181

Ordinary Civil Costume; _temp._ Charles I.:

51. A Countryman 185

52. A Countrywoman 185

53. A Citizen 187

54. A Citizen's Wife 187

55. A Gentleman 189

56. A Gentlewoman 189

57. Lud-gate on Fire 190

58. Paul Pindar's House 191

59. London, as Rebuilt after the Fire 193

60. Coach of the latter half of the Seventeenth Century 195

61. Waggon of the second half of the Seventeenth Century 195

62. Ordinary Dress of Gentlemen in 1675 197

63. Dress of Ladies of Quality 199

64. Ordinary Attire of Women of the Lower Classes 199

65. Group showing Costumes and Sedan Chair, about 1720 202

66. Temple Bar, London 203

67. Fleet Street and Temple Bar 205

68. A Coach of the Middle of the Seventeenth Century 207

69. View of School connected with Bunyan's Meeting House 209

70. Grenadier in the time of the Peninsular War 211

71. Uniform of Sailors, about 1790 213

72. Costumes of Gentlefolk, about 1784 215

73. Vessels unloading at the Customs House, at the beginning
of the Eighteenth Century 217

74. The Old Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, 1803 221

LONDON

1. THE FOUNDATION OF LONDON.

PART I.

'In the year 1108 B.C., Brutus, a descendant of AEneas, who was the son
of Venus, came to England with his companions, after the taking of Troy,
and founded the City of Troynovant, which is now called London. After a
thousand years, during which the City grew and flourished exceedingly,
one Lud became its king. He built walls and towers, and, among other
things, the famous gate whose name still survives in the street called
Ludgate. King Lud