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Theoph. Nor an arithmetician to sum them 

 up, for my calculation compleats them to thirty- 

 three; besides some foreigners, to most unin- 

 telligible. Now as we trace the beautiful banks, 

 and the amorous shores of famous Trent, that in- 

 vites to solitudes and experience, we may mingle 

 rewards among our recreations, and sweeten our 

 labours and industry with divine contemplation ; 

 a study the indigent world is ignorant of. What ! 

 are these the stupendous fabricks of Notting- 

 ham, whose foundations are laid in rocky sand, 

 and so firmly rivited into the bowels of the earth, 

 that neither age nor time can hardly decay them ? 

 And was this that impregnable castle, elevated 

 on a rock, and lifted up so high as to storm the 

 air, and supervise the bordering inhabitants that 

 dwell in the florid vale of Belvoir ? Was this 

 that great ornament that adorn'd the country, 

 that sleeps now in dust ? 



Am. These are the relicks of that famous an- 

 tiquity, where art and industry discovered them- 

 selves inseparable companions. Let us approach 

 her beautiful ports, inrich'd with three parish 

 churches ; but one of them of late was torn in 

 pieces with martial treats. But to speak the 

 truth, it was by provocation : For the Pulpit, 

 you must know, vied with the Peerage for su- 

 periority ; and that made the souldiers commit 

 sacrilege, and undress this beautiful relick, that 



