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prebend_n tell_v i_o spare_v their_o church_n from_o other_o defacement_n when_o all_o go_v down_o under_o the_o hammer_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o about_o this_o be_v a_o fair_a wall_n and_o the_o bishop_n palace_n all_o of_o freestone_n a_o goodly_a house_n i_o assure_v you_o and_o of_o great_a receipt_n who_o uncovered_a top_n cause_v the_o curious_a work_n in_o the_o wall_n daily_o to_o weep_v and_o they_o to_o fear_v their_o downfall_n ere_o long_o 8_o but_o monton_n the_o priory_n and_o s._n dogmel_n place_n of_o devout_a piety_n erect_v in_o this_o county_n find_v not_o the_o like_a favour_n when_o the_o commission_n of_o their_o dissolution_n come_v down_o against_o they_o and_o the_o axe_n of_o destruction_n cut_v down_o the_o prop_n of_o their_o wall_n 9_o this_o shire_n have_v be_v strengthen_v with_o sixteen_o castle_n beside_o two_o blockhouse_n command_v the_o mouth_n of_o milford-haven_n and_o be_v still_o trade_v in_o five_o market-town_n be_v divide_v into_o 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turn_v scotos_o into_o scyttan_n and_o so_o say_v walsingham_n from_o one_o and_o the_o same_o original_n scythae_n scytici_fw-la scota_fw-la scotici_fw-la take_v their_o name_n as_o from_o geta_n getici_fw-la gothi_n gothici_n have_v do_v the_o southren_n part_n of_o scotland_n wherein_o be_v y_o e_o strange_a lake_n lomund_n petrus_n kaerius_fw-la caelavit_fw-la 6_o their_o manner_n be_v alike_o say_v diodorus_n siculus_n and_o strabo_n and_o their_o garment_n not_o much_o different_a as_o by_o sidonius_n apollinaris_n may_v be_v gather_v where_o he_o seem_v rather_o to_o describe_v the_o modern_a wild-irish_a than_o the_o antic_a get_n notwithstanding_o this_o nation_n original_a by_o some_o have_v be_v derive_v from_o scota_n the_o suppose_a daughter_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n pharaoh_n that_o nourish_v moses_n afterward_o marry_v unto_o gaithelus_n the_o son_n of_o cecrops_n founder_n of_o athens_n who_o first_o seat_v in_o spain_n pass_v thence_o into_o ireland_n and_o last_o 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