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now Katlage in Cambridge-JlAre ; but I rather believe it was held 

 here, not only for the fake ~of the name, which remains the fame 

 to this day, but becaufe of the one and only Constitution made 

 there, vi%* That it fhould be lawful for the Country People to go iri 

 Pilgrimage to St. Mary o/Abington ; a thing in all Iikelyhood not 

 fo defrible to the People of Cambridge- fij'ire, as to ours of #x- 

 ford-fiire fo near the place : Befide, the great reputation that this 

 place was of in ancient times, feems to juftifiemy plea, it enjoy- 

 ing as great Privileges, and perhaps being a fitter place in thofe 

 days for the reception of fuch an Aifembly, then Oxford it felf \ 

 for I find it part of the PorTeffions of the Kings of England, frofri 

 whom it came to Henry, Son of Edmund Crouchback. Earl of Lan* 

 cafter and Father to Henry, the firft Duke of Lancasler, by 

 whofe Daughter and fole Heir Blanch, it came to John of Gaunt 

 Duke of Aquitane and Lancafler, and was free, 2.Tbelonio,paf[a- 

 gio, laflagio^pacagio, slallagio, tallagio, tollagio, cariagio,^ terragio? 

 per totum Regnum, as I find it in an old Charter in the poffeflion 

 of the Right Worfhipful Sir Tho: Chamberleyne, now Lord of the 

 Town, whofe Angular civilities in imparting this, and fome o- 

 ther matters hereafter to be mention'd, I cannot but in gratitude 

 ever acknowledge. 



8. From whence (after fo long, but I hope not unpleafant di- 

 greffion) I return to the Beautiful Oxford again, a place of fo 

 fweetand wholfom an Air, that though it muft not be compared 

 with that of Montpellier i yet upon my own knowledge it has 

 proved fo advantagious to fome, that it has perfectly recovered 

 them of deep Confumptions ; and particularly a worthy Friend 

 of mine, who though he came hither fufticiently fpent, yet with- 

 out the help of any other Phyfick., within few Months felt a fen- 

 fible amendment ; and in fewer Tears became of as fanguine a 

 complexion as the reft of his friends, that had almoft defpaired 

 of him. 



9. Some have thought the Small Pox here more then ordina- 

 rily frequent, and it muft indeed be confeft, That we are per- 

 haps as often, though not fo feverely infefted as fome other 4 

 places ; for generally here they are fo favorable and kind, that 

 be the Nurfe but tolerably good, the Patient feldom mifcarries. 

 But admit the Obje&ion be truly made, That it is more fubjeft to 

 the Small Pox than other neighboring Cities about, yet ifbyfo 



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