= This famous street was
formerly
the road between
the cities of Westminster and London.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
1, _Wks._ 4. 356). Jonson speaks of it again
in _The Silent Woman_, _Wks._ 3. 376, and in the _Masque of Augurs_.
Pepys visited the place on January 23, 1662, and describes the best
room as 'a narrow dogg-hole' in which he and his friends were crammed
so close 'that it made me loath my company and victuals, and a sorry
dinner it was too.' Cf. also Dekker, (_Non-dram. Wks._ 8. 77).
=1. 1. 72 the Strand.
= This famous street was
formerly
the road between
the cities of Westminster and London.
That many lawyers lived in this
vicinity we learn from Middleton (_Father Hubburd's Tales_, _Wks._ 8.
77).
=1. 1. 73 Westminster-hall.= It was once the hall of the
King's palace at Westminster, originally built by William Rufus.
The present hall was formed 1397-99. Here the early parliaments
were held. 'This great hall hath been the usual place of
pleadings, and ministration of justice.'--Stow, ed. Thoms,
p. 174.
