Considerable salleryes and Endure their Life, Except y^e Chamberlaine thats annually Chosen tho’ mostly is in the same person againe. Those others are in the Lord Majors dispose and brings a greate advantage to him if any dye in his Majoralty. There is alsoe many Considerable perquisitts belonging to him to support y^e honnour. The Citty plaite is kept for Each, notwithstanding in y^e year it Costs them more many tymes than they Receive, and in the whole I have had it from one y^t had been at y^e charge said it was above 8000^£ in y^e year. There is as I said great Publick Stock in the Citty by which they have raised sumptuous Buildings, the Royal Exchange for one, a Large space of Ground Enclosed round w^{th} Cloysters and open arches on w^{ch} are built many walkes of Shopps of all trades. Y^e middle space below was design’d and is used for the merchants to meete to Concert their buisness and trade and bills, w^{ch} is all open and on y^e top of these Piaza’s are y^e Effigies in stone of most of our kings and Queens since y^e Conquest w^{ch} were anoynted Crowned heads, from whence this Exchange takes its name Royal. In y^e midst of it stands in stone work on a Pedestal y^e effigies of King Charles y^e second railed in w^{th} Iron spikes. There is alsoe at y^e Bridge a Great Monument of stone worke as is y^e Exchange; this is of a Great height 300 stepps up and on y^e top gives y^e view of y^e whole town. This was sett up in memory of Gods putting a Check to y^e Rageing flame w^{ch} by y^e plotts and Contrivance of y^e papists was Lighted. There is a Large Inscription on it all round mentioning it, and alsoe of y^e popish plott and y^e gun powd^r treason and all by y^e papists.