And Coster in his Enchirid. de coelibat.

Over a thousand costers with their friends were there, when the donkey, profusely decorated with ribbons, was led to the platform.

Among them were the fireworks, the masks and other appliances for commemorating the never-to-be-forgotten 'Gunpowder treason,' and a couple of large balls of a dark-colored cord sometimes used by costers for securing their loads.