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CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



CHAP. I. WORTHIES : Princes, Saints, Prelates, 

 Statesmen, Writers, Musicians ; John Aubrey, 

 Captain Thomas Stump . . .76 



CHAP. II. THE GRANDEUR or THE HERBERTS, 

 EARLS OF PEMBROKE : Description of Wilton. 

 House ; Pictures, Library, Armoury, Gardens, 

 Stables ; the Earl's Hounds and Hawks, Tilt- 

 ing at Wilton, &c. . . . .82 



CHAP. III. LEARNED MEN WHO HAD PENSIONS 



GRANTED TO THEM BY THE EARLS OF PEM- 

 BROKE : With Notices of Mary, Countess of 

 Pembroke, Dr. Mouffet, William Browne, Philip 

 Massinger, J. Donne, &c. . . .89 



CHAP. IV. GARDENS : At Lavington, Chelsea, Wil- 

 ton, Longleat . . . . .92 



CHAP. V. ARTS, LIBERAL AND MKCHAMCAL : 

 Learning, Colleges ; Trades, Inventions, Ma- 

 chinery . . . . .94 



CHAP. VI. ARCHITECTURE : Stonehenge, Avebury, 

 Old Sarum, Salisbury Cathedral, Wardour Castle, 

 Calne Church, Painted Glass, Bradenstoke 

 Priory, Market Crosses, Paving Tiles, Old 

 Mansions, Church Bells . . .96 



CHAP. VII. AGRICULTURE : Manures, Water Mea- 

 dows, Butter and Cheese, Malting and Brewing . 103 



CHAP. VIII. THE DOWNES : Pastoral Life, Sydney's 



Arcadia j Sheep, Shepherds, Pastoral Poetry . 107 



CHAP. IX. WOOL: Qualities of Wool; its Growth, 



and Manufacture . . . .110 



CHAP. X. FALLING OF RENTS in Wiltshire attri- 

 buted to the reduced price of Wool . .111 



CHAP. XI. HISTORY OF THE CLOTHING TRADE: 



Merchants of the Staple; Introduction of the 

 Cloth Manufacture . . . .112 



CHAP. XII. EMINENT CLOTHIERS OF WILTSHIRE: 

 John Hall, of Salisbury; William Stump, of 

 Malmsbury; Paul Methuen, of Bradford, &c. . 113 



CHAP. XIII. FAIRS AND MARKETS: At Castle- 

 Combe, Wilton, Chilmark, Salisbury, Devizes, 

 Warminster, Marlborough, Lavington, High- 

 worth, Swindon . . . .114 



CHAP. XIV. HAWKS AND HAWKING : Extraordi- 

 nary Flight, Historical Details . . .116 



CHAP. XV. THE RACE : Salisbury Races, Famous 



Race Horses, Stobball play . . .117 



CHAP. XVI. NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS IN WILTSHIRE: 



Increase of Attorneys the Cause of Litigation 118 



CHAP. XVII. FATALITIES OF FAMILIES AND 

 PLACES : Norrington, Castle-Combe, Stanton 

 St. Quintin, Easton Piers . . .119 



CHAP. XVIII. ACCIDENTS, OR REMARKABLE OCCUR- 

 RENCES: destruction of Marlborough by Fire; 

 Cure of the King's Evil, Pretended Witchcraft, 

 Mysterious Knockings at North Tidworth, Witches 

 Executed at Salisbury, Phantoms . .120 



CHAP. XIX. SEATS : Merton, Ivy-church, Little- 

 cot, Longleat, Tottenham Park, Wardour Castle 123 



CHAP. XX. DRAUGHTS OF THE SEATS AND PROS- 

 PECTS : Aubrey's Instructions to the Artists 

 for a Map of the County, with Engravings of the 

 Principal Buildings and Views . . 124 



INDEX. ...... 127 



