Excerpt from Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London, Vol. 1: From the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700; Including the Origin of British Society, Customs and Manners, With a General Sketch of the State of Religion, Superstition, Dresses, and Amusement of the Citizens of London, During That Period, to Which Are Added Thomas Browne thinks that the progression was perceptible; but that a long period elapsed ere our Island obtained these blessings. For notwith standing the learning of Bards and Druids of elder times, he that shall peruse that work of Tacitus, De Moribus Germanorum, ' may easily discern how little civility two thousand years had wrought upon that nation. The like he may observe con cerning ourselves from the same author, in the Life of Agricola. And more directly from Stra bo; who, to the dishonour of our predecessors and the disparagement of those that glory in the antiquity of their ancestors, afiirmeth, the Britons were so simple, that though they abounded in milk they had not the artifice of cheese. 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.