ITINERARIES. 



149 



and fruitful vale, part whereof is called Cliveland, a 

 country noted for a good breed of horses. The ways 

 here in winter time are very bad, and almost impassable, 

 according to that proverbial rhyme, 



" Cliveland in the clay. 

 Bring in two soles, carry one way." 



Near this hiU we went to see a well, celebrated for the 

 cure of sore or dim eyes, and other diseases. Every one 

 that washes in it, or receives benefit by it, ties a lacinia, 

 or rag of linen or wooUen, &c., on a shrub or bush near 

 it, as an ofiering or acknowledgment. The people of 

 Gisburgh are civil, cleanly, and well bred, contrary to 

 the temper of the inhabitants of Whitby, who, to us, 

 seemed rude in behaviour and sluttish. In the way from 

 Whitby to Gisburgh, we passed by Freeburgh Hill, which 

 they told us was cast up by the devil, at the entreaty of 

 an old witch who desued it, that from thence she might 

 espy her cow in the moor. On this moor, not far from 

 Ereeburgh Hill, we found Bifolimn minimum, J. B. \Lis- 

 tera cordata, Br.] At Gisburgh there are two alum works, 

 one belonging to the D'Arcies, the other to the Chal- 

 loners, not wrought at present. 



August the 13th, we observed all along in the midland, 

 many miles from the sea, store of sea-plantain \Flantago 

 maritima, Linn.] We rode to Duresme, (Durham) twenty- 

 four miles ; to wit, from Gisburgh to Stockton, where we 

 ferried over the Tees, eight miles ; by the way we saw at 

 a distance the strong, now poor town of Hartlepool; from 

 Stockton to Duresme, sixteen miles. Duresme is a large 

 scattering town, but in most men's account pleasantly 

 situate ; encompassed with the river Were almost round, 

 the remaining neck of land walled. The river is passed 

 with three fair stone bridges ; the suburbs are greater by 

 much than the town contained within the walls and 

 river. The cathedral church is a very plain and mean 

 one, but a strong building, the pillars great and bulky ; 

 there is a very fair cloister yet remaining, and a number 



