. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 1712.—Smithfield, 1714.—Public Washing-grounds, 1581. (.Harleian MS- 3469.) 101 102 OLD ENGLAND. [Book V peace and peaceable pursuits must have had upon the trading andcommercial interests of the kingdom. But we must turn to London, and its Exchange (Fig. 170-;,and the munificent founder of that Exchange, Gresham (, 1704). for the most striking evidences of Elizabeths conscious-ness of the best mode to make her native land truly great amongthe nations of the earth. During
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . 1712.—Smithfield, 1714.—Public Washing-grounds, 1581. (.Harleian MS- 3469.) 101 102 OLD ENGLAND. [Book V peace and peaceable pursuits must have had upon the trading andcommercial interests of the kingdom. But we must turn to London, and its Exchange (Fig. 170-;,and the munificent founder of that Exchange, Gresham (, 1704). for the most striking evidences of Elizabeths conscious-ness of the best mode to make her native land truly great amongthe nations of the earth. During the reign of Edward VI. theDuke of Northumberland had been Greshams chief patron andsupporter in the arduous task then begun by that great financialreformer; and when the duke fell, in consequence of his attempt toplace Lady Jane Grey on the throne, Gresham feared his fortunesHad sunk too. But at the very first council held by Elizabeth atHatfield, where she was residing at the time of her accession, shereceived the merchant-prince most graciously: and even toldhim—conscious of the difficulties he had to contend with—sh
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