RICHARD CANONICUS 



sixteene sundry knights called all by the name of Tilney, 

 who dwelt alwayes, one after another, at the towne of 

 Boston aforesayd, untill such time as the possessions of 

 the elder brother fell unto an heire general, which was 

 maried unto John duke of Northfolke. The last knight 

 of that name was sir Philip Tilney late of Shelleigh in 

 the Countie of Suffolke, predecessor and father unto 

 Thomas Tilney of Hadleigh in the Countie aforesayd 

 Esquire, unto whom the sayd booke of late appertained. 

 In the yeere of his age 64. and in the yeere of our Lord, 

 1556. 



The travailes of one Richard surnamed 

 Canonicus. 



Ichardus Canonicus ad Trinitatis fanum 

 Londini Regularis, ab ipsa pueritia, 

 bonarum artium literas impense amavit, 

 excoluit, ac didicit. Qui ex continuo 

 labore atque exercitatione longa, talis 

 tandem evasit orator, & Poeta, quales ea 

 aetas rarissimos nutriebat. Ob id Rich- 



A.D. 

 1200. 



[II. i. 30.] 



ardo Anglorum tunc Regi charus, longam cum eo pere- 

 grinationem in Palaestinam ac Syriam, dum expugnaret 

 Turcas, suscepit. Unde in Angliam tum demum re- 

 versus, omnia quae presens vidit in urbibus, agris, ac 

 militum castris, fideli narratione, tam carmine quam prosa 

 descripsit. Neque interim omisit ejusdem Regis mores, 

 & formam, per omnia corporis lineamenta designare, 

 addiditque praeclaro suo operi hoc aptissimum pro titulo 

 nomen, scilicet, Itinerarium Regis Richardi. Claruit 

 anno redemptionis nostrae 1200. sub Joanne Anglorum 

 Rege. 



The same in English. 



Richard surnamed Canonicus an observant Frier of 

 Trinitie Church in London, was in great love with 

 the studies of good Artes, and tooke paines in them and 

 learned them. And at last by his continuall endevour 



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