Help reading text in will from 1611

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 I've been working my way through this will from 1611, and while most of it is manageable, the bit highlighted in yellow has stumped me. Can anyone help?


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Item: ''I give and bequeath to my neece Jane Chamberlayne my goddaughter my  ......    .............  that ............   hath a crystal (?)  in the midst of it.... '
Any clues?

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in Genealogy Help by Frances Piercy-Reins G2G6 Mach 9 (90.0k points)
edited by Frances Piercy-Reins

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"my guylte (gilt) salte (salt) that hath a christall (crystal) in the midst of it"
by Anonymous Baker G2G6 Mach 3 (37.9k points)

Thank you! That makes sense - especially after I found this. How remarkable. I wonder what happened to it. laugh

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Thank you! That makes sense - especially after I found this. How remarkable. I wonder what happened to it. laugh

by Frances Piercy-Reins G2G6 Mach 9 (90.0k points)
That is rather lovely - I'm no expert but it looks as though there would/should have been a cover?
There may well have been - I'm no expert either. Fascinating object though.

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