. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE BATH ROAD 25 most. No ! they " lay low " for him in the cruellest manner, and asked him at the end of his life, whether, if he was not a turncoat, he was not an inconstant changeling ? But Simon, though he must have been about a hundred, was ready for them. " Not so," said he, *' for I have always kept my ; Upon this the wicked desired him to " go to," when he " went to" " My principle," he said, " is Vicar of Br
. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE BATH ROAD 25 most. No ! they " lay low " for him in the cruellest manner, and asked him at the end of his life, whether, if he was not a turncoat, he was not an inconstant changeling ? But Simon, though he must have been about a hundred, was ready for them. " Not so," said he, *' for I have always kept my ; Upon this the wicked desired him to " go to," when he " went to" " My principle," he said, " is Vicar of ; Then his in the following fashion. this: to live and questioners " went die the too," and the good Simon died according to his prin- ciples in 1588. His genial presence must have passed up and down the London Road many times during his life, for the purpose of taking fresh oaths under varying conditions, sign- incr recantations and executing more import- ant commissions, and his jolly ghost should haunt it still if ghosts were not like stage coaches—so hideously out of fashion ; and Simon would be in good company too if he would walk, for the Bath Road is haunted, and by two of his contemporaries. I shall have occasion later on to remark on the curious way in which Henry the Eighth's name has attached itself to certain counties, with which, if we are to credit historians, for want of other pastime, he had no earthly connection in life. It is not surprising however that between Windsor and Reading, the much married and much whitewashed king should be the hero of every tale. And it is of a ghost story of which he is particu-. Sign of the Angel, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941; Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 186
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