“ I this day was spectator of the most magnificent Triumph that certainly ever floted on the Thames, considering the innumerable number of boates & Vessels, dressd and adornd with all imaginab e Pomp: but, above all, the Thrones, Arches, Pageants & other representations, stately barges of the Lord Major, & Companies, with vari us Inventions, musique, & Peales of Ordnance from both the vessels & shore, going to meet & Conduct the new Queene from Hampton Court to White-hall, at the first time of her Coming to Towne, exceeding in my opinion, all the Venetian Bucentoros &c on the Ascention, when they go to Espouse the Adriatic: his Majestie & the Queene, came in an antique-shaped open Vessell, covered with a State or Canopy of Cloth of Gold, made in forme of a Cupola, supported with high Corinthian Pillars, wreathed with flowers, festoones & Gyrlands: I was in our new-built Vessell, sailing amongst them. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ I this day was spectator of the most magnificent Triumph that certainly ever floted on the Thames, considering the innumerable number of boates & Vessels, dressd and adornd with all imaginab e Pomp: but, above all, the Thrones, Arches, Pageants & other representations, stately barges of the Lord Major, & Companies, with vari us Inventions, musique, & Peales of Ordnance from both the vessels & shore, going to meet & Conduct the new Queene from Hampton Court to White-hall, at the first time of her Coming to Towne, exceeding in my opinion, all the Venetian Bucentoros &c on the Ascention, when they go to Espouse the Adriatic: his Majestie & the Queene, came in an antique-shaped open Vessell, covered with a State or Canopy of Cloth of Gold, made in forme of a Cupola, supported with high Corinthian Pillars, wreathed with flowers, festoones & Gyrlands: I was in our new-built Vessell, sailing amongst them. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Mulberry Garden, now the only place of refreshment about the town for persons of the best quality to be exceedingly cheated at. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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“ Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ”
- John Evelyn- Copy
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