[Gutenberg 49383] • An Illustrated Account of St. Bartholomew's Priory Church, Smithfield / With a Sketch of Bartholomew Fair, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and the Prior's Country Seat, Canonbury Tower, Islington

Excerpt from An Illustrated Account of St. Bartholomew's Priory Church, Smithfield: With a Sketch of Bartholomew Fair, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and the Prior's Country Seat, Canonbury Tower, Islington

And then said he, I am Bartholomew, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, and come to succour thee in thine anguish, and to open to thee the secret mysteries of Heaven know me truly, by the will and commandment of the Holy Trinity and the common favour of the celestial court and council, to have chosen a place in the suburbs of London at Smithfield, where in my name thou shalt found a church. The spiritual house Almighty Orod shall inhabit and hallow it, and glorify it. 'wherefore doubt thee nought, only give thy diligence, and my part shall be to provide necessaries, direct, build, and end this work.

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