94. Once on this board was written: A soldier's fortune I tell you plain Is a wooden leg or a golden chain. 95. This sign shows two serious looking women trying to wash a blackamoor in a dolly tub. 96. Probably refers to Adam. _Cf._ Wild Man, Green Man. 97. This inn is now extinct, but the title is supposed to refer to Bonaparte's attempt to invade England. 98. The original sign of this house bore the reputation of having been painted by George Morland. 99. See Boswell's _Life of Johnson_, vol. iii, p. 261. It is the old dog in a new doublet. 100. The Dolphin, Norwich, stands on site of a bishop's palace. The Dolphin in Bishopsgate is mentioned by Stowe 1513, and probably to this house Pepys repaired in 1661. 101. Sometimes this sign was on the signboard: I'll go with my friend To the world's end. This inn was visited by Pepys in 1669. 102. Usually represented by rabbits shooting at men (near Reading), horses riding in carriages, etc. 103. The classic name for the Straits of Gibraltar. In 1667 the sign of an inn on the site of the present Hamilton Place, the end of the then inhabited world of London. 104. The Jamaica in Bermondsey was reputed to have been once the residence of Oliver Cromwell. 105. Larwood thinks that this sign dates from the Spanish Succession question, 1833. 106. Noticed by Larwood who states that the Scotch pedlars penetrated as far as Poland in 1569. 107. Larwood also mentions Golden Beard, Candlestick, Crotchet (sign of Messrs. Novello), Frying Pan, Maid, Quoit, Slipper. 108. Refers to the quest of the Argonauts. Suitable as the sign of a woollen draper. 109. An inn of this name at Fulham is supposed to have been frequented by Shakespeare in 1595. (Larwood.) 110. The Tudor Badge. Can be seen to-day in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. 111. The Trade Mark of City of London Brewery Co. 112. The Rummer. See note to Bear and Rummer (67). 113. _Cf._ the Black Jack. Another variant is Messrs. Hoare's sign the Golden Bottle at the well-known bank in Fleet Street. 114. Mentioned by Larwood, also the Flank of Beef, Spalding. Also the Shoulder of Mutton and Cucumber. 115. This house is famous for the beefsteak pudding. 116. This inn shows a very pleasing sign. 117. Originating from the hero of a famous ballad. Also gives its name to a place near St. Austell. 118. Two brothers who worked as cobblers while preaching the gospel. Henry V. mentioned them in his address to the troops on Agincourt Field, October 25, 1415. Henry V., IV. iii. 119. Larwood quotes this rhyme from a signboard at Birmingham The Baker says 'I've the staff of life And you're a silly elf.' The Brewer replied, with artful pride 'Why, this is life itself.' 120. Does this house set a gin for the unwary? 121. Also in Coutts Road, Bow, in both cases he is represented with his head under his arm.