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Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.
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- Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.
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- G. S.
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- 1684.
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levelling all Scholars, so that the Seniority of years ought not to make any difference. II. Cam∣bridgeshire Camels. Probably the Fen-men stalking on Stilts may be so called from their apparent big Sta∣ture. III. A Boisten Horse and a Cambridge Master of Art, are a couple of Creatures that will give way to no body. It shews store of Spirit when a Man will not be put out of his way, for every Swelling emptiness that meets him therein. IV. A Henry-Sophister. So they are called who after 4 years standing, stay themselves from Commencing Bachelors of Art, to render themselves (in some Colledges) more capa∣ble of Preferment. For after the Suppression of Monasteries by King Hen. 8. Learning was at a loss, and the University stood at a gaze what would be∣come of her. Hereupon many Students stayed themselves some 2, 3, some 4 years, as who would see, how their Degrees (before they took them) should be rewarded and maintained.