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marke to al the countrie about. The other yet standith, a greate 
square toure, at the west ende of the chirch. 
The tounes men a late bought this chirch of the King, and hath 
made it their paroche chirch. 
The body of the olde paroch chirch, standing in the west (eha of 
the chirch yarde is clene taken down. The est end is converted in 
aulam civicam (a Town Hall). 
The fair square tour in the west ende’ is kept for a dwelling- 
house. 
Ther was a litle chirch joining to the south side of the transeptum 
of th abbay chirch, wher sum say Joannes Scottus,1 the great clerk, 
was slayne, about the tyme of A/frede, King of West-Sazons, of 
his own disciples thrusting and strikking hym with their table 
pointelles.? 
Wevers hath now lomes in this litle chirch, but it stondeth and 
is a very old pece of work. 
Ther was an image set up yn th abbay chirch yn honour of this 
John Scotte. 
This is John Scotte that translatid Dionysius out of Greke into 
Latine. 
Malmesbyri hath a good quik market kept every Saturday. 
There is a right fair and costely peace of worke in the Market- 
place made al of stone, and curiously voultid for poore market 
folkes to stande dry when rayne cummith. 
Ther be 8 great pillers and 8 open arches: and the work is 8 
square :3 one great piller in the midle berith up the voulte. The 
men of the toune made this peace of work in hominum memorid. 
The hole logginges of th abbay be now longging to one Stwmpe, 
an exceeding riche clothiar that boute them of the King. 
1“ John Scot.” There were 3 learned ecclesiastics of this name; two of 
them contemporary. John, a Saxon monk, surnamed Scotus, made abbot of 
Athelney a.p. 887: and John Scot Erigena. The former of these two was the 
translator of Dionysius, ‘the Areopagite.” The third John Scot, commonly 
called Duns Scotus, died at Cologne, long after the reign of Alfred; viz., in 
A.D. 1308. 
2“ Pointelle :” a steel pen or pencil for writing. 
38 Square: octagonal. 
