. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. red withthis long battle, received a stroke on his wounded wrist, which divid-ing the sinews, he remained vanquished, and the tall conquerorreceived the applause of the spectators. For my part, I should havehad more pleasure in seeing the battle of the bears and dogs, whichwas fought the following day on the same theatre. It does not appear at what time the bear-baiting was destroyed,but it was probably not long after the above period. Strype, in hisfirst edition of Stow, published 1720, speaking of Bear-alley
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. red withthis long battle, received a stroke on his wounded wrist, which divid-ing the sinews, he remained vanquished, and the tall conquerorreceived the applause of the spectators. For my part, I should havehad more pleasure in seeing the battle of the bears and dogs, whichwas fought the following day on the same theatre. It does not appear at what time the bear-baiting was destroyed,but it was probably not long after the above period. Strype, in hisfirst edition of Stow, published 1720, speaking of Bear-alley, onthis spot, says, * Here is a glass-house, and about the middle anew-built court, well inhabited, called Bear-garden-square, socilled, as being built in the place where the Bear-garden formerlystood, until removed to the other side of the water; which is moreconvenient for the butchers and such like, who are taken with suchrustic sports as the baiting of bears and bulls. The theatre wasevidcnfly destroyed to build this their new court.** Lond. Illustrat, HISTORY OF LONDON. 521. The Globe Theatre. The above wood-cut is a correct representation of this theatre,copied from an engraved view of London, made about the year1612. A very rude wood-cut of this edifice appears in MalonesShakspeare from the long Antwerp view of London, in the Pepysianlibrary at Cambridge ; but from the coarseness of the execution, itgives a very inadequate idea. The Globe was a public theatre of considerable size, situated onthe Bankside, the southern side of the Thames, nearly opposite toFriday-street, Cheapside ; and the performances always took placein summer, and by day-light. It is not certain when it was , the German traveller, who gives an amusing descriptionof London in the time of queen Elizabeth, alludes to it as existing in1598, but it was probably not built long before 1596. It was anhexagonal wooden building, partly open to the weather, and partlythatched with reeds, on which
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