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A.

a, at, to. a Bangore, at Bangor. a Gode's grace, of God's grace, or by God's grace. a dynt, at a bloro.

abaist, abash'd, terrify'd, confounded. be kyng abaist him nouht, The king did not at all abash or lessen himself; sive potius, The king was not at all terrify'd.

abaued, abashed, astonished, reduced to mean fortune.

abbeus, abbeys.

affie, affie, assure, affirm, confirm, rely, trust, affix, joyn, to have affiance, to fix. on his folk affie, joyn himself to his people. affied, relyed, depended. affies, trusts. affraied, affrighted, affraid. affraies, frights. affray, affright, to affright, affrighten, terrify, affraid, fright, a fright, a fear. þer of had many affray, many were affrighted at it. affrayes, frays, frights, terrors. affrays, fright, terror, fear. afie, fix, rely.

a fryzte, afrighted.

agast, astonished.

agayn sive a gayn, against.

agen, against.

ageýn sive a geyn, to, towards,

against, again.

ageyns, towards, against.

ageŷnsaid, gainsaid, contradicted.

ageynto, again to.

agejnward, towards them again,

backwards.

agrete, a great.

agreued, aggrieved.

aiorned, adjourned.

this day, when we confine it to a measure of Land containing 40 Perches in Length, and 4 in Breadth. And indeed as Akre denotes Field (and not that small Quantity of Ground, which we now adays understand by it) it agrees exactly with the original Sazon word Acepe, from whence it comes. For, saith Somner in his Saxon Dictionary, "Aceре.

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Ager, campus. a field. Vo"cabulum omnibus Europæis "fere commune, ut viro doctis"simo jam observatum, Notis " in Willeramum, p. 143". And truly 'tis worth while taking notice, that the Acre of land (notwithstanding the former quantity prescribed) is not in every place in this land of like quantity; for the Cornish acre is said to contain a Carew of land. 6. E. 3. 283. and in the Commentary of Mr. Ploden the Cornish Acre is said to contain an hundred other Acres. Com. Throg. & Tracy 1541. And sometimes it hath been noted to be the same with a yard land, scil. 34 or 30 Acres, tho' even the yard land also differs much in different places. From this extensive signification of the word in old time I cannot but observe,

that whereas in some places, where there have been undoubtedly Roman Works, the common people, as well as others, make use of Castle Acre, to distinguish such a piece of Ground where they have been, I think we ought not to restrain that term to our modern narrow Acceptation of the word, but look upon it to be meant in the old sense, so as to denote an intire Field. So whereas by Castle Acre in Weycock field, in the Parish of Laurence - Waltham near Maidenhead in Berks, the Country people commonly understand, no more ground than what is now generally known by the term Acre, I rather think, that 'tis to be understood of the whole Field, at least of a great many of our common Acres, and that the Building there was very large, a thing which the great number of Antiquities found in the Field proves very plainly, in reference to which I shall here transcribe, what I put down in one of my MSS.3 a few years since, when, in my walk, I lay at Hare-Hatch, and the next day went through this Field, as I have upon occasion done several times. Wednesd. A"pril 1". 1719. I talk'd with

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an old Gentleman, who also lodg'd [as I did on Tuesday Night, being Easter Tuesday, March 31.] at HareHatch, but said he lived at "Cookham, where he had re"sided 21 Years. He told me, "that there was a Tradition "at Cookham, that the Em"press Maud was some time "at Cookham, and that she " built Cookham Bridges and " some Houses there: but, says "the Gentleman, I believe no"thing of it. For my own part, I am apt to think there " is some Ground for the Tra"dition. I talk'd with him "about the Road's going over "the River in old time nearer"Cookham than it does now. "He said, he had heard Stories "about such a Road, but he "did not think, that there was any credit to be given to "them. Leland tells us, that "the old Name of Maiden. "head was South - Aillington. "But I think South - Ailling

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ings besides. The Ground call'd "Castle Acre is higher than the rest. Abundance of Roman Money hath been found in this " Field of Weycock. I dis. " cover'd in many Places of it Fragments of Roman Bricks. "I met with two or three Workmen, with whom I "talk'd about this Field, particularly about the Couns "found in it. There was a "Youth with them, who told me, that a great many little Pieces of Money had been plough'd up in this Field, " and a many pretty Things

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this garment mention is made in the following Words in that Part of my ingenious Friend Mr.. Thomas Ward of Longbridge's MS. about Rome (quoted in my Preface to this Work) that relates to the blessing the agnus Dei. Neither are they (the agnus deies] nowe mixed with holy oyle or creame, but onlye beinge pure without all mixture, are brought unto the Pope in his chamer [Sic pro chamber] upon certeyne platters, or in certeyne coffers, where the Pope some tyme, when he thynketh good, before the Saturday in albis, that is, Saturday in Easter week, or, as it is also called with us, Lawson even, comethe, when he hath sayd or herd Masse, investured in the almyce, albe, gyrdle, stole, and a playne myter, and fyrst maketh holy water (if it were not made before) ordynaryly, as it is

alder

alderbest vel alder best, best of all, of all the best, the best. next, next of all, next year after. aldermost, greatest, most of all. algate, altogether, nevertheless. Alhalwemesse, All-hallontide. alie, to confederate sive to confede rate together, to allie, to associate, to joyn, be annex'd, be joyn'd. alied, made an alliance with, or hastened, sive went to; as, To Malcolme, be Scottis kyng, Tostus alied to, with Malcolm, the Scotish king, Tostus made an alliance, sive, to Malcolm, the Scotish king, Tostus hastened or

went.

alience, alliance. alle, all. Also, whole; as, bis alle pepulle in Append. ad Præf. Num. xv. is, this whole people.

alle gate, altogether, always. To London he wild alle gate, to London he would (go) by all

means.

alle mygh, almighty.