rolles, deedes, etc., as lie can obteyne, as well for any of his parteners as for himself.
   " 6°. Item, Whereas itt is entended, with, care, cost, and industry, to prfect up certeine select, choise, and compleate treatises of armory and antiquityes, which can not well be done without some preceding rough, unpolished, and fowle original! coppyes: Itt is now agreed, concluded, and mutually promised, that ye sd principall bookes so compleated, shall not, upon forfeite of credite, be lent out from among this society to any other person whatsoever.
   " 7°. Item, That ye aforesd roughe coppyes be not imparted to any stranger without ye gnrll consent of this society. 
   " 8°. Item, That care be providently had, not to lend, much lesse to parte with, any other peece, treatise, booke, roll, deed, etc., unto any stranger, but to such prsons, from whom some reasonable exchange probably be had or borrowed. 
   " 9°. Item, That every of the rest do send unto Sr Christopher Hatton a prfect [note] transcript of all such heires femall of note as he can find, with ye probates of every of them, to be methodized by him.
   " 10°. Item, For ye better expediting of these studyes, by dividing ye greate burden which through such infinite variety of particulars would arise, to the discouragement and oppressing of any one man's industry, itt is concluded and agreed to part and divide these labours as followeth, viz. that Sr Christopher Hatton shall take care to collect and register all old roolles of arm.es, and old parchement bookes of armes, being of equall valew, antiquity, and forme with yo rolles.
   "11°. Item, For ye same reasons, that Sr Thomas Shirley shall collect together and enter (att large or in breife, according to such coppyes as can be had) all patentes and coppyes of new grantes or confirmacons of armes and creastes.
   " 12°. Item, For ye same reasons, that Sr Edward Bering do gather and compose a full, compleate booke of armes, by way of ordinary.
   "13°. Item, For ye same reasons, that Mr. Dugdall do collect and coppy all armoriall seales, with a breviate of yo deedes, and ye true dimensions of ye seales.
   " 14°. Item, For ye same reasons, that Sr Edward Bering do, "sometime this somer, beginne a new system or body of Armory, with such brevity, prspicuity, and proper examples, as may best