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<HEAD>A DELINEATION of the LADYES HOSPITALL at HIGH-GATE</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">The Title (The Ladyes &amp;c) no Diminution, but Honour to it, witne&s;s Two Sacred Monuments in their Honour; The Prai&s;e of the &V;ertuous Lady by Solomon, Jedidiah or the Lords Beloved; the Epi&s;tle to the Elect Lady by John the Beloved Di&s;ciple.</HEAD>
<P>This Delineation of a Modell, though in the Du&s;t, as the mo&s;t moving Petition to Revive the work, and Re&s;cue the Petitioner is humbly Dedicated to tho&s;e Hono^b^l^e: Per&s;ons, of what Degree &s;oever; who have by their Contributions at the very time; By their Promi&s;es; By their Approbation vnder their Hands; By their Acceptation of Small Pre&s;ents; oblig'd them&s;elves, I humbly Say, to God, and not to Man in so Pious a work, or who may by their Piety, and Charity, become favourers of it. By W.B. Who at, first, and ever &s;ince Own'd him&s;elf only the most Humbly Petitioner for so Great a Work, and yet when he first Designd it, was worth 6000, in a full Trade and free from any Incumbring Debt; But by Provi&s;ion for his Family; By Purchaces and Buildings for this Work, By an E&s;say of the De&s;ign, in the Maintenance of Children at this School, above two years, By Pre&s;ents to Per&s;ons of Honour, and Piety, hath Expended 5000 &amp; was for Debts contracted, only for this Hospitall, and well enough Secured&punc; Seiz'd Impri&s;on'd, above Two years, Just at the Heiyht of his <UNCLEAR>Expencee</UNCLEAR>, before his Receipt of the Promised A&s;si&s;tances, to have Repayd hiim and Enabled the Work. All the&s;e so nigh together are fronted by a Plea|&s;ant Green or Square.</P>
<P>This Petitioner was neuer disloyall, but did some good Seruis, as may apper by a No|ble Earl, and the late Duke of Albermarl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> hand, and Seal.</P>
<P>yet he cannot but think, the hand of God hath been again&s;t his Son, for being Per&s;waded, to Oppo&s;e this so good a design, as wel, as Afflictions in many familys, who should haue in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> bui&s;ine&s;s</P>
<P>O Lord, who ha&s;t taught us, that all our doings without Charity, are nothing worth, &s;end thy holy Gho&s;t, and pour into our hearts that mo&s;t excellent gift of Charity, the very bond of Peace, and of all vertues, without which who|&s;oever Liveth, is accounted 
d<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> before thee grant this for thy only Son Ie&s;us Chri&s;t his &s;ake Amen.</P>
<P>But truer Charity was never Indeauoured towards your Children, since the Pari&s;hes were in being</P>
<P>Pray Gentlemen of the 
De&s;tr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3+ letters"> peru&s;e your P<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ayer in a Frame <ADD>giuen you in the year 82&punc;</ADD></P>
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<HEAD>Dorche&s;ter Hou&s;e, Mortgag'd 1200^l^i. co&s;t 1700. worth 2000 li Buying, and four &s;old for this de&s;ign.</HEAD>
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<P>If y^e Reuerend docters with y^e Ve&s;trys would be so Semaritanly kind as to <ADD><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"></ADD> one to Solicite for this in each Pari&s;h it mig^t be a Soul Mercy, to their poor, chil+dren, and euen rai&s;e this to the perpetual Prai&s;e of our Mo&s;t excelent Religion</P>
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<HEAD>HIGH GATEHOUSE</HEAD>
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<P>H This Dorche&s;ter Hou&s;e Intended for Mayden Children II: where may be Contrived, in a long Appartment, a Hall vnder, and two Storyes of Lodgings over, of 130 foot long KK Its walks, and Grounds, ten Acres, where Tenements for Cityzens Summers Reception, might haue rai&s;d a good Revenue to the Hospitall: For the sake of coueting this and the Man&s;ion hou&s;e from it, the whole De&s;ign was Rauag'd, and my Family &s;et again&s;t me to Ob&s;truct all Charity keeping me in Pri&s;on to force the Sale of all for the Advantage of 2 or 3 Mortgagees</P>
<P>There are 6 Tenements new built, be&s;ides theres inviting ground for 10 or 12 more with Gardens, if any of the 6 Pari&s;his would buy, or build, an hou&s;e, as a Rent for thier Poor, it might probably cau&s;e ten times more, to be built, or giuen to thier poor it being to much in the eye of the Charitable Gentry, and so as all debts and Mortgage<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> is might be paid of, with 23 or 24^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">0^l^i would do, the buildings, Land, and hou&s;es bing Still worth <UNCLEAR>three</UNCLEAR> times, the money for this de&s;ign an eqiutable Title in me, to di&s;po&s;e of all, as firm as the Earth, on which it stand find hope it will be &s;o Judg'd So that the&s;e Pari&s;hes will likely neue<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> have a better Oppertun|ity to do their Children good whilst the Hills reman, and let this be as, a Memoriall to hang in your hou&s;es, agan&s;t Such as have or would betray it</P>
<P>And a further ob&s;eruation of Pro|uidence &amp;c.</P>
<P>But yet cannot but hope the Reuer^d Doct^r^s: will per&s;w^ad the Mortgagees to take y^e ju&s;t dues or equity enforce it</P>
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<HEAD>No building euer abu&s;ed like this, and yet reported to be faln down, and I Madd, to di&s;courage all a&s;si&s;tance.</HEAD>
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<P>If S^r Francis Pemberton, Fran: Blake<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ny Bro: M^r Will^m A&s;hur&s;t, Draper, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Mortgagees, would yet comply, all might <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> go Immediatly forward, with some 100^l^i annual aduantage in the Town of Highgate.</P>
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<HEAD>This, long building; Mortgagd 150, appris'd moderatly at 940^l^i. worth for this desi+gn double EE this hou&s;e and ground; Morgg: 560^l^i. co&s;t 900^l^i. worth for this much more.</HEAD>
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<P>The Buildings Erected for the School Hou&s;e with its two halls Its Lodgings aboue DD Its Well form'd School Its Green for Recreation EE The Man&s;ion Hou&s;e of the Petitioner fir&s;t only a Sumers Rece&s;s from London, which having that great, and Noble City, with its Numerous Childhood, under veiw gave the first thought, to him of so great a De&s;ign: Intended now for Lodg|ings of Retgrement for Such as by His Mat^i^e^s: Fauour might be Governers of the Hospitall.</P>
<P>FF Its Gardens to train vp Some Youth to that Service:</P>
<P>GG Its Grounds being 8 Acres: all adjoyning to the hou&s;e All the&s;e Dedicated by a Solemn Deuotion to God, and cannot be Andniaz'd, and <UNCLEAR>Sapphiraed</UNCLEAR>, being so uncontrouer|tible a Good purpo&s;e without their Sin.</P>
<P>Tis humbly pray'd, that such as may be willing, to Subscribe or get any thing Sub&s;cribed, towards Retriueing or Rai&s;ing y^s Charitable work, would send to y^e Reuerend Doct^r; Lecturer, Churchwarden, or Ve&s;try of S^t Gylsis S^t Clements, S^t Pauls, or the Sauoy.</P>
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