ON THE CHARTERS OF CLEEVE ABBEY. 65 
ye finall & p’fite conclusion of y® same : We, considering 
his laudable purpose in y* behalue, and y* the said Werke 
is right expedient & meritoriouse, desire y'fore & exorte 
you & eu’y of you to shewe youre selff benyuolent & aiding 
to ye same entent, as to yo" honeur & duete app’teyneth; 
and y* aboue ye yerely contribucion of ewWy of you & 
oy’ Faders abouesaid g’unted to ye said buydylnges, ye 
woll shewe your selff of suche towardenesse & benyuolence 
as may be thought condigne w‘ youre worship & promo- 
cion ; and to graunt the rather at oure instaunce suche a 
resonable sum’e of redy money, as may encourage oy’ like 
Faders forto shewe yem selff of ye same. And suche of 
you as haue of yo’ good disposicion & lib’te graunted 
e’tain money, as it appereth vnder yo’ seales, Wee desire 
you to see the hasty contentacion y’of: and other of you 
yt as yet ne haue confo'med nor shewed you of y* to- 
wardnesse & disposieion, We desire you also and eu’y of 
you w* all h’tynes to applie you y’unto, as ye tendre 
theffeet of ye p’misses, and to do vs singuler pleasur. 
And y* by o' welbeloued in God, Damp’ Rob’t Halle 
yis berer, or any oy’ by o' said Abbot appoynted, We 
may by youre writinges be e’tified of y* c’tain sum’e y' 
ye so shall geue or graunt, whome We haue com’aunded to 
shewe vnto you oure pleasur in y° said case. Wherin 
ye will geue vnto him eredence, and applie yo’ vtt/ly for 
yo" parties in y* behalue, as it apperet. Ow’ y* charging 
all man? oure offie’s, liegemen, & subiettes, forto geue from 
tyme to tyme vnto ye said Damp’ Rob’t, or other as aboue 
is said, their aides, fauo's, & assistences, in all thinges con- 
e’nyng ye p’misses, as they desire to do vs singuller 
pleasur, and eschewe the contrarie. Youen &e. y° xxüij® 
day of May, A° primo.’” * 
* Harl. MS., 433, f. 230b. u 
voL. vI., 1855, PART II. I 
