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| | Lonely Planet | Traveller at large |
 | | This area was, we learn, 'a mixture of culture, art, vice and dissipation,' where the entertainments ranged from brothels and alehouses to bear-baiting and playhouses. |
 | | Maps show the locations of taverns, inns and other popular stops, and artifacts unearthed from the area - mugs, money pots, and mastiff skulls (the dogs were used in the bear-baiting), pie molds and bowling balls, daggers, spoons and whistles, leather shoes, gloves and jerkins - give a tangible sense of daily life here. |
 | | We got to admire the intricate art of the seats and the stage decorations - exquisitely carved railings, wooden columns painted to look like marble, brilliant overhead depictions of the sun, the moon, the stars and the circle of the zodiac. |
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