.806.] 



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449 



were exhibited nt Paul's-^ate, with verfcs 

 written by Lydgatc, on the following 

 lemmata : " Ingrtdimini et replete ter- 

 ram." " Non umpliiis iraj'car J'upei- ter- 

 rani." " Madam Grace chancellor de 

 Dieu.'' Five wife and five tbolifli virgins. 

 Of St. Margaret, (Src. (Chron. p. 385, 

 .ed. Howes.) It does not appear whether 

 thefe poems were i'pokew, or only affixed 

 to the pageants. I'abyan (Cliron. toni. 

 ii. fol. 393) foySj that in thofe pageants 

 " there was refeaiblance of diverlc old 

 iiyltoryes :" perhaps tapeltry. 



The exact time when Paut*s-gate ^vas 

 ticllroyed does not appear : it probably 

 was not till tlie reign of Mary. Rallall, 

 the printer, dates a book irom it m 

 1625. 



ArARYBONE GARDEXS, 



Behind Oxford Houfe, at Marjbone, 

 was a well known place of entertain- 

 ment, called Marybone Gardens. In 

 the reign of Queen Aaae theic had been 

 a noted tavern in this place, wuh bowl^ 

 ing-greens, much frequented by perfons 

 of the (inl rank. It afterwards grew into 

 difrepute, and is made by Gay tlic fccue 

 of ^.lacheath's debauches. About the 

 year 1740, Marybone Gardeiis ■vvere fam- 

 ed for public breakfafts and evening con- 

 certs. Some of the tirll lingers were 

 generally engaged there, and hre^works 

 were frequently exhibited. In 1777, or 

 1778, the gardens were Ihut up, and tl:e 

 utc let to builders. The ground is now 

 occupied by Beaumont-ilreet, part of 

 Devonlhirc-llrcct, and part of Devon- 

 Ihire-phicc. (See Lyons's Environs of 

 London, vol. iii. p. 295.) 



ST. LAURENCE l'OUKT>'EY. 



In the choir of the collegiate church 

 pf St. Laurence Pountney, was buried 

 Juliana, the wife of Nicholas Plokct, for 

 whofe Ibul whoever (hould fay a pater- 

 nolier and an ave, the Billiop of Ely 

 granted an iiidulgencc of Ibrty days. 



THE DEVIL TAVEEX, 



Near Temple Bar ftood, till within 

 thefe few years, tiie Devil Tavern ; fo 

 called from its lign of St. Dunfian feizing 

 the evil fpirit by the nofe ^^ith a pair of 

 hot tongs. Ben Jonfon has immortalized 

 it by his Leges Conviviales, which he 

 w rote for the regulation of a chrb of wits 

 held here in a room he dedicated to 

 Apollo, over the chimney-piece of which 

 they were preferved. The tavern was in 

 his days kept by Simon VVadloe ; whom, 

 in a co|)y of verfcs over the door of the 

 Apollo, he <lignilicd with the title of 

 J\ing i)f SUinlurx. Ft waspurchafed by 

 CJiiitl'8 bankin^-houfe, and othtr buiW- 



ings have been ercfted on the fcite. 

 (Pennant, p. 171.) 



HOCKLEY IN THE HOLE. 



Of what defcription were the en'eiv 

 tainments of Hockley in the Ilolo w I'a 

 a century ago, we may gather from •e 

 following hand-bill, which was funnouut- 

 ed by the royal arms : 



" At the Bear-garden in Hockley in 

 the Hole, 1710. 



" This is to give notice, to all gentle- 

 men, gameliers, and others, that on this 

 prefeni Monday is a maccli to be fought, 

 by two dugs, one from Newgate market 

 againft one of Hony-lane market, at a 

 bull, for a guniea tJ be '.pear ; five let- 

 goes out off hand, which goes fau-elt and 

 fai theft m wms all ; likevvife a gi-een bull 

 to be baited, which was never baited 

 before ; and a bull to be turned loofe, 

 with hre-works all over him : alio a mad 

 afs to be baited : with variety of bull- 

 baiting and bear-bait: ng; and a dog to 

 be drawn up with fire-works. 



" %* Beginning exactly at three of 

 the clock." 



noRorcH OF sorTnvvARK. 



Why the Borough iligh-Ib'eet was fo 

 well furnilhed in former times with inns, 

 is too obvious to require a fingle line of 

 illuftration : moft of them are very an- 

 cient, av.d one has been particularly 

 handed down to obfervation by tbe fa- 

 ther of Engliih poetry. The Tahard, 

 whofe hgn is now perverted to the T«/-» 

 hot, was the rendezvous of the jolly pil- 

 grims whom Chaucer defcnbes as failying 

 out to pay tneir devotions at the ihrine 

 of Becket, a faint who for a long tim« 

 fuperfeded almofi every other. 



ELSYNOE SFITAL. 



But a finall portion of Elfynge Spital 

 now remains : it conlifts of a large point- 

 ed arch in part vifible from Sion Cohege. 

 Stowe tells us it was anciently a nun- 

 nery ; but falling to decay, William El- 

 fynge, mercer, refoundcd it in 1331, for 

 a warden, prielts, and poor blind people: 

 fix years after which he obtained leave 

 to change his priells for canons resiular 

 of the order of St. Auliin. Among the 

 manufcripts in the Britifl; Muluem is a 

 parchment roll, containing an inventory 

 of the goods, &c. belonging to the houfe 

 in the tune of Henry \ I. (Sec Mal- 

 cohn's Londinium Uedivivum.) 

 OLD ST. pace's. 



William of Woicefter, who wrote ar.d 

 travelled in 1173, and whofe Itinerary 

 has been already quoted, gives the fol- 

 lowing as the dimei^lions of Old St. 

 Paul's. 



i " Loiigitudo 



