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FOR SCOTLAND.

Those that will send any letter to Edinburgh, that so they may be conveyed to and fro to any parts of the kingdom of Scotland, the Post doth lodge at the sign of the King's Arms (or the Cradle) at the upper end of Cheapside: from, whence, every Monday, any that have occasion may send.

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The Inns and Lodgings of the Carriers which come into the Borough of Southwark out of the countries of Kent, Sussex and Surrey.

A carrier from Reigate in Surrey doth come every Thursday (or oftener) to the Falcon in Southwark.

The Carriers of Tunbridge, of Sevenoaks, of Faut and Staplehurst in Kent, do lodge at the Katharine Wheel. They do come on Thursdays and go away on Fridays. Also on the same days, do come hither the Carriers of Marden and Penbree, and from Warbleton in Sussex.

On Thursdays the Carriers of Hanckhurst and Blenchley in Kent, and from Dorking and Leatherhead in Surrey; do come to the Greyhound in Southwark.

The Carriers of Tenterden and Penshurst in Kent, and the Carriers from Battle in Sussex, do lodge at the sign of the Spur in Southwark. They come on Thursdays, and go away on Fridays.

To the Queen's Head in Southwark do come, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, the Carriers from Portsmouth in Hampshire; and from Chichester, Havant, Arundel, Billingshurst, Rye,