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and the monks, when they were sick in the infirmary 

 of the monastery, whenever he was properly called 

 upon, the medicines to be provided at the expense 

 of the house. To this he affixes a seal not his own, 

 because his own seal is not well known, but the seal 

 of the mayor of the city. Copies of both instruments 

 are in the Kegister of the Priory of Bath, now in the 

 Library of Lincoln's Inn. 



We may add that the convent had also at this time 

 their own " sculptor" living with them in the house, 

 and bound to perform their work rather than that of 

 any other employers. In 1337, Mr. Richard de 

 Farlegh undertook the duty. He was to have bread, 

 beer, meat, and lodging, and a robe " de secta Armi- 

 gerorum," which was all he was to receive for the 

 exercise of his art, according to his science, whenever 

 they required it of him. 



[8] See Charnock's Breviary of Natural Philo- 

 sophy ^ written in 1557, and printed by Ashmole in 

 his Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, 4to, 1652, 

 p. 291-303. But there is a little confusion in his 

 narrative, which makes it uncertain whether he is 

 speaking of Bird or Holway. 



[9] The library of the monks of Bath contained 

 books the gifts of royal and episcopal benefactors; 



