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434 perquisites. The celebrated Puritan reformer, Thomas Cartwright, was one if not the first master of the hospital, and after his several imprisonments for nonconformity, died here in 1663, and was buried in St. Mary's Church.

There are several other institutions as well as public buildings in Warwick which deserve even extended notice, but as considerable space has been given to more special and historical monuments of the town, I must pass on to other points of interest.

Leamington is a kind of Saratoga, and a resort for invalids of mild indisposition, and for wealthy and aristocratic sportsmen, and persons of leisure inclining more to the sports of society than those of the field. From time immemorial its waters were known to possess curative qualities; but their reputation and use were local for a long period. At last an intelligent shoemaker of the village, of an observant and philosophical turn of mind, became impressed with their value, and determined to make it known by the best evidence. His name was Benjamin Satchwell, and well did he turn the leaking seams of mineral waters to account. He made a record of the cures effected by them, which was better proof of their virtue than any chemist's analysis. This was published, and the notice of scientific men attracted to the subject. From that time Leamington began to