The Practitioner . spital with an endowment of housesand lands of the annual value of 500 marks on condition thatthe citizens should raise annually a like sum to secure a totalrevenue of 1,000 marks or /666 135. 4^. The hospital and itsendowments being vested in the Lord Mayor, Commonalty, andCitizens of London, because of the miserable state of thepoore, aged, sick, low, and impotent people, as well men aswomen, lying and going about begging in the common streets otthe said City of London and the suburbs of the same to the greatpaine and sorrowe of the same poore, aged, sicke, and impotentpeo
The Practitioner . spital with an endowment of housesand lands of the annual value of 500 marks on condition thatthe citizens should raise annually a like sum to secure a totalrevenue of 1,000 marks or /666 135. 4^. The hospital and itsendowments being vested in the Lord Mayor, Commonalty, andCitizens of London, because of the miserable state of thepoore, aged, sick, low, and impotent people, as well men aswomen, lying and going about begging in the common streets otthe said City of London and the suburbs of the same to the greatpaine and sorrowe of the same poore, aged, sicke, and impotentpeople, and to the great infection, hurt, and annoyance of HisGraces lo\ing subjects, which must of necessity goe and passeby the same poore, sick, low, and impotent people beinginfected with divers great and horrible sicknesses and Hospital of St. Bartholomew contained 100 beds atthe time of its second foundation, and it is said that theywere all allotted to surgical cases. Three surgeons were Plate Fig. 6.
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