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belong_v unto_o that_o famous_a cathedral_n church_n of_o st._n paul_n st._n katherine_n hospital_n bear_v party_n per_fw-mi fesse_v gules_a and_o azure_a in_o 〈◊〉_d a_o sword_n bar-wise_a argent_fw-fr pomel_v and_o hilt_n or_o in_o point_n a_o demi_a catharine_n wheel_n of_o the_o four_o by_o the_o licence_n of_o the_o prior_n of_o the_o covent_n and_o the_o society_n of_o holy_a trinity_n in_o london_n the_o say_a hospital_n call_v st._n katherine_n be_v found_v by_o queen_n matilda_n wife_n to_o king_n stephen_n the_o ground_n whereon_o this_o hospital_n be_v 〈◊〉_d be_v then_o the_o proper_a inheritance_n of_o the_o say_a prior_n and_o covent_n and_o the_o say_a hospital_n be_v after_o enlarge_v by_o queen_n elinor_n wife_n to_o edward_n the_o first_o and_o after_o philippe_n wife_n to_o edward_n the_o three_o found_v there_o a_o chancery_n and_o it_o have_v be_v of_o late_a a_o free_a chapel_n or_o hospital_n for_o poor_a sister_n finis_fw-la errata_fw-la page_n 41._o l._n 4._o a_o mistake_n in_o the_o last_o quarter_n of_o the_o cut_n p._n 52._o a_o mistake_n in_o the_o cut_n the_o eight_o quarter_n shall_v have_v be_v the_o last_o fern._n glo._n gen._n p._n 4._o seg._n hon._n mil._n &_o civ_o l._n 4._o c._n 5._o bartol_n de_fw-fr dig._n l._n 12._o seld._n 〈◊〉_d of_o hon._n c._n 〈◊〉_d p._n 4._o drus._n observat_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 19_o psal._n 49._o 2._o fern._n l._n gen_n p._n 9_o pro._n 17._o 6._o fern_n p._n 13_o fern._n selden_n p._n 856_o aristot._fw-la l._n 4._o de_fw-fr pol._n fern._n p._n 14_o segar_n l_o 4._o p._n 226._o bart._n l._n 1._o cap._n de_fw-fr dig_v 12._o seg._n p._n 〈◊〉_d ibid._n fern_n p._n 1._o noble_a by_o merit_n nobility_n mix_v sir_n j._n fern._n segar_n l._n 4_o c._n 15._o seld._n tit._n of_o hon._n c._n 8_o p._n 853._o p._n 832._o rot._n vasco_n 24_o hen._n 6._o m._n 7._o n._n 3._o sel._n p._n 870._o c._n theod._n l._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 21._o l._n 1._o sir_n j._n 〈◊〉_d form_n l._n 3._o p._n 382._o edit_fw-la rom._n 1621._o seld._n tit._n of_o hon._n c._n 〈◊〉_d f._n 858._o seld._n tit._n of_o hon._n pag._n 862._o pag._n 864._o ibid._n p._n 865._o sir_n john_n 〈◊〉_d p._n 37_o ibid._n p._n 36._o aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 4_o cypr._n lib._n the_o 12._o abusionibus_fw-la sir_n john_n fern._n ibid._n poetry_n ibid._n paint_v vid._n paul_n lomazzo_n p._n 14._o history_n sir_n john_n 〈◊〉_d ferne._n ibid._n sir_n john_n ferne._n p._n 61._o ibid._n bart._n in_o l._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n li._n de_fw-fr capitu_fw-la ferne_n p._n 86._o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d vid._n fortescue_n de_fw-fr laud._n ang._n cap._n 49._o sir_n john_n feign_v p._n 95._o m._n seld._n tit._n of_o ho._n p._n 555._o 555._o cam._n fol._n 176._o 176._o lib._n 4._o p._n 507._o ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d brit._n art_n 88_o verse_v p._n 322._o sir_n tho._n smith_n de_fw-fr rep._n aug._n aug._n p._n 667._o 〈◊〉_d sir_n john_n ferne._n p._n 100_o camb._n de_fw-fr ordin_n p._n 117._o &_o de_fw-la reliquiis_fw-la p._n 23._o spel._n glos._n p._n 51._o segar_n p._n 224._o ibid._n spelm._n p._n 10._o c._n 2._o ibid._n segar_n ferne._n spel._n p._n 51._o segar_n l._n 4._o p._n 246._o seld._n tit._n ho._n p._n 769._o camb._n brit._n p._n 170._o segar_n ch_n 1_o p._n 51._o will._n of_o malmsb._n the_o gest_n reg._n l._n 〈◊〉_d c._n 6._o seld._n 〈◊〉_d of_o hon._n p._n 773._o p._n 778_o ibid._n p._n 779_o bract._n 〈◊〉_d 36._o cook_n 5._o jacobi_n part_n 6._o selden_n p._n 772._o mat._n patis_fw-la sir_n 10._o fern_n glo._n of_o genere_fw-la cam._n brit._n p._n 74._o pag._n 175._o vid._n stat._n de_fw-fr an._n 23._o h._n 6._o c._n 15._o seg._n lib._n 2._o lin_v 2._o vid._n mill_n fol._n s_o 〈◊〉_d 4_o ed_n 4._o 20_o see_v stow_n in_o anal._n p._n 693._o &_o 694._o edit_n vet_n in_o 4._o dor._n cl._n 〈◊〉_d 20_o hen_n 7._o 20_o sep._n for_o k._n of_o the_o bath_n see_v far._n f._n 65._o 5_o book_n mr._n seld._n fol._n 790._o