[179] Cf. Stubbs’ Lectures on Constitutional History.
[181] Scott’s Marmion.
[182] Brentano, p. 21.
[183] Ibid. p. 21.
[184] Toulmin Smith, p. 192.
[185] It is a curious coincidence that these two towns which earlier evinced such jealousy towards one another’s procession (cf. supra, p. [63]) should have maintained it longest.
[186] The festivities of the Preston Gild were held at intervals of twenty years. The last took place in 1882 (cf. Abram, Memorials), but many features place the Preston pageants in a different class from that to which those of Shrewsbury and Coventry belong.
[187] i.e. Coventry.
[188] Though there is no doubt that the Quarry was used for the performance of plays by other actors. Cf. infra, p. [119].