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Page 65
Matthew Taubman , who succeeded to the post of city - poet in 1685 , is
supposed to have been the author of a ballad in ridicule of the pageantry this day
exhibited , from the circumstance of its bearing the initials M . T . It is intitled , “
The Citie ...
Matthew Taubman , who succeeded to the post of city - poet in 1685 , is
supposed to have been the author of a ballad in ridicule of the pageantry this day
exhibited , from the circumstance of its bearing the initials M . T . It is intitled , “
The Citie ...
Page 138
In 1837 Alderman Lucas exhibited three knights , one in “ the armour of Henry V ,
" one in brass scale armour , and the third in polished steel . But the far more
attractive novelty was something like a revival of the ancient pageants , in two ...
In 1837 Alderman Lucas exhibited three knights , one in “ the armour of Henry V ,
" one in brass scale armour , and the third in polished steel . But the far more
attractive novelty was something like a revival of the ancient pageants , in two ...
Page 186
Thus the Clothworkers always exhibited the shepherds and sheep , the
Goldsmiths “ the Orfery , ” the Ironmongers Vulcan ' s forge , & c . , which were the
trade pageants of the company . If the reader will turn to Part . I , p . 100 , he will
find that ...
Thus the Clothworkers always exhibited the shepherds and sheep , the
Goldsmiths “ the Orfery , ” the Ironmongers Vulcan ' s forge , & c . , which were the
trade pageants of the company . If the reader will turn to Part . I , p . 100 , he will
find that ...
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