 | Joseph Strutt - England - 1801 - 474 pages
...celebrated upon the first day of the month ; and to this we may add the following extract from Stow : " In the month of May the citizens of London of all...mayings, and did fetch their may-poles with divers warlike shows ; with good archers, morrice-dancers, and other devices for pastime, all day long ; and... | |
 | Richard Davey - London (England) - 1906 - 718 pages
...to cover the said waggon, fringed 1 Stowe gives us the following summary of May Day amusements : — "In the month of May, the citizens of London of all...parish, and in some instances, two or three parishes generally joining together, had their several mayings, and did fetch them may-poles with divers warlike... | |
 | English periodicals - 1907 - 694 pages
...description is all the more valuable because he tells of what he saw. " In the month of May," says he, " the citizens of London of all estates, generally in every parish, and in instances two or three parishes joining together, had their several Mayings and did cccii — 2116... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 446 pages
...that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several Mayings, and did fetch in May-poles, with divers warlike shows, with good archers, Morris dancers, and other devices for pastime... | |
 | 1908 - 446 pages
...savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind. ... I find also that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several Mayings,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 442 pages
...savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind. ... I find also that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several Mayings,... | |
 | Esther Meynell - Authors, English - 1909 - 396 pages
...spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds. ... I find also, that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings,... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania. University Museum - Archaeology - 1922 - 774 pages
...contentment, and had other pageants and pastimes, as ye may read in my said author. I find also, that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1911 - 688 pages
...POLES (11 S. iii. 321). — Stow, in lus 'Survey of London,' which was published in 1603, states that in the month of May the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several may... | |
 | Alexander Freiherr von Gleichen-Russwurm - Civilization, Medieval - 1919 - 458 pages
...steigen, Stern und Mond blinkten freundlich, der rote Löwe und der schwarze Bär bleckten die Zähne, *) In the month of May the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or some time hvo or three joining logether, had their several mayings and... | |
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I find also that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings and did fetch in maypoles, with divers warlike shows, with good archers... 
