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was appointed dapifer immediately after, warded oft' tlio blow." At the cnthronisatioii 

 of George Newell, the arclibLshop above alluded to, 204 cranes were served ; and in 

 the " Northumberland Household-book," the price of the crane (cranys) is marked 

 sixteeu-pence. At the marriage-feasts, also above mentioned, one of the items in the 

 first is, "9 eranes, every crane tliroe shillings and fourpence ;" and in the second we 

 find, " item for a standert, cranes 2 of a dish," for the second course ; and in the (>xpcnses 

 we find, " Item in cranes, 9 . . £0 30s. Od." The long drooi)ing feathers of cranes 

 are valuable as plumes. 



