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  • In 4 and 5 of Philip and Mary it was ordered that no member of the Middle Temple "should thenceforth wear any great bryches in their hoses, made after the Dutch, Spanish, or Almon fashion; or lawnde upon their capps; or cut doublets, upon pain of iiis iiiid forfaiture for the first default, and the second time to be expelled the house."

    A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866

  • Venice by sea, or that shall bring or cause to be brought into our saide Realme any of the said corrants being the raysins of Corinth, or wines of Candia, other then the sayd companie in paine of our indignation, and of forfaiture and losse as well of the shippe and ships with the furniture thereof, as also of the goods, marchandize, and thinges whatsoeuer they be of those which shall attempt or presume to commit or doe any matter or thing contrarie to the prohibition aforesayd.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • p [ro] chyn auenpart ascun _hawke_ de le brode dengl 'appell vne _nyesse_, _goshawke_, _lan_, ou _laneret_ sur sa mayn, sur peyn de forfaiture son _hawke_, et que null enchasse ascun hawke hors de c [ou] uerte sur peyne de forfaiture x li. lun moyte al roy et lauter a celuy que voet sur.'

    Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811

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