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Excerpt from Historical Romances of William Harrison Ainsworth, Vol. 14 How Jane Milverton, The Mercer's Daughter of Cheapside, was Accounted The Fairest Damsel In London When Edward the Fourth was king, there were many fair damsels in the city of London, but none to compare with Jane, only daughter of John Milverton, erstwhile a mercer in Cheapside. Jane Milverton was in her seventeenth spring when her remarkable beauty first began to attract the attention of the young bachelors of the city; and whenever she walked forth with her mother, she was beset by a host of admirers, who vied with each other in endeavors to win a smile from her. Their efforts were vain. Brought up by a very careful mother, and being naturally modest and discreet, Jane took little notice of them. However, the report of her beauty spread far and wide, and caused so much talk, that people came from all parts of the city to look at her. Opinions differed, and faults were found of course, chiefly by her own sex, who were unwilling to admit that she was as lovely as represented; but none could deny that her figure was exquisite, and that her features had a most charming expression. To be more precise, we may say that her figure was slight and graceful; her tresses of a pale yellow; her features delicately and beautifully moulded; her complexion excessively fair, and her eyes of the softest blue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.