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8 May

John Evelyn
8 May 1644
I went to see their manufactures in silk (for in this town they drive a very considerable trade with silk-worms), their pressing and watering the grograms and…
John Evelyn
8 May 1654
I went to Hackney, to see Lady Brook's garden, which was one of the neatest and most celebrated in England, the house well furnished, but a despicable building.…
John Evelyn
8 May 1656
I went to visit Dr. Wilkins, at Whitehall, when I first met with Sir P. Neal, famous for his optic glasses. Greatorix, the mathematical instrument maker, showed me…
John Evelyn
8 May 1660
This day was his Majesty proclaimed in London, etc.

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