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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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It
seems
to
have
found
its
way
into
the
provinces,
however,
the
gentry
of
that
time
being
delighted
with
it.
"On
a
certaine
day
in
1583,"
according
to
Mr.
Smiles,
"that
valyant
knyght,
Sir
Harry
Sydney,
entered
Shrewsbury
in
his
wagon,
with
his
trompeter
blowynge,
verey
joyfull
to
behold
and
see."
Under
such
circumstances,
it
cannot
be
wondered
at
that
general
intelligence
travelled
slowly.
Among
the
common
people,
few
ever
saw
a
letter.
Pilgrims,
as
they
travelled
between
the
monasteries
of
the
period,
or
who,
after
their
dissolution,
visited
their
shrines,
dispensed
news
to
the
poor,
and
would
occasionally
carry
letters
for
the
rich.[9]
Public
and
private
couriers
riding
post
were
sometimes
surrounded,
at
the
villages
or
towns
on
their
route,
by
crowds
of
people
desirous
of
obtaining
some
information
of
the
world's
doings.
At
times,
they
were
not
suffered
to
pass
without
furnishing
some
kind
of
information.
The
letters
of
the
period,
many
of
which
survive,
show
that
great
care
was
taken
to
protect
them
from
the
curiosity
of
the
bearer;
and
precautionary
measures
were
resorted
to
to
prevent
delay.
They
were
usually
most
carefully
folded,
and
fastened
at
the
end
by
a
sort
of
paper
strap,
upon
which
the
seal
was
affixed,
whilst
under
the
seal
a
piece
of
string
or
silk
thread,
or
even
a
straw,
was
frequently
placed,
running
round
the
letter.
The
following
letter,
still
extant,
will
serve
to
give
an
insight
into
the
way
letters
were
dealt
with
at
this
period,
and
the
speed
at
which
they
were
forwarded.--(Vide
Postmaster-General's
2nd
Report,
p.
38.)
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