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primagium

primagium [CL primus+-agium] , customary allowance paid for loading and care of cargo, primage. V. et. primator. 1297 in frectagio pro iij saccis et xx petris lane ‥ et in touwagio dictarum lanarum et in loadesmanagio lxxj s., ‥ item in ~io ij s. (KR AcCust Boston) OED s. v. primage; 1436 pro naulo et ~io omnium aliorum bonorum transmissorum ad regem de Flandria in Scociam ExchScot 679; 1537 mercatores ‥ ~ium et lodesmanagium eorum ‥ de nautis, pilotis, et navium magistris non solventes (HCA Warrant Bk.) EHR LXV 475.

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