The cries of London : exhibiting several of the itinerant traders of antient and modern times . King William the Third, and theother of the time of James the First, representing a Salt-boxman, and is perhaps one of the earliest specimens of thatcharacter. The lines alluded to are : Here s fine rosemary, sage, and thyme !Come buy my ground s fetherfew, gilliflowers, and rue,Come buy my knotted marjorum, ho !Come buy my mint, my fine green mint,Here s fine lavender for your clothes,Here s parsley and winter-savory,And hearts-ease, which all do s balm and hissop, and cinquefo
The cries of London : exhibiting several of the itinerant traders of antient and modern times . King William the Third, and theother of the time of James the First, representing a Salt-boxman, and is perhaps one of the earliest specimens of thatcharacter. The lines alluded to are : Here s fine rosemary, sage, and thyme !Come buy my ground s fetherfew, gilliflowers, and rue,Come buy my knotted marjorum, ho !Come buy my mint, my fine green mint,Here s fine lavender for your clothes,Here s parsley and winter-savory,And hearts-ease, which all do s balm and hissop, and fine herbs, it is well known. Let none despise the merry merry Cries Of famous London Town ! Here s pennyroyal and marygolds ! Come buy my nettle-tops. Here s water-cresses and scurvy-grass ! Come buy my sage of virtue ho ! Come buy my wormwood and mugwort, Here s all fine herbs of every sort. Heres southernwood thats very good. Dandelion and houseleek. Here s dragons tongue and wood sorrel, With bears foot and horehound. Let none despise the merry merry Cries Of famous London Town !. ^tCa^/ie/r WASHER-WOMEN, CHAR-WOMEN, AND STREET NURSES. Plate XXYII. ERHAPS there is not a class of people who work harderthan those washer-women who go out to assist servants inwhat is called a heavj^ wash ; they may be seen in the wintertime, shivering at the doors, at three and four oclock in themorning, and are seldom dismissed before ten at night, tliishard treatment being endured for two shillings and sixpence aday. They may be divided into two classes, the industrious,who labour cheerfully to support their little ones, and, too often,an idle and cruel husband ; and those that take snuff, drinkgin, and propagate the scandal of the neighbourhood, seldomquitting the house of their employer without gaining the se-crets of the family, which they acquire by pretending to tellthe fortunes of every one in the house to the servants of thefamily, by the manner in which the grouts of the tea ad
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