A Collection of Welsh Travels, and Memoirs of Wales; Containing I. the Briton Describ'd, or a Journey Thro' Wales - Being a Pleasant Relation of D-N S-T's Journey ... II. a Trip to North-Wales, ... III. a Funeral Sermon, ... IV. Muscipila; (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1738 edition. Excerpt: ... THE Briton Described, OR, A Journey thro' WALES.;PON the First of June, having taken leave of my Friends, and received a Meflage, a little tiny Er rand to be uttered by Word of Mouth together with a Letter to be deliver'd into the Hands of one of the most Reverend Taphies, I began to have some Thoughts about rigging myself oUt for mine intended Voyage; and to that End, I spatterdash'd my Legs with a Pair of Cuckold's Boots, and either adornM or for nifh'd my Hand with a battooning Cudgel, and having entertain'd in my Retinue a whole Dis tick of Spaniels: Upon the Fourth of June I turnd one Side upon London, and the other towards Wales the Country which was to be the Period and Term B of of my Journey. We travelled all that Day with much Pleasure, being treated as we went, with the Delicacies of Nature: the Air was kind and soft; the Fields were trim and neat; the Sun benign and cherishing; the whole Creation was obliging, and from every Thing we met we received a Civility; so that this first Day pass'd over with much Satisfactien. I do not remember that we saw any thing remarkable, unless 'twas a Fellow driving. a tir'd Cow, whose flow Motion he now and then qu'icken'd by wringing the Pendulum of her Tail, and (as it were) curling it into a Screw ', he twisted her forward, and bor'd the Air with this living Augre; methoughts a very pretty Trick, to make a Wimble of his Beast, and a handsome Way to insinuate her along, and to improve her Pace. 'Twas far beyond the Courtship of a Wisp of Hay, in regard Fear urges more than Flattery can allure, and all Creatures are more ready to ease their Backs, than to fill their Bellies: O how Scorpions pretty crabbedly applied will make a Thing caper, and increase his Career far beyond the Temptation...