CRAMP-IRON, or Cramps, a piece of iron bent at

VOL. III.

* This opinion was, that instead of disputing about the validity of the king's marriage with Catharine, they should reduce the matter to this simple question, "Whether a man may marry his brother's wife or no?" When the king was told of it, he said, "This fellow has got the right fow by the ear."

each end, which serves to fasten together pieces of Crampone wood, stones, or other things.