. London . othercountry. Why does heassign arms to the Scythians ? Egypt had turquoise mines,but no other precious stones. The purple garments of theSeres, or Chinaman, are silks. Norway and Russia still sendsables and other furs, and France, happily, still sends claret. The city (Fitz Stephen adds ), like Rome, is divided into wards,has annual sheriffs for its consuls, has senatorial and lower magistrates,sewers and aqueducts in its streets—its proper places and separatecourts for cases of each kind, deliberative, demonstrative, judicial;and has assemblies on appointed days. I do not think th
. London . othercountry. Why does heassign arms to the Scythians ? Egypt had turquoise mines,but no other precious stones. The purple garments of theSeres, or Chinaman, are silks. Norway and Russia still sendsables and other furs, and France, happily, still sends claret. The city (Fitz Stephen adds ), like Rome, is divided into wards,has annual sheriffs for its consuls, has senatorial and lower magistrates,sewers and aqueducts in its streets—its proper places and separatecourts for cases of each kind, deliberative, demonstrative, judicial;and has assemblies on appointed days. I do not think there is a cityAvith more commendable customs of church attendance, honour toGods ordinances, keeping sacred festivals, almsgiving, hospitality,confirming betrothals, contracting marriages, celebration of nuptials,preparing feasts, cheering the guests, and also in care for funeralsand the interment of the dead. The only pests of London are theimmoderate drinking of fools, and the frequency of fires. To this. RIVER TILTING IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY 44 /aLXDON may be added that nearly all the Bishops, Abbots, and Magnates ofEngland are, as it were, citizens and freemen of London, havingtheir own splendid houses to which they resort, where they spendlargely when summoned to great Councils by the King or by theirMetropolitan, or drawn thither by their own private affairs. A noble picture of a noble city! Let us consider the monuments of the City. There re-mains of Saxon London nothing. Of Norman London, thegreat White Tower, the crypt of Bow, the crypt of Priory (outside the City), part of the Church ofBartholomew the Great, part of St. Ethelburgas, Bishopsgate :there is nothing The Cathedral of St. Pauls when Fitz Stephen wrote wasslowly rising from its ashes. It had been already twice de-stroyed by fire. First, the Church founded by Mellitus andbeautified by Bishop Cedd and King Sebbi was burned tothe ground in the year 961. We know nothing at all of thisbuilding or
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