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PARTI.

HAP. I. Of Great Britain in general, and

the Divifion thereof into its Principal Parts,

p. 9

p. 12

Pag. 1

CHAP. II. Of England in particular; of its Situa-

tion, Extent, Air, and Rivers,

p. 8

CHAP. III. Of the Natural Beauty of England, and
Fertility of its Soil: The Advantage it has of being free
from burtful and venomous Beast,

CHAP. IV. The Principal Ornaments and Curiofities of

England,

CHAP. V. Of the Populoufnefs of England; the year-

ly Revenue of ber Lands and Houses,

p. 17

CHAP. VI. England divided into forty Counties, in a
Table, fhewing its Extent of each,the Number of its Pa-
rishes, Market-Towns, Members of Parliament: The
Counties afterwards divided into Maritime and In-
land,

CHAP. VII. A particular Defcription of each County in

Alphabetical Order; wherein Notice is taken, efpecially

of the Shire and Market-Towns, of such Places as fend

p. 19

Members

Members to Parliament, having a prefix'd, and of

thofe whence Noblemen take their Titles, p. 21, to 90

CHAP. VIII. Of the Counties of Wales, North, and
South,
p. 91, to 1OZ

CHAP. IX. A new and exact Defcription of London,

and Westminster, with every Remarkable in them,

p. 102, to 143

CHAP. X. Of the English Britains: And first of

their Original, Language, Complexion, Conftitution,

Temper, and Genius, and their most famous Men in

former Ages,

p144

p. 147

CHAP. XI. Of the Religion of England,

CHAP. XII. Of the English Way of Living, as to
Lodging, Food, Rayment and Fuel, Exercifes and Re-
creations, Festivals and Fafting-Days, and fome parti-

cular Cuftoms: Their Computation of Time: The Di-

feafes they are most subject to,

p. 150

CHAP. XIII. Of the vast Trade of England both at

Home and Abroad,
P. 155

CHAP. XIV. of the Coins, Weights and Measures,

which by the Union with Scotland, ought to be the

fame all over Britain,
p. 158

CHAP. XV. Of the Conveniencies for Travelling, of

the Pofts and Packets, for Intercourfe of Letters, p. 161

CHAP. XVI. Of the feveral Orders and Degrees, a

p. 170

mong the English, and firft of the Nobility, p. 164

CHAP. XVII. Of the Knights of the Garter, p. 166

CHAP. XVIII. Of the Gentry and Inferior fort of Peo-

ple,
p. 168

CHAP. XIX. Of the English Clergy, and first of Bi

Shops,

CHAP. XX. Of the dignified and inferior Clergy, with

an Account of the Ordinations, the Method used to get

a Living, and the Maintenance of the Inferiour Clergy.

Alfo of the Parish Church Officers,
P. 174

CHAP. XXI. of the feveral Parties that are now in

England,

CHAP. XXII. Of the Government of England, and

firft of the Laws of the Land,

p. 178

P. 182

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CHAP. XXIII. Of the King; bis Greatnefs, tho' be be

not abfolute: The Inconveniencies of Arbitrary Power,

P. 189

P. 186

CHAP. XXIV. How the Kingdom is govern'd, during

King's Minority, Abfence, or Incapacity. Of the

Royal Family in general, and the Succeffion to the

Crown,

CHAP. XXV. Of the Nine great Officers of State,

p. 191

CHAP. XXVI: A Short Hiftory of the Kings and

Queens of England; and firft of the Saxon and Da-

nish Kings, till William the Conqueror, p. 196

CHAP. XXVII. Of the Norman Kings of England,

from William the Conqueror, to James the First Mo-

narch of Great Britain,

CHAP. XXVIII. Of the Monarchs of Great Britain,

from King James I. to Queen Anne,
P. 216

CHAP. XXIX. Of the prefent Princes and Princesses of

the Blood-Royal of England; and the Settlement of

the Succeffion to the Crown, in the Proteftant Line,

p. 202

p. 229

CHAP. XXX. Of the Queen's Dominions, Titles and

p. 233

Arms,

CHAP. XXXI. Of the Queen's Forces both by Sea and

Land,

CHAP. XXXII. Of the Queen's Court,

p. 235

p. 242

CHAP. XXXIII. Of Her Majesty's Revenue, and the

Officers belonging to it,

p. 252

CHAP. XXXIV. Of Her Majefty's most Honourable

Privy Council, and particularly of the Three Principal

Secretaries of State,
p. 258

CHAP. XXXV. Of the Parliament of Great Britain,

p. 259

CHAP. XXXVI. Of the Courts of Judicature: And

firft of the Superior Courts,
P. 276

CHAP. XXXVII. Of the Affizes and Seffions; and
therein of Conftables, Coroners, Justices of the Peace,
and Furies: With a particular Account of the English
Way of trying Malefactors,

p. 284

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CHAP. XXXVIII. Of the Courts of Sheriffs, Mayors,

and Aldermen, Court-Leets, Court-Barons, and Courts

of Confcience; alfo of the Court of Admiralty, Court

Marfnal, and the Forest Courts,

CHAP. XXXIX. of the Spiritual Courts,

CHAP. XL. Of the Punishments inflicted on

CHAP. XLI. Of English Computation,

Weights, Measures, Money,

p. 287

P. 290

Offenders,

p. 293

Numbring,

P. 297

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