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firft thrown out, (when they were taking up the old 
Goat) and were fallen in again. But that it was a hard 
and firm Soil is certain , and probably that on which 
the famous Steeple of Bojion Hands. See the Record of 
the Foundation of the faid Steeple in the Philofophical 
TranfaEiionSy Uumb, 22^,pag, 243, 
The Form of the Shoe Soles found at Spalding was 
after this Manner, Fig. 1 1.) each Foot had its pro- 
per Shoe : This was for the right Foot. 
Now, by fome PalTages in Hiftory, it may proba- 
bly be conjedured, when thofe Shoe Soles were left 
there, and how long it may be fince that Atterration, 
that makes the prefent Country, began. Take an In- 
flance or two. 
In 5r^7£;’s Chronicle, ad An. 1465. we read of a Pro- 
clamation againft the Beaks or Pikes ofShoone, or Boots, 
that they (hould not pafs two Inches upon Penalties 
there mentioned. And by other PalTages in Hiftory 
it appears, that thofe Pikes of Shoes were before that 
time exceeding long, and held up by Chains, that they 
might not hinder the Wearers going , which Chains or 
Ligaments were fometimes of Silver, if not of Gold, 
that they might be rich, as well as ornamental. The 
other Inltance is this. 
In Melchior Adamus^s Life of Conrad Pellican; at the 
Bottom of Page 263, in the Edition, there is 
this Pahage. Illo ipfo tempore (viz, A?i. 1484.) milites 
ex Flandria reverfi multa nova introduxerunt^ nempe 
V arte gat as caligas^ ohufos calc e os ^ qui ante a acuti ge- 
flabaiitur a viris mulieribns ^ fimul quoque novum fan-- 
daliorum genus obtujiim^ quod vocabant q^d^- 
bus fuos etiam parentes uti conjpexit.^ omijjis paulatim 
calopodiis |>0l2rcf)Ul) ditlis : qu^ quidem novitates inte^ 
rim immenfum creverunt,. 
No'vv; 
