while that of Prioratus de Dudley is only
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Summa de claro | xxxiiij | — | xvj |
| Decima pars inde | iij | viij | j ob’q’ |
Valor Ecclesiasticus, v. 3, p. 104-5.
[272.] Dudley, a town of Worcestershire, insulated in Staffordshire, containing about 2000 families, most of whom are employed in the manufacture of nails and other iron wares. Walker, 1801.
[273.] Two lines are wanting here to make up the stanza. They must have been left out when the copier turned his page, and began again.
[274.] The word in the MS. is syngle or synglr with a line through the l. It may be for synguler, singulus, i. unus per se, sunderly, vocab. in Rel. Ant. v. 1, p. 9, col. 1.
[275.] Credence as creance ... a taste or essay taken of another man’s meat. Cotgrave.
[276.] Compare The Boke of Curtasye, l. 495-8,
No mete for mon schalle sayed be
Bot for kynge or prynce or duke so fre;