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Rh the World in a little time, that he might, if poſſible, aſſure that Bleſſed One, to cheapen and buy ſome of his Vanities, But he had no mind to the Merchandize, and therefore left the 'Town, without laying out ſo much this as one Farthing upon theſe Vanities. This Fair therefore is an Ancient thing, of long ſtanding, and a very great Fair.

Now theſe Pilgrims, as I ſaid, muſt needs go thorow thiſ fair: Well, ſo they did; but behold, even as they entred into the fair, all the people in the fair were moved, and the Town it ſelf as it were in a Hubbub about them; and that for ſeveral reaſons: For,

Firſt, The Pilgrims were cloathed with ſuch kind of Raiment, as was diverſe from the Raiment of any that Traded in that fair. The people therefore of the fair made a great gazing upon them: Some ſaid they were Fools, ſome they were Bedlams, and ſome they are Outlandiſh-men.

Secondly, And as they wondred at their Apparel, o they did likewiſe at their Speech, for few could underſtand what they ſaid ; they naturally ſpoke the Language of Canaan Rh