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and impure creatures should sustain, or 
rather distrain, the reverence. and ma- 
jesty of religion. 
BANKERS. 
The chief factors of Italy have been 
Grisons; and they told me, that as the 
trade of banking began in Lombardy, 
so that all over Europe a Lombard and 
a banker signified the same thing, so the 
great bankers of Lombardy were Grisons, 
and to this day the Grisons drive a great 
tradein money. Foraman there of one 
hundred thousand crowns estate, hath not 
perhaps a third part of this within the 
country, but puts it out in the neighbours 
ing estates. 
SUPERSTITION, 
I heard a Capuchin preach here ; it 
was the firstsermon I heardin Italy. And 
I was much surprised at many comical 
expressions and gestures ; but most of all 
with the conclusion, for there being inal! 
the pulpits of Italy a crucifix on the side 
of the pulpit towards the altar, be, after 
alongaddress to it, at last, in a forced 
transport, took it in his arms and hugged 
it, and kissed it. But I observed that be- 
fore he kissed it, he, seeing some dust on 
it, blew it off very carefully ; for I was just 
under the pulpit. He entertained it with 
along and tender caress, and held it out 
to the people, and would have forced 
tears, both, from himselfand them; yet I 
saw none shed. 
CROMWELL, 
Prince Cromwe!!, who was now wholly 
out of action, having laid his scene in 
the counties and boroughs for elections 
to the ensuing Parliament, gave himself 
and the town alittle recreation, It hap- 
pened on a Friday in July, that, desirous 
to divert himself with driving of kis 
coach aud six horses in Hyde Park, with 
his secretary Thurlow in it, like Me- 
phistophilus and Doctor Faustus carcer- 
Ing it_in the air, to try how he could 
govern horses, since rational creatures 
were so unruly and difficult to be reined ; 
like another Phaéton, he fell, in the expe- 
riment, from the coach-box ; which was 
presently posted into the city, and many 
ominous and true conjectures made of 
his certain catastrophe ; one of the inge- 
pious songs on the occasion, ending in 
this presayious rhyme: 
Every day and hour hath shew'd us his power, 
But now he hath shew’d us his art : 
His first reproach was a fall froma coach, 
His next will be froma cart. 
A CURIOSITY DISCOVERED 1663. 
There was a curiosity discovered ata 
place cailed Bald Batu-ford, three 
Extracts from the Portfolio of a Man of Letters. (Feb. ¥," 
miles from Bath, Here was found a— 
mowument very admirable both for 
its antiquity, form, and structure; from 
the top, three or four foot deep, it was 
fourteen foot long and sixteen foot 
broad, made of stones of several colours, 
as blue, red, murray, and white, delicately 
cut, not above an inch broad; curiously 
set, and strongly cemented. The floor 
was very delightful to behold: round 
about it were placed divers figures ; and 
in the midst, a bird standing on a sprig, 
It is thought to have been a convenience 
for water. A work of great cost and la~ 
bour, and which shewed the excellency 
of much lost art. 
GREATRAKES, THE STROAKFR- 
About this time (1665) the fame of 
Greatrakes the Stroaker filled the mouths 
of the people both in city and country. 
A novelty not unfit to be mentioned, see~ 
ing that at that time, many wise men were 
affected with it. They that knew him, 
reported him fora civil, frank, and well- 
humoured man, born in Munster, of Eng 
lish extraction; and sometime a lieutenant 
in Colonel Farr’s regiment. He was mas- 
ter ofa competent estate, and performed 
strange cures by stroaking or touching ; 
for which he took neither money nor 
presents. hat which first created the 
wonder was, that he passed without con+ 
‘tradiction ; and such multitudes followed 
him as only they could believe who saw 
them, He wassaid to admire himself the 
gift which he had. Had he stayed among 
the ignorant Irish, his fame might have 
continued longer; but the infidelity of 
the English, made him often fail in his 
divinity, and his reputation once ble- 
mished, his healing mystery soon vanished» 
JAMES NAYLOR, THE QUAKER 
ENTHUSIAST. 
James Naylor, a quaker, who, resem 
blingin his proportionsand complexion the 
picture of Christ, had, in all other things, 
as the setting of the beard and locks in 
the same fashion, dared to counterfeit 
our blessed Lord, To this purpose he 
had disciples and women ministering to 
him, whose blasphemous expressions and 
applications of several parts of scripture 
relating properly to the. loveliness and 
transcendant excellency of Christ, to this 
impostor, will (if repeated) move horror 
and trembling in every christian. His 
first appearance in this manner was at 
Bristol, where aman, leading his horse 
hare-headed, and one Dorcas Erbury, and 
Martha Symmonds, going up to the knees 
in mire, by his horse’s side, sung aloud, 
Holy, holy, holy, Hosanna, &c. For’ 
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