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that in the last year of his Mayoralty, he entertained King Henry Vth, and his Queen, after his conquest of France. Upon which occasion, the king, in consideration of Whittington’s merit, said, “Never had prince such a subject,” which, being told to Whittington at the table, he replied, “Never had subject such a king.” He constantly fed great numbers of poor. He built a church and a college to it with a yearly allowance for poor scholars; and near it erected an hospital. He built Newgate for criminals, and gave liberally to St. Bartholomew’s hospital, and to other public charities.
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