say_v semen_n ecclesiae_fw-la the_o seed_n or_o corn_n of_o the_o church_n which_o i_o find_v word_n for_o word_n in_o very_o old_a french_a in_o a_o short_a glossary_a upon_o unusual_a english_a word_n in_o the_o ancient_a charter_n or_o in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n alred_n alfrid_n edward_n and_o knute_n chirchesed_a vel_fw-la chircheomer_n well_fw-mi chircheambre_fw-fr un_fw-fr certain_a de_fw-fr ble_a batu_n r_o checun_fw-fr hume_n devoyt_n au_fw-fr ceus_fw-la de_fw-fr bretun_n e_fw-la de_fw-la englis_fw-la a_fw-fr le_fw-fr eglise_fw-fr le_fw-fr jur_fw-fr seint_a martin_n mes_fw-fr pus_fw-la le_fw-fr venue_n de_fw-fr norman_n etc._n etc._n donewint_fw-la sulum_fw-la la_fw-fr velie_a ley_fw-fr moysi_n &_o ratione_fw-la primitiarum_fw-la sicun_fw-fr lein_fw-fr truve_fw-fr en_fw-fr le_fw-fr lettris_n cnut_n kilenveya_n a_o rome_n c_o '_o est_fw-fr dit_fw-fr chirchese_v quasi_fw-la semen_fw-mi ecclesiae_fw-la the_o letter_n itself_o be_v in_o ingulphus_n but_o it_o be_v not_o send_v adsummum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la as_o fleta_n say_v but_o to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o england_n as_o he_o be_v come_v from_o rome_n 1031._o wherein_o he_o desire_v they_o that_o before_o he_o arrive_v in_o england_n all_o the_o due_n which_o by_o ancient_a law_n be_v owe_v to_o the_o church_n may_v be_v pay_v and_o after_o the_o rest_n he_o mention_n the_o ten_o of_o the_o fruit_n in_o august_n and_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n martin_n the_o first-fruit_n of_o the_o seed_n call_v kyrkset_a so_o his_o letter_n conclude_v et_fw-la in_o festivitate_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n primitiae_fw-la seminum_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la sub_fw-la cujus_fw-la parochia_fw-la cuique_fw-la degit_fw-la quae_fw-la anglice_fw-la kyrkeset_fw-la nominatur_fw-la ingulph_n p._n 61._o edit_fw-la oxon._n etc._n etc._n this_o description_n of_o their_o land_n and_o good_n conclude_v with_o a_o customary_a of_o their_o tenant_n villani_n cottarii_n and_o sochemanni_n in_o every_o manor_n belong_v to_o the_o church_n which_o while_o the_o king_n hold_v in_o his_o hand_n he_o give_v away_o as_o mr._n g._n observe_v the_o manor_n of_o pithtesle_n for_o the_o same_o sum_n of_o money_n which_o the_o late_a abbot_n have_v give_v he_o to_o confirm_v it_o deo_fw-la &_o sancto_n petro_n &_o monachis_fw-la sigillo_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la and_o the_o person_n to_o who_o the_o king_n grant_v it_o it_o may_v be_v further_o observe_v be_v one_o employ_v to_o take_v the_o forename_a account_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o church_n viz._n richard_n basset_n or_o bass_v this_o abbot_n be_v commemorate_a upon_o the_o 10._o of_o november_n on_o which_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o kalander_n be_v depositio_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr sesse_n abbatis_fw-la &_o anniversarium_fw-la henrici_fw-la talbot_n etc._n etc._n henricus_fw-la de_fw-la angeli_fw-la his_o story_n be_v tell_v more_o perfect_o by_o hugo_n in_o this_o manner_n he_o be_v first_o of_o all_o bishop_n of_o soissons_fw-fr and_o afterward_o make_v a_o monk_n and_o prior_n of_o cluni_fw-la and_o then_o prior_n of_o savenni_fw-la after_o which_o because_o he_o be_v cousin_n to_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o the_o count_n of_o aquitain_n the_o same_o count_n give_v he_o abbatiam_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n angeli_fw-la from_o whence_o he_o take_v his_o denomination_n and_o he_o be_v crafty_a cunning_a and_o ingenious_a afterward_o get_v the_o archbishopric_n of_o besenscun_fw-fr but_o stay_v there_o no_o more_o than_o three_o day_n for_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o enough_o but_o get_v the_o bishopric_n de_fw-fr senites_n where_o he_o stay_v about_o seven_o day_n and_o out_o of_o this_o preferment_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o besenscun_fw-fr the_o abbot_n of_o cluni_n get_v he_o expel_v he_o get_v therefore_o be_v never_o quiet_a to_o be_v collector_n of_o peter-pence_n in_o england_n where_o he_o obtain_v this_o abbey_n of_o burch_n by_o pretend_v he_o be_v very_o old_a past_a labour_n and_o toil_n unable_a to_o bear_v the_o war_n and_o trouble_n of_o his_o own_o country_n and_o will_v quit_v his_o abbey_n there_o of_o st._n john_n de_fw-fr angeli_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o abbot_n of_o cluni_n and_o will_v here_o take_v up_o his_o rest_n there_o be_v another_o thing_n also_o that_o have_v a_o great_a stroke_n in_o his_o preferment_n for_o beside_o he_o be_v near_o of_o kin_n to_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o forename_a discourse_n seem_v to_o have_v truth_n in_o it_o he_o be_v the_o principal_a witness_n to_o make_v oath_n in_o a_o difference_n between_o the_o king_n nephew_n the_o duke_n of_o normandy_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o count_n of_o anjoy_n upon_o all_o these_o score_v the_o abbey_n be_v bestow_v upon_o he_o in_o the_o year_n mention_v by_o mr._n g._n so_o john_n abbot_n also_o in_o his_o chron._n ms._n an._n mcxxviii_o henricus_fw-la abbas_n andagavensis_fw-la precibus_fw-la optinuit_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la henrico_n abbatiam_fw-la burgensem_fw-la what_o walter_n of_o witlesea_n say_v of_o spectres_n see_v that_o year_n he_o come_v to_o the_o abbey_n he_o have_v out_o of_o hugo_n who_o say_v hoc_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la falsum_fw-la quia_fw-la plurimi_fw-la veracissimi_fw-la homines_fw-la viderunt_fw-la &_o audierunt_fw-la cornua_fw-la he_o stay_v one_o year_n in_o the_o monastery_n and_o receive_v homage_n and_o money_n of_o the_o milites_fw-la and_o of_o the_o whole_a abbey_n but_o do_v not_o the_o least_o good_a for_o he_o send_v and_o carry_v all_o to_o his_o abbey_n beyond_o sea_n whither_o he_o go_v by_o the_o king_n licence_n and_o have_v stay_v there_o a_o whole_a year_n he_o return_v hither_o and_o say_v he_o have_v absolute_o quit_v his_o other_o abbey_n for_o good_a and_o all_o as_o we_o speak_v the_o same_o year_n come_v petrus_n abbot_n of_o cluni_n into_o england_n and_o be_v honourable_o receive_v by_o the_o king_n 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uneasy_a till_o the_o king_n at_o last_o understand_v his_o knavery_n
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miracula_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la in_o quinque_fw-la voluminibus_fw-la libre_fw-la r._n plutonis_fw-la qui_fw-la dicitur_fw-la vnde_fw-la malum_fw-la meditationes_fw-la anselmi_n practica_fw-la bartholomaei_fw-la cum_fw-la pluribus_fw-la aliis_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la volumine_fw-la ars_fw-la physicae_fw-la pantegm_n &_o practica_fw-la ipsius_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la volumine_fw-la almasor_n &_o dioscorides_n de_fw-fr virtutibus_fw-la herbarum_fw-la libre_fw-la dinamidiorum_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la multorum_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la volumine_fw-la libellus_fw-la de_fw-la compoto_fw-la this_o be_v the_o stock_n of_o his_o literature_n as_o wittlesey_n have_v set_v it_o down_o though_o another_o ancient_a copy_n in_o some_o few_o thing_n differ_v from_o it_o there_o be_v some_o clash_n betwixt_o vossius_fw-la and_o possevine_n about_o the_o time_n of_o this_o benedict_n but_o it_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o trouble_n of_o recite_v it_o seem_v benedict_n be_v a_o man_n of_o good_a note_n that_o his_o preferment_n to_o this_o abbey_n shall_v sound_v in_o foreign_a part_n sigebertus_n gemblacensis_fw-la make_v mention_n thereof_o benedictus_fw-la prio_fw-la cantuariensis_n factus_fw-la est_fw-la 1177._o ad_fw-la a_o 1177._o abbas_n de_fw-fr burc_n the_o abbey_n be_v at_o his_o entrance_n 1500_o mark_n deep_a in_o debt_n from_o which_o benedict_n free_v it_o he_o labour_v much_o in_o recover_v of_o his_o abbey_n land_n some_o by_o suit_n in_o law_n and_o some_o by_o force_n for_o as_o if_o he_o be_v tam_fw-la marti_fw-la quam_fw-la mercurio_n as_o well_o for_o the_o sword_n as_o the_o book_n he_o go_v sometime_o in_o person_n arm_v upon_o such_o adventure_n his_o action_n at_o home_n towards_o his_o monastery_n be_v great_a and_o many_o it_o seem_v the_o nave_n or_o body_n of_o the_o church_n do_v not_o please_v he_o therefore_o he_o build_v it_o after_o a_o better_a manner_n from_o the_o lantern_n to_o the_o porch_n as_o now_o it_o be_v so_o that_o the_o paint_a ceiling_n at_o 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