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mighty blough banks, and incomparable deeps, 

 with pleasant, slaty, and secure fords, polished 

 with gravel, and enamel'd with sand ; but in 

 some other parts, you shall observe but little dis- 

 proportion betwixt the surface of earth, and the 

 level of Trent ; when on a sudden again, some 

 knotty coagulum of incrustated earth (sometimes 

 rocky and sometimes marley) steps up to secure 

 the continent, and rebuke her swelling murmur- 

 ing streams, seemingly discontent to leave the 

 amorous shores in their more rapid and violent 

 precipitation. 



Theoph. What town call you this, about some 

 two miles from Newark ? 



Am. This is Farnton, which fares very well 

 from the benevolent breasts and amorous arms 

 of Trent ; whose shores are saluted with her si- 

 lent streams, as her meadows are enrich'd with 

 the soveraign soil of Trent, that makes glad her 

 inhabitants. So that from Farnton about a mile 

 or two stands Stoak in a sweet soil, whose banks 

 and shady bowers are perpetually bathed with 

 the solitary gliding streams of Trent, that smile 

 on her florid fields, whilst the beautiful fragrant 

 meadows are constantly courted with soft salutes 

 and embracements from the mild and moderate 

 streams of our western fountain. 



Theoph. What a pleasant part of a country is 

 this ! 



