Excerpt from The Antiquary's Portfolio, Vol. 2 of 2: Or Cabinet Selection of Historical 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 Later Ages; (With Notes) Situation oflondon Temperateness of the Air Of Christian Religion there Strength and Seite of the City Gardens Pastures ofthe The Fields theirwells The Citizens' Honour' Chastity of their Their How the Affairs of the City are disposed Smithfield Concerning Shipping and Merchandize Antiquity and Government, See Sports and Pastimes. Natives oflondon. Historical, Philosophical, and Moral View of the Ancient and Modern State of the Metropolis with Observations on the circumatljacent Counties, Anecdotes, &c. 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.

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.

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