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Excerpt from From the Old South-Sea House: Being Thomas Rumney's Letter Book 1796-1798
M.D. In this yeare of our Lord God 1607 was a marvellous great frost wch contynued from the first day of December until the xvth day of February after. Vlleswater was frozen ower and so contynued from the vith day of December untill the xxiind day of February followinge. SO strong that men in great companies made a common way up the same from John Barton's dore to Fewsdaille Wyke. And men of Martin daill carried shepe up the same on at Barton's and of at Sharrowsande. Men went up the same water and over yt with horses loaden with corne. Upon the vith day of January the younge folkes of Sowlby went into the midst Of the same water and had a minstrell wth them and there daunced all the after Noone. On Shrove tuesday being the ixth day of February at Weathermeallock was a Boone fire builded on the Ise and matches of shotinges shott and a Pott wth aill drunke thereupon by Edward Willson of Benethead, Anthony Rumpneyfi Francis Rumney, John Castelhowe and others etc.
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