From Sandy Lane head where I baited, to Whit Church is 16 long miles over a Long heath for 4 or 5 mile, then to Bestonwood and Came by Beston Castle on a very high hill, y^e walls remaineing round it, w^{ch} I Left a Little on my Right hand just at y^e foote of y^e hill, and so I Crossed y^e great Road w^{ch} Comes from Nantwitch to Chester being then just y^e midd way to Either, being 7 mile to Each. There I think I may say was y^e only tyme I had reason to suspect I was Engaged w^{th} some highway men. 2 fellows all on a suddain from y^e wood fell into y^e Road, they Look’d truss’d up w^{th} great Coates and as it were bundles about them w^{ch} I believe was pistolls, but they dogg’d me one before y^e other behind and would often Look back to Each other, and frequently justle my horse out of y^e way to get between one of my servants horses and mine, and when they first Came up to us did disown their knowledge of y^e way and would often stay a little behind and talke together, then Come up againe, but the providence of God so order’d it as there was men at work in y^e fields haymakeing, and it being market day at WhitChurch, as I drew neer to y^t in 3 or 4 mile was Continually met w^{th} some of y^e market people, so they at Last Called Each other off and soe Left us and turned back; but as they Rode w^{th} us 3 or 4 miles at Last they described the places we should Come by, and a high pillar finely painted in y^e Road about 3 mile off of Whitchurch (w^{ch} accordingly we saw as we pass’d on) w^{ch} shew’d them noe strangers to y^e Road as they at first pretended. I passed over a Little brooke a mile before I Came to WhitChurch w^{ch} Entred me into Shropshire. This is a Large market town, here are two very fine gardens, one belongs to an apothecary, full of all fruites and greens; y^e other was at y^e Crown jnn where I staid, it was exceeding neate w^{th} oring and Lemmon trees, Mirtle, striped and gilded hollytrees, box and ffilleroy finely Cut, and ffirrs and merumsuratum w^{ch} makes the fine snuff, and fine flowers all things almost in a little tract of Garden Ground. From thence its 14 mile to Shrewsbury and pretty Level way. Ye miles were long and y^e wind blew very Cold, I went on a Causey 2 or 3 miles to y^e town, so y^t in y^e winter the way is bad and deep but on the Causey.