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hut Forty long; at each Angle is a large ButterefSj the 
Stones of the fides between them, are but Seven Inches 
thick, fo that this (lately curious Building feeras to be 
fupported by them ; it much refembles St. /r'hry's at 
Antwerp (only wanting the holiaw Crowo-work and 
Weatlier-Cock, on top of ail) of which the Inhabi- 
tants Report Charles V. the E nperor ftiiouid fay, it 
ought to have a Cafe, and only be fliewn onfJ )ly*days. 
.Records mention the Foundation to be laid nine Foot 
beiow the bottom of the River; the^length of the 
Church is equal to the Sieepl^'s height. The Pillars 
(which are very neat and fmali for their height) Win- 
dows and Stairs are equal to the Months, Weeks, and 
Days in a Year from the top of it Lincoln and Lyn 
may be feen, as al(b Ships Sailing in the Seas at a great 
diftance 'tis a great Land-mark, and may be feen above 
Forty Miles at Sea ; the River is rea^arkable for good 
Pike, accprding to the old Rhime 
An Ankham Eel, and a Witham Pike^ 
All England cannot fliew the like. 
As alfb for the Rapidnefs of its Stream ; of late there 
are Eagers, fometimes endangering Shipping, without 
f reat Care,which much deftroy its Banks and Keys, tho' 
ortifyed with great Piles and JettieSj^'c. fo that neither 
Jown nor Country, can fcarcely keep it within its 
Banks, it often breaking and over-toping them, which 
id time is like to ruihe the Town, except affifted by 
Parliament, or by taking in of the Fen, which might 
[ make itFlourifli agaia, it being as Rich in Soil as any 
Gripund probably io England, But what is moft re- 
marliable (and what probably may be thought incredi- 
ble) that fbme Years Forty or Fifty (to my own Know- 
ledge) but it hath been averred to me, One hundred 
Ton 
