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to thefe times, as above m Banbury; only that^ and whatever 
elfe is worthy notice of them, may be found in fome other modern 
Hifiories. 
123. Yet before we come to the times fince the Conquefl^ let us 
firft remember that the Town of Iflip^ i'^jx. Gishcj-lepe, orGibcrlepe, 
muft needs be of good repute in thofe days, for Camden fays ex- 
prefly, and fo do feveral other Authors^ that King Edward the 
Confeffor was born there, which they prove from his original 
Charter of Reftoration of the Abby of WeHmin§ler^ wherein he 
gives to this his new Church the Town of Iflip^ with the additi- 
onal Claufe of [//^e place rvhere hevpasborn^~] which though, 'tis 
true, I could not find in Mr. \ yet here remaining fome 
foot-ftepsof the ancient Falace^ 2Lnda. Chappel now put to pro- 
fane ufe, called the Kings Chapel^ and the Town ftill belonging to 
the Church of Wejlminfter^ there is no great doubt to be made of 
the thing, tradition it felf being not like to be erroneous in a mat- 
ter of this nature, though there were no fuch Charter to prove 
the thing alleged, which yet we have reafon to believe there is, 
or was, though not produced by Mr. Dugdde. 
124. In the CZ'/j/^e/ above-mentioned, not many years fince^, 
there ftood (as was conftantly deliver'd down to pofterity) the 
very Font^ wherein that Religious Prince, St. Edward the Confef- 
for^ received the Sacrament o^Baptifm : which, together with the 
Chapel^ in thefe latter days being put to fome indecent at lead, if 
not profane ufe, was carefully and pioufly refcued from it, by 
fome of the Right Worfliipful Family of the B'owns of Nether 
Kiddington^ where it now remains in garden of that worthy 
Gentleman ^iv Henry Brown Baronet, fet handfomly on a pede/Ial 
as exaftly reprefented Tab, 1 6. Fig. 6, and adorned with a Poem 
rather pious than learned, which yet I think I had put down, 
but that it is imperfeft. 
125. which holy King Edward was the firft to whom was 
granted the gift of Sanation^ only with the touch of his hand, of 
the Difeafe called the Struma^ or Scrofula^ and in Englifli upon 
this account, the /ri;?^5 Evil; which as a mark of Gods moft efpe- 
cial favor to this Kingdom, has beentranfmitted with it, as an he- 
reditary gift to all his Succeffors : Every faired hand in all Ages ever 
fmce, that has held the Scepter of this moft happy and now fio- 
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