Most Accurate History of the Ancient Citynd Famous Cathedral of Canterbury; Being an Exact Description of All the Rarities in That City, Suburbs (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1661 Excerpt: ...to it; the juniority of the worke, and the (passage to it plainelyintimate so much. It was by the foun er and others once well slored with Bookes, but in mans memory shamefully robbed and spoiled of them all, an ad much prejudiciall and very injurious both to poflerity, and the Common-wealth of letters. The piety of the present Churchmen hath begun to replenish it, and mhy it have (what it well deserves) many benefactors, to the perfedting of the faire beginning 5 with which wish I leave both it and the Chapell. V And now I shall desire you would take notice of the Windowes, especiallyin the Churches u per part, which bgth for the glaisg and Ilron-worke thereof are well worthy things, for this ornament. Nibiltale asxitin Anglza vidcri, "fl s'2;)f"'-4' A-c. saith he. And, Ithinke his wordis hold true still. And iefzfllcofuiz, Lbeleeve as much may be find of the Iron-worke about them, apparently variousin every Window. Besides, these Windowes aifoord and ofier to our view certaine verses containing aparalellof the old and new Tettament. They are many and therefore to avoyde too great an interruption here, you may finde them inrny Appendix Scriptura 3. Let me now leade you to the Undercroft. Aplace sit, Vndcrcrosc. and haply (as one cause) fitted to keepe in memory the subterraneous Temples of the Primitives, in the times of persecution. The Wefl: part, whereof bein spatious and li htsome, for many yeares hath beene gie StrangersCgmrch. A congregation for the most partof diflzressed Frenchexiles, growne so great and yet daily multiplying, that the Churchplace in short time is likly to provea hive too little to containe such a swarme. So great an alteration is there since the time the first of the tribe came hither, the number of them then consisting o...