The procession bristled thick with swords and staves, and on the point of every sword and of every staff was an orange.

The King's printing house, whence had issued, during the preceding three years, innumerable tracts in defence of Papal supremacy, image worship, and monastic vows, was, to use a coarse metaphor which then, for the first time, came into use, completely gutted.

The vast stock of paper, much of which was still unpolluted by types, furnished an immense bonfire.

From monasteries, temples, and public offices, the fury of the multitude turned to private dwellings.

Several houses were pillaged and destroyed: but the smallness of the booty disappointed the plunderers; and soon a rumour was spread that the most valuable effects of the Papists had been placed under the care of the foreign Ambassadors.