146 Mr. RAY’j Itineraries. 
VIII. his Houfe, called the Manor, 
is now the Magazine. Hull is noted 
for good Ale. The Town of Hull 
was (they fay) of old Time, a fmall 
Village called Wike^ till the Mer- 
chants, leaving the Spume or Sprun^ 
which is the utmoft Point of Holder- 
nefs^ upon the Sea, becaufe the Sea 
daily encroached upon their Town 
there, came and featedthemfelveshere, 
twenty Miles higher up the Humber : 
Thence came Hull to its Growth and 
Riches. The Governor of the Town, 
at our being there, was the Lord 
^ellajis. There is an old Saying, 
, When Dighton is pull'd down, 
Hull Jhall become a great Town. 
This Dighton was a Village clofe by 
the Towm, pulled down in the Time 
of the late Wars. 
Augujl the I ft. We proceeded 
on our Journey from Hull., through 
Beverle\\ 
