Merrie England in the olden time / by George Daniel.

  • Daniel, George, 1789-1864.
Date:
1881
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Merrie England in the olden time / by George Daniel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    formerly acted there. On Monday, October 19, 1829, it was razed to the ground, to make room for a misshapen mass of modern masonry. The oak parlour has been pre- served from the wreck, and is well worth a visit from the antiquary. Canonbury Tavern and Highbury Bam long maintained their festive honours. Farther a-field were the Sluice, or Eel-pie House; Copenhagen House; Hornsey Wood House, formerly the hunting seat of Queen Eliza- beth ; Chalk Farm; Jack Straw’s Castle; the Spaniards, &c., long undefiled by pitiful prettinesses of bricks and mortar, and affording a delightful opportunity of enjoying pure air and pastime. The canonized Bishop of Lichfield and Mademoiselle St. Agnes had each their wells. What perambulator of the suburbs but knows St. Chad, in Gray’s Inn Lane, and St. Agnes le Clair,* at Hoxton? Pancrasf Fair Penitent. Sciolto, Mr. Malone. Horatio, Mr. Johnson. Altamont, Mr. Jones. Lothario, Mr. Dunn. Rosano, Mr. Harris. Calista, Mrs. Harman. Lavinia, Mrs. Malone. Lucilla, Miss Platt. To which will be added, a Farce called ‘ The L^ng Valet.’ Prices—Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. To begin at 7 o’clock.” * Whit, in Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair, promises to treat his com- pany with a clean glass, washed with the water of Agnes le Clare. t “At Edward Martin’s, at the Homes at Pancrass, is that excellent water, highly approved of by the most eminent physitians, and found by long experience to be a powerful antidote against rising of the vapours, also against the stone and gravel. It likewise cleanses the body, purifies and sweetens the blood, and is a general and sovereign help to nature. I shall open on Whitson-Monday, the 24th of May, 1697 ; and there will be likewise dancing every Tuesday and Thureday all the summer season at the place aforesai ’. The poor may drink the waters gratis. Then follow sixteen lines of rhyme in praise of “this noble water,” and inviting ladies and gentlemen to drink of it. Of this rare hand-bill no other copy is known. “ And although this place (Pancras) be as it were forsaken of all.