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 $6o T H £ H I S T .O Jt ¥ fidftkl muft have Wen furiiifhed merely with lattices ,«>f weed or iheeft of lit*eu, as thefe two -remained ?the only furniture of the winr dows even in our cathedrals -nearly to the eighth ^ceatary * And the former continued in ibme of our j»eaaer towns.of JLan- cafhire abfolutely to the .eighteenth, and continue in many part* of Wales and in many the adjokung parts of England .even to the gu-efent moment. But the paper the lattices and the linen nauft iiave been fixed in frames and partitioned into Squares. The frames were called Capfamenta, Kaifmeinte, or Cafements. The Squares were denominated Quadra orQuadrellee,vQuarries or Quar- rels. Aftd both were diftinguifhed by the general appellation which ftHl remains popular among us at Maudhefter, <of a Trwa^ fenna or Tranfom ZI. One or more wells muft have been funk in or near the towji for the neceflary iiipply of water to the inhabitants. One has been actually difcovered, placed immediately on the outfide of /the town, aj&d funk for feveral yards in the rock, Ttois-was dif- coyered abput fix or feven years ago upon the ere£fcion of the littJfc alehoufe which (lands oppoftfe to the gate of the Caftle-field. Upon opening the ground to form the cellar of the houfo, an hole appeared in the rock about fix feet in the fijuare and en- tirely filled up with feofe rubbifti. This was made fo foft and fludgy by the fpring below, that a ftaff was eafily thruft into it the waters beneath. And three coins of brafs were found in it and a piece of thick ihort gold-wire. The latter had not the happinefs to meet with any man of tafte, aad was fold to an unknown perfon for thirteen (hillings. And otf the former two appeared to be loft when an inquiry was firft made concerning them, and the third was in great meafure ruined by the ruft. No infcription could be perceived upon it, and even no traces of an infcription difcerned f except fuch as fancy will perpetually fuggeft to the judgment upon the examination of faded remains. Wells fo (quared as this was in the opening, and fo lined with hewn (tones 'at the fides as this was with the native rock, have been difcovered at Durnomagus pr the town of Cafter near Petei'- 2 borough,
 * o die depth of four or five yards, aod gave a temporary vent tp