Transcribed from the [1899] “Hand and Heart” edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
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THE ROMANCE
OF
THE LONDON DIRECTORY.
BY
CHARLES W. BARDSLEY, M.A.,
Vicar of Ulverston,
AUTHOR OF “ENGLISH SURNAMES,” ETC.
“This Booke containes the names of mortall men;
But thear’s a Booke with characters of golde,
Not writ with incke, with pensill, or with pen,
Wheare Gode’s elect for ever are inrolde,
The Booke of Life; wheare labor thou to bee,
Beefore this Booke hath once re-gistred thee.”From a Church Register.
London:
“HAND AND HEART” PUBLISHING OFFICES,
1, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C.
[The right of translation is reserved.]