Sise Lane: a lane in the City, near Cannon Street.
The Basings: an old City family whose name also survives in the 'Bassishaw' ward of the City, and in Basinghall Street.
Bread Street, turning out of Cheapside, shows where the bakers chiefly dwelt in Old London.
John Milton (born 1608, died 1674) wrote 'Paradise Lost,' 'Paradise Regained,' and some beautiful shorter pieces.
Three Poets: i. the Greek Homer, reputed author of those noble epics the 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' (about 1000 B.C.); ii. the Roman Virgil, who wrote the 'Æneid' (born 70 B.C.); iii. the English Milton. The famous epitaph was written by John Dryden.
William Tyndal assisted the Reformation by translating the New Testament into English (1526), and part of the Old Testament. He was burnt as a heretic at Vilvoorde, near Brussels, in 1536.
William Cowper (born 1731, died 1800), the author of 'The Task' and other beautiful poems.
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Plantagenet: Henry II., 1154-1189, was the first of the line of kings bearing this name, so called from the badge worn by Henry's father, a sprig of broom.