of Shaftesbury, Berking, St. Mary of
Winchester, and of Wilton."
"In the 35th of Edward III. were summoned by writ to parliament, to appear
there by their proxies, viz. Mary Countess of Norfolk, Alienor Countess of
Ormond, Anna Despenser, Phillippa Countess of March, Johanna Fitz Water,
Agneta Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St. Paul Countess of Pembroke,
Margaret de Roos, Matilda Countess of Oxford, Catherine Countess of Athol.
These ladies were called _Ad Colloquium et Tractatum_, by their
proxies, a privilege peculiar to the peerage to appear and act by proxy."
P.T.W.
N.B. They no doubt _manfully asserted_ their _colloquial
rights_.
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FASTING.
_From a very old work, "Noble Numbers."_
Is this a feast to keep,
The larder leane,
And clean,
From fat of veales and sheep?
Is it to quit the dish
Of flesh yet still
To fill
The platter high with _fish_?
Is it to fast an _hour_,
Or, ragged to go
Or show
A downcast look or snore?
No, 'tis a fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat
And meat
Unto the hungry soul.
It is to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate;
To circumcise thy life.
To show a heart grief rent,
To _starve_ thy sin,
Not bin;
And _that's to keep_ thy Lent.
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ANNUAL OF SCIENCE.
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ARCANA of SCIENCE, and ANNUAL REGISTER of the USEFUL ARTS for 1831.
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