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“The fourth ternary is of three Wells, or Founteins, of running or liuing waters, all which in those days were famous for ther seuerall soueraigne vertues, their waters were supposed to haue against diuers and sundry diseases: the first of these is St. Loy's Well, which nowe is nothing els but a deep pitte in the highway, on the West side thereof, betweene his Cell and the Crosse, almost midde way; it is always full of water, but neuer runneth ouer; the water thereof, as they say, doth farre exceede all the waters nere vnto it; it was within the memory of man cast, to cleanse it, because it was almost fill'd vp with muddle; and in the bottome of it there was found a very fayre great stone, which had certaine characters or letters engrau'n vpon it: but it being by the negligence of the workmen broken and sorely defaced, and no man nere that regarded such things, it is vnknown what they were, or what they might signify.” Bedwell.