Front matter

James Stephanoff, del.

Ashbee & Dangerfield, lith.

PLAY BEFORE QUEEN ELIZABETH.

CHRISTMASTIDE its History, Festivities, and Carols.

By WILLIAM SANDYS, F.S.A. LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, SOHO SQUARE.

London: Printed by E. TUCKER, Perry’s Place, Oxford Street.

TO WYNN ELLIS, ESQUIRE, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, THE FOLLOWING WORK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED, AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FOR HIS PUBLIC, AND ESTEEM FOR HIS PRIVATE CHARACTER.