which is then amplified into—
“Turn againe, Whittington,
For thou in time shall grow
Lord Maior of London.”
In T. H.’s History (see p. 11) we have—
“Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London.”
In the later chap-book version this is altered into—
“Turn again, Whittington,
Lord Mayor of great London.”
It will be seen that the special reference to the fact that Whittington was three times Lord Mayor is not to be found in either the ballads or the chap-books.