XV. GRATITUDE.

NEWCASTLE on Tyne is, without corrival, the richest town in England, which before the Conquest was usually known by the name of Monk- Chester.³⁹³⁹Camden’s Brit. in Northumb.

Exeter must be allowed of all, one of the neatest and sweetest cities of England, which anciently by the Saxons was called Monk-Town,⁴⁰⁴⁰Idem in Devon. both which names are now utterly out of use, and known only to antiquaries.

God hath done great things already, whereof we rejoice, by the hand of our great general, in order to the settlement of our nation. When the same (as we hope in due time) shall be completed, not only Newcastle and Exeter shall have just cause, with comfort, to remember their old names, but every county, city, market-town, parish, and village in England may have the name of Monk put upon them. But oh, the modesty of this worthy person is as much as his merit, who hath learned from valiant, wise, and loyal Joab [2 Sam. xii. 23.] to do nothing prejudicial to David, and delighteth not so much in having a great name, as in deserving it.