. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. harles his diminutive fellow-servant, Jeffrey Hudson, dwarf to thesame monarch. It was probably by his own consent, that the latterwas put into the pocket of the giant, and drawn out by him at amasque at court, to amuse and divert the spectators.* ? He had toomuch spirit, says Mr Pennant, to suffer such an insult, from evena Goliah : for little Jeffrey afterwards commanded, with much re-putation, a troop of horse in his majestys service, and, in 1644,killed Mr. Crofts in a duel, who had ventured to ridicu
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. harles his diminutive fellow-servant, Jeffrey Hudson, dwarf to thesame monarch. It was probably by his own consent, that the latterwas put into the pocket of the giant, and drawn out by him at amasque at court, to amuse and divert the spectators.* ? He had toomuch spirit, says Mr Pennant, to suffer such an insult, from evena Goliah : for little Jeffrey afterwards commanded, with much re-putation, a troop of horse in his majestys service, and, in 1644,killed Mr. Crofts in a duel, who had ventured to ridicule the irritablehero. Evans was seven feet and a half high, Hudson only threefeet nine In Bagnio-court is the first warm bath (after the Turkish fashion)established in this country. It is situated on the west side of thecourt, the interior is apparently as old as the foundation, viz. II. and consists of an octagonal apartment, from whichrises a spherical dome, enriched with stucco. The bath is lined * Fullers Worthies, Wales, p. 54. t Pennant, 4to p. I HISTORY OF LONDON. 575 and floored with marble, in black and white squares, and measures20 feet by 10. The architecture of the interior very much resem-bles many works of Inigo Jones. i Paternoster-row before the fire in 1666, was inhabited by mer-cers, silkmen, and lacemen, and Maitland says, that their shopswere so resorted unto by the nobility and gentry, in their coaches,that oft times the street was so stopped up, that there was no pas-sage for foot passengers. On the wall of a house in Pannier-alley, is a figure in stone, of anaked boy sitting on a pannier, or coil of rope ; and beneath is thisinscription :— WHEN YE HAVE SOVGHT THE CITY ROVND YET STILL THIS IS THE HIGHEST GROVND. AVGVST THE 27, 1688. Mr. Pennant considers this to have been an ancient monument,placed here to denote the height of the ground. The church of St. Michael le Querne, formerly stood at the westend of Cheapside, fronting
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