6 Tbe eartieft Accounts of 



'' Liberate A°. 17. Hen. III. m. 10. Man- 

 " datum efl cuftodi domorum regis de 

 '^ Wudeftok quod in rotunda capella regis dc 

 *^ Wudeftok bonis coloribus depingi faciat 

 *' majeftatem domini et iiii Evangeliftas, et 

 *^ imaginem fandi Edmundi ex una parte, et 

 *^ imaginem fandti Edwardi ex alia parte, et 

 *^ ib fieri faciat duas * vcrimas novas.** 



" Rot. Clauf. 20. Hen. III. m. 12. Man- 

 '* datum eft thefaurario regis, quod magnam 

 *^ cameram regis apud Weftm. bono viridi 

 *^ colore depingi faciat ad modum curtanae et 

 " in magno gabulo ejufdem camerae juxta 

 *' hoftium (oftium) depingi ludum ilium 



*' f Ke ne dune ke ne tine, ne pret ke defire ; 



*^ et etiam parvam garderobam regis viridi 

 *' colore ad modum curtanae depingi fa- 

 " ciat : ita quod rex in primo adventu fuo 

 *' illuc inveniat prediflas cameram et gar- 



* Verimasy a barbarous word, not to be found even 

 in Dufrefne's glofTary. One cannot help obfcrving the 

 abfurdity of thofe times, in couching orders in a lan- 

 guage which they could not write, and addrefied to 

 perfons by whom it was not underftood. 



t Qui ne donne ce qu'il tient, ne prend ce qu'il de- 

 fire ; or, as it is expreffed in another record , Qui non 

 dat quod habet, non accipit ille quod optat. 



^^ derobam . 



