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shall be i equyred or necessary for performance of the same : provided alwey that the seid John Wastell shall kepe continually 60 fre-masons workyngupon the same . The seid John Wastell graunfeth also and byndeth hymself by . these presents to performs and clerely fynish all the said vawtes and batelments on this side the ffeeste of the Nativitie of Seint John Baptiste next ensuyng after the date hereof ; Ancl for the good and fuer performyng of all

these premysses , as is afore specyfyed the seid provost and scolers granten to pay unto the seid John Wastell for ston and workmanshyp of evry the seid porches with all other charge as is afore rehersed 251 . " And for evry of the seid seven chapels in the body of the churche after the plat of the said porches 201 . " Ancl for vawtyng of evry of the other nine chapels behind the qnyre to be

made of more course work 12 / .. " And for ston ancl workmanshyp of the batelments of all the seid chapels ancl porches derided into twenty severeys every severey at 100 s . sum 1001 . " And for all and singler eovenaiints afore rehersed of the partye of the seid John Wastell wele and truly to be performed and kept , he byndeth hymself , his heirs ancl executors in 400 Z . of good ancl lawful money of England to

be paid unto the seid Mr . Provost , scolers and surveyor at the ffeeste of the Purification of our Blessed Lady next corny ng after the date of these presentes ; ancl in lyke wise for all and singler covenauntes afore rehersed , of the partye of the said Mr . Provost , scolers and surveyor wele and truly to be performed and kept , they bynde themselves , their successors and executors in 400 Z . of good ancl lawfull money of England to be paid unto the seid John Wastell at the said ffeeste of the Purification of our Blessed Lady , In witnesse whereof the partyes aforeseid to these present indentures interchangeabl y have sett their seals , the day and yere above wryten . "

The two following notes we take from the Antiquary , No . 2 : — " ARCH * OLOGICAL CONGRESS . —Antiquaries will read with a smile the following amusing sketch of the proceedings of an Archaeological Summer Congress , which we take from the Epilogue to the Westminster Play of Christmas last . The speakers are Callias and Charmides : —

' CALL . Relliquias veneror ! Gens Antiquaria summo Nos apud , antiquum est quicqnid , honors colunt . CHAMI . An tu " Archceologista" audis ? CAM .. Longo intervallo Propositum nostrum discrepat et ratio ! Indocti doctique en ! miscellanea turba , Auctnmno festos jam referente dies , in vicum soliti

Prajdictum concurrere ! Primo Collaudant sese ; glorificatiir opus . Jentaclo raptim sumpto , rhedisque paratis , Ecce ! hilarem pergunt carpere rite diem . Invitant civcum docto loca digna notatu ; " Castra , " " Pavimentum , " sen " Media 3 va" Domus . Anxia priecipiie at Templis data cura sacratis , fueriat condita

Quoque anno , consulitur . Tandem ( prsescriptss- hie finis chartajque , viajque !) Hospitio fessos excipit Amphitryon . Hie estur , bibiturque ; adsunt joca , blanditiajque ! Deinde redux l ; etus quisque cubile petit . Felix iste labor levis et conjuncta voluptas ! Cuinam evplorandi non modus iste placet ?'

If they are never made the subject of more ill-natured pleasantry than this Antiquaries in general will have no need to complain . " " WEATHER LORE OF THE MONTH . —It was commonl y said that' Wherever the wind lies on Ash Wednesday , it will continue in that quarter during all Lent . ' A wet March has been regarded as a bad omen , for , says the proverb ' A wet March makes sad harvest . '