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to fortifie the Town.^ During the Winter, thefe Or- 

 ders were purfued with fo much Application, that 

 all things are now ready for making the Inclofurej 

 in which five or fix hundred Men are to be imploy'd. 

 I fpent part of the Winter in Hunting with the AU 

 gonkinsy in order to a more perfeft knowledge of 

 their Language ; and the reft I fpent in this Place, 

 with a great deal of uneafinefs : for, here we can- 

 not enjoy our felves, either at Play, or in vifiting 

 the Ladies, but 'tis prefently carried to the Cu- 

 rate's ears, who takes publick notice of it in the 

 Pulpit. His !Zeai goes fo far, as even to name 

 the Perfons : and fince he refufes the Sacrament of 

 the Holy Supper to Ladies of Quality, upon the moft 

 flander Pretences-, you may eafily guefs at the other 

 fteps of his Indifcretion. You cannot imagine to 

 what a pitch thefe Ecclefiaftical Lords have fcrew'd 

 their Authority : They excommunicate all the 

 Masks, and wherever they fpy 'em, tfyey run after 

 'em to uncover their Faces, and abufe 'em in a re- 

 proachful manner : In fine, they have a more watch- 

 ful eye over the Condud of the Girls and married 

 Women, than their Fathers and Husbands have. 

 They cry out againft thofe that do not receive the 

 Sacrament once a Month J and at Eafter they oblige 

 all forts of Perfons to give in Bills to their ConfeiTors. 

 They prohibit and burn all the Books that treat of 

 any other Subjed but Devotion. When I think of 

 this Tyranny, I cannot but be inrag'd at the imper- 

 tinent Zeal of the Curate of this City. This inhu- 

 mane Fellow came one day to my Lodging, and 

 finding the Romance of the Adventures of Petronim 

 upon my Table, he fell upon it with an unimagina- 

 ble fury, and tore out almofl: all the Leaves. This 

 Book I valued more than my Life, becaufe 'twas not 

 caftrated ; and indeed I was fo provokH when I faW 

 it all in wrack, that if my Landlord had not held 

 me, I had gone immediately to that turbulent Pa- 

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