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doubt about the sixth and last paragraphs, perhaps they are not printed right, for [Greek: eutokon] perhaps [Greek: eustochon.] q? The following days I read here and there. The _Bibliotheca Literaria_ was so little supplied with papers that could interest curiosity, that it could not hope for long continuance[1221]. Wasse, the chief contributor, was an unpolished scholar, who, with much literature, had no art or elegance of diction, at least in English. AUGUST 14. At Bodfari I heard the second lesson read, and the sermon preached in Welsh. The text was pronounced both in Welsh and English. The sound of the Welsh, in a continued discourse, is not unpleasant. [Greek: Brosis oligae][1222]. The letter of Chrysostom, against transubstantiation. Erasmus to the Nuns, full of mystick notions and allegories. AUGUST 15. Imbecillitas genuum non sine aliquantulo doloris inter ambulandum quem a prandio magis sensi[1223]. AUGUST 18. We left Lleweney, and went forwards on our journey. We came to Abergeley, a mean town, in which little but Welsh is spoken, and divine service is seldom performed in English. Our way then lay to the sea-side, at the foot of a mountain, called Penmaen Rhos. Here the way was so steep, that we walked on the lower edge of the hill, to meet the coach, that went upon a road higher on the hill. Our walk was not long, nor unpleasant: the longer I walk, the less I feel its inconvenience. As I grow warm, my breath mends, and I think my limbs grow pliable. We then came to Conway Ferry, and passed in small boats, with some passengers from the stage coach, among whom were an Irish gentlewoman, with two maids, and three little children, of which, the youngest was only a few months old. The tide did not serve the large ferry-boat, and therefore our coach could not very soon follow us. We were, therefore, to stay at the Inn. It is now the day of the Race at Conway, and the town was so full of company, that no money could purchase lodgings. We were not very readily supplied with cold dinner. We would have staid at Conway if we could have found entertainment, for we were afraid of passing Penmaen Mawr, over which lay our way to Bangor, but by bright daylight, and the delay of our coach made our departure necessarily late. There was, however, no stay on any other terms, than of sitting up all night. The poor Irish lady was still more distressed. Her children wanted rest. She would have been con
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