; one that
helped at the horses, 1s.; menders of the highway, 2s. Pleasant
country to Bedford; where, while they stay, I rode through the
town; and a good country town; and there drinking, 1s. We on to
Newport; and there I and W. Hewer to the church, and there give
the boy 1s. So to Buckingham, a good old town. Here I to see
the church; which very good, and the leads, and a school in it:
did give the sexton's boy 1s. A fair bridge here, with many
arches: vexed at my people's making me lose so much time:
reckoning, 13s. 4d. Mightily pleased with the pleasure of the
ground all the day. At night to Newport Pagnell; and there a
good pleasant country-town, but few people in it. A very fair
and like a cathedral-church; and I saw the leads, and a vault
that goes far under ground: the town, and so most of this
country, well watered. Lay here well and rose next day by four
o'clock: few people in the town: and so away. Reckoning for
supper, 19s. 6d.; poor, 6d. Mischance to the coach, but no time
lost.
9th. Tuesday. We came to Oxford, a very sweet place: paid our
guide 1l.
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