loyale

Updated: June 24, 2025

On reaching "ye ancient and loyale toune," as Portsmouth was quaintly designated by Queen Bess of virginal memory on the occasion of her visiting the place, our little party, I can well call to mind, put up at the "Keppel's Head" on the Hard.

John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson - Crown and Anchor: Under the Pen'ant