s.quot;

    Master Simon led t;Ancient Cmas,quot; quaintly apparelled in a ruff, a s cloak, ticoats, and a  t migeeple, and must indubitably ers. From under t-bitten bloom t seemed trop. ;Dame Mince Pie,quot; in tomac, and ing dress of Kendal green and a foraging cap assel.

    tume, to be sure, did not bear testimony to deep researc eye to turesque, natural to a young gallant in tress. tty rustic dress as quot;Maid Marian.quot; t of train amorprussed up in t belles of triplings bes, tomed o represent ter of Roast Beef, Plum Pudding, and oted in ancient maskings.

    trol of te cer of Misrule; and I observed t .

    tion of tley cre of drum, according to ancient custom, ion of uproar and merriment.

    Master Simon covered ateliness  Cmas,   ers, umes seemed as traits o join in t. Different centuries  cross  and left; tting pirouettes and rigadoons; and tions.

    templated tastic sports and tion of . ood canding t tter  autically on t and stately dance of t to be derived.* For my part, I inual excitement from t gayety passing before me. It o see y breaking out from among ter, and old age tc. I felt also an interest in tion t ting customs ing fast into oblivion, and t till punctiliously observed. tness, too, mingled  gave it a peculiar zest: it ed to time and place; and as t reeled  seemed ecy of long departed years.+ * Sir Jo;It is a grave and majestic dance; t anciently lemen dressed les, and by trains, tion ;--ory of Music.

    + At time of t publicati