 12 pillars of Irish gray marble. The Armes is cutt finely
+in Escutcheons &amp;c. and in figures with y<sup>e</sup> supporters and
+severall sorts of beasts carved in a piramide fashion, and on
+y<sup>e</sup> top the Duke’s Corronet—these 2 monum<sup>ts</sup> are railed in
+with Iron grates, there is the Effigee in stone off a doctor
+that starved himself to death attempting to imitate our
+Saviour to fast 40 dayes—but at 31 dayes end he became
+sensible of his evil and would have retrieved his life by
+eateing againe, but then by y<sup>e</sup> Just judgment of god could not
+swallow any thing down his throate;—there is a chaple or
+burying place of Judge poppums that had two very wild
+sonnes and by 2 pictures of his sonnes, pictured one with
+death y<sup>e</sup> other with a skeleton and set in y<sup>e</sup> room they were
+to come into by their father’s order, it pleased God to bless
+as a meanes to reclaim them. Ye pictures are still there;
+the windows of the Church but especially y<sup>e</sup> Quire are very
+finely painted and large of y<sup>e</sup> history of y<sup>e</sup> bible—the tower
+ffor y<sup>e</sup> bells are in y<sup>e</sup> yard at some distance from the Church—there
+are 6 Churches in the town and subburbs and y<sup>e</sup>
+County Goal at y<sup>e</sup> end of the town called ffisherton, just by
+the great river that runnes to Christ-Church in Salsebury.
+They keep the quarter session once in y<sup>e</sup> yeare the oth<sup>r</sup>
+tymes are kept at Malbrough about 24 mile off and at y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_4'>4</span>Devises about y<sup>e</sup> same distance w<sup>ch</sup> is a very neate little
+town with a very good market house and town hall sett on
+stone pillars; it is a bourrough and a very rich tradeing
+place ffor the Clothing trade, the fourth place y<sup>e</sup> session is
+kept is Warminster about y<sup>e</sup> same distance—its a pretty
+little town a good Market for corn and there is the Mindiffe
+Coale which is allmost as good as the sea Coale from New-Castle
+that is dugg out of the hills all about;—But y<sup>e</sup>
+Assizes is allwayes kept at Salsebury and is a Major town
+though Wilton about 2 mile off is y<sup>e</sup> County town and y<sup>e</sup>
+Knights of y<sup>e</sup> shire are chosen there, though its now but as
+a little village as it were, and only supported by the Earle
+of Pembrooke which lives there and has a very ffine house
+with large Courts one within another. At y<sup>e</sup> Entrance there
+is a lofty Hall with good Pictures, 3 or 4 dineing roomes
+and drawing roomes of State with very good bed Chambers
+and well furnished velvet damaske and tissue, one Gallery
+and y<sup>e</sup> dineing roome was all wanscoated with pictures of y<sup>e</sup>
+family—there is a drawing roome and Anti roome, y<sup>e</sup>
+wanscoate is painted with y<sup>e</sup> whole History of the Acadia
+romance made by S<sup>r</sup> Philip Sidney, brother to the then
+Countess of Pembrooke and Composed by him in y<sup>e</sup> ffine
+woods above y<sup>e</sup> house.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another room is painted w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of sports, Hunting,
+Hawking &amp;c.—they are all finely painted on the Ceiling and
+very lofty. there is one dineing roome y<sup>t</sup> the Chimney is
+just under a window and the Tunnells runnes upon each
+side. there is one Chamber, the chimney stands Just by the
+window opposite to Salsebury, and on the black Marble
+Chimney piece soe finely polished you may see all the
+Cathedrall as in a Glass; I have seen it plaine. There are
+very fine Marble Chimney pieces in most of y<sup>e</sup> roomes, and
+marble windows. The Gardens are very fine with many
+gravel walkes with grass squaires set with fine brass and
+stone statues—fish ponds and basons with ffigures in y<sup>e</sup>
+middle spouting out water—dwarfe trees of all sorts and a
+fine flower garden—much wall fruite. Y<sup>e</sup> river runns through
+y<sup>e</sup> garden that easeily conveys by pipes water to all Parts.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>A Grottoe is att y<sup>e</sup> end of the garden just y<sup>e</sup> middle off y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_5'>5</span>house—its garnished with many fine ffigures of y<sup>e</sup> Goddesses,
+and about 2 yards off the doore is severall pipes in a
+line that with a sluce spoutts water up to wett the strangers—in
+the middle roome is a round table and a large Pipe in
+the midst, on which they put a Crown or Gun or a branch,
+and so y<sup>t</sup> spouts the water through y<sup>e</sup> Carvings and poynts
+all round y<sup>e</sup> roome at y<sup>e</sup> Artists pleasure to wet y<sup>e</sup> Company—there
+are figures at Each corner of y<sup>e</sup> roome that Can weep
+water on the beholders and by a straight pipe on y<sup>e</sup> table
+they force up y<sup>e</sup> water into y<sup>e</sup> hollow carving of y<sup>e</sup> rooff like
+a Crown or Coronet to appearance but is hollow within to
+retaine y<sup>e</sup> water fforced into it in great quantetyes y<sup>t</sup> disperses
+in y<sup>e</sup> hollow Cavity over y<sup>e</sup> roome and descends in a
+Shower of raine all about y<sup>e</sup> roome—on each side is two little
+roomes which by the turning their wires y<sup>e</sup> water runnes in
+y<sup>e</sup> rockes—you see and hear it and also it is so contrived in
+one room y<sup>t</sup> it makes y<sup>e</sup> melody of Nightingerlls and all sorts
+of birds w<sup>ch</sup> engages y<sup>e</sup> Curiosity of y<sup>e</sup> Strangers to go in to
+see, but at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance off each room is a line of pipes that
+appear not till by a Sluce moved—it washes y<sup>e</sup> spectators
+designed for diversion.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Y<sup>e</sup> Grottoe is leaded on y<sup>e</sup> top where are fish ponds, and
+just without y<sup>e</sup> grottoe is a wooden bridge over y<sup>e</sup> river. Y<sup>e</sup>
+barristers are set out w<sup>th</sup> Lyons set thick on Either Side w<sup>th</sup>
+their mouths open, and by a sluce spout out water each to
+other in a perfect arch y<sup>e</sup> length of y<sup>e</sup> bridge. There are
+fine woods beyond y<sup>e</sup> house and a large parke walled in.
+From thence I went to Blandford in Dorsetshire 18 miles
+through a haire waring and a forest of y<sup>e</sup> Kings.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Blandford is a pretty neate Country town. Thence to
+Merly by Wimborn over a great river Called the Stoure and
+a large Arched bridge to a Relations house, S<sup>r</sup> William Constantines
+house—thence to Poole a little seaport town 4
+miles off where was a very good Minister in y<sup>e</sup> publick
+Church—M<sup>r</sup> Hardy.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence we went by boate to a little Isle Called
+brownsea 3 or 4 leagues off where there is much
+Copperice made, the stones being found about y<sup>e</sup> Isle in y<sup>e</sup>
+shore in great quantetyes. there is only one house there
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_6'>6</span>w<sup>ch</sup> is the Governours, besides little fishermen’s houses;
+they being all taken up about y<sup>e</sup> Copperice workes; they
+gather y<sup>e</sup> Stones and place them on ground raised like y<sup>e</sup>
+beds in gardens, rows one above the other and are all
+Shelving, so y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> raine disolves y<sup>e</sup> Stones and it draines
+down into trenches and pipes made to receive and Convey
+it to y<sup>e</sup> house, y<sup>ch</sup> is fitted with Iron panns four square and
+of a pretty depth at least 12 yards over. They place Iron
+spikes in y<sup>e</sup> panns full of branches and so as y<sup>e</sup> Liquor
+boyles to a candy it hangs on those branches; I saw some
+taken up—it look’d like a vast bunch of grapes. Y<sup>e</sup> Coullour
+of y<sup>e</sup> Copperace not being much differing it lookes cleare
+like Suger-Candy—so when y<sup>e</sup> water is boyled to a Candy
+they take it out and replenish the panns with more liquor. I
+do not remember they added anything to it only y<sup>e</sup> Stones of
+Copperice disolved by y<sup>e</sup> raine into liquor as I mention’d at
+first—there are great furnaces under, y<sup>t</sup> Keepes all the panns
+boyling—it was a large room or building with Severall of
+these large panns: they do add old Iron and nailes to y<sup>e</sup>
+Copperass Stones. This is a noted place for lobsters and
+Crabs and shrimps. I there eate some very good. From
+Merly we went to y<sup>e</sup> Isle of Purbeck. At Warrum we passed
+over a bridge where y<sup>e</sup> sea flowed in, and Came by y<sup>e</sup> ruines
+of Corffe Castle which stands on a hill, yet surrounded by
+much higher hills y<sup>t</sup> might easily command it, and so in y<sup>e</sup>
+Civil warrs was batter’d down with Granadeers—thence you
+rise a great ascent of hills, called the Linch or rather y<sup>e</sup> ridge,
+being so for 3 or 4 miles, rideing to Quare, which was
+16 miles ffrom Merly to a relations house—Cos’n Colliers.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From this ridge you see all y<sup>e</sup> Island over, which lookes
+very fruitfull, good lands, Meadows, woods and jnclosures—there
+are many quarys in these hills of y<sup>t</sup> w<sup>ch</sup> is called the
+free stone from hence they digg it—the shores are very
+Rocky all about y<sup>e</sup> Island. We went 3 miles off to Sonidge
+a sea faire place not very big—there is a flatt sand by y<sup>e</sup>
+sea a little way: they take up stones by y<sup>e</sup> shores y<sup>t</sup> are so
+oyly, as y<sup>e</sup> poor burn it for ffire, and its so light a ffire it
+Serves for Candle too, but it has a strong offensive smell.
+At a place 4 mile off called Sea Cume the Rockes are so
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_7'>7</span>Craggy and y<sup>e</sup> Creekes of land so many y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> sea is very
+turbulent—I pick’d shells and it being a spring tide I saw
+y<sup>e</sup> sea beat upon y<sup>e</sup> Rockes at least 20 yards with Such a
+ffoame or ffroth—and at another place the rockes had so
+large a Cavity and Hollow y<sup>t</sup> when y<sup>e</sup> Sea flowed in, it
+runne almost round and Sounded like some hall or high
+arch. In this Island are severall pretty good houses though
+not very large. Att Kingston, S<sup>r</sup> William Muese has a
+pretty house, and att Income M<sup>r</sup> Coliffords—Doonshay,
+M<sup>r</sup> Dollings and 7 mile off Quare. Att Finnum, lady
+Larences, there is a pretty large house but very old timber
+built: there I eate y<sup>e</sup> best Lobsters and Crabs, being boyled
+in y<sup>e</sup> Sea water and scarce Cold—very large and Sweet.
+Most of the houses in y<sup>e</sup> Island are built of stone—this is
+Just by the great Cliffts w<sup>ch</sup> are a vast height from y<sup>e</sup> sea—here
+is plenty of provision of all sorts especially of fish.
+ﬀrom Finnum we ascend a high hill of a great length till
+you are out of y<sup>e</sup> Island which does hardly appeare to be
+now an Isle, the tide having left it on this side that you
+passe only a little Brooke. There is another Castle called
+Brindon, but y<sup>t</sup> lyes low and appears not much—thence we
+came to Piddle 6 or 7 miles off where was a relation—Mr
+Oxenbridg; an old house w<sup>ch</sup> formerly was an abby—thence
+to Dorchester town 5 miles—it stands on y<sup>e</sup> side of
+a Hill the river runnes below it—the town lookes Compact
+and the streetes are very neately pitch’d and of a good
+breadth—The Market-place is spaceious—The Church very
+handsome and full of galleries.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence we went to Burport about 8 miles—The wayes
+are stony and very narrow—the town has a steep hill to
+descend through the whole place—thence to Woolfe 4 miles
+to a relation—Mr Newbery a man of many whymseys—would
+keep no women servants—had all washing, Ironing
+dairy and all performed by men—his house look’s like a
+little village when you Come into y<sup>e</sup> Yard—so many little
+buildings apart from each other—one for a stillitory—another
+for out houses and offices, another long building for
+Silk wormes, and y<sup>e</sup> dwelling house is but mean and spoyl’d
+by his ffancy of makeing a hall up 3 storyes high and so
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_8'>8</span>lofty nothing suiteable to it. He had good gardens and
+orchards much good ffruite, but all in a most rude Confused
+manner. Thence we went to Colway neare Lime in
+Somersetshire about 8 miles to a relations house Mr
+Hendly’s—from thence it is 2 miles to Lime a seaport place
+open to the main ocean, and so high and bleake Sea, that
+to secure the Harbour for shipps they have been at a great
+Charge to build a Mold from the town with stone like a halfe
+Moon, w<sup>ch</sup> they call the Cobb; its raised with a high wall
+and this runns into y<sup>e</sup> Sea a good Compass that y<sup>e</sup> Shipps
+rides safely within it, when the tide is out we may see the
+foundations of some part of it—that is the tyme they looke
+over it to see any breach and repaire it immediately, else y<sup>e</sup>
+tide come with so much violence would soone beate it down—there
+is some part of it low and only is to joyne y<sup>e</sup> rest to
+the land, and at high water is all Cover’d of such a depth of
+water that shipps may pass over it to enter the Cobb or
+halfe moone, which is difficult for fforeigners to attempt,
+being ignorant, though its better than goeing round the other
+way for those that know and do observe the tide—the spring
+tides and any Storme does some tymes beate up and wash
+over the walls of the forte or castle into the Court and so
+runns into the town, though at other tymes when its’ the
+ordinary tide and calme sea it is at least 300 yards from the
+banke on which the high wall is built—In most parts of
+somersetshire it is very fruitfull for Orchards, plenty of
+apples and peares, but they are not Curious in the Planting
+the best sort of fruite which is a great pitty, being so soone
+produced and such quantetyes, they are likewise as Careless
+when they make Cider—they press all sorts of Apples
+together, else they might have as good sider as in any other
+parts, even as good as the Herrifordshire—they make
+great quantetyes of Cider, their presses are very large, so as I
+have seen a Cheese as they call them which yeilded 2 hoddsheads—they
+pound their apples, then lay fresh straw on the
+press, and on that a good lay off Pulp of the apples, then
+turne in the ends of the straw over it all round and lay fresh
+straw, then more apples up to the top. Just by Lime you
+Cross a little brooke into Devonshire which is much like
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_9'>9</span>Somersetshire—fruitfull Country’s for Corn, graseing, much
+for inclosures that makes the wayes very narrow, so as in
+some places a Coach and Waggons Cannot pass—they are
+forced to Carry their Corn and Carriages on horses’ backes
+with frames of wood like pannyers on either side y<sup>e</sup> horse,
+so load it high and tye it w<sup>th</sup> Cords—this they do altogether
+the farther Westward they goe for y<sup>e</sup> wayes grow narrower
+and narrower on to y<sup>e</sup> lands end. They shewed me the
+Lizard point from Lime, it was a good distance—Y<sup>e</sup> land
+grows narrower in a compass round, as it were round the
+sea. From lime the wayes are also difficult by reason of the
+very steep hill up and down, and that so successively as
+little or no plaine even ground, and full of large smooth
+pebbles that make the strange horses slip and uneasye to go—the
+horses of the Country are accustomed to it and travell
+well in the rodes—in y<sup>e</sup> opener wayes they use a sort of
+waine or carriage made narrower than our Southern
+Waggon, but longer and so load them high—from Lime to
+Burport is 12 miles and so to Dorchester; thence to Blandford
+we pass over Woodbery hill eminent for a great Faire
+that is kept there of all things: the road passed by Cherbery—the
+foot of the hill on the Slope stands a pretty Seate
+of Mr Earles my relation—the house is new built on y<sup>e</sup> brow
+of y<sup>e</sup> hill whence you have large prospects of 20 mile round—you
+may see Shaftesbury thence 16 mile off—there is a
+good wood behind the house, good gardens wall’d with
+plenty of fruit, good fish and decoy pounds. There is a very
+good Hall at the entrance leads you to a large parlour and
+drawing room on y<sup>e</sup> right hand that opens to the gardens—a
+very good little parlour on the left with servants room,
+and another parlour for smoakeing, all well wanscoated and
+painted and the offices convenient—the Chambers are good
+and lofty and sizeable—good ffurniture in the best 2
+Chambers, in an angle the staires leads up halfe way into
+y<sup>e</sup> middle of the house and so divides in four parts and
+runnes to each angle.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence 6 miles to Blandford, thence 18 to Salsebury and
+8 mile to Newtontony which stands in y<sup>e</sup> midst of y<sup>e</sup> downs
+8 mile from Andover a market town in Hampshire and y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_10'>10</span>roade to London. It lyes 15 mile from Winchester—it is
+three mile from Amesbury and 2 mile more to Stoneage
+that stands on Salsebury plaine—eminent for many battles
+being faught there—this Stoneage is reckon’d one of the
+wonders of England how such prodigeous stone should be
+brought there, as no such Stone is seen in y<sup>e</sup> Country nearer
+than 20 mile. They are placed on the side of a hill in a
+rude jregullar form—two stones stands up and one laid on
+their tops with morteses into each other and thus are
+severall in a round like a wall with spaces between, but
+some are fallen down, so spoyle the order or breach in the
+temple, as some think it was in the heathen tymes; others
+thinke it the Trophy of some victory wone by one
+Ambrosious, and thence the town by it has its name of
+Amesbury. There is severall rows of lesser stones within
+the others set up in the same forme of 2 upright and one
+lies on the top like a gateway. How they were brought
+thither or whether they are a made stone is not resolved—they
+are very hard yet I have seen some of them scraped—the
+weather seemes not to penetrate them. To increase
+the wonder of the story is that none Can Count them twice
+alike—they stand confused and some single stones at a
+distance but I have told them often, and bring their
+number to 91. This Country is most Champion and open,
+pleasant for recreations—its husbandry is mostly Corn and
+sheep, the Downs though short grass y<sup>e</sup> feed is sweet, producing
+the finest wooll and sweet meat though but small.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The little towns or villages lies in the valleys and runs
+along in the bottom and are called Bourns having water
+running in most of them. From Stonidge I went to Evell
+in Somersetshire, thence to Meer a little town about 15
+mile; by the town is a vast high hill called the Castle of
+Meer—its now all grass over and so steepe up that the
+ascent is by footsteps cut in the side of the hill. I was on
+the top where some had been digging and was come to a
+space that was Arched and the walls plaistred and washed
+white and smooth—it was but a little roome, I tooke a
+piece of its walls and plaister. That shews there may be
+Cells or vaults in the hill—from thence to Wincauton 7
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_11'>11</span>miles which is on a steep hill and very stoney—you go
+through the town all the way down as it were a steep
+precipice, all Rocks—thence to Castle Cary 3 or 4 miles—its
+generally a good fruitfull Country, much on jnclosures as
+is most of Summersetshire.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Alford 2 miles where was a minerall water
+which Company resorts to for drinking—formerly it has
+been more frequented than of late—many now send for
+them severall miles and have Beer brewed of them—there
+being no good accomodation for people of fashion, the
+Country people being a Clownish rude people. Y<sup>e</sup> waters
+are mostly from Alom—its a Cleare little well and a quick
+spring—the bottom of the well has a sort of Blewish Clay
+or Marle, its a quick purger, good for all sharpe Humers or
+Obstruction. In three mile of this place is Queen Camell
+famous for a fine ring of bells and for the fine sort of brown
+thread called Nuns thread—as we returned from thence we
+came by Bruton a very neate stone built town—from it we
+ascend a very high steep hill all in a narrow Lane cut out
+of the rocks on which grow trees thick, their Roots runns
+amongst the rocks, and in many places fine Clean springs
+buble out, and run a long out of the rocks, it smells Just like
+the sea. we were full an hour passing that hill though
+with four horses and a Chariot. My sister self and Maid:
+thence to Willding which is a place of much water, so to
+Newtontony in all 30 miles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another Journey to the Bath, from Newtontony to Warminster
+18 miles a good road town and good way; thence to
+Breackly 5 mile a Deep Clay way, we passed over one Common
+of some miles Length on a narrow Causy that a Coach can
+scarce pass, all pitched with slatts and stones—our Coach was
+once wedged in y<sup>e</sup> wheele in the stones that severall men were
+forced to lift us out; its made only for Packhorses which is
+the way of Carriage in those parts. Y<sup>e</sup> Common is so
+Moorish their feete and wheeles would sinke in, so no going
+there—thence to Philip Norton 3 miles a very neate stone
+built village. Thence you pass a good way between 2 stone
+walls to the bath, 5 mile down a very steep hill and stony,
+a mile from the town scarce any passing and there descends
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_12'>12</span>a little Current of water continually from the rocks. The
+wayes to the bath are all difficult, the town lyes Low in a
+bottom and its steep ascents all wayes out of the town.
+The houses are indifferent, the streetes of a good size well
+pitched. There are severall good houses built for Lodgings
+that are new and adorned, and good furniture, the baths in
+my opinion makes the town unpleasant, the aire so low,
+encompassed with high hills and woods. There is 5 baths
+the hot bath the most hot springs—its but small and built
+all round, which makes it y<sup>e</sup> hotter—out of it runns the
+water into a bath called the Le pours.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The third bath is called the Cross bath w<sup>ch</sup> is some thing
+bigger then the former and not so hot; the Cross in the
+middle has seates round it for y<sup>e</sup> Gentlemen to sitt, and
+round the walls are Arches w<sup>th</sup> seates for the Ladyes, all
+stone and the seate is stone and if you thinke the seate is
+too Low they raise it with a Coushon as they call it, another
+Stone, but indeed the water bears you up that y<sup>e</sup> seate
+seemes as easy as a down Coushon. Before the Arch the
+Ladyes use to have a laced toilet hung up on the top of the
+Arch and so to shelter their heads even to the water if they
+please. You Generally sit up to the Neck in water, this
+Cross bath is much the Coolest and is used mostly in y<sup>e</sup>
+heate of summer; there are Gallery’s round y<sup>e</sup> top that y<sup>e</sup>
+Company that does not Bathe that day walkes in and
+lookes over into y<sup>e</sup> bath on their acquaintance and company—there
+are such a number of Guides to each bath of women
+to waite on y<sup>e</sup> ladyes, and of men to waite on the Gentlemen,
+and they keepe their due distance. There is a
+serjeant belonging to y<sup>e</sup> baths that all the bathing tyme
+walkes in galleryes and takes notice order is observed and
+punishes y<sup>e</sup> rude, and most people of fashion sends to him
+when they begin to bathe, then he takes particular Care of
+them and Complements you every morning w<sup>ch</sup> deserves its
+reward at y<sup>e</sup> end of the Season. When you would walk
+about y<sup>e</sup> bath I use to have a woman guide or two to Lead
+me for the water is so strong it will quickly tumble you
+down, and then you have 2 of the men guides goes at
+a distance about y<sup>e</sup> bath to Cleare y<sup>e</sup> way. At y<sup>e</sup> sides of
+the Arches are rings that you may hold by and so walke a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_13'>13</span>little way, but y<sup>e</sup> springs bubbles up so fast and so strong
+and are so hot up against ye bottoms of ones feete,
+Especially in that they Call y<sup>e</sup> Kitching in the bath, which
+is a great Cross with seates in y<sup>e</sup> middle and many hot
+springs riseth there. The Kings bath is very large, as large
+as the rest put together, in it is the hot pumpe that persons
+are pumpt at for Lameness or on their heads for palsyes.
+I saw one pumpt, they put on a broad brim’d hatt w<sup>th</sup> the
+Crown Cut out so as y<sup>e</sup> brims Cast off y<sup>e</sup> water from y<sup>e</sup> face;
+they are pumpt in y<sup>e</sup> bath, one of y<sup>e</sup> men Guides pumps—they
+have two pence I thinke for 100 pumps. The water
+is scallding hot out of the pump, the armes or Legs are more
+easyly pumped. The Ladyes goes into the bath with
+Garments made of a fine yellow canvas, which is stiff and
+made large with great sleeves like a parsons gown; the
+water fills it up so that its borne off that your shape is not
+seen, it does not cling close as other linning, which Lookes
+sadly in the poorer sort that go in their own linning. The
+Gentlemen have drawers and wastcoates of the same sort
+of canvas, this is the best linning, for the bath water will
+Change any other yellow. When you go out of the bath
+you go within a doore that leads to Steps which you ascend
+by degrees that are in the water, then the doore is shut
+which shutts down into the water a good way, so you are in
+a private place where you still ascend severall more steps
+and let your Canvass drop of by degrees into the water,
+which your women guides take off, and the meane tyme
+your maides flings a garment of flannell made like a Nightgown
+w<sup>th</sup> great sleeves over your head, and y<sup>e</sup> guides take
+y<sup>e</sup> taile and so pulls it on you Just as you rise y<sup>e</sup> steps, and
+y<sup>e</sup> other garment drops off so you are wrapped up in y<sup>e</sup>
+flannell and your nightgown on y<sup>e</sup> top, and your slippers
+and so you are set in Chaire which is brought into y<sup>e</sup> roome
+w<sup>ch</sup> are called slips, and there are Chimney’s in them, you
+may have fires. These are in severall parts of the sides of
+y<sup>e</sup> bath for y<sup>e</sup> Conveniency of persons going in and out of y<sup>e</sup>
+bath decently, and at y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> staires stands a woman
+y<sup>t</sup> Layes a woollen Cloth for you to set your bare foot, and
+also to give you attendance. Y<sup>e</sup> Chaires you go in are a
+low seate and w<sup>th</sup> frames round and over y<sup>r</sup> head and all
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_14'>14</span>cover’d inside and out w<sup>th</sup> red bayes and a Curtaine drawn
+before of y<sup>e</sup> same w<sup>ch</sup> makes it Close and warme; then a
+Couple of men w<sup>th</sup> staves takes and Carryes you to your
+lodging and sets you at y<sup>r</sup> bedside where you go to bed and
+lye and sweate some tyme as you please. Y<sup>r</sup> own maides
+and y<sup>e</sup> maides of the house gets your fire and waites on you
+till you rise to get out of your sweate. All the baths has
+the same attendance, the queens bath is bigger then y<sup>e</sup>
+other three but not and neare so big as y<sup>e</sup> Kings, which do
+run into each other and is only parted by a wall and at one
+place a great arch where they run into each other. Y<sup>e</sup>
+queens bath is a degree hotter than y<sup>e</sup> Cross bath and y<sup>e</sup>
+Kings bath much hotter, these have all gallery’s round and
+the pump is in one of these galleryes at y<sup>e</sup> Kings bath
+which y<sup>e</sup> Company drinks of, its very hot and tastes like y<sup>e</sup>
+water y<sup>t</sup> boyles Eggs, has such a smell, but y<sup>e</sup> nearer y<sup>e</sup>
+pumpe you drinke it, y<sup>e</sup> hotter and less offencive and more
+spiriteous. The baths are all Emptyed as soone as the
+Company goes out, which is about 10 or 11 of y<sup>e</sup> Clock in
+the morning; then by sluces they empty at once y<sup>e</sup> bath so
+it fills againe. I have seen all y<sup>e</sup> springs bubble up as
+thicke out of y<sup>e</sup> ground when the baths have been empty.
+Y<sup>e</sup> bottom is gravell. So they will be full for y<sup>e</sup> evening if
+Company would go in againe, if so they empty them againe
+at Night and they are filled against y<sup>e</sup> morning and there
+will be such a white scum on the bath w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup> guides goes
+and scimms off Cleane before any Company goes in; if they
+go in while this scum is on it gives them the bath mantle as
+they call it, makes them breake out into heate and pimples;
+y<sup>e</sup> like will be on them if they go into y<sup>e</sup> bath before they
+have purged, especially in y<sup>e</sup> hotter bath. Y<sup>e</sup> places for
+divertion about y<sup>e</sup> bath is either y<sup>e</sup> walkes in that they call
+y<sup>e</sup> Kings Mead which is a pleasant green meaddow, where
+are walkes round and Cross it, no place for Coaches, and
+indeed there is little use of a Coach only to bring and
+Carry y<sup>e</sup> Company from y<sup>e</sup> bath for y<sup>e</sup> wayes are not proper
+for Coaches.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Y<sup>e</sup> town and all its accomodations is adapted to y<sup>e</sup>
+batheing and drinking of the waters and to nothing else,
+the streetes are well pitched and Cleane kept and there are
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_15'>15</span>Chaires as in London to Carry y<sup>e</sup> better sort of people in
+visits, or if sick or infirme and is only in the town, for its so
+Encompassed with high hills few care to take the aire on
+them. There is also pleasant walkes in y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall in the
+Cloysters and y<sup>t</sup> leades to y<sup>e</sup> discription of the Coronation
+in this place at y<sup>e</sup> bath y<sup>e</sup> 23<sup>d</sup> April w<sup>ch</sup> I recieved y<sup>e</sup> relation
+off from a spectatrix it being y<sup>e</sup> day queen ann was
+Crowned, and is never performed unless when a queen is
+the Chiefe as Queen Elizabeth &amp;c., her Sister our late
+Majesty’s King William and Queen Mary because the
+queen was Joyn’d in the throne as principle, they representing
+y<sup>e</sup> Amazons consisting of the young Maids. The
+Companyes of the town being assembled at M<sup>r</sup> Mayors
+house begin to proceed with their officers masters and
+wardens and each Company with their flag—After marched
+in a troupe y<sup>e</sup> Maides of the suburbs each with their proper
+officers of themselves, as Capt<sup>n</sup> Ensigne and lieutenant w<sup>th</sup>
+plummes of feathers. Just before y<sup>e</sup> capt<sup>n</sup> went her guard
+which was 6 young men drest in their holland shirts, with
+garters, and Ribons in their hatts, and their swords drawn
+in their hands, then the capt<sup>n</sup> in her short wastecoate with
+gold lace, and their peticoates silke y<sup>t</sup> were with furbellows
+ode above anoth<sup>er</sup> with Ribons, w<sup>th</sup> a trunchant in their
+hand w<sup>th</sup> an inscription, God save queen Ann. Just behinde
+their Captaines went two Maides with two scepters gilt,
+next them two more y<sup>t</sup> bore the crown between them w<sup>ch</sup>
+was gilt, also their Ensigne. Their flag w<sup>ch</sup> holds the same
+inscription God save queen Ann was guarded by two young
+Men drest as y<sup>e</sup> others in their holland shirts: then the
+troupe followed in order in same dress as their officers with
+Crowns on their heads of Guilded Lauwrell, in Number
+about 100; next came y<sup>e</sup> Citty Maides w<sup>th</sup> their Majoress
+Generall with their plummes of feather with a wreath of
+Gilded Lawrell like a Crown, and on y<sup>e</sup> top w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of
+pretious stones y<sup>e</sup> Jewellers shops Could supply them w<sup>th</sup>
+and were guarded w<sup>th</sup> young men as y<sup>e</sup> others; behind y<sup>e</sup>
+Majoress followed six all in white with a green Cross
+swathe with this inscription in white God save queen Ann
+each with their Trunchant in their hands as y<sup>e</sup> former, and
+two carrying 2 scepters gilt, and after them two more y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_16'>16</span>Crown between them, w<sup>ch</sup> was very rich in pearles; then
+two more carryed y<sup>e</sup> queens Armes between them, their
+dress was just as y<sup>e</sup> first were only much richer and finer
+and all of them gather’d up y<sup>e</sup> upper peticoate in little
+scallops just to shew their under peticoates w<sup>ch</sup> were white.
+Y<sup>e</sup> troupe of y<sup>e</sup> amazans in order w<sup>th</sup> their bows and arrows
+w<sup>th</sup> Crowns of Gilded Lawrel, their officers had plumes of
+feathers and their Serjeants with their halberts, their
+number was also about 100.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Next after followed all y<sup>e</sup> young men of y<sup>e</sup> town form’d
+into a Company of Granadeers w<sup>th</sup> their proper officers w<sup>ch</sup>
+had laced hatts and plumes of feathers; each soldier had a
+red cap w<sup>th</sup> Cyphers and a Crown gilt w<sup>th</sup> gold and furbelowed
+with blew round their head; their hair was tyed back with
+scarlet ribon, they had scarlet garters and scarlet slings for
+their gunns; drest all in their holland shirts and white
+stockings and had a hanger by their sides. their number
+was about 30. Next followed four couple of Maurice
+dancers with their pranceing horses, in holland shirts with
+laced hatt riboned, and Cross swashes and garters w<sup>th</sup> bells,
+w<sup>th</sup> their two antiques drest in their formalityes, w<sup>th</sup> hankershiefs
+in their hands danceing all y<sup>e</sup> way.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Next walked y<sup>e</sup> Clergy, then next followed M<sup>r</sup> Major
+with two pages attending him, followed by the Corporation
+aldermen all in their scarlet gowns, and the common Councill
+in their gowns. Next followed in y<sup>e</sup> reare all y<sup>e</sup> marryed
+men formed into a Company of Artilery, their hatts Laced,
+with plumes of feathers all in their own Cloths:</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ye Soldiers y<sup>e</sup> Same w<sup>th</sup> Swords and gunns w<sup>th</sup> two
+Blunderbusses; every Company both of men and women
+was attended by drums and all sort of musick both wind and
+stringed instruments.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thus they repaired to y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall, Y<sup>e</sup> granadeers
+salutes them Just as they enter the Abby with a volly of
+shott, and there they have a sermon and as they come out
+of the Cathedrall y<sup>e</sup> Company of artillery salutes them
+againe with another volly, so in the same order they
+return to their Guild Hall where is a sumptuous feast w<sup>th</sup>
+Musick and danceing w<sup>ch</sup> Ends y<sup>e</sup> solemnity w<sup>th</sup> bonfires as
+is usual.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_17'>17</span> I now proceed to describe the rest of the town. there
+are green walkes very pleasant and in many places, and
+out of the Cathedrall you walk into y<sup>e</sup> priory which has
+good walkes of rows of trees, which is pleasant—there are
+y<sup>e</sup> deans prebends and doctors houses which stand in y<sup>t</sup>
+green which is pleasant, by y<sup>e</sup> Church called the Abby, w<sup>ch</sup>
+is lofty and spacious and much Company walke there
+especially in wet weather. Y<sup>e</sup> Quire is neat but nothing
+extraordinary—in that Kings mead there are severall little
+Cake-houses where you have fruit lulibubs and sumes
+Liquours to entertaine y<sup>e</sup> Company that walke there.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The markets are very good here of all sorts of provision
+flesh and ffish especially when the season for y<sup>e</sup> Company
+batheing and drinking lasts, great plenty and pretty reasonable.
+The Chargeableness of the bath is y<sup>e</sup> Lodgings and
+fireing, the ffaggotts being very small, but they give you
+very good attendance there.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another Journey I went with my mother into Oxfordshire,
+by Barkshire to Hungerford 16 mile, which is famous
+for Crawfish there being a good river and great quantityes
+of y<sup>t</sup> fish and large.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>This is in Barkshire, thence to Lamborn w<sup>ch</sup> is a woody
+Country 7 miles, thence to ffarington 7 mile a pretty large
+place but lyes very watry, and so by Radcote 5 miles, w<sup>ch</sup> is
+much y<sup>e</sup> same deep Countryes much on Clay; by ffarington
+is a fine house of S<sup>r</sup> George Pratt’s Called Coalsell.
+All y<sup>e</sup> avenues to y<sup>e</sup> house are fine walkes of rows of trees,
+y<sup>e</sup> garden lyes in a great descent below y<sup>e</sup> house of many
+steps and terresses and walkes one below another, a green
+walke with all sorts of Dwarfe trees, fruit trees with standing
+apricot and flower trees, abundance of garden roome
+and filled with all sorts of things improved for pleasure and
+use. The house is new built with stone, most of y<sup>e</sup> offices
+are partly under ground—Kitchin, Pantry, buttlery and good
+Cellers and round a Court is all y<sup>e</sup> other offices and out
+houses; this is all even with y<sup>e</sup> back yards. The Entrance
+of y<sup>e</sup> house is an ascent of severall steps into a hall so lofty
+the rooff is three storyes, reaches to y<sup>e</sup> floore of y<sup>e</sup> gallery—all
+the walls are Cutt in hollows where statues and Heads
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_18'>18</span>Carved ffinely are sett, Directly fore-right Enters a large
+Dineing roome or great parlour, which has a door thourough
+into the garden y<sup>t</sup> gives a visto through y<sup>e</sup> house: within y<sup>t</sup>
+is a drawing room, on y<sup>e</sup> other side another roome of the
+same size, and backward is a little parlour all with good
+ffurniture, tapistry, Damaske, &amp;c. There runs up a p<sup>r</sup> of
+back Staires at each end of the house quite to y<sup>e</sup> top to the
+gallery which does make convenient all y<sup>e</sup> Chambers. The
+great Staires goes out of the hall on each side, spacious and
+handsom staires runs up and meetes on the landing place,
+w<sup>ch</sup> is a passage that runs on both sides to each end of the
+house, but is made private by two doores on each side: on
+the top of the staires you enter in y<sup>e</sup> midle into a dineing
+roome, within that a Chamber on each side with two
+Closets to each bigg Enough for a little bed, with Chimney’s
+convenient for a servant and for dressing roomes, one of
+which has a doore also out into that passage and soe to the
+back staires; this is y<sup>e</sup> same on y<sup>e</sup> other end, and also two
+roomes on y<sup>e</sup> other side, each end of y<sup>e</sup> hall which continues
+to run up even with the second story, which are all good
+Chambers, and one more here because the great staires goe
+but to y<sup>e</sup> first story: they are all well and Genteel’ly
+furnisht, damaskes Chamlet and wrought beds ffashionably
+made up. Over this runs a gallery all through the house,
+and on each side severall garret roomes for servants
+ffurnished very neate and Genteele, in y<sup>e</sup> middle are staires
+y<sup>t</sup> Lead up to the Cupilow or large Lanthorn in the middle
+of the leads. Y<sup>e</sup> house being Leaded all over and the stone
+Chimney’s in severall rows Comes up in them on each side
+y<sup>e</sup> Cupilow, it shewes exact and very uniform, as is y<sup>e</sup> whole
+Building. This gives you a great prospect of gardens,
+grounds and woods that appertaine to y<sup>e</sup> Seate, as well as a
+sight of the Country at a distance. There was few pictures
+in the house only over doores and Chimney’s; the hall was
+paved with black and whyte marble and had seates round
+the roome cut in arches on the walls. From thence Oxfordshire
+we enter over the Vale of the White horse w<sup>ch</sup> takes
+its name from a Ridge of high hills on which is Cutt out the
+shape off a horse in perfect proportions in broad wayes,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_19'>19</span>and is seen a great distance very plaine, the hills being on
+Chalke look’s white and the great valley in the bottom is
+term’d the Manger; it extends a vast way, a rich jnclosed
+Country, and we pass through some part of Glocestershire
+at Norton where is another seat of my Brother Say’s—thence
+to Broughton by Banbery which is 25 mile.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Broughton is an ancient Seate of y<sup>e</sup> Lord viscount Say
+and Seale; its an old house moted round, and a parke and
+Gardens, but are much left to decay and ruine when my
+brother Came to it. He has two other houses in two or
+three Miles, Shettford a little neate house and gardens, and
+Newton, but that is mostly pulled down. From Broughton
+I went to see Edgehill where was the ffamous Battle ffought
+in Cromwell’s tyme—its 10 mile off, the Ridge of hills
+runns a great length and so high that the land beneath it
+appeares vastly distant, its a rich ground full of inclosures
+and lookes finely, tho’ fformidable to look down on it and
+turnes one’s head round—the wind allwayes blows w<sup>th</sup> great
+violence there because of the Steepeness of y<sup>e</sup> hills. The
+top is a flatt full of Barrows and hills that are markes of a
+Camp and battles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>About 2 mile from Broughton is a great old house much
+like Broughton; its S<sup>r</sup> Robert Dashwoods—most of the
+great houses there about are old built. About three mile
+off at Adderbery w<sup>ch</sup> is a pretty neate vilage, there are two
+or three good houses one of S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Cobbs and Lady
+Rochesters looks neate and well with good gardens.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is about 2 mile off the Lord Guilffords house
+Roxton which is a good house within a parke. You enter a
+large hall, on the left hand leads to a little parlour down to
+y<sup>e</sup> Kitchins, the halfe pace att the upper end of the hall leads
+into dineing roome, drawing roome, and a large staire-case
+with good pictures; there you enter another large dineing
+roome with great Compass windows and fine Pictures of the
+family. Within is a drawing roome and Chambers and
+Closets well proportioned, little or no ffurniture was up,
+only in y<sup>e</sup> worst roomes; in one Closet att each doore was
+Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth’s pictures to the ffoote in
+bibb and apron very pretty: in one roome was the Lord
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_20'>20</span>North and Ladyes picture, which was Lord Chiefe Justice
+and their sonnes picture in the middle, all at length,—many
+good Pictures in most roomes. There was a part new built
+all the new ffashion way which was designed for the present
+Lord Gilford and Lady. The Gardens are very good, the
+outhouses and Stables handsome.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Banbury is a pretty little town, the streets broad and well
+pitched, the whole Country is very pleasant and the land
+rich—a red earth. They make some of their fences with
+stones—dry walls without Morter. It seemes much on a
+flatt and you have a large prospect, from thence to London
+we go by Alesbury 20 mile, thence to London 30 mile.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>A journey my mother went from Newtontony to Durly
+in the fforest 15 miles, thence to Nurstead 15 mile to a
+Relations house, (Aunt Holts,) a neate new built house with
+brick and stone—a hall, little parlour on y<sup>e</sup> left side, a back
+door into a Court built round with all the offices out to y<sup>e</sup>
+stables and barnes: on the right side a great parlour and
+drawing roome y<sup>t</sup> opened into the garden w<sup>ch</sup> were fine gravel
+walks, grass plotts and beyond it a garden of flower trees and
+all sorts of Herbage, store of fruit, and freestone broad walke
+in y<sup>e</sup> Middle to y<sup>e</sup> house. Y<sup>e</sup> Chambers are very good and
+Convenient and in y<sup>e</sup> ffront is a place walled in, beyond is a
+long ground sett with rows of trees; on y<sup>e</sup> right side of y<sup>e</sup>
+house is a large grove of firrs halfe scotts halfe norroway
+which lookes very nobly. The roades all about this Country
+are very stony, narrow and steep hills or else very dirty as in
+most of Sussex, but good rich land; it is in 2 mile of petersffield
+in Hampshire w<sup>ch</sup> is a good little neate town. In a
+mile of it is a Gentlemans house Called Maple Duram which
+Might now be new named into yew, ffor the great number of
+yew trees set thick in severall green walkes that grows high
+and is cutt close to the body up almost to the top, and y<sup>e</sup>
+tops are left in a great head that spreads and makes it very
+shady and pleasant. From thence we went to Guilford w<sup>ch</sup>
+is a good town built with stone. The streetes are broad—thence
+to Kingston on the Thames 30 mile thence to London
+10 mile, from London againe to Colebrooke 15 miles, thence
+to Maidenhead 10. You go in sight of Winsor Castle on
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_21'>21</span>the left hand and Eaton Colledge as you pass the bridge at
+Maidenhead, and on y<sup>e</sup> right hand you see Cliffton house a
+fine Building of y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Buckingams. Thence to Redding
+5 miles w<sup>ch</sup> is a pretty large place, severall Churches, in
+one lyes buried one of my sisters that Dyed at my Grandmothers
+there of the small pox, her monument of white
+marble stands up in the Chancell. From Redding to the
+Veale 5 miles, Sad Clay Deep way this is in Barkshire,
+thence to Newbery 8 mile all Clay Mirey ground.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Newbery is a little town famous for makeing the best
+whipps—its a good market for Corn and trade. Thence to
+Newtontony over Way hill famous for a Faire kept there on
+Michelmas day.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>My journey to London after my Mothers death was by
+Sutton 14 mile thence to Baseing stoke 12 mile, a large
+town for to Entertaine travellers and commodious, 2 mile
+beyond we pass by Basen on the left side, a house of the
+Duke of Boltons w<sup>th</sup> a large parke and gardens. Y<sup>e</sup> house
+is not fine being much demolished and spoyled after the
+Civil warres, it being a garrison held by y<sup>e</sup> King. On the
+right hand at a mile distance you come in sight also of a
+great building like a little town—the house of S<sup>r</sup> Robert
+Hendlys; so to Hartffordbridge is 8 mile more thats only a
+place full of jnns for the conveniency of the road. Thence
+over a heath you go to Bagshott that is 8 mile all on a
+heavy sand where you come by a parke of y<sup>e</sup> kings, and in
+it is a pretty house—thence to Eggum 8 mile very heavy
+sand, so to Staines where you cross the Thames on a bridge
+to Midlsex and so to Houndslow 4 mile, to Brandford 4
+mile, to Turnumgreen 2, thence to Hammersmith 2 to
+Kensington 2 and London 2 miles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another journey ffrom London to Alsebury 30 mile, from
+thence to great Horrwood in Buckinghamshire 10 miles,
+from thence I went to Hillsdon a house of Mr Dentons 7
+miles which stands on a Riseing in the middle of a fine
+Parke and lookes very well; its not large, a good hall w<sup>th</sup> 2
+parlours and has a glide through the house into the gardens
+w<sup>ch</sup> are neately kept—the grass and Gravel walkes w<sup>th</sup> dwarfs
+and flower beds and much fruit; the prospect is fine all over
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_22'>22</span>the gardens and parke, and the river and woods beyond
+them. We went to Thorndon S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Tyrrells, a good
+old house and very good gardens, some walkes like Arbours
+Close, others shady others open, some gravel, others grass
+with Cyprus’ trees, a fine river runnes all the back side of
+the garden, where is very good ffish. The house is low but
+runnes much on the ground, so there are many roomes w<sup>ch</sup>
+are lofty but its not built in many storyes. Thence we
+went 4 mile to Stow S<sup>r</sup> Rich<sup>d</sup> Temples new house that stands
+pretty high. You enter into a hall very lofty with a gallery
+round the top, thence through to a great parlour that opens
+in a Bellcony to the garden, and is a visto thro’ the whole
+house, so that on the one side you view the gardens w<sup>ch</sup> are
+one below another w<sup>th</sup> low breast walls and Taress walkes,
+and is replenished with all y<sup>e</sup> Curiosityes or Requisites for
+ornament, pleasure and use, beyond it are orchards and
+woods with rows of trees; on the other side you see y<sup>e</sup>
+parke rowes of trees; the roomes are all lofty and good, the
+hall is not large but sutable to its height—a great many
+Chambers and roomes of state. Some the ground floores are
+inlaid, ffine Pictures and good staircase and gallery w<sup>ch</sup> leads
+to the Ledds through a large Cupelow w<sup>ch</sup> gives y<sup>e</sup> prospect
+of the whole Country. We went to horrwood 7 mile, by
+severall other seates of S<sup>r</sup> Ralph Verny’s who has most
+exact ffine gardens: within two mile off Horrwood is a well
+of minerall waters from Iron just like Tunbridg and as good.
+I dranke them a fortnight—there are severall of the same
+sort of springs all about that Country. Thence I went to
+Buckinghamtown 7 mile, a very neate place and we passed
+the river Ouise over a very high bridge tho’ the river seemed
+not then so very full, but it swells after great raines which
+makes them build their arches so large. Thence to Banbury
+in Oxfordshire 13 miles, thence to morton Hindmost in
+Glocestershire 14 miles, thence to Hales 8 miles over steep
+stony hills, a house of Lord Tracy’s where my brother Say
+lived—a good old house, and there is a pretty Chappel with
+a Gallery ffor people of quality to sitt in w<sup>ch</sup> goes out of the
+hall that is a lofty large roome: good parlour and severall
+good lodging roomes. You ascend into the house by
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_23'>23</span>Severall stone stepps. Within 2 mile of this is a better
+house of y<sup>e</sup> Lord Tracy with a very good parke which
+stands so high that by the Lodge I rode up y<sup>e</sup> banks I
+could see all the parke about and y<sup>e</sup> deer feeding and
+running.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a little river and large ponds—it gives you a
+good sight of the Country about, w<sup>ch</sup> is pretty much inclosed
+and woods a rich deep Country and so the roads bad.
+There are severall high hills that I was on that gave a large
+prospect to y<sup>e</sup> eye. I saw some of this land improved in
+the produce of woods w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup> dyers use—its ordered in this
+manner, all the Summer season if drie for 4 or 5 months
+they sow it or plant it, but I thinke its sown—then its very
+Clean wedd when grown up a little out of y<sup>e</sup> ground, for it
+rises no higher then Lettice and Much in such tuffts; y<sup>e</sup>
+Coullour off y<sup>e</sup> Leafe is much like Scabins and the shape
+Resembling that: this they Cutt of Close to y<sup>e</sup> ground and
+soe out of y<sup>e</sup> same roofe Springs the Leafe againe, this they
+do 4 tymes, then in a Mill w<sup>th</sup> a horse they Grind the
+Leaves into a paste, so make it up in balls and drye them
+in a Penthouse to secure it from raine—only the wind dryes
+it. This plantation of about 12 acres would Employ 2 or 3
+ffamilyes Men, Women and Children, and so they Generally
+Come and Make little hutts for themselves for y<sup>e</sup> Season to
+tend it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here I saw flax In the growth. The smell of the Woode
+is so strong and offencive you can scarce beare it at y<sup>e</sup> Mill:
+I could not fforse my horse neare it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>ffrom thence I returned. Backe by a place where is a
+stone stands to Divide ffour shires—Worcester, Oxford
+Glocester and Warwickshire—so I ascended there a high
+hill and travaill’d all on y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> hills a pleasant and a
+good Roade. I came to Rowle Stone where are many
+such greate stones as is at Stonidge, one stands uppright,
+a broad Stone Called the King’s Stone, being the place
+a Saxon King was secured against his enemies; thence
+to Broughton in all 26 miles. Thence I went to Astrop
+where is a Steele water Much ffrequented by y<sup>e</sup> Gentry, it
+has some Mixture of Allum so is not so strong as Tunbridge.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_24'>24</span>There is a ffine Gravell Walke that is between 2
+high Cutt hedges where is a Roome for the Musick and a
+Roome for y<sup>e</sup> Company besides y<sup>e</sup> Private walkes. The
+well runnes very quick, they are not Curious in keepeing it,
+neither is there any bason for the spring to run out off only
+a dirty well full of Moss’s which is all Changed yellow by
+the water. There are Lodgings about for y<sup>e</sup> Company and
+a little place Called Sutton. this is four mile, thence to
+Oxfford 14 mile all in a very good Road and an exceeding
+pleasant Country. You pass by many ffine seates, Park’s,
+woods, the Land in Most part of this County is Rich Red
+Mould and deepe so as they are forced to Plough their
+Ground 2 or 3 tymes for wheate and Cannot use Wheeles
+to their Ploughs, its rich Land and produces plenty of all
+things.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Oxford opens to view 2 mile off, its Scituation is ffine on
+a Round hill Environ’d Round with hills adorn’d with
+Woods and Enclosures, yet not so neare as to annoy y<sup>e</sup>
+town which stands pleasant and Compact. There is a ffine
+Causy for neare two mile by the Road for the Schollars to
+walke on, y<sup>e</sup> Theater stands the highest of all and much in
+y<sup>e</sup> middle Encompass’d with y<sup>e</sup> Severall Colledges and
+Churches and other Buildings whose towers and Spires
+appeares very Well at a Distance; the Streetes are very
+Cleane and well Pitched and pretty broad. The high
+Streete is a very Noble one, soe Larg and of a Greate
+Length. In this is y<sup>e</sup> University Church Called S<sup>t</sup> Maryes,
+which is very large and Lofty but Nothing very Curious in
+it. The Theater is a Noble Pile of building, its Paved with
+Black and White Marble, exceeding Large and Lofty, built
+Round and Supported by its own architecture all stone, noe
+pillars to support it; itt has windows all round and full of
+Gallery’s ffor the Spectators as well as Disputants when y<sup>e</sup>
+acts are at Oxford. Over the Rooff of this Large Roome
+are as Large roomes with Severall Divissions which are Used
+for the Drying the Printed Sheetes of bookes, and this has
+Light in Ovalls which is quite Round the Theater and in
+the Middle is a large Cupelow or Lanthorne Whence your
+Eye has a very ffine view of y<sup>e</sup> whole town and Country;
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_25'>25</span>this is all Supported on its own work. Under the theater
+is a roome w<sup>ch</sup> is ffitted for printing, where I printed My
+name Severall tymes. The outside of y<sup>e</sup> theater there is a
+pavement and spikes of Iron in a Raile round with pillars
+of stone to secure it from the street. Just by it is a little
+building w<sup>ch</sup> is full of Antiquityes w<sup>ch</sup> have many Curiositys
+in it of Mettles, Stones, Ambers, Gumms.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is the picture of a Gentleman y<sup>t</sup> was a Great
+benefactor to it being a travailer; the fframe of his picture
+is all wood carved very finely with all sorts of figures,
+Leaves, birds, beast and flowers. He gave them 2 ffine
+gold Meddals or Silve gilt w<sup>th</sup> two ffine great Chaines of
+the same, one was all curious hollow worke w<sup>ch</sup> were given
+him by some prince beyond the Sea. There is a Cane
+which looks like a Solid heavy thing but if you take it in
+yo<sup>r</sup> hands its as light as a feather, there is a Dwarfe shoe
+and boote, there are several Loadstones, and it is pretty to
+See how y<sup>e</sup> steele Clings or follows it, hold it on the top att
+some distance the needles stand quite upright, hold it on
+either side it moves towards it as it rises and falls.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are several good Colledges I saw most of y<sup>m</sup>.
+Waddom hall is but little; in Trinity Colledge is a fine
+neate Chapple, new made, finely painted. Christ Church is
+y<sup>e</sup> largest Colledge. The Courts large, y<sup>e</sup> buildings large
+and lofty; in one of the Courts is a tower new built for to
+hang the Mighty Tom, that bell is of a Large size, so great
+a Weight they were forced to have engines from London to
+raise it up to the tower. There is a fine ring of bells in y<sup>e</sup>
+Colledge S<sup>t</sup> Magdalines, its just by the river, there is to
+Maudline Hall (which is a very large and good Cloyster) a
+very fine gravell walk, two or 3 may walke abreast, and
+Rows of trees on either side, and this is round a water w<sup>ch</sup>
+Makes it very pleasant.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>S<sup>t</sup> Johns Colledge had fine gardens and walkes but I did
+but just look into it, so I did into kings, and queens
+Colledges, and severall of the rest I looked into, they are
+much alike in building but none so large as Christ Church
+Colledge. I was in New Colledge w<sup>ch</sup> is very neate, but not
+large, the buildings good, Y<sup>e</sup> Chapple very fine; Ye Garden
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_26'>26</span>was new makeing, there is a large bason of water In the
+Middle there is little walkes and mazes and round mounts
+for the schollars to divert themselves.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In Corpus Christus Colledge w<sup>ch</sup> is but small there I was
+entertained at supper and eate of their very good bread and
+beare which is remarkably the best anywhere Oxford
+Bread is.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Physick garden afforded great diversion and pleasure,
+the variety of flowers and plants would have entertained
+one a week. The few remarkable things I tooke notice off
+was y<sup>e</sup> Aloes plant w<sup>ch</sup> is like a great flag in shape, leaves
+and Coullour, and grows in the fform of an open Hartichoake
+and towards the bottom of each Leafe its very broad and
+thicke, In w<sup>ch</sup> there are hollows or receptacles for y<sup>e</sup> Aloes.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is also y<sup>e</sup> sensible plant, take but a Leafe between
+finger and thumb and squeeze it and it immediately Curles
+up together as if pained and after some tyme opens abroad
+again, it looks in Coullour like a filbert Leafe but much
+narrower and long. There is also the humble plant that
+grows on a long slender Stalke and do but strike it, it falls
+flatt on y<sup>e</sup> ground stalke and all, and after some tyme
+revives againe and Stands up, but these are nice plants and
+are kept mostly under Glass’s, y<sup>e</sup> aire being too rough for
+them. There is y<sup>e</sup> wormwood sage Called Mountaigne sage,
+its to all appearance like Comon sage only of yellower green,
+a narrow long Leafe full of ribbs; In yo<sup>r</sup> Mouth the flavour
+is strong of Wormwood to the taste. The library is as large
+as 2 or 3 roomes but old and a little disreguarded except
+one part w<sup>ch</sup> is parted from the rest, wansecoated and fitted
+up neate and painted which was done by King james y<sup>e</sup>
+Second w<sup>n</sup> he designed Maudling Colledg for his priests A
+Seminary. Here I met w<sup>th</sup> some of my relations who
+accompanyed me about to see some of the Colledges I had
+not seen before, S<sup>t</sup> John’s Colledge which is large and has a
+ffine Garden at one Entrance of it with Large Iron-gates
+Carved and Gilt; its built round two Courts: the Library is
+two walks, one out of the other the inner one has severall
+Anatomy’s in Cases and some other Curiosity of Shells, stone,
+bristol Diamonds, skins of ffish and beasts. Here they have
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_27'>27</span>the Great Curiosity Much spoken off King Charles the ffirsts
+Picture; Y<sup>e</sup> whole Lines of fface band and garment to the
+Shoulders and armes and garter is all written hand and
+Containes the whole Comon prayer, itts very small the
+Character, but where a straight Line is you May read a word
+or two; there is another of Gustaus Adolphus whose
+portraiture is represented to the Eye in writeing alsoe and
+Contains his whole Life and prowess; there is alsoe the
+Lord’s prayer and ten Commandments in the Compass of a
+Crown piece; there are also Severall books all of writing on
+vellum Leaves, and one book written in y<sup>e</sup> Chinease Caractor
+on the jndian barks off trees; there is alsoe a Book of the
+Genealogies of the Kings since the Conquest to King
+Charles the Second, with the Severall Coates all Gilded
+very fresh till the two or three Last w<sup>ch</sup> is pretended to be
+difficient from the art being Lost of Laying Gold so ffine on
+anything to polish it, but thats a great Mistake for that art
+is still in use in England, but the Excuse served the Negligence
+or jgnorance of the workman; there was alsoe One
+book w<sup>th</sup> severall Cutts in it off y<sup>e</sup> Conception of Christ till
+his Ascention. There was alsoe a ffine prayer book or Mass
+book of Q. Marias, this was in the new part of the Library
+which was neately wanscoated and adorned. There is a
+ffine grove of trees and walks all walled round.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Queens Colledge Library is all new and a stately building
+Emulating that of Christ Church in Cambridge, it is not
+so large and stands on one range of Pillars of stone, the
+other ffront being all with Statues in Stone, in Nitches and
+Carved adornements and on the tops ffigures and statues.
+The Staircase is pretty broad but not so ffinely wanscoated
+or Carved as that at Cambridge, the roomes is Lofty, but not
+so large, Well Wanscoated and there is good Carvings; its
+Mostly full of Books in the severall divisions and great
+Globes, its boarded Under foot, there is no ballcoany because
+the prospect is but to a dead wall, its very handsom.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Trinity Colledge Chapple which was not ffinish’d the
+Last tyme I was at Oxford but now it is a Beautifull
+Magnifficent Structure. Its Lofty and Curiously painted—the
+Rooffe and Sides y<sup>e</sup> history of Christ’s ascention a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_28'>28</span>very ffine Carving of thin white wood just Like that at
+Windsor it being the same hand. The whole Chappel is
+Wanscoated with Walnut tree and the fine sweet wood y<sup>e</sup>
+same y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Lord Oxfford brought over when high admiral
+of England, and has wanscoated his hall and staircase with.
+It is sweet like Cedar and of a Reddish Coull<sup>r</sup>, but y<sup>e</sup>
+graine much ffiner and well vein’d.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>New Colledge which belongs to the ffiennes’s, William
+of Wickam the founder, so I look’d on myself as some way
+a little Interested in that, here I was very handsomly
+Entertained by M<sup>r</sup> Cross w<sup>ch</sup> was one of my nephew Say
+and Seale’s Tutors when at Oxfford. These ffellowshipp
+in New Colledge are about 100 say and a very pretty
+appartinent of Dineing Roome, bed Chamber, a studdy and
+a room for a Servant, tho’ y<sup>e</sup> Serviteurs of the Colledge
+gives attendance; and here they may Live very Neatly and
+well if Sober and have all their Curiosityes they take much
+delight in, greens of all sorts, Myrtle, oringe and Lemons and
+Lorrestine growing in potts of Earth and so moved about
+from place to place and into the aire sometymes. There
+are severall New Lodgings added and beautifyed here, the
+Gardens also w<sup>th</sup> gravell and Grass walkes, some shady and
+a great mount in the Middle w<sup>ch</sup> is ascended by Degrees
+in a round of Green paths deffended by greens cutt Low, and
+on y<sup>e</sup> top is a summer house. Beyond these Gardens is a
+bowling-green and round it a Close shady walke, walled
+round and a Cutt hedge to the bowling-green.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are in Oxford 18 Colledges and Six halls viz. New
+Colledge, Christ Church, Martin Colledge, Corpus Christy
+Colledge, Magdalen Colledge, University Coll, Pembroke
+Colledge, Linghorn Colledge, which is overlook’t by the
+Devil, Brasen-nose Colledge, Wadham Colledge, Queens
+Colledge, Belial Colledge, Orrel Colledge, Trinity Colledge,
+Exetter Colledge, All-souls Colledge, Jesus Colledge, S<sup>t</sup> Johns
+Colledge,—halls 7 viz Alben hall, Maudlin hall, Newin hall,
+Hart Hall, Glocester hall, S<sup>t</sup> Mary hall, and Edmond hall.
+There is a very odd Custom In Queen Coll. for every new-years-day,
+there is a Certain Sum Laid out In Needles and
+thread w<sup>ch</sup> was Left by y<sup>e</sup> founder and every Gentleman of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_29'>29</span>that Colledge has one given him w<sup>th</sup> these words: Take this
+and be thrifty.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In New Colledge Garden in y<sup>e</sup> plott there is y<sup>e</sup> Colledg
+Armes Cutt in box and y<sup>e</sup> 24 Letters round it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Next plott a sun-dial cutt in box and true-Lovers knotts;
+att y<sup>e</sup> entrance of y<sup>e</sup> Colledge over y<sup>e</sup> gate is the ffiennes’s
+and y<sup>e</sup> Wickhams Arms Cutt in stone Sett up there by my
+Nephew Say when he was at y<sup>e</sup> Colledge before his travels.
+There is a large stone statue in the Middle of y<sup>e</sup> first
+quadrangle of William of Wickhams y<sup>e</sup> ffounder, railed in
+w<sup>th</sup> Iron Grates.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In y<sup>e</sup> Library are y<sup>e</sup> pictures of some of y<sup>e</sup> learned men
+w<sup>ch</sup> belonged formerly to the University.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Oxford I went to Abington and Cross’d y<sup>e</sup> River
+Thames on a bridge att y<sup>e</sup> end of y<sup>e</sup> town and so Entered
+into Barkshire and rode along by y<sup>e</sup> thames side a good
+way, w<sup>ch</sup> was full of Barges and Lighters—its 6 mile to
+Abington. Before I proceed will Insert y<sup>e</sup> names of y<sup>e</sup>
+ffounders of y<sup>e</sup> halls and Colledges in Oxford. University
+Colledge was founded by King Alfred. Baliol Coll. was
+founded by John and David Baliol, Merton Coll. by Walter
+de Mert, Exetter Coll. by Walter Stapleton, Oriel Colledge
+by King Edward the second, Queen Coll. by Robert Egglesfield,
+New Colledge by W<sup>m</sup> of Wickham, Lincoln Colledge
+by Richard Fleming, All souls Coll. by Henry Chicklay
+Magdalin Coll. by W<sup>m</sup> Wainfleet, Brason-nose Coll. by W<sup>m</sup>
+Smith, and Rich<sup>d</sup> Sutton, Corpus-Christy Coll. by Rich<sup>d</sup> fox,
+Christ-Church Coll. by Henry y<sup>e</sup> eight, Trinity Colledge by
+Tho. Pope, S<sup>t</sup> Johns Coll. Thomas white, Jesus Colledge by
+Queen Elizabeth, Wadham Coll. by Nicholas and Dorothy
+Wadham, Pembrooke Coll. by Thomas Feisdale and Rich<sup>d</sup>
+Whitewick, Hart Hall by Walter Stapleton, S<sup>t</sup> Mary Hall
+by King Edward the 2<sup>d</sup>, Newin Hall by W<sup>m</sup> of Wickham,
+Magdalen Hall by W<sup>m</sup> of Wainfleet, Gloster Hall by thomas
+White, Alton Hall by y<sup>e</sup> abbess of Alban, St Edmond Hall
+by y<sup>e</sup> arch Bishop of Canterbury.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence I went to Abington. Abington town seemes
+a very well built town and the Market Cross is the ffinest
+in England, its all of free stone and very Lofty; Even ye
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_30'>30</span>Isles or Walk below is a Lofty arch on severall Pillars of
+square Stone and four square Pillars: over it are Large
+Roomes with handsome windows, above w<sup>ch</sup> is some
+Roomes with Windows and Little Like the Theatre att
+Oxford only this is a Square building and that round, it
+makes a very ffine appearance.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence I went to Elsly 8 mile farther, a little
+Market town, good Inns thence Newbury. Most of this
+way is much on Downs and good Roads, its 7 mile to
+Newbury where I called on an old acquaintance Marryed
+to a tradesman M<sup>r</sup> Every, who is so Like the Minister his
+Uncle y<sup>t</sup> was my acquaintance. Here I staid an hour and
+then proceeded on to Basenstoke 12 long miles, being my
+ready road to Chichister, and from Basenstoke to Alton
+8 mile and from thence to Petersffield and to Nurstead
+11 long Miles, this was in Hampshire so was Basenstoke:
+here I lay at a Relations House M<sup>r</sup> Holt that marry’d My
+Mothers sister. From thence I went to Chichester through
+a very ffine Parke of the Lord Tankervailes, stately woods
+and shady tall trees at Least 2 mile, in y<sup>e</sup> Middle stands his
+house w<sup>ch</sup> is new built, square, 9 windows in y<sup>e</sup> ffront and
+seven in the sides. Brickwork w<sup>th</sup> free stone coynes and
+windows, itts in the Midst of fine gardens, Gravell and Grass
+walks and bowling green, w<sup>th</sup> breast walls Divideing each
+from other, and so discovers the whole to view. Att ye
+Entrance a Large Coart w<sup>th</sup> Iron gates open w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to
+a less, ascending some stepps, ffree stone in a round, thence
+up More Stepps to a terrass, so to the house; it looks very
+neate and all orchards and yards convenient. Thence I
+entered into Sussex and soe Chichester, w<sup>ch</sup> is 12 miles.
+This is but a Little Citty Encompass’d with a wall w<sup>th</sup> 4
+gates which Casts the two streetes directly across each other
+and so Lookes through from Gate to Gate, one Streete
+does, the other it seemes did so formerly, but in new building
+of some of their houses they have encroach’d into the
+Streete and so hinders the through visto. In Midst of
+these 2 or 4 streetes Divided by the Market place is a very
+faire Cross of Stone Like a Church or greate arch, its pretty
+Large and pirramydy form w<sup>th</sup> severall Carvings. The
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_31'>31</span>Cathedrall is pretty Lofty, y<sup>e</sup> painting on y<sup>e</sup> Roofe in the
+quire and Isles Looked very ffresh tho’ 300 yeares old, there
+is in the jsle on y<sup>e</sup> roofe y<sup>e</sup> phaney of 6 faces joyned and 6
+eyes and yet each face has two eyes and in another place
+the faces turned outward and so the 6 faces are 12 eyes.
+The Quire is good, there is a fixed pulpit in it overight y<sup>e</sup>
+Bishops seate w<sup>ch</sup> is not usual, I never saw it before—Usually
+they have pulpits that are Moveable.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a faire Organ and another pulpit in y<sup>e</sup> body of
+the Church, there is also an entire Church in y<sup>e</sup> Cathedral by
+it self w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> parish Church. There are in all 6 parishes
+and so many Churches besides y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall. Over the
+alter is painted glass Chequer’d blew white and Red, so deepe
+the Coull<sup>r</sup> is struck into the Glass as makes it darkish, in one
+of the Isles is a square place, on each side y<sup>e</sup> Wall is filled
+with y<sup>e</sup> Kings pictures from y<sup>e</sup> Conquest to their present
+Majestyes; there is also one Picture pretty Large of a Saxon
+King in his Robes and an abbott with his brethren, petitioning
+to build this Cathedrall which before belonged to y<sup>e</sup> Isle
+of Ely where was y<sup>e</sup> Bishops see. There is also one large
+Picture of another Bishop petitioning King Harry y<sup>e</sup> 8<sup>th</sup> to
+ffinish and paint y<sup>e</sup> Church. On y<sup>e</sup> other side the wall is
+filled up w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> severall abbots and Bishops since ye
+Conquest that have been of Chichester. In their advancement
+they are brought from Bristol to Chichester and next
+advance is to Ely and so on to greater revenues. The tower
+is 260 odd steps, from whence you may see the whole town.
+There are 3 or 4 good New houses, one is y<sup>e</sup> Dean’s, Mr Edds,
+a very good man; from thence I saw y<sup>e</sup> Isle of Wight, Spitthead;
+the sea comes within a mile of ye Citty, Remarkable
+for Lobsters and Crabs Chichester is. There is an Engine
+or Mill about a Mile off the town draws up salt water at one
+side from the sea and fresh water from a Little rivulet w<sup>ch</sup>
+descends from a hill, and so supply’s y<sup>e</sup> town. Halfe way off
+y<sup>e</sup> tower you go round y<sup>e</sup> quire and Looke down into it, there
+are severall effigies of marble and allabaster of y<sup>e</sup> Bishops of
+the place and one of the Earle of Arundell and his Lady.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Chichester is 50 mile from London y<sup>e</sup> Direct way by
+Guildford, but I went through more of Sussex w<sup>ch</sup> is much
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_32'>32</span>in blind dark Lanes and up and down Steepe hills, to Billinghurst
+and passed through Arundell parke belonging to y<sup>e</sup>
+Duke of Norfolke, this was 18 mile, from whence I went to
+Dorken in Surry 15 mile, where are y<sup>e</sup> best trouts in y<sup>e</sup>
+river w<sup>ch</sup> runns by Box hill a Remarkable diversion to
+people that go to Epsum. The hill is full of box w<sup>ch</sup> is
+Cutt out in severall walks shady and pleasant to walk in
+tho’ the Smell is not very agreeable; the brow of the hill
+being Such a height gives a Large prospect of a ffruitfull
+vale full of inclosures and woods, and this River Runns
+twining itself about and is called y<sup>e</sup> Swallow, and Just about
+Dorken and Leatherhead 4 mile thence it sinkes away in
+many places w<sup>ch</sup> they call Swallow holes, this Must be some
+quicksand, but y<sup>e</sup> Report of it is it sincks here and runnes
+und<sup>r</sup> ground a Mile or two and rises about Moles and Runs
+againe. Camden does credit this and repeates a tryal one
+made of forceing a Duck into one of those falls w<sup>ch</sup> Came out
+at y<sup>e</sup> other side by Moles w<sup>th</sup> its ffeathers allmost all Rubbed
+off w<sup>ch</sup> supposses y<sup>e</sup> passage to be streight, but how they
+Could force y<sup>e</sup> Duck into so difficult a way or whither anything
+of this is more than Conjecture must be Left to every
+ones Liberty to judge. From Dorken its 10 mile to Kingsston,
+a Chalky hard Road w<sup>ch</sup> is in Surrey, this stands on
+the Thames, its a great Market for Corne; I was there on
+Satturday and saw great quantity’s of Corn and Mault sold;
+thence I passed by Richmond park wall a good way and
+Came in sight of Hampton Court w<sup>ch</sup> is a Noble Building,
+had the good queen Mary Lived to have ffinished it, it would
+have been y<sup>e</sup> noblest palace in y<sup>e</sup> Kingdom. I passed the
+end of Wanstead and Clapham and part of Lambeth having
+Chealsey College in view and y<sup>e</sup> whole Cittys of Westminster
+and London so thro’ Southwarke over London bridge into
+Middlesex 10 mile in all from Kingston—this Little journey
+was 220 mile.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another journey into Herrifordshire from London, by
+Uxbridge to Islip 5 miles that is 7 mile off Oxford, from
+Islip to Woodstock where remaines no foote steps of faire
+Rosomonds Bower, only y<sup>e</sup> walls round y<sup>e</sup> parke and the
+little brookes that supply’d it w<sup>th</sup> water for y<sup>e</sup> baths and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_33'>33</span>wells and ponds. Thence to Morton Hindmost in Glocestershire
+to a Relations house, My Uncle Rich<sup>d</sup> ffiennes’s
+widdow, a little neate stone built town, good Innes for y<sup>e</sup>
+travellers being y<sup>e</sup> road from London to Worcester and
+Herrifford and wales. Thence over Broadway hill to
+Parshur in all 30 mile by 12 of y<sup>e</sup> Clock, thence to Upton,
+where we pass on a large bridge over y<sup>e</sup> fine River the
+Severn w<sup>ch</sup> runs from Worcester and to Glocester, Shrewsbury
+and to Bristol where it runns into the sea—in some
+places its very broad, Some Miles over, but here it was no
+broader than y<sup>e</sup> Thames is at Staines—it affords good ffish,
+Salmon and severall sorts besides. I think this River does
+not Ebb and flow so farre into y<sup>e</sup> Land. Here we Enter
+into Worcestershire and ascend Manborn hills or as some
+term them y<sup>e</sup> English Alps, a Ridge of hills Divideing
+Worcestershire and Heriforshire and was formerly Esteemed
+the divideing England and Wales, Herriford Shropshire &amp;c.
+were Weltch Countys. They are at least 2 or 3 miles up
+and are in a Pirramidy fashion on y<sup>e</sup> top. I rode up upon y<sup>e</sup>
+top of one of y<sup>e</sup> highest from whence Could discern the
+Country above 40 miles round and noe hills but what
+appeared Like Burrows or Mole hills, these being so high
+Nothing Could Limitt y<sup>e</sup> Eye but distance. Just at y<sup>e</sup> Bottom
+stands Worcester town which Looks like a Large well built
+town of Brick and Stone—I was not in it. On the one Side
+of this high Ridge of hills Lies Worcester: Oxford Glocestershire
+&amp;c. appears in plaines, enclosures, Woods and Rivers
+and many Great hills tho’ to this they appeare Low: on
+the other Side is Herriforshire w<sup>ch</sup> appears Like a Country
+off Gardens and Orchards the whole Country being very full
+of fruite trees &amp;c. it lookes like nothing else—the apple and
+pear trees &amp;c. are so thick even in their Corn fields and
+hedgerows. The descent is as long and steep in some places
+as its riseing was. Thence to a Relations house my uncle
+John ffiennes and his son; New house, 20 mile from Parshur
+which I rode all in one day in June and y<sup>e</sup> miles are here
+very long so that at Least it may be esteemed the Last 20
+mile as long as the 30 mile gone in the morning. My Cos’n
+ffiennes has made a very convenient habitation at this place
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_34'>34</span>w<sup>ch</sup> Contrary to its Name was an old built house—Timber
+worke, but by his alteration and additions of good Brick
+walls round the Court and 4 pretty gardens, w<sup>th</sup> good
+Walks grass platts much good fruite, of w<sup>ch</sup> the Country does
+Easily produce, and if persons are Curious in planting may
+have y<sup>e</sup> best w<sup>ch</sup> my Cosen has here, and the walls some
+Lower than other gives the sight of y<sup>e</sup> Garden at one view.
+Severall large orchards behind the house with new Stables
+and offices w<sup>ch</sup> makes it look well. Itts in sight of severall
+houses, but all old buildings—Lady Hopton’s in a Low
+meadow—there are woods by it and a Little river parts
+them, called y<sup>e</sup> Framy w<sup>ch</sup> gives Name to Severall Little
+villages as Cannon froom, Bishops ffroom, Castle froom;
+this runnes into another Little river Called the Lug and both
+runnes into the River Wye w<sup>ch</sup> is on y<sup>e</sup> back side of Herriford
+town. This was 7 miles from us, its a pretty little town
+of timber buildings, the streetes are well pitched and handsome
+as to breadth and Length. The river Wye is as
+broad as the Thames is at Maidenhead bridge, or hardly so
+broad, its a Rapid River and seemed much disturb’d; there
+is very good ffish in it; it did not looke Cleare w<sup>n</sup> I saw it,
+but was thick and yellow but y<sup>t</sup> is against foul weather.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Mount which is the only thing of y<sup>e</sup> Castle that
+remaines Commands the sight of y<sup>e</sup> river and town. The
+Cathedrall is very neate but small, the Carving of the wood
+in the Quire was good. In the Library I was shown by y<sup>e</sup>
+Dean of Herriford y<sup>e</sup> History of pope Joan with her Picture,
+it was printed in and with the history of all the popes in
+Rome successively—it was writt in old English, but I made
+a shift to read it. There is ye Bishops Palace and y<sup>e</sup>
+Deanes and Doctors houses w<sup>ch</sup> are the best buildings, but
+they are not very ffine or Large. 7 mile thence on a flatt is
+M<sup>r</sup> Paul folie’s Seate called Stoake in whose parlour you
+see Herriford quite plainer—its a very good old house of
+Timber worke but old ffashion’d, and good Roome for
+Gardens, but all in an old fform and mode and M<sup>r</sup> Folie
+Intends to make both a new house and gardens. The latter
+I saw staked out, so it will be to no purpose to say anything
+of it as its now only y<sup>e</sup> good Barns and Stables that
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_35'>35</span>are new Covered w<sup>th</sup> slate, y<sup>e</sup> ffine Bowling-green walled in,
+and a Summer-house in it all new. There is beyond this,
+ffine woods and a delicate Parke above the house—pailed
+in; y<sup>t</sup> is stored with deare both red and ffallow and affords
+12 brace in a season, there are also fine Coppices.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence to Newhouse againe 7 mile, hither we went
+5 or 6 tymes from Newhouse to Broughton. We went by
+Eshum and y<sup>e</sup> Vale of y<sup>e</sup> Red horse being a Vale of a great
+extent, the earth is all Red, its a very Rich Country for
+Corn and ffruites and woods. Its Called y<sup>e</sup> Vale of Eshum
+or of y<sup>e</sup> Red horse from a Red horse Cut out on some of y<sup>e</sup>
+hills about it and y<sup>e</sup> Earth all Looking Red, y<sup>e</sup> horse
+Lookes so as y<sup>t</sup> of y<sup>e</sup> white horse Vale. Here is all very
+heavy way to Weston 25 mile in Glocester, to a Parsonage
+of my Cos’n Pheramus ffiennes given him for his life by his
+and our Grandfather Will<sup>m</sup> Lord Viscount Say and Seale—its
+a neate building all stone, and y<sup>e</sup> walls round Court,
+Gardens and yards, all are of Stone.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>A mile thence was one of his sisters marry’d to a Parson
+M<sup>r</sup> Browne that has a very neate and Convenient Little
+house and Gardens. A mile from thence is a very high hill
+from whence I Could see a great distance—Warwick and
+Coventry and a large tract of Land all round. Att the
+foote of this hill Lyes Camden Town w<sup>ch</sup> I went through,
+its built all of stone as is the Church w<sup>th</sup> the Effigie of the
+Little Viscountess Camden that lived to a great age and
+was Mother to the Earle of Gainsborough; its Cut out in
+white Marble and stands in an arch in the wall, w<sup>th</sup> two
+Leav’d doores to it, to keep it from y<sup>e</sup> dust—there were
+severall little Monuments besides in the Church. From
+thence to Brailes and thence to Broughton 19 miles to my
+Brother Say, w<sup>ch</sup> is 50 miles from London; I went by
+Alsbury 20 thence 30 to London.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>A journey I went into the New fforest in Hampshire to
+Ffarnum 38 mile, there we go by Aberstone the Duke of
+Boltons house, stands on y<sup>e</sup> Side of a hill where are ffine
+Gardens and much ffruite. From Ffernum you see the Castle
+w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> Bishops of Winchesters house, its a large building;
+thence you go to Alton 7 mile, thence to Alsford 7 mile more,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_36'>36</span>you go along on the hills in sight of the River all w<sup>ch</sup>
+gives name to those places, its a good Chaulkey way.
+Thence to Winchester 7 mile—in one mile off the town
+is Woolsey y<sup>t</sup> was formerly y<sup>e</sup> Bishops house, a large
+Rambling building like a little town, this is on Maudline
+hill whereon a Considerable ffaire is kept neare Michelmas,
+y<sup>e</sup> Traffique mostly hopps which y<sup>t</sup> Country produceth good
+and Cheese—its noted for a vast many of Waines from
+Severall parts especially from the West Country.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Winchester is a large town was once y<sup>e</sup> metropolis, there
+is a wall Encompassing it with severall Gates; the streetes
+are pretty good, Large and long, y<sup>e</sup> buildings but Low and
+old, only some few in the Close w<sup>ch</sup> are new built of the
+Doctors houses by y<sup>e</sup> Colledge and the Church. Y<sup>e</sup> Deans
+house is a good old house, timber buildings; there are some
+of the roomes Lofty and large, a dineing, drawing room and
+bed Chamber very good; a long Gallery runns through the
+house and opens into the Garden by a Descent of Severall
+Stone stepps. Y<sup>e</sup> Garden is but small—there are Green
+and gravel walkes higher and Lower, but its all in an old
+fashion’d form but neately kept and severall Curiosityes in
+potts of flowers and greens. The Bishops palace stands in
+a Low Ground or Watry Meadow, its a timber building but
+so unpleasant that the Bishop lives not at it but at Ffarly
+Castle about 20 mile off.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Cathedrall at Winchester is one of y<sup>e</sup> biggest in
+England and is to be admired for its Largeness, not its
+neatness or Curiosity, there is an ascent of 20 steps up to
+the quire that is finely Carved in y<sup>e</sup> wood, and on the top
+all round stands in ffine painted Chests the bones of the
+Kings of England y<sup>t</sup> were buried there; for Winchester
+was the Regal Citty w<sup>ch</sup> now it has lost, as also a peculiar
+art of dying y<sup>e</sup> best purples. In the Church there are no
+good Monuments worth notice, the body of the Church is
+very large, y<sup>e</sup> Steeple Lookes Noble, but y<sup>e</sup> Spire is not a
+neare so high as Salisbury. In the town is a new building
+begun by K. Charles the Second for a Palace when he
+Came to hunt and for aire and diversions in the Country.
+I saw y<sup>e</sup> Modell of it w<sup>ch</sup> was very fine and so would it
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_37'>37</span>have been if ffinished; but there is only y<sup>e</sup> outside shell is
+set up, there were designed fine apartm<sup>ts</sup> and two Chapples
+but its never like to be finish’d now.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a good river runns thro’ the town, at y<sup>e</sup> backside
+the Castle stood high, but there now remaines only y<sup>e</sup>
+ruined walls and banks on w<sup>ch</sup> they make gardens and hopp
+yards, w<sup>ch</sup> runnes a great Length on the side of y<sup>e</sup> brow of
+the hill that some part of y<sup>e</sup> town is built on—it Lookes
+pretty. Here is a good Colledge it is on y<sup>e</sup> same foundation
+y<sup>t</sup> New Colledge in Oxford are; both built and
+Endowed by Great Will<sup>m</sup> of Wickam an ancester of y<sup>e</sup>
+ffiennes and Lord Say and Seale. So all the founders
+Kindred by his own Statutes are first to be Chosen and
+have a Right to many priviledges—its only in default or
+want of any of his Kindred or of Such and Such Parishes w<sup>ch</sup>
+he names that any other person ought or Can be Chosen a
+Child of this Colledg. They have such a Number above 100—they
+have their Diet and a gown every year, and so much
+mony Every quarter, and here they have their Learning and
+provision.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are also fellowships—w<sup>ch</sup> as they become vacant
+they who are fitt its bestowed on them—on w<sup>ch</sup> a young
+Man May Maintain himself well and so improve his Learning.
+These fellowships at New Colledg are forfeited if they
+do not live there, or for y<sup>e</sup> most part; and also as soone as
+they are Marryed they are put out in number fellows and
+master and warden, but at winchester the fellowships are
+of greater value and do appertaine to a person during Life
+in Case he Comes and resides for y<sup>e</sup> most part there, even
+when they are marryed.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I thinke there are but 7 fellowships here. There is a
+warden of y<sup>e</sup> Colledge and a Schoolemaster and usher at
+Winchester. Y<sup>e</sup> Colledge is a good Pile of Building there
+is a very pretty Chapple in it and a very fine Library w<sup>ch</sup> is
+in y<sup>e</sup> Cloysters y<sup>t</sup> are very good for walking.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a large hall they eate in and have their exact
+Commons to Every one, so have the fellows, their Lodgings
+are Convenient and all their offices, the Warden has built a
+new appartment for himself w<sup>ch</sup> looks well about a mile or two
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_38'>38</span>beyond Winchester, we go by S<sup>t</sup> Cross, a Large hospitall
+for old men and I thinke most is for y<sup>e</sup> decayed schollars.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Masters place is worth 1000 pound a yeare—it used
+to be annexed to y<sup>e</sup> Warden of the Colledges place, by
+their ffoundation they are to give reliefe to any Travellers
+that call there so farre as a Loafe of bread as big as our
+two penny bread is and a Draught of beare and a piece of
+mony. I thinke its y<sup>e</sup> value of a Groate. Ffrom thence I
+came to Redbridge, thence to Buckland in the new forest in
+all 20 mile; ffrom Buckland w<sup>ch</sup> was a Relation’s house—S<sup>r</sup>
+Rob<sup>t</sup> Smiths—its a mile to Limington a seaport town—it
+has some few small shipps belongs to it and some Little
+trade, but y<sup>e</sup> Greatest trade is by their Salterns. Y<sup>e</sup> Sea
+water they draw into Trenches and so into Severall ponds
+y<sup>t</sup> are secured in y<sup>e</sup> bottom to retain it, and it stands for y<sup>e</sup>
+Sun to Exhale y<sup>e</sup> Watry fresh part of it, and if it prove a
+drye sumer they make the best and most Salt, for y<sup>e</sup> raine
+spoyles y<sup>e</sup> ponds by weakning y<sup>e</sup> Salt. When they think
+its fit to boyle they draw off the water from y<sup>e</sup> ponds by
+pipes w<sup>ch</sup> Conveys it into a house full of Large Square Iron
+and Copper panns; they are shallow but they are a yard or
+two if not more Square, these are fixed in Rowes one by
+another it may be twenty on a Side, in a house under which
+is the ffurnace y<sup>t</sup> burns fiercely to keepe these panns boyling
+apace, and as it Candy’s about y<sup>e</sup> Edges or bottom so they
+Shovell it up and fill it in great Baskets and so the thinner
+part runns through on Moulds they set to Catch it, w<sup>ch</sup>
+they Call Salt Cakes. Y<sup>e</sup> rest in y<sup>e</sup> Baskets drye and is
+very good Salt and as fast as they Shovell out the boyling
+Salt out of y<sup>e</sup> panns they do replenish it w<sup>th</sup> more of their
+Salt water in their pipes. They told me when the Season
+was drye and so the Salt water in its prime they Could
+make 60 quarters of Salt in one of those panns w<sup>ch</sup> they
+Constantly attend Night and day all the while the fire is in
+the ffurnace, because it would burn to waste and Spoyle y<sup>e</sup>
+panns w<sup>ch</sup> by their Constant Use wants often to be repaired.
+They Leave off Satterday Night and let out y<sup>e</sup> fire and so
+begin and kindle their fire Monday Morning. Its a pretty
+Charge to light the fire. Their Season for makeing Salt is
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_39'>39</span>not above 4 or 5 Months in y<sup>e</sup> year and y<sup>t</sup> only in a dry
+Summer. These houses have above 20 some 30 others
+more of these panns in them, they are Made of Copper.
+They are very Carefull to keep their ponds well secured
+and Mended by good Clay and Gravell in the bottom and
+Sides and so by sluces they fill them out of the sea at high-tides
+and so Conveyed from pond to pond till fit to boyle.
+Ffrom Limmington to Lindhurst is 6 mile, where is a house
+of y<sup>e</sup> Kings w<sup>n</sup> he comes to hunt in the new fforest, and y<sup>e</sup>
+Lord Warden of the fforest is there when he Comes to hunt
+and Hawk, to Whome Comes all the Gentry of the Country
+to waite on him—he dines at Night from 7 to 12 of the
+Clock. He is served in plaite, those y<sup>t</sup> hunt with him all
+day Comes and Dines or Supps with him. He has power
+to dispose and order y<sup>e</sup> Concerns of y<sup>e</sup> forrest for y<sup>e</sup> timber
+for shipps and to have it Cherrish’d and secured from
+Spoyle, as also the deare and Game to be preserved, y<sup>e</sup>
+disposeing of the Lodges are in his power. There are
+15 Lodges and these are disposed to Gentlemen that have
+underkeepers y<sup>t</sup> takes care of it, and w<sup>t</sup> is peculiar to y<sup>e</sup>
+New forrest and known no where Else are these Brouce
+Deare; at these severall Lodges y<sup>e</sup> Keepers gather Brome
+and at Certaine tymes in y<sup>e</sup> day by a Call gathers all the
+Dear in within the railes which belongs to Each Lodge, and
+so they Come up and feed upon this Brouce and are by that
+meanes very fatt and very tame, so as to Come quite to
+Eate out of y<sup>e</sup> hand. All the day besides they range about
+and if they meete anybody if it be their own keeper without
+y<sup>e</sup> pail of y<sup>e</sup> Lodge they will run from him as wild as Can
+be. These Lodges are about 4 miles asunder and its a
+great Priviledge and advantage to be a Cheefe Keeper of
+any of these Lodges; they have Venison as much as they
+please and Can easily shoote it when the troop Comes up
+w<sup>th</sup> in y<sup>e</sup> paile, for none are allowed to Shoot out in y<sup>e</sup>
+forrest, nor are allowed to go out w<sup>th</sup> Gun or dog or to keep
+any Except Gentlemen, and not they if they have been
+found Shooteing in y<sup>e</sup> fforest. I think its ffellony for any
+to kill y<sup>e</sup> Kings dear. there are severall Rangers of y<sup>e</sup> fforest,
+and 6 verderers y<sup>t</sup> are their justices or judges of all matters
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_40'>40</span>Relateing to y<sup>e</sup> fforest, these ought allwayes to reside in y<sup>e</sup>
+fforest and are to attend the King when he Comes into y<sup>e</sup>
+new fforest. Clothed in green, they have a buck and Doe
+Every year for their ffee, besides being Masters—the under
+keepers are at their beck so y<sup>t</sup> they Can get as Much
+venison as they want. There is also a Rider of y<sup>e</sup> fforest
+who is to see about y<sup>t</sup> all things are secure and well done
+and y<sup>e</sup> Timber kept and Deer, to see they are not spoyled
+or Destroyed: his Right is to all the Deer y<sup>t</sup> are hurt or
+Maimed as also he is to have y<sup>e</sup> Shoulder of y<sup>e</sup> first Stagg
+that is hunted and killed in the Season. There is a Bow
+man w<sup>ch</sup> is to provide y<sup>e</sup> King w<sup>th</sup> Bow and arrow when he
+Comes into y<sup>e</sup> fforest—they have some priviledge also but y<sup>e</sup>
+shooteing by bow and arrow being Left off, y<sup>t</sup> office is not
+regarded.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom Lindhurst about a Mile is a parke called new
+parke enclosed out of y<sup>e</sup> fforrest with Pailes, it belongs to y<sup>e</sup>
+Kings house; there is a house in it w<sup>ch</sup> was the Lodge—a
+large old Timber house. Ffrom Limington to y<sup>e</sup> Isle of
+Wight its about 4 Leagues; to Yarmouth you go by
+Hurst Castle, y<sup>t</sup> runnes on a point of land into y<sup>e</sup> sea just
+by the Needles within a League of Yarmouth, and those
+needles are severall Great Rocks on y<sup>t</sup> side of the Island,
+craggy, and severall stand out into the sea w<sup>ch</sup> makes it
+very hazardous for shipps to pass there, Especially in a
+Storme or for Strangers—y<sup>e</sup> passage being narrow between
+the Needles and Hurst Castle, Can easily Command any
+ship that would pass there. Yarmouth is a little Sea-port
+and has a Little Castle that Can annoy Any Enemy that
+should pass by Hurst, so between them may well Secure y<sup>t</sup>
+part of y<sup>e</sup> Isle and all on y<sup>e</sup> back side of the jsland are
+those Needles y<sup>t</sup> are a Natural ffortification it being inaccessible.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>So at another part of y<sup>e</sup> jsle there is Sandumffort w<sup>ch</sup> is
+a pretty strong place. Y<sup>e</sup> jsland is 10 mile in the breadth
+and 30 mile in Length—Upon Most of the high hills you see
+the wall of y<sup>e</sup> sea on both Sides, if not all round you as in
+some places. Ffrom Yarmouth to Newport is seven mile,
+a little town y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Arm of the Sea Comes up to—its one of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_41'>41</span>the biggest towns in y<sup>e</sup> Island; in a mile off it is Casbrooke
+Castle into w<sup>ch</sup> King Charles y<sup>e</sup> first retired when he was
+worsted by y<sup>e</sup> Parliaments forces—there are some good
+roomes still that remaine but y<sup>e</sup> most part are destroyed
+and only ruined walls to be seen. There is a deep well of
+40 ffathom they draw up y<sup>e</sup> bucket by a great Wheele in
+w<sup>ch</sup> they put a horse or ass—a stone thrown down sounds a
+long tyme ere you hear it splash into y<sup>e</sup> water. About
+seven miles thence is Cowes both East and west 2 ports for
+Shipps to ride in and be Recruited w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of provisions
+w<sup>ch</sup> is done on very reasonable terms. Y<sup>e</sup> ffertillity of the
+whole jsland produces Corn of all sorts in great plenty, and
+all sorts of Cattle and butter; Cheese as also Great Store
+of ffish and ffowle; there is some Little part fforrest land
+but for y<sup>e</sup> most part are Meddows and good downs.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The little ports are all fitted for y<sup>e</sup> Seamen and their
+affaires, Little houses, not but there are severall good old
+houses that are Gentlemens seats, as S<sup>r</sup> Robert Dilington
+at Knighton and S<sup>r</sup> John oglander at Nunwell, S<sup>r</sup> Robert
+Worstly and severall More. S<sup>r</sup> Rob<sup>t</sup> Holmes has a good
+Estate there, he was the Governour of y<sup>e</sup> Island and of
+Yarmouth Castle and there he is buried, Where is his Statue
+Cutt in Length in white Marble in the Church and railed in
+with Iron Grates; he was raised from Nothing and an
+imperious Govern<sup>r</sup>, and what he Scrap’d together was forced
+to Leave to his Nephew and base Daughter, haveing no
+other, and they have set up this Stately monument which
+Cost a Great deal. There is one place called Mottstone
+just by the sea side, the Name Comes from many Great
+Stones that stand up in the Grounds not unlike y<sup>e</sup> stones at
+Stonidge in Wiltshire, but this sort of stone is in Many
+places of y<sup>e</sup> Island and most of the houses are built of
+Stone, some few Brick. From a hill just above Cowes that
+runns along by the Sea side You May Easily see Spitthead
+And S<sup>t</sup> Hellens point and all the Shipps that Lay along y<sup>e</sup>
+Road and that Lay in Portsmouth haven. From Ride is 3
+Leagues to portsmouth, I pass’d it in an hour. Portsmouth
+is a very Good town, Well built with Stone and brick, its
+not a large town, there are Walls and Gates about it, and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_42'>42</span>at Least eight Bridges and Gates without one another w<sup>th</sup>
+Ditches which secures it very Strongly to y<sup>e</sup> Land-ward, to
+the Sea the ffortifications are not so strong; there is a
+plattform with Guns and Pallisadoes. There is a good dock
+for Building Shipps, but about 6 mile off at Red bridge are
+the best Shipps built. There are most of the great Shipps
+Lye at Anchor here.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I was a board y<sup>e</sup> Royal Charles, and the Royal James,
+which are ffine Shipps, y<sup>e</sup> Roomes Spacious for Length and
+Breadth but not high. There was a large Chappel and
+Cabbin with Damaske furniture. The Castle at Portsmouth
+is not Great—its Rather Called the Kings house
+where is a Great deal of armes. I was in the Dineing
+Roome where King Charles y<sup>e</sup> Second met Queen Katherine
+and was marryed to her and set the crown on her head.
+There from that roome out of double doores goes a long
+wooden bridge to the Plattforme; just by is South sea
+Castle which is wash’d round by y<sup>e</sup> sea and pretty deep
+water att Spring tides, it Looks very fine but think its but
+of Little Strength or Service. Above the town is a very
+fine down Called Porchester down very pleasant for Sports
+Hawking and hunting; 6 mile over this down is Southwicke,
+Coll: Nortons a good old house Capable of being
+Made ffine, Large Garden room—Woods and Grounds
+Lying well about it and a good Warren, Coppices and y<sup>e</sup>
+Stately G<sup>t</sup> Timber trees as may be seen. He was an old
+officer in the Long parliam<sup>t</sup> service—this is 15 mile from
+Winchester and from Winchester to South-hampton is ten
+miles; that is a very neate clean town and the Streets well
+pitch’d and kept so, by their Carrying all their Carriages on
+Sleds as they do in holland, and permit no Cart to go about
+in y<sup>e</sup> town, and keep it Clean Swept—this was formerly
+more strictly observ’d when the town was full of trade, for
+it is a good port, but now y<sup>e</sup> trade has failed and y<sup>e</sup> town
+almost forsooke and neglected. Its a place of No Strength
+now, by reason of y<sup>e</sup> Castle being ruined and the fortifications
+neglected and the Gunns taken thence, tho’ by most
+its thought the best scittuated port for Shipps to Ride and
+take their provision in and so Capable of tradeing; but the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_43'>43</span>last 2 Reignes for near 40 year discourag’d it being a proper
+place for the french to have Seiz’d and Secured for themselves.
+About 3 Leagues off is Cashot Castle just out into
+the Sea w<sup>ch</sup> does Encompasse it all but a very little point
+of land Called Horsy Beach that runnes out into the New
+forrest by Bewly w<sup>ch</sup> was an abby in the fforest, for
+the Extent of y<sup>e</sup> fforrest is large—Miles long; All round
+Casholt Castle on the Beach itts as full of fine Cockle shells
+so that they heap them up all round the Castle Like a wall.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>It was at South-hampton King Philip Landed when he
+Came to marry Queen Mary. Ffrom thence its 6 miles to
+Rumsey, and the Road Runns just by a ffine house of one
+of my Relations S<sup>r</sup> John S<sup>t</sup> Barbe’s; the Rows of trees in
+the avenues runns just from y<sup>e</sup> Road to the front of the
+house. You Enter a Court thats wall’d in and blew Iron
+gates. The Court has a Round in the Middle rail’d in,
+designed for a Bowling Green, and the Coaches drive
+round it to Come to the Entrance w<sup>ch</sup> is severall stone
+Stepps to a broad Space that is railed w<sup>th</sup> Balls and
+Banisters: the Space is paved w<sup>th</sup> broad free stone the
+stepps y<sup>e</sup> Same 8 or 10. The house is a halfe Roman H.
+Y<sup>e</sup> hall is in the Middle w<sup>th</sup> double doores, its very lofty
+and large there’s a Chimney just against the Entrance on
+the Right hand, runns in an Entry through the house to
+the back yard, where are the offices, Still house and Barnes
+and Coach houses and a very ffine Stable built of Brick—there
+are large partitions. In this Entry you have the
+pantry and Cellars and on the other side y<sup>e</sup> Kittchin
+Larders and pastry w<sup>ch</sup> is one wing of the house and just
+behind the hall is y<sup>e</sup> Servants hall and a Little parlour just
+by the pantry and back staires. Then the great hall is
+divided in halfe by the Staircase, w<sup>ch</sup> hangs on its own work
+not supported of Either Side, to the first half pace and all
+the way up without Support, on the one Side they are of
+oake, the railes and Banisters are varnished. The halfe
+paces are Inlaid w<sup>th</sup> yew wood w<sup>ch</sup> lookes a yellowish Red in
+Squaires; they Land on the next Story with a space of
+this Inlaid worke of a good Bigness the whole Compass of
+y<sup>e</sup> Staircase. The Roofe of the Staires is even w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Roofe
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_44'>44</span>of y<sup>e</sup> next Story; on the other side of the Staires are severall
+Rows of Pillars of wood Painted Like Marble for to walke
+between, and you pass quite under the Staires into a Little
+Closet, and a little farther into a back yard where is a Bathing
+house and other necessarys. There is a screen stands on the
+side of the Staires next the Chimney to make that part more
+private. Y<sup>e</sup> hall Runns quite through to the Garden where
+there is a door w<sup>th</sup> stepps down and so at this door you see
+thro’ the house to y<sup>t</sup> back yard I mentioned at y<sup>e</sup> End of the
+Entry. The other wing of y<sup>e</sup> house is a large parlour and
+drawing Roome, this is out of the hall by the Garden; the hall
+is well painted and a Carved Cornish round and pillars on
+the wanscoate round the Roome. The parlour is wanscoated
+and painted a Cedar Coullour. The next Story you Enter
+of this large halfe pace on the Right hand, into a door w<sup>ch</sup>
+Leads fore Right to a Balcony, and on the Left hand into a
+passage, w<sup>ch</sup> leads to the Chamber over the drawing Roome,
+and by it is a Servants Roome Even w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> passage. On
+the Right hand is a passage Leads to Another Roome just
+over against—open the doores and there is a perfect visto,
+so there is the other way and a servants roome even w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup>
+passage; beyond this roome is a back Stair Leads to the
+bath, and by y<sup>e</sup> Servants Roome is a large back Staire that
+Leads to the Next Story, the Great staires Ending here, and
+on the Left hand they lead into a large dineing Roome &amp;c.—then
+a drawing Roome and next a bed Chamber w<sup>ch</sup> has a
+back doore to the back Staires by y<sup>e</sup> kitchin. These doores
+open through to y<sup>e</sup> End one way the best bed Chamber and
+quite to the balcony y<sup>e</sup> other side a visto.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Within the dineing roome on ye Left hand is a very
+Largo bed Chamber w<sup>ch</sup> jndeed is y<sup>e</sup> best—good tapistry
+hangings—here is design’d a velvet bed its painted white;
+there are very good Pictures; here is a Little back Staires
+to y<sup>e</sup> Servants hall. The dineing Roome is wanscoated and
+varnish’d the other Roomes nothing done to—that is the
+drawing Roome and Chamber. W<sup>th</sup> in there is damaske,
+and Camlet beds in y<sup>e</sup> other Roomes, and off these back
+Staires by y<sup>e</sup>  Kitchin is a Chamber, anty Roome, dressing
+roome, 2 Closets These back staires goe up to the next
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_45'>45</span>Story y<sup>t</sup> Leads to the roomes over this, and to a long
+Gallery that is Window all to the ffront and Leads to all y<sup>e</sup>
+Chambers. There is handsome roomes only those at y<sup>e</sup>
+Side and End are Garret fashion—between are Servants
+roomes and Closets: thence a little pair of Stairs Leads up
+to the Gallery and thence up to the Cupilow which is in
+the Middle of the house, all Windows round and on y<sup>e</sup> top
+has a Gold ball that holds severall Gallons. On each Wing
+there are 2 little towers, one has y<sup>e</sup> Clock the other a Sundial,
+and on the top two gold balls of a Lesser size. The
+Gardens are walled in, some with brest walls, some higher
+with flower potts on them; severall places with open grates
+to Look through with Stone balls or ffigures on the pillars
+each Side the Gates everyway. There is a water house
+that by a Wheele Casts up the Water out of y<sup>e</sup> River just by,
+and fills y<sup>e</sup> pipes to Serve all y<sup>e</sup> house and to fill y<sup>e</sup> bason
+designed in the middle of the Garden w<sup>th</sup> a Spout in the
+middle.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Gardens are not finish’d but will be very ffine, w<sup>th</sup>
+Large Gates open to y<sup>e</sup> Grounds beyond, some of w<sup>ch</sup> are
+planted with trees. Its a fine thing, but doubt its no very
+good aire—it stands in a low place near y<sup>e</sup> River, the hills
+all round on y<sup>t</sup> Side and y<sup>e</sup> Mold and Soyle is Black and
+such as they Cut up for peate. The road from hence to
+Salisbury is by White Parish and Joy Church and you
+come in Sight of my Lord Coal-rain house that Looks Like
+a good Building of Stone, but its just so upon the Great
+River that it lookes Like a Little Castle or Shipp. This
+river runns to Breamore from Salisbury just by a very fine
+Seat of y<sup>e</sup> Lady Brooks which was S<sup>r</sup> W<sup>m</sup> Doringtons heir.
+The house Stands finely to the River a brick building.
+You Enter into a Walled Court Soe up 12 Stepps at Least
+into a Noble hall: on the Left hand was a parlour, and on
+y<sup>e</sup> Right a large drawing roome a Little parlour and Large
+Staires up to Severall very handsom Chambers ffurnished
+with good Tapistry and damaske and some velvets, w<sup>ch</sup> was
+new because the fire had Spoiled most of the goods; but
+the house was built just in y<sup>e</sup> same ffigure. The Kitchins
+and offices are all under y<sup>e</sup> roomes of State and they go
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_46'>46</span>down Steps to it Under y<sup>e</sup> Arch of Stepps that ascend to
+the hall: out of the drawing roome by Glass doors you
+enter the Garden on a terrass and y<sup>t</sup> by Stepps, so to
+Severall Walks of Gravel and Grass and to the Gardens,
+one below another with Low Walls to give the view all at
+once. Here was fine flowers and Greens Dwarfe trees and
+oring and Lemon trees in Rows w<sup>th</sup> fruite and flowers at
+once and some ripe; they are y<sup>e</sup> first oring trees I ever
+Saw. Here are Stately woods and walks. This River
+Runns to ffording bridge A Little place, thence to Kingwood,
+thence to Christchurch; it turns many Great Mills
+and there have been great attempts to make it Navigable
+w<sup>ch</sup> would be of Great advantage, but all Charge has been
+Lost in it. There is Store of good ffish in it; it runns to
+Christchurch and divides the new fforest from Wiltshire,
+there is a large Bridge that crosses at Christchurch where
+it runns into the Sea. This is 18 miles from Salisbury
+20 miles from Newtontony over y<sup>e</sup> down, 6 to Rumsy 4 to
+Lockerly two to East Titherly where S<sup>r</sup> ffrancis Rowles
+has a fine house and Garden and Groves. One on the
+Edge of y<sup>e</sup> hill, all in sight of y<sup>e</sup> Road Looks ffinely of
+Scott and Norroway ffirrs in Rows and Looks very well.
+In 2 mile of this is Dean w<sup>ch</sup> was S<sup>r</sup> John Evlings, now his
+Grandsons Lord Kingston, it seems to be a good Lofty
+Building, its woody and very ffruitfull. There is Likewise
+a good old seate of M<sup>r</sup> Whiteheads my grandfathers,
+Normans Court in West Titherly; its well wooded, good
+Gardens, but a very old house; a ffine Grove of ffirrs to y<sup>e</sup>
+ffront. This is 7 mile from Newtontony and as much to
+Stockbridge w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> Road to London; thence to Sutton
+12 miles, thence to Basinstoake 12 mile. Its a Large
+town and has a good trade being a Road. A mile thence
+is Basin on y<sup>e</sup> Left hand w<sup>ch</sup> was a house of y<sup>e</sup> Duke of
+Boltons, but being a Garrison in y<sup>e</sup> Civil warrs was pulled
+down and Now only some part remaines, and the Gardens
+w<sup>ch</sup> are improved and new walls built: fine fruit and vineyards,
+a large parke to it. On y<sup>e</sup> Right hand about a mile
+off is Hackwood which is another Seate of y<sup>e</sup> Duke of
+Boltons in a pretty parke. It looks very pretty not large.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_47'>47</span>Basinstoake Lyes watrish but its on Chalke. A little
+further on y<sup>e</sup> Left hand at some distance you see a fine
+Seate of S<sup>r</sup> Robert Henleys, it looks Like a little town, its
+so large a building, and they say its a noble thing ffinished
+and furnish’d very well with good Gardens.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>To Harfordbridge 8 mile thence to bagshott 8 mile a
+heavy sandy way, and y<sup>e</sup> Same from thence to Egam 8 mile;
+thence to Staines a mile, where we Cross y<sup>e</sup> Thames on a
+bridge and enter Middlesex—thence to London 15 miles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I went to see Hampton Court 10 mile from London; it
+looks Like a little town y<sup>e</sup> buildings runn so great a Length
+on y<sup>e</sup> ground, Y<sup>e</sup> old buildings and y<sup>e</sup> New part w<sup>ch</sup> King
+William and Queen Mary built. Y<sup>e</sup> Queen took Great
+delight in it. Y<sup>e</sup> new was but just y<sup>e</sup> shell up and some of
+y<sup>e</sup> Roomes of State Ceil’d but nothing ffinished. The
+roomes were very Lofty, round a Large Court and all the
+appartments intire. The old buildings were on the other
+side the prioy Garden: there was the water Gallery that
+opened into a ballcony to y<sup>e</sup> water, and was decked with
+China and ffine pictures of y<sup>e</sup> Court Ladyes drawn by
+Nellor. Beyond this came severall Roomes, and one was
+pretty Large, at y<sup>e</sup> four Corners were little roomes like
+Closets or drawing roomes, one pannell’d all w<sup>th</sup> jappan,
+another w<sup>th</sup> Looking Glass, and two w<sup>th</sup> fine work under
+pannells of Glass. There was the queens Bath and a place
+to take boat in the house. The Gardens were designed to
+be very ffine, Great fountaines and Grass plotts and gravell
+walkes, and just against the middle of y<sup>e</sup> house was a very
+large fountaine, and beyond it a large Cannal Guarded by
+rows of Even trees that runn a good way. There was fine
+Carving in the Iron Gates in the Gardens w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of
+ffigures, and Iron spikes Round on a breast wall and
+severall Rows of trees.</p>
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c003' />
+</div>
+<div class='chapter'>
+  <span class='pageno' id='Page_48'>48</span>
+  <h2 class='c018'><i>HERE BEGINS MY NORTHERN JOURNEY IN MAY 1697</i></h2>
+</div>
+
+<p class='c024'>ffrom London to Amwell Berry in Hartfordshire 19 mile,
+thence to Bishops Startford in Essex 13 mile, w<sup>ch</sup> is a very
+pretty Neat Market town, a good Church and a delicate
+spring of Water w<sup>ch</sup> has a wall built round it, very Sweet
+and Cleare water for drinking. There is a little river runns
+by the town y<sup>t</sup> feeds severall Mills.</p>
+<p class='c012'>Thence we Went to Andlyend 10 miles, a house of y<sup>e</sup>
+Earle of Sussex w<sup>ch</sup> makes a Noble appearance Like a town,
+so many towers and buildings off stone within a parke w<sup>ch</sup>
+is walled round. A good River runs through it, we pass
+over the bridge. Its built round 3 Courts, there are 30
+great and Little towers on the top, and a great Cupilow in
+the Middle. The roomes are Large and Lofty with good
+Rich old ffurniture tapistry, but Noe beds in y<sup>t</sup> part we saw.
+There are 750 (150?) Roomes in the house.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Cannall in the Midst of the parke Look’d very fine,
+its altogether a Stately palace and was built for one of y<sup>e</sup>
+Kings. Thence to Little-berry one Mile, where is a house
+with abundance of Curiosityes all performed by Clock work
+and Such like, w<sup>ch</sup> appears very Strange to the beholders,
+but the master was not at home so I saw no more than the
+Chaire they Set in when they are Carry’d about. All the
+Country is pleasant; between this and Cambridge you go
+in sight of so many neate villages w<sup>th</sup> Rows of trees about
+them and very neate built Churches—Sometimes 5 or 6 of
+these are in view together in 3 or four mile of Each other—Y<sup>e</sup>
+Churches are stone-work. We went to Babaram where
+was a house of S<sup>r</sup> Rich<sup>d</sup> Bennets in a pleasant parke
+prettyly situated, only it is in a Low ground, but y<sup>e</sup> fine
+Rows of trees in the severall avenues Came just down to the
+Road: thence to Bornbridge 5 mile, thence to Hodmogoge
+hills 3 miles, w<sup>ch</sup> looks at a distance Like a long Barn, but
+when you approach Near you see it a Great fortification or
+Ruines of a Castle, with great trenches one within another,
+and all y<sup>e</sup> buildings—there is only a long string of Stables
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_49'>49</span>to keep y<sup>e</sup> Kings hunting horses. The hill is of a great
+height from whence you have a great prospect of y<sup>e</sup> whole
+Country and of Cambridge w<sup>ch</sup> is 3 mile off. The town
+Lyes in a bottom and Marshy Ground all about it severall
+miles w<sup>ch</sup> is Garnish’d with willows; y<sup>e</sup> buildings are old
+and Indifferent. the Streetes mostly narrow, (except near
+the Market place), w<sup>ch</sup> is pretty spacious—there stands the
+University Church. Trinity Colledg is the ffinest, yet not
+so Large as Christchurch College in oxford. In the first
+Court there is a very ffine ffountaine in the Middle of y<sup>e</sup>
+Quadrangle w<sup>th</sup> a Carved top and Dials round—there are
+Large Cloysters. The Library runns all y<sup>e</sup> rang of building
+at y<sup>e</sup> End and stands on 3 rows of stone pillars; it opens
+into the Gardens and walk w<sup>th</sup> 3 Large Gates or doores of
+Iron Carv’d very ffine w<sup>th</sup> fflowers and Leaves. The
+river runs at y<sup>e</sup> back side of most of y<sup>e</sup> Colleges; they have
+fine stone bridges over it and gates that Lead to fine walks;
+Y<sup>e</sup> rivers name is Cam.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Library farre exceeds that of Oxford, the Staires
+are Wanscoated and very large and Easye ascent, all
+of Cedar wood, y<sup>e</sup> room spacious and Lofty paved
+w<sup>th</sup> black and white marble, y<sup>e</sup> sides are wanscoated
+and decked with all Curious books off Learning, their
+Catalogue and their Benefactors. There is two Large
+Globes at each End w<sup>th</sup> teliscopes and microscopes and
+y<sup>e</sup> finest Carving in wood, in flowers, birds, Leaves,
+ffigures of all sorts as I ever saw. There is a large Balcony
+opens at the End, very large, all finely painted all over
+y<sup>e</sup> history of the New Testament. Its a hundred and twenty
+steps to y<sup>e</sup> roofe and supported by noe pillars all Arch
+of Stone: You walke on y<sup>e</sup> Arch or Cradle as its term’d.
+There is 32 Little windows Cut in Stone just as you
+ascend to y<sup>e</sup> Cradle or Arch w<sup>ch</sup> runns on Either side, and
+a p<sup>r</sup> of Staires of 8 stepps to every 3 windows w<sup>ch</sup> Lead up
+to the Arch; thence you ascend the Leads over all w<sup>ch</sup> are
+fine, secured by battlements round, there are 4 large Spires:
+at each corner one. On these Leads you May see a vast
+Country round.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>You see Ely-minster and y<sup>e</sup> towers; this is a noble
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_50'>50</span>building and Stands on so advantagious a ground, and so
+Lofty built y<sup>t</sup> its perspicious above y<sup>e</sup> town; this is in Lieu
+of y<sup>e</sup> Theatre at Oxford there being none here. St Johns
+College Garden is very pleasant for y<sup>e</sup> fine walks both
+Close Shady walks and open Rows of trees and quickset
+hedges. There is a pretty bowling green with Cut arbours
+in the hedges. Queens Colledge is old but a stately and
+Lofty building. Claire Hall is very Little but most Exactly
+neate in all parts, they have walks w<sup>th</sup> Rows of trees, and
+bridges over the river and fine painted Gates into y<sup>e</sup> ffields.
+Katherine Hall is new built, the Chapple was not Quite
+ffinished; the apartments for y<sup>e</sup> fellows and Gentlemen
+Commoners are very ffine, a Large dineing roome, a good
+Chamber and good Studdy and this for 8£ a year.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here we are Entertained by some of our Companys
+acquaintance. From Cambridge we go just by Peterborough:
+we see the Minster and y<sup>e</sup> town, very plaine all
+built with Stone. The road is very pleasant to Ffenistanton,
+8 miles to Godmanchester, and from thence Huntington 1
+mile. We cross the River Lin over a bridge and so Enter
+Huntingtonshire. This river goes to Lin in Norfolke its a
+very pleasant Country to travel in in y<sup>e</sup> Summer, but after
+raines its in Some places deep, but the prospects are
+delighting; Little town and good Enclosure w<sup>th</sup> woods and
+same of the Country’s. Huntington is but a Small Shire
+town; just by it is a house of the Lord Sandwich, y<sup>t</sup> it is
+pretty large. We enter a good Lofty hall, in it hangs the
+Ship in w<sup>ch</sup> he was lost, that is the representation of it Cut
+out in Little and all things Exactly made to it; there is a
+good parlour and drawing roome: well proportion’d are y<sup>e</sup>
+rooms w<sup>th</sup> good old ffurniture and good Pictures. There is
+a Large dineing roome above w<sup>th</sup> good tapistry hangings,
+and its Ceil’d w<sup>th</sup> jrish oake Carv’d with points hanging
+down like fine ffret worke; this wood no spider will weave
+on or endure. There are good bed Chambers with good
+furniture and fine pictures; over one of the Chimneys is a
+fine picture of Venus were it not too much uncloth’d. The
+Gardens and Wilderness and Greenhouse will be very fine
+when quite ffinished with the dwarfe trees and gravell walks.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_51'>51</span>There is a large fountaine or bason which is to resemble
+that in the privy garden at Whitehall, which will ffront the
+house.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The high terrass walks Look out on the Road. all
+this Country is good Land and ffruitfull and much like
+Oxfordshire.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom Huntington we came to Shilton 10 mile, and
+Came in Sight of a great water on the Right hand about a
+mile off w<sup>ch</sup> Looked Like Some Sea it being so high and of
+great Length: this is in part of the ffenny Country and is
+Called Whitlsome Mer, is 3 mile broad and six long. In
+y<sup>e</sup> Midst is a little jsland where a great Store of Wildfowle
+breeds, there is no coming near it; in a Mile or two the
+ground is all wett and Marshy but there are severall little
+Channells runs into it w<sup>ch</sup> by boats people go up to this
+place. When you enter the mouth of y<sup>e</sup> Mer it lookes
+fformidable and its often very dangerous by reason of
+sudden winds that will rise Like Hurricanes in the Mer, but
+at other tymes people boate it round the Mer with pleasure.
+There is abundance of good ffish in it. This was thought
+to have been Sea some tyme agoe and Choak’d up and so
+remaines all about it for some miles a ffenny Marshy
+Ground for those little Rivers that runns into y<sup>e</sup> Sea some
+distance of miles. Thence to Wangfford 2 miles, thence
+to Stamfford 5 miles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>We pass over a down where is a Cross that directs three
+wayes York, London and Oatly, and here we Come in Sight
+of a Gentlemans house that stands finely on a hill in a
+parke, pretty high with fine groves about it. A little
+farther when we are pass’d the water att Wansford we
+enter Ruttlandshire w<sup>ch</sup> seems more woody than y<sup>e</sup> others.
+Stamfford town is as fine a built town all of stone as may
+be seen; its on the side of a hill w<sup>ch</sup> appears very fine in the
+approach.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Severall very good Churches with high Spires and towers
+very ornamentall, its not very Large, but much ffiner than
+Cambridge, and in its view has severall good houses. On
+the Right hand of Stamfford is a house of M<sup>r</sup> Neals in a
+pretty neate parke pailed in; y<sup>e</sup> house not very big but
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_52'>52</span>Lookes well. On the Side of y<sup>e</sup> hill over against Stamfford
+and on the Left hand over against the town Stands My
+Lord of Exeters Burly house, Eminent for its Curiosity.
+The Situation is the finest I ever saw, on the Edge of the
+hill and severall Rows of trees of severall acres about it
+quite to the Road. It stands in a very fine parke w<sup>ch</sup>
+is full of deer and fine Rows of trees. On Either side
+a very broad Glide or visto that Lookes finely to y<sup>e</sup>
+River and to the adjacent hills, a distance, both with fine
+woods. The town of Stamfford appears very fine on the
+Left hand and most noble woods on the Right hand.
+The house Looks very nobly; y<sup>e</sup> Garden very fine within
+one another w<sup>th</sup> Lower and higher walls deck’d with all
+Sorts of trees and Greens; very fine Gravell walks and
+Grass squaires w<sup>th</sup> Statues and fine Grass walks, dwarfs and
+all sorts of Green trees and Curious things: very fine
+fountaines, there is one in the middle of the Garden thats
+just to y<sup>e</sup> Middle also of the house, that is of an exceeding
+great size. There is a fine vineyard, Warren and Groves
+w<sup>ch</sup> makes its prospects very delightfull.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>You enter a large Court walled, thence to a Space of
+Ground pretty Large, Encompass’d round w<sup>th</sup> a little wall
+of a yard High of free Stone very ffine wrought, on which
+are to be Iron railes and spires, that was not ffinish’d nor
+the space paved which is design’d to be of broad Stone:
+all before the house the little breast wall is in a Compass
+Like a halfe Moone.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Sides up to the house are built in roomes for appartments,
+you ascend the house by Stone Steps—about 12—that
+all turn round; the upper Stepp is at Least 20 foot
+steps in Compass; the door you enter is of Iron Carv’d the
+ffinest I ever saw all sort of Leaves, flowers, figures, birds,
+beasts, wheate in y<sup>e</sup> Carving; very Large y<sup>e</sup> doors are—there
+is an Inside doore as Case to it. On the other side of
+the house is Such another door that Leads into a Court.
+The hall is a noble roome painted ffinely, y<sup>e</sup> walls with
+armory and Battles; its Lofty and paved with black and
+white Marble. You go thence into parlours, dineing rooms,
+drawing roomes and bed Chambers one leading out of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_53'>53</span>another, at Least 20 that were very Large and Lofty, and
+most fine Carving in the Mantlepieces, and very fine paint
+in pictures, but they were all Without Garments or very
+little, that was the only fault, the immodesty of y<sup>e</sup> Pictures,
+Especially in My Lords appartment. This bed Chamber
+was ffurnish’d very Rich, the tapistry was all blew Silke and
+Rich Gold thread, so that the Gold appeared for y<sup>e</sup> Light
+part of all the worke. There was a blew velvet bed with
+gold ffringe and very Richly Embroidered, all the Inside
+with ovals on the head piece and tester, where the figures
+are so finely wrought in Satten stitch it Looks Like painting.
+There is also My Ladys appart<sup>t</sup>, Severall roomes very
+Richly ffurnished and very ffine tapistry with Silver and
+gold in Most; there was at Least 4 velvet beds 2 plaine and
+2 figured—Crimson—green—Severall Coullours together in
+one; Severall Damaske beds and some tissue beds all
+ffinely Embroydered. My Ladys Closet is very ffine, the
+wanscoate of the best Jappan, the Cushons very Rich Work:
+there is a great deale of fine worke under Glasses and a
+Glass case full of all Sorts of Curiosityes of Amber stone
+Currall and a world of fine things. My Lord Excetter in
+his travells was for all sorts of Curious things if it Cost him
+never so much, and a great many of my Ladyes fine things
+were given her by her Mother y<sup>e</sup> Countess of Devonshire.
+There is a Chamber My Lady used to Lye in in the Winter,
+a green velvet bed and the hangings are all Embroydery of
+her Mothers work very ffine; the Silk Looks very fresh and
+ffigures Look naturall.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a drawing room by that, w<sup>ch</sup> has a great Curiosity
+that my Lord brought from beyond sea, on the Mantlepiece
+under a glass; its nunns work the ffinest Embroidery
+that it Looks just Like point or the ffinest Linnen you can
+see; this Cost a great Sume. There are fine Chimney
+pieces of Marble and the windows the same, there are at
+least 20 rooms very Large and Lofty that are all painted
+on the top; there are at Least 20 on y<sup>e</sup> other side of the
+house all w<sup>th</sup> different ffrett work on the Ceiling, besides
+almost as many more roomes that are a building. Some
+the floores Not Laid, others Not ffinish’d y<sup>t</sup> the house will
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_54'>54</span>be a vast thing w<sup>n</sup> done. The floores were Inlaid in severall
+roomes, the Chapple is old and not to abide, the painting is
+good but the place is not Suteable to any part Else. The
+great variety of the roomes and ffine works tooke me up 2
+full hours to go from one Roome to another over the house.
+The Bowling-green, Wilderness, nor Walke I was not in,
+being so great a tract of ground, but you see it all at a
+view on y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> house; it is Esteemed the ffinest house
+and scituation that is in England and will be very Compleate
+when ffinish’d.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence we went to Streton 6 mile, a Little house of
+one Mr Horsman; very good Plantations of trees about it—Stone
+building. Rutlandshire seems more woody and Inclosed
+than some others. Thence to Colson where Lincolnshire
+Comes in; 2 mile thence towards Lincoln we go on a
+fine Champion Country much Like Salisbury plaine, and a
+Large prospect all round—at a distance you See woods and
+towns. This is the best part of this shire for most part is
+ffenny, and we went twenty six Miles all on Such Way
+quite to Lincoln town. We pass by Grantum which is a
+good town 16 mile from Lincoln, all built with Stone, but
+Lies down in a Low bottom. The Church has a very high
+Steeple, its Seen above a Great hill that is by it of a great
+Length and its a long tyme w<sup>n</sup> you see a great part of the
+Steeple before you come to see the Church or town it Lies
+so in a bottom. Lincoln opens to view at Least 6 miles
+off; it Stands on a very high hill and Looks very ffine; at
+the Entrance the houses Stand Compact together. The
+Streetes are but Little but its a vast hill to ascend into the
+town where the Minster stands, by that Means its very
+perspicious and Eminently in view a great Many Miles off.
+The tower, that Great Thoms nest, is 250 steps up, 8
+persons may very well Stand up in the hollow of the bell
+together, its as much as a man Can Reach to the top of the
+bell with his hand when he is in the Inside; its rarely Ever
+rung but only by Ringing the Clapper to Each Side w<sup>ch</sup> we
+did and that sounds all over the town. The houses are but
+small and not lofty nor y<sup>e</sup> Streetes of any breadth. The Sea
+has formerly Come up to the town and y<sup>re</sup> has been very
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_55'>55</span>deep water where now great part of y<sup>e</sup> town is built, so y<sup>t</sup>
+what was y<sup>e</sup> town formerly is that w<sup>ch</sup> stands upon a precipice
+as it were of a hill. Y<sup>e</sup> water is Choake up now and
+y<sup>e</sup> sea Comes not near in Severall Miles and what water
+they have is Called Lincoln Dike—you pass it over on a
+bridge. We went thence by many very ffine Seates, we
+pass by S<sup>r</sup> John Brownlows and Severall others; thence to
+Newark 12 mile in Nottinghamshire; just by it you see a
+very pretty new house of brick building of the Lord Lexingtons,
+w<sup>th</sup> the walls and towers that Looks very Well. Newark
+is a very neate Stone built town, the Market place is very
+Large and Look’d ffine; just by it is the Great Church w<sup>ch</sup> is
+Large and with a very high Spire, there is prayers twice a
+day in it. There remaines the holes in the Church walls
+that the bullets made which were shott into the town in the
+Siege Laid to it by the Parliament army in the Civil warrs:
+the Castle was then demolish’d so y<sup>t</sup> only the ruinated walls
+remaine w<sup>ch</sup> is washed by a very pretty river. At this we
+Enter Nottinghamshire and here I met w<sup>th</sup> the strongest
+and best Nottingham ale that Looked very pale but Exceeding
+Clear. Thence to Nottingham town, its 12 mile
+more and we ffery’d over the Trent w<sup>ch</sup> in some places is so
+deep, but waggons and horses ffords it. I rode along 7 or 8
+mile by the Trent w<sup>ch</sup> is a ffine River tho’ not so broad as
+the Thames is at Kingston, but it look’d very pleasant to
+Ride by its bancks for so many miles, and on the other side
+was a high Ridge of hills shaded over from the top to the
+bottom w<sup>th</sup> fine trees and this for Severall Miles. When on
+the other hand you see a vast bottom Called Note Vale, y<sup>e</sup>
+wood belongs to one M<sup>r</sup> Heckam. You pass by severall
+pretty houses by the river Side, Stone buildings, good
+Gardens, and a Little farther you see the Lord Kingstons
+house w<sup>ch</sup> is Contigeous to Nottingham town, called Home
+Peirpoynt w<sup>ch</sup> Looks finely in woods. The town of Nottingham
+is the neatest town I have seen, built of stone and
+delicate, Large and long Streetes much like London, and y<sup>e</sup>
+houses Lofty and well built. The Market place is very
+broad, out of w<sup>ch</sup> runns a very Large Streete much like
+Holborn but the buildings ffine, and there is a Pyaza all
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_56'>56</span>along one side of one of the Streetes, w<sup>th</sup> Stone pillars for
+walking that runns the Length of the Streetes w<sup>ch</sup> is a mile
+long. All the Streetes are of a good size all about y<sup>e</sup> town
+and well pitch’d, there are severall good houses in the town.
+There are 3 or 4 Large houses of the Duke of New-Castles
+w<sup>th</sup> the Castle w<sup>ch</sup> is a fine thing—stands very high on a hill—and
+when you Come to the Castle you ascend 40 Steps to the
+Court and hall. The roomes are very Lofty and Large, 6 or
+7 state roomes and a long gallery hung with fine Pictures of
+the ffamily; the wanscoate is most of Cedar. Some Roomes
+are hung with good tapistry. The Chamber of State is
+hung w<sup>th</sup> very Rich tapistry so much silver and gold in it
+that the 3 pieces that hung the Roome Cost 1500<sup>£</sup>: the
+bed was rail’d in as y<sup>e</sup> presence Chamber used to be, y<sup>e</sup>
+bed was damaske. The floore of the roome was jnlay’d w<sup>th</sup>
+Cyphers and the Corronet: here y<sup>e</sup> Princess Ann Lay when
+she fled in King James’s tyme when the prince of orange
+was Coming over. On the Leads you have a very fine
+prospect of y<sup>e</sup> whole town and river; You see the Earle of
+Kingstones and S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Willoughby’s fine house on y<sup>e</sup>
+other side of y<sup>e</sup> town, and at a distance we see Beavior
+Castle the Earle of Rutland’s house, and a prospect more
+than 20 mile about, shewing the diversityes of Cultivation
+and produce of the Earth. The land is very Rich and
+fruitfull, so the Green Meadows w<sup>th</sup> the fine Corrn ffields w<sup>ch</sup>
+seemes to bring forth in handfulls. They soe most of Barley
+and have great Encrease, there is all sorts of Graine besides,
+and plaines and Rivers and Great woods and Little towns
+all in view. They make brick and tile by y<sup>e</sup> town—the
+Manufacture of the town mostly Consists in weaving of
+Stockings w<sup>ch</sup> is a very Ingenious art. There was a man
+that spunn glass and made Severall things in glass—birds
+and beasts. I spunn some of the glass and saw him make
+a swan presently w<sup>th</sup> divers Coull’d glass; he makes
+Buttons w<sup>ch</sup> are very strong and will not breake. Nottingham
+is ffamous for good ale, so for Cellars, they are all
+dugg out of the Rocks and so are very Coole. Att y<sup>e</sup>
+Crown Inn is a Cellar of 60 stepps down, all in y<sup>e</sup> Rock
+Like arch worke over your head: in y<sup>e</sup> Cellar I dranke
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_57'>57</span>good ale. We were very well Entertained and very
+Reasonably att the Blackmoors head; thence we went to
+Mansfield 12 mile and pass’d some part of the fine fforest
+of Sherwood. Mansfield is a Little Market town built with
+Stone, there is a Little river; they make and dye Tammy’s
+here. There is one pretty Stone built house just by the
+water side of 40 Stepps ascent into it. At the End of the
+town is an hospital built by a quaker for ancient people,
+its a good neat building, they were to have 8 pound a year
+a piece and the roomes and Gardens, but its Chiefly for their
+friends. There is nothing remarkable here but the dearness
+of y<sup>e</sup> Inns, tho’ in so plentifull a Country. We went thence
+to Wursup and went through a parke of y<sup>e</sup> Duke of New-Castles
+and by his house Calld Welbeake. Ye house is
+but old and Low buildings, but the parke is the Noblest
+wood I Ever saw, fine and stately Straight. A mile thence
+is a fine pile of Buildings of Stone very uniforme and high
+Called Worsup Mannour built by a Coe heir of the Devonshire
+house—3 sisters built 3 noble buildings, this and
+Ardeck and Chattsworth. A little beyond this is another
+Building the remaines of Worsup Abby. All the way to
+Blith is a very heavy Sandy Way 12 miles. At Blith was
+a very Sweete house and Gardens and Grounds, it was of
+Brick work Coyn’d with Stones and the Windows with
+Stone, all sashes; the building was so neate and Exact, it
+was Square w<sup>th</sup> 4 juttings out at Each Corner; it Stands
+high and Commands the Sight of the Country about. The
+fine river by it with fish ponds and Meadows and fine
+woods beyond makes it look very pleasant. The Gardens
+are very neate and after the London Mode, of Gravel and
+Grass walks and Mount, and the Squaires with dwarfes and
+Cyprus, ffirre and all sorts of Greens and fruite trees, its
+very ffruitefull—I Eate good fruite there. Its just by the
+Church so that a Large Arch w<sup>ch</sup> did belong to the Church
+is now made a shady Seate to the Garden with Greens over
+it, under w<sup>ch</sup> is a Sepulchre for y<sup>e</sup> ffamily. It belongs to
+one M<sup>r</sup> Mellish a Merchant in London, its in all parts a
+most Compleate thing and its scituation most pleasant.
+Almost all y<sup>e</sup> road between this and DonCaster is sandy
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_58'>58</span>way, to Rosdin 3 mile, thence to DonCaster 6 miles—here
+Yorkshire beginns and here the Musick wellcom’d us into
+Yorkshire. DonCaster is a pretty Large town of Stone
+buildings, the streetes are good, there is a handsome Market
+Cross advanc’d on 20 steps at Least. The Church is neate
+and pretty Large, Severall Little Monuments. This town
+stands on the River Don, w<sup>ch</sup> gives name to the town, here
+is also a good Large Meeteing place. We were here the
+Lord’s day and well Entertained at the Angel. Thence we
+went to Wentbridge and pass’d by woods belonging to S<sup>r</sup>
+Wentworth by his house 7 mile to Wentbridge, where had
+been a fire the night before Caused by the Lightening and
+thunder w<sup>ch</sup> was remarkably great as we took notice of,
+2 barnes and a house was burnt.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence we ascended a very Steepe hill and so to Fferrybridge
+3 mile where we pass’d the fine River Called the
+Aire, Large for Barges as was most of those Rivers I have
+mention’d.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence to TodCaster 8 mile, w<sup>ch</sup> is a very good
+Little town for travellers, mostly jnns and little tradesmens
+houses. This stands on a very large River Called the
+Whart. Just before you Come to y<sup>e</sup> town there is some of
+y<sup>e</sup> water w<sup>ch</sup> on Great raines are not to be pass’d—it was
+very deep when I went through. Thence we go much on a
+Causey to Yorke 8 miles more, it stands high but for one of
+the Metropolis and the see of y<sup>e</sup> Archbishopp it Makes but
+a meane appearance. The Streetes are Narrow and not of
+any Length, save one w<sup>ch</sup> you Enter of from the bridge that
+is over the Ouise which Lookes like a fine River when full
+after much raine. It is but Low in Comparison of Some
+Rivers, it bears Great Barges, it Looks muddy, its full of good
+ffish. We Eate very good Cod fish and Salmon and that at
+a pretty Cheape rate, tho’ we were not in the best jnn for the
+Angel is the best in Cunny Streete. The houses are very
+Low and as jndifferent as in any Country town and the
+Narrowness of y<sup>e</sup> Streetes makes it appear very mean.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Nottingham is so farre before it for its size—its true
+Nottingham is not a quarter so bigg, Else y<sup>e</sup> Streetes and
+buildings are so Much Nobler as Can be jmagin’d; it Lookes
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_59'>59</span>better att the approach because you see the towers off y<sup>e</sup>
+gates and Severall Churches in Compassing y<sup>e</sup> Minster and
+all y<sup>e</sup> Windmills round y<sup>e</sup> town of w<sup>ch</sup> there are many. Y<sup>e</sup>
+River runns through the town and so its divided, y<sup>e</sup> buildings
+Look No better than the outskirts off London Wappen &amp;c.
+The Bridg is fine arches and built on with houses; the
+Pavements w<sup>ch</sup> is Esteem’d the Chiefe part of town where y<sup>e</sup>
+Market house and town hall stands is so mean that Southwarke
+is much before it. There are a Great Many pretty
+Churches 16 in Number, but the minster is a noble building
+and holds in view at Least 30 miles before you Come to it.
+I saw it and also at y<sup>t</sup> distance, and saw just by it a high
+hill or ffortification it appeared to be, but when I Came to
+York I found it to be only a very high hill w<sup>th</sup> stately high
+trees on it as thick as Could be, a Noble Grove. The Minster
+is very Large and fine of Stone, Carv’d all the outside, 3
+high towers above the Leads; I was in one of them, the
+highest, and it was 262 steps and those very Steep Steps,
+there is a Gallery round the middle of the Church about
+halfe way that goes off these steps of the tower, where you
+may go round and Looke down into the body of y<sup>e</sup> Church
+and y<sup>t</sup> was so great a distance that the men and Ladyes
+that were Walking below look’d like Pigmyes a very little
+to us above. On the Leads of y<sup>e</sup> tower Shews a vast
+prospect of the Country, at Least 30 mile round, you see all
+over the town y<sup>t</sup> Lookes as a building too much Cluster’d
+together, y<sup>e</sup> Streetes being so narrow—some were pretty
+Long. There is another river w<sup>ch</sup> fills the ditches round the
+town Called Ffosse. In the Minster there is the Greatest
+Curiosity for Windows I ever saw, they are so large and so
+Lofty, those in the Quire at y<sup>e</sup> End and on Each side that is
+3 storys high and painted very Curious with History of y<sup>e</sup>
+Bible; the painting is very fine such as was in Kings
+Chapple in Cambridge, but the Loftyness of y<sup>e</sup> windows is
+more than I ever saw any Where Else and by all accounts
+is peculiar; There is such another Window at the End of the
+Cross jsle just by y<sup>e</sup> Quire—all y<sup>e</sup> other Windows are of y<sup>e</sup>
+usual Size of other Cathedralls. Ye body of y<sup>e</sup> Church is
+large and I thinke Larger than any Cathedrall I have seen,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_60'>60</span>bigger than Winchester Cathedrall. All these Isles are
+broad the people of ffashion use them to Walke in and on
+that account its much [something left out] they keep it not
+Cleaner, the Quire has a very good Carving in Wood about
+it, there is a very good Organ, the table cloth and Cushons
+and books at y<sup>e</sup> Comunion table was Crimson velvet and
+hangings, and its Embroyder’d very Richly w<sup>th</sup> gold of a
+Great depth, and Gold ffringe at y<sup>e</sup> bottom: this was Given
+y<sup>e</sup> Church by Doctor Lamplue y<sup>t</sup> was the Arch-bishop
+whose Statue is in White Marble in y<sup>e</sup> wall w<sup>th</sup> Mitre and
+shepherds Crook. Just by him is ye Effigy of another
+Bishop Laying along cut in Stone, and by the aire and Mien
+he looks more Like a Soldier or Beau than a Bishop and so
+it seemes he was in humour. The Embriodery at the table
+is almost yard deep, that was given by Lamplue. In the
+vestry there is a well of Sweet spring-water called S<sup>t</sup> Peter’s
+well, y<sup>e</sup> S<sup>t</sup> of the Church, so it is S<sup>t</sup> Peters y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall is.
+There is a large hunters horne tipt with Silver and Garnish’d
+over and Engraved ffinely all double Gilt w<sup>th</sup> a
+Chaine, the same given by a Gentleman that also gave his
+Estate to add to the revenues of y<sup>e</sup> Church, on a dislike to
+disobedient Children; he used the horne When he hunted
+and drank in it too. I saw there the ffine tissue Cannopy
+that was held over the head of King James the first when
+he Came into England and y<sup>e</sup> head of 2 mace w<sup>ch</sup> were
+Carry’d before him then. There I saw a Chest that was
+Triangular fashion, the Shape of y<sup>e</sup> Coapes when folded in
+y<sup>e</sup> Middle and so put into this Chest. The Chapter house
+is very finely Carv’d and fine painting on the windows all
+round, its all arched Stone and Supported by its own Work
+haveing no pillars to Rest on, tho’ its Length and breadth
+be Equal and at Least 24 ffoot Each. Here was a mint
+for Coyning the old money and plaite into new mill’d
+money; I saw them at work and Stamp’d one halfe Crown
+my Self—they dispatch worke very fast and have Coyn’d
+Severall 1000_£. I see all parts of the work about y<sup>e</sup>
+pounding, the boyling, defineing and makeing Barres and
+Cutting out in y<sup>e</sup> mill and Bakeing and Stamping, all but
+Milling which art they are Sworne to keep private.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_61'>61</span> The Bishops Seate was 4 or 5 mile out of town on the
+River Ouise. Ffrom thence we went over a marshy
+Comon to the Spaw at Marsborough 12 mile; the town is a
+pretty stone building, in it a large Market place; there is a
+River, the water Looks black, I ffancy it runns off from
+the Iron and sulpher mines which Changes the Coull<sup>r</sup>;—We
+pass it over on a large bridge, tho’ in some places they
+may ford it, its all on a Rock and the Sides of the hill by
+y<sup>e</sup> River is all rock and the Little houses are all built in
+the Rocks, there is a little Chapple cut out of the Rock and
+arch’d and Carved w<sup>th</sup> ffigures of Saints, I suppose its
+Called S<sup>r</sup> Robert Chapple he was Esteemed a very devout
+man, his Effigee is Carv’d at the Entrance, there is an alter
+y<sup>t</sup> was deck’d w<sup>th</sup> flowers and the Ground w<sup>th</sup> Rushes for y<sup>e</sup>
+devout that did frequent it. Severall Papists there about
+and many that Came to y<sup>e</sup> Spaw and S<sup>t</sup> Mongers well did
+say their prayers there. There was a Manuscript w<sup>th</sup> a
+long story of this S<sup>r</sup> Robert. There is also the ruines of
+an abbey where there has been many bones taken up and
+some preserv’d as Reliques—there was a papist Lady
+Lodg’d where we did and our Land Lady at y<sup>e</sup> Inn where
+we were treated Civily she told us she went with this Lady
+among these ruines where the Lady would say her prayers,
+and one day some had been digging and brought up y<sup>e</sup>
+bone of a mans arme and hand and y<sup>e</sup> Ligature of y<sup>e</sup>
+Elbow held y<sup>e</sup> bones together w<sup>ch</sup> by Strikeing Came
+asunder, and in y<sup>e</sup> hollow part of y<sup>e</sup> joynt was a jelly like
+blood that was moist, this Lady dipp’d y<sup>e</sup> End of her
+handkerchief in it and so Cut it off and put it up as a
+Relique. There are y<sup>e</sup> ruinated walls of the Castle
+remaines but of no use, but some part is made a prison
+and some vaults made Cellars. I dranke very Strong
+Clear ale in one of those Cellars.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>We were in a very pretty Garden of a Gentlemans of our
+LandLady Mason’s acquaintance where was all manner
+of Curiosityes of fflowers and Greens—Great variety—there
+is also a Cherry Garden with Green walkes for y<sup>e</sup> Company
+to walk in and a Great Seate in a high tree that gives a
+pleasant prospect.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_62'>62</span> From thence we went over to Haragate w<sup>ch</sup> is just by
+the Spaw, two mile further over a Common that belongs to
+Knarsborough; its all marshy and wett and here in the
+Compass of 2 miles is 4 very different springs of water;
+there is the Sulpher or Stincking spaw, not Improperly
+term’d for the Smell being so very strong and offensive
+that I could not force my horse Near the Well; there are
+two Wells together with basons in them that the Spring
+rises up in, which is ffurr’d with a White Scumm which rises
+out of the water, if you keep it in a Cup but a few hours
+it will have such a white Scumm on it, not withstanding it
+rises out of y<sup>e</sup> Spring very Cleare and so being a quick
+Spring itt Soone purges it Self Cleare againe, it Comes
+from Brimstone mines, for the taste and smell is much of
+Sulpher, tho’ it has an additionall offenciveness Like
+Carrion. The Ground is Bitumus or the Like that it runns
+over, it has a quality of Changing Silver into y<sup>e</sup> Coull<sup>r</sup> of
+Copper and that in a few minutes, much quicker than the
+Baths in the West County in Somersetshire. Its a quick
+purger and very good for all Scurbutick humours, some
+persons drink a quart or two, I dranke a quart in a Morning
+for two dayes and hold them to be a good Sort of Purge if
+you Can hold y<sup>r</sup> breath so as to drinke them down. Within
+a quarter of a mile is the sweete spaw or Chalibiet, a Spring
+which rises off Iron and steele like Astrup or Tunbridge
+and Like the German Spaw. This is a quick Spring and
+the Well made up with a bason, and a Cover of Stone over
+it Like an arch; this opperates as all jron springs does,
+tho I Could not find them so strong or spiriteous as those
+at Tunbridge. One thing I observ’d of the Stinking spaw
+tho’ its taste and opperation was like the Somersetshire
+bathes, yet this was not warme in the Least as those
+Bathes are. Just Between these two spaws is a fine Cleare
+and sweete Spring of Comon water very good to wash
+Eyes and pleasant to Drinke. The ffourth Spring w<sup>ch</sup> is
+but two mile off these is of a petrifying quality turnes all
+things into stone. It rises in a banck on y<sup>e</sup> top of a hill
+and so runns along in a little Channell about a foote over
+and all the Ground it runns over is moorish and full of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_63'>63</span>holes with water Standing in it, w<sup>ch</sup> stincks just like the
+Sulpher Spaw and will turn Silver to the Coullour of Copper
+as y<sup>t</sup> does. Notwithstanding this Clear spring runns
+through it with a Swift Current to the brow of y<sup>e</sup> hill and
+then it spreads it Self all round y<sup>e</sup> hill w<sup>ch</sup> is a Rock, and
+so runns down all over the brow of y<sup>e</sup> hill Continually,
+like a Nasty shower of Small and Great Raine, and so it
+meetes in y<sup>e</sup> bottom and runns all into the river Knarsborough,
+and this water as it runns—where it Lyes in the
+hollows of y<sup>e</sup> Rock does turn moss and wood into Stone
+or rather Crusts or Candys wood. I saw some w<sup>ch</sup> had a
+perfect Shell of stone about it, but they tell me it does in
+tyme penetrate through the Wood. I took Moss myself
+from thence which is all Crisp’d and perfect Stone; all the
+Grass Straws or any thing that the water falls upon it does
+Convert to hardness like Stone. Y<sup>e</sup> Whole rock is Continually
+dropping with water besides y<sup>e</sup> Showering from
+the top w<sup>ch</sup> ever runns and this is Called the dropping well.
+There is an arbour and y<sup>e</sup> Company used to Come and
+Eat a Supper there in any Evening to have the pleaseing
+prospect and the murmuring Shower to Divert their Eare;
+in a good Space of tyme it will harden Ribon Like Stone
+or any thing Else.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom Harragate to Cockgrave is 6 mile where is a
+Spring of exceeding Cold Water Called S<sup>t</sup> Mongers Well;
+the Story is of a Child y<sup>t</sup> was Laid out in y<sup>e</sup> Cold for the
+parishes Care and when the Church-Wardens found it they
+took Care of it—a new born Infant—and when it was
+baptised they gave it the Name of “Amongst” because
+they said the Child must be kept among them, and as the
+papist sayes he was an Ingenious Child and so attained
+Learning and was a very religious man and used this spring
+to wash himself; after sometymes that he had gotten
+prefferrment and so grew Rich he walled the Spring about
+and did many Cures on diseased bodies by batheing in it,
+w<sup>ch</sup> Caused after his death people to frequent the Well w<sup>ch</sup>
+was an Inconveniency to y<sup>e</sup> Owners of y<sup>e</sup> ground, and so
+they forbad people Coming and Stopped up y<sup>e</sup> Well; and
+the Story sayes on that severall judgments Came on the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_64'>64</span>owners of y<sup>e</sup> Ground and y<sup>e</sup> Spring broke up all about his
+Ground w<sup>ch</sup> forced him to open it againe and render it
+usefull to all that would Come to Washe in it—thus farre of
+y<sup>e</sup> fable.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Now the Spring is in use and a high wall round it, Y<sup>e</sup> Well
+is about 4 or 5 Yards square and round the brimm is a
+walke of Broad stone round. There are 4 or 5 Steps down
+to the bottom, it is no deeper at Some places then a Little
+above y<sup>e</sup> Waste, not up to y<sup>e</sup> Shoulders of a woman, and
+you may kneel on a flatt Stone and it Comes to y<sup>r</sup> Chin—this
+the papists made use of very much. At one Corner the
+Springs rise they are very quick and there is a Sluce that it
+Continually runns off so as to keep just at the same depth,
+and it runns off so fast and y<sup>e</sup> Springs supply so fast that it
+Clears the Well presently after any body has been in. I
+allwayes Chose to be just where y<sup>e</sup> springs rise that is much
+the Coldest and it throws off anything in the Well to y<sup>e</sup>
+Sluce. Setting aside y<sup>e</sup> papists ffancyes of it I cannot but
+think it is a very good Spring being remarkably Cold and
+just at y<sup>e</sup> head of y<sup>e</sup> Spring, so its ffresh w<sup>ch</sup> must needs be
+very strengthning; it Shutts up the pores of y<sup>e</sup> body immeadiately,
+so fortifyes from Cold, you Cannot bear ye Coldness
+of it above 2 or 3 minutes and then you Come out and
+walke round y<sup>e</sup> pavement and then in againe, and so 3 or 4
+or 6 or 7 as many tymes as you please. You go in and out
+in Linnen Garm<sup>ts</sup>, some go in fflannell; I used my bath
+Garm<sup>ts</sup> and so pulled them off and put on flannell when I
+Came out to go into the bed which is best; but some Came
+at a distance—so did I and did not go into bed—but some
+will keep on their wet Garments and let them drye to them
+and say its more beneficial, but I did not venture it. I
+dipp’d my head quite over every tyme I went in and found
+it Eased a Great pain I used to have in my head, and I was
+not so apt to Catch Cold so much as before w<sup>ch</sup> I imputed
+to the Exceeding Coldness of y<sup>e</sup> Spring that shutts up the
+pores of the body. Its thought it runns off of some very
+Cold spring and from Clay. Some of y<sup>e</sup> papists I saw there
+had so much Zeale as to Continue a quarter of an hour on
+their knees at their prayers in y<sup>e</sup> Well, but none else Could
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_65'>65</span>well endure it so long at a tyme, I went in 7 Severall
+seasons and 7 tymes Every Season and would have gone in
+oftener Could we have Staid longer. We went back to
+Harragat 6 mile and then we went to Burrough Bridge 8
+mile—a famous place for Salmon, but then we Could not
+meete with any, but we had a very Large Codfish there
+above a yard long and more than halfe a yard in Compass
+very fresh and good and Cost but 8 pence. I saw as big a
+one bought then for 6 pence and six Crabbs as big as my
+two hands, the Least was bigger than one of my fists, all
+cost but 3 pence. Thence to Harragate 8 mile, then we
+went and Laid at Knarsburoughe 2 mile, w<sup>ch</sup> was nearer to
+S<sup>t</sup> Mungers Well, for we went it twice from Harragate and
+back w<sup>ch</sup> was 12 mile more and found it too farre to go in
+an afternoon—from Knarsburough it was but 4 mile; we
+went it four tymes and back w<sup>ch</sup> was 16 miles and we went
+afterwards to Harraget 3 tymes and back 12 mile more.
+From Knarsborough we went to Rippon a pretty Little
+market town mostly built of Stone, 8 mile, a Large Market
+place with a high Cross of severall Stepps; we were there
+the Market day where provisions are very plentifull and
+Cheape.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In the Market was sold then 2 good Shoulders of veal,
+they were not very fatt nor so large as our meate in London
+but good meate, one for 5<sup>d</sup> the other for 6<sup>d</sup>, and a good
+quarter of Lamb for 9<sup>d</sup> or 10<sup>d</sup>, and its usual to buy a very
+good Shoulder of Veale for 9 pence, and a quarter of Beefe
+for 4 shillings; Indeed it is not large ox Beef but good
+Middling Beasts: and Craw ffish 2<sup>d</sup> a Doz<sup>n</sup>—so we bought
+them.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Notwithstanding this plenty some of y<sup>e</sup> Inns are very
+dear to Strangers that they Can impose on. The town
+Stands on a hill and there is a good large Stone built
+Church well Carved, they Call it a minster. There is very
+fine painting over the alter, it Looks so natural just like
+Real Crimson satten with gold ffringe like hangings, and
+Severall rows of Pillars in jsles on Either side w<sup>ch</sup> looks very
+naturall. There are two good Bridges to the town, one was
+a rebuilding, pretty large with Severall arches Called Hewet
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_66'>66</span>bridge—its often out of repaire by reason of the force of y<sup>e</sup>
+water that Swells after great raines, yet I see they made
+works of wood on purpose to breake the violence of y<sup>e</sup>
+Streame and y<sup>e</sup> Middle arche is very Large and high.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are Severall good houses about y<sup>e</sup> town and Severall
+Gentlemens Seates about a mile or two distance: 2 mile off
+is a fine place of S<sup>r</sup> Edw<sup>d</sup> Blackets, it looks finely in y<sup>e</sup>
+approach in the Midst of a good parke, and a River runns
+just by it, it stands in the middle and has two Large
+Gardens on Each side. You Enter one through a Large
+Iron Barr-gate painted Green and gold tops and Carv’d in
+Severall places, this is ffine Gravel walks between grass
+plotts 4 Square, with 5 brass Statues Great and Small in
+Each square, and full of borders of flowers and Green banks
+with flower potts. On y<sup>e</sup> other side of y<sup>e</sup> house is just such
+a Garden, only the walkes are all grass rowl’d and the
+Squares are full of dwarfe trees, both ffruites and green, set
+Cross wayes w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes very finely. There is a flower
+Garden behind y<sup>e</sup> house; in it and beyond it a Landry
+Close, with frames for drying of Cloths, walled in. There
+are good Stables and Coach house and all the offices are very
+Convenient—very good Cellars all arch’d, and there I
+dranke small beer four years old not too Stale, very Clear
+good Beer well brew’d. Their kitching, pastry and pantry
+&amp;c all very Convenient; in y<sup>e</sup> pantry hangs a picture of y<sup>e</sup>
+dimentions of a large ox y<sup>t</sup> was fed in these grounds w<sup>th</sup>
+y<sup>e</sup> accò of its weight. Y<sup>e</sup> Quarters was 106 Stone 1<sup>£</sup> and
+y<sup>e</sup> hide was 12 stone and 8 pound, the tallow was 19 stone,
+the head 4 stone, y<sup>e</sup> Legs and feate weigh’d 3 stone 11<sup>£</sup>.
+This Gentleman breeds and feeds much Cattle in his grounds
+and has one of y<sup>e</sup> largest Beeves in England.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>his house is built with bricke and Coyn’d w<sup>th</sup> stone w<sup>th</sup> a flatt
+Roofe Leaded, w<sup>th</sup> railes and Barristers, and a large Cupilow
+in y<sup>e</sup> middle—you may see a Greate way round y<sup>e</sup> Country.
+Y<sup>e</sup> ffront Entrance is 3 gates of Iron Barres and spikes,
+painted blew with gold tops, and brick work between y<sup>e</sup>
+gates and pillars with stone tops Carv’d Like flower potts;
+y<sup>e</sup> pillars all Coyn’d with Stone. Y<sup>e</sup> Middle gate is made
+large in a Compass like a halfe Moone.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_67'>67</span> There are four more spaces in the wall open with Iron
+barres and spikes, 2 of w<sup>ch</sup> are in each side into y<sup>e</sup> Gardens,
+and answers two Like them on the other side of the Gardens.
+The two other are Less and are at y<sup>e</sup> End of a terrass walk
+just along y<sup>e</sup> Entrance w<sup>ch</sup> you ascend by Steps from the
+Middle gate; they are all adorned with brick pillars Coyn’d
+w<sup>th</sup> stone and Stone heads—these are all painted blew and
+gold tipps. From the Terrass you have a Court y<sup>t</sup> Leads
+into y<sup>e</sup> middle of y<sup>e</sup> house into a large hall; over y<sup>e</sup> doore
+at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance is a fine Carving of stone w<sup>th</sup> Leaves and
+flowers with fine stone pillars, and y<sup>e</sup> Armes Cutt finely,
+there is a fine dyal and Clock above all. The hall you
+Enter is of a very good size and height. 2 dineing roomes
+and drawing roomes, one for the Summer with a marble
+floore, 6 or 7 Chambers off a good size and lofty, so y<sup>e</sup> most
+of y<sup>e</sup> beds were two foote too low w<sup>ch</sup> was pitty they being
+good beds, one was Crimson ffigured velvet, 2 damaske beds,
+the rest moehaire and Cambet. Y<sup>e</sup> roomes were mostly
+wanscoated and painted. Y<sup>e</sup> best roome was painted just
+like marble—few roomes were hung. The ffurniture was
+very neately kept and so was the whole house, the roofe of
+y<sup>e</sup> Staires was finely painted, there was Severall pictures but
+not Set up the house being in mourning for his Lady, and
+her mother the Lady Yorke, w<sup>ch</sup> dyed in a month or two of
+Each other. She left S<sup>r</sup> Edward 10 Children, he has a
+great state and will have the 2000 P <sup>an</sup> fall to him that is
+Lady Mary Ffenwichs anuity. he was a merchants son at
+Bristol. The house is served with water by pipes into a
+Cistern into y<sup>e</sup> Garden, Cellars and all offices. This was the
+ffinest house I saw in Yorkshire. We returned to Knarsborough
+9 mile and from thence we went to York againe 12
+mile, this was y<sup>e</sup> worst Rideing in Yorkshire, then we
+passed thro’ York town by another gate towards Hull, and
+y<sup>t</sup> Streete was Larger and better buildings than what I saw
+before in Yorke, and here we pass over the muddy River,
+Called the muddy Ffosse. We passed over the river Derwent
+that runns through the middle of Derbyshire to Born
+Bridge 9 mile, Whitten 6 miles a Little neate Thatch’d
+town of a mile long where we Lay, and passed by Burlington
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_68'>68</span>Lord Cliffords house that stood in a bottom amongst
+trees and Look’d well, and they Say is well painted and
+good ffurniture, but I saw not y<sup>e</sup> Inside, only pass’d by it.
+There we had a very Large Salmon that Cost and y<sup>e</sup> sauce
+but 18<sup>d</sup>, it was very ffresh and good and above 3 quarters of
+a yard long. Thence to Beverly 9 miles w<sup>ch</sup> is a very fine
+town for its size, its prefferable to any town I saw but
+Nottingham. There are 3 or 4 Large Streetes well pitch’d
+bigger than any in York, the other Lesser Streets about y<sup>e</sup>
+town being Equal with them. The Market Cross is Large,
+there are 3 markets, one for beasts another for Corne and
+another for ffish, all Large, the town is Serv’d with Water
+by wells walled up round or rather in a Square, above halfe
+ones length, and by a pully and weight letts down or draws
+up the Buckat w<sup>ch</sup> is Chained to y<sup>e</sup> beame of y<sup>e</sup> pully.
+There are many of these wells in all the streetes it seemes
+its in Imitation of Holland, they being supply’d with water
+soe. The buildings are new and pretty Lofty, the Minster
+has been a ffine building all stone, Carv’d on the outside
+w<sup>th</sup> ffigures and Images, and more than 100 pedastalls that
+remaine where Statues has stood of angels and the like.
+The wood worke in the quire is very ffine. Just by the
+Comunion table is the Sanctuary or place of Refuge
+where Criminalls flee for Safety—its a Seate of Stone work
+Cut all in one.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Earle of Northumberland’s and Lady’s Monuments—his
+is very plaine, only a marble Stone raised up with Stone
+about 2 yards high; his Name, by means of his great
+atchievments in the Barrons warre, great Percy Earle of
+Northumberland, is monument Enough to posterity. His
+tombe was a little fallen in and a hole So bigg as many put
+their hands in and touch’d the body w<sup>ch</sup> was much of it
+Entire of y<sup>e</sup> bonds; the Skull was whole and the teeth
+firme, tho’ of so many yeares standing. The Countess’s
+monument is very fine, its made of y<sup>e</sup> same free stone y<sup>e</sup>
+Church is built w<sup>th</sup>, but so finely polished y<sup>t</sup> it looks like
+Marble, and Carv’d w<sup>th</sup> figures, birds leaves, flowers, beasts
+and all sorts of things and y<sup>e</sup> armes is Cutt out in severall
+places all about it; the top of the arch is one Entire Stone
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_69'>69</span>as much as one Can Grasp and its all finely Carv’d w<sup>th</sup> all
+sorts of Curiosityes and adorn’d with Gilding and painting.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are 4 good monuments all of marble of y<sup>e</sup> Wharton
+ffamily. In the middle of y<sup>e</sup> Church is y<sup>e</sup> tomb of S<sup>t</sup> John
+with a brass Inscription on y<sup>e</sup> pavement, and at a little
+distance they shew’d us the wearing of y<sup>e</sup> pavement with y<sup>e</sup>
+obeisance of his votarys, this being S<sup>t</sup> John of Beverly. At
+the End of y<sup>e</sup> Church is y<sup>e</sup> ffont, y<sup>e</sup> upper part of it, that is
+the bason was of one Entire marble of a Darke Coullour.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Cover was Carv’d Exactly and of a Piramidy fform and
+very high. There is another Church Called S<sup>t</sup> Mary’s y<sup>t</sup> is
+very large and good I thought that had been the Minster
+at first Entrance of y<sup>e</sup> town; there is the prayers Everyday
+and its used on all accounts and so the other is neglected.
+This has a quire in which they were preaching w<sup>n</sup> we were
+there. There is a very good free schoole for boys, they say
+y<sup>e</sup> best in England for Learning and Care w<sup>ch</sup> makes it fill’d
+with Gentlemens Sons besides the free Schollars from all
+parts—provision being very Cheape here. I was offered a
+large Codffish for a shilling and good Pearch very Cheape,
+we had Crabbs bigger than my two hands pence apiece w<sup>ch</sup>
+would have Cost 6 pence if not a shilling in London and
+they were very sweete. From thence we went to Hull 6
+mile all upon a Caussey secured w<sup>th</sup> two little rivers running
+on Each Side w<sup>ch</sup> is used to flow over their grounds it
+being a Great fflatt severall miles, and the meadows are
+Cloth’d w<sup>th</sup> good Grass by y<sup>t</sup> means. The river Hull runns
+from Beverly at the town End, just by y<sup>e</sup> Minster you
+Cross it, this runns to Hull, y<sup>e</sup> town is properly Called so
+from that River, but its name is Kingston on y<sup>e</sup> Hull, being
+built on y<sup>t</sup> River w<sup>ch</sup> runns into y<sup>e</sup> Humber w<sup>ch</sup> is a noble
+River—y<sup>e</sup> mouth of it opens just ag<sup>st</sup> this town. The
+buildings of Hull are very neate good streets, its a good
+tradeing town by means of this great River Humber y<sup>t</sup>
+Ebbs and flows Like the Sea, and is 3 or 4 mile over at y<sup>e</sup>
+Least; it runns 20 mile hence into y<sup>e</sup> Sea and takes in all
+y<sup>e</sup> great Rivers—y<sup>e</sup> Trent Ouise, Aire, Don, y<sup>e</sup> Derwent and
+y<sup>e</sup> Hull, and Carries much water that a man of warre of all
+sorts Can Ride. I was on board a new man of warre y<sup>t</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_70'>70</span>belonged to the town and Called y<sup>e</sup> Kingston, it was but
+small, well Compact for provision and was built fit for swift
+saileing. The Humber is very salt, allwayes it rowles and
+tosses just like y<sup>e</sup> Sea, only y<sup>e</sup> soile being Clay turnes y<sup>e</sup>
+Water and waves yellow and soe it differs from y<sup>e</sup> Sea in
+Coullour, not Else—its a hazardous water by reason of
+many shoares y<sup>e</sup> tides meete. I was on it a pretty way and
+it seemes more turbulent than y<sup>e</sup> Thames at Gravesend.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>We enter y<sup>e</sup> town of Hull from y<sup>e</sup> Southward over two
+drawbridges and gates, there is the Same Entrance in
+another part of y<sup>e</sup> town by 2 gates and 2 drawbridges from
+Holderness, and so y<sup>e</sup> ditches are round y<sup>e</sup> town to y<sup>e</sup>
+Landward, and they Can by them floate y<sup>e</sup> grounds for 3
+mile round w<sup>ch</sup> is a good ffortification. The Garrison and
+plattforme w<sup>ch</sup> is the ffortification to y<sup>e</sup> Sea is in a very
+uniforme ffigure and were it ffinished is thought it would be
+the ffinest ffortification that Could be seen—its wall’d and
+pallisadoed. I walked round it, and viewed it and when I
+was on y<sup>e</sup> water, it seemes to runn a great Length and
+would require many Soldiers to deffend y<sup>e</sup> halfe moons and
+workes. In the town there is an hospitall y<sup>ts</sup> Called y<sup>e</sup>
+Trinity house, for Seamens widdows, 30 is their Completm<sup>t</sup>,
+their allowance 16<sup>d</sup> p<sup>r</sup> weeke and ffewell, they have a little
+Chapple to it for prayers; over this building is a large
+roome for Cordage and sailes, where they make them and
+keep their Stores. In the middle of this roome there hangs
+a Canoe to y<sup>e</sup> Roofe of y<sup>e</sup> Roome just bigg Enough for one
+man to sit in, and the Effigie of a man that was taken w<sup>th</sup>
+it, all his Cloths Cap and a Large bag behind him where in
+his ffish and provision were, these were all made of y<sup>e</sup> skin
+of ffishes and were y<sup>e</sup> same w<sup>ch</sup> he wore when taken, y<sup>e</sup>
+forme of his face is only added and just resemble y<sup>e</sup> wild
+man that they took, for so the Inscription Calls him, or y<sup>e</sup>
+bonny boate man; he was taken by Cap<sup>tn</sup> Baker and there
+are his oars and spear y<sup>t</sup> was with him—this is all written
+on y<sup>e</sup> boat to perpetuate y<sup>e</sup> memory of it; he would not
+speak any Language or word to them y<sup>t</sup> took him nor
+would he Eate, so in a few dayes died. There is a good
+large Church in Hull. You Enter a large jsle just in the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_71'>71</span>Middle that runns quite aCross through the Church, and
+divides the body of the Church w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> pulpet and pews on one
+Side with a partition of wood Carv’d, and on the other side
+was such another partition for y<sup>e</sup> Chancell, and I observ’d
+there their alter stood tablewise for y<sup>e</sup> Comunion just in
+the middle of y<sup>e</sup> Chancell, as it was in the primitive tymes
+before Popery Came in. There was Severall Little monuments
+of marble in y<sup>e</sup> walls. Ffrom thence to Beverly
+againe 6 mile w<sup>ch</sup> is all a flatt, thence to Brance Burton 8
+mile, all likewise on a Levell w<sup>ch</sup> they Call Loughs. Here
+we Could get no accomodation at a Publick house, it being
+a Sad poore thatch’d place and only 2 or 3 Sorry Alehouses,
+no lodgings but at y<sup>e</sup> hall house as it was Called Where
+liv’d a Quaker w<sup>ch</sup> were Sufficient people. The rooms were
+good old rooms being y<sup>e</sup> Lord of the mannours house—these
+were but tennants—but did Entertain us kindly, made
+two good beds for us and also for our Servants, and good
+bread and Cheese, bacon and Eggs. Thence we went to
+Agnes-Burton 7 mile, the miles are long and so they are in
+most part of these Northern County’s. This is the East
+Rideing of Yorkshire and we saw y<sup>e</sup> Session house at
+Beverly for this Rideing.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Agnes Burton is a Seate of S<sup>r</sup> Griffith Boyntons, Grandson
+to S<sup>r</sup> ffrancis w<sup>ch</sup> married my father’s Sister one of William
+Lord Viscount Say and Seales Daughters.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>It looks finely In the approach. A mile or two off we
+pass by another of his houses w<sup>ch</sup> is newer built and very
+good Gardens, Called Barmstone,—we Eate some of y<sup>e</sup>
+good ffruite. The house is all built with Bricks and so good
+Bricke that at 100 years standing no one Brick is faulty; it
+stands on a pretty ascent. We Enter under a Gate-house
+built w<sup>th</sup> 4 large towers into a Court which is large, in y<sup>e</sup>
+middle is a Bowling green palisado’d round, and y<sup>e</sup> Coaches
+runns round it to the Entrance w<sup>ch</sup> is by 10 stepps up to a
+Tarress, and thence a pav’d walke to y<sup>e</sup> house. Cut box
+and ffilleroy and Lawrell about y<sup>e</sup> Court. The ffront Looks
+very uniform with severall round buildings on each side
+answerring Each other with Compass windows, and y<sup>e</sup>
+middle is a Round building, and y<sup>e</sup> door Enters in in y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_72'>72</span>side of y<sup>t</sup> tower w<sup>ch</sup> was y<sup>e</sup> old fashion in Building and is
+like my brother Say’s house at Broughton.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Out of an Entry you Come into a very Lofty good hall,
+y<sup>e</sup> Screen at the Lower End (w<sup>ch</sup> divides it from y<sup>e</sup> Entry)
+is ffinely Carv’d, the parlour and drawing roome are well
+proportion’d roomes, and y<sup>e</sup> wanscoate is all well Carv’d,
+y<sup>e</sup> moldings of y<sup>e</sup> doores and  Chimneys are finely Carv’d
+w<sup>th</sup> Staggs and all sorts of beasts, woods and some leaves
+and flowers and birds and angells &amp;c. There is beyond
+this a very good little parlour w<sup>th</sup> plaine wanscoate painted
+in veines like marble, dark and white Streakes. There is
+a very good dineing roome over this and 5 very good
+Chambers some well ffurnished, all very neate and Convenient
+w<sup>th</sup> Closetts to their own apartments and Anty
+roomes. There is much of y<sup>e</sup> Same ffine Carving in the
+dineing roome, the Chambers are all wanscoated and
+Carv’d, there is a noble gallery over all, with large windows
+on y<sup>e</sup> sides and at Each End painted very Curiously, out
+of w<sup>ch</sup> you view the whole Country round and discover the
+shipps under saile though at a good distance. The Gardens
+are large and are Capable of being made very ffine—they
+now remaine in the old ffashion. There is gravell walks
+and grass and Close walks, there is one walke all y<sup>e</sup> Length
+of the Garden Called the Crooked walke, of grass well Cutt
+and rowled, it is indented in and out in Corners, and so is
+the wall w<sup>ch</sup> makes you thinke you are at y<sup>e</sup> End off the
+walke Severall tymes before you are, by means of y<sup>e</sup>
+Codling hedge that is on the other side. This Leads you
+to a summer house that also opens to a large gravell walke
+that runns the breadth of y<sup>e</sup> Garden to the house ward.
+From Agnes Burton we went to Scarborough 14 mile.
+We pass’d from this flatt to Boynton, thence ascended the
+wouls or high hills so Called in this County, and it prov’d
+misty w<sup>ch</sup> made our observations to be fixed on it that the
+mist was thicker and more held in those high wouls as raine
+or mist is in thick trees, so y<sup>e</sup> mist was much more there
+than in y<sup>e</sup> plaine, so thick in some you Could not see the
+top. We descended these high wouls by a steep and
+hazardous precipice on one Side and y<sup>e</sup> way narrow.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_73'>73</span> Scarbrough is a very pretty Sea-port town built on the
+Side of a high hill. The Church Stands in the most Eminent
+place above all y<sup>e</sup> town and at Least 20 Steps you ascend
+up into y<sup>e</sup> Churchyard. The ruines of a Large Castle
+remaines, the Walls in Compass Severall acres of ground y<sup>t</sup>
+feeds many beasts and milch Cows. Y<sup>e</sup> hill on w<sup>ch</sup> the
+Castle Stands is very Steep and Severall trenches over one
+another, round the walls all one Side of the Castle Stands
+out to the sea shore a good Length. Its open to the Main
+ocean and to secure the harbour there is a mole or halfe
+moone, two, one within y<sup>e</sup> other something resembling the
+Cobb at Lime in Sommersetshire. The sea when the tide
+is in is Close up to the town and the bottom of a Ridge of
+hills that runns from the town 5 or 6 mile in a Compass.
+When its Ebb water it Leaves y<sup>e</sup> shore 400 yards all a
+flatt, and such good sand, as you presently walke on it
+without Sinking, y<sup>e</sup> Sand is so smooth and firme, and so
+you may walke 5 or 6 mile on the Sand round by y<sup>e</sup> ffoote
+of this Ridge of hills, w<sup>ch</sup> is the poynt by w<sup>ch</sup> all the
+Shipps pass that go to NewCastle or that way. I see
+70 saile of shipps pass the point and so Come onward at
+some Distance off from the Castle, Supposed to be Colliers
+and their Convoys. On this Sand by the Sea shore is y<sup>e</sup>
+Spaw well w<sup>ch</sup> people frequent, and all the diversion is y<sup>e</sup>
+walking on this sand twice a day at y<sup>e</sup> Ebb of the tide
+and till its high tide and then they drink. Its something
+from an Iron or Steele minerall but by means of the tide
+flowing on it Every tyme. Especially spring tydes it
+Covers y<sup>e</sup> well quite—and allwayes flowes up just to it,
+w<sup>ch</sup> Leaves a brackish and saltness w<sup>ch</sup> makes it purge
+pretty much, but they say y<sup>e</sup> Spring is so quick that it
+soone Casts off y<sup>e</sup> Sea water; but in my opinion is y<sup>t</sup> the
+whole spring and all the Springs that Bubble up all over the
+sands must be agreable and of the sort of water the sea
+is, being so just on the sea side and so neare must be
+Influenc’d by y<sup>e</sup> salt water. It seems to be a pretty turbulent
+Sea, I was on it in a little boate but found it very
+rough even just in y<sup>e</sup> harbour, I suppose the Cause may
+be from standing so open to y<sup>e</sup> Maine. The town has
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_74'>74</span>abundance of Quakers in it, most of their best Lodgings
+were In quakers hands, they Entertain all people, soe in
+Private houses in the town by way of ordinary, so much a
+Meale and their Ale. Every one finds themselves—there are
+a few Inns for horses only. I was at a quakers meeteing
+in the town where 4 men and 2 women spoke one, after
+another had done, but it seem’d such a Confusion and so inCoherent
+that it very much moved my Compassion and
+pitty to see their delusion and Ignorance and no less
+Excited my thankfullness for the Grace of God that upheld
+others from such Errors. I observ’d their prayers were
+all made on the first person and single, though before the
+body of people; it seems they allow not of ones being the
+mouth of y<sup>e</sup> Rest in prayer to God tho’ it be in the publick
+meetings. In this town we had good accomodations and
+on very Reasonable terms. They drye a large ffish Like
+Codlings and salt them and when you dress them, water them;
+then they string them on wire, and so Rost them before the fire
+and make good sauce for them, they Eate very well and as
+tender as a fresh Codling and very sweete iff they were well
+cured when they were first taken, Else they will taste stronge.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence we went to Maulton 14 miles w<sup>ch</sup> is a pretty
+large town built of Stone but poor; there is a large market
+place and severall great houses of gentlemens round the
+town. There was one M<sup>r</sup> Paumes that marry’d a relation
+of mine Lord Ewers Coeheiress who is landlady of almost
+all y<sup>e</sup> town. She has a pretty house in the place. There is
+the ruins of a very great house w<sup>ch</sup> belonged y<sup>e</sup> family
+but they not agreeing about it Caused y<sup>e</sup> defaceing of it.
+She now makes use of y<sup>e</sup> roomes off y<sup>e</sup> outbuildings and
+gate house for weaving and Linning Cloth, haveing set up
+a manuffactory for Linnen w<sup>ch</sup> does Employ many poor
+people. She supply’d me w<sup>th</sup> very good beer, for y<sup>e</sup> Inn
+had not the best. Thence to York 14 miles, and so to
+Tadcaster 8 mile, thence to Aberfford 4 miles all on a
+heavy bottom, their miles are long and I observe the
+ordinary people both in these parts of Yorkshire and in the
+northern parts Can scarce tell you how farre it is to the
+next place unless it be in the great towns, and there in
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_75'>75</span>their publick houses, and they tell you its very good yate
+Instead of Saying it is good way, and they Call their gates
+yates, and do not Esteem it uphill unless so steep as a
+house or precipice; they say its good levell gate all along
+when it maybe there are Severall great hills to pass, but
+this account did Encrease on us the nearer we Came to
+Darbyshire, but in Generall they Live much at home and
+scarce Ever go 2 or 10 mile from thence Especially the
+women, so may be term’d good housekeepers. To Aberford
+we Came by severall pretty Seates in view, we Lay at
+an acquaintances house M<sup>rs</sup> Hickeringalls: thence we went
+to Castleton Bridge 5 mile, where was a glass house; we
+saw them blowing white glass and neale it in a large oven
+by the heate of y<sup>e</sup> ffurnace. All the Country is full of
+Coale and the pitts are so thick in y<sup>e</sup> roade that it is
+hazardous to travell for strangers.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Pomffret 3 miles w<sup>ch</sup> Looks very finely in
+the approach. Its built on a hill all of stone, its a very
+neate building and y<sup>e</sup> streets well pitch’d and broad, the
+houses well built and looks more stately than any in York,
+only its not the tenth part so bigg, its a neate little town as
+I have seen. there are severall very good houses in it, one
+Doct<sup>r</sup> Burgess has built a very good house w<sup>ch</sup> is Call’d his
+ffolly. There is a noble house at the Entrance of the town
+of y<sup>e</sup> Lady Grace Perpoynt, and good Parke Gardens and
+walks and a great revenue belonging to it,—the Daughter of
+the Marquis of Dorchesters. There is a ffine Church in the
+town and as spacious a market place as is at Salisbury or as
+you shall see any where, and the building so Even and
+uniforme as well as Lofty that it appears very magnificent—its
+a Major town. We were in the Chief Inn the Sunn,
+tho’ there are many good Inns, but this was a very good
+Genteel jnn and it happen’d the Landlord was then Major
+of y<sup>e</sup> town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Provisions are very Easy here, we had 2 or 3 pound of
+Codffish for a small matter and it was a Large dish. Y<sup>e</sup>
+town is full of Great Gardens walled in all round on y<sup>e</sup>
+outside of the town, on the Edge of y<sup>e</sup> hill so the Gardens
+runns down a great way, you descend with them by severall
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_76'>76</span>stepps. Its a fruitfull place, fine flowers and trees with all
+sorts of fruite, but that w<sup>ch</sup> is mostly jntended is the Encreasing
+of Liquorish w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Gardens are all filled with, and
+any body that has a Little ground improves it for the
+produce of Liquorish of w<sup>ch</sup> there is vast quantetyes, and it
+returns severall 100 pounds yearly to the towns. The Leafe
+is not much unlike a Rose Leafe but some w<sup>t</sup> narrower and
+Longer, the Coullour is something a Yellower Green, Else
+the branches grow Like it w<sup>th</sup> double Leaves on a Stalke
+and severall all down y<sup>e</sup> Stalke, somewhat in the manner of
+Caliceily or Solomons Seale and much of that smoothness
+of Leafe. Thence to Hemsworth 4 mile where we Could
+meet w<sup>th</sup> no Lodging, only Little ale houses to give one a
+pot of beere, and so we went 2 mile ffarther but found it y<sup>e</sup>
+same and it being too farre to reach Rotheram we made use
+of ye hospitallity of a Clergyman one M<sup>r</sup> Fferrer w<sup>ch</sup> was a
+very Genteele man and gave us a Civil Entertainm<sup>t</sup> and
+good beds—he has a very good house and Genteely
+ffitted good Hall and parlour, and the Garden very neate.
+Its a very ffruitfull Country w<sup>ch</sup> Encourages jndustry and
+there is plenty of Stone Like free Stone w<sup>ch</sup> makes ffine
+houses and walls. Thence to Rotheram 12 miles, its most
+in a deep Clay ground and now the wayes are more difficult
+and narrow. Rotheram is a good market town well built all
+of stone. The Church stands high in y<sup>e</sup> middle of the town
+and Looks finely, its all Stone and Carv’d very well all the
+out side. Thence to Ackington 8 mile, a very Little place
+its 3 mile from Shellton town, but that was thought out of
+our way, so we Lay here in a poor Sorry Inn. There was
+one good bed for us Gentlewomen. Its a pretty Long Parish
+and through it runns a Water which Came down a great
+banck at the End of y<sup>e</sup> town like a precipice with such violence
+y<sup>t</sup> it makes a great noise, and looks Extreamely Cleare
+in the Streame that gushes out and runns along: it runns
+on off a deep yellow Coullour, they say it runns off of a
+poisonous mine or Soile and from Coale pitts; they permit
+none to taste it for I sent for a Cup of it and y<sup>e</sup> people in y<sup>e</sup>
+Streete Call’d out to forbid y<sup>e</sup> tasteing it, and it will beare
+no Soape so its useless. Here we Entred Darbyshire and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_77'>77</span>went to Chesterffield 6 mile, and Came by y<sup>e</sup> Coale mines
+where they were digging. They make their mines at y<sup>e</sup>
+Entrance Like a Well and so till they Come to y<sup>e</sup> Coale,
+then they digg all the Ground about where there is Coale
+and set pillars to support it, and so bring it to y<sup>e</sup> well where
+by a basket Like a hand barrow by Cords they pull it up—so
+they Let down and up the miners with a Cord. Chesterffield
+Looks Low when you approach it from the Adjacent
+hill w<sup>ch</sup> you descend, but then you ascend another to it.
+The Coale pitts and quaraes of stone are all about, Even
+just at y<sup>e</sup> town End, and in the town its all built of stone.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Church stands in a place of Eminency, the town Looks
+well, the Streets good, y<sup>e</sup> Market very Large. It was
+Satturday w<sup>ch</sup> is their market day and there was a great
+Market Like some little ffaire, a great deale of Corne and
+all sorts of ware and ffowles there. I bought my self 2 very
+good ffatt white (pullings as they Call them) pullets for 6
+pence both, and I am sure they were as Large and as good
+as would have Cost 18 pence if not 2 shill<sup>s</sup> a piece in
+London—so said all my Company. In this town is y<sup>e</sup> best
+ale in the Kingdom Generally Esteem’d. All Derbyshire is
+full of Steep hills and nothing but the peakes of hills as
+thick one by another is seen in most of y<sup>e</sup> County w<sup>ch</sup> are
+very steepe, w<sup>ch</sup> makes travelling tedious and y<sup>e</sup> miles Long.
+You see neither hedge nor tree but only Low drye stone
+walls round some ground Else its only hills and Dales as
+thick as you Can Imagine, but tho’ the Surface of y<sup>e</sup> Earth
+Looks barren yet those hills are impregnated w<sup>th</sup> Rich
+marble stone metals, Iron and Copper and Coale mines in
+their bowells, from whence we may see the wisdom and
+benignitye of o<sup>er</sup> greate Creator to make up the Defficiency
+of a place by an Equivolent, and also the diversity of the
+Creation w<sup>ch</sup> Encreaseth its Beauty. We go from Chesterffield
+to y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Devonshires house and ascend a high
+hill at Least two or three miles Long, we pass’d by a Cavity
+in one great Banck or Rock Called Stonidge Hall all stone
+of about 12 yards long and about 4 or 5 broad, its all Rock
+like an arch on y<sup>e</sup> Roofe but its not ffenc’d so but y<sup>e</sup> beasts
+trample and ffowle it you Can scarce go into it. The same
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_78'>78</span>long steep hill we had to descend w<sup>ch</sup> Comes to Chattsworth
+ten mile. The Duke’s house Lyes just at y<sup>e</sup> foote of this
+steepe hill w<sup>ch</sup> is like a precipice just at y<sup>e</sup> Last, notwithstanding
+the Dukes house stands on a little riseing ground
+from y<sup>e</sup> River Derwent w<sup>ch</sup> runns all along y<sup>e</sup> front of y<sup>e</sup>
+house, and by a Little fall made in y<sup>e</sup> water w<sup>ch</sup> makes a
+pretty Murmurring noise. Before y<sup>e</sup> gate there is a Large
+parke and Severall ffine Gardens one w<sup>th</sup> out another w<sup>th</sup>
+Gravell walkes and Squairs of Grass w<sup>th</sup> stone statues in
+them, and in y<sup>e</sup> middle of Each Garden is a Large ffountaine
+full of Images, sea gods and Dolphins and sea horses w<sup>ch</sup>
+are full of pipes w<sup>ch</sup> spout out water in the bason and
+spouts all about the Gardens. 3 gardens just round the
+house. Out of two of y<sup>e</sup> Gardens you ascend by Severall
+Stepps into other Gardens w<sup>ch</sup> some have Gravell walks and
+squares Like y<sup>e</sup> other w<sup>th</sup> Statues and Images in the bason.
+There is one bason in the Middle of one Garden thats very
+Large and by sluces besides the Images Severall pipes plays
+out y<sup>e</sup> water—about 30 Large and small pipes altogether,
+some fflush it up that it ffrothes Like snow. There is one
+Garden full of stone and brass statues. So the Gardens
+Lyes one above another w<sup>ch</sup> makes the prospect very fine.
+Above these gardens is an ascent of 5 or 6 stepps up to
+green walk and groves of firrs and a wilderness and Close
+arbours and shady walks. On Each End of one Walke
+stands two piramidies full of pipes spouting water that runns
+down one of them—runns on brass hollow work w<sup>ch</sup> looks
+like rocks and hollow stones.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Y<sup>e</sup> other is all fflatts, stands one above another like
+Salvers so the water rebounds one from another 5 or 6 one
+above the Other. There is another green walke and about
+y<sup>e</sup> Middle of it by y<sup>e</sup> Grove stands a fine Willow tree, the
+Leaves, Barke and all looks very naturall, y<sup>e</sup> roote is full of
+rubbish or great stones to appearance and all on a Sudden
+by turning a sluce it raines from Each Leafe and from the
+branches like a shower, it being made of Brass and pipes to
+Each Leafe, but in appearance is Exactly like any Willow.
+Beyond this is a bason in w<sup>ch</sup> are y<sup>e</sup> branches of two
+Artichock Leaves w<sup>ch</sup> weeps at y<sup>e</sup> End of Each Leafe into
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_79'>79</span>the bason w<sup>ch</sup> is placed at y<sup>e</sup> foote of Lead steps 30 in
+number. The Lowest step is very deep, and between Every
+4 stepps is a half pace all made of Lead and are broad on
+Each side. On a little banck stands blew balls 10 on a
+side, and between Each ball are 4 pipes w<sup>ch</sup> by a sluce
+spouts out water aCross y<sup>e</sup> stepps to Each other like an
+arbour or arch. While you are thus amused suddenly
+there runs down a torrent of water out of 2 pitchers in y<sup>e</sup>
+hands of two Large nimphs Cut in stone that Lyes in the
+upper step w<sup>ch</sup> makes a pleaseing prospect. This is designed
+to be Enlarged and Steps made up to y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> hill w<sup>ch</sup>
+is a vast ascent, but ffrom y<sup>e</sup> top of it now they are
+Supply’d w<sup>th</sup> water for all their pipes so it will be the
+Easyer to have such a fall of water Even from y<sup>e</sup> top w<sup>ch</sup>
+will add to the Curiositye. The house is built all of Stone
+y<sup>t</sup> is dugg out of the hills, its like free stone—a flatt Roofe
+w<sup>th</sup> Barristers and flower potts. In the ffront is 7 large
+windows, the glass is diamond Cutt and all off large
+Looking glass, y<sup>e</sup> panes bigg 4 in a breadth 7 in height, to
+the Garden ward was 12 windows of y<sup>e</sup> same glass 4 panes
+broad 8 long, y<sup>e</sup> Lowest windows are made w<sup>th</sup> Grates
+before them and are for birds—an Averye—and so looking
+glass behind. Y<sup>e</sup> stepps out of y<sup>e</sup> Garden are on Either
+side 20 steps and Iron barrs painted blew and tipt w<sup>th</sup> gold.
+Y<sup>e</sup> steps meete on y<sup>e</sup> top in a halfe pace railed y<sup>e</sup> same, but
+y<sup>e</sup> front entrance is not finished; there is a large Court w<sup>ch</sup>
+is to be pas’d and so stepps on Each side of stone w<sup>th</sup> half
+paces up to a tarrass walke. Y<sup>e</sup> large gates of jron barrs
+are 3 at y<sup>e</sup> Court and from this tarress you Enter. The
+ffront is w<sup>th</sup> Severall Large stone pillars Carv’d, at y<sup>e</sup>
+Entrance into another Court w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup> house is built about, and
+here are peaso’s supported w<sup>th</sup> stone pillars, under w<sup>ch</sup> you
+pass from one place to another. Out of it is y<sup>e</sup> Chappel w<sup>ch</sup>
+is a very lofty building and supported by 4 large pillars of
+black marble, two at y<sup>e</sup> alter, 2 just at y<sup>e</sup> bottom to support
+y<sup>e</sup> gallery for y<sup>e</sup> Duke and Dutches to sitt in. Y<sup>e</sup> pillars
+are 14 foote, and so bigg that I could not Compass one w<sup>th</sup>
+my arms. These 4 and 2 stepps by y<sup>e</sup> alter was made out
+of one stone Cut out of y<sup>e</sup> hill just by, so is all y<sup>e</sup> marble
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_80'>80</span>about the house and so finely polish’d like a Looking glass;
+the pavem<sup>t</sup> is black and white marble vein’d, Lay’d long
+wayes in large stones all of y<sup>e</sup> same. Y<sup>e</sup> painting is very
+fine, on the top and on the sides y<sup>e</sup> history of Christ and y<sup>e</sup>
+New testament. There is a very fine Carving of wood and
+Stone, the Dove at the alter y<sup>e</sup> Angels and Cherubims w<sup>th</sup>
+flowers, Leaves Laurell &amp;c. &amp;c. very Curiously Carv’d.
+The hall is very Lofty, painted top and Sides with armory
+and there is 18 steps on Each side goes up as an arch, w<sup>th</sup>
+Iron Barristers tipt w<sup>th</sup> gold w<sup>ch</sup> Meetes on y<sup>e</sup> top Large
+steps of stone. Thence you Enter a dineing roome, two
+drawing roomes, a bed Chamber and Closet w<sup>ch</sup> opens quite
+thro’ the house a visto, and at the End of the dineing roome
+is a Large door all of Looking glass in great pannells all
+diamond Cutt. This is just opposite to y<sup>e</sup> doores that runs
+into y<sup>e</sup> drawing roome and bed Chamber and Closet so it
+shews y<sup>e</sup> roomes to Look all double. Ye ffloores of y<sup>e</sup>
+Roomes are all finely Inlaid, there is very Curious Carving
+over and Round the Chimney pieces, and Round the
+Looking-glasses that are in y<sup>e</sup> peers between the windows,
+and fine Carv’d shelves or stands on Each side of y<sup>e</sup> glass.
+Every roome is differing work and all fine Carving and over
+y<sup>e</sup> doores some of it is of y<sup>e</sup> Natural Coull<sup>r</sup> of y<sup>e</sup> wood and
+varnish’d only—others painted. Ye Dutchess’s Closet is
+wanscoated w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> hollow burnt japan, and at Each Corner
+are peers of Looking glass; over the Chimney is Looking
+glass an oval and at the 4 Corners after this figure <span class='c025'>⌘</span>,
+and hollow Carving all round y<sup>e</sup> glass. The roomes are
+all painted very finely on y<sup>e</sup> top; all y<sup>e</sup> windows y<sup>e</sup> Squares
+of glass are so large and good they Cost 10s. a pannell.
+There was sweete tapistry hangings with small figures and
+very much silk, they Look’d as ffresh as if new tho’ bought
+severall yeares—there were no beds up. There was as
+many roomes on the other side w<sup>ch</sup> were not ffinished, they
+were just painting y<sup>e</sup> Ceilings and Laying the floores w<sup>ch</sup>
+are all jnlaid, these were the Duke and dutchess’s apartm<sup>ts</sup>
+besides which are a great number of roomes and severall
+offices. There is a fine Grottoe all stone pavement Roofe
+and sides, this is design’d to supply all y<sup>e</sup> house w<sup>th</sup> water
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_81'>81</span>besides severall ffanceyes to make diversion. Within this is
+a batheing roome, y<sup>e</sup> walls all w<sup>th</sup> blew and white marble—the
+pavement mix’d, one stone white, another black, another
+of y<sup>e</sup> Red vaned marble. The bath is one Entire marble
+all white finely veined w<sup>th</sup> blew and is made smooth, but
+had it been as finely pollish’d as some it would have been
+the finest marble that Could be seen. It was as deep as
+ones middle on the outside, and you went down steps into
+y<sup>e</sup> bath big enough for two people. At y<sup>e</sup> upper End are
+two Cocks to let in one hott, y<sup>e</sup> other Cold water to attemper
+it as persons please—the Windows are all private Glass.
+The Gallery we ascended out of y<sup>e</sup> hall into before we Came
+to y<sup>e</sup> dineing roome, w<sup>ch</sup> I should have spoken off then,
+was delicately painted over head, and Round on the top
+was a raile and Barristers so naturally drawn just round the
+Cornish, that you would take it for a Railed walke round y<sup>e</sup>
+top to looke down into the gallery, There is another ffine
+staircase all stone and hangs on it self on y<sup>e</sup> outside, y<sup>e</sup>
+support is from y<sup>e</sup> wall and its own building. Ye stone of
+y<sup>e</sup> half paces are large and one Entire stone makes Each.
+On the top of y<sup>e</sup> Staires y<sup>e</sup> space Leading to y<sup>e</sup> roomes are
+3 large Stones, the Stones Cost 20<sup>£</sup> a piece, so large and
+thick you would wonder how they should be raised up so
+high and be supported by its own arch without any pillars
+on y<sup>e</sup> outside. This is all of Stone Cut out of y<sup>e</sup> hills w<sup>ch</sup>
+Looks like what we Call free stone. Y<sup>e</sup> house is all off the
+same and all the marble in y<sup>e</sup> Windows, Chimneys and
+pavements is all marble dug out of the hill above the house,
+both black, white rance, and Curiously veined and polished,
+so fine as any I ever saw w<sup>ch</sup> Came from beyond sea.
+Thence we came to Bankwell a pretty neate market town
+2 mile; it Stands on a hill, yet you descend a vast hill to it
+w<sup>ch</sup> you would thinke impossible to go down, and we was
+forced to fetch a Great Compass, and by reason of y<sup>e</sup> steepness
+and hazard of y<sup>e</sup> wayes if you take a wrong Way there
+is no passing. You are forced to have guides as in all parts
+of Darbyshire, and unless it be a few y<sup>t</sup> use to be guides y<sup>e</sup>
+Common people know not above 2 or 3 mile from their
+home, but they of y<sup>e</sup> Country will Climbe up and down
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_82'>82</span>w<sup>th</sup> their horses those steep precipices. There are many
+fine springs of water purling out of y<sup>e</sup> Rock on these hills.
+At Bankwell there was an Excellent Minister in y<sup>e</sup> Publick
+who pray’d and preach’d very seriously and his Life and
+Conversation is suitable, not very frequent in our dayes to
+be found.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>We went 3 mile off in the afternoone to heare another y<sup>t</sup>
+was in a meeteing and so 3 mile home againe. Y<sup>e</sup> hills
+about y<sup>e</sup> town and all about y<sup>e</sup> town is rocks of y<sup>e</sup> finest
+marble of all sorts—huge Rock. I took some of it and
+shewing it to severall they think it Comparable to any
+beyond sea. Thence to Haddon Hall for so all y<sup>e</sup> great
+houses are called, as Chatsworth Hall, so this Haddon Hall
+the Earle of Rutlands house 2 mile from Bankwell; its a
+good old house all built of stone on a hill and behind it is a
+ffine grove of high trees and good Gardens, but nothing
+very Curious as y<sup>e</sup> mode now is. There is a large Parke
+upon a great ascent from y<sup>e</sup> house which is built round a
+Court, y<sup>e</sup> parke is one part of some of y<sup>e</sup> highest hills w<sup>ch</sup>
+gives a great prospect over y<sup>e</sup> Country. But Indeed all
+Darbyshire is but a world of peaked hills, which from some
+of y<sup>e</sup> highest you discover y<sup>e</sup> Rest Like steeples or tops of
+hills as thick as Can be, and tho’ they appear so Close yet
+y<sup>e</sup> steepness down and up takes up y<sup>e</sup> tyme, y<sup>t</sup> you go it as
+if so many Miles, and were y<sup>e</sup> ground measur’d would be in
+Length as much as miles on a plaine. Thence to Buxton
+9 mile over those Craggy hills Whose Bowells are full of
+mines of all kinds off Black and white and veined Marbles,
+and some have mines of Copper, others tinn and Leaden
+mines, in w<sup>ch</sup> is a great deale of silver. I have some w<sup>ch</sup>
+Looks full of silver, its so bright just brought up out of one
+of y<sup>e</sup> mines. They digg down their mines Like a well for
+one man to be let down w<sup>th</sup> a Rope and pulley, and so
+when they find oar they keep digging under ground to
+follow the oar w<sup>ch</sup> lies amongst the stone y<sup>t</sup> Lookes like our
+fine stones. In y<sup>t</sup> mine I saw there was 3 or 4 at work and
+all let down thro’ y<sup>e</sup> well; they digg sometymes a great
+way before they Come to oar. There is also a sort of stuff
+they dig out mixt w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> oar and all about the hills they
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_83'>83</span>Call Sparr, it looks like Crystal or white sugar Candy, its
+pretty hard; y<sup>e</sup> doctors use it in medicine for the Collick;
+its smooth like glass but it looks all in Crack’s all over.
+They Wall round the Wells to y<sup>e</sup> mines to Secure their
+Mold’ring in upon them, they Generally Look very pale
+and yellow that work Underground, they are fforc’d to keep
+Lights w<sup>th</sup> them and sometymes are forced to use Gunpowder
+to break y<sup>e</sup> stones, and y<sup>t</sup> is sometymes Hazardous
+to the people and destroys them at y<sup>e</sup> work. Its very
+difficult to find the Wayes here for you see only tops of
+hills and so many roads—by reason of y<sup>e</sup> best wayes up
+and down—that its impossible for Coach or Waggon to
+pass some of y<sup>m</sup>, and you scarce see a tree and No hedges
+all over y<sup>e</sup> Country, only dry stone walls y<sup>t</sup> incloses ground
+no other ffence. Buxton we Saw 2 or 3 tymes and then
+Lost y<sup>e</sup> sight of it as often, and at last did not See it till
+just you Came upon it—that 9 mile we were above 6 hours
+going it. The house thats Call’d Buxton Hall w<sup>ch</sup> belongs
+to y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Devonshire its where the warme bath is and
+well, its the Largest house in the place tho’ not very good;
+they are all Entertaining houses and its by way of an
+ordinary—so much a piece for y<sup>r</sup> dinners and suppers and
+so much for our Servants besides; all y<sup>e</sup> ale and wine is to
+be paid—besides, the beer they allow at the meales is so
+bad y<sup>t</sup> very Little Can be dranke. You pay not for y<sup>r</sup> bed
+roome and truely the other is so unreasonable a price and
+y<sup>e</sup> Lodgings so bad, 2 beds in a Roome some 3 beds and
+4 in one roome, so that if you have not Company Enough
+of your own to fill a Room they will be ready to put others
+into the same Chamber, and sometymes they are so Crowded
+that three must Lye in a bed. Few people stay above two
+or three nights its so Inconvenient. We staid two nights
+by reason one of our Company was ill, but it was sore
+against our Wills for there is no peace nor quiet with one
+Company and another going into the bath or Coming out;
+that makes so many strive to be in this house because the
+bath is in it. Its about 40 foot Long and about 20 or 30
+ffoote broad being almost square. There is 10 or 12 springs
+that bubble up that are a Little warme, its not so warme as
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_84'>84</span>milke from y<sup>e</sup> Cow, and not a quick spring, so y<sup>t</sup> its not
+Capable of being Cleansed after Everybody has been in.
+Its warme Enough just to Open the pores of ones body,
+but not to Cause sweat, I was in it and it made me shake,
+its farre from the heate that is in the Somersetshire baths.
+Its Cover’d over the top, but not Ceiled and there is an
+open place in the middle like a Tunnell w<sup>ch</sup> pours the Cold
+down on y<sup>e</sup> head, it would in my thoughts be better if it
+were Exposed all to y<sup>e</sup> aire and sunn. There is a pavem<sup>t</sup> of
+Stone on one side at y<sup>e</sup> brim to walke on, with benches of
+Stone to Sitt on. You must have a guide y<sup>t</sup> Swims with
+you, you may Stand in some place and hold by a Chaine
+and y<sup>e</sup> water is not above y<sup>r</sup> Neck, but in other parts very
+deep and strong it will turn you down. About 10 or 12
+yards distant is a spring Called S<sup>t</sup> Anns Well w<sup>ch</sup> is for
+drinking, they have arch’d it up y<sup>t</sup> its much hotter, it heates
+y<sup>e</sup> Cup you take it up in but not or near so hot as y<sup>e</sup>
+Somersetshire baths and springs are, the taste is not
+unpleasant but Rather like Milk, they say its Diaretick—I
+dranke a part of a Cup full.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another wonder is that of Pooles hole, thats just at y<sup>e</sup>
+towns End, a Large Cavity under ground of a Great Length.
+Just at the Entrance you must Creep, but presently you
+stand upright, its Roofe being very Lofty all arched in the
+Rocks and sound with a great Ecchoe. Y<sup>e</sup> Rocks are
+Continually droping water all about, you pass over Loose
+stones and Craggy Rocks. The dripping of the water wears
+impression on y<sup>e</sup> Stones that forms them into Severall
+Shapes, there is one Looks Like a Lyon w<sup>th</sup> a Crown on his
+head, y<sup>e</sup> water trickling on it weares it into so many shapes;
+another place Lookes just Like y<sup>e</sup> shape of a Large organ
+w<sup>th</sup> ye severall Keys and pipes one above another as you
+see in a great Cathedrall; there is also a Stone w<sup>ch</sup> Looks
+white and in shape Like a salted flitch of Bacon w<sup>ch</sup> hangs
+down from the Roofe of y<sup>e</sup> Arch w<sup>ch</sup> is very Lofty in this
+place. There is another Rock Looks like a Chaire of State
+w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Canopy and all glistring like diamonds or starrs;
+thus does all y<sup>e</sup> sides of the Rock all shine Like Diamonds.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Rocks are very Large and Craggy and Indented, some
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_85'>85</span>Looks like y<sup>e</sup> outsides of Cockle shells, others are smooth
+all Caused I believe from y<sup>e</sup> dripping of y<sup>e</sup> Water. I was
+as farre as y<sup>e</sup> Queen of Scotts pillar, w<sup>ch</sup> is a Large white
+stone, and y<sup>e</sup> top hangs over your head Like a Cannopy all
+great white Stones and in spires or Large jceickles and
+glistring as the other. They may go farther but I had no
+such Curiosity, I had y<sup>e</sup> Light Carry’d that shewed me to
+S<sup>t</sup> Anns Needle after w<sup>ch</sup> is only sand. This white stone is
+very Like Chrystall of w<sup>ch</sup> there is a stone Like a Bason or
+Large ffont wherein drops Continually y<sup>e</sup> water w<sup>ch</sup> runns
+over and trickling down does as it were Candy in jceickles
+and points, under w<sup>ch</sup> is a pillar of this white stone. We
+had some broken off which Looks like y<sup>e</sup> jnsides of oyster-shells
+or mother of pearle, some Looks like alabaster. As
+I went I Clamber’d over the top of all y<sup>e</sup> stones and as I
+Came back I pass’d under severall of y<sup>e</sup> arches Like bridges;
+they are both wayes full of Loose stones and the water
+dropping makes them slippery, it being also very uneven
+by reason of y<sup>e</sup> Craggs. How it should Come none Can
+give any good accō; its Call’d Pooles hole from a man of
+that name that was a Robber and use to secure himself in
+y<sup>t</sup> place like a house, and so y<sup>e</sup> Country people imagined he
+made it, but some think it was dug to find mines or marble
+or Chrystal because y<sup>e</sup> mettle mines are full of stone as I s<sup>d</sup>
+before; only this Enters in y<sup>e</sup> side whereas the mines they
+make now are as a well perpendicular for severall yards
+before it spreads, and y<sup>t</sup> not till they Come to find metal,
+but y<sup>e</sup> difficulty appears as to this hole how so large a
+Cavity should be Left, as in some places y<sup>e</sup> Roofe is as
+lofty as you can see and all stone; now how it should be
+fixt so as not to tumble in by y<sup>e</sup> weight of y<sup>e</sup> Earth or stone
+on y<sup>e</sup> top: as to y<sup>e</sup> waters dropping y<sup>t</sup> is but what is
+Customary among rocks and stones, there are many springs
+w<sup>ch</sup> run in y<sup>e</sup> veines of y<sup>e</sup> Earth and allwayes are running in
+such subteraneus vaults in the Earth, w<sup>ch</sup> gather together
+and runns in a little Channell in y<sup>e</sup> bottom of this Cave as
+you may step one. The 4th wonder is that off Elden hole
+about 2 mile from Buxton; its on y<sup>e</sup> side of a hill about 30
+yards if not better in length at y<sup>e</sup> brimm, and half so broad,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_86'>86</span>and just in sight is full of Craggy stones like a Rock for
+about 2 or 3 yards down, w<sup>ch</sup> Contracts the Mouth of y<sup>e</sup>
+hole to about 4 yards long and 2 broad or thereabouts;
+w<sup>ch</sup> hole is Suppos’d to run down directly a vast length and
+has been try’d w<sup>th</sup> a Line and plummet severall fathom and
+the bottom not Sounded, tho’ some are of opinion its
+because the hole runns aslant so the plummet and Line
+Could not pass, and what we observ’d gives some strength
+to this notion, for Cast a stone down you hear it Strike a
+long tyme at the sides of y<sup>e</sup> hole, and if you go down below
+100 y<sup>ds</sup> or more and Lay y<sup>r</sup> head to the ground you shall
+hear the stone ring Much longer than those that stand at
+the holes mouth, w<sup>ch</sup> must discover y<sup>e</sup> ground to be hollow
+at Least much farther in Compass than the mouth of y<sup>e</sup>
+hole, but its Certain it must be of a great depth by reason
+of the tyme you Can hear a stone strike and ring in its
+descending, and y<sup>t</sup> which Lessens the sound may be by its
+breaking against the sides. Its a very hazardous place, for
+if a man or beast be too near the Edge of y<sup>e</sup> bank and trip
+they fall in w<sup>th</sup> out retrieve. Y<sup>e</sup> beasts graze in the Grounds
+and hills but it must be some great force that drives them
+near the hole; there is a sort of instinct in Nature, self
+preservation and a great sence of danger in beasts; its
+reported that severall Attempts have been made to ffence
+the whole round w<sup>th</sup> a stone Wall as the manner of the
+fences are all over y<sup>t</sup> Country, but yet it has been all in
+vaine. What they built up in the day would be pull’d down
+in y<sup>e</sup> night and so its vaine to trye y<sup>e</sup> securing it round
+from any falling in—this the people tell us. The Country
+here about is so full of moore or quagmires and such
+precipices that one that is a stranger Cannot travell w<sup>th</sup> out
+a guide, and some of them are put to a Loss sometymes.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The fifth wonder is Mamtour w<sup>ch</sup> is a high hill that Looks
+Exactly round, but on the side next Castleton w<sup>ch</sup> is a
+Little town in the High Peake on that side its all broken
+that it Looks just in resemblance as a great Hay-Ricke y<sup>ts</sup>
+Cut down one halfe on one side—that describes it most
+naturall. This is all sand, and on that broken side the sand
+keeps trickling down allwayes Especially when there is the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_87'>87</span>Least wind of w<sup>ch</sup> I believe this Country scarce Ever is
+w<sup>th</sup>out; many places of the hill Looks hollow and Loose w<sup>ch</sup>
+makes it very dangerous to ascend and none does attempt
+it, y<sup>e</sup> sand being Loose slips y<sup>e</sup> foote back againe.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The 6<sup>th</sup> wonder is at Casleton 4 mile from Elderhole;
+its a town Lyes at y<sup>e</sup> foote of an Exceeding steep hill w<sup>ch</sup>
+Could not be descended by foote or horse, but in a Compass
+and y<sup>t</sup> by y<sup>e</sup> Roads returning to and agen on y<sup>e</sup> side of y<sup>e</sup>
+hill at Least 4 tymes before we Could gaine y<sup>e</sup> bottom or
+top of s<sup>d</sup> Hill. This is w<sup>ch</sup> they Call the Devills Arse a
+peake, the hill on one End jutting out in two parts and
+joyns in one at y<sup>e</sup> top, this part or Cleft between you Enter
+a great Cave w<sup>ch</sup> is very Large, and severall poor Little
+houses in it built of Stone and thatch’d Like Little Styes,
+one seemed a Little bigger in which a Gentleman Liv’d
+and his wife y<sup>t</sup> was worth above 100<sup>£</sup> a year w<sup>ch</sup> he left to
+his brother, Chooseing rather Like a hermite to Live in this
+sorry Cell. One M<sup>r</sup> Midleton who was w<sup>th</sup> us s<sup>d</sup> he had
+dined w<sup>th</sup> them there on Carrots and Herbs, and y<sup>t</sup> he was
+dead and his wife a year or two since. Now none but very
+poor people Live there w<sup>ch</sup> makes some small advantage by
+begging and by Lighting the strangers into the Cave w<sup>ch</sup>
+beyond this you Enter so straight a passage. At the
+mouth you stoop very Low Even upon y<sup>r</sup> Breast and Creep
+in, when you are about a yard or two’s Length you stand
+upright, it being Lofty in manner of Poole’s Hole only the
+Rock hangs down in so many places that there is often
+Cause of Stooping very Low to pass by y<sup>m</sup>, and here y<sup>e</sup>
+ground you tread on is all sand and firme, only y<sup>e</sup> Rocks do
+drip water in many places w<sup>ch</sup> makes it damp and strikes
+Cold to you, but Excepting the pillars of Rock in some
+places that hang down y<sup>e</sup> most of it is very Lofty and a
+great Ecchoe like a Church. You pass a good way by y<sup>e</sup>
+Light of many Candles haveing Lost y<sup>e</sup> sight of day from
+y<sup>e</sup> first stooping Entrance. At Last you Come to a river
+they Call it, a great water it is and very deep, they say its
+about 12 yards over and some do go on it w<sup>th</sup> a Little boate
+to y<sup>e</sup> other side but I would not venture. There was one
+Gentlewoman in our Company s<sup>d</sup> she had once been Carry’d
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_88'>88</span>over on 2 mens shoulders, but they waded above their waste
+in water, so I would not be for so dangerous I was sure it
+was a difficult Enterprise, and when you are over y<sup>t</sup> side
+they go over but such places as was pass’d before w<sup>ch</sup> Leads
+to another such a water w<sup>ch</sup> some men have pass’d over and
+so have gone on to a third water, but there y<sup>e</sup> Rocks hung
+so Low as almost to touch y<sup>e</sup> water w<sup>ch</sup> hindred their
+proceeding. That water I saw was strange, so deep and
+large and look’d like a standing water but whether it were
+or not Could not tell, no Doubt but it has a passage thro’
+the veines of y<sup>e</sup> Earth or Else would swell so as to Cause a
+bursting out of y<sup>e</sup> Earth—it seemed to have a motion w<sup>th</sup>
+it, All these things shewes the great wisdom and power of
+our blessed Creator to make and maintaine all things within
+its own Bounds and Limits w<sup>ch</sup> have a tendency to worke
+out ruine to y<sup>e</sup> whole frame of y<sup>e</sup> world if not bridled by
+Gods Command.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The seventh wonder is a flowing and Ebbing Well
+between this town and Buxton w<sup>ch</sup> Ceases its miraculous
+motion but on Great raines which Raises the springs, and
+then, the man w<sup>ch</sup> was w<sup>th</sup> us told me he had seen it severall
+tymes in y<sup>e</sup> winter when y<sup>e</sup> springs were high to Ebb and
+flow severall tymes in a hour, w<sup>ch</sup> appear’d by y<sup>e</sup> Rise and
+fall of y<sup>e</sup> water from y<sup>e</sup> Edge of ye well, and the man
+seem’d to be a good sober man, M<sup>r</sup> Middleton it was, so
+that its Likely when the springs are high the water from
+the sea may have a quicker flux and Reflux thro’ the
+Channells of y<sup>e</sup> Earth, but this is a good distance from y<sup>e</sup>
+sea or Ebbing and flowing Rivers.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Castleton to Buxton is 6 mile, but they are very
+long. You might go 10 of miles near London as soon as
+you are going halfe so many here.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence we went to Ashburn 16 miles where I saw some
+of their Copper mines where they dig them like a well, but
+secure y<sup>e</sup> side w<sup>th</sup> wood and turffe bound w<sup>th</sup> ye wood like
+Laths or frames aCross and long wayes to secure it. This
+is a pretty neate market town; thence to Uxeter 8 mile,
+and we Cross a River on a long Bridge and so we enter
+Staffordshire w<sup>ch</sup> has quite a different soyle, sand and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_89'>89</span>gravell and some Clay, and very pretty sort of pebbles in
+the ground—some of a bright green like an Emerald, others
+vein’d, some Clear like Christall. This Country is well
+wooded and full of Enclosures, good Rich Ground, is
+Extreamely differing from Darbyshire. Just before we
+Came to Uxeter we pass by a very Exact house and
+Gardens of one M<sup>r</sup> Cotten a justice of peace, its Brick and
+Coyn’d w<sup>th</sup> stone, the Gardens or Courts very Compleate,
+but it stands in a Low moorish ground to show this worlds
+good is not perfect but has its foule as well as faire Side and
+with all its Conveniency’s Must Labour under some
+difficultyes. We pass thro’ a deep and Long water just by,
+but y<sup>e</sup> bottom was hard gravell, this supply’s severall mills
+w<sup>ch</sup> are used for their prepareing y<sup>e</sup> metal they take out of
+y<sup>e</sup> mines. I had a piece of Copper given me by One of y<sup>e</sup>
+managers of y<sup>m</sup>.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence we Came to Woolsley 7 mile, to a Relations
+house S<sup>r</sup> Charles Woolsley whose Lady was my Aunt,
+where we dined. Y<sup>e</sup> house stands in a fine parke; y<sup>e</sup> house
+is an old building and but Low, its built round a Court:
+there is a Large Lofty hall in y<sup>e</sup> Old fashion, a dineing and
+drawing roome on y<sup>e</sup> one hand, and a little parlour on the
+other, the best roomes were newer built w<sup>th</sup> Chambers over
+them, and a very good staircase well wanscoated and
+Carv’d w<sup>th</sup> good pictures. Y<sup>e</sup> Rest of the house is all old
+and Low and must be new built. Y<sup>e</sup> Gardens are good,
+both gravell and Green walks; there is a good River runns
+by it w<sup>ch</sup> has dwarfe trees and honysuckles and binds on
+the Bancks, there is a great deale of good fruite and there
+are severall walks, one shady w<sup>th</sup> high trees w<sup>ch</sup> my Aunt
+told me my mother liked to walke in and so was Call’d her
+walke. I eate a sort of flatt strawbery like a button, w<sup>ch</sup>
+grew in a second Crop from y<sup>e</sup> same strawberys Roote w<sup>ch</sup>
+produces its first Crop a sort of Large garden Strawberries
+and this sort afterwards. In this Country they burn all
+this tyme of y<sup>e</sup> year July, their ffern and make y<sup>e</sup> ashes up
+in balls and so keep to make Lye for driveing their Ruck
+of Cloth’s w<sup>ch</sup> whitens them much. Not farre from hence
+they have y<sup>e</sup> mines of the fine sort of Coale that is hard and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_90'>90</span>will be pollished like black marble, for salts or boxes or such
+Like, y<sup>e</sup> only difference it will not bear ye fire as marble
+does, Else it resembles it very much; there were of these
+mines just by but now they have Come to y<sup>e</sup> End of this
+veine and so there is none within 6 or 7 mile.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>This is y<sup>e</sup> pitt Coale, y<sup>ts</sup> Cloven and burns Like a Candle,
+and makes white ashes Like y<sup>e</sup> Scotch-Coale. Y<sup>e</sup> same
+sort is in Nottinghamshire. From hence we went to Litchfield
+7 mile, a sandy Road full of fine pebbles; Litchfield
+stands Low, there is a greate standing water as I have seen
+just by y<sup>e</sup> town, w<sup>ch</sup> does often flow y<sup>e</sup> grounds after Raines,
+so the Road is secured w<sup>th</sup> a banck and a breast wall of a
+good Length into y<sup>e</sup> town—as a Long Causy or bridge y<sup>e</sup>
+Road is, and there are some few Arches here and there to
+Carry off y<sup>e</sup> water. Y<sup>e</sup> water has very good ffish in it but
+it must be muddy; its the privilege of y<sup>e</sup> Magistrates only
+to have fishing or to go about it w<sup>th</sup> a little boate. The
+town has good houses, y<sup>e</sup> Close has y<sup>e</sup> Bishops and Deanes
+and prebends houses w<sup>ch</sup> are good; the streetes are very
+neate and handsome, y<sup>e</sup> Breadth and length very well and
+the building handsome. The minster is a stately structure
+but old, y<sup>e</sup> outside has been finely Carv’d and full of Images
+as appears by the nitches and pedistalls w<sup>ch</sup> remaine very
+Close all over the walls, and still just at ye front remaines
+some Statues of y<sup>e</sup> Kings of Jerusalem and some angels and
+Cherubims. At y<sup>e</sup> door is a Large statue of King Charles
+y<sup>e</sup> Second, and all about y<sup>e</sup> door is fine Carving of flowers
+Leaves, birds and beasts and some saints and apostles
+statues. The Inside of y<sup>e</sup> Church is very neate being new
+but there is but Little painting; there are two Quires, one
+old one w<sup>th</sup> organs and seates, y<sup>e</sup> other new w<sup>ch</sup> is very
+Large w<sup>th</sup> Organs and fine Carving in y<sup>e</sup> wood; here are 2
+organs. There is a painting over the Communion table of
+peach Collour satten Like a Cannopy w<sup>th</sup> gold fringe, and
+its drawn so well that it lookes like a Reall Cannopy.
+There is some remaines of a Castle, y<sup>e</sup> walls and some of
+the towers remaine. The wall that Encompasses y<sup>e</sup> town is
+what Encompasses the Church and goes from thence.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>We went thence to Colehill 12 mile, and pass’d by
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_91'>91</span>severall good houses. Here I saw y<sup>e</sup> way of makeing
+Runnet as they do in Cheshire—they take y<sup>e</sup> Reed bag and
+Curd and haveing washed it Clean, salt it and breake y<sup>e</sup>
+Curd small about y<sup>e</sup> bag, so drye them, being stretch’d out
+with sticks like a glove, and so hang them in a Chimney
+till you need it, then Cut a piece off this as big as halfe a
+Crown and boyle it in a little water w<sup>ch</sup> water will turn y<sup>e</sup>
+milke better than any made runnet and its freshe. This is
+a pretty little market town and stands on a hill.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Coventry all on a Levell 8 mile. I Came
+by severall pretty seates, one on the Left hand of S<sup>r</sup> Andrew
+Hacket stands in a parke and good gardens walled in, and
+on the Right hand we Came Close to a very pretty new
+built house w<sup>th</sup> severall Rows of firrs, the outward Court
+Came in a Compass w<sup>th</sup> open Barrgates just to the Road,
+and a brick bridge from the Court at one side quite Cross
+y<sup>e</sup> highway: we drove under it w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to a parke that
+runs along on the other hand. The house was brick and
+Coyn’d with stone and the windows the same, 8 windows
+in the front and y<sup>e</sup> Lawrells and greens look’d very pretty.
+Coventry stands on the side of a pretty high hill and as
+you approach it from the adjacent hill you have the full
+prospect. The spire and steeple of one of the Churches is
+very high and is thought the third highest in England. In
+the same Church yard stands another large Church w<sup>ch</sup> is
+something unusuall two such great Churches together;
+their towers and the Rest of y<sup>e</sup> Churches and high buildings
+make the town appear very fine, the streetes are broad
+and very well pitch’d w<sup>th</sup> small stone. The Cross is noted
+and y<sup>e</sup> finest building in England for such a thing, and in
+my phancy it very much resembles y<sup>e</sup> picture of y<sup>e</sup> tower
+of Babel, its all stone Carv’d very Curiously, and there are
+4 divisions Each being less than another to y<sup>e</sup> top, and so
+its Piramidy forme. In Each partition is severall nitches
+for statues quite round it where are kings and queens, and
+just on Each side before Each statute is their arms and y<sup>e</sup>
+arms of England and the arms of y<sup>e</sup> town, and so its
+adorn’d w<sup>th</sup> Coullours and gilding in their proper places as
+in the garments and Crowns or Coronets, and finely Carv’d
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_92'>92</span>w<sup>th</sup> angels and Cherubims and all sorts of beasts, Birds,
+flowers in garlands, and Leaves—this in Every division;
+there is variety quite up to the top w<sup>ch</sup> is finely Carv’d
+and Gilt. This is y<sup>e</sup> biggest place in y<sup>e</sup> town, and y<sup>e</sup> streete
+very broad and runs off a great length, and most of y<sup>e</sup>
+streetes are very good. Y<sup>e</sup> buildings are mostly of timber
+work and old. There is a water house at the End of y<sup>e</sup>
+town w<sup>ch</sup> from springs does supply by pipes y<sup>e</sup> whole town
+w<sup>th</sup> water in y<sup>e</sup> manner that London is. There is also a
+water w<sup>ch</sup> serves severall mills y<sup>t</sup> belong to the town; it
+seems to be a thriveing good trading town and is very
+Rich. They have a great publick stock belonging to y<sup>e</sup>
+Corporation above 3 thousand pound a year for publick
+schooles, Charity and y<sup>e</sup> maintenance of their severall publick
+Expences, of their Magistrates and Companyes, the majority
+of the heads are now in y<sup>e</sup> sober men, so its Esteem’d a
+ffanatick town, and there is Indeed the largest Chapple
+and y<sup>e</sup> greatest number of people I have ever seen of y<sup>e</sup>
+Presbiterian way. There is another meeteing place in y<sup>e</sup>
+town of y<sup>e</sup> Independants w<sup>ch</sup> is nott so bigg, but tho’ they
+may differ in some small things, in y<sup>e</sup> maine they agree and
+seeme to Love one another w<sup>ch</sup> was no small sattisfaction
+to me, Charity and Love to y<sup>e</sup> brethren being y<sup>e</sup> Characteristicall
+marke of Christs true Disciples.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Coventry has one thing remains Remarkable not to be
+omitted, the statue of a man Looking out of a window w<sup>th</sup>
+his Eyes out, and is a monument as history tells us of some
+priviledges obtein’d by a Lady wife, to the nobleman who
+was lord of y<sup>e</sup> town, and she was to purchase them by
+passing on horse back through y<sup>e</sup> town naked w<sup>ch</sup> he
+thought she would not do, but out of zeale to relieve y<sup>e</sup>
+town from some hard bondage she did, and Commanded
+all windows and doores to be shutt and none to appear in
+the streete on pain of death w<sup>ch</sup> was obey’d by all; but one
+man would open a window and Looke out and for his
+impudence had this judgment on him to be struck blind;
+this statute is his resemblance and one day in a year they
+Remember y<sup>e</sup> good Lady by some rejoyceing. There are
+severall good walks about y<sup>e</sup> town, and a large parke above
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_93'>93</span>y<sup>e</sup> town w<sup>ch</sup> most people walk in: thence we went to Warwick.
+Coventry is joyn’d to Litchfield under one Bishop
+and y<sup>t</sup> w<sup>ch</sup> I wonder at that the Bishop and most of y<sup>e</sup>
+dignatorys and abundance of Gentry Rather Chooses to
+Live at and near all about Litchfield tho’ it stands so low
+and waterish, than at Coventry w<sup>ch</sup> is a pleasanter scituation
+and better buildings. There is S<sup>r</sup> Tho: Nortons house at
+y<sup>e</sup> end of y<sup>e</sup> town and a large parke. From Coventry to
+Warwick going about to see an acquaintance of our Company
+we made it 10 mile, and went in sight of y<sup>e</sup> Lord
+Liegh on y<sup>e</sup> Left hand, w<sup>ch</sup> Lay all along by y<sup>e</sup> River Aven;
+it stands Low very well wooded.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>We ascended a very steep hill to take a view of y<sup>e</sup>
+Country and so Could see Coventry, and were just by
+Hillingworth Castle on y<sup>e</sup> Right hand—much of y<sup>e</sup> Ruines
+of y<sup>e</sup> walls remaine still—and so Enter Warwickshire. The
+town of Warwick by means of a sad fire about 4 or 5 years
+since y<sup>t</sup> Laid y<sup>e</sup> greatest part in ashes, its most now new
+built, w<sup>ch</sup> is w<sup>th</sup> brick and Coyn’d w<sup>th</sup> stone and y<sup>e</sup> windows
+y<sup>e</sup> same. There still remaines some few houses of y<sup>e</sup> old
+town w<sup>ch</sup> are all built of stone. Ye streetes are very handsome
+and y<sup>e</sup> buildings Regular and fine, not very Lofty
+being Limited by act of partliam<sup>t</sup> to such a pitch and size
+to build y<sup>e</sup> town. Y<sup>e</sup> ruines of y<sup>e</sup> Church still remaines, y<sup>e</sup>
+repairing of which is y<sup>e</sup> next worke design’d; Y<sup>e</sup> Chancell
+stands still in w<sup>ch</sup> was all the fine monuments y<sup>t</sup> were preserv’d
+from the fire; there is one monument of y<sup>e</sup> great
+Earle of Leisters and his Ladyes in stone Curiously
+wrought, w<sup>th</sup> their Garments, and painted and Gilded.
+There is another in marble of y<sup>e</sup> Earle of Warwick, y<sup>e</sup> statue
+Cut very finely, y<sup>e</sup> face hands and forme very Lively, and
+under his head is a Role of Straw matting as you would
+suppose being Exceeding naturall Cut in Stone. In y<sup>e</sup>
+middle stands y<sup>e</sup> monument of y<sup>e</sup> Earle y<sup>t</sup> was regent in
+Ffrance and dyed there and was brought and buried here,
+his statue at Length in armour, but y<sup>e</sup> Lines of his face and
+hands w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> veines and sinews were so finely Cast and y<sup>e</sup>
+very aire of his Countenance much to y<sup>e</sup> Life or Like a
+Liveing man all Cast brass and Burnish’d very delicately y<sup>t</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_94'>94</span>it Looks like Gold, all his armour very Exact and his arms
+are Cut finely at his head, and supporters at his feete, w<sup>th</sup>
+ffigures and Images to adorne it; round the tombstone on
+y<sup>e</sup> one side and Each End is 4 : and 2 y—at the End
+statues of y<sup>e</sup> great men y<sup>t</sup> were of his family, sons and
+Grand-Children, and on the other side are 4 Ladies of the
+family all Cast in the same Burnish’d Brass; they are in
+little and all in Religious habits w<sup>ch</sup> formerly in ye tymes of
+popery and superstition most persons Coveted to dye in;
+their garments are folded in differing shapes and w<sup>th</sup> many
+wrinklings and gathers w<sup>ch</sup> is very exact and y<sup>e</sup> more to be
+noted being all in such a stiff mettle as Brass and yet it
+Lookes Easye and natural. On y<sup>e</sup> other side y<sup>e</sup> Church in
+a little Chapple is a Large monument of Black and White
+Marble in manner of a bed w<sup>th</sup> pillars, and its grated round—the
+pillars black marble—of some Nobleman w<sup>th</sup> a Large
+Inscription round it, and one thing is noted of him there
+that he thought it his greatest Character to be Esteem’d a
+great ffriend and Companion of S<sup>r</sup> Philip Sidney’s w<sup>ch</sup> is but
+of poor availe to him now dead if he was not y<sup>e</sup> friend of y<sup>e</sup>
+great Jehovah—but such is y<sup>e</sup> folly and vanity of y<sup>e</sup> most of
+y<sup>e</sup> world to be in Esteeme w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> wise and great men of
+this world. There is delicate Carving about y<sup>e</sup> walls and
+round y<sup>e</sup> windows in stone all manner of Birds beasts,
+Laurells flowers &amp;c &amp;c, and Cherubims, and Gilded and
+painted in severall parts. Warwick Castle is a stately
+building, its now the Lord Brooke’s house. You Enter thro’
+two Large Courts into a noble Hall wanscoated, w<sup>th</sup> in it is
+a Large parlour all wanscoated w<sup>th</sup> Cedar, w<sup>ch</sup> is full of fine
+pictures of the family and beyond that is a drawing roome
+and bed Chamber w<sup>th</sup> good tapistry hangings; they are old
+but so good worke and so beautifull the Coullours still, you
+would admire it, and the worke so Curious all of silk that y<sup>e</sup>
+very postures and faces Look Extreame lively and naturall,
+and the groves streames and Rivers Look’s very well on it.
+There was good velvet Chaires in y<sup>e</sup> roomes and good
+Pictures. Within y<sup>e</sup> bed Chamber is Closets, out of one you
+Looke to y<sup>e</sup> river even at y<sup>e</sup> End window, there is so greate
+a Levell you may see near 20 mile. Stowe in y<sup>e</sup> Old you
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_95'>95</span>see w<sup>ch</sup> is as farre, its all full of Enclosures and woods most
+of the Country. All these roomes are very Lofty and large
+and larger than most houses I have seen, the Gardens fine
+and many without Each other, w<sup>th</sup> good gravell and grass
+walks, squares of dwarfe trees of all sorts and steps to
+descend from one walke to another, y<sup>e</sup> whole of w<sup>ch</sup> I saw at
+one view on y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> mount, together with y<sup>e</sup> whole town
+and a vast prospect all about, y<sup>e</sup> mount being very high and
+y<sup>e</sup> ascent is round to an agen securred by Cut hedges on
+y<sup>e</sup> side y<sup>e</sup> path. At y<sup>e</sup> Entrance of y<sup>e</sup> first Court y<sup>e</sup> porter
+diverts you w<sup>th</sup> a history of Guy Earle of Warwick, there is
+his walking staff 9 foote long and y<sup>e</sup> staff of a Gyant w<sup>ch</sup> he
+kill’d thats 12 ffoote long; his sword, Helmet and shield
+and breast and back all of a prodigious size, as is his wives
+jron slippers and also his horses armour and the pottage-pott
+for his supper—it was a yard over the top; there is also
+the bones of severall Beasts he kill’d, the Rib of y<sup>e</sup> Dun-Cow
+as bigg as halfe a great Cart Wheele: 2 miles from
+the town is his Cave dugg out by his own hands just y<sup>e</sup>
+dimention of his body as the Common people say, there is
+also his will Cut out on stone, but y<sup>e</sup> letters are much
+defaced; these are the storyes and meer ffiction, for the true
+history of Guy was that he was but a Little man in stature
+tho’ great in mind and valour, which tradition describes to
+posterity by being a Gyant. Such will the account be of
+our Hero King William the third tho’ Little in stature yet
+Great in atchievements and valour. Ffrom Warwick we
+went towards Daventry all along part of the vale of y<sup>e</sup> Red
+horse w<sup>ch</sup> was very heavy way, and Could not reach thither
+being 14 mile. About 11 mile we Came to a place Called
+Nether Sugar—a sad village, we Could have no Entertainment.
+Just by it on the top of a steep hill is Shuggbery
+Hall a seate of S<sup>r</sup> Charles Shuggberys who seeing our
+distress being just night and y<sup>e</sup> horses weary w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> heavy
+way he very Curteously tooke Compassion on us and treated
+us very handsomely that night, a good supper serv’d in
+plaite and very good wine and good beds. My Lady
+Shuggbery was the lord Leigh’s Daughter and that day
+dineing there her Coach drove by us when in distress Enquireing
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_96'>96</span>for Lodging w<sup>ch</sup> Caused S<sup>r</sup> Charles to Come out to
+meete us, shewed a generous hospitable spirit to strangers,
+and with a great deale of good humour My Lady Entertained
+us. The house stands within a good parke, the deer so
+tame as to Come up near y<sup>e</sup> gate w<sup>ch</sup> ascends steps to a
+Court of Broad stone. The house looks very handsome
+built of Brick and Stone, good hall and large parlour and
+drawing roome well wanscoated, neately ffurnish’d and a little
+parlour on the other side with good pictures; the Butlery
+Kitchen and offices very Convenient, two good staircases and
+3 or 4 good Chambers very well ffurnish’d tho’ not very
+Rich; but in the Generall all things were very well as any
+private Gentleman has whatever. he has severall good
+houses. He ordered one of his Daughters to get me a
+Curiosity they dig up in most part of the hill there about,
+they Call them Arms, its just Like Mullets that they have in
+an Eschuteon to difference the third son from the first and
+second in a family. Thence we went to Daventry 3 miles, a
+pretty large Market town and good houses all of stone and so
+we Enter into Northamptonshire. To Northampton town is
+8 mile w<sup>ch</sup> opens a noble prospect to y<sup>e</sup> sight a mile distant, a
+large town well built, y<sup>e</sup> streetes as large as most in London
+Except Holborn and the Strand, the houses well built of
+brick and stone, some all stone, very regular buildings.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The town hall is new built all stone and resembles Guildhall
+in Little tho’ it is a good Lofty spacious place. There
+is two Barrs in it w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> benches and seat distinct, over one
+of the Barrs is King William and Queen Mary’s pictures at
+Length. The Church is new built, its very neate, there is
+two Rows of stone pillars at the Entrance of the Church on
+y<sup>e</sup> outside, and it is to be paved w<sup>th</sup> broad stone but y<sup>t</sup> was
+not quite ffinished, they were at worke on some adornments
+at the ffront. There is abundance of new buildings which
+adds to the beauty of y<sup>e</sup> town. We enter the town from
+Daventry over a large Bridge, and the water runs twineing
+about y<sup>e</sup> grounds w<sup>th</sup> rows of Willows on Each side of it
+w<sup>ch</sup> looks very pretty.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Y<sup>e</sup> way out of town towards London you go by a Cross
+a mile off the town Call’d High-Cross, it stands just in the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_97'>97</span>middle of England, its all stone 12 stepps w<sup>ch</sup> runs round it,
+above that is the stone Carv’d ffinely and there are 4 Large
+Nitches about y<sup>e</sup> Middle, in Each is the statue of some
+queen at Length which Encompasses it w<sup>th</sup> other Carvings
+as garnish, and so it rises less and less to y<sup>e</sup> top like a tower
+or Piramidy. Thence to Stony Stratford, so Cross y<sup>e</sup> river
+Aven again 12 mile, and Enter Buckinghamshire. At
+Stony Stratford w<sup>ch</sup> is a little place built of stone they make
+a great deale of bonelace and so they do all here about, its
+the manuffactory of this part of y<sup>e</sup> Country, they sit and
+worke all along y<sup>e</sup> streete as thick as Can be.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to great Horwood: this Country is fruitfull, full
+of woods, Enclosures and rich Ground. Y<sup>e</sup> Little towns
+stand pretty thicke. You have many in view as you pass y<sup>e</sup>
+Road. 6 mile to Horwood, thence we pass by a lofty pile
+of Building Called Salden, a gentlemans house, and by the
+Rich M<sup>rs</sup> Bennets House, Remarkable for Coveteousness
+w<sup>ch</sup> was y<sup>e</sup> Cause of her death—her treasures tempted a
+Butcher to Cut her throate who hangs in Chains just
+against her house. She had 3 daughters, the two youngest
+are Living one married to a Benet, y<sup>e</sup> other y<sup>e</sup> Earle of
+Salisbury and are great fortunes by their mothers penuriousness.
+Thence to Oxborn and Enter Bedfordshire 13 mile.
+The duke of Bedfords house we saw w<sup>ch</sup> stands in a fine
+parke full of deer and wood, and some off the trees are kept
+Cut in works and y<sup>e</sup> shape of severall beasts. The house is
+an old Building, Low, there are very good stables and out
+offices, Landry yard &amp;c. The gardens are fine, there is a
+Large bowling-green with 8 arbours kept Cut neately and
+seates in Each, there is a Seate up in a high tree that
+ascends from y<sup>e</sup> green 50 steps that Commands the whole
+parke round to see the Deer hunted, as also a Large
+prospect of the Country. There are 3 Large Gardens, fine
+Gravell walks and full of fruite. I Eate a great quantety
+of y<sup>e</sup> Red Coralina goosbery w<sup>ch</sup> is a large thin skin’d sweete
+Goosebery. Ye walks are one above another w<sup>th</sup> stone
+steps. In the square, just by the dineing roome window is
+all sorts of pots of flowers and Curious greens, fine orange,
+Cittron and Lemon trees and mirtles, striped ffilleroy and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_98'>98</span>y<sup>e</sup> fine aloes plant. On the side of this you pass under an
+arch into a Cherry garden in the midst of w<sup>ch</sup> stands a
+figure of stone resembling an old weeder woman used in the
+garden, and my Lord would have her Effigie w<sup>ch</sup> is done so
+like and her Clothes so well that at first I tooke it to be a
+Real Living body. On y<sup>e</sup> other side of y<sup>e</sup> house is another
+Large garden, severall gravell walks one above another, and
+on the flatts are fish ponds the whole length of the Walke;
+above y<sup>t</sup> in the next flat is 2 fish ponds, here are dwarfe
+trees spread of a great bigness. Ffrom thence we Came to
+Dunstable 7 mile over a sad road Called Hockley in y<sup>e</sup> Hole,
+as full of deep slows in y<sup>e</sup> winter it must be Empasable.
+There is a very good pitch’d Causey for foote people and
+horse, that is raised up high from the Road, and a very
+steepe Chaulky hill, from whence it has its name—the
+Chalk hill just as you Enter Dunstable. Its a good town
+as you shall meete with on the Road, its full of Inns, there
+is a long Large streete with a great water in the streete—it
+Looks like a Large pond. Here I went to see two of my
+Relations Daughters to S<sup>r</sup> Charles Woolsley, one marry’d
+there to a Doctor of physick D<sup>r</sup> Marsh, w<sup>th</sup> whome was a
+maiden sister my Cos’n Bridget Woolsley. Thence to S<sup>t</sup>
+Albans and so we Enter Hartfordshire 12 mile. There is a
+very large streete to the Market place, its a pretty Large
+town takeing all the S<sup>t</sup> Juliers and y<sup>t</sup> at one End, and y<sup>e</sup>
+other End is S<sup>t</sup> Nicholas where is a handsome Church.
+The great Church w<sup>ch</sup> is dedicated to S<sup>t</sup> Albans is much out
+of repaire, I see the places in the pavement that was worn
+like holes for kneeling by the devotes of y<sup>e</sup> Religion and
+his votery’s as they tell you, but the whole Church is so
+worn away that it mourns for some Charitable person to
+help repaire it. There are severall good houses about y<sup>e</sup>
+town, one of y<sup>e</sup> Earle off Maulberough (now Duke of Marlborough)
+and one of M<sup>rs</sup> Gennings y<sup>e</sup> Countess Mother.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence we Came to Barnet 8 mile, w<sup>ch</sup> is in Middlesex
+and seemes to be a very sharpe aire; its a Large place and
+y<sup>e</sup> houses are made Commodious to Entertain the Company
+y<sup>t</sup> Comes to drink the water, w<sup>ch</sup> Certainly if they be at the
+paines to go once and see would have but Little stomach to
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_99'>99</span>drink them. The well is a Large place walled in 8 square,
+its at Least two yards over and built 2 or 3 yards up from
+the water and over it is Lattices of wood round to Looke
+down into it and so Covered like a house above; below are
+staires down to a doore to go in to dip the water there. I
+stood at the Lowest step above the water to Look into it,
+its full of Leaves and Dirt and Every tyme they dip it
+troubles y<sup>e</sup> water, not but what they take up and let stand—Looks
+Clear but I Could not taste it. Its very deep and
+not done at the bottom w<sup>th</sup> a bason as Tunbridg, neither
+Can you see the bottom, so that it appears not to be a quick
+spring as Tunbridg or y<sup>e</sup> Spaw or Hamstead waters w<sup>ch</sup>
+have all fine stone basons in w<sup>ch</sup> you see the springs bubble
+up as fast and by a pipe runs off as Clear and fast; it more
+resembles Epsom for w<sup>ch</sup> reason I dislike that. Thence to
+Highgate 6 miles, thence to London 4 miles where I
+returned and all our Company Blessed be God very well
+w<sup>th</sup> out any disaster or trouble in 7 weeks tyme about 635
+miles that we went together.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>My Journey to Canterberry and Dover in Kent the same
+year from Amwell in Hartfordshire. I went to Royston
+1 mile, and Epin in Essex 9 mile, thence to Drumford
+through Lanes and much wood—that part of Essex is full
+of woods; y<sup>t</sup> was 10 mile. Thence to Abnife 14 mile,
+thence to Tilbery 3 mile w<sup>ch</sup> is a ffine ffort, a great flatt to
+y<sup>e</sup> Land, full of Watry ditches and may be flooded all over.
+Here was the fight by y<sup>e</sup> parliament in 1640. There are
+Severall Buildings by themselves of a Triangular form of
+Brickwork in w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup> powder and amunition is kept. Here
+is a ferry over to Gravesend where we enter Kent, w<sup>ch</sup> Lyes
+just over against it a little snugg town under a hill, the
+houses little and thick together fitt only for seamen and
+soldiers y<sup>t</sup> are Employ’d in the water or the ffort. I saw
+severall Colliers pass by Laden towards London.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Thames here is very Rough and Deep so as we fferry
+over in a boate like a Hoy. Thence I went to Rochester
+7 mile most in lanes; we Enter the town over the Medway
+w<sup>ch</sup> is the finest River I ever saw, it runs thence to the sea
+and meetes y<sup>e</sup> Thames at y<sup>e</sup> Boy in Nore and so they fall
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_100'>100</span>into y<sup>e</sup> sea together, but it Ebbs and flows up a great way
+above Rochester and is very salt. The Bridg at Rochester
+is the finest in England—nay its said to Equal any in the
+world—it is not built upon w<sup>th</sup> houses as London Bridge
+but its very Long and fine, Iron spikes Like a grate is on
+the top of the wall w<sup>ch</sup> is breast high, and these jrons on the
+top w<sup>ch</sup> are above a yard more. Its jndented at Each arch
+as all bridges are, there are 9 large Arches w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> middle
+one w<sup>ch</sup> is to be opened by drawing up to give passage to
+Barges and little vessells. When y<sup>e</sup> tyde was out I saw the
+worke of the arches is w<sup>th</sup> wood Cutt hollow, and stands a
+good distance into the water to keep the water from bearing
+too hard against the Bridge.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The town is large jncludeing the suburbs and all, for
+there is a large place before you pass the river w<sup>ch</sup> washes
+quite round y<sup>t</sup> side of y<sup>e</sup> town to y<sup>e</sup> Dockyards, thats a mile
+from it where are two large yards for building shipps.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I saw severall Large shipps building, others refitting.
+There was in one place a sort of arches like a bridge of
+Brickwork, they told me y<sup>e</sup> use of it was to let in y<sup>e</sup> water
+there, and so they put their masts in to season, besides this
+dock, here are severall streetes of houses on this hill w<sup>ch</sup> is
+pretty high and is just against Rochester, and on y<sup>e</sup> hill you
+have y<sup>e</sup> best prospect of the town and see y<sup>e</sup> severall good
+Churches in it, and the Castle w<sup>ch</sup> is a pretty Little thing
+just by y<sup>e</sup> Medway w<sup>ch</sup> runs along by it, and so at foote of
+this hill is a Round and so onward to sea. There were
+severall shipps at anchor along y<sup>e</sup> River. All behind the
+town is another hill w<sup>ch</sup> is covered w<sup>th</sup> fine woods y<sup>t</sup> Looks
+very fine; thence to Sittingburn 11 mile all in sight of y<sup>e</sup>
+Lovely Medway. This is a very good town for y<sup>e</sup> Road and
+travellers as you shall meete w<sup>th</sup>. The Church is all built
+w<sup>th</sup> flints headed so Curiously that it Lookes like glass and
+shines with y<sup>e</sup> suns Reflexion.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Canterbery 16 mile, we pass by great Hop
+yards on both sides of the Road, and this year was great
+quantetyes of that fruite here in Kent. We pass by
+Ffeversham just at y<sup>e</sup> towns End w<sup>ch</sup> is 9 mile from Canterbury,
+its a very large town and good buildings of Bricke.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_101'>101</span>Canterbery opens to view 6 miles distant by y<sup>e</sup> advantage
+of a high hill we pass over to it—its a noble Citty—y<sup>e</sup> gates
+are high tho’ but narrow, the streetes are most of them
+Large and long, and y<sup>e</sup> buildings handsome, very neate but
+not very Lofty, most are of Brickwork, its a flourishing
+town, good tradeing in y<sup>e</sup> weaving of silks. I saw 20
+Loomes in one house w<sup>th</sup> severall fine flower’d silks, very
+good ones, and its a very Ingenious art to fix the warps and
+Chaine in their Loomes to Cast their work into such
+ffigures and flowers. There stands a boy by Every Loome
+and pulls up and down threads w<sup>ch</sup> are fastened to the
+weaving, and so pulls the Chaine to the Exact form for y<sup>e</sup>
+shuttle to work through.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are also paper mills w<sup>ch</sup> dispatches paper at a quick
+rate, they were then makeing brown paper w<sup>n</sup> I saw it.
+The mill is set agoing by y<sup>e</sup> water and at y<sup>e</sup> same tyme it
+pounded the raggs to morter for y<sup>e</sup> paper, and it beate out
+meale and Hemp and ground bread altogether—that is at
+y<sup>e</sup> same tyme. When y<sup>e</sup> substance for y<sup>e</sup> paper is pounded
+Enough, they take it in a great tub and so with a frame
+just of y<sup>e</sup> size of y<sup>e</sup> sheetes of paper made all of small wire
+just as I have seen fine Screens to Screen Corne in, only this
+is much Closer wrought, and they Clap a frame of wood
+round y<sup>e</sup> Edge and so dip it into y<sup>e</sup> tub and what is too
+thinn runs through; then they turn this frame down on a
+piece of Coarse woollen just of y<sup>e</sup> size of y<sup>e</sup> paper and so
+give a Knock to it and it falls off; on w<sup>ch</sup> they Clap another
+such a piece of woollen Cloth w<sup>ch</sup> is ready to Lay y<sup>e</sup> next
+frame of paper, and so till they have made a large heape
+w<sup>ch</sup> they by a board on the bottom move to a press, and so
+Lay a board on y<sup>e</sup> top and so Let down a great screw and
+weight on it, w<sup>ch</sup> they force together into such a narrow
+Compass as they know so many sheets of paper will be
+reduced, and this presses out all y<sup>e</sup> thinner part and Leaves
+the paper so firme as it may be taken up sheete by sheete
+and Laid together to be thoroughly dryed by the wind.
+They told me white paper was made in the same manner
+only they must take white woollen to put between. There
+is a great number of French people in this town w<sup>ch</sup> are
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_102'>102</span>Employ’d in the weaving and silk winding, I meete them
+Every night going home in great Companyes, but then
+some of them were Employ’d in the Hopping, it being the
+season for pulling them. Here is a spring in the town that
+is dranke by many persons as Tunbridge and approv’d by
+them, but others find it an ill water, one Gentleman in y<sup>e</sup>
+same house I was in Complained of a numbness in his
+Limbs after drinking it sometyme, w<sup>ch</sup> is quite Contrary to
+Tunbridge waters whose property is to relieve Lost Limbs
+y<sup>t</sup> are benumbed, and it Comeing from steele should have y<sup>t</sup>
+Effect it raising the blood and gives it a new Circulation.
+The taste of the spring in this town seems to be from a
+mixt soyle and bears a Likeness to y<sup>e</sup> Sulpher spaw
+Epsome and y<sup>e</sup> Iron springs too w<sup>ch</sup> are at Tunbridge;
+what its operation is I Cannot tell only tasteing halfe a Glass
+of it w<sup>ch</sup> I did not Like. Y<sup>e</sup> well is walled in and a raile
+round w<sup>th</sup> stepps down and paved aboute for the Company
+to stand just at y<sup>e</sup> head to drinke, but I like no spring y<sup>t</sup>
+rises not quick and runs off apace that must have most
+spirit and good off the minerall it Comes from. There is
+fine walks and seates and places for the musick to make it
+acceptable and Comodious to y<sup>e</sup> Company. There is a
+large Market house and a town Hall over it in the town,
+but the Cathedrall is the finest sight there, the Carving of
+stone is very fine on the outside as also within, but its not
+so Large as Salisbury; its a square tower—no spire running
+up from it—but the small ones at Each Corner of y<sup>e</sup> tower
+for ornament.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are two large jsles in y<sup>e</sup> middle of the Church w<sup>ch</sup>
+leads to open gates of jron barrs and spikes, thence is an
+ascent of 20 steps, as Winchester Church is; up to y<sup>e</sup> Quire,
+where is a fine Large organ, so is the ffont well Carv’d and
+painted and Gilded, the bottom is white and grey Marble
+w<sup>th</sup> white marble statues round the stem to the ffoote, the
+top is made in a piramidy Carv’d and painted. The
+Windows in y<sup>e</sup> Quire are most delicately painted as Ever I
+saw, y<sup>e</sup> Curiosity of the worke and Coullours beyond others,
+but the size of the windows much Inferior being very small
+for a Church. Y<sup>e</sup> Glass is very thick and the Coullours Laid
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_103'>103</span>on it strikes through the glass, its Coullours tinctures all y<sup>e</sup>
+Glass, an art w<sup>ch</sup> now is lost amongst us. At y<sup>e</sup> Alter is a
+Cloth and Coushons of purple ffigured Velvet the books the
+same, there is a broad tissue border of orrace work gold and
+silver, and at y<sup>e</sup> Edge is a ffine knotted fringe of purple silk
+and gold. The Bishops seate and Cushon the same w<sup>ch</sup> was
+given by our good Queen Mary King Williams Queen when
+she was at Canterbery. The Chapter house is pretty Lofty
+supported by its own worke w<sup>th</sup> out pillars, its Ceiled with
+Irish oake, there are severall good monuments of y<sup>e</sup> Kings
+and queens and great men and severall Bishops. There is
+one Bishops statue y<sup>t</sup> was at y<sup>e</sup> paines to divide the Bible
+into Chapters w<sup>ch</sup> makes it more Commodious to the
+Reader, and was a good Employment for him it being the
+proper subject of such a person of y<sup>e</sup> Church to studdy y<sup>e</sup>
+holy Scriptures w<sup>ch</sup> gives the truest wisdom. There is the
+Chaire that all y<sup>e</sup> Arch Bishops are Inaugurated in when
+made Arch Bishops, its wood with Elbows. There is
+another statue of a Bishop Cut out in wood, his Robes and
+all well Carv’d and is ffirm and solid still, Except some
+small deffaceing by y<sup>e</sup> soldiers in y<sup>e</sup> warre tyme, and this
+has stood some 100 of yeares. There is a Chapple Called
+Thomas of Beckets Crown, the Roofe being Carv’d in the
+fform of a Crown and painted; there is also a pavement
+w<sup>ch</sup> is much worne by the feete and knees off this S<sup>ts</sup>
+votarys that Came to do obeysance to his Shrine. There
+is one Brass statue in armour but its not so bright being
+less regarded than that at Warwick. Under the Cathedrall
+is a Large Church just Like S<sup>t</sup> Ffaiths under S<sup>t</sup> Pauls in
+London; this is given to the Ffrench protestants in the
+town for the worshipping God, it holds a vast number of
+people, its as full of Seates as Can thrust by Each other,
+it seemed a Little darkish, but they say when the doores are
+open its Light Enough, its so well arch’d that they Cannot
+hear them in the Cathedrall when singing—at least no
+wayes to disturb them. I went out another part of the
+town thro’ a good gate and so to Dover 15 mile much up
+hill and down, it was a good Road and Sort of Champion
+Country, yet at a distance you see many good woods and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_104'>104</span>pretty houses w<sup>th</sup> Rows of trees. The Castle at Dover is
+discover’d five mile off standing on the Edge of a very
+steep hill on w<sup>ch</sup> you ascend up to y<sup>e</sup> tower 120 steps up,
+whence you discover Callice in Ffrance. I saw the Clifts
+and hills plaine, but in some Cleer dayes towards the
+Evening you may see the towers and buildings of Callice,
+you likewise see a vast way on all sides sea ward and to y<sup>e</sup>
+Land. The Castle is Left much to decay and ruinated only
+a small appartment for the Governour of three or four
+Roomes, Else y<sup>e</sup> whole is spoyl’d the floores taken up and
+wanscoate pulled down. I was in the roome Queen
+Elizabeth was kept prisoner in till the death of queen
+Mary, the balcony just by in w<sup>ch</sup> she saw the messenger
+Coming which she supposed was of Death to take off her
+head, but proved the Messenger that brought y<sup>e</sup> news of
+the Crown and Kingdom falling to her by the death of her
+sister. She afterwards repaired the Chapple but now its
+quite out of use, the Roofe and side being Mouldred
+down in many places. There is a fine dry well in y<sup>e</sup> Castle
+walled Curiously of a vast depth, the use of it was to
+Discover the work of the miners in tyme of a siege whereabout
+they were at worke, going down into this well discovered
+y<sup>e</sup> working by y<sup>e</sup> shakeing y<sup>e</sup> Earth at what side
+they were at worke, and so might defeate them by a
+Countermine. There is also a great well of 60 ffathom
+deep, the water is drawn up by a great wheele with a horse,
+notwithstanding its so deep yet its also wide and Exactly
+down Right, that I could see the water at the top, and when
+I flung a stone w<sup>ch</sup> was a pretty while descending I saw
+when it plashed into y<sup>e</sup> water. There is on y<sup>e</sup> Plattform
+guns mounted w<sup>ch</sup> being so high Commands the Road so as
+no ship Durst saile under it. Its a mighty steep Clift at
+the poynt which makes ones head Giddy to Look down to
+the sea. There is one Gun of Cast Brass of a Great Length
+finely Carv’d and adorn’d with ffigures, this Carrys a Ball
+a great way tho’ y<sup>e</sup> bore or muzzle of y<sup>e</sup> Gun be not bigger
+than my fist, so the Ball its Charged with Cannot be very
+bigg but it will do Execution a great way off; this was
+made at Utriche in Holland and presented to Queen
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_105'>105</span>Elizabeth; its worth a great sum of money for its Curiosity.
+There is a Little Cannon of y<sup>e</sup> same worke w<sup>ch</sup> I have seen
+in y<sup>e</sup> Tower at London, there is a great Inscription on it.
+There are Gunns also planted in a Little ffort at y<sup>e</sup> ffoote
+of this steepe Clift to secure y<sup>e</sup> Road from Pirates, for as to
+Dover town it Looks like a place of no deffence, its a Little
+place, y<sup>e</sup> houses are Little and looks thrust together, there
+is a market house and town hall, its well enough for the
+accomodation of the seamen and to Supply the shipps w<sup>th</sup>
+anything, it seems where the town stands the sea formerly
+Came in and was Cover’d under water severall fathom
+deep so as the shipps Ride there in harbour. The town
+was only within the Limits of a wall w<sup>ch</sup> Encompass’s y<sup>e</sup>
+Castle of which small matters appears, only of a great Banck
+and some parts of y<sup>e</sup> Ruines of y<sup>e</sup> ffoundation, but y<sup>e</sup> sea
+Leaving the shore so ffarre they have built this town w<sup>ch</sup>
+has no gates.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence we went to Deale 7 mile, all by the sea side w<sup>ch</sup>
+is Called the Downs w<sup>ch</sup> sometymes is full of shipps all
+along the Road, but now there were not many. The
+Downes seems to be so open a place and the shoar so
+Easye for Landing I should think it no difficulty to Land a
+good army of men in a little tyme, there is only 3 Little
+fforts, or Castles they Call them, about a miles distance one
+to another—Warworth at Deal, and Sandwitch which
+holds a few Guns, but I should think they would be of
+Little Effect and give the Enemy no great trouble. Deale
+Looks like a good thriveing place, y<sup>e</sup> buildings new and neate
+Brickwork with gardens. I believe they are most masters
+of shipps houses and seamen or Else those that belong to
+y<sup>e</sup> Cordage and Saile makeing with other Requisites to
+shipping. All this Country about seemes to be a very fruitfull
+soyle and full of woods. You see a many pretty towns
+altogether almost, neate Churches and towers all the way
+you travell from Dover to Deale on y<sup>r</sup> Left hand, but beyond
+Deale you go a very deepe heavy sand for 4 mile to Sandwich.
+You go along by y<sup>e</sup> Sea side in sight of the jsle of
+Thannet w<sup>ch</sup> is just over against Sandwich and is so near
+it you see y<sup>e</sup> Lands and jnclosures and woods and houses.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_106'>106</span>I suppose it not a quarter of a League from Sandwich;
+this is a sad old town all timber building, you Enter by a
+gate and so you go out of it by a gate, but its run so to
+Decay that Except one or two good houses its just like to
+Drop down y<sup>e</sup> whole town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Canterbery ten mile most thro’ Lanes. We
+come by my Lord Winchelseas house, garden and parke.
+Y<sup>e</sup> house is an old building—and so I Entered Canterbery
+another way through another gate and observ’d all wayes
+to y<sup>e</sup> town—being from hills gives the prospect of y<sup>e</sup> town
+very finely to the Eye and Indeed it Lookes like a good
+Citty altogether which way Ever you Looke on it in the
+approach. From thence to Maidstone I went 9 mile back
+the way I Came, and on the hill 6 mile off w<sup>ch</sup> gave me so
+fine a sight of Canterbery as I came, did Likewise present
+a pleaseing prospect as I returned; it being a very high
+hill Commands the view of the Country a vast way and w<sup>th</sup>
+such variety of woods rivers and Inclosures and buildings
+that was very delicate and diverting. When I turned off
+the road to Maidstone I travell’d through Lanes and woods
+w<sup>ch</sup> were very ffine but hid y<sup>e</sup> sight of the Country about
+being so Close; y<sup>t</sup> it was y<sup>e</sup> privatest Road I have travell’d.
+About 10 mile short of Maidstone you ascend a very steep
+hill w<sup>ch</sup> discovers the whole Country at one view 40 mile
+off backward from whence we Came; and a few paces on
+the top of y<sup>e</sup> hill the descent of the hill on that other side
+is so great a fall that gives you as full a discovery of the
+Country all forward, both w<sup>ch</sup> shew the variety of grounds
+intermixt w<sup>th</sup> Each other, and Lesser hills and plaines and
+Rivers w<sup>ch</sup> such advanced grounds present y<sup>e</sup> travellers at
+one view; this is Called Boxlye hills and is part of the
+same Ridge of hills w<sup>ch</sup> runs along by Epsome.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Canterbery its 30 mile to Maidstone. Maidstone
+town is a very neate market town as you shall see in the
+Country, its buildings are mostly of timber worke, the
+streetes are Large. The Market Cross runs down in the
+middle of the greate streete a good way, there being
+three divisions in it, one good Cross for fruite, another for
+Corne, and another for all sorts of things, 2 of which is
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_107'>107</span>built over for the town hall and publick use. There is also
+a Large Gail. This streete notwithstanding the hall and
+Cross stands in the midst, is yet a good breadth on Each
+side and when it Comes to meete in one, is very broad and
+runs down a great Length quite to the bridge Cross the
+Medway which is not very broad here, yet it beares Barges
+that bring up burdens to the town: it seemes to divide the
+town for beyond the Bridge are buildings, whole streetes
+w<sup>ch</sup> runs along y<sup>e</sup> river. There are very pretty houses
+about the town, looks like the habitation of Rich men. I
+believe its a wealthy place, there are severall pretty streetes.
+This was Market day being Thursday and it seemed to be
+well furnish’d w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of Commodityes and I observed
+there was great quantety’s of Leather but Could not Learn
+what particular thing that was their staple Comodity or
+tradeing in, but in Generall it seemed to be like a Little
+faire for the variety of wares tho’ they told me that was not
+so full a Market as some dayes because the Country people
+were taken up aboute their hopping so Could not bring
+things to Market. Thence to Rochester 8 mile, I came by
+a great many ffine hopp yards where they were at work
+pulling y<sup>e</sup> hopps. I came into Rochester at the other side,
+thro’ the wood on the hill I mentioned before, from whence
+the town and y<sup>e</sup> dock yards washed by the Medway, with
+the shipps at anchor was as acceptable a prospect and
+diverting as was y<sup>e</sup> other on the other side. I went through
+y<sup>e</sup> town just by the great Church w<sup>ch</sup> is a good building
+but nothing Curious: also I went by y<sup>e</sup> Castle wall w<sup>ch</sup> is
+but small what remaines of it; thence over the ffine bridge,
+and as I travell’d all along in sight of the Medway to
+Rochester, so Next day I went in sight of the Thames. I
+went that night to Gravesend w<sup>ch</sup> is all by the side of
+Cherry grounds that are of severall acres of ground, and
+Runs quite down to the Thames w<sup>ch</sup> is Convenient for to
+Convey the Cherrys to London, for here the Great produce
+of that fruite is w<sup>ch</sup> supplyes y<sup>e</sup> town and Country with y<sup>e</sup>
+Kentish Cherrys, a good sort Fflemish fruite. I went 2 mile
+beyond Gravesend w<sup>ch</sup> made it in miles 9 from Rochester,
+to a Little place Called Northfleete, its much in the woods.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_108'>108</span>Thence I went to Dartfford 6 mile a little neate town;
+thence to Shutershill 2 mile on the top of w<sup>ch</sup> hill you see
+a vast prospect Exactly Round it, being a great height of
+ground and such a descent Every way that Commands the
+sight of a vast tract of ground, w<sup>ch</sup> appeares in y<sup>e</sup> greatest
+variety—some Lands Clothed w<sup>th</sup> trees, others with grass
+and flowers, gardens orchards w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of Herbage and
+tillage, w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> severall Little towns all by y<sup>e</sup> river Eariff,
+Leigh, Woolwich &amp;c, quite up to London, Greenwitch,
+Deadford, Blackwall—the Thames twisting and turning
+itself up and down bearing severall vessells and men of
+warre on it, and some under saile. On this part of the River
+I have seen 100 saile of shipps pass by in a morning which
+is one of the finest sights that is; added to this you view
+all Blackheath, the kings parke att Greenwitch, and a vast
+Country on y<sup>t</sup> side, besides y<sup>e</sup> places whence I came by:
+turning about I Could view at Least 20 mile. This is
+Esteemed as a noted Robbing place; on this hill are
+severall springs of water w<sup>ch</sup> Comes from Allum which are
+very quick purges much Like Epsome and Dullage, but I
+thinke farre Exceeds Either in strength and opperation.
+Thence to Greenwitch 2 mile where I ferry’d over, and
+observ’d one Little shipp passed by me w<sup>ch</sup> I observ’d was
+farr behind me in y<sup>e</sup> morning at Gravesend and sailed along
+in sight all the tyme and was gotten before me. I fferry’d
+to Popler and Stepney, so to Hackney 3 mile, thence to
+Tatnum 2 mile, thence to Endfield 5 miles, w<sup>ch</sup> is all in
+Middlesex Ever since I fferryed over out of Kent. Thence
+to Amwellbery 10 mile in Hartfordshire w<sup>ch</sup> I Compleated
+in 5 days, and went 184 miles, w<sup>ch</sup> added to severall
+journeys I went in Hartfordshire and twice to Amwell and
+to London againe w<sup>ch</sup> is 76 mile done, and y<sup>e</sup> severall
+journeys at London and in Hartfordshire, Comes to 150
+more miles besides the Little Rideings to take y<sup>e</sup> aire at
+the parke or Else, w<sup>ch</sup> were severall miles more if added
+together w<sup>ch</sup> I have gone this year: but w<sup>th</sup>out that it
+is 226 miles, so add these to my Northern journey this
+yeare makes about 1045 miles of which I did not go above
+a hundred in the Coach.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_109'>109</span> I being in Kent this year shall Insert something of Tunbridge.
+The waters I have dranke many years w<sup>th</sup> great
+advantage—they are from the Steele and Iron mines, very
+quick springs Especially one well. There are two w<sup>th</sup> Large
+basons of stone fixt in y<sup>e</sup> Earth w<sup>th</sup> severall holes in the
+bottom by w<sup>ch</sup> the springs bubble up and fill it so as it
+alwayes runns over, notwithstanding the quantety dipp’d
+up in a morning which is the usual tyme the Company
+Comes, and the nearer they drink it the spring y<sup>e</sup> better,
+it being a spiriteous water that is ready to Evaporate if
+Carry’d any way, as has been try’d by weighing the water
+by the well and Carrying them but to y<sup>e</sup> middle of the walks,
+it has Lost of y<sup>e</sup> weight, and much more the End of the
+whole walke: notwithstanding many has it brought to their
+Lodgings a mile or two off and drink them in their beds,
+nay, some have them brought to London w<sup>ch</sup> is near
+40 miles. They have the bottles filled and corked in the
+well under the Water and so seale down the Corks w<sup>ch</sup> they
+say preserves it. They have made the wells very Comodious
+by the many good buildings all about it and 2 or 3 mile
+round which are Lodgings for the Company that drinke ye
+waters, and they have Encreased their buildings so much
+that makes them very Cheape. All people buy their own
+provision at y<sup>e</sup> market w<sup>ch</sup> is just by y<sup>e</sup> wells and furnish’d
+w<sup>th</sup> great plenty of all sorts. Flesh, fowle and fish and in
+great plenty is brought from Rhye and Deale &amp;c, this being
+y<sup>e</sup> road to London, so all the season the water is drank they
+stop here w<sup>ch</sup> makes it very Cheape, as also the Country
+people Come w<sup>th</sup> all their backyard and barne door affords
+to supply them with, and their gardens and orchards, w<sup>ch</sup>
+makes y<sup>e</sup> markets well stored and provision Cheape, w<sup>ch</sup> the
+Gentry takes as a diversion while drinking the waters to
+go and buy their dinners; it being Every day’s market and
+runns the whole Length of y<sup>e</sup> walke, w<sup>ch</sup> is between high
+trees on the market side for shade, and secured w<sup>th</sup> a Row of
+buildings on y<sup>e</sup> Right side, w<sup>ch</sup> are shopps full of all sorts of
+toys, silver China, milliners and all sorts of Curious wooden
+ware w<sup>ch</sup> this place is noted for, (the delicate neate and thin
+ware of wood both white and Lignum vitæ wood): besides
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_110'>110</span>w<sup>ch</sup> there are two Large Coffee houses for tea, Chocolate
+&amp;c, and two Roomes for y<sup>e</sup> Lottery and hazard board.
+These are all built w<sup>th</sup> an arch or pent house beyond y<sup>e</sup>
+shops, some of w<sup>ch</sup> are supported by pillars like a peason,
+w<sup>ch</sup> is paved w<sup>th</sup> brick and stone for y<sup>e</sup> drye walking of ye
+Company in raine; Else they walke w<sup>th</sup> out w<sup>ch</sup> is a Clay
+and sand mixt together. They have been intending to
+make it gravell w<sup>ch</sup> would be much better. All those
+Conveniency’s are added by y<sup>e</sup> Companyes Contributions
+Every year—what has been and so what will be. There is
+at y<sup>e</sup> Lower End of the walke, w<sup>ch</sup> is a broad space before
+you Come to y<sup>e</sup> walls of y<sup>e</sup> wells, a Large sun-dial set upon
+severall steps of stone, thence you go straight along to a
+Chapple w<sup>ch</sup> has been built by ye severall Collections of ye
+Company Every year; its a pretty place and Cost a great
+deal of money, and Every year there is Contribution for ye
+maintenance of a minister. There are severall buildings
+just about ye well where are severall apothecary’s shops,
+there is also a Room for ye post house. The post Comes
+Every day and returns Every day all the while the season
+of drinking ye waters is, from London and to it; Except
+Mondayes none Comes down from London, so on Satturdayes
+non goes up to London. You pay a penny Extraordinary
+for being brought from tunbridge town w<sup>ch</sup> is
+4 mile distance, that being a post town, you Likewise have
+the Conveniency of Coaches every day from London for
+8 shillings apiece dureing the whole season, and Carriers
+twice a weeke.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are severall bowling greens about y<sup>e</sup> wells, one just
+at it on Mount Sion and another up y<sup>e</sup> hill Called Mount
+Ephraim where is also a Large Chapple where the presbiterians
+have preaching: they have a minister w<sup>ch</sup> by y<sup>e</sup>
+Collections of y<sup>e</sup> Company is also maintained all the winter
+to preach, as is the publick Chapple at the walks. There is
+severall other Bowling greens at a distance off a mile or
+two, fitted for Companys Lodging there, as Rust hall and
+Southbourough; they have all houses to y<sup>e</sup> greens, so the
+Gentlemen Bowle, the Ladies dance or walke in y<sup>e</sup> green in
+y<sup>e</sup> afternoones, and if wet dance in the houses, there being
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_111'>111</span>Musick maintained by the Company to play in the morning
+so long while they drink the waters, and in y<sup>e</sup> afternoon for
+danceing.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are severall good taverns at the walks and all
+about to supply good wine and Brewhouses for beer and
+Bakers for Bread, but some of them Come from London
+and spoyle the market by raiseing y<sup>e</sup> price—so the higlers
+and Hucksters in a great measure. This whole Country is
+full of stone and jron, the Earth is Clay and Sand. About
+3 mile off there is a good seate of the Lord Lesters
+Spenshurst w<sup>ch</sup> stands in a very good parke; the house is
+but old—Large roomes and stone staires and windows, a
+good hall and gallery full of good old pictures, and other
+roomes of state; no ffurniture but old tapistry hangings.
+You have a most pleasant prospect as you go to it and from
+it, of valeys Cover’d with woods of great Length, and hills
+beyond on the other side. About 3 or 4 miles off is a seate
+of the Lord Abergauneys w<sup>ch</sup> is Lord of the manour in a
+parke and fine woods all about it, the most of the Country
+is woody. There is 4 or 5 miles off a place they Cast
+Gunns, there being a great store of oare all over the Country:
+its a great Charge and Continuall attendance. When they
+have Lighted y<sup>e</sup> fire for to Cast bells or guns they must be
+Cautiously blowing, and y<sup>e</sup> mettle will be apt to fall down
+on the nose of y<sup>e</sup> bellows and harden; that if it be not still
+Cleared off would quickly damm up the fire and put it out.
+There are severall good houses all about and a pleasant
+place to Ride in in y<sup>e</sup> summer and dry weather, but a sad
+deep impassable Road when much Raine has fallen. As I
+was Rideing about I took a view of y<sup>e</sup> Country in many
+parts. There is a Little rivulet just by the wells w<sup>ch</sup> divides y<sup>e</sup>
+Countys so that y<sup>e</sup> buildings are some in Kent some in Sussex.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>About ffaint 4 or 5 mile off is a house of Lord Abergauny
+and parkes and much woods about it. Another way by
+Lakington Green and Groombridge about 4 mile off is an
+old house in a parck, pretty Large, Called Ashurst w<sup>ch</sup>
+they say belonged to Alderman Ashurst family, but hurst
+w<sup>ch</sup> signifyes grove or wood is a name all here about, as Spenshurst
+Lord Lesters house 4 mile another way in a good
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_112'>112</span>Parke and Speldhurst another parish 2 or 3 mile off and
+Goodhurst about 12 mile off the Wells. I went by Calvery
+plaine and Woods gate and so to a Little Market town
+Called Branklye; the way is much thro’ Lanes, being an
+Enclosed Country for the most part, w<sup>ch</sup> is the Cause of
+these names as is much of Sussex w<sup>ch</sup> joyns to Kent; there
+are places Called Billingshurst and Medhurst and Pendhurst
+&amp;c. This Goodhurst I went to stands on a great hill and
+is seen severall miles, 2 mile from y<sup>e</sup> first ascent w<sup>ch</sup> is at a
+Little village belonging to it, and to y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> hill w<sup>ch</sup> is
+y<sup>e</sup> middle of y<sup>e</sup> place. Its a pretty Large place—old timber
+houses, but y<sup>e</sup> Extent of y<sup>e</sup> parish is neare ten miles. They
+are a sort of yeomanry Gentry, about 2 or 3 or 400£ a year
+and Eate and drink well and Live Comfortably and
+Hospitably.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The old proverb was a yeoman of Kent w<sup>th</sup> one years
+rent Could buy out y<sup>e</sup> Gentlemen of Wales and knight of
+Sscales and a Lord of y<sup>e</sup> North Country—his Estate was so
+much better. All in these parts are the same Minerall
+waters being much on Iron mines. I returned againe to
+tunbridge wells the 12 mile, then I went from thence to
+Sumerhill about 4 or 5 mile off, thro’ much woods and
+lanes and some pleasant shades of Lofty trees. This is a
+seate of y<sup>e</sup> last viscount Purbecks—stands on a hill in a
+good Large parke, built of stone and Lookes in good
+repaire for y<sup>e</sup> most part, and good Large Roomes and
+Staircases and abundance of good sizeable Roomes Leading
+one out of another in visto’s thro’ the house, something Like
+our new way of building and Lofty Enough. Its Capable
+of being very fine w<sup>th</sup> visto’s of walks Cut through and across
+a great many, which delights the Rider or walker being so
+shady w<sup>th</sup> Lofty trees. There is remains of a bowling
+green w<sup>ch</sup> is an advanced piece of ground above all the rest
+and discovers the Country a great Circuite round; then we
+returned to the wells againe 5 mile.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Then I went from y<sup>e</sup> wells to Rye 31 miles, by Ambursly
+8 mile—this was good way being a drye summer, otherwise
+its deep being Clay for y<sup>e</sup> most part. I passed much
+through Lanes and little villages and near Rye I went thro’
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_113'>113</span>a Comon full of Bushes and ffurze and heath; its a pretty
+steep hill I ascended w<sup>ch</sup> is Called beggars hill and being
+Bartholomew tide here was a faire w<sup>ch</sup> was Rightly Called
+beggarhill faire being the saddest faire I ever saw—ragged
+tatter’d Booths and people—but the musick and danceing
+Could not be omitted. This hill on the top gave the view
+of y<sup>e</sup> sea and a great tract of Land on Each side. That is
+Choak’d up w<sup>th</sup> sand w<sup>ch</sup> formerly was a good haven for
+shipps; the sea does still Come up to Rhye town as yet
+but its shallow, and y<sup>e</sup> Castle w<sup>ch</sup> stands a Little distance—a
+mile—is also left of the sea at least 4 mile. This is
+Winchelsea Castle but all between it and Winchelsea is
+nothing but Quagmire and marshes, drained in some places
+by ditches, and this is at Least 4 miles to the town. I did
+go to it but first fferry’d over a Little arm of the sea w<sup>ch</sup>
+still finds a Current up to some of y<sup>e</sup> Land between Rhye
+and Winchelsea, then I rode round y<sup>e</sup> marshes on y<sup>e</sup> side of
+a hill in narrow foote paths, and passed over a Bridge Cross
+another Little arme of y<sup>e</sup> sea: near it is a gate on y<sup>e</sup> Bridge
+and Enters you into the Libertys of y<sup>e</sup> town w<sup>ch</sup> stands on
+a pretty high hill. From it Lookes not of any great
+Circuite of ground by y<sup>e</sup> first view, being high, but in y<sup>e</sup>
+middle you see it has been a fine place for there were 36
+Large Squares of building, the remaines of pieces of walls
+in most places you see, or else a hedge supplys that you see
+y<sup>e</sup> streetes were very broad and long and divided these
+squares, ye Cross streetes y<sup>e</sup> same. I rode up a middle
+streete and saw y<sup>e</sup> others run aCross of Equal breadth.
+Remaines of Churches and halls are to be seen but Else
+grass grows now where Winchelsea was as was once said of
+Troy. There are but a very few houses now, but y<sup>e</sup> Corporation
+still Continues and y<sup>e</sup> major and aldermen w<sup>ch</sup> 13
+makes most of y<sup>e</sup> Inhabitants. M<sup>r</sup> Majors house Look’d
+neate as did y<sup>e</sup> parsonage. They Elect two Burgesses to
+it in y<sup>e</sup> parliament and its y<sup>e</sup> ancientest Corporation in
+England, so y<sup>t</sup> should Lord Major of London meete M<sup>r</sup>
+Major of Winchelsea he must give him place: it was as
+flourishing place before the sea Left it that was in England,
+but now lost, as Rhye will be in a Little tyme if the sea
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_114'>114</span>Leaves it, w<sup>ch</sup> is in a very faire way to do; and men now
+apply to quite Drane the marshes for Corn and grass Rather
+than Endeavour to Cleare y<sup>e</sup> Channell of the sand w<sup>ch</sup> if it
+were done would be y<sup>e</sup> best harbour for shipps as formerly
+was. There are great vaults in Winchelsea w<sup>ch</sup> was the
+merchants Cellars, and were houses.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There was some few brass and marble statues in the
+Church but much demolished as was y<sup>e</sup> Church. Rhye
+town is not very bigg—a little Market place—this is famous
+for fish; from hence all the good turbutt, pearle and Dorea
+and all sort of sea fish Comes to supply y<sup>e</sup> wells and
+London, but I could get little. Y<sup>e</sup> faire took up y<sup>e</sup> ffishermen.
+Indeed here I dranke Right french white wine and
+Exceeding good and then returned to y<sup>e</sup> wells 38 miles.
+In the Road from thence to London you go either by Fair
+lane and so Come just by S<sup>r</sup> Harry Vaines house (now
+Lord Barnett), w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes very finely w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Rows of trees
+about it, or Else you go by Sevenoake a sad deep Clay
+way after wett. You Come in sight of a great house
+on a hill Called Summerly, looks like a Little town it
+runs on so much ground, it was the Lord Purbeckes.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>You also Come in sight of Nonsuch w<sup>ch</sup> was a great
+house of the Kings Built by Charles the Second. You pass
+on to the Riverhead as they Call it, a fine spring of Cleare
+water y<sup>t</sup> runs thence in a Little River. is at the foote
+of a great hill Called Madam Scott hill so steepe as seldome
+is Either Rode down or up, and few Coaches but gaines the
+top of it by a Compass round it w<sup>ch</sup> is steep Enough. This
+is 15 mile from the wells—thence to Ffarnburough: about 8
+mile, thence to Brumley, and to London 15 more.</p>
+<h3 class='c026'><i>MY GREAT JOURNEY TO NEWCASTLE<br />AND TO CORNWALL</i>,</h3>
+
+<p class='c027'>the account of many journeys into most parts of
+England, what observation and distance of one place to
+another in my travels.</p>
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom London to Albins in Essex 17 mile S<sup>r</sup> Robert
+abdys, Whose house stands very pleasantly in a parke full
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_115'>115</span>of deer. The house on an advanced ground appeares to
+view at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance, but its old building: Large Roomes—some
+Rows of trees Lead up to it. Thence I returned
+home 17 mile more, from London to Bednal-green twice,
+and back againe 16 mile, from London to Highgate 4 miles
+to M<sup>r</sup> Thomas’s house, where is a most exact garden w<sup>th</sup> all
+sorts of greens and flowers and fish ponds. There my
+Nephew Ffiennes Harrison w<sup>th</sup> M<sup>r</sup> Showers went to fish w<sup>th</sup>
+me. Thence we went to Hampstead, so made it 5 mile
+home againe. I went from London twice and back againe
+from Kensington, in all 8 mile—this I put in only to know
+the number of miles y<sup>t</sup> I went in one yeare.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom London to Amwell bery w<sup>ch</sup> is in Hartfordshire 19
+mile, where I staid a day or two: thence to Bishopstafford
+in Essex 13 mile, thence to Dunmew 8 long miles thro’
+severall Little villages; its very deep way Especially after
+raine. This is a Little Market town: they are altogether
+taken up about the spinning and prepareing for the Bayes.
+All along between that and Colchester you pass but halfe a
+mile Ere one Comes to two or 3 houses all along the road;
+its from Dunmow to Colchester 22 miles and mostly Clay
+deep way. Colchester is a Large town in the Compass of
+Ground. Fformerly there was 16 Churches tho’ now much
+of it is ruinated. A mile before you Come to the new town
+one Enters a little village which still is in the Limits of y<sup>e</sup>
+Citty and Majors jurisdiction; there is a pretty good house
+of y<sup>e</sup> Lord Lucas.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>You Enter the town by a gate; there are 4 in all; there
+is a Large Streete w<sup>ch</sup> runs a great Length down to the
+bridge, near a mile long: about the middle of it runs
+another broad streete and near its Length like stalls on
+purpose to Lay their Bayes when exposed to saile. Great
+quantetyes are made here and sent in Bales to London that
+is 44 miles distant. Y<sup>e</sup> whole town is Employ’d in spinning
+weaveing, washing drying and dressing their Bayes in w<sup>ch</sup>
+they seeme very Industrious. There I saw y<sup>e</sup> Card they
+use to Comb and dress the Bayes, w<sup>ch</sup> they Call y<sup>m</sup> testles,
+w<sup>ch</sup> are a kind of Rush tops or something Like them w<sup>ch</sup>
+they put in frames or Laths of wood. The town Looks
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_116'>116</span>Like a thriveing place by the substantiall houses and well
+pitched streetes w<sup>ch</sup> are broad Enough for two Coaches to
+go a breast, besides a pitch’d walke on Either side by y<sup>e</sup>
+houses secured by stumps of wood, and is Convenient for 3
+to walke together. Their buildings are of timber of Loame
+and Lathes and much tileing: the fashion of the Country
+runs much in Long Roofes and great Cantilivers and peakes.
+Out of these great streetes runs many Little streetes, but
+not very narrow—mostly old buildings Except a few houses
+builded by some Quakers, y<sup>t</sup> are brick and of the London
+mode. The town did Extend itself to the sea but now its
+ruines sets it 3 mile off. Y<sup>e</sup> low Grounds all about y<sup>e</sup> town
+are used for y<sup>e</sup> whitening their Bayes for w<sup>ch</sup> this town is
+remarkable, and also for Exceeding good oysters, but its a
+dear place and to Grattifye my Curiosity to Eate them on
+y<sup>e</sup> place I paid dear. Its a town full of Dessenters, 2 meeteings
+very full besides anabaptists and quakers. Formerly
+the famous M<sup>r</sup> Stockton was minister there till he Dyed.
+From Colchester to jpswitch is 10 mile, and thence to
+Dedom 9 miles, the way pretty good Except 4 or 5 miles
+they Call y<sup>e</sup> severalls, a sort of deep moore Ground and
+woody. At this place I passed over a wooden bridge, pretty
+Large, w<sup>th</sup> timber railes of w<sup>ch</sup> make they build their bridges
+in these parts; and now I go into Suffolk w<sup>ch</sup> is not so
+rich Land as y<sup>e</sup> part of Essex I passed through, w<sup>ch</sup> was
+meadows and grounds w<sup>th</sup> great burdens of grass and Corn.
+So I went to jpswitch 9 mile more; this is a very Clean
+town and much bigger than Colchester is now. Ipswitch
+has 12 Churches, their streetes of a good size well pitch’d
+w<sup>th</sup> small stones; a good market Cross railed in. I was
+there on Satturday w<sup>ch</sup> is their market day and saw they
+sold their Butter by y<sup>e</sup> pinte 20 ounces for 6 pence and often
+for 5<sup>d</sup> or 4<sup>d</sup>; they make it up in a mold just in the shape of
+a pinte pot and so sell it. Their Market Cross has good
+Carving, y<sup>e</sup> ffigure of justice Carv’d and Gilt. There is but
+3 or 4 good houses in y<sup>e</sup> town—y<sup>e</sup> rest is much Like y<sup>e</sup>
+Colchester buildings, but it seems more shatter’d, and
+Indeed the town Looks a Little disregarded, and by Enquiry
+found it to be thro’ pride and sloth, for tho’ the sea would
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_117'>117</span>bear a ship of 300 tun up quite to y<sup>e</sup> Key, and y<sup>e</sup> ships of
+y<sup>e</sup> first Rate Can Ride w<sup>th</sup> in two mile of the town, yet they
+make no advantage thereof by any sort of manufacture, w<sup>ch</sup>
+they might do as well as Colchester and Norwitch, so that
+y<sup>e</sup> shipps that brings their Coales goes Light away, neither
+do they address themselves to victual or provide for shipps.
+They have a Little dock where formerly they built ships of
+2 or 3 tun, but now Little or Nothing is minded save a
+Little ffishing for y<sup>e</sup> supply of y<sup>e</sup> town. There is one pretty
+good house of y<sup>e</sup> Earle of Herrifords that marry’d one of M<sup>r</sup>
+Norborns Daughters, that was Killed by S<sup>r</sup> Tho: Montgomery.
+You Enter thro’ two Courts walled and divided
+by a breast wall on w<sup>ch</sup> are Iron spikes pallasadoes: the
+Middle is a broad gravell walk fenced in w<sup>th</sup> stone walls;
+on Each side 3 or 4 steps up into the other Court, and so
+many steps more thro’ an arch into a third Court. This
+arch joyns a Low building w<sup>ch</sup> are the offices Leaded on the
+top, and rail’d round, and Each End Enters into Chambers
+joyning to y<sup>e</sup> house, that is built round this Last Court
+from whence you Enter y<sup>e</sup> porch. The house is handsome
+all brick worke and brick pillars; a good hall, parlour, and
+drawing roome, and Large Closet, 2 or 3 other Roomes less,
+answereing it and a Billyard Roome above w<sup>th</sup> as many
+roomes of state all ffurnish’d w<sup>th</sup> good old things: a pretty
+staircase, but its all Little. There are 3 gardens on the one
+side w<sup>th</sup> grass and gravell walkes all kept neate, and good
+fruite; on the other side is one Large garden w<sup>th</sup> a sumer
+house in w<sup>ch</sup> stands a Large statue, black, of a Gigantick
+form and proportion; this answeres the fine green house on
+y<sup>e</sup> other side. This town has many dessenters in it. Thence
+I went to Woodbridge 7 miles mostly Lanes, Enclosed
+Countrys. This is a Little Market town but has a great
+meeting for y<sup>e</sup> dessenters. Thence to Wickham 5 mile
+more but these are all very Long miles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Saxmunday 8 miles more: this is a pretty
+bigg market town. The wayes are pretty deep, mostly
+Lanes very Little Commons. I pass’d by severall Gentlemens
+seates, one, M<sup>r</sup> Dormers w<sup>ch</sup> stands in a fine parke.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Entrance from y<sup>e</sup> Road thro’ rows of trees Discover’d
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_118'>118</span>the front and building very finely to view, being built w<sup>th</sup>
+stone and Brick and many sashes: Lookes like a new
+house w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> open jron barr gates between pillars of stone
+the breadth of y<sup>e</sup> house. So to Bathfort 8 miles where is
+the remaines of y<sup>e</sup> walls of an abby and there is still a very
+fine Church all Carv’d in stone hollow work one tire above
+another to y<sup>e</sup> tower that ascends not very high but finely
+Carv’d: also hence I descended with Low<sup>r</sup> grounds banck’d
+on Each side w<sup>th</sup> a brick wall, but Low and so a walk on it
+for foote people, and severall arches here and there to
+draine off the water, so that those bancks are to secure the
+Road from the Marshy ffenny water that of a great Extent
+on both sides is subject to. Thence I passed by some
+woods and Little villages of a few scattered houses, and
+Generally y<sup>e</sup> people here are able to give so bad a Direction
+that passengers are at a loss what aime to take: they know
+scarce 3 mile from their home, and meete them where you
+will and Enquire how farre to such a place they mind not
+where they are then, but tell you so farre, w<sup>ch</sup> is the distance
+from their own houses to y<sup>t</sup> place. I saw at a distance as
+I descended some of their hills a Large place that Look’d
+nobly and stood very high Like a Large town. They told
+me it was called Either Stowle or Nole I cannot tell w<sup>ch</sup>.
+I Rode in sight of S<sup>t</sup> Georges Channell In the way from
+Colchester and Ipswitch and so to Norwich. Sometymes
+it was in view then Lost againe. To Beckle is 8 mile more
+w<sup>ch</sup> in all was 36 miles from Ipswitch, but Exceeding
+Long miles; they do own they are 41 measured miles.
+This is a Little market town but its the third biggest
+town in y<sup>e</sup> County of Suffolke—Ipswitch Berry and
+this. Here was a good big meeteing place at Least
+400 hearers and they have a very good minister one M<sup>r</sup>
+Killinghall; he is but a young man but seemed very
+serious. I was there y<sup>e</sup> Lords day. S<sup>r</sup> Robert Rich is a
+great supporter of them and Contributed to y<sup>e</sup> building
+the meeteing place w<sup>ch</sup> is very neate. He has a good house
+at y<sup>e</sup> End of the town w<sup>th</sup> fine gardens. There are no
+good buildings the town, being old timber and plaister
+work Except his and one or two more. There is a pretty
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_119'>119</span>bigg market Cross, and a great Market kept. There is a
+handsome stone built Church and a very good publick
+minister whose name is Armstrong: he preaches very well
+they say notwithstanding the town is a sad Jacobitish town.
+This Chooses no parliam<sup>t</sup> men. At y<sup>e</sup> towns End one
+passes over the river Waveny on a wooden bridg railed w<sup>th</sup>
+timber and so you Enter into Norfolk: its a Low flatt
+ground all here about, so that the Least raines they are
+overflowed by y<sup>e</sup> River and Lye under water as they did
+when I was there, so that the roade Lay under water w<sup>ch</sup>
+is very unsafe for strangers to pass by reason of y<sup>e</sup> holes
+and quicksands and Loose bottom. The ordinary people
+both in Suffolk and Norfolk knitt much and spin, some
+w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Rock and fusoe as the French does, others at their
+wheeles out in the streete and Lanes as one passes. Its
+from this town to Norwitch 12 miles, and its 10 to Yarmouth
+where they build some small shipps, and is a harbour
+for them and where they victual them. Also Harwitch
+about 12 or 14 miles also, but the miles are here as long
+again as about London and pretty deep way, Especially
+after raines: these miles are much Longer than most miles
+in Yorkshire.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Norwitch opens to view a mile distance by the help of a
+hill whereon is a little village. As I observe most of y<sup>e</sup>
+great towns and Cittys have about them Little villages as
+attendants or appendix’s to them w<sup>ch</sup> are a sort of Subburbs,
+there being stragling houses for y<sup>e</sup> most part all the way
+between y<sup>t</sup> and y<sup>e</sup> gates. You pass over a high bridge y<sup>t</sup>
+leads on over a high Causey of a pretty Length w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes
+somewhat dangerous being fenced with trenches from its
+bancks (pretty deep) that’s on both sides to secure it from
+the water, and these trenches runns in many places round
+the Low grounds to drain them, w<sup>ch</sup> Employ’d to whiten
+and Bleach their woollen stuff the manufacture of the place.
+This Long Causey brings you to the Large stone bridge
+over the river into w<sup>ch</sup> those trenches Empty themselves.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Then you proceed to the Citty w<sup>ch</sup> is walled round full
+of towers Except on the river side w<sup>ch</sup> serves for the wall.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_120'>120</span>They seeme y<sup>e</sup> best in repaire of any walled Citty I know
+tho’ in some places there are little breaches, but the Carving
+and battlements and towers Lookes well. I enter’d the
+west gate. There are 12 gates in all and 36 Churches,
+which is to be seen in a Clear Day altogether on the Castle
+walls—I told 30 myself there. They are built all of flints
+well headed or Cut w<sup>ch</sup> makes them Look blackish and
+shineing. The streetes are all well pitch’d w<sup>th</sup> small stones
+and very Clean, and many very broad streetes: y<sup>t</sup> I Entred
+in first was very broad for 2 Coaches or Carts to pass on
+Either side, and in the middle was a great well house w<sup>th</sup>
+a wheele to wind up the water for the good of y<sup>e</sup> publick.
+A Little further is a Large pond walled up w<sup>th</sup> brick a
+mans height w<sup>th</sup> an Entrance on one End. A Little
+farther was a building on which they were at work,
+design’d for a water house to supply y<sup>e</sup> town by pipes into
+their houses w<sup>th</sup> water. At a Little distance was another
+such a pond walled in as I described before. These things
+fill up the middle of this spacious streete w<sup>ch</sup> is for use and
+also ornament, y<sup>e</sup> spaces Each side being so broad. This
+brings you into a broad space Called the Hay market w<sup>ch</sup>
+is on a hill, a very steep descent all well pitch’d as before:
+this Comes to another space for a market to sell hoggs in,
+and opens farther into divisions of buildings that begins
+severall streetes y<sup>t</sup> runs off good Lengths and are of a
+tollerable size. One runs along behind w<sup>ch</sup> is all for stalls
+for y<sup>e</sup> Country butchers that bring their meate for y<sup>e</sup>
+supply of y<sup>e</sup> town, w<sup>ch</sup> pay such a Rent for them to y<sup>e</sup>
+town. On y<sup>e</sup> other side are houses of y<sup>e</sup> town butchers, y<sup>e</sup>
+Inhabitants: by it is a Large market for fish, w<sup>ch</sup> are all
+at a Little distance from y<sup>e</sup> heart of y<sup>e</sup> Citty, so is not
+annoy’d w<sup>th</sup> them. There is a very Large market place
+and hall and Cross for fruite and little things Every day,
+and also a place under pillars for y<sup>e</sup> Corn market.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The building round here is Esteemed y<sup>e</sup> best and here is
+the town Hall, but all their buildings are of an old form,
+mostly in deep poynts and much tileing as has been
+observ’d before, and they playster on Laths w<sup>ch</sup> they strike
+out into squares like broad free stone on y<sup>e</sup> outside, w<sup>ch</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_121'>121</span>makes their fronts Look pretty well; and some they build
+high and Contract y<sup>e</sup> roofes resembling the London houses,
+but none of brick Except some few beyond the river w<sup>ch</sup>
+are built of some of y<sup>e</sup> Rich factors like y<sup>e</sup> London buildings.
+There is in y<sup>e</sup> middle of y<sup>e</sup> town the Duke of Norfolks
+house of Brick and stone, w<sup>th</sup> severall towers and turrets
+and balls y<sup>t</sup> Looks well, w<sup>th</sup> Large gardens, but y<sup>e</sup> Inside
+is all demolished only y<sup>e</sup> walls stand and a few Roomes for
+offices but nothing of state or tollerable for use.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>On y<sup>e</sup> Castle hill you see y<sup>e</sup> whole Citty at once, being
+built round it: its a vast place and takes up a Large tract
+of ground, its 6 miles in Compass.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here is the County hall and Goale where y<sup>e</sup> assizes are
+held and y<sup>e</sup> Sessions. Nothing of y<sup>e</sup> Castle remaines but a
+green space, and under it is also a Large space for y<sup>e</sup> beast
+market, and 3 tymes in y<sup>e</sup> year is there a very great faire
+kept to w<sup>ch</sup> resort a vaste Concourse of people, and wares—a
+full trade. Y<sup>e</sup> whole Citty Lookes Like what it is, a
+Rich thriveing Industrious place; Satturday is their great
+market day. They have beside y<sup>e</sup> town hall a hall distinct
+w<sup>ch</sup> is the scaleing hall where their stuffs are all measured,
+and if they hold their breadths and Lengths they are scaled,
+but if they are deffective there is a fine Layd on y<sup>e</sup>
+owner and a private marke on y<sup>e</sup> stuff w<sup>ch</sup> shews its
+defficiency.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There was also y<sup>e</sup> mint which they Coyn’d, but since the
+old money is all new Coyn’d into mill’d money, that Ceases.
+Here there is a ffine large Cathedrall and very Loftly, but
+nothing remarkable of monuments or else: by it is 3
+hospitalls for boys girls and old people who spinn yarne, as
+does all y<sup>e</sup> town besides for y<sup>e</sup> Crapes, Callimancos and
+damaskes w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> whole business of the place. Indeed
+they are arrived to a great perfection in worke, so fine and
+thinn and glossy; their pieces are 27 yards in Length and
+their price is from 30 shillings to 3 pound as they are in
+ffineness. A man Can weave 13 yards a day, I saw some
+weaveing; they are all Employ’d in spinning, knitting
+weaveing, dying, scouring or bleaching stuffs. Their
+hospitalls are well provided for; there are 32 women in one
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_122'>122</span>as many men in y<sup>e</sup> other, there is also a good free schoole.
+There is a great many Cerimonyes in y<sup>e</sup> Choice and Swearing
+their major: they Elect him the first day of May and
+y<sup>n</sup> prepare for his being sworne on Holly Thursday. They
+new washe and plaister their houses w<sup>th</sup> in and without w<sup>ch</sup>
+they strike out in squares like free stone. All y<sup>e</sup> streete in
+w<sup>ch</sup> this mayor Elect’s house, is very exact in beautifying
+themselves and hanging up flaggs y<sup>e</sup> Coull<sup>rs</sup> of their
+Companyes, and dress up pageants and there are playes and
+all sorts of show that day—in Little what is done at y<sup>e</sup>
+Lord major of London show. Then they have a great
+feast w<sup>th</sup> fine flaggs and scenes hung out, musick and danceing.
+I was in y<sup>e</sup> hall they keep their feast in and saw some
+of their preparations: for that day being about a fortnight
+to it. The town is a mile and a halfe from y<sup>e</sup> North to y<sup>e</sup>
+South gate. Just by one of y<sup>e</sup> Churches there is a wall
+made of flints that are headed very finely and Cut so
+exactly square and Even to shutt in one to another that y<sup>e</sup>
+whole wall is made without Cement at all they say, but it
+appears to be very little if any morter; it Looks well, very
+smooth shineing and black.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>A great many descenters are in this Citty, the Gentlewoman
+that was my acquaintance there dyed 10 dayes
+before I came thither so I made no great stay there but to
+see about y<sup>e</sup> town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went to Windham a Little market town 5 miles,
+mostly on a Causey y<sup>e</sup> Country being Low and moorish,
+and y<sup>e</sup> Road on y<sup>e</sup> Causey was in many places full of holes
+tho’ its secured by a barr at which passengers pay a penny
+a horse in order to the mending y<sup>e</sup> way, for all about is not
+to be Rode on Unless its a very dry summer. Thence we
+went mostly through Lanes where you meete y<sup>e</sup> ordinary
+people knitting 4 or 5 in a Company under the hedges. To
+Attlborough, 5 mile more to a Little village, still finding the
+Country full of spinners and Knitters: thence to Thetford
+6 miles more, w<sup>ch</sup> was formerly a large place but now much
+decay’d and the ruines only shews it dimentions. There is
+a very high hill quite round stands up on one side of it and
+Can scarcely be ascended so steep. Here I Lay, w<sup>ch</sup> is still
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_123'>123</span>in Norfolk. Next day I went to Euston Hall w<sup>ch</sup> was y<sup>e</sup>
+Lord arlingtons and by his only daughters marriage w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup>
+Duke of Grafton is his sons by her. Its two mile from
+thetford, it stands in a Large parke 6 miles about. Y<sup>e</sup>
+house is a Roman H of brick: 4 towers w<sup>th</sup> balls on them;
+the windows are Low and not sashes Else y<sup>e</sup> roomes are of
+a good size and height, a good stair case full of good
+pictures, a Long gallery hung w<sup>th</sup> pictures at Length, on y<sup>e</sup>
+one side the Royal family from K: Henry y<sup>e</sup> 7<sup>th</sup> by y<sup>e</sup>
+Scottish race, his Eldest daughter down to y<sup>e</sup> present King
+William and his queen Mary. The other side are forreign
+princes from y<sup>e</sup> Emperour of Moroccoe, y<sup>e</sup> Northern and
+Southern princes and Emperour of Germany. There is a
+square in y<sup>e</sup> middle where stands a billiard table, hung w<sup>th</sup>
+outlandish pictures of Heroes; there is Count Egmint and
+Horn &amp;c &amp;c, but y<sup>e</sup> End of y<sup>e</sup> Roome is y<sup>e</sup> Duke and
+Dutchess of Grafton’s picture at length. Thence I enter’d
+into dineing and drawing roome and bed Chambers of a
+very good size and good fret work on y<sup>e</sup> Cieling: in one
+of the roomes was y<sup>e</sup> Dutchess of Cleavelands picture in a
+sultaness dress, the Duke of Grafton being King Charles y<sup>e</sup>
+seconds base son by her. There was also another picture
+of y<sup>e</sup> Royal family. K Charles y<sup>e</sup> firsts 5 Children altogether.
+I have often seen 3 w<sup>ch</sup> was K: Charles y<sup>e</sup> second,
+K: James and y<sup>e</sup> Princess of Orange; but here was also y<sup>e</sup>
+Lady Elizabeth and y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Glocester a Little Infant on
+a pillow. In another place there is the queen mothers
+picture the Lady Henrietta drawn Large. There is a fine
+hall and parlour below pav’d w<sup>th</sup> free stone. There are
+good gardens w<sup>th</sup> fountaines and some stone statutes, a
+Cannall by y<sup>e</sup> side, a Large Court at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance w<sup>th</sup> 3 Iron
+barr gates w<sup>ch</sup> open to y<sup>e</sup> ffront, divided w<sup>th</sup> stone pillars
+and balls. Y<sup>e</sup> Court w<sup>th</sup> out is walled round and y<sup>e</sup> wall is
+Carry’d a great Length round y<sup>e</sup> back yards. Within this
+is another Court w<sup>th</sup> Iron spike pallasadoes divided Every
+2 or 3 yards by little stone pillars with balls. There are
+severall Rows of trees runs of a great length thro’ the parke
+a visto to y<sup>e</sup> front of y<sup>e</sup> house, w<sup>ch</sup> lookes nobly tho’ not
+just of y<sup>e</sup> new modell’d way of building. At y<sup>e</sup> back gate
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_124'>124</span>I crossed over y<sup>e</sup> river Waveney w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> division of y<sup>e</sup>
+two County’s and enter’d Suffolk and pass’d over perfect
+downs, Champion Country just like Salisbery plaine; and y<sup>e</sup>
+winds have a pretty power here and blows strongly in y<sup>e</sup>
+winter not well to be Endured.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>So to S<sup>t</sup> Edmundsbery 8 mile, but as has been often
+observ’d before, the miles are very long. I pass’d by two or
+3 Little villages, and about 2 mile off there is y<sup>e</sup> town of
+St Edm<sup>ds</sup> Bury w<sup>ch</sup> appeares standing on a great hill, y<sup>e</sup>
+towers and buildings Look so Compact and well together
+w<sup>th</sup> the trees and gardens thick about it y<sup>e</sup> prospect
+was wonderfully pleasant. A mile off by a little village
+I descended a hill which made y<sup>e</sup> prospect of y<sup>e</sup> town
+still in view and much to advantage, its but two parishes.
+Y<sup>e</sup> market Cross has a dyal and Lanthorn on y<sup>e</sup> top,
+and there being another house pretty Close to it high
+built w<sup>th</sup> such a tower and lanthorn also, w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> two
+Churches towers and some other buildings pretty good,
+made it appear nobly at a distance. This high house is an
+apothecarys—at least 60 stepps up from y<sup>e</sup> ground and
+gives a pleaseing prospect of ye whole town. Severall
+streetes but no good buildings Except this, the rest are
+great old houses of timber and mostly of y<sup>e</sup> old forme of y<sup>e</sup>
+Country w<sup>ch</sup> are long peaked roofes of tileing. This house
+is the new mode of building; 4 roomes of a floore pretty
+sizeable and high, well furnish’d, a drawing roome and
+Chamber full of China and a damaske bed Embroyder’d:
+2 other Roomes, Camlet and Mohaire beds; a pretty deale
+of plaite in his wives Chambers and parlours below, and a
+large shop. He is esteem’d a very Rich man. He shewed
+me a Curiosity of an Herball all written out w<sup>th</sup> Every sort
+of tree and herb dryed and Cut out and pasted on the
+Leaves; it was a doctor of Physicks work that left it him
+a Legacy at his Death, it was a fine thing and would have
+delighted me severall dayes but I was passant. There
+was two streetes were broad and very Long, out of w<sup>ch</sup> ran
+a Cross 5 or 6 streetes more w<sup>ch</sup> are as good as in most
+Country towns—they are well pitch’d w<sup>th</sup> small stones.
+There are many descenters in y<sup>e</sup> town—4 meeteing places
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_125'>125</span>w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Quakers and anabaptists. There is only the ruines of
+y<sup>e</sup> abby walls and the fine gate at the Entrance that
+remaines—stone, well Carv’d. It seemes to be a thriveing
+Industrious town; 4 gates in it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are a great deale of Gentry w<sup>ch</sup> Lives in y<sup>e</sup> town,
+tho’ there are no good houses but w<sup>ch</sup> are old and rambling
+ones. They are in that they Call the green, a space by y<sup>e</sup>
+Churches w<sup>ch</sup> are pretty near together. They are pretty
+Large but nothing Curious in them—stone buildings—no
+monuments worth notice. They keep them very Clean and
+neate and have a moveable scaffold to Clean the roofe and
+windows and walls. Its a very dear place, so much Company
+Living in the town makes provision scarce and dear:
+however its a good Excuse to raise the Reckoning on
+strangers.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went to admiral Russells who is now Lord
+orfford, a long 10 mile, and Loseing my way made it 12
+mile; its pretty good way. I passed by a village or two,
+and in a mile of Lord orffords house I Enter Cambridgeshire,
+w<sup>ch</sup> stands 3 mile from New market. You Ride in
+sight of New market heath where the Races are—its good
+Road; here are severall good gardens well kept good
+gravell and green walks w<sup>th</sup> fine greens and flowers, walled
+in and all the outhouses very handsome. A Coach yard
+and stables in the middle of w<sup>ch</sup> is a Large gate into y<sup>e</sup>
+ground, and built over w<sup>th</sup> a high lanthorn where hangs the
+Clock and bell: this stands higher than y<sup>e</sup> house like a
+tower; y<sup>e</sup> house being a flatt Roofe leaded and railed
+round full of Chimneys, but this tower I saw 10 mile off.
+All y<sup>e</sup> out offices built round a Court very handsome. The
+hall is very noble paved w<sup>th</sup> free stone, a squaire of black
+marble at Each Corner of y<sup>e</sup> freestone: there are two fine
+white marble tables veined w<sup>th</sup> bleu; its wanscoated w<sup>th</sup>
+wall nut tree, the pannells and Rims round w<sup>th</sup> mulbery tree
+y<sup>t</sup> is a Lemon Coullour, and y<sup>e</sup> moldings beyond it round
+are of a sweete outlandish wood not much differing from
+Cedar but of a finer Graine, the Chaires are all the same:
+its hung w<sup>th</sup> pictures att full proportion of y<sup>e</sup> Royal family
+all in their Coronation Robes, from Charles the first to his
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_126'>126</span>Majesty w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Queen also, and at the End is Prince George
+and Princess Ann in their Robes of Crimson velvet and
+Dukes Coronet as Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland.
+The whole house is finely furnish’d w<sup>th</sup> differing Coull<sup>d</sup>
+Damaske and velvets, some ffigured and others plaine, at
+Least 6 or 7 in all Richly made up after a new mode. In
+y<sup>e</sup> best drawing roome was a very Rich hanging gold and
+silver and a Little scarlet, mostly tissue and brocade of
+gold and silver and border of green damaske round it; y<sup>e</sup>
+window Curtain y<sup>e</sup> same green damaske round it y<sup>e</sup>
+window Curtain y<sup>e</sup> same green damaske, and doore
+Curtains. There was no Looking-glass but on y<sup>e</sup> Chimney
+piece and just opposite in y<sup>e</sup> place a Looking glass used to
+be was 4 pannells of glass in Length and 3 in breadth set
+together in y<sup>e</sup> wanscoate. Y<sup>e</sup> same was in another drawing
+roome w<sup>ch</sup> was for my Lord. The dining roome had this
+Looking glass on y<sup>e</sup> top peers between the three windows;
+it was from y<sup>e</sup> top to y<sup>e</sup> bottom 2 pannells in breadth and 7
+in Length so it shews one from top to toe. The roomes
+were all well wanscoated and hung and there was y<sup>e</sup> finest
+Carv’d wood in fruitages, herbages, gumms, beasts, fowles
+&amp;c. very thinn and fine all in white wood w<sup>th</sup> out paint or
+varnish. Y<sup>e</sup> severall sorts of things thus Carv’d were Exceeding
+naturall all round. The Chimney pieces and y<sup>e</sup>
+sconces stand on Each side the Chimney, and the glasses in
+those Chambers where were Loose Looking-glasses, w<sup>ch</sup>
+were w<sup>th</sup> fine Carv’d head and frames some of the naturall
+wood others Gilt, but they were y<sup>e</sup> largest Looking-glasses
+I Ever saw. There was a great flower pott Gilt Each side
+the Chimney in the dineing Roome for to sett trees in. Y<sup>e</sup>
+great Curiosity of this wood Carving about y<sup>e</sup> Doores
+Chimneys and sconces, together w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> great Looking Glass
+pannells is much talked of and is y<sup>e</sup> finest and most in
+quantety and numbers thats to be seen any where. There
+is very fine China and silver things and irons and jarrs and
+perfume potts of silver. Y<sup>e</sup> common Roomes are all new,
+Convenient and neate with Double doores lined to prevent
+noises. Y<sup>e</sup> Stair Case is wanscoated, very noble, fine
+Pictures, there is y<sup>e</sup> battle at la Hogue a Large sea piece
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_127'>127</span>w<sup>th</sup> an jnscription of y<sup>e</sup> admiralls valour when y<sup>e</sup> great ship
+y<sup>e</sup> Gunn was burnt and mightily valued by y<sup>e</sup> ffrench
+King.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence I went 8 mile to Ely w<sup>ch</sup> were as long as the
+12 I Came from S<sup>t</sup> Edmondsbery, y<sup>e</sup> wayes being very
+deep; its mostly Lanes and Low moorish ground on Each
+Side deffended by y<sup>e</sup> ffendiks w<sup>ch</sup> are deep ditches w<sup>th</sup>
+draines. Y<sup>e</sup> ffenns are full of water and mudd these also Encompass
+their grounds, Each mans part 10 or a dozen acres
+a piece or more, so these dieks are the fences. On Each
+side they plant willows so there is 2 rows of trees runns
+round y<sup>e</sup> ground w<sup>ch</sup> Looks very finely to see a flatt of
+many miles so planted but it must be ill to Live there. All
+this while Ely minster is in one’s view at a mile distant you
+would think, but go, it is a Long 4 miles. A mile distant
+from y<sup>e</sup> town is a Little Hamlet from w<sup>ch</sup> I descended from
+a steep hill and so Cross a bridge over water w<sup>ch</sup> Enters
+into y<sup>e</sup> Island of Ely, and so you pass a flatt on a Gravel
+Causey w<sup>ch</sup> way y<sup>e</sup> Bishop is at y<sup>e</sup> Charge to repaire Else
+there would be no passing in y<sup>e</sup> summer. This is secured
+by some dikes w<sup>ch</sup> surround more grounds as y<sup>e</sup> former,
+full of Rows of trees and willows round them w<sup>ch</sup> makes Ely
+looke finely through those trees, and y<sup>t</sup> stands very high. In
+the winter this Caussey is over flowed and they have no way
+but boates to pass in. They Cut peate out of some of these
+grounds. The raines now had fallen so as in some places
+near y<sup>e</sup> Citty y<sup>e</sup> Caussey was Covered, and a Remarkable
+deliverance I had, for my horse Earnest to drinke ran to
+get more depth of water than y<sup>e</sup> Caussey had, was on y<sup>e</sup>
+brinke of one of these dikes, but by a speciall providence
+w<sup>ch</sup> I desire never to forget and allways to be thankfull for,
+Escaped. Y<sup>e</sup> bridge was over the River Linn w<sup>ch</sup> Comes
+from Norfolke and does almost Encompass the jsland of
+Ely w<sup>ch</sup> is 20 mile in bigness, in w<sup>ch</sup> are severall Little
+towns as Wisbech and many others. There is another
+River that joyns w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Linn w<sup>ch</sup> Compasses this land into
+an jsland. At this bridge is a gate, but by reason of y<sup>e</sup> great
+raines y<sup>e</sup> roades were full of water, even quite to y<sup>e</sup> town
+w<sup>ch</sup> you ascend a very steep hill into, but y<sup>e</sup> dirtyest place I
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_128'>128</span>ever saw, not a bitt of pitching in y<sup>e</sup> streetes, so its a perfect
+quagmire y<sup>e</sup> whole Citty, only just about y<sup>e</sup> palace and
+Churches the streetes are well enough for breadth, but for
+want of pitching it seemes only a harbour to breed and nest
+vermine in of w<sup>ch</sup> there is plenty Enough, so that tho’ my
+Chamber was near 20 Stepps up I had froggs and slow worms
+and snailes in my Roome, but suppose it was brought up w<sup>th</sup>
+y<sup>e</sup> faggotts. But it Cannot but be jnfested w<sup>th</sup> all such
+things being altogether moorish ffenny ground w<sup>ch</sup> Lyes
+Low: it is true were the Least Care taken to pitch their
+streetes it would make it Looke more properly an habitation
+for human beings and not a Cage or nest of unclean
+Creatures. It must needs be very unhealthy tho’ the
+natives say much to the Contrary w<sup>ch</sup> proceeds from Custom
+and use, otherwise to persons born in up and dry Countryes
+it must destroy them Like Rotten sheep in Consumptions
+and Rhums.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Bishop does not Care to stay long in this place not
+being for his health; he is the Lord of all the jsland, has
+the Command and y<sup>e</sup> jurisdiction. They have lost their
+Charter and so are no Corporation but all things are
+directed by the Bishop and its a shame he does not see it
+better ordered and y<sup>e</sup> buildings and streetes put in a better
+Condition. They are a slothful people and for little but y<sup>e</sup>
+takeing Care of their Grounds and Cattle w<sup>ch</sup> is of vast
+advantage. Where the yeares prove drye they gaine so
+much that in Case 6 or 7 wet yeares drown them all
+over, the one good yeare sufficiently Repaires their
+loss.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a good palace for the Bishop built of stone, but it
+was unfurnished. There are two Churches; Ely minster is
+a Curious pile of Building all of stone, the outside full of
+Carvings and great arches and fine pillars in the front, and
+the jnside has the greatest variety and neatness in the works.
+There are two Chappels most Exactly Carved in stone all
+sorts of figures, Cherubims Gilt and painted in some parts. Y<sup>e</sup>
+Roofe of one Chappell was one Entire stone most delicately
+Carved, and hung down in great poynts all about y<sup>e</sup> Church.
+The pillars are Carv’d and painted w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> history of y<sup>e</sup> bible,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_129'>129</span>Especially the new testament and description of Christs
+miracles. The Lanthorn in y<sup>e</sup> quire is vastly high and
+delicately painted and fine Carv’d worke all of wood, in it
+the bells used to be hung, five, the dimention of y<sup>e</sup> biggest
+was so much when they rung them it shooke y<sup>e</sup> quire so
+and y<sup>e</sup> Carv’d worke that it was thought unsafe, therefore
+they were taken down. Its 80 odd steps to the top of y<sup>e</sup>
+Lanthorn and 160 steps round in Compass. There are
+very good monuments and abundance of niches in the
+walls where Statues have been; there is one of white
+marble Laying at length and so Exactly Cut y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> hand
+lookes Extreamely natural, the sinewes and veines and
+every turn of y<sup>e</sup> fingers so finely done as to appear very
+proper. There is another that was a Bishop made by
+Queen Elizabeth whose garments and all are marble and
+so finely Embroydered Carv’d and painted and gilt and a
+verge all down before and Round y<sup>e</sup> neck w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> ffigures of
+the apostles done in Embroydery as it were, all marble
+very fine. There was 4 or 5 more good Marble Statues.
+There was on one of y<sup>e</sup> Pillars y<sup>e</sup> shape of y<sup>e</sup> seameless
+Coate w<sup>ch</sup> Christ wore. In another place there is a great
+Red Cross very high on some of y<sup>e</sup> arches, and its very
+dangerous to go or Climbe round, the pillars to it being of
+a vast height and this used to be as a pennance to y<sup>e</sup>
+people in y<sup>e</sup> tyme of popery. There is one Chappell for
+Confession w<sup>th</sup> a Roome and Chaire of State for y<sup>e</sup> priest
+to set to hear y<sup>e</sup> people on their knees Confess into his
+Eare through a hole in y<sup>e</sup> wall. This Church has y<sup>e</sup> most
+popish remaines in its walls of any I have seen. There
+still remaines a Cross over the alter; the Candlesticks are
+3 quarters of a y<sup>d</sup> high massy silver gilt very heavy. The
+ffont is one Entire piece of White Marble stemm and foote,
+the Cover was Carv’d wood w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> image of Ch<sup>sts</sup> being
+baptised by John and the holy Dove Descending on him,
+all finely Carv’d white wood w<sup>th</sup> out any paint or varnish.
+They Draw up the Cover by a pully and so Let it down
+again w<sup>ch</sup> shutts Close unless against raines then it swells
+open as it did now and I believe in y<sup>t</sup> Citty its usually
+annoy’d with wet. This Cathedrall was much frequented
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_130'>130</span>by the priests in K James the Seconds tyme and many of
+their Relicts washed ffaire to be seen, and y<sup>e</sup> woman told
+me the priest use to shew her where Every thing was, and
+they hoped quickly to be in possession of it, and made
+many promises how kind they would be to them their
+retainers to the Church; but blessed be God y<sup>t</sup> put a
+tymely stop to the protestants utter ruin and y<sup>e</sup> hopes of
+the papists. When I was upon the tower I Could see
+Cambridg and a great prospect of y<sup>e</sup> Country w<sup>ch</sup> by reason
+of y<sup>e</sup> great rains just before under water, all the ffenny
+ground being all on a flatt unless it be one side of the
+town w<sup>ch</sup> is all the high dry grounds, into w<sup>ch</sup> they drive
+up their Cattle to secure them in the wet seasons. There
+is no tradeing in the town, their maine buissiness and
+dependance is on draining and fencing their Grounds and
+breeding and grasseing Cattle. There is a fine gate of stone
+arch’d Like a Church w<sup>ch</sup> is Called the abbey, but no
+remaines of y<sup>e</sup> Abby Left, only as its built into houses for
+the Doctors and Clergy, within which is the palace for the
+Bishop which is their temporall as well as spiritual prince or
+Lord. From this Citty I passed over those higher grounds
+on w<sup>ch</sup> was some good Corn but mostly is for grass for their
+Cattle. You see many pretty Little towns 4 or 5 in view
+together 2 or 3 miles distant. I went to Sutton, one of them,
+6 miles off the Citty, this was a Little Market town; thence
+to y<sup>e</sup> ffenn banks on y<sup>e</sup> top of which I Rode at Least two
+miles w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> ffenns on both sides w<sup>ch</sup> now were mostly under
+water, a vast tract of such grounds w<sup>ch</sup> are divided by the
+Dikes w<sup>th</sup> out trees, as those I observ’d before, and these
+high banks are made to draine and ffence out y<sup>e</sup> water
+from y<sup>e</sup> Lower grounds, and so from one banck to another
+w<sup>ch</sup> are once in many acres of Land 100, so that at length
+it does bear off the water but in the winter it returns, so as
+they are forced to watch and be all wayes in repaireing
+those bancks; and Considering y<sup>e</sup> vast allowance yearly for
+draining those fenns at least 3000<sup>£</sup>  an. I wonder they have
+not perfectly runn off y<sup>e</sup> water and so Barracadoed it as not
+to (?) soe it often overflows it againe as it does in many places;
+but they are all a lazy sort of people and are afraid to do
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_131'>131</span>too much. Here I see y<sup>t</sup> many swans nests on Little
+Hillocks of Earth in the wett ground that they Look as if
+swimming w<sup>th</sup> their nests, some were with their young
+signetts, 3 or 4 in heape w<sup>th</sup> their damms hovering over
+them for their security. This brought me to the Armitage
+along 8 mile in all from Ely town, and here I Repass’d the
+River Lin on a wooden Bridge and so went out of y<sup>e</sup> jsland
+of Ely w<sup>ch</sup> was in Cambridgshire and Entred into Huntingdonshire.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There was another bridge over a deep place of y<sup>e</sup> River
+under w<sup>ch</sup> the boates and barges went, and this bridge was
+in the water; one must pass thro’ water to it and so
+beyond it a good way, and y<sup>e</sup> Road was so full of holes
+and quicksands I durst not venture, y<sup>e</sup> water Covering
+them over and a stranger there Cannot Easily Escape y<sup>e</sup>
+danger, tho’ I see the Carryers went y<sup>t</sup> way to save the
+Expense of y<sup>e</sup> fferry, but I Rather chose to Ride round
+and fferry over in a boate 2 pence a horse to a Little town.
+This river runs along by S<sup>t</sup> Ives w<sup>ch</sup> was an old monastery
+and a Rich one. From this fferry its 8 mile to Huntington
+town; one goes much in sight of y<sup>e</sup> River and y<sup>e</sup>
+severall places built on its bancks w<sup>ch</sup> Looks well—these
+are pretty long miles. From Huntington town I went to
+Stillton 9 mile more, and thence I went to y<sup>e</sup> Citty of
+Peterborough in Lincolnshire w<sup>ch</sup> was 5 long miles, the
+wayes deep and full of Sloughs. It stands very high and
+to be seen at a great distance y<sup>e</sup> towers of y<sup>e</sup> minster being
+all in view—one would think it but a quarter of a mile
+when you have a mile or two still to it. Y<sup>e</sup> whole Citty
+Looks very well and handsomely built but mostly timber
+worke: you pass over a Long stone bridg. The Streetes
+are very clean and neate, well pitch’d and broad as one
+shall see any where, there is a very spacious market place,
+a good Cross and town Hall on the top. The Cathedrall
+is a magnificent building standing in the midst on advanced
+ground, all stone, y<sup>e</sup> walls very neately wrought, the front
+is in 3 great arches full of Small stone pillars smoothly
+turn’d and halfe paces as it were in y<sup>e</sup> 2 side arches, the
+head is w<sup>th</sup> no high tower but 5 Little ones, 3 of w<sup>ch</sup> in the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_132'>132</span>middle are higher and bigger than the other; between
+Each are 3 peakes Like great Canteliver windows but all
+finely Carv’d in stone. Ye middle arch is the Entrance w<sup>ch</sup>
+is Exceeding Lofty, as is the Roofe of y<sup>e</sup> whole, and so
+well painted that it appears to be hollow Carving, this
+seems to be the two remarkable things in y<sup>e</sup> whole. Its a
+spacious place, but one large jsle w<sup>ch</sup> is in y<sup>e</sup> middle
+Leading up to y<sup>e</sup> quire, where I observed they put y<sup>e</sup> seate
+of any of their deceased dignatorys of y<sup>e</sup> Church in Black
+w<sup>th</sup> an Escutcheon: here was one, so now here was y<sup>e</sup>
+Statue of y<sup>e</sup> person y<sup>t</sup> was last abbott and first Bishop of
+y<sup>e</sup> place; there was also y<sup>e</sup> 2 monuments of 2 queens, y<sup>t</sup> of
+Catherine of Spain being Harry y<sup>e</sup> 8<sup>ths</sup> queen, and also the
+statute of y<sup>e</sup> queen Mary of Scotts that was both beheaded
+and buried here, and there is also y<sup>e</sup> picture of an old man
+w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Inscription of y<sup>e</sup> whole matter, w<sup>ch</sup> was y<sup>e</sup> Sexton
+and dugg both their graves. Here is a pallace for y<sup>e</sup>
+Bishop, of stone Building very neate, and y<sup>e</sup> Doctors
+houses, all in a space Called the Colledg—very neate
+but nothing Curious. The river Linn washes the town
+almost round; it Looks like a very jndustrious thriveing
+town—spinning and knitting amongst y<sup>e</sup> ordinary
+people.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I went thence to Wansford and passed by M<sup>rs</sup> S<sup>t</sup> Johns
+house w<sup>ch</sup> stands on a hill a mile from y<sup>e</sup> town in a fine
+parke. There was no gate to Peterborough town and as I
+pass’d y<sup>e</sup> Road I saw upon y<sup>e</sup> walls of y<sup>e</sup> ordinary peoples
+houses and walls of their out houses, y<sup>e</sup> Cow dung plaister’d
+up to drie in Cakes w<sup>ch</sup> they use for fireing, its a very
+offensive fewell, but y<sup>e</sup> Country people use Little Else in
+these parts. Wansford is 5 mile from Peterborough, where
+I passed over the Bridge w<sup>ch</sup> Entred me into Northhamptonshire,
+the town being part in that shire w<sup>ch</sup> is towards
+London, y<sup>e</sup> other in Lincolnshire w<sup>ch</sup> a mile or two farther
+joyns w<sup>th</sup> Rutlandshire at Stamford, w<sup>ch</sup> town stands in y<sup>e</sup>
+3 Countyes, where I Lay at “y<sup>e</sup> Swan in Wansford in
+England,” being a jest on a man makeing hay fell a sleep
+on a heap of it, and a great storme washed y<sup>e</sup> Hay and man
+into y<sup>e</sup> River and Carry’d him to y<sup>e</sup> Bridge, where he awoke
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_133'>133</span>and knew not where he was, Called to y<sup>e</sup> people in y<sup>e</sup>
+grounds and told them he liv’d in a place Called Wansford
+in England w<sup>ch</sup> goes for a jest on y<sup>e</sup> men of Wansford to
+this Day.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went to Durant 5 miles and passed over a very
+good stone bridge. Here we are neare y<sup>e</sup> quarry’s of stone,
+and all y<sup>e</sup> houses and walls are built of stone as in Glocestershire.
+This River and bridge Enter’d me into Leicestershire
+w<sup>ch</sup> is a very Rich Country—Red land, good Corne of
+all sorts and grass, both fields and jnclosures. You see a
+great way upon their hills y<sup>e</sup> bottoms full of Enclosures,
+woods and different sort of manureing and Herbage,
+amongst w<sup>ch</sup> are placed many little towns w<sup>ch</sup> gives great
+pleasure of y<sup>e</sup> travellers to view. Y<sup>e</sup> miles are long but
+hither its pretty hard good way; to Coppingham 5 mile
+more w<sup>ch</sup> is a neate market town. Satturday is their market
+w<sup>ch</sup> is very good affording great quantetyes of Corn, Leather
+garne and Cattle; such a Concourse of people y<sup>t</sup> my Landlord
+told me he used to have 100 horse set up at his jnn,
+and there were many publick houses. Here you see very
+Large fine sheep and very good land, but very deep bad
+roads. From hence to Leister w<sup>ch</sup> they Call but 13 miles,
+but y<sup>e</sup> longest 13 I ever went and y<sup>e</sup> most tiresome being
+full of sloughs, y<sup>t</sup> I was near 11 hours going but 25 mile,
+as they Reckon it, between Wansford and Leicester town—a
+footman Could have gone much faster than I Could Ride.
+Their fewell here is as I said but Cowdung or Coale w<sup>ch</sup>
+they are supplyed with out of Warwickshire. Leicester
+town stands on the Side of a little riseing Ground, tho’ at a
+distance from y<sup>e</sup> adjacent hills it Looks Low, but its a good
+prospect. It has 4 gates, y<sup>e</sup> streetes are pretty Large and
+well pitch’d, there are five parishes; the Market place is a
+Large space very handsome w<sup>th</sup> a good Market Cross and
+town hall. Y<sup>e</sup> river Sow w<sup>ch</sup> runs into y<sup>e</sup> river Reeke and
+both Empts themselves into y<sup>e</sup> Trent. Trent to y<sup>e</sup> Bow
+Bridge w<sup>ch</sup> is one arch over into y<sup>e</sup> Priory, w<sup>ch</sup> King Rich<sup>d</sup>
+y<sup>e</sup> third pass’d over out of y<sup>e</sup> Priory when he went to fight
+in Bosworth field w<sup>th</sup> King Henry the seventh, but the stone
+he struck his heele at and against, w<sup>th</sup> w<sup>ch</sup> his head was
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_134'>134</span>struck at his return when brought athwart the horse Dead,
+I Could not see it, being removed, but I saw a piece of his
+tombstone he Lay in, w<sup>ch</sup> was Cut out in exact form for his
+body to Lye in; y<sup>t</sup> remains to be seen at y<sup>e</sup> Greyhound in
+Leaster but is partly broken. There I saw a piece of y<sup>e</sup>
+jury wall as its Called being in arches and was a place
+where the Jews burnt their sacrifices.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are two Hospitalls, one for old men y<sup>e</sup> other
+women 24 in number; they are allowed 2<sup>s</sup> : 8<sup>d</sup> p<sup>r</sup> weeke,
+Candle, fewell oatmeale, butter and salt. I saw the Library
+w<sup>ch</sup> is pretty large, there was two Large Divinity Books the
+arch-Bishop gave them lately, and the names of all their
+Benefactors; there was one book all written hand by a
+scribe before printing was found out, it was a fine vellum;
+and there was another Book of y<sup>e</sup> New Testament in
+Chineaze Language and Characteur. Y<sup>e</sup> town is old timber
+building Except one or two of Brick. There is Indeed
+that they Call y<sup>e</sup> Newark w<sup>ch</sup> is Encompass’d w<sup>th</sup> a wall of
+a good thickness and two great gates w<sup>th</sup> towers as the
+town gates are, in w<sup>ch</sup> they keep their arms and amunition.
+Y<sup>e</sup> walls now are only to secure gardens that are made of
+y<sup>e</sup> ruin’d places that were buildings of strength. In this
+Newark w<sup>ch</sup> is a large space of ground are severall good
+houses some of stone and Brick In which some Lawyers
+Live ffrank; there is also a new pile of Building all of
+Brick w<sup>ch</sup> is the Guild Hall where y<sup>e</sup> assizes are kept twice
+in y<sup>e</sup> yeare and y<sup>e</sup> session quarterly.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>S<sup>t</sup> Martins Church w<sup>ch</sup> is one of y<sup>e</sup> biggest—there is none
+very big and none fine—but here I saw Hyricks tomb who
+was major of y<sup>e</sup> town and was married to one wife 52 years
+in all, w<sup>ch</sup> tyme he buried neither man woman or Child tho’
+most tymes he had 20 in his family, his age was 79 and his
+widdow 97 at her death, she saw 142 of her posterity
+together. They have a water-house and a water mill to
+turn y<sup>e</sup> water in deep Leaden tubbs or Cisterns for their
+use: there are wells in some streetes to draw water by a
+hand wheele for y<sup>e</sup> Common use of the town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The major and alderman goes about in procession on
+Holy Thursday which was y<sup>e</sup> day I was there. Here are a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_135'>135</span>great many descenters in this town. This Country as I s<sup>d</sup>
+was all Rich deep land, and they plough their land all w<sup>th</sup>
+ploughs w<sup>th</sup> out wheeles as they do in Oxfordshire and other
+deep lands. From thence I passed to Bosworth 8 miles,
+and went by a Gentlemans house and thro’ a little parke
+where the deer were very tame, and passed through
+Bosworth and over y<sup>e</sup> ground where was y<sup>e</sup> battle between
+King Richard y<sup>t</sup> Lost his Life by y<sup>e</sup> hand of y<sup>e</sup> Earle of
+Richmond afterwards King Henry y<sup>e</sup> Seventh, who was
+Crown’d in this Bosworth field w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Crown taken off from
+King Richards head, who being dead was Ignominiously
+Cast aCross a horse and Carried to Leicester and buried
+there as a just judgm<sup>t</sup> of God for Killing his two nephews
+and reigning in their stead.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>This is a great flatt full of good Enclosures. Near this
+is Narsby where was y<sup>e</sup> great battle fought between King
+Charles y<sup>e</sup> First and y<sup>e</sup> parliam<sup>t</sup> of England. From thence
+I went to Fallmouth 7 miles more and so into Warwickshire
+over a bridge. This is a little market town; thence 3 miles
+more to Tamworth a neate town built of Brick and mostly
+new; in sight at its approach it look’d like Litchfield but
+not a quarter so big a market town, it stands halfe in
+Warwickshire and halfe in Staffordshire, and so to Litchfield
+over a large stone bridg that Crosses y<sup>e</sup> Tamworth river
+that gives name to y<sup>e</sup> town. To Litchfield is 5 mile more all
+very good way mostly Gravel; I went it in an hour. This
+side Entring y<sup>e</sup> town I Came by a Large good Almshouse
+w<sup>ch</sup> I saw not before. They have in this town a Custome
+at Whitsontide y<sup>e</sup> Monday and Tuesday Call’d y<sup>e</sup> green
+Bower feast, by which they hold their Charter. The Bailiff
+and Sheriff assist at y<sup>e</sup> Cerimony of dressing up Baby’s
+w<sup>th</sup> garlands of flowers and Carry it in procession through
+all y<sup>e</sup> streetes, and then assemble themselves at y<sup>e</sup> Market
+place and so go on in a solemn procession through the great
+streete to a hill beyond y<sup>e</sup> town where is a Large Bower
+made w<sup>th</sup> greens in w<sup>ch</sup> they have their feast. Many lesser
+Bowers they make about for Conveniency of y<sup>e</sup> Whole
+Company and for selling fruite Sweetemeetes and Gingerbread
+w<sup>ch</sup> is a Chief Entertainment.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_136'>136</span> Thence I went to Woolsely 7 mile farther, to S<sup>r</sup> Charles
+Woolsley where I staid 6 weekes it being my aunt his Lady
+who Engaged my stay. His seate stands very finely by y<sup>e</sup>
+river Trent; there is also a moate almost round ye house.
+Y<sup>e</sup> house is old timble building, only a Large parlour and
+noble stair Case w<sup>th</sup> handsome Chambers S<sup>r</sup> Charles has
+new built. It is built round a Court w<sup>th</sup> a gate house w<sup>ch</sup>
+Leads to y<sup>e</sup> outward Court that has a paved walke, broad
+stone y<sup>e</sup> same as y<sup>e</sup> first Court is paved with.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are green spaces and a fine green banck w<sup>th</sup> box or
+philteroy hedge Cut round. There are very good gardens
+abundance of fruite of all sorts and y<sup>e</sup> ffinest dwarfe trees I
+ever saw, so thick like a hedge and a huge Compass Every
+single tree, and very full of fruite of apples, pears and
+Cherries; there are fine flowers, Heber roses white and
+yellow; there was a fine Sena trees y<sup>t</sup> bears a great Branch
+of yellow fflowers. Y<sup>e</sup> ground Lyes all well about y<sup>e</sup> house
+and a fine park by the End of it, part of w<sup>ch</sup> is on a high
+hill y<sup>e</sup> side of w<sup>ch</sup> the deer sport themselves, w<sup>ch</sup> looks just
+on y<sup>e</sup> house and is wonderfull pleasant: its a Large parke
+6 miles round full of stately woods and replenish’d w<sup>th</sup> red
+and fallow deer, one part of it is pretty full of Billberryes
+w<sup>ch</sup> thrive under y<sup>e</sup> shade of y<sup>e</sup> oakes, its a black berry as
+big as a large pea and are Ripe about Harvest. There
+is a very ill Custome amongst them now not to be broken,
+when they are Ripe. The Country Comes and makes
+Boothes and a sort of faire y<sup>e</sup> outside of y<sup>e</sup> parke, and so
+gather y<sup>e</sup> berries and sell y<sup>m</sup> about y<sup>e</sup> Country. The
+greenes they Call Wissums and on these wissums the Deer
+Brouse in y<sup>e</sup> winter and on holly of which there is great
+quantetys. In Kankwood just by there is also great
+quantety’s of fferne w<sup>ch</sup> tho’ it over runs their ground and
+so spoiles y<sup>e</sup> grass where its much, yet y<sup>e</sup> usefullness of it
+renders it necessary to be preserv’d; when it is at its
+maturity w<sup>ch</sup> happens just before harvest or hay tyme, y<sup>e</sup>
+whole Country are Employ’d in Cutting it up and burning
+it in heapes for y<sup>e</sup> sake of y<sup>e</sup> ashes w<sup>ch</sup> they make fine and
+Rowle them up in Balls and so sell them or use them all
+y<sup>e</sup> year for washing and scouring, and send much up to
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_137'>137</span>London, y<sup>e</sup> ashe balls being Easily sent about, without w<sup>ch</sup>
+they would have no ashes in the Country for such uses; for
+their fewell is altogether Coales w<sup>ch</sup> Indeed are very good
+and plenty, you might have a load for 3 or 4 shillings
+brought home y<sup>t</sup> would serve a poore mans familly y<sup>e</sup> winter.
+Its in great pieces and so Cloven burns light so as the
+poorer sort works by it and so it serves for heate and light:
+its very shineing Coale all about this Country tho’ they
+Complaine they have lost y<sup>e</sup> vein of the best sort w<sup>ch</sup> they
+Call Channell Coale and is y<sup>e</sup> sort they have still in Wales
+and Lancashire w<sup>ch</sup> burnt much Lighter and less waste, but
+this I thought to be very good, no better than it. I have
+in London given 40<sup>s</sup> for such a Load.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In this parke is severall ponds w<sup>ch</sup> affords good ffish, as
+does y<sup>e</sup> moate and y<sup>e</sup> Trent as trout, Eeles, tench, perch
+&amp;c, the Largest perch I ever saw just Caught and dress’d
+immediately w<sup>ch</sup> Eates in perfection. Y<sup>e</sup> hill in y<sup>e</sup> parck
+Called Hartshill is so high that from y<sup>e</sup> top of it you see
+near 20 miles round, and shews all y<sup>e</sup> Country w<sup>ch</sup> in this
+part of Staffordshire is full of woods and jnclosures and
+good land, Except y<sup>e</sup> Kanck-wood w<sup>ch</sup> is but a barren heath
+ground, but good wood—its fine for Hawking in y<sup>e</sup> heath.
+Its full of little Brookes and Rivulets w<sup>ch</sup> abounds with
+Crawfish and they were the sweetest and Largest I have
+seen any where. From hence to Stafford town is 5 mile—you
+go by y<sup>e</sup> banck of y<sup>e</sup> Trent most of y<sup>e</sup> way and passing
+over two Rivers on stone bridges, Called y<sup>e</sup> Sore and the
+Pink w<sup>ch</sup> both Empt themselves into y<sup>e</sup> Trent and so Enter
+y<sup>e</sup> town through a gate. Its an old built town, timber and
+plaister pretty much, in Long peaked Rooffes of tileing; 3
+gates to the town—there was another w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to the
+Castle w<sup>ch</sup> now is ruinated, and only remaines on a hill the
+fortification trenches y<sup>t</sup> are grown over w<sup>th</sup> green. Y<sup>e</sup>
+streetes are pretty Large and well pitched; a broad space
+for y<sup>e</sup> market place Wherein is a good Market house on
+stone pillars w<sup>th</sup> a handsome town hall over it—some of
+the houses are pretty good. This Country is much for
+Entertainments, in every house you must Eate and
+drinke.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_138'>138</span> From thence back to Woolsley againe 5 miles, from thence
+to Heywood parke w<sup>ch</sup> was 2 mile where Lived a Daughter
+of my aunt Woolsley—marryed M<sup>r</sup> Hedgewood—a little
+neate box they Live in.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence back againe 2 miles. To the Kank wood is
+pleasant Rideing, its 20 mile long belongs to y<sup>e</sup> Lord Paget,
+there are 4 lodges; in it a great deale of wood and deer and
+goates. I went to Ffurnes Coppice w<sup>ch</sup> is 4 mile—on it a fine
+Covert of tall trees on a hill and a mile farther was a fine
+wood Called Hedgford; Poole a quarter of a mile long full
+of good fish; thence home 5 mile. Another day I went to
+Stiles Coppice 3 mile off w<sup>ch</sup> is on a high hill and a fine
+tufft of trees, it Looks but Little at a distance but is a fine
+Covert for y<sup>e</sup> sheep and Cattle: I went quite round it from
+whence Could see y<sup>e</sup> Country a good distance and see
+into 7 Countys together, Warwickshire, Leicestershire
+Glocestershire Derbyshire Staffordshire Shropshire and
+Cheshire; so home againe by Ridgly a mile aboute so it
+was 4 mile.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another day I went to Boudezworth the Lord Pagets
+house 4 mile off, and passed by y<sup>e</sup> Coale pitts where they
+were digging: they draw up the Coale in baskets with a
+Little wheele or Windlass like a well—its very good.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Lord Paget’s house is old Brick built, y<sup>e</sup> ffront is uniforme
+and very handsome with towers, but there is no good roome
+but a Long gallery thats worth seeing: its a fine parke;
+just by it is a high hill on w<sup>ch</sup> is the remaines of an old
+ffortification, they Call it the Castle wall, its of very great
+antiquity but now grown over w<sup>th</sup> grass; from thence the
+prospect of the Country is great. The parke is of Large
+Extent and some of those pitts are in it—y<sup>e</sup> Channell
+Coales, but y<sup>e</sup> water has over flow’d some of them and
+spoyl’d their digging; thence I went home againe 4 miles—Another
+day I went to Panckeridge race over y<sup>e</sup> Kankwood
+7 mile, where were most of y<sup>e</sup> Gentlemen and Ladies of the
+Country, severall Coaches and six horses, Indeed y<sup>e</sup> miles
+are Long and y<sup>e</sup> wayes bad in the winter that obliges them
+to drive more horses; these were persons of good Estates also.
+There appear’d only one horse to run for y<sup>e</sup> plaite which
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_139'>139</span>was a salver; thence to Woolesley again 7 mile more. Its
+a fine Country here about for Rideing one has a pleaseing
+prospect Every way Especially on any advanc’d ground.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I went to Brinsy Coppice w<sup>ch</sup> was 4 mile, thence Could
+see towards Shrewsbury and y<sup>e</sup> high hill the Reekee, and in
+a Cleare day Could see something of Chester, and so home
+againe 4 mile more. Another day I went upon Jtching hill
+1 mile w<sup>ch</sup> is a sort of Rock, but y<sup>e</sup> stone is of a Red
+Coullour and looks Like a sandy stone by its Moldring, but
+they tell me when its wrought in a wall and have been
+season’d w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> weather it grows very hard and serviceable
+in building. From thence I went a Compass round to
+Heywood parke 4 mile off and y<sup>n</sup> home againe 2 miles; and
+another day I went the same tour about to Heywood parke
+and back w<sup>ch</sup> was 6 mile more. While I stay’d at Woolsley
+I went directly to Heywood parke above what I mentioned
+before and returned home w<sup>ch</sup> was in all 8 miles, and another
+day I went to a poole in the Kanckwood 3 mile to ffish and
+from thence to Heywood parke thro’ a very fine Coppice of
+trees on a hanging brow of a hill w<sup>ch</sup> Look’d very fine, and
+so home 2 mile more. I name y<sup>e</sup> number of miles I went
+only to see y<sup>e</sup> whole accō of miles I travell’d this yeare.
+These Coppices there are many of them w<sup>ch</sup> is a good
+shelter for y<sup>e</sup> Cattle.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another journey to Darby town from Woolsley by Colton
+and Blithbery 3 mile, thence to Yoxwell 3 mile over Nedwood
+forest of y<sup>e</sup> King, w<sup>ch</sup> is 40 mile in Extent, all y<sup>e</sup> way
+you have a fine prospect of y<sup>e</sup> Country, Enclosed good
+lands, admirable Corne of all sorts, good grass: I went in
+sight of Tetbery Castle w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> Kings—a great ffortification,
+but all decay’d—here 4 mile more and there it was that
+I pass y<sup>e</sup> river Dove on a stone Bridge Called Dovebridge
+w<sup>ch</sup> Enters me into Darbyshire and thence its 8 mile more
+to Darby town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Darby town Lies down in a bottom built all of brick or
+for y<sup>e</sup> most part; in it are 5 Churches built of stone y<sup>e</sup>
+biggest of w<sup>ch</sup> I was in, y<sup>e</sup> tower was finely Carv’d full of
+niches and Pedistals where on Statues had been set, but
+nothing worth notice in y<sup>e</sup> jnside except a monument w<sup>ch</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_140'>140</span>was over y<sup>e</sup> vault of y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Devonshire, on w<sup>ch</sup> stands
+2 Effigees at length all of white marble y<sup>e</sup> Earle and his
+Countess of Devonshire w<sup>th</sup> an arch or Cannopy of Stone
+over their heads; this is rail’d in w<sup>th</sup> Iron gates. There is
+also another statue of marble painted and Gilded lying at
+length w<sup>ch</sup> is also railed in. Y<sup>e</sup> River Derwent runns by
+the town and turns many mills, and y<sup>e</sup> water Engine w<sup>ch</sup>
+turns y<sup>e</sup> water into y<sup>e</sup> pipes that serves y<sup>e</sup> town, y<sup>e</sup> same
+wheele grinds also, but they do it for a half penny a strike
+w<sup>ch</sup> is the same measure as our Bushill. At this Engine
+they Can grind if its never so high a flood, w<sup>ch</sup> hinders all
+y<sup>e</sup> other from working at y<sup>e</sup> flood, they are quite Choaked
+up, but this they Can set higher or lower just as the water
+is. There are bays w<sup>ch</sup> they make w<sup>th</sup> stones to keep the
+water to run to y<sup>e</sup> mill and thence it falls againe into y<sup>e</sup>
+Derwent; there is also a fine stone Conduit in the Market
+place, w<sup>ch</sup> is very spacious, well pitch’d a good Market Cross.
+This is a dear place for strangers notwithstanding y<sup>e</sup> plentyfullness
+of all provision. My Dinner Cost me 5<sup>s</sup> and 8<sup>d</sup>,
+only 2 servant men w<sup>th</sup> me and I had but a shoulder of
+mutton and bread and beer.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here they mak great quantetys of gloves, I did not
+observe or Learn any other trade or Manufacture, they had
+only shops of all sorts of things. They Carry much of
+their Carriages on sledges to secure their pitching in the
+streetes. Thence I went to Chartly 6 mile Lord Fferrers,
+and thence Bradby Lord Chesterfields, and passed by a fine
+parke of some Gentlemans in w<sup>ch</sup> was a summer house on
+y<sup>e</sup> side of y<sup>e</sup> hill amongst fine tall trees w<sup>ch</sup> Look’d very
+well, and on y<sup>e</sup> Right hand I turned up to y<sup>e</sup> Earle of
+Chesterfields parke full of fine Rows of trees running up y<sup>e</sup>
+avenue to y<sup>e</sup> house. One Enters an outward Court and
+drives round a Little pond like a ditch all pav’d w<sup>th</sup> stone,
+or great basin of stone, in which were two swans swimming
+about in y<sup>t</sup> little Compass; y<sup>e</sup> gates are all jron barrs and
+the whole front of y<sup>e</sup> house open jron pallasadoe spikes in
+a Compass round Like a half moone. Answerable to y<sup>t</sup>
+beyond y<sup>e</sup> stable yard is another such a demy Circle of
+open pallasadoe, y<sup>t</sup> lets you out to y<sup>e</sup> prospect of y<sup>e</sup> grounds
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_141'>141</span>beyond, full of regular Rows of trees. Y<sup>e</sup> house has a visto
+quite thro’ by a glass bellcony door into y<sup>e</sup> gardens, and so
+to y<sup>e</sup> parke beyond on y<sup>t</sup> side. Y<sup>e</sup> front have something
+surpriseing in it; its all of free stone w<sup>ch</sup> is dipt in oyle that
+adds a varnish to its Lustre as well as security to its
+foundation. Y<sup>e</sup> Roofe is not flatt as our Modern buildings
+so y<sup>e</sup> garret windows Come out on y<sup>e</sup> tileing w<sup>ch</sup> is all flatt
+None of y<sup>e</sup> windows are sashes which in my opinion is y<sup>e</sup>
+only thing it wants to render it a Compleate building: its
+halfe a roman H. There is an ascent of 5 or 6 steps all
+stone to y<sup>e</sup> gates, and so you proceed on a broad paved
+walke w<sup>ch</sup> is divided by a Cross walke of y<sup>e</sup> same towards
+y<sup>e</sup> upper End; thence y<sup>e</sup> ascent by as many more stone
+steps into a noble hall y<sup>t</sup> has a Row of white marble pillars
+at y<sup>e</sup> upper End. Y<sup>e</sup> middle a Little roome w<sup>th</sup> a marble
+table in the middle w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> Balcony into y<sup>e</sup> Garden, but y<sup>ts</sup>
+without Steps down into y<sup>e</sup> Garden. From these Rows of
+Pillars on y<sup>e</sup> Right hand runs a passage to y<sup>e</sup> Servants
+roome and all the offices, and at y<sup>e</sup> End is a Chappell w<sup>ch</sup>
+was very neate. Over y<sup>e</sup> alter is a large ovall of Glass of
+y<sup>e</sup> sort of Private glass used in Windows to obscure y<sup>e</sup> Sight
+from without, but hinders not y<sup>e</sup> Light w<sup>th</sup> inside; this
+Look’d pretty as being particular and uncomon.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There was a little organ and Closets for y<sup>e</sup> Lord and
+Ladies to sitt in. From y<sup>e</sup> hall on the left hand Enters
+into a Large roome w<sup>th</sup> a billiard table, from thence into a
+Large parlour and 2 drawing-roomes,—there was a good
+dineing roome. Above, y<sup>e</sup> drawing Roome had Company
+in it, y<sup>e</sup> Earle having just marry’d his Eldest daughter Lady
+Mary to one M<sup>r</sup> Cooke a Gentleman of a good Estate hard
+by, so there was Company to wishe her joy; but I was in
+severall bed Chambers, one had a Crimson damaske bed, y<sup>e</sup>
+other Crimson velvet set upon halfe paces: this best was y<sup>e</sup>
+bride Chamber w<sup>ch</sup> used to be Call’d y<sup>e</sup> Silver roome where
+y<sup>e</sup> stands, table, and fire utensills were all massy silver, but
+when plaite was in nomination to pay a tax, y<sup>e</sup> Earle of
+Chesterfield sold it all and y<sup>e</sup> plaite of y<sup>e</sup> house, so that when
+y<sup>e</sup> table was spread I saw only spoones, salts and forks and y<sup>e</sup>
+side board plaite, noe plaites or dishes and but few salvers.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_142'>142</span>Ye pictures was all burnt by a fire and so there are only
+bare walls. One Roome was painted over head—y<sup>e</sup> others
+frettwork, but y<sup>t</sup> w<sup>ch</sup> is most admired, and justly so to be by
+all persons, and Excite their Curiosity to Come and see is
+y<sup>e</sup> gardens and waterworks. Out of y<sup>e</sup> Billiard Roome y<sup>e</sup>
+first was with Gravell walks, and a large fountaine in the
+middle with flower potts and Greens set Round y<sup>e</sup> Brimm
+of y<sup>e</sup> fountaines that are paved w<sup>th</sup> stone. You see but one
+garden at a tyme. The Pipes in y<sup>e</sup> fountaines play very
+finely, some of a great height, some fflushes y<sup>e</sup> water about;
+then you Come to a descent of severall steps w<sup>ch</sup> discovers
+anoth<sup>r</sup> fine garden w<sup>th</sup> fountaines playing through pipes
+besett on y<sup>e</sup> branches w<sup>th</sup> all sort of Greens and flower
+trees, dwarfe honeysuckles in a Round tuff growing upright,
+and all sorts of flower trees and greens finely Cutt and
+Exactly kept. In one garden there are 3 fountaines
+wherein stands great statues; Each side on their pedistalls
+is a dial one for y<sup>e</sup> Sun y<sup>e</sup> other a Clock w<sup>ch</sup> by y<sup>e</sup> water
+worke is moved and strikes y<sup>e</sup> hours, and Chimes y<sup>e</sup> quarters,
+and when they please play Lilibolaro on y<sup>e</sup> Chimes: all
+this I heard when I was there. On one side of this garden
+is a half Compass w<sup>th</sup> a breast wall on w<sup>ch</sup> are high jron
+pallisadoes divided with severall Pillars, stone with Images
+on their tops about 2 yards distance; this opens to view y<sup>e</sup>
+parke and a sort of Cannall or pond w<sup>ch</sup> is in it of a good
+bigness. Beyond this Garden is a Row of orange and
+Lemon trees set in y<sup>e</sup> ground, of a man’s height and pretty
+big, full of flowers and some Large fruit almost Ripe: this
+has a pent house over it w<sup>ch</sup> is Cover’d up very Close in the
+winter. This Leads on to a great wilderness and Just by it
+is another Square w<sup>th</sup> a fountaine whose brim is deck’d
+with flower potts full of flowers and all sorts of greens; on
+Either side is 2 or 3 rows of orange and Lemon trees in
+boxes one below another in growth.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Just against this is a wall Cover’d over w<sup>th</sup> Lawrell finely
+Cutt, and also in y<sup>e</sup> middle is an arch, and on Either side
+stone staires ascends it w<sup>ch</sup> terminate in a sort of half pace
+all Cover’d over w<sup>th</sup> Lawrell, and this Enters a doore into
+another Garden through a little garden house. This also
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_143'>143</span>has a fine fountaine Like y<sup>e</sup> others, only as most of y<sup>e</sup> others
+was green walks this was Gravell, so was the garden on y<sup>e</sup>
+Right side of y<sup>e</sup> house. Ye front Garden w<sup>ch</sup> has y<sup>e</sup> Largest
+fountaine has also a fine Green house and very fine flowers,
+and y<sup>e</sup> beds and borders are Cut in severall formes; y<sup>e</sup>
+Greens are very fine and y<sup>e</sup> hedges Cutt in severall formes;
+there was one tree not much unlike y<sup>e</sup> Cyprus green but y<sup>e</sup>
+branches were more spread and of a Little yellower green,
+y<sup>e</sup> Barke of y<sup>e</sup> Limbs yellow—it was y<sup>e</sup> Cedar of Lebonus.
+There was also fine strip’d stocks, Double Like a Rose.
+There was a Large Ewe tree in y<sup>e</sup> middle of one Garden
+Cut in forms, fine ffirrs and Cyprus and ffilleroy of w<sup>ch</sup> some
+was striped Like silver, white, others yellow Like Gold, w<sup>ch</sup>
+gave them their different names, and fine gilded and striped
+Hollys.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There was one green in a pott Call’d S<sup>t</sup> John y<sup>e</sup> baptists
+herb, it was full of many Leaves and y<sup>e</sup> Coullour not much
+unlike the green they Call Solomons Seale but longer and
+bigger Leaves; its an annual plant. Here just by y<sup>e</sup>
+wilderness is y<sup>e</sup> tulip tree w<sup>ch</sup> runns up of a great height
+and y<sup>e</sup> flower is on y<sup>e</sup> top; it flowers in August. There is
+a great avery of Birds w<sup>ch</sup> stands Like a sumer house open;
+there is also many Close averys of Birds and severall Green
+shady walks and Close arbours. There are very fine
+woodbines grows like tuffs all in flower Red and white.
+There is some of y<sup>e</sup> fountaines that have figures in them
+that throws up water a greate height—a Cascade of water.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Then I returned into y<sup>e</sup> hall and so into a Coole roome
+in w<sup>ch</sup> was a fountaine where I dranke a Glass of wine and
+so proceeded. This was 3 miles from Chartry, thence
+through a fine visto or Glide of trees w<sup>ch</sup> runs along y<sup>e</sup>
+parke and so to Burton on y<sup>e</sup> Trent 2 long miles. This is
+a pretty large town; here is a very long stone bridge over
+y<sup>e</sup> Trent: the Streetes are very well pitch’d and some very
+broad.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence over Nedwood fforest 6 mile, and thence to
+Yoxsell, w<sup>ch</sup> is 6 mile more to Woolsley and they are all
+Long miles; then I went againe to Stafford town 5 miles
+and from thence to Jnstree M<sup>r</sup> Thetwins—its bad way.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_144'>144</span>You go by S<sup>t</sup> Thomas’s w<sup>ch</sup> was some old abbey—its still
+a good house.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Going along y<sup>e</sup> side of y<sup>e</sup> hill gives a great view of
+y<sup>e</sup> Country that is mostly jnclosures we passed between
+two parkes, y<sup>e</sup> one is Lord astons, and goe in sight of
+Tixall hall w<sup>ch</sup> is a good house and Looks handsomely of
+stone building: the other was M<sup>r</sup> Thetwins parke w<sup>ch</sup> has
+fine Rows of trees—ffirrs Scots and Noroway and y<sup>e</sup>
+picanther—the ffront lookes nobly. Noe flatt Roofed
+houses in this Country but much in windows. Two Large
+bow windows on Each side runns up y<sup>e</sup> whole building, y<sup>e</sup>
+middle the same besides much flatt window between, so
+that y<sup>e</sup> whole is Little besides window. Its built brick and
+stone, the part to y<sup>e</sup> garden ward is new building of y<sup>e</sup> new
+fashion and sash windows. Y<sup>e</sup> Court is 2 or 5 stepps up
+w<sup>th</sup> open jron pallasadoes y<sup>e</sup> breadth of y<sup>e</sup> house and a
+broad paved walk w<sup>ch</sup> Leads up to y<sup>e</sup> doore in the Middle.
+Y<sup>e</sup> visto is quite through y<sup>e</sup> house to y<sup>e</sup> gardens and through
+a long walke of trees of a mile through the parke to a
+Lodge or summer house at y<sup>e</sup> End, w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes very finely,
+it being a Riseing ground up to y<sup>e</sup> parke. There is a
+Crosse paved walke in y<sup>e</sup> Court w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to a little house
+on Each End like summer houses, w<sup>th</sup> towers and balls on
+y<sup>e</sup> top; y<sup>e</sup> one Leads through to y<sup>e</sup> Churchyard w<sup>ch</sup> is
+planted w<sup>th</sup> Rows of Ewe trees very uniforme and Cutt
+neately. Y<sup>e</sup> Church is new and very handsome, good frettworke
+on y<sup>e</sup> top, the wood worke well Carv’d, its seates
+good wanscoate and with locks.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In the Chancell are two monuments of Marble, one all
+white, y<sup>e</sup> other white with a border Black, and with white
+pillars; the middle at y<sup>e</sup> bottom is alabaster. The pillars
+of y<sup>e</sup> Church is made of y<sup>e</sup> Red stone w<sup>ch</sup> is plenty in this
+Country and they are all polished over; the ffront is all
+white marble; stem y<sup>e</sup> same veined bleu, y<sup>e</sup> foot is black,
+y<sup>e</sup> Cover is wood Carv’d very well. The porch is very high
+on w<sup>ch</sup> is a dyal, it almost breakes ones neck to Looke up
+at it for y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> tower in w<sup>ch</sup> are 5 bells. There is just
+against this a garden.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>On y<sup>e</sup> other side the dwelling house w<sup>ch</sup> is severall steps
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_145'>145</span>up it—Gravell walkes full of flowers and greens and a box
+hedge Cut finely with Little trees, some Cut round, and
+another hedge of strip’d holly Cut Even and some of
+Lawrell Cut Even Likewise. Out of this you go into a
+flower garden divided into knotts, in which were 14 Cyprus
+trees w<sup>ch</sup> were grown up very tall some of them, and kept
+Cutt Close in four squares down to y<sup>e</sup> bottom. Towards
+y<sup>e</sup> top they Enclined to a point or spire. Thence into
+another garden w<sup>th</sup> gravell walkes, and so into a summer
+house through w<sup>ch</sup> you Enter a good Bowling green, w<sup>ch</sup>
+also goes out of another garden, w<sup>ch</sup> takes in y<sup>e</sup> whole
+breadth of y<sup>e</sup> house and is full of flowers and greens and
+dwarfe trees and little borders of Severall sorts of greens
+Cut Even and Close, of tyme, severall sorts and of savin
+w<sup>ch</sup> is another Coullour, and of Lavender Cotten another
+Coullour, and Rosemary and severall others. From this
+Bowling green in y<sup>e</sup> Middle you descend 18 stepps in a
+Demi Circle inwards halfe way, then y<sup>e</sup> stones are set
+round and so y<sup>e</sup> half pace is, and y<sup>e</sup> other stepps are Round
+turned outward, and y<sup>e</sup> Lowest much y<sup>e</sup> Largest as was y<sup>e</sup>
+uppermost of y<sup>e</sup> first. This leads to a place designed for
+ponds to keep ffish in but this place will not admitt of any
+water works altho’ its a deep Dirty Country. They neither
+have good gravell or marle to make a pond secure to hold
+water, nor are they near Enough y<sup>e</sup> springs, but are forced
+to be supply’d w<sup>th</sup> water by pipes from y<sup>e</sup> River trent that
+is a mile off, and yet the whole place seems a quage, and
+when one is descended y<sup>e</sup> hill this seemes to be the only
+thing wanting, for just by the Bowling-green is a very fine
+wilderness with many Large walks of a great Length full of
+all sorts of trees, scycamores, willows, Hazel, Chesnutts,
+walnuts, set very thicke and so shorn smooth to y<sup>e</sup> top w<sup>ch</sup>
+is left as a tuff or Crown—they are very Lofty in growth
+w<sup>ch</sup> makes y<sup>e</sup> Length of a walke Look Nobly. There is
+also a Row on y<sup>e</sup> outside of firrs round Every grove 2 yards
+or 3 distant—some silver ffirrs—some Norroway—some
+Scotts and pine trees: these hold their beauty round y<sup>e</sup>
+groves in y<sup>e</sup> winter when y<sup>e</sup> others Cast their Leaves.
+This was from Stafford 3 mile and to Woolsley was
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_146'>146</span>3 mile more through narrow stoney Lanes through great
+Heywood.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Att Jnstree, M<sup>r</sup> Shetwins, I saw a fine pomegranate tree
+as tall as myself, the Leafe is a long slender Leafe of a
+yellowish green Edged w<sup>th</sup> red and feeles pretty thicke, y<sup>e</sup>
+Blossom is white and very double. There was a terrass
+walke in one of y<sup>e</sup> Gardens that gave y<sup>e</sup> full prospect of
+y<sup>e</sup> Country a great way about—its a deep Country—you
+are going these 3 miles to Woolsley a great while. There
+was at S<sup>r</sup> Charles Woolsly’s some of y<sup>e</sup> best good land and
+some of y<sup>e</sup> worst, as is y<sup>e</sup> Kankwood, but here y<sup>e</sup> Roads are
+pretty good and hard w<sup>ch</sup> makes it pleasant. There is much
+fine fruite here S<sup>r</sup> Charles takeing great delight in his
+Gardens, I must say I never saw trees so well dress’d and
+pruned, y<sup>e</sup> walls so Equally Cover’d as there. There is
+severall sorts of strawbery’s but y<sup>e</sup> vermillion is y<sup>e</sup> finest,
+very large as any Garden strawbery and of a fine scarlet
+Coullour, but its a Later sort; there was a pretty almond
+tree in Bloome y<sup>e</sup> flower not unlike a Rosemary flower.
+From thence I tooke my progress Northward and went
+from hence to NewCastle under Line, through Stone w<sup>ch</sup> was
+9 miles, and then to Trentum, and passed by a great house
+of M<sup>r</sup> Leveston Gore, and went on the side of a high hill
+below which the River Trent rann and turn’d its silver
+streame forward and backward into s. s w<sup>ch</sup> Looked very
+pleasant Circleing about y<sup>e</sup> fine meadows in their flourishing
+tyme bedecked w<sup>th</sup> hay almost Ripe and flowers. 6 mile
+more to NewCastle under Line where is the fine shineing
+Channell Coale; so y<sup>e</sup> proverb to both y<sup>e</sup> New-Castles of
+bringing Coales to y<sup>m</sup> is a needless Labour, one being
+famous for this Coale thats Cloven and makes white ashes
+as is this, and y<sup>e</sup> NewCastle on y<sup>e</sup> Tyne is for y<sup>e</sup> sea Coale
+y<sup>t</sup> Cakes and is what is Common and famillier to every
+smith in all villages. I went to this NewCastle in Staffordshire
+to see the makeing of y<sup>e</sup> fine tea potts. Cups and
+saucers of y<sup>e</sup> fine red Earth in imitation and as Curious as
+y<sup>t</sup> w<sup>ch</sup> Comes from China, but was defeated in my design,
+they Comeing to an End of their Clay they made use of for
+y<sup>t</sup> sort of ware, and therefore was remov’d to some other
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_147'>147</span>place where they were not settled at their work so Could
+not see it; therefore I went on to Beteby 6 miles farther
+and went by a Ruinated Castle y<sup>e</sup> walls still remaining
+Called Healy Castle—this was deep Clay way. This town
+is halfe in Staffordshire and halfe in Cheshire, one side of y<sup>e</sup>
+streete in y<sup>e</sup> one, and y<sup>e</sup> other in y<sup>e</sup> latter, so y<sup>t</sup> they often
+jest on it in travelling one wheele goes in Staffordshire y<sup>e</sup>
+other wheele in Cheshire.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here is a great mer or standing water 2 miles Compass—great
+store of good fish; it belongs to one M<sup>r</sup> Egerton:
+thence I went to Nantwitch 5 long miles. Nantwitch is a
+pretty large town and well built: here are y<sup>e</sup> salt springs of
+w<sup>ch</sup> they make salt and many salterns w<sup>ch</sup> were a boyling y<sup>e</sup>
+salt. This is a pretty Rich land; you must travell on a
+Causey; I went 3 miles on a Causey through much wood.
+Its from Nantwitch to Chester town 14 long miles, y<sup>e</sup> wayes
+being deep: its much on Enclosures and I passed by
+severall large pooles of waters, but what I wonder’d at was
+y<sup>t</sup> tho’ this shire is remarkable for a greate deale of greate
+Cheeses and Dairys I did not see more than 20 or 30 Cowes
+in a troope feeding, but on Enquiry find y<sup>e</sup> Custome of y<sup>e</sup>
+Country to joyn their milking together of a whole village
+and so make their great Cheeses. West Chester town lies
+in a bottom and runs a greate length and is pretty big—there
+are 10 Churches.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Cathedrall is Large and Lofty, y<sup>e</sup> quire well Carv’d,
+fine tapistry hangings at y<sup>e</sup> alter, a good organ: The
+Bishops pallace is on the Right hand of it and the Doctors
+houses, all built of Stone. There is a new hall building w<sup>ch</sup>
+is for y<sup>e</sup> assize and it stands on great Stone pillars w<sup>ch</sup> is to
+be y<sup>e</sup> exchange w<sup>ch</sup> will be very Convenient and handsome;
+the hall is round, its built of Bricke and Stone Coynes,
+there are Leads all round w<sup>th</sup> battlements and in the middle
+is a tower, there are ballconies on y<sup>e</sup> Side and windows
+quite round y<sup>e</sup> Cupillow that shews y<sup>e</sup> whole town round.
+There is another town hall—a long Lofty place, and
+another by the Side w<sup>ch</sup> is Called the Councill Roome both
+for y<sup>e</sup> Major and Aldermen to meete for y<sup>e</sup> buissinesse of y<sup>e</sup>
+Corporation. Y<sup>e</sup> town is walled all aboute w<sup>th</sup> battlem<sup>ts</sup> and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_148'>148</span>a walke all round pav’d w<sup>th</sup> stone, I allmost Encompass’d
+y<sup>e</sup> walls. Ye streetes are of a greate breadth, but there is
+one thing takes much from their appeareing so and from
+their beauty, for on each side in most places they have made
+penthouses so broad set on pillars w<sup>ch</sup> persons walk under
+Covert, and is made up and down steps under which are
+ware houses. Tho’ a penthouse or pallasadoe be convenient
+for security from y<sup>e</sup> sun or weather and were it no broader
+than for two to passe one by y<sup>e</sup> other it would be well and
+No dissight to y<sup>e</sup> grace of y<sup>e</sup> Streetes, but this does darken
+y<sup>e</sup> streetes and hinder y<sup>e</sup> Light of y<sup>e</sup> houses in many places
+to y<sup>e</sup> streete ward below, indeed in some places were it only
+before y<sup>e</sup> Chiefe persons houses it would be Convenient
+where its flatt and Even w<sup>th</sup> the streetes. The town is
+mostly timber buildings, the trade and Concourse of people
+to it is Chiefly from the jntercourse it has with Ireland—most
+take this passage; and also y<sup>e</sup> jntercourse w<sup>th</sup> Wales
+w<sup>ch</sup> is parted from it and England by y<sup>e</sup> river Dee w<sup>ch</sup>
+washes y<sup>e</sup> Castle Walls in w<sup>ch</sup> they keep their Stores, but
+nothing fine in it. The walls and towers seemes in good
+repaire. At the End of y<sup>e</sup> town just by the Castle you
+Crosse over a very large and Long Bridge over the River
+Dee w<sup>ch</sup> has the tyde Comes up much beyond the town;
+its 7 mile off y<sup>t</sup> it falls into y<sup>e</sup> sea, but its very broad below
+y<sup>e</sup> town, when at high tyde is like a very broad sea: there
+they have a little Dock and build shipps of 200 tunn, I saw
+some on the stocks.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Cross this River by this Bridge Enters Fflintshire and so
+Crossed over y<sup>e</sup> marches w<sup>ch</sup> is hazardous to strangers, therefore
+M<sup>r</sup> W<sup>m</sup> Allen—w<sup>ch</sup> was y<sup>e</sup> major of Chester that time
+and gave me a very Civil treate being an acquaintance of
+my Brother S<sup>r</sup> Edmund Harrison—so order’d his son and
+another Gentleman to Ride w<sup>th</sup> me to Direct, to Harding
+w<sup>ch</sup> was 5 miles. Just by that was a very fine new built
+house of Brick and in y<sup>e</sup> Exact forme of y<sup>e</sup> London Architecture
+w<sup>ch</sup> was this M<sup>r</sup> Majors house and good gardens.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Att Harding, where was my Relation D<sup>r</sup> Percivalls wife
+who was Minister of y<sup>t</sup> place: his parish was 8 miles in
+Extent and 2 lordships in it, and y<sup>e</sup> ruines of two great
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_149'>149</span>Castles in it remaines—its good Rich Land here, much on
+Enclosures and woods.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In a tarresse walke in my Relations garden I could very
+plainly see Chester and y<sup>e</sup> River Dee with all its Washes
+over the Marsh ground w<sup>ch</sup> look’d very finely: here are
+sands w<sup>ch</sup> makes it very difficult for strangers to passe w<sup>th</sup>
+out a guide. From hence my Relation Carry’d me to Holly
+Well and pass’d thro’ Flint town w<sup>ch</sup> is the shire town
+5 mile from harding; its a very Ragged place many villages
+in England are better, y<sup>e</sup> houses all thatched and stone
+walls, but so decay’d that in many places Ready are to
+tumble down. There was a town hall such a one as it
+was; it was at a Session tyme w<sup>n</sup> I was there w<sup>ch</sup> shew’d it
+at its Prime. There is a Castle w<sup>ch</sup> still remaines w<sup>th</sup>
+its towers built of stone, its down to y<sup>e</sup> water side: from
+thence to Holy well is 3 mile mostly by y<sup>e</sup> water side
+w<sup>ch</sup> is Reckon’d the sea—here I went just in sight of
+high Lake where were many shipps Rideing along that
+harbour.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>S<sup>t</sup> Winfreds Well is built over w<sup>th</sup> stone on Pillars Like a
+Tryumphall arch or tower on y<sup>e</sup> gates of a Church, there is
+a pavem<sup>t</sup>  of stone w<sup>th</sup> in—round 3 sides of y<sup>e</sup> well w<sup>ch</sup> is joyn’d
+on y<sup>e</sup> fourth side by a great arch of stone w<sup>ch</sup> Lies over y<sup>e</sup>
+water y<sup>t</sup> runs of from y<sup>e</sup> well; its many springs w<sup>ch</sup> bubbles
+up very fast and Lookes Cleane in a Compass w<sup>ch</sup> is 8 square
+walled in w<sup>th</sup> stone. In y<sup>e</sup> bottom w<sup>ch</sup> you see as Clear as
+Chrystall are 9 stones Layd in an oval on w<sup>ch</sup> are dropps of
+Red Coullour some almost quite Covering the top of y<sup>e</sup>
+stone, w<sup>ch</sup> is pretended to be y<sup>e</sup> blood of this holy saint whose
+head was struck off here and so where her body Laid this
+spring burst forth and remaines till now a very Rapid Current,
+w<sup>ch</sup> runs off from this well under a barre by w<sup>ch</sup> there are
+stone stepps for y<sup>e</sup> persons to descend w<sup>ch</sup> will bathe themselves
+in the well, and so they walke along y<sup>e</sup> Streame to
+the other End and then come out, but there is nothing to
+Shelter them but are Exposed to all the Company that are
+walking about y<sup>e</sup> well and to y<sup>e</sup> Little houses and part of
+y<sup>e</sup> Streete w<sup>ch</sup> runs along by it but y<sup>e</sup> Religeuse are not to
+mind it, it seemes the saint they do honour to in this place
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_150'>150</span>must beare them out in all things. They tell of many
+lameness’s and aches and distempers w<sup>ch</sup> are Cured by it, its
+a Cold water and Cleare and runs off very quick so y<sup>t</sup> it
+would be a pleasant refreshm<sup>t</sup> in y<sup>e</sup> sumer to washe ones
+self in it, but its shallow not up to y<sup>e</sup> Waste so its not
+Easye to Dive and washe in, but I thinke I Could not
+have been persuaded to have gone in unless I might have
+had Curtains to have drawn about some part of it to have
+shelter’d from y<sup>e</sup> Streete, for y<sup>e</sup> wett garments are no
+Covering to y<sup>e</sup> body; but there I saw abundance of y<sup>e</sup>
+devout papists on their Knees all round a well. Poor
+people are deluded into an jgnorant blind zeale and to be
+pity’d by us y<sup>t</sup> have the advantage of knowing better and
+ought to be better. There is some stones of a Reddish
+Coullour in y<sup>e</sup> well s<sup>d</sup> to be some of S<sup>t</sup> Winifred’s blood
+also, w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup> poore people take out and bring to y<sup>e</sup> strangers
+for Curiosity and Relicts, and also moss about y<sup>e</sup> bancks
+full of great virtue for Every thing. But its a Certaine
+gaine to y<sup>e</sup> poore people—every one gives them something
+for bringing them moss and y<sup>e</sup> stones, but lest they should
+in length of tyme be quite gather’d up they take Care to
+replenish it dayly from some mossy hill and so stick it
+along y<sup>e</sup> sides of y<sup>e</sup> well—there is good streames runs from
+it and by meanes of steepe descent runs down and turns
+mills. They come also to drinke of y<sup>e</sup> water w<sup>ch</sup> they
+take up in y<sup>e</sup> first square w<sup>ch</sup> is walled round and where
+the springs Rise and they say its of wonder full operation.
+Y<sup>e</sup> taste to me was but like good spring water w<sup>ch</sup> w<sup>th</sup> wine
+and sugar and Lemons might make a pleasant Draught
+after walking amongst those shady trees of w<sup>ch</sup> there is a
+great many and some straight and tall like a grove but not
+very uniforme. From thence I went back to Harding w<sup>ch</sup>
+is 8 very Long Miles. At Holly well they speake Welsh;
+the inhabitants go barefoote and bare leg’d—a nasty sort
+of people. Their meate is very small here, Mutton is noe
+bigger than Little Lamb, what of it there is was sweete;
+their wine good being Neare y<sup>e</sup> Sea side, and are well
+provided with ffish—very good Salmon and Eeles and
+other ffish I had at Harding. This shire is improperly
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_151'>151</span>Called Fflintshire there being noe flints in all y<sup>e</sup> Country.
+There are great Coale pitts of the Channell Coale thats
+Cloven huge great pieces: they have great wheeles that
+are turned w<sup>th</sup> horses y<sup>t</sup> draw up the water and so draine
+the Mines w<sup>ch</sup> would Else be over flowed so as they Could
+not dig the Coale; they have also Engines y<sup>t</sup> draw up
+their Coale in sort of baskets Like hand barrows w<sup>ch</sup> they
+wind up like a Bucket in a well, for their mines are dug
+down through a sort of well and sometymes its pretty Low
+before they Come to y<sup>e</sup> Coales; it makes y<sup>e</sup> Road unsafe
+because of y<sup>e</sup> Coale pitts and also from y<sup>e</sup> Sloughs and
+quicksands, all here about being mostly near y<sup>e</sup> bancks of
+y<sup>e</sup> water. In this Country are quarrys of Stone, Copper
+and Iron Mines and salt hills, its a hilly place, very steep
+descents and great many very high hills, but I went not so
+farre as Pen Ma Mower but Cross’d y<sup>e</sup> river Dee haveing
+first went two mile by these Coale mines (at least 10) in a
+place (?) its a thing w<sup>ch</sup> holds neer two bushell that is their
+Basket they draw up w<sup>ch</sup> is bought for 6 pence. I forded
+over y<sup>e</sup> Dee when y<sup>e</sup> tide was out all upon the sands at Least
+a mile, w<sup>ch</sup> was as smooth as a Die being a few hours left of
+y<sup>e</sup> flood. Y<sup>e</sup> sands are here soe Loose y<sup>t</sup> the tydes does
+move them from one place to another at Every flood, y<sup>t</sup>
+the same place one used to ffoard a month or two before is
+not to be pass’d now, for as it brings the sands in heaps to
+one place so it leaves others in deep holes w<sup>ch</sup> are Cover’d
+w<sup>th</sup> water and Loose sand that would swallow up a horse
+or Carriages; so I had two Guides to Conduct me over.
+The Carriages w<sup>ch</sup> are used to it and pass Continually at y<sup>e</sup>
+Ebbs of water observes y<sup>e</sup> drift of sands and so Escape y<sup>e</sup>
+danger. It was at least a mile I went on y<sup>e</sup> sands before I
+Came to y<sup>e</sup> middle of y<sup>e</sup> Channell w<sup>ch</sup> was pretty deep and
+with such a Current or tyde w<sup>ch</sup> was falling out to sea
+together w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> wind, the horses feete could scarce stand
+against it, but it was but narrow just the deep part of the
+Channell and so soone over. When the tyde is fully out
+they frequently fford in many places w<sup>ch</sup> they marke as the
+sands fall and Can go near 9 or 10 mile over y<sup>e</sup> sands from
+Chester to Burton or to Flint town almost; but many
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_152'>152</span>persons that have known the ffoards well y<sup>t</sup> have Come a
+year or halfe a year after, if they venture on their former
+knowledge have been overwhelm’d in the Ditches made by
+y<sup>e</sup> sands w<sup>ch</sup> is deep Enough to swallow up a Coach or
+waggon; but they Convey their Coales from Wales and
+any other things by waggon when the tyde is out to
+Chester and other parts. From Burton w<sup>ch</sup> was on y<sup>e</sup>
+side of England the shore, I went to y<sup>e</sup> fferry 9 miles to
+the river Meresy another great River and a perfect sea for
+20 mile or more. It Comes out of Lancashire from Warrington
+and both this and y<sup>e</sup> Dee Empts themselves into
+y<sup>e</sup> sea almost together a few Leagues from Leverpoole,
+w<sup>ch</sup> poole is form’d by a poynt of land that runs almost
+round the Entrance from y<sup>e</sup> sea, being narrow and
+hazardous to strangers to saile in in the winter. Y<sup>e</sup> mouth
+of y<sup>e</sup> river by reason of y<sup>e</sup> Sands and Rocks is a gate to y<sup>e</sup>
+River; this I ferry’d over and was an hour and halfe in y<sup>e</sup>
+passage, its of great breadth and at low water is so deep
+and salt as y<sup>e</sup> sea almost, tho’ it does not Cast so green a
+hew on y<sup>e</sup> water as ye sea, but else the waves toss and y<sup>e</sup>
+Rocks grate all round it and is as dangerous as y<sup>e</sup> sea. Its
+a sort of Hoy that I ferried over and my horses—y<sup>e</sup> boate
+would have held 100 people.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Leverpoole w<sup>ch</sup> is in Lancashire is built just on the river
+Mersy mostly new built houses of brick and stone after the
+London fashion; y<sup>e</sup> first original was a few fishermens houses
+and now is grown to a large fine town and but a parish and
+one Church, tho’ there be 24 streetes in it. There is Indeed
+a little Chappell and there are a great many dessenters in
+the town. Its a very Rich trading town, y<sup>e</sup> houses of Brick
+and stone built high and Even that a streete quite through
+Lookes very handsome—the streetes well pitched. There
+are abundance of persons you see very well dress’d and of
+good fashion, y<sup>e</sup> streetes are faire and Long, its London in
+miniature as much as ever I saw anything. There is a very
+pretty Exchange stands on 8 pillars besides the Corners
+w<sup>ch</sup> are Each Arche pillars all of stone and its railed in,
+over w<sup>ch</sup> is a very handsome town hall—over all is a tower
+and Cupilow thats so high that from thence one has y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_153'>153</span>whole view of y<sup>e</sup> town and the Country round—in a Clear
+day you may see y<sup>e</sup> Jsle of Man w<sup>ch</sup> also was in view from
+out of Wales at Harding on the high tarrass walke in my
+Cos’n Percivalls garden.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Prescote 7 very long miles, but pretty good
+way, mostly Lanes; there I passed by Nosel the Earle of
+Darbys house w<sup>ch</sup> Looked very nobly w<sup>th</sup> many towers and
+balls on them; it stands amongst tall trees and Lookes like
+a pleasant grove all about it, its an old house runs a great
+Compass of ground. Y<sup>e</sup> town of Prescote stands on a high
+hill, a very pretty neate Market town—a Large market
+place and broad streetes well pitch’d.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Wiggon, 7 long miles more mostly in Lanes
+and some hollow wayes and some pretty deep stony way so
+forced us upon y<sup>e</sup> high Causey, but some of y<sup>e</sup> way was
+good w<sup>ch</sup> I went pretty fast and yet by reason of the
+tediousness of y<sup>e</sup> miles for length I was 5 hours going that
+14 mile; I could have gone 30 miles about London in y<sup>e</sup>
+tyme. There was pretty much woods and Lanes through
+which I passed, and pass’d by a mer or Lake of water;
+there are many of these here about, but not going through
+Ormskerk. I avoided going by the famous Mer Call’d
+Martin mer that as y<sup>e</sup> proverb sayes has parted many a man
+and his mare—indeed it being neare evening and not
+getting a Guide I was a little afraid to go that way it being
+very hazardous for Strangers to passe by it. Some part of
+y<sup>t</sup> mer one M<sup>r</sup> Ffleetewood has been at y<sup>e</sup> Expence to
+draine so as to be able to use the ground for tillage, having
+by trenches and floodgates w<sup>th</sup> banks shutt out y<sup>e</sup> waters y<sup>t</sup>
+still kept it a marsh and moorish ground, but it was a very
+great Charge; however it shews by industry and some
+Expence, if Gentlemen would set about it, Most of y<sup>e</sup> waste
+ground thats now a ffenny Moor and Mostly water might
+be rendered usefull and in a few yeares answere y<sup>e</sup> first
+great Charge on it. Wiggons is another pretty Market
+town built of stone and brick: here it is that the fine
+Channell Coales are in perfection—burns as light as a
+Candle—set the Coales together w<sup>th</sup> some fire and it shall
+give a snap and burn up light. Of this Coale they make
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_154'>154</span>Saltcellars, Stand-dishes and many boxes and things w<sup>ch</sup> are
+sent about for Curiositys and sold in London and are often
+offer’d in the Exchange in Company w<sup>th</sup> white or black
+marble and most people deceived by them w<sup>ch</sup> have not
+been in those Countrys and know it, but such persons
+discover it and will Call for a Candle to trye them whether
+marble or Coale: its very finely pollish’d and Lookes much
+like jett or Ebany wood for w<sup>ch</sup> one might Easily take it
+when in boxes &amp;c &amp;c. I bought some of them for
+Curiosity sake. 2 mile off Wigon towards Warrington (w<sup>ch</sup>
+was some of my way back againe but for y<sup>e</sup> Curiosity’s sake
+I did,) is the Burning well w<sup>ch</sup> burns like brandy; its a little
+sorry hole in one of y<sup>e</sup> grounds 100 yards from y<sup>e</sup> Road that
+Comes from Warrington to Wiggon just by a hedge or
+banck, its full of dirt and mud almost but the water
+Continually bubbles up as if it were a pott boyling w<sup>ch</sup> is
+the spring or severall springs in that place; Nevertheless I
+felt y<sup>e</sup> water and it was a Cold Spring. Y<sup>e</sup> man w<sup>ch</sup> shewed
+it me, w<sup>th</sup> a dish tooke out a good quantety of y<sup>e</sup> water and
+threw away and then w<sup>th</sup> a piece of Rush he lighted by a
+Candle y<sup>t</sup> he brought in a lanthorne, he set y<sup>e</sup> water in y<sup>e</sup>
+well on fire and it burn’d blewish just like spirits and
+Continued a good while, but by reason of y<sup>e</sup> great raines y<sup>t</sup>
+ffell y<sup>e</sup> night before y<sup>e</sup> spring was weaker and had not
+thrown off the raine water, otherwise it used to flame all
+over y<sup>e</sup> well a good height, now it burnt weaker; at last the
+wind blew out y<sup>e</sup> mans Candle and he severall tymes lighted
+y<sup>e</sup> bitt of Rush or splinter of wood by y<sup>e</sup> flame y<sup>t</sup> burnt in
+y<sup>e</sup> well. This is a little unaccountable; I apprehend its a
+sort of an unctious matter in y<sup>e</sup> Earth and soe through its
+veines the springs run w<sup>ch</sup> Causes it so to burn, for I observ’d
+when they dug into y<sup>e</sup> banche and opened the sort of Clay
+or mudd, it burnt fiercer and more from y<sup>e</sup> well. I returned
+againe to Wiggon two mile and thence to Preston and
+passed by S<sup>r</sup> John Bradshaws house w<sup>ch</sup> stood on y<sup>e</sup> declineing
+of a hill in y<sup>e</sup> midst of a fine grove of trees. Severall
+fine walkes and Rows of trees thereabout; just in the Road
+on the banck where on the hedge stood was Errected a high
+stone pillar Carv’d and a ball on y<sup>e</sup> top with an jnscription
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_155'>155</span>Cutt on it shewing the Cause of it, being the monument of
+an officer that in a fight just there, his horse takeing y<sup>e</sup>
+hedge and Ditch on some distaste he tooke at y<sup>e</sup> Gunns and
+smoake, flung out his sword out of y<sup>e</sup> scabbard and flung
+his Master down on y<sup>e</sup> poynt of it w<sup>ch</sup> ran him through that
+he dyed and Lyes buried on y<sup>e</sup> Spott.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Preston is reckon’d but 12 mile from Wiggon but they
+Exceed in Length by farre those y<sup>t</sup> I thought long the day
+before from Leverpoole; its true to avoid the many Mers
+and marshy places it was a great Compass I tooke, and
+passed down and up very steep hills, and this way was good
+Gravell way; but passing by many very Large arches y<sup>t</sup>
+were only single ones but as Large as two great gate wayes,
+and y<sup>e</sup> water I went through y<sup>t</sup> ran und<sup>er</sup> them was so
+shallow notwithstanding these were Extreme high arches, I
+enquired the Meaneing and was inform’d that on great raines
+those brookes would be swelled to so great a height that unless
+those arches were so high, noe passing while it were so.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>They are but narrow bridges for foote or horse and at
+such floods they are fforced in many places to boate it till
+they Come to those arches on the great Bridges w<sup>ch</sup> are
+across their great Rivers; this happens sometymes on
+sudden great showers for a day or two in y<sup>e</sup> summer, but y<sup>e</sup>
+winter is often or mostly soe that there are deep waters so
+as not Easily Cross’d; but once in 3 or 4 years there is
+some of those very greate floods I mentioned before, that
+they are fforced to boate from bridge to bridge w<sup>ch</sup> is little
+Enough then to secure them. I passed by at Least half a
+doz<sup>n</sup> of these high single arches besides severall great stone
+Bridges of 4 or 6 arches which are very high also over their
+greatest rivers. Preston stands on a hill and is a very good
+market town; Satterday is their market w<sup>ch</sup> day I was there
+and saw it was provided with all sorts of things—Leather,
+Corn Coales, butter, Cheese and fruite and garden things:
+there is a very spacious Market place and pretty Church and
+severall good houses. At y<sup>e</sup> Entrance of y<sup>e</sup> town was a very
+good house w<sup>ch</sup> was a Lawyers all stone work 5 windows in
+y<sup>e</sup> front and high built according to y<sup>e</sup> Eastern building
+near London; the ascent to y<sup>e</sup> house was 14 or 15 stone
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_156'>156</span>stepps Large and a handsome Court with open jron Pallasadoes
+in the gate, and on Each side, the whole breadth of
+y<sup>e</sup> house, w<sup>ch</sup> discover’d the gardens on Each side of the
+house, neately kept flowers and greens; there was also
+many steps up to y<sup>e</sup> house from y<sup>e</sup> Court—it was a Compleate
+building. There was 2 or 3 more such houses in y<sup>e</sup>
+town and Indeed the Generallity of y<sup>e</sup> buildings, Especially
+in 2 or 3 of y<sup>e</sup> great streetes were very handsome, better
+than in most Country towns and y<sup>e</sup> streetes spacious and
+well pitch’d. I was about 4 houres going this twelve mile
+and Could have gone 20 in the tyme in most Countrys, nay
+by the people of these parts this twelve is as long and as
+much tyme taken up in going it as to go from thence to
+Lancaster w<sup>ch</sup> is 20 mile, and I Can Confirme this by my
+own Experience for I went to Goscoyne w<sup>ch</sup> is 10 miles and
+halfe way to Lancaster in two houres, where I baited, and
+here it was I was first presented w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Clap bread w<sup>ch</sup> is
+much talked of made all of oates. I was surpris’d when the
+Cloth was Laid, they brought a great Basket such as one
+uses to undress Children with and set it on the table full of
+thin waffers as big as Pancakes and drye that they Easily
+breake into shivers, but Coming to dinner found it to be y<sup>e</sup>
+only thing I must Eate for bread. Y<sup>e</sup> taste of oate bread is
+pleasant enough and where its well made is very acceptable,
+but for y<sup>e</sup> most part its scarce baked and full of drye flour
+on y<sup>e</sup> outside. Y<sup>e</sup> description of how its made ought to
+Come in here but I Reserve it to y<sup>e</sup> place I saw it made at
+the best way. As I Come to this place which was much
+over downs or a Race ground I Came along by some of y<sup>e</sup>
+old Picts walls, y<sup>e</sup> ruines of which here and there remaines
+in many parts of y<sup>e</sup> Country. Gascoyn is a little market
+town—one Church in it w<sup>ch</sup> is a mile off from y<sup>e</sup> town, and
+y<sup>e</sup> parish is 8 miles long, which discourag’d me in staying
+there being Satterday night and so pressed on to Lancaster.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I percieve most of y<sup>e</sup> parishes are a great tract of Land
+and very Large and also beneficial, for all over Lancastershire
+the revenues of y<sup>e</sup> parsonages are Considerable 2 and
+300<sup>£</sup> 500 and 800 a piece, y<sup>e</sup> parson at Liverpoole has 1100
+a yeare, and its frequent Everywhere 3 or 400<sup>£</sup>. Thence
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_157'>157</span>to Lancaster town 10 mile more which I Easily Reached
+in 2 hours and a halfe or 3 hours; I passed through
+abundance of villages almost at y<sup>e</sup> End of Every mile,
+mostly all along Lanes being an Enclosed Country. They
+have one good thing in most parts of this principality, or
+County palatine its rather Call’d, that at all Cross wayes
+there are posts w<sup>th</sup> hands pointing to each road w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> names
+of y<sup>e</sup> great town or market towns that it Leads to, w<sup>ch</sup> does
+make up for y<sup>e</sup> Length of y<sup>e</sup> miles y<sup>t</sup> strangers may not
+Loose their Road and have it to goe back againe. You
+have a great divertion on this road haveing a pleasing
+prospect of y<sup>e</sup> Countrys a great distance round, and see it
+full of jnclosures and some woods, three miles off y<sup>e</sup> town
+you see it very plaine and y<sup>e</sup> sea, Even y<sup>e</sup> main ocean; in
+one place an arm of it Comes up w<sup>th</sup> in 2 mile of y<sup>e</sup> town.
+Y<sup>e</sup> River Liene runs by the town and so into y<sup>e</sup> sea. Y<sup>e</sup>
+situation of Lancaster town is very good, y<sup>e</sup> Church neately
+built of stone, y<sup>e</sup> Castle w<sup>ch</sup> is just by, both on a very great
+ascent from y<sup>e</sup> Rest of y<sup>e</sup> town and so is in open view, y<sup>e</sup>
+town and River Lying Round it beneath. On y<sup>e</sup> Castle
+tower walking quite round by y<sup>e</sup> battlements I saw y<sup>e</sup> whole
+town and river at a view, w<sup>ch</sup> runs almost quite round and
+returns againe by y<sup>e</sup> town, and saw y<sup>e</sup> sea beyond and y<sup>e</sup>
+great high hills beyond y<sup>t</sup> part of y<sup>e</sup> sea, w<sup>ch</sup> are in Wales,
+and also into Westmoreland to the great hills there Called
+ffurness ffells or hills, being a string of vast high hills together:
+also into Cumberland to y<sup>e</sup> great hill Called Black
+Comb hill whence they digg their black Lead and no
+where Else; but they open y<sup>e</sup> mine but once in Severall
+yeares. I also saw into Yorkshire,—there is Lead, Copper,
+gold and silver in some of those hills and marble and
+Christall also.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Lancaster town is old and much decay’d: there has been
+a monastery, the walls of part of it remaine and some of y<sup>e</sup>
+Carv’d stones and ffigures; there is in it a good garden and
+a pond in it w<sup>th</sup> a little jsland on w<sup>ch</sup> an apple tree grows—a
+Jenitin; and Strawberys all round its Rootes and y<sup>e</sup>
+banks of the Little jsle. There are 2 pretty wells and a
+vault that Leads a great way under ground up as farre as
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_158'>158</span>y<sup>e</sup> Castle, w<sup>ch</sup> is a good distance. In the River there are
+great weres or falls of water made for Salmon ffishing, where
+they hang their nets and Catch great quantety’s of ffish, w<sup>ch</sup>
+is neare the bridge. The town seemes not to be much in
+trade as some others, but the great store of fish makes them
+Live plentifully as also the great plenty of all provisions.
+The streets are some of them well pitch’d and of a good
+size; when I came into the town the stones were so slippery
+Crossing some Channells that my horse was quite down on
+his nose, but did at length recover himself, and so I was not
+thrown off or jnjured w<sup>ch</sup> I desire to bless God for, as for
+the many preservations I mett with. I Cannot say the
+town seemes a lazy town and there are trades of all sorts,
+there is a Large meeteing house, but their minister was but
+a mean preacher; there are 2 Churches in the town which
+are pretty near Each other.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went to Kendall in Westmoreland over steepe
+stony hills all like Rocks, 6 miles to one Lady Middleton,
+and by some Gentlemen w<sup>ch</sup> were travelling that way that
+was their acquaintance, had the advantage of going through
+her parke, and saved the going Round a bad stony passage.
+It was very pleasant under the shade of the tall trees. It
+was an old timber house, but the family being from home
+we had a free passage through it on to the Road againe,
+much of w<sup>ch</sup> was stony and steep—far worse than the
+Peake in Darbyshire. This Lady Middleton was a papist
+and I believe the Gentlemen y<sup>t</sup> was travelling were too.
+Thence to Kendall ten mile more, most of y<sup>e</sup> way was in
+Lanes when I was out of the stony hills, and then into
+jnclosed Lands, here in 6 miles to the town you have
+very Rich good Land Enclosed—Little round green hills
+flourishing w<sup>th</sup> Corn and grass as green and fresh, being in
+the prime season in July. There is not much woods but
+only the hedge rows round the grounds w<sup>ch</sup> Looks very
+fine. In these Northern Countyes they have only the
+summer Graine, as barley, oates, peas, beans, and Lentils,
+noe wheate or Rhye for they are so cold and Late in their
+yeare they Cannot venture at that sort of tillage, so have
+none but what they are supply’d out of other Countys
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_159'>159</span>adjacent. The Land seemes here in many places very
+ffertile; they have much Rhye in Lancashire Yorkshire
+and Stafford and Shropshire and so Herriford and Worcestershire,
+w<sup>ch</sup> I found very troublesome in my journeys, for
+they would not own they had any such thing in their
+bread, but it so disagrees w<sup>th</sup> me as allwayes to make me
+sick w<sup>ch</sup> I found by its Effects whenever I met w<sup>th</sup> any,
+tho’ I did not discern it by the taste; in Suffolke and
+Norfolke I also met w<sup>th</sup> it, but in these parts its altogether
+y<sup>e</sup> oatbread. Kendall is a town built all of stone, one very
+broad streete in which is the Market Crosse; its a goode
+tradeing town mostly famed for the Cottons: Kendall
+Cotton is used for blanckets and the Scotts use them for
+their Plodds and there is much made here and also Linsi-woolseys,
+and a great deale of Leather tann’d here, and
+all sorts of Commodityes—twice a weeke is y<sup>e</sup> market
+ffurnished w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of things.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The River Can w<sup>ch</sup> gives name to the town is pretty
+Large but full of Rocks and stones that makes shelves and
+falls in the water, its stor’d w<sup>th</sup> plenty of good ffish and
+there are great ffalls of water partly naturall and added to
+by putting more stones in manner of Wyers, at w<sup>ch</sup> they
+Catch Salmon when they Leape with speares. The Roaring
+of y<sup>e</sup> water at these places sometymes does foretell wet
+weather; they do observe when the water roares most in
+the fall on the Northside it will be ffaire, if on the Southside
+of the town it will be wet. Some of them are falls as
+high as a house. The same observation is at Lancaster at
+the Wires where they Catch Salmon; against Stormes or
+raines it will be turbulent and Rore as may be heard into
+the town. There are 3 or 4 good houses in the town, y<sup>e</sup>
+rest are like good traders houses very neate and tight.
+The streetes are all pitch’d w<sup>ch</sup> is Extreame Easy to be
+repair’d, for the whole Country is like one Entire Rock or
+pitching almost all y<sup>e</sup> Roads. At the Kings arms, one
+M<sup>rs</sup> Rowlandson, she does pott up the Charr ffish the best
+of any in the Country: I was Curious to have some and so
+bespoke some of her, and also was as Curious to see the
+great water w<sup>ch</sup> is the only place that ffish is to be found
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_160'>160</span>in, and so went from Kendall to Bondor 6 miles thro’
+narrow Lanes, but the Lands in y<sup>e</sup> jnclosures are Rich.
+But here Can be noe Carriages, but very narrow ones like
+Little wheele-barrows that with a horse they Convey their
+fewell and all things Else. They also use horses on which
+they have a sort of Pannyers some Close, some open, that
+they strew full of hay turff and Lime and Dung and Every
+thing they would use, and the reason is plaine, from the
+narrowness of the Lanes where is good Lands they will
+Loose as Little as they Can, and where its hilly and stoney
+no other Carriages Can pass, so they use these horse
+Carriages, and abundance of horses I see all about Kendall
+streetes with their Burdens. This Kendall is the biggest
+town and much in y<sup>e</sup> heart of Westmoreland, but Appleby
+10 mile off is the shire town where the session and assizes
+are held and is 7 miles to this great Lake Wiandermer or
+great standing water w<sup>ch</sup> is 10 mile long and near halfe a
+mile over in some places. It has many Little hills or jsles
+in it, one of a great bigness of 30 acres of ground on which
+is a house, y<sup>e</sup> Gentleman that is Lord of y<sup>e</sup> Manour Lives
+in it—S<sup>r</sup> Christopher Phillips; he has a great Command
+of y<sup>e</sup> water and of y<sup>e</sup> villages thereabout and many Priviledges,
+he makes a Major or Bailiff of y<sup>e</sup> place during life;
+its but a small mean place, M<sup>r</sup> Majors was the best Entertaining
+house where I was. Y<sup>e</sup> Isle did not Looke to be
+so bigg at y<sup>e</sup> shore, but takeing boate I went on it and
+found it as large and very good Barley and oates and grass.
+The water is very Cleer and full of good ffish, but y<sup>e</sup> Charr
+ffish being out of season Could not Easily be taken, so I
+saw none alive but of other ffish I had a very good supper.
+The season of the Charr ffish is between Michaelmas and
+Christmas; at that tyme I have had of them, w<sup>ch</sup> they pott
+with sweete spices. They are as big as a small trout,
+Rather slenderer and y<sup>e</sup> skinn full of spotts, some Red
+Like the finns of a Perch and the jnside flesh Looks as
+Red as any salmon if they are in season; their taste is
+very Rich and fatt tho’ not so strong or Clogging as the
+Lamprys are, but its as fatt and Rich a food. This great
+water seemes to flow and wane about with y<sup>e</sup> wind but it
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_161'>161</span>does not Ebb and flow Like the sea with the tyde, neither
+does it run so as to be perceivable, tho’ at y<sup>e</sup> End of it a
+Little Rivulet trills from it into the Sea, but it seemes to
+be a standing Lake Encompass’d with vast high hills, y<sup>t</sup>
+are perfect Rocks and barren ground of a vast height, from
+which many Little Springs out of y<sup>e</sup> Rock does bubble up
+and descend down and fall into this water. Notwithstanding
+great raines y<sup>e</sup> water does not seem much Encreas’d
+tho’ it must be so, then it does draine off more at the End
+of the Lake. These hills w<sup>ch</sup> they Call Ffurness Ffells a
+long Row Continued some miles, and some of them are
+Call’d Donum ffells and soe from the places they adjoyne
+to are named, but they hold the whole length of the water
+w<sup>ch</sup> is 10 mile; they have fome parts of them that has
+wayes that they Can by degrees in a Compass ascend
+them and so they go onward. In the Countrys, they are
+fferried over the Lake when they go to market. On y<sup>e</sup>
+other side over those ffells there is a sort of Stones Like
+Rubbish or Broken pieces of stones, w<sup>ch</sup> Lies about a
+quarry, that Lies all in the bottom of y<sup>e</sup> water; where its
+so shallow as at the shores it is and very Cleer you see the
+bottom; between these stones are weeds w<sup>ch</sup> grows up,
+that I had some taken up just Like samfyer and I have a
+fancy its a sort of sampire that Indeed is gather’d in y<sup>e</sup>
+Rocks by the sea and water, and this grows in the water
+but it resembles it in Coullour, ffigure and the taste not
+much unlike—it was somewhat waterish. There was also
+fine moss growing in the bottom of y<sup>e</sup> water. Here it was
+I saw y<sup>e</sup> oat Clap bread made. They mix their flour with
+water, so soft as to rowle it in their hands into a ball, and
+then they have a board made round and something hollow
+in the middle riseing by degrees all round to the Edge a
+little higher, but so little as one would take it to be only a
+board warp’d, this is to Cast out the Cake thinn and so
+they Clap it round and drive it to y<sup>e</sup> Edge in a Due proportion
+till drove as thinn as a paper and still they Clap it
+and drive it round, and then they have a plaite of jron
+same size w<sup>th</sup> their Clap board, and so shove off the Cake
+on it and so set it on Coales and bake it; when Enough
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_162'>162</span>on one side they slide it off and put the other side; if their
+jron plaite is smooth and they take Care their Coales or
+Embers are not too hot but just to make it Looke yellow,
+it will bake and be as Crisp and pleasant to Eate as any
+thing you Can jmagine, but as we say of all sorts of bread
+there is a vast deal of difference in what is housewifely
+made and what is ill made, so this if its well mixed and
+Rowled up and but a little flour on the outside which will
+drye on and make it mealy is a very good sort of food.
+This is the sort of bread they use in all these Countrys,
+and in Scotland they breake into their milk or broth or
+Else sup that up and bite off their bread between while
+they spread butter on it and Eate it with their meate.
+They have no other Sort of bread unless at market towns
+and that is scarce to be had unless the market dayes, soe
+they make their Cake and Eate it presently, for its not so
+good if 2 or 3 dayes old. It made me reflect on the
+description made in Scripture of this Kneeding Cakes and
+bakeing them on the hearth whenever they had Company
+Come to their houses, and I Cannot but thinke it was after
+this manner they made their bread in y<sup>e</sup> old tymes
+Especially those Eastern Countryes where their bread
+might be soone dry’d and spoil’d. Their little Carts I was
+speakeing of they use hereabout, the wheeles are fastned
+to the axletree and so turn altogether, they hold not above
+what 5 wheelbarrows would Carry at three or four tymes,
+which the Girles and Boys and women does go about with
+drawn by one horse to Carry any thing they want. Here
+is a great deal of good grass and Summer Corn and
+pastures, its Rich Land in the bottoms as one may Call
+them Considering the vast hills above them on all sides,
+yet they Contain a number of Lesser hills one below
+another, so that tho’ at one Looke you think it but a little
+Land Every body has; Yet it being so full of hills its
+many acres w<sup>ch</sup> if at Length in a plain would Extend a
+vast way. I was about a quarter of an hour in the boate
+before I reach’d y<sup>e</sup> island w<sup>ch</sup> is in the midst of the water
+so by that you may guesse at the breadth of the water in
+the whole, they fferry man and horse over it; its sometymes
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_163'>163</span>perfectly Calme. Thence I Rode almost all the
+waye in sight of this great water, some tymes I lost it by
+reason of y<sup>e</sup> great hills interposeing and so a Continu’d up
+hill and down hill and that pretty steep, even when I was
+in that they Called bottoms w<sup>ch</sup> are very rich good grounds,
+and so I gained by degrees from Lower to higher hills w<sup>ch</sup>
+I allwayes went up and down before I Came to another
+hill. At last I attained to the side of one of these hills or
+ffells of Rocks, w<sup>ch</sup> I passed on the side much about the
+Middle, for Looking down to the bottom it was at Least a
+Mile all full of those Lesser hills and jnclosures, so Looking
+upward I was as farre from the top which was all Rocks,
+and something more barren tho’ there was some trees and
+woods growing in y<sup>e</sup> Rocks and hanging over all down y<sup>e</sup>
+Brow of some of the hills. From these great ffells there
+are severall springs out of y<sup>e</sup> Rock that trickle down their
+sides, and as they meete with stones and Rocks in the
+way, when something obstructs their passage and so they
+Come with more violence, that gives a pleaseing sound and
+murmuring noise. These descend by degrees at last fall
+into the Low grounds and fructifye it w<sup>ch</sup> makes y<sup>e</sup> Land
+soe ffruit full in the valleys, and upon those very high ffells
+or Rocky hills its (tho’) soe high yet a moorish sort of
+ground whence they digg abundance of Peat w<sup>ch</sup> they use
+for their fewell, being in many places a barren ground
+yeilding noe wood &amp;c. I rode in sight of this Winander
+water as I was ascending another of those barren ffells w<sup>ch</sup>
+tho’ I at last was not halfe way up, yet was an hour going
+it up and down on the other side, going only on the side of
+it about y<sup>e</sup> middle of it, but it was of such a height as to
+shew one a great deale of y<sup>e</sup> Country when it happens to
+be between those hills, Else those interposeing hinders any
+sight but of y<sup>e</sup> Clouds. I see a good way behind me
+another of those waters or mers but not very bigge. These
+great hills are so full of Loose stones and shelves of
+Rocks y<sup>t</sup> its very unsafe to Ride them down.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is good Marble amongst those Rocks. As I
+walked down at this place I was walled on both sides by
+those inaccessible high rocky barren hills w<sup>ch</sup> hangs over
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_164'>164</span>ones head in some places and appears very terrible, and
+from them springs many Little Currents of water from the
+sides and Clefts, w<sup>ch</sup> trickle down to some Lower part where
+it runs swiftly over the stones and shelves in the way, w<sup>ch</sup>
+makes a pleasant Rush and murmuring noise, and Like a
+snowball is Encreased by Each spring trickling down on
+either side of those hills, and so descends into the bottoms
+w<sup>ch</sup> are a moorish ground in w<sup>ch</sup> in many places the waters
+stand, and so forme some of those Lakes as it did here. Y<sup>e</sup>
+Confluence of all these little springs being gathered together
+in this lake, w<sup>ch</sup> was soe deep as the Current of water y<sup>t</sup>
+passed through it was scarce to be perceived till one Came
+to the farther End from whence it run a good little River
+and pretty quick, over w<sup>ch</sup> many bridges are Laid. Here I
+Came to villages of sad little hutts made up of drye walls,
+only stones piled together and y<sup>e</sup> Roofs of same slatt; there
+seemed to be little or noe tunnells for their Chimneys and
+have no morter or Plaister within or without. For the
+most part I tooke them at first sight for a sort of houses
+or Barns to fodder Cattle in, not thinking them to be
+dwelling houses, they being scattering houses, here one,
+there another, in some places they may be 20 or 30
+together; and the Churches the same. It must needs
+be very Cold dwellings, but it shews some thing of
+y<sup>e</sup> Lazyness of y<sup>e</sup> people; indeed here and there there
+was a house plaister’d, but there is sad Entertainment—that
+sort of Clap bread and butter and Cheese and a Cup
+of beer all one Can have, they are 8 mile from a market
+town and their miles are tedious to go both for illness of
+way and length of y<sup>e</sup> miles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>They reckon it but 8 mile from the place I was at the
+night before, but I was 3 or 4 hours at Least going it.
+Here I found a very good smith to shoe y<sup>e</sup> horses, for these
+stony hills and wayes pulls off a shoe presently, and wears
+them as thinn that it was a Constant Charge to shoe my
+horses every 2 or 3 dayes, but this smith did shoe them so
+well and so good shoes y<sup>t</sup> they held some of the shooes 6
+weekes. Y<sup>e</sup> stonyness of the wayes all here about teaches
+them y<sup>e</sup> art of makeing good shooes and setting them on
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_165'>165</span>fast. Here I cross’d one of y<sup>e</sup> stone bridges y<sup>t</sup> was pretty
+Large w<sup>ch</sup> Entred me into Cumberlandshire. This River
+together with y<sup>e</sup> additionall springs Continually running
+into it all the way from those vaste precipices Comes into a
+Low place and form a broad water w<sup>ch</sup> is very Cleer and
+Reaches 7 mile in Length, Uleswater its Called, such
+another water as that of Wiandermer only that reaches 10
+mile in Length, from Amblside to y<sup>e</sup> sea, and this is but 7
+such miles Long. Its full of such sort of Stones and flatts
+in the bottom as y<sup>e</sup> other, neer the brimm where its
+Shallowe you see it Cleer to y<sup>e</sup> bottom; this is secured on
+Each side by such formidable heights as those Rocky ffells
+in same manner as the other was. I rode the whole Length
+of this water by its side, sometyme a Little higher upon the
+side of the hill and sometyme just by the shore, and for 3 or
+4 miles I Rode through a fine fforest or Parke where was
+deer skipping about and haires, w<sup>ch</sup> by meanes of a good
+Greyhound I had a Little Course, but we being strangers
+could not so fast pursue it in the grounds full of hillocks
+and ffurse and soe she Escaped us. I observed the boundaries
+of all these great waters (which are a sort of deep
+Lakes or kind of standing waters) are those sort of Barren
+Rocky hills w<sup>ch</sup> are so vastly high. I Call this a standing
+water because its not like other great Rivers as y<sup>e</sup> Trent
+Severne, Hull or Thames &amp;c. to appear to Run w<sup>th</sup> a
+streame or Current, but only as it Rowles from side to side
+Like waves as the wind moves it; its true at the End of
+this being a Low fall of Ground it runs off in a Little
+streame. There is Exceeding good ffish here and all sorts
+of provision at y<sup>e</sup> market towns. Their market town was
+Peroth 10 long miles. A mile or two beyond this Ullswater,—Tuesday
+is the market day w<sup>ch</sup> was the Day I came thither.
+Its a Long way for y<sup>e</sup> market people to goe but they and
+their horses are used to it and go w<sup>th</sup> much more facility
+than strangers. At y<sup>e</sup> end of this Ullswater is a fine round
+hill Look’d as green and full of wood very pleasant, w<sup>th</sup>
+grass and Corne very ffruitefull, and hereabout we Leave
+these Desart and Barren Rocky hills, not that they are
+Limitted to Westmoreland only for had I gone farther to y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_166'>166</span>Left hand into Cumberland I should have found more such,
+and they tell me farr worse for height and stony-nesse about
+White haven side and Cockermouth, so y<sup>t</sup> tho’ both the
+County’s have very good land and fruitfull, so they equally
+partake of y<sup>e</sup> bad, tho’ Indeed Westmoreland takes it
+name from its aboundings in springs which distilling itself
+on Lower ground, if of a spungy soile made it marshy or
+Lakes, and in many places very fruitfull in summer graine
+and grasse, but y<sup>e</sup> northerly winds blow Cold so long on
+them y<sup>t</sup> they never attempt sowing their Land with wheate
+or Rhye. Y<sup>e</sup> stones and slatt about Peroth Look’d so Red
+y<sup>t</sup> at my Entrance into the town thought its buildings
+were all of brick, but after found it to be the Coullour
+of the stone w<sup>ch</sup> I saw in the Quarrys Look very Red,
+their slatt is the same w<sup>ch</sup> Cover their houses. Its a
+pretty Large town—a good Market for Cloth that they
+spinn in the Country—hempe and also woollen. Its a
+great Market for all sorts of Cattle, meate Corne &amp;c
+&amp;c. Here are two Rivers one Called y<sup>e</sup> Emount w<sup>ch</sup> parts
+Cumberland and Westmoreland, w<sup>ch</sup> bridge I should have
+passed over had I Come the direct Roade from Kendall to
+Peroth, but strikeing off to Ambleside to Wiandermer I
+came another End of y<sup>e</sup> town. In this River are greate
+falls of waters Call’d Cataracts, by Reason of the Rock and
+shelves in it w<sup>ch</sup> makes a great noise w<sup>ch</sup> is heard more
+against foul weathers into the town, tho’ the bridge be halfe
+a mile out of y<sup>e</sup> town. The other River is Called Louder
+w<sup>ch</sup> gives name to Lord Landsdown’s house Call’d Louder
+hall w<sup>ch</sup> is four mile from Peroth. I went to it through fine
+woods, the front is just faceing the great roade from Kendall
+and Lookes very nobly, w<sup>th</sup> severall Rows of trees w<sup>ch</sup> Leads
+to Large jron gates, open barres, into the stable yard w<sup>ch</sup> is
+a fine building on y<sup>e</sup> one side of y<sup>e</sup> house very uniform, and
+just against it is such another Row of buildings y<sup>e</sup> other side
+of y<sup>e</sup> house Like two wings w<sup>ch</sup> is the offices. Its built
+Each Like a fine house jutting out at Each End and y<sup>e</sup>
+middle is w<sup>th</sup> Pillars, white, and Carvings Like the Entrance
+of a building. These are just Equal and alike and
+Encompass the two sides of the first Court w<sup>ch</sup> Enters, with
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_167'>167</span>Large jron gates and jron Palasadoes in the breadth, and
+then there is an ascent of 15 stone steps turned round, very
+Large, and on the top Large jron gates pallisad of jron
+betweene stone pillars, w<sup>ch</sup> runs the breadth of the front.
+This Court is with paved walks of broad stone, one broad
+one to the house, y<sup>e</sup> other of same breadth runs aCrosse to
+the stables and offices, and so there is 4 Large Squares of
+grass in w<sup>ch</sup> there is a large Statue of Stone in the midst of
+Each, and 4 Little Cupids or Little Boys in Each Corner of
+the 4 squares. Then one ascends severall more steps to
+another Little Court v<sup>th</sup> open Iron Railes, and this is
+divided Into severall grass plotts by paved walks of stone
+to the severall doores, some of w<sup>ch</sup> are straight, others slope:
+the grass plotts being seven and in Each statue the middle-most
+is taller than the rest, this is just the front of y<sup>e</sup> house
+where you Enter a porch w<sup>th</sup> Pillars of Lime stone, but y<sup>e</sup>
+house is y<sup>e</sup> Red sort of stone of y<sup>e</sup> Country. Below staires
+you Enter a space that Leads severall wayes to all the
+offices, and on one side is a Large parlour w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes out
+on these green plotts w<sup>th</sup> images. The staircase very well
+wanscoated and Carv’d, at y<sup>e</sup> top you are Landed into a
+noble hall very Lofty, the top and sides are exquisitely
+painted by y<sup>e</sup> best hand in England which did the painting
+at Windsor. The Top is the Gods and goddesses that are
+sitting at some great feast and a great tribunal before y<sup>m</sup>;
+Each Corner is the seasons of the yeare w<sup>th</sup> the variety of
+weather Raines and rainbows, stormy winds, sun shine,
+snow and frost with multitudes of other fancys and varietyes
+in painting and Looks very natural—it Cost 500<sup>£</sup> that
+roome alone. Thence into a Dineing room and drawing
+roome well wanscoated of oake, Large pannells plaine, no
+frettwork nor Carvings or Glass worke, only in Chimney
+pieces. 3 handsome Chambers, one scarlet Cloth strip’d
+and very fashionably made up, the hangings the same,
+another flower’d Damaske Lined with fine jndian Embroidery,
+the third Roome had a blew satten bed Embroider’d.
+In this Roome was very fine orris hangings in
+w<sup>ch</sup> was much silk and gold and silver; a Little Roome by
+in w<sup>ch</sup> was a green and white Damaske Canopy bed w<sup>ch</sup> was
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_168'>168</span>hung w<sup>th</sup> some of the same hangings being made for y<sup>e</sup>
+Duke of Lortherdale and had his armes in many places—by
+his Dying were sold to Lord Landsdon.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>They Containe a Scottish story of the 4 quarters of the
+yeare. The roomes are all well pitch’d and well ffinish’d,
+and many good Pictures of y<sup>e</sup> family, and severall good
+fancy’s of human and animals, a good gallery so adorn’d
+w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to a Closet that Looks into y<sup>e</sup> Chappell; all
+things very neate tho’ nothing Extraord<sup>y</sup> besides y<sup>e</sup> hall
+painting. The Chimney pieces are of a dark Coull<sup>d</sup> Marble
+w<sup>ch</sup> is taken out of the ground just by—its well polish’d.
+There was some few white marble vein’d, but that is not
+Dug out of this Country. The house is a flatt rooffe and
+stands amidst a wood of Rows of trees, w<sup>ch</sup> w<sup>th</sup> these statues
+and those in two gardens on Each side (w<sup>ch</sup> for their walks
+and plantations is not ffinish’d but full of Statues) which
+with the house is so well Contrived to be seen at one view.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Lady Landsdown sent and treated me with a Breakfast,
+Cold things and sweete meates all serv’d in plaite, but it was
+so Early in the morning that she being jndisposed was not
+up. So I returned back 4 mile to Peroth and Came in
+sight of Severall Genteele seates or Gentlemens houses, and
+Came by a Round green spott of a Large Circumfference
+which they keep Cut round w<sup>th</sup> a banke round it like a
+Bench; its story is that it was the table a great Giant 6
+yards tall, used to Dine at, and there Entertain’d anoth<sup>r</sup> of
+nine yards tall which he afterwards killed; there is the
+Length in the Church yard how far he Could Leape—a
+great many Yards. There was also on the Church at
+Peroth a fine Clock w<sup>ch</sup> had severall motions—there was
+the Starrs and signes, there was the Encrease and Changes
+of y<sup>e</sup> moone, by a Darke and golden side of a Little Globe.
+A mile from Peroth in a Low bottom and moorish place
+stands Mag and her sisters; the story is that these soliciting
+her to an unlawfull Love by an Enchantment are turned
+w<sup>th</sup> her into stone; the stone in the middle w<sup>ch</sup> is Call’d Mag
+is much bigger and have some fforme Like a statue or ffigure
+of a body, but the Rest are but soe many Craggy stones,
+but they affirme they Cannot be Counted twice alike as is
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_169'>169</span>the story of Stonidge, but the number of these are not above
+30. However what the first design of placeing them there
+Either as a marke of y<sup>t</sup> sort of moorish Ground or what
+Else, the thing is not so wonderfull as that of Stonidge,
+because there is noe such sort of stone in 20 miles off those
+downs and how they of so vast a bulk and weight should
+be brought thither, whereas all this Country abounds
+with Quarrys of stone and its mostly Rocks. The waye
+from thence to Carlisle over much heath where they have
+many stone Quarrys and Cut much peate and turff w<sup>ch</sup> is
+their Chief fuel. Its reckon’d but 16 mile from Peroth to
+Carlisle, but they are pretty Long, besides my going out of
+y<sup>e</sup> waye above 3 or 4 mile w<sup>ch</sup> made it 20. They were very
+Long and I was a great while Rideing it. You pass by the
+Little hutts and hovels the poor Live in Like Barnes—some
+have them daub’d w<sup>th</sup> mud-wall—others drye walls.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Carlisle stands in view at Least 4 mile distant, y<sup>e</sup> town is
+walled in and all built of stone. The Cathedrall stands
+high and very Eminent to be seen above y<sup>e</sup> town. You
+Enter over the Bridge and Double gates w<sup>ch</sup> are jron grates
+and Lined w<sup>th</sup> a Case of doores of thick timber, there are 3
+gates to the town, one Called the English gate at which I
+entred. The other the jrish w<sup>ch</sup> Leads on to Whitehaven
+and Cockermouth, the other y<sup>e</sup> Scottish gate through which
+I went into Scotland. The walls of the town and Battlements
+and towers are in very good Repaire and Looks well.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall all built of stone which Looked stately but
+nothing Curious; there was some few houses as y<sup>e</sup> Deans
+and treasurer and some of y<sup>e</sup> Doctors houses walled in with
+Little gardens, their fronts Looked Gracefully; Else I saw
+no house Except the present Majors house of brick and
+stone, and one house which was y<sup>e</sup> Chancellors built of stone
+very Lofty, 5 good sarshe windows in y<sup>e</sup> front, and this
+within a Stone wall’d Garden well kept, and Iron gates to
+discover it to view with stone Pillars. Ye streetes are very
+broad and handsome well Pitched.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I walked round the walls and saw the River w<sup>ch</sup> twists
+and turns itself round the grounds, Called the Emount, w<sup>ch</sup>
+at 3 or 4 miles off is flow’d by the sea. The other River is
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_170'>170</span>the Essex w<sup>ch</sup> is very broad and Ebbs and flows about a
+mile or two off. There Remaines only some of the walls
+and ruines of y<sup>e</sup> Castle, w<sup>ch</sup> does shew it to have been a
+very strong town formerly. The walls are of a prodigious
+thickness and vast great stones, its moated round and with
+draw bridges. There is a Large Market place w<sup>th</sup> a good
+Cross and hall, and is well supply’d as I am Inform’d w<sup>th</sup>
+provision at Easye rate, but my Landlady notwithstanding
+ran me up the Largest Reckoning for allmost nothing, it
+was y<sup>e</sup> dearest Lodging I met with and she pretended she
+Could get me nothing else; so for 2 joynts of mutton and a
+pinte of wine and bread and beer I had a 12 shilling
+Reckoning, but since I find tho’ I was in the biggest house
+in town I was in the worst accomodation, and so found it,
+and a young giddy Landlady y<sup>t</sup> Could only Dress fine and
+Entertain the soldiers. From hence I tooke a guide
+the next day and so went for Scotland and Rode 3
+or 4 mile by y<sup>e</sup> side of this River Emount w<sup>ch</sup> is full
+of very good ffish. I Rode sometymes on a high Ridge
+over a hill, sometymes on the sands, it turning and winding
+about that I went almost all the way by it and saw
+them with boates fishing for Salmon and troute, w<sup>ch</sup> made
+my journey very pleasant. Leaving this River I Came to
+the Essex w<sup>ch</sup> is very broad and hazardous to Crosse Even
+when the tyde is out, by which it leaves a broad sand
+on Each side, which in some places is unsafe, made
+me take a good guide which Carry’d me aboute and a Crosse
+some part of it here, and some part in another place,
+it being Deep in y<sup>e</sup> Channell where I did Crosse w<sup>ch</sup> was
+in sight of y<sup>e</sup> mouth of the river that runs into the sea. On
+the sand before the water was quite gone from it I saw a
+great bird w<sup>ch</sup> Look’d almost black picking up ffish and
+busking in the water, it Looked like an Eagle and by its
+dimentions Could scarce be any other bird. Thence I went
+into Scotland over the river Serke which is also flowed by
+y<sup>e</sup> sea, but in the Summer tyme is not soe deep but Can be
+pass’d over—tho’ pretty deep but narrow. It affords good
+ffish, but all here about w<sup>ch</sup> are Called borderers seem to be
+very poor people w<sup>ch</sup> I impute to their sloth. Scotland this
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_171'>171</span>part of it is a Low Marshy ground where they Cutt turff and
+peate for the fewell, tho’ I should apprehend y<sup>e</sup> sea might
+Convey Coales to them. I see Little that they are Employ’d
+besides ffishing w<sup>ch</sup> makes provision plentifull or Else their
+Cutting and Carving turff and peate, w<sup>ch</sup> the women and
+great Girles bare legged does Lead a horse w<sup>ch</sup> draws a sort
+of carriage, the Wheeles like a Dung-pott and hold about
+4 wheele barrows. These people tho’ with naked Leggs are
+yet wrapp’d up in plodds, a piece of woollen Like a Blanket,
+or Else Rideing hoods—and this when they are in their
+houses. I tooke them for people w<sup>ch</sup> were sick, seeing 2 or
+3 great wenches as tall and bigg as any woman sat hovering
+between their bed and Chimney corner, all jdle doing nothing
+or at Least was not settled to any work tho’ it was nine of
+the Clock when I Came thither, haveing gone 7 long miles
+that morning. This is a Little Market town Called Adison
+Bank the houses Look just Like the booths at a fair, I am
+sure j have been in some of them that were tollerable
+dwellings to these, they have no Chimneys, their smoke
+Comes out all over the house and there are great holes in y<sup>e</sup>
+sides of their houses w<sup>ch</sup> Letts out the smoake when they
+have been well smoaked in it. There is no Roome in their
+houses but is up to y<sup>e</sup> thatch and in which are 2 or 3 beds,
+Even to their parlours and buttery, and notwithstanding y<sup>e</sup>
+Cleaning of their parlour for me I was not able to beare the
+roome; the smell of the hay was a perfume and what
+I Rather Chose to stay and see my horses Eate their
+provender in the stable than to stand in y<sup>t</sup> roome for
+I Could not bring my self to sit down. My Landlady
+offered me a good dish of ffish and brought me butter in a
+Lairdly Dish with the Clap bread, but I Could have
+no stomach to Eate any of the ffood they should order, and
+finding they had noe wheaten bread I told her I Could not
+Eate their Clapt out bread, soe I bought the ffish she got
+for me w<sup>ch</sup> was full Cheape Enough, nine pence for two
+pieces of Salmon halfe a one neer a yard Long, and a very
+Large trout of an amber Coullour, soe drinking w<sup>th</sup> out
+Eateing some of their wine w<sup>ch</sup> was Exceeding good Claret
+w<sup>ch</sup> they stand Conveniently for to have from France,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_172'>172</span>and Indeed it was the best and truest Ffrench wine I have
+dranck this seven year and very Clear, I had y<sup>e</sup> first tapping
+of y<sup>e</sup> Little vessell and it was very fine. Then I went up to
+their Church w<sup>ch</sup> Looks Rather Like some Little house built
+of stone and bricke such as our ordinary people in a village
+Live in. Y<sup>e</sup> doores were and y<sup>e</sup> Seates and pulpit was in so
+disregarded a manner that one would have thought there
+was no use of it, but there is a parson which Lives just by,
+whose house is y<sup>e</sup> best in the place, and they are all fine
+folks in their Sundays Cloathes. I observe y<sup>e</sup> Church yard
+is full of grave stones pretty Large with Coates of armes,
+and some had a Coronet on the Eschutcheons Cut in the
+stone. I saw but one house that Look’d Like a house
+about a quarter of a mile, w<sup>ch</sup> was some gentlemans that
+was built 2 or 3 roomes and some over them of brick and
+stone, the rest were all Like Barns or hutts for Cattle.
+This is threescore miles from Edenborough and the neerest
+town to this place is 18 miles, and there would not have
+been much better entertainement or accomodation, and their
+miles are soe long in these Countrys made me afraid
+to venture, Least after a tedious journey I should not be
+able to get a bed I Could Lye in. It seemes there are very
+few towns Except Edenburough Abberdeen and Kerk w<sup>ch</sup>
+Can give better treatement to strangers, therefore for
+the most part persons y<sup>t</sup> travell there go from one Noblemans
+house to another. Those houses are all Kind of
+Castles and they Live great tho’ in so nasty a way as all
+things are in even those houses one has Little Stomach to
+Eate or use anything, as I have been told by some that has
+travell’d there, and I am sure I mett with a sample of it
+enough to discourage my progress farther in Scotland. I
+attribute it wholly to their sloth for I see they sitt and
+do Little. I think there were one or two at Last did take
+spinning in hand at a Lazy way. Thence I tooke my ffish
+to Carry it to a place for the English to dress it and
+repass’d the Serke and the River Essex and there I saw y<sup>e</sup>
+Common people men women and Children take off their
+shooes, and holding up their Cloathes wade through the
+rivers when y<sup>e</sup> tide was out, and truely some there were
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_173'>173</span>that when they Come to y<sup>e</sup> other side put on shoes
+and stockings and had ffine Plodds Cast over them and
+their Garb seemed above y<sup>e</sup> Common people; but this
+is their Constant way of travelling from one place to
+anoth<sup>r</sup>—if any river to pass they make no use of Bridges
+and have not many. I Came to Long town w<sup>ch</sup> is 3
+long mile from Addison Bank and is Called a Border
+and Indeed is very like y<sup>e</sup> Scotsland. Thence I Cross’d
+over a tedious long heath to Brampton a mile over Lime
+River and here I had my dinner dress’d—thence to Mucks
+hall 6 miles. Here I pass’d by my Lord Carletons which
+stands in the midst of woods. You goe through Lanes and
+Little sort of woods or hedge rows and many Little purling
+rivers or Brooks out of y<sup>e</sup> rocks. At Muneks Hall I Cross’d
+such another brooke and so out of Cumberland I Entred
+Northumberland. This is y<sup>e</sup> place y<sup>e</sup> judges Dine, its
+a sorry place for Entertainement of such a Company; here
+the Sherriffs meete them, it being the Entrance of Northumberland
+w<sup>ch</sup> is much Like the other County. This it seemes
+Camden relates to be a Kingdom. This I am sure of, the
+more I travell’d Northward the Longer I found y<sup>e</sup> miles, I
+am sure these 6 miles and y<sup>e</sup> other 6 miles to Hartwhistle
+might with modesty be esteemed double the Number in
+most of y<sup>e</sup> Countys in England, Especially in and about 30
+or 40 miles off London. I did not go 2 of those miles in an
+hour. Just at my Entrance into Northumberland I ascended
+a very steep hill of w<sup>ch</sup> there are many, but one about 2 mile
+forward was Exceeding steep, full of great Rocks and stone—some
+of it along on a Row (the remainder of the Picts
+walls or ffortification) at y<sup>e</sup> bottom of w<sup>ch</sup> was an old Castle
+the walls and towers of which was mostly Standing. Its a
+sort of Black moorish ground and so wet I observ’d as my
+Man Rode up that sort of precipice or steep his horses heeles
+Cast up water every step, and their feete Cut deepe in, Even
+quite up to y<sup>e</sup> top. Such up and down hills and sort of boggy
+ground it was and y<sup>e</sup> night Drawing fast on, y<sup>e</sup> miles so
+Long, that I tooke a guide to direct me to avoid those ill
+places. This Hartwhistle is a Little town, there was one
+Inn but they had noe hay nor would get none, and when my
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_174'>174</span>servants had got some Else where they were angry and
+would not Entertaine me, so I was forced to take up in a
+poor Cottage w<sup>ch</sup> was open to y<sup>e</sup> Thatch and no partitions
+but hurdles plaistered. Indeed y<sup>e</sup> Loft as they Called it
+w<sup>ch</sup> was over the other roomes was shelter’d but w<sup>th</sup> a hurdle;
+here I was fforced to take up my abode and y<sup>e</sup> Landlady
+brought me out her best sheetes w<sup>ch</sup> serv’d to secure my
+own sheetes from her dirty blanckets, and Indeed I had her
+fine sheete to spread over y<sup>e</sup> top of the Clothes; but noe
+sleepe Could I get, they burning turff and their Chimneys
+are sort of fflews or open tunnills, y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> smoake does annoy
+the roomes. This is but 12 miles from another part of Scotland,
+the houses are but a Little better built, its true
+the inside of them are kept a Little better. Not far from
+this a Mile or two is a greate hill from which rises 3 rivers:
+the Teese w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> border between Durham and York, y<sup>e</sup>
+Ouse that runns to Yorke, and the River Tyne which runns
+to NewCastle and is the divider of Northumberland and
+Durham. This river Tyne runns 7 miles and then joyns w<sup>th</sup>
+the other river Tyne that Comes out of Northumberland
+and so they run on to NewCastle. From Hartwhistle I went
+pretty much up hill and down and had the River Tyne
+much in view for 6 miles, then I cross’d over it on a Large
+stone bridge and so Rode by its bank or pretty much
+in sight of it on the other side to Hexholme 6 mile more.
+This is one of the best towns in Northumberland Except
+NewCastle, w<sup>ch</sup> is one place the Sessions are kept for
+the shire; its built of Stone and looks very well, there are
+2 gates to it, many streetes, some are pretty broad, all well
+pitch’d, w<sup>th</sup> a spacious Market place w<sup>th</sup> a town hall on the
+Market Crosse. Thence I went through y<sup>e</sup> Lord Darentwaters
+parke just by his house w<sup>ch</sup> is an old building not
+very Large, for 3 mile in all, to a Little village where
+I cross’d over the Tyne on a Long Bridge of stone w<sup>th</sup>
+many arches. The river is in some places broader than in
+others, its true at this tyme of y<sup>e</sup> yeare being Midsumer the
+springs are the Lowest and the Rivers shallow, and
+where there is any Rocks or stones Left quite bare of water.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went 4 mile along by the Tyne, the road was
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_175'>175</span>good hard gravelly way for the most part, but very steep
+up hills and down; on one of these I Rode a pretty while
+w<sup>th</sup> a great precipice on the Right hand down to the river,
+it Looked hazardous, but the way was very broad. The
+River Looked very reffreshing and y<sup>e</sup> Cattle Coming to its
+sides and into it where shallow to Coole themselves in the
+heate, for hitherto as I met w<sup>th</sup> noe Raines, notwithstanding
+the great raines y<sup>t</sup> fell the 2 dayes before I Left Woolsley,
+and y<sup>e</sup> Little showers I had when I went to Hollywell I
+was not annoy’d w<sup>th</sup> wet nor Extream heat, the Clouds
+being a shade to me by day and Gods good providence and
+protection all wayes. This after noon was the hottest day I
+met with but it was seasonable being in July. As I drew
+nearer and nearer to NewCastle I met with and saw
+abundance of Little Carriages w<sup>th</sup> a yoke of oxen and a
+pair of horses together, w<sup>ch</sup> is to Convey the Coales from y<sup>e</sup>
+pitts to y<sup>e</sup> Barges on the river. There is Little sort of
+Dung-potts. I suppose they hold not above 2 or three
+Chaudron. This is the sea Coale which is pretty much
+small Coale tho’ some is round Coales, yet none like the
+Cleft coales and this is what y<sup>e</sup> smiths use and it Cakes in
+y<sup>e</sup> ffire and makes a great heate, but it burns not up Light
+unless you put most round Coales w<sup>ch</sup> will burn Light, but
+then its soon gone and that part of y<sup>e</sup> Coale never Cakes,
+there fore y<sup>e</sup> small sort is as good as any—if its black and
+shineing, that shows its goodness. This Country all about
+is full of this Coale, y<sup>e</sup> sulpher of it taints y<sup>e</sup> aire and it
+smells strongly to strangers,—upon a high hill 2 mile from
+NewCastle I could see all about the Country w<sup>ch</sup> was full
+of Coale pitts.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>New-Castle Lies in a bottom very Low, it appears
+from this hill a greate fflatt. I saw all by the river Tyne
+w<sup>ch</sup> runns along to Tinmouth 5 or 6 miles off, w<sup>ch</sup> Could see
+very plaine and y<sup>e</sup> Scheld w<sup>ch</sup> is the key or ffort at the
+mouth of y<sup>e</sup> river w<sup>ch</sup> disembogues itself into y<sup>e</sup> sea; all
+this was in view on this high hill w<sup>ch</sup> I descended—5 mile
+more, in all nine from that place.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>NewCastle is a town and County of itself standing part
+in Northumberland part in y<sup>e</sup> Bishoprick of Durham, the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_176'>176</span>river Tyne being y<sup>e</sup> division. Its a noble town tho’ in a
+bottom, it most resembles London of any place in England,
+its buildings Lofty and Large, of brick mostly or stone.
+The streetes are very broad and handsome and very well
+pitch’d, and many of them w<sup>th</sup> very ffine Cunduits of water
+in Each allwayes running into a Large stone Cistern for
+Every bodyes use. There is one great streete where in y<sup>e</sup>
+Market Crosse, there was one great Cunduit with two spouts
+w<sup>ch</sup> falls into a Large ffountaine paved w<sup>th</sup> stone which held
+at Least 2 or 3 hodsheads for the jnhabitants. There are 4
+gates w<sup>ch</sup> are all Double gates with a sort of Bridge between
+Each. The west gate w<sup>ch</sup> I entred I came by a Large
+building of bricke within bricke walls, which is the hall for
+the assizes and sessions for the shire of Northumberland.
+This is NewCastle on y<sup>e</sup> Tyne and is a town and County.
+There is a noble Building in the middle of the town all of
+stone for an Exchange on stone pillars severall rows. On
+the top is a building of a very Large hall for the judges to
+keep the assizes for the town; there is another roome for
+y<sup>e</sup> Major and Councill and another for the jury out of the
+Large roome w<sup>ch</sup> is the hall, and opens into a Balcony w<sup>ch</sup>
+Looks out on y<sup>e</sup> River and y<sup>e</sup> Key. Its a Lofty good
+building of stone, very uniforme on all sides w<sup>th</sup> stone
+pillars in the ffronts both to the streete and market place
+and to the waterside. There is a ffine Clock on the top
+just as y<sup>e</sup> Royal Exchange has. The Key is a very ffine
+place and Lookes itself Like an Exchange being very
+broad and soe full of merchants walking to and againe, and
+it runs off a great Length w<sup>th</sup> a great many steps down to
+y<sup>e</sup> water for the Conveniency of Landing or boateing their
+goods, and is full of Cellars or ware houses. Ye harbour
+is full of shipps but none that is above 2 or 300 tun Can
+Come up quite to the Key: its a town of greate trade.
+There is one Large Church built of stone w<sup>th</sup> a very high
+tower finely Carv’d full of spires and severall devises in the
+Carving—all stone. The Quire is neate as is the whole
+Church and Curious Carving in wood on each side the
+quire, and over the ffront is a great Piramidy of wood
+ffinely Carv’d full of spires. There was a Castle in this
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_177'>177</span>town but now there is noe remaines of it but some of y<sup>e</sup>
+walls w<sup>ch</sup> are built up in houses and soe only appears as a
+great hill or ascent, w<sup>ch</sup> in some places is 30 or 40 steps
+advance to the streetes that are built on y<sup>e</sup> higher ground
+where the Castle was. There was one place soe Like Snow
+Hill in London w<sup>th</sup> a fine Conduite. Their shops are good
+and are of Distinct trades, not selling many things in one
+shop as is y<sup>e</sup> Custom in most Country towns and Cittys;
+here is one market for Corne, another for Hay, besides all
+other things w<sup>ch</sup> takes up two or three streetes. Satturday
+was their biggest Market day w<sup>ch</sup> was the Day I was there,
+and by Reason of the extreame heate resolved to stay till
+the sun was Low ere I proceeded farther, so had the
+opportunity of seeing most of the Market w<sup>ch</sup> is Like a
+ffaire for all sorts of provision, and good and very Cheape.
+I saw one buy a quarter of Lamb ffor 3<sup>d</sup> and 2<sup>d</sup> a piece:
+good Large poultry. Here is Leather, Woollen and Linnen
+and all sorts of stands for baubles. They have a very
+jndifferent sort of Cheese—Little things, Looks black on
+the outside. There is a very pleasant bowling-green, a
+Little walke out of the town w<sup>th</sup> a Large gravel walke
+round it w<sup>th</sup> two Rows of trees on Each side Makeing it
+very shady: there is a fine entertaineing house y<sup>t</sup> makes
+up the ffourth side, before w<sup>ch</sup> is a paved walke and
+Epyasses of bricke. There is a pretty Garden, by y<sup>e</sup> side a
+shady walk, its a sort of spring garden where the Gentlemen
+and Ladyes walke in the Evening—there is a green house
+in the garden, its a pleasant walke to the town by y<sup>e</sup> walls.
+There is one broad walke by the side of y<sup>e</sup> town runns a
+good Length made w<sup>th</sup> Coale ashes and so well trodden,
+and the raines makes it firm. There is a walke all round
+the walls of the town. There is a good ffree school and 5
+Churches. I went to see the Barber Surgeons Hall w<sup>ch</sup> was
+within a pretty garden walled in, full of flowers and greens
+In potts and in the Borders; its a good neate building of
+Brick. There I saw the roome w<sup>th</sup> a round table in it
+railed round w<sup>th</sup> seates or Benches for y<sup>e</sup> Conveniency in
+their disecting and anatomiseing a body, and reading
+Lectures on all parts. There was two bodyes that had
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_178'>178</span>been anatomised, one the bones were fastned w<sup>th</sup> wires the
+other had had the flesh boyled off and so some of y<sup>e</sup>
+Ligeament remained and dryed w<sup>th</sup> it, and so the parts
+were held together by its own Muscles and sinews that were
+dryed w<sup>th</sup> it. Over this was another roome in w<sup>ch</sup> was the
+skin of a man that was taken off after he was dead, and
+dressed, and so was stuff’d—the body and Limbs. It
+Look’d and felt Like a sort of parchment. In this roome I
+Could take a view of the whole town, it standing on high
+ground and a pretty Lofty building.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Just by is a very good Hospital for 14 widdows of
+tradesmen of the town, 2 good roomes a piece, a walke
+under a pyasse w<sup>th</sup> pillars of brickwork, as is the whole
+building: there is a Large ffountaine or Cunduite of water
+for their use and an open Green before their house all
+walled in, its in y<sup>e</sup> major and aldermans disposition, there is
+2 or 300 pound a yeare to it, I thinke its 10 pound a piece.
+There is a very good fountaine belongs to it, and there is a
+fine bridge over the Tyne river w<sup>th</sup> 9 arches all built on as
+London bridge is, which Enters you into Durham, and on
+this side of y<sup>e</sup> Bridge are so many streets and buildings
+just Like Southwarke. Its a Little town but all is in the
+Liberty of y<sup>e</sup> County town of New-Castle and soe Called,
+but its all in the Diocess of Durham. Through part of
+this you do ascend a greate height and steepness w<sup>ch</sup> is full
+of Rocky stony stepps, and afterwards the hill Continues
+when out of y<sup>e</sup> town till it has set you as high as on the
+former hill on the other side the town—w<sup>ch</sup> I Entred out
+of Northumberland—and as that gave a Large prospect of
+the town and whole Country aboute on that side, soe this
+gives as pleasing a sight of it on this side and the whole
+river and shipps in the harbour. Thence I proceeded a
+most pleasant gravell Road on the Ridge of y<sup>e</sup> hill and had
+the whole Country in view, w<sup>ch</sup> seems much on a flatt to
+this place, tho’ there be a few Little steep up hills and
+descents, but the whole Country Looks Like a fruitfull
+woody place and seemes to Equal most Countys in England.
+7 mile to Chester streete w<sup>ch</sup> is a Little Market town, and I
+Rode neare Lumly Castle w<sup>ch</sup> gives title and name to the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_179'>179</span>Lord Lumly: the buildings Looke very Nobly, its in a 4
+square tower running up to the top w<sup>th</sup> three Round towers
+at the top between the windows—Lookes well—its a front
+the four wayes, its not finely ffurnish’d.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>At this Little Market town I pass’d over the River Weire
+w<sup>ch</sup> runns to Durham, w<sup>ch</sup> is 7 mile farther over a pleasant
+Road and Country y<sup>t</sup> resembles Black heath, you see the
+towns and Countrys Round full of Woods. One sees the
+Citty of Durham four mile off from a high hill, not but the
+Citty stands on a great rise of Ground and is a mile and
+halfe in Length. The river runs almost round the town and
+returns againe, that Casts the Citty into a tryangular; its
+not Navigeable nor possible to be made so because its so
+full of Rocks and vast stones, makes it difficult for any such
+attempt. Durham Citty stands on a great hill, the middle
+part much higher than the rest, the Cathedrall and Castle
+w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> pallace w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Colledge and all the houses of the
+Doctors of the Churches is altogether built of stone and all
+Encompass’d w<sup>th</sup> a wall full of battlements above the walke,
+and this is about the middle of y<sup>e</sup> hill w<sup>ch</sup> is a Round hill,
+and a steep descent into the rest of the town, where is the
+market place w<sup>ch</sup> is a spacious place, and a very ffaire town
+hall on stone Pillars and a very Large Cunduite. From
+this all the streets are in a pretty greate descent to y<sup>e</sup> river,
+which Lookes very pleasant by meanes of its turning and
+winding to and agen, and so there are 3 Large Stone
+Bridges w<sup>th</sup> severall arches apiece. The abbey or y<sup>e</sup>
+Cathedrall is very Large, the quire is good but nothing
+Extraordinary, some good painting in the Glass of the
+windows and wood Carving. There is over y<sup>e</sup> alter a painting
+of a Large Catherine Wheele which Encompasses the
+whole window and fills it up. The Bishops seate has
+severall steps up, its Called y<sup>e</sup> throne, with a Cloth of Gold
+Carpet before it. The seate was King Charles the first, of
+Crimson damaske. A good organ and a fine Clock in w<sup>ch</sup>
+is the signes, w<sup>th</sup> Chimes, and finely Carved w<sup>th</sup> four
+pirramidy spires on Each Corner, a much Larger and
+higher one in the middle well Carv’d and painted. The
+ffont is of marble, the top was Carv’d wood very high, and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_180'>180</span>terminates in a poynt and resembles the picture of y<sup>e</sup> Building
+of Babel—its not painted. The Cloysters are good. A
+Chapple Called S<sup>t</sup> Marys now used for to keep their spiritual
+Courts, and in the vestry I saw severall fine Embroyder’d
+Coapes—3 or 4, I saw one above the rest was so Richly
+Embroider’d w<sup>th</sup> the whole Description of Christs nativity,
+Life, Death and ascention; this is put on the Deanes
+shoulders at the administration of the Lords supper, here is
+y<sup>e</sup> only place that they use these things in England, and
+severall more Cerimonyes and Rites retained from the tymes
+of popery. There are many papists in the town, popishly
+affected, and daily encrease. There was great striveing in
+the Choice of the parliament men, w<sup>ch</sup> I had the trouble of
+in most of my journeys, y<sup>e</sup> Randan they made in the
+publick houses, jndeed I happen’d to get into a quiet good
+jnn a good accomodation, two Maiden sisters and brother
+kept it—at y<sup>e</sup> Naggs head.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Castle w<sup>ch</sup> is the Bishops pallace stands on a Round
+hill w<sup>ch</sup> has severall green walks round it, w<sup>th</sup> high bancks
+to secure them one above another, and on the top are the
+towers. About the Middle of the hill is a broad Grass walk
+railed in and enters into a Dineing roome. There are very
+stately good roomes, parlours, drawing roomes, and a noble
+Hall, but the ffurniture was not very ffine the best being
+taken down in the absence of my Lord Crew, who is not a
+Barron of England but is a great prince as being Bishop of
+the whole principallity off Durham, and has a great Royalty
+and authority, is as an absolute Prince and has a great Command
+as well as revenue; his Spirituall is 5 or 6000<sup>lb</sup> and
+his temporalls since his brothers Death makes it much more.
+He Comes sometymes hither but for the most part Lives at
+another Castle w<sup>ch</sup> is a noble seate about 12 mile off, which
+is very well ffurnish’d and ffinish’d; he is the Governour as
+it were of the whole province. His pallace here makes a
+good appearance w<sup>th</sup> the severall walks one below another
+with rows of trees, three or four descents and y<sup>e</sup> wall at the
+bottom. Just by the Castle is a place for the assizes, 2 open
+barrs Lookes out into what is the space the College and
+Doctors houses are, and there is in the Middle a very ffine
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_181'>181</span>Large Cunduite, the water falling into the Cistern from 4
+pipes, w<sup>ch</sup> gives a pleaseing sound and prospect, it being
+arch’d with stone, and stone pillars, and Carv’d, and alsoe a
+high top arch ending in a ball; its the ffinest of this kind I
+have seen and so I must say of the whole Citty of Durham,
+its the noblest—Cleane and pleasant buildings, streetes
+Large, well pitch’d. The market Crosse is Large, a fflatt
+Roofe on severall Rows of Pillars of Stone and here is a
+good Cundit alsoe of stone. The walks are very pleasant
+by the river side. I went by its banck of one end of the
+town to the meeteing house w<sup>ch</sup> stands just by the River,
+there was a Company of hearers at Least 300, w<sup>ch</sup> on the
+Consideration of its being under the Dropings of y<sup>e</sup>
+Cathedrall its very well. They have a very good minister
+there, but its New-Castle that has the greate meeteing place
+and many Descenters; they have two very Eminent men
+one of their Name was D<sup>r</sup> Gilpin whose book I have read
+in, but he not being at home Could not have the advantage
+of hearing him.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In the Evening I walk’d out at Durham to another part of
+the town, by another turn of the river along by its Banck,
+and the river here would meete were it not for a Ridge
+of a hill runs between, it in w<sup>ch</sup> are buildings and ascends
+up a mile in Length, w<sup>ch</sup> is one of the Parishes. In walking
+by this river we Came to S<sup>r</sup> Charles Musgroves House w<sup>ch</sup>
+is now old and ruinous but has been good. The Gardens
+are flourishing still w<sup>th</sup> good walks and much ffruite of w<sup>ch</sup>
+I tasted; its a place that is used Like our Spring Gardens
+for the Company of the town to walk in the Evening, and
+its most pleasant by the river, w<sup>ch</sup> by means of severall bays
+or wires which is of Rock, the waters has greate falls from
+thence, w<sup>ch</sup> adds a murmuring sound acceptable to the
+people passing. They have good ffish in the river but its
+full of rocks; they talk much of makeing it Navigeable but
+I ffancy the many Rocks all along in it will render it a
+Difficult work. I went a mile to see the spaw waters and
+to see a salt spring in the Rock in the middle of y<sup>e</sup> river.
+In halfe a mile I came to a well w<sup>ch</sup> had a stone Bason in it
+and an arch of stone over it; the taste was Like y<sup>e</sup> Sweete
+Spaw in Yorkshire and the Tunbridge waters.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_182'>182</span> About halfe a mile farther I Came to a well w<sup>ch</sup> is Like
+the Sulpher Spaw, taste and Looke agreeing thereto, w<sup>ch</sup> is
+from brimstone, but its not quite soe strong for it was
+a Longer tyme before the silver was Changed in it. Here
+I went a very bad and hazardous passage full of stones
+Like stepps, the water trilling Down them, and a very
+narrow passage by the Bushes and Bancks, but when
+I was got in there was noe returning, so on I went
+to the river w<sup>ch</sup> was a Large step to goe down into,
+and all the river full of Shelves and Rocks.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Spring is in the Cleft of the Rocks w<sup>ch</sup> stands up in
+the river, and soe springs up, but when much raines falls it
+washes down soe fast upon it that weakens the taste.
+From this place I came back againe a mile. Durham
+has about 7 Churches w<sup>th</sup> the Cathedrall, its a noble place
+and the aire so Cleer and healthy that persons Enjoy much
+health and pleasure. From thence to Darlington w<sup>ch</sup> is
+14 pretty Long miles but good way, but by the way I Lost
+some of my nightCloths and Little things in a Bundle that
+the Guide I hired Carry’d. This is a Little Market town,
+the Market day was on Munday w<sup>ch</sup> was the day I
+passed through it: it was a great Market of all things,
+a great quantety of Cattle of all sorts but mostly Beeves—it
+seemes once in a fortnight its much fuller. Two miles
+from Darlington I Came to the Ground the Hell Kettles
+are they talk much of, its in Grounds just by the road where
+Cattle were ffeeding, there are 2 pooles or ponds of Water
+the one Larger than y<sup>e</sup> other; y<sup>e</sup> biggest seemed to me not
+to be the Deepest nor is it Esteem’d soe deep; there was
+some sedge or flaggs growing round that, but y<sup>e</sup> fathermost
+w<sup>ch</sup> was not soe bigg Looked a Cross that had noe flaggs or
+sedge on its bancks but yet it Look’d to me to Cast
+a green hew, Roleing waves of the water just in Coullour as
+the sea, and as the wind moved the water it very much
+resembled the sea, but the water when taken up in y<sup>e</sup> hand
+Look’d White and y<sup>e</sup> taste was not the Least brackish
+but fresh. My Conception of the Cause of y<sup>e</sup> greenish
+Coullour was from the greate depth of water, for the reason
+they Call them Hell Kettles is that there is noe sounding a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_183'>183</span>bottom, w<sup>ch</sup> has been try’d by plumet and Line severall
+ffathoms down; the water is Cold and as any other water
+when took up, it seemes not to Decrease in a tyme of
+Drought nor to advance w<sup>th</sup> great raines, it draines itself
+insensibly into y<sup>e</sup> ground.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>This Leads me the ffarthest way to Richmond it being
+but 8 mile the ready Road from Darlington to Richmond,
+but this way it was 10 miles and very tedious miles. Three
+miles off Darlington I passed over Crafton Bridge which
+Crosses y<sup>e</sup> river Teese which Divides Durham ffrom Yorkshire,
+and soe Entred the North Rideing of Yorkshire in
+which is that they Call Richmondshire a shire of 30 miles.
+The way was good but Long, I went through Lanes
+and woods an Enclosed Country; I passed by a house of S<sup>r</sup>
+Mark Melborn on a hill, a Brick building and severall
+towers on the top, good gardens and severall rows of trees
+up to the house, it standing on a hill, y<sup>e</sup> trees Runns along
+on y<sup>e</sup> Ridge of y<sup>e</sup> same—Looks very finely.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Richmondshire has in it 5 waking takes as they Call them,
+answerable to that they Call hundreds in other Countys;
+Each waking takes has market towns in them and are under
+a Baliffe Each, which are nominated by the Earle of
+Holderness who is the Sole Lord of the whole—its 30 mile
+in Extent. Richmond town one cannot see till just upon
+it, being Encompass’d w<sup>th</sup> great high hills: I descended a
+very steep hill to it from whence saw the whole town which
+itself stands on a hill tho’ not so high as these by it. Its
+buildings are all stone, y<sup>e</sup> streetes are Like rocks themselves,
+there is a very Large space for the Markets w<sup>ch</sup> are Divided
+for the ffish market, fflesh market, and Corn; there is a
+Large market Crosse, a square space walled in with severall
+steps up, and its flatt on the top and of a good height.
+There is by it a Large Church and the ruines of a Castle,
+the pieces of the walls on a hill. I walked round by
+the walls, the River running beneath a great descent to it,
+its full of stones and Rocks and soe very Easye to Make or
+keep up their wires or falls of water, w<sup>ch</sup> in some places is
+naturall y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> water falls over Rocks w<sup>th</sup> great force w<sup>ch</sup> is
+Convenient for Catching Salmon by speare when they Leap
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_184'>184</span>over those Bayes. All rivers are Low and Dryer in the
+Summer soe I saw them at the greatest disadvantage being
+in some places almost drye and the Rocks and stones appear
+bare, but by those high and Large stone bridges I pass’d w<sup>ch</sup>
+Lay aCross the Rivers shewd the Great Depth and breadth
+they used to be y<sup>e</sup> Winter tymes. There was two good
+houses in y<sup>e</sup> town, one was M<sup>r</sup> Darcys the Earle of Holderness’
+brother, the other was M<sup>r</sup> Yorkes, both stood then and
+were Chosen Parliament men. They had good gardens
+walled in, all stone, as in the whole town, though I must say
+it Looks Like a sad shatter’d town and fallen much to
+Decay and Like a Disregarded place. I passed on towards
+Burrowbridge and Came not farre from Hornby Castle the
+Earle of Holderness, and also Suddber hall 2 mile off
+Richmond M<sup>r</sup> Darcys house; this Road was much on Lanes
+w<sup>ch</sup> were narrow but Exceeding Long, some 3 or 4 mile
+before you Came to any open place and then I Came
+to a Common w<sup>ch</sup> was as tedious to me, at Least 5 or 6 mile
+before I Came to an End of it, then I pass’d through a few
+Little villages and so I Came the 19 mile to Burrowbridge
+in Yorkshire. Here I was the most sensible of the Long
+Yorkshire Miles, this North Rideing of that County is much
+Longer Miles than the other parts which I had been in
+before. At Burrowbridge I pass’d the River Lid or Ouse
+on a Large stone Bridge: this River affords very good ffish,
+salmon and Codffish and plenty of Crawffish. Here I met
+w<sup>th</sup> the Clutter of y<sup>e</sup> Chooseing Parliament men. Thence I
+went for Knarsebrough 5 mile more; this dayes journey was
+a Long 24 miles, jndeed y<sup>e</sup> wayes were very good and drye
+being y<sup>e</sup> midst of summer. Here I Came to my old Landlady
+Mason where I Lay the yeare before to Drink the spaw,
+and from thence I went to Harragate over Knarsbrough
+fforest to Leeds 12 mile, and I went by Harwood Castle—the
+ruined walls some remaines. It was much in Lanes and
+uphills and Down hills, some Little part was open Common;
+on the Hill that Leads down to the town gives a pleaseing
+prospect of it. Leeds is a Large town, severall Large
+streetes, Cleane and well pitch’d and good houses all built
+of stone. Some have good Gardens and Steps up to their
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_185'>185</span>houses and walls before them. This is Esteemed the
+Wealthyest town of its bigness in the Country its manufacture
+is y<sup>e</sup> woollen Cloth—the Yorkshire Cloth in w<sup>ch</sup> they
+are all Employ’d and are Esteemed very Rich and very
+proud. They have provision soe plentiful y<sup>t</sup> they may Live
+w<sup>th</sup> very Little Expense and get much variety; here if one
+Calls for a tankard of Ale w<sup>ch</sup> is allwayes a groate its
+the only dear thing all over Yorkshire, their ale is very
+strong, but for paying this Groat for yo<sup>ur</sup> ale you may have
+a slice of meate Either hott or Cold according to the tyme
+of day you Call, or Else butter and Cheese Gratis into the
+bargaine; this was a Generall Custom in most parts of
+Yorkshire but now they have almost Changed it, and tho’
+they still retaine the great price for the ale, yet Make
+strangers pay for their meate, and at some places at great
+rates, notwithstanding how Cheape they have all their provision.
+There is still this Custome on a Market day at
+Leeds, the sign of ye bush just by the Bridge, any body y<sup>t</sup>
+will goe and Call for one tanchard of ale and a pinte of wine
+and pay for these only shall be set to a table to Eate w<sup>th</sup> 2
+or 3 dishes of good meate and a dish of sweetmeates after.
+Had I known this and y<sup>e</sup> Day w<sup>ch</sup> was their Market I
+would have Come then but I happened to Come a day after
+y<sup>e</sup> market, however I did only pay for 3 tankards of ale and
+w<sup>t</sup> I Eate, and my servants was gratis. This town is full of
+discenters, there are 2 Large meeting places, here is also a
+good schoole for young Gentlewomen; the streetes are very
+broad, the Market Large. Thence I went to Eland 12 long
+mile more pretty much steep, up hills and down the same.
+I crossed over a River at Leeds on a Large stone bridge; y<sup>e</sup>
+Country is much on Enclosures, good ground.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I goe by quarreys of stone and pitts of Coales w<sup>ch</sup> are
+both very good, soe that for fewell and building as well as
+good grounds for feeding Cattle and for Corne they are
+so well provided that together with their Industry they
+must needs be very Rich. All the hills about Eland is full of
+jnclosures and Coverts of wood y<sup>t</sup> Looks very pleasant. This
+town gives title to y<sup>e</sup> Marquis Hallifax son, as does Hallifax
+to y<sup>e</sup> Marquis. This Lyes but 5 or 6 mile hence, its a stony
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_186'>186</span>town and the roads to it soe stony and difficult y<sup>t</sup> I was
+Discouraged in going, the town now being almost ruined
+and Come to Decay, and y<sup>e</sup> Engine that that town was
+famous for to behead their Criminalls at one stroake w<sup>th</sup> a
+pully this was destroyed since their Charter or Liberty was
+Lost or taken from them, because most barbarously and
+rigourously acted Even w<sup>th</sup> an absolute power w<sup>ch</sup> they had
+of all y<sup>e</sup> town; on those Informations I resolved not to goe
+to that ragged town tho’ there are many good people and
+a Large meeteing.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Eland I went to y<sup>e</sup> Blackstone Edge 8 mile, when
+I had gone 3 of the miles I Came to a great Precipice or
+vast descent of a hill as full of stones as if paved and
+Exceedingly steep; I take it to be much steeper than
+Blackstone Edge tho’ not soe long. Y<sup>e</sup> End of this steep
+was a Little village all stony alsoe. These parts have
+some resemblance to Darbyshire only here are more woody
+places and jnclosures. Then I Came to Blackstone Edge
+noted all over England for a dismal high precipice and
+steep in the ascent and descent on Either End; its a very
+moorish ground all about and Even just at the top, tho’ so
+high, that you travel on a Causey w<sup>ch</sup> is very troublesome
+as its a moist ground soe as is usual on these high hills;
+they stagnate the aire and hold mist and raines almost
+perpetually. As I ascended, y<sup>e</sup> Morning was pretty faire,
+but a sort of mist met me and small raine just as I attained
+y<sup>e</sup> top, w<sup>ch</sup> made me feare a wet day and y<sup>t</sup> the aire would
+have been so thick to have quite Lost me y<sup>e</sup> sight of y<sup>e</sup>
+Country, but when I attained y<sup>e</sup> top where is a great heap
+raised up w<sup>ch</sup> parts Yorkshire—and there I entred Lancashire—the
+mist began to Lessen, and as I descended on
+this side y<sup>e</sup> ffog more and more went off and a Little raine
+fell tho’ at a Little distance in our view, the sun shone on
+y<sup>e</sup> vale w<sup>ch</sup> Indeed is of a Large Extent here, and y<sup>e</sup>
+advantage of soe high a hill w<sup>ch</sup> is at Least 2 mile up
+discovers the grounds beneath as a fruitfull valley full of
+jnclosures and Cut hedges and trees. That w<sup>ch</sup> adds to the
+formidableness of Blackstone Edge is that on y<sup>e</sup> one hand
+you have a vast precipice almost the whole way both as
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_187'>187</span>one ascends and descends, and in some places y<sup>e</sup> precipice
+is on Either hand. This hill took me up Much tyme to
+gaine the top and alsoe to descend it and put me in mind
+of the Description of y<sup>e</sup> Alpes in Italy, where the Clouds
+drive all about and as it were below them, w<sup>ch</sup> descends
+Lower into Mists, then into raines and soe tho’ on the top
+it hold snow and haile falling on the passengers, w<sup>ch</sup> at
+Length the Lower they go Comes into raine and so into
+sun-shine—at the foote of those valleys, fruitfull, y<sup>e</sup> sunshine
+and singing of birds. This was y<sup>e</sup> accō My father gave of
+those Alps when he passed them and I Could not but
+think this Carryed some resemblance tho’ in Little, yet a
+proportion to that.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From y<sup>e</sup> foot of this Blackstone I went to Rochdale
+4 mile, a pretty neate town built all of stone; here I went
+to an acquaintances house M<sup>r</sup> Taylor and was Civilly
+Entertained. Here is a good Large Meeteing place well
+filled; these parts Religion does better flourish than in
+places where they have better advantages. Here I observ’d
+the Grounds were all Enclosed with Quicksetts Cut smoothe
+and as Even on fine Green Bancks, and as well kept as for
+a Garden, and so most of my way to Manchester I Rode
+between such hedges, its a thing remarked by most their
+great Curiosity in this kind.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Manchester Lookes exceedingly well at the Entrance,—very
+substantiall buildings, the houses are not very Lofty
+but mostly of Brick and stone, the old houses are timber
+work; there is a very Large Church all stone and stands
+high soe that walking round the Churchyard you see the
+whole town. There is good Carving in wood in the Quire
+of y<sup>e</sup> Church and severall Little Chappells where in are
+some Little Monuments; there is one that was y<sup>e</sup> founder
+of y<sup>e</sup> Colledge and Library where hangs his pictures, for
+just by the Church is the Colledge w<sup>ch</sup> is a pretty neate
+building w<sup>th</sup> a Large space for y<sup>e</sup> boys to play in, and a
+good Garden walled in; there are 60 blew Coate boys in it,
+I saw their appartments and was in the Cellars and Dranke
+of their beer w<sup>ch</sup> was very good; I alsoe saw y<sup>e</sup> Kitchen and
+saw their bread Cutting for their supper and their piggins
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_188'>188</span>for their beer. There is a Cloyster round a Court, in it
+is a Large roome for y<sup>e</sup> judges to Eate in, and also for y<sup>e</sup>
+roomes for heareing and dispatching their buissness, there is
+a Large Library—2 Long walls full of books on Each side,—there
+is alsoe y<sup>e</sup> globes at y<sup>e</sup> End and Maps, there is alsoe
+a Long whispering trumpet, and there I saw y<sup>e</sup> skinn of y<sup>e</sup>
+Rattle Snake 6 ffoote Long w<sup>th</sup> many other Curiositys,
+their anatomy of a man wired together, a jaw of a shark;
+there was a very ffine Clock and weather glass. Out of
+y<sup>e</sup> Library there are Leads on w<sup>ch</sup> one has the sight of y<sup>e</sup>
+town w<sup>ch</sup> is Large, as alsoe y<sup>e</sup> other town that Lyes below
+it Called Salfor and is Divided from this by the river
+Ouall over w<sup>ch</sup> is a stone bridge w<sup>th</sup> many arches. Salfor
+has only a Little Chappell of Ease and is belonging to y<sup>e</sup>
+Parish of Manchester.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is another river Called the Shark w<sup>ch</sup> runs into y<sup>e</sup>
+Uval. The market place is Large, it takes up two streetes
+Length when the Market is kept for their Linnen Cloth,
+Cottentickings w<sup>th</sup> is the manufacture of y<sup>e</sup> town. Here
+is a very fine Schoole for young Gentlewomen as
+good as any in London, and musick and danceing and
+things are very plenty here—this is a thriveing place.
+Hence I went a very pleasant roade Much on y<sup>e</sup> downs
+mostly Campion ground, some few Enclosures, I went by
+Dunum the Earle of Warringtons house w<sup>ch</sup> stands in a
+very fine parcke, it stands Low but appeared very well to
+sight, its old fashioned building w<sup>ch</sup> appeares more in y<sup>e</sup>
+Inside, and the furniture old, but good gardens walled in.
+I also passed by severall Gentlemens seates, one was M<sup>r</sup>
+Cholmonlys, another M<sup>r</sup> Listers, surrounded w<sup>th</sup> good
+Walks and shady trees in rows, and severall Large pooles
+of water some Containeing severall acres. I passed over
+two or three stone bridges Cross Little rivers, so to
+Norwitch w<sup>ch</sup> is 14 mile. I Entred Cheshire 3 mile before
+I Came to y<sup>e</sup> town, its not very Large, its full of Salt works
+the brine pitts being all here about, and so they make
+all things Convenient to follow y<sup>e</sup> makeing the salt so
+y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> town is full of smoak from y<sup>e</sup> salterns on all sides.
+They have within these few yeares found in their brine
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_189'>189</span>pitts a hard Rocky salt that Lookes Cleer Like Suger
+Candy and its taste shews it to be salt, they Call this Rock
+salt, it will make very good brine w<sup>th</sup> fresh water to use
+quickly. This they Carry to the water side into Wales
+and by those Rivers that are flow’d w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> tyde, and soe
+they boile these pieces of Rock in some of the salt water
+when y<sup>e</sup> tyde’s in, w<sup>ch</sup> produces as strong and good salt as
+the others. Thence I went to Sandy head 3 mile farther.
+There was 12 salterns together at Norwitch—all y<sup>e</sup> witches
+are places they make salt in—Nantwitch and Droctwitch
+they make salt, for at Each place they have the salt hills
+where the brine pits springs: this is not farre from y<sup>e</sup> place
+whence they digg the mill stones.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Sandy Lane head where I baited, to Whit Church
+is 16 long miles over a Long heath for 4 or 5 mile, then to
+Bestonwood and Came by Beston Castle on a very high
+hill, y<sup>e</sup> walls remaineing round it, w<sup>ch</sup> I Left a Little on my
+Right hand just at y<sup>e</sup> foote of y<sup>e</sup> hill, and so I Crossed y<sup>e</sup>
+great Road w<sup>ch</sup> Comes from Nantwitch to Chester being
+then just y<sup>e</sup> midd way to Either, being 7 mile to Each.
+There I think I may say was y<sup>e</sup> only tyme I had reason to
+suspect I was Engaged w<sup>th</sup> some highway men. 2 fellows
+all on a suddain from y<sup>e</sup> wood fell into y<sup>e</sup> Road, they Look’d
+truss’d up w<sup>th</sup> great Coates and as it were bundles about
+them w<sup>ch</sup> I believe was pistolls, but they dogg’d me one
+before y<sup>e</sup> other behind and would often Look back to Each
+other, and frequently justle my horse out of y<sup>e</sup> way to get
+between one of my servants horses and mine, and when they
+first Came up to us did disown their knowledge of y<sup>e</sup> way
+and would often stay a little behind and talke together, then
+Come up againe, but the providence of God so order’d it as
+there was men at work in y<sup>e</sup> fields haymakeing, and it being
+market day at WhitChurch, as I drew neer to y<sup>t</sup> in 3 or 4
+mile was Continually met w<sup>th</sup> some of y<sup>e</sup> market people, so
+they at Last Called Each other off and soe Left us and
+turned back; but as they Rode w<sup>th</sup> us 3 or 4 miles at Last
+they described the places we should Come by, and a high
+pillar finely painted in y<sup>e</sup> Road about 3 mile off of Whitchurch
+(w<sup>ch</sup> accordingly we saw as we pass’d on) w<sup>ch</sup> shew’d
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_190'>190</span>them noe strangers to y<sup>e</sup> Road as they at first pretended.
+I passed over a Little brooke a mile before I Came to
+WhitChurch w<sup>ch</sup> Entred me into Shropshire. This is a
+Large market town, here are two very fine gardens, one
+belongs to an apothecary, full of all fruites and greens; y<sup>e</sup>
+other was at y<sup>e</sup> Crown jnn where I staid, it was exceeding
+neate w<sup>th</sup> oring and Lemmon trees, Mirtle, striped and gilded
+hollytrees, box and ffilleroy finely Cut, and ffirrs and
+merumsuratum w<sup>ch</sup> makes the fine snuff, and fine flowers
+all things almost in a little tract of Garden Ground. From
+thence its 14 mile to Shrewsbury and pretty Level way.
+Ye miles were long and y<sup>e</sup> wind blew very Cold, I went on
+a Causey 2 or 3 miles to y<sup>e</sup> town, so y<sup>t</sup> in y<sup>e</sup> winter the way
+is bad and deep but on the Causey.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Y<sup>e</sup> town stands Low, y<sup>e</sup> spires of 2 of y<sup>e</sup> Churches stand
+high and appear Eminent above y<sup>e</sup> town, there is y<sup>e</sup>
+remaines of a Castle, y<sup>e</sup> walls and battlements and some
+towers w<sup>ch</sup> I walked round, from whence had y<sup>e</sup> whole view
+of y<sup>e</sup> town w<sup>ch</sup> is walled round w<sup>th</sup> battlements and walks
+round, some of which I went on. Its here the fine river
+Severn Encompasses y<sup>e</sup> greatest part of y<sup>e</sup> town and twines
+and twists its self about, its not very broad here but its very
+deep and is Esteemed y<sup>e</sup> finest river in England to Carry
+such a depth of water for 80 or more miles together Ere it
+runns into y<sup>e</sup> sea w<sup>ch</sup> is at Bristol. This Comes out of
+Wales, Ross and Monmouthshire, there it turns about and
+Comes to y<sup>e</sup> town. On Each side there are 3 bridges
+over it, in y<sup>e</sup> town one of them y<sup>t</sup> I walked over had some
+few houses built on it, as London bridge, at one End of it.
+Its pleasant to walk by y<sup>e</sup> river; there is just by it the
+Councill house an old building. Here are three free
+schooles together, built of free stone, 3 Large roomes to
+teach the Children, w<sup>th</sup> severall masters. Y<sup>e</sup> first has 150£
+a year y<sup>e</sup> second 100 y<sup>e</sup> third 50<sup>£</sup> a year and teach
+Children from reading English till fit for y<sup>e</sup> University,
+and its free for Children not only of y<sup>e</sup> town but for
+all over England if they Exceed not y<sup>e</sup> numbers. Here
+is a very fine Market Cross of stone Carv’d, in another
+place there is an Exchequer or hall for y<sup>e</sup> towns affaires,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_191'>191</span>there is alsoe a hall for y<sup>e</sup> Welsh manufacture. There is a
+water house w<sup>ch</sup> supplys y<sup>e</sup> town through pipes w<sup>th</sup> water,
+but its drawn up w<sup>th</sup> horses and it seemes not to be a good
+and Easye way, so they jntend to make it with a water
+Engine in the town. There are many good houses but
+mostly old buildings, timber; there is some remaines of a
+great abbey and just by it y<sup>e</sup> great Church, but nothing fine
+or worth notice save y<sup>e</sup> abbey Gardens w<sup>th</sup> gravell walks set
+full of all sorts of greens—orange and Lemmon trees: I
+had a paper of their flowers—were very fine,—there was
+alsoe ffirrs, myrtles and hollys of all sorts and a green house
+full of all sorts of Curiosityes of flowers and greens—there
+was y<sup>e</sup> aloes plant. Out of this went another Garden much
+Larger w<sup>th</sup> severall fine grass walks kept Exactly Cut and
+roled for Company to walke in. Every Wednesday most
+of y<sup>e</sup> town y<sup>e</sup> Ladyes and Gentlemen walk there as in S<sup>t</sup>
+James’ parke, and there are abundance of people of Quality
+Lives in Shrewsbury, more than in any town Except
+Nottingham; its true there are noe fine houses but there
+are many Large old houses that are Convenient and stately,
+and its a pleasant town to Live in and great plenty w<sup>ch</sup>
+makes it Cheap Living. This is very near bordering on
+Wales and was reckon’d formerly one of y<sup>e</sup> Welsh County’s
+as was Herifordshire. Here is a very good schoole for young
+Gentlewomen for Learning work and behaviour and musick.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Shrewsbury I went through the great ffaire w<sup>ch</sup> was
+just kept that day there, full of all sorts of things and all
+the roade for 10 mile at Least I met y<sup>e</sup> people and Commoditys
+going to the ffaire. 2 mile thence I passed over
+the River Cern on a Large stone bridge, this is deep and
+joyns the Severn and soe I Rode by the great hill Called
+the Reeke noted for the highest piece of ground in England,
+but it must be by those that only Live in the heart of y<sup>e</sup>
+Kingdom and about London, for there are much higher
+hills in the north and West and alsoe not 40 mile distant
+from it; Manborn hills seems vastly higher. This hill
+stands just by itself a round hill and does raise its head
+much above y<sup>e</sup> hills neare it, and on the one side does
+Looke a great steepe down, but still my thoughts of the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_192'>192</span>ffells in Cumberland and Westmoreland are soe farr beyond
+it in height that this would not be mentioned there; it is
+seen 20 mile off and soe may many other hills, but when
+I Rode just under it I was full Convinc’d its height was not
+in Compẽtion w<sup>th</sup> those in other parts that I have seen.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are great hills all about w<sup>ch</sup> I pass’d over full of
+Coale pitts. Here I Came into y<sup>e</sup> Whatling Streete w<sup>ch</sup> is
+one of y<sup>e</sup> great roads of England w<sup>ch</sup> divided y<sup>e</sup> Land into
+so many Kingdoms under y<sup>e</sup> Saxons. The roads are pretty
+good but y<sup>e</sup> miles are Long, from Shrewsbury to y<sup>e</sup> Reeke
+is 9 mile, from thence to S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Patsells house 10 mile
+more; here I went to see his Gardens w<sup>ch</sup> are talk’d off as
+y<sup>e</sup> finest and best kept, y<sup>e</sup> house is old and Low, if y<sup>e</sup>
+Gentleman had Lived he Did design a new house, its now
+his sons who is an Infant. Before you Come to y<sup>e</sup> house
+for a quarter of a mile you Ride between fine Cut hedges,
+and y<sup>e</sup> nearer y<sup>e</sup> approach the finer still, they are very high
+and Cut Smoothe and Even just Like y<sup>e</sup> hedges at Astrop
+waters, and of Each side beyond are woods, some regular
+Rows, some in its native Rudeness, w<sup>th</sup> ponds beyond in
+grounds beneath it. Y<sup>e</sup> End of this walke you Enter a
+Large gate of open Iron grates, w<sup>th</sup> as many more jron
+grates on Each side as the Breadth of y<sup>e</sup> gate, opposite to
+this is just another that opens into those grounds I first
+mention’d. There is a Large pitched Court w<sup>th</sup> some open
+jron gates and grates at Each End, y<sup>t</sup> gives the visto quite
+a Cross through to other Rows of trees w<sup>ch</sup> runs up all
+about y<sup>e</sup> severall avenues.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In this Court stands two Dyals between w<sup>ch</sup> is an open
+gate and pallasadoes, the whole breadth of y<sup>e</sup> front of this
+jron work w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to the jnner Court, and on y<sup>e</sup> other
+side just in front, is another Large gate Carv’d Iron w<sup>th</sup>
+pillars brick and stone and flower potts; and on Each side
+to take the whole Breadth of y<sup>e</sup> house to w<sup>ch</sup> it faces and
+soe give the sight of the garden is open pallisadoes, and a
+Little beyond are two more such open Pallisadoes that are
+Corner wayes, and discovers the Groves whose walks Looks
+Every way, so y<sup>t</sup> to stand in this outward Court you May
+see the house, and Court full of statues in Grass plotts, w<sup>th</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_193'>193</span>a broad pav’d walke to the house. In y<sup>e</sup> middle on y<sup>e</sup> one
+side are flower gardens and y<sup>e</sup> parke, y<sup>e</sup> other side other
+grounds w<sup>th</sup> rows of trees and by it very handsome stables
+and Coach houses, and then in the ffront this Large opening
+to this garden where is a ffountaine all wayes playing very
+high, the water, the Gravel walks, and fine flowers and
+greens of all sorts in potts and on the borders. This gate I
+mention’d had brick pillars w<sup>th</sup> stone heads on w<sup>ch</sup> stood a
+turky Cock on each Cut in stone and painted proper. Y<sup>e</sup>
+grove I mention’d is the finest I Ever saw, there are six
+walks thro’ it and just in the Middle you Look twelve wayes
+w<sup>ch</sup> Discovers as Many severall prospects, Either to y<sup>e</sup> house
+or Entrance or fountaines or Gardens or ffields. The Grove
+itself is peculiar being Composed of all sorts of greens that
+hold their verdure and beauty all the yeare, and flourishes
+most in y<sup>e</sup> winter season when all other Garden beautys
+fades, of ffirrs, both silver, Scots, Noroway, Cyprus, Yew,
+Bays &amp;c; the severall squares being set full of these Like
+a Maze; they are Compassed round Each square w<sup>th</sup> a
+hedge of Lawrell about a y<sup>d</sup> high Cut Exactly smooth and
+Even, there are also box trees in the middle. There are
+two other Large Gardens w<sup>th</sup> Gravell walkes, and grass
+plotts full of stone statues, the stone is taken out of y<sup>e</sup>
+quarry’s about this Country, w<sup>ch</sup> is not a very firme stone
+and so the Weather Cracks them.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In one of these Gardens just the side of y<sup>e</sup> house into
+w<sup>ch</sup> it opens w<sup>th</sup> glass doors and just over against it is a
+Large Avery of birds w<sup>th</sup> branches of trees stuck into the
+Ground; by it is a Little Summer house neately painted,
+beyond this is another Garden w<sup>th</sup> a broad Gravel walke
+quite round. In the middle is a Long as well as Large
+ffountaine or pond w<sup>ch</sup> is Called a sheete of water, at y<sup>e</sup>
+four Corners are seates shelter’d behind and on y<sup>e</sup> top and
+sides w<sup>th</sup> boards painted, on w<sup>ch</sup> you sit secured from the
+weather, and Looks on the water w<sup>ch</sup> has 348 Lead pipes
+at y<sup>e</sup> brims of it w<sup>ch</sup> takes in the sides and End and w<sup>th</sup> the
+turning a sluce they streame at once into the fountaine w<sup>ch</sup>
+Looks well and makes a pleaseing sound. If those pipes
+were but turned in a bow it would Cast the water in an
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_194'>194</span>arch and so would augment the Beauty of y<sup>e</sup> prospect.
+There are 2 Large Images stands in the Midst y<sup>t</sup> Cast out
+water and 4 sea horses all Casting out water. In the other
+Gardens there were Little figures w<sup>ch</sup> bedewed the borders
+w<sup>th</sup> their showers.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>This Large pond I spoke of before is very deep and good
+ffish Encreasing in it. There is another great pond in a
+ground beyond, w<sup>ch</sup> Lyes to view thro’ those green pallasadoes
+and is stored w<sup>th</sup> much good ffish. Thence I went
+to Aubery 2 miles, a Little Market town, thence to
+Pauckeridge and passed through some parcks w<sup>ch</sup> belongs
+to some Gentlemens seate. I went by one M<sup>r</sup> Peirpoynts,
+and S<sup>r</sup> Walter Rochlys house, w<sup>ch</sup> stands on a hill in a
+thicket of trees, and soe Came againe to the Whatling-street
+way and soe over Kankewood to Woolsly—in all 14
+mile ffarther. From Woolsly to Haywood parke 2 mile,
+and home againe 2 mile, from Woolsley to Kanktown 6
+mile, thence to Woolverhampton 6 mile. I went more in
+sight of S<sup>r</sup> Walter Rochly w<sup>ch</sup> stands very finely on a hill
+and woods by it—Lookes very stately. These miles are
+very Long thro’ Lanes. I passed by a fine house Prestwitch
+M<sup>r</sup> Philip Ffolies, a pretty seate in a parke, a mile
+beyond there is another house of y<sup>e</sup> same Gentlemans.
+Here we had y<sup>e</sup> Inconveniency of meeteing the Sherriffs of
+Staffordshire Just going to provide for y<sup>e</sup> Reception of y<sup>e</sup>
+Judges and officers of y<sup>e</sup> Assizes, whose Coaches and
+Retinue Meeteing our Company w<sup>ch</sup> was encreased w<sup>th</sup>
+Cosen Ffiennes’ Coach and horsemen, w<sup>ch</sup> made us difficult
+to pass Each other in the hollow wayes and Lanes.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to the Seven Starres where we baited, thence
+2 miles ffarther we Entred out of Staffordshire into
+Worcestershire to Broad water, a place where are severall
+ffullers and Dyers mills.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence on y<sup>e</sup> Right hand are fforging mills for jron
+works w<sup>ch</sup> belong to M<sup>r</sup> Tho: Ffolie, there is a Rocky hill in
+w<sup>ch</sup> is a Roome Cut out in the Rocks.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>On y<sup>e</sup> Left hand you goe 7 mile to Ambusly, a very sad
+heavy way all sand, you goe just at Kederminster town
+End w<sup>ch</sup> is a Large town much Employ’d about y<sup>e</sup> worstead
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_195'>195</span>trade, spinning and weaving. We also Rode by S<sup>r</sup> John
+Packingtons house on the Left hand on the hill just by
+Droitwitch where are the 3 salt springs, divided by a ffresh
+spring that runs by it; of this salt water they boyle much
+salt that turns to good amount. All y<sup>e</sup> way from the
+Seven Starrs where we baited to Ambusly y<sup>e</sup> Road was
+full of y<sup>e</sup> Electers of y<sup>e</sup> Parliament men Coming from the
+Choice of y<sup>e</sup> Knights of the Shire, w<sup>ch</sup> spake as they were
+affected, some for one some for another, and some were
+Larger in their judgments than others, telling their reason
+much according to the good Liquors operation, and of
+these people all the publick houses were filled that it was a
+hard Matter to get Lodging or Entertainm<sup>t</sup>.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>We entered Worcester town next day just as y<sup>e</sup> Cerimony
+of the Election was performing, and soe they Declared
+it in favour of M<sup>r</sup> Welsh and S<sup>r</sup> John Packington.
+4 mile more to this town—from broad water in all is 11
+mile. Worcester town w<sup>ch</sup> is washed by the river Severn
+is a Large Citty—12 Churches, the streetes most of them
+broad, the buildings some of them are very good and Lofty,
+its Encompass’d w<sup>th</sup> a wall w<sup>ch</sup> has 4 gates that are very
+strong. The Market place is Large, there is a Guildhall
+besides the Market house w<sup>ch</sup> stands on pillars of stone.
+The Cathedrall stands in a Large yard, pitch’d, its a Lofty
+Magnificent building, the Quire has good Wood Carv’d
+and a pretty organ, there is one tombstone stands in the
+Middle of y<sup>e</sup> quire by the railes on which Lyes the Effigies
+of King John, the Left side of alter is prince Arthurs tomb
+of plaine Marble in a ffine Chappell w<sup>ch</sup> is made all of stone
+ffinely Carv’d, both the Inside and the outside is very
+Curiously Carv’d in all sorts of works and Arms, beasts
+and flowers, under it Lyes the statues of severall Bishops,
+beyond this are two tombstones w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> ffigure of y<sup>e</sup> body in
+their proper dress, of 2 Saxon Bishops on y<sup>e</sup> pavement.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The painting of y<sup>e</sup> Windows are good and they are
+pretty Large and Lofty tho’ Nothing Comparable to the
+Cathedrall at york. The tower is high and about the
+Middle of it you may walke round y<sup>e</sup> Inside and Look
+down into the body of y<sup>e</sup> Church just as it is in york.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_196'>196</span>Just against y<sup>e</sup> pulpit in y<sup>e</sup> body of the Church is a Little
+organ to set the Psalme. Y<sup>e</sup> ffont is all of white marble
+and a Carv’d Cover of wood.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Worcester we pass’d a Large stone bridge over the
+Severn on w<sup>ch</sup> were many Barges that were tow’d up by
+strength of men 6 or 8 at a tyme.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The water just by the town Encompasses a Little piece of
+Ground full of Willows and so makes it an jsland, part of
+w<sup>ch</sup> turns Mills. Thence I went 4 mile where I Cross y<sup>e</sup>
+River Thames on a stone Bridge, this runs to Whitborne
+and is a very Rapid Streame Especially after raines, w<sup>ch</sup>
+Just before we begun our Journey had fallen and made the
+roads, w<sup>ch</sup> are all Lanes full of stones and up hills and down,
+so steep that w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> raines y<sup>e</sup> waters stood or Else ran down
+y<sup>e</sup> hills, w<sup>ch</sup> made it Exceeding bad for travelling. When
+we had gone 7 mile, at a Little Parish, you Enter out of
+Worcester into Herriffordshire and soe 7 mile ffarther to
+Stretton Grandsorm and new house, my Cos’n Fiennes’s.
+This is the worst way I ever went in Worcester or Herriffordshire,
+its allwayes a deep sand and soe in the winter and w<sup>th</sup>
+muck is bad way, but this being in August it was strange
+and being so stony made it more Difficult to travell. From
+thence I went to Stoake 4 miles, where I saw M<sup>r</sup> Folies new
+house w<sup>ch</sup> was building and will be very ffine when Compleated.
+There is to be 3 flat ffronts to y<sup>e</sup> Gardens sides;
+the Right Wing of y<sup>e</sup> house is the severall appartments for
+the ffamily, 2 drawing roomes and bed Chambers and
+Closets opening both on a terrass of free stone pavements,
+Each End and the middle there is stone stepps goes down
+on Each side, w<sup>th</sup> half paces to the garden w<sup>ch</sup> is by more
+stepps descending one below another. The other wing is to
+y<sup>e</sup> other Garden and are to be Roomes of State w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes
+towards Herrifford town. this is to be Coupled together
+w<sup>th</sup> a Large Hall w<sup>ch</sup> Composes the ffront and is of stone
+work, the rest is brick only Coyn’d w<sup>th</sup> stone and y<sup>e</sup>
+windows stone, and is in forme of a halfe moone Each side
+w<sup>th</sup> arches to the several offices and stables. To this ffront
+w<sup>ch</sup> is to be the Entrance Large opening Iron spike gates
+w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes into their Grounds and Meddowes below it, of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_197'>197</span>a Great Length w<sup>th</sup> Rows of trees to y<sup>e</sup> river. The Roofe is
+Cover’d w<sup>th</sup> slatt w<sup>ch</sup> shines and very much represents Lead,
+its adorn’d round y<sup>e</sup> Edges w<sup>th</sup> stone ffigures and flower
+potts. There is a noble parck and woods behind—it will be
+very ffine when ffinished, now I saw it only in the outside
+shell and platt form. thence I returned to Newhouse 4 mile.
+Thence I went to Canaan Ffroom a mile and one mile back
+w<sup>ch</sup> was 2 mile more, then to Stretton four tymes and back
+w<sup>ch</sup> was 8 mile, then from Newhouse to Aldbery 5 miles,
+thence to Marlow 3 mile and there Entred Gloucestershire.
+They are pretty long miles and in the winter deep way,
+though now it was pretty good travelling its 8 mile beyond
+to Glocestertown tho’ in most places near London this would
+be reckon’d 20 miles; you may see the town 4 miles off.
+Glocester town Lyes all along on the bancks of y<sup>e</sup> Severn
+and soe Look’d Like a very huge place, being stretch’d out
+in Length, its a Low Moist place therefore one must travel
+on Causeys which are here in good repaire. I pass’d over a
+Bridge where two armes of the river meetes where y<sup>e</sup> tyde
+is very high and rowles in the sand in many places and
+Causes those Whirles or Hurricanes that will Come on
+storms w<sup>th</sup> great jmpetuosity.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I proceeded over another Bridge into y<sup>e</sup> town
+whose streetes are very well pitch’d, Large and Cleane.
+There is a faire Market place and Hall for y<sup>e</sup> assizes w<sup>ch</sup>
+happened just as we Came there, soe had y<sup>e</sup> worst Entertainem<sup>t</sup>
+and noe accomodation but in a private house.
+Things ought not to be Deare here, but Strangers are allwayes
+imposed on and at such a publick tyme alsoe they
+make their advantages. Here is a very Large good Key on
+the river, they are supply’d w<sup>th</sup> Coales by y<sup>e</sup> shipps and
+Barges w<sup>ch</sup> makes it plentifull; they Carry it on sledges thro’
+y<sup>e</sup> town—its the great Warwickshire Coale I saw unloading.
+Here they follow knitting stockings, gloves wauscoates and
+peticoates and sleeves all of Cotten, and others spinn the
+Cottens. The Cathedrall or minster is Large, Lofty and
+very neate, the Quire pretty. At y<sup>e</sup> Entrance there is a
+seate over head for y<sup>e</sup> Bishop to sit in to hear the sermon
+preached in y<sup>e</sup> body of y<sup>e</sup> Church, and therefore the organ
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_198'>198</span>is in the Quire on one side w<sup>ch</sup> used to be at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance.
+There was a tomb stone in y<sup>e</sup> middle w<sup>th</sup> a statue of Duke
+Roberts, second son to William the Conquerours son, w<sup>th</sup>
+his Legs across as is the manner of all those that went to
+the holy warre; this is painted and resembles marble tho’ it
+is but wood and soe Light as by one ffinger you may move
+it up, there is an jron Grate over it. At y<sup>e</sup> alter the painting
+is soe ffine that y<sup>e</sup> tapistry and pillars and ffigure of Moses
+and Aaron soe much to the Life you would at Least think
+it Carv’d. There are 12 Chappells all stone finely Carv’d
+on y<sup>e</sup> walls and rooffs, the windows are pretty Large and
+high w<sup>th</sup> very good painting, there is a Large window just
+over y<sup>e</sup> Alter but between it and y<sup>e</sup> alter is a hollow walled
+in on each side w<sup>ch</sup> is a Whispering place; speake never so
+Low just in the Wall at one End the person at y<sup>e</sup> other End
+shall heare it plaine tho’ those w<sup>ch</sup> stand by you shall not
+heare you speake—its y<sup>e</sup> Wall Carrys y<sup>e</sup> voyce. This seems
+not quite soe wonderfull as I have heard, for y<sup>e</sup> Large roome
+in Mountague house soe remarkable for fine painting I have
+been in it, and when y<sup>e</sup> Doores are shutt its so well suited
+in y<sup>e</sup> Walls you Cannot tell where to find the Doore
+if a stranger, and its a Large roome Every way. I saw a
+Lady stand at one Corner and turn herself to the wall and
+whisper’d, y<sup>e</sup> voice Came very Cleer and plaine to y<sup>e</sup>
+Company that stood at y<sup>e</sup> Crosse Corner y<sup>e</sup> roome soe y<sup>t</sup> it
+Could not be Carry’d by y<sup>e</sup> side wall, it must be the arch
+overhead w<sup>ch</sup> was a great height.—But to return to y<sup>e</sup>
+Church, the tower was 203 stepps, the Large bell I stood
+upright in but it was not so bigg as y<sup>e</sup> great Tom of
+Lincoln, this bell at Glocester is raised by ten and rung by
+6 men. On the tower Leads you have a prospect of y<sup>e</sup>
+whole town, gardens and buildings and grounds beyond
+and y<sup>e</sup> river Severn in its twistings and windings. Here are
+y<sup>e</sup> fine Lamprys taken in great quantetys in their season, of
+w<sup>ch</sup> they make pyes and potts and Convey them to London
+or Else where, such a present being fitt for a king; this and
+y<sup>e</sup> Charr fish are Equally rare and valuable. Here are very
+good Cloysters finely adorn’d with ffretwork, here is the
+Colledge and Library but not stored w<sup>th</sup> many books.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_199'>199</span>I think this was all the remarkable in Glocester. From thence
+I went in Company all this while w<sup>th</sup> my Cos’n Ffilmer and
+family. We Came to Nymphsffield after having ascended
+a very steep narrow and stony hill, 10 mile to Nympsfield
+all bad way, but the 20 mile afterwards made up for its
+badness, for these were Exceeding good wayes. 2 mile to
+Cold harbour thence 15 Landsdon—Long, but bowling green
+way. Here I passed by Babington, the Duke of Beaufforts
+house stands in a Parke on an advanc’d Ground w<sup>th</sup> rows of
+trees on all sides w<sup>ch</sup> runns a good Length, and you may
+stand on y<sup>e</sup> Leads and Look 12 wayes down to y<sup>e</sup> parishes
+and Grounds beyond all thro Glides or visto of trees. The
+Gardens are very fine and water works. On Landsdon hill
+Summersetshire begins w<sup>ch</sup> is a very pleasant hill for to
+Ride on for aire and prospect; I went 3 mile over it w<sup>ch</sup>
+Leads to y<sup>e</sup> Bath down a vast steep descent of a stony
+narrow way as is all y<sup>e</sup> wayes down into y<sup>e</sup> town. The
+Bath is a pretty place full of good houses all for y<sup>e</sup> accomodation
+of the Company that resort thither to Drink or Bathe
+in the summer. The streetes are faire and well pitch’d, they
+Carry most things on sledges, and y<sup>e</sup> Company all y<sup>e</sup>
+morning y<sup>e</sup> Chaires of Bayes to Carry them to the Bath—soe
+they have the Chaire or Sedan to Carry them in visits.
+There is a very fine hall w<sup>ch</sup> is set on stone pillars w<sup>ch</sup> they
+use for y<sup>e</sup> balls and dancing. This is the only new thing
+since I was at y<sup>e</sup> Bath before, Except the fine adornements
+on y<sup>e</sup> Cross in the Cross bath, fine Carving of stone w<sup>th</sup> the
+English arms and Saints and Cupids, according to the
+phaneze and Religion of King James the Seconds Queen
+Mary of Modina, as part of her thanks and acknowledgments
+to y<sup>e</sup> saints or Virgin Mary for the Welsh Prince she
+Imposed on us. From the Bath I went westward to Bristol
+over Landsdown 10 mile, and passed thro’ Kingswood and
+was met w<sup>th</sup> a great many horses passing and returning
+Loaden w<sup>th</sup> Coales Dug just thereabout; they give 12 pence
+a horse Load w<sup>ch</sup> Carrys two Bushells, it makes very good
+ffires, this is y<sup>e</sup> Cakeing Coale. Bristol Lyes Low in a
+bottom the Greatest part of the town, tho’ one End of it
+you have a pretty rise of ground.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_200'>200</span> There are 19 Parish Churches beside the Cathedrall, w<sup>ch</sup>
+has nothing fine or Curious in it. The Buildings of y<sup>e</sup> town
+are pretty high, most of timber work, the streetes are narrow
+and something Darkish because the roomes on y<sup>e</sup> upper
+storys are more jutting out, soe Contracts y<sup>e</sup> streete and the
+Light. The Suburbs are better buildings and more spacious
+streetes. There are at one place as you Enter the town 2
+almshouses, 6 men and 6 women a piece at Each. There is
+alsoe at another part of y<sup>e</sup> town a Noble almshouse more
+Like a Gentlemans house, y<sup>t</sup> is all of stone work, a handsome
+Court w<sup>th</sup> gates and Pallisadoes before four grass plotts
+divided by paved walks and a walk round y<sup>e</sup> same. The
+one side is for y<sup>e</sup> women the other for y<sup>e</sup> men, the middle
+building is 2 Kitchins for Either and a middle roome in
+Common for washing and brewing, over all is a Chappell.
+They have Gardens behind it w<sup>th</sup> all things Convenient.
+They have their Coales and 3 shillings p<sup>r</sup> weeke allowed
+to Each to maintain them, this is for decayed tradesmen
+and wives that have Lived well; its set up and allowed to
+by M<sup>r</sup> Coleson a merch<sup>t</sup> in London. This town is a very
+great tradeing Citty as most In England, and is Esteemed
+the Largest next London. The river Aven y<sup>t</sup> is flowed up
+by the sea into y<sup>e</sup> Severn and soe up the Aven to the town,
+Beares shipps and Barges up to the Key, where I saw y<sup>e</sup>
+harbour was full of shipps carrying Coales and all sorts of
+Commodityes to other parts. The bridge is built over w<sup>th</sup>
+houses just as London bridge is, but its not so bigg or
+Long—there are 4 arches here. They have Little boates
+w<sup>ch</sup> are Call’d Wherryes such as we use on the Thames, soe
+they use them here to Convey persons from place to place,
+and in many places there are signes to many houses that
+are not Publick houses just as it is in London, the streetes
+are well pitch’d, and preserved by their useing sleds to
+Carry all things about. There is a very faire market place
+and an Exchange set on stone Pillars. In another place
+there is a very high and magnificent Cross built all of y<sup>e</sup>
+stone or sort of Marble of y<sup>e</sup> Country, its in the manner of
+Coventry Cross a Piramedy fform running up of a great
+height, w<sup>th</sup> severall divisions in nitches where is King Johns
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_201'>201</span>Effigy and severall other, adorned w<sup>th</sup> armes and figures of
+Beasts and birds and flowers. Great part of it Gilt and
+painted and soe terminates in a spire on y<sup>e</sup> top, the Lower
+part is white Like Marble. Just by the water side is a
+Long rope yard w<sup>ch</sup> is Encompass’d w<sup>th</sup> trees on Either
+side w<sup>ch</sup> are Lofty and shady, therefore its made Choice of
+for y<sup>e</sup> Company of y<sup>e</sup> town to take y<sup>e</sup> Diversion of walking
+in the Evening. This Compasses round a Large space of
+ground w<sup>ch</sup> is Called y<sup>e</sup> marsh—a green ground. There
+was noe remaines of the Castle. There are 12 gates to y<sup>e</sup>
+Citty, there is a very Large Conduit by y<sup>e</sup> Key finely
+Carv’d, all stone, this Conveys the water about y<sup>e</sup> town but
+all y<sup>e</sup> water has a Brackish taste. There is one Church w<sup>ch</sup>
+is an Entire worke all of stone, noe timbers but ye Rafters
+and beames belonging to y<sup>e</sup> Roofe and y<sup>e</sup> seates they sit in.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Leads are very high and Large and very neate kept,
+the tower 15 stepps upon w<sup>ch</sup> the whole Citty is discover’d,
+w<sup>ch</sup> by reason of the good gardens and grounds within its
+walls is a very Large tract of ground in y<sup>e</sup> whole. There
+you see the Colledge green in w<sup>ch</sup> stands the Cathedrall and
+y<sup>e</sup> Doctors houses, w<sup>ch</sup> are not very fine, built of stone.
+There are some few monuments in this Church w<sup>th</sup> good
+Carvings of stone round y<sup>e</sup> tombs and some Effigies, there
+are 8 bells in this Church, there is 2 men goes to y<sup>e</sup> ringing
+y<sup>e</sup> biggest bell. From thence I went 2 miles to y<sup>e</sup> hott
+spring of water w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes Exceeding Cleer and is as
+warm as new milk and much of that sweetness. This
+is just by S<sup>t</sup> Vincents Rocks y<sup>t</sup> are Great Clifts w<sup>ch</sup>
+seeme as bounds to y<sup>e</sup> river Aven, this Channell was hewn
+out of those Rocks. They Digg y<sup>e</sup> Bristol Diamonds w<sup>ch</sup>
+Look very Bright and sparkling and in their native Rudeness
+have a great Lustre and are pointed and Like y<sup>e</sup>
+Diamond Cutting; I had a piece just as it Came out of y<sup>e</sup>
+Rock w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Rock on y<sup>e</sup> back side and it appeared to me as
+a Cluster of Diamonds polish’d and jrregularly Cut. Some
+of these are hard and will Endure the Cutting and
+pollishing by art and soe they make rings and Earings of
+them, the harder the stone is more valuable, w<sup>ch</sup> differences
+y<sup>e</sup> true Diamond that will bear the fire or y<sup>e</sup> greatest force,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_202'>202</span>and Cannot be divided nor Cut but by some of itself,
+diamond dust being y<sup>e</sup> only way they Can Cut diamonds
+that itself is Capable of Impressing Carracters on Glass.
+Here I fferry’d over the Avon that Comes up to y<sup>e</sup> town w<sup>th</sup>
+a Great tyde in two parts; about 6 mile off it joyns y<sup>e</sup>
+Severn w<sup>ch</sup> now begins to swell into a vast river of 7 mile
+over before it Enters the sea. Then I went to Aston a
+mile from y<sup>e</sup> water side thro’ a fine park, an old Large
+house, and thence I passed over Large downs and saw 2
+other good houses built of stone, w<sup>th</sup> towers on y<sup>e</sup> top, and
+severall Rows of trees Leading to them which made them
+appear very fine. Soe to Oakey Hole w<sup>ch</sup> from y<sup>e</sup> water
+side where I ferry’d is Esteemed but 15 long mile, its y<sup>e</sup>
+same Distance from Bristole but I would not goe back to
+y<sup>e</sup> town, but twere better I had, for I made it at Least 17
+mile that way. Oakey Hole is a Large Cavity under
+ground Like Poole Hole in Darbyshire, only this seemes to
+be a great hill above it. Its full of great Rocks and stones
+Lying in it just as if they were hewen out of a quarry and
+Laid down all in y<sup>e</sup> ground, y<sup>e</sup> wall and Roofe is all a
+Rocky stone, there is a Lofty space they Call the hall and
+another y<sup>e</sup> parlour, and another the Kitchen, the Entrance
+of Each one out of another is w<sup>th</sup> greate stooping under
+Rocks y<sup>t</sup> hang down almost to touch y<sup>e</sup> ground, beyond
+this is a Cistern allwayes full of water, it Looks Cleer to
+the bottom w<sup>ch</sup> is all full of stones as is the sides, just Like
+Candy or Like the Branches they put in the boyling of
+Copperace for y<sup>e</sup> Copperice to Crust about it, in the same
+manner so y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> water Congeales here into stone and does
+as it were bud or grow out one stone out of another.
+Where Ever this water drops it does not weare y<sup>e</sup> Rock in
+hollow as some other such subterranian Caves does but it
+hardens and does Encrease y<sup>e</sup> stone and that in a Roundness
+as if it Candy’d as it fell, w<sup>ch</sup> I am of opinion it does;
+so it makes y<sup>e</sup> Rocks grow and meete Each other in some
+places.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>They ffancy many Resemblances in the Rocks, as in one
+place an organ and in another 2 little Babys and in another
+part a head w<sup>ch</sup> they Call the porters head and another a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_203'>203</span>shape like a dog. They phancy one of y<sup>e</sup> Rocks resembles
+a woman w<sup>th</sup> a great belly w<sup>ch</sup> the Country people Call the
+witch w<sup>ch</sup> made this Cavity under ground for her Enchantments.
+The rocks are Glistering and shine Like diamonds
+and some you Climbe over where one meetes w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup>
+Congealed Drops of water just Like jceicles hanging down.
+Some of the stone is white Like alabaster and Glisters Like
+mettle. You walke for y<sup>e</sup> most part in y<sup>e</sup> Large spaces
+Called y<sup>e</sup> Roomes on a sandy floore, the Roofe so Lofty
+one Can scarce discern the top and Carry’s a Great Eccho,
+soe that takeing up a great stone as much as a man Can
+heave up to his head and letting it fall gives a report Like
+a Cannon w<sup>ch</sup> they frequently trye and Call y<sup>e</sup> Shooteing
+y<sup>e</sup> Cannons. At y<sup>e</sup> farther End you Come to a water
+Call’d y<sup>e</sup> well, its of a greate depth and Compass tho’ by
+the Light of y<sup>e</sup> Candles you may discern the Rock Encompassing
+it as a wall round. These hollows are generally
+very Cold and damp by reason of y<sup>e</sup> waters distilling
+Continually w<sup>ch</sup> is very Cold, as jce almost when I put my
+hand into y<sup>e</sup> Cistern. These Roads are full of hills, and
+those some of them high Ridge of hills w<sup>ch</sup> does discover a
+vast prospect all wayes, behind me I saw a Great valley
+full of jnclosures and Lessar hills by which you ascend
+these heights, w<sup>ch</sup> are all very fruitfull and woody. Alsoe I
+Could see the Severn when Encreased to its breadth of 7
+mile over, and there it Disembogues into ye sea; then it
+gave me a prospect forward of as Large a vale replenish’d
+w<sup>th</sup> fruitefull hills and trees and good Ground, thence I
+Could discern Glassenbury tower; this was Maiden Hill
+just beyond ye Little town of same name and soe by
+degrees descending from a higher to a Lower hill w<sup>ch</sup> had
+its ascents as well as its descents w<sup>ch</sup> makes y<sup>e</sup> miles seem
+and are Indeed Long tracts of ground.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Ocley Hole I went to Wells w<sup>ch</sup> was on an Even
+ground one mile farther, this Wells is what must be
+Reckoned halfe a Citty this and y<sup>e</sup> Bath makeing up but
+one Bishops See. Here are two Churches w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall.
+Y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall has y<sup>e</sup> greatest Curiosity for Carv’d work in
+stone, the West front is full of all sorts of ffigures, y<sup>e</sup> 12
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_204'>204</span>apostles, y<sup>e</sup> K and Q w<sup>th</sup> angells and figures of all forms,
+as thick one to another as Can be, and soe almost all
+round y<sup>e</sup> Church.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The assizes was in the town w<sup>ch</sup> filled it Like a faire, and
+Little stands for selling things was in all the streetes.
+There I saw y<sup>e</sup> town hall. The streetes are well pitch’d,
+and a Large market place and shambles. The Bishops
+pallace is in a park moated round, nothing worth notice in
+it. S<sup>t</sup> Andrews well w<sup>ch</sup> gives name to the town Bubbles
+up so quick a spring and becomes the head of two Little
+rivers w<sup>ch</sup> Encreases a Little way off into good rivers.
+Thence I went to Glasenbury 4 miles, a pretty Levell way
+till just you Come to the town, then I ascended a stony
+hill and went just by the tower w<sup>ch</sup> is on a green Round
+riseing ground. There is only a Little tower remaines
+Like a Beacon, it had Bells formerly in it and some superstition
+observ’d there, but now its broken down on one side.
+From this I descended a very steep stony way into the
+town; Glasenbury tho’ in ancient tymes was a Renowned
+place where was founded the first monastery, its now a
+Ragged poor place and the abbey has only the Kitchen
+remaining in it w<sup>ch</sup> is a distinct Building, round like a
+pigeon house all stone. The walls of y<sup>e</sup> abbey here and
+there appeares and some Little places and y<sup>e</sup> Cellar or
+vault w<sup>ch</sup> if they Cast a stone into the place it gives a great
+Echo, and y<sup>e</sup> Country people says its y<sup>e</sup> Devil set there on
+a tun of money w<sup>ch</sup> makes y<sup>e</sup> noise Least they should take
+it away from him. There is the holly thorn growing on a
+Chimney, this the superstitious Covet much and have gott
+some of it for their gardens and soe have almost quite
+spoiled it, w<sup>ch</sup> did grow quite round a Chimney tunnell
+in the stone. Here is a very pretty Church a good tower
+well Carv’d all stone 160 stepps up. Walking in the tower
+I Could have a prospect of the whole place w<sup>ch</sup> appeared
+very Ragged and decayed. The Church is neate, there is
+the Effigee of the abbot on a tombstone Carved all about
+w<sup>th</sup> Eschuteons of a Camell, and round it an jnscription
+or motto in old Latin and an old Caracter. It was a
+phancy of his Stewards who was a very faithfull Dilligent
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_205'>205</span>servant, and as he made use of those Creatures in his
+masters service y<sup>t</sup> were strong and Industrious so y<sup>e</sup> motto
+described his services under that resemblance. The Effigee
+was very Curious and w<sup>th</sup> rings on the fingers, but in Monmouths
+tyme the soldiers defaced it much.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence to Taunton 16 miles through many small
+places and scattering houses, through Lanes full of stones
+and by the Great raines just before full of wet and Dirt. I
+passed over a Large Common or bottom of Deep black
+Land which is bad for the Rider but good for the abider as
+the proverb is; this was 2 or 3 mile long and pass’d and
+repass’d a river as it twin’d about at Least ten tymes over
+stone bridges. This river Comes from Bridge water 7 mile,
+the tyde Comes up beyond Bridge water, Even within 3
+mile of Taunton its flowed by the tyde w<sup>ch</sup> brings up the
+Barges w<sup>th</sup> Coale to this place, after having pass’d a Large
+Common w<sup>ch</sup> on Either hand Leads a great waye, good rich
+Land w<sup>th</sup> ditches and willow trees all for feeding Cattle, and
+here at this Little place where the boates unlade the Coale
+y<sup>e</sup> packhorses Comes and takes it in sacks and so Carryes
+it to y<sup>e</sup> places all about. This is y<sup>e</sup> sea Coale brought from
+Bristole, the horses Carry 2 Bushell at a tyme w<sup>ch</sup> at the
+place Cost 18<sup>d</sup> and when its brought to Taunton Cost 2
+shillings. The roads were full of these Carryers going and
+returning.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Taunton is a Large town haveing houses of all sorts of
+buildings both brick and stone, but mostly timber and
+plaister, its a very neate place and Looks substantial as a
+place of good trade. You meete all sorts of Country
+women wrapp’d up in the mantles Called West Country
+rockets, a Large mantle doubled together of a sort of serge,
+some are Linsywolsey and a deep fringe or ffag at the
+Lower End, these hang down some to their feete some only
+just below y<sup>e</sup> wast, in the summer they are all in white
+garments of this sort, in the winter they are in Red ones. I
+Call them garments because they never go out w<sup>th</sup> out them
+and this is the universal ffashion in Sommerset and Devonshire
+and Cornwall. Here is a good Market Cross well
+Carv’d and a Large Market house on Pillars for the Corn.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_206'>206</span>I was in the Largest Church, it was mending, it was pretty
+Large, the alter stood table wayes in the middle of the
+Chancell, there was one good stone Statue stood in the wall,
+the Effigee was very tall in a Ruff and Long Black dress
+Like some Religious w<sup>th</sup> his Gloves and book in his hand.
+There were severall Little monuments with Inscriptions
+Round them, they have Encompass’d the Church yard
+with a new Brick wall and handsom Iron gates, there
+is a Large space Called the Castle yard and some remaines
+of the Castle walls and Buildings w<sup>ch</sup> is fitted up for
+a good dwelling house. From thence I went to Wellington,
+they Call it but 5 mile but its a Long 7 tho’
+the way was pretty good; this is a Little Market town.
+Thence to Culimton 13 mile more, but Indeed these were
+very long Miles, y<sup>e</sup> hostler at Tanton did say tho’ they were
+reckon’d but 16 miles it really was a good 20 miles and I
+am much of that mind. I mostly pass’d through Lanes, I
+entred Into Devonshire 5 mile off from Wellington, just on
+a high ridge of hills w<sup>ch</sup> discovers a vast prospect on Each
+side full of Inclosures and Lesser hills w<sup>ch</sup> is the Description
+of most part of the West. You Could see Large tracts of
+grounds full of Enclosures good Grass and Corn beset with
+quicksetts and hedge rows, and these Lesser hills w<sup>ch</sup> are
+scarce perceivable on y<sup>e</sup> Ridge of the uppermost, yet the
+Least of them have a steep ascent and descent to pass them.
+Culimton is a good Little market town, and market Cross
+and another set on stone pillars, such a one was at Wellington
+but on Brick work pillars. Here was a Large meeteing
+of neer 4 or 500 people, they have a very good minister but
+a young man, I was glad to see soe many tho’ they were
+but of the meaner sort, for Indeed its the poor Receive the
+Gospell and there are in most of the market towns in the
+West very good meeteings. This Little place was one
+Continued Long streete but few houses y<sup>t</sup> struck out of the
+streete. From thence 10 mile to Exetter, up hills and
+down as before, till one attaines those uppermost Ridges of
+all w<sup>ch</sup> discovers the whole valley, then you sometymes goe
+a mile or two on a Down till the Brow of the hill begins in
+a Descent on the other side. This Citty appears to view 2
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_207'>207</span>mile distant from one of those heights, and also the River
+Ex w<sup>ch</sup> runs to Topshum where y<sup>e</sup> shipps Comes up to the
+Barre; this is 7 mile by water from w<sup>ch</sup> they are attempting
+to make navigeable to the town, which will be of Mighty
+advantage to have shipps Come up Close to the town to
+take in their Serges w<sup>ch</sup> now they are forced to send to
+Topshum on horses by Land, w<sup>ch</sup> is about 4 mile by Land.
+They had just agreed w<sup>th</sup> a man that was to accomplish
+this work for w<sup>ch</sup> they were to give 5 or 6000<sup>£</sup>, who had made
+a beginning on it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Exeter is a town very well built, the streets are well
+pitch’d, spacious noble streetes, and a vast trade is Carryed
+on, as Norwitch is for Coapes Callamanco and damaske, soe
+this is for serges. There is an Increadible quantety of them
+made and sold in the town. There market day is Fryday
+which supplys with all things Like a faire almost; the
+markets for meate, fowle, ffish, garden things and the Dairy
+produce takes up 3 whole streetes besides the Large Market
+house set on stone pillars, w<sup>ch</sup> runs a great Length on w<sup>ch</sup>
+they Lay their packs of serges. Just by it is another walke
+w<sup>th</sup> in pillars w<sup>ch</sup> is for the yarne, the whole town and
+Country is Employ’d for at Least 20 mile round in spinning,
+weaveing, dressing and scouring, fulling and Drying of the
+serges. It turns the most money in a weeke of any thing in
+England. One weeke with another there is 10000 pound
+paid in ready money, Sometymes 15000 pound. The
+weavers brings in their serges and must have their money
+w<sup>ch</sup> they Employ to provide them yarne to goe to work
+againe. There is alsoe a square Court with Penthouses
+round where the Malters are w<sup>th</sup> Mault and oat meal, but
+the serge is the Chief manufacture. There is a prodigious
+quantety of their serges they never bring into the market
+but are in hired roomes w<sup>ch</sup> are noted for it, for it would be
+impossible to have it altogether. The Carryers I met going
+w<sup>th</sup> it, as thick, all Entring into town w<sup>th</sup> their Loaded
+horses, they bring them all just from the Loome and soe
+they are put into the ffulling-mills, but first they will Clean
+and Scour their roomes with them, w<sup>ch</sup> by the way gives noe
+pleasing perfume to a roome, the oyle and grease, and I
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_208'>208</span>should think it would Rather foull a roome than Cleanse it
+because of the oyles, but I perceive its otherwise Esteemed
+by them w<sup>ch</sup> will send to their acquaintances y<sup>t</sup> are tuckers
+the dayes the serges Comes in for a Rowle to Clean their
+house—this I was an Eye witness of. Then they Lay them
+in soack in vrine, then they soape them and soe put them
+into the ffulling-mills and soe worke them in the mills drye
+till they are thick enough then they turne water into them
+and so scower them. Y<sup>e</sup> mill does draw out and gather in
+y<sup>e</sup> serges, its a pretty divertion to see it, a sort of huge
+notch’d timbers Like great teethe;—one would thinke it
+should Injure the serges but it does not. Y<sup>e</sup> mills draws in
+w<sup>th</sup> such a great violence that if one stands neere it and it
+Catch a bitt of your Garments it would be ready to draw in
+y<sup>e</sup> person even in a trice. When they are thus scour’d they
+drye them in racks strained out w<sup>ch</sup> are as thick set one by
+another as will permitt y<sup>e</sup> dresses to pass between, and huge
+Large fields occupy’d this way almost all round the town
+w<sup>ch</sup> is to the river side; then when drye they pick out all
+knots then fold them w<sup>th</sup> a paper between Every fold and
+so sett them on an jron plaite and screw down y<sup>e</sup> press on
+them w<sup>ch</sup> has another jron plaite on the top under w<sup>ch</sup> is a
+furnace of fire of Coales, this is the hott press; then they fold
+them Exceeding Exact and then press them in a Cold press,
+some they dye but the most are sent up for London white.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I saw the severall ffatts they were a Dying in of black,
+yellow, blew and Green w<sup>ch</sup> two Last Coullours are dipp’d
+in the same fatt, that w<sup>ch</sup> makes it differ is what they were
+dipp’d in before w<sup>ch</sup> makes them Either green or blew;
+they hang the Serges on a great beame or Great pole on the
+top of y<sup>e</sup> fatt and so keep turning it from one to another—as
+one turns it off into the ffatt y<sup>e</sup> other Rowles it out of it,
+soe they do it backwards and forwards till its tinged deep
+Enough of the Coullour. Their ffurnace that keepes their
+dye panns boyling is all under that roome made of Coale
+ffires. There was in a roome by itself a ffatt for the Scarlet
+that being a very Changeable dye noe waste must be
+allow’d in that, Indeed I think they make as fine a Coullour
+as their bowdies are in London.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_209'>209</span> These Rolers I spake of two men does Continually role on
+and off y<sup>e</sup> pieces of serge till Dipp’d Enough, the length of
+these pieces are or should hold out 26 yards. This Citty
+does Exceedingly resemble London for besides these
+buildings I mention’d for y<sup>e</sup> severall Markets, there is an
+Exchange full of shopps Like our Exchanges are, only its
+but one walke along as was the Exchange at Salisbury
+house in the Strand; there is also a very Large space
+Railed in just by the Cathedrall with walks round it w<sup>ch</sup> is
+Called the Exchange for Merchants, that Constantly meete
+twice a day just as they do in London. There are 17
+Churches in the Citty and 4 in the subburbs, there is some
+remaines of the Castle walls, they make use of the roomes
+w<sup>ch</sup> are inside for y<sup>e</sup> assizes, there is the two Barrs besides
+being Large rooms w<sup>th</sup> seates and places Convenient and
+jury roome, here is a Large walke at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance between
+Rowes of Pillars, there is besides this just at y<sup>e</sup> market
+place a Guild hall the Entrance of w<sup>ch</sup> is a Large place set
+on stone Pillars, beyond w<sup>ch</sup> are y<sup>e</sup> roomes for the session
+or any town affaires to be adjusted. Behind this building
+there is a vast Cistern w<sup>ch</sup> holds upwards of 600 hodsheads
+of water which supplyes by pipes the whole Citty; this
+Cistern is replenished from the river w<sup>ch</sup> is on purpose
+turned into a Little Channell by it self to turn the mill, and
+ffills the Engine that Casts y<sup>e</sup> water into the truncks w<sup>ch</sup>
+Conveys it to this Cistern. The water Engine is Like
+those at Islington and at Darby as I have seen, and is
+what now they make use of in Diverse places Either to
+supply them w<sup>th</sup> water or to draine a marsh or overplus of
+water. The river X is a fine streame, they have made
+severall bayes or wires above the Bridge w<sup>ch</sup> Casts y<sup>e</sup> water
+into many Channells for the Conveniencys of turning all
+their mills, by w<sup>ch</sup> meanes they have Composed a Little
+jsland, for at the End it againe returns into its own united
+Channell. Those wires makes great falls into y<sup>e</sup> water, it
+Comes w<sup>th</sup> great violence; here they Catch the Salmon as
+they Leap w<sup>th</sup> speares, the first of these Bayes is a very
+great one, there is one below the bridge w<sup>ch</sup> must be taken
+away when the navigation is Compleate for they will need
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_210'>210</span>all their water together to fill it to a Depth to Carry the
+shipps for just by the Bridge is the Key design’d, or y<sup>t</sup> w<sup>ch</sup>
+now is already they will Enlarge to that place. Just by
+this key is the Custome house, an open space below w<sup>th</sup>
+rows of pillars w<sup>ch</sup> they Lay in goods just as its unladen
+out of the shipps in Case of wet. Just by are Severall
+Little roomes for Land waiters &amp;c, then you ascend up a
+handsome pair of staires into a Large roome full of Desks
+and Little partitions for the writers and accountants, it was
+full of books and files of paper. By it are two other
+Roomes w<sup>ch</sup> are used in the same way when there is a
+great deale of Bussiness. There are severall good Conduites
+to Supply y<sup>e</sup> Citty w<sup>th</sup> water besides that Cistern,
+there is alsoe a very fine market Cross.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Cathedrall at Exetter is preserv’d in its outside
+adornments beyond most I have seen, there remaining
+more of y<sup>e</sup> fine Carv’d worke in stone, the ffigures and
+nitches full and in proportion, tho’ Indeed I Cannot say it
+has that great Curiosity of work and variety as the great
+Church at Wells. Its a Lofty building in y<sup>e</sup> Inside, the
+Largest pair of organs<a id='r1' /><a href='#f1' class='c028'><sup>[1]</sup></a> I have Ever seen w<sup>th</sup> fine Carving
+of wood w<sup>ch</sup> runs up a Great height, and made a magnificent
+appearance. The Quire is very neate, but y<sup>e</sup> Bishops seate
+or throne was Exceeding and very high and y<sup>e</sup> Carving very
+fine and took up a Great Compass full of all variety of
+ffigures, something Like the worke over y<sup>e</sup> arch Bishops
+throne in S<sup>t</sup> Pauls, London, but this was Larger if not so
+Curious. There was severall good monuments and Effigies
+of Bishops; there was one of a judge and his Lady that
+was very Curious, their Garments Embroyder’d all marble
+and Gilt and painted. There was a very Large good
+Library in w<sup>ch</sup> was a press that had an anatomy of a
+woman. Y<sup>e</sup> tower is 167 steps up on which I had a view of
+y<sup>e</sup> whole town w<sup>ch</sup> is Generally well built. I saw y<sup>e</sup> Bishops
+pallace and Garden, there is a long walke as well as broad,
+Enclosed w<sup>th</sup> rows of Lofty trees which made it shady and
+very pleasant, w<sup>ch</sup> went along by the Ditch and banck on w<sup>ch</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_211'>211</span>the town wall stands. There are 5 gates to y<sup>e</sup> town, there
+is alsoe another Long walke within shady trees on y<sup>e</sup> other
+side of the town, w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to the Grounds where the drying
+frames are set up for the serges.</p>
+
+<div class='fn'>
+
+<div class='footnote' id='f1'>
+<p class='c020'><span class='label'><a href='#r1'>1</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>The great pipe 15 inches diameter is two more y<sup>n</sup> the celebrated one at
+Coln.</p>
+</div>
+
+</div>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom thence I pass’d the Bridge aCross the River Ex
+to Chedly w<sup>ch</sup> was 9 mile, mostly Lanes and a Continual
+going up hill and down, some of them pretty steep hills and
+all these Lesser hills as I have observ’d rises higher and
+higher till it advances you upon the high Ridge w<sup>ch</sup>
+discovers to view the Great valleys below full of those
+Lesser hills and jnclosures w<sup>th</sup> quicksett hedges and trees
+and Rich Land, but the Roads are not to be seen being all
+along in Lanes Cover’d over with y<sup>e</sup> shelter of the hedges
+and trees. Then when I was on y<sup>e</sup> top hill I went 3 or 4
+miles on an open down w<sup>ch</sup> brought me to the Edge of
+another such a Ridge, w<sup>ch</sup> was by some steps to be
+descended as it was gained by y<sup>e</sup> Lesser hills one below
+another till I Came to y<sup>e</sup> bottom, and then I had about 2 or
+3 mile along on a plaine or Common w<sup>ch</sup> for the most part
+are a Little moorish by reason of their receiving the water
+that draines from the severall Great hills on Either side,
+and so then I am to rise up another such a Range of hills,
+and as neer as I Could Compute in my Rideing it was 6 or
+7 miles between one high Ridge of hills to that over against
+it, whereas were there a Bridge over from one top to the
+other it Could not be 2 mile distant; but this does give
+them y<sup>e</sup> advantage of severall acres of Land by reason of
+the many hills w<sup>ch</sup> if drawn out on plaines as in some other
+parts would appear much vaster tracts of Land. On these
+hills as I said one Can discern Little besides inclosures
+hedges and trees, rarely Can see houses unless you are just
+descending to them, they allwayes are placed in holes as it
+were and you have a precipice to go down to Come at
+them. Y<sup>e</sup> Lanes are full of stones and dirt for y<sup>e</sup> most part
+because they are so Close the sun and wind Cannot Come
+at them, soe that in many places you travell on Causeys
+w<sup>ch</sup> are uneven also for want of a Continued repaire.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Chedly to Ashburton is 11 mile more, in all 20
+mile from Exeter, the Roads being much the same as
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_212'>212</span>before. This Ashburton is a poor Little town—bad was
+the best Inn. Its a market town and here are a Great
+many descenters and those of the most Considerable
+persons in the town; there was a presbiterian, an anabaptist,
+and quakers meeteing. Thence I went for
+Plymouth 24 long miles, and here the Roades Contract and
+y<sup>e</sup> Lanes are exceeding narrow and so Cover’d up you Can
+see Little about; an army Might be marching undiscover’d
+by any body, for when you are on those heights that shews
+a vast Country about you Cannot see one Road. The
+wayes now become so difficult y<sup>t</sup> one Could scarcely pass
+by Each other, Even y<sup>e</sup> single horses, and so Dirty in many
+places, and just a track for one horses feete, and the Banks
+on Either side so neer, and were they not well secured and
+mended w<sup>th</sup> stones stuck Close Like a Drye wall Everywhere
+when they discover the Bancks to Breake and molder
+down, which Else would be in Danger of swallowing up the
+way quite; for on these bancks (w<sup>ch</sup> are some of them
+naturall Rocks and quarrys, others mended w<sup>th</sup> such stone
+or slate stuck Edgewayes to secure them) for the quicksetts
+and trees that grow on these Bancks Loosen the mold and
+so makes it molder downe sometymes. I pass’d through
+severall Little places and over some stone Bridges. Y<sup>e</sup>
+waters are pretty broad soe these are 4 or 5 arches most
+Bridges, all stone. The running of y<sup>e</sup> waters is w<sup>th</sup> a huge
+Rushing by reason of y<sup>e</sup> stones w<sup>ch</sup> Lye in the water, some
+of them Great rocks w<sup>ch</sup> gives some Interruption to y<sup>e</sup>
+Current w<sup>ch</sup> finding another way Either by its sides or
+mounting over part of it Causes y<sup>e</sup> frothing of y<sup>e</sup> water and
+y<sup>e</sup> noise—the rivers being full of stones bigger or Less.
+About 4 or 5 mile from ashburton I Came to a Little place
+Called Dean and at y<sup>e</sup> End of it ascended a very steep hill,
+all rock almost; and so it was Like so many steps up, this
+is Called Dean Clapperhill, it was an untoward place but
+not soe fformidable to me as the people of y<sup>e</sup> place where I
+Lay described it, haveing gone much worse hills in the North.
+All along on the road where the Lanes are a Little broader
+you ride by rowes of trees on Each side, set and kept
+Exactly Even and Cut, y<sup>e</sup> tops being for shade and beauty
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_213'>213</span>and they in exact forme as if a Grove to some house. At
+first I thought it was neer some houses till the frequency
+and Length proved the Contrary, for there are very few if
+any houses neare the Road, unless the Little villages you
+passe through. This Country being almost full of stone
+the streetes and roades too have a naturall sort of paveing
+or Pitching tho’ uneven. All their Carriages are here on y<sup>e</sup>
+Backs of horses, w<sup>th</sup> sort of hookes Like yoakes stands upon
+Each side of a good height, w<sup>ch</sup> are the Receptacles of
+their goods Either wood, ffurse or Lime or Coale or Corn
+or hay or straw or what Else they Convey from place to
+place, and I Cannot see how two such horses Can pass Each
+other or Indeed in some places how any horse Can pass by
+Each other, and yet these are the roads y<sup>t</sup> are all here
+abouts. Some Little Corners may jutt out that one may a
+Little get out of y<sup>e</sup> way of Each other, but this but seldom.
+Two mile from Plymouth we Come to y<sup>e</sup> river Plym just
+by a Little town all built of stone and y<sup>e</sup> tyleing is all flatt
+w<sup>ch</sup> with y<sup>e</sup> Lime its Cemented, w<sup>ch</sup> makes it Look white
+Like snow, and in the sun shineing on the slatt it Glisters.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here I Came in sight on y<sup>e</sup> Right hand of a very Large
+house built all with this sort of stone w<sup>ch</sup> is a sort of
+marble. Even all quaryes are, and some ffine marble.
+This house Look’d very finely in a thicket of trees Like
+a Grove and was on the side of a hill and Led just down to
+the head of y<sup>e</sup> river Plym w<sup>ch</sup> is fill’d with y<sup>e</sup> tyde from the
+sea, and here I Cross’d it on a stone bridge. Soe I Rode 2
+miles mostly by the river w<sup>ch</sup> encreases and is a fine broad
+streame and at y<sup>e</sup> town w<sup>ch</sup> is its mouth it falls into the sea.
+The sea here runs into severall Creekes, one place it runs
+up to y<sup>e</sup> Dock and Milbrook, another arm of y<sup>e</sup> sea goes up
+to Saltash and Port Eliot.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Plymouth is 2 Parishes Called y<sup>e</sup> old town and y<sup>e</sup> new,
+the houses all built of this marble and y<sup>e</sup> Slatt at the top
+Lookes Like Lead and glisters in the sun. There are noe
+great houses in the town, the streetes are good and Clean,
+there is a great many tho’ some are but narrow, they are
+mostly inhabitted w<sup>th</sup> seamen and those w<sup>ch</sup> have affaires on
+y<sup>e</sup> sea, for here up to the town there is a Depth of water for
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_214'>214</span>shipps of y<sup>e</sup> first Rate to Ride. Its Great sea and Dangerous
+by reason of y<sup>e</sup> severall poynts of Land between w<sup>ch</sup> the sea
+runs up a Great way, and there are severall Little jslands
+alsoe all w<sup>ch</sup> beares the severall tydes hard one against y<sup>e</sup>
+other. There are two keyes, the one is a broad space w<sup>ch</sup>
+Leads you up into the broad streete and is used in manner
+of an exchange for the merchants meeteing, for in this
+streete alsoe is a fine stone Crosse and alsoe a long market
+house set on stone Pillars. There are severall good Cunduits
+to Convey the water to the town w<sup>ch</sup> Conveyance y<sup>e</sup> famous
+S<sup>r</sup> Ffrancis Drake (w<sup>ch</sup> did encompass y<sup>e</sup> world in Queen
+Elizabeths dayes and Landed safe at Plymouth) he gave
+this to y<sup>e</sup> town. There are two Churches in the town but
+nothing fine. I was in y<sup>e</sup> best and saw only King Charles
+the firsts Picture at Length at prayer just as its Cut on the
+frontispiece of the jnenicum. This picture was Drawn and
+given the Church when he was in his troubles, for some
+piece of service shewn him. The alter stands in the Chancell
+or Railed place, but it stands table wise the Length and not
+up against the wall. The ffont was of marble and Indeed
+soe is all buildings here for their stone is all a sort of Marble,
+some Coarser some finer. There are 4 Large meetings for
+the descenters in the town takeing in the Quakers and
+anabaptists.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The mouth of y<sup>e</sup> river just at y<sup>e</sup> town is a very good
+Harbour for Shipps, the Dockyards are about 2 mile from
+the town—by boate you goe to it y<sup>e</sup> nearest way—its
+one of y<sup>e</sup> best in England. A Great many good shipps
+built there, and the Great Depth of water w<sup>ch</sup> Comes
+up to it tho’ it runs for 2 mile between y<sup>e</sup> Land, w<sup>ch</sup>
+also shelters y<sup>e</sup> shipps. There is a great deale of Buildings
+on the Dock, a very good house for the Masters
+and severall Lesser ones, and house for their Cordage
+and makeing Ropes, and all sorts of things required in
+building or Refitting ships, it Lookes Like a Little town.
+The Buildings are so many and all of marble w<sup>th</sup> ffine slate
+on y<sup>e</sup> Rooffs and at a Little Distance it makes all the houses
+shew as if they were Cover’d w<sup>th</sup> snow and Glisters in y<sup>e</sup>
+sunn w<sup>ch</sup> adds to their beauty. Y<sup>e</sup> ffine and only thing in
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_215'>215</span>Plymouth town is the Cittadell or Castle w<sup>ch</sup> stands very
+high above the town, the walls and battlements round it w<sup>th</sup>
+all their Works and Plattforms are in very good repaire and
+Lookes nobly, all marble full of towers w<sup>th</sup> stone Balls
+on the top and Gilt on the top; the Entrance being by an
+ascent up a hill Looks very noble over 2 drawbridges and
+Gates, w<sup>ch</sup> are Marble as is the whole, Well Carv’d, the Gate
+w<sup>th</sup> armory and statues all Gilt and on the top 7 Gold balls.
+Ye buildings within are very neate, a Large appartment for
+the Governour, w<sup>th</sup> others that are Less for y<sup>e</sup> severall
+officers. There is a Long building alsoe w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> arsnell for
+y<sup>e</sup> arms and amunition, and just by it a round building well
+secured w<sup>ch</sup> was for the powder round the works in the Plattform
+for the Gunns w<sup>ch</sup> are well mounted and very well kept.
+Walking round I had the view of all the town and alsoe
+part off y<sup>e</sup> Main Ocean in w<sup>ch</sup> are some jslands. There is
+S<sup>t</sup> Nicholas jsland w<sup>th</sup> a ffort in it, there it was Harry Martin
+one of y<sup>e</sup> Kings judges was banished Dureing Life. There
+you Can just Discover a Light house w<sup>ch</sup> is building on a
+meer Rock in the middle of y<sup>e</sup> sea, this is 7 Leagues off, it
+will be of Great advantage for y<sup>e</sup> Guide of y<sup>e</sup> shipps y<sup>t</sup> pass
+that way. From this you have a Good refflection on y<sup>e</sup>
+Great Care and provision y<sup>e</sup> wise God makes for all persons
+and things in his Creation, that there should be in some
+places where there is any Difficulty rocks Even in the
+midst of y<sup>e</sup> deep w<sup>ch</sup> Can be made use of for a Constant
+Guide and mark for the passengers on their voyages, but
+the Earth is full of y<sup>e</sup> goodness of y<sup>e</sup> Lord and soe is this
+Great sea wherein are jnumerable beings Created and
+preserv’d by y<sup>e</sup> same almighty hand Whose is the Earth
+and all things there in, he is Lord of all. From the plattform
+I Could see y<sup>e</sup> Dock and also just ag<sup>st</sup> it I saw mount
+EdgeComb a seate of S<sup>r</sup> Richard EdgComes, it stands on
+the side of a hill all bedeck’d w<sup>th</sup> woods w<sup>ch</sup> are Divided into
+several Rowes of trees in walks, the house being all of this
+white marble. Its built round a Court so the four sides are
+alike, at y<sup>e</sup> Corners of it are towers w<sup>ch</sup> w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Lanthorne or
+Cupilow in the middle Lookes well, the house is not very
+Lofty nor the windows high but it Looked Like a very
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_216'>216</span>uniforme neate building and pretty Large. There is a
+Long Walke from one part of y<sup>e</sup> front down to y<sup>e</sup> waterside,
+w<sup>ch</sup> is on a descent guarded w<sup>th</sup> shady Rowes of trees, there
+is a fine terrass walled in, at y<sup>e</sup> water side is open gates in y<sup>e</sup>
+middle and a sumer house at Each End, from whence a
+wall is Drawn Round the house and Gardens and a Large
+parck, the wall of which I Rode by a good while; so y<sup>t</sup>
+altogether and its scituation makes it Esteemed by me the
+finest seate I have seen and might be more Rightly named
+mount pleasant. From Plymouth I went 1 mile to Cribly
+Fferry w<sup>ch</sup> is a very hazardous passage by reason of 3 tydes
+meeting. Had I known y<sup>e</sup> Danger before, I should not
+have been very willing to have gone it, not but this is y<sup>e</sup>
+Constant way all people goe, and saved severall miles rideings,
+I was at Least an hour going over, it was about a mile
+but Indeed in some places notwithstanding there was 5 men
+Row’d and I sett my own men to Row alsoe I do believe
+we made not a step of way for almost a quarter of an hour,
+but blessed be God I Came safely over; but those fferry
+boates are soe wet and then the sea and wind is allwayes
+Cold to be upon, that I never faile to Catch Cold in a fferry
+boate as I did this day haveing 2 more fferrys to Cross tho’
+none soe bad or halfe soe Long as this. Thence to Milbrooke
+2 mile and went all along by the water and had the full
+view of ye Dock yards. Here I entred into Cornwall and
+soe passed over many very steep stony hills, tho’ here I had
+some 2 or 3 miles of Exceeding good way on the downs,
+and then I Came to y<sup>e</sup> steep precipices—Great Rocky hills—ever
+and anon I Came down to the sea and Rode by its
+side on the sand, then mounted up againe on y<sup>e</sup> hills w<sup>ch</sup>
+Carryed me along Mostly in sight of y<sup>e</sup> Southsea. Sometymes
+I was in Lanes full of Rowes of trees and then I
+Came down a very steep stony hill to Lonn 13 mile, and
+here I Crossed a Little arme of y<sup>e</sup> sea on a Bridge of 14
+arches. This is a pretty bigg seaport, a Great many Little
+houses all of stone, and steep hill much worse and 3 tymes
+as Long as Dean Clapper hill, and soe I continued up and
+down hill. Here Indeed I met w<sup>th</sup> more jnclosed Ground
+and soe had more Lanes and a Deeper Clay Road w<sup>ch</sup> by
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_217'>217</span>the raine y<sup>e</sup> night before had made it very Dirty and full
+of water in many places, in the Road there are many holes
+and sloughs where Ever there is Clay Ground, and when by
+raines they are filled with water its difficult to shun Danger;
+here my horse was quite down in one of these holes full of
+water but by y<sup>e</sup> good hand of God’s providence w<sup>ch</sup> has
+allwayes been w<sup>th</sup> me Even a present help in tyme of need,
+for giving him a good strap he fflounc’d up againe tho’ he
+had gotten quite down his head and all, yet did retrieve his
+ffeete and gott Cleer off y<sup>e</sup> place w<sup>th</sup> me on his Back. Soe
+I Came to Hoile 8 mile more, they are very Long miles y<sup>e</sup>
+ffarther West but you have y<sup>e</sup> pleasure of Rideing as if in a
+Grove in most places, y<sup>e</sup> Regular Rowes of trees on Each
+side y<sup>e</sup> Roade as if it were an Entrance into some gentlemans
+Ground to his house. I fferryed over againe Cross an
+arme of y<sup>e</sup> sea, here it was not broad but Exceeding deep.
+This is y<sup>e</sup> Southsea w<sup>ch</sup> runs into many Little Creekes
+for severall miles into y<sup>e</sup> Land w<sup>ch</sup> is all y<sup>e</sup> rivers they have.
+I observed this to be exceeding salt and as green as ever I
+saw y<sup>e</sup> sea when I have been a League or two out from y<sup>e</sup>
+Land, w<sup>ch</sup> shews it must be very deep and Great tides.
+This Hoile is a narrow stony town, y<sup>e</sup> streetes very Close,
+and as I descended a Great steep into y<sup>e</sup> town, soe I
+ascended one up a stony Long hill farre worse and full of
+shelves and Rocks and 3 tymes as Long as Dean Clapperhill,
+w<sup>ch</sup> I Name because when I was there they would
+have frighted me with its terribleness as y<sup>e</sup> most inaccessible
+place as Ever was and none Like it, and my opinion
+is y<sup>t</sup> it was but one or two steps, to other places forty steps
+and them w<sup>th</sup> more hazard than this of Dean Clapper.
+Well, to pass on, I went over some Little heath Ground
+but mostly Lanes, and those stony and Dirty, 3 mile and
+halfe to Parr; here I fferry’d over againe, not but when the
+tyde is out you may ford it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went over the heath to S<sup>t</sup> Austins w<sup>ch</sup> is a
+Little market town where I Lay, but their houses are like
+Barnes up to y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> house. Here was a pretty good
+dineing room and Chamber within it and very neate
+Country women. My Landlady brought me one of y<sup>e</sup> west
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_218'>218</span>Country tarts this was y<sup>e</sup> first I met w<sup>th</sup> though. I had
+asked for them in many places in Sommerset and Devonshire;
+its an apple pye w<sup>th</sup> a Custard all on the top, its y<sup>e</sup>
+most acceptable entertainment y<sup>t</sup> Could be made me.
+They scald their Creame and milk in most parts of those
+Countrys and so its a sort of Clouted Creame as we Call it,
+w<sup>th</sup> a Little sugar and soe put on y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup> apple Pye.
+I was much pleased w<sup>th</sup> my supper tho’ not with the
+Custome of the Country w<sup>ch</sup> is a universall smoaking, both
+men women and children have all their pipes of tobacco in
+their mouths and soe sit round the fire smoaking w<sup>ch</sup> was
+not delightfull to me when I went down to talke w<sup>th</sup> my
+Landlady for jnformation of any matter and Customs
+amongst them. I must say they are as Comely sort of
+women as I have seen any where tho’ in ordinary dress—good
+black Eyes and Crafty enough and very neate. Halfe
+a mile from hence they blow their tin w<sup>ch</sup> went to see.
+They take y<sup>e</sup> ore and pound it in a stamping mill w<sup>ch</sup>
+resembles the paper mills, and when its fine as y<sup>e</sup> finest
+sand—some of w<sup>ch</sup> I saw and took—this they fling into a
+ffurnace and w<sup>th</sup> it Coale to make the fire. So it burns
+together and makes a violent heate and fierce flame, the
+mettle by y<sup>e</sup> fire being separated from y<sup>e</sup> Coale and its own
+Drosse, being heavy falls down to a trench made to receive
+it at y<sup>e</sup> furnace hole below. This Liquid mettle I saw them
+shovel up w<sup>th</sup> an jron shovel and soe pour it into molds in
+w<sup>ch</sup> it Cooles and soe they take it thence in sort of wedges
+or piggs I think they Call them, its a fine mettle in its first
+melting—Looks Like silver—I had a piece poured out and
+made Cold for to take w<sup>th</sup> me. Y<sup>e</sup> oare as its just dug
+Lookes Like y<sup>e</sup> thunderstones, a greenish hue full of
+pendust this seemes to Containe its full description, y<sup>e</sup>
+shineing part is white. I went a mile farther on y<sup>e</sup> hills
+and soe Came where they were digging in the tinn mines,
+there was at Least 20 mines all in sight w<sup>ch</sup> employs a
+Great many people at work almost night and day, but
+Constantly all and Every day jncluding the Lords day w<sup>ch</sup>
+they are forced to prevent their mines being overflowed w<sup>th</sup>
+water. More than 1000 men are taken up about them, few
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_219'>219</span>mines but had then almost 20 men and boys attending it
+either down in y<sup>e</sup> mines digging and Carrying y<sup>e</sup> oare to
+the Little Bucket w<sup>ch</sup> Conveys it up, or Else others are
+Draineing the water and Looking to y<sup>e</sup> Engines y<sup>t</sup> are
+draineing it, and those above are attending y<sup>e</sup> drawing up
+the oare in a sort of windlass as is to a Well. Two men
+keeps turning bringing up one and Letting down another,
+they are much Like the Leather Buckets they use in
+London to put out fire, w<sup>ch</sup> hang up in Churches and Great
+mens halls. They have a Great Labour and Great expence
+to draine the mines of the water w<sup>th</sup> mills that horses turn,
+and now they have y<sup>e</sup> mills or water Engines that are
+turned by the water w<sup>ch</sup> is Convey’d on frames of timber
+and truncks to hold y<sup>e</sup> water, w<sup>ch</sup> falls down on y<sup>e</sup> wheeles
+as an over shott mill, and these are y<sup>e</sup> sort that turns y<sup>e</sup>
+water into y<sup>e</sup> severall towns I have seen about London,
+Darby and Exeter and many places more. They do five
+tymes more good than the mills they use to turn w<sup>th</sup> horses,
+but then they are much more Chargeable. Those mines do
+require a great deale of timber to support them and to
+make all those engines and mills, w<sup>ch</sup> makes fewell very
+scarce here; they burn mostly turffs w<sup>ch</sup> is an unpleasant
+smell, it makes one smell as if smoaked Like Bacon.
+This ore as said is made fine powder in a Stamping Mill
+w<sup>ch</sup> is Like y<sup>e</sup> paper mills, only these are pounded drye and
+noe water Let into them as is to y<sup>e</sup> Raggs, to work them
+into a paste. Ye mills are all turned w<sup>th</sup> a Little Streame
+or Channell of water you may step over, jndeed they have
+noe other mills but such in all the Country; I saw not a
+windmill all over Cornwall or Devonshire tho’ they have
+wind and hills Enough, and it may be its too Bleake for
+them. In the tinn mines there is stone Dug out and a sort
+of spar something Like what I have seen in the Lead
+mines at Darbyshire but it seemed more sollid and hard, it
+shines and Lookes Like mother of pearle. They alsoe digg
+out stones as Cleer as Christal w<sup>ch</sup> is Called Cornish
+Diamonds. I saw one as bigg as my two ffists, very Cleer
+and Like some pieces of Chrystal my father brought from
+y<sup>e</sup> Alps In Italy w<sup>ch</sup> I have by me. I got one of those
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_220'>220</span>pieces of their Cornish Diamonds as Long as halfe my
+finger w<sup>ch</sup> had three or four flatt sides w<sup>th</sup> Edges, the top
+was sharpe and so hard as it would Cut a Letter on glass.
+Thence I went to —— 6 miles good way, and passed
+by 100 mines some on which they were at work, others
+that were lost by y<sup>e</sup> waters overwhelming them. I crossed
+y<sup>e</sup> water on a Long stone bridge and so through dirty stony
+Lanes 3 mile and then I Came into a broad Coach Rode
+which I have not seen since I Left Exeter, so I went 3
+mile more to M<sup>r</sup> Boscawens—Trygothy—a Relation of
+mine. His house stands on a high hill in the middle of a
+parke with severall Rows of trees with woods beyond it.
+Y<sup>e</sup> house is built all of white stone like the Rough Coarse
+Marble and Cover’d w<sup>th</sup> slate. They use much Lime in
+their Cement w<sup>ch</sup> makes both walls and Cover Look very
+white. There is a Court walled round w<sup>th</sup> open Iron gates
+and barrs. The Entrance is up a few stone steps into a
+Large high hall and so to a passage that Leads foreright
+up a good stair Case. On y<sup>e</sup> Right side is a Large
+Common parlour for Constant Eating in, from whence goes
+a Little roome for smoaking y<sup>t</sup> has a back way into the
+kitchin, and on the Left hand is a Great parlour and
+drawing roome—wanscoated all very well but plaine. Y<sup>e</sup>
+Great Parlour is Cedar, out of y<sup>t</sup> is the Drawing-roome
+which is hung with pictures of the family, that goes into y<sup>e</sup>
+garden w<sup>ch</sup> has Gravell walks round and across, but y<sup>e</sup>
+squares are full of goosebery and shrub-trees and Looks
+more Like a Kitchen garden as Lady Mary Boscawen told
+me, out of w<sup>ch</sup> is another Garden and orchard which is
+something Like a Grove, Green walks w<sup>th</sup> rows of fruit trees.
+Its Capable of being a fine place w<sup>th</sup> some Charge, the
+roomes above are new modell’d, 3 roomes wanscoated and
+hung as y<sup>e</sup> new way is, and y<sup>e</sup> beds made up well, one red
+damaske, another Green, another wrought some of y<sup>e</sup>
+Ladyes own work and well made up, w<sup>ch</sup> is her own Roome
+w<sup>th</sup> a dressing roome by it. There is a dressing roome
+and a roome for a servant just by y<sup>e</sup> best Chamber.
+There are two other good roomes unalter’d w<sup>th</sup> old hangings
+to y<sup>e</sup> bottom on wrought work of y<sup>e</sup> first Ladyes.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_221'>221</span>Lady Margets work, y<sup>t</sup> was my Cos’n German, within that
+roome was a servants roome and back staires, there was
+just such another apartment on y<sup>e</sup> other side.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Between all from the staires a broad passage Leads to a
+Balcony over the Entrance w<sup>ch</sup> Look’d very pleasantly over
+the parke but in the Cupulo on y<sup>e</sup> Leads I Could see a vast
+way, at Least 20 mile round; for this house stands very
+high to y<sup>e</sup> Land side Eastward, and the south was the Great
+Ocean w<sup>ch</sup> runns into Falmouth thats y<sup>e</sup> best harbour for
+shipps in that road. 6 mile from this place westward was
+to Truro and the north to the hills full of Copper mines.
+Here I was very Civily Entertained: from thence I returned
+back Intending not to goe to y<sup>e</sup> Lands End w<sup>ch</sup> was 30
+miles farther for feare of y<sup>e</sup> raines that fell in the night w<sup>ch</sup>
+made me doubt what travelling I should have; soe to S<sup>t</sup>
+Culumb I went, a pretty Long 12 mile. Here I met with
+many Rowes of Elm trees w<sup>ch</sup> I have not found in any
+Country Except Wiltshire; these were mostly soe, tho’
+there were alsoe ashes and oakes. Y<sup>e</sup> hedges were Hazelthorne
+and Holly but to see soe many good rowes of trees
+on y<sup>e</sup> road is surprising and Looks Like the Entrance to
+some Gentlemans house, and I cannot tell but some of them
+were soe tho’ a mile off from y<sup>e</sup> house.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The next day finding it faire weather on y<sup>e</sup> Change of y<sup>e</sup>
+moone, I alter’d my Resolution and soe went for y<sup>e</sup> Lands
+End by Redruth 18 miles, mostly over heath and Downs
+w<sup>ch</sup> was very bleake and full of mines.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here I Came by the Copper mines w<sup>ch</sup> have the same
+order in the digging and draining, tho’ here it seemes Dryer
+and I believe not quite soe annoy’d w<sup>th</sup> water. The ore is
+something as the tinn only this Looks blackish, or rather a
+purple Colour, and y<sup>e</sup> glistering part is yellow as y<sup>e</sup> other
+was white. They do not melt it here but ship it off to
+Bristol by y<sup>e</sup> North Sea w<sup>ch</sup> I Rode in sight of, and is not
+above 2 or 3 Mile from hence, which supplyes them with
+Coales for their fewell at Easyer rates than the other side
+Plymouth and the South Sea, because since y<sup>e</sup> warre they
+Could not Double y<sup>e</sup> poynt at y<sup>e</sup> Lands End, being so neer
+Ffrance y<sup>e</sup> pirats or Privateers met them. Indeed at S<sup>t</sup> Jves
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_222'>222</span>they do melt a Little but nothing that is Considerable—that
+is 10 mile from Redruth w<sup>ch</sup> is a Little market town. Here
+they Carry all their things on horses backs soe that of a
+market day w<sup>ch</sup> was Fryday you see a great number of
+horses Little of size w<sup>ch</sup> they Call Cornish Canelys. They
+are well made and strong and will trip along as Light on
+the stony road without injury to themselves, where as my
+horses went so heavy that they wore their shoes immediately
+thinn and off, but here I met with a very good smith that
+shooed y<sup>e</sup> horses as well as they do in London, and that is
+not Common in the Country, but here I found it soe, and at
+a place in Westmoreland by y<sup>e</sup> ffells a smith made good
+shoes and set them on very well. From Redruth I went to
+Pensands 15 mile and passed by y<sup>e</sup> ruines of Great ffortification
+or Castle on a high hill about 3 mile from Redruth and
+passed to Hailes and soe went by y<sup>e</sup> sea side a great way, it
+being spring tide it was a full sea. Just over against it there
+was a Church w<sup>ch</sup> was almost sunck into y<sup>e</sup> sands being a
+very sandy place. So I went up pretty high hills and over
+some heath or Common, on w<sup>ch</sup> a Great storme of haile and
+raine met me and drove fiercely on me but y<sup>e</sup> wind soone
+dry’d my Dust Coate. Here I Came by a very good Grove
+of trees w<sup>ch</sup> I thought was by some Gentlemans house but
+found it some ffarmers.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The people here are very ill Guides and know but Little
+from home, only to some market town they frequent, but
+will be very solicitous to know where you goe and how farre
+and from whence you Came and where is y<sup>e</sup> abode. Then
+I Came in sight of y<sup>e</sup> hill in Cornwall Called y<sup>e</sup> Mount, its
+on a Rock in the sea w<sup>ch</sup> at y<sup>e</sup> flowing tyde is an jsland, but
+at Low water one Can goe over y<sup>e</sup> sands almost just to it,
+its but a Little market town w<sup>ch</sup> is about 2 mile from Panzants,
+and you may walke or Ride to it all on y<sup>e</sup> sands
+when y<sup>e</sup> tyde’s out. Its a ffine Rock and very high—severall
+Little houses for fisher men—in y<sup>e</sup> sides of it just by
+the water. At y<sup>e</sup> top is a pretty good house where the
+Govenour Lives sometymes,—S<sup>r</sup> —— Hook his name is—there
+is a tower on the top on w<sup>ch</sup> is a fflag. There is a
+Chaire or throne on the top from whence they Can discover a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_223'>223</span>Great way at sea and here they put up Lights to direct
+shipps.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Pensands is Rightly named being all sands about it—it
+Lies just as a shore to y<sup>e</sup> maine South ocean w<sup>ch</sup> Comes
+from y<sup>e</sup> Lizard and being on y<sup>e</sup> side of a hill w<sup>th</sup> a high
+hill all round y<sup>e</sup> side to y<sup>e</sup> Landward it Lookes soe snugg
+and warme, and truely it needs shelter haveing the sea on
+y<sup>e</sup> other side and Little or no ffewell—turff and ffurse and
+fferne. They have Little or noe wood and noe Coale w<sup>ch</sup>
+differences it from Darbyshire, otherwise this and to y<sup>e</sup>
+Land’s End is stone and barren as Darbyshire. I was
+surprised to ffind my supper boyling on a fire allwayes
+supply’d w<sup>th</sup> a bush of ffurse and y<sup>t</sup> to be y<sup>e</sup> only ffewell to
+dress a joynt of meat and broth, and told them they Could
+not roast me anything, but they have a Little wood for
+such occasions but its scarce and dear w<sup>ch</sup> is a strange
+thing y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> shipps should not supply them. They told me
+it must all be brought round the Lands End and since y<sup>e</sup>
+warre they Could not have it. This town is two parishes,
+one Church in y<sup>e</sup> town and a Little Chappell and another
+Church belonging to y<sup>e</sup> other parish w<sup>ch</sup> is a mile distance.
+There is alsoe a good meeteing place.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a good Key and a good Harbour for y<sup>e</sup> shipps
+to Ride, by meanes of y<sup>e</sup> point of Land w<sup>ch</sup> runns into y<sup>e</sup>
+Sea in a neck or Compass w<sup>ch</sup> shelters it from y<sup>e</sup> maine
+and answers the Lizard point w<sup>ch</sup> you see very plaine—a
+point of Land Looks Like a Double hill one above y<sup>e</sup> other
+that runns a good way into y<sup>e</sup> sea. Y<sup>e</sup> Lands End is
+10 mile ffarther, pretty steep and narrow Lanes, but its not
+shelter’d w<sup>th</sup> trees or hedg Rows this being rather desart
+and Like y<sup>e</sup> peake Country in Darbyshire, dry stone walls,
+and y<sup>e</sup> hills full of stones, but it is in most places better
+Land and yeilds good Corne, both wheate Barley and oates
+and some Rhye. About 2 mile from the Lands End I
+Came in sight of y<sup>e</sup> maine ocean on both sides, the south
+and north sea and soe Rode in its view till I saw them
+joyn’d at y<sup>e</sup> poynt, and saw the jsland of Sily w<sup>ch</sup> is 7
+Leagues off y<sup>e</sup> Lands End. They tell me that in a Cleer
+day those in the Island Can discern the people in the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_224'>224</span>maine as they goe up y<sup>e</sup> hill to Church, they Can Describe
+their Clothes. This Church and Little parish w<sup>ch</sup> is Called
+Church town is about a mile from the poynt. The
+houses are but poor Cottages Like Barns to Look on, much
+Like those in Scotland, but to doe my own Country its
+right y<sup>e</sup> Inside of their Little Cottages are Clean and
+plaister’d and such as you might Comfortably Eate and
+drink in, and for Curiosity sake I dranck there and met w<sup>th</sup>
+very good bottled ale. The Lands End terminates in a
+poynt or Peak of Great Rocks w<sup>ch</sup> runs a good way into y<sup>e</sup>
+sea, I Clamber’d over them as farre as safety permitted me,
+there are abundance of Rocks and Sholes of stones stands
+up in the sea a mile off some here and there, some quite to
+y<sup>e</sup> shore, w<sup>ch</sup> they name by severall names of Knights and
+Ladies Roled up in mantles from some old tradition or
+ffiction—Y<sup>e</sup> poets advance description of y<sup>e</sup> amours of some
+Great persons; but these many Rocks and Stones w<sup>ch</sup>
+Lookes Like y<sup>e</sup> Needles in y<sup>e</sup> Isle of Wight makes it
+hazardous for shipps to double y<sup>e</sup> poynt Especially in
+stormy weather. Here at y<sup>e</sup> Lands end they are but a
+Little way off of France, 2 dayes saile at farthest Convey
+them to Hauve de Grace in France, but y<sup>e</sup> peace being but
+newly entred into w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Ffrench I was not willing to
+venture at Least by myself into a fforreign Kingdom, and
+being then at y<sup>e</sup> End of y<sup>e</sup> Land, my horses Leggs Could
+not Carry me through y<sup>e</sup> deep, and so return’d againe to
+Pensands 10 mile more, and soe Came in view of both y<sup>e</sup>
+seas and saw y<sup>e</sup> Lizard point and Pensands and y<sup>e</sup> Mount
+in Cornwall w<sup>ch</sup> Looked very fine in y<sup>e</sup> broad day, the sunn
+shineing on y<sup>e</sup> rocke in y<sup>e</sup> sea. Then I continued my
+returne from Pensands to Hailing and now y<sup>e</sup> tyde was
+down and so much Land appeared w<sup>ch</sup> lay under water
+before, and I might have forded quite a crosse, many y<sup>t</sup>
+know y<sup>e</sup> country do, but I tooke y<sup>e</sup> safer way round by y<sup>e</sup>
+bridge. Here is abundance of very good Fish tho’ they
+are so ill supply’d at Pensands because they carry it all up
+y<sup>e</sup> Country East and Southward. This is an arme of y<sup>e</sup>
+North Sea w<sup>ch</sup> runs in a greate way into y<sup>e</sup> Land, its a
+Large Bay when y<sup>e</sup> sea comes in and upon y<sup>e</sup> next hill I
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_225'>225</span>ascended from it could discover it more plaine to be a deep
+water and y<sup>e</sup> supply of y<sup>e</sup> maine ocean. Just by here lay
+some ships and I perceived as I went, there being a Storme,
+it seemed very tempestious and is a hazardous place in the
+high tides; so I came to Redruth. I perceive they are
+very bleake in these Countryes especially to this North
+Ocean and y<sup>e</sup> winds so troublesome they are forced to spin
+straw and so make a caul or net work to lay over their
+thatch on their Ricks and out houses, w<sup>th</sup> waites of Stones
+round to defend y<sup>e</sup> thatch from being blown away by y<sup>e</sup>
+greate winds, not but they have a better way of thatching
+their Houses w<sup>th</sup> Reeds and so close y<sup>t</sup> when its well done
+will last twenty yeares, but what I mention of braces or
+bands of straw is on their Rickes w<sup>ch</sup> only is to hold a
+yeare. These places as in some other parts, indeed all over
+Cornwall and Devonshire, they have their carryages on
+horses backes, this being y<sup>e</sup> time of harvest, tho’ later in y<sup>e</sup>
+yeare than usuall being y<sup>e</sup> middle of septemb<sup>r</sup>, but I had y<sup>e</sup>
+advantage of seeing their harvest bringing in, w<sup>ch</sup> is on a
+horse’s backe w<sup>th</sup> sort of crookes of wood like yokes on
+either side—two or three on a side stands up in w<sup>ch</sup> they
+stow y<sup>e</sup> corne and so tie it w<sup>th</sup> cords, but they cannot so
+equally poise it but y<sup>e</sup> going of y<sup>e</sup> horse is like to cast it
+down sometimes on y<sup>e</sup> one side and sometimes on y<sup>e</sup> other,
+for they load them from y<sup>e</sup> neck to y<sup>e</sup> taile and pretty high
+and are forced to support it w<sup>th</sup> their hands, so to a horse
+they have two people, and the women leads and supports
+them as well as y<sup>e</sup> men and goe through thick and thinn—sometymes
+I have met with half a score horses thus
+Loaded—they are Indeed but Little horses their Canelles
+as they Call them, and soe may not be able to draw a Cart,
+otherwise I am sure 3 or 4 horses might draw 3 tymes as
+much as 4 horses does Carry and where it is open Ground
+and roads broad, w<sup>ch</sup> in some places here it was, I wondred
+at their Labour in this kind, for the men and the women
+themselves toiled Like their horses, but the Common
+observation of Custom being as a second nature people are
+very hardly Convinc’d or brought off from, tho’ never soe
+jnconvenient.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_226'>226</span> From Redruth I went to Truro 8 mile, w<sup>ch</sup> is a pretty
+Little town and seaport and formerly was Esteemed the
+best town in Cornwall, now is the second next Lanstone.
+Its just by y<sup>e</sup> Copper and tinn mines and Lies down in a
+bottom, pretty steep ascent as most of the towns in these
+Countrys, that you would be afraid of tumbling w<sup>th</sup> nose
+and head foremost. Ye town is built of stone—a good
+pretty Church built all stone and Carv’d on y<sup>e</sup> outside, it
+stands in y<sup>e</sup> middle of y<sup>e</sup> town, and just by there is a market
+house on stone pillars and hall on y<sup>e</sup> top; there is alsoe a
+pretty good key. This was formerly a great tradeing town
+and flourish’d in all things, but now as there is in all places
+their Rise and period soe this, w<sup>ch</sup> is become a Ruinated
+disregarded place. Here is a very good meeteing but I
+was hindred by y<sup>e</sup> raine y<sup>e</sup> Lords day Else should have
+Come to hearing, and so was forced to stay where I Could
+hear but one Sermon at y<sup>e</sup> Church, but by it saw y<sup>e</sup>
+fashion of y<sup>e</sup> Country being obliged to go a mile to y<sup>e</sup>
+parish Church over some Grounds w<sup>ch</sup> are divided by
+such stiles and bridges uncommon, and I never saw any
+such before; they are severall stones fixed aCross and so
+are Like a Grate or Large Steps over a Ditch that is full of
+mudd or water, and over this just in the middle is a Great
+stone fixed side wayes w<sup>ch</sup> is the style to be Clambered
+over. These I find are the ffences and Guards of their
+Grounds one from another, and Indeed they are very
+troublesome and dangerous for strangers and Children. I
+heard a pretty good Sermon but that w<sup>ch</sup> was my Greatest
+pleasure was the good Landlady I had, she was but an
+ordinary plaine woman but she was understanding in the
+best things as most,—y<sup>e</sup> Experience of reall religion and
+her quiet submision and self Resignation to y<sup>e</sup> will of God
+in all things, and especially in y<sup>e</sup> placeing her in a remoteness
+to y<sup>e</sup> best advantages of hearing, and being in such
+a publick Employment w<sup>ch</sup> she desired and aimed at y<sup>e</sup>
+discharging soe as to adorne y<sup>e</sup> Gospel of her Lord and
+Saviour, and the Care of her Children. Indeed I was
+much pleased and Edify’d by her Conversation and y<sup>e</sup>
+pitch of Soul Resignation to y<sup>e</sup> will of God and thankfulness
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_227'>227</span>that God Enabled and owned her there in, was an
+attainment few reach y<sup>t</sup> have greater advantages of Learning
+and knowing y<sup>e</sup> mind of God. But this plainly Led
+me to see that as God himself teacheth soe as none
+teacheth Like him, soe he Can Discover himself to those
+immediately y<sup>t</sup> have not the opportunity of seeing him in
+his sanctuary, and therefore to him we must address for
+help in this or any Duty he Calls us to, both in the use of
+what meanes he appoynts as alsoe for success and blessing
+on it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Truro w<sup>ch</sup> is 9 mile from Ffallmouth and 4 mile
+from Trygolny w<sup>ch</sup> was y<sup>e</sup> place I was at before w<sup>th</sup> my
+Relation, that would have Engaged my stay with them a
+few dayes or weekes to have given me the diversion of the
+Country, and to have heard the Cornish nightingales as
+they Call them, the Cornish Chough—a sort of Jackdaw if
+I mistake not—a Little black bird w<sup>ch</sup> makes them a visit
+about Michaelmas and gives them y<sup>e</sup> diversion of the notes
+w<sup>ch</sup> is a Rough sort of musick not unlike y<sup>e</sup> Bird I take
+them for, so I believe they by way of jest put on the
+Cornish Gentlemen by Calling them nightingales; but the
+season of the year enclined to raine and y<sup>e</sup> dayes declineing
+I was affraid to delay my Return, and these parts not
+abounding w<sup>th</sup> much accomodation for horses, theirs being
+a hard sort of Cattle and Live much on Grass or ffurses of
+w<sup>ch</sup> they have y<sup>e</sup> most, and it will make them very ffatt
+being Little hardy horses, and as they jest on themselves
+do not Love the taste of oates and hay, because they never
+permit them to know the taste of it. But my horses Could
+not Live so, Especially on journeys, of w<sup>ch</sup> I had given them
+a pretty exercise, and their new oates and hay suited not
+their stomach. I Could get noe Beanes for them till I
+Came back to S<sup>t</sup> Columbe againe w<sup>ch</sup> from Truro by S<sup>t</sup>
+Mitchel was 12 miles mostly Lanes and Long miles. As I
+observed before I saw noe windmills all these Countrys
+over, they have only the mills w<sup>ch</sup> are overshott and a Little
+rivulet of water you may step over turns them, w<sup>ch</sup> are the
+mills for Grinding their Corn and their ore or what Else.
+From S<sup>t</sup> Columbe I went to Way bridge 6 Long miles.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_228'>228</span>There was a river w<sup>ch</sup> was flowed up by y<sup>e</sup> tyde a Greate
+way up into the Land, it Came from y<sup>e</sup> north sea, it was
+broad, y<sup>e</sup> bridge had 17 arches.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Comblefford over steep hills 9 mile more, some
+of this way was over Commons of Black moorish Ground
+full of Sloughs. The Lanes are deffended w<sup>th</sup> bancks
+wherein are stones, some Great rocks, others slaty stones,
+such as they use for tileing. Comblefford was a Little
+market town but it was very indifferent accomodations, but
+the raines y<sup>t</sup> night and next morning made me take up
+there till about 10 oClock in the morning; it then made a
+shew of Cleering up made me willing to seek a better
+Lodging. 2 mile from this place is a Large standing water
+Called Dosenmere poole in a Black moorish Ground and is
+fed by no rivers except the Little rivulets from some high
+hills yet seemes allwayes full w<sup>th</sup> out Diminution and flows
+w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> wind and is stored with good ffish, and people Living
+near it take y<sup>e</sup> pleasure in a boate to goe about it. There
+is alsoe good wildfowle about it; it seemes so be such a
+water as the mer at Whitlesome in Huntingtonshire by
+Stilton its fresh water and what supply it has must be the
+rivulets y<sup>e</sup> must Come from y<sup>e</sup> south sea being that wayward
+towards Plymouth. As I travelled I Came in sight of a
+great mountaine esteemed the second highest hill in
+England supposeing y<sup>e</sup> account Black Combe in Cumberland
+y<sup>e</sup> first, but really I have seen soe many Great and
+high hills I Cannot attribute preeminence to Either of these
+tho’ this did Look very Great and tall, but I thinke its
+better said the highest hill in each County.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I travelled 4 pretty Long miles much in Lanes and then
+Came into a Common where I Cross’d the Great roads w<sup>ch</sup>
+on the Right hand Leads a way to Plymouth and the south
+sea, the Left hand to Bastable and the north sea, w<sup>ch</sup>
+Conveys the stone or rather marble w<sup>ch</sup> they take from
+hence at Bole, remarkable Quarrys for a Black stone,
+Exceeding hard and Glossy Like marble, very Dureable for
+pavements. This they send to all parts in tyme of peace
+and London takes off much of it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here I Rode over a Common or Down 4 mile Long in
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_229'>229</span>sight of y<sup>e</sup> North sea and saw Hartly poynt which is the
+Earle of Baths just by his fine house Called Stow, his fine
+stables of horses, and Gardens. There I discern’d the
+Poynt very plaine and just by I saw the jsle of Lundy which
+formerly belonged to my Grandfather William Lord
+viscount Say and Seale, w<sup>ch</sup> does abound with ffish and
+Rabbets and all sorts of ffowles, one bird y<sup>t</sup> Lives partly
+in the water and partly out and so may be Called an
+amphibious Creature, its true that one foote is Like a turky
+the other a gooses foote; it Lays its Egg in a place the Sun
+shines on and sets it so exactly upright on the small End
+and there it remaines till taken up and all the art and skill
+of persons Cannot set it up soe againe to abide. Here I
+met with some showers w<sup>ch</sup> by fitts or storms held me,—to
+Lanston 4 mile more, these 12 mile from Cambleford was
+not Little ones and what with the wet and Dirty Lanes in
+many places I made it a tedious journey. I Could see none
+of the town till just I was as you may say ready to tumble
+into it, there being a vast steep to descend to when the
+town seemed in a bottom yet I was forced to ascend a
+pretty good hill into the place. Lanston is the chief town
+in Cornwall where the assizes are kept, I should have
+remarked at y<sup>e</sup> Lands End that Pensands was the Last
+Corporation in England, soe this is one of y<sup>e</sup> Last Great
+towns tho’ noe Citty, for Cornwall is in y<sup>e</sup> Diocese of Devonshire
+w<sup>ch</sup> is Exeter.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a Great ascent up into the Castle w<sup>ch</sup> Looks
+very Great and in good repaire the walls and towers round
+it, its true there is but a part of it remaines, the round tower
+or fort being still standing and makes a good appearance.
+The town is Encompass’d w<sup>th</sup> walls and gates, its’ pretty
+Large tho’ you Cannot discover the whole town, being up
+and down in so many hills. The streetes themselves are
+very steep unless it be at the market place where is a Long
+and handsome space set on stone pillars w<sup>th</sup> the town hall
+on the top, w<sup>ch</sup> has a Large Lanthorne or Cupilo in the
+middle, where hangs a bell for a Clock with a Dyal to the
+streete. There is in this place 2 or 3 good houses built after
+the London form by some Lawyers, Else the whole town is
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_230'>230</span>old houses of timber work. At a Little distance from the
+town on a high hill I Looked back and had the full prospect
+of the whole town which was of a pretty Large extent. A
+mile beyond I crossed on a stone bridge over a river and
+Entred into Devonshire againe, and pass’d through mostly
+Lanes w<sup>ch</sup> were stony and dirty by reason of y<sup>e</sup> raines y<sup>t</sup>
+ffell the night before, and this day, which was the wettest
+day I had in all my summers travells, hitherto having had
+noe more than a shower in a day and that not above 3
+tymes in all except when I Came to Exeter. As I Came
+down from Taunton there was small raine most of the afternoon
+but this day was much worse, so that by that tyme I
+Came through Lanes and some Commons to Oakingham
+w<sup>ch</sup> was 15 mile I was very wet. This was a Little market
+town and I met with a very good Inn and accomodation,
+very good Chamber and bed and Came in by 5 of the Clock,
+so had good tyme to take off my wet Cloathes and be well
+dryed and warme to eate my supper, and rested very well
+without sustaining y<sup>e</sup> Least damage by the wet. I should
+have Remark’d that these roads were much up and down
+hill thro’ enclosed Lands and woods in y<sup>e</sup> same manner the
+other part of Cornwall and Devonshire was, gaineing by
+degrees the upper Grounds by one hill to another and soe
+descending them in Like manner. These raines fully
+Convinced me of y<sup>e</sup> need of so many Great stone Bridges
+whose arches were soe high that I have wonder’d at it
+because the waters seemed shallow streames, but they were
+so swelled by one night and dayes raine y<sup>t</sup> they Came up
+pretty near the arches and ran in most places w<sup>th</sup> such
+rapidity and Look’d so thick and troubled as if they would
+Clear all before them. This Causes Great floods, and the
+Lower Grounds are overwhelm’d for a season after such
+raines, so that had I not put on and gotten beyond Lanston
+that day there would have been noe moveing for me till the
+flouds w<sup>ch</sup> hourly encreased were run off.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Next day I went to Cochen Well 10 mile, mostly good
+open way except a hill or two w<sup>ch</sup> were steep and stony,
+tho’ this was the Longer way and about, yet by reason of
+y<sup>e</sup> former raines it was the safest, for y<sup>e</sup> Lower way was run
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_231'>231</span>over by the waters w<sup>ch</sup> are Land flouds from the swelling
+Brookes, w<sup>ch</sup> are up in a few hours and are sunck in the
+same tyme againe—the wayes were somewhat Dirty.
+Thence to Exeter 10 mile more, but this was the basest
+way you Can goe and made much worse by these
+raines, but its narrow Lanes full of stones and Loose
+ground, Clay, and now exceeding Slippery by the
+raines.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>A quarter of a mile on this side of the town I stood on a
+high banck from whence the prospect of y<sup>e</sup> Citty of Exeter
+was very pleasant, Could see it to great advantage, y<sup>e</sup>
+Cathedrall and other Churches Spires w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> whole town,
+w<sup>ch</sup> in generall is well built, w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> good Bridge over y<sup>e</sup> Ex,
+w<sup>ch</sup> is a fine river on whose Banckes are severall Rows of
+trees all below the town. The walks all about it augments
+the beauty of y<sup>e</sup> Citty. From whence I went to Topsham
+3 miles which is a Little market place and a very good
+Key; hither they Convey on horses their Serges and soe
+Load their shipps w<sup>ch</sup> Comes to this place, all for London.
+Thence I saw Starre Cross where the Great shipps Ride and
+there they build some shipps. This was up the river, 5 or
+6 miles up y<sup>e</sup> river, but the tide being out Could not goe and
+it was ten mile by Land and their miles are soe Long here
+I would not goe it seing almost as well the shipps y<sup>t</sup> Lay
+there as if at the place.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I returned to Exeter 3 mile where I had been
+very Kindly Entertained by M<sup>r</sup> Goswill and his wife, w<sup>ch</sup>
+was one my broth<sup>r</sup> S<sup>r</sup> Edmond Harrison did Employ in
+Buying Serges. From Exeter I went to Honiton 15 mile,
+all fine Gravell way, y<sup>e</sup> best Road I have met with all in the
+west. Here it is they make the fine bone lace in imitation
+of the Antwerp and Flanders Lace and jndeed I think its as
+fine—it only will not wash so fine, w<sup>ch</sup> must be the fault in
+y<sup>e</sup> thread. Honiton is a pretty large place, a good market
+house, near it a good Church w<sup>th</sup> a round tower and spire
+w<sup>ch</sup> was very high and a Little peculiar in its forme, somewhat
+Like a Pigeon house Rooffe. Here is a very Large
+meeteing of Descenters. Thence I went to Axminster 7
+mile more, but not soe good way being much in Lanes stony
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_232'>232</span>and Dirty and pretty much up and down hills, Like y<sup>e</sup> other
+parts of those Countrys.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Beyond Axminster where I passed over the river Ax on
+a pretty Large Bridge I Came to Somersetshire againe.
+This Axminster is a Little market town and the London
+Road by Chard, but I struck out of that road 2 mile off
+the town to Liegh w<sup>ch</sup> was 4 mile from Axminster, to a
+Relations house M<sup>r</sup> Hendlys, w<sup>ch</sup> stands on a hill, but its
+such an Enclosed Country and narrow Lanes you Cannot
+see a Bow shott before you, and such up and down steep
+hills. Its an old house, and Large Court w<sup>th</sup> open gates that
+enter you into a passage, on the Right hand a good Parlour
+new wanscoated, next that a Kitchen and pantrys Leads
+into a Court where all the offices are and stable and Coach
+houses. On the Left side of y<sup>e</sup> passage at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance is a
+Large old hall w<sup>th</sup> a Great halfe pace at y<sup>e</sup> upper End w<sup>th</sup>
+2 Chimneys in the hall. This Leades into a passage on the
+Left hand and so through to another parlour w<sup>th</sup> good old
+fashion Carved wanscoat. The roomes are low, out of y<sup>e</sup>
+passage Leads up a paire of staires to 3 or 4 roomes all Low
+and but one well furnished; then out of same passage
+below is a doore into the Gardens w<sup>ch</sup> are one Lower
+than the other with stone stepps, its Capable of being
+very handsome if made with open Grates to set one
+out to see y<sup>e</sup> orchards and woods beyond. They were
+a turffing y<sup>e</sup> walks and makeing banks in order to it.
+Y<sup>e</sup> house alsoe is Capable of alteration to a good house
+if the windows were made Lower and y<sup>e</sup> roomes fitted
+w<sup>th</sup> wanscoate and good ffurniture. Just to the front there
+is design’d a visto to be Cut thro’ the wood to the water
+side w<sup>ch</sup> will be very fine being on a descent.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>About a mile from hence is one M<sup>r</sup> Preadneas house, a
+fine old house and well furnished but they permit none to
+see it, soe I saw it not only drove by it to see my Cozens
+Little Girle at nurse and soe returned home againe a mile,
+and then from Liegh I went through narrow stony Lanes
+up hills and down, w<sup>ch</sup> steeps Causes the water on raines to
+trill down on the Low ground that for a few hours or a day
+there will be noe passing in y<sup>e</sup> bottom, w<sup>ch</sup> happen’d while
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_233'>233</span>I was at Liegh; one nights Raine put the Cattle in the
+meddows swimming and hindred us from going to Church,
+the water would have Came over the windows of the Coach.
+These stony Lanes I passed till I Came to the Great road
+which Comes from Lime, here I Entred into Dorsetshire
+and soe went through a Little town Called Maiden Newton
+eight mile more, and soe thence to Dorchester town 6 mile
+more; all a fine hard Gravel way and much on the downs—this
+is good Ground and Much for sheep. Thence I went
+to Blandford 12 Long miles thro’ Piddletown Milborn and
+WhitChurch. There I staid with my relation Cos’n Collier,
+Husys and Ffussells, thence to Salisbury 18 mile. When
+I had passed 6 mile I Came through a Gate w<sup>ch</sup> brought
+me into Wiltshire and soe over y<sup>e</sup> downs to Salisbury and
+from thence to Newtontony 7 miles.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I went from Newtontony to Sarum and home againe
+3 tymes w<sup>ch</sup> made it 42 miles in all, then to Wallop
+4 miles and home again 4 miles, and to Grattly
+twice and back againe 12 mile, and to Cholderton twice
+4 miles, to Allington and home 2 mile more, then to
+London.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From Newtontony to Winchester 15 mile, there I went to
+see a Relation M<sup>rs</sup> Horne thence Alsford 8 mile. The
+Little raines I had in the morning before I Left Newtontony
+made the wayes very slippery, and it being mostly on
+Chaulk way a Little before I Came to Alsford forceing my
+horse out of the hollow way his feete failed and he Could
+noe wayes recover himself, and soe I was shott off his neck
+upon the Bank, but noe harm I bless God and as soone as
+he Could role himself up stood stock still by me, which I
+Looked on as a Great mercy—indeed mercy and truth all
+wayes have attended me. The next day I went to Alton
+10 miles thence Ffarnum 9 miles more. This proved a very
+wet day, after an hours Rideing in the morning it never
+Ceased more or Less to raine, w<sup>ch</sup> made me put in at
+Ffarnum and stay all the day after I Came in at noone.
+But then it began to raine much faster and soe Continued.
+Thence next day I went over the fforest in sight of Ffairly
+Castle w<sup>ch</sup> is the Bishop of Winchesters pallace, it Lookes
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_234'>234</span>nobly on a hill, thence to Bagshott 9 miles, thence to Winsor
+over the fforest 7 Long miles, this way most Clay deep way,
+the worse by reason of y<sup>e</sup> raines and full of Sloughs. About
+a mile off Windsor Castle appeares standing on a hill much
+after the manner of Durham w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> walls and battlements
+round, only that is all stone and this is but partly soe and
+y<sup>e</sup> rest Brick plaister’d over in imitation of stones w<sup>ch</sup> does
+not Look so well. It is a pretty great ascent to y<sup>e</sup> town w<sup>ch</sup>
+is well built, something suitable to London by reason of its
+affinity to y<sup>e</sup> Court, and I saw the Cathedrall or S<sup>t</sup> Georges
+Church w<sup>ch</sup> is very fine built all stone and Carved on
+y<sup>e</sup> outside, severall Cloysters Leads to the Doctors houses—its
+a Lofty noble building. The quire is properly S<sup>t</sup> Georges
+Chappel whose Rooff is very high and Carved very Curiously,
+all free stone, so is the rest of y<sup>e</sup> Church. There hangs up
+y<sup>e</sup> Banners and Ensignes of honour belonging to y<sup>e</sup> Severall
+Knights of the honourable order of y<sup>e</sup> blew garter, their
+Complement is 26, there was one void at this tyme by the
+Death of y<sup>e</sup> Earle of Peterborough. There is a Greate
+Cerimony in their Inauguration, their seates are of Wanscoate
+Carved which are all quite round the quire, w<sup>th</sup> Each
+Garters and Coate armours and banners on the top, and
+when they are jnstalled. their Garments are blew velvet,
+in shape Like the Coapes, Lined w<sup>th</sup> white Sattin or silk,
+that and their blew Garter in which hangs a George on
+horseback besett w<sup>th</sup> jewels and a Diamond Garter put on
+their Right Leg, which is performed by 2 of y<sup>e</sup> former
+Knights of the order, which is given them by the King that
+is the Principal of y<sup>t</sup> order. Then they have an oath Given
+them to maintain the Rights and Cerimonyes of said order
+and soe are seated in their seates. There are Great fees
+paid by each new Knight to y<sup>e</sup> officers to the poore Knights
+of Windsor, whose seates are just under y<sup>e</sup> Seates of the
+Knights of y<sup>e</sup> Garter, 18 poore Knights of Windsor w<sup>ch</sup> have
+houses provided for them about the Cloyster and 48<sup>£</sup> p<sup>r</sup>
+annum each besides their perquisits at such tymes. There
+are alsoe 18 singing men and petty Cannons, those that are
+preachers has houses and 30<sup>lb</sup> p<sup>r</sup> annum each, but the others
+have but 22<sup>lb</sup> each a yeare and houses to Live in. These
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_235'>235</span>all have their ffees at the jnstalment of Each Knight of the
+Garter and of this order are severall Princes and Great
+men both here and in forreign Parts.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a very Large fine organ at y<sup>e</sup> Entrance of the
+Quire, the alter is Crimson velvet striped w<sup>th</sup> Gold tissue,
+Large Candlesticks and Basons Gilt. At the jnstallment
+there is a Great deale of plaite set out w<sup>ch</sup> belongs to the
+Chappel. Over the alter is a painting of Christ and his
+twelve apostles at y<sup>e</sup> passover supper very naturally drawn,
+and over it a Large window full of fine paintings—the
+history of the testaments. Y<sup>e</sup> Quire is paved all with black
+and white marble under which is a Large vault for y<sup>e</sup> Royal
+family. There Lyes King Henry y<sup>e</sup> 8<sup>th</sup> and King Charles
+the first &amp;c. There is in the Church a tombe and vault of
+y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Norfolks familly w<sup>th</sup> steele Carvings all about it
+very Curious, and to add to its variety it may be all taken
+piece by piece and put up in a box, its a very Large thing
+and great variety of work—this is on the Right side of the
+alter.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is in a Little Chappel by, a very fine monument
+with two Large Statues in alabast<sup>r</sup> Painted and gilt all at
+Length in their garments, and round the tomb stone are
+the Statues of their Children, 7 daughters, four of them were
+twinns and soe represented being put together, and 3 sonnes,
+all alabaster, and there is a role of matt under the head of
+the Lord and Lady that was so naturall, Looked like real
+Matt. This was Lord Earle Lincolns tomb. There is
+another monument of the Earle of Rutlands, the first of the
+family w<sup>ch</sup> was Earle 100 year since, it was in the yeare ano:
+Dom: 1513: there is round that 6 Sonns and six Daughters
+with Carvings of other Images holding their Coates of armes.
+There is another monument w<sup>ch</sup> is of y<sup>e</sup> old Duke off
+Beaufort who was base son to King Edward the 4<sup>th</sup>, and
+therefore there is a barr of reproach aCross the English
+arms w<sup>ch</sup> he bears. There is another statue of white
+marble in a Leaneing posture almost Lyeing quite along
+and they say its very Like his Effigie—this was the
+Bishop of Chichester. There is another Bishops Effigie in
+y<sup>e</sup> wall just to y<sup>e</sup> waste of alabaster. There is a Chappel
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_236'>236</span>in w<sup>ch</sup> are prayers at 8 of y<sup>e</sup> Clock at night. There is a
+white marble ffont. The rooff of the quire is very Curious,
+Carv’d stone and soe thinn to y<sup>e</sup> Leads one might grasp it
+between thumb and finger, and yet so well fixt as to be
+very strong. From thence I proceeded on to y<sup>e</sup> Castle w<sup>ch</sup>
+is the finest pallace y<sup>e</sup> King has Especially now White hall
+is burnt; but that was old buildings and unless it were the
+banqueting house and the apartment which our good Queen
+Mary beautifyed for herself that was never soe well as
+Winsor. You Enter in through a gate; on the right hand
+is a tower which is built w<sup>th</sup> Redouts and walks round it
+as was Durham Castle. Its 120 stepps up where is the
+Guard roome hung with armes, thence a Dineing roome, the
+Duke of Norfolks appartment, a Drawing roome and two
+bed Chambers, one w<sup>th</sup> a half bedstead as the new mode,
+dimity w<sup>th</sup> fine shades of worstead works well made up—there
+are good Pictures. The next roome has such a bed
+but that is fine Indian quilting and Embroidery of silk.
+The tower on the Leads is as many stepps more, I walked
+round it and Could see a Great prospect of the whole town
+and Winsor fforest and the Country round to Kensington, I
+Could see Lord of Hollands house and Rowes of trees,
+and to Harrow of the hill, and to Shooters hill beyond
+London, and the town of Winsor Looked very well. There
+were severall noblemens houses, Duke S<sup>t</sup> Albans and fine
+Gardens, Just by it is the Lord Guidolphins house and
+Gardens; there I Could see the fine walk or rather Road
+planted with trees of a huge length into y<sup>e</sup> fforest, w<sup>ch</sup> King
+Charles made for his going out in Diversion of shooteing,
+and here I could see y<sup>e</sup> river Thames w<sup>ch</sup> twists and turns
+itself round y<sup>e</sup> meddowes and Grounds. Upon this tower
+w<sup>ch</sup> is most tymes moist, all in the walls grows y<sup>e</sup> best
+maiden haire both white and black, w<sup>ch</sup> is an herb much
+esteemed for Coughs and to put into Drinks for consumption.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I proceeded on to a Large Court Like the Quaderangle
+at Christ Church College in Oxford, or Trinity in
+Cambridge, in the middle of which is a statue of King
+Charles y<sup>e</sup> Second on horseback all of brass, and is railed
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_237'>237</span>in w<sup>th</sup> Iron spikes; round this Court are the Buildings w<sup>ch</sup>
+are y<sup>e</sup> severall appartments of the Lords of y<sup>e</sup> bed Chamber,
+and the Ladies; also one side is the Lodgings belonging to
+the princess Ann of Denmarke w<sup>ch</sup> are all of stone and well
+built and beautifyed. In the middle you Enter a Large
+pair of jron gates finely Carv’d into a paved Large space
+supported w<sup>th</sup> several rows of Stone Pillars, and ascending
+up Large Staires, which Enters you into the Queens Guard
+Chamber hung full of armoury, w<sup>ch</sup> is so Exactly set, the
+Pikes set up like Pillars and such distances, y<sup>e</sup> muskets
+Laid a long one above the other y<sup>e</sup> boxes for y<sup>e</sup> powder,
+and the Edge of y<sup>e</sup> Cornish is Pistols set as thick as they
+can be set, and above it are drums and helmets and back
+and breast armour. The Chimney piece is of y<sup>e</sup> same;
+swords in the middle, there poynts turned outward, with a
+round of Little Pistolls set Close in quarter Circle; its all
+exactly uniforme and very handsome. Next into a noble
+Hall w<sup>ch</sup> has very fine paintings, this is the Standard for
+Curiosity in all places you see painting, its done by the
+same hand did the paintings att Winsor. The top is full of
+all sort of varietys, in the middle is King Charles’s Picture,
+y<sup>e</sup> sides are all descriptions of Battles, and between Each
+Picture in the Pillars is y<sup>e</sup> George and Blew garter and
+Starre, at y<sup>e</sup> upper End is the Large Picture of S<sup>t</sup> George
+Encountering y<sup>e</sup> dragon and at the Lower End is y<sup>e</sup> picture
+of y<sup>e</sup> King that first Instituted this order of the Blew garter,
+and in putting it on himself on his son, who was just returned
+victor from some Considerable Battle. I should
+have noted in my Remarks of the Cerimonies of that order
+that when any Dies and a Garter Drops they make a solemn
+offering up of all their Ensignes of honour to y<sup>e</sup> Church
+and then take them down and pay some ffees as well as at
+their Entrance into it. From this roome I Entred into y<sup>e</sup>
+Chappel under the gallery or Closet the King and Queen
+sets in at prayers, this was supported by four Brass Gyants
+or Else painted Like Brass. This seate of y<sup>e</sup> Kings Lookes
+into y<sup>e</sup> Chappel, its Crimson velvet, all the jnside and
+Cannopy w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Cloth w<sup>ch</sup> hung over it all alike Richly
+Embroyder’d with Gold fring. This is the house Chappel
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_238'>238</span>and is Exceeding beautifull, y<sup>e</sup> paintings of the rooffe and
+the sides which is y<sup>e</sup> history of Christs miracles his Life and
+the good he did in healing all distemper, w<sup>ch</sup> are described
+at Large here and Lookes very Lively. There is alsoe the
+most Exactest workmanship in y<sup>e</sup> wood Carving, which is
+as the painting the pattern and masterpiece of all such
+work, both in ffigures, fruitages, beasts, birds, fflowers, all
+sorts, soe thinn y<sup>e</sup> wood, and all white natural wood without
+varnish. This adorns the Pillars and void spaces between
+the paintings, here is as Great qualiety so much for Quantety.
+There was a pretty alter at y<sup>e</sup> upper End and two gallerys
+for y<sup>e</sup> musick.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went up staires into a Large dineing roome,
+Damaske Chaires and window Curtaines, wanscoated, and
+severall fine pictures. The Rooffe of this was well painted
+also, but they are soe Lofty its enough to Breake ones neck
+to Looke on them. Thence into a Gallery full of Pictures
+w<sup>th</sup> a Large Looking Glass at y<sup>e</sup> End. Thence into y<sup>e</sup>
+Drawing roome where is the Large Branch of silver, and
+y<sup>e</sup> sconces round y<sup>e</sup> roome of silver, silver table, and stands,
+and Glass frames, and Chaire frames. Next is y<sup>e</sup> queenes
+Chamber of state, all Indian Embroidery on white Sattin
+being presented to her by y<sup>e</sup> Comp<sup>y</sup>. On it is Great Plumes
+of white ffeathers, there is very good tapistry hangings full
+of gold and silver, but they are Large old ffigures. Here’s
+a silver table, and stands, and Glass fframe. There was a
+raile set a Cross at y<sup>e</sup> beds ffeete w<sup>ch</sup> reached Each side of
+y<sup>e</sup> roome, made of sweate wood frames and open Wires in
+y<sup>e</sup> middle, and was to be Doubled together in Leaves as a
+screen: this was instead of y<sup>e</sup> raile use to be quite round y<sup>e</sup>
+King and queens beds to keep off Companyes Coming near
+them.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence into an anti-roome through a Little Gallery or
+passage, thence into y<sup>e</sup> Kings dressing roome almost all
+Glass; y<sup>e</sup> Chimney piece is full of Great stone heads in
+nitches or hollows made for them, of some Emperours.
+Y<sup>e</sup> windows of all y<sup>e</sup> roomes are Large sashes as big as a
+good Looking-glass and are all diamond Cut round the
+Edges, the height of y<sup>e</sup> windows makes them Looke narrow.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_239'>239</span>Thence into the kings Constant bed Chamber, being one
+of y<sup>e</sup> halfe bedsteads of Crimson and Green damaske, jnside
+and outside the same hangings, and Chaires and
+window Curtaines the same; it was Lofty and full with
+good ffringe, and there was such another screen or raile at
+y<sup>e</sup> ffeete of the bed that tooke y<sup>e</sup> Length of the roome as in
+the queens Chamber; here was tables, stands, Glass frames,
+Gilt gold, fine Carving on the Chimney pieces, both here and
+in y<sup>e</sup> queens’ appartment. Y<sup>e</sup> next was ye Chamber of State
+w<sup>ch</sup> is noble. Indeed, very Lofty and painted on y<sup>e</sup> roofe
+as they all are. The bed was green velvet Strip’d down
+very thick with Gold orrice Lace of my hands breadth, and
+round the bottom 3 such orrices and Gold ffring all round
+it and gold tassels; so was the Cornish. The jnside was
+y<sup>e</sup> same, at the head piece was Like Curtaines ffringed
+round w<sup>th</sup> gold and tyed back w<sup>th</sup> Gold strings and tassells
+as it were tyed back and soe hung down in the middle,
+where was the Crown and sypher Embroyder’d; the hangings
+y<sup>e</sup> same and such another screen aCrosse the roome to
+secure the bed from y<sup>e</sup> Common. Next this is the drawing
+roome of state, the Cannopy and throne and y<sup>e</sup> part behind
+is all green velvet Richly Embroyder’d with silver and
+Gold, of high Emboss’d work, and some Curiously wrought
+Like needlework that you Can scarce see y<sup>e</sup> Ground or stuff
+its wrought on, and the Crown of Crimson velvet Embroyder’d
+just over the Chaire or throne of state; the ffoot-stoole
+the same, w<sup>ch</sup> was all set on a half pace or part raised
+above y<sup>e</sup> rest as the manner is, with, a fine Carpet over it.
+The Cannopy was so rich and Curled up and in some places
+soe ffull it Looked very Glorious, and was newly made
+to give audience to the Ffrench Embassadour to shew y<sup>e</sup>
+Grandeur and magnificence of the British Monarch—some
+of these ffoolerys are requisite sometymes to Create admiration
+and regard to keep up the state of a kingdom and
+nation.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence I went into the Common audience roome, where
+was a throne on such a raised space w<sup>th</sup> a Carpet. This
+throne and Canopy and y<sup>e</sup> back with Stooles and Chaires
+was Crimson and Gold Coullour’d ffigured velvet. Out of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_240'>240</span>this I Came into a Large roome for people to wait in,
+painted with black and white and gold—Description of
+some ffights and men in armour. Thence into the Kings
+Guard Chamber w<sup>ch</sup> is deckt as the Queens, the walls being
+adorned w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> severall armes put in Exact order, only in y<sup>e</sup>
+pillars or spaces here they hang the Bandaleers which holds
+their powder. In the mantle piece there was noe difference,
+but in y<sup>e</sup> middle was the starre and soe set about with y<sup>e</sup>
+pistols and swords. Thence I descended Large staires of
+stone, and soe through a Court back to y<sup>e</sup> walk of pillars,
+and soe through the Large jron gate into the Courts one
+without another all built round.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Winsor town Lookes well, the streetes Large, the Market
+Cross on stone pillars and a Large hall on the top; from
+thence the streete runs along to y<sup>e</sup> Bridge over the
+Thames and there you Enter Buckinghamshire and a
+quarter of a mile off, tho’ jndeed there is building all along.
+There is Eaton Colledge a good stone building Carved on
+y<sup>e</sup> outside, its round a square. There is at the ffront a
+Large schoole roome—400 schollars and 8 fellows w<sup>ch</sup> have
+400 a piece yearely. Y<sup>e</sup> master has 1000<sup>£</sup>, he payes all the
+ushers, in number seven; there is alsoe an under master for
+the Little schollars, this was ffounded by King Edward the
+Confessour and Endowed so richly by him, and on the same
+ffoundation is the revenues of y<sup>e</sup> Cathedrall and y<sup>e</sup> poore
+knights w<sup>ch</sup> goe in a peculiar black gown like fryers. All
+their salleryes and y<sup>e</sup> repaire of the Cathedrall is taken Care
+of by y<sup>e</sup> same ffoundation, w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Colledge, not but there is
+a Little Chappel to y<sup>e</sup> Colledge w<sup>th</sup> in itself for Every dayes
+prayers. The Chappel and schoole room takes up two sides
+of the square, the two others is the Lodging for y<sup>e</sup> ffellows
+and for y<sup>e</sup> schollars; then y<sup>e</sup> middle there is an arch w<sup>ch</sup>
+Leads to y<sup>e</sup> Cloyster and soe into their kitchen and Cellars
+which are very Convenient and high but pretty old. Just
+by is the great Hall in w<sup>ch</sup> they eate, the schollars and
+fellows and masters should eate with them. This is the
+same ffoundation as Kings Colledge in Cambridge so y<sup>t</sup>
+those schollers that are fitt to be removed to y<sup>e</sup> University
+at y<sup>e</sup> Election are sped to Kings Colledge in Cambridge and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_241'>241</span>so are advanced as they Can get friends into ffellowshipps
+to Either. Ffrom Windsor I went to y<sup>e</sup> fferry 3 mile and
+Rode in sight of y<sup>e</sup> Castle on this side w<sup>ch</sup> is all y<sup>e</sup> K: and
+Q: appartments and Lookes very noble, y<sup>e</sup> walls round w<sup>th</sup>
+y<sup>e</sup> battlements, and Gilt balls and other adornments. Here
+I fferry over y<sup>e</sup> Thames and so went a nearer way which is
+a private road Made for y<sup>e</sup> kings Coaches and so to Colebrooke
+3 mile more. Thence to Houndslow-heath and so
+to London 12 mile more, then I went to Bednallgreen 4
+miles and home againe 4 mile more, and here ends my
+Long journey this summer in w<sup>ch</sup> I had but 3 dayes of wet
+except some refreshing showers sometymes, and I thinke y<sup>t</sup>
+was not above 4 in all the way and it was in all above 1551
+miles and many of them Long miles, in all which way and
+tyme I desire w<sup>th</sup> thankfullness to own y<sup>e</sup> good providence
+of God protecting me from all hazard or dangerous accident.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>It Cannot be thought amiss here to add some remarke on
+y<sup>e</sup> metropolis of England. London whose scituation on so
+noble a river as the Thames w<sup>ch</sup> Emptyes it at y<sup>e</sup> Boy of y<sup>e</sup>
+Nore, being there joyned w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Medway another very fine
+river alsoe, and falls there into y<sup>e</sup> sea w<sup>ch</sup> is about 30 miles
+from London, and is an Ebbing flowing river as farre as
+Sheen beyond London. This is very Comodious for shipps
+w<sup>ch</sup> did Come up just to y<sup>e</sup> bridge, but from Carelessness y<sup>e</sup>
+river is Choaked up, that obliges y<sup>e</sup> shipps to Come to an
+anchor at Blackwall. All along this river are severall docks
+for building shipps of y<sup>e</sup> biggest burden; six miles from the
+town y<sup>e</sup> Last yeare was built y<sup>e</sup> Royal Souveraign w<sup>ch</sup> is
+our greatest ship. London joyned w<sup>th</sup> Westminster, which
+are two great Cittyes but now w<sup>th</sup> building so joyned it
+makes up but one vast building with all its Subburbs, and has
+in y<sup>e</sup> walls ninety seven Parishes, without y<sup>e</sup> walls 16 parishes,
+15 subburbs, Surrey, Middlesex, 7 parishes in Westminster.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>London is y<sup>e</sup> Citty properly for trade, Westminster for y<sup>e</sup>
+Court, y<sup>e</sup> first is divided into 24 wards to each which there
+is an alderman, and themselves Consist of Common Council
+men and all freemen of the Citty, and have power to Choose
+these aldermen and make their own orders and to maintain
+their own priviledges. All freemen or Livery men of this
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_242'>242</span>Citty hath a Right to Choose their sherriffs of w<sup>ch</sup> Every
+yeare there is two, one for Middlesex y<sup>e</sup> other y<sup>e</sup> Corporation,
+but both are joyned and officiate together in all matters
+of juries justice or Ceremonies, and to maintaine all Rights.
+These freemen alsoe have their voyce in Choice of their
+Lord Major w<sup>ch</sup> is done Every yeare with this Sollemnity,
+the Sheriffs being Chosen and sworne at Mid summer, y<sup>e</sup>
+Michaelmas after y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major is Chosen and sworne; y<sup>e</sup>
+evening before which is Simon and Judes day is a feast
+Called Calveshead feast. Next day y<sup>e</sup> old Lord Major
+Comes to meete y<sup>e</sup> new one and w<sup>th</sup> him on his Left hand
+is Conducted on horse back in all their gowns of scarlet
+Cloth Lined w<sup>th</sup> ffurr; all y<sup>e</sup> aldermen in Like Robes only
+differenc’d as their station, those of them w<sup>ch</sup> have been
+Lord Majors weare a Gold Chaine Ever after, but those y<sup>t</sup>
+have not passed y<sup>e</sup> Chaire weare none. Y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major is
+allwayes one of y<sup>e</sup> aldermen and he has a great gold Chaine
+round his neck, the Sheriffs also weare a gold Chaine round
+their neck y<sup>t</sup> yeare. Thus on horseback they proceed two
+and two w<sup>th</sup> all their officers. Y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major has his
+Sword bearer w<sup>ch</sup> walkes before him w<sup>th</sup> the Sword in an
+Embroyder’d Sheath he weares a Great velvet Cap of
+Crimson, the bottom and y<sup>e</sup> top of ffurr or such Like standing
+up Like a turbant or Great bowle in forme of a Great
+open Pye, this is Called y<sup>e</sup> Cap of Maintenance. This is y<sup>e</sup>
+Lord Majors Chiefe officer, he holds his place Dureing his
+Life and has 1500 a yeare allowed him for his table w<sup>ch</sup> in
+all things is as good as Lord Major’s and he Entertaines all
+people at it, yet he himself must officiate at the Lord
+Majors table to see all things in order and Comes in at sett
+tymes accordingly to performe them and bring y<sup>e</sup> Lord
+Majors Compliments to y<sup>e</sup> Campanyes. He thus walkes
+before the Lord Mayor w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> water Bayliff beareing a Gold
+Mace &amp;c. At Fleete ditch they Enter y<sup>e</sup> Barges w<sup>ch</sup> are all
+very Curiously adorned and thus he is Conducted y<sup>e</sup> river
+being full of Barges belonging to y<sup>e</sup> severall Companyes of
+London, adorned with streamers and their armes and fine
+musick, and have sack to drinke and Little Cakes as bigg as
+a Crown piece. They Come to Westminster staires where
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_243'>243</span>they Land and are Conducted, the Lord Majors traines being
+borne up as well y<sup>e</sup> old as new Lord Major, they Enter
+Westminster Hall and are Conducted to y<sup>e</sup> severall Courts of
+justice where there is severall Ceremonyes perform’d. The
+new Lord Major is presented to y<sup>e</sup> King or those deputed to
+act under him and then is sworne, all which being over they
+are Conducted back to their Barges and soe to y<sup>e</sup> staires
+they took barge, where they are received by some of y<sup>e</sup>
+nobility deputed by the king who make some Little speech
+of Compliment and Give y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major and aldermen a
+treate of wine and sweet meates passant. They mount on
+horseback and returne only y<sup>e</sup> new Lord Major takes y<sup>e</sup>
+right hand and haveing by y<sup>e</sup> sheriffs invited y<sup>e</sup> King and
+Court to dinner, w<sup>ch</sup> sometymes they accept but mostly
+refuse, because it puts the Citty to a vast Charge; they
+being then Conducted through y<sup>e</sup> Citty w<sup>th</sup> Greate acclamations
+their own habits and trappings of their horses being
+very fine, and they haveing all the Severall Companyes of
+y<sup>e</sup> Citty w<sup>ch</sup> walke in their order and gowns w<sup>th</sup> pagents to
+most or many of their Companyes, w<sup>ch</sup> are a sort of Stages
+Covered and Carryed by men and on y<sup>e</sup> top many men and
+boys acting y<sup>e</sup> respective trades or Employ<sup>ts</sup> of Each
+Company, some in shipps for y<sup>e</sup> Merch<sup>ts</sup> and whatever
+Company the new Lord major is off his pageant is y<sup>e</sup> finest
+and y<sup>t</sup> Company has y<sup>e</sup> precedency that yeare of all y<sup>e</sup> Companyes
+Except y<sup>e</sup> mercers Company, w<sup>ch</sup> allwayes is the first
+and Esteemed y<sup>e</sup> Greatest, and when there is a Lord Major of
+y<sup>t</sup> Company their pageant is a maiden queen on a throne
+Crowned and with Royal Robes and scepter and most
+richly dressed, w<sup>th</sup> Severall Ladyes dressed, her attendants,
+all on y<sup>e</sup> same pageant and w<sup>th</sup> a Cannopy over her head
+and drawn in an open Chariot w<sup>th</sup> 9 horses very finely
+accouter’d and pages that Ride them all, w<sup>th</sup> plumes of
+feathers. After being drawn through y<sup>e</sup> Citty she is jnvited
+by y<sup>e</sup> Lord major to a dinner provided on purpose for her,
+and soe many Rich Batchelors are appointed to Entertaine
+her that is a ranck among y<sup>e</sup> freemen. She has her traine
+bore up and is presented to Lady Majoris that salutes
+her as doth the aldermens Ladyes, all w<sup>ch</sup> are Conducted
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_244'>244</span>in their Coaches to Guildhall. The new Lady Majoress
+Richly habitted has her traine borne up, and Introduced by
+one of the officers. The Sheriffs Ladyes Likewise weares
+gold Chaines that yeare, the Lady majoress does wear it
+ever after as doe all y<sup>e</sup> aldermens Ladyes whose husbands
+have been Lord majors, and as I said before y<sup>e</sup> Lord
+Majors must be aldermen and must have served as sheriffs
+before, and allwayes y<sup>e</sup> king Confers Knighthood on the
+person that is Chosen to be Sheriff unless he were a knight
+before.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In Guild Hall there are severall long tables plenty
+fully ffurnished w<sup>th</sup> all sorts of varietyes suiteable to the
+season, w<sup>th</sup> fine Desserts off sweetemeates, and jellys w<sup>ch</sup> in
+Pyramidyes stand all y<sup>e</sup> tyme; the hott meate is brought
+in in first and second Courses. The Lord Major and Lady
+Majoress sitt at the upper End but in Case the Court is
+there then the Lord Major has one table, y<sup>e</sup> Lady another,
+and y<sup>e</sup> old Lady Majoress is set at y<sup>e</sup> Left hand of y<sup>e</sup> new
+Lady, and the aldermens Ladyes at her Right hand according
+to their senioritye, after which they Retire into a Gallery
+where is danceing the whole Evening.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>All this yeare Lord or Lady Majoress goe no where but
+w<sup>th</sup> their officers to attend them, and y<sup>e</sup> old Lord Major
+and Lady Majoress has their traines bore up to Guild Hall
+and after dinner return without it. The whole affaires of y<sup>e</sup>
+Citty are managed by y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major and Court of aldermen
+and Common Councill men, he is obliged to take care
+of justice and Right, he does during his yeare jnvite Each
+Company w<sup>th</sup> all their Masters Wardens and officers twice—the
+Last tyme all their wives alsoe—the Sherriffs doe y<sup>e</sup>
+Like. Each person brings their Gift two, three Guinneas,
+some more and according to their Gift at y<sup>e</sup> Last Entertainment
+they have a silver spoon double Gilt, Either
+weighing soe many ounces and soe many as they Give
+Guinneas many tymes in the yeare: those y<sup>t</sup> would shew
+particular respect will go dine w<sup>th</sup> them and bring presents
+without haveing spoones.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>All offices falling vacant in the Majoralty acruee to
+Lord Major to dispose off. There are 24 Companyes w<sup>ch</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_245'>245</span>have each severall officers, as masters wardens &amp;c., and doe
+meete to fix and maintaine their priviledges. They doe
+walke at y<sup>e</sup> Lord Majors day and make sumptuous feasts at
+Each hall appertaineing to their Comp<sup>y</sup> w<sup>ch</sup> is at y<sup>e</sup> Charge
+of y<sup>e</sup> masters and wardens w<sup>ch</sup> are officers Chosen new
+Every yeare. They have great stocks and Lands belonging
+to their Companyes Common stock, and w<sup>ch</sup> does maintaine
+schooles and Hospitalls and such Like w<sup>ch</sup> from tyme to
+tyme are Encreased by severall Benefactors and Legacyes,
+some of w<sup>ch</sup> are greate as in y<sup>e</sup> Mercers Company which
+have Lands to a great value for such Ends. There are
+severall feasts which Lord Major and Sherriffs are absolutely
+obliged to make at their first Entrance into their offices,
+two dayes following each other, and y<sup>e</sup> first day of y<sup>e</sup> terme
+to all y<sup>e</sup> judges, and 3 dayes at Easter going to hear a
+sermon at S<sup>t</sup> Brides Each day, and then to jnspect y<sup>e</sup>
+severall Charityes and hospitalls y<sup>t</sup> all be kept in due order
+and provided for. Y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major and Sherriffs attends the
+King at all tymes to represent y<sup>e</sup> Publick affaires of y<sup>e</sup> Citty
+and receive his orders, they alsoe officiate at y<sup>e</sup> proclaiming
+any new King or Queen or to Declare peace or warr, w<sup>ch</sup> is
+done in Greate solemnity by y<sup>e</sup> King at Arms and severall
+of y<sup>e</sup> nobillity in Coaches or on horseback, and y<sup>e</sup> officers
+of y<sup>e</sup> kings household.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>King Williams return after y<sup>e</sup> peace was Concluded w<sup>th</sup>
+Ffrance and y<sup>e</sup> Confederates, the Kings Entry was in this
+manner, y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major in Crimson velvet Gown w<sup>th</sup> a Long
+traine on horseback attended by all his officers y<sup>e</sup> sword
+bearer and water Baily very well dress’d. Y<sup>e</sup> Common
+hunt was Clad in Green velvet, thus with all y<sup>e</sup> aldermen
+in their scarlet gowns they proceeding to receive y<sup>e</sup> King
+just at y<sup>e</sup> End of Southwark on y<sup>e</sup> borders of Kent, the
+Lord Major Carrying a scepter w<sup>th</sup> a Crown of pearle on y<sup>e</sup>
+top. Y<sup>e</sup> King was attended thus, ffirst of all his soldiers
+and officers marched in Ranke, y<sup>e</sup> aldermen and Lord
+Major and officers, then all y<sup>e</sup> nobillity in their Coaches, the
+Bishops and judges, then y<sup>e</sup> first Coach of y<sup>e</sup> King w<sup>th</sup> his
+household, then y<sup>e</sup> guards of his body, and then the Coach
+where in y<sup>e</sup> King was, w<sup>ch</sup> was a very rich and Costly thing
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_246'>246</span>all y<sup>e</sup> fring Rich Gold, y<sup>e</sup> Glass very Large, the Standards
+and all outwork Like beaton Gold, drawn by 8 very fine
+white horses with Massy Gold harness and trappings, the
+Ffrench kings present to our king when the peace was
+concluded, y<sup>e</sup> first article of w<sup>ch</sup> was owning King William
+king of England. After the kings Coach a troope of guards
+de Corps, then the third Coach of y<sup>e</sup> Kings w<sup>th</sup> his houshold,
+and other Coaches with Severall officers of the houshold;
+then as the king passed Southwarke the Baily
+presented him his mace, he returned it with y<sup>e</sup> usuall
+Ceremony and Grattification; then at y<sup>e</sup> bridge y<sup>e</sup> Lord
+Major demands his place and y<sup>e</sup> sword, w<sup>ch</sup> is to March
+as Capt<sup>n</sup> of y<sup>e</sup> Kings guards just Imediately before y<sup>e</sup>
+kings own Coach, w<sup>ch</sup> accordingly was given him and he
+returns the said scepter to y<sup>e</sup> proper officers who bear y<sup>t</sup>
+and all y<sup>e</sup> Maces before him, and he bare headed beares y<sup>e</sup>
+sword on horseback just before the kings Coach. At y<sup>e</sup>
+same tyme y<sup>e</sup> water baily rides in the middle of y<sup>e</sup> guards
+as their officer and is on horseback, two men Like pages
+Leading it, soe is Lord Majors in this order: they proceeding
+through the Citty w<sup>ch</sup> from y<sup>e</sup> Royal Exchange on
+Each side had placed the traine bands of the Citty with
+their officers, next them y<sup>e</sup> 24 companyes of y<sup>e</sup> Citty in
+their order and marks of their Honour and priviledges, w<sup>ch</sup>
+reached to y<sup>e</sup> Conduite in Cheapside, all w<sup>ch</sup> paid their
+respective Homage and duty to y<sup>e</sup> King who receiv’d it
+very kind and obligeingly, as he did y<sup>e</sup> Generall joy and
+acclamations w<sup>ch</sup> proceeded from thousands which were
+spectators. At Pauls Schoole y<sup>e</sup> Schollars made him a
+speech and then he was Conducted to his own pallace at
+Whitehall. But before I leave the Citty of London I
+must describe its Building and treasure. Y<sup>e</sup> Government
+as I said was Lord Major, aldermen, sherriffs, Recorder,
+and Chamberlaine, and other officers as Common serjeant,
+and other sergeants, sword Bearers, water Bayly, Common
+Cryer, and y<sup>e</sup> town Clerke; all these with many other
+officers has Considerable salleryes and Endure their Life,
+Except y<sup>e</sup> Chamberlaine thats annually Chosen tho’ mostly
+is in the same person againe. Those others are in the Lord
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_247'>247</span>Majors dispose and brings a greate advantage to him if any
+dye in his Majoralty. There is alsoe many Considerable
+perquisitts belonging to him to support y<sup>e</sup> honnour. The
+Citty plaite is kept for Each, notwithstanding in y<sup>e</sup> year it
+Costs them more many tymes than they Receive, and in
+the whole I have had it from one y<sup>t</sup> had been at y<sup>e</sup> charge
+said it was above 8000<sup>£</sup> in y<sup>e</sup> year.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is as I said great Publick Stock in the Citty by
+which they have raised sumptuous Buildings, the Royal
+Exchange for one, a Large space of Ground Enclosed round
+w<sup>th</sup> Cloysters and open arches on w<sup>ch</sup> are built many walkes
+of Shopps of all trades. Y<sup>e</sup> middle space below was
+design’d and is used for the merchants to meete to Concert
+their buisness and trade and bills, w<sup>ch</sup> is all open and on y<sup>e</sup>
+top of these Piaza’s are y<sup>e</sup> Effigies in stone of most of our
+kings and Queens since y<sup>e</sup> Conquest w<sup>ch</sup> were anoynted
+Crowned heads, from whence this Exchange takes its name
+Royal. In y<sup>e</sup> midst of it stands in stone work on a
+Pedestal y<sup>e</sup> effigies of King Charles y<sup>e</sup> second railed in w<sup>th</sup>
+Iron spikes. There is alsoe at y<sup>e</sup> Bridge a Great Monument
+of stone worke as is y<sup>e</sup> Exchange; this is of a Great height
+300 stepps up and on y<sup>e</sup> top gives y<sup>e</sup> view of y<sup>e</sup> whole town.
+This was sett up in memory of Gods putting a Check to y<sup>e</sup>
+Rageing flame w<sup>ch</sup> by y<sup>e</sup> plotts and Contrivance of y<sup>e</sup>
+papists was Lighted. There is a Large Inscription on it
+all round mentioning it, and alsoe of y<sup>e</sup> popish plott and
+y<sup>e</sup> gun powd<sup>r</sup> treason and all by y<sup>e</sup> papists.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Bridge is a stately building all stone w<sup>th</sup> 18 arches
+most of them bigg Enough to admit a Large Barge to pass,
+its so broade that two Coaches drives a breast, and there is
+on Each side houses and shopps just Like any Large streete
+in y<sup>e</sup> Citty, of w<sup>ch</sup> there are many and well built, Even and
+Lofty, most has 5 if not 6 degrees. Most of y<sup>e</sup> Halls
+belonging to Each Company are Large and Magnificent
+buildings, as alsoe y<sup>e</sup> Churches very fine and Lofty of stone
+work. Ye Greate Cathedrall is S<sup>t</sup> Pauls w<sup>ch</sup> was a vast
+building but burnt by fire, has since by y<sup>e</sup> Citty been built
+up, or rather a tax on Coales w<sup>ch</sup> brings all to pay for it in
+London. It now is almost ffinish’d and very magnificent,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_248'>248</span>the Quire w<sup>th</sup> Curious Carved work in wood, y<sup>e</sup> arch
+Bishops seate and y<sup>e</sup> Bishop of Londons and Lord Majors
+is very finely Carv’d and adorned, y<sup>e</sup> alter alsoe with velvet
+and gold; on y<sup>e</sup> Right side is placed a Large Crimson
+velvet Elbow chaire w<sup>ch</sup> is for the Dean. This is all
+finished (w<sup>th</sup> a sweet organ) but y<sup>e</sup> body of y<sup>e</sup> Church
+w<sup>ch</sup> is to be Closed on y<sup>e</sup> top w<sup>th</sup> a Large Cupilo is
+not quite done. There was formerly in y<sup>e</sup> Citty severall
+houses of y<sup>e</sup> Noblemens w<sup>th</sup> Large gardens and out
+houses and Great attendances, but of Late are pulled down
+and built into streetes and squares and Called by y<sup>e</sup>
+names of y<sup>e</sup> noblemen, and this is the practise by
+almost all even just to y<sup>e</sup> Court Excepting one or
+two.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Northumberland and Bedford house, and Lord Mountagues
+house indeed has been new built and is very fine, one
+roome in y<sup>e</sup> middle of y<sup>e</sup> building is of a surpriseing height
+Curiously painted and very Large, yet soe Contrived y<sup>t</sup>
+speake very Low to y<sup>e</sup> wall or wanscoate in one Corner and
+it should be heard w<sup>th</sup> advantage in y<sup>e</sup> very opposite Corner
+aCross—this I heard Myself. And this Leads me to y<sup>e</sup>
+Citty of Westminster in w<sup>ch</sup> are many of these noblemens
+houses built into very fine squares. Y<sup>e</sup> kings pallace was a
+most magnificent building all of freestone, w<sup>th</sup> appartments
+suiteable to y<sup>e</sup> Court of a King, in w<sup>ch</sup> was a Large roome
+Called the Banqueting-roome w<sup>ch</sup> was fitted for and used in
+all Publick solemnityes and audiences of ambassadours &amp;c.
+This is y<sup>e</sup> only thing Left of y<sup>e</sup> vast building which by
+accident or Carelessness, if not designe, has Laid it in ashes
+together w<sup>th</sup> Exceeding Rich furniture of antiquity, as alsoe
+y<sup>e</sup> greate and good Queen Mary’s Closet and Curious
+treasures. This has all along y<sup>e</sup> prospect of y<sup>e</sup> Thames on
+one side and a Large parke on y<sup>e</sup> other, walled in, which is
+full of very fine walkes and rowes of trees, ponds and
+Curious birds Deer, and some fine Cows. In this parke
+stands another pallace S<sup>t</sup> James, w<sup>ch</sup> is very well and was
+built for some of y<sup>e</sup> Royal Familly as y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Yorke or
+Prince of Wales. There is at Whitehall in y<sup>e</sup> privy Garden
+a Large pond w<sup>th</sup> a spout of water of a vast height. This
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_249'>249</span>of S<sup>t</sup> James is Little but daily building adding may make
+it greate.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is alsoe one Nobleman’s house, is this Parke
+House w<sup>ch</sup> is a very Curious Building. Just by this parke
+you Enter another Much Larger, Hide-parke, w<sup>ch</sup> is for
+Rideing on horseback but mostly for y<sup>e</sup> Coaches, there
+being a ring railed in round w<sup>ch</sup> a Gravel way y<sup>t</sup> would
+admitt of twelve if not more rowes of Coaches, w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup>
+Gentry to take y<sup>e</sup> aire and see each other Comes and drives
+round and round; one row going Contrary to each other
+affords a pleaseing diversion. The rest of y<sup>e</sup> parke is green
+and full of deer, there are Large ponds w<sup>th</sup> fish and fowle.
+Y<sup>e</sup> whole Length of this parke there is a high Causey of a
+good breadth, 3 Coaches may pass and on Each side are
+Rowes of posts on w<sup>ch</sup> are Glasses—Cases for Lamps w<sup>ch</sup>
+are Lighted in y<sup>e</sup> Evening and appeares very fine as well
+as safe for y<sup>e</sup> passenger. This is only a private roade y<sup>e</sup>
+king had w<sup>ch</sup> reaches to Kensington, where for aire our
+Great King W<sup>m</sup> bought a house and filled it for a Retirement
+w<sup>th</sup> pretty gardens. Besides these y<sup>e</sup> king has a
+pallace in y<sup>e</sup> Strand w<sup>th</sup> fine gardens all to y<sup>e</sup> Thames
+river, this appertaines to y<sup>e</sup> Queen Dowager while she
+Lives. In this place was y<sup>t</sup> cruel Barbarous Murder of
+S<sup>r</sup> Edmund Berry Godfrey by y<sup>e</sup> papists. Westminster is
+remarkable for haveing in it y<sup>e</sup> ancient Large abbey w<sup>ch</sup> is
+a most magnificent Building of stone finely Graved, and
+within is adorned w<sup>th</sup> severall monuments of our Kings and
+Queens and great personages.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In Harry y<sup>e</sup> sevenths Chapple Layes our Great and good
+as well as Ever Glorious King William, and Queen Mary
+his Royal Consort and joinctly on y<sup>e</sup> throne of these
+kingdoms, whome noe tyme Can ever obliterate y<sup>e</sup> memory
+off, their being Englands deliverers in Gods hands from
+popery and slavery w<sup>ch</sup> King James by y<sup>e</sup> King of Frances
+power was involving us in. This abby alsoe is y<sup>e</sup> place
+where y<sup>e</sup> sollemnityes of the Kings interrments and Corronations
+are performed of which shall give a perticular.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>At y<sup>e</sup> Death of a Prince which I have been a mournfull
+spectator or hearer of two of y<sup>e</sup> most Renowned y<sup>t</sup> ever was,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_250'>250</span>King William and queen Marys, the Queen Dying before
+the king he ommitted noe Ceremony of Respect to her
+memory and remains w<sup>ch</sup> Lay in State in Whitehall in a
+bed of Purple velvet all open, the Cannopy y<sup>e</sup> same w<sup>th</sup>
+Rich gold fring, y<sup>e</sup> middle being y<sup>e</sup> armes of England
+Curiously painted and Gilt, y<sup>e</sup> head piece Embroyder’d
+Richly w<sup>th</sup> a Crown and Cyphers of her name, a Cusheon
+of purple velvet at y<sup>e</sup> head on w<sup>ch</sup> was y<sup>e</sup> Imperiall Crown
+and Scepter and Globe, and at y<sup>e</sup> feete another such a
+Cusheon w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> sword and Gauntlets on the Corps w<sup>ch</sup> was
+rowled in Lead, and over it a Coffin Cover’d w<sup>th</sup> purple
+velvet w<sup>th</sup> the Crown, and Gilt in Moldings very Curious.
+A Pall on all of a very Rich tissue of gold and silver,
+Ruffled round about w<sup>th</sup> purple velvet w<sup>ch</sup> hung down on y<sup>e</sup>
+ground, w<sup>ch</sup> was a halfe pace railed as y<sup>e</sup> manner of the
+Princes beds are. This in a roome hung w<sup>th</sup> purple velvet
+full of Large wax tapers, and at y<sup>e</sup> 4 Corners of the bed
+stood 4 of y<sup>e</sup> Ladyes of y<sup>e</sup> bed Chamber—Countesses—w<sup>th</sup>
+vailes; these were at severall tymes relieved by others of
+y<sup>e</sup> same. Y<sup>e</sup> anty Chamber hung with purple Cloth and
+there attended four of y<sup>e</sup> Maids of honnour all in vailes, and
+y<sup>e</sup> Gentlemen of the bed Chamber, pages in another roome
+all in black, y<sup>e</sup> staires all below the same. Y<sup>e</sup> Queen dyeing
+while y<sup>e</sup> parliam<sup>t</sup> sate, y<sup>e</sup> King gave mourning to them, 500
+and Clerks, w<sup>ch</sup> attended thus: their Speaker haveing his
+traine bore up, then y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major y<sup>e</sup> same, and attended
+by y<sup>e</sup> aldermen and officers all in black, and y<sup>e</sup> Judges;
+then y<sup>e</sup> officers of the houshold, then y<sup>e</sup> Guards, then y<sup>e</sup>
+Gentleman master of y<sup>e</sup> horse Led the queens Led horse
+Cover’d up w<sup>th</sup> purple velvet, next Came the open Chariot
+made as y<sup>e</sup> bed was, the Cannopy y<sup>e</sup> same all purple velvet,
+a high arch’d teister Ruffled, w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Rich fring and pall,
+w<sup>ch</sup> was supported by Six of y<sup>e</sup> first Dukes of y<sup>e</sup> Realme
+that were not in office. This Chariot was drawn by the
+Queens own 6 horses Covered up with purple velvet and at
+y<sup>e</sup> head and feete was Laid y<sup>e</sup> Emblems of her dignity, the
+Crown and Scepter on a Cushion at y<sup>e</sup> head, and Globe and
+Gauntlets at y<sup>e</sup> feete, after which the first Dutchess in
+England as Chief mourner walked supported by these
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_251'>251</span>Lords, the Lord president of y<sup>e</sup> Councill and y<sup>e</sup> Lord privy
+Seale, she haveing a vaile over her face, and her traine of 6
+yards Length being bore up by the next Dutchess assisted
+by four young Ladyes. After w<sup>ch</sup> two and two y<sup>e</sup> Ladies
+followed and Lords, all Long traines according to their
+ranke, y<sup>e</sup> Bishops Likewise all on foote on black Cloth
+strained on boards, from Whitehall to Westminster abby
+where was a sermon, in w<sup>ch</sup> tyme y<sup>e</sup> body of y<sup>e</sup> queen was
+reposed in a masulium in form of a bed w<sup>th</sup> black velvet
+and silver fringe round, and hanging in arches, and at y<sup>e</sup>
+four Corners was tapers and in y<sup>e</sup> middle a bason supported
+by Cupids or Cherubims shoulders, in w<sup>ch</sup> was one Entire
+Great Lamp burning y<sup>e</sup> whole tyme. Then after y<sup>e</sup> service
+of burial w<sup>ch</sup> is done with solemn and mournfull musick and
+singing, ye sound of a Drum unbraced, the breakeing of all
+y<sup>e</sup> white staves of those that were y<sup>e</sup> officers of y<sup>e</sup> queen,
+and flinging in y<sup>e</sup> keys of the rest of y<sup>e</sup> offices devoted by
+y<sup>t</sup> badge into y<sup>e</sup> tomb. They seale it up and soe returne in
+same order they went. There is allwayes a high steward
+made for all solemnityes of y<sup>e</sup> Kings and Queens and he is
+only soe for that day, and he goes just before the Led horse.
+The pages also Lead all y<sup>e</sup> horses that draws y<sup>e</sup> Chariot,
+and the yeaumen of y<sup>e</sup> guard walks on Each side all y<sup>e</sup>
+way. This is y<sup>e</sup> manner of publick funeralls but if it be
+Kings then the Ladyes attend not. Y<sup>e</sup> next Ceremonys is
+the Crowning the Kings and Queens of England w<sup>ch</sup> is
+done in this manner as I have seen it. The Prince by
+Letters Summons all the nobility to be ready to attend
+them such a day—its usually on S<sup>t</sup> Georges day—by the
+Earle marshall at Westminster Hall, another Greate Building
+which containes the Parliament houses and the courts
+of justice, and requests all—w<sup>ch</sup> shall Describe hereafter.
+But as I said they being Come to this Westminster Hall y<sup>e</sup>
+Dean of Westminster abbey w<sup>th</sup> prebends &amp;c comes with
+the Crown, scepter, swords and orb and all the Regalias, it
+being in their Custody w<sup>ch</sup> are all put on y<sup>e</sup> table. Y<sup>e</sup>
+prince does appoynt these all to be Carryed by severall
+Lords; then there being blew Cloth spread from y<sup>e</sup> Hall to
+y<sup>e</sup> Abby w<sup>ch</sup> is all railed in and Lined with foote and horse
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_252'>252</span>Guards, the Procession beginns thus. First four drums two
+and two as is the whole procession, these beate y<sup>e</sup> March;
+then the 6 Chancery Clerkes, then the Chaplaines that have
+Dignityes, then the aldermen of London and y<sup>e</sup> masters in
+Chancery, y<sup>e</sup> Solicitor Generall, y<sup>e</sup> Attorney General, then
+the Gentlemen of the privy Chamber, next the judges, then
+the Children of the Kings Chappel, then the Choir of Westminster,
+then the gentlemen of the Chapple, next y<sup>e</sup>
+Prebends of Westminster, then the Master of y<sup>e</sup> jewel house,
+then goes the Privy Counsellors y<sup>t</sup> are not Peers of the
+realme, then two Pursuivants goe, next them goes y<sup>e</sup>
+Barronesses in Crimson velvet Robes Lined w<sup>th</sup> Earmine,
+and Cut waved in a Long traine Lined with white sarsnet,
+the sleeves were open to the shoulder, tyed up there with
+Silver Cords and tassells hanging down to y<sup>e</sup> wast, the
+sleeves being fringed w<sup>th</sup> silver, under w<sup>ch</sup> fine point or Lace
+sleeves and Ruffles, w<sup>th</sup> Gloves Laced or w<sup>th</sup> Ribon gold
+and white, their peticoates were white; some tissue Laced
+w<sup>th</sup> gold or silver, and their stomatchers some were all
+Diamonds; over all they had mantles of y<sup>e</sup> same Crimson
+velvet Lined w<sup>th</sup> Earmine and fastened to the shoulder, on
+w<sup>ch</sup> there was a broad Earmine Like a Cape reaching to y<sup>e</sup>
+waste powder’d w<sup>th</sup> rowes according to their Degree, y<sup>e</sup>
+barroness 2 rows, the viscountess 2 rows and halfe, the
+Countesses 3 Rowes, the Marchoness 3 rows and a halfe, the
+Dutchesses 4 Rows, the Queen 6; these all having Long
+traines suiteable to their Robes and were in Length
+as their Degree. Y<sup>e</sup> Barronesses had their traines 2
+yards and a quarter drawing on the ground, the
+Viscountess 2 yards and halfe, y<sup>e</sup> Marchionesses 2 yards
+3 quarters, y<sup>e</sup> Dutchess 3 yards drawing on the Ground.
+Their heads were dress’d w<sup>th</sup> much haire and Long
+Locks full of Diamonds—some perfect Peakes of bows of
+Diamonds as was the Countess of Pembrook,—their
+heads so dress’d as a space Left for their Coronets to be
+set, all y<sup>e</sup> rest is filled w<sup>th</sup> haire, Jewells and gold, and
+white small Ribon, or Gold thinn Lace, in form of a
+peake, and gold gause on their rowles, they have also
+Diamond necklaces and jewels on their habitts. Each
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_253'>253</span>Carry their Corronets in their hands w<sup>ch</sup> does also Distinguish
+their Dignityes. The Barrons is a velvet Cap w<sup>th</sup> a
+Coronet of Gold, w<sup>th</sup> six great pearles or what resembles
+them a white Gilding in that form. Y<sup>e</sup> Viscounts Coronet
+is a Gold set w<sup>th</sup> 16 pearles of Like sort set very Close
+together. Ye Earles Coronet is of Gold w<sup>th</sup> spikes, on
+y<sup>e</sup> tops of which are Laid pearles w<sup>ch</sup> stands at a Distance;
+and have Leaves at y<sup>e</sup> frame. Y<sup>e</sup> Marquess’s Coronet is
+Gold alsoe w<sup>th</sup> spikes of Leaves of y<sup>e</sup> same at distances,
+between w<sup>ch</sup> are those pearles much Lower just proceeding
+from y<sup>e</sup> frame. The Dukes are a Double row of Leaves
+y<sup>e</sup> one standing up at distances, y<sup>e</sup> others between, Low by
+y<sup>e</sup> frame.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Dukes, Marquess’s, Earles, Viscounts, and Barrons,
+are Differenced as the Ladyes are by their Rows of
+Earmine on their Mantles—they all being Clad w<sup>th</sup> Rich
+vests under their Robes, and trimm’d gloves of Lace or
+fringe, fine Linnen, and Carry their Coronets in their hands.
+Only those that are knights of y<sup>e</sup> garter weare a Chaine of
+Gold S S on their shoulders upon their Earmine Cape, and
+have their George hanging to it, their Starr on y<sup>e</sup> breast of
+their Robes and a Diamond garter on their Leg w<sup>th</sup> blew
+Ribon. In this manner habited proceeds y<sup>e</sup> Barronesses
+and Barrons, then the Bishops that sit in y<sup>e</sup> Parliam<sup>t</sup> as
+peeres their habit is Lawn sleeves and Black, their Capps
+are flatt Like a 4 square trencher put on Cornerwise; after
+which went a pursuivant, then in same order y<sup>e</sup> Viscountesses
+and next y<sup>e</sup> Viscounts; then two Heraulds,
+then in same order the Countesses and next the Earles,
+then a Herauld, then in y<sup>e</sup> same order y<sup>e</sup> marchionesses
+next y<sup>e</sup> marquisses, then two heraulds, then in the same
+order the Dutchesses, next them the Dukes, then two Kings
+at armes, after which y<sup>e</sup> Lord Privy Seale, next him Lord
+President of y<sup>e</sup> Councill. Then y<sup>e</sup> ArchBishops w<sup>ch</sup> are
+Esteemed in higher Rank than y<sup>e</sup> Dukes, then a Duke w<sup>ch</sup>
+is of y<sup>e</sup> Royal family w<sup>th</sup> their traine bore up, Prince
+George of Denmarke being Royal Consort to Queen Ann
+walked so haveing his traine bore by the vice-Chamberlaine,
+the Prince is Duke of Cumberland w<sup>ch</sup> is y<sup>e</sup> first Duke;
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_254'>254</span>next goe two personages in Robes of state, but of an
+antique forme, velvet and Earmine w<sup>th</sup> Hatts of Gold
+tissues, personateing y<sup>e</sup> two Dukes of Acquitaine and
+Normandy w<sup>ch</sup> belongs to y<sup>e</sup> English Crown. Next them
+went the Lord w<sup>ch</sup> bore S<sup>t</sup> Edmunds staff, w<sup>th</sup> a Lord that
+bore the Gold Spurrs, another Lord with y<sup>e</sup> Scepter Royal,
+3 other Lords following w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> sword of justice, y<sup>e</sup> Curtana
+sword of mercy, and another poynted sword, next which
+S<sup>r</sup> Garter King at armes between my Lord Major and the
+usher of y<sup>e</sup> black Rod. These Heraulds dress in Coates
+full of y<sup>e</sup> Kings armes all about with Gildings, and hang
+short w<sup>th</sup> Long sleeves and sleeves hanging behind alsoe.
+Next y<sup>e</sup> Lord High Chamberlaine single, then next an
+Earle beares y<sup>e</sup> sword of State between y<sup>e</sup> Earle Marshall
+and y<sup>e</sup> Lord high Constable, made for y<sup>t</sup> Dayes Solemnity.
+Next goes an Earle Beareing y<sup>e</sup> Scepter of y<sup>e</sup> Dove,
+next y<sup>t</sup> a Duke Carrying y<sup>e</sup> Globe orb, next went a Duke
+w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Crown w<sup>ch</sup> must be Lord High Steward for that
+dayes Solemnity, next went a Bishop w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> Bible between
+two other Bishops y<sup>t</sup> Carryed y<sup>e</sup> pattent and y<sup>e</sup> Challice
+w<sup>ch</sup> Last appertaines to y<sup>e</sup> Dean of Westminster. Next
+this the Cannopys and in Case there is a King then his
+Consort goes before him in this manner under a Cannopy
+of Cloth of Gold borne up by 8 Barrons of y<sup>e</sup> Cinque ports,
+and is supported by two Bishops, and her Coronet or
+Crown is alsoe Carryed by a Lord before, and alsoe a silver
+Rod by another Lord, w<sup>ch</sup> when she returns she holds in
+one hand and the Little scepter. Her traine is bore up
+by y<sup>e</sup> first Duchess of y<sup>e</sup> Realme assisted by 4 maiden
+Daughters of Earles and her Robes ought to be only
+Crimson velvet, but King James’s Queen would have
+purple, but never Changes them as doth a Queen that is
+Regent in her self y<sup>e</sup> Principal, as Queen Ann and her
+sister Queen Mary joinct in y<sup>e</sup> throne w<sup>th</sup> King William.
+All w<sup>ch</sup> in some things makes a Difference as shall show,
+for y<sup>e</sup> Queen Consort as King James’s queen was not
+anoynted nor sworne unless as a subject to y<sup>e</sup> King and
+walked thus before him, after which y<sup>e</sup> King Came under
+another Cannopy of gold tissue supported by 8 more of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_255'>255</span>y<sup>e</sup> Barrons of the Cinque-ports; he leaned on two Bishops,
+his traine borne up by the Lord w<sup>ch</sup> is Master of his robes
+assisted by four Lords sonns. These Cannopyes have
+silver staves for Each person to hold them up by. In y<sup>e</sup>
+Case of King William and Queen Mary that were set
+joynctly on the throne anoynted both and sworne by y<sup>e</sup>
+Coronation oath, they Likewise walked both under one of
+these Canopyes made very Large supported by y<sup>e</sup> 16
+Barrons, and on y<sup>e</sup> outside of Each went a Bishop on
+whome they Leaned, Leading Each other; and their
+traines were bore, the Kings by y<sup>e</sup> Lord w<sup>ch</sup> is master of
+y<sup>e</sup> Robes, the Queen by y<sup>e</sup> first Dutchess and young Ladies.
+And soe their throne was Entire two seates and their
+Cannopyes one at y<sup>e</sup> table, but now as in Case of our
+present Majesty Queen Ann I saw her thus; her Cannopy
+was Large bore by y<sup>e</sup> sixteen, and she because of Lameness
+of y<sup>e</sup> Gout had an Elbow Chaire of Crimson velvet
+w<sup>th</sup> a Low back, by w<sup>ch</sup> meanes her mantle and Robe was
+Cast over it and bore by the Lord Master of y<sup>e</sup> Robes and
+y<sup>e</sup> first Dutchess, w<sup>th</sup> 4 maiden Ladies, Earles Daughters on
+Each side Richly Dress’d in Cloth of Gold or Silver, Laced,
+w<sup>th</sup> Long traines, Richly Dressed in fine Linnen, and
+jewells in their hair, and Embroider’d on their Gowns.
+The Queens traine was 6 yards Long, the Mantle suitable
+of Crimson velvet with Earmine as y<sup>e</sup> other of y<sup>e</sup> nobility,
+only the rowes of powdering Exceeded, being six rowes of
+powdering. Her Robe under was of Gold tissue, very Rich
+Embroydery of jewellry about it, her peticoate the same of
+Gold tissue w<sup>th</sup> gold and silver lace, between Rowes of
+Diamonds Embroyder’d, her Linnen fine. The Queen
+being principall of the order of y<sup>e</sup> Garter had a row of
+Gold S S about her shoulders, y<sup>e</sup> Georges w<sup>ch</sup> are allwayes
+set with Diamonds and tyed with a blew Ribon. Her
+head was well dress’d w<sup>th</sup> Diamonds mixed in y<sup>e</sup> haire
+w<sup>ch</sup> at y<sup>e</sup> Least motion Brill’d and flamed. She wore a
+Crimson velvet Cap with Earmine under y<sup>e</sup> Circlet, w<sup>ch</sup> was
+set with Diamonds, and on the middle a sprig of Diamonds
+drops transparent hung in form of a plume of feathers, for
+this Cap is y<sup>e</sup> Prince of Wales’s Cap w<sup>ch</sup> till after y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_256'>256</span>Coronation that makes them Legall king and queen—they
+weare. Thus to y<sup>e</sup> quire doore she Came, then Leaveing
+y<sup>e</sup> Cannopy—(y<sup>e</sup> Chaire she Left at y<sup>e</sup> Abby doore—) she
+is conducted to y<sup>e</sup> Alter which was finely deck’d w<sup>th</sup> Gold
+tissue Carpet and fine Linnen, on the top all y<sup>e</sup> plaite of y<sup>e</sup>
+abby sett, y<sup>e</sup> velvet Cushions to place y<sup>e</sup> Crown and all y<sup>e</sup>
+regallias on. She made her offering at y<sup>e</sup> Alter, a pound
+weight or wedge of gold, here the Dean of Westminster
+and y<sup>e</sup> prebends which assists the Arch-Bishop in the
+Cerimonyes are arrayed in very Rich Coapes and Mitres,
+black velvet Embroyder’d w<sup>th</sup> gold Starrs, or Else tissue of
+gold and silver. Then the Littany and prayers are sung
+and repeated by two Bishops w<sup>th</sup> a small organ, then the
+Queen being seated on a green velvet Chaire faceing the
+pulpit attends y<sup>e</sup> words of y<sup>e</sup> sermon w<sup>ch</sup> was by y<sup>e</sup> arch-Bishop
+of York, w<sup>ch</sup> being ended y<sup>e</sup> Queen arose and
+returned thanks for y<sup>e</sup> Arch-bishops Sermon, is shewed to
+y<sup>e</sup> people by saying a form, Will you take this to be your
+Souveraigne to be over you? thus I saw the Queen turn
+her face to y<sup>e</sup> four sides of y<sup>e</sup> Church, then the Coronation
+oath is repeated to her, w<sup>ch</sup> she distinctly answered each
+article, which oath is very Large in three articles, relateing
+to all priviledges of y<sup>e</sup> Church and State to which she
+promised to be the security and to maintaine all to us.
+Then she kiss’d y<sup>e</sup> Bible, then a Bible was presented to her
+to maintaine y<sup>e</sup> true Protestant religion. Then she being
+on a Little throne by the alter, Cover’d all w<sup>th</sup> Cloth of
+Gold, she has y<sup>e</sup> spurrs of gold brought her and they toutch
+her heele, then the sword of state is presented her which
+she offers up on the alter, w<sup>ch</sup> a Lord appoynted for it
+redeemes y<sup>e</sup> sword for 100 shillings, and draws it out and
+beares it naked all y<sup>e</sup> day. After the other swords are
+brought and presented her w<sup>ch</sup> she delivers to y<sup>e</sup> severall
+officers, then the ring is put on her finger to witness she is
+married to the Kingdom, then the orb I saw brought and
+presented to her and y<sup>e</sup> Scepters. Then she was anoynted
+in this manner; there was a Cloth of silver twilight Embroyder’d,
+held a Little shaddowing over her head. I saw
+y<sup>e</sup> Bishop bring y<sup>e</sup> oyle on a spoone soe annoynted y<sup>e</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_257'>257</span>palmes of her hands, her breast and her forehead, Last of
+all y<sup>e</sup> top of her head, haveing taken off y<sup>e</sup> prince of
+Wales’s Cap and y<sup>e</sup> haire being Cutt off Close at y<sup>e</sup> top y<sup>e</sup>
+oyle was poured on and with a fine Cloth all Dryed againe.
+Then Last of all y<sup>e</sup> arch Bishops held the Crown over her
+head w<sup>ch</sup> Crown was made on purpose for this Cerimony
+vastly Rich in Diamonds, y<sup>e</sup> borders and y<sup>e</sup> Globe part very
+thick sett w<sup>th</sup> vast diamonds, y<sup>e</sup> Cross on y<sup>e</sup> top with all
+diamonds w<sup>ch</sup> flamed at y<sup>e</sup> Least motion, this is worth a
+vast summe, but being made for this Cerimony and pulled
+to pieces againe, its only soe much for the hire of such
+Jewells that made it. This I saw was fix’d on y<sup>e</sup> Queens
+head w<sup>th</sup> Huzza’s and sound of Drumms trumpets and
+gunns, and at the same tyme all y<sup>e</sup> peeres and peeresses
+put on their Coronets on their heads. There are divers
+forms of speech that belong to each Cerimony. Y<sup>e</sup> Queen
+after this goes to y<sup>e</sup> alter and there I saw her receive the
+Sacrament, I saw the deane bring her y<sup>e</sup> bread and wine.
+Then she is Conducted with her Crown on, her Globe and
+Scepter in her hand and seated on y<sup>e</sup> Royal throne of y<sup>e</sup>
+Kingdom w<sup>ch</sup> is of gold finely wrought, high back and armes
+set on a theatre of severall steps, assent rises on four sides
+to it. She being thus seated is followed w<sup>th</sup> a second
+Huzza and sound of drums and trumpets and Gunns, then
+all y<sup>e</sup> Lords and Bishops pay their homage to her; the
+Eldest of Each ranke swears fidelity to her in his own
+name and in y<sup>e</sup> name of all of his ranck. They all singly
+come and touch her Crown and some kiss her Right
+Cheeke—they make all do soe,—she kisses the Bishops.
+All this while anthems are sung and the Medals are Cast
+about by the treasurer of y<sup>e</sup> houshold, after w<sup>ch</sup> the Queen
+arose and went and made her second offering, sate down
+on the throne on w<sup>ch</sup> she was annoynted and Crown’d.
+After, an anthem is sung proper for the tyme, after w<sup>ch</sup> the
+Queen retired into King Edwards Chappel to private
+prayer, w<sup>ch</sup> being ended and her Crimson velvet mantle
+being taken off and one of purple velvet made just y<sup>e</sup> same
+put on, in y<sup>e</sup> same manner they returned Each one in his
+station, only the Lords y<sup>t</sup> Carryed the Regalias now tooke
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_258'>258</span>their places as peers with y<sup>e</sup> rest, y<sup>e</sup> Queen walked to y<sup>e</sup>
+doore of y<sup>e</sup> abby w<sup>th</sup> obligeing Lookes and bows to all y<sup>t</sup>
+Saluted her and were spectatours, w<sup>ch</sup> were prodigious
+numbers in Scaffolds built in the Abbey and all the streetes
+on each side reaching to Westminster hall, where the Queen
+againe quitted her Chaire w<sup>ch</sup> was Carryed by four men,
+the whole procession being both going and comeing
+attended by y<sup>e</sup> gentlemen pensioners Clad in Scarlet Cloth
+w<sup>th</sup> gold Lace, Holding halberds w<sup>th</sup> gold tops Like pick-axes.
+These make a Lane for the queen to pass and
+follow two and two, next them y<sup>e</sup> groomes of the bed
+Chamber, then the Captaine of y<sup>e</sup> guards went between y<sup>e</sup>
+Captaine of y<sup>e</sup> pensioners band and the Captain of y<sup>e</sup>
+yeaumen, and were attended by their officers and yeamen.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The queen being Come up to her table w<sup>ch</sup> was a great
+rise of stepps she was seated on her throne w<sup>ch</sup> was under a
+fine Cannopy. When King James was Crown’d he sate soe:
+at his Left hand sate his Queen under another Cannopy,
+but King William and Queen Mary being both principalls
+sate under one Large Cannopy on one Large throne, but
+our present Queen should have sate alone as she did in the
+upper End under y<sup>e</sup> Cannopy, but she sent and did invite
+Prince George her Consort to dine with her. So he Came
+and at her request tooke his seate at her Left hand without
+the Cannopy. The first Course was served just before the
+Queen Came in, She being ushered in by the Earle Marshall,
+Lord High Steward, and Lord high Chamberlaine on horseback,
+their horses being finely dress’d and managed, and the
+Cookes Came up with their point aprons and towells about
+their shoulders of poynt; after w<sup>ch</sup> Comes up the Lord high
+steward againe on horseback, with the other two Lords, and
+acquaints the king or queen there is their Champion without
+ready to Encounter or Combate with any that should
+pretend to dispute, after w<sup>ch</sup> he is Conducted in on horseback
+by the Earle Marshall and y<sup>e</sup> Lord high steward, and
+they Come up to the stepps of the throne, and there the
+Champion all dress’d in armour Cap-a-pe and declares his
+readyness to Combate w<sup>th</sup> any that should oppose the Right
+of their Majestyes, and there upon throws down his guantlet
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_259'>259</span>w<sup>ch</sup> is giving Challenge, after w<sup>ch</sup> the King or Queen drinks
+to him in a Gold Cup w<sup>th</sup> a Cover, y<sup>e</sup> same w<sup>ch</sup> is Carryed
+to y<sup>e</sup> Champion and he drinks, and then he retires back and
+Carrys it away being his Due as is the best horse in the
+kings stable, y<sup>e</sup> best suite of armour in y<sup>e</sup> armory. This
+belongs to S<sup>r</sup> John Dimmocks familly y<sup>t</sup> hath a yearly salery
+from the Crown. My Lord Major here officiates as y<sup>e</sup>
+kings Butler, and hath for a Reward such another Cup of
+gold Covered and thus the Ceremony Ends and they all
+retire. Westminster Hall is as full of spectatours sitting on
+scaffolds on Each side, under w<sup>ch</sup> are severall Long tables
+spread and full of all varietyes prepared for the Lords and
+Ladies, others for the judges, aldermen &amp;c.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>When there is a Rideing Coronation they proceed on from
+y<sup>e</sup> abbey when a king is Crowned, all on horseback thro’ y<sup>e</sup>
+Citty in y<sup>e</sup> same order as at the Entry at y<sup>e</sup> peace, quite to
+y<sup>e</sup> Tower all richly dress’d and their horses w<sup>th</sup> fine trappings,
+Led on both sides by Each Lords pages, and when its a
+King only, then only y<sup>e</sup> Lords attend as in y<sup>e</sup> Coronation of
+King Charles the second, but at Queen Elizabeths the Ladies
+alsoe attended to y<sup>e</sup> Tower which is at the utmost extremity
+of y<sup>e</sup> Citty of London, where the Governour presents the
+King with y<sup>e</sup> Keyes which he returns againe and after some
+other Cerimonyes and makeing some Knights of y<sup>e</sup> Bath
+Either six or Eight I Cannot tell which. These are an
+order that prefferr such a knight above all other knights,
+but is not so high as a Barronet and it alsoe expires at their
+Death descending not to y<sup>e</sup> son; they wear a scarlet Ribon
+round their shoulder Like a belt: then they all return back
+to the pallace; Usually the rideing Coronation holds two
+dayes.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The tower is built just by y<sup>e</sup> Thames, thereon many
+gunns are placed all round, its built of free stone, four
+towers. In one is y<sup>e</sup> amunition and powder, Called y<sup>e</sup> white
+tower, w<sup>ch</sup> is kept very secure w<sup>th</sup> 6 keyes w<sup>ch</sup> are kept by
+six persons. In another part the Coynage is where they
+refine, melt, form, stamp and Engrave all y<sup>e</sup> money w<sup>ch</sup> is
+managed by severall over w<sup>ch</sup> there is y<sup>e</sup> Comptroler of
+y<sup>e</sup> mint. In another part is kept severall Lyons w<sup>ch</sup> are
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_260'>260</span>named by y<sup>e</sup> names of y<sup>e</sup> kings, and it has been observ’d
+that when a king has dyed y<sup>e</sup> Lion of y<sup>e</sup> name has alsoe
+dyed.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are also other strange Creatures kept there, Leopards,
+Eagles &amp;c &amp;c w<sup>ch</sup> have been brought from forreign parts.
+In another place is kept the Crowns and all y<sup>e</sup> Regalias,
+as orb, scepters, swords. The Crown that is made on
+purpose to Crown a prince is pulled to pieces againe and
+they only reserve an old large Crown of King Harry y<sup>e</sup>
+seventh in form of a Ducall Coronet, and y<sup>e</sup> Crown w<sup>ch</sup> is
+used for the passing of bills, of w<sup>ch</sup> here after. This hath
+Large pearles on y<sup>e</sup> Cross and an Emerauld on y<sup>e</sup> top of y<sup>e</sup>
+head w<sup>ch</sup> Closes the bands w<sup>ch</sup> goes every way of y<sup>e</sup> sides to
+y<sup>e</sup> round frame full of Diamonds and Saphyr’s and Rubies
+w<sup>ch</sup> y<sup>e</sup> frame at y<sup>e</sup> bottom is also enchased with. This
+Large Emerauld is as bigg as an Egg all transparent and
+well Cut: the Globe is alsoe sett w<sup>th</sup> diamonds representing
+y<sup>e</sup> Lines on the Celestial Globe. The middle or body of y<sup>e</sup>
+Tower is full of armour of all sorts and placed in Each
+roome w<sup>th</sup> great Curiosity Like a ffurniture on y<sup>e</sup> walls and
+kept very bright and fine. And now I shall return to y<sup>e</sup>
+Hall att Westminster where are all y<sup>e</sup> Courts of justice
+kept. There are severall parts out of y<sup>e</sup> hall for y<sup>e</sup> Court of
+y<sup>e</sup> Kings Bench for tryal of all Causes by jurys, Grand
+juryes and petty jurys, to manage w<sup>ch</sup> there is a Lord Chief
+Justice and three other Judges his assistants, where matters
+are heard by Councellors, attornys and solicitors to plead y<sup>e</sup>
+Cause in the Court. All these formerly were but few in
+number when buisness was not delayed but brought to
+a quick jssue and persons had matters decided quicker,
+but now they are increased extreamely and Consequently
+buisness Lengthened out for their profit. There is alsoe
+another Court of y<sup>e</sup> Common pleas to w<sup>ch</sup> is another
+Chiefe Justice, the first is Call’d the Lord Chiefe Justice of
+the Kings Bench Court, y<sup>e</sup> other the Lord Chiefe Justice of
+y<sup>e</sup> Common pleas—he hath alsoe three Judges assistants.
+This Court is in something the same nature managed as
+y<sup>e</sup> former, only that matters of Life and death are not
+here tryed or determined, that belongs to y<sup>e</sup> Kings Bench.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_261'>261</span>There is alsoe the Exchequer Chamber which is another
+Court and managed by a Lord Chiefe Baron and 3 other
+Barrons assistants, w<sup>ch</sup> are all judges, and all first sergeants
+and in this manner are fitted, having been Entred at such
+an age into any of y<sup>e</sup> jnns of Court of w<sup>ch</sup> there are many in
+y<sup>e</sup> town, Lincolns-inn, Grays-inn, Ffurnifulls-inn, Clemens-jnn,
+Cliffords-inn and others. The Temples Likewise are
+such where they are students in the Law and goe to hear
+Causes and are trained up in that Learning w<sup>ch</sup> is grounded
+on our Laws, the Magna Charta Law of the whole kingdom
+by w<sup>ch</sup> all matters are or may be decided. After soe many
+yeares studdy and being thus Entred they are Called to y<sup>e</sup>
+barr—y<sup>t</sup> is to plead as Councellors and Barristers in these
+Courts, and out of such that have been thus Barristers many
+yeares they Commence serjeants, and are made in this
+manner the first day of a terme. They walk two and two
+in their Gowns from y<sup>e</sup> Temple to Westminster Hall where
+Each that is designed for serjeants stand with their Back to
+y<sup>e</sup> Barr of the Court at a Little distance, y<sup>e</sup> puny judge on
+the Bench sayes to the Lord Chief Justice, my Lord I think
+I spye a Brother; the Lord Chief Justice replies truly
+Brother I thinke its soe indeed, send and bring him up to
+be examined whether capable or well quallify’d; w<sup>ch</sup> is done
+and after severall questions he is sworn and has a Coiffe put
+on his head, which is a black satten Cap w<sup>th</sup> a white Lace
+or Edge round y<sup>e</sup> bottom and thus he is received into their
+number and soe returned. They have a feast and pay their
+fees which is considerable all to maintain the Court out of
+such as are sergeants. The king makes judges and gives
+them salleryes; all the judges doe weare scarlet robes
+Lined with furr. These twelve judges sitt in the House of
+Lords on wooll packs, not as peers but as Councellors to
+informe the house of what is their former Laws, and to
+decide matters that Come before them if relating to the Law,
+and soe are only their officers and Cannot put on their Caps
+without permission of y<sup>e</sup> Lords. There is alsoe another
+Court for justice w<sup>ch</sup> is Called the Court of Equity or
+Chancery. The other Courts properly Judges of the matters
+of Right by Law this as to the Equitty of it, w<sup>ch</sup> is managed
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_262'>262</span>by a Lord Chancellor or a Lord Keeper, w<sup>ch</sup> is not in soe
+high a station nor at so vast expence, but answers the Ends
+of the other as to the Buissness—is Called Lord Keeper
+because he keepes the great seale of England w<sup>ch</sup> makes all
+authentick that passes it. This sometymes is managed in
+Commision by three, but many tymes by one single person,
+he allwayes sitts in the house of Lords alsoe and is y<sup>e</sup>
+speaker of y<sup>e</sup> house of Lords. Under him there is the
+Master of the Roles w<sup>ch</sup> is his deputy and in the others
+absence acts in the Court as Chiefe. This Court keeps all
+the Records and statutes, there are two registers belongs to
+it with six masters which are alsoe the under justices, and
+six Clerks w<sup>ch</sup> have all their Respective offices and Enter all
+things. Under them is the 60 Clerks and other under
+writers. This formerly was the best Court to relieve the
+subject but now is as Corrupt as any and as dilatory. The
+Causes in the Chancery are heard and Refferr’d to some of
+the masters and they report the matter againe, and soe from
+the notion of this being a Court of Equitty and so gives
+Liberty for persons to make all the allegation and reasons
+in their Cause, which much delayes y<sup>e</sup> dispatch, which
+formerly was of a very good advantage to prevent a huddling
+up a Cause without allowing tyme for y<sup>e</sup> partys to produce
+their evidences or Right, but now by that meanes is soe ill
+managed that it admitts of heareing, Re-heareing over and
+over on the Least motion of y<sup>e</sup> Contrary party, that will
+pretend to offer new reason matter for delaying judgment,
+that by this it accrues great advantage to y<sup>e</sup> Lawyers that
+have all their fees each motion and may be so Continued
+many yeares to sometyme y<sup>e</sup> ruin of the Plaintiffs and
+deffendants. A small gratuiety obteine an order to delay
+till the next terme and so to another.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are four termes in a yeare, one at Easter, another
+at Midsumer, and at Michaelmas, and Candle-mass, at
+which tymes these Courts of justice are open for tryal of y<sup>e</sup>
+Causes belonging to their Courts, and holds a fortnight or
+more, one three weekes, another a month, one 5 weekes;
+but there are sealeing dayes w<sup>ch</sup> hold much Longer and
+this between Easter and Midsumer terme joyns the tymes.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_263'>263</span>Y<sup>e</sup> Last terme is the shortest but the seales hold Longer.
+After this is the Long vacation being the heate of the
+weather and tyme of harvest in which tyme alsoe are the
+assizes in all the Countys in England, for at y<sup>e</sup> End of the
+Midsummer terme y<sup>e</sup> Judges takes y<sup>e</sup> Circuites assigned
+Each, usual the Lord Chiefe Justice of England w<sup>ch</sup> is of y<sup>e</sup>
+Kings Bench Chuses the home Circuit w<sup>ch</sup> is the County
+adjacent all about London, w<sup>ch</sup> is a Less fatigue and more
+Easily perform’d. Two judges must goe in Each Circuite
+and in all places the one sitts on the Bench of Life and
+Death, y<sup>e</sup> other on buisness de-nise-prises, and soe they
+exchange in all the places they Come, y<sup>e</sup> judge y<sup>t</sup> was on
+the Life and death at one County, in the next takes y<sup>e</sup> barr
+of the nais prisse and so on. There is one Called the
+Northern Circuit w<sup>ch</sup> is a Long one and takes in Wales;
+there is the Western Circuite alsoe: this takes up 6 of y<sup>e</sup> 12
+judges and Barrons.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>But all this while there must be two at Least Left in
+London to heare and attend y<sup>e</sup> sessions of y<sup>e</sup> Old Bayly
+which is kept once a month both of Life and death and
+Common pleas.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>In all these sessions at y<sup>e</sup> Old Bayly y<sup>e</sup> Lord Major is
+the judge and sitts as such, but Leaves the management of
+the Law to the Chiefe justice or Judges which ought to be
+two. There is the Recorder of y<sup>e</sup> Citty also another justice
+who after y<sup>e</sup> judge has summon’d the Evidence does alsoe
+summ it up, and this is in all the tryals at the Kings
+Bench, alsoe here the sword Bearer is a officer, and
+Common Cryer, and alsoe the two Sherriffs attends, they
+impanell the Jury and their office is so necessary y<sup>t</sup> at the
+death of a Sherriff as happened Last yeare the Buissness of
+the terme happening then stood still till another was Chosen
+and sworne.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Recorder of the Citty is allwayes knighted and soe
+is the Chamberlaine of the Citty. Now in the assizes in all
+the Countyes of England the sherriff of the County Comes
+to the Edge of the County and Receives y<sup>e</sup> judges from the
+hand of the sherriff of y<sup>e</sup> next County and Conducts him to
+y<sup>e</sup> County town attended w<sup>th</sup> the Gentry, and there is a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_264'>264</span>Large house in the town hired for that tyme for the judge,
+and all the sherriffs officers attends him and he in person;
+alsoe he sends the judge a present y<sup>e</sup> first night of meate
+and wine and gives him one dinner. Its usual that the
+Judges are Entertained most of the tyme by the Bishop
+Major and best Gentlemen, its seldom they stay more than a
+weeke in a place unless they have a great deale of Buisness
+or that one of the judges should be sick so y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> other must
+supply both barrs one after another. There are Lawyers
+that allwayes do follow the judges, some serjeant which
+people make use of in their Causes and joyne w<sup>th</sup> them
+some of their own Country Lawyers. There are two of
+these assizes in a year, the other is in the winter, besides
+which in Each County they have quarterly sessions to w<sup>ch</sup>
+all Constables of that precinct repaires, and the titheing
+men w<sup>th</sup> their presentments and Complaints to punish and
+relieve in petty matters w<sup>ch</sup> the Justice of the peace are
+judges off, and if they have a matter before them beyond
+their decision they bind them over to the asizes and there
+to prosecute them. The manner of Criminalls punishment
+after Condemnation, w<sup>ch</sup> if it be for fellony or treason their
+Condemnation of the first is to be hanged, and they are drawn
+in a Cart from their prisons where they had been Confined
+all the tyme after they were taken, I say they are drawn in
+a Cart with their Coffin tyed to them and halters about
+their necks, there is alsoe a Divine with them that is
+allwayes appointed to be with them in the prison to prepare
+them for their death by makeing them sencible of their
+Crimes and all their sins, and to Confess and repent of
+them. These do accompany them to the place of Execution
+w<sup>ch</sup> is generally through the Citty to a place appoynted
+for it Called Tijburn. there after they have prayed and
+spoken to the people the minister does Exhort them to
+repent and to forgive all the world, the Executioner then
+desires him to pardon him and so the halter is put on and
+he is Cast off, being hung on a Gibbet till dead, then Cut
+down and buried unless it be for murder; then usually his
+body is hung up in Chaines at a Cross high road in view of
+all, to deterre others. For high treason they are drawn in
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_265'>265</span>a sledge to their Execution without any Coffin, for their
+Condemnation when hang’d to be taken down before quite
+dead and to be opened. They take out their heart and
+say this is the heart of a traytor, and so his body is Cutt in
+quarters and hung up on the top of the Great gates of the
+Citty which are the places of their prison, some gate
+houses for debters, others for fellons and traytors. In Case
+its a woman which is a traytor then she is Condemned to
+be burnt. All at their Execution have Liberty to speake,
+and in Case they are sencible of and repent of their Crimes
+they do declare it and bewaile it and warne others from
+doing the Like, but if they are hard’nd they persist in
+denying it to the Last. Now as I said y<sup>e</sup> Law Condemns
+all thus to be Executed, but if it be great persons they
+obtaine Leave of y<sup>e</sup> king they may be beheaded, which is
+done on a scaffold Erected on purpose in manner of a
+stage, and the persons brought in Coaches with Ministers
+do as the former; then when they have ended their prayers
+and speech they Lay down their head on a block and
+stretch out their bodies. The Executioner strikes off their
+heads with an ax or sword made on purpose and if it be
+for treason take the head and hold it up saying this is
+the head of a traytor; and such Great persons, Especially
+those that Can pay well for it, have their heads sewed on
+againe and so buried. The Prison in London for great
+persons is the Tower where are appartments for y<sup>t</sup> purpose.
+There is in all the County towns Jailes maintained at
+the publick Charge, besides which there are houses for
+Correction of Lesser faults, as Bridewell, to Correct Lazy
+and Idle persons and to set them to work, and alsoe stocks
+and pillorys to punish them for their Lesser faults. The
+Pilory jndeed is to punish perjur’d persons, which is a
+greate Crime. There is alsoe whipping, some at a Carts
+taile, and for some Crimes they are burnt in the hand or
+Cheeke as a brand of their Evil, and if found againe to
+transgress, y<sup>t</sup> marke serves as a greater witness to their
+Condemnation. Some alsoe are Banish’d out of y<sup>e</sup> kings
+dominions dureing Life and should such return they must
+be executed without any other tryal; under which we may
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_266'>266</span>speake of out Laweryes; a person for treason or fellony
+absconding into another kingdom, after a process at Law by
+which he is Summon’d to Come and take his tryal, and he
+refuses then he is outlaw’d and all his Estate forfeited to
+the king, and if Ever he be taken in y<sup>e</sup> Kings dominions he
+is Immediately Executed w<sup>th</sup> out any farther tryal, and its
+usual if such a one be known to be in a kingdom of our
+allies to make a Demand of him by the ambassadour, and
+such a state takes Care Either to deliver him up or Else to
+Expel him their Dominions by proclamation, that none
+harbour such a one but deliver up to the government.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here is noe wracks or tortures nor noe slaves made, only
+such as are banish’d sometymes into our forreign plantations
+there to worke, we have also prisons for debtors and
+some of which are privilidge places, as y<sup>e</sup> Kings Bench the
+Marshalsea and Fleete which persons Entring themselves
+prisoners there Cannot further be prosecuted, but Continue
+there prisoners dureing Life, and out of the term tymes hire
+a keeper of the prison to go allwayes with him as a jaylor;
+but the Chief Master must have good security to produce
+him Every term Else he will be Lyable to pay his debts, so
+its only for such as are debtors, and Indeed its a sad thing
+they should be so suffer’d and that there should be places
+of refuge for such. There is one good act to relieve persons
+that are Confined it may be out of Malice and spleen to
+keep them allwayes so, but by this act any such Can sue
+out his habeas Corpus and soe be brought the first day of
+the terme Either to a tryal or give bail and soe be Let out.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Besides this there are in most Lordships, Courts kept
+which are Courts Banns and was at first the only jurisdiction
+by Each gentleman held, all misdemeanours punished, and
+by them Informed up to the higher courts of Kings Bench or
+Chancery, and alsoe had all their own privelidges maintained
+amongst their tennants and neighbours, and Consisted of a
+Court Life also which ran in y<sup>e</sup> same nature with their
+session Courts. These our Laws are Esteemed the best in
+y<sup>e</sup> world, we haveing two distinct parts, one Comon Law
+which is singular to our nation and are managed in these
+sessions, assizes, Kings Bench, and Common pleas, and Exchequor,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_267'>267</span>the other is the Civil Law which is the only sort
+of Law in any other Kingdom, of which the Chancery, the
+Arches w<sup>ch</sup> is under the archbishop and by his appoyntm<sup>t</sup>
+to the severall Judges of that Court that are all Civillians,
+matters of Equitty, all probats of wills, w<sup>ch</sup> in the Arches
+are made and recorded. This is in a place in the Citty the
+Doctors Commons where is this Court of Arches and prorogative
+Court which Consists of Doctors, Chancelours,
+Proctors, Suragats w<sup>ch</sup> do y<sup>e</sup> offices of Councellours attorney
+and Solicitours at Common Law. There are registers also
+from this at London. All the Bishops courts are kept in
+each Citty, managed by Chancelours which are Lay men,
+and the suragats, also the Bishops deputyes, the proctors,
+and parolers, which summons all to it, and there are four in
+a year in Each County. From hence are given out Licenses
+for marriages, here are y<sup>e</sup> Cannon Laws of the Church
+explain’d and defended, all Church officers punish’d and
+examin’d, here are proceeding on Information all persons
+that infringe the Church Rites, and formerly all that were
+vitious and Corrupt in their practices, even of y<sup>e</sup> Clergy also,
+and receiv’d suspension or some punishm<sup>t</sup> due to the Crime,
+as Excommunication, but evil men and governours corrupt
+and Change wholesome Laws to Evil, so of Late these
+Laws have been put in Execution against tender Consciences
+that could not Comply to some forms prescrib’d
+in the Litturgy of the Church of England, and they have
+been Excommunicated, after which they are turned over to
+the Lay Chancellour and so prosecuted at Common Law
+because the spiritual Courts and men will not pretend to
+use the sword of punishment, but while they have turned
+its Edge thus against y<sup>e</sup> tender Consciences scrupleing the
+forms of worship in the Church of England, they have Left
+punishing the enormous Crimes of their parishoners nay of
+their Clergy also, to the scandal of Protestants. Indeed
+blessed be God that since King William and Queen Mary
+of happy memory Weilded the scepter, and Liberty for
+such descenters have been Establish’d by an act of Parliam<sup>t</sup>,
+of which houses shall now speake of. Our Kingdom is
+governed by Laws made and Establish’d pursuant to the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_268'>268</span>first Constitutions and Magna-Charta, from which is derived
+all the Charters full of priviledges to each Corporation in
+the Kingdom, suiteable to their Customs and well being of
+each; these Laws are made and are not truely authentick
+if not Enacted and pass’d by our three states which is King,
+Lords and Commons, which Can make Laws for all Cases
+provided they are for the good of the whole and do not
+tend to subvert our originall Contract grounded on our
+Magna Charta or ffundamental Laws of the Land, which
+Constitution is by all the world esteemed the best if kept
+on each ones Basis, a tripple foundation, and when y<sup>e</sup> King
+Exerts not his prerogative beyond its Limitts to the oppressing
+his peoples priviledges, nor the people exorbitant and
+tumultuous in the standing or running up their power and
+priviledges to Cloud and bind up the hands of the prince.
+But if it goes in an Equal and just footeing, the people
+whose is the purse and strength will maintaine the King
+and his Councellours, and they will do the best offices to
+the King from the people, and so the King might allwayes
+reigne in his peoples hearts by Love as well as over them,
+and they yeild duty and obedience to him, and securely
+repose in him that should so studdy to preserve them in all
+their privilidges and trade, which would procure us honour
+and admiration to the whole world, and Continue us too
+greate for Enemyes to invade or molest us and so great as
+to have all seeke to be our allies, and those that were so
+would find a secure trust and faithfull friends in us, but
+alas! its too sadly to be bemoaned y<sup>e</sup> best and sweetest
+wine turns soonest sour, some by folly faction and wickedness
+have endeavour’d our own ruin, and were it not for
+Gods providentiall Care and miraculous works we should at
+this day been a people Left to utter dispaire haveing only
+the agraveteing thoughts of our once happy Constitution
+to Lament its Losse the more. To go on the Parliament
+which in Westminster Hall has appartments, the one for y<sup>e</sup>
+house of Lords and Called the Upper House, where all the
+Lords which are not papists and w<sup>ch</sup> are of age do sitt in
+their order on benches Covered with scarlet cloth, the
+Bishops Likewise sitt as peers of the realme and have
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_269'>269</span>voices in all Causes, but in bloud the sanguinary Laws and
+decision there on its said they may sitt, but they from their
+order in the Church alwayes go out, but they first make
+their claime that they might continue, but all other of y<sup>e</sup>
+Lords if absent can give their proxy to another Lord and
+desire him to give his voice in matters debateable in his
+absence, and any such Lord Chuses another that he knows
+to be of his own sentiments, or should give him account at
+any case he should differ that may have the absent Lords
+real Consent, which has happened that a Lord has given his
+own voice one way and the proxy voice another as the
+absent Lord shall direct, but this is seldome and this is
+permitted because sickness or Extraordinary buissness of
+their own, the Kings, or the peoples, may require his
+absence. Now the Lords w<sup>ch</sup> are peeres of the realme are
+born Councellors to the King and are Looked on as such,
+its true tho’ at all tymes they may and should give the
+King their advice yet y<sup>e</sup> King has power and do make
+Choice of a privy Councill, which consist of Lords temporall
+and spirituall, w<sup>ch</sup> are Bishops, and also out of some
+of y<sup>e</sup> Commons of England which are the Gentry. In this
+house of Lords the judges as I said before sitts but have
+noe vote. The Lord Chancellor or Keeper of the Seale sitts
+and is speaker to that house, but if he be noe peer which
+sometymes happens, and is at this tyme in Right Lord
+keeper of the Seale, then I say he has no voice in any
+matter and serves them only as their servant or officer to
+put questions to Count their voice on their dividing on a
+matter, to make a speech to them from y<sup>e</sup> King, and to
+present anything to y<sup>e</sup> King, and he sitts on a wool-pack to
+just under the throne where the king sitts when there which
+is seldome but to pass bills. On each side of the throne is
+two stooles, y<sup>t</sup> on the Right hand is for the Prince of Wales
+if any is, that on the Left to the first Duke prince of the
+blood royal or kings brother that is heir more remote.
+Behind the throne is a place for the noblemens sonns
+minors to be, to give them opportunity to heare and instruct
+them in the Laws of England. In the middle of
+the roome is tables w<sup>th</sup> bookes and records, and there sitts
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_270'>270</span>the secretarys of state which are two, these with some
+under them take the minutes of what is debated and resolved.
+The Lords do form Law agreable to the fundamentall
+Laws in which the judges advise them. They thus
+form a bill which being in all poynts examined, all objections
+answered, and being well amended and passed three
+tymes, being read and agreed, is Carryed down to the Lower
+house which Consists of the Commons of England Chosen
+by a precept from the Crown to all the Sherriffs of the
+Countys to Chuse amongst themselves two of Each Corporation
+or Burrough, and two for each County which are Called
+knights of y<sup>e</sup> shire, to represent them in this assembly. All
+that are free-holders of a County has a voice to Choose.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Corporations and Burroughs Chuse by their freemen
+also, but because of the peculiar Customs and priviledges in
+each place it makes some variation. Those that have most
+of voices which are Legal to Chuse, the Bailiff or major of
+the place or sherriffs return up to the Crown office, from
+whence the precept Came, the Name of such persons so
+Chosen to sitt in the parliament. This was an Excellent
+Constitution and order when kept to its order that none
+were Chosen but the Gentlemen of the shire or town Living
+there, or Else the Chiefe of their Corporation that Lived
+there, by w<sup>ch</sup> meanes they were fully instructed what was
+for the weale and good of Each place they serv’d for, and
+so Could promote designes for their advantage and trade
+and represent their Grievances to be redress’d, they also
+know the strength and riches of the nation and soe Could
+with a more Equal hand Lay y<sup>e</sup> taxes on all answerable to
+their ability; but instead of this the nation is so Corrupted
+that what with hopes of prefferrment at Court or being
+skreen’d by their priviledges from paying their debts, which
+is thus: dureing the sessions or forty dayes before or after,
+such as are parliament men Cannot be arrested or troubled
+for money they owe, y<sup>e</sup> reason at first was well grounded
+that these persons were known to be, and in Case a
+troublesome person had money due and had been delay’d
+by some Extraordinary Cause that this troublesome person
+might find such a one at the parliament house might Lay
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_271'>271</span>him in prison and so hinder y<sup>e</sup> buissness of the nation. But
+this is abused to a great prejudice of the subject, men run
+out of their Estates strive to get into the Parliament to be
+skreen’d from their Creditors; and how Can those that are
+worth Little or nothing be good disposers of the kingdom
+treasure or priviledges, or stand up for them, but by this
+there is such bribeing by debauching by drinke and giving
+them mony, y<sup>t</sup> Instead of the parliament men which use to
+be Chosen to be the Countrys representatives and servants,
+to whome they allowed soe much a day for their expences
+in London from their homes while attending the parliament,
+that now those that would be parliament men spend prodigious
+summs of money to be Chosen. Some to serve for
+knights of y<sup>e</sup> shire have spent 1000 and 1500<sup>lb</sup> and for Corporation
+and Burroughs in proportion, so y<sup>t</sup> they Come in
+with design to be bribed by the Court or any body y<sup>t</sup> has
+any buisness before them, y<sup>t</sup> so they may be reemburz’d
+and may gaine more—some place at Least they Expect and
+these Care Little for y<sup>e</sup> good of y<sup>e</sup> nation, being for the
+most part perfect strangers to the places for whome they
+serve, and consequently to all their Circumstances and so
+can appeare for none of them to their advantage, indeed its
+their own game they mainly aime and pursue, for they have
+in their power to form good Laws suiteable to the fundamentall
+and Explanatory of such with additionalls to them,
+tending to the enlargeing as well as secureing their priviledges.
+Such Laws being brought in manner of a bill is
+read three tymes three severall dayes, so as all the members
+might or should have tyme to heare debate, consider and
+amend it, and Every member of this house of Commons
+that are so chosen and have met and take the oathes
+required of allegiance, they Come up to the house of Lords
+where y<sup>e</sup> King meetes them and desires them to Chuse a
+speaker for themselves out of their own number, which they
+do and Come and present him to the King for his approbation,
+w<sup>ch</sup> done the King makes them a speech and tells
+them what is requisite to be done relateing to the Crown, to
+fforreign things if any warre or any breach of peace any
+injury from thence, what is necessary to be done thereon, if
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_272'>272</span>any want of money which they only Can supply, the
+reasons of its wants, his promise well and faithfully to
+dispose it, he exhorts them to rectifye disorders in practice
+and soe dismisses them. This speaker of theirs is the
+Kings officer Dureing his being speaker and has a sallery
+and must keep a Great table. The king gives him one
+thousand pound presently to fitt him in his Equipage, he
+always goes in Coach or a foote haveing a mace carry’d
+before him, he has the advantage of all bills brought into
+the house a Certainty for Each, he has the advantage of all
+the votes printed, to sell them, he sitts in a Chaire above all
+the rest of the House to give him advantage to see or heare
+any member that speakes. He is to put all Questions, to
+Count the voices of noes and yeas on y<sup>e</sup> division of the
+house. There are many Comittees in this house as well as
+in the Lords House, appoynted by the whole to Inspect
+severall buissness, and to form bills on such buissness to be
+brought in to the house. If it be a matter of great Consequence
+there may be a Comittee of the whole house which
+is only thus, y<sup>e</sup> speaker Leaves his Chaire and they resolve
+themselves into such a Committee and debate matters, and
+for that tyme Choose a Chairman for the Committee.
+Then the speaker reasumes the Chaire and this Chaireman
+of y<sup>e</sup> Comittee reports the debate of y<sup>t</sup> Committee to the
+Speaker and whole House. When there is a full house,
+which may be never was, there is 500 as I said before.
+When they have pass’d a bill thrice through the house with
+approbation they send it up to the Lords, and if they pass
+it three tymes also without amendment then it is jnGross’d,
+haveing been pass’d the two states, and so Lyes ready to
+pass the Last which is the Kings Consent. But if either the
+bills sent down by the Lords are amended by y<sup>e</sup> Comons,
+and when brought up to the Lords againe and they Like
+not those amendments then they Cast out the bill; so Likewise
+any bill sent up by the Commons for the Lords assent in
+Case they make amendments which y<sup>e</sup> Comons Like not
+then they Cast out their bill; but if Each other agree to
+the amendments or pass the bills without amendment
+through both houses then they are Engross’d and prepared
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_273'>273</span>for the Royal assent, the third state of our government w<sup>ch</sup>
+is in this manner. The King sends to y<sup>e</sup> house of Lords to
+attend him in their own house, with their Robes w<sup>ch</sup> are
+Scarlet Cloth with Earmine and Rows of Earmine w<sup>th</sup> gold
+galloone on Each row, the rows are Encreassed to Each
+dignity and here y<sup>e</sup> bishops weare robes w<sup>ch</sup> are scarlet
+also, but they have about their neck a Large Cape w<sup>ch</sup>
+hangs to their waste all round of a ffurr that Lookes Like
+Lambskinns, it hangs Like the Capes of the Cloakes y<sup>e</sup>
+shepheards weare in the open plaine downes. The King
+enters; or the Queen as now it is—but I saw King William
+pass bills in his Royal Robes of Purple Lined Earmine w<sup>th</sup>
+rows of Earmine and the crown on his head which was the
+Crown I spake of that had great pearles on the cross and
+saphires Rubies and Emeraulds—the Scepter in their hand—the
+Usher of the Black Rod is sent to the House of Comons
+to attend the King in the House of Lords which they do,
+with their Speaker that brings up such bills w<sup>ch</sup> are so
+prepared and holds them in his hand, one by one presenting
+them to the King, who touches them with the scepter
+and sayes, “je le veux bieu” and so to all of them one by
+one, w<sup>ch</sup> done if there be any thing necessary to be told
+them, the king either speakes to them or Else orders the
+Lord Chancellour or Lord Keeper to acquaint them of any
+thing in the Kings name if its the Kings pleasure to prorogue
+y<sup>m</sup> for a few dayes weekes or months. Then that putts an
+End to that session till the tyme prefix’d and at that tyme
+they must meete againe without summons, and if they are
+not to meete so soone, y<sup>e</sup> king Issues out a proclaimation y<sup>t</sup>
+its his pleasure y<sup>e</sup> parliament should be prorogued so much
+Longer. These prorogations allwayes puts an end to all
+debates and all bills which are not ffinished and brought the
+king to pass, so that at their meeteing againe they must
+begin the things they would have or were about the Last
+tyme anew. This prorogation is in the kings power and is
+often done for ten dayes only to put a stop to heares and
+debates in the houses, and also to put an end to something
+that is not Lik’d by y<sup>e</sup> government. True Indeed they may
+begin y<sup>e</sup> same things at their next meeteing, but if it be for
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_274'>274</span>the great and absolute service of the nation they may, but its
+contrived in another method so as not openly to Confront
+our governours, tho’ too often we have seen it in our dayes
+against our Glorious truely great King William whose wisdom
+and Compassion for our good pass’d it by and forgave it. Now
+in some Cases the King may and does call the Parliament
+by a proclaimation to sitt before the tyme of the prorogation
+be Expired which takes it off. The parliament does often
+adjourn themselves, as every night so sometymes for a
+weeke, but still the parliament is Look’d on as in sitting and
+so buisness is not jnterrupted but goes on from day to day
+as they appoint it. The king may also adjourn them and
+the two Houses may be adjourned together, but sometymes
+they may adjourn seperately, for one may adjourn themselves
+and y<sup>e</sup> other Continue to act within themselves. Its also in
+the Kings power to dissolve y<sup>e</sup> parliament w<sup>ch</sup> puts a finall
+End to all their buisness which was not ffinished and
+brought to the King to pass, it also disperses the members
+of y<sup>e</sup> House of Commons to be noe more representatives of y<sup>e</sup>
+nation till another parliament be summon’d and y<sup>e</sup> nation
+make new Choices, which sometymes and in some places
+falls on the old members. It is in the Kings prerogative
+thus to Call and disolve parliaments, to declare warre or
+peace and making alliances, but y<sup>e</sup> Kings ought not nor do
+rightly undertake any such thing but by the advice of his
+standing Privy Councill, which I have spoken before, and so
+his proclaimations allwayes runs by and with the advice of
+his Privy Councill he does so and so, to which he joyns y<sup>e</sup>
+great Councill of the nation w<sup>ch</sup> is his two Houses of
+Parliament, Lords spiritual and temporall and Commons of
+England, when great matters are in agitation as y<sup>t</sup> of peace
+or warre, w<sup>ch</sup> is in y<sup>e</sup> Constitution of the government, and
+strengthened by this that the sinnews of warre is in the
+people, for without them no money is to be had; they give
+the taxes and subsidies for such expences, nay y<sup>e</sup> very
+revenue is given by them to the King or the Queen only
+dureing the then prince’s Life and must be asked of them
+that succeed at the death of their predecessors, at the death
+of such that is in the throne. Formerly the Parliament of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_275'>275</span>Course was dissolved, all offices even to a justice of peace
+was vacant, but our wise King William contriveing only our
+good not only Laid a scheme which if be followed will carry
+on all the Confederacys and designes against the Common
+Enemy of mankind, but also as farre as he could to secure
+our peace w<sup>ch</sup> was by obtaining an Act of Parliam<sup>t</sup> that y<sup>e</sup>
+parliament in being when y<sup>e</sup> King died or Else the parliament
+but just then dissolv’d by the King, after he dies
+should assemble together to take care of the government
+and to act under y<sup>e</sup> next prince for six months, and till that
+tyme all offices should remain as they were unless the next
+heir should before y<sup>t</sup> full tyme were Expired should make
+any Change of places. This thing made the Loss of his
+death Less felt immediately and our Queen Ann found a
+quiet Easye ascention into the throne. there was also at the
+same tyme an Act to settle the succession in the protestant
+Line, and just before our heroe resign’d his Life crown and
+throne he pass’d an Act to secure us more firmly against
+any popish successour or pretended heirs to the Crown, by
+an abjuration oath to be taken by all subjects, of any prince
+thats a papist, w<sup>ch</sup> Confirms the Acts of Parliam<sup>t</sup> in years
+past which made a papist prince unable to be king or queen
+of England, because a papest. So this Engages the subjects
+to abjure all such or any of their abbettors or pretenders.
+This was a great pleasure to our dying king to Leave us
+with all the Security possible to Enjoy what he Came to
+save us in, and give us and what he had fought to obtaine
+for us, Liberty in religion and priviledges. I pray God we
+do not by our provokeing sinns move his anger not only to
+take from us our Benefactor and deliverer but also our said
+valuable Blessings and priviledges, the Gospel Light and
+being a free nation.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I should have said when the king Comes in his robes
+to the Parliament and all the Lords have theirs, so if there
+be any Prince of Wales he is also in his and weares his
+Prince of Wales Cap with a branch of diamonds in forme of
+a plume of feathers. He sitts in the house of Lords often—he
+may allwayes—to hear debates and to vote and he does
+present them to the king any of their addresses they desire,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_276'>276</span>which he is attended with some of the Lords which are the
+privy Councellors; they bring back the kings answere.
+The Like is observ’d by the House of Commons, if they
+have any address or any petition to the king they desire
+some of their members which are of the Privy Councill to
+move y<sup>e</sup> King when the House shall attend him or her,
+which they knowing do it and their Speaker is their mouth.
+So when they would have a Conferrence with y<sup>e</sup> House of
+Lords they send to them to meete them in y<sup>e</sup> painted
+Chamber or Lobby of their house; so does the Lords send
+to y<sup>e</sup> Commons when they would have a Conferrence with
+them. These things are so well adjusted and so for the
+Common good that if Rightly maintain’d in their proper
+places would be a happy Constitution. All Acts of Parliament
+so pass’d are printed, but y<sup>e</sup> records of them are kept
+in the journalls of y<sup>e</sup> Parliament by the Clerke of y<sup>e</sup> Parliament.
+To him are added in the House of Commons also
+scribes or secretaryes which record and take minutes also.
+Now it is on these Laws that all Causes are tryed, for there
+are Laws made of all sorts both what relates to religious
+matters as well as humaine; true indeed as to points of
+religion for Rectifying matters as to the orders and Church
+government, that is debated and agreed by a Convocation,
+which is allwayes summoned at y<sup>e</sup> same tyme a parliament
+is Chosen, which Consists of two houses, also the Bishops
+and deanes, and off the Inferior Clergy, and is managed by
+way of debates and disputation which have a moderatour
+and prolocutors. Here they endeavour to reforme any
+abuse in the Church, any deffect in their Cannon Laws, and
+to Explaine those Laws and if they should find such, as in
+our religion not agreable to y<sup>e</sup> word of God, they form it
+into a bill or petition which is presented the King in way
+of an address, he being owned as head and supreame under
+Christ over these Churches and realmes. So this is to
+request his Care of it which y<sup>e</sup> King does by Laying it
+before y<sup>e</sup> Houses of Parliament who Enacts Laws to secure
+our religion, and reforme evil both in Doctrine and practise
+by their Acts Duely pass’d. As I said before the arch-Bishop’s
+Chiefe of this convocation house.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_277'>277</span> Next I will proceed to give some short account of tryalls
+on our Laws which is thus. Every free man of England
+being oppress’d Comes in due form of Law to demand his
+right, which being heard by the judges and a jury of his
+own fellow subjects—his Country men—they give their
+verdict in the matter as they thinke most just according to
+the statutes and Laws, and so the right between man and
+man which does vary from y<sup>e</sup> different Customs of Each
+County or precinct. This jury are twelve men all sworne
+on the Bible solemnly to do Justice, not out of feare, fraud
+or malice, favour or affection to jnjure any man, and y<sup>e</sup> first
+man is their foreman and speakes for the rest, Either acquit
+or Condemns the person, w<sup>ch</sup> is in Life or Death, so determining
+other Causes the same manner, and these twelve
+men must all be agreed in their verdict, which is after they
+have heard all Can be witness’d or alleadged on all sides,
+w<sup>ch</sup> verdict the Judges also must pronounce on y<sup>e</sup> Causes as
+they have brought it in. Now those suites of Law as well
+as Causes of Life and death are brought in by bill to y<sup>e</sup>
+Grand-jury, which are twenty four and these all of the best
+Gentry and many of them justices of peace, they examine
+the matter and if they find it (that is by any Act of Parliament)
+is pleadable or to be enquired into, they draw it up
+into an jndictm<sup>t</sup> and so its sent into the Court to be tryed
+by the Petty Jury, after whose Verdict and the Judges
+pronouncing it, the matter must be at an End and taken
+out of that Court. Sometymes indeed if the Subject is
+oppress’d he may appeale to another Court y<sup>ts</sup> higher, as
+from the sessions to the assizes, thence to the Kings Bench,
+thence to y<sup>e</sup> Chancery, or the Parliament House which when
+a matter has there been Debated and decided there Can be
+noe more done in it because they are the makers of the
+Laws so best able to Interpret. Sometymes in these other
+Courts a Jury brings in a matter speciall, that is, Leaves it
+on the Judges to determine being a matter of Law, then y<sup>e</sup>
+Judges must Consult and do it all of them together.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>All persons are tryed by those of their own ranke a
+Commoner of England is tryed by a Jury of Commoners in
+all Cases and of Life and death, a peer of England is tryed
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_278'>278</span>by his Peers, and in case it is not the tyme of y<sup>e</sup> Parliament
+sitting, then by a bill of oyer and terminer issued out, there
+is 12 Peers are jmpannell’d as a jury. But I must mention
+one thing as to the petty Juryes of Commoners, a person
+which is tryed for his Life may Challenge some of those w<sup>ch</sup>
+are brought to be sworne for his Jury, that is except against
+them to such a number without giving reason, but if he
+exceeds that number he must give reason for such exception,
+either to be a man he had injured or one w<sup>ch</sup> had
+former malice or one related to y<sup>e</sup> persons who Either is
+dead or injured; for our Laws Condemn to Death murther,
+fellony, treasons. By this order you see its Justice and
+Care. Then in matters of Life and Death the witness for
+the King are sworne, but y<sup>e</sup> witness for the prisoners are not
+sworne but only Examined to declare the truth. But to
+returne to the tryals of a peer which by such a jury is tryed,
+in Case the house of Lords y<sup>e</sup> parliament is sitting, then
+they prepare Westminster hall for the tryal, the House of
+Comons manage the Evidence and prosecute them, and the
+House of Lords are the Judges and Jury in this manner if
+it be for Life or death, w<sup>ch</sup> is grounded on a statute either
+against murther, treason or fellony, and so y<sup>e</sup> arraignment
+is read and y<sup>e</sup> Councill for both sides. Y<sup>e</sup> house of
+Commons produces their Evidence and witness and the
+King Constitutes a Lord High Steward for that day or
+in case the tryal be long he must be Continued till the
+tryall finishes. He beares a white staff as badge of his
+great office which Indeed is y<sup>e</sup> greatest officer in England
+and for the tyme can act for the King, so above him. He
+is usually the person that is Lord Chancellor if he be a peer
+which allwayes is. There he sitts as Judge to whome the
+other peeres of the whole House of Lords are Joyn’d and
+after a full Examination on both sides, and the Criminall
+haveing had full Leave to Cleer himself, then the Lord High
+Steward askes y<sup>e</sup> Lords one by one beginning with the
+puny Lord, so to the highest “in honour my Lord such a
+one do you thinke my Lord that the prisoner at the Barre is
+guilty or not Guilty?”—to which Each Lord stands up and
+answeres for himself Either, so as he Judges, “guilty upon
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_279'>279</span>my honour,” or Else “not guilty upon my honour” and so
+it goes from one to all, in this manner the Lord High
+Steward marks down to Each Lords name his answere, and
+at the Last reckons them up so many Guiltyes, so many not
+Guiltyes, then he adds his own thoughts to the side he
+thinks best, but usualy he is so Crafty as to add to the side
+of the Majority, which being done he pronounces the verdict
+as y<sup>e</sup> majority said, Either Guilty or not. Now this verdict
+the Lords give thus on their honour is Equivalent to the
+oath the Commoners take that serve in Juryes, for y<sup>e</sup> peeres
+take no oath in these matters, otherwise than so. Now in
+Case y<sup>e</sup> matter against a peer be only a Law matter of
+nuise-prise, then the matter being debated and the answere
+by y<sup>e</sup> Lord made in his deffence read, and Councell
+pleading, then y<sup>e</sup> Lord High Steward askes Each Lord in
+same order as before, but in this forme “in y<sup>e</sup> matter which
+has been debated before y<sup>r</sup> Lord —— Concerning
+the Lord at the Barre w<sup>th</sup> his deffence whether his
+deffence be sufficient to Cleer him or not what sayes y<sup>r</sup>
+Lordships Content or not content on y<sup>r</sup> honour?” they all
+answer as they are affected or understand y<sup>e</sup> matter
+“content,” or else “not content” which are fixed to each
+name and so reckon’d up, and y<sup>e</sup> majority Carry’s it Either
+to quitt or not to quitt him, to which the Lord High
+Steward adds his as he pleases also, after which they shew
+the High Steward a respect as a king. He is serv’d
+on the knee and drinkes some wine and when that is
+done he breakes his white staff and so pulls off his hatt.
+When he was the High Steward he had all the maces
+Carry’d before him all y<sup>e</sup> officers attending. But in case
+there be no Chancellour, only a Lord Keeper as at present
+is, which is no peer of y<sup>e</sup> realme then he has no vote with
+y<sup>e</sup> Lords only Count up y<sup>e</sup> votes and declares them w<sup>ch</sup>
+has the Majority, without the addition of his, haveing none,
+and he is only substituted the deputy steward for the day
+and so sitts, but on a wool sack as he does in the House of
+Lords and is only their speaker and officer and must aske
+Leave for himself and the Judges to put on their Caps
+before they might do it, now the High Steward sitts in the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_280'>280</span>throne of justice under a Cannopy but I see this Lord
+Keeper only sate on a wool sack at the foote of the throne
+which stood Empty behind him. He had noe Compliment
+paid him more than at another tyme, being only as the
+Speaker to y<sup>e</sup> House of Lords and so their officer.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are severall great officers of y<sup>e</sup> Court as Lord
+Treasurer which takes account of all the kings revenues—this
+sometymes is in Commision between 3 or more.
+There is also the High Admirall of England that has the
+Command of all the shipps and stores. This sometymes is
+in Comisions also of 3 or more under whome are y<sup>e</sup> Vice
+Admirall and Rear Admirall, also und<sup>r</sup> the Treasurer are
+severall officers. There is also two principal Secretaryes
+of State which write all things, the Kings Lett<sup>rs</sup> &amp;c, and
+relateing to the government, maintain all Inteligences in y<sup>e</sup>
+kingdom and abroad.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is also a Master of the Generall Post Office that has
+all the under masters and officers of y<sup>e</sup> posts both for forreign
+Letters and inland Lett<sup>rs</sup>.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are also governours as Lord Lieutenant of Jreland—that
+sometymes is held in Commission. There is also
+Lords Justices there, all which have their Salleryes ariseing
+out of the same kingdom. There is also to all our forreign
+plantations govern<sup>rs</sup> sent from England and their salleryes
+arise from the plantation. The Kings revenues arise from
+y<sup>e</sup> Customs of goods exported and jmported, from the
+Excise on all Liquors that are made in England and sold,
+besides which there is a Considerable revenue from Lands
+belonging to y<sup>e</sup> Crown, tho’ that is much Lessen’d by the
+severall donations of our kings for many yeares to their
+favourites. Out of those revenues all y<sup>e</sup> Civil List is maintain’d,
+which is y<sup>e</sup> Judges salleries, the great officers, the
+household of y<sup>e</sup> king. There is another great revenue in y<sup>e</sup>
+Post Office, besides at all Extraordinary occasions of the
+marriage of any of our princess’s their portion, or any warre,
+then the Parliament raises taxes on the nation on Land or
+trade, additional Customs, and also on the Excise, Encreasing
+that under the Civil List is the Expences of the Court,
+the guards, and also the ambassadors which are sent by the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_281'>281</span>king into forreign kingdoms to treate matters for Each
+others good: their Expences while there are allowed and so
+of all Envoyes or Consulls w<sup>ch</sup> are lesser Embassadours.
+There is also the maintaining the navy, building shipps, the
+wood of which Indeed is out of the King’s fforest.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There remaines now only in what manner the kings or
+queenes of England give publick audience to fforreigne
+ambassadours Either when they Come in their first Entrance
+or at the tyme of their takeing Leave; but first I may give
+account of our Bishops and Gentry. There is 26 Bishopricks
+with the two Archbishops Canterbury and york and
+there are as many Cittyes and Cathedralls which in my
+travells have described. All these Bishopricks are held of
+the Crown and are Given by the king, to whome is due the
+first fruites which is one yeares income of the Bishopricks.
+They are held for Life, true jndeed they admit of being
+removed from one Bishoprick to another for advancem<sup>t</sup>, nay
+they may forfeit their Bishoprick by not being qualify’d, if
+they will not sweare to be faithfull to y<sup>e</sup> government and so
+they may be suspended, as in y<sup>e</sup> Case of severall in the last
+revolution would not sweare to King William and Queen
+Mary and so now refuse also to sweare to her present
+Majesty Queen Ann. These Bishops are only Barrons in
+themselves, their wives have noe honnour thereby nor their
+Children; but for all peeres of England theirs is hereditary
+from father to son and their Ladies partake of it, nay y<sup>e</sup>
+honour descends on a daughter in default of male jssue.
+The peere must first be made Barrons by which they hold
+all their priviledges—Barrons of England—which is from y<sup>e</sup>
+king by patent; all his Children are Called y<sup>e</sup> hon<sup>bl</sup> adding
+the Christian name to their sirname, and this remaines to
+daughters when marry’d. By this patent or another of y<sup>e</sup>
+same they may be Created viscount, Earles, Marquesses,
+dukes, and if they are dukes their patent Expresses all the
+four other titles. Alsoe viscounts Children are the same w<sup>th</sup>
+Barrons; and Earle’s, marquess, and duke’s are Called, the
+daughters Lady, by their Christian names, before and after
+marriage, unless they marry a Barron then they Lose y<sup>t</sup>
+name and are Called a Barroness and so Loses their place.
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_282'>282</span>The Eldest son of an Earle is Called Lord by his fathers
+title of Barron, the Eldest son of a Marquiss is Called Earle,
+by the title of his fathers Earledome, and all marquiss’s
+younger sons are Called Lord by their Christian name added
+to their sirname. So the same of dukes Children, the
+Eldest son is Called Marquiss. Now if any dowager to a
+Lord marry a Private Gentleman she in Law is sullied and
+has Lost her peeress, so if a Dutchess or Marquess or
+Countess or viscountess marry a Barron or Either of the
+degrees which was below her, she Looses it and is only
+Called as the Lady of the present peer She has marry’d now.
+Though these titles be given the noblemens sons and
+Daughters its not that they are really soe, for in our Law
+they are only Called and Esteemed in the first ranke of
+Gentlemen, and so take place before all Gentlemen w<sup>t</sup>soever.
+The Lower titles made by patents by y<sup>e</sup> king is Barronets,
+and is differenc’d only from a Knight by takeing place of
+all knights and that it is hereditary and goes from father to
+son; a Knight only is for his own Life and the king makes
+them thus: any Gentleman that is to be made a knight
+kneeles down and y<sup>e</sup> king draws his sword asking him his
+Christian name, Layes the sword on his head and shoulder,
+and bids him rise up sir such a one as for Example S<sup>r</sup>
+James Bateman our Last Sherriff &amp;c. These severall titles
+and patents pays great fees to the severall officers according
+to the ranke, a Duke cost £1000—, so in proportion. Y<sup>e</sup>
+same manner the Knights of the Garter are made as other
+knights nevertheless it may be to those w<sup>ch</sup> were dukes
+before. Their jnstallment is at Windsor Castle, in this
+manner: the herraulds which I have mentioned several
+tymes before as a part and management of all the Cerimony,
+and also the persons that studdy all matters of honours and
+are the Recorders of all the titles in England, and all their
+Coates of armour, and knows and keepes Each in their
+ranke at all Cerimonyes, and gives out their armes for
+Eschuteons at Every bodyes funeralls; they have an office
+just by D<sup>r</sup> Commons by S<sup>t</sup> Pauls Cathedrall. There is one
+Principal king at armes and 3 if not more other king at
+armes and other under herraulds and Sergeants, which all
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_283'>283</span>weare Coates with the kings armes all aboute it; these as I
+say officiates at the jnstalling for they record it and add the
+blew garter about such a Lords atchievement. Y<sup>e</sup> Cerimony
+I have in part described together with y<sup>e</sup> account of Windsor.</p>
+
+<hr class='c029' />
+
+<p class='c012'>Maulbery is in view at some distance from y<sup>e</sup> adjacent
+hills and Lookes very fine, with a good river that turns
+many mills. Its buildings are good and Compact, one
+very Large streete where stands the market place and town
+hall, and at Each end the two Churches, its of a great
+Length jncludeing the two parishes, and the town stands
+itself on a high hill. Beyond one of the Churches is the
+Duke of Sommersets house, has been a greate Rambling
+building but now most pulled down and newly building,
+they were painting it, good appartments for what is done
+but none furnish’d, and its but one Wing and is built with
+drawing dineing roomes and bed Chambers with Closets
+and dressing-roomes and two StairCases and some roomes
+above, which is to have another such a wing on the other
+side and Joyn’d with a Greate hall.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The only Curious thing is out of y<sup>e</sup> bowling green. You
+go many stepps down into a Grass-walke with quick sett
+hedges cut Low, this Leads to the foote of the mount, and
+that you ascend from y<sup>e</sup> Left hand by an Easye ascent
+bounded by such quick sett hedges Cut Low, and soe you
+rise by degrees in 4 rounds bounded by the Low Cutt hedge,
+and on the top is with same hedge Cut in works, and from
+thence you have a prospect of y<sup>e</sup> town and Country round
+and two parishes two mile off in view, and the Low Grounds
+are watered with ditches, and this mount is Encompass’d
+about with such a Cannal which Emptys itself into a ffish
+pond, then it Empts itself into the river. There is a house
+built over the ffish pond to keep the ffish in. At the ffoote
+of the mount as I began out of a Green walke on the Left
+hand to ascend it, so on the Right hand Leads to another
+such a walke quite round by y<sup>e</sup> Cannall to the other side of
+y<sup>e</sup> bowling-green. In the midst of y<sup>e</sup> top of the mount was
+a house built and pond but thats fallen down. Halfe way
+down is a seate opposite to y<sup>e</sup> dwelling house which is
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_284'>284</span>Brick’d. Maulbery is one of the towns in Wiltshire y<sup>e</sup>
+quarter sessions is kept in, its 8 mile to Hungerford over
+Savernack Forrest where is many deer. Ffrom Hungerford
+to Newbury in Barkshire 7 mile all very deep way, 15 mile
+thence to Reading in Barkshire flatt way, but y<sup>e</sup> vale is
+heavy sand for 3 or 4 mile. Reading is the shire town, its
+pretty Large and accomodated for travellers being a great
+Road to Gloucester and y<sup>e</sup> West Country, but it is very
+dear.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From London to Rusbery 18 mile by Stanes—pretty
+house and gardens in sight of Windsor in Buckinghamshire—thence
+Uxbridge 7 mile, pretty good way, thence
+Amersham 9 mile all in the Alesbury road, thence Barkminstead
+6 Long miles, steep hills into Hartfordshire, a
+good market town, good jnns, thence Dunstable 7 or 9
+Long miles steep hills, thence Arsly in Bedfordshire 10
+mile, which I Entred at Astick 2 mile from Arlsy, 2 good
+old houses of the Edwards and Browns, but this was base
+way, narrow, and Lanes Rooty and Long. Thence Bedford
+town 9 miles good way, a village in a mile or two
+distance, Hanlow, Clifton Sheford Checkston and Bedford.
+Y<sup>e</sup> great road Comes in good way, thence Turvoy 5 mile
+belonging to the Earle of Peterborough where he was.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>They make much bonelace in these towns. In the
+Church are fine tombs and monuments of that familly,
+the first with two Ladyes on Each side, he higher, one in a
+widdows dress all marble finely Gilt and painted on a bed,
+and Rowles of Matt very naturall at their head and feete.
+There was another and the Lady dyed in Childbed the
+Child by her Costly Carved and Gilt and 4 beadmen at the
+feete (he allowed for four old mens maintenance), by it
+another and his Lady all rich marble Gilt and painted.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here I Enter Buckinghamshire againe over the Bridge,
+so to Northampton 10 mile over a pretty good road, and
+Entred the shire within 4 mile of the town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I describe nothing more of Northampton, but the Church
+was finish’d, the Entrance with a breast wall and paved
+and stepps within round 3 sides of the Church, which was
+begun w<sup>n</sup> I was there before. So I proceeded on to Litchfield
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_285'>285</span>very good way as Exactly straight as a Line, the
+Whatling Streete way, but it was deep heavy ground as
+in all these Rich Countrys. I passed between two noble
+seates, Homby on the Right hand on the side of a hill in
+woods, stone buildings with towers almost Like a Castle,
+old built, the rows of trees Exact on Each side and
+avenues, which is Earle of Ffevershams. The other on the
+left hand Lay Low within a thicket of wood on all sides but
+the front, where it appear’d Like a Princes Court of Brick
+and Stone, very fine, Lord Sunderlands, with a Large Parke
+walled in of a good Extent. Thus I went to a Bridge not
+very Large of stone but it is the Boundary of three Countys.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I pass’d from Northampton into Leicestershire with
+Warwickshire on my Left hand, and so went to a Rich
+Land, here it Lookes of a Redder Earth.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I Came to Cross wayes where was a Latterworth hand
+poynting 4 wayes to Coventry, Leicester, London, and
+Litchfield, and some thing farther to High Crosse which
+is Esteemed y<sup>e</sup> middle of England, where the two great
+Roads meete that divides the Kingdom in the Saxons
+tyme in 4 parts, the Whatling Streete on which still I
+Continued, and the Ffosse way; thus to a Little place
+Called Smockington, fitted for jnns, on a Road, very
+Comodious. Here I Lay in Warwickshire 10 mile, thence
+6 mile to Anderton and Talmouth 7, where I Enter
+Staffordshire, soe Litchfield 6 mile, thence Woolsly Eight,
+from thence to Budsworth, Lord Pagets in a ffine Parke,
+Large Coale mines about it. The house is old but the
+front very regular, 3 Juttings out, Large Compass windows,
+a good Little parlour, out of the hall another Large one
+with drawing roome and bed Chamber and good back
+staires and Entrys, Large Light fit for attendance. then
+you go up and Enter a dineing roome, drawing roome and
+Chamber, a Long gallery that is the Length of the house
+and broad, and which adds to its greatness. The End
+opens doores on a terrass out in the garden of same breadth
+and Length up to an orchard or wilderness which Lookes
+very nobly. Here at Each End is two good Chambers of
+state, Lofty, with anty Chambers and for servants and
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_286'>286</span>back staires. There are many very good roomes of a
+second rate w<sup>ch</sup> if well ffurnish’d would Look well. The
+Leads are a greate many stepps up on the top, a Large
+Cupilow of windows, and y<sup>e</sup> walls round y<sup>e</sup> Leads are so
+high a person of a middle stature Cannot Look over them
+scarce when on tiptoe, which is a Greate Lessening of its
+beauty w<sup>ch</sup> would give a Large prospect round of the
+Country of 10 or 12 miles off. There is an addition of
+new wall on the battlements w<sup>ch</sup> is visible so its Likely it
+was from some accident from y<sup>e</sup> Leads Enduced y<sup>e</sup> walls
+being built higher. This Lord has a greate Command and
+Royalty in the County, the Kank forrest of 20 mile is his,
+most of y<sup>e</sup> gentlemen in the County pay him Chiefe Rent
+and some hold Right in some of their Land by waiteing on
+him on some solemn feast dayes in the yeare, and bring up
+his dinner and waite on him as he Eates, if then in the
+Country. But these things are better wav’d then sought
+and is not done few tymes in an age to keep up the
+Custom.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom Woolsly after an 8 weekes stay I went to Wolverhampton
+11 long mile, then to Church-hill neare Sturbridge
+9 or 10 mile farther, by the many Glasshouses where they
+Blow Broad Glass, but they were not at work on that sort
+when I was there. At Church-hill was at a farmer Like a
+Gentleman’s, a new pretty house of brick, but wanted
+ffurniture and Cleaneing and good order, but a hearty
+M<sup>r</sup> and M<sup>rs</sup>. The hill is pretty high and gives a great view
+of the Country which most belongs to M<sup>r</sup> Foley-Tom of
+10,000<sup>£</sup>—Large Comonage, there he has a Little Lodge,
+new brick; his own house is 6 or 10 mile thence all within
+his own grounds, and has great jron works and mines, this
+is within two mile of Kederminster, as farre on the other
+side to Sturbridge. Thence I went to Worcester town a
+sandy way, and here are in some places quicksands. This
+is a 10 Long mile to Worcester but pretty flatt way for
+the most part, thence to Newhouse 12 or 14, the basest
+way for hills, stony narrow hollow wayes very difficult to
+pass.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I went from Newhouse to Stoake four miles, M<sup>r</sup> Foley’s
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_287'>287</span>the speaker’s son has a very fine pile of building, the wing
+to Herreford being now up in the Shell, which is all for
+state, great parlour, drawing roome, and bed Chambers,
+with their appendixes and backstaires, and a great staircase
+with Chambers over for state. This is Entred into out of
+the Greate hall, the middle of the house raiseing many
+stepps out of the Court, the Entrance to which on Each
+side has buildings uniform for Coach house stables, dairy
+out houses. The wing to the garden side is finish’d, being
+their appartment, a pretty staircase that two Easily go up,
+light from the Skye, jron railes and barristers, this from an
+arch jsle below which goes to the kitchen, and hath a
+doore into this front Court and into the gate backward,
+tho’ not visible on the garden side by y<sup>e</sup> disguise of painting.
+From this you ascend these staires to the dineing
+roome which is Even to the great hall and must Enter
+from it when ffinish’d. Out of this on the Right hand was
+M<sup>r</sup> Paul Folie’s the father’s studdy, long and Large, with
+back staires and a servants roome. On the Left hand is a
+drawing roome, beyond his Ladys bed Chamber, Closet
+and Servants roome, and next it are these staires of jron
+Railes that goes up to the next stage, which is over this
+same wing and is the appartment of the young M<sup>r</sup> Folie
+and his Lady which now is the heir and in possession.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is their Chamber, her fine Closet, a servants roome
+and a Large studdy for him; there is also two Large
+Chambers for strangers which takes the whole wing over
+the dineing roome and studdy. There is also a Little
+roome at the end for strangers opposite to M<sup>r</sup> folie’s roome
+which Lookes to the front. This dineing roome is what
+they Eate in allwayes—is well wanscoated. There is a
+fountaine bason just faceing y<sup>e</sup> balcony doore that Leads
+to a terrass paved with black and white marble and jron
+palisadoes; it has a long space and broad for walking and
+two Enclosed on Each side by same jron work a step up
+or two these doores from y<sup>e</sup> Ladies Closet and the Studdy,
+out on them in the middle goes the staires two wayes, all
+jron work, and meete halfe way and Joyne in y<sup>e</sup> next
+descent on Gravel, which is in a halfe moon and so design’d
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_288'>288</span>to be Left in a Low place with a Cascade beneath, and the
+Gravell walke and grass walks to go by it and beyond it in
+many rows of trees. The walled Gardens and walks one
+below another. This terrass gives a vast prospect of the
+Country, it being scituated on the ascent of a hill. Many
+rows of trees in Meadows below it adds to its beauty being
+all within his own Ground, he has a Great Estate and a
+Great parke up above it with Great woods. The adornment
+of the Rooffe is flower potts and ffigures Globes and
+Scallop shells, it will be noble Compleate buildings and
+deserves 10000<sup>£</sup> a yeare to Live Like it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The offices are all below and Even with the first Entrance
+of the ffront, what is ffinished is neate good wanscoate
+and tapistry, there is two or three damaske beds and
+one velvet one what they had before, so noe new ffurniture
+but y<sup>e</sup> best wing noe doubt will be finely finish’d and
+furnish’d. The prospect is Large and jndeed to view, at
+Least in the summer and in Drye tyme, Herrifordshire is
+Like a fruitfull Garden. Near Richards Castle is the Bone
+well a fountain alway full of ffish and ffroggs bones tho’
+often Cleared of them yet still renewed.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom Newhouse I Came over Maubern Hills which are
+Like the Alps and have had much wet, the roads deep
+and difficult, to upton in Worcester 10 mile, where I pass
+the severn on a stone bridge—here it is not broad. Thence
+Pursha 5 mile, thence Esham 4 and Weston 4, in Glocestershire
+to my Cos’n Ffiennes, thence to Morton Hindmost up
+a vast stony high hazardous hill of neare two mile Long
+ascending all the way from Weston—this is in sight of
+Cambden—so to Morton, 6 miles down as steep a stony
+hill 2 mile before I Came to my aunts. Thence to
+Broughton in Oxfordshire passing by 4 shires stone—Warwick,
+Worcester, Glocester and Oxfordshire, and so
+by Kingston; thence to oxford 18, Abbington where is a
+fine town Hall for the Judges, two barrs and all seates
+aboute set on stone pillars, the staires to the top is about
+100, y<sup>e</sup> Leads fine and gives a Large prospect all about.
+There is halfe way the staires, a place to go in and in
+Gallerys round Company may stand to heare Causes all
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_289'>289</span>above the Judges heads—this is Buckinghamshire. Then
+to Newbery by Market Hillsly its 16 mile, which town has
+been famous for whipps and presents a King or Queen
+when they pass through it with one of great price and also
+w<sup>th</sup> a purse of Gold. From thence to Way hill through
+Lanes and woods 14 mile, this is in Hampshire, thence to
+Newtontony in Wiltshire 6 mile.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Some account of Epsome in Surrey about ten miles from
+London. Its on Clay and Gravel, the waters are from Alum.
+The well is Large without Bason or Pavement, on the
+bottom it is Covered over with timber and is so darke you
+Can scarce Look down into it for which Cause I do dislike
+it. Its not a quick spring and very often is dranke drye,
+and to make up the defficiency the people do often carry
+water from Common wells to fill this in a morning; this
+they have been found out in which makes the water weake
+and of Little opperation unless you Can have it first from
+the well before they Can have put in any other. The
+usual way of drinking them is by turning them with a
+Little milk. There is a walk of trees by it, but not very
+pleasant, there is a house built in which the well is and
+that is paved with brick to walke in in the wet weather,
+and where people have Carrawayes sweetemeates and tea &amp;c,
+but it Look’d so dark and unpleasant more Like a Dungeon,
+y<sup>t</sup> I would not Chuse to drinke it there, and most people
+drink it at home. There are severall good Buildings in
+Epsome for Lodgings and good Gardens behind them for
+walking. There is a good house of the L<sup>d</sup> Bartlets in a
+parke at the End of the town Looks very well. The
+Greatest pleasure of Emson is Either Banstead Downs
+where is good aire and good rideing for Coaches and horses,
+with a pleasant view of y<sup>e</sup> Country, or Else Box Hill which
+is 6 or 7 miles off and is the Continuation of the Ridge of
+hills I mentiond by Maidstone; its a Greate height and
+shows you a vast precipice down on the farther side, and
+such a vast vale full of woods Enclosures and Little towns.
+There is a very good river that runs by a Little town
+Called Darken just at the foote of this hill, very famous for
+good troutts and great store of ffish. On this hill the top is
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_290'>290</span>Cover’d with box whence its name proceeds, and there is
+other wood but its all Cutt in Long private walks very
+shady and pleasant, and this is a great diversion to the Company
+and would be more ffrequented if nearer Epsom town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>About 4 miles off is S<sup>r</sup> Robert Howards house which I
+went to see, its a Square building, the yards and offices
+very Convenient about it, and severall Gardens walled in.
+All the windows are sashes and Large squares of glass; I
+observ’d they are double sashes to make y<sup>e</sup> house the
+warmer, for it Stands pretty bleake. Its a brick building.
+You Enter a hall which opens to the Garden, thence to
+two parlours, drawing-roomes and good staires, there are
+abundance of Pictures, above is a Dineing roome and
+drawing roome with very good tapistry-hangings of Long
+standing. There is severall bed Chambers well ffurnish’d,
+good damaske beds and hangings and window Curtaines of
+the same, and so neatly kept ffolded up in Clean sheets
+pinn’d about the beds and hangings. There are severall
+other good beds and ffurniture, one roome all y<sup>e</sup> bed and
+hangings are of a fine damaske made of worsted, it Lookes
+pretty and with a Gloss Like Camlett, of a Light Ash Coullour.
+There are good pictures of the family, S<sup>r</sup> Robert’s Son and
+Lady, which was a Daughter of the Newport house, with
+her Children in a very Large Picture. There is fine adornements
+of Glass on the Chimney and fine marble Chimney
+pieces, some Closets with Inlaid floores, its all very neate
+and fine with the several Courts at the Entrance—this I
+thinke was all remarkable at Epsome which is 14 mile to
+London.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Another Journey to Broughton in Oxfordshire, my
+brother’s, and now my nephew’s house, the Lord Say and
+Seale. I went by Hartfordshire and Bedford from London
+to Wane 20 mile, thence to Hitching 14 miles, most in
+Lanes and deep Land, and in the winter bad Roads, but
+very good Land—good Corn—the wheate Look’d well
+but Grass and Summer Corn wanted rain, being a drye
+Spring. Thence to Bedford town 12 mile more, these miles
+are Longer than those about London and much in Lanes
+and woods.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_291'>291</span> Bedford town is an old Building, its wash’d by the river
+Ouse which Comes from Buckingham and is here Broader
+than in most places till it reaches Yorke; its stored with
+very good ffish and those which have Gardens on its brinke
+keepes sort of trunck or what they Call them. Its a
+Receptacle of wood of a pretty size full of holes to Let the
+water in and out, here they keep the ffish they Catch as
+pike, perch, tench &amp;c, so they have it readye for their use,
+this is of mighty advantage Especially for the Publick
+houses—you see the ffish taken out ffresh for supper or
+dinner. The river runns twineing about and runns into
+severall notches of Ground w<sup>ch</sup> is sett full of willows, and
+many Little boates Chained to the sides belonging to y<sup>e</sup>
+people of the town for their diversion. It runns by a
+Ground which is made into a fine bowling-green, its upon a
+hill and a pretty ascent from the river that is besett with
+willows all round beneath; y<sup>e</sup> bowling green is well kept
+with Seates and summer houses in it for the use of the
+town and Country Gentlemen of which many resort to
+it Especially the market dayes. At the Entrance of the
+town you pass over y<sup>e</sup> river on a bridge which has a gate
+on it and some houses—this river beares barges. These
+truncks or Baskets which keepes the ffish are ffastned by
+Chaines to the sides of the Banks in each mans Garden.
+There is nothing worth notice in the town, severall streetes
+small and old, the middle streete which runns from y<sup>e</sup>
+Bridge is pretty broad, wherein stands y<sup>e</sup> market place and
+house which is on severall stone pillars and raill’d in.
+There is above it roomes which were design’d for the
+session and publick Buissness of the town by the Lord
+Russell that built it, but his untimely death, being beheaded,
+put a stop to its ffinishing. They now put it to noe use
+but spinning haveing begun to set up the woollen worke,
+but its Just in its Infancy. Over this is the top which is
+flatt rooff’d Leaded and railed in, from thence you see the
+whole town and Country round.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a pretty many Gentry about y<sup>e</sup> Country neare
+neighbours, and many Live in the town tho’ in such old
+houses. From thence I went to Asply 8 mile where the
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_292'>292</span>Earth turns wood into stone and had a piece of it; it
+seemes its only one sort of wood the Aldertree which turns
+so, and Lay or drive a paile or Stake into the ground there
+in seven yeares its petrify’d into stone, from thence to
+Onborn w<sup>ch</sup> is 3 mile more.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here is the Duke of Bedfords house which I had seen
+before with the fine Gardens and parke, so proceeded on
+to Dunstable 9 miles ffarther where I staid and dined with
+my kinswoman my aunt Woolsley’s Daughter marry’d to
+a D<sup>r</sup> of physick D<sup>r</sup> Marsh, and from thence I went to
+Laighton Buserd and thence to Whinslow about 12 mile—this
+is in Buckinghamshire—thence to Broughton in
+Oxfordshire 17 mile, and staid a weeke and then returned
+through oxfford Citty 18 mile, and so to London 48 mile
+more.</p>
+<h3 class='c026'><i>A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF EPSOME HAMPTON COURT AND WINDSOR</i></h3>
+
+<p class='c030'>Epsom is 15 miles from London, there are great curiosityes
+in cut hedges and trees almost before all doores.
+They have trees in rows which they cut up smooth and
+about 3 or 4 yards up, they Lay frames of wood in manner
+of a pent house, so plat the branches on it and cuts it
+smooth, they leave the stem of the tree to run up and then
+cut it clear to the top w<sup>ch</sup> they cut in round heads. There
+are severall good houses in or about Epsham—S<sup>r</sup> Rob<sup>t</sup>
+Howard’s w<sup>ch</sup> I have described, M<sup>r</sup> Wessell’s now M<sup>r</sup>
+Scawen’s. There is Lord Baltimores in Woodcut Green
+Encompass’d w<sup>th</sup> a wall at the Entrance—a breast wall
+with pallisadoes. Large courts one within the other and a
+back way to y<sup>e</sup> stables where is a pretty horse pond. The
+house is old but Low, tho’ Large,—run over much ground.
+In ffront 6 windows and in the top just in the middle 12
+Chimneys in a row, being 3 and 3 below Joyning back to
+back and 3 and 3 above; the others Looke into a Court w<sup>ch</sup>
+is built round. As I drove by the side saw broad Chimneys
+on the End, and at due distance on the side on both Ends
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_293'>293</span>y<sup>e</sup> sides of a Court, w<sup>ch</sup> is terminated in a building on w<sup>ch</sup>
+is a Lead w<sup>th</sup> railes and Barristers.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>That house which is now Lord Guilfords at another side
+of Epsham, Lookes nobly in a fine parke pailed round.
+Severall rows of trees in the front of all sorts—Lofty, and
+some cut Piramidy, some suger-Loafe or rather Like a
+mushrom-top. The front has 6 Large windows and the
+doore w<sup>ch</sup> is glass, as many on the next story. You Enter
+by a Large Court w<sup>ch</sup> is on y<sup>e</sup> Left side—Stable court; to
+the right into y<sup>e</sup> Gardens, fore right you Enter a broad
+tarass railed in and Paved with stone, you enter a noble
+Lofty hall, plaine but neate, painted white. On y<sup>e</sup> right is
+a Little parlour, the lesser hall hung w<sup>th</sup> armes, a butler’s
+office, with bedchambers and Closets, thence goes y<sup>e</sup> Kitchen,
+schullery, bakeing room and Laundry into a Court of all y<sup>e</sup>
+offices and the stable yard. Out of y<sup>e</sup> Little parlour goes
+into a pretty Chappel which has a balcony closet looking
+into it for the Lord and Lady.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The Left hand of y<sup>e</sup> hall Led into a great parlour w<sup>ch</sup>
+runnes to the End of the house, and makes the ffront, and
+short again into another great parlour or dineing roome
+which makes y<sup>e</sup> End ffront of the house; this also opens into
+y<sup>e</sup> staircase, it Leads on to a drawing roome, Closet, bed
+Chamber, two dressing roomes, w<sup>ch</sup> with y<sup>e</sup> great staircase
+makes up y<sup>e</sup> ffront backward and the other End ffront, w<sup>ch</sup>
+Lookes into y<sup>e</sup> stable yard and a garden railed in w<sup>th</sup> a
+Large pond or Cannall. The back ffront goes out into a
+garden or Court w<sup>th</sup> Gravel walks round, and a Crosse w<sup>ch</sup>
+cuts it into 4 grassplotts where are Brass statues, and Leads
+out through fine jron Carved gates as at the ffront out into
+y<sup>e</sup> highway. The right End ffront of y<sup>e</sup> house is into y<sup>e</sup>
+Garden. Out of both of y<sup>e</sup> great parlours and drawing
+roome two Entrances at an Equal distance upon gravell
+walks. This garden is gravell’d round. Y<sup>e</sup> two middle
+walks run up to a double mount which cast the garden into
+3 Long grass walks w<sup>ch</sup> also are very broad, w<sup>th</sup> 3 flower
+potts. There are two degrees of stepps to Each of these
+Gravell walks, the first lands on a Gravell that turns in a
+3 side square w<sup>ch</sup> shapes y<sup>e</sup> upper mount. The Long
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_294'>294</span>gravell walke to y<sup>e</sup> right hand runns aCrosse the mount to
+a thicket that Enters y<sup>e</sup> Grove and is Lost. The other to
+the Left runns up the whole Length of y<sup>e</sup> grove up to white
+gates and open views into y<sup>e</sup> parke. The two Ends of the
+Little square gravel walke round the first mount terminates
+on the right in same thicket or Grove, and has only for
+show a Carved frame as a gate, w<sup>th</sup> wood carv’d Like Cage
+work painted white, with an arch Entrance in the middle
+for form sake, to make it Look uniforme to the Like on y<sup>e</sup>
+Left, w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to a walk as Long as the Gravell up to the
+wall, and is directly arbour. Like high trees, Cut up to the
+top and with heads which close in an arch—in the middle
+is Long white seates. There are two or three Lesser walks
+w<sup>ch</sup> run across it to y<sup>e</sup> right into the Grove and Lost in
+the maze; to the Left to another Long walk w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to a
+Grotto and runs parralel w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> gravel walke to the top.
+You Enter a space paved and open arch’d round in seates
+like a Court, and thence you Enter the Grotto, an arch
+Entirely dark but at the Entrance it is so Large as 6 arched
+seates, and between carv’d stone very fine of all sorts of
+flowers, ffigures, ffruites; y<sup>e</sup> Pillars or Peers pretty broad.
+this ran up to a sumerhouse at the End, w<sup>ch</sup> is grown over
+with greens cut smooth—windows all round. Below this is
+a broad green walke w<sup>ch</sup> begins at the first Garden and so
+continues round w<sup>th</sup> y<sup>e</sup> wall quite to that broad Gravel walke,
+and is continued by y<sup>e</sup> wall quite Encompassing y<sup>e</sup> maze,
+in w<sup>ch</sup> are some slaunt cut wayes, and it terminates in the
+other side of the first Garden just by a garden railed in in
+which is a Large pond, square in nature of a cannall, the
+bank green Cut fine, and borders for flowers and greens,
+and a Breast wall to the first Garden, on w<sup>ch</sup> are flower
+potts. On the upper mount—all the grass and bank Even
+cut—Stands 4 flower potts painted blew—Some red on y<sup>e</sup> 3
+divisions—y<sup>e</sup> gravell Cut out as on the Margin.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom the Hall you go to y<sup>e</sup> staircase, there is also a
+doore out of the second parlour. This is noble and Lofty
+all plain wanscoate, only y<sup>e</sup> halfe paces inlaid. The first
+is a window the whole height, 13 Large pannells in Length,
+5 in breadth, which Lookes into one of the Courts where
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_295'>295</span>the pond is and stable yard. The next half pace Leads you
+on y<sup>e</sup> Left hand to the private appartment that is not so
+Lofty, over y<sup>e</sup> Least hall to an anty roome, thence a dineing
+roome, soe drawing roome 5 bed Chambers and Closetts.
+The Last Closett goes into a balcony w<sup>ch</sup> runs aCross y<sup>e</sup>
+middle of said Lofty window, and Looks into the staircase.
+Out of y<sup>e</sup> Eating or dineing roome goes a Closett for y<sup>e</sup>
+Ladyes into y<sup>e</sup> Chappell w<sup>th</sup> very good back staires up to
+y<sup>e</sup> top roomes. Y<sup>e</sup> great staires continues up to the Gallery
+and turns in a long halfe pace, w<sup>ch</sup> Enters it at two doores
+in Equal distances. Its a Lofty, Large as well as Long
+roome, noe painting or frettwork. At Each End are
+severall handsome bedChambers and Closetts but none
+ffurnish’d, but y<sup>e</sup> private appartments has pladd Chamlet
+damaske neatly made up, not new, Glass sconces, and over
+the Chimney, looking glasses in frames. The parke is fine
+but not stock’d, w<sup>ch</sup> when it is and house ffurnish’d will be a
+noble seate.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is another house of M<sup>r</sup> Ruths who married Lady
+Dennagall is new and neate. The Entrance is a space the
+breadth of y<sup>e</sup> Court and ffront, rail’d in and opening in y<sup>e</sup>
+middle w<sup>th</sup> sort of wicket, two such at Each End w<sup>th</sup> heavye
+Latches to pull up, and the gate swings both wayes. There
+is a brick wall w<sup>th</sup> peers and breast high, and jron pallisadoes
+of a good breadth Each side the gate, w<sup>ch</sup> is Carv’d
+jron work w<sup>th</sup> a Deer on the top of a Cypher, and an oaken
+tree Cut a top; the two first peers are w<sup>th</sup> Great flower
+potts, those on y<sup>e</sup> Peeres Each side y<sup>e</sup> jron works Lesser
+flower potts. Beyond are the gates into the coach yard,
+w<sup>ch</sup> with the Stables is a neate Pile of Buildings by it self.
+Just on y<sup>e</sup> other side is such a building the kitchen and
+offices and little Laundry Court, and here is the back
+Entrance through a Long brick Entry open on one side,
+but a wall to y<sup>e</sup> Court side and house, and Enters into a
+passage that Leads to a little hall brick’t, w<sup>th</sup> roomes
+for y<sup>e</sup> buttler and a batheing roome. By it is a Large
+hall paved w<sup>th</sup> stone and thence is one way into the
+garden. Under the staires and balcony that descends
+from y<sup>e</sup> dineing roome in y<sup>e</sup> first passage are staires w<sup>ch</sup>
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_296'>296</span>brings to a space that turns up to the Great staires and
+roomes.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The ffront Entrance is into a handsome Court, one Large
+paved walke in the middle between Grass, the borders
+round of flowers, y<sup>e</sup> wall w<sup>th</sup> trees. You ascend some stepps
+to a broad terrass paved and with a breast wall sett w<sup>th</sup>
+flower potts. This is the breadth of the house and at Each
+End two Large white seates w<sup>th</sup> arches over y<sup>e</sup> head. You
+Enter a step or two to this space w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to y<sup>e</sup> staires on
+y<sup>e</sup> Left to a little parlour wanscoted, white in veines and
+gold mouldings, a neat Booffett ffurnish’d with Glasses and
+china for the table, a Cistern below into which the water
+turn’d from a Cock, and a hole at bottom to Let it out at
+pleasure. W<sup>th</sup> in this roome was a Large Closet or
+musick roome, on the other side was a dineing room
+w<sup>th</sup> a balcony door w<sup>ch</sup> has staires to y<sup>e</sup> garden in a
+round with half paces and jron railes. Thence is a drawing
+roome, beyond that a Closet that comes out into a
+little passage to the staircase, w<sup>ch</sup> is Large and makes
+the fourth part of the house; they are wanscoate varnish’d
+and the Lower step or two Larger, and y<sup>e</sup> other End is
+in a turn. The half paces are strip’d, the wood put w<sup>th</sup>
+y<sup>e</sup> Graine, the next slip against the Graine, w<sup>ch</sup> makes
+it Looke pretty as if Inlaid.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>You Enter one roome hung with Crosstitch in silks, the
+bed the same Lined w<sup>th</sup> yellow and white strip’d sattin,
+window Curtaines white silk damaske w<sup>th</sup> furbellows of
+Callicoe printed flowers, the Chaires Crosstitch and two
+stooles of yellow Mohaire w<sup>th</sup> Crostitch, true Lower knotts
+in straps along and a Cross, an Elbow Chaire tentstitch;
+Glasses over all y<sup>e</sup> Chimneys and Marble pieces. The
+windows in all the roomes had Cusheons. The next
+roome was Lady Dennagalls Chamber and Closet hung w<sup>th</sup>
+very rich tapistry, the bed Crimson damaske Lined w<sup>th</sup>
+white Jndia sattin, w<sup>th</sup> Gold and Crimson flowers printed;
+the Chaires, one red damaske, the other Crostitch and
+tentstitch very Rich, soe round the roome. The Closet,
+Green damaske Chaires, and many fine pictures under
+Glasses, of tentstitch sattin stitch Gumm and strawwork,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_297'>297</span>also jndia flowers birds &amp;c. The roome over the Little
+parlour was M<sup>rs</sup> Ruths, a pladd bed Lined w<sup>th</sup> Jndian
+Callicoe, and an Jndia Carpet on the bed—w<sup>th</sup> in was her
+Closet. Over this are good Garretts and staires to the
+Leads w<sup>ch</sup> shews you all about the town.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The first garden is square, the walls full of trees and
+nail’d neate, an apricote, peach, plumb, necktarine, w<sup>ch</sup>
+spread but not very high; between Each is a cherry stript
+up to the top and spreads, Composeing an arch over the
+others. There are borders of flowers round and a handsome
+Gravel round. The Grass plott is Large; in the middle
+a little Gravel in an oval or round, where is a Large
+fountain of stone full of stone Images to spout the water.
+This Garden is the breadth of the dwelleing house—the
+dineing roome and drawing roome Looke into it.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Out of this (which is ffenced by a breast wall w<sup>th</sup> jron
+pallasadoes painted blew w<sup>th</sup> Gilt topp) you ascend severall
+stepps through an jronwork’d gate to a ground divided
+into Long grass walks, severall of w<sup>ch</sup> ascends y<sup>e</sup> hill and
+between the Ground improv’d w<sup>th</sup> Dwarfe trees of ffruite
+and flowers and greenes in all shapes, intermixt w<sup>th</sup> beds of
+strawberyes for ornament and use. Thus to another bank
+w<sup>th</sup> stepps to a Green Cross walke, and then more trees and
+devices. Thence to two mounts cut smoothe—between is a
+Cannall. These mounts are severall stepps up under which
+are jce houses; they are a square fflatt on the top ffenced
+with banks round and seates, beyond which is a summer
+house in a tree, which shews a great way off the Country.
+There are Low Cut hedges on Each bank, and painted
+sticks w<sup>th</sup> Gilt tops in y<sup>e</sup> greens and flower potts, and thus
+is one terrass above another. Over their stables are
+Chambers for y<sup>e</sup> men, over the Kitchen and Dairy and
+buttery and scullery are roomes for Laundry, and for the
+maids.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Cooke’s house has such an Enclosed walk
+before the gate, w<sup>th</sup> swinging gates at Each End and a
+Larger in the middle.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Without it is a Row of oakes w<sup>th</sup> thick heads w<sup>ch</sup> makes
+it very shady. You Enter a Close gate into a Court, w<sup>th</sup> a
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_298'>298</span>broad paved walk between two Large Grass-plotts, besett
+w<sup>th</sup> Green Cyprus yew and holly in Piramids, and two
+Large Statues in the middle, the wall Clothed w<sup>th</sup> box holly
+filleroy cut even. The ffront is two juttings out at the Ends
+flatt in the middle Like a half Roman H. You Rise a step
+or two into a good Hall pav’d w<sup>th</sup> black and white marble,
+the sides painted black and white resembling nitches or
+arches for seates. On the Right hand is a good Dineing
+roome wanscoated oake without varnish, the pannell Large,
+and within a drawing roome w<sup>ch</sup> Lookes into the garden,
+wanscoated. Over, Right, another square one. Between
+these runs an Entry, where in are Closets, and y<sup>e</sup> Butlers
+office, to y<sup>e</sup> Kitchen and offices, into y<sup>e</sup> Stable, Coach yard
+and into a Laundry Court. In the Middle ffronting y<sup>e</sup>
+Entrance is a Door into y<sup>e</sup> garden. Just by is a Servants
+hall and way to y<sup>e</sup> Cellars under. The Great Staires noble
+and Lofty, all wanscoate, hung w<sup>th</sup> very good pictures.
+Above in the rooffe is frettwork and an oval Curiously
+painted with angells and ffigures.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Here are two very Good appartments, bed Chambers
+dressing-roome, Closets and presses; besides there are two
+other good Chambers w<sup>th</sup> Closets, and one Large roome—y<sup>e</sup>
+frame of y<sup>e</sup> Chimney piece carv’d with all variety of fruites,
+herbes &amp;c painted proper and all hollow work. Very
+good Pictures in all y<sup>e</sup> roomes over Chimneys and doores,
+all fix’d into y<sup>e</sup> wanscoate,—noe ffurniture. There is a very
+good p<sup>r</sup> of back staires goes hence up to y<sup>e</sup> Garret’s, one
+very Large, 6 other, besides Little room. There you ascend
+into a Cupilow, windows round shews a vast prospect of the
+place; from thence you may descend another such a good
+p<sup>r</sup> of back staires to y<sup>e</sup> kitchen. The Garden is in forme as
+M<sup>r</sup> Ruth’s first flatt, but Larger, w<sup>th</sup> a Larger fountaine,
+walled in w<sup>th</sup> ffree stone, a pedistal w<sup>th</sup> Little Cupids and
+Dolphins and shells on w<sup>ch</sup> are Images, and on y<sup>e</sup> top a
+Crown made all to spout out water. The walls full of
+fruite, in y<sup>e</sup> middle you ascend severall stepps to a bank on
+w<sup>ch</sup> are jron painted pallasadoes w<sup>th</sup> Gilt top; gates to the
+same. Here is a Large square w<sup>th</sup> green walks and gravell
+and ovall in the middle, with devices of Little paths of
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_299'>299</span>gravell to Cut the grass into shapes, squares and 3 squares.
+In the middle stands a Gladiator on a pedistal, and on y<sup>e</sup>
+walls are Cupids at each riseing of the walls for the bank.
+On the Left side is a summer house w<sup>th</sup> paints of the
+seasons of y<sup>e</sup> yeare. Thence into another Garden for
+kitchen stuff and hott beds, with convenient houses. From
+this great fflatt you ascend severall stepps at three places—equal
+distance, and then Long green walks between borders
+of strawberies, dwarf trees, and some w<sup>th</sup> green squares sett
+with Cyprus, Mirtle, yew, Holly cut fine and flowers, thus
+three severall bancks, the spaces so adorn’d. Then you
+pass on to a long green walke, the Right side or End
+is a fine summer house, the bank all along guarded with
+dwarffe trees; the other to y<sup>e</sup> field side rowes of tall
+walnuts, with quick sett hedges cutt. This Carryes on not
+only the breadth of the house but the Length of the whole
+ground, w<sup>ch</sup> is for y<sup>e</sup> other garden for use; and just at the
+End of the pleasure garden begins a Large and Long pond
+or Cannall—y<sup>e</sup> Length of the walke, w<sup>ch</sup> is its bank cut
+fine. There is another great pond on the Right side of the
+house, and two more in the grounds belonging to it on the
+Left.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>M<sup>rs</sup> Steeven has a very pretty neate house and gardens,
+before the doore is a part railed in as before, only this is
+Close at Each end w<sup>th</sup> high wall and seates. In the
+middle is a gate w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to the gate of the Court, grass
+walled round, a broad pavement to the house, and round
+Stepps—4 or 5. You Enter into a passage w<sup>ch</sup> Leads to a
+little parlour, thence a step or two down to an Entry, w<sup>ch</sup>
+Leads away to a Little Court or passage, which runs to the
+streete and back to y<sup>e</sup> garden.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>On one side is a building, a summer parlour for a still
+roome, w<sup>th</sup> brick kitchen and offices and Coach house and
+stables, w<sup>th</sup> Chambers over for the men. There is in the
+first parlour a Large Closet, on the Left is a Large
+parlour and drawing-roome, all very neate and well wanscoated.
+Under the staircase is a little roome for a butler,
+thence the staires to the Cellars; this is between the back
+staires w<sup>ch</sup> are very good and light, and wanscoated up to
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_300'>300</span>the garrets, and the great staires w<sup>ch</sup> are very handsome
+painted white, the Rooffe an oval of Cupids. Here are two
+handsome Chambers with dressing-roomes and light and
+dark Closets and presses. Next floore is to such appartments
+againe. Over all are three good Garrets and two
+roomes for stores, and it is sashed up to the top w<sup>th</sup> Low
+windows to sit in. Every Corner is improved for Cupboards
+and necessarys, and the doores to them made suiteable to
+y<sup>e</sup> wanscoate. The garden goes out opposite to y<sup>e</sup> Entrance
+the walls full of all fruite neately kept. Here are six Grass
+walks three and three, guarded w<sup>th</sup> dwarfe fruite trees, a
+Large gravell walk round by the wall, and gravell between
+Each Grass walk. The front is a breast wall w<sup>th</sup> a yew
+hedge cut neate, and jron pallisadoes painten and Gilt tops,
+with gates Leading to another Garden of grass Cut in
+shapes and knotts, w<sup>th</sup> flowers and all sorts of greens cut in
+shapes, w<sup>th</sup> paths of Gravel to fform them. On the Left
+side a Coddling hedge secured a walke of orange and
+Lemmon trees in perfection. This is Closed with a green
+house all the breadth of the garden, through w<sup>ch</sup> you Enter
+another of fflowers; thence into orchard and kitchen garden
+w<sup>ch</sup> is Cast in Exact forms to Look neate. In the green
+Garden was Large alloes plants and all sorts of Perpetualls
+as well as annualls.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There are abundance of houses built of brick, with fine
+gardens and Courts, w<sup>th</sup> open gates and railes to view, w<sup>ch</sup>
+are used as Lodgings for the Company; and now the wells
+are built about, and a Large Light roome to walk in
+brick’d, and a pump put on the well. A Coffee house and
+two roomes for gameing, and shops for sweetmeates and
+fruite. Monday morning is their day, the Company meete
+and then they have some Little diversion, as raceing of
+boys or Rabbets or Piggs. In the Evening the company
+meete in the Greenes, first in the upper Green many steps
+up, where are Gentlemen Bowling, Ladyes walking. There
+are Little Shopps and a gameing or danceing roome, the
+same man at the wells keepes it, sells Coffee there also.
+The Lower green is not farr off—just in the heart of the
+town: its a much neater green and warmer. The whole
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_301'>301</span>side of this is a very Large roome w<sup>th</sup> Large sashe windows
+to the green, w<sup>th</sup> Cusheons in the windows and seates all
+along. There are two hazard boards; at the End is a
+Milliner and China Shop, this is belonging to the Great
+tavern or Eateing house, and all the Length of this roome
+to the street ward is a Piaza wall, and a row of trees Cutt
+and platted together as the ffashion of the place, w<sup>th</sup> tops
+running up a top with heads. The Crosse in the Streete
+has a Good Clock.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>On the hill where is the race posts they have made a
+ring as in Hide Parke, and they Come in Coaches and
+drive round, but it is only Lords day nights and some
+nights. There has been 40 Coaches and six which are the
+Gentlemen in the County round, and 20 and 2 horses.
+The Company in y<sup>e</sup> town Epshum shall be Clutter’d w<sup>th</sup>
+Company from Satturday to Tuesday and then they many
+times goe, being so neare London, so come againe on more
+Satturdays.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom Epsham I went to Banstead where the parson of
+the Parish has diverted himself in his garden these fifty
+yeares, is now old and doates, but has Curious hedges, one
+Garden w<sup>th</sup> Grass plotts and Earth walks Cut and wedd.
+His grass plotts has stones of divers fformes and sizes
+which he names Gods and Goddesses; and hedges and
+arbours of thorn soe neately Cut, and in all ffigures in great
+rounds. One is a Large arbour: You Enter a straite
+passage as unto a Cell, but within a roome, round y<sup>t</sup> by a
+narrow Entry you Come to a Large Square with trees and
+seates, all quick sett hedges cut fine. One is a tree w<sup>ch</sup> the
+ivy has Covered and there are staires up directly upright,
+and on y<sup>e</sup> top is an Eight square Bench—round, the Green
+grows up Close about it cut even, this he Calls “Tenneriff”
+being in that fform. Next it is another tree, there is a
+fflatt and on it is a table or stoole on w<sup>ch</sup> is a Great white
+stone in form of some statue that apole w<sup>th</sup> 9 stones round
+less the muses—this is Parnassus. There are severall
+heads painted w<sup>ch</sup> are named Mogul Grand Seignior, Cham
+of Tartary, Zarr of Muscovy, placed in severall places.
+Another Garden is Grass plotts w<sup>th</sup> yews and holly Lawrells,
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_302'>302</span>round this on the bank is sett stones very thick, some very
+much bigger for officers, this is the whole Confederate
+army and their Generalls. Here is a trumpeter, Hercules
+and Bacchus and a hedge of Lawrell 7 foote broad. Here
+are also two trees Cover’d with Ivy and thorne Cut smooth
+and made in ffashion of two great pillars for Hercules
+pillars. There is in y<sup>e</sup> middle some platted together and
+makes a Cover to a seate below, and there is a Rose Cut
+out—you may talk as under the Rose. In his house he
+has many Curiosetyes of stones, one like a brick of bread,
+another Like a shoulder of mutton, a piece of wood from
+an old tree as Like a mounteer capp w<sup>th</sup> a button on the
+top, another like a furbellow’d peticoat, another stone like
+an apple paired and a piece Cut out and grown Deadish—its
+said this is Petrify’d into stone as the moss in Knarsborough
+and the wood at Apsley in Bedfordshire; here
+were many Shells, Birds, jndian shoes, bootes, purses &amp;c.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Ffrom Epsham to Leatherhead 3 mile, we pass by S<sup>r</sup>
+Robert Howards which I have described. Here is a little
+town where they make much Leather, and other little
+trades, many Butchers which supply Epsham. Here it is
+that the water which sinks away at Swallow hole at Mole
+under Box Hill which is 7 mile off, and here it Bubbles up
+in twenty places from a hill, and Compases a great river
+half a mile off, over which a long bridge of 14 great arches
+of stone by their Height shews sometimes the water to be
+very deep. A little farther its so deep as cannot be fforded,
+here the Channell is not so broad, only four Large Arches.
+We goe over thence a mile and halfe to M<sup>r</sup> Moores ffine
+house on a hill, its built w<sup>th</sup> brick and stone Coyned, and
+the windows Stone, nine sashes to the Garden; the jutting
+out in the middle is three windows. The top is in a peak
+painted frisco, and a Cornish round on Each side; a low
+building Each End Like Wings w<sup>th</sup> same Cornish Leaded
+and flower potts on it, w<sup>ch</sup> are the offices on one Side, and
+Lead to a summer House and backward to the private
+Entrance, a Court y<sup>t</sup> you ascend by steps of stone and jron
+barristers with turnings and halfe paces to the part of y<sup>e</sup>
+house in Constant use. The ffront in the Entrance is as
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_303'>303</span>the Garden, only here are but Eight windows, only two in
+the middle jutting the top, and that here you see not those
+two Low wings. You Enter by the Church yard, noe
+great Court or roome for it, a very Little court w<sup>ch</sup> on the
+right hand Leads into y<sup>e</sup> garden on a banck green walke,
+to a seate or summer house finely painted and stands on
+four pillars. Within this Leads into a gravel walk w<sup>ch</sup> goes
+round y<sup>e</sup> first Garden. The summer house you might pass
+through to the same green banck walk, which Leads to a
+broad Grass walk on the right hand up the hill near a
+quarter of a mile, Each side planted w<sup>th</sup> trees, and y<sup>e</sup>
+ground some for kitchen gardens orchards hott beds. The
+top of the hill has two white seates and a summer house,
+this has white open gates, Large as the walk. Here is a
+very fine pond runs across the breadth of the gardens and
+orchards. The Garden at the house is all flatt, much in
+Grass walks and bancks sett w<sup>th</sup> green, most yews. There
+is a great gravel walk to the fountain from the middle of
+the house, w<sup>ch</sup> is filled by a Long Cannall as broad as the
+walk; at the farther End is a trion gilt, with a horn w<sup>ch</sup>
+can blow the water 20 yards. Here are seates on the
+bancks, and y<sup>e</sup> ground is set much in Grass walks w<sup>th</sup>
+dwarfe greens, which Cutts the grass plotts into four, which
+are Cutt into fflower deluces and Severall Devices w<sup>th</sup>
+paths of Gravell, borders of mould, in which are greens of
+all sorts, Piramids and then round jnterchangeable. Beyond
+this is another space as Large, w<sup>th</sup> a round space w<sup>th</sup> a
+Large stone ffigure, and severall Less ffigures of brass in
+the little squares and strapps of grass, w<sup>ch</sup> was fform’d by
+Cross and round gravell walks. There is two broad Gravell
+walks runns aslaunt like two wings from the first garden,
+as it were parrallel w<sup>th</sup> the Cannall, and these terminate in
+a wood w<sup>ch</sup> has a Glide through trees Cut aslant, agreable
+to the walks to give the view quite to Hampton town.</p>
+
+<hr class='c029' />
+
+<p class='c012'>Thence to Hampton Court by Kingston 6 mile, all by the
+park, the palace Enters just by the Thames. On the gate
+is Lyon, Unicorn and fflower potts, the Starre and garter
+and Draggon y<sup>e</sup> thistle and rose Carv’d. Here is a space
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_304'>304</span>where the Stables on one side and houses for suttlers for to
+provide for the servants. The front is in a Demy Circle—At
+the gates four towers of Brick. Beyond the half moone are
+two straite buildings in w<sup>ch</sup> are gates, at the Ends two such
+brick towers, soe you Enter through those four towers.
+The guard Court on the Left goes to y<sup>e</sup> old Buildings. On
+the Right you enter a long paved Entry; on one side are
+Lodgings, at the End are Cloysters round a Court which has
+a Large ffountaine in Grass, and at Each Corner a painted
+post for balls or Statues. The grass is planted round with
+Lawrell and yew, ffilleroy and Cyprus, cut a round head, and
+a Piramid. The Cloysters Lead to the royal Staircase which
+is very Lofty and spacious w<sup>th</sup> arches for seates, the steps
+jron railes Carv’d and gilt, the wall black and gold painted
+w<sup>th</sup> armory like a wanscoate. Over that is Curious paintings,
+the twelve Cæsars, over that the banquet of the Gods, all at
+Length, with Ceres over y<sup>e</sup> side board w<sup>th</sup> plenty. The
+rooffe is angells and Cherubims, the ffront on the halfe pace
+is Julian and the spectre that appear’d to him, in a tent of
+green, the Curtain drawn soe bold as if real w<sup>th</sup> gold ffringe.
+Here you Enter y<sup>e</sup> guard Chamber adorn’d with pikes,
+Halberts, Biounetts Daggers and Pistolls and gunns, w<sup>th</sup>
+Bandeleers or pouches for amunition, all set in workes and
+ffigures about the Wanscoate, over y<sup>e</sup> Chimney Pistolls and
+Daggers sett like the starre in the garter. Thence you go
+into an anty room hung w<sup>th</sup> tapestry, thence into y<sup>e</sup> Common
+audience roome where was a throne and Cannopy, crimson
+Damaske with Gold ffringe; the form the same round the
+roome. Here was King Charles y<sup>e</sup> firsts Picture on horseback
+over the mantlepiece. All the rooffes of the roomes
+are Curiosly painted w<sup>th</sup> different storyes. Out of this you
+Enter the Grand state roome which has King Williams
+Picture at Length on the Mantlepiece, ffine Pictures over all
+doores and Carvings in wood. The throne and Cannopy
+here was Scarlet velvet with Rich Gold orrice and window
+Curtains. Thence into the dineing roome where hangs in
+y<sup>e</sup> middle a Chrystall Branch for Candles. Its hung with
+tapistry, I think its here the Queen of Bohemias Picture is
+over the Chimney piece—Sophia’s mother. The window
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_305'>305</span>Curtaines flower’d Crimson Damaske w<sup>th</sup> gold ffringe;
+thence the drawing roome w<sup>ch</sup> has a Silver branch in the
+middle, and sconces and Queen Marys Picture—here is
+Crimson velvet. Out of this is the presence Chamber w<sup>th</sup> a
+Low screen across the roome to keep company off the bed
+w<sup>ch</sup> is scarlet velvet w<sup>th</sup> gold orrice and hung w<sup>th</sup> fine
+tapistry. Out of y<sup>e</sup> bedchamber goes the dressing roome
+hung w<sup>th</sup> yellow damaske and Chaires the same. Here was
+the queen mother Dutchess of Yorks Picture over the
+Chimney, here is a doore into the private Lodgings where
+there is 2 bed Chambers, one Jndian Embroydery the other
+a mixt damaske; and Closets and antyroomes to the
+galleryes and backstaires.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Out of the dressing roome is the Queens Closet, the
+hangings, Chaires, Stooles and Screen the same, all of satten
+stitch done in worsteads, beasts, birds, jmages and ffruites all
+wrought very ffinely by Queen Mary and her maids of
+honour.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>From thence into a Large Long gallery Wanscoated, and
+pictures of all the Roman warrs on one side, the other side
+was Large Lofty windows, two marble tables in two peers
+w<sup>th</sup> two great open jarrs on Each side, Each table two such;
+at the End the same for to put potts of orange and mirtle
+trees in. The window Curtaines and couches or fformes all
+green and white rich damaske.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Out of this into a Long gallery, plain wanscoate without
+any adornment, which is for people to waite in, Either of the
+servants of the houshold or who waites in buissness of the
+ordinary sort, and here are doores that Lead to the back
+staires and to private Lodgings. This Leads at the End
+into the part was design’d for the Kings side, into a noble
+Gallery w<sup>th</sup> Curious Pictures of y<sup>e</sup> scriptures painted by the
+Carthusion.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>The King of Ffrance offer’d 3000 pound apiece for them,
+or indeed any money. Here are green and white Damaske
+window Curtaines and Couches as the other was. This
+Leads to roomes not ffinished in the same number as on the
+queen’s side—one is begun to be painted on the top. The
+sides of the walls are painted just Like pieces of tapestry
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_306'>306</span>here is Prince Georges picture at Length, w<sup>th</sup> his Dukall
+Corronet, and an Anchor as High Admirall, and thus to
+the other roomes, to y<sup>e</sup> guardroome and Royal Staircase as
+on the Queens side, but none here ffinish’d. The Leads
+gives a vast sight all about of the parke and gardens, the
+ffront of the house to the garden has four Large stone
+ffigures Hercules, jupiter, Mars, Neptune.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>There is a long Cannall runs from the ffront a great way,
+and a Large ffounttaine next the house in the first garden,
+w<sup>th</sup> a broad Gravell and a Cross. till I came almost to
+Windsor—I drove by some of the fforest and the parke and
+came in another way into town by y<sup>e</sup> Castle across K:
+Charles’s Walk. jn the Castle yard is a Little box the queen
+has bought of Lord Godolphin. The garden joyns to the
+Duke of S<sup>t</sup> Albans for a little retreate out of y<sup>e</sup> Palace.
+You Enter a Brick Court, on the Left is a Little Guard
+roome, on y<sup>e</sup> Right a Row of roomes w<sup>th</sup> Chambers over
+them for the Kitchen and Pastry and Butteryes, and a Little
+garden pailed in. Then you go on, and on the Left hand
+Enter the house into an Entry: on the Left is a little
+parlour for y<sup>e</sup> Ladies of honour to dine in, beyond that
+Back Staires Pantry and a Cistern or Place to Wash things
+in; by that is the guard roome, under it the Cellars.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>On the Right hand is a Large Antyroome for persons to
+wait, where are Marble tables in y<sup>e</sup> Peeres between the
+windows; white damaske window curtaines and cane chaires.
+Next it is the Dineing roome some stepps down, where was
+red silk Curtaines Chaires and stooles, and Benches round
+the roome all red silk, w<sup>th</sup> same coull<sup>d</sup> orrice Lace; here
+was a white marble table behind the doore as a sideboard,
+and a Clap table under y<sup>e</sup> Large Looking Glass between the
+windows. Next this was a drawing roome; both these
+roomes were hung w<sup>th</sup> small Jmage tapistry very Lively and
+ffresh, here was Crimson Damaske window Curtaines, Chaires
+and stooles. The next was what was Prince George’s
+dressing roome, hung, and window Curtaines Chaires and
+stooles, all w<sup>th</sup> yellow damaske, w<sup>th</sup> marble Chimney pieces
+as all y<sup>e</sup> Roomes have of Differing Coull<sup>rs</sup> black white, grey,
+rance &amp;c &amp;c. Large Looking-glasses; all the roomes in all
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_307'>307</span>y<sup>e</sup> house is plaine unvarnished oake Wanscoate which
+Lookes very neate. W<sup>th</sup>in the dressing roome is a Closet
+on one hand, the other side is a Closet y<sup>t</sup> Leads to a little
+place w<sup>th</sup> a seate of Easement of Marble w<sup>th</sup> sluces of
+water to wash all down. There is a back doore in y<sup>e</sup>
+dressing roome, to a little anty roome with presses, a little
+Wanscoate table for tea, cards or writeing, so to a back
+staires;—the Queen’s appartment is over it. From y<sup>e</sup>
+Greate Staire at the Entrance of the house Lands you in a
+passage that Enters—the anty roome is Crimson damaske
+curtains. Great chaire and Stooles and Benches; the same
+next it. The presence roome here is ffigured Crimson
+Velvet window Curtaines, Chaires and stooles; here is the
+Q. A Wife to K. James the First at Length in her Rideing
+habit, by her horse and three or four Couple of hounds—these
+were hung w<sup>th</sup> ffine tapistry as the two below.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>Next this was the Queen’s bedChamber, hung, the bed,
+window-curtaines the same, all Rich Crimson Damaske.
+Here was the screen round the bed as the manner is to all
+the Souveraignes beds. Over the Chimney was Prince
+George’s Picture and by the side of the bed was the Duke
+of Glocester’s in an oval. Thence into a Dressing-roome
+hung with Divers Coull<sup>d</sup> flowered sattin, chaires and stooles
+the same, ffine fflower’d muslin window curtaines, A fine
+Little high screen burnt jappan of 4 Leaves, another
+Chimney screen w<sup>th</sup> 4 Leaves of the stone work in ffigures—jndian.
+Out of this was y<sup>e</sup> Queens Closet just over
+Prince Georges but y<sup>t</sup> was Locked. The other side was a
+little waiting roome to Just such marble seates of Easem<sup>t</sup>
+w<sup>th</sup> the sluces of water as that below was in the Queens
+bedChamber. Overright y<sup>e</sup> Entrance of the dressing-roome
+was another Little Closet with the tea Equipage, and under
+that was such a Little tea roome within y<sup>e</sup> drawingroome.
+Here in the dressing roome was a backway to a little
+waiting passage, with presses and such little wanscoate
+tables; this Leads to the back staires where there is one
+bedchamber. The Queen’s appartment ffronts the garden;
+out of the drawing roome you come on a terrass of Gravell,
+then descend stepps down a green banck to a large green
+<span class='pageno' id='Page_308'>308</span>space that has 4 bench seates painted white; behind them
+is a Green bank, and a Large space of green on Either end
+fill’d with trees, Lawrell ffrilleroy, Cyprus, yews, heads a
+Pirramids, and Mirtles. This is ffenced with jron palasadoes
+painted, to another garden cut in squares and figures, with
+all sorts of fflowers and greens, which has at y<sup>e</sup> End a Cut
+hedge and Leads on to a sort of orchard with dwarfe trees.
+These gardens and orchards is in Gravel Walks and Long
+green walks, in variety as such a thing in miniature can
+admitt.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I drove through another part of Windsor to see a Race
+run by two ffootemen—an English and Scotch—the fformer
+a taller Bigger man than the other. The ground Measur’d
+and Cut even in a round ring, was almost four mile; they
+were to run it round so often as to make up 22 mile, which
+was the distance between Chareing Cross and Windsor
+Cross—that was five times quite round and so farre as made
+up the odd miles and Measure. They ran a round in
+25 minutes. I saw them run the first three rounds and halfe
+another, in an hour and seventeen minutes, and they ffinished
+it in two hours and a halfe. The English gain’d the second
+round the start, and kept it at the same distance y<sup>e</sup> five
+rounds, and then the Scotchman came up to him and got
+before him to the post. The Englishman fell down within
+a few yards of the post. Many hundred pounds were won
+and lost about it, they ran both very neately, but my judgment
+Gave it y<sup>e</sup> Scotchman because he seem’d to save himself
+to y<sup>e</sup> Last Push.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'>I drove home by a fine house of Lord Rawnelaughs, 14
+windows in the ffront, a square building—much gardening
+and Curious they say, but that Ladyes Pride is, none must
+see them, and soe Drove a fine Gravell road cut with rows
+of trees. In a mile you come to a broad open way to
+Windsor on the Left hand, on the Right to a little house of
+y<sup>e</sup> Duchess of Marlboroughs, which is very exact gardens
+and ffountaines, Cut hedges and Groves, pail’d in; ffrom
+this house is the ffine Gravell walke continued very broad
+between high rows of trees—on one hand a ffine Grove of
+straite trees.</p>
+
+<p class='c012'><span class='pageno' id='Page_309'>309</span> This is three mile to Windsor all a Clear visto to the
+Castle, to that which is K. Charle’s Walke for Shooting,
+which you Enter by a Broad Pallasadoe-ffences the whole
+breadth of the road. So at y<sup>e</sup> other End which is a mile
+and goes out into the road w<sup>ch</sup> comes ffrom Hampton
+Court which you Cross into the yards and Courts that lead
+up into the Castle.</p>
+
+<div class='nf-center-c0'>
+<div class='nf-center c009'>
+    <div>“FINIS.”</div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c009' />
+</div>
+<div class='chapter'>
+  <span class='pageno' id='Page_310'>310</span>
+  <h2 class='c018'>SOME PLACES MENTIONED.</h2>
+</div>
+<hr class='c006' />
+<div class='lg-container-l c003'>
+  <div class='linegroup'>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Newtontony. Wiltshire. Nath<sup>l</sup> Fiennes.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sarum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffisherton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Malbrough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Devizes.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Warminster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wilton house. Earle of Pembroke’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Blandford. Dorsetshire.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Merly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wimborn.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir William Constantine’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Poole.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Brownsea jsland.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Isle of Purbeck.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Corffe Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Quare. M<sup>r</sup> Collier’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sonidge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sea Cuine.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kingston. Sir William Muex’ house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Income. M<sup>r</sup> Coliffords house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Doonshay. M<sup>r</sup> Dolling’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Finnum. Lady Larences house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Brindon.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Piddle. M<sup>r</sup> Oxenbridg’ house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dorchester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Burport.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Woolfe. M<sup>r</sup> Newbery’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Colway. M<sup>r</sup> Hendley’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lime. Somersetshire.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lizard Point.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Blandford Woodbery hill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cherbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Earle’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Shaftesbury.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Andover.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Winchester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Amesbury.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stoneage.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Salsebury plaine.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Evell.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Meer and Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wincauton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Castle Cary.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Alford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Queen Camell.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bruton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Willdeng.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Breackly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Philip Morton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bath.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hungerford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lamborn.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffarington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kadcote.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Coalsell. Sir George Pratt’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Vale of Whitehorse.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Norton. L<sup>d</sup> Say and Seale’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Broughton. L<sup>d</sup> Say and Seale’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Banbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Shettford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Edgehill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Robert Dashwood’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Adderbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Cobb and Ly Rochester’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Roxton. the Lord Guilfford’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Banbury.</div>
+      <div class='line'>London.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Alesbury.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Durly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nurstead. M<sup>r</sup> Holt’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Petersffield.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Maple Duram.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Guilford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kingston on Thames.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Colebrooke.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Maidenhead.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Winsor Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Eaton Colledge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cliffton house. Duke of Buckinghams.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Redding.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Veale.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Newbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wayhill.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Sutton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Baseing Stoke.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Basen. Duke of bolton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Robert Hendly’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hartfford bridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bagshott.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Eggum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Staines.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Houndslow.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Brandford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Turnumgreen.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hammersmith.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kensington.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Great Horrwood.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hillsdon. M<sup>r</sup> Denton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Thorndon. S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Tyrrell’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stow. S<sup>r</sup> Rich<sup>d</sup> Temple’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Ralph verney’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Buckingham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Morton Hindmost.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hayles. Lord Tracy’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rowlestone.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Astrop.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sutton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Oxfford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Abington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Elsly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Newbury.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Chichister.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Petersffield.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nurstead. M<sup>r</sup> Holt’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Tankervaile’s Park.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Billinghurst.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Arundell. Duke of Norfolke’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dorken.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Leatherhead.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Moles.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kingston.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Richmond parke.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hampton Court.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wanstead.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Clapham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lambeth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chealsey Colledge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Westminster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Southwarke.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Uxbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Islip.</div>
+      <div class='line'><span class='pageno' id='Page_311'>311</span>Woodstock.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Morton Hindmost.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Broadway hill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Parshur.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Upton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Mauborn.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Worcester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Newhouse.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lady Hopton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cannon ffroome.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bishop’s ffroome Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Herriford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stoake. M<sup>r</sup> Paul folie’s seate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Eghum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Vale of Red horse.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Weston.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Parsonage of Pharamus Fiennes.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Parsonage of M<sup>r</sup> Browne.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Camden Town.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Brailes.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Alsbury.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Newfforest. Hampshire.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffarnum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Aberston. Duke of Bolton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffarnum Castle. Bis<sup>p</sup> of Winchester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Alton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Alsford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Winchester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Woolsey.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Maudline Hill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Redbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Buckland. Sir Robert Smith’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Limington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lindhurst.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Newparke.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Isle of Wight.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Yarmouth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hurst Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sandumffort.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Newport.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Casbrooke Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cowes.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Knighton. S<sup>r</sup> R. Dilington’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nunwell. Sir J. Oglanders house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Robert Worstly’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Robert Holme’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Mottstone.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Spitthead.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Hellens point.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Portsmouth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ride.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Redbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Southsea Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Porchester down.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Southwicke. Col Nortons house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>South hampton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cashot Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bewly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rumsey.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir John S<sup>t</sup> Barbe’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>White Parish and Toy Church.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Coalrain’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Y<sup>e</sup> Lady Brooks seate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffordingbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kingwood.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Christchurch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rumsy.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lockerly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>East Titherly. S<sup>r</sup> Francis Rowle’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dean. Sir John Evlings house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Norman’s Court. M<sup>r</sup> Whiteheads house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>West Titherly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stockbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sutton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Basinstoake.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hackwood. Duke of Bolton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Harfordbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'><span class='pageno' id='Page_312'>312</span>Bagshott.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Egum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Staines.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hampton Court.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Amwell Berry.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bishops Startford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Audly End. Earl of Sussex house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Little berry.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cambridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Babaran. S<sup>r</sup> R<sup>d</sup> Bennet’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bornbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hodmogoge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Peterborough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffenistanton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Godmanchester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Huntington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Sandwich’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Shilton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Whillsome Mer.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wrangfford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stamford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Neals house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Burly house. L<sup>d</sup> Exeter’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Streton. M<sup>r</sup> Horsman.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Colson.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lincoln.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Grantum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir John Brownlow’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Newark.</div>
+      <div class='line'>the Lord Lexington’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nottingham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Note rale. Mr Heckams.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Kingston’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Home Peirpoynt.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Duke of Newcastle’s houses.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Earle of Kingstone’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Willoughby’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Beavior Castle. Earle of Rutland’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Mansfield.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Forest of Sherwood.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wursup.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Welbeake. Duke of Newcastle’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Worsup Mannour.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ardeck.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chattsworth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Blith.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Mellish’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Doncaster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rosdin.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wentbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Fferrybridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tod Caster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Yorke.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Marsborough spaw.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Haragate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Knarsborough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cockgrave. S<sup>t</sup> Munger’s well.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Burrough Bridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rippon</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Edward Blackets house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bornbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Whitten.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Burlington. L<sup>d</sup> Clifford’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Beverly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hull.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Agnes Burton. S<sup>r</sup> Griffith Boynton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Barmstone.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Scarborough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Boynton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Maulton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Paume’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tad Caster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Aberfford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>rs</sup> Hickeringall’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Castleton bridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Pomffret.</div>
+      <div class='line'>D<sup>r</sup> Burgess’ house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lady Grace Perpoynt’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hemsworth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rotheram.</div>
+      <div class='line'><span class='pageno' id='Page_313'>313</span>M<sup>r</sup> fferrers house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ackington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Shellton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chesterffield.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stonidge Hall.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bankwell.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Haddon Hall. Earle of Rutlands.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Buxton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Poole’s hole.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Maintour.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Castleton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ashburn.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Uxeter.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Cotten’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Woolsley. Sir Charles Woolsleys house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Litchfield.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Colehill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Coventry.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Andrew Hackets house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Warwick.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Thos. Norton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Leigh’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Killingworth Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Warwick Castle. the Lord Brookes Stone in y<sup>e</sup> old.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Daventry.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nether sugar.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Shuggbery Hall. S<sup>r</sup> Chas. Shuggbery’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Northampton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stony Stratford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Great Horwood.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Salden.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>rs</sup> Bennet’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dunstable.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hochley in y<sup>e</sup> Hole.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Albans.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Earle of Maulberoughs house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Mr Jennings’ house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Barnet.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Highgate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Amwell.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Royston.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Epin.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rumford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Abnife.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tilbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Gravesend.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rochester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chatham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sittingburn.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Canterbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffeversham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dover.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Callice (in ffrance).</div>
+      <div class='line'>Deale.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Warworth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sandwitch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Isle of thanet.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Winchelsea’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Maidstone.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Boxlye hill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Northfleete.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dartford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Shuter’s hill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Eriff.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Leigh.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Woolwich.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Deadford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Blackwall.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Popley and Stepney.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hackney.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tatnum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Endfield.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tunbridg Wells.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Spenshurst. Lord Lester’s seat.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Abergavneys seate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffaint.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Groombridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ashurst.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Branklye.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Goodhurst.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sumerhill. Visc<sup>t</sup> Parbecks.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rye.</div>
+      <div class='line'><span class='pageno' id='Page_314'>314</span>Ambursly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Beggar’s Hill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Winchealsea Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>fair lane.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Harry Vaine’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sevenoake.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Summerly the Lord Purbecks.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nonsuch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ffarnburrough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Brumley.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class='group'>
+      <div class='line'>Albins—S<sup>r</sup> Robert Abdy’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bednal green.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Highgate. M<sup>r</sup> Thomas’ house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lampstead.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kensington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bishopstofford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dunmow.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Colchester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Luca’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ipswitch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dedom.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Y<sup>e</sup> Earle Herrifords house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Woodbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wickham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Saxmunday.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Dormer’s seate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bathfort.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stowle or nole.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Norwich.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Beckle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Robert Rich’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Yarmouth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Harwitch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Duke of Norfolk’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Windham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Attlborough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Thetford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Euston hall. L<sup>d</sup> Arlington’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Edmund’s bury.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Admiral Russell’s house—now Lord Orffords.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Newmarket.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ely.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sutton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>The armitage.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Ives.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Huntington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stillton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Peterborough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wanfford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>rs</sup> S<sup>t</sup> John’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Durant.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Coppingham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Leister.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Busworth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Narsby.</div>
+      <div class='line'>fallmouth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tamworth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stafford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Heywood Park. M<sup>r</sup> Wedgewood’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kankwood. L<sup>d</sup> Pagets.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ridgly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bondezworth. L<sup>d</sup> Pagets.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Pauckeridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Colton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>blithbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Yoxwell.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Needwood fforest.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tetbury Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Derby.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chartly. L<sup>d</sup> fferrers house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bradby. L<sup>d</sup> Chesterffield’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Burton on y<sup>e</sup> Trent.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Instree. M<sup>r</sup> Thetwin’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Thomas’s Abbey.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Aston’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tixall.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Thetwin’s Parke.</div>
+      <div class='line'>NewCastle under Lyne.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stone.</div>
+      <div class='line'>trentum. M<sup>r</sup> Leveson Gore’s</div>
+      <div class='line'>house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Beteby.</div>
+      <div class='line'><span class='pageno' id='Page_315'>315</span>Heally Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nantwitch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>West Chester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Harding.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hollywell.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Fflint</div>
+      <div class='line'>High lake.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Burton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Leverpoole.</div>
+      <div class='line'>prescote.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nosel. Earl of Darby’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wigan.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Warrington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Preston and S<sup>r</sup> J. Bradshaw’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Gascoigne.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lancaster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kendall.</div>
+      <div class='line'>L<sup>y</sup> Middleton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bondor.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wiandermer.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Christopher Phillip’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ambleside.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ullswater.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Peroth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Londer hall.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Carlisle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Adison bank. Scotland.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Longtown.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Brampton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Muckshall.</div>
+      <div class='line'>My Lord Carleton’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hart whistle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>New Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hexholme.</div>
+      <div class='line'>L<sup>d</sup> Derwentwater’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Tinmouth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Durham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chester Street.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lumly Castle. The L<sup>d</sup> Lumly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lord Crew’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Charles Musgrove’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Darlington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Richmond.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Mark Melborn’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Darey’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Yorke’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hornby Castle—Earle of Holdeness.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Knaresborough.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Harragate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Leeds.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Harwood Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Eland.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hallifax.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Blackstone Edge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rochdale.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Manchester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Salfor.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dunum. Earle of Warrington’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Cholmonly’s seate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Listers seate.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Norwitch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sandyhead.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Whitchurch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Beston wood.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Beston Castle.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Shrewsbury.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Thomas Patsell’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Aubery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Panckeridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Peirpoynt’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>r</sup> Walter Rockly’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wolverhampton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Prestwitch. M<sup>r</sup> Philip ffolies house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Seven starres.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Broadwater.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ambusly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kederminster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir John Packington’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Droitwitch.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Worcester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Whitborne.</div>
+      <div class='line'><span class='pageno' id='Page_316'>316</span>Stretton Grandison.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stoake.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Albery and Marlow.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Gloucester.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Nympsffield.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cold harbour.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Landsdon.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Babington. Duke of Beauforts house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bristol.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Landsdown.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Kingswood.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wells.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Glasenbury.</div>
+      <div class='line'>tannton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wellington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Culimton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Exetter.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chedly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ashburton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Plymouth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Dean Clapper hill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Mount Edgcombe. S<sup>r</sup> R<sup>d</sup> Edgecumbes.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cribly fferry.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Loun.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hoile.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Parr.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Austins.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Trygothy. M<sup>r</sup> Boscawen’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>truro.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Columbe.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Redruth.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Ives.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Pensands.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hailes.</div>
+      <div class='line'>S<sup>t</sup> Michael’s Mount.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Island of sily.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Churchtown.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hailing.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Way bridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Combleford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>bastable.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Stow. Earle of Baths.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lundy island.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Lauston.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Oakingham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cochenwell.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Topshum.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Honiton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Axminster.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Chard.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Liegh. M<sup>r</sup> Hendly’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Predneux’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Maiden newton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Milborn.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Whitchurch. M<sup>r</sup> Colier’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wallop.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Grattly.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Cholderton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Allington.</div>
+      <div class='line'>London.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Mallbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Y<sup>e</sup> Duke of Summerset’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hungerford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Rusbery.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Uxbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Amersham.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Barkeningstead.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hanlow.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Clifton and Checkston.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Turvoy.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Earle of Peterborough’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Northampton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Creek.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Hornby. Earle of ffeversham’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Altsop. Lord Sunderlands.</div>
+      <div class='line'>High Crosse.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Smockington and Anderton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Wolverhampton.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sturbridge.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Churchill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Epsom. the Lord Bartlets house.</div>
+      <div class='line'><span class='pageno' id='Page_317'>317</span>Banstead downs and boxhill.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Robert Howard’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Ware.</div>
+      <div class='line'>hitching.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Bedford.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Leighton Buzard.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Whinslow.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Ruth’s and L<sup>y</sup> Dennegall’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Sir Thos. Cooke’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>rs</sup> Steven’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>Parson of Banstead’s garden.</div>
+      <div class='line'>M<sup>r</sup> Moore’s fine house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>L<sup>d</sup> Raunelaugh’s house.</div>
+      <div class='line'>House of Duchess of Maulborough.</div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c000' />
+</div>
+<div class='chapter'>
+  <span class='pageno' id='Page_318'>318</span>
+  <h2 class='c018'>INDEX.</h2>
+</div>
+<p class='c031'><span class='xsmall'>PAGE</span></p>
+<ul class='index'>
+  <li class='c032'>Abbey, Glasenbury, <a href='#Page_204'>204</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Abbey, Westminster, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Abbington, <a href='#Page_288'>288</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Abby, Ely, <a href='#Page_130'>130</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Abdy, Sir Robert, his house Albins, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aberfford, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Abergauney, Lord, his seate, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Abingdon, <a href='#Page_29'>29</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Abnise, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Acadia, Sir Philip Sidney’s, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Accident at Aleford, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ackington, <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Adderbery, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Adison Bank, <a href='#Page_171'>171</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Agnes-Burton, <a href='#Page_71'>71</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aire, River, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Albans, St, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Albins, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aldbery, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ale at Chesterffield, <a href='#Page_77'>77</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ale, in Cornwall, <a href='#Page_224'>224</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ale, price of, in Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_185'>185</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Alesbury, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Alesbury, London to, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Alford, mineral water at, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Allen, Mr Wm., Major of Chester, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Alms houses, Mr Coleson’s, <a href='#Page_200'>200</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Alsford, accident at, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ambursly, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ambusly, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ambrosius, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Amesbury, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Amwell Berry, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Amwell bery, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Amwell, from, to Dover, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Andover, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Andrew’s Well, St., <a href='#Page_204'>204</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ann, Queen, Coronation of, <a href='#Page_251'>251</a>, <a href='#Page_252'>252</a>, <a href='#Page_253'>253</a>, <a href='#Page_254'>254</a>, <a href='#Page_255'>255</a>, <a href='#Page_256'>256</a>, <a href='#Page_257'>257</a>, <a href='#Page_258'>258</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ann, Queen, Coronation of, at Bath, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Appleby, <a href='#Page_160'>160</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ardeck, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Arlington, Lord, his house Euston Hall, <a href='#Page_123'>123</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Armstrong, Mr, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Arundell parke, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ash, fern, for washing, <a href='#Page_136'>136</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ashburn, <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ashburton, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ashburton, Dissenters at, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ashurst, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Asply, petrifying earth at, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aston, <a href='#Page_202'>202</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aston, Lord, his house Tixall Hall, <a href='#Page_144'>144</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Astrop, mineral water at, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Attlborough, <a href='#Page_122'>122</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aubery, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Audlyend, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Audlyend to Cambridge, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Austin’s, St., <a href='#Page_217'>217</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aven, River, <a href='#Page_93'>93</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Aven, River, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Axminster, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Babaram, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Babington, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bad accommodation at Carlisle, <a href='#Page_170'>170</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_319'>319</span>Bad entertainment at Hartwhistle, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bagshott, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Baltimore, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Banbery, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Banbury, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Banbury, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bankwell, <a href='#Page_81'>81</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Banstead Downs, <a href='#Page_289'>289</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Banstead, the parson of, <a href='#Page_301'>301</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Barber Surgeons Hall, Newastle, <a href='#Page_177'>177</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Barkminstead, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Barkshire, roads in, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Barmstone, <a href='#Page_71'>71</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Barnet, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Barnet, waters at, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Barristers-at-Law, <a href='#Page_261'>261</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Baseing stoke, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Basen, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Basin, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Basin-stoke, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Basin-stoke to London, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bastable, <a href='#Page_228'>228</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, bathing at, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, cake houses at, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath Cathedral, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, Earle of, his house Stow, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, expenses at, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, knights of the, <a href='#Page_259'>259</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, markets at, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, pageant of coronation at, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, to, from Newtontony, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bath, walks in, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bathfort, <a href='#Page_118'>118</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bathing at Bath, <a href='#Page_12'>12</a>-<a href='#Page_14'>14</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bathing at St Winfred’s Well, <a href='#Page_150'>150</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Baths at Buxton, <a href='#Page_83'>83</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Battle of Edgehill, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bayes, manufacture of, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beauffort, Duke of, his house Babington, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beavior Castle, <a href='#Page_56'>56</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beckle, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bedford, <a href='#Page_291'>291</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bedford, Duke of, his house at Ouborn, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bedford, Duke of, his house in Bedfordshire, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bedford, fish at, <a href='#Page_291'>291</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bedford, woollen worke at, <a href='#Page_291'>291</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bednal Green, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bednallgreen, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beggars Hill fair, <a href='#Page_113'>113</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bennet, Mrs, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bennet, Mrs, her daughters, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bennet, Mrs, murder of <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bennet, Sir Richard, his house at Barbaram, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beston Castle, <a href='#Page_189'>189</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bestonwood, <a href='#Page_189'>189</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beteby, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beverly, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Beverly Minster, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bewly, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Billberryes at Woolsley, <a href='#Page_136'>136</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Billinghurst,<a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bird, curious, on Lundy Island, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bishopric of Durham, <a href='#Page_180'>180</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bishops and Gentry, <a href='#Page_281'>281</a>, <a href='#Page_282'>282</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bishops Palace, Sarum, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bishop’s Startford, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bishopstafford, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Black Comb Hill, <a href='#Page_157'>157</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Black Lead, <a href='#Page_157'>157</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blacket, Sir Edw<sup>d</sup>, his seat, <a href='#Page_66'>66</a>, <a href='#Page_67'>67</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blackheath, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blackstone Edge, <a href='#Page_186'>186</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blackwall, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blandford, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blandford, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blandford, Dorsetshire, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blew garter, Order of, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blith, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blith to Doncaster, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Blithbery, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bole, <a href='#Page_228'>228</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bolton, Duke of, house of, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bolton, Duke of, his house Aberstone, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bolton, Duke of, house at Basin, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bolton, Duke of, house at Hackwood, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bondor, <a href='#Page_160'>160</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bone well, the, <a href='#Page_288'>288</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bonelace making, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Borderers, Scotch, <a href='#Page_170'>170</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Borderers, Scottish, <a href='#Page_171'>171</a>, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Born Bridge, <a href='#Page_67'>67</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bornbridge, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Boscawen, Mr, his house Trygothy, <a href='#Page_220'>220</a>, <a href='#Page_221'>221</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bosworth, Field of, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Boudezworth, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Boudezworth, Coale pitts at, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_320'>320</span>Bourns, on Salsebury Plain, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bowling greens at Tunbridge, <a href='#Page_110'>110</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Box Hill, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Box Hill, <a href='#Page_289'>289</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Boxlye Hills, <a href='#Page_106'>106</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Boynton, Sir Griffith, his seate Agnes-Burton, <a href='#Page_71'>71</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bradby, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bradshaw, Sir John, his house,  <a href='#Page_154'>154</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brampton, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brance Burton, <a href='#Page_71'>71</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brandford, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Branklye, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Breackly, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bread at Oxford, <a href='#Page_26'>26</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bridge, London, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brindon, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brinsy Coppice, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bristol, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a>, <a href='#Page_200'>200</a>, <a href='#Page_201'>201</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bristol Diamonds, <a href='#Page_201'>201</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Broad Water, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Broadway Hill, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brooke, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_94'>94</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brookes between Preston and Wiggon, <a href='#Page_155'>155</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brooks, Lady, her seat, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Broughton, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Broughton, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Broughton, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Broughton, from London to, 290 <a href='#Page_291'>291</a>, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Browne, Mr, his parsonage, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brownsea, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brownsea lobsters, &amp;c., <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Brumley, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Bruton, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Buckingham, Duke of, house of, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Buckingham, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Buckinghamshire, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Buckland, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Budsworth, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burgess, Dr, house at Pomffret, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burlington, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burly house, Lord Exeter’s seat, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burning of Salsebury, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burning Well, The, <a href='#Page_154'>154</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burport, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burrough Bridge, <a href='#Page_65'>65</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burrowbridge, <a href='#Page_84'>84</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burton, <a href='#Page_152'>152</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burton on Trent, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Burying place of Judge Poppum, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Butter at Ipswitch, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Buxton, <a href='#Page_83'>83</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Buxton, entertainment at, <a href='#Page_83'>83</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Buxton Hall, <a href='#Page_83'>83</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Cabinet Ministers, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Calvery Plain, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Calveshead feast, <a href='#Page_242'>242</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cam, River, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cambridge, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cambridge University, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cambridge University Library, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Camden Town, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Camden, Viscountess, effigie of, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Can, River, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Canaan Froom, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Canelys Cornish, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Canterbery, <a href='#Page_100'>100</a>, <a href='#Page_101'>101</a>, <a href='#Page_102'>102</a>, <a href='#Page_103'>103</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Canterbery Cathedral, <a href='#Page_102'>102</a>, <a href='#Page_103'>103</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Carleton, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_73'>73</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Carlisle, <a href='#Page_169'>169</a>, <a href='#Page_170'>170</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Carts in Westmoreland, <a href='#Page_162'>162</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Casbrooke Castle, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cashot Castle, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Castle Cary, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Castle, Dover, <a href='#Page_104'>104</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Castle, Lanston, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Castle Winsor, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Castleton, <a href='#Page_86'>86</a>, <a href='#Page_87'>87</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Castleton Bridge, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Canterbery, <a href='#Page_102'>102</a>, <a href='#Page_103'>103</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Chichester, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Exeter, <a href='#Page_210'>210</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Herriford, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Peterborough, <a href='#Page_132'>132</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, St Albans, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Winchester, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Sarum, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedral, Wells, <a href='#Page_203'>203</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedrall, Glocester, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cathedrall, Worcester, <a href='#Page_195'>195</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cavern, Peak, <a href='#Page_87'>87</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cern, River, <a href='#Page_191'>191</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Channell Coale, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Channell Coale, and Sea Coale, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Channell Coale at Newcastle under Line, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Channell Coale at Wiggon, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_321'>321</span>Charles the ffirst’s picture at St John’s, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Charles the Second, King, his house Nonsuch, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Charles the Second, Palace at Winchester, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Charr, potted, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a>, <a href='#Page_160'>160</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chartly, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chartry <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chattsworth, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chattsworth, <a href='#Page_78'>78</a>, <a href='#Page_79'>79</a>, <a href='#Page_80'>80</a>, <a href='#Page_81'>81</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chedley, <a href='#Page_211'>211</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cheese at Newcastle, <a href='#Page_177'>177</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cheese Making in Cheshire, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cherbery, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cherry grounds at Gravesend, <a href='#Page_107'>107</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cheshire Cheese Making, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chester Cathedral, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chester, Penthouses in, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chester Street, <a href='#Page_178'>178</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chester, West, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chesterffield, <a href='#Page_77'>77</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chesterfield, Lord, his house Bradby, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a>, <a href='#Page_141'>141</a>, <a href='#Page_142'>142</a>, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chichester Cathedral, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chichester, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chichester, Crabs and Lobsters at, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chichester, Lord Tankervaile’s house at, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Chimneys on the Border, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cholmonly, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Choosing Parliament men at Durham, <a href='#Page_180'>180</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Christ Church, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Christ Church Colledge, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Church, almost sunk in the Sands, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Church at Hull, <a href='#Page_70'>70</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Church Convocation, <a href='#Page_276'>276</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Church of England, Corruption of, <a href='#Page_267'>267</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Churches at Coventry, <a href='#Page_91'>91</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Church-hill, farmhouse at, <a href='#Page_286'>286</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cider in Somersetshire, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Circuits, Judges’, <a href='#Page_263'>263</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>City Companyes, <a href='#Page_245'>245</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Civil law, <a href='#Page_267'>267</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Claire Hall, Cambridge, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Clap bread, <a href='#Page_156'>156</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Clap bread making, <a href='#Page_161'>161</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Claret over the Border, <a href='#Page_171'>171</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Clifford, Lord, his house Burlington, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Clifton House, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Clouted Cream, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coaches and Six at Epsom, <a href='#Page_301'>301</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coaches between London and Tunbridge, <a href='#Page_110'>110</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coal, hard like marble, <a href='#Page_90'>90</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coal, Mindiffe, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale at Taunton, <a href='#Page_205'>205</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale, Channell, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale Mines at Budsworth, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coal Mines in Derbyshire, <a href='#Page_77'>77</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coal pits in Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale pitts at Boudezworth, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale pitts in Flintshire, <a href='#Page_151'>151</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale pitts in Shropshire, <a href='#Page_192'>192</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale, price in London, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coale, price of at Woolsley, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coales at Bristol, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coales at Newcastle upon Tyne, <a href='#Page_175'>175</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coal-rain, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coalsell, Sir Geo. Pratt’s house at, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cobb, Sir Thomas, house of at Adderbery, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cobb, the, at Lime, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cochen Well, <a href='#Page_230'>230</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cockgrave, <a href='#Page_63'>63</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colchester, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a>, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cold harbour, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colebrooke, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colebrooke, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colehill, <a href='#Page_90'>90</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coleson, Mr, his almshouses, <a href='#Page_200'>200</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colifford, Mr, house at Income, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colledge, Eaton, <a href='#Page_240'>240</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colledge, Winchester, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colledges at Oxford, enumeration of, <a href='#Page_28'>28</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Collier, Cos’n, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colson, <a href='#Page_54'>54</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colton, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Colway, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Combiefford, <a href='#Page_228'>228</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Common law, <a href='#Page_267'>267</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Companyes, City, <a href='#Page_245'>245</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Constantine, Sir William, house of, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Convocation, Church, <a href='#Page_276'>276</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cooke, Mr, <a href='#Page_141'>141</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cooke, Sir Thomas, his house at Epsom, <a href='#Page_297'>297</a>, <a href='#Page_298'>298</a>, <a href='#Page_299'>299</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Copper Mines at Ashburn, <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Copper Mines in Cornwall, <a href='#Page_221'>221</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Copperas, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Copperas works, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_322'>322</span>Coppingham, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coppingham to Leicester, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Corfe Castle, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornish Canelys, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornish Diamonds, <a href='#Page_219'>219</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornish horse fodder, <a href='#Page_227'>227</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornish inquisitiveness, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornish Nightingales, <a href='#Page_227'>227</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornish paving stones, <a href='#Page_228'>228</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornish Water wheels, <a href='#Page_227'>227</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornwall, Ill guides in, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornwall roads, <a href='#Page_216'>216</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cornwall, smoaking universal in, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coronation of Queen Ann, <a href='#Page_251'>251</a>, <a href='#Page_252'>252</a>, <a href='#Page_253'>253</a>, <a href='#Page_254'>254</a>, <a href='#Page_255'>255</a>, <a href='#Page_256'>256</a>, <a href='#Page_257'>257</a>, <a href='#Page_258'>258</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coronation of William and Mary, <a href='#Page_255'>255</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Corporation of London, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a>, <a href='#Page_242'>242</a>, <a href='#Page_246'>246</a>, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Corpus Christus Colledge, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Corruption of Church of England, <a href='#Page_267'>267</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Corruption of Court of Chancery, <a href='#Page_262'>262</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cost of dinner at Darby, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cottages in Cornwall and Scotland, <a href='#Page_224'>224</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cotten, Mr, his house near Uxeter, <a href='#Page_89'>89</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cotten manufacture at Glocester, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cottentickings at Manchester, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cotton blanckets, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coursing at Ullswater, <a href='#Page_165'>165</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Courts Banns, <a href='#Page_266'>266</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Court, Hampton, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Court, Inns of, <a href='#Page_261'>261</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Court of Chancery, corruption of, <a href='#Page_262'>262</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Courts of Justice, <a href='#Page_260'>260</a>, <a href='#Page_261'>261</a>, <a href='#Page_262'>262</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Coventry, 91 <a href='#Page_92'>92</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cowes, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cows in St James’s Park, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Crafton Bridge, <a href='#Page_183'>183</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Crawfish at Hungerford, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cream, Clouted, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Crew, Lord, Bishop of Durham, <a href='#Page_180'>180</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cribly Ferry, <a href='#Page_216'>216</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Criminalls’ punishments, <a href='#Page_264'>264</a>, <a href='#Page_265'>265</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cross at Coventry, <a href='#Page_91'>91</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cross, Mr, Lord Say and Seale’s tutor, <a href='#Page_28'>28</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Crowning Kings and Queens of England, <a href='#Page_251'>251</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Culimton <a href='#Page_206'>206</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cultivation in Westmoreland, <a href='#Page_158'>158</a>, <a href='#Page_166'>166</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Culumb, St, <a href='#Page_221'>221</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Cumberland, <a href='#Page_165'>165</a>, <a href='#Page_166'>166</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Curious bird on Lundy Island, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Custom, Whitsuntide at Litchfield, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Darby, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a>, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Darby, Earle of, his house Nosel, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Darcy, Mr, his house Suddber Hall, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Darenwater, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Darey, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Darken, troutts and fish at, <a href='#Page_289'>289</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Darlington, <a href='#Page_182'>182</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dartfford, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dashwood, Sir Robert, house of, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Daventry, <a href='#Page_96'>96</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Deale, <a href='#Page_105'>105</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dean, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dean Clapperhill, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dean, Lord Kingston’s house, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dean’s House, Sarum, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dedom, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dee, River, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dee, Sands of, <a href='#Page_149'>149</a>, <a href='#Page_151'>151</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Deer in Hyde Parke, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Denton, Mr, house of, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Derbyshire Coal Mines, <a href='#Page_77'>77</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Derbyshire, nature of soil in, <a href='#Page_77'>77</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Derwent, <a href='#Page_67'>67</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Derwent, River, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Devisses, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Devonshire, description of, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Devonshire lanes, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Devonshire lanes, <a href='#Page_211'>211</a>, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Diamonds, Bristol, <a href='#Page_201'>201</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dillington, Sir R., his house at Knighton, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dimmock, Sir John, <a href='#Page_259'>259</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Direction posts in Lancashire, <a href='#Page_157'>157</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Directions, bad in Suffolk, <a href='#Page_118'>118</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dirty Condition of Ely, <a href='#Page_128'>128</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Ashburton, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissection at Barber Surgeons Hall, Newcastle, <a href='#Page_177'>177</a>, <a href='#Page_178'>178</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Beckle, <a href='#Page_118'>118</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_323'>323</span>Dissenters at Colchester, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Coventry, <a href='#Page_92'>92</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Honiton, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Leeds, <a href='#Page_185'>185</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Leicester, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Newcastle, <a href='#Page_181'>181</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at Plymouth, <a href='#Page_214'>214</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters at St. Edmundsbery, <a href='#Page_124'>124</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dissenters in Leverpoole, <a href='#Page_152'>152</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Doctor who fasted to death, effigy of, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Doctors’ Commons, <a href='#Page_267'>267</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dolling, Mr, house at Doonshay, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Don, River, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Doncaster, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Donum ffells, <a href='#Page_161'>161</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Doonshay, Mr Bolling’s house at, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dorchester, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dorchester, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dorington, Sir William, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dorken, trout at, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dormer, Mr, his seate near Saxmunday, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dosenmere Poole, <a href='#Page_228'>228</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dove, River, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dover, <a href='#Page_103'>103</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dover Castle, <a href='#Page_104'>104</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Downs, The, <a href='#Page_105'>105</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Downs, Wiltshire, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Drake, Sir Francis, <a href='#Page_214'>214</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Droctwitch, <a href='#Page_189'>189</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Durant, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Monument to, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Duke of Bolton’s house, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Duke of Buckingham, house of, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dunum, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dunmew, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dunstable, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Durham Castle, <a href='#Page_180'>180</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Durham Cathedrall, <a href='#Page_179'>179</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Durham Citty, <a href='#Page_179'>179</a>, <a href='#Page_180'>180</a>, <a href='#Page_181'>181</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dwellings, dirty on the border, <a href='#Page_171'>171</a>, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Dying ffatts, <a href='#Page_208'>208</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Earl of Pembrooke’s house at Wilton, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Earles, Mr, seate of at Woodbery Hill, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>East Titherly, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Eaton Colledge, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Eaton Colledge, <a href='#Page_240'>240</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Edds, Mr, <a href='#Page_31'>31</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Edge Comb, Mount, <a href='#Page_215'>215</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Edge Comb, Sir Richd., his seat, <a href='#Page_215'>215</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Edgehill, battle of, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Edmundsbery, St, <a href='#Page_124'>124</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Edward the Confessour, his foundations at Winsor, <a href='#Page_240'>240</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Effigy of a doctor who fasted to death, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Egerton, Mr, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Eggum, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Eland, <a href='#Page_185'>185</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Elden Hole, <a href='#Page_85'>85</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Electers of Parliament men, <a href='#Page_195'>195</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Election at Worcester, <a href='#Page_195'>195</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Elsly, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Elizabeth, Queen, her picture, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ely, <a href='#Page_127'>127</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ely Abby, <a href='#Page_130'>130</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ely, Bishop of, <a href='#Page_128'>128</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ely Minster, <a href='#Page_128'>128</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Emount River, <a href='#Page_166'>166</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Emount, River, <a href='#Page_170'>170</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Endfield, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>English and Scotch footmen, race between, <a href='#Page_308'>308</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Entertainment at Buxton, <a href='#Page_83'>83</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Entertainment, bad at Hartwhistle, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Epin, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Epsom, <a href='#Page_289'>289</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Epsom, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a>, <a href='#Page_300'>300</a>, <a href='#Page_301'>301</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Epsom, Mineral waters at, <a href='#Page_289'>289</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Eshum, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Essex, River, <a href='#Page_170'>170</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Euston Hall, <a href='#Page_123'>123</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Evell, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Every, Mr, at Newbury, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Evling, Sir John, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ewers, Lord, co-heiress of, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ex, River, <a href='#Page_207'>207</a>, <a href='#Page_209'>209</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Exchange, Royal, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Exeter, <a href='#Page_206'>206</a>, <a href='#Page_207'>207</a>, <a href='#Page_208'>208</a>, <a href='#Page_209'>209</a>, <a href='#Page_210'>210</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Exeter, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Exeter Cathedral, <a href='#Page_210'>210</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Exeter, Lord, his house at Burly, <a href='#Page_52'>52</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Fallmouth, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Falmouth, <a href='#Page_221'>221</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fens around Ely, <a href='#Page_127'>127</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_324'>324</span>Fens around Ely, <a href='#Page_130'>130</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fern ash for washing, <a href='#Page_136'>136</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ferrers, Lord, his house Chartly, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffairly Castle, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>ffarington, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>ffarly Castle, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffarnburough, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffarnum, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffenistanton, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffenwich, Lady Mary, <a href='#Page_67'>67</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fferrer, Mr, entertainment by, <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fferrybridge, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffeversham, <a href='#Page_100'>100</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffeversham, Earle of, his house Homby, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>ffiennes John, his seat New House, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>ffiennes, Pheramus, his parsonage, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>ffiennes, Richard, his widdow, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffilmer, Cos’n and family, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffisherton, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffleetewood, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fflintshire, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a>, <a href='#Page_150'>150</a>, <a href='#Page_151'>151</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffolie, Mr, his new house at Stoake, <a href='#Page_196'>196</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffolie, Mr Philip, his house Prestwich, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffolie, Mr Thos., his iron works, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>ffording bridge, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffosse, the Muddy, <a href='#Page_67'>67</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffosse Way, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffulling Mills, <a href='#Page_208'>208</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffurnes Coppice, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffurness ffells, <a href='#Page_157'>157</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffurness ffells, <a href='#Page_161'>161</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ffussell, Mr, at Whit Church, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Finnum, Lady Larence’s house at, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Finnum, Lobsters and Crabs at, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fish at Bedford, <a href='#Page_291'>291</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fish at Beverly, <a href='#Page_69'>69</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fish at Borough Bridge, <a href='#Page_65'>65</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fish at Pensands, <a href='#Page_224'>224</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fish at Rye, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fish at Scarbrough, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fish at Woolsley, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fleete Prison, <a href='#Page_266'>266</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Flint Town, <a href='#Page_149'>149</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Floods in Devonshire, <a href='#Page_230'>230</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Floods in Devonshire, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Flowing and ebbing well, <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Foley, Mr, his house Stoake, <a href='#Page_286'>286</a>, <a href='#Page_287'>287</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Folie, Mr Paul, his seat, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Forecasts, weather, by sound of water, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Founders of Halls and Colledges in Oxford, <a href='#Page_29'>29</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Forest, Nedwood, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Forest, New, <a href='#Page_39'>39</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Foundations of Sarum Cathedral, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Four Shires Stone, <a href='#Page_288'>288</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Framy, River, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Freestone quarries, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>French people in Canterbury, <a href='#Page_101'>101</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>French wine at Rye, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Fuel used in fen district, <a href='#Page_132'>132</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Funeral, Queen Mary’s, <a href='#Page_250'>250</a>, <a href='#Page_251'>251</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Furze as fuel, <a href='#Page_223'>223</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Gainsborough, Earl of, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gardens at Wilton, Earl of Pembrooke’s, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Garter, Blew, order of, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gascoyne, <a href='#Page_156'>156</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gennings, Mrs, her house at St Albans, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gentry, Bishops and, <a href='#Page_281'>281</a>, <a href='#Page_282'>282</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>George of Denmark, Prince, <a href='#Page_253'>253</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>George’s Chappel, St, Monuments in, <a href='#Page_235'>235</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>George’s, St, Church at Winsor, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a>, <a href='#Page_235'>235</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Giant’s table near Peroth, <a href='#Page_168'>168</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gifts to the Lord Major, <a href='#Page_244'>244</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gilpin, Dr, <a href='#Page_181'>181</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glasenbury, <a href='#Page_204'>204</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glasenbury Abbey, <a href='#Page_204'>204</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glasenbury holly thorn, <a href='#Page_204'>204</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glass blowing at Castleton Bridge, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glass blowing at Sturbridge, <a href='#Page_286'>286</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glassenbury Tower, <a href='#Page_203'>203</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glocester, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glocester Cathedrall, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Glocester, Cotton Manufacture at, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gloves, manufacture of, at Darby, <a href='#Page_140'>140</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Godmanchester, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_325'>325</span>Goodhurst, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Goswill, Mr, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Governours of foreign plantations, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Grafton, Duke of, <a href='#Page_123'>123</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Grantum, <a href='#Page_54'>54</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gravesend, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gravesend, <a href='#Page_107'>107</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Great Heywood, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Great Horrwood, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Green Bower Feast at Litchfield, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Greenwitch, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Groombridge, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Guides in Derbyshire, <a href='#Page_81'>81</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Guilford, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Guilford, Lord, his house at Epsom, <a href='#Page_293'>293</a>, <a href='#Page_294'>294</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Guilford, Lord, house Roxton, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Guillotine at Hallifax, <a href='#Page_186'>186</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gun casting in Kent, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Gustaus Adolphus, his picture at St John’s, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Guy, Earle of Warwick, <a href='#Page_95'>95</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Habeas Corpus, <a href='#Page_266'>266</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hacket, Sir Andrew, his seate, <a href='#Page_91'>91</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hackney, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hackwood, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Haddon Hall, <a href='#Page_82'>82</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hailing, <a href='#Page_224'>224</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hales, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hall, Westminster, <a href='#Page_260'>260</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hallifax, <a href='#Page_186'>186</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Halls at Oxford, enumeration of, <a href='#Page_28'>28</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hammersmith, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hampton Court, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hampton Court, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hampton Court, <a href='#Page_303'>303</a>, <a href='#Page_304'>304</a>, <a href='#Page_305'>305</a>, <a href='#Page_306'>306</a>, <a href='#Page_307'>307</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hamstead waters, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Haragate, springs at, <a href='#Page_62'>62</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Haragate, sulpher or stincking spaw at, <a href='#Page_62'>62</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Harding, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Harragate, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Harrison, Ffiennes, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Harrison, Sir Edmond, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Harrison, Sir Edmund, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hartfford bridge, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hartly Poynt, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hartshill, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hartwhistle, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Harwich, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Harwood Castle, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hawking in Staffordshire, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Haywood Parke, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Healy Castle, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Heckam, Mr, <a href='#Page_55'>55</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hedgewood, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hedgford, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hell Kettles, <a href='#Page_182'>182</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hemsworth, <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hendly, Mr, house of at Colway, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hendly, Mr, his house at Leigh, <a href='#Page_232'>232</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hendly, Sir Robert, house of, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Henley, Sir Robert, his seat, <a href='#Page_47'>47</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Heraulds’ office, <a href='#Page_282'>282</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Herriford, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Herriford Cathedral, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Herriford, Earle of, house at Ipswitch, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Herrifordshire, fruit trees in, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Herrifordshire, journey to, from London, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hewet Bridge, <a href='#Page_66'>66</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hexholme, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Heywood, Great, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Heywood Parke, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Heywood Parke, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hickeringall, Mrs, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hide Parke, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>High Cross, Northampton, <a href='#Page_96'>96</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>High Crosse, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Highwaymen, <a href='#Page_189'>189</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hillingworth Castle, <a href='#Page_93'>93</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hills in Westmoreland, <a href='#Page_162'>162</a>, <a href='#Page_163'>163</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hillsdon, Mr Denton’s house, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hockley in the Hole, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hodmogoge hills, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hogue, La, Battle of, <a href='#Page_126'>126</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holderness, <a href='#Page_70'>70</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holderness, Earle of, <a href='#Page_183'>183</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holderness, Earle of, his house Hornby Castle, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hole, Elden, <a href='#Page_85'>85</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hole, Poole’s, <a href='#Page_84'>84</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holly thorn, Glasenbury, <a href='#Page_204'>204</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holly Well, <a href='#Page_149'>149</a>, <a href='#Page_150'>150</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holmes, Sir Robert, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holt, Aunt, house of, at Murstead, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Holt, Mr, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Home Peirpoynt, <a href='#Page_55'>55</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Honiton, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Honiton Lace, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_326'>326</span>Hop Yards in Kent, <a href='#Page_100'>100</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hopton, Lady, her house, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hornby, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hornby Castle, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horne, Mrs, at Winchester, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horrwood, Great, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horrwood, Mineral water at, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horse fodder, Cornish, <a href='#Page_227'>227</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horse shoeing in Westmoreland, <a href='#Page_164'>164</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horse, White, Vale of, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horsman, Mr, his house at Streton, <a href='#Page_54'>54</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horsy Beach, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Horwood, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hospitals at Leicester, <a href='#Page_134'>134</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Houndslow, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Houndslow-heath, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Houses of Parliament, <a href='#Page_268'>268</a>, <a href='#Page_269'>269</a>, <a href='#Page_270'>270</a>, <a href='#Page_271'>271</a>, <a href='#Page_272'>272</a>, <a href='#Page_273'>273</a>, <a href='#Page_274'>274</a>, <a href='#Page_275'>275</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hovels in Cumberland, <a href='#Page_169'>169</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Howard, Sir Robert, his house, <a href='#Page_290'>290</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Howard, Sir Robert, his house, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hoyle, <a href='#Page_217'>217</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hull, <a href='#Page_69'>69</a>,<a href='#Page_70'>70</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hull, River, <a href='#Page_69'>69</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Humber, River, <a href='#Page_69'>69</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hungerford, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Huntington, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Huntington, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hurst Castle, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Husy, Mr, at Whitchurch, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Hyrick, Major of Leicester, <a href='#Page_134'>134</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Ill guides in Cornwall, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Income, Mr Colifford’s house at, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Incomes of Kent yeomanry, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Inns of Court, <a href='#Page_261'>261</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Inns, want of, in Scotland, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a>, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Inquisitiveness, Cornish, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Instree, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ipswitch, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ireland, Lords Justices of, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ireland, Lord Lieutenant of, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Iron Mines in Kent, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Isle of Man, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Isle of Purbeck, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Isle of Wight, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Itching Hill, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ives, St, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ives, St, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>James’s Palace, St, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>James’s Park, St, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Journey, Northern, of Celia Fiennes in 1697, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Journey to Newcastle and Cornwall, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Judge Poppum, burying place of, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Judges, <a href='#Page_261'>261</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Judges’ Circuits, <a href='#Page_263'>263</a>, <a href='#Page_264'>264</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Jury Wall at Leicester, <a href='#Page_134'>134</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Justice, Courts of, <a href='#Page_260'>260</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Kanktown, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kankwood, <a href='#Page_136'>136</a>, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a>, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kankwood, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kankwood, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Katherine Hall, Cambridge, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kederminster, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kendall, <a href='#Page_158'>158</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kensington, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kensington, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kensington, King William’s house in, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kent, Mineral Waters in, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kentish Cherries, <a href='#Page_107'>107</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Killinghall, Mr, <a href='#Page_118'>118</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King William the Third, <a href='#Page_95'>95</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s Arms, Kendall, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s Bench Prison, <a href='#Page_266'>266</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s Colledge, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s Colledge, Cambridge, <a href='#Page_240'>240</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s Mead, Bath, <a href='#Page_14'>14</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s Park at Bagshott, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s revenues, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>King’s Stone, the, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kingston, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kingston, Lord, his house Home Peirpoynt, <a href='#Page_55'>55</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kingston on Hull, <a href='#Page_69'>69</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kingston, Sir William Muese, house of, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kingston-on-Thames, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Kingswood, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Knarsebrough, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Knarsborough Castle, ruins of, <a href='#Page_61'>61</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Knarsborough, Sir Robert Chapple at, <a href='#Page_61'>61</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Knarsborough, Spaw at, <a href='#Page_61'>61</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Knighton, Sir Robt. Dillington’s house at, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Knights of the Bath, <a href='#Page_259'>259</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Knights of Winsor, poore, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_327'>327</span>Knitting in Suffolk and Norfolk, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a>, <a href='#Page_122'>122</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Lace, Honiton, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lackington Green, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lamborn, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lamprys at Glocester, <a href='#Page_198'>198</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lancaster, <a href='#Page_157'>157</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Landlady, a religious, <a href='#Page_226'>226</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Land’s End, <a href='#Page_223'>223</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Landsdon, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Landsdon Hill, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Landsdown, Lady, <a href='#Page_168'>168</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lanes, Devonshire, <a href='#Page_211'>211</a>, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lanes in Devonshire, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lansdown, Lord, his house Louder Hall, <a href='#Page_166'>166</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lanston, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lanston Castle, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Larence, Lady, house of at Finnum, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Latterworth hand, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Law, Tryalls at, <a href='#Page_277'>277</a>, <a href='#Page_278'>278</a>, <a href='#Page_279'>279</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Law terms, <a href='#Page_262'>262</a>, <a href='#Page_263'>263</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lead, Black, <a href='#Page_157'>157</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leatherhead, <a href='#Page_302'>302</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leeds, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leicester, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leicester, Hospitals at, <a href='#Page_134'>134</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leicester Priory, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leicester sheep, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leicestershire, nature of soil, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lester, Lord, his seate Spenshurst, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leverpoole, <a href='#Page_152'>152</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Leveston Gore, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Library, Cambridge University, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lid, River, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Liegh, <a href='#Page_232'>232</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Liene, River, <a href='#Page_157'>157</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lime, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lime, River, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Limington, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lin, River, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lincoln, <a href='#Page_54'>54</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lindhurst, King’s house at, <a href='#Page_39'>39</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Linn, River, <a href='#Page_127'>127</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Linnen at Maulton, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Linnen Cloth at Manchester, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Liquorish at Pomffret, <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>List of some places mentioned, <a href='#Page_311'>311</a>-<a href='#Page_319'>319</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lister, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Litchfield, <a href='#Page_90'>90</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Litchfield, <a href='#Page_93'>93</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Litchfield, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Litchfield Minster, <a href='#Page_90'>90</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Little-berry, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lizard Point, <a href='#Page_223'>223</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lizard Point, seen from Lime, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lobsters and Crabs at Finnum, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lobsters, &amp;c, at Brownsea, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>London, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>London Bridge, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>London, Corporation of, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a>, <a href='#Page_242'>242</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>London to Alesbury, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>London to Broughton, journey from, <a href='#Page_290'>290</a>, <a href='#Page_291'>291</a>, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Long Town, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lonn, <a href='#Page_217'>217</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lord George, monument to, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lord Liegh, <a href='#Page_93'>93</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lord Major, Gifts to, <a href='#Page_244'>244</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lord Major’s Show, <a href='#Page_242'>242</a>, <a href='#Page_243'>243</a>, <a href='#Page_244'>244</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Loss of Clothes, <a href='#Page_182'>182</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Louder Hall, <a href='#Page_166'>166</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Louder, River, <a href='#Page_166'>166</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lucas, Lord, his house at Colchester, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lug, River, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lumly Castle, <a href='#Page_179'>179</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lundy, Isle of, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Lye from ffern, <a href='#Page_89'>89</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Madam Scott Hill, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mag and her sisters, <a href='#Page_168'>168</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maiden Hair fern for Consumption, <a href='#Page_236'>236</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maiden Hill, <a href='#Page_203'>203</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maiden Newton, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maidenhead, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maidenhead, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maidstone, <a href='#Page_106'>106</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Malbrough, quarter session at, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mamtour, <a href='#Page_86'>86</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Man, Isle of, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Manbora Hills, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Manchester, <a href='#Page_187'>187</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mansfield, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maple Duram, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Marlborough, Duchess of, her house, <a href='#Page_308'>308</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Marlborough, Duke of, house at St Albans, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Marlow,  <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_328'>328</span>Marsh, Dr, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Marsh, Dr, at Dunstable, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Marshalsea Prison, <a href='#Page_266'>266</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Martin, Judge Harry, <a href='#Page_215'>215</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Martin’s Mer, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mary, Queen, her picture, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maudline Hall, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maudline Hill, hop and cheese fair on,  <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maulbern Hills like the Alps, <a href='#Page_288'>288</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maulbery, <a href='#Page_283'>283</a>, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Maulton, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Meat, price of, at Rippon, <a href='#Page_65'>65</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Medway, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Meer, Castle of, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Meeteing at Wellington, <a href='#Page_206'>206</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Meeteing place at Rochdale, <a href='#Page_187'>187</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Meeting the Sheriff’s retinue, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Melborn, Sir Mark, his house, <a href='#Page_183'>183</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mellish, Mr, his house at Blith, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mentioned, List of some places, <a href='#Page_311'>311</a>-<a href='#Page_319'>319</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Meresy, River, <a href='#Page_152'>152</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Merly by Wimborn, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Metropolis, the, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Middleton, Lady, <a href='#Page_158'>158</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mighty Tom, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Milbrook, <a href='#Page_213'>213</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Milbrook, <a href='#Page_216'>216</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles, length of, in Derbyshire, <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles, length of, in Lancashire, <a href='#Page_156'>156</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles, length of, in Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles long in Essex, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles long in Norfolk and Suffolk, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles longer in the North, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles, number travelled in 1697, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Miles, Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mindiffe Coal, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mineral spring at Canterbery, <a href='#Page_102'>102</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mineral springs on Shuter’s Hill, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mineral water at Astrop, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mineral waters at Epsom, <a href='#Page_289'>289</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mineral water at Horrwood, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mineral waters in Kent, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mines at Ashburn, Copper, <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mines in Derbyshire, <a href='#Page_82'>82</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mines in Flintshire, <a href='#Page_151'>151</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ministers, Cabinet, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Minster, Beverly, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Minster, Ely, <a href='#Page_128'>128</a>, <a href='#Page_129'>129</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Minster, Litchfield, <a href='#Page_90'>90</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Minster, Rippon, <a href='#Page_65'>65</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Minster, Yorke, <a href='#Page_59'>59</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mint at Norwitch, <a href='#Page_121'>121</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mint, The, at Yorke, <a href='#Page_60'>60</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mist on Blackstone Edge, <a href='#Page_186'>186</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mole, <a href='#Page_302'>302</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mole, the, at Lime, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Moles, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Montgomery, Sir Thos, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Monument, London, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Monuments in Beverly Minster, <a href='#Page_69'>69</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Monuments in St George’s Chappel, <a href='#Page_235'>235</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Moore, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_302'>302</a>, <a href='#Page_303'>303</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Morton Hindmost, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Morton Hindmost, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Morton Hindmost, <a href='#Page_288'>288</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mottstone, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mount Edge Comb, <a href='#Page_215'>215</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mount Ephraim, <a href='#Page_110'>110</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mount Sion, <a href='#Page_110'>110</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mount, The, in Cornwall, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mountague, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Mucks Hall, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Muese, Sir William, house of at Kingston, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Musgrove, Sir Charles, his house, <a href='#Page_181'>181</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Nantwitch, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nantwitch, <a href='#Page_189'>189</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Narsby, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nedwood Forest, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nedwood Forest, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Needles, The, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Neglected church at Adison Bank, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>New Colledge, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>New Colledge, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>New Colledge, belonging to the ffiennes’s, <a href='#Page_28'>28</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>New Forest, <a href='#Page_39'>39</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>New Forest, journey to, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>New House, seat of John ffiennes, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>New Market heath, <a href='#Page_125'>125</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newark, <a href='#Page_134'>134</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newbery, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newbery, <a href='#Page_289'>289</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_329'>329</span>Newbury, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newcastle and Cornwall, journey to, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newcastle, Dissenters at, <a href='#Page_181'>181</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newcastle, Duke of, his house Welbeake, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newcastle under Line, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newcastle upon Tyne, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a>, <a href='#Page_175'>175</a>, <a href='#Page_176'>176</a>, <a href='#Page_177'>177</a>, <a href='#Page_178'>178</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newhouse, <a href='#Page_197'>197</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newport, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newton, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newtontony, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newtontony, from, to Bath, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newtontony to Durly, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Newtontony, Wiltshire, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nicholas Island, St, <a href='#Page_215'>215</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nightingales, Cornish, <a href='#Page_227'>227</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Noblemen’s houses in London, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nonsuch, <a href='#Page_114'>114</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norborn, Mr, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nore, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norfolk, Duke of, his house at Norwich, <a href='#Page_121'>121</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norfolk, Duke of, his park, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Normans Court, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>North, Lord Chief Justice, his picture, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Northern Journey of Celia Fiennes in 1697, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Northfleete, <a href='#Page_107'>107</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norton, Colonel, his house at Southwicke, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norton, Lord Say’s seat at, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norton, Sir Thomas, his house, <a href='#Page_93'>93</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Northampton, <a href='#Page_96'>96</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Northampton Church, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Northumberland, entrance into, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norwitch, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a>, <a href='#Page_120'>120</a>, <a href='#Page_121'>121</a>, <a href='#Page_122'>122</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norwitch, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Norwitch Castle, <a href='#Page_121'>121</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nosel, Earle of Darby’s house, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Note Vale, <a href='#Page_55'>55</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nottingham, <a href='#Page_55'>55</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nottingham ale, <a href='#Page_55'>55</a>, <a href='#Page_56'>56</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nottingham Castle, <a href='#Page_56'>56</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Number of Churches in Sarum, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nun’s thread, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nunwell, Sir John Oglander’s house at, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nurstead, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nurstead, Mr Holl’s house at, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Nymphsffield, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Oakey Hole, <a href='#Page_202'>202</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oakingham, <a href='#Page_230'>230</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oate bread, <a href='#Page_156'>156</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oglander, Sir John, his house at Nunwell, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Old Bayly, <a href='#Page_263'>263</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>One horse race at Panckridge, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Orchards in Somersetshire, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Orfford, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_125'>125</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Organ in Exeter Cathedral,<a href='#Page_210'>210</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ormskerk, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ouborn, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ouise, River, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ouise, River, at York, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ouse, River, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxborn, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxenbridge, Mr, house of at Piddle, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxford, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a>-<a href='#Page_28'>28</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxford, bread at, <a href='#Page_26'>26</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxford, cultivation near, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxford, enumeration of Halls and Colledges at, <a href='#Page_28'>28</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxford, Physick garden at, <a href='#Page_26'>26</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oxford University, founders’ names, <a href='#Page_26'>26</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Oysters at Colchester, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Pack horses near Kendall, <a href='#Page_160'>160</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pack horses in Cornwall and Devon, <a href='#Page_225'>225</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pack horses in Devonshire, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pack horses in Devonshire, <a href='#Page_213'>213</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Packington, Sir John, his house, <a href='#Page_195'>195</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paget, Lord, his great command and royalty, <a href='#Page_286'>286</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paget, Lord, his house Boudezworth, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paget, Lord, his house Budsworth, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Panckeridge, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Panckeridge race, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paper Making at Canterbery, <a href='#Page_101'>101</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Papists at St Winfred’s Well, <a href='#Page_150'>150</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Papists in Durham, <a href='#Page_180'>180</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_330'>330</span>Parke, Hide, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parke House, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parliament, Houses of, <a href='#Page_268'>268</a>, <a href='#Page_269'>269</a>, <a href='#Page_270'>270</a>, <a href='#Page_271'>271</a>, <a href='#Page_272'>272</a>, <a href='#Page_273'>273</a>, <a href='#Page_274'>274</a>, <a href='#Page_275'>275</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parliament men, choosing, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parliament men, choosing at Durham, <a href='#Page_180'>180</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parliament men, Electers of, <a href='#Page_195'>195</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parr, <a href='#Page_217'>217</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parshur, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parsonages, revenues of Lancashire, <a href='#Page_156'>156</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Parson’s garden at Banstead, the, <a href='#Page_301'>301</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Patsell, Sir Thomas, his house, <a href='#Page_192'>192</a>, <a href='#Page_193'>193</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paul’s Cathedrall, St, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paul’s Schoole, <a href='#Page_246'>246</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paumes, Mr, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Paving stones, Cornish, <a href='#Page_228'>228</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peak Cavern, <a href='#Page_87'>87</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peat in Westmoreland, <a href='#Page_163'>163</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peeping Tom of Coventry, <a href='#Page_92'>92</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peirpoynt, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pembrooke, Earl of, gardens at Wilton, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pembroke, Earl of, his house at Wilton, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pen Ma Mower, <a href='#Page_151'>151</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pensands, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a>, <a href='#Page_223'>223</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Penthouses in Chester, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Percivall, Dr, his house at Harding, <a href='#Page_148'>148</a>, <a href='#Page_149'>149</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Percy, Earl, tomb at Beverly Minster, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peroth, <a href='#Page_165'>165</a>, <a href='#Page_168'>168</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Perpoynt, Lady Grace, house at Pomffret, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peterborough, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peterborough, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peterborough Cathedral, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peterborough, Earle of, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Peterborough, Earle of, his house, Turvoy, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Petersffield, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Petrifying earth at Asply, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Philip Norton, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Phillips, Sir Christopher, <a href='#Page_160'>160</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Physick garden at Oxford, <a href='#Page_26'>26</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Picts’ Walls, <a href='#Page_173'>173</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Picture, Charles the ffirst’s, at St John’s, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Picture gallery at Euston Hall, <a href='#Page_123'>123</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Picture of Gustaus Adolphus at St John’s, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Piddle, Mr Oxenbridge’s house at, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Piddletown, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pink, River, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pirats and privateers, <a href='#Page_221'>221</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Places mentioned, list of some, <a href='#Page_311'>311</a>-<a href='#Page_319'>319</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plain, Salsebury, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plantations, foreign, governours of, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plodds, <a href='#Page_171'>171</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ploughing in Leicestershire, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plym, River, <a href='#Page_213'>213</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plymouth, <a href='#Page_212'>212</a>, <a href='#Page_213'>213</a>, <a href='#Page_214'>214</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plymouth Citadel, <a href='#Page_214'>214</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plymouth, Dissenters at, <a href='#Page_214'>214</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Plymouth Dockyard, <a href='#Page_214'>214</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Poisonous Water at Ackington, <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pomffret, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Poole, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Poole’s Hole, <a href='#Page_84'>84</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Popler, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Porchester, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Port Eliot, <a href='#Page_213'>213</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Portsmouth, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Portsmouth Castle, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Post between London and Tunbridge, <a href='#Page_110'>110</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pottery in Staffordshire, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pratt, Sir George, house at Coalsell, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Preadnea, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_232'>232</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Prescote, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Preston, <a href='#Page_154'>154</a>, <a href='#Page_155'>155</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Prestwich, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Price of Ale in Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_185'>185</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Price of Meat at Rippon, <a href='#Page_65'>65</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pride and sloth at Ipswitch, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Priory, Leicester, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Provisions and Wine in Fflintshire, <a href='#Page_150'>150</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Provisions, price of at Newcastle, <a href='#Page_177'>177</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Pullets at Chesterffield, <a href='#Page_77'>77</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Punishments, Criminalls’, <a href='#Page_264'>264</a>, <a href='#Page_265'>265</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Purbeck, Isle of, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Purbeck, Viscount, his seate Summerhill, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Purple, dying at Winchester, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Quagmires near Buxton, <a href='#Page_86'>86</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Quaker hospitality, <a href='#Page_71'>71</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Quakers at Scarbrough, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_331'>331</span>Quare, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Quarries and Coale pitts in Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_185'>185</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Quarries, freestone, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Queen Ann, Coronation of, at Bath, <a href='#Page_15'>15</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Queen Camell, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Queen Mary’s funeral, <a href='#Page_250'>250</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Queen’s Colledge, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Queen’s Colledge, Cambridge, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Queen’s Colledge Library, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Quicksands near Worcester, <a href='#Page_286'>286</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Race, between English and Scotch footmen, <a href='#Page_308'>308</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Radcote, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rawnelaugh, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_308'>308</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Reading, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Red Horse, Vale of, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Redbridge, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Redbridge, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Redding, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Redruth, <a href='#Page_221'>221</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Reeke River, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Reeke, The, <a href='#Page_191'>191</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Reekee, the high hill, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Regalia at the Tower, <a href='#Page_260'>260</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Religious landlady, a <a href='#Page_226'>226</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Revenues of Lancashire parsonages, <a href='#Page_156'>156</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Revenues, King’s, <a href='#Page_280'>280</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rhye, effects of, in bread, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rich, Sir Robert, <a href='#Page_118'>118</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Richard the Third, King, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Richmond, Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_183'>183</a>, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Richmondshire, <a href='#Page_183'>183</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rippon, <a href='#Page_65'>65</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rippon Minster, <a href='#Page_65'>65</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>River Stour, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Roads, bad state of, in fen district, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Roads, Cornwall, <a href='#Page_216'>216</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Roads in Sussex, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Robbing place, Blackheath a noted, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rochdale, <a href='#Page_187'>187</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rochester, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rochester, <a href='#Page_107'>107</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rochester, bridge at, <a href='#Page_100'>100</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rochester, Lady, house of, at Adderbery, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rochly, Sir Walter, his house, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rotheram, <a href='#Page_76'>76</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rowlandson, Mrs, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rowle Stone, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rowles, Sir ffrancis, his house, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Roxton, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Royal Charles, The <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Royal Exchange, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Royal James, The, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Royal Sovereign, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Royston, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rumsey, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Runnet making, <a href='#Page_91'>91</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Russell, Adml., his house, <a href='#Page_125'>125</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rust Hall, <a href='#Page_110'>110</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Ruth, Mr, his house at Epsom, <a href='#Page_295'>295</a>, <a href='#Page_296'>296</a>, <a href='#Page_297'>297</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rutland, Earle of, his house, <a href='#Page_56'>56</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rutland, Earl of, his house, Haddon Hall, <a href='#Page_82'>82</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rutlandshire, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Rye, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a>, <a href='#Page_113'>113</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>St Albans, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Alban’s Cathedral, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Andrew’s Well, <a href='#Page_204'>204</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Ann’s Well, <a href='#Page_84'>84</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Austin’s, <a href='#Page_217'>217</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Barbe, Sir John, his house, <a href='#Page_43'>43</a>, <a href='#Page_44'>44</a>, <a href='#Page_45'>45</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Edmundsbery, <a href='#Page_124'>124</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Ives, <a href='#Page_222'>222</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Ives, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St James’s Palace, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St James’s Park, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St John, Mrs, her house near Peterborough, <a href='#Page_132'>132</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St John’s Colledge, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St John’s Colledge, Cambridge, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Juliers, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Magdaline’s Colledge, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Monger’s Well, <a href='#Page_63'>63</a>, <a href='#Page_64'>64</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Nicholas, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Paul’s Cathedrall, <a href='#Page_247'>247</a>, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Thomas’s, <a href='#Page_144'>144</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Vincent’s Rocks, <a href='#Page_201'>201</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>St Winfred’s Well, <a href='#Page_149'>149</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salden, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salfor, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salisbury house, Strand, <a href='#Page_209'>209</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salmon at Lancaster, <a href='#Page_158'>158</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salmon at Whitten, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salmon spearing in the River Can, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_332'>332</span>Salsebury, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salsebury, burning of, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salsebury Castle, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salsebury Plain, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salt making at Nantwitch, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salt, method of making, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salt spring near Durham, <a href='#Page_181'>181</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salt works, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Saltash, <a href='#Page_213'>213</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Salterns at Limington, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Samfyer, <a href='#Page_161'>161</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sanctuary in Beverley Minster, <a href='#Page_68'>68</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sands of Dee, <a href='#Page_149'>149</a>, <a href='#Page_151'>151</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sandumffort, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sandwich, Lord, his house at Huntington, <a href='#Page_50'>50</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sandwitch, <a href='#Page_105'>105</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sandy Head, <a href='#Page_189'>189</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sarum, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sarum, Bishop’s Palace, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sarum Cathedral, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sarum Close, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sarum, Dean’s House, <a href='#Page_2'>2</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sarum Market, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sarum, Number of Churches in, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Savernack Forrest, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Saxmunday, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Say and Seale, William Lord, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Say, Lord, seat at Broughton, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Say, Lord, seat at Norton, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Scarsborough, <a href='#Page_72'>72</a>, <a href='#Page_73'>73</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Scawen, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Scheld, <a href='#Page_175'>175</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>School, free, at Beverly, <a href='#Page_69'>69</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Schoole, Shrewsbury, <a href='#Page_190'>190</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Scotch Borderers, sloth of, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Scotland, travelling in, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Scottish borderers, <a href='#Page_171'>171</a>, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Scotts Plods, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sea Cume, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Serges at Exeter, <a href='#Page_207'>207</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sergeants at Law, making, <a href='#Page_261'>261</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Serke, River, <a href='#Page_170'>170</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Severn, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Severn, River, <a href='#Page_190'>190</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sherwood, Forest of, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Show, Lord Majors, <a href='#Page_242'>242</a>, <a href='#Page_243'>243</a>, <a href='#Page_244'>244</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shuggbery Hall, <a href='#Page_95'>95</a>, <a href='#Page_96'>96</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shuggbery, Lady, hospitality of, <a href='#Page_96'>96</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shuggbery, Sir Charles, <a href='#Page_95'>95</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shark River, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sheep, Leicester, <a href='#Page_136'>136</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shellton, <a href='#Page_73'>73</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shettford, <a href='#Page_19'>19</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shilton, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shipbuilding at Rochester, <a href='#Page_100'>100</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shipping on River Thames, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Showers, Mr, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shrewsbury, <a href='#Page_190'>190</a>, <a href='#Page_191'>191</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shrewsbury Schoole, <a href='#Page_190'>190</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shuter’s Hill, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Shuter’s Hill, mineral springs on, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Signboards in Bristol, <a href='#Page_200'>200</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Silk weaving at Canterbery, <a href='#Page_101'>101</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sily, Island of, <a href='#Page_223'>223</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sir George Pratt’s house at Coalsell, <a href='#Page_17'>17</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sir Richard Temple, house of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sir Ralph Verny, seats of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sir Robert Hendly’s house, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sir Thomas Tyrrell, house of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sittingburn, <a href='#Page_100'>100</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Smith, Sir Robert, <a href='#Page_38'>38</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Smoaking, universal in Cornwall, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Smockington, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Some places mentioned, list of, <a href='#Page_311'>311</a>-<a href='#Page_319'>319</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Somerset, Duke of, his house at Maulbery, <a href='#Page_283'>283</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Somersetshire, Cider in, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Somersetshire, orchards in, <a href='#Page_8'>8</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sonidge, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sore, River, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>South Sea Castle, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Southborough, <a href='#Page_101'>101</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>South-hampton, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Southwicke, <a href='#Page_42'>42</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sow, River, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sparr, Derbyshire, <a href='#Page_83'>83</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Spaw, Scarbrough, <a href='#Page_73'>73</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Spaw waters near Durham, <a href='#Page_181'>181</a>, <a href='#Page_182'>182</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Speldhurst, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Spenhurst, <a href='#Page_111'>111</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sports in Wiltshire, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stafford, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a>, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Staffordshire, <a href='#Page_88'>88</a>, <a href='#Page_89'>89</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Staffordshire Pottery, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Staines, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stanes, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stamfford, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stamford, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Starre Cross, <a href='#Page_232'>232</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_333'>333</span>Steeven, Mrs, her house at Epsom, <a href='#Page_299'>299</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stepney, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stiles Coppice, <a href='#Page_138'>138</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stiles in Cornwall, <a href='#Page_226'>226</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stillton, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stoake, <a href='#Page_196'>196</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stoake, <a href='#Page_286'>286</a>, <a href='#Page_287'>287</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stoake, Mr Paul Folie’s seat, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stocking weaving, <a href='#Page_56'>56</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stockton, Mr, <a href='#Page_116'>116</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stoneage, description of, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stonidge Hall, <a href='#Page_77'>77</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stony Stratford, <a href='#Page_97'>97</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stour, River, <a href='#Page_5'>5</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Strand, King’s Pallace in the, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Streton, <a href='#Page_54'>54</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stretton Grandsorm, <a href='#Page_196'>196</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stow, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Stow, <a href='#Page_229'>229</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Suddber Hall, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Summerhill, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Summerset, Duke and Duchess of, Monument to, <a href='#Page_3'>3</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sunderland, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sussex, Earle of, his house, <a href='#Page_48'>48</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sussex, roads in, <a href='#Page_20'>20</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sutton, <a href='#Page_130'>130</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Sutton near Astrop, <a href='#Page_24'>24</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Swallow hole, <a href='#Page_302'>302</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Swallow holes, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Swallow, River,  <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Swans in Ely fens, <a href='#Page_131'>131</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Tadcaster, <a href='#Page_74'>74</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tamworth, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tamworth, River, <a href='#Page_135'>135</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tankervaile, Lord, house of at Chichester, <a href='#Page_30'>30</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tarts, West Country, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tatnum, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Taunton, <a href='#Page_205'>205</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Taylor, Mr, house at Rochdale, <a href='#Page_187'>187</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tees, River, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Temple, Sir Richard, house of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tetbery Castle, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thames at Gravesend, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thames, River, <a href='#Page_196'>196</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thames, River, choaked up, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thames, River, shipping on, <a href='#Page_108'>108</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thannet, Isle of, <a href='#Page_105'>105</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thatching in Cornwall, <a href='#Page_225'>225</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thetford, <a href='#Page_122'>122</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thetwin, Mr, his house Instree, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a>, <a href='#Page_144'>144</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thom, Great, of Lincoln, <a href='#Page_54'>54</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thomas, Mr, his house at Highgate, <a href='#Page_115'>115</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thomas’s, St, <a href='#Page_144'>144</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thorndon, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Thriving place, Manchester a, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tilbery fort, <a href='#Page_99'>99</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tin mining, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a>, <a href='#Page_219'>219</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tinsmelting, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tinmouth, <a href='#Page_175'>175</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Titherly, East, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Titherly, West, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tixall Hall, <a href='#Page_144'>144</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tod Caster, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tom, Mighty, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tom of £10,000, <a href='#Page_286'>286</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Topsham, <a href='#Page_231'>231</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Topshum, <a href='#Page_207'>207</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tower, the, <a href='#Page_259'>259</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tracy, Lord, house of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Travelling in Scotland, <a href='#Page_172'>172</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trent, River, <a href='#Page_55'>55</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trent River, <a href='#Page_133'>133</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trent, River, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trentum, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trinity Colledge, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trinity Colledge, Cambridge, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trinity Colledge Chapple, <a href='#Page_27'>27</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Trinity House at Hull, <a href='#Page_70'>70</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Truro, <a href='#Page_221'>221</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Truro, <a href='#Page_226'>226</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tryalls at Law, <a href='#Page_277'>277</a>, <a href='#Page_278'>278</a>, <a href='#Page_279'>279</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tunbridge, <a href='#Page_109'>109</a>, <a href='#Page_110'>110</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tunbridge, mineral waters at, <a href='#Page_109'>109</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Turf as fuel, <a href='#Page_219'>219</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Turnumgreen, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Turvoy, <a href='#Page_284'>284</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tyne, River, <a href='#Page_174'>174</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Tyrrell, Sir Thomas, house of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Ullswater, <a href='#Page_165'>165</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>University, Cambridge, <a href='#Page_49'>49</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>University, Oxford, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Upton, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Uval, River, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Uxeter, <a href='#Page_88'>88</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Vale of Red Horse, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Vale of White Horse, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Veale, The, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_334'>334</span>Vermin at Ely, <a href='#Page_128'>128</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Verny, Sir Ralph, seats of, <a href='#Page_22'>22</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Views from Winsor Castle, <a href='#Page_236'>236</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Villages in Westmoreland, <a href='#Page_164'>164</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Vincent’s Rocks, St, <a href='#Page_201'>201</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Waddom Hall, <a href='#Page_25'>25</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wains in Devonshire, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wansford, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wansford, <a href='#Page_132'>132</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wansford “in England,” <a href='#Page_132'>132</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warminster, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warminster, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warrington, <a href='#Page_152'>152</a>, <a href='#Page_154'>154</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warrington, Earle of, his house Dunum, <a href='#Page_188'>188</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warrum, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warwick, <a href='#Page_93'>93</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warwick Castle, <a href='#Page_94'>94</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warwick Church, ruins of, <a href='#Page_93'>93</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warwick, Earle of, Guy, <a href='#Page_95'>95</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Warworth, <a href='#Page_105'>105</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Water works at Exeter, <a href='#Page_209'>209</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wangfford, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Waveny, River, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Way Hill faire, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Weather forecasts by sound of water, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Weire, River, <a href='#Page_179'>179</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Welbeake, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Well, St Ann’s, <a href='#Page_84'>84</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Well, The burning, <a href='#Page_154'>154</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wellington, <a href='#Page_206'>206</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wells, <a href='#Page_203'>203</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wells Cathedral, <a href='#Page_203'>203</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Welsh at Holly Well, <a href='#Page_150'>150</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Welsh Prince, Mary of Modina’s, <a href='#Page_199'>199</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wentbridge, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>West Chester, <a href='#Page_147'>147</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>West Country rockets, <a href='#Page_205'>205</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>West Country tarts, <a href='#Page_218'>218</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>West Titherly, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Westminster, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Westminster Abbey, <a href='#Page_249'>249</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Westminster Hall, <a href='#Page_260'>260</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Westmoreland, <a href='#Page_158'>158</a>, <a href='#Page_159'>159</a>, <a href='#Page_160'>160</a>, <a href='#Page_161'>161</a>, <a href='#Page_162'>162</a>, <a href='#Page_163'>163</a>, <a href='#Page_164'>164</a>, <a href='#Page_165'>165</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Westmoreland, Carts in, <a href='#Page_162'>162</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Westmoreland hills, <a href='#Page_162'>162</a>, <a href='#Page_163'>163</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whart, River, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whatling Streete, <a href='#Page_285'>285</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whipps made at Newbery, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whit Church, <a href='#Page_189'>189</a>, <a href='#Page_190'>190</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whit Church, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>White Horse, Vale of, <a href='#Page_18'>18</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whitehall, <a href='#Page_236'>236</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whitehall Palace, <a href='#Page_248'>248</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whitehead, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_46'>46</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whitlsome Mer, <a href='#Page_51'>51</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whitten, <a href='#Page_67'>67</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wiandermer, Lake, <a href='#Page_160'>160</a>, <a href='#Page_161'>161</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wickam, William of, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wickham, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wight, Isle of, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wild beasts at the Tower, <a href='#Page_260'>260</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Willding, <a href='#Page_11'>11</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>William and Mary, Coronation of, <a href='#Page_255'>255</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>William of Wickam, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>William the Third, King, <a href='#Page_95'>95</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Willoughby, Sir Thos., his house, <a href='#Page_56'>56</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wincanton, <a href='#Page_10'>10</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchelsea, Corporation of, <a href='#Page_113'>113</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wilton, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wilton, Knights of the shire chosen at, <a href='#Page_4'>4</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wiltshire Downs, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wiltshire sports, <a href='#Page_1'>1</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchelsea, <a href='#Page_113'>113</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchelsea Castle, <a href='#Page_113'>113</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchelsea, Lord, his house, <a href='#Page_106'>106</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchester, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchester, Bishop of, his castle, <a href='#Page_35'>35</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchester, Bishop of, his pallace, <a href='#Page_233'>233</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchester Cathedral, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchester Colledge, <a href='#Page_37'>37</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winchester, Dean’s House at, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Windham, <a href='#Page_122'>122</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winfred’s Well, St, <a href='#Page_149'>149</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winsor, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a>, <a href='#Page_240'>240</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winsor, <a href='#Page_309'>309</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winsor Castle, <a href='#Page_21'>21</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winsor, poore knights of, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woad, cultivation of, <a href='#Page_23'>23</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wolds, Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_72'>72</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woodbery Hill, fair at, <a href='#Page_9'>9</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woodbridge, <a href='#Page_117'>117</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woodcut Green, <a href='#Page_292'>292</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wooden ware at Tunbridge, <a href='#Page_109'>109</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wood’s Gate, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woodstock, <a href='#Page_32'>32</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolfe, Mr Newbery’s house at, <a href='#Page_7'>7</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woollen cloth at Leeds, <a href='#Page_185'>185</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woollen stuff at Norwitch, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a>, <a href='#Page_121'>121</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woollen worke at Bedford, <a href='#Page_291'>291</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'><span class='pageno' id='Page_335'>335</span>Woolsey, <a href='#Page_36'>36</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsley, <a href='#Page_89'>89</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsley, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsley, <a href='#Page_136'>136</a>, <a href='#Page_137'>137</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsley, Bridget, <a href='#Page_98'>98</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsley, Sir Charles, his house, <a href='#Page_89'>89</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsley, Sir Charles, his house, <a href='#Page_136'>136</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsly, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Woolsly, Sir Charles, his gardens, <a href='#Page_146'>146</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wolverhampton, <a href='#Page_194'>194</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Worcester, <a href='#Page_33'>33</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Worcester, <a href='#Page_195'>195</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Worcester Cathedrall, <a href='#Page_195'>195</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Works, copperas, <a href='#Page_6'>6</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Worstly, Sir Robert, <a href='#Page_41'>41</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Worsup Abby, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Waterwheels, Cornish, <a href='#Page_227'>227</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Whatling Street, <a href='#Page_192'>192</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wiggon, <a href='#Page_153'>153</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>William, King, his return after the peace, <a href='#Page_245'>245</a>, <a href='#Page_246'>246</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Winsor Castle, <a href='#Page_234'>234</a>, <a href='#Page_236'>236</a>, <a href='#Page_237'>237</a>, 238 <a href='#Page_239'>239</a>, <a href='#Page_241'>241</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Worsup Mannour, <a href='#Page_57'>57</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Wye, River, <a href='#Page_34'>34</a></li>
+  <li class='c003'>Yarmouth, <a href='#Page_40'>40</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yarmouth, <a href='#Page_119'>119</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yate, good level, in Yorkshire, <a href='#Page_75'>75</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yeomanry of Kent, incomes of, <a href='#Page_112'>112</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>York, <a href='#Page_67'>67</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yorke, <a href='#Page_58'>58</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yorke Minster, <a href='#Page_59'>59</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yorke, Mr, his house, <a href='#Page_184'>184</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yoxsell, <a href='#Page_143'>143</a></li>
+  <li class='c032'>Yoxwell, <a href='#Page_139'>139</a></li>
+</ul>
+<div class='pbb'>
+ <hr class='pb c003' />
+</div>
+<p class='c012'>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class='tnbox'>
+
+  <ul  class='ul_1'>
+    <li>Transcriber’s Notes:
+      <ul  class='ul_2'>
+        <li>Some words are abbreviated by leaving letters out and/or marking them with macron, as 
+        in "accō" for "account" or raising some letters to be superscripts. as in "w<sup>th</sup>" for 
+        "with".
+        </li>
+        <li>Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
+        </li>
+        <li>Typographical errors were silently corrected.
+        </li>
+        <li>Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant 
+        form was found in this book.
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+
+</div>
+<p class='c012'>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<div style='text-align:center'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THROUGH ENGLAND ON A SIDE SADDLE ***</div>
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