A short march through the Old Jewry and Basinghall Street to the Guildhall

Tom and his little ladies were received with due ceremony by the Lord Mayor

And the Fathers of the City, in their gold chains and scarlet robes of state, and

Conducted to a rich canopy of state at the head of the great hall, preceded by

Heralds making proclamation, and by the Mace and the City Sword. The lords

And ladies who were to attend upon Tom and his two small friends took their

Places behind their chairs.

At a lower table the court grandees and other guests of noble degree were

Seated, with the magnates of the city; the commoners took places at a

Multitude of tables on the main floor of the hall. From their lofty vantage-

Ground, the giants Gog and Magog, the ancient guardians of the city,

Contemplated the spectacle below them with eyes grown familar to it in

Forgotten generations. There was a bugle-blast and a proclamation, and a fat

Butler appeared in a high perch in the leftward wall, followed by his servitors

Bearing with impressive solemnity a royal Baron of Beef, smoking hot and

Ready for the knife.

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After grace, Tom (being instructed) rose — and the whole house with him —

And drank from a portly golden loving-cup with the Princess Elizabeth; from

Her it passed to the Lady Jane, and then traversed the general assemblage. So