takeing in the Quakers and anabaptists. The mouth of y^e river just at y^e town is a very good Harbour for Shipps, the Dockyards are about 2 mile from the town—by boate you goe to it y^e nearest way—its one of y^e best in England. A Great many good shipps built there, and the Great Depth of water w^{ch} Comes up to it tho’ it runs for 2 mile between y^e Land, w^{ch} also shelters y^e shipps. There is a great deale of Buildings on the Dock, a very good house for the Masters and severall Lesser ones, and house for their Cordage and makeing Ropes, and all sorts of things required in building or Refitting ships, it Lookes Like a Little town. The Buildings are so many and all of marble w^{th} ffine slate on y^e Rooffs and at a Little Distance it makes all the houses shew as if they were Cover’d w^{th} snow and Glisters in y^e sunn w^{ch} adds to their beauty. Y^e ffine and only thing in Plymouth town is the Cittadell or Castle w^{ch} stands very high above the town, the walls and battlements round it w^{th} all their Works and Plattforms are in very good repaire and Lookes nobly, all marble full of towers w^{th} stone Balls on the top and Gilt on the top; the Entrance being by an ascent up a hill Looks very noble over 2 drawbridges and Gates, w^{ch} are Marble as is the whole, Well Carv’d, the Gate w^{th} armory and statues all Gilt and on the top 7 Gold balls. Ye buildings within are very neate, a Large appartment for the Governour, w^{th} others that are Less for y^e severall officers. There is a Long building alsoe w^{ch} is y^e arsnell for y^e arms and amunition, and just by it a round building well secured w^{ch} was for the powder round the works in the Plattform for the Gunns w^{ch} are well mounted and very well kept. Walking round I had the view of all the town and alsoe part off y^e Main Ocean in w^{ch} are some jslands. There is S^t Nicholas jsland w^{th} a ffort in it, there it was Harry Martin one of y^e Kings judges was banished Dureing Life. There you Can just Discover a Light house w^{ch} is building on a meer Rock in the middle of y^e sea, this is 7 Leagues off, it will be of Great advantage for y^e Guide of y^e shipps y^t pass that way. From this you have a Good refflection on y^e Great Care and provision y^e wise God makes for all persons and things in his Creation, that there should be in some places where there is any Difficulty rocks Even in the midst of y^e deep w^{ch} Can be made use of for a Constant Guide and mark for the passengers on their voyages, but the Earth is full of y^e goodness of y^e Lord and soe is this Great sea wherein are jnumerable beings Created and preserv’d by y^e same almighty hand Whose is the Earth and all things there in, he is Lord of all. From the plattform I Could see y^e Dock and also just ag^{st} it I saw mount EdgeComb a seate of S^r Richard EdgComes, it stands on the side of a hill all bedeck’d w^{th} woods w^{ch} are Divided into several Rowes of trees in walks, the house being all of