THE ECCLESIASTICAL SEALS OF CORNWALL. 77 



" Whosoever will infringe this . . ., let him be 

 accursed, and whosoever shall defend it, may he 

 be blessed " 



" May he who breaks what is done have the curse 

 of God and of St. Petroc and of all the Saints of tho 

 Welkin." 



" Whosoever shall infringe it let him be accursed 

 from the Lord God of heaven and from his Ana'els." 



" Let the point be settled in common between him 

 and Christ, Amen." 



In 1 266, this form was used by an Archdeacon 

 (afterwards Dean of Exeter) : — 



" Whosoever shall presume to alter this my dona- 

 tion may he incur the malediction of Almighty God." 



See Lliver (Mon : p. ;3;i3). 



P. 51. [Launceston Priory). 



The circular seal, found attached to the surrender in 

 the Augmentation Office, has been figured not only 

 by Oliver but also by Lysons (see Plate in Mag : 

 Jhit:). 



P. 51. {'I'l/ivardreath Priory). 



Other impressions of Seals belonging to this Priory 

 aie mentioned by Oliver, in his Additional Supple- 

 ment, 1854, (p. 5), and Lysons has iigured a very 

 old one (see Plate in Mag: Brit:) which may per- 

 haps be the same as the oldest described by Oliver. 

 There is, however, no cross in the right hand. It is 

 held up in benediction. In the left is a book, and the 

 legend is :— >J. SIGILLVM SCI ANDEEE, in Lom- 

 bardic capitals. The last two words appear in 

 reversed letters running from right to left, down the 

 dexter margin, from the top of the seal. It was 

 attached to a 12th century Deed. 



The Laocoon Seal used by Thomas Collyns, Prior 

 of Tywardreath, in the IGth century, is very remark- 

 able. 



The impression shows that it was engraved per- 

 haps two or three centuries before the Christian era, 



