little scallops just to shew their under peticoates w^{ch} were white. Y^e troupe of y^e amazans in order w^{th} their bows and arrows w^{th} Crowns of Gilded Lawrel, their officers had plumes of feathers and their Serjeants with their halberts, their number was also about 100. Next after followed all y^e young men of y^e town form’d into a Company of Granadeers w^{th} their proper officers w^{ch} had laced hatts and plumes of feathers; each soldier had a red cap w^{th} Cyphers and a Crown gilt w^{th} gold and furbelowed with blew round their head; their hair was tyed back with scarlet ribon, they had scarlet garters and scarlet slings for their gunns; drest all in their holland shirts and white stockings and had a hanger by their sides. their number was about 30. Next followed four couple of Maurice dancers with their pranceing horses, in holland shirts with laced hatt riboned, and Cross swashes and garters w^{th} bells, w^{th} their two antiques drest in their formalityes, w^{th} hankershiefs in their hands danceing all y^e way. Next walked y^e Clergy, then next followed M^r Major with two pages attending him, followed by the Corporation aldermen all in their scarlet gowns, and the common Councill in their gowns. Next followed in y^e reare all y^e marryed men formed into a Company of Artilery, their hatts Laced, with plumes of feathers all in their own Cloths: Ye Soldiers y^e Same w^{th} Swords and gunns w^{th} two Blunderbusses; every Company both of men and women was attended by drums and all sort of musick both wind and stringed instruments. Thus they repaired to y^e Cathedrall, Y^e granadeers salutes them Just as they enter the Abby with a volly of shott, and there they have a sermon and as they come out of the Cathedrall y^e Company of artillery salutes them againe with another volly, so in the same order they return to their Guild Hall where is a sumptuous feast w^{th} Musick and danceing w^{ch} Ends y^e solemnity w^{th} bonfires as is usual. I now proceed to describe the rest of the town. there are green walkes very pleasant and in many places, and out of the Cathedrall you walk into y^e priory which has good walkes of rows of trees, which is pleasant—there are y^e deans prebends and doctors houses which stand in y^t green which is pleasant, by y^e Church called the Abby, w^{ch} is lofty and spacious and much Company walke there especially in wet weather. Y^e Quire is neat but nothing extraordinary—in that Kings mead there are severall little Cake-houses where you have fruit lulibubs and sumes Liquours to entertaine y^e Company that walke there. The markets are very good here of all sorts of provision flesh and ffish especially when the season for y^e Company batheing and drinking lasts, great plenty and pretty reasonable. The Chargeableness of the bath is y^e Lodgings and fireing, the ffaggotts being very small, but they give you very good attendance there.