[39] Street north of St. Paul's, occupied by publishing houses.
[40] Law schools and lawyers' residences situated southwest of St. Paul's, between Fleet Street and the Thames.
[41] Edward Young (1681-1765), an English poet. See his satires, Vol. III, Epist. ii, page 70.
[42] The printing press at which Franklin worked is preserved in the Patent Office at Washington.
[43] Franklin now left the work of operating the printing presses, which was largely a matter of manual labor, and began setting type, which required more skill and intelligence.
[44] A printing house is called a chapel because Caxton, the first English printer, did his printing in a chapel connected with Westminster Abbey.
[45] A holiday taken to prolong the dissipation of Saturday's wages.
[46] The story is that she met Christ on His way to crucifixion and offered Him her handkerchief to wipe the blood from His face, after which the handkerchief always bore the image of Christ's bleeding face.
[47] James Salter, a former servant of Hans Sloane, lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. "His house, a barber-shop, was known as 'Don Saltero's Coffee-House.' The curiosities were in glass cases and constituted an amazing and motley collection—a petrified crab from China, a 'lignified hog,' Job's tears, Madagascar lances, William the Conqueror's flaming sword, and Henry the Eighth's coat of mail."—Smyth.
[48] About three miles.