TRUTHS AND FICTIONS OF THE

MIDDLE AGES.

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THE

MERCHANT AND
AND THE FRIAR.

BY

SIR FRANCIS PALGRAVE, K.H.,

THE DEPUTY KEEPER, UNDER THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS, OF HER MAJESTY'S PUBLIC RECORDS.

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SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M.DCCC.XLIV.

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