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omit_v her_o name_n and_o title_n of_o dignity_n both_o which_o have_v since_o be_v supply_v but_o on_o what_o authority_n we_o find_v not_o by_o some_o of_o our_o modern_a historian_n who_o call_v she_o 349._o joane_n countess_n of_o salisbury_n and_o there_o be_v as_o little_a reason_n why_o she_o shall_v be_v suppose_v to_o be_v joane_n call_v also_o the_o fair_a maid_n of_o kent_n who_o edward_n the_o black_a prince_n afterward_o marry_v inasmuch_o as_o no_o historian_n take_v the_o least_o notice_n that_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o ever_o court_v she_o as_o a_o mistress_n we_o suppose_v our_o learned_a selden_n point_v at_o she_o when_o he_o call_v the_o lady_n from_o who_o the_o garter_n slip_v 793._o countess_n of_o kent_n and_o salisbury_n but_o about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o garter_n she_o in_o truth_n be_v neither_o for_o albeit_o she_o be_v daughter_n to_o edmund_n of_o woodstock_n earl_n of_o kent_n and_o have_v be_v sometime_o 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at_o strangeman_n bysham_n abbey_n in_o berkeshire_n but_o that_o the_o whole_a story_n may_v appear_v no_o otherwise_o than_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o fable_n we_o shall_v here_o insert_v the_o opinion_n of_o a_o late_a learned_a writer_n who_o have_v take_v no_o small_a pain_n to_o satisfy_v himself_o and_o the_o world_n in_o this_o particular_a 1652._o this_o say_v doctor_n heylin_n i_o take_v to_o be_v a_o vain_a and_o idle_a romance_n derogatory_n both_o to_o the_o founder_n and_o the_o order_n first_o publish_v by_o polydore_n virgil_n a_o stranger_n to_o the_o affair_n of_o england_n and_o by_o he_o take_v upon_o no_o better_a ground_n than_o 379._o fama_fw-la vulgi_fw-la the_o tradition_n of_o the_o common_a people_n too_o trifle_v a_o foundation_n to_o so_o great_a a_o building_n common_a bruit_n be_v so_o infamous_a a_o historian_n that_o wise_a man_n neither_o report_n after_o it_o
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