Through England on a side saddle in the time of William and MaryFiennes, Celia
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Through England on a side saddle in the time of William and Mary
Fiennes, Celia
England -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
their biggest Market day w^{ch} was the Day I was there, and by Reason
of the extreame heate resolved to stay till the sun was Low ere I
proceeded farther, so had the opportunity of seeing most of the Market
w^{ch} is Like a ffaire for all sorts of provision, and good and very
Cheape. I saw one buy a quarter of Lamb ffor 3^d and 2^d a piece: good
Large poultry. Here is Leather, Woollen and Linnen and all sorts of
stands for baubles. They have a very jndifferent sort of Cheese—Little
things, Looks black on the outside. There is a very pleasant
bowling-green, a Little walke out of the town w^{th} a Large gravel
walke round it w^{th} two Rows of trees on Each side Makeing it very
shady: there is a fine entertaineing house y^t makes up the ffourth
side, before w^{ch} is a paved walke and Epyasses of bricke. There is a
pretty Garden, by y^e side a shady walk, its a sort of spring garden
where the Gentlemen and Ladyes walke in the Evening—there is a green
house in the garden, its a pleasant walke to the town by y^e walls.
There is one broad walke by the side of y^e town runns a good Length
made w^{th} Coale ashes and so well trodden, and the raines makes it
firm. There is a walke all round the walls of the town. There is a good
ffree school and 5 Churches. I went to see the Barber Surgeons Hall
w^{ch} was within a pretty garden walled in, full of flowers and greens
In potts and in the Borders; its a good neate building of Brick. There I
saw the roome w^{th} a round table in it railed round w^{th} seates or
Benches for y^e Conveniency in their disecting and anatomiseing a body,
and reading Lectures on all parts. There was two bodyes that had been
anatomised, one the bones were fastned w^{th} wires the other had had
the flesh boyled off and so some of y^e Ligeament remained and dryed
w^{th} it, and so the parts were held together by its own Muscles and
sinews that were dryed w^{th} it. Over this was another roome in w^{ch}
was the skin of a man that was taken off after he was dead, and dressed,
and so was stuff’d—the body and Limbs. It Look’d and felt Like a sort of
parchment. In this roome I Could take a view of the whole town, it
standing on high ground and a pretty Lofty building.
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