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wardens' Books, let me give some brief extracts from those of 

 Ellingham : 



" 1556. Itm for waxe ..... ixd. 



Itm for a gyrdle ..... iijd. 

 Itm for waxe and for makynge of y e pas- 



chall and fontetapers . . . xvd. 

 First payed for a rod (rood) . . . xijs. 

 Itm payed for the paschall and fonte- 

 tapers ijs. viijd." 



" 1558. First payed for the pascall and fonte- 

 tapers ...... xxijcL 



Itm payed for frankeincense . . id." 



Such notices well prove how quick and strong was the 

 reaction from Protestantism to Catholicism when favoured by 

 the State. Again, to still further show the variety of entries, 

 let me make some extracts from the Fordingbridge Church- 

 wardens' Books : 



" 1636. I tm for a fox-head . . . . I 8 

 I tm for one badgers head . . .010 

 I tm for one fox-head 1 0" 



Among miscellaneous notices, as giving the average wages of 

 the day, and the prices of various articles, let me add also the 

 following from the same accounts : 



" 1609. I tm laide out for a pint of muskadine . vii d " 



" 1616. I 1 for viij dayes' worke for three men . xxiij 8 



I* for a new beel-Rope .... iij 8 iiij d 



I* for a daye's worke for three men . iij 8 iij a 



I* for a booke of artykeels . . . iij 8 



