London citizen dismissing the question

Oh, I am a citizen of no mean city; but what is that to thee? time must be wasted not in telling, but in learning what thou canst not be concerned to know. I am an inhabitant of the ancient and celebrated city of London, which, though it hath been the seat of government for many ages, hath been so little regarded by the legislature, that no formal and regular description of it hath been made by authority. It hath been left to be described by time and chance; and therefore, though it hath been described by many, it hath been done by none with exactness.