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drank of the fo much famed Water 
of St. Winifred\ Well^ which I 
knew not how to diftinguifh from 
comrnon Water. It is a mofl; copi- 
ous Spring; I have not any where 
leen fo much Water rife out of the 
Earth in fo fmall a Compafs ; over it 
is an handfome Stone Building, and 
by it a Chapel, where lie continually 
a great Number of poor, lame, im- 
potent People, more I believe to beg 
and receive the Alms of Strangers, 
that either out of Curiohty or Devo- 
tion come to viht and fee the Well, 
than out of Hope to receive much 
Benefit by the Ufe of this Water,- 
though the Inhabitants of this Place 
will tell you Stories enough, very 
confidently and circumftantially, of 
lately done miraculous Cures by the 
Ufe thereof : But I have learned that 
to diftrufi: is Nervus Sapkntice, Leav- 
ing Halmell that Night, I reached 
2 St, 
