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
There is alsoe one Nobleman’s house, is this Parke House w^{ch} is a
very Curious Building. Just by this parke you Enter another Much Larger,
Hide-parke, w^{ch} is for Rideing on horseback but mostly for y^e
Coaches, there being a ring railed in round w^{ch} a Gravel way y^t
would admitt of twelve if not more rowes of Coaches, w^{ch} y^e Gentry
to take y^e aire and see each other Comes and drives round and round;
one row going Contrary to each other affords a pleaseing diversion. The
rest of y^e parke is green and full of deer, there are Large ponds
w^{th} fish and fowle. Y^e whole Length of this parke there is a high
Causey of a good breadth, 3 Coaches may pass and on Each side are Rowes
of posts on w^{ch} are Glasses—Cases for Lamps w^{ch} are Lighted in y^e
Evening and appeares very fine as well as safe for y^e passenger. This
is only a private roade y^e king had w^{ch} reaches to Kensington, where
for aire our Great King W^m bought a house and filled it for a
Retirement w^{th} pretty gardens. Besides these y^e king has a pallace
in y^e Strand w^{th} fine gardens all to y^e Thames river, this
appertaines to y^e Queen Dowager while she Lives. In this place was y^t
cruel Barbarous Murder of S^r Edmund Berry Godfrey by y^e papists.
Westminster is remarkable for haveing in it y^e ancient Large abbey
w^{ch} is a most magnificent Building of stone finely Graved, and within
is adorned w^{th} severall monuments of our Kings and Queens and great
personages.
In Harry y^e sevenths Chapple Layes our Great and good as well as Ever
Glorious King William, and Queen Mary his Royal Consort and joinctly on
y^e throne of these kingdoms, whome noe tyme Can ever obliterate y^e
memory off, their being Englands deliverers in Gods hands from popery
and slavery w^{ch} King James by y^e King of Frances power was involving
us in. This abby alsoe is y^e place where y^e sollemnityes of the Kings
interrments and Corronations are performed of which shall give a
perticular.
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