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house_n of_o the_o carmelites_n may_v 11._o 1474._o and_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o church_n upon_o the_o north_n side_n of_o the_o high_a altar_n in_o a_o too_o 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o alabaster_n a_o man_n not_o only_o very_o learned_a whereof_o he_o leave_v many_o monument_n in_o writing_n but_o very_o wise_a exceed_v well_o speak_v and_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v omit_v tall_a of_o stature_n and_o of_o a_o very_a comely_a presence_n but_o i_o 〈◊〉_d his_o great_a commendation_n his_o constant_a and_o unmooveable_a fidelity_n unto_o his_o prince_n for_o which_o be_v take_v prisoner_n at_o the_o battle_n of_o northampton_n 1460_o he_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o castle_n of_o warwick_n and_o lay_v in_o durance_n 〈◊〉_d long_a time_n upon_o his_o tomb_n be_v fix_v these_o barbarous_a verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tetra_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stanbery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joannis_n doctoralis_fw-la erat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o christe_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sordem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bene_fw-la sedem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mors_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d trux_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anno_fw-la m._n c._n 〈◊〉_d l._n x._o 〈◊〉_d bino_fw-la 〈◊〉_d his_o 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la legis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d benigna_fw-la ut_fw-la sint_fw-la absque_fw-la mora_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sibigaudia_fw-la digna_fw-la 60._o thomas_n mylling_a be_v yet_o very_o young_a become_v a_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o go_v to_o oxford_n where_o he_o 〈◊〉_d till_o he_o become_v doctor_n of_o divinity_n have_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n attain_a good_a knowledge_n in_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o those_o day_n be_v geason_a return_v then_o to_o westminster_n he_o be_v make_v abbot_n there_o and_o short_o after_o 〈◊〉_d unto_o the_o bishopric_n of_o hereford_n by_o king_n edward_n the_o four_o under_o who_o he_o be_v of_o the_o privy_a counsel_n and_o be_v godfather_n unto_o prince_n edward_n his_o elder_a son_n he_o die_v 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