Thence to Coventry all on a Levell 8 mile. I Came by severall pretty seates, one on the Left hand of S^r Andrew Hacket stands in a parke and good gardens walled in, and on the Right hand we Came Close to a very pretty new built house w^{th} severall Rows of firrs, the outward Court Came in a Compass w^{th} open Barrgates just to the Road, and a brick bridge from the Court at one side quite Cross y^e highway: we drove under it w^{ch} Leads to a parke that runs along on the other hand. The house was brick and Coyn’d with stone and the windows the same, 8 windows in the front and y^e Lawrells and greens look’d very pretty. Coventry stands on the side of a pretty high hill and as you approach it from the adjacent hill you have the full prospect. The spire and steeple of one of the Churches is very high and is thought the third highest in England. In the same Church yard stands another large Church w^{ch} is something unusuall two such great Churches together; their towers and the Rest of y^e Churches and high buildings make the town appear very fine, the streetes are broad and very well pitch’d w^{th} small stone. The Cross is noted and y^e finest building in England for such a thing, and in my phancy it very much resembles y^e picture of y^e tower of Babel, its all stone Carv’d very Curiously, and there are 4 divisions Each being less than another to y^e top, and so its Piramidy forme. In Each partition is severall nitches for statues quite round it where are kings and queens, and just on Each side before Each statute is their arms and y^e arms of England and the arms of y^e town, and so its adorn’d w^{th} Coullours and gilding in their proper places as in the garments and Crowns or Coronets, and finely Carv’d w^{th} angels and Cherubims and all sorts of beasts, Birds, flowers in garlands, and Leaves—this in Every division; there is variety quite up to the top w^{ch} is finely Carv’d and Gilt. This is y^e biggest place in y^e town, and y^e streete very broad and runs off a great length, and most of y^e streetes are very good. Y^e buildings are mostly of timber work and old. There is a water house at the End of y^e town w^{ch} from springs does supply by pipes y^e whole town w^{th} water in y^e manner that London is. There is also a water w^{ch} serves severall mills y^t belong to the town; it seems to be a thriveing good trading town and is very Rich. They have a great publick stock belonging to y^e Corporation above 3 thousand pound a year for publick schooles, Charity and y^e maintenance of their severall publick Expences, of their Magistrates and Companyes, the majority of the heads are now in y^e sober men, so its Esteem’d a ffanatick town, and there is Indeed the largest Chapple and y^e greatest number of people I have ever seen of y^e Presbiterian way. There is another meeteing place in y^e town of y^e Independants w^{ch} is nott so bigg, but tho’ they may differ in some small things, in y^e maine they