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to be one of thofe jefuits or priests, and shall not fubmit himself to examination, for his contempt, he fhall be imprifoned until he fubmit. He that fhall fend any Chriftian, or any other, to the feminaries and colleges of the Popish profeflion, fhall be fined an hundred pounds. They that are fo fent, fhall not fucceed in inheritance, nor enjoy any goods, what way foever they may chance. And fo fhall it be to them that within a year return not from thofe feminaries, unlefs they conform themselves to the Church of England. If the keepers of havens permit any to pass the feas without the Queen's licence, or the licence of fix Counsellors, except mariners and merchants, they fhall be removed from their places; the fhip-mafter that carries them fhall lofe the fhip and all the goods in her, and be imprisoned a whole year. This ftatue is ftill in force.

The face of thefe acts looks extremely fevere: But the Papifts could blame none for them but themfelves, or rather the indifcreet zeal of fome amongst them, who could be fatisfied with nothing lefs than Elifabeth's entire deftruction, to make way for Mary, and a reconciliation of England and Ireland with the Pope. Nor was this ftatute able to reftrain the plot tings of thefe zealots; as we shall remark hereafter.

By this means the Dutch were affisted with 5000 foot and 1000 horse, under the command of an English General, to be paid at her own expence, during the war, on condition of being repaid at the end of the war, in certain proportions, within five years: and upon the fecurity of Flushing, Rammekins, and the Briel, to be delivered into her hands, till the whole fum fhould be discharged.-The Prince of Conde alfo, in behalf of the French Huguenots, was favoured with a supply of 50,000 crowns, and ten fhips of war, with which he was enabled to raise the blockade of Rochelle; and to take the field with his land forces, which the Duke of Guise had shut up in this port.

The great patron of learning, Sir Thomas Bodley, was entrusted with the negotiations for alliances with the Northern and German states: and Edward Wotton, Efq; a great wit and artful statesman, was charged with the affairs of Scotland; who, under the pretence of being fent to entertain and divert the young King of that country, endeavoured to remove from his royal prefence all that were fufpected of being averfe to Elifabeth's intentions ; to fow factions in his court; and, when opportunity ferved, to feize upon his royal perfon: in which laft article only he failed; and, finding that his scheme was discovered, he retired privately out of Scotland. However, James foon after was obliged to deliver himself up to Elifabeth's creatures, the Scotch fugitive Lords, who, returning well fupported by England, and unexpected, furprised his Majefty in Sterling.

Wherefore, after thefe tokens of the fteady affection of her Parliament, Elifabeth refolved to break all the measures of her difaffected fubjects, and their foreign abettors, by making alliances with the two Northern crowns and the German proteftants: by fending a confiderable aid, to enable the Queen Elifabeth appointed the Earl confederates in the Low Countries to of Leicester General of the auxiliary keep the King of Spain employed: by forces to be fent into Flanders; and as affifting the Huguenots to maintain the fhe could not expect otherwife than civil war in France, to prevent the that the King of Spain would look upDuke of Gufe from attempting any on fuch an aid fent to his enemies, to thing against her dominions: and by be a breach of alliance between the either getting the King of Scotland in- two crowns, and a declaration of war to her power, or raifing him up trou against him; the very politically dif bles in his own kingdom, to disable patched a fleet of twenty-one fail, unthat nation from giving her any under the command of Sir Francis Drake, eafinels.

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with 2300 foldiers, under the conduct of the Earl of Carlisle, to annoy the Spaniards in America, where they were the leaft expected. So that they, without much difficulty, took St. Jago, one of the Cape Verd islands; made a defcent on St. Domingo, or Hifpaniola, and took its capital; ran down to the main, and reduced Carthagena; and burnt the towns of St. Antonio and St. Helena, in Florida; and were refolved on more expeditions, had they not been feparated in a violent ftorm,

fo as never to be able to join till they met in England. In this expedition were loft 700, and they brought home 60,000 l. fierl. and the Queen, who was found never to be wanting in a fufficient defence for all her vigorous actions, alledged, that he was not the aggreffor, but had acted in purfuance of the King of Spain's own breach of peace, in the cafe of the fhip Primrofe at Bilboa, as fhall be hereafter more particularly related.

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CORNS in the Feet defcribed, with their Cure, by the learned Doctor LAURENCE HESTER.

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T is not unfrequent for people to be troubled with hard tubercles, like flat warts, in feveral parts of their feet, especially upon the joints of their toes, which are generally termed corns, from their cornuous or horny fubftance, penetrating down into the flesh like a nail or fpike. This diforder is not unjustly attributed to the wearing of too ftrait or narrow-toed fhoes, which never fail to produce these tubercles, with their unwelcome torments, especially if the perfon is obliged to ftand or walk much, and in the fummer-time.

Various are the methods ufed for removing these callofities of the fkin and cuticle; fome by the knife, and others by the application of emollient and cauftic, or eroding medicines; but, which ever way they are removed, it is certainly much the beft, to let their hard substance be firft fufficiently mollified; and this may be obtained by frequently macerating them for a confiderable time in warm water, and afterwards paring off their uppermoft and hardeft furface with a penknife, which will often make them quite eafy for a time; but, if this does not fuffice, you may apply a plaifter green Wax, Gum ammoniac. de fapon. &c. or a leaf of houfe-leek, to be renewed every day; after thefe applications have been continued for fome

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time, you may then venture to peel them away with your finger-nails, or cut or fcrape them with a fcalpel; but with great caution, to avoid injuring any of the fubjacent tendons of the extenformufcle; which might occafion violent pains, inflammations, convulfions, a gangrene, and even death. All which have also been frequently the confequences of cauftics penetrating to thefe parts, fuch as Ol. Vitriol. Aqu. Fort. Arfenic, &c. as Hildanus obferves. It must be confeffed, that the treatment of corns by thus foaking and paring them, with the application of emollients, does not very often totally remove them, but that they will grow up again in a fhort time: However the patient is fure to be fafe in this practice, which feldom fails, either totally to extirpate them in procefs of time, or at least to make them eafy and tolerable to the patient, provided he wears eafy fhoes, and repeats the operation once a month, or as often as they give him any uncafinefs; but, if the patient will take the pains to wash his feet, and foak the corns well every evening in warm water and bran, then to fcrape off the foft furface, and apply a fresh plaifter, he will go near to be quite rid of them in time, provided he does not renew them by wearing ftrait fhoes.

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The Manner of curing and falting Herrings, as now practised by the Dutch, and likewife the fame Method obferved by the preSent Sett of Gentlemen concerned in the British Fishery now carried on with great Success.

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S foon as the herrings are caught, they are immediately gutted, and diftinguished by three different fpecies, viz. 1. The Matkifs herring, which is of the smallest kind; 2. The full herring, which has got a large milt; 3. The spent herring, which is of the poorest fort: Each fort of fish is thrown into a trough, wherein a large fhovel of falt is caft, and the fifh and falt are well stirred or fhovelled up together, the better to incorporate the falt with the blood and juices, which operation is called drilling; then they are taken out and placed in a basket near the man appointed to pack them in cafks, the bottoms of which are well fprinkled with Lisbon falt, and the herrings placed therein upon their backs, very compact and regular: Upon this layer is caft a fhovel of falt, upon the falt a layer of herrings, fo falt and herrings alternately till the cafk is filled, but the largest quantity of falt is put uppermoft, which covers them all; and after standing five or fix hours with the head upon them loofe, that they may fettle well in the cak, they prefs down the head clofe and drive on the hoops; when this is

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done, a hole is bored in the middle of the cafk's head, wherein is put an iron or brafs pipe, through which they blow; in order to find out the leaks of the cafk, and, if any aperture is found, it is carefully caulked up, as well as the hole at which the pipe entered, for the leaft air entering therein may greatly prejudice the fifh. After this, the cafks are lowered down into the hold, where they remain four days, after which time they are hoifted up upon deck, and their heads struck out, in the room of which they place upon the fish thick and heavy heads, upon which men stand and prefs down the herrings exceeding clofe, till the liquor or brine is raised above the head, which is ftarted through the fcuppers of the veffel. When the fattest of the liquor is extracted, a purer fort called blood pickle is again fqueezed from them, which is carefully preferved; for in this liquor confifts the virtue of making the fish keep well, which is poured in upon them through the hole in the head of the cask. When the hole is well plugged up, and the hoops driven firm, the operation is done.

An Anfwer to the Question on Page 28, Vol. VII.
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The BRITISH MUSE:

AMORET and PHILLIS. A New SONG.

Sung by Mifs FALKNER at Marybon Gardens.

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