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Article WITHIN THE SHADOW OF THE SHAFT. ← Page 3 of 8 →
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Within The Shadow Of The Shaft.
A very extraordinary story was told to Bishop Burnet by Dr . Lloyd , afterwards Bishop of Worcester . According to that prelate , " one Grant , a Papist , had some time before applied himself to him " ( Lloyd ) , " who had great credit with the Countess of Clarendon * ( who had a large estate in the New River that is brought from Ware to London ) , and said he could raise that estate considerabl y if she would make him a trustee for her . His schemes were probable
, and he was made one of the board that governed that matter ; and b y that he had a right to come as oft as he pleased to view their works at Islington . He went thither the Saturday before the fire broke out and called for the key of the place where the heads of the pipes were , and turned all the cocks that
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Within The Shadow Of The Shaft.
A very extraordinary story was told to Bishop Burnet by Dr . Lloyd , afterwards Bishop of Worcester . According to that prelate , " one Grant , a Papist , had some time before applied himself to him " ( Lloyd ) , " who had great credit with the Countess of Clarendon * ( who had a large estate in the New River that is brought from Ware to London ) , and said he could raise that estate considerabl y if she would make him a trustee for her . His schemes were probable
, and he was made one of the board that governed that matter ; and b y that he had a right to come as oft as he pleased to view their works at Islington . He went thither the Saturday before the fire broke out and called for the key of the place where the heads of the pipes were , and turned all the cocks that