wherewith one or both parties are thrown down, not without fome hurt to their bodies; and after their fall, by reason of their violent motion, are carried a good distance one from another; and wherefoever the ice doth touch their head, it rubs off all the fkin and lays it bare and if one fall upon his leg or arm, it is usually broken: but young men being greedy of honour, and defirous of victory, do thus exercise themfelves in counterfeit battles, that they may bear the brunt more strongly when they come to it in good earnest.

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Many citizens take delight in birds, as fparrow-hawks, gofshawks, and fuch like, and in dogs to hunt in the woody ground. The citizens have authority to hunt in Middlesex, Hertfordshire, all the Chilterns, and in Kent, as far as Gray-Water.

Natives of London. The city of London hath brought forth fome who have fubdued many kingdoms, and the empire of Rome

to themselves; and many others, who, being lords of this world, were deified in another.

And in the times of chriftianity it brought forth the noble emperor Constantine, who gave the city of Rome and all the Imperial arms to God, and to St. Peter, and Silvefter the Pope, whofe ftirrup, he refufed not to hold, and pleased rather to be called Defender of the holy Roman church, than emperor of the world. And left the peace of our lord the Pope fhould fuffer any difturbance by the noise of fecular affairs, he left the city, and bestowed it on the Pope, and founded the city of Conftantinople for his own habitation. London alfo in thefe latter times hath brought forth famous and magni. ficent princes; Maud the emprefs, king Henry the Third, and Thomas the archbishop, a glorious martyr of Chrift, than whom no man was more innocent, or more devoted to the general good of the Latin world.

A Declaration, or briefe Collection of one Year's Expence for all the ordinarie Dinners and Suppers, with her Majestie (Queen ELIZABETH'S) Breakfast, and Breakfast for the Guard, furnished with Bread, Beere, Ale, Gafcoigne Wine, and with all Manner of Victuals of Flesh and Fish, rated accordinge to the Market Prices, at highest Condition; wherein is sette downe what the Charge of one Messe of everie Diett is in one Flesh Day and one Fish Day, and so 220 Flesh, and 145 Fish Days, and then for 365 Days, being one whole Year.

407 4

407

3-To Mrs. of houfhold.

11-2 Clerks kitchen.

-Gentlemen Vihers.

4-Chaplains and Subamu.

4 41-Prefens waiters, or fecond of ladys.

44-Phifition.

407 4 4-The Robbs.

407 4 4-Mr. Cooke.

For 1 fish day

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For 145 fish days

0 11

8

o

5 2

For 145 fifh days

A diett of 2 dishes ferued once a day, dinner or fupper, A diett of 1 difh, ferued once a day, for breakfast,

For 1 flefh day S For 1 fifh day A diett of 1 and 1 dish, at din For 1 flefh days o 4 ner and supper, For 1 fifh day o 1 o The fomme of all thefe dietts is 184311. 13s. ouer and befide wood, coall, carriages, expences extra curia, fupplies and and the stable, fo much as paid by Mr. Cofferer.

For 220 fleth days

For 145 fish days

11 2 6

168 7 6-The Guarde.

facke, renish and sweet wins, butter, eges, faussery, fautry, fpicery, confexionary, lights, necessarys in ye offices, wages, bordwages, command, and wast, liueries, almes, offerings,

34 16 8

45 19 2-Howse-keeper.

11 2 6

For 220 flesh days 128 6 8

55 2 6-Bowlling-howse.

Remarks on Simplicity in Writing.

F we examine the writers whofe

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of ages, and obtained that highest honour, "the concurrent appro"bation of diftant times and na"tions," we fhall find that the character of fimplicity is the unvarying circumftance which alone hath been able to gain this univerfal homage from mankind. Among the Greeks, whofe writers in general are of the fimple kind, the divineft poet, the moft commanding orator, the finest hiftorian, and deepest philofopher, are, above the reft, confpicuously eminent in this great quality. The Roman writers rife towards perfection according to that measure of fimplicity which they mingle in their works; indeed they are all inferior to the Greek models. But who will deny that Lucretius, Horace, Virgil, Livy, Terence, Tully, are at once the fimpleft and beft of Roman writers? unless we add the noble annalift who appeared in after times; who, notwithstand ing the political turn of his genius, which, fometimes interferes, is admirable in this great quality; and by it, far fuperior to his contem. poraries. It is this one circumftance that hath raised the venerable Dante, the father of modern poetry, above the fucceeding poets

of his country, who could never long maintain the local and temporary honours bestowed upon

them; but have fallen under that

juft neglect, which time will ever decree to thofe who defert a juft fimplicity forthe florid colourings of ftyle, contrafted phrafes, affected conceits, the mere trappings of compofition and Gothic minutiæ. It is this hath given to Boileau the moft lafting wreath in France, and to Shakespear and Milton in Eng. land; efpecially to the laft, whole writings are more unmixed in this refpect, and who had formed himfelf entirely on the fimple model of the best Greek writers and the facred Scriptures. As it appears from these instances that fimplicity is the only universal characteristic of juft writing; fo the fuperior eminence of the facred Scriptures in this prime quality hath been ge nerally acknowledged. One of the greateft critics in antiquity, him. felf confpicuous in the fublime and fimple manner, hath borne this teftimony to the writings of Mofes and St. Paul; and by parity of reafon we muft conclude, that had he been converfant with the other facred writers, his taste and candour would have allowed them the fame encomium.

It hath been often obferved, even by writers of no mean rank, that the "Scriptures fuffer in their ❝ credit

credit by the disadvantage of a literal verfion, while other ancient writings enjoy the advantage of a free and embellished "tranflation." But in reality thofe gentleman's concern is ill placed and groundless: for the truth is, "That most other writings are impaired by a literal tranflation; whereas, giving only a due regard to the idiom of different languages, the facred writings, "when literally tranflated, are "then in their full perfection."

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Now this is an internal proof, that in all other writings there is a mixture of local, relative, exterior ornament, which is often loft in the transfufion from one language to another. But the internal beauties which depend not on the particular conftruction of tongues, no change of tongue can destroy. Hence the Bible compofition preferves its native beauty and ftrength alike in every language, by the fole energy of unadorned phrafe, natural images, weight of fentiment, and great fimplicity.

It is in this refpect like a rich vein of gold, which under the fevereft trials of heat, cold, and moisture, retains its original weight and fplendor, without either lofs or alloy; while bafer metals are corrupted by earth, air, water, fire, and affimilated to the various elements through which they pafs. This circumftance then juftly regarded as fufficient to vindicate the compofition of the facred Scriptures, as it is at once their chief excellence and greatest fecurity. It is their excellence, as it renders them intelligible and ufeful to all; it is their fecurity, as it prevents their being difguifed

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by the falfe and capricious orna ments of vain or weak tranflators. We may fafely appeal to expe rience and fact for the confirmation of these remarks on the fuperior fimplicity, utility, and excellence of the style of the holy Scripture. Is there any book in the world fo perfectly adapted to all capacities? that contains fuch fublime and exalted precepts, conveyed in fuch an artlefs and intelligible ftrain, that can be read with fuch pleafure and advantage by the lettered fage and the unlettered peafant?

A Dissertation on the Gods of the ancient Heathens, and the use which Hesiod and Homer have made of them. By Dr. Peter Templeman.

France concerning the compa"N the famous controverfy in

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rative merits of the ancients and moderns, Monf. De la Motte and Madam Dacier having entered the lifts, the illuftrious Fenelon archbishop of Cambray, kept up a correfpondence by letters with Monf. De la Motte; and in one of the fub jects of debate, viz. On the characters of the Gods and Heroes in Homer, has these words in a letter addreffed to Monf. De la Motte.

"Encore une fois j'abandonne "fans peine les Dieux et les Heros "d'Homere; mais ce Poëte ne "les a pas faits, il a bien fallu "qu'il les prît tels qu'ils les trou"voit. Leurs défauts ne font pas "les fiens. Le Monde idolâtre "et fans Philofophie ne lui four"niffoit que des Dieux qui défho"noroit la Divinité, et que des "Héros qui n'étoient guéres hon

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