E-text prepared by deaurider, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/oldcitycompanysk00sebauoft Transcriber’s note: Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). Text that was bold face is enclosed by “equal” signs (=bold=). A caret character is used to denote superscription. The single character following the caret is superscripted (example: w^toute). Multiple superscripted characters are enclosed by curly brackets (example: Hon^{ble}). AN OLD CITY COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] Privately Printed Opuscula ISSUED TO MEMBERS OF THE SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES. No. LIV. AN OLD CITY COMPANY. [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AN OLD CITY COMPANY: A Sketch of the History and Conditions of the Skinners’ Company of London, The substance whereof was compiled by command of His Oddship Brother MAX PEMBERTON, Hack, and read before Ye Sette of Odd Volumes on November 25th, 1902. by LEWIS BOYD SEBASTIAN, Skynner to ye Sette. [Illustration] London: Imprynted at ye Bedford Press, 20 & 21, Bedfordbury, W.C. --- MDCCCCVI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPRIMATUR Let this be imprinted. By Order of the Publication Committee, CONRAD W. COOKE (_Mechanick_), Secretary, Publication Committee. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _This Edition is limited to 299 Copies, and is imprynted for private circulation only._ _No_.... Presented unto BY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] DULCE EST DESIPERE IN LOCO. _Horace. Odes, iv, 12._ DULCE—_Delightful_, says the Poet, EST—_is it_, and right well we know it, DESIPERE—_to play the fool_ IN LOCO—_when we’re out of school_. W. M. T. [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] Introductory Note.