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. ch. 13.

[31] The sign was also used by printers: John Rastall, brother-in-law to Sir Thomas More, "emprynted in the Cheapesyde at the Sygne of the Mermayde; next to Powlsgate in 1572." Henry Binnemann, the Queen's printer, dedicated a work to Sir Thomas Gresham, in 1576, at the sign of the Mermaid, Knightrider Street. A representation of the creature was generally prefixed to his books.--"History of Sign-boards," p. 227.

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