suff. ss. memorandum that the [blank] day of [blank] anno dom. [blank] in the countie aforesaid, vpon his recognisance acknowledged according to the forme of the statute in that case made and prouided, is licensed, assigned and allowed by [blank] iustices of the peace of the said countie, to keepe a common victaulling and ale-house ... suffolk (england) 1625 approx. 3 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-iv tiff page image. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : 2008-09 (eebo-tcp phase 1). a13127 stc 23424.3 estc s1009 23170014 ocm 23170014 26338 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a13127) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 26338) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1475-1640 ; 1782:13) suff. ss. memorandum that the [blank] day of [blank] anno dom. [blank] in the countie aforesaid, vpon his recognisance acknowledged according to the forme of the statute in that case made and prouided, is licensed, assigned and allowed by [blank] iustices of the peace of the said countie, to keepe a common victaulling and ale-house ... suffolk (england) 1 broadside. s.n., [london : ca. 1625] imprint suggested by stc (2nd ed.) blank license for ale-house keepers.--cf. stc (2nd ed.). reproduction of original in the henry e. huntington library and art gallery. created by converting tcp files to tei p5 using tcp2tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the 25,363 texts created during phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 january 2015. anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p5, characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng hotels -england -suffolk. bars (drinking establishments) -england -suffolk. taverns (inns) -england -suffolk. suffolk (england) -history. 2007-08 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2007-09 elspeth healey sampled and proofread 2007-09 elspeth healey text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion suff. ss . memorandum that the _____ day of _____ anno dom. in the countie aforesaid , vpon his recognisance acknowledged according to the forme of the statute in that case made and prouided , is licensed , assigned and allowed by iustices of the peace of the said countie , to keepe a common victualling and ale-house , in aforesaid in the house wherein he now dwelleth , vntill the sessions of the peace , to be holden next after easter , next ensuing : so as in the meane time he doe obserue and keepe the articles hereunder specified . in witnesse whereof , the said iustices haue caused the common seale , by his maiestie , for this purpose specially assigned , to be hereunto set the day and yeere first aboue written . articles to be obserued . that he suffer no neighbors children or seruants , nor any dwelling in the same towne to be tipling in his house . that none be suffered to tipple in his house in any day ▪ aboue one houre . that none be suffered to tipple in his house on the sabbaoth and festiual dayes at the time of sermons , or seruice , nor any time after nine of the clocke at night . that if any vagabonds or suspicious persons come to his house , he shall acquaint the officers with it , and so if any goods be offered in his house to be sold by any . that he suffer no diceing , carding , or other play in his house . that he suffer no drunkennesse , or other dissolute disorder to be in his house , and if any happen to bee , to acquaint the constables of the towne with it , that the offenders may be punished . that he shall not brew in his house , but take his drinke from the brewer where it may be had , and the best to be but at _____ the barrell , and the small at _____ the barrell . that he draw out his drinke by the ale-quart or pinte , & not by iugges or cuppes , and sell the best after the rate of three pence the ale-gallon , and the worst after the rate of two pence the gallon , and that if he must needs brew himselfe , to make it so , as hee may sell it at the price aforesaid . that he suffer no flesh to be dressed , or vttered in his house , vpon dayes prohibited . the character of a tavern with a brief draught of a drawer. earle, john, 1601?-1665. 1675 approx. 8 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : 2004-03 (eebo-tcp phase 1). a39447 wing e87 estc r22202 12264319 ocm 12264319 57935 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a39447) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 57935) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1641-1700 ; 141:14) the character of a tavern with a brief draught of a drawer. earle, john, 1601?-1665. [3], 6 p. printed for d.a., london : 1675. attributed to j. earle. cf. wing. reproduction of original in british library. created by converting tcp files to tei p5 using tcp2tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the 25,363 texts created during phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 january 2015. anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p5, characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng hotels. bars (drinking establishments) taverns (inns) 2003-08 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2003-09 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2003-10 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2003-10 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-12 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the character of a tavern . with a brief draught of a drawer . london , printed for d. a. 1675. the character of a tavern , &c. atavern is an academy of debauchery , where the devil teaches the seven deadly sins instead of sciences , a tipling-school a degree above an ale-house , where you may be drunk with more credit and apology , 't is the randevouz of gallants , the good fellows paradice , and the misers terrour , who fits here in fear of his life because of the shot ; a map of the world , where all humours are drawn in epitome , and the best theatre of natures and dispositions , which are here truly acted not plaid ; a melancholly man may find matter enough to divert him , to see heads as brittle as glasses , and as often broken , to observe men both come hither to quarrel , and come hither to be made friends , so that if the simile were not already worn thredbare , i would call it telephus's sword that both makes wounds and cures them . t is an engine of the largest size , for draining the pocket , the common consumption of the afternoon , and the maker away of a rainy day , a torrid zone that scorches their faces that long inhabit it , whilst tobacco is the gun powder that blows them up , so that much danger were to be dreaded if the charitable vintner should not have store of water ready to allay these flames ; house of sin you may call it , but not a house of darkness , for the candles are seldom out , and it is like those countries near the north-pole , where 't is as clear at midnight as at mid day . 't is a bedlam of wits , where men ate rather mad than merry , here one breaking a jest on the drawer , or perhaps a candlestick or bottle over his crown , there another repeating scraps of old plays , or some bawdy song , this speaking latine , and a fourth nonsence , whilst all with loud hooting and laughing confound the noise of fidlers , who are properly call'd a noise , for no musick can be heard for them ; 't is a babel of voices , a gallimans fry of opinions , and an hodge podge of nations , you shall hear one talking very gravely of religion , and another ranting , and swearing dammee , and sink mee , at the same instant , parties of different sects and perswasions will meet here , and be sociable though not at church ; and below in the cellar you shall see the french and the spanish , with the natives of the rhine ( notwithstanding the present wars between them ) lye quietly altogether . as you come in to shew that you are going to a tryal of your lives , you must first appear at the bar , where madam minks with her head behung with as many toys as their bush , sits like the goddess semele ( mother of bacchus ) under her all-commanding canopy , casting the nativityes of your estates in strange aegyptian hieroglyphicks and trithemian characters ; and finds by the horoscope of the board , and frequent ill directions of score in the half moon , that your fortunes are short-liv'd , and your purses declining into an irrevocable consumption ; next the blew apron'd captain of this inchanted castle comes into view , you wou'd take him for a hogshead set on two stumps , and mov'd by scrues or clockwork , for his belly is big enough for a popish limbus , yet coming nearer , you may discern somewhat like that which in men they call a face , but broader then the pewter platter in sr. johns-street , and studded and embost all over with vices heraldry . in the midst of which his nose blazes like a comet , and infallibly pretends drought : he thinks nature gave him a mouth , not so much to speak , as to drink off his liquor , for that is the main use he puts it to , and of all the miracles that ever christ did , he thinks none so meritorious , as the turning water into wine , which he himself often endeavours to imitate . these animals we must pray , intreat , crave , beseech , and implore for a bottle that 's neat and brisk , and racy , and at last go without it , unless we bribe death's emissaries , those dregs and lees of mortality , your yaulìng , impudent , saucy , nimble-tongued a-non-a-non sirs , to whom once more you must beg as heartily as a condemn'd man does for a reprieve , that they would gratiously be pleased not to poison you at your own charge ; indeed there is scarce a pint true , wholsome and right drank , which the guests do not twice pay for , first to the drawer , and then to the master , and there is more wine vended in a year , in this one over-grown city , under the notion of canary , than the whole canaries produce ; but there lies the excellency and mistery of the trade , he that is best at brewing and balderdashing wines is most esteemed , and this they call managing a cellar , the end of which is to cheat mens palates , and the effect to destroy their bodies : the pharmacopeia of a mountebank , or the quackeries of moor fields , befriend not the grave-makers , so much as these squires of the spiggot do ; for pandora's box never gave vent to the tyth of those mischiefs that are broached with a pip● of sophisticated wine , which makes me fancy when they ring for the boy to fetch t'other pint , that i hear the passing bell of those that send for it . and when the splay mouth'd rascals cry , d' ye call sir , methinks it sounds like charons voice summoning us to his ferry-boat : to hear them baul out their hypocritical wel come , the satyr would as much wonder as at the man , that blew hot and cold : for they welcome when you go in , and welcome when you go out , and yet 't is not you are welcome at all , but your money . nor is it only with their cups ( like circe ) that they inchant us , they can help you to a dainty morsel too at luculluses price ; their fricacies and phagon's , dishes you must pay four times over for . first , for the meat . secondly , for dressing . thirdly , for sausce . and fourthly , for the hard name ; when they provide you a dinner , you were better keep open house all christmas , their extravagant treats in the great chamber , serve only to debauch the hospitality of private families , and are most effectual decoys , where a young bridegroom many times spends half his wives portion for the conveniency of dancing and fiddles ; let the room be never so neat when you come in , after a little fitting , it becomes like the street after a dashing shower , where the spouts are flushing above , and the conduits running below , whilst the iordans like swelling rivers over-flow their banks , and the urine drops through the ceiling into the mouth of him that sits under ; in brief , a tavern is a scene of confusion ; a gulf to swallow up a mans money , and his time , which is yet more pretious ; a nursery of extravagancy , and a necessary place for assignations between cracks and their cullies . finis . by the king, a proclamation concerning ale-houses england and wales. sovereign (1603-1625 : james i) 1618 approx. 12 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : 2003-07 (eebo-tcp phase 1). a22174 stc 8588 estc s1563 20213609 ocm 20213609 23829 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a22174) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 23829) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1475-1640 ; 1709:18) by the king, a proclamation concerning ale-houses england and wales. sovereign (1603-1625 : james i) james i, king of england, 1566-1625. [3] p. by bonham norton and iohn bill ..., imprinted at london : m. dc. xviii [1618] caption title. "giuen at newmarket the nineteenth day of ianuary in the sixteenth yeere of our raigne ..." imprint from colophon. includes "articles of direction, touching ale-houses." reproduction of original in the henry e. huntington library and art gallery. created by converting tcp files to tei p5 using tcp2tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the 25,363 texts created during phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 january 2015. anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p5, characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng hotels -law and legislation -england. bars (drinking establishments) -law and legislation -england. taverns (inns) -law and legislation -england. proclamations -great britain. great britain -history -james i, 1603-1625. great britain -politics and government -1603-1625. 2003-03 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2003-04 aptara keyed and coded from proquest page images 2003-05 mona logarbo sampled and proofread 2003-05 mona logarbo text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion honi soit qvi mal y pense royal blazon or coat of arms ❧ by the king. ¶ a proclamation concerning ale-houses . whereas for the suppressing of the great disorders daylie vsed in ale-houses and uictual-houses , many good and wholesome lawes and orders haue beene deuised , which haue not taken such effect as wee desired , because the same haue not beene so duely executed as they ought to be . wee haue therefore appointed certaine patentees to take knowledge thereof , and to compell the ale-house-keepers licensed , to keepe good orders , by pressing them vpon the penalties of their recognizances , taken to our vse ; in the proceeding wherein wee are also informed that the recognizances taken for that purpose , in most counties of our realme ( being the onely tye wee haue vpon that lawlesse kinde of people ) are either altogether defectiue , or not duelie certified , so that these vnruly persons still remaine at libertie : and that there are diuers of them that take authoritie to themselues to keepe ale-houses , as though they were licensed , and yet are not : both which sorts wee are desirous to drawe into better order , and to that purpose wee haue caused certaine articles of direction ( bearing the date hereof ) to bee published , which hereby wee streitly will and commaund to bee executed by such as the same shall any wayes concerne , and as they will giue an accompt vnto us when wee shall require it . and because wee would not haue our subiects that dwell in parts remote from our city of london to bee ouertrauelled hereabout , and all to bee drawne hither to our sayd citie : wee haue giuen order to the pattentees , taking the allowance of our chiefe iustice of the kings bench , to appoint committees from time to time , such as shal bee knowne to bee of experience and integrity to prosecute in those more remote counties , such forfeitures as shall growe due vnto us by the sayd recognizances . giuen at newmarket the nineteenth day of ianuary in the sixteenth yeere of our raigne of great brittaine , france and ireland : anno dom. 1618. ¶ by the king. ¶ articles of direction , touching ale-houses . first , that the iustices of peace of euery county , citie , or towne corporate within this kingdome , and the dominion of wales , doe once euery yeere in the moneths of april and may , assemble themselues , either at a speciall sessions , or such other meeting as they shall appoint for that purpose ( respecting the ease and conueniencie of the people of the countrey ) and there call before them or any two of them ( whereof one to be of the quorum ) all such persons as doe sell ale or beere by retayle in any place ( aswell within libertie as without ) within such county , citie , or towne corporate ▪ and then and there taking true certificate , and information from men of trust ; who be persons of honest conuersation , and who not . and to giue licence to such persons , as they in their discretions shall thinke meet , to keepe common ale-houses , or uictualling-houses , within the places where such persons dwell . that in the licensing of the sayd uictualers , and ale-house-keepers the forme of the recognizance , hereafter following , and the condition thereunto annexed be vsed and none other . memorandum , quod anno regni dom. nostri iacobi , dei gratia regis angliae , franciae , & hiberniae fidei defensor . &c. & scotiae coram iusticiarijs dicti dom. regis ad pacem in comitat. praedict . conseruand . &c. manuceperunt pro victular . viz. vterque manucaptor . praedict . sub poena quinque librar . & praedict . assumpsit pro seipso sub poena x. li. quas concesserunt , &c. sub conditione sequent . the condition of this recognizance is such , that whereas the aboue bounden is admitted and allowed by the said iustices to keepe a common ale-house , and victualling-house , vntill the first of april next ensuing the date hereof , and no longer , in the house wherein hee now dwelleth , at in the sayd county of and not elsewhere in the sayd county . if therefore the sayd shall not , during the time aforesayd , permit or suffer , or haue any playing at dice , cardes , tables , quoits , loggets , bowles , or any other vnlawfull game or games in his house , yard , garden , or backside ; nor shall suffer to bee or remaine in his house any person or persons ( not being his ordinary houshold seruant ) vpon any sabbath day , or holy day , during the time of diuine seruice or sermon : nor shall suffer any person to lodge or stay in his house aboue one day and one night , but such whose true name and surname he shall deliuer to some one of the constables , or in his absence to some of the officers of the same parish the next day following , vnlesse they be such person or persons as hee or shee very well knoweth , and will answere for his or their forth-comming ▪ nor suffer any person to remaine in his or her house , tipling or drinking , contrary to the law ; nor yet to be there tipling or drinking after nine of the clocke in the night time , nor buy or take to pawne any stollen goods ; nor willingly harbour in his sayd house , or in his barnes , stables or other-where , any rogues , vagabonds , sturdy beggers , masterlesse men , or other notorious offendors whatsoeuer : nor suffer any person or persons to sell or vtter any beere or ale , or other victuall by deputation , or by colour of his or her license . and also if he shall keepe the true assise and measure in his pots , bread , and otherwise , in his vttering of his ale , beere and bread ; and the same beere and ale to sell by scaled measure , and according to the assise , and not otherwise . and shall not vtter or sell any strong beere or strong ale aboue the peny the quart , and small beere or small ale aboue a halfe-peny the quart , and so after the same rates . and also shall not vtter nor willingly suffer to be vttered , drunke , taken , and tipled any tobacco within his said house , shop , cellar , or other place thereunto belonging , that then , &c. that euery alehouse-keeper and uictualler so to be licensed , doe enter into recognizance with two able sureties to be bound in fiue pounds a peece , & the principall ten pound at the least for the performance of the condition of the said recognizance , which shall endure but for one whole yeare , and then to determine , vnlesse it shall seeme fit to the iustices of peace to renew ●he same againe by taking a new recognizance of the same condition : and whatsoeuer date the recognizance shall haue , it is to indure but vntill the said monthes of aprill and may , or one of them . that the clerkes of the peace , towne clerkes , or their deputies respectiuely bee called to attend the iustices of peace at such their meetings or assemblies , and that they doe there take the recognizances aforesaid of euery uictualler or alehouse-keeper licensed , and doe duely enter them amongst the records of the sessions of the peace in their charge , whereby his maiestie may bee duely answered of the forfeitures that shal be made of the parties so bound . that the clerkes of the peace and towne-clerkes aforesaid , or their deputies shall within some conuenient time after the taking of the said recognizances , faire engrosse the recognizance and condition in parchment , which they shall keepe as the originall , and send a true copie of the said recognizance examined with the said originall , to euery alehouse-keeper allowed , whereby he may the better enforme himselfe what he and his sureties are bound to obserue . that the clerkes of the peace , and towne-clerkes or their deputies doe write out and bring with them to euery sessions of the peace , or other meeting of the iustices , a register booke conteyning the true names , surnames and places where euery alehouse-keeper or uictualler that is licensed doth dwell , to the end it may appeare to the iustices of the peace who be licensed , and by whom , and who be not , and what other alterations haue beene from time to time for the placing of men of honest and good conuersation , and displacing others of ill behauiour . that the clerkes of the peace and towne clerkes , and their deputies may take of euery alehouse-keeper for their fee , for performing of the seruices aforesaid at the time of the acknowledgement of the said recognizances , the fee of eighteene pence and no more , ouer and aboue the fee of twelue pence allowed for the iustices clerkes by the statute , which shal be paide to the said iustices clerkes . that in case the alehouse-keeper not knowing of the iustices meeting , or being hindred by sicknesse or other such like impediment shall faile of admittance at the generall or publike assemblies , and shall notwithstanding bee admitted or licensed by two iustices of the peace ( whereof one to be of the quorum ) the recognizance with condition faire engrossed in parchment in the forme prescribed as aforesaid shall forthwith or at the next sessions at the furthest be returned to the clerkes of the peace , or the towne-clerkes respectiuely vnder the hands of the iustices , before whom such recognizance was taken , together also with the said fee of eighteene pence for the entring , registring , making and deliuering of a copie vnder his hand to the alehouse-keeper as aforesaid . that none be licensed or allowed to keepe an alehouse that hath not one conuenient lodging at least in his or their houses , for the lodging of any passenger or traueller , and to haue alwaies in her or their houses good and wholesome small beere or ale of two quarts for a peny , for the reliefe of the laborer , trauailer or others that call for the same . that the iustices of peace within their seuerall precincts , doe not permit or suffer any vnlicensed alehouse-keeper , or uictualer , to sell beere or ale , but that they proceed against them , by all due and lawfull meanes whatsoeuer : and that they be very carefull , from time to time , to cause the brewers to be proceeded against , in their generall and quarter sessions , for deliuering beere , or ale , to such vnlicenced persons , according to the statute in that case prouided . that the clerkes of the peace , and towne-clerkes respectiuely doe once euery yeere , in trinitie terme , make and bring in a briefe , of all such recognizances , as shall be taken within euery county , citie , and towne corporate , into the office of the patentees ( appointed by them for that purpose ) to the end all concealements of recognizances , taken in that behalfe , may be discouered ; and the benefit accruing vnto his maiestie , by such as wilfully breake the same , may bee more duely prosecuted : of which , that his highnesse be not defrauded , order is giuen to the patentees that with the allowance of the chiefe iustice of the kings bench , there be appointed committees in euery countie , for the recouerie thereof , from time to time . that the iustices of assise in their circuits , and iustices of peace , at their generall sessions of the peace , doe from time to time , enquire of the due execution of these presents , and of all other abuses , disorders , and misdemeanors whatsoeuer , committed , or suffered , against the prouisions aforesaid , and the true meaning of them . giuen at newmarket the ninteenth day of ianuary , in the sixteenth yeere of our reigne of great brittaine , france and ireland . 1618. god saue the king. ❧ imprinted at london by bonham norton and iohn bill , printers to the kings most excellent maiestie . anno. m.dc.xviii . sot's paradise, or, the humours of a derby-ale-house with a satyr upon the ale. ward, edward, 1667-1731. 1698 approx. 16 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 9 1-bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : 2003-07 (eebo-tcp phase 1). a67520 wing w754 estc r3048 12309696 ocm 12309696 59343 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a67520) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 59343) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1641-1700 ; 904:46) sot's paradise, or, the humours of a derby-ale-house with a satyr upon the ale. ward, edward, 1667-1731. 16 p. [s.n.], london : 1698. reproduction of original in huntington library. a satyr derby-ale: p. 14-15. in verse. attributed to edward ward. cf. bm. created by converting tcp files to tei p5 using tcp2tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the 25,363 texts created during phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 january 2015. anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p5, characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng ale -anecdotes drinking of alcoholic beverages -anecdotes hotels -england -derbyshire -anecdotes bars (drinking establishments) -england -derbyshire -anecdotes taverns (inns) -england -derbyshire -anecdotes 2003-02 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2003-04 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2003-05 john latta sampled and proofread 2003-05 john latta text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion sot's paradise : or , the humours of a derby-ale-house : with a satyr upon the ale. london , printed in the year , 1698. the printer to the reader reader , what e'er the author truly meant i know not , but he told me his intent was not to lampoon , or reflect on any ; but thro' necessity he writ , like many , in pinch-gut times , to get the ready penny. suppose ( said i ) you 've anger'd some bravado , i hate the standing of a bastinado ? poh , poh , said he , such dangers never heed , i 'de such a cockscomb redicule indeed , each sentence should have gaul and venom in 't , which you , to recompence your drubs , shall print : mortals have oft , to their destruction , found , poets , like gods , can at a distance wound . i thank you sir ( said i ) such verse , i doubt , s'but a poor plaster for a batter'd snout . he prest the copy forward , i seem'd shye , till by these words he brought me to comply . the characters are random writ , god knows , slightly dispatch'd ; design'd , like salesmens cloaths , for no one in particular , but where they best by chance shall fit , for them to wear nay then , said i , if any sot can find his picture here , and not as his design'd , and angry be , i 'll hire the author then , to whet his wits , and write as keen again : since i can justly say ( to save my bacon ) i no offence intend , i pray let none be taken . sot's paradise : or , the humours of a derby-ale-house . when anxious thoughts my troubled brains possest , and the wild hag rid straddling o'er my breast , loaded with sorrow , i pursu'd my rest . my pockets far too empty were for wine , that noble juice ! that cordial of the vine ! by humane race so justly held divine . to ease my cares i stumbl'd into r — 's , sots paradise , so fam'd of latter days for derby-ale , it bears away the bays . thro' entry dark i th' tippling mansion saught , whose close dimensions rais'd a jealous thought i 'd been trappan'd , and in a mouse-trap caught . like weesel thro' a cranny thus i crept ; and as he screams , so i a murm'ring kept ; now paus'd and swore , then gropt and forward step'd . through stumbling craggy ways the godly steal to heaven , whence i concluded , without fail , this narrow path must lead to heavenly ale. but in this pot-gun passage did i meet a bulky sot , who forc'd me to retreat ; and shot me , like a pellat , to the street . i gain'd the barr by several essays , where mourning widow sat with dolful face ; and on each hand a room , but ne'er a place . i turn'd to th' left , and did amongst them squeese , there heard some belsh , some fart , and others sneeze ; buzzing and humming like a hive of bees . this room i did for ease and cleanness chuse , the chappel call'd , from having seats like pews , where grizled sots sit nodding o'er the news . with painful jostling i a place possest , sat down , then belch'd and farted like the rest , thump'd with my fist , and cry'd i broke a jest. in comes a female tapstriss , pale and wan , sod'n with the fumes of what she's drank and drawn , looks worse than the green girl who wants a man. sir do you pleafe , i pray , to have your ale drawn new , or with a little dash of stale : i gave her answer , and she soon turn'd tail. one sage old bard next chimney nook was got , fix'd as a statue , motionless he sat , his eyes regarding neither who nor what. this speechless image most i did admire , no derby could this mortal lump inspire , who like old puss , sat purring o'er the fire . one whim he had was often put in play , by name salute this monumental clay , he huffs and puffs , starts up and runs away . then in thrusts one , strives hard to get a place ; witty in words , and satyr in his face , thus boldly speaks in dearby-ales disgrace . pox on 't , said he , i yesterday stept in , and drank nine tankards to divert my spleen , it fail'd , and now i 'm come to drink ninteen . at squire 's i heard a beaux so dant and sink it , four tankards numb'd his wits , you won'd not think it ; he swore we all are clod-skul'd sots who drink it . this much disgruntl'd all the swilling herd , who grin'd , and at him enviously star'd , in answer not a mortal wag'd his beard . one gapes , a second nods , a third he winks , a fourth he smoaks , a fifth blows pipe and drinks , not one in ten that either talks or thinks . thus seldom speak , unless 't is to complain of ptisick , stone , the gout , or fome old pain that grieves them sorely , when the moon 's i' th' wain . here worn-out sinners at their ailes repine , . ( the herd thus sympathetically join ) all grunting o'er their hogwash-ale like swine . up rises now and then , a brawny sot , before the fire he turns his ars about , hauks up his flegm , then spitting staggers out . with me this smoky clime did not agree , these sots too grave were , that 's too dull , for me ; no talk is worse than much loquacity . willing to take a general survey , t' observe the difference in mortal clay , i stole from thence , to the next room made way . this call'd the bear-garden , where at a table i heard , amongst a wild promiscuous rabble , more tongues confus'd then ere were known at babel . a beaux repeating to his friend a novel , two lawyers in dispute began to cavel , a fifth , with chalk , was scoring out an oval . and , being as cunning as a hocus pocus , had laid a wager with a john a nokus , he 'd with a thred and pins find out the focus . a scholar , next , of batchelor's degree , standing four years at universitie , rose up and flung a witticism at me . i lik'd the sport , and did retort the same . i hit him home according to my aim ; but could not get his hair brain'd fury tame so learn'd he seem'd , so witty in discourse , he 'd hold me all the money in his purse , tho'i seem'd man he 'd prove me but a horse . i gravely said it did his skill surpass , and , in return , i instanc'd him a case wherein a scholar prov'd himself an ass. he smelt a rat and found he was mistaken , shut up his brains , true knowledge had forsaken , and dwindl'd into news to save his bacon . a little captain , tho' of great renown , cock'd up his hat swore zoons and then sate down , out-chatter'd all the magpies in the town . he talk'd of heros , hectors , and bravadoes , of gashes , slashes , cuts , and carbanadoes , of cannons , mortars , bombs and hand granadoes . the valiant pigmy , eagar to declare his broils in taverns , not exploits in war , teas'd me with nonsence more than i could bear . the dilect he retain'd he learn'd at nurse , and that his words might be of greater force ; he tagg'd each sentence with an oath or curse . a dapper blade was squeez'd among the rest , who would have made each word he spoke a jest aim'd at much witt but little he possest . like ill rung bells he did confus'dly nock his ill tun'd words to hammer out a joak , whose tongue out run the larum of a clock . this mortal prov'd a midnight magistrate , who ask's us , why so dunk , and why so late ? little in person , tho' in office great . he huckles much , tho' what by that he means , let oldish , shirley , or such learned brains t' inform the world , imploy their skilful pens . next sat a drone , whose wits had but a dull-edge , his gravity , and nice grammatick knowledge , spoke him some senior cockscomb of a colledge . he learned reasons offer'd unto some , why gerounds end in di , in do , or dum , then grave attention gave , and sat hum drum. next him a spark bedawb'd with golden twine , so very grave , and eke so very fine , i took him for some statesman on design . some humble lord , so generously free , seeking applause and popularity , came here to court the good mobility . i turn'd about , and view'd him for a space , no sword he 'd on , and in his meen no grace , dulness instead of grandure in his face . my judgment er'd , i quickly found its faillure , no honour in his speech , in 's looks no valour , a lord , thought i , wounds this must be a taylor . when e'er he spoke it matter was of fact , so emphattical his words and so compact , no strowling player could be more exact . against him teague , an irish barber sat , who has a thousand whimsies in his pate , makes wigs , tunes bagpipes , does the lord knows what . by chance , said i , what is 't a clock i pray ? after some time he 'd studdy'd what to say , he answer'd , by me shoul 't's shaterday . each loving each , as truly as a brother , in all things act alike , speak , drink and smother , delight , as monkeys , to buffon each other . like the twin-stars , these two united are . it 's no great matter whether both appear , if you see one , in him the other's there . the ale at last to these weak noddles stole , supply'd the want of brains in every skull , and made them merry , tho' it made me dull . the taylor begg'd of his reverse a tune , teague for his bagpipes sent , and fix'd his drone , then play'd dundee's farwel , and sung o hone . this pleas'd the mob , and made them hoop and hollow , as when the brindled dog against the fallow pins down the bull , and makes him roar and bellow . i teas'd and tir'd with this bear-garden play , in doleful dumps did for ten tankards pay , and sick , not drunk , i homwards steer'd my way . a satyr upon derby-ale . base and ignoble flegm , dull derby ale , thou canst o'er none but brainless sots prevail ; chokes them if new , and soure art if stale . thou drownst no care , or do'st thou elevate ; in stead of quenching drouth , do'st drouth create , makes us dull sots at an expensive rate . old english ale , which upstart fops disdain , brew'd by our grandsiers , chear'd the heart of man , quench'd drouth with pleasure , and prolong'd their span. but thou ! poor slime , thou art not ale , for why ? thou neither cheares the heart , or brisks the eye ; the more we drink the more we still are dry. rare fat'ning swill , to belly up lean guest , it feeds a man in six months to a beast , and gives him bulk , for a church-ward'n at least . puff'd up with thee , dispirited , debas'd , we into gray's-inn reel ( o pump be prais'd ) there quench that drouth thy treacly dregs have rais'd . one hearty draught prepares for pipe of funk , three tankards whets my appetite for punk , four makes me sick , but ten wont make make me drunk . o'er nipperkins of thee six hours i sit , till spent my total , and benum'd my wit , thus nothing have , and just for nothing fit . our wits , or thoughts , thou never canst advance above th' affairs of poland , or of france , wounds , thou' rt a booby to a cup of nantes . thou' rt fit for those who are from troubles free , thou cur'st no spleen , thou art unfit for me , i'd's live , almost , drink adam's ale as thee . thou mak'st us fat in little time 't is true , the same will swins-flesh and potatoes do ; they covet flesh , not brains , that follow you . thou noble ale ! mere caudle , and unfit for men of care to drink , or men of wit , poor english coffee for a plodding cit. guzzle for carmen , foggy and unfine , for nothing fit but to exhaust our coin ; water to brandy , and small-beer to wine . forgive my drowsy muse where e'er she nods , she 's not inspir'd or tutor'd by the gods , she rimes o'er ale , others o'er wine , that 's odds . what if you say she 's dull , it 's no great matter , gross muddy ale 's a heavy theam for satyr , tom brown be judge , or honest ben bridgwater . finis . poor robins perambulation from saffron-walden to london performed this month of july, 1678. poor robin. 1678 approx. 43 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 13 1-bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; oxford (uk) : 2007-01 (eebo-tcp phase 1). a66709 wing w3076 estc r26388 09448162 ocm 09448162 43135 this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the early english books online text creation partnership. this phase i text is available for reuse, according to the terms of creative commons 0 1.0 universal . the text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. early english books online. (eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a66709) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 43135) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1641-1700 ; 1321:4) poor robins perambulation from saffron-walden to london performed this month of july, 1678. poor robin. winstanley, william, 1628?-1698. 22 p. printed by t.e. and are to be sold by the general assemby of hawkers, london : 1678. in verse. "with allowance, july 11, 1678, ro. l'estrange." william winstanley is usually credited with authorship of the poor robin pamphlets--nuc pre-1956 imprints. reproduction of original in the harvard university library. created by converting tcp files to tei p5 using tcp2tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the 25,363 texts created during phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 january 2015. anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p5, characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng hotels -england -poetry. bars (drinking establishments) -england -poetry. taverns (inns) -england -poetry. 2005-08 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2005-10 spi global keyed and coded from proquest page images 2006-05 taryn hakala sampled and proofread 2006-05 taryn hakala text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion poor robins perambulation from saffron-walden to london : performed this month of jvly , 1678. with allowance , july 11. 1678. ro. l'estrange . london : printed for t.e. and are to be sold by the general assembly of hawkers , 1678. poor robin's perambulation from saffron-walden to london , &c. now have amongst you gallants , here 's a story will make you laugh , or else i should be sorry : 't is of a journey lately made from walden to london , and of several places call'd in as by the way i travel'd , with their rarities of vice and virtue , and their great disparities . 't was in the year of grace call'd sixteen hundred seventy and seven , as our account is numbred , the eve o' th' scottish champion st. andrew , who wore as good a sword as e're man drew , being the twenty-ninth day of november , called st. saturnine as i remember , the very next day when the term was ended , wherein much ( ah too much ) coin is expended , the sign was in aquarius , or the legs , being wednesday , a day for fish and eggs. the moon full four days old , the wind was north , when i on this mad journey did set forth . as for the tide i will not mention here , for we have neither sea nor thames us near , and therefore of their ebbs , or of their flowing , very few persons thereabouts are knowing . thus having shown you when , in the next place i 'le show you whence my journey i did trace : 't was from the rose and crown , where mr. eve doth keep a house like to an under-sheriff ; there is good sack , good french-wine , and good beer . and if you 'l dine or sup , there is good cheer : or does your stomack to a breakfast stand , there 's cold roast beef , or pork at your command . for those men who the truth of this deny it , let them go there , and do as i did , try it ; there for your money you shall have kind usage , good words , and reckonings right , without abusage . there at my parting , some kind friends of mine would needs bestow on me a quart of wine , where with stout drinking e're my parting hour , that quart was made at least a three or four ; but sol his speedy journey would not stay , and posting-time did call me thence away : yet would my jovial friends on me attend part of my journey unto audley-end , by them call'd nineveh , but no great city , though too much sin may be there , more 's the pity there at the sign ( of such a thing i think as never swam on pond or rivers brink ) of a black swan , which is as rare 't is said as of a wench with child to be a maid . yet although of this sign there 's no such thing , it was a sign there was good drink within , and that we found fresh , sprightly , and well tasted ; with drinking which , we a long hour wasted . but friends at last must part , though loth they be . and so with much leave-taking then did we , when , ' cause bad company should be withstood , i walkt alone , and so had none but good . the first town i came to , was wenden nam'd , who hate eighth henry , though a king much sam'd ; the reason of the same , they understand he was the first man ever wore a band , and that 's a fashion to which they 'l not come , as being chargeable and troublesome , therefore without bands commonly they go , by which sign you a wenden-man may know . from wenden i my course did next way bend unto the place is called sparrows-end , where mr. harris my old friend the tanner did entertain me in most courteous manner , and having drunk such strong drink as we found , with which his house doth commonly abound , to newport-pond my course i next way bent , and in at the sign of the black-bull went , where scarcely in a room i had set down when in came my old friends kind mr. br — and mr. woo — two who love their friend with true and hearty love unto the end ; for though they in another town do live , they to their neighbour some kind visits give . 't was twelve a clock , dinner-time did approach , when men whet knives on wheels of cart or coach ; the cloth was laid , and by the scent o' th' meat one might perceive there something was to eat , and so it prov'd indeed , for from the pot came forth a rump of beef was piping hot ; and from the spit was brought a loyn of mutton would satisfie the stomack of a glutton ; for like a loyn of beef it might been knighted ; to which our hostess kindly us invited , which we accepted of ; and to delight her , told her none could deny such an inviter : for she 's a widow of such excellent carriage , would make a man most happy in her marriage , being young , fresh , fair , of a most pregnant wit , and for a kind good husband sure most fit . we having din'd , and join'd a pint or two , then forwards on my journey i did go . and first i came unto a town called rickling , where for to stay a while i made no stickling , but presently in at the kings-head fell , where of compounding dick i there heard tell , to whom if that it please you to resort ye , he for a hundred pound will mortgage forty shillings a year , nor do you think i jest , it 's very true indeed , probatum est . or lend him lesser sums , which if you do , for twenty shillings he will pay you two ; not two and twenty shillings , no such plenty , i mean he 'l pay you two shillings for twenty ; pray lend him then , and this shall be your portion , you shall not need fear being su'd for extortion . from the kings-head i out of doors scarce went , but was in quenden-street incontinent ; of many a handsome country-house the station , it seems to be a little corporation , yet are the houses not so neat as strong , and doth most to one gentleman belong . for nothing on it can you look asquint , unless cause there is ne're an ale-house in 't . good air , brave woods , and fine rich meadow-ground , and doth with every sort of grain abound . the young men there do bear the bell away from all the towns about at foot-ball play . unto a farmers house i went out-right , who entertained me like to a knight : and though at newport i had din'd before , yet here with him i must eat one bit more , some ribs of pork new kill'd , broil'd on a gridiron of seven ribs , three on each side , and one mid-iron . but ere they laid them on , they did them salt , a shooing-horn to draw down juice of malt ; yet thus much of his beer 's strength i do know , 't would well go down without helps thereunto ; and who thereof to drink too much on 't ventures , 't will turn him scrivener for to make indentures ; which made me have a care of that same drink , because some scriveners are k — s i think , but whether so or no i 'le leave to pen , they may be knaves or may be honest men : but to the matter , ere that we did part i of his liquor took down many a quart ; then fear lest i should of a fox-skin smell , i bid to him ( as he made me ) farewell . from quenden i my ready course did frame thorow a town that hath an vgly name , indeed to call it so they did not well , because that handsom women in it dwell ; nor are the men for ought that i can find but good condition'd , debonair , and kind : and therefore he who ere the name it gave , to call it so was but an ugly k — . from vgly i next way to stansted travel'd , upon a plain high-way well ston'd and gravel'd ; this town of stansted for distinctions sake doth unto it the name montfitchet take , from the montfitchets once lords of great fame , and who ere while were owners of the same . there at the bell , at my old friend's george perrin , we drunk and tipled like unto a herring ; for there is ale and stale-beer strong and mighty , will burn i th' fire like unto aqua-vitae ; and that the reason is , as you may know , that this bells liquor makes mens clappers go : then when mens brains begin for to grow addle , some talk of riding ne'r sat on a saddle , and every one doth think himself a prince , though he in 's pocket scarce hath thirteen-pence . this town from walden is eight miles they say , all which long space i travel'd in one day , but wearied sore , and having drunken deep , the leaden god then summon'd me to sleep ; so that for to repose my drowzy head , it was not long before i went to bed ; and though i did not go out of my way , yet i that very night in holland lay . next morn , ere titan shew'd his glorious head , my host did rouze me from my drowzy bed ; and for so doing this was his pretence , to pay a groat for my last nights offence , which i soon gave unto the jovial croney , for being so ore-reached by vulpone ; and being up , we briskly did it spend , and so of the round groat made a square end . thus arm'd with toast and ale , my muse and i , having no other in our company , footed it on the road , and straightway came unto a town birchanger call'd by name , of which there is a proverb very old , from one age still unto another told that there they christen calves , which by mens bounty it may extend to each town in the county ; because the plenty of the veal from thence , to call them essex calves is a pretence . thorow birchanger i pass'd without drinking , the reason thereof you perhaps are thinking ; yet don't believe herein that i do scoff-ye , they there sell neither ale , wine , beer , nor coffee ; therefore unless without town they be sped , they very soberly may go to bed : but though such liquors are not sold among them , because that i would willingly not wrong them , strong drink in private houses there may be , of which the owners may be frank and free ; but whether that the same be so or no , to tell to you the truth , i do not know , therefore it to avouch i were to blame , unless that i had tasted of the same . thus something dry within , yet ne'retheless in a good plight , my way i next address unto a place call'd hockrell , and there took in at the crown , with honest mr. cook ; now here i did no entertainment lack , with french-wine , rhenish , and good spanish sack ; and being dinner-time i fill'd my gullet , begun with powder'd beef , ended with pullet ; and after dinner we to drinking fixt , with taking of tobacco intermixt . minding that town my journeys end should be for that same night , i was resolv'd to see the rarities of the same , which to disclose a little while i 'le turn my verse to prose . this place called hockrell belongeth to bishop storford , so named from the bishops of london , who once had a palace here , being an ancient castle given by william the conquerour unto the bishop mauritius , with all the appurtenances belonging thereunto for ever ; the ruins of which castle remain to this day . on the upper side of the town stands a fair church , in which lie interred many of the flemings , a family whose numerous branches have spread themselves thorough england , scotland and wales , ever since the time of sir john le fleming , knight , who flourished in the reign of king william rufus . their market ( which is kept on on thursdays ) is very well served with all sorts of provisions for the sustentation of life , especially barley and malt , which makes our english bachanialian juice ; the operations of which liquor take from the poet : whilst pearls and rubies doth strong drink disclose ▪ they make their purse poor to enrich their nose . they have three fairs in the year , one nine days before whitsontide , another nine days after it , and the third on michaelmas-day . this town is also accommodated with three taverns , viz. the crown , the rein-deer , and the george , at either of which , bringing the merry chink , you may have the merry drink . how many ale-houses is there , i had not time to number , only i saw the signs of some horned beasts , as the bull , the ram , &c. but what the people are that dwell therein , i know not , but guess you may have good liquor there for your money . as for the cage and stocks there , let those who have been in them give you a description of them . and now after this serious view of the town , i returned to my quarters , where i had dined , and took up my lodging there that night . from bishop-storford i next day set forth unto a town is called sabridgworth , contracted sapssord ; but call 't what you will , in the same place it did , the town stands still . good corn they say within the same doth grow , and good beer may be in 't for ought i know ; but at that time i had no list to drink , so past i thorough it , and sav'd my chink . unto pye-corner went i , to the rose , where for a time i staid and tope't my nose ; there was a jolly hostess , and good tipple , would make the tongue run , and the legs a cripple . but of large drinking , reader , this know of it , there is small pleasure in it , and less profit ; 't will quickly empty all the purse of crosses , which will breed discontentment for such losses . my hostess without coyn you can't accost her , her rule is , no peny , no pater-noster ; she cares not for your company a bean-straw , you can't come at her back-side with a hand-saw . but if you have the white and yellow mettle , she simpers like to a furmety-kettle . the servants nimble are , and you may brag on the credit , not to call twice for a flaggon : the female servants , lest they should be shent , do answer ( as they are ) incontinent . for claret , sack , strong beer you shall not stand sir , both hostess , men and maids , are at command sir. but if the purse chance to be in the wane , then you may call , and call , and call again , you have free liberty for to be gone sir , for quickly come , is turn'd anon , anon sir. therefore kind reader spend not all away , but keep a peny ' gainst a rainy day ; then shall you welcome be where e're you come , where otherwise more welcome is your room . but i 've digrest , but hope have not transgrest in these invective lines i 've here exprest ; yet reader know , although inns and ale-houses were not ordain'd for men to drink carrouses , yet are they for the trav'ller necessary , who else his meat and drink must with him carry ; and very oftentimes it would be found he must his lodging take on the cold ground ; this also must of them be understood , that many hosts and hostesses are good , use people kindly for their drink and diet , and lodg them softly , where they rest in quiet . where we will leave them sleeping in their bed , to show how after in my way i sped . crossing the fields , i in short space came down to eastwick , to the sign o' th' rose and crown , where for to stay i did not once intend , but at the inn-door there i met a friend , an old acquaintance newly come from london , where women some are done , some men are undone ; to see how resolutions soon may alter , at sight of him my legs began to falter , and though before i had no list to drink , now other thoughts into my mind did sink ; methoughts i was as dry as was a bottle turn'd upside downward , and without a stopple ; my eyes 'gan view the door , which open stood to invite all company in that wou'd ; seeing an opportunity so fit , how every thing invited us to it , my friend and i resolv'd e're we did go , to enter in and drink a quart or two ; yet did we think the house not so resplendent , because no bush was to the sign dependent ; but this gave comfort , what could not be cur'd , it must be with a patient mind endur'd ; because therefore no wine we could come by , we were resolv'd beer should us satisfie . being in , the first thing that our eyes beheld , ( like to two soldiers marching in the field ) came in a bag-pudding and piece of beef , which unto hungry stomacks gives relief . by what is writ , reader , thou maist suppose ( without the smelling , snuffing sence , the nose ) 't was dinner time , when men do meat devour , or ( as the quaker saith ) 'bout the twelfth hour , our stomacks were provided for the meat , nor did our host fail for to bid us eat , few complements need to be us'd to do it , for ( hungry ) we did stoutly fall unto it . and being thus refresht with wholsom diet , you 'd think our stomacks should have been at quiet : but other thoughts did in our mind take place , and liquor there was wanting in the case ; our hostess she was very blithe and handy , and brought us in a quartern of nantz-brandy , a liquor which the dutch-men prize , i think , more than ambrosia which the gods do drink ; therefore its fame unto the heav'ns they raise , indeed that liquor well deserveth praise beyond metheglin , vsquebah , or perry , or nappy ale that makes mens hearts full merry . worstershire-sider , nor yet brunswick-mum , in goodness nothing near unto it come . your liquorish steponey , or your bracket , for goodness like to brandy they much lack it . cardimum , rosa-solis , aqua-vitae , although that they be very strong and mighty , they are no more comparable to brandy , than is a gyant to a jack-a-dandy : nor yet that liquor fancy on us thrusts , which scalds our mouths , and tasts like to burnt crusts , as black as soot , or as the river stix , which they with kennel water ( surely ) mix , it comes far short of brandy all will say , not to be mention'd with it the same day . brandy ( according to the drinking law ) it is both good and wholesom burnt or raw ; or raw mixed with sugar , if you do it , there is no drink comparable unto it ; it clears the stomach , and it helps digestion , and is a wholesom liquor without question . now we at this good liquor there did stay till two full hours were wasted of the day ; when time , which every one of truth convinces , and will not stay one jot , no not for princes , told us that we must part , that too much drinking cripled the legs , and made the wits be shrinking , then ' cause we would not be contradictory to time , although to part we were right sorry , we paid the shot , a thing must not be undone , and parted , he towards york , and i towards london . from thence i on my journey forwards fell unto a town nam'd stansted-deal , or dell , so call'd ' cause it is in a bottom founded , with dells or watry places most surrounded : here runs a river which doth save them charges , being capable of bearing boats and barges , by which to london they send store of grain , and bring thence coles and other things again . there is good liquor in that town they say , but 't was near half a mile out of my way : wherefore because i would not go about , i of that nappy liquor went without ; for why , the nearest way to london lies over a common-meddow call'd the ryes , which way i took , and crossed the new-river , that unto london doth her streams deliver . but now some other matters to explain , a while i 'le turn my verse to prose again . as i was thus going over the ryes , there over-took me a journey-man shoo-maker , going so fast , as if his business required wonderful hast ; however i had that inquisitiveness to ask him why he went so fast , and that if he went softlier i should be glad of his company , as being alone : he replied , that he was one of the gentle-craft , and having by the perswasions of monsieur malt-worm spent all his chink , he must hast to london that night , having no money to accommodate him with a lodging by the way . i laughed heartily at his discourse , and told him he was not to be blamed for being money-less , seeing the same was ordained by jupiter before . those words struck crispin into a great amazement , who would needs know how it came to pass that jupiter should be such an enemy to good fellowship ? marry ( said i ) i think him to be no enemy unto good fellowship , though it hath happened that he hath predestin'd most of you to be unthrifts , the manner whereof i will relate unto you . it happened some ages before my grandmother was born , that jupiter and mercury travelled together upon the earth ; mercury was wonderfully hungry , and had no money in his purse to buy him any food ; and at last to his great comfort he spied where a company of taylors were at dinner with butter'd pease , eating their pease with their needles points one by one : mercury came to them , and asked them his alms ; they proudly bid him sit down and do as he saw them did , and with that delivered him a needle . the poor god being passing hungry , could not content his maw with eating one by one , but turned the eye of his needle , and eat two or three together ; which the taylors seeing , they start up , and said , what fellow , a shovel and spade to butter'd pease ! hast thou no more manners ? get out of our company : and so they sent him packing with many strokes . mercury coming back , jupiter demanded of him what news ? and he told him how churlishly he was used by the taylors . well , wandering on further , mercury espied where a company of shoo-makers were at dinner with powdred beef and brewess ; going to them , before he could ask them any alms , they said , welcom good fellow , what is thy stomack up ? wilt thou do as we do , and taste of our beef ? mercury thanked them , and sat down and eat his belly-full , and drank well of double-beer ; and when he had done , went home to his master ; as soon as he came , jupiter asked him what news ? and he said , i have lighted amongst a crew of shoo-makers , the boonest fellows that ever i met withal , they have frankly fed me without grudging , and therefore grant me a boon for them . ask what thou wilt , mercury ( quoth he ) and it shall be granted . why then quoth he , grant that for this good turn they have done me , they may ever spend a groat afore they can earn twopence ; it shall be granted quoth he : mercury , as soon as jupiter had said the word , he bethought himself , and said , not so , but that they may earn a groat before they spend twopence , for my tongue slipt at first ; but jupiter replied , my grant cannot be recalled , your first wish must stand firm . and hence it comes to pass that by mercuries mistake , and jupiters grant , that the journey-men of the gentle-craft have been ever since such boon blades , and toping good fellows . crispin heard my story with much attention , and i perceived that had his purse been answerable to his heart , we had tasted what liquor had been at the next ale-house : but as the old song says , poverty parts good company ; my lady pecunia having parted from him , he soon parted from me , and made all the hast he could towards london . passing thus as i told you o're , the rye , incontinent to hodsden i did hie , a great th'row-fare , consisting of one street , but seated in an air wholesom and sweet ; there is therein of inns the duce and all , but beer in them methought was very small , i try'd not only one , but two or three , but beer in none did with my taste agree ; indeed there is good ale at the thatcht-house , which followed will give a man a douce , and likewise in the town you there may see of taverns there 's no less than two or three , wherein with wine you there may fill your gorges , but not so good ( methinks ) as my friend georges . there is a statue of a nimph-like charm , which always holds a pitcher in her arm , through which she water constant doth deliver , which saves the fetching of it from the river ; what other rarities in this town be , let them who list go thither for to see . from thence i went and had a little pull at broksborn , at the sign of the black-bull , where though there was not high and mighty liquor , 't was stronger than at hodsden , and more quicker ; quicker in two respects , pots came more thick , and then the beer in drinking was more quick ; but having by such quickness much coyn spent , i parted thence , and unto wormly went ; there did i stay all night at the white-hind , and found an host was debonair and kind . he told me many tricks done in his youth , which if so be they all of them were truth , i must conclude ( for so it plain appears ) he was an arch wag in his younger years . my hostess she was bonny , tite , and neat , and full of mirth , as is an egg of meat . she bid me kindly welcome , so she may i think to any one that freely pay ; yet this i 'le say , her meat was of the best , fresh , sweet , and good , and very cleanly drest ; all her discourse was pleasant , sweet as honey , and i was kindly welcome for my money . next morn no sooner phoebus did appear , and with his beams did gild our hemisphear , but i soon shook off morpheus drowzy clog , first drank , and paid , then forwards on did jog unto a town call'd cheshunt , wheretofore was a religious house of nuns great store ; these nuns were maids or virgins , chuse you which , or at the leastwise they should have been such , but same hath told ( if same hath not beli'd them ) they no such cattel were by those that try'd them ; for under ground they had a private cell to waltham-abby where the monks did dwell , by which conveyance they each other met , and many bastards by this means did get ; but whether that the same were true or no , 't is only god almighty that doth know . this cheshunt town is three miles long or near , and scattered with houses here and there ; some alehouses upon the road i saw , and some with bushes , shew'ng they wine did draw , but whether beer or wine were good or bad , to tast thereof no time as then i had : for should a man at every ale-house call , 't would empty his purse , and spoil his brains withal ; and truly unto me it is a wonder to see how ale-houses the road do ●●●●er , it does to me much admiration give to think which ways they make a shift to live ! and yet i think a man may wonder more that many men about them live so poor ! the reason is , that what these poor men gain , the ale-houses for drink from them do drain ; and so these poor men , to be term'd good fellows , do toil and moil for to maintain the ale-house . as to this purpose did a neighbour mine , who to maintain the ale-wives to go fine , and idly live , whatever that he got he spent upon them , on the pipe and pot ; he following this trade continually , fell grievous sick , as if he straight would die ; desiring his wives pity , he to move her , told her if that please god he did recover , and that his help he to him would be giving , hee 'd make the ale-wives to spin for their living . soon after he recover'd his distemper , but quickly grew he to be idem-semper , the ale-houses he no ways would refrain , which made his wife thus carefully complain , husband , you said , if that god sent you health , you would unto your self return your wealth , and make the ale-wives for their living spin , but now another mind i see you 're in . true wife ( reply'd the man ) i were to blame should i deny 't , and still my mind 's the same : but first they must have money wherewithall for to buy flax , ere they to spinning fall . " thus still what vice a man is to addicted , " he by excuses seeks to be protected . but to return where i did leave before , this town of cheshunt having passed o're , i came to waltham-cross , from london town a dozen miles just , either up or down : of which same cross , because that i will write , i will again in prose a while indite . this cross was erected by king edward the first , in memory of his wife queen eleanor , a renowned and vertuous lady , sister to alphonsus king of castile , daughter to king ferdinand the third , and only child of joan his second wife , daughter and heir of john earl of ponthien . she accompanied her husband to the holy land , in which voyage , he being stabbed by a saracen with a poysoned dagger , when no medicine could extract the poyson , she did it with her tongue , licking daily , while her husband slept , his rankling wounds , whereby they perfectly closed , and yet her self received no harm ! so soveraign a medicine ( said speed ) is a womans tongue , anointed with the vertue of lovely affection . pity it is , saith mr. fuller , such a pretty story should not be true , because then we might hear of one womans tongue that hath done good , whereas otherwise we have heard of a hundred womens tongues that have done hurt . however , no question she was a woman of excellent parts , to our nation a loving mother , and ( saith walsingham ) the column and pillar , as it were , of the whole realm . she dyed at herdby in lincolnshire , november 29 , 1290 , having been king edwards wife 36 years , who erected to her honour these crosses , as statues , at lincoln , grantham , stanford , geddington , northampton , stony-stratford , dunstable , st. albans , this at waltham , and one at westminster called charing-cross ; which last was by the rump , that maggot-end of a parliament , pulled down ; to such uncertain periods come oftentimes the fairest structures , as this which was built of marble , and therefore the more subject to the covetousness of avaritious hands . thus , as john taylor hath it , old charing-cross that lasted many lives , is turn'd to saltsellers and h●f●s of knives . but this cross at waltham being not so rich , escaped ruine , though time hath made it something ruinous in respect of its former beauty and splendor . but enough of this cross , lest i cross my reader with the tediousness of the relation thereof . from waltham-cross i went to enfield town , unto the sign there of the rose and crown , a noted place ; which house much money takes for sale of butter'd bread , eel-pies and cakes ; there also is good beer , and ale so great , 't is said that it will make a cat to speak . but there is one thing makes amends for all , although their ale be great , their pots are small . this house is call'd old joans , but wherefore so , to tell to you the truth , i do not know ; nor can we ought of its antiquity read in learned cambden , or laborious speed , for had they at the same but tope't their nose , they would have writ of it i do suppose ; nor did john taylor the brave water ▪ poet in all his rambling travels surely know it , for honest john did ne're commit that crime , to drink good ale , and mention not the sign ; but since that time i have informed been , that those same persons who now live therein , were in another house living e're while , nearer to london much about a mile , and coming for to live where now they do , they brought the name of old joans thither too . here after i had staid a little space , towards london then i forwarder did trace , and weary as i was at last did come to the blew bell in merry edmonton ; i call it merry , for it doth appear that once a merry devil lived there . or else the story lies , and the devil 's in 't , if men would dare for to put lies in print ; but ancient records they be-like do tell one peter faber he therein did dwell , and he deceiv'd the devil as 't is sed , the devil sure was fairly brought to bed ; that he should be deceiv'd 't is to be wonder'd , where one deceives him , he deceives a hunder'd . but holla muse , where runs my busie pen ! return unto thy subject once agen , here at the bell i found good beer , good sack , nor did they customers at that time lack , whose postures to express as they sat quaffing , would make a horse his bridle break with laughing : here one sate in a fume of tunidado , whose vapours unto heaven did make scalado ; another he did spit and spall so sore as if he 'd see what he had drunk before ; another he did sing so out of frame , 't would scare the schreich-owles for to hear the same ; one had his tongue continually a walking , yet none could gain one wise word by his talking ; another did better decorum keep , nodding his head a while he fell asleep ; some could not to one seat their breeches fix , but walking still were full of antick tricks : so each a several posture did express , acted with very much rediculousness , that it would make one think , a man to see what kind of beasts and anticks , drunkards be , that he from over-drinking should refrain , or having been drunk , ne're be drunk again . here at the bell i little time did stay , drank only one bare pint , and went my way . but in the road another tavern spi'd , where what juice was within i went and tri'd ; to give you commendations of the wine it much doth need , 't was neither brisk nor fine , racy , nor pure ; therefore i do not scoff , it needs much praises for to put it off ; but yet the drawer like an honest lad told me , although the first pint proved bad , bid me i should not be too much perplext , for why it should be mended in the next ; but i well knowing his wire-drawing tricks , by which on many a person they do fix ; did leave him for some other one to taper on , and bid adieu to him and his blue apron . next i to totnam-high-cross took my way , and at the sign o' th' swan a while did stay , being by a friend call'd in , who with a glance from out the window spied me by chance ; no complements betwixt us were neglected , being glad to meet together unexpected , and then as when friends meet , the common use is to enquire straight , pray what good news ? so was it then with us , our tongues 'gan prate of such transactions as were done of late , and afterwards to other matters fell ; and first of all our tongues began to tell how honesty we thought from earth was fled , money was scarce , and that made trading dead . that men of parts were flighted and neglected , whilst mimick anticks were too much respected ; how that hypocrisie bare so much rule , plain dealing now accounted was a fool ; how yea and nay , if you do rightly scan him , would cozen , but more slylier far than dam-●im ; that some men , though in knavery were mounted ; yet would be angry to be knaves accounted ▪ these last were my friends words which he me told , but i straightway desir'd him to hold , and bid him speak with better circumspection , ( there is no gen'ral rule without exception ) for in our country i my self did know as great a knave as thereabouts did grow , who cause he would be known to be a knave , to have it under-hand five shillings gave , and that this was a ▪ real truth , no jest , hundreds might sign it with probatum est . thus we of knav'ry did our judgments scan , yet knav'ry will be us'd do what we can ; which made that knave to think he did not leese , when as he paid ten pounds by one poor cheese ; well may we say with rombus the school master , 't will cause a broken head to have such plaister ; and thus a man might eas'ly make it plain , that some are but bare knaves , some knaves in grain . but to return where we did leave before ▪ and of these cheating knaves to write no more : commanding time which will not stay for no man , me to my journey once again did summon ; my friend and i that was so honest hearted , drunk to each other ▪ then shook hands and parted . going still nearer london , i did come in little space of time to newington . now as i past along i cast my eye on , the signs of cock and pie , and bull and lion , and handsome hostesses , with smiling looks , and thought that jack-daws might be caught by rooks. so i ne're staid , but unto kingsland came , where at that place i found the very same signs to invite the people in to drink , where ( if you will ) you may spend store of chink . from thence my course to london i did bend , and at the city made my journeys ▪ end . the honorable, and memorable foundations, erections, raisings, and ruines, of divers cities, townes, castles, and other pieces of antiquitie, within ten shires and counties of this kingdome namely, kent, sussex, hampshire, surrey, barkshire, essex, middlesex, hartfordshire, buckinghamshire, and oxfordshire: with the description of many famous accidents that have happened, in divers places in the said counties. also, a relation of the wine tavernes either by their signes, or names of the persons that allow, or keepe them, in, and throughout the said severall shires. by john taylor. taylor, john, 1580-1653. 1636 approx. 80 kb of xml-encoded text transcribed from 32 1-bit group-iv tiff page images. text creation partnership, ann arbor, mi ; 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(eebo-tcp ; phase 1, no. a13460) transcribed from: (early english books online ; image set 13870) images scanned from microfilm: (early english books, 1475-1640 ; 1695:13) the honorable, and memorable foundations, erections, raisings, and ruines, of divers cities, townes, castles, and other pieces of antiquitie, within ten shires and counties of this kingdome namely, kent, sussex, hampshire, surrey, barkshire, essex, middlesex, hartfordshire, buckinghamshire, and oxfordshire: with the description of many famous accidents that have happened, in divers places in the said counties. also, a relation of the wine tavernes either by their signes, or names of the persons that allow, or keepe them, in, and throughout the said severall shires. by john taylor. taylor, john, 1580-1653. [62] p. printed for henry gosson, london : 1636. running title reads: a catalogue of tavernes in ten shires about london. signatures: a-d (-a1). another issue of the edition with imprint "london, printed for a.m. 1636" in the imprint. reproduction of the original in the bodleian library. created by converting tcp files to tei p5 using tcp2tei.xsl, tei @ oxford. re-processed by university of nebraska-lincoln and northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. eebo-tcp is a partnership between the universities of michigan and oxford and the publisher proquest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by proquest via their early english books online (eebo) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). the general aim of eebo-tcp is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic english-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in eebo. eebo-tcp aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the text encoding initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). the eebo-tcp project was divided into two phases. the 25,363 texts created during phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 january 2015. anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source. users should be aware of the process of creating the tcp texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data. text selection was based on the new cambridge bibliography of english literature (ncbel). if an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in ncbel, then their works are eligible for inclusion. selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. in general, first editions of a works in english were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably latin and welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in oxford and michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet qa standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. after proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of tcp data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a tcp editor. the texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines. copies of the texts have been issued variously as sgml (tcp schema; ascii text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable xml (tcp schema; characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless xml (tei p5, characters represented either as utf-8 unicode or tei g elements). keying and markup guidelines are available at the text creation partnership web site . eng hotels -england -early works to 1800. bars (drinking establishments) -england -early works to 1800. taverns (inns) -england -early works to 1800. 2002-07 tcp assigned for keying and markup 2002-08 apex covantage keyed and coded from proquest page images 2002-10 judith siefring sampled and proofread 2002-10 judith siefring text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 pfs batch review (qc) and xml conversion the honorabl●… and memorabl●… foundations , erections , raisings , a●… ruines , of divers cities , townes , castles , and other pieces of antiquitie , within ten shires and counties of this kingdome ; namely , kent , sussex , hampshire , sur●… barkshire , essex , middlesex , hartfordshire buckinghamshire , and oxfordshire : with the description of many fam●… accidents that have happened , in diver●… places in the said counties . also , a relation of the wine tavern●… either by their signes , or names of the pe●…sons that allow , or keepe them , in , and throughout the said severall shires . by john taylor . london , printed for henry gosson . 1636 to all the good-fellowes in generall , and particular , that do keep , inhabit , allow , or maintaine the wine tavernes , or inne tavernes in the ten shires and counties before named mine hosts , i hope i am not much mistaken in calling you gentlemen , or kind friends ; if you be either , it is as much as i looke for , or can deserve ; you onely are the men that do truly merit the name and title of mine hosts , for alas , our citie tavernes have no other entertainment , but welcome gentlemen , a crust , and what wine will you drinke ? but you , brave minded , and most ioviall sardanapalitans , have power & prerogative ( cum privilegio ) to receive , lodge , feast , and fe●… both man and beast ; you have the happiness to boile , roast , broile and bake fish , flesh , and foole , whilst wee in london have scarse the command of a gull , a widgeon , or a wood●…ock ; and for your further , and more high reputation , the most part of your customers come riding to your houses , where almost all our guests are footmen ; with you it is common for the master to drinke pintes or quarts ●…ut of pots , whilst his horse is eating of bottles . besides , our citie tavernes are not troublesome to their clients with many various items , and reckonings ; but briefly , so much for sack , clarret , or white ; whilst you have the predominance to assault a man with 〈◊〉 bill , and call him to a strait and strict ●…ccount , not onely for himselfe , but for the ●…oings of his horse ; the iury is divided or ●…ven into five parts , in the manner of lin●…y woolsey ; namely , the hostes , the drawer , ●…e chamberlaine , the tapster , and the hostler . who having view'd the bill of inditement , they ) being themselves , accusers , evidence , plaintiffe , iury , and iudges ; the finall sentence is pronounced at their owne bar of ●…ustice , where the delinquents conscience knowing all to bee justly laid to his charge , with patience and fortitude , suffers the irrevokeable doome to passe upon him , paies the reckoning , puts the bill out of all force and vertue , paying his fees , hee is discharged with a heartily welcome . of all , or the most part of such accounts , actions , debts , or demands , our citie tavernes have a long time pleaded not guilty . they cannot ●…ee tax'd with the deadly sin of gluttony , nor are they troubled with the harsh musick of trencher-scraping , so that if i were to be transform'd , or metamorphos'd into a hogg , i would bee loath to dwell in one of our tavernes , because i should have such plenty of wash , and such scarcity of graines . but gentlemen , though i am bold ( a little ) to play the ( — ) with you , yet i assure you , i love you well ; but for some more speciall love and favour that i beare to my selfe . i have written this my second booke of tavernes , i have not written epigrams here , as i did upon the former , because in city and country the signes and the wines are all alike . yet ( to give all the respectfull content that i can to my honorable , worshipfull , and o●…rs of my good friends , that are to pay me money , upon the receiving , or this my ●…shing this small booke . ) i have recorded in stead of epigrams , some monu●…ents of ant●…quity , which my hope is , will ●…ee more profitable and delightfull ; and gentlemen ( i meane you that are ingaged ●…nto mee ) in your just payment to mee , you may wo●…ke a piece of a wonder , ( which is , ●…o make a rich poet ; ) but alas ! that stile is as much too high for mee , as i am too low for 〈◊〉 , ( that 's a bull ) so much the better ; for almost all men are turn'd grasiers , and speake ●…ls familiarly , and those are the mounsier vomusses , who have sold their wise akers ●…efore they have sowed their wilde oates ; and these will censure harshly , any thing ●…hey understand hardly , whose knowledge is as much in the validitie and measure of a verse , as the asse had that judg'd the cuckoo's song to bee sweeter than the nightingales . i have laid the foundation of this project my selfe , it is a vineyard of mine own planting , the grapes of mine owne pressing , the wine of mine owne vintage ( or vantage ) the tavernes of mine owne finding , and the vintoners my own friends , in lieu of which , i am not mine own man , but theirs , or yours , or his , or hers , that wis●…eth mee well , as far as my intentions and actions are iust , lawfull , o●… laudable , 〈◊〉 taylor . these tavernes ( some of them ) were mistaken in the first booke , and some of them have been set up since the said booke was printed ; therfore , to give satisfaction , i have here inserted them . angell neere st. clements church . angell neere creechurch , or aldgate . bull within bishopsgate bull without bishopsgate . bull or buffles head at charing-crosse . bush in buttolph lane . castle without cripplegate . 3. cranes neere the customhouse . crowne neere dowgate , that was the dolphin . the raine-deere without temple barre . dog , or talbot in long lane. dog neere bishopsgate . ●…ountaine in bloomesbury . hart in basing lane . golden-fleece without temple bar. greene dragon at breadstreet hill , was the castle . globe in bedlam . hart in little moorefields . harrow in southwarke . hoope in purpoole lane neere graysin-lane . horse neere the bridge in southwarke . kings head in southwarke . the golden lyon in fleetstreet . maydenhead in pudding lane . mayden-he●…d in bush-lane . mermayd in white crosse street . princes armes in fleetstreet late the fountaine princes armes in st. iohn street . princes armes in finch lane , was the 3 flower de lices . queenes head neere the wardrope . queenes armes at westminster . queenes armes in st. martins . rose in turnbull street . sun in thames street neere dice key . salutation in bermondsey street . ship in butolph lane . ship at smithfield pens . a catalogve of tavernes in tenne shires about london . kent for noblemen , knights , gentlemen , ●…ers , mariners ; vertuous and ●…auteous ladies , and women of meanest degrees , comely , pretty , proper , handsome , cleanely , neat , and hon●…●…red with all sorts of artificers , and 〈◊〉 with ●…full and profitable husbandmen ; famous for ●…o most ancient cities , ( whereof ●…ne is the 〈◊〉 metropolitan seat of england ) it hath many faire m●…ket townes , ●…mpregnable castl●…s , s●…e and 〈◊〉 havens and harbours for s●…ipping , abo●…nce of rich villages and ham●…s : so that by the almighties blessings , and the pe●…es 〈◊〉 , this ( old kingdome ) county is for fruit , f●… , fl●…sh fish , cloth , corne , wood and cattle , or 〈◊〉 or any thing that is for the use of man to maintaine life and pleasure , kent is , an●… hath bin renowned universally . deptford , or deepefourd , so called by reason o●… the deepenesse of the fourd or river there , where ships of great burthen may safely ride at ankor , there is a faire and usefull do●…ke for the building or mending of the kings ships , it hath also a goodly storehouse for provision for the said ships . deptford is sometimes called east-greenewich . this towne hath these taverne licences or inhabiters . the kings head , the mermayd , the sunne and the ship : the parties that keepe or maintaine them are william tyle , richard aileworth , ieffrey nixon , william dring . eltham , where the king hath a faire sommer house , at the first it was founded by anthony beck bishop of durham , who gave it to elinor , wife to king edward the first , but since often re-edified by succeeding princes . it hath a taverne under the name of one nathanael mercer . greenewich , for scituation and prospect a paradice of pleasure , the pallace there was first built by humphrey duke of glocester , in the reigne of king henry the 6. since when it hath beene re-edified , and made more large and sumptuous by king henry the 7. which pallace also was begun be enlarged by the late vertuous queene anne , ●…t now finished by our gracious queene mary . his towne is most famous for the birth of that ●…dmired wonder of her sexe , queene elizabeth , ●…ho was borne there , in the yeare of grace 1533. ●…ptember the 7. greenewich hath these wine tavernes : ●…he beare , the crowne . the kings armes the ●…rinces armes . the rose . and ( which i should ●…ave named first ) the ship. kept by henry noris . also there is a taverne with a bush onely , kept ●…y gregory martin , and the kings armes at dept●…ord bridge in greenewich parish . darentfourd , so called because it is scituate on the river darent , it is vulgarly named dartfourd , there was once a nunnery built by king edward the third , which after was made a house for king henry the 8. where he did sometimes keepe his court. dartford hath these tavernes : at the bull , george hanger . at the cocke , william somers . at the white hart , elizabeth glover . gravesend ( as the learned antiquary master camden writes ) is so called , because it is the end of the greve reeve , or port greves government , or bounds . it is a towne famous for receipt of ●…ll nations , having at any time more faire lodgings , and provision for entertainment , then many townes hath that are thrice as great ; it ha●… oftentimes lodged kings , princes , and forreig●… ambassadors ; it is divided into two parishe●… namely , gravesend and milton . it hath the wine tavernes . william vernon at the ange●… richard tucker at the ship. thomas toung at t●… anker . william diston at the bull. the christ●…pher . thomas skilhorne at the horne seavenoake so called , because seven great oake●… growing there abouts , it is a good market towne and a great thorow-fare , and hath these tavernes the crowne , the cat , and the bull ; they are tavernes in the tuition ( or by the licenses ) of margery pocock . debora pocock . and william petley tunbridge , ( or the towne of bridges ) so called , by reason , it hath five stone bridges , for passage over the river ; which river is devided there into so many severall branches ; it is lately famous for a healthfull , approved , sweet , medicinable water , that cures , or eases many diseases : the tavernes there , are at the dispose of two women namely , martha bartlet , and elizabeth frye . maydstone , a faire , spacious , sweet , pleasant , rich , and populous market towne , hath these taverns , or taverne keepers , iohn taylor , thomas davis , and agnes shorey . rochester , is a fine n●…ate citie , long sinc●… founded by a bishop named hamo : it was destroyed by atheldred , king of the mercians anno 676. it hath been oftentimes spoyled by th●… danes ; the castle there hath been a strong piec●… of defence , it was built by a bishop named gun●…dulph ; it was raced , and spoyl'd in the baron wars , in king henry the third's raigne . th●… cathedrall church there was built by aeth●…lber king of kent : the goodly s●…one bridge ther●… was built by sir robert knowles , knight , with s●…ch spoyles as hee had valliantly gotten from th●… french in the raigne of king richard the second rochester hath these tavernes , thomas lovell a●… the kings head , dorothy allen , or thomas mot , a●… the bull , iohn stone . or ambrose groome at th●… white-hart , and iohn dom●…w , or iohn philpot a●… the crowne . queenburrough was built by king edward th●… third , in the honour of queene phillip his wife there is a tavern which serves for minster as wel●… as for queenburrough , it is a●… the dispose or keeping of iames iacob . this towne is famous for my arrivall there ( from london thither ) with a boa●… o●… browne paper , anno 1619. feversham , a good towne , it was sometimes the residence of athelstane , king of kent ; where hee enacted lawes : it is also famous for a sump●…uous aboey , ●…uilt there by king stephen , and there 〈◊〉 , queene mawd his wife , and his sonne ●…ince eustace were s●…pulchred . it hath three ta●…ernes : at the ship , walter moyses , the other two ●…elongs to s●…muell thurstone , and iames hudson . at the towne of ashfourd , there may be three ●…avernes , for thomas mascall may or doth keepe ●…wo , the other doth belong to peter colebrand . at chepsted one , anthony fuller . at lenham one , robert tray. at egerton one , elizabeth faireway . at erith one , giles sidgwick . at kenthatch one , edmund plomley . at gowthurst one , thomas cowchman . at ashe one , iohn tompson . at br●…mley two , toby priest , iohn halfepenny , ●…he bell , the hart. at chattham , francis giles . at folkstone one , elizabeth march. at ferningham one , iohn rad●…liffe . at el●…m two , iane cuntrey , robert fox . at crayford one , ralph meykins , at the angell . at lamberhurst , mary astone . at greenehive one , miles croxton , the signe , callice sands . at leed●…s , one edward lloyde . canterbury , or the kentish burough or citi●… is ancient and renowned , it hath metropolitan dignitie , chiefe over england : augustine the monke●… about the 67 yeare of christ , came into britaine●… and at canterbury kept his residence , where by hi●… doct●…ine , and good example of life , hee confirmed and established many in the christian fait●… causing it to spread and flou●…ish by his paineful ministery , so that after a holy and lawdable lif●… ended , hee dyed , and was buried in that honorabl●… city . it hath these tavernes , elizabeth lockley or william terry at the rose ; edward den , at th●… white-hart , iames penn , or george b. at the red. lyon , elizabeth bridg , at the sarazers head , miles bull , or warham iemut , at the b●…ll , william mann esquire hath also a taverne license , robert or susan turner , alias baker , at the ch●…quer ; peter winn , or christopher baldwin , at the sun , 8. at milton and newington one , william dickins . at staplehurst one , vvilliam poynet . at wye one , simon allen. at strowd one , edward monox . at lewsham one , elizabeth tarpley . at sandway one , iohn white . at mard●…n one , anthony young. at yalding one , richard pix . at offham one , thomas tresse . at new romney , three , susan wood , sara wood , smith tookey . at hawkhurst one , agnes viney . at bersted one , thomas holford . deale , where stands a strong defencible castle , ●…uilt by king henry the eight , the place is famous ●…or repulsing iulius caesar three times thence before hee could arrive there : it hath these three tavernes kept by susan woodland , mary coun●…rey , and iudith hudson . at crambrooke two , ioan kirkham , and iohn leigh . at charing one , anthony page . at appledore and biddenden — william poynit , sandwich , so called , by reason of too much sand , which , not onely makes sh●…ales and flats in the sea , but also chokes up the haven there ; it is a faire rich towne , and one of the ●…inque ports ; it hath had the triall of sundry alterations ; it hath been often distress'd by the danes ; it was sack'd , spoil'd and burnt by lewis , the daulphin of france in the reigne of king iohn . king edward the first placed there a staple for wooll . king edward the third did honour it with much princely favour , since when , it was againe burnt by the french in king henry the sixt his raigne , since which time it hath been so repaired , that it flourisheth beautifully and bountifully : there doe inhabit man●… dutch people , who doe inrich themselves , and a●… profitable to the ●…owne , by making divers sor●… of stuffes there . sandwich hath these tavernes iohn seymer , axne peyton , hugh rodes , iane woo●… roger paine , and alice barrell . at saint lawrence one , katherine hudson . at stonecrutch one , under william campio . esquire . at ospring one , peter greenstr●…t . at redred , mary oxo●…bridge . at penchurst one , thomas sexton . at woolwich , iohn sims at the hart. at saint mary cray one , edward fleet. at woodsgate one , iohn burdet . at benenden one , william leedes . at blenchdy one , elizabeth clampard . at wingham one ; elizabeth ashton . at sunbridge one , anne cacot . tenterden is 〈◊〉 good towne for cloathing , and so is crambrooke ( before named ) tenterden hath two tavernes : mathew outred , and iames glover . at rootham and norflect , thomas spencer , the crowne . at westram and aeton bridge , anne spencer . at mawlin , george huntley , may keepe two ●…vernes . at margate , two , averie ienkinson , and henry ●…ulmer . at lid , godfrey martin , and thomas tookey . at sutton valience , anne vsm●…r . at seale , mabell sandall . at herne , willi●…m towlson . at highgate , vvilliam vvarson . at bexley and foot●…bray nathaniel mercer . at hyde henry hart , william n●…t . at sittingborne , foure , margaret husbands , ●…nne wood , margaret lawe , thomas rochfourd . to finish my collections of this famous coun●…e ; i , for my rellish to my narration , and as an ●…xcellent seale , or e●…sterne limitation to the most ●…xcellent bounds of kent , i close up all with dover , a brave towne , and one of the cinque ●…orts , the m●…st commodi●…us place for passage too ●…nd fro betweene the mighty kingdomes of eng●…nd and france . it hath a good and safe haven , ●…hich was at the first made by the command of ●…ing henry the eight , at sixty three thousand ●…ound charges , which is called , dover peere : but 〈◊〉 time , all the cost being almost lost , & by the vio●…ence of the raging sea , decayed and broken , queen elizabeth ( of blessed memorie ) with much of her ●…wne cost , and parliamentarie authority , enacted that a toll upon tonnage should be paid for some yeares , for all manner of goods transported inward or outward . there is also an impregnable castle , which is the strongest hold , and fortresse in england , commanding both by land and sea ; is is supposed to have been built by iulius caesar. dover hath these tavernes , taverne keepers , or allowers . iohn low , iudith haines , edward waller , iohn hugesson , anthony percivall , trustram s●…evens . at dover peere be these , william streeting , elizabeth alley , and william bradshaw , to whom i dedicate these few lines : kind friend , as thou didst once the favour gaine , great britaines mightie prince to entertaine ; so entertaine these verses i have penn'd , as my remembrance unto thee my friend : thou knowst ( by old experience ) that i love thee ; and if thou lov'st mee , i will one day prove thee . the county of kent had , in king henry the eight's raigne , at the suppression of monasteries , abbies , nunneries , priories , frieries , colleges , hospitals , and ( as they termed them ) religious houses , the number of fifty three . kent is divided into sixty foure hundreds , or divisions ; namely , black-heath hundred , lesnes , rooksley , axtave , broomley , whitstaple , milton , ●…oltingtroph , hoo , tencham , shammell , fever●…ham , blengate , bouton under bleath , kingslow , ●…etham , westgate , ham , downhamford , tenterden , preston , felborow , oxney i le hundred , black●…urne , wye , winham , charte , stowting co●…los , longbridge , bi●…cholt , franchils calhill , heane , blewborough , street , selbright fenden , folkstone , worth , eyhorne , lovingborough , roluinden , new-church , maydstone , barnesield , kinghamford , brinkley and horse , saint martins , chattham and gillingham , bredge , langport , twyford , watheling stone , larkfield , loway and tunbridge , alloftbridge , littlefield , marden , wortham , barkley , godsheath , westram , crambrooke and somerden . kent hath seventeene good market townes , three hundred ninety eight parishes , and one hundred thirty seven wine tavernes . sussex . sussex , or south-saxony , so named when there was an heptarchy , or government of 7 king●… at once in england ; because this county was the best part of the southsaxon kingdom . it is a rich county , plenteous in iron-mines , and much goo●… ordnance are cast there , with other necessary iro●… works : also it is much inriched by glass-making●… it is scituate neere the brittish ocean , whereby 〈◊〉 is plentifully stored with fish : also it is nob●… rich with inhabitants , and all other commoditi●… for life and maintenance . arundell , a towne famous for a goodly cast●… there , belonging to the earles of arundell an●… surrey . this towne hath two tavernes , held b●… mi●…as h●…g , and elizabeth freeman . at chilkington , charles iohnson . at witham , william pigott . at forrest roe , edw. woodman , the antelop . at battle , mathew cowchman doth or ma●… keepe two tavernes at marsfield , william mowhurst . chichester was built by cissa , the second kin●… of the southsaxons , an. 586 the bishops see f●… the diocesse of sussex or chichester , was kept an●… held at selsey till the time of king william th●… conquerour . chichester hath these tavernes●… thomas powsley , anne billet , mary billet , th●…mas billet , thomas ball , mathew ball. at fronte , iohn giles . at ditchelling , iames da●…y . at newshoreham , richard gold. at tarring , william fletcher . at hay field and seaford , richard meade . at haughton , george coles . petworth , a pretty market-towne , where the ●…arle of northumberland hath a goodly house , and ●…s an honourable and bounteous housekeeper . it ●…ath these two tavernes , anthony goodman , and ●…ohn hall. at hartsield , mary shelton . at ticehurst , ioane kipping . at micheing , samuell towers . at cuck field , thomas tasker . horsham seemes to take derivation from hor●… the saxon , the brother of hengist , the first king ●…f kent : it hath the allowance of two tavernes ●…der one m. robert deering . at staining 2. richard briant , and tho. oliver . at wadehurst , one francis wilfourd . winchelsea was overwhelmed with the sea , ●…n 1250. in the reigne of king henry the third ; ●…ce when the towne is built higher out of the ●…anger or fury of the oceans violence : but the ●…aven is decayed , to the townes great hinderance , ●…d for the commoditie and profit of the towne ●…f r●…e . winchelsea hath one taverner , iohn pettit . the towne of midhurst hath foure taverners , iohn kelsey , anne carus , mary hudson , and ioan white . hastings is a good and profitable fisher-town , a nu●…sery for mariners and saylors : it had a mint to coyne money in it , in the time of king athelstan : and it is named the first of the ●…que ports ; it had these ports ●…nd towns belonging to it , namely , seaford , pemsey , hodney , bulver●… , winchelsea and rye : all which were at any time at command of the king to set out 21 serviceable ships , for the service of their prince and country ( within forty dayes warning ) and to beare all the charge of the sayd shipps for the space of fifteene dayes , and the king was to be at all the charges after the fifteene dayes were expired . hastings hath two tavernes , iohn phissenden , and francis wennell . lewis , a famous market towne , which had a mint in it , in king athelstanes reigne , for his coine of gold and silver , or other mettals . it hath 6. churches , and a goodly house belonging to the earle of dorset ; a mighty memorable battle was fought there anno 1264. betwixt king henry the third and simon montfort earle of leaster , where the earle tooke the king , and the king of the romanes prisoners . lewis hath these taverns , or number of houses for the sale of wines . agnes thurgood , thomas oliver , robert carter , and william peake may keep two tavernes if he will. at lingfield beding , and bramborow , richard meade . at billi●…ghurst , iohn agate . at v●…field . field , iohn forde . at backesteed , thomas oliver . at cliffe , richard meade , and william peake . at crawley and worth , iohn peake . at brighthelmeson , alice harding , and william peake . at barreash , mayfield , pemsey , and westham , thomas oliver . at dallington , henfield , and abfreston , thomas oliver . at east-greensteed , iohn langridge , and henry baldwin : the signes at east greensted , are the crowne , and the cat. rye , is a good towne , and was made strong by william of ipres , ( a valiant nobleman and earle of kent ) it was walled in the undefensible and weakest places by king edward the 3. terrible stormes and tempests hath done more for them , then they could well have done for themselves . for the blustring raging winds hath formerly caused the violence of the sea to make them a good haven : but great pitty it is , for it is much decay'd . for rye is a brave flourishing towne , and serves london and many other places with fish in aboundance : it hath these tavernes in name or number . richard pecote . iohn halsey . richard thomas . sussex had at the suppression of abbyes , nunneries , priories , frieries , colledges and hospitalls 32. this county is devided into 6. devisions , or hundreds , called rapes , namely . chichester , arundell , bramber , lewis , pemsey and hastings . there are in sussex 18 market townes , 312 parishes , and 61 tavernes . middlesex . middlesex doth ( almost ) round beguirt the two famous cities of london and westminster : and although i have in my former booke made mention of many of the tavernes neere adjoyning to the sayd cities ; yet to make this my second narration in the better forme and order , i haue named some of the said tavernes againe , because i would play the part of an honest true taylor , and put in all the stuffe . at chelsey , richard eeds the signe of the dog. at fulham , ioseph holden , richard parkes : the signes are , the kings armes , and the nags head . at hammersmith , alice robinson , or thomas warner at the white hart and thomas holden at the goat or ant●…lop . at chiswick , valentine smith at the kings head . at acton , iohn cooth●…idge , and william aldridg : their signes are the cock , and the bell. at old br●…ntford , and new b●…entford , are these signes , the three pidgeons , the halfe moone , the lyon , the goat , the george the swan . the ga●…ter neere hammersmith in london way towards brentford . at hownslow , henry needles , and martha warwick : the signes are , the katherin wheele , and the georg●… . at e●…gworth , henry haley . at harrow hill , peter iones . at strangreene , thomas blithe . at northket , katherin awceter . at thistleworth , anne parks . at rayslip , margaret price . at kenzington , annis turbervill , at the lyon. at knightsbridge , richard kellway , elizabeth sharpe , there are three taverne signes , g●…ave ma●…rice , the swan and the rose . uxbridge is a faire long market towne , it hath many innes , and foure of them be 〈◊〉 , iohn raynor , edmund morrice , sara hitchcock and michael web : the signes are , the chequer , the george , the crowne , and the white horse . the toy taverne at hampton-court needs no signe . at twickenham , anne palmer . at paddington , walter whitlock . at kingsland , george willis ; the signe , the king , or princes armes . at newington , iohn usher , at the sun. at islington are these signes and tavernes : the angell , the globe , the lyon , the miter , the nags-head , the swan , and the sarazens head . at kentish towne , the rose , gregory machin . at whetstone , the lyon , and the princes armes , samuell augier , richard taylor . at white-chappell , habacuck kirby . at south m●…mms , thomas avis , the bell. at hillingdon , katherin taylor . at pinner , margery bateman . at saint giles , iohn prince , vvilliam pearpoynt . at kenton , william bird. at tottenham court , iohn day . at tottenham-highcrosse , mathew beuning , at the sun. at chiswell street , samuell taylor . at cow-crosse , robert iordane . at edmonton , stephen goodyere . at highgate , at the mermayd , mary sell. at budfo●… , thomas weldish . at hackney , william gore , and william cave : the signes are the mermayd and the rose . at engfield , elizabeth kirby , and mary southwell . at hardington , elizabeth osbourne . at totnam street , francis k●…y . at hayes , mary hill. at feltham , robert butler at holloway street , ez●…hiel cates●… the b●…ll at black-wall , zachary 〈◊〉 ●…igne of the armes of the east india company . the crosse at ratcliffe , the diagon , the kin●…s head , the mermayd , the ship , the queenes head , the lyon , the ship at dickshore , and the hoope , and the three kings . in ratcliffe high-way , the anker , the garter , the rose . at bow , the flower de lice , the george , and the kings head . at mile end , the nags-head . at lime-house , iohn iennings . at wapping , iames bull : the bull , the angell , the crosse , the dragon , the gunne , the ship , the popes-head , the rose , and the kings head . at popler , the ship , the lyon. the bull at stepney , and the bull-head . these that follow hereafter named , are already in my former booke , because they are so neere to the cities of london and westminster , but because they are in this county of middlesex , i will name them once more . neere the bowling alley at westminster , henrie normaville . 〈◊〉 galley street , daniel hitche . 〈◊〉 holborne , william matthewes , thomas simcots . in saint iohn street , margery baines , and mary motsley . in saint martins in the fields , richard ieyner , anne parks , and gertred swan . in silver street , iohn thomas . in tuttle street , ieffrey george . in savoy parish , robert amery , and thomas blunt. in the tower liberties , thomas foster . stanes is famous for a meadow neere it called , rennimead or running mead , where in the twelfe or thirteenth yeare of the raigne of king iohn , the most part of the lords , and great states of england met , and oppos'd the king in warlike manner , the lords rebelliously to compell the king , and the king to defend his person , and royall prerogative ; and at last ( after much councell and debating ) they forc'd the king to yield to such conditions as were never observ'd . stanes is a good through fare , and hath these ●…avernes : thomas wilkins , iohn shorter , and margaret venman ; the signes are , the bush , the bell and the lyon. this county had of religious houses , a ●…es , nunneries , priories , frieries , colleges and hospitalls , nine . london , within and without the walles and liberties , thirty one . it hath these hundreds , or divisions ; edmonton , gore , finsbury and wenulocks , barne , osulston , elthorne , istleworth , spelthorne . it hath seventy three parishes , three market townes , and a hundred and one wine savernes . essex . essex , or east saxony , is a good , a great , and a rich county , stored plentifully with wood , fish , flesh , butter , cheese , saffron , and as good calves as any other county , or countrey whatsoever ; in a word , it is stored with any thing , or all things needfull . colchester stands neere the river colne , it is 〈◊〉 wasled towne , with fifteene churches , and one other , a most stately building , now ruined with an old castle , which time hath brought into a consumption . this towne is famous for adtiquity , it was built by coylus , a good king of britaine , it is said that this coylus was father to queen hellen , who was borne , or brought up in this towne , she was the mother of constantine the great emperor , who ●…lt constantinople . colchester hath these seven ●…e tavernes : francis kitteridg , iohn portkell , lawrence browne , mary spilesby , mary bloomfield , elizabeth wyles , elizabeth wade . at barking , ioan gowen , or george lilly at the bull. at braintree two , iohn sparhawke , and ralph burton . at m●…nningtree , george springet , and robert heywood . at abridge , samuell newbold . at so●…field , anne dae . at epping , iohn and mary archer at the cock. at grayes , thomas farnell & edward knightly . at danbury , william dickins . at harlow iohn iosceline . at rochfourd , iudith rix. at orsed neere graies , anthony web. at raynam , iohn slany . at wethersfield , iohn aldridge . at sampford magna , ireffrey baker . at pritle well , thomas wait. at thacksted , edward constable . at stork , charles newman . at woodham-series , oliver higham . at springfield , richard smith . at thorpe , iohn beriffe . at wivenhoe , iohn parker . at 〈◊〉 , dame martha harris . b●…entwood , or burntwood , is an ancient towne and had a market and a faire , allowed by king stephen , and continued ever since . it hath these tavernes : the crowne , the angell ; but there are three in all , kept or allowed by richard smith , iane taylor , and iohn camper , the angell . at high ●…asterne , robert plat. at dagnam , ioan bird. at lexden , iohn pottler . at leigh , iames hare . at southweald , edward woodford . at aveley , lucy ringsoll . at saint ozith , thomas rand. at bardfield , iohn rudland . at south ockenden , elizabeth wortley . at dedham iohn wills. at horndon , nicholas richold . at upminster , elizabeth saward . at tarling , dina has●…er . at blackmore , iohn p●…chy . at little waltham , abel white . at eastcolne , samuell burton . ingarstone , a good towne for market , and excellent neate entertainment for travellers , it hath these tavernes : agnis white , iohn bond. at bocking , ioan kent , francis fit●…h . at chippingange●… , will. stane , katherin stane . at waltham abby , tho : more , mary waterer . at walthamstow , ralph baker , thomas shaw. rumford is a sweet , savery , cleane and gainfull market for hoggs , and all other sorts of swine , and of what else is needfull for mans life . it hath these tavernes , the angell , the bell , the white hart , and the cocke . at rawleigh , rob. luckin , & tho parker . at dunmow , george deane , and agnes gynn . at east tiburly , iohn french. at boreham , iohn lane. at halstead 3. william thurstone , iohn coe , thomas harvie . at hithe neere colchester , edward legg , francis allen. at ilford , francis blanchard , the signe of the blew boate. wittam , or whittam is an ancient very faire through-faire . it was built by king edward the elder , in the yeare 914 ; which was 154 yeares before the norman conquest , 722 yeares since : it hath two tavernes , william nevell ( alias ) smith , and iohn alexander . at stratford langthon two , ralfe keeling , and william lovell . at low laighton , or laighton stone , roger falkstone , the signe of the huntsman . at burnham , robert rowdon . at hatfield peverell , abigail lane. hatfield broadoake , so called , because a broad oake , being a goodly faire tree grew there , that spread a great compasse . it hath one taverne kept by or for one iohn earle . chelmsford , a faire goodly market-towne , hath these 4 taverns , simon wilmot , george solme , nicholas sutton , and tho. freeman ; the signes are , the three tunnes , the cock , the black boy , and the lyon. at bricksley roger greene. at kelvadon , iohn theedham . harwich , hath an excellent good road for shipping . it is a good strong towne , well strengthened by naturall scituation , and artificiall fortresses : it is not only full of people , but honestly peopled for the most part of them . the river stoure there divideth essex from suffolke . harwich hath three tavernes , kept or allowed by alice farley , will. hart , and margaret moore . at brookstreet at the bull , agmondesham pickayes . at chigwell one , allowed by tho : pennington at plashie and st. annes , will. chandler . at much parindon , roger worthington . vvalden , or saffron-walden , so called for the great quantitie of saffron that growes thereabouts . it hath had a faire castle , which is now ruinated . it is a very good market towne , and it hath a corporation , with large priviledges : it hath three tavernes allowed , o●… inhabited by simon vvillmott , katherine bates and thomas vvatton . at much wakering , mawd goldingham . at newport , iohn sell. at little-baddo , abigail lane. at much waltham , abell vvhite . maldon was a citie in the time of calligula the emperour , above fourty yeares after christ , it was then called camallodunum : it hath beene spoyled by the danes , and since repayred by the normans : but by the industry of the people there , it hath beene and is still a towne of great worth and reputation : it hath a good haven , and a taverne for a safe harbour kept or allowed by ursula edwards . this countie of essex ( in the reigne of king henry 8. ) had at the suppression of monasteries , abbies , nunneries , priories , frieries , colledges and hospitals , 35. essex is divided into 20 severall hundreds ; namely , vltford , hinckford , rorchford , chelmesford , chaford , winstree , lexden , dengie , ougar , tendring , thurstable , barstable , dunmow , waltham , freshwell , harlow , havering , clavering , becontree , wittham . essex hath one and twenty market townes , foure hundred and fifteene parishes , and one hundred and seven tavernes . hartfordshire . hartfordshire , is a county that surpasseth all countries and counties for making the best malt ; and for good cleane high-waies , conscionable short miles , meat , drink , lodging for travellers , kind men , women faire and honest , and with any thing that is necessary , this county is plentifully stored withall . barkhamstead is a good market towne , and it had once a castle there of strength , the ruines of it are there yet to be seene ; it hath been the habitation for kings and princes , for the most noble prince richard , brother to the king of england , dyed there : which richard was king of the romanes , and earle of cornewall . this castle ruined , is also famous , for the residence there of that most illustrious royall spark , edward the black prince : and lastly , it is memorable for being the birth-place of king richard the third . barkhamstead hath two taverns allowed or kept by stephen besowth , and francis baker . at tring , william blacknall . at stevenedge , iohn nodes . at whethamstead , thomas stepping . at redburne , prudence miles . at sabridgeworth , iohn burr . at walton , george honor. at colney or coney , william tompson . barnet is a good market towne for sheepe and beasts , it is a great thorow fare , and famous for the battle fought neere it ( on easter day , the 14th of aprill , 1471 ) betwixt king edward the 4 and the earles of warwick and oxford , where warwick was ●…ine , and with great slaughter of men on both sides , king edward had a bloudy victory . barnet hath these tavernes : iohn brisco at the antelop , henry owen at the red lyon , thomas brisco at the rose ; the crowne . at b●…ldock 2 , iames haiday and iohn thurgood . at stevenledg , iohn nodes . at stansted abby , iohn giver . at the bell at richmonsworth , sara marsh. at bishops hatfield , william walker , and elizabeth barefoot . hartford is the provinciall towne of this shire ; there is a castle ( as some write ) built by king edward the first : this towne hath been much larger , and in greater prosperity and accompt , for it had 4 churches , namely , all-saints , and saint andrews , which are now standing ; the other 2 are decayed , or down , their names were saint maries , and saint michaels . hartford hath these 3 tavernes : will. scant at the bell , anne vinmunt , tho : noble , henry chalkley , and henry butler ; these 4 persons last named , doe inhabit and allow , the other a tavernes there being the signes of the glove , & the angell at hempstead 2 , will : smith , & dorcas goodwin . at hitchin three , george haiday , thomas harding , priscilla warner . at hoddesden , iohn sydes at the black lyon , and francis williams at the chequer . at waltham crosse two , katherin holt at the bell , and rosamond hawton . at royston three , leonard hamond , anne crofts , and thomas hagger . at watford 2 , edward how , and henry g●…ry . at markatstreet , iohn crane . at wellwin , iesper wilshire . at barkway , iohn rawley , and thomas smith . ware is a great thorow-fare , and hath many faire innes , with very large bedding , and one high and mighty bed , called the great bed of ware : a man may seeke all england over , and not find a married couple that can fill it . ware hath 3 tavernes : wil : cross , or wil : raste at the crown , shelton amery , christopher robinson , widow hall at the george , also she keepes a wine-seller at the christopher . at bishops-starford two , george hawkins , and iohn cheyny . at buntingford two , edward bullen , and anne hensham . at wormeley , rich : bishop at the black lyon. at much-hadham , edmund rustat . at puckeridge two , sir iohn wats doth allow one , and the other is inhabited or allowed under one will : northage . saint albanes is famous for antiquity , and for the death of our english proto-martyr st. alban , hee was martyr'd there in the raig●…e of dioclesian the emperor , ann. 268. after he had suffred many torments , lastly his head was struck off , and immediatly the executioner was struck blind . off a king of the mercians built the goodly abby church there , an. 795. and the said church was dedicated to christ and st. alban , from whom the town hath denomination . the brazen font in the church was brought out of scotland by sir richard lea knight , an. 1543. in the 36 yeare of the raigne of k henry the 8. this towne is also famous for two memorable bloody battels there betwixt k. edward the 4. and k. henry the 6. where both the kings had various fortunes : it hath these wine tavernes ; the blow bore , the lyon , the kings armes . kingslangley is also famous for being sometimes the residence of kings , edmund of langley , son to k. edward the third was borne there , & k. richard the second was first buried there : it hath a tav●…m kept or allowed by rose deacon . at abbots langley , one nicholas breakespeare was borne , who was afterwards pope of rome by the name of hadrian the 4th , he died suddenly chok'd with a fly in his cup. this county of hartford , had , at the suppression of popery , 22 religious houses , as abbies , &c. it hath 8 divisions or hundreds ; namely , odsey , caysho , branghing , hartford , hiching , edwinstree broadwater , and dacorum . this county hath 18 market townes ; 120 parishes , and 52 tavernes . hampshire . hampshire , or hantshire , is a goodly rich county , abounding in corne , wood , pasture , and much enriched with innumerable commodities from the sea southampton is a faire , sweet & pleasant town , it hath had triall of both fortunes often , it was quite consumed by fire , in the raigne of k. edward the 3. anno 1337. since when it is better re-edified and much increased , well defenced with wals , 〈◊〉 rets , a haven , and a strong castle built by k. richard the second , it is rich in marchants and inhabitants , and by the grant of k. henry the 6. it is a county of it selfe . it hath 8 wine tavernes , either allowed or inhabited by thomas miles , tho : stoner , tho. smith , augustine reignolds , oliver stoner , elizabeth king , eliz : nevey , and eliz : elzey . at mew-church , benjamin newland . at alton 3. io. butler , io. goldsbery , basill kemp. at basing-stoake three , anne cross , or robert white at the bell , avis tate , or anthony spittle at the maydenhead , thomasin barrell , or captaine marlow at the george . kingwood is a very ancient towne , it was in estimation and prosperity more than 1100. yeares ago in the raigne of cerdicus , k. of west saxons , anno 508 it is now a good market town , & hath 2 taver●…ers allowed by will : tarvar and iohn wiseman . at petersfield two , richard goodwin , and agnes wood. at stokebridge one , francis leison . at hava●…t , william woolgar . at fareham , anne wilks . at 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , anne tinkeridg , rachell tinkeridg , mary williams . at buckland , henry fabyn . tichfield , where k. henry the sixt was married to the valiant virago , qu. margaret , daughter to reinard earle of anjou . & titularie king of scicilia and ierusalem . there is a goodly house , the chiefe seat and residence of the honorable earle of south-hampton . tichfield hath one tavern , rich : brown. at andover three , iohn milier , iohn hercy , and mary so●…h . at hook , bridget woolse , the signe of the b●…ll . at romsey three , alexander elver , william bloys , and dorothy loa●… . christ-church , by the saxons , it had once a castle in it of a good strength ; the towne was much repaired by one ralph flammard bp. of durham , anno 1094. in the raign of k. rufus , or william the 2. this bishop was deane of this christ church , and there he erected a fair monastery . this town hath one taverne , iohn powson . at warnford , richard woods , and mabell vin●… . at limmington , george castle . at castbrooke , margaret hayles . at newport , in the isle of wight , one iohn iames , may , or doth keepe three tavernes . at n●…wtowne , 〈◊〉 taylor . at cowse three , morgan adams , margaret hayles , william edwards . at 〈◊〉 , anne garyre . at brading , iohn iames. so there are nine taverns in the i le o●… w●…ght . this ●…and to the county of hampshire , ●…s 2●… mil●…s in length & 12 miles in bredth in the broadest place ; it is a most plentifull strong defencible countrey , sea , art & nature made so . it is peopled with valiant and warlike inhabitants , henry bewchamp earle of warwick was crowned king of the i le of wight , in the raigne of king henry the sixt . at forthingoridg one taverne , richard boen . at hambledon one , christopher organ . at bishops waltham one , iohn hawksworth . at eastincon one , iane loving . at botley , dorathy doncastle . winchester is a very famous and ancient citty , it was the royall seat of the west saxon kings ; it had 6 houses in it for coining and minting mony in the raigne of king athelstane ; and long since that ●…ll the publike records & evidences of the whole ●…ingdom of england were kept there . this citie hath been twice fired by sudden mis-fortunes ; and in king stephens raigne it was sack'd and spoil'd by rude soldiers that belong'd to the king , and mawd the empresse factions ; but after it was much enrich'd by the royall favour of king edward the 3 , who caused a mart or staple of wooll & cloth to be kept there , but since ( as times hath altred ) this worthy city hath suffred many changes , yet still with fame and reputation she beares up her head . winchester hath 4 tavernes ioan prat , anne bud , thomas brexton , and cornelius brexton . at soake , neere winchester three , vvilliam pope , iohn noake , and vvalter travers . at lippock , robert palmer . at sutton sconey , michaell nicholas . at hartlerow , anthony maynard , or iohn vvild at the g●…orge . portsmouth , so called , because it stands at the mouth of the port or haven ; it is a strong towne and fortresse , with a garrison ; and it thrives better by war than by peace : it hath 4 tavernes , richard iames , owen iennings , dorothy iennings , and vvilliam haberley . portsmouth liberties , one anthony haberly hath , or may keepe two tavernes . at gosport , neere portsmouth two , anne clarke , and vvilliam towerson . at hartford bridge , thomas bickton , or vvilliam vvild at the swan . at milbrooke , margery strood . odiam is a pretty market towne , where sometimes david king of the scots was kept prisoner , in king eward the third's raigne ; since when , the kings of england have , and do , now , & then lodge there in a royall mansion of their owne : there was a fortresse there in the raigne of king iohn , of such strength , that thirteene englishmen , did hold it fifteen dayes against lewis the daulphin of france , who assaulted it with a mighty armie , yet could not win it from the said thirteen men odiam hath one taverne , kept by bridget dickenson , or one mistrisse keyes , at the george . hampshire had at the suppression of popery , of abbies , nunneries , priories , fricries , colleges , hospitals 30. this shire hath 18 market townes , parishes 253. it is divided into 40 hundreds , or divisions , as crundon , acton , selburne , odiam , eastmean , sutton , bartenstacy , finchdeane , portsdown , tichfield , mansbridge , meanstock , fawley , hambledon , budlegate , redbridge , kings , sombourne , andover within , andover without , hornwell , bosmere , fareham , averstock and gosport , waltham , eringer , 〈◊〉 , kings cleare , thoragate , overton , basingstoake extra holdshot , christ-church , newforre●… , ringwood , barmanspi●… , forthingbridge , buntsborough , mainsborough , chutefey , and michell ●…ever . number of tavernes in this county seventy three . barkshire . barkeshire is a rich and plentifull county , and a great helpe to her neighbour provinces for wood and corne ; which necessary commodities are the cause that no other thing fitting for mans use is wanting in this countie . windsor is a daintie , faire , and spacious towne , with a royall castle , of such mag●…cent structure , and so scited and seated , that for prospect it is unparalleld , & deserves respect transcendent beyond all the princely fabricks in great brittain . that victorious mars of men , king edw. 3. was borne in winsor , & he founded the said castle . he held prisoners king iohn of france , and david k. o●… scots : since which time the castle was made more stately and conspicuous by king edw. 4. and a noble knight sir reignold bray was at great charge in the augmenting of it ; since when the famous and worthy memorable queene elizabeth , beautified it with the stone gallery , or walke towards the thames . the right honourable order of the garter was first instituted by k. edw 3. at burdeaux in france , but since that time it hath bin continued at winsor for that noble installation : and in the beautifull chappell there , are all the armes and hatchments of that noble fellowship , placed in their degrees . also in this famous castle was borne that good and pious king henry the 6 who founded aeton colledge , and the worthy structure of kings colledge in cambridge . winsor hath these tavernes , the crosskeyes , the george , the garter , and the white hart. wantage is a place of great antiquity , long before the norman conquest there was a house for the king , for aelfred the 23 king of the west saxons was borne there , who raigned , anno 872 : there is or may be two tavernes kept by edward gallant at the signe of the elephant . at buscot one , adam kirby . at twyford one , henry millward . at enborne one , anne plantin . at wareseile one , thomas garson . abendun , abbington , or abinton , the name was first derived from a famous abby built there by cissa , one of the saxon kings , which abby was throwne downe by the danes , and after raised againe by king edgar anno 995. since which time it grew to that state and greatnesse , that scarse any monastry in england could top it either for wealth or pomp ; but there remaines little or nothing of it now but ruines and rubbish , as reliques of the greatnesse which once it had , from it the towne was called abby-town , now changed into the name abington ; it is a faire and sweet scituation , famous for a rare crosse in the market place , and for plenty of mault made and sold there : it hath but one taverne kept by one iohn prince , who at his pleasure may keepe three tavernes there if he will. at theale one , iohn bowyer . at winfield one , iohn hawkins . at binfield , richard williams . at thackham , robert humphrey . at farington two , simon turner , and margaret handy . at okingham two , will : hunt , and rich : thorp . at lamburne one , kept by one daintree at the two neck'd swan . at hungerford one , thomas smith . wallingford was a good towne in the raigne of k. edward the confessor . an. 1042. it hath been a walled towne , as appeares by the ruines of it , with a strong castle neere the river of thames , which is now almost defac'd into fragments . king stephen with all his force could not win it from the besieged empresse mawd ; in the raigne of k. edw. 3. an 1334 this town was of such greatnesse that it had 12 churches , which now are demolished and diminished to 1 , or scarce two ; ( such are the changes of transitory things ) it is a good market town , and stands commodiously , having two tavernes under william donnington and iohn smith . newbery is a rich town for the trade of clothing , it sprang out of the c●…nsumption of an old towne , which is neere it , called spene , or spinhamlands ; there are three tavernes , under iohn greenoway , thomas howes , and anthony linch . spinhamland hath two tavernes under richard cox , and iames garroway . maydenhead is so called , as some say , of a maid's head that was cut off at colleyne in germany , which from thence was brought thither , and worshipped ; the people supposing it to be the head of one of the 1100 virgins ( or maids ) that suff●…ed wi●…h saint ursula , how certaine it is i know not , but this i know , that there are good inns , lodging and entertainment , halfe of it being in the parish of bray , having these taverns : the beare , the greybound the lyon , the white hart , the sarazens head : it may be one too many . reading is the prime and principall town in this county of barkshire , for faire buildings , large streets for cloathing and other blessings : king henry the first , with his wife , & his daughter mawd the empresse , were buried there . reading hath these tavernes , kept or allowed by iohn domelaw , elizabeth foster , iohn bagley , richard alexander , iohn skot , and george duell at the george . this shire had at suppression of monasteries , of abbies , nunneries , priories , frieries , colleges and hospitals , 14. it is divided into 20 devisions , or hundreds ; namely , hormer , farington , ganfield , shrievenham , kentbury , oke , braye , wanting , riplemore , compton , morton , cookeham , barnelth , i am borne , wargrove , reading , sunning , theale , charleton , and fairecrosse . barkshire hath also 11 good market townes , 140 parishes , and 40 tavernes . surrey . surrey , or southrey , because it lies south from the river of thames , it is a rich county , and if the inhabitants do not want thank fulnesse to god , there is nothing wanting ( either pleasant or profitable ) for the life and maintainance of men . farnham is a fine towne in the rode betwixt london and winchester , it hath a faire castle in it , which was built by henry earle of bloys , brother to king stephen ; it stands lofty on a hill , seeming to overlooke the towne , as it overtops it ; it was throwne downe by king henry the third , in the barons wars ; but the bishops of winchester ( who are the owners of it ) hath from time to time rais'd and repaired it to that goodly structure . the town hath 3 tavernes inhabited or allowed under iohn folder , anne hoore , and anne martin . at haselmere one , robert palmer . at cobham , iohn perior . at godstone two , the bell and the greyhound . at peckham one , the greyhound . at linyuill , thomas chapman . at lederhead , or leatherhead two , iohn rogers , thomas clark. at by●…eet one , iohn baily . at mowlsey , anthony powell . chertsey is a pretty little market towne neere the thames , where there is a decayed left handed bridge over the river , i wish it mended , the people are for the most part very kind and honest . it hath or may have 2 taverns , ellin day , & iohn stare . at croydon 2 , the george and the greyhound . guilford is a good market towne where kings have kept their court as appeares by an old decaied house there to this day . also , there are the ruines of an ancient castle to be seene neere the brooke : this towne hath very faire innes , and good entertainment , at the tavernes , the angell , the crowne , the white hart and the lyon. at wimble●…on , the two lyons and wheat-sheafe . at godalming ( corruptly called godlyman ) are two , under henry westbrooke and george bridger . at bagshot are two , the bush , scipio le squire , or mr. anthill , and robert battin at the lyon. at barnes , richard hill at the beare . rygate is anciently famous for affronti●…g and repulsing the danes neer there in holensedale , neere which is a ruinated castle , called holme castle ; the tavernes may be two , but william pistor hath the command , the hart. at little monlesey , parnell nitingale , white hart . at riple , anne stanton at the dog. at stretham , william lads at the antelop . at barm●… street one , iulian haberley . at ca●…halton one , mary rutleage at the white lyon. at lambeth and lambeth marsh , the faulcon , the kings head , the white lyon , the three squirrel●… , the three tuns , the vine . at egham , the kings head , & katherin wheele , by elizabeth clarke , and margaret guy . at micham one , william holland . at tooting one , elinor serient . at mortlake two , miles bourne at the princes armes , and phebe tucker at the maidenhead . at waddon one , christian weller . at camberwell , iohn stratfield , and iane vvebb . at bleechingles , anne fince . at waybridge , kate williams . kinston , a very commodious and good well govern'd towne , an excellent market ( especially for corne . ) in old time it had a faire castle belonging to the earls of glocester . three saxon kings were crowned there on a scaffold in the market place , namely , edwin , athelstane , and etheldred , in memory of which there are the figures of those kings in the church . before those kings were crowned there , the towne was called mereford , & ever since those coronations , it hath bin called kingston , or the kings towne . parliaments have bin held there divers times : it hath many good innes , and these tavernes , the castle , the crane , the kings head , the saracens head , and the hand in hand . at meistham , reignold durkin . at battersea , henry norton , anne boswell , the mermayd . at darking , toby ridge , edward goodman , and iohn comber . at ewell two , katherin umbrevile , and francis kendall : but one may serve that towne , and doth ( as i think ) which is the signe of the popinjay . at newington , the bull , and the kings armes . at putney 2. the white lyon , & the red lyon. at wandsworth , mary gibson , sith browne , and vvilliam sherlocke . at cobham , the lyon , the george . the golden lyon neere old paris garden . at rederhith three , the mermayd , the sun , and the rose . richmond , was called sheene before k. henry the 7. built the stately palace there . i here was a goodly house neere the said foundation in old time , for k. edw. 3. died there : so likewise did queen anne the wife of k. richard 2. king henry 5. built much there , which being burnt by casuall misfortune , k. henry 7. built upon the old ground-worke . in that palace that now is , dyed the sayd royall founder of it , king henry , and after that there died his grandchild queen elizabeth , both unmatchable princes for internall and externall endowments . there are two tavernes , the lyon , and the princes armes . this county of surrey had at the suppression of monasteries , abbies , nunneries , priories , frieries , colledges and hospitalls , 14. it hath 8 market townes , and it is divided into thirteene hundreds or divisions , namely , chertsey , woking , farnham emley bridge , darking , croydon , kingston , black-heath , and wooton , capthome , and effingham godalming , tanridge , reygate , brixton and wallington . it hath 140 parishes , and of tavernes 71. buckinghamshire . bvckinghamshire is a rich and fat soyle , and by the bountie of heaven plentifully replenishe●… with the fruits of the earth . marlow , was so named because it stands in chaulkie or marle ground : it is a good market towne and hath one taverne under iohn farmour . at winslow , nicholas brinsall . at chaffant , robert ducke . at burnham , iohn phipp. at oney , lewis ablestone . brill is so ancient , that king edward the confessor had a house in it , and sometimes kept hi●… court there . it hath bin formerly a market town●… it is a place most fertill and fruitfull , and hath brave , beautifull , and pleasant prospect . it hath on●… taverne , the kings armes , kept by christophe●… gregorie . at brickhill two , iohn hutchinson , and iane holmes . at cheneis , iohn barefoot . at hanslap , richard perry . at newport pagnell two , iohn prest●… , and elizabeth vvhite . at slowgh two , the crowne , and the white hart , iohn checkley . at fenny streetford , iohn kims . at ever , william atkins . alesbery ( as some say ) so called for brewing of most mighty capitoll ale , as browne as a berry ; it is a good market town , and hath these tavernes , and fignes , ioseph sexton , ieffrey standley and anne goldsworth , the george , the kings head , and the bush. at amersham , iohn cr●…ss , edward bayly , and tobias saunders . at challey , robert paine . at marsh gibbon , mary robins . at beconsfield , richard bentley , sara hayles , the bell. east wickham , or high vvickham is a faire town , and a maior town , with these tavernes , the lyon , the nagshead , and the katherin vvheele ; but mr. george vvells may ( if he pleas●… ) keep one more . at west-wickham , mary vvells . at farnham royall , vvilliam baldwin . at chessham , daniell vv●…st , and eliz : vvolfe . at aeton two , francis dickinson , and peter vviggor ; the signes there , are the christopher , and the su●… . at missenden two , vvilliam harris , and thomas gardner . at whit-church , vvilliam theed . at●…vinghoe ●…vinghoe , edward anthony . at wendover two , richard rowell , and ralpb hill , the lyon. stonystretford is so named for the place where it stands , and much of the countrey neere it is very stony ; there is a taverne there , the signe of the cock , lloyde . at amelford two , the sarazens head , the bush. colebrooke is a great through-fare , and hath these taverns , the george , the estrich , the katherin wheel thomas meale , thomas charley , iohn childe . at prince resborow , vvilliam hastlegrove . buckingham is the provinciall towne of this shire , and hath these tavernes , the cock and the bush : alexander stotusbury , and elizabeth pollard . this county had at suppression of monasteries , abbies , nunneries , priories , frieries , colleges and hospitals 22. it hath 8 divisions , or hundreds , assenden , stock , newport , burnham , buckingham , disborough , collstow , alesbery . it hath 11 market townes , 185 parishes , and 47 tavernes . oxfordshire . oxfordshire is scarce second to any county in england for plenty of corne and pasturage , wood and fruits of all sorts , that this kingdome yields . it is also excellently watred with fine sweet rivers , as ouse , or isis , which some doe c●…ll the thames ; and the little river cherwell also glides into it , so that this shire is furnish'd in plenty with fresh river fi●…h of sundry kinds . banbury is a goodly faire market towne , and ( as the learned cambden ) it is famous for cakes , cheese and zeale : it hath three saverns kept by martin vvright , elizabeth collins , and mathew alsop . at stoken church , augustine belson , the signe the white hart. at nettlebed two , iohn vvhite & ioh. crowch . the signes are the bull , and the lyon. at watlington , elizabeth colebrooke . at bampton , simon turner . burfourd is a good market towne , but beware of a burfourd bayt , for it may breed the staggers : there are 3 tavernes inhabited or allowed under edmund hening , agnes dalby , and simon hator . at chippingnorton two , christopher deane , and henry cornish . at vvitney , tho. brooke at the kings armes . dorchester was a faire and goodly citie 1000 yeares agoe , for in anno 642. oswald king of northumberland , was a godfather to one cingilse , a king of the west saxons , which king was converted from paganisme to christianity , and was then and there baptized in this town of dorchester . the cuines whereof that are neere it , doe shew in part how far the ancient greatnesse extended , it is now but a little towne ; the river of tame doth fall into isis hard by this towne : it hath one taverne , inhabited or allowed by elizabeth bernard . at stratton awdley there is one taverne , under the licence of iohn burlace esquire . at enstone , richard canning , and mary ayldworth . thame is a good market towne , and is so named from the river of tame or thame that waters it ; it hath two tavernes , thomas ballow , and richard kendall , the signes are the red lyon , and the swan . at benson one , edward snelling . vvoodstocke house , or the kings pallace there was built by king henry the 1. and the park there was also by him enclosed . this house was after made a pallace of private pleasure by king henry the second , where hee injoyed his fading contentment with the faire rosamond clifford : the town is a pretty market towne , and chiefly famous for the breeding of the worthy ieffrey chancer , the most ancient arch-poet of england . vvoodstocke hath sometimes but one taverne , and sometimes two , according to the pleasure of mr. tho : rayer . at tatsworth two , iohn poyner , and elizabeth tanner . at paddington two , katherin bennet , and mary ●…ker . at is●…p two , edward stoakley , vvilliam bradley , kings head , princes armes . at wheatley two , iohn smith , and athaliah robinson . hendley or henley is an excellent market town , with these tavernes , the vvhite hart and the elephant . also , there is a taverne with a bush only , at the bowling green without the towne in ox ford way . robert heyborne , richard pinder , and iohn stevens . oxford . as the glorious beames of the resplendant sun cannot be made more coruscant by the light of a silly taper , and as a drop of raine augments not the boundlesse ocean , so would any thing that should be spoken , or written by mee in the praise of this famous university and city be most needlesse or impertinent . the vigour of hercules could not be encreased with the strength of a pismire ; it is high presumption to shew apollo the grounds of poetry , or to teach the muses ( whose habitation is there ) and there is the inexhausible magazin of all arts , learning , and good littrature ; therfore , with that little parcell of latine which is translated out of greeke , and spoken by apelles the famous painter , ne sutor vltra crepidam , i will take leave of the university , and speake of the tavernes , which are five , francis harris , william turner , thomas hallom , william grice and humphrey budwit ; the signes are the mermayd , the swan , the other three are onely bushes . this shire had at the suppression of the romish religion , of monasteries , abbies , nunneries , &c. 26. this county is devided into 14 hundreds or devisions ; namely , langtree , bloxham , tame , banburie , wootton , binfield , ewelme , pitton , chadlington , bampton , bullington , plowghley , dorchester , and lewknor . also oxfordshire hath 11 market townes , 208 parishes , and 40 wine tavernes . the totall of all the tavernes in all the ten shires and counties aforesaid , are 686 , or thereabouts . finis . 