SHAKSPERE'S ENGLAND;

OR,

SKETCHES

OF OUR

SOCIAL HISTORY IN THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH.

BY

G. W. THORNBURY,

AUTHOR OF

THE 'HISTORY OF THE BUCCANEERS," ETC. ETC.

BIBLIOTHECA

REGLA MONACENSIS.

LONDON:

Prin'ed by SPOTTISWOODE & Co.,
New-street-Square.

Ancient and Modern London. The black Thames and the white

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Thames.

The Strand. - Gates and Walls.

River. Moorfields.

Suburbs. - Fashion in Drury Lane. - Noblemen.

Gresham's Exchange.

verns.

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- Village of St. Giles. — Fleet

Whitehall. Houses on London Bridge.

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City Gardens. Fountains. City Ta

Bedlam. — Thieves' Quarters. — Prisons. — Localities of

Trade. - Wells and Springs. - Celebrated Tradesmen of the Day.

Processions. Marriages. Funerals. Thieves going to

Tyburn. Royal Visits. Ambassadors. - Pageants. 'Prentice

Riots. The old Street Cries. A Citizen's Amusements.-Shops

and Penthouses. Sketch of the Crowds. Barber and Apo-

thecary. Characters of the Day. Street Rows. Extinct

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Trades. Foreign Shops. Manners of the 'Prentices. - Apo-

thecary's Shop. System of Medicine. Scenes in a Crowd. -

Gaoler, Lawyer, and Informer.—The Pawnbroker. — The Barber

Surgeons. The Tailor's Shop. Bookseller's Shop. The

Tinker. — Foreign Workmen. - The Goldsmith - Vintner - Their

Frauds. Colliers. The Thames Watermen. The Saddler

and Butcher.

Chirurgeon.

we improved?

Prices. The Tanner and Shoemaker. - The

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Puritans' Attacks on the Tricks of Trade. — Have

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Characteristics of the Elizabethan House. The Chase and Terrace.

- Court-Yards. - Fountains. Bowling-Greens. — Magnificence

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and Sense of Security. Their Sanctity and Associations.

Individuality. Romance. Seen by Night. Scenes in an old

Mansion. The Hall and Garden. - Fittings. - Tudor Building.

- Somersetshire. — Henry VIII.'s Palace at Shene.— His Luxury.

- Wolsey and Buckingham. - Existing Elizabethan Houses.

Ornamental Brick Work. - Italian Decoration. - Court Yards. ·

Oriels. Cinque Cento. Architectural Works. - Timber Work.

-John Thorpe.-His Works.-Architects of the Age. — Palatial

Houses. Anecdote of Gresham. James's Reign. - Description

of Lord North's House at Kirtling. — Hawstead House. — Apart-

ments of Elizabeth's Palace at Richmond. - Elizabethan Gardens.

Bacon's Description. — Aviaries. — Gardens at Theobald's.

The Gardens at Kenilworth.

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CHAP. III.

A DAY'S AMUSEMENT.

The Walk in Paul's. - The Ordinary. Bear Garden and Bartholo-

mew Fair.-Elizabethan Amusements.

tier.

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Qualifications of a Cour-

Hardy Training. Versatility of Character. Sociality

of Elizabethan Life. -No Jealousy of Class. - Distinctions of

Class. The Gallant's Morning. - Promenade in St. Paul's.

Si quis? Wall. Serving-Man's Pillar. Ordinary. - Dinner. -

Seat on the Stage. Characters in Paul's Walk. -

THE FIRST VOLUME.

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Courtier and Templar. - Country Gentlemen. - Adventurers.

Duke Humphrey's Dinner. Poor Curates and Scholars.

Quack Doctor.- The Noise of Paul's. — Exchange of News.

The Lawyer's Pillar. - Thieves.—History of St. Paul's. Fire.

- Paul's Cross. Poet and Player. Country Vicar. — Citizen

and Wife.

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- Master. — Description of Paul's Walk. — Varieties

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of Ordinaries. - Characters. Manners. - Cards. - Tavern Life.

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— Parting. — Watches. - Interior of a Prison. Scenes at City

Gates. Bear Garden. - Baiting. - Names of Bears. Bear-

Baiting at Kenilworth. - Puritans attack the Abuse. - Whipping

Blind Bears. Ape on Horseback. - Allusions to Paris Gardens

ims. The Jugglers of the Day. - Head of St. John the Baptist.

-Various Tricks. Banks and his Horse Morocco.

Language.

Bartholomew Fair. - Roast Pig and Bottle Ale.

Ballad Sellers. - Cries and Stalls. - Diversions.

Dentist. Tarleton and Cuckoo. Scenes in the

Tavern.. Stories of the Plague, or "Stop Gallant." Poor Tutor.

-The Apparitor.- Song Seller. Smoking. -No Allusion to it

in Shakspere. Abuse of it.—Eulogies. - Methods of taking it.

- King James's Pamphlet. - Extracts.

The Sands of Calais. - Fencing Masters. Frequency of Duelling.

- Introduction of the Rapier. - Duels at Taverns. - Saviolo's

Books. Causes of Duels. Challenge. Conditional Lie.

The Lie in General.- The Foolish Lie.

Causes that stayed Duels. Time for the Duel. The Combat.

The Apology.-Morality of the Duellists. Art of Fence.