



Produced by Al Haines









[Frontispiece: The great ledger-book--which I now saw turned to an
engine of our salvation.  Chapter XIV]





IDONIA:

A ROMANCE OF OLD LONDON


BY

ARTHUR F. WALLIS




ILLUSTRATED BY

CHARLES E. BROCK




BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1914




_Copyright, 1913_,

By LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.


_All rights reserved_




THE COLONIAL PRESS

C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.




AUTHOR'S NOTE

The irregular pile of buildings known as Petty Wales, of which
considerable mention is made in this book, formerly stood at the
northeast corner of Thames Street.  The chronicler, Stow, writes of
"some large buildings of stone, the ruins whereof do yet remain, but
the first builders and owners of them are worn out of memory.  Some are
of opinion... that this great stone building was sometime the lodging
appointed for the princes of Wales when they repaired to this city, and
that therefore the street, in that part, is called Petty Wales;" and he
further adds: "The merchants of Burdeaux were licensed to build at the
Vintry, strongly with stone, as may yet be seen, and seemeth old though
oft repaired; much more cause have these buildings in Petty Wales...
to seem old, which, for many years, to wit, since the galleys left
their course of landing there, hath fallen to ruin."  It appears to
have been let out for many uses, some disreputable; and a certain
Mother Mampudding (of whom one would like to know more) kept a part of
the house for victualling.




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