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Stones os near a Tun Weight, one standing PerpenJicufarly on the other(they come out of Germanj) in Afiäs, call’d Oyl-MtBs ; some go withdatis, and Serve also to Dreyn the Fens, and are call’d Engtnu ; being ofgood Uso, and Discfaarge great Quantities of Water.

These Fens lying Low, being of great Extent and receiving vast Quan-titics ot Water from iheHigh Country, makes them subject to Over-fiowtng ;and although thcre be great Cost and Skill uscd to keep them Dry, yecthey are fometimes iike a Sea; Sheep haviag been brought out in Boat»,and the Inhabitant; fupply’d in the it Upper Rooms with Provisionsby them.To Drei n them there are great Cuts of 20, 30, and 40 Foot Wide, runmngthrough them j most of them made by aBodyofMen calld Undertakers .They also made very Large Sltdces: lu: the Country has firce Dammed uptheir Sluices , and bullt New ones (call’d Goats and Clows). Some Cost near10.0 0/. And although made wich great Skill and Strength, yet are theyfubjtct to be Blownup by the Vast Quantities and Force of Water that ly.eth upon them, (especially when Over-flow *). Some have 2 or more pairof Doars, of 6 , 8, or 10 Foot High, which Shut when the Water in theRiver is Higher thun io the Drtms: and e contra, running someiimes aBady of 8 Foot Square, for about 6 or 7 Hours , during the Ehh.

3. Vasturt-Grounds, lying becwcen the Sea and thcse Fens; they are veryFertile, Feeding a great Number of Fat Oxen and Sheep, which Wcckly aredent to / oadcn in Droves. Their Waol both as to Plenty and Goodness, muchliketo that of the Marstieu Jalloav here is ii» gjod Plenty, which SupplycthLondon and other Places. Here each Town hath an Outfail by Dreins, and■Goats to keep them dry.

Nearunto the Eats stand sBofion, now not so Remarkable for Trade : butfor the Church, SteepU and River may compare (probably ) with any PrivateParifhin England. The Church looks like a BeautPull Princiss ammg aCompany ot Fair Ladrea, no County yidding Fairer Churtbes ; and »hatis more observable, not a Stone (it for Building in all this TraEt, TheChurch is very Lofty, and Ciel’d with IriflhOak , neatly Wroughr j theB;dy is tca Fcet Wide ; The Stets!« is a Tower of 285 Foot High, Oii-angtdar tawards the Top ; of Curious Stone Carved- Work, ftanding notabove 12 Taris from the River Wttbam; ’tis but 32 Foot Wide, and but40 Long. At each Angle is a large E ut streß-, the Stones of the Sid.s be-tween them, are but 7 Inchos Thick, so that this Stately Curious Bu ld-ing soems to be Supported by themy it much resembles St. Marys at Ant-werf (only waitting the Hollow Crown^Wcrk and Weather-Cuk, on thetop of all) of which the Inhabitatus report Charles V. the Emperor,lhou'd sey, That it ought to have a Case, and only be (hewn on Haly-Days. Reeords mention the Foundation to be laid 9 Foot below the Bor>-rom of the River. The Length of the Church is equal to the Sttcfh' sHeight The F tllars (which are very Neat and Small for their He ght)Windows and Sratrs are Equal Ca the Months Wetks and Days in a Year ,from the Topos 'n. Lincoln and Lyn may be ften, as also Ships Sailing inthe Scasat a great Distance; ? tis a great Land-Mark, and may be Seen

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