try also gave England melon feeds in the reign of James Ist. aboutthe fame period the large fine pale gooseberry was brought from Flanders with fallads and cabbages. It was not till the æra of the Reftoration that afparagus, artichokes, lemons, oranges, and cauliflowers, were known in England.

It is fomething remarkable that Queen Elizabeth was the firft perfon in England who wore filk Stockings. They were prefented to her by Mrs. Montague; and thenceforth, fays Dr. Howell, she never wore cloth ones any more. The art of

knitting filk flockings by wires or needles' was firft practised in Spain; and 28 years after it had been imported into England;-Mr. Lee of Cambridge invented the Engine or steel loom, called the flocking frame, by means of which, England was enabled to export great quantities of Silk Stockings to Italy and other parts. Mr. Lee taught his Art in England and France, and his fervants did the fame in Spain, Venice, and Ireland,

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The use of Coaches was introduced into England by Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel A. D. 1580. At firft they were drawn by two horses only. It was Buckingham, the favourite, who (about 1619) began to have them drawn by fix horfes, which, as an old hiftorian fays, "was wondered at as a novelty, and imputed to him as a maftering pride." Before that time, ladies chiefly rode on horseback, either fingle, on the palfreys, or double, behind fome perfon on a pillion.

In the reign of Edward IIId, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench had a falary of no more than £.66 13 4 per Annum; and the ordinary judges of the bench, and of the common Pleas had only 401. each per annum. The Annual allowance of Henry IV's. confeffor was higher, it was £.69 10s. 6d. It was in the Year 1573, Queen Elizabeth created the Earl of Shrewsbury Earl Martial of England during life with a flary of only

20 per annum. Her Secretary for the French tongue, Thomas Edmonds Efq; was treated more generously; his falary

falary was £. 66 13 4 per annum, the fame with that of the chief Juftice.

In the Council held at Oxford A. D. 1222, it was decreed, that where the Churches had not greater Revenues than five Marks per annum, they should be conferred on none, but fuch as fhould conftantly refide in perfon on the place. A fingle priest might then fubfift on five Marks, but he could not afford to keep a curate.

In 1237, Henry III. gave eight pounds out of the Exchequer for 3 chaplains, to do duty daily in the Temple Church, London, which is four Marks per annum each.

Between 1345, and 1381, Thomas of Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, founded a College for eight monks, and feven young men to study the liberal Sciences; and allowed to each monk four pounds, and each student five marks per Annum.

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The Random Shot, No. II.

To the Publisher of the Stockton Bee.

SIR,

MY

Y Friend and fellow Labourer in the RANDOM SHOT, Solwin, has favoured me with the Materials for this Paper; but as he thinks the Piece too long for the fcanty fpace You can afford us, he requests me reduce it to a proper Size. As I fear that my Exertions may, like the Iron-bed of Procruftes, do more Hurt than Good to the Subject of them, I take this Method of clearing him from any Blame and remain

Your humble Servant,

R.

SKETCH of a SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY from SCARBRO' to SUNDERLAND.

On Board the Blackbird, off Scarbro'

WE call'd a Coble. Gentlemen, fays I, hear me, hear my 'plaints; " and be filent that you may hear." In feeing me, you fee one horribly fick of fickness Here I ftand as empty as a fuck'd orange, and as bellylefs as a fpider. The ftation of yon land lubbers, I greatly long for, and wil you dub me Knight, or will you not; that is the queftion? In relieving me, you relieve a friendlefs friend, and do your duty. With what can I bribe your goodness? Half a Guinea. No lefs? Not a Doit. Then be it 10. But hark you my dear Watermen; 'tis true, I can walk by nature, fwim by art, and fly by imagination,"

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gination," yet can I neither walk, fwim, nor fly, to yon ugly grimfac'd fhore. Come let me defcend into your triumphant Car, and haul me gallantly to yon proud high towering Land. But firft, Captain good luck to you; and Mate, here's a chinker to remind you of your sweethearts and wives, and fo good day

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Otis charming! 'tis delightful! Sancho Pancho was not half fo 1weetly heav'd up and down in his Blanket, with his ropes and pulleys, as I am by the fe felf fame wayes. Brave boys, you perform wonders. But prythee Peter, fays I to ore of the rowers, how long is it fince thou waft in theCountry of Smock Faces? Believe me, I was moft forely bepuzzled to know whether thou had got the fkin of an Urchin, or a Shoe brush fuck beneath thy manly note. Never Peter go to yon Land of Fairies with fuch a Phiz I beg of thee.

And pray fays Ito another, how far are we off the Coat? Is it half a mile? About 8. Pugh thought I; now whether fhall I believe my own eyes, or that Chap's words. I ogled my watch, mark'd ourjspeed, and found him right. Which of our fenfes can we tru? Singly, none. What, all Cheats? It would fecm fo.

I then inquir'd, what made the fea fo rough when it was a perfect Calm. That replied the man, is caus'd by winds at a distance; or if there is one here, it will fometimes be two or three days before the water quite fubfides. How fearful, how tremendous, must a form be! True quoth he, and yet even that has its utes: Were the Ocean to continue always calm, it would become upw holesome, if not totally impaffible. But a violent hurricane, finks the tcum, purifies the watci, and makes it, like fermented Liquors, clear

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