“This is in the Three Hats,
Which are worn on the head,
To keep it from cold and wind.
Tromp was a brave man
Who supported the crown of the states
Hats cleaned here.”
[581] Shopbill, quoted in Thomson’s Chronicles of London Bridge, vol. ii., p. 277.
[582] Decker’s Gull’s Hornbook.
[583] Cibber’s Apology, p. 303.
[584] Gay’s Trivia, book iii.
[585] Weekly Journal, March 30, 1717.
[586] Weekly Journal. Jan. 4, 1718.
[587] Mercurius Publicus, Jan. 8 to 15, 1662.
[588] London Gazette, March 12 to 16, 1673. This was not the famous Will’s Coffee-house, which was situated in Bow Street, Covent Garden.