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, ° Wn beyond the River Nile in Egypt , did ule

Y'ery Day to pour Water inio a Vessel, by theiufe!i °! W ^ lc ^ trough a small Hole they mca-

thi"^' lere WerC nian y ^indz of them, but all had

S m common, that theWater ran gently through

arrow Passage from one Vessel into another, and

y.. 1 - f ^wer was a piece of Cork or light Wood,

so rct 3S c ‘ le Vessel tilled, rose up by degrees and

s0 Jewed the Hour.

‘March observes

c.'aclttiff-.. . V»

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i.e.

one Inconvenience in thesethat the Air according to its

OrR •" iclu perature as to Heat, Cold, Densityty lrit y had an Influence on the Running of theAnd Cr ’ *° ^ 11C ' c inuff measure Time unequally,whii anot * lcr greater there was, which a goodran ^"’as unheeded, vi%. that the Water alwaysdressy C - r ont ’ according as its Quantity and

° ne o', r

w the Vessel abated ; to remedy this,s lna l^' 0We r invented a Clepsydra in the form of aptied ■ P Coating on the Water, and which em-iviidd 1 ? te 'l by means of a Syphon placed in theMea„^ of it, but which way the Hours byscripss,^ 16 ma< ^ e equal I cannot find, the

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$oi° nS ^' ven os the thing being very obscure,witlio ' e °* 'bele Cleffydræ were so made as thatbines T ^banging the Dial the Hours were some-at) j n 0n 8 er and sometimes ihorter, by means ofsfo-y^oality in the Index or Hand, and whichthe yyl a ys, depended on the Management ofHol e 3terJ s° r in the long Days they made then a [,l Narrower, and so the Water ran proportio-We r( J ower; and in the Winter, when the Daysfifiade ! 10rr - the Hole was made larger, whichtiir ne j he Water flow the faster, and lo the IndexC[ p|? U, ''i also the faster,the admittendo, is a Writ directed to

lessee u ’ * 0r the admitting of a Clerk to a Be-t’arty .fsoa a nc admits as, tryed and found for the

Cl Rr i<£ rocuret h th e Writ.

is a \^ r ‘yC'Q capto per Statutum Mcrcatorum , Lee.

ofthess

aCi'V ‘ rc cted to the Bisliop, for the deliveryr e u ° l ? C of Prison, that is in Custody uponCf of a Statute Merchant.

ss-0 convitio ccmmijso Ecclcstm in defeiluOf a Q[' ^‘berando, &c. is a Writ for the deliveryc, 'tvift c j t0 his Ordinary, that formerly wassot cl la ji of felony, by reason his Ordinary did°s a Clcru n E e him according to the Privileges

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; infra Sacros Ordincs constitute nonhfts, {g' n Officium, is a Writ directed to theBay-^'p up 0| ^ '“at have thrust a Bayliwick or Beadle-selc a(e hj,^ ne '.n Holy Orders, charging them to

ps there b^ ^ tnt roulcr of the Kings House , (where-.kce and^^o) is an Officer in Court, that hathrit y to al! at ‘ n '■bo Counting-House, and Autho-h’ands f 0 ^ or disallow the Charges and De-„°f Pursu

ivants, and Messengers of theor thplike: fie hath also

c^ s and jv 1 C s an ^. con trouling of all Defaults,. c<!rs ; .m,i l !- car . r ' a S cs °s any of the Inferioui

Porio u ’ r

Or [ u ,°* t> ' 0 ulcr,

De-fer iour Of-

Qj^c e S in t h (! Counting-House with the Su-

th,

“otter

P hiatters^ 11 ^ 5 0UC order, with several o-re ceseeif ^ f^ s ' ' S an Officer of the Navy,

Vl \. the I.ord Steward, Treafti-. ““6 Cofferer, either for correcting

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ar ‘d enters the Commissions and1C Lord Admiral, and registers thers of the Commissioners of the

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CLERK of Affifc, is he that writeth all thingsjudicially done by the Justices ot ■Bffisff in theirCircuits.

CLERK of the Checks is an Officer in Court, localled, because he hath the Check, and Controulmentof the Yeomen of the Guard, and all other ordi-nary Yeomen or Ulhers belonging either to theKing, or Queen, or Prince, either giving leave,or tallowing their Absences- or Defects in Atten-dance, or diminishing their Wages for the fame.

CLERK of the Crown, is a Clerk or Officer inthe King’s Bench, whole Business is to read,frame,and record all Indictments against Traitors,Felons, and other Offenders there arraigned uponany pnblick Crime. He is otherwise called Clerk,of the Crown Office, or Clerk, of the Crown in theKjng's Bench,

CLERK of the Crown in Chancery, is an Officerthere, that by himself or his Deputy, is continu-ally to attend the Lord Chancellor, or LordKeeper, for special Matters of State, by Com-mission or the like, either immediately from hisMajesty, or by order of his Council, as well or-dinary as extraordinary: Also all general Par-dons upon Giants of them at the King's Corona-tion, or ac a Parliament, the Writs of Parliament,with the Names of Knights and Burgesses, arereturned into this Office. He hath allo the ma-king of special Pardons, and Writs of Executionupon Bonds of Statute Staple forfeited.

CLERK of the Errors, in the Court of Com-mon-Pleas docs tranferibp and ccrtifie into theKing’s Bench the Tenor of the Records of theCause or Action, upon Which the Writ of Error(made by the Cur st tor) is brought there to bejudged and determined.

CLERK of the Errors in the King’s Bench, doeslikewise transcribe and cCrtific the Records of suchCauses in that Court into the Exchequer, if theCause or Action were by Bill.

CLERK of the Errors in the Exchequer, doestranscribe the Records certified thither out of theKing’s Bench, and prepares them for Judgmentin the Court of Exchequer, to be given by theJustice of the Common Pleas, and Barons there.

CLERK of theEJstoigns, is an Officer belongingto the Court of Common-Plcas, who only keepeththe Estoign-Hpll , and hath for entring every EjstoignSix Pence, and for every Exception to bar the EJ-Joign, in cafe where the Party hath omitted histime Six Pence. He hath also the providing otParchment, and cutting it into Rolls, and makingthe Number upon them, and delivery out of all theRolls to every Officer, and the receiving of themagain when they be written.

CLERK of the Estreats, belongs to the Exche-quer, and every Term receiveth the Estreats outof the Lord Trealurcr’s Remembrancer’s Office,and writeth them out to be leveed for the King;He also maketh Schedules of luch Summs estreat-ed as are to be discharged.

CLERK of the liamper, cr lianas er, or Wardenof the Hamper, is an Officer in the Chancery,whole Business is to receive all Money due to theKing’s Majesty for the Seals of Charters, Patents,Commissions, and Writs; as allo Fees due to theOfficers for Enrolling and Examining the fame.He is obliged to attend on the Lord Chancellor orthe Lord Kj 1 f er daily in Term time, and at alltimes of Sealing.

CLERK of the Juries, or Curata Writs, is anOfficer belonging to the Court of Common-Plcas,which maketh out the Writs called Habeai Corpora j

and