The New Forest and the Isle of WightWith eight plates and many other illustrations . was easieto be hadd for all things. Now peace and lawe hath beggared us all, soethat within my memorie manie of ye gentlemen and almost all yeyeomandrie ar undon I have heard it on tradition, and partly knowe it to be true, thatnot only heretofore was no lawyer nor attourneye in our island ; but inSir George Careys tyme an attourney comynge to settle in ye island,wase, by his commaunde, with a pownd of candels hanging att hisbreeche, with belles about his legges, hunted owt of ye island ; insoe-mutch that oure
The New Forest and the Isle of WightWith eight plates and many other illustrations . was easieto be hadd for all things. Now peace and lawe hath beggared us all, soethat within my memorie manie of ye gentlemen and almost all yeyeomandrie ar undon I have heard it on tradition, and partly knowe it to be true, thatnot only heretofore was no lawyer nor attourneye in our island ; but inSir George Careys tyme an attourney comynge to settle in ye island,wase, by his commaunde, with a pownd of candels hanging att hisbreeche, with belles about his legges, hunted owt of ye island ; insoe-mutch that oure awncestors lived here soe quietly and securelie, beyngencythor troobled to go to London nor Winchester, soe they seldom or 56 THE ISLE OF IVIGH-T never went owt of ye island, insomuch that when they went to London(thinkynge itt an East India voiage), they alwaies made theyre willes,supposing noe trooble lyke to travayle. The Defences of the Island. During the war against France, though the Dulce of Buckinghammade Portsmouth his headquarters, the islanders were persuaded that the. Ryde One Hundred Tears ago. From an old print after T. IValmsley. usual French invasion would be attempted. The island militia werevery efficient ; each parish had its field-gun, and from a trewe noate of the strength of the island, prepared by Sir John Oglander, it appearsthat they amounted to 2,000 men, with a Newport band of 300. Watches and wards, with beacons ready for firing, were kept on all thedowns and headlands, and every point and creek was jealously watchmen with loaded muskets and lighted matches were changed at THE ISLE OF WIGHT 57 sunrise and sunset, and were visited by a searcher twice during theday, and three times at night. Sir John was most eager to haveSandown Castle, then called Sandam Castle, and the other coast defencesput in repair, and for the Isle of Freshwater to be made a place ofrefuge. For my parte, I think ye chardge that by Sir George Carey wasbestowed upon
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