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Caxton, the first English printer, lived as a merchant at Bruges, in the Domus Anglorum or English factory, from 1446 to 1476, and probably put in the press here the earliest English book printed, tho strong grounds have been adduced in favor of Cologne. Colard Mansion, the great printer of Bruges at that date, was one of the leaders in the art of typography....
Cassalis to Cromwell: State Papers, Vol. VII. p. 604. State Papers, Vol. VII. p. 604. Pontifex me vehementer rogavit, ut vias omnes tentare velim, quibus apud Regiam Majestatem excusatam hanc rem faciam, unde se plurimum dolere dixit, cum præsertim ego affirmaverim rem esse ejusmodi ut excusationem non recipiat. Cassalis to Cromwell: Ibid. Ibid. p. 616. Historia Martyrum Anglorum.
The Great Shearwater is not mentioned in Professor Ansted's list, and there is no specimen in the Museum. MANX SHEARWATER. Puffinus anglorum, Temminck. French, "Petrel Manks."
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