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Travels of G. Wilson and J. Bentham Esq:rs from
Maresfield to London Dec:r 12th 1777

At East Grindstead we took in a Welch Drover: three or
four myrmidons of his mounted aloft: his partner (in trade
I mean not in bed) escorted us on horseback. At Godstone where
we dined (Godstone is 21 miles from Maresfield & 20 from London
we received a further reinforcement of a Town-Macaroni, a
Country Justice, a Play-house Critic, a Cricketer, and a
Captain in the Blues. The Captain was according to his own
account the tallest Officer Man in the tallest Regiment in England.
being, as he told us 6 foot 4 inches high. He could not sit
upright in the Coach: Wilson was a shrimp to him. The
Macaroni display'd a blue and gold enamelled Geneva watch
with the picture of a lady on the outside of the case. The
Justice smelt a little strongish of Tobacco. This pretious weed
we had in all shapes: his Worship smoking (that is to say having
smoked) it, the Macaroni snuffing it, and the Welch Drover
chewing it. His Worship had just been seizing the certain supernumerary
horses from a Farmer on the Road, according to the Statute
in that case made and provided, to the great terror of the said
offending Farmer. The Play-house Critic was the ringleader of
the host That damned I-don't-know-who's Farce called
the "Blackamoor washed white" acted or attempted to be acted I
don't know how long ago - I believe the winter before last. While
he was In driving the Play to Hell he fell himself into a
certain pit in Purgatory called the Round-house from whence
he extricated himself by breaking a leg and an arm &
certain ribs of the poor Devils doing duty there under the name of

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1777-12-12

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[[main_headings::"Travels of G. Wilson and J. Bentham Esq, from Maresfield[?] to London"]]

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147

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Jeremy Bentham

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