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The Tomb Of John Stowe.
was published and edited by J . S ., under which modest cognomen Strype , also a citizen of London , was content to appear ; but his additions are of no great importance , and rather detract from than add to the compactness of his predecessor . It is to StoAve only that the great mass of historians and archaeologists owe their praises for having so diligentllaboured in a field till then
y all but uncared for , and certainly waste and barren . Not the least merit of his Avritingsis that manly adherence to truth , that conscientious endeavour to set down what he found to be solid and real , in preference to a petty invention of fictitious details which no living contemporary could have disputed by any chance . Herethenwas an Englishman without guile"without
affecta-, , , tion , sturdy , honest , and upright , whose example as a man , and whose Avritings as an author , are worthy of study and attention , and to Avhom all classes are indebted for much useful information acquired through difficulties in highways and byeways , wherever , indeed , truth was to be found .
The church of St . Andrew Undershaft has been redecorated within the last few years ; it possesses some other curious monuments , but all yielding in interest and design to the worthy Stowe ' s . There is one to the honour of a Sir Hugh Hamerslay , Lord Mayor of London , and his lady , and as it occupies a considerable space on one side of the edifice , necessarily attracts
notice ; but some quaint effigies and kneeling figures interspersed about and around will deserve and repay inspection as examples of a past age of art . The altar windoAV is gorgeous and handsome , though the five sovereigns whose whole-length portraits are thereon painted do not seem to accord with their solemn situation , and their presence is an incongruity , to say
the least of it . The good taste of Stowe Avould never have sanctioned the adornment of his favourite church with any ornaments which Avere not strictly in harmony Avith its holy character ; and it is Avithin these walls that he lies whose long life Avas spent in the elucidation of London's history , thus forcibly reminding us of bygone goodness and Avorth .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Tomb Of John Stowe.
was published and edited by J . S ., under which modest cognomen Strype , also a citizen of London , was content to appear ; but his additions are of no great importance , and rather detract from than add to the compactness of his predecessor . It is to StoAve only that the great mass of historians and archaeologists owe their praises for having so diligentllaboured in a field till then
y all but uncared for , and certainly waste and barren . Not the least merit of his Avritingsis that manly adherence to truth , that conscientious endeavour to set down what he found to be solid and real , in preference to a petty invention of fictitious details which no living contemporary could have disputed by any chance . Herethenwas an Englishman without guile"without
affecta-, , , tion , sturdy , honest , and upright , whose example as a man , and whose Avritings as an author , are worthy of study and attention , and to Avhom all classes are indebted for much useful information acquired through difficulties in highways and byeways , wherever , indeed , truth was to be found .
The church of St . Andrew Undershaft has been redecorated within the last few years ; it possesses some other curious monuments , but all yielding in interest and design to the worthy Stowe ' s . There is one to the honour of a Sir Hugh Hamerslay , Lord Mayor of London , and his lady , and as it occupies a considerable space on one side of the edifice , necessarily attracts
notice ; but some quaint effigies and kneeling figures interspersed about and around will deserve and repay inspection as examples of a past age of art . The altar windoAV is gorgeous and handsome , though the five sovereigns whose whole-length portraits are thereon painted do not seem to accord with their solemn situation , and their presence is an incongruity , to say
the least of it . The good taste of Stowe Avould never have sanctioned the adornment of his favourite church with any ornaments which Avere not strictly in harmony Avith its holy character ; and it is Avithin these walls that he lies whose long life Avas spent in the elucidation of London's history , thus forcibly reminding us of bygone goodness and Avorth .