Wow! I always assumed and I think to lmy shame once said that they were
coasting downstream.
At 03:36 PM 5/16/2008, you wrote:
>>As the swan brides of the "Prothalamion" approach the former Leicester
>>House, now occupied by Essex, are they proceeding upstream, or downstream?
>
>Hi David,
>
>I think: Essex House was located directly upstream from Temple stairs on
>the north bank of the Thames. So, given that those birds passed the Temple
>first (st. 8: 'those bricky towres'), and only then reached the 'stately
>place', it looks as if they were travelling upstream.
>
>(If you're looking at the Agas map, Essex House was Leicester House was
>Paget Place.)
>
>andrew
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