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neth seventeen days after Easter, endeth four days after the Ascension Day, and hath five returns, Quind. Pasch. Mense. Quinque Paschae. Tres Paschae. Pasch. Craft. Ascension. Trinity term beginneth the Friday after Trinity Sunday, and endeth the Wednesday fortnight after, in which time it hath four returns, Craft. Trinitatis. Quind. Trinitatis. Octabis Trinitatis. Tres Trinitatis. Michaelmas term beginneth the ninth of October (if it be not Sunday), and ending the eight-and-twentieth of November; it hath eight returns, Octabis Michael. Craft. Anima. Quind. Michael. Craft. Martini. Tres Michael. Octa. Martini. Mense Michael. Quind. Martini. Note also that the Exchequer, which is _Fiscus_ or _aerarium publicam princeps_, openeth eight days before any term begin, except Trinity term, which openeth but four days before. CHAPTER VI.[99] OF THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT ESTATE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. [1577, Book II., Chapter 5; 1585, Book II., Chapter 1.] There are now two provinces only in England, of which the first and greatest is subject to the see of Canterbury, comprehending a part of Lhoegres,[100] whole Cambria, and also Ireland, which in time past were several, and brought into one by the archbishop of the said see, and assistance of the pope, who, in respect of meed, did yield unto the ambitious desires of sundry archbishops of Canterbury, as I have elsewhere declared.[101] The second province is under the see of York. And, of these, each hath her archbishop resident commonly within her own limits, who hath not only the chief dealing in matters appertaining to the hierarchy and jurisdiction of the church, but also great authority in civil affairs touching the government of the commonwealth, so far forth as their commissions and several circuits do extend.[102] In old time there were three archbishops, and so many provinces in this isle, of which one kept at London, another at York, and the third at Caerleon upon Usk.[103] But as that of London was translated to Canterbury by Augustine, and that of York remaineth (notwithstanding that the greatest part of his jurisdiction is now bereft him and given to the Scottish archbishop), so that of Caerleon is utterly extinguished, and the government of the country united to that of Canterbury in spiritual cases, after it was once before removed to St. David's
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