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of the castle, My Lord's, and two more, they amounted 

 to the number of above a hundred, before we went 

 from thence ; for all those that had sufficient means, 

 and could go to the price, kept coaches, and went 

 the tour for their own pleasure. And certainly I 

 cannot in duty and conscience but give this pubHck 

 testimony to that place. That whereas I have ob- 

 served, that most commonly such towns or cities 

 where the prince of that country doth not reside 

 himself, or where there is no great resort of the chief 

 nobility and gentry, are but little ci vihsed ; certainly, 

 the inhabitants of the said city of Antwerp are the 

 ci vilest, and best behaved people that ever I saw; 

 so that My Lord hved there with as much content as 

 a man of his condition could do, and his chief pastime 

 and divertisement consisted in the mannage of the 

 two afore-mentioned horses; which he had not 

 enjoyed long, but the Barbary-horse, for which he 

 paid 200 pistols in Paris, died, and soon after the 

 horse which he had from the Lord Crofts ; and though 

 he wanted present means to repair these his losses, 

 yet he endeavoured and obtained so much credit at 

 last that he was able to buy two others, and by 

 degrees so many as amounted in all to the number 

 of 8. In which he took so much delight and pleasure, 

 that though he was then in distress for money, yet 

 he would sooner have tried all other ways, then 

 parted with any of them; for I have heard him 

 say, that good horses are so rare, as not to be valued 

 for money, and that he who would buy him out of 

 his pleasure (meaning his horses), must pay dear 

 for it. For instance I shall mention some passages 

 which happened when My Lord was in Antwerp. 



First; a stranger coming thither, and seeing My 

 Lord's horses, had a great mind to buy one of them, 



