that, for want of water, cannot come up to the town, from which it is distant three miles. By the way, on the banks of the river, I found a medical spring, near a small house, in which dwelt a man, who explained to us its wonders and qualities; which made me recollect 'those at Bath, a town only six miles from Bristol, and situated on the same river, where are Baths, whose waters are hot in some places, and cold in others. The king has a place there appropriated for his bathing, round about which are several admirable pieces of sculpture. The metropolitan church in the same city is among the finest in England; it is represented in the forty wonders of this kingdom. The ordinary walk of the people of Bristol is in a meadow at the end of the peninsula of the town, where the two ports join, on account of many fine rows of trees, and its being a place proper for ship-building.

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The Fleming at whose house I lodged long kept a priest, who secretly said mass in his house; but it having been discovered, he was forbidden to do it; so that at present one cannot hear mass at Bristol, although it is a port frequented by many catholics, Flemish, French, Spaniards, and Portuguese. At Bristol one may procure a passage to Ireland, ves

sels loaded with coal or iron frequently sailing from that place to Cork, or Kinsale, which are good seaports in Ireland. I was desirous of seeing, before I went thither, all that part of England watered by that beautiful river Severn, which passes through some of the most considerable towns in the kingdom. I left Bristol to go to Glochester; the way lay through meadows, by the side of a small river; whence I entered into the mountains, where I found Stebleton, Embrok, Terenton, Stoon, Nieuport, Kemlrig, and afterwards came to a river at Estminster; and from thence I arrived, through meadows, at Glochester.

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APPENDIX,-No. III.

CURIOUS DESCRIPTION OF BRISTOL BY AN EARLY WRITER.

Bristol or Bright-stow, i. e. Illustrious Dwelling, is divided by the river Avon, and pleasantly situated on the rising of a hill. The buildings are fair and firm; the streets cleanly kept. The city answereth its name chiefly for having bred many Eminent Persons. It is a liberty of itself, though it standeth both in Somersetshire and Gloucestershire. There are Diamonds (though somewhat dim) produced at St Vincent's Rock, near to this City. Of Manufactures, Grey Sope was anciently made only in this City. As for buildings, Ratclift-Church is the best parish-church in England. It was first founded by Cannings, first a merchant, then a priest. St. Augustine's Church is better accommodated with public buildings about it, for the See of the Bishop. Under St. Vincent's Rock, on the west of the city, there is St. Vincent's Well, the waters whereof run through some mineral of iron, and are sovereign

for sores and sicknesses, being washed in it, or taken inwardly. The beer brewed thereof is wholesome against the spleen. If it should chance the crudity of the waters trouble the stomach, there is a remedy in this city, and that is Bristol Milk (a proverb) or Sherry Sack, which the courteous Inhabitants present to all Strangers when first visiting their city.

APPENDIX,--No. IV.

TRANSLATION OF THE INSCRIPTION ON THE TOMB OF ARCHBISHOP MATTHEW IN YORK CATHEDRAL.

Tobias Matthew, descended from the illustrious family of the Matthews in Wales, was born at Bristol, and educated at Oxford. When he had united the knowledge of theology to that of polite literature, he immediately entered upon the public service of the church, and became equally celebrated in the city, the country, the college, and the palace: nor will Greece hereafter have more to boast of her Chrysostom, than England of her Matthew. He was immediately known to queen Elizabeth, and was in great esteem with that princess. There was no preacher that she heard with more pleasure, or commended with more warmth. In the 28th year of his age, he was made head of the college of St. John Baptist, Oxford, and at the same time archdeacon in the church of Wells, and canon of Christ-church, to the deanery of which