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of_o magistrate_n these_o old_a error_n may_v be_v consider_v of_o and_o so_o far_o reform_v as_o that_o thereby_o neither_o god_n may_v be_v dishonour_v nor_o the_o common_a wealth_n of_o our_o country_n any_o thing_n diminish_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n take_v this_o table_n here_o ensue_a in_o stead_n of_o a_o calendar_n of_o the_o great_a since_o that_o i_o can_v or_o at_o the_o least_o wise_a care_n not_o to_o come_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o less_o who_o knowledge_n can_v be_v so_o profitable_a to_o they_o that_o be_v far_o off_o as_o they_o be_v oft_o prejudicial_a to_o such_o as_o dwell_v near_o hand_n to_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v hold_v and_o keep_v by_o pilferer_n that_o resort_v unto_o the_o same_o fair_n in_o januarie_n the_o sixth_o day_n be_v twelve_o day_n at_o salisbury_n the_o five_o and_o twentieth_o be_v saint_n paul_n day_n at_o bristol_n at_o gravesend_n at_o churchingford_n at_o northalerton_n in_o yorkshire_n where_o be_v keep_v a_o fair_a every_o 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newcastle_n and_o all_o the_o lady_n day_n at_o huntingdon_n and_o at_o saffron_n walden_n on_o midlentsunday_n fair_n in_o april_n the_o five_o day_n at_o wallingford_n the_o seven_o at_o derby_n the_o nine_o at_o bickleswoorth_n at_o belinswoorth_n on_o monday_n after_o at_o euesham_n in_o worcestershire_n on_o tuesday_n in_o easter_n week_n at_o northfléet_n at_o rochfort_n at_o hitchin_n the_o three_o sunday_n after_o easter_n at_o louth_n the_o two_o and_o twentieth_o at_o stabford_n on_o saint_n george_n day_n at_o charing_n at_o ipswich_n at_o tamworth_n at_o ampthill_n at_o hinninham_n at_o gilford_n at_o saint_n pombe_n in_o cornwall_n on_o saint_n mark_v day_n at_o derby_n at_o dunmow_n in_o essex_n the_o six_o and_o twentieth_o at_o tenderden_n in_o kent_n fair_n in_o may_n on_o may_n day_n at_o rippon_n at_o perin_n in_o
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york_n at_o rumneie_n at_o newton_n at_o yeland_n the_o four_o at_o linton_n the_o ten_o at_o waltham_n at_o thaxsted_a at_o blackamoor_n at_o hungerford_n at_o berdford_n at_o stroide_n at_o fernam_fw-la at_o s._n laurence_n by_o bodmin_n at_o walton_n at_o croileie_n at_o seddell_n at_o new_a brainford_n the_o xv_o at_o cambridge_n at_o dunmow_n at_o caerleill_n at_o preston_n in_o andall_n at_o wakefield_n on_o the_o two_o lady_n day_n and_o upon_o the_o sunday_n after_o the_o fiftéenth_fw-mi day_n of_o august_n at_o haverhull_n on_o bartholomew_n day_n at_o london_n at_o beggar_n bush_n beside_o rye_n at_o teukesburie_n at_o sudburie_n at_o rye_n at_o nantwich_n at_o paget_n at_o bromleie_n at_o norwich_n at_o northalerton_n at_o dover_n on_o the_o sunday_n after_o bartholomew_n day_n at_o sandwich_n the_o twenty_o seven_o and_o at_o ashford_n fair_n in_o september_n the_o first_o day_n at_o s._n giles_n at_o the_o bush._n the_o eight_o day_n at_o woolfpit_n at_o wakefield_n at_o sturbridge_n in_o southwark_n at_o london_n at_o snide_n at_o recoluer_n at_o gisbourgh_n both_o the_o lady_n day_n at_o partneie_n the_o three_o lady_n day_n at_o blackeburne_n at_o gisborne_n in_o yorkshire_n at_o chalton_n at_o uâ—â—ester_a oon_n holiroode_n day_n at_o richmond_n in_o yorkshire_n at_o 〈…〉_o ippond_n a_o horse_n fair_a at_o penhad_n at_o bersleie_n as_o wal_n 〈…〉_o able_o at_o wotton_n under_o hedge_n at_o smald_a at_o chesterfield_n at_o denbigh_n in_o wales_n on_o saint_n mathies_n day_n at_o marleborough_n at_o bedford_n at_o croidon_n at_o holden_n in_o holdernes_n at_o saint_n edmundsburie_n at_o malton_n at_o saint_n jue_v at_o shrewesburie_n at_o laneham_n at_o witnall_n at_o sit_v bear_v at_o brainetrie_n at_o baldock_n at_o katherine_n hill_n beside_o gilford_n at_o dover_n at_o eastrie_n the_o twenty_o nine_o day_n be_v michaelmas_n day_n at_o canturburie_n at_o malton_n a_o noble_a horse_n fair_a at_o lancaster_n at_o blackeborne_a at_o westchester_n at_o cokermouth_n at_o ashborne_n at_o hadleie_n at_o malden_n a_o horse_n fair_a at_o way_n hill_n at_o newburie_n and_o at_o leicester_n fair_n in_o october_n the_o four_o day_n at_o michael_n the_o sixth_o day_n at_o saint_n faith_n beside_o norwich_n at_o maidstone_n the_o eight_o at_o harbour_n at_o hereford_n at_o bishop_n storford_n on_o s._n edward_n day_n at_o roiston_n at_o gravesend_n at_o windsor_n at_o marshfield_n the_o nine_o day_n at_o colchester_n on_o saint_n luke_n eeven_n at_o elie_n at_o wrickle_n at_o upane_n at_o thirst_n at_o bridgenorth_n at_o stanton_n at_o charing_n at_o burton_n upon_o trent_n at_o charleton_n at_o wigan_n at_o friswide_n in_o oxford_n at_o tisdale_n at_o middlewich_n at_o holt_n in_o wales_n the_o twenty_o one_o day_n at_o saffron_n walden_n at_o newmarket_n at_o hertford_n at_o cicester_n at_o stokesleie_n the_o twenty_o three_o at_o preston_n at_o bikelsworth_n at_o ritchdale_n at_o whitechurch_n the_o twenty_o eight_o at_o newmarket_n and_o hertford_n on_o all_o saint_n eeven_a at_o wakefield_n and_o at_o rithen_a fair_n in_o november_n the_o second_o at_o blechinglie_a at_o kingston_n at_o maxfield_n at_o epping_n the_o sixth_o day_n at_o newport_n pond_n at_o stanleie_n at_o tregnie_n at_o salford_n at_o lesford_n and_o wetshod_a fair_a at_o hertford_n the_o ten_o at_o leuton_n the_o eleven_o at_o marleborough_n at_o dover_n the_o thirteen_o at_o saint_n edmundsburie_n at_o gilford_n the_o seventeenth_o day_n at_o low_a at_o hide_n the_o ninetéenth_n at_o horsham_n on_o saint_n edmund_n day_n at_o heath_n at_o ingerstone_n the_o twenty_o three_o day_n at_o sandwich_n on_o saint_n andrews_n day_n at_o colingbourgh_n at_o rochester_n at_o peterfield_n at_o maidenhed_n at_o bewdleie_n at_o warington_n in_o lancashire_n at_o bedford_n in_o yorkshire_n at_o osestrie_n in_o wales_n and_o at_o paul_n belcham_n fair_n in_o december_n on_o the_o five_o day_n at_o pluckeleie_n on_o the_o sixth_o at_o case_a at_o hedningham_n at_o spalding_n at_o excester_n at_o sinocke_n at_o arnedale_n and_o at_o northwich_n in_o chesshire_n the_o seven_o day_n at_o sandhurst_n the_o eight_o day_n be_v the_o conception_n of_o our_o lady_n at_o clitherall_n in_o lancashire_n at_o malpas_n in_o cheshire_n the_o twenty_o nine_o at_o canturburie_n and_o at_o salisbury_n of_o our_o inn_n and_o thorowfaire_n chap._n 16._o those_o town_n that_o we_o call_v thorowfaire_n have_v great_a and_o sumpthous_a inn_n build_v in_o they_o for_o the_o receive_n of_o such_o traveller_n and_o stranger_n as_o pass_v to_o and_o fro_o the_o manner_n of_o harbour_v wherein_o be_v not_o like_a to_o that_o of_o some_o other_o country_n in_o which_o the_o host_n or_o goodman_n of_o the_o house_n do_v challenge_v a_o lordly_a authority_n over_o his_o guest_n but_o clean_o otherwise_o since_o every_o man_n may_v use_v his_o inn_n as_o his_o own_o house_n in_o england_n and_o have_v for_o his_o money_n how_o great_a or_o little_a variety_n of_o victual_n and_o what_o other_o service_n himself_o shall_v think_v expedient_a to_o call_v for_o our_o inn_n be_v also_o very_o well_o furnish_v with_o
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