The colloquies of Edward Osborne, citizen and clothworker of London . Numbers of the Masters, stand-ing by, were watching, encouraging, andapplauding them, to their great Increaseof Emulation. Others again were usingtheir Wasters and Bucklers, others kick-ing the Football ; in the more openGround, Citizens Sons were racing onHorseback, and some of them practisingFeats of War ; others were wrestling,leaping, and casting the Stone. And onevery Hand, Venders of Cakes and the Field, we came unawares uponMaster Hewet^ who spake us kindly, andnoted not the Matter of Miles Sunday-gown. And
The colloquies of Edward Osborne, citizen and clothworker of London . Numbers of the Masters, stand-ing by, were watching, encouraging, andapplauding them, to their great Increaseof Emulation. Others again were usingtheir Wasters and Bucklers, others kick-ing the Football ; in the more openGround, Citizens Sons were racing onHorseback, and some of them practisingFeats of War ; others were wrestling,leaping, and casting the Stone. And onevery Hand, Venders of Cakes and the Field, we came unawares uponMaster Hewet^ who spake us kindly, andnoted not the Matter of Miles Sunday-gown. And so the Day ended. As we went Home, Miles told me how the 44 Colloquies of Edward Osborne the Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs wereaccustomed on St. Bartholomew s Day tosee the City Officers wrestle with allComers, at a set Place in Clerkenwell;and, two or three Days after, to witnessthe shooting of the broad Arrow, both ofwhich I thought I should much delightto behold ; but was quite unfit for whenthe Time came; as thou, in due Course,shalt know. Chapter CHAPTER III. Te Disposition & Economy of MasterHewefs House (Y Masters House had sixStories, the lowest of whichwas sixty Feet above theRiver. First came the Kit-chen, which, being partlysunk in the Arch, might, if not in aBridge, have been counted parcel-under-ground. It had a Casement just over theKey-stone, and no thorough Draught ;the Larder being a Lean-to or After-thought, stuck outside like a Birds Nestagainst the Wall. Level with the Stretelay the Shop, with a small Ware-room orWriting-closet adjoining ; and, behind it,4S three 46 The Colloquies three Steps above it by Reason of theKitchen beneath, the common Sitting-room, overlooking the River. A narrow,steep Stair led to the Floor above, whichhad Mistress Frauncess Sleeping-chamber,wherein lay Mistress Anne^ over the Shop,and a Summer-parlour, which for that ithad a Balcony over the River, commonlywent by the Name of the Balcony was hung with blue Buckram ; and,
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