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? 50 gt H ke acted, having taken refuge in the sanctuary which also existed here, from the persecutions of the city magistrates, who feared, during the prevalence of the plague, to have large assemblies of people brought together. In the seventeenth century Blackfriars seems to have been a favourite resort of artists, and we find Isaac Oliver, the miniaturist, Cornelius Jansen, and Anthony Vandyck, all CYUEY AS sie This tower was a long way to westward of the house, which, as is well known, was the residence of the mother of Edward IV and Richard III, and is several times mentioned by Shakespeare, who must have often seen it. It was still standing when the great dramatist had a share in the theatre Burbage adapted from some of the buildings of the priory. Playhouse Yard, part of the 7Zzmes Office, still marks the place where the Earl of Leicester’s servants, as they were called, s ——— 1. —-— i= = kn. = _ = = — — = Cs ir ae Dee INNER TEMPLK HALL
