Excerpt from The Connoisseur, Vol. 37: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors; September-December, 1913; And Extra Christmas Number<br><br>Such is the translation of the Latin motto which appears over the entrance to Worcester's fine old Town Hall, a building erected shortly after the death of Queen Anne, from designs by a pupil of Sir Christo pher Wren. In this handsome building are kept the charters and documents, insignia and plate of the Corporation, whose existence extends back some 724 years, to the time when Henry II. Granted Worcester its first charter. The city has a wonderful history, full of interest from first to last, for was it not in prehistoric days the Border Town and the base for operations for invading or repelling invaders from Wales? Again, centuries later, it was in 1651 the scene of the termination of the Civil War, when it.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.