anterbury.

~St. Dunstan~, who became Archbishop of Canterbury and died in 988, was
not only a zealous priest but a great statesman and ruler.

~St. Alphege~: an Archbishop of Canterbury murdered by the Danes in 1012
A.D.

~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 'AEneid' (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.

29. THE STREETS.

~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.

~Chesel~ was the Anglo-Saxon for pebble, and Kiesel is the German for
the same. The ~Chesil Beach~, near Weymouth, is a remarkable bank of
shingle joining Portland Bill to the mainland.

~Somerset House~, in the Strand: the palace of the Protector Somerset
has been pulled down, and public offices erected on its site.

~Northumberland House~, now demolished, has given its name to
Northumberland Avenue, near Charing Cross.

~Southwark ... many Inns~: in particular the Tabard, where Chaucer's
pilgrims assembled.

~mediaeval~: living in the middle ages, that is, some time before about
1500 A.D.

~ironmongers in their Lane~: that is, Ironmonger Lane, turning out of
Cheapside.

30. WHITTINGTON. PART I.

~Mercer~: a merchant who sells silken or woollen goods.

~executors~: those who are appointed to carry out the last will and
testament of a dead man.

~Levantine~, in the Levant, or eastern part of the Mediterranean.

~Guinea~, on the west coast of Africa.

~Pizarro~: a Spanish adventurer who conquered Peru from its native
rulers or Incas, and was murdered in his palace at Lima in 1541.

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