[468] See p. 171, note 3.

    [469] Pasted.

Nixt day I went to the Physick Garden not far from Marlan Colledge.  The gardener (a German by nation) gave me their printed Catalogue of all the hearbs, which may be about some 7000 in all.  I have also some verses he gave me made on thesse 2 fellows thats keips centry, as it were, just as ye come in at the garden door; their menacing face is of timber; all the rest with their speir is artificially cut out of bush.  They have also swans and such lik curiously cut out of the phileria.  I saw the sensitive plant; it shrinked at my touching it, tho it was then excessively cold.  Saw the tobacco:  of the leives dryed they make it as good as that they bring from Spain, Virginia, Martinigo or elsewheir, if they had enough of it, and the entertaining of it ware not to costly; hence the Parliament discharges the planting of it.  Saw African Marigolds, the true Aloes trie; all the wals cloathed with wery big clusters; tall cypruses, Indian figs, etc.  The students can enter when they please.

On the Thursday 3 of October at night went and took my leive of Mr. Lo.  Nixt morning having payed my host 5 shillings in all (which made me admir the cheapnesse of the place, fire only being dear since the Kings army was their, who cutted all its woods about) about 10 a cloak bad adieu to Oxford watered with the lovely Thames tho wery litle their; it receives at that place the Isis whence Thamesis.

In the coach was D. Willis his cheif man, a pretty physitician himselfe, going in to his Master, whom the Quean had caused come to London; a apothecary who also sold all kinds of garden seeds, and for that effect had bein at Oxford, P. Nicoll had oftnen traffiqued with him; a goldsmith’s son in the Strand and his sister, and an old crabbed gentlewoman, tho she seimed to be of quality.

When we walked up the hill at Stockam Church he showed me a number of pretty hearbs growing by the hedges syde.  He confessed to me that tho they had a verie glorious utsyde, yet if we would consider the forme of their teaching and studieing it was werie defective comparatively to the oversea Universities.  Their publick lessons are not much worth:  if a student who is immatriculat in some on Colledge or other be desirous to be informed in any science, let it be Philosophie, Medicine or another, then he most apply himselfe to some fellow of that Colledge, who teaches him for a salarie; otherwise a student neids never make use of a master but if he please.  Theologie is the only thing that flourishes their.

Came back the same way to London the 5 of October, being Saturday.  Nixt day came Haddow[470] and Bonnymoon to toune.  Many a tyme hes he and I wisited Litle Brittain.  We went throw Bedlam (I was in it and saw thosse poor peaple), then to Moore fields, wheir is a new street wheirin dwells thosse that ware burnt out in the fire.  They pay wery dear for their ground and it is but to stand til they rebuild