Chapter XIV: Part 14

Dr. Pettingall, in his remarks on the "Gule of August," says, "what
we at present call 'the waits,' or the music on the nights of the
Christmas holydays, is only a corruption of the wakes or nocturnal
festivities." _Archæologia_, vol. ii, p. 66.

[***] The Notes for which the Editor is indebted to Dr. Meyrick are thus marked, M*; those which he owes to the kindness of Mr. Markland thus, M.

ERRATA AND ADDENDA.

Preface, _p._ ii. _l._ 12. It ought to have been observed, that the Library of the Society of Antiquaries contains similar Accounts of the 10th, 11th, and 18th years of the reign of Edward the Second, to those of the 38th of Edward the First; but which still remain inedited.

----, _p._ viii. _l._ 12, for "the leaf was" read "_the leaves were_."

_Page_ 9, _line_ 26, for "vlxix _li._ v_s_." read "vClxix _li._ v_s._"

---- 30, 51, 58, and _sæpe_, for "lauret" read "_lanret_."

--_ib._ ---- 17, for "hoses" read "_hosen_."

---- 130, ---- 18, add from the Lansd. MSS. 737, "Dxvj_li._ xvij_s._ vj_d._ ob."

---- 131, ---- 24, _Ibid._ "_Delivered_."

---- ---- ---- 25, _Ibid._ "_Anne to_."

---- 160, ---- 29, for "Shrobbe hauley and Wakefelde" read "Shrobbe, _Hanley_, and Wakefelde."

---- 307, ---- 17, for "court cards" read "_coat_ cards."

---- 311, ---- 15, for "Buckman" read "_Beckman_."

---- 347, ---- 7, for "Chatham" read "_Eltham_."

---- 312, ---- 42, for "James" read "_William_."

THE END.

Thomas White, Printer,
Crane Court.

Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

Punctuation normalized.

Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.

Both "expence" and "expense" were widely used. The former
predominated in the original and the latter in the editors remarks.
Both were left unchanged. Used "Expences" in the title as that
was the spelling used on the original title page. The Library of
Congress and the British Library use the modern spelling "Expenses."

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Pages xii & xliv added missing footnote anchors.

Page xxii corrected footnote numbering errors.

Page 82 changed "JULY" to "OCTOBRE" to agree with previous and
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I & J and U & V were intermixed in the Index in the original.

Corrected placement of out of order Gammage, Sir William and Stuff
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Latin small letter "is" is denoted by [s].

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Latin small letter p with stroke through descender is denoted by
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Proofreading Symbols for Other Diacritical Marks
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a letter with a diacritical mark.)

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