...thinks Stowe was greatly beholden to it without acknowledgment. That honest industrious taylor, who " seeing the confused order of our late English chronicles, and the ignorant handling of ancient affaires, leaving his own peculiar ganes, consecrated himself to the icarche of our famous antiquities,"...

...have seen, Stow was a member. On this occasion he says, " It is now full thirty-six years since I, seeing the confused order of our late English chronicles,...consecrated myself to the search of our famous antiquities." This would give 1562 as the date at which he commenced his labours, or at least at which he began to...

...and Aldermen of London, he states by way of preface, that " it is now full thirtysix years since I, seeing the confused order of our late English chronicles,...consecrated myself to the search of our famous antiquities :" thus evidencing the extreme ardour with which this favourite study was conducted by him, and how...

...;" while in the edition of 1604 the passage runs as follows : — " It is now nigh 45 yeares since I seeing the confused order of our late English Chronicles, and the ignorant handling of ancient affaires, as also (by occasion being persuaded by the Earle of Leicester) ;" and in a side-note he...

...ultimately abandoned it for antiquarian pursuits. Writing in 1575, he says : ' It is now ten years since I, seeing the confused order of our late English chronicles,...but which only brought him to want and beggary ! In his 79th year, S. obtained letters patent from James I. authorising him to become a mendicant, or,...

...pursuits. Writing in 1575, he says : ' It is now ten years since I, seeing the confused order of our lat« English chronicles, and the ignorant handling of ancient...but which only brought him to want and beggary ! In his 79tk year, S. obtained letters patent from James I. authorising him to become a mendicant, or,...

...and the igirorant handling of ancient affairs, leaving mine own peculiar gains, consecrated myeelf to the search of our famous antiquities.' A patriotic...antiquary from his king and country an old age of case and honour, but which only brought him to want and beggary ! Iji his 79th year, S. obtained letters...

...ultimately abandoned it for antiquarian pursuit-. Writing in 1575, he says: 'It is now ten years since I, seeing the confused order of our late English chronicles,...handling of ancient affairs, leaving mine own peculiar <,'ains, consecrated myself to the search of our famous antiquities.' A patriotic sacrilice, which...

...ultimately abandoned it for antiquarian pursuits. Writing in 1575, he says : ' It is now ten years since I, seeing the confused order of our late English chronicles,...but which only brought him to want and beggary ! In his 79th year, S. obtained letters patent from James L authorising him to become a mendicant, or, as...

...ultimately abandoned it for antiquarian pursuits. Writing in 1575, he says : ' It is now ten years since I, seeing the confused order of our late English chronicles,...but which only brought him to want and beggary ! In his 79th year, S. obtained letters patent from James I. authorising him to become a mendicant, or,...