hall touching the firste admissyon of his fyrste prefermẽt of grace the xxiiij{th} day of Julye Anno dñi 1556. ~The Order~ of the firste preferm̄et of their grace that be Lay bretherne that occupye the Scyence of Surgery w{th} us and also for them that be not a brother w{th} us and dothe desyre to be (of) us for their fyrste admissyon of practycyoners. [Sidenote: The order of the firste prefermẽt of grace for Laye Bretherne.] “~Fforasmoche~ as yt is moste expedyent that no man occupie,” etc., etc. This licence is similar to the last one excepting that it provides that the person admitted being made a brother, though no free man, should have a time given to him in which to practise the art of Surgery on approval. ~The Order~ of the Admissyon of Maisters of Surgery and of the Anatamye to be confyrmed for ever before they have the Seale of the Busshop w{ch} maketh up the hole confyrmac͠on of a master of Surgery & of Anathomye. [Sidenote: The order of the admissyon of a M{r} of Surgerye.] ~We~ Thomas Knot M{r} Thomas Gayle John Smythe and Thomˀs ffishe Governors Thomas Vycary George Hollande George Geen and Richard fferes M{rs} and examyners of the Company of Barbours and Surgeons of London w{th} the rest of the whole assistaunce of the same Companye To all men to whome this wryting shall come greting. ~We~ certifye youe by this Lrẽ that whereas o{r} welbeloved in Christe T. A. ys not onely a man of honest fame and good behaveor but is also expert connynge and well exercysed in the arte of Surgery as his well defycell[186] cures and prosperous successe w{ch} can not be dooen w{t}out maturate judgement and Learninge dothe make thereof moste certayne trueth and be assure witnes. ffurther more we are assured by the experyence we have of the man that he is not onely substancyally well exercysed in the curing of infyrmities belonging to Surgery of the p̃ts of mans bodye comonly called the Anathomye: Wherfore we aswell in the behalf equyte reason and conscyence as also for the preferm̃et of Learning knowledge and experyence doo thinke yt meete convenyent and reasonnable to constitute the same T. A. bothe A Maister of Surgery and also of the Anathomye and willeth him so to be taken for ever hereafter and to have auctorytie to exercyse & occupye as well the one as the other wheresoever he shall come w{t}in this Realme or ellswhere of the premisses ~In~ Witnes wherof we have caused this Lrẽ to be sealed w{t} the great comon seale of our Hall the xxiij{th} daye of July A{o} dñi 1556. [186] Difficult.