 | Colley Cibber - Actors - 1750 - 594 pages
...fpeaking of the Gray-Friars, or Fiancifcans, at Coventry, fays, Before the SupprefTion of the Monafteries, this City was very famous for the Pageants that were play'd therein upon Corpus-Chrifti Day ; which Pageants being acted with mighty State and Reverence by the Friars of this... | |
 | sir William Dugdale - 1765 - 90 pages
...himfelf a Monk, and the Reaion may eafily be dilcerned. Before the Suppreiiion of the Moñafteries, this City was very famous for the Pageants that were play'd therein, upon Corpus-C/jri/ti-DiLy ; which occaiîorting very great Confluence of People thither from far and near,... | |
 | William Hone - Dance - 1823 - 330 pages
...the Cocentry Mysteries, Dugdale relates, in his History of Warwickshire, published in 1656, that, " Before the suppression of the monasteries this city was very famous for the pageants that were pla/d therein, upon Corpus Christi Day (one of their ancient faires) which occasioning very great confluence... | |
 | James Walker - Devices (Heraldry) - 1824 - 140 pages
...year 1416, concerning which, Dugdale relates, in his History of Warwickshire, published in 1656, that, "Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city...famous for the pageants that were play'd therein, upon Corpus Christi Day, (one of their ancient faires,) which occasloning very great confluence of people... | |
 | James Walker (of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.) - 1824 - 196 pages
...1416, concerning which, Dugdale relates, in his History of Warwickshire, published in 1656, that, " Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city...famous for the pageants that were play'd therein, upon Corpus Christi Day, (one of their ancient faires,) which occa«7 «ioning very great confluence of... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed - English drama - 1825 - 496 pages
...antiquities of Warwickshire, p. 116, speaking of the Gray-friars, or Franciscans, at Coventry, says, Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city...were play'd therein upon Corpus-christi day ; which pageants being acted with mighty state and reverence by the friers of this house, had theatres for... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...the Coventry mysteries, Dugdale relates, in his " History of Warwickshire," published in 1656, that, "Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city was very famous for the pageants that were played therein, upon Corpus Christi day (one of their ancient faires,) which occasioning very great... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...the Coventry mysteries, Dugdale relates, in his " History of Warwickshire," published in 1656, that, played therein, upon Corpus Christi day (one of their ancient faires,) which occasioning very great... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...Before ye suppression of the monasteries," says this best illustrator of old England, " this cittye was very famous for the pageants that were play'd therein upon Corpus-Christi day. These pageants were acted w th mighty state and reverence by the fryers of this house, and conteyned... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...Coventry mysterie», Dugdale relates, in his " History of W«c. wickshire," published in 1656, that, n Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city was very famous for the partants that were played therein, upon Corpus Christi day (one of their ancient faire«.) which occasioning... | |
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Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city was very famous for the pageants, that were played therein, upon Corpus-Christi day; which, occasioning very great confluence of people thither, from far and near, was of no small benefit thereto ;... 
