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CUSTOMS OF THE BRISTOLIANS. 213
A very considerable degree of interesr. and ex-
pectation fruitlessly agitated the Bristolians when
I was there, in consequence of an intimation that
the Royal Family would honour the city with a
vilit. The first upon record srom a crowned head
was involuntary, and occurred in the person of
King Stephen, as a prisoner to the Errpress Maud,
whom he had previouily entertained there, when
duped by her pacisic professions.
Since the Revolution os 1688 the citizens have
had the honour of receiving Queen Anne and
the Prince of Denmark in 1703 ; and the former
again in 1710. But, though every attention was
paid the royal guests, much disloyalty appears to
have been shewn to the Queen's succesfor, George I.
which afterwards subsided, as will be evinced by
the following account of the splendid honours
rendered to Frederick prince os Wales, and his
lady, in 1738, extracted from the General Even-^
ing Poll of November n.
" Brisiol, Nov. n. The neighbouring parishes
have been busy all the week in mending and clean-
ing the roads (which were grown almolt impaiTable)
through which their RoyalHighnesles were to pass,
in their way to the city; and the better to accom-
modate them in their journey, Colonel Bridges,
of Keynsham, gave their Royal HighnesTes an
invitation to come through his park, which
p extends
A very considerable degree of interesr. and ex-
pectation fruitlessly agitated the Bristolians when
I was there, in consequence of an intimation that
the Royal Family would honour the city with a
vilit. The first upon record srom a crowned head
was involuntary, and occurred in the person of
King Stephen, as a prisoner to the Errpress Maud,
whom he had previouily entertained there, when
duped by her pacisic professions.
Since the Revolution os 1688 the citizens have
had the honour of receiving Queen Anne and
the Prince of Denmark in 1703 ; and the former
again in 1710. But, though every attention was
paid the royal guests, much disloyalty appears to
have been shewn to the Queen's succesfor, George I.
which afterwards subsided, as will be evinced by
the following account of the splendid honours
rendered to Frederick prince os Wales, and his
lady, in 1738, extracted from the General Even-^
ing Poll of November n.
" Brisiol, Nov. n. The neighbouring parishes
have been busy all the week in mending and clean-
ing the roads (which were grown almolt impaiTable)
through which their RoyalHighnesles were to pass,
in their way to the city; and the better to accom-
modate them in their journey, Colonel Bridges,
of Keynsham, gave their Royal HighnesTes an
invitation to come through his park, which
p extends