Cambridge and its story With lithographs and other illus by Herbert Railton, the lithographs being tinted by Fanny Railton . The staires which rise up to his studie at Queens College inCambr. doe bring into two of the fairest chambers in the ancientbuilding ; in one of them which lookes into the hall and chief court, the Vice-President kept in mytime ; in that adjoyning it wasmy fortune to be, when fellow.The chambers over are goodlodgeing roomes ; and to oneof them is a square turret ad-joyning, in the upper part ofwhich is the study of Erasmusand over it leads. To that be-longs the best pros

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Cambridge and its story With lithographs and other illus by Herbert Railton, the lithographs being tinted by Fanny Railton . The staires which rise up to his studie at Queens College inCambr. doe bring into two of the fairest chambers in the ancientbuilding ; in one of them which lookes into the hall and chief court, the Vice-President kept in mytime ; in that adjoyning it wasmy fortune to be, when fellow.The chambers over are goodlodgeing roomes ; and to oneof them is a square turret ad-joyning, in the upper part ofwhich is the study of Erasmusand over it leads. To that be-longs the best prospect aboutthe CoUedge, viz. upon theriver, into the corne fields, andcountry adjoyning. So y itmight very well consist withthe civility of the house tothat great man (who was nofellow, and I think stayed notlong there) to let him havethat study. His sleeping roomemight be either the Presidents, or to be neer to him the next.The roome for his servitor thatabove it, and through it hemight goe to that studie, whichfor the height and neatnesseand prospect might easily takehis phancy. It was in this study no doubt that much