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with as much Awe, as if the Queen had been prefent: When they, had waited there a little while, the Yeomen of the Guard entered, bare-headed, cloathed in Scarlet, with, a golden Rofe upon their.: Backs, bringing in at each Turn a Course of twentyfour Difhes, ferved in Plate moft of it Gilt; these Dishes were received by a Gentleman in the fame Order they were brought, and placed upon the Table, while the Lady-tafter, gave to each of the Guards a mouthful to eat, of the particular Dish he had brought, for Fear of any Roison. During the Time that this.. Guard, which confifts of the tallest and ftouteft Men that can be found in all England, being carefully felected for this Service, were bringing Dinner, twelve: Trumpets and two Kettle-drums made the Hall ring for half an Hour together. At the End of this Ceremonial a Number of unmarried Ladies appeared, who, with particular Solemnity, lifted the Meat off the Table, and conveyed it into the Queen's inner and more private Chamber, where, after she had chofen for herself, the reft goes to the Ladies.. of the Court...

The Queen dines and fups alone, with very few Attendants; and it is very feldom that any Body, Foreigner or Native, is admitted at that Time, and then only at the Interceffion of fomebody in Power,

Near this Palace is the Queen's Park ftocked with Deer: Such Parks are common throughout England, belonging to those who are diftinguished either for their Rank or Riches. In the Middle of this is an

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old fquare Tower, called Mirefleur, fupposed to be that mentioned in the Romance of Amadis de Gaul and joining to it a Plain, where Knights and other Gentlemen use to meet, at fet Times and Holidays, to exercise on Horse-back.

We left London in a Coach, in order to fee the remarkable Places in its Neighbourhood.

The firft was Theobalds belonging to Lord Burleigh the Treasurer: In the Gallery was painted the Genealogy of the Kings of England; from this Place one goes into the Garden, encompaffed with a Ditch full of Water, large enough for one to have the Pleasure of going in a Boat, and rowing between the Shrubs; here are great Variety of Trees and Plants; Labyrinths made with a great deal of Labour; a fet d'eau, with its Bafon of white Marble; and Columns and Pyramids of Wood and other Materials up and down the Garden. After feeing thefe, we were led by the Gardener into the Summer-houfe, in the lower Part of which, built femicircularly, are the twelve Roman Emperors in white Marble, and a Table of Touchftone; the upper Part of it is fet round with Cisterns of Lead, into which the Water is conveyed through Pipes, fo that Fish may be kept in them, and in Summer Time they are very convenient for Bathing; in another Room for Entertainment very near this, and joined to it by a little Bridge, was an oval Table of red Marble. We were not admitted to fee the Apartments of this Palace, there being nobody to fhew it, as the FaT3

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mily was in Town attending the Funeral of their Lord §.

Hodfon, a Village,

Ware, a Market Town,

Puckeridge, a Village; this was the first Place where we obferved that the Beds at Inns were made by the Waiters,

Camboritum, Gantabrigium, and Cantabrigia, now called Cambridge, a celebrated Town, fo named from the River Cam, which, after washing the Westernfide, playing through Islands, turns to the East, and divides the Town into two Parts, which are joined by a Bridge; whence its modern Name; Formerly it had the Saxon one of Grantbridge. Beyond this Bridge is an ancient and large Caftle, faid to be built by the Danes: On this Side, where far the greater Part of the Town ftands, all is fplendid; the Streets fine, the Churches numerous, and thofe Seats of the Mufes, the Colleges, most beautiful; in these a great Number of learned Men are fupported, and the Studies of all polite Sciences and Languages flourifh.

I think proper to mention fome few things about the Foundation of this Univerfity, and its Colleges. Cantaber, a Spaniard, is thought to have firft inftituted this Academy, 375 Years before Chrift; and Sebert King of the East-Angles, to have restored it, A. D. 630. It was afterwards fubverted in the Con

Lord Treasurer Burleigh died August 4, 1598.

fufion under the Danes, and lay long neglected; till, upon the Norman Conqueft, every thing began to brighten up again: From that Time, Inns and Halls for the convenient Lodging of Students began to be built, but without any Revenues annexed to them.

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The firft College, called Peter-house, was built and endowed by Hugh Balfam, Bishop of Ely, A. D. 1280; and in Imitation of him, Richard Badew, with the Affiftance of Elizabeth Burk, Countess of Clare and Ulfter, founded Clare-Hall, in 1326; Mary de St. Paul Countefs of Pembroke, Pembroke Hall, in 1343; the Monks of Corpus Chrifli, the College of the fame Name, though it has befides that of Bennet; John Craudene, Trinity-Hall, 1354; Edmond Gonville in 1348, and John Caius, a Phyfician in our Times, Gonville and Caius College; King Henry VI. King's College, in 1441; adding to it a Chapel, that may juftly claim a Place among the most beautiful Buildings in the World; on its right Side is a fine Library, where we saw the Book of Pfalms in Manufcript upon Parchment, four Spans in Length, and three Broad, taken from the Spaniards at the Seige of Cadiz, and thence brought into England with other rich Spoils. Margaret of Anjou, his Wife, founded Queen's College, 1448, at the fame Time that John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, built Jefus College; Robert Woodlarke, CatherineHall, 1456; Margaret of Richmond, Mother of King Henry VII. Chrift's and St. John's College about 1506; Thomas Audley Chancellor of England, Magdalen College, much increafed fince both in T 4 Buildings

Buildings and Revenue by Christopher Wray, Lord Chief Juftice; and the most potent King Henry VIII, erected Trinity College for Religion and polite Letters; in this Chapel is the Tomb of Dr. Whitacre, with an Infcription in Gold Letters upon Marble; *Emanuel College built in our own Times by the most honourable and prudent Sir Walter Mildway, one of her Majefty's Privy-Council: And laftly, Sidney College, now firft building by the Executors of the Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex.

We must note here, that there is a certain Sect in England, called Puritans: Thefe, according to the Doctrine of the Church of Geneva, reject all Ceremonies anciently held, and admit of neither Organs nor Tombs in their Places of Worship, and entirely abhorall Difference in Rank among Churchmen, fuch as Bishops, Deans, &c. they were first named Puritans by the Jefuit Sandys. They do not Jive feparate, but mix with those of the Church of England in the Colleges.

Potton, a Village.

Ampthill, a Town; here we faw immenfe Numbers of Rabbits, which are reckoned as good as Hares, and are very well tafted.

We paffed through the Towns of Woburn, Leighton, Ailesbury, and Wheatly.

*She was the Daughter, Sifter and Aunt, of those eminent Knights Sir William, Sir Henry, and Sir Philip Sidney.

Oxonium,

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