All which being considered, and that Death moreover might be much nearer
me than I imagined ----I wish I was at _Abbeville_, quoth I, were it
only to see how they card and spin----so off we set.
[7.1]_de Montreuil à Nampont - poste et demi_
_de Nampont_ à Bernay - - - poste
de Bernay à Nouvion - - - poste
de Nouvion à ABBEVILLE - - poste
----but the carders and spinners were all gone to bed.
[Footnote 7.1: Vid. Book of French post roads, page 36, edition
of 1762.]