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Article THE TOMB OF JOHN STOWE. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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The Tomb Of John Stowe.
the minds and hearts of the majority of the people , it betokens no ordinary intellect Avhich could skilfully grasp at a subject so enveloped in doubts and difficulties as that of antiquity , and Avhich could accomplish so useful an undertaking as the survey of a large city . The method and order Avhich is displayed in the -work is by no means the least part of its merit ; no trouble
seems to have been thought too great to render it both perfect and complete ; it is a model for all compilers , and is a notable instance of how much may be accomplished by dint of steady perseverance and unremitting industry . It was not , hoAA r ever , to the antiquities only of his native city that StoAve confined his attention : he transcribed the Avhole of Leland's six books of
Collectanea , and made many notes and corrections to an edition of the Avorks of the poet Chaucer , which was published in 1598 . He Avas an active citizen , and stood up bravely for the boundary of the ward of Lime-street , Avhen it was encroached upon by that of Bishopsgate . He Avas constantly exposed to the malice of enemies by reason of his antiquarian pursuits ; in 1568 he
was reported to the Queen ' s Council as a suspicious person , having a great many dangerous books of superstition in his custody ; whereupon the council requested Grindall , the bishop of London , to have his house searched , which Avas accordingly
done by the bishop's chaplain and tAvo other divines ; but there is no record of any consequence having resulted from this proceeding , other than the possible disarrangement of the papers of the old antiquarian ' s studio . By the report made by the divines to the bishop , Aye learn amongst many curious particulars , that they found " many miscellaneous tracts , touching
physic , surgery , and herbs , and medicinal recipes , " Avhich Avoidd go far to prove that StoAve Avas versed in the healing art , a A ery probable contingency ; for in the various rambles Avhich he took , it is most likely that some knoAvledge of curative agents would have been almost a necessity to Mm , for he was accustomed to travel chiefly on footand in localities where neither
, drugs nor their compounders Avere to be met Avith . He seems to have been very unmindful of detraction , or scoffing ; and although he Avas assailed at clivers times by persons jealous of his learning , and diligent application to his favourite pursuit , yet he turned a deaf ear to their vituperations , and pursued his peaceful calling without ostentation or complaint . It is a
singular fact that he lived to see a neAV religion established in his country , and also witnessed the accession of a new family on the throne of these realms , having been born at the close of the reign of Henry VIII ., and dying soon after James I . came to the croAvn . In the edition of his Chronicles published in 1598 ,
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The Tomb Of John Stowe.
the minds and hearts of the majority of the people , it betokens no ordinary intellect Avhich could skilfully grasp at a subject so enveloped in doubts and difficulties as that of antiquity , and Avhich could accomplish so useful an undertaking as the survey of a large city . The method and order Avhich is displayed in the -work is by no means the least part of its merit ; no trouble
seems to have been thought too great to render it both perfect and complete ; it is a model for all compilers , and is a notable instance of how much may be accomplished by dint of steady perseverance and unremitting industry . It was not , hoAA r ever , to the antiquities only of his native city that StoAve confined his attention : he transcribed the Avhole of Leland's six books of
Collectanea , and made many notes and corrections to an edition of the Avorks of the poet Chaucer , which was published in 1598 . He Avas an active citizen , and stood up bravely for the boundary of the ward of Lime-street , Avhen it was encroached upon by that of Bishopsgate . He Avas constantly exposed to the malice of enemies by reason of his antiquarian pursuits ; in 1568 he
was reported to the Queen ' s Council as a suspicious person , having a great many dangerous books of superstition in his custody ; whereupon the council requested Grindall , the bishop of London , to have his house searched , which Avas accordingly
done by the bishop's chaplain and tAvo other divines ; but there is no record of any consequence having resulted from this proceeding , other than the possible disarrangement of the papers of the old antiquarian ' s studio . By the report made by the divines to the bishop , Aye learn amongst many curious particulars , that they found " many miscellaneous tracts , touching
physic , surgery , and herbs , and medicinal recipes , " Avhich Avoidd go far to prove that StoAve Avas versed in the healing art , a A ery probable contingency ; for in the various rambles Avhich he took , it is most likely that some knoAvledge of curative agents would have been almost a necessity to Mm , for he was accustomed to travel chiefly on footand in localities where neither
, drugs nor their compounders Avere to be met Avith . He seems to have been very unmindful of detraction , or scoffing ; and although he Avas assailed at clivers times by persons jealous of his learning , and diligent application to his favourite pursuit , yet he turned a deaf ear to their vituperations , and pursued his peaceful calling without ostentation or complaint . It is a
singular fact that he lived to see a neAV religion established in his country , and also witnessed the accession of a new family on the throne of these realms , having been born at the close of the reign of Henry VIII ., and dying soon after James I . came to the croAvn . In the edition of his Chronicles published in 1598 ,