xviii.
*** Stowe.
**** In the Harleian Miscellany, vol.iv, p.

255.
v Rymer, tom.xvi.p.

717.
The armies in Europe were not near so numerous during that age; and the private men, we may observe, were drawn from a better rank than at present, and approaching nearer to that of the officers.
In the year 1583, there was a general review made of all the men in England capable of bearing arms; and these were found to amount to one million one hundred and seventy-two thousand men, according to Raleigh.[*] It is impossible to warrant the exactness of this computation; or rather, we may fairly presume it to be somewhat inaccurate.

But if it approached near the truth, England has probably, since that time, increased in populousness.

The growth of London, in riches and beauty, as well as in numbers of inhabitants, has been prodigious.