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G Thorton Scul.
THE
Comical PILGRIM;
OR,
TRAVELS
OF A
Cynick Philosopher,
Thro’ the most Wicked Parts of the World,
Namely,
| England, | }{ | Ireland, |
| Wales, | }{ | and |
| Scotland, | }{ | Holland. |
WITH
His Merry Observations on the English Stage,Gaming-Houses, Poets, Beaux, Women, Courtiers,Politicians, and Plotters. Welsh Clergy,Gentry, and Customs. Scotch Manners, Religion,and Lawyers. Irish Ceremonies in theirMarriages, Christenings, and Burials. AndDutch Government, Polity, and Trade.
BEING
A General Satyr on the Vices and Follies of the Age.
The Second Edition.
LONDON, Printed for S. Briscoe, at the Bell Savage, Ludgate-Hill,and the Sun against John’s Coffee-House Swithin’s-Alley,Cornhill, 1722
THE
PREFACE.
As Prefaces now are become commonto every Production of thePress, I am resolv’d to be in theFashion likewise, to let my Readerunderstand that I am not an Ascetick,or one of those devout Pilgrims, whowill travel on Foot to see the holy Sepulchre,the Chapel of Loretto, or some strange Relique;but a comical merry Traveller thatwould take a Perigrination, on Horsebackor by Water, beyond the Devil’s Arse i’th’Peak, to see the Religion, Customs, and Mannersof foreign People, as well as knowingthose of my own Country; contrary to the Sentimentsof Claudian, who mentions it as aHappiness, for Birth, Life, and Burial, tobe all in one Parish.
Some Pilgrims may brag of their havingseen a Vial full of the Virgin Mary’s Milk;another Vial full of Mary Magdalen’s repenting