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During the reign Of Queen EilzAnErH


and JAMES l., ana even down to the ttie of
CHARLES, st. Paul's was the rendezvous of
al the idle and dissip ttcd persons Of the pc


riod, as we'll as of those whom serious
business, or a desire to learn the news Of the
day, led TO frequent as place of public re-


sort. Being place privileged from arrests,
it afforded considerable convenience to the
first OF these descriptions. One whole scene
of BEN. JoNsoN's Ercry Attn ar Of his
o7yn I'!mour, is laid among the loiterers
who frequcnted the western and middle aisle
Of ST. Paul's which Sir FastH,ioaa Brisk af-
fectcdly terms lfedutrrGneo. 1t cannot be
forgotten that there FailStaH' picked up his
trnsty follower BardeHh. OsBouRNE also


informs us, that it was the fashion from the
time Of JAMES lst down to that of the Com
monwcalth, "for the principal Gentry,
Lords Courticrs, and men Of all professions,
not merely mechanics, to meet in st. Paul's
Church, by eleven, and walk in the middle
aisle till twelve, and after dinner from three
to siy," and BY attending to the news which
were there daily current they picked up 4
reasonable mo4icuni Of political information.