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             THERMAE
             REDIVIVAE
          
           :
           The
           CITY
           of
           BATH
           DESCRIBED
           :
           WITH
           Some
           Observations
           on
           those
           Soveraign
           WATERS
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           BATHING
           in
           ,
           and
           DRINKING
           of
           Them
           ,
           Now
           so
           much
           in
           Use
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Henry
             Chapman
          
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Jonathan
             Edwin
          
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Roses
          
           in
           Ludgate-street
           ,
           1673.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           The
           most
           August
           and
           Serene
           Prince
           CHARLES
           II.
           Of
           Great
           
             Britain
             ,
             France
          
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           King
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Dread
             and
             Royal
             Sir
             and
             Soveraign
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           hath
           been
           all
           along
           (
           I
           praise
           my
           God
           )
           my
           Inclination
           as
           well
           as
           my
           Duty
           ,
           to
           serve
           my
           Prince
           and
           Countrey
           the
           Wars
           in
           your
           ever
           Renowned
           Fathers
           time
           (
           wherein
           I
           had
           the
           Honour
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Misfortune
           (
           as
           carrying
           with
           it
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           a
           Competent
           Estate
           )
           to
           be
           ,
           shall
           testifie
           for
           the
           One
           ,
           as
           this
           small
           Tract
           for
           the
           Other
           ;
           as
           I
           am
           a
           Native
           of
           this
           place
           ;
           so
           also
           for
           the
           better
           part
           of
           Twenty
           years
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           a
           Stranger
           to
           many
           Near
           and
           Remote
           Regions
           ,
           but
           never
           could
           I
           meet
           with
           ,
           or
           hear
           of
           any
           such
           Waters
           as
           this
           your
           City
           yields
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           perpetual
           constancy
           of
           their
           Quantity
           and
           Quality
           ;
           on
           which
           reason
           ,
           I
           have
           an
           Ambition
           and
           Desire
           
           to
           Publish
           this
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           what
           continual
           and
           inexhaustible
           Treasures
           ,
           are
           stored
           up
           here
           in
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           scarce
           ever
           made
           known
           (
           at
           leastwise
           made
           use
           of
           )
           till
           these
           very
           late
           years
           ,
           the
           Publication
           whereof
           ,
           will
           Sans-peradventure
           ,
           advance
           your
           Majesties
           Kingdoms
           Interest
           ,
           as
           conducing
           so
           much
           ,
           to
           the
           Longaevity
           and
           health
           of
           the
           Nations
           :
           rendring
           them
           more
           Numerous
           and
           Hardy
           ,
           (
           our
           Air
           will
           make
           them
           Valiant
           )
           and
           this
           being
           granted
           ,
           as
           being
           an
           indisputable
           Maxim
           the
           Consequence
           is
           ,
           
             Cum
             multis
             Manibus
             grande
             levatur
             opus
             .
          
        
         
           May
           the
           good
           God
           ,
           keep
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           here
           (
           long
           after
           our
           Age
           )
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           Honour
           and
           Health
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           Change
           ,
           give
           you
           an
           Incorruptible
           for
           a
           Corruptible
           Crown
           ,
           which
           hath
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           daily
           and
           incessant
           Prayers
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesties
             ,
             Most
             humble
             ,
             Loyal
             ,
             and
             Obedient
             Subject
             and
             Servant
             Hen.
             Chapman
             .
          
           
             Bath
             ,
             
               16.
               
               Novemb
               .
               1673.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           ever
           Renowned
           NATIONS
           Of
           ,
           and
           in
           Great
           Britain
           and
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           many
           (
           and
           that
           Learned
           too
           )
           Treatises
           abroad
           ,
           concerning
           something
           I
           am
           now
           in
           hand
           with
           .
           Dr.
           Jordan
           is
           Extant
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           an
           Appendix
           to
           it
           ,
           discoursing
           profoundly
           ,
           from
           what
           Minerals
           these
           Waters
           may
           proceed
           with
           the
           Nature
           of
           
             Bitumen
             Sulphur
          
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           yet
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           there
           wants
           a
           plain
           ,
           and
           cheap
           (
           not
           Scholastique
           )
           Divulgation
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           of
           the
           present
           use
           of
           these
           Waters
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           bathing
           in
           ,
           and
           Drinking
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           latter
           of
           which
           having
           not
           been
           much
           in
           use
           till
           within
           
           this
           two
           or
           three
           years
           ,
           is
           not
           (
           I
           conceive
           )
           sufficiently
           made
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           wherefore
           that
           these
           Soveraign
           Waters
           which
           are
           so
           much
           approved
           of
           ,
           by
           those
           Many
           ,
           that
           have
           made
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           having
           wrought
           so
           many
           and
           so
           admirable
           Cures
           ;
           may
           lye
           no
           longer
           in
           Obscurity
           (
           in
           default
           of
           an
           abler
           Pen
           )
           I
           have
           in
           this
           small
           Treatise
           adventur'd
           it
           my self
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Reader
           cannot
           
             (
             considerato
             Authore
          
           )
           reasonably
           expect
           ,
           any
           other
           then
           plain
           ordinary
           English
           ,
           the
           whole
           aim
           and
           scope
           being
           to
           report
           them
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           (
           because
           of
           their
           singular
           Virtues
           .
           )
           to
           encourage
           the
           use
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             C.
             
          
           
             Sun
             in
             Bath
             ,
             
               Nov.
               1673.
               
            
          
           Regi
           Gregi
           Victoria
           Copia
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           City
           of
           BATH
           DESCRIBED
           .
        
         
           THe
           City
           of
           Bath
           is
           seated
           in
           the
           North
           North-East
           part
           of
           Somersetshire
           ,
           environ'd
           (
           almost
           )
           all
           )
           round
           with
           pleasant
           and
           fruitful
           Hills
           full
           of
           excellent
           Springs
           of
           Waters
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           as
           't
           is
           observed
           that
           on
           many
           of
           their
           Sumits
           ,
           there
           are
           rare
           Christal
           Waters
           ,
           gushing
           out
           especially
           in
           one
           Village
           adjoyning
           to
           the
           Southwards
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           are
           near
           Fifty
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           Habitations
           ,
           where
           scarce
           one
           House
           makes
           use
           of
           that
           Water
           that
           served
           another
           ,
           each
           one
           enjoying
           a
           particular
           to
           its
           self
           .
        
         
           The
           Valley
           in
           which
           it
           stands
           ,
           in
           any
           place
           extends
           (
           hardly
           )
           it self
           to
           half
           a
           Mile
           in
           bredth
           ,
           in
           most
           places
           less
           ;
           it
           is
           very
           pleasant
           and
           fruitful
           ,
           and
           therein
           hardly
           ever
           seen
           any
           Pools
           ,
           Loughs
           ,
           or
           Meery
           places
           ;
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           any
           inundation
           is
           over
           ,
           the
           Waters
           totally
           Drein
           away
           
           with
           it
           ,
           which
           doubtless
           contributes
           much
           to
           the
           Salubrity
           of
           the
           Air.
           From
           two
           of
           these
           Hills
           ,
           the
           City
           (
           by
           Pipes
           of
           Lead
           )
           is
           not
           only
           plentifully
           served
           into
           the
           Common
           Conduits
           ,
           but
           also
           not
           few
           of
           the
           private
           Houses
           are
           supplyed
           with
           it
           within
           their
           own
           Doors
           ,
           such
           a
           Convenience
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           easie
           Rates
           ,
           that
           few
           places
           enjoy
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           this
           being
           carried
           through
           most
           Streets
           ,
           Lanes
           ,
           and
           By-wayes
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           for
           within-door
           Occasions
           ,
           but
           in
           case
           of
           Fire
           ,
           is
           very
           ready
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           .
        
         
           The
           Streets
           ,
           most
           of
           the
           Narrowest
           size
           ,
           especially
           that
           near
           the
           Center
           called
           Cheap-street
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Eye-sore
           of
           its
           Beauty
           and
           Cumber
           to
           its
           accommodation
           ,
           it
           is
           Walled
           all
           round
           ,
           with
           a
           Time-defying
           Stone
           ,
           the
           Buildings
           (
           by
           strong
           supposition
           )
           mounted
           much
           higher
           then
           in
           former
           Ages
           ;
           for
           walking
           round
           the
           Walls
           ,
           it
           is
           perceivable
           ,
           the
           City
           stands
           on
           a
           Batch
           (
           as
           we
           call
           it
           )
           in
           a
           bottom
           ,
           from
           Fifteen
           to
           Twenty
           foot
           higher
           then
           the
           Surface
           without
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           without
           Suburbs
           ,
           the
           fourth
           part
           supposed
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           all
           together
           ,
           computed
           by
           some
           that
           pretend
           to
           have
           calculated
           its
           Dimensions
           ,
           takes
           not
           up
           much
           more
           then
           Fifty
           Acres
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           narrow
           compass
           is
           this
           ancient
           ,
           famous
           ,
           little
           pretty
           City
           contained
           ;
           which
           being
           in
           such
           a
           bottom
           ,
           hath
           such
           a
           variety
           of
           Prospects
           ,
           and
           Landskips
           ,
           that
           few
           places
           parallel
           it
           ,
           whereas
           places
           scited
           on
           Levels
           ,
           seldom
           please
           the
           Eye
           far
           ,
           deprived
           by
           the
           interposition
           of
           the
           next
           Pale
           ,
           Wall
           ,
           or
           Hedge
           ,
           whereas
           ,
           this
           raising
           it self
           higher
           then
           the
           adjoyning
           Gardens
           and
           Meadows
           ,
           hath
           full
           and
           free
           passage
           ,
           nor
           do
           the
           Hills
           so
           strengthen
           the
           Prospect
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Eye
           may
           even
           surfeit
           its
           self
           with
           variety
           of
           Objects
           (
           in
           some
           places
           )
           for
           at
           least
           three
           Miles
           ,
           at
           once
           beholding
           the
           Meander-Aven
           Semi-circling
           the
           City
           ,
           then
           the
           low
           Meadows
           ,
           in
           several
           
           small
           and
           great
           Partitions
           ,
           the
           Pasture
           grounds
           above
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           Corn
           fields
           ,
           so
           gradually
           ye
           come
           up
           to
           the
           Downs
           ,
           on
           which
           particularly
           Launsdown
           is
           an
           excellent
           Coarse
           of
           above
           two
           Miles
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           whereof
           may
           be
           seen
           the
           City
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           with
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Somerset
             ,
             Wilts
             ,
             Glocester
             ,
             Worcester
             ,
             Hereford
             ,
          
           and
           Menmouth
           ;
           but
           this
           has
           made
           me
           endanger
           the
           Out-running
           my
           intended
           Discourse
           ,
           seldom
           farther
           then
           the
           little
           City
           or
           its
           Prospect
           ,
           but
           this
           Digression
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           may
           not
           be
           much
           out
           of
           Order
           ,
           when
           the
           Gallantry
           and
           Youth
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           may
           be
           made
           acquainted
           ,
           what
           Recreation
           the
           Vicinity
           of
           the
           place
           affords
           ,
           especially
           when
           it
           is
           accompanied
           with
           Hunting
           ,
           Setting
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Wall
           is
           in
           compass
           not
           a
           full
           English
           Mile
           ,
           and
           were
           the
           City
           not
           in
           such
           a
           bottom
           ,
           and
           so
           over
           topped
           by
           Neighbouring
           Hills
           ,
           by
           the
           Opinion
           of
           Col.
           B.
           (
           once
           Governor
           thereof
           )
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           that
           may
           understand
           Fortifications
           )
           might
           be
           made
           Tenable
           ,
           for
           indeed
           the
           whole
           ,
           is
           but
           one
           entire
           Rampart
           ,
           a
           Coffin
           fill'd
           with
           Earth
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           Buildings
           are
           ;
           then
           the
           Springs
           so
           near
           the
           Superficies
           ,
           that
           no
           Approaches
           can
           be
           made
           but
           with
           great
           difficulty
           ,
           there
           are
           large
           discourses
           already
           extant
           of
           several
           Statues
           ,
           Figures
           ,
           as
           Gorgons
           Serpents
           ,
           &c.
           in
           it
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           meddle
           ,
           but
           leave
           every
           man
           to
           his
           view
           ,
           and
           belief
           ,
           but
           certainly
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Noble
           Ancient
           Wall
           therein
           appearing
           many
           antiquities
           ,
           as
           also
           four
           Gates
           ,
           having
           their
           several
           denominations
           from
           the
           four
           Cardinal
           winds
           ,
           which
           every
           night
           are
           order'd
           to
           be
           lock'd
           up
           ,
           and
           a
           Watch
           Itinerant
           ,
           Sworn
           not
           to
           enter
           any
           House
           till
           four
           in
           the
           Morn
           ,
           which
           how
           duely
           observed
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           who
           have
           been
           caught
           tardy
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           Wooden
           Bastile
           ,
           for
           their
           pains
           can
           satisfie
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           Government
           is
           by
           a
           Mayor
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Twenty
           Councellors
           or
           Citizens
           .
           The
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           
           (
           on
           solemn
           dayes
           )
           are
           in
           Scarlet
           ,
           the
           number
           (
           by
           Charter
           )
           may
           not
           exceed
           eleven
           ,
           nor
           under
           five
           ;
           to
           these
           is
           added
           a
           Recorder
           ,
           who
           there
           with
           the
           Mayor
           is
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           Quorum
           ,
           having
           the
           precedence
           of
           the
           two
           other
           Justices
           ;
           also
           a
           Town
           Clark
           ,
           who
           every
           Leet-day
           (
           twice
           in
           the
           year
           )
           calls
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           kept
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           although
           Mayor
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           &c.
           present
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           (
           I
           conceive
           it
           will
           not
           be
           improper
           ,
           no
           Sally
           from
           the
           purpose
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           care
           here
           taken
           for
           the
           Poor
           ,
           of
           which
           quality
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           there
           are
           fewer
           then
           in
           any
           place
           (
           for
           its
           bigness
           )
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           yearly
           rate
           for
           the
           three
           Parishes
           ,
           being
           under
           30
           
             l.
             per
             ann
          
           .
           which
           to
           some
           Strangers
           ,
           hath
           ,
           not
           being
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Custom
           and
           Method
           here
           taken
           )
           seem'd
           wonderful
           ,
           most
           People
           conjecturing
           the
           City
           to
           be
           poor
           ,
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           cannot
           vaunt
           of
           many
           notoriously
           rich
           )
           yet
           Providence
           ,
           with
           the
           beneficent
           munificence
           of
           some
           of
           our
           English
           Monarques
           hath
           sufficiently
           provided
           for
           it
           ,
           thereby
           they
           owing
           as
           little
           to
           their
           backs
           and
           bellies
           as
           any
           place
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           yet
           no
           stupid
           Gormandizers
           neither
           ;
           for
           such
           care
           is
           taken
           that
           the
           wealthier
           sort
           eat
           their
           own
           Morsels
           ,
           free
           from
           such
           importunate
           Clamours
           and
           Outcries
           as
           are
           too
           frequently
           seen
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           that
           have
           a
           higher
           Celebration
           for
           Riches
           ,
           this
           principally
           arising
           (
           without
           doubt
           )
           from
           Magistratical
           care
           ,
           at
           every
           Quarter-Sale
           day
           wherein
           the
           poorer
           sort
           are
           not
           only
           kindly
           used
           (
           beyond
           comparison
           )
           but
           are
           also
           so
           tyed
           up
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           squander
           away
           their
           good
           bargains
           ,
           but
           are
           reserved
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           to
           their
           needy
           Families
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           supplied
           and
           adorned
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           with
           three
           Churches
           ,
           dedicated
           to
           St.
           James
           ,
           St.
           Michael
           ,
           and
           St.
           Peter
           and
           Paul
           ,
           the
           later
           justly
           challenging
           to
           its
           self
           the
           preheminence
           ,
           for
           lightsomness
           ,
           stateliness
           ,
           and
           elegance
           
           of
           Structure
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Parochial
           Churches
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           Tower
           whereof
           is
           162
           foot
           high
           ,
           in
           the
           upper
           loft
           whereof
           ,
           is
           a
           noble
           Taunting
           ,
           and
           Musical
           ring
           of
           Bells
           ,
           whose
           loud
           Peals
           have
           been
           distinctly
           heard
           five
           ,
           six
           ,
           nay
           sometimes
           seven
           Miles
           distant
           .
           The
           Tenor
           is
           called
           Hopton
           ;
           mostly
           the
           gift
           of
           that
           Honorable
           Family
           ,
           what
           wanted
           in
           their
           bounty
           ,
           was
           supplyed
           by
           the
           City
           ;
           to
           this
           Tower
           are
           four
           several
           Stair-Cases
           ,
           at
           each
           distinct
           corner
           one
           .
           This
           Stately
           Pile
           was
           begun
           in
           Henry
           the
           Sevenths
           time
           by
           one
           
             Oliver
             King
          
           ,
           the
           then
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocess
           ,
           but
           never
           (
           by
           the
           iniquity
           of
           the
           times
           partly
           arising
           by
           the
           several
           changes
           )
           could
           it
           arise
           to
           any
           perfection
           ,
           till
           about
           the
           year
           1606.
           
           God
           raised
           up
           Bishop
           Montague
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Bellot
          
           ,
           and
           other
           pious
           and
           generous
           Benefactors
           ,
           by
           whose
           great
           bounty
           and
           good
           Example
           it
           now
           enjoys
           its
           present
           Splendor
           and
           Glory
           .
           In
           the
           Body
           whereof
           one
           thing
           is
           most
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           although
           it
           be
           of
           a
           vast
           Dimension
           taking
           its
           height
           ,
           bredth
           ,
           and
           length
           ,
           and
           lying
           uncovered
           for
           above
           100
           years
           ,
           the
           Windows
           so
           large
           ,
           the
           Walls
           so
           thin
           ,
           (
           that
           I
           presume
           many
           Mansion-houses
           equal
           it
           )
           yet
           this
           Noble
           Pile
           ,
           notwithstanding
           it
           hath
           no
           sloaping
           Buttresses
           ,
           on
           the
           outside
           to
           support
           and
           strengthen
           it
           ,
           which
           the
           great
           Churches
           usually
           have
           ,
           shews
           no
           Flaw
           ,
           Crack
           ,
           not
           settling
           ,
           but
           stands
           firm
           and
           entire
           ,
           evidencing
           thereby
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           profound
           Skill
           of
           the
           Architect
           ,
           but
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           Stone
           ,
           whose
           quality
           is
           ,
           when
           taken
           up
           green
           out
           of
           the
           Quarry
           ,
           of
           such
           a
           softness
           ,
           that
           a
           Pen-knife
           (
           comparatively
           )
           may
           work
           it
           ,
           without
           turning
           its
           edge
           ,
           but
           when
           exposed
           to
           any
           building
           in
           the
           open
           Air
           ,
           nothing
           more
           lasting
           ,
           nothing
           more
           permanent
           ,
           for
           neither
           Age
           nor
           time
           can
           deface
           it
           ,
           witness
           the
           whole
           Pile
           ,
           which
           notwithstanding
           it
           hath
           stood
           near
           two
           Centuries
           ,
           yet
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           remains
           as
           
           firm
           and
           beautiful
           as
           at
           first
           ,
           near
           the
           midst
           whereof
           ,
           under
           an
           Arch
           to
           the
           Northward
           ,
           lyes
           interred
           the
           Noble
           and
           Charitable
           Benefactor
           Bishop
           Montague
           ,
           on
           whom
           his
           Executors
           (
           his
           Brothers
           )
           men
           of
           great
           Honor
           and
           Places
           ,
           rear'd
           a
           stately
           Monument
           ,
           answerable
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           that
           Honourable
           and
           Religious
           Prelate
           ,
           over
           against
           this
           Noble
           Monument
           ,
           the
           City
           in
           Testimony
           of
           the
           respects
           they
           owed
           to
           the
           then
           Rector
           Mr.
           
             John
             Pelling
          
           erected
           another
           to
           him
           ,
           this
           Reverend
           Divine
           ,
           notwithstanding
           he
           had
           a
           numerous
           Issue
           ;
           yet
           was
           so
           indefatigably
           zealous
           in
           forwarding
           the
           reparation
           of
           this
           Fabrick
           ,
           that
           when
           at
           any
           time
           (
           and
           that
           was
           not
           seldom
           in
           that
           generous
           and
           benefactory
           Age
           )
           any
           Persons
           of
           Honour
           offer'd
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           private
           ,
           refused
           it
           with
           his
           ,
           
             Non
             mihi
             sed
             Ecclesiae
          
           ,
           which
           occasion'd
           that
           Motto
           over
           his
           Tomb
           ,
           which
           self-denyal
           (
           its
           possible
           )
           the
           good
           God
           hath
           (
           secondarily
           paid
           into
           his
           own
           bosom
           ,
           by
           a
           blessing
           on
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           who
           (
           some
           of
           them
           especially
           )
           notwithstanding
           the
           few
           mites
           they
           had
           to
           begin
           the
           World
           ,
           have
           now
           the
           value
           of
           Talents
           in
           their
           Possession
           ;
           but
           this
           I
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           only
           for
           the
           Readers
           satisfaction
           ,
           not
           for
           other
           Ministers
           Imitation
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           South-east
           Isle
           ,
           is
           a
           pretty
           ,
           somewhat
           stately
           ,
           and
           doubt
           less
           conceited
           Monument
           ,
           all
           of
           Free-stone
           ,
           having
           Originally
           no
           Inscription
           ,
           as
           to
           time
           ,
           person
           ,
           or
           quality
           ,
           therefore
           vulgarly
           called
           the
           
             Speechless
             Monument
          
           ,
           but
           now
           not
           so
           ,
           for
           although
           the
           Tenant
           was
           (
           possibly
           )
           not
           willing
           to
           have
           any
           ,
           yet
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Dead
           ,
           as
           to
           that
           particular
           is
           sufficiently
           broken
           ,
           for
           on
           the
           ground
           are
           many
           Stones
           ,
           curiously
           and
           artificially
           Joyned
           together
           ,
           these
           make
           the
           resemblance
           of
           a
           copped
           Chest
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           length
           ,
           bredth
           ,
           and
           height
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           receive
           an
           Ordinary
           Corps
           ;
           but
           it
           seems
           it
           was
           not
           the
           receptacle
           ,
           if
           you
           believe
           the
           Scribled
           Inscription
           .
        
         
           
           
             
               Fancy
               may
               think
               one
               hid
               within
               this
               Tomb
               ,
            
             
               But
               reason
               sayes
               his
               grave
               was
               Mothers
               Womb.
               
            
          
        
         
           Another
           .
        
         
           
             
               Nameless
               not
               Fameless
               ,
               here
               one
               lyes
               ,
            
             
               Believe
               not
               me
               ,
               believe
               thine
               Eyes
               .
            
          
        
         
           That
           was
           answered
           thus
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Nameless
               then
               Fameless
               ,
               for
               how
               can
               Fame
            
             
               Attend
               that
               man
               that
               wants
               a
               known-by
               Name
               ?
            
             
               Anonymus
               here
               might
               very
               well
               share
               Fame
            
             
               With
               Alexander
               ,
               bating
               but
               his
               Name
               .
            
             
               
                 Harry
                 Spicer
              
               like
               to
               Caesar
               and
               't
               had
               nt
               spread
               ,
            
             
               But
               Caesar's
               living
               ,
               and
               
                 Harry
                 Spicer's
              
               dead
               .
            
             
               Then
               Name
               makes
               fame
               ,
               and
               nothing
               else
               for
               Fame
            
             
               'S
               no
               more
               in
               sense
               then
               a
               Recorded
               Name
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           to
           prevent
           all
           future
           defacings
           by
           such
           scribling
           and
           scratching
           ,
           one
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           had
           been
           so
           far
           acquainted
           with
           the
           name
           and
           quality
           of
           the
           there
           interred
           ,
           that
           for
           these
           many
           years
           he
           hath
           silenc'd
           such
           Enormities
           by
           this
           Divulgation
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             
               If
               any
               man
               my
               Name
               and
               Life
               enquire
               ,
            
             
               Lichfield
               my
               Name
               ,
               my
               Life
               was
               Musicks
               hire
               .
            
          
        
         
           Near
           over
           against
           this
           Monument
           is
           a
           neat
           little
           Chappel
           ,
           under
           an
           Arch
           between
           the
           Isle
           and
           the
           Chancel
           ,
           (
           where
           formerly
           sate
           persons
           of
           the
           greater
           quality
           )
           some
           of
           which
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           though
           much
           of
           it
           is
           not
           so
           ;
           for
           curiosity
           in
           Stonework
           ,
           is
           hardly
           to
           be
           match'd
           in
           England
           ,
           
           〈…〉
           the
           last
           Prior
           here
           ,
           and
           left
           his
           Fancy
           here
           in
           this
           Chappel
           ,
           in
           the
           Abby-House
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           other
           places
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           being
           a
           Bird
           in
           a
           W.
           
        
         
           
             
               If
               any
               man
               my
               Name
               and
               Life
               enquire
               ,
            
             
               Lichfield
               my
               Name
               ,
               my
               Life
               was
               Musicks
               hire
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           since
           I
           am
           on
           Fancies
           ,
           I
           must
           not
           leave
           this
           Church
           without
           a
           Recital
           of
           some
           others
           in
           the
           Windows
           ,
           numbred
           in
           all
           to
           52.
           most
           given
           by
           Strangers
           Benefactors
           (
           of
           which
           and
           all
           other
           charitable
           Donations
           there
           is
           a
           Vellum-Record
           on
           purpose
           kept
           in
           the
           Library
           )
           The
           great
           Window
           in
           the
           Chancel
           (
           where
           there
           is
           a
           greater
           in
           all
           dimensions
           I
           am
           yet
           to
           seek
           )
           was
           totally
           the
           Gift
           of
           that
           worthy
           forenamed
           Gentleman
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Bellot
          
           fancying
           his
           name
           ,
           being
           party-colour'd
           quarrels
           of
           Glass
           laid
           Bellot-wise
           one
           over
           and
           cross
           the
           other
           .
           There
           are
           three
           others
           (
           though
           of
           smaller
           value
           )
           one
           given
           by
           Mr.
           Malet
           of
           Enmore
           ,
           with
           his
           Coat
           of
           Arms
           and
           Motto
           ,
           
             Malet
             Meliora
          
           .
           Another
           by
           Mr.
           Biss
           of
           Spargrove
           ,
           with
           his
           Coat
           and
           Motto
           ,
           
             Bis
             fee
             lt
             sis
             foelix
             Bis
          
           :
           the
           third
           a
           Citizen
           of
           London
           who
           although
           (
           peradventure
           )
           he
           was
           not
           so
           accoutred
           from
           his
           Ancestors
           ;
           yet
           his
           generous
           liberality
           was
           equal
           in
           the
           Charge
           to
           the
           others
           (
           unless
           the
           Coat
           made
           a
           difference
           )
           for
           a
           Window
           he
           gave
           of
           the
           same
           magnitude
           ,
           with
           his
           fancy
           of
           
             William
             Plumby
             ,
             Here
             I
             was
             ,
             This
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           I
           must
           not
           omit
           speaking
           somewhat
           of
           the
           Revenue
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           which
           indeed
           is
           but
           small
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           and
           hath
           been
           the
           Gifts
           of
           Protestant
           Benefactors
           ,
           among
           whom
           ,
           Dame
           
             Elizabeth
             Booth
          
           the
           Ancestors
           of
           that
           Noble
           and
           fully
           accomplish'd
           Gentleman
           the
           Lord
           
             de
             la
             ▪
             Mere
          
           ,
           exceeded
           all
           the
           Sons
           and
           Daughters
           of
           our
           Israel
           ,
           by
           whose
           pious
           bounty
           (
           with
           some
           additions
           the
           
           City
           made
           )
           there
           is
           purchased
           in
           Land
           ,
           to
           the
           yearly
           value
           of
           near
           20
           l.
           
             per
             annum
          
           ,
           this
           seems
           but
           a
           small
           maintenance
           for
           so
           great
           a
           Building
           ,
           yet
           with
           this
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           else
           doth
           arise
           by
           breaking
           ground
           for
           Burial
           places
           ,
           and
           for
           Monuments
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           well
           kept
           in
           Repair
           as
           any
           Church
           I
           know
           of
           .
        
         
           But
           before
           I
           leave
           this
           Church
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           with
           you
           these
           few
           observations
           ;
           First
           ,
           that
           not
           any
           one
           (
           that
           I
           know
           of
           )
           not
           of
           the
           Religion
           professed
           and
           establish'd
           ,
           gave
           one
           peny
           towards
           its
           Reparation
           ;
           Next
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Fathers
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           Repairers
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           last
           place
           We
           their
           Survivours
           may
           not
           be
           branded
           of
           having
           so
           much
           Faith
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           lost
           all
           Good
           Works
           ,
           continue
           the
           Reparation
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           Niggardly
           neither
           ;
           of
           which
           those
           famous
           Battlements
           and
           Pinacles
           ,
           almost
           round
           ,
           gives
           sufficient
           and
           pregnant
           Evidence
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           having
           done
           your
           Devotions
           ,
           it
           is
           time
           I
           lead
           you
           to
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           ,
           where
           as
           soon
           as
           you
           come
           down
           the
           great
           Stairs
           ,
           you
           may
           behold
           the
           Stone-pavement
           and
           Battlements
           quite
           round
           it
           ,
           the
           bounty
           of
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Stonor
          
           of
           Stonor
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           I
           have
           had
           some
           Reflections
           on
           Protestant
           Benefactors
           on
           the
           Church
           to
           give
           each
           Perswasion
           its
           due
           ,
           this
           Gentleman
           was
           a
           Romanist
           ,
           may
           not
           this
           therefore
           argue
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           although
           they
           may
           be
           no
           Friends
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           yet
           they
           may
           be
           to
           the
           State
           ▪
           And
           now
           behold
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Miracles
           in
           Nature
           :
           The
           Universe
           (
           by
           Travellers
           general
           report
           )
           not
           affording
           the
           like
           ,
           whose
           Waters
           ,
           (
           granted
           by
           all
           hands
           to
           be
           as
           old
           as
           the
           Creation
           ,
           keeping
           constantly
           one
           quantity
           and
           quality
           in
           the
           greatest
           Drought
           ,
           not
           one
           drop
           less
           in
           appearance
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           greatest
           Flouds
           or
           Innundation
           any
           the
           More
           ,
           experimentally
           made
           true
           by
           this
           unquestionable
           Evidence
           ,
           the
           Waters
           filling
           it
           up
           to
           the
           usual
           height
           ,
           which
           when
           the
           Sluces
           are
           carefully
           
           and
           exactly
           stopped
           ,
           whether
           Summer
           or
           Winter
           ,
           Drought
           or
           Floud
           ,
           makes
           not
           one
           Minutes
           difference
           ;
           so
           that
           Dame
           Luna
           ,
           that
           Puling
           Piss-Kitchin
           Planet
           with
           her
           Ebbings
           and
           Flowings
           ,
           her
           Nepes
           and
           Spring-tides
           ,
           hath
           no
           influence
           at
           all
           here
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           then
           Reason
           ,
           for
           these
           Waters
           all
           along
           have
           been
           and
           are
           *
           
             Aquae
             Solis
          
           ,
           so
           Sol
           is
           solely
           predominant
           here
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Paramount
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           assured
           they
           partake
           of
           no
           other
           accidental
           Increase
           ,
           by
           any
           Spring
           or
           soaking
           to
           contaminate
           ,
           defile
           or
           dis-vertue
           it
           ,
           which
           the
           cold
           Waters
           of
           
             Tunbridge
             ,
             Epsom
             ,
             Barnet
          
           ,
           &c.
           cannot
           appropriate
           to
           themselves
           ,
           if
           general
           report
           be
           true
           ,
           they
           increasing
           and
           decreasing
           ,
           according
           to
           Accident
           and
           Season
           ;
           but
           of
           this
           no
           more
           till
           I
           come
           to
           hint
           ,
           and
           but
           to
           hint
           of
           them
           in
           another
           place
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           quantity
           of
           these
           Waters
           arising
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           (
           there
           are
           none
           in
           the
           Queens
           although
           they
           are
           contiguous
           )
           may
           (
           as
           is
           supposed
           )
           very
           well
           drive
           an
           Over-shot
           Mill
           ,
           and
           the
           quality
           is
           as
           constant
           as
           the
           quantity
           ,
           the
           Springs
           at
           their
           Ebullitions
           ,
           as
           hot
           in
           December
           as
           in
           June
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           (
           with
           some
           more
           care
           for
           prevention
           of
           taking
           Cold
           )
           be
           with
           much
           efficacy
           used
           in
           all
           Seasons
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           fit
           should
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           to
           remove
           a
           Vulgar
           Error
           ,
           That
           these
           Waters
           are
           never
           useful
           nor
           seasonable
           but
           in
           the
           Summer
           .
        
         
           Among
           the
           many
           Springs
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           principal
           one
           called
           the
           Hot-Spring
           ,
           which
           is
           received
           by
           its
           self
           (
           without
           Communication
           into
           a
           lead
           Cistern
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           close
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           any
           Drop
           of
           the
           other
           Waters
           can
           intermingle
           ,
           over
           this
           Spring
           and
           Cistern
           ,
           is
           (
           by
           the
           Order
           and
           Direction
           of
           an
           Honorable
           and
           Famous
           Physitian
           ,
           a
           pump
           erecting
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Waters
           from
           its
           single
           Effluence
           shall
           by
           three
           several
           Conveyances
           ,
           be
           distributed
           abroad
           in
           wonderful
           quantities
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           
           that
           although
           the
           three
           pumps
           should
           be
           in
           perpetual
           agitation
           ,
           yet
           this
           noble
           ,
           and
           exuberant
           Spring
           will
           remain
           inexhaustible
           ,
           the
           Vertues
           whereof
           Fame
           (
           warranted
           by
           Experience
           )
           hath
           justly
           Trumpetted
           forth
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           only
           made
           use
           of
           in
           the
           Bath
           ,
           the
           several
           places
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           Neighborhood
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           Bottles
           and
           Runlets
           at
           
             Bristol
             ,
             Glocester
             ,
             Worcester
          
           ,
           nay
           ,
           London
           it self
           .
           Among
           many
           its
           vertues
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           an
           accompt
           of
           but
           a
           few
           ,
           Take
           your
           proportion
           in
           the
           Morn
           ,
           whether
           two
           ,
           three
           ,
           or
           more
           quarts
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           prescribed
           you
           ,
           for
           four
           ,
           five
           ,
           or
           six
           hours
           after
           you
           have
           drank
           them
           ,
           you
           have
           no
           Thirst
           ,
           whereas
           formerly
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           not
           taken
           inwardly
           ,
           the
           Bathers
           were
           so
           greatly
           afflicted
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           many
           times
           weak
           heads
           have
           been
           near
           an
           intoxication
           in
           only
           endeavouring
           by
           taking
           in
           other
           potable
           Liquor
           (
           moderately
           )
           to
           quench
           it
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           times
           these
           Soveraign
           Waters
           are
           in
           your
           body
           ,
           although
           they
           may
           give
           you
           several
           Stools
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           without
           any
           rumbling
           in
           your
           body
           ,
           or
           Laceration
           of
           your
           Guts
           ,
           having
           a
           gentle
           and
           painless
           Operation
           ,
           both
           by
           Urine
           and
           Siege
           ;
           the
           Concomitant
           whereof
           is
           an
           excellent
           Stomach
           ,
           much
           better'd
           by
           walking
           and
           stirring
           your
           body
           after
           the
           drinking
           them
           ,
           and
           still
           as
           your
           body
           empties
           ,
           you
           may
           continue
           drinking
           more
           ,
           the
           Waters
           being
           so
           innocent
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           seldom
           or
           never
           heard
           ,
           any
           complaint
           that
           a
           great
           quantity
           injured
           any
           one
           ,
           and
           now
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           they
           are
           never
           out
           of
           season
           ,
           for
           that
           Stately
           new
           erected
           Cross
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           is
           a
           defence
           and
           shelter
           as
           well
           from
           Winters
           blasts
           as
           Summers
           Sun
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           many
           convenient
           Rooms
           for
           drinking
           of
           ,
           and
           bathing
           in
           them
           ,
           which
           may
           invite
           those
           that
           have
           occasion
           to
           make
           use
           of
           them
           at
           any
           season
           ,
           especially
           since
           I
           shall
           give
           them
           this
           assurance
           ,
           that
           although
           there
           may
           be
           to
           Winter-Bathers
           
           more
           expence
           in
           fuel
           ,
           yet
           to
           recompence
           that
           ,
           their
           Lodgings
           will
           be
           cheaper
           ,
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           observed
           to
           be
           as
           active
           in
           their
           attendance
           ,
           and
           as
           ready
           to
           take
           your
           Money
           ,
           in
           hoary
           December
           ,
           as
           in
           fragrant
           June
           .
           This
           being
           granted
           ,
           I
           have
           often
           wonder'd
           so
           much
           people
           have
           neglected
           a
           suddain
           Repair
           hither
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           many
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           Limbs
           ,
           or
           both
           ;
           have
           delayed
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           tamper'd
           so
           much
           ,
           by
           taking
           undue
           courses
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           that
           many
           times
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           hither
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           far
           past
           all
           hopes
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           a
           Miracle
           can
           cure
           them
           ,
           whereas
           seldom
           or
           never
           ,
           any
           part
           hence
           (
           that
           make
           early
           Application
           )
           without
           some
           comfort
           ,
           if
           not
           perfect
           cure
           or
           recovery
           .
           I
           cannot
           play
           the
           Emperick
           to
           tell
           you
           all
           the
           Maladies
           ,
           and
           Diseases
           by
           Potion
           and
           Lotion
           they
           are
           effectually
           good
           for
           ,
           only
           this
           (
           to
           my
           own
           knowledge
           )
           they
           are
           (
           in
           some
           constitutions
           )
           good
           against
           ,
           and
           for
           avoiding
           the
           very
           Stone
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           are
           proofs
           sufficient
           ,
           among
           the
           many
           this
           one
           ,
           The
           dearest
           Relation
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           these
           papers
           ,
           was
           extreamly
           tormented
           with
           it
           for
           some
           years
           ,
           never
           could
           she
           find
           any
           ease
           or
           comfort
           by
           any
           Skill
           or
           Direction
           of
           the
           ablest
           Physitian
           ,
           till
           the
           great
           Physitian
           was
           pleased
           to
           put
           it
           into
           her
           head
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Bath
           ;
           which
           in
           three
           or
           four
           times
           using
           ,
           by
           bathing
           and
           drinking
           ,
           divers
           Stones
           came
           from
           her
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           in
           the
           time
           of
           her
           Bathing
           ,
           and
           drinking
           ,
           some
           whereof
           as
           big
           as
           Olive-Stones
           are
           yet
           in
           my
           Custody
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           time
           to
           her
           dying
           day
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           some
           years
           )
           was
           never
           troubled
           with
           it
           afterwards
           .
           For
           other
           ordinary
           Diseases
           ,
           as
           
             Palsie
             ,
             Dropsie
             ,
             Sciatica
             ,
             Rickets
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           the
           numberless
           number
           of
           Crutches
           that
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           been
           left
           behind
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Testimony
           ,
           some
           whereof
           yet
           hung
           up
           ,
           remain
           as
           Trophies
           of
           Gods
           Mercies
           in
           their
           several
           Cures
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           in
           this
           place
           (
           according
           to
           my
           promise
           )
           and
           purpose
           )
           I
           shall
           speak
           somewhat
           of
           the
           Cold
           Waters
           of
           
             Tunbridge
             ,
             Epsom
          
           ,
           &c.
           so
           much
           celebrated
           and
           drank
           of
           in
           and
           about
           London
           ,
           wherein
           because
           I
           may
           be
           thought
           partial
           ,
           I
           shall
           speak
           the
           less
           ,
           in
           which
           let
           me
           desire
           an
           Observation
           whether
           or
           no
           since
           the
           drinking
           those
           Waters
           have
           been
           so
           much
           in
           use
           .
           
             The
             Griping
             of
             the
             Guts
          
           ,
           a
           not
           only
           painful
           torturing
           ,
           but
           Mortal
           Malady
           ,
           hath
           not
           been
           more
           frequent
           now
           then
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           it
           is
           easily
           found
           to
           be
           so
           by
           examination
           of
           the
           Weekly
           Bills
           ,
           which
           plainly
           evidences
           ,
           that
           of
           late
           more
           have
           been
           cast
           over
           the
           Perch
           ,
           by
           this
           doleful
           Disease
           in
           one
           year
           ,
           then
           (
           giving
           allowance
           also
           for
           the
           growth
           of
           the
           City
           too
           proportionably
           )
           in
           former
           Ages
           in
           seven
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           will
           not
           appropriate
           that
           single
           Disease
           ,
           besides
           some
           others
           that
           may
           be
           attributed
           to
           those
           Waters
           ,
           are
           in
           their
           understandings
           (
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           )
           blind
           or
           wilfully
           obstinate
           ,
           indeed
           how
           can
           it
           be
           otherwise
           but
           those
           cold
           and
           crude
           Springs
           ,
           with
           their
           Nauseous
           soakings
           (
           so
           averse
           to
           our
           English
           ,
           and
           all
           Northern
           Constitutions
           )
           lying
           so
           long
           in
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           but
           must
           oppress
           ,
           chill
           it
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           Appetite
           ,
           especially
           since
           it
           is
           granted
           there
           is
           many
           times
           a
           mixture
           of
           Rain
           waters
           ,
           soaking
           through
           the
           several
           crannies
           of
           the
           Earth
           into
           them
           ,
           adding
           an
           increase
           by
           Urine
           and
           Ordure
           ,
           Humane
           and
           Belluine
           ,
           plentifully
           shed
           thereabouts
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Physick
           makes
           the
           Excrement
           ,
           and
           (
           Vicissim
           )
           the
           Excrement
           the
           Physick
           ,
           certainly
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           those
           Springs
           being
           observed
           to
           be
           far
           more
           fluent
           in
           wet
           and
           cold
           Summers
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           hot
           and
           dry
           ,
           then
           if
           compounded
           Rain-waters
           ,
           and
           such
           Soakings
           are
           of
           such
           vertues
           I
           suppose
           they
           may
           be
           had
           nearer
           home
           ,
           but
           it
           can
           never
           win
           belief
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           drinking
           them
           is
           the
           sole
           Reason
           and
           Occasion
           of
           the
           great
           resort
           thither
           ;
           no
           ,
           doubtless
           there
           is
           something
           else
           
           in
           it
           Meetings
           ;
           which
           if
           so
           ,
           they
           that
           go
           thither
           on
           that
           Errand
           ,
           do
           not
           amiss
           ,
           let
           them
           enjoy
           and
           solace
           themselves
           there
           ,
           no
           hurt
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           are
           there
           ,
           to
           drink
           the
           waters
           in
           such
           a
           prodigious
           manner
           and
           measure
           through
           wantonness
           ,
           custom
           ,
           or
           example
           ,
           can
           by
           no
           man
           wishing
           well
           to
           the
           Nation
           be
           approved
           of
           .
           But
           
             Si
             Populus
             vult
             perire
             ,
             quis
             vetet
             ?
          
           Sure
           this
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           not
           above
           two
           or
           three
           years
           since
           ,
           some
           sixteen
           miles
           distant
           from
           this
           City
           at
           a
           place
           called
           Alford
           ,
           there
           was
           such
           another
           Spring
           found
           out
           ,
           as
           I
           now
           am
           discoursing
           of
           ;
           never
           was
           there
           a
           greater
           resort
           to
           any
           place
           (
           considering
           the
           small
           quantities
           of
           Waters
           it
           produced
           )
           then
           thither
           so
           much
           reputation
           it
           had
           gained
           that
           much
           people
           had
           the
           patience
           to
           stay
           their
           turns
           (
           for
           Gods
           mercies
           were
           much
           seen
           in
           that
           it
           was
           a
           (
           pitifully
           )
           barren
           Spring
           )
           till
           they
           could
           be
           supplyed
           from
           the
           Well
           .
           This
           was
           then
           (
           for
           that
           year
           only
           ,
           for
           never
           before
           ,
           nor
           never
           after
           ,
           that
           I
           ever
           could
           here
           of
           (
           it
           having
           (
           paid
           the
           Drinkers
           off
           ,
           sufficiently
           )
           was
           it
           made
           use
           of
           )
           the
           
             English
             Bethesda
          
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           not
           the
           Angel
           of
           the
           Lord
           that
           stirred
           those
           Waters
           ,
           but
           an
           evil
           one
           ;
           found
           so
           ,
           by
           the
           Diseases
           and
           Mortality
           that
           seized
           on
           abundance
           of
           People
           ,
           in
           a
           very
           short
           time
           after
           they
           had
           drank
           them
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           ever
           since
           there
           is
           a
           
             Lord
             have
             Mercy
          
           written
           on
           the
           Door
           of
           him
           that
           made
           Merchandize
           of
           them
           .
           
             Hinc
             Subitae
             Mortes
             atque
             intestatus
             Senectus
             .
          
           And
           now
           I
           have
           done
           with
           the
           Cold
           Waters
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           given
           you
           a
           sight
           of
           a
           Valedictory
           Bequest
           which
           a
           (
           waggishly
           )
           witty
           Gentleman
           (
           who
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           late
           Wars
           ,
           was
           with
           others
           rinsing
           his
           Hypochondriacks
           )
           bestowed
           on
           Epsom
           .
        
         
           
             
               May
               all
               Carouses
               on
               this
               Green
            
             
               Be
               health
               and
               more
               to
               th'
               King
               and
               Queen
               ;
            
             
               But
               the
               Squirt
               ,
               and
               scent
               in
               Field
               and
               City
            
             
               An
               Oblation
               to
               the
               Close
               Committee
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           said
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Queens
           Baths
           ,
           I
           would
           be
           understood
           as
           to
           their
           Vertues
           (
           
             Conjunctim
             aut
             divisim
          
           )
           to
           be
           said
           of
           all
           .
           Only
           this
           ,
           The
           Springs
           of
           the
           Cross
           Bath
           are
           not
           so
           hot
           as
           the
           Kings
           ,
           nor
           so
           fluent
           ;
           neither
           those
           in
           the
           Hot
           Bath
           ,
           the
           distinction
           being
           given
           it
           ,
           in
           reference
           (
           only
           )
           that
           it
           is
           hotter
           the
           adjoyning
           Cross
           Bath
           ;
           all
           which
           Baths
           are
           so
           surrounded
           with
           such
           Noble
           Buildings
           for
           Reception
           ,
           that
           they
           appear
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           other
           places
           so
           remote
           from
           the
           Metropolis
           )
           rather
           petty
           Palaces
           ,
           then
           common
           Lodgings
           ,
           Summ'd
           up
           in
           a
           pair
           of
           Heroicks
           by
           the
           Author
           hereof
           near
           an
           Age
           since
           ,
           and
           may
           now
           with
           Candour
           seem
           no
           vain
           glory
           ,
           or
           impertinence
           ,
           to
           be
           inserted
           here
           ,
           since
           they
           no
           wayes
           Hyperbolize
           the
           Convenience
           ,
           Gallantry
           ,
           nor
           Vertues
           of
           the
           Baths
           ,
           nor
           City
           ;
           and
           being
           both
           made
           on
           accident
           not
           design
           ,
           vindicates
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           English
           Tongue
           ,
           having
           fewer
           Letters
           in
           our
           own
           then
           the
           Latine
           ,
           and
           yet
           as
           full
           significant
           and
           expressive
           as
           that
           .
        
         
           
             
               Balnea
               lympha
               Forum
               sic
               Templum
               Maenia
               Rivus
            
             
               Talia
               tam
               parva
               ,
               nusquam
               sunt
               urbe
               reperta
               .
            
          
           
             
               Baths
               ,
               Church
               ,
               Rock-water
               ,
               River
               ,
               Hall
               Wall-round
               ,
            
             
               Such
               in
               so
               little
               a
               City
               ,
               no
               where
               found
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Go
               and
               wash
               in
               Jordan
               seven
               times
               ,
               and
               thy
               flesh
               shall
               come
               again
               to
               thee
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               be
               clean
               .
            
             
               Are
               not
               Abana
               and
               Pharphar
               rivers
               of
               Damascus
               ,
               better
               then
               all
               the
               waters
               of
               Israel
               ?
            
             
               Then
               went
               he
               down
               ,
               and
               dipped
               himself
               seven
               times
               in
               Jordan
               .
               and
               his
               flesh
               came
               again
               ,
               like
               unto
               the
               flesh
               of
               a
               little
               Child
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               clean
               ,
               
                 
                   11
                   Kings
                   1
                   Cap.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           APPENDIX
           ,
        
         
           WIthout
           which
           a
           Pamphlet
           now
           a
           dayes
           ,
           finds
           as
           as
           small
           acceptance
           as
           a
           Comedy
           did
           formerly
           ,
           at
           the
           Fortune
           Play-house
           ,
           without
           a
           Jig
           of
           
             Andrew
             Kein's
          
           into
           the
           bargain
           ,
           therefore
           to
           temporize
           (
           I
           pray
           take
           that
           word
           in
           the
           best
           sense
           )
           I
           here
           present
           you
           with
           a
           Legendary
           one
           ,
           and
           for
           caution
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           you
           tye
           your
           faith
           too
           much
           on
           it
           ,
           although
           (
           I
           assure
           you
           )
           it
           is
           Parti-par-pale
           ,
           as
           our
           West-Countrey
           House-wives
           Orders
           their
           Puddings
           ,
           with
           Vatt
           and
           Lean
           ,
           this
           my
           Countrey-man
           (
           to
           my
           knowledge
           )
           dyed
           in
           East-India
           ,
           on
           whom
           
             Padree
             Hatch
          
           bestowed
           this
           Epitaph
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Here
               lyes
               
                 Tom
                 Coriat
              
               ,
               Odcombe's
               pride
               ,
            
             
               Who
               came
               to
               Surat
               ,
               and
               here
               he
               dy'd
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           famous
           person
           was
           not
           only
           a
           Well-wisher
           to
           the
           Mathematicks
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           great
           
             Aristotelian
             peripatetick
          
           ,
           and
           co-temporary
           with
           the
           great
           Gamaliel
           Signieur
           
           Crusado
           of
           
             Chu
             le
             grande
          
           ,
           in
           or
           before
           Travails
           ,
           having
           read
           much
           of
           *
           
             Jeoffrey
             Monmouth
          
           ,
           especially
           in
           that
           which
           had
           reference
           to
           what
           was
           concern'd
           in
           the
           great
           Table
           hung
           up
           against
           the
           Wall
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bath
           ;
           dedicating
           it
           to
           old
           Jeoffreys
           Ghost
           ,
           he
           bolts
           out
           in
           this
           Poetical
           Rapture
           ,
           —
        
         
           
             Ludhudibras
             a
             Meazel
             Voule
             ,
             did
             zend
             his
             zun
             a
             graezing
             ,
          
           
             Who
             Vortuend
             hither
             vor
             to
             cum
             ,
             and
             geed
             his
             Pigs
             sum
             peazun
             ;
          
           
             Poor
             Bladud
             he
             was
             Manger
             grown
             ,
             his
             Dad
             ,
             which
             Zum
             call
             Vaether
             ,
          
           
             Zet
             Bladud
             Pig
             ,
             and
             Pig
             Bladud
             ,
             and
             zo
             they
             ved
             together
          
           
             Then
             Bladud
             did
             the
             Pigs
             invect
             ,
             who
             grunting
             ran
             away
          
           
             And
             vound
             whot
             waters
             prezently
             ,
             which
             made
             um
             vresh
             and
             gay
             .
          
           
             Bladud
             was
             not
             so
             grote
             a
             Vool
             ,
             but
             zeeing
             what
             Pig
             nid
             doe
             ,
          
           
             He
             beath'd
             and
             wash'd
             and
             rins'd
             and
             beath'd
             from
             Noddle
             down
             to
             toe
             .
          
           
             Bladud
             was
             now
             (
             Gramercy
             Pig
             )
             a
             delicate
             Vine
             boy
             ,
          
           
             So
             whome
             he
             trudges
             to
             his
             Dad
             ,
             to
             be
             his
             only
             Joy.
          
           
             And
             then
             he
             bilt
             this
             gawdy
             Town
             ,
             and
             sheer'd
             his
             beard
             Spade-wayes
             ,
          
           
             Which
             Voke
             accounted
             then
             a
             grace
             ,
             though
             not
             so
             ,
             now
             a
             days
             .
          
           
             Two
             Thowsand
             and
             vive
             hundred
             years
             ,
             and
             thirty
             vive
             to
             that
             ,
          
           
             Zince
             Bladud's
             zwine
             did
             looze
             their
             greaze
             ,
             which
             we
             Moderns
             cal
             Vat
             :
          
           
             About
             that
             time
             it
             was
             alzo
             ,
             that
             Ahob's
             zuns
             were
             hanged
             ,
          
           
             And
             Jezabel
             their
             Mam
             (
             curz'd
             deel
             )
             caus'd
             Naboth
             be
             Stone-banged
             .
          
           
             Chee
             cud
             zay
             more
             ,
             but
             c
             ham
             a
             veard
             ,
             Voke
             will
             account
             this
             Vable
             ,
          
           
             O
             Invidels
             if
             yee
             woon
             not
             me
             ,
             yet
             chee
             pray
             believe
             the
             Table
             .
          
        
         
           Miscenter
           Saeria
           Nugis
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A31676-e420
           
             *
             Anciently
             the
             Cities
             Name
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A31676-e1950
           
             *
             
               The
               single
               Author
               that
            
             Bladud
             
               found
               out
               these
               Waters
               and
            
             Bath
             
               the
               City
            
             .