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+Six Giles Dawbney, he was not Earl of Bridgwater, nor a Lord.

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gard of the fituation, as
feated betwixt the west-
Saxons and Eaft-Angles.
was fometimes, together

with Effex and Hartford

fhire,that part and portio
which the Eaft-Saxons en-
ioyed for their Kingdom:

bordered vpon the North, with Hartford-
pon the Weft by Colne, is feuered from Buck-
the South,by Thamefis,from Surrey & Rent;
the Eaft from Effex, by the Riuer Lea.
The length thereof extened from Stratford.
Eaft, to Morehall vpon Colne in the Weft, is by
re nineteene English miles; and from South-
in the North, to his Maiefties Mannour of
on-Court in the South,are little aboue fixteene
the whole circumference extending to ninety.
In forme it is almoft fquare, for ayre paffing
rate, för foile abundantly fertile,and for paftu-
id graine of all kindes, yeelding the best, so
e Wheat of this Countie hath ferued a long
of the Manchet to our Princes Table.

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the beauteous Face, the comely Air,

The Tongue persuasive, and the Actions fair,
Decay So Learning too in Time fhall wafte;
But Faith, chafte lovely Faith, fhall ever laft.

The once bright Glory of this House, the Pride
Of all his Country, dusty Ruins hide :
Mourn, hapless Orphans, mourn, once happy Wife,
For when he dy'd, dy'd all the Joys of Life.
Pious and Juft, amidst a large Estate,

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got at once the Name of Good and Great. He made no flatt'ring Parasite his Guest, But afk'd the good Companions to the Feast.

Anne Countess of Oxford, Daughter of William Cecil, Baron Burleigh, and Lord Treasurer.

Philippa, Daughter and Coheirefs of John Lord Mohun of Dunftar, Wife of Edward Duke of York.

Frances Countess of Suffex, of the antient Family of Sidney.

Thomas Bromley, Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth. The Earl of Bridgwater, † Lord Dawbney, Lord Chamberlain to Henry VII, and his Lady.

And thus much for WESTMINSTER.

There are many other Churches in this City, but none fo remarkable for the Tombs of Persons of Distinction.

+Six Giles Dawbney, he was not Earl of Bridgwater, nor a Lord.

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Near to this Church is WESTMINSTER-HALL, where befides the Seffions of Parliament, which are often held there, are the Courts of Juftice; and at ftated Times are heard their Trials in Law, or concerning the King's Patrimony; or in Chancery, which moderates the Severity of the Common Law by Equity. Till the Time of Henry I. the prime Court of Juftice was moveable, and followed the King's Court, but he enacted, by the Magna Charta, That the Common Pleas fhould no longer attend his Court, but be held at fome determined Place. The prefent Hall was built by King Richard II. in the Place of an ancient one which he caused to be taken down. He made it Part of his Habitation (for at that Time the Kings of England determined Causes in their own proper Perfon, and from the Days of Edward the Confeffor, had their Palace adjoining); till, about 60 Years fince, upon its being burnt, Henry VIII. removed the Royal Refidence to Whitehall, fituate in the Neighbourhood, which a little before was the House of Cardinal Wolefey: This Palace is truly Royal; inclosed on one side by the Thames, on the other by a Park, which connects it with St. James's, another Royal Palace.

In the Chamber where the Parliament is usually held, the Seats and Wainscot are made of Wood, the Growth of Ireland; faid to have had that occult Quality, that all poisonous Animals are driven away by it: And it is affirmed for certain, that in Ireland there are neither Serpents, Toads, nor any other venomous Creature to be found.

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