[1] See Evenings at Home, by Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld.
[2] History of England, 4to. 1670, p. 11.
[3] We learn this from Selden's notes to the Polyolbion of Drayton.
[5] These etymologies are to be found in Maitland's History and Survey of London. Fol. 1756. Vol. i. Book i.
[6] In the notes to Drayton's Polyolbion, Song viii.
[7] There is a Lunden in Sweden, mentioned by Maitland, vol. i. _ubi sup._ It is the capital of the province of Schonen. Another town of the name is in Danish Holstein.
[8] "We have one word," says Dr. Pegge, "which has not a single letter of its original, for of the French _peruke_, we got _periwig_, now abbreviated to _wig_. _Earwig_ comes from _eruca_, as Dr. Wallis observes, _Anonymiana_, p. 56. The French word _jour_ (day) comes from _dies_, through _diurnus_, _diurno_, _giorno_; so _giornale_, journal. _Uncle_ is from _avus_, through _avunculus_. For _Inhimthorpe_, and other impossibilities, see Cosmo the Third's Travels through England, in the reign of Charles II."
[9] Pennant's London, third edition, 4to., p. 3.
[11] Picture of London, p. 14. For a larger account of this and other matters briefly touched upon in the present introduction, see Brayley's London and Middlesex, vol. i. The spirit of them, however, will appear in our work, together with particulars hitherto unnoticed.
[13] Since this paragraph was written, the wonderful events have taken place in France, which have so agitated the whole of Europe, and which promise to open a new epoch in human history. May all benefit from them, as we believe all may, without real injury to any one!
The Roman Temple of Diana -- The first Christian Church -- Old St. Paul's -- Inigo Jones's Portico -- Strange Usages of Former Times -- Encroachments on the Fabric of the Cathedral -- Paul's Walkers -- Dining with Duke Humphrey -- Catholic Customs -- The Boy-Bishop -- The Children of the Revels -- Strange Ceremony on the Festivals of the Commemoration and Conversion of St. Paul -- Ancient Tombs in the Cathedral -- Scene between John of Gaunt and the Anti-Wickliffites -- Paul's Cross -- The Folkmote -- The Sermons -- Jane Shore -- See-saw of Popery and Protestantism -- London House -- The Charnel -- The Lollards' Tower -- St. Paul's School -- Desecration of the Cathedral during the Commonwealth -- The present Cathedral -- Sir Christopher Wren -- Statue of Queen Anne.