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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13511	Taylors travels and circular perambulation, through, and by more then thirty times twelve signes of the Zodiack, of the famous cities of London and Westminster With the honour and worthinesse of the vine, the vintage, the wine, and the vintoner; with an alphabeticall description, of all the taverne signes in the cities, suburbs, and liberties aforesaid, and significant epigrams upon the said severall signes. Written by Iohn Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1636 (1636)	STC 23805; ESTC S118288	14,209	64

hereof in Preterpluperfect being shining and adorning our Terrestriall Hemisphaere with most hopefull resplendent refulgent and translucent Luster But if any planetary Influence hath with malevolent aspect cast a fog of Obscurity or perpetuall Extinction upon any of my Signes let no man blame mee the Author for I plead not guilty either to the Retrogradation or Declination of any of them for I have and do love all the worthy Company of Vintoners that I desire they may ever be like the latter end of a Scriveners Bond In full Force and Vertue The antiquity of Wine is recorded memorably by sacred prophane Historians and vines have been planted and vineyards allowed here in England by the Permission of the Emperour Probus at such time as the Romanes had the Government here And there was a Record and I thinke is yet in Windsor Castle of an yearly account of the Charges for the planting Vines in the little Parke there and of the making of Wines in many places of this Land and that Grapes grew so plenteously that some of the Wines served for the Kings houshold the rest were sold for the King's profit And that the Tythe of those Vines and Wines were paid to the Abbot of Walthamstow who was then Parson of Old and New Winsor And in the raigne of King Iohn Wine was so plenty that it was sold for twenty Shillings the Tun which is but one penny the Gallon And it was so cheape in the fifteenth yeare of King Henry the Seventh that much of it being ●…rought out of France it was given to the Mar●…iners for their fraight that brought it Wee are commonly entertain'd with Wine ●…t Christenings Weddings and Burials so that Wine ushers us into the world and kindly accompanies us all our life after death brings ●…s to our graves Thousands of people doe live ●…y it as the Planters of Vines the Keepers of Vineyards Wine-Merchants Vintoners M●…iners Coopers Lighter-men Wharfenge●… Shipwrights Carpenters Goldsmithes Pe●… terers Carmen Besides the great charge 〈◊〉 Cranedge and Selleridge And which is not 〈◊〉 be forgotten Customes and Imposts Thus much shall suffife to speake of Wine●… Now for the Honor of Vintoners I find the●… have been many worthy and Honorable me●… of them for in Anno 1271 the fifty six year of the Raigne of King Henry the third on Iohn Adrian Vintoner was Lord Maior o●… London In the eighth yeare of King Edwa●… the third's Raigne 1334 one Reignold at th●… Conduit was Lord Maior In the fifteen●… yeare of the same King one Iohn of Oxfor●… was Lord Maior In the one and thirty year of Edward the third 1356 Sir Henry Picar●… Vintoner was Lord Maior who for a perp●… tuall Honorable Memory of this Cities wo●…●…hinesse and for a Brooch Jewell or famo●… Ornament to the Right Worshipfull Comp●… of Vintoners the said Sir Henry Picard di●… feast foure Kings in one day with most sum●… tuous Magnificence namely Edward the thir●… ●…ing of England Iohn King of France David ●…ing of Scotland and William King of Cypress ●…ith Edward the Black Prince of Wales the ●…aulphin of France with many other Princes ●…ukes and Peeres as may be read in Stowes●…d ●…d Howes Chronicle and in the Survay of ●…ondon In the yeare 1558 Sir Iohn Stody ●…intoner was Lord Maior of London In the ●…are 1395 the nineteenth yeare of King Ri●…ard the second Sir William Moore Vintoner ●…as likewise in that Honorable Office In the ●…neteenth yeare of the Raigne of King Henry 〈◊〉 eight 1527 Sir Iames Spencer Vintoner ●…as Lord Maior of London And in the yeare ●…94 in the five and thirty yeare of the Raigne Queene Elizabeth Sir Cuthbert Buckle Vin●…ner did Nobly serve in that Honorable Of●…ce of London's Maioralty Besides I find that 〈◊〉 the seventeenth yeare of Queene Elizabeth ●…laster Henry Prannell Vi●…toner was one of 〈◊〉 Sheriffes of London As concerning Pious and Charitable works ●…ne by this famous Company and by their ●…ives or Widdowes he that list's to read the ●…rvay of London shall find the memorable Records of not onely those before named b●… of Master Stephen Skidmore Master Richa●… Iacob Mistris Sibbella Iacob with many other which for brevities sake I omit And thus I dedicate my selfe and this m●… Labour to that Right Worthy and Ampl●… Company requesting them and as many 〈◊〉 loves them to take nothing in ill part becau●… I know there was not any thing ill meant An●… now I proceed to my Alphabeticall and Ep●… grammaticall Peregrination A ANgell in Long Aker Angell in Shoreditch Angell at the Tower Gate Angell neere the Gatehouse at Westminster Epigram Coelestiall sure these Angels are not yet Nor fiends infernall from the hellish Pit Though Sinners made them they are clean from Sin Yet are they hang'd to shew good Wine 's within Anker in West Smithfield Anker in East Smithfield Anker and Ship in the Minories ●…ker in St. Olaves at Bermondsey street end Epigram Some men have found these Ankers very able To More them safe and fast without a Cable A man may Load himselfe and Sleepe and Ride Free from Storms Tempests Pirats Wind and Tide Adam and Eve at Westminster in Tuthill street Epigram Our Parents first as I thinke ne're dranke Wine And yet for Wine their Figures are a Signe As they forbiden were the Fruit to taste So wee forbidden are good Wine to waste Antelop in West Smithfield Epigram The Antelop's a rare Beast seldome seene Nor hath it often in our Kingdome beene A forraine Beast a Signe shewes forraine Wine For you or mee or any Friends of mine Andrewes Crosse in Fetter lane neer Holborn Epigram Saint Andrewes Argent Crosse in th' Azure field Is ancient and a noble Christian shield Ther 's French and Spanish to cheere heart and brain From the most Christian Cath'like France and Spain Antwerp behind the Royall Exchange Epigram Antwerp is English'd Throw thy hand Away Rather then God or King to disobey At Antwerp Taverne meet shake hands be merry Ther 's Clarret White Canary and good Sherry Archer neere Finsbery Fields or Grubstreet end Epigram This Signe doth shew the worthiest exercise Is Shooting and it shewes unto our eyes When Archers in the field have woon the Vpshot They may come to this Archer and be Cupshot B. Bishops-head in Chancery Lane Bell within Temple Barr. Bell without Bishopsgate Bell in Saint Nicholas Lane through into Canning street Bell at Saint Thomas in Southwarke Bell at Westminster in Kings street Bell in Distar Lane Bell in Newgate Market Bell Savadge Bell in the Strand Epigram These Bels are never told with Rope in Steeple Yet there 's od Iangling 'mongst od kind of people And the●… 9 B●…at once are dayly Rung With 2. strange Clappers Pewter and the Tongue Bull head in Towerstreet Bull head in East-smithfield Bull head in Cheapeside Bull head in the Borough of Southwarke Bull head without Bishopsgate Epigram These Bull Heads nere had Bodyes I am sure