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AN

HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION

O F THE

TOWER OF LONLON,

AND IT'S

CURIOSITIE S.

Giving an ACCOUNT

1. Of its Foundation, gradu- 7. Of the Royal Train of Ar

al Encrease, and prefent

State.

2. Of its Government, Cus

toms, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiofities.

Of the Lions, and other wild Beafts kept there; their Nature and Properties.

tillery; comprehending the various Engines of Deftruction ufed in War. 8. Of the Horse-Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that fit there on Horfeback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to the late King. George.

5. of the Spoils of the Spa-9. Of the Jewel-Office, and

nifh Armada, with the Hiftory of the Spanish Invafion in 1588.

6. Of the Small Armory; in which, at one View, may be feen Arms for 80,000 Men.

the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to fteal away

the Crown.

10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of ftamping Money,

Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is moft curious in this Repofitory, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.

LONDON:

Printed for NEWBERY and CARNAN, at the Bible and Sun, No. 65, the North Side of St. Paul's Church-Yard. Price Six-Pence,

MDCCLXVIII,

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