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All parts of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ire∣land. Letters are returned from all parts of England and Scotland, certainly every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; from Wales every Monday and Fry∣day; and from Kent and the Downs every day: But from other parts more uncertainly, in regard of the Sea.
A Letter containing a whole sheet of Paper is convey'd 80 Miles for 2 d. two sheets for 4 d. and an Ounce of Letters for 8 d. and so propo••tionably;
a Letter containing a sheet is conveyed above 80 Miles for 3 d. two sheets for 6 d. and every Ounce of Letters for 12 d. A sheet is conveyed to Dublin for 6 d. two for a shilling, and an Ounce of Letters for 12 d.
This Conveyance by Post is done in so short a time, by night as well as by day, that every 24 hours, the Post goes 120 Miles, and in five days, an answer of a Letter may be had from a Place 300 Miles distant from the Writer.
Moreover, if any Gentlemen desire to ride Post, to any Principal Town of England, Post-horses are always in readiness, (taking no Horse without the consent of his owner) which in other Kings Reigns was not duly observed; and only 3 d. is demand∣ed for every English Mile, and for every Stage to the Post-Boy, 4 d. For conducting.
Besides this Excellent convenience of con∣veying Letters, and Men on Horse-back, there is of late such and admirable commodiousness, both for Men and Women of better rank, to tra∣vel from London, and to almost all the Villages near this great City, that the like hath not been known in the World, and that is by Stage-Coaches, where∣in one may be transported to any place, sheltred from foul Weather, and foul ways, free from en∣damaging ones Health or Body by hard jogging, or over violent motion; and this not only at a low price, as about a shilling for every five Miles, but with such velocity and speed, as that the Posts in some Foreign Countries, make not more Miles in a day; for the Stage-Coaches, called Flying-Coach∣es, make forty or fifty Miles in a day, as from Lon∣don to Oxford or Cambridge, and that in the space of twelve hours, not counting the time for Dining, setting forth not too early, nor coming in too 〈◊〉〈◊〉.