The History And Chronicles Of Scotland Vol 2 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Vol. 4 of 6 At Fanchnrch Was a costlie pageant made by the Genowaies: at Gracechurch corner (here was an other pageant made by the Easterlings. At the Vpper end of Graces street there uas an other pageant made by the lr'lorentins veric high, on the tap whereof there stood fonre pictures, and in the middest of them and most high est, there stood an angell all in greene. With a trumpet in his hand: and when the trumpelter (who stood secretlie in the pageant) did sound his trumpet, the angell did put his trumpet to his mouth, as though it had béene the same that had sounded, to the great maruelling of manie ignorantpersons: this pageant was made with three thorough faires or gates, &c. The conduit in Orrnehill ran wine, and beneath the conduit a pageant made at the charges of the citie, and an other at the grtat conduit in Cbeape, and a founteine by it running wine. The stand ard in Cbcape new painttd, with the waits of the citie aloft thereon plaieng. 'lhe crosse in Cheape new washed and burnished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.