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Canterbury. 
DOCUMENTS. 
Date Document 
1490. Hist. Mss., IX, pt. 
1, p. 174. 
1525. Archseologia Can- 
tiana, XVIX, 85. 
1527. Arc. Cant., XVII, 
88 . 
1545. Arc. Cant., XVII, 
107. 
1546. Arc. Cant., XVII, 
109. 
1547-8. Arc. Cant., 
XVII, 111. 
Content 
“before this tyme ther 
hath bene, by the most 
honourable and wor- 
shipfull the Cite of 
Canterbury — a play 
called Corpus Xpi Play — 
of late daies it hath bene 
left and laide apart.'—- 
Wherfore it is enacted 
—that from hensforth 
every craft—being not 
corporate for their non 
sufficience of their 
crafts, be associate to 
some crafte moste ne- 
dynge support, yf they 
will not labour to be 
corporate within them 
selfe.—And yf eny suche 
crafte—wille not make 
suit to the Burgemote 
for the reformacion of 
the premisses by the 
seide feste (of St. Mich¬ 
ael next ensuing)” they 
shall pay a fine and be 
subject to punishment. 
“Item for a calues 
hede flaggis and thredde 
at Corpus Christi day 
for ryngaris—vijd.” 
Same as 1525. 
“Item for flaggis bred 
and drynke on Corpus 
Christi day—ijd.” 
For “flaggis” on Cor¬ 
pus Christi daj r . 
Same as 1546. 
Interpretation 
Stage V. 
This and the follow¬ 
ing citations refer to 
the procession as di¬ 
rected by a church. 
Conclusion: The references at Canterbury are too few to be 
conclusive. 
