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FOOTNOTES:1See MrAshmole’s Antiquities ofBerkshire, 3 Vols. 8vo. p. 111 of Vol. 1st.2ThisCasewas published by MrDaniel Turner, Surgeon.3MrRushworthdied 1737, and it is here inserted in Justice to his Memory.4Particularly that ofRiding; relating to which, consult MrFuller’sMedicina Gymnastica.5SeeBoyleonSpecific Medicines.6The Bp. ofL——n’s Sermon against Masquerades.7An able Member of the College of Physicians.8Acts, c. 15. v. 29.That ye abstain from Meats offered to Idols, and from Blood, and from Things strangled, and from Fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye do well. Fare ye well.9On the Feast ofCorpus Christi, or the 13th ofJune, the Commons ofKentbrake down theStew-HousesnearLondon-Bridge, at that Time in the hands of the Frowes ofFlanders, who had farmed them of the Mayor ofLondon.Stow’s Chron. p. 285.10In the latter end ofMarch(Anno Reg.Hen.VIII. 36) “theSteweson the Bank-side of theThames, inSouthwark, was put down, by the King’s Commandment, which was proclaimed by sound of Trumpets, no more to be privileged, or used as a common Bordell, but the Inhabitants of those Houses, to keep good and honest Rule, as in all other Places of the Realm.Stow’s Chron. p. 591.11SeeAubrey’sNatural History and Antiquities ofSurrey,8vo.Vol. v. p. 221.
FOOTNOTES:
1See MrAshmole’s Antiquities ofBerkshire, 3 Vols. 8vo. p. 111 of Vol. 1st.
1See MrAshmole’s Antiquities ofBerkshire, 3 Vols. 8vo. p. 111 of Vol. 1st.
2ThisCasewas published by MrDaniel Turner, Surgeon.
2ThisCasewas published by MrDaniel Turner, Surgeon.
3MrRushworthdied 1737, and it is here inserted in Justice to his Memory.
3MrRushworthdied 1737, and it is here inserted in Justice to his Memory.
4Particularly that ofRiding; relating to which, consult MrFuller’sMedicina Gymnastica.
4Particularly that ofRiding; relating to which, consult MrFuller’sMedicina Gymnastica.
5SeeBoyleonSpecific Medicines.
5SeeBoyleonSpecific Medicines.
6The Bp. ofL——n’s Sermon against Masquerades.
6The Bp. ofL——n’s Sermon against Masquerades.
7An able Member of the College of Physicians.
7An able Member of the College of Physicians.
8Acts, c. 15. v. 29.That ye abstain from Meats offered to Idols, and from Blood, and from Things strangled, and from Fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye do well. Fare ye well.
8Acts, c. 15. v. 29.That ye abstain from Meats offered to Idols, and from Blood, and from Things strangled, and from Fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye do well. Fare ye well.
9On the Feast ofCorpus Christi, or the 13th ofJune, the Commons ofKentbrake down theStew-HousesnearLondon-Bridge, at that Time in the hands of the Frowes ofFlanders, who had farmed them of the Mayor ofLondon.Stow’s Chron. p. 285.
9On the Feast ofCorpus Christi, or the 13th ofJune, the Commons ofKentbrake down theStew-HousesnearLondon-Bridge, at that Time in the hands of the Frowes ofFlanders, who had farmed them of the Mayor ofLondon.Stow’s Chron. p. 285.
10In the latter end ofMarch(Anno Reg.Hen.VIII. 36) “theSteweson the Bank-side of theThames, inSouthwark, was put down, by the King’s Commandment, which was proclaimed by sound of Trumpets, no more to be privileged, or used as a common Bordell, but the Inhabitants of those Houses, to keep good and honest Rule, as in all other Places of the Realm.Stow’s Chron. p. 591.
10In the latter end ofMarch(Anno Reg.Hen.VIII. 36) “theSteweson the Bank-side of theThames, inSouthwark, was put down, by the King’s Commandment, which was proclaimed by sound of Trumpets, no more to be privileged, or used as a common Bordell, but the Inhabitants of those Houses, to keep good and honest Rule, as in all other Places of the Realm.Stow’s Chron. p. 591.
11SeeAubrey’sNatural History and Antiquities ofSurrey,8vo.Vol. v. p. 221.
11SeeAubrey’sNatural History and Antiquities ofSurrey,8vo.Vol. v. p. 221.
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Return totranscriber’s notes
Corrections:Opporunity —> Opportunitydedeparted —> departedSubscripton —> Subscriptioncosiderable —> considerablethemseves —> themselvesReleif —> ReliefContract —> Contactthe to —> to thethickned —> thickenedswell —> smellSypmtoms —> Symptomslacreated —> laceratedapppears —> appearsDictinction —> Distinctionaccont —> accountRisqne —> RisqueMischeif —> Mischiefabstemions —> abstemiousSpeices —> SpeciesExpence —> ExperienceCircnmstances —> Circumstancesdisconntenanc'd —> discountenanc'daccure —> accruehereditay —> hereditaryIches —> Inchesovt —> outths —> theFarnce —> FranceHnmour —> HumourLiqour —> Liquorarticutately —> articulatelyrecieve —> receiveMischeifs —> Mischiefs