Buztonaj qua calida celebrabere nomine Lympha,
Forte mihi Pofihac non ddeunda, Vale.
Buxton, Whofe Fame thy Baths {hall ever tell, ,
Whom I, perhaps, fhall fee noifioré, T&rewel.
That thefe Baths were eminent in the Times of the Romans
is moft certain, Lucm and others acquainthsp they ware extraordinary
hot the high Road, called the Rmm Bath-gate, as
Mr. Camden fa/s^ further confirms it, but it is efpècitóy^èvi*
dent from a Romm Wall cemented with ted Romsn Piaifter, dole
by St. Anns Well, where we may fee the Ruines of the indent
Bath, its ÖirtienfioHs and Length, This Piaifter is red and hard
as Brick, a Mixture not prepared in thife Days ; and indeed,
dbe white Piaifter the Romms tried was much firmer and harder
than any made in thefe Times, being harder than the Stone it
fHfp the réd Piaifter appears as if it was burnt, exactly re-
fe tabling Tyle, but I rather am incïinêdH» think it WftS a Mix-
ture of Lime and, powder’d Tiles cemented \With Blood- and
Eggs, which acquir’d that Hardnefs: Nor isit'unlikely, hut
the white Piaifter was effected by1 fomelftilh Method^ onlyln-
ftead of Tyfethey might ufe Chalk.
Tlhall briefly now take a Ihort SürVey of the Wonders of the
Peak, thö’ I COfifefs, they do not directly fall within thé Heads
of this Chapter, however, being fo univerfally remarkable, I
cannot well omit them. Poof s Hole within a Quarter of a Mile
of the Well, may be thus defcribed; it enters j n i the M S * of
a large Mountain with a fmall Arch fo low, that for feVeral
Paces yon aite eoMpelfd to Creep Upon all Fotirs, but it therro-
pens to a cdnfiderable Height, not unlike the. Roof of -feme
large Cathedral ; on the Right-hand ftands an Hollow, com*
monly called Pool’s Chamber, where by ftriking with a Stone
upon
T -A NC A I É IRÉf ÖMÉS HI FF, j j
upon the Walk noifiè Eceha rebounds 51 From hence you march
forward over Ridges-ofStpues and Rodd;, conduced with a
Guideand aCandle, and inthst rough Mequal Pafiage we receiv’d
the Dwerfion of beholdiag- vtóöüs Reprefenratioift produced
by the petrifying Water continual/ dropping ft om the Roof and
S id ^ f the Rock. Here, indeed, we'mUft- ufe more Caution
tlfan the Staf-gaxihg Phikfopher, who .being taken up with 4
profound Contcmplatit® o f the Heavens, was furpiized by
a StdoMemto a Ditch; Hew yon mayfeethe Representation of
moft curious Fret-work, <%afi and Choir-work 5 in other
I Places'tie'Figures of Animals, asthe Body of a Man, a Lion, and
many other T^iihgsiwMcha-pr^attt fknéymay ■ t e ë i J
one Thing called a Font, by othé’s EfqnireC^’s Hay-Cocks, a
Chair aAdTlIeBp of Bacom wftffi rn^ny mött Ytóêties. Now
I ‘the O f f clear and brightJa^A-l
labaftér, 'beyond which is a fleep Afcéfit near a Quarter of a
Mile high, which Terminates near the Roof in an Hollow, caU?d
the fieèffie’sAE^ in which a Candle represents a Star in the Ter-:
ffiament:^ The. whole Profpe®,- indeed in this remuilcableCa^
vity .is augmented fey the Light <of Candles. Near the Pillar we
fired a Piftol, which redoubl’d like the-Nbift of a'Cannon.
the tówer Way, where there manyTmall Currents
of .Water : Tliefe are #hfcr I obferv’d remarkable
here.
Eklen-MtAt fe-a tefrihle Chscfme, it was pinmm’d Eight
Hundred Fathom by the Ingenious Charles Cotton-^ \>ut no
Bbftoifi found ; if a Stone be call in you hoat its Sound a oon-
fiderable time ; it isabout Seven Yards in breadth, dud double
that ïïüength, and !rery aftonikin^to took-IntoC' That call’d
the I?w/fip-ifr/?;.iS)a large and moft - graceful -Arch, from whofe
Top eontitiööllydrepsi Sparey Watér, which like that in PejkV
Hole, peti’ifiek'i within the Arbh&re feverai ftnsli Buildings,
where tire poorer fort of People dnha bit; and I cou’d' not bur
faficy them h) be m e the Tnoglydite^ of Cuni&ik*- Men, de»
ftrfb’d by cI)r. Brown, that liv’d not like Men but Rabbits.
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