Excerpt from The General History of England, Both Ecclesiastical and Civil, Vol. 3: Containing the Reign of Richard II, Taken From the Most Antient Records, Manuscripts, and Printed Historians; With an Appendix; The Second Part This being Pcri'orni'd, and the King mounted on a (lately Anna Dom Courfer, and attended by the Duke of Lanca/ler (then. Lord High 1377 Steward of the Kingdom) and the Lord Piercy earl-marlhal, with m inany other Lords and Knights, He took his way towards Londong'rbeitmakes Sir Simon,3nrley carrying the Sword bgfore him, and Sir Nzcholar Bona'e Els Em walking on Foor, led his Horle by the Bridle, being followed by many Perfons of Quality, and Young Noblemen of the King's own Age, each Tr00p having Trumpets founding before them When they came to confine, they were magnificently received, a {lately Pageant in the lhape of a Callie being ereeted in the midddle of the Street, which ran With Wine all the while they palled by, part of which was ferved to the King and Nobility in Golden Cups, by four Beautiful Dainfels about the King's Age, who alfo firewed Gilt Leaves and Flowers on his Head as he polled by all the Noblenien, and efpecially the Duke of Lance/fer, endeav ourin g all they could, by an extraordinary Aflhbility, to gain the Good Will of the Common People who receiving the King With great Joy and loud Acclamations, waited on him to his Palace at We/lmmfler, where he took up his Refiden'ce. 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.