[174]? i.e. the advantages of the Reformation in England have drawbacks in the disadvantages of losing monasteries.

[175] 'tooke' in MS.

[176] Nicholas Tufton, 3rd earl. In MS. Ballard 14, fol. 99, April 23, 1674, Aubrey mentions a project for his advantage:—'The earl of Thanet would have me goe to his estate in the Bermudas.'

[177] The paragraphs following repeat, with some enlargement, the statements already made.

[178] Dupl. with 'till all was sold.'

[179] Dupl. with 'great.'

[180] Aubrey adds a reference:—'vide Camden's divinum instr.'

[181] One volume is now MS. Aubr. 3; the second is lost.

[182] Aubrey's symbol for 'fortune' or 'wealth.'

[183] MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 4v.