BEING

COLLECTIONS TOWARDS A HISTORY OF

THESE ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS,

WITH

SPECIMENS OF THE DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS
PUBLISHED BY THE CITY POETS.

PART II.

Reprints of Lord Mayors' Pageants.

EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES,

BY

FREDERICK W. FAIRHOLT, ESQ.

"Pomps without guilt, of bloodless swords and maces."

POPE.

ENGLISH
OXFORD

LIBRARY

LONDON.

PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY,

BY T. RICHARDS, 100, ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

M.DCCC.XLIV.