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not have lefs than a Bufilel of Ricefet before 

 lis. His Palace, indeed was not very late- 

 ly, there being few Cottages in England 

 but might vie with it. To the Rooni where- 

 in we were entertainM, which, doubtlefs, 

 'was the belt, if not the only one he had, we 

 were forced to clamber, ratlier than afcend, 

 by broken Steps made of Stone arid Dirt* 

 .When we were got in, and comniodioufly 

 feated after the Twr^^ Mode, it feemed. 

 lar^e enough for about a dozen or fourteeji 

 People : At the upper end was a little fpaCe 

 feparated from the reft: by a ridge made up 

 of Earth, within which, I fuppofe, he flept. 

 The Walls were mean ; but the Roof much 

 Worfe, having no other Covering but Fag- 

 gots fo that certainly it could not be Proof 

 againfl a Shower of Rain which fell that 

 Kight, and forced us out of Our Tents, into 

 (in old ruinous Cane^ for fhelter : However^ 

 it ferved well enough for our Afternoons Col- 

 lation i and we had come away with a good 

 Opinion of the Gentleman's Civility, had he 

 not afterwards endeavoured to iliake a Pre- 

 tence upon us, and fo would have forced us 

 to pay dear for our Rice : He pretended to 

 a Cuilomary Duty of a Chequeen a Head 

 of all Franks that pafl: that Road ; though 

 probably neither he, nor his Grand-father 

 before him, had ever feen a Frank, there be- 

 fore. But when he underftood by our Guide^ 

 that we were not lb eafiiy to be impofed up- 

 on and withal, that we were J^jfyne^^ 

 Friends, and in our Way to his Tents ; and 

 efpecially our Treafurer a Perfon he very 

 Ruch eftcemed, who therefore would be fur€ 



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