omini Millesimo cccc^{mo}. xxij^{do}. Henricus Rex Anglie Sextus.
tunc puer non etatis vnius anni Coronatus fuit die sancti Leonardi
Episcopi et confessoris apud Westm' anno regni sui viij^{o}.
incipiente. Et postea. idem Rex coronatus fuit Rex Francie apud
Parisiam. in ecclesia beate Marie ibidem. xvj^{o}. die Decembr'. anno
regni sui x^{mo}. incipiente.

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A COPY OF THE TABLET HANGING AT THE COLUMN NEAR THE TOMB OF THE DUKE
OF LANCASTER, IN THE CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL'S, LONDON.

The church of St. Paul, London, contains within its limits three acres
of land and a half; one rood and a half, and six perches covered. The
length of the same church contains dclxxxx feet. The breadth of the
same church contains cxxx feet. The height of the western dome
contains from the altar cij feet. The height of the dome of the new
building contains from the altar lxxxviij feet. The whole pile of the
church contains in height cl. feet with the cross. The height of the
stone fabric of the belfry of the same church contains, from the level
ground, cclx feet. The height of the wooden fabric of the same belfry
contains cclxxiiij feet. But altogether it does not exceed five
hundred and xx^{ty} feet. Also the ball of the same belfry is capable
of containing, if it were vacant, ten bushels of corn; the rotundity
of which contains xxxvj inches of diameter, which make three feet; the
surface of which, if it were perfectly round, ought to contain four
thousand lxviij inches, which make xxviij square feet, and the fourth
part of one square foot. The staff of the cross of the same belfry
contains in height xv feet. The cross beam of which contains six feet.
In which cross, in the year of our Lord one thousand cccxxxix, on the
xi^{th} of the kalends of August, namely on the feast of saint Mary
Magdalene, many precious reliques of several saints were deposited
with great solemnity of procession, for the preservation of the same
cross and the whole building beneath them; that the Almighty God,
through the glorious merits of all the saints whose reliques are
contained in that cross, might deign to preserve them from tempest and
peril under his protection. Of whose mercy to all the xxvij procuring
succour to the fabric of this church, cl days are set apart at every
time of the year, besides the Roman ordinances which are xliiij^{or}
in the year, and very many other benefits.

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