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111 the choir is a monument of King John, with a crown 

 on his head, lying between two bishops. No inscription, 

 but only on the top of his head, within the crown, 

 " Johannes Rex Anglic," which I suspect to be of a later 

 date. Here is also a monument to Prince Arthur, 

 inscribed, " Here lieth Prince Arthur, the first-begotten 

 of Henry the 7th, &c., who died in the 17th year of his 

 age, and in the year of our Lord 1502." 



September the 13th, I rode to Gloucester, where I saw 

 the great church, and therein the monument of Robert 

 de Courtois, his effigies in wood lies cross-legged ; also 

 the monument of one John Jones, who had been thrice 

 mayor, and secretary to six bishops, who died the morrow 

 night after that his monument was finished ; another of 

 Edward II, but a poor one for a king. I saw also the 

 whispering-place, and the new library. There is the 

 fairest and largest cloister that I had anywhere observed. 

 The town consists principally of two streets crossing one 

 another. 



September the 14th. From Gloucester I set forward 

 for Cambridge, lodging the first night at Stow in the 

 Wold. The next day passing through Banbury, I 

 reached Foster's Booth that night. I had thoughts of 

 getting to Cambridge the next day, but through defect 

 of my horse I fell short, and was forced to take up at St. 

 Neots, where I rested Sunday, and on Monday finished 

 my voyage, arriving at Cambridge the 18th about noon. 



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July the 26th, 1661, we* began our journey north- 

 wards from Cambridge, and that day, passing through 

 Huntingdon and Stilton, we rode as far as Peterborough, 

 twenty-five miles. There I first heard the cathedral 

 service. The choristers made us pay money for coming 

 into the choir with our spurs on. 



* Mr. Willughby was one of the company. 



