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 Woolwich, Erith, and Greenhithe in Kent; and also boats are to be had that every tide do carry goods and passengers betwixt London and Rainham, Purfleet, and Grayes in Essex.

At Billingsgate are, every tide, to be had Barges, Light horsemen, Tiltboats and Wherries, from London to the towns of Gravesend and Milton in Kent, or to any other place within the said bounds; and as weather and occasions may serve, beyond or further.

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Passage Boats and Wherries that do carry passengers and goods from London, and back again thither East or West above London Bridge.

To Bull Wharf, near Queenhithe, there doth come and go great boats twice or thrice every week, which boats do carry goods betwixt London and Kingston upon Thames. Also thither doth often come a boat from Colebrooke; which serveth those parts for such purposes.

Great Boats that do carry and recarry passengers and goods to and fro betwixt London and the towns of Maidenhead, Windsor, Staines, Chertsey, with other parts in the counties of Surrey, Berkshire, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire; do come every Monday and Thursday to Queenhithe; and they do go away upon Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Reading Boat is to be had at Queenhithe weekly.

All those that will send letters to the most parts of the habitable world, or to any parts of our King of Great Britain's Dominions; let them repair to the General Post Master THOMAS WITHERING at his house in Sherburne lane, near Abchurch.

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