Pilgrim carriages and royal processions in curious island travel
An epistolary travelogue describes diverse ceremonial vehicles used in a grand religious pilgrimage on a famed island. It lists coaches, fandanga chariots, post chaises, and single horse chairs as social displays, noting class, fashion, and linguistic quirks, with vivid, period tone. The narrator remarks on Sabbath observance, urban spectacle, and cultural exchanges, ending with thanks from Jacob Houblon to Hertford gentlemen in 1761.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huqua
England
Phobus
Anthony
Cleopatra
Mapy
Agahi
Fragmented Latin style monastic market sermon fragment
A dense, eclectic Latin style fragment mixing religious and civic imagery. It references Carmen, a scuola, virtues, art, law, and civic duty, with ornate, archaic phrases and invocations to virtue and public life. The text reads like a ceremonial recitation or scholastic declamation from a 16th century context.
PORT NEWS Extract on Whigs and Tories and Atlantic expedition
Winds shift as ships Chesterfield Freedom and Augusta sail for Quebec while Britain debates Union of Scotland and England. Reports note regiments, dragoons, transports for a second expedition to the coast of France, with Keppel prompting fleet movements to Quiberon Bay. Casualty-less prices for beef mutton and tea listed amid dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Rachel
Ins
Outs
Battledore
Shuttlecock
Friends of the Constitution
Scotland
Hanover
Union
Burgoyne
France
Downs
Ligonier
Meadows
Britansia
Peck
Mary Jemina
Broad
Albany
Mackarel
Portsmouth
Keppel
Quiberon Bay
Spithead
Quiberon
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Sackam Benxi Ca Ha Fexac
Huiqua Bufqua Gwaw
Owego
Liquidique Fundat Carminis Mella
Jura
Sea
County of
Hertford
Jacob Houblon
Carmen
Great Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Edward Walpole
Cha. Townshend
James
St. Anthony’s
J. Newbery
Bible and Sun
St. Paul’s Church-yard
J- Hoey
Skinner-Row
Dublin
Kingdom
Portugal
Europe
Jacob DE Castro Sarmento
Royal, College of Physicians
Royal Society
King’s Road
Gray’s
Iap Gardens
N. B
Port News
Deal
His
Chesterfield
Freedom
Holder
Augusta
Knowles
Quebec
Scorpion
Beart
Thomas and Richard
Campion
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