Then were the kings priuie seales directed to all bishops, abbats, priors, and other states, to lend the king monie, therewith to wage souldiers to keepe the sea coasts.
Their principall wealth consisteth in the tribute which the Fynnes pay them, which is all in skinnes of wilde beasts, feathers of birds, whale bones, and cables, and tacklings for shippes made of Whales or Seales skinnes.
They cloth themselues with Beares skinnes and Luzernes and Seales and other beasts skinnes.
Their rents are paid commonlie in driedseales and sea foule.
The first beginning of the sée of Chichester was in the Ile of Seales or Seolseie, and from thence translated to Chichester, in the time of William the bastard, and generall remoouing of sées from small villages vnto the greater townes.
Remige, where they concluded peace togither, to be kept betwixt them & their countries on ech part; the which was put in writing, and confirmed with their oths and seales in the feast of saint Hilarie.
This knyht, which worthi was and wys, This lady preith that he may wite, And have it under Seales write, What questioun it scholde be For which he schal in that degree Stonde of his lif in jeupartie.
The Match is made, shee seales it with a Cursie King.
I haue seene some of these with fayre writinges testimoniall, with the names and seales of some men of worshyp in Shropshyre, and in other Shieres farre of, that I haue well knowne, and haue taken the same from them.
These goe with fayned[125] lycences and counterfayted wrytings, hauing the hands and seales of suche gentlemen as dwelleth nere to the place where they fayne them selues to haue bene burnt, and their goods consumed with fyre.
In witnesse whereof, we haue set our seales to these presents, as well for vs, as for the whole communaltie of the foresaid relme of England.
Then were there writings made and ingrossed touching the forsaid articles of agreement, one part deliuered to the earle, sealed with the seales of the queenes, and other remained with the foresaid queenes sealed with the seale of the earle.
We saw about this coast marueilous great abundance of seales skulling together like skuls of small fish.
They are good Fishermen, and in their small Boates being disguised with their coates of Seales skinnes, they deceiue the fish, who take them rather for their fellow Seales, then for deceiuing men.
Their boates are made all of Seales skinnes, with a keele of wood within the skin: the proportion of them is like a Spanish shallop, saue only they be flat in the bottome, and sharpe at both ends.
They haue brought home fiue hundred seales skinnes, and an hundred and fortie halfe skinnes and pieces of skinnes.
In wittnes wherof the parties afforesaid to these presente Indentures interchangeably have sett ther handes and seales the daie and yeares first above written.
Moreouer, miracles are onely testimonies and seales of the word, neither may any thing be approued by them, which is repugnant to the word of God.
Forasmuch as Complaint hath been made to us, whose hands & Seales are hereto sett, being two of his Majtes.
Witness our hands and sealesthis one and thirtieth day of January, Anno Dni.
The first beginning of the see of Chichester was in the Ile of Seales or Seolseie, and from thence translated to Chichester, in the time of William the bastard, and generall remoouing of sees from small villages vnto the greater townes.
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