_Miscellaneous observations_, _on the social distinctions and the general state of the community among the Anglo-Saxons_. SECT. 1. State of society at Lynn, and in this country, 253 before the conquest. SECT. 2. Of the _Wittenagemote_ and other courts—maxims of 258 jurisprudence—institution of tythings—nuptial and funeral rites—sacerdotal, domestic, and other customs among the Anglo-Saxons. SECT. 3. State of learning, and of the medical profession, 264 among the Anglo-Saxons. SECT. 4. Expressive and remarkable names of the 266 months—state of the coinage or currency—general value of different commodities in this country before the conquest—slavery—comparison with the present course of things. SECT. 5. Probability that Lynn was formerly concerned in 270 the exportation of slaves—comparison between the ancient and modern English slave dealers—_slaves_ and _horses_ the chief exports of this country in those days—_corn_ not then exported, though it had been formerly—imports, commerce, miscellaneous hints and observations. SECT. 6. Population of Lynn and the country in general, 277 before the conquest—condition of the bulk of the inhabitants in the mean time—sufferings of the inhabitants of Lynn and the adjacent country from the _Danes_—intrepid and ferocious character of that people—instruments of vengeance on the Anglo-Saxons—their despotism and character not much changed by their conversion to Christianity, so called—remarkable instances of imposition, superstition, and credulity. SECT. 7. Of the Heptarchy and its history—remarks on 284 _Egbert_, _Alfred_, and their most renowned successors—character of _Canute_ and _Edward the Confessor_—the latter the first of our monarchs that touched for the Evil—remarks on that circumstance, and the prevalence of that complaint in these parts. SECT. 8. State of Lynn in the confessor’s time—chief sway 289 borne here then by Stigand, Ailmer, and Harold—great power of the latter, and sketch of his character—obtains the crown at the confessor’s death—is soon disturbed by two formidable invasions; one from the Danish or Norwegian shores under _Halfagar_, whom he vanquishes; the other from France, under William the Norman bastard, in opposing whom he is himself vanquished and slain, which places the conqueror on the English throne without further struggle, through the defection and machinations of our bishops and clergy. SECT. 9. Sketch of the practice of the _royal touch_ in 298 England, or a historical essay on the memorable _empiricism of our English sovereigns_, from Edward the confessor to George the first—credulity of _Whiston_ and _Carte_—quackery, medical, political, and theological still prevalent among us, though that of the _royal touch_ has ceased—_Richard Brothers_, _Joanna Southcote_, and _William Pitt_—memoir of the _Dumb doctor_. PART III. HISTORY OF LYNN FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FRENCH OR