Excerpt from The Particular Description of England, 1588: With Views of Some of the Chief Towns and Armorial Bearings of Nobles and Bishops The Manuscript is mentioned by Noble in his History of the College of Arms, who says, He (smith) wrote a description of this kingdom; embellishing it with drawings of its chief towns (p. It may seem strange to some that a work containing carefully drawn views of London, Cambridge, Bristol, Bath, &c., made in Elizabeth's reign, should not have attracted notice, but nothing will surprise those who know what treasures lie hidden in the ms. Collections of our country. 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.