Coaching days and coaching ways . Butchery Lane, Canterbury. 26o COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS Regis in a Maison Dieu as well, for the use of such kingson this truly royal road as had got galled in the saddleand felt disposed to lie on their royal faces for a Maison Dieu was founded by Henry the Second,and came afterwards into the hands of the KnightsTemplars. By them it was no doubt administered ac-cording to their debonair wont. Barmaids, hot soup, oldMalvoisie, and no change given over the counter, putfresh life into the old place, and dimly heralded the pro-fuse hospitality of
Coaching days and coaching ways . Butchery Lane, Canterbury. 26o COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS Regis in a Maison Dieu as well, for the use of such kingson this truly royal road as had got galled in the saddleand felt disposed to lie on their royal faces for a Maison Dieu was founded by Henry the Second,and came afterwards into the hands of the KnightsTemplars. By them it was no doubt administered ac-cording to their debonair wont. Barmaids, hot soup, oldMalvoisie, and no change given over the counter, putfresh life into the old place, and dimly heralded the pro-fuse hospitality of the coaching days ; made many knightsand squires of high estate linger on their pilgrimage, andforget whither they were going. For they were going toCanterbury we must suppose ; and from Boughton Hill,about four miles on, the spire of the great cathedral wasfirst seen from the backs of war-horses, mules, from the topof stage coaches, or from other points of view obtainableby travellers of all ranks on the Dover Road, and at vari
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