Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Lord mayors' pageantsJohnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... Maior of London claymed to serue the quene with a cuppe of golde and a cuppe of assay of the same , and that XII citizens should attende on the cup borde , and the Maior to have the cuppe and cuppe of assay for his labor , whiche ...
... Maior of London claymed to serue the quene with a cuppe of golde and a cuppe of assay of the same , and that XII citizens should attende on the cup borde , and the Maior to have the cuppe and cuppe of assay for his labor , whiche ...
Page 42
... maior , and two sheriffes . Then , King Henry III made the first aldermen in London ( yet the name of Ealdorman was knowne in the Saxons time , for Alwin in the reigne of Edgar was alderman of all England , that is to say chiefe justice ...
... maior , and two sheriffes . Then , King Henry III made the first aldermen in London ( yet the name of Ealdorman was knowne in the Saxons time , for Alwin in the reigne of Edgar was alderman of all England , that is to say chiefe justice ...
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... maior , as far as Mercer's chapel ; a gyant , being twelve foot in height , going before the pageant for the delight of the people . Over against Soper - lane - end stood another pageant also ; upon this were plac'd severall sorts of ...
... maior , as far as Mercer's chapel ; a gyant , being twelve foot in height , going before the pageant for the delight of the people . Over against Soper - lane - end stood another pageant also ; upon this were plac'd severall sorts of ...
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