56 PAPERS, ETC. 
huie p’sent scripto n’ro Sigillu’ n’rm Cov’ loci n’ri p’dei 
apposuim”. Dat’ apud Cliuam p’dict, in Domo n’ra Capi- 
tular’, vicesimo die Maij, anno Regni Regis Henrici octaui 
vicesimo septimo. 
“ The condicion of this obligacion is suche, that yf the 
abouebounden Abbot and Covent and ther Successors of 
ther p’te well and trewlie obs’ue, p’frme, and kepe all and 
singler Couen’nttes*, graunttes, and agrementes of ther p’te, 
to be obs’uyd, p'frmyd, and kepte as be comprised in a paire 
of Indenturs made bytwen the abouebonden Abbot & 
Covent of the one p’te, and the abouenamyde John Syd- 
enh’m of the other p’te, beryng the date of this p’sent 
obligac’on, conc’nyng a lesse for t'me of yere of the ferme 
or grange called Legh, and other thynges in the p’ysshe of 
Olde Clyve in the saide Countie of Somr’, as by the same 
Indenters more as large it may appere, that than this obli- 
gacon to be voyde, or elles to stond in his full strenght and 
vertue.” 
The former portion reads in English as follows :— 
“Know all by the present writings, that we, William 
Dovell, Abbot of the House or Monastery of Blessed 
Mary of Clive, in the county of Somerset, and of the 
Convent of the same place, are held and firmly bound to 
John Sydenham of Nettlecombe, in the county aforesaid, 
Gentleman, in four hunidred pounds of sterling money, to 
be paid to the same John Sydenham, his executors or 
assigns ; to the good and faithful execution of which pay- 
ment we oblige ourselves and our successors firmly by 
* The old English termination “es” is expressed in the MS. by a 
mark of contraction. I have thought it best to add the required letters 
to the words to which such mark is appended, in order to remove the 
ambiguity which might otherwise have arisen. The letters thus added are, 
however, given in italic; and in all other respects the orthography of the 
original is scrupulously followed. 
