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do_v not_o very_o punctual_o determine_v the_o course_n of_o these_o hour_n yet_o it_o may_v well_o enough_o be_v imply_v that_o since_o their_o matin_n be_v perform_v about_o break_n of_o day_n and_o their_o prime_n by_o consequence_n at_o 6_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o morning_n the_o hour_n of_o tierce_n be_v most_o probable_o 9_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o morning_n and_o so_o the_o rest_n at_o 3_o hour_n distance_n one_o after_o the_o other_o and_o this_o determination_n be_v clear_o confirm_v by_o my_o late_a worthy_a friend_n mr._n somner_n in_o his_o saxon_a dictionary_n from_o a_o old_a kyppiole_n saxon_a author_n who_o word_n he_o have_v cite_v in_o that_o language_n thus_o render_v sacram_fw-la horam_fw-la diei_fw-la veterum_fw-la tertiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la autem_fw-la nonam_fw-la ante_fw-la meridiem_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la cum_fw-la clero_fw-la sestiva_fw-la celebrant_a bilaritate_fw-la the_o archbishop_n with_o the_o clergy_n celebrate_v with_o feast_v and_o mirth_n the_o 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first_o in_o the_o life_n of_o st._n brandon_n 72._o this_o fowl_n long_o es_a her_o matyn_n well_o right_a though_o it_o be_v time_n and_o of_o the_o sauter_n sede_fw-la vers_fw-la and_o seithe_a also_o prime_a and_o undarne_v seithe_a and_o midday_n and_o afterward_o seith_n non_fw-la and_o each_o tide_n of_o the_o day_n long_o as_o cristeneman_n school_v don_n of_o the_o three_o six_z and_o nine_o hour_n 10._o tertullian_n take_v notice_n as_o the_o most_o remarkable_a in_o humane_a affair_n for_o the_o division_n of_o the_o day_n the_o distinction_n of_o business_n and_o more_o peculiarly_a to_o be_v solemnize_v by_o prayer_n and_o divine_a service_n but_o especial_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n the_o 909._o hora_n tertia_fw-la be_v by_o pre-eminence_n call_v the_o golden_a hour_n and_o in_o the_o canon_n law_n 65._o hora_n sacra_fw-la doubtless_o as_o be_v most_o peculiar_o dedicate_v to_o some_o celebration_n of_o divine_a service_n but_o notwithstanding_o the_o foresay_a declare_v and_o decree_v exposition_n make_v by_o king_n edward_n the_o four_o we_o find_v it_o a_o ii_o h._n 8._o declare_v to_o be_v mean_v and_o intend_v for_o the_o hour_n of_o three_o in_o the_o 209._o afternoon_n and_o when_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o come_v to_o model_n the_o statute_n of_o the_o order_n he_o in_o two_o several_a article_n declare_v and_o expound_v this_o hora_n teria_fw-la which_o the_o english_a version_n of_o those_o statute_n render_v the_o hour_n of_o tierce_n to_o be_v 3._o hora_n tertia_fw-la post_fw-la meridiem_fw-la three_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n and_o in_o another_o article_n of_o the_o same_o statute_n 218._o hora_n tertiarum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la hora_n teria_fw-la post_fw-la meridiem_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o 107._o hora_n tertia_fw-la vespertina_fw-la vel_fw-la pomeridiana_fw-la which_o hour_n as_o it_o be_v then_o settle_v to_o be_v the_o punctual_a time_n for_o the_o knights-companion_n meet_v to_o enter_v upon_o the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o feast_n so_o have_v it_o ever_o since_o continue_v unaltered_a and_o usual_o observe_v three_o the_o place_n
proceed_n thither_o and_o the_o place_n he_o go_v in_o be_v a_o cl._n little_a behind_o the_o sovereign_n towards_o his_o left_a hand_n next_o the_o dean_n go_v the_o cl._n clerk_n of_o the_o closet_n and_o then_o the_o cl._n master_n of_o the_o robe_n so_o also_o of_o late_a one_o of_o the_o master_n of_o request_n and_o then_o the_o cl._n gentleman_n of_o the_o robe_n sect_n iii_o of_o proceed_v to_o the_o chapterhouse_n have_v treat_v at_o large_a under_o the_o precedent_a head_n concern_v the_o due_a rank_n and_o place_n of_o all_o those_o person_n that_o ordinary_o or_o occasional_o have_v go_v in_o the_o proceed_v wherein_o all_o save_v the_o sovereign_n and_o knights-companion_n pass_v bareheaded_a we_o now_o pass_v to_o the_o place_n whither_o the_o proceed_v be_v direct_v the_o first_o solemn_a action_n that_o the_o sovereign_n and_o knights-companion_n be_v oblige_v to_o perform_v at_o the_o entrance_n upon_o the_o grand_a feast_n be_v to_o celebrate_v a_o chapter_n and_o 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