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Spadacrene Anglica - The English Spa Fountain by Edmund Deane
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enterred by toarch light, w^{th}out any further funerall pompe or
solempnity whatsoever, beinge (as I thinke) a custome not
altogeither laudable to banquett & feast att funeralls w^ch rather
ought to be a tyme of mourneing, then banqueting and feasting

w^th said body of myne I knowe & beleive assuredly that I shall
rise againe att the last day, & be reunited & ioyned againe unto my
soule & that itt shall be made like unto Christ his glorious body,
that where he is, there I shall be alsoe liveing and reigneing w^th
him in his everlasting kingdome for ever.

Now concerning my temporall Estate w^ch God in his mercy hath
vouchsafed to bestowe on me (or rather lent me as his steward) I
bequeath it thus as followeth

First I give & bequeath to Mr. Roger Belwood my pastor thirty
shillings.

Item I give to the poore people of the Cittye of Yorke three pounds
XX^s whereof to be distributed to the poore of the Warde where I
now live and the remmant to the poore of the other three Wardes
equally to be divided.

Item I give to the poore prisoners of the castle of Yorke XX^s and
to the poore prisoners on Ousebridge called the Kidcoate X^s and to
the poore prisoners of S^t. Peters prison in Yorke X^s.

Item I give to the poore people of the old hospitall or massing
dewes of the Citty of Yorke thirty shillings. Item whereas....

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