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Excerpt from The Antiquary's Portfolio, Vol. 1 of 2: Or Cabinet Selection of Historical and Literary Curiosities, on Subjects Principally Connected With the Manners, Customs, and Morals; Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical Government, &C., &C., Of Great Britain, During the Middle and Latter Ages The chief work of, J ohn Stow, who is usually described as an antiquary, although he deserves also to be honourably mentioned as a historian, was his Survey-of London, ' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.