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Folly Trade and Elixirs Fill London Gossip Page
Notices of stolen jewels and a bustling coach service mingle with ads for universal elixirs and beauty fluids. London readers learn of a thief ring, a missing horse, and a call for rewards, alongside medicinal tonics, royal acids, and skin beautifiers offered by various vendors in Fleet Street and the Minories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hemet
Strand
Old Street
John Boardwell
Finsbury
London
Bath
Bristol
Thomas Baldwin
Cooper
Crown Inn
Slough
Windsor
Bowling Green House
May Pole
Serand
John Tilley
Swan Yard
Somerset House
John Dovvard
Haring Cross
Morgan
White Hart
Tholfs
Wilks
King’s Bath
Kewise
Perlu
Doreen
Icik Indies
Emacy
Paracetius van Hmont
Haydon Yard
Norwich
Ueh
A. Harman
Bucklestreet
Colchester Street
White Chappel
Nore
Trinity House
Finch Lane
Royal Exchange
St. Dunstan’s Church
Fleetstreet
John’s
Swythin’s Alley