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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Muniments of Alleyn's College of God's Gift at Dulwich
The fate of some may be inferred from that of N orden's print of London, mentioned by Aubrey. To quote from Rich. Gough: Norden published also a view of London in eight sheets, having at bottom a representation of the Lord Mayofs shew, all on horseback, and the aldermen in round caps. Bagford says this view is singular, and was taken from the pitch of the hill towards Dulwich college going to Camberwell from London, about 1604 or 1606, and that he had not met with any other of the kind: he adds that he saw it on the staircase at Dulwich college, and that Secretary Pepys went afterwards to lseeit, and would have purchased it but that since it is quite decayed and destroyed by the damp of the wall' (britislz Topography, 1780, vol. I. P. The actual'fall of the porch and Treasure Chamber in 1703 (p. 197) shows the lamentable state to which the fabric of the College had been reduced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
