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Bowstrings 43 doz. di.

Lyvery arrowes 407 shefe.

Slurbowe arrowes 115 inde 14 with far woorks.

Longebowe arrowes with fierwoorks 6 shef. 3 arrows

Arrowes for fier woorks 1 shefe.

Muskett arrowes 28 shefe."


In an original Office MS. 1 Ed. VI. preferred in the archives of this Society, in the account of the Artillery, &c. of Calice, are the following articles:

"Crosbowes called Rodds 98

Crosbowes called Lathes 13

Wenlasses for them 130

Benders to bend small crossbowes 14."


Pl. XXVI. Fig. 3. represents an impression from the Matrix of a Seal lately found on the Great Mount of Earth below White Chapel Church. Exhibited Feb. 2, 1797, by Dr. Hulme.

This seal appears to have belonged to the prior of the Friars Austins of Norwich, supposed to be of the time of Edward III. It represents St. Michael the archangel vanquishing the devil, under the form of a dragon. The inscription is

"S. prioris Fratrum ordinis Sancti Augustini, Norwici,"

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