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of * Master,' here repeated, I may add that this would seem to 

 have been equivalent among the Regulars to that of ' Doctor ' 

 among the secular clergy ; so that there is a further probability 

 that Scot belonged to one of the monastic orders. Should any 

 one still doubt that the ' M. Scotus ' whom Honorius named for 

 Cashel is the same person as Michael Scot, this extract may 

 help to resolve the matter. Honorius evidently held Michael 

 in the highest esteem, and it will be difficult to find another 

 M. Scotus so likely to have been preferred by him in the very 

 same year. 



