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And Rob't scball' make a brigg' of stane oure ye wat' of Swalle atte Catrik, be twix ye olde stane brigg' and ye Newbrigg' of tree, quilke forsaide brygge with ye grace of God sail' be mad' Sufficiant and workmanly in masoncraft acordand in substance to Bamacastell' brigge Aftir ye groud & ye watyr acordes, of twa pilars, two landstatbes And' tbre Arches And also w' .V. Cosees ^ of Egeoves lik And acordande to ye same Thiknes of Egeoves as Barnacastelle brigg' is of. And also ye forsaid' brigg' scball' have atabiir of bewyn stane vndir ye Alluryng' oure watir mor yan Bama- castell' brigg' has : And ye saides Th' John' And Rob't scball' gett lymstane And birne itte And care itte And make yair lymkilns of yair own' cost, atte yair own' most ease, Als mekylle will' suffis yaim to ye werke abown'.saide,^ And' all' so ye same Tb' John And Rob't scball fynde And make cariage of sand als mekyll' has yaim nedes to ye warke abown- said ; And ye saides Th' Rob't and Job' scball' baue to yaim & yair me free entree and issue to care frothe ' and haue a wey to yair most ease and p'fette ye forsaide lymstane and sande ; And saides Nicb' Will'am John' And Rog' schall' fynd cariage of all' manere of free stane and of fillynge stane to ye forsaide brigg' to be brogtb and laide apone yaire cost atte bothen Endes of ye brigg' to ye most p'fette of ye forsaid Th' Joh'n and Rob't And ye same Nich' And hijs felows schall fynde apon' yair own' cost Als mykiir wode and colles brogth' one ye grovnde as will' suffys and serryf * yaim to ye birnyng' of all' ye lymkilnes y"^ schall' be made to ye forsaid werk' And ye forsaid Nicb' And his felaws schall' gette lefe and free entre And issue to ye saides masons And yair men to come to ye whereir of Sedbery And to ye qwerell' of Rysedalle berk' ^ for to brek ye stane y*' schall' go to ye saide brigg' or to any othir qwerell' yt is wyth' in ye bovndes quilk y*^ is most p'fitable to ye forsaid werke : And as ye wherreours brekes ye saide stanes And schapils yaim in ye saides qwerrels y^ yen ye forsaide Nich' And his falaws gare ' of yair cost void ye stanes fro ye wherreos y^ yai be not taride ne Indird' in yair werke be cause of voidyng' of ye forsaid stanes And ye same Nich' And his felaws schall' fynd mak or gare make apon yair own cost all' manere of Tymbirwerke quilke atte schair go or at is nesessar' or nedfull' to ye saide brigg' yt is to say ye branderathes ^ of ye pilers and of ye landstathes And ye seentrees with all'man'e schaffaldyng' And othire tre werke y'^ is nedfull' to ya saide brigg' to lay And rayse yaim of yair own' cost, w*^^ ye help of ye masons &^ rs & yai to haue yaim wene ye werke is p'furnist & don : And ye forsaide. Nich' and his felaws schall' make ridde ye groundes in ye watir ^ Courses, of parapet wall ? Fryst for first (Barbour). Fromity, Northern ^ Compare " abownsaid," two lines after. dialect, for furniity. Hallamshire Glossary. It must be observed that u is usually here Fro occurs in the context, instead of for. written instead of v, in the middle of a *^ Serve them. word ; we have " oure " ovr or over ; " mor ^ Sic. Possibly to be read beck, a brook ; our," moreover ; "haue" have; "inucnc," a word common to all the Northern dialects. invencion, &c. This word, however, seems in ' Gar, to make, force, compel. Brockctt. both cases to be the North-country "aboon," It is used by Chaucer. above. See Boucher and Brockett's Cilossa- - Brandrith, tlie fence at the mouth of a ries. Mr. Raine, however, appears to con- well. Nicholson. Or a sort of coffer dam, sider the word (in the Catterick Church called also Batt;irdeux (;7>). Contract) to be above. Seepage!), note. ^ A word eiraccd. Carpenters or labourers ? 7 Carry forth: By transposition. Tliusalso Sir V. Lawson proposes — yair men. VOL. VII. I