done. Take these instances: 'A certain chaplain who had
maintained him at the Schools of Paris by the sale of holy water,
_quaestu aquae benedictae;_--to this good chaplain he did give a
vicarage, adequate to the comfortable sustenance of him. 'The
Son of Elias, too, that is, of old Abbot Hugo's Cupbearer, coming
to do homage for his Father's land, our Lord Abbot said to him in
full court: "I have, for these seven years, put off taking thy
homage for the land which Abbot Hugo gave thy Father, because
that gift was to the damage of Elmswell, and a questionable one:
but now I must profess myself overcome; mindful of the kindness
thy Father did me when I was in bonds; because he sent me a cup
of the very wine his master had been drinking, and bade me be
comforted in God."'

'To Magister Walter, son of Magister William de Dice, who wanted
the vicarage of Chevington, he answered: "Thy Father was Master
of the Schools; and when I was an indigent _clericus,_ he
granted me freely and in charity an entrance to his School, and
opportunity of learning; wherefore I now, for the sake of God,
grant to thee what thou askest."' Or lastly, take this good
instance,--and a glimpse, along with it, into long-obsolete
times: 'Two _Milites_ of Risby, Willelm and Norman, being
adjudged in Court to come under his mercy, _in misericordia
ejus,'_ for a certain very considerable fine of twenty shillings,
'he thus addressed them publicly on the spot: "When I was a
Cloister-monk, I was once sent to Durham on business of our
Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at
Risby, and I had to beg a lodging there. I went to Dominus
Norman's, and he gave me a flat refusal. Going then to Dominus
Willelm's, and begging hospitality, I was by him honourably