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A60917	A journey to London in the year 1698 after the ingenuous method of that made by Dr. Martin Lyster to Paris in the same year, &c. / written originally in French by Monsieur Sorbiere and newly translated into English.	King, William, 1663-1712.; Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670. Relation d'un voyage en Angleterre.	1698 (1698)	Wing S4698; ESTC R10470	14,528	47

A JOURNEY TO LONDON In the Year 1698. After the Ingenuous Method of that made by Dr. Martin Lyster to Paris in the same Year c. Wittten Originally in French By Monsieur Sorbiere and Newly Translated into English LONDON Printed and sold by A. Baldwin in Warwick-Lane 1698. A JOURNEY TO LONDON Monsieur Sorbeir TO THE READER I Am resolved to make no Apology for This short Account of the Magnificent and Noble City of London where you will meet with nothing offensive and I think I have observed every thing that is Remarkable in it It would have been unpardonable in me to have omitted any matters which the Curious might be desirous to know having an Inimitable Pattern from one of that Country lately who for the clearness of his Expression the Elegancy of his Descriptions as well Ingenuous Choice of his Subjects deserves a Particular Salutation from all the Admirers of the Belles Lettres in the Universe I might here take an Opportunity to beg Pardon of the English for my misrepresentations Thirty Years ago but 't is to be hoped this Book will make my Peace with that Nation The following pages will show you the Considerable heads I design'd to Treat off and now I have paid my Devoirs at the Entrance I will not Importune you any longer CONTENTS ASses Page 21 Auction 23 Beggars 9 Brick and Stone Houses 3 Bureaus 4 Boy in a little Coach 5 Boats 8 Bartholomew Fair 27 Bread 29 Curiosity 1 Sir Charles Cotterel and John Sharp Compar'd 2 Cellar Windows 4 Coaches 5 Commendation of Linnen Shirts 13 Calf with a Top-knot 18 Coins 20 Chivey Chase 20 Chocolate 25 Cabbage 30 Chine of Beef 33 Dust 11 Ducks 28 English no Lovers of stinking Meat 33 Flannel Shirts 13 Grey Pease Hot 29 Inns the white Horse c. 8 Kennels 5 Knightsbridge and Istington 5 Kitling in an Air Pump p. 16 Lettice 31 Menage 3 Monks none 9 Miller's Thumb 16 Mufflers 22 Mushroom 31 Naked Statues Commended 12 Old Women Witches 14 Owl 18 Port●ochers and Remises 3 Post Chaises Roullions not in England 6 Publick Cries 10 Play Things 21 Pox 24 Pick Pockets 27 Recreations and Walk 7 A Rummer of two Quarts 15 Rosemary c. 26 Squares St. James's Bloomsbury c. 5 Signs in the street Prodigious Large 7 Streets Lighted 10 Clean 11 Statues 12 Sticklebacks 16 Small coal Kettles to Light a Pipe 27 Salt 29 Soups 31 Things wanting in England 5 Tennis Balls 22 Turnips 30 A JOURNEY TO LONDON In the Year 1698. After the Ingenuous Method of that made by Dr. Martin Lyster to Paris in the same Year c. THis Tract was written chiefly to satisfy my own Curiosity and being in a place where I had little to do I though fit to write a Book for such People as had idle time enough upon their hands to read it The English Nation value themselves upon a plain Honesty join'd with Hospitality these make them Courteous to Strangers but they are not very easy with their Curiosity For they do not build and dress mostly for Figure as the French who are certainly the most Polite Nation in the World and can praise and Court with a better grace than the rest of Mankind I did not intend to put on the Spectacles of the Present State of England Written by Dr. Chamberlain nor any Survey of the same for trusting to my Eyes I had a mind to see without ' em But to content you Reader I promise not to trouble you with Ceremonies either of State or Church or Politicks for though I met with an English Gentleman who proffer'd to shew me the Princes of the Blood the Prime Ministers of State the Lord Mayor and other Officers belonging to a City of so immense a greatness as that of London yet I refus'd the Civility and told him that I took more pleasure to see honest John Sharp of Hackney in his White Frock crying Turneps ho four bunches a penny than Sir Charles Cottrel making room for an Embassadour and I found my self better dispos'd and more apt to learn the physiognomy of a hundred Weeds than of five or six Princes I arriv'd at London after a tedious Journey in bad weather for I fell sick upon the road and lay dangerously ill of the Tooth-ach I believe I did not see the tithe of what deserves to be seen because for many things I wanted a relish particularly for Painting and Building though I confess the grandure of a City chiefly consists in Buildings and I verily believe London to be one of the most Beautiful and Magnificent in Europe It is also most certain that the common people of London live dispers'd in single Houses whereas in Paris there are from Four to Five and to Ten menages or distinct Families in many Houses from whence I infer that as to the Commonalty Paris may be more populous than London although perhaps their dwelling mayn't be so wholsome and cleanly I found the Houses some of hew'n stone entire some of Brick with free Stone as the Crown Tavern upon Ludgate-hill and the corner House of Birchin-Lane and several others Divers of the Citizens Houses have Port-cochezs to drive in a Coach or a Cart either and Consequently have Courts within and mostly Remises to set them up such persons as have no Portchochez and consequently no Courts or Remises set up their Coaches at other places and let their Horses stand at Livery The Cellar Windows of most Houses are grated with strong barrs of Iron to keep thieves out and Newgate is grated up to the Top to keep them in Which must be of vast expence As the Houses are magnificent without so they furnish them within accordingly But I could not find that they had any Bureaus of Ivory Upon viewing the Braziers and Turners Shops I found it true what my Country Man Monsieur Justell formerly told me that according to his Catalogue there were near threescore utensils and conveniencies of Life more in England than in France But then the English since the breach of their commerce with France lie under great necessities of several commodities fiting for the ease and support of Humane Life as Counterfeit Pearl Necklaces Fans Tooth Picks and Tooth Pick Cases and especially Prunes the Calamity of which has been so great for Ten Years last past that they have not had enough to lay round their Plum-porridge at Christmas I must to give a faithful account descend even to the Kennels the Gutters are deep and lain with rough edges which make the Coaches not to glide easily over 'em but occasion an imployment for an industrious sort of people call'd Kennel-Rakers The Squares in London are many and very beautiful as St. James Sohoe Bloombury Red-Lyon Devonshire none of the largest and Hogsdon not yet finish'd But that which makes the dwelling in this City very diverting is the facility