INTRODUCTION 



the last word being quite clear. It runs 

 thus : 



"Be it known unto all men by these 

 presents, that I, Rowland Vaughan of New 

 Court, in the County of Hereford, Esquire, do 

 acknowledge myselfe to owe and stand duly 

 indebted unto , in the County of 



, the sum of 40 shillings of lawfull 

 money of England, to be paid unto the said 



, his heirs, executors, or adminis- 

 trators, at the full end and determination of 

 five years next ensuing the date thereof. To 

 the which paiement will and truly to be made, 

 I, the said Rowland Vaughan, doe binde mee, 

 mine heires, executors, and administrators, 

 firmly, by these presents. In witnesse thereof 

 I have caused this Bill, thus in print, to bee 

 made as my Deed, and have hereunto set my 

 name the xxix of November, in the yeare of the 

 raigne of our soveraigne Lord James, by the 

 grace of God of England, France, and Ire- 

 land, King, defender of the Faith, the VII. 

 and of Scotland the XLIII. 1609. 



" By mee, Rowland Vaughan." 



One copy of the book, in the British 

 Museum, has manuscript notes in a seven- 

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