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St. Leonard’s Day, which falls on the 6 of Nov. but may be reconciled ifthis Writer entred it according to the ecclefiaftical Computation, whereinEves are efteemed Part of the Feftivals.

P. 247. Du Frefne referred to Epiftle 80 of Æneas Sylvius, whereinthe Words are tc Hominem dignifßmum promovebis, qui Divida: regia non mi-“ nus honoris praß abit , quam ipfa fibi Divida decus præbeaî. Scis enim tales<e res illis committi debere, qui tueri earum honorificentiam pofjmt.

P. i77. Touching the annexing Coat-Arms to Lands, there vjas the follow-ing Interrogatory exhibited in the Cafe between Grey and Haftings depending inthe Court Military. Item s’il depofê, qe les armes d’or ou une manchede Gueles fount les Haßynges Armes, font appartenantz accedantz &c con-nexes as heires de Haßings come partie nient departible dicelles en manerecome eft deduce par la partie du dit Mondeur Reginald, il demande par quoyil feiet, & foit demande pour quoy plus celles armes qu’autres armes &c.cornent home vient as armes & as terres & cornent ces deux fêrront enfyannexes & comment il eft de les armes quaunt home forfèite ou aliene lesterres, &c comment il fera de les armes quaunt home entaill fos terres ales heirs females ou enfèofte en fos terres preftres ou femmes ou s’il en-taille les terres a luy & a fà femme, & a les heirs de lour deux corps en-gendres & ount ifl'ue female, la femme devy, il prent autre femme ab ifliiede la male, qu’eft fon heir general, a qui feront les armes du Baron. &c.

164. The Editor was indeed pleafed with his Difcovery of the Family andPerfon of the Soldan de la Trave, and having fvnee met with fome other No-tices of this Title after it defeended to the Family of Montfèrrant by the Mar-riage of the Heirefs of Preiftac, thought it not improper to annex them. DuFrefn. GlofT. voce Syndicus. tf Dignitatis nomen apud Burdegalenfes Aqui-tc tanos, apud quos occurrunt nobiles quidam Soudics appellatione do-(C nati, cum adjectione Caftri nominis : quos Amoldus Ferronus in Con-(C diet. Burdeg. 1 . 2. p. 225 author eft in veterib. Tabulis Syndicos appel-tf lari. Hosjus municipale Burdegalenßum Ordini Comitum, Vicecomi-“ tum, & Baronum accenfet. Hujufce vero nomenclaturae bini tantumff occurrunt proceres, Soldicus fcilicet de l’Eftrade, & Soldicus de la Trau,“ qui hanc forte iis in Caftris primitus Syndicorum, feu Defènforum<c dignitatem obtinuere : quam libi pofterifque hæreditariam ademerunt,“ ut Comites in urbibus, & Duces in provinciis, quibus praeerant. De-<f fenforum enim & Syndicorum civitatis amplam fuifle autoritatem &“ jurifdidlionem docet plurimis Guido Pancirolus lib. de Magiftratib.<c municipalib. cap. 9. vide Raimundum Montanerium in Chron. Reg.<c Aragon, cap. 185.

cc Soldicorum de 1 ’Eftrade frequens occurrit mentio apud Scriptores,cc Froißdrtem 1 vol. c. 161. 2 vol. c. 81, 5)0. 4 vol. c. 18. &c. Or-t( ronvilleum in Hift. Ludovici Ducis Borbon. c. 72. Monftrelletum 3(C voi, pag. 35. Tillium, <&c. His vetus armorum Liber pro infignibusfc adfignat Leonem miniatum in area aurea.

<c Soldici de la Trau, de Trabe dicuntur in Bulla Bonifiai ix PP. apudff Waddingum an. 135)1. n. 8. Tabularia Camerae Computor. Parif fub“ an. 1453. recenfent Petrum de Montefèrrando Soudic^de la Trau, in(C computo Auxiliorum pro liberatione Joannis Regis Francia an. 13 66.

“ vocatur le Soudich de Laitrau.” Ferro-