Wages of two turf-cutters, seven days, at 5d. per day, 5s. 10d. For the carriage of turves to cover the king's kitchen, 7s. 6d. For twenty-two empty casks, bought to make paling for the queen's court yard, 18s. 4d. To Wildbor, the fisherman, receiving 10d. per day, and his six companions, the queen's fishermen, at 3d. per day each, fishing in the sea, forty-two days, 4l. 18s. Repairing a cart of the king's, conveying a _pipe of honey_ from Aberconway to Rothelan, 1s. 4d. To six men carrying shingles to cover the hall of the castle, at 2-1/2d each per day, seven days, 8s. 9d. _Gifts._ To a certain female spy, as a gift, 1s. To a certain female spy, to purchase her a house, as a gift, 1l. To Ralph le Vavasour, bringing news to the queen of the taking of Dolinthalien, as a gift, 5l. To John de Moese, coming immediately after with the same news, with letters of the Earl of Gloucester, by way of gift, 5l. To a certain player, as a gift, 1s. _Swan with Two Necks._ It appears from the roll of swan's marks, in the time of Henry VIII., that the king's swans were _doubly_ marked, and had what were called _two nicks_, or notches. The term, in process of time, not being understood, a double animal was invented, with the name of "The Swan with _Two Necks_." But this is not the only ludicrous mistake that has arisen on the subject, since "swan-upping," or the taking up of swans, performed annually by the swan companies, with the Lord Mayor at their head, for the purpose of marking them, has been changed, by an unlucky asperite, into swan-_hopping_, which is perfectly unintelligible. _Trial of the Pix._