[492] Stowe’s Survey of London.
[493] Daily Courant, Dec. 17, 1718.
[494] See under [Humorous Signs].
[495] Hollinshed’s Chronicles, iv., p. 330.
[496] The whole history of this calligraphic contest, written by Bale himself, is preserved amongst the Harl. MSS., No. 675.
[497] “Twelve Sonatas in two parts; the first part solos for a violin, a bass violin, viol and harpsichord; the second Preludes, Almands, Corants, Sarabands and Jigs, with the Spanish Folly. Dedicated to the Electress of Brandenburgh by Archangelo Corelli; being his fifth and last opera, etc. Price 8 shillings, or each part single 5 shillings.”—London Gazette, August 26-29, 1700. The use of the word opera here is somewhat peculiar.
[498] Hawkins’s History of Music, vol. ii., p. 107.
[499] London Gazette, December 30 to January 2, 1700.
“He came to an inn,
In the Rue de la Mortellerie,
Where the sign of the Pestle hangs out,
At which place there is good entertainment to be had.”