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[ xi ] Cocez ad Cotarii have been conidered by our Antiquaries as The ynonymous terms, who define them to be Cottagers, occupying mall quantities of land, the poeion of which required them to upply the Lord with poultry, eggs, and other menial proviions. But, that there was ome ditinction between the Cocez and Cotarii will be clearly viible from the following extract, in which they are omtimes ditinguihed with as much preciion, as the Villani and Bordarii. It may appear, at the firt fight, that one of thee words might denote the Cottage, and the other the Cottager; this, indeed, will not agree with the text: but as I cannot pretend to mark out the difference between them, I mut be contented, with the authority of our Gloaries, to clas the Cocez and Cotarii under one and the ame name of Cottager. The