"_dark ages_."

"Sept. 23, 1690. £. s. d.
Paid to Mr. Brown for 200
ffaggotts and 30 brushes for
bonefire for the parish ---- 01 02 06

Sept. 25.--Paid Mr. Stockes
for a barrell of ale for bonefire ---- 01 00 00

Given to the watchmen to
drincke att the king's returne
from Ireland ---- 00 02 06

1691.--Given to Stockes and
ye watchmen to drincke att
the bonefire and fire workes
att the king's returne from
Ireland ---- 00 10 00

Oct. 12.--Paid the labourers
and carters for four dayes'
worke in laying and spreading
the gravell ---- 01 06 00

Making a grand total of £4. 1s. 0d. for a St. Paul's parish fête; but
this was in 1690. This festival was of sufficient note to engage the
artist's attention, and an engraving of it was sold by "B. Lens, between
Bridewell and Fleet Bridge in Blackfryers."