[papal insignia]

[blazon or coat of arms]
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BE it know [...] [...]isten men and women / that thyse be the great Indulgence / pr [...] [...]rdon / gracyously graunted by dyverse Popes of Rome / And also confyrmed by [...] fath [...] in god Pope Leo the .x. to all the Bretherne and Susterne and benefactours of the Ho [...] of seynt Thomas of Acres in the cyte of London̄ / where the sayde glorious Martyr seynt Tho [...] [...] [...]erbury was borne of his moder into this worlde and hath of olde tyme ben admytted by com [...] [...]one of the .iiij. places to gader the Almes of Cristen people for the helthe of theyr soules.

¶Firste our holy fader Alexan [...] [...]e of that name somtyme Pope of Rome gracyously hath relesyd to all cristen people that helpe or [...] [...]he place with theyr goodes or almesse / Or to take fraternyte of the sayd place / and yerely to the same any benefyte gyue or paye th [...] [...] penaunce enioyned. ¶Also our holy fader Benet the .xij. of yt name somtyme p [...] [...]rndeth all prelatꝭto suffre the procuratours of the sayd place to pronoūce and frely expowne theyr nedes and Indulgences [...]at [...]urche to the Clergie and to other cōmune people. ¶Also if the sayde procuratoures come into ony Cytie / Ca [...] [...]erdyted ones yerely haue power to open the Churche dores the [...] te / So that dyuyne seruyce solempnely may be sayde / curs [...] peopl [...] [...]e put out / & deed bodyes in the Churcheyerde to be buryed / And tho that shulde do open penaunce that daye shalbe relesyd an [...] [...] all bretherne and susterne / whiche shalll gyue to the sayde place certayne quantyte of theyr goodes and yerely paye to the bretherne [...] [...]ts of the sayde house / & in theyr dyenge bequeth or assygne ony goodes to them / may chose yerely to theym an able and di [...] wh [...] maye assoyle then plenarly of all synnes of the whiche they be very contryte and confessyd / excepte suche as be [...]e of Rome and to dispence with theym of all vowes made the whiche they maye not conuenyently nor profytably kep [...] [...] the vowe of Iherusalem / and the holy crosse. Also euery brother shall haue his letter or wrytynge of the sayde Fraternyte and [...]e shall not be denyed hym what maner deth he dyeth or decesyth but if he be accursed by name by the sensure of holy churche.

¶Also our holy fader Pius the seconde to all very repentāt [...] that deuoutly vysyt the house and Hospitall of seynt Thomas of Acres in London euery tusdaye from quinquagesime vn [...] [...] [...] Ester & .iiij. dayes nexte before Ester daye / And euery daye with [...]

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