"There hath been great sale and utterance of Wine, Besides Beere, and Ale, and Ipocras fine, In every country, region, and nation, But chiefly in Billingsgate, at the _Salutation_; And the _Bore's Head_, near London Stone; The _Swan_ at Dowgate, a tavern well knowne; The _Miter_ in Cheape, and then the _Bull Head_; And many like places that make noses red; The _Bore's Head_ in Old Fish-street; _Three Cranes_ in the Vintry; And now, of late, St. Martins in the Sentree; The _Windmill_ in Lothbury; the _Ship_ at th' Exchange; _King's Head_ in New Fish-street, where roysterers do range; The _Mermaid_ in Cornhill; _Red Lion_ in the Strand; _Three Tuns_ in Newgate Market; Old Fish-street at the _Swan_." This enumeration omits the Mourning Bush, adjoining Aldersgate, containing divers large rooms and lodgings, and shown in Aggas's plan of London, in 1560. There are also omitted The Pope's Head, The London Stone, The Dagger, The Rose and Crown, etc. Several of the above _Signs_ have been continued to our time in the very places mentioned; but nearly all the original buildings were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666; and the few which escaped have been re-built, or so altered, that their former appearance has altogether vanished. The following list of taverns is given by Thomas Heywood, the author of the fine old play of _A Woman killed with Kindness_. Heywood, who wrote in 1608, is telling us what particular houses are frequented by particular classes of people:-- "The Gentry to the King's Head, The nobles to the Crown, The Knights unto the Golden Fleece, And to the Plough the Clown. The churchman to the Mitre, The shepherd to the Star, The gardener hies him to the Rose, To the Drum the man of war; To the Feathers, ladies you; the Globe The seaman doth not scorn; The usurer to the Devil, and The townsman to the Horn. The huntsman to the White Hart, To the Ship the merchants go, But you who do the Muses love, The sign called River Po. The banquerout to the World's End, The fool to the Fortune Pie, Unto the Mouth the oyster-wife, The fiddler to the Pie. The punk unto the Cockatrice, The Drunkard to the Vine, The beggar to the Bush, then meet, And with Duke Humphrey dine." In the _British Apollo_ of 1710, is the following doggrel:-- "I'm amused at the signs, As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture-- A Magpie and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and the Hen, The Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot."