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bus à Rege locus in Smithfielda defignatus, & leptis optime communitus,ubi perpetuos o£lo Dies Res ftrenue gelta fuit, at Nobilibus Anglis pri-ma gloria ccffit j Exteri vero non illaudati, led & magnifice donati cummagno gaudio reverfi flint.

Anno decimo tertio, dum lerio traólaret negotium e Itineris Eli Hie - P. 5r.Yofolimam verius, & paulum a Natali Chriftiano, tanquam valedicdurus,precaretur juxta Tumulum Sancii Edoardi : repentina correptus aegritu-dine, ftatim ibi ruerat in medium, nifi luorum manibus allevatus, & inproximum Abbatis Cubiculum adduTus fuifiet ; ubi paulilper ad quie-tem compofitus, & quæ oportuit, laltem quod poterat, dilponens, ani-mam Deo commendavit-, quatuor relinquens gnatos, Uenricum exindeRegem, quintum illius nominis : 7 homam y Clarentia Ducem 5 Joamem yDucem Bedfordia j & Humfredum, Ducem Gloceßria.

Infuper annales hujus, laltem ad hunc clarilfimum Ordinem fpedlan-tes defiderantur.

nuas affigned them by the King in Smithfield, and very well fenced withRails , where for eight Days continually the Tilting was gallantly carried on>but the higheß Glory reßed on the Englifli Nobility , however the Foreignerswere not without their Praife y and having received magnificent Prefents , re-turned with great Satisfaction.

In his thirteenth Tear while he was ferioußy fettling the Affair of hise Journey to Jerulalem, and a little after Chrillmas, being in a mannerready to take his heave , was ■graying at the Tomb of St. Edward, he wasfeized with a fudden Illnefs, and had fallen down immediately , if he hadnot been fupported by the Hands of his Servants ,. and carried into the nextBed-chamber of the Abbot , where a little While afterwards being compofed to Refi ,and difpofing of fuch Things as were neceffary, at leaf of what he could y hecommended his Soul to God , leaving four Sons , Henry afterwards King ythe fifth of the Name , Thomas Duke of Clarence, John Duke of Bedford;and Humfrey Duke of Gloceller.

Further his Amials y at leafi as to what relates to this mofi noble Order ,are wanting.

e Lelands Collect. Edit. Hearn voi. 2. p. 4871.

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