Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Volume 1Chetham Society., 1844 - Cheshire (England) |
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Page 94 - Rugg, governor of this fort, who is as famous for his generous and free entertainment of strangers, as for his great bottle nose, which is the largest I have seen.
Page 115 - This is an archbishop's seat, an ancient university, one only college consisting of about one hundred and twenty students, wherein are four schools, one principal, four regents. There are about six or seven thousand communicants, and about twenty thousand persons in the town, which is famous for the church, which is fairest and stateliest in Scotland, for the tollboothe and bridge.
Page 86 - England, to provide a ship of war for the King's service, and to send it, amply provided and fitted, by such a day to such a place ; and with that writ were sent to each sheriff instructions that, instead of a ship, he should levy upon his county such a sum of money, and return the same to the Treasurer of the Navy for his majesty's use...
Page 121 - Hence we came to Aire, which is eight miles upon the sea coast, a most dainty, pleasant way as I have ridden, wherein you leave the sea on your right hand ; here we taught our horses to drink salt-water, and much refreshed their limbs therein. Coming late to Aire, we lodged in one Patrick Mackellen's house, where is a cleanly neat hostess, victuals handsomely cooked, and good lodging, eight (sic) ordinary, good entertainment.
Page 96 - James, who left all his lands to his daughter and heir, who married the now Earl of Suffolk. This town is seated on the north side of Twede, and is placed upon the sloping of a steep hill. They speak of three hundred and sixty salmons taken at one draught, and ordinarily about eighty, and one hundred, or one hundred and twenty, at one draught. We lodged at the Crown, were well used ; 8d. ordinary, and 6d. our servants, and great entertainment and good lodging, a respective host and honest reckoning.
Page 111 - Church steeple, which is the king's palace. Herein is a ring of bells erected by King Charles immediately before his coming into Scotland, anno Dom. 1635, but none here knew how to ring or make any use of them, until some came out of England for that purpose, who hath now instructed some Scotts in this art. In most of the eminent churches in this city, the king hath a stately seat placed on high, almost round about some pillar opposite to the pulpit.
Page 35 - Hague is a church monument, where an earl and a lady are engraven with 365 children about them, which were all delivered at one birth ; they were half male, half female ; the two...
Page 120 - Erwin is daintily situate, both upon a navigable arm of the sea, and in a dainty, pleasant, level, champaign country...