[543] London Gazette, August 28 to Sept. 1, 1679.
[544] “Itinerarium Curiosum,” 1776, p. 14.
[545] Letter of John Paston to Sir John Paston, Sept. 21, 1472.
[546] Marston’s Antonio and Mellida, 1633.
[547] Tom Brown’s Works, vol. iii, p. 243.
[548] Tom Brown’s Amusements for the Meridian of London, 1706.
[549] “It represented a burning lamp, such as some pastry-cooks have to amuse the children, on which geese, monkeys, elephants, dogs, cats, hares, foxes, and many strange animals are to be seen running after each other.”
“My lamp is kept burning by the produce of the East.
Oil, figs, and currants sold here.”