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WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
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" That is to say, the foresaid Peter covenanteth, promyttith, and graunteth, and hym and
" hys executors by thise pfits byndith to make and work, or doo to be made and wroughte, wele,
" clcnly, workmanly, curiously, and substancially, fFoure basemennts of blake marble, square, of the
" grctcnessc evrie square oon foote half... in length oon foote of assise ; and in the same he shall sett
" iiij other basementts of white marble squared, wyth levys and crestes ; upon the iiij basementts of
" white marble he shall sett iiij pillours of copp. gylt, wroughte with bases, cuppes, capitells, and
" other garnysshmente ; and of heilb, greteness, and proporcyon, according to the worke : and upon
" the s:imc iiij pillours of copp. gylt he shall sett a creste of copp. gylt rounde aboute the worke,
" squared with portcullies and fflouredelis; and upon the same he shall make, of white marble, a vault,
" w ith archytraves and frese and creste with all . . . anships and colours thereunto belonging, accord-
<£ ing as appereth by the Patren ; and upon the said crestes he shall sett iiij aungells of erthe, bakid
" in an oven after the colour of white marble, everie of them kneelyng, of the heith of ij foote of assise
" from the knes upward, of the which iiij aungells oon shall holde the pillour, with a cock upon the
" same all of copp. gylt, in the oon hande, and the scourge of copp. gylt in the othir hande; anothir
"aungell shall holde the crosse of copp. gylt'in oon hande, and the iiij nayles of copp. gylt in the
" othir hande ; anothir aungell shall holde the spere of copp. gylt in the oon hande, and the hammer
" of copp. gylt in the othir hande ; and the iiijth aungell shall holde in oon hande a spere staff with
" a sponge on the ende of copp. gylt, and in the othir hande the pynsons of copp. gylt: and upon
" the same crestes, upon the former parte and upon the hynder parte, he shall make the kyng's armes
"of white marble, coloured as apperteynith with the crowne imperyall onn the same amies of
" copp. and gylt; and at the right ende, the armes of the late kyng and quene in a scochyn of white
" marble, with braunches and roses on cither side of the same scochyn, of white marble, all coloured
" as apperteynith with a crowne imperyall of copp. gylt on the saide scochyn ; and at the othir ende
" anothir scochyn of white marble, with the armes of Englond and Spayne, and a braunche of roses
" of white marble on either side, all coloured as apperteynith with a crowne imperyall of copp. gylt
" on the saide scochyn.—And all the saide garnysshment shall conteyne, from the nether parte of the
" saide iiij basements of blak marble, unto the upper partes of the crestes next the saide iiij aungells,
" ix fote of assise, and in lengthe also ix fote of assise ; and also that under all the saide garnysshnsent
" shall be made an awlter of the heith of iij fote of assise, and of lengthe vi.fote of assise, and brede
" iij fote and iiij ynches of assise : and the basementts of the same awlter shall be made of blak
" marble; and upon the same basementts iiij square pillours of white marble, with levys and crestes,
" with their proporcions, all coloured as apperteynith to the worke: and under the saide awlter shall
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" That is to say, the foresaid Peter covenanteth, promyttith, and graunteth, and hym and
" hys executors by thise pfits byndith to make and work, or doo to be made and wroughte, wele,
" clcnly, workmanly, curiously, and substancially, fFoure basemennts of blake marble, square, of the
" grctcnessc evrie square oon foote half... in length oon foote of assise ; and in the same he shall sett
" iiij other basementts of white marble squared, wyth levys and crestes ; upon the iiij basementts of
" white marble he shall sett iiij pillours of copp. gylt, wroughte with bases, cuppes, capitells, and
" other garnysshmente ; and of heilb, greteness, and proporcyon, according to the worke : and upon
" the s:imc iiij pillours of copp. gylt he shall sett a creste of copp. gylt rounde aboute the worke,
" squared with portcullies and fflouredelis; and upon the same he shall make, of white marble, a vault,
" w ith archytraves and frese and creste with all . . . anships and colours thereunto belonging, accord-
<£ ing as appereth by the Patren ; and upon the said crestes he shall sett iiij aungells of erthe, bakid
" in an oven after the colour of white marble, everie of them kneelyng, of the heith of ij foote of assise
" from the knes upward, of the which iiij aungells oon shall holde the pillour, with a cock upon the
" same all of copp. gylt, in the oon hande, and the scourge of copp. gylt in the othir hande; anothir
"aungell shall holde the crosse of copp. gylt'in oon hande, and the iiij nayles of copp. gylt in the
" othir hande ; anothir aungell shall holde the spere of copp. gylt in the oon hande, and the hammer
" of copp. gylt in the othir hande ; and the iiijth aungell shall holde in oon hande a spere staff with
" a sponge on the ende of copp. gylt, and in the othir hande the pynsons of copp. gylt: and upon
" the same crestes, upon the former parte and upon the hynder parte, he shall make the kyng's armes
"of white marble, coloured as apperteynith with the crowne imperyall onn the same amies of
" copp. and gylt; and at the right ende, the armes of the late kyng and quene in a scochyn of white
" marble, with braunches and roses on cither side of the same scochyn, of white marble, all coloured
" as apperteynith with a crowne imperyall of copp. gylt on the saide scochyn ; and at the othir ende
" anothir scochyn of white marble, with the armes of Englond and Spayne, and a braunche of roses
" of white marble on either side, all coloured as apperteynith with a crowne imperyall of copp. gylt
" on the saide scochyn.—And all the saide garnysshment shall conteyne, from the nether parte of the
" saide iiij basements of blak marble, unto the upper partes of the crestes next the saide iiij aungells,
" ix fote of assise, and in lengthe also ix fote of assise ; and also that under all the saide garnysshnsent
" shall be made an awlter of the heith of iij fote of assise, and of lengthe vi.fote of assise, and brede
" iij fote and iiij ynches of assise : and the basementts of the same awlter shall be made of blak
" marble; and upon the same basementts iiij square pillours of white marble, with levys and crestes,
" with their proporcions, all coloured as apperteynith to the worke: and under the saide awlter shall