The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . chbilfiop of Tork on hisLeft Hand, to the great Difpleafure of his No-bility, both Spiritual and Temporal. But of all the Royal Entertainments that everwere given in this Hall, or perhaps in any other,that (if a certain Monk may be credited) givenby the faid King, at the Nuptials of his Brother,Richard Earl of Cornwall, Anno 1243, was triemoft fumptuous -, for, according to my Author,the Number of Difhes at that Feaft amounted toabove thirty thoufand. If we admit the Difhes tohave been each but a Foot in Diameter, the

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The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . chbilfiop of Tork on hisLeft Hand, to the great Difpleafure of his No-bility, both Spiritual and Temporal. But of all the Royal Entertainments that everwere given in this Hall, or perhaps in any other,that (if a certain Monk may be credited) givenby the faid King, at the Nuptials of his Brother,Richard Earl of Cornwall, Anno 1243, was triemoft fumptuous -, for, according to my Author,the Number of Difhes at that Feaft amounted toabove thirty thoufand. If we admit the Difhes tohave been each but a Foot in Diameter, the pre-fent Hall, which is much bigger than that in theTime of Henry the third, would (exclufive ofCompany) only contain fifteen thoufand andforty-eight of fuch Difhes. At a Royal Entertainment given in this Hall,at Whitfuntide, Anno 1317, by Edward the Secondto his Nobility, a Woman in a fantaftical Drcfs,reprefenting that of a Comedian, entered the Hallon Horfeback, where, with an uncommon Af- furance, Hen. Rec. Tur. Mat. Tho. Walfing- Lhron. - 11 /JT< A View of the IIozrsE of Peers.

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