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held nor any proclamations made, and the office of 

 "Master of the Swans throughout England" is 

 abolished, many of the old orders are still adhered 



THE SWAN S NEST. 



to for their own protection by those who keep 

 swans upon the Thames. The owners thus 

 privileged at the present day are His Majesty the 

 King, the Vintners' Company, and the Dyers' 

 Company, and the old custom of marking the birds 



