1807.] 
was in Egypt, and which we may collect 
from his ttyle and the aifinity of many of 
his expreilions with the Scripturc > Jan- 
guage. Sir Walter Raleigh goes fil far- 
ther, and afferts ‘* that it cannot be 
doubted but that Homer had read over 
all the books of Mofes, as appears evi- 
dently from many places ftulen trom 
thence word for word.” 
et 
for the Monthly Magazine. 
LON DINIANA. 
NO. VIII. 
CRIPPLEGATE. 
2480. N this yeare Edmund Shaw, 
eoldfmith, and mayor of Lone 
don, newlie builded ‘Creplegate from the 
foundation, which gate im old time had 
bene a prifon, whkereunto fuch citizens 
and other as were arreited for debt (or 
like tretpailes) were committed, as they 
he now to the counters, as maie appeare 
by a writ of King Edward HU. in thefe 
words : “ Rex vic. London falutem. 
gravi querela cap stl et detenti in prifona 
wofira de Creplegute, pro xii quas corain 
Radulpho Sandwic o, tum cuttode clvi- 
tatis nofire Londoa, et I, de Blackewell 
cultode recegnit, debitorum, We. 
Helinfhed, p. 705. 
RATCLIFFE HIGH-WAY. 
Sir Robert Cotton told Weever of a 
ehett of lead, found in Radcliffe-field, 1 
Stepney parifh; the upper part g avhitien 
with feallop fhells and a crotifier border. 
At the head and foot of the cotlin ftood 
two jars, three feet long; and on the 
fides a number of bottles of gliftering 
red earth, fome painted, and many great 
phials of clafs, fome fix fome eight {quare, 
haying a whitith liquor in them, Within 
the chelt was the body of a woman, as 
the furgeons gudged by the feull. On 
either fide of her were two fceptres of 
ivory, eighteen inches long, and on her 
breatt a little figure of Cupid neatly cut 
in white ttone, And among the bones 
were two pieces of jet, with round heads 
i form of nails, three inches long. 
Gough, Sep. Mon vol, i. p. 64, Weever 
Fun. Mon. po3 
OLD ST, PAUL’s, 
In a curious little volume ofthe time 
of Charles IL. entitled ‘* London and the 
Countrey carbonadoed,” is the following 
defeription ROOT SS: Poles church.” 
Oh Domus antiqua, a fit object for 
pitty, for charity; further reported of 
than know ne it is a compleat body, for 
ithath the thiee dimentions of longitude, 
-and their owne happines. 
Londiniana. . 2X8 | 
latitude, and profundity, and as an ex- 
celient over-plus famous for height. It 
was amaine poynt of wifedome to ) ground 
her upon Faith, tor thee is the more 
likely to’ ftand fure: the great croffe in 
the middle certainly hath bin, and is yet, 
ominous to this churches reparation. C 
Paul called the church the pillar of truth, 
and furely had they not beene found, 
they had fallen betore this time. The 
head of this church hath been twice 
troubled with a burning fever, and fo the 
city, to keep it froma third danger, let 
it ftand without a bead. I can but ad- 
mire the charity of former times, to 
‘build fuch famous temples, when as 
thete ages cannot find repaire to them; 
but then the world w as all church, ane 
now the church is all worid: then cha- 
rity went before, and exceeded preach- 
Ing ; 
more than ever, yet lefie charity; our 
forefathers advanced. the church, and 
kept their land: thefe times loofe their 
lands, and yet decay the churches. [ 
honour antiquity fo much the more, be- 
caufe it fo much loved the Ghiven. 
There is more reafon to fufpect the pre- 
cife puritaine devoyd of charity, thin 
the finple ignorant fraught with good 
workes, I thinke truly in “this one point, 
the ends of their actions were tor good, 
aud what they aimed at was God’s clory 
They builded 
temples, but our degenerating age can 
fay, come let us take them. into. our 
he aude and potlefs them: among many 
others, this cannot be fayd to be the 
rareft, though the ereatctt, Puritaines 
are Blows out of the church with the 
loud voice of the organs; their zealous 
{pirits cannot indure the mulicke, nor 
the multitude of the furplices, beeaute 
they are relickes (they fay) of Rome’s 
fuperfution, Here is that famous place 
for fermous, not by this fect trequented, 
becaufe of the title the Croffe. The 
middle ile is much frequented at noone 
with a company of Hungarians, not 
walking fo much for reereation as neede ; 
(and if: any of thefe meete with a yon- 
ker, that hath his pockets well lined 
with filver, they will relate to him the 
meaning of Ti ycho Brahe, or the North 
Star ; and never leave flattering him in 
his own words, and iticke as “clofe. to 
lim as a bur uppon a travailer’s cloake ; 
and never leave til he and they have 
faluted the Greene Dragon, or the Swanne 
behind the fhambles, ihe a leave 
them.) Well, there is fume hope of re- 
itoring this church to its former glory ; 
Gg2 the 
now there is much preaching, nay ~ 
——— 
- 
Pee ea et ee 
an 
