niK 3I()I)EL MEIICHAXT 



01' THE MIDDLE xVGES. 



KXlOiriJlTKI) IN TIIK 



STOEV OF WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 



BEING 



AX ATTEMPT 10 KKSCUK THAT TXTERKSTING STOKY FROM THE REGION OF 



FABLE, AND TO PLACE IT IN ITS PROPER POSITION IN THE 



LEGITIMATE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. 



REV. SAMUEL LYSONS, M.A., 



ItECTOU or RODMARTOX, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, AND PEKPETIAI, 



CURATE OF ST. LUKE'S, GLOUCESTER; 



AUTHOR or "'the ROMANS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE," " .«SOP's FABLES 



CHRISTIANIZED," ETC. 



Now I think of the somic 



Of Merchandy — Richard of M'hitingdoii, 

 That Loade stcrro and chief chosen floure ; 

 What hath by liim our England of honoure .- 

 And what profit Iiath been of his riches ? 

 And vet lasteth daily of his worthinesse." 



Libd of Etiglaiid' s Policie, &o., 



printed in Ilackluvt's Collection. 



LONDON : 



HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.. .33, PATEItNOSTEI! KOAV 



(GLOUCESTER : 

 A. LEA. 2, WESTGATE STREET. 



1860. 



