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river of Thames at GravesencL* And then uphon the first 

 Montlaie in August, I come westward towards Wyndsor. 

 Wherefore if it may please yo" to send to my howse to 

 Hampton Court what daies you meane to appointe for driv- 

 ing the river of Weybridge and Molsey, it shall suffice, to 

 ill end the gamesters maie have knowledge thereof, that they 

 may attend accordingly. I do thinke it wold greatly satisffie 

 them yf yo** did appointe the same upon Tuesday the vii''' 

 of August, for upon that day they wil be at the entrance of 

 these rivers. And so prainge you to p\lon me for my ab- 

 sence at this tymc, I humbly take my leave. Hampton 

 Courte, this Mondaie, xxxth of July 1593. 



" Yor poore frend to comaunde, 



" R. Maylard." 

 " To the R. W. Sir VV. Moore, Kn't, 

 at Pirforde." 



No. 9, the first swan mark of the representations forming 

 the final vignette, is that of the corporation of Norwich, now 

 used to mark the Swans belonging to the corporation on the 

 river Yare. 



No. 10, is the swan mark of the present Bishop of Nor- 

 wich, the President of the Linnean Society of London, to 

 whose kindness I am indebted for the folloAving particulars as 

 now practised at Norwich, in reference to the feeding the 

 young Swans of the year for the table. The town-clerk 

 sends a note from the Town-hall to the public swanherd, 

 the corporation and others, who have Swans and Swan rights. 

 On the second Monday in August, when collected in a small 

 stew or pond, the number annually varying from fifty to 

 seventy, and many of them belonging to private individuals,-|- 



* Many Swans were formerly kept below bridge. In ancient views of the 

 port of London, they are usually represented as swimming in that part of the 

 river. 



t Bloomfield's History of Norfolk contains representations of numerous 

 swan marks. 



