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A14916 Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer. Weever, John, 1576-1632.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver. 1631 (1631) STC 25223; ESTC S118104 831,351 907

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lib._n co●_n juxta_fw-la aram_fw-la ●●_o virgin_n in_o fano_fw-la arenae_n pataviis_fw-la the_o nativity_n of_o christ._n mat._n ma●_n luc._n johannes_n johannes_n exit_fw-la 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z op●●_n cro●●g_v pag._n 100l_n os●●ati●s_n acolites_n or_o 〈◊〉_d vid●s●s_fw-la ●●mina_fw-la angel●●●_n 〈◊〉_d s_o exorcist_n reader_n ●phes_n 4._o ●●_o subdeacons_n deacon_n summa_fw-la angel_n li●ra_fw-la d._n priest_n op●●e●_n in_o loco_fw-la ●ad_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n call_v s●●lla_fw-la clericorum_fw-la proverbium_fw-la canons_n lib._n d●_n pracipuis_fw-fr vib●●_fw-la rom._n 〈…〉_z in_o the_o ploughman_n tale_n passus_fw-la 14._o exit_fw-la mss._n in_o bib_n cot._n pas●us●_n ●_z the_o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 316._o the_o order_n of_o s._n augustine_n the_o order_n of_o s._n benet_n the_o order_n of_o s_o francis_n opmer_n opus_fw-la cron●g_n ad_fw-la a●_n 12●●_n opmer_n opus_fw-la cron●g_n ad_fw-la ann_n 1225._o 〈…〉_z ca._n 34._o ●●land_n comment_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d the_o order_n of_o s._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o gloucester_n ciste●ci●n_n monk_n in_o lib._n si●_n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z m_o ss_z in_o bib_n co●_n ternar_a li●●_n monkey_n opus_fw-la cron._n pag._n 371_o ad_fw-la an._n 11●8_n 〈…〉_z s._n b●rn_v celesti●_n monk_n monk_n a_o manuscript_n 〈…〉_z the_o order_n of_o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z or_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o holy_a crosse._n trinitarian_a 〈◊〉_d robertin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈…〉_z bethlemit_v friar_n antiq_n de_fw-fr paris_n liure_v ●●●und_v beg_v f●ier●_n friar_n of_o the_o back_n in_o a_o 1297._o hen._n 3.41_o stow_z survey_v nun_n sachette_n antiquitez_fw-fr de_fw-fr paris_n lib._n 2._o the_o order_n of_o s._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n sandys_n relation_n antiq._n de_fw-fr paris_n lib._n 2._o monk_n and_o nun_n gilbertine_n bale_n cent._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d cent._n 2._o nige●_n wirck_a in_o specule_fw-la stultorum_fw-la the_o order_n of_o s._n 〈◊〉_d the_o poor_a clares_z exit_fw-la lib._n fratrum_fw-la manerum_fw-la lond._n in_o bib_n cot._n jacob_n de_fw-fr vora_n g●ne_n hermine_n anchorite_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈…〉_z bra●e_o 〈◊〉_d tuum_fw-la tuum_fw-la benedictus_fw-la benedictus_fw-la lord._n at_o gaisicat_fw-la gaisicat_fw-la saviour_n saviour_n henceforth_o henceforth_o mighty_a nunc_fw-la dimittis_fw-la dimittis_fw-la ●ies●_n mat._n cap_n 1_o 1_o forsooth_o act_n ●_z rome_n 1_o 1_o promise_v apoc._n 1_o 1_o ●ave_n behove_v stow._n annal._n 〈◊〉_d h._n 2._o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la noster_fw-la noster_fw-la noster_fw-la noster_fw-la te●_n te●_n spotless_a 〈◊〉_d helen_n of_o ●●anchit●are_n anchoreste_n in_o the_o ●●●ger_a book_n of_o 〈◊〉_d abbey_n of_o whalley_n in_o lan●●r●●hire_n rob._n langland_n pass_n 8._o vol._n 1._o pa●_n 236._o a_o 〈…〉_z i●_n bib_n cot._n in_o the_o so●pners_n tale_n tale_n quoth_v passus_fw-la undecimus_fw-la s._n danyel_n in_o vit_fw-mi h._n 2._o videsis_n onuphrium_fw-la de_fw-la septem_fw-la santioribus_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la three_o parte_fw-la parte_fw-la on_o the_o eight_o day_n day_n s._n james_n of_o compostela_n in_o
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cotton_n cromwell_z principals_n secretary_n secretary_n ●il_n warbam_n in_o part_n anno_fw-la 2d_o hen._n 8._o ca._n 10._o exit_fw-la lit_fw-fr in_fw-la bib._n cotton_n robert_n fisher._n exit_fw-la mss._n in_o bib_n cot._n the_o tenor_n of_o bishop_n fisher_n indictment_n exit_fw-la mss._n in_o bib_n cotton_n eras._n vid._n bal._n cent_n 5._o oputer_n opus_fw-la cronog_n orbis_fw-la vniversi_fw-la pag._n 477._o sir_n tho._n moor_n in_o parl_n anno_fw-la 26_o hen._n 8._o ca._n 2._o exit_fw-la lit_fw-fr in_o bib._n cotton_n scrip._n b●●t_n cent._n 5._o de_fw-fr i●ust_fw-fr angie_n scriptoribus_fw-la in_o epist._n ad_fw-la vldric_n huttenum_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la mori_n io._n lelandi_n moriades_n sieve_n charitaea_n cor●na_fw-la camd._n remain_v in_o wise_a speech_n exit_fw-la lit_fw-fr in_o bib_n cott._n nich._n grudius_fw-la tho._n cromwell_n earl_n of_o essex_n exit_fw-la mss._n in_o bib_n cotton_n m._n drayton_n in_o the_o legend_n of_o great_a cromwell_n m._n drayton_n m._n 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