7l6 SUNDRIES. 



comment below, are for the stable. There is also a horse 

 drench at 6d. in 1595. But the most curious entry for the 

 stable is dog's-grease, which I have found in 1653, 1654 and 

 1678, in the first and last years at is. the pound, in the second 

 at icd. The farriers of the time may have had a traditional 

 belief in this remedy, but I have found it here only. The 

 first two entries come from Eton, the last from Winchester. 



In 1634 the Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, bought 

 their Provost a new coach at the cost of 41 i$s. 4d. The 

 entry does not imply that he had one before, for it is impos- 

 sible that I should have missed every intimation of such an 

 acquisition in the earlier accounts of this corporation, which 

 have been preserved in unexampled abundance, and since the 

 provident care of Mr. Smith rescued them from risk some 

 century and a-half ago, have been preserved with such care. 

 The Provost's coach was a new departure. In 1637 the coach 

 must have had an accident, for the College buys a new wheel, 

 no doubt using the old irons, for 22 s. In 1639 they bought 

 four new wheels, the old irons being certainly still sound. 



In 1663 they again bought the Provost a new carriage, the 

 price .40, for which they bought new wheels and irons in 

 1670 at a cost of 5 zs. In 1671 they had to get two front 

 wheels and an axis at a cost of 40^. In 1672 they bought 

 two hind wheels, which with the irons cost 92^. In 1678 the 

 College bought a third carriage at a cost of 47. In 1685 a 

 new coach cost 22, but here I suspect that there was an 

 exchange, the old one being taken over. In 1689 a fifth 

 carnage was bought at a cost of 52 is., for which in ijoz a 

 new set of four wheels with irons was provided, the charge 

 being 8 5.$-. ^d. It must be remembered however that old 

 materials were frequently sold, and the price which was 

 allowed by the dealer was deducted from the charge. 



The Provost's coach must have been more substantial than 

 Master's. When this country gentleman was married, in 1665, 

 he bought a new glass coach, with two sets of harness and 

 curtains, for ,38 5 s. In 1667 he bought four wheels, no 



