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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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The
following
evidence
of
the
speed
of
a
post
messenger
in
the
latter
half
of
the
sixteenth
century
is
furnished
by
a
letter
in
the
correspondence
of
Archbishop
Parker,
the
times
at
which
the
letter
reached
the
various
stages
on
its
journey
being
endorsed
upon
it.
The
letter
is
as
follows,
viz.:--
"ARCHBISHOP
PARKER
to
SIR
W.
CECIL.
"SIR,--According
to
the
Queen's
Majesty's
pleasure,
and
your
advertisement,
you
shall
receive
a
form
of
prayer,
which,
after
you
have
perused
and
judged
of
it,
shall
be
put
in
print
and
published
immediately,"
&c.
&c.
"From
my
house
at
Croydon
this
22d
July
1566,
at
4
of
the
clock
afternoon.--Your
honour's
alway,
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