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             Memorabilia mundi, or, Choice memoirs of the history and description of the world by G.H.
             G. H.
             G. H. (G. Hussey)
             G. H. (G. Hooker)
          
           [17], 185, [5] p.
           
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             London :
             1670.
          
           
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             Memorabilia
             Mundi
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           Choice
           Memoirs
           ,
           OF
           THE
           HISTORY
           AND
           DESCRIPTION
           OF
           THE
           WORLD
           .
        
         
           By
           
             G.
             H
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             F.
             Smiih
          
           at
           the
           Elephant
           and
           Castle
           without
           Temple-Bar
           .
           1670.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           John
           Earl
           of
           Dover
           ,
           Viscount
           Rochford
           ,
           Lord
           Hunsdon
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Approach
           your
           Lordship
           with
           the
           same
           hardiness
           as
           they
           who
           satisfie
           themselves
           ,
           that
           the
           sincerity
           of
           the
           Giver
           may
           attone
           for
           the
           little
           value
           of
           the
           gift
           ;
           having
           learnt
           this
           presumption
           from
           History
           ,
           where
           I
           find
           that
           great
           Princes
           have
           look'd
           kindly
           upon
           mean
           oblations
           ,
           and
           thereby
           rendred
           the
           generosity
           of
           their
           acceptance
           more
           illustrious
           ,
           by
           the
           duty
           and
           obedience
           of
           the
           Presenters
           .
        
         
           Nor
           with
           this
           trick
           of
           moral
           story
           would
           I
           be
           thought
           to
           wind
           your
           Lordship
           into
           the
           reception
           of
           a
           trifle
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           carry
           a
           braver
           design
           in
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           on
           this
           occasion
           
           to
           make
           a
           publick
           acknowledgment
           of
           the
           many
           and
           great
           favours
           (
           and
           of
           one
           especially
           above
           the
           rest
           ,
           the
           overflow
           of
           your
           nobleness
           )
           which
           you
           have
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           confer
           upon
           your
           unworthy
           servant
           .
           For
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           the
           sense
           of
           them
           hitherto
           ,
           bounded
           within
           the
           narrow
           knowledge
           of
           my
           meanness
           ,
           hath
           seem'd
           to
           me
           a
           kind
           of
           guilty
           concealment
           ,
           and
           almost
           tantamount
           to
           a
           denyal
           of
           them
           ,
           till
           I
           was
           able
           to
           render
           this
           happy
           and
           open
           declaration
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           of
           an
           humble
           and
           obsequious
           gratitude
           for
           those
           favours
           done
           me
           ;
           and
           so
           done
           ,
           that
           your
           generous
           affability
           in
           disspensing
           them
           may
           for
           ever
           condemn
           the
           rough
           custom
           of
           the
           age
           ,
           whose
           haughty
           state
           in
           doing
           kindnesses
           ,
           does
           most
           commonly
           turn
           their
           bread
           into
           stone
           .
        
         
         
           And
           though
           I
           know
           ,
           that
           thanks
           alone
           is
           no
           payment
           sterling
           ;
           yet
           since
           to
           the
           greatest
           Beings
           for
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           lasting
           benefits
           we
           can
           scarce
           make
           any
           better
           return
           .
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           not
           seem
           strange
           ,
           if
           I
           present
           your
           Lordship
           the
           memory
           of
           your
           own
           goodness
           to
           pay
           your self
           .
           For
           where
           the
           obligation
           exceeds
           possibility
           of
           requital
           ,
           the
           sawsiness
           of
           attempting
           to
           satisfie
           ,
           is
           infinitely
           worse
           than
           the
           humble
           acknowledgment
           of
           still
           owing
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           offer
           to
           your
           view
           a
           piece
           ,
           that
           dare
           not
           stand
           the
           test
           of
           your
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           would
           humbly
           shelter
           near
           your
           goodness
           ,
           &
           which
           (
           when
           your
           Lordship
           takes
           breath
           from
           your
           other
           more
           weighty
           both
           publick
           and
           private
           affairs
           )
           may
           
           serve
           to
           entertain
           you
           in
           the
           less
           serious
           part
           of
           the
           day
           ;
           The
           matter
           is
           least
           mine
           ,
           the
           form
           &
           composure
           I
           may
           own
           a
           whole
           share
           in
           ;
           so
           the
           Bulloin
           of
           the
           Indies
           (
           if
           the
           allusion
           be
           not
           presumptuous
           )
           becomes
           the
           Kings
           coin
           ,
           after
           it
           has
           receiv'd
           his
           stamp
           &
           image
           .
           And
           as
           after
           viewing
           the
           scatter'd
           pleasures
           of
           a
           large
           and
           fair
           Garden
           ,
           some
           satisfaction
           is
           receiv'd
           from
           the
           contracted
           scent
           and
           beauty
           of
           a
           posie
           ;
           so
           if
           I
           have
           here
           at
           all
           justified
           the
           comparison
           ,
           whatever
           error
           may
           have
           past
           in
           the
           choice
           or
           ordering
           of
           the
           flowers
           ,
           I
           hope
           your
           Lordship
           will
           pardon
           to
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordships
             most
             humble
             and
             most
             grateful
             Servant
             ,
             G.
             H.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Most
           Accomplish'd
           LADY
           ,
           Mrs.
           DOROTHY
           RIVERS
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
          
        
         
           SInce
           for
           Persons
           of
           Your
           Quality
           and
           Merit
           ,
           it
           is
           usual
           to
           suffer
           Afflictions
           of
           this
           Nature
           ;
           there
           is
           now
           a
           necessity
           that
           you
           undergo
           Your
           Fate
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           much
           the
           sadder
           ,
           in
           that
           all
           those
           Excellencies
           which
           in
           you
           shine
           in
           their
           Meridian
           ,
           and
           might
           command
           Reverence
           from
           the
           most
           Savage
           World
           ,
           serve
           only
           to
           incourage
           my
           Rudeness
           ,
           and
           with
           me
           to
           become
           accessory
           to
           your
           own
           Persecution
           .
        
         
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           (
           Madam
           )
           after
           an
           humble
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           guilt
           ,
           that
           Goodness
           of
           Yours
           (
           which
           excepts
           no
           Sinners
           )
           may
           be
           gain'd
           to
           think
           the
           Crime
           Venial
           ,
           and
           that
           particular
           Condescension
           which
           hath
           heretofore
           showr'd
           Obligations
           upon
           Your
           most
           humble
           Servant
           ,
           may
           stretch
           out
           Your
           saving
           Hand
           to
           receive
           a
           Present
           ,
           that
           would
           live
           onely
           in
           and
           by
           Your
           favour
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           (
           Madam
           )
           that
           the
           Worthlesseness
           of
           the
           Present
           might
           very
           well
           have
           dispirited
           the
           boldest
           attempt
           in
           this
           kind
           ▪
           had
           I
           not
           considered
           that
           I
           should
           thereby
           better
           Consult
           for
           Your
           Glory
           ,
           when
           the
           World
           shall
           take
           notice
           that
           my
           greatest
           Ambition
           hath
           been
           not
           to
           raise
           Trophies
           to
           my self
           by
           Writing
           well
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           pay
           my
           just
           and
           respectful
           Devoirs
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           publishing
           Your
           Names
           and
           Vertues
           ,
           I
           might
           shew
           a
           Pattern
           of
           all
           that
           is
           Excellent
           and
           Good
           ;
           which
           (
           Madam
           )
           if
           I
           should
           strive
           to
           embellish
           
           with
           what
           Art
           of
           Words
           can
           add
           to
           render
           any
           thing
           Illustrious
           ,
           yet
           would
           all
           fall
           far
           below
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           I
           should
           be
           constrain'd
           at
           length
           to
           leave
           it
           as
           altogether
           unaffable
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           (
           Madam
           )
           what
           is
           wanting
           to
           the
           true
           payment
           of
           Justice
           and
           Obligation
           to
           Your
           Vertues
           ,
           Your
           Goodness
           will
           allow
           my
           Zeal
           of
           owning
           to
           supply
           ,
           please
           to
           accept
           this
           trifle
           as
           the
           best
           Testimony
           I
           can
           at
           present
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           when
           receiv'd
           into
           Your
           choice
           Closet
           ,
           and
           sometime
           turn'd
           over
           by
           Your
           fair
           Hands
           (
           when
           you
           please
           to
           give
           Your
           own
           quainter
           thoughts
           leave
           to
           rest
           )
           will
           give
           me
           just
           cause
           to
           call
           my self
           the
           happyest
           man
           living
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           fix
           me
        
         
           
             Madam
          
           Your
           most
           humble
           and
           most
           obedient
           Servant
           .
           
             G.
             H.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           I
           Present
           you
           (
           Reader
           )
           with
           a
           novelty
           ,
           which
           if
           your
           pallate
           be
           not
           wholly
           vitiated
           ,
           may
           generally
           relish
           well
           with
           you
           .
           For
           the
           variety
           of
           the
           matter
           you
           may
           call
           it
           a
           kind
           of
           Olio
           ,
           the
           seasoning
           of
           which
           hath
           cost
           me
           both
           time
           and
           expence
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           be
           not
           of
           the
           choicest
           rarities
           ,
           it
           is
           done
           at
           least
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           skill
           .
           If
           by
           this
           slender
           attempt
           I
           may
           provoke
           any
           better
           able
           more
           handsomely
           and
           regularly
           to
           couch
           a
           subject
           attended
           with
           so
           much
           both
           profit
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           have
           done
           the
           kind
           and
           industrious
           part
           of
           
           the
           world
           no
           ill
           office
           ,
           who
           will
           (
           though
           but
           for
           this
           reason
           )
           let
           pass
           without
           rigid
           and
           supercilious
           Censure
           the
           mean
           Essay
           of
           him
           ,
           whose
           ardor
           to
           serve
           them
           ,
           hath
           rendred
           him
           less
           seeing
           in
           the
           examination
           of
           his
           own
           ability
           .
           Yet
           would
           I
           not
           be
           conceiv'd
           to
           know
           my self
           and
           value
           my
           pains
           so
           little
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           may
           merit
           some
           thanks
           ,
           at
           least
           from
           the
           well
           tempered
           measurers
           of
           mens
           intentions
           :
           however
           some
           there
           will
           be
           (
           and
           those
           not
           a
           few
           )
           whom
           I
           could
           wish
           (
           because
           I
           love
           my self
           well
           )
           might
           be
           won
           to
           my
           side
           )
           but
           I
           fear
           my
           single
           talent
           of
           perswasion
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           gain
           them
           ;
           for
           being
           ill-natured
           ,
           and
           therefore
           doing
           nothing
           themselves
           but
           mischief
           ,
           they
           carry
           an
           intense
           hatred
           to
           those
           that
           would
           humbly
           do
           good
           ,
           nay
           though
           it
           be
           done
           never
           so
           perfectly
           .
           What
           quarter
           then
           my
           poor
           offering
           (
           being
           sensible
           to
           how
           many
           exceptions
           it
           may
           be
           lyable
           )
           is
           like
           to
           find
           among
           them
           I
           well
           know
           ,
           but
           have
           heart
           enough
           not
           much
           to
           fear
           ;
           especially
           hoping
           among
           the
           Candid
           Ingenious
           such
           reception
           as
           will
           amply
           remunerate
           
           me
           for
           all
           the
           ill
           usage
           I
           may
           meet
           with
           elsewhere
           .
        
         
           Here
           is
           a
           tast
           then
           (
           to
           you
           kind
           Reader
           I
           speak
           it
           )
           of
           what
           in
           so
           useful
           a
           Subject
           might
           be
           performed
           by
           a
           more
           judicious
           pen
           ,
           Analects
           of
           the
           History
           and
           Description
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           not
           so
           choicely
           nor
           methodically
           handled
           as
           might
           be
           expected
           ,
           but
           yet
           may
           serve
           to
           refresh
           your
           memory
           after
           the
           tedious
           and
           ill
           way
           of
           other
           mighty
           Volumes
           .
           It
           were
           a
           worthy
           employ
           for
           any
           that
           hath
           parts
           and
           leisure
           to
           go
           through
           with
           it
           (
           in
           a
           more
           acute
           and
           accurate
           manner
           ,
           not
           emitting
           ought
           memorable
           )
           to
           extract
           from
           those
           numerous
           Records
           of
           History
           all
           such
           short
           Memoirs
           as
           may
           tend
           either
           to
           instruction
           or
           delight
           .
           And
           as
           he
           will
           thereby
           infinitely
           oblige
           both
           these
           ,
           whose
           way
           of
           Education
           may
           have
           less
           qualified
           them
           to
           distinguish
           the
           Stars
           in
           sailing
           on
           the
           vast
           Ocean
           of
           Story
           ;
           and
           those
           also
           ,
           whose
           confinement
           in
           time
           or
           coin
           may
           disenable
           them
           for
           such
           expensive
           ways
           of
           knowledge
           :
           So
           shall
           he
           in
           particular
           find
           me
           the
           most
           acknowledging
           of
           all
           
           his
           Servants
           ,
           must
           esteem
           mine
           most
           happy
           faults
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           to
           him
           incentives
           of
           aspiring
           to
           the
           true
           glory
           of
           Writing
           better
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           1.
           line
           4.
           dele
           utraque
           p.
           4.
           l.
           20.
           r.
           Ctesiphon
           p.
           12.
           l.
           2.
           r.
           happy
           ;
           p.
           25.
           l.
           4.
           dele
           from
           East
           Frizeland
           ,
           to
           Westphalia
           ,
           then
           r.
           Westphalia
           is
           most
           famous
           ,
           &c.
           p.
           31.
           l.
           16.
           for
           of
           the
           r.
           and
           p.
           32.
           l.
           11.
           r.
           Earl
           Floris
           ,
           p.
           41.
           l.
           19.
           r.
           Persians
           ,
           p.
           52.
           l.
           5.
           r.
           Lines
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           57.
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           any
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           third
           ,
           p.
           60.
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           19.
           r.
           Shoals
           ,
           p.
           67.
           
             r.
             not
          
           maly
           ,
           but
           maly
           ,
           p.
           75.
           l.
           13.
           r
           that
           ,
           p.
           78.
           l.
           6.
           r.
           injoyned
           ,
           
             ib.
             l.
          
           21.
           r.
           and
           at
           ,
           p.
           81.
           l.
           4.
           r.
           rich
           ,
           p.
           82.
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           7.
           dele
           of
           ,
           p.
           83.
           l.
           21.
           r.
           far
           from
           ,
           p.
           84.
           l.
           3.
           r.
           Isicles
           ,
           
             ib.
             l.
          
           17.
           r.
           Lewelyn
           ,
           p.
           91.
           l.
           23
           r.
           not
           wherein
           ,
           but
           where
           in
           ,
           
             in
             p.
          
           93.
           l.
           2.
           r.
           enricheth
           this
           ,
           
             ib.
             l.
          
           14.
           r.
           Ruyters
           ,
           p.
           100.
           l.
           13.
           r.
           notwithstanding
           they
           ,
           p.
           108.
           l.
           12.
           in
           piramidy-wise
           ,
           r.
           pyramid-wise
           ,
           
             ib.
             l.
          
           1.
           dele
           of
           ,
           and
           the
           comma
           after
           wonders
           ,
           p.
           109.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           Shotland
           ,
           
             ib.
             l.
          
           19.
           r.
           ever
           pleasing
           ,
           p.
           112.
           l.
           23.
           r.
           Gods
           ,
           p.
           114.
           l.
           7.
           r.
           necks
           were
           ,
           p.
           116.
           l.
           9.
           r.
           Agincourt
           ,
           p.
           118.
           l.
           13.
           r.
           Cyrenaean
           ,
           p.
           120.
           l.
           16.
           r.
           Ecstatick
           ,
           p.
           126.
           l.
           2.
           r.
           of
           Arabia
           ,
           p.
           129.
           l.
           22.
           r.
           wanderers
           ,
           p.
           134.
           l.
           6.
           r.
           Herodian
           ,
           
             ib.
             l.
          
           12.
           r.
           more
           barbarous
           then
           the
           Axiacan
           ,
           p.
           147.
           l.
           7.
           r.
           murtherer
           ,
           p.
           149.
           l.
           5.
           r.
           Savour
           ,
           p.
           162.
           l.
           11.
           r
           she
           please
           .
        
         
           Other
           Literal
           escapes
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           the
           kind
           Reader
           may
           correct
           as
           he
           passes
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Memorable
           things
           Noted
           in
           the
           DESCRIPTION
           OF
           THE
           WORLD
           .
        
         
           IN
           our
           Description
           of
           the
           World
           there
           are
           four
           parts
           ,
           into
           which
           the
           World
           is
           divided
           ;
           
             Europe
             ,
             Asia
             ,
             Africa
             ,
             America
             utraque
             .
          
        
         
           We
           will
           begin
           first
           with
           Asia
           ,
           for
           in
           Asia
           did
           God
           himself
           speak
           his
           miraculous
           work
           of
           the
           Creation
           :
           There
           was
           the
           Church
           first
           collected
           ,
           there
           was
           the
           Saviour
           of
           the
           world
           born
           ,
           Crucified
           and
           Raised
           again
           :
           Indeed
           the
           greatest
           
           part
           of
           Divine
           History
           was
           there
           written
           and
           Acted
           ;
           There
           was
           the
           first
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           Monarchies
           of
           the
           World
           in
           
             Assyria
             ,
             Persia
             ,
             Babylonia
             ,
             Media
             .
          
           The
           first
           people
           of
           the
           world
           received
           their
           being
           in
           Mesopotamia
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           tongues
           of
           the
           World
           their
           Original
           in
           Babylonia
           :
           These
           are
           parts
           of
           Asia
           ,
           and
           were
           in
           the
           first
           ages
           blest
           with
           God's
           own
           holy
           Presence
           ,
           Exodus
           the
           third
           ;
           and
           the
           footing
           of
           
             Angels
             ,
             Exod.
          
           14.
           
           However
           ,
           now
           it
           is
           left
           (
           for
           her
           Infidelity
           )
           to
           the
           punishment
           of
           a
           Prophetical
           Curse
           that
           long
           before
           passed
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           is
           delivered
           up
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Turks
           ,
           and
           Nations
           that
           Blaspheme
           the
           Creatour
           ,
           and
           therefore
           doth
           not
           flourish
           in
           that
           height
           as
           heretofore
           .
        
         
           Now
           add
           together
           ,
           that
           this
           Region
           was
           at
           first
           the
           Paradise
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           indeed
           still
           enjoyeth
           a
           fertile
           Soyl
           and
           temperate
           Air
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           exceeds
           in
           compass
           the
           two
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           to
           which
           she
           was
           
           the
           Mistress
           for
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ;
           Yet
           is
           it
           not
           at
           this
           day
           so
           well
           peopled
           in
           proportion
           ,
           as
           this
           little
           Europe
           ,
           which
           came
           many
           hundred
           years
           after
           ;
           for
           this
           we
           need
           search
           no
           further
           cause
           than
           God's
           just
           Anger
           :
           Yet
           hath
           he
           not
           exercised
           upon
           her
           ,
           only
           by
           Miraculous
           and
           Immediate
           Punishment
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           hath
           suffered
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           her
           own
           Creatures
           ,
           over
           which
           Man
           at
           the
           first
           had
           the
           Rule
           )
           to
           turn
           head
           upon
           their
           Lords
           ,
           and
           possesse
           their
           Habitation
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           so
           over-run
           with
           wild-Beasts
           ,
           and
           cruel
           Serpents
           ,
           that
           in
           many
           places
           they
           live
           not
           without
           much
           danger
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           ;
           though
           the
           Nation
           suffer
           for
           their
           Monstrous
           Irreligion
           ;
           Yet
           the
           Earth
           which
           did
           not
           offend
           ,
           reserves
           her
           place
           ,
           and
           abounds
           with
           many
           excellent
           commodities
           ,
           not
           else-where
           to
           be
           had
           ;
           Myrrhe
           ,
           Frankincense
           ,
           Cinamon
           ,
           Cloves
           ,
           Nutmegs
           ,
           Mace
           ,
           Pepper
           ,
           Musk
           ,
           Jewels
           of
           great
           esteem
           ,
           and
           Minerals
           of
           all
           sorts
           ;
           It
           breeds
           Elephants
           ,
           Camels
           ,
           
           and
           many
           other
           Beasts
           ;
           Serpents
           ,
           Fowl
           wild
           and
           tame
           ,
           and
           some
           have
           added
           such
           Monstrous
           shapes
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           passe
           all
           belief
           .
        
         
           In
           Asia
           were
           the
           seven
           Churches
           which
           St.
           John
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Apocalips
           ;
           now
           scarce
           is
           it
           inhabited
           but
           toward
           the
           Sea-side
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           a
           base
           and
           abject
           people
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           both
           lazy
           in
           their
           life
           ,
           and
           odious
           Idolaters
           in
           their
           Religions
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           Mahumetans
           .
        
         
           Here
           Ephesus
           it self
           the
           Star
           of
           Asia
           ,
           that
           as
           well
           for
           her
           Religion
           as
           her
           miraculous
           Temple
           ,
           
           set
           the
           world
           at
           gaze
           upon
           her
           :
           It
           was
           raised
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           Modelled
           out
           by
           Ctesifon
           ,
           but
           was
           220.
           years
           in
           building
           ,
           and
           was
           ordered
           in
           such
           a
           ground
           ,
           that
           no
           Earth-quake
           should
           move
           it
           ;
           It
           was
           425.
           foot
           long
           ,
           and
           220.
           broad
           ,
           and
           127.
           
           Pillars
           ,
           given
           by
           so
           many
           several
           Kings
           ,
           whereof
           twenty
           seven
           
           were
           most
           curiously
           graven
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           Marble
           polished
           .
           In
           this
           City
           St.
           John
           the
           Evangelist
           is
           said
           to
           have
           gone
           down
           into
           his
           Grave
           alive
           ,
           there
           be
           who
           yet
           question
           his
           death
           .
        
         
           
             Armenia
             minor
          
           ,
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Provinces
           of
           
             Asia
             minor
          
           ,
           is
           by
           most
           thought
           to
           be
           the
           Land
           of
           Ararat
           where
           the
           Ark
           rested
           ,
           And
           there
           is
           great
           store
           of
           Oyl
           ,
           and
           excellent
           Wine
           .
        
         
           
             Arabia
             Foelix
          
           in
           
             Asia
             major
          
           is
           accounted
           the
           fruitfullest
           Country
           in
           the
           World.
           In
           this
           Arabia
           is
           the
           City
           Medina
           ,
           where
           Mahomet
           is
           Intombed
           in
           an
           Iron
           Chest
           ,
           supported
           only
           by
           a
           Roof
           of
           Adamant
           ,
           without
           other
           Art
           to
           keep
           it
           from
           falling
           to
           the
           ground
           .
        
         
           Cyprus
           a
           place
           heretofore
           Consecrated
           to
           Venus
           ,
           to
           whom
           both
           Men
           and
           Women
           performed
           their
           Sacrifice
           naked
           ,
           till
           by
           the
           prayer
           of
           Barnabas
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           the
           Temple
           was
           ruined
           .
        
         
           Trojus
           Reports
           ,
           that
           the
           Fathers
           of
           this
           Isle
           had
           wont
           to
           prostitute
           their
           Daughters
           to
           Mariners
           for
           money
           ,
           
           whereby
           to
           raise
           them
           a
           portion
           against
           they
           could
           get
           them
           Husbands
           ;
           but
           Christianity
           corrected
           those
           Barbarous
           Customs
           .
        
         
           
             AFRICA
             .
          
           
             IN
             most
             parts
             she
             hath
             scarce
             plenty
             sufficient
             to
             maintain
             Inhabitants
             ,
             and
             where
             there
             is
             ,
             we
             shall
             meet
             with
             multitudes
             of
             Ravening
             Beasts
             ,
             or
             other
             horrible
             Monsters
             ,
             enough
             to
             devour
             both
             it
             and
             us
             :
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             There
             is
             no
             Region
             of
             the
             World
             so
             great
             an
             Enemy
             to
             Mans
             Commerce
             ;
             there
             is
             such
             scarcity
             of
             water
             ,
             that
             no
             Creature
             almost
             could
             live
             ,
             had
             not
             Nature
             provided
             thereafter
             ,
             that
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             them
             endures
             not
             drink
             in
             the
             very
             midst
             of
             Summer
             :
             And
             if
             (
             as
             sometimes
             they
             be
             enforced
             by
             such
             as
             take
             them
             )
             they
             suddenly
             perish
             .
             Thus
             we
             see
             how
             God
             gives
             a
             property
             
             to
             each
             place
             ,
             that
             may
             make
             up
             her
             defects
             ,
             least
             it
             should
             be
             left
             as
             well
             by
             Beasts
             as
             Men.
             
          
           
             Their
             Land
             is
             full
             of
             sandy
             Desarts
             ,
             which
             lye
             open
             to
             the
             winds
             and
             storms
             ,
             and
             oftentimes
             are
             thrown
             up
             into
             Billows
             like
             Waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             indeed
             are
             no
             less
             dangerous
             .
             Strabo
             writes
             ,
             that
             Cambyses
             his
             Army
             was
             thus
             hazarded
             ;
             a
             foolish
             Nation
             in
             Africa
             ,
             as
             they
             marched
             towards
             the
             South
             ,
             to
             revenge
             themselves
             upon
             the
             Winds
             for
             drying
             up
             their
             Rivers
             ,
             were
             overwhelmed
             with
             Sand
             ,
             and
             so
             dyed
             in
             their
             Graves
             .
             It
             is
             also
             full
             of
             a
             venemous
             kind
             of
             Serpent
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             places
             they
             dare
             not
             dress
             their
             Lands
             unless
             they
             first
             fence
             their
             legs
             with
             Boots
             against
             the
             sting
             :
             Other
             wild
             Creatures
             there
             are
             ,
             which
             range
             about
             ,
             and
             possesse
             to
             themselves
             a
             great
             portion
             of
             this
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             a
             Wilderness
             of
             Lyons
             ,
             Leopards
             ,
             Elephants
             ;
             and
             in
             some
             places
             Crocodiles
             ,
             Hyena's
             ,
             Basilisks
             ,
             and
             indeed
             Monsters
             without
             either
             number
             
             or
             name
             :
             Africa
             as
             it
             is
             reported
             ,
             is
             full
             of
             danger
             to
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             more
             dye
             by
             Beasts
             than
             by
             diseases
             .
          
           
             But
             among
             all
             these
             Inconveniences
             ,
             Commodities
             are
             found
             of
             good
             worth
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             evils
             yield
             at
             last
             their
             benefit
             ,
             both
             to
             their
             own
             Country
             and
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             :
             The
             Elephant
             a
             docible
             Creature
             and
             exceeding
             useful
             for
             Battel
             ;
             The
             Camel
             which
             affords
             much
             riches
             to
             the
             Arabian
             ;
             The
             Barbary
             Horse
             ,
             which
             we
             our selves
             commend
             ;
             The
             Ram
             that
             besides
             his
             flesh
             gives
             twenty
             pound
             of
             wool
             from
             his
             very
             tail
             ;
             The
             Bull
             ,
             painful
             and
             able
             to
             do
             the
             best
             service
             in
             their
             Tillage
             :
             And
             so
             most
             of
             their
             worst
             ,
             alive
             or
             dead
             yield
             us
             their
             Medicinal
             parts
             ,
             which
             the
             world
             could
             not
             well
             want
             .
          
           
             In
             one
             of
             the
             Divisions
             of
             Africa
             ,
             which
             is
             Fesse
             that
             hath
             a
             City
             in
             it
             with
             seven
             hundred
             Churches
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             them
             a
             Mile
             and
             a
             half
             in
             compass
             .
             In
             Morocho
             is
             a
             Castle
             of
             great
             fame
             ,
             for
             the
             Globes
             of
             pure
             Gold
             that
             stands
             upon
             
             the
             top
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             weighing
             130000.
             
             Barbary
             Duckats
             .
          
           
             The
             Land
             of
             Negro
             is
             full
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             ,
             and
             other
             commodities
             ,
             but
             the
             Inhabitants
             most
             barbarous
             ;
             they
             draw
             their
             Original
             from
             Chus
             ,
             and
             have
             entertained
             all
             Religions
             that
             came
             in
             their
             way
             ;
             first
             their
             own
             ,
             then
             the
             Jews
             ,
             the
             Mahumetans
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             the
             Christian
             ;
             For
             the
             most
             part
             they
             live
             not
             as
             if
             Reason
             guided
             their
             Actions
             .
          
           
             Bornaum
             ,
             a
             Country
             where
             the
             people
             have
             no
             proper
             Names
             ,
             no
             Wives
             peculiar
             ,
             and
             therefore
             no
             Children
             which
             they
             call
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             
               Aethiopia
               superiour
            
             ,
             it
             is
             governed
             by
             one
             of
             the
             mightiest
             Emperors
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             called
             by
             us
             Presbyter
             John
             ,
             he
             hath
             under
             him
             seventy
             Kings
             ,
             which
             have
             their
             several
             Laws
             and
             Customs
             ,
             Among
             these
             the
             Province
             of
             Dobas
             hath
             one
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             marry
             till
             he
             hath
             killed
             twelve
             Christians
             ;
             Their
             Religion
             is
             mixt
             ,
             Christians
             they
             have
             ,
             but
             
             yet
             differ
             from
             us
             ,
             for
             they
             Circumcise
             both
             sects
             ;
             their
             Oath
             is
             by
             the
             life
             of
             their
             King
             ,
             whom
             they
             never
             see
             but
             at
             
               Christmas
               ,
               Easter
            
             and
             Holy-Rood
             ;
             Their
             Commodities
             are
             Oranges
             ,
             Lemmons
             ,
             Cittrons
             ,
             Barley
             ,
             Sugar
             ,
             Hony.
             
          
           
             
               Aethiopia
               inferior
            
             ,
             the
             Government
             of
             this
             Region
             is
             under
             five
             Kings
             ,
             whereof
             Monomolopa
             is
             one
             ,
             In
             which
             is
             reported
             to
             be
             three
             thousand
             Mines
             of
             Gold
             ;
             Here
             there
             lives
             a
             kind
             of
             Amazons
             as
             valiant
             as
             men
             ,
             their
             King
             is
             served
             in
             great
             pomp
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             guard
             of
             200.
             
             Mastives
             .
             Cafraria
             is
             another
             Kingdom
             whose
             people
             live
             in
             the
             Woods
             without
             Laws
             like
             brutes
             .
             And
             here
             stands
             the
             Cape
             of
             good
             Hope
             ,
             about
             which
             the
             Sea
             is
             alwaies
             rough
             and
             dangerous
             ;
             It
             hath
             been
             especially
             so
             to
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             it
             is
             their
             own
             note
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             one
             was
             very
             angry
             with
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             suffered
             the
             English
             Hereticks
             to
             pass
             it
             so
             easily
             over
             ,
             and
             not
             give
             his
             good
             Catholicks
             the
             like
             speed
             .
             In
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Manicongo
             whose
             Inhabitants
             
             are
             in
             some
             parts
             Anthropophagi
             ,
             and
             have
             shambles
             of
             Mens
             flesh
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             for
             Meat
             ,
             they
             kill
             their
             own
             Children
             in
             the
             birth
             ,
             to
             avoid
             the
             trouble
             of
             breeding
             them
             ,
             and
             preserve
             their
             Nation
             with
             stolen
             Brats
             from
             their
             Neighbouring
             Countries
             .
          
           
             Aegypt
             is
             another
             part
             of
             the
             African
             continent
             ,
             the
             places
             of
             Note
             are
             Caire
             ,
             and
             Alexandria
             ,
             the
             first
             was
             heretofore
             Memphis
             ,
             some
             say
             Babylon
             ,
             whither
             the
             Virgin
             fled
             to
             escape
             Herod's
             Tyranny
             intended
             to
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             blush
             not
             to
             shew
             the
             very
             Cave
             where
             she
             had
             hid
             her
             Babe
             .
             In
             a
             Desart
             about
             forty
             miles
             distant
             stand
             the
             Pyramides
             ,
             esteemed
             rightly
             one
             of
             the
             seven
             Wonders
             of
             the
             World.
             Alexandria
             was
             a
             magnificent
             City
             ,
             and
             was
             famous
             for
             the
             rarest
             Library
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             to
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             this
             Country
             we
             owe
             the
             Invention
             of
             Astrology
             ,
             Physick
             ,
             Writing
             on
             Paper
             ,
             their
             Kings
             names
             were
             Pharaoh
             toward
             the
             begining
             ;
             Now
             what
             the
             Turk
             pleaseth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             EVROPE
             .
          
           
             EUrope
             bears
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             most
             happiest
             Country
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             both
             for
             plenty
             of
             Corn
             ,
             Plants
             ,
             Fruits
             ,
             for
             Rivers
             and
             Fountains
             of
             admirable
             vertues
             ;
             For
             beauty
             as
             well
             of
             Cities
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             and
             Houses
             ,
             as
             Men
             and
             Women
             of
             excellent
             Feature
             ▪
             For
             the
             Study
             of
             Arts
             ,
             for
             the
             science
             in
             Religion
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             else
             God
             hath
             pleased
             to
             bless
             his
             Church
             with
             from
             the
             beginning
             .
          
           
             She
             wants
             nothing
             but
             what
             she
             may
             well
             spare
             ,
             Wild-Beasts
             which
             cause
             Desarts
             in
             the
             parts
             where
             they
             breed
             ;
             hot
             spices
             which
             fit
             not
             our
             temper
             ,
             and
             rather
             corrupt
             our
             manners
             ,
             than
             mend
             our
             dyet
             ,
             precious
             jewels
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             have
             brought
             in
             a
             degree
             of
             vain
             and
             useless
             pride
             ,
             not
             known
             before
             by
             our
             predecessors
             :
             Yet
             of
             Gold
             ,
             Silver
             ,
             
             and
             other
             commodious
             metals
             ,
             she
             hath
             her
             portion
             ,
             and
             in
             brief
             is
             of
             a
             very
             prosperous
             temper
             ,
             yet
             of
             so
             strange
             variety
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             admirable
             to
             think
             that
             there
             is
             no
             place
             in
             this
             quarter
             ,
             but
             is
             fit
             for
             any
             man
             to
             live
             in
             ;
             Insomuch
             as
             every
             Country
             is
             Inhabited
             ,
             as
             is
             confirmed
             by
             our
             latter
             Travellers
             ,
             though
             heretofore
             it
             hath
             been
             questioned
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             extream
             cold
             toward
             the
             Pole.
             
          
           
             In
             Hungaria
             is
             the
             Country
             of
             Soliense
             where
             the
             Earth
             sends
             forth
             such
             a
             stench
             ,
             that
             it
             poysoneth
             the
             very
             Birds
             which
             flye
             over
             it
             .
          
           
             An
             Island
             in
             Danubius
             exceeding
             fertile
             ,
             and
             so
             indeed
             is
             the
             whole
             Country
             ;
             The
             people
             are
             generally
             strong
             ,
             but
             barbarous
             ,
             their
             Daughters
             portions
             are
             only
             a
             new
             attyre
             ,
             and
             their
             Sons
             equally
             Inherit
             without
             priviledge
             of
             Birth-right
             ;
             The
             Emperour
             of
             Germany
             and
             the
             Turk
             share
             it
             betwixt
             them
             .
          
           
             Muscovia
             ,
             The
             whole
             Region
             is
             subject
             to
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Russia
             :
             A
             vast
             
             Territory
             and
             as
             wild
             a
             Government
             ,
             for
             the
             people
             are
             very
             base
             ,
             contentious
             ,
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             sottishly
             superstitious
             ;
             they
             bury
             their
             dead
             upright
             ,
             with
             a
             staffe
             in
             hand
             ,
             a
             penny
             in
             his
             purse
             ,
             and
             a
             Letter
             to
             St.
             Nicholas
             to
             procure
             him
             entrance
             into
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           
             AMERICA
             .
          
           
             AMERICA
             admits
             of
             all
             variety
             almost
             ,
             either
             of
             plenty
             or
             want
             ;
             Admirable
             for
             the
             fertility
             of
             soyl
             ,
             then
             again
             as
             barren
             ,
             here
             temperate
             ,
             there
             scorching
             hot
             ,
             elsewhere
             as
             extream
             cold
             ;
             Some
             Regions
             watered
             with
             dainty
             Rivers
             ,
             others
             again
             infested
             with
             perpetual
             Drowth
             ▪
             Some
             Plains
             ,
             some
             Hills
             ,
             some
             Woods
             ,
             some
             Mines
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             in
             some
             tract
             or
             other
             ,
             yet
             nothing
             almost
             common
             to
             the
             whole
             ,
             but
             Barbarism
             of
             Manners
             ,
             Idolatry
             in
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Sottish
             Ignorance
             ,
             
             such
             as
             hardly
             distinguisheth
             them
             from
             Bruits
             ,
             else
             they
             would
             not
             have
             taken
             reasonable
             Men
             to
             be
             immortal
             Gods
             ,
             as
             at
             first
             they
             did
             ,
             yet
             what
             either
             God
             was
             ,
             or
             Immortality
             ,
             they
             knew
             no
             more
             than
             instinct
             of
             Nature
             gave
             them
             ;
             they
             had
             heard
             of
             some
             place
             or
             other
             (
             God
             knows
             where
             )
             behind
             some
             Hill
             ,
             where
             the
             blessed
             resided
             after
             death
             :
             And
             from
             thence
             they
             supposed
             the
             Spaniard
             came
             at
             their
             first
             Arrival
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             not
             long
             before
             the
             Tyrants
             cudgelled
             their
             simplicity
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             cruelty
             appeared
             to
             them
             rather
             Devils
             from
             Hell
             ,
             than
             Saints
             from
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             Yet
             still
             the
             Inland-Countryes
             retain
             for
             the
             most
             part
             their
             Inbred
             blindness
             ,
             and
             worship
             the
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             and
             Stars
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             their
             other
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             their
             Zemes
             ,
             and
             Adore
             them
             in
             Images
             made
             of
             Cotton-Wool
             ,
             which
             oft-times
             by
             the
             delusion
             of
             Satan
             seem
             to
             move
             ,
             and
             utter
             an
             hideous
             noise
             ,
             that
             works
             in
             these
             poor
             
             Idolaters
             a
             great
             awe
             ,
             least
             they
             should
             harm
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             rest
             of
             their
             Customs
             are
             answerable
             to
             their
             Religion
             ,
             beastly
             ;
             they
             go
             naked
             ,
             and
             are
             very
             lustful
             people
             without
             distinction
             of
             Sex
             ;
             In
             many
             places
             they
             are
             Anthropophagy
             ,
             and
             prey
             upon
             each
             other
             like
             Wolves
             ,
             they
             labour
             not
             much
             to
             sustain
             themselves
             ,
             but
             are
             rather
             content
             to
             take
             what
             the
             Earth
             can
             yield
             without
             Tillage
             .
          
           
             
               Nova
               Hispania
            
             ,
             or
             
               Mexicana
               propria
            
             is
             the
             largest
             Province
             ;
             It
             was
             first
             possessed
             by
             the
             Spaniard
             1518.
             
             But
             it
             cost
             them
             much
             blood
             to
             intitle
             their
             Kings
             
               Hispaniarum
               reges
            
             .
             It
             is
             an
             excellent
             Country
             ,
             full
             of
             all
             variety
             almost
             in
             every
             kinde
             usual
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             exceeds
             in
             rarities
             full
             of
             wonder
             .
             There
             is
             one
             Tree
             which
             they
             dress
             like
             our
             Vine
             ,
             and
             order
             it
             so
             ,
             that
             it
             yields
             them
             almost
             all
             useful
             necessaries
             .
             The
             leaves
             serve
             them
             instead
             of
             Paper
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Vine-bark
             ,
             they
             make
             Flax
             Mantles
             ,
             Matts
             ,
             Shoes
             ,
             Girdle
             and
             Cordage
             .
          
           
           
             
               Peninsula
               Peruviana
            
             ,
             is
             the
             South
             tract
             of
             America
             ,
             from
             North
             to
             South
             there
             runs
             a
             continued
             course
             of
             high
             Mountains
             ,
             whose
             tops
             the
             very
             Fowls
             of
             the
             Air
             cannot
             reach
             by
             flight
             ;
             And
             from
             thence
             descend
             many
             admirable
             Rivers
             ,
             among
             which
             Maragn●
             and
             Argenteus
             are
             most
             famous
             ,
             the
             one
             for
             his
             extent
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             for
             his
             plenty
             of
             Silver
             ,
             The
             Country
             is
             exceeding
             rich
             ,
             but
             the
             people
             differ
             not
             much
             from
             the
             worst
             of
             Beasts
             ;
             They
             devour
             Mans
             flesh
             ,
             filthy
             worms
             ,
             and
             what
             else
             comes
             in
             their
             way
             .
          
           
             Near
             to
             the
             North-west
             of
             Peru
             ,
             was
             an
             admirable
             atchievment
             performed
             by
             our
             valiant
             Country-man
             
               John
               Oxenham
            
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             direction
             of
             Moors
             skilled
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             went
             to
             the
             Land
             of
             Pearls
             ,
             and
             took
             from
             the
             Spaniards
             an
             incredible
             weight
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             .
          
           
             Cartagena
             a
             fruitful
             Countrey
             which
             did
             yield
             (
             when
             time
             was
             )
             to
             our
             still
             Renowned
             Sr.
             
               Francis
               Drake
            
             ,
             store
             of
             
             prize
             ,
             and
             240.
             pieces
             of
             Ordinance
             .
          
           
             Peru
             a
             very
             rich
             Countrey
             ,
             aboundeth
             with
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             ,
             little
             esteemed
             among
             the
             Inhabitants
             :
             For
             by
             report
             the
             Spaniard
             ordinarily
             shoed
             their
             Horses
             with
             Gold.
             The
             Inhabitants
             are
             strange
             Idolaters
             ,
             and
             worship
             a
             black
             Sheep
             ,
             Serpents
             ,
             and
             other
             ugly
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             Brasile
             .
             The
             Inhabitants
             are
             rude
             ,
             live
             for
             the
             most
             part
             in
             the
             bodies
             of
             Trees
             ,
             the
             people
             are
             covered
             with
             natural
             hair
             ,
             cruel
             lascivious
             ,
             false
             and
             what
             not
             ;
             In
             this
             Region
             is
             an
             hearb
             called
             Viva
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             touch
             it
             ,
             it
             will
             shut
             up
             ,
             as
             a
             Daisie
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             open
             till
             the
             party
             that
             injured
             it
             be
             out
             of
             sight
             .
          
           
             Chile
             ,
             on
             the
             North
             of
             Peru
             ;
             it
             is
             there
             extream
             cold
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             many
             are
             frozen
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             hardened
             like
             Marble
             ;
             The
             Rivers
             are
             fed
             with
             Snow
             that
             falls
             from
             the
             tops
             of
             the
             high
             Mountains
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             GREECE
             .
          
           
             GReece
             ,
             She
             had
             once
             the
             preheminence
             of
             Rome
             in
             glory
             ,
             as
             the
             precedence
             in
             time
             ;
             For
             to
             say
             truth
             ,
             she
             was
             the
             wisest
             of
             any
             people
             that
             were
             not
             inlightened
             with
             the
             knowledge
             of
             that
             great
             Mistery
             ;
             She
             set
             a
             pattern
             for
             Government
             to
             all
             her
             succeeding
             ages
             ,
             and
             (
             in
             brief
             )
             she
             was
             the
             Mistress
             almost
             of
             all
             Sciences
             :
             Some
             there
             are
             which
             (
             in
             a
             strict
             account
             )
             will
             except
             none
             but
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             but
             now
             the
             poor
             wretches
             suffer
             by
             the
             Turks
             ,
             under
             whom
             to
             this
             day
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             are
             scarce
             permitted
             by
             that
             great
             tyrant
             ,
             means
             of
             learning
             to
             know
             the
             name
             for
             which
             they
             suffer
             .
          
           
             And
             besides
             the
             base
             mis-usage
             of
             the
             mis-believing
             Turk
             ,
             the
             very
             Natives
             themselves
             are
             fallen
             from
             the
             noble
             disposition
             of
             their
             Predecessors
             into
             an
             incredible
             sottishness
             ,
             and
             those
             which
             
             before
             reckoned
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Earth
             barbarous
             in
             comparison
             to
             their
             Politick
             Common-wealth
             ,
             are
             now
             themselves
             sunk
             below
             the
             envy
             of
             the
             meanest
             Nation
             ,
             and
             become
             the
             most
             miserable
             object
             of
             pity
             living
             upon
             the
             earth
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             they
             may
             hardly
             be
             said
             to
             live
             :
             They
             are
             lazy
             beyond
             belief
             ;
             and
             ignorant
             almost
             beyond
             recovery
             ;
             for
             they
             have
             now
             no
             means
             to
             bring
             their
             Children
             either
             to
             learning
             or
             manners
             :
             Not
             an
             Academy
             in
             all
             Greece
             ,
             their
             carriage
             generally
             uncivil
             ,
             their
             feasts
             riotous
             ,
             and
             their
             mirth
             debaucht
             ;
             Their
             Wives
             are
             well
             favoured
             ,
             and
             so
             indeed
             they
             must
             be
             ,
             for
             they
             use
             them
             no
             longer
             as
             their
             Wives
             than
             they
             continue
             to
             their
             liking
             ,
             when
             they
             once
             fade
             ,
             they
             are
             put
             to
             the
             house
             of
             drudgery
             :
             Their
             language
             is
             the
             same
             as
             heretofore
             ,
             but
             rudely
             corrupted
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             habit
             almost
             proper
             ,
             but
             those
             which
             serve
             the
             Turk
             wear
             their
             fashion
             ,
             the
             rest
             which
             are
             under
             the
             Venetian
             ,
             observe
             them
             in
             their
             Apparel
             ,
             for
             they
             
             are
             Slaves
             to
             both
             in
             their
             whole
             course
             .
          
           
             Yet
             they
             retain
             still
             a
             shew
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             which
             was
             here
             first
             settled
             by
             Timothy
             to
             whom
             St.
             Paul
             wrote
             two
             Epistles
             ,
             and
             was
             after
             in
             the
             primitive
             times
             ,
             professed
             by
             diverse
             learned
             and
             Reverend
             Divines
             of
             their
             own
             Nation
             ,
             which
             are
             with
             us
             received
             as
             Authentick
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             St.
             
               Chrysostome
               ,
               Basil
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Thrace
             .
             Part
             of
             this
             Province
             was
             heretofore
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             their
             Ancesters
             did
             not
             at
             all
             dye
             ,
             neither
             should
             they
             ,
             but
             passe
             only
             out
             of
             this
             world
             into
             another
             ,
             to
             their
             supposed
             God
             Zalmoxis
             ,
             once
             a
             Scholer
             of
             Pythagoras
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             had
             perswaded
             them
             into
             this
             Religion
             ,
             seemed
             wonderfully
             to
             vanish
             out
             of
             their
             sight
             ,
             and
             appeared
             not
             any
             more
             ,
             but
             left
             them
             fully
             possest
             that
             he
             was
             the
             Deity
             ,
             which
             must
             after
             a
             time
             entertain
             them
             :
             And
             this
             they
             expected
             with
             that
             great
             joy
             that
             as
             oft
             as
             one
             dyed
             ,
             instead
             of
             mourning
             ,
             they
             set
             forth
             Games
             and
             Feasts
             to
             congratulate
             
             his
             freedome
             from
             the
             troubles
             of
             this
             earthly
             condition
             ,
             and
             the
             Wife
             only
             ,
             whom
             he
             loved
             best
             (
             for
             they
             had
             many
             )
             was
             thought
             worthy
             to
             be
             killed
             by
             her
             best
             friends
             at
             her
             Husbands
             Grave
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             bear
             him
             company
             in
             the
             other
             World
             ,
             the
             rest
             bewailed
             their
             neglect
             ,
             and
             the
             residue
             of
             their
             life
             was
             to
             them
             as
             a
             disgrace
             .
             When
             a
             Child
             was
             born
             ,
             neighbours
             were
             called
             to
             bemoan
             his
             entrance
             into
             a
             multitude
             of
             calamities
             ,
             and
             in
             course
             they
             reckoned
             up
             ,
             what
             he
             was
             to
             passe
             before
             he
             could
             go
             to
             their
             God
             Zalmoxis
             ,
             for
             they
             acknowledged
             no
             other
             ,
             but
             blasphemed
             and
             shot
             Arrows
             against
             the
             Heavens
             as
             oft
             as
             they
             heard
             it
             Thunder
             .
          
           
             They
             will
             not
             admit
             ,
             that
             their
             Government
             should
             become
             hereditary
             ,
             neither
             must
             their
             King
             be
             a
             Father
             of
             any
             Children
             ;
             If
             the
             King
             offend
             ,
             he
             shall
             not
             escape
             their
             Laws
             even
             to
             death
             ,
             ye●
             no
             man
             may
             set
             a
             hand
             to
             his
             Execution
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             common
             desertion
             he
             is
             allowed
             
             no
             necessaries
             to
             live
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             needs
             dye
             .
          
        
         
           
             GERMANY
             .
          
           
             THey
             are
             a
             most
             ingenious
             people
             ,
             famous
             beyond
             any
             others
             in
             Europe
             ,
             unless
             Belgia
             ,
             for
             the
             invention
             of
             many
             notable
             and
             useful
             Engines
             :
             The
             Gun
             and
             gun-powder
             was
             first
             brought
             to
             light
             by
             one
             
               Bertholdus
               Swart
            
             a
             Franciscan
             ,
             which
             hath
             almost
             put
             by
             the
             use
             of
             any
             other
             Warlick
             Instrument
             ,
             in
             those
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             where
             the
             practice
             is
             perfectly
             understood
             .
          
           
             The
             Government
             of
             this
             Germany
             is
             Emperial
             .
             The
             right
             descends
             not
             by
             succession
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             choice
             was
             conferred
             by
             Pope
             Gregory
             the
             tenth
             ,
             upon
             seven
             German
             Princes
             ,
             three
             spiritual
             ,
             and
             four
             temporal
             :
             These
             are
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Mentz
             ,
             Chancellour
             of
             the
             Empire
             through
             Germany
             ;
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Cullen
             ,
             Chancellour
             of
             the
             Empire
             through
             Italy
             ;
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Triers
             ,
             
             Chancellour
             of
             the
             Empire
             through
             France
             .
             The
             temporal
             are
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             who
             hath
             the
             casting
             voice
             ,
             only
             in
             case
             of
             equality
             among
             the
             other
             six
             ,
             His
             Office
             is
             to
             be
             chief
             Cup-Bearer
             at
             the
             great
             Solemnity
             :
             Next
             him
             the
             Count
             Palatine
             of
             the
             Rhene
             ,
             Arch
             Sewer
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             Duke
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             Lord
             Marshal
             and
             Marquesse
             of
             Brandenburg
             chief
             Chamberlain
             .
             Each
             of
             these
             perform
             his
             own
             Office
             in
             person
             ,
             upon
             the
             day
             of
             Inauguration
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             Saxony
             bears
             the
             Sword
             ,
             the
             Count
             Palatine
             places
             his
             meat
             on
             the
             Table
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             bears
             his
             Cup
             ,
             and
             delivers
             it
             him
             to
             drink
             :
             Marquesse
             of
             Brandenburg
             serveth
             him
             water
             to
             wash
             ,
             and
             the
             three
             Bishops
             bless
             his
             meat
             ;
             He
             receiveth
             three
             Crowns
             before
             he
             is
             fully
             settled
             into
             the
             Majesty
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             The
             first
             is
             of
             Silver
             ,
             for
             Germany
             :
             the
             second
             of
             Iron
             ,
             for
             Lumbardy
             ;
             and
             the
             third
             of
             Gold
             ,
             for
             the
             Empire
             :
             The
             last
             is
             set
             on
             at
             Rome
             ,
             for
             to
             this
             day
             it
             pretends
             
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Empire
            
             ,
             and
             gives
             the
             title
             of
             
               Casar
               ,
               Romani
               Imperii
               Imperat●r
            
             .
          
           
             East
             -
             Frizeland
             ;
             One
             of
             the
             chief
             Towns
             of
             this
             Region
             ,
             is
             West-Phalia
             ;
             It
             is
             most
             famous
             for
             Swine
             ,
             and
             excellent
             Bacon
             ,
             which
             is
             esteemed
             with
             us
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             dainties
             to
             commend
             a
             Feast
             .
          
           
             In
             Cullen
             ,
             It
             is
             a
             received
             tradition
             among
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             that
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             Wise-men
             which
             came
             from
             the
             East
             to
             worship
             Christ
             ,
             are
             here
             Interred
             .
          
           
             In
             Cleveland
             is
             a
             City
             called
             Aken
             ,
             where
             the
             Emperour
             receives
             his
             Silver
             Crown
             from
             Germany
             ,
             and
             doth
             great
             worship
             to
             a
             Clout
             ,
             which
             they
             take
             to
             be
             our
             Saviours
             Mantle
             in
             which
             he
             was
             wrapped
             .
          
        
         
           
             BOHEMIA
             .
          
           
             THe
             scituation
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             is
             almost
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             Germany
             ,
             
             there
             is
             a
             Forrest
             called
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Hercinian
             Forrest
             ,
             held
             in
             the
             Romans
             time
             ,
             to
             be
             nine
             daies
             journey
             in
             breadth
             ,
             and
             in
             length
             at
             least
             forty
             .
          
           
             The
             River
             Albi●
             which
             hath
             his
             rising
             in
             the
             Hercinian
             Wood
             ,
             (
             if
             we
             will
             believe
             Report
             )
             there
             is
             often
             found
             in
             the
             Sands
             ,
             lumps
             of
             pure
             Gold
             ,
             which
             need
             no
             other
             refining
             ,
             and
             very
             precious
             shells
             of
             great
             value
             ,
             the
             water
             supplies
             that
             only
             defect
             which
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             their
             Land
             ,
             the
             earth
             gives
             good
             corn
             ,
             and
             their
             pastures
             breed
             as
             good
             cattel
             ,
             there
             is
             Woods
             good
             store
             which
             harbour
             multitudes
             of
             Wild-Beasts
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             there
             is
             a
             wild
             Beast
             which
             they
             call
             
               Lomi
               ▪
            
             Armed
             by
             Nature
             with
             a
             strange
             defence
             against
             the
             Hounds
             which
             follow
             her
             ,
             for
             they
             say
             she
             hath
             a
             kind
             of
             bladder
             hanging
             under
             her
             jaws
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             Hunting
             she
             fills
             with
             a
             scalding
             hot
             water
             ,
             and
             casts
             it
             upon
             the
             Dogs
             with
             that
             nimbleness
             that
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             avoid
             or
             pursue
             her
             ,
             but
             oft
             times
             have
             their
             very
             
             hair
             fall
             off
             as
             from
             a
             drest
             Pig.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             story
             passeth
             of
             one
             Zisca
             a
             Bohemian
             Captain
             (
             in
             the
             difference
             of
             the
             Hussites
             against
             the
             Pope
             )
             that
             when
             he
             had
             won
             so
             many
             Battels
             ,
             as
             his
             very
             name
             began
             to
             be
             a
             terrour
             to
             the
             Foe
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             content
             to
             be
             feared
             alive
             ,
             but
             bethought
             himself
             how
             he
             might
             speak
             louder
             when
             he
             was
             dead
             ;
             And
             therefore
             will'd
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             flea
             him
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             Drum
             of
             his
             skin
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             perswaded
             ,
             should
             ever
             beat
             victory
             before
             them
             ,
             as
             oft
             as
             he
             was
             heard
             (
             though
             in
             a
             dead
             sound
             )
             by
             the
             enemy
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             so
             often
             crushed
             ,
             while
             he
             was
             yet
             living
             .
          
           
             A
             wicked
             couzenage
             of
             Picardus
             ,
             who
             possest
             great
             multitudes
             of
             these
             silly
             people
             ,
             with
             an
             opinion
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             recall
             them
             to
             that
             perfect
             state
             in
             which
             Adam
             was
             Created
             ;
             placed
             them
             in
             an
             Island
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             which
             he
             called
             Paradise
             ,
             caused
             them
             to
             walk
             naked
             ,
             and
             named
             his
             Sect
             Adamites
             :
             
             Horrible
             sins
             were
             committed
             under
             that
             pretence
             ,
             promiscuous
             Whoredom
             ,
             and
             Incest
             at
             their
             very
             Divine
             Service
             .
          
        
         
           
             FRANCE
             .
          
           
             IN
             so
             great
             a
             multitude
             ,
             we
             must
             look
             to
             find
             as
             much
             variety
             of
             Customs
             and
             Dispositions
             .
             It
             was
             the
             report
             of
             Caesar
             long
             since
             ,
             and
             seconded
             by
             late
             Authours
             ,
             that
             the
             French
             for
             the
             most
             part
             are
             of
             a
             fiery
             spirit
             for
             the
             first
             onset
             in
             any
             Action
             ,
             but
             will
             soon
             Flag
             ;
             They
             desire
             change
             of
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             passe
             not
             greatly
             whether
             to
             better
             or
             worse
             :
             Their
             Women
             very
             Jocund
             ,
             of
             a
             voluble
             tongue
             ,
             and
             as
             free
             of
             their
             speech
             ,
             Complemental
             to
             strangers
             ,
             and
             win
             more
             by
             their
             wit
             than
             their
             beauty
             ,
             one
             and
             tother
             are
             great
             enticers
             of
             mens
             affections
             :
             Their
             Nobility
             have
             been
             reported
             to
             be
             liberal
             ,
             but
             I
             suppose
             that
             fashion
             is
             now
             worn
             out
             ,
             for
             so
             it
             hath
             been
             noted
             in
             diverse
             ,
             which
             
             respect
             their
             purse
             more
             than
             their
             honour
             ,
             and
             let
             pass
             the
             Service
             and
             Deserts
             of
             worthy
             persons
             unrewarded
             ,
             as
             if
             their
             gracious
             acceptance
             were
             a
             sufficient
             return
             of
             thanks
             for
             any
             Office
             a
             man
             can
             do
             them
             :
             They
             are
             practised
             to
             this
             garbe
             by
             their
             Peasantry
             ▪
             whom
             they
             reckon
             but
             as
             slaves
             ,
             and
             command
             as
             their
             proper
             Servants
             ,
             which
             the
             poor
             snakes
             take
             as
             a
             favour
             and
             are
             glad
             to
             be
             employed
             by
             their
             betters
             ,
             that
             by
             their
             protection
             they
             may
             stand
             free
             from
             the
             injury
             of
             their
             equals
             .
             For
             the
             meanest
             of
             them
             are
             cruel
             ,
             and
             affect
             to
             oppresse
             their
             adversary
             ,
             either
             by
             open
             violence
             or
             suit
             in
             Law
             ,
             though
             to
             their
             own
             Ruine
             .
             They
             are
             very
             ready
             to
             take
             Arms
             ,
             and
             serve
             in
             defence
             of
             King
             and
             Country
             ,
             they
             need
             no
             more
             Press
             than
             the
             stroke
             of
             Drum
             ,
             but
             are
             as
             rash
             in
             their
             atchievements
             ;
             they
             will
             not
             wait
             upon
             Councel
             ,
             but
             run
             as
             far
             on
             ,
             as
             upon
             their
             strength
             they
             may
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             find
             that
             fails
             ,
             they
             will
             as
             soon
             give
             ground
             .
          
           
           
             Aquitania
             .
             In
             this
             Province
             was
             fought
             the
             great
             Battel
             betwixt
             our
             Black
             Prince
             and
             John
             of
             France
             ;
             where
             ,
             with
             eight
             thousand
             he
             vanquished
             forty
             thousand
             ,
             took
             the
             King
             Prisoner
             and
             his
             son
             Philip
             ,
             70
             Earls
             ,
             50
             Barons
             ,
             and
             1●000
             Gentlemen
             .
          
           
             Normandy
             ;
             where
             our
             William
             the
             Conqueror
             was
             Duke
             .
             It
             was
             lost
             from
             his
             Successors
             in
             the
             time
             of
             King
             John
             :
             Her
             chief
             Cities
             are
             Roan
             ,
             and
             Cane
             ,
             memorable
             for
             the
             Siege
             of
             our
             
               English
               Henry
            
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             Verveille
             ,
             Besieged
             by
             Philip
             the
             second
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             our
             Richard
             the
             First
             .
             Which
             when
             the
             King
             heard
             as
             he
             sate
             in
             his
             Pallace
             at
             Westminster
             (
             it
             is
             said
             )
             he
             sware
             he
             would
             never
             turn
             his
             back
             to
             France
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             his
             revenge
             ;
             and
             to
             make
             good
             his
             Oath
             ,
             brake
             through
             the
             Walls
             ,
             and
             justly
             performed
             his
             threat
             upon
             the
             Besieger
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Low-Countries
             .
          
           
             The
             People
             are
             very
             thrifty
             ,
             painful
             ,
             and
             ingenuous
             in
             the
             invention
             of
             many
             pretty
             things
             ,
             which
             draw
             many
             other
             Nations
             to
             them
             for
             traffique
             ,
             and
             they
             lye
             as
             fit
             for
             it
             .
             They
             have
             the
             name
             for
             the
             first
             Authors
             of
             the
             Compass
             ,
             Clock
             ,
             and
             Printing
             :
             They
             are
             excellent
             Artificers
             ,
             for
             working
             of
             Pictures
             in
             Glass
             ,
             for
             laying
             Colours
             in
             Oyl
             ,
             for
             Tapestry
             and
             other
             Hangings
             ;
             in
             brief
             ,
             for
             any
             oeconomical
             commodity
             ,
             either
             for
             use
             or
             Ornament
             :
             And
             in
             their
             own
             private
             families
             excel
             any
             other
             people
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Dukedom
             of
             
               Lutzenburg
               ,
               Luick
            
             the
             chief
             City
             of
             the
             University
             ;
             Memorable
             for
             this
             one
             story
             ,
             above
             any
             other
             in
             Christendome
             ,
             That
             at
             one
             time
             there
             studied
             nine
             Kings
             sons
             ,
             twenty
             four
             Dukes
             sons
             ,
             twenty
             nine
             Earls
             Sons
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Geldria
             .
             The
             Province
             stands
             on
             the
             East
             of
             Brabant
             ,
             and
             North
             of
             Lumburg
             ;
             
             It
             is
             a
             very
             fertile
             soil
             ,
             especially
             if
             it
             be
             well
             tilled
             ,
             Her
             Pastures
             are
             excellent
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             they
             feed
             up
             their
             Cattel
             to
             an
             incredible
             bigness
             and
             weight
             ,
             a
             report
             passeth
             of
             one
             Bull
             which
             weighed
             3200
             pound
             .
             It
             was
             killed
             at
             Antwerp
             1570.
             
          
           
             Hague
             a
             Village
             ,
             yet
             the
             fairest
             in
             Christendome
             ,
             and
             seat
             of
             the
             States
             Councel
             .
             The
             report
             lyeth
             upon
             this
             Province
             ,
             of
             Margaret
             Sister
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Floris
             ,
             that
             she
             brought
             at
             one
             birth
             36●
             children
             ,
             all
             living
             till
             they
             were
             Christned
             .
          
        
         
           
             Spain
             .
          
           
             A
             memorable
             story
             of
             King
             
               Rodericus
               ▪
            
             who
             lost
             both
             himself
             and
             Kingdome
             for
             a
             Rape
             committed
             upon
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Julian
             a
             noble
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             at
             that
             time
             Ambassador
             with
             the
             Moors
             in
             Africa
             .
             When
             the
             Father
             had
             understood
             of
             his
             Daughters
             unworthy
             injury
             ,
             he
             brought
             back
             his
             Revenge
             with
             him
             
             30000
             Horse
             ,
             and
             180000
             Foot
             ,
             of
             Moores
             and
             Sarazens
             ,
             which
             discomfited
             the
             King
             ,
             overthrew
             all
             the
             resistance
             which
             he
             could
             make
             ,
             and
             bespread
             the
             Country
             with
             their
             Forces
             ,
             where
             they
             and
             their
             Posterity
             stood
             firm
             ,
             till
             within
             the
             Memory
             of
             some
             living
             1630.
             
          
           
             This
             change
             of
             State
             was
             before
             prophesied
             ,
             and
             concealed
             in
             a
             large
             Chest
             within
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Pallace
             ,
             which
             both
             the
             last
             King
             and
             his
             Predecessors
             were
             fore-warned
             not
             to
             discover
             :
             But
             the
             hope
             of
             an
             inestimable
             Treasure
             made
             him
             transgress
             :
             and
             when
             he
             had
             entred
             ,
             there
             appeared
             nothing
             but
             the
             portractures
             of
             Armed
             Moores
             ,
             with
             a
             presage
             annexed
             ,
             that
             when
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Pallace
             should
             be
             forced
             open
             ,
             such
             Enemies
             should
             ruin
             Spain
             .
          
           
             The
             River
             Guadiana
             ,
             which
             in
             one
             place
             glides
             under
             Ground
             for
             15
             Miles
             together
             ,
             and
             gives
             the
             Spaniard
             an
             occasion
             (
             as
             he
             will
             catch
             at
             any
             )
             to
             brag
             that
             they
             have
             10000
             Cattel
             daily
             feeding
             upon
             one
             Bridge
             ;
             yet
             give
             them
             
             their
             own
             sense
             ,
             the
             truth
             may
             be
             questioned
             :
             For
             they
             have
             not
             such
             plenty
             of
             Meat
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             of
             Sauce
             .
          
           
             It
             yields
             indeeds
             abundance
             of
             Oranges
             ,
             Limons
             ,
             Capers
             ,
             Dates
             ,
             Sugar
             ,
             Oil
             ,
             Honey
             ,
             Liquorish
             ,
             Raisons
             ,
             Saffron
             ,
             Rice
             ,
             excellent
             Sacks
             ,
             and
             other
             Wines
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             places
             Sheep
             ,
             Goats
             ,
             and
             swift
             Horses
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             extreamly
             proud
             ,
             and
             the
             silliest
             of
             them
             pretend
             to
             a
             great
             portion
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             which
             they
             would
             seem
             to
             express
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             reserved
             State
             ,
             and
             silent
             Gravity
             ;
             when
             perhaps
             their
             wit
             will
             scarce
             serve
             them
             to
             speak
             sense
             :
             But
             if
             once
             their
             Mouths
             be
             got
             too
             open
             ,
             they
             esteem
             their
             breath
             too
             precious
             to
             be
             spent
             upon
             any
             other
             subject
             ,
             than
             their
             own
             glorious
             actions
             .
             They
             are
             most
             unjust
             neglectors
             of
             other
             Nations
             ,
             and
             impudent
             vain
             flatterers
             of
             themselves
             ,
             superstitious
             beyond
             any
             other
             people
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             City
             Saint
             Jago
             ,
             in
             the
             Island
             of
             Gallicia
             ,
             was
             St.
             James
             the
             Apostle
             
             buryed
             ,
             his
             Reliques
             kept
             ,
             Worshipped
             ,
             and
             visited
             by
             Pilgrims
             .
          
        
         
           
             ITALY
             .
          
           
             MEmorable
             ,
             for
             Rhea
             a
             Virgin
             which
             was
             cloystered
             up
             into
             the
             Temple
             of
             Vesta
             ,
             by
             her
             Uncle
             
               Amulius
               Silvius
            
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             not
             bring
             forth
             an
             Heir
             to
             endanger
             his
             Title
             .
             Notwithstanding
             means
             was
             found
             ,
             so
             that
             she
             conceived
             at
             once
             two
             Children
             by
             Mars
             ,
             and
             was
             delivered
             among
             her
             Sisters
             Vestals
             .
             For
             this
             her self
             (
             as
             the
             censure
             was
             upon
             such
             Delinquents
             )
             was
             buryed
             alive
             ,
             her
             Boys
             exposed
             to
             be
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             Italy
             is
             a
             happy
             Soil
             ,
             pleasant
             and
             Fertile
             ,
             at
             all
             times
             moderate
             Weather
             ,
             and
             healthful
             Air
             ,
             full
             of
             Variety
             ;
             as
             Rice
             ,
             Silks
             ,
             Velvets
             ,
             Sattins
             ,
             Taffaties
             ,
             Grograms
             ,
             Rash
             ,
             Fustians
             ,
             Gold-wyer
             ,
             Armour
             ,
             Allom
             ,
             Glasses
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Rich
             are
             very
             Rich
             ,
             for
             Wealth
             will
             come
             with
             much
             labour
             in
             great
             abundance
             :
             
             but
             the
             Poor
             are
             extream
             poor
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             most
             of
             them
             very
             idle
             .
          
           
             Rome
             retains
             a
             11
             Miles
             round
             ,
             and
             200000
             Inhabitants
             ;
             a
             great
             part
             Fryers
             ,
             and
             such
             odd
             idle
             fellows
             ,
             which
             pretend
             to
             Religion
             for
             want
             of
             other
             means
             to
             live
             ,
             Cloyster
             themselves
             up
             to
             a
             single
             life
             ,
             only
             to
             avoid
             the
             charge
             of
             Incumbrances
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             not
             to
             separate
             themselves
             from
             the
             World
             or
             desires
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             for
             among
             them
             they
             maintain
             commonly
             40000
             Curtezans
             in
             good
             Custom
             ,
             and
             so
             Rich
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             able
             to
             pay
             30000
             Duckets
             yearly
             to
             the
             Pope
             .
             The
             buildings
             in
             which
             they
             most
             glory
             in
             ,
             are
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             the
             Castle
             of
             St.
             Angelo
             ,
             the
             Vaticane
             Library
             ,
             and
             the
             Popes
             Pallace
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             their
             Pride
             is
             enough
             to
             attire
             the
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             as
             there
             can
             hardly
             be
             any
             other
             meant
             than
             Rome
             ,
             She
             sits
             upon
             the
             Beast
             with
             seven
             Heads
             ,
             for
             she
             was
             built
             upon
             seven
             Hills
             ,
             was
             ruled
             first
             by
             seven
             Kings
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             since
             subject
             to
             
             seven
             several
             forms
             of
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             HUNGARY
             .
          
           
             HEre
             are
             many
             ▪
             Waters
             of
             excellent
             Vertue
             ,
             whereof
             some
             turn
             Wood
             into
             Iron
             ,
             others
             Iron
             into
             Brass
             ;
             some
             very
             Medicinal
             for
             sundry
             Diseases
             ,
             others
             again
             so
             pestiferous
             ,
             that
             they
             kill
             the
             Creature
             which
             doth
             but
             taste
             them
             .
             The
             like
             is
             reported
             of
             an
             Hiatus
             in
             the
             Ground
             ,
             unaccessable
             by
             any
             but
             the
             fowls
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             those
             fall
             suddaily
             dead
             with
             the
             stench
             which
             ascends
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             hard
             to
             believe
             what
             most
             Geographers
             report
             of
             her
             Fertility
             :
             That
             she
             yields
             Corn
             thrice
             in
             one
             year
             ,
             almost
             without
             any
             Tillage
             or
             care
             of
             the
             Husband-man
             .
             Fruit
             of
             all
             kinds
             in
             great
             abundance
             ,
             and
             Grapes
             which
             make
             an
             excellent
             ,
             wholsome
             ,
             and
             rich
             Wine
             ;
             It
             breeds
             Cattel
             in
             such
             plenty
             ,
             that
             this
             one
             Country
             ,
             besides
             store
             of
             her
             own
             Inhabitants
             ,
             sends
             Sheep
             and
             
             Oxen
             into
             Forrain
             Nations
             which
             lye
             about
             her
             ,
             and
             might
             say
             they
             suffice
             to
             feed
             all
             Europe
             with
             Flesh
             .
             Venison
             is
             not
             here
             any
             dainties
             ,
             Does
             ,
             Hares
             ,
             Harts
             ,
             Goats
             ,
             Boars
             ,
             &c.
             are
             every
             Mans
             Meat
             ,
             and
             the
             Game
             common
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             the
             Boors
             as
             Gentry
             .
             And
             so
             for
             Phesant
             ,
             Partridge
             ,
             Black-birds
             ,
             Pigeons
             ,
             most
             Fowl
             ,
             wild
             and
             tame
             .
          
           
             The
             Earth
             is
             inricht
             with
             variety
             of
             Mines
             ,
             which
             yields
             her
             plenty
             of
             Iron
             ,
             Steel
             ,
             Copper
             ,
             Silver
             and
             Gold
             ,
             Lead
             she
             hath
             not
             ,
             and
             scarce
             at
             all
             any
             Tin.
             
          
        
         
           
             DENMARK
             .
          
           
             THe
             people
             are
             valiant
             and
             Warlike
             ,
             strong
             of
             body
             ,
             and
             big
             boned
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             terrible
             countenane
             ;
             ambitious
             of
             a
             glorious
             death
             ,
             rather
             than
             a
             sluggish
             idle
             life
             .
          
           
             Such
             incredible
             plenty
             of
             Herring
             (
             near
             the
             Isle
             of
             Scunia
             )
             that
             (
             say
             they
             )
             are
             scarce
             able
             by
             main
             strength
             of
             Oars
             to
             Row
             out
             of
             the
             Harbour
             .
             Here
             are
             
             furniture
             for
             War
             both
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             Armour
             ,
             Masts
             ,
             Cables
             ,
             Steel
             ,
             Saddles
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             POLAND
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             well-nigh
             past
             belief
             which
             is
             reported
             of
             their
             Multitudes
             of
             Bees
             ,
             such
             as
             yield
             more
             Honey
             and
             Wax
             ,
             then
             the
             people
             can
             find
             room
             for
             ;
             they
             need
             here
             neither
             Art
             ,
             nor
             care
             of
             the
             good
             Huswife
             to
             order
             their
             Hives
             ,
             but
             naturally
             are
             their
             own
             Guardians
             ,
             and
             provide
             so
             diligently
             for
             their
             own
             safety
             within
             the
             bulks
             of
             Trees
             ;
             that
             they
             easily
             pass
             over
             the
             hardest
             winter
             without
             hurt
             .
          
           
             The
             Polanders
             have
             a
             good
             mind
             to
             Religion
             ,
             but
             cannot
             fasten
             upon
             any
             one
             to
             their
             liking
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             will
             try
             all
             Christians
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             ever
             since
             the
             year
             965.
             but
             from
             that
             time
             they
             have
             scarce
             slipt
             any
             Error
             ,
             Schism
             ,
             or
             Heresie
             ,
             which
             hath
             crept
             into
             the
             Church
             .
             Here
             are
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             
             other
             of
             the
             Romish
             Sects
             .
             Here
             are
             Lutherans
             ,
             and
             Calvinists
             ,
             and
             Arians
             ▪
             Anabaptists
             ,
             and
             Antirinitarians
             ,
             none
             allowed
             ,
             but
             all
             tollerated
             :
             And
             indeed
             Poland
             had
             the
             Seniority
             of
             Amsterdam
             ,
             for
             that
             old
             saying
             ;
             that
             if
             a
             Man
             had
             lost
             his
             Religion
             ,
             here
             he
             might
             find
             it
             .
             They
             have
             one
             ancient
             Custom
             in
             their
             Churches
             ,
             when
             the
             Gospel
             is
             Reading
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             unsheath
             their
             Swords
             ;
             and
             stand
             as
             it
             were
             prepared
             to
             defend
             it
             with
             their
             lives
             against
             any
             which
             dare
             violate
             it
             .
          
           
             In
             Samognia
             near
             to
             Livonia
             ,
             a
             people
             there
             which
             is
             called
             the
             Peasants
             ,
             who
             are
             most
             of
             them
             gross
             Idolaters
             :
             and
             are
             oftimes
             met
             in
             their
             Woods
             with
             horrid
             Visions
             ,
             and
             are
             strangely
             cozened
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             with
             a
             belief
             that
             they
             can
             Prophesie
             .
             The
             silly
             blasphemers
             nourish
             in
             their
             House
             a
             poor
             Snake
             (
             like
             themselves
             )
             gathered
             out
             of
             some
             Ditch
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             their
             God
             Ziemenike
             .
             Their
             greatest
             Commodity
             is
             of
             Honey
             ,
             which
             they
             gather
             ready
             made
             to
             their
             
             hands
             in
             their
             hollow
             Trees
             .
          
        
         
           
             PERSIA
             .
          
           
             FOr
             want
             of
             lawful
             Heirs
             to
             Cambyses
             their
             second
             King
             ,
             their
             Princes
             consulted
             to
             salute
             him
             ;
             whose
             Horse
             first
             neighed
             at
             a
             set
             meeting
             upon
             the
             Court
             Green
             before
             the
             Sun-risin
             .
             
               Darius
               Histaspes
            
             was
             one
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             subtilty
             of
             his
             Horse-keeper
             carryed
             the
             Crown
             ;
             for
             the
             night
             before
             in
             the
             same
             ground
             ,
             he
             had
             coupled
             a
             Mare
             with
             the
             Horse
             his
             Master
             should
             ride
             ,
             which
             when
             the
             lustful
             ▪
             Steed
             missed
             ,
             the
             next
             Morning
             being
             full
             of
             spirit
             ,
             no
             sooner
             had
             he
             set
             footing
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             but
             with
             much
             eagerness
             he
             snuffed
             and
             neighed
             after
             his
             Mare
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             quue
             to
             the
             other
             Princes
             to
             Proclaim
             Darius
             King
             of
             the
             Pesiians
             .
             This
             was
             he
             whom
             the
             Scriptures
             call
             Ahasuerus
             ,
             he
             was
             Hesters
             Husband
             .
          
           
             The
             ancient
             Persians
             Customs
             were
             most
             of
             them
             Superstitious
             ,
             but
             they
             
             held
             nothing
             almost
             in
             so
             great
             reverence
             as
             Water
             :
             It
             might
             not
             lawfully
             be
             soiled
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             with
             a
             foul
             hand
             ;
             but
             to
             piss
             ,
             or
             cast
             rubbish
             ,
             or
             a
             dead
             Carkase
             into
             their
             Rivers
             ,
             was
             a
             kind
             of
             Sacriledge
             .
             They
             had
             many
             Wives
             ,
             and
             more
             Concubines
             ;
             for
             they
             were
             exceeding
             desirous
             of
             increase
             ,
             and
             great
             Rewards
             were
             appointed
             by
             their
             King
             himself
             ,
             for
             him
             that
             could
             most
             augment
             the
             number
             of
             his
             Subjects
             in
             one
             year
             .
             They
             seldom
             entred
             into
             any
             Consultation
             of
             State
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             well
             armed
             themselves
             with
             drink
             ;
             for
             then
             they
             thought
             they
             should
             be
             most
             free
             to
             speak
             what
             they
             most
             thought
             .
             To
             spit
             or
             laugh
             before
             their
             Prince
             ,
             was
             a
             Crime
             well-nigh
             unpardonable
             :
             Some
             say
             that
             they
             bury
             not
             their
             dead
             ,
             but
             cast
             them
             forth
             to
             be
             devoured
             by
             wilde
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             thought
             him
             most
             happy
             which
             was
             soonest
             torn
             to
             mammocks
             :
             the
             rest
             their
             friends
             bewailed
             ,
             as
             such
             who
             had
             lived
             impurely
             ,
             and
             were
             therefore
             by
             this
             sign
             declared
             worthy
             
             of
             Hell
             only
             ,
             without
             any
             Redemption
             .
          
           
             In
             Assyria
             ,
             now
             Arzeram
             stands
             the
             most
             famous
             City
             Ninive
             ,
             near
             the
             River
             Tigris
             ,
             containing
             full
             three
             score
             Miles
             in
             compass
             ;
             they
             had
             a
             Custom
             to
             sell
             their
             Virgins
             ,
             which
             were
             fair
             and
             most
             desired
             ,
             and
             tender
             the
             price
             into
             the
             common
             Treasury
             .
             The
             homelier
             sort
             were
             placed
             in
             Marriage
             with
             that
             Money
             ,
             to
             those
             which
             would
             accept
             of
             them
             for
             gain
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             not
             for
             Beauty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bermudas
             ISLAND
             .
          
           
             THis
             Island
             having
             been
             formerly
             shunned
             by
             Travellers
             as
             most
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             seldom
             seen
             by
             any
             ,
             except
             against
             their
             Wills
             ,
             reputed
             to
             be
             rather
             a
             hold
             and
             habitation
             of
             Devils
             ,
             then
             any
             fit
             place
             for
             men
             to
             abide
             in
             ;
             was
             discovered
             by
             Sir
             
               John
               Gates
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               George
               Sommers
            
             in
             the
             year
             1609.
             they
             found
             there
             in
             great
             abundance
             .
          
           
           
             Fish
             ,
             Fowl
             ,
             Hogs
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             for
             sustenance
             of
             Man
             :
             but
             no
             people
             ,
             nor
             any
             kind
             of
             Cattel
             ;
             Sir
             John
             ,
             and
             Sir
             George
             having
             with
             them
             150
             Men
             ,
             abode
             there
             nine
             Months
             :
             Most
             of
             these
             Men
             afterwards
             returning
             for
             England
             ,
             and
             making
             it
             known
             to
             the
             Virginia
             .
             Company
             ,
             obtained
             a
             Charter
             from
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             so
             hold
             it
             .
             In
             Mr.
             
               Richard
               Moor
            
             the
             Governours
             time
             ,
             he
             having
             spent
             three
             years
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             Fortifying
             the
             Country
             ,
             &c.
             
             A
             wonderful
             annoyance
             fell
             out
             by
             silly
             Rats
             :
             These
             Rats
             coming
             at
             the
             first
             out
             of
             a
             Ship
             ,
             few
             in
             number
             ,
             increased
             in
             the
             space
             of
             two
             years
             or
             less
             so
             exceedingly
             ,
             that
             they
             filled
             not
             only
             those
             places
             where
             they
             were
             first
             Landed
             .
             But
             swimming
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             spread
             themselves
             into
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Country
             :
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Island
             ,
             though
             severed
             by
             the
             Sea
             from
             all
             other
             Lands
             ,
             and
             many
             Miles
             distant
             from
             the
             Isles
             where
             the
             Rats
             had
             their
             Original
             ,
             
             but
             was
             pestred
             with
             them
             .
             They
             had
             their
             nests
             almost
             in
             every
             Tree
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             places
             their
             Burrows
             in
             the
             ground
             (
             like
             Connies
             )
             to
             harbour
             in
             ;
             They
             spared
             not
             the
             Fruits
             of
             Plants
             or
             Trees
             ,
             neither
             the
             Plants
             themselves
             ,
             but
             eat
             them
             up
             .
             When
             we
             had
             set
             our
             Corn
             ,
             they
             would
             commonly
             come
             by
             troops
             the
             night
             following
             ,
             or
             so
             soon
             as
             it
             began
             to
             grow
             ,
             and
             dig
             it
             up
             again
             .
             If
             by
             diligent
             watching
             any
             of
             it
             were
             preserved
             till
             it
             came
             to
             earing
             ,
             it
             should
             then
             very
             hardly
             scape
             them
             ;
             yea
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             very
             difficult
             matter
             after
             they
             had
             it
             in
             their
             Houses
             ,
             to
             save
             it
             from
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             became
             noy
             some
             even
             to
             the
             persons
             of
             Men.
             They
             used
             all
             diligence
             for
             the
             destroyng
             of
             them
             ,
             nourishing
             many
             Cats
             wild
             and
             tame
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             they
             used
             Ratsbane
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             set
             fire
             on
             the
             Woods
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             fire
             might
             run
             half
             a
             Mile
             or
             more
             before
             it
             were
             extinct
             .
             Every
             Man
             in
             the
             Country
             was
             enjoyned
             to
             set
             twelve
             traps
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             set
             
             near
             a
             hundred
             ,
             which
             they
             visited
             twice
             or
             thrice
             in
             a
             night
             ;
             they
             trained
             up
             their
             Dogs
             to
             hunt
             them
             ,
             wherein
             they
             grew
             so
             expert
             ,
             that
             a
             good
             Dog
             in
             two
             of
             three
             hours
             space
             ,
             would
             kill
             forty
             or
             fifty
             Rats
             :
             and
             other
             means
             they
             used
             to
             destroy
             them
             ,
             but
             could
             not
             prevail
             ,
             finding
             them
             still
             to
             increase
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             continued
             with
             them
             till
             almost
             to
             the
             end
             of
             Captain
             Tuckers
             time
             (
             who
             was
             then
             Governour
             )
             but
             towards
             the
             end
             of
             his
             time
             it
             pleased
             God
             (
             by
             what
             means
             it
             is
             not
             well
             known
             )
             to
             take
             them
             away
             ;
             
             insomuch
             that
             Wild
             Cats
             and
             many
             Dogs
             that
             lived
             on
             them
             were
             famished
             :
             Some
             have
             attributed
             this
             destruction
             of
             them
             to
             the
             encrease
             of
             Wild
             Cats
             ,
             some
             to
             one
             thing
             ,
             some
             to
             another
             ;
             though
             none
             could
             positively
             conclude
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             .
             It
             remaineth
             then
             ,
             as
             we
             know
             God
             doth
             sometimes
             effect
             his
             will
             without
             subordinate
             and
             secondary
             causes
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             
             against
             them
             :
             So
             we
             need
             not
             doubt
             but
             that
             in
             the
             speedy
             increase
             and
             spreading
             of
             these
             Vermine
             ,
             as
             also
             in
             the
             preservation
             of
             so
             many
             of
             them
             by
             such
             weak
             means
             as
             they
             then
             enjoyed
             ,
             and
             especially
             in
             the
             suddain
             removal
             of
             this
             great
             annoyance
             there
             was
             joyned
             with
             ,
             and
             besides
             the
             ordinary
             and
             manifest
             means
             ,
             a
             more
             immediate
             and
             secret
             work
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             In
             the
             Sommer
             Islands
             .
          
           
             THere
             is
             the
             Tortoys
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             a
             Turckle
             ,
             which
             having
             some
             affinity
             and
             resemblance
             with
             Fishes
             ,
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             Fowls
             ;
             They
             are
             in
             the
             shape
             of
             their
             body
             like
             a
             Crab-fish
             ,
             and
             have
             four
             fins
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             great
             as
             three
             or
             four
             men
             can
             carry
             ,
             the
             upper
             part
             of
             them
             is
             covered
             with
             a
             great
             shell
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             a
             Galley
             patch
             ,
             weighing
             about
             half
             a
             hundred
             weight
             ,
             the
             Flesh
             that
             cleaveth
             to
             the
             inside
             of
             this
             being
             Roasted
             against
             the
             Fier
             ,
             is
             
             excellent
             Meat
             ,
             almost
             like
             the
             Marrow
             of
             Beef
             ,
             but
             the
             shell
             it self
             harder
             then
             horn
             ;
             she
             hath
             also
             a
             shell
             on
             her
             belly
             not
             so
             hard
             ,
             but
             being
             boyled
             it
             becometh
             soft
             ,
             like
             the
             sinews
             or
             gristle
             of
             Beef
             ,
             and
             good
             Meat
             .
             These
             live
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             spending
             the
             Spring
             time
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             Sommer
             about
             these
             Islands
             ,
             but
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             is
             not
             known
             where
             .
             They
             are
             like
             to
             Fowl
             in
             respect
             of
             smallness
             ,
             and
             fashion
             of
             their
             heads
             and
             necks
             ,
             which
             are
             wrinckled
             like
             a
             Turkies
             ,
             but
             white
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             sharp
             Billed
             .
             They
             also
             breed
             their
             young
             of
             Eggs
             which
             th●y
             lay
             .
             They
             resemble
             Beasts
             ,
             in
             that
             their
             flesh
             is
             like
             Veal
             ,
             but
             more
             hard
             and
             solid
             ,
             and
             they
             feed
             always
             upon
             grass
             growing
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             water
             ;
             neither
             can
             they
             abide
             any
             longer
             under
             water
             then
             they
             hold
             their
             breath
             ,
             which
             the
             old
             ones
             will
             do
             long
             ,
             but
             the
             young
             ones
             being
             chased
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             cannot
             continue
             two
             Minutes
             without
             coming
             up
             to
             breathe
             .
             Shortly
             after
             their
             first
             coming
             in
             ,
             the
             Male
             and
             Female
             
             couple
             ,
             which
             is
             there
             called
             Cooting
             ;
             this
             they
             continue
             some
             three
             days
             together
             ,
             during
             which
             time
             ,
             they
             will
             scarce
             separate
             though
             a
             Boat
             come
             to
             them
             ,
             nor
             hardly
             when
             they
             are
             smitten
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             ,
             the
             she
             Turckle
             comes
             up
             by
             night
             upon
             some
             sandy
             Bay
             ,
             and
             further
             up
             then
             the
             water
             useth
             to
             flow
             ,
             she
             digs
             a
             hole
             with
             her
             Fin
             in
             the
             sand
             some
             two
             foot
             deep
             ,
             and
             there
             coming
             up
             several
             nights
             lays
             her
             Eggs
             ;
             some
             half
             a
             bushel
             (
             which
             are
             about
             the
             bigness
             of
             a
             Hens
             Egg
             ,
             and
             round
             as
             a
             Ball
             ,
             and
             ●●ch
             time
             covers
             them
             with
             sand
             very
             curiously
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             Man
             shall
             hardly
             find
             the
             place
             .
             These
             Eggs
             (
             as
             it
             seems
             )
             are
             afterwards
             hatched
             by
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             then
             by
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             (
             the
             means
             as
             yet
             unknown
             )
             are
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             for
             they
             could
             never
             perceive
             that
             she
             returns
             any
             more
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             likelihood
             they
             remain
             not
             long
             in
             the
             Earth
             after
             they
             are
             hatched
             ,
             because
             (
             as
             is
             before
             said
             )
             they
             cannot
             live
             
             without
             breathing
             .
             Sometimes
             is
             seen
             the
             young
             ones
             no
             bigger
             then
             a
             Mans
             hand
             ,
             which
             some
             Fish
             will
             devour
             .
             They
             grow
             slowly
             ,
             and
             seem
             to
             have
             a
             very
             long
             life
             ;
             they
             'l
             sleep
             on
             the
             top
             of
             the
             Water
             ,
             and
             were
             wont
             to
             sleep
             often
             on
             the
             Land
             ,
             till
             the
             Country
             was
             peopled
             ;
             they
             will
             also
             live
             out
             of
             the
             Water
             some
             three
             weeks
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             Meat
             ,
             but
             mourn
             and
             pine
             away
             ,
             they
             are
             very
             witty
             .
             Being
             on
             the
             Land
             turned
             upon
             their
             backs
             ,
             they
             can
             no
             more
             without
             some
             help
             or
             advantage
             recover
             themselves
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             when
             they
             come
             on
             shore
             to
             lay
             their
             Eggs
             ,
             they
             are
             easily
             taken
             ,
             as
             also
             they
             are
             when
             they
             are
             Cooting
             .
             But
             otherwise
             they
             take
             them
             for
             the
             most
             part
             by
             night
             ,
             making
             a
             great
             light
             in
             a
             Boat
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             will
             sometimes
             swim
             ,
             and
             seldom
             shun
             ;
             so
             that
             a
             Man
             standing
             ready
             with
             a
             staffe
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             at
             one
             end
             of
             which
             he
             hath
             a
             Socket
             ,
             wherein
             is
             an
             Iron
             less
             then
             a
             Mans
             finger
             ,
             four-square
             and
             sharp
             ,
             with
             a
             
             line
             fastned
             to
             it
             ,
             he
             striketh
             this
             Iron
             into
             the
             upper
             shell
             of
             the
             Turckle
             ,
             it
             strikes
             so
             fast
             ,
             that
             after
             she
             hath
             a
             little
             tyred
             her self
             by
             swimming
             to
             and
             fro
             she
             is
             taken
             by
             it
             .
             They
             will
             live
             ,
             the
             head
             being
             cut
             off
             four
             and
             twenty
             hours
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             you
             cut
             the
             flesh
             with
             a
             knife
             ,
             or
             touch
             it
             ,
             it
             will
             tremble
             and
             shrink
             away
             .
             There
             is
             no
             meat
             will
             keep
             longer
             either
             fresh
             or
             salt
             .
          
        
         
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Description
             of
             Great
             Britain
             ,
             these
             Stories
             following
             are
             Remarkable
             and
             Pleasant
             .
          
           
             BRitain
             seated
             in
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             hath
             her
             praises
             in
             honourable
             Eulogies
             :
             That
             Britain
             is
             the
             Seas
             High
             Admiral
             ,
             and
             the
             Fortunate
             Island
             ,
             whose
             Air
             is
             more
             temperate
             then
             France
             ;
             whose
             Soil
             bringeth
             forth
             all
             Grain
             in
             abundance
             ,
             whose
             Seas
             produce
             Orient
             Pearl
             ,
             whose
             Fields
             are
             the
             
             seat
             of
             a
             Summer
             Queen
             ;
             her
             wildest
             parts
             free
             from
             wild
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             her
             chief
             City
             worthily
             named
             Augusta
             :
             So
             as
             we
             may
             truly
             say
             with
             the
             Psalmist
             ,
             
               Our
               Lives
               are
               fallen
               in
               pleasant
               places
               ;
               Yea
               ,
               we
               have
               a
               fair
               Inheritance
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               the
               Praise
               of
               this
               Island
               ,
               are
               these
               following
               Verses
               .
            
             
               England
               ,
               fierce
               Land
               ,
               Worlds
               Angle
               ,
               fertile
               Art
               ,
            
             
               Rich
               Isle
               ,
               thou
               needst
               no
               other
               Countries
               Mart
               ;
            
             
               Each
               other
               Country
               yet
               thy
               succour
               needs
               .
            
             
               England
               ,
               Joyes
               Land
               ,
               be
               free
               and
               Joyous
               long
            
             
               Free
               Race
               ,
               free
               Grace
               ,
               free
               kind
               ,
               free
               Mind
               and
               Tongue
               ,
            
             
               Tet
               hands
               pass
               tongues
               for
               free
               and
               Glorious
               Deeds
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               KENT
               .
            
             
               DOver
               with
               the
               Castle
               is
               accounted
               by
               
                 Mathew
                 Paris
              
               the
               Monk
               ,
               the
               Lock
               and
               Key
               to
               the
               whole
               Realm
               of
               England
               ,
               fatal
               for
               the
               death
               of
               King
               Stephen
               ,
               and
               surrender
               of
               King
               John
               therein
               hapning
               .
            
             
               An
               accident
               hapned
               in
               the
               year
               1586.
               the
               fourth
               day
               of
               August
               ,
               in
               this
               County
               at
               Mottingham
               ,
               a
               Town
               8
               miles
               distant
               from
               London
               ,
               suddenly
               the
               ground
               began
               to
               sink
               ,
               and
               three
               great
               Elms
               thereon
               growing
               ,
               were
               carryed
               so
               deep
               into
               the
               bowels
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               that
               no
               part
               of
               them
               could
               any
               more
               be
               seen
               ;
               the
               hole
               left
               in
               compass
               fourscore
               yards
               about
               ,
               and
               a
               line
               of
               50
               fathams
               plummed
               into
               it
               doth
               find
               no
               bottom
               .
            
             
               The
               City
               of
               Canterbury
               hath
               been
               honoured
               with
               the
               Presence
               and
               Coronations
               of
               King
               John
               ,
               and
               Queen
               Isabel
               his
               Wife
               ;
               with
               the
               Marriages
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               third
               ,
               and
               of
               King
               Edward
               
               the
               first
               ;
               and
               with
               the
               Interments
               of
               Edward
               the
               Black
               Prince
               ,
               King
               Henry
               the
               fourth
               ,
               and
               of
               Queen
               Joan
               his
               Wife
               :
               King
               Stephen
               and
               Maud
               his
               Queen
               was
               buryed
               at
               Feversham
               .
            
          
           
             
               SUSSEX
               .
            
             
               A
               Battel
               was
               fought
               at
               Battle
               ,
               when
               the
               hazard
               of
               England
               was
               tryed
               in
               one
               days
               fight
               ,
               and
               Harold
               the
               King
               gave
               place
               to
               his
               Conqueror
               by
               losing
               his
               life
               among
               sixty
               seven
               thousand
               ,
               nine
               hundred
               seventy
               four
               English
               men
               besides
               ;
               whose
               bloud
               so
               spilt
               ,
               gave
               name
               to
               the
               place
               in
               French
               ,
               
                 Sangue
                 Lac.
              
               And
               the
               Soil
               after
               Rain
               becoming
               of
               a
               reddish
               colour
               ,
               caused
               William
               of
               Newbery
               to
               write
               ,
               that
               if
               there
               fell
               any
               small
               sweet
               showers
               in
               the
               place
               where
               so
               great
               a
               slaughter
               of
               the
               English
               was
               made
               ,
               presently
               sweateth
               forth
               very
               fresh
               bloud
               out
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               evidence
               thereof
               did
               plainly
               declare
               the
               voice
               of
               bloud
               there
               shed
               ,
               and
               cryed
               
               still
               from
               the
               Earth
               unto
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               William
               the
               Bastard
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Normandy
               ,
               making
               his
               claim
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               England
               ,
               by
               Affinity
               ,
               Adoption
               ,
               and
               Promise
               ,
               arrived
               at
               a
               Port
               in
               Sussex
               called
               Pensey
               ,
               with
               896
               ships
               furnished
               for
               War
               the
               28
               th
               .
               of
               September
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1066.
               
               And
               the
               14th
               .
               of
               October
               following
               being
               Saturday
               ,
               near
               Hastings
               in
               the
               same
               County
               joyned
               Battel
               with
               Harold
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Field
               Valiantly
               fighting
               ,
               was
               there
               slain
               by
               the
               shot
               of
               an
               Arrow
               into
               his
               brains
               ,
               and
               with
               him
               dyed
               his
               two
               Brethren
               ,
               and
               67974
               men
               besides
               .
               The
               place
               where
               they
               fought
               ,
               ever
               since
               doth
               in
               Memory
               thereof
               bear
               the
               name
               of
               Battel
               ,
               where
               the
               Heptarchy
               of
               the
               Saxons
               was
               brought
               to
               their
               last
               Period
               .
               Having
               all
               their
               Laws
               altered
               ,
               their
               Nobles
               displaced
               ,
               and
               all
               men
               disherited
               ,
               all
               seized
               into
               the
               Normans
               hand
               ,
               who
               made
               himself
               Lord
               of
               all
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               day
               of
               Christ
               ,
               his
               Nativity
               in
               the
               same
               year
               ,
               was
               Crowned
               at
               Westminster
               King
               of
               
               England
               ,
               which
               he
               governed
               the
               space
               of
               20
               years
               ,
               8
               Months
               ,
               and
               16
               days
               .
            
             
               But
               Places
               of
               other
               Note
               in
               this
               County
               is
               ,
               that
               from
               Basham
               ,
               Earl
               Harold
               taking
               the
               Sea
               for
               his
               delight
               ,
               in
               a
               small
               Boat
               was
               driven
               upon
               the
               Coast
               of
               Normandy
               ,
               where
               by
               Duke
               William
               he
               was
               retained
               ,
               till
               he
               had
               sworn
               to
               make
               him
               King
               after
               Edward
               Confessors
               Death
               :
               which
               Oath
               being
               broken
               ,
               the
               Bastard
               arrived
               at
               Pensey
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               Sword
               revenged
               that
               perjury
               .
            
          
           
             
               SURREY
               .
            
             
               THis
               County
               is
               stored
               with
               many
               Princely
               Houses
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               five
               of
               His
               Majesties
               so
               Magnificently
               built
               ,
               that
               of
               some
               she
               may
               well
               say
               ,
               no
               Shire
               hath
               none
               such
               ,
               as
               is
               None-such
               indeed
               .
               And
               were
               not
               Richmond
               a
               fatal
               place
               of
               Englands
               best
               Princes
               ,
               it
               might
               in
               Esteem
               be
               ranked
               with
               the
               Richest
               :
               For
               therein
               dyed
               the
               great
               Conqueror
               of
               France
               ,
               King
               Edward
               the
               third
               ,
               the
               
               beautiful
               Anne
               Daughter
               to
               Charls
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               Emperour
               ,
               and
               intirely
               beloved
               Wife
               to
               King
               Richard
               the
               second
               ;
               the
               most
               wise
               Prince
               ,
               King
               Henry
               the
               seventh
               ,
               and
               the
               Barest
               of
               her
               Sex
               ,
               the
               Mirrour
               of
               Princes
               ,
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               the
               Worlds
               Love
               ,
               and
               Subjects
               Joy.
               
            
             
               In
               Chertsey
               Abbey
               King
               Henry
               the
               sixth
               ,
               who
               was
               deposed
               and
               made
               away
               in
               the
               Tower
               of
               London
               ,
               was
               first
               Interred
               without
               all
               Funeral
               Pomp
               ;
               but
               for
               his
               holy
               life
               was
               imputed
               a
               Saint
               :
               and
               lastly
               translated
               ,
               and
               Intombed
               at
               Windsor
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hant-shire
               .
            
             
               NEar
               Ringwood
               ,
               from
               God
               and
               peoples
               service
               ,
               to
               Beast
               and
               Luxury
               ,
               thirty
               six
               Parish
               Churches
               were
               converted
               and
               pulled
               down
               by
               the
               Conqueror
               ,
               and
               thirty
               miles
               of
               circuit
               inforrested
               for
               his
               Game
               of
               Hunting
               .
               Wherein
               his
               Sons
               ,
               Richard
               and
               Rufus
               ,
               with
               Henry
               the
               second
               son
               to
               Duke
               Robert
               
               his
               first
               ,
               felt
               by
               hasty
               death
               the
               hand
               of
               Justice
               and
               Revenge
               :
               For
               in
               the
               same
               Forrest
               ,
               Richard
               by
               a
               blasting
               of
               a
               pestilent
               Air
               ,
               Rufus
               by
               a
               shot
               taken
               for
               a
               Beast
               ,
               and
               Henry
               as
               Absalom
               hanged
               by
               a
               bough
               ,
               came
               to
               their
               untimely
               ends
               .
               At
               so
               dear
               a
               rate
               the
               pleasure
               of
               Dogs
               ,
               and
               harbour
               for
               Beasts
               were
               bought
               in
               the
               bloud
               of
               these
               Princes
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               City
               of
               Winchester
               was
               Richard
               and
               Rufus
               Interred
               ,
               their
               bones
               by
               Bishop
               Fox
               were
               gathered
               and
               shrined
               in
               little
               gilt
               Coffers
               fixed
               upon
               a
               wall
               in
               the
               Quire
               ,
               where
               still
               they
               remain
               carefully
               preserved
               .
            
             
               The
               Wars
               betwixt
               Maud
               the
               Empress
               ,
               intituled
               Lady
               of
               England
               ,
               unto
               whom
               all
               the
               Nobility
               had
               sworn
               Allegiance
               .
               And
               King
               Stephen
               Earl
               of
               Bolloign
               her
               Cousin
               German
               ;
               was
               prosecuted
               with
               such
               variable
               Fortunes
               in
               many
               conflicts
               on
               both
               parts
               ,
               that
               Stephen
               himself
               was
               by
               her
               taken
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               retained
               in
               Irons
               with
               other
               extremities
               used
               .
               But
               the
               success
               of
               War
               altering
               ,
               
               Maud
               the
               Empress
               to
               save
               her
               own
               life
               ,
               adventured
               through
               the
               Host
               of
               her
               Enemy
               ,
               laid
               in
               a
               Coffin
               fained
               to
               be
               dead
               ,
               and
               so
               was
               carryed
               in
               a
               Horse-Litter
               from
               Winchester
               to
               
                 Lutegershall
                 Vices
              
               ,
               and
               Glocester
               ,
               and
               thence
               to
               Oxford
               ,
               whence
               the
               year
               following
               she
               escaped
               as
               dangerously
               by
               deceiving
               the
               Scout
               Watch
               in
               a
               deep
               Snow
               ,
               Anno
               1141.
               
            
          
           
             
               Wight
               Island
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               reported
               that
               in
               the
               year
               1176.
               and
               twenty
               three
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               second
               ,
               that
               in
               this
               Island
               it
               rained
               a
               shower
               of
               bloud
               ,
               which
               continued
               for
               the
               space
               of
               two
               hours
               together
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               wonder
               and
               amazement
               of
               the
               people
               that
               beheld
               it
               with
               fear
               .
            
          
           
             
               Devonshire
               .
            
             
               FRom
               the
               Port
               of
               Plymouth
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Drake
              
               ,
               that
               potent
               Man
               at
               Sea
               setting
               forth
               in
               the
               year
               1577.
               
               In
               the
               
               space
               of
               two
               years
               and
               ten
               Months
               did
               compass
               the
               circle
               of
               the
               Earth
               by
               Sea.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Holland
              
               ,
               Grand-Child
               to
               
                 John
                 Holland
              
               ,
               half
               Brother
               to
               King
               Richard
               the
               second
               ,
               siding
               with
               Lancaster
               against
               Edward
               the
               fourth
               ,
               whose
               Sister
               was
               his
               Wife
               ,
               was
               driven
               to
               such
               misery
               as
               it
               is
               reported
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               seen
               all
               torn
               and
               bare-footed
               to
               beg
               his
               living
               in
               the
               Low-Countries
               :
               and
               lastly
               his
               body
               was
               cast
               upon
               the
               shore
               of
               Kent
               (
               as
               if
               he
               had
               perished
               by
               shipwrack
               :
               )
               so
               uncertain
               is
               Fortune
               in
               her
               endowments
               ,
               and
               the
               state
               of
               Man
               ,
               notwithstanding
               his
               great
               Birth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cornwall
               .
            
             
               BEsides
               the
               abundance
               of
               Fish
               that
               do
               suffice
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               the
               Pilchard
               is
               taken
               ,
               who
               in
               great
               Skuls
               swarm
               about
               the
               Coast
               :
               whence
               being
               transported
               to
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Spain
              
               ,
               and
               Italy
               ,
               yield
               a
               yearly
               Revenue
               of
               gain
               unto
               Cornwall
               .
               There
               are
               Rocks
               that
               are
               not
               destitute
               
               of
               Gold
               nor
               Silver
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               Diamonds
               shaped
               and
               pointed
               Angle-wise
               ,
               and
               smoothed
               by
               nature
               her self
               ,
               whereof
               some
               are
               as
               big
               as
               Walnuts
               ,
               inferiour
               to
               the
               Orient
               only
               in
               blackness
               and
               hardness
               .
            
             
               Memorable
               matters
               for
               Antiquity
               and
               strangeness
               of
               sight
               ,
               are
               these
               ,
               at
               Boskenna
               ,
               is
               a
               Trophy
               erected
               ,
               which
               are
               eighteen
               stones
               placed
               round
               in
               compass
               ,
               and
               pitched
               twelve
               foot
               each
               from
               others
               ,
               with
               another
               far
               bigger
               in
               the
               very
               center
               .
               These
               do
               shew
               some
               Victory
               there
               attained
               either
               by
               the
               Romans
               ,
               or
               else
               King
               Athelstone
               .
               At
               the
               foot
               of
               the
               Rocks
               near
               unto
               St.
               Michaels
               Mount
               ,
               in
               the
               Memory
               of
               our
               Fathers
               were
               digged
               up
               Spear-heads
               ,
               Axes
               ,
               and
               Swords
               of
               Brass
               wrapped
               in
               Linne
               ,
               the
               Weapons
               that
               the
               Cimbrians
               and
               ancient
               Britains
               anciently
               used
               .
            
             
               There
               also
               the
               Wring-Cheese
               doth
               shew
               it self
               ,
               which
               are
               huge
               Rocks
               heaped
               one
               upon
               another
               ,
               and
               the
               lowest
               of
               them
               the
               least
               ,
               fashioned
               like
               a
               Cheese
               
               lying
               pressed
               under
               the
               rest
               of
               those
               Hills
               ,
               which
               seemeth
               very
               dangerous
               to
               be
               passed
               under
               .
               But
               near
               to
               Pensans
               ,
               and
               unto
               Mounts-bay
               ,
               a
               far
               more
               strange
               Rock
               standeth
               ;
               namely
               ,
               Main-Amber
               ,
               which
               lyeth
               mounted
               upon
               others
               of
               meaner
               size
               ,
               with
               so
               equal
               a
               counterpoize
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               may
               move
               it
               with
               the
               push
               of
               his
               finger
               ;
               but
               no
               strength
               remove
               it
               out
               of
               his
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sommerset-shire
               .
            
             
               THis
               Country
               ,
               besides
               other
               Commodities
               in
               some
               places
               is
               inriched
               by
               Lead-mines
               ,
               which
               yields
               great
               Plenty
               ,
               the
               most
               Marchantable
               Commodity
               that
               is
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               vented
               into
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               World
               :
               Some
               places
               are
               beautified
               with
               Diamonds
               ,
               as
               St.
               Vincent
               Rock
               ,
               whereof
               there
               is
               great
               plenty
               ,
               and
               so
               bright
               of
               colour
               ,
               as
               they
               might
               equalize
               Indian
               Diamonds
               if
               they
               had
               their
               hardness
               ;
               yet
               being
               so
               many
               ,
               and
               so
               common
               ,
               they
               are
               less
               
               sought
               after
               or
               commended
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               Country
               is
               the
               City
               of
               Bathe
               ,
               which
               takes
               name
               of
               the
               hot
               Baths
               :
               A
               place
               of
               continual
               concourse
               for
               Persons
               of
               all
               degrees
               ,
               and
               almost
               of
               all
               diseases
               :
               who
               by
               Divine
               Providence
               do
               very
               often
               find
               relief
               there
               ,
               the
               Springs
               thereof
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               Mineral
               and
               sulphurous
               passage
               ,
               being
               of
               such
               exceeding
               power
               and
               medicinal
               heat
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               Cure
               and
               Conquer
               the
               rebellions
               stubbornness
               of
               corrupt
               humors
               .
            
             
               At
               Dunstere
               ,
               where
               (
               as
               is
               reported
               )
               a
               great
               Lady
               obtained
               of
               her
               Husband
               so
               much
               Pasture
               Ground
               in
               common
               by
               the
               Town
               side
               ,
               for
               the
               good
               and
               benefit
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               as
               she
               was
               able
               in
               a
               whole
               day
               to
               go
               about
               bare-foot
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wilt-shire
               .
            
             
               SAlisbury
               the
               chief
               City
               ,
               in
               which
               every
               street
               almost
               hath
               a
               River
               running
               thorow
               in
               her
               midst
               .
               The
               Cathedral
               a
               most
               rich
               Magnificent
               Church
               ,
               
               wherein
               are
               as
               many
               Windows
               as
               there
               are
               days
               in
               the
               year
               ,
               as
               many
               cast
               Pillars
               of
               Marble
               ,
               as
               there
               are
               hours
               in
               the
               year
               :
               and
               as
               many
               Gates
               for
               entrance
               ,
               as
               there
               are
               months
               in
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               
                 Aurelius
                 Ambrosus
                 buryed
                 at
                 Stonheng
                 ,
                 Anno
                 500.
                 
              
               
                 THis
                 ancient
                 Monument
                 was
                 erected
                 by
                 Aurelius
                 ,
                 Surnamed
                 Ambrosus
                 King
                 of
                 the
                 Britiains
                 ,
                 whose
                 Nobility
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Vortiger
                 (
                 his
                 Countrys
                 scourge
                 )
                 about
                 the
                 year
                 475.
                 by
                 the
                 Treachery
                 of
                 the
                 Saxons
                 ,
                 on
                 a
                 day
                 of
                 parley
                 were
                 there
                 slaughtered
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 bodys
                 there
                 Interred
                 .
                 In
                 Memory
                 whereof
                 ,
                 this
                 King
                 Aurel
                 caused
                 this
                 Trophy
                 to
                 be
                 set
                 up
                 ,
                 Admirable
                 to
                 Posterities
                 .
                 Both
                 in
                 form
                 and
                 quantity
                 ;
                 the
                 matter
                 thereof
                 are
                 stones
                 in
                 great
                 bigness
                 ,
                 containing
                 twenty
                 eight
                 foot
                 and
                 more
                 in
                 length
                 ,
                 and
                 ten
                 in
                 bredth
                 :
                 these
                 are
                 set
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 by
                 two
                 and
                 two
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 a
                 third
                 laid
                 Gate-wise
                 over-thwart
                 fastn'd
                 with
                 tenons
                 &
                 mortasses
                 wrought
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 which
                 seem
                 very
                 dangerous
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 pass
                 there
                 under
                 .
                 The
                 form
                 is
                 round
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 seemeth
                 hath
                 been
                 circulated
                 with
                 three
                 ranks
                 of
                 these
                 stones
                 :
                 Many
                 whereof
                 are
                 now
                 fallen
                 down
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 uttermost
                 whereof
                 containeth
                 in
                 compass
                 three
                 hundred
                 foot
                 by
                 measure
                 of
                 assize
                 .
                 They
                 all
                 are
                 rough
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 gray
                 colour
                 ,
                 standing
                 within
                 a
                 Trench
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 much
                 deeper
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 place
                 this
                 foresaid
                 King
                 Aurelius
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 Brittish
                 Kings
                 his
                 Successors
                 have
                 been
                 buryed
                 with
                 many
                 more
                 of
                 their
                 Nobility
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 under
                 little
                 banks
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 day
                 are
                 found
                 by
                 digging
                 bones
                 of
                 Mighty
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 Armour
                 of
                 large
                 and
                 ancient
                 fashion
                 .
                 Not
                 far
                 hence
                 is
                 seen
                 the
                 ruins
                 of
                 an
                 old
                 Fortress
                 ,
                 thought
                 by
                 some
                 to
                 be
                 built
                 there
                 by
                 the
                 Romans
                 ,
                 when
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 was
                 possessed
                 by
                 their
                 Emperours
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Bark-shire
               .
            
             
               IN
               Reading
               ,
               in
               the
               Collegiate
               Church
               of
               the
               Abbey
               ,
               King
               Henry
               the
               first
               and
               Queen
               (
               lay
               both
               veiled
               and
               Crowned
               )
               with
               their
               Daughter
               Maud
               the
               Empress
               ,
               called
               the
               Lady
               of
               England
               ,
               were
               Interred
               ,
               as
               the
               private
               History
               of
               the
               place
               avoucheth
               .
            
             
               But
               of
               far
               greater
               Magnificence
               and
               State
               is
               the
               Castle
               of
               Windsor
               :
               A
               most
               Princely
               Pallace
               and
               Mansion
               of
               His
               Majesty
               .
               In
               this
               Castle
               was
               King
               Edward
               the
               third
               born
               ,
               and
               here
               held
               at
               one
               and
               the
               same
               time
               Prisoners
               ,
               John
               King
               of
               France
               ,
               and
               David
               King
               of
               Scotland
               .
               Neither
               was
               it
               ever
               graced
               with
               greater
               Majesty
               then
               by
               the
               Institution
               of
               the
               most
               Honourable
               Order
               of
               the
               Garter
               ,
               the
               invention
               thereof
               some
               ascribe
               to
               be
               from
               a
               Garter
               falling
               from
               his
               Queen
               ,
               or
               rather
               from
               Joan
               Countess
               of
               Salisbury
               ,
               a
               Lady
               of
               an
               uncomparable
               beauty
               ,
               as
               she
               danced
               before
               
               him
               ,
               whereat
               the
               by-standers
               smiling
               ,
               he
               gave
               the
               impress
               to
               check
               all
               evil
               conceits
               :
               and
               in
               Golden
               Letters
               imbellished
               the
               Garter
               with
               this
               French
               Posie
               ;
               
                 Honi
                 Soit
                 Qui
                 Maby
                 Pense
              
               .
               The
               Princely
               Chappel
               of
               Windsor
               is
               graced
               with
               the
               bodies
               of
               Henry
               the
               6
               th
               .
               and
               Edward
               the
               4
               th
               .
               Kings
               of
               England
               ;
               the
               one
               of
               Lancaster
               ,
               the
               other
               of
               York
               ,
               as
               also
               King
               Henry
               the
               8
               th
               .
               lyeth
               there
               Interred
               .
            
             
               Finch-hampsted
               :
               For
               wonder
               inferiour
               to
               none
               ,
               where
               (
               as
               our
               Writers
               do
               witness
               )
               that
               in
               the
               year
               a
               thousand
               one
               hundred
               ,
               a
               Well
               boiled
               up
               with
               streams
               of
               bloud
               ,
               and
               fifteen
               days
               together
               continued
               that
               Spring
               ,
               whose
               Waters
               made
               red
               all
               others
               where
               they
               came
               ;
               to
               the
               great
               amazement
               of
               the
               beholders
               .
            
          
           
             
               Middlesex
               .
            
             
               LOndon
               :
               This
               City
               doth
               shew
               as
               the
               Cedars
               among
               the
               other
               trees
               ,
               being
               the
               seat
               of
               the
               British
               Kings
               ,
               the
               Chamber
               of
               the
               English
               ,
               the
               Model
               
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               the
               Mart
               of
               the
               World.
               For
               thither
               are
               brought
               the
               silk
               of
               Asia
               ,
               the
               spices
               from
               Africa
               ,
               the
               balms
               from
               Grecia
               ,
               and
               the
               riches
               of
               both
               the
               
                 Indies
                 ,
                 East
              
               and
               West
               .
               No
               City
               standing
               so
               long
               in
               Fame
               ,
               nor
               any
               for
               Divine
               and
               Politick
               Government
               may
               with
               her
               be
               compared
               .
            
             
               In
               King
               Johns
               time
               a
               Bridge
               of
               Stone
               was
               made
               over
               Thames
               ,
               upon
               nineteen
               Arches
               ,
               for
               length
               ,
               breadth
               ,
               beauty
               ,
               and
               building
               ,
               the
               like
               again
               cannot
               be
               found
               in
               the
               World.
               
            
          
           
             
               Essex
               .
            
             
               IN
               the
               year
               1581.
               an
               Army
               of
               Mice
               so
               over
               ran
               the
               Marshes
               in
               
                 Deug●y
                 Hundred
              
               ,
               near
               unto
               South-Minster
               in
               this
               County
               ,
               that
               they
               shore
               the
               grass
               to
               the
               very
               roots
               ,
               and
               so
               tainted
               the
               same
               with
               their
               venemous
               teeth
               ,
               that
               a
               great
               Murrain
               fell
               upon
               the
               Cattel
               which
               grazed
               thereon
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               loss
               of
               their
               owners
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Suffolk
               .
            
             
               
                 RAlph
                 Coggeshall
              
               in
               the
               Monuments
               of
               Colchester
               ,
               declareth
               that
               a
               Fish
               in
               all
               parts
               like
               a
               Man
               was
               taken
               near
               Orford
               ,
               and
               for
               six
               Months
               was
               kept
               in
               the
               Castle
               :
               whence
               after
               he
               escaped
               ,
               went
               again
               to
               the
               Sea.
               
            
             
               As
               strange
               ,
               but
               most
               true
               ,
               was
               a
               crop
               of
               Pease
               ,
               that
               without
               tillage
               or
               sowing
               grew
               in
               the
               Rocks
               ,
               betwixt
               this
               Orford
               and
               Aldebrough
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               1555.
               when
               by
               unseasonable
               weather
               a
               great
               dearth
               was
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               there
               in
               August
               were
               gathered
               above
               one
               hundred
               Quarters
               ,
               and
               in
               blossoming
               remained
               as
               many
               more
               ,
               where
               never
               grass
               grew
               ,
               or
               Earth
               ever
               seen
               ,
               but
               hard
               sollid
               Rocks
               three
               yards
               deep
               under
               the
               roots
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hereford-shire
               .
            
             
               AT
               Langley
               in
               this
               Country
               was
               buryed
               Richard
               the
               second
               ,
               that
               unfortunate
               
               King
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Cell
               of
               Fryers
               Preachers
               was
               there
               first
               buryed
               :
               but
               afterwards
               removed
               and
               enshrined
               at
               Westminster
               :
               And
               in
               another
               Langley
               ,
               near
               the
               East
               from
               thence
               was
               born
               that
               Pontifical
               Breakspear
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ,
               known
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Hadrian
               the
               fourth
               (
               and
               famous
               for
               his
               Stirrup-holding
               by
               Frederick
               the
               Emperour
               )
               whose
               breath
               was
               lastly
               stopped
               by
               a
               fly
               that
               flew
               into
               his
               mouth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bedford-shire
               .
            
             
               IN
               the
               year
               1399.
               immediately
               before
               those
               Civil
               Wars
               broke
               out
               between
               the
               Princes
               of
               York
               and
               Lancaster
               .
               The
               River
               Ouse
               near
               unto
               Harwood
               stood
               suddenly
               still
               ,
               and
               refrained
               to
               pass
               any
               further
               ;
               so
               that
               forward
               men
               passed
               three
               miles
               together
               on
               foot
               in
               the
               very
               depth
               of
               her
               channel
               ,
               and
               backwards
               the
               waters
               swelled
               unto
               a
               great
               height
               ,
               which
               was
               observed
               by
               the
               judicious
               ,
               to
               fore-tell
               some
               unkind
               
               division
               that
               shortly
               should
               arise
               .
            
          
           
             
               Buckingham-shire
               .
            
             
               A
               Shridge
               Town
               hath
               been
               in
               great
               repute
               for
               the
               bloud
               (
               supposed
               out
               of
               Christs
               sides
               )
               brought
               out
               of
               Germany
               by
               Henry
               the
               Eldest
               son
               of
               Richard
               King
               of
               the
               Romans
               ,
               and
               Earl
               of
               Cornwal
               ,
               whereunto
               resorted
               great
               concourse
               of
               people
               for
               Devotion
               ,
               and
               Adoration
               thereof
               .
               But
               when
               the
               Sun-shine
               of
               the
               Gospel
               had
               pierced
               through
               such
               clouds
               of
               darkness
               :
               it
               was
               perceived
               apparently
               to
               be
               only
               Honey
               clarified
               and
               coloured
               with
               Saffron
               ,
               as
               was
               openly
               shewed
               at
               Pauls
               Cross
               by
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rochester
               ,
               the
               twenty
               fourth
               of
               February
               ,
               1538.
               
            
          
           
             
               Oxford
               shire
               .
            
             
               MEmorable
               places
               of
               Note
               ,
               either
               for
               Actions
               therein
               happening
               ,
               
               or
               for
               their
               own
               famous
               esteem
               ,
               are
               the
               Roll-rich-stones
               standing
               near
               unto
               Enisham
               ,
               in
               the
               South
               of
               this
               shire
               ,
               a
               Monument
               of
               huge
               stones
               set
               round
               in
               compass
               ,
               in
               manner
               of
               Stone-henge
               ,
               of
               which
               fabulous
               Tradition
               hath
               reported
               for
               sooth
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               Metamorphosed
               from
               men
               ,
               but
               in
               truth
               were
               there
               erected
               upon
               some
               great
               Victory
               obtained
               in
               the
               year
               876.
               
            
             
               Wood-stock
               is
               a
               most
               ancient
               and
               Magnificent
               Pallace
               ,
               built
               to
               that
               glory
               by
               King
               Henry
               the
               first
               ,
               and
               enlarged
               with
               a
               Labyrinth
               of
               many
               windings
               by
               King
               Henry
               the
               second
               ,
               to
               hide
               from
               his
               jealous
               Juno
               ,
               his
               intirely
               beloved
               Concubine
               
                 Rosamond
                 Clifford
              
               ,
               a
               Damosel
               of
               surpassing
               beauty
               ;
               where
               notwithstanding
               ,
               followed
               by
               a
               Clew
               of
               silk
               that
               fell
               from
               her
               lap
               ,
               she
               was
               surprized
               and
               poysoned
               by
               Queen
               Eleanor
               his
               Wife
               :
               and
               was
               buryed
               at
               God-stow
               Nunnery
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Quire
               under
               a
               hearse
               of
               silk
               ,
               set
               about
               with
               lights
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Glocester-shire
               .
            
             
               THe
               Inhabitants
               in
               some
               parts
               of
               this
               shire
               ,
               injoy
               a
               private
               custom
               to
               this
               day
               ,
               that
               the
               Goods
               and
               Lands
               of
               condemned
               persons
               fall
               unto
               the
               Crown
               ,
               but
               only
               for
               a
               year
               and
               a
               day
               ,
               and
               then
               return
               to
               the
               next
               Heirs
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               custom
               of
               all
               England
               besides
               .
            
             
               Glocester
               City
               :
               In
               this
               Church
               the
               unfortunate
               Prince
               ,
               King
               Edward
               the
               second
               under
               a
               Monument
               of
               Alablaster
               doth
               lye
               ,
               who
               being
               murdered
               at
               Barkly
               Castle
               ,
               by
               the
               cruelty
               of
               
                 French
                 Isabel
              
               his
               Wife
               was
               there
               Intombed
               .
               And
               not
               far
               from
               him
               another
               Prince
               as
               unfortunate
               ;
               namely
               ,
               
                 Robert
                 Curthoise
              
               the
               Eldest
               son
               of
               William
               the
               Conquerour
               ,
               lyeth
               in
               a
               painted
               Wooden
               tomb
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Quire
               ,
               whose
               eyes
               were
               pluckt
               out
               in
               Cardiff
               Castle
               ,
               wherein
               he
               was
               kept
               prisoner
               twenty
               six
               years
               ,
               with
               all
               contumelious
               indignities
               ,
               until
               
               through
               extream
               Anguish
               he
               ended
               his
               life
               .
            
             
               Barkley
               Castle
               ,
               where
               King
               Edward
               the
               second
               was
               through
               his
               Fundament
               run
               into
               his
               bowels
               with
               a
               red
               burning
               spit
               .
            
             
               Tewkesbury
               the
               fatal
               period
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               sixth
               his
               Government
               ,
               and
               the
               wound
               of
               the
               Lancastrian
               cause
               ;
               for
               in
               a
               Battel
               there
               fought
               in
               1471.
               
               Prince
               Edward
               the
               only
               Son
               of
               King
               Henry
               ,
               had
               his
               brains
               dashed
               out
               in
               a
               most
               shameful
               manner
               ,
               the
               Queen
               his
               Mother
               taken
               prisoner
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               the
               Favourites
               slain
               and
               beheaded
               .
               And
               at
               Alderley
               a
               little
               Town
               standing
               eight
               miles
               from
               the
               Severn
               ,
               upon
               the
               hills
               to
               this
               day
               are
               found
               Cockles
               ,
               Periwinckles
               ,
               and
               Oisters
               of
               sollid
               stone
               :
               which
               whether
               they
               have
               been
               shell-fish
               and
               living
               Creatures
               ,
               or
               else
               the
               sports
               of
               Nature
               in
               her
               Works
               .
               Let
               the
               Natural
               Philosophers
               dispute
               and
               Judge
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Hereford-shire
            
             
               OF
               rare
               Note
               in
               this
               shire
               are
               said
               to
               be
               Bone-well
               ,
               a
               Spring
               not
               far
               from
               Richards
               Castle
               ,
               wherein
               are
               continually
               found
               little
               fishes
               bones
               ,
               but
               not
               a
               fin
               seen
               :
               and
               being
               wholly
               cleansed
               thereof
               ,
               will
               notwithstanding
               have
               again
               the
               like
               ,
               whether
               naturally
               produced
               ,
               or
               in
               veins
               thither
               brought
               ,
               no
               man
               knoweth
               .
            
             
               But
               more
               admirable
               was
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Omnipotent
               in
               the
               year
               1571.
               
               When
               the
               Macley-Hill
               in
               the
               East
               of
               the
               shire
               rouzed
               it self
               out
               of
               a
               dead
               sleep
               ,
               with
               a
               roaring
               noise
               removed
               from
               the
               place
               where
               it
               stood
               ,
               and
               for
               three
               days
               together
               travelled
               from
               her
               first
               site
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               amazement
               and
               fear
               of
               the
               beholders
               :
               It
               began
               to
               journey
               upon
               the
               7
               th
               .
               day
               of
               February
               ,
               being
               Saturday
               ,
               at
               six
               of
               the
               Clock
               at
               night
               ,
               and
               by
               seven
               the
               next
               morning
               had
               gone
               forty
               paces
               ,
               carrying
               with
               it
               
               sheep
               in
               their
               Coats
               ,
               hedge-rows
               ,
               and
               trees
               ,
               whereof
               some
               were
               over-turned
               ,
               and
               some
               that
               stood
               upon
               the
               Plain
               ,
               are
               firmly
               growing
               upon
               the
               Hill
               ;
               those
               that
               were
               East
               were
               turned
               West
               ,
               and
               those
               in
               the
               West
               were
               set
               in
               the
               East
               :
               in
               which
               remove
               it
               overthrew
               Kinnaston
               Chappel
               ,
               and
               turned
               two
               High-ways
               near
               a
               hundred
               yards
               from
               their
               usual
               place
               ,
               paths
               formerly
               trod
               .
               The
               ground
               thus
               travelling
               ,
               was
               about
               twenty
               six
               Acres
               ,
               which
               opening
               her self
               with
               Rocks
               and
               all
               ,
               bare
               the
               Earth
               before
               it
               four
               hundred
               yards
               space
               without
               any
               stay
               ,
               leaving
               that
               which
               was
               Pasturage
               in
               place
               of
               the
               Tillage
               ,
               and
               the
               Tillage
               over-spread
               with
               Pasturage
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               over-whelmed
               her
               lower
               parts
               ,
               mounted
               to
               an
               Hill
               of
               twelve
               Fathoms
               high
               ,
               and
               there
               rested
               her self
               after
               three
               days
               travel
               ;
               remaining
               his
               mark
               ,
               that
               so
               laid
               his
               hand
               upon
               this
               Rock
               ,
               whose
               power
               hath
               poysed
               the
               Hills
               in
               his
               ballance
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Worcester-shire
               .
            
             
               IN
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Quire
               in
               St.
               Marys
               Church
               in
               Worcester
               City
               ,
               resteth
               the
               body
               of
               King
               John
               (
               the
               great
               withstander
               of
               the
               Popes
               proceedings
               )
               under
               a
               Monument
               of
               white
               Marble
               in
               Princely
               Vestures
               ,
               with
               his
               Portraiture
               thereon
               according
               to
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               Warwick-shire
               .
            
             
               COventry
               City
               :
               The
               Citizens
               having
               highly
               offended
               their
               first
               Lord
               Leofrick
               ,
               had
               their
               privileges
               infringed
               ,
               and
               themselves
               oppressed
               with
               many
               heavy
               Tributes
               ,
               whose
               Wife
               Lady
               Godiva
               pitying
               their
               Estates
               ,
               uncessantly
               sued
               for
               their
               Peace
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               such
               importunacy
               ,
               as
               hardly
               could
               be
               said
               whether
               was
               greater
               ,
               his
               hatred
               ,
               or
               her
               love
               ;
               at
               last
               over-come
               with
               her
               continual
               intercessions
               ,
               he
               granted
               her
               suit
               upon
               an
               uncivil
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               he
               thought
               )
               
               an
               unacceptable
               condition
               (
               which
               was
               )
               that
               she
               should
               Ride
               naked
               through
               the
               face
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               that
               openly
               at
               high
               Noon-day
               :
               This
               notwithstanding
               she
               thankfully
               accepted
               ,
               and
               performed
               the
               Act
               accordingly
               injoyed
               ;
               for
               this
               Lady
               Godiva
               stripping
               her self
               of
               all
               rich
               attire
               ,
               let
               loose
               the
               tresses
               of
               her
               fair
               hair
               ,
               which
               on
               every
               side
               so
               covered
               her
               nakedness
               ,
               that
               no
               part
               of
               her
               body
               was
               uncivil
               to
               sight
               :
               whereby
               she
               redeemed
               the
               former
               freedom
               ,
               and
               remissions
               of
               such
               heavy
               Tributes
               .
            
             
               At
               Gofford
               Gate
               in
               Coventry
               ,
               did
               hang
               the
               shield-bone
               of
               a
               Wild-bore
               ,
               far
               bigger
               then
               the
               greatest
               Ox
               bone
               :
               with
               whose
               snout
               the
               great
               pit
               called
               Swanswell
               was
               turned
               up
               ,
               and
               was
               slain
               by
               the
               famous
               Guy
               .
            
             
               At
               Leamington
               ,
               far
               from
               the
               Sea
               ,
               a
               Spring
               of
               Salt
               water
               boileth
               up
               ,
               and
               
                 Newenham
                 Regis
              
               most
               soveraign
               water
               against
               the
               Stone
               ,
               green
               Wounds
               ,
               Ulcers
               ,
               and
               Impostumes
               ,
               and
               drank
               with
               Salt
               looseth
               ,
               but
               with
               Sugar
               bindeth
               
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               turneth
               Wood
               into
               Stone
               .
            
          
           
             
               Northampton-shire
               .
            
             
               NOtwithstanding
               the
               simple
               and
               gentle
               sheep
               ,
               of
               all
               Creatures
               the
               most
               harmless
               :
               are
               now
               become
               so
               Ravenous
               ,
               that
               they
               begin
               to
               devour
               men
               ,
               waste
               fields
               ,
               and
               depopulate
               houses
               ;
               if
               not
               whole
               Town-ships
               ,
               as
               one
               merrily
               hath
               written
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rutland-shire
               .
            
             
               NEar
               the
               Lord
               Harringtons
               house
               Burley
               ,
               standeth
               Okham
               a
               fair
               Market-town
               ,
               which
               Lordship
               the
               said
               Lord
               Baron
               enjoyeth
               ,
               with
               a
               Royalty
               somewhat
               extraordinary
               ,
               which
               is
               this
               :
               If
               any
               Noble
               by
               birth
               come
               within
               the
               precinct
               of
               the
               same
               Lordship
               ,
               he
               shall
               forfeit
               as
               an
               homage
               a
               shooe
               from
               the
               Horse
               whereon
               he
               rideth
               ,
               unless
               he
               redeem
               it
               at
               a
               price
               with
               Money
               .
               In
               witness
               
               whereof
               ,
               there
               are
               many
               Horse-shooes
               nailed
               upon
               the
               Shire-hall
               door
               ,
               some
               of
               large
               size
               and
               ancient
               fashion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Leicester-shire
               .
            
             
               KIng
               Richard
               the
               third
               ,
               (
               vid.
               )
               Crouch-back
               Richard
               the
               Usurper
               ,
               who
               from
               the
               City
               of
               Leicester
               set
               forth
               in
               one
               day
               in
               great
               Pomp
               ,
               and
               in
               battel-aray
               ,
               to
               keep
               the
               Crown
               sure
               upon
               his
               own
               helmet
               in
               a
               sore
               fought
               field
               ,
               yielded
               both
               it
               and
               his
               life
               ,
               unto
               the
               Head
               and
               Hands
               of
               Henry
               of
               Richmond
               his
               Conquerour
               ,
               and
               the
               next
               day
               was
               brought
               back
               like
               a
               Hog
               ,
               naked
               and
               torn
               ,
               and
               with
               contempt
               without
               tears
               obscurely
               buryed
               in
               the
               Gray-Fryers
               in
               this
               City
               ;
               whose
               suppression
               hath
               suppressed
               the
               Plot
               place
               of
               his
               Grave
               ,
               and
               only
               the
               Stone-Chest
               wherein
               he
               was
               laid
               (
               a
               drinking
               trough
               now
               for
               Horses
               in
               a
               common
               Inn
               )
               retaineth
               the
               Memory
               of
               that
               great
               Monarchs
               Funeral
               :
               And
               so
               did
               a
               Stone
               in
               
               the
               Church
               and
               Chappel
               of
               St.
               Maries
               ,
               inclose
               the
               Corps
               of
               the
               proud
               and
               pontifical
               Cardinal
               Wolsey
               ,
               who
               had
               prepared
               for
               himself
               a
               far
               more
               richer
               Monument
               .
            
             
               Lutterworth
               :
               Where
               the
               famous
               
                 John
                 Wickliffe
                 ,
                 Englands
              
               Morning-Star
               ,
               dispersed
               the
               clouds
               of
               all
               Papistical
               darkness
               ,
               by
               preaching
               the
               Gospel
               in
               that
               his
               charge
               ,
               and
               stile
               of
               his
               Pen
               ;
               so
               piercing
               in
               power
               ,
               that
               the
               Man
               of
               sin
               ever
               since
               hath
               been
               better
               known
               to
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lincoln-shire
               .
            
             
               THis
               Country
               affordeth
               great
               Plenty
               of
               Fowl
               and
               Fish
               ,
               exceeding
               any
               other
               in
               the
               Realm
               ,
               wherein
               at
               some
               times
               and
               season
               of
               the
               year
               ,
               hath
               been
               taken
               in
               Nets
               .
               In
               August
               at
               one
               draught
               ,
               above
               three
               thousand
               Mallards
               ,
               and
               other
               Fowls
               of
               the
               like
               kind
               ,
            
             
               At
               Harlaxton
               was
               plowed
               up
               a
               brazen
               Vessel
               ,
               wherein
               was
               inclosed
               a
               Golden
               
               Helmet
               of
               an
               ancient
               fashion
               ,
               set
               with
               precious
               stones
               ,
               which
               was
               presented
               to
               Katherine
               of
               Spain
               ,
               Wife
               and
               Dowager
               to
               King
               Henry
               the
               eight
               .
            
             
               At
               Bullingbrooke
               was
               King
               John
               poysoned
               by
               Simon
               a
               Monk
               of
               S●●nsted
               Abbey
               ,
               and
               of
               Queen
               Eleanor
               ,
               wife
               to
               King
               Edward
               the
               first
               ,
               the
               Mirrour
               of
               Wedlock
               ,
               and
               Love
               to
               the
               Commons
               ,
               who
               at
               Harby
               near
               Bullingbrooke
               ,
               his
               Birth
               place
               ,
               ended
               her
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nottingham-shire
               .
            
             
               IN
               this
               Town
               are
               many
               strange
               Vaults
               hewed
               out
               of
               the
               Rocks
               ,
               and
               those
               under
               the
               Castle
               of
               an
               esp●cial
               note
               ;
               one
               for
               the
               story
               of
               Christs
               passion
               engraven
               in
               the
               Walls
               ,
               and
               cut
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               David
               the
               second
               ,
               King
               of
               Scots
               ,
               whilst
               he
               was
               therein
               detained
               prisoner
               .
               Another
               wherein
               the
               Lord
               Mortimer
               was
               surprized
               in
               the
               Non-age
               of
               King
               Edward
               the
               third
               ever
               since
               bearing
               the
               name
               of
               Mortimers
               Hole
               ;
               
               these
               have
               their
               stairs
               and
               several
               rooms
               made
               artificially
               even
               out
               of
               the
               Rocks
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               that
               Hill
               are
               dwelling
               Houses
               with
               winding
               stairs
               ,
               windows
               ,
               chimneys
               ,
               and
               room
               above
               room
               ,
               wrought
               all
               out
               of
               the
               same
               Rock
               .
            
          
           
             
               Darby-shire
               .
            
             
               THings
               of
               strange
               note
               are
               the
               hot
               water
               Springs
               bursting
               forth
               of
               the
               ground
               at
               Buxton
               ,
               where
               out
               of
               the
               Rock
               within
               the
               compass
               of
               eight
               yards
               ,
               nine
               Springs
               arise
               ,
               eight
               of
               them
               warm
               ,
               but
               the
               ninth
               very
               cold
               .
               These
               run
               from
               under
               a
               fair
               square
               building
               of
               free
               stone
               ,
               and
               about
               threescore
               paces
               off
               ,
               receive
               another
               hot
               Spring
               from
               a
               well
               ,
               near
               unto
               which
               another
               very
               cold
               Spring
               bubled
               up
               ,
               daily
               experience
               sheweth
               they
               are
               good
               for
               the
               stomach
               and
               sinews
               ,
               and
               very
               pleasant
               to
               bathe
               the
               body
               in
               .
               Not
               far
               thence
               is
               Elden
               hole
               ,
               the
               Waters
               that
               trickle
               from
               the
               top
               of
               that
               Cave
               (
               which
               indeed
               is
               very
               
               spacious
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               low
               and
               narrow
               entrance
               )
               do
               congeal
               into
               stone
               ,
               and
               hang
               as
               Ickles
               in
               the
               roof
               very
               white
               ,
               and
               somewhat
               Christal-like
               .
               And
               seven
               miles
               thence
               upon
               a
               Mounted
               hill
               ,
               standeth
               a
               Castle
               ,
               under
               which
               there
               is
               a
               hole
               or
               Cave
               in
               the
               ground
               of
               a
               marvellous
               capacity
               ,
               which
               is
               commonly
               called
               the
               Devils
               Arse
               in
               the
               Peak
               .
            
             
               Shrop-shire
               hath
               nothing
               remarkable
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               County
               Palatine
               of
               Chester
               .
            
             
               CHeshire
               having
               been
               made
               a
               Principality
               by
               Richard
               the
               2d
               .
               and
               styled
               himself
               Prince
               of
               Chester
               ,
               King
               Henry
               the
               3d.
               gave
               it
               to
               his
               eldest
               Son
               Prince
               Edward
               ,
               against
               whom
               Lewlin
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               gathered
               a
               mighty
               Band
               ,
               and
               with
               them
               did
               the
               Country
               much
               harm
               ,
               even
               unto
               the
               Cities
               gates
               .
               With
               the
               like
               Skar
               Fiers
               it
               had
               oft
               times
               been
               afrighted
               ,
               which
               
               they
               lastly
               defenced
               with
               a
               Wall
               made
               of
               the
               Welsh
               mens
               heads
               ,
               on
               the
               South
               side
               of
               Dee
               in
               Hanbridge
               .
            
             
               Chester
               in
               the
               days
               of
               King
               Edgar
               ,
               was
               in
               most
               flourishing
               Estate
               ,
               wherein
               he
               had
               the
               Homage
               of
               eight
               other
               Kings
               ,
               who
               rowed
               his
               Barge
               from
               St.
               Johns
               to
               his
               Pallace
               ,
               himself
               holding
               the
               Helm
               as
               their
               Supreme
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lancashire
               .
            
             
               BY
               the
               civil
               Wars
               of
               York
               and
               Lancaster
               was
               bred
               and
               brought
               forth
               that
               bloudy
               division
               and
               fatal
               strife
               of
               the
               Noble
               Houses
               ,
               which
               for
               many
               years
               together
               molested
               the
               peace
               and
               quiet
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               defiled
               the
               earth
               with
               bloud
               :
               there
               were
               thirteen
               fields
               fought
               ,
               and
               three
               Kings
               of
               England
               ,
               one
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               ,
               twelve
               Dukes
               ,
               one
               Marquess
               ,
               eighteen
               Earls
               ,
               one
               Viscount
               ,
               and
               three
               and
               twenty
               Barons
               ,
               besides
               Knights
               and
               Gentlemen
               ,
               lost
               their
               lives
               in
               the
               same
               ;
               yet
               at
               last
               ,
               by
               the
               happy
               
               Marriage
               of
               Henry
               the
               seventh
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               next
               heir
               to
               the
               house
               of
               Lancaster
               ,
               with
               Elizabeth
               Daughter
               and
               heir
               to
               Edward
               the
               fourth
               of
               the
               house
               of
               York
               ;
               the
               White
               and
               red
               Roses
               were
               conjoyned
               in
               the
               happy
               uniting
               of
               those
               two
               divided
               Families
               .
            
          
           
             
               York-shire
               .
            
             
               HAlifax
               once
               called
               Horton
               ,
               and
               touching
               the
               alteration
               of
               the
               name
               ,
               this
               pretty
               story
               is
               related
               of
               it
               ;
               namely
               ,
               that
               a
               Clerk
               (
               for
               so
               they
               call
               him
               )
               being
               far
               in
               Love
               with
               a
               Maid
               ,
               and
               by
               no
               means
               either
               of
               long
               praises
               or
               large
               promises
               ,
               able
               to
               gain
               like
               affection
               at
               her
               hands
               :
               when
               he
               saw
               his
               hopes
               frustrate
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               was
               not
               like
               to
               have
               his
               purpose
               of
               her
               ,
               turned
               his
               love
               into
               rage
               ,
               and
               cut
               of
               the
               Maids
               head
               ,
               which
               being
               afterwards
               hung
               upon
               an
               Ewe
               tree
               ,
               common
               people
               counted
               it
               as
               an
               hallowed
               Relique
               till
               it
               was
               rotten
               :
               And
               afterward
               (
               such
               was
               the
               credulity
               
               of
               that
               time
               )
               it
               maintained
               the
               opinion
               of
               reverence
               and
               Religion
               still
               ,
               for
               the
               people
               resorted
               thither
               on
               Pilgrimage
               ,
               and
               perswaded
               themselves
               ,
               that
               the
               little
               veins
               that
               spread
               out
               between
               the
               bark
               and
               body
               of
               the
               Ewe-tree
               like
               fine
               threds
               were
               the
               very
               hairs
               of
               the
               Maids
               head
               :
               Hereupon
               it
               was
               called
               by
               this
               name
               Haligfax
               ,
               or
               Haly-fax
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               Holy-hair
               .
            
             
               Under
               Knaushrouh
               there
               is
               a
               Well
               called
               Dropping-well
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Waters
               spring
               not
               out
               of
               the
               veins
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               but
               distil
               and
               trickle
               down
               from
               the
               Rocks
               that
               hang
               over
               it
               ;
               it
               is
               of
               that
               vertue
               and
               efficacy
               ,
               that
               it
               turns
               Wood
               into
               Stone
               ;
               for
               what
               Wood
               soever
               is
               put
               into
               it
               ,
               will
               be
               shortly
               covered
               over
               with
               a
               stony
               bark
               ,
               and
               be
               turned
               into
               stone
               ,
               as
               hath
               been
               often
               observed
               .
            
             
               St.
               Wilfrids
               Needle
               ,
               a
               place
               very
               famous
               in
               times
               past
               for
               the
               narrow
               hole
               in
               the
               close
               vaulted
               room
               under
               the
               ground
               ,
               by
               which
               womens
               honesties
               
               were
               wont
               to
               be
               tryed
               ;
               for
               such
               as
               were
               chaste
               pass
               through
               with
               much
               facility
               ,
               but
               as
               many
               as
               had
               plaid
               false
               ,
               were
               miraculously
               held
               fast
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               creep
               through
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               West
               Riding
               of
               York-shire
               .
            
             
               THose
               Mountains
               near
               unto
               Richmond
               ,
               on
               the
               top
               whereof
               are
               found
               certain
               stones
               much
               like
               unto
               seawinkles
               ,
               Cockles
               ,
               and
               other
               Sea
               fish
               ,
               which
               if
               they
               be
               not
               the
               wonders
               of
               Nature
               ,
               we
               may
               deem
               to
               be
               the
               undoubted
               tokens
               of
               the
               general
               deluge
               ,
               that
               in
               Noahs
               time
               over-flowed
               the
               whole
               face
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               Also
               the
               River
               Swale
               ,
               among
               the
               English
               was
               reputed
               a
               very
               Sacred
               River
               ,
               and
               Celebrated
               with
               an
               universal
               glory
               ;
               for
               that
               (
               the
               English
               Saxons
               first
               embracing
               Christianity
               )
               in
               one
               day
               above
               ten
               thousand
               men
               ,
               besides
               a
               Multitude
               of
               Women
               and
               Children
               ,
               were
               therein
               baptized
               unto
               Christ
               ,
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               Paulinus
               Arch-bishop
               of
               York
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               North
               and
               East
               Riding
               .
            
             
               PLaces
               of
               eminent
               Note
               ,
               are
               Whitby
               ,
               where
               are
               found
               certain
               stones
               fashioned
               like
               Serpents
               ,
               folded
               ,
               and
               wraped
               round
               in
               a
               Reath
               ,
               even
               the
               very
               pastimes
               of
               Nature
               ,
               who
               when
               she
               is
               wearied
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               with
               serious
               works
               ,
               sometimes
               forgeth
               and
               shapeth
               things
               by
               way
               of
               sport
               and
               recreation
               ;
               so
               that
               by
               the
               credulous
               they
               are
               thought
               to
               have
               been
               Serpents
               ,
               which
               a
               Coat
               or
               crust
               of
               stones
               had
               now
               covered
               all
               over
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               prayers
               of
               St.
               Hilda
               turned
               to
               stones
               .
               And
               also
               there
               are
               certain
               fields
               here
               adjoyning
               ,
               where
               Geese
               flying
               over
               fall
               down
               suddenly
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               admiration
               of
               all
               men
               .
            
             
               
                 Ounsbery
                 hill
              
               ;
               besides
               a
               Spring
               of
               Medicinable
               waters
               for
               the
               eyes
               ,
               is
               a
               Prognostication
               unto
               her
               Neighbours
               ,
               whose
               head
               being
               covered
               with
               a
               cloudy
               cap
               ,
               presageth
               some
               tempestuous
               storms
               or
               
               showers
               to
               follow
               .
               At
               
                 Huntly
                 Nabe
              
               ,
               are
               stones
               found
               at
               the
               roots
               of
               certain
               Rocks
               ,
               of
               divers
               bigness
               ,
               so
               artificially
               shaped
               round
               by
               nature
               in
               manner
               of
               a
               Globe
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               been
               made
               by
               the
               Turners
               hand
               .
               In
               which
               (
               if
               you
               break
               them
               )
               are
               found
               stony
               Serpents
               ,
               enwrapped
               round
               like
               a
               reath
               ,
               but
               most
               of
               them
               headless
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Bishoprick
               of
               Durham
               .
            
             
               THings
               of
               rare
               note
               observed
               in
               this
               shire
               ,
               are
               three
               pits
               of
               a
               wonderful
               depth
               ,
               commonly
               called
               the
               
                 Hell
                 Kettles
              
               ,
               which
               are
               adjoyning
               near
               unto
               Darlington
               ,
               whose
               waters
               are
               somewhat
               warm
               .
               These
               are
               thought
               to
               come
               of
               an
               Earth-quake
               ,
               which
               happened
               in
               the
               year
               1179.
               whereof
               the
               Chronicle
               of
               Tinmouth
               maketh
               mention
               ,
               whose
               Record
               is
               this
               ,
               On
               Christmas-day
               at
               Oxenhall
               in
               the
               Territory
               of
               Darlington
               ,
               within
               the
               Bishoprick
               of
               Durham
               ,
               the
               ground
               heaved
               up
               aloft
               ,
               like
               unto
               a
               high
               
               Tower
               ,
               and
               so
               continued
               all
               that
               day
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               unmoveable
               until
               the
               Evening
               ,
               and
               then
               fell
               with
               so
               horrible
               a
               noise
               ,
               that
               it
               made
               all
               the
               Neighbour
               dwellers
               sore
               afraid
               ;
               and
               the
               earth
               swallowed
               it
               up
               ,
               and
               made
               in
               the
               same
               place
               a
               deep
               pit
               ,
               which
               is
               there
               to
               be
               seen
               for
               a
               testimony
               unto
               this
               day
               .
            
             
               Of
               no
               less
               admiration
               are
               certain
               stones
               lying
               within
               the
               River
               Weere
               ,
               at
               Butterbee
               near
               Durham
               ,
               from
               whose
               ebb
               and
               low-water
               in
               the
               Summer
               ,
               issueth
               a
               certain
               Salt
               reddish
               water
               ,
               which
               with
               the
               sun
               waxeth
               white
               ,
               and
               growing
               into
               a
               thick
               substance
               ,
               becometh
               a
               necessary
               salt
               to
               the
               use
               of
               the
               by-dwellers
               .
            
             
               Westmorland
               nothing
               worth
               noting
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cumberland
               .
            
             
               THe
               Rivers
               in
               this
               Country
               feed
               a
               kind
               of
               Muskle
               that
               bringeth
               forth
               Pearl
               ,
               wherein
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Irt
               ,
               as
               they
               lye
               gaping
               and
               sucking
               in
               dew
               ,
               the
               Country
               people
               gather
               and
               
               sell
               to
               the
               Lapidaries
               ,
               to
               their
               own
               little
               ,
               and
               the
               buyers
               great
               gain
               .
               But
               the
               Mines
               Royal
               of
               Copper
               ,
               whereof
               this
               Country
               yieldeth
               much
               ,
               is
               for
               use
               the
               Richest
               of
               all
               :
               at
               Keswick
               and
               Newland
               ,
               is
               the
               black
               lead
               gotten
               ,
               whose
               plenty
               maketh
               it
               of
               no
               great
               esteem
               ,
               otherwise
               a
               Commodity
               that
               could
               hardly
               be
               missed
               .
            
             
               At
               Burgh
               upon
               the
               sand
               ,
               was
               the
               fatal
               end
               of
               our
               famous
               Monarch
               King
               Edward
               the
               first
               ,
               who
               there
               leaving
               his
               Wars
               unfinished
               against
               Scotland
               ,
               left
               his
               troubles
               ,
               and
               soon
               missed
               life
               ,
               to
               his
               untimely
               and
               soon
               lamented
               death
               .
            
             
               And
               at
               Salkelds
               upon
               the
               River
               Eden
               ,
               a
               Monument
               of
               seventy
               stones
               ,
               each
               of
               them
               ten
               foot
               high
               above
               ground
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               them
               at
               the
               entrance
               fifteen
               ,
               as
               a
               Trophy
               of
               Victory
               ,
               was
               erected
               .
               These
               are
               by
               the
               by-dwellers
               called
               Long
               Megg
               and
               her
               Daughters
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Northumberland
               .
            
             
               THe
               chiefest
               Commodity
               that
               enricheth
               Country
               ,
               is
               that
               which
               we
               call
               Sea-Coals
               ,
               whereof
               there
               is
               such
               plenty
               and
               abundance
               digged
               up
               ,
               as
               they
               do
               not
               only
               return
               a
               great
               gain
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               but
               procure
               also
               much
               pleasure
               and
               profit
               to
               others
               .
               No
               place
               of
               this
               Province
               vents
               forth
               so
               many
               of
               these
               Sea-Coals
               into
               other
               Regions
               as
               New-Castle
               doth
               .
            
             
               The
               Inhabitants
               of
               Morpeth
               set
               their
               own
               Town
               on
               fire
               in
               the
               year
               1215.
               in
               the
               spight
               they
               bare
               to
               King
               John
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               and
               his
               Rutars
               over
               ran
               these
               Countries
               .
            
          
           
             
               Man
               Island
               .
            
             
               THis
               Commodity
               makes
               this
               Island
               more
               happy
               then
               we
               are
               here
               ,
               for
               the
               people
               are
               there
               free
               from
               all
               necessary
               commencements
               of
               Suits
               ,
               
               from
               long
               and
               dilatory
               Pleas
               ,
               and
               from
               frivolous
               Feeing
               of
               Lawyers
               .
               No
               Judge
               or
               Clerks
               of
               the
               Court
               take
               there
               any
               penny
               for
               drawing
               Instruments
               ,
               or
               making
               of
               Processes
               .
               All
               Controversies
               are
               there
               determined
               by
               certain
               Judges
               ,
               without
               writings
               or
               other
               Charges
               ,
               and
               them
               they
               call
               Deemsters
               ,
               and
               chuse
               forth
               among
               themselves
               .
               If
               any
               complaint
               be
               made
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               for
               wrongs
               either
               done
               or
               suffered
               ,
               he
               presently
               taketh
               up
               a
               stone
               ,
               and
               fixeth
               his
               mark
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               delivereth
               it
               unto
               the
               party
               Plaintiff
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               which
               he
               both
               calls
               his
               adversary
               to
               appearance
               ,
               and
               to
               produce
               his
               Witnesses
               .
               If
               the
               case
               fall
               out
               to
               be
               more
               litigious
               ,
               and
               of
               greater
               consequence
               than
               can
               easily
               be
               ended
               ,
               it
               is
               then
               referred
               to
               twelve
               men
               ,
               whom
               they
               term
               the
               Keys
               of
               the
               Island
               .
               And
               this
               Island
               is
               so
               well
               managed
               for
               matter
               of
               Rule
               and
               civil
               Discipline
               ,
               that
               every
               man
               there
               possesseth
               his
               own
               in
               peace
               and
               safety
               .
               No
               man
               lives
               in
               dread
               or
               danger
               of
               losing
               what
               
               he
               hath
               .
               Men
               are
               not
               there
               inclined
               to
               robbing
               ,
               or
               thieving
               ,
               or
               licentious
               living
               .
            
             
               This
               Isle
               prohibits
               the
               customary
               manner
               of
               begging
               from
               door
               to
               door
               ,
               detesting
               the
               disorders
               ,
               as
               well
               Civil
               as
               Ecclesiastical
               of
               Neighbour-Nations
               .
               That
               which
               deserves
               to
               be
               committed
               to
               Memory
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Women
               of
               this
               Country
               ,
               wheresoever
               they
               go
               out
               of
               their
               doors
               ,
               gird
               themselves
               about
               with
               the
               winding-sheet
               that
               they
               purpose
               to
               be
               buryed
               in
               ,
               to
               shew
               themselves
               mindful
               of
               their
               Mortality
               ;
               and
               such
               of
               them
               as
               are
               at
               any
               time
               condemned
               to
               dye
               ,
               are
               sowed
               within
               a
               sack
               ,
               and
               flung
               from
               a
               Rock
               into
               the
               Sea.
               
            
             
               This
               Island
               is
               in
               length
               29
               Miles
               ,
               the
               widest
               part
               is
               scarce
               nine
               Miles
               ,
               the
               whole
               compass
               about
               ,
               is
               fourscore
               and
               two
               Miles
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Holy
               Island
               .
            
             
               THis
               Island
               from
               East
               to
               West
               is
               about
               two
               thousand
               two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               paces
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               circumference
               cannot
               be
               great
               .
            
          
           
             
               Farn
               Isle
               .
            
             
               THe
               bredth
               of
               this
               Isle
               is
               but
               five
               Miles
               ,
               and
               the
               length
               no
               more
               ;
               the
               whole
               circumference
               extends
               it self
               no
               further
               then
               to
               fifteen
               Miles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Garnsey
               .
            
             
               THis
               Isle
               lyeth
               in
               length
               from
               Plimmouth-bay
               South-west
               ,
               to
               
                 Lancross
                 de
                 Anckers
              
               North-east
               ,
               thirteen
               Miles
               ;
               in
               bredth
               from
               St.
               Martins
               point
               South-east
               ,
               to
               the
               Howe
               North-west
               ,
               nine
               miles
               ;
               and
               is
               in
               circuit
               thirty
               six
               miles
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               Isle
               is
               neither
               Toad
               ,
               Snake
               ,
               Adder
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               venemous
               Creature
               ,
               
               whereas
               Jersey
               hath
               great
               plenty
               ,
               their
               fields
               in
               the
               Summer
               time
               are
               so
               naturally
               garnished
               with
               Flowers
               of
               all
               sorts
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               (
               being
               there
               )
               might
               conceit
               himself
               to
               be
               in
               a
               pleasant
               Artificial
               Garden
               :
               Among
               the
               Rocks
               is
               found
               a
               hard
               stone
               ,
               which
               we
               term
               Emerill
               .
               This
               stone
               is
               serviceable
               for
               many
               purposes
               ,
               and
               many
               Trades
               ,
               as
               Glasiers
               ,
               &c.
               but
               especially
               for
               the
               Gold-smiths
               and
               Lapidaries
               ,
               to
               cut
               their
               precious
               stones
               .
            
          
           
             
               Jersey
               .
            
             
               THis
               Island
               is
               in
               length
               ten
               miles
               ,
               and
               in
               bredth
               six
               miles
               ,
               the
               whole
               circuit
               of
               the
               Island
               being
               thirty
               eight
               miles
               .
            
             
               Pembroke-shire
               ,
               in
               this
               shire
               nothing
               remarkable
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Caermarden-shire
               .
            
             
               IN
               the
               ruins
               of
               Carreg-Castle
               ,
               which
               stood
               mounted
               on
               a
               high
               hill
               ,
               under
               which
               many
               Vaults
               and
               spacious
               Caves
               far
               into
               the
               ground
               are
               seen
               ,
               wherein
               is
               thought
               the
               people
               unable
               to
               fight
               ,
               were
               therein
               secured
               in
               time
               of
               their
               Wars
               .
               Where
               also
               is
               a
               Well
               ,
               that
               in
               this
               place
               twice
               in
               four
               and
               twenty
               hours
               ebbing
               ,
               and
               twice
               flowing
               ,
               resembleth
               the
               unstable
               Motions
               of
               the
               main
               Sea.
               
            
          
           
             
               Glamorgan-shire
               .
            
             
               THings
               of
               strange
               note
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               Rock
               or
               Cliff
               upon
               the
               Sea-side
               ,
               and
               Island
               of
               Barry
               ,
               lying
               near
               the
               South-east
               point
               of
               this
               Country
               ,
               is
               heard
               out
               of
               a
               little
               chink
               ,
               the
               noise
               as
               it
               were
               of
               Smiths
               at
               their
               work
               ,
               one
               while
               the
               blowing
               of
               Bellows
               to
               increase
               the
               heat
               ,
               then
               the
               stroaks
               of
               the
               hammer
               ,
               and
               
               sound
               of
               the
               Anvil
               ;
               sometimes
               the
               noise
               of
               the
               Grind-stone
               in
               grinding
               of
               Iron
               Tools
               ,
               then
               the
               hissing
               sparks
               of
               Steel-gads
               ▪
               as
               they
               fly
               from
               their
               beating
               ,
               with
               the
               puffing
               noise
               of
               flames
               in
               a
               Furnace
               .
            
             
               More
               Westward
               from
               hence
               ,
               upon
               the
               River
               Ogmore
               ,
               and
               near
               unto
               Newton
               ,
               in
               a
               sandy
               plain
               about
               an
               hundred
               paces
               from
               Severn
               ,
               there
               springeth
               a
               Well
               ,
               though
               not
               of
               the
               clearest
               water
               ,
               whereat
               the
               flowing
               and
               fulness
               of
               the
               Sea
               can
               hardly
               any
               water
               be
               gotten
               ,
               but
               at
               the
               ebb
               and
               fall
               of
               the
               Tide
               ,
               it
               walloweth
               up
               a
               main
               .
            
             
               And
               upon
               the
               same
               shore
               more
               North
               and
               by
               West
               ,
               on
               the
               top
               of
               a
               hill
               called
               Minyd-Margan
               ,
               is
               erected
               a
               Monument
               inscribed
               with
               a
               strange
               Character
               ,
               and
               as
               strange
               a
               conceit
               held
               thereof
               by
               the
               by-dwellers
               ,
               whose
               opinions
               are
               possessed
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               Man
               read
               the
               same
               ,
               he
               shall
               shortly
               after
               dye
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Monmouth
               .
            
             
               OUr
               King
               Henry
               the
               V
               the
               great
               Triumpher
               over
               France
               ,
               was
               born
               in
               Monmouth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brecknock-shire
               .
            
             
               THe
               Welshmen
               relate
               of
               a
               Prince
               named
               Brechavius
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               an
               holy
               off-spring
               ,
               whose
               twenty
               four
               Daughters
               were
               all
               of
               them
               Saints
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               top
               of
               a
               Hill
               ,
               in
               Welsh
               called
               Mounch-devuy
               ,
               or
               
                 Cadier
                 Arthur
              
               ;
               if
               any
               man
               from
               the
               North-east
               Rock
               cast
               their
               Cloaks
               ,
               Hats
               ,
               and
               Staves
               ,
               notwithstanding
               will
               never
               fall
               ,
               but
               with
               the
               Air
               and
               wind
               return
               back
               ,
               and
               blow
               up
               ;
               neither
               will
               any
               descend
               from
               that
               Cliff
               being
               so
               cast
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               stone
               or
               some
               Metalline
               substance
               ,
               affirming
               the
               cause
               to
               be
               the
               Clouds
               ,
               which
               are
               seen
               to
               rack
               much
               lower
               than
               the
               top
               of
               that
               hill
               .
            
             
             
               As
               strange
               a
               tale
               is
               told
               of
               the
               
                 M●●y
                 Llynsavathan
              
               ,
               two
               Miles
               East
               from
               Brec●nock
               ,
               which
               at
               the
               breaking
               of
               her
               frozen
               Ice
               ,
               maketh
               a
               fearful
               sound
               like
               unto
               Thunder
               .
               In
               which
               place
               as
               is
               reported
               ,
               sometimes
               stood
               a
               fair
               City
               ,
               which
               was
               swallowed
               up
               in
               an
               Earthquake
               ,
               and
               resigned
               her
               Stone-walls
               unto
               this
               deep
               and
               broad
               water
               .
            
          
           
             
               Radnor-shire
               .
            
             
               NEar
               Knigton
               a
               Market
               Town
               ,
               is
               
                 Offaes
                 Ditch
              
               which
               runs
               along
               by
               the
               Mountain
               ,
               which
               was
               a
               bound
               set
               to
               separate
               the
               Welsh
               from
               the
               English
               .
            
             
               A
               Law
               was
               made
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               be
               present
               death
               for
               the
               Welsh
               to
               pass
               over
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cardigan-shire
               .
            
             
               IN
               Tyui
               ,
               the
               Beaver
               hath
               been
               found
               ,
               a
               Creature
               living
               both
               by
               land
               and
               water
               ,
               whose
               stones
               the
               Physicians
               
               hold
               in
               great
               price
               .
               His
               fore-feet
               are
               like
               unto
               a
               Dogs
               ,
               but
               the
               hinder
               whole
               skinned
               as
               is
               the
               Goose
               ,
               like
               Oars
               giving
               him
               swift
               motion
               in
               swiming
               ,
               his
               tail
               broad
               and
               Gristly
               ,
               he
               useth
               a
               stern
               ,
               wherewith
               on
               the
               sudden
               he
               can
               divert
               his
               swift
               floating
               course
               .
            
             
               Mount-Gomery-shire
               ,
               nothing
               there
               remarkable
               .
            
          
           
             
               Merioneth-shire
               .
            
             
               HIlls
               there
               are
               so
               high
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               affirmed
               by
               one
               ,
               that
               shepherds
               upon
               their
               tops
               falling
               at
               odds
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               and
               challenging
               the
               field
               for
               fight
               ,
               before
               they
               can
               come
               together
               to
               try
               out
               the
               Quarrel
               ,
               the
               day
               will
               be
               spent
               ,
               and
               the
               heat
               of
               their
               fury
               shut
               up
               with
               their
               sleep
               .
            
          
           
             
               Denbigh-shire
               .
            
             
               THis
               is
               worth
               observing
               ,
               both
               for
               Admiration
               and
               Antiquity
               ,
               that
               in
               
               the
               Parish
               of
               Llan-sunan
               within
               this
               County
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               place
               compass
               cut
               out
               of
               the
               main
               Rock
               by
               mans
               hand
               ,
               in
               the
               side
               of
               a
               stony
               hill
               ,
               wherein
               there
               be
               four
               and
               twenty
               seats
               to
               sit
               in
               ,
               some
               less
               ,
               some
               bigger
               ,
               where
               Children
               and
               young
               men
               coming
               to
               seek
               their
               Cattel
               ,
               use
               to
               sit
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               their
               sports
               .
               And
               at
               this
               day
               they
               commonly
               call
               it
               King
               Arthurs
               Round
               Table
               .
            
          
           
             
               Flint-shire
               .
            
             
               THis
               Country
               hath
               many
               shallow
               Rivers
               in
               it
               ,
               but
               none
               of
               fame
               and
               note
               ,
               but
               d
               ee
               and
               Cluyde
               .
               How
               he
               it
               there
               is
               a
               Spring
               not
               far
               from
               Rudland
               Castle
               ,
               of
               great
               report
               and
               antiquity
               ,
               which
               is
               termed
               Holy-well
               ,
               and
               is
               commonly
               called
               St.
               
                 Winefrids
                 Well
              
               ,
               of
               whom
               antiquity
               thus
               reporteth
               ,
               that
               Winefrid
               a
               Christian
               Virgin
               ,
               very
               fair
               and
               vertuous
               ,
               was
               doted
               upon
               by
               a
               young
               lustful
               Prince
               or
               Lord
               of
               the
               Country
               ,
               who
               not
               being
               able
               to
               rule
               his
               head-strong
               affections
               ,
               
               having
               many
               times
               in
               vain
               attempted
               and
               tryed
               her
               chastity
               ,
               both
               by
               rich
               Gifts
               ,
               and
               large
               Promises
               ,
               could
               not
               by
               any
               means
               obtain
               his
               desires
               ,
               he
               therefore
               (
               in
               a
               place
               of
               advantage
               )
               suddenly
               surprized
               and
               ravished
               her
               weak
               (
               yet
               resisting
               )
               body
               .
               After
               the
               deed
               done
               ,
               the
               cruel
               Tyrant
               ,
               to
               stop
               her
               crys
               and
               acclamations
               ,
               slew
               her
               ,
               and
               cut
               off
               her
               head
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               place
               did
               suddenly
               arise
               a
               Spring
               that
               continueth
               to
               this
               day
               ,
               carrying
               from
               the
               Fountain
               such
               a
               forcible
               stream
               and
               currant
               ,
               as
               the
               like
               is
               not
               found
               in
               Christendom
               .
               Over
               the
               head
               of
               the
               Spring
               there
               is
               built
               a
               Chappel
               of
               Free-stone
               ,
               with
               Pillars
               curiously
               wrought
               and
               ingraved
               ,
               in
               the
               Chancel
               whereof
               ,
               and
               Glass
               window
               ,
               the
               Picture
               of
               the
               Virgin
               is
               drawn
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Memorial
               of
               her
               life
               and
               death
               .
               To
               this
               Fountain
               Pilgrims
               are
               accustomed
               to
               repair
               in
               their
               zealous
               ,
               but
               blind
               devotion
               ,
               and
               divers
               others
               resort
               to
               Bathe
               in
               ,
               holding
               firmly
               that
               the
               water
               is
               of
               much
               vertue
               .
            
             
             
               There
               be
               many
               Red
               stones
               in
               the
               bottom
               of
               this
               Well
               ,
               and
               much
               green
               Moss
               growing
               upon
               the
               sides
               ,
               the
               superstition
               of
               the
               people
               holding
               that
               these
               Red
               spots
               in
               the
               stones
               were
               drops
               of
               the
               Ladies
               bloud
               ,
               which
               all
               the
               water
               in
               the
               Spring
               can
               never
               wash
               away
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Moss
               about
               the
               Wall
               was
               her
               hair
               ,
               which
               though
               some
               of
               it
               be
               given
               to
               every
               stranger
               that
               comes
               ,
               yet
               it
               never
               wasteth
               .
               But
               howsoever
               this
               be
               carryed
               for
               truth
               by
               the
               Tradition
               of
               time
               ,
               the
               Moss
               it self
               smells
               exceeding
               sweet
               .
            
          
           
             
               Carnaervon-shire
               .
            
             
               KIng
               Edward
               the
               second
               was
               born
               at
               Carnaervon
               ,
               in
               a
               Tower
               of
               the
               Castle
               ;
               he
               was
               the
               first
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               of
               the
               English
               Line
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               in
               this
               shire
               two
               Pools
               called
               the
               Mears
               ,
               the
               one
               of
               which
               produceth
               great
               store
               of
               fish
               ,
               but
               all
               having
               only
               one
               eye
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               other
               there
               is
               a
               moveable
               Island
               ,
               which
               as
               soon
               as
               a
               
               man
               treadeth
               on
               ,
               it
               forthwith
               floateth
               a
               great
               way
               off
               ,
               whereby
               the
               Welsh
               are
               said
               to
               have
               often
               escaped
               ,
               and
               deluded
               their
               Enemies
               assailing
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Anglesea-Island
               .
            
             
               THe
               length
               of
               this
               Island
               is
               twenty
               miles
               ,
               in
               bredth
               seventeen
               miles
               ,
               the
               whole
               circumference
               amounting
               totwards
               seventy
               miles
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Out
             of
             Scotlands
             General
             Description
             .
          
           
             THis
             Nations
             Original
             by
             some
             hath
             been
             derived
             from
             Scota
             ,
             the
             supposed
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Egyptian
             King
             Pharaoh
             ,
             that
             nourished
             Moses
             ,
             who
             having
             marryed
             Gaithelus
             ,
             the
             son
             of
             Cecrops
             (
             the
             Founder
             of
             Athens
             )
             who
             first
             seating
             in
             Spain
             ,
             passed
             thence
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             lastly
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             where
             his
             Wife
             Scota
             gave
             name
             to
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
           
             In
             this
             Country
             is
             the
             dark
             Wood
             Caledonia
             ,
             famous
             for
             the
             Wild
             White
             Bulls
             that
             therein
             were
             bred
             ,
             whose
             Manes
             were
             Lion-like
             ,
             thick
             and
             curled
             ,
             of
             nature
             fierce
             and
             cruel
             ,
             and
             so
             hateful
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             that
             they
             abhorred
             whatsoever
             was
             by
             them
             handled
             or
             breathed
             upon
             ;
             but
             because
             the
             flesh
             was
             pleasant
             and
             dainty
             to
             the
             mouth
             ,
             the
             whole
             race
             of
             them
             is
             extinguished
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             Admirable
             ,
             the
             report
             that
             is
             given
             of
             this
             Country
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             plenty
             of
             Cattel
             ,
             Fish
             and
             Fowl
             there
             abiding
             ,
             fish
             so
             plentiful
             ,
             that
             men
             in
             some
             places
             (
             for
             delight
             )
             on
             Horse-back
             hunt
             Salmons
             with
             Spears
             ,
             and
             a
             certain
             Fowl
             ,
             which
             some
             call
             Soland-Geese
             ,
             spreading
             so
             thick
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             that
             they
             even
             darken
             the
             Suns-light
             ;
             of
             whose
             flesh
             ,
             feathers
             and
             Oil
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             in
             some
             parts
             make
             great
             use
             and
             gain
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             even
             of
             fishes
             brought
             by
             them
             ,
             abundant
             provision
             for
             Diet
             ;
             as
             also
             of
             the
             sticks
             (
             brought
             to
             make
             their
             Nests
             )
             plentiful
             provision
             for
             fewel
             .
          
           
           
             With
             these
             of
             Wonders
             ,
             might
             be
             spoken
             of
             the
             Natures
             of
             those
             two
             famous
             
               Loughs
               ,
               Lomand
            
             and
             Nessa
             ,
             the
             latter
             whereof
             never
             freezeth
             in
             Winter
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             extream
             ,
             and
             the
             Waters
             of
             the
             other
             most
             raging
             in
             the
             fairest
             and
             calmest
             weather
             ,
             wherein
             also
             floteth
             an
             Island
             that
             removeth
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             as
             the
             wind
             forceth
             her
             spongeous
             and
             unfastned
             body
             .
             In
             Buquhan
             upon
             the
             banks
             of
             Ratra
             is
             a
             Well
             ,
             whose
             trickling
             drops
             turn
             (
             in
             Piramidy
             wise
             )
             into
             hard
             stone
             ,
             and
             another
             near
             Edenbrough
             that
             floteth
             with
             Bitumen
             .
             In
             Dee
             and
             Done
             ,
             besides
             the
             admired
             plenty
             of
             Salmons
             ,
             is
             found
             a
             Shell-fish
             ,
             called
             the
             Horse-Muscle
             ,
             where
             Pearls
             are
             engendred
             most
             precious
             for
             Physick
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             so
             Orient
             ,
             that
             they
             give
             no
             place
             to
             the
             choicest
             .
          
           
             The
             Western
             Islands
             lying
             scattered
             in
             the
             Deucalidonia
             Sea
             ,
             were
             anciently
             ruled
             by
             a
             King
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             whose
             maintenance
             was
             out
             of
             their
             common
             
             Coffers
             ,
             and
             the
             Regal
             Authority
             never
             continued
             in
             lineal
             succession
             ;
             for
             (
             to
             prevent
             that
             )
             their
             Kings
             were
             not
             permitted
             to
             have
             Wives
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             but
             might
             by
             their
             Laws
             accompany
             with
             other
             mens
             ,
             as
             the
             like
             Law
             was
             in
             the
             other
             parts
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             that
             the
             Virginity
             of
             all
             new
             Wives
             ,
             should
             be
             the
             Land-Lords
             prey
             ,
             till
             King
             Malcolme
             enacted
             ,
             that
             half
             a
             Mark
             should
             be
             paid
             for
             Redemption
             .
          
           
             More
             North
             ,
             lie
             the
             Isles
             of
             Shetland
             ,
             where
             as
             Tzetzes
             fableth
             ,
             the
             Souls
             of
             good
             men
             are
             ferryed
             into
             those
             Elizian
             Fields
             that
             ever
             grow
             green
             ,
             but
             their
             fictions
             intended
             only
             that
             the
             vertuous
             Souls
             of
             the
             dead
             passed
             the
             uttermost
             bounds
             of
             earthly
             abode
             ,
             and
             attained
             to
             an
             over-pleasing
             repose
             ,
             and
             ever
             flourishing
             happiness
             ;
             which
             whether
             they
             borrowed
             from
             the
             Description
             of
             Paradise
             ,
             (
             taken
             both
             for
             a
             fair
             Garden
             ,
             and
             the
             Souls
             happy
             rest
             )
             is
             hard
             to
             define
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Description
             of
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             THe
             Manners
             and
             Customs
             of
             the
             Wild
             Irish
             are
             thus
             set
             forth
             by
             Strabo
             .
             The
             Inhabitants
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             of
             Ireland
             are
             more
             rude
             then
             the
             Britains
             ,
             they
             feed
             upon
             the
             flesh
             of
             men
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             think
             it
             a
             point
             of
             worth
             to
             eat
             their
             dead
             Parents
             ,
             wantonly
             they
             accompany
             with
             Women
             ,
             making
             no
             difference
             of
             other
             mens
             wives
             ,
             their
             own
             Sisters
             ,
             nor
             of
             their
             natural
             Mothers
             ;
             but
             of
             these
             things
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             we
             have
             no
             certain
             witness
             of
             sufficient
             credit
             .
             
               Pomponius
               Mela
            
             recordeth
             ,
             that
             the
             Irish
             are
             uncivil
             ,
             ignorant
             of
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             void
             of
             Religion
             .
             And
             Solinus
             affirmeth
             ,
             that
             after
             Victory
             they
             drink
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             slain
             ,
             and
             besmear
             their
             own
             Faces
             therewith
             ,
             so
             given
             to
             War
             ,
             that
             the
             mother
             at
             the
             birth
             of
             a
             man-child
             ,
             feedeth
             the
             first
             meat
             into
             her
             Infants
             mouth
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             her
             Husbands
             sword
             ,
             
             and
             with
             heathenish
             imprecations
             ,
             wisheth
             that
             it
             may
             dye
             no
             otherwise
             then
             in
             War
             ,
             or
             by
             sword
             .
          
           
             But
             from
             these
             ancient
             and
             barbarous
             manners
             ,
             we
             will
             come
             to
             the
             conditions
             of
             their
             middle
             time
             ,
             whom
             
               Giraldus
               Cambrensis
            
             describeth
             as
             followeth
             .
             The
             Irish
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             are
             a
             strong
             and
             bold
             people
             ,
             Martial
             and
             Prodigal
             in
             War
             ;
             nimble
             ,
             stout
             and
             haughty
             of
             heart
             ;
             careless
             of
             life
             ,
             but
             greedy
             of
             glory
             ;
             courteous
             to
             strangers
             ,
             constant
             in
             Love
             ,
             light
             of
             belief
             ,
             impatient
             of
             injury
             ,
             given
             to
             fleshly
             lusts
             ,
             and
             in
             enmity
             implacable
             .
             At
             the
             baptizing
             of
             their
             Infants
             ,
             their
             manner
             was
             ,
             not
             to
             dip
             their
             right
             arms
             into
             the
             water
             ,
             that
             so
             (
             as
             they
             thought
             )
             they
             might
             give
             a
             more
             deep
             and
             uncurable
             blow
             ,
             never
             calling
             them
             by
             the
             name
             of
             their
             Parents
             whilest
             they
             lived
             together
             ,
             but
             at
             their
             death
             took
             it
             upon
             them
             :
             Their
             Women
             nursed
             not
             their
             Children
             they
             bare
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             nursed
             others
             ,
             did
             affect
             and
             love
             them
             much
             more
             than
             their
             own
             .
          
           
           
             So
             much
             were
             they
             given
             to
             Fantastical
             conceits
             ,
             that
             they
             held
             it
             very
             ominous
             to
             give
             their
             Neighbours
             Fire
             upon
             May-day
             ,
             to
             eat
             an
             odd
             Egg
             ;
             endangered
             the
             death
             of
             their
             Horse
             ▪
             And
             before
             they
             cast
             in
             their
             seed
             ,
             they
             sent
             salt
             into
             the
             field
             ;
             to
             hang
             up
             the
             shells
             in
             the
             roof
             ,
             was
             a
             preservative
             of
             the
             Chickens
             from
             the
             Kite
             ;
             to
             set
             up
             green
             boughs
             at
             their
             doors
             in
             the
             month
             of
             May
             ,
             increased
             their
             Kines
             Milk
             ,
             and
             to
             spit
             upon
             Cattel
             ,
             they
             held
             it
             good
             against
             Witchery
             ,
             whereof
             Ireland
             was
             full
             .
          
           
             Superstitious
             Idolatry
             among
             the
             Wild
             Irish
             was
             common
             ,
             yielding
             divine
             honour
             unto
             the
             Moon
             after
             the
             change
             ,
             unto
             whom
             they
             both
             bowed
             their
             knees
             ,
             and
             made
             supplications
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Loud
             Voice
             would
             thus
             speak
             unto
             that
             Planet
             ,
             
               We
               pray
               thee
               leave
               us
               in
               as
               good
               Estate
               as
               thou
               foundst
               us
               .
            
             Wolves
             they
             did
             make
             as
             their
             God-sis
             ,
             terming
             them
             
               Chari
               Christ
            
             ,
             and
             so
             thought
             themselves
             preserved
             from
             their
             
             hurts
             ,
             the
             hoofs
             of
             dead
             Horses
             they
             accounted
             and
             held
             Sacred
             :
             About
             childrens
             necks
             they
             hung
             the
             beginning
             of
             St.
             Johns
             Gospel
             ,
             a
             crooked
             nail
             of
             an
             Horse
             shooe
             ,
             or
             a
             piece
             of
             a
             wolves-skin
             ,
             and
             both
             the
             sucking
             Child
             and
             Nurse
             were
             girt
             with
             Girdles
             finely
             plated
             with
             Womans
             hair
             ;
             so
             far
             they
             wandred
             into
             the
             ways
             of
             errour
             ,
             in
             making
             these
             arms
             the
             strength
             of
             their
             healths
             .
          
           
             Their
             Wives
             were
             many
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             Divorcements
             ,
             and
             their
             Maids
             marryed
             at
             twelve
             years
             of
             Age
             ,
             whose
             Customs
             were
             to
             send
             to
             their
             lovers
             ,
             bracelets
             plated
             ,
             and
             curiously
             wrought
             of
             their
             own
             hair
             ,
             so
             far
             following
             Venus
             in
             the
             knots
             of
             these
             allurements
             .
             The
             men
             wore
             Linnen
             shirts
             exceedingly
             large
             ,
             stained
             with
             Saffron
             ,
             the
             sleeves
             wide
             ,
             and
             hanging
             to
             their
             knees
             ,
             strait
             and
             short
             Trusses
             plated
             thick
             in
             the
             skirts
             ,
             their
             Breeches
             close
             to
             the
             thighs
             ,
             a
             short
             skeine
             hanging
             point
             down
             before
             ,
             and
             a
             Mantle
             most
             times
             cast
             over
             their
             heads
             .
             The
             women
             wore
             their
             
             hair
             plated
             in
             curious
             manner
             ,
             hanging
             down
             their
             backs
             and
             shoulders
             from
             under
             foulden
             wreaths
             of
             fine
             Linnen
             ,
             rolled
             about
             their
             heads
             ,
             rather
             loding
             the
             wearer
             then
             delighting
             the
             beholder
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             one
             was
             most
             seemly
             ,
             so
             the
             other
             was
             unsightly
             ,
             their
             necks
             was
             hung
             with
             Chains
             and
             Carkaneths
             ,
             their
             Arms
             wreathed
             with
             many
             Bracelets
             ,
             and
             over
             their
             side
             garments
             the
             Shag
             Rug
             Mantles
             ,
             purfled
             with
             a
             deep
             fringe
             of
             divers
             colours
             ,
             both
             Sexes
             accounting
             idleness
             their
             only
             liberty
             ,
             and
             ease
             their
             greatest
             riches
             .
          
           
             In
             War●
             they
             were
             forward
             ,
             and
             fought
             with
             Battle-axes
             ,
             whose
             bearers
             were
             called
             Galloglasses
             ,
             the
             common
             souldier
             ,
             but
             lightly
             armed
             ,
             who
             served
             with
             darts
             and
             sharp
             skeines
             ,
             their
             Trumpet
             was
             a
             Bag-pipe
             ,
             and
             word
             for
             encounter
             Pharroh
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             first
             Onset
             with
             great
             acclamation
             they
             uttered
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             did
             not
             ,
             was
             taken
             into
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             carryed
             into
             the
             Vale
             of
             Kerry
             ,
             where
             transformed
             (
             as
             they
             did
             believe
             )
             
             he
             remained
             until
             he
             was
             hunted
             with
             hounds
             from
             thence
             to
             his
             home
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             dying
             and
             dead
             ,
             they
             hired
             Women
             to
             mourn
             ,
             who
             expostulated
             with
             the
             sick
             ,
             why
             he
             would
             die
             ▪
             and
             dead
             ,
             at
             his
             Funeral
             such
             out-crys
             were
             made
             ,
             such
             clapping
             of
             hands
             ,
             such
             howlings
             ,
             and
             gestures
             ,
             that
             one
             would
             think
             their
             sorrows
             unrecoverable
             ,
             holding
             the
             opinion
             of
             Pythagoras
             for
             their
             souls
             departed
             .
          
           
             Their
             Diet
             in
             necessity
             was
             slender
             ,
             feeding
             upon
             Water-cresses
             ,
             Roots
             ,
             Mushrooms
             ,
             Shamroh
             ,
             Butter
             tempered
             with
             Oatmeal
             ,
             Milk
             ,
             Whey
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             raw
             fish
             ,
             the
             bloud
             being
             crushed
             out
             ;
             their
             use
             was
             also
             to
             let
             their
             Kine
             bloud
             ,
             which
             standing
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             coming
             to
             Jelly
             ,
             with
             Butter
             they
             did
             eat
             as
             a
             very
             good
             dish
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Description
             of
             the
             Civil
             Wars
             fought
             in
             England
             ,
             Wales
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             FRance
             felt
             the
             heavy
             hands
             of
             Edward
             and
             Henry
             our
             English
             Kings
             ,
             when
             the
             one
             of
             them
             at
             Poictiers
             took
             Prisoners
             John
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             Philip
             Sirnamed
             the
             hardy
             ,
             his
             son
             ;
             the
             other
             (
             Henry
             the
             fifth
             at
             Azincourt
             in
             a
             bloudy
             battel
             took
             and
             slew
             four
             thousand
             Princes
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
             Knights
             and
             Esquires
             ,
             even
             all
             the
             flower
             of
             France
             ,
             as
             their
             own
             writers
             have
             declared
             .
             And
             at
             Paris
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             was
             set
             upon
             Henry
             the
             6
             th
             .
             his
             Head
             ,
             homage
             done
             unto
             him
             by
             the
             French
             ,
             that
             Kingdom
             made
             subject
             ,
             and
             their
             
               Flower
               deluces
            
             quartered
             with
             our
             Lions
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             An
             enterprize
             remaining
             fresh
             in
             Memory
             ,
             of
             Philip
             date
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             against
             our
             Dread
             Soveraign
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             
             in
             the
             year
             1588.
             attempting
             by
             his
             invincible
             Navy
             as
             he
             thought
             ,
             and
             so
             termed
             ,
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Medina
               Celi
            
             ,
             which
             with
             great
             Pride
             and
             Cruelty
             was
             intended
             against
             us
             ,
             arrived
             on
             our
             Coasts
             to
             Englands
             Invasion
             and
             Subversion
             ,
             had
             yet
             nevertheless
             ,
             here
             in
             the
             narrow
             Seas
             ,
             the
             one
             part
             of
             his
             Fleet
             discomfited
             ,
             taken
             ,
             and
             drowned
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             part
             forced
             to
             their
             great
             shame
             ,
             in
             poor
             Estate
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             fearful
             and
             miserable
             flight
             about
             the
             Coast
             of
             Ireland
             homeward
             ,
             so
             that
             of
             158
             great
             ships
             furnished
             for
             War
             ,
             came
             to
             their
             own
             Coast
             of
             Spain
             but
             few
             ;
             and
             those
             so
             torn
             and
             beaten
             by
             the
             English
             Canons
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             thought
             they
             were
             unserviceable
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             eleven
             of
             their
             Ensigns
             or
             Banners
             prepared
             for
             Triumph
             and
             Pride
             in
             Conquest
             ,
             were
             contrariwise
             to
             their
             dishonour
             shewed
             at
             
               Pauls
               Cross
            
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             places
             of
             this
             Realm
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Description
             of
             the
             Turkish
             EMPIRE
             .
          
           
             WE
             will
             take
             notice
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             how
             it
             is
             a
             meer
             Couzenage
             thrust
             upon
             the
             filly
             people
             by
             the
             impious
             subtilty
             of
             one
             Mahomet
             ,
             whose
             story
             is
             well
             worth
             our
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             may
             cause
             us
             to
             commiserate
             the
             desperate
             Estate
             of
             those
             ignorant
             ,
             yet
             perverse
             and
             bloudy
             Antichristians
             .
          
           
             His
             place
             of
             Birth
             is
             questioned
             ,
             whether
             he
             were
             a
             Cirenick
             ,
             an
             Arabian
             ,
             or
             Persian
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             yet
             fully
             decided
             ;
             certain
             enough
             it
             is
             he
             was
             of
             base
             Parents
             ,
             his
             Father
             (
             some
             say
             )
             a
             Worshipper
             of
             Devils
             ,
             and
             his
             Mother
             a
             faithless
             Jew
             ,
             betwixt
             them
             they
             sent
             into
             the
             World
             a
             pernicious
             deceiver
             (
             which
             none
             but
             two
             such
             Religions
             could
             have
             made
             up
             .
             )
             In
             the
             year
             597.
             when
             he
             had
             been
             for
             a
             while
             thus
             instructed
             by
             his
             
             distracted
             Parents
             ,
             poverty
             and
             hope
             to
             improve
             his
             Fortunes
             ,
             perswaded
             him
             from
             his
             Native
             soil
             ,
             to
             live
             for
             another
             while
             among
             true
             professed
             Christians
             ,
             where
             he
             received
             so
             much
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             to
             pervert
             it
             to
             his
             destruction
             ,
             and
             ruine
             of
             many
             Millions
             of
             souls
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             first
             adventurous
             travels
             abroad
             ,
             he
             fell
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             theevish
             Saracens
             ,
             which
             sold
             him
             to
             a
             Jewish
             Merchant
             ,
             and
             he
             imployed
             him
             to
             drive
             his
             Camels
             through
             
               Egypt
               ,
               Syria
               ,
               Palestine
            
             ,
             and
             other
             forrain
             Countries
             ,
             where
             he
             still
             gathered
             farther
             instructions
             of
             that
             truth
             which
             he
             intended
             to
             abuse
             .
             His
             wickedness
             first
             brake
             forth
             into
             fraud
             ,
             open
             Theft
             and
             Rapine
             ,
             and
             other
             sins
             of
             highest
             rank
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             continued
             and
             seduced
             others
             ,
             till
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             after
             marryed
             his
             Aged
             ,
             but
             rich
             Mistress
             .
          
           
             He
             had
             means
             now
             to
             act
             his
             malicious
             purposes
             ,
             and
             wealth
             to
             countenance
             his
             exceeding
             Pride
             ,
             which
             would
             not
             be
             
             satisfied
             with
             a
             lower
             Ambition
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             called
             a
             Prophet
             of
             God.
             This
             he
             began
             to
             practice
             ,
             by
             the
             Counsel
             of
             one
             Sergius
             a
             Monk
             ,
             who
             being
             cast
             out
             for
             Heresie
             from
             Constantinople
             ,
             betook
             himself
             into
             Arabia
             ,
             and
             joyned
             in
             with
             Mahomet
             to
             make
             up
             this
             mischief
             perfect
             :
             see
             now
             their
             Juggling
             .
             There
             wanted
             no
             craft
             betwixt
             them
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             his
             worst
             actions
             to
             gull
             the
             simple
             .
             For
             when
             by
             his
             debaucht
             drinking
             and
             gluttony
             ,
             he
             was
             fallen
             into
             an
             Epilepsie
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             fits
             lay
             (
             Bear
             like
             )
             grovelling
             and
             foaming
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             as
             one
             without
             sense
             ;
             he
             pretended
             an
             Exta-like
             swoon
             ,
             wherein
             his
             soul
             was
             wrapped
             from
             his
             body
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             converst
             with
             Gabriel
             an
             Angel
             from
             Heaven
             .
             To
             make
             this
             familiarity
             with
             God
             the
             more
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             he
             had
             bred
             up
             a
             Dove
             to
             take
             her
             meat
             from
             his
             ear
             ,
             which
             he
             most
             blasphemously
             professed
             to
             be
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             who
             in
             such
             times
             and
             in
             that
             shape
             infused
             the
             prophesies
             which
             he
             was
             to
             preach
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             what
             
             they
             in
             their
             wicked
             fancies
             had
             conceived
             ,
             and
             meant
             to
             propagate
             ,
             they
             digested
             into
             a
             Volume
             ,
             and
             called
             it
             the
             Alcoran
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             too
             they
             had
             a
             trick
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             seem
             to
             have
             been
             sent
             from
             Heaven
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Mahomet
             ;
             and
             to
             this
             purpose
             he
             had
             himself
             fed
             up
             a
             tame
             Bull
             ,
             which
             by
             custom
             became
             so
             familliar
             ,
             that
             no
             sooner
             he
             heard
             the
             voice
             of
             his
             Master
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             straight
             run
             ,
             cast
             the
             head
             in
             his
             lap
             ,
             and
             use
             his
             wanton
             dalliance
             as
             with
             a
             Fellow
             .
             Betwixt
             the
             horns
             of
             this
             Bull
             ,
             had
             he
             fastned
             the
             Alcoran
             ,
             and
             conveyed
             him
             into
             a
             by-place
             ,
             near
             where
             he
             had
             assembled
             the
             Multitude
             at
             a
             set
             time
             ,
             to
             expect
             a
             wonderful
             Miracle
             from
             Heaven
             that
             might
             confirm
             his
             Prophecy
             .
             The
             Scene
             thus
             ordered
             ,
             on
             the
             sudden
             he
             lift
             up
             his
             voice
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             loud
             cry
             ,
             which
             no
             sooner
             the
             beast
             heard
             ,
             but
             he
             brake
             his
             way
             through
             the
             Press
             ,
             over-turned
             many
             of
             the
             Spectators
             ,
             which
             now
             stood
             at
             a
             gaze
             ,
             and
             
             gently
             laid
             his
             horns
             and
             book
             in
             the
             bosom
             of
             this
             false
             couzener
             ,
             which
             he
             with
             much
             ceremony
             ,
             and
             feigned
             Reverence
             received
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             presence
             opening
             the
             Volume
             ,
             began
             to
             interpret
             the
             chief
             of
             their
             Laws
             ,
             which
             for
             hereafter
             they
             were
             to
             observe
             .
          
           
             Circumcision
             he
             allowed
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             old
             Law
             forbad
             Swines
             flesh
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             with
             more
             ease
             lead
             on
             such
             as
             were
             Jewish
             ;
             he
             suffered
             himself
             to
             be
             baptized
             by
             Sergius
             ,
             that
             the
             Christian
             too
             might
             have
             in
             some
             measure
             his
             content
             :
             Moses
             and
             our
             Saviour
             he
             denyed
             not
             to
             be
             great
             Prophets
             ,
             but
             that
             neither
             party
             might
             emulate
             the
             greater
             observance
             of
             other
             ,
             and
             indeed
             especially
             that
             his
             own
             might
             seem
             new
             ,
             and
             yet
             take
             place
             from
             both
             ,
             he
             changed
             the
             circumsion
             of
             the
             Jews
             from
             the
             eighth
             day
             ,
             and
             multiplyes
             baptism
             ,
             which
             can
             be
             conferred
             but
             once
             for
             all
             ,
             upon
             the
             true
             believer
             .
             For
             the
             like
             reason
             of
             difference
             with
             other
             Nations
             and
             Sects
             ,
             he
             
             left
             both
             the
             Jews
             Sabbath
             ,
             and
             
               diem
               Christianorum
               Dominicum
            
             ,
             and
             commands
             his
             holy
             ceremonies
             to
             be
             celebrated
             on
             the
             Friday
             ;
             for
             so
             it
             was
             ,
             whent
             he
             Bull
             bestowed
             on
             him
             his
             Alcaran
             .
             Before
             they
             enter
             the
             Temple
             ,
             they
             wash
             all
             the
             unclean
             parts
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             prayer
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             performed
             five
             times
             in
             a
             day
             with
             their
             face
             toward
             the
             South
             .
             They
             have
             a
             Months
             fast
             too
             once
             every
             year
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             observed
             only
             for
             the
             day
             ,
             for
             they
             may
             ,
             when
             the
             Sun
             is
             down
             ,
             redeem
             it
             with
             what
             gluttony
             they
             please
             ;
             Wine
             is
             forbidden
             ,
             only
             for
             a
             shew
             that
             he
             might
             not
             seem
             to
             have
             loved
             that
             which
             (
             he
             was
             guilty
             to
             himself
             )
             had
             brought
             him
             into
             his
             Epileptical
             fits
             .
             Briefly
             ,
             what
             he
             knew
             would
             best
             agree
             with
             the
             brutish
             desires
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             he
             took
             order
             should
             be
             confirmed
             by
             his
             Laws
             ,
             four
             or
             five
             Wives
             to
             every
             Husband
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             Concubines
             as
             they
             could
             maintain
             .
             For
             their
             bliss
             after
             life
             ,
             he
             proposed
             no
             invisible
             delights
             
             which
             over
             reacht
             their
             understanding
             ,
             but
             proportioned
             to
             each
             of
             their
             sensual
             thoughts
             .
             And
             promised
             to
             those
             which
             would
             keep
             his
             Law
             a
             Paradise
             of
             all
             kinds
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             which
             they
             themselves
             most
             affected
             ,
             to
             the
             covetous
             wealth
             ,
             to
             the
             ambitious
             Honours
             ,
             to
             the
             gluttenous
             Meats
             ,
             to
             the
             Virgins
             rich
             attire
             ,
             and
             embraces
             of
             Angels
             ,
             the
             poor
             souls
             were
             never
             so
             fitted
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             had
             thus
             for
             a
             long
             time
             discoursed
             over
             his
             Alcoran
             ,
             he
             took
             a
             yoak
             from
             Sergius
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             upon
             the
             Bulls
             neck
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             fore-told
             by
             an
             Inscription
             brought
             by
             his
             door
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             could
             yoke
             the
             Bull
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             a
             sign
             to
             declare
             the
             man
             ,
             as
             one
             sent
             from
             God
             ,
             to
             govern
             his
             people
             .
          
           
             This
             huddle
             of
             Miracles
             put
             the
             Gazers
             beyond
             all
             pause
             ,
             so
             that
             in
             an
             instant
             they
             cryed
             him
             up
             King
             ,
             and
             held
             his
             companion
             in
             Reputation
             of
             a
             minor
             Prophet
             ,
             called
             themselves
             Musulmanni
             ;
             true
             believers
             ,
             which
             the
             Turk
             still
             affects
             ,
             
             rather
             than
             his
             right
             name
             of
             Turk
             ,
             which
             imports
             banishment
             ,
             and
             unpraids
             him
             the
             disgrace
             of
             his
             Original
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             he
             hath
             past
             the
             difficulty
             of
             his
             attempt
             ,
             an
             easie
             matter
             to
             draw
             on
             Millions
             of
             followers
             ,
             such
             as
             would
             like
             that
             Religion
             best
             which
             baulkt
             not
             their
             pleasures
             ;
             yet
             at
             last
             he
             met
             with
             an
             end
             answerable
             to
             his
             beginning
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             poysoned
             by
             some
             of
             his
             own
             Family
             .
          
           
             He
             had
             long
             before
             prophesied
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             wonderfully
             conveyed
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             good
             his
             Fraud
             ,
             had
             framed
             an
             Iron
             Chest
             for
             his
             Sepulchre
             ,
             which
             he
             purposed
             should
             have
             been
             held
             up
             by
             force
             of
             a
             Load-stone
             placed
             in
             the
             top
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             means
             have
             appeared
             to
             the
             beholder
             to
             hang
             in
             the
             Air
             without
             any
             support
             .
             But
             this
             trick
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             was
             prevented
             by
             death
             ,
             yet
             they
             expected
             still
             his
             ascent
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             till
             he
             stank
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             last
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             convey
             him
             into
             his
             Iron
             Coffin
             ,
             
             which
             remains
             to
             this
             day
             in
             Mecha
             a
             City
             of
             Persia
             ,
             and
             is
             visited
             by
             the
             Turks
             ,
             as
             the
             Sepulcher
             of
             our
             Saviour
             at
             Jerusalem
             by
             Pilgrim-Christians
             .
          
        
         
           
             China
             .
          
           
             THis
             Kingdom
             is
             in
             the
             utmost
             bounds
             Eastward
             of
             the
             
               East
               India
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             lyes
             farthest
             remote
             from
             Christendom
             ;
             the
             Chinoyse
             do
             much
             exceed
             us
             for
             ample
             Cities
             ,
             and
             multitude
             of
             Inhabitants
             :
             It
             is
             now
             a
             vast
             Empire
             ,
             and
             without
             doubt
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             infinitely
             populous
             ,
             so
             they
             are
             proportionably
             Rich
             ,
             beyond
             any
             other
             Nation
             of
             the
             World.
             Their
             principal
             Commodities
             are
             Silks
             and
             Sugars
             ;
             yet
             besides
             these
             ,
             they
             send
             forth
             Wool
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             Olives
             ,
             Metals
             ,
             Rhubarb
             ,
             Honey
             ,
             Purslain
             dishes
             ,
             Camphire
             ,
             Ginger
             ,
             Pepper
             ,
             &c.
             
             Musk
             ,
             Salt
             great
             store
             .
          
           
             The
             men
             are
             in
             their
             several
             imployments
             infinitely
             laborious
             ,
             and
             ingenuous
             :
             
             it
             is
             very
             rare
             to
             see
             any
             of
             them
             in
             a
             strange
             Country
             ,
             nor
             will
             they
             easily
             admit
             a
             stranger
             far
             into
             theirs
             ;
             they
             are
             addicted
             much
             to
             Manual
             Arts
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             excellent
             practick
             Wits
             ,
             and
             indeed
             for
             that
             go
             beyond
             any
             other
             Nation
             :
             Much
             quarrel
             hath
             been
             about
             the
             invention
             of
             Guns
             and
             Printing
             ,
             which
             several
             people
             have
             been
             ambitious
             to
             take
             to
             themselves
             ,
             as
             the
             Master-piece
             of
             Mans
             wit
             ;
             but
             without
             doubt
             they
             were
             both
             used
             here
             ,
             long
             before
             any
             of
             Europe
             pretended
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             either
             .
             In
             their
             writings
             ,
             they
             make
             not
             their
             Lines
             from
             the
             Right
             hand
             to
             the
             left
             ,
             as
             the
             Hebrews
             ,
             nor
             from
             the
             left
             to
             the
             right
             as
             we
             do
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             top
             to
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             page
             ,
             and
             use
             all
             one
             Character
             through
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             .
             Their
             special
             skill
             ,
             which
             we
             much
             admire
             ,
             but
             cannot
             imitate
             ,
             is
             in
             making
             the
             Purslain
             dishes
             white
             as
             very
             Snow
             ,
             and
             transparent
             as
             Glass
             ,
             formed
             up
             only
             of
             Cockles
             found
             in
             the
             Sea-shore
             ,
             mixt
             
             with
             Egg
             shells
             ,
             but
             lye
             buryed
             in
             the
             Earth
             many
             years
             before
             they
             come
             to
             perfection
             ,
             and
             are
             seldom
             took
             up
             by
             the
             same
             Artificer
             ,
             which
             kneads
             them
             ,
             but
             are
             left
             as
             a
             portion
             to
             some
             of
             his
             Posterity
             .
          
           
             When
             they
             travel
             over
             the
             Plains
             ,
             they
             use
             a
             kind
             of
             Coach
             ,
             yet
             not
             drawn
             with
             Horses
             or
             other
             Beast
             ,
             but
             driven
             with
             the
             Wind
             under-sail
             as
             a
             Bark
             on
             the
             Sea
             ,
             which
             the
             people
             are
             as
             perfect
             to
             guide
             which
             way
             they
             please
             ,
             as
             the
             Mariner
             is
             to
             direct
             his
             course
             unto
             any
             Coast
             whither
             he
             is
             bound
             ;
             as
             they
             sail
             upon
             Land
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             Sea
             ;
             so
             they
             dwell
             as
             frequent
             upon
             the
             Sea
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             Land
             ;
             for
             they
             have
             an
             incredible
             number
             of
             ships
             and
             Boats
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             many
             places
             ranked
             like
             streets
             upon
             the
             Waters
             ,
             and
             filled
             with
             Inhabitants
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             here
             born
             ,
             live
             ,
             traffick
             ,
             marry
             ,
             and
             die
             .
             Mr.
             Purchas
             Reports
             that
             upon
             one
             River
             from
             Nanquin
             to
             Paquin
             ,
             they
             are
             thus
             ordered
             for
             three
             hundred
             leagues
             .
             No
             mar●●l
             then
             ,
             if
             
             their
             number
             exceed
             any
             part
             proportionable
             of
             the
             whole
             Earth
             ,
             since
             their
             Land
             is
             not
             sufficient
             ,
             but
             is
             forced
             to
             borrow
             room
             out
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             for
             their
             habitation
             .
             Yet
             are
             they
             all
             governed
             by
             one
             Monarch
             ,
             whom
             they
             call
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             Son
             to
             the
             Sun.
             In
             matters
             of
             State
             they
             are
             very
             Politick
             ,
             in
             Peace
             wary
             ,
             and
             in
             War
             Valiant
             ,
             crafty
             and
             excellent
             Engineers
             .
          
           
             Their
             Laws
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             just
             ,
             and
             severely
             executed
             ,
             especially
             against
             idle
             drones
             which
             set
             not
             a
             hand
             to
             advance
             their
             State
             ,
             or
             maintain
             themselves
             ;
             they
             will
             not
             cherish
             the
             very
             blind
             by
             Alms
             ,
             since
             without
             eyes
             a
             man
             may
             be
             fit
             for
             some
             corporal
             imployment
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             maimed
             and
             lame
             ,
             they
             deny
             not
             a
             charitable
             maintenance
             ;
             the
             Son
             is
             bound
             to
             exercise
             his
             Parents
             occupation
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             pretense
             almost
             is
             left
             for
             Wonderers
             :
             and
             briefly
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             humane
             Laws
             can
             provide
             ,
             all
             other
             vain
             occasions
             ,
             for
             mis-expence
             of
             time
             are
             taken
             off
             ;
             for
             
             within
             the
             Cities
             no
             stews
             are
             allow'd
             ,
             or
             lewd
             persons
             to
             withdraw
             them
             ,
             Adultery
             is
             punished
             with
             death
             ,
             but
             yet
             they
             have
             liberty
             to
             take
             many
             Wives
             ,
             one
             they
             keep
             at
             home
             ,
             the
             rest
             are
             disposed
             of
             abroad
             ,
             where
             they
             best
             please
             .
             Their
             Marriages
             they
             chiefly
             solemnize
             at
             the
             New
             Moon
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             most
             part
             in
             March
             ,
             which
             begins
             their
             year
             .
          
           
             For
             their
             Religion
             ,
             they
             are
             Gentiles
             ,
             but
             have
             a
             confused
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             Creation
             :
             When
             they
             would
             decipher
             their
             great
             God
             ,
             they
             express
             him
             by
             the
             first
             Letter
             in
             their
             Alphabet
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             Devotions
             ;
             they
             worship
             him
             as
             their
             chief
             (
             but
             not
             only
             )
             preserver
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             their
             prayers
             to
             the
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             ,
             Stars
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Devil
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             hurt
             them
             .
             Their
             Priests
             are
             distinguished
             into
             the
             black
             and
             White
             Friers
             as
             we
             call
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             much
             resemble
             Friers
             in
             their
             course
             of
             life
             ,
             some
             are
             cloathed
             in
             White
             ,
             their
             heads
             shorn
             ,
             and
             their
             Victuals
             in
             common
             ;
             others
             in
             
             black
             ,
             long
             hair
             ,
             and
             live
             apart
             ,
             neither
             are
             marryed
             ,
             but
             both
             take
             their
             liberty
             to
             live
             obscurely
             ,
             as
             the
             debauchest
             swaggerers
             .
          
           
             The
             chief
             of
             the
             Cities
             is
             Paquin
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             hath
             his
             continual
             Residence
             ,
             his
             Pallace
             here
             is
             compassed
             with
             a
             Triple
             wall
             ,
             carrys
             the
             bulk
             and
             face
             of
             a
             fair
             Town
             ,
             for
             indeed
             his
             retinue
             are
             no
             fewer
             then
             might
             well
             people
             a
             large
             City
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             he
             hath
             16000
             Eunuchs
             daily
             attending
             ,
             such
             as
             their
             own
             Parents
             have
             emascul'd
             in
             their
             Infancy
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             capable
             of
             this
             Court
             preferment
             .
             The
             seat
             Imperial
             was
             heretofore
             at
             Nanquin
             ,
             where
             still
             remains
             a
             Golden
             testimony
             of
             her
             past
             glory
             .
             It
             is
             a
             fair
             City
             thirty
             miles
             in
             compass
             ,
             seated
             nine
             leagues
             from
             the
             Sea
             upon
             a
             fair
             Navigable
             River
             ,
             where
             there
             Rides
             commonly
             at
             least
             10000.
             of
             the
             Kings
             ships
             ,
             besides
             Merchants
             ;
             it
             hath
             three
             brick
             walls
             ,
             the
             streets
             are
             six
             miles
             in
             length
             ,
             of
             a
             proportionable
             breadth
             ,
             and
             trimly
             paved
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Metropolis
             is
             Quinsay
             or
             Suntien
             ,
             the
             largest
             City
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             for
             it
             contains
             100
             miles
             in
             compass
             ,
             it
             is
             seated
             in
             a
             low
             and
             Fenny
             ground
             ,
             is
             subject
             to
             floods
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             forced
             in
             very
             many
             places
             ,
             to
             erect
             bridges
             for
             free
             passage
             from
             one
             street
             to
             another
             ;
             there
             are
             in
             all
             12000.
             built
             of
             stone
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             them
             so
             high
             ,
             that
             a
             good
             ship
             may
             strike
             under
             them
             with
             full
             sail
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             hath
             its
             ten
             for
             a
             night
             guard
             .
             The
             Inhabitants
             of
             this
             City
             live
             luxuriously
             ,
             especially
             their
             Women
             ,
             who
             are
             much
             more
             comely
             then
             their
             men
             ;
             yet
             all
             of
             them
             almost
             eat
             both
             Horse
             and
             Dogs
             flesh
             .
             Toward
             the
             South
             part
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             lake
             about
             24
             miles
             in
             circuit
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             stand
             two
             Islands
             ,
             whither
             the
             chief
             Nobilty
             repair
             and
             invite
             their
             friends
             to
             Solemnize
             their
             Marriage
             ,
             and
             have
             in
             each
             a
             stately
             Pallace
             erected
             ,
             furnished
             sufficiently
             with
             all
             fitting
             Ornaments
             for
             a
             Wedding
             jollity
             .
             In
             many
             parts
             of
             the
             City
             there
             are
             publick
             
             places
             of
             Receipt
             ;
             for
             such
             as
             sustain
             any
             misfortune
             by
             fire
             ,
             there
             they
             may
             lodge
             their
             Goods
             safe
             upon
             a
             suddain
             casualty
             ,
             till
             they
             can
             make
             better
             provision
             .
          
           
             In
             each
             Province
             the
             Cities
             stand
             so
             thick
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             populous
             ,
             that
             they
             all
             seem
             to
             be
             as
             one
             ,
             one
             as
             well
             for
             their
             continued
             building
             almost
             as
             their
             fashion
             of
             building
             ;
             for
             they
             all
             observe
             the
             same
             form
             ,
             and
             dispose
             their
             streets
             alike
             ,
             two
             broad
             ,
             crossing
             each
             other
             in
             the
             middle
             in
             so
             strait
             a
             line
             ,
             that
             the
             eye
             may
             reach
             clean
             from
             one
             end
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             The
             Revenues
             of
             the
             whole
             Empire
             and
             number
             of
             Inhabitants
             ,
             are
             not
             easily
             to
             be
             reckoned
             .
             Yet
             this
             in
             brief
             ,
             he
             hath
             subject
             under
             him
             70
             Crowned
             Kings
             ,
             gathers
             up
             yearly
             120
             Millions
             of
             Crowns
             ,
             stirs
             not
             into
             the
             field
             without
             300000
             foot
             ,
             and
             200000
             horse
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Description
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             TARTARY
             .
          
           
             THese
             Tartaryans
             ,
             for
             brutish
             Customs
             ,
             were
             grown
             odious
             to
             the
             more
             civil
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             as
             (
             Herod
             in
             his
             fourth
             Book
             of
             Histories
             delivers
             )
             were
             wont
             to
             sing
             their
             Parents
             to
             the
             Grave
             ,
             invite
             their
             best
             Friends
             to
             Feast
             with
             their
             Fathers
             flesh
             ,
             and
             use
             his
             Scull
             ,
             as
             a
             cup
             to
             drink
             in
             at
             their
             lascivious
             banquets
             .
             Who
             more
             the
             Axiaca
             ,
             who
             quenched
             their
             thirst
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             him
             ,
             whom
             they
             first
             slew
             ,
             as
             it
             gushed
             warm
             from
             his
             wounds
             ;
             who
             more
             foolish
             proud
             than
             the
             Agathyrst
             ,
             who
             were
             used
             to
             mend
             their
             beauty
             by
             a
             deformed
             painting
             ,
             and
             ugly
             staining
             of
             their
             bodies
             with
             motly
             colours
             .
          
           
             You
             shall
             have
             here
             their
             Character
             ,
             which
             is
             given
             by
             most
             that
             describe
             them
             ,
             to
             have
             ill
             fashioned
             bodies
             ,
             answerable
             
             to
             their
             rude
             minds
             ,
             fit
             houses
             for
             so
             unclean
             guests
             .
          
           
             Their
             Stature
             is
             different
             .
             The
             most
             part
             have
             large
             shoulders
             ,
             a
             broad
             face
             ,
             with
             a
             crooked
             nose
             ,
             deformed
             countenance
             ,
             swarthy
             colour
             ,
             hollow
             eyes
             ,
             hairy
             and
             untrimmed
             beard
             ,
             and
             head
             close
             shaved
             .
             Their
             speech
             is
             boisterous
             ,
             and
             clamorous
             ,
             their
             noise
             in
             singing
             ,
             like
             the
             yell
             of
             Wolves
             ,
             and
             endurance
             of
             hunger
             ,
             thirst
             ,
             heat
             ,
             cold
             and
             watching
             equals
             them
             (
             in
             strength
             of
             body
             )
             to
             the
             most
             able
             beast
             ,
             for
             it
             exceeds
             the
             common
             power
             of
             a
             man.
             Their
             lust
             is
             without
             Law
             ,
             for
             they
             except
             no
             kindred
             ,
             but
             their
             own
             Mothers
             ,
             Daughters
             ,
             and
             Sisters
             .
             No
             species
             ,
             for
             they
             mix
             with
             beasts
             ;
             nor
             sex
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             unsatiate
             Sodomites
             ;
             and
             yet
             take
             liberty
             for
             as
             many
             Wives
             which
             they
             can
             maintain
             ,
             which
             (
             contrary
             to
             our
             civil
             courses
             )
             they
             buy
             of
             their
             Parents
             ,
             instead
             of
             receiving
             Dowries
             .
             Their
             meat
             is
             the
             raw
             flesh
             of
             horses
             ,
             without
             regard
             how
             they
             were
             killed
             ,
             or
             what
             diseases
             they
             dyed
             ;
             
             sometimes
             they
             suck
             bloud
             from
             the
             living
             ,
             to
             appease
             their
             hunger
             and
             thirst
             ,
             if
             (
             in
             a
             journey
             )
             they
             be
             distressed
             for
             want
             of
             food
             .
          
           
             Cities
             they
             have
             but
             few
             ,
             nor
             houses
             other
             then
             moveable
             Tents
             made
             of
             Beasts
             skins
             ,
             which
             they
             pitch
             up
             by
             great
             multitudes
             in
             the
             form
             of
             a
             Town
             ,
             and
             those
             are
             called
             hordes
             :
             when
             the
             Grass
             is
             once
             eaten
             bare
             ,
             and
             the
             ground
             yields
             not
             meat
             for
             their
             Cattel
             ,
             they
             trudge
             with
             bag
             and
             baggage
             to
             another
             quarter
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             course
             they
             wander
             through
             the
             vast
             Desarts
             unsetled
             ,
             and
             indeed
             impatient
             to
             be
             setled
             ,
             or
             rather
             imprisoned
             (
             as
             they
             take
             it
             )
             within
             any
             bounded
             compass
             ,
             having
             the
             wide
             world
             to
             roam
             in
             :
             Their
             chief
             Arms
             are
             Bow
             and
             Arrows
             ,
             which
             they
             use
             most
             on
             Horse-back
             ,
             for
             their
             most
             speedy
             flight
             ,
             and
             have
             them
             commonly
             strongly
             poysoned
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             sure
             mischief
             to
             the
             foe
             ;
             their
             stratagems
             are
             downright
             fraud
             ,
             and
             breach
             of
             truce
             ,
             for
             they
             keep
             no
             faith
             with
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             regard
             
             not
             any
             compact
             made
             upon
             terms
             of
             peace
             ,
             but
             follow
             their
             own
             sense
             ,
             and
             commit
             what
             out-rages
             they
             can
             with
             least
             danger
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Their
             Religion
             is
             answerable
             to
             their
             vile
             customs
             ;
             Some
             are
             Pagans
             ,
             others
             Mahometans
             ,
             yet
             will
             not
             be
             called
             Turks
             ,
             but
             Bersemany
             ,
             and
             their
             chief
             Priest
             Seyd
             ,
             whom
             they
             reverence
             more
             then
             their
             Maker
             ,
             and
             admit
             none
             shall
             touch
             his
             hand
             but
             their
             Kings
             ;
             and
             these
             too
             with
             an
             humble
             gesture
             ,
             their
             Dukes
             aspire
             not
             above
             his
             knee
             ,
             nor
             the
             Nobles
             higher
             then
             his
             feet
             ,
             the
             rest
             are
             happy
             if
             they
             can
             but
             reach
             at
             his
             garment
             ,
             his
             Horse
             ,
             his
             any
             thing
             ;
             so
             simple
             are
             they
             in
             their
             superstition
             .
             And
             thus
             have
             they
             continued
             either
             Atheists
             or
             false
             Idolaters
             ,
             ever
             since
             the
             first
             entrance
             upon
             this
             Kingdom
             in
             the
             year
             1187.
             
             Before
             they
             were
             not
             esteemed
             a
             Nation
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             wild
             people
             ,
             without
             Law
             or
             reason
             almost
             ,
             who
             lived
             in
             the
             open
             fields
             ,
             and
             conversed
             with
             no
             other
             then
             their
             own
             heards
             of
             Cattel
             .
          
           
           
             They
             cease
             not
             to
             commit
             continual
             Murthers
             and
             Rapines
             upon
             the
             Countries
             adjoyning
             ,
             with
             an
             inveterate
             hate
             to
             such
             as
             profess
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             engaged
             themselves
             to
             pay
             yearly
             three
             hundred
             Christians
             ,
             as
             tribute
             to
             the
             great
             Turk
             ,
             which
             number
             they
             draw
             out
             of
             
               Polonia
               ,
               Russia
               ,
               Tituania
               ,
               Walachia
               ,
            
             and
             part
             of
             Muscovia
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           GENTLEMAN
           In
           his
           Travels
           TO
           BOHEMIA
           ,
        
         
           Hath
           these
           Rare
           Observations
           following
           .
        
         
           AFter
           he
           had
           left
           Hambrough
           ,
           he
           was
           carryed
           (
           as
           he
           saith
           )
           day
           and
           night
           in
           Waggons
           to
           an
           ancient
           Town
           called
           Heldeshim
           ,
           it
           standeth
           in
           
           Brunswick-Land
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           belongeth
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Collin
           ,
           where
           he
           did
           observe
           in
           their
           Kirk
           or
           Cathedral
           Church
           ,
           a
           
           Crown
           of
           Silver
           80
           foot
           in
           compass
           ,
           hanged
           up
           in
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           In
           the
           circuit
           of
           which
           Crown
           were
           placed
           160
           Wax
           Candles
           ,
           the
           which
           at
           Festival
           days
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           Celebration
           of
           some
           high
           Ceremonies
           are
           lighted
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           there
           he
           saw
           a
           Silver
           Bell
           in
           their
           steeple
           of
           thirty
           pound
           weight
           ,
           and
           the
           Leads
           of
           their
           steeple
           shining
           and
           sparkling
           with
           the
           Sun-beams
           ;
           they
           did
           affirm
           to
           him
           to
           be
           Gold
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           he
           doubted
           .
        
         
           From
           thence
           in
           his
           Travels
           ,
           he
           came
           to
           a
           Town
           called
           Halverstadt
           ,
           which
           belongs
           to
           a
           Bishop
           so
           styled
           ,
           who
           is
           Duke
           Christian
           Brother
           to
           the
           now
           Duke
           of
           Brunswick
           ,
           a
           long
           Dutch
           mile
           (
           or
           almost
           six
           English
           )
           is
           a
           small
           Town
           called
           Groning
           belonging
           to
           the
           Duke
           :
           In
           which
           place
           he
           observed
           ,
        
         
           First
           a
           most
           stately
           Pallace
           built
           with
           a
           beautiful
           Chappel
           ,
           so
           adorned
           with
           the
           Images
           and
           Forms
           of
           Angels
           and
           Cherubims
           ,
           with
           such
           exquisiteness
           of
           Arts
           best
           Industry
           of
           Carving
           ,
           Graving
           ,
           
           Guilding
           ,
           Painting
           ,
           Glazing
           ,
           and
           Paving
           ,
           with
           such
           super-excellent
           Workman-ship
           of
           Organs
           ,
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           Font
           ,
           that
           for
           Curiosity
           and
           admirable
           Rareness
           ,
           all
           the
           buildings
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           and
           Fabricks
           that
           ever
           he
           beheld
           ,
           must
           give
           it
           preheminence
           ;
           he
           confesseth
           that
           Henry
           the
           sevenths
           Chappel
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           Kings
           Colledge
           Chappel
           in
           Cambridge
           ,
           and
           Christ-Church
           in
           Canterbury
           ,
           are
           beyond
           it
           in
           height
           and
           Workman-ship
           of
           Stone
           ;
           for
           indeed
           this
           Chappel
           is
           most
           of
           Wood
           ,
           Gippe
           ,
           and
           Plaister
           of
           Paris
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           so
           guilded
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           made
           in
           the
           Golden
           age
           ,
           when
           Gold
           was
           esteemed
           as
           Dross
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           man
           had
           need
           to
           wear
           a
           vaile
           over
           his
           dazeling
           eyes
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           can
           hardly
           look
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Church
           there
           is
           no
           Service
           :
           If
           the
           painted
           Pulpit
           could
           preach
           ,
           the
           Images
           might
           (
           perhaps
           )
           have
           a
           Sermon
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           for
           scarce
           at
           any
           time
           there
           comes
           any
           body
           into
           the
           Chappel
           ,
           but
           a
           fellow
           that
           shews
           the
           beauty
           of
           it
           for
           2
           d.
           or
           3
           d.
           a
           piece
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           same
           house
           ,
           in
           a
           place
           or
           Celler
           built
           of
           purpose
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Tun
           ,
           or
           Vessel
           of
           Wood
           ,
           that
           was
           seven
           years
           in
           making
           ,
           and
           was
           used
           to
           be
           filled
           with
           Rhenish-Wine
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           to
           be
           twice
           as
           big
           as
           the
           Vessel
           at
           Heidelberg
           ,
           and
           the
           hoops
           of
           it
           are
           twelve
           inches
           thick
           ,
           the
           staves
           or
           boards
           of
           it
           being
           as
           much
           ;
           they
           go
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           it
           with
           a
           Ladder
           of
           18
           steps
           ,
           he
           that
           keeps
           it
           ,
           saith
           it
           will
           hold
           160
           Tunnes
           .
        
         
           
             This
             is
             a
             Tub
             of
             Tubs
             ,
             Tub
             of
             Tubs
             hall
             ;
          
           
             Who
             ne're
             had
             fellow
             yet
             ,
             nor
             ever
             shall
             .
          
        
         
           From
           hence
           passing
           through
           many
           Towns
           ,
           and
           inaccessible
           mountains
           ,
           he
           and
           his
           company
           came
           to
           a
           Wood
           ,
           which
           parts
           Bohemia
           from
           Saxony
           on
           the
           West
           ,
           which
           Wood
           is
           called
           by
           the
           people
           of
           those
           parts
           the
           
             Beamer
             Wolts
          
           ,
           or
           Wolt
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           breadth
           ten
           English
           miles
           ,
           but
           in
           length
           farther
           than
           to
           be
           described
           by
           him
           truly
           :
           Thus
           much
           is
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           natural
           impregnable
           Wall
           
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           which
           Kingdom
           is
           all
           incompast
           round
           with
           Woods
           and
           mountains
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           is
           no
           passage
           on
           that
           side
           of
           it
           for
           an
           Army
           to
           enter
           into
           it
           with
           Munition
           and
           Artillery
           ,
           all
           the
           wayes
           being
           uneven
           ,
           and
           the
           mountain
           tops
           all
           Bogs
           ,
           Mosses
           ,
           and
           Quagmires
           ;
           besides
           ,
           there
           are
           numbers
           past
           numbring
           of
           Firre-trees
           ,
           many
           standing
           ,
           and
           such
           store
           fallen
           of
           themselves
           ,
           that
           any
           passage
           might
           easily
           be
           stopped
           by
           laying
           them
           cross
           the
           way
           ;
           a
           most
           dismal
           Wood
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           trees
           grow
           so
           thick
           ,
           and
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           the
           Sun
           is
           obscured
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           seemeth
           night
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           had
           past
           the
           Hills
           and
           Woods
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           look
           down
           the
           Mountains
           ,
           into
           the
           fruitful
           Land
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           never
           did
           sight
           more
           rejoyce
           them
           ,
           the
           lower
           hills
           being
           all
           full
           of
           Vineyards
           ,
           and
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           Corn
           and
           Pasture
           ,
           not
           an
           English
           mile
           distance
           ,
           but
           a
           Village
           every
           way
           ,
           and
           twenty
           ,
           thirty
           ,
           or
           fourty
           ricks
           or
           stacks
           of
           Corn
           (
           which
           
           their
           Barns
           cannot
           hold
           )
           in
           the
           space
           of
           every
           hours
           journey
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           every
           thing
           that
           belonged
           to
           the
           use
           and
           Commodity
           of
           man
           was
           and
           is
           there
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           delightful
           objects
           to
           satisfie
           every
           sense
           is
           there
           abundantly
           ,
           so
           that
           nature
           seemed
           to
           make
           that
           Country
           her
           Store-house
           or
           Granary
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           nothing
           wanting
           ,
           except
           mens
           gratitude
           to
           God
           for
           such
           blessings
           .
           Then
           they
           came
           to
           Prague
           ,
           which
           long
           lookt
           for
           City
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           seen
           until
           they
           came
           within
           an
           hours
           travel
           of
           it
           ;
           within
           half
           a
           Dutch
           mile
           is
           a
           fearful
           place
           ,
           being
           frequented
           with
           inhumane
           and
           barbarous
           murderers
           ,
           that
           assault
           travellers
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           chance
           at
           any
           time
           to
           be
           apprehended
           ,
           they
           are
           racked
           and
           tortured
           to
           make
           them
           confess
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           their
           Executions
           are
           very
           terrible
           :
           In
           their
           journey
           they
           saw
           above
           sevenscore
           Gallowses
           and
           wheels
           ,
           where
           thieves
           were
           hanged
           ,
           some
           fresh
           ,
           and
           some
           half
           rotten
           ,
           and
           the
           carkasses
           of
           murtherers
           broken
           Limb
           after
           Limb
           on
           the
           wheels
           .
        
         
         
           When
           they
           were
           come
           to
           Prague
           ,
           which
           was
           but
           two
           days
           after
           a
           most
           fearful
           execution
           of
           two
           notorious
           Offenders
           ;
           the
           manner
           how
           ,
           with
           their
           faults
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           truly
           related
           to
           them
           by
           English
           Gentelmen
           that
           saw
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           relate
           it
           .
           The
           one
           of
           them
           being
           taken
           ,
           apprehended
           and
           racked
           ,
           for
           ripping
           up
           a
           live
           Woman
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           for
           taking
           the
           Infant
           out
           of
           her
           body
           ,
           did
           sow
           a
           living
           puppy
           into
           her
           belly
           ,
           all
           which
           he
           confessed
           he
           did
           to
           make
           properties
           for
           Witchcraft
           ;
           and
           being
           further
           tortured
           ,
           he
           confessed
           when
           &
           where
           he
           had
           committed
           35
           murthers
           more
           .
           The
           other
           in
           respect
           of
           him
           was
           but
           a
           petty
           offender
           ,
           for
           he
           in
           all
           his
           life-time
           had
           murthered
           but
           14.
           for
           the
           which
           execrable
           facts
           ,
           their
           deserved
           executions
           were
           as
           followeth
           .
           First
           ,
           they
           were
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           Goal
           naked
           from
           the
           girdle
           upward
           ,
           and
           so
           being
           bound
           fast
           on
           high
           in
           a
           Cart
           ,
           that
           the
           Spectators
           might
           see
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           hangman
           having
           a
           pan
           of
           Coals
           near
           
           him
           ,
           with
           red
           hot
           pincers
           nip'd
           of
           the
           nipple
           of
           one
           breast
           ,
           then
           he
           took
           a
           knife
           and
           gives
           him
           a
           slash
           or
           cut
           down
           the
           back
           on
           one
           side
           from
           the
           shoulder
           to
           the
           waste
           ,
           and
           presently
           gave
           him
           such
           another
           slash
           ,
           three
           inches
           from
           the
           first
           ,
           then
           on
           the
           top
           he
           cut
           the
           slashes
           into
           one
           ,
           and
           presently
           taking
           pincers
           ,
           took
           hold
           of
           the
           cross
           cut
           ,
           and
           tore
           him
           down
           like
           a
           Girse
           below
           the
           middle
           ,
           letting
           it
           hang
           down
           behind
           him
           like
           a
           belt
           ,
           after
           which
           he
           took
           his
           burning
           pincers
           ,
           and
           pluck'd
           off
           the
           tops
           of
           his
           fingers
           of
           one
           hand
           ;
           then
           passing
           to
           another
           place
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           his
           other
           nipple
           was
           plucked
           off
           ,
           the
           other
           side
           of
           his
           back
           so
           cut
           and
           mangled
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           call
           by
           the
           name
           of
           rimming
           )
           his
           other
           fingers
           nip'd
           off
           ;
           then
           passing
           further
           ,
           all
           his
           Toes
           were
           nip'd
           off
           with
           the
           burning
           pincers
           ,
           after
           which
           he
           was
           inforced
           to
           come
           out
           of
           the
           Cart
           ,
           and
           go
           on
           foot
           up
           a
           steep
           hill
           to
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           broken
           with
           a
           wheel
           alive
           ,
           one
           bone
           after
           another
           ,
           beginning
           at
           his
           leggs
           ,
           
           and
           ending
           with
           his
           neck
           ,
           and
           last
           of
           all
           quartered
           and
           laid
           on
           the
           Wheel
           ,
           on
           a
           high
           post
           ,
           till
           Crows
           ,
           Ravens
           ,
           or
           consuming
           time
           consume
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           manner
           of
           both
           their
           executions
           ,
           but
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           greatest
           murther
           particularly
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           reported
           that
           all
           these
           torments
           never
           made
           him
           once
           to
           change
           countenance
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           any
           sign
           or
           action
           of
           grief
           ,
           to
           call
           to
           God
           for
           mercy
           ,
           or
           to
           intreat
           the
           people
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           ,
           but
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           a
           sensless
           stock
           or
           stone
           ,
           he
           did
           most
           scornfully
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           in
           disdain
           abide
           it
           ;
           whilst
           the
           other
           Villain
           did
           cry
           ,
           rore
           ,
           and
           make
           lamentation
           ,
           calling
           upon
           God
           often
           .
           The
           difference
           was
           not
           much
           in
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           their
           deaths
           ,
           but
           the
           odds
           may
           be
           great
           in
           their
           dying
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           City
           of
           Prague
           is
           said
           to
           be
           of
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           150.
           
           I
           was
           there
           at
           four
           several
           sorts
           of
           divine
           exercise
           ,
           viz.
           at
           good
           Sermons
           with
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           at
           Mass
           with
           the
           Papists
           ,
           
           at
           a
           Lutherans
           preaching
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Jews
           Synagogue
           ,
           three
           of
           which
           I
           saw
           and
           heard
           for
           curiosity
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           for
           Edification
           .
           The
           Jews
           in
           Prague
           are
           in
           such
           great
           numbers
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           thought
           to
           be
           of
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           betwixt
           50
           or
           60000.
           who
           do
           all
           live
           by
           Brokage
           and
           Usury
           upon
           the
           Christians
           ,
           and
           are
           very
           rich
           in
           Money
           and
           Jewels
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           man
           may
           see
           10
           or
           12
           together
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           are
           accounted
           worth
           20
           30
           or
           40000
           l.
           a
           piece
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           slaves
           go
           so
           miserably
           attired
           ,
           that
           15
           of
           them
           are
           not
           worth
           the
           hanging
           for
           their
           whole
           ward-ropes
           .
        
         
           
             The
             City
             of
             Hamburgh
             .
             The
             priviledges
             of
             their
             grand
             hang-man
             .
          
           
             YOu
             must
             understand
             that
             this
             fellow
             is
             a
             Subsidy
             Hangman
             ,
             to
             whom
             our
             Tyburn
             Tatterdemallion
             ,
             or
             our
             Wapping
             winde-pipe
             stretcher
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             Raggamuffin
             ,
             not
             worth
             the
             
             hanging
             .
             The
             priviledges
             of
             this
             Grand
             haulter-master
             are
             many
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             the
             emptying
             of
             all
             the
             Vaults
             or
             draughts
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             which
             no
             doubt
             he
             gains
             some
             favour
             by
             .
             Besides
             all
             Oxen
             ,
             Kine
             ,
             Horses
             ,
             Dogs
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             beasts
             ,
             if
             they
             dye
             themselves
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             be
             not
             like
             to
             live
             ,
             the
             hang
             man
             must
             knock
             them
             on
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             skins
             ;
             and
             whatsoever
             Inhabitant
             in
             his
             jurisdiction
             doth
             any
             of
             these
             things
             aforesaid
             himself
             ,
             is
             abhorred
             and
             accounted
             as
             a
             Villain
             without
             Redemption
             :
             So
             that
             with
             hangings
             ,
             headings
             ,
             breakings
             ,
             pardoning
             ,
             and
             killing
             of
             Dogs
             ,
             flaying
             of
             Beasts
             ,
             emptying
             of
             Vaults
             ,
             and
             such
             privy
             Commodities
             ,
             his
             whole
             Revenue
             sometimes
             amounts
             to
             four
             or
             five
             hundred
             pounds
             a
             year
             .
             And
             he
             is
             held
             in
             that
             regard
             and
             estimation
             ,
             that
             any
             man
             will
             converse
             and
             drink
             with
             ;
             nay
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Town
             will
             feast
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             accounted
             no
             impeachment
             to
             their
             honours
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             held
             in
             the
             rank
             of
             a
             
             Gentleman
             ,
             (
             or
             a
             rank
             Gentleman
             )
             and
             he
             scorns
             to
             be
             clad
             in
             the
             cast
             weeds
             of
             executed
             offenders
             ;
             no
             ,
             he
             goes
             to
             the
             Mercers
             ,
             and
             hath
             his
             Sattin
             ,
             his
             Velvet
             ,
             or
             what
             stuffe
             he
             pleases
             measured
             out
             by
             the
             Yard
             or
             the
             Ell
             ,
             with
             his
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             Lace
             ,
             his
             silk
             Stockings
             ,
             laced
             spangled
             Garters
             and
             Roses
             ,
             Hat
             and
             Feather
             ,
             with
             four
             or
             five
             brave
             Villains
             attending
             him
             in
             Livery
             Cloaks
             ,
             who
             have
             stipendary
             means
             from
             his
             ignominious
             bounty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Their
             manner
             of
             executing
             Thieves
             and
             Murtherers
             upon
             the
             Wheel
             ▪
             I
             shall
             name
             one
             for
             a
             president
             .
          
           
             A
             Poor
             Carpenter
             dwelling
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             who
             having
             stoln
             a
             Goose
             ,
             and
             plucking
             it
             within
             his
             doors
             ,
             a
             little
             Girl
             (
             his
             Daughter-in-law
             )
             went
             out
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             left
             the
             door
             open
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             ,
             the
             owner
             of
             the
             Goose
             passing
             by
             ,
             espyed
             the
             wretched
             thief
             
             very
             diligently
             picking
             what
             he
             before
             had
             been
             stealing
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             owner
             said
             ,
             Neighbour
             ,
             I
             now
             perceive
             which
             way
             my
             Geese
             use
             to
             go
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             have
             you
             in
             Question
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             away
             he
             went
             ;
             the
             Caitiff
             being
             thus
             reproved
             ,
             grew
             desperate
             ,
             and
             his
             Child
             coming
             into
             his
             house
             ,
             ye
             young
             whore
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             must
             ye
             leave
             my
             door
             open
             for
             folks
             to
             look
             in
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             word
             he
             took
             a
             hatchet
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             cursed
             stroak
             ,
             he
             clove
             the
             Childs
             head
             ,
             for
             the
             which
             murther
             he
             was
             condemned
             and
             judged
             to
             be
             broken
             alive
             upon
             the
             wheel
             .
             Upon
             the
             day
             of
             Execution
             ,
             about
             the
             hour
             of
             12
             at
             Noon
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Town
             in
             great
             multitudes
             flocked
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             ,
             which
             is
             half
             a
             mile
             English
             without
             the
             Gates
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             came
             on
             foot
             with
             a
             Divine
             with
             him
             ,
             all
             the
             way
             exhorting
             him
             to
             repentance
             ;
             and
             because
             death
             should
             not
             terrifie
             him
             ,
             they
             had
             given
             him
             many
             Rowses
             ,
             and
             Carowses
             of
             Wine
             and
             Beer
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             custom
             there
             to
             make
             
             such
             poor
             wretches
             drunk
             ,
             whereby
             they
             be
             made
             sensless
             ,
             either
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             or
             their
             own
             misery
             ,
             but
             being
             pray'd
             for
             by
             others
             ,
             they
             themselves
             may
             die
             resolutely
             ,
             or
             (
             to
             be
             feared
             )
             desperately
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Prisoner
             being
             come
             to
             the
             place
             of
             death
             ,
             he
             was
             by
             the
             Officers
             delivered
             to
             the
             hang-man
             ,
             who
             entring
             his
             strangling
             fortification
             with
             two
             grand
             hang-men
             more
             ,
             and
             their
             men
             ,
             to
             assist
             their
             Hamburghian
             brother
             in
             this
             great
             and
             weighty
             work
             ;
             the
             Prisoner
             mounted
             on
             a
             mount
             of
             Earth
             ,
             built
             high
             on
             purpose
             that
             the
             people
             about
             may
             see
             the
             execution
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             mile
             round
             about
             ,
             four
             of
             the
             hang-mens
             men
             takes
             each
             of
             them
             a
             small
             halter
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             hands
             and
             the
             feet
             they
             hold
             the
             prisoner
             extended
             all
             abroad
             lying
             on
             his
             back
             ,
             then
             the
             Arch-hang-man
             ,
             or
             the
             great
             Master
             of
             this
             mighty
             business
             ,
             took
             up
             a
             wheel
             much
             about
             the
             bigness
             of
             one
             of
             the
             fore
             ,
             wheels
             of
             a
             Coach
             ,
             and
             first
             having
             
             put
             off
             his
             Doublet
             ,
             his
             Hat
             ,
             and
             being
             in
             his
             shirt
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             meant
             to
             play
             at
             Tennis
             ,
             he
             took
             the
             wheel
             ,
             and
             set
             it
             on
             the
             edge
             ,
             and
             turn'd
             it
             with
             one
             hand
             like
             a
             Top
             or
             Whirly-gig
             ;
             then
             he
             took
             it
             by
             the
             Spoaks
             ,
             and
             lifting
             it
             up
             ,
             with
             a
             mighty
             stroke
             ,
             he
             beat
             one
             of
             the
             poor
             wretches
             legs
             in
             pieces
             (
             the
             bones
             I
             mean
             )
             at
             which
             he
             rored
             grievously
             ,
             then
             after
             a
             little
             pause
             he
             breaks
             the
             other
             leg
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             and
             consequently
             breaks
             his
             arms
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             stroke
             four
             or
             five
             main
             blows
             on
             his
             breast
             ,
             and
             burst
             all
             his
             bulk
             and
             chest
             in
             shivers
             ;
             lastly
             ,
             he
             smote
             his
             neck
             ,
             and
             missing
             ,
             burst
             his
             chin
             and
             Jaws
             to
             mammocks
             ,
             then
             he
             took
             the
             broken
             mangled
             Corps
             ,
             and
             spread
             it
             on
             the
             wheel
             ,
             and
             then
             fixed
             the
             post
             into
             the
             Earth
             some
             six
             foot
             deep
             ,
             being
             in
             height
             above
             the
             ground
             some
             ten
             or
             twelve
             foot
             ,
             and
             there
             the
             carkass
             must
             lye
             till
             it
             be
             consumed
             by
             all
             consuming
             time
             ,
             or
             ravening
             fowls
             .
          
           
           
             This
             was
             the
             terrible
             manner
             of
             the
             horrid
             Execution
             ;
             and
             at
             this
             place
             are
             twenty
             posts
             with
             those
             wheels
             or
             pieces
             of
             wheels
             ,
             with
             heads
             of
             men
             nailed
             on
             the
             top
             of
             the
             posts
             ;
             with
             a
             great
             spike
             driven
             through
             the
             skull
             .
             The
             several
             kinds
             of
             torments
             which
             they
             inflict
             upon
             offenders
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             puts
             me
             to
             imagine
             our
             English
             hanging
             to
             be
             but
             a
             flea-biting
             .
          
        
         
           
             There
             manner
             of
             beheading
             .
          
           
             MOreover
             ,
             if
             any
             men
             in
             those
             parts
             are
             to
             be
             beheaded
             ,
             the
             fashion
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             prisoner
             kneels
             down
             ,
             and
             being
             blinded
             with
             a
             Napkin
             ,
             one
             takes
             hold
             of
             the
             hair
             of
             the
             crown
             of
             the
             head
             ,
             holding
             the
             party
             upright
             ,
             whilst
             the
             hangman
             with
             a
             backward
             blow
             with
             a
             sword
             ,
             will
             take
             the
             head
             from
             a
             mans
             shoulders
             so
             nimbly
             ,
             and
             with
             such
             dexterity
             ,
             that
             the
             owner
             of
             the
             head
             shall
             never
             want
             the
             
             miss
             of
             it
             .
             And
             if
             it
             be
             any
             mans
             fortune
             to
             be
             hanged
             for
             never
             so
             small
             a
             crime
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             mounted
             whole
             ,
             yet
             he
             shall
             come
             down
             in
             pieces
             ,
             for
             he
             shall
             hang
             till
             every
             joynt
             and
             limb
             drop
             one
             from
             another
             .
          
        
         
           
             Strange
             Torments
             and
             varieties
             of
             deaths
             .
          
           
             THey
             have
             strange
             torments
             and
             varieties
             of
             deaths
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             various
             nature
             of
             the
             offences
             that
             are
             committed
             ;
             as
             for
             example
             ,
             he
             that
             counterfeits
             any
             Princes
             Coin
             ,
             and
             is
             proved
             a
             Coiner
             ,
             his
             judgment
             is
             to
             be
             boiled
             to
             death
             in
             Oil
             ;
             not
             thrown
             into
             the
             Vessel
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             but
             with
             a
             pulley
             or
             a
             rope
             ,
             to
             be
             hanged
             under
             the
             Arm-pits
             ,
             and
             let
             down
             into
             the
             Oil
             by
             degrees
             ;
             first
             the
             feet
             ,
             and
             next
             the
             legs
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             boil
             his
             flesh
             from
             the
             bones
             alive
             .
             For
             those
             that
             set
             houses
             on
             fire
             wilfully
             ,
             they
             are
             smoaked
             to
             death
             ;
             as
             first
             there
             is
             a
             pile
             or
             post
             fixed
             
             in
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             within
             an
             English
             Ell
             of
             it
             is
             a
             piece
             of
             Wood
             nailed
             cross
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             offender
             is
             made
             fast
             sitting
             ,
             then
             over
             the
             top
             of
             the
             post
             is
             whelmed
             a
             great
             tub
             or
             dry
             fat
             ,
             which
             doth
             cover
             or
             over-whelm
             the
             prisoner
             as
             low
             as
             the
             middle
             .
             Then
             underneath
             the
             executioner
             hath
             wet
             straw
             ,
             hay
             ,
             stubble
             ,
             or
             such
             kind
             of
             stuffe
             ,
             which
             is
             fired
             ,
             but
             by
             reason
             it
             is
             wet
             and
             dank
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             burn
             ,
             but
             smother
             and
             smoak
             ,
             which
             smoak
             ascends
             up
             into
             the
             Tub
             ,
             where
             the
             prisoners
             head
             is
             ,
             and
             not
             being
             able
             to
             speak
             ,
             he
             will
             heave
             up
             and
             down
             with
             his
             belly
             ,
             and
             people
             may
             perceive
             him
             in
             these
             torments
             to
             live
             three
             or
             four
             hours
             .
          
           
             Adultery
             there
             if
             it
             be
             proved
             ,
             is
             punished
             with
             death
             ,
             as
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             parties
             heads
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             both
             marryed
             ,
             or
             if
             not
             both
             ,
             yet
             the
             marryed
             party
             must
             die
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             must
             endure
             some
             easier
             punishment
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             purse
             or
             carkasse
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             end
             proves
             little
             better
             then
             half
             a
             hanging
             .
          
           
           
             One
             thing
             more
             :
             In
             Hamburgh
             those
             that
             are
             not
             hanged
             for
             theft
             ,
             are
             chained
             two
             or
             three
             together
             ,
             and
             they
             must
             in
             that
             sort
             six
             or
             seven
             years
             draw
             a
             dung-cart
             ,
             &
             cleanse
             the
             streets
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             of
             those
             thieves
             for
             as
             many
             years
             as
             he
             is
             condemned
             to
             that
             slavery
             ,
             so
             many
             bells
             he
             hath
             hanged
             at
             an
             Iron
             above
             one
             of
             his
             shoulders
             ,
             and
             every
             year
             a
             bell
             is
             taken
             off
             ,
             till
             all
             are
             gone
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             is
             a
             free-man
             again
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             thieves
             had
             seven
             bells
             ,
             some
             five
             ,
             some
             six
             ,
             some
             one
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             noise
             they
             make
             ,
             as
             if
             all
             the
             Devils
             in
             hell
             were
             dancing
             the
             Morrice
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Pretty
             Story
             .
          
           
             THe
             Hangmans
             place
             being
             void
             ,
             there
             were
             two
             of
             the
             bloud
             (
             for
             it
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             that
             the
             succession
             of
             the
             office
             doth
             lineally
             descend
             from
             the
             Father
             to
             the
             Son
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             next
             
             of
             the
             bloud
             )
             which
             were
             at
             strife
             for
             the
             possession
             of
             this
             high
             indignity
             .
             Now
             it
             happened
             that
             two
             men
             were
             to
             be
             beheaded
             at
             the
             same
             Town
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             and
             (
             to
             avoid
             suit
             in
             Law
             for
             this
             great
             Prerogative
             )
             it
             was
             concluded
             by
             the
             Arbitrators
             ,
             that
             each
             of
             these
             new
             hangmen
             should
             execute
             one
             of
             the
             prisoners
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             with
             greatest
             cunning
             and
             slight
             could
             take
             the
             head
             from
             the
             body
             ,
             should
             have
             the
             place
             ;
             to
             this
             they
             all
             agreed
             ,
             and
             the
             prisoners
             were
             brought
             forth
             ,
             where
             one
             of
             the
             executioners
             did
             bind
             a
             Red
             silk
             thred
             double
             about
             his
             prisoners
             neck
             ,
             the
             threds
             being
             distant
             one
             from
             another
             but
             the
             breadth
             of
             one
             thred
             ,
             and
             he
             promised
             to
             cut
             off
             the
             head
             with
             a
             backward
             blow
             with
             a
             sword
             ,
             between
             the
             threds
             .
             The
             other
             called
             his
             prisoner
             aside
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             if
             he
             would
             be
             ruled
             by
             him
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             his
             life
             saved
             ,
             and
             besides
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             I
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             have
             the
             office
             .
             The
             prisoner
             was
             glad
             of
             the
             
             motion
             ,
             and
             said
             he
             would
             do
             any
             thing
             upon
             these
             conditions
             ,
             then
             said
             the
             hang-man
             ,
             when
             thou
             art
             on
             thy
             knees
             ,
             and
             hast
             said
             thy
             prayers
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             do
             lift
             up
             my
             Axe
             (
             for
             I
             will
             use
             an
             Axe
             )
             to
             strike
             thee
             ,
             I
             will
             cry
             Hem
             ,
             at
             which
             word
             do
             thou
             rise
             and
             run
             away
             (
             thou
             knowest
             none
             will
             stay
             thee
             if
             thou
             canst
             once
             escape
             after
             thou
             art
             delivered
             into
             my
             custody
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             fashion
             of
             our
             Country
             )
             and
             let
             me
             alone
             to
             shift
             to
             answer
             the
             matter
             .
             This
             being
             said
             or
             whispered
             ,
             the
             heads-man
             with
             the
             sword
             did
             cut
             off
             the
             prisoners
             head
             just
             between
             the
             threds
             as
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             which
             made
             all
             the
             people
             wonder
             at
             the
             steddiness
             of
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             them
             judged
             that
             he
             was
             the
             man
             that
             was
             and
             would
             be
             fittest
             to
             make
             a
             mad
             hang-man
             of
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             one
             tale
             is
             good
             till
             another
             be
             told
             ,
             and
             as
             there
             be
             three
             degrees
             of
             good
             ,
             better
             and
             best
             ,
             so
             this
             last
             hang-man
             did
             much
             exceed
             and
             eclipse
             the
             others
             cunning
             ;
             For
             his
             prisoner
             being
             
             on
             his
             knees
             ,
             and
             he
             lifting
             up
             his
             Axe
             to
             give
             the
             fatal
             blow
             ,
             Hem
             (
             said
             he
             according
             to
             promise
             )
             whereupon
             the
             fellow
             arose
             and
             ran
             away
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             had
             run
             some
             seven
             or
             eight
             paces
             ,
             the
             hang-man
             threw
             the
             Axe
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             struck
             his
             head
             smoothly
             from
             his
             shoulders
             :
             Now
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             who
             shall
             have
             the
             place
             is
             unknown
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             yet
             in
             Law
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             before
             the
             matter
             is
             ended
             ,
             that
             the
             Lawyers
             will
             make
             them
             exercise
             their
             own
             Trade
             upon
             themselves
             to
             end
             the
             controversie
             .
             This
             tale
             doth
             savour
             somewhat
             Hyperbolical
             ,
             but
             I
             wish
             the
             Reader
             to
             believe
             to
             more
             of
             the
             matter
             than
             I
             saw
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             an
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hamburgh
             a
             free
             City
             .
          
           
             HAmburgh
             is
             a
             free
             City
             ,
             not
             being
             subject
             to
             the
             Emperour
             or
             any
             other
             Prince
             ,
             but
             only
             governed
             by
             twenty
             four
             Burgo-masters
             ,
             whereof
             
             two
             are
             the
             chief
             ,
             who
             are
             called
             Lords
             ,
             and
             do
             hold
             that
             dignity
             from
             their
             first
             Election
             during
             their
             lives
             .
             The
             buildings
             are
             all
             of
             one
             uniform
             fashion
             ,
             very
             lofty
             and
             stately
             ,
             it
             is
             wonderful
             populous
             ,
             and
             the
             water
             with
             boats
             comes
             through
             most
             of
             the
             streets
             of
             the
             Town
             .
          
           
             Their
             Churches
             are
             most
             gorgeously
             set
             forth
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             of
             them
             covered
             with
             Copper
             ,
             with
             very
             lofty
             spires
             ,
             and
             within
             sides
             they
             are
             adorned
             with
             Crucifixes
             ,
             Images
             and
             Pictures
             ,
             which
             they
             do
             charily
             keep
             for
             Ornaments
             .
             In
             St.
             Jacobs
             and
             in
             St.
             Katherines
             Churches
             there
             is
             in
             one
             of
             them
             a
             Pulpit
             of
             Alablaster
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             a
             pair
             of
             such
             Organs
             ,
             which
             for
             worth
             and
             Workmanship
             are
             unparallel'd
             in
             Christendom
             ,
             as
             most
             travellers
             do
             relate
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Womens
             Habit.
             
          
           
             THe
             Women
             there
             are
             no
             fashion-mongers
             ,
             but
             they
             keep
             in
             their
             degrees
             one
             continual
             habit
             ,
             as
             the
             richer
             sort
             do
             wear
             a
             Huick
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Robe
             of
             Cloth
             or
             Stuff
             plated
             ,
             and
             the
             upper
             part
             of
             it
             is
             gathered
             and
             sowed
             together
             in
             the
             form
             of
             an
             English
             pot-lid
             ,
             with
             a
             tassle
             on
             the
             top
             ,
             and
             so
             put
             upon
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             the
             garment
             goes
             over
             her
             tuffe
             and
             face
             if
             she
             please
             ,
             and
             so
             down
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             man
             may
             meet
             his
             own
             Wife
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             not
             know
             her
             from
             another
             Woman
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Men
             and
             Women
             draw
             Carts
             ,
             their
             Office.
             
          
           
             THey
             have
             no
             Porters
             to
             bear
             burdens
             ,
             but
             they
             have
             big
             burly-bon'd
             Knaves
             with
             their
             Wives
             that
             do
             daily
             draw
             Carts
             any
             whither
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Town
             ,
             with
             Merchants
             Goods
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             imployments
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             reported
             that
             these
             Cart-drawers
             are
             to
             see
             the
             Rich
             men
             of
             the
             Town
             provided
             of
             Milch
             Nurses
             for
             their
             Children
             ,
             which
             Nurses
             they
             call
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Ams
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             they
             do
             want
             a
             Nurse
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             these
             fellows
             are
             cursed
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             not
             gotten
             Wenches
             enough
             with
             Child
             to
             supply
             their
             wants
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Lawyer
             a
             bad
             Trade
             .
          
           
             A
             Lawyer
             hath
             but
             a
             bad
             Trade
             there
             ,
             for
             any
             Cause
             or
             Controversie
             is
             tryed
             and
             determined
             in
             three
             days
             ,
             Quirks
             ,
             Quiddits
             ,
             Demurs
             ,
             Habeas
             Corpus's
             ,
             
               Cercioraries
               ,
               Procedendoes
            
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             dilatory
             tricks
             are
             abolished
             ,
             and
             not
             worth
             a
             button
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Lamentable
           Destruction
           ,
           OF
           THE
           Ancient
           and
           Memorable
           City
           and
           Temple
           OF
           JERUSALEM
           ;
           Being
           destroyed
           by
           Vespasian
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           Titus
           .
        
         
           WArs
           hath
           brought
           dreadful
           Jars
           and
           Confusions
           ,
           both
           of
           horrour
           and
           terrour
           unto
           Domestick
           ,
           Forreign
           ,
           Inward
           and
           Outward
           Estates
           :
           In
           Jehovahs
           ire
           were
           shafts
           shot
           at
           Juda
           ,
           
           so
           that
           War
           ,
           Fire
           ,
           Sword
           ,
           Famine
           ,
           Infectious
           Plagues
           ,
           Depopulations
           and
           Desolations
           ,
           was
           the
           final
           Conquest
           of
           old
           Jacobs
           Land.
           
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Theames
           of
           my
           mournful
           Muse
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           grounds
           of
           my
           Lamentation
           ;
           Josephus
           wrote
           these
           things
           in
           ample
           manner
           ,
           which
           I
           do
           here
           Epitomize
           .
           That
           worthy
           Author
           in
           a
           large
           scope
           relates
           ,
           and
           the
           Books
           of
           his
           Antiquities
           do
           tell
           his
           Countries
           alterations
           ,
           how
           oftentimes
           they
           rose
           how
           often
           they
           fell
           ,
           how
           often
           God
           favoured
           them
           ,
           and
           how
           often
           his
           frowns
           was
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           in
           his
           anger
           he
           cast
           them
           head-long
           down
           .
        
         
           The
           seventh
           Book
           of
           
           Josephus's
           wars
           ,
           declareth
           plainly
           how
           the
           Romans
           did
           by
           Conquest
           gain
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           how
           death
           did
           in
           sundry
           shapes
           tyrannize
           ,
           both
           in
           Sword
           ,
           in
           Fire
           ,
           in
           Famine
           ,
           and
           in
           Rapes
           .
        
         
           Since
           Hebers
           Sons
           enjoyed
           the
           Country
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           six
           times
           wasted
           and
           destroyed
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           you
           account
           all
           
           the
           Wars
           since
           the
           Creation
           that
           hath
           chanced
           ,
           they
           are
           nothing
           to
           Jerusalems
           desolation
           :
           No
           story
           ,
           no
           Memory
           describes
           the
           calamity
           of
           old
           Israels
           Tribes
           to
           be
           parallel'd
           :
           And
           indeed
           if
           each
           Land
           in
           the
           universal
           did
           recount
           the
           bloudy
           broyls
           to
           them
           ,
           it
           were
           but
           a
           Molehill
           to
           a
           Mountain
           ;
           all
           which
           for
           sin
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           in
           his
           anger
           heaped
           upon
           this
           sinful
           Land.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           now
           about
           sixteen
           hundred
           years
           since
           great
           
             Vespasian
             ,
             Romes
          
           Imperial
           Prince
           ,
           with
           his
           stout
           Valiant
           Son
           ,
           brave
           young
           Titus
           ,
           did
           over-run
           
           Judea's
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Royal
           Army
           renowned
           ,
           did
           beleaguer
           Jerusalem
           with
           Forces
           and
           stratagems
           ,
           as
           with
           Rampiers
           ,
           Engines
           ,
           scaling
           Ladders
           and
           Towers
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Art
           that
           either
           might
           or
           sleight
           could
           do
           .
        
         
           The
           besieged
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           in
           this
           interim
           ,
           fell
           to
           Sedition
           ,
           like
           Bavines
           that
           lyeth
           near
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           if
           one
           burn
           ,
           and
           burning
           ,
           each
           one
           burneth
           another
           ;
           so
           did
           the
           Jews
           each
           other
           
           madly
           kill
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           their
           streets
           were
           fill'd
           with
           their
           slain
           Corpses
           .
        
         
           
             Eleazer
             ,
             Simon
          
           and
           John
           disagreeing
           ,
           rent
           Jerusalem
           in
           pieces
           ,
           each
           contending
           who
           should
           be
           the
           chief
           ;
           John
           scorned
           Eleazer
           ,
           as
           thinking
           himself
           most
           worthy
           to
           be
           Superiour
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           Eleazer
           thought
           John
           to
           be
           his
           Inferiour
           ,
           and
           Simon
           scorned
           them
           both
           ,
           and
           each
           scorned
           another
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           by
           any
           be
           ruled
           or
           over-born
           .
        
         
           The
           City
           being
           thus
           divided
           into
           three
           Factions
           ,
           sad
           it
           is
           to
           relate
           how
           horrid
           their
           bloudy
           and
           inhumane
           actions
           were
           ,
           there
           all
           impieties
           were
           committed
           in
           sundry
           sorts
           of
           varieties
           ,
           all
           sacrilegious
           acts
           were
           counted
           most
           noble
           and
           meritorious
           facts
           :
           In
           evil
           they
           strived
           each
           other
           to
           surpass
           ,
           and
           laboured
           most
           how
           to
           serve
           the
           Devil
           .
           These
           men
           had
           no
           thoughts
           of
           grace
           and
           goodness
           ,
           but
           daily
           each
           against
           the
           other
           most
           madly
           fought
           ,
           and
           over-turned
           all
           things
           by
           their
           hurly
           burly
           ,
           so
           violent
           were
           they
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           
           that
           they
           burned
           each
           others
           store-houses
           ,
           with
           their
           Victuals
           :
           And
           with
           hearts
           more
           harder
           than
           the
           Adamantine
           Rocks
           ,
           they
           drailed
           Virgins
           by
           the
           hair
           of
           their
           heads
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Aged
           they
           spared
           not
           to
           drag
           about
           the
           streets
           ,
           some
           Infants
           their
           brains
           they
           dashed
           out
           ,
           and
           some
           upon
           the
           points
           of
           Lances
           ,
           they
           bore
           about
           the
           streets
           :
           It
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           write
           with
           Pen
           ,
           the
           devillish
           out-rages
           ,
           and
           barbarous
           acts
           that
           was
           committed
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           advantage
           upon
           this
           seditious
           and
           most
           inhumane
           disorder
           that
           the
           Romans
           took
           ,
           is
           most
           incredible
           ;
           yet
           credible
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           because
           the
           Jews
           were
           altogether
           unmindful
           of
           their
           own
           safety
           ,
           they
           wasted
           and
           spoiled
           one
           another
           without
           remorse
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           their
           enemies
           ,
           their
           cruel
           foes
           ,
           relented
           and
           wept
           in
           pity
           of
           them
           ,
           whilst
           they
           (
           relentness
           Villains
           )
           void
           of
           pity
           ;
           did
           their
           Mother
           City
           consume
           and
           ruinate
           ,
           the
           Channels
           flowed
           all
           with
           gore
           bloud
           ,
           the
           streets
           were
           bestrowed
           with
           
           murdered
           carkasses
           ,
           the
           Temple
           with
           unhallowed
           hands
           defiled
           ;
           there
           was
           no
           respect
           to
           any
           ,
           to
           Man
           ,
           Woman
           ,
           or
           Child
           .
        
         
           Thus
           this
           three
           headed
           multitude
           ,
           or
           hellish
           crew
           did
           waste
           themselves
           ,
           till
           indeed
           they
           did
           at
           length
           subdue
           themselves
           :
           but
           you
           must
           note
           they
           were
           not
           altogether
           neglective
           ,
           some
           vigilancy
           they
           had
           upon
           their
           enemy
           ,
           and
           whilst
           they
           were
           making
           their
           strength
           more
           sure
           within
           ,
           the
           Romans
           without
           with
           their
           dreadful
           Batteries
           ,
           made
           not
           only
           the
           City
           to
           tremble
           ,
           but
           the
           Walls
           to
           break
           ,
           at
           which
           the
           factious
           wisely
           bethought
           themselves
           ,
           and
           assembled
           themselves
           together
           with
           all
           their
           powers
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           a
           wonderment
           it
           was
           united
           together
           like
           good
           friends
           :
           And
           then
           like
           swoln
           Rivers
           bounded
           in
           with
           Banks
           ,
           they
           sally
           forth
           and
           fight
           their
           enemies
           ,
           like
           as
           the
           ambitious
           torrent
           breaks
           his
           bounds
           ,
           and
           over-runs
           whole
           Lordships
           ;
           so
           did
           these
           Jews
           out-dare
           and
           challenge
           any
           
           that
           would
           withstand
           the
           fury
           of
           their
           insulting
           pride
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           out
           of
           the
           City
           came
           ,
           and
           entred
           the
           Romans
           Army
           like
           a
           flood
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           desperate
           madness
           ,
           all
           was
           overwhelmed
           that
           durst
           withstand
           them
           ;
           the
           Walls
           then
           could
           not
           be
           assaulted
           ,
           the
           enemies
           fearful
           Engines
           was
           then
           by
           them
           set
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           bravely
           fighting
           they
           bravely
           made
           their
           enemies
           to
           retire
           !
        
         
           The
           Battel
           done
           ,
           back
           go
           these
           hair-braind
           men
           ,
           and
           divide
           again
           ,
           and
           each
           becomes
           the
           others
           foe
           ,
           and
           then
           pell
           mell
           they
           go
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           begin
           to
           disorder
           ,
           and
           bring
           all
           things
           to
           confusion
           ;
           with
           fire
           their
           Corn
           and
           Victuals
           they
           consumed
           ,
           all
           their
           provision
           in
           a
           moment
           spoiled
           and
           wasted
           ,
           which
           if
           well
           kept
           ,
           might
           have
           lasted
           them
           many
           years
           ;
           upon
           which
           the
           Famine
           ,
           like
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           roams
           and
           rages
           ,
           and
           makes
           all
           ,
           both
           Old
           and
           Young
           ,
           Rich
           and
           Poor
           to
           starve
           and
           dye
           with
           fleshless
           Anatomies
           .
        
         
         
           This
           was
           a
           Plague
           of
           Plagues
           ,
           a
           Woe
           of
           Woes
           ,
           death
           on
           every
           side
           did
           inclose
           them
           ;
           this
           being
           their
           condition
           ,
           they
           knew
           not
           what
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           sally
           forth
           they
           durst
           not
           ,
           for
           then
           their
           lives
           they
           were
           sure
           to
           lose
           ,
           to
           stay
           within
           for
           want
           of
           food
           they
           starved
           ,
           out
           they
           could
           not
           go
           ,
           for
           the
           Gates
           were
           shut
           and
           strongly
           warded
           ,
           their
           throats
           were
           cut
           if
           any
           staid
           within
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           they
           stay
           or
           go
           ,
           or
           go
           or
           stay
           ,
           every
           way
           Destruction
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           meet
           with
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           torments
           ,
           hunger
           is
           the
           worst
           ,
           for
           that
           will
           burst
           through
           the
           stony
           Walls
           ;
           therefore
           these
           people
           having
           been
           with
           War
           ,
           Woe
           ,
           and
           want
           on
           every
           side
           beset
           ,
           do
           now
           begin
           to
           consult
           and
           strive
           how
           they
           might
           get
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           for
           there
           was
           their
           hopes
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           swords
           they
           should
           find
           more
           mercy
           ,
           then
           their
           still
           dying
           famisht
           state
           afforded
           them
           :
           And
           indeed
           when
           man
           is
           opprest
           ,
           then
           is
           wit
           most
           sharpest
           ,
           and
           then
           wisdom
           amongst
           evils
           ,
           chuseth
           the
           least
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           they
           knowing
           Vespasian
           for
           a
           noble
           Prince
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           did
           not
           glory
           in
           their
           Woe
           ,
           they
           thought
           it
           best
           to
           try
           his
           clemency
           ,
           and
           not
           with
           hunger
           and
           famine
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           therefore
           despairing
           of
           all
           hopes
           ,
           resolved
           with
           Ropes
           to
           slide
           down
           the
           Walls
           ,
           which
           a
           number
           of
           them
           did
           ,
           and
           fled
           to
           Titus
           ,
           who
           bemoaned
           the
           sadness
           of
           their
           condition
           ,
           and
           relieved
           and
           took
           them
           to
           his
           grace
           and
           favour
           .
           Thus
           when
           all
           hopes
           failed
           ,
           they
           were
           by
           their
           foes
           preserved
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           at
           least
           40000.
           
        
         
           The
           City
           Souldiers
           searched
           every
           house
           where
           they
           thought
           any
           Victuals
           were
           conveyed
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           found
           any
           ,
           the
           owners
           were
           most
           certainly
           beaten
           for
           concealing
           it
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           saw
           a
           man
           look
           plump
           and
           fat
           ,
           his
           throat
           they
           would
           surely
           cut
           ,
           for
           they
           thought
           him
           too
           much
           pampered
           ,
           and
           too
           full
           fed
           ;
           they
           would
           therefore
           strike
           him
           dead
           to
           save
           meat
           and
           drink
           .
           The
           Richest
           and
           Noblest
           that
           was
           born
           both
           
           of
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           gave
           all
           they
           had
           for
           one
           poor
           strike
           of
           Corn
           ,
           and
           hid
           themselves
           and
           it
           under
           the
           ground
           in
           some
           close
           Vault
           ,
           and
           there
           they
           would
           eat
           it
           under
           the
           ground
           unground
           ;
           if
           any
           could
           get
           flesh
           ,
           they
           would
           eat
           it
           raw
           :
           Thus
           the
           weaker
           were
           over-awed
           ,
           and
           kept
           under
           by
           the
           stronger
           .
        
         
           No
           respect
           of
           persons
           where
           hunger
           came
           ;
           natural
           affection
           was
           then
           banished
           ;
           then
           the
           Husband
           did
           his
           own
           Wife
           reject
           ,
           the
           Wife
           she
           snatches
           the
           meat
           from
           her
           Husband
           ,
           all
           pity
           from
           the
           Mother
           was
           exiled
           ,
           she
           from
           the
           Child
           tears
           and
           takes
           the
           Victuals
           ,
           the
           Child
           plays
           the
           thief
           with
           the
           Parents
           ,
           and
           steals
           the
           food
           ,
           though
           with
           grief
           the
           Parents
           pine
           away
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           neither
           Free-man
           ,
           nor
           Bond-man
           ,
           Fathers
           nor
           Mothers
           ,
           Wives
           ,
           Husbands
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           Servants
           ,
           Brothers
           ,
           Sisters
           ,
           be
           it
           propinquity
           or
           strong
           affinity
           ,
           no
           Law
           ,
           or
           reason
           ,
           or
           rule
           could
           bear
           sway
           ;
           and
           indeed
           obeysance
           must
           be
           given
           where
           strength
           commands
           ;
           the
           
           pining
           Servant
           will
           not
           know
           his
           Master
           ,
           the
           Son
           will
           not
           shew
           his
           duty
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           the
           Commons
           regardless
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           each
           for
           one
           ,
           and
           but
           for
           one
           he
           cared
           ;
           disordered
           ,
           like
           the
           cart
           before
           the
           horse
           ,
           force
           caused
           all
           respect
           to
           yield
           .
        
         
           These
           Miscreants
           with
           vigilancy
           did
           watch
           where
           a
           door
           was
           locked
           or
           latched
           that
           they
           could
           spy
           ,
           for
           there
           they
           supposed
           the
           people
           were
           at
           meat
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           out-rage
           the
           doors
           they
           would
           beat
           open
           ,
           where
           entring
           if
           they
           found
           them
           feeding
           ,
           they
           would
           tear
           it
           in
           haste
           out
           of
           their
           throats
           ,
           half
           eaten
           and
           half
           uneaten
           ;
           these
           wretches
           would
           constrain
           the
           people
           to
           cast
           it
           up
           again
           ,
           they
           hauld
           them
           about
           the
           house
           by
           the
           ears
           ,
           to
           force
           them
           to
           bring
           out
           their
           Victuals
           ,
           which
           they
           supposed
           they
           had
           ;
           some
           by
           the
           Thumbs
           they
           hanged
           up
           ,
           and
           some
           by
           the
           Toes
           ,
           some
           had
           many
           blows
           ,
           others
           were
           pricked
           with
           Bodkins
           ,
           sadly
           were
           they
           tormented
           to
           reveal
           their
           meat
           when
           they
           had
           none
           to
           
           conceal
           ;
           and
           in
           truth
           all
           was
           fish
           that
           came
           into
           their
           net
           ,
           and
           all
           was
           food
           that
           could
           be
           got
           by
           fraud
           or
           force
           .
        
         
           Grass
           ,
           Hay
           ,
           Barks
           ,
           Leaves
           of
           trees
           ,
           Cats
           and
           Dogs
           ,
           Frogs
           ,
           Worms
           ,
           Rats
           ,
           Mice
           ,
           Snails
           ,
           Flies
           and
           Maggots
           ,
           all
           stinking
           and
           contagious
           roots
           ,
           the
           covering
           of
           their
           Coaches
           ,
           Boots
           and
           Shoes
           ,
           and
           the
           dung
           of
           Fowls
           and
           Beasts
           ,
           were
           Feasts
           for
           these
           poor
           miserable
           starved
           wretches
           ;
           things
           loathsome
           to
           be
           named
           in
           time
           of
           plenty
           ,
           is
           now
           dainties
           among
           these
           starved
           distressed
           Jews
           .
        
         
           This
           Famine
           run
           beyond
           all
           natures
           bounds
           ,
           (
           as
           before
           I
           have
           hinted
           )
           and
           confounded
           all
           Motherly-affection
           ,
           no
           compassion
           was
           there
           had
           to
           bloud
           or
           birth
           :
           It
           forced
           a
           woman
           to
           kill
           her
           only
           Son
           ,
           she
           ript
           and
           dis-joynted
           him
           ,
           and
           dis-joynted
           him
           limb
           from
           limb
           ,
           she
           drest
           ,
           she
           roasted
           ,
           she
           broiled
           and
           boiled
           him
           ,
           she
           eat
           him
           ,
           she
           interr'd
           him
           in
           her
           womb
           ;
           his
           life
           by
           nature
           proceeded
           from
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           her self
           most
           unnaturally
           did
           feed
           upon
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           her
           
           flesh
           ,
           her
           bloud
           ,
           her
           bones
           ,
           and
           therefore
           she
           eating
           him
           her self
           ,
           her self
           made
           food
           :
           No
           woe
           can
           equal
           her
           misery
           ,
           no
           grief
           can
           match
           her
           sad
           calamities
           ,
           the
           Souldiers
           they
           smelt
           the
           meat
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           straitly
           assembled
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           saw
           ,
           they
           trembled
           ,
           and
           with
           staring
           hairs
           ,
           and
           ghastly
           looks
           were
           thereat
           so
           affrighted
           and
           amazed
           ,
           that
           thereupon
           they
           presently
           left
           the
           house
           :
           This
           horrid
           action
           did
           more
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           any
           force
           of
           man
           could
           ever
           do
           ,
           for
           this
           sad
           sight
           over
           came
           them
           .
        
         
           Oh
           then
           thou
           that
           dost
           live
           like
           a
           fatted
           Brawn
           ,
           and
           cramst
           thy
           guts
           as
           long
           as
           thou
           canst
           ;
           thou
           that
           dost
           eat
           and
           drink
           away
           thy
           time
           ,
           accounting
           it
           no
           crime
           for
           gluttony
           to
           be
           thy
           God
           ,
           thou
           that
           must
           have
           fowl
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           hast
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           Ocean
           searched
           to
           satisfie
           thy
           appetite
           ,
           and
           hast
           thy
           dainties
           from
           all
           parts
           and
           places
           ,
           near
           and
           remote
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           satisfie
           thy
           devouring
           throat
           ,
           whose
           pamper'd
           paunch
           
           never
           leaves
           to
           feed
           and
           quaff
           .
           Think
           on
           Jerusalem
           ,
           perhaps
           it
           will
           move
           thee
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           thy
           Diet
           and
           riotous
           courses
           ,
           to
           a
           more
           temperate
           and
           sober
           demeanor
           .
        
         
           And
           you
           brave
           Dames
           ,
           adorned
           with
           Jems
           and
           Jewels
           ,
           that
           must
           have
           Grewels
           and
           Caudles
           ,
           Conserves
           and
           Marchpanes
           ,
           &
           that
           too
           in
           sundry
           shapes
           made
           ,
           as
           Castles
           ,
           Towers
           ,
           Horses
           ,
           Apes
           ,
           and
           Bears
           ;
           think
           on
           Jerusalem
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           your
           glory
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           will
           be
           more
           sorrowful
           and
           less
           dainty
           ;
           poor
           Jerusalem
           had
           once
           Beauty
           ,
           Strength
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           spacious
           Buildings
           ,
           Authority
           and
           honour
           ,
           yet
           these
           availed
           them
           nothing
           ,
           wrong
           trode
           down
           right
           ,
           and
           Justice
           was
           quite
           forgotten
           ,
           which
           was
           their
           chiefest
           ,
           their
           greatest
           ,
           their
           only
           earthly
           good
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           one
           little
           piece
           of
           bread
           they
           reckoned
           more
           upon
           ,
           then
           ever
           before
           they
           did
           of
           bags
           of
           Gold.
           Scraps
           ,
           parings
           ,
           and
           fragments
           ,
           &c.
           which
           your
           full
           sed
           Corps
           did
           usually
           fling
           away
           ,
           
           with
           them
           had
           been
           a
           ransom
           for
           a
           King
           ,
           the
           loathsome
           garbage
           which
           our
           dogs
           refuse
           ,
           had
           been
           amongst
           the
           Jews
           a
           dish
           of
           state
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           within
           Famine
           plaid
           the
           Tyrant
           ,
           the
           Romans
           Army
           strived
           to
           win
           the
           Walls
           ,
           their
           Pioners
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Engines
           were
           at
           work
           to
           batter
           and
           assault
           the
           Wall
           :
           Now
           note
           ,
           Jerusalem
           had
           three
           strong
           stone
           Walls
           ,
           and
           long
           it
           was
           ere
           the
           Romans
           could
           get
           one
           ,
           but
           the
           dearth
           so
           spread
           ,
           and
           death
           of
           the
           sword
           ,
           as
           that
           in
           the
           streets
           the
           living
           trod
           upon
           the
           dead
           ,
           the
           Carkasses
           which
           the
           Seditious
           kill'd
           ,
           fill'd
           many
           great
           houses
           ,
           so
           that
           with
           the
           stinck
           of
           bodies
           putrefied
           there
           dyed
           a
           number
           numberless
           of
           people
           ,
           for
           burial
           they
           afforded
           none
           ,
           but
           where
           they
           fell
           they
           let
           them
           lye
           stink
           and
           rot
           ,
           yet
           very
           unsensible
           were
           they
           of
           the
           sad
           condition
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           by
           hundreds
           and
           thousands
           :
           then
           did
           the
           souldiers
           throw
           their
           liveless
           Corpses
           over
           the
           Walls
           ,
           upon
           this
           and
           their
           dis-uniting
           ,
           the
           Romans
           had
           high
           
           advantages
           ,
           and
           could
           with
           more
           security
           batter
           and
           scale
           the
           Walls
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Romans
           saw
           their
           dismal
           fall
           from
           the
           Walls
           ,
           they
           told
           it
           to
           
             Titus
             ▪
          
           which
           when
           he
           perceived
           he
           wept
           ,
           and
           lifted
           up
           his
           hands
           to
           Heaven
           and
           called
           on
           God
           to
           witness
           with
           him
           this
           .
        
         
           These
           flanghters
           saith
           he
           ,
           were
           no
           thoughts
           of
           mine
           ,
           neither
           was
           it
           my
           fault
           .
           Indeed
           those
           wretches
           that
           escaped
           from
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           came
           amongst
           their
           foes
           in
           my
           Army
           ,
           found
           both
           relief
           and
           pity
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           those
           that
           fled
           to
           my
           Army
           had
           by
           the
           Seditious
           been
           caught
           ,
           they
           had
           without
           remorse
           strook
           them
           dead
           .
        
         
           But
           another
           misery
           I
           must
           unfold
           unto
           you
           ,
           many
           Jews
           had
           swallowed
           store
           of
           Gold
           ,
           which
           they
           supposed
           in
           their
           need
           should
           help
           them
           ,
           but
           from
           this
           treasure
           did
           their
           bane
           proceed
           ,
           the
           Gold
           was
           the
           cause
           that
           many
           of
           them
           perisht
           ,
           amongst
           them
           all
           ,
           one
           unhappy
           poor
           creature
           went
           privately
           to
           do
           the
           needs
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           dung
           he
           
           looked
           for
           his
           Gold
           ,
           where
           being
           by
           the
           straggling
           souldiers
           took
           ,
           they
           ript
           him
           up
           and
           searched
           his
           Maw
           ,
           to
           find
           what
           Gold
           or
           treasure
           there
           remained
           :
           In
           this
           sort
           was
           many
           a
           Man
           and
           Woman
           ript
           and
           slain
           for
           the
           gain
           of
           Gold
           that
           the
           souldiers
           gaped
           for
           .
           In
           some
           they
           found
           Gold
           ,
           in
           many
           none
           ,
           but
           had
           they
           Gold
           or
           not
           ,
           it
           was
           all
           one
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           unbowelled
           and
           searched
           most
           barbarously
           whither
           they
           had
           any
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           But
           my
           story
           briefly
           to
           conclude
           ,
           Vespasians
           Souldiers
           had
           subdued
           the
           walls
           ,
           &
           his
           triumphant
           banner
           was
           displayed
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           streets
           ,
           at
           which
           the
           Jews
           were
           all
           dismayed
           ,
           and
           upon
           which
           they
           desperately
           did
           retire
           to
           the
           Temple
           ,
           which
           with
           ungodly
           hands
           they
           set
           on
           fire
           ;
           which
           noble
           Titus
           with
           great
           care
           intreated
           them
           they
           would
           spare
           :
           Oh
           save
           the
           house
           (
           quoth
           he
           )
           and
           I
           will
           spare
           you
           for
           the
           Temple
           sake
           ,
           quench
           the
           fire
           ,
           
           put
           out
           the
           flame
           !
           Oh
           let
           not
           after-times
           report
           that
           you
           have
           burnt
           the
           worlds
           unmatchable
           glory
           !
           For
           your
           own
           sakes
           ,
           your
           wives
           ,
           and
           your
           childrens
           ,
           if
           from
           Vespasians
           hands
           you
           expect
           grace
           ,
           if
           from
           Vespasians
           hands
           you
           expect
           your
           lives
           ;
           oh
           save
           your
           Temple
           ,
           Titus
           doth
           command
           you
           to
           save
           the
           Temple
           .
        
         
           The
           Jews
           heard
           of
           the
           mercy
           they
           might
           have
           had
           ,
           but
           with
           hearts
           hard
           they
           refused
           the
           offer
           ,
           they
           refused
           mercy
           ,
           and
           themselves
           regarded
           not
           ;
           but
           in
           their
           madness
           they
           burned
           ,
           consumed
           and
           confounded
           to
           the
           ground
           King
           Solomons
           great
           Temple
           ,
           that
           Temple
           which
           did
           cost
           thirty
           Millions
           ,
           was
           in
           a
           moment
           lost
           and
           consumed
           .
           The
           blest
           
             Sanctum
             Sanctorum
          
           ,
           the
           holiest
           place
           often
           blessed
           with
           Johovahs
           sacred
           grace
           ,
           where
           as
           the
           Text
           saith
           ,
           were
           22000
           Oxen
           slain
           ,
           and
           12000
           sheep
           besides
           ,
           dyed
           at
           the
           same
           time
           for
           an
           oblation
           .
           That
           house
           of
           God
           whose
           glorious
           fame
           
           made
           all
           the
           World
           to
           wonder
           ,
           was
           burnt
           ,
           and
           ransackt
           ,
           and
           laid
           level
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           was
           seen
           by
           Vespasian
           and
           young
           Titus
           ,
           they
           cry'd
           kill
           ,
           kill
           those
           wretched
           Jews
           ,
           spare
           not
           to
           kill
           ,
           use
           speedy
           and
           Marshal
           Law
           ;
           the
           Roman
           souldiers
           then
           fell
           on
           and
           spared
           none
           ,
           they
           slew
           while
           they
           were
           weary
           of
           slaying
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           respect
           to
           Age
           or
           Sex
           ,
           the
           streets
           were
           drowned
           in
           bloud
           ,
           and
           slaughtered-Carkases
           did
           swim
           in
           in
           bloud
           ,
           the
           ablest
           men
           that
           were
           saved
           they
           carryed
           away
           for
           slaves
           ,
           
             John
             ,
             Simon
          
           ,
           and
           Eleazer
           ,
           as
           they
           deserved
           were
           brought
           to
           violent
           ends
           .
        
         
           Now
           from
           that
           time
           that
           the
           Romans
           began
           their
           siege
           ,
           until
           the
           City
           was
           won
           by
           Sedition
           ,
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           Fire
           ,
           and
           Famine
           ,
           were
           deprived
           of
           their
           lives
           eleven
           hundred
           thousand
           ,
           besides
           one
           hundred
           thousand
           were
           taken
           as
           beasts
           and
           sold
           for
           slaves
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           time
           it
           was
           first
           erected
           ,
           till
           the
           Romans
           had
           take●
           it
           ,
           it
           stood
           as
           appears
           in
           Histories
           twenty
           one
           hundred
           seventy
           and
           nine
           years
           .
        
         
         
           But
           before
           Gods
           vengeance
           was
           showred
           down
           upon
           them
           ,
           what
           strange
           prodigious
           Wonders
           did
           he
           shew
           ,
           as
           warnings
           how
           they
           should
           avoid
           their
           destruction
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           to
           repent
           the
           wicked
           evils
           they
           had
           done
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Firmament
           shewed
           them
           a
           Comet
           like
           a
           fiery
           Sword.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Divers
           nights
           the
           Temple
           and
           the
           Altar
           were
           environed
           with
           bright
           burning
           lights
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Temple
           though
           una
           Cow
           did
           bear
           a
           Lamb.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           No
           Bolts
           or
           Bars
           could
           restrain
           the
           Temple-gates
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           fly
           open
           of
           themselves
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           the
           Air
           assembled
           Armed
           men
           and
           Chariots
           ,
           the
           pondrous
           Earth
           quaked
           ,
           affrighted
           and
           trembled
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           To
           this
           sense
           a
           voice
           cryed
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           &
           the
           people
           cry'd
           oh
           let
           us
           from
           hence
           depart
           !
        
         
           These
           supernatural
           accidents
           ,
           foretold
           some
           fearful
           Judgment
           was
           to
           come
           ,
           but
           toyes
           they
           were
           accounted
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           or
           scar-crow-bugbears
           to
           fright
           children
           with
           ,
           and
           not
           minding
           them
           ,
           nor
           no
           way
           by
           them
           being
           affrighted
           ,
           they
           did
           in
           Jerusalem
           securely
           revell
           ,
           they
           thought
           these
           signs
           were
           against
           their
           foes
           ,
           and
           not
           them
           .
        
         
         
           But
           when
           war
           ,
           when
           death
           ,
           when
           spoil
           ,
           when
           ruine
           had
           storm'd
           them
           ,
           appear'd
           the
           place
           so
           desolate
           as
           none
           could
           have
           known
           there
           had
           been
           a
           City
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Juda
           ,
           and
           thus
           Jerusalem
           fell
           ,
           which
           Christ
           did
           foretell
           ,
           and
           was
           now
           fulfill'd
           ,
           that
           all
           their
           joys
           they
           should
           be
           bereft
           off
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           stone
           should
           not
           be
           left
           to
           stand
           upon
           another
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           OF
           THIS
           BOOK
           .
        
         
           
             SHeweth
             that
             in
             Asia
             did
             God
             begin
             his
             marvellous
             work
             of
             Creation
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             the
             first
             Church
             Collected
             ;
             also
             the
             Saviour
             of
             the
             World
             born
             and
             slain
             :
             In
             this
             Asia
             abounds
             Myrrhe
             ,
             Frankinsence
             ,
             Nutmegs
             ,
             Pepper
             ,
             &c.
             and
             it
             breeds
             Elephants
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Beasts
             and
             Serpents
             .
             page
             1.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             City
             Medina
             in
             Arabia
             ,
             is
             Mahomet
             Intombed
             in
             an
             Iron
             Chest
             supported
             
             by
             Art
             from
             falling
             to
             the
             ground
             .
             5
          
           
             A
             brief
             Description
             of
             Africa
             ,
             in
             one
             of
             which
             Cities
             there
             is
             700
             Churches
             ,
             and
             a
             Castle
             whose
             Globes
             are
             pure
             Gold
             ,
             weighing
             130000
             
               Barbury
               Duckets
            
             in
             one
             Province
             ;
             they
             allow
             not
             a
             man
             to
             Marry
             till
             he
             hath
             killed
             twelve
             Christians
             ,
             where
             they
             also
             Circumcise
             Male
             and
             Female
             .
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
          
           
             A
             brief
             description
             of
             Europe
             ,
             wherein
             is
             plenty
             of
             Corn
             ,
             Plants
             ,
             Fruits
             ,
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             Fountains
             of
             admirable
             vertue
             .
             12
             ,
             13
          
           
             A
             brief
             description
             of
             America
             ,
             in
             which
             are
             that
             Worship
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             ,
             and
             Stars
             ,
             and
             adore
             Images
             made
             of
             Cotton-Wool
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             delusion
             of
             Satan
             utters
             an
             Hideous
             noise
             ,
             which
             works
             on
             them
             a
             great
             awe
             .
             In
             Peru
             doth
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             so
             abound
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             reported
             they
             ordinarily
             shooed
             their
             Horses
             with
             Gold
             an
             Brassel
             men
             live
             for
             the
             most
             part
             in
             the
             Bodies
             of
             trees
             ?
             In
             this
             Region
             is
             an
             herb
             called
             Viva
             ,
             which
             if
             toucht
             will
             shut
             up
             ,
             and
             not
             open
             till
             the
             party
             that
             injured
             it
             be
             out
             of
             sight
             .
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             
             A
             brief
             description
             of
             Greece
             ,
             wherein
             was
             first
             setled
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             by
             Timothy
             .
             20
             ,
             21
          
           
             A
             brief
             description
             of
             Germany
             and
             Bohemia
             .
             In
             Cullen
             is
             received
             a
             Tradition
             amongst
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             that
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             Wise-men
             which
             came
             from
             the
             East
             to
             Worship
             Christ
             are
             Interr'd
             in
             Acon
             ,
             they
             Worship
             a
             Clout
             ,
             which
             they
             take
             to
             be
             our
             Saviours
             Mantle
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             wrapped
             .
             24
             ,
             25
          
           
             A
             brief
             description
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             one
             of
             which
             Provinces
             called
             Aquitania
             ,
             was
             fought
             the
             great
             Battel
             betwixt
             our
             
               Black
               Prince
            
             ,
             and
             John
             of
             France
             ,
             where
             with
             8000
             he
             conquered
             40000
             took
             the
             King
             and
             his
             son
             Philip
             prisoners
             70
             Earls
             ,
             50
             Barrons
             ,
             and
             12000
             Gentlemen
             .
             29
             ,
             30
          
           
             In
             the
             Dukedom
             Lutxenburge
             ,
             Quick
             is
             this
             Memorable
             story
             ,
             that
             at
             one
             time
             their
             studyed
             9
             Kings
             Sons
             ,
             24.
             
             Dukes
             Sons
             ,
             29
             Earls
             Sons
             .
             31
          
           
             A
             large
             description
             of
             a
             Tortoys
             ,
             from
             p.
             47.
             to
             p.
             51
          
           
             A
             discription
             of
             
               Great
               Brittain
            
             in
             very
             Remarkable
             stories
             from
             p.
             51.
             to
             p.
             106
          
           
             
             Amongst
             which
             is
             a
             notable
             story
             in
             Essex
             1581.
             of
             an
             Army
             of
             Mice
             ,
             that
             so
             over-run
             the
             Marshes
             near
             unto
             South
             Minster
             ,
             that
             they
             shore
             the
             Grass
             to
             the
             very
             roots
             ,
             and
             in
             Suffolk
             was
             taken
             a
             fish
             in
             all
             parts
             like
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             kept
             in
             
               Orford
               Castle
            
             for
             six
             months
             after
             escaped
             ,
             and
             went
             to
             Sea
             again
             .
             68
             ,
             69
          
           
             In
             the
             year
             1571.
             
             Masley-hill
             in
             the
             East
             of
             Hereford-shire
             removed
             ,
             travelling
             for
             three
             days
             together
             ,
             began
             upon
             the
             7th
             of
             February
             at
             six
             of
             the
             clock
             at
             night
             ,
             and
             before
             7
             next
             morning
             had
             gone
             forty
             paces
             ,
             carrying
             with
             it
             sheep
             in
             the
             coots
             ,
             hedge
             rows
             and
             trees
             mounting
             to
             an
             hill
             of
             twelve
             fathoms
             high
             ,
             and
             there
             rested
             after
             three
             days
             travel
             .
             75
             ,
             76
          
           
             Under
             Knaves-brough
             in
             York-shire
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             Well
             called
             Dropping-Well
             of
             that
             vertue
             and
             efficacy
             ,
             that
             it
             turns
             Wood
             into
             Stones
             .
             87
          
           
             A
             description
             of
             Scotland
             and
             Ireland
             .
             107
             to
             116
          
           
             A
             description
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Invasion
            
             in
             Eighty
             eight
             .
             116
             ,
             117
          
           
             
             A
             description
             of
             the
             
               Turkish
               Empire
            
             ,
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Manners
             ,
             with
             the
             rise
             of
             Mahomet
             from
             118
             to
             126
          
           
             A
             description
             of
             China
             and
             Tartary
             ,
             from
             126
             to
             138
          
           
             Rare
             Observations
             of
             a
             Gentleman
             in
             his
             travels
             to
             Bohemia
             .
             139
             to
             148
          
           
             The
             priviledges
             of
             the
             Grand-hangman
             of
             Hamburgh
             ,
             with
             the
             manner
             of
             executing
             Thieves
             and
             Murderers
             ;
             the
             habit
             of
             their
             Women
             ,
             and
             how
             their
             men
             draw
             Carts
             and
             Carriages
             .
             148
             to
             165
          
           
             The
             Lamentable
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Ancient
             and
             Memorable
             City
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             with
             the
             sore
             and
             terrible
             Famine
             ,
             while
             Grass
             ,
             Hay
             ,
             Barks
             ,
             Leaves
             of
             Trees
             ,
             Cats
             and
             Dogs
             ,
             &c.
             with
             the
             dung
             of
             Fowls
             and
             Beasts
             ,
             was
             dainties
             to
             the
             distressed
             Jews
             .
             165
          
           
             To
             the
             end
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70258-e1740
           
             This
             is
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             that
             one
             part
             which
             bears
             the
             name
             of
             
               Asia
               propria
            
             .
          
           
             Captain
             Tucker
             succeeded
             Mr.
             Moor
             Governour
             ,
             arriving
             in
             May
             1616.