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PREFACE. 
 
 The learned and industrious authors, who have hitherto investi- 
 gated the antiquities of Cambridge, are all silent touching the 
 foundation of the University Library. One of the earliest proofs 
 of its existence occurs in the Statuta Antiqua, where, on issuing 
 fresh orders with respect to the terras of admission, it is intimated 
 that the ' Libraria Communis 1 ' had, in times anterior to the 
 middle of the fifteenth century, been accessible to all the students. 
 Further traces of this institution are detected in royal grants of 
 1438 and 1439. At the former date, King Henry VI. acceded 
 to the prayer of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the 
 University, who appealed to him in aid of the 'Common Library; 1 
 granting for that and other objects the ' manor of Ruyslep, in the 
 county of Middlesex, with a certain place called Northwode, with 
 lands, &c. to that manor pertaining, after the death of John 
 Somerseth, to whom it is given for life 2 .' 
 
 If, however, we except these incidental notices, there seems to 
 be no documentary evidence elucidating the character of the 
 
 1 Documents relating to the University, &c, i. 403. Lond. 1852. 
 
 2 Ibid. i. 41, 42. In 1440 six volumes were bequeathed 'librarie Uni- 
 versitatis Cantibrigie,' by master Robert Alne of York, the owner of a large 
 collection of books : see Testamenta Eborac. ii. 78, ed. Surtees Society. 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 Library and the nature of its contents until the second half of the 
 fifteenth century. A catalogue, or inventory, made by the two 
 proctors of the year 1473, has fortunately been preserved among 
 the archives in the custody of the Kegistrary'; and from it we 
 gather the important fact, that the number of volumes then be- 
 longing to the ' Libraria Communis ' exceeded three hundred. 
 The same record exhibits an imperfect distribution 2 of these 
 volumes into the following classes, at the same time adding the 
 names of the donors in each case, so far as they were ascer- 
 tainable : 
 
 1 . Biblical. 
 
 2. ' Libri Theologie Disputate.' 
 
 3. ' Libri Moralis Philosophic' 
 
 4. ' Libri Philosophie Naturalis.' 
 
 5. ' Libri Medicinalis Philosophic' 1 
 
 6. ' Libri Logicc 1 
 
 7. ' Libri Poetrie.' 
 
 8. 'Libri Sophisticales. 1 
 
 9. ' Libri Grammaticales.' 
 
 10. ' Libri Oronicales. -1 
 
 11. ' Libri Juris Oanonici.' 
 
 Only two years after the compilation of this catalogue a build- 
 ing was erected for the reception of the Library on the east side 
 of ' the quadrangle of the schools :' the necessary funds accruing 
 chiefly from the munificence of Thomas Scott, a native of Rotheram 
 
 i The volume is entitled Registrum Librorum et Seriptorum (1473), and 
 the inventory itself, Registrum magistri Radulphi Songer et Ricardi Cok'eram 
 procuratorum Cantabrigie compilatum, anno Domini 1473. 
 
 a The title is, Registrum Librorum per varios Benefactores Communi 
 Librarie Universitatis Cantabrigie collati [sic]. The number of volumes of 
 which the titles and names of the donors are both preserved, is 119. 
 
PREFACE. VII 
 
 in Yorkshire, who is known among the benefactors of the Univer- 
 sity 1 as bishop Rotheram. That prelate, on his translation to the 
 archbishopric of York in 1480, continued to evince an interest in 
 the Cambridge Library, and at his death in 1500 his executors 
 consigned to it a large number 2 of additional volumes, some of 
 which were manuscript. 
 
 But notwithstanding Rotheram's benefaction, and a second of 
 considerable value which was afterwards made by bishop Tonstall 3 , 
 the condition of the ' Libraria Communis' was very far from 
 flourishing. ' Many of the volumes, 1 writes the first historian 4 of 
 the University in 1574, 'are still preserved, while many others 
 have been fraudulently abstracted (suffurantium vitio). 1 Fuller 8 
 also makes allusion to the same malpractices. ' This library, 1 he 
 says, ' formerly was furnished with plenty of choice books, partly 
 
 1 See, respecting him, the Statuta Antiqua, § 186, where his munificence 
 is described at length (May 13,1475): '...scholas novamque superius librariam 
 polito lapide, sumptuosa pompa, ac dignis aedificiis perfecerit, eamque omnibus 
 ut decuit rebus exornatam, non paucis vel vilibus libris opulentam reddidit,' 
 &e. 
 
 2 In the Commemoration of Benefactors, the number of volumes is said to 
 be two hundred. A list of such as were believed to be extant in the seven- 
 teenth century will be found in a Catalogus Librorum quos hdbet Bibliotheca 
 Publica Academics Cantabrigiensis (EB, ix. 12). A mayor of the town of 
 Cambridge, John Harris, is commemorated next to Rotheram as a contem- 
 porary benefactor of the library : cf. Caius, Hist. Canteb. Academ. p. 82. 
 Lond. 1574. 
 
 3 See Caius, Ibid., and the list in E B, ix. 12. 
 
 4 Caius, Ibid. After stating that the same pilferers had existed at Oxford, 
 he moralizes in the following strain (p. 84) : 'Tarn paucis annis gratitudinem 
 extinguit negligentia et benemeritorum oblivionem parit. Proinde admonendi 
 sunt vtriusque vniuersitatis studentes, vt diligenter conseruandis his quibus 
 affecti sunt beneficiis, colendaque frsequenter Patronorum memoria a supina 
 ilia negligentia se prorsus vindicent atque sejungant.' 
 
 5 History of the University of Cambridge, p. 119, ed. Nichols. When 
 Leland visited the University at the opening of the sixteenth century, his 
 attention appears to have been arrested by only six of the volumes he saw in 
 Bibliotheca Publica majori (see the list in his Collectanea, in. 15, ed. Hearne). 
 Caius, in like manner, distinguishes between the two ' bibliothecae,' when he 
 says (p. 89) : ' Altera privata seu nova, altera publica seu vetus dicebatur.' 
 
Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 at the costs of the aforesaid archbishop Eotheram, partly at the 
 charges of Cuthbert Tonstall, bishop of Durham, bred in our 
 University. . . But these books, by the covetousness of some great 
 ones, and carelessness of the Whrary-losers (for library-foyers I 
 cannot call them), are for the most part imbezzled, to the great 
 loss of the University, and learning in general.'' 
 
 Accordingly in the last year of Henry VIII. the University 
 Library appeared so fallen and so ' useless, 1 that a grace actually 
 passed the Senate for converting the fabric into a divinity-school. 
 The serious diminution in the number of the volumes at this 
 period may be estimated on comparing the catalogue of 1473 with 
 another that professes to have been compiled exactly one century 
 later 1 . At the last-mentioned date the number of books surviving 
 was reduced as low as 177 : while it is added, ' Most parte of all 
 theis books be of velam and parchment, but veray sore cut and 
 mangled for the lymned letters and pictures. 1 
 
 A second eye-witness 2 who published the result of his obser- 
 vations in the following year (1574) has thrown additional light 
 upon the character of this remnant. He distributes the extant 
 volumes under the following heads : 
 
 1. 'Grammatica, Poetica. 1 
 
 2. ' Dialectica, Philosophies. 1 
 
 3. 'Ehetorica, Historica. 1 
 
 4. ' Arithmetica, Geometria, Astronomia. 1 
 
 5. ' Cosmographia, Musica. 1 
 
 6. 'Biblica, Doctores. 1 
 
 7. ' Theologica. 1 
 
 8. ' Legalia.' 
 
 1 See this in the Liber Gratiarum (A), fol. 330 b, fol. 331 a (in the custody 
 of the Registrary). The title is Nomina Librorum exhtentium in Bihliotheca 
 Universitatis Cantabrigie, anno Domini, 1573. 
 
 2 Caius, Ibid. 
 
PREFACE. IX 
 
 From the same quarter we obtain the interesting fact that 
 of the scanty aggregate, 113 volumes were ' written on parch- 
 ment.' 
 
 The Library, however, had now reached the lowest point of its 
 depression. In the very year when Caius deplored the losses it 
 formerly sustained, a movement had commenced which issued in 
 its rapid restoration. Andrew Perne, master of St Peter's College, 
 writes 1 from Lambeth 'Feb. 8, 1573,' to 'Mr Stokes (Stokys) 
 one of the bedles of the Universite,' requesting him to send the 
 dimensions of the stalls in the Library, and a catalogue of the 
 books in each stall ; and at the same time expresses a hope that 
 'my lord of Canterbury ' (Parker) will grant 'a store of notable 
 bokes ' which may at least enable them to fill one stall. 
 
 In the same, or following, year, Archbishop Parker gave 2 
 40 volumes (afterwards increased to 100) ; Sir Nicholas Bacon 
 gave 73 volumes ; Bishop Pilkington 20 volumes ; Bishop Home 
 50 volumes. Other benefactors, including Bishop Barnes, Theo- 
 dore Beza and Professor Lorkin, added to the number both of 
 printed and manuscript works : so that when Fuller wrote he 
 boasted how the Library of Cambridge ' will now move the 
 beam, though it cannot weigh it down, to even the scale with 
 Oxford 3 .' 
 
 Limiting our future survey to the manuscript department of 
 the Library, we gather from the Ecloga Oxonio-Cantabrigiensis of 
 Thomas James (Lond. 1 600) that the number of such volumes 
 was then 259. 4 In the course of the seventeenth century further 
 benefactions continued to arrive from opposite quarters, adding to 
 
 1 Original in the custody of the Registrary. 
 
 2 See the Liber Gratiarum (A), fol. 331 b sq., and the list in EB, ix. 12, 
 where minor contributions are also noted. 
 
 3 Ubi sup. This writer attributes much of the prosperity of the Library 
 to 'painful Parker/ 'pious Grindal/ and 'politic Bancroft' (p. 119): but 
 neither Grindal nor Bancroft is commemorated in the list of Benefactors. 
 
 4 James has printed Archbishop Parker's bequests separately : but the 
 list there given is not quite accurate, as is pointed out in E B, ix. 12. 
 
X PREFACE. 
 
 the varied treasures of the University, and more particularly to 
 the stock of Oriental literature. Among the leading donors may 
 be mentioned George duke of Buckingham, John Selden, Nicholas 
 Hobart, Dr Bretton, Thomas Baker, and Bishop Hacket. The 
 last-mentioned prelate bequeathed to the University the whole of 
 his extensive library 1 ; directing that the duplicates should be sold 
 for the greater benefit of the institution. The sale, which took 
 place in 1673, by realizing the sum of £180, enabled the authorities 
 to purchase 220 volumes, of which 26 were manuscript 
 
 A large accession was also made to both departments of this 
 Library during the Great Rebellion, when the printed books and 
 manuscripts in Bancroft's Library at Lambeth were transferred 
 to Cambridge. They were, however, soon reclaimed in 1662, 
 and after some negotiation were surrendered by the Syndics 2 
 (Oct. 19, 1663). 
 
 But all previous benefactions were exceeded by the munificence 
 of King George I. who having, on the death of Moore, bishop of 
 Norwich and afterwards of Ely, purchased the valuable library of 
 that prelate, amounting to 30,000 printed books and MSS., for 
 the sum of 6000 guineas, presented all the volumes to the Uni- 
 versity of Cambridge. The extent of Moore's manuscript collec- 
 tion in particular is determinable from the Catalogi Librorum 
 Manuscriptorwm Anglice et Hihernice in unum collecti, published 
 at Oxford in 1697. That part, indeed, which relates to the Uni- 
 versity of Cambridge (the third part of the first volume) is simply 
 a reprint of James's Ecloga, with a slight Auctarium e Bibliotheca 
 viri clarissimi Tkomce Erpenii (pp. 173, 174) : but there is a copy 
 of the work in the University Library (AB, xi. 52) which contains 
 not only a catalogue of Moore's collection as it existed in 1 697, 
 
 1 See the Catalogue in E B, ix. 12, pp. 68 — 81. 
 
 " Original correspondence in the custody of the Registrary : c f. Cooper's 
 Annals, m. 399, 405, 406, 503, and Cambridge Transactions, ed. Hey WO od and 
 Wright, ii. 457. Lond 1854. 
 
PREFACE. XI 
 
 but also a list of the additions which he made to it between the 
 publication of that work and his own death in 1714. 
 
 During the interval which has since elapsed, the manuscript 
 department of the Library has been considerably enriched from 
 time to time by private benefactions ] ; such, for instance, as be- 
 quests of Archdeacon Lewes, of Dr William Burrel, of Dr Claudius 
 Buchanan, and of the celebrated traveller, J. L. Burckhardt 2 ; so 
 that the University possesses at the present time about three 
 thousand MSS. 
 
 Yet, strange to say, until the very close of the last century no 
 tolerable catalogue existed to indicate the real nature of their 
 contents either to members of the University or to the literary 
 world at large. The task of constructing such a catalogue was 
 first confided in 1794 to Mr James Nasmith, Fellow of Corpus 
 Christi College, who had already gained considerable familiarity 
 with that field of antiquarian research. If his endeavours were 
 not altogether successful in the present instance, the failure is 
 more attributable to the magnitude of the task imposed upon him 
 than to his deficiency either in knowledge, accuracy, or judgment. 
 Indeed it may be questioned if any single hand could have ade- 
 quately examined and described a collection of such area and 
 variety in the short period of three years which he devoted to the 
 work. When, therefore, the University became more anxious to 
 put forth a printed 3 statement respecting MSS. in its possession, 
 
 1 The Library itself contains but few records of the number and nature 
 of these benefactions. The principal (after E B, ix. 12) is a meagre list of 
 purchases and presents, beginning at June, 1758, and proceeding as far as 
 May, 1789. From it we learn, for instance, that an unknown benefactor in 
 1786 presented the MSS. Dd. ix. 70, 71, 72, together with a copy of St John's 
 Gospel, ' in a lock-up class.' 
 
 2 His name is given to one large section of the Oriental MSS., described 
 under the title Catalogus Bibliothecee Burckhardtiance, by Mr (now Professor) 
 Preston, in 1853. 
 
 3 A slight account of the MSS., in addition to those already noted, was 
 subsequently given to the public in Dyer's Privileges of the University of 
 
Xli PREFACE. 
 
 and two courses were open, either to publish Nasmith's volumes 
 or to authorize the formation of a more elaborate catalogue, the 
 second of these courses was suggested by the Pitt Press Syndicate, 
 under whose auspices the present work is being executed. 
 
 The instructions of the Syndicate i were issued in the spring 
 of 1851, and since that time a party of Cataloguers have been 
 at intervals engaged in carrying out their project. The following 
 list will exhibit the division of subjects 2 which has been adopted, 
 together with the names of those Members of the Senate who have 
 contributed to the first volume of the Catalogue : 
 
 1. Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Early English Litera- 
 
 ture, Mr C. Hardwick, St Catharine's Hall, Editor. 
 
 2. Classical, Mr Churchill Babington, St John's College. 
 
 3. Heraldic, &c, Mr Ghas. C. Babington, St John's College. 
 
 Cambridge, I. 559 sq. Lond. 1824. Hand's Catalogi Librorum Manuscriptorum 
 qui in Bibliothecis Gallia, Helvetia, Belgii, Britannia. M., Hispania, Lusi- 
 tania asservantur, Lips. 1830, notwithstanding the promise of the title, de- 
 votes only four columns to all the Cambridge libraries. 
 
 1 The following are some of the chief : 
 
 That the language employed in describing the MSS. shall be English. 
 That the description of each MS. shall include the following par- 
 ticulars : 
 
 (1 ) Material. 
 
 (2) Size. 
 
 (3) Number of pages, and of columns and lines in a page. 
 
 (4) Style of handwriting (and difference of hands, if any). 
 
 (5) Probable age. 
 
 (6) Traces, if any, of original owner, and subsequent history. 
 
 (7) Present condition. 
 
 (8) Whether it has been published or collated. 
 
 That the new Catalogue shall be arranged according to the present 
 order of the MSS. 
 
 2 The cataloguing of the Oriental MSS. interspersed through the general 
 collection has been entrusted to Professor Williams, whose work will form a 
 sequel to the Catalogue above mentioned, p. xi. u. 2 . 
 
PREFACE. X1U 
 
 4. Historical, Mr W. B. Collett. Gonville and Cains College. 
 
 5. Legal, Professor Aldy, Trinity Hall. 
 
 6. Musical, Mr W. W. Huit, Gonville and Caius College. 
 
 7. Scientific, Medical, &c. Dr Webster, Jesus College, and 
 
 Mr J. Glover, Trinity College. 
 
 8. Theological 1 , Mr H. R. Luard and Mr C. B. Scott, 
 
 Trinity College. 
 
 In committing the first-fruits of their labour to the press, the 
 contributors have to apologize for numerous blemishes and defects 
 which they are conscious will not pass unnoticed by persons skilled 
 in all the various branches of the subject. On the other hand, such 
 persons, and they only, are aware of the formidable difficulties 
 arising out of undertakings like the present, as well as of the in- 
 adequate representation which descriptions ordinarily furnish of 
 the thought and labour they have cost. 
 
 The contributors particularly feel that the proposal to deter- 
 mine as far as possible whether each important MS. has been 
 already published or collated, has not only entailed upon them a 
 large expenditure of time unknown to ordinary cataloguers, but 
 has also been the means of exposing their production to unusual 
 criticism. Any suggestions calculated to assist them in the further 
 prosecution of their labours, or to remedy omissions and mistakes in 
 the present volume, will be thankfully received by the Editor. 
 
 At the conclusion of the work a set of copious Indices will be 
 appended, for the purpose of facilitating reference to the Cata- 
 logue ; together with a Table denoting as far as possible the last 
 owner from whom each MS. had passed into the hands of the 
 University. 
 
 1 Assistance in this department has also been rendered by Mr J. E. 
 Cooper, of St John's College, who left the University at an early stage of the 
 proceedings ; and by Mr W. W. Howard, of Sidney Sussex College, and 
 Mr F. J. A. Hort, of Trinity College. 
 
XIV PREFACE. 
 
 It only remains to add, by way of explanation, that where the 
 title of any treatise stands between inverted commas, such title is 
 derived from the MS. itself. In other cases the deficiency has 
 been supplied by the cataloguer. 
 
 Cambiudge, January 1, 1856. 
 
CORRIGENDA. 
 
 13, line 1$, for 'braviam' read 'bravium' 
 
 29, „ 18, for 'f. 140' read '{. 144' 
 
 41, ,, 19, dele comma after 'virginitate,' and read B. M. in italics 
 
 56, ,, 22, for 'cantaristaram' read ' oantaristarum ' 
 
 66, ,, 5 from bottom, for 'eXvtrev' read '2\v<ra>' 
 
 70, ,, 6 ,, for else read else' 
 
 77, ,, 13. This treatise is uniform in writing, &c. with the preceding. 
 
 ib. ,, 15. This stanza appears among the works of Marbodius. 
 
 86, ,, 15, for 'Audimus' read 'Audinnus' 
 
 148, ,, 25, for 'penurion' read 'penuriam' 
 
 149, ,, 2. for ' spiritualis' read 'spirituales' 
 ib. ,, 9, far 'injustse' read 'injuste' 
 
 153, ,, 6, for 'firmaviornm' read 'firmariorum 1 
 
 170, „ 2. from bottom, for Fontenay read Fontenay ' 
 
 180, ,, 9, for 'Nasnayth' read 'Nasraith' 
 
 185, ,, 5 from bottom, for 'humanam' read 'hum an urn' 
 
 199, ,, 4, dele 'of the margin' 
 
 for 'the variations — collated' read 'The copyist has collated 
 
 the variations in the margin of § III.' 
 ib. last line, read 'This is the preface' 
 
 for 'preceding MS.' read '§ 9, VI.' 
 217, ,, 29, for 'Nicolas of Saguntum' read 'Niccolb Sagundino of 
 
 Negropont. ' See Tiraboachi Storia dell. Lett. Ital. t, vi. 
 
 p. 776 sqq. Moden. 1790: and for this epistle (printed at 
 
 Naples) Zeno Dissert. Voss. t. i. p. 333 sqq. 
 236, ,, 19. Between the brackets insert 'imbris', and see Ee. vi. 6, 
 
 §4- 
 
 240, ,, 26, 'bemergebyre' is a mistake. In the MS. the words 'in 
 
 bening byre ' are repeated by a clerical error, with the dif- 
 ference of 'beninge' for 'benyng. ' 
 
 241, ,, 31, for 'ipsam' read 'ipsum ' 
 
 2 55» j) 3> f or 'and — leaves' read 'the last five leaves are much 
 
 mutilated ' 
 ib. ,, 23, for 'Adelungh' read 'Adelung' 
 275, ,, 2 from bottom, the Scala Perfection-is was printed by Caxton 
 
 in 1494. 
 28r, ,, 13 from bottom, for ' Algem.' read 'Allgem.' 
 307, ,, 3 from bottom. This work has been printed, but without 
 
 name of place or date. 
 341, ,, 7 from bottom, read 'torn, v.' 
 360, ,, 3, for 'pio'read 'hie' 
 377; >* 5 from bottom, for ' of ' read 'that ' 
 43 8 > . . 8, for ' sedus ' read ' scdus ' 
 549, ,, 12, for ' obreyi ' read 'obrey3' 
 
Catalogue nl jBanuscrtpts* 
 
 Dd. i. 1. 
 
 A long, narrow folio, principally on parchment and in a 
 tolerable state of preservation, though mutilated here and there 
 to the extent of whole leaves : formerly consisted of 552 pages, 
 each on the average containing 50 lines : handwriting of the 
 same general character throughout, and assignable to the latter 
 half of the xivth century; which is also the approximate date 
 of the language. At p. 544, there is a reference to the year 1345 
 as then past. 
 
 With two exceptions (§§ 6, 7), the pieces are in verse, and 
 all treat of sacred subjects in the vernacular language. 
 
 1 . Three leaves are wanting at the commencement, but the 
 colophon supplies the title : 
 
 'Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi.' 
 
 Begins (p. 7) : 
 
 Ends (p. 27) : 
 
 And a man he smot riht tho 
 Hys riht ere he nam him fro. 
 
 pat is to ]>e blisse of heuene 
 Amen for his namys seuene. 
 
 This piece wants a leaf after p. 12, and nearly half of pp. 21, 22. There 
 seems also some gap after p. 10, for although the paging is continuous, the 
 language does not tally. The author of the poem is unknown, but as 
 
Z CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 reasons will appear for attributing other pieces in this volume to Richard of 
 Hampole, we may conjecture that the present is also from his pen. 
 
 For perfect copies of this Passion, see Ff. v. 48. § 5 : Gg. i. 1. § 11 : 
 Gg. v. 31. § 3 : Ii. iv. 9. J 1 : and cf. Dibdin's Typog. Antiq. n. 246 sq. Lond. 
 1812. 
 
 2. ' Lamentacio sancti Bernardi de compassione beate 
 Marie Virginis ex dulcissimi Filii sui passione et eiusdem 
 crudeli morte. 1 
 
 Begins (p. 27) : 
 
 Lewid men arn not lerid in lore 
 As clerkis ben in holi writte 
 And ];ouh men preche hem euer more 
 It wile not wone in hir witte. 
 
 Ends (p. 42): 
 
 Whan J>ei schul passen J>e world al fro 
 To seen J>e peyne fat is in helle. 
 
 This poem, as it professes (pp. 27, 42), was based upon a Latin Sermon 
 of St Bernard (col. 156 seqq. Opp. Antv, 1616). The following notice 
 of the translator appears to have been subjoined some time after his death, 
 possibly by the scribe of the present MS. : 
 
 This ryme mad an hermyte 
 And dide it writen in parchemyn ; 
 Barfoot he wente in gray habyte 
 He werid no cloth fat was of lyn. 
 pus on englisch he dide it wryte : 
 He seyth he drow it of }>e latyn : 
 His mede lord ihu him quyte, 
 And seynt bernard clerk of deuyn. 
 
 The age, style, and character of the piece accord with a conjecture, that 
 the 'hermyte' here mentioned as its author or translator was the famous 
 solitary Richard Rolle, who lived at Hampole, near Doncaster, and died 
 m 1348 (Warton, n. 43, note a, ed. 1840.) It is not, however, mentioned in 
 the ordinary catalogue of his writings, e.g. that of Tanner, Biblioth. s.v. pp 
 374, 375. rr 
 
 3. A Poem, without title or colophon, containing the history 
 of our Lord from the Resurrection to the Ascension. 
 
 Begins (p. 43) 
 
 On Esterne day in J>e dawing 
 Ihu ros fro deth to lyue. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 3 
 
 Ends (p. 48) : 
 
 fat he mote vs so wisse and rede 
 fat to heuene blisse we mote come. 
 
 This piece may be conjecturally assigned to the same author. 
 
 4. A course of Metrical Sermons, consisting of paraphrases 
 on the Gospels throughout the year, with scriptural and legendary 
 'narrations.'' A rubric at the end (p. 412) supplies the following 
 title : 
 
 ' DoMINICALIA EvANGELIA ET MIRACULA VAIDE BONA ET 
 NOTABILIA IN LINGUA AnGLICANA.' 
 
 The Sermons proceed in the usual course from Advent onwards, excepting 
 those for Corpus Christi and Palm Sunday. The former stands at the com- 
 mencement (p 48), and the latter almost at the end of the series (p. 402). 
 Appended is a metrical 'Narracio de Petro Toller,' (pp. 407 — 4)2), also in 
 English. 
 
 Begins, for Advent Sunday (p. 56) : 
 
 Or f e fulfilling of tyme was come 
 Sathanas had al f e folk nonie, 
 And mankynde in prisoun he held 
 WiJ> out help wifouten beld. 
 
 Ends, for the 25th Sunday after Trinity (p. 402) : 
 
 Now swete ihu f i grace vs sende 
 
 fat we may her our lyf amende, 
 
 So fat we alle at our ded day 
 
 Come to fat blesse fat lastif ay, 
 
 pi louesum face in heuene to se 
 
 Amen, amen, so mote it be. 
 Gaps, more or less extensive, occur at the following places, though the 
 paging is mostly continuous: pp. 50, 08, 106, 118, 145, 202, 300, 313, 314, 
 324, 356. Besides other indications of their date, an allusion at p. 55 con- 
 fines the composition of the sermons to the middle of the xivth century : 
 
 pe laste pope fat was now, 
 His name John hiht, 
 Al fis pardoun he grauntif 30W 
 And doublif it wif his myht. 
 Moylerus f orw goddis grace 
 Bischop of ley3 lymme, 
 He haf amendid al fis cas 
 porw myht fat god 3af hym. 
 
 John XXII. was pope from 1316 to 1334, and Miler le Poer was bishop 
 of Leighlin (Ireland) from 1321 to 1341 (Cotton's Fasti, n. 384.) 
 
4 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 This date, together with a variety of words peculiar to the North of 
 England and of illustrations drawn from incidents of hermit-life, may not 
 unnaturally point to Hampole as the author of the Sermons ; much, how- 
 ever, of their substance being borrowed from the Master of the Sentences 
 (cf. pp. 193, 350) and apparently from the Catena Aurea of Aquinas. 
 
 At the end of the work, after the rubric, there follows, in black, the 
 signature 'Quod 1 Staundone,' implying that he was the transcriber of the 
 MS. His name is again repeated, in red, after the following couplet, of winch 
 he was perhaps the author : 
 
 Diues diuicias non congregat absque labore, 
 
 Non tenet absque metu, nee deserit absque dolore. 
 
 This course of Sermons has very much in common with Gg. v. 31, and 
 with the Ashmolean MS. No. 42, (see Mr Black's Catalogue, p. 63). 
 
 5. A short Metrical Exposition of Psalm li. (' Miserere 1 ). 
 Each verse is quoted in Latin, and afterwards expounded in eight lines 
 
 of English. 
 
 Begins (p. 413) : 
 
 Merci lord god of my mys-dede. 
 
 Ends (p. 417) : 
 
 He schilde vs alle fro helle fer. 
 
 6. A copious Exposition of Psalm xci. (' Qui habitat in 
 adjutorio Altissimi'). 
 
 After reciting the first verse in Latin, (p. 417) the paraphrast proceeds : 
 ' Alle men fat wile lyuen in this world cristenliche, alle f ei sufferen perse- 
 cucioun.' 
 
 Ends (p. 450) : ' Unto fat lyf he bringe vs, our lord god crist ihus, fat 
 on J»e rode tre boughte vs ' (adding the Latin doxology). 
 
 7. A Treatise without any heading, but described in the 
 
 colophon as 
 
 'Memoriale Cbedencium.' 
 
 Begins (p. 453) : ' Man and woman fat is in wil for to fie synne and 
 lede clene lyf take hede to J>is tretys fat is wreten in englisch tonge for 
 lewid men fat nought vnderstond latyn ne frensch, and is drawen out of 
 holi writte and of holy doctors beforn f is tyme.' 
 
 It contains an account of the plagues of Egypt, and the giving of the Law, 
 Expositions of the Ten Commandments, the Seven Deadly Sins, Penance, 
 Transubstantiation, the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, the Four Cardinal Virtues, 
 the Seven Sacraments, the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost, the Seven Works 
 of Mercy, the joys of Heaven, and the pains of Hell. Part of pp. 457, 458, 
 and 485, 486 are wanting. There is also a gap at p. 524. 
 
 The author was probably Hampole : see Tanner, p. 375, col. 2. 
 
 1 Quod = QuoS. 
 
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 8. A Metrical Passion of St Erasmus. 
 
 Begins (p. 637) : 
 
 Alle cristen folk }e listen & lere 
 Of an holy buschop and a martere 
 Whos name is clepid seynt Erasmus 
 As fe boke sayth and trewe men tellen vs. 
 
 Ends (p. 540) : 
 
 To which ioye and blis good god bring vs 
 porw help of pis holy man seynt Erasmus. 
 
 The following couplet occurs both at the opening and the close : 
 
 Ne noceat spasmus michi, me iuuet almus Erasmus: 
 O sacer Erasme, meritis precibusque regas me. 
 
 9. A Poem on Lent, without title. 
 
 Begins (p. 640) : 
 
 Lenten is an holy tyme 
 
 In which folk wile hem schryue. 
 
 Ends (p. 644) : 
 
 To come to Cristis table 
 At estern tyme. Amen. 
 
 10. 'A Good Lesson op ix. vertewis.' 
 Begins (p. 644) : 
 
 Alle fat loue to here pis lessoun 
 Crist graunt hem his benisoun. 
 
 Ends (p. 548) : 
 
 To which ioye and to which blis 
 God bring vs alle whan his wil is. 
 
 Between this piece and the next are the following lines : 
 
 Vis scripturarum sanctarum siue bonarum 
 Dat sensum clarum, confundens crimen amarum; 
 Et per vim quarum fit magna salus animarum: 
 Hinc nobis carum fieret modulamen earum. 
 
 11. A Poem on Just Judgment, with the following motto as 
 
 a title : 
 
 O iudex vi feruida hanc seruabis artem, 
 Acu tinali merida 1 i. e. audi alteram partem. 
 
 1 "Aicove tyiv a\Xt}V piepiSa. 
 
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 Begins (p. 648) : 
 
 And f erfor 3e lordingis pat louedays wile holde 
 
 Loke 3e her bope partyes and who hap right or wrong. 
 
 Ends (p. 551) : 
 
 Loke J>at 3e swer trali & trewe tale telle 
 
 pat 3e dampne not 3onr soulis & wend vn to helle. 
 
 A few linea in different metre are then added on the same subject. 
 
 Dd. i. 2. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 Dd. i. 3. 
 
 A large folio, on paper, in good preservation. 
 
 Liber Valorum omnium Beneficiorum Bcclesiasticorum 
 in Anglia et Wallia, — is the title assigned by Nasmith in his 
 MS. Catalogue, none having been affixed by F. Neve to the 
 volume. 
 
 After 6 leaves which contain 'Tabula Anglise' and 'Tabula Wallise' 
 are 71 leaves, on the last of which (f. 71), is the autograph note ' Scripta per 
 Franciscum Neve olim Collegii divi Johannis Alumnum ['hodie vero homi- 
 num miserrimum,' on f. 69] 4° die Martii, 1640.' 
 
 At the end, on the inside of the cover, is the following 
 'Memorandum: This booke for the writing wherof the University paid 
 fower pounds unto Francis Neve (as appeares by the Audit booke in Anno 
 1641) being found in the study of M r John Tabor (as is said) was by his 
 relict given away unto a friend : but being discovered after 20 yeares lying 
 hid, it is now recovered to the University to be kept for publick use, for 
 which it was at first intended. Ita testor Will. Dillingham, August 8th, 
 1662.' 
 
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 A large folio, on parchment, in good preservation, though want- 
 ing 4 leaves at the beginning. It formerly contained 234 leaves, 
 written in the xnth century, every page being divided into 2 
 columns of 39 lines each. 
 
 Flavii Josephi Antiquitates Judaic.*!. 
 
 On f. 5, 'de aliis longum est dicere quidem | de seth autem conabor 
 narrare tantummodo,' are the two first lines. Though the version is that 
 by Ruflmus and agrees closely with the text printed at Paris, 1535, the 
 division into chapters is diverse, the words above being towards the end of 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 7 
 
 chapter iv. in the edition, while chapter iv. in the MS. begins with ' Deus 
 itaque noe quidem iusticiam dilexit.' ' Liber Primus' is divided into xm. 
 capitula. ' Liber secundus' into vn. which are enumerated on f. 18 6. before 
 ' Incipit Liber secundus qui continet tempus annorum ducentorum et vi- 
 ginti.' And similarly for the others, Lib. III. being divided into xi. Cap., 
 IV. into vi, V. xm, VI. xv, VII. xvi, VIII. xx, IX. xxi, X. xiv, XI. vui, 
 XII. xix, XIII. xxx, XIV. xxvni. With the XlVth book ends the MS. on 
 f. 234 a, on the other side is ' Explicit Liber quartus decimus.' 
 
 The initial letters to the several books are bold and grotesque combina- 
 tions of cherubim men and animals, those to the several chapters are simple 
 in form, and red, blue, green, or purple. At the beginning of the volume 
 are 2 leaves, and at the end 4 (marked 51, 52, 57, 58), fragments of some law 
 treatise, in a hand of the xvth century. 
 
 A Legend (Translatio corporis S. Jacobi Majoris in 
 Gal^eciam) has been added, the portion on f. 234 b. being in a 
 handwriting of the xmth century, that on f. 235. in imitation of 
 the former. 
 Begins : 
 
 Nemo putet quod iste sit iacobus qui cognominatus est Alphei et 
 iustus. qui a phariseis de pinnaculo templi est precipitatus. 
 Ends: 
 
 Discipuli autem apostoli ut cognoverunt quod illusi essent a muliere 
 luparia orationes fuderunt ad dominum. Boves quoque per orationes 
 sanctorum et merita iacobi apostoli adquieverunt et veluti iugarios cum 
 mansuetudine illos adduxerunt quocunque voluerunt. 
 
 This version of the Legend appears to be the same as that given ' In MS. 
 Floriacensis BibliothecaV quoted by the Bollandists, Acta Sanctorum, de 
 S. Jacobo Majore § iv. (Die xxv. Julii. t. vi. p. 12). 
 
 5 Dd. i. 5. 
 
 A large folio, on parchment, containing 137 leaves, and 26 
 lines in a page ; mutilated in the 1 22nd leaf and at the end. It 
 belongs to the xvth century, and has the initial letters and many 
 of the margins illuminated. 
 
 Psalterium Davidicum cum Hymnis Ecclesiasticis, juxta usum 
 Sarisbcjriensem. 
 
 It has rubrics and musical notes. 
 
 Begins (fol. 7) : 
 
 Hie sequens hymnus (viz. ' Verbum supermini prodiens') dicitur in 
 dominicis per totum adventum. 
 
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 Ends: 
 
 Dixi tu es spes mea, portio mea in ter 
 
 A Calendar is prefixed, which has the obits of kings Henry VII, Henry 
 VIII, and Edward VI, and of a few private persons, noted in different hands 
 in the margin. In the margin of the calendar for October there is the note : 
 ' Prima dominica Octobris, dedicacio ecclesie.' 
 
 6 Dd. i. 6. 
 
 A large folio, on parchment, of 339 leaves, written in double 
 columns, with from 50 to 56 lines in a column ; apparently of 
 the xivth century. 
 
 Biblia Sacra cum Prologis Hieronymi. 
 
 The prologues ' Frater Ambrosius' and ' Desiderii mei' are written on the 
 first leaf in a hand much smaller than that of the rest of the book. The 
 last leaf is filled with various prologues to the Gospels. 
 
 The books of the Old Testament occur in the following order : 
 
 Genesis Esther, Machabseorum i, n, Job, Esaias Daniel, 
 
 Psalmi Ecclus, Osee Malachias, Baruch, Lamentatio. 
 
 Of the New Testament, this MS. has the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, 
 Apocalypse, Epistle to the Hebrews from chap. iv. ver. 4, to the end, and the 
 Catholic Epistles. 
 
 A few short annotations are added here and there in the margin. There 
 are also the following notes of ownership : 
 
 1. On the last fly-leaf: ' Icest Livre est a mestre Nicholas de Cobeham.' 
 
 2. On the first fly-leaf: 'O paraclite mentem tergas sorde scatentem. 
 Rector de Adisham et Abyndon juxta Northampton, &c. Anno Domini, 
 1474.' 
 
 This owner's name, which was John Parmenter (see the County-Histories 
 of Northamptonshire and Kent, and Somner's Antiquities of Canterbury) 
 is intended to be conveyed in the first syllables of the words '.Paraclite 
 mentem tergas.' 
 
 3. On the last leaf of the MS : 'John Smithe his boke.' 
 On a fly-leaf at the end of this MS. is a fragment of some 
 French Poem (? Ymage du Monde, by Gautier de Metz). The 
 handwriting belongs to the xivth century, but only a few lines of 
 the Poem survive. 
 
 7, 8 Dd. i. 7, 8. 
 
 Two volumes, large folio, on vellum ; the former consisting 
 of 177 leaves, the latter of 233. The date of this MS. can hardly 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 9 
 
 be later than the xnth century. It is neatly written in double 
 columns, with about 41 lines in a column. The title given in the 
 first volume is : 
 
 'AlJRELII AuGUSTlNI DoCTORIS IN LlBRO PsALMORUM TrAC- 
 
 tatus prior incipit.' 
 Vol. I. contains Ps. i. to Ps. l. 
 
 Vol. II. contains Ps. li. to Ps. c, but is imperfect at the end. 
 Begins : 
 
 Aurelii Augustini egregii doctoris de psalmo quinquagesimo primo 
 sermo incipit. Psalmus brevis est de quo, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 non est quid mali sentias de illo quia securi sumus et certi . 
 
 At the end of Vol. I. are inserted two short Treatises without 
 titles, in the same handwriting with the rest of the MS. 
 
 1. A Commentary on Cant. iv. 6 — 8, occupying 8 columns. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ibo michi ad montem myrre et cetera. Sponsus hie quidam loqui- 
 tur qui habet sponsam et spondet se visitaturum earn. Nota ergo quod 
 non semper domi est sponsus iste ; cavet enim ne forte vilescat amor 
 suus. 
 Ends: 
 
 quia quanto magis mundum fugiendo Deo appropinquare incipimus, 
 tanto magis in unum congregamur. Explicit. 
 
 2. A Treatise on Retirement and Contemplation, occupying 
 6 columns. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Scrutemur scripturas et inveniemus vix unquam deum in multitu- 
 dine locutum : sed quotiescunque hominibus innotescere voluit non 
 gentibus et populis sed vel singulis, vel admodum paucis, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 quod autem subjungitur conglutinavit earn sibi, hoc est cadaver 
 invenit et amplius ad archam redire noluit. 
 
 9 Dd. i. 9. 
 
 A narrow folio, on paper, written about the year 1714. 
 A Collection of Medical Recipes. 
 
 On p. 1 is the recipe (1) entitled 'A temperate Plague Water.' On 
 p. 115 is, ' Here ends Doctor Baits Ms receipts.' Then follow some recipes 
 ' for a scurf Head,' and on p. 116 is ' Finis. 1714.' 
 
10 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 10, 11 Dd. i. 10, 11. 
 
 These two volumes, of good parchment in folio, comprise two 
 distinct works, both of which are imperfect, but apparently in 
 the same condition as when presented to the University by Arch- 
 bishop Parker. 
 
 1. In this division every page contains two columns of 36 
 lines each : from p. 1 to p. 393, the handwriting is large and 
 clear and apparently of the xivth century : from p. 393 to p. 1384 
 it is of a similar character. 
 
 Epistol^! Pontificum et Canones, — is the title prefixed 
 by Parker's scribe. 
 
 This Collection commences with the rubric (p. 1) ' Incipiunt nomina. xi. 
 regionum continencium infra se pro vincias cxiii....' This catalogue extends 
 nearly to the end of p. 4 : in other MSS. it is generally preceded by lists of 
 bishops, see Isidoriana, cap. xci. § 51. (Isidori Opera, Romse, 1797.) 
 
 The contents of pp. 4 — 1299, a. appear to be the same as those of the 
 very ancient MS. Vat. 630, fully described in Appendix ad Leonis Magni 
 Opera (Venetiis, 1757), from p. ccxxvn. Ixvm. 'Prsfatio Isidori' to p. 
 ccxxxn. ' subire appetit servitutem.' Further it may be noted that in MS. 
 Vat. the 'catalogus Romanorum Pontificum' ends with Nicholas I; and 
 in a table of Contents in our MS. the last item (p. 364) is ' Decreta papce 
 (praesulis) Nicholai.' 
 
 The contents of pp. 1299, b. — 1384 relate to the Church of England and 
 chiefly to the See of Canterbury : besides being for the most part scattered, 
 like the contents of the pages preceding, through the volumes of Mansi 
 Concilia (Florentias, 1759), some are to be found in Wilkins' Concilia, and 
 Eadmeri Historia Novorum (ed. J. Selden, 1623); others are noticed in 
 Theineri Disquisitiones Criticce (Romse, 1836), cited in Regesta Pontificum 
 Romanorum (ed. P. Jaffe, 1851). 
 
 The collection ends abruptly (p. 1384) with ' salutem et apostolicam 
 [benedictionem]' in the Epistle of Honorius, c De Confirmatione et Le- 
 gatione Guillelmi Archiepiscopi Cantuarie.' It may be noted that, in the 
 ' Breviarium' (pp. 15—20), the last item gives the title of the preceding 
 epistle (pp. 1382—4), ' [D]ecretum honorii papce ut monachi perpetua 
 stabilitate consistant in ecclesia sancti saluatoris Cantuarie. Et alia quam 
 plura cantuariensis ecclesiae iura, ac privilegia concernencia quse in hoc opere 
 habentur tabula expresse docet' The Decretum is dated in. Kal. Feb. 
 mcxxv. and begins, ' Equitatis et justicie ratio.' There is also (pp. 359 — 
 364) a more complete table of the contents of pp. 368 — 1323. 
 
 Every alternate page is marked by red chalk : but either through design 
 or carelessness, the text on p. 518 closing Vol. I. — (the leaf marked 519 being 
 blank) — is continued on the first page of Vol. II. marked 601, and the pages 
 numbered 619 and 701 are on two consecutive leaves, and so are those num- 
 
12 
 
 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 11 
 
 bered 719 and 801, 819 and 901, 919 and 1001. This erroneous enumeration 
 was adopted in the table of contents written by Abp. Parker's scribe on the 
 inside of the first cover. It seems as if a leaf had been cut out after p. 8, 
 the last words thereon being, ' congregatis omnibus eiusdem provincia epi- 
 scopis, judicium terminetur: et reliqua Sancti conci:' but 'Sancte etiam,' 
 which is the proper continuation (see Mansi Concilia, i. 8) has been erased : 
 also the syllables Hi have been supplied, after an erasure, on p. 9, before 
 'principium iuxta apostolicae sedis auctoritatem,' words which occur in 
 Aurelii ad Damasum Epistola (see Blondelli Pseudo-Isidorus, 544). Be- 
 tween p. 1304 and p. 1305 a leaf appears to be missing : for with p. 1304 
 concludes the Epistle of Honorius in Wilkins' Concilia, i. 35 — 6, and the 
 first words on p. 1305 are 'fuerit appellatum, id est ut actor semper rei forum 
 sequatur :' the series of ordinances in which they occur ends on p. 1314. 
 
 The initial letters are wanting throughout : for those as well as for many 
 rubrics blank spaces have been left. At p. 393 the handwriting is abruptly 
 changed, and the subsequent rubrics are supplied. It seems worthy of note 
 that, except in the table of contents by Parker's scribe, wherever the word 
 papa had been written, or any of its cases, an erasure (in obedience to the 
 Circular Letter of Hen. VIII, June 26, 1535: see Burnet, III. Collect. 32) 
 has been made, and in No. (10) pontifex or episcopus or prasul substituted, 
 with the addition of Romanus in some places. The MS. in all other 
 respects is in a good state of preservation. 
 
 2. The handwriting which is small and contracted belongs to 
 the end of the xvth century : every page contains two columns 
 of about 6Q lines each. 
 
 ' Expositio fratris Nycolai Treueth Anglici ordinis 
 pRjEdicatorvjm super Boetio de consolatione. 1 
 
 Begins (p. 1385) : 
 
 Explanationem librorum Boecii de consolatione philosophica aggres- 
 
 simus vocante quorumdam fratrum satisfactione qui me ex professione 
 
 ordinis predicatorum. . , . 
 
 On p. 1500, after the colophon (Explicit commentum, &c), commences 
 the Tabula which comes to an end with the volume abruptly, at p. 1504. 
 
 There are some blank spaces which seem to indicate that the transcriber 
 had a mutilated MS. before him. The present MS. is referred to as No. 236 
 by Wharton, in p. 13 of Appendix to Cave's Historia Literaria, under the 
 title 'Nicolaus Trivethus,' A.D. 1310. In the British Museum, Cod. Burn. 
 No. 131 is another copy of this Commentary, which has never been printed; 
 see a Catalogue of MSS. on sale by John Cochran, London, 1829. No. 324. 
 
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 A folio, on parchment, containing 225 leaves. It belongs to 
 the xivth, or the beginning of the xvth century, and was given to 
 
12 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 the Library by Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln. The illuminated 
 capitals which adorned the commencement of the various books 
 have been cut out throughout the volume. The principal text is 
 written in double columns of various length, but generally num- 
 bering from 50 to 70 lines, in the middle of the page, the margin 
 being filled with a commentary in a smaller hand and darker ink, 
 though apparently by the same scribe. A waste leaf at the beginning 
 contains a fragment of Justinian's Oodeco, circa Lib. v. cap. 37, 38. 
 
 1. JUSTINIANI INSTITUTIONUM LlBBl IV. CUM APPAEATU AcCURSII. 
 
 The rubric (fo. 1, a) is : 
 
 In nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Imperator Cesar, Flavius 
 Justinianus, Almanicus, Goticus, Francus, Germanicus, Anticus, Alanicus, 
 Wandalicus, Affricanus, pius, felix, inclitus victor ac triumphator, semper 
 Augustus, cupide juventuti, Institutionum liber [primus incipit]. 
 It ends (fo. 55, 6) : 
 
 Sed de publicis judiciis hec exposuimus, ut vobis possibile sit summo 
 digito et quasi per indicem ea tetigisse, alioquin diligencior eorum scientia 
 vobis ex latioribus digestorum seu pandectorum libris, Deo propicio, ad- 
 ventura est. Explicit Liber Institutionum. 
 
 2. codicis justiniani llbri x u8# x1 us * xll™' cum appakatu 
 Accursii. 
 
 The rubric (fo 55, 6) is : 
 
 Codicis Domini Justiniani Imperatoris repetite prelectionis Liber x. 
 incipit, De jure fisci. 
 
 Ends (fo. 103, a). The concluding lines have been cut out for the sake 
 of an illuminated letter. 
 
 3. Justiniani Novellarum Libri ix. cum apparatu Accursii. 
 
 The Rubric has been cut out : the commentary begins (fo. 103, a) : 
 
 In nomine Domini. Justinianus opus suum laudabile Deo attribuit. 
 
 The last sentence (fo. 200, b) has been cut out. The words which form 
 the termination of the 9th Book in the edition of Contius, Paris, 1559, seem to 
 have been followed in our MS. by two or three paragraphs, the greater part 
 of which is lost. 
 
 4. Constitutionum (vel Consuetudinum) Feudorum LlBRI III. 
 cum apparatu Accursii. 
 
 The rubric (fo. 201, a) is: 
 
 Incipiunt Constitutiones Feudorum et primo de his qui feudum 
 dare possunt. 
 
 The Edition of Contius, Paris, 1559, and of Gothofredus, Geneva, 1656, 
 entitle this work Coniuetudines Feudorum, and they divide it into two 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 13 
 
 books. The 3rd book in our MS. commences with the 23rd Title of the 
 2nd book of the Paris edition. 
 
 Ends (fo. 225, 6) : 
 
 Indignationem Dei omnipotentis et beatorum Petri et Pauli apo- 
 
 stoloium se noverit incursurum. Hie fmiunt Feuda. 
 
 i Dd. i. 13. 
 
 A folio, on parchment, containing 272 leaves. It belongs to 
 the xivth century, and is written in double columns of between 80 
 and 90 lines. On the last page is written in a hand and ink 
 different from that of the MS.: 'Explicit [speculum juris] cum 
 repertorio magistri [Gulielmi Durandi] scriptum xxvn die Sep- 
 tembris anno Domini m°.ccc°.xlv .'' The words in brackets 
 have been carefully scratched out and are with difficulty traced. 
 On the back of the last leaf is a note by some former owner, dated 
 'In festo sanctorum Viti et Modesti anno Domini m°.cccc°.xxx° ;' 
 but his name, which appears to have ended in neys, has been 
 erased, as well as some other words, and the purport of the note 
 is not manifest. 
 
 1. Gulielmi Durandi Speculi Juris Libei iv. 
 
 After a table of contents, the first chapter, De Actore, begins (fo. 1, a) : 
 Quoniam parum esset nosse jura fore prodita nisi persons quarum 
 
 causa sunt prodita note essent. 
 
 The initial letter of the third book has been cut out. 
 
 Ends (fo. 230, b) : 
 
 Favorem profecto non quaerens humanum sed solum braviam 
 
 sempiternum ad quod nos perducat qui sine fine yivit et regnat. Amen. 
 
 The Explicit added by a later hand has been erased. 
 
 2. Gulielmi Durandi Repertorium (seu Brkviarium) Aureum. 
 It is imperfect and commences abruptly (fo. 231, a) with the words : 
 
 Ad comparendum cum actis et munimentis an dabitur vel de- 
 
 negabitur. — These words occur in the title De dilatationibus, in the 2nd 
 
 Book of the Paris edition, 1519, at fo. 52. 
 
 Ends (fo. 272, a) : 
 
 Ipse enim huic rei decens ponens unicuique laudabileque medium 
 
 finem feliciter consumavit ut de con. di. i. nullus episcopus. 
 
 Gulielmus Durandus, or Durantus, surnamed Speculator, from the title 
 of his great work, Speculum Juris, became bishop of Mimatum, or Mende 
 in Languedoc in 1287. The two works contained in this MS., as well as 
 the other writings of the author, have been frequently printed. 
 
14 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 14 Dd. i. 14. 
 
 A large folio, on vellum ; 401 leaves ; double columns, with 
 58 lines in a column. The initial letters are curiously elongated 
 so as to form borders to the pages, and many of them are illu- 
 minated. There are 1 3 miniature pictures, with dresses of the 
 xivth century. 
 
 Biblia Sacra cum prologis Hieronymi. 
 
 The books occur in the usual order, except that the Acts of the Apostles 
 is placed after the Pauline Epistles. 
 
 Part of an alphabetical glossary of proper names, &c. occupies the last 
 two leaves of the MS. 
 
 On the last fly-leaf is a half-erased note, in which the names of ' Hugo 
 de Venna/ and ' Petrus Comestor,' are legible. 
 
 15 Dd. i. 15. 
 
 A large folio, on parchment, of 196 leaves ; written in double 
 columns, with about 42 lines in a column. A MS. of the xivth 
 century. One half of the last leaf has been cut away, and several 
 other leaves are wanting, both at the beginning and throughout 
 the book. It has illuminations and musical notes. 
 
 MlSSALE AD USUM ECCLESI^ SaRUM. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 nives [?] domino, benedicite fulgura et imbres domino. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 qui tecum vivit et regnat, &c. 
 
 This MS. has belonged to the church of St Margaret's, Lothbury, as ap- 
 pears by the following note on p. 173 : ' Orate pro animabus domini Hugonis 
 Wyche militis et Willi Holt merceri, &c. Sancte Margarets de Lothbury.' 
 
 On the fly-leaf at the end is an extract from the will (a.d. 1373) of 
 Robert Gayton, citizen of London, bequeathing perpetual annuities to the 
 rector and clerk of St Margaret's, Lothbury, and certain tenements (contin- 
 gently) to the convent of Clerkenwell. 
 
 16 Dd. i. 16. 
 
 A folio, on parchment, of 285 leaves ; in double columns, with 
 45 lines in a column. Of the xnth or xinth century. 
 
 1. Petri Comestoris Historia Scholastica. Sacr^ Scrip- 
 ture. 
 
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 Begins (fol. 7, a) : 
 
 Reverentissimo patri et domino suo Willelmo dei gratia senonensi 
 archiepiscopo. 
 
 Ends (fol. 249, 6): 
 
 In loco magis honorabiliori scilicet in cathacumbis. 
 
 2. Petri Comestokis Allegoriarum Libri ix. 
 Begins (fol. 249, 6) : 
 
 In prsecedentibus premissa descriptione originis et distinctionis 
 artium et quorundam aliorum, ortum cursum et occasum omnium 
 regnorum ab initio usque ad nos disposuimus. In sequentibus autem 
 disposuimus profundas allegoriarum et tropologiarum obscuritates. 
 Ends (fol. 285,'a) : 
 
 per omnia saecula sseculorum. Amen. 
 The first eleven pages of this MS. are occupied by an elabo- 
 rate genealogical table, extending from Adam to Christ. Between 
 the two treatises is inserted the author's epitaph in four lines : 
 
 ' Petrus eram quern petra tegit, dictusque comestor 
 Nunc comedor, &c.' 
 Of these two treatises the first has been several times printed (see Brunet's 
 Manuel du Libraire) ; and copies of the second exist in MS. in the Bodleian 
 and other libraries. 
 
 17 Dd. i. 17. 
 
 A large folio volume, containing 424 leaves of parchment, of 
 which the pages are numbered from 1 to 848. Leaves are wanting 
 at the beginning and the end, and also in other places which are 
 more particularly noticed below. The handwriting of articles 
 1 — 17, and 22, 23 is uniform, and appears to belong to the close 
 of the xivth century : every page contains two columns of 72 
 lines each; that of articles 18 — 21 is of the same period, but 
 may be described as of a running character : every page is in two 
 columns of about 60 lines each. 
 
 1. As the manuscript is imperfect at the beginning it wants 
 the title : 
 
 Galfridi Monemutensis Historia Britonum. 
 
 Begins (p. 1) with the last few lines of Book vii. (see Rerum Britain- 
 nicarum Scriptores, ed. Heidelberg. 1587) : 
 
 — sole litigabit. Ascendet virgo [dorsum] sagittarii et flores virgineos 
 obfuscabit. Currus lune turbabit zodiacum 
 
16 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends (p. 21, a) like the editions : 
 
 hoc modo in sermonem latinum transferee curavi. valete. 1 Expli- 
 cit hystoria de gestis britonum. 
 
 2. 'H. minister servorum dei H. illustri regi anglorum 
 salutes et orationes, 1 — is the rubric before the Epistle, usually 
 entitled : 
 
 Henrici Hcntindunensis Epistola ad Heneicum regem de 
 serie regum potentissimorum. 
 
 Begins (p. 21, a): 
 
 Cum mecum propter ea quae responsione tua accepi tractarem : cum 
 
 nuper de progenitoribus tuis tecum conferrem. 
 
 Ends (p. 24, b) : 
 
 Soror vero eorum alexandro regi Scotie maritata est. Nee plus ad 
 
 presens dicavi de tua generatione sive progenie sanctissima. 1 Valete. 
 
 This Epistle does not appear to have been printed : see the note before 
 Liber vm. in Savile's Edition of Henrici Huntindunensis Historia {inter 
 Scriptores post Bedam, ed. 1S96), and the remarks in Cave's Historia Lite- 
 raria, n 225 (Basilese, 1745). 
 
 3. 'De gestis Karoli regis Gtallorum'' — is the rubric to 
 the following Tracts, the principal of which is named in its colo- 
 phon : (a) ' Liber Turpini de gestis Karoli.' 
 
 Begins (p. 24) : 
 
 Gloriosissimus Christi apostolus iacobus aliis apostolis et dominicia 
 
 discipulis diversa cosmi climata adeuntibus ut fertur primus in galecia. 
 
 predicavit, 
 that is, with chapter n. of the Edition ( Veterum Scriptorum Germanicorum 
 %c. Tomus unus: ed. Reuberus, 1584, reprinted, 1619, pp. 67 — 88). The 
 divisions of the MS. are indicated only by rubrics. 
 
 At pp. 34, 35 of the MS., between chapters xxxi. and xxxii. of the Edi- 
 tion, are inserted short sections describing how ' septem liberales artes inter 
 caetera miro modo in ea [basilica] depictae sunt:' the rubrics to which are, 
 'de grammatica, de musica, de dialectica, de rethorica, de geometria, de arte 
 metrica, de astrologia;' and a statement is made of the reason why 'nigro- 
 mancia depicta non fuit :' the same are found in the Harleian MS. 6358, 2; 
 f. 79. written soon after a.d. 1200 ; after these follows chapter xxxii. the 
 last of the Edition. But in the MS. another chapter (which is also in the 
 Harleian MS. 108) is subjoined, beginning, ' Sed valde dignum est ut inter 
 cetera ad domini nostri ihu xpi decus revocetur ad memoriam miraculum 
 quod pro beato Rolando . • •' ending, * A domino factum est istud et est mirabile 
 in oculis nostris.' 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 17 
 
 Qui legis hoc carmen turpino posce juvamen 
 Ut pietate dei subveniatur ei. 
 1 Explicit liber turpini de gestis Karoli. 
 
 (5) Then follows De Miraculis beati iacobi. 
 The legend (as in Harleian MS. 108, f. 25) begins (p. 36, a) : 
 
 Quid patrie galecie post mortem Karoli accidit memorie est tra- 
 dendum. 
 
 And ends with the section : 
 
 U De solempnitatibus beati jacobi, and the words, 
 ...et vin. Kal. Augusti ab iiria ad compostellam ducitur et sepul- 
 ture traditur. 
 
 (c) After this follows, De Statura Karoli. 
 
 This section is found at p. 5 (before the Incipit, &c.) of the later Harleian 
 MS. 108, and forms a portion of chapter xx. of the Edition. 
 Begins (p. 36, b) : 
 
 Erat autem Karolus capillosus, capillis brunus, facie rubens... 
 Ends (p. 37, a): 
 
 ■ . .multas ecclesias ditavit scribere nequeo : magis enim deficeret 
 manusque et calamus quam historia. IF Explicit hystoria de gestis Karoli. 
 
 4. ' Cronica fratris Martini Poloni.' 
 This is the title supplied in part by the rubric. 
 
 Begins (p. 37) : 
 
 Quoniam scire tempora summorum pontificum romanorum ac im- 
 peratorum necnon et aliorum patrum ipsorum contemporaneorum quam 
 plurimum inter alios theologos ac jurisperitos expedit, Ego frater Mar- 
 tinus...ex diversis cronicis. . presens opusculum...ab ipso primo pontifice 
 Jesu Christo. . .usque ad Johannem xxi. papam deduxi. . . 
 
 These are the first words of the 'Praefatio' in the Edition published 
 ' Opera Suflridi Petri, Antyerpise, 1574/ to which the text of the MS. is very- 
 similar. 
 
 In the rubric the word papa has been erased. On p. 71 is the paragraph 
 (printed at pp. 316 — 319 of the above edition, sub anno 855) giving an 
 account of the Papisga (Joan, a.d. 860); concerning which see Cave, Historia 
 Literaria, n. p. 323. 
 
 From p. 45 to p. 87 the history of ' Pontifices ' is written on the right- 
 hand pages, that of 'Imperatores' on the left-hand; but on p. 86 the history 
 of the latter is interrupted, after the words (p. 401 of the Edition), 
 'Simile quiddam invenies in Constantino sexto,' by the notice, 'Quoniam 
 post mortem huius frederici propter discordiam et dissensionem electorum 
 post multos annos ab imperatore vacabat imperium idcirco in pagina 
 ubi imperatores scribi debent scribuntur pontifices quosque imperatores 
 denuo ceperunt imperare :' the rest of the page is blank, the gap perhaps 
 
 c 
 
18 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 corresponding to pp. 401—3 of the edition ; for at p. 89, a, of the MS. 
 and with the words 'Romanum imperium sive post mortem...' the account 
 of ' Imperatores ' is resumed, and terminates on p. 90, 6, agreeing with that 
 on pp. 403—419 of the Edition. The account of ' Pontifices' (to p. 88, b of 
 MS.) agrees with that in the edition to p. 419. 
 
 On p. 88, 6—89, a, are lives of Nicholaus III. Martinus [I]V. Hono- 
 rius [1]V., different from those in the Edition and subsequent portion of 
 the MS. ; in that of the last-named pope is quoted the couplet : 
 Ponitur in petri monstrum mirabile sede 
 Mancus utraque manu claudus utraque pede. 
 From p. 93 b, to the end of the MS. the account of 'Pontifices' agrees 
 with that in pp. 420 — 432 of the Edition. 
 
 Ends (p. 93, a), (giving a.d. 1284 as the date of the election of Hono- 
 rius IV.) : 
 
 ...eos animose confouendo praestitit stipendia et animavit suscepta 
 negocia sollicite prosequenda. 
 
 IF Explicit cronica fratris Martini de ordine fratrum predicatorum 
 et domini papae penitentiarii. 
 
 H Hie pennam fixi : penitet me si male scripsi. 
 The rubrics are the only marks of division : on some pages the letters 
 seem to have been retouched with darker ink. In the margins, besides the 
 dates, &c, are two or three notes in a later hand, with marks indicative 
 of collation. 
 
 5. Chronicon breve rerum Anglicarum. 
 
 Without any rubric it abruptly begins at the top of p. 93, 5 : 
 
 Primus habuit Kanciam : Alius Westsexe : Tercius merceneriche : 
 
 Quartus northumbriam . Quintus Estengliam.... 
 
 Then follows a more distinct enumeration of the kingdoms of the pen- 
 tarchy into which ' Anglia divisa est post adventum Anglorum.' Bricbrigh 
 the king of the West Saxons is the first of the series of kings, which concludes 
 with a notice of Richard II. As the length of the reign of this king is not 
 stated, while that of each of his predecessors is; and further, as, after narrating 
 the rebellion (of Wat Tyler, 1381), the author merely mentions the king's 
 marriage (1381) to Anne of Austria, the niece of that king of Bohemia 
 whose father was slain by the Black Prince, according to the statement of 
 the concluding words (p. 96, a), ' quia ille rex de boemia tenuit cum 
 rege francie contra regem Anglie tanquam stipendarius regis francie,— ' 
 there seems reason to conjecture that this Chronicle was compiled soon after 
 a.d. 1381. 
 
 6. A space appears to have been left by the scribe for the 
 title : 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 19 
 
 Gesta Trojanorum secundum Guidonem de Columna Messa- 
 
 NENSEM. 
 
 Begins (p. 96, a) with the first words of the ' Prologus:' 
 
 Licet cotidie Vetera recentibus observant nonnulla tamen jam- 
 
 dudum vetera precesserunt que sic sui . . . 
 
 The first words of Liber i. are 
 
 In regno Thessalie de predicte silicet prouinciis romane cuius incole 
 
 mirmidones dicti sunt quos nos hodie vulgari denominatione solomarum 
 
 appellamus regnabat tunc temporis rex quidam Justus et nobilis Peleus 
 
 nomine cum... 
 
 After the ' Epitaphia Achillis' at the conclusion of Lib. xxxn., is 
 
 IF Expliciunt gesta Troianorum. et nota bene auctorem. Et ego 
 
 Guido de Columpna predictum dicten grecum \j. e. Dictyn Cretensem] 
 
 in omnibus opus suum ad lectorem solatium... 
 
 This note, after an account of the author's difficulties, and a mention 
 • magnorum auctorum Virgilii Ovidii et Homeri,' concludes (p. 182) : 
 
 ...ffactum est autem presens opus anno dominice Incarnacionis m°.cc°. 
 
 octuagesimo septimo eiusdem primo Indictionis ffebr. Amen. 
 
 The contents of this MS. appear to be the same as of the two early Edi- 
 tions (in 4to) in the British Museum (801. k. 2, and 677. f. 2), but it wants 
 what they contain, the tabula at the end, with the preceding, ' Item troia 
 magna edificata est tempore Aioth qui tunc judicavit populum Israel...' 
 
 7- ' Prophecia Johannis de Ligunbio solempnissimi doc- 
 toris decretorum Universitatis Bononise.' 
 
 Begins (p. 182, b) : 
 
 Regnum spiritus sancti distinguuntur in iacob filii Isaac qui duas 
 uxores ex uno patre natas viz. lyam et aliam rachielem, qui iacob ex 
 
 lya prima sua uxore quatuor filios genuit 
 
 Ends (p. 183, b): 
 
 ...de quibus omnibus si clarius cupitis videre videatis opus futu- 
 rorum secundum sacram scripturam qm composui et incipit sit nomen 
 domini benedictum et ibi clarius videbitis. 
 
 U Explicit hec prophecia notabilis. 
 Neither of the present tract, nor of the work referred to, is any mention 
 made by Cave in the notice of Jo. de Lignano, in Historia Literaria, ii. 
 Appendix, p. 71. 
 
 8. After the list of lxxxxx. ' Capitula in opus subditum,'' 
 is the title : 
 
 ' Historia Hierosolumitana secundum magisthum Jacobum de 
 
 Vitki.' 
 This MS. wants the Prologus, printed at p. 1047-8, of Gesta Dei per 
 Francos... Orientalis Historia, ed. folio, Hanovise, 1611. 
 
 c2 
 
20 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins (p. 184, b) with, chapter i. of the Edition (p. 1049) : 
 
 Terra sancta promissionis deo amabilis et Sanctis angelis venera- 
 
 bilis... 
 
 Ends (p. 236) with the first book of the Edition (p. 1124), but without a 
 colophon : 
 
 ...et a sancta romana ecclesia de die in diem expectantes. 
 
 9. Jacobi de Theramo Compendium ' Consolatio Pec- 
 catoeum ' nuncupatum : et apud nonnullos Belial ad papam Ur- 
 banum sextum conscriptum. 
 
 There is no rubric before the author's address (p. 237) 'Universis Christi 
 fidelibus. . .' 
 
 The text is the same as that ' Per Joh. Schushler civem Aug. impressus 
 Anno domini Mcccclxxij Julij vero Nonas vi.' but the MS. ends abruptly, 
 ' quod cum legeritis dicatis deo multiplicasti mag—' forming the last line of 
 p. 298 : the next leaf has been cut out, the few words necessary to complete 
 the treatise having been added at the top of p. 299 in a handwriting of the 
 sixteenth century, the same in which, at the top of p. 237, is written 'liber 
 vocatur belial et viz. pro praxe juris.' 
 
 10. ' Incipit Testamentum Patriarcharum 1 is the rubric 
 at the top of p. 299. 
 
 See Vincentii Speculum Historiale, Lib. i. c. 125. 
 Begins : 
 
 Transcriptum testamenti ruben... 
 Ends (p. 309) : 
 
 ...et habitaunt in terra egypti usque ad diem exitus eorum de terra 
 egypti. U Explicit testamentum prophetarum. 
 
 Then follows a prayer beginning, ' Audi pater omnipotens audi miserum 
 communem omnipotentie tue destructionem trepidantem ' and con- 
 cluding, ' mihi rea ridens applaudit eua: tibi pia plorans compatitur 
 
 virgo maria.' 
 
 11. The title may be supplied from the colophon : 
 'Explicit Cronica Marciani Scoti de gestis regni An- 
 
 glorum usque adobitum Stephani et initium regni henrici secundi 
 qui fuit filius Imparatricis et Galfridi Plantagenetse Oomitis Ante- 
 ganie. -1 
 
 The MS. would perhaps be more accurately described as a 
 Chronicle compiled from Henrici Huntendunensis Historia 
 Anglorum, Simeonis Dunelmensis Historia de gestis re- 
 gum Anglorum, and Florentii Wigornensis Chronicon. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 21 
 
 The first rubric is (p. 309) : 
 
 Incipit prologus historie anglorum contexte ab henrico archidia- 
 cono huntidon ad alexandrum lyncoln episcopum. anno drii. m.c.xlv. 
 From the beginning (p. 309) to p. 323 the MS. agrees with Savile's 
 edition of the text of the above-named history contained in ff. 169 — 183 of 
 Seriptores post Bedam, ed. 1596 : the last sentence, which is near the end of 
 Lib. ii.j being ' Omnes igitur reges britannise jam fideles effecti et universae 
 regionum partes Christi lumine et gratia fruebantur.' After this is a brief 
 reference to Bede's history for a fuller account, followed by the sentence 
 nearly at the end of Lib. in. (f. 192, a) of the edition, 'Hoc ergo ordine... 
 commendavit.' After this the MS. corresponds to the edition, Lib. iv. f. 192, 
 6— f. 195, o. 1. 33. 
 
 On pp. 325, a — 330, a, is inserted ' Historia Saxonum vel Angloram post 
 obitum Bede.' The first words after this rubric being, ' In exordio huius 
 operis genealogiam regum northumbrorum...' 
 
 What follows is an abbreviation (by the omission, rather than the con- 
 densation, of sentences) of Simeonis Dunelmensis Historia lie Gestis regum 
 Anglorum (p. 657 — 673, of Mon. Hist. Brit, ab anno 731 — 802) : ' Qui omnes 
 sibi in vicem regnum successerunt ' being the last words. 
 
 From p. 330, a, the MS. corresponds to Savile's edition, (f. 195, b. 1. 34 — 
 f. 200, o. 1. 23) till (p. 333, V). After a notice of King Alfred's succession is a 
 list of forty kings of Wessex, from Cerdic to Henricus (I.) 'leo justicie ;' 
 the names accord with the genealogical table in the Appendix to Florentii 
 Wigornensis Chronicon {Mon. Hist. Brit. i. 033). 
 
 On p. 334 commences an abbreviation (mostly by the omission of sen- 
 tences) of Florentii Wigornensis Chronicon (a. d. 849 — 1121). See Mon. 
 Hist. Brit. i. p. 549. 
 
 On p. 367, b, occurs the sentence, ' Ea tempestate rex h. facto longa terre 
 intercissione fossato. et thorkeseye usque lincolniam per dermaconum trente 
 fluminis fecit iter naviurn, Ranulphus quoque dunolmensis episcopus castel- 
 lum apud northam incepit super ripam twede.' After this, without any 
 break, follows the sentence from Henrici Huntendunensis Historia (Lib. vn. 
 f. 218, 6). 'At in vigilia natalis domini ventus insolitus non solum domos sed 
 et turres deiecit lapideas.' The verses that in Savile's edition follow, ' De 
 pulchritudine reginae Adelina?,' are omitted from the MS. But, such-like 
 omissions excepted, the MS. corresponds with the Edition to the end of 
 Liber vin. and concludes with the set of hexameters (p. 376, a) : 
 
 Rex obiit nunc rege carens caret anglia pace 
 
 ***** 
 
 Spiritus es caro sum: te nunc intrante reuixi. 
 Concerning Marianus Scotus see Mon. Hist. Brit., (Preface, p. 83 — 4). 
 In the British Museum is a MS. of the 15th century (Arundel, No. 46. 1) 
 which from its title and colophon, and the identity of its contents, appears to 
 be a transcript of this, or of some common original. 
 
22 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 12. The title is contained in the colophon, (p. 421), ' Ex- 
 plicit Liber Domini Marci Pauli de Venetis de conditio- 
 
 NIBUS ET CONSUETUDINIBUS ORIENTALIUM REGIONUM.' And 
 
 the statement in the preface (p. 876), which precedes the table of 
 contents of Liber i. ' per Franciscura Pipinum de Bononia ordinis* 
 fratrum predicatorum de vulgari ad latinum reductus' points out 
 which of the two Latin Versions is contained in this MS. 
 
 Of the two versions And. Muller gives a full account in his preface 
 (pp. 9 — 11) to the edition published, 'Colonise Brandenburgicae. Ex 
 officina Georgii Schulzii, Typogr. Elect. Anno m.d.clxxi.' (Brit. Mus. 
 683. d. 5). Though the text of this edition is for the most part that of 
 the version (Basileensis) printed in Novus Orbis, Folio, Basilese, 1537 
 (pp. 330 — 417), yet in the preface (p. 11) extracts are given, 'E Libro 
 primo Latinaa MStse Brandenburgicse,' with which the text of our MS. 
 closely agrees. It concludes however (p. 421) with the words 'Qui inde 
 ad diversas provincias et regiones deferuntur/ wanting therefore the 
 sentence, 'Historia haec....in hoc MS. Prologus/ which is in a MS. at 
 Padua, 'Testis Jac. Phil. Tomasinus in libro de MSS. Biblio.thec. Patav. 
 qui Utini anno 1639 editus est. (p. 17).' (Brit. Mus. 620. f. 23). 
 
 13. ' Iste Liber intitulatur Flos Ystoriarum Terr^e Ori- 
 entis, quem compilavit frater Hattonus, dominus Chursi, 
 consanguineus regis Armenise ex mandato summi pontincis.' 
 
 The rubric (p. 421) is followed by an account of the contents, begin- 
 ning 'Dividitur autem liber iste in quatuor partes/ In the text and 
 divisions thereof it agrees with pp. 419 — 481 of 'Novus Orbis. 1537/ want- 
 ing however the preface printed on p. 418, but containing at the end the 
 prayer of the writer. 
 
 In the colophon (pp. 450—1) is, '1 Explicit liber y'storiarum partium 
 orientis quem ego Nicholaus falcom scripsi primo in gallico ydiomate 
 secundumque vir religiosus frater haytonus ore suo absque nota siue aliquo 
 exemplari de verbo ad verbum dictauit et de gallico transtuli in latinum. 
 Anno domini millesimo ccc mo .vn. mense augusti in civitate pittaneum 
 tempore scissimi pris dni Clementis (pape, erased) quinti.' 
 
 See Brunet under Marco, and Hayton. Under the latter (Vol. n. 597, 6) 
 he speaks, 'de I'Histoire d' Orient ecrite en francais par Nicolas de Salcon, 
 Salcoin ou Salconi (mais point Falcon),...' Certainly in this MS. the 
 name is Falcom. 
 
 14. 'Explicit Fides Saracenorum'' is the colophon. 
 
 Begins (p. 451): 
 
 Credunt Saraceni unum deum creatorem esse omnium: credunt et 
 omnia mala esse a deo sicut et bona culpam et meritum. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 23 
 
 Ends: 
 
 1 Credunt 10 m ° interrogationem fieri per angelum ultimo Qdie] de 
 paradiso et inferno. 
 The whole occupies ahout one column. 
 
 On the lower margin of p. 451 are drawn two lines deter- 
 mining ' longitudinem sepulchri domini, et latitudinem.' See the 
 Catalogue of Caius Coll. MSS. (1849), No. 162. (6). 
 
 15. The title is contained in the colophon (p. 458), 'Explicit 
 
 TEACTATUS DE ORTU PROCESSU ET ACTIBUS MaCHOMETI.' 
 
 No rubric precedes the first words of the text (p. 451) : 
 
 Avostendendum quod Machometus non fuerit dei propheta vel nuncius 
 
 sicut asserunt Saraceni qui... 
 
 Ends (p. 458) : 
 
 ...nee fuit spiritus sanctus qui non potest videri sed pocius corporalis 
 
 et visibilis et tarn fedus et vilis sicut patet in omnibus supradictis. 
 
 16. '(testa Machometi,' is the running title. It may be 
 more particularly described as ' Willelimus Tripolitanus Aconensis 
 conventus de egressu Machometi et Saracenorum atque progressu 
 eorumdum, de statu Saracenorum, de Machometo pseudopropheta 
 eorumdum ipsa gente et eorum fide :' according to the rubrics 
 (pp. 462, 467), and the preface (p. 458) addressed ' Theobaldo 
 ecclesiarchio digno sancte terre peregrino sancto.' 
 
 After this preface and the rubric ' Quis fuit machometus et unde sur- 
 rexit/ are the words (p. 458) : ' Anno igitur saluatoris domini nostri Jesu 
 Christi dci™" quo eius fides in partibus floreret dum impleretur vaticinium 
 Isaie xrx°....' 
 
 It ends abruptly (p. 468) : 
 
 Cibus ciborum vescentur gr'ubus. 
 
 Between the pages 468, 469, it appears that three leaves have 
 been cut out : on these, according to the Table of Contents on 
 the inside of the cover of this volume, besides the conclusion of 
 16 and commencement of 17, were contained 
 — Somnium beati Thome martiris post decessum ab Anglia. 
 Processus fratris Nicholai Wysebeche de unxione Regis 
 Anglie, &c. 
 
 17. ' Liber sancti CilDvE Abbatis de gestis Anglorum ' 
 appears to have been the title, which now with the greater part of 
 the first chapter is wanting. 
 
 Of the two MSS. employed by Josceline in his edition of the text of 
 Gildas (published 1568), this is one, and, as he informs his readers, was 
 
24 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 once the property of the abbey of Glastonbury, but when he wrote • was 
 the sole property of a Kentish gentleman in the profession of the law.' 
 See Mori. Hist. Brit. Preface, § 131. In this latter edition its various 
 readings are given and denoted by B. See also Mr Stevenson's edition 
 (1838), Preface, xvi. 
 
 The first line on p. 469 is, ' aque torrentem viue ex undantibus irrigua,' 
 which is towards the end of c. x. at p. 6 of the text printed in Mon. Hist. 
 Brit. The colophon to the ' Epistola Gildae' (p. 490, a) is, ' Explicit liber 
 sancti Gildae Abbatis et historiographi Anglorum : et cetera.' 
 
 18. A large folio, as before, 60 pages, in double columns, each 
 containing about 60 lines, bisected by the metrical dot or point. 
 The handwriting is good, and may be assigned to the close of 
 the 14th century. 
 
 'Dialogcs [or Vision] of Piers Plowman.' 
 The reputed author of this alliterative Satire was Robert Langlande, and its 
 date 1362. It has been printed at least three times, but no editor appears 
 to have collated the present MS. The text differs very considerably from 
 that of the MS. employed by Whitaker (now in the British Museum, Addi- 
 tional MSS. No. 10, 574), and is closely related to an earlier one in Trin. 
 Coll. Camb. B. xv. 17, from which Mr. Wright has derived his edition 
 (Lond. 1842). 
 
 The opening lines of the Poem (p. 490) will serve as a specimen of its 
 orthographical and other peculiarities. 
 
 In a somer seson. when softe was the sonne 
 
 I schope me in schroudes . as I a schepe were 
 
 In habit as an heremyt . vnholy of werkes 
 
 Went wide in this world . wondres to here 
 
 An (sic) on a May mornyng . on Maluerne hulles 
 
 Me befel a ferli . of faire me thoughte. 
 
 19. ' How MEN THAT BEN IN HELE SHOLDE VISITB SIKE 
 
 folk' : in four chapters, handwriting as in § 18. 
 Begins (p. 550, col. 2) : 
 
 My dere sone or doughter in God it semees Y thow hiest the fast in 
 the way fra this lif to god ward... 
 Ends (p. 552, col. 2) : 
 
 . . . and help it, for in thy merciful hands I put it. Amen. 
 
 20. Sir John Mandeville's Journey to the Holy Land. 
 Begins (p. 654) : 
 
 For as muche as thei land ouer the see that is to say the haly land 
 
 that men calles ye lond... 
 the last words of the prologue are, ' w' gret companye of lordes.' 
 
 Nearly at the end (p. 594) occurs the clause, ' And I John Maundevyle 
 what wente out of my countre and passed the see the yere of oure Lord a 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 25 
 
 thousand thre hundred and thrytty and twa.' Compare this date with that 
 in the edition of 1725, reprinted in 1839 by J. O. Halliwell, wherein men- 
 tion also is made of some of the many MSS. that exist of this once popular 
 Book of Travels. 
 
 21. A large folio, as before, 19 pages, in triple columns, of 
 60 lines each. It is carelessly transcribed in a hand of the second 
 half of the 14th century. 
 
 'Seuene Sagees,' 
 or (as it is more frequently entitled) The Seven Wise Masters, 
 a metrical Romance. 
 
 Begins (p. 594) : 
 
 In Rome was an emperour 
 
 A man of swyth mikil honur, 
 
 As J>e book tellys vs 
 
 Is name was de Occlicius. 
 
 Al the londe hadde to gye 
 
 And hadd a wyfe that bight helie 
 
 Bi twene thaym twa come a nayer 
 
 A good child and a faire. 
 The 'book' alluded to seems to hare been the Historia Septem Sapientum 
 Roma, which was in its turn derived from a Hindoo source. (See Ellis's 
 Early Metrical Romances, Introd. to The Seven Wise Masters). 
 
 Ends (p. 612) : 
 
 And went in to heuen riche 
 Thare joye and blysse hys euere i-lyche. 
 To that ilke blysse bryng vs gode 
 That neuer in erth 3ed schodde. 
 
 Amen Amen for charite. 
 The present MS. was printed in 1845 for the Percy Society (see Mr 
 Wright's Preface). A different version of the same stories is contained in 
 Weber's Metrical Romances, Vol. ni., being drawn from the Auchinleck 
 MS., and Cotton. Galba, E. rx. § 2. Akin to this latter version, though 
 differing in some of the details, is a fragment also among the Camb. Univ. 
 MSS. Ff. n., 38. § 39. 
 
 22. Double columns, about 72 lines in each, apparently of 
 xiii th or xivth century. The handwriting seems to be the same 
 in this and the next §. (No. 23.) 
 
 'Clementis Laxtoniensis Ecclesie PRESBITERI CONCORDIA 
 
 QUATUOR EVAXGELISTARUM. 
 
 A Latin Harmony of the Gospels, in xn. parts, with a pro- 
 logue, and table of the headings of the chapters prefixed. 
 
26 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 At the end is subjoined a sort of index or digest of the whole, which 
 however is imperfect, not extending beyond part ix. 
 
 Begins (p. 614, a), ' Prologus :' 
 
 Clemens Lantoniensis Ecclesie presbiter n[ato] pacem otiumque. 
 Hujus operis fili karissime causam requiris et fructum queris ... 
 Ends (f. 662, b) : 
 
 . . .Tunc ita locutus est ad turbas. Ordinis ratio patet. 
 This MS. is mentioned, and some account of the author given, in 
 Wright's Bibliogr. Britann. 'Anglo-Norman Period/ p. 265. The text 
 differs in almost every line from Weber's edition. 
 
 23. Polychronicon Ranulphi Higdeni Cestrensis. 
 The work is given imperfectly in this MS. which abruptly begins 
 (p. 663) in c. 4 of Lib. i. : 
 
 que vulgares cronice que dionisium predictum.... 
 It is divided as MS. No. 1742, except that Lib. v. does not contain c. 33. 
 It ends with the volume in c. 2 of Lib. viu. : 
 ... ad angliam recesserunt. verum male. 
 
 is, 19 Dd. i. 18, 19. 
 
 Two large folios, on paper, written about 1640, the first con- 
 taining 474 pages, the second 378. 
 
 On p. 1 of Vol. i. is the title, 
 
 'The Histoktes and Chronicles op the world. By 
 - John Zonaras .... Contayneing all the most memorable actions 
 happened in the world in the revolution of sixe thousand sixe 
 hundred yeares, and more. Digested into three Bookes .... Done 
 out of Greeke into French with annotations in the margeant, 
 vpon the diuersitie of the Greeke copyes ; with aduertisements, 
 
 and Index of the most memorable things Paris .... for John 
 
 Paxent in Saint James Streete, m.d.lxxxiii. And done into 
 English, by the noble and learned Lady, the Lady Agnes Wen- 
 man, sometime wife of the Right honourable Richard Lord Vis- 
 Count Wenman deceased 1 . 1 
 
 The first volume has been made to end in the middle of a sentence 
 of which the continuation is to be found at p. 191 of the second; the 
 preceding 190 pages ought to follow p. 378: the second volume is also 
 defective, the narrative breaking off abruptly with an account of how 
 
 1 Sir R. Wenman was sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1627, and afterwards made Viscount 
 Kilmainham. See Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 1841. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 27 
 
 'Tryphon brings Jonathan to his death, by trecherie,' the last words 
 (p. 190) being 
 
 ...which done, he, accompanied with his men went forth to meete 
 
 Tryphon bringing Jonathan prisoner into Judea. And he demanding 
 
 a hundred talents of silver and the two.... 
 
 These volumes have been transcribed from Lady Wenman's autograph, 
 of which a portion is contained in MS. 2331 (Mm. 3. 32). 
 
 2° Dd. i. 20. 
 
 A large folio, on vellum, of 111 leaves, with double columns 
 of 30 lines each : one leaf missing after f. 6, one after f. 50, 
 and two after f. 110 : handwriting probably of the xivth century. 
 The initial letters are illuminated throughout, and there are a few 
 vignettes and borders : catchwords at every eighth leaf. 
 
 Latin Psalter, Canticles and Hymns, with Kalendak 
 prefixed. The Kalendar extends to fol. 6, where after the names 
 of St Clement and St Sylvester the word ' papse 1 has been effaced. 
 The Psalter appears to have contained all the Psalms in their 
 usual order, except Ps. xcix, which is omitted. 
 
 Begins (fol. 7, a) : 
 
 Verba mea auribus. 
 
 Ends (fol. 74, 6) : 
 
 Omnis spiritus Dominum. 
 
 The Cantica follow, including the Te Deum, Quicunque vult, &c. : then 
 the Litany, beginning f. 81, b, 2 : then other canticles, partly from Isaiah : 
 then Vigilia Mortuorum (f. 90, a, 2 — f. 94, b, 1). Then follow Hymns for 
 the various festivals of the year ; the volume concluding (f. Ill, b, 1) with 
 Gloria tibi Domine. 
 
 In the title-page is written the name of Gilbert Norts. 
 
 21 Dd. i. 21. 
 
 A folio, on parchment, of 213 leaves, in double columns ; 
 apparently of the xivth century. §§ 1 — 3 contain 80 lines in 
 a column; §§ 4—10, 100 lines; §§ 11—30, about 82. §§ 4—23 
 have illuminated initials ; the writing is nearly the same through- 
 out, except that § 29 is in a small running hand, and both § 29 
 and § 30 appear to be somewhat later than the rest. 
 
28 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 All the treatises contained in this MS. have been frequently 
 printed, except §§ 9 and 14. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 127 5. 'Liber Sancti Augustini de Civitatb 
 
 Dei.' 
 
 Begins, after an index of chapters to the first book, 
 Gloriosissimam civitatem Dei... 
 
 Ends 
 
 mecum gratias agant. 
 
 2. f. 127 b. A list of S. Augustines works, numbered suc- 
 cessively from 1 to 100 (by an error of the MS. 110). 
 
 Prefixed to the list is the following heading : 
 
 Libros quos vero beatus Augustinus edidit hie breviter enumerari 
 vel annotari non omisi. Et hoc indicium librorum omnium Sancti Au- 
 gustini. 
 
 3. ff. 128a — 129 6. 'Liber de EcclesiasticisDogmatibus.' 
 A work of Gennadius falsely attributed to Augustine. 
 
 Begins 
 
 Credimus unum... 
 Ends 
 
 in moribus inveniri. 
 An index of chapters is appended. 
 
 4. ff. 130a — 135 5. 'Sancti Anselmi Libri duo Cur 
 Deus Homo.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Saepe et studiosissime.... 
 Ends 
 
 Benedictus in secula. Amen. 
 A portion of Book I. (chapters 14 and IS, 'transferat quod aufert...qui si 
 vult fugere') is partially obliterated. Also a portion of Book II. (chapter 
 17, 'Voluntas Dei nulla necessitate .... puerilibus questionibus sicut') is 
 obliterated. 
 
 5. ff. 135 5 — J 36 a. 'Pastoralis Sancti Ambrosii epis- 
 copi.' This is the treatise commonly called ' De Dignitate Sacer- 
 dotali.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Si quis oraculum fratres reminiscitur ... 
 Ends 
 
 que Sanctis in seculorum secula dare promisisti. Amen. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 29 
 
 6. ff. 136a — 1415. 'Enchiridion Augustini ad Lauren- 
 
 TIUM PRIMICERIUM NOTARIUM ECCLESIE URBIS B.OM ' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Did non potest.... 
 Ends 
 
 de fide et spe et caritate conscripsi. Amen. 
 
 7. ff. 141 a — 142 h. 'Liber Anselmi de Libero Arbitrio. 1 
 Begins, after an index of the 14 chapters into which the hook is divided, 
 
 Quoniam liberum arbitrium videtur.... 
 Ends 
 
 quod necesse habeam de illis interrogare. Amen. Explicit. 
 
 8. ff. 142 h — 144 a. ' Liber Proslogion Anselmi.' 
 The prologue begins 
 
 Postquam opusculum quoddam.... 
 Then follows an index of the 26 chapters, and then the work itself. 
 Ends 
 
 deus benedictus in secula. Amen. 
 
 9. f. 140. A Treatise without title, which coincides more or 
 less with the 5th and 6th chapters of Anselmus, De fide Trinitatis. 
 
 Begins 
 
 Cur deus magis assumpserit hominem.... 
 
 Ends 
 
 nee aliud individuum rationale aut alia persona corpus petri quam 
 anima. Amen. 
 
 10. ff. 144 b — 148 5. 'Prologus Libri Innocentis pape 
 tertii de miseria condicionis humane.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Domino patri karissimo.... 
 Ends 
 
 ab istis liberet nos pater et filius et spiritus sanctus. Amen. Amen. 
 Amen. 
 
 It agrees for the most part with the edition of 1575 ; but the order of 
 chapters 27 and 28 of Book I. is inverted. In Book II. chapters 14, 15, 16 
 (of the Edition) are inserted between chapters 9 and 10. Also chapters 42, 
 43 of Book II., and chapter 4 of Book III., are not found in this MS. 
 
30 ' CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 11. if. 149 a— 152 b. 'Anselmus de casu diaboli. 1 
 
 Begins, after the chapters, 
 
 1 11 ml apostoli quid habes.... 
 Ends 
 
 uti potestate loquendi. 
 
 12. ff. 1525— 160 a. 'Monologion Anselmi Archiepiscopi.'" 
 
 Begins 
 
 Si quis unam naturam.. . . 
 Ends 
 
 inefFabiliter unus et trinus. 
 Besides the prologue ' Quidam fratres/ and the chapters, there is pre- 
 fixed the epistle to Lanfranc, numbered cii. of Book IV. in the Benedictine 
 edition. 
 
 13. ff. 160 a — 163 6. ' Liber Anselmi de conceptu vib- 
 
 GINALI ET ORIGINALI PECCATO.' 
 
 After a list of the chapters the book begins 
 
 Cum in omnibus religiose.. . . 
 Ends 
 
 Si vera probari poterit. 
 
 14. f. 163 5. 'Liber Anselmi de Antichristo.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 De antichristo scire volentibus predicemus quare sic vocatur. 
 Ends 
 
 In dispositione vero domini manet qui ea hora qua antea seculum 
 judicandum esse predixit. vel prefixit. 
 
 The treatise occupies only a column and a half. It appears never to 
 have been printed. 
 
 15. ff. 163 b — 164 a. ' Liber Anselmi de corpore et san- 
 guine Christi.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Nota quod tota humana natura in anima et in corpore erat corrupta. 
 Ends 
 
 ita est ipse qui per spiritum sanctum hunc panem in suam carnem 
 et virum faciat transfundi in sanguinem. 
 This is the same as Epistle cvu., p. 453, of Ed. Benedict. 
 
 16. f. 164. 'Liber Anselmi de bona occupacione.' 
 Begins 
 
 Ad insinuandam interioris hominis custodiam.... 
 Ends 
 
 Qui cum patre et filio et spiritu sancto vivit et regnat deus. amen. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 31 
 
 17. ff. 164 5 — 165 a. L Liber Anselmi Inteavit Jesus.' 
 Begins 
 
 Intravit Jesus in quiddam castellum. Quid ad gloriosissimam vir- 
 ginem.... 
 Ends 
 
 qui vivit et regnat deus per omnia secula seculorum. amen. 
 This is Homily IX. of the Benedictine edition, preceded by the prologue 
 which appears in the ' Castigationes/ p. 640. 
 
 18. f. 165. ' Meditationes Anselmi. 1 
 Begins 
 
 Terret me vita mea.. . . 
 Imperfect, ending : 
 
 deus igitur est pater rerum creatarum, et maria mater recreatarum, 
 deus est [pater constitutionis]. 
 
 It contains the whole of ' Meditatio II.' p. 207, and part of ' Oratio LI.' 
 p. 280. 
 
 19. ff. 166 a — 168 5. 'Tractatus Anselmi de conceptione 
 
 BEATE VIRGINIS.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Principium quo salus mundo processit . . . 
 Ends 
 
 ob salutem generis humani de sue carnis substantia verum hominem 
 genuisse. Amen. 
 
 20. ff. 168 5 — 172 5. 'Liber ejusdem Anselmi de excel- 
 
 LENTIA BEATE VIRGINIS.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Supereminentem omni quod post hominem deum creatum est. 
 Ends 
 
 per infinita secula. Amen. Amen. Amen. 
 
 21. f. 172. ' Liber Anselmi de azimo.' 
 Begins 
 
 Anselmus servus ecclesie Cantuariensis. . . 
 Ends 
 
 absque dubio repudiandum judicatur. 
 
 22. ff. 172 5 — 173 a. ' Liber Anselmi de Sacripicio Gre- 
 corum.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Domino et amico Waleranno.... 
 Ends 
 
 misi vobis quandam epistolam. 
 This is the ' Responsio ad Waleranni querelas,' given at p. 139 of the 
 Benedictine edition. 
 
32 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 23. ff. 163 a — 1775. 'Liber Anselmi de concordia pre- 
 
 DESTINACIONIS ET GRATIE CUM LIBERO ARBITRIO. 
 
 Begins 
 
 De tribus illis questionibus.... 
 
 Ends 
 
 gratis volui petentibus impendere. 
 
 At the bottom of the last page is drawn a thick black line between 4 and 
 5 inches in length, and underneath it are the words 'Hec linea sexdecies 
 in seipsam ducta quantitatem dominici corporis ostendit.' 
 
 24. ff. 178 a — 180 a. 'Disputacio Anselmi inter Chris- 
 
 TIANUM ET GrENTILEM.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Majestas divina cur ad dolores mortalis nature.... 
 
 Ends 
 
 in signum veri sacrificii hoc interim facientes. Explicit. Amen. 
 Amen. 
 
 25. ff. 180 # — 182 5. 'Anselmi dialogus de Veritate.' 
 
 After the preface ' Tres tractatus pertinentes....' and an index of chapters 
 the work begins 
 
 Quoniam Deum esse veritatem... 
 Ends 
 
 tunc ejus dicitur Veritas vel rectitude 
 
 26. ff. 182 b — 187 b. ' Liber [Anselmi] de processione 
 Spiritus Sancti. 1 
 
 Begins 
 
 Negatur a Grecis quod spiritus sanctus a filio procedat. 
 Ends 
 
 Mihi imputetur, non sensui latinitatis. 
 
 27. ff. 187 b — 190 b. ' Tractatus editus ab Anselmo 
 Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo de Incarnatione Verbi.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Domino et patri universe ecclesie in terra peregrinantis, summo pon- 
 tifici Urbano... 
 Ends 
 
 in eodem libello aperte inveniet. 
 
 This is the treatise commonly called 'De fide Trinitatis et Incarna- 
 tione Verbi.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 33 
 
 28. ff. 190 5 — 201 J. De S. Anselmi Similitudinibus. 
 Begins 
 
 Voluntas tripliciter intelligitur.... 
 Imperfect, ending 
 
 solem quippe aut mare cum depicta videmus non sieut [Jest in ipsa]. 
 Printed among the works of Eadmer. It breaks off in the middle of 
 chap. 167. 
 
 29. ff. 202 a — 211 b. A copious alphabetical index to Au- 
 gustine ' DE Civitate Dei.' 
 
 30. ff. 211 5 — 213 a. ' Liber beati Augustini [Anselmi] 
 de Meditationibus.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Domine Deus meus.... 
 Ends 
 
 per omnia secula seculorum. Amen. 
 It contains the whole of Orationes X. XI. and XIV. as given in the 
 Ed. Benedict, of Anselm's Works. 
 
 On the fly-leaf of the MS. is the following note : 
 
 ' Changed with Mr Proudlow for Albertus Magnus' Mark and John, 
 and Trelcatius' Common places.' Wilmus Berier. 
 On the first leaf of the MS. ' Robert Woodward.' 
 
 22 Dd. i. 22. 
 
 A folio of 19 leaves; the first five, the 11th, 12th, and 19th, 
 being of parchment, the rest of paper. Some pages ragged and 
 torn, and the writing of the first and last pages very illegible. 
 
 The Year-Book op the 38th op Edward III. 
 
 This copy is not so complete as the printed edition, and concludes with 
 the case which there stands last but one. 
 
 At the end is written, ' Explicit annus XXXVIII. Edwardi tercii quod 
 Johannes Haywarde.' 
 
 On the last page, and in a different hand, is a scarcely legible memo- 
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 some former owner of the book, and apparently made in the reign of 
 Edward IV. 
 
 23 Dd. i. 23. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
34 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 'The Apocalyps or Keuelation of St John, in Greek 
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 of Greeke into English, or out of English into Greeke, by such as 
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 Begins ('by waye of preface touching revelations in Scripture') 
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 Ends 
 
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 The drawings, which consist of rough unfinished sketches, are 54 in number. 
 
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 Dd. vm. 4 There was a William Spencer, Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb., 
 editor of Origen, contra Celsum, 4to, 1658, who may perhaps have been the 
 compiler of this MS. 
 
 25 Dd. i. 25. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 41 leaves, well preserved. 
 The Arms of English Nobles emblazoned, commencing 
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 On the fly-leaf at the end is an account of the Stewarts, Earls of Lennox, 
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 Appears to have been the private register of some herald of the time of 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 35 
 
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 The volume has not a title affixed, but may be called An 
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 After a blank space for a heading, the first entry is (p. 1), 
 
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36 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 This version was mainly due to John Purvey, the second leader of the 
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 xxiv. sq. Oxf. 1850). The following analysis of the MS. is derived from the 
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 and Ecclesiastes have each a prologue in the same version. Those to Wisdom 
 and Ecclesiasticus are of a later version, found only in this MS. Isaiah and 
 Baruch have the usual prologues of the later version ; and to Ezekiel and 
 Daniel are prefixed the prologues which are found elsewhere only in the 
 Queen's College Oxford MS. [No. coclxxxviii : see Mr Coxe's Catalogus, 
 i. 89, Oxon. 1852]. The prologues in the New Testament agree with the 
 more recent text.' 
 
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 'Dedis of Apostles,' which, as in other MSS., is placed between the Epistle 
 to the Hebrews and that of St James. Some peculiar readings are found 
 after Zechariah viii, where the second hand commences (fol. 400). 
 
 Between the Old and New Testaments (fol. 423—428) is 'A Reule [>at 
 tellip in whiche chapitres of }>e bible 3e may fynde J>e lessons, pistles and 
 gospels J>at ben red in J>e churche aftir pe usse of Salisberi/ &c. A similar 
 Table is preserved in the Oxford MS. adverted to above. 
 
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 The rubrics and capitula are written in a much smaller hand- 
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 in each column. 
 
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 This is preceded by ' Eusebii ieronimi prebyteri laus qua iosephum com- 
 putat inter ecclesiasticos soriptores ;' after which, ' Historiarum Antiquitatis 
 Judaice prologus incipit.' These agree with the printed editions of the 
 version by Ruffinus. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 37 
 
 The division of the books into chapters corresponds to that in MS. 4, 
 except that Lib. X. contains xv. cap., cap. xu. of (4) making xn. and xm. 
 in this. 
 
 The MS. as was said above, is imperfect ; the last words being, ' Mor- 
 dentur enim qui quosdam apud principes plusquam se.' (Lib. X. c. xi. of 
 MS. Lib. X. c. xiv. of Editions). 
 
 There are various corrections of the text, interlinear and marginal. 
 
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 Expositio Bede super Lucam. 
 
 Begins (fol. 4, a) : 
 
 Incipit epistola Acce episcopi ad Bedam presbyterum. 
 
 Ends (fol. 179,6): 
 
 In lauda dei et benedictione conclusit. amen. Explicit liber omelia- 
 
 rum venerabilis Bede presbyteri super Lucam. 
 
 The division into books (but not into chapters) is the same as in the folio 
 edition of 1612. 
 
 On fol. 2 and fol. 3 is a list of 55 of the capitula, not following the order 
 of the book itself, though written in the same hand. 
 
 On fol. 1 is written, ' Liber Sancte Marie de Parcho Lyde,' viz. the Abbey 
 of Louth Park in Lincolnshire : see Tanner and Dugdale. 
 
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 dicitur,' which is found on p. 57, col. 1, of Vol. I. of Rabani Mauri Opera, 
 Colonise Agrippins 1627. 
 
 The last words are, 'Vela dicta quod objectu suo interiora domorum 
 . velent.' (Lib. xxi. cap. xix. of edition). 
 
38 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 margins variously flourished. 
 
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 3 or 4 leaves at the commencement, and begins 
 
 [Est enim liquescentia quae dicitur quaedam ha]bilitas element! (a iii. 
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 Begins 
 
 Beatus papa Gregorius librum Job.... 
 Ends 
 
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 The 3rd leaf, which contained 'mentem melius par flagella' (chap. 4 of 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 39 
 
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 Vol. II. paged from 467 to 924. 
 
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 At the end a Table or alphabetical index has been begun, but only one 
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 The original portion of this fine folio consists of 252 leaves of 
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 same width. The continuation on ff. 253, 254 has been supplied 
 in a later hand ; then follow 2 leaves making up the 256 mentioned 
 by Abp Parker, in the Catalogue of whose donation is the title 
 
 'Cheonicon Abindon. per R Gisburnum.' 1 
 
 'Author hums operis monachus Abindoniae ut hi fol. 47a. 42 a. 100 a. 
 21 b. 38 b. 40 a.' is one of the notes by Abp Parker on the inside of the first 
 cover. See Mon. Hist. Brit. Introd. p. 30. 
 
 The Chronicle, which is nearly identical with Liber in. of Chronicon 
 Gualt. Hemingford, extends over a period of 91 years (1216 — 1307, Hen. III. 
 and Edw. I.) ; see Hamilton's edition of the latter published by the Eng. 
 Hist. Society, Vol. I. p. 257— Vol. II. p. 268. 
 
 Begins (f. 1): 
 
 Anno a plenitudine temporis quo misit deus filium suum in mundum 
 
 m°.cc .xvi° : sublato de medio rege Johanne Willelmus comes marescallus 
 
 vir magnse auctoritatis . . . 
 
 Ends (f. 254, a) : 
 
 Appositusque est ad patres suos Rex fortissimus prudentissimus et 
 
 sapientissimus Anno etatis sue sexagesimo octavo et regni sui tricesimo 
 
 quinto. ffinis. 
 
 Appended is a note (? by the scribe employed by Abp Parker), ' Prose- 
 quitur historiam Edwardi secundi ab anno 1307 ad annum 1313 inclusive 
 hie author Gualterus hemyngeforde Canonicus Gisburnensis : quern hie 
 Scriptor Abendonensis in hac historia henr. tertii et Edwardi primi sequitur 
 maxime. pluribus tamen ab eo adiectis, et ad annos aliquanto accuratius 
 dispositis. Scribit etiam predictus. G. historiam Edwardi IIP ad annum 
 
40 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 eiusdem regis 21. hoc est a°. d. 1346. quo anno obiit Gualterus.' See Pitsius, 
 a.d. 1347. 
 
 There are traces of many marginal notes which have for the most part 
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 quotations from other sources, with references to the MS. On the last is the 
 list of the MSS. given to the University by Abp Parker. 
 
 It may be noted that the ff. 253—6 are plainly palimpsest, as also are 
 four of the fly-leaves at the beginning. On ff. 179, 183, are impressions of 
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 POSTILL^S! NlCHOLAI DE LYRA SUPER VeTUS TeST AMENTUM, 
 
 comprising the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Canticles, Wis- 
 dom, Ecclesiasticus, 1 and 2 of Maccabees. 
 
 Begins 
 
 Ecce descripsi earn tripliciter... 
 Ends abruptly (the last leaf having been cut out) 
 
 ...hec historia habetur 4. Regum. 19. 
 Several of the leaves have been misplaced by an error "of the binder : 
 thus fol. 43 and fol. 46 have changed places, so also have 100 and 101, 102 
 and 103, 108 and 109, 110 and 111. 
 
 Fol. 93 is a leaf inserted from some other work. It is a fragment of a 
 commentary on Rev. ix. 11 — 17. 
 Begins 
 
 ... corporis sensus subsistunt. Et habent super se regem id est diabolum 
 dominatem qui est rex super omnes filios superbie. 
 Ends 
 
 ...4'° describit equos eorum et capita equorum dicit ergo et numerus 
 equestris ewercitus. 
 The PostiUcB of De Lyra were first published at Rome, 1471. 
 
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 A square folio, consisting of 176 leaves of parchment (besides 
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 end) ; in double columns of 42 lines each. It is beautifully 
 written, apparently in the xvth century. 
 
 ' Epistole Ieronimi. 1 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 41 
 
 The first page contains the titles of all the letters and treatises comprised 
 in the volume, numbered in order according to their position in the MS. 
 Begins f, 1, 6. 
 
 Epistola Damasi pape ad beatum Ieronimum. Dormientem te et 
 multo. 
 Ends 
 
 primum sequeris patriarcham Loth. 
 This MS. contains the whole of the 150 Epistles given in Vol. i. of the 
 Veronese Edition (a.d. 1736), with the exception of Nos. 3, 33, 37, 63, 65, 
 78, 80—82, 85—96, 98—100, 106, 113—116, 128, 133, 135, 137—139, 144, 
 148 — 150. 46, § 1 — § 9, and § 12, 66, from the words ' quod interpretatur 
 declinans' in § 11 to the end of the epistle, 102, § 3, 110, from the com- 
 mencement to the words 'negare non possum' in § 3, 140, from the com- 
 mencement to the words ' quod in singulari numero,' in § 16. 
 
 Epistles 18, 55 and 117 are separated into two epistles each; and the 
 second part of Ep. 18 is placed before the first. 
 
 § 10 and § 11 of Ep. 46 are inserted as a part of Ep. 43. This MS. also 
 contains 
 
 Liber contra Helvidium deperpetua virginitate, B. M. n. col. 205. 
 Liber contra Vigilantium, II, col. 387. 
 The translation of Origen on the Canticles, in. col. 499. 
 [Pelagii] Epistola ad Demetriadem, xi. col. 1. 
 De tribus virtulibus, xi. col. 87. 
 Symboli Explanatio ad Damasum, xi. col. 261. 
 Epistola ad Tyrasium, xi. col. 146. 
 Ad Oceanum de vita clericorum, xi. col. 270. 
 
 Of the 6 additional leaves which have been bound up with this MS., 
 4 contain a fragment of some legal treatise entitled Collectabium Juris, 
 the second book commencing with a chapter ' De Judiciis.' 
 
 The remaining 2 leaves contain 16 columns in a hand of the xvith 
 century. This is a fragment of the Summa Theologies of Aquinas. 
 Begins 
 
 circa verecundiam autem queruntur quatuor. — n. 2. Qusst. 144. 
 Ends 
 
 videtur tamen in talibus.— n. 2. Qusest. 147. Art. 4. 
 
 40 Dd. ii. 8. 
 
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 41 Dd. n. 9. 
 
 A thin folio, on paper, containing 106 pages, written in the 
 xvnth century. 
 
42 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 'A View of the Accompt op Francis Lenthall, Esq., 
 receiver general of the revenues of the King, Queen and Prince, 
 in the counties of Surrey and Sussex, for the year ended at 
 Michaelmas, 23 Car. I. a.d. 1647.' 
 
 Between two blank leaves at tlie end are inserted two smaller leaves, on 
 the first page of which only is a rough draught of the dues from Egham, 
 Chertsey and Weston. 
 
 42 Dd. ii. 10. 
 
 A long folio, on paper, containing 1 50 pages, written about 
 1650: but generally every alternate leaf is blank. 
 Chronologia. 
 
 'Duplex est modus chronologhe contexendae vnus per Epitomen...'are 
 the first words on p. 1, under the title 'Notse in Chronologiam sequentem.' 
 
 On p. 3 commence the Tables, very similar to those in Blair's ' Chro- 
 nology/ and dating from ' Patriarcharum aetates.' 
 
 There are no entries after 1610 except under England and Scotland, 
 where we find 'Carolus incipit Martii 27 (1625) Quern deus conservet,' and 
 the final note ' A Sectariis trucidatur Infandum.' These are followed by 18 
 pages of genealogical trees combined with chronology. 
 
 43 Dd. n. 11. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, and in a fair state of preservation. 
 The upper portion of the MS. has been damaged by exposure to 
 rain. Its date is probably about 1600. This MS. consists of 196 
 pages, most of which contain eleven staves of Music. 
 
 The music is written on a single stave of six lines : the notes are repre- 
 sented by letters on the lines or spaces, and their length by symbols above 
 the stave. The music consists of Pauans, Galliards, Marches and Songs, 
 composed principally by Dowland and Holburne. The following are speci- 
 mens of the titles of the pieces : ' My Hart is surely soft ;' ' Go fro my 
 windoe go ;' ' Bonny sweete Boy.' 
 
 On the fly-leaf are the following lines : 
 
 Musica mentis medicina moestse. 
 Qu an di tris dul pa 
 
 os guis rus ti cedine vit 
 
 H san mi Chris mul la 
 
 pit re na pit rem.l 
 
 Qui ca uxo poe ca atque dolo > 
 
 ret re na ret re. ' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 43 
 
 ** Dd. n. 12. 
 
 This paper-book, in folio, bound up with £3 and 15, was 
 written about 1630, and contains 
 
 Docquets of Grants which passed the Signet Office from 
 17 Dec. 1628 to 30 June 1630. 
 
 These occupy 163 pages, and are preceded by 3 leaves containing ' An 
 Index (alphabetical) according to the Surnames, and most pertinent Titles 
 of all the Docquettes &c. herein conteyned from the 17th of December, 
 1628, untill the last of Decembre 1629 (inclusive).' At the end of every 
 month is a note stating by whom the Docquets of that month were sub- 
 scribed. 
 
 A few leaves at the beginning have suffered from use. 
 
 45 Dd. ii. 13. 
 
 A folio, on paper, bound up with the two preceding numbers ; 
 fairly written, in the reign of James I. 
 
 'A brief Collection of the yerly Assignments of the 
 King's Ma ties Revenues, Customs, Imposts and other 
 Profits, hereafter particularly mentioned, made and collected 
 by the order and direction of the Lord High Treasurer of England, 
 according to a book conteyning an Establishment in that behalf 
 made and signed by his Highnes.' 
 
 ' The Court of the Exchequier. Customs, Subsidies of Tonnage and 
 Pondage, and Impost,' is the heading (p. 2, 3) to the first set of entries. 
 They are frequently made across the book on two pages, and hence, with 
 the next leaf, the sums corresponding to the entry (p. 54) ' Some totall of 
 the Kinges Ma ts Revenues in the severall courts of the Excheq 1 Duchie 
 of Lancaster and Court of Waides and Liveries,' are wanting. 
 
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 A folio, on paper, of which the latter half is blank : the former 
 in indifferent handwriting, contains 
 
 'Catalogus Librorum BibliothecjE inferioris nobilis- 
 simi viri Domini Georgii Savile Marchionis de Halifax. 
 Londini, 1692.' 
 
 This title (f. 1) precedes the Libri Latini .- on the cover outside and on a 
 fly-leaf is the title, ' A Catalogue of the Books in the Lower Library, London, 
 1692.' The books are arranged in the Catalogue according to language, size 
 and subject : the place and date of publication are also given. 
 
44 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 47 Dd. n. 15. 
 
 A folio, on paper, written towards the end of the xvnth cen- 
 tury. 
 
 I. A Catalogue or Books, chiefly Theological, arranged 
 according to Authors' 1 names, from Mei to Zui, with the place, 
 the date of publication, and the size of each work. 
 
 There are many blank leaves between this and the following 
 article. 
 
 II. At the other end of the book reversed are 24 leaves 
 containing Law Precedents, written in various hands. 
 
 1. 'An Indenture tripartite of Covenaimtes to lease uses of a 
 fine and recoverie with divers provisoes and limitations therein 
 conteyned. 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 1, a) : 
 
 This Indenture tripartite made the tenth, day of September in the 
 one and fortethe yere of the reign of our sovereigne Ladie Elizabeth, &c. 
 Ends (fol. 7, 6): 
 
 The s d Sir Thomas Mildmay and Thomas Mildmay the sonne have 
 putt their seales the daie and yeare first above written. 
 
 2. Bargain and Sale of Lands, preliminary to suffering a 
 recovery. 
 
 Begins (fol. 7, b) : 
 
 This Indenture quadripartite made the daye and yeare, &c. Between 
 Thomas Herrys of Maulden in the countye of Essex esquire ... 
 Ends (fol. 8, b) : 
 
 And to none other use, effect, intent or purpose. In Witness, &c. 
 
 3. Mortgage in Fee. 
 
 Begins (fol. 9, a) : 
 
 This Indenture made the daye of in the yeare of y" raigne 
 
 of our soveraigne Lord James by the grace, &c. 
 Ends (fol. 10, b) : 
 
 by any other reasonable way meane or devise with like warrantye as 
 is aforesayd or without warrantye. In Witnesse, &c. 
 
 4. i A Lease to try a Title upon an eiectione firmoz? 
 Begins (f. 11, a) : 
 
 Memorandum, that I William Grant of Hadham in the Com. of 
 Hertford, Barber... 
 Left unfinished. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 45 
 
 5. Covenant to levy a Fine. 
 Begins (fol. 11, 6) : 
 
 This Indenture made the day of in the yeare of y" raigne 
 
 of our soveraigne Lord James . . . 
 Ends (fol. 12, a) : 
 
 to the only use of y e said Sir Arthur Herrys his heyres and assignes, 
 and to no other use intent or purpose. 
 
 6. ' Formes for presentations to Advowsons." 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 13, a) : 
 
 To all Christian people to whome thes presents shall come... 
 Ends 
 
 In the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and fifty 
 an twoe. 
 
 7. Lease of a house for 21 years. 
 
 Begins (fol. 14, a) : 
 
 Edward Horwood and Martha his wife for divers good causes and 
 considerations them moveinge . . . 
 Ends (fol. 16, a) : 
 
 ...the said John Pedley his executors and assignes. In Wittnes 
 whereof, &c. 
 
 8. ' The plea of John Woodward, gent one of the defendants to 
 the hill of complaint of Edward Bookwood." 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 16, b) : 
 
 The defendant sayeth that he ought not to make any answere ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... prayeth to he dismissed with his costs and charges in this behalf 
 wrongfully sustayned. 
 
 9. Writ of Outlawry. 
 
 Begins (fol. 16, b) : 
 
 Jacobus dei gratia Anglie Francie et Hibernie rex . . . 
 Imperfect. 
 
 10. '■The replication of Robert Fryth gent complainant to the 
 severall answers of Edmund Cooke Esqr. and Lambard Cooke 
 gent, defendants! 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 17, a) : 
 
 The said replyant doth and will justifye mayntayne and averr... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... and he humbly prayeth as in his bill he hath prayed. 
 
46 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 11. '■The Plea and demurrer of Elizabeth Pert widdowe 
 defendant to parte and her answeare to other parte of the bill of 
 Complaint of John Buxton and Margarett his wife complainants? 
 
 Begins (fol. 17, a) : 
 
 The said defendant by protestation... 
 Ends: 
 
 In this behalf wrongfully and without cause susteyned. 
 
 12. ' Covenants proper to houses in London." 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 1 8, a) : 
 
 That he the same William his executors, administrators, and 
 
 assignes . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 Give up to the said Humfrey Fairfax his executors or assignes. 
 
 13. Grant of Arms by Clarencieux King at Arms, dated 
 
 1612. 
 
 Begins (fol. 19, a) : 
 
 To all and singular as well nobles and gentles as others... 
 Ends: 
 
 And of Scotland the six and fourtieth. 
 
 14. Agreement between merchants as to their shares in a mer- 
 cantile adventure. 
 
 Begins (fol. 21, a) : 
 
 This Indenture made the fourtenth daye of December anno domini 
 1608. 
 Ends: 
 
 ...the daye and yeares first above written. 
 
 15. Lease of an impropriate parsonage for 3 years. 
 
 Begins (fol. 22, o) : 
 
 This Indenture made the day of in the yeares of the raigne ... 
 Ends: 
 
 anything herein conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding. In 
 Witnes, &c. 
 
 16. Letter of Attorney to deliver seisin. 
 
 Begins (fol. 22, a) : 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 In the yeare of the raigne, &c. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 47 
 
 1 7. Grant of Land in reversion. 
 Begins (fol. 23, a) : 
 
 Hec indentura facta quarto die Aprilis . . . 
 Ends (fol. 23, b) : 
 
 Cum eorum pertinentiis universis. 
 
 18. Articles of agreement for building a ship. 
 
 «-5° Dd. ii. 16, 17, 18. 
 
 Three Volumes, small folio, on paper, of 230 leaves each. 
 
 Miscellaneous Notes, Ehymes, Cabbalistic Formulje, 
 &c, in English, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. The entire is a 
 mass of nonsense, and the author can scarcely have been of sane 
 mind. 
 
 x > 52 Dd. ii. 19, 20. 
 
 Two small folios, on paper, of 242 and 233 leaves respectively, 
 containing various poems in doggerel Latin and other Miscel- 
 lanea, in the same handwriting and by the same author as the 
 three preceding. 
 
 53 Dd. ii. 21. 
 
 A large folio, on paper, 312 leaves, about 45 lines in each 
 page, well written in a hand of the xvnth century. 
 
 A Register op the Acts of the Court of* the Lord- 
 Commissioners in Causes Ecclesiastical, from Michaelmas 
 Term 1631 to Hilary Term 1633. 
 
 Several names, apparently of owners, had been inscribed at the begin- 
 ning of the volumes, but all were afterwards erased except those of 'Anthony 
 Parkinson' and 'John Harrigates.' 
 
 54i Dd. ii. 22. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, of 189 leaves, a full page con- 
 taining about 70 lines. The handwriting is small, and of the 
 xiv th century. The MS. is continuously paged throughout. 
 
 The first page contains an index to the contents of the volume, 
 in which the titles of the treatises occur in a different order from 
 
48 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 that of the MS. itself. Keferences to the present paging have 
 been inserted. 
 
 Sancti Maximi Conpessokis Opera. 
 
 1. pp. 2 — 79. Tljoos QaXdaaiov irepl $ia<p6pwv diropwv, 
 k. t. A.' 
 
 Begins 
 $vcnKov [lev rots \oyiKois . . ■ 
 Ed. Combefis, Paris 1675, i. pp. 1—300. 
 
 Scholia are written in the margin. 
 
 i 
 
 2. pp. 79 — 85. ' Ylpo's Qaifiav irepl ouxpopwv diropwv, 
 k. t. X.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 AnXavovs 6ea>plas e£ efifiekovs • . . 
 
 Printed pp. 46 — 70 of Appendix to Joannis Scoti Erigenae de Bivisione 
 Natures, Oxon. 1681. 
 
 3. pp. 85 — 152. "irpos \wavvrjv dp-^ieiriaKoirov KvQtcou 
 irepl oiacpdpwv diropwv tov 6eo\6yov ' [i. e. Gregory of Nazi- 
 anzum]. 
 
 Begins 
 
 'EiracvoCvrai. fiiu Kai tv%ov SiKalas • . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . Kai [xovtjv ajraiTovvTi izap i]fiSv Bvtrlav rrjv els aXX^Aow <pi\av- 
 dpayirtav. re\os t&v (TxoXubi', <. r. X. 
 
 Part of this treatise, viz. from the commencement to p. 95, 
 . . . d^po^ois Sitodevo'av 'L^yta-iv, 
 has been printed pp. 1 — 45 of the Appendix to Jo. Scotus as above. The 
 remainder, viz. pp. 95 — 152, from 
 
 Beoipta Tijs Bia. ttjs 8aka.TTT]s hia^aBf'urrjs dvvdp.ea>s dia Macrias. Ovra 
 rd^a Kai Mavo-ijs 'ineivos 6 pjyas Trj jrkrjyfj . . . 
 to the end, does not seem ever to have been printed. 
 
 4. p. 152. 'IlejOt to)i> cvo (pvcrewv tov Kvpiov Kai awTrjpos 
 riixtov Irjcrov XpiaTod? 
 
 Begins 
 
 'O 'Apeios ras rpeis vnotTTcureis . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. 76—78. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 49 
 
 5. pp. 152 154. ' Ylpos lwavvrjv on aaw/xaTos eo~Tiv rj 
 
 Begins 
 
 To rlfuov Trjs ifierepas . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, n. 238—243. 
 
 6. pp. 154, 155. 'Ilpos 'lopodvTjv Trepl tov fxera Qavarrov 
 eyeiv tt\v yf/v^rjv Ttjv olice'iav evepyeiav. 
 
 Begins 
 
 TiJ Sevrepa tov eveorwTOS . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, n. 243—247. 
 
 7. pp. 155, 156. i Hpos tfyovfievrjv irepi twos ao~Kt]Tpias 
 e%e\9ovGT]s Trjs olice'ias /u.oprjs.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Oi ttjs aXyjdeias KqpvK.es . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. 255—259. 
 
 8. pp. 156 163. ' EU Tt\v irpoaev^rjv tov naTep rnxHov.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Kvrbv c8(^ap.rjv tov 6eo<pv\aKTOV . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, i. 344—366. 
 
 9. pp. 163 — 164. ' Ylepi Trjs /caret Qeov Xvirrjs-' 
 Begins 
 
 Xalpa iea\ eicppalvopai . . . 
 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 231—235. 
 
 10. pp. 164 166. ''Eirio-ToXr) aWr].' 
 
 Begins 
 
 c O Kara crapxa iroSos . . • 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 248—251. 
 
 11. pp. 166, 167. ' tlpos QaXdaaiov npeo-fiuTepov.'' 
 Begins 
 
 Tpta mdas (paoAv . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 251—253. 
 
 12. pp.167 — 172. ' Hpos Fewpytov eirap-^ov k. t. X.' 
 Begins 
 
 ovheis ovtq) tov (pcnTOs . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 201—218. 
 
 E 
 
50 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 13. pp. 172, 173. ' Ylpos livppov k. t. X.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 tt/v arylav crov . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, u. pp. 343—347. 
 
 14. pp. 174 — 184. 'II/jos 'Iwavvrjv KovfimovXapiov k.t.X.' 
 Begins 
 
 KakSas <?X elv ^oyuraiievos • • • 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 259—264. 
 
 15. pp.184 — 188. ' Upos Tlerpov iWovcrrpiov..,' 1 
 Begins 
 
 "'Ehei^ev as d\rj6S>s . . • 
 Ends 
 
 . . . Kara rtjv ovvBeaiv. 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 291—304. 
 
 16. pp. 188 — 195. ' Ylepi koivov kcu iliov.' 
 Begins 
 
 iireibrjirep ttoKvs . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 313—332. 
 
 17. pp. 195 — 206. ' I]apacrti(ieia)<TK tjJs yevo/jievris Xr\rr\- 
 eretus k. t.X. 
 
 Begins 
 
 Ti a-oi kcucov iiroujaaiiev . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 159—195. 
 
 18. pp. 206—210. ' Upos Maplvov.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Skowov Bifuvoi . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 1—17. 
 
 19. pp. 210, 211. ' llpos Maplvov.' 
 Begins 
 
 AXXa tovtois . * . 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 17—21. 
 
 20. pp. 211, 213. ' Ek tjJs ai/r^s npayixareias /c.t.A.' 
 Begins 
 
 'AXXa iir)8els ... 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 22 — 27. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 51 
 
 21. pp. 213, 214. ' Upos Tewpyiov.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Now pevroi . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 27—31. 
 
 22. pp. 214, 215. ' Tlpos toi)s Xeyovras on k.t.X.' 
 Begins 
 
 irp&Tov /lev . . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . KarrjyopeiTCU. 
 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 31, 32. 
 
 23. pp. 215 — 218. ' Toiuos coy/xaTinos k.t.X. 1 
 Begins 
 
 Ov fmXKov (rov . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, ii. pp. 34—46. 
 
 24. pp. 218, 219. < Ylepl rod Uarip, k. t. X. 1 
 Begins 
 
 Ei to Harep . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 32—34. 
 
 25. p. 219. '"Opoi $td<}»apou 
 Begins 
 
 Ovala Kai <pv(ns • • . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . oppri re Kai aivqcns- 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 78—81. 
 
 26. pp.220 — 224. '*laov (WtoXjJs /ct-X.' 
 Begins 
 
 A.VTOS 0£OTip,1)T€ . . . 
 
 Ed. Combe'fis, ii. pp. 46—58. 
 
 27. pp. 224 — 227. ' Toi? Kara TtjvSe Ttjv "EiKeXwv /c.t.X.' 
 Begins 
 
 Elpyvrj iroWri . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, ii. pp. 58—69. 
 
 28. pp. 227 — 239. 'liepl rod tivcov aunfioXa...' 
 Begins 
 
 n<3s (Tocpdrepos • . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, h. pp. 489-527. 
 
 e 2 
 
52 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 29. pp. 239 — 241. ''Epn^veia ek rov vO' \|/aX/ioi/.' 
 Begins 
 
 Ets t& reXor . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, i. pp. 335—343. 
 
 30. pp.242 — 249. ''Avo/moiov: 
 Begins 
 
 XpUTTlCLVOS 61 . . . 
 
 Ed. Combefis, u. pp. 381—407- 
 
 31. pp.249 — 253. ' "AXXr, &a'Xe£?.' 
 Begins 
 
 Tlcuri rots vovv ejfOUITi . . • 
 Ends 
 
 . . . i^a7rri(T8j]s. 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 407—420. 
 
 32. pp.253 — 261. ' A'ipeTiKov (ppovovvTos." 1 
 Begins 
 
 Ilov yiypairrai . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 434—462. 
 
 33. pp. 261 — 264. ' AtaXe£ts MaKeSoviaarov, tc. t. X.' 
 Begins 
 
 2to/ja avBpamivov . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, h. pp. 462—472. 
 
 34. pp. 264 — 267. ' ' AiroKkivapiadTov.' 
 Begins 
 
 Beov ivepyqaavTos • . ■ 
 Ed. Combefis, n. pp. 472—484. 
 
 35. pp. 267} 268. ' Ti to naTaXtjTTTiKov k. t. X.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 "Airavra ra ovra . . . 
 Ed. Combe'fis, n. pp. 196—200. 
 
 36. pp. 268—283. ' T^5 iravevtyijfup YlaTpuc'up.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 'Ejt«8t; <re . . . 
 Ends 
 
 ... TO (pp^'. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 53 
 
 This has heen printed by Petavius in his Uranologion, Paris, 1630, 
 pp. 313—357. Another section of the same work follows, pp. 283 — 296 
 of the MS. with various tables and calendars. The text begins 
 
 Kparobfiev ras dno 0ad i/fttpas . . . 
 and ends 
 
 . . . 7re/3i tjfms yap torn/ i; <reX.ijvr). 
 
 37. pp. 297 — 305. ' Aoyos aonriTiKos k. t. \.' 
 Begins 
 
 Ade\(p6s yparrjae . . . 
 Ed. Combefis, i. pp. 367—393. 
 
 38. pp. 305— 324. 'Upos'EKiriSiov.' 
 Begins 
 
 'l8o0 TtpOS Tffl . . . 
 
 Ed. Combe'fis, i. pp. 394—458. 
 
 39. pp. 324—378. ' Uepl 0m\oylat: 
 
 Begins 
 
 Etff Geos avap)(os . . • 
 
 Ed. Comb. i. pp. 461—634. 
 
 The MS. has been bound up with a few leaves containing portions of 
 Jerome's Commentary on Zephaniah and Haggai, in double columns, appa- 
 rently of xiv th century. 
 
 There are some notes on a paper fly-leaf as to the date of the MS., from 
 a catalogue of emperors which it contains, which however only proves it not 
 to have been written earlier than 921 a.d. 
 
 55 Dd. ii. 23. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 16 leaves, in good preservation. 
 
 'A BREEFE OF THE STATE OP THE HoNOKES MaNNORES AND 
 
 Landes within the Queenes Jointure which are demizeable, 
 with the annual rente of each Honore and Manore, together with 
 the name of the Stewarde, Bayliffe and feodaries.' 
 
 It is a report to Queen Henrietta Maria's Lord High Steward, made 
 apparently shortly after the year 1631. 
 
 56 Dd. ii. 24. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, bound up with MS. 55, contains 336 
 pages, written in the xvnth century. 
 
 Rolls of Parliament. 
 
54 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 1. 'Rotulus Parliament de anno quinto Edwardi secundi.' 
 pp. 1—28. 
 
 The gaps in this copy are more numerous than in that printed in Rolls 
 of Parliament, Vol. (. pp. 281 — 6. 
 
 2. 'Rotulus Parliament tenti apud Westm in Octav. Sci 
 Hillar. Anno regni Regis Edvi Scdi Octavo,' is the title on p. 29. 
 
 Printed Ibid. pp. 287—333. 
 
 S. ' Pari. 8 and 9 E. 2,' is the running title after p. 209 to 
 p. 270. 
 
 Printed Ibid.-pp. 334—349. 
 
 4. c Pari. 9 E. 2,' is the running title on pp. 274—332, after 
 the title on p. 273, beginning ' Memoranda de Parliamento . . . 
 tento apud Lincoln . . .' On the last three pages are many gaps. 
 
 Printed Ibid. pp. 350—364. 
 
 5. 'Pari. 19 E. 2,' is the running title to the last three 
 pages, after the title on p. 333, beginning ' Ex rotulo claus . . .' 
 
 Printed Ibid. p. 430. 
 
 At the end, on p. 336, is written in red ink, ' exaiatur,' and so on p. 209 ; 
 on pp. 28, and 270, 332, ' exaiatur quoad :' whence it would appear that this 
 MS. was collated for the printed edition of the Rolls of Parliament. (See 
 Vol. i. p. 481). 
 
 57 Dd. ii. 25. 
 
 A folio, on paper, containing about 130 pages, bound up with 
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 1. 'A Remonstrance delivered his Ma t!e in writinge after the 
 Inhibition .... not to proceede in the examininge his right to 
 Impose without the assent of Parliament. 1 
 
 This is that presented by the Lower House in 1610, and printed with 
 the two following articles under the title ' The Rights of the People con- 
 cerning Impositions By a late eminent Judge of this Nation.' 12nio. 
 
 London, 1658. The treatise was also ordered by the House of Commons, 
 20 Maii 1641, to be published. 
 
 2. ' The Question is, whether the Kinge without assent of 
 Parliament, may set Impositions upon the wares and goods of 
 Merchants exported and ymported, out of, and into the Realme.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 55 
 
 The discussion begins (p. 6) : 
 
 Three things have been debated in this Parliament that have much 
 concerned the right of the whole nation... 
 Ends (p. 131): 
 
 I will end with the sayinge of that true honest Councellor Phillip 
 Commines in his 5 booke the 18 chapter. That it is more honourable... 
 ...and I have priuelidges soe to doe. 
 
 3. 'After the Kinges right to Impose had been throughly 
 examined in Parliament . . . this hereafter was given concerning 
 Impositions.'' 
 
 It begins (p. 128) : 
 
 The pollicye and constitution of this your ma" kingdome 
 
 Ends (p. 131): 
 
 ...who will be thereby no less discouraged than disabled to supplie 
 yo r matie when occasion shall serue. 
 See under the first article. 
 
 58 Dd. ii. 26. 
 
 A folio, on parchment, formerly bound in wood, but now be- 
 tween the same covers as MSS. 57 and 59 and 60. 
 
 On a fly-leaf is the title, 
 
 Liber Statutorum comunas Oantariorum et Chorista- 
 rum huius Collegii [sc. de Wyndesore] concernencium. 
 
 1. 'Fundatio comunarum Oantariorum et choristarum inter 
 Collegium et M. Jacobum Denton indentata.' f. J . 
 
 Dated 17 April, 1520. 11 H. VIII. 
 
 2. ' Indentura inter Collegium ex vna parte et Cantarios ac 
 Choristas huius Collegii ex altera parte.' f. 2. 
 
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 articles, together with 'The cost and charge of the newe byldyng/ and 
 ' The beying of howses and lands.' The accompt is dated 3rd September, 
 1520. 
 
56 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 4. ' What suffrages the said M. James Denton desireth to 
 be observed and kept of the Chauntrey prests and Choresters.' 1 
 f. 8. 
 
 At the bottom of the page is, 'God saue Maister James Denton Channon 
 of Wyndesore.' 
 
 5. ' Here folowyth the chargs and costs made by the saide 
 M. James Denton from the iiij day September (1520).'' f. 8 b. 
 
 At the bottom of the page (8 6), ' Et sit laus deo, diue virgini Marie, 
 divo Georgio, et sto Edwardo.' 
 
 6. ' Statuta et ordinaciones per Oantarios infra castrum de 
 Wyndesore degentes auctoritate Decani et Capituli huius Collegii 
 edita et facta.' f. 9 b. 
 
 These statutes, with the exception of the last ordinance, are in English ; 
 they are dated 20 October, 1522, and signed by Ja. Denton and four canons, 
 chauntry priests. 
 
 The above six Articles have each the signature of Ja. Denton, besides 
 various marginal notes in his handwriting. 
 
 7. The Will of the said James Denton made 1 Aug. 18, 
 Hen. VIII. with the signatures of himself and six witnesses, f. 14. 
 
 Then follow in another hand, 
 
 8. ' Decreta qusedam et statuta, quae edita sunt unanimi 
 consensu et consilio omnium sacellanorum seu cantaristaram, . . . 
 et per decanum et capitulum rata et approbata ' f. 16. 
 
 At the end of the 20th Statute on f. 19 6 is, ' Post Lectionem statutorum 
 dicat De profundis.' 
 
 On the inside of the original cover at the beginning is, ' Superscripts in 
 valuis Sacellanorum et Choristarum. iEdes pro sacellanorum et choristarum 
 conviviis, extructa anno dni 1519.' 
 
 At the top of the same page in another handwriting is, ' At Mr Glovers 
 howse in dishestaffe lane at the signe of the blue boare for Mr Willson canon 
 of Windesor.' 
 
 59 Dd. ii. 27. 
 
 A folio, on paper, bound up with the preceding, and con- 
 taining Lists of printed Books, all of which were published before 
 1607. 
 
 The first list is of Theological Works, and is imperfect, commencing 
 with the letter B. (p. 1). 
 
 On p. 37 begins an alphabetical list of ' Libri Juris utriusque.' 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 57 
 
 On p. 63, ' Libri Medici.' On p. 77, ' Libri Chemici.' 
 On p. 79, ' Libri Philosophic! ac Historici,' of which the list terminates 
 (p. 101) with the letter P. 
 
 «° Dd. ii. 28. 
 
 A folio, on paper, consisting of 35 leaves ; it is bound up with 
 MSS. 57, 58, 59, and is in the same handwriting throughout. 
 
 A Collection of Medical Recipes for various affections, 
 with remarks and advice as to regimen and diet, each recipe 
 bearing a reference to Nicholaus Florentinus. 
 
 The first recipe is entitled ' To purge the evil matter that swimeth in the 
 stomach by gentle vomitt,' and is subscribed, ' Nichus Florentinus Tractat. 
 4 pag. 35. d.' The last, (p. 70 of MS.) ascribed to Gordonius, relates to the 
 treatment of ' Singultus,' and contains several ingredients. It is subscribed, 
 <p. 81. c. d.' 
 
 6i Dd. ii. 29. 
 
 A small folio, of 151 leaves of parchment, written in double 
 columns of 38 lines each. Apparently of the xmth century. 
 
 Treatises of St Augustine. 
 
 1 . ' Sancti Augustini Betractationum Libri duo. ' 
 Begins 
 
 Jam diu est quod facere... 
 
 Opp. Paris. 1836. I. col. 21. 
 
 2. i Aurelii beati Augustini de Achademicis Libri tres.' 1 
 Begins 
 
 O utinam Romaniane... 
 
 Opp. i. col. 421. 
 
 3. ' Liber beati Augustini de beata vita ad Manlium Theo- 
 dorum.'' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Si ad philosophie portum... 
 
 r Opp. i. col. 497. 
 
 4. ' Ejusdem de Ordine Berwm Libri duo.' 
 Begins 
 
 Ordinem rerum Zenobi..- 
 
 Opp. i. col. 529. 
 
58 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 5. ' Libri duo Soliloquiorum Sancti Augustini." 1 
 
 Begins 
 
 Volventi inihi... 
 
 Opp. i. col. 597. 
 
 6. ' Liber Sancti Augustini Episcopi de immortalitate anime." 
 
 Begins 
 
 Si alicubi est disciplina... 
 
 Opp. i. col. 649. 
 
 7. ' Liber Sancti Augustini Episcopi de quantitate anime.'' 
 Begins 
 
 Quoniam video te Adeodatus habundare ... 
 
 Opp. i. col. 677. 
 
 8. ' Liber beati Augustini Episcopi de Magistro.' 1 
 Begins 
 
 Augustinus. Quid tibi videmur efficere... 
 
 Opp. i. col. 887. 
 The proper portion of the Liber Retraetationum is repeated by way of 
 preface in front of each of the other seven treatises. 
 
 62 Bd. ii. 30. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 63 Dd. ii. 31. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 298 pages, of about 48 lines each ; 
 handwriting of the xvith century. 
 
 1. ' Pbaxis Francisci Clarke, tarn jus dicentibus quam 
 aliis omnibus qui in Foro Ecclesiastico versantur apprime utilis,' 
 is the title given by Thomas Bladen, who edited the work 
 (Dublin, 1666). The arrangement of the Edition varies from 
 that of the present MS. ; e. g. ' Tit. 347' of the latter corresponds 
 with ' Tit. cccxxvin.' of the printed copy. 
 
 2. On p. 247 commences a shorter and distinct treatise 
 entitled : 
 
 De Modo INCHOANDI SIVE INSTITUENDI ACTIONE8 in 
 BUPEEMA OUEIA AdMIRALITATIS AnGLI.4). 
 
 This is also printed, Lond. 1743. 
 
 Mark of ownership : ' Gulielmus Thomas, Jan. 27, 1634.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 59 
 
 64 Dd. ii. 32. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 85 leaves. 
 
 'The Art op Preaching. A treatise on the composition of 
 a Sermon, being a translation from Mr Claude, Minister of 
 Charanton in Paris. Translated by L. D. M. 1 
 
 It only contains the first six chapters of the treatise, with a brief sum- 
 mary of the seventh chapter. 
 
 Begins 
 
 There are five general parts in a sermon ... 
 Ends 
 
 ... enter upon self-examination. 
 At the foot is added, 
 
 ' Ther is to follow in another volumne a Translation of the contenuation, 
 viz. the Eyght Ninth and Tenth Chapters.' See Dd. ix. 40. 
 
 The treatise has been several times printed both in French and English. 
 
 65 Dd. ii. 33. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 189 leaves, written early in xvith 
 century. 
 
 The Instruction op Novices. A translation from the Latin 
 ' Formula Novitiorum j 1 and divided into three books, the first of 
 which is entitled, ' the instruction of novices,' the second, ' the 
 reformation of the soul, 1 the third, 'the perfecting in religion. -1 
 ' Wrytten by the hand of Thomas Prestins brother of Syon.' 
 
 Translated, with some omissions, from the Treatise of David de Augusta 
 (De ordine minorum), vid. Bibl. Max. Patt. xxv. p. 869. Lug. Bat. 1677. 
 
 6 6 Dd. ii. 34. 
 
 A folio, on paper, containing 161 leaves. 
 'Sundry Eemedies collected out the Dr. Dan. Sinnektus 
 his workes, and put into English by D. B. for his owne pticular 
 use.' 
 
 The first 4 leaves contain the index, which is entitled, 'An Alphabetical! 
 Index or Table to the medicines or Receipts following, collected out of 
 Dr. Daniell Sinertus his workes, conteyned in 3 Tomes translated by Dru 
 Burton, for the use of himself, and Ms Friends.' Upon the top of the first 
 page of the Recipes is found the Title as above given. The first Recipe is 
 for • A cooling Aperient,' and is subscribed, ' Sinertus, Tom. j. pag. 774.' 
 
60 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The last few pages contain a treatise on the pathology and treatment of 
 various convulsive affections. The last words of the MS. are ' Concerning 
 the cure of the convulsion vitio uteri, see Galen Lib. vi. " de locis afFectis," 
 cap. 3.' 
 
 67, 68, Dd. ii. 35, 36, 37. 
 
 69 
 
 Three middle-sized folios, on paper, from 25 to 30 lines m a 
 
 page. The first volume contains 338 leaves, the second 341, and 
 the third 472, including blanks. 
 
 The Lectures op Carolus Ruynus at Bologna upon 
 Civil Law, delivered in the years 1517, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1521, 
 and taken down by a pupil Hieronymus Fons, in whose hand- 
 writing the volumes appear to be. 
 
 Vol. I. (fol. 1 a), begins : 
 
 Rubrica ff. soluto matrimonio, lecta ac repetitio per excellentissimum 
 dominum Carolum Ruynum Regiensem. In civitate Bononiae anno 1518. 
 Ends (fol. 323, b) : 
 
 secus in repe. rei legate sz Bar Ind. 1. in repetendis. 
 Dicere solemus quod omnes homines natura scire desiderant, hoc 
 autem de facili adimplere poterimus deo parente atque pro 
 In the foot of p. 1, ' Es al S. Doctor Bernardo Constantin mfo. escuela 
 y provisor de Cadiz.' 
 
 On the 1st fly-leaf, ' Compre este libro y otros tres de la misma lect a . de 
 Carolo Ruyno. 3. de Abril de 1562 por diez & seis reales. ^De cosme Con- 
 stantin que fua heredero del doctor Ber d °. Constantin in escuela y provisor 
 q fue de Cadiz. P. Nunez. 
 
 Vol. II. (fol. 1 a), ' Lectura ex mi . & q'. monarchi dni Caroli Ruini Regini 
 
 Bononiae anno 1519. 
 
 Quoniam, ut ait ille philosophus omnes homines natura scire deside- 
 rant ideo omni studio curandum est, &c. 
 At foot of page, ' este libro es al doctor Ber". Constantin mro escuela y 
 
 provisa de Cadiz.' 
 
 Fol. 336, a, ' Finita est hec repetitio dni Caroli Ruyni regiensis Jur. 
 
 utri. monarchi in Gymnasio Patavino. Finis.' 
 
 Vol. III. fol. 1. 
 
 Sequitur Rub a . lex p a . 2 a et 3 a . de lega. p e . recollecta per me Hieroni- 
 mum Font. sub. dno Carolo Ruyno Regien. preceptori meo Bononiae 
 ano dni 1520 tertia die mensis novembris melius fidelius quam potui. 
 Begins : 
 
 ' Et primo venio ad glo. rub ® que dividitur in duas partes.' 
 At the foot, 
 
 ' Es ab s. doctor Ber d0 . Constantin mfo scuela y provisor de Cadiz.' 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 61 
 
 Fol. 467, 6. ' Itaque hue et non amplius legit dominus Carolus Ruynus 
 de isto § propter calores immensos Ideo ne mireris si lectura est imperfecta 
 1521. xvm. Julii mdxxi.' 
 
 Respecting the author see the Supplement to the Biographie Universelle. 
 
 70 Dd. ii. 38. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 71 Dd. ii. 39. 
 
 A folio, on paper, containing the two following tracts. 
 
 1. ' An abstract of certain observations, notes and other 
 things in the parliament holden at Westminster, beginninge the 
 27 of October beinge Symon and Judes daie 3 601. 43 Elizabeth, 
 and ended the 19 of December 1601 aforesaid with the manner 
 of proceedings &c. collected by Hey ward Townsend of Lincolnse 
 Inne.' This is the title at the top of a leaf marked 2. 
 
 Printed in 'Historical Collections, by H. Townsend, London, 1680' (pp. 
 173 — 336). There is added, in the MS., a memorandum relating to the 
 behaviour of the Commons on the Queen's leaving .- after which follows a 
 Catalogue of the several Acts passed in this Parliament. 
 
 2. ' A true relatione of every dayes proceeding in Parliament 
 since the beginning thereof being tuesday the xx th of January 
 1628.' 
 
 Written on different paper and in a different hand from the preceding. 
 There is a tract ' Diurnal occurrences &c. Jan. 20— March 10, 1628,' 4to. 
 London, 1641. (Brit. Mus. 12. F. g. 12). 
 See also Pari. Hist. n. 435—492. 
 Begins (p. 1) : 
 
 Upon the said Twentieth day of January being the first day of the 
 Parliament [i. e. of the session] nothing was done but only the settling of 
 the committees. 
 
 Ends (p. 130) with the form of dissolution by the Lord Keeper after 
 the King's speech on March 10th. 
 
 72 Dd. n. 40. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 88 leaves, in good preservation. Containing 
 various Extracts fkom the Patent and Close Rolls of 
 Escheats, Inquisitiones post mortem, and similar documents. 
 
 Amongst them are several lists of the feoffs and lands of Edmund Earl of 
 Cornwall, (temp. Edw. I.), and Edward Duke of Cornwall, (temp. Edw. II.) 
 
62 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 73 Dd. ii. 41. 
 
 A folio, on paper, containing 118 leaves ; it is bound up with 
 MS. 72, and is in the same handwriting throughout. 
 
 ' Sundrie bare improved remedies, for the safe curing of 
 moste kinde of diseases, collected out of the learned workes of the 
 best Phisitions, in these later times, who were famous either in 
 the chief Universities, or in the courts of the Emperor and other 
 Princes, or in great Citties, faithfully digested by the most learned 
 and most diligent Johannes G-eorgius Schenckius of Grafen- 
 burge into 7 centuries ; the greatest number whereof are trans- 
 lated by Drue Burton, for his owne and his friends 1 use.' 
 
 There are 12 pages previous to the ' Remedies/ of which the first 4 con- 
 tain a treatise on Dysuria extracted from the works of Lazarus Riverius, 
 the next 7 contain ' A perfect Alphabeticall Index or Table for the readie 
 finding of the several remedies (for moste kinde of diseases) conteyned in this 
 Booke/ and the 12th page contains a treatise on certain Urinary Affections, 
 with an account of the treatment and cure of a case of Diabetes by Lazarus 
 Riverius. Upon the top of the first page of the Remedies is the ' Title ' as 
 above, and also a marginal note to the effect that ' Many things more are 
 added out of the very same learned Authors which are not in Schenckius 
 and out of the learned phisition Lazarus Riverius.' The first Remedy is for 
 ' Weakness of sight,' and is as follows, ' The Root Valerian is a principall 
 helpe for weakness of the Sight, and for that cause Cattes are so much 
 delighted in it :' it is subscribed Hier. Tragus : schen : p. 35. At the end 
 of the MS. are found several pages containing regulations with regard to 
 diet. They are subscribed, Ant. Fumanellus de Senum regimine pag. 16. 
 
 74 Dd. ii. 42. 
 
 A middle-size folio, on paper, containing in all 108 leaves. 
 
 1. Beports of Hilary Term, 15 Jas. I. in King's Bench and 
 Pasch. et Trin. 16 Jas. I. Folios numbered 1 to 41. 
 
 2. Beports in B.B. in Mich, and Hill. 20 Jas. I. Folios 
 numbered 1 to 58. 
 
 This volume contains a good many cases not reported in Croke. 
 The first case is that of Mawett and Samuel. A case of arbitration : 
 
 Deux submitt eux memes al Arbitre M r . Dancer de touts suits quar- 
 rells et demands. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 63 
 
 The last case 16 Trin. Jac. ends : 
 
 il agree que le rejoinder fut vitious per default d'un travers et il done 
 3 rules concernant Traverses. 
 The first case Mich. 20 Jac. begins : 
 
 Nota que in le case de Serjeant Hitcham et Sir Robert Nauton, &c. 
 The last ends : 
 
 uncore pur ceo que le pi. ne mre qu'il ad eigne tytle Judgement. 
 
 75 Dd. ii. 43. 
 
 A folio, on paper, containing 
 
 Collections from ' Mountaine his Essayes. 1 pp. 1 — 29. 
 
 Collections from ' The Historye of Scanderbegge.' pp. 30—2. 
 
 Collections from ' Charron, de Sapientia.' pp. 33 — 46. 
 
 Collections from ' Sleiden's Comentaries.' pp. 47 — 72. 
 
 ' Collections out of Perkins.' pp. 73—106. 
 
 ' Collections out of the Vocall Forist. 1 pp. 1 07—111. 
 
 ' Collections out of Donne's Lettres. 1 pp. 112 — 118. 
 
 * Excerpta ex Marcelli Paling : Signis Yodiacis.' pp. 1 19—1 22. 
 
 About 10 blank leaves follow, stained by damp like the rest of the book. 
 Beneath the book-plate on the fly-leaf may be distinguished 'E. Revell.' 
 
 76 Dd. ii. 44. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 106 leaves, many of which are blank. 
 Writing at both ends of the volume. 
 
 Note Book of a Law Student, containing 
 
 1. A Summary of Civil Law arranged tabularly, occupying 
 56 leaves. 
 
 2. Miscellaneous notes from the Christian fathers and upon 
 
 matters religious and ecclesiastical, occupying 11 leaves. 
 
 At the other end of the book, two leaves in a hand scarcely legible. On 
 the third begins a treatise De diversis regulis juris antiqui, which is left 
 
 unfinished. 
 
 Then follow 24 leaves of scribbled notes on various theological and ecclesi- 
 astical matters. 
 
 On the first leaf is the name of ' William Howson.' 
 
64 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 3. The remainder of the MS. contains a collection of Theo- 
 logical notes, irregularly written from both ends, on 33 leaves : 
 besides which there are 1 4 leaves blank. Two pages of similar 
 matter occur in the middle of § 1. The first page is headed 
 
 Miscellanea. 
 
 77 Dd. ii. 45. 
 
 A folio, on paper, forming the first two-thirds of a Volume, 
 entitled ' Tractatus MS. Dd. u. 46 — 45,' containing 163 pages, 
 as marked in the MS., but some are blank. 
 
 Various Eemedies fob. Diseases, and several dissertations 
 as to the pathology and treatment of different diseases, taken by 
 Drue Burton from various authors. 
 
 There are 4 pages preceding the first of the Remedies, of which three 
 are occupied by an Alphabetical Index of the contents of the MS. and the 
 fourth contains eighteen ' Wholesome Rules for health,' from Dr. Hidron. 
 Donzellinus, Consil. 229, 676, &c, and also one from Sinnertus, Tom. m. 
 p. 294. L. 10. 
 
 The first recipe is ' To make the belly lose or soluble that is costif or 
 bounde,' subscribed Crato, Lib. 4. pag. 60. 
 
 At p. 145 there is a break off in the MS., the last few lines having 
 reference to the treatment of Quartan Fever, by Dr Balthazar Scheiderus. 
 Consil. 260, p. 778 and 779. At p. 159 of MS. there commence some 
 remedies entirely directed to the cure of the Plague, and are taken from 
 Mindererus, with the exception of one from the ' Pharmacopoea Augustana,' 
 p. 560, extolling the virtues of Ginger, and one for making purgative pills, 
 which was ' imparted- to me by Mr. W. Eugler.' On the last leaf of the 
 MS. are some observations on the properties of different spices, &c. which 
 have no signature. 
 
 78 Dd. ii. 46. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 70 leaves, roughly but legibly written. 
 ] . A collection of Readings, cases and arguments upon the 
 Statute of Pluralities and Advowsons (13 Eliz.) ; mostly in Eng- 
 lish, in parts in law French, end of the xvi th century {circa 1700). 
 Begins: 
 
 The Statute is large and consists of many particulars which doe 
 concearne the clergy. 
 Ends: 
 
 And that D. by this commendam had good power to hold his first 
 benefice within this statute. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 65 
 
 2. At the other end of the book, A Collection of Law Prece- 
 dents, occupying 17 leaves, in the same hand (circa 1700). 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Indenture Tripartite Between the R*. Honb . Charles Earle of Car- 
 narvon, &c. 
 
 -82 Dd. n. 47—50. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 83 Dd. n. 51. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 232 leaves, about 31 lines in page, hand- 
 writing of the xiv th century. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 147 6. ' Wpoyeipov vo/ULWv KaivaravTivov tov 
 Ap/ixevoTrovXov.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Kara roiis iraXaiovs xpovovs ... 
 Ends 
 
 . . . <f>6a<rai>Tcs iiirojicv. 
 
 Ed. Heimbach. Leipsic, 1851. pp. 20—826. 
 
 2. ff. 148 a — 152 a, ' No/uoi yewpyiKol tear e/cXoytjv 
 pipXiov tov tjJs Qelas Xegews \ovo~tivhxvov j3ao~iXews irepl 
 yeoapywv.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 Xp^i tov yeapyov . . . 
 Ends 
 
 . • . tovto abeiav e^T(t)(rav, 
 
 Ed. pp. 830—850. (§ 9). 
 
 None but the first two sections of the MS. appear to have been printed. 
 The remainder exist in various MSS. at Paris and elsewhere. Compare the 
 Preface to Heimbach's Edition. 
 
 3. ff. 153 a 179 b. ' Rttito/jli] twv \epwv Kal Oelwv 
 
 navovioV yeyove $e Kal avrrj irapd tov avTov Travaefiao~Tov 
 aefiaGTov vonocpvXaKos Kal KpiTov OeaaaXoviKrjs Kvpiov kwv- 
 aTavTivov tov apfxevoirovXov. 
 
66 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins 
 
 t&v kovSihov oi fiev fieri . • • 
 Ends 
 
 . . . tS>v aix/xaXuo-ias eUv KaTeyvexrpevat. 
 
 4. f. 180 a, b. ' Tod avrod -n-epl iriarews ipOo^ov.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 irumiav Set . . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . koKcutiv aTeXevrrjTov. 
 
 5. ff. 180 a — 183 5. ' Tov avrol irepl wv o\ Kara ku- 
 
 povs aipertKoi eooi^aaav. 
 Begins 
 
 ol irepi "Apetov . . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . tovtuv 8uuj>opav. 
 
 6. 184 6— 189 a. 
 
 a. ' to 6<p<p'iKia tov iraXariov. f. 184 a, b. 
 
 [5. ' xa t^s neyaXrjs eiac\r](Tias offxpitcia.' f. 184 6. 
 
 ■v. * r\ yeyovvla BiaTVTrwai? irapa tov paaiXevovTOS tov 
 ao(pov ottws e-^ovai Ta^ews oi dpovoi twv eKKXijcnwv tow 
 ivoKeifjievcov Tip TraTpidp^if) koovcttclvtivou 7ro\eto9.' ff. 184 0— 
 185 a. 
 
 B. ' Ta^ts TrponaOeSp'ias twv oo'khv waTpiap-^wv. 185 a. 
 
 e. ' j) yevo/xevr] e/c^eats to5i> VTroKei/mevoov th\ fiaaiX'wi 
 KWV0~TavTivou TroXei nrjTpoTroXewv, btti tjJs pacrtXeias tov 
 doiS'ifiov (iacr'iXews Kvp'tov 'Avopov'iKov tov oevTepov tov 7raXai- 
 oXoyov: ff. 185 a — 186 I. 
 
 £. ' ra^ts TrpoKaOeopias twv vtro tov airoaToXiKov Qpovov 
 KWvaTavTtvov iroXeoos TeXovvTwv fujTpoiroXiTwv kui tu>v vtt 
 avTovs eiriaKoiriav? ff. 186 b — 189 a. 
 
 7. ff. 189 J — 190 b. ' ' EpwTtjuaTa direp eXvaev o Tipim- 
 totos ^apTOCpvXa^ nvptos YlepTos Kat ciaKOVOS Tt}$ /j.eyaXr)<j 
 eKK:Xt]0~Las, ev stsi s^x" 1 ' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 67 
 
 Begins 
 ; ? 
 
 .t<5 apapraiKy. 
 
 «s iroaov Kaipov . 
 Ends 
 
 — ov. 
 
 8. f. 1906. ' Ilepj irarpiapy^ 
 Begins 
 
 THarpiap^ris ccrrlv . . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . Kai prj al<rxvvc<T0ai. 
 
 9. f. 191 a. ' Tod AucaiofpuXaicos QecraaXov'iKrjs Kvp'iov 
 Tewpyov tou (pofirjvov.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 tj tou Kaaaov . . . 
 Ends 
 
 • • . aTrairetTai. 
 
 10. ibid. ' Tov avrov irepl virojioXov? 
 Begins 
 
 t6 vnofiokov > . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . pera rbv t(3 evlavrov. 
 
 11. ff. 192 a — 195 b. ' Ylepi KeKooXv/mevtov l ya / ucu»', kcci 
 irepl crvyyeveias fiaOnuv.' 
 
 Begins 
 
 fj <rvyyevcta ovopa ian yei/iKrj . . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . 6 navkos Kal ij papfidpa. 
 
 12. ff. 196 a — 200 b. ' Ae^iKov icard UTOi^elov ecbepurj- 
 vevov Tas pwixatKCK Xe^eis ray eu T<p vo/ulw Kei/j.evas.'' 
 
 Begins 
 
 *Aj3<r — ?x" • • • 
 Ends 
 
 . . .7roj-£ pev parabios- iroTt S« i^araSws. 
 
 13. ff. 201 a — 232 5. '"EXeyxos w§e t>Js TrXdvrjs rmv 
 Aarlvwv, Qutov Trap o'iKTpov MarOaiou fiovoTpoTrov? 
 
68 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 apn piv ij tov Xpiorov (KKfa]o-la . . . 
 Ends 
 
 . . . opu>S OIKTOV OVK aTTOTlOeTal. 
 
 This last is mentioned as existing at Moscow, in Fabricius, Bibl. Grec. 
 
 (Vol. xi. p. 681, Hamb. 1808), where it is called ' Matthsei monachi libellus 
 
 contra Latinos.' 
 
 Matthaeus Monachus lived about *.d.1210, vid. Saxii Onomast u. p. 287. 
 
 Ed. 1777. Also Hanck. de Byz. Rer. Scriptt. p. 680, where a line is quoted 
 
 from another of his works, 'Iarpov pomxov tovti MarSaiov 6vtov, of which 
 
 the title above may be a corruption. 
 
 At the end of the book, in a much later hand, are the words 
 
 6eoB6crws 8iKcuo(pv\a§ tov Trarpiapxaiov Kavo-Tavrivov lrokecos 6 fuyo- 
 jSdXar pvr/pit eWxa t<5 Kvpla <nrov8awTaTW ladvvrj /3aipp£. iypatya ev 
 TJ) peyaXrj ToXfi KavaTavTivov ravra a"x™ W' oKTm^p lava ano 8e Trjs 
 o~v<TTa<Tea>s tov ttovtos Kara ti\v aKrjSfj fjpx&v 7109°" eros. 
 
 «*-«« Dd. n. 52-54. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 87 Dd. n. 55. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, of 50 leaves, about S3 lines in a 
 page, date about 1400. 
 
 1. Petri Lombakdi Sententt. Liber Quartus. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Samaritanus enim vulnerato appropians... 
 Ends (Distinct, xxxvu.) : 
 
 Item ex Carthaginensi concilio placuit episcopospresbyterosdiaconos... 
 
 2. Bound up with this Fragment is a paper-book of 32 leaves. 
 
 ' Lectiones Astronomicw de Eclipsibus habitcej with date Feb. 7, 
 170|. 
 
 The MS., in the handwriting of Wm. Whiston, corresponds with the 
 Edition, (Pralectiones Physico-Mathemat. Lond. 1726, 2hded.) but ends with 
 the words : 
 
 Atque hactenus eclipses ipsas, ex historicis exhibuimus [termino proxime 
 futuro sequum est ut easdem astronomice et organice exhibitas expectetis.] 
 The words in brackets are not printed. 
 
 This is merely a history of eclipses, as the above words also signify. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 69 
 
 88 Dd. III. 1. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 29 pages, in good preservation. 
 The Court Rolls op the Royal Manor of Cherhill, in 
 Wiltshire, from 17 Jac. I. to 2 Car. I. 
 
 89 Dd. in. 2. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, of 289 leaves, written in the first half 
 of the xvii th century. 
 
 ' Collections per Mr. Gtolsborough un des Prothono- 
 
 TARIES DEL CoMUN BaNKB.' 
 
 The first 39 leaves contain an index of contents, in running hand. Then 
 follow 245 leaves, containing cases and legal dicta in law French, written in 
 a law-clerk's hand. The last 15 leaves and many others very illegible. 
 
 Then follow four more leaves of index in running hand. The illegible 
 parts are probably by Mr Golsborough ; the rest by his clerk. 
 
 Owner's name, ' Phil. Shapcote Hospitii Lincolniensis.' 
 
 o_ 9 5 Dd. m. 3—8. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 96 Dd. m. 9. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 154 leaves. Legibly written in a running 
 hand of the first half of the xvnth century. 
 
 ' Un briepe collection de touts tiels decrees fait in 
 le Court de G-ards queux decident ascun doubt in Loy 
 ou auterment a expresse ou explayne ascun matter necessary pur 
 estre conus d'aver experience de mesme le court les queux decrees 
 remayne en roll et enter en le livers de decrees del dit Courte hors 
 de queux livers jes aye fait cesty collextion pur mon experience 
 de mesme. Incipiunt Termino Trin. Ann . Regni Regis Edwardi 
 Sexti 7 mo . et ensuit.' 
 
 From fol. 109 the MS. seems to be by a different hand. 
 
 The entries are brought down to ' Mich. 7 Jac' 
 
70 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 »7 Dd. in. 10. 
 
 A paper-book in folio containing 125 pages of writing in 
 English. 
 
 ' Sundrie rare Eemedies, and Receipts, with Histories 
 also, translated out of Zacutus Lusitanus his 3 Books de Praxi 
 medica admiranda, lent me by M r Sam. Peck my worthy friend, 
 & Phisition at Chelmsford. 1 
 
 There are 18 pages marked with the letters of the alphahet, coming 
 immediately before the Recipes. Of these the first contains an account of the 
 treatment and successful issue of a case of Pruritus taken from the works of 
 Amatus Lusitanus, the two next are occupied with a description of the pre- 
 paration of the ' China Roote' and its great use in various diseases, from the 
 same author. The four next pages contain ' A perfect Alphaheticall Index 
 of all the rare Receipts, Cures, and Histories, conteyned in this written 
 Booke, translated by D. B., oute of the Learned D r Zacutus Lusitanus his 
 Workes, viz. oute of his 3 Books de Praxi medica admiranda and 4 other 
 books of his de Medicorum Principum Historia. The first number directs to 
 the page ; and the second to the figures in the Margent.' The remaining 
 eleven contain accounts of various cures from the works of Amatus Lusi- 
 tanus. 
 
 The first Recipe recommends the decoction of vipers as a remedy for 
 Porrigo Capitis, and contains an account of the cure of a young courtier by 
 this medicine, when numerous other remedies had proved of no avail. It is 
 subscribed ' Zacutus Lusitanus de Praxi medica admiranda obser. 2. pag. 3.' 
 The last page of the MS., which is marked 141, is really only the 125th 
 page, and contains the account of ' The cure of clamy phleagme congested 
 in the cavitie or hollownes of the stomach' The last words are ' for in 
 regard she was a rich woman, she had potions & costly medicaments, and 
 with these things she did excellently well, without using Bath waters or 
 
 ought else. This is subscribed Amat. Lusit. Cent. 4 p. | -J 
 
 Dd. in. 11. 
 
 98 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 99 Dd. in. 12. 
 
 A folio, on paper, bound up with the two preceding MSS., 
 and containing, according to a note on the old cover, 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 71 
 
 1 Letters from S' Henr. Spelman, M' Tho. Adams, S r Symon 
 Dewis, &c. to M r Wheelocke, relating to severall of their 
 donations.' 
 
 They are all original letters, retaining frequently the seal and 
 the address. 
 
 I. Four original letters. 
 
 1. In Alippo the 29th of August, 1624. Thomas Davies to Abp Usher. 
 Printed No. lxix. in Richard Parr's Collection of Abp Usher's Letters. 
 Fol. 1686. 
 
 2. Gedan. 21 Maii, 1632. Petrus Kirstenius Gulielmo Bedwello. 
 
 He had had thoughts of transferring to England his family and Arabic 
 types with some MSS., but the hope of peace induced him to remain in 
 Germany. 
 
 3. Tottenham this xii of viiiber. Wilhelm Bedwell to M r Abraham 
 Wheelock, one of the fellowes of Claie-hall. 
 
 Renews his promise to bestow his Alcoran upon the University 
 Library. 
 
 4. Tottenham, cioiocxxx. Janu. 4. The same to the same, Keeper of 
 the University Library. 
 
 II. Thirty-six original letters, from Sir Henry Spelman to 
 Mr Abraham Wheelock. 
 
 1. Barbacan, 30 Jun. 1637. Henry Spelman to the Arabic Lecturer. 
 Thanks for the loan of a MS. of Gildas and Simeon Dunelm. de Lindis- 
 
 farn. Eccles. (Probably No. 1149). 
 
 2. Barbacan, 4 Aug. 1637. The same to the same at his house neare 
 Queens Colledge. 
 
 Thanks for transcript of some part ofiElfric's Saxon Canons... asks 
 him to compare the places in 'the Nicene Councell' touching the mar- 
 riage of Priests, &c. 
 
 Printed by Sir H. Ellis, Letters of Eminent Literary Men, No. liv. 
 from the copy by Baker, who may be pardoned for having read Sigencus. 
 
 3. London, 22 Sept. 1637. Thanks for transcripts. 'The matter of 
 the Canons is what I now chiefly aim at.' 
 
 4. Barbacan, 12 Oct. 1637. Touching the laws of K. Edmund already 
 published by Lambard. The MS. in Benet Colledge Library. 
 
 5. 4 Nov. Asks him to translate the Canons. 
 
 6. Barbacan, 8 Dec. Thanks for ' your Saxon labours.' Asks him to 
 obtain thro' Dr Cumber the loan from Trinity College Library of a fair 
 MS. book touching the Abbey of Glastenbury. 
 
 On the back are some rough notes (by Wheelock), touching the Fourth 
 Commandment. 
 
72 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 7. Dec. 22. About the provision for the Saxon Lecture... desires a 
 Catalogue of all the Saxon MSS. in the kingdom. 
 
 8. Jan. 24. Asks for anything that may follow certain words in the 
 70th Section of the Canons and Poems. 
 
 9. 2 Feb. 1637. Hopes to see him and for a transcript of the rest of 
 the MS. 
 
 10. 6 April 1638. ' This letter,' as Wheelock has written at the top, 
 ' shewes that Sir Hr. Sp. first comended me to my Lord of Ely.' 
 
 11. 4 Maij. Wishes to borrow from the University Library a MS. 
 nu. 256 to compare with 'a very faire and ancient interlinear Latine- 
 Saxonicum Psaltar and some leaves of another' in his possession. 
 
 12. 8 Jun. Wishes to see the Saxon Psalter soon : the printing 
 going on. 
 
 13. 31 Aug. Sickness prevalent. Bp of Norwich well disposed to him. 
 ' My Councells were finished a fortnighte since.' The Saxon Psalter delayed. 
 
 14. 5 Sept. 'As of the Saxon Psalter there is much variety in the MSS. 
 so it semeth there is also in the Translation of the Gospells.' 
 
 15. 28 Sept. Mentions the Bp of Ely's favour: the design of a Lecture 
 'for reviving the Saxon tongue :' is prepared to put forth a Saxon Gram- 
 mar as the Bp had suggested: mentions his correspondence with M r de 
 Laet of Leiden about the publication of a Dictionary... Sends JElfric's MS. 
 grammar. 
 
 Some lines have been carefully obliterated, which do not appear to be 
 noticed in the copy (Harl. MS. 7041) printed by Sir H. Ellis, Letters, &c. 
 No. LV. 
 
 16. 6 Oct. He sends him 50*. 'Every quarter,' writes Wheelock in 
 the margin, ' I receive of Sir Henrie Sp. 50*. as a beginninge of this (Saxon) 
 Lecture.' He also notes ' My L. of Elie his offer,' and his own hoped for 
 preferment. 
 
 17. 2 Nov. Sends him a presentation to the vicarage of Middleton, 
 of which he designs an augmentation for our intended Lecture... a passage 
 
 boate goeth from Cambridge to Lynn on Munday morninges recommends 
 
 M r Thorowgood the parson of Grimston to be his bosome frend. 
 
 Printed by Sir H. Ellis, Letters, No. lvi. 
 
 18. 3 Nov. Mentions one for a curate of Middleton — encloses a letter 
 about the Psalter borrowed of Trinity College. 
 
 19. 8 Nov. Letters with the presentation to Middleton miscarried — 
 will enlarge the vicarage (worth £60) out of the Impropriation. 
 
 20. 16 Junij 1638. Has received the Saxon Psalter from Trinity 
 College, and binds himself to return it. 
 
 21. 14 Jan. 1638. 'Pray bring Elfrics Saxon grainar with you.' 
 Incumbe Saxonicis. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 73 
 
 22. Maij. vlt. 1639. Hopes the Mr and Fellowes of Trinitie will not 
 call for their Psalter before it be finished printing. 
 
 23. 28 Junij. Sends his translation of certain Saxon lawes: 'since 
 you ar (by the grace of God) to be the Professor of that Lecture in your 
 University,' ' give me your opinion thereof.' 
 
 24. 13 Sep. Is busy — About East Winch. — ' will be no suter to any 
 man' — Returns the MS. Psalter (on which he had put a clasp) to Trinity 
 College, and sends ' my British Councils and the Saxon Psalter published 
 by my Sonne.' Sends back also ' your Pub. Library Psalter.' 
 
 25. 17 Sept. Will make the same present to the Publ. Library and to 
 Benet as to Trinity College — introduces Samuel son of M r John de Laet. 
 
 See above, 15. 
 
 26. 20 Sept. Refers to the two preceding letters, and presents the 
 books. 
 
 27. 28 Sept. ' I am mutch troubled w th the scandall layde vppon me 
 and my sonne for misvsinge Trin. Colledge MS.' ' I pray entreate it may 
 not be vnbounde till, &c.' 
 
 28. 29 Nov. His intent about *our Lecture of Church and Saxon 
 Antiqq.' — wishes to consult with the ViceChancellor. 
 
 29. 10 Jan. . . .is thankful for ' very curtuouse Ires from the M r and 
 Seniors of Trinity Colledge,' and accepts the library keeper's acknowledg- 
 ment. Touchinge our businesse of the lecture. 
 
 30. 12 Mar. is growing better 'after 7 weekes languishinge.'...'my 
 nephew Harbt. Whitfelde.' 
 
 31. 20 Mar. 1639. The carrier has demanded much more than the 
 usual groat for the papers.... need not be told of their value. 
 
 32. 24 Apr. 1640. About the rent now to be paid by Mr Collyns. 
 'remember your curat.' could have wished him to have visited Leiden 
 about the Saxon Grammar and Dictionary. ' S r Symond Dewes thrusteth 
 his sickle in amongst us.. .and will presently put forth Jocelins... leave him 
 to himself.'... 'use no such attribute to me in the direction of your Ires 
 as most learned, &c.' 
 
 33. 5 Junii. approves of the oration. . will shew it to the ABp of Armagh. 
 
 34. 30 Oct. Enquires for his health after eight weeks silence, and 
 ' aboute the businesse of the Lecture what the heads of the howses advise.' 
 
 35. 9 Nov. Expresses his great comfort at having been brought for- 
 ward by so many in the University as a Candidate in the late election of 
 Burgesses. 
 
 36. 27 Nou. 1640. Thanks for 'farther paynes in my behalfe.' 
 
 The above letters generally commence ' Mr Wheelock,' but nos. 8, 11, 21, 
 25, 26, 28, 31, 32 have instead ' S. P.' 
 
74 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 III. 
 
 1. Barbacan, 6 April, 1638. John Spelman to Mr Abraham Wheelock. 
 has no purpose to enquire into the antiquity of the University, yet 
 wishes the clause in Camden's edition of Asser relating to Grimbold at 
 Oxford to be compared with the MSS. 
 
 2. Tottenham, the 29 of June, 1632. 
 
 There are two letters of this date from John Clerke, the first written 
 to a (married) friend (probably Wheelock), the second addressed to 
 M. Olrye, Fellow and President of Clare Hall. In both he makes en- 
 quiry whether the University will print the Arabic Dictionary given by 
 his father with all the types to print it withall : and if not he offers 
 to present a printed copy : states that ' Sir Killume Digbye would have 
 given five hundred pounds for the booke and types.' 
 
 S. Barbacan, 8° Oct. 1641. Jo : Walden to M r Abraham Wheelock. 
 Gives an account of the death of his master, Sir Henry Spelman. 
 Printed in Ellis's Letters, &c. No. lxv. 
 
 4. ' Reverendissimi Eliensis et D. Procancellarii D ris Cozini consilia in 
 propositiones D. Henrici Spelmani, de praelectione Saxo-Britamca in Aca- 
 demia Cantabrigiensi stabilienda, &c.' is the endorsement (? by Wheelock). 
 The ' Order concerning the Saxon Lecture' is signed ' Jo : Cosin Procan :'. 
 
 IV. Thirty-two original letters addressed to Mr Abraham 
 Wheelock : of these 27 are from Thomas Adams, the founder of 
 the Arabic Professorship ; they are dated from London, and 
 extend from the 3rd February, 1631 to the 26th August, 1633. 
 The first three are printed in Ellis's Letters of Eminent Literary 
 Men, l— lii; the 28th, London, March 20th, 1639, is from 
 Thomas Adams, the son ; 29th, from Thomas Adams, the father, 
 is without date ; 30th, London, 27th March, 1640 ; 31st, 21st Ja- 
 nuary, 1640 ; and 32nd, 28th of March, 1634, are from the same. 
 
 V. The rest of the volume is made up of the following : 
 
 1. A short latin epistle from Thos Brockmann to M r Wheelock excusing 
 his absence for a day on the score of illness. Without date. 
 
 2. A letter in German without date or address. 
 
 3. Three letters from Jo: Foorthe to M r Wheelock, Bachelor in 
 Divinitie. 
 
 a. April 28. 1628. Enquires whether he might trust the bearer 
 with the books named in letter 6. 
 
 6. April 22. 1628. Being sick desires to send the Hebrew con- 
 cordance, ' Schindlerus his Pentaglotton,' and another book. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 75 
 
 c. No date. Prays him to continue his favour to Whitchurch, and 
 to the son of Randal Hardinge.... would leave an old Avenarius dic- 
 tionarie with divers things written in it and many loose papers. 
 
 4. London, this 27th August, 1633. Thomas Hill to M r Abraham 
 Whillock. introduces Professor Jacques Lescott and other friends from 
 Paris. 
 
 5. a. Boxworth, Aug. 27, 1629. Gilb : Wigmore to M r Whillocke. 
 Will use his influence with D r Mansell. M r Boise is fallen in love 
 
 with Arabicke. 
 
 b. The same date. Jo : Boise to M r Wheelock. 
 
 Excuses himself from being a suitor on M r Wheelock's behalf for the 
 reversion of M r Brookes' place. 'It is an odious thing to bury a man 
 before he be dead.' 
 
 6. April 14, 1624. Jo : Foorthe to the same. 
 
 After compliments urges him to translate Maimone into Latine. 
 
 7. A ' testimony' of the University, signed by ' Jo : Gostlin Procan. and 
 13 others, addressed to the Mayor and Aldermen of Lynn, that M r Whee- 
 lock is well qualified to be Master of the free School. [1622]. 
 
 8. A complimentary letter in Latin, signed 'Tho: Rylseus/to the same. 
 
 9. Hodnet, Aug. 2, 1630. Richard Sackey to the same. 
 
 Enquires how many had died of the sickness in the Colleges and the 
 Town. 
 
 10. Two letters signed Simonds D'Ewes to the same. 
 
 a. Bury, Aug. 26. 1639. About printing Bede-.. wants another 
 iElfric's grammar... wishes much to see him. 
 
 6. Stowh. May 18. 1640. Sends a proof of his proficiency in Saxon. 
 ' Slack not your studies for evil times.' 
 
 11. Lin Regis, April 26. 1625. R. R. to the same. 
 
 f M r Robinson Scholemasters of Kings Lin' is a note on the back. 
 Asks how to read Arabic without vowells. 
 
 100 Del. in. 13. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, single columns, each containing 
 about 36 (double) lines. The handwriting is inferior and not later 
 than the close of the xivth century. Wants two leaves at the 
 beginning, and is also imperfect at the end. 
 
 Piers Plowman's Vision. 
 The first lines (starting from v. 267 of Wright's edition) arc : 
 Hoc vt agas melius iustus et esto pius 
 Nudum ius a te vestiri vult pietate 
 
76 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 A passage then follows, which with sundry variations is trajected in 
 Wright to v. 417 seqq. : though in this and other particulars, the present 
 MS. accords almost literally with the text of Whitaker's edition. It breaks 
 off at v. 14000 of Wright's version, presenting as before a great variety of 
 readings : 
 
 Philosofres fursoken wel|je. for fey wolde be nedy. 
 
 And wonede wel elingly. and wolde nat be riche 
 
 ioi Dd. in. 14. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 56 leaves, written in a legible running 
 hand, of the early part of the xviith century. 
 
 'A TRUE METHODE OF THE StUDIE AND PRACTICE OP THE 
 
 Common Lawe op England, written by Judge Doddridge.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Aristotle in the first booke of his Topicks expressing the meanes 
 
 wherebie, &c. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 resteth wholly upon industry and memory in publishinge and notinge 
 
 that which he findeth all readye framed to his hand. Finis. 
 
 On the back of the last leaf somebody has written 'y e 11 Jan. 1639.' 
 
 This treatise corresponds with the work entitled ' The Lawyer's Light, 
 or A due direction for the study of the Law,' written by the reverend and 
 learned professor thereof J. D. Lond. Benjamin Fisher, 1629. pp. 119, 
 small 4to. 
 
 The printed edition is considerably longer than our MS., the concluding 
 words of which are found in p. 93. 
 
 102 Dd. in. 15. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 88 leaves. 
 
 A Catalogue op Commentaries (existing in some Library, 
 with Class-marks) on books of Holy Scripture, viz. Pentateuch, 
 Historical Books of Old Testament, Job, Psalms, Minor Prophets, 
 Apocrypha, Pauline Epp., Catholic Epp., and Apocalypse. 
 
 103 Dd. m. 16. 
 
 A small folio on parchment, of 12 leaves, in double columns of 
 44 lines each. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 7. ' Meditationes Bernard!.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 77 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Multi multa scivmt et semet ipsos nesciunt. 
 Corresponds as far as f. 7. a. col. 1, ('qui vivit et regnat per infinita 
 ssscula. Amen/) with Ed. Ben. Paris, 1839, Vol. n. p. 661. After this follows 
 the paragraph : 
 
 Tedet me vita mea, quia diligenter discussa gloriaris per infinita 
 
 sseeula. Amen. Explicit. 
 (Anselmi. Opp. p. 207. Paris, 1675). 
 
 2. About the middle of the second column of p. 7, 
 
 An alphabetical treatise on the names and virtues 
 op stones. 
 
 5\ pages. (2 cols, of 43 lines in pag.) 
 
 Next follows a continuation of this treatise by the same hand. It is left 
 incomplete, breaking off in the account of the 'Emerald.' 
 In a later hand is added the following stanza : 
 
 Smaragdus virens nimium 
 
 Dat lumen oleaginum 
 
 Est fides integerima 
 
 Ad omne bonum patula 
 
 Quae nuucquam scit deficere 
 
 A pietatis opere. 
 
 104 Dd. in. 17. 
 
 A folio, on paper, bound in the same volume with the preceding, 
 of about 300 leaves, 39 lines in a page, in a very unfinished state. 
 Only the second Vol. appears, with the following title : 
 
 ' Tome the Seconde, of Schoolle exercises, or, The Divine Humanie 
 Mathematicall Woorke of Master John Stay, philo musus, And student, 
 In the universe, 1634. In which is contained a-repiofieTpia: and the 
 arte of Muo-ime as well of the whole worlde as of the humaine voyce, and 
 instrumentall also the arte of Grammer all in 500 leaves or 10 Quires.' 
 There are similar titles of a 3rd, a 4th, and a 5th Booke, the last said 
 to be the quinta essence of the other four. 
 
 Traces of the first book exist in the form of an ' Index.' 
 
 105 Dd. in. 18. 
 
 A long quarto, on paper, and in a good state of preservation : 
 date about 1600. It consists of 66 numbered leaves, most of 
 which contain on each page seven staves of Music. 
 
78 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 aB in MS. 43. The music is generally harmonized, in which case the staves 
 contain six lines ; when only the melody is given, the staves contain five 
 lines only. On leaf 64 there is a melody written in a later hand and in the 
 more modern notation of breves, minims, &c. On leaf 66 there is an index 
 headed ' Lessons in this Book.' The Airs or Melodies are termed ' Trebles.' 
 
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 A folio, on paper, and in good preservation. In the latter half 
 many leaves have been injured by damp but not so as to destroy 
 the legibility of the pages. The whole MS. consists of 69 pages, 
 each on the average containing 29 lines : handwriting of the same 
 character throughout, and assignable to the middle of the xvith 
 century. Imperfect at the beginning. 
 
 A Collection op Pleadings, temp. Hen. VI. in the usual 
 Law-Latin. 
 
 Commences abruptly : — 
 
 Walterus tenuerit de ipso Ricardo manerium predictum cum perti- 
 nentiis per homagium et fidelitatem. 
 
 Then comes the record of a ' Placitum detentionis syngraphi obligatorii.' 
 
 The last folio but one is headed 'xxrx ,h . H 1 VI th .' 
 
 The whole work is apparently a transcript from the Rotuli Placitorum, 
 preserved among the Records ; most of which have been published by the 
 Commission of 1800. 
 
 107 Dd. m. 20. 
 
 A paper-book in folio bound up with 106. 
 
 The contents to the end of § 4 are written in a legible and 
 clear hand, the remainder by the same person though generally 
 in a small running hand of the xvnth century. 
 
 1. ' Placita Concilii in Farnamensi castello, 17 Augusti a.d. 
 1569. prsesentibus Duce Norfolchise, Comite BedfordiEe, Oomite 
 Lecestrise, Regii Cubiculi Prsefecto, Domino Secretario. 1 
 
 Begins (f. 1) : 
 
 Conventum est vt de reliquo omnibus mercatoribus Angliae et Gal- 
 liae libera commercii ratio sit negotiandi. 
 
 2. ' Responsio magno aceruo Articulorwm quos Burgosius 
 quidam Hispani Oratoris familiaris eius Legati nomine, secretions 
 consillia Dominis obtulit. 1569. 1 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 79 
 
 Begins (f. 2. 6): 
 
 Vera quidem omnia ilia quos niissimus legato retulerunt. 
 
 3. (a) '■Artimdi a D. Francisco Geraldi equite secritoris Con- 
 silii Dominis Regis Lusitani nomini propositi Anno Dni 1571. 
 Mensis January. 1 
 
 Begins (f. 5) : 
 
 Ut liberum utrinque commertium aperiatur... 
 
 (5) '■Responsio quorundam dominorum privati consilii articulo 
 a D. Francisco Geraldi regis Lusitani nomine proposito 1571 
 mensis January.' 
 
 Begins (f. 6) : 
 
 Nunquam volens Ser"" Regina ansam ullum proebuit eius com- 
 mercii interrumpendi. . . 
 Ends (f. 7) : 
 
 Ultimo Articulo Ser"" Princeps reciproce assentitur. 
 
 4. Letters of Queen Elizabeth (1568—1585). 
 
 These letters are only copies of Epistles addressed to various sovereigns 
 by Queen Elizabeth : there are 306 letters on 264 leaves according to the 
 numbers in the margin: ff. 194, 195 a, are blank, apparently for the inser- 
 tion of Epistles 235 and 236 : they are preceded by an Index on 4 leaves. 
 
 They have been copied by Baker (xxxn. 19 — 128) under the title 
 
 ' Copies of Letters, taken from a large volume of Letters, &c. in the late 
 
 U s d 
 Bp of Ely's Library, endorsed 10 :00:00: which probably was the price 
 of the book, and yet only copies.' This endorsement has disappeared, pro- 
 bably in the process of binding. 
 
 5. The following Speeches op Lord Keeper Bacon may 
 also be found in the Collection, in MS. No. 1828, § 4. 
 
 a. The effecte of the speeche used by the Lord Keeper unto the Queen's 
 Majestie at such tyme as her highness called him first to serve. 
 
 It begins (f. 1) : 
 
 I wish for suerties sake (seeinge it hath pleased your Ma fie to call me 
 to serve) that those parts which your highnes by reporte. . . 
 It ends (f. 1) : 
 
 ...so for dewties sake I shall with good intentacons enter into such 
 calling as your Matie shall command me. 
 
 6. A Speeche used by the Lord Keeper unto the Lords assembled in the 
 parliament. 
 
 This (on ff. 1 — 5) diifers somewhat from No. 1828, 4. k. 
 
80 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 c. An oration made to the Queens Majestie by the Lord Keeper con- 
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 This (f. 5) is the same as 1828, 4. d. 
 
 d. A speeche used by the Lord Keeper about ten dayes befor Christmas 
 1559 at the Counsaile board, concerning an aide required by the Scotts for 
 the removinge of the Frenche out of Scotland. 
 
 See under No. 1828, 4. h. It occupies ff. 7—14 6. 
 
 e. A speeche used by the Lord Keeper in the Counsell 1562, when it 
 was brought in question, whether the interyiewe between the Queene of 
 Scotts and the Queens Majestie were convenient to be allowed or no. 
 
 Compare this with No. 1828, 4. i, with which it agrees in the beginning 
 and in substance, though it ends (f. 15 6) '. . .but thereby the protestants must 
 be weakned.' 
 
 f. A speeche used by the Lord Keeper amongst the Lords of the Starre 
 Chamber 1569. This (ff. 15 6—18) accords with No. 1828, if, with the 
 exception of the date. 
 
 g. An oration made by the Lord Keeper in the Parliament then endinge 
 to the Nobles and Commons in the presence of the Queens majestie. 
 
 This (ff. 18—21 b) is the same as No. 1828, 4/; which see. 
 
 h. The effect of my Lord Keepers speeche used to Mr Bell when he was 
 called to be Lord Cheef Baron. 
 
 Except that it omits the three Latin lines, this agrees with No. 1828, 
 4 m. 
 
 108 Dd. in. 21. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 600 leaves, in Latin, with additions in 
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 A Collection op Medical Treatises, principally taken 
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 catio, Prognosis, Cautio, Guratio, of each malady duly considered. 
 
 On the fly-leaves are memoranda of other remedies for particular 
 diseases. On the 2nd folio are various recipes of a Dr Clarke ; on the 3rd 
 to the 6th are others with the heading, ' 10th May, 1630. Out of M r Rob 
 Dey his private Shop Note Book ;' on the last three folios are ' Receipts 
 of Sir Will Paddy his practice from M r Drue.' An Index to the Diseases, 
 with the number of the folio on a left-hand column, will be found on the 
 6th folio from the end. It commences with 'Lampas vitae et mortis 
 mittatur sanguis ad gviij.' and ends with an almost illegible receipt of 
 Dr Clerk for the jaundice of children. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 81 
 
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 A small folio, on paper, irregularly written in different hands 
 of the xvnth century; unfinished. 
 
 A Collection of Heptads, or treatises in Philosophy. 
 Written in Latin, apparently by the owner, Henry Howe, or 
 Rowe. 
 
 It contains, after a few disconnected Moral Maxims, Five Heptads or 
 treatises on Physics, Geography, Aristotle's Ethics, Arithmetic, Optics. In 
 each of these treatises the subject is found to be sevenfold; each department 
 • being similarly subdivisible in sevens. And where the natural heads are 
 less than seven, the difference is supplied from imaginative sources, and 
 " delirantium somnia." 
 
 12-125 Dd. in. 25—38. 
 
 Waldensian Manuscripts, presented, together with other 
 and more ancient, but now missing, documents, ' to the publick 
 Library of the famous University of Cambridge in August 1658,' 
 by Samuel Morland, according to the heading of the Catalogue 
 appended to the Contents of the 'History of the Evangelical 
 Churches of the valleys of Piedmont, 1 fol. London, 1658, by the 
 Donor. 
 
 These volumes are not noticed at all in the Folio Catalogue, printed 
 Oxon. 1696, which, however, was compiled from a MS. previous to 1658. 
 Another Catalogue, in 1753, speaks of the Manuscripts only which yet 
 remain, and of which only an account is given by Nasmith in his MS. 
 Catalogue completed in 1794. The preface to the latter account has been 
 printed in the Introduction (p. 155) to Waldensian Researches, by W. S. 
 Gilly, 8vo. London, 1831. 
 
 Of the Waldensian Manuscripts, preserved in the Library of the Uni- 
 versity of Dublin, Dr Todd has given a full account in the volumes for 
 1841 of the British Magazine, xix. 393, 502, 632, and xx. 21, 185. At 
 page 637 of Volume xix. Dr Gilly also says, ( I find the Ussher Collection 
 of MSS. in Dublin contains the substance, if not the counterparts, of almost 
 all the ancient treatises which Morland deposited in the Library at Cambridge, 
 in volumes, marked A, B, C, D, E, and F, and which have been since 
 removed, nobody knows how or when. But I have no reason to think that 
 
 G 
 
82 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 any of these missing books or parchments have found their way to Dublin. 
 The portions which Dr Todd believed he had discovered in the Dublin 
 Library are transcripts, in a more modern handwriting, of part of volumes 
 G and H, which are still remaining in the Morland Collection at Cambridge. 
 The Ussher Collection of Waldensian MSS. was made many years before 
 Morland's.' 
 
 Of the following Catalogue of the volumes yet remaining, that of Morland 
 supplies the outline, additional particulars being filled in generally in a 
 smaller type. 
 
 112. Waldensian Documents : Morland, G. 
 
 1 . A small paper book (11 inches by 4) containing 16 pages, 
 on 10 of which is written in a small hand a narrative of what is 
 described as 
 
 ' A verbal process against the Waldenses by the Archbishop of 
 L'Ambrun, in the year 1497 and 1502, written in the French 
 tongue.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Est a presupposer que l'an mil iiij" iiij* dix et sept apres ma trans- 
 lation de frejus a ambrun me deliberay visiter ma diocese d'ambrun. 
 
 There are some few marginal notes in French in a small hand: in a 
 good and large hand that occurs on many of the other MSS. is the title, 
 ' Proces verbal de l'archeu d' Ambrun de l'an 1497 et 1501, sur le saict des 
 Vaudois.' Another copy of this narrative is in No. 113. 
 
 What Dr Todd takes to be the original of this Tract is to be found 
 among the Waldensian Documents at Dublin, No. IX. § xx. See Brit. Mag. 
 xx. p. 192. An abstract is given by Perrin, Histoire des Vaudois, Li v. n. 
 ch. 3. pp. 137—143. ed. 1619. 
 
 2. On paper (11 inches by 8|) injured by damp and dou- 
 bling is 
 
 A Bull of Pope Innocent against the Waldenses in the year 
 1487 in Latin. 
 
 Printed by Morland (p. 196) and by (his copier) Leger (Liv. n. ch. ii.) : 
 the seals rudely represented in the former still remain. On the paper cover, 
 below the French title, ' Bulle & commision tres ample &c.,' is the note in 
 a hand of the xvnth century, ' No. 2. Processe against them by Albertus 
 de Capineis, mentioned in the process framed Anno 1501. Article 36.' 
 See Dr Todd, ub. svp. § in. Though there are 9 leaves, of which some are 
 blank, no watermark is discernible on the paper. 
 
 3. pp. 1 — 15. A Latin Treatise called Origo Valdemium 
 et processus contra eos facti. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 83 
 
 This has been printed by Dr Peter Allix in the Appendix to Ancient 
 Churches of Piedmont, London, 1690. An English translation with the 
 initial words of the Latin is printed in Morland, p. 215. 
 
 4. As a sequel to the foregoing (3), and on similar paper 1 , 
 follow 
 
 ' Divers Informations and Examinations taken by the Arch- 
 bishop of Evereux and others of the Popes Commissaries against 
 the Waldenses of Fraissinere and other places, in the years 1478. 
 1479. 1483. I486', and 1501. wherein are many passages very 
 remarkable, and worthy to be diligently perused by all the 
 curious.' 
 
 a. pp. 16 — 43. Sequuntur examinations facte In materia heresis 
 secte Valdentium per Reue um et Reue dos pres laurentium bureau Epm 
 Sistavicen. et thomam pascal ac Rostagnu archipm ebredunen. com- 
 missarios... 
 
 In the margin, in a more modern hand, there is written, ' Informacions 
 prises par les commis du pape, l'evesque de Sisteron et autres nommes par le 
 Roy.' The first examination is headed ' Examinatio fazii gay de frayci- 
 neria pro teste,' and is dated 1501, 26 July. It is followed by the examina- 
 tions of Francis Ruffus, Anthony Pau, I). Fazius Ripert, all of Frassinie're ; 
 also of ' Dominus Johannes Lagerus Vicarius de Orseria in Campo-sauro,' 
 of Peter Raymund, John Arnoux, Angelinus Palon, John Barthelem, Hugh 
 Jacques, John Faber, Pierre Jourdan, Hippolyte Blen, Jacques Pari, Tho- 
 mette wife of Fazius Ripert, Marie wife of William Bret, Jacques Bonnefoy, 
 Hunet Julian de Valle, Thomas Granet de Valle, Johannes de Burgo, 
 Claudius Hunbert, Honoratus de Burgo, Giraud Ruffi or de Roux, and 
 Jacques Chambon. 
 
 There are marginal notes in a small hand, and in French, besides a few 
 in Latin in the larger hand: see § 1. Compare the above with the account 
 given by Dr Todd of No. IX. § i. 2 of the Waldensian Documents at Dublin 
 in Brit. Mag. xx. pp. 188-0 
 
 b. ' Regiarum | copia lrarum, Morum de fraxine"" Valle loysia ac An" 
 gentaria. No. 2.' is the endorsement by a more modern hand. 
 
 The first of these 'Lettres du Roy Loys vnzieme' is printed by Perrin, 
 HiMoire des Vaudois, pp. 118—124; it is dated 18 May, 1478. The date of 
 the second appears to be 31 Mars. 1478 : that of the third is ' 8 April 1478.' 
 Many corrections have been made by the copier of these letters. They are 
 followed by two, copied by the same hand, of Jehan de Daillon seigneur du 
 Lude ; the former, in French, is dated 20 April, 1479, the latter, in Latin, 
 dated 29 May, 1479. At the end (p. 9) is ' Facta est collatio pntis copie 
 cum pp'o originali per me not' publicum N Paris ' 
 
 c. Ihus. Sequitur extracta processus In materia heresis valden per 
 Reueren. in xpo prem et dnm Do. Johannem Archiepum Ebredunen. 
 
 1 Distinguished by the watermark, a grotesque old man's head. 
 
 G2 
 
84 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 incepti Anno a nat e Dni miflio quadringentesimo octuage" 10 t'cio et die 
 secunda Aprilis. 
 
 On six leaves', of which the first three are marked B, C, D, and the 
 sixth bears the endorsement ' Continuatio informationum.' Then in the 
 larger hand, '1483 Informaons par on n'apperi d'aucune diffamatio de 
 paillardise, mais seulement des aultres points.' After which, in another 
 hand, is ' N° 4 Arch. Jehan.' 
 
 d. Processus factus et jormatus in facto sancte fidei per Rev mum inxpo 
 patrem et dominum nrm dnm Johannem Dei et ap ce sedis gra Archiepm et 
 Principem Ebredunen. contra Anthon Blasii de Angrogina dioc" Taurinen. 
 hm Dalphini Sistarien. Dioc". 
 
 The description given by Dr Todd (ub. sup.) of the Dublin MS. (No. 
 IX. § v.) applies to this with the exception of the handwriting, that of 
 this differing somewhat from the hand of § 3 and § 4 a. 
 
 The endorsement is ' Proces & Abiuratio d'Antoyne Blasij,' and in an- 
 other smaller and later hand, * 1483. no 12.' See Dr Todd, No. IX. § xxi. 
 
 e. The description by Dr Todd, {ib. § iv.) applies to this, with the addi- 
 tional endorsement ' Vniversitatis vallis Loysie' in the same handwriting as 
 the text of the MS. 
 
 f. Processus factus per R m " m in xpo.. (as in d)... .Ebredunen. contra 
 Anthoniu fabri als Baudon de Castro- rodulpho de crimine heresis Valdensium 
 seu pauperum de Lugduno diffamatum. 
 
 At the top of the page is the word ' Ihus ;' and in the margin 'Originalis,' 
 with the signature of the notary N. Paris, as in d. The date of this docu- 
 ment also is 1486. 
 
 The leaves were numbered by the scribe ; but have subsequently been 
 disarranged, f. viii. being now followed by f. xvii. After f. xx. follows a 
 leaf headed 'Ihus,' and containing 'Tabula p'ntis processus,' with the 
 number of the leaf opposite each item. Another document of the date 1488. 
 23 Nov. and signed 'Saichen(?) N. P.' is here inserted: after which follow ff. 
 ix: — xvi : the last two being blank and f. xiv. cancelled. A second document, 
 of the date 1488, and by the same hand as the former, is here inserted; after 
 which follow ff. xxi — xxv, of which the last two are blank 2 . On the old 
 wrapper is the more modern endorsement, '16.7 b ' ir I486.' 
 
 g. Processus factus &c. (as in d).... Ebredunen. contra Anthoniu Albi 
 de Fraxinerin. Ebred. dioc. etatis quadraginta annorum vel circa. 
 
 The account given of d and / applies to this, with the addition that at 
 the top of the first page jn the right hand corner is 'Ordinarius' as in d, and 
 in the left hand ' cum pma.' as in/. 
 
 1 The watermark is S. Catharine's wheel. 
 
 2 In / and g the watermark on the paper is generally a bunch of grapes sur- 
 mounted by a cypher and a star, sometimes the two latter are not visible. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 85 
 
 The endorsement by the larger hand is, 'Antonius Albi. 1486. recite 
 seulemet ce que le barbe luy dit en confession. R. d'une corde qu'on 
 mettoit au col des mourans.' 
 
 113. Waldensian Documents : Morland, H. 
 
 On paper, of various sizes, and written by two or three different 
 hands, in the volume H are contained the folio wins; MSS. 
 
 Before those mentioned by Morland and Nasmith is a book 
 similar to No. 112. 1, written by the same hand, but previously, 
 as a collation of the texts and marginal notes seems to indicate. 
 This is followed by 
 
 1. '■Divers ample and very remarkable processes and cruel 
 Inquisitions against those of Fraissinere and other places in the 
 years 1487, 1488, 1489, 1492 and 1494. 1 
 
 a. On paper 1 , of the same size as No. 112. § 2 and subsequent portions, 
 and in a hand of the same date. 
 
 Processus Inquisitionalis agitatus coram R mo in xpo patre et dno domino 
 
 Johe dei et aplice sedis gra Archiepiscopo et principe Ebredunen. 
 
 Inter 
 
 Dominum Promotorem heretice prauitatis Sancte fidei ex vna agentem. 
 
 Et 
 
 Audinum Crispini als Valoy de fraxineria hitatorem Sancti Andree 
 Diffamatum de secta Valden. partibus ex altera. 
 
 Begins (p. 1): 
 
 In nomine domini nri Ihu xpi. Amen. Anno a nat. dni millesimo 
 quadringentesimo octuagesimo sexto Et die lune que fuit Intitulata et 
 mimerata vndecima mensis decembris 
 
 The top of the leaf has been cut off in the binding, and only slight traces 
 remain of the word ' Jesus;' in the margin of the first page is '4'°,' and 
 below it ' fregit carceres,' and by the same hand on the next page is the 
 note respecting Audinus Crispini, ' etatis xxiiij™ annorum vel circa.' 
 
 On f. v. the account of the first Interrogation is concluded with the 
 names of the witnesses (Petro Sabine.. .officiali Ebredunen... Desiderio Mar- 
 tini, Desiderio Forget, et Spn' Rouerij Cap nis testibus), and the signature of 
 Nicolaus Paris. 
 
 'Examinatio secunda Audini Crispini de Sancto Andrea' is dated in the 
 preamble (f. v. b) ' 1487. 30 Januarij.' 
 
 The account (f. vi. b — f. vm.) of the next interrogation begins, 'Deinde 
 anno quo supra et die Sabbati quinta mensis Maij...' 
 
 The date of the next (f. vm.) is the 10th of May. 
 
 On the 15th of May, after the first examination (f. ix. V) he is sent to the 
 torture, after which is 'alia examinatio seu Repeticio predicti Odini Crispini;' 
 
 1 It may be noted that the watermark is the same as of No. 112. § 4. /, g. 
 
86 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 and again (f. x. 6), ' post vesperas,' when he is again sentenced to the torture, 
 the examination under torture is renewed, the account ending on f. xm. b. 
 
 The summary (ff. xm. b— xv.) of his tenets deduced from the preceding 
 interrogations is without the signature of N. Paris. 
 
 'Alia Repeticio dicto (sic) Odini Crispini,' is dated (f. xv. 6) 'die Martis 
 vicesiina sexta mensis Jugnij ',' and ends on f. (xj vi. After the usual_ signa- 
 ture, in the same handwriting as the foregoing, is ' concordat hmoi copia 
 cum proprio originali. N. Paris.' 
 
 In the margin, by one hand, are notes both in Latin and French, with 
 pointers, and lines under some words. 
 
 Eight leaves follow, which are blank, except that the last is endorsed 
 'I486. 1487/ and by the same hand as the marginal notes but larger, 
 ' Proces contre les Vaudoys :' beneath, in a smaller and apparently another 
 hand, 
 
 ' Audimus Crispini alias Valoy. 
 Jehan Archeveq3 poursuivant. 
 N°6.' 
 
 Compare with the above account that given by Dr Todd (Brit. Mag. xx. 
 190) of an imperfect transcript at Dublin. (No. IX. § x.) 
 
 6. Three leaves", (12 inches by 81) which have suffered from having 
 been folded and exposed to damp before they were curtailed by the hinder. 
 
 Cest l'extraicte faicte du contenu au proces fait et demene deuant Mess rs 
 Mons r linquisteur aplicque et official de ceste cite in pns et assistans contre 
 Steue Itaoux de fraxinieres. 
 
 The endorsement, in the same large hand as that on a, is : 
 ' Vidi | Stephanu Ruffi de fraisinieres.' 
 
 After ' No. 16,' which has been altered to No. 17, is, in a small hand, 
 ' On na autre response de cestui cy examine | par Albertus de Capi- 
 taneis, sinon que sen rafferte a dieu;' and, 'Cest Albertus. ..auoir persequiute 
 les Vaudoys en l'anne 1488.' A leaf has been torn out before 
 
 c. 1488. Minutte de diverses responses de ceux de fraiciniere vbi ne 
 verbum quidem de paillardise. 
 
 This endorsement is in the same large hand, and, beneath, ' N° 7 ' are, in 
 the smaller, ' Sous ce messieur Jehan Archevesque d Ambrun.' ' Veyleti 
 inquisiteur.' A pen has been drawn across these ; the pen through the 
 second also subscribed, ' LdTugeri inquisiteur.' 
 
 The whole is much less carefully written than a, the latter portion very 
 hastily : but the marginal marks are similar. The watermark on the paper 
 is the same as that of a. 
 
 d. 1489. Proces contre Pierre Valet (sic) de Freicinieres. 
 
 Confisq. ses biens le liurant au bras seculier. 
 
 1 Mali is in a marginalnote by a later hand, but from the dates the month must 
 be June. 
 
 2 The watermark is a spearhead through a ducal crown. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 87 
 
 The two lines of the above endorsement are in different hands: in 
 another is C N° 8 ;' (the 8 has been written over 7, by the same pen which 
 has been drawn through 6 by the side). On the back is also ' Cum Pma:' 
 this was also on f. 1, but has been partly torn off with the corner of the 
 leaf: in the margin of f. 1 remain 'f. aplica.'and ' 2°. 1489.' in one hand, and, 
 apparently in the two hands of the endorsement, are ' Petrus Valoy' ' Liure 
 au bras seculier.' 
 
 The account of the examination is in Latin, concluding (f. vi.), '...testibus 
 Et me notario Gebaud.' The MS. continues, ' Demum vero sequitur tenor 
 processus in vulgari sermone translatus.../ and concludes (f. vn. b), ' Die 
 ultima Marcii ante Palanu. N. Gebaud.' 
 
 The paper 1 is nearly the same size as in § 1 a, the handwriting is different. 
 
 Compare Dr Todd's notice of No IX. § xv. and xvi. ubi supra. 
 
 e. ' Proces contre deux barbes asavoir francois de gerundino, diet barbe 
 Martin, et Pierre de Jacob, diet barbe Jean : aux responses des quels ont este 
 adioustees des calomnies sur le faict de Paillardise et d'Idolatrie comme 
 appert par le somptum des dites Responses en breuet y joint, le quel le 
 Gressier a estendu a son plaisir.' 
 
 This first portion of the endorsement (on f. xii.) is in the large hand, the 
 portion after ' N° 9 ' in the smaller : there are, besides, endorsements in Latin 
 by two or three other hands. On the top of f. 1 is ' Ihus,' and in the 
 margin ' I".' ' 1492 :' the other notes generally in Latin 2 . 
 
 The first portion (ff.i. — vm.) is printed by Allix {ubi supra, pp. 307 — 317.) 
 The latter part concludes (f. xn.), 'Extracta fuit hmoi copia a proprio 
 originali et concordat N Paris.' Compare Dr Todd's account of No. IX. 
 
 § XVII. 
 
 f. Contra peyronetam Relictam Adam Petri Beraudi als fomerii loci 
 belli Respecty. 
 
 This is on the first cover ; ' vis. 3°.' and, ' Ihus marie films' being above ; 
 and below, in the large hand, 'A Valence l'an 1494,' and, in a somewhat 
 smaller hand, ' Existimo fidelit 1 scriptas responsiones.' 
 
 The whole is printed in Allix (ubi supra, pp.318 — 331). That which he 
 prints (p. 318) under the title, ' Sumptum ex ore Peyronettae,' is on a slip 
 of paper 3 inserted before f. 1, and endorsed, by the large hand, 'Nota hanc 
 chartulam,' with the heading, 'Icy se voit come on receuoit en bref les 
 responses et puis on les estendoit a plaiser.' Marginal notes as in e are 
 chiefly in Latin. See Dr Todd's account of No. IX. §§ xvm. and xix. The 
 same endorsement is on f as on § xix. 
 
 2. A Bull of Pope Alexander, bearing date the first of April 
 in the year 1501, for absolution of the Waldenses, &c. to en- 
 courage them to revolt and abjure their Eeligion. 
 
 1 The watermark resembles a bunch of currants. 
 
 2 The watermark is a stag's head. 
 
 3 With the same watermark as the rest, viz. a gauntlet. 
 
88 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 'Cum nos hodie te...' 
 The endorsement is the same as the title given by Dr Todd in his account 
 of No. IX. § vi, 
 
 3. A Bull of the same Pope Alexander, bearing date the 
 
 fifth of April, 1501, for absolution of Usurers, &c. 
 
 ' Ab eo qui....' 
 The scribe has made some corrections. See Dr Todd, No. IX. § vn. 
 
 4. A Bull of the aforesaid Pope Alexander bearing date the 
 seventh of October, 1501, for absolution of all sorts of crimes and 
 sins, and particularly of that of Heresie. 
 
 ' Cum nos alias te...' See Dr Todd, No. IX. § vm. 
 
 5. An Edict of Louis King of France, bearing date the 12 of 
 October, 1501, for the restitution of the goods of those of 
 Fraissinere. 
 
 The endorsement consists of that and the title given by Dr Todd, No. IX. 
 } xxiv : the date of the text is 'xii. jour.' 
 
 6. Letters Patent obtained of Louis King of France by those 
 of Fraissinere, bearing date the twelfth October, 1501. 
 
 The endorsement is the same as that given by Dr Todd, No IX. § xxni. 
 There are many marginal notes to this document and the following. 
 
 7. An Arrest du Grand Conseil of the 27 of May, 1502, in 
 favour of those of Frassinere, Val Loyse, Argentiere, and other 
 Inhabitants of Dauphine who turned Catholicks. 
 
 This has the same certificate and endorsement as No. IX. § xxv. After 
 this follows (see No. IX. § xxvi.), A letter from the King on the same sub- 
 ject, dated 27 May, 1502. The endorsement is now scarcely legible. 
 
 114. Waldbnsian Documents: Morland, I. 
 
 Volumes 114 — 120 (I — P inclusive) are bound together. 
 In the Volume I are contained the following MSS. on paper, 
 IO5 inches by 7^. The documents 1 — 5, which alone are cata- 
 logued by Morland and Nasmith, are all copies written by the 
 same hand, and are of the date (1656) of the certificates sub- 
 scribed by Balcet and A. Javel : these certificates are written in 
 the smaller hand and with the darker ink with which the descrip- 
 tions of the seals have been added to the copies. The document 
 6 is by a different hand, of about the same period as the others : 
 at the top of every page (ff. 23 — 44) is the mark +. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 89 
 
 1. The Agreement made between Henri/ the Fourth of France 
 and the Evangelical Professors of the Valleys of Piemont, in the 
 year 1592. 
 
 This (ff. 1 — 10) includes the Letters Patent which with the foregoing 
 Agreement are printed in Morland, Bk. in. ch. n. pp. 429 — 448. See also 
 §6. 
 
 2. A Petition of those of Vol Perosa, presented to his 
 Majesty of France, with the King's Answer thereunto, upon the 
 sixth of June, 1 630. 
 
 This (ff. 11 — 12) under the title ' A Confirmation of the Privileges, Sjc.' is 
 printed hy Morland, pp. 449 — 455. 
 
 3 Several Articles of Capitulation accorded by the King of 
 France to those of Val Perosa, bearing date the eleventh of April, 
 1630, to which are annexed his Majesties Letters Patents. 
 
 The latter (ff. 15 6—17) are dated Jan. 1633. The two following form 
 part of the same collection. 
 
 4. The Kings Letters Patents in favour of the Evangelical 
 Professors of Val Perosa, issued forth the tenth of March, 1 648. 
 This is preceded (on ffi.17 6— 19) by an 'Arrest du Conseil' of the same 
 date. On f. 17 is the heading, ' Extraict des Registres du Conseil d'Estat.' 
 
 5 issued forth the 18 of August, 1653. 
 
 The documents are similar to § 4. On f. 22 is a Certificate similar to 
 those at the end of § 1 and § 2. 
 
 6. Lettres patentes du Roy, sur Thomage fait a sa Majeste par 
 ceux qui se sont remis soubs Fobeissance d'iceluy en Piedmont. 
 
 This is the title on f. 23, which also Morland has prefixed to the contents 
 of pp. 457 — 465. With the exception of the notary's signature, the docu- 
 ments are in fact the same as those previously printed, in an inverted order, 
 on pp. 429 — 448. See above, § 1. 
 
 115. Waldensian Documents : Morland, K. 
 
 1. The Concessions of the Duke of Savoy to the Evangelical 
 Professors of the Valleys of Piemont in the year 1561. 
 
 This document does not now form part of the volume. 
 Probably Nasmith, in entering it in his MS. Catalogue, blindly followed 
 Morland's List. 
 
 2. The Concessions of the Duke of Savoy to the Evangelical 
 Professors of the Valley of Piemont in the years 1602 and 1603. 
 
90 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Printed in Morland, pp. 466—496. On the last of the ten leaves (12 
 inches hy 8]), which are written in a large hand, is the endorsement hur- 
 riedly written, 'Copia autentica delle concess. del 1603 et 1620 et del 
 InterV 
 
 3. The Confirmation of the above said Concessions, bearing 
 date the 2 and 4 of June and 29 of December, 1653. 
 
 This on five leaves, of somewhat larger paper, is written in a smaller 
 and clearer hand than the preceding document. It is referred to by Morland, 
 p. 497, and translated by Leger, Liv. II. ch. vii. 
 
 116. Waldensian Documents: Morland, L. 
 
 In this volume are contained the following MSS., of which 
 the list will be found to differ somewhat from Morland's Cata- 
 logue. They occupy about 60 leaves of the same size (12 inches 
 by 8), excepting in § 12. 
 
 1. A Memorial concerning the Evangelical Churches in the 
 Valleys of JPiemont, in the year 1644. 
 
 This is in French, with the heading, ' Memoire sur les affaires des Eglises 
 en Piedmont en l'anne'e 1644,' and at the end the note ' II est imprime en la 
 2. partie de la Relation des aff. Piem. in 8°.' 
 
 2. A Letter from the Evangelical Cantons of Switzerland to 
 the Duke of Savoy the ^ of March, 1655. 
 
 A translation into French of this letter, and a portion of the reply (§ 3), 
 are given by Leger, Liv. n. ch. xm. 
 
 This and the following articles are copies, and with the exception of 
 §§ 4, 5, 7, 12, and 22, have at the end certificates like the one to this article, 
 
 Dass dissere Copia dem Original Inn allweg glychluthend syge Bezugt 
 Andreas Schmid, der Statt Zurich Understatt-schryber. 
 
 The articles are in German with the exception of §§ 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 
 23, in French, § 5 in Latin, and § 22 in Italian. 
 
 In the margin at the beginning of many of the articles are written the 
 titles, those in English perhaps by Morland, those in French by the same 
 hand as the notes to § 1. 
 
 3. A Letter of the Duke of Savoy to the Evangelical Cantons 
 the 6th of April, 1655. 
 
 4. A Letter from the Ministers of Zuric to those of N. N. 
 touching the negotiation of Mr Durseus for the unity of the 
 Churches, together with a relation of the beginning and progress 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 91 
 
 of the late persecution in Piemont ; as also two other letters 
 touching the same subject. They are dated from Zurich respec- 
 tively the 5th March, the 22nd March, and 23rd April. 
 
 5. A letter from the Pastors of Zurich to those of Basle, 
 Schaffhouzen. &c. concering the massacre in the year 1655, 
 bearing date the 1 of May, 1655. 
 
 6. The Evangelical Cantons to the Duke of Savoy, the 6 of 
 May, 1655. 
 
 7. Col. Weiss his account of the Commission given Mm by 
 
 the Evangelical Cantons to negotiate or intercede in the behalf 
 
 of the Valley People in Piemont with the Duke of Savoy. 
 
 See Leger, Liv. n. ch. xm. where the name is Wits, in the MS. it is 
 Waiss. 
 
 8. The DuJce of Savoy to the Evangelical Cantons, 13 June, 
 1655. 
 
 9. The Evangelical Cantons to the Duke of Savoy, 17 June, 
 1655. 
 
 10. Coll. Weiss his account to those of Bern touching his 
 second cold Beception in the Court of Savoy upon his intimation 
 of the Evangelical Cantons Embassie intended thitherward in the 
 behalf of the poor Exiles of Piemont. 
 
 11. Tlie DuJce of Savoy to the Evangelical Cantons received 
 by their Ambassadors at Aigle, the ^ of July, 1655. 
 
 This reply to the letter in § 14. is translated in Morland, B. it. ch. vn. 
 p. 616. 
 
 12. The First Proposition of the Four Ambassadors of the 
 Evangelical Cantons to the Duke of Savoy in behalf of the poor 
 Evangelical Churches of the Valleys, together with the said 
 Duke's answer thereunto. 
 
 This article is in a different handwriting from the rest, and seems to have 
 been inserted in the volume subsequently. See Morland, p. 619. 
 
 13. The DuJce of Savoy to the Ambassadors of the Evange- 
 lical Cantons, the 29 of July, 1655. 
 
 li. The Ambassadors to the Duke of Savoy, 17 Junij, 1655. 
 Printed in Morland, p. 614. 
 
92 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 15. The first Relation of the Negotiation of the Four Am- 
 bassadors of the Evangelical Cantons in the Court of Savoy, 
 bearing date the ,'; of August, 1655. 
 
 Printed with a translation by Morland, B. iv. ch. vn. pp. 623—635. 
 
 16. The second Relation of the said Ambassadors, bearing 
 date the i of August, 1655. 
 
 Printed ibid. pp. 636—643. 
 
 17. Their third Relation, bearing date the £ of August, 
 1655. 
 
 Printed ibid. pp. 644—5. 
 
 18. A Memorial given by the Ambassadors of the Evan- 
 gelical Cantons of Switzerland to the Baron of Greisey, ^ of 
 August, 1655. 
 
 1 9 . Their Letter to the Evangelical Cantons, the — = — ,. ~ ° — . 
 1655. 
 
 20. Their fourth and last Relation, bearing date the || Au- 
 gust, 1655. 
 
 Printed by Morland, pp. 646—650. 
 
 21. The second Proposition of the Four Ambassadors of 
 the Evangelical Cantons to His Royal Highness the Duke of 
 Savoy, the 24 of August, J 655. 
 
 22. The DuJce of Savoy's Answer to the request of the Four 
 Ambassadors of the Evangelical Cantons, written in Italian, 
 bearing date the 6 of September, 1655. 
 
 23. The Baron of Greisey to the Four Ambassadors of the 
 Evangelical Cantons, the 30 of August, 1655. 
 
 117. Waldensian Documents: Morland, M. 
 
 The MSS. in this volume appear to be all original, and on 
 most the seals still remain. 
 
 1. Marchio a Sancto Thoma Ms Letter to Mr Morland 
 during his abode at Turin, bearing date the 10 of July, 1655. 
 This letter and the next are printed in Morland, B. iv. ch. iv. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 93 
 
 2. The said Marquess Ms letter to the said Mr Morland, 
 the 17 July, 1655. 
 
 3. A Letter from Major Weiss to the said Mr Morland, 
 from Pignerol to Geneva, the n of August, 1655. 
 
 4. A second Letter from the said Major Weiss to the said 
 Mr Morland, from Pignerol, the ^of August, 1655. 
 
 5. A Letter from the Four Ambassadors of the Evangelical 
 Cantons to Mr Morland, dated from Pignerol the jj of August, 
 1655. 
 
 6. A second Letter from the said Ambassadors to the said 
 Mr Morland, the 1| of August, 1655. 
 
 7. A third Letter from the abovesaid Ambassadors to the 
 abovesaid Mr Morland, dated from Turin the g of August, 1655. 
 
 8. The Attestation of Thomas Guiot and Fra. Pra. con- 
 cerning the eating of the Protestant's Brains, during the heat of 
 the Massacre, dated 7. 8 bre , 1655. 
 
 Printed by Morland, B. n. ch. vi. p. 336. 
 
 9. The Attestation of Mr Thomas Trouchin of Geneva, con- 
 cerning the MSS. mentioned in the History of Mr Paul Perrin, 
 dated 19 Novembre, 1656. 
 
 10. The Declaration of Mr de Petit Bourg, first Captain 
 of the regiment of Grancey, touching the cruelties that were 
 exercised upon persons of all ages and sexes, among the poor 
 Protestants of the Valleys of Piemont, subscribed with his own 
 hand at Pignerol, the 27 of November, 1 655, in the presence of 
 two other commanders. 
 
 Printed ibid. pp. 333—35. 
 
 11. The Attestation of Mr Andrew Schmidt, Under Secre- 
 tary of State at Zuric, touching the Ambassador Stockar, and 
 his dissenting from the other three Ambassadors in the hastening 
 of the Treaty at Pignerol made at Geneva, the g of September, 
 1655. 
 
 Printed by Morland, B iv. ch. vin. p. 672, with a translation differing 
 from that appended to the attestation in MS. 
 
94 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 118. Waldensian Documents : Morland, N. 
 Auihenticl Copies of several excellent Letters of consolation, 
 
 from divers Protestant Churches in other parts to their poor 
 afflicted Brethren in the Valleys of Piemont. The certificate of 
 S. Borsetto, notarius, is subscribed to each. 
 The letters are at present arranged as below. 
 
 1. De Bergerac, ce 22 Octobre, 1655. (Formerly also 1.) 
 
 2. De Paris, ce 19 d'Octobre, 1655. (Formerly 7.) 
 
 3. A Clairac, ce 20 me Nov. 1655. (2.) 
 
 4. Ecclesise Reformats Middelburgensis Pastores 22 Decembris, 
 
 1655. (5). 
 
 5. Flesingae, 12 Januarij, 1656. (6.) 
 
 6. Hanavie, 23 Jour Juin, 1656. (4.) 
 
 7. De Francfort, ce 15 me Juillet, 1656. (3.) 
 
 119. Waldensian Documents: Morland, 0. 
 
 In this volume are contained sundry edicts and state-papers, 
 all printed, viz. 
 
 1. Edicts of the Dukes of Savoy, some against, others by 
 way of answer to the petitions, and in favour of their poor Pro- 
 testant subjects. 
 
 The dates of twelve of these edicts are given in Morland's Catalogue : 
 those numbered therein 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 are comprised in ' Confirmations de ' 
 Prwikgifatta alii Signori Conti, e Communita delta Valle di Luserna. 4to. 
 Torino, 1643 ; in which are also two edicts dated Torino, 19 September, 
 1635, and Torino, 8 May, 1643. The date of No. 5, in Morland should be 
 1618. 
 
 2. a. '■Relatione de" 1 successi seguiti nella Valle di Luserna, 
 neir anno 1655. 
 
 h. The same in Latin, ' Gesta in Valle. . .' 
 
 c. The same in French, ' Relation de ce qui s 'est passe '. . .' 
 
 3. The Court of Savons reasons for the justice of the order 
 of Gastaldo, &c, in the year 1655. 
 
 a. ' Summa Rationum, quibus Begia celsitudo . . .' 
 
 b. ' Sommaire des Raisons et Motifs . . .' 
 
 The Italian version mentioned by Morland is not noticed by Nasmith. 
 
 4. The Duke of Savons Patent, (Patente di Gratia, e Per- 
 dono) granted to the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys. Dated 
 Biuoli, 18 August, 1655. 
 
 See Morland, B. iv. ch. vn. pp. 652—667. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 95 
 
 120. Waldensian Documents : Morland, P. 
 
 1. The Epistle of Scipio Lentulus to a friend of his con- 
 cerning the persecution of the Evangelical Churches in the Val- 
 leys in the year 1561. 
 
 A translation with the initial words of the Latin original is given by 
 Morland, B. n. ch. i. Art. in. 
 
 2. A large and solid Justification of a certain Book written 
 in French, 1655, concerning the Persecution of the Evangelical 
 Churches in the Valleys of Piemont, entituled, ' La Relation 
 veritable Justifi.ee, ou Refutation oVun escrit imprime a Turin, #<?.' 
 
 3. Brevis refutatio dissertationis dejure expellendi religionem 
 evangelicam ex Italia et Sabaudia. 
 
 4. The Duke of Virtenberg's Letter to the Duke of Savoy 
 in behalf of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys, the 1 4 of 
 July, 1655. 
 
 5. The Prince Elector Palatine's Letter to the Duke of 
 Savoy upon the same subject, the 14 July, 1655. 
 
 6. The Grievances of the Treaty concluded at Pignerol, 
 which were delivered into the hands of Monsieur de Bais, to 
 present to his Majesty of France. 
 
 See the translation in Morland, B. iv. ch. vm. pp. 682 — 8. 
 
 7. Copies of the several gratulatory letters, which were sent 
 in the names of the poor Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of 
 Piemont, immediately upon the conclusion of the treaty at Pig- 
 nerol, 14 Aug. 1655 ; namely, to the Cardinal, to His Highness 
 the Lord Protector, the States General, and the Evangelical 
 Cantons of Switzerland. 
 
 The last is in Italian, the others in French. 
 
 8. Copies of several sharp letters from Ambassador Servient, 
 Monsieur de Bais, &c. to the poor people of the Valleys, to 
 make them accept and rest contented with the treaty at Pignerol, 
 together with their respective answers. They occupy nearly SO 
 leaves, on the first of which is Chap. i. 
 
 The first is dated 'A Turin le 30 x bre , 1655/ the last, 'De S. Jean ce 29 
 Juin, 1656.' 
 
96 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 9. The Seasons of the poor Protestants of the Valleys, 
 offered to Ambassador Servient, the 21 of April, 1656, why they 
 ought not to be debarred the priviledge of entertaining foreign 
 ministers. 
 
 This appears to be a certified copy of an original document in the French 
 language. 
 
 121. Waldensian Documents: Morland, Q. 
 The following are copies, in Italian, with the exception of 
 1, 2, 4 and 13 in French. 
 
 1. H.B.H. Order concerning the Tax due from his Pro- 
 testant subjects for the year 1655, after which follows a copy of 
 the Injunction; the first bearing date the 26 of April, 1656, and 
 the other the 6 of October, 1656. 
 
 2. The poor people's Beply of the 5 of September, 1657, 
 to the Marquess of La Pianezza's Answer to one of theirs, sent 
 them by Mr. de la Londe, bearing date the 2 of August, 1657. 
 
 3. The humble Remonstrance of the poor Evangelical Churches 
 of the Valleys of Lucerna, &c. to Madame Royale, the 20 of 
 August, 1657, concerning the grievances of the Treaty at Pig- 
 nerol. 
 
 4. An humble Remonstrance of the poor people of the Valleys 
 of Piemont professing the reformed religion, which they put 
 into the hands of M. de la Londe, to present to His Majesty of 
 France, in August 1657, concerning the grievances of the Treaty 
 at Pignerol. 
 
 5. The humble Reply of the poor Evangelical Churehes of 
 the Valleys of Lucerna, &c. to a paper sent them from Madame 
 Eoyale, through the hands of Monsieur de la Londe upon the 
 2 of August, 1657, bearing date the 5 of October, 1657. 
 
 6. The humble Supplication of the poor people of the Val- 
 leys to the Duke of Savoy, together with the Duke's answer at 
 Turin, the 6 of October, 1657. 
 
 7. An order of Andrea Gastaldo, in the month of De- 
 cember, 1657, summoning those of the poor people who refused 
 to sell their possessions, to appear before him at Lucerna, under 
 pain of being proceeded against as contumacious, &c. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 97 
 
 8. An order of Andrea Gastaldo, the 20 of December, 
 1657, summoning the poor people to Turin for having public 
 exercises of their religion at San Giovanni. 
 
 9. The poor people's Letter to Ambassador Servient, the 
 28 of December, 1657. 
 
 10. The poor people's Supplication to H. E. |L of the 28 
 December, 1657. 
 
 11. The poor people's Supplication to H. R. H., together 
 with his said R. H. answer thereunto, given at Turin the 25 of 
 January, 1658. 
 
 12. The poor people's Request, the 26 of October, 1657- 
 
 13. A Letter from the four Ambassadors of the Evangelical 
 Cantons to Ambassador Servient, Count Teuchi, and the Baron 
 de Greisy, in favour of the poor Evangelical Churches of the 
 Valleys the 30 of November, 1657. 
 
 122. Waldensian Documents: Morland, R. 
 On small quarto paper, in two handwritings are, 
 
 1. a. Vrthel Spruch der Catholischen Satz und Schiel 
 richtern beyder Statten Fryburg und Soluthurn. 
 
 b. Sentence des Arbitres & Juges Catholiques des deux villes 
 Frybourg & Soleure. 
 
 These transcripts are by the same hand, and are dated 1657. 
 
 2. Historia breue e vera de gV affari de i Valdesi delle Valli. 
 This occupies 22 pages, carefully written. 
 
 A brief Confession of Faith, &c, mentioned by Morland, is 
 not now in the volume, and was not catalogued by Nasmith. 
 Waldensian Documents. 
 
 The volume marked 8. is wanting, and was not catalogued 
 by Nasmith. 
 
 123. Waldensian Documents : Morland, T. 
 
 The volume marked T. described by Sir Samuel Morland as 
 containing the rest of the original pieces mentioned in his his- 
 tory, is now bound up with the two preceding numbers, and con- 
 tains a fragment of a History of the Waldenses, on the first leaf 
 
98 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 of which is ' Chap. 2. Le commencement de la derniere perse- 
 cution assavoir la publication de l'ordre de Gastaldo et la fuite des 
 fideles au coeur de Thyuer.' 
 
 The pages numbered 1 — 36 at the corners are better written than the 
 last six pages not so numbered. There is also another enumeration from 
 10 — 50 ; there is finally a certificate as to the authenticity of the documents 
 quoted which is signed by D. Leger and other pastors, and in this the former 
 numbers are referred to. 
 
 124. Waldensian Documents : Morland, V. 
 This folio volume, bound up with the next, contains, 
 
 1. A brief but exact Relation in English, of the occasion 
 and grounds of the late war in Switzerland between the Protes- 
 tant and the Catholic Cantons, bearing date the 14 of December, 
 1 655. On two leaves. 
 
 2. A large History written in the French tongue, of all 
 
 passages and transactions between the Evangelical and Catholic 
 
 Cantons of Switzerland, in relation to the Nicodemites, or poor 
 
 exiles of the Cantons of Switz, compiled with much pains and 
 
 industry by Samuel Morland, Esq., during his abode at Geneva ; 
 
 the which history consists of the following parts or branches: 
 
 1, The beginning of the troubles in Switzerland, in the year 
 
 1655, upon account of religion, with their several assemblies 
 
 upon that occasion. 2, The Rupture. 3, The eifects of, the said 
 
 25 Feb 
 Rupture. 4, The peace concluded at Baden the ^-^ — r' , 1656. 
 
 It contains Copies, printed and in manuscript, of many documents. 
 
 125. Waldensian Documents. Morland, W. 
 
 In this volume are contained the following authentic High 
 Dutch MSS. for the Justification of the abovesaid History con- 
 cerning the differences in Switzerland about the poor Exiles of 
 Switz, &c, all signed (as in No. 116, § 2) by Mr Andrew 
 Schmidt, Under Secretary of Zuric. 
 
 1. Their Citation in September, 1655. 
 
 2. The Nicodemites Letter to those of Switz, written from 
 Zuric the 15 of September, 1655. 
 
 3. A Letter from the Canton of Zuric to those of Switz, 
 in favour of the said Nicodemites, the 15 of September, 1655. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 99 
 
 4. A Letter from the Nicodemites of Art to the Canton of 
 Switz, the 24 of September, 1655. 
 
 5. A Letter from the Canton of Zuric to that of Switz, the 
 24 of September, 1655. 
 
 6. The Answer of the Canton of Switz to that of Zuric, 27 
 Sep. 1655. 
 
 7- A Letter from Zuric to that of Switz and the other four 
 Catholic Cantons, the 28 September, 1655. 
 
 8. A brief description of those persons who were cruelly 
 executed and put to death for the truth at Switz in Nov. in the 
 year 1655. 
 
 9. A Letter from the Canton of Bern to those of Switz, the 
 13 October, 1655. 
 
 10. The proposition sent in writing to those of Switz by the 
 hands of the Deputies of the Evangelical Cantons. 
 
 1 1 . The Answer of the Council of Switz to the abovesaid 
 Proposition of the Evangelical Cantons. 
 
 12. The Answer of those of Switz to Messieurs de Bern, 
 the 27 October, 1655. 
 
 IS. A Deposition of Articles of those of Art touching their 
 Confession of Faith. 
 
 The Articles are enumerated in Morland's Catalogue. 
 
 14. Copie of the Memorial of the Nicodemites of Switz touch- 
 ing their coming out of Babylon in the year 1652. 
 Waldensian Documents. 
 
 The Black Box marked X. is not in the Library : its contents 
 are described in Morland's Catalogue. 
 
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 Romance of Jason, in English prose. 
 
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102 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Raoul le Feure, chaplain to the duke of Burgundy, who instituted the Order 
 of the ' Golden Fleece' in 1468. (See Warton, Engl. Poetry, 1. 140, ed. 1840). 
 An English translation was made by Caxton about 1485. 
 
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 Theological and Moral Treatises. 
 
 !• ff. 1 — 184. ' Liber de reglmine principum editus a fratri 
 Egidio Bomano ordinis fratrum heremitarum 8. Augustim? 
 Begins : 
 
 Ex regia ac sanctissima prosapia oriundo suo Domino... 
 Ends: 
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 2. ff. 185 — 224. ' Francisci de Maronis, De virtutibus Mo- 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 103 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Auditu auris audivi te, nunc autem oculus meus videt te. Job. ult. 
 quint vs. 
 Ends: 
 
 non potuerunt crucifigere dominum meum Jesum Christum, cui 
 est honor in secula seculorum. Amen. Amen. 
 
 3. ff. 225 — 237. ' Questiones de virtutibus moralibus.'' By 
 the same author. 
 Begins : 
 
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 Ends: 
 
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 4. ff. 238 — 244. ' De modo quo Apostoli habuerunt dominia 
 in communi cum aliis." 1 By the same author. 
 
 Begins : 
 
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 Ends: 
 
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 Immediately following this is the title : 
 
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 latur de Trinitate etfide Catholica.' 
 This treatise is not in the MS. 
 
 5. ff. 245, 246. ' Qucedam quwstio bene disputata? 
 
 Begins : 
 
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 queeritur articulus 19... 
 Ends: 
 
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 bant. Explicit quaedam quaestio bene disputata ab memorato. 
 
 6. ff. 246 — 256. ' Doctor subtilis [Joh. Duns Scotus] de 
 perfectione Statuum:'' imperfect. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Quod status Prelatorum videlicet pastorum ecclesie presupponat 
 statum alium probatur sic... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... aliis indigere alimentis nee possibile est.... 
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104 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 'JOANNIS SCHOLASTICI AbBATIS S. MoNTIS SlNA, VulgO 
 
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 1. ff. 1 — 132. K\i/ua% sive Scala Paradisi. 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 105 
 
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 taining a fragment of St John's Gospel, xvi. vs. 15 — 33. 
 Begins : 
 
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106 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 geuer bothe euere lastyng lyff of soules and healthe of bodyes. 
 
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 'Ye Inventorye op Guydo de Caulhiaco Doctor of 
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 sulaneF of Mountpeleres.' 
 
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 ' Viro illustri et reverendo Joanni Episcopo Norvicensi, S. P. D. Petrus Bur- 
 mannus/ and dated ' Trajecti Batavor.' 15 Jan. 1707. 
 
 I. The former work is comprised in pp. 1 — 210, and the 
 larger portion of it (pp. 1 — 179) was written by various hands 
 about the commencement of the xvth century. Generally, at 
 the points where the MS. is defective, a change in the style of 
 the initial letters may be observed. The other portion, which 
 may be regarded as a separate Formulary, is, as is stated below, 
 by a more modern hand, perhaps of the xvith century. 
 
 It is, according to the following description by Nasmith, 
 ' A Formulary, or Book of Precedents, of such Grants, War- 
 rants, and Letters as were accustomed to pass the Signet 
 Office, and was probably drawn up for the use of the Keeper of 
 the Privy Seal. These forms are some in Latin, but a greater 
 number in French, and contain much curious matter, though 
 their utility, both to the topographer and the historian, is consi- 
 derably abated by the want of dates, and by the names, both of 
 persons and places, being frequently expressed only by their ini- 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 107 
 
 subject-matter of each article, but without any specification of 
 persons or things. The name of King Eichard is prefixed to 
 many of these forms, either from the oscitancy of the writer, who 
 mistakenly supposed the initial R. used for Rex to be an abbre- 
 viation of Ricardus, or more probably because the collection was 
 made in the time of Richard II.*; but the contents of several, 
 which thus bear the name of Richard, plainly prove them to 
 belong to the preceding reign. The MS. is in some places 
 defective, and in others has received additions from more recent 
 hands ; but as with all its imperfections it affords an accurate 
 and authentic picture of the customs of the times, particularly 
 of the manner in which the regal power was then exercised, and 
 of the favours which the sovereign was accustomed to bestow, I 
 have given a minute description of its contents, and I have num- 
 bered the pages, that any article may more easily be found.' 
 
 The first eight pages contain Warrants from the King to his 
 Chancellor for letters patent, to be passed the Great Seal for 
 Licences. 
 
 1. p. 1. To William de Sudbury, Bp of Chichester, to 
 exchange lands in Coushute with the Abbat and Convent of Cher- 
 sey, for a messuage and lands at N. in the parish of C, and the 
 fourth part of a knight's fee in T. K. 
 
 The scribe's description in the margin is, 1 Lra escambii concordati inter 
 Epm et certos natiuos suos et abbatem et conventum de certis terris et 
 ten. suis. 
 
 The letter begins : 
 
 Edwardus Dei gracia Rex Anglie et Francie et Dominus Hibernie dilecto 
 et fideli nostro Ricardo Maundeville Cancellario nostra salutem. 
 
 It ends : 
 
 vobis mandamus quod Iras mas inde sub magno sigillo nro in forma 
 debita fieri faciatis. absque fine inde ad opus nrm capiendo. Dat. &c. 
 
 2. p. 2. To Simon de Sudbury, Bp of London, and John 
 his brother, to exchange one messuage called Lambarde's hall, 
 and three shops in St Mary Magdalen in London, with the prioress 
 and convent of Nun Eaton, for the advowson of the church of St 
 Gregory in Sudbury ; and for the said Simon and John to found 
 a College of Chaplains in the said Church. 
 
 This is given in Dngdale's Monasticon, Vol. VI. 1371, (Edn. 1830) and 
 * Bat see under § 104. 
 
108 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 probably other of these documents and references to them exist there and 
 elsewhere, though not easily to be traced. 
 
 3. To Adam, Bp of St David's, to exchange 15 acres of 
 land in C. belonging to his see for 15 acres of Glebe land be- 
 longing to the rectory of K. 
 
 4. p. 3. To William la Zouche, of H., to give the advow- 
 son of E. in Gloucestershire to the Abbat and Monks of St 
 Mary of B., and for them to impropriate the same. 
 
 5. To Ralph, Baron of Graystock, to give the advowson of 
 Horsley to the prior and convent of Brenkburn, and, &c. 
 
 This appears to be that referred to by Tanner, Notit. Monast. as Pat. 10. 
 Ric. II. p. 1, m. 3. 
 
 6. p. 4. To Esmon de Snaith, to give the advowson of D. 
 to the prior and convent of M., and, &c. 
 
 7. To Adam, Bp of St David's, to give the advowson of M. 
 and H. in Wales to the master and chaplains of a chantry founded 
 by John, Duke of Lancaster (avunculo nostrci) and the said Bp 
 in the cathedral of St David's, and, &c. 
 
 8. To the prioress and convent of sisters of the order of 
 preachers in Dertford to impropriate the church of Nortoun. 
 
 Dugdale, vi. 539. 
 
 9. To the prioress and nuns of T. to impropriate the church 
 of Little Lyuermere in the diocese of Norwich. 
 
 10. p. 5. To Simon, parson of the church of Castre, and 
 Nicholas de Massingham, to give the advowson of G. to the abbat 
 and convent of W., and, &c. 
 
 11. To Thomas, Bishop of Exeter, and his successors, to 
 impropriate the church of B. in Devonshire. ' 
 
 12. To William de H., to give the advowson of R, to the 
 prioress and convent of sisters of the order of preachers in Dert- 
 ford to impropriate the church of Nortoun. See § 8. 
 
 13. To Thomas de Woulton, clerk, and William Topcliff, 
 to give one acre of land in Codeham in Kent, and the advowson 
 to the prioress and convent of Kilbairn, to impropriate for the 
 support of a chaplain to celebrate daily in the church of the 
 convent for the soul of Symon, sometime Cardinal of Canterbury. 
 
 See Dugdale, in. 423. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 109 
 
 14. p. 6. To Thomas, Bishop of Exeter, to give an acre of 
 land in M., in the county of Glocester, and the advowson to the 
 dean and chapter of Exeter, to impropriate to the support of 
 two chaplains to celebrate daily in the said church according to 
 the ordinance of the said Bp. 
 
 15. To Ralph Basset, of Sapcote, to give lands to the yearly 
 value of £10 for the support of three chaplains of a chantry 
 founded by him there. 
 
 See Ro. 49 of 35 Ed. Ill . in Abbrev. Rot. Orig. in Cur. Scac. Vol. n. p. 268. 
 (Ed. 1810.) 
 
 16. p. 7. To John Atte Welle and Robert William, to give 
 4 marks of annual rent issuing out of certain tenements called 
 la Rye, in Oterford in Kent, for the support of Adam de Flemyng, 
 chaplain, and his successors celebrating in the chapel of Aspul- 
 drefeld. 
 
 17. To the prior and convent of 0., to take lands, &c, in 
 the county of Bedford to the yearly value of £10. 
 
 18. To Adam Lovekyn, citizen and grocer of London, and 
 Catherine his wife, to give 10s. of yearly rent issuing out of 
 certain shops in London, to the dean and chapter of the free 
 chapel of St Martin the Grand in London, and other 10s. issuing 
 out of the same to the parson of the church of St Nicholas to 
 celebrate the anniversary of Walter Turk, citizen of London. 
 
 In Stow's Survey, W. Turk is said to have been buried in 1349, in the 
 Church of St Nicolas Cold Abby. 
 
 19. p. 8. To Geoffrey de Fiston, of W., to give 4 mes- 
 suages, 7 shops, 1 stall, 1 8 acres of land, 1 rood of meadow, and 
 5s. of yearly rent in W. and 0. to the wardens and canons of the 
 free chapel of Wyndsore. 
 
 20. To Blanche de W., to give 4 acres of land in Ware, 
 joining the mansion of the warden and brethren of the order of 
 minors, to them. 
 
 See Dugdale, vi. 1512. 
 
 A leaf or more is here wanting. On pp. 9 — 12, are copies of 
 Grants under the great seal, viz. 
 
 21. p. 9. Licence for an exchange between J. de P. and the 
 abbat et convent of . . . 
 
110 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 22. Confirmation of the church of S. and 100 acres of 
 pasture in S. to the prior and convent of St Katharine without 
 Lincoln. 
 
 See the first reference by Tanner to Pat. 1. Ed. III. 
 
 23. p. 10. Of sundry lands to the abbat and convent of N. 
 The MS. is here again defective. 
 
 24. p. 11. Licence granted to J. de W., to alienate the 
 manor of 0. to W. de B. and J. his wife for their joint lives. 
 
 25. To the master and brethren of the hospital of St John 
 the Baptist in Brig, to take 4 messuages and 2 acres of land 
 inB. 
 
 See Dugdale, vi. 662. 
 
 26. To the abbat and convent of R., to take lands, &c. to 
 the yearly value of £20. 
 
 27. p. 12. To Richard Barton, to give to them a messuage 
 and land in N. 
 
 28. To them to take other lands. 
 
 A leaf or more wanting : on pp. 13 — 18, are Grants, as before. 
 
 29. p. 13. To the abbat and convent of 0., to give 8 acres 
 of land adjoining the dwelling-house of the vicar of B., to him 
 and his successors. 
 
 30. To the abbat and convent of Battle, to take 1 messuage 
 and 1 carucate of land in B. 
 
 31. To B. de T., to found in his manor of B., in Kent, a 
 house of canons regular, and to endow the same with 24 acres of 
 land. 
 
 32. To the Bp of Hereford, to unite a prebendship in the 
 said church to the deanery. 
 
 33. p. 14. To the prior and convent of B., to impropriate the 
 church of P. 
 
 34. To R. de S., to give the advowson of D. to the abbat 
 and convent of N., and, &c. 
 
 35. Writ ad quo damnum for founding a chantry. 
 
 From p. 16 to p. 28, are warrants to the chancellor for letters 
 patent to be passed the great seal, viz. for Licences. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. Ill 
 
 36. p. 17. To William de Gournay, to enfeoff Sir William 
 de Beauchamp, of Warwick, Sir John Fitzwaryn, and Sir Ber- 
 nard Brocas, in the manor of Cory Malet. 
 
 37. To William Vavasour, to enfeoff Henry Muls and 
 Eobert de Meltoun in the manor of Wickle, in Northampton, 
 and to them to grant the said manor to William and Alice Mi- 
 kelfeld. 
 
 38. To Joan, sometime wife of W., to enfeoff Richard 
 Arundell and others in the manors of C. and L., and three 
 knights' fees in 0. and K., and to the said feoffees to grant the 
 said manors and knights 1 fees to the said Joan, for the term of 
 her life, with remainder to Sir John Darrundell in fee. 
 
 39. To Alice Perers, to enfeoff John de Berners, citizen of 
 London, and others in the manors of Wendour in Bucks, and 
 Easthenney in Berks, and to W. and G-. to enfeoff the said John, 
 &c. in the manors of M. in Southampton, and of N. in Berks. 
 
 40. p. 18. To R. de G./to enfeoff John de 0. and S. his 
 wife in the manor of S. 
 
 41. To enfeoff in order to make a settlement in tail. 
 
 42. p. 19. To the abbess and convent of S. to enfeoff. 
 
 43. To enfeoff in lands held of the queen. 
 
 44. p. 20. To Sir John Darrundell, to enclose and fortify 
 (Jirmare, Tcemellare et turrittare) his house at Becheworth in 
 Surrey, and to empark Horteswode and 360 acres of land ad- 
 joining. 
 
 45. To the warden of the hospital of N. in the county of 
 W., to enclose the said hospital. 
 
 46. To William, son of Sir William Kerdeston, to finish the 
 fortifying his house at Claxtoun in Norfolk, begun by his father. 
 
 47. To the Bp of Exeter, to erect a fortress in his manor 
 of Chudele, in Devon or elsewhere, on the lands of his see. 
 
 See Dugdale, n. 524 : in note c this is quoted, from Tanner, as Pat. 3. 
 Ric. II. p. 1, m. 36 vel 37. This appears to be continued on p. 21, where 
 is a portion of a date, 'x Julij anno &c.' On p. 21 (marked 11 in 
 the folio enumeration), 'Ricardus' first appears as the initial word in 
 place of Rex. See note before, § 261. 
 
112 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 48. p. 21. For & grant to Thomas Henry, clerk, of the pre- 
 bend of Nowell in the church of Suthwell, vacant by the death of 
 John de Nowell. 
 
 49. For a presentation of Robert de B. to the church of 
 Kukelemyngton in the diocese of Carlisle. 
 
 50. Of William Dale to the church of Bykenor Englysh, in 
 the diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. 
 
 51. For a confirmation of the Archdeaconry of York to 
 John Theorun, of the prebend of Wystow to Eobert de Man- 
 feld, and of the prebend of Driffelde to John de Daventre, to 
 which they had been severally collated by the Abp of York. 
 
 52. For a presentation of Robert de F. to the church of 
 Ivingho in the diocese of Lincoln. 
 
 53. p. 22. Of Geoffrey de Westwick to the church of St 
 Mary's, Cales. 
 
 54. Of Edward de C. to the church of Ivingho. 
 
 55. Of Matthew de Bolton to the vicarage of St Nicholas, 
 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
 
 56. For a grant of a chantry in the said church to Peter 
 Augryme, chaplain. 
 
 57. Of the free Chapel of Salbourn, in the parish of Staun- 
 don, to Robert de Lincoln. 
 
 58. Of a prebend in the Church of Sarum to Thomas de 
 Sudbury. 
 
 59. For a confirmation of the prebend of Norton, in the 
 church of Lincoln, of the prebend of the altar of St Peter, in the 
 church of Beverley, and of the prebend of Northwell, in the 
 church of Suthwell, to Richard de Chestrefeld. 
 
 60. p. 23. Of the prebend of Perton, in the church of Tet- 
 tenbale, to Thomas Dufford. 
 
 61. For revocation of a confirmation of the deanery of St 
 Asaph's, granted to Howel ap Madock. 
 
 62. For restitution of the temporalities of the see of Art- 
 ferlen, in Ireland, to William Bishop elect. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 113 
 
 63. p. 24. Conge dPElire to the dean and chapter of Bangor. 
 
 64. The Royal assent to the election of Henri de Wakefield 
 archdeacon of Northampton to the see of Ely. 
 
 65. For declaring the royal assent to the election of William 
 de Gratton to be abbat of St John's in Colchester. 
 
 66. For a grant of the custody of the alien priory of Stoke 
 by Clare to the prior of the same under the yearly rent of £60. 
 
 67. p. 25. Alien priory of Bermondsey to Richard Dointon, 
 prior of the same, under the yearly rent of £40. 
 
 68. For a pardon to John Uphulle, clerk, for a contempt 
 and forfeiture incurred by prosecuting a suit without the realm. 
 
 69. p. 26. For revocation of a grant of restitution of dower 
 to Margery, the wife of John de la Feld. 
 
 70. For a grant of view of free pledge in the manor of 
 Peneriche, to John de Beverle. 
 
 71. p. 27. For a pardon to John Uphulle, and restitution of 
 his lands and goods. 
 
 72. To the escaetor of the county of Chester for an inqui- 
 sition to be taken of the lands of Adam de Bostock, deceased. 
 
 73. For livery of the lands of John the son and heir of 
 Richard Bray, being of full age. 
 
 74. General pardon granted to John Sonde. 
 
 75. p. 28. To Richard Bers, forester, of many transgressions 
 by him committed in the forests. 
 
 76. For licence to William la Zouche, of H., to enclose a 
 road for enlarging his park. 
 
 After four blank leaves, follow, from p. 37 to p. 49, copies of 
 royal Letters (sub signeto nostro) to the pope and to secular princes, 
 with others intermixed. Where the pope has been styled ' Beatis- 
 sime pater,' a pen has been drawn through the words : see at the 
 end of No. 10, 11. § 1. 
 
 77. p. 37. To the pope, requesting he would recall his reser- 
 vation of a prebend in the church of Lichfeld, and of another in 
 the church of Welles, surreptitiously obtained by William de Yox- 
 hale. 
 
114 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 78. Requesting indulgences to those who should contribute 
 to the rebuilding of the church of the abbey of Waltham. 
 
 79. p. 38. For the canonization of Thomas de la Hale, a 
 monk of St Martius, Dover, martized by the enemy when they 
 plundered and burnt the monastery. 
 
 80. p. 39. Recommending William de Kanderbergh for the 
 bishoprick of Tornay. 
 
 81. To a cardinal, desiring him to further the above request. 
 
 82. p. 40. To the pope, desiring he would impose silence 
 on Hugh de Fereby, who was prosecuting a suit against Henry 
 de Snaith for a prebend in the church of Beverly, contrary to 
 the agreement made between pope Gregory and King Edward III. 
 
 83. To appropriate to the college of Cobham a church given 
 them by their founder, Sir John de Cobeham. 
 
 84. p. 41. Soliciting the promotion of John de Fordham, 
 keeper of the privy seal, William de Pakyngton, treasurer of the 
 household, and Reginald de Hulton, controller of the household, 
 to benefices vacated by the cardinals in rebellion. 
 
 85. To Cardinal Alencon, desiring his furtherance of the 
 king's request to the pope. 
 
 86. To the pope, that he would grant to John de Sere- 
 merston, a dispensation for irregularity and inability. 
 
 87. p. 42. That he would grant to the warden and chaplains 
 of the chantry at Greystok the impropriation of the church of 
 Greystock, given them by Ralph, baron of Greystok. 
 
 88. Thanking him for the promotion of Raymund de Re- 
 querus, abbat of the Holy Cross in Bourdeaux, to the archbishop- 
 rick of Bourdeaux, and of Bernard Salomons, to the said abbey of 
 the Holy Cross. 
 
 89. Recommending Gerald de Menta for a bishoprick in 
 Aquitaine. 
 
 90. p. 43. Edward III. to Pope Gregory, thanking him for 
 the favor shewn to his ambassadors, and about a conference to 
 be held by commissioners on both sides. 
 
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 91. To the pope, requesting him to confirm the tresorship 
 of the church of Wells to Thomas Lynton, dean of the King's 
 Chapel. 
 
 92. p. 44. In favor of Henry de Eeyburtz, chaplain to the 
 Queen. 
 
 93. Of Robert Thunnilby. 
 
 94. For the translation of Bernard Salomons to the abbey 
 of the Holy Cross. 
 
 95. p. 45. To Cardinal Delenson, that he would further the 
 preceding request. 
 
 96. Recommending Helias Thillelmi his chaplain. 
 
 97. To the pope, for indulgences to the abbey of Waltham. 
 See § 78. 
 
 98. p. 46. Recommending Robert Withened, provincial prior 
 of the order of St Mary of Mount Carmel, for the next vacant 
 bishoprick. 
 
 99. To the Cardinals on the same subject. 
 
 100. p. 47. To the pope, requesting him to confirm John 
 Stacy in the prebend of Masham, in the church of York, con- 
 ferred on him by the king. 
 
 101. Wenceslaus, king of the Romans and of Bohemia, to 
 Richard, king of England, acquainting him with his welfare, &c. 
 
 102. p. 48. To the King, probably from some Cardinal, 
 requesting that the money the king had sent to Florence for 
 raising troops to oppose the French, might be paid into the 
 pope's hands. 
 
 103. p. 49. Restitution of the vessels and cargoes of the 
 Genoese taken by his admirals. 
 
 Next follow Warrants to the Chancellor. 
 
 104. p. 49. For restitution of the temporalities to William 
 Welles, abbat elect of St Maries York. 
 
 This document commences ' Henricus &c. Cancellario,' and ends, ' Dat. 
 &c. apud Westmonasterium primo die Martii Anno regni nri primo.' On 
 this page and the next the grants commence, ' R. Cane, suo.' 
 
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116 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 105. For a grant of lands in Ireland to James de B., Earl 
 of Ormon. 
 
 106 p. 50. A tenement in St Margaret Patyns, London, to 
 John Audeler. 
 
 107. For a Licence to William Bardolf to exchange the 
 manor of Walton at Stane, in the county of Hertford, with 
 Robert Bardolf, for the manor of Stow Bardolf, in the county of 
 Norfolk. 
 
 108. p. 51. For a grant to Bobert De Assheton of the 
 wardship of Edmund, the son and heir of Emmeline, sometime 
 wife of Thomas Hogshawe, daughter of Sir Edmund de Clivedon, 
 deceased. 
 
 This and subsequent grants commence ' Ricardus, &c.' 
 
 109. Of the custody of the castles, manors, &c. of Humfrey 
 de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, deceased, to Thomas, Earl of Buck- 
 ingham, who married Eleanor during the minority of Mary the 
 other daughter and coheiress of the said Humfrey. 
 
 110. p. 52. To Gilbert de Umfravill, Earl Danegas, and 
 Matilda his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas de Luci, of free 
 chace and free warren, in the soil and herbage of Allandale in 
 Cumberland. 
 
 111. To John de Beverle, of view of free pledge, in the 
 manor of B. in Stafford. 
 
 112. For a licence to the chancellor to 'enclose and embattle 
 his manor of Bolton in Wencelowdale, and to give lands, &c. of 
 20 marks yearly to the abbat and convent of St Agatha, near 
 Rugemont. 
 
 113. p. 53. For a confirmation of the grant of 50 marks 
 yearly to the Friers Preachers at Oxford. 
 
 These are followed by royal and other Letters. 
 
 114. p. 53. To a Prince of Poland, or Germany, on a treaty 
 concluded with the Hanztowns. 
 
 115. To the consuls of the cities of Prussia and Lubec on 
 the same subject. 
 
 116. p. 54. To the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 
 
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 complaining that the goods and merchandize of English subjects 
 had been unjustly seized in Prussia. 
 
 117- Thanking him for a present of Falcons. 
 
 118. To the Burgomasters, Consuls, and Citizens of Lubec 
 and Stade, that the king had detained a ship of theirs for having 
 carried certain of his seamen placed in it by his admiral to Sluce, 
 in Flanders, where some of them were slain, and others impri- 
 soned. 
 
 119. p. 55. A Letter of Credence, but the name of the 
 prince to whom directed is wanting. 
 
 120. A Letter requesting a safe conduct for John, Bishop 
 of Bangor, Walnred, Monk of Durham, Sir William de Burton, 
 knight, and Master John de S., doctor of laws, ambassadors to 
 the pope. 
 
 121. To Beymund Berenger, high master of the order of 
 St John of Jerusalem, that the king had refused Robert de 
 Hales, prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, his licence 
 to attend the general councill of the order at Avignon, because 
 his presence was necessary to the defence of the kingdom of 
 England. 
 
 122. p. 56. To the great preceptor and knights of the said 
 order on the same subject. 
 
 123. 124. To excuse the attendance of the prior of the 
 Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland. 
 
 125. p. 57. To Brocard de Fennystrange, a letter of com- 
 pliment. 
 
 126. To . . • • • . in a similar style. 
 
 127. p. 58. To the King of Portugal, thanking him for his 
 letters brought by Sir John Fernard, desires he would give cre- 
 dence to the answer which Sir John carried back. 
 
 128. To the King of Norway, recommending William 
 Norbourgh, a minorite, advanced by the pope to a bishoprick in 
 Norway. 
 
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 129. Thanking him for the favor shewn to the English 
 merchants trading in Norway, and desiring the continuance of the 
 same. 
 
 130. To Omander Fynnesson, knight, (probably a minister 
 of the king of Norway) on the same subject. 
 
 131. To the Merchants of the Hanse Towns residing at 
 Northborne in Norway, on their injurious treatment of the Eng- 
 lish Merchants trading in Norway, and desiring redress. 
 
 132. p. 60. To Wenzelas, King of the Eomans and of Bo- 
 hemia, to give credence to Sir Simon de Burley, Robert de Bray- 
 broke, bachelor of laws and 'secretarium nostrum specialem,' 
 and Sir Bernard van Zeiles, the king's ambassadors. 
 
 133. To the King of Arragon, a letter of credence. 
 
 134. To William, dno Juliacensi nepoti nostro, that the king 
 had received the letters in favor of his sister, the Lady Dowager 
 of Kent, and would continue to treat that lady favorably. 
 
 135. p. 61. To the Merchants of the Hanse Towns at the 
 fair of Stone, in recommendation of the English Merchants 
 resorting thither. 
 
 136. To the Magistrates and Consuls of Lubec on the same 
 subject. 
 
 137. To Barnaban, lord of Milan, vicar-general of the em- 
 pire, desiring a safe conduct for Sir N. de Dagworth and Master 
 John Moubray, LL.D., the king's ambassadors to the court of 
 Bome. 
 
 This letter commences, ' Ricardus, &c.' 
 
 138. General Letter of Credence for Sir John de Hauke- 
 wode and Sir Nicholas Dagworth, and Master Walter de S., 
 Doctor of Laws, the king's ambassadors to the parts of Germany 
 and Italy. 
 
 139. p. 62. To the King of Portugal, a letter of compli- 
 ment. 
 
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 After some blank pages follow in a different handwriting, 
 which continues to p. 108, 
 
 140. p. 69. To Sir John de Hales, prior of the Hospital of 
 St John of Jerusalem in England, — the king having commanded 
 a general array for the defence of the kingdom, and William 
 Piron, commander of Glebethe, and James de Wyncetre, com- 
 mander of Yevele, being absent — , to entrust the said comman- 
 deries to John Dingley, a brother of the said order. 
 
 The letter begins, ' Rychard par la grace de dieu Roy dengleterre.' 
 
 141. p. 70. Summons to council and to treat about an expe- 
 dition against the enemy. 
 
 142. Order to equip a ship against the enemy. 
 
 143. Of array for the defence of the kingdom. 
 
 ] 44. To march to the sea coast. 
 
 J 45. p. 71. Letters of safe conduct to the messenger sent 
 by the Cardinal of Canterbury to the see of Rome. 
 
 146. Grant of timber out of the forests of Aquitaine to the 
 mayor, burgesses, and inhabitants of Eochelle for the repair of 
 their fortifications. 
 
 147. p. 72. For John Popyn to take masons, and other 
 workmen for the repair of the king's Manor of Woodstock. 
 
 148. Licence to Symkyn Symeon to hunt wild beasts in his 
 woods near Grafton in the king's forest of Rockingham. 
 
 149. The King's engagement for the repayment of 10,000 
 marks borrowed of Richard earl of Arundel. 
 
 150. p. 73. Letter to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of 
 Cornwall, that as Orgovic archdeacon of Cornwall was employed 
 in the exchequer, and therefore unable to visit the archdeaconry, 
 they would pay the procurations to his commissioners. 
 
 151. Another to the same purpose. 
 
 152. Of thanks to the commander and other officers for their 
 good conduct in an engagement in the marches of Arde and 
 Guines ; and directing that the Count of St Pol, and other Pri- 
 soners, be not ransomed till further orders. 
 
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 153. p. 74. To a prelate sent from the pope to treat of 
 peace, giving him leave to come to London. 
 
 154. To John de Burle captain of Calais, directing him 
 honorably to receive and expedite in his voyage to England the 
 archbishop of Ravenna, the pope's nuntio. 
 
 155. Grant of the Custody of the alien priory of Tetteleye in 
 Wales to William Jones, Steward of Broghenoc. 
 
 156. p. 75. Letter to .... for his good conduct in the 
 wars of Aquitaine. 
 
 1 57. To the Officer commissioned to muster the Troops which 
 were to serve beyond sea under the earl of Cambridge and the 
 Duke of Britanny expressing the Royal displeasure at delay, &c. 
 
 158. p. 76. For the protection of the prior and convent of St 
 Bartholomew in Smithfield, impropriators of the church of St 
 Sepulchre without Newgate, against whom, on refusing to give 
 up to the parish a vestment-room called the Cruddes within the 
 Church, the parishioners had conspired to forbid any greater 
 offering to be made at any burial, anniversary, churching or 
 wedding than one* penny, and had by threats and force of arms 
 hindered the said prior and convent from prosecuting their rights 
 by due course of law. 
 
 159. p. 77. Of like tenor to the parishioners of St Sepulchre. 
 
 160. Against the transportation of money out of the kingdom, 
 under pretence of responsion, pension, rent, tallage, or visitation. 
 
 161. To the king's Son, concerning a Truce for three years 
 with France. 
 
 1 62. p. 78. To the keeper of the temporalities of the see of 
 Worcester, to pay to the Bishop all profits of the bishoprick 
 due at Michaelmass then last past, and since to the day that the 
 temporalities were restored to the bishop 
 
 163. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer for 
 allowance of such payment. 
 
 164. To John de Bemes, mayor, and John Wroth, John 
 Pyel, and John Pecchee, aldermen of London, reprimanding them 
 for not duly attending the hustings. 
 
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 165. p. 79. To a Bishop, to negociate for the good of the 
 realm and for the security of Calais and its marches, an alliance 
 with the Earl of Flanders and his three good cities of Gande, 
 Bruges, and Ypres 
 
 See Rymer, Foedera, An. 6 Ric. II. 
 
 166. To the Bp of Lincoln, to visit the Abbey of Missenden, 
 the Abbat whereof was charged with having dilapidated the 
 lands, &c, and alienated the books, &c. of the house. 
 
 167. To the Chancellor and Masters regent and non regent 
 of the University of Oxford for the repression of all disturbances 
 and riots in the election of proctors. 
 
 168. p. 80. To the Earl of Buckingham, constable of England, 
 the Duke of Britany, John Darrundell, Marshall of England, and 
 the admirals and Lords serving beyond sea, to give credence to 
 John Clerc the king's messenger enformed of his Will. 
 
 169. To the Mayor and bailiffs of Dover, commanding them 
 to arrest certain ships laden with the goods of the enemy brought 
 into that port. 
 
 170. p. 81. About the fortification of the City of Bayonne. 
 
 171. Appointment of Proctors on the part of the crown for 
 recovery of the ransom of the count of Deve taken at the battle of 
 Nazarre in Castile. 
 
 172. p. 82 To the Governor of Bordeaux, thanking him for 
 his good services. 
 
 173. p. 83. To the Commissioners for treating of peace with 
 France. 
 
 174. p. 84. To the Abbat of Angers, that whereas the king 
 had kept in his hands during the war with France the pension of 
 £40 issuing out of the priory of Spalding, and the Abbat had 
 notwithstanding endeavoured to recover the same by Ecclesiastical 
 censures, he desist on pain of forfeiture of all that he held in 
 England. 
 
 J 75. To the proctor of the Abbat on the same subject. 
 
 176. To the Bp of Chichester, in favour of William de 
 Wymundham the king's physician, preferred by the pope to the 
 prebend of Norwell in the church of Chichester. 
 
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 177. p. 85. To one of the king's uncles to attend the Councill. 
 
 178. To the Mayor, Eecorder, and Aldermen of London, 
 certifying that John de Wesenham had before the Councill in the 
 Star Chamber renounced all claim to a tenement in St Thomas'. 
 
 179. To a Bishop to attend the Councill. 
 
 ] 80. To one of the king's sons to the same purpose. 
 
 181. p. 86. To the abbat of Hide, collector of the tenth 
 granted by the clergy within the archdeaconry of Winchester, for 
 the speedy levying and paying the same to the king's Treasurer. 
 
 182. To praying him to grant his licence 
 
 to Thomas, bp of Exeter, to amortize one acre of land in Martho 
 and the advowson of the church (which were held of him), and to 
 appropriate the said Church to the support of three chaplains to 
 perform divine service in the cathedral of Exeter for the souls of 
 the King and the Bishop. 
 
 183. p. 87. The prior and convent of New place in the 
 forest of Sherewood, having had many of their houses blown down 
 by a high wind and their best grange called Hokenale, and their 
 mill burnt, and much corn, cattle, and other goods therein .con- 
 sumed, and having represented their inability to rebuild the same, 
 the king commands the premises to be surveyed, and a report to 
 be made to him in councill of the timber that would be necessary. 
 
 184. 185. Two letters for assistance to be granted to the 
 towne of St Macaire in recompence of the losses and damages 
 they had sustained during the war. 
 
 186. p. 88. To the Chancellor, Regent, and Non Regent 
 Masters of the University of Cambridge, that Nicholas Roos, 
 doctor of Civill law, keeper of King's Hall in the said University, 
 might be permitted to read in the canon law. 
 
 1 87. To John Berber, clerk, controller of the Works in the 
 Castle of Queensburgh and William Symme, late one of the 
 surveyors of the same, commanding them to certify the measure of 
 the walls of the Barbican, at what price John Boix, Morice Yong, 
 
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 and John Robesacre had undertaken to build the same, what sums 
 they had received, and what still remained due. 
 
 188. p. 89. To the Mayor and Bailiffs of Southampton to aid 
 Sir Edward de Berkele, sent thither to treat with the people of 
 Bayonne, who were to come with certain of their ships to South- 
 ampton. 
 
 189. To the mayor, bailiffs, and good people of Sandwich to 
 prepare their barge and to equip it sufficiently for war, putting on 
 board one master, one constable, and four score and tea seamen 
 to serve at the king's pay. 
 
 1 90. To the warden, brethren and sisters of the Hospital of 
 St Nicholas, near Kardeill, that as the king's progenitors used to 
 have continually three professed sisters of their nomination in the 
 said Hospital, and there is no sister there so nominated, he ap- 
 points Editha de Fenton to be a sister, and commands them to 
 certify what they shall have done in that behalf. 
 
 191. To the general of the brethren Heremites of the Order 
 of St Augustin, a letter of credence to what Geoffrey de Herdeby 
 should shew on the king's part relating to the convent of the said 
 order in London. 
 
 192. To Master John Thoresby, provost of the collegiate 
 church of Beverley, that he would permit Adam de Thorp, cousin 
 of Walter de Skirlawe, to enjoy unmolested the church of North 
 Burton given him by the pope. 
 
 193. p. 90. To the Sergeant at Arms of the Marshalsea 
 prison, to liberate John Lenot committed on suspicion for the 
 death of John Spalding. 
 
 194. To the abbat and convent of Vale Royal in Cheshire, 
 to contract the plan for building their church of which the foun- 
 dations had been laid. 
 
 195. To the Bp of Salisbury, that he would further John 
 Lef, vicar of the church of Yatemynstre, and Thomas Fryday, 
 parson of the church of Mynterne in the exchange of their pre- 
 ferments. 
 
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 196. p. 91. To the Mayor and Bailiffs of Newcastle upon 
 Tyne, to protect Matthew de Bolton, who had the vicarage of 
 the said town by favor of the Holy See, and had possessed the 
 same twenty-five years, and had been confirmed therein by the 
 king's letters patent, against the attempts of John de Fishbourn 
 to eject him. 
 
 1 97. Letter as it seems of the Councill on the treaty with 
 France. 
 
 198. p. 92. To a judge, to do right to the parties in a case 
 of trespass, in which William de Fournyvall was plaintiff. 
 
 Nothing more unexceptionable than the terms of this letter ; though it 
 is not easy to discern why the king should write at all on such a subject, 
 unless indeed more was meant than meets the ear, and that in the words of 
 the rubric in the margin it was, " quod faciat justitiam cum favore." 
 
 199. To the sheriff of Yorkshire on the same subject. 
 
 200. On the same subject. 
 
 201. To a bishop, that the king had received his letters 
 touching the expected arrival of the pope's embassadors at St 
 Omers, and had sent John de Appelby, dean of St Paul's, and 
 Sir Arnold Savage to declare his will on the subject. 
 
 202. To Richard, son of Thomas de Roos, of Kendale, 
 knight, to assist Margaret, widow of Henry of Tresdale, in her suit 
 touching a burgage in Kirkby, of which she had been wrongfully 
 disseized. 
 
 203. To some ecclesiastic, requesting he would permit the 
 abbat of "Westminster to take in his woods oaks for beams to 
 the hall he was now building in the abbey. 
 
 204. To the Admirall of the West, in the port of South- 
 ampton, and to the Mayor and Bailiffs of the said town, for 
 restitution to the Merchants of Catalonia of the goods taken in 
 a vessel. 
 
 205. Summons to a bishop to attend the councill to be held 
 about a treaty with France. 
 
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 206. p. 94. Letter touching a purchase made of an exe- 
 cutor, two executors having made different sales of the same 
 property, the king desires one of the purchasers to release his 
 bargain. 
 
 207. To the abbat of Ramsey, desiring him to keep twelve 
 of the king's running dogs. 
 
 208. To the abbat of Crowland, desiring him to keep for 
 the king a servant and twelve dogs. 
 
 209. To the abbat of Osneye, desiring him to keep a servant 
 and a greyhound bitch with her puppies, till the puppies should 
 be able to run. 
 
 210. p. 95. To the prior of Bath with a like request. 
 
 211. To the abbat of Osney, desiring him to keep a lad and 
 a bitch big with whelp, till she should have littered and her 
 puppies be able to run. 
 
 212. To an ecclesiastic, desiring him to send two dogs, puppies, 
 which the king had heard he intended to give him. ' Deux 
 cheaux techelez, afin que nous les puissions faire nurrir et chastier 
 pur estre deux nos bercelets pur nostre deduit.' 
 
 213. To Robert de Wythyford, to desist from aggrieving 
 and harassing the abbess and convent of Shaftesbury by informa- 
 tions against them before the Bp of Salisbury their ordinary. 
 
 2J4. p. 96. To the prior and canons regular of to 
 
 repair the damage done to the town of Waynfleet by the ditches 
 dug (out of their fee) into a certain sewer, or drain, separating 
 their lands in Thorn, and the lands of the town parcell of the 
 manor of Dalby belonging to the daughter and heir of Orraby, 
 then the king's ward, ' et en la garde [de] nre bien amee Alice 
 Perreres.' 
 
 215. To Sir Hugh Zouch, knight, that he desist from threat- 
 ening Nicholas Brakele because he had brought an action of 
 trespass against Robert Gore, servant of Sir Hugh. 
 
126 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 216. p. 97. To Sir Adam de Clifton, knight, that he desist 
 from harassing the tenants of the town of great Massingham, 
 
 217. To the minister of the brethren of the order of Minors, 
 of Dorchester, that he correct John Gery, brother of the order, 
 for having excited the cottagers and tenants of the abbat of 
 Middelton against their lord. 
 
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 218. To the Mayor and Eecorder of London, to do right 
 to Henry de Dodyngton, chaplain of a chantry in the city, as to 
 many rents wrongfully withheld. 
 
 219. p. 98. To Thomas de Malton, that he permit John 
 Avable and Katherine his wife to have again the lands &c. in 
 Maiden of which he had wrongfully dispossessed them. 
 
 220. To John Atte Hethe, complaining that he had suborned 
 the jury on the inquest taken after the death of John Typtot, so 
 that the truth concerning the king's right could not be found. 
 
 221. To the Mayor of London, that surety of peace be 
 granted to William Harding, the king's messenger^ of John 
 Baldoch, one of the Mayor's sergeants. 
 
 222. To the Abbess of Shaftesbury, to pay the arrears of 
 the pension of 100s. which at her creation she had by the king's 
 command granted to John Irelond. 
 
 223. p. 99. To the Abbat of Colchester, enforcing the pay- 
 ment of the arrears of a like pension to John Marchall. 
 
 224. To the abbat and convent of Goldelyns, that they 
 certify into the office of the privy seal what belonged to a corrody 
 in the king's gift in the said abbey. 
 
 225. To the Chancellor, for a grant under the great seal to 
 John le Hen, of corrody, in the priory of Thetford, which 
 Eichard de Otyngham, outlawed for felony, held for life, and 
 which fell therefore to the king's gift. 
 
 226. p. 100. Eecommending Warter Pertriche to be made 
 free of the city of London. 
 
 227. For an exchange to be made between Thomas Draper, 
 sub-dean and penitentiary of the church of Exeter, and John de 
 
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 Podderton, parson of the church of Hathlegh in the diocese of 
 Winchester. 
 
 228. To recommending Robert de Newton, 
 
 esquire of the chamber, to be her husband. 
 
 229. Summons to a nobleman to accompany the king beyond 
 sea with all his retinue (but without horse) victualled for four 
 months. 
 
 230. Recommending a monk to his superior. 
 
 231. p. 101. Robert Brown to be admitted to his freedom 
 in the city of London. 
 
 232. p. 101. John Wasteneys, a frier minor, inceptor in 
 divinity at Oxford. 
 
 233. To the Good People of Hadley in Suffolk, that they 
 should not overrate William de Merston, and Alexander his 
 servant, by reason of the lands they held in Hadley, towards the 
 building of the barge which the town was to find for the king's 
 service. 
 
 234. To the Collectors of the Tenth and Fifteenth in the 
 county of Hereford for the relief of Richard of Roudon by them 
 over-assessed. 
 
 235. p. 102. To Thomas de la Bere, to desist from troubling 
 the abbess of Shaftesbury. 
 
 236. To the Abbat and Convent of Bordesley, to restore to 
 Henry Otterhunt the corridy granted to him by the king. 
 
 237. p. 103. Summons to appear before the Councill. 
 
 238. To the Keeper of the Forest of Shirwood, to deliver 
 the prior and convent of Beauvale ten oaks fit for timber. 
 
 239. To the Keeper of the Forest of Dene, to deliver to 
 Thomas Leveson four oaks fit for timber. 
 
 240. To to settle a dispute which had arisen 
 
 between John Boton, one of the king's falconers, and the people 
 of the town of Norbury. 
 
 241. To Sir William Trussel, knight, and John Carles, esq., 
 
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 to desist from disturbing John Pris, in the possession of the 
 church of Donyngton, in the diocese of Lichfield. 
 
 242. p. 104. To some ecclesiastic, thanking him for a pre- 
 sent of three greyhounds, which the king sends back to him to 
 keep, till he again wants them. 
 
 243. Order for passing from Dover to Calais Jeffrey de 
 Stwecle, sent into Flanders by the king. 
 
 244. Letter of protection for the abbat and convent of 
 Dore. 
 
 245. p. 105. To the Mayor and Bailiffs of the town of 
 Southampton, to impress the ships and mariners in their port for 
 the king's service. 
 
 246. To Robert de Crulle, clerk of the navy, to deliver a 
 ship to certain persons in recompense of three ships of theirs 
 burnt in the king's service before E«ochelle. 
 
 247- To that they aid Richard Medeford, 
 
 clerk, warden of Magdalen Hospital near the town of Berwick- 
 upon-Twede, in recovering the rent due from John Hornby. 
 
 248. To requiring him to have his company 
 
 fit for the king's service according to his indenture. 
 
 249. To the Justices of the Peace for Cornwall, to hear the 
 complaint of John Oisell, of Liskerred, against Sir Walter Pyn- 
 hergard, knight, Thomas his brother, and others, for carrying 
 away his goods, and to do him full justice. 
 
 250. p. 106. To the Mayor and Aldermen of London, to do 
 justice in a claim of wardship. 
 
 251. To John Staple, Sergeant at Arms, and John Brice, to 
 hasten the passage of the North fleet to the port of Plymouth for 
 the embarkation of the Duke of Lancaster and his army. 
 
 252. To the Keeper of the Forests of Bernewode, Sholtore, 
 and Storvode, for delivery of two oaks fit for timber to Esmon 
 Bardolp. 
 
 253. Letter of Credence for Sir Thomas Musgrave and 
 
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 John de Appulby, Dean of St Paul's, sent to the king's commis- 
 sioners, treating of a truce with France. 
 
 254. p. 107. Letter of Protection for William de Coupe- 
 lade, in his office of bailiff-errant in the county of Lincoln. 
 
 255. To William de Sleford, keeper of the works of the 
 palace of Westminster and Tower of London, for the delivery of 
 three great engines, and one trebuchet, 'et sys cent pes pur 
 ycelx,' to William de Armyn. 
 
 256. For the delivery of handmills to the King's sons, the 
 King of Castile, and the Earl of Cambridge. 
 
 257. To the Judges to do full justice to the parties, and not 
 to suffer Thomas de Twicham of Adesham, and Maud his wife, 
 to be wronged in a cause. 
 
 258. p. 108. Another letter to the same purpose. 
 
 259. To David Craddock, justice of North Wales, or his 
 deputy, and John Wodhouse, chamberlain there, for the confir- 
 mation of the abbat elect of Berdesey, and the restitution of his 
 temporalities. 
 
 260. To the Duke of Lancaster, and Robert Tresilian, chief 
 justice, empowering them and others, commissioners of oyer and 
 terminer in the county of York, ' mettre a fyn persons' endited 
 before them of treason and felony. 
 
 Several blank pages, after which are warrants 1 , in the former 
 handwriting, to the Chancellor for Grants to be passed the Great 
 Seal, viz. 
 
 261. p. 117. To W. de S., parson of the church of St 
 George of W. and others, to give the manor of W. in the county 
 of Southampton, holden in capite of the king's manor of Ham- 
 stede Marshall, to the prior and convent of St Swithin's of W. 
 
 262. To Esmond de S., to give the advowson of D. to the 
 prioress and convent of M. 
 
 263. To A. de B., parson of R., to grant certain tenements 
 in the parish of St Martin's in the 'vynetre de Londres,' in fee 
 
 1 The continuation of § 47, given on p. 21, is also to be found at the top of p. 117. 
 
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 farm, to the abbat and convent of our Lady of Grace, near the 
 Tower of London. 
 
 264. p. 118. To Alexander, Abp. of York, to grant West- 
 wood in B., containing 400 acres, to the burgesses of the town of 
 B. in fee farm. 
 
 265. To W. de Mulsho, clerk, to grant the manor of Mulsho 
 in Berks to any persons of holy church that he pleases, religious 
 or others. 
 
 266. To William Wightman, of the custody of the lands 
 of J. de Merkeshale, during the minority of the heir, and of the 
 marriage of the heir. 
 
 267. p. 119. For the remission of £4 yearly from the rent 
 reserved in a grant to Margaret, countess of Norfolk, and Anne, 
 relict of John de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, of the custody of 
 two thirds of the lands of the said Earl during the minority of 
 the heir. 
 
 268. To J. Stegein, of the custody of 1 messuage, 80 acres 
 of land, 7 acres of meadow, 53s. Id. yearly rent in the county 
 of Derby, late John Frenchevilles of Ballurton, deceased, during 
 the minority of his heir, and of the marriage of the said heir. 
 
 269. To John Pasy, of the custody and marriage of the 
 heir of John Huggeford. 
 
 270. p. 120. To William Gambon, of the custody of the 
 manor of Netherall in Hynton, in the county of Cambridge, until 
 the full age of the heir of R. de Thorp. 
 
 271. To R. Forster, of the custody of the manor of W., 
 and of 1 messuage in Thornele, in the county of Oxford, and of 
 the manor of Normenhale in Bucks, and of the third of the manor 
 of Yatington in Berks, during the minority of the heir. 
 
 272. To Robert de Assheton, of the custody of the manor 
 and park of Sudbury, during the minority of the heir of Edward 
 le Despenser, p. 120. 
 
 273. p. 121. To Richard Breton and Richard H., of the 
 custody of the lands of John P. during the minority of his heir, 
 and of the marriage of the said heir. 
 
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 27-4. To Sir Hugh de Hastyng, knight, of a market and two 
 fairs in Elsyng in Norfolk. 
 
 275. To the Abbat and Convent of Bordesley, of free warren 
 in all their demesne lands and woods in the counties of Warwick 
 and Worcester. 
 
 276. p. 122. To Juliana, widow of Eoger B., and to 
 Thomas, Henry, and Ralf, heirs to the said Roger, according to 
 the custom of gavelkind in Kent, of a market and fair in the 
 manor of G. 
 
 277. To Peter Cantrell, of a corrody in the priory of Min- 
 
 stere. . 
 
 278. To Richard de Donington, prior of Bermondsey, of the 
 custody of the said priory there, with the other alien priories 
 seized into the king's hands on account of the war with France. 
 
 279. To Roger Ratescroft, clerk, of the annual pension 
 which the Bishop of London owes by reason of his new creation. 
 
 280. p. 123. To Bartholomew Fitzwilliam Langriche, clerk, 
 of the annual pension which the abbat of Waltham Holy Cross 
 owes. 
 
 281. For a licence to Elizabeth, widow of David de S., 
 Earl D'Athell, to marry whom she pleases. 
 
 282. To John, Bp of Lincoln, to absent himself from par- 
 liament on account of his age and infirmities. 
 
 283. 284. For a safe conduct for shipping. 
 
 285. p. 124. To the Abbat of the Holy Cross and his suc- 
 cessors, that they shall not without their consent be made collec- 
 tors or assessors of Tenths, Fifteenths, Subsidies, &c. 
 
 286. Of a corrody in the priory of St Andrew, Northampton. 
 
 287. For a general release to John Beauchamp, receiver of 
 the chamber. 
 
 288. To Hugh, Earl of Stafford, and Ralf his son, to hunt 
 and fish in the king's parks, forests, &c. 
 
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 289. p. 125. To the Abbat of Waltham Holy Cross, to hunt 
 'le gossiP and other vermine in the king's forests of Essex, 
 taking care to frighten as little as possible the wilde beasts or 
 game, ' la sanongere,' but if, when so hunting, any wild beast 
 should come before him, the abbat is permitted to run his dogs, 
 ' ses livrers,' and take it, provided he does not exceed the number 
 of two in the year. 
 
 290. To the keeper of the Forest of Shirwood. ' Exoneratio 
 forestarii de animalibus per ipsum datis.' 
 
 291 . To Eichard Stury, for his house at Bernewell, of a load 
 of 'fuyal,' to be taken weekly during life in the bailiwick of 
 Ohoe, in the forest of Rokingham. 
 
 292. To Henry, Bp of Worcester, to fell his wood in the 
 forest of Feckenham belonging to his manor of Hamburg, near 
 Wyche, and to sell the same to the value of 200 marks. 
 
 293. p. 126. To Esmond, Earl of Cambridge, to trim up 
 once his oaks and other trees growing in the wood belonging to 
 his manor of S. in the king's forest of Braidens, and to sell the 
 cuttings. 
 
 294. To Denys Fauconer, of a corrody in the abbey of Bor- 
 desley. 
 
 295. For letters testimonial under the Great Seal to Wil- 
 liam Pyn and another, of their having done homage for their 
 lands holden of the manor of Bradenash, parcell of the dutchy of 
 Cornwall. 
 
 2.96. Of a writ de probanda etate to Sir William Coggeshall, 
 knight. 
 
 297. For revocation of letters of protection granted to Robert 
 Monk. 
 
 298. p. 127. Nomination of Marion Herney of Hurwold, to 
 be a nun in the abbey of Grace-Dieu, in the county of Leicester, 
 by virtue of the king's right on every vacancy of the abbey. 
 
 299. For the revocation of letters of protection granted to 
 Roger David. 
 
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 300. Letter to the Chancellor, to proceed in a suit concerning 
 two parts of the manors of Bok and Ribbesford, and the advowson 
 of the church of Eibbesford, notwithstanding the king's letters of 
 aid before obtained by one of the parties. 
 
 301. p. 128. To the Abbat and Convent of Evesham, to 
 empark 300 acres of land and water in the manor of Ambresley, 
 in the county of Worcester. 
 
 302. For the Chancellor to proceed in a suit between William 
 Martin and John de Waltham, concerning certain messuages and 
 lands in Tunbridge, notwithstanding, &c. 
 
 303. p. 129. Between Walter Fitzwalter and Bartholomew 
 Stygyn, concerning a bank of land called Rysand, near Wilflets, 
 and certain fisheries there, notwithstanding, &c. 
 
 304. The confirmation of Richard Brigghouse, chaplain in 
 the commandery of St Anthony, to which he had been appointed 
 by letters apostolic. 
 
 305. A pardon to William Dille for a trespass in the forest, 
 and a grant of the forfeiture. 
 
 306. p. 130. Letter to the Treasurer and Barons of the 
 Exchequer, to allow to Walter W., farmer, of the Castle of Hadlee, 
 his reasonable expenses in enclosing the park of Hadlee. 
 
 307. A general pardon to Aleyn de Heton, knight, and a 
 grant of all forfeitures by him incurred. 
 
 308. To Andrew Cavendish, for all vessels by him taken at 
 sea, during the war or truce, contrary to the king's protection. 
 
 309. p. 131. To Emma Baxstere, an accessory to a felon 
 after the fact, whose execution had been respited on account of 
 her pregnancy. 
 
 310. To Walter Resqmen for purchasing of John Bridsted 
 messuages and lands in Worcestershire and Herefordshire without 
 the king's license. 
 
 311. Letter to the clerk of the Hanaper, to deliver to John 
 de Beverle the king's grant of a warren in his manor of B. in 
 Oxfordshire, without fee. 
 
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 312. A pardon to Henry de 0. of the forfeiture of all his 
 goods and chattels, incurred by reason of an outlawry. 
 
 313. p. 132, A grant to the Mayor and Commonalty of York 
 to levy for the next six years, twelve pence yearly of every twenty 
 shillings of rent of tenements in the said city, to be employed in 
 repairing the walls of the city. 
 
 314. To John Excester, batchelor of laws, of the place of 
 a scholar in the King's Hall, at Cambridge, void by the resignation 
 of John Brid. 
 
 315. To William La Zouch, of free chase in his demesne 
 lands and woods of Weston and Eclesale in Warwick. 
 
 31 6. A pardon to John Daddingsole, Sir Richard Abber- 
 bury, Sir John Knyght, and Richard Bronus, for purchasing 
 without the king's license the manor of Langeleye, one hide of 
 land in Milton, and the bailiwick of the forest of Wichewode ; and 
 for license for them to settle the said premises on the said Sir 
 Richard Abberbury for life, with remainder to Gr. son of Sir John 
 Pelham. 
 
 317. p. 133. A confirmation of a grant made by Isabel, 
 countess of Bedford, of the keeping of the great park of Brustwyk 
 in Holderness, to Walter de T. 
 
 318. By William de Montagu, earl of Salisbury, to Master 
 John Bray his phisician, of an annual pension of 100s. payable out 
 of the manors of the said earl. 
 
 319. Pardon to Isabella, wife of Edward Conhard, for feloni- 
 ously killing John Shepherd. 
 
 320. p. 134. Letter to the Treasurer and Barons of the 
 Exchequer, to surcease the demand of ten marcs for two hobelours, 
 assessed on John de Carnes, deceased. 
 
 321. To the Coroner of the Marshalsey of the Houshold, a 
 pardon to John Typet, baillif of the liberty of ABp. of Canterbury 
 in Southwark, of the escape of William Torton. 
 
 322. To a Lady of the Court to repair to Wallingford on 
 occasion of the marriage between the earl of Cambridge, the king's 
 son, and Isabella, daughter of Peter late king of Spain. 
 
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 323. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, to dis- 
 charge Nicholas de Heth of the sum of 50 marks due from him to 
 the king, and to cancell his recognisance. 
 
 324. p. 135. To account with Sir William la Zouch of 
 Haryngeworth, for the expenses of the voyage of him and his retinue 
 to Gherburg in Normandy. 
 
 This is ' to the Chamberlains ' also. The forms run ' to the 
 Treasurer and Barons of the Ex. to discharge...:' 1 'the Tr. Ba. 
 and Chamberlains of the Ex. to account . . . : ' and ' the Tr. and 
 Ch. of the Ex. to pay. . . .' 
 
 325. To pay to the keeper of the kings lions in the Tower of 
 London, the usual wages for a lion lately delivered to his keeping. 
 
 326. To discharge Rowling Thurbarn, late Sheriff of Surrey, 
 of the sum of £77. 4s. 7d. due from him, which the king had 
 pardoned. 
 
 327. To account with William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, 
 for the expenses of his voyage into France, according to the 
 indenture made with the said Earl. 
 
 328. p. 136. To the same on the same subject. 
 
 329. To account with Robert de Assheton, one of the king's 
 admirals, for the time that he and 7 knights, 198 squires men at 
 arms, 109 armed men, and 187 archers were in the king's service, 
 as well by sea as by land ; allowing to the said admiral 4s. per 
 diem, to the said knights 2s., to the esquires 12o?., to the armed 
 men 8d., and to the archers 6d., to the master of the barge 6d., 
 and to the seamen 3d. 
 
 330. p. 137. To cause to be levied the fines and amercia- 
 ments set before the king's justices of oyer and terminer of 
 certain trespasses committed against the abbess and convent of 
 Tarente, and to pay the same to the said abbess and convent. 
 
 331. To the Sheriff of Dorset, to levy the said fines, and 
 to pay them into the Exchequer. 
 
 332. p. 138. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Ex- 
 chequer, to discharge John Pury, sergeant of the scullery of the 
 
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 household, of the silver spoons and other plate lost from the said 
 scullery, which the king had pardoned him. 
 
 333. To pay to John de Oobham the surplusage due to him 
 on account. 
 
 334. To account with William Hanney, clerk, for his ex- 
 penses in conveying and safe keeping the vessels of gold and silver 
 and other ornaments of the king's chapel. 
 
 335. To abate to Richard de Lancastre in the arrears of the 
 farm of the manor of Stoke Bardolf the sums due to him from the 
 king. 
 
 336. To Henry de Wakefield, keeper of the wardrobe, to dis- 
 charge John Pury of the plate, &c. as 332. 
 
 337. p. 139. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer 
 to the same purpose as 332. 
 
 338. To account with John de Derby for his expenses in 
 surveying and safe keeping the vessels of gold and silver and other 
 ornaments of the king's chapel. 
 
 339. p. 140. To John de Derby, clerk, to deliver to John ~ 
 de Sleford, keeper of the privy wardrobe in the Tower of London, 
 all the guns, powder, and other harness belonging thereto. 
 
 340. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, to 
 allow to Sir Nicholas de Lou vain in the sums due to him from 
 the king for the ransoms of Charles de Blois and Hugh Chatillon, 
 his prisoners given up to the king. 
 
 341. To discharge Henry de Wakefield, keeper of the 
 wardrobe, of certain sums to him impressed, which the king had 
 pardoned him. 
 
 342. To account with the Executors of the will of John de 
 Streteley, who accompanied the prince in his expedition into 
 Gascony. 
 
 343. With Guy de Briens, who, with his retinue, accom- 
 panied the king in his last expedition by sea. 
 
 344. p. 141. With Richard de Imworth, sergeant at arms, for 
 his expenses in sundry voyages. 
 
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 345 With Jeffrey de Stivecle, esq., the king's messenger, for 
 his expenses in a voyage to Holland and other parts. 
 
 346. p. 142. With Roger de Beauchamp, for his expenses 
 in the maintenance of the two sons of Charles de Blois. 
 
 347. To discharge Walter Blere, farmer of the manor of 
 Preston, of the sum of £40 in the rent of the said manor, the 
 wheat in the said manor having been almost wholly destroyed by a 
 mildew. 
 
 348. To the same, to discharge the Sheriff of Southampton 
 of certain rents of lands then by purchase in the king's hands. 
 
 349. p. 143. To allow to William Symme, farmer of the 
 manor of Gare, £90 in consideration of the costs the said William 
 had been at about the marsh and the mill there, and of a murrain 
 in the stock, he being bound notwithstanding the said murrain to 
 leave the same stock on the manor as he found there. 
 
 350. Concerning the appointment of a receiver of the rents of 
 Humfrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford. 
 
 351. To account with Edmund, Earl of March, for the 
 expenses of his journey to the Marches of Scotland to treat with 
 the deputies of the king of Scots. 
 
 352. p. 144. To account with Sir Henry Lescop for the 
 expenses of himself and retinue in accompanying the king in his 
 expedition by sea. 
 
 353. To allow to William Newelyn, master canoner, out of 
 the sums imprest to him £28. lis., that is to say, £18. lis. for 
 a canon made by the said William, and by him delivered for 
 the use of the Garison of Calais, and £10 of the king's gift. 
 
 354. To account with William de Stapulton, keeper of the 
 castle of Loguravan, and to pay him after the rate of 250 marks 
 per annum. 
 
 355. To discharge Adam Rous, surgeon, of 20 marks to 
 him imprest for medicines for the king's use. 
 
 356. p. 145. To account with John de Wesenham, and to 
 allow what may appear clue to him. 
 
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 357. To allow Adam Pynkhurst, the keeper, his costs on the 
 enclosure of the park of Asshehurst, and on the repairs of the 
 lodge there. 
 
 358. A grant to the same of the keeping of the said park, 
 with a salary of 3d. per diem. 
 
 359. To the Treasurer, Barons, and Chamberlains of the 
 Exchequer, to account with John Hankyn, sergeant at arms, for 
 the expenses of sundry journeys by him made for to impress 
 vessels for the king's service, and for conveying sundry sums of 
 money to Calais for victualling the garrison. 
 
 360. p. 146. To John Bacon, keeper of the king's jewels 
 and plate, to deliver to the ABp. of Canterbury certain plate as 
 a security for the sum of 200 marks which the king had borrowed 
 of the ABp. 
 
 361. To Henri de Wakefield, the keeper of the wardrobe, 
 to account with John, King of Castile and Duke of Lancaster, 
 for the expenses of his expedition into Aquitaine. 
 
 362. p. ] 47. To account with Thomelyn Spigonell, keeper of 
 the king's great horses. 
 
 363. To allow to the same in his account certain horses 
 which had died. 
 
 364. p. 148. To allow to William Strete, ' nre bouteller, 1 in 
 his account a pipe of Gascony wine, and a tun of the same wine 
 delivered to Master Adam, the surgeon, for medicines for the 
 king's use. 
 
 365. To John de Sleford, keeper of the privy wardrobe in 
 the Tower of London, to account with John de Derby for the 
 expenses he had been at for powder and ball for the guns. 
 
 366. To Henry de Wakefield, keeper of the Wardrobe, to 
 account with Robert Bardolf, keeper of the King's great horses, 
 as well of the horses as of other things belonging to his office. 
 
 367. To John ' Sur de Nevill Seneschall de nre houstell,' or 
 his lieutenant in the Marshalsea of the same, appointing Thomas 
 de Honton, lawyer, to be clerk under him to hold pleas of the 
 Marshalsea. 
 
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 368. To John Bacon, keeper, &c, to deliver certain pieces 
 of plate to the Duke of Lancaster in part of payment. 
 
 369. p. 149. To Aleyn Stokes, keeper of the Great Ward- 
 robe, to account with the king's sadler. 
 
 370. To Robert de Whitberg, the king's almoner, appointing 
 Nicholas Herblot to be one of the king's bedemen, with the daily 
 pay of 3^. 
 
 371. To William de Mulsho, keeper of the Wardrobe, to pay 
 3d. daily to the same. 
 
 372. p. 150. To John Olneye, eschaetor in the counties of 
 Bedford and Bucks, to deliver to Peter de la Botellarie the goods 
 and chattels forfeited by Thomas Trillowe, an outlaw. 
 
 373. To Henri de Wakefield, keeper, &c, to allow William 
 Strete, &c. (see § 364), certain wines delivered by the king's 
 order. 
 
 374. To Richard Rounhale, keeper of the King's Hall in 
 the University of Cambridge, to remove thence all Scholars that 
 were preferred, and all Scholars not residing, and all persons 
 residing there and not belonging to the same. 
 
 375. p. 151. To Symon Neylond, keeper of the same, for 
 Nicholas de Heth to be a Scholar there. 
 
 376. To William de Gunthorp, treasurer of Calais, to ac- 
 count with Roger de Beauchamp, captain of the town. 
 
 377. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, to 
 allow to Helmyng Leget, constable of the Castle of Wyndesore, 
 certain sums by him expended for hay, for support of the game 
 in the Park of Lydecroft under the castle, and in the parks of 
 Guldeford and Folye-John. 
 
 378. p. 152. To account with the same for his wages and 
 those of his men at arms, armed men, archers and mariners under 
 his command. See note to 324. 
 
 379. To discharge William Herland, the king's master 
 carpenter, and John Spoule, his master mason, of the sum of 
 £9. 6s. 8d. imprest to them by the keeper of the Great Ward- 
 robe. 
 
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 380. Warrant to the Chancellor, for a grant to Thomas 
 Sutton of an exemption for life from being put on assizes or 
 juries, and from being appointed mayor, sheriff, eschaetor, coroner, 
 or bailiff. 
 
 381. To the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer, 
 to pay the arrears of Wages due to Thomas Snynyll, one of the 
 king's archers. 
 
 382. To discharge John de Clyfford, late Sheriff of Gloces- 
 ter, of a fine of 100s. 
 
 383. p. 153. To discharge the lieutenant of the constable 
 of the Castle of Wyndesor from all account of the issues and 
 profits of the lands, &c. of Sir John Brocas, knight, the king 
 having given such issues and profits to the executors of Sir John 
 for the discharge of his debts. 
 
 384. To Thomas Tyrrell and John Esbury, attornies 
 general, and to John James, receiver general of the Earl of 
 Bedford, to pay to John de Chichester, goldsmith of London, a 
 sum due for jewels delivered to Isabella, Countess of Bedford. 
 
 385. p. 154. To the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the 
 Exchequer to pay to Eobert de Plesyngton, chief baron, the half 
 of his accustomed fee, and the half of £40, annual pension, to 
 the last Easter, altho in strict law he was only entitled to a pro- 
 portionable part of the same. 
 
 386. To a Lady, telling her, ' entendant que vous estez nre 
 veue,' his will was that she should take Sir Thomas Trivet, 
 knight, and no other, to be her husband. 
 
 387. To the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, to 
 discharge John May, receiver of the manor of Cokeham, of the 
 arrears due from him. 
 
 388. p. 155. To the Sheriff of Bucks, that the king had 
 granted certain forfeitures to Henry Almayne. 
 
 389. To the Sheriffs of London, to release Nicholas Morle, 
 confined for the murder of William Aldewyncle. 
 
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 390. To the Sheriff of Lincoln, to take surety of the peace 
 of William de Belesby towards the Burgesses and tenants of 
 Grimesby. 
 
 391. To all Sheriffs and Bailiffs, and other Ministers, as well 
 of the household as others ; a letter of protection to Richard Lyons, 
 of London, and his tenants in the manors of Gosfeld and Liston. 
 
 392. Similar letter of protection granted to the said Richard 
 Lyons as farmer of the priory of Mersey. 
 
 393. p. 156. To the Sheriff of Warwic, to return a jury 
 before John de Catesby and Thomas le Hore, the king's eschae- 
 tors, to enquire whether Thomas Freburn, late tenant of the 
 manor of Whitley, held the same of the king in capite, and whe- 
 ther Alice his daughter be his next heir. 
 
 394. To the Sheriffs of London, to pay out of the fee farm 
 rent of the city the limited prices for all hawks exposed to sale 
 in London, or within ten leagues thereof, and taken by Walter 
 Stapell, the king's falconer, for the king's use. 
 
 These limited prices were as follows : ' le Gerfaux, 26s. 8rf. ; le Faucon 
 gentil_, 20s. ; le Tercelet gentil, 10s. ; l'Oustour, 13s. id. ; le Tercel del Ous- 
 tour, 6s. 8d. ; le Laner et Laneret, Sacre et Sacret, chacun, 6s. 8d.' Compare 
 the prices given in Issue Bolls of the Exchequer 11 Feb. 22Ric. II. (8°. 1837)- 
 
 395. To the Sheriff of York, to execute the king's writ to 
 have the body of William de Dutton before the justices of the 
 King's Bench. 
 
 396. p. 157. To the Sheriffs of London, to same purport as 
 §394. 
 
 397. To the Sheriff of Norfolk, to pay the arrears of a pen- 
 sion of 100 marks granted to John Cobham. 
 
 398. To the Sheriff of Warwic, to take such high issues as 
 the law directs of the persons impanelled to pass on a jury in a 
 plea of certain tenements pending in the Common Bench between 
 John de Flanders, a poor man, and Sir John de Clynton, knight, 
 the said cause having been long delayed for default of jurors. 
 
 399. p. 158. To the Justice of South Wales, to stay all 
 suits and claims made on John, Duke of Lancaster, and his men 
 
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 and tenants of Kidwelly, till the coming of the counsell of the 
 said duke into those parts. 
 
 400. To the Chamberlain of South Wales, directing the 
 purchase of oxen for the household. 
 
 401. To all Sheriffs, Bailiffs, &c, to the same purport. 
 
 402. To the Justices of the Common Bench, to excuse the 
 appearance of John Stoner, engaged in the king's service. 
 
 403. p. 159. To all Mayors, Sheriffs, &c, to aid Walter 
 Stapell, the king's falconer, in taking for the king's use, at the 
 limited prices, all hawks exposed to sale in the city of London, 
 and in the ports, &c. 
 
 404. To the Bailiffs of Great Yarmouth, to do justice to 
 the Commons of the town in their suits. 
 
 405. To the Sheriff of Norfolk, to execute the king's writ, 
 granted at the suit of the commonalty of Yarmouth. 
 
 406. 407, 408. To the Justice and Chamberlain of Chester, 
 to enquire into the right of Patronage in the Deanry of St 
 Asaph's belonging to the Earls of Chester on the vacancy of the 
 See of St Asaph's, with two other writs directed to certain per- 
 sons to aid the said justice therein. 
 
 409. p. 160. To the keeper of a castle in Aquitaine, to 
 deliver the same for five years to John de Greilles, Captall de 
 Buche. 
 
 410. p. 161. To the keeper or farmer of the manor of 
 Witteley, to pay to John Brown, keeper of the park there, the 
 arrears of his wages. 
 
 411. To . . . .to proceed by virtue of a writ of Nisi 
 Prius, to take an inquisition in a plea of Quare impedit, touching 
 the advowson of the church of Sutton in the diocese of Lincoln. 
 
 412. p. 162. Similar order to proceed on a writ of Nisi 
 Prius touching the advowson of Compton Martyn in the county 
 of Somerset. 
 
 413. To the King's Eschaetor, in the counties of Devon- 
 shire and Cornwall, to pay to Alexander Longwith 20 marks of 
 
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 the goods and chattels of Eichard Atte Welle, of Tavystoke, an 
 outlaw. 
 
 414. To Johan de Wodhouse, Chamberlain of Chester, to 
 pay to John Gray, his wages of 3d. per diem as chiunclour of 
 a forest in Chester. 
 
 415. To the Sheriff of Dorsetshire, to impanell a jury to try 
 an issue in a plea of trespass between Alice Stoure, plaintiff, and 
 the Abbess of Shaftesbury, defendant. 
 
 416. p. 163. To certain prelates sent by the pope to mediate 
 between England and France, thanking them for their diligence, 
 and praying them to continue it. 
 
 417. To the same, excusing his embassadors not being in 
 time at Brughes, and complaining that Bertram de Guesclin, 
 count of Longvil, had extorted a third ransom from the inhabit- 
 ants of Jersey. 
 
 418. p. 164. To the Abbat of Clum, recommending Robert 
 de Dunton, monk of Codelacre, to be prior of Bermondsey and 
 vicar of the abbat over the cells of the order in England. 
 
 419. To the Earl of Flanders, praying restitution of certain 
 wools and cloths shipped by the merchants of Florence and 
 Luca residing in London on board a vessel for Italy, driven by 
 stress of weather into the port of Sluce. 
 
 420. p. 165. To , thanking him for his conduct 
 
 in defending the city of Bayonne against the attack of the 
 bastard Henry, styling himself king of Castile, the Duke Davion, 
 and Bertram Claykin. 
 
 421. p. J 66. To the Duke of Brittany, that the king had 
 sent him 500 marks, and had written to his son, the Earl of 
 March, about the plate and jewels which the Duke had pledged 
 to him ; in return he desires the Duke either by ransom or ex- 
 change to obtain the freedom of Sir William de Nevill and Sir 
 William Bruys, hostages for the town of Brest. 
 
 422. To William de Grantson, acknowledging his services, 
 and informing him that he should have timely notice when to 
 repair to the king. 
 
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 423. p. 167. To the Count de Foix; the king acquaints 
 him with his recovery from illness, and that he had appointed 
 commissioners to conclude a treaty of alliance with him. 
 
 424. To .... ; the king desires, that altho the day 
 of payment of £1000 borrowed of him was passed, he would not 
 proceed to the sale of the jewels and plate pledged to him, and 
 promises speedy payment. 
 
 425. p. 168. To ; that the king had sent the bishop 
 
 of Bangor and others, to treat of certain matters proposed on his 
 part to the king's councill, and also to seek redress of certain 
 wrongs done to the king's subjects since the peace. 
 
 426. To the Duke of Luxemburgh and Brabant, that Sir 
 Warner Voskyn, a German knight, who had been arrested in 
 passing thro' Brabant, on occasion of certain sums demanded by 
 the city of Brussels from the Dutchy of Gelders, and obliged to 
 give his word to surrender himself prisoner on St Andrew's day, 
 may be released. 
 
 427. Without direction, but probably to the city of Brussels 
 on the same subject. 
 
 428. p. 169. To the Duke of Juliers : a letter of credence for 
 Sir Canon Robesart, knight, and John Cadeford, Doctor of laws. 
 
 429. To the Earl of Flanders, the Duke of Brabant, and 
 Duke Aubert de Bremere, letter of credence for the same. 
 
 430. To the King of Scotland, that, complaints having been 
 made by many subjects, of their lands, &c, in Roxburgh and else- 
 where having been seized by certain Scotch, contrary to the truce, 
 he would send, on the day of the marches in the next Lent, com- 
 missioners with full powers to redress the said wrongs, on which 
 day le Sire de Percy should be there with full power on the king's 
 part. 
 
 431 . To the Captain, Mayor, and Treasurer of Calais, not 
 to give leave of absence to any of the garrison. 
 
 432. p. 170. To the Treasurer of Calais to account with 
 the late Captain of the town. 
 
 433. To the Bailiffs, Jurats, Gentlemen, and Commons of the 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 145 
 
 Isle of Jersey ; the king thanks them for their good behaviour, is 
 ready for an expedition beyond sea with his forces, and after the 
 expedition will take proper means for garrisoning his castles. 
 
 434. p. 171. To the inhabitants of Guernsey, to the same 
 purport. 
 
 435. To the Captal de Buche and constable of Aquitaine, on 
 the affairs of Aquitaine. 
 
 436. To on the same subject. 
 
 437. p. 172. To the Duke of Britanny, that he had sent at 
 his desire Thomas de Percy, to whom he might shew the im- 
 portant affairs he wished to lay before the king : that as to the 
 commission to enquire into the infractions of the Truce with 
 France, the king had issued it, not to the prejudice of the Duke, 
 but to satisfy the conditions of the truce. 
 
 438. p. 173. To Thomas de Percy, desiring him to repair 
 to the Duke of Britanny. 
 
 439. To the King of Scotland on the affairs of the marches. 
 
 440. p. 174. To Henry Lescrop, to repair, as one of the 
 king's deputies, to the marches of Scotland. 
 
 441. To the King of Navarre, to release two citizens of 
 Bayonne and their goods arrested by way of reprisals for goods 
 of the subjects of Navarre seized in England, promising that 
 on complaint made to the king's courts, they should have ample 
 justice. 
 
 442. To the lieutenant and other officers in Aquitaine, a pro- 
 tection to William de Saint George, his castles, &c. in Aquitaine. 
 
 443. p. 175. To the King of Navarre, will enter into the 
 treaty for putting an end to the schism in the church of Rome, 
 desires a safe conduct for two bishops, two barons or two ban- 
 nerets, and two clerks to be sent to Bayonne within three weeks 
 of the approaching Easter : will make the King of Navarre a party 
 to any peace or truce made with France: and will forbid his 
 subjects in Aquitaine to serve against the King of Navarre. 
 
146 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 444. p. 176. To the Sheriff of Southampton, to surcease 
 execution of all writs of assize or nisi prius in the Isle of Wight, 
 whilst the inhabitants are employed in guarding against an inva- 
 sion from France. " 
 
 445. To the King of Scotland, had received his letters by 
 Sir Robert de Erskin, and sent unto him Sir Thomas de Musgrave 
 and John Appleby, dean of St Paul's. 
 
 446. p. 177. To the Abbat and convent of the Holy Cross, 
 at Bourdeaux, recommending John Spencer to have the corrody in 
 the place of John de Kirkby, deceased. 
 
 447. To the duke of Luxemburg, thanking him for his treat- 
 ment of the Embassadors returning from Germany, and praying 
 him to extend the like kindness to others now sent thither. 
 
 448. To the Duchess of Luxemburg, on the same subject. 
 
 449. p. 178. To the Mayor, Consuls, Burgesses, and good 
 people of Bourdeaux, thanking them for their defence of the city, 
 and exhorting them to a continuance of the same: — he would 
 shortly send certain ordinances to the comfort of them and his 
 other subjects. 
 
 450. Probably to the same, thanking them for their loyalty, 
 he would shortly send le Sir de Neville, as his lieutenant, with 
 such ordinances and powers as should be to their comfort. 
 
 451. Richard II. to Lyon King of Armenia, excusing him- 
 self from sending him a safe conduct to come and mediate a 
 peace between England and France, because the French King 
 was then preparing to invade England. 
 
 Here, says Nasmith, ends the Original Register, or Book of 
 Precedents ; on the next thirty pages are written in a different 
 and more modern hand, " Forms of Latin Letters," which are 
 still more defective than the preceding collection ; for not only are 
 they without dates and express persons and places by their bare 
 initials, but they also frequently omit the names of those by whom 
 they were written, and of the parties to whom they were addressed. 
 They were probably collected by some ecclesiastic or lawyer 
 employed under the Corporation of London, in whose name the 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 147 
 
 greater part of them appear to me to have been written; and 
 they exhibit the functions and duties of a Corporation in former 
 times, which have long since gone into disuse. They then corre- 
 sponded with other corporate bodies as well without the realm 
 as within ; with the former they expostulated for wrongs done 
 to any of their fellow citizens, and even threatened reprisals if 
 redress was withheld : they granted testimonials of the innocence 
 of persons accused or defamed, of the payment of debts, and of 
 various other matters ; and they warmly expressed their resent- 
 ment where their letters testimonial had been treated with dis- 
 respect. In the margin are short rubrics to each letter ; these, 
 says Nasmith, I have copied, and added such further particulars 
 as I could gather from a perusal of the letters. 
 
 452. p. 181. "Litera missa ad episcopum Lincoln, pro re- 
 formatione et correctione certse transgressionis in sua diocesi 
 enormiter factse ;" in qua narrantur injuria; a priore et conventu 
 S. Frideswidse cuidam canonico ejusdem domus illataj. 
 
 453. p. 182. "Eegracio" scholaris cujusdam pauperculi in 
 academia degentis ad quendam episcopum " pro collatis beneficiis 
 et exhibitione eleemosinae intuitu caritatis." 
 
 454. Epistola supplicatoria " pro promovendo unum ad ali- 
 quod officium in subvencionem suse paupertatis." 
 
 455. p. 183. " Pro injuriis mercatoribus illatis reformandis." 
 
 456. Literse testimoniales majoris, ni fallor, et alderman- 
 norum civitatis London " pro bona fama hominis male diffamati 
 pro suspectione latrocinii," et ob earn causam in carcerem intrusi. 
 
 457. p. 184. " Cuidam principi pro favore adhibendo." 
 
 458. Major et Aldermanni London " cuidam domino," 
 nempe Venetiarum duci, "ad faciendam justiciam causae per 
 attornatum cujusdam prosequendge." 
 
 459. " De restitutione fienda unius navis cum certis bonis in 
 eadem contentis " epistola, ut videtur, eorundem majoris et alder- 
 mannorum, qui minantur, justitia sibi negata, se ad alia exquirenda 
 remedia fore compulsos. 
 
 L2 
 
148 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 460. p. 185. Major et Aldermanni civitatis London. Burgo 
 magistro scabino et consulibus oppidi Dordracensis, " pro reforma- 
 tione cujusdam contemptus contra certas literas testimoniales in- 
 humaniter perpetrati," literas civitatis London diffamavit et flocci 
 fecit quidam J. W. in curia Dordracensi, rogant igitur, ut eundem 
 J. W. castigent et lubrica ejus labia silentii munimento com- 
 pescant. 
 
 461. p. 186. " Litera " eorundem " excusatoria " majoriet 
 consulibus civitatis Ollexben, pro frumento non deducendo extra 
 regnum " quia a rege prohibitum est, a.d. 1424. 
 
 462. "Litera pro damnis condignam emendam habere:" 
 scilicet ut justa compensatio decernatur marinariis quibusdam ultra 
 conventionem in portubus Normanniae cum navibus suis detentis. 
 
 463. "Litera" eorundem "excusatoria" Burgomagistro 
 scabino et consulibus villse Brugensis, "de debito" in civitate 
 London "soluto, et post solutionem injuste" apud Bruges 
 " repetita." 
 
 464. " Litera regratiatoria missa per episcopum London, 
 civibus ejusdem civitatis." 
 
 465. p. 1 88. " Bxhortatio facta cuidam episcopo ad con- 
 donandum cuidam pauperrimo viro in causa debiti," nempe mer- 
 catori, qui vina Burdegalia in usum episcopi comparavit, et propter 
 incautam emptionem, caristiam et invalitudinem vinorum, et diu- 
 turnas et inopinatas mercatorum moras in deliberatione vinorum, 
 in penurion delapsus est. 
 
 466. Episcopi cujusdam ad alterum episcopum " pro favore 
 adhibendo cuidam presbitero in adeptione offici sive beneficii 
 ecclesiastici " prioratus scilicet sive prepositure collegii Kalenda- 
 rum in Bristollia. 
 
 467. p. 189. " Episcopi cujusdam (vide supra 465) ex- 
 cusatoria, quod non fuit causa destructionis certse personse ;" 
 remittit tamen 30 nobilia auri de summa debiti. 
 
 468. Majoris et Aldermannorum civitatis London ad R. 
 episcopum Londinensem, " quo modo filii languescunt in absentia 
 patris spiritualis. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 149 
 
 469. p. 190. "Ad patrem spiritualem pro certificatione 
 valiturse ejus ad filios spiritualis intimanda :" eorundem ni fallor 
 ad eundem episcopum. 
 
 470. Legatorum regis Francise ad legatos regis Anglise, pro 
 conventione fienda in tractatu pacis, et pro salvo conductu con- 
 cedendo. 
 
 471. p. 192. Cujusdam oppidi subditione ducis Burgundise 
 ad civitatem London " pro restitutione fienda de certis bonis in- 
 justse captis, et emendis reddendis pro diversis transgressionibus." 
 
 472. p. 193. Civitatis London "excusatoria de certis injuriis 
 in civitate perpetratis et gubernatoribus ejusdem minime cognitis." 
 
 473. "Civitatis London ad relaxandam certam quantitatem 
 vinorum injuste arrestatam." 
 
 474. " Responsio regraciatoria ad patrem spiritualem pro 
 litera filiis suis prius missa." 
 
 475. p. 195. "Litera excusatoria " Majoris etc. London. 
 Ballivis et probis hominibus villse G-. " de verbis reprehensibilibus 
 in publico perhibitis in dishonoracionem unius communitatis :" 
 testimonium perhibent major et aldermanni concivem suum 
 nihil tale fuisse locutum. 
 
 476. " Propter manus adjutrices apponendas ad reedifica- 
 tionem scholse theologise." 
 
 477. p. 196. Major etc. London. Burgomagistro scabinis 
 et consulibus de Brile " pro restitutione fienda de certis vinis vio- 
 lenter captis." 
 
 478. " Pro exhibitione scholaris intuitu elemosinse," suppli- 
 catio scolaris ad magistrum. 
 
 479. p. 197. R. episcopi London, "missa" majori vice- 
 comitibus et aldermannis ejusdem civitatis " de electione" Mar- 
 tini V " summi pontificis." 
 
 480. p. 198. " Responsio literse precedentis." 
 
 481. p. 199. "Ad promovendam causam alterius versus 
 aliam personam condignam " commendat scriptor epistolae cuidam 
 episcopo causam J. B. aldermanni Londinensis. 
 
150 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 482. " Certificatio quod quis resignavit beneficium suum :" 
 epistola est notificatoria, quod quidam resignavit ecclesiam etc. 
 quodque presidens et socii collegii eligerunt eum, cui scripta est 
 epistola, in magistrum ; quo cognito custodibus communitatis 
 mistere mercerie London, ipsi eundem priori et capitulo ecclesise 
 Oantuar. nominarunt ad ecclesiam illam presentandum. 
 
 483. p. 203. Testimonium majoris civitatis London " con- 
 tra diffamacionem quod quis non fuit alienigena et (sed) sub 
 ligeancia domini regis." 
 
 484. p. 204. " Contra malam diffamacionem, quod mulier 
 non intoxicavit maritum suum." 
 
 485. " Qua causa M. devenit in paupertatem." 
 
 486. p. 205. " Quod simul abligatus solvit creditori debitum 
 alterius obligati." 
 
 487. " Quod nullum arbitrium factum fuit :" lite inter partes 
 exorta asserebatur ex una parte, quod ambse se submiserint stare 
 ordinationi et judicio majoris, et quod ille decretum et arbitrium 
 vel concordiam non fecisse, nee unquam de submissione partium 
 audivisse. 
 
 488. p. 206. " Contra malam furti diffamacionem." 
 
 489. " Contra diffamacionem hominis tenti pro homicida." 
 
 490. p. 207. " Quod aliquis debet per duas obligationes." 
 
 491. Contra malam diffamacionem pro uxore alicujus non 
 vivente ; hominem scilicet alibi uxoratum nunquam habuisse aliam 
 uxorem in civitate London degentem. 
 
 492. p. 209. Majoris etc. London "contra malam sugges- 
 tionem pro homine in plena vita existente." 
 
 493. " Quod unus est mortuus." 
 
 494. " Quod unus debit alii £40 quas solvit pro ipso : et quod 
 unus debuit alteri certain summam in vita sua." 
 
 495. " Quod nullum arbitrium fuit factum." 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 151 
 
 II. Then follows an English prose treatise, in a hand of the 
 xvth century, the colophon (p. 264) supplying the title : 
 
 'Teactatus de Oonclusionibus Astrolabii compilatus 
 per Galfhidum Chauciees ad filium suum Lodewicum, scolarem 
 tunc temporis Oxonie sub tutela illius nobilissimi philosophi, ma- 
 gistri N. Strode etc. :' imperfect at the end. 
 
 Begins (p. 212): 
 
 Litell lowys my sone, I haue perceiued well by certeyne euidences thine 
 abilite to lerne sciences... 
 
 Respecting Strode, see Warton, n. 165, ed. 1840. The treatise was 
 written in 1391, and is printed (without the diagrams) in Chaucer's Works, 
 ed. Uny, pp. 439, sq. 
 
 i« Dd. in. 54. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 142 Dd. in. 55. 
 
 A parchment roll, written in the former half of the xvth 
 century, 12 ft. long and 1 ft. wide, containing 
 
 A Genealogical and Historical Table from Adam to the 
 time of the Apostles. 
 
 The author is, in a later hand, said to have been Roger Alban a Car- 
 melite Friar. For a fuller account of him and of the present MS. see 
 Tanner, Biblioth. p. 640. 
 
 143 Dd. in. 56. 
 
 A second copy of the above MS. somewhat damaged. 
 
 At the back are genealogical trees, hands, &c. intended to convey moral 
 and spiritual lessons, and a series of concentric circles containing the Lord's 
 Prayer, &c. 
 
 144 Dd. in. 57. 
 
 A roll of parchment, 21 feet long, in good preservation. 
 
 A Genealogy op the Kings of England, from Ethelbert 
 to Richard II. and Henry IV. written in old French. Each per- 
 son is represented by a drawing inclosed in a circle. It was 
 apparently written in the reign of Hen. IV. It is defended by 
 a leather cover. 
 
152 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 145 Dd. hi. 58. 
 
 A roll of parchment, 8 feet 5 inches long, in good preserva- 
 tion. 
 
 A Genealogy of the Kings of England from Harold II. 
 to Hen. VI. with rather elaborately finished drawings of each 
 person inclosed severally in circles. The roll has been longer, for 
 a part of the commencement was cut off at some former period. 
 The first imperfect lines relate to the reign of Edward the Con- 
 fessor. 
 
 It is very clearly written in old French. 
 
 146 Dd. in. 59. 
 
 A roll of vellum, 10 feet 4 inches long, in good preservation. 
 
 A Genealogy of the Kings of England from Alfred to 
 Hen. III. It is headed Cronicon Anglijb, written very clearly 
 in Latin, and of the date apparently of the reign of Hen. III. 
 
 A roll of vellum, 1 1 feet 8 inches long, in good preservation. 
 
 The Arms of the Lords in Parliament, a.d. 1515, as is 
 deduced from the fact that Wolsey is entered as Archbishop of 
 York and Cardinal, and Warham as Archbishop of Canterbury 
 and Chancellor. 
 
 The arms are arranged in two rows, after those of the king, which stand 
 at the top, the bishops and abbots in one row and the temporal peers in the 
 other, with the exception of the Cardinal Archbishop of York and the Bishop 
 of Durham, whose arms head the temporal column. There are 11 bishops 
 and 12 abbots and 22 temporal peers. The arms are beautifully emblazoned. 
 At the top is written in a contemporary hand, ' in A vi. Parleamentum.' 
 On a piece of parchment attached to the top is written, ' Ex dono Roberti 
 Lloyd de Cheame in Agro Surriensi. Aul. Pemb. Soc. 1702.' 
 
 147 Dd. in. 60. 
 
 A roll, consisting of 10 pieces of parchment, about 9 inches 
 in width, and containing the record of 
 
 'Electio Abbatis Monasterii de Kaynsham Anno. R. 
 Henr. VIII vi . Angl. xvii / 
 
 From the contents of the roll it appears that the king's letters were 
 issued from Richmount 16 April, 17. H. 8. (1526) for the election of a suc- 
 cessor, John Sturton, to William Rolffe, who had died on 2 April. 
 
 The document is referred to by Tanner, Not. Mori. (ed. 1787) Somerset- 
 shire. XXVIII. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 153 
 
 148 Dd. m. 61. 
 
 A bundle of 20 rolls of parchment, of different lengths, fastened 
 together, in good preservation. 
 
 'Computus omnium ballivorum, collectorum, prsepositorum, 
 messorum et firmaviorum, ac aliorum ministrorum computabilium, 
 omnium et singulorum dominicorum et maneriorum Eev. in Ohristo 
 patris ac domini, Dom. Eichardi Dei et Apostolicse sedis gratia 
 Norvicensis episcopi de uno anno integro finito ad festum Sti 
 Michaelis Archangeli anno regni regis Henrici VIII. decimo 
 nono. 1 
 
 On the outside of the rolls is written, ' Curn 11 Thurston made a p'sent of 
 these writtings to his Ldship the 26 of October 1697-' ' Compt. de d°. 25 
 h. 8, I gaue to Mr. Fitz Lambe. Robt. Howard.' ' Compt. de d°. 26. h. 8, 
 I gaue to Mr. Egruston of Robt. Howard.' 
 
 149 Dd. in. 62. 
 
 A bundle of 23 rolls of parchment, similar to No. 148, of 
 different lengths, fastened together, in good preservation, for 
 the year 26 of the reign of Hen. VIII. In the title the words 
 'et apostolicse sedis' are omitted, and 'Dom. Hib. et fidei defen- 
 soris 1 are added. 
 
 On the cover, which is separate from the rolls, is the same indorsement 
 beginning ' Curn 11 Thurston.' 
 
 A similar Computus for the 1 — 2 year of the reign of Charles II. will be 
 found in (173) Dd. m. 86, No. 7. 
 
 150 Dd. in. 63. 
 
 A volume consisting for the most part of Original Letters, 
 now so bound together that often the endorsement is ille- 
 gible. The letters from Henry Earl of Northampton to Eobert 
 Carr, successively Viscount Eochester and Earl of Somerset, con- 
 tain many allusions to the intrigues for promoting the Essex 
 Divorce, and to the last illness of Sir Thomas Overbury. Copies 
 of some of these letters will be found in Baker's MSS. Vol. 
 xxxviii. pp. 447 — 454 ; and extracts are printed in 2 St. Tr. 
 
 936 7. How these and other letters came into the hands of 
 
 Chief Justice Coke is recorded in 2 St. Tr. 979. See also the 
 Great Oyer of Poisoning, by Andrew Amos. 8vo. London, 1846. 
 
154 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 1. H (Earl of) Northampton to ' Swete Lord' (Rochester), 
 dated Monday. 
 
 The decision in Talbot's case : his submission. 
 
 2. The same to the same. On the back is the note ' Lo. Pr. 
 Seale. Nov. 1613.' 
 
 Offers of service. Allusion to a commission (see 4). Promise to send 
 ' your letter to my Lo. of Hartford.' 
 
 3. The same to 'S r Geruaise Elwais, Lieutenant of the 
 Tower.' 
 
 To this letter are appended memoranda, signed ' Ger. Helwysse,' of the 
 allusions in it to Lady Arabella Stuart, to the 'Irish Cause/ to 'citizens 
 kept for aresting in the king's liberty,' and to Sir Tho. Overbury's 
 sickness. 
 
 4. To Ld. Rochester. (Saturday Morning at Grenwich.) 
 
 About the instructions to the Commission. Sir R. Gardiner's retirement. 
 The members of the Commission to enquire into Irish matters, and the 
 proceedings in Wexford. Russian Trade. The sale of the house and park 
 of 'Sunninge hille.' 'My poor nephew.' On a form of a proclamation 
 sent to Sir Tho. Lake, but 'staid by the giddy littell Thresorer.' — Begs him 
 to keep his letters in his own cabinet. 
 
 5. To the Lieutenant of the Tower, enclosing a letter from 
 Mounson. 
 
 6. To Ld. Rochester, (Nov. 1613). 
 
 'About Murrey's place.' The Queen and Ld. Southampton. The 
 Queen displeased with the Lo. Chamberlain : her former favour. 
 
 An account of the judgment in the case of the Irish and Talbot. 
 Sir Howell Charon's speech on Green-land. 'The new threepenes.' 'The 
 Laces brought over.' About the citizens' breaking into a house 'in the 
 Spittal ' occupied by a Spanish lady with five English nuns. The purport 
 of the speech before the lords by the Spanish Ambassador, and a request to 
 know the king's mind. The proclamation sent to the printer. Sir R. 
 Bingley has seized the Perle, near Ireland, freighted with Indian goods. 
 
 8. ' To the R. honorable my speciall good Lord the Erie of 
 Somerset of his Mtis. priuye council.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 155 
 
 In behalf of Sir Robert Brette. Salaries due to himself at Midsummer. 
 ' The last farewell in the last letter that ever I look to write to any man,' 
 dated 'Tuesday at 2.' (He died June 15, 1614.) A copy of this is in 
 Baker, xxxvm. pp. 449, 450, and has been printed by Professor Amos in 
 his account of the trial of the Earl of Somerset, Great Oyer of Poisoning, 
 p. 231, 2. 
 
 9. The same to the same, (Nov. 1613). 
 
 The king's letter to the Commission. Doctor Edwardes absents himself, 
 and Sir John Bennet also. Sergeant Montagew. The Archbishop. Some 
 obscure allusions to the Essex case. On the back are the words, ' Overbury, 
 Cooke.' 
 
 10. To Sir H. Spelman, (13 June). 
 About an ancient monument. ' The Stewardship.' 
 
 11. To Ld. Kochester. 
 
 Relating to ' the pretty lady who lives by the life of your letters.' 
 Mention of two letters from Tho. Mounson. At enmity with Lord Haye. 
 The lieutenant and his prisoner. A successor to the place of Lord Clan- 
 rickard in a dying state. 
 
 12. August 14. 
 
 About the removal of the ' prety lady from Hatfield to Audley Ende till 
 the knotte be tied.' The Commission for Ireland sent off. Lord Haye's 
 dislike to the match. ' That naughty proud boy Salisbury.' 
 
 13. (Greenwich at 1). 
 
 About the Lieutenant of the Tower. 
 
 14. (28 Nov 1 . 1613). 
 
 Scruples at being the go-between and agent in some scandalous intrigue. 
 Lord Lenox. What a passionate creature she (?) is. Lord Hertford. The 
 Queen's desire to take away Northampton's Lodge in Greenwich Park. 
 Assurance of secrecy. 
 
 15. No date. 
 
 The Bp of London. Dr Edwardes. The protest of those Commissioners 
 who opposed the ' nullity.' Request for a letter from the king to silence 
 them before the meeting at Lambeth on Thursday. ' Wkat the king should 
 doe.' 
 
 16. 
 
 The libell agreed to. The Countess of Essex. Her signature (Fr. How- 
 ard) appended. 
 
156 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 17. Part of a letter addressed to a Bishop from some Arian, 
 ' quaere (says Nasmith) whether not Whiston to Bishop More.' 
 
 18. H. Northampton to Lo. Rochester. 
 
 Professions of Interest. 'Prompting the Lieutenant.' Sir Arthur In- 
 gram. Duplicity in Cranfield's matter confessed. Duel between Lords H. 
 Howard and Essex prevented. 
 
 19. (The last of Nov r . 1613). 
 
 The Queen's hostility. She desires to take away Northampton's patent 
 of grant of a house, &c. in Greenwich Park. He is willing to yield to the 
 Queen. The case of the old earl 1 . 
 
 20. 
 
 The effect of the King's letter to the Commissioners. The Register. 
 Report of the proceedings of the Commission. The Archbishop, the Bishop 
 of London, Dr Bennett, Dr Edwardes, Cottington. The Spanish Ambas- 
 sador and Spanish lady. The loss of ' The Perle,' the goods saved by Sir 
 R. Bingley. 
 
 21 . (' After the time of the pettie treasurer.') 
 
 On the union of Somerset with Lady Essex. The omission of Lord 
 Pembroke's name from the Commission for Sales ' was Mr Atturney's 
 error.' The conduct of Queen Elizabeth in calling to account her great 
 officers instanced in Lords Winchester and Warwick, and ' she had a greate 
 minde to have dealt in the same sorte with Burley after he was deade.' 
 The Earl of Pembroke cosens the King. The sale of Sir H. James' land. 
 The ancient Burgundian plate and jewels. Sir Tho. Overbury in good 
 health, and reported by the Lieutenant to enquire about Lady Fr. Howard 
 (Essex.) Sir Lionel Cranfeld's suit. ' The lords as well of the commission 
 as of the councelT busy. 
 
 22. 
 
 Concerning the Essex Cause, and certain Letters. The Lord Chamber- 
 lain. Willing to forward the marriage. 
 
 23. 28 August, 1613. 
 
 Account of a conference between the Lieutenant of the Tower and Sir 
 Tho. Overbury, about his making interest at court for his release. Sir 
 T. O.'s health. 
 
 24. Nov. 1613. 
 
 About an intended duel between Devereux and Ouseley. Lord Lenox. 
 Lord Essex took exception, by Southampton's instigation, who was 
 
 1 Effingham perhaps, see Strickland's Queens of England, Chap, in., and § 14, above. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 157 
 
 enraged at not being able to 'make his Damon Secretary.' The bold speeches 
 of some. What the King said to the Earl of Essex. 
 
 25. Saturday. 
 
 For the King to secure the presence of the Bp of Ely at the giving of 
 the decision in the Essex Cause. Asks opinion of a letter from Sir Tho. 
 Overbury to the Lord Chamberlain. What passed between the Bishop of 
 Winchester and Lord Southampton about the Ea^-1 of Essex. Delivery by 
 the Bp of Lichfield of a letter from the King to the Archbishop who, as 
 well as the Bp of London, cannot believe in the plea of impotency. The 
 evidence of Lords Worcester and Knollys. The Queen likely to be 
 offended with the former. ' What frier Bacon's dombe heade will oppose.' 
 The condition of Sir Thomas Overbury's body required hasty burial : ' God 
 is gracious to cut off ille instrumentes ;' his religion. 
 
 26. Nov. 1613. 
 
 About choosing the title 'Somerset.' Lord Talbot. Sir Tho. Lake. 
 Proclamation against duels. Complaints of ' hustling spirits,' ' the stupe- 
 faction of the King,' ' all discipline dissolved.' Treachery of some sus- 
 pected. 
 
 27. Lord Suffolk to Sir Thomas Overbury, (Aug. 23). 
 
 He promises to assist in procuring his liberty. Sir Tho. O. had pro- 
 mised to ' mediate a fast friendship ' between Lords Rochester and Suffolk. 
 
 28. The answers of Sir Francis Bacon, Attorney General, to 
 queries propounded to him by the king touching the prosecution 
 of Somerset for the murder of Overbury ; with notes written by 
 the king in the margin, (dated 28 April, Sunday, 1616). 
 
 Published in Bacon's Works, Vol. iv. p. 616. (Folio. 1730.) 
 
 29. Certificate that Lady Packington was the author of the 
 1 Whole Duty of Man. 1 
 
 Ending : ' This is a true copy of what I wrote from Mr Caulton's mouth 
 two days before his decease. Witness my hand Nov. 15th, 98. John Hewyt.' 
 
 See Harleian Miscellany, Vol. x. (4to. Ed. 1809—13), Oldys' Catal. of 
 Pamphlets, No. 137. 
 
 30. 20 March, 1694-5. Norwich. Dr Prideaux to the Bp 
 of Norwich, at his house in Charles Street. 
 
 About filling up the living of Swaffham in Norfolk. 
 
 31. Two 4to leaves, (according to Nasmith, from Dr Pri- 
 deaux, Archdeacon of Suffolk, to the Bishop of Norwich,) dated 
 Norwich, October 9, 1699, contain 
 
158 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 a. A notice of ' one Mr Gargrave a dissenting minister born in York- 
 shire/ expelled for acts of lewdness by the congregation at Lastoft in Suffolk 
 about the year 1693, afterwards admitted into deacon's orders and curate to 
 Dr Burnell at Sudbury, and now fixed at Mersey in the hundreds of Essex 
 as curate to Mr Paul. 
 
 6. One Mr Tate, brother to the Poet, coming from Ireland is admitted 
 minister of the Independent congregation at Beccles about the year 1692 : 
 betrays an orphan, for this and getting very drunk (about Michaelmas^ 
 1694) is obliged to leave the town : and is succeeded by Mr J. Killinghall, 
 ' a man of noe contemptible parts, who hath a very comely woman for his 
 wife,' yet is presently expelled on his own confession, and is now under pro- 
 secution in the Bishop of Norwich's consistory for adultery with his maid. 
 
 32. Feb. 16, 170§. Sir Roger Lestrange to Sir Christopher 
 Calthorp, 
 
 Expressing his deep concern for his daughter's departure from the Church 
 of England to the Church of Rome ; and solemnly declaring that as he was 
 born and brought up in the communion of the Church of England, so was 
 he firmly resolved to continue in the same to his life's end. 
 
 33. A Letter dated from Battersea 14 Nov. 1661, without 
 signature or direction, entitled ' Of Illustrious Providences ' con- 
 taining two wonderful stories of apparitions. 
 
 See under No. 151, § 62. 
 
 is* Dd. hi. 64. 
 
 A paper book in folio, consisting chiefly of Origin al Lettebs, 
 written during the xvnth century. 
 
 1. Dunbar, 15 August, 1650. Robert Stapleton to Mr 
 Richard Floyd of the Inner Temple, 
 
 That my Lord General was very intent on the business touching Baro- 
 nets, having proposed to himself a supply of £40,000 for Ireland out of the 
 money to be raised thereby. 
 
 2. Alkerton, August 16, 1636. Thomas Lydgate to Sir 
 Henry Spelman, at his house at London, in Barbican, 
 
 Desiring his pamphlet on some mathematical subject sent a quarter 
 of a year since, may be returned to him, as he has discovered errors in it : 
 alludes to recent imprisonment. 
 
 3. Cambridge, Dec. 5, 1638. Abraham Wheelock to [Sir 
 Henry Spelman] 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 159 
 
 The illness of Mr Rylie, 'a good proficient in Saxon.' The 'councels' 
 much enquired after (now passing through the press). The repair of the 
 Vicarage (Middleton, in Norfolk). Offers to correct the press in John Wal- 
 den's place. 
 
 4. D'Aix en Prouence le 25 Juin, 1624. De Peiresc to Sir 
 Henry Spelman : 
 
 Expresses his sorrow for the death of Camden : wishes Sir Henry to 
 answer his former letters, ' princiapalement a ceque concerne vos Pairs.' 
 
 5. Barbacan, 7 June, 1634. Sir Henry Spelman to Captain 
 Roger North at his lodgings by St Dunstan's Church in the fields, 
 
 Concerning the same matter as the following (6), but of the previous 
 year, if 1634 be not an error. 
 
 6. Earls of Bedford and Dover to Sir Henry Spelman, 
 
 'About acquittances for disbursements to Captaine Bamfeild, to be brought 
 before them the 16 May, being Saturday, 1635.' 
 
 7. Chesterton, 8 March, 1 635. William I/ysle 'dutiful cosen 1 
 to Sir Henry Spelman, 
 
 About the 'towardly sonnes' of 'my lady your daughter,' who were then 
 at Cambridge. 
 
 8. Wotton, near Northampton, 30 Jan. 1632. Jeremy 
 Stephens to the same, 
 
 On sundry subjects on which they had conferred : 
 
 K. James's opinion about the dissolution of religious houses. On the 
 want of a Latin and Greek and Hebrew press in the kingdom. About the 
 printing of some of Sir H. S.'s works which his brother would undertake. 
 That he knoweth one who hath 200 MSS. that were Bishop Bonner's. 
 Best wishes of a happy new year to your worthy daughter Carbery. 
 
 9. London, 17 Sept. 1564. Sir N. Throkmorton to Sir 
 Nicholas Strange, 
 
 That if he were sent embassador into Germany to condole with the 
 Emperor on the death of his father, he would take Strange's brother with 
 him ; with notices in a postscript, of the health of the Q. of Spayne, the mar- 
 riage of the Q. of Scotland, and the state of Ireland. Names of other can- 
 didates for the post, he the most likely 'to be dispatched within eight 
 dayes after the writing hereof: onless determinations do change in this 
 resolution as they have don in many others.' 
 
160 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 10. A copy of the new Trent Creed, published by Pope 
 Pius IV. Anno 1564. 
 
 This endorsement is in the same hand as the heading in which is the 
 statement, ' This Bull is extant in the Trent Council Sess. 24. De Reformat, 
 in calce cap. 12, p. 450. Edit. Antverp, 1633. Though in other editions of 
 that Council (as in that at Salamanca, 1588, and that at Paris, 1667, &c.) it 
 be placed in the end of the Council after the 23rd or last Session.' 
 
 11. Prefatiuncula in seriem episcoporum in celebrioribus 
 quibusque ecclesiis. 
 
 This is the title assigned by Nasmith ; on the back are 6415. 3 and MS. 
 NE. F. 5. 1. Bodl. In the margin are various readings. 
 It begins : 
 
 ' Successiones sanctorum Apostolorum et tempora...' 
 and ends : 
 
 '. • singulorum narrationem aperire temptabimus.' 
 
 12. Stowe hall, Marche 9, 1623. Will. Watts to Sir Henry 
 Spelman, Knight, at Mr Whittfield's howse, in Barbacan. 
 
 About avoiding induction to his living that he might hold it without 
 danger of his fellowship in Cambridge, fears field sports will draw him from 
 his studies. 
 
 13. ' Sacramentum consiliarioris dni Regis ' and ' in 23. E. 1. 
 ex parte rem R. not. 64,' are the title in the margin and the date 
 at the top of the leaf. 
 
 The copy of the oath itself is in the French language, in a hand re- 
 sembling Lord Burleigh's: at the end is the note 'Vide the oath of a Priuy 
 Counsellor in y e Red-booke, et vide lib. apd. turrim f. 129.' 
 
 14. Two small leaves of paper, in folio. The Summons of 
 Henry Bromflete, knight, Baron de Vessey, to Parliament. 
 Extracted from the Close Rolls ' 27 Hen. VI. m. 24 dorso.' 
 
 15. Without date : John Littleton to his brother. An answer 
 to an ' enquiry made for the extent of the word Sedition in authors 
 of all sorts. 1 
 
 16. The original order to Mr Selden and Mr Whitelock to 
 search and report the state of the Peerage op the Earl op 
 Somersett. Dated 14 May 1645. 
 
 It consists of three lines of writing, signed by the Clerk of Parliament. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 161 
 
 17. ' Questyon Whether the Oorte helde before the Earle 
 Marshall, and commonly called the Oorte of Honor, may hold plea 
 of words tendinge to the dishonor of a gent, as callinge him base 
 fellowe . . . And whether uppon examination and sentencing such 
 a cause the Corte may fyne give damages and imprison.' 
 
 This appears to be the original draft of an argument with references to 
 the authorities in the margin. See under § 23. 
 
 18. 'I humblie offer theis reasons whie I should be restored 
 to my place among the Serieants according to my antiquitie, in 
 Grayes Inne, without respect of reading or not reading.' 
 
 This is a fair copy on one leaf, with the signature of Tho. Hetley. 
 
 19. Certificates that the Chief Justice of Chester hath always 
 had place and precedence at the Council in the Marches of Wales, 
 as well out of Court as in Court, next to the Lord President, 
 signed by H. Towneshend, E. Littleton, B[ria]n Crowther, 
 Richard Smyth, Edw. Waties, Ric. Blount, Tho. Eaton, Richard 
 Jones, George Leighe, Richard Cam, Roger Bradshawe, William 
 Aston. 
 
 In the margin is the note, Apud Beaulieu 16 Julij 1621. See Ormerod's 
 Cheshire, i. xlix. and 101. 
 
 20. Oath of the Gentlemen of his Majestie's (Charles 1 ) most 
 honorable Privy Chamber. 
 
 This is nearly the same as the first part of the Oath of a Gentleman 
 Usher, printed at p. 69 of The Book of Oaths, 12 mo . 1689. 
 At the top is the note 
 
 Cam. Stell. See the Information of the Can : against Sir Tho. 
 Thynne's son, M r Henry Fredericks Thynne, for not going with the 
 King contrary to this oath. 
 
 21. A middle-sized folio sheet of letter-paper, the 1st page 
 apparently in a hand older than the remaining two, which have 
 been probably added by a commentator, who in addition to fresh 
 matter has appended remarks on the 1st page : the date of the 
 1st page may be ascribed to the beginning of the xvnth cen- 
 tury, that of the other to a few years later. 
 
 Its title is : ' That the professors of the comon lawes oughte not bee ex- 
 cluded from practy singe in cases of honor.' 
 
 22. Middle-sized folio paper copy in Latin of the Judgement 
 of the Lord High Marshall, in a suit between Francis Warner, of 
 Parham, in the county of Suffolk, and John Lynch and others, of 
 
162 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Barfold, in the same county, for an assault, brought by the com- 
 plainant in the High Marshall's Court of Honour, as being a suit 
 between a gentleman and tradesman. 
 
 Dr. Thos. Eden, whose name appears as the High Marshall's 
 Assessor, died Master of Trin. Hall, a. d. 1645. 
 
 23. Consists of 6 folio pages containing, 
 
 (1) A Copy of The Return made by Thos. Glenham and 
 Edmund Doley to the High Marshall's order. (See below.) 
 
 (2) Lord Arundell's order to the above G-lenham and Doley 
 to call all the parties in the matter before them in order to 
 enquire into it. Apparently the original document signed by Lord 
 Arundel, and dated Arundel House, July 26th, 1638. 
 
 (3) A copy of the Appeal of the defendants, " to the Honble 
 the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses in this Sessions at Parham 
 assembled," against the judgement in the High Marshall's Court. 
 
 (4) " The humble Petition of Francis Warner, of Parham, in 
 the county of Suffolk, Esqre.," to the High Marshall, complaining 
 of certain injuries inflicted on him and his servants by the Defdts. 
 This too seems to be a copy. For full information of the Juris- 
 diction of, and manner of proceeding in the High Marshall's 
 Court, see Hearne's " Curious Discourses," Vol. n. 
 
 24. Four small pages of extracts from The Blazon op 
 G-entrie, by John Feme. London, 1586. 
 
 25. Fine op a Babonetship, by which Sir Edw. Tyrrell 
 endeavoured to surrender the state, title, dignity and name of a 
 Baronet to the King. — One page, in folio. 
 
 Edw. Tyrrell, of Thorston, in Buckinghamshire, Esq. was created a 
 Baronet by patent in 1627. He surrendered the patent to the crown in 1638, 
 in order to deprive his eldest son of the title, having disinherited him, and 
 obtained a new one with succession to his second son omitting the eldest. 
 It was held that this surrender could not be made, and therefore both sons 
 became Baronets. — Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, 538. 
 
 26. Act of the Council of Ireland concerning an oath to be 
 taken by the Scotts professing their abhorrence of the disturbances 
 in Scotland. 
 
 At the end, by another hand, it is stated, 'in y e beginning of June 15 Car. 
 y° like othe was taken from the Scots in and about London.' See Rushworth, 
 Hist. Coll. in. pp. 921—4. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 163 
 
 27. Hague, 22 Feb. 1709. Alexander Cunningham to his 
 nephew James, 
 
 Desiring him to send the books Ramus de Parricidio, and ad Legem Agiacrts, 
 and borrow Antonius Augustinus de propriis nominibus from the Bp of 
 Ely, 'who is very ready to lend books to those who are upon any public 
 work.' 
 
 28. 18 Sept. 1699. John Jeffery to Bishop More, at his 
 house in Charles St., near St James's Square, 
 
 About Coll. Harbord and the Tenths of Stanningold : Mr Rothwell and 
 the presentation to Thursford ; Mr Brown likely to be chosen school-master 
 and vacate his livings. 
 
 29. The petition of Margaret Mortimer to the Queen ; 
 Praying the queen to hear a few words before she dies, that her majesty 
 
 might reap the benefit of the petitioner's twenty -four years sufferings for her 
 majestie's preservation. 
 
 This is an original, on 4to. paper. In the Brit. Mus. 816. -~„- is ' The 
 
 llo 
 
 case of Margaret Mortimer, widow, and seventeen more Sufferers by a dread- 
 ful fire, which happened in Derby Court, Westminster, the 16th of April, 
 1697. Humbly submitted to the Honourable the House of Commons ;' — on 
 the back is printed ' Sir Samuel Morland's Paper.' 
 
 30. 22 Feb. 1698-9. William Battie to Bishop More. 
 Recommends Mr Johnson, curate at Alderton, for priest's orders. 
 
 31. Norwich, 9 Oct. 1699. Dean Prideaux to the same. 
 The living of St Clements refused by Mr Stukeley because of simoniacal 
 
 terms. Address from Peasenhall. Mr Hoadley elected to the school at 
 Norwich has declined the place. 
 
 32. Enfield, 10 July, 1714. S. Knight to the same. 
 Presents ' a parcel of papers.' 
 
 33. Emmanuel, 19 April, 1699. Joshua Barnes to Mr 
 Laughton, Fellow of Clare Hall. 
 
 Some MS. notes of Casaubon : sends two books. 
 
 34. a. '15 December, 20 July. Extracts of two letters of 
 Morgan to the Scot Qu. 1 
 
 I. ' 28 January, 1585. Extract of the Letters written to 
 the Scot : Qu : deciphered.' 
 
 This latter date is that of the third extract or rather abstract, and is part 
 of its endorsement : the two former letters also belong to the year 1585. 
 
164 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 35. Inventory of Letters and State-papers, chiefly relating to 
 the Queen of Scots. 
 
 On six leaves written in a formal hand of the period to which the docu- 
 ments described belong. The portion of the inventory headed, 
 
 ' M r Beales Negotiation Nouember 1581.' contains a list of 13 articles, his 
 Instructions and letters. 
 
 ' The E. of Shrewsbury and M r Beales Negotiation 1583.' of 7. 
 
 'The E. of Shrewsburie and S' Walter Mildmays Negotiation 1583.' 
 of 25. 
 
 ' M r Wades Negotiation Aprill 1584.' of 3. 
 
 ' M r Beales May 1584.' of 10. 
 
 'Nau's Negotiation 1584.' of 30: No. 24 of these is 'Another from the Q. 
 of Scots to myself. 20 January :' now there is one to Ld. Burleigh of 20 Jan' 
 1585 in Labanoff Lettres, <Sfc. t. vi. p. 88. (Ed. 1844.) 
 
 ' Sir Raph Sadler' precedes a list of 76 letters &c. in 1584, many of which 
 to Walsingham are printed in Vol. hi. of Sadler's State-Papers. 
 
 ' Diuers matters ' is a heading to a list chiefly of copies of the ' Qu. of Scotts' 
 Letters in 1578—1582. 
 
 ' S r Aymas Paulett's negot.' heads a list of 42, in April — September, 1585. 
 
 36. ' Theise are the wordes y* I remember were betwixt the 
 King and the Q. in Glasco, when she took him awayeto EdinbroV 
 
 This heading is on what is now the fourth page : the report occupies this 
 and the next two pages and is continued on p. 1, ending on p. 2 ; the rest 
 of p. 2 contains an imperfect account of ' The wordes y' the king spake 
 vnto me at his departing forthe of Glasco.' On p. 3. ' Theise are the wordes 
 y' were betwixt the Q. and me bye the waye as she came to Glasco to fetche 
 the Kinge when my Q. my missez sent me to showe her the cause whye he 
 cam not to mete her himselfe.' A pen has been drawn through the first line 
 of this heading, and above is written, ' The wordes betwixt the Q. and Tho- 
 mas Craford(l)' There are many alterations in apparently the same hand- 
 writing as the rest : it is bad enough to be Lord Burleigh's. 
 
 In a small hand on p. 8 is the endorsement, ' The words betwixt the Q, 
 and Thomas.' See Hume's History, &;c. Vol. v. note L. (8vo. 1826). 
 
 37. A petition in Latin, signed ' Le Sauuage, Minister, 1 to 
 the ABp of Canterbury. 
 
 He asks for £9 in addition to £24, as his share 'beneficentiee Regise :' 'ago 
 annum 68, laboribus fractus, omnibus fere bonis exutus : uxor mea oneri 
 quotidiano succumbit.' See Stow's Survey, B. v. p. 303. 
 
 38. ' Mense Decembris, 1568. The principall poincts ex- 
 hibited by the regent and his associates against Marie quene of 
 Scottes, touching the murdre of hire late husband Henrie Stuart, 
 Lord Darlie, sonne of Matthewe, earle of Lennox.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 165 
 
 • A brief note of the chief and principall poincts &c.' printed by Hugh 
 Campbell at p. 23 of Appendix to Love-Letters of Mary Queen of Scots (ed. 
 1825) differs in form more than in substance from this which begins with, 
 
 ' The first. The alienation of her mynd frome him, the greate hatred 
 manifestlie shewed against..' 
 
 This point and the next are under the heading ' Antecedentia,' the third 
 under ' Adjuncta,' and the two last under ' Sequentia,' with brief abstracts in 
 Latin in the margins. After these follow ' All these and manie other by 
 them alleged probant earn participem et consortem fuisse necis mariti sui,' 
 and a paragraph, 'A° domini 1348. Quemadmodum olim Joanne regine 
 Neapolitane. armis prosequeretur.' 'Scotica tragoedia.' 
 
 See Bp Keith's History, Vol. n. and in. (1845). 
 
 39. An incompleted paper folio copy of a letter, without 
 signature or date, addressed to the Court op Delegates 
 
 APPEALING AGAINST PROCEEDINGS IN THE ADMIRALTY COURTS 
 IN THE CASE OF A DANISH ShIP, THE WHITE LaMB. 
 
 The name of Dr. Lane is mentioned by the writer (who appears to have 
 been attached to the Danish court) as advocate for the King of Denmark. 
 
 40. A folio sheet of letter-paper, containing on one page 
 an extract in Latin, written apparently about the middle of the 
 last century from the Statutes of Norwich cathedral, entitled, 
 " De dignitate Episcopi et Visitatione Ecclesise." 
 
 41. ' Frankerse in Frisia, 1601. Johannes Arcerius Theo- 
 dor. 1 to Casaubon. 
 
 Asks assistance in preparing a second edition of Iamblichus. 
 
 42. Norwich, 10 Feb. 1706. Dr Thomas Tanner to Bishop 
 More. 
 
 Mr Challoner to have Happisburgh and curacy of Wolcot, — form of pre- 
 sentation. Mr Townsend positive and touchy about repairs. Affairs of the 
 diocese. 
 
 43. Kinsale, 20 April, 1704. Thomas Knox to Edward 
 Griffith, Esq. at the Board of Greencloth : 
 
 About an estate of the latter in Ireland. 
 
 44. ' A form of Consecrating Churches, Chappels, and Church 
 yards or places of burial. 1 
 
 This is the title ; at the end is this note : ' Concordat cum originali facta 
 fideli Collatione per me Tho: Tyllot No' ium Publicum Domus Superioris 
 Convocationis Actuarij Deputatum.' 
 
 The form is that given in Wilkins' Concilia Mag. Brit. Vol. iv. p. 668. 
 
166 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 45. A Copy of the award of John, Bishop of Ely, William, 
 Lord Cooper, and Henry Newton, LL.D., in a cause between the 
 Vicar General and principal official of the Bishop of Lincoln and 
 Commissary in the Archdeaconries of Lincoln and Stowe on the 
 one part, and the official of the Archdeacon of Lincoln on the 
 other part, concerning their respective jurisdictions, made at the 
 Bp of Ely's Palace, Holborn, 19 June, 1713. 
 
 46. Oxford, 20 Nov. 1703. Dr Potter to Mr Ab. Seller, Red 
 Lyon Square, London : sends a transcript of the piece long desired. 
 
 47. Two Drafts of the preamble to Lord John Hervey's 
 Patent. The former is on the half of a letter addressed to the 
 Bishop of Norwich (More). 
 
 48. Tres humble Memoire du President de Brandenbourg a 
 Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Due de Yorck, etc. 
 
 For passports to two vessels of his master's, released at his request. 
 
 49. Cork, 24 May, 1698. Bishop of Cork and Eosse to 
 
 Bishop More, 
 
 About a law-suit with Mrs Verdon ; the ruin brought upon Sir Win. 
 D'Oy ley's family by Verdon' s knavery. 
 
 50. Some notes concerning a pedigree op the Scottish house 
 of Seton. 
 
 Four quarto pages of paper. 
 
 51. Yoxford, 7 June, 1699. Nath. Parkhurst to Bishop 
 More, in answer to the Brief in behalf of the Protestants, and 
 excusing his absence from the Bishop's Visitation. 
 
 52. Presentation of Henry Whall, Parson of West Lynn 
 in Norfolk (1695). 
 
 53. Yarmouth, 19 Dec. 1 690. Thomas Moore to his brother, 
 
 the Rev. Dr Moore, in Hatton Garden. 
 
 Had sent two couple of Ling : about condemned goods. ' Pray let me 
 often hear of you :' mentions his brother Laughton, and wife's sister, Sayer : 
 asks him to send proper medicines for the Yellow jaundice, &c. 
 
 54. ' The Certifycate of the Bishop of London answering to 
 certain articles sent from the Queens Majesties most honorable 
 Pryvy Councill.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 167 
 
 It begins : 
 
 To the first Article viz. how many shires or counties the diocesse of 
 London dothe containe... 
 It is imperfect. 
 
 55. The Speech of the Duke of Lennox at the Council Table, 
 on Scotch affairs, against war. 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 Most gratious souereigne I am not altogether insensible of this 
 
 business I know I shall suffer some disadvantage because I am a 
 
 Scott by nation and education... 
 Ending: 
 
 as they are who now talke much of warr, but neither do know 
 where to begin it, nor greatly care where to end. 
 
 56. Folio letter-paper copy of the Rules and Orders 
 made for the Court op Stannarines, at Whytehall, the 28th 
 of Ffebruary, 1632. 
 
 Handwriting of a somewhat later date. On the back are 
 scribbled in another hand notes of statutes and cases. 
 
 57. A half sheet of folio letter-paper, containing copies of 
 A Pardon granted by "Thomas Earl op Arundel, one op 
 the Lord's Marchers, and Lord op Clon and Tempsittor 
 in the Marches of Wales," at the request of King Henry 
 8th, to one John Clon, of all murders and manslaughters by him 
 committed within the said Lordship. 
 
 The following marginal note appears : 
 
 ' Mr Vincent and Mr. Lilley knowe where the originall is. QHe is pic- 
 tured over head on horseback like a prince, a (?) sa main] his hand over head 
 like James Rex.' £N. B. The words in brackets are scored through.] 
 
 58. A copy on a folio sheet of letter-paper of a Decree op 
 the Court op Star Chamber, made concerning the price 
 of Hay and Oats, and touching Victuals. 
 
 It begins : 
 
 Mr Attorney, 
 
 Wee send you inclosed our opinions of those things which we 
 propounded and thought fitt to be performed at our last generall meetinge, 
 6th November, 1633. 
 
 (Signed) Your most lovinge friends. 
 
 59. Reasons presented ' to the King's most excillent Ma tle ,' 
 by the Clergy against subscribing the Address proposed by their 
 Bishop, on the Declaration published by the King, (1687). 
 
168 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 60. Copy of the Nomination of William Sterne, A.M., to a 
 fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge, by Symon, Bp of Ely, 
 dated from St Peter's College, 21 May, 1700. 
 
 61. 'A Designe for registring of Illustrious Providences.' 
 That is, as the author explains himself, 'apparitions of spirits witches, 
 
 the proof of them &c. judgements as upon all sinners, soe especially against 
 such as have falne away from Gods truth and ordinances.' 
 
 In 1697 Wm. Turner published a History of the Most Remarkable 
 Providences, &c... See also Wodrow's Analeeta or Materials for a History 
 of Remarkable Providences, published by the Maitland Club, 1842, with a 
 Prefatory Notice in Vol. i. 
 
 62. 23 Sept. 1657. ' Of Mr Poole's designe.' 
 See above, and § 67. 
 
 63. Jo. Ebor. to Bishop More, 
 
 ' To get the Act continued for recovery of Small Tithes, which I doubt 
 is to expire this session.' 
 
 64. 14 Oct. 1699. Mary Allestry to the same, begging his 
 assistance. 
 
 65. Elizabeth Newett to the Bp of Ely (Moore) ; 
 
 Knowing the bishop's hospitality to the poor in bestowing medicines on 
 those in necessity, she prays the like favour. Compare § 53. 
 
 66. Oxenden, 11 April, 1713. J. Morton to the same : 
 
 Requests the Bishop to obtain leave for him to present his book to the 
 Duke of Montague and Lord Cardigan. 
 
 67. Nov. 14, 1661. A Letter from Battersea, on Illustrious 
 Providences. 
 
 -See another copy, No. 150 by the same hand, § 8, and above, § 61. 
 
 68. Lambeth, the 16th of Februarie, 1608. From E. Cant, 
 to the Bp of Norwich : an official circular respecting the Granting 
 of Prohibitions. 
 
 69. A leaf endorsed ' An abstracte of all the moneys in the 
 funds,' with names of persons and amounts. 
 
 152 Dd. in. 65. 
 
 An original document on parchment, written in 1250, now 
 folded in a case. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 169 
 
 The initial words ' Innocentius eps servus .... Priori et con- 
 
 uentui monasterii Sancti Andree Northampton ' indicate that 
 
 in form the deed is a Papal Bull, though in Nasmith's opinion, 
 it was never completed. It relates to a dispute respecting the 
 advowson of Sywell. 
 
 'Actum Lugdun. a. d. mcc.l. xiii kal Oct. 8 Innocent. IV,' occurs 
 before the names of the witnesses, after which is the Papal scribe's maledic- 
 tion, ' Dat. Lugd. v kal. Nou. 8° Pontif. nri.' Two seals are mentioned, but 
 a loop of red and yellow twist only remains. 
 
 On the back of the sheet, in a small cotemporary hand is, ' Dno priori 
 de Norhaton per manum dni Johannis de Guevres ;' in a larger hand is 
 ' Bulla pro ecclia de Sywell,' with two other, and much later, endorsements : 
 from the second of which this MS. appears to have been one of a parcel of 
 ' Popes Bulls and other olde deeds.' See Dugdale, Monast. v. p. 185. 
 
 153 Dd. in. 66. 
 
 A volume of papers (excepting 1) hound up with Nos. 154 
 and 155, in various hands of the xvith century. Articles 1, S, 
 4, 5 have been copied by Baker, xxxvi. 301 — 310. 
 
 1. 13 July, ]570. A Letter from Pope Pius V. to Mary 
 Queen of Scots. 
 
 On a strip of parchment, having on one side the address : ' Charissimse in 
 chr'o filiae nostra, Marise, Reginae Scotiaa Illustri :' on the other, after the 
 superscription, 'Pius PP. V 5 ,' follows a letter of consolation, 'Dat. Romae 
 apud Sanctum Petrum sub annulo Piscatoris die xiii. Julii m. d. lxx Pont* 
 nostri Anno quinto,' with the signature, ' T. Aldobrandinus.' 
 
 2. ' Ane informatioun of probable and infallable karecteuers 
 and presumptiouns qwherebie it appeers evidentlie that the Queen 
 Moder to our soveraine lord not onlie ves previe of ye horrible 
 and unworthe morthour perpeteat in ye person of ye king of 
 good memorie his hienes fader but als- wes ye weeling instrument 
 chief origine and causer of yt unnatural crueltie. 1 
 
 It begins : 
 
 'So enter on y e declaration of her inconstancie towardis y e King...' 
 It ends (on f. 7) with 
 
 ' ...testifie a multitude of infallible presumptiouns.' 
 It is endorsed, ' Probable Argumentis that the Quene was priuie of the 
 Kingis murtheur.' Compare Anderson's Collection, n. p. 37. Also see Jour- 
 nal of the Commissioners, &c. in Appendix (p. 36) to Campbell's Letters of 
 Q. Mary. See No. 151, § 38. 
 
170 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 3. ' These be the wordes which John Habrowne of Bolton 
 and John Hey of Talley did say to me Thomas Crayford, upon 
 the scaffold, at the hower of theire death.' 
 
 An original, signed at the bottom of the page by ' Thomas 
 Crayfurd of FordangihV 
 
 This is much shorter than that printed in i. St. Tr. 927-8. 
 
 4. 'The Secretories Lothyngtons wordis to M 1 ' Henrie 
 
 Pouewis.' 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 ' Imprymis vpone sertane talke they had of the quene of Scots. Ly- 
 thyngtone said that yf thingis dyd fall out...' 
 
 5. 1577. Draft of the Will of Mary Queen of Scots. 
 
 At the end on the sixth page is : 
 
 ' Made at the Manor of Sheffelde in England the ... day of ... 1577.' 
 It begins : 
 
 ' Considering by myne owne condition the state of humane lyfe.' 
 Copied by Baker, xxxvi. pp. 301 — 6, with the note, ' It seems plainly to 
 confirm Bp Burnet's account.' (Hist. Ref. Vol. iu. pag. 327. ed. 1715.) 
 
 6. ' A brief discourse of the usaige of Henry the King of 
 Scottis sonne to me the Earle of Lennux be the quene his wy^ 1 
 
 It begins : 
 
 ' Seeing your Lps and hono' s authorisyed be the Q. Ma" es comissionrs 
 to hear and try the mattre...' See § 2. 
 
 7. A very long letter (in French) from Fontenay, then resi- 
 dent at the Court of Scotland, to the Scottish Queen ; he shews 
 her that she has nothing to expect from the interposition or 
 assistance of foreign princes, and strongly advises her to attempt 
 her escape from prison and to come into Scotland, where he per- 
 suades himself she would be received both by the king and the 
 nobility. 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 ' Madame depuis que j'ay eu cest honneur.' 
 Ending on the back of the fourth leaf with : 
 
 'De Edinbourg le 25 Novembre 1584. De vot re ma" tres humble 
 subject et obeissant serviteur Fontenay; and a postscript of three 
 lines. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 171 
 
 8. ' The manner of the proceedinge to the funerall of Marie 
 quene of Scotland, which was observed on Tuesday, being the 
 firste of Awguste, 1587.' 
 
 This is merely a list of the Persons present without the preliminary ac- 
 count printed in Archceologia, i. pp. 365—360. See also Collections relative 
 to the Funerals of Mary Queen of Scots, edited by R. Pitcairn, sm. 8vo. 
 Edinb. 1822. 
 
 154 Dd. in. 67. 
 
 A paper book in narrow folio. 
 
 "1° Junii, 1644. Inventory of the Accompt of Seques- 
 trations " is the title on the first leaf. 
 
 After this, the accompts beginning at the 4th leaf, with the date, ' 13 March, 
 1643,' extend over 22 leaves through the year 1644 to 8th Janu. 1644. 
 
 After these follow some private accounts of Dr John Moore, under 'June 
 the 7. 1686, expences upon entrance into the new house in Sutton street/ the 
 first item is, ' Paid M r Colton for his right and woodwork in the same house 
 £25 . 00 . 00/ Then, among other items, ' Rec d for sister Bonning.' After 
 these are various inventories of apparel and house-linen ; then some loosely- 
 kept accounts from Michaelmas 1686 to Aug. 31. 89. After which, a series 
 of ' Received of Doctor John Moore/ by Will. Clark and Tho. Flint, ends 
 with house-expences 1689. Aug. 29 — Nov. 30. 
 
 155 
 
 Dd. ra. 68. 
 
 Bound up with Nos. 153 and 154 is this volume con- 
 taining some 
 
 Original Documents of the xvnth century. 
 
 1. 'A brief Collection taken out of the Customers 1 accompts 
 remayninge in the custody of the Clerke of the Pipe.' 
 
 In the margin, in another hand, is ' Tonnage and pondage/ to which the 
 extracts relate : they begin with Edward the Third, and end with : ' Kinge 
 James enjoyed the like Subsedy/ At the end, in the other hand, is ' searche 
 but to the 6 th yeare of Henry the 8 th / 
 
 2. 'Breddon Forrest for Mr Chauncellor.' 
 
 This is the endorsement on a leaf containing notes of a Grant to be made 
 about the year 1629. 
 
172 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 3. 24 Jan. 1620. Sir John Michell, a Master in Chancery, 
 appoints Eobert Henley, one of the Six Clerks, to appear for him 
 in the matter of Dame Thomasin Carew. 
 
 4. 'Jan. 1630. A Warrant for the supply of a value of 
 u s 
 
 4. 15. for my Lo. of Munmouth.' 
 
 This is the endorsement to a warrant with the signature and seal of the 
 King for a grant of lands in Skenfryth, Monmouthshire, and of pasture for 
 400 sheep upon the wastes of Cowberne, Lancashire, dated Westminster, 
 10 Jan 6 Car. 1. and addressed to ' Edward lord Newburgh Chancellour of 
 our dutchye of Lancaster.' 
 
 5. Juramentum Examinatorum Cancellar. 
 
 This title precedes the oath in English, which is printed in the Book of 
 Oaths, p. 143. (12 m °. 1689). 
 
 6. Depositions in a cause between Lord Newburgh on the 
 one part, and Mr James and Mr Eobert Fenn on the other, by 
 John Lawrence and Eichard Broughton. 
 
 7. Petition of Lord Viscount Chaworth to Lord Keeper 
 Coventry in a Chancery Suit, dated 5 August, 1630. 
 
 8. Copies of Warrants for payment of pensions and wages, 
 
 a. 7" Marcii, ' pro Rodulpho Bayly uno vibrellatorum infra turrim nos- 
 tram London vadum et feedum vid. per diem.' 
 
 b. 6. June, 3. C. 1. ' of 40..£. yearly for livery, and 44.s. 5.d. for wages to 
 Thomas Duckworth.' 
 
 c. xx° Martii, ' pro Willelmo Allen xu.i. per diem et xvi.7. n*. vid. per 
 annum.' 
 
 d. From K. Charles I. (5 April) to Sackville Crow Esq. 100 marks 
 yearly, his two clerks 8d. a day each, and the said Crow 6*. 8d. a day when 
 he travels. 
 
 e. 3° die Decembr. ' pro Thoma Bludder milite, magistro supervisorum 
 omnium et singularum ordinationum et munitionum infra turrim London 
 2s. per diem.' 
 
 /. xii" die Junij, ' pro Blount domino Mountjoy xx marcas annuatim ex 
 villa de Thurveston in Comitat Nottingh. et Derb.' 
 
 9. Two leaves containing a summary, or an index to some 
 book, of ' disbursements.' 
 
 10. Letters dated from London, and addressed by George 
 Henley' to his brother Eobert Henley, Esq™., at his house at 
 Bramshill. See § 3. 
 
 1 On the seal is a lion rampant with a crescent for a difference, all within a bor- 
 dure bezante*. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 173 
 
 a. Wednesday night. That he and M' Whitwicke should see old M" 
 Jourdaine and her daughter M 18 Cradocke, and tell the latter (a widow with 
 whom the writer contemplated marriage) that ' I am religious and truly 
 godly/ denying 'that I am rash and was so to my other wife,' and 'that 
 I am misserable and worldly.' 'As a proof of love to M re C. I rejected two 
 several motions from yourself.' 
 
 b. London, 6 November, 1635. ' My cozen Dorothy ill ' : ' pray prepare 
 my bill against Elcock.' 
 
 c. 25 March, 1641. Asks for the small gelding to be sent— is willing to 
 give £10 for it. 
 
 d. 25 Mar. is not well, — wishes him to remove his sister from Worcester. 
 
 e. 5 April. ' You. . put me in mind of your cosen Eldred [a widow with 
 children] for a wife for me ;' desires one having a reasonable portion of 
 £4000, and not above 40 years : will make a jointure of £100 yearly for 
 every £1000 portion, ' or else J of my estate, according to the costom of 
 London, if her portion be £5000.' As for estate, can have as good elsewhere. 
 
 /. April 20. ' business such I could not come down last week.' Sends 
 a letter of Grace Lemon from Worcester, whence 'cosen Richard' (his 
 nephew) is come up, idle and lazy ; also one of the executors to prove a will. 
 
 g. April 21. Richard's ill-carriage at Worcester ; though a minor, let- 
 ting a house. ' My lo deputy of Irland (Strafford) was yesterday by the 
 house of comons voted guilty of high treason, and this day it is reported 
 they deliver up to the lords a bill of Inditement against him.' 
 
 h. 25 March, 1641. To his sister; desires her and ' my cosens ' to come 
 up to London. 
 
 i. 15 July, 1642. The hamper of plate received ; ' am going to the 
 Treasurers of Ireland ;' ' your man may forbear to buy those horses.' 
 
 Jc. 11 August, 1642. To send up his family to London if any danger in 
 Hants. The array in Somersets. Marquess Harford forced to fly from 
 Wells. Arms taken by the cavaliers from the trained bands in Northamp- 
 tonshire, and sent to Dunsmor Castell : troops from London went thither on 
 Monday ; the King goeth to Chester. ' Go not over for Ireland : with much 
 ado I have got you some pistoles for defence.' 
 
 I. 2 August, 1635. Will perform certain business ; his son George in 
 a burning fever, and his wife fallen sick. 
 
 This is addressed, Henley near Crookehorne. 
 
 m. After these is a letter dated London, July 20, 1642, from Robert 
 Street to Mr Gabriell Elliot, at Robert Henley's. 
 
 11. Report of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London 
 to the Lord Keeper Littleton, concerning the customs of the City 
 
174 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 of London, as to a child's share of an estate, in the case of Ld. 
 Newburgh v. Fenn, dated 28 July, 1641, 
 
 At the end of this § and the next is ' Ex.' See § 6. 
 12. Inquisitio capta apud Brecon, 2 Nov. 4 et 5 Phil, et 
 Mar. coram Commissionariis dictorum regis et reginse ad divi- 
 dendum et separandum omnia terras et tenementa ac possessiones 
 spirituals dictorum dominorum regis et reginse a terris ac pos- 
 sessionibus temporalibus existent, infra comitat. de Brecknock. 
 
 This appears to he a copy, and occupies 8 leaves. 
 
 X56 Dd. in. 69. 
 
 A folio paper, Law common-place Book ; size about 12in. 
 by 4^, written in Law French, in a hand of about the beginning 
 of the xvnth century, and containing 209 pages, numbered irre- 
 gularly by folios. It is incomplete. 
 
 Beginning with : 
 
 " Patents Grants le Roy." 
 And ending with : 
 
 " Servants, apprentices." 
 The last ten pages are in darker ink, and appear to helong to another 
 common-place book, containing matter relating to " Bridges, Brewers, Boat- 
 men, Watermen, and Barges." This part is not numbered, and is in English, 
 though in a more modern hand than the preceding. 
 
 157 Dd. in. 70. 
 
 A Collection of Documents copied by various hands, and of 
 Letters written about 1625, now bound together in a volume. 
 
 1. Gahyer general des Deputes de la Religion et la Response, 
 1625. 
 
 This title is the endorsement, and under it, 'receaved Aug. 8. 1625.' 
 Compare Collection des Memoires. Petitot. t. xviii. p. 267. It is probably 
 contained in the Piece described in the Catalogue de I'Histoire de France. 
 Louis XIII. 2441. 1. 1. p. 559 (4to. Paris. 1855). 
 Begins : 
 Sire, 
 
 Les deputes generaux de vos tres humbles subjects faisans pro- 
 fession de la Religion, vous demandent en toute humilite pour tous vos 
 ditz subjects, Le moyen de pourvoir, en seruant votre Ma fie seruir Dieu 
 librement et securement suivant vos Edictz de pacification, et pour cet 
 effect ordonner. i. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 175 
 
 ^ Twenty-one demands, with the responses to each, follow on 12 pages 
 with gilt edges. 
 
 The last ' Response ' is : 
 
 Lorsque le temps de la tenue de l'Assemblee generale des supplions 
 sera arrive, lesdits deputes generaulx en demanderont au Roy la per- 
 mission, sur quoy il sera pourveu par S. M. 
 
 2. Copie de la lettre de M rs les Amb rs - du Eoy de la Gra. 
 Bret, a M rs de la Rochelle du xi e . feburier. 1626. 
 
 This endorsement is in the same hand as the copy. 
 
 The letter begins 'Estans envoyez en cette Court....,' was signed by 
 ' Hollande ' and 'Carleton,' and dated ' De Paris.' See Petitot. ib. p. 274, and 
 the references given in Histoire de France par M. Martin, t. xn. p. 493. 
 
 3. Original letters to Sir Edward Barret, late Ambassador 
 at Paris, relating chiefly to his private affairs, and the shipping 
 of his furniture for England, written in 1627, with the exception 
 of the first in 1626. 
 
 a. No place, September if. 1626. 'most humble serviteur Medhope' to 
 'his very good Lord S r Edward Barret Lord Ambassador for Fraunce.' 
 
 b. De Rouen ce 29 me de Mars 1627. De la Fleur ' To the Right Ho- 
 nourable S r Edward Barret K nt Lord Ambassador for fraunee att his house 
 in Great S' Bartholomews London deliver theise with speed I pray.' After 
 reporting his own movements and Lord Carleton's kindness, mentions the 
 rumour of an intention to expel from France all foreign merchants. 
 
 c. 4. April. From the same as a. 'I have done fideliter quoad meum 
 officium.' 
 
 d. De Paris ce 4 me Apuril. From the same as b, contains many curious 
 particulars of a domestic establishment. 
 
 e. Rouen, 7 April. G. Charlton. Is expecting advice from M. de la Fleur 
 that the goods at Paris are laden. As for news M r Montagu has passed by 
 Paris into ' Lauregne' & from thence to the D. of Sauoy. 
 
 /and g. Paris the 11 and 26 of April are both from the same as b. 
 
 h and i. Rouen, 28 April. From the same as a and e. The latter encloses 
 a bill of exchange for £33. 8s. 3d. paid to M. de la Fleur. 
 
 k. Paris, 30 April. As 6. 
 
 /. From the roads de Havre de gras. May f^. Apparently from the 
 same as a, but the ink is very faint. 
 
 m. Rouen, 5 May. As a. 
 
 n. Rouen, 26 May. As e. 
 
 o. De Paris ce 27 Mars. This letter without signature mentions that 
 on the 21 sl , 'le Marquis de Bonniuel fut mis a la Bastille' for challenging 
 leDuc de Chaune. The Ambassador of Denmark departed. The relations 
 between the King, the Parliament, and the Cardinal. 
 
176 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 p. |$ Auvril 1627- As a, expects to sail on Monday. 
 
 q. is a memorandum on one page without address relating to Spanish 
 finance, the state of the exchanges, and the war in Silesia, and is dated 
 'De Bruxelles le 16 e auril 1627." 
 
 4. a. Coppie de la remonstrance mise entre les mains de 
 Monseigneur de Canoua primier secretaire de la Serenissime 
 Majeste. 
 
 h. Coppie des articles et conditions de paix pour la ville 
 de Rochelle. 
 See under § 1. 
 
 c. Coppie de la lettre de Messieurs les Ambassadeurs Extraor- 
 dinaires du serenissime roy de la Grande Bretagne. 
 
 The same as § 2. Dated, ' A Paris ce xi fevrier, 1626.' 
 
 5. Articles accordes et convenus entre le Roy de France et 
 les Ambassadeurs extraordinaires de Messieurs les Etats des 
 provinces Unies des Pays Bas a Compiegne an mois de Juin, 
 1624. 
 
 See Dumont, Corps Diplomatique, t. v. P. u. p. 461. 
 
 6. A printed Proclamation declaring all ships carrying corn 
 or other victual or munition for the King of Spain or his sub- 
 jects, to be lawful prizes, Dec. 31, 1625. 
 
 This is given in Rymer, Fcedera, t. xvm. p. 259. 
 
 7- Declaration du Roy pour le razement et demolition de 
 toutes sortes de fortifications des villes et chasteaux, qui ne sont 
 frontieres et importantes au Royaume a, Paris, 1626. 
 
 This in print on 16 pages. See Mercure Francois, t. xn. p 370. 
 
 8. A printed Proclamation forbidding any trade with Spain, 
 24 Dec. 1625. 
 
 Also in Rymer, lb. p. 251. 
 
 9. Traite de Ligue entre le Roy, la Republique de Venise 
 et le Due de Savoye, pour le recouuerement de la Valteline ; 
 concerte en Avignon, et arrete" a Paris le 7 e Feb. 1623. 
 
 Printed in Dumont, lb. p. 417. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 177 
 
 10. 1626. Capitul"" fatta in Spagna fra le Due Cor", per 
 la pace de la Valtellina et di Genoua. 
 
 A note on the back states, ' rec d . — Aug.' (1626). See Dumont, lb. p. 487. 
 
 11. ' Remarques principales du livre intitule, Admonitio ad 
 regem Ludovicum XIII. par un Jesuite de Bauieres? 
 
 For an account of the Admonitio, &c. see Histoire de France par M. 
 Martin, t. xn p. 489, note. 
 
 12. '■Questions to be enquyred after amongst the French 
 marchants . , 
 
 13. Notes of the French Trade. 
 
 This is on 2 pages. At the end are the names of some ' able to give good 
 advise of all things that happen (especially for trade) in the places of their 
 aboad.' 
 
 14. Arrest de la Court de Parlem'., toutes les chambres 
 assemblies, donne contre les Jesuites le 17 [de Mars. 1626. 
 
 See Martin, lb. p. 488. 
 
 15. Acte bailie par M rs les Amb rs Extraord. dAngleterre 
 aux Deputes de la Religion du xi me Febv. 1626. st. n. 
 
 See under §§ 2, 4. 
 
 I 6. Memoire de Targent que j'ay recu a Paris tant de M r 
 Counet que des meubles que j ? y ay vendus. 
 
 This is the heading. In another hand is the endorsement, ' Flower's ac- 
 count taken July 30, 1627 •' On the first leaf the account is made out in 
 French, and is that for sums received and spent by de la Fleur: see § 3. On 
 the other leaf the balance is struck in English, and two statements are 
 signed by Flower and E. Barrett ; the receipt, dated April 23, in the same 
 hand as the latter, is in darker ink, and signed E. Newburgh. 
 
 58 Dd. in. 71. 
 
 A paper book, in small quarto, containing various documents 
 relating to Spain, written in 1605, with the title 
 
 OONSEJO DEESTADO DE ESPANA. 
 
 ' This is an account of the King, Dignities, Places &c. of Spain, not 
 unlike Chamberlain's State of Great Britain,' according to a note on what 
 perhaps was the wrapper of ' a bundle of papers,' though now it be in the 
 middle of the volume. 
 
178 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 159 Dd. III. 72. 
 
 A Collection op Tracts, of different sizes. 
 
 1. A folio, on paper, 20 leaves. 
 
 Ai/Tocr^e^acr/uaTa, Be studio Theologies, 1674. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Theology (or Divinity) is a science or prudence concerning our 
 knowledge of God and our duty... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...for they are in the possession of (S r ) 
 
 Your affectionate ffriend and faithfull servant 
 
 N.N. 
 
 2. A small quarto, on paper, 26 leaves, handwriting of xvnth 
 century. 
 
 ' De exercitio spirituali sacerdotibus, i. e. missionariis in vinea 
 Domini laborantibus consono, partes in.' 
 
 in. ff. 1 — 10. ' Via unitiva, sive amoris' Meditationes 25—40, with Epi- 
 logus and Index. 
 
 i. ff. 11—18. The first two leaves contain prayers, followed by Medi- 
 tationes 1 — 12. 
 
 ii. ff. 19 — 26. ' Via illuminativa :' Meditationes 13 — 24. 
 
 3. A small quarto, on paper, 11 leaves, about same date. 
 
 ' De eccplicatione ceremoniarum sacrosancti sacrijicii missce, #c. 
 Anglice reddita ex idiomate Gallicano.' 
 
 4. A small quarto, on paper, 32 leaves. 
 
 ' Variw lectiones N. T. esc ms Theclce collato cum editione Ley- 
 densi in 12mo.' 
 
 These are for the Acts, Pauline Epp. and Cath. Epp. only. 
 
 5. A small quarto, on paper, 8 leaves. 
 
 ' Oratio infelicem memoriam Elizabeths Anglice regince.' 1 
 
 6. A small quarto, on paper, 15 leaves. 
 
 ' Be pads ecclesiasticce procurandce mediis. Problema ejusque 
 demonstration 
 
 7. A 12mo, on paper, 30 leaves. 
 
 ' A paraphrase of the 9th chapter of St Paul's Epistle to the 
 Romans, by Doctor S. Patrick, Lord Bp of Ely.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 179 
 
 Begins : 
 
 The apostle having evidently proved in the foregoing part of this 
 letter... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...will never make those ashamed that persist in it and hold it fast to 
 the end. 
 
 8. A Commission from the Emperor Charles V. to concert 
 measures with King Henry VIII. for carrying on the War against 
 France. 
 
 This is the original document on parchment, with the seal attached, and 
 in very fair condition : the corresponding commission on the part of Henry 
 VIII. is printed in Rymer, Fwdera, t. xiii. p. 794. 
 
 160 Dd. in. 73. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 29 leaves, each page containing about 
 45 lines : in a hand of the early part of the xvnth century. 
 
 ' Valetudinaeium, autore M R Johnson.' 
 
 It is a Latin Comedy in five Acts ; the scene of which is laid in the 
 Hospital of St Bartholomew, London. 
 Begins (excluding Prologue) : 
 
 Cervisia aut vino madidum magis non vidi hominem. 
 Ends (excluding Epilogue) : 
 
 Jam igitur Nonarise valedicam et improhis moribus. 
 At the close of Act iv. there is the music of a song, commencing 
 Dulcis somne, qui perduras 
 Animi propellis curas. 
 The author, Win. Johnson, was a fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, 
 where his play was acted Feb. 6, 1637 : cf. Retrospective Review, xn. 39. 
 
 161 Dd. iii. 74. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 25 leaves, handwriting uniform, of 
 about the xvu th century. 
 
 'Ohronologia ad Ptolem^ei Astronomiam. 1 
 
 A Synoptical Calendar according to nine epochs. 
 1 The Christian Era. 
 
 2. The Creation. 
 
 3. The Era of Nabonassar. 
 
 4. The Julian. 
 
 5. The Egyptian. 
 
 N 2 
 
180 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 6 The Death of Alexander. 
 
 7. The period of Calippus. 
 
 8. The reign of Dionysius. 
 
 9. The Chaldsean. 
 
 In the last page is a mutilated circular almanack. The calendar extends 
 from the year 800 b. c. to 250 a. d. 
 
 162 Dd. in. 75. 
 
 1. A small quarto, on paper, 8 leaves, imperfect. 
 Theologia Rationalis, ascribed by Nasmyth to Dr Syden- 
 ham. 
 
 Begins (f. 1 a) : 
 
 The Question is, how far the light of Nature if closely adverted to, 
 may be extended toward the making good men ? 
 Ends (f. 8 6): 
 
 ...how much soever may be thereof in a man that takes other mea- 
 sures, by the rules of Virtue ? 
 
 163 Dd. in. 76. 
 
 Bound up with the preceding and two following numbers, are 
 thirty-two pages of small quarto paper, written in a small hand 
 of the xvnth century, and containing 
 
 A. Collection of Extbacts fkom Letters written from 
 Stockholm in October and November, 1636, by some English 
 Clergyman then resident there, who was endeavouring to bring 
 about an union between the Churches of England and Sweden. 
 
 164 Dd. in. 77. 
 
 Bound up with the preceding numbers is the following, on 
 48 pages, written in a small hand of the period, 
 
 ' To the right honorable the Lords and others of his ma ts most 
 honorable Priuie Councell. 
 
 The humble Petition op John Lepton.' 
 As patentee for the sole making of all Bills of Complaint and processe 
 called King's letters before the Lord president and Council of the North, he 
 prays that his patent ' may not be suppressed, but that he may be re-esta- 
 blished and continued in the said office with all the benefits he had enjoyed 
 before the petition of the Attornies in the Court at Yorke which was pre- 
 sented in Februarie 1621.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 181 
 
 165 Dd. in. 78. 
 
 Bound in a small quarto volume, with the three preceding 
 numbers, are 2S leaves, written probably in ] 629, and containing, 
 
 1. The Litany, in Latin Hexameters, with a dedication by 
 'Andreas Woodde Oantabrigiensis, 1 'in animi grati testimonium,' 
 to Henry, Lord Holland, Chancellor of the University. 
 
 The Litany begins (p. 6) : 
 
 O Pater omnipotens, cujus miseratio plena est, 
 
 Nos, vt perditte oves, insano errore, tuarum. 
 It ends (p. 20) : 
 
 O Domine, invisat tua nos miseratio prona. 
 
 Sicut nostra fides, in te, subnixa, recumbit. 
 Then : 
 
 Ite mei versus, non pressi mole typorum : 
 Procedat facili scripta camoena pede. 
 After a blank page follows : 
 
 2. A Petition from the same ' Andreas Woodde, Theolo- 
 gus, 1 to King Charles. 
 
 This also is in Latin hexameters, and after 3 lines of preface begins : 
 Inclyte Rex, pie Rex, Rex optime, Maxime Rex, qui 
 Maximus evadis, qua curas optimus esse ; 
 
 The last line is : 
 
 Justitiae capias lastam, aeternamqiie Coronam. 
 
 66-169 Dd. in. 79—82. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 170 Dd. hi. 83. 
 
 A volume of Tracts, on paper in quarto, written by various 
 hands between 1550 and 3700. 
 
 1. pp.25. ' A short historical account of the establishment 
 of the Cistercian Order, and the several offices and performances 
 of such persons as profess the monastical state in the same.' 
 
 At the end, in the same hand as the text, is the note : 
 
 ' By your Lordship's most humble and most obedient servant Rene 
 Guybert, formerly a professed monk in the above-said Cistercian 
 Order.' 
 See A Concise History of the Cistercian Order, 8vo. London, 1852 : and 
 the references by Helyot, Histoire des Ordres Monastiques, 1. 1. p. Ixxii. 
 
182 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 2. p. 18. The Oration of & Roberte Bell for succession. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 In soe greate a matter as wee haue in hande which concearneth the 
 whole Realme... 
 
 Ends : 
 
 Therefore if anie at this day shoulde be so lewde as to mainteyne the 
 
 Lo. Powis opinion mouinge Rebellion to the subuersion of the 
 
 common wealth. 
 This is written in a small chancery-hand : at the end is a flourish that 
 may be a cipher of R. B. 
 
 S. p. 22. Extracts from various MSS. relating to the Cathe- 
 dral Church at Norwich. 
 
 On p. 1. The heading is, 'Historia Fundationis Ecclesiae Cathedralis 
 S w Trinitatis Norwici ex antiquo manuscripto transcripta.' 
 
 p. 9, the heading is, 'Charta Herberti Episcopi pro fundatione et dotatione 
 Ecclias Cathedralis Norwici.' 
 
 On p. 13, begins: 'Bulla Paschalis Papse pro Translatione sedis Episco- 
 palis a Theodfordo ad Norwicum et pro confirmatione cartae Herberti.' 
 
 On p. 15 begins : ' Histori Combustionis Eccliae S ea! Trinitatis Norwici 
 et Prioratus per cives Norwicenses* Qa. d. 1272]. In the margin is a refer- 
 ence to Cod. Bod. 8 B. r. 6. Laud. 
 
 On p. 21. 'Ex altero Manuscripto de decreta compositione Regis Edwardi 
 primi int r Prioratu et civitatem.' And with this on p. 22 ends the MS. 
 
 See Dugdale's Monast- Vol. iv. pp. 1—20, and Blomefield's Norfolk 
 (folio), Vol. ii. ch. xiii. xxxviii. and xli. 
 
 4. Extracts from various MSS. relating to Norwich. 
 
 The contents are very similar to those of the preceding article : pp. 1 — 9 
 correspond to pp. 1 — 8 of § 3 : pp. 9 — 17 to pp. 15 — 21 : p. 18 is blank. 
 
 On p. 19 is ' Notice of the building of the cloister begun in 1297 ;' and 
 on pp. 19 — 22 is 'Charta Willmi Epi Norwici de prima Dimisione Bruarij 
 et Bosci de Thorp inter ipm et monachos Norwici,' dated 1239. On pp. 23 — 6 
 is a copy of a Charter of Liberties to the city granted ' primo die Aprilis 
 apud Greenwich 2° et 3° Philippi et Mariae Regis et Reginae Angliae.' 
 
 On p. 26 — 28 follow particulars relating to Mushold heath. 
 
 On p. 28 is ' A Recouerie upon a controuersy for a Theife fledd into a 
 church in Norw. Anno. 14°. Edw. I.' On p. 29 are notices from ' Doomsday 
 Book in the Excheq* ' of the foundations by ' Herbertus Epus Norwicensis.' 
 After the extract ending on p. 31, are about 18 blank pages. 
 
 There are occasional lacunm, as if the transcriber had sometimes been 
 unable to decipher the original. On the first fly-leaf is ' Tho. Corie. Empt. 
 30° 7 1 " 15 1680, pr 6*. W. O.' 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 183 
 
 5. a. Names of the Scholars elected from Westminster School 
 to Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge, in the 
 years 1561—1629. 
 
 This is preceded by an extract from the deed of foundation,, 6 June, 1561 . 
 
 b. Collections for a History of Christ Church, Oxford. 
 
 It contains accounts of: 
 
 pp. 1—5. Oxon. S tK Frideswidae Monasterium. 
 
 pp 7—12. Monasterium Osneiense a Rob. D'Oili fundatum. Bt Eccle- 
 sia Cathedralis Chri &c. apud Osney, abinde erecta, ab H. 8. 
 
 pp.13 — 18. Linea Episcoporum Oxon ; et Archiadiaconorum eorundem. 
 
 pp. 21—23. Linea Decanorum Ecclesiie Cathedralis Christi Oxon. 
 
 pp. 25 — 32. Prsebendiorum Lineae. 
 
 pp. 33 — 35. Linea Publicorum Professomm Theologiee, imperfecta. 
 
 From internal evidence this Collection was made in 1645, though one 
 entry of an obiit in 1648 has been added by the Collector. 
 
 See Tanner, Notit. Mon,, Oxfordshire, xxi. and xxm., and Dugdale, 
 Monast. vi. p. 248. 
 
 6. Blomefyld's Quintaessens, or the Regiment of Lyfe. 
 
 The former title is on the old parchment cover, and the latter occurs on 
 p. 12: 
 
 ' To the moste redoubted and victoriouse princes quene elisabeth 
 william blomfild your highnes humble subiecte sendith this lytyl boke 
 called the regiment of lyfe.' 
 This work, composed about 1574, which would now be thought the 
 production of a scarcely sane mind, is written on paper, in a hand resembling 
 the black-letter type of the fifteenth century; it is imperfect from the 
 loss of leaves between pp. 16 and 17, and incomplete. The copier how- 
 ever, Myles Blomefylde, thought highly of the work and of its author, 
 who was a native of Bury St Edmund's, and late parson of ' Seynt Simon 
 and Judes in Norwich,' where he had been much troubled by ' your highnes 
 husbondes informers and promoters,' on account of his Exercises, and by 
 ' crewel papistes.' See the Correspondence of Abp Parker, pp. 457 — 9 (8vo. 
 1853), and Strype's Annals, Vol. n. p. 318. 
 
 7. ff. 16. An account of the 0"Brien Family ... sent by 
 Dennice Molony, of Gray's Inne, Esq re , to M r Collier, in order to 
 have it inserted ... in his . . . Dictionary, which he doth now revise 
 and enlarge in English. . . . 
 
 This is written in a large and clear hand, and has marginal notes and 
 corrections, probably by Collier, to form the article, O'Brien, in his Diction- 
 ary : see 2nd Ed. London, 1701. 
 
184 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 8. A small quarto, on paper, now consisting of 80 pages 
 neatly written in a small running-hand, each page containing 
 about 40 lines. The last and antepenultimate pages are blank. 
 Probably written about the end of the xvith century: the 
 penultimate leaf is wanting. Consists of extracts from Latin 
 Poets, and from works on Latin Poetry. 
 
 (1) Ex Terentii Vita [Auctore Suetonio Tranquillo] ... p. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 P. Terentius Afer, Carthagine natus. 
 
 (2) Exlihello de Tragmdia et Gomcedia [Auctore Evanthio.] p. 2. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Initium Tragoedise et Comcedise a rebus divinis est inchoatum. 
 The treatise of Evanthius is printed in Gronov. Thes. Gr. Antiq. t. 8. 
 pp. 1683 sqq. and elsewhere. 
 
 (3) Ex uEUi Donatiin Andriam Terentii prcefatione. . p. 5. 
 
 (4) JElii Donati argumentum in Andriam Terentii. . p. 6. 
 On the same page is a brief citation from M. A. Muretus. 
 
 (5) Sententia et Phrases [ex omnibus Terentii fabulis de- 
 sumptts]. p. 7. 
 
 (6) Carmina elegantlssima ex variis authoribus collecta. p. 60. 
 
 The extracts from Virgil occupy 6 pages ; and there are more brief 
 extracts from Juvenal, Persius, Ovid, Statius, Martial, Maximinianus, 
 Avianus, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, Philelphus and others: as well as 
 many single and double lines marked ' Sapiens.' Some anonymous lines 
 are by Christian authors : the concluding verses are : 
 
 Nulla tacenda loqui, vel nulla loquenda tacere : 
 
 Quis sapiens jubeat, quidve jubens sapiat. 
 
 9. A small quarto, on paper, consisting of 84 pages (the 
 last blank), each containing about 40 lines, written by several 
 hands. Probably belongs to the beginning of the xvnth century. 
 The first leaf is in bad condition, and the pagination after p. 61 
 erroneous. 
 
 M. Alexandri Bodii Epistol^e Heroides et Hymni 
 
 AD JACOBUM SEXTUM K.EGEM p. 1. 
 
 ' Addita est ejusdem literularum prima curia. Antverpiae. m.d.lxxxxvi.' 
 The letter begins : 
 
 Ad Jacobum sextum regem. Quaerenti mihi, Rex. p. 1. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 185 
 
 The volume ends with a poem on Orpheus, which is almost the only 
 Greek piece in the collection : the last lines are 
 
 rt]V yap aot KiSaprjv "Efipov Trapa 8ivr}£VTa 
 nparos ?8(»Ke Harrip <a\ doiSoO 6vpov 'A7r6Xka>v. 
 
 See Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum : the copy, how- 
 ever, there mentioned is dated Antv. 1592. 
 
 Nearly all the Latin Poems contained in this MS. are also printed in 
 the Delitice Poetarum Scotorum. Vol. i. pp. 142 — 207. Amst. 1637. 
 
 10. LlBEK NoRVICENSIS. 
 
 A list of the ecclesiastical benefices within the Norwich diocese, arranged 
 in alphabetical order under the several archdeaconries, with the values ac- 
 cording to the King's Books, as given in Bacon's Liber Regis, and containing, 
 in the margin, the names of many of the patrons, whence the list appears to 
 have been written in the reign of Elizabeth. There are various corrections 
 in another hand. It occupies 26 leaves. 
 
 11. A Representation concerning the manufacturing of Sal 
 Armoniac, humbly desired to be laid before the . . . Lords Commis- 
 sioners for trade, by Dr Thomas Hoy, her Majesty's Professor of 
 Physic, in Oxford. 
 
 This, on 8 leaves written only on one side, begins : 
 
 It was some years since, that Dr Hoy received the first hints... 
 
 Ending : 
 
 as She in her princely wisdom and bounty shall think fit. 
 
 Th: Hoy. 
 
 Dr Hoy was Professor 1698—1718. 
 
 12. Oonstitutiones ecclesiasticce Regni Daniw et Norm. 1629. 
 This title is on p. 1. by the copier ; p. 3 begins : 
 
 In nomine Dni Jesu Chri. Christianus IV. D. G. Daniae. . .Rex etc. 
 Omnibus notum facimus, quod quoniam Dei. . . 
 At the end of Chap. in. of the Constitutions is the date (p. 32) : 
 
 Ex arce nra Hafniensi 27. Mart. 1629 sub nostro sigillo Christianus 4. 
 In the date 1630 was first written. 
 
 13. ' De emendatione rerum humanarum Consultatio 
 Catholic a, ad genus humanam, ante alios vero ad eruditos 
 Europse.' 
 
 After this title on p. 1, and two texts, Jerem. xlix. 7, and Prov. xv. 23, 
 on p. 2, is the heading (p. 3), 'Europse lumina, Viri docti et pii, salvete,' 
 and, ' Lex fuit Athenis...' 
 
186 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 It ends (p. 19) : 
 
 et tamen homines sub coelo in tranquillitate continendi efficacem 
 viam, ut leo et bestia mala non inveniantur amplius. 
 (Ibid. v. 9) &c. &c. 
 
 14. JDe subveniendo afflictos Germanics consultationis capita 
 praecipua. 
 
 Begins (p. 1) : 
 
 Dei vox est, omnem humanam obligans conscientiam si videris 
 bovem inimici... 
 Ends (p. 24) : 
 
 ...non nostri aut virium nostrum sed solius misericordise et auxilii 
 divini. 
 
 15. Sir Eobert de Valois, knight and Bar*, His Manifesto 
 concerning his journey out of France into England, and his impri- 
 sonment at Bruxelles, 1657. 
 
 Sir Robert was a spy for the exiled King in England, where he was im- 
 prisoned by Cromwell, and falling under suspicion on his return to Bruxelles, 
 was there confined by the King's order. His relation, which is particular 
 and curious, begins (p. 1) : 
 
 The unfortunate and unjust persecution I have... 
 Ends (p. 35) : 
 
 . . and deprive me of the means to discover their perfidious practices. 
 
 16. a. pp. 5, 6. A particular of such things, as are excepted 
 out of Queen Elizabeth's grant to the gentry, and are not granted 
 back to the Dean and Chapter (of Chester), nor to the Gentry. 
 22° Eliz 
 
 b. pp. 6 — 18. A particular of the things granted by Queen 
 Elizabeth to the Dean and Chapter of Chester. 
 See Ormerod's Cheshire:, i. pp. 240 — 2. 
 
 17. Collection of Notes and Extracts from documents relating 
 to the early history of Westminster Abbey. 
 
 See Dugdale, Monast. i. p. 1. 
 
 18. a. Proofe that the Vniversity of Cambridge hath Eccle- 
 siastical jurisdiction. 
 
 According to a statement below the title, this was ' transcribed out of one 
 of W Moore's MSS in Caius Coll. Library. No. 26. a,' [now No. 197. (5).] 
 It is on two leaves, between which is in the same handwriting : 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 187 
 
 b. pp. 3 — 14. A Minister Plea upon an indictment at y c 
 Quarter sessions, for reading Common Prayer. 
 
 It is addressed ' To the Rt worshipful the Justices of Peace for y e county 
 of Cambridge,' and appears to have been made in 1647 or 1648. 
 
 19. Small quarto, on paper, 7 leaves. 
 
 ' A letter of Thomas GataJcer to a friend concerning his spi- 
 ritual state." 1 
 Begins (f. 2 a) : 
 
 Good Cosen, according to your right pious desire, as soone as I had 
 any respite from my publik employmente ... 
 Ends (f. 7 a): 
 
 ...to God's blessing, which alone is able to make them effectual unto 
 you, I leave you to him, and rest 
 
 In him your loving Cosen and hearty wel-wishing ffrend 
 
 Thomas Gataker. 
 
 20. 'A perfect survey of the English tongue, as best it may be 
 referred to the rules of the Latines collected by Lillye? 
 
 This consists of two parts or treatises. The former is made up of 20 pages 
 of ' Dedications,' &c, and 8 pages of Grammar, divided into 4 books, ending 
 on p. 35. Then, after a blank leaf, commences a much longer treatise, en- 
 titled, ' The tract of the parts of speech/ likewise in 4 books, besides an 
 appendix, and ending, on p. 207, with an ode, ' Author ad Librum.' At the 
 foot of the title is ' Gilbert Crane.' 
 
 21. Oratio in laudem Thomce Bodleii Equitis, Bibliothecae 
 apud Oxonienses Fundatoris, Ex nupera Donatione Reverendi 
 D.D. Morrisij, Linguae Hebraicse Professoris, (1626 — 43), Habita 
 in Scholis publicis Oxonise, Octavo die Novembris, 1684. C. H. 
 S. T. B. 
 
 The Oration begins (p. 1) : 
 
 ' Cum genus humanum ingenii viribus dotibusq3 animi legitimum 
 supra cfetera animalia imperium obtineat ; 
 And ends on p. 11 : 
 
 ' Sic revera Academici evadetis et quod omni titulo majus est ipsi 
 Bodleio similes.' 
 
 171 Dd. in. 84. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 105 pages, in good preservation. 
 
 1. 'A collection of the description and division op all 
 
 THE SEVERAL SHIRES AND TOWNES IN IrELANDE with their 
 
188 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 greatnes and large precinctes, shewing also the gouernmente in 
 Mounstar ruled bie the same offices and keepte in obedience by 
 the same lawes which are enacted by publique authoritie in Eng- 
 lande, the true coppie whereof being founde in the studie of one 
 Sir Edwarde Waterhouse Knighte, who was made knighte for his 
 good service and hade passed moste of the best places in office in 
 Irelande, whose auncestors were surveyors of Irelande in the time 
 of Edward the 4th king of Englande : Also a particular survey of 
 all such his Majesties yerelie revenewes and rentes received dewe 
 and answerable unto his highnes by the Lorde deputie of Irelande, 
 with an estimate of the yerelie expences of the saide Lord deputie 
 for the time beinge : Together likewise shewing the auntiente 
 manner of Herauldrie and honorable order of the Offices of Armes 
 whatsoever to be observed in times both of peace and warre and at 
 coronatons citatons funeralls and all other solempnities and orders 
 of the fielde for services to their prince and countries 
 
 Written in the time of King James I. The heraldic part 'made and 
 confirmed in the year of our Lord God 1568.' 
 
 2. On 48 pages of paper in folio, in a hand of the xvnth. 
 century : 
 
 '■Balaam's Asse, or a free discourse touching the murmurs and 
 fearefull discontents of the tynie directed to his then Majestie 
 K. J., by way of humble advertisement. 1 
 
 ' Before his going into Scotland ' has been added to the above title by a 
 later hand, with the marginal note : ' The author one Williams, an Inner of 
 Court Gent, {sic) who, as I was informed by M r Terrill, was afterwards 
 hanged.' 
 
 3. On pages numbered 5 to 22, written in a small hand of the 
 xvnth. century: 
 
 a. 'A Copie of Mr Scott's Booke called Vox Populi, or News 
 from Spain, which may serve to forewarne both England and the 
 United Provinces how far to trust to Spanish pretences, im- 
 printed 1620.' 
 
 This copy does not include the author's address ' to the reader,' nor 'the 
 Second part of Vox Populi,' found in the second edition, printed it would 
 seem in 1624, when the author was 45, according to the statement on his 
 portrait. The first edition was in 1620. See Somers' Tracts, n. 508. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 1 89 
 
 b. ' A briefe note concerning the horrible massacre in France, 
 1572.' 
 
 Begins on middle of the page numbered 16 : 
 
 ' In that tragicall and cruell massaker in fraunce.' 
 Ending on p. 19 : 
 
 ' And thus much briefly touching that persecution and massaker in 
 France.' 
 
 c. 'A copie of Mr Thomas Aldred's Letter [To my Lo. Mar- 
 quess of Buckingham] advising against the Spanish matche in 
 treaty for the then prince Charles, anno 1620. 1 
 
 It begins on p. 19 : 
 
 Though to advise may seeme presumptuous, yet what is well in- 
 tended, I am more then confident will neither... 
 Ends on p. 22 : 
 
 By him that is not ambitious because not worthie, nor yet afraid 
 because not ashamed to be knowne vnto yo r Lordshipp in this business. 
 
 Thomas Aldred. 
 See also Catal. MSS. Univ. Coll. Oxon. No. clii. 25. 
 
 4. A small folio, on paper, 33 leaves, about 30 lines in page. 
 
 ' Hieronyml Donati patricii Veneti de processione Spiritus 
 sancti contra Grwcum scisma.'' 
 
 Begins (f. 1 a) : 
 
 Inter tot pestes animi quibus omni ex parte obsidetur humana fra- 
 gilitas . . . 
 
 The treatise is imperfect, containing Books I. and II , but only one page 
 of Book III. 
 Ends (f. 33 b) : 
 
 ...sed ex synodali et catholico sensu intelligere atque interpretari 
 valeatis. 
 
 71 B. 5 — 8. A paper book, in good preservation, containing 270 
 folios, and 32 octavo pages, together with a few leaves of anno- 
 tations on smaller paper bound up with it. It consists of a Latin 
 treatise ' De clandestinis Sponsalibus et Matrimoniis? relating 
 to the marriage of the Lady Katherine and the Earl of Hertford. 
 Signed at p. 129 Genesius Iurisc : 
 
 Cal. Octobribus mdlxiii. 
 
 The opinions and signatures of various lawyers of the time are given : 
 two of whom, Franciscus Mantica and Tiberius Decianus, are celebrated ; 
 one as having been raised to the Cardinalate by Clement VIII., the other as 
 
190 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 a Professor of Laws in the University of Padua in 1549. See Freberus, 
 ' Theatrum Virorum Clarorum.' 
 
 Affixed are the seal and signature of Johannes Oldendorpius, and the 
 signature of Jacobus Amphalius. And at § 8, of an English relation of the 
 case, the subject matter of the opinions above referred to. 
 
 The handwriting, which is of a different kind in places, is apparently all 
 of the same date, about the end of the xvith century. 
 
 9. A folio, on paper, 67 leaves. 
 
 ' A form of preparation against the receiving of the Holy 
 Sacrament of the Lord's Supper: composed by Sir Edward 
 Rodeney for the use of his children.' 
 
 This is followed by numerous prayers, meditations, and religious treatises. 
 
 10. A folio, on paper, 27 leaves. 
 
 \Scriptio pacifica cujus scopus vel meta ad quam sagittce diri- 
 guntur dissidiorum dvalpea-is seu interitus est, sententiam ecclesice 
 Catholico-romance, vulgb sic dictae taruen incongrue, et Anglicance 
 male dimdentmm? 
 
 11. A folio, on paper, 20 leaves. 
 
 ' Cacodwmon or the Hob -goblin, being a serious inquiry into 
 the doctrine of Devils, asserted and maintained by the modern 
 witchmongers, &c. &c.' 
 
 This is a dialogue between two neighbours under the borrowed names of 
 Verax and Fallax, by Eutrapelus Philalethes, 1692, May 14, Saturday. 
 
 12. A folio, on paper, 18 leaves. 
 
 ' Be igne purgatorio ex sentential Hebrworum adversus Valver- 
 dium et alios ; necnon de ceteris damnatorum suppliciis Diatribe 
 Autore I. Milner, S.T.B., L.A.Pr., Anno 1691.' 
 
 The author's name and the date are in a different handwriting from that 
 of the treatise. A note is added at the foot of the first leaf: 
 
 ' Licentiam ut in lucem prodiret hie liber, recusavit Zach. Isham, S.T.P. 
 Episcopi Londinensis Sacellanus : quod refutavit Autor cujusdam eminentis- 
 simi viri concionem ad Aulam habitam, nullus dubito.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Cum patres Tridentini sessione 25 a docent Purgatorium... 
 Ends : 
 
 ...minus quam meruerunt. 
 
 13. A small folio, on paper, of 21 pages, in good preserva- 
 tion. A copy of the beginning of Mr J. Selden's work entitled 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 191 
 
 ' The Privileges of the B aeon age of England when they sit 
 in Parliament. 1 London. 1642. 
 
 14. A small folio, on paper, of 61 pages, in good preserva- 
 tion. An imperfect copy of the first 116 pages of the book 
 entitled ' Judge Dodaridge his Law of Nobility and Peer- 
 age/ London. 1658. 
 
 15. A paper folio of 28 pages, containing 8 chapters of a 
 Scottish Law Tract. 
 
 The first eight chapters are wanting. 
 
 The ninth treats of the power and jurisdiction of barrons, sheriffes, lords 
 of regalitie, Stewarts and Burrows. 
 
 The tenth of judgements possessour and petitour, and of actions personall 
 and reall. 
 
 The eleventh of compriseings and adjudications. 
 
 The twelfth of reductions and improbations. 
 
 The thirteenth of actions of removein. 
 
 The fourteenth of the diversitie of decreits. 
 
 The fifteenth of the force of an assignation. 
 
 The sixteenth of Tailzies. 
 
 16. On 8 leaves, written only on one side, in a hand of the 
 xvnth century. 
 
 ' The Question is Whether a, free Coynage causeth an Increase 
 of money or trade to the benefit of this kingdom, equivalent to the 
 charge it bringeth upon the Crown V 
 
 After this heading is : 
 
 ' I hold that a free coynage is a disadvantage to the currant money.' 
 The MS. ends on f. 8 with : 
 
 '4. Why is there no mint in Ireland. But the whole kingdome 
 supplied with forrein money, so that the profit of the coynage redounds 
 to foreign nations. Nor is there any provision to furnish the planta- 
 tions with money. I am confident they would buy coynage at a con- 
 siderable rate, if they might have the convenience of it.' 
 
 l72 Dd. in. 85. 
 
 A volume of Tracts bound together, written on paper. 
 
 1. p. 56. Of the prerogative of Parliament, in a dialogue 
 between a Councellor of State and a Justice of the Peace, by Sir 
 Walter Ealegh. 
 
192 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Printed in Vol. vhi. of his Works (8vo. Oxford, 1829); see also Oldys' 
 Harl. Catal. No. 287. 
 
 2. p. 9. ' The Lord Arlington's Case. Thursday, January 
 the 15th, 1673. 1 
 
 A more full account of the proceedings in this case will be found in 6. St. 
 Tr. 1053—62. 
 
 3. ' Mr Harrington's Argument in Banco Eegis on a Quare 
 Imped', 
 
 Episcopus Exon, et Hayman, 1 f Hele, PI' below, and 
 Pl ts in error, & Def dts below, ] V \ Def dt in Error. 1 
 
 It is written on 9 leaves, on the blank backs of which are explanations in 
 the hand of the text, which is clear and legible. The point discussed is the 
 power of a Bishop to refuse institution on account of insufficiency of learning 
 in the clerk presented. 
 
 4. 'A discourse concerning a voyage intended for the planting 
 of Christian religion and people in the North West regions of 
 America : in places most apt for the constitution of our bodies and 
 y 6 spedy advancement of a state.' 
 
 'The contents are followyng, in 7 chapters: in the last of which a 
 N. W. passage is spoken of as ' certaynly to be found.' 
 
 The discourse occupies 18 pages, besides the title-page, the handwriting 
 being small and neat. 
 
 5. A small folio, on paper, 1 8 leaves. 
 
 ' Prwlectio Domini Doctoris Overalli cilm regii Professoris 
 munus in Sacra Theologia. peteret post Dominum Doctorem 
 Whitakerum.'' 
 
 The subject is Heb. vi. 4. The praelection is followed by an account, 
 given in the first person, of the manner in which Dr Overall was interrupted 
 by the Moderator, Dr Playford, and the discussion which ensued. 
 
 Afterwards follows a sketch of his Disputation on the subject of Auricular 
 Confession, when he was again interrupted by the Moderator. Subjoined to 
 this is a Speech, delivered by him on the following day, at the creation of 
 some Doctors in Divinity : and afterwards Arguments and Determinations in 
 the schools on three subjects : 
 
 1. Utrum animas Patrum ante Christum fuerint in ccelo proprie dicto. 
 
 2. Nihil impedit quominus anima Christi in triduo mortis tarn ad 
 coetum damnatorum quam beatorum abierit. 
 
 3. Mahometem sive Turcam et Papam Rom. simul, constituere insignem 
 ilium, tov cLvrixpia-Tov, est verisimile. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 193 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Etsi locus iste quem insisto et hie frequens assessus vester, Aca- 
 demici... 
 
 Ends (f. 18 6) : 
 
 . . . miles fugitivus ab Adriano secundo ut memini. 
 
 The MS. is in Dr Overall's own handwriting. In another MS. Gg. i. 29, 
 will be found references to attacks made upon the determinations above 
 mentioned, with arguments in support of them. 
 
 Overall succeeded Whitaker as Regius Professor of Divinity a.d. 1586. 
 
 6. ' The Jornale of [my thirde] a voyage in the king's service, 
 the Duke of Buckingham being [our] G-enerall, 1627: giving a 
 full account of the Expedition to the Isle of Rhe? 
 
 The erasures, between [], in the above title, with the addition after 
 1627, were made by another hand. 
 It begins: 
 
 May 1. From Blackwall (Being Captaine of the Patient Adven- 
 turer a good shyp of warre) wee fell down to Eriff, vpon the 1 st of this 
 monethe, to our Admirall y° Triumph of the Kings. 
 And ends with the account of their coming into Portsmouth on Nov. 13th. 
 See Oldys' Catalogue of Pamphlets in Harleian Library, Nos. 25 — 7. 
 
 7. ' The practick before the Lords of Gouncell and Session, in 
 his Ma u Kingdom of Scotland, and before the Commissaries at 
 Edenbrough, compiled by Sir Thomas Hope, his Ma' 8 Advocate. 1 
 
 A paper folio of 24 pages, in good preservation and same handwriting as 
 Dd. in. 87. 5. 
 
 8. A treatise, on paper, 45 leaves, about 28 lines in each 
 page, in good preservation, handwriting of the xvnth century. 
 
 'A Delectable Discourse concerning seural sorts op 
 
 FFISH AND FFISHPONDS, WITH THE ANTIQUITIE AND BEGINNING 
 THEREOF, AS ALSO OP THE TYMES OP FPISHING AND THE INSTRU- 
 MENTS THAT PERTAINE TO THE SAME.' 
 
 The first leaf contains a table of the subjects of the discourses, with 
 reference to their folios; the first subject treated on lieing the Definition and 
 division of ponds. On the last leaf is the following : 
 
 ' Balls made of pounded chalke and eowe-dung make a very fat Carpe : 
 as doth carrion laid on a wheele above a pond, and as it putrifieth the 
 worms droping into y e pond become an excellent food for the fish of all 
 sorte.' 
 
 o 
 
194 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 9. ' Certayne articles of Abuses to be reformed in granting 
 prohibitions. 1 
 
 They consist of 25 objections with the answers to each. See No. 161, 
 § 68. 
 
 10. 'An Advertisement touching an Holy Warre. To Lan- 
 celot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester and counsellor of estate to 
 his majestic. 1 
 
 Printed in Lord Bacon's Works (London, 1827) Vol. vn. p. 112. 
 
 11 . a. 'The generall Acte of the Assembly houlden at Eden- 
 burgh, the 12 of August, (1639), for abollishinge of Episcopacie 
 and all innovations lately intruded in the kirke of Scotland.' 
 
 b. ' The Bishop of Orkney's Recantation, as it is registered in 
 the said Assemblies. 1 
 
 This report differs slightly both in the date and in the names of witnesses 
 from that printed in the Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of 
 Scotland, in which Collection a will also be found. 
 
 12. Observations on the 22nd Stanza of the 9th Canto of the 
 2nd Book of Spenser's Fairie Queen. 
 
 This comment forms a letter addressed ' To my honorable Friend Sir 
 Edward Esterlinge [Stradling] abord his shippe,' by K. D. [Kenelm Digby]. 
 It covers 27 pages, each containing 24 lines, and was printed in 1644. 
 
 13. An Account of the Life and Writings of Geoffry Chaucer. 
 
 A letter from Thomas Hearne, dated Oxford, May 28, 1709. It contains 
 13 pages of 23 lines each. Hearne argues that the 'Plowman's Tale' first 
 printed among the works of Chaucer in 1642 is one of his genuine produc- 
 tions: cf. Warton, Engl. Poet. n. 101, 102, ed. 1840. 
 
 14. A small folio, on paper, of 52 pages, in good preservation. 
 ' A generall Collection of all the Officers of England 
 
 with their fees in his majesties gifte.' The first mentioned is the 
 Lord High Treasurer, Sir Thomas Cyrill Kt., the second the Baron 
 of Burleigh. It was drawn up in the time of James I. 
 
 15. A folio, on paper, of 3 pages, in good preservation. 
 'The valuation of the severall livings of all the 
 
 Bishopps of England with their several Tenths paid out of 
 them to her majestie yearly ;' also of the Deanaries. Also ' The 
 repartition what each province [of the Netherlands] payeth 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 195 
 
 part to a hundred pound ;' also ' Secundum Sir Will. Temple the 
 proportions to be raised in the united Provinces of 100000 gilders.' 
 The valuations are given only in totals. It is of the time of 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 1 6. pp. 8. A Discourse shewing ' that some kind of Taxes 
 and publique leavies may rather encrease then diminish the wealth 
 of the kingdome.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 If the money or other effects leavied from the people by way of 
 tax were distrained,... 
 Ends: 
 
 Memorandum all this while I suppose yt all of these 10 millions 
 are obedient to their soveraigne, and within the reach of his power, for 
 as things are otherwise, so the calculation must be varyed. 
 
 17. pp. 20. ' A Treatise for assisting the Hollanders against 
 the Spaniard.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 If your ma* leave the protection of the low Countries . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ...the savinge of soe manie millians of soules, and the immortall fame 
 of your thrice renowned ma" e . 
 
 18. A paper folio of 19 leaves. A Latin Tract, containing an 
 argument touching the validity of the marriage of ' Charles, Duke 
 of Suffolke, with the Lady Marye, the King's sister,' and thereby 
 of the legitimacy of ' Lady Fraunces, daughter of the sayd Charles 
 Duke, and the Quene.' 
 
 By R. B. (forte Rob. Beale). 
 
 Indifferently written in a hand of the end of the xvith century. 
 
 19. A paper folio of 12 pages. 
 
 ' A Discourse written against a second marriage after divorce, 
 the parties both liueing, by Doctor Andrewes, Bishop of Ely, 
 nowe of Winton. Anno Dni 1601.' 
 
 Marginal note : ' D r Andrewes was not Bp of Ely till 16^, neither is this 
 
 discourse worthy of him.' 
 
 This piece is not found in any collected edition of Bp Andrewes' works. 
 Begins : 
 
 The question is, whether upon adultery proved or sentence recorded, 
 a man be sett at libertie that he may proceed to contract with another. 
 Ends: 
 
 Therefore sure it is doubtfull at least, since divines differ about. 
 
 o2 
 
196 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 20. ' Sir John Davis his charge given to the Grand Jury of 
 Yorke, at the Assizes holden there, 1620.' 
 
 Folio, paper, neatly written. All wanting after leaf 16, and that im- 
 perfect. 
 
 173 Dd. in. 86. 
 
 A volume of miscellaneous Tracts on paper excepting 7. 
 
 1. ' Sir Robert Cotton's Treatise concerning the meanes how 
 the Kinge maie leuey monies? 
 
 Imperfect, ending (f. 14) with ' 5 U [ printed 50£] for renewing them, and 
 soe every one that ;' which nearly corresponds with the text on the top of 
 p. 21 in ' An Abstract out of the Records of the Tower, touching The Kings 
 Revenue, &c. By Sir Robert Cotton &c. London (without date). Printed 
 for G. Tomlinson T. A, and A. C 
 
 2. ' A breefe Declaration of those thinges whiche the Duke of 
 Norfolck hathe omitted in his examinacones touchinge the whole 
 proceedinges with the Queene of Scotts, either by him selfe or any 
 other to his knowlidg before his first trouble or since. Dated 
 the 10 of November, An 1571. Who beinge comaunded by her 
 Ma tie to set doune the truthe, he writethe as followethe. 1 
 
 The confession occupies about 20 pages, written in a small hand, and is 
 perhaps that alluded to in his letter among the Burleigh Papers (Murdin), 
 p. 164. 
 
 3. ' The Invyntory of all such goods, stuf, plate, juels, and quyk 
 catell, which late were the right honorable lord Thomas, Duke of 
 Norff., remaynyng in the Castell of Framyngham and thereaboute 
 in the countie of Suff , taken by John Seint-clere, esquyer, appre- 
 ciator generall to the most reverente father in God, Thomas, lord 
 Legate, Cardynall, and Archbishop of Yorke, the xxvmth daye of 
 the moneth of Maye, A° dni m 1 " 10 quingentesimo vicesimo qVto.'' 
 
 The inventory is on 30 pages, and apparently in a hand of the time. The 
 Duke died on 18 May, 1524, according to the Obitus in Martin's Thetford, 
 p. 122. 
 
 4. 'The Historie of Actions done in England about the be- 
 ginynge of the raigne of King James, written and set forth by an 
 unknowne author, concernynge Essex, Carr, Northampton and 
 Overbury. 1 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 197 
 
 The MS. on paper, in folio, on 69 ff., is imperfect, not containing ' Sir 
 Francis Bacon his speech at the Arraignment of the Earle of Somerset, 
 which is found at the end of the pamphlet, entitled ' The Five Yeares of 
 King James, or The Condition of the State of England, and the Relation 
 it had to other provinces. Written by S r Foulk Greville, late Lord Brook. 
 London, Printed for VV. R. in the year 1643.' See Harleian Miscell. vn. 407, 
 note. 
 
 5. A folio, written on paper, in a fine running legal hand. 
 A law Tract, entitled, 
 
 ' The Arguments and Opinions concerninge the case of Shippe 
 Money, of Sir John Brampston, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of the 
 Kinge's Bench, in the Exchequer Chamber, the 9 of June, Trin. 
 14 Caroli. 1638.' 
 
 It contains 32 folios, written on both sides, of about 24 lines each. 
 
 The case is reported at full length in the State Trials ( Howell), Vol. in. 
 
 6. Further arguments on the same subject : and in the same 
 handwriting : on 16 folios. 
 
 7. A folio, on parchment, measuring 12 inches by 8 inches, 
 of 1 2 leaves, and 2 leaves of paper preceding them. 
 
 ' Computus omnium et singulorum Ballivorum collectorum re- 
 ceptorum et firmariorum terrarum possessionum et reverencionum 
 spiritualium et temporalium Episcopati Noroicencis pertinentium 
 in com. Norff. et Suff., a.d. 1626/ 
 
 8. A small quarto, on paper, of 26 pages, in good preser- 
 vation. 
 
 An account of the persons that are noble, and their ranks; 
 and a few remarks on Heraldry. ' A consideracion of the office 
 and duty of a Herauld in England drawn out of sundry obser- 
 vacions by John Doddridge the kinges Solicitor Generall at the 
 instance of H. Earle of Northampton in August 1605. ' 'A cata- 
 logue of the Nobility of England according to their creations, 
 temp. Jac. I. 1 This is in a different hand from the two former. 
 
 9. A quarto, on paper, 29 leaves, of 38 lines in each, written 
 on one side only, handwriting uniform. 
 
 A copy (modern) of part of MS. mmccccxxxviij. 6, 7, 8, in 
 Bibl. Reg. Paris. 
 
198 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The inscribed title is 
 
 '"Hpcovos Yer)iroviKOV fiiftXiov. 
 
 See Memoires pre'sente'es par divers savants a FAcademie des 
 Inscriptions, Premiere Siere, Tom. iv. 4to. Paris, 1854, for a full 
 account of the persons named Heron and their works ; and p. 161 
 sqq. for a notice of the Paris MS. 2438, from which this is copied. 
 
 The contents of the MS. are 
 
 I. A fragment, ''Ek twv tov ''Hpoovos -rrept rwv tjjs 
 rewpeTpias nal ~2,Tepewn6Tpias ovofxarwv. 
 
 The whole appears printed in a volume with the following title, 
 ' Euclidis Elementorum liber primus, item Heronis Alexandrini 
 vocabula qusedam geometrica, antehac nunquam edita Grace et 
 Latine, Per M. Cunradum Dasypodium, &c. Argentina, 1571.' 
 
 [In the Library Y. 15. 44.] 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ttves at yeviKal T&v tr)(rjfiaTcov diucpopai. 
 
 Ends : 
 
 KaXelrat 8e to o~xfma tovto Kal Terpdebpov. 
 
 Four pages. 
 
 II. '"'Hpwvos eiaaywyal twv yewnerpovfievwu. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 'H iirlirebos yeaperpia o-vveo-TTjuev, k.t.X. 
 Ends: 
 
 6 8e crrepebs tttjx vs *X" ToSas */ iroXatoras AQ3 hanrukovs r/3yo.'. 
 It proceeds oh the same page : 
 
 "Hpavos dpxij tSv yeap.eTpovp.evav. KaBas jpas 6 irakatbs 8i8a<rKei 
 \6yos, k.t.A. 
 With which words Fabricius states that his MS. Elo-ayayj, &c. commences 
 (nondum quod sciam edita). Fabr. Vol. iv. p. 239. 
 This MS. is illustrated with figures. 
 
 III. ' Hpoovos /ULBTpiKa. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 To lovyepov ej^ei axaivas o~, k.t.X. 
 Ends: 
 
 eo~Ta X ta P a r piy a v°s lo~oo~K. 
 where the copyist desists, shewing that what followed was a repetition of a 
 paragraph in the 1st page, with some variations collated there. Three pages. 
 
 IV. ' Hpuwos irepl fxeTpwv. 
 Begins : 
 
 Tav pev o-repeav iariv e'ibrf Y. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 199 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Kai e£e<? a?Sia<T(paKTOvs ras p.c868ovs. 
 
 Five pages. 
 
 Part of this in the original MS. was a repetition of the margin of § in. ; 
 the variations are there collated, and the passages common to hoth omitted here. 
 
 In the Benedictipe Analect. Grsec. (Lutet. Paris, 1688) are to be found 
 ' Excerpta ex Herone Geometra de Mensuris,' with the following preface, 
 ' Heronis Geometria integra habetur in Codice Regio 2724, Quam quidem 
 totam edere preesentis non est instituti, quod longiuscula sit, et ad volumen 
 integrum conficiendum sola sufficiat.' Only a very little in the few scraps 
 of the author that follow is to be found in the MS., which would accord- 
 ingly appear to be a selection made on a different principle. 
 
 V. Ei/KrXei'ooi' YLvOu/uLeTpiKct. 
 Begins: 
 
 Ttov evdvfierpiKaiv hia<TTqp.aTa>v. 
 Ends: 
 
 <?X et ° arepeos tvovs. 
 (Apparently mutilated.) Five pages. 
 
 VI. BijoXlov TrpwTov. 
 
 Ta §ia<p6pots t&v iraKaiaiv irepl re yeapylas Kai incpeXelas (pvrwv &c. 
 et sic quse sequuntur ad finem MS. Teairovuca. Constantino Caesari vulgo attri- 
 buta (omissa prefatione quae precedit librum TewiroviK&v); these latter words 
 in a later hand. 
 
 The whole MS. seems to have been carelessly copied ; but the paging of 
 the original MS. is noted in the margin. 
 
 10. On 8 small leaves of paper, written with faint ink, and 
 with fainter rubrics, is a fragment of 
 
 Ma^i'/uoi/ ixovayov e^yrjaii irepl rou iraay^a. 
 The fragment is the portion printed in Uranologion, D. Petavii (Fol. 
 Lutet. Par. 1630,) pp. 317—326. vi — xviu. It is followed by 2 leaves, 
 containing 4 tables, in each of which the months are given with Latin names 
 in Greek characters. 
 
 11. An 8vo. on paper, 8 pages of 21 lines each, with good 
 margins, writing of about the xvth century, with emendations in a 
 different hand. Apparently the remainder of the MS., of part of 
 which § 9 is a copy. 
 
 Begins in red, 
 
 'apxTj avv &S> tov yerfnoviKov fiifiXiov.' 
 
 In black, 
 
 ' TrdKkois fLtv Kai aXXois /3ao-(XeC(Tt.' K.r.X. 
 
 The preface referred to in the conclusion of the preceding MS. 
 
200 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 There follow eight chapters, nearly, about one line of the 8th being want- 
 ing ; the last page ends with 
 
 fTTpartmibdiV klvtjo-is. 
 
 The book has been edited anonymously at Basle, 1539, 12mo; also 
 by Pet. Needham, Coll. D. Joh. Cant. Soc. 8vo. 1704, who has collated this 
 MS. ; and, finally, by Niclas, 2 vols. 8vo. Leipsic. The last two editions with 
 a later version. 
 
 The question of the name and date of the author, &c. are discussed very 
 fully, but without any very certain conclusion, in the prolegomena to these 
 editions, and by Fabricius, Bibl. Grsec. Vol. vm. 16—28. The MS. has 
 suffered corrections and annotations both marginal and interlinear. One 
 requires remark : viz. in the passage in the preface, 'AW' evrvxnirjs a> hiKaiw- 
 Tare he<nroTa KcovaravTive to repirvov rfjs wopcpvpas diravdio-pa, where the 
 marginal note is : ' Constantinum IV. Pogonatum alloquitur (circum ann. 
 670J.' Needham bases an argument on the passage, and is followed by others ; 
 but the word KiuvtrravrXve is written over an erasure, and apparently by 
 another hand. There is an apparent connexion between this MS. and that 
 marked ' G ' in Niclas' edition, as if that were copied from this by one who 
 read the characters incorrectly. 
 
 174 
 
 Dd. in. 87. 
 
 A Volume of Tracts. 
 
 I . Debates in the House of Commons, 1 680, on the Exclu- 
 sion Bill. 
 
 The particulars are the following : 
 
 On pp. 1—10. The speeches of Lord Lovelace, M r Boscowing, 8 r William 
 Jones, Coll Titus. 
 
 On pp. 11—17. The proceedings of the House on Nov. 16th, 1680, and 
 Nov. 17, with the speeches on the latter day of Sir Nicholas Cary, Sir 
 William Jones, Lorey Hide, M r Hambden, M r Herboard, Sir Edward 
 Dearing, S r Thomas Player, M r Vernon, Coll Titus, Lord Russell, S r Henry 
 Capell, Sir Francis Warrington, Sir William Temple, M r Deering, M r Mont- 
 ague: respecting the Address to His Majesty. 
 
 On pp. 17—20 is an account of proceedings of ' November 15,' but the 
 speech attributed to M r Trenchard accords with that put into the mouth of 
 M r Powle in Pari. Hist. iv. p. 1227, during the debate, on Nov. 23, relating 
 to the charge of Chief Justice Scroggs to the Grand Jury of Middlesex. 
 
 On pp. 20, 21. 'Severall Debates vpon the Articles reported by the 
 Committee ag st Sir W m Scroggs.' 
 
 On pp. 22—25 is 'M r Whartons Speech ' on the 3rd reading of the Exclu- 
 sion Bill, according to Pari. Hist. iv. p. 1206. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 201 
 
 2. A small folio, on paper, in a very modem hand, perhaps 
 as late as the xvmth century, containing 10 leaves, the last 
 of which is blank, each page containing about 45 lines. 
 
 M. T. Ciceronts Synonyma. 'Ex Cod. Lat. MS. n. 138. 
 Arundel.'' 
 
 The first words of the MS. are 
 
 C. Jan Victurino suo salutera dioit. Collegi ea quae pluribus modis 
 dicerentur, quo uberior promptiorque esset oratio. 
 Ends with the words 
 
 Vitare : declinare, fugere. 
 The colophon supplies the title. 
 
 For an account of this Lexicon and the editions of it, see Fabricius, Bibl. 
 Lat. Vol. i. p. 214 (Ed. Era.): in the edition of Ascensius the epistle is 
 inscribed, 'Cicero Lucio Venturio salutem:' and the production has been 
 frequently ascribed to Cicero. The Arundel MS. itself commences (according 
 to Cat. MSS. Bibl. Arund. p. 34) with the words ' Cicero Victurino sue' 
 
 3. ' At Whitehall the 6. of July, 161 6,' precedes the list of 
 those present, which forms the heading to the Account of what 
 occurred at the Council, concerning Commendams. 
 
 For the substance of this MS. see Carte, iv. pp. 35 — 9. Compare § 5. 
 
 4. A quarto, on parchment, containing 38 ff., with 42 lines 
 in each page. Date, the xvth century. 
 
 Expositio Sequentiarum secundum usum Sarum. 
 Begins (f. 1 a) : 
 
 £ Status eterna indeficiens mundi vita... 
 Ends (f. 38 a): 
 
 Explicit bonus tractatus super Sequencias. Amen. 
 This has been printed by Julianus Notarius, London, ]510, at the end 
 of the volume entitled ' Expositio Hymnorum totius anni secundum usum 
 Sarum.' The MS. differs slightly from the printed book. 
 
 5. A folio, written on paper, in an obscure and in places 
 illegible hand, a Law Tract, entitled the ' Oomendum (sic) Case, 
 xaciii". Oct. 1616,' or more properly 
 
 ' Notes of Baron Bromley's Arguments in the Exchequer 
 
 Chamber. 1 
 
 It contains 6 folios, written on both sides, 34 lines to the page, terminat- 
 ing abruptly, as though the remainder were lost. 
 
 The case itself, ' Coult and Glover v. Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry,' 
 is reported at length in Hobart's Reports and in Rolle's Reports. 
 
 6. On twelve pages folio, written in a small law-hand, are 
 Extracts from Charters granted to the city of London. 
 
202 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The first extract is from the Charter of William I. to the city of London. 
 The last is ' Nota pro prisis vini,' from the Articles in the Charters of Hen. 
 VI. and Edw. IV. They appear to have been made for the preparation of a 
 new charter. 
 
 7. Fol. pp. 27. ' Wraynham's Case : or a Vindication of the 
 Lord Chancellor Bacon,' 
 
 is the title to a tract 'first published from the Original Manuscript/ in 
 London, 1725. This MS. appears to be a transcript from the Original, and 
 to have been corrected in some places : it differs from the printed copy in 
 wanting the title and the surnames of some of the judges. 
 
 8. Fol. pp. 4. Address before the right honorable and worthy 
 lords of the Exchequer (?) by the Recorder (Sir H. Montague?) 
 in the name of the city of London, on presenting a Lord Mayor. 
 
 It begins : 
 
 Such as behold the face of the sunne see in the body of that great 
 light a beautie deserving love and meruile... making them filws Aurmce, 
 sonnes of the mourninge. . . 
 And ends with the wish, 
 
 that every day may come crowned and glorious with some fresh or 
 flourishinge new felicitie. 
 This copy has a few lacunae : one is for the name of the L. Mayor. 
 
 9. On 8 ff. ' Notes of the King's speech in the higher house 
 of Parliam*. 19 February, 1623.' 
 
 This differs but very slightly from that given in Pari. Hist. Vol. i. 1373. 
 After this on 2 ff. follows the speech of the Lord Keeper, appointing Saturday 
 for the Commons to choose a speaker. 
 After some blank leaves follow 
 
 10. ' Notes of his Ma ties speech in the higher house of Par- 
 liam'. 29° Maij, 1624.' 
 
 This is more complete, especially in what relates to grievances, than 
 the report given in Pari. Hist. i. p. 1501, where it is stated that 'This 
 speech is most miserably curtail'd in Rushworth ; nor is it entered at all in 
 the Journals, or elsewhere in the printed historians. We have recovered it 
 from an old Manuscript Collection of Parliamentary Proceedings, in this and 
 the next reigns, communicated by Sir John Napier, of Bedfordshire, Bart.' 
 
 Then follow what seem to be his Majesty's Answers to each bill read by 
 the Clerk of Parliament. (See Lords' Journals, 21 Jacobi.) 
 
 (a) ' Concerning the Act for the Saboth,' upon which the King puts his 
 veto. It appears to have been the same as 1 Car. I. c. 1. 
 
 (6) ' Concerning the Act of Recusants/ upon which the King puts his 
 veto, after declaring his zeal against the papists. 
 
 (c) ' Concerning the Burgesses of Durham,' upon which the K. puts his 
 veto. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCBirTS. 203 
 
 (d) ' Against Supersedeas and Certioraries to remove Indictments before 
 Justices of the peace. . .' ' His Majesty lett it passe.' 21 Jac. I. c. 8. 
 
 (e) ' Against Concealments.' It is spoken of by the K. as laying a bur- 
 then upon Lord Carew now employed in France, c. 2. 
 
 (/) ' For the naturalisation of Jacobson/ the King's jeweller, deferred 
 till the next session. 
 
 (g) ' Concerning the passing of York house to the Duke of Bucking- 
 ham,' c. 30. 
 
 (h) ' Concerning an Act to make my Lord Treasurers lands lyable to the 
 payment of debts.' In his speech the K. threatens every one who ' com- 
 playnes to Parliament except he first seek leave of me ;' is content to pass 
 the bill under protest, ' reserving his right to determine the amount of the 
 Treasurer's guilt.' 
 
 (i) ' Concerning the easie passing of Licenses of Alienations.' This Act 
 is to be ' stayed till next session :' see 1 Car. I. c. 3. 
 
 (j) ' An Act for three subsidies and three fifteenths.' 21 Jacobi I. c. 34. 
 (k) 'An Act for his Ma ties most gracious and free pardon.' c. 35. 
 In his speech dismissing Parliament the K. exhorts them all to consider 
 the good of the kingdom, in particular the Bishops to ' be careful on both 
 sides against papists and puritans,' alludes to ' complaints about the deco- 
 rations of the churches,' commends the Bishop of Norwich. 'And soe I 
 leave you for this time.' 
 
 11. Fol. pp. 7. ' Notes of y e Lo. Oh. Justice Crews speech, 
 sworn Ch. Justice the 27 January, 1624.'' 
 
 Four 4to pages in shorthand follow : at the top of the first is the date 27 
 Jan. 1624; on the first page also occur the quotations, 'Non querendum 
 quern eligere sed, &c.,' and 'Non praetori Catonem sed Catoni prjetorem 
 ducem fero,' above the corresponding symbols. 
 
 12. Fol. pp. 3. The King's Speech at the opening of Parlia- 
 ment, 1625. 
 
 There are many erasures and corrections, which give it the appearance of 
 being a rough draught of that printed in the Lords' Journals. 
 
 13. Fol. pp. 10. ' Sir John Ellyott's Speech.' 
 
 This is the inscription at the beginning and end of this speech, which is. 
 ascribed, in Pari. Hist. n. p. 14, to Sir Robert Cotton, being taken from his 
 Posthumous Works, published by Mr Howell, anno 1651. 
 
 14. A decree in the case of the advowson of North Cadbury,. 
 'Whether Baron Ewens or the Colledg (Emmanuel) ought to have the 
 
 advowson.' 
 
 15. Fol. p. 1. 'A Coppie of a Commission granted to my Lo. 
 Hais and S r Tho. Edmonds, to treat of and conclud a marriage 
 betweene Prince Charles and Christian 2 daughter of Frounce.' 
 
204 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The Commission, dated 8 June, 1616, is printed in Rymer, Fmdera, 
 xvi. 788. 
 
 16. A Report of the Duke of Buckingham's Negociations 
 in Spain. 
 
 One point of difference between this and the accounts given in the Lords' 
 Journals, and by Rymer, Fwdera, xvn. p. 552, from which two that in the 
 Pari. Hist, is compiled, is that the MS. report of the Duke's proceedings 
 is in the first person, and in this respect it differs also from the reports 
 given by Rushworth and others. 
 
 It is imperfect, commencing with, ' being persuaded they could saye no- 
 thing to me which I had not heard before :' the ensuing paragraph corre- 
 sponds to Rymer, p. 561. 
 
 It also differs from the printed accounts in the arrangement of the 
 various letters : some of which are curtailed, and others are entirely omitted ; 
 but it contains the principal details of the proceedings in Parliament to 
 March 1. It next gives the Memorial presented by both Houses, and the 
 Answer returned by the King 'on Palme Sunday 21° Martii 1623 at White- 
 hall.' For the report of these which the Lord Keeper made to Parliament, 
 see Lords' Journals, March 24. 
 
 17. pp. 5. A copy of a speech to ' My Lords, 1 by one who 
 makes abject submission to the King. 
 
 He had been 7 years in the King's service, and in high favour ; but was 
 now ' a prisoner unto justice.' 
 
 18. pp. 10. Sir W. Raleigh's last speech. 
 
 It begins : 
 
 ' I was yesterday taken out of my bedd in a strong fit of a fever 
 which much weakened me, and whose untimeliness fbrbearinge no 
 occasion nor place I likewise expect to-day.' 
 It then proceeds in nearly the same words as the report in his Life by 
 Wm. Oldys (fol. 1736, and reprinted in Works of Sir W. R. Oxf. 1829, Vol. i. 
 pp. 558 — 563), giving his concluding words more at length, and the circum- 
 stances of his death less in detail; see also that given in the Appendix, 
 Vol. vin. of Works. 
 
 19. pp. 8. ' Noctes Templarise. A Briefe Chronicle of the 
 darke Raigne of the bright Prince of burning Love. 1 
 
 See Pearce's History of the Inns of Court, S;c. 8vo. 1848 ; also D'Israeli, 
 Curiosities of Literature — Saturnalia. 
 
 On the waste leaf are mottoes for sergeants' rings. 
 
 20. A small quarto, on parchment, of 25 leaves, in good 
 preservation generally, but not continuous. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 205 
 
 Fragments of the Cartulary of the Abbey of Osulves- 
 ton, or Ouston, Leicestershire. 
 
 Each article has a distinct title and the letters are rubricated. None of 
 them appear to have been printed, and they are thus entitled. 
 
 1. Obligatio prefati Abbatis [de Osulveston] facta domine Amicie [de 
 Lincoln] de centum solidis [annuatim solvendis] eidem pro quieta clamatione 
 [de terris et tenementis in Hungarton]. 
 
 The end of another deed precedes this. 
 
 2. Carta Rob. Jardin de Hungarton de tota terra sua in Hungarton 
 cum tofto et crofto cum 1 pari cirotecarum et 1 oboli redditus concessa 
 canonicis de Osolveston in Hungarton [anno 1256]. 
 
 3. Carta prima Rob. Jardin de terris snis cum tofto et crofto in Hun- 
 garton. 
 
 4. Carta Will. Pykard de 1 mesuagio cum tofto et crofto et una vir- 
 gata terre. 
 
 5. Carta Thomae de Lincoln de 1 virgata terre cum tofto et crofto data 
 Petro Gameli [de Berkebi]. 
 
 6. Carta ejusdem Th. de 1 virgata terre cum tofto et crofto concessa 
 Rogero [clerico de] Berisbi. 
 
 7. Carta W. custodis Hospitalis Sti Johannis Leycestriae de tribus buttis 
 [terra in Hungarton] per excambium. 
 
 8. Carta Simonis de Hibemia de jure et clamio unius butte. 
 
 9. Cirographum de 1 acra terre per excambium cum Will, filio Rich. 
 Aboveton. 
 
 10. Quieta clamatio Johannis Fabri de Hungarton in quadam parte selionis. 
 
 11. Quieta clamatio Simonis Doghet de 1 tofto sacristario in Osolveston. 
 
 12. Demissio unius culture que vocatur Prestreys in campo de Osol- 
 veston Will. Rectori ecclesie de Knossington ad terminum vite. [Anno 1211.] 
 
 13. Demissio predicte culture Rob. rectori ecclesie prefate ad terminum 
 vite. [Anno 1313.] 
 
 14. Mandatum Decani de Arcubus Lond. directum Decano de Gertre 
 super dimissione domini Radulphi de Morcote rectoris de Knossington ab 
 examine Curie Cantuar. pro insufficiente probatione appellationis inter 
 eundem et abbatem de Osolveston supra quibusdam decimis. [Anno 1327.] 
 
 15. De fine controversie inter prsedictum abbatem et Radulphum rec- 
 torem pro decimis predictis. [2 Edw. III.] 
 
 16. Demissio unius culture que vocatur Estbreche in campo de Osol- 
 veston predicto rectori. 
 
 17. Certificatorium Decani de Framelond de mandate domini Episcopi 
 ad citandum Alanum rectorem ecclesie de Knossington ad respondendum 
 coram justiciariis domini Regis Abbati de Osolveston de abductione 1 vacce 
 et 1 vituli et aliorum bonorum suorum. 
 
 18. De finali concordia inter Abbatem de Osolveston et Johannem per- 
 sonam de Knossington juxta asportationum dec. Sec. 
 
206 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 19. Carta Alioie Priur de 1 tofto dato Thome Gore de Knossington. 
 [10 Edw. II.] 
 
 20. Carta Willelmi Gore de uno mesuagio concesso Agneti matri sue 
 in Knossington. 
 
 21. Carta Willelmi et Henrici filiorum Thome Gore de predicto tofto 
 concesso domino Willelmo de Balbeworth et cet. [37 Edw. III.] 
 
 22. Quieta clamatio Margerie Nowers de redditu 18 denar. de predicto 
 tofto prefatis Willelmo et cet. [37 Edw. III.] 
 
 23. Quieta clamatio Johannis de Hiltone de 7 acris 3 rodis et dim. rode 
 terre Aluredo clerico. [5 Edw. III.] 
 
 24. Carta Willelmi persone de Erdeburgh in 1 messuagio concesso 
 domino Willelmo de Balbeworth et cet. [20 Edw. III.] 
 
 25. Licentia Thome de Erdyngtone concessa predictis domino Willelmo 
 de Balbeworth [et cet] predicto tenemento assignando abbati et conventui 
 de Osolveston. [16 Ric. II.] 
 
 26. Carta Gilberti le lardener de prato quod vocatur Heringholme 
 [prope Leicestrie] concesso Ivoni aurifabro. 
 
 27- Quieta clamatio predicti Gilberti de predicto prato canonicis de 
 Osolveston post mortem predicti Ivonis et Emme. 
 
 28. Concessio et quieta clamatio Willelmi Scot de predicto prato 
 monasterio de Osolveston. 
 
 29. Quieta clamatio Ivonis aurifabri de predicto prato monachis de 
 Osolveston. 
 
 30. Carta Roberti ffine de 12 den. et 2 caponibus reddendis ex prato 
 predicti concessis prefatis canonibus. 
 
 31. Carta Willelmi Davet de eodem prato concesso predicto Monas- 
 terio. 
 
 32. Carta Walteri Tychene de terra sua in parochia Sti Martini con- 
 cessa canonicis predictis. 
 
 33. Carta Johannis Passelewe presbiteri de vi. den. 3 gallinis et 1 gallo 
 exeuntibus de dicta terra. 
 
 34. Carta Thome Costeyn de 12 den. exeuntibus de prefata terra con- 
 cessis canonicis predictis. 
 
 35. Carta Petronille Winfrey de vi. den. et 1 gallina exeuntibus de 
 supradicta terra. [Anno 1271.] 
 
 36. Carta Willelmi Patricii de dono terre sue Roberto filio Osmundi 
 Leycestrie. 
 
 37. Carta Roberti filii Osmundi de dono unius mesuagii [in Leicestria] 
 monasterio de Osolveston. 
 
 The end of an imperfect deed precedes No. 38, owing to the loss of some 
 leaves. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 207 
 
 38. Licentia perquisita in curia Magistri de Rothele ad mortiflcandum 
 predicta tenementa ac et terras et tenementa quondam Domini W. persone 
 de Erdburgh in Mardfeld South. Mon. de Osolveston. [37 Edw. III.] 
 
 39. Carta Roberti Abbot de 1 mesuagio ac terria et tenementis [in Mard- 
 feld North] concessis Galfrido Hardy. [14 Edw. III.] 
 
 40. Carta Galfridi Hardy et Henrici fratris ejus de 1 mesuagio 12 acris 
 et 1 roda terre datis Domino WUlelmo de Burgh [persona de Balbeworth] 
 et Johanni fitz Geffrey [de Burgh]. [2 Rich. II.] 
 
 41. Carta prefati Galfridi de 1 mesuagio et 8 et dim. acris et 3 quad- 
 rantibus terre concessis dictis Willelmo et Johanni. [3 Rich. III.] 
 
 42. Carta Galfridi Abovetone de 1 roda terre ac reversione tenementorum 
 Galfridi Hardy et Agnetis uxoris ejus post decessum predicte Agnetis con- 
 cessis dominis Willelmo persone de Balbeworth, &c. [42 Edw. III.] 
 
 43. Littera attornacia Henrici Hardy ad liberandam seisinam domino 
 Willelmo persone de Balbeworth et Johanni fitz Geffrey de Erdeburgh in 
 omnibus tenementis que habuit cum G. Hardy fratre suo. [2 Rich. II,] 
 
 44. Quieta clamatio Johannis fitz Geffrey de [Burgh de] prafatis tene- 
 mentis [in Mardfeld North] concessis Johanni Hylpesham. [12 Rich. II.] 
 
 45. Licentia obtenta a Domino manerii de Rothele ad mortiflcandum 
 3 mesuagia 22 acras terre et 1 croftum et reversionem trium acrarum terre 
 monasterio de Osolveston. [16 Rich. II.] 
 
 46. Littera attornacia ad liberandam seisinam in prefatis tenementis 
 abbati de Osolveston. [16 Rich. II.] 
 
 47. Carta feoffementi predictorum domini Willelmi de Burgh et Jo- 
 hannis Kylpesham de omnibus terris prenominatis. 
 
 48. Sentencia Magistri Rogeri delegati ad observanciam cantarie pre- 
 dicte. [Roger de Fuldon, auditor of the Bishop of Lincoln. Chantry in 
 the chapel at Mardfeld. Anno 1256.] 
 
 49. Licentia domini Johannis episcopi Lincoln, ad celebrandum ibidem 
 dum sibi placuerit. [Anno 13 .] 
 
 60. Memorandum de principali Agnetis filie et heredis Hugonis Abbote 
 de Mardfeld. [Anno 1281.] 
 
 51. Carta Galfridi de Mardfeld clerici de 1 roda terre concessa Capelle 
 Ste. Marie de Osolveston. 
 
 52. Carta Roberti Baldewyne de quadam parte mesuagii et 6 acris 
 terre [in Mardefeld North] concessis Willelmo Baldewyne. 
 
 53. Carta prefati Willelmi [cementarii de Newbolt] de donatione pre- 
 dictorum tenementorum domino W. filio Richardi de Osolveston, &c. 
 
 64. Litera attornacia predict! Willelmi cementarii ad liberandam seisi- 
 nam predictorum tenementorum eisdem. [23 Edw. III.] 
 
 55. Carta Willelmi filii Simonis de Mardfelde de molendino ventricio 
 ibidem concesso canonicis de Osolveston. [21 Edw. III.] 
 
 Some sheets are wanting here. 
 
 56. Carta Andre fili Warini de Muston de 7 selionibus terre in campis 
 de Muston concessis Willelmo de Colevil et Hesteline uxori ejus. 
 
208 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 57. Carta prefati Andre de uno gardino concesso eidem Willelmo et 
 Hesteline. 
 
 58. Quieta clamatio Willelmi Lutipati de 23 selionibus prefato Willelmo 
 de Colevil. 
 
 69. Quieta clamatio Mathei de Bosco de terra Willelmi fratris sui Wil- 
 lelmo de Colevill. 
 
 60. Conventio indentata inter Simonem filium Gilberti de Muston et 
 Willelmum de Colevill de 4 selionibus per excambium. 
 
 61. Carta Hugonis filii Ricardi de uno selione concesso prafato Willelmo. 
 
 62. Carta Henrici Colevill de uno tofto in Normanton concesso prefatis 
 Willelmo et Hesteline. 
 
 63. Carta prefati Willelmi de 1 bovata terre cum tofto et crofto con- 
 cessa Thome filio suo. 
 
 64. Donatio Rogeri de Colevill seu de Manerio de Mustone cum per- 
 tinentibus suis concessa prefato Rogero. 
 
 65. Perquisitio Walteri de Colevill de 1 mesuagio et tota terra prefati 
 Rogeri in Mustone. 
 
 66. Carta Ricardi filii Rogeri [de Muston] de 15 selionibus pn Muston] 
 concessis predicto Waltero per excambium. 
 
 67- Carta Ricardi clerici de Mustone de septem selionibus concessis 
 predicto Waltero. 
 
 68. Carta Roberti Butillier de 1 virgata terre et 2 toftis concessis 
 Ysolde filie sue. 
 
 69. Carta ejusdem Isolde de prefatis tenementis suis concessis Rogero 
 de Colevill. 
 
 70. Carta Willelmi Lutipati de 7 selionibus concessis prefato Rogero. 
 
 71. Quieta clamatio Willelmi Pincerne de 2 bovatis terre et catallis 
 Hugonis filii Ede eidem Rogero. 
 
 72. Perquisitio Henrici de Colevile de 6 selionibus [in Normanton] de 
 Nicholao rectore de Botilleford per excambium. 
 
 73. Carta Luce filii sacerdotis de 10 selionibus concessis prefato Henrico 
 per excambium. 
 
 Some leaves wanting here. 
 
 74. [Fragment of a deed granting the Manors of Muston and Normanton 
 to the Canons, and founding a chantry in the chapel on the north side of 
 the Abbey, for the souls of some members of the family of Colevill, in the 
 year 45 Edw. III.] 
 
 75. Litera attornacia ad liberandam seisinam predictis Abbati et con- 
 ventui de predictis Maneriis [de Muston et Normanton]. [45 Edw. III.] 
 
 76. Quieta clamatio Ade Lymbergh de predictis maneriis prefatis abbati 
 et conventui. [45 Edw. III.] 
 
 77. Carta Anketilli [de Saucey] de dimidiate Neubolt. R. filio Osmundi. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 209 
 
 78. Carta Roberti filii Osmundi de donacione medietatis Neubolt ecclesie 
 de Osolveston. 
 
 79. Carta prefati Roberti de donacione predicta. 
 
 80. Carta prefati Ricardi de Neubolt de predictis tenementis [1 mes- 
 soagio et 4 acris 1 roda terre in Newbolt Marfeld et Osolveston] concessis 
 Henrico vicario de Osolveston. 
 
 81. Carta Edwardi [III.] regis concessa prefato Henrico ad assignanda 
 predicta tenementa monasterio de Osolveston. 
 
 82. Carta supradicti Henrici de predictis tenementis quondam Ricardi 
 de Neubolt in Neubolt et Mardfeld concessis ecclesie de Osolveston. 
 
 83. Quieta clamatio prefati Henrici de 1 acra et dim. terre in campo 
 de Osolveston concessis ecclesie predicte. 
 
 84. Quieta clamatio Nicholai Burdet de supradictis messuagiis et virgata 
 terre concessis ecclesie predicte. 
 
 85. Dimissio Johannis de Conventre [de Neubolt] de capitali messuagio 
 et 3 virgatis terre ibidem Petro de Cotesmor. [J31 Edw. III.] 
 
 86. De fine levato in curia Domini Regis inter Johannem Raveneston 
 de Schepeshed et Willelmum filium Walteri de Melton de Manerio de 
 Neubolt cum pendentibus. [Anno 1287]. 
 
 A few leaves wanting. Part of a deed of Simon de la Saucey commences 
 fol. 41. 
 
 87. Quieta clamatio predicti Simonis [de Saucy] de predictis in liberam 
 puram et perpetuam elemosinam. 
 
 88. Carta Roberti filii predicti Simonis de confirmatione omnium pre- 
 dictorum et concessione 2 selionum et terra pro stagno. 
 
 89. Demissio prefati Roberti de tota terra sua in Neubolt predicti 
 Abbati ad terminum 4 annorum. 
 
 90. Demissio Willelmi filii Wakelini [de Sesse] custodis heredis Rogeri 
 predicti de tota terra sua in Neubolt [usque ad plenam etatem dicti 
 heredis]. 
 
 91. Confirmatio Simonis filii Roberti Saucey de omnibus donationibus 
 predictis in liberam puram et perpetuam elemosinam. 
 
 92. Bulla Innocencii Pape de capella ibidem [de Neubolt]. 
 
 93. De cantaria servanda ibidem ad terminum vite J. de Coventrie, &c. 
 
 94. Concordia inter Abbatem de Osolveston et R. Burdet et W. de 
 Norton clericos pro facta 20 virgatarum terre in Norton et Stretton et 6 in 
 Galby. 
 
 95. Carta Johannis filii Roberti [de Norton] de uno tofto cum grangia 
 concesso WTUelnio Ordriz rectori ibidem. 
 
 96. [Deed of Richard son of the above Robert concerning the same 
 toft]. 
 
 97. Carta prefati W. rectoris de predicto tofto concesso ecclesie de 
 Norton. 
 
 p 
 
210 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 98. Carta prefati Johannis filii Roberti de predicta parte tofti concessa 
 ecclesie prenominate. 
 
 99. Carta Simonis filii prefati Roberti de eodem tofto concessa ut prius. 
 
 100. Confirmacio Roberti de Norton de terris et tenementis concessis 
 ecclesie predicte per Robertum avunculum suum. 
 
 101. De finali concordia inter abbatem de Osolveston et Willelmum 
 rectorem [de Norton] super pensione [ex ecclesia de Norton solvenda]. 
 
 102. Alia concordia inter abbatem et Willelmum de eadem pensione. 
 
 103. Extracte de Ragman [de terris Abbatise]. 
 
 104. Inquisitio facta de libertatibus predicte Abbatie in pleno comitatu 
 [13 Hen. III.] 
 
 105. Litere domini Edwardi Regis pro predictis libertatibus servandis 
 eidem Abbatie. 
 
 106. Ordinatio Vicarie ibidem. 
 
 The words inserted between brackets [ ] are not in the original, but are 
 added to make the titles clearer. 
 
 21. A large octavo, written on vellum, in Norman French, in 
 the handwriting of about the xvth century. 
 
 ' Statuta Regni a primo anno regis Henrici Quinti ad vige- 
 simum tertium Henrici Sexti.' 
 
 It is divided into two parts; the 1st, containing the Statutes of Henry V. 
 is in good preservation, consisting of 21 folios of about 40 lines each, and 
 written on both sides. The writing is clear and legible. 
 
 Four blank folios intervene between this and the 2nd part, which com- 
 prises the Statutes of Henry VI.'s reign, in the same language and hand ; 
 it contains 63 folios, with the same number of lines in each, written on 
 both sides ; all but the last 8 folios are in good preservation, the last two 
 pages are illegible. 
 
 The Manuscript is merely a transcript of the Statutes. 
 
 175 Dd. in. 88. 
 
 1 — 5. ' Pr^electiones Mosis Amyraldi Professoris, in 
 diversos locos SS. habitse.' 
 
 1. A 12mo, on paper, 60 leaves. 
 
 ' In c. 24. Evang. 8. Matth.'' 
 
 The last 6 leaves are in French, containing notes from various sources : 
 the rest in Latin. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 211 
 
 2. A small folio, on paper, 24 leaves. 
 
 'Eospositio cap. 12. Evang. S. Matih? Also, ' In Marc. c. 9, 
 v. 48. Preelection 
 
 3. A small folio, on paper, 15 leaves. On f. 4 b, is the date 
 Jan. 1661. 
 
 'Prcelectio in Apocal. cap. 22. v. 1,' and other passages. 
 
 4. A small folio, on paper, 20 leaves. On f. S b, is the date 
 ' Inchoatse die Maij. 25°. anno 1660. 1 
 
 ' Prwlectiones in capp. i. ii. Ep. ad Romanos? 
 
 5. A small folio, on paper, 24 leaves. 
 
 ' Escplicatio divv. locorum in prima ad Corinth. Epistola? 
 All these appear to be in the same handwriting ; in Dd. x. 40 other ser- 
 mons on Rom. iii. iv. occur, copied by the same hand. 
 
 6. On paper, in folio, in a modern hand. 
 
 a. pp. 4. '■Iter Britanniarum Antonini cum conjecturis de 
 nominibus hodiernis quorundam locorum. 1 
 
 b. pp. 5 — 13. ' Eoberti Talbot Annotationes in earn partem 
 Itinerarii Antonini quae ad Britanniam pertinet. 1 
 
 On p. 16 is the endorsement, 'Notse imperfecta et depravatae.' The 
 
 MS. terminates in a note on Durobrivas. See Leland's Itinerary by Hearne, 
 Vol. in. Oxf. 1744 : and the edition of the Itinerarium by G. Parthey and 
 M. Pinder. Berlin, 1848. 
 
 7. A quarto, on parchment, of 8 leaves, in good preservation, 
 except the first and last pages, which are much defaced. 
 
 A fragment of the Cartulary op the Priory of Comb- 
 well, in Kent. 
 
 There are no distinct titles to the several articles, and very little to point 
 out the divisions between them ; nor is there any rubrication. Its contents, 
 which are as follows, have not been printed, but are mentioned in Ellis's ed. 
 of Dugd. Monast. iv. 413. 
 
 1. Deed of Geoffry de Bailloel granting 12 pence in East Plottendene. 
 
 2. Deed of Walter de Palindenne granting 8 pence to Willelm son of 
 Peter de Risdenne. 
 
 3. Release for the above made by the above Willelm to the canons of 
 Combwell. 
 
 4. Grant of 5 pence in Guthorst by Roger de Leibourne. 
 
 5. Grant of 3 pence in the same by Robert de Landregg. 
 
 6. Grant of 4 pence in the same by Walter de Cruce. 
 
 p 2 
 
212 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 7. Grant of 8 pence in the same by Eylnoch the smith. 
 
 8. Grant of 4 pence by Gunnilda de Patindenne. 
 
 9. Grant of 8 pence in Guthorst by Stephen Poteman. 
 
 10. Grant of 4 pence in the same by Elias de la Hamme. 
 
 11. Grant of all his land in Lullingstone .by Willelm de Ros. 
 
 12. Grant of 12 pence in Lullingstone by Geoffry de Ros. 
 
 13. Deed concerning the above by Alured Piner. 
 
 14. Grant of 5 pounds in Merworthe and 12 pence at Clive by Eustace. 
 
 15. Confirmation of the above grant of his father Eustace by Roger de 
 Merworthe. 
 
 16. Confirmation of the same by John de Merworthe. 
 
 17. Deed of Alan de Reding concerning land in Hottewell Lane at 
 Canterbury and land at Bromlege and Littlehaye. 
 
 18. Deed of Nicholas son of Alulf Foleth concerning land and a wood 
 called Littlehey. 
 
 19 and 20. Deeds of Walter and Robert Ros, granting a rent of sixpence 
 and one acre of land at Sandherst. 
 
 21. Deed of John, son of John Palmer, of Sandherst, conveying a rent 
 of 2 shillings due by him for 4 acres of land, given by Walter Ros to the 
 Canons. 
 
 22. Deed of Thomas de Northebroc, son of Hugh, concerning 2 acres 
 and a virgate of land at Chart. 
 
 8. An octavo, on paper, 22 leaves. 
 
 ' Concio de miracuh v. panum, habita Oxoniis, regnante Hen- 
 rico VIII." 
 
 The names of Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine occur in a bidding 
 prayer, which precedes the discourse. 
 On the outer leaf, 
 
 Nomina eorum pro quibus debet orare quilibet graduatus Universi- 
 tatis Qxoniensis. 
 
 Pro animab us 
 Humfridi ducis Glocestriensis. 
 Ioannis Rev. Pat. Archiepisc. Cantuar. 
 Thome Rev. Pat. London. Episc. 
 Richardi Lychfylde Archidiac. Myddelsex. 
 Regis Henrici Septimi. 
 Domine Margaret Comitisse de Rychmond. 
 Thome Wollsey Cardinalis. Ebor. Archiepisc. 
 Pro his omnibus ante Deum sublatis puris manibus et mentibus 
 divinam gratiam et subsidium imploremus. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 213 
 
 9. A quarto, on paper, of 15 leaves, in good preservation. 
 
 ' Certain Pedegrees declairing the Rosses consanguinity 
 and affinity to sundrey families,' amongst which are Fairfax, 
 Constable, Shirley, Chester, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Lord 
 Abergavenny, Savage, the Earl of Westmoreland, and the Lord 
 Berkeley. 
 
 This refers to George Manners, 17th Lord Roos, who died 
 a.d. 1513. 
 
 10. On 60 pages quarto, besides the dedication-leaf, written 
 in a neat hand of the xvnth century. 
 
 ' The breath of an wifeed Lawyer, or, Beggers Rownd.' 
 It begins : 
 
 The more I looke vppon the face of this present world... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...when the Pore mans advocate himself may speake what his inter- 
 
 taynment in the person of the Pore hath been here on earthe from the 
 
 firste Crescite et muttiplicamini to the laste Venite ad judicium. 
 
 The dedication, signed 'Tho: Powell/ is c To the right honorable 
 
 George Hardinge Baron Barkley of Barkleye Castle and Knighte of the 
 
 Bathe to the yllustryous Prince Charles ;' and begins : 
 
 I bringe you heai-e a present of much worth, 
 It is a botle full of poore mens teares. 
 
 11. An octavo, on paper, 34 leaves. 
 
 A collection of prayers and meditations in Latin. 
 
 On the outside leaf are the words, 
 
 William Horwood 1561° A" salutis humanse. 
 Horwoddi codex ego sum, lector bone, quare 
 Me errantem domino reddito queso meo. 
 
 12. A small quarto, on paper, 4 leaves. 
 
 The first three leaves contain prayers and ascriptions of praise to the 
 Virgin Mary, on the day of the Annunciation (v. f. 4 a) ; the last leaf is 
 filled with humble congratulations to Queen Mary and rejoicings in the 
 prospect of royal issue from her. 
 
 The date is probably 1688, when Mary Beatrice was pregnant. A 
 single 12mo leaf follows containing a number of names with addresses in 
 an xvmth century hand. 
 
 13. A quarto paper tract containing 6 pages, written on both 
 sides in a good running hand of about the time of the affair 
 referred to in it : 
 
214 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 '■Mr Alexander AJcehursfs charge 1654.' 
 
 On one side of the 1st page is written, in darker ink, ' For these charges 
 he was confined by the short parliament, where he lay at Lambeth for about 
 half a year, and then the business being referred to Trinity Colledge (where 
 he was fellow, bursar, and vice-master) he was, after two or three meetings, 
 and some interposition of defence by the junior fellowes, ejected out of his 
 fellowship.' 
 
 The Pamphlet contains the ' Defendants Answer,' as well as the charge. 
 See Cooper's Annals, Vol. m. p. 457. 
 
 14. A small quarto, on paper, 26 leaves. 
 
 i An exposition on the former part of the 2nd chap, by St Luke, 
 or certain sermons on the Nativitie of Christ made by 0. W. 
 A . Dm 1646.' 
 
 [Dedicated] 'to the Right worshipful and right worthy John Leven- 
 thorpe, Barronet, and to the weldisposed and virtuous Mrs Margaret and 
 Mrs Dorothy Leventhorpe.' 
 
 15. Same size as in the preceding, and also in a hand of 
 the xvii th century : a fragment of eight leaves. 
 
 ' The Catechism of the Council of Trent dispos'd into 
 short discourses, or Discourses drawn out of the same Catechism, 
 being paraphras'd, translated, epitomizM, or enlarg'd, as occasion 
 serv'd. Incept, in Festo Exalt. S mas Crucis, 1686: 
 
 176-179 Dd. IV. 1—4. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 180 Dd. iv. 5. 
 
 A small paper book in quarto, containing 94 leaves, partly 
 paged, many of which are almost blank, ruled in order to contain 
 about thirty lines, written in different hands, partly as it seems of 
 the xvith, partly of the xvnth centuries. 
 
 1. A Common-place Book, consisting of Greek and 
 Latin Sentences extracted from various Authors. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Amor. Voluptas Herculem a bello ad Omphaliam... (fol. 2.) 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 215 
 
 2. Heads of Sermons. 
 
 These commence at the other end of the book reversed. 
 Begins : 
 
 Luke xxiii. 42 : And he sayde unto Jesus, (fol. penult.) 
 At both ends of the book are several proper names : 
 
 Ananias Farr. Richard Houlsworth. James King. 
 Also, at the beginning, ' Sebast. Barradas. Itinerarium filiorum Israel ex 
 iEgypto.' (See Nouv. Biogr. Univ. Vol. iv. p. 554. Paris. 1853.) 
 
 isi Dd. iv. 6. 
 
 A paper book, in small quarto, containing, 
 A Catalogue op Books. 
 
 It appears to have been made before 1620, most of the books being of an 
 earlier date, though there are a few entered in various hands as late as 1670. 
 Class-marks are added to the entries, and on a leaf at the end is a ' Distributio 
 Librorum per classes :' the classes ranging from A to Hh ; a notation which 
 is still preserved in the University Library. 
 
 Dd. iv. 7-10. 
 
 tZ-185 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 136 Dd. IV. 11. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, containing 90 leaves, in 
 double columns, with 33 lines in each column. 
 
 Probably of the xinth or early part of the xivth century. 
 The initial letters are variously coloured and ornamented. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 66. ' Justini Histokie Philippice et totius 
 
 MUNDI ORIGINES ET TEBBB SITUS. 1 
 
 Begins (after the preface ' Cum multi ex Romanis :') 
 Principio rerum gentium... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 in formam provincie redegit. (Lib. xuv. c. ult.) 
 This MS. contains also the prologues to the histories of Pompeius Trogus. 
 The conclusion of the preface supplies the title. 
 
 2. ff. 66, 67. A Latin version of a Greek life of the 
 
 philosopher Secundus, by William, Abbot of St Denys. 
 
 ' Incipit vita Secundi philosophi de Greco in Latinum translata a Magistro 
 Willelmo medico natione Provinciali. Hanc secum de Constantinopoli de. 
 
216 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 tulit ; post factus monachus in cenobio Sancti Dionisii : ac postremo perfi- 
 citur Abbas ejusdem loci.' 
 Begins : 
 
 [SJecundus fuit philosophus : hie philosophatus est orani tempore 
 silentium conservans, et Pitagorieam ducens vitam. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 precepit (Adrianus imperator sc.) ejus libros saere bibliotece inseri 
 
 et intitulari. 
 
 Fabricius (Bibl. Greec. Lib. n. c. 13,) mentions an anonymous Greek life 
 
 of Secundus in MS. in which occurs a story about his being urged to speak 
 
 by the threats of an executioner: the same story occurs in this MS. (fol.666. 
 
 col. 2.) 
 
 3. ff 68 a — 90 a. ' Liber pastoris nuntii penitentie man- 
 data ac similitudines ejus in quibus apparuit et locutus est Herme.' 
 Eegins : 
 
 Qui enutriverat me, vendidit quandam puellam Rome... 
 Ends (Similitudo x. § 3) : 
 
 Tu tantum emunda domum tuam. In munda enim domo libenter 
 habitabunt. Munde enim sunt atque caste. 
 
 The text differs materially from that printed by Hefele. Tub. 1842. 
 On the inside of the cover of the volume is the name J. B. Hauting, 
 partly obliterated. 
 
 1 «7 Dd. iv. 12. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, 97 leaves, double columns, 39 lines 
 in each column, written in a small hand of the xvth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1 a — 53 a. Hieronymds contra Jovinianum. Opp. 
 Veron. 1735, T. n. p. 237. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Pauci admodum dies sunt quod sancti ex urbe fratres cujusdam michi 
 Joviniani commentariolos transmiserunt. 
 Ends: 
 
 quam sub consulibus Epicuri luxuriam susceperunt. 
 
 2. ff. 53 a — 97a. Ejusdem Explanatio in Danielem Pro- 
 phetam. Opp. T. v. p. 617. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Contra Danielem prophetam duodecimum librum scribit Porphirius. 
 Ends: 
 
 tunc querendum est quid respondere debeamus. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 217 
 
 188 Dd. iv. 13. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 16 leaves, some blank. 
 
 General heads of a Sermon on Psalm xxv. 7, with the begin- 
 ning of a Discourse on Justification. 
 
 189 Dd. iv. 14. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 190 Dd. iv. 15. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, containing 52 leaves, written in a 
 clear hand of the xvnth century, containing 
 
 ' REMARQUES SDK LA FbANCE. 1 
 
 It begins : 
 
 II semble que ceste Monarchie tienne de l'Aristocratie et populaire 
 en apparence; mais elle n'en tient qu'en apparence seulement... 
 
 It concludes with a statement on 10 leaves respecting, 
 
 ' Estat General des pensions, que le Roy entend estre payees A Mes- 
 sieurs les princes, Seigneurs Ecclesiastiques, Gentilshommes officiers de 
 sa Ma te et a Messieurs du conseil d'estat et des finances et autres, pour 
 l'anne'e 1614.' 
 
 This does not appear in Catal. de I'Hist. de France. Depart, des Imprimis. 
 
 191 Dd. iv. 16. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, in good preservation, consisting 
 of 327 leaves, paged, written in a neat small cursive hand, the 
 initial lines of treatises, and initial letters of paragraphs, being 
 rubricated in the earlier part of the volume. 
 
 The MS. seems to he written by different hands, although much resem- 
 bling each other. The MS. is entirely Greek, except the letter of N. Sagun- 
 tinus, which is in Latin. The number of lines in each page varies from 23 
 to 29. It was written at Florence, a. d. 1441, and probably belonged to 
 Nicholas of Saguntum, the Pope's secretary (see below, fol. 323 b). It must 
 afterwards have had a French owner, as appears by the words written inside 
 the old vellum cover, 'Receuil. Gemisti et qujedam alia.' 
 
218 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 On a fly leaf at the beginning are the words, ' Late B p . of Ely's MSS. 
 [i. e. Bishop More] : lent to M r Dechaire for M r Pearse of Edmund Hall.' 
 
 At the heading are the words, IS + X2. 
 
 1. ' tov GodxjOTctTov Ko.1 XoytwTctTov Kvpiov Tewpyiov 
 tov Te/JLKTTod Trepl apeTuiv.'' fol. 1. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 aperrj itrriv e£iff. 
 
 On fol. 6 is a diagram representing the arrangement of virtues (jai-is 
 apcT&v) : it is given also in printed editions of this treatise. 
 
 2. ' 'Api(TTOTe\ov$ irep\ aperwv.' fol. 6. 
 Begins : 
 
 iiraivera p-iv fieri (sic) to. koKcl. 
 
 This treatise ends in Weise's edition (p. 915) with the words: rfjs Se 
 KdKiar ia-Ti ra ivavrla : but this MS. has to. ivavria ravrg- arravTa 8e tjjs 
 Knxlas Kai ra TvapaKokodovvra avTji rav ijffyopevav iarlv : the present MS. 
 also differs from Weise in several other instances. 
 
 3. ' ApiaToreXovs opoi apeTwv ical KaicitoV airo twv 
 
 rjQiKwv.'' fol. 8 b. 
 
 Consists of extracts from the Nicomachean Ethics a little altered, as 
 may be seen by comparing the opening sentence with Book n. c. 6, § 15, 
 and § 3. 
 
 4. ' ptjTa Tiva avayKaia Kat ^pijo-i/xa eK\r)<p9evTa kot 
 enXoyrjv enro twwv tW Apio~TOTeXovs Trpayix.a.T6iwv, m e<p' 
 e/cacrrojs ciacra(pt]9ijaeTar eX^(p6t] Se rd fiev Sid ra? evvoias, 
 rd oe did ty\v Xi^iv-' fol. 11. 
 
 Consists of brief extracts from the treatises Tepi Tjducav and n-epi ^"x? 8. 
 The opening sentence is taken from Eth. i. 4, § 5 : dpKTeov p.h yap dn-o t.S>v 
 yveopifiarepaiv, k. t. A. 
 
 5. 'Eipnr'iSov.' [Hecuba, 306 — 308]. fol. 16. 
 ev Tovrip (ripee) yap Ka/uvovai, k.t.X. 
 
 6. ' dp%rj tov a rwv els (?) irepi ovpavov.' fol. 16 6. 
 
 Contains the commencement of c. 1, of the treatise of Aristotle DeCcelo, 
 ending with the words tovto 8' e'orl nav. (p. 127, Weise.) 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 219 
 
 7. ' ap^t] tov d twv rjOiiceov.' fol. 17. 
 
 Extracts at greater or less length from all the Books of the Ethics 
 follow. 
 
 8. eK tov a ™d Tpiwv Trjs prjTopiKris ApiaTOTeXovs 
 
 /3i/3\iW fol. 62. 
 
 Similar extracts from the Rhetoric. 
 
 9. A Collection op spumous Epistles of Brutus, 
 Euripides, &c. fol. 72. 
 
 Contains the prefatory letter of Mi0pi8anjr /3a<nAevs MiOpMrei. t<5 aveifria 
 in praise of the Epistles of Brutus. (See Bentley, Dissert, on Phalaris, i. p. 83, 
 ed. Dyce.) The prefatory letter of Mithridates, the letters of Brutus and the 
 replies to them from the Lycians, Milesians, &c. amount to 70, and are 
 contained in the Aldine collection, but are differently arranged, and exhibit 
 in two instances different titles (besides many various readings) ; the two 
 epistles which in the Aldine collection are headed as relating to the Bidvvoi, 
 being here said to relate to the TdWim. The five letters of Euripides are 
 the same as in the printed editions. 
 
 10. ' ' ApiaroTeXovs ev t«5 irepl Koafxov Trpo<s A\e^avopov? 
 fol. 87. 
 
 The extract contains the last half of the last chapter de Mundo, beginning 
 with the words olpai Be ko\ rf/v dvayKrjv, p. 847 (Weise). 
 
 On fol. 87 b. are four unspecified extracts from Aristotle. The first occurs 
 in the fragment irepl crqpelav (p. 979, Weise) : the other three will be found 
 in the work entitled De Mirabilibus, § 170, § 48, and § 95 (pp. 1000, 993, 
 995, ed. Weise), respectively. 
 
 11. ' tov ev ayiois iraTpos r\ixwv BacnAetou apyieiriuKoivov 
 Kaicrapeias Kcnnrao'otdas tov /meyaXov A070S irpo<s tovs veovs, 
 7T<os av e<£ ' EXXriviKwv axpeXoivTo Xoywv.' fol. 88. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 TroXXa fit ra TrapaKaXovvra. 
 Ends: 
 
 6 fiy iradoiTe vvv vpeis tqvs opBais e^ovras rav Xoyav airofav- 
 yovres. 
 Ed. Bened. t. n. pp. 173—185, where the last sentence is differently read- 
 
 12. An anonymous life of Homer, fol. 98, b. 
 Begins : 
 
 "Opr/pos 6 iroirjTris vios fy Kara pev Tivas Mapavos (sic) <al 'Ypvrjdovs, 
 
 K.. 7 , A. 
 
220 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 rivh Be 7rpo<rTi8ea<riv avrw kcu naiyvta riva, Mapytrrjv, ko.1 ffarpa- 
 Xopvo/iaxiav. 
 
 This life agrees substantially with the TeVos 'Owpav, published by Wester- 
 mann (Biographi, pp. 27, 28), and others, but is longer than his text, agree- 
 ing very nearly with the MSS. R and M, whose readings are cited in his 
 notes. 
 
 13. '"'ApiarToTeXovs €K Trjs Trpds ' AXe^avopov prjTopiKrjs ev 
 
 Tip re'Xet.' fol. 99. 
 
 Begins with the words xph ^ Ka < T *l v inipeXeiav, cap. 38, § 2, p. 934, 
 (ed. Weise^) and proceeds to the end. The concluding part which Weise 
 brackets occurs in this MS. This treatise is now considered to be the work 
 of Anaximenes. See Spengel's Rhetores Grceci, Vol. i. 
 
 14. ' eK Toiv y twv irepl prjropiKtjs ApiaroTeXovi." 1 fol. 101. 
 Begins, Rhet. Lib. n. (not in.) c. 4, med. : 
 
 <pikovo-i Be pakto-Ta travres Touff re op-olovs kcu raiira e7rtTr]8evov- 
 ras, k. i . X. 
 
 Then follow various citations from the Rhetoric, to the end of fol. 110. 
 The last citation, apxn tov 7 tS>» nepl pijTopiKijs, being the beginning of 
 the second Book as it now stands. 
 
 15. Three letters of Aristotle, fol. 111. 
 
 The first is entitled 'ApiororeXj;? 'OXvpmaSi., beginning : 
 
 a7rodexofiaL rrfv o~rjV Trpovoiav tov o~vp,(pepovTos. 
 And ending : 
 
 to 8' aKXa npopoov tov crvp<pepovTO$. 
 
 This letter is not printed in Weise's edition ; but among the catalogue of 
 his letters and other works, which is given by Diogenes Laertius, we have 
 npos 'OXvpmaSa a. The present letter is contained in the Aldine Collection 
 of Greek Epistles, but is there ascribed, not to Aristotle, but to Philip ; 
 the other two, 'AXe|av§pos 'ApioroTis'Xet, and 'A/hototcXiji 'A\e£avdpa /SacnXei 
 are given at p. 1013 of Weise's edition. 
 
 16. ' etc tov /3 twv Trepl pr/Topucr]? ApicrTOTeXovs.' fol. 
 1116. 
 
 i.e. Rhet. Lib. I. c. 10. (rravres 8<= irpaTTOV(n...ini8vpiav.) 
 
 17. ' aevo(pwi>Tos eiy AyrjaiXaov eyKw/uiov.' fol. 112. 
 Contains the entire treatise. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 221 
 
 18. ' 6K TWV 6JS y (?) TOV d prjTOpwrlS T6Vli)JS AjOiCTTOTe- 
 
 Xovs. apx*i-' f°l- 1296. 
 
 Begins with Rhet. Lib. i. c. 1. (init.) and ends with the words tovto 
 7ro«jcrei orpe/3Xc>i>, in the same chapter. 
 
 19. A grammatical work, the latter part of which consists of 
 a Lexicon, fol. 129 o. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 em Kara eirra rpchrovs e^yeio-dat 8et ra tcov prjropcov Kar aXXrj- 
 yopiav, ore e£a>6ev irapa to Kupevov erepou ti voovfievov eK tov kcc- 
 pevov ayopevcret 6 SidacrKcov Kai e^rjyovpevos- aWrjyopia yap Xeyercu fi 
 aWo irapa to Kelpevov ayopeuoucra, k.t.X. 
 
 It ends thus : 
 
 a'iyeipos '. fiSos hivhpov cSvopdo-0r) aw6 ri/s iyepcreas avTOv Kai ava- 
 VTao-eais. 
 
 This work is taken in whole or part from the Scholiasts on Homer. 
 Some of the glosses (as aire\edpos and Kdpo-17, for example,) occur almost 
 verbatim in Cramer Anecd. Gr. Paris, T. m. pp. 208, 203. 
 
 20. " Yeiopylov tov Te/uuo~Tov Kara tivwv tov ApiaTOTe- 
 Aovi Xe^ea'v Kai virep TWaToovos.' fol. 132. 
 
 This treatise has been several times edited ; but the title sometimes given 
 is irepl civ 'Apio-TOTe\r]S irpos UXdrava Suxfiepet : the opening words of the 
 tract are, ol ptv ypSv ndkaioTspoi /cat 'EWijvcov kol 'P<opatcov, k.t.X. 
 
 21. ' tov avTOv reoopyiov tov TefxiaTov Trpoi' ras tov 
 
 ^yoAapiov virep Apto~ToTe\ov$ avTt\t]\{/eis.' fol. 146 b. 
 
 Commences with an extract from Scholarius {i.e. Gennadius), ore! to 
 fiifSXiov twv kcit 'ApiCTTOTtkovs fi\ao-<pr) picov kcu els ij/xay oi^e TrcplrfKBev, k. t.\. 
 
 This treatise of Gemistus does not appear to have been printed. R. Gery 
 (Appendix to Cave, Hist. Lit. p. 142,) says : Utrum unquam prelo exierit 
 non comperi. 
 
 22. ' MapKOV TovXkiov KiKepwvos airo twv prjTopiKwv 
 
 avTov wept re^i/i/c^s ixvr/fxrji et? 'EXXaoa (pwvqv axpifitos /xeTe- 
 
 ve X 9e V : fol. 178. 
 
 Consists of a Greek version of Lib. in. ad Herennium, beginning, ' Me- 
 moriae utrum habeat quidquam artificiosi,' &c. (c. 16. Ernesti) ; ending with, 
 ' hoc modo et testium et hasreditatis et veneno necati memoriam habere pote- 
 rimus ' (c. 20). 
 
222 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The first words of the version are : 
 
 irepi pvrjpr)s itorepov e%ei n Te^i/nr re Kai rptftrjs rj to irav atrfjs 
 ek (pio-eas rrpdeio-t, Kaipbs erepos npo<rr\K<i>v A irav opurdrjcreTai. 
 
 The author concludes with an account of his own part as a translator 
 (fol. 180 6). He is, without doubt, Maximus Planudes ; see Engelmann's 
 Bibl. Script. Class, p. 166. 
 
 23. ' airo cbuovrjs QeoScopov.' fol. 180 b. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 oti ■q tyvxTj o\rj iv oXo> rm acopaTi Kai o\j] ev eKaoro) Tap pepav. 
 
 A short fragment of Theodorus (Asinseus ?) on the nature of the soul, 
 taken down viva voce (dno <pavfjs), consisting of 8 lines, printed in the Cam- 
 bridge Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, Vol. i. p. 133. 
 
 24. 'nepl /WawV fol. 181. 
 It begins : 
 
 6 TtepiKexypevos ovtos arjp cY 6(p8a\pmv re Kai pivav ao~8paTOS Kai 
 ra>v aXkatv 7rop<0i/ f Is to. fidOrj buKVovpevos, k. r. X. 
 
 And ends : 
 
 ov% b povov fiovkovTat bpaxTiv, dWa Kai o 7re(pvKao~iv. 
 
 Taken with some alterations from Heliodorus (Mthiop. Lib. in. p. 140 — 
 142. Ed. Bourd.). 
 
 25. An anonymous grammatical treatise, or rather farrago 
 without title, taken partly from Porphyry, consisting partly of a 
 Lexicon, fol. 181 i. 
 
 It begins : 
 
 6 aXka ovvoearpos iviore pev ovp.7rkeKTi.Kos Kai \eyerai inl dvaipecrei 
 evos Kai crvaTao-ei erepov, oiov oiiK eo-rt rode aWa roSe*, k.t.X. 
 
 And ends : 
 
 Kai rWerai aura) (lIoXvSeuKi;) aipeaiv oirorepov av ide\oi ekeoSat, 
 dBdvaros aval r\ avv ra aSeXoSro to rjpio~v rov iviavrov Oavovra Stayed, 
 to h" rfpicrv (jjv per airov- 6 oe aipfvrai to oeirepov. 
 
 At the top of fol. 187 is written in red, nOP*YPIOY. The extract com- 
 mences : 
 
 Kmrpls to ewtScTov 'A(ppo8irrjs 6 ovk ivor/o-av ol irpb rjpav t'i oypalvei. 
 
 " This passage occurs in the Scholia on Sophocles Electra, v. 879 (p. 265, Ed. 
 Dindorf), including the citation dXkd tccs irivaKiSas from Synesius : it is also found 
 in the Anecdota Barocciana, published in the Camb. Phil. Mus. Vol. II. p. 431. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 223 
 
 The whole passage is contained in Bekker's Scholia on //. «, v. 422, from 
 two MSS. (B, D). In this work are various Homeric ernCvrwara ; and cita- 
 tions from Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, Hellanicus, Euripides, Plato, Euphorion, 
 Herodian, JElian, Zoilus Ephesius, and others. A Scholiast on Homer, pub- 
 lished by Cramer (Vol. m. of Anecd. Paris. Cod. 2679) has some remarks 
 agreeing almost verbatim. 
 
 26. ' 'AptaroreXcws p^TopiKr) irpos AXe^avSpov.' fol. 192. 
 
 The MS. commences at the beginning of the treatise, and concludes with 
 the words Te X vi Ka> TaTas dcpoppas egop.ev ( c . 38, § 1, p. 934, Weise). 
 
 N.B. The conclusion of the treatise is given at fol. 99 of the MS. so that 
 the whole of it is contained in different parts of this volume. 
 
 27. ' ev Tip y tu>v ttoKitlkwv 'AptcrroTeXovs.' fol. 227. 
 Various extracts from the Politics occupy fol. 227 — 231. 
 
 28. ' SevofpwvTOS oikovoi*lko<s? fol. 232. 
 Contains the entire treatise. 
 
 29. ' Eevo0ft)i'TOS lepcov rj TvpavviKO?? fol. 265 b. 
 Contains the entire treatise. 
 
 30. 6/c tov a tu>v wepl prjropucrjs 'Apo-roTeAous.' Yol. 
 
 277 6. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 eor<» 8fj tvdaifiavia (tirpatjla peril dperrjs. Rhet. Lib. I. c 5. 
 Ends: 
 
 o~npeiov dpeTJjs elvai fio£et <al Trpompeo-ecos. (Lib. I. c. 9. med.) 
 
 31. ' e/c tu>u fieyaXcov ApLaroreXovs ijOlkwv.' fol. 286 b. 
 Contains the commencement of Lib. i. c. 26, of the Magna Moralia (p. 855, 
 
 ed. Weise). 
 
 32. 'AptaTei^ov 'HpaicXrjs, without title or author's name. 
 fol. 287. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 XXX' a (piKraT 'HpaxXeif, ae ye litaw&v a&kwv 6 lyfiitrros, iravrais 
 
 8e TToXvvpVTjTOS «'. 
 
 And ends abruptly : 
 
 eSoKci Se yueiv Ik tov... 
 
 (§ 36, Aristides, Vol. i. pp. 53—62, ed. Dind.) 
 
 The scribe observes Xewrerm oKlyov ti tov thKovs. 
 
224 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 33. 'Apiare'iSou Aiowaos, without title or author's name, 
 fol. 290. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 rjyeicrda fiiv atros 'Ao-k\t)7ti6s. 
 And ends : 
 
 TvKrjprjs yap cos tovvv rj (piXoTrjo-La. 
 
 Aristides, Vol. i. pp. 47—52. (Ed. Dind.) 
 
 34. ' IlXaTftwos en toj TipuiTayopqi.'' fol. 291 6. 
 
 The first of the seven extracts occurs p. 337 (Steph.) : the others consist 
 of only two or three lines each. 
 
 35. ' HXaToovoi eTTiaroXai. fol. 292. 
 
 Contains all the 12 epistles ; at the bottom of the last epistle is written 
 the date : 
 
 iv Tjj TroXet $\copevTLas p-rjvi 'low. kol ttj rjp.ipa 8. eret Tea airb tt}s 
 tov Kvpiov yivvrjo-eas. ,avp.a. 
 N. Sagundinus : Sanctissimi Domini mei Papse Secretarius. 
 
 36. ' irepi vofxov sal naicpas crvvtjOeias etc tiov vouikwv.' fol. 
 324. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 vopos io-ri Koivbv 7rapayye\iui (ppovlficov dvdpcov Soypxx, eKOVcrlatv leal 
 cikovo-lcov ajiapTqpaTiov e7ri(TTpo<pi]. 
 Ends: 
 
 Ta do$€vra 6<p<pLKiois rj nokeo-iv tj ap%ovo-iv r] o~vo~T7]p*ao~iv lcr\vpa 
 eVrt Kal /3€/3tua els to dirjveKes lo~xyovTa. 
 
 This is in part a Greek version of Papinian, Dig. I. tit. 3, § 1. See 
 Basilic. Lib. n. tit. 1, § 13. 
 
 37- ' rprjyopiov tov OeoXoyov Trpos NiKofiovXov,'' fol. 
 325 b. 
 Begins : 
 
 rcoi> ypa<f>6vrcov iirio-rokas. 
 
 Greg. Naz. Ed. Benedict. Vol. n. p. 46. 
 
 38. tov aocpov avcpa Kav e/cas va'ir\ -^Oovos, fol. 326. 
 
 kov fxrjiroT avTov oaaois irpoo-iSa) Kp'ww (b'iXov. 
 
 * 'Rvpnribov earl tov TpayiKOv \6yos.' 
 This corrupt couplet, not known to occur in Euripides, is published 
 among the Anonymous Tragic Fragments by Wagner. See Cambr. Journ. 
 of Class, and Sacred Philol. Vol. i. pp. 133, 277. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 225 
 
 39. ' ArjixoaOeviKOv.'' fol. 326. 
 
 «as &v o-<»^Tat t-A <TKa(pos...paTaios y cnrovdrj. 
 
 iOrat. in. c. Philipp. p. 128, Reiske.J 
 
 40. N. Sagundinus Johanni filio, s. d. fol. 326 b. 
 
 The letter begins : 
 
 Nunquam patior, fili carissime, ullum tempus praterire, &c. 
 Ends : 
 
 assiduo studio tibi planiora jocundioraque reddas. vale. 
 The MS. ends thus (fol. 327) : 
 
 olvoi rhs p.lv \inas Smrep pavbpay6pas dvSpis [sie] Koiplfc, t&s 8i 
 cpiXotppovvvas <$cnrep frmov (p\6ya iyelpei. ToS S«ro<Wor roC 2coK P a- 
 
 TtKOV. L°y m P- 0. II. § 24.] 
 
 On a fly-leaf at the end is part of a charter bearing date April 23, 1364. 
 
 192 Dd. iv. 17. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, containing ff. 135, with 16 lines in 
 each page. There are illuminations and borders. Date about 1400. 
 Hor.£ Beat^e Marine Virginis. 
 
 On the first leaf is written : 
 
 Me gardez cors e alme de mal e dencubrer 
 fetes moy tre duz sire ton fin aver 
 e par vostre grace de enfern eschaper 
 e venir a la roye ke sanz fin deit durer. am. 
 The first 12 leaves consist of illuminations, viz. St Ambrose with St Mo- 
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 a Madonna with the Child fully draped, and the Crucifixion with the blessed 
 Virgin and St John. On the reverse of fol. 12 is a rude ink-drawing of St 
 John Baptist with the Lamb. 
 
 The next 6 leaves contain the Kalendar, each page containing at the side 
 a representation of the month, and below the corresponding sign of the 
 - Zodiack. 
 
 The Hours then begin as usual, Domine labia mea aperies, with an illu- 
 mination of the Madonna enthroned, with a fully draped Child standing, and 
 a female figure kneeling below. 
 
 On the recto of f. 68 commence Les Matines del Saint Esprit : these are 
 followed, f. 75 b, with a 'remembrance ' of the three ' pities ' of our Lord, and 
 
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226 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 hymns and prayers to St John and our Lady, in French, in a different hand ; 
 f. 78 is occupied with directions, also in French, for one in tribulation, in a 
 third hand. The original hand recommences f. 79, with the seven Peniten- 
 tial Psalms, the initial letter containing an illumination of our Lord enthroned, 
 followed by the Litany and the fifteen Psalms. 
 
 ff. 95, 96, have been lost, and replaced by a later hand. 
 
 In f. 101 begins the Officium Defunctorum, and the volume ends, f. 135 b, 
 with the prayer, Animabus queesumus Domine, &c. 
 
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 193 Dd. iv. 18. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 25 leaves, about 30 lines in each, good pre- 
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 ' Nbwtoni De motu Corporum Liber Secundus.' 
 
 Newton's presentation copy of his Professorial Lectures, of which another 
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 and has been described in Mr Edleston's Correspondence of Newton and 
 Cotes, p. xcviii. The word Secundus in the title is crossed through ; it may 
 have been originally intended for a second book of the MS. Dd. ix. 46, which 
 is headed, ' De motu corporum Liber primus.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Fixas in supremis mundi partibus immotas persistere et Planetas 
 his inferiores circa solem revolvi, &c. 
 Concludes : 
 
 Vera autem systematis eonstitutio sic plenius et exactius intel- 
 ligetur, &c. &c. 
 
 194 Dd. iv. 19. 
 
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 Libek Valorum Beneficiorum Ecclesiasticorum in 
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 The value affixed to each benefice is that in Bacon's Liber Regis : over 
 each entry is written in a contemporary, if not the same hand, the name of 
 the patron. The names differ in but a few instances from those in the some- 
 what later MS. No. 170. 10. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 227 
 
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 Historia Defectionis Rdpellanorum. 
 Begins (p. 1): 
 
 Rupella Xantonum oppidum ad Oceanum in patente planitie scita 
 est, que paululum tamen (vt vix senciatur) in altitudine assurgit. 
 The names translated into Latin in the text are given in French in the 
 margin : as Rupella, La Rochelle. 
 Ends (p. 62) : 
 
 Ita Imperator qui ante abitum in Sarmatiam, consciliatis Rupellanis 
 dignam sua virtute memoriam relinqueret, votis Cleciace {sic) virginis 
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 ing from the year 1653 to 1655. 
 It commences : 
 
 2w Sea xvj Septembris 1653. 
 
 Hernia Varicosa. 
 Concludes : 
 
 Plura in posterum pro re nata si opus fuerit praescribentur. 
 The maladies, and their treatment with its results, of several noble and 
 royal personages, both in England and France, are given in detail. 
 
 The greater number of these cases will be found in an edition of Mayerne, 
 Opera Medica, fol. 1700. 
 
 137 Dd. iv. 22. 
 
 A smalL folio, on paper, and in a fair state of preservation : 
 date about 1620. It consists of 28 leaves; the first 12 contain 
 Music of the same kind as that in MS. 43 ; the last two leaves 
 give the notes and cleffs used in the modern notation, together 
 with a scale-exercise for the harpsichord ; the other leaves are 
 
 blank. 
 
 q 2 
 
228 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 198 Dd. iv. 23. 
 
 A long quarto, of very coarse but strong paper : date about 
 1610. The upper portion of 55 leaves of MS. 197 seem to have 
 been removed that the two might be bound together compactly. 
 This MS. contains 35 leaves of Music, each leaf being doubled to 
 the width of MS. 197. The Music is of the same kind as that in 
 MS. 43. 
 
 199 Dd. iv. 24. 
 
 A folio, chiefly on paper, 179 leaves, about 45 lines in each 
 page. The handwriting, which is uniform throughout, belongs to 
 the close of the xi vth century: imperfect both at the beginning 
 and at the end. 
 
 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 
 
 Begins (in the ' Prologues/ § 6) : 
 
 For though a wydewe had noujt a shoo, 
 
 So plesant was his In principio, 
 
 3et wold he haue a ferthyng or he went. 
 
 Ends (in the tale of the ' Chanons 3eman ') : 
 3et forgat I to make rehersail 
 Of watres corosif and of lymail 
 And of bodies mollificaeion 
 And also of here induration. 
 
 This MS. was consulted by Tyrwhitt in preparing his edition of the 
 ' Canterbury Tales :' see Pre/, p. xxii. ed. 1775. 
 
 One of its former owners was ' Wyllyam Pully,' fol. 129. 
 
 On fol. 108 b is part of a letter in a more recent hand. It breaks off as 
 follows : ' All this shal be further to signifye vnto yowe that nowe syns the 
 Fayre of Seynt Bartillmewe last past theyr be Imbassadours come vnto 
 london from the...' 
 
 200 Dd. iv. 25. 
 
 1. A small folio, on parchment, containing 155 leaves with 
 18 lines in each page. Date, the xmth century, 
 
 Psaltebium cum Canticis Vulgatse Editionis cum glossa 
 ordinaria marginali et interlineari. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 229 
 
 The Psalter begins f. 2, after the preface, and is headed, 'Psalterium 
 glossatum per sanctum Anselmum.' The gloss is the ordinary gloss attri- 
 buted to Walafrid Strabo and Anselm of Laon, and first printed in the 
 edition of the Vulgate, in 4 folio volumes, at Venice, about 1480. There 
 are several MSS. of the Psalter with this gloss in the library. 
 
 The text occupies the centre of the page, and the marginal gloss is written 
 on either side. At the foot of many pages are prayers adapted to the subject 
 of the psalm, in the same handwriting as § 2. The initial letters are alter- 
 nately green and red. The Psalter ends f. 147 b, and the Canticles occupy 
 from ff. 148 to 155. 
 
 At the end, f. 155 b, are two sequences in a later hand, the first beginning, 
 ' Unus est in Trinitate trinus est in unitate Deus creans omnia. . ;' the second 
 is King Robert's ' Veni sancte Spiritus et emitte ccelitus lucis tuae radium.' 
 On this page is also written the name Johannes Church. 
 
 2. Five folio leaves, on parchment, in double columns, with 
 27 lines in each column. Date, the xiv th century. 
 
 A Litany in Latin, with initial letters in red, and different 
 invocations of Saints for different days of the week : 
 Beginning with the usual antiphon : 
 
 Ne reminiscaris, Domine.... 
 And ending : 
 
 Omnes sancti orate pro nobis. 
 
 201 Dd. iv. 26. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, of 188 leaves, double columns, 
 55 lines in each. Date xvth century. 
 1. Legenda Aukea. ff. 1 a — 182 5. 
 
 The MS. is imperfect, part of f. 40 being lost, and several leaves missing 
 between ff. 40 and 41, in consequence of which the legend of St Agatha is 
 imperfect, and those of St Vedastus, St Amandus, St Valentinus, St Juliana, 
 de Cath. Sti Petri, St Matthias Apost., St Gregorius Papa, St Longinus, are 
 wanting, except one or two fragments, 
 f. 1 a. (Prologus). 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Universum tempus praesentis vitee in quatuor partes distinguitur. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ab octava pentecostes usque ad adventum domini. 
 
 This is followed by a list of the legends, which differs from the index 
 given in the Argent. Edit, of 1496, by the insertion of two titles, viz. De SS. 
 
230 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Felicissimo et Agathon, and De Sto Tyburtio. The MS. itself, however, does 
 not contain these legends, and also omits 
 
 Secundus, tin. (Ed. Argent.) 
 
 Virgo quaedam, lx. ib. 
 
 The last 13 columns of the Leg. de St Dominico, cvni. ib. 
 
 SS. Lupus et Mamertinus, cxxm. ib. 
 
 St Adrianus, cxxvn. ib. 
 
 Gorgonius, cxxviii. ib. 
 
 SS. Prothus et Jacinthus, cxxix. ib. 
 
 S. Thais Meretrix, oxlvii. ib. 
 
 S. Leonardus, cli. ib. 
 See, however, § 3, below. 
 
 It only comprises the legends collected by Jacobus de Voragine himself, 
 ending with that entitled De dedicatione ecclesiae. 
 
 Begins (f. 1 6, 2) : 
 
 Adventus Domini per iv Septimanas agitur.... 
 Ends (f. 182 6, 1): 
 
 . . praestare dignetur qui vivit et regnat Deus per omnia secula secu- 
 lorum. Amen. 
 
 2. ff. 183 a — 187 a, by same hand. 
 
 An account" of the Apparition of Guido de Corvo after his death, which 
 occurred Dec. 16, a.d. 1334, at Aleste in Provence. 
 Begins : 
 
 Augustinus in libro de fide ad beatum Petram dicit, miraculum est. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ...residuum penitentise complevit in purgatorio communiqui spiritus 
 et omnium fidelium in pace requiescant. Amen. 
 
 3. ff. 187 b— 188 5. 
 
 The legends of St Thais Meretrix and St Leonardus have been supplied 
 by a later hand, probably in xvith century. 
 
 202 Dd. iv. 27. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, 242 leaves, double columns, about 36 
 lines in column, date xivth century, 
 ff. 1 a— 2 a. 
 
 Index in Sermones Guilelmi de Monte et prseambula, &c. 
 
 ff. 2 6—4 a. 
 Eepertorium in Sermones. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 231 
 
 ff. 4 6 contains a table of contents, with references according to the parine- 
 of the MS. (which begins f. 5 a). 
 
 1. ff. 5 a— 5 b. 
 
 Quibus modis Themata dividi possunt. 
 Begins : 
 
 Primo per qualem cujusque termini positionem ; verbi gratia, Justus 
 ut palma flor. Justus qui reddit unicuique suum. 
 Ends : 
 
 in quo sunt omnes 1 . 
 
 2. f. 6 a. 
 Begins: 
 
 Inter omnia opera nonne.... 
 Ends (f. 9 a) : 
 
 Hucusque de sermone sermonem fecimus ; amodo sermonis exempla 
 subjiciamus. 
 This is followed by a note from Origen on Exodus by a modern hand 2 . 
 
 3. f. 9 b. (5b. MS.), 
 
 Incipiunt Sbrmones Magistri Will[elm]i de Monte, 
 Cancellarii Lincolniensis. 
 
 A series of Sermons for the Sundays and Holydays from 
 Advent to Trinity Sunday, 
 (ff. 9 6-1416.) 
 Begins : 
 
 Qui sedes super Cherubim manifestare coram EfFraym, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 Deus unus et trinus per infinita secula seculorum. Amen, 
 ff. 142 a — 143 a contain an index to the preceding Sermons, 
 ff. 143 6 — 144 a contain an index to the following Sermons, from the 1st 
 Sunday in Advent to the 17th Sunday after Trinity ; the last being imperfect, 
 and six which follow it in the index being lost, 
 ff. 144 6—146 6 (140 6—142 6 MS.) are blank. 
 
 4. f. 147 a — 242 b. A second series of Sermons. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Appropinquans dominus Jesus Jerusolymam. Non sine magni causa 
 mysterii. 
 
 1 This is perhaps distinct from the Introductio ad artem concionandi cited by Tanner 
 as prefixed to the Sermons in this volume, commencing "inter omnia." 
 
 2 v. Opp. Lommatzsch. ix. 158 et seqq. 
 
232 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 non solvendo sabbatum opera karitatis. 
 
 A leaf is lost between ff. 198, 199 (194, 196 MS.) and ten or eleven leaves 
 are lost at the end. 
 
 None of William de Monte's works seem to have been printed ; see Tanner, 
 Biblioth. Lond. 1748, p. 361, where this MS. is mentioned. 
 
 203 Dd. iv. 28. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 204 Dd. iv. 29. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, of 81 leaves, 30 lines in page, 
 xmth century. 
 
 1. f . 1 a— 45 a. 
 
 Liber Anselmi Oantuariensis Episcopi, Cub Deus homo. 
 After the preface, Opus subditum propter quosdam... follow the head- 
 ings of the chapters of Book i. which begins : 
 Sepe et studiosissime... 
 The arrangement of the chapters (as well as the text) differs from Ed. 
 Par. 1675 (pp. 74—96). 
 
 A list of chapters is also prefixed to Book in. 
 
 2. ff. 46— 62. 
 
 Incipiunt capitula ejusdem de conceptu virginali et de originali peccato 
 [cum praefatione]. (Ed. Par. pp. 97—106.) 
 Begins : 
 
 Cum in omnibus religiose... 
 
 3. ff. 62—81. 
 
 Incipit liber Anselmi Oantuariensis Archiepiscopi de Spiritu Sancto 
 (Ed. Par. pp. 49—61). 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Negatur a Grecis... 
 After which follow the verses : 
 
 A teneris annis felix sit vita ihoannis 
 
 Qui legis haec ora pro me tua crimina plora. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 233 
 
 205 Dd. iv. 30. 
 
 A small and rather long quarto, on vellum, containing 170 
 leaves, neatly written in black letter character, in double columns, 
 of 36 lines each. The capitals are in blue and red, the margins 
 of the larger ones being variously flourished. It may probably be 
 assigned to the xivth century. 
 
 The first three lines are in red, but are so much obliterated as 
 to be almost illegible. 
 
 They appear to be 
 
 1. (ff. 1 — 150 b). Incipit liber Aristotelis de Natura 
 Animalium quem transtulit magister Michael Scotus de 
 Gb^eco in Latinum et . . . 
 
 The volume consists of a translation of various works of Aristotle on 
 animals, and is divided into 19 tracts, the last of which wants one leaf. 
 The first ten hooks comprise the De Historia Animalium : the next four the 
 De Partibus Animalium, and the last five the De Generatione Animalium; 
 but not always according with the modern divisions of the Greek text. 
 
 The first tract contains all Aristotle's first book of the ircpi £a>av ia-ropias. 
 (Quaedam partes corporum animalium dicuntur incompositae, &c.) and goes 
 on to the end of the tenth chapter of the second book (et narravimus diver- 
 sitatem quae est inter illos). The last words of the 19th tract now are, Et 
 tauri praecipue sunt fortiorum nervorum et cordis, {irepl £dav yeveo-eoos. 
 Lib. v. c. 7.) 
 
 Michael Scotus is mentioned in Casaubon's and Weise's editions of 
 Aristotle as having commented on various works of that philosopher, but his 
 translation of the books on animals is not noticed by them. Fabricius, how- 
 ever, mentions on Labbe's authority a MS. copy of his version of Aristotle's 
 XIX. books on the History of Animals, made not from the Greek but from 
 the Arabic. His remark, ' X. Graece tantum habemus/ is beside the mark. 
 {Bibl. Med. et Inf. Lat. Vol. v. p. 234 ) 
 
 2. (ff. 151—162). 
 
 A fragment of the ' Liber de Spiritu et Anima,' v. Aug. 
 Opp. Par. 1837. Vol. vi. p. 1138. 
 
 The rubric is Augustinus de differentia Spiritus et At 
 
 Begins (f. 151 a) : 
 
 est, id est, similem Deo. (Ed. Par. p. 1142 b.) 
 Between ff. 156 and 157 a leaf has been lost. 
 
234 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends (f. 162 a, 1) : 
 
 aliud non sit quam ratio. (Ed. Par. p. 1172 a ) 
 The MS. differs from the printed text. 
 The handwriting and form are the same as in § 1. 
 
 2°*> Dd. iv. 31, 32. 
 
 207 7 
 
 208 
 
 209 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 Dd. iv. 33. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, 520 pages, handwriting uniform, of the 
 xvnth century. 
 
 On the first page there is the intended title, ' Morbi Partium Nutri- 
 tiarum,' hut the volume is almost entirely blank. Chapters are headed with 
 the various diseases of the Alimentary Canal, but to a few only is there any 
 MS. attached, and those are merely prescriptions useful in such disorders, 
 with occasional marginal references to the authorities for such remedies. 
 On the last page is an Index to the different Internal Disorders. Attributed 
 to Theodore Turquet De Mayerne. 
 
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 A quarto, bound up with the following, on parchment, 270 
 columns, two on a page, and each containing 39 lines, written pro- 
 bably in the xvith century. 
 
 GrALFRIDI MONEMUTENSIS HlSTORIA GeNTIS BrITONUM. 
 
 There are running-titles to each column, but the divisions of the books 
 and chapters are indicated only by the initial letters. 
 
 It begins with c. 3 of L. i. of the editions (see that among the Rerum Bri- 
 tannicarum Scriptores, fol. Heidelberg, 1587, or the separate editions, 8vo, 
 by T. D. Hardy, London, 1844, and San-Marte, Halle, 1854): 
 'Eneas post Trojanum bellum...' 
 
 The first two chapters of B. vn. are in the MS. condensed into one, but 
 such abbreviations are not frequent. 
 
 After the usual ending of the Editions, '...in latinum sermonem transferee 
 curavi,' is ' Explicit liber hystorie gentis Britonum,' followed by ten lines, 
 of which the last is, ' Et babel archadie perfusa cruore rubebit,' and on the 
 reverse of the leaf some lines : 'monstr quod Arturus vicit in hislandia. cum 
 et eripuit caliburnium gladium bonum.' 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 235 
 
 210 Dd. iv. 35. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, 77 leaves, 30 lines in each page, of 
 the xvth century, except ff. 1, 2, which are of the xvith. 
 
 1. A fragment of an account, given in the person of the 
 Virgin, of the death and resurrection of our Lord, chiefly 
 from the Gospels, (which are referred to,) but also from 
 legendary sources. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 avoit et fesoit doel et trists.... 
 Ends: 
 
 parces quils trouverent les lyns enscases come ils les.... 
 
 2. ff. 3 a— 26a. 
 
 Liber de spiritu et anima. v. Aug. Opp. Paris, 1837, Vol. 
 vi. p. 1141. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Quoniam dictum est mihi ut meipsum cognoscam... 
 
 The MS. agrees nearly with the printed text to the end of chap, xxxiii. 
 ...aliud non sit quam ratio, (f. 23 a.) The next § in the MS. begins, In 
 dialogo de anima ad Deodatum, and is an abstract of August, de quantitate 
 anima, Vol. i. p. 670 sqq. 
 
 3. Fifteen lines and three words, with the marginal title in 
 a later hand, '-'•pro Emptione plumbic 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Petra plumbi continet xiiii libras. 
 Concludes : 
 
 et hec sufficiunt pro cognitione emptionis plumbi ad presens. 
 
 4. One page, 30 lines, of the same writing as the preceding, 
 with the late heading, ' Colores Rhetorici.' 
 
 A set of technical verses, with a brief preface, consisting for the most 
 part of broken words, completed interlinearly. 
 Begins : 
 
 Colorum rthoricorum quidem sunt colores prolongandi materiam, 
 &c. Colores prolongandi materiam sunt octo quae patent per hos versus, 
 terpretatio locutio latio postrophe sopeia gressio 
 
 In. circum. col. a. pro. di. 
 
 criptio 
 dis. locus oppositorum. 
 
236 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 5. ff. 27 a— 40 5. 
 
 'Incipit vita Demonum, etdicitur secretum sigillum Cipriani 
 quondam magi modo vero martiris Christianissimi, per sanctum 
 Eusebium et sanctam Justinam virginem ad fidem orthodoxam 
 conversi. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Universi viri validi. secreta artium.... 
 Ends: 
 
 Cooperiens et in se claudens tria subscripta scilicet anulum sigillum 
 et ydeam 7 noctibus et 7 diebus continuis salva unum et conservata... 
 
 A later hand has added here, ' Desunt 2 folia.' 
 
 This treatise is mentioned by Fell in his Ed. of St Cyprian's works, App. 
 n. p. 61, Ed. Amst. 1691. 
 
 6. ff. 41 a — 45 a. Philomela. Meditatio. 
 
 A Latin Poem in rhyme, containing a comparison of our Lord 
 to a nightingale. 
 Begins : 
 
 Philomena previa temporis ameni. 
 
 Quae recessum nuntias [ ~] atque ceni. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Dumque [talis] fueris Christum deprecare 
 
 Ut nos cantus martiris doceat cantare. Amen. 
 
 The author of this poem was John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury 
 from 1278 to 1292. See Tanner, Biblioth. Brit. p. 586. 
 
 7. 'Hexametri rythmici de seditione Jacki Straw. 1 
 Begins (fol. 45 a) : 
 
 Proth dolor accreuit nuper confusio rerum 
 
 Dum virtus procerum silet et vulgus male seuit. 
 Ends (fol. 46 b) : 
 
 Jak Chep, Tronche, Jon Wran, Thorn Myllere, Tyler, Jak Strawe, 
 
 Erie of the plo, Rak to deer, et Hob Carter, Rak Strawe : 
 
 Isti ductores in plebe fuere priores, 
 
 Per quos merores creuerunt atque dolores : 
 
 Istorum capita collistrigiis modo vernant, 
 
 Ut populi cernant, ne cupiant vetita. 
 The versifier narrates the murder of Archbp Sudbury ('Simon de bacca 
 dictus et austro '), which took place, according to a marginal note, ' 1380, 
 A. R. R. 2, in festo Basilii' (more correctly, June 14, 1381). 
 
 8. ff. 46 5—48 5. 
 
 A Latin Poem in rhyme, on the Vanity of the World. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 237 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Mundi volo vanitatem, et fortune levitatem 
 
 Breviter describere, 
 
 Que non habet firmamentum, sed fugacem vincit ventum 
 
 Fugiendo propere. 
 Ends: 
 
 Tribunali non terretur, sceptrum regis non veretur, 
 
 Neque mitre cornula, 
 
 Mortis dure dura lima. Summa limat sicut yma, 
 
 Prima sicut ultima. 
 This is doubtingly attributed to Walter Mapes in Coxe's Catalogue of the 
 MSS. in the Colleges at Oxford, Coll. Corp. Christi, p. 95. 
 
 9. ff. 49 a— 73 b. 
 
 ' Somnium dilucidaeium Pharaonis expositum per Joan- 
 nem Lemovicensem, ad Eegem Navarie.' 
 
 See Fabricii Cod. Pseudepigr. Vet. Test.- (Hamb. 1722), Vol. I. pp. 441 
 sqq. ; also his Bibl. Lat. (Ed. Schottg. Pad. 1754), Vol. iv. pp. 91 sqq. There 
 is another MS. copy of this in the library, Ii. vi. 34. 
 Begins : 
 
 Glorioso principi potestates aereas debellanti Domino Theobaldo Dei 
 gratia Regi Navarie Magnifico Campanie ac Vicecomiti Palatino, suus 
 Johannes vocatus Lemovicensis... 
 Ends: 
 
 celebrentur gaudium et letitia, gratiarum actio et vox laudis. 
 
 10. 'Articuli Universitatis Cantabrigise ad informandum domi- 
 num regem (Ricardum II.) de antiquis consuetudinibus ejusdem 
 universitatis.' A later hand has added ' Contra J. Occamum. 1 
 
 Printed from this MS. among the publications of the Camb. Antiq. Society, 
 1854. 
 
 211 Dd. iv. 36. 
 
 A paper book, in small quarto, bound up with the two follow- 
 ing, and containing, on 44 pages, according to the title, 
 
 Catalogus Librorum quos Magister Gulielmus More, 
 Collegii Gon. et Oaii olim socius eidera, D.D. 1659. 
 
 On the waste leaf is: ' Mdm. that this booke was transcribed out of Mr 
 Moore's own Catalogue in Caius Coll. Library for y' use of M r Thorowgood 
 of Cressingham, and by him returned to me.' Moore was keeper of the Uni- 
 versity Library, 1653 — 9. 
 
238 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 212 Dd. iv. 37. 
 
 A paper book of 58 leaves, in quarto, with about 38 lines in 
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 Catalogus Libeobum Edv. Beowne prout suis quique pluteis 
 locantur: varia solummodo voluminum forma distinctorum 1687. 
 
 According to the Catalogue, this Library consisted of 317 volumes in folio, 
 472 in 4to, 657 in 8vo, 127 in 12mo, 72 in 16mo. 
 
 213 Dd. iv. 38. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 64 pages, in good preservation, con- 
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 1. A charter of Hen. VIII. confirmatory of the Laws and 
 Oustomes of the Town op Shrewsbury. 
 
 2. 'The names of all the villages within the fraunchises of 
 Shrewsbury.'' 
 
 3. ' A note of the names of those which have been bayliffs of 
 the towne of Salop since the 46th yeare of Edward the Thirde, with 
 the yeare of our Lord God and day of the month wherein the 
 Kings and Quenes of this realme of England began their raigne. 1 
 Commencing with a.d. 1372, and ending with 1614, when the 
 book was written. 
 
 214 Dd. iv. 39. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, (much damaged), of 300 leaves, with 
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 In some other places portions of pages have been similarly supplied, 
 as in ff. 221, 236, 238, 240. At f. 123 an illumination occurs. 
 'fyaXjxot /cat bjxvoi. 
 
 f. 1 begins with Ps. xxi. 24 : 
 "Airav to o-irippa 'laKcb/3... 
 
 Pss. xvii. 48 to xxi. 3, however, occur in ff. 221 — 226. 
 
 At the end of many Psalms follow hymns, prayers, &c. usually with the 
 titles, rponaptov r) o-xoMov, and in some of the later Psalms, vpvoi Tpiahimi. 
 
 A leaf is missing after ff. 48, 77, 100, 103, 104, 115, 146, 151, 166, 173, 
 253, and 261. 
 
 The Psalter ends f. 280, and the usual Canticles follow, the MS. ending 
 f. 300 with v. 14 of the Benedicite. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 239 
 
 215 Dd. iv. 40. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, containing, on about 220 pages, 
 written in the xvnth century, 
 
 Catalogus Librorum MSS. Grsecorum, qui in Bibliotheca 
 Vaticana reperiuntur, a Theodora Ryckio Eomre scriptus. 
 
 The Catalogue is alphabetical and entirely in Greek, with the exception 
 of the title by another hand. 
 
 216 Dd. iv. 41. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, in good condition, handwriting of the end 
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 A Law common-place Book. 
 
 217 Dd. iv. 42. 
 
 A quarto, on vellum, containing 167 ff. with from 27 to 33 
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 HifSXiof tov AeKe/ufiplov /uliivos, 
 
 or, a Greek Menologium for the month of December, giving the 
 accounts of the martyrdoms of all the Saints of the Greek Church 
 in that month, with the addresses and sequences. 
 
 The MS. is imperfect at the commencement, beginning in the middle of 
 an address to St Nicholas (Dec. 6) : 
 
 [ep\^rv^e Kal ep,7rvovcr tliccov cos 6tCiov yap drjcravpoi* ere fj tcov pvpiav 
 €KK\7]n~la dyafxevr) TrpocrrjKaro, K.r.A. 
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 €K crov napSeve TiKrerae, vtto to Seiov GT?rj\aiov, iv cparvrj tcov akoycov 
 &€ cnrapyavcoBcAs aviKkTj6rj \vov Trap iyKkqiiaTcov. 
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 different and very inferior hand. 
 
 It corresponds throughout with the volume bearing the above title 1 pub- 
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 but has not all the sequences printed there, and varies slightly in the 
 accounts of the martyrdoms. 
 
 218 Dd. iv. 43. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 17 leaves, bound up with the 
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 1 In the Library, 2. 22. 6.' 
 
240 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The title is f. 1 a 
 
 'An Essay of God's Goodnes and Justis with Respecte to Man- 
 kind in oposetion to the Doctrine of the Super- and Sub-lapsarians. 
 November y e 10 th 1705.' 
 
 f. 2 a. The same title is repeated, with the substitution of ' the Doctrine of 
 Predestination ' for 'the Doctrine of the S. and S.' and the treatise is said to 
 be 'by L. D. M.' 
 Begins (f. 2 a) : 
 
 Had I under my Caire a Servant... 
 Ends (f. 17 b) : 
 
 That God cannot gouverne them. 
 
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 A Collection of Recipes and Charms for the diseases of 
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 It appears to be two or three treatises stitched together with several loose 
 leaves appended. 
 
 The first treatise is of 16 leaves (two have been cut out), beginning in 
 red letters, ' Here bygynnef J>e maladies ]>* hors have]? of here own kynde.' 
 It closed originally with a recipe for ' a piastre to don awey wickide fleisch/ 
 with a charm ending, ' sy il beyt quit pur son chyual q sors estoyt/ but 
 another hand has written in two more recipes. 
 
 The second treatise occupies not quite a page : ' Practica Willi Maresealli 
 Prioris Mertonie de infirmitate equorum' [in red] Cryst hym self was y bore 
 in bemergebyre in benyngbyre. Bedleem hit hi3t. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ' by }>e offryng of }>es candels in J>e worship of Seint Firmyn.' 
 
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 of 7 leaves, begins with ' This is the Marchalcie of Piers Mori3 good and 
 trewe' [in red], and ends with a charm and adjuration of Seynt Loye, 'for 
 to make an hors stande stille.' 
 
 The remainder of the book is in several hands, and contains a pro- 
 miscuous farrago of charms, ending with the abracadabra. 
 
 220 Dd. iv. 45. 
 
 A small quarto, part paper, part parchment, 35 leaves, about 
 30 lines in each, written in the xvith century. 
 
 Various treatises on subjects connected with Alchemy and 
 the Philosopher's stone. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 241 
 
 1. 'Arnaldus de Nova Villa,' six and a half 
 (paper). 
 
 Begins: 
 
 [M]ateria lapidis est res vilis pretii ubicunque reperitur que est aqua 
 viscosa sive mercurius communis sicut extrahitur de minera. 
 Ends: 
 
 Non tangat latera scutellarum, et hie Finis et Deo gratias. 
 It is not to be found in the collected works of the author. 
 
 2. 'Declaratio Lapidis Philosophorum per Avicen- 
 nam Filio suo,' 4 pages (paper). 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Fili mi Abbulhaly intellige qus dicam tibi de cognitione lapidis. 
 Ends: 
 
 Ita ut utri aliani habent potentiam supra mille gradus Mercurii seu 
 Jovis Veneris vel Saturni. 
 Colophon supplies, 'Explicit archanum Avicenne de philosophorum 
 lapide.' 
 
 A treatise with the same name appears in the Theatrum Chemicum, VoL 
 iv. p. 875, the first part of which accords with this so nearly as to appear 
 another translation of the same work. The correspondence however fails in 
 the latter half of the MS., the remainder of the printed treatise being com- 
 pletely different from the MS. and much longer. The treatise in the Theat. 
 Chemic. has been pronounced spurious (see Biographie Universelle, sub nom.), 
 apparently on internal evidence. 
 
 3. Anonymous, seven and a half pages (paper), same hand- 
 writing as the preceding. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Hie incipit tractatus optimus in quo exponit et apte declarat Plinius 
 
 philosophus quis sit lapis Philosophicus. 
 Ends: 
 
 quod qui habent ipsam incomparabilem habent Thesaurum. 
 
 4. On the same subject, "-per AlbertumJ two paper leaves, 
 in handwriting and of paper different from the preceding. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Aqua Mercurius et oleum sulphuris. Opus istud multis diebus abs- 
 condebatur. Circa quod primo principaliter est notandum quod Mer- 
 curius noster non est, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 et ego Albertus dico quod sum expertus istas duas operationes, et 
 quod non est aliud opus perfectum [a] me, nisi hec duo opera, et vera 
 sunt et etiam Euclides et multi philosophi concordant mecum et dicunt, 
 quod totum beneficium hujus artis in Mercurio it luna consistit, et in 
 
 it 
 
242 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Mercurio et Sole, et scias quod omnia alia sunt vana et illusoria. Deo 
 gratias. 
 
 5. Twenty-two pages, (paper) handwriting similar to the 
 preceding. 
 
 A Collection of Dicta of Hermes, Aristotle, and others, on 
 the subject of Alchemy, but the treatise itself does not extend 
 into the last three pages. 
 Begins: 
 
 Hermes dicit quod Elixerium sine Mercurio stare non potest. 
 Concludes with the usual ' et Deo gratias.' 
 
 On the last three pages are written a few recipes, partly chemical, partly 
 medical; one in English, the rest in Latin. 
 
 6. Eighteen pages, consisting of a preface and four chapters. 
 At the end of the preface is written, ' Eetropositis tamen loquelis 
 ut improbi ab hac .scientist repellantur, ne videar coram porcis 
 spargere margaritas. Et ut erit hie tractatus piis et justis artem 
 virtuose querentibus Speculum veritatis. Et sicut operatio lapi- 
 dis benedicti quadruplici partitur regimine, sic istum libellum 
 quatuor destinguo capitulis.' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Lapis Aquile cum natura preciosissimus, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 Est cujus testis semor hoc secretum magnum Dei gloriosi soror pro- 
 phecie inspiratum a deo prophetis et electis suis in ipsum credentibus ; 
 cujus patri igitur sit honor et gloria in secula seculorum. Amen. 
 Colophon, Explicit tractatus magistri Johannis de Porta, Claudorum, 
 cujus cognomen quere in hoc libello et invenies. 
 
 Is the author John Dee, M.A. of Cripplegate, London ? 
 
 7. Small quarto, in parchment, 18 pages of 30 lines, hand- 
 writing of the xvth century. 
 
 The Colophon gives the title (red), 
 
 'Explicit tractatus de Serpente sub compendio bre- 
 viloquii Holketti.' 
 
 It purports to be an exposition of a treatise composed by Aristotle, and 
 sent to Alexander, in an interval of peace. It was translated by order of 
 Pope Honorius out of Hebrew into Latin by a certain Greek. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 243 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Christi nomine invocato ad honorem proficientium in actibus naturae, 
 quia plerumque plures litteras philosophorum, &c. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Hiis autem paucis dictis sufEcit doctrina supradicta solide et sane 
 intelligenti, et scimus quoniam diligentibus deum omnia cooperantur 
 in bonum. Deo gratias. 
 
 8. A poem, on the same subject, without title, four pages of 
 29 lines each, metres varying, handwriting the same as the last 
 treatise. 
 Begins: 
 
 Aske ye of fe clerkys that holden hem so wise 
 What is }>e whete that moste be sawen in J>e erth. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Avise }>e well er fou begynne 
 Or ellis litel shalt Jjou Wynne. 
 
 221 Dd. rvr. 46. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 70 leaves, written upon both sides, in 
 good preservation. It contains Gervase of Tilbury's ' Dialogus 
 de S a cca rio,' which will be found printed with a few verbal 
 differences, in Madox on the Exchequer. Prefixed is a short 
 extract from Bale's Script. Illustr. Brit. p. 250, concerning 
 Gervase. On the fly-leaf is written, ' A Bartholmeo Gregorio 
 scriptum anno mundi [date omitted]. A Gustavus Adolphus.' 
 
 •224 Dd. iv. 47—49. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 225 Dd. iv. 50. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper (except ff. 1, 10, 11, 24, 135, which 
 are parchment), of 135 leaves, ff. 25—37 inclusive have double 
 columns, the rest not so. The MS. is very irregularly written, 
 and is probably of the xvith century. A leaf is missing between 
 ff. 32 and 33, and there are lacunae in other places. 
 
 1. ff. 1 a— 51 a. Sermons, some of which are identical with 
 those attributed to Gulielmus de Monte, in the MS. Dd. 4 27. 
 
 r 2 
 
244 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ecce dies vcniet .... 
 Ends: 
 
 .... lupus devoret oves in campo. 
 
 2. f. 52 a. ' De productions hominis ad corpus et animwm? 
 
 Begins : 
 
 De toto autem homine in paradiso collocate. 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . . et stimulare ad bonum. 
 
 3. ff. 52 b — 54 b. A Treatise on Confession and Absolution. 
 Begins: 
 
 Confessio...sive confessio fidei... 
 Ends: 
 
 .... similam [sic] partem ephi decimam. 
 A note on the Eucharist is here appended. 
 
 4. f. 55. A Sermon on S. John xvi. 23. 
 
 5. ff. 56 a — 98 a. Stimulus Conscientice. 
 
 By Richard Hampole ; see Tanner, Bibl. Brit. p. 375, note 9. 
 
 The English original of this Treatise will be found Dd. 11. 89, 
 § 2 ; Ee. 4. 35, § 9 ; and LI. 2. 17, in a somewhat different form, 
 f. 56 a. ' Iste tractatus vocatnr Stimulus Conscientie, qui ab 
 Anglico in Latinum a minus sciolo est translatus : si quis igitur 
 sapiens in illo aliquos reperiat defectus deprecor ut eos corrigat 
 mente pia et transactori imponat. 1 
 Begins: 
 
 Ab eterno et ante tempora fuit Deus. . . 
 
 6. ff. 98 a— 99 b. Two Sermons on Eph. v. 8 and 1 Cor. 
 xiii. 13. 
 
 7. ff. 100 a — 102 a. 'Tractatus de officio Sacerdotis." 1 
 Begins: 
 
 Notandum quod in quinque Sacerdotis officium videturincludi... 
 Ends: 
 
 ut luceat omnibus qui in domo sunt, &c. 
 
 8. ff. 102 a — 106 a. An Exposition of the Lord's prayer, 
 unfinished. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Temtari permittit Deus homines multis de causis... 
 Ends: 
 
 igitur aliud est malum... 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 245 
 
 f. 106 6 contains a note, mostly illegible. 107 a is blank. 107 b contains 
 a note on remission of sins, much of which is obliterated. 
 
 9. ff. 108 a — 1115. A Treatise on the Lord? $ prayer and 
 Greed, by Rich. Hampole. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Pater noster, &c. Hec oratio privilegiata est in duobus. 
 Ends : 
 
 circa judicium sciendum. 
 
 10. ff. 112 5— 135 5. 
 
 Miscellaneous Notes, including tracts or short discourses 
 on contrition, (f. 112 5); the temptation, (f. 115 a); purity, 
 (f. 118 5); Isaiah xxx. 21, (f. 122 a); confession, (f. 128 a); 
 &c. &c. 
 
 226 Dd. iv. 51. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper (but some leaves of parchment), of 
 48 leaves, much injured by mice, the beginning being lost, and 5 
 leaves between ff. 1 and 2 almost wholly destroyed. 
 
 1. ff. la — 42a. Speculum Christiani. 
 Begins (omitting some fragmentary words) : 
 
 vulgarit articlos fidei .... 
 Ends: 
 
 .... verba vertit in opera. Deo gratias. 
 
 The tract has been printed by * Jehan Petit/ together with another, 
 Speculum religiosorum, which according to its Colophon was ' impressum 
 Parisiis pro Johanne Petit commorante in vico Sancti Jacobi ad intersignium 
 Leonis argentei.' ' 
 
 The MS. agrees in the early part with the printed text, but has in addi- 
 tion many short addresses and rubricated stanzas in English scattered through 
 it. A few paragraphs are appended after the ' Explicit,' which are found in 
 part in the body of the tract as printed, and vice versa. There is likewise 
 much confusion in the preceding paragraphs, from f. -10 a. 
 
 2. f. 445. 'De Antichristo: (Ed. Petit, f. xlii.6). 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Antichristus de meretrice generis Dan nascetur... 
 Ends: 
 
 .... in monte sancto. 
 
 1 In the Library, G* 14, 26. 
 
246 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 S. ff. 45 a— 46 a. ' Nommfilie diaboU,' 1 (ib. ff. xli a — xlii J). 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Diabolus duxit iniquitatem. 
 Ends: 
 
 quam oratio luxuriantium. 
 f. 46 a has at bottom a rubric, ' De intencione cognicionis sacre scripture,' 
 but the following page has only three miscellaneous paragraphs, f. 47 is 
 blank, and f. 48 contains a fragment of a treatise on Latin grammar. 
 
 227 Dd. nr. 52. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 227 leaves, imperfect at the end. 
 
 A Theological Commonplace look, on the different articles of 
 the Christian faith according to the Eoman communion. Many 
 leaves are blank. Apparently of the xvnth century. 
 
 228 Dd. iv. 53. 
 
 On paper, consisting now of 138 pages bound up with the pre- 
 ceding number, and written fairly, perhaps by the author. 
 
 A description of Palestine by Eichard Caple. 
 
 There is now no title, but the author's name is subscribed to the dedica- 
 tion, which is in Latin, and addressed to Dr Hardinge, President of Magdalen 
 College (Oxford, 1607 — 1610) : in it occurs the sentence, 'Tu Moses alter 
 me tanquam Calebum aut Josuam ad terram promissionis invisendam misisti : 
 bona et fructuosa de ea refero.' After the dedication it begins (p. 7) : 
 
 Palestina, a province of Syria, auncientlie called Canaan ofChanaan... 
 Ends (p. 138) : 
 
 Paradisus: A citie of Syria, thus named from the frequency of 
 pleasant gardens on the north of Mount Libanus. 
 
 229 Dd. iv. 54. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper (except the last two leaves, which 
 are parchment), of 229 leaves, probably of the xivth century. 
 
 1. A Collection of xxooix. paragraphs on various subjects, in 
 part agreeing with the Sententiae of Isidore. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 De gradibus Amoris. Gradus amoris sunt isti. .. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 247 
 
 Then follow chapters De ordine civitatis, de dilectione prommi, de m 
 Preeceptis, &c., the last being De penitentibus, and ending, 
 ut ab hac vita securius transeatis. 
 
 2. ff. 31 a — 46 1. ' Meditationes Dim Bernardi." 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Multi multa sciunt. 
 
 Opp. Paris, 1839, Vol. n. pp. 660—691. The divisions of the chapters, as 
 well as the text, differ occasionally from the treatise as printed. After the 
 Explicit follows : 
 
 Dat liber iste brevis dulcorem mellis odorem 
 Declarans mente candorem, corde calorem. 
 After this is a cap. xvi. 'De hiis qui ad delictum... revertuntur,' which 
 occurs in Isidore Sentt. n. 16; Opp. Rom. 1802; vi. p. 214; for a still 
 further continuation see f. 222 6, to which there is a reference at the bottom 
 off. 46 6. 
 
 3. ff. 47 — 63. i De emendatione vitce sive regula vivendi? by 
 Richard Hampole, v. Tanner, Bill. Brit. pp. 374, 5. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Ne tardes converti ad Christum. 
 
 This tract is appended to the edition of the ' speculum spiritualium/ 
 printed at Paris and published in London in 1510 ; but the MS. is free from 
 considerable interpolations in the 4th and 5th chapters, which are expressly 
 mentioned in the ' explicit * of the printed edition ; in other respects the 
 variations are trifling. 
 
 4. ff. 64 a — 98 5. ' Speculi Spiritualium," Lib. n. 
 Begins : 
 
 Fili ait scriptura accedens. 
 Ends: 
 
 erudire non curaret. 
 
 £ After which follows this note : Dicto jam de variis temptacionibus et 
 earum remediis ut de tribulacione et utilitate ipsius. subjunguntur quedam 
 in lingua materna de Ricardo Hampole ad discrecionem pertinencia, prout 
 superius dixi me facturum. et hoc ideo quia melius sonat ejus doctrina in 
 lingua materna prout ipse earn primo protulit quam si earn in linguam lati- 
 nam transferrem.J 
 
 The above tract forms the second Book of the Speculum Spiritualium 
 mentioned above. The MS. gives authorities more fully than the printed 
 text ; the latter however has many additions and transpositions. At the 
 top of f. 64 is written in a late hand, ' Hie est liber 2" B speculi spiritualium 
 Henrici de balnea cartusiensis ;' and a similar note occurs on f. 100 a, ' Se- 
 quitur primus liber, &c.' 
 
248 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 5. ff. 985— 100 a. 
 
 Bubric. ' Sequitur hie unum capitulum De discrecione habenda 
 non solum in cibo et potu sed etiam in sompno, et est extractum 
 de tractatu quem transmisit cuidam recluse prefatus Ricardus 
 de Hampole.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Sum men as Richard Hampole seyth ben begylyd... 
 Ends: 
 
 you myght take to the more abstynence. 
 
 6. ff. 100 a — 152 J. Speculi SpirituaMum, Lib. i. 
 Rubric. ' Hie incipit tractatus de temptacionibus multimodis 
 
 et variis necnon et remediis contra teinptaciones adhibendis. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Superbia prout clerici dicunt nichil aliud est... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...omnia peccata carnalia. 
 The first Book of the above-mentioned treatise, ff. 2 — 33, of the printed 
 Edition. The MS. differs considerably in this part from the printed text. 
 
 ff. 152 fr — 154 a contain two short anecdotes, and a note from Walterus 
 Hylton [Quantum ad futurum scire debes. . non sequaris eum] who is fre- 
 quently quoted in the preceding pages, f. 154 6 is blank. 
 
 7. ff. 155 a — 212 a. The title ' Ricardus Hampole super 
 lectiones mortuorum,'' is added in a later hand. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Parce milii Domine nichil enhn sunt dies mei. . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ...ignis inhabitans in eternum. 
 Published Colon. 1536, under the title ' Parvum Job.' 
 
 8. ff. 21 2 b — 222 b. ' Innocentius de miseria conditimis 
 humane.' 1 Opp. Colon. 1575, Tom. i. pp. 421 — 450. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Miserabilis est humane condicionis ingressus... 
 
 9. ff. 222 5 — 225 a. Four sections upon Grace, its source, 
 effects, &c. appended to the Meditationes D. Bernardi, § 2, 
 supra. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Ad bonum grade... 
 Ends: 
 
 .. diabolo et angelis ejus 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 249 
 
 f. 226 contains a collection of maxims in Latin and English, ff. 226—7 
 contain tables of contents to Nos. 4, 5, and 8, with additional maxims, 
 ff. 228—9 contain some devotional writing, which has been partly expunged 
 to receive a note on Bissextile, and others of no importance. 
 
 230 Dd. iv. 55. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, xviith century. 
 A Commonplace Book, containing, 
 
 a. An alphabetical series of 'Definitions and Characters— Eldred 
 Reuett.' This on the title-leaf. 
 
 The first article has the heading, ' Notes out of a booke entituled, A safe- 
 guard from shipwreck to a prudent catholiq, and the Animadversions of D* 
 D. froth.' 
 
 There are quotations also from the ' English Gentleman,' ' English Lawier,' 
 ' The Holy Court/ Shelford's Sermons, Dr Andrewes' ' paterne of Catechis- 
 ticall doctrine,' Heylin's Geog., Speculum Mundi, Preston's Breastplate, 
 ' Davenantii determinationes,' &c. The last word is Zones. 
 
 6. Some lines beginning : 
 
 They seem a generation that did search 
 
 Birth through the bowels of theyr mother church. 
 
 c. A copy of a letter ' To Capt. Dudley Louelace into the Low Countryes,' 
 from Eld. Revett, Junii 20; and of another letter without name or address. 
 
 d. Collections out of the History of Polybius, translated by Grimeston. 
 This like b and c extends only to one leaf, ending abruptly in the middle of 
 the second page. 
 
 231 
 
 Dd. iv. 56. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, consisting of 106 leaves, each 
 page containing 18 — 20 lines, written in a neat running hand, 
 in the latter part of the xvith century. 
 
 ' Orationes aliquot Demosthenis a Nicolao Carro 
 Medicine Dootore eloquentissime e Gr^eco translate.' 
 
 Prefixed is a letter of 8 pages : 
 
 Clarissimo et ornatissimo viro Gualtero Mildmaio equiti aurato 
 et regii fisci Cancellario Nicolaus Carrus, S. T. P. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Etsi jam aliquot anni sunt, ex quo primum coepi.... 
 Then follows a Prcefatio of 19 pages, in which he discusses the merits of 
 the Ten Orators and of Cicero : after which is given a translation of the 
 
250 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 three Olynthiacs and the four Philippics of Demosthenes, together with the 
 arguments of Libanius. 
 
 The last words of the translation are : 
 
 aut neminem prater vosmet ipsos de afflicto reipublicae statu accusetis. 
 On the first page of the last leaf are these words : 
 
 Libellum hunc in mei usum transcribi curavit Reverendus admodum 
 et eruditissimus vir Thomas Marshallus, S. T. P., Decanus Glocestriensis 
 et Collegii Lincoln, apud Oxonienses Rector meritissimus : dono vero 
 mihi dedit optimus amicissimus plurimisque nominibus colendus 
 Georgius Hicks, S. T. P., Decanus Wigorniensis, ejusdemque collegii 
 quondam socius. L. M. M. M. D. C. Q. Ab. Seller. 
 Carr's translation was printed in 4to, Lond. 1571. See Tanner, Bill. Brit. 
 p. 155. 
 
 This MS. originally belonged to N. Carr, whose name is written on the first 
 leaf. He probably wrote the whole MS. It is bound up with the two fol- 
 lowing MSS. 
 
 232 Dd. iv. 57. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, containing ff. 32, with from 30 to 32 lines 
 in each page : it is paged throughout and has catchwords in every 
 page. 
 
 ' Liturgi^ S. Basilii magni, S. G-regorii Theologi, S. 
 Cyrilli Alexandrini, ex Arabico conversse, a Victorio Scialach, 
 Accurensi Maronita e Monte Libano. Augustse Vindelicorum. 
 1604.' 
 
 A MS. copy of a printed work bearing the same title (which is in the 
 Library in a volume of tracts, Dd. in. 9) ; it affords a few various readings, 
 written over the words intended to be changed ; even the corrigenda are 
 copied. 
 
 f. 31 contains a note of the transcriber not in the printed copy, with an 
 extract from Alvar. Gomasius, the author of the Res gestae of Ximenes, 
 attacking Luther, Bucer, &c. for their treatment of the Scriptures. 
 
 f. 32 contains a note in a different and later hand on this tract, and the 
 Greek rituals generally. 
 
 233 Dd. iv. 58. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, of 105 leaves : probably of the 
 xmth century. 
 
 1 . ff. 1 — 8. S. Gregorii magni Homilice in Ezechielem. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 251 
 
 Imperfect, containing only Lib. i. Horn. 1, 2. The Preface is 
 wanting and also the conclusion. 
 Begins : 
 
 Dei omnipotentis aspiratione... 
 Ends: 
 
 similitudo quatuor anima... 
 Opp. Paris, 1675, Tom. i. pp. 1138—1149 c. 
 
 2. ff. 9 a — 103 a. ' Beda in Emngelium Marci," 1 also imper- 
 fect. Opp. Giles, Lond. 1844, Vol. x. 
 
 ff. 9 a — 10 b. contain a list of the capitula. 
 ff. 10 b — 11 b. Annotatio Evangeliorum quae consuetudinaliter 
 leguntur et ubi requiri debeant. f. 12 is blank. 
 
 In f. 13 a follows the preface : In expositione Evangelii... 
 Between ff. 13 and 14 a leaf is lost, containing the commencement of the 
 Exposition itself, the title of which is at foot of f. 13 b. 
 f. 14 o begins : 
 
 Angelos posse vocari... (p. 5, Giles.) 
 Ends: 
 
 omnibus holocaustomatibus et sacrificiis. (p. 192, Giles.) 
 
 3. ff. 103 a — 105 5. ' Codeso peccatoris Benedicts Bibl. Patt. 
 
 Vett. Col. Agr. 1618, Tom. vi. pp. 435, 6. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 In primis nocturnis horis cum ad opus... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 debent monachi cotidie adimplere. Explicit. 
 The MS. differs slightly from the printed text. A leaf is missing between 
 ff. 103 and 104. 
 
 234 Dd. iv. 59. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 247 leaves, double columns, 29 
 lines in each : the leaves are numbered. The date, 1489, is given 
 on last page. 
 
 A translation of S. Bernakd's Sermons, in Dutch. 
 
 ff ] 89. The oovii. Sermons on Psalm xc, with the Preface. 
 
 Opp. Paris, 1839, Vol. i. pp. 1835—1926. 
 
 Eubrick. Hier beghint dat prologus des heylighen abts S. 
 Bernardus op ten Psalm ' Qui habitat. 1 
 
252 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Brueders ic aensie uwen arbeyt... 
 Ends: 
 
 alis ghebenedyt God in der ewicheyt. Amen. 
 
 ff. 90 a— 217 6. Sermones de Diversis. Ibid. pp. 2293 sqq. 
 
 Sermons 1—3 of the MS. are identical with those in the Edition. 
 Sermon 4 appears to correspond with Serm. vi. in Quadrag. p. 1830. 
 Sermons 5 — 32 are 4 — 31 of Edition. 
 
 33 is 36 
 
 34 ... 32 
 
 35— 37 are 40— 42 
 
 Rubric, f. 90. Die sin die Sermonem sunte Bernardus dat in Latyn de 
 diversis heet. Dat eerste sermoen von versmademe der werlt. 
 Begins : 
 
 Tiste male een waer woert... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...in dat regiment der caritaten. Amen. 
 
 On f. 247 h, col. 2, are these notes : 
 
 O mensche en wilt dese werlt nyet mynnen 
 
 Si haten se diese te gronde bekennen 
 
 Hoer blytscap is mit rouwen ghemenget 
 
 Dat loen dat se horen mynres schenct 
 
 Is ewighe pyn na deser tyt 
 
 Hoet u daervoer wie ghi oec syt. 
 Die boec is ghescreven int jaer ons heren m cccc en lxxxix en wert 
 gheeynt des vridages na S. Mertyn translacio. 
 Een ave Maria om Gods wil voerden sonner. 
 
 235 Dd. iv. 60. 
 
 A long quarto, on paper; in good preservation. It consists of 
 204 numbered leaves, each page containing six lines of music on 
 staves of five lines. Date of the writing about 1600. 
 
 On the second leaf is the following account of the MS. : 
 
 ' The gyfte of M* Henry Bury clerke deceased ; that branch of his 
 last Will which concerneth this book is as followeth, viz. Item, my 
 will is that my two song bookes, either of which containeth all M r 
 Waterhouse' songs of 2 parts in one, upon the plaine song of Myserere 
 about a 1000 waies, shall be given, the one of them to Oxforde and the 
 other to Cambridge ; whear I hope they shal be kept or published in 
 print for the credit of Englishmen and for better preserving and con- 
 tinewing that wonderful work.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 253 
 
 Mr Bury's will seems to have been proved in 1636, but the MS. did not 
 at once come into the possession of the University, as appears from the follow- 
 ing note, added by the librarian of the time : 
 
 ' I was chosen Librarie keeper anno 1629, but never saw this book 
 till February 1, anno 1648, it beinge left in some forgetful hands ; and 
 at last by Sr Coppinger of St John's College sent unto me, Abraham 
 Wheelock.' ; 
 The old Church-melody ' Miserere ' is written at the head of each page 
 on a stave of four lines ; and between the two parts, forming each of the 1163 
 accompaniments, the words ' 2 parts in one ' are written. This phrase is not 
 used as in modern music, but indicates that the two parts between which it 
 is placed are to be sung together as an accompaniment to the plain song. 
 On the last leaf there is a short list of errata. 
 
 236 Dd. IV. 61. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, bound up with No. 237, written on 
 22 ff., in a neat hand of the xvnth century. 
 
 ' The Historie of iEmus Sejanus, collected out of Diverse 
 Authors, and inriched with profitable and necessarie observations, 
 by P. Mathiew.'' 
 
 Printed at Paris, 1628, according to No. 285 of Oldys' Catalogue of Pam- 
 phlets in the Harleian Library appended to Harl. Miscel. Vol. x. 
 
 237 Dd. iv. 62. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, handwriting of the xvith century. 
 
 Law commonplace Book, arranged alphabetically from 
 ' Abeyance ' to * Waiver des Choses, 1 containing 378 numbered 
 folios altogether, and consisting of two parts, the 2nd from folio 
 220 to folio 374 being an Appendix of omitted matter. 
 
 There is a table of contents at the beginning. 
 
 233 Dd. iv. 63. 
 
 A rather long octavo, on thick paper, consisting of 63 leaves, 
 the first 8 of which are blank, the title excepted : the remainder of 
 the MS. (unpaged) is written in a cursive character, abounding 
 with contractions : each page contains about 40 lines. It pro- 
 bably belongs to the latter part of the xvth century. 
 
254 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 1. Harpocrationis Vocabularium. 
 
 This title is written on the first leaf and also on the reverse of 
 the eighth leaf, but in a later hand than the MS. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 \*h]$apis- Kvpwv. fol. 9. 
 Ends: 
 
 irifwro he 'Adrjvrja-i Kal tyLBvpos 'A<ppo8lrq <a\ "Epas ijrldvpos. fol. 61 6. 
 
 This MS. agrees generally with the common text (i. e. as opposed to the 
 MSS. D. E. of Bekker) : its readings in particular agree with those of A. 
 It has been partially collated by Mr C. B. Scott, Fellow of Trinity College, 
 Cambridge, for Prof. W. Dindorf's Edition (Oxf. 1853). It does not appear 
 to contain many readings of interest or value; several omissions and instances 
 of carelessness occur in it. 
 
 On the margin of this MS. are written in a pale yellow ink various im- 
 portant additions, which have been called by Sauppe, Lexicon Rhetoricum 
 Cantabrigiense ; they were edited by Prof. Dobree, as an appendix to Photius' 
 Lexicon (Cambridge, 1822) ; and they are also inserted in Prof. Scholefield's 
 Dobrai Adversaria. For an account of them, see his Praef. ad Phot. pp. x. xi. 
 They have also been edited by Meier in 4to, Halae, 1844. 
 
 2. An Anonymous Treatise on Greek Verbs. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Ttnv prjpaTGtp ra pev ovhaprj p.£Ta(3aivovo-av els erepop np6(r(07rov rav 
 Xdymv ttjv uvvra^iv %x el ' ^'° Ka ' aperd/Sara 7rpoarjy6pevTar olov tori 
 to £<3, irKovra. fol. 61 6. 
 The last line seems to be as follows : 
 
 reXevra- dvri tov rekovs (sic) \apj3dvco- TeXevrm he. . . fol. 63 6. 
 
 This treatise is evidently the same as that of Maximus Planudes »tc/h 
 pera^anKav kcu aperafiaTcov pripdrav, which is mentioned by I. Bekker as 
 occurring at the end of his MS. K. of Harpocration, and of which Harles (in 
 Fabric. Bill. Gtcbc. Vol. vi. p. 349) has given a further account. It does 
 not appear to have been published, and it seems to be of little or no value. 
 
 In the beginning of the MS. the name J. B. Hautin is written. 
 
 23S Dd. it. 64. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, 54 leaves, of variable number of 
 lines, with drawings of the constellations done with so sharp a 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 255 
 
 pen as in some instances to cut the paper, and shaded with a 
 brush: the stars marked in red ink: preservation had from exposure 
 to the damp, and mutilation of the five last leaves : written about 
 the middle of the xvth century. 
 
 ' Basinii Parmensis Astronomicon. 1 
 
 A Poem in Latin Hexameters, with some few Greek interline- 
 ations, addressed to Sigismundus Pandulphus Malatesta. The 
 first book contains 690 lines. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 iEtherios orbes subjectaque templa deorum 
 Musa cane, atque vias semper volventis Olympi. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Nexa tenet cursu semper volventis Olympi. 
 
 The second book of 491 lines, 
 
 ' Basinii Par. Astronomicon liber secundus.' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Quinque vagas etiam necnon pulcherrima mundi 
 Lumina bina canam, &e. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Pandulphi moresque hominum letegasque Phrygasque 
 Europaeque manus, Italos fortesque Pelasgos. 
 
 It appears never to have been published, and to have escaped the observa- 
 tion of all bibliologists. It is not alluded to by Adelungh (see JBasinius Von 
 Parma), nor does it appear in the list of his works in the Bodleian Catalogue, 
 in which however appears the name of another poem, addressed to the same 
 patron. From the historical allusions, its date must be circ. ann. 1464. 
 
 On the last leaf are written the names Philip Webster and Charles 
 Landel. 
 
 240 Dd. v. 1. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, 19 leaves ; different handwritings of 
 the xvnth century. 
 
 A number of recipes for domestic medicines and cookery; the 
 first being for the Tissick, and the last for Elder Berry Wine. 
 
256 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 241 Dd. v. 2. 
 
 Octavo, on paper, containing ff. 116 in double columns, with 
 37 lines in each page. It has red and blue initial letters. Date, 
 the xvth century. This is bound up with the preceding MS. 
 
 PSALTERIUM SECUNDUM USUM SaRUM. 
 
 The first 6 leaves contain the Kalendar, two blank ones follow, and the 
 Psalter begins f. 9; the arrangement, both respecting the order of the 
 psalms, and the insertion of canticles and hymns, corresponds with the Salis- 
 bury breviary printed at Paris, 1531, (except that Ps. 117 and 118 are 
 placed after the canticle Deut. 32, which follows Ps. 108, instead of as 
 usual after Ps. 25,) ending with the Litany, f. 72 b : then follows the 
 'Cursus beate Marie Virginis;' f. 74 b, the Vigilise defunctorum, and in 
 f. 78 b, the Hymnarium, beginning with the Hymn for Advent ' Conditor 
 alme siderum,' and ending with that In transfiguratione, 'O nata lux de 
 1 umine :' after these follows f. 88, the Commemoratio sanctorum, preceded 
 by the rubrick, ' lncipit commemoratio sanctorum infra pascha et penthec.,' 
 and the volume ends f. 116 a, after the collects ' de omnibus Sanctis,' with 
 the words Deo gratias. 
 
 242 Dd. V. 3. 
 
 A paper book, in 4to, neatly written ; of the time of Jas. I. 
 It contains A Beading on the Stat. 23 Hy. VIII. cap. 5, and 
 other laws made concerning Sewers. 41 ff. 
 
 At the end, a copy of a letter from L. C. J. Popham to Sir Thos. Lambert, 
 about the draining of the Isle of Ely, dated, Littlecott, y e 7 th of 
 
 Perhaps a reading of Popham's, who was made Chief Justice of the King's 
 Bench in 1592. According to Dugdale he was Reader in the Middle Temple 
 in the 10th Eliz. 
 
 243 Dd. v. 4. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 141 leaves, some of which are 
 blank, written in the xvnth century. A miscellaneous collection 
 of Theological Notes, from various authors, under the follow- 
 ing titles ; 
 
 (1). Of the essence and attributes of God. 
 
 (2). Of Christ. 
 
 (3). Of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, &c. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 257 
 
 (4). Texts and short notes. 
 
 (5). Extracts from Coke, Carpenter, T. Blake [Covenant sealed], Wil- 
 lett [Harm, of 1 Sam.], Bp Montagu [Acts and Monuments], Bp Fotherby 
 [against Atheists and Infidels], Bertram the Priest [de came et sanguine 
 Christi in sacramento, written by command of Charles the Bald, between 
 800 and 900 years ago]. 
 
 (6). Texts against the principal points of popery. From a table 
 printed in the year 1688. 
 
 (7). Extracts from R. Boyle [on the style of the Holy Scriptures]. 
 Texts against bribery; and from the Psalms— Notes on points in the Old 
 Testament. 
 
 (8). Extracts from Abp Ussher's Answer to the Jesuit's Challenge. 
 
 244 Ld. v. 5. 
 
 An octavo, on vellum, containing ff. 425 in double columns, with 
 30 lines in each column. It has illuminated initials, vignettes, 
 and borders. Written in a very beautiful hand of the xvth cen- 
 tury, in France, judging both from the style of the illuminations 
 and the rubricks, which are throughout in French. There are 
 catchwords after every 12th leaf. 
 
 A mutilated 
 
 Breviarium secundum usum Sarum. 
 
 The volume begins in the middle of the Psalter with Ps. xxvi. 6, ' manus 
 meas : et circumdabo altare tuum : ' and a leaf is lost between if. 23 and 24. 
 After the Psalter and Litany, f. 78, the office 'en la vigile de pentecoste' 
 begins, and in f. 87, the Legenda from Kings to Malachi, then Mes 
 rebriches generaus,' followed by the offices for the Saints' days, beginning 
 as usual with St Andrew, and ending f. 388, with St Katharine : after a 
 blank leaf in f. 389, the Commune sanctorum begins with the rubrick ' Ci 
 commence le commun des saints,' and the MS. ends incompletely, f. 425 b, 
 with the lections for the festa Virginum, 'vjrgo sapiens' being the catchword 
 for the next page. 
 
 Besides the vignettes, which are numerous and beautiful, the borders 
 contain a variety of grotesque figures — apes mounted on goats — monks in 
 absurd positions, &c. 
 
 245 Bd. V. 6. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, written upon one side only, of 14 
 leaves ; in good preservation. 
 
258 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 'The names of all the Patrons op Ecclesiastical Prefer- 
 ments within the Bills of Mortality, with the present Incumbents, 
 &c. Jan. 16. 170V 
 
 It also states their values in tythe and glebe, and gives a list of the Pro- 
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 'Brocardica quje jure Canonico sic dicuntur quae sunt ma- 
 terise contrariis rationibus seque probabilibus involutse.' Moot 
 poynts. 
 
 Apparently imperfect. It is paged from 1 to 93, and after 42 blank 
 leaves paged again from 200 to 246. 
 
 There are 6 leaves of index, and 3 of references, principally to Statutes of 
 Ed. III. 
 
 On the title-page, "'James Whitelocke,' nee beneficio nee metu/' 9 Au- 
 gust!, 1590. 
 Also, 
 
 ' Bulstrode Whitelocke, 
 nee adulor nee calumpnior, plane et sane.' 
 
 For an account of the Whitelockes, see Chalmers, Biog. Diet. 
 Brocardica is a title fancifully prefixed to what is in truth only a 
 student's note-book. 
 
 2 „ Dd. v. 8. 
 
 A paper book, in 4to, Containing notes of sundry read- 
 ings on Tithes, extending over 167 ff. At f. 167 appears, 
 ' This last speech being ended, M r Atturney Generall 8 r Robert 
 Heath being then present, answered the same, and was pleased in 
 the name of the whole house to honour the Reader much... 
 Trinioni Deo gloria in seternum. 
 
 John Wylde.' 
 
 Sir Rob. Heath was appointed Attorney-General in 1625. 
 John Wylde (his name is given ' Wild ' in Haydn's Book of Dignities) 
 was twice appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 259 
 
 248 Dd. v. 9. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 85 leaves, indifferently written, in a hand 
 of xv nth century. 
 
 Law Common-place Book, containing extracts from Sta- 
 tutes, &c. 
 
 9,250 Dd. V. 10, 11. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 25i Dd. v. 12. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, bound up with the Nos. 252 and 253, 
 and containing 148 pages with the title 
 
 ' Twenty Arguments against the Oath of Alleadgiance 
 propounded to Mr Preston and other Defenders of the said Oath 
 in satisfaction of a late bitter provocation published on that sub- 
 ject in the name of Mr Howard by a Lay Catholic.' 
 
 The work referred to appears to be, 'A Patteme of Christian Loyaltie, 
 &c, by William Howard/ 4to, London, 1634. 
 
 252 Dd. V. 13. 
 
 A paper book, in 4to, collection of notes on ' The Secueitie 
 
 FOR RENT-CHARGE. 1 
 
 Badly written, in law hand, time of Chas. I. and imperfect at the be- 
 ginning. 
 
 253 Dd. v. 14. 
 
 A paper book, in 4to, 134 leaves, many blank. ' Divers and 
 uncertayne discourses del Ley, 1 together with notes of several 
 readings, from 2 March, 1611, to 6 Aug. 1614. 
 
 On the first page is written, ' By mee Thomas Wateridge.' About Jhe 
 middle of the book are 12 pages, headed ' Joco seria. Of Divers subts.' 
 These consist of anecdotes, related by some members of the Inn, in the year 
 1611, which is also the date of the handwriting. 
 
 254 Dd. V. 15. 
 
 A paper book, in 4to, containing 229 folios, being a note-book 
 of cases, alphabetically arranged, from ' Earle 1 to ' Wynes.' 
 
 Apparently it is a portion only of the whole work, as it begins at f. 157. 
 The paging extends as far as 272. Clearly written in Law French, in a hand 
 of about the xvith century. 
 
 s 2 
 
260 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 255 Dd. V. 16. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, containing the three following tracts, 
 written by different hands, probably French, and not earlier than 
 the middle of the xvnth century. 
 
 1. "-De anno et eius partibus Tractatus.' 
 
 The title (p. 1) of cap. I""' is, ' Anni appellatio et effigies.' The pages 
 numbered 20 and 24 are consecutive ; and the tract is incomplete, wanting 
 the chapters after ' De diebus festis Aprilis caput (41" m ),' which ends on the 
 page numbered 95. 
 
 2. Small quarto, on paper, of 62 leaves, written probably in 
 the xvmth century, 'De la Predestination. 1 A treatise in 
 6 chapters. 
 
 Begins (f. 1 a) : 
 
 La Predestination estant un Point au quel... 
 Ends (f. 62 a): 
 
 ... fait reposer sur vous ses immenses richesses. 
 
 3. A Treatise on Colours. 
 Without a title, this begins (p. 1) : 
 
 Ex coloribus incertam esse temperamenti significationem ex eo col- 
 ligit Galen. 4 simpl. cap. vlt° et pr° eiusdem cap. 2. quod in vnoquoque 
 colore, et callida et frigida, et humida et sicca reperiantur. Sed et 
 ratione hinc net manifestum. 
 The reference is to Galen's treatise De Temper amentis. 
 The abbreviations of the MS. are unusual, the omission of m being de- 
 noted by ' instead of -. 
 Ends (p. 30) : 
 
 De coniectura igitur ex coloribus quesita satis superque dictum est. 
 
 4. Two leaves on paper, signed ' Heimbachius G.' 
 
 ' In auspicatissimas Nuptias Celsissimorum Principum Anhaltii 
 et Arausise sponsorum. Scazon.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Augusta biga mille Principum tradux 
 Genus Deorum ubique qui triumphales... 
 Ends : , 
 
 Quod nemo et ipse non queo meum est [ ] 
 Augusta Biga, mille principum tradux. 
 
 256 Dd. V. 17. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 261 
 
 257 Dd. v. 18. 
 
 A small thick octavo, on paper, irregular writing, of xvnth 
 century. 
 
 Apparently the index to the owner's collection of recipes, 
 alphabetically arranged, with some of those recipes at the end. 
 
 The date and owner's name may be conjectured from an irregular entry : 
 ' Jan. 21 st , 1652. John Gardener sen r was borne at Amersham be- 
 tweene 10 and eleven Clock in y e morning.' 
 There is also a receipt for the sum of £3 paid by the same John Gardiner 
 to Hugh Hobbs. 
 
 258 Dd. V. 19. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 96 leaves : the first three of which 
 contain a table of contents. The title (on f. 4 a) is as follows : 
 
 ' Here folowith certeyne Notes, gathered out of the prophet 
 David, out of the wourks of Salomon, Job, and Ecclesiasticus.' 
 
 The writing is of the xvith century. On f. 1 the name Elizabeth Harris 
 is twice written. 
 
 259 Dd. v. 20. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, in good condition : date about 1620. 
 
 It contains 45 leaves, most of them ruled for Music. On the fly-leaf are 
 the words 'For the Bass VyalL' The leaves 1—11, 19—25, 33, 40—42, 
 contain the bass part of a number of dance tunes: this portion of the MS. 
 is written in the modern notation of semibreves, minims, &c, but without 
 bars. Leaves 12 — 18, 26, 27 contain music like that in MS. 43 ; the remain- 
 ing leaves are blank. 
 
 260 Dd. v. 21. 
 
 This MS. consists of 13 leaves of paper, bound up with the 
 preceding. It contains 'the Recorder part' of most of the Music 
 whose bass is in MS. 259. 
 
 The Recorder was a kind of flute or flageolet. 
 
 261 
 
 Dd. v. 22. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, 302 ff. Law common-place book, 
 from 'Abator' to 'Estoppele.' 
 
 Handwriting same date as in Dd. v. 23. 
 
262 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 262 Dd. v. 23. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto. Law common-place Book. Con- 
 taining 240 ff. paged throughout. Fairly written in a hand of 
 the end of the xvith century, and alphabetically arranged from 
 ' Abatement del Bre,' to ' Gard, and Gardein en Chilry.' 
 
 263 Dd. v. 24. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, 269 leaves, xvnth century. 
 
 Phabmacopeia and Receipt Book of Dr Theodore Turquet 
 De Mayerne. 
 
 Principally in Latin, the rest in English and French. The original 
 receipts marked in the margin with his abbreviated initials, and those com- 
 municated, with the name of the author, also in the margin. It appears to 
 comprise the interval from 1627 to 1651, though there is a reference (p. 99) 
 to the date 1610. 
 
 To a prescription for small pox, at p. 177, there is the marginal note : 
 ' feliciter dedi Regi Carolo laboranti variolis an. 1632.' 
 
 264 Dd. v. 25. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, 190 leaves; good preservation, in 
 the author's handwriting, of the xvnth century. 
 
 ' Adveesaeia Physica : Auditiones Quotidians, Sep'. 
 1630.' 
 
 A collection of Recipes by Dr T. de Mayerne, and his modifications of 
 them denoted by his monogram appended. In German, some in French 
 and English, but most in Latin ; it includes prescriptions for cosmetics and 
 washes and for preservation of flowers, &c. 
 
 There is an ancient book-plate on the first fly-leaf, representing a peacock 
 displayed, standing on the stump of a tree, before which Mercury is driving 
 a pair of winged horses in a plough. Motto : ' Spes alit Agricolas.' 
 
 265 Dd. v. 26. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, 126 leaves, double columns, good 
 preservation ; same handwriting as preceding. 
 
 ' Medicamenta ad instruendam Omcinam nostram Chymicam 
 nunc praeparanda, Mens Oct. 1607 : 1 the author being 'Th. De 
 Mayerne.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 263 
 
 It relates to the preparation of medicines, with a few descriptions of the 
 apparatus employed, and the modes of adjusting and using such apparatus; 
 chiefly in Latin. Not published. 
 
 On the 105th leaf there is Cenmra Trogniana in aliquot operations hoc 
 libro contentas,' and on the 109th, ' Cathartica qucedam Mineralia.' 
 
 Many of the formulae, apparently original, have Mayerne's monogram : 
 others are taken from Paracelsus, with observations of the compiler, and the 
 doses to be administered. There is an index at the end. 
 
 266 Dd. v. 27. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, of 54 leaves, written probably in the 
 xv nth century. 
 
 Seemons for the Sundays and Holydays of the year. 
 
 At the top of f. 1 a are the words : 
 
 Jesus. Prologus in librum tropologie. 
 Exscripsi hunc librum ab alio in pergameno scripto in bibliotheca 
 majori Universitatis Cantabrigle, latere aquilonari. 
 Between this title and the commencement of the Preface are the words, 
 ' per Robertum Ridleium,' and at the foot of the page, 'Liber Roberti Ridlei,' 
 in a different ink and handwriting from the rest. In the right-hand lower 
 corner of the first page is the note, ' Author horum eruditissimorum Ser- 
 monum etsi nomen prorsus suppressit, nee nominari voluit, liquet tamen ex 
 opere non uno in loco monachum fuisse, ut ex sermone dominice 6 et 9 
 Trinitatis.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Quam jucunde videbit eternum Dei tabernaculum... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Cui sit gratiarum actio et gloria in secula seculorum. Amen. 
 
 267 Dd. v. 28. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 250 leaves, containing about 25 
 lines in a page. Apparently of the xvnth century. 
 
 Lectures of C^sae Cebmoninus on Aristotle, de Anima, 
 
 Lib. iii. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Prestantia hujus partis sequentis satis perspecta est ex sola an- 
 
 imadversione ... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ideo lingua esse parce utendum et ut dicebant Pythagorei non omni- 
 bus sunt pandenda omnia. 
 
264 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 At foot of f. 250 6 is subjoined the following stanza : 
 
 Cesarem ad magnum properate cuncti 
 Vos Cremoninum super astra ferte 
 Vera qui vobis Sophie corusce 
 
 Dogmata pandit. 
 The Lectures commence at the top of a page, with no title prefixed, 
 and are evidently a portion of a larger work. They are on the 3 rd Book of 
 the Treatise 'De Anima,' according to the Greek division, although the 
 references in them are to the 'texts' of the Arabs and Latins. Another 
 MS. in the Library (Dd. ix. 19) contains a commentary ascribed to the 
 same author, on Aristotle c De Anima/ Lib. n., according to the Latin 
 division. A part of the text is therefore common to both MSS., but the 
 commentary is not the same. Various unpublished works of Cremoninus 
 are referred to by Brucker, Buhle, and other writers, (see especially Nau- 
 daeana, Amst. 1703, p. 54,) but there is no special mention of these Lec- 
 tures. 
 
 Inside the cover the name ' Thos. Denne, Jun.' is written. 
 
 268 Dd. v. 29. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 89 leaves, excluding blanks, written 
 in the 18th century. 
 
 The MS. is paged regularly from f. 4 to the end. 
 f . 1 6 is headed 'Lemmata Cod. Arundel. Gr. N. 1.' 
 
 ' iiiKoyr] Km trvvoi\ns rav fiacrikiKav avv ■napairopmdis Kara otoi- 
 Xelop... K.r.X/ 
 Afterwards follow the titles of various veapal, or Novels of the Emperor 
 Constantine and others : which table is continued on f . 3 a, forming an Index 
 to part of the contents of the MS. from ff. 25—44. A short but complete 
 table of contents with references to the pages of the MS. is found on f. 2 a, 
 in which the sources whence the various treatises have been taken are fre- 
 quently mentioned, as given below. 
 1. ff. 4— 24. Title on f. 2a: 
 
 ' Hymni Greed Ecclesiastici prasertim C. P. ex Cod. MS. Gr. (de 
 musica Eccles.) chartac D. Humfredi Wanley. Coll. Univers. Oxon. 
 Soc' 
 f. 4 a contains the initial words or titles of a number of hymns. After- 
 wards follow hymns and titles of Psalms, with directions as to the seasons at 
 which they should be sung. 
 Begins (f. 4 a) : 
 
 t)X- a - 'Eawrij 17 e'lcrodos els to Spos... 
 Ends (f. 24 6) : 
 
 as nakai rr/v tov Sarrjpos irXev... csetera desunt magno reip. Eccle- 
 siasticae damno. turn sequitur lacera charta ultima. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 265 
 
 Ano t6 (sic) crapaTTfTO 'HpaBrjs. fj^. y. 
 Mijre'pes rjreKVOvvro. . . 
 ...r/Kpi^oKoyflro SSia<rTqpa tov ctovs. 
 
 ' ctetera desunt et hie explicit liber rarissimus, cui vix par invenien- 
 dus est, etsi sequioris sevi.' 
 
 2. ff. 25—44. 
 
 A transcript from a Gr. MS. in the Gresham Collection, v. Cat. Libb. 
 MSS. in Anglia. Vol. n. p. 84. No. 3423. 
 
 (1) { Fragmentum testamenti Greg. Nazian.' Merely the first words of 
 paragraphs are given ; then follow : 
 
 (2) ' Motxtwo? [qu. Mocr^'Wor?] viroQijicai.' 
 ' irepi B«re£rou.' 
 
 ' irepl yevvijcreais avBpconov kui odey rplrov kol tvvarov Ka\ recraapa- 
 
 KOCTTOV.' 
 
 (3) £27. 
 
 " jrfpi rau norapav.' 
 
 (4) f. 29. 
 
 ' 'Apxv criiv 6e& twu rponaiv, k.t.A.' 
 
 'Eustath. Antecessoris v. Juris Graeco-Romani, Tomi duo. Fran- 
 cofurti, 1596.' 
 Imperfect, ending f. 30 a. 
 
 (5) f. 30 6. 
 
 * Ae^ets 'PcopoLKai Ktipevai iv tg> vopa Kara trroi\€iov' 
 Amongst these is inserted, f. 32 a, a short paragraph ' wept perpav-' Im- 
 perfect, ending f. 34 a. 
 
 (6) f. 34 6. 
 
 ' Synodica Sisinnii adv. nuptias illicitas.' 
 Nothing is given but the title, and first and concluding paragraphs with 
 the refer. ' Juri. Gr. Rom. Tom. i. p. 197 sqq.' 
 
 (7) f. 35 6. 
 
 ' e/cXoyi) Ka\ a-ivo^ns rS>v fiacrtXiKwv.' 
 A collection of various Novels which have been edited by Labbe, Meur- 
 sius, and in the Jur. Gr. Rom. Tom. n. 
 
 (8) £45. 
 
 ' npo\ey6peva jr/s prjTopiidjs. 
 ' E Cod. chart. MS. Colleg. SS. Trinit. Cantabr.' pi. 9- 18-H ' Troilus So- 
 phista. Excerpta.' 
 Begins: 
 
 ttjv prjropiKrjV 8ta(pop<os rives (opitravro. 
 
 The citations made by Troilus are copied out. The treatise itself (being 
 that form into which Maximus Planudes has cast it) is edited inWalz. Rhet. 
 Gr. Vol. v. p. 212 sqq. 
 
266 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 (9) f. 46. ' Sequuntur in eodem codice : irpdkeydpeva r&v irpoyvpvao-pd- 
 rtov Aphthonii sc. c^yrja-is tov pvOov etc' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 avavKtvr] avopao-rai. 
 
 The names and fragments of the authors cited are similarly copied out. 
 These scholia are a portion of the same as those edited by Walz. JRhet. Gr. 
 Vol. n. p. 1. sqq. See p. 25. 
 
 (10) ff. 47, 48 a. ' Sequuntur in eodem Cod. rrpo\ey6peva twv o-rcureav. 
 f. Sopatri.' The scholia are fully copied out. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 o to ttjs pr)Topiiajs /3t/3\i'oi> crvvrera^as 'Eppoyevrjs. 
 Ends: 
 
 TpiTOV TO Ttbv Ibe&v. 
 
 The author is Maximus Planudes. See Walz. Rhet. Gr. Vol. v. pp. 222 — 
 230. The present MS. ends at p. 228. 
 
 (11) ff. 486— 526. 
 
 ' S\oX. els 'Eppoyevovs (rrdcTfis.' 
 Begins : 
 
 iroWmv ovrav. 
 The compiler has merely copied out the places where the Scholiast refers 
 to other authors. 
 
 The scholia are evidently those of Maximus Planudes, edited by Walz. 
 Rhet. Gr. Vol. v. pp. 232 sqq. 
 
 (12) ff. 53 a— 676. 
 
 'Eod. Cod. rrep\ Xoyoypafplas, wep\ imo-Tokav, ncpl (tt'ixcov elo-ayayipav.' 
 In marg. 
 
 ' " Christianum fuisse constat, nee quid amplius : nonnullos citat auc- 
 tores quos alibi vix comperies." Inepte.' 
 Begins : 
 
 nacra \6yov (Sea Ik pep&u ok™ crvyiceirai, ivvolas, \e£ea>s, (r^ij/jaros, 
 pe668ov, K<i"kav, avvBrjiajs, avaTravtreas, Kal pvBpov, Trepl av pa6r)S pev 
 ev r& Tusv iSetoK /3(j3Aico tov 'Eppoyivovs nXarvrepov Kal aorpaTtpov 
 ivraiida 8t 8i8a|o/iai ere cor iyxapei Kai pakurra Kara rrjv o-qpepov 
 Tipa>p€vrjv \oyoypa(piav. 
 Ends: 
 
 Km npbs tovtois to trivronov. 
 Another but an imperfect copy of this work will be found in Dd. xi. 54. 
 A treatise irepl cirio-Tokutaiv riwav, by Theophilus Corydalleus, first printed 
 at London in 1625, and afterwards at Halle, is a different, but very similar 
 production. 
 
 The author cannot have lived earlier than the xnth or xnith century, as 
 appears by the allusions to fZao-iXeiis ayyekdwpos and to Ptochoprodromus. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 267 
 
 He quotes or refers to a great number of classical and medieval writers, but, 
 so far as the former at least are concerned, seems to have preserved nothing 
 otherwise unknown. The work appears to be unedited. 
 
 (13) f. 68. ' In Eod. Cod. marg. Sopater in Hermog.' 
 
 Pnncip. crrpoyyvkov (rxrjpa fort robe *** fin. (piKocrocpos poi%6v evpwv 
 C7ri TJj yvvaiKi o-vvaKurev avra tt)V yvvaiKa Kai Kplverai wapavoptas. Ex 
 hujusmodi thesibus consistit pars posterior notarum. ... Sequuntur Theo- 
 phrasti characteres.' 
 
 The compiler has noticed a few citations of authors that occur in the 
 treatise. The early part of it is edited (without the author's name) in Walz. 
 Rhet. Gr. Vol. in. p. 704 sqq. ; the theses are not given there. 
 
 (14) ff. 68 — 84 a. ' Epitome Dionysii Halicarn. nepl crvvBeaeas ovoparaiv. 
 Ita tit. Melioris notae liber.' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 baipov toi Kai eya tckvov (pike 'Povfpc MeAme tovto SiSapi, k.t.X. 
 
 Goes down to : 
 
 Toiavra 8e eVrl ra opoia tols KaXois Xoyois perpa Kai peXr], dta rav- 
 ras yivopeva ras aiTias. 
 (i. e. within a few lines of the end of the treatise.) After this sentence pro- 
 ceeds another paragraph of 28 lines, which does not occur in the Leipsic 
 edition (1829), on the names of Greek feet, beginning : 
 (movfteios trovs crvyKtiTai eK 8vo paKpav. 
 And ending: 
 
 8i<nrov8elos £k reatraptav panpav oiov 'HpuKXei'Sijs. 
 
 (15) ff. 84 a to the end. 
 
 The compiler next remarks that in the Trinity College MS. follow 
 Aristidis monodia in Smyrnam and Diogenis Laertii vitce philosophorum : he 
 then gives the various readings of part of this MS. of Diogenes, as compared 
 with the Amsterdam edition of Meibomius (1692) ; but after collating as far 
 as the end of ' Plato/ observes : ' Hucusque progressus sum, cum inopinato 
 nocte intempesta Apr. 6. MS. e manu nostra abreptus est : restitit tantillum 
 temporis ut ordinem reliquorum librorum concinnarem. Platonem sequitur 
 Speusippus, Xenocrates/ &c. (naming them) i kvvikoi <pi\6o-ocpoi. 
 
 With these words (p. 172) the MS. ends. 
 
 269 Dd. v. 30. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 80 leaves, about 35 lines on each page, 
 handwriting the same, of the early part of the xvn th century. 
 
 I. " Catholicum ad reverendi in Ohristo pairis ac Domini 
 mei Bpiscopi Bel[loJvacensis [i. e. Beauvais] jussum." 
 
268 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 This is a Glossary of 34 leaves, irregularly alphabetical ; the words 
 being chiefly Low Latin, interpreted partly in Latin, partly in French, 
 with notes and verses illustrative of the differences in quantity, e. g., 
 
 Abatis, fournier indeclinable; Abatis ad ccenam dat equis Abbatis 
 avenas. 
 Again: 
 
 Tela manu jacere mihi non placet immo jacere 
 Si non vis lapidem jacere dimitte jacere 
 Uxoris tenere gremio, mammasque tenere. 
 In the margin the pages are enumerated in regular order of some work 
 from which this has been abridged. 
 
 II. The next 46 leaves contain the Skeleton of a Greek 
 Lexicon, compiled apparently from several MS. Lexica with the 
 class number in their proper library appended, as for instance, 
 
 6/c tov \el*tKov t£>v floravwv Kara aroi-^eiov nu. DCCCXLV. 
 There are references also to Hypatus de partibus corporis humani. 
 
 270 Dd. v. 31. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 192 leaves. 
 
 The MS. appears to be in three different hands, written at various times 
 in the first half of the xviith century, the first and third hands may possibly 
 be the same. 
 
 f. 1 contains a partial index of the contents. 
 
 ff. 2—6. Notes of Sermons by Dr Fenton (St Stephen's, Walbrook), in 
 1st hand. 
 
 ff. 7—9, 26, 78, are blank. 
 
 ff. 10 — 12. Notes of Sermons by Dr Fenton, in 1st hand. 
 
 ff. 13, 14. Notes of Sermon by Dr Westfield, in a 2nd hand. 
 
 ff. 15 — 18. Notes of Sermons by Dr Fenton, in 1st hand. 
 
 ff. 19, 20. Notes of Sermons by Dr Westfield, in 2nd hand. 
 
 ff. 21— 25. Notes of Sermons by Dr Fenton, in 1st hand. 
 
 ff. 27 — iS. Other notes of Sermons by Dr Fenton, in a 3rd hand. 
 
 ff. 44—77. Sermons by Dr Fenton, in 1st hand. 
 
 ff. 79 — 86 contain a Sermon by Dr Duppa, on Ps. xlii. 6, preached before 
 Charles I. at Newport, Oct. 25th, 1648, and printed* ; in 3rd hand. 
 
 ff. 87—95 contain a Sermon by Dr Curie, Bp of Norwich (Luke xv. 10), 
 in 3rd hand. 
 
 ff. 96—105 contain a Sermon by Archbishop Usher, Lord Primate of Ire- 
 land, on 1 Cor. xiv. 33, in 3rd hand. No Sermon on this text is found in 
 the published Works, Ed. Dublin, 1847. 
 
 * In the Library E. v. 45. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 269 
 
 ff. 106 — 112 contain a Sermon by Dr Potter, in 3rd hand. 
 
 ff. 113 — 122 contain a Sermon by Dr Wren, in 3rd hand. 
 
 ff. 123—138 contain notes of Sermons by Dr Shute (July, 1G42), in 3rd 
 hand. 
 
 ff. 139 — 141 contain notes of Sermons, in 2nd hand. 
 
 ff. 142 — 147 contain notes of Discourses relating to the Romish Contro- 
 versy, in 1st hand. 
 
 ff. 148 — 162. Notes of Sermon by Mr Caril of Lincoln's Inn, in 3rd hand. 
 
 ff. 163 — 166. Notes of Sermons by Mr Jackson, first by 3rd hand, second 
 by 2nd hand. 
 
 ff. 166—182. Notes of Sermons by Mr Shute, in 2nd hand. 
 
 ff. 183, 184 6. ' D r Miclethwait his answere to a frend that desired to be 
 Resolved About Bowinge before the Holy Table or Altar/ in 3rd hand. 
 
 ff. 185 contains Notes of a Sermon, in 2nd hand. 
 
 ff. 186 contains a determination by Dr Fenton of the question, Wheither 
 a man may marry his Cosin-Germain's daughter. 
 
 ff. 186, 187 contain 'A statement of the grounds whereupon Divines have 
 condemned. The Payntinge of the face for a Sinne afore God.' 
 
 ff 188, 189 contain Notes of a Sermon by Dr Felton upon Dr Fenton's 
 funeral (with note, R. Fenton died 1615, aged 50). 
 
 ff. 190 — 192. Notes of Sermons, in 2nd hand. 
 
 271 Dd. v. 32. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 238 leaves, written in xvnth century. 
 
 ' Controversial christians fidei inter vers religionis professores et adver- 
 saries.' Thirty-two questions controverted between Protestants and the 
 Church of Rome are here discussed, in English, at some length, with 
 references to Bellarmine, Calvin, Field, and others. 
 
 272 Dd. v. 33. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 82 leaves ; the handwriting of the 
 xvmth century. 
 
 The MS. is irregularly paged. 
 
 It contains various questions, with short determinations upon them, in 
 Latin, in the manner of the Schoolmen, 
 ff. 1—22. 
 
 ' Questiones Sophisticse.' 
 ff. 23—37. 
 
 ' Questiones Praedicabiles.' 
 ff. 38—44. 
 
 ' Quaestiones Antepraedicamentales.' 
 
 ff. 45—77. 
 
 ' Quaestiones Prsadicamentales.' 
 
 ff. 78—82. 
 
 'Quaestiones Postprsedicamentales.' 
 
270 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 273-282 Dd. v. 34—43. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 283 Dd. 7. 44. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, 40 leaves, in a handwriting of the 
 xvnth century. 
 
 A Catalogue of a Scientific Library of Works on Common 
 Law, Medicine, Surgery, Alchemy, Magic, and Botany. 
 
 On the first leaf is written : ' Hie Catalogus consummatus erit super 
 undecim diem Septembris in anno Domini 1633 per me Johannem Derkin 
 servum ad tres illos magistros, primum ad Stephanum Potte, turn ad Lau- 
 rentium Sadler, postquam ad Franciscum Hill, et denique rursum ad 
 Laurentium Sadler, qui nunc horum librorum in hoe Catalogo est pos- 
 sessor.' 
 
 284 Dd. v. 45. 
 
 A paper book, in small quarto, of nearly 200 leaves, written 
 about 1630. 
 
 ' Catalogus Librorum in Bibliotheca Joannensi.' 
 
 This title is on a fly-leaf, at the beginning, on which is also ' Vol. 123.' 
 The books are catalogued alphabetically, in classes, of which the largest 
 consists of ' Libri theologici :' the other classes consist of * Libri Medici,' 
 'Libri Juris,' and * Libri Artium.' The size, place, and date of each edition 
 are given. The leaves were written only on one side, and on the blank 
 pages entries were made from time to time. See No. 293. 
 
 285 Dd. v. 46. 
 
 A book in quarto, of 43 leaves, of parchment and paper, written 
 soon after 1420. 
 
 'Willelmus Kyngesmylle...DE forma et compositione car- 
 tarum et aliorum munimentorum...ad modum et vsum modern- 
 orum. 1 
 
 This title is extracted from the author's introduction, which begins (f. 1): 
 Quia pium et necessarium est tam plures clericlos ^sic] quam alios 
 ydoneos in composicione et cognicione cartarum et aliorum munimen- 
 torum minime eruditos qui huiusmodi artificium proponunt exercere 
 secundum legem et regni Anglisa consuetudinem informare Ego 
 igitur... 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 271 
 
 On f. 41 6 is given, after other forms, ' Testamentum in extremis,' be- 
 ginning : ' In dei nomine. Amen, vltimo die mensis Junij Anno dni millmo 
 ccco mo xx m ° Ego Wills Kyngysmylle de Oxon...' 
 
 This is followed by a codicil, dated ' xxvi'° die Decembris Anno dni, &c. 
 hiis testibus ;' and an Inventory of goods taken after his death, and dated 
 ' vicesimo die mensis Decembris A° dni millimo cccc mo &c.' which appears 
 to be imperfect. 
 
 On a scrap of parchment at the beginning is a copy of ' Inquicicio coram 
 Justic' pacis dni Regis,' dated ' Oxon. die lune infra Octob. Pasch. A regis 
 henrici VI" post conquestum octauo...' On the back of this piece, in a hand 
 of about the same period as the rest, is, 
 
 Est | ori | West | occi | Borias | North | Sowth | petit . 
 
 286 Dd. v. 47. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, consisting of 55 leaves, unpaged, 
 each page consisting of about 20 lines : written in a very late 
 hand, probably of the xvnth century; without title or author's 
 name. 
 
 A Compendium op Logic. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Hoc opere. Loci topici. 
 
 Tempus est accidens in diversis 
 substantiis. 
 
 Personarie hique vel a 
 
 1. Nomine. 
 
 2. Natura. 
 
 3. Victu. 
 
 4. Fortuna. 
 6. Habitu. 
 
 6. Affectione. 
 
 7. Studiis. 
 
 8. Conciliis. 
 
 9. Factis. 
 
 10. Casu. 
 
 11. Oratione. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Hi octo modi his versiculis comprehenduntur. 
 1. Affectum; 2. quantum; 3. vestitum; 4. die velut aurum. 
 5. Membrum; 6. contentum; 7. possessio; 8. vir mulierem. Plures 
 forsan modi istis possunt addi, sed hi quos recensuimus sunt vulgares 
 et praecipui. 
 The whole work is a collection of mere skeletons, which it would be 
 useless to describe further. 
 
272 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 287 Dd. v. 48. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 288 Dd. v. 49. 
 
 1. A paper book, in quarto. 
 
 Precedents relating to the Office of a Justice of 
 the Peace. 
 
 74 ff. with 8 leaves of Index. 
 
 Contains forms of warrants, indentures, recognizances, licences, 
 commitments, &c. 
 
 2. 13 pages of a copy-book, apparently belonging to ' Let- 
 titia Walsall. 1 
 
 3. A copy of 'Orders agreed upon for the House of 
 Correction at Acle, the 10th of May, lb'll.' 
 
 On the last page occurs the name of 'Anthony Parmenter,' in whose 
 handwriting the hook appears to be. 
 
 289 Dd. v. 50. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto. 
 
 Contains notes of readings delivered during the years 1602 — 
 1610, by Ley, Crue, Hubbert, Bawtry, Hitchcocke, Trefuze, 
 Prowd, Denham, Delabere, Moore, Methwold, Diggs, Tucker, 
 and Waltham. 
 
 Also 12 leaves of notes from law cases in the reigns of Ed. VI. 
 and Eliz. 
 
 290 Dd. v. 51. 
 
 Two paper books, in quarto, in the same handwriting; one 
 paged from 109 to 196, the other from 198 to 228. 
 
 In binding, the latter has been placed first. Notes of read- 
 ings by Tanfield, Warde, Mallett (1626). 
 
 At p. 150, '■My relacon to theBenche of M r Mallets Readings! 
 
 Also of readings by Bartlett, Franckline, Clarke, Jermyn 
 (1629), Lane, Cowpers, Townsende, Pepis, Bears, and Palmer 
 (1639). 
 
 At p. 154, ' My relacon to the BencheofM r Bartletts readings.'' 
 
 At the end are some blank leaves, and an address to the 
 Reader (Turner?) at the close of his lectures. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 273 
 
 291 Dd. v. 52. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, containing ff. 333 in double 
 columns of 57 lines in each column. Date, the xivth century. 
 
 BlBLIA VuLGATA SaNCTI HlERONYMI. 
 
 After the usual prologues Genesis begins, and the books of the Old 
 Testament follow in the usual order, Maccabees ending f. 273 b. The whole 
 of St Matthew, and St Mark as far as ch. ix. 25, ' ita ut multi dicerent quia 
 estmortuus' is torn out. The books of the New Testament follow as usual, 
 except that the Acts is after the Epistle to the Hebrews. There are minute 
 scholia throughout. The Revelation ends f. 332 a, and a list of passages ' de 
 ymaginibus' follows. On the last leaf a later hand has written, 
 
 Ad perpetuam rei memoriam notandum est, quod dominus Robertus 
 Stapelhill nuper rector ecclesie de Goodie in Com. Devon, languens in 
 extremis noluit hunc librum vendi, sed dari alicui literato et continue 
 derivari et transferri a viro in virum et saltim indigenti : nee vendi- 
 tione detur tradi, nisi major ingruerit penuria et paupertas. Oret 
 assidue occupans pro anima illius. Et predictus Robertus Oxon. 
 obiit in festo sancte Praxedis, viz. in nocte Marie Magdalene anno 
 domini millesimo cccc°. quinquagesiino octavo. 
 And below, 
 
 O quanta abusio, quanta perversitas, quod ossa sanctorum expo- 
 
 nuntur ad questum 
 Ut qui omnes pecunias respuerunt vivi cogantur mendicare jam 
 mortui. 
 
 232 Dd. v. 53. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, 146 leaves, double columns, 36 lines 
 
 in each for the first 92 leaves, and then only about 28 lines for 
 
 the remainder, the latter half of the MS. damaged by damp, 
 
 otherwise in good preservation. 
 
 A fly-leaf of parchment contains two or three receipts in Latin and 
 
 English. . 
 
 The second leaf is the commencement of a Botanical Dictionary, 
 
 Beginning: 
 
 Hie incipit sinonoma herbarum. 
 Ending on. the same page : 
 
 Amsericon v. herba perforata, herba Johannis. 
 1. After several pages, blank, except for two recipes, one in English, 
 the other Latin, the MS. begins f. 10. It is ornamented with red letters, but 
 most of the initial letters are wanting. 
 
274 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The colophon supplies the title 
 
 'Radix Mbdicinarum. 1 
 
 This is a work in three books with a short preface, and appears to be 
 by John Arderne, the author of § 2. 
 The preface begins : 
 
 [QJuoniam ut ait Platearius in principio sue practice ' Amicum indnit 
 qui partibus amicorum condescendit.' 
 The first two books treat of the pathology of the four regions of the body 
 in order, beginning with the head. 
 
 First Book, Cap. i. 
 
 De infirmitatibus prime regionis sive capitis, Allopicia est infirmitas 
 capillorum, &c. 
 It contains 38 chapters and discusses the first two regions. 
 The second book begins (p. 68) 1st column. There seems to be a clerical 
 error in the rubrical reading " Secunda Regio." 
 Begins : 
 
 De Fastidio Stomachi, containing 35 chapters. 
 Ends: 
 
 Explicit Cirurgia, Incipit de Febribus (p. 119). 
 The treatise on Fevers contains 18 chapters. 
 Ending (p. 159) : 
 
 Nunc finem feci, penitet me si male scripsi. Explicit Radix Medi- 
 cinarum. 
 
 The black ink at the foot of the several pages has suffered much from 
 damp, the red is quite uninjured. In the blank space on the last two pages 
 a later hand has added a table of contents of all the above. 
 
 2. This contains 110 pages, nearly corresponding with the foregoing, 
 saving it has fewer lines in the page. At p. 52 a diagram is wanting. 
 
 Extracta de libro Magistri Joannis Arderne in practiea sua contra 
 omnem guttam unguentum probation etc. 
 It contains several recipes and some charms ; at p. 66 it proceeds to treat 
 of the signs of the Zodiack and their virtues, with the following rubrick : 
 Interpretatio 12 Signorum. 
 It is followed by a scheme for calculating lunations. 
 At p. 72 begins 
 
 De Retardatione senectutis secundum Rogerum Bakon. 
 At p. 78, 
 
 Incipit Tractatus de virtutibus lapidum pretiosorum. They are de- 
 scribed alphabetically. Adamas est lapis, &c. 
 p. 96. De anulo et aliis speciebus. 
 
 p. 97. An alphabetical index of foreign herbs and spices, De asa 
 fetida, &c. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 275 
 
 p. 106. De regimine salutis. In Hexameters. 
 Beginning : 
 
 Anglorum regi scripsit tota scola Salerni 
 Flores doctrine compilate medicine 
 Si vis incolumem si vis te reddere sanum 
 Escas linque graves, &c. 
 Ending : 
 
 de Escula. 
 
 Escula dura bona, set mollia sunt meliora. 
 The MS. closes with a charm by another hand, 
 
 pro raorsu canis rabidi. 
 John Ardeme lived in the xivth century, in Newark in Nottinghamshire. 
 None of his works seem to have been printed except one on Fistula in a 
 translation by John Read (1588) : ' Ce qui doit d'autant plus e'tonner que 
 cet ouvrage est peut-etre aussi utile qu'aucun de ceux qui aient ete ecrits 
 sur cet profession dans ces temps-la, excepte' celui de Guy de Chauliac' See 
 Dictionnaire Historique de Medicine. Paris, 1828. 
 
 293 Dd. v. 54. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, of 40 pages, bound up with No. 292, 
 written in a neat hand about 1620. 
 
 ' Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecse Johanensis quo libri (quot- 
 quot ibi extant) Alphabetice disponuntur secundum quatuor 
 facilitates.' 
 
 This is a somewhat earlier catalogue than No. 284, but the books are 
 divided into the same classes which are described on the title page, though 
 they occur in a different order. At the end is a list of duplicates and ' opera 
 supervacua.' 
 
 294 Dd. v. 55. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, containing 93 leaves, with 28 
 lines in a page : the handwriting large and good, of the xivth 
 century ; the titles of the chapters rubricated ; leaves numbered 
 (beginning at f. 4), and marginal notes added in pale yellow ink 
 in the xvith century. From the numbering it appears that eight 
 leaves are wanting between ff. 80, 81. 
 
 Treatises by Eichard Rolle of Hampole. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 80. Without title, and imperfect, Scala Perfec- 
 tions, a treatise on holy life addressed to an anchoress, in 91 
 
 t2 
 
276 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 chapters. The index contains the titles of 93 chapters, but the 
 treatise has only 91, the titles 79, 87 of the index being omitted. 
 The substance is however complete. See below. 
 
 The same treatise is complete (with the same variation in the index), but 
 likewise without title, in Ff. 5. 40. § 3, where the text differs slightly, and 
 the orthography considerably. Tanner describes the treatise as : ' The 7 
 partie of a boke which Richard Hampole made to an anchoress, part ii.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Gastli sister in ihu Criste I pray f e fat in J>e callyng. 
 Ends (imperfect) in c. 88 (86) : 
 
 & mekyl abate }>e vayne delyte far of fat fow sal. (Ff. 5. 40. f. 86 a, 
 line 4.) 
 Another copy of the same treatise, arranged in accordance with the 
 index, and followed by a second part, occurs Ee. iv. 30, where it is ascribed 
 to Walter Hilton (or Hylton) of Thurgarton : v. Tanner. 
 
 2. ff. 81 a— 92 b. 
 
 De divinis mandatis tractatus. 
 
 Several leaves at the beginning wanting. The tract is complete in Ff. 
 5, 40, § 4, where the above title is given. 
 Begins : 
 
 [god]nes. Be boner and meke til alle men. 
 Ends : 
 
 qwo so cries harthely aftyr Goddes mercy. 
 On f. 92 b, are appended 14 couplets, also occurring in Ff. 5. 40. § 4. 
 Beginning : 
 
 fay fat wifouten lawe dos synne 
 Wif outyn lawe sal peris farinne. 
 Ending : 
 
 f e day of flayinge and grete affraye 
 f e day of parthynge fra God for aye. 
 
 3. f. 93. 
 
 A paragraph chiefly from St Bernard, Bonaventura, and 
 Richard of Hampole. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Contynuel meditacion of f e passyon of Criste. 
 Ends: 
 
 thorowe f i seue woundys. 
 The MS. is bound up with 5 parchment leaves containing Latin writing 
 of the xvth century, on ' time and motion.' On one of these is written, 
 Gregory Clarke, Aul. Cath. Alumn. Anno Domini 1705. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 277 
 
 295 Dd. v. 56. 
 
 Quarto, 8 in. by 6 in. on paper, of 291 leaves. 
 Notes upon the two first portions of the book of Genesis, 
 extracted from Rabbinical sources (Abarbanel, Jarchi, &c.) 
 
 ff. 1 — 50 are in a different handwriting from the latter part ; on f . 51 b is 
 written, in the 2nd hand, the date ' 1646, March 20/ and on f. 100 b, 'March 
 27, 1G47.' 
 
 On f. 1 a are the words ' M r Worthington's Book,' and on the last leaf 
 the names John Nettles, Thomas Nettles, and Marke Nettles are scribbled 
 several times. 
 
 ff. 101, 191 are blank, f . 1 b contains references to several passages in 
 the book of Exodus. 
 
 1. ff. 2 a — 50 a contain notes on the first 12 chapters, the 
 heading being 
 
 Nomen Authoris : 
 
 n^l^l nrtJO An oblation mixed with honey. 
 JVtWO nBHB Parashath Bareshith. 
 Begins : 
 
 According to the opinion of hamiddrash. . 
 Ends: 
 
 ...doth justify the father. 
 
 Finis Parashath Noah. 
 
 2. ff. 52 a— 291a. 
 
 Observations of the Rabbins upon Genesis, the first section 
 called Bereshith. Cap. 1. 
 Beginning : 
 
 '"O In principio. The word is commonly used... 
 Ending with a note on Gen. xxiv. 4, the last words being : 
 
 And my Lord is old, &c. 
 
 6.298 Dd. v. 57—59. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 9j3 oo Dd. v. 60, 61. 
 
 . Two common-place books of paper, now bound together. 
 
 They contain : 
 
 1. A Chronology of times from Adam, according to the title, but rather 
 A Collection of short lives of various persons named in early history. 
 
 2. Notes out of Burton's Melancholy, &c. 
 
278 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 3. The Continuation of Jul. Caesars Storye by Thomas Maye. 
 
 4. Essayes. 
 
 5. Some songs, as ' a Rapture,' ' a Paradox,' * a Kisse,' and others of 
 small merit. 
 
 6. London, 1638. Maluezzi's Romulus et Tarquin. Translated by Cary 
 of Leppington. 
 
 7. London, 1638. Machiauell his discourse upon Liuye. 
 
 On the three waste leaves that remain are scribbled ' Tho. Evelyn,' and 
 ' Eld. Revetti Clarensis liber,' with some proverbs, and such like. 
 
 301,302 Dd. v. 62, 63. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 303 Dd. v. 64. 
 
 An octavo, on parchment, of 142 leaves, in different hand- 
 writings: ff. 1 — 16 being in the same or a similar hand with 
 ff. 101—142, and of the xmth century: ff. 17 — 100 containing 
 the treatise ' De incendio amoris,' being of the xvith century. 
 
 The number of lines in the first ] 6 leaves is 30, in the rest of the MS. 
 about 26. 
 
 Above the text on f. 101 is written, probably in the xvnth century, and 
 much faded, the name ' Alex. Harrison of York.' 
 
 1. ff. la — 16 a. Ricardus Hampole, ' De Emendatione vite 
 sive regula vivendi? 
 
 Begins : 
 
 QNJe tardes converti ad dominum, et ne differas de die in diem. 
 Ends: 
 
 melodia ipsum eternaliter laudare, cui sit honor, &c. Amen. 
 Occurs in English, Ff. 5. 40. § 2, where, however, chapters 8 and 10 are 
 much fuller. The rest agrees closely. 
 
 2. f. 165. Imperfect, only one page remaining. 
 
 ' Exposicio oracionis dominice secundum Ricardum Hampole.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Hec oracio privilegiata est in duobus... 
 Ends: 
 
 Ita dicuntur sanctificari, sicut clarificari. 
 
 3. ff. 17 a— 100 a. 
 
 ' Incipit liber primus de Incendio Amoris secundum beatum 
 Ricardum heremitam de Hampole.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 279 
 
 Begins (after the Prologue, ' Admirabar amplius quam enunciacio ...') : 
 
 QN^overint universi in hoe erumpnoso... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...celesti summo imperatori, in secula seculorum. Amen. 
 This is the ' Melodia Amoris ' of Tanner. 
 
 The rest of f. 100 is occupied by a glossary to some of the words contained 
 ' in libro qui voeatur melum R. heremite.' 
 
 4. ff. 101 a — 122 5. A Treatise divided into twelve chapters. 
 ' Forma vivendi scripta a beato Eicardo heremita ad Marga- 
 
 retam anachoritam, suam dilectam discipulam.' 1 
 Begins : 
 
 In ilk a synful man or woman fat es bunden in dedly syn... 
 Ends: 
 
 }>e grace of ihu criste be with pe and kepe pe. Amen. 
 Ff. 5. 40. § 5, is another copy of this treatise, with considerable varia- 
 tions in the spelling, and occasionally slight ones in the text also. 
 
 5. ff. 122 5— 129 a. 
 
 A Treatise of loving Jesus Christ. 
 Begins : 
 
 £E]go dormio et cor meum vigilat. pai pat lyste lufe herken and 
 here of lufe... 
 A meditation in verse on the passion of Jesus occurs on ff. 126 b, 127 a, 
 beginning : 
 
 My keynge fat water grette. . . 
 And ending : 
 
 fat I lufe may syng. 
 And f. 128 a, ' a sang of lufe,' concludes the treatise, beginning: 
 My sange es in syhtyng. my lyfe es in langynge 
 Til I pe se my keyng. so fayre in pi schynynge. 
 And ending : 
 
 And I pi lufe sal syng. thorow syght of pi schynynge 
 in heven wipowten endyng. Amen. 
 Explicit tractatus Ricardi heremite de hampole scriptus cuidam moniali 
 de zedyngham. 
 
 There was a Benedictine Nunnery at Yeddingham, in Yorkshire : v. Dug- 
 dale. 
 
 6. ff. 129 a — 134 a. A Treatise, similar to the last, addressed 
 
 to a sister. 
 Begins : 
 
 pe comawndement of Godes pat we lufe oure lorde. . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ...pai er taken up intil pe orders of awngels to se hym in endles ioy 
 pat pai have lufed. Amen. 
 ' Explicit tractatus Ricardi hampole scriptus cuidam sorori de hampole.' 
 
280 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 7. A poem, written on 15 pages of 26 lines each, hand- 
 writing as before, some of the chief capitals wanting : 
 'Cantus Compassionis Oheisti et Consolacionis Etebni.' 
 
 According to the colophon, it was also entitled ' Cantica divini 
 Amoris secundum Bicardum Hampole.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 134 a) : 
 
 [U]nkynde man gif kepe til me 
 And loke what payne I suffer for J>e. 
 Ends (fol. 142 a) : 
 
 Sarynes lat it noght sytt wyth )>e 
 
 Bot in gladnes of god euer mare make J>ow ]>i gle. 
 
 Amen. 
 Another version of this poem with slight variations is preserved in 
 the MSS. Lincoln. A. 1, 17. The dialect is strongly marked by 
 Northumbrian peculiarities. 
 
 8. Annexed to the above is a fragment of another poem 
 secundum eundem Ricardum. 
 
 Begins (fol. 142 a) : 
 
 [T]hy ioy be ilk a dele to serue Tpi god to pay 
 
 For al Jtis worldes wele pu sees wytes away. 
 Breaks off (fol. 142 b) : 
 
 And Jjou y desyres gretely to com to contemplacioun 
 
 Me thynk J>at J>e nedes greteley... 
 The author refers to the treatise On Contemplation by the 'greet 
 clerk fat men cals Ricard of saynt Victor,' who died 1173. 
 
 30* Dd. v. 65. 
 
 Octavo, on parchment, containing ff. 88 with 18 lines in 
 each page. It has illuminated initials, and a few vignettes and 
 borders. Date, the xvth century. There are catchwords after 
 every eighth leaf. 
 
 HorjE Beat^e MarijM Virginis. 
 
 A leaf is lost between ff. 4 and §, containing the Kalendar for September 
 and October, 16 ff. between ff. 6 and 7, 2 between ff. 47 and 48, 1 between 
 68 and 69, 1 between 79 and 80, and the last leaf is cut in two. 
 
 After the Kalendar, the Hours begin f. 6 in the middle of Lauds with Ps. 
 lxii.ll c [vul]pium erunt:' the initial letter to each hour contains a vignette, 
 the 7 Penitential Psalms begin f. 32, followed by the 15 Psalms and Litany ; 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 281 
 
 then, f. 47, in a later hand a prayer to St Sebastian for his intercession against 
 the plague. Two leaves are here lost, containing the beginning of the 
 Vigiliae mortuorum, which begin f. 48 in the middle of Ps. cxxxvii. 2. ' [ve]- 
 ritate tua ;' then f. 69, the Commendationes animarum, the leaf containing 
 the commencement being lost, and then the 16 Oos, the beginning of these 
 prayers also being lost. The last 3 leaves contain S. Bernard's Devota 
 Oratio de nomine Jesu, and the O Intemerata. 
 
 305 Dd. v. 66. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 114 leaves, in bad preservation, and ill- 
 written ; of the xvnth century. 
 
 A volume of receipts, anonymous. 
 
 On the last leaf is a table of contents of the whole, headed 
 
 ' A General Table of the Receipts of Chirurgery and PhisicJce,' 1 
 and ' A Table of Phisicall waights.' 
 
 306 Dd. v. 67. 
 
 A small quarto, paper, 116 pages, uniform handwriting of the 
 xvnth century. 
 
 1. ' JoHANNIS MaGIRI PHYSIOLOGIC PeRIP ATETICjE.' 
 
 An abridged copy of the Physiologia Peripatetica of Johannes Magirus. 
 Unfinished. The MS. formerly belonged to Bulstrode Whitlocke. 
 
 The work has been printed, and is in six books, of which the MS. contains 
 only four, and not quite ten chapters of the fifth. The best edition of the 
 work seems to be one printed, with copious commentaries, at Camb. 1642. 
 Magirus of Fritzlar, was M.D. and professor of Physics at Marpurg, and 
 died 1596. See Algem. Gelehrt. Lex. Roterm. rv. 369. Leips. 1813. 
 
 2. 24 leaves, of which 9 are blank, written in the same hand 
 as the rest of the MS., with about 29 lines in each page. The 
 pages have been transposed by the binder. 
 
 De moralibus virtutibus Hieronimi Wildenbergii 
 Aurimontani [i.e. G-olberg in Silesia] Epitome. 
 
 A treatise, in three books, on Ethics, Politics, and (Economics, which 
 seems never to have been printed. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Moralis philosophia est scientia de moribus. 
 
282 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ut quisque plurimorum bonorum sit autor et causa meliorque ex- 
 istat. Finis moralis Philosophise. 
 The chapters are headed De Jure, de Justitia, de Prudentia, &c. 
 For an account of the author see Jocher's Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexicon, 
 Leips. 1751. iv. col. 1960. He died in 1558. 
 
 3. 35 leaves, containing a single entry in each. 
 'QujEStiones Physic*:. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 An de rebus physicis sit scientia ? 
 
 Ends: 
 
 An primus motus sit infinitse virtutis et tantum unus? with a 
 reference to Albertus Magnus. 
 This is anonymous, and contains references to the above Magirus. 
 
 307 Dd. v. 68. 
 
 A small quarto book of paper, bound up with Nos. 308, 309, 
 
 and containing, 
 
 1. pp. 6. Eules for playing at 'Picket.' 
 
 ' Out of the Compleat Gamester, the second Edition printed for Henry 
 Brome at the Gun at the West end of S' Paul's, 1680/ according to the 
 scribe's note on p. 6. 
 
 2. pp. 5. ' Com. Cant. Dimissiones Feod. firm. redd, infra 
 Com. pred. modo assign, serenissime Dne Henriette Marie vt 
 parcell Juncture sue.' 
 
 The Breve Regis de Tnquisitione capienda de tenentibus eorum, which fol- 
 lows, is dated ' Westm. xxvi° Junii Anno r. n. xrx".' 
 
 3. A small quarto, on paper, 42 pages, 1702. 
 
 Various receipts, some professional, others from the Lady 
 Viscountesse Corbett, &c. Many by a Doctor Fryer. 
 
 308 Dd. v. 69. 
 
 A small quarto, consisting of 107 leaves (of which 12 are 
 blank), partly paged, but erroneously: 18 — 26 lines in a page: 
 legibly written in a hand (not uniform) of the xvnth century. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 283 
 
 1. ' Brevis etfacilis ad eloquentiam isagoge." 1 ff. 1 — 92 b. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 6 xptf<rifi d&dts ov 6 (sic) TroXXa eldas cro<f>6s . . . quod effatum 
 iEsehili me facile movit ut illius quoque memor Horatianse legis, 
 Quicquid prcecipies esto brevis . . . non quidem inania verba colligerem, 
 quibus hoc quidquid est operis intumesceret sed utilia paucis com- 
 plecterer, et quod puto commodissimum iter ituris ad eloquentiam ita 
 munirem. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 quseque nee doctiores etiam dedeceant. Conticeo tandem factoque 
 hie fine quiesco. 
 It consists of an enumeration of the parts of rhetoric, with illustrations 
 from the classics. As the author quotes Scaliger (p. 91), he cannot have 
 lived much before the beginning of the xvnth century. 
 
 2. ' Elogia virorwm illustrium ex G. Veil. Paterculo de- 
 prompta,: ff. 100—103 a. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Homeri : Clarissimum deinde Homeri (Veil. Paterc. Hist. Rom. 
 Lib. i. c. 5). 
 Ends: 
 
 consiliis dux, miles manu. Lib. n. pag. 62. (ejusd. Lib. n. c. 18). 
 
 309 Dd. v. 70. 
 
 A small paper book, in quarto, of about 40 leaves, written 
 apparently in 1566. 
 
 ' Catalogus virorum, vita eruditione et aliis nominibus insig- 
 nium, qui fuerunt in Collegio de Merton a prima fundatione 
 ac institutione ejusdem.' 
 
 Above this title is the date 1566, in red ink, in which also are a few mar- 
 ginal references by the scribe. What probably was the author's name (on 
 f. 37) has been carefully obliterated. 
 
 310 Dd. v. 71. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, carefully written, containing ff. 91, 
 with 11 lines in each page. 
 
 'Statuta Collegii Medicoeum Londinensium.' 
 The formulae are filled up with the date 1647. 
 
284 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 311 Dd. v. 72. 
 
 A small paper book, in quarto, consisting of 36 leaves, with 
 the title, £ II vero discorso di diuebsi memorabili accidenti 
 auuenuti al Sig r . Daniele Arcidiacono inanzi, et dapoi il duello 
 assegnato tra lui et Francesco Moubray. 1 
 
 The running title is ' Discorso Memorabile ;' and the tract appears to 
 have been composed about 1604. It is dated at the end 'di Londra Di v. s. 
 affectionatissimo amico A. D. G.' 
 
 312 Dd. v. 73. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, consisting of 186 leaves, which are 
 for the most part blank, containing a few entries under Latin 
 titles in alphabetical order, which give it the character of 
 
 A Common-place Book. 
 
 313 Dd. v. 74. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 314 Dd. v. 75. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 55 leaves (excluding blanks), about 45 
 lines in each page, handwriting of the early part of the xviith 
 century, frequent erasures and interlineations. 
 
 It may be described as A Poetical Scbap-Book, containing 
 Odes, ' New Year's Gifts,' Sonnets, Epigrams, Riddles, &c. 
 
 The pieces which are dated range between the years 1581 and 1612. 
 The following title occurs at fol. 10: 'Gulielmi Pagetti versiculi quos ex 
 suo cerebro depromptos A vise [j. e. to his grandmother] officii et anni testi- 
 ficandi causa obtulit calendis Januarii a. d. 1584, annos nato 12 dies 14.' 
 The William Paget thus referred to was in all probability the 4 th baron of 
 that name who died in 1629. Other traces of him are discernible as far as 
 fol. 17, where several pieces of 'George Berkeley' [? the 13 th baron, who 
 died in 1658] are added (fol. 17—20). 'H. Stanford' and 'young Wilkin' 
 are also named as authors. Most of the remaining articles are anonymous. 
 
 On fol. 24 is preserved an English 'Oratio Elizabethae reginae habita in 
 regni conventu convocato ad diem 15 Martii anno 1575 :' — unknown to 
 D'Ewes, Journals of Parliaments, &c, p. 235, ed. 1682. 
 
 Fol. 39 contains a Latin poem, entitled ' In Mariam Scotie reginam 
 adulteram, veneficam et viricidam Dutani Patricii Knockfargensis Rithmus 
 Satyricus.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 285 
 
 315 Dd. v. 76. 
 
 1. A quarto, on paper, 52 pages, of 28 lines, handwriting 
 uniform and of the xvth century : imperfect in the beginning and 
 illegible through dirt and friction. 
 
 It commences with the fragment of an English hymn : 
 
 And as py worde ... on jns wyse. 
 Ending on the middle of the third page : 
 
 Here salt J>ou wone with mine angelis 
 
 And with halows that in heven dwellis 
 
 My kyngedom for to kenne 
 
 Lord leve me grace it may so be 
 
 Thorow prayer of }>y moder fre 
 
 Mayden Mary milde, Amen. 
 
 The title of the MS. is then found in the following : 
 
 'Hie incipit Liber de diversis rebus et Medicinis ac 
 ungentis. Inprimis epistola Aristotelis missa ad Alexandrum 
 regem de conservacione humani corporis. 1 (In red). 
 
 Then follows an index, and the epistle and receipts, with some charms. 
 A ready reckoner giving the amounts in a year of a farthing per diem and 
 upwards. There follows a list of all the kings of England and the duration 
 of their reigns up to Henry VI. There are notes also of some taxation. 
 
 2. One leaf, containing Memoranda of Expenditure, and a 
 few receipts in English, with marginal names of Doctor Lang, 
 Doctor Smith, and Doctor Barnsley. 
 
 3. Two leaves, curiously decorated with drawings of dogs' 
 heads, on the Diagnostics of Secretions, in English. Imperfect. 
 
 4. A quarto, on paper, 47 pages, double columns, of about 
 34 lines, badly written, of the xvth century. 
 
 On the Treatment of Wounds, containing many medical re- 
 ceipts. 
 
 Among others, ' To make gracia Dei. This usid the Ladye Beuchampe 
 the erlys wife of Warwicke.' 
 It ends: 
 
 Iste lyber constat Johannes Bintreth (?) qd. Johannes Bradley (?). 
 
 5. Fragment of a treatise of 14 pages, on the Properties of 
 Herbs, arranged alphabetically, in Latin. (Anonymous). 
 
286 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 316 Dd. v. 77. 
 
 A collection of tracts in quarto, written by various hands, in 
 the xvnth century, consisting of 
 
 1 . On 1 08 pages, besides the leaves containing the table of 
 contents and the title 
 
 ' Etrennes ou Gonseils (Avis) d'un homme de qualite" a sa 
 Fille.' 
 
 This is a translation into French of ' Advice to a daughter,' which is 
 printed among 'Miscellanies by the late lord Marquess of Halifax,' 8vo. 
 London, 1700. On p. 1 some words are altered in pencil. See No. 332. 
 
 2. On 24 pages, written when 'Eich. Lydal, M.D.' was 'the 
 present Warden,' (1693 — 1704), and containing 
 
 An Explanation of some of the Statutes of Merton College. 
 It begins (p. 1) : 
 
 There having several disputes arisen, concerning the meaning of 
 some of the statutes of Merton College, particularly that of the elec- 
 tion of a Warden for the said College, and of some others which con- 
 tain the qualifications.... 
 
 3. An English poem, on paper, 44 stanzas, of about 20 lines 
 each, handwriting modern. 
 
 'A Paraphrase on the Song op the Three Children, 
 in irregular stanzas. 1 
 
 The following addition to the title has been partly erased, ' After the 
 Pindaric way; recommended to all the lovers of religious poetry by a 
 Divine of the Church of England.' 
 Begins: 
 
 Beings, who onely an existence have, 
 
 Beings, who vegetate and yield increase. 
 Ends: 
 
 Thou only canst our adoration claim, 
 Whose presence makes of hell a paradise. 
 
 4. Another poem, on paper, in 5 stanzas of unequal length, 
 
 handwriting somewhat earlier. 
 
 ' Travel : a Pindarique Ode. 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Come, mighty muse, inspire my song, 
 
 A rapid tide of thought prepare. 
 Ends : 
 
 Thus fraught, my muse, come let's no longer rome, 
 
 But wisely now return and travel o're ourselves at home. 
 
 5. On 64 pages, with the title, 
 
 ' D. Jungii Oratio, cum Rector inauguraretur.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 287 
 
 Begins (p. 3) : 
 
 Quod iis evenire solet, qui in frequentisshnum 
 
 The final words (p. 62) after ' concordiae vinculo constringat, omnes 
 
 denique ita moderetur et diri — ' appear to have been cut off by the binder. 
 
 For Imanius Junge, or Young, a member of Exeter College, see Wood's 
 Ath. Oxon. in. 269 (ed. Bliss). 
 
 6. On 16 pages, written soon after Dec. 28, 1G94, with the 
 
 title, 
 
 'In Eeginse Obitum Elegia. 1 
 Begins: 
 
 Vnde mali tantum hoc ! quid peccavere Britanni ? 
 
 En perit hsec, nulla his qua pereunte salus! 
 Ends: 
 
 Vnde sibi populus tutissima gaudia speret, 
 
 Luctus cui tantos ipsa Maria parit? 
 
 7. An English poem, 12 pages, of about 20 lines each, 
 handwriting modern. 
 
 ' Thbenos :' 
 • A funerall song or Elegie of y e right honnorable Ladie, y e Ladie Isabel 
 late countess dowager of Rutland, late wife to y e thrise noble Lord Edward 
 Mannors,' who died Jan y 21, 1605. 
 Begins : 
 
 O mournefull Muse assist my dolefull penn. 
 Ends : 
 
 By's eldest sonn now earle of Excester. 
 
 A different hand has corrected 'now' into 'late.' 
 
 Subjoined in the same handwriting is another elegy, entitled Mnemo- 
 synon, and addressed by the versifier to his master ' Robert Nicolson, mar- 
 chant' on the death of 'dame Hellen Branch my verie good Ladie and M",' 
 who died April 10, 1594. It is imperfect. 
 
 Both these elegies appear to have belonged to ' Josuah Siluester.' 
 
 Between § 7 and § 8 have been inserted a few other trivial pieces, chiefly 
 English, in a different hand. They cover 15 pages. 
 
 8. A selection of Westminster-school exercises, 14 pages, 
 entitled 'Miscellanea qujsdam sua viro Eev. D n0 T>". Moore 
 humillime in manum tradit Edv. Hannes.' 
 
 A Greek letter, signed 'EfidapSos 6 'Avvrjs, is prefixed. It is addressed 
 'Avdpl TipaXcpeo-TaTip Kvpia Ma>p } and is dated 1682. 
 
 317 Dd. v. 78. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, containing 3 Tracts. 
 
 1. ff. 60. 
 
 ' Francis Junius his lectures upon the prophet Jonah.'' 
 
288 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Even interpretation either proceedeth from the original. . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ...and deserveth greter praise than we can beleve or imagine. 
 To God therefore be praise and glori world without ende. 
 Written very badly with many corrections. It is a translation, ap- 
 parently, of the Latin Treatise, Opp. Geneve, 1693. Vol. i. p. 1330. 
 
 2. 51 leaves. Notes taken at the lectures of some 
 Civilian, temp. Carol. I., badly written in Latin. 
 
 3. A small long quarto on paper, in good preservation. Date 
 about 1620. This MS. contains 75 leaves of Music which are 
 folded to the size of MSS. 315 and 316, with which this is bound. 
 Each page contains five lines of Music on red staves of six lines. 
 It seems to have been an Exercise book, the tunes being similar 
 to those in MS. 4t3, but of an easier character. 
 
 318 Bd. VI. 1. 
 
 A small quarto, on vellum, containing ff. 141, with 21 lines in 
 each page : with rich illuminations and borders. Date, the xvth 
 century. 
 
 4 Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem 
 anglie ecclesie.' 
 
 A leaf is wanting between ff. 6 and 7, 10 and 11, and 111 and 112. 
 
 The first 6 leaves contain the Kalendar, the word pape and the name of 
 St Thomas of Canterbury being run through with a pen : the next 6 the 
 fifteen Oos, the first and last leaf being cut away : then follow 18, containing 
 the Commemorationes de Sancta. Trinitate, and of SS. John Baptist, George, 
 Christopher, Anne, Katharine, Margaret, Mary Magdalene, and Barbara, 
 with rich borders, and before each an illumination occupying an entire leaf. 
 After an illumination of our Lord at Gethsemane, the Hours begin, f. 29, as 
 usual, with before each Hour an illumination of one of the scenes of the 
 Passion. In the commemorations of saints after lauds each has a small 
 vignette illumination ; the antiphon and collect for St Thomas of Canter- 
 bury have been run through with a pen. In the vignette one assassin 
 attacks him in front with a spear, while another raises his sword behind. 
 
 After compline, in f. 63 b, follows the hymn, Salve virgo virginum stella 
 matutina, then the prayers O Intemerata, and Obsecro te dotnina, and in f. 71 
 the 7 joys of the Blessed Virgin, preceded by an illumination of her pre- 
 sentation in the temple, and the rubrick, 'Quicunque hec septem gaudia in 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 289 
 
 honore beate Marie virginis semel in die dixerit centum dies indulgentiarum 
 obtinebit a domino papa clementer qui hec septem proprio stilo composuit.' 
 Then follow, f. 74, devotions to the Imago Christi, the Cross, the Head, 
 and the 5 Wounds — to our Lady, and St John the Evangelist, each with a 
 vignette — a prayer of Bede's on the 7 Words — other hymns and prayers, 
 with a promise of an indulgence of 2000 years granted by dns papa Boni- 
 facius at the request of Philip King of France. 
 
 f. 81 contains an illumination of our Lord in an aureole, with the dead 
 rising — then follow the 7 penitential psalms, the 15 psalms, and Litany : 
 f. 95 is an illumination of the raising of Lazarus — then follow the Vigiliae 
 Defunctorum, and then, the illumination being cut out, the Commendationes 
 defunctorum. An illumination of our Lord in the midst of the instruments 
 of the Passion follows in f. 122, then the psalms of the Passion, a rubrick 
 respecting the abbreviated psalter of St Jerome, which follows, f. 127, after 
 an illumination of St Jerome. Then, f. 137, a commemoration of St Bar- 
 bara, and prayers pro corpore presenti, in anniversariis, pro episcopis, pro 
 fratribus et sororibus, ending abruptly in the middle of the prayer, Animabus 
 qxuBsumus Domine. 
 
 A later hand adds (f. 138 6) a metrical exhortation, beginning : 
 
 And ye will please god gretly 
 
 Use prevey penaunce discretly 
 
 And devoute prayers clerly. 
 Ending : 
 
 For under the sunne a man may se 
 
 Thys worlde ys but a vanyte 
 Grace passeth gollde 
 And precyous stoon 
 And god schal be god 
 When goollde ys goon. 
 
 Then prayers to be used ' in any heuynesse withouten counsell and com- 
 fort,' and against the pestilence, beginning : 
 
 Agyos o theos, sancte deus, agyos iskyros, sancte fortis, agyos atha- 
 natos eleyson ymas. 
 
 The volume ends with the Oratio ad angelum proprium, Angele qui meus 
 es eustos pietate superna, and a prayer to the Virgin, ending : 
 
 qui ilia infirmitate vexantur per virtutem gratie beate marie et tue 
 misericordie celeriter liberentur per christum. 
 At the end occurs the name Elyzabeth Scrope, and below, Somers. 
 
 320 Dd. vi. 2, 3. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS/ 
 
290 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 321 Dd. vi. 4. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 284 leaves : paged from the end to the 
 beginning, in the manner of an Oriental book, written from 
 both ends. 
 
 pp. 212—364 are blank. 
 
 pp. 1—23 and 568 — 438, at the conclusion, contain Notes upon the ver- 
 sions of the Bible (including ' Errata Biblica,' ' Evangelia Arabica, secundum 
 dies festos Ecclesise/ &c), in Hebrew, Samaritan, Syriac, Arabic, and iEthio- 
 pic characters, with Latin renderings, &c. 
 
 The remainder of the book is almost entirely filled with copies of letters, 
 chiefly written in cypher, and contains the correspondence of Edmund Castel 
 with the principal Oriental scholars of the day, and various persons in Eng- 
 land, p. 404 is a letter of introduction to J. Golius given by Csesar Calandri- 
 nus to Castel ; the alternate pages, from 189 to 201, have Arabic and Syriac 
 written upon them. pp. 122 — 129 contain the Confession of the Syrian 
 Jacobites, transcribed by order of their Metropolitan for Is. Basirius, March 
 2, 1653, in Syriac, with a Latin Version, pp. 273 sqq. contain a letter from 
 Mr Waterhouse to Mr S. Adams, requesting his aid to relieve Castel from 
 pecuniary difficulties, p. 39 contains a Grace passed by the Senate, June 
 25 th, 1658, 'granting the use of Bed well's MS. Lexicon to Edmund Castel 
 and Richard Clark, for 2 years (on consideration of a bond for £1000), to be 
 used for the Lexicon iro\vy\aTTov which they are preparing,' and which 
 was afterwards published, London, 1669. 
 
 The letters are in Castel's handwriting, and most of them signed E. C. 
 
 The dates range from 1651 to 1672. Castel was Professor of Arabic in 
 the University from 1664—1685. Grad. Cant. 
 
 Other note-books of his will be found Dd. vi. 63 ; xi. 39 ; xn. 13. 
 
 3ZZ Dd. vi. 5. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 145 leaves, with about 26 lines in a 
 page, written apparently for the Press, in the xvnth century. 
 
 Three Treatises, with Prefaces, and tables of contents. 
 
 1 . ' A new Discovery of the old World.'' 
 
 2. ' Aetas Noachi rediviva." 1 
 
 3. ' Bemarques in the Life of Noah after the Flood? 
 By E. L. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 291 
 
 Begins : 
 
 To be diligent in searching... 
 Ends : 
 
 ...Singing Halleluiah, Halleluiah. 
 Deo Gloria mihi Venia. 
 
 323 Del. VI. 6. 
 
 An octavo, on parchment, of 85 leaves, with about 30 lines 
 in a page, written in the xnth century. The initial letters of the 
 different treatises are illuminated, and there is on f . 1 b an illumi- 
 nated picture of the vision mentioned in the prosa prima primi 
 libri. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 60. ' Boethins de Consolatione Philosophies 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi... 
 Ends : 
 
 ...ante oculos agitis judicis cuncta. 
 
 2. ff. 61 — 66. l Ejusdem quomodo Trinitas unus Deus et non 
 tres dii? 
 
 Begins (after the Preface ' Investigatum..-') : 
 
 Christiane religionis... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...vota supplebunt. 
 Then follows a note on ' nomina sinonima/ a few lines with the title 
 'Vita Boetii et finis ejusdeni,' and his 'Epitaphium.' 
 
 3 ff_ 67 — 68. ' Utrum Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus 
 predicentur de Deo substantialiter an non." 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 An pater et filius... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...rationemque conjunge. 
 
 4_ f£ 68 — 70. ' An omne quod est, honwm sit.'' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Postulas ut ex ebdomadibus... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...omnia [vero] bona. 
 
 5_ ff. 70 74. ' Fundamentum Catholice fidei a sancto Seve- 
 
 rino conscriptum? 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Christianam fidem novi ac veteris testamenti. . . 
 
 u2 
 
292 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ...delectatio cibus opus laus perpetua creatoris. 
 
 6. ff. 74 — 85. ' Adversm Nestorium et Eutycem pro persona 
 et natural 
 
 Begins (after the dedication Domino. ..iohanni diacono Boetius) : 
 
 Anxie te quidem... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...bonorum causa perscribit. 
 The text agrees with that of the ordinary editions of the works of 
 Boethius. There is another MS. of Boethius in the Library, Kk. iii. 21. 
 
 A stray leaf of a Psalter of the xvth century is bound up with this MS. 
 at the beginning, and at the end is the hymn Virgo mater Christi paritura 
 deum peperisti, with musical notes. 
 
 32 a Dd. vi. 7. 
 
 An octavo, on parchment, of 154 leaves, each containing 
 23 lines, written in a hand of the xvth century. 
 
 On the top of f. 1 is, ' Liber Monasterii Sci Albani,' and at the bottom 
 of f. 152, ' Liber dni Edmundi Chenley.' On each cover is an impression of 
 a coat of arms l . 
 
 At the beginning are some blank leaves, and on what may have been 
 the old cover is ' Stapulforde Taney.' 
 
 1. De origine gigantum in insula Albion olim habitantium 
 et de nomine eiusdem Insula que nunc Anglia dicitur. 
 
 ' Hie incipit qualiter primo ista terra fuerat inhabitata,' is the heading on 
 f. 1 to the treatise, beginning : 
 
 Evolutis a mundi constitutione tribus milibus nogentis sexaginta et 
 decern annorum curriculis regnavit in grecia rex quidam potentissimus 
 qui cunctis aliis grecie regibus imperavit. Hie de regina sua conhige 
 triginta filias forma elegantissimas generavit quarum que videbatuv 
 senior alby na vocabatur. At obli vio delevit nomina ceterarum . . . 
 Compare Camden's Britannia (1695) p. xxvii. 
 Ends (at the top of f. 6 6) : 
 
 Tunc brutus insulam iussit britanniam et socios suos britones 
 appellari. Sicque cessavit noinen prius impositum huic terrse. Ex- 
 plicit. 
 
 The title above is that of atreatise in the Cottonian MS. Nero. D. vni. § 10, 
 beginning, 'Anglia modo dicta olim Albion dicebatur ...' which then goes on 
 
 1 The coat is of eight quarterings, of which the first is,. ..a chevron erm. between 
 three mullets pierced . . . 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 293 
 
 to give the substance of our MS. though with a difference of date, and the 
 reading (over an erasure) ' rex hispa e ' in place of ' in grecia rex' above. 
 
 2. * Incipit prologus gaufridi monemutensis ad robertum 
 comitem glaudiocestrie in historia britonum.' 
 
 This is the rubrick on f. 6 b to c. 1 : ' Cum mecum multa et de multis. . .' 
 ' Commendacio insule' is the rubrick to c.2, after which, on ff. 8-16, is the 
 table of contents of the several books and chapters, and on f. 18 begins c. 3, 
 ' Eneas post, &c.' 
 It ends (f. 152): 
 
 . . in latinum sermonem transferre curavi. Explicit historia brito- 
 num a galfrido monemutensi de britannico in latinum translata. 
 See under No. 329. 
 
 3. ' Urbs Verolamia tua quem manus impia stravit 
 
 Pausat in ecclesia sibi quam rex offa paravit. 1 
 This couplet is on f. 152 b before the following tract, which begins : 
 
 Offa rex merceorum potentissimus. . . 
 And ends (on the scrap of parchment marked f. 154) : 
 
 Hoc monasterium inter procellas danicas inuasiones normannicas 
 
 nunquam omnino ruine patuit : sed semper in speculum summe 
 
 religionis euasit. 
 
 See Dugdale, Monast. n. p. 214, and Mon. Hist. Brit. Gen. Introd. § 33. 
 
 A fly-leaf contains a parchment fragment of a legal document, dated the 
 
 33d year of Elizabeth. 
 
 325 Dd. VI. 8. 
 
 A volume of Tracts, on paper, containing also No. 326—8. 
 The first article is written in a neater hand than the three others. 
 
 1. pp. 34- ' Of Robert Earl of Essex and George Villiers Duke 
 of Buckingham, some observations by waie of parallell in the time 
 of theire estates of favour, by H. W. (Sir Henry Wotton).' 
 
 Printed at London, 1641, in quarto, on 14 pp. and in Somers' Tracts, 
 No. 154. 
 
 2. On 8 pp. 8vo. ' The articles laid downe in libell by the 
 Ladie Frances Howard against Eobert Earle of Essex and his 
 answeares thereunto.' 
 
 The articles and answers are given alternately, and in this point as well 
 as in some of the terms they differ from those in ' Truth brought to light by 
 Time, &c. London, printed by R. C. for Michael Sparke, 1652.' [Reprinted 
 in Somers' Tracts, n. 304, &c. Ed. 1809.] 
 
294 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 3. On 3 pp. 8vo. '■My Lord Archbuishope of Canterburye 
 his opinion declared to the Kinges Majestie by letters date Julii 5, 
 1613.' 
 
 This is given in Truth brought to light by Time (See § 2), as also is 
 
 4. pp.10. ' His Majesties answere to my lord, of Canterburies 
 
 326 Dd. VI. 9. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 157 pages, handwriting uniform, written in 
 the latter part of the xvth century. 
 
 A collection of medical, with some few domestic, Receipts, in 
 English and Latin. 
 
 The first 2 leaves are wanting. The MS. begins with 
 The makinge of a powder called Alexipharmacon. 
 Throughout the MS. are many titles to prescriptions written in Greek 
 characters, as 
 
 Ackoktio Txrj\eyiLayoya. 
 
 At the end of the MS. there is a treatise on ' A Shorte Methode of the 
 cure of woundes made with gunshot.' 
 
 The last page is illegible. The MS. is anonymous. 
 
 327 Dd. VI. 10. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 141 pages, of 30 lines, perfect preservation, 
 uniform handwriting of the middle of the xvuth century. 
 
 ' Magica Disputatio seu Inquisitio de Ungento Armaeio 
 in qua probatur operationem fieri per Magiam naturalem et non 
 per Caco-Magiam. Authore Marco Bellwood Med. Doctore Londini 
 CIO 10 xxxvi.' 
 
 On the opposite side of the title-page is an Approbatio attested by Joan. 
 Frear, Tho. Cadiman, Robert Floyd, Piers Roche. 
 1 1 commences with the author's dedication : 
 
 Nobilissimo V. Domino Edwardo Domino Herbert S.P.D. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Et sic nostra propositio (ut finem imponam huic opuscnlo) erit ad 
 
 minimum probabilis, videlicet quod, operatio Ungenti Armarii fit per 
 
 magiam naturalem non vero per Caco-Magiam. 
 It appears not to have been published. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 295 
 
 Dd. vi. 11. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 63 leaves, written in the xvnth century. 
 Determinations in Latin on Theological Subjects. 
 
 Dd. vi. 12. 
 
 A volume of parchment, originally in small quarto, of 108 
 leaves. Written near the end of the xnth or beginning of the 
 next century, with the exception of the last three leaves, on which 
 the handwriting belongs to the xvth century. 
 
 1. The almost obliterated rubrick appears to be 
 
 ' Incipit editio (?) Galfridi Arturi Monumetensis de 
 gestis Britonum.' 
 
 After this the MS. begins (f. 1) : 
 
 Cum mecum multa et de multis sepius animo 
 
 The rubrick to what in the Editions (see that among the Rerum Britan- 
 nicarvm Scriptores, fol. Heidelberg, 1587, or the separate editions, 8vo, by 
 J. A. Giles, London, 1844, and San-Marte, Halle, 1854) is cap. 2, appears to be 
 ' Descriptio insule.' Some leaves are wanting between f 1, which closes (in 
 c. 2) with ' Postremo quinque inhabitatur populis,' and f. 2, beginning with 
 (Lib. i. c. 12) ' minimum cum his verbis inferebat. Quo fugitis timidi !' 
 
 The first five books only are distinguished by short rubricks, for which 
 spaces are left before the next three. 
 
 In Lib. vn. e. 2 ends on part of a leaf (f. 52), of which the rest is blank 
 and c. 3 begins on the next ; at this point a change in the handwriting is 
 observable, and the coloured letters marking the chapters are replaced by un- 
 adorned red. In the middle of c. 4, after ' Nesciet pater. . pecudum lasciuient,' 
 there is nearly a page blank, and three leaves appear to have been cut out, 
 though the following words ' superveniet vero gigas nequicie' occur on f. 60 ; 
 the ff. 53 — 59 appear to have been supplied by another hand, but from an 
 imperfect copy. The subsequent portion appears to be by different hands, 
 some perhaps not earlier than the xivth century. 
 
 It ends as the editions (f. 106): ' ...transferre curavi.' 
 
 There are a few interlinear and other notes in French ; of the marginal 
 notes on every page, in a hand not earlier than the xvith century, many have 
 been curtailed by the binder. 
 
 2. On ff. 106 — 8 the rubrick is illegible, but it may be de- 
 scribed as a brief Chronology of the British Kings, from Lucius 
 to Henry VII. (1245—1487). 
 
 The event referred to in the concluding words, ' secus rivum Trent in 
 comitatu lyncolnie et obtinuit victoriam,' being the battle of Stoke, a.d. 1487, 
 appears to fix the date of the handwriting. 
 
296 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 330 Dd. vi. 13. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 131 leaves, chiefly in one hand, of the 
 xvth century ; with additions of a much later date. The writing 
 is much faded through age and damp. 
 
 A collection of Medical Receipts, with sundry diagnostic 
 remarks upon the signs and symptoms of diseases. 
 
 The MS. is anonymous, and no name appears to indicate the author or 
 owner. 
 
 331 Dd. vi. 14. 
 
 A small quarto book, bound up with the preceding, and con- 
 taining a copy of the work entitled, 
 
 ' La Calamite he Beabne. A Orthes, Par Jehan Crespon. 
 
 1620.' 
 It hegins (p 3) : 
 
 Auoir du mal et ne le sentir point, est vne indolence proche de la 
 mort ; 
 Ends (p. 42) with the quotation of 1 Cor. xv. 57- 
 
 332 Dd. VI. 15. 
 
 A paper book, (bound up with No. 333, and written by the 
 same hand as No. 316, § 1,) in quarto, of 90 pages, besides two 
 leaves of the contents and title. 
 
 ' Etrennes, ou Avis d'un homme de qualite a sa fille.' 
 There are throughout many corrections, which are adopted in the text of 
 No. 316, § 1. 
 
 333 Dd. vi. 16. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 334 Dd. vi. 17. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, of 141 leaves, in double columns, of about 
 41 lines each. Written in the xvth century. 
 
 ' Sermones beati Bernardi abbatis Clarevaliensis,' 
 v. Ed. Par. 1839, Vols. i. and n. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 297 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Vicit leo, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 et futurorum expectatio premiorum. Deo gratias. 
 The text exhibits many variations of little importance. 
 
 336 Dd. vi. 18, 19. 
 
 Two quartos, on paper, the former of 45, the latter of 83 
 leaves. On the fly-leaf of each is written R. Eay. 0. T. C. 
 [i.e. Coll. Trin. Cant.] 1693. 
 
 They contain transcripts of the subjoined treatises, with col- 
 lations of various MSS. in the Oxford Public Library. Some 
 leaves are blank. The following are the titles in the MS. 
 
 1. Tlepi Tihv KeCpaXaiwv et <hv tj twv Fco/matwi' eKKXrjaia 
 /u.€Ta ty\v ep§ofj.r]v crvvooov o~(paXXeTai. 
 
 2. Tiepl aafofiaTiov. 
 
 3. Ta^is tu>v inroxeinevwv ™ Qpovco Trjs KiovaravTi- 
 POVTro\eu)$ jueTpoTroXeuiv kcli ap^ieTrtaKoirwv. 
 
 4. Sxi'yot e'ti tci aiviy/uaTa Aeocros tou aocpov. 
 
 5. NiKrj(p6pov KaXXiffTou tov SavTcnraiXov e'idrjGi's aKpi- 
 j3eaTa.Tr] Trept iravTWV twv ev tyj KoovGTUVTivoTroXei ewiGKOTrwv 
 icai 7raTpiap^cov. 
 
 6. Tou ay'tou rrarpo^ rj/xwv /ecu o/JLoXoyt]Tou Qeodcapov 
 i ov ~S,tovSitov 7repl avayKalwv '(r]Tr)iJ.aTU>v. 
 
 7- 'Eic tou AauaiaKov WaTeptKOV irepi tepcov. 
 
 8. Eu^itcu a'ipeTiKoL 
 
 9. Tlept rrjs tou KapToipuXanos Tifxr]<i. 
 
 10. "Eti-voi Ty vaTiou ek 'Aoaju. Trpcs tov (piXov aufj.(po- 
 pats TrepiireaovTa TroteiTai to irotrjixa. 
 
 11. Qcot'iou tou iraTpiap^ou Kal Qeoowpov tou EtouSitov 
 Trepc irpoGKUvrjaews eiKovwv. 
 
 This concludes MS. 335. MS. 336 begins with 
 
 12. <bwTiou TraTpiap-yov /cciTa twv tjjs 7raXata? Pcomijs 
 oti etc tov TraTpos fiovou eK7ropeveTai to ay tov Trvev/xa aXX 
 ouyl Kal e/c tov ulou. 
 
298 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 13. Etti(ttoX)j AvaroKiov eTriaKOTrou KawaTavTivoviroXea)? 
 
 * a ' ' ' *r> ' 
 
 7r/3os Aeovra ap"^ie7rto~KOTrov rwiurjs. 
 
 14. KXtjfxevros eKTwv crTpw/jLaTecov (sic). 
 
 15. Aiovvaiov ' AXe^dvSpov e/c tov Kara dpiyevrjv. 
 
 16. FMae/3'ibu YlafxtplXov e/c rij? ap-^aioXoyiKrfs 'itiTopias. 
 
 17. IttttoXi/toi; e/c tov els aujua raw aafiaTcov. 
 
 18. 'IttttoXJtov t/ ecrriv r) ao(p'ia oiKooofx^aaaa eavrrj 
 oIkov. 
 
 19. Vevvadiov tov Kaicrupelas. 
 
 20. ]SiKr)(popov tov BXejufiioovs yewypacpia o~uvoittiki]. 
 
 21. IcTTopia &iovvo~lov tov ApeioirayiTov. 
 
 337-339 Dd. VI. 20-22. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 340 Dd. vi. 23. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto. 
 
 Articles 1—4 (on pp. 97) are written in a different hand from 
 5 (on pp. 86) but of nearly the same period. 
 
 1. ' The passages- in parliament against Francis Viscomt 
 St Albans, Lord Chancellor of England.' 
 
 This account agrees almost verbatim with that given in Bacon's Works, 
 Vol. ii. pp. 548—558 (fol. ed. 1730), it is on 20 pp. 4to. 
 
 2. p. 21. ' In Camera Stellatd, Feb. 15, 1633. Prinne and 
 Sparkes. 1 
 
 This report differs from that given in 3 St. Tr. 561—586. 
 
 3. p. 42. ' In Camera SteMatd, Sexto die mensis Februarii, 
 Anno octavo Caroli Regis Termino Sancti Hillarii, Anno Domini, 
 1632. 
 
 The Kings Attorney, 1 . . 
 
 Henry Sherfield, Esq re I . f<» defacing images 
 
 d tli rl f rl's I m * ne parish church of Salisbury. 1 
 
 This is printed nearly verbatim in 3 St. Tr. 519—562. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 299 
 
 4. pp. 93 — 7. ' Proceedings upon y° information against 
 Tho. Harrison at the Kings Bench Barre, 4° Junii, 1 638. 1 
 
 Printed in 3 St. Tr. 1377—1382, being verbatim the same as that other 
 ' Account, in the handwriting of Archbishop Sancroft, taken from a volume 
 among Tanner's MSS. in the Bodleian Library at Oxford,' wanting however 
 the last paragraph. 
 
 Then follow some blank leaves, and at the other end of the 
 book reversed are 
 
 5. ' Brief iVbfes collected, or notes taken from several preachers." 1 
 In the margin of p. 1 is ' M* Nye. Math. 14. 23. At y e morning lectures 
 
 in y e Abby.' On p. 2 begin the notes of a Sermon on 2 Pet. y e 1st, 5, and on 
 p. 5, M r Manton, Nov r y e 7 th , 1656, 1 Cor. 10. 10. After this follow notes 
 of 3 sermons by M r Nye, M r Carill, and M r Carter respectively ; and of nearly 
 30 others, anonymous. 
 
 After these follow quotations of 'Places of Scripture y' hold comforts,' 
 under various circumstances, with notes of a sermon on Ps. cxliii. 8 ; and 
 ' Observations collected out of y e Psalmes.' 
 
 341 Dd. vi. 24. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 342 Dd. vi. 25. 
 
 A small octavo, on paper, of 114 leaves, about 50 lines in a 
 page, of the xvnth century. 
 
 ' Pkayers, Meditations, and Ejaculations, and Of the 
 
 Sacraments.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 A Morneing Prayer for Grace. O most gracious God from whome... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 and only Saviour, to whom, &c. Amen, 
 ff. 76 106 — 108 are blank, ff. 109 — 114 contain a table of contents. The 
 rest of the volume is paged. 
 
 343 Dd. vi. 26. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 344 Dd. vi. 27. 
 
 This MS. is missing, and was unknown to Nasmith. 
 
300 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 345 Dd. vi. 28. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, written apparently in the xvnth 
 century, containing a part of ' A reuiew of the raigne of King 
 
 BiICHAKD THE SECONDE.' 
 
 This title was at first written 'The history,' but has been altered by 
 another hand, which has also added ' by C H d c .' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Richard of Bourdeaux (so) styled from the place of his byrth, be- 
 ganne to raigne at eleauen yeares olde... 
 There are various alterations by the writer, who shortly after the begin- 
 ning of the second book ends abruptly : 
 
 Therefore ministers of State should take heede how the act any 
 
 thing vnder the name of autoritye because tis in the Kings clothes att 
 
 leaste don though hee never knowe of y t and commonlye tasteth of the 
 
 ill effectes yt produceth deeper then the proiecting subiect. 
 
 A blank paper book, of somewhat larger size, is bound up with the MS. 
 
 346 Dd. vi. 29. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, containing 90 leaves. 
 A Collection of Tracts of various dates. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 13. An Almanack, illuminated, of the xvth cen- 
 tury. 
 
 There are columns for 4 cycles of oppositions and conjunctions, also the 
 place of the Sun in the Zodiack, time of rising, &c. for every day. 
 
 The fly-leaf contains a figure displaying the influences of the signs of 
 the Zodiack on the human body. 
 
 2. ff. 1 4 — ] 5 . Receipts for gilding and colouring of the x vth 
 century; irregularly written. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 How Jiou schalt temper Ji colourus to lymninge. And how pou 
 schal make a syse to kowche golt on bokus. 
 Ends: 
 
 And rubbe hit well wij> pe basse of J>i handes. 
 On the next leaf are receipts in Latin and English for destroying vermin. 
 
 3. ff. 17 — 22 a. A table of contents for § 7 in this volume. 
 xvth century. 
 
 The remainder of the last leaf is filled with receipts. 
 
 4. ff. 23 — 27 a. A small tract with figures, of the xvth 
 century. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 301 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Her bygynus ]>e knowinge of xx colors of urines. 
 Ends: 
 
 it signifie3 ]>e flux of blod. 
 
 5. ff. 27 a — 29 b. On the same sheet, uniform. 
 Begins : 
 
 Her begyns ]>e takyns Jit ypocras }>e leche wrot. 
 Ends: 
 
 And also gif he loket hidoslich [sic] and terreth his clothus as man 
 J>at frentik hit betakyns J>' he schal dye pe same day. 
 Hie Explicit Ypocras. 
 
 6. ff. 29 b — 30. Various Receipts and notices. 
 
 7. ff. 31 — 68 a. A book of Beceipts, chiefly medicinal, of 
 the xivth century, 22 lines in a page. Well written, and a very 
 interesting specimen of the English of the period. It is paged 
 throughout, probably by the author of § 3, which is the table of 
 contents of this book. 
 
 Among the receipts are some charms, and it appears as if some of the 
 pages containing such have been cut out; pages 35, 39, 51, 55, 136, are 
 wanting. 
 Begins: 
 
 For J>e heved ake. Take and sethe verveyne, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
 And also of f>e seed of J>at herbe in vynter tyme. Deo Gratias. 
 The remainder of the 68th leaf, and the three following are filled with 
 Receipts in a somewhat later hand : 
 Beginning : 
 
 For sore ynum. a good Med. Take Weybrode, &c. 
 Ending : 
 
 Item, for to make a serip for ]>e longes. 
 
 8. A collection of treatises on Urines, xivth century. In 
 English. 
 
 ff 72—82. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 De regionibus Urine. Of the regions of. . . 
 
 Ends: 
 
 And git hit bryngyth not in perel. 
 ff. 83—89. 
 Indicium Urinarium Secundum Magistrum Galterium Agilon. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Condicions pat we ovv to kepe in ]ie dome of ureyns.... 
 
302 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 . . And perfor hit is fill perelus. 
 9. f. 90. A table of 30 eclipses with figures and the times 
 and durations. 
 
 The last date appearing is 1443. 
 
 347 Dd. vi. 30. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, containing 142 pages, written in a 
 small hand, about the close of the xvnth century. 
 
 1. pp. 1—9. A portion of a treatise on Logic. 
 Th* first words of the IIpoXeyo'/xei>a are : 
 
 Laboramus dialecticorum varietate, opprimimur turba, et nisi Dii 
 quserimoniis nostris tandem succurrant, Aristoteles plures habebit com- 
 mentatores quam contextus. Nostra erit operosa ilia volumina eme- 
 dullare ■. 
 
 2. After some blank leaves are on pp. 19 — 24 two commen- 
 taries on M. Val. Martialis, lib. 9. Epigram. 23. ' Ad Pastorem.' 
 
 3. pp. 26 -37. ' Musica incantans... Authore Rob. South, 
 Bacc. Oxonii, 1655.' 
 
 Printed among his Opera Posthuma Latina, pp. 183 — 198 (8vo. Lond. 
 1717). 
 
 4. Speeches on various subjects, chiefly by Prevaricators at 
 Cambridge and Oxford. 
 
 On pp. 38 — 49, ' M r Thurmans Mustek Speech,' and a ' Second Speech.' 
 
 pp. 50 — 2. ' In obitum Johannis Bragg. Commensalis Wadh.,' dated 
 Sept. 27, 1653, ' Morlando Authore.' 
 
 pp. 53, 4. ' In obitum ThomtB Rich, Art. Bacc. Oratio funebris.' At the 
 end is ' Dixi Worth.' 
 
 pp. 55 — 60. ' Oratio habita in vesperiis decimo die Julii, 1652. a Mag. 
 Morland collegii Wadh socio.' This is imperfect at the end. 
 
 pp. 61, 62. Part of another speech by the same. 
 
 pp. 63 — 67. Two Speeches by ' Dom. Hawkins, e coll. Magd. Oxon.' 
 
 pp. 67 — 9. ' Oratio a Cantabrigiensi Tripode. Qusestio erat, An somnus 
 qui est mortis imago sit omnium sensuum ligatio.' 
 
 pp. 70 — 81. ' Oratio. . a Domino Fuller, Prtevaricatore Cantab. Quaestio, 
 An anima hominis sit rasa tabula.' 
 
 At the end is, Dixi Thomas Fuller e Coll. Sydn. Cantabrigiae. 
 
 pp. 81 — 9. Two speeches, addressed to the Ladyes (by the Prevaricators). 
 
 pp. 91 — 3. ' Oratio habita a Domino James (e Coll. Magd. Oxonii). 
 Queestio erat, An recte fecit Polus histrio qui Electram Sophoclis acturus...' 
 
 pp. 94: — 101. * Prsevaricatio Magistri J. Vintner, Cantab. Queestio, An 
 corpora cselestia . ' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 303 
 
 pp. 101 — 4. 'Oratio habita in Academia Marpurgensi...Dixi Joh. Mar- 
 tinus Portius, Mano-Francf.' 
 
 pp. 104—119. 'Oratio habita a Magistro South in Templo B. Marise die 
 Saturni Comitiorum...Dixi Robertas South, A. M. ex aede X 1 , 1657.' Printed 
 in Op. Posth. Lat. pp.21 — 45. 
 
 pp. 120 — 3. ' Oratio habita a Domino South pro Magistri gradu in Schol. 
 Oxon. QuiEstio erat, An Alexander navigaret mare Indicum.' 
 
 pp. 124 — 142. 'Oratio habita Oxonii in Comitiis.' This contains more 
 than what is printed in Opp. Posth. Lat pp. 46— 63, but is incomplete. 
 
 348 Dd. VI. 31. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 31 leaves, about 24 lines in a 
 page, of the xvnth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1—12. 
 
 ' An Doctrina Trinitatis sit mysterium a seculis absconditum 
 quod divini verbi patefactione hominibus innotescere debuit.' 1 Auctore 
 Thoma Pisecio. Anno 1605. 
 
 f. 1 o contains the dedication to his brother Martin Pisecius a Martowic. 
 Begins, f. 2 a : 
 
 Progrediamur tandem ab humanis. 
 Ends, f. 12 b (in an extract from Luther) : 
 
 si Deus potius quam Trinitas dicatur. Finis. 
 It is an extract from a larger work of his, De origine Trinitatis, written 
 1605, which perished by fire. See Sandius, Bibliotheca Antitrinitariorum, 
 Freistadii, 1684, p. 107 ; and Bock, Hist. Antitrin. Regiomonti, 1776, Tom. i. 
 pp. 636—642. 
 
 2. ff. 31 b — 18 b. On the ' Gloria Patri: 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Here very fitt occasion is offered.... 
 Ends: 
 
 . . .the greatest reverence that we may. 
 The two tracts begin at opposite ends of the volume. 
 
 349 
 
 Dd. vi. 32. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 3 50 Dd. vi. 33. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, of 1 85 leaves. 
 
 Sermons and notes of Sermon preached at Eedgrave in Suf- 
 folk and elsewhere between 1670 and 1680. Probably by Samuel 
 Foster, S.T.B., previously Fellow of Oaius College, who died in 
 1680, after being Eector of Redgrave for 32 years. His tomb- 
 stone is in the chancel of the church. 
 
304 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 351 Dd. vi. 34. 
 
 A thin, oblong paper book, in folio, bound up with No. 352, 
 consisting of 1 2 pages besides the title. 
 
 'The Senators Remembrancer.' 
 It begins : 
 
 A statesman when he is to deliberate must observe three things... 
 These are stated in a tabular form, and subdivided into Revenue, Warr, 
 Peace, Provision, Laws, The Heads or Cheife Topics handled in Deliberation, 
 and The Method or Artifice, which are treated of in seven analytical tables, 
 of which the work consists. 
 
 352 Dd. vi. 35. 
 
 A long quarto, on paper, 190 pages. Dated in the colophon 
 
 MDCLI. 
 
 ■ Empyrica Benedicti Victorii Faventini.' 
 
 A Dutch translation of the above work, to which is added a translation 
 of a tract de Morbo Gallico, by the same author. 
 
 There is a table of contents, by the translator, in Latin and Dutch. 
 
 353 Dd. vi. 36. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, handwriting of the xvnth century. 
 
 A collection of Charges, Instructions, Presentations, 
 Warrants, &c, relating to the Court of Waltham Forest, in 
 the time of Jas. I. and Chas I. 
 
 It contains also copies of ' Charta de Foresta, Edita Anno 
 9 Hen. III. f and of the ' Ordinatio Forestee, 34 Edw. II.' 
 (1306). 
 
 354 Dd. vi. 37. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 355 Dd. vi. 38. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, handwriting of the xvth century. 
 ' An account of the Possessions of the Crown t 1 imperfect. 
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 vandse, Leges Henrici primi, filii Conquestoris. 1 
 
 Iste tractatus transcriptus est ex }ibro rubeo Scaccarii, existente in 
 Custodia Remunerat'oris reginas et incipit ibidem. Fol. 41. 
 Pages between 8 and 15 are wanting, and all after p. 112. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 305 
 
 356 Del. VI. 39. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, neatly written, in the reign of Elizabeth. 
 Contains : 
 
 1. Extracts from the Year Books of Hen. III. : years 
 1 to 47. 38 ff. 
 
 2. Law Cases abridged and arranged under several titles ; 
 no dates or references. 112 ff. 
 
 3. ' Modus cirographandi.' 10 ff. 
 
 4. ' Vetera placita que placitantur in itinere.' lOff. 
 
 5. Table of Reports from Hen. III. to Rich. II., wherein 
 the cases which Fitzherbert has abridged under several titles, 
 are placed according to the years in which they were treated 
 on. 53 ff. 
 
 -359 Dd. vi. 40—42. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 360 Dd. vi. 43. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, 39 pages (excluding blanks), of about 
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 After a song of Cowley's, beginning * Come, poetry, and with 
 you bring along, 1 it contains 
 
 ' The History or jEneas and Dido's Love, translated out 
 of y e fourth booke of Virgill, by Mr Sydny Godolphin.' 
 Begins (p. 3) : 
 
 Meanwhile the queene fanning a secret fire 
 In her owne breast revolves her deep desire. 
 Ends (p. 27) : 
 
 Sends Iris doune to cutte the fatall haire, 
 Which done, her whole life vanisht into aire. 
 At p. 34 is ' Dr Donne's Farewell to the world,' not contained in Alford's 
 edition of his Works. 
 Begins (p. 34) : 
 
 Farewell you gilded follyes, pleasing troubles 
 Ends (p. 36) : 
 
 The dolefull eccho answers it is I, 
 
 X 
 
306 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The last piece, which is unfinished, relates to ' the death of the Rev. Dr 
 Raughleigh [Walter Raleigh], who desiring leave to preach was murdered 
 in prison by his keeper.' See Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, Part n. p. 71, 
 ed. 1714. 
 
 A fly-leaf at the beginning of the MS. contains the names of ' W m Go- 
 dolphin' and 'Hen. Savile,' with the following version of a well-known 
 epigram : 
 
 ' The divell was sicke, the divell a monk would be. 
 The divel was well, the divell a monk was he.' 
 
 361 Dd. vi. 44. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, of 303 leaves. 
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 blank. 
 
 English Sermons preached chiefly between the years 1642 
 and 1644. 
 
 Begins, Ps. xix. v. 14 : 
 
 O eternall and allseeing God . . . 
 Several sermons are written from the other end of the book, and among 
 them that contained in the last 26 leaves, which end with the words ' the 
 designs of his own kingdome.' 
 
 362 Dd. vi. 45. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, 190 leaves, many of which are blank, 
 handwriting of the xvith century. 
 
 Extracts from the Code and Digest of the Canon Law. 
 
 The following distich occurs in one page : 
 
 'Some homes doe weare and blowe them not, 
 Some cookowldes are and knowe yt not.' 
 In the beginning occurs the name ' Thomas Everard.' 
 
 363 Dd. vi. 46. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, 116 pages. 
 
 'Contracta Renati Des Cartesii Feltone ANA,' 1668. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Physica incipientium. Sive Principia Cartesiana Tyronum Captui 
 accommodata. 
 The work is in three books. It appears not to be a work of Des Cartes, 
 but of Jonathan Comer, whose name is on the fly-leaf. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 307 
 
 364 Dd. vi. 47. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, of 136 leaves. 
 Notes of Sermons, almost illegible. See Dd. vi. 70. 
 Inside the cover is the date, 3d October, 1635. 
 
 365 Dd. vi. 48. 
 
 A small long quarto, on paper, in good condition : date the 
 close of the xvith or beginning of the xvnth century. 
 
 This MS. consists of 58 leaves, each page being ruled for 4 lines of 
 Music. The first 19 and the last 26 leaves contain dance-tunes and 'ayres' 
 written on staves of six lines ; the remaining leaves are blank. The notes 
 to be played are indicated by letters between the lines, the length of the 
 notes is marked by minims, &c. above the staves. 
 
 The names ' John Butler* and ' John Mate' are written on the first page. 
 
 366 Dd. vi. 49. 
 
 A small volume, on paper, of the same form as the preceding 
 and bound up with it, 41 leaves, handwriting of the xvith cen- 
 tury. 
 
 Dutch Poetey. 
 
 The first part (fol. 1 — fol. 27) consists of a number of rough pictorial 
 capitals in the order of the alphabet, with five or six lines of letter-press 
 appended to each. The title-page is grotesquely embellished and contains 
 the following mark of ownership : ' Dit Boeck hoort toe Lyntgen Jacob 
 dochter woonende an die coorenmart int jaer ons Heeren, 1562.' 
 
 The second part is entitled ' Chansons, anno mccccc,xcix.' Among others 
 are Nien Liedeken, relating to ' Wilhelmus van Nassau.' 
 
 370 Dd. vi. 50—53. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 371 
 
 Dd. vi. 54. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, 36 leaves, about 30 lines in a page. 
 
 A Life of Heney Nicholas, the fanatic; v. Tanner, Bill. 
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 It appears never to have been printed The handwriting is 
 of the xvii th century. The latter half of the volume is blank. 
 
 The title-page is as follows : 
 
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308 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCBIPTS. 
 
 ' Mirabilia Opera Dei. Certaine wonderful works of God 
 which happened to H. N. even from his youth: and how the 
 God of Heaven hath united himselfe with him, and raised up his 
 gracious word in him, and how he hath chosen and sent him to 
 be a minister of his gracious Word : published by Tobias a fellow- 
 elder with H. N. in the houshold of love : translated out of Base 
 Almain, Ps. XLvi. 66. Acts xiii. 6. 1 
 
 Begins (after the Preface, Forasmuch as J. Tobias...) : 
 
 In the eighth year of the age of H. N. ... 
 Ends : 
 
 . . . and take it to heart. 
 
 372 Dd. vi. 55. 
 
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 with from 30 to 35 lines in the page, 
 f . 1 a : 
 
 ' In nomine Yesu Ohristi Amen. Incomincia lo libro dicto 
 Quadriga Spirituale scripto in vulgare con le allegatione literale 
 per communa utilita de omne conditione de p e composto dal vene- 
 rabile e excellente fratre, fratre Nicolo da Osmo delo ordine dey 
 fratri minori nel mccocxxxviij. 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Dice lo apostolo. Quello lo quale . . . 
 Ends, f. 109 6 : 
 
 amo al proximo. Amen. Jesu Christo gratias. Amen. 
 Explicit hoc opus Nuncupatus Spiritualis Quadriga 1454 scriptus et 
 consummatus v die februarii. 
 The titles of the paragraphs* *are rubricated throughout. The name of 
 Nicolo da Osmo does not appear to be mentioned by L. Wadding or any 
 other authorities. 
 
 f. 57 is in a different handwriting from the rest, (apparently the same 
 as that on the fly-leaves at the end,) and contains on one side the apocryphal 
 epistle of Lentulus to the Senate, 
 
 'per fratrem Antonium arestinum exaratum quinto decimo kal. 
 augusti die mercurii 1501.' 
 And on the other, a note on Septuagesima. On the two fly-leaves at the 
 end are some notes of no value. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 309 
 
 373 Dd. vi. 56. 
 
 A small duodecimo volume, in Greek and Latin, on paper, 
 very neatly written, of the middle of the xvith century, consisting 
 of 82 leaves, unpaged, each page containing about 18 lines, besides 
 4 leaves at the end which are blank. 
 
 'Plutarchi Chteronei philosophi libellus dtc futili 
 
 LOQUACITATE A GRvECO IN LaTINUM PER JoANNEM C/HRISTO- 
 FERSONUM CONVERSUS.' 
 
 Prefixed is a letter to Mary, afterwards Queen of England. 
 
 Honoratissimse illustrissimaeque Principi D. Marise, Regiae Majestatis 
 Sorori, Joannes Christofersonus perpetuam optat felicitatem. 
 
 It begins : 
 
 Non sum nescius, Prinoeps illustrissima... 
 
 The letter occupies 8 leaves, after which follows the Latin Version of 
 Plutarch's entire treatise wepi aSoXecr^ias, (beginning Ardua plane et diffi- 
 cilis, ending sed dolore etiam caret et molestia,) and then the Greek text : the 
 last words of the MS. being 
 
 dAXa Kai oKvttov kol avaibvvov. 
 
 The author of the version is no doubt John Christopherson, Master of 
 Trinity, 1553, whom Queen Mary made Bishop of Chichester in 1557. He 
 also translated the ecclesiastical history of Eusebius. Neither Tanner nor 
 Wyttenbach have noticed Christopherson's labours on Plutarch : the Greek 
 text generally agrees with the Aldine and Basil editions, in those places in 
 which Wyttenbach notices their readings. 
 
 This is bound up with the preceding MS. 
 
 374 Dd. vi. 57. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, 474 leaves, handwriting of the xvith 
 
 century. 
 
 Reports of Cases adjudged in the King's Bench and other 
 courts, from ' Hilary T. 18 Jas. I. to Mich. T. 20 Jas. I.' 
 
 The name of * Robert Nicholas' is given as that of the reporter, on the 
 authority of former Catalogues. 
 
 Many of the cases are not reported in Croke. 
 
 375 
 
 Dd. vi. 58. 
 
 A similar volume of Reports from 'Hilary, 17 Jas. I. to 
 Mich. 18 James I.' and in the same handwriting. 
 
310 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 376 Dd. vi. 59. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, 60 leaves. 
 
 1. Reports, 7 and 8 Hen. VI. 
 
 2. Extracts from the Statutes of Hen. VIII. 
 
 On the last page : 
 
 22 August 1544 
 De suo charissimo Johan. Arscott ... 
 Thomas Hawe anno setatis . . . 
 
 377 Dd. vi. 60. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper: handwriting of commencement of 
 xvnth century. 
 
 A Dictionary of Law Terms; English and French in 
 parallel columns. 
 
 ' Abate 1 to ' Yard land. 1 pp. 127. 
 
 Last leaf torn. 
 
 378 Dd. vi. 61. 
 
 An octavo, on paper. 
 
 Reports of Cases adjudged in the King's Bench, 8 — 13 
 Chas. I. 80 ff. Many blank leaves. 
 
 ' Most of these cases are reported in Cro. Car.' (MS. note on fly-leaf.) 
 
 379 Dd. vi. 62. 
 
 A small 12mo, on vellum, containing ff. 79, with 21 lines in 
 each page. It has illuminated capitals and borders. Executed 
 in France in the xvth century. 
 
 A leaf is lost after each of ff. 9, 21, 45, 46, 47, 70. 
 
 HoRJE BEATi! MARINE VlRGINIS. 
 
 After a blank leaf and two containing prayers in a modern hand, the 
 Kalendar follows in 6 ff., and the next two contain the Paternoster, Ave, 
 Credo, &c. : f. 12 is a coat of arms ; in f. 13 is the beginning of St John's 
 Gospel, with the prayer O Intemerata, and a French metrical ' Oroison de 
 notre dame,' beginning Glorieuse Vierge Marie : then follows the Stabat 
 Mater, the beginning being lost, and the hymn ' Salve mater Salvatoris Vas 
 electum creatoris Decus celi civium,' followed by Devotee orationes ad beatam 
 Virginem Mariam, and in f. 30, the Suffragia Sanctorum, each with a small 
 vignette : the Hours begin f. 46, the first leaf being lost, and are followed 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 311 
 
 by the 7 penitential psalms and Litany, the volume ending with the prayer, 
 ' Fidelium Deus omnium conditor et redemptor, &c.' 
 The rubricks are throughout in French. 
 
 380 Dd. vi. 63. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, of 94 leaves. 
 
 A Note-Book of Castel, formerly Professor of Arabic. See 
 Dd. vi. 4. 
 
 381 Dd. vi. 64. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 382 Dd. vi. 65. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, of 13 leaves. 
 
 Containing 8 sacred allegories, with explanations of the 1st 
 and 4th appended, written apparently in the xvnth century. The 
 heading is 
 
 ' Rationes Stili.' 
 
 Begins, f. 1 a : 
 
 Loquimur sapientiam &c. 1 Cor. ii. 6. Talis erat ... 
 Ends, f. 13 b : 
 
 ad Dei laudes percelebrandum. 
 
 383 Dd. vi. 66. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 Dd. vi. 67. 
 
 A small duodecimo volume, on paper, not older than the 
 middle of the xvnth century, consisting of 49 leaves, of which 
 the last 12 are blank, unpaged, very partially filled up, and having 
 from one to twenty-nine lines in a page, blank pages and leaves 
 occurring up and down irregularly. 
 
 CeNSUB^E DE GRJiCtS ET ROMANIS POETIS, PHILOSOPHIS, 
 ALIISQUE SCEIPTORIBUS TDM ANTIQUIS TUM BEOENTIORIBDS. 
 
 Begins (fol. 1, verso) : 
 
 Be Patribus Censura. Vid. Heins. Orat. 7. p. 88. 
 Ends (f. 37 verso) with the criticisms of Quintilian on Menander, the 
 
 last citation being . 
 
 fulgore quodam sua; claritatis tenebras obduxit. (Quintal. Inst. Orat. 
 
 Lib. x. c. 1.) 
 
 384 
 
312 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The work contains criticisms on many of the classics, on a few of the 
 Fathers and Schoolmen, on Erasmus, Lipsius, Sir Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, 
 &c. These are in no case original, but selected from other writers, ancient 
 and modern. 
 
 On the back of the last leaf is written, * Rob. Henley his mark.' 
 
 385 Dd. vi. 68. 
 
 An oblong paper book, in quarto, ] 87 leaves, bound up with 
 the last MS. 
 
 A Law Index from 'Abbe' to ' Remander.' 
 On the last leaf, ' Frances Backer.' Temp. Jas. I. 
 
 386 Dd. VI. 69. 
 
 A small duodecimo, on paper, ill written and full of unmeaning 
 scrawls, consisting of 89 leaves, some of which are more or less 
 blank, each page when full containing nearly 40 lines. In bad 
 condition, written in the beginning of the xvnth century. 
 Adversaria Alexandri Eos. 
 
 1. A collection of Proverbs in French and Latin, fol. 3. 
 Begins : 
 
 Hante les gens de bien et imite leurs moeurs, et mi la compagnie des 
 meschantz. Jean Fuller (whose name is attached to most of them). 
 
 2. ' De nominibus Hebrcew linguce? fol. 6. 
 
 3. ' Compendium in Porpliyrianam Isagogen? fol. 11. 
 
 4. ' Aphorismi in quinque predicabilia a M. Tho. Gordon 
 dicti." 1 fol. 15 b. 
 
 The title given at the end, fol. 27 b, followed by a Series accidentium 
 fol. 28. 
 
 5. ' Primus locus de prwcognitione et prwcognitis qua; ad 
 demonstrationem spectant. 1611. per me Alexandrum Eos. Primo 
 Aprilis.'' fol. 29. 
 
 6. ' De scientia de que iis quce scientice sunt opposita et affinia 
 errore scilicet ignorantia et opinione per Magistrum Alexamdrm 
 Scrogeum." 1 fol. 47 b. 
 
 The title given at the end. 
 
 Finis, per me Alexandrum Ros. decimo nono Aprilis 1611, fol. 74; after 
 which follow blank leaves and scraps of writing. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 313 
 
 387 Dd. vi. 70. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, of 138 leaves. 
 
 Notes op Sermons preached, apparently, by Mr Orispe, Mr 
 Wilson, &c; one page bearing the date 1634. Written from 
 both ends, very irregularly and illegibly. The handwriting of the 
 greater part is probably the same as that of Dd. vi. 47; but the 
 last few leaves are different. 
 
 On the fly-leaf at the beginning the words ' Sarah Wilson her booke. 
 Amen/ are twice written. 
 
 388 Dd. vi. 71. 
 
 A 1 2mo, on vellum, containing ff. 248, with 1 4 lines in each 
 page. It has rich borders and illuminations. There are catch- 
 words after every 8th leaf. Executed in France in the xvth 
 century. 
 
 Hoe^e Beat.e Marine Virginis. 
 On the inside of the cover at the beginning is written : 
 Nicolas Cimellis prestre 4 Octobre 1609. 
 Ne' le 29 Aoust 1584. 
 
 Ne differas in crastinum quod hoc die fecisse possis. 
 And on f. 1 : 
 
 Que pour le peche de la pomme 
 Le verbe Dieu s'estoit faict homme. 
 The next two leaves are blank ; then follow 12 containing the Kalendar. 
 On the margin of f. 6 is written : 
 
 Martius humores gignit variosque dolores 
 Sume cibum pure cocturas si placet ure 
 Balnea sunt sana sed quae superflua vana 
 Vena nee abdenda nee potio sit tribuenda. 
 After the Kalendar follow the lections, St John i. 1—14, St Luke i. 26—38, 
 St Matth. ii. 1—12, St Mark xvi. 14—20. The Hours begin f. 22, preceded 
 by a vignette of the Annunciation, and end f. 74. The contents of the rest 
 of the book are as follows : 
 
 f. 74 b. Officium B. M. V. in vesperis primi sabbati de adventu ad vigi- 
 liam nativitatis Domini. 
 83. Horae Passionis Domini nostri, the beginning being lost. 
 114. Commemoraciones de S. Oportuna et S. Barbara. 
 117. Septem Psalmi Pcenitentiales cum Letania, with a vignette of 
 our Lord enthroned with the emblems of the four Evangelists. 
 142. Horae SanctfE Cruris. 
 146. Horse Sancti Spiritus, with a vignette of the day of Pentecost. 
 
314 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 148 b. Officium Mortuorum, with the usual vignette. 
 193. Suffragia Sanctorum. 
 
 202. Quindecim Psalmi cum Letania Defunctorum. 
 215 b. Obsecro te Domina and O Intemerata. 
 At f. 225 a different hand begins a series of 13 prayers of the Passion ; 
 each with a rich illumination, beginning with the raising of Lazarus, and 
 ending with the Crucifixion. 
 
 f. 238. Prayers on the Cross, the 7 Words, &c, a hymn to the Saints 
 beginning, 'O Dyonisi radius greeie,' &c, and a Litany with which the 
 MS. ends, f. 247 b. 
 
 The two leaves lost between ff. 80 and 83 have been replaced by two 
 blank vellum ones, on the latter of which the former possessor Cimellis has 
 written two verses of a hymn, ' In Passione Domini.' Several of the rubricks 
 are in French. 
 
 389 Dd. vi. 72. 
 
 A small paper book, in 12mo, containing ff. 1S7, of which 
 many are blank. 
 
 1. 'Mr Francis Heereman's Golden Annotations. Trans- 
 lated out of Duch (sic) into English, by P. H. 165f.' A small 
 collection of anecdotes of ancient kings and philosophers. 
 After the title-leaf follow 42 pages, beginning with : 
 
 The king Archidamus. When hee asked the Philosopher Puda- 
 
 rius... 
 
 And ending in the third chapter with an extract relating to ' Hanibal.' 
 
 Francis Heerman lived at Amsterdam in the earlier part of the xvnth 
 
 century. His 'Guldene Annotatien' is mentioned in Jocher's Allgemeines 
 
 Gelehrten-Lexicon, ii. 1538. 
 
 2. Scattered over many pages of paper at the other end of the book are 
 the Heraldic Notes of some student. Amongst them are the bearings of 
 the different kingdoms of Spain. On the fly-leaf at this end of the book 
 Nasmyth read : ' El libro de Don Phelipe Ayres Mayor-domo del excel- 
 lentissimo Senior Embascador de Ingelterra in Esta Corte de Madrid a 30 
 de Genero de 1666.' This inscription is now almost hidden by the leaf 
 having been carelessly pasted to the cover. 
 
 390 Dd. vi. 73. 
 
 Bound up with No. 391. A small paper book, written about 
 
 1635. 
 
 A Memorandum Book. 
 It appears to have belonged to the steward or agent of a nobleman, and 
 contains, among many other particulars, notes of prices and of payments. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 315 
 
 -393 Dd. vi. 74—76. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 394 Dd. vi. 77. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, 370 pages, xvnth century. 
 iTTTriarpia, or, A modest Exercitation and Inquiry into the 
 subject of Physick.' 
 
 Dialogues on the Science of Medicine, in which one of the interlocutors 
 gives an account of a conversation held with his horse. 
 
 There are complimentary verses to the author by *iAi7rn-os QiXiarpos, 
 beginning : 
 
 Deare cleare Acestes, Dreame and dreame agen, 
 Since by learn'd dreaming thou awakenest men, &c. 
 And by J. L. 
 
 Ad Stultos et Invidos 
 Stulte cur irrides? nulla est tibi causa legendi. 
 Non asinis loquitur, qui fabulatur equis, &c. 
 
 395 Dd. vi. 78. 
 
 An octavo, on paper, of 136 leaves, in good preservation. 
 
 It contains ' A Catalogue of those manuscripts and other bookes 
 apertaning to Heraldry that are of wright mine and in my pos- 
 session an - 1646. Sylvanus Morgan.' Occupying 25 pages. 
 He was the author of The Sphere of Gentry, published in 1661. 
 Then follows ' The Mathamaticall Mariner.' ' His caracter,' 
 5 pages ; ' his astronomi,' 3 pages ; ' his arithmatic,' 4 pages. 
 Then 8 pages succeed, commencing ' Ex punto omnia : having 
 proposed to myself to fix the dignity of coat armour whereby it 
 might be brought into rule as to distinguish the goodness of our 
 coats from an other, fee' 
 
 At the other end of the book there are 52 leaves of notes upon the coats 
 and pedigrees of divers families, followed by a few pages of notes of no 
 interest on various subjects. 
 
 396 Dd. vi. 79. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, 80 leaves, xvnth century. 
 A Note-Book of Edward Leigh. 
 
 It is commenced at both ends, and contains receipts chiefly medical, 
 a few verses in English, and a Latin oration in praise of Greek Letters. 
 
316 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 397 Dd. vi. 80. 
 
 A paper book, in octavo, at one time, (about 1680), used as an 
 account book by Thomas Williams, who appears also to have 
 written 
 
 A Journal of a Voyage to Spain, and Travels through Spain 
 to France. 
 Begins : 
 
 Tho' I never set downe anything of my former travailes, yet now 
 this voyage being begun on an extraordinary occasion.. ..Thursday the 
 11th Aug. 1 being extraordinary ill. . . 
 Ends: 
 
 Thus I left Spagne, having all France to pass in my way home. 
 
 398 Dd. VI. 81. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, 45 leaves, dated 1 657. 
 
 A Note-Book of William Moore. 
 
 Besides some receipts, it contains catalogues with prices of medicines 
 alphabetically arranged. 
 
 399 Dd. vi. 82. 
 
 A duodecimo, on paper, 90 leaves. 
 
 The Note-Book of Daniel Maiden B. Art. M. Candidatus. 
 a. d. 1657. 
 
 It contains receipts arranged alphabetically, a catalogue of the owner's 
 books, and notes in Latin of two treatises, ' de Medicina./ and ' de Functioni- 
 bus et Humoribus.' There is also a brief Pharmacopoeia, with the English 
 names of some of the herbs added. 
 
 400 Dd. vi. 83. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 ^01 Dd. vi. 84. 
 
 A small duodecimo, in Greek and Latin, on paper, probably 
 written in the xvuth century, containing 152 pages, excluding 
 the title; paged as far as p. 145, each page containing 20 or 
 more lines. 
 
 ' Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra cum Latina 
 
 GULIELMI CaNTERI AD VERBUM INTERPRET ATIONE. 1 
 1 The year may be 1670, '81, '87, or '92. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 317 
 
 Begins, p. 1 : 
 
 A<r'£a) ra navra lrqrpeKws a /x tVropeif. 
 
 Then follows (p. 146) : 'Epitome Cassandra Gracolatina versibus Ana- 
 creontiis conscripta per Gul. Canterum Ultr./ as in the Basil edition of 1566. 
 After which is a Greeco-Latin index, of one page, the last words of the MS. 
 being ' ToprjTos vulnerabilis.' 
 
 402 Dd. vi. 85. 
 
 A parchment book, in 12mo. 
 
 Contains ' Narrationes Brevium, 1 in law- French, commencing 
 ' De recto, 1 ending ' De antiquo Dominico Corona?.' 
 
 On the last page a valuation of money ; on the fly-leaf, * Ricus Rusburgh 
 de Lyncoln Inne.' 
 
 68 ff. Initial letter illuminated ; temp. Hen. VI. 
 
 403 Dd. vi. 86. 
 
 A 12mo, on paper, of 113 leaves, of which ff. 2, 4 — 8, 19, 20, 
 62 — 64, 66, are blank. 
 
 Miscellaneous Theological Notes in three different hand- 
 writings, of the latter part of the xvnth century, on Church 
 Authority, Church Discipline, the Sacraments, &c. 
 
 404 Dd. vi. 87. 
 
 A small duodecimo, on paper, containing 68 pages, excluding 
 3 blank leaves at the beginning, paged (except the Index) ; each 
 page containing from 35 to 40 lines, probably written early in the 
 xvuth century. 
 
 1. ' Observations ex Hotomanno de veterihus nuptiarum ritibus 
 
 et solemnitatibus .' 
 
 Begins, p. 1 : 
 
 In matrimoniis contrahendis &c. 
 It contains an abbreviation of the whole treatise. See Hotomanni Opera 
 Vol. i. pp. 534—563. Ed. Gen. 1599. 
 
 2. i Ex Bayfio de re vestiaria.'' 
 
 Begins, p. 22 : 
 
 Sunt qui putant inter vestes et stolas. . . 
 This again is only an epitome of the original work. See Bayfius, De Re 
 Vestiaria, in Grsevii Thes. Antiq. Rom. T. vi. pp. 561, 602. 
 
 3. "-Observationes ex Brerewood de pmderibus et pretiis wterum 
 nummorum eorumque cum recentioribus collatione? 
 
318 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins, p. 34 : 
 
 Id quod Romani dixerunt. 
 
 Abbreviated from Brerewood's work, printed in Walton's Polyglott, 
 Vol. i. pp. 30—36. 
 
 Then follow the indices to the three tracts : the last words of the MS. 
 are, 'De ponderibus videas Dictionarium Thomae Thomasii.' 
 
 The writer of the MS. is evidently an Englishman, as appears by an 
 English note inserted at p. 34. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 319 
 
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 H. N. out of Grace ; according to the providence of God . . . 
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 Sancti Hibeonymi Opeea. 
 
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 ff. 1 — 3 b contain an Index to the Volume, beginning with Ep. xxi., and 
 at the conclusion a similar Index is promised to Vol. n., which however has 
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 This volume contains, beside a large number of letters published among 
 St Jerome's Works, the following treatises : 
 
 ff. 3 6 2— 76 1. Divi Hieronymi Vita. Opp. Vail. 1742. xi. 267— 280. 
 
 ff. 8 a — 16 6. Ruffini Ewpositio in Symbolum Apostolorum. Imperfect. 
 Opp. Cypriani. Paris. 1727. pp. 203 b— 228 f. 
 
 ff. 17 a — 22 a. Contra quinque htereses. Imperfect. Opp. August. Paris. 
 1837. viii. 1526 a— 1548. 
 
 ff. 22 a— 24 b. Expositio fidei Niceni coneilii. Opp. Hier. xi. 149 — 153. 
 
 ff. 25 a — 32 b. De fidei credulitate. 
 
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 ff. 71 a — 76 . Adversus Hebridium. Imperfect, ii. 207 c— 230 b. 
 
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 ff. ]28a 140 6. Liber ad Pammachium contra Joannem Hierosol. ii. 
 
 407—454. 
 
320 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 ff. 148 b— 149 a. Ruffini Apologia, ii. 673—576. 
 
 f. 149 a. Anastasii ad Joann. Hieros. Imperfect, ii. 577 a— 579. 
 
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 ff. 222—223. Dialogus de origine anime. Imperfect, xi. 246 — 253 c. 
 
 f. 316 6. Augustini Retractt. cap. xi/v. 
 
 f. 317 a. De corpore et sanguine Christi. xi. 256 — 259. 
 
 f. 318 b. Omelia super evangelio Sci Matth. xi. 269 — 261. 
 
 f. 319 a. Petri Pauli Vergerii Justinipolitani Sermo de laudibus Sancti 
 Hieronimi. xi. 295. 
 
 At foot of f. 320 b is this note : ' Divi Hieronimi Epistolarum partis prime 
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 ' Ex dono Magistri Johannis Gunthorpe domini Decani Wellensis ac quon- 
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 234, 301, 308, 310, 311, 347, 376, as well as at the end ; ff. 104, 194 are 
 mutilated. 
 
 This volume, beside letters, contains the following treatises. 
 
 ff. 9, 10. Expositiones Pss. sell, cxvii. Opp. xi. 198 — 201. 
 
 ff. 11 b — 19 b. Due Omelie ex Origine in Cantt. iii. 499 — 532. 
 
 ff. 20 a— 62. Comment, in Cantt. (Originis.) Opp. Hier. Basle 1565. 
 vi 101—156. 
 
 ff. 64 a — 66 a. Sermones iii. Opp. Vail. xi. 210 — 216. 
 
 f. 66 a. Sermo de Resurr. Domin. xi. 204 — 207 e. 
 
 ff. 68 a — 75 b. De Assumptione B. Virginis. xi. 94 a — 111. 
 
 ff. 77 a— 92 a. De situ et nominibus locorum Hebraicorum. Imperfect, 
 iii. 130 a— 290. 
 
 ff. 96 b — 97 a. De X. tentationibus Israel populi. iii. 741 746. 
 
 ff. 101a — 109 6. De viris illustribus. Imperfect, ii. 821— 929. 
 
 ff. 138 a — 149 b. De viro perfecto. Imperfect, xi. 53 f — 77. 
 
 ff. 167 a — 172 6. De VII. gradibus ecclesie. Imperfect, xi. 114 p— 126. 
 
 ff. 1726 — 180 6. Augustini de Pastoribus. Imperfect. Op. August, v. 
 324—352 d. 
 
 ff. 181 a— 195 a. Regula vivendi ad Eustochium [with prologue and index 
 of chapters], xi. 433—464. 
 
 ff. 195 a — 2006. De Institutione Virginum. xi. 127— 138. 
 
 ff. 266 b — 269 a. Vita Pauli primi Heremiti. ii. 1 — 12. 
 
 ff. 277 6—301 a. Regula monachorum (per Lupum de Oliveto). xi. 430— 
 432. 
 
 ff. 301a — 3076. Vita Sancti Hylarionis. Imperfect, ii. 13 — 40. 
 ff. 307 6— 3086. De vita captivi monachi. Imperfect, ii. 41 — 46 b. 
 f. 357 b. Prefatio in librum de questionibus Hebraicis. iii. 301 — 304. > 
 ff. 370 b — 372 6. Originis Comm. in Ep. ad Rom. cum pre/at. Hieron. 
 Imperfect. Opp. Orig. 
 
 ff. 377 a — 391 6. Eusebius Cremonensis de morte Hieronimi. xi. 288^-235. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 321 
 
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 f. 297 begins a concordance of the two gospels, headed ' [C]ollationes 
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322 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 f. 171 with Job xxxix. 23 : ' Supra ipsum sonabit faretra, vibrabit.' It 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 323 
 
 double columns, each averaging 70 lines. The titles are derived 
 from the MS. itself. 
 
 1. Tractatus Oorone Domini Regis, fol. 1. 
 
 2. Statuta de Scaccario Domini Eegis. fol. 1 . 
 
 3. Districtiones de Scaccario. fol. 1 b. 51 Hy. III. sc. 4. 
 
 4. Statuta Exome. fol. 1 b. 
 
 5. Capitula eorundem Statutorum. fol. 2. 
 
 6. Tractatus de Antiquo Dominico Corone. fol. 2 b. 
 
 7. Statutum de Londoneis (Gavelot). fol. 2 b. 
 
 8. Magna Carta de libertatibus Anglie. 35 ch. fol. 3. 
 
 9. Carta de Foresta. 16 ch. fol. 4. 
 
 10. Sententia lata in transgressores contra libertates carta- 
 rum. fol. 4 b. 
 
 11. Consuetudines de foresta. fol. 4 b. 
 
 1 2. Inquisitiones de foresta. fol. 5. 
 
 13. Forma literarum de foresta. fol. 5. 
 
 14. Capitula Regardatorum. fol. 5 5. 
 
 15. Assisa foreste. fol. 5 b. 
 
 16. Articuli de Eschaeteria. fol. 6. 
 
 17. Adhuc de his que spectant ad officium Escaetorum 
 Domini Regis unde tot inquirenda sunt. fol. 6 b. 
 
 18. Provisiones sive Statuta de Merton. fol. 7. 
 
 19. Statuta de Marleborge. fol. 7 b. 
 
 20. Statuta Westmonasterii prima, fol. 9 b. 
 
 21. Statuta Cloucestrie. fol. 12 6. 
 
 22. Statuta Westmonasterii secunda. fol. 13 6. 
 
 23. Statuta Wintonie pro pace terre conservanda. fol. 21. 
 
 24. Brevia eorundem. fol. 21 b. 
 
 25. Breve commissionis justiciariorum statuti de Wyncestria 
 sive Exonie. fol. 22. 
 
 26. Statuta de religiosis, sive contra religiosos. fol. 22. 
 
 27. Statuta de emptoribus terrarum. fol. 22. 18 Ed. I. 
 
 y2 
 
324 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 28. Statutum quod vocatur Actone Burnell de mercatoribus. 
 fol. 22 6. 
 
 29. Statuta alia de mercatoribus edita apud Weslmonaste- 
 rium. fol. 22 6. 
 
 30. Statutum de anno et die sive de bissextili. fol. 23 6. 
 
 31 . Statutum de conspiratoribus. fol. 23 b. 
 
 32. Statutum de Berewike. fol. 23 b. 
 
 33. Statutum de his qui ponendi sunt in assisis et juratis. 
 fol. 23 b. 
 
 34. Statutum de bigamis. fol. 23 b. 
 
 35. Statutum de vasto facto in tempore alieno. fol. 24. 
 
 36. Statutum armorum. fol. 24. 
 
 37. Statutum de militibus. fol. 24 b. 
 
 38. Exceptiones contra regiam prohibitionem. fol. 24 b. 
 
 39. Statutum regis de regia prohibitione allocanda. fol. 24 b 
 
 40. Statutum de quo warranto, fol. 25. 
 
 41 . Statutum de presentibus vocatis ad warrantum. fol. 25. 
 
 42. Statutum aliud de quo warranto, fol. 25. 
 
 43. Statutum de quo warranto novum, fol. 25 b. 
 
 44. Statutum de fmibus. fol. 25 b. 
 
 45. Articuli et provisiones concessi a rege apud Lyncoln. 
 fol. 26. 
 
 46. Statutum editum apud Westmonasterium anno 34 super 
 statutum Wincestrie fundatum. fol. 27 b. 
 
 47. Diffinitiones Brevium. fol. 28. 
 
 48. Quedam summa de modo compositionis Brevium. fol. 
 286. 
 
 49. Narrationes in Brevibus. fol. 29. 
 
 50. De natura essoniorum. fol. 30. 
 
 At fol. 34, a fragment of some statute relating to debtors. 
 
 51. Registrum Regis de Cancellaria. fol. 346. 
 ff. 41 to 44 wanting. 
 
 52. Summa que dicitur Fait a Savoir. fol. 45. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 325 
 
 53. La ditee et le enseignment de chescune maniere de office 
 qe append a ly euiprouvement de manyers. fol. 50 b. 
 
 54. Une summaire qe est appele housebondrie ' Ceste ditee 
 si, feysoyt Sire Waltier de Hengleye.' 
 
 See also Dd. vii. 14, and Ee. i. 1. 
 
 55. De ponderibus et mensuris. fol. 54 b. 
 
 56. De homagiis faciendis. fol. 54 5. 
 
 57. De bomagio Johannis Baillol regis Scottorum. fol. 54 b. 
 
 58. Carte, conventiones, cirographa, obligationes, testa- 
 menta; Modus placitandi in curia baronis, militis seu libere 
 tenentis ; Quomodo debemus inbreviare et irrotulare placita, at- 
 tachiamenta querelas, essonia, optulaciones, amerciamenta, leges 
 vadiatas, dies amoris, concordationes, querelas in comitatu, narra- 
 tiones, diffamationes, transgressiones, et earum responsiones, appel- 
 lationes in comitatu, appellationes coram justiciariis de rapina, de 
 morte hominis, de fugientibus ad ecclesiam, captiones laycorum, 
 attacbiamenta laycorum et clericorum, et deliberationes eorum. 
 In comitatu officium et etiam officium in hundredo et similibus ; 
 officium coronatoris; Modus abbreviandi et ordinandi officium 
 prepositi sive seneschalli; Inventarium manerii; Ordinatio com- 
 puti; Visus franci plegii; Assisa panis et cervisie; Lucrum 
 pistoris ; Judicium pillorii sive collistrigii ; Summa de rebus ve- 
 nalibus; Et extenta manerii. fol. 55 to fol. 60. 
 
 59. Articuli Lincolnie, qui dicuntur Traylebastoun. fol. 61. 
 
 60. De articulis inquirendis in itinere justiciarium sive Vetera 
 placita Corone. fol. 61. 
 
 61. Nova placita corone. fol. 62. 
 
 62. Omissa in tractatu de compute sive de officio senescalli. 
 fol. 63. 
 
 63. Articuli inquirendi in curia de visu franci plegii. fol. 63. 
 
 64. Quedam summa que vocatur Interpretatio verborum. 
 fol. 63 b. 
 
 65. Sacramentum Regis Edwardi, filii regis Edwardi tempore 
 sue coronationis. fol. 63 b. 
 
 66. De damnis adjudicandis. fol. 64. 
 
326 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 67. Tractatus de literarum compositione. fol. 64 b. 
 Ff. 68 to 91 (both inclusive) are wanting. 
 
 68. Summa de legibus Anglie que vocatur Brittone. fol. 92. 
 
 The phraseology of this manuscript varies very slightly from that of the 
 edition printed by Robert Redman ; but the printed book is only divided 
 into chapters (12 b), and the MS. is partitioned into six books (containing 
 altogether 139 chapters) as follows : 
 
 Lib. 1. De plez personels. 
 
 2. De plez reals. 
 
 3. De morte antecessorum. 
 
 4. De Jure patronatus. 
 
 5. De Jure dotium. 
 
 6. De mero jure. 
 
 69. Tractatus de modo placitandi. fol. 140 b. (See above, 
 No. 47, which is a fuller and more perfect copy of this tract.) 
 
 70. Summa que dicitur ' Magnum Hengham. 1 fol. 143 b. 
 
 71. Alia Summa que dicitur Parvum Hingham. fol. 148. 
 
 72. Summa Bastardie. fol. 150. 
 
 73. Exceptiones contra Brevia. fol. 1516. 
 
 74. Placita placitata. fol. 153. 
 
 75. Arbor consanguinitatis. fol. 157. 
 
 76. Figura Affinitatis. fol. 158 b. 
 
 77. Placita. fol. 159 b. 
 
 78. Extenta manerii; Articuli visus Franci Plegii; Dies 
 communes in Banco ; Dies dotis. fol. 177. 
 
 79. Henricus de Bracton de legibus et consuetudinibus 
 Anglise. fol. 178. 
 
 This MS. extends over 160 pages. It is imperfect. All is wanting after 
 Lib. iv. Tract. 3, cap. 17. 
 
 On comparing it with Tottel's edition of 1669, some slight variations occur, 
 and the MS. appears to contain some additional matter. It is frequently 
 annotated in the margin. 
 
 This Collection of Statutes is described in the second report 
 on the searches instituted by the Record Commission (1812) as 
 ' not appearing to bear any character of accuracy or authenti- 
 city. 1 " . " 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 327 
 
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 Five folios, on vellum, in double columns, of 55 lines each 
 in the first four volumes, and of about 70 lines each in the fifth 
 volume, of the xivth century. 
 
 Nicolai de Lyra Opera. 
 
 The handwriting of the first four is apparently the same, that of the 
 fifth is not so good, or so large as that of the others. 
 
 The first four, as they are marked on the fly-leaf contain the commen- 
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 to the Monastery of St Albans, as appears from the document copied on 
 the fly-leaf at the beginning of the first three. 
 
 Vol. I. of 319 leaves, contains the commentary on Genesis — Paralip", 
 with part of the 1st chap, of Esther, ending on v. 10, ' nam virum etiam 
 sobrie potatum.' 
 
 On the first page is : 
 
 Si Lyra non lyrasset 
 Totus mundus delirasset. 
 
 A leaf is lost after f. 82. The initial letters of the books are illuminated, 
 and there are coloured pictures of the Tabernacle, Ark, &c. to illustrate the 
 text, chiefly from f. 70 — 90. Two prologues are prefixed to the Postils. 
 
 Vol. II. of 286 leaves, contains the Commentary on Esther (which is 
 here complete), Tobias, Judith, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Eoclesiastes, 
 Canticles, Wisdom, and Ecclesiasticus. 
 
 This volume appears to be perfect ; some leaves, however, between 212 
 and 239 inclusive, are misplaced ; they should be read in the order : 236 — 
 239, 216 — 235, 212 — 215. The pages containing the latter chapters of Can- 
 ticles have a wrong title at the top. 
 
 Vol. III. of 266 leaves, contains the commentary on all the Prophets 
 and the first two books of Maccabees. 
 
 Vol. IV. of 328 leaves, contains the commentary on the Books of the 
 N. T. 
 
 At the foot of the last column, f. 328 b, 1, is added : 
 Explicit postilla super Apocalipsim 
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 Scriptoris anime te Christe precor misereri. 
 
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328 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The 1st leaf has been mutilated by the removal of a vignette, which 
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 words : 
 
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 Edita a fratre Nicolao de Lyra ordinis fratrum minorum. 
 Its contents are the same as those of Vol. iv. 
 
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 ' Sextus Liber Decretauum, cum glossa Johannis An- 
 drew. 1 
 
 The initial letter has been cut out. On the first page is the following 
 shield : 
 
 ' Or, a fleur de lis gules, in a bordure of France.' 
 
 421 Dd. ni. 13. 
 
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 Nine books of the Pandects of Justinian, viz. 39, 40, 
 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 49, and 50. ' Cum apparatu.' 
 
 The initial illuminated letters are everywhere cut out and defaced; 
 book 48 wants the first four chapters and part of the fifth. 
 
 422 Dd. VII. 14. 
 
 A folio, on parchment, written in the xvth century; com- 
 prised originally 420 written leaves and some blank leaves, much 
 torn and defaced at both ends, and ff. 166 — 171 (inclusive) are 
 wanting. 
 
 The titles are derived from the MS. itself. 
 
 1. La chartre des franchises et la chartre de la foret. fol. 1. 
 
 2. An alphabetical index to the contents of the book. fol. 2. 
 
 3. The ' Constitutiones Provinciates 1 of Stephen, Archbishop 
 of Canterbury, published at Oxford in 1222, with the Constitu- 
 tiones Legatinse of Otho and Othobon, cardinal legates from Pope 
 Greg. IX. in 1236. fol. 4. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 329 
 
 4. Summa bona ad cassanda omnimoda brevia, siveexcep- 
 tiones contra brevia. fol. 7. 
 
 5. Alia summa cassanda. fol. 8. 
 
 6. La commissione de le Rey Edward fiz le Rey Edward 
 graunta a sun barnarge de Engleterre pour apesee le descord qe 
 fust entre eus par Perres de Gavastone. e les ordenances fetes 
 par meymes le barnarge e confermez par le rey: Pan de sun 
 coronement quynt. fol. 1 2. 
 
 7. Bracton de legibus et consuetudinibus Anglise. fol. 205. 
 The leaves of this treatise appear to have been loose, and to have been 
 
 bound up without arrangement. 
 
 8. Statutum contra clericos. fol. 205. 
 
 9. Statuta contra oppressiones curie Romane. fol. 205 b. 
 
 10. Statutum Edwardi regis de reaforestacione post absolu- 
 cionem. fol. 206 5. 
 
 11. Transcriptum literarum Baronagii Anglie ad papam de 
 regno Scotise. fol. 207. 
 
 12. Sententia lata super Petrum de Gavestone quondam 
 comitem Cornubie et super ejus complices et fautores. fol. 
 207. 
 
 13. Hosbondrie. (By ' Walter de Henley.' See Dd. vn. 6. 
 §54.) 
 
 14. Summa que vocatur officium Justiciarium. fol. 208 b. 
 
 15. Summa que vocatur Placita Corone. fol. 211. 
 
 16. Narrationes placitorum. fol. 216. 
 
 ] 7. Summa que vocatur ' Oadit assisa.' fol. 306. 
 
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 1. ff. 1—114. 
 
 '■Pars prima Florwm in Epist. ad Bom.'' 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 331 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 333 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 335 
 
 On f. 1 6, is written in red : 
 
 John Elys j h n Baker 
 
 Humanum est eadere, id est peccare, set diabolicum est perseverare 
 id est contumare. ' 
 
 Below : 
 
 Jesu haue mercy on the soule of John Baker, 
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 prayers in English, the first commencing : 
 
 Almyghty God fader of heven 
 For Christes love that dyed yn roode 
 I pray the lorde to hire my steven 
 And my desire cause to be goode. 
 The lines being bracketed that rhyme. 
 
 The second commencing : 
 
 Swete Jesu to the 
 
 A gylty wrecche I yelde me, &c. 
 
 At the end of these : 
 
 John Baker of Briggewater 1 
 Christe help the no we and ever J 
 And Dame Kateryne Moleyns also ") 
 
 To the blysshe of heven that she may go J 
 
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 Beauforde, Cardynel and Bisshop of Winchester, William of Wykam, &c. 
 
336 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 At the foot of f. 10 is a list of presents made by John Baker to the 
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 A boke of seynts ly ves yn Englysshe. 
 A spruse tabell, and a cobberd that be yn there parler. 
 The mendynge and renewinge of a oolde masboke of theres. 
 A fetherbedde, a bolster, a pylowe and ii feire couerlettes. 
 The MS. is mentioned by Tanner, Not. Monast. who appears to have 
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 ed. iv. 397, 398. 
 
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CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 337 
 
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 J. ff. 1 a, 1— 201 5, 1. 
 
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 Begins : 
 
 Proxime cum Origenis Psalterium . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... in cuncta secula seculorum. Amen. 
 This is the same as the Breviarium in Psalmos. Opp. Hieron. Vail. 
 Vol. vii. App. 
 
 2. ff. 201 i, 1—202 a, 2. 
 
 ' Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam.' 1 
 
 Taken from Bede, Expos, in Lucam, Lib. n. Opp. Col. Agr. 1612. Vol. >'. 
 col. 262—264. 
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 In illo kapitulo. Egressus est, &c. [iv. 14.] 
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 1. A fragment of Makci Pauli Veneti Histoeia Tae- 
 
 TAEOEDM. 
 
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 Ends (f. 7) : 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 339 
 
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 HlSTORIA PoLICHRONICA RanULPHI CeSTRENSIS. 
 
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 z2 
 
340 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 Begins : 
 
 Expositionem itaque scripturus . . . 
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 in Book 4, Tit. 1 — 15, are wanting. 
 
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 Aquarum nature diversitas... 
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 . . a quocunque fuerit ascensus excurrit. 
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 'Roberti Priobis de Berlixtoxa Compil atioxes in Epi- 
 
 STOLAS PaI.'LI ApOSTOLI.' 
 
342 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins (after the Preface, 'Sicut et aliarum mearum compilationum...' 
 and the Prologue ' Primum queritur'), f. 3 b 1, with the words, 
 
 Paulus Servus Christi Jesu — Anselmus Paulus hebraice, quietus 
 Grece . . . 
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 . . . minus perfectis ut crescant, incorrectis ut resipiscant. 
 Explicit liber compilationum domini Roberti, &c. 
 
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 1 . ' De Operibus sex diekum. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 In principio &c. fratres karissimi secuti Paulus per revelationem 
 didicit... 
 Ends, on 3rd leaf b 1 : 
 
 . . . qui id facturus erat propria voluntate per culpam, et ordinandus 
 domini equitate per penam. 
 
 2. A Treatise 'De Penitentia. 1 
 
 Which seems to have consisted of nine chapters, but has been mutilated. 
 Begins : 
 
 In penitentia autem que peccatorum considerare oporteat . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . omni igitur a malo sic mentem revocat ut commissa plangat et 
 
 plangenda committere non velit ne . . . 
 
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 the same author as the Commentary, v. Tanner, Bibl. Lond. 1748, p. 657. 
 
 Robert (also called Scriba) 4th Prior of Bridlington (or Burlington) 
 
 in Yorkshire, flourished at the close of the xnth century, v. Tanner as 
 
 above. 
 
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 Sundays and Festivals, taken out of St Paul's Epistles. 
 
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 ' 14th Feb. 1635. This booke, intituled Compilationes Roberti 
 Prioris de Berlintona in Epistolas Pauli Apostoli, being bequeathed to 
 the publike Library of this University of Cambridg by the last Will 
 and Testament of Mr Thomas Peirson, Rector of Brampton Brian in 
 the County and Diocess of Hereford, sometimes Master of Arts in 
 Emanuell Colledg, was brought and delivered by Mr Christofer Hardy 
 one of the Executors of the saide Mr Peirson.' 
 
 ' This Mr Peirson was in his yonger days a frequent coadjutor to 
 that great theologue Mr Perkins.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 343 
 
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 Vol. II. contains the second part of the treatise 
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 Begins (after the prologue 'Doctrinis variig.../ and table of chapters), 
 f. 13 6: 
 
 Sacramenta veneranda . . . 
 
 Ends, f. 314 6: 
 
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 At the end follows the rubrick, Explicit, &c. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 345 
 
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 Breaks off (fol. 127 6): 
 
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 Canon Missjs. 
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 Te igitur clementissime pater... 
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 michique et omnibus pro quibus illud obtuli sit te miserante pro- 
 pieiabile. Per christum dominum nostrum. Amen. 
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 Plates : 2nd and 3rd, Az. an eagle displayed Ar. 
 
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 J. 'Caii Plinii Secundi Historic Natubalis Libri 
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 Begins (corruptly) : 
 
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 illepide, &c. (Lib. i. prsefat. § 24). fol. 1. 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 347 
 
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 nor does it deserve to be. 
 
 5. ' Franciscus Petrarca ad fratrem Johannem de 
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 Begins : 
 
 Anilem tibi fabellam sed ex re, ut Flaccus ait, garrio. fol. 276. 
 Ends: 
 
 aranea in squalore a pauperum tuguriis habitaret. 
 (Contained in Lib. m Ep. xxxrx. of Petrarch's letters. Ed. Basil. 1496, 
 but the MS. has only a portion of it.) 
 
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 occasionem.' 
 
348 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 351 
 
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352 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 353 
 
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 The death occurred Jan. ^ , 1629. See Green, Princesses of England. 
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354 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 After these there is a page of Medical Receipts in another hand. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 355 
 
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 A. A 2 
 
356 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 1. ff. 8. 'The severall and particular Accompts of James 
 Chapman, baker to the Oolledge of Westminster for fower yeares, 
 ended at Michaelmas 1644,' and from thence to 1648. 
 
 Every sheet is signed ' James Chapman.' 
 
 2. ff. 2. 'A piouse worke humbly commended to the reverend 
 ministers of these greate and numerouse assemblys of the parishes 
 of S* Martins, S' Giles in the Fields, S 4 Clements, and S l Pauls 
 Covent Garden in the City of Westminster and County of Mid- 
 dlesex.' 
 
 A project for founding an industrial school for poor children. See Stow's 
 Survey, B. vi. ch. iv. 
 
 3. ff. 9. 'A note of all his Majesties preuye seales receyued 
 by Sir Charles Cornwaleis knighte appointed collector for the county 
 of Norfolk, a. d. 1604.' 
 
 4. ff. 6. 'A Catalogue of the Deanes of the Cathedral Church 
 of Norwich, and of their translation from a prior and convent to 
 a deane and chapter &c. per Thomam Searle decani et capituli 
 supradicti clericum capitularem.' 
 
 This was written after 1660, as appears from the conclusion : 
 
 his last Act (as Deane) ratione horrendissimaa persecutionis Angl. 
 
 25 Jan. 1648, just five dayes before the most barbarous, cruell, and 
 
 detestable Murther that ever was committed in then sorrowing (but 
 
 now singing) England. 
 
 On f. 6 is the endorsement, ' To the reverend M r John Whitefoote these 
 
 in all humility present.' 
 
 5. ff. 6. ' Proposalls for the better regulateing the officers 
 and management of the work bslonging to the Great Levell of the 
 Fenns called Bedford Levell. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 whereas in the first undertaking of the dreyning of the levell 
 aforesaid. ..the Lord Gorges... 
 
 475 Dd. VIII. 41. 
 
 A folio, on vellum, containing ff. 102, in double columns, with 
 38 lines in each column. The initial letters are red and blue, 
 and occasionally illuminated. Date, the xivth century. 
 
 A miserably mutilated 
 
 Breviarium et Missale, apparently of Salisbury use. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 357 
 
 ff. 1, 101, 102 are three stray leaves of a Psalter, containing respectively 
 Pss. 1—7, 17, 18 and 34—37. 
 
 The Breviary begins f. 2, with the words ' [mag]nificencia et gloria et 
 fructus terre' (Is. iv. 2) in the services for the 1st week in Advent, ending 
 f. 85 : the Missal begins as usual f. 86, and ends abruptly f. 100, in the 
 middle of the Office ' in die Pentecosthes.' 
 
 The MS. is paged by the original hand, and there are catchwords. 
 
 Three leaves are missing before f . 2 ; 3 after f. 8 ; 1 after f. 10 ; 1 after 
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 476 Dd. viii. 42. 
 
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 taken in the reign of Henry VII. 
 
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 Also proceedings against Mathew Attmur, of Hock ham in 
 Norfolk, grocer, a.d. 1667- 
 
 473 Dd. vm. 44. 
 
 / A folio, on paper, of 183 leaves, some of which are blank, 
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 A Divinity Common-place Book, 
 
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 A paper book, in folio. 
 
 A Catalogue of the Books and MSS. of Dr Holdsworth 
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 At the beginning is a certified copy of the grace appointing the Syn- 
 dicate 8 July, 1664, and at the end the signatures of the Syndics. 
 
358 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 A folio, on paper, of the xvnth century. 53 leaves, or parts 
 of leaves. Very irregularly written. 
 
 ''EyKui/xiaaTtKov in Sanctorium Sanctorium de Medicina 
 Statioa. 1 
 
 The MS. consists of annotations on the above work, displaying much 
 learning, by a great admirer of Sanctorius. 
 On the last page is, 
 
 ' Tabella colorum in Urinis.' 
 
 481 Dd. vni. 47. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of the xvnth century, of 101 leaves ; writ- 
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 'CoLLECTIONES QUjEDAM MEDICINE.' 
 
 These are desultory notes on Physics to the 20th page ; where the author 
 states his resolution to proceed in a more systematic manner. From this 
 point he arranges his notes with more regularity, following Sennertus, Frey- 
 tagius, Frambesarius, Heurnius, and Claudinus. 
 
 482 Dd. vni. 48. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 84 ff. 
 
 Reports of cases adjudged in the Queen's Bench and other 
 Courts, 39—42 Eliz. 
 
 Also, ' Qusedam observationes de mensurationibus terrarum in 
 Anglia.' 
 
 Temp. Jac. I. 
 
 483 Dd. vni. 49. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, of 199 leaves, double columns, about 
 24 lines, in a column, written early in the xith century. 
 
 EYAITEAI2TAPI0N. 
 
 The Synaxarium is contained in ff. 1 a — 141 a, and the Menologium in 
 ff. 141 a — 197 a ; ff. 197 a— 198 b consist of Lessons for special occasions, war, 
 drought, sickness, &c. 
 
 (f. 199 (inverted) contains Matt, xxvii. 48 — 54, Joh. xix. 31 — 37, and 
 Matt, xxvii. 55 — 61, without any indication of the change of Gospel.) 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 359 
 
 A leaf has been lost between ff. 157—8, the text ending at Luke xiii. S3, 
 and recommencing at Mark vi. 5. The 24th quaternion likewise consists of 
 but 7 leaves, but there is no gap in the text. Each quaternion is marked 
 with a Greek and also an Armenian numeral, the latter occasionally repeated 
 in a different hand. 
 
 The MS. is paged throughout in a modern hand, perhaps that of Mill, 
 who seems likewise to have added references to the present chapters and 
 verses for 41 leaves. Corrections of different dates occur here and there, 
 and in many places the faded letters have been coarsely retouched. The 
 margin has notes scrawled |in Arabic at pp. 1 a, 21 b, 22 a, 59 b, 186 b, 
 188 a. 
 
 The book is written in a clear, upright, not 'uncial ' (Scholz), hand, with 
 scarcely any abbreviations ; the liturgical directions and stops are rubricated ; 
 accents and breathings are given ; the usual itacisms occur with tolerable 
 frequency. The text does not appear to differ materially from that of ordi- 
 nary Constantinopolitan MSS. 
 
 f. 198 b ends with 
 
 Kvpie evxapicTTa croi 
 
 Kvpie &o£dfi» <re. 
 
 This Evangelisterium was lent by Bishop Moore to Mill, who included 
 a very imperfect collation of it (marked ' M. 2.') in the Appendix to his 
 edition of 1707 (see Proleg. p. clxvii. a), afterwards incorporated with the 
 other various readings by Kuster. It is numbered 4 by Wetstein (t. i. p. 63) ) 
 and after him Griesbach and Scholz. 
 
 ff. 200—204 contain fragments of Greek prayers, chiefly to St Nicholas, 
 resembling those in the Menaea. These leaves are written in a large black 
 hand of probably the xrath century, with about 14 lines in a page, they are 
 in a very tattered and macerated state. 
 
 f. 200 begins : 
 
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 Ends: 
 
 ...ra 8ecrp.a dteprjijas- fi^air tov... 
 
 ff. 204—201 (inverted) begin : 
 ...Tots j3a<rai/ois... 
 
 End: 
 
 ...ray Ttpos [?] Bebv 6 Si... 
 
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 A quarto, on parchment, of 110 leaves, in double columns, of 
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 MELIUS DONATUS DEVOTIONIS DE OCTO PARTIBUS ORATIONIS. 
 
 Printed by Rastell. [In the library, AB. 5. 61.] 
 
360 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 This is followed by four chapters entitled Amo, Doeeo, Lego, and Audio, 
 corresponding to the four conjugations, with the colophon ' Explicit Donatus 
 devotionis et pio finis.' 
 
 In f. 1 occurs the name Thomas Knyvett. 
 
 485 Dd. viii. 51. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, paged, containing 79 pages, besides 
 the leaf containing the title and a blank leaf at the end, each full 
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 ' Callimachi Fragmenta a v. doctiss. Thoma Stanleio Arm. 
 collecta et digesta, una cum Notis undequaquam eruditis in eun- 
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 Transvolat in medio posita et fugientia captat. 
 See Cattimachi Fragmenta, prsef. pp. vii. viii. Ed. Blomf. 
 
 486 Dd. viii. 52. 
 
 A thin paper book, in quarto, of 44 pages. 
 
 A letter from T. B. (Thomas Barlow) upon the English 
 Historians. 
 It begins : 
 
 My honest friends, 
 
 I have that confidence of your candour... 
 At the end it is dated, ' Q. Coll. Oxon. Octob. 30, 1636,' with a postscript 
 'Pray let noe eye see these rude papers...' 
 
 487 Dd. vni. 53. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 361 
 
 *88 Dd. IX. 1. 
 
 A large folio, on paper, containing ff. 432, written about the 
 middle of the xvith century. 
 
 A collection of Libels, Sentences, Depositions of witnesses, 
 Inhibitions, &c. in the Court of Arches and other Ecclesiastical 
 Courts in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 489 Dd. is. 2. 
 
 A collection of Copies of Documents, which, with the excep- 
 tion of the last, relate to the negotiations carried on by Q. Eliza- 
 beth with the Kings of Denmark and Poland, and certain 
 towns of the Hanseatic League, in order to obtain for her subjects 
 greater freedom of trading. 
 
 They are on paper, and now bound together in one volume, 
 which consists of about 300 leaves, the blank pages included. It 
 will be seen that the articles have not been arranged according to 
 date, and that article 29 is defective. 
 
 It is to be noted that they are not comprised either in Rymer, Fmdera, or 
 in Dumont, Corps Universel des Trails ; in the former work indeed nothing 
 occurs between the dates of 1582, 19 Aug. and 1585, 19 Apr., the interval to 
 which the chief part of the following articles belongs. 
 
 Articles 1, 4—7, 8 d, 9, 11—16, 18, 20—35 d, 35/— 35 h, appear to be in 
 the same bold and distinct handwriting, perhaps of the xvith century. 
 Articles 2, 17, 36 are in a handwriting which is less rounded than the pre- 
 ceding. Articles 3, 8 c, f, 10, 19, 35 e, are in ordinary running hands : 
 articles 8 a, b, e are distinguished by the minuteness and regularity of the 
 writing. 
 
 1. ff 1 — 3. ' Tractatus Pacis inter Henricum Septimum 
 Regem Anglise, et Johannem Regem Danise, &c. Anno 1490, 
 Anno 6° H. 7'. anno septimo Joannis Regis.' 
 
 At the end (f. 3) is the note : ' The other treatise is a confirmation of this 
 de Verbo ad verbum, betwene K. H. the 8. and Christiern K. of Denemarck, 
 sonne to the aboue named John, 1523.' 
 
 2. ff. 4, 5. ' Dilucidatio Tractatus 1583 de Ruthenica navi- 
 gatione.' 
 
 These letters patent are dated 'in palatio nostro Divi Jacobi prope West- 
 monastermm 12 m ° die Octobr. 1583, et regni nostri vigesimo quinto.' 
 
362 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 3. ff. 8, 9. ' The King of Denmark his letter to hir M atie 
 translated.' 
 
 It is dated, 'Oute of our Courte Fridrichsburg the v' h of March, a° 1576.' 
 
 4. ff. 10 — 12. ' D. Eogerii cum Anthonio Jenkensono, legati 
 missi ad Danum cum eodem negotiatio super quibusdam in priori- 
 bus Uteris.'' 
 
 'Acta fuerunt hsec in Sacello (Divo Georgio sacrato prope civitatem 
 Hamburgensem) Die 14" mensis Augusti, a" Dni, 1577.' 
 
 5. ff. 12 — 15. ' Quserimonise Mercatorum super Telonia, 
 Tractatusque super iisdem, &C.' 
 
 There is, first, an account of the customs successively (1540 — 1575) levied 
 upon English merchants trading with Denmark, then the demand of the 
 Queen (instanter rogat) addressed to the King for the reduction of the duties 
 to their proper amount according to the treaties ; then follow abstracts of the 
 Treaties from 1449 to 1523, under the heading ' Fcederum autem Tabulae sic 
 loquuntur.' After which (f. 15) is a statement 'De Piscatione Islandica.' 
 
 6. ff. 16 — 18. ' Serenissimse Principi, Dominse Elizabethse... 
 
 Fridericus Secundus . . . Danise . . . Bex. 1 
 
 This letter, discussing the terms of a proposed treaty, is dated 'in Arce 
 nra Nouogardia iii die mensis Martij , Anno Dni lxxxiii.' 
 
 7. ff. 18 — 20. 'Greneroso...Dno Francisco Walsyngham... 
 Nicolaus Kaas.' 
 
 This, which is dated ' Neogardise xxvi februarii Anno Dni lxxxiii,' also 
 relates to the negotiations between the Governments of England and Den- 
 mark. 
 
 8. a. ff. 27, 28. ' Instructions for Denmarke from her 
 Maty.' 
 
 This title is the endorsement on f. 30. The instructions are written on 
 fine paper, in a small hand ; they were for the direction of the Ambassador 
 (see below, under e and/) appointed to treat with the King of Denmark for 
 the opening of the trade to Russia through the Norway seas : they were pro- 
 bably given in 1583. 
 
 b. f. 31 . ' Instructions for Denmark from the Company of 
 Russia, for M r Harbert.' 
 
 They recommend a fixed payment to be made yearly at Elsinore. 
 The signatures of nine members of the Company and of their agent are 
 appended. . 
 
 c. f. 33. ' The effect of the acte of parliam' for trafficque by 
 subjects into the Countreye of the K. of Denmark. 1 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 363 
 
 It is endorsed (f. 34), ' Touching the Acts of Parliament for fishing on the 
 coasts of Denmark, Norway, &c.' 
 
 d. f. 35. ' Verba tractatuum de inhibita Anglis nauigatione 
 versus Halgalandiam Finnarchiam et Islandiam.' 
 
 This is endorsed (f. 36), ' De Rutenica Navigatione, et moderatione Telo- 
 niorum Oresundicorum ineunda.' 
 
 e. ' A Copie of Instructions dely vered to John Ohapell 
 touching his message from her Matie to the Kinge of Denmark 
 on the behalf of the Societie of the Marchaunts trading the east 
 
 o 
 
 parts, for the abrogatinge and lessenynge of certen new exaccons 
 ymposed vpon the said merchaunts in theire passage through the 
 Sound, according to the tenor and purport of hir Ma ts Lre to the 
 said Kinge conteyning vi speciall points, viz.'' 
 
 These occupy f. 37, and are followed (f. 38) by ' Tables of the Rates of 
 goods which the said John Chappell is to propose if he fail in obtaining those 
 mentioned in his first Instructions gyven hym in June past at his going over 
 with the L. Wylloughbie.' 
 
 Further Instructions follow on f. 39. 
 
 On f. 40 is the endorsement, ' Instructions for Denmarke from the Estrel- 
 ing marchants.' 
 
 f. ff. 43 — 4. A statement of the arguments against the 
 ' Laste Ghelte,' ' The hundrede penny,' and ' Taking of clothes to 
 the Kinges vse. 1 
 
 On f. 44 is the signature ' Laure. Tomson.' On f. 47 are the endorse- 
 ments, 'The instructions for M 1 Harbert for Denmarke drawen by doct r 
 Aubrey,' and ' R the fywth of July, 1583. At Humborowghe.' 
 
 9. a. f 48. An address by the Queen's Ambassador to the 
 King of Denmark on the subjects of dispute mentioned in the 
 preceding. 
 
 It ends with the request, ' ut de illis controuersiis componendis, Commis- 
 sarijs a tua Ma ,e deputandis detur authoritas.' 
 
 b. f. 50. An address by the same to the ' Commissarii.' 
 This is in the same handwriting as a, and like that is without date. It 
 ends with the offer, ' ea omnia sigillatim, et partito, quo facilius a vobis intel- 
 ligantur, scriptis trademus et committemus.' 
 
 10. ff. 52 — 64. A Collection of Notes and Extracts out of 
 the Civil Law-Books relating to the rights of Merchants, with 
 especial reference to the edict of Frederic II. K. of Denmark. 
 
364 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 11. ff. 66—91. 'Negociatio Joa. Herberti, Haderslebij 
 habita 1583; 
 
 It begins with the ' Querela: Oratoris Ser m83 Reginae Anglias illius Ma"' 
 nomine Haderslebij exhibitee Commissariis Potentissimi Regis Daniae, 13" 
 Junii, 1583.' 
 
 After the ' Conventio et finalis Determinate de negotiatione Moschoui- 
 tica,' dated '22° Junii, Anno 1583/ is the farewell address, dated ' 23 Junii 
 Hadeslevii, of the English Embassador to the K. of Denmark. 
 
 The names of those who signed the Convention are J. Herbert, Nicolaus 
 Kaas, Hinricus Belou, H. Ramell. 
 
 J 2. A collection of Documents relating to the Negotiations 
 carried on between the Governments of England and the city of 
 Elbing, 1583. 
 
 a. f. 93. A letter from the 'Proconsul et Consules Regiae Ciuitatis 
 Elbingensis ' to Queen Elizabeth, dated ' Die 3° mensis Januarij, Anno Dni 
 1583.' 
 
 b. ff. 95 — 102. ' Serenissimae Reginae Angliae se Privilegii missi Tran- 
 sumptum, vna cum Elbingensium Notationibus.' 
 
 c. ff. 103 — 4. A letter from the same to the same (as in a), dated '24 
 Martii, 83.' 
 
 For the contents of ff. 105 — 7 a, see below, §§ 13 and 14. 
 
 d. f. 1076. A letter from Q. Elizabeth to the Authorities of Elbing, 
 dated 'Grenwici, 6° Julij, 1583.' 
 
 e. f. 108. A letter from Q. Elizabeth accrediting ' Johannem Herbertum 
 nobilem et Wilhelmum Salkins' as 'veros et indubitatos Ambassiatores, 
 Oratores et Commissarios speciales,' dated ' Grenwici, 5° Julii, 1583.' 
 
 f. f. 109. A letter from 'Gubernator, Assistentes, et caetera Societas 
 Mercatorum ex Anglia in mari Baltico negotiantium,' to the Proconsul, &c. 
 of Elbing, dated ' Londini, 14° Julii, 1583.' 
 
 g. ff. 110 — 1. ' Apostillse subsignata? per D. Fr. Walsingham.' 
 h. f. 112. A letter from the Proconsul, &c. of Elbing authorising cer- 
 tain of their body to treat with the English Commissioners, dated ' Elbingae 
 27 Augusti, 1583/ 
 
 i. f. 113. ' Ser ma! Regins Angliae Commissariorum responsa ad Elbin- 
 gensium in priuilegij missi transumptum notationes, 12° die Augusti 1583. 
 Elbingae data,' and 
 
 f. 114. 'Ad... commissariorum... responsum...MagratusCommunitatiscrae 
 Elbingensis explicata sententia." 
 
 k. ff. 115 — 6. 'Continuatio Notationum .. Commissariorum. ..Elbingen- 
 sibus exhibita. Augusti 19,' and 
 
 ' Ad.-.conthmatas notationes... Responsio.' 
 
 I. ff. 117—8, and m. ff. 119—21. The Negotiations continued to the 
 date '7°7 M V 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 365 
 
 n. ff. 124—5. ' Breuis consignatio capitum de quibus inter tractandum 
 super privilegii formula, inter S™* Reginae Anglife Dnos Comissarios et 
 ciuitatls Elbingensis Deputatos convenit,' and 
 
 ' Continuatio capitum consignatorum, &c.' 
 
 The next leaf is blank. 
 
 o. ff. 127—132. The Privileges granted by the City of Elbing to the 
 Company of Merchants trading to the East. 
 
 They are contained in 33 Articles ; no date is affixed, but from the letter 
 below in § 15 they were probably agreed upon in 1584. 
 
 13. fF. 105, 6. 'Certen pointes to be considered of in the 
 present negociacon betwene her Matie and the K. of Denmarck 
 w th Answers vnto the same, 1 583 ' 
 
 The points and answers are written in parallel columns. 
 
 14. 'Elizabetha, &c. Serenissimo Principi Polonise ac Do- 
 mino Stephano eadem Dei gratia, &c.' 
 
 On f. 107 a, and dated 'sexto Julii, 1583.' 
 
 15. f. 133. ' Literae Dni Oratoris ad D. Cancellarium Regni 
 missse. per Christopherum priusquam nostrum iter susciperemus 
 versus Grodnani.'' 
 
 This epistle is dated ' Elbinga?, 9° Feb. A Dni, 1584,' and signed, ' Johan- 
 nes Herbertus,' who excuses himself for not having previously visited the 
 King of Poland on the ground of a severe illness. 
 
 16. f. 133 6. ' Reverendissimi Dni Archiepi Gnesnen. ad 
 S. R. Mtem suam litterae intercessorise pro negotio Anglicano 
 et Elbingensibus missse Grodnam cum nos ibi essemus.' 
 
 This is dated ' Louitii die 18 a Januarii, 1584,' and signed ' Stanisl. Gnesij.' 
 
 17. f. 134. ' Privilegia Hanseaticis ab Anglise Regibus con- 
 cessa a tempore Henrici Tertii, usque ad Henricum quartum.' 
 
 18. Documents relating to the Negotiations with Stephen 
 K. of Poland. 
 
 a. f. 136. The Commission of the King to certain of his nobles to 
 enquire into and report upon the trade carried on between England and his 
 kingdom, particularly Elbing, and to confer thereon with ' Ser miE Reginse 
 Orator,' dated 9 Feb. 1584. 
 
 b. ' Literae, S. R. M ,is Polonise sigillatim ad vnumquemque Commissarium 
 scriptae et clausae...Grodnae, 9 Feb. 1584.' 
 
 c. 'Aliae literae. ..per D. Sprengelium missae, vt non obstante absentia 
 Mag" Dni Thesaurii Regni tamen pergerent alij quatuor Comniissarij. 
 Grodno?, 11 Junii, 1584.' 
 
366 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 d. ff. 138—164. The Report of the Negotiations made to the King of 
 Poland by four of the Commissaries, accompanied by a letter from them to 
 the King rather supporting the English claims for freedom of trade against 
 the objections of the 'Gedanensium internuncio' dated 'Elbingse, 27 Julii, 
 1584.' 
 
 e. f. 167. A Proclamation of Stephen K. of Poland to the inhabitants 
 of Prussia, forbidding them to have any dealings with foreign merchants : 
 'Datum Grodnse Die nona mensis Februarij. Anno Domini m° d° LxxxiiiiV 
 
 19. A letter, signed 'Frauncis Walsingham,' and dated 
 'From the Courte at Richmond, the ... of Julie, 1584,' addressed 
 perhaps to Herbert. 
 
 It begins (f. 168) : 
 Sir, 
 
 The great traueile you haue taken in those parts in the causes 
 you have in hande, for establishing the trafique in Elbing, receiveth 
 here that rewarde of thankful acceptation you desire... 
 
 20. ff. 168 — 9. The three following letters are given in the 
 manuscript without dates, but the two first appear to have been 
 written after Herbert's return, the third before. 
 
 a. ' Elisabetha, &c Ser mo Principi ac Dno Stephano.' 
 
 The Queen expresses her desire to secure freedom of trade for the mer- 
 chants in foreign parts. 
 
 b. 'Elisabetha, &c. Spectabilibus viris...Civitatis regise El- 
 bing. &c.' 
 
 She acknowledges their message received through Herbert; regrets un- 
 avoidable delays ; inveighs against ' malas artes Gedanensium ;' promises to 
 arrange with the K. of Poland for the inhabitants of Elbing ; and requests 
 an alteration in the standard of weights. 
 
 c. 'D. Francisci Walsinghamij lrae ad Magcum. D. Can- 
 cellarium Polonise.' 
 
 Bespeaking his interest to forward the negotiation. 
 
 21. ff. 174 — 180. 'Informatio negotii Anglicani ab inter- 
 nunciis Ciuitatis Gedanen. aucta et mag cis Dnis Commissariis Regiis 
 Leuartoviae exhibita ultimo die Augusti, 1584.' 
 
 22. ff. 181 — 3. Extracts from a book called 'Liber reces- 
 suum ' in the keeping of the Senate of Gedanum (Dantzic), taken 
 in 1584. 
 
 The Latin translation only is given. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 367 
 
 23. ff. 184 — 190. < Tractatio et sententia in negotio Angli- 
 cano Mag corum Dnorum Palatini Lublinensis: et Lublinensis, 
 Eauensis, Biecensisque Castellanorum, ad id iterato a Ma te Eegia 
 assignatorum Commissariorum.' 
 
 This is followed by their Letter to the_K. of Poland, which (f. 191) is 
 dated ' LeuartoniEe, die l a Septembris, A Dni 1584/ 
 
 24. ff. 192— 9. 'Magnifici Dni Zamoski Eegni Polonia; 
 
 Cancel, ad Stephanum Regem de negotio Anglico Judicium, 1584.'' 
 
 The title is in the margin, in the same hand that has underscored and 
 annotated this and other documents in the volume. 
 
 25. a. f. 200. 'Exemplar D. Oratoris lrarum ad Rdum 
 
 D. Baranovium Secretarium E. P. maiorem : quoe cum sequenti 
 
 narratione Grodnam sunt missse 11° Septemb. 1584. 1 
 
 The letter is dated 'Leovitii vndecimo die Septemb 1584;' after which 
 follows 
 
 b. f. 201 — 5. ' Summa colloquij inter ... S. R. Ma* Polonise 
 Commissarios et Mag cum . D. Johem Herbertum S. E. M tis Angl. 
 Orat. Vlt° Aug. et 1° Septemb. Leopardise habiti 1584.' 
 
 26. a. f. 205. ' Eeverendissimi Dni Archiepi Gnesnensis ad 
 S. E. M tem Polonise lrse intercessorise scriptse Leouitii 9° Septem- 
 bris 1584, et missse Vilnam cum Christophero et aliis Iris Dni Or. 1 
 
 b. f. 206. 'Eiusdem lrae vnius tenoris (ad duos dominos)... 
 cum aliis missse.'' 
 
 c. ' Exemplar lrarum D. Nicolai Firleii in Dambrovicza 
 Castellani Eauensis ad D. Johannem Sprengel Burgrabium Elbin- 
 gensem.'' 
 
 This is dated 'Lewardovias die 26 Novemb. A" 1584.' 
 
 27. ' Serenissimse Eeginse Anglise postulata S. E. M t! Polonise 
 in Comitiis Varsauiensib. offerenda mense Februario. A Dni 1585.' 
 
 This (onff. 209— 10) is followed by sundry letters and documents (ff. 211 
 — 15), of which the last is a Declaration, dated ' In Blonie. Die Septima 
 Mensis Martij, A" Dni, 1585,' and signed ' Albertus Baranowski R. P. Vice 
 Cancellarius,' to the effect that the King of Poland, wishing all his ports to 
 be open (sublata Societatis Hanseaticte difficultate), grants to English subjects 
 free access to Elbing. 
 
 28. a. ff. 218 — 23. 'Articuli de quibus Domini Commis- 
 sarij Eegis Polonise Leuartouienses se ad Eegiam Ma tom retulerunt, 
 quos ab ilia confirmari et concedi Anglis voluerunt. 1 
 
368 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 b. ff. 224—9. ' Articuli de quibus Commissarii...se ad Elbin- 
 genses retulerunt, de quibus ipsi cum Oratore Angliae inter se 
 concluderent. 1 
 
 This is endorsed, ' Articuli ex Levartodiensis colloquii sententia concepti, 
 Varsoviae, 1684.' 
 
 29. a. (f. 235.) After 5 blank leaves occurs the latter part of 
 A Letter addressed by Q. Elizabeth, apparently to the K. 
 
 of Poland's Commissaries, dated Greenwich, 16 Jan r ?, 1584 
 
 b. After this are two letters, also dated 1 6th Jan r y, addressed 
 by the Queen, the one to the Magistrates of Elbing, and the other 
 (f. 236), 'G-eorgio Frederico Marchioni Brandeburgensi. 1 
 
 30. f. 236. ' Consiliarii Reg. Angliae ad 4 Oomissarios Levar- 
 
 touienses. 1 
 
 This is the title in the margin (f. 236 b) of a letter signed by ten of the 
 Privy Councillors, and dated from Greenwich, 28 Jan. 1584. 
 
 31. f. 237. ' Archiepus Oantuar Archiepo Gnesnensi.' 1 
 
 This is dated ' Ex sedibus meis Lambethanis prope Londinum xv° Calend. 
 Febr. A" Dm iuxta computum ecclesise Anglicanse 1584.' 
 
 32. On ff. 237—8 follow three letters, dated alike ' Londini die 
 mensis Januarii, 16° Anno Dni 1584. Anglicanse Ecclesise Stilo,' 
 and signed, ' Thomas Bromley magnus Angliae Cancellarius, 1 
 ' Wilhelmus Burley magnus Angliae Thesaurarius ,' and ' C. 
 Howard, Angliae Camerarius,'' addressed to the great officers of 
 Poland having severally the same titles. 
 
 33. f. 239, A letter, signed ' Franciscus Walsingham,' ad- 
 dressed to a ' consiliarius,' dated only ' Londini.' 
 
 34. A letter from the Governor, Assistants and Company of 
 Merchants trading in the Baltic Sea addressed apparently to the 
 Commissaries of Poland, dated ' Londini 27 Januarij, 1584.' 
 
 35. Documents relating to the Negotiations with the city of 
 Elbing. 
 
 a. f. 240. ' Lrarum S. R. Ma li * Polonise cum Gnroso Johanne Schortzio 
 ad Elbingenses missarum exemplum. De Portorio.' 
 
 This is dated ' Varsouia Die quinto mensis Martii A" Dni 1585.' 
 
 b. On ff. 241 — 2 are three Documents, of which the last, headed 'Ex- 
 emplum Conventionis nostra cum Societate Anglicana sequitur,' is dated 
 23 April, 1585. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 369 
 
 _c. f. 243. 'Conventio inter Elbingenses et Deputatum Societatis et 
 Dnm Oratorem de portorio.' 
 
 This is dated at Elbing, 9th April, 1585. 
 
 d. ff. 244 — 6. The oration of M* Herbert to the Marquis Brandenburg, &c. 
 ' die 14 Aprilis hora 10 antemeridiana cum traderet ei Iras S. Regine Angliae,' 
 with the Reply to the Queen, dated ' Ex arce nostra Regiomontana 16° die 
 Aprilis, 1585.' 
 
 e. f. 246 6. Extracts from two letters from the Company to their 
 Assistants at Elbing, dated 24 Oct. 1584, and 11 July, 1583. 
 
 f. f. 247. ' Literse D. Castellani Rauensis ad Ciuitatem Elbingensem 
 de promouenda causa Anglicana apud amicos suos aulicos.' 
 
 This is dated 26 April, 1585. Of the same date, after 5 blank leaves, is 
 'Literse eiusdem...ad D. Sprengelium...in eadem causa.' (f. 253.) 
 
 g. f. 255. A letter of Jo. Herbert to D. Peter Kostka, 'Epus Cul- 
 mensis,' dated ' Elbingae cum accinctus essem ad iter meum versus Angliam 
 
 octauo die Maij, a° Dni. 1585.' 
 
 h. f. 256. A Declaration dated at Elbing 11th May, 1585, signed and sealed 
 by Jo. Herbert and William Salkins, followed (on fF. 257—260) by ' Articuli 
 de qnibus per viam recessus inter nos et Magratus Elbingensis Civitatis con- 
 ventum est, die 3" Maij, 85.' 
 
 36. ff. 277 — 8. ' Comissio pro causis et controversiis Dani- 
 cis. 2° Ap. 1 600/ 
 
 The title is in the same handwriting as that of § 24. From the correc- 
 tions that have been inserted, and the interval that has been left for the 
 names of the Consiliarii, who with Richard Bishop of London and Dr Chris- 
 topher Parkins were to be the Queen's Commissioners at Embden, this appears 
 to be a rough draft. 
 
 37. The following differs from the preceding articles less in 
 the handwriting than in its subject, 
 
 On the Diseases of Horses and their Cure. 
 It begins (f. 279 b) : 
 
 Sicknesse as in man so in horses is an euill affected contrary to nature 
 hindringe the actions of the body. 
 
 It ends (f. 296) : _ 
 
 Thus have I in a few leaves expounded what the observacon of many 
 yeares travell hath taught mee... those which I have purposely omitted, 
 are onely those that allready knowne to the blindest horseleech that 
 hath but halfe soe much eight as bold Bayard. 
 
 B B 
 
370 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 490 Dd. ix. 3. 
 
 A paper book, in folio. The first 5 articles are in the same 
 handwriting, perhaps of the xvith century, and before the volume 
 was bound were preceded by others on 26 leaves. 
 
 1. ff. 27 — 48. ' Traotatus Blesensis de arctissima amicitia in 
 (inter) Oharolum 9 m christianissimum (regem), et reginam Anglie 
 Elizabetham pro mutua defensione suarum personarum, dominio- 
 rum, et subditorum initus Blesis ad Ligerim, 19 Aprilis, 1572.'' 
 
 The treaty is followed by the Commissions to the Ambassadors and the 
 Forms of Ratification, those of Q. Elizabeth in Latin, those of K. Charles IX. 
 in French. The most important words have been underscored with red 
 chalk. 
 
 2. ff. 44 — 50. ' Tractatus et confederatio inter Francorum 
 regem Henricum ejus nominis quartum et Elizabetham reginam 
 Anglise, Francise, &c. Grrenovici, 16 Maii, J 596.'' 
 
 This title is followed by the Treaty and the Forms as in § 1. 
 
 3. ff. 51 — 3. Instructions to certain who were sent unto the 
 French King with the Order of the Garter, after the ratification 
 of the Treaties of the 14th and the 16th of May; Anthonie Mild- 
 maye, knight, being at the same time sent to be the resident Am- 
 bassador. 
 
 It begins (f. 51) : 
 
 You shall receiue our Ires to the ffrench K. for Creditt to be given 
 to you for such things as you shall impart to the said K. in mannor 
 hereafter followinge. 
 It ends (f. S3) : 
 
 with wishe of all happines in all his fortunes. 
 
 4. ff. 54 — 60. A Treaty between Henry TV. of France and 
 
 James king of England, dated ' Paris, 24 th Feb>\ 1606. 1 
 
 This Treaty with the Commissions and Ratifications is printed in Rymer, 
 Faedera, t. xvi. pp. 645—659. 
 
 5. Two Extracts from a Treaty between Henry II. of France 
 and Q. Elizabeth, 1559. 
 
 The Treaty is printed, though with some lacunce, in Rymer, Foedera, 
 t. xv. pp 505 — 12, as 'Tractatus Pacis Castelli Cameracensis ;' the first 
 extract (f. 61) is a more perfect copy of the first Article relating to Calais, 
 which is printed on p. 507 ; the second (ff. 61 6—62) is that relating to Scot- 
 land, occupying the first column of p. 509. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 371 
 
 6. ' Considerations necessaires sur vng traicte de paix avec 
 FEspagnol, 1587.' 
 
 This title is on the old paper cover, and also precedes (on f. 1) ' L'autheur 
 au bon Patriot.' 
 
 After which it begins (f. 1 6) : 
 
 Tite Live diet en quelque endroict que le plus asseure moyen de se 
 
 conserver contre ses Ennemis est la diffidence. 
 It ends (f. 16) : 
 
 Estant certain et plus clair que le Midy que tous ceux qui s'opposent 
 
 au Regne etemel de nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ seront a la fin exter- 
 
 minez et fauchez. Amen. 
 The author appears to have been a Protestant of the Low Countries. 
 
 7. l A Journall of the Conferences betweene his Ma ts Com- 
 missioners, and the Commissioners of the Kinge of Spaine and of 
 the Archduces of Austria, Dues of Burgundy, &c. treating and 
 concluding of a peace with the aforesaid princes at Somersett 
 House in London, Anno ] 604.' 
 
 This title is on the inside of the old cover ; and the date at the end is 1604. 
 The Journal extends from 'Sunday 20 th May,' (on f. 1), to 'Saterday, 25 th 
 August,' 1604 (f. 45). The treaty which resulted from these Conferences is 
 printed in Rymer, t. xvi. p. 575. 
 
 8. A Treaty between Louis XIII. and James I. 1610. 
 
 This copy is imperfect, containing only the preamble and the first 32 
 articles of the treaty printed in Rymer, t. xvi. 693. It is on 8 leaves of 
 smaller paper inserted between f. 11 and f. 12 of § 7- 
 
 191 Dd. rx. 4. 
 
 A folio, of parchment, injured by damp and the worm, imper- 
 fect, now containing 155 leaves, two columns of 32 lines each on 
 every page, written in the xnth century. 
 
 Egesippi De bello Judaico et Urbis Hierosolyjiitan.e 
 excidio, Libri quinque. 
 
 The title is taken from the edition of Renatus Laurentius Barrensis, pub- 
 lished in Bibl. Vet. Pat. t. vii. cc. 383— 570. (Fol. Paris, 1624.) See also Cave, 
 Hist. Lit. a.d. 374. 
 
 Wanting the Prologus, and part of cap. i. of the editions, the MS. be- 
 gins (f. 1) : 
 
 in uiro usque ad exitum uite studium defensionis et pietatis uigor. 
 Sed cum sibi suppremum diem... 
 
 bb2 
 
372 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Between f. 70 and f. 71 some leaves are wanting, which contained, fi 
 the last words of c. 14 of Lib. n. of the edition, ' a fronte aggvessi repu! 
 plerosque, et coegerunt in urbem redire/ to 'eum invasit metus,' at 
 commencement of Lib. in. The leaves 75 and 76 are inverted. 
 
 Ends (f. 155) with the reading in the margin of the edition (col. 664) : 
 ...regem ircanorum quilocis preerat sollicitarunt, precione,an diss 
 sione inter se gentium. 
 
 4 92 Dd. IX. 5. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, of 1 53 leaves, in double colum 
 of about 34 lines each, except ff. 138 — 153, which are of ab( 
 40 lines in a column, and are in a smaller handwriting. Imperii 
 at the end. Of the xivth century. 
 
 Sancti Anselmi Opera. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 25 a. ' Monologion? 
 
 Begins (after the letter to Lanfranc — cii. of Ed. Bened. Paris, 1675, 
 Prologue ' Quidam fratres, ...' and Index of chapters) : 
 
 Si quis unam naturam . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . ineffabilis trinus et unus. 
 Ed. Ben. pp. 3—28. 
 
 2. ff. 25 a— 36 b. ' Proslogion.' 
 
 Begins (after the Prologue 'Postquam Opusculum...' and Index of ch 
 ters) : 
 
 Eya nunc homunctio . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . non possum non intelligere. 
 Ed. pp. 29—35. 
 
 3. ff. 32 a — 36 b. ' Objectio pro Insipienti ; cum Mespt 
 sione.'' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Dubitanti utrum fit . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... in malivolentia reprehendisti. 
 Ed. pp. 35—40 
 
 4. ff. 36 4—49 b. ' De processione Spiritus Sancti." 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Negatur a Grecis . . 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 373 
 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . non sensui Latinitatis. 
 Ed. pp. 49—61. 
 
 5. ff. 49 b — 51 b. ' De Azymo et Fermentato? 
 Begins (after Ep. to Walerannus 'Scienti breviter...') : 
 
 De sacrificio vero . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... repudiandum videtur. 
 Ed. pp. 135—137. 
 
 6. ff. 51 b — 52 b. ' Ad Wal. querelas responsio.' 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Gaudeo et gratias ago ... 
 Ends : 
 
 ... quandam epistolam. 
 Ed. pp. 139, 140. 
 
 7. ff. 52 6—53 b. ' Epistole quedam? 
 Begins : 
 
 Audio fratre karissime . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... intra mentem admittimus. 
 Ed. Ben. Lib. in. 130, 125, 127, 133. 
 
 8. ff. 53 b — 61 b. ' De Incamatione Verbi ad Urbanum? 
 Begins: 
 
 Quoniam divina prudentia . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... in eodem libello aperte inveniet. 
 Ed. pp. 41—49. 
 
 9. ff. 61 b — 84 b. ' Libri duo Our Deus Homo.'' 
 
 Begins (after the Prologue ' Opus subditum...' and Index of chapters to 
 Bki.): 
 
 Sepe et studiosis... 
 An index of chapters is also prefixed to Bk n. 
 Ends: 
 
 ... qui est benedictus in secula. Amen. 
 Ed. pp. 74—95. 
 
 10. ff. 84 b — 94 b. ' De conceptu Virginali? 
 Begins (after Index of chapters) : 
 
 Quod in omnibus religiose . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... si vera probari poterit. 
 Ed. pp. 97—106 
 
374 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 11. fF. 94 6—95 b. ' Meditatio: 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Bonus homo de omnibus hominibus bonis et malis . . . 
 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . homines ruinavit de paradiso. 
 This does not appear to have been printed. 
 
 12. f. 95 b. ' Ep. ad Hugonem.'' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Pondus vestre ... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ... sperat et sperabit. 
 Ed. Bk ii. 17. 
 
 13. ff. 96 a — 108 b. ' De concordia Predestinationis, #c.' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 De tribus illis questionibus ... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ... petentibus impendere. 
 Ed. pp. 117—134. 
 
 14. ff. 108 6 — Ilia. ' Meditatio Redemptions humane. -1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Anima Christiana ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...refocila earn. 
 Ed. pp. 221—223. 
 
 15. ff. Ill a — 137 b. '■Tres tractatus; De veritate, De 
 libera arbitrio, De casu Diabolic 
 
 Begins (after the Preface ' Tres tractatus ...'): 
 
 Quoniam Deum . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . potestate loquendi. 
 Ed. pp. 109—122, and 62—73. 
 
 16. ff. 138 a—\ 53 b. ' Epistole XLIX." 
 
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 karissimo Hermosto fr. Anselmus salutem anime quantum expedit et salutem 
 
 corporis quantum sufficit. Infirmitatis tue doloribus non parcat,' which 
 
 is similar in substance to Lib. i. Ep. 44. Ed. Ben. to the same Hermostus, 
 who was Bp of Rochester. Many of the epistles in the MS. are only por- 
 tions of the corresponding ones in the printed text. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 375 
 
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 A small folio, oil parchment, of 124 leaves, in double columns 
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 1. ff. 1 — Ilia. ' Aurelii Augustini doctoris de Genesi ad 
 litteram Libri xli? 
 
 Begins (after the ' Sententia de libro Retractationum,' ' Per idem tempus, 
 &c.') : 
 
 Omnis scrip tura divina bipartita est. . . 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . isto tandem fine concludimus. Explicit, &c. 
 Opp. Paris, 1836, in. 201—514. 
 
 2. ff. 114 a — 124 a. ' Questiones quedam Orozii ad Augus- 
 tinum utiles valde et necessaries 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Licet multi probatisshni ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... qui preesse desiderat, non prodesse. 
 Opp. Vol. vi. App. coll. 1073—1100. 
 On the back of the last leaf is written, 
 
 Cautio Pratris Thome Menythorp canonici de Kyrkham exposita in 
 antiqua cista Universitatis in vigilia S. Gregorii pape a.d. Millesimo 
 cccc" xx° pro xvi s. et vmtf. 
 
 494 Dd. IX. 7. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 396 leaves, much torn and damaged. 
 Written in 1682, as appears from a notice on the fly-leaf at the con- 
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 page is, ' Chronicon Sacrum. Biblia Sacra.' 
 On first page is the title, 
 
 ' Leabar an Faigh Isaiah/ 
 Then follows a summary of the contents of the chapter and then 
 Begins : 
 
 Fis Isaiah mic Amos . . . 
 Afterwards come the Prophets in order, to Malachi ; then Esdras (n.), 
 Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, Song of the 3 Children, Susanna, 
 Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Manasseh, and 2 Books of Maccabees. 
 The end is too much mutilated to be read. 
 
376 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 495 Dd. IX. 8. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 212 pages, written in the xvith century, 
 in moderately good preservation, but many of the leaves are rather 
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 A CARTULARY OP LANDS IN AlWITHLY (Aveley) AND 
 
 Wennington in Essex, which were the property of John 
 Barett, gentleman, in the reign of Henry VIII. 
 
 The signature of ' Edward Barett ' is on the fly-leaf. 
 
 The documents are 158 in number, and are not arranged in any certain 
 order. Three of them, which are not dated, appear to belong to the reign 
 of Edw. I.; the others form a nearly, if not quite, complete series of the 
 deeds relating to the property, the latest of them being dated in the 2nd year 
 of Hen. VIII. 
 
 As they are only of local interest, it has not been thought necessary to 
 notice them in detail : such an account of them will be found in Nasmyth's 
 unpublished catalogue of these manuscripts, which is preserved with them. 
 
 «6 Dd. ix. 9. 
 
 A folio, on paper, containing ff. 290 leaves, numbered from 
 5 to 200, with 3 pages of index at the end : 5 leaves missing at the 
 commencement. Handwriting of the time of James I. 
 
 A Law Common-Place Book, containing extracts from 
 statutes. 
 
 ' Accompt' to ' Villinage.' 
 
 497 Dd. IX. 10. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, written generally in an indistinct hand 
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 1. pp. 1, 2. Brief notes of Petitions to Parliament, 8 Edw. II. 
 The Petitions are printed at length in Rolls of Parliament, Vol. i. p. 287. 
 
 2. p. 3. Brief titles of the.^cfe passed 8 Edw. III. 
 See lb. n. 376. 
 
 3. Brief Records of Parliament. 
 
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 112, and 157. 
 
 b. pp. 11, 12. In the years 15, 17, and 25 Edw. III. 
 
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CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 377 
 
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 361. 
 
 4. pp. 33 — 37- ' De reformatione pads inter Regem H. 3 um 
 et Lewlinum filium Griffini principem Wallise. 1 
 
 Printed in Rymer, Fmdera, i. 474. 
 
 5. pp. 39—41. Brief Records of Parliament, 21 Ric. II. 
 See Rolls of Parliament, in. 347. 
 
 6. p. 42. ' Privilegia pro villa Colteshall.'' 
 
 The charter begins ' H dei gra Rex Anglise...' and is dated ' ap. Wudstock 
 xvi die Junii." 
 
 7- pp. 43 — 7. A Proclamation of K. Stephen. 
 
 8. pp. 48—70. ' Placita Coronce ' and Records of Parlia- 
 ment, 1 H. IV. 
 
 See Rolls of Parliament, in. 449 and 415. 
 
 9. pp.71 — 84. Records of Parliament, 22 Ric. II. 
 
 10. pp. 85 — 95. ' Placita coram Rege," 21 Edw. I. 
 See Rolls of Parliament, i. 105. 
 
 498 Del. IX. 11. 
 
 A thin folio, on paper, of 43 leaves, the first 24 are missing, 
 handwriting of the same date as the cases themselves. 
 Reports of Law Oases in the time of Chas. I. 
 
 «99 Dd. ix. 12. 
 
 1. A folio, on paper, of 14 leaves : xvnth century. 
 
 An Exeecise Book in Arithmetic, containing examples 
 worked out in English, Dutch, and French, and rules, some in 
 rhyme. 
 
 There is also ' a prittie way To wright a Letter to His mistris that any 
 athor may not understande/ i. e. a cypher ; and on the last leaf, • A prayer of 
 K. William used after his fall from his Horse.' 
 
 2. A folio, on paper, of 30 leaves ; uniform with § 1 . 
 
 'A Ciphbing Booke begun ye f- 1670. In Beuerwyk by 
 E. M. Blackett. 1 
 
378 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The first 21 leaves contain examples in Arithmetic done in Dutch and 
 English, beginning at Reduction. The 22nd leaf contains memoranda of a 
 correspondence with Mr Sedgwick of the Bank of England and others. 
 The remaining leaves are blank. 
 
 500 Dd. ix. 13. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 501 Dd. ix. 14. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, bound up with the three following 
 Numbers, and containing 100 leaves, written about 1570. 
 
 1. 'A comimicacon or discours of the Queenes highnes betwen 
 fower Gent, at Montholl in Essex reported by Sir Thomas Smyth 
 Knight to his neybore ffrances Wiat Gent. 1561. primo Aprilis. 1 
 
 Begins (f. 1) : 
 
 As I was walking in my garden alone ffrances Wiat came vnto me, 
 and whether I spied him... 
 Ends (f. 39) : 
 
 . . and so walked in faire and softely iesting one w th an other at their 
 newe names. 
 
 2. Copies of Letters from Roger Ascham. 
 
 a. ff. 39, 40. ' 6 Octobris, 1561. To M r Secretarie Cecill.' 
 
 The original is among the Lansdowne MSS. whence the first part only 
 has been printed in the edition of Ascham 's Works published in 1815, at 
 p. 390, No. xi. (see also note to p. xxi of ' The Life ') : he goes on to beg 
 for ' a licence for some quantity of beer or some number of over wrought 
 clothes, or some lease of a farm, some forfet or some other thinge.' 
 
 b. ff.41,42. 'London, 25 Decemb. 1553. To M r Secretarie.' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 S r you gentlee declared in M' Cicels presence how well. . . 
 Sends him a clock, which he valued as a remembrance of Johannes Stur- 
 mius ; requests his interest at court to procure him a maintenance in London. 
 
 c. ff. 42, 43. ' 8 June, 1567. To M r Secretarie Cecill/ 
 
 Begins : 
 
 S r I am not afraid to desire that of you w ch you never yet said me 
 naye of... 
 Desires his assistance to recover a lease and a pardon (of a debt) from the 
 Queen then in M r Sacville's hands. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 379 
 
 d. f. 44. ' A Ire written by E. A. for a gent, to a gentle- 
 woman in waie of marriage. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Mistres N. because a Ire conteineth onlie wordes... 
 
 e. f. 45. To the Bishop of Winchester (in 1554). 
 Begins : 
 
 Your L. beinge so earlie vsed w 4 importune sutes... 
 Mentions his services at the Emperor's court ; his pension and patent 
 stopped ; his success in teaching K. Edward to write ; his pains therein unre- 
 warded ; though ' Orator in the Universitie and Greke Lector in S 4 Johns yet 
 w'out my patent that lyvinge will not serve me.' Trusts Q. Mary will grant 
 his patent, and asks to be joined with Mr Valines in ' the office of writing the 
 latin Ires.' 
 
 3. A remonstrance from certain ministers of Assheby against 
 the prohibition of Exercises. 
 
 Begins (f. 46 b): 
 
 Grace and peace in Christ. Right reverent, in the Lord, if neither 
 God hys lawes nor mans lawe doth condempne anie man before he be 
 hard,... 
 The tone of the address appears in such passages as '...that you would 
 not so lighlie vpon some evil repourts compell vs vtterlie to geve over suche 
 godlie exercises but rather to come amongest vs some times in Christian 
 humilitie laying aside all popishe lordlines.. . ' 
 Ends (f. 51) : 
 
 ...we humblie submit our selves to the mercye or punishment of our 
 mercifull Prince, whom God hath set over us, whom the Lord of lords 
 his churche. Amen. 
 
 4. Copies of Pamphlets respecting the title of Mary Queen of 
 Scots to the crown of England. 
 
 a. ' Allegacions against the surmised title of the Queene of 
 Scots and the favorers of the same. 1 
 
 Begins (f. 53) : 
 
 Although it be fit, and most fitt for private persons to travell and 
 occupie them selves in privat matters... 
 Ends (f. 64) : 
 
 . . it may please God to send vs all to rest and to aide and quietnes 
 vnto his honor and vnto the glorie of his holy name. Amen. 
 
 b. ' A copy of an answere to a little booke herin mencioned. 1 
 
 Begins (f. 64) : 
 
 After that I had pervsed that little booke you sent to me the last 
 daie .. 
 
380 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends (f. 70) : 
 
 ...And yf they be otherwise he hathe cause the more to praye for 
 them to God to make them good. 
 
 Thus endeth the copie without name of the title, booke maker, or 
 of his answere. 
 c. A letter on the same subject. 
 
 Begins (f. 70) : 
 
 S r Diverse of your welwillers do not a little merveyl to heare what 
 moveth you now the parliament being ended... 
 Ends (f. 74) : _ 
 
 But because we have passed the lymitt of a Ire we will leave you 
 with this Caveat out of the Ecelesiasticus ix. 18, ' A men (sic) full of 
 wordes is dangerous in his sute and he that is rashe in his talke shalbe 
 hated.' 
 
 5. Copies of Letters to Soger Ascham. 
 
 With the exception of /, they have been transcribed by Baker, xxxn. 
 pp. 495—500. 
 
 a. f. 76. December 18. John Hales at Spires. 
 
 That he had suppressed a dedication by Sturmius to him prefixed to a 
 forthcoming edition of Cicero's Philippics, asks for particulars on some matter 
 in which he had heard that 'my L. of Canterburie had bene a meane to 
 pacifie it.' ' I am so busy with Cicero that... he sitts on both sides of me at 
 dinner and supper, and nowe and then is one the trencher instead of the 
 second curse.' 
 
 b. f. 76 b. ' From Basinge the L. Treasorer house the vnth 
 
 of September, 1552. ' 
 
 Mr Cecill thanks him for his present of the chart of Germany, and pro- 
 mises him some demonstration of his good will. 
 
 c. 'At Argent, 21 of January, 1551. John Hales. 1 
 Recommends ' the boke of Rhetorick ;' proposes that fifty of them should 
 
 subscribe xl s. a piece for the benefit of Sturmius ; prefers Demosthenes to 
 Cicero ; praises Sturmius' lectures. 
 
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384 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 387 
 
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388 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 389 
 
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390 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 plays illuminated in blue, red and gold inclosed in squares without 
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 Begins : 
 
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 3. f. 3. 'Data per copiam...Eogerus...Sarum Epus...Archi- 
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 It begins : 
 
 Audito multociens . . . 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 391 
 
 The original was <Dat. apud Poteme vii. Idus Februarii' 1329, the copy 
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 Begins : 
 
 Benedictus...Vas electionis Paulus apis egregius predicator... 
 Printed in Wilkins, Condi, ii. 578 — 81. 
 
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 6. f. 8. 'Consto Benedicti pape. xn. de Apostatis et re- 
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 Begins: 
 
 Benedictus. . Pastor bonus diligens . . 
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 June 17, 1335. The first column on f. 8 is blank. 
 
 7. ff. 9 — 26. ' Constitucoes Benedicti pape de Religiosis.'' 
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 Benedictus... Summi Magri dignaco nos... 
 
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 8. ff. 26 b — 28. Less carefully written and by another hand is 
 A Dispensation as to certain parts of the foregoing Constitu- 
 tions. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 [B]enedictus...dudum pro bono et salubri statu religionis seu ordinis 
 monachorum nigrorum... 
 Without a date the last words are 
 
 ...penasvero temporales — remittimus de gra speciali. Nulli ergo 
 
 homi liceat hanc paginam etc. 
 
 9. A Dispensation by Clement VI. Avignon, June 1, 1342. 
 
392 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Sacrosancta romana eccl'ia de cunctorum... 
 and is printed in Wilkins, Concil. u. 716. 
 
 The next page is blank and a leaf has been cut out. 
 
 10. ff. 29 — 33. ' Expliciunt Constitutiones edite in generali 
 Capitulo apud Norhampton, anno dni m°. ccc mo . xliii .' 
 
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 cular letter, which after the salutation begins : 
 
 Procliuis est ad malum humana fragilitas . 
 Printed lb. n. 717—25. 
 
 11. a. ff. 34 — 6. Constitutiones Othonis. 
 
 At the top of the page as a title is only ' Otto.' The text, beginning 
 ' Quoniam decet domum dei,...' is the same as that of the edition published 
 in London and Paris, Folio 1506, and of Wilkins, Concilia, i. 649. 
 
 At the top of f. 34, in a small hand, is the note : ' Celebratum fuit hoc 
 concilium a" dm m°. cc°. xxxvii .' 
 
 b. ff 37 — 44. ' Incipiunt constitucones dni Octoboni apl'ice 
 sedis legati in Anglia ' 
 
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 c. ff. 44 — 8. •' Incipiunt constituciones Stephi archiepiscopi 
 in Ooncilio Oxon.' 
 
 They are printed in Lyndewode, Prouinciale, as ' Constitutiones Stephani 
 archiepiscopi:' see the 'Tabula' in the edition of 1506. 
 
 The leaves of this § 11 are numbered i. — xv. by the scribe who has added 
 ' Rubrice omnium constonii prouin" um ' under the names ' Otto/ ' Octobonus,' 
 and ' Oxon,' and subdivided them so as to form xiv. classes. 
 
 12. The last column of f. 48 has been occupied in another 
 handwriting by what is styled in its colophon 
 
 'Breue Regium archiepis Epis et ceteris viris ecclesiasticis 
 transmissum per quod eis datur iuresdictio in malefactores supe- 
 rius noiatos. 1 
 
 Dated 'apud Dowcestre. xvi. die Martii anno regni nri octauo.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Edwardus.. J. Cant ar' epo ..Cum inter cetera nobis... 
 
 13. a. ff. 49 — 53. Constitutiones Johannis apud Lambeth. 
 They occur in the same order as in the ' tabula' in Lyndewode, and are 
 
 printed in Wilkins, Concilia, n. 51. 
 
 There are many additions in the margin, especially to the Const. ' Igno- 
 rantia sacerdotum...' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 393 
 
 h. ff. 53 — 6. ' Incipiunt constitucoes Bonifacii Archiepi. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Uniuersis. . .memoriam statutomm. Eterne sanctio voluntatis . . . 
 
 The last statute, Be Decimis, 'Quoniam propter diuersas...' is attributed 
 by Lyndewode to Abp Robert (Wynchelsee), and is not printed with the 
 rest, by Wilkins, Concilia, i. 746 — 55. 
 
 c. f. 57. ' Incipiunt Constituciones de Redyngg.' 
 lb. ii. 33. 
 
 d. ff. 57 — 8. ' Constitucones Robti Cant 1 Archiepi. 1 
 
 This rubric precedes an epistle addressed ' R. Norwc. Epo,' and dated 
 ' apud Otteford Idus Julii. Anno dni m. cc. nonag. octauo consecr. nre qrto.' 
 
 Then follows ' Constitucio... in uisitacione prouinciali de sustinendis in 
 ecclesia per parochianos.' 
 
 ' Item constituciones per eundem..de quat' in anno promulgand. 
 
 These are contained in one decree, beginning, 'In coi conuocatione . ..' and 
 ending, '... solempnia publice et in lingua uulgari.' 
 
 e. ff. 58 — 9. ' Constituciones edite in concilio provinciali 
 
 celebrato in ecca Sci Pauli London, mens. Januar. Anno dni 
 
 m.c.c.c.xxviij per dominum Syriionem Archiepm Oantuarie. 1 
 
 The archbishop's introduction, ' Zelari oportet pro dno...' precedes the 
 ordinances which occur in the same order as in the ' tabula ' given by Lynde- 
 wode, and in Wilkins, Concil. n. 552 — 4. 
 
 14. ff. 59 — 63. In a different handwriting and with sepa- 
 rate foliation from that of § 13, 
 
 ' Incipiunt conscones Joh de Stratford ar'epi Cantuar.' 
 The archbishop's introduction, 'Sponsam xpi sacrosanctam ..." precedes 
 the ordinances which occur in the same order as in the ' tabula ' of Lynde- 
 wode, and in Wilkins, Concilia, n. 702. 
 
 At the end is, ' Expliciunt Constitutiones.' 
 
 15. ff. 65 — 75. ' Incipiunt capitula Regule Sci .Benedicti. , 
 
 This rubrick is after the ' Admonitio sci benedicti Abbatis,' and before the 
 list of chapters which are 76 in number. The Rule is given in Hospinian, 
 Opp. Tom. iv (de Monachis, Lib. vn.) pp. 202—22. Fol. Genev. 1669. 
 
 In the same handwriting as many other marginal notes is this on f. 74 : 
 'Ego frater M. promitto stabilitatem meam...et obediam scdm regulam 
 see Benedicti coram deo et Sanctis eius in hoc mon. Radyng quod est con- 
 structum in honore see dei genitricis Marie et scorum aplorum in presencia 
 dopni si. abb.' 
 
 At the end, f. 75, as a rubrick is ' ffinito libro reddatur gratia Christo.' 
 
394 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 16. a. if. 75. 'Carta Regis Henrici primi de fundatione 
 Radyng. Ecclie et libertatibus et de donatione ipsius Radyng, 
 Cheals et Leomentstre, etc.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Sciatis quod tres Abbathie... 
 Printed in Dugdale, Monasticon, iv. 40. Carte. ..No. n. 
 
 b. ' Carta eiusdem gestatoria de libertatibus Ecclesie.' 
 Begins: 
 
 Sciatis me pro salute aie... 
 Printed in Coates, History and Antiquities of Reading, Appendix, No. i. 
 (London, 1802.) 
 
 The three following also concern Reading: they are without rubricks. 
 
 c. ff. 75—77. A Charter of Confirmation by Edward II. 
 Begins : 
 
 Inspeximus Cartam confirmacios quam...dns. H..auus noster... 
 At the end, after the names of the witnesses, is the date ' apud Westmon. 
 tercio die Julij anno regni nri octauo.' 
 
 d. f. 77. A Bull of Nicholas. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Decor aplici... 
 At the end, ' Dat. Reace vi. kl. Septembr. Pontificatus nri anno primo.' 
 
 e. A Bull of Alexander. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Virtutum quibus vacare... 
 At the end, ' Dat. Viterbii vj . Idus Nouembr. Pontificatus mi anno tercio.' 
 
 f. f. 77. ' Confirmatio Alexandri pape tercii super posses- 
 sionibus ecclesiis et libertatibus monasterio Radyng. collatis et 
 conferendis. 1 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Ideo sumus... 
 and is dated June 22, Indict. 8. a. d. 1175, Pontif. 16. 
 
 g. ' Confirmatio Honorii pape scdi super confirmacionem fun- 
 dacionis monasterii Radyngensis. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Adhoc universalis ecce cura... 
 and is dated April 13, Indict. 3. a.d. 1125. Pontif. 1. 
 
 h. f. 78. ' Litera super procurationibus ordinariorum mode- 
 ratis per Alexandrum papam quartum.'' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 395 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ne in exhibendis... 
 and is dated Febr. 25, Pontif. 3. (a. d. 1267) 
 
 i. ' Confirmatio Hugonis episcopi Hereford et capituli de 
 manerio et ecclesia Leomenistrie.' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Cum in fundatione Radyngens... 
 and is without date. Printed in Dugdale, Monasticon, iv. 56. No. viii. 
 
 h. ' Confirmatio Epi et Capituli hereforden. ecce per Hono- 
 rium papam III. de libertate amouendi frs de Leom.' 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Cum a nobis petitur... 
 Printed lb. iv. 57, No. rx. 
 
 1. ff. 78—9. A Charter of Confirmation by Edward III. 
 
 Begins by reciting that in c, and is dated June 19, 1339. 
 From the conclusion being on the margin, this charter appears to have 
 been entered after the following. 
 
 m. f. 79. Two letters of Confirmation of certain benefices, 
 by Symon, Abp Cant. 
 
 Dated alike July 4, 1331, ' apud Schefteburij.' 
 
 n. Letters Patent of Richard II. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Cum nos nuper per Iras... 
 and dated 'apud Westm. xxv" die Maii A° r. nri xxi .' 
 
 In the margin is ' Nota Irrotulatur inter_breuia directa Baronibus de 
 tercio cruciat. a° xxi° Reg. Rici scdi Rotlo. vz scdo.' 
 
 Printed in Dugdale, Monasticon, iv. 46. No. xxx. 
 
 17. a. f. 80. 'Alloc 1 Abbatis Radyng. in scaccario dni 
 
 Regis. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 In magno rotulo de A xx° Regis Ricardi scdi in Hereford. 
 
 b. f. 81 b. ' Hec sunt ecclesie et vicarie nri patronatus et 
 nobis pensionarie. 1 
 
 See Coates' History, &,c. 
 
 18. ff. 82 — 85. ' Allocationes libertatum Abbatis de Redyng 
 
896 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 facte in diuersis annis et in temporibus diuersorum Eegum Anglie 
 in scaccario.' 
 
 Various royal grants are included under this title. 
 
 19. ff. 85 b — 87. ' Processus contra Judeos super tribus 
 scriptis obligatoriis sigillis configuratis signatis.' 
 
 The date is the 18 Edw. 
 
 20. f. 87. A Brief of 6 Henry V. to relieve the monastery 
 
 from an excessive payment of Tenths and Fifteenths. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Cum nuper assignauerimus vos ad levandum... 
 
 21. A Formulary. 
 
 A leaf has been cut out which may have contained the title. See under 
 §29. 
 
 Begins (f. 88) : 
 
 Ad cognicionem dictaminis accedere cupientes ista vicia subsequencia 
 debent primitus evitari. 
 
 On f. 94 the handwriting changes, and the subsequent initial letters are 
 incomplete. The last form in the latter hand is ' Pro testamento bene inci- 
 piendo.' 
 
 The last column (f. 99) has been filled up by the copy of a Commission, 
 'Noneritis nos' fratrem A.. .dated 10 Edw. III., and a 'Littera decani' 
 relating to Leominster. 'Ut dilecto...' 
 
 22. f. 100. Copies of Documents connected with Reading. 
 
 a. ' Monitio G-eneralis contra violantes eccsticas libertates. 1 
 June 6, 1340. 
 
 b. ' Euidentie Decimarum Procuratorum.' August 18, 1335. 
 
 c. 'Adinissio Attornati,' and ' Constitutio Attornati. 1 9 
 Edw. III. 
 
 Compare Dugdale, Monusticon, iv. 59. No. xvi. 
 
 23. ff. 100 5—103. A Collection of Forms and copies of 
 Documents dated in the first few years of the reign of Edw. III. 
 
 Two leaves have been cut out between ff. 102 and 103. 
 
 24. ff. 103 b — 5. Copies in Latin and in French of a Letter 
 from Edward III. to the Cardinals respecting his claims on France. 
 
 They are dated from Antwerp, July 13, in the 13th year of his reign. 
 
 The Latin copy printed with the date ' xvi. die Julii ' in Rymer, Fcedera 
 ii. 1086. (London, 1821.) 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 397 
 
 25. ff. 105 1>— 7. A letter from Robert Bp of Sarum (Jan. 
 25, 1337). 
 
 It recites a Bull of Benedict XII. and other letters for the levying of 
 4 pence in the mark on incomes. 
 
 At the end is 'Dat. apud Parcum nrm Remmesbur...consecr nre. anno 
 octauo.' 
 
 26. a. ff. 107—9. A manifesto of Edward III. addressed 
 to the Peers, Prelates, and Commons of France. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Pur ces que notoire chose est... 
 and is printed in Rymer, Fcedera, it. 1111. 
 
 h. ' Edward., au viscounte de Oxeneford et de Berks.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Del bon port q nous auoms trouez en bone gens... 
 Dated ' a nre tour de Londres.' Dec. 1st of same year as a. 
 
 c. A letter from Edward III. dated ' apud Turrim, London, 1 
 Dec. 10 of 1 4th year of his reign, to the sheriffs. 
 
 Begins, after a salutation : 
 
 Quia datum est nobis intelligi quod diuersa (sic), oppressiones .. 
 damna gravamina per Justic. Exactores .. 
 
 27. a. ff. 109, 110. A letter from John Abp Cant, to Robert 
 Bp Sarum not to allow his clergy to suffer from any exaction of 
 Tenths beyond what they had agreed to. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Cum animosa guerrarum pericula et... 
 Wilkins, Condi, n. 659. 
 
 b. A circular letter on the same subject. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Frater carissime xpi legacione fungentes epi... 
 lb. n. 660. 
 
 28. ff. 110— 4. Copies of Royal Letters. 
 
 a. Edward to R. Bp of London- 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Veteribus probatur historiis et ex hiis que cotidie geruntur... 
 
 lb. n. 661. 
 
 b. ' Lodowicus...Romanorum Imperator.-.Edwardo Regi-.. 1 
 
398 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Licet innumera grandia que negocia... _ 
 
 At the end is <Dat ffranchenford xxiiij die mens. Jun. regni nri Anno 
 xxiiij. Imperii vero xiirj".' 
 
 c. '...Lodowico...Edwardus.' (July 18, 1342.) 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Serenitatis vre Iras reverenter recepimus inter alia... 
 
 d. Truce agreed upon between the Kings of England and 
 
 France. (Jan. 19, 1343.) 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Est accorde a la reuerence de l'eglise... 
 Compare Rymer, Fcedera, n. 1219. 
 
 e. ' A . . . sire Clement . . . de vniuersel Eglise souereigne Euesque 
 les...deuoutes prince ducs...et toute la coe du roialme. . • 1 
 
 At the end is ' Don en plein parlement a Westm le xvnf iour de mois du 
 Maij. Ian de grace m.ccc. xhirjV 
 
 / 'Eex.Barthode Burghersh. -custodi Quinque Portuum- • , 
 (Jan. 30, 18 Edw. III.) 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Cum nuper in parliamento... 
 
 Orders him to make proclamation against, to watch for and seize, any 
 person attempting to introduce Papal Bulls into the kingdom. 
 
 That addressed ' Vicecomitibus London.' is printed in Rymer, Fcedera, 
 in. 2. (1821.) 
 
 g, and h. Of the same effect are the two following Letters : 
 
 ' Rex Vice (comitibus) Salutem. Cum nos ad prosecucoem non nul- 
 lorum... 
 
 ' Rex Ar'epis, Epis...et aliis quibuscunque personis eccliasticis. . salutem 
 Cum ex relatu plurium...' 
 
 29. ' Incipit prologus magistri Petri Blesensis archidiaconi 
 ecclesie Bathoniensis in libellum de Arte dictandi rethorice. 1 
 
 Begins (f. 115) : 
 
 Licet magistri bernardi de dictaminibus liber prudenter sit per- 
 tractus .. 
 Ends (f. 121): 
 
 30. The Assize of Bread and Beer. 
 
 Assisa Panis secundum quod continetur in marescall' dni Regis 
 liberata teneatur. 
 And 
 
 Assisa Ceruisie secundum vendicoem bladi... 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 399 
 
 31. a. f. 123. ' Finalis concordia inter monasterium Ra- 
 dyng. et burgenses eiusdem ville super placito libertatum.'' 
 
 Compare Coates, History, §c. Appendix, No. v. 
 
 b. ' Ed wardus-.maiori... ville Rad. salutem. ex parte dilci 
 nobis in xpo Willi Abb. Radyng. nobis... 1 
 
 Dated 'apud Horsele. xxxi dieMaii A" r. 5. xxxiij.' 
 
 a. and b. are written in a different and rather later hand than the fore- 
 going §§ and the following. 
 
 The titles of the articles next subjoined are mostly derived from the MS. 
 
 32. Puncta Gilde (or the Bye-laws of Reading). 
 
 33. Magna Carta. 
 
 34. Carta de Foresta. 
 
 35. Statuta de Merton. 
 
 36. Statuta de Marlebergh. 
 
 37. Statuta Westmonasterii prima. 
 
 38. Statuta de Gloucestre. 
 
 39. Explanationes Statuti Gloucestrie. 
 
 40. Statuta Westmonasterii secunda. . 
 
 41. Statuta de emptoribus terrarum. 
 
 42. Statuta de religiosis. 
 
 43. Districtiones Scaccarii. 
 
 44. Statutum de mercatoribus. 
 
 45. Statutum de finibus. 
 
 46. Statutum de bigamis. 
 
 47. Statutum de presenti vocato ad warantiam. 
 
 48. Statutum Excestrie. 
 
 49. Dies communes in Banco. 
 
 50. Statutum de Champestris. 
 
 51. Statutum de Conspiratoribus. 
 
 52. Statutum de militibus. 
 
 53. Statutum de vasto facto tempore alieno. 
 
 54. Judicia Pillorum. 
 
 55. Capitula visus Franci plegii. 
 
 56. Statutum de moneta. 
 
400 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 57. Statutum de his qui ponendi sunt in assisis. 
 
 58. Statutum de Wyntonia. 
 
 59. Articuli Wynton. 
 
 60. De assisa panis et lucro pistorum. 
 
 61. De modo mensurandi terram. 
 
 62. Casus quibus habet judex ecclesiasticus intromittere non 
 obstante prohibitione regia. 
 
 63. Statuta Northampton. 
 
 64. Statuta Euerwyk. 
 
 65. Statuta Westmonasterii post coronationem regis Ed- 
 wardi III. 
 
 66. Statuta 5 Ed. III. 
 
 67. Statuta 4 Ed. III. 
 
 68. Statuta 9 Ed. III. 
 
 69. Statutum de attornatis super finibus. 
 
 70. Statutum de conjunctim feoffatis. 
 
 71. Prerogativa regum. 
 
 72. Statuta 14 Ed. III. 
 
 73. Statuta 15 Ed. III. 
 
 74. Modus componendi brevia. 
 
 75. Exceptiones ad cassanda brevia. 
 
 76. Registrant Cancellarie. 
 
 77 Extracts from the Great Rolls 16 and 19 Hy. VI. relating 
 to the Abbots of Reading and Whyteleye. 
 
 78. Statutum de habentibus redditus in London. 
 
 79. Statutum de foreste. 
 
 80. ' Tractatus Sok et Sak." 1 
 
 A brief explanation, in the same handwriting, of these and 
 other words (<?. g. ' infongenetheof, 1 ' stallage ') which occur in 
 Mediaeval charters. 
 Begins (fol. 208 a) : 
 
 'Sok, hoc est secca de homagiis nostris...' 
 Ends (fol. 208&).■ 
 t Bruggebote, hoc est quietus ad reficiendum pontes transiture.' 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 401 
 
 81. Statutum de wardis et releviis. 
 
 82. Nove ordinationes Edwardi filii regis Edwardi. 
 
 83. Breve in itinere. 
 
 84. Nova capitula. 
 
 85. Officium coronatorum. 
 
 86. A Law Tract written in Breton French. 
 
 87. De officio seneschalli, ballivi et propositi in French. 
 Vid. Dd. vii. 6. art. 53. 
 
 88. ' Ceo est le ordeinement de hosobonderie en totes maneres 
 et de estor et de mesuu guieer. 1 (sic.) 
 
 Begins (f. 252) : 
 
 Le piere soit en sa veilesce et dit a sun fiz. Beau fiz viuez sage- 
 ment. . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ...car home dit a reproueer ky regarde sun desert si il ne gayne rien 
 ne perd. Explicit. 
 
 89. Extenta manerii. 
 
 90. Extenta manerii de Staunton Harecourt. 
 
 91. ' Cirurgia Equorum. ' 8 leaves. 
 Begins (f. 259): 
 
 Forma color vires mos etas gressus equorum. 
 Ends: 
 
 Fistulas equorum sanat si superponatur sepe. 
 Explicit Cirurgia Equorum 
 Qui scripsit carmen sit benedictus. Amen. 
 
 326 Dd. ix. 39. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, of 33 leaves, of which 8 are blank, 
 written in xvnth or xvmth century. 
 
 1. ff. i — 4. ' Sensus ultimas Visionis Ezecliiel Literalis ex 
 Vitruvio lib. de Architectura et aliis, pnecipue ex vocibus in fonte 
 Hebrseo erutus.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Exterius Atrium... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... redeat oratio. Greg. Horn. 13 in Ezech. 
 After this is inserted a sheet containing a plan of Ezechiel's temple. 
 
402 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 2. ff. 5 — 9. ' Sensus Ezech. misticus ex collatione Novi Tes- 
 tamenti erutus. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Tres sunt Ezechiel visiones . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... necessario intelligendum. 
 ff. 10—17 are blank. 
 
 3. ff. 18—31. ' A Treatise of the Sacrifice of Prayer? 
 With many marginal notes in English, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Concerning a threefold spiritual sacrifice ... 
 Ends: 
 
 The Lord open our eyes, that we may see the Wonders of his law. 
 Amen. 
 This is bound up with the two next MSS. 
 
 527 Dd. ix. 40. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, of 37 leaves. 
 
 A translation of the eighth chapter of Glanders Treatise on 
 Composition of a Sermon : followed by brief summaries of all the 
 chapters. 
 
 The first part of the MS. will be found Dd. ii. 32. 
 Begins : 
 
 To the three mentioned ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... and ends the Treatise. 
 
 528 Dd. ix. 41. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, containing 157 leaves unpaged, in 
 double columns, each column containing about 55 lines, neatly 
 written in a very late hand, probably of the xvnth century. 
 
 Lexicon Latino-Gr^bcum. 
 Begins : 
 
 A, ab : cmo, ix, i§, irpbs, Trapa, {mo. 
 Ends : 
 
 Zythum, zythus, (potus quidam) : £v66v tj £v96s- 
 l>.6v(o to> Bern do£a. 
 The work quotes no authors by name, and in general merely renders 
 Latin words by their Greek equivalents. It contains marginal additions, 
 probably made from time to time by the compiler. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 403 
 
 529 Dd. ix. 42. 
 
 A thin paper book, in folio, on 55 pages besides the two leaves 
 of the contents and title. 
 
 ' Etrennes ou Conseils d'un Homme de Qualite a sa fille.' 
 This is in the same handwriting as No. 310, § 1, with many corrections 
 interlineated. 
 
 530 Dd. ix. 43. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, bound up with the preceding, and 
 containing 
 
 A large collection of copies of Letters, Commissions and 
 Orders, written to or by Sir Anthony Oldfeild relating to county 
 business, to levying taxes, raising forces, &c. in the years 1660 — 
 1667, with Lists of his Majesty's Navy in 1664 and 1666. 
 
 From the contents of the volume the collection appears to have heen 
 made by Sir Anthony Oldfeild. On a waste leaf is ' Begun this booke Oc. 
 8. 1660.' And on another are the shield of Charles Boules of Louth, and the 
 arms of S r \V m Carr and Bridget, Da. of S r Richard Chanworth impaled. 
 After another waste leaf the succeeding 65 pages are numbered. 
 
 Towards the end of the volume, after some blank leaves, are 'Spalding — 
 Benefactors to the Library begun at Michaelmas 1628,' with a catalogue of 
 the books therein. 
 
 Three pages with the heading, ' The manner of planting and cultivating 
 vineyards at Bacharach,' with the note ' I had this from my very good friend 
 Nicholas Bowman.' Records of county business follow. 
 
 531 Dd. ix. 44. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 188 leaves, in double columns. 
 A Common-place Book, chiefly filled with Geographical and 
 Historical notes and references. 
 
 On the first page is the note, 
 
 'This MS. is in the Handwriting of Mr John Smith sometime 
 Fellow of Queens Coll. in Cambridge, Author of several Discourses 
 published after his death by my Father.' [J. Worthington.] 
 
 532 Dd. ix. 45. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, written about 1 680. 
 1. An alphabetical Catalogue of Books ending with Mede. 
 
 dd2 
 
404 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 2. At the end of the book reversed are 36 leaves, containing 
 copies and forms of various Indentures, Articles, Agreements, &c. 
 
 The first three leaves reversed contain an alphabetical catalogue of 
 ' Nomina viroram Anglice et Latine per tres casus variata ' from Aaron to 
 Harold. 
 
 533 
 
 Dd. ix. 46. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 110 leaves; generally written on one 
 side only. 
 
 Sir Isaac Newton's Lucasian Lectures, 'De Motu 
 
 OoRPORUM. , 
 
 A full description of this MS. is given by Mr Edleston in Newton's 
 Correspondence with Cotes, p. xcv. See also Dd. iv. ] 8. 
 
 534 Dd. ix. 47. 
 
 A folio, on paper, 189 ff., handwriting of the period. 
 
 Proceedings in the Prerogative Court between John Owsley 
 and Robert Wilcox, relative to the will of Mary Owsley, a.d. 
 1666. 
 
 535 Dd. ix. 48. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 238 leaves, in good preservation. 
 ' Liber Dimissionum incipiens anno xxix. Regine Elizabeth.' 
 The entries are continuous from that date until 5 Jac. I., but the latter 
 part is written in a different hand. The book relates to the crown estates. 
 
 53«, 537 Dd. IX. 49, 50. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 538 Dd. IX. 51. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, containing on the first 60 leaves, 
 'A Catalogue of Books in the Library of Rufford belonging 
 to my Lord Marquiss of Halifax in the year 1693. 1 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 405 
 
 539 Dd. ix. 52. 
 
 A square folio, on vellum, of 160 leaves, 25 lines in a page, 
 catchwords at every eighth leaf: of the xivth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1— 8a. 
 
 'Epistola Aurelii Episcopi Sancti Augustini AD ClKIL- 
 
 LDM PRESBITERUM DE TRANSITU JeRONIMI. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Gloriosissime Christiane ... 
 Ends: 
 
 Vale in diio et ora pro me. 
 Aug. Opp. Paris, 1836, Vol. n. App. pp. 1412—1421. 
 To this is appended a paragraph, ' Historia subsequens narrat qualiter 
 ilia pars Ligni sancte crucis Christi remanens in Jerusalem secundum ordi- 
 nationem Constantini imperatoris et sancte Elene matris ejus ultimo fuit 
 rapta exinde per Saracenos. 
 
 Sciendum est quod Godefridus de Bullion... nullus potuit alium videre.' 
 
 2. ff. 9— 130 5. 
 
 'Sancti Odonis abbatis de viciis et virtutibus anime' 
 Lib. hi. 
 
 Begins (after the Preface, ' Recolitis domine mi ..') : 
 
 Auctor igitur et judex homini Deus ... 
 Ends : 
 
 .. famulis de servitute parebit. 
 This has not been printed but exists in MS. in several libraries, v. Tanner. 
 In f. 130 b is a note relating, that the Holy Spirit appeared to S. Audoen, 
 in the shape of a dove, in answer to his prayer during a thunder-storm. 
 
 3. ff. 131— 138. 
 
 ANSELMI CANTUARIENSIS EPISTOLA Q,VJET>AM, et excerpta 
 EX OPERIBUS. 
 
 The letters are i. 29, in. 133, 101 of Ed. Ben. Paris, 1675. The notes 
 are taken from various parts of his Works and some from his Life, one 
 relating a miracle by which he turned the head of a heretic into stone. 
 f. 135 b. 
 
 4. ff. 139 — 160. 'Meditationes Sancti Bernardi. 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Multi multa sciunt . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ...amabilis appareas. 
 Opp. Vol. ii. coll. 661—691. 
 
406 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The last section is the one, ' Perfectissima atque plenissima justitia. 
 amabilis appareas/ from the Treatise of Paulinus of Aquileia de Salut. 
 Docum. August. Opp. Vol. vi. Appendix, capp. i. — iv. 
 
 At foot of last page is written, in a hand apparently of the xvith century, 
 ' Liber sancti Germani de Selby per fratrem Petrum de Voucliffe.' 
 
 540 Dd. ix. 53. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 42 leaves, in good preservation. 
 
 ' The offices of England as well of his Majesties Courtes 
 of Eecorde as of his Highnes most honorable houshoulde, the 
 Counsells of the North of Wales and the Marches, the Admiraltye, 
 the Armorye and the Minte, the Townes of Warr, Castles, Bull- 
 warkes and Fortresses with his Majesties Howses, Parkes, For- 
 ests and Chases ; with the perticular fee to each officer, collected 
 in anno 1611.'' 
 
 On 4 pages at the end, and in a different hand, is a catalogue of titles of 
 nobility in the time of King James I., chiefly of those given by him. 
 
 541 Dd. ix. 54. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, containing on about 350 pages, bound 
 up with the last MS. 
 
 1. An ' A-b-c-darius, 1 or Common-place Book, written about 
 1700. 
 
 2. A few notes for Sermons, written on some of the blank 
 pages, about 1750. 
 
 5*2 Dd. ix. 55. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 543 Dd. ix. 56. 
 
 A folio, on paper, containing : 
 
 1. Law precedents in the reign of Edw. VI. and Eliz. ; 20 ff. 
 much torn : handwriting of the period. 
 
 2. ' The order and charge of keeping a Courte Leete ; 1 12 ff. 
 
 3. ' The order and charge of keeping a Courte Barone ;' 6 ff. 
 
 4. 'Articles to be enquired on by the Vice Admiral 1 and 
 'Rates of the Admiralty for the Marshall, 1 5 ff. Handwriting, time 
 of Elizabeth. 
 
 This MS. is bound up with the following. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 407 
 
 544 Dd. ix. 57. 
 
 A small paper book, in folio, containing on 20 leaves, 
 ' An argument in the Lower House of Parliament against the 
 late Canons. Dec. 9, 1640. 1 
 
 545 Dd. rx. 58. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, of 50 leaves, in good preservation. 
 
 'Collections of the Knights Baronets ; by John Brooke.' 
 It is a list of the Baronets extending from the first creation to that of 
 Sir Nicholas Tempest in 1 622, giving their armorial bearings roughly sketched 
 and emblazoned chiefly with a lead pencil. 
 
 546 Dd. ix. 59. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, containing on about 500 leaves written 
 about 1700, 
 
 A Common-place Book. 
 
 547 Dd. ix. 60. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, of 23 leaves, in good preservation. It 
 is the Memorandum-book of Robert Chambers of London, 
 gentleman, and contains letters, notes, and accounts concerning 
 lands purchased by him in the years 1630, 1631, 1632. 
 It is bound up with the two following MSS. 
 
 548 Dd. IX. 61. 
 
 A small folio, on paper, 60 ff. Handwriting of the time of the 
 trial, which from a date in the work itself is 1629. 
 
 Pleadings and speeches of the Lords upon giving sentence 
 in the Star chamber upon Bonham Norton for slandering the 
 Lord Keeper (Coventry). 
 
 519 Dd. ix. 62. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 32 pages, in good preservation. 
 
 Copies of Deeds from the registry of the Abbey of 
 Shrewsbury. Only the first of them is printed in the Monasti- 
 con, ed. 182L 
 
408 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 1 . ' Carta Rogeri oomitis de prima fundatione monasterii Salopiensis.' 
 
 2. ' Carta Hugonis comitis,' confirming the gifts of his father and others. 
 
 3. ' Carta predicti Hugonis/ concerning the privileges and liberties of 
 the Abbey. 
 
 4. 'Carta domini Henrici, filii Williami Conquest oris Anglie primi.' 
 Nasmyth justly remarks that this is probably an early forgery, it not being 
 in a similar style to other deeds of the time of Hen. I. It gives a sort of 
 history of the foundation of the Abbey. The following is equally apocryphal. 
 
 6. ' Confirmatio ejusdem Henrici filii Williami Conquestoris.' 
 
 6. 'Confirmatio Henrici seeundi.' This is a deed of Henry III. not 
 Henry II. 
 
 7. A convention between the convent and Alan le Suer de Wilawscott 
 concerning the division of lands. 
 
 8. An agreement with William de Wilascott concerning the payment 
 of 12 pence annually at Albrighton. 
 
 9. A charter of Rich. II. granted in the first year of his reign for the 
 restitution of the wood called Lythwood. 
 
 10. A forged deed, professing to be a confirmation of grants to the con- 
 vent by Hen. I. and Stephen. 
 
 11 . ' Carta Domini Regis Henrici filii Johannem de Warrenna.' Granting 
 free warren to the convent in his manors ; dated in the 40th year of his reign. 
 
 12. ' Carta Domini Walteri de Clifford de centum acris«bosci in Longhton.' 
 
 13. ' Carta Walteri de Clifford [filii Walteri] de sexies 20 acris terre in 
 Longhton.' 
 
 14. ' Carta domini Walteri de Clifford de comuni capre,' in the wood 
 at Longhton. 
 
 15. ' Carta domina Matilda de Longespe,' daughter and heiress of the 
 above-named Walter, confirming his grants. 
 
 16. 'Carta Johannis Wiarte,' son of Phillip Wiart, concerning a piece 
 of cleared woodland and all his forest at Luhtone or Longton. 
 
 17. ' Carta clamatio Johannis Wiart de forrestaria de Longhton.' 
 
 18. A deed of the convent granting a certain messuage in Longhton to 
 Thomas Botterell. 
 
 19. ' Carta domine iEde de Beysmi de una dimidia virgata terre [et 
 4 acris et 1 selione] in Walcelowe.' 
 
 20. ' Carta Willelmi de Bardeley de clamatio in Prestecote.' 
 
 21 . ' Releas de Willelmi de Bardeley,' concerning the same. 
 
 550 D<L ix. 63. 
 
 A very narrow folio, on paper, of the xviith century, contain- 
 ing 16'3 unpaged leaves, some of which are in bad preservation, 
 mostly very ill written, others are blank ; each page contains about 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 409 
 
 80 lines. The author was Alexander Ros, whose name occurs in the 
 Prolegomena several times and elsewhere. The dates of portions 
 of the MS. a.d. 1606, 1609, and 1611, occur at intervals in the 
 book. 
 
 Adversaria Alexandri Eos. 
 Begins with, 
 
 1. '■Prolegomena? fol. 1. 
 
 The first words seem to be Hie liber, but the ink has almost vanished 
 from a great part of the first leaf. 
 
 The principal contents of the works are as follows. 
 
 2. '■Phrases Terentianw ex Andria depromptm? fol. 4. 
 These are followed by a few brief miscellaneous entries on the derivation 
 
 of some of the letters of the Greek alphabet de genere logicte, de subjeeto 
 logicts, define logicce. 
 
 3. '■Annotationes in Petri Rami Dialecticam? fol. 12. 
 
 4. '■In universas demonstrations collectanea quwdam plus quam 
 aurea ex Antonio Rubio per me Alexandrum Ros deprompta? 
 fol. 23. 
 
 5. ff. 33 — 38. ' In secundam Trinitatis Personam apliorismi 
 quidam." 1 
 
 There are forty-one aphorisms, and some theological notes appended. 
 
 6. f. 40. 15 leaves, uniform with the preceding, the last 
 three leaves are blank. 
 
 Collections concerning the Anatomy of the Head. 
 
 7. ff. 55 — 60. Various Notes, the first ' In tabulam Oebetis, 1 
 the remainder theological. 
 
 8. ff. 60 I — 86. Theses proposed by various persons, whose 
 names are given, apparently in the Theological Schools of Cam- 
 bridge, with ' objectiones' and 'responsiones' to each. Some 
 leaves are blank. 
 
 9. ff. 87 — 89. Three notes: ' De Sacra Scriptural ' De 
 Sacramentis," ' De reali prwsentia Christi in Sacramento.' 
 
 10. ff. 91 — 94. ' Queedam notatu digna in Isagogen Por- 
 phyrianam? 
 
 11 . 'Quwdam notatu digna in Aristotells Categorias.' 1 fol. 95. 
 
410 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 12. 'De ammnciationibus qucedam notatu digna." 1 fol. 100. 
 
 13. 'An universalia per intellectum fiant, an vero ipsum prm- 
 eedcmtf fol. 102. 
 
 14. 'De natura Logicce." 1 fol. 103. 
 
 Between this and the following are sundry illegible notes. 
 
 15. ff. Ill — 126. ' TheologioB communis locus de Angelis. 1 
 'A domino Gilberto Grayio Naeabridonia: Gymnasiarcha viro docto et pio 
 
 anno domini 1609.' Colophon. 
 
 16. f. 126. Uniform with the preceding, of 41 leaves. 
 
 ' Locus de Homine, 1 a treatise on the anatomy of the human 
 body. 
 
 551 Dd. ix. 64. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, ff. 80, imperfect at the end. 
 Handwriting of the xivth century. 
 Year Book, 2—7 Edw. II. 
 At f. 49, ' Shelley's bok.' 
 
 552 Dd. ix. 65. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 553 Dd. ix. 66. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, of 208 leaves, of about 45 lines 
 in a page, written late in the xvth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 183. The Opus Impebpectum in S. Matth^eum 
 consisting of 57 Homilies in Latin : erroneously attributed to St 
 Chrysostom in the colophon. 
 
 Begins (after a Preface, ' Sane referunt quidam Matheum scribere evan- 
 gelium . . . ) : 
 
 Liber generationis &c. Liber est quasi apotheca graciarum... 
 Ends : 
 
 ...stantem in loco sancto. 
 ' Expliciunt omelie Johannis Crisostomi patriarche Constantinopolitani 
 super Matheum — operis imperfecti.' 
 
 S. Chrys. Opp. vi. 731—972. ed. Paris. 1835. 
 
 2. ff. 183 — 208. A collection of brief Notes and explanations 
 of points mentioned in Scripture. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 411 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Abominatio desolationis quadrupliciter exposita... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...non potest habere consilium. 
 
 ' Explicit tabula Johannis Crisostomi bona et utilis.' 
 
 On the last leaf are the lines : 
 
 Qui bona proponit et negligit hec operari 
 
 Virgam disponit ad sua terga dari. 
 
 554 Dd. ix. 67. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 90 leaves, of which 9 are blank. 
 Sir Isaac Newton's Lucasian Lectures on Optics. 
 1G70— 1672. 
 
 This MS. is described by Mr Edleston, Correspondence of Newton and 
 Cotes, p. xci. 
 
 555 Dd. ix. 68. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, of 1S8 leaves, of which 4 are blank. 
 
 Sir Isaac Newton's Lucasian Lectures on Algebra 
 and Arithmetic. 1673 — 1683. 
 
 See Mr Edleston's Correspondence, S^c. p. xcii. 
 
 556 Dd. ix. 69. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, of 221 leaves. §§1 and 2 
 are regularly paged, independently of each other ; the first a 
 Byzantine MS., the second written in western Europe. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 290. The Four Gospels in Greek. 
 
 On f. 1 is a note of no importance, ff. 2 — 9 contain the Eusebian 
 Canons, and on ff. 10, 85, 136, 227 are illuminated frontispieces to the 
 Gospels. A summary of contents is also prefixed to each. 
 
 This MS. is mentioned by Scholz and numbered 60 amongst the MSS. 
 of the Gospels in his catalogue. 
 
 f. 290 contains two notes in rubrick, the second being a prayer to the 
 Virgin. 
 
 See Montfaucon, Paloeogr. Graca, p. 286. 
 
 2. ff. 292—213. The Apocalypse, in a handwriting of 
 the xvth century. 
 
 The text is perfect, without introduction or note of any kind. This is 
 numbered 10 in Scholz's list of MSS. of the Apocalypse. 
 
412 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 3. ff. 214— 231. Prayers in Greek. Apparently about 
 the same date as § 2, but less carefully written. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 "AxpavTi dp.lavre avap^f aopare . . . 
 Ends : 
 
 ...aXrjdwbv Ka\ (piXdvdpwrvov 8e6v. 
 
 557 Dd. ix. 70. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, of 139 leaves, in double 
 columns, of about 32 lines each, written in the xvth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 85. ' Tractatus et Exposicio Evangeliorum 
 que leguntur in dominicis diebus totius anni.' 
 
 Begins (after the text) : 
 
 Dominus et redemptor noster . . . 
 
 Ends : 
 
 ... in regno celorum merearaur habere. Qui vivit, &c. 
 
 The Sunday after Whitsunday is called the Octave of Pentecost, and the 
 Sundays subsequent to this are reckoned post Octavam Pentecostes. This 
 gives no clue to the date of the MS. 
 
 In 'Constitutions' of a.d. 1240, Wilkins, Cone. i. 677, the festival in 
 honour of the Trinity is mentioned in the list for Sarum diocese, but not in 
 that for Worcester. The first council which sanctioned the observance of 
 Trinity Sunday as such, was that of Aries in 1260. Can. vi. Labbe,Vol. xxm. 
 col. 1006. 
 
 Besides the sermons for Sundays there are also some for the principal 
 Festivals of the Ecclesiastical year. All are very brief. 
 
 2. ff. 85 h — 139. 'Tractatus et exposicio Evangeli- 
 orum que leguntur in fe.stivitatibus Sanctorum Apostolorum 
 Martirum Confessorum atque Virginum. 1 
 
 Some of the sermons hardly fall under this title, e. g. ' In dedicacione 
 Ecclesie/ ' In capite Jejunii,' &c. 
 Begins (after the text) : 
 
 Johannes Evangelista manifestat . . . 
 Ends : 
 
 . . . quod ipse nobis patrare dignetur. Qui cum Deo patre, &c. 
 
 558 
 
 Dd. ix. 71. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, of 245 leaves, with 34 lines in a 
 page. Written in the xvth century. A leaf has been lost after 
 f. 24. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 413 
 
 ff. 1 — 135. Sermons fob the Sundays throughout the 
 year. 
 
 These are 119 in number, all upon the Epistle for the day. 
 Begins (after the text) : 
 
 Hoc tempore dicitur tempus adventus... 
 Ends : 
 
 ... non vult abstinere quin ornet se crinibus alienis. 
 The last ten leaves contain an index of subjects alphabetically arranged. 
 At foot of which are the words : ' Explicit liber Parisiensis super Epistolas 
 per annum cum tabula. Opus doctoris Parisiensis, &c.' 
 Below is written : 
 
 'Liber Johan. Warde Coll. Syd. Sussex Cant. Clerici in Artibus 
 Magistri de Sabridgeworth in Comitat. Hertford Vicarii, Setho per- 
 missione divina Sarum Episcopo Sacellani domestici. Jan" 28"° 1679.' 
 
 559 
 
 Dd. ix. 72. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, ff. 140 ; handwriting of the xivth 
 century. 
 
 Miscellaneous Law Documents, of which the titles are 
 taken from the MS. itself. 
 
 1. Magna Carta, fol. 1. 
 
 2. Carta de Foresta. f. 4 b. 
 
 3. Statuta Westmonasterii prima, f. 8. 
 
 4. Statuta Westmonasterii secunda. f. 16. 
 
 5. Statuta Gloucestrie. f. 41 b. 
 
 6. Provisiones de Mertona. f. 45. 
 
 7. Statuta de Marleberge. f. 47. 
 
 8. Summa que dicitur ' Feet assavoyr.' f. 53. 
 
 9. Summa Bastardie. f. 696. 
 
 10. Summa que dicitur ' Cadit Assisa.' f. 76. 
 
 11. Summa que dicitur ' Modus componendi brevia.' f. 86 b. 
 
 12. Exceptiones contra brevia. f. 93. 
 
 13. Quot modis dicitur exceptio. f. 99. 
 
 14. Summa que dicitur ' Judicium Essoniorum.' f. 99 b. 
 
 15. Quot modis calumpnianda sunt essonia. f. 107. 
 
 16. Parvnm Hengham. f. 107 b. 
 
 17. Magnum Hengham. f. 118. 
 
 At f. 137 b is written : ' Thomas Carus de medio templo in comitatu 
 Myddelsex armig.' 
 
414 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 560— Dd. x. 1—14. 
 
 573 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 574 Dd. x. 15. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, of 229 leaves, with about 37 lines in 
 a page. Written late in xvth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 12. A Treatise on the vii Mortal Sins. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Veneni ratio potissime convenit peccato... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... et habet ilia pro magno honore aliis derelictis, haec ille 4to. 
 
 2. ff. 13— 174. ' Fasciculus Morum, continens vii Pah- 
 ticulas. 1 
 
 Begins (after the prologue, ' Frater noster dilecte ac sodalis...') : 
 
 Ut enim habetur in regula sanctorum Patrum... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... rex dulcorum et decus illius sanctissime civitatis. 
 This treatise is in a MS. of Corp. Chr. Coll. Oxon. No. ccxxvm. attri- 
 buted to Robert Silk, a Minorite, but in MSS. of the Laudian Collection 
 to John Spicer, of the same body, the tabula or index only being said to be 
 the work of Silk. This tabula is contained in f. 175 of the present MS. 
 
 3. ff. 175 — 229. 'Liber Aureus de vita Christi Jesu 
 
 COMPOSITUS PER DoMINUM BoN A VENTURAM OaRDIN ALEM. 1 
 
 [Oapp. 98.J 
 Begins : 
 
 Inter alia virtutum et laudum precoma... 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . nos ad se dignetur assumere ipse de quo locuti sumus Dominus 
 noster Jesus Christus cui sit &c. 
 Opp. Mogunt. 1609. Tom. vi. pp. 334—400. 
 
 575 Dd. X. 16. 
 
 A small folio, on parchment, of 112 leaves, with about 27 
 lines in a page. Written about the xmth century. 
 1. ff. 1 — 47 a. Glossy in iv Evangelia. 
 Begins: 
 
 Primitus quserendum est omnium librorum tempus... 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . meruit videre dominum resurgentem et mundum reparari per 
 Christum. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 415 
 
 2. ff. 48 5— 58 a. Glossa in Canonem Miss*. 
 Begins : 
 
 Ad ultimum ponuntur Seraphim ... 
 Ends : 
 
 . . . et omnes respondent Deo gratias. Explicit. 
 
 3. ff. 58 a — 104. Glossa in Apocalypsin. 
 Begins : 
 
 [J]ohannis apostolus hunc librura conscripsit . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... post crueem fuit a nativitate usque ad mortem xcvu. anni. 
 
 4. ff. 108— 112 a. Homelia in Mud D. Pauli ' Fundamen- 
 tum enim aliud. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 [I]n leetione apostolica que nobis paulo ante recitata est. 
 Ends: 
 
 ... elemosinarum largitate redimentur, prestante domino nostro, &c. 
 
 On f. 112 6 are two notes or glosses, one on St Peter as the foundation of 
 the Church. 
 
 576 Dd. X. 17. 
 
 A small folio, in parchment, consisting of 47 leaves (besides 
 a blank leaf at the beginning), each page containing 28 hexameter 
 lines, neatly written in a black letter hand, the smaller capitals in 
 red, the larger ones in blue and red variously flourished ; the first 
 letter of the volume is illuminated : apparently belongs to the 
 xvth century. The first four pages have been erased and are 
 utterly illegible : but the title is supplied by the colophon 
 
 DoCTEINALE. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Renis, Sirenis, splenis, &c. (fol. 3). 
 Ends: 
 
 Doctrinale, Dei virtute juvante, peregi: 
 
 Grates reddo tibi genitor Deus et tibi, Christe, 
 
 Nate Dei Deus, atque tibi, Deus Alitus alme, 
 
 Quas tres personas in idem credo Deitatis. 
 For an account of this once popular grammar, see Cowie's Cat. ofMSS. 
 and rare Books in the Library of St John's College, Cambridge, p. 57. Alexander 
 Neckham is supposed to be the author. 
 
416 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 577 Dd. X. 18. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, of 59 leaves, in good preservation. 
 Written apparently in the xivth century. Slips of parchment are 
 inserted at folios 4, 7, 43, 56, 58, at each place one, and two at 
 folio 59. 
 
 An account of the property of the church of Hereford. 
 
 1 . Rental of lands belonging to the church of Hereford. — f. 1 . 
 
 2. ' Bladum assignatum ad panem Canonicorum Herefordie 
 per annum.'' — f. 515. 
 
 3. ' Bladum assignatum et avena ad cervisiam canonicorum 
 per annum.' — f. 52. 
 
 4. Payments to be made at the church at certain feasts in 
 each year. — f. 52 b. 
 
 5. ' Nomina illorum qui debent redditum ad pistrinum canoni- 
 corum Herefordie per annum.' — f. 56. 
 
 6. ' Redditus qui debetur Capitulo Herefordie annuatim de 
 manerio de Hamma.' — f. 57 i. 
 
 7. ' Isti sunt qui tenuerunt de domino Episcopo apud Hamma 
 Lacy.'— f. 59. 
 
 Dd. x. 19. 
 A thin paper book, in folio, (now bound up with No. 576,) 
 of 25 leaves, containing, in a handwriting of the period, 
 
 ' The remonstrance of the nobilitie, barrens, burgesses 
 and Oommouns within the Kingdome of Scotland vindicating them 
 and their proceedings from the crimes wherwith they are charged 
 by the late proclamation in England, dated the 27 th of Februar. 
 1638.' 
 
 Begins (f. 1) : 
 
 Though the depth of the Couneell of God and the secrets of the 
 wayes of the most High cannot he sounded... 
 Ends (f. 25) : 
 
 ...that God would incline his ma 6 ™ heart to heare us hefore matters 
 be desperat, and the rupture become vncurable. 
 
 Edinbur' the 22 marche. 1638. Revised according to the ordinance 
 of the generall assembly by M r Ev d Johnston 
 Clerk y re of. 
 The Proclamation referred to is printed in Rushworth's Hist. Coll. n. 830, 
 but not this Remonstrance. 
 
 578 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 417 
 
 579 Dd. x. 20. 
 
 A parchment book, in folio, formerly bound in wood, now 
 consisting of 108 leaves, containing generally 32 lines on the page ; 
 written perhaps as early as the middle of the xnth century. 
 
 The final rubrics supply the title 
 
 'Liber Ecclesiastice Historie.'' 
 
 Begins (f. 1) : 
 
 Assiriorum igitur potentissimus fuit olim rex Ninus-.. 
 Ends with Lib. vi. and mention of Charles the Bald (f. 108) : 
 
 ...Karolus uero pius Franciam, burgundiam et aquitaniam obtinuit 
 solus. 
 There are various notes in the margin, many by the scribe, some in a 
 handwriting of the xivth century, and others of a later date. 
 
 At the foot of the first page is ' Ecclesiast. Hist, de do. SefFr Epi ' 
 
 Le Neve, Fasti, mentions two bishops of Chichester of the name Seffride, 
 the one buried at Glastonbury, 1125—50, the other 1180—1204. 
 
 On the back of the last leaf, in the scribe's hand, is ' Panis uite celestis 
 doctrina pascamur ergo pane illo.' 
 
 580 Dd. x. 21. 
 
 A quarto, on parchment, containing ff. 1 63, with 20 lines in 
 each page. It has a few illuminated letters and borders. Catch- 
 words occur at every 8th leaf. Date, the xvth century. 
 
 PSALTERIUM CUM OaNTICIS, &C 
 
 The first two leaves contain devotions to the B. V., especially relating to 
 the Visitation. The next 6 contain the Kalendar, the name of St Thomas of 
 Canterbury, and the word papa after SS. Gregory, Sylvester, Clement, &c. 
 being effaced. 
 
 The Psalter begins as usual, f. 9 ; on the margins are occasionally inserted 
 in a later hand antiphons for the different festivals ; the Psalter ends f. 132 a, 
 and the Canticles follow, and then the Litany, ending f. 145 6. Then follow, 
 in a different hand, the Vigilim Mortuorum and Commendacio animarum, 
 ending f. 1536. Then the hymns O lux beata Trinitas, Node sur- 
 gentes, Ecce jam nobis tenuatur umbra, and some prayers in English to the 
 'most gloryous and precyous herte of ihu cryst/ ending f. 155. The re- 
 mainder of the MS. is occupied by Hymns for the different Hours, beginning 
 with Prima dierum omnium, and ending, f. 163 b, with Deus creator omnium. 
 
 From the ' Translacio S. Joh. de Beu/ i. e. Beverley, being inserted m the 
 Kalendar, Oct. 25, the MS. probably belonged to York cathedral, or one of 
 
 the northern monasteries. 
 
 E E 
 
418 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 S81 Sd. x. 22. 
 
 A parchment book, in octavo, containing 159 leaves, written 
 
 in the xivth century. 
 
 The initial letters of the several books abound with grotesque figures, 
 and the other capitals are unusually bold. Short titles have been written 
 in the margin throughout, and notes and pointers by a later hand. The 
 leaves at either end have suffered from damp. 
 
 'Secunda pars Historie Auree. 1 
 
 Begins, after the list of Capitula, and the rubric ( De situ Britannie,' f. 1 : 
 Britannia insula a quodam troiano noie Bruto dicta. Britones vero 
 de tractu Armoricano... 
 
 Compare Beda, Hist. Eccles. i. 1, and Henr. Hunt. Hist. i. 
 
 After the rubric ' De inico regum Anglorum/ cap. 2 begins ' Adam genuit 
 Seth. . .' and carries the descent to Woden. After this is a table in 7 columns of 
 descents similar to that in Howard's edition (fol. 1601) of Florentius Wigor- 
 niensis, p. 688. Compare * Florentii Wigomiensis ad Chronicon Appendix/ 
 printed in Mon. Hist. Brit. i. 627 — 34 : and ' Historia Nennii.' lb. i. 74. 
 
 This is followed by cap. 3, ' De primo aduentu Saxonum in Anglia,' be- 
 ginning : 
 
 Peractis a natiuitate dni 449 annis de Germanie populis... 
 
 Then follows ' Genealogia regum Cantuariorum. ca. 4.' which chapter and 
 the 8 succeeding are with some omissions the same as the text printed in 
 Mon. Hist. Brit. i. 635 — 642. After which follow ' De adventu Normanno- 
 rum in Angliam, cap. 13,' and 'Genealogia regum Scottorum...cap.l4;' the 
 latter ends : 
 
 ...Margareta nomine que debuit fuisse desponsata Edwardo de Car- 
 naruan qui fuit Alius et heres Edwardi primi post conquestum. 
 ' Genealogia Regum Saxonum, Liber l ns ' is the running title. 
 'A Natiuitate xpi. Liber 2 US ' is the running title to this book, and the 
 rubric before the list of S3 capitula, of which the first is ' De Rachboldo duce 
 Trisonum,' and the last ' De obitu sci Vlta,ni.' 
 
 Of ' De conquesta terre see. Liber S m ' the first chapter is ' De causa mo- 
 cionis usque terram scam.' and the 74th ' De morte regis Henrici.' 
 
 Of 'De Ricardo rege. Liber 4 U5 ' the first chapter is 'De reditu ducis 
 Ricardi in Angliam et de electione eiusdem...' and the 78th, 'De morte regis 
 Henrici.' 
 
 Of 'De Edwardo primo post conquestum. Liber 5 US ' the first is ' De 
 coronacione...' and the 97th 'De treugis inter reges francie et anglie initis.' 
 To the truce in the latter is the date Jan y . 19, 1342. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 419 
 
 At the end, in another and somewhat later hand, is 
 
 [M]iseracoe dia JohannesEps Penestrinus, Guills...sce Romane eeclie 
 cardinales. Dilcis filiis Ahbi Cist'i ceterisque abbatibus. . et aliis personis 
 
 ordinis cisterciensis. 
 
 582 Dd. x. 23. 
 
 A parchment book, consisting of nearly 100 pages, written in 
 the early part of the xvith century, containing Instructions given 
 by Andrea Griti Doge of Venice to Vincentio Zatani Commander 
 of the Galleys, in 1524. 
 
 1. The first set of instructions is partly in Latin and partly in Italian. 
 They begin (p. 1): 
 
 Nos Andreas Griti Dei Gratia Dux Venetiarum etc committimus 
 tibi nobili viro Vincentio Zatani. — qui... sis capitaneus presentium 
 galearum iturarum ad viagium Alexandre (sic) quas galeas 
 The last two sections, numbered 59 and 60, are in Italian. 
 
 2. On page 34 commences another set of Instructions in Italian, 
 with merely the heading ' M DXXIIII. Die n. Junii In Rogatis.' They are 
 divided into 102 sections, of which a table is given on pp. 75—9. Before 
 section 10 is the date 'Die 7. Julij 1524. In Rogatis,' and before section 11 
 the date is ' Die xi. Julii.' 
 
 At the end, p. 74, is ' Data in nostro Ducali Palatio die viiij Septembr. 
 Indictione xii™. M. D. xxiiij Pet s Grasolarius. Due. nots.' 
 
 The title page (p. 1) has an illuminated border, at the top of which is the 
 winged lion of S. Mark with cliffs and sea in the back ground ; on either side 
 are portraits of a bishop and a dominican monk, and at the bottom is a shield, 
 (Party per fess argent and azure, two bendlets conterchanged), and on the 
 ground of a landscape over which the shield is suspended are the letters 
 V. Z. 
 
 5a 3 Dd. x. 24. 
 
 A small folio of parchment, now of about 40 leaves, having 
 double columns of 43 lines each on every page, written in the 
 xvth century. It is bound up with the next two MSS. 
 
 This appears to have been formerly part of a larger volume. The first 
 leaf is marked exxij on the first side, and 122 on the reverse ; two leaves that 
 contained nearly the whole of chapters 2 — 8 of § 1 are missing, the next leaf 
 being numbered exxv and 1 25 ; leaves are missing between the pages marked 
 133 and cxxxvi, and between 143 and cxlvi, and 146 and cxlvin, and 151 
 and clx. 
 
 E E 2 
 
420 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 1. 'Gesta Alexandri regis Magni Macedonum.' 
 The text is that of Julius Valerius : see the edition ' Angelo Maio, Medio- 
 
 lani, Mpcocxvii.' and especially Editoris Prefatio, pp. xii— xvi. (In Brit. 
 Mus. Grenville Liby. 9006.) 
 
 After the capitula, the MS. begins: 
 
 Egypti sapientes sati genere divino primi feruntur. . . 
 From the list on the preceding page (cxxij) there appear to have been 
 xlix capitula in Liber i. but the three after xlvi are wanting, as well as the 
 whole of Liber n. and part of Lib. in. The latter ends : 
 ...Valedictis singulis diem clausit extremum. 
 On p. 138 begins Liber iv. : 
 
 Extincto in ipso etatis ac victoriarum flore alexandro magno triste 
 apud omnes tota babilone silencium fuit. 
 On p. cli : Explicit liber hii™ incipit v"*. The second paragraph of the 
 latter (the third in some MSS. as in No. 164 of Caius Coll. MSS. which is of 
 the xnth century) begins : 
 
 Eodem tempore demosthenes atheniensis orator pulsus patria... 
 
 2. On the next leaf (p. clx.) 
 ' Alexander ad Dindimum. 1 
 
 The ' epistola ' commences : 
 
 Si hec ita sunt ut asseris o dindime soli quantum iudeo... 
 This is printed in Vincentius, .Spec. Hist. i. Lib. v. cc. 69—71. See also 
 Coxe's Catal. Cod. MSS. Coll. Corp. Chr. Oxon. lxxxii. 4. 
 For another MS. see Dd. vm. 22. § 3. 
 
 3. 'Epistola Alexandri regis Magni Macedonum 
 
 AD MAGISTRUM SUUM ArISTOTELEM.' 
 
 Begins (p. 161) : 
 
 Semper memor tui etenim inter dubia bellorum nostrorum peri- 
 cula. . . 
 And ends (p. 169) : 
 
 . . .quamdiu seculi volvitur orbita nominis mei fama habeatur in gloria. 
 See under Dd. vm. 22. § 3. 
 
 4. ' Prima recapitulatio de eodem Alexandro et de suis. 1 
 
 The last words, completing p. 170, are : 
 
 ...qui cum carentinis bellum habuisse et egregie vicisse narratur. 
 Amen. 
 
 58* Dd. x. 25. 
 
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 In three different handwritings: (a) ff. 1 — 4, (5) ff. 5 — 148, 
 (c) f. 149 to end : they are however all of the xmth or xivth 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 421 
 
 centuries, if. 1 — 4 have 29 lines in a page : ff. 5 — 148 have 30 : 
 and the rest 28. On f. 4 5 is a table of contents : and at the top 
 the words ' Liber Lanthonii juxta Gloucest. 1 shew that the MS. 
 was formerly the property of Lanthony Abbey. 
 
 1 . ff. 1 — 4. A fragment of a Treatise on some of the Offices 
 of the Church. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 ...atur lectio scripsit Moyse... 
 Ends : 
 
 ... quando erit Deus omnia in omnibus. 
 
 2. ff. 5 — 23. ' Liber Isidori junioris de Differenciis. 1 
 
 Begins (after the preface, 'Nonnulli norunt quod iste ...') : 
 
 Inter Deum et Dominum ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... absque exemplo humilitatis Christi. 
 Opp. Rom. 1802. v. pp. 77—114. 
 
 3. ff. 24 — 56. < Sancti Ambrosii Episcopi de Peni- 
 tential 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Si virtutum finis ille maximus est ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... mundi istius nexu debemus absolvere. 
 
 Opp. Col. Agr. 1616. iv. pp. 182—197. 
 
 4. ff. 56 — 85. 'Ejusdem de Jacob et vita beata.' 
 Begins: 
 
 Necessarius ad disciplinam ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... peremptus est morte. 
 
 Ibid. i. pp. 151—169. 
 
 5. ff. 85 — 114. 'Ejusdem de Paradiso.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Et plantavit Deus ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... metemus ea que sunt spiritualia. 
 
 Ibid. i. pp. 53—66. 
 
 6. ff. 115 ]23. ' Epistola Prosperi ad Eufinum pres- 
 
 BITERUM CONTRA PeLAGIANOS. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Accepi per communem ... 
 
422 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ... dirigat in vitam eternam. 
 Opp. Lugd. 1539, pp. 85—94. 
 
 7. ff. 123 — 129. 'Libellus Prosperi contra Pelagianos 
 
 OBTRECTATQRES SUOS.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Quidam Christiane ac fraterne caritatis obliti ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... voluntatem Dei sentient vindicantem. 
 Ibid. pp. 109—117. 
 
 8. ff. 129 — 138. 'Liber Prosperi contra Pelagianos 
 
 OBTRECTATORES SaNCTI AuGUSTINI.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 In libris beate memorie ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...quod habeat Veritas. 
 Ibid. pp. 118—128. 
 
 9. ff. 138 — 148. 'Liber Prosperi contra obtrectatores 
 Sancti Augustini. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Doctrinam quam sancte memorie ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... duo ista permiscet. 
 Ibid. pp. 95—109. 
 
 10. ff. 149—152. 'Liber de x Plagis Egypti.' 
 
 A Homily containing a comparison of the ten plagues with the ten com- 
 mandments. 
 Begins: 
 
 Non sine causa, fratres dilectissimi . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... pervenire illesi prestante domino, &c. 
 
 11. ff. 152 — 155. * De Ponderibds et Mensuris.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Ponderum ac mensurarum 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . onus Cameli efficiunt. 
 
 12. ff. 155 — 163. 'Jeronimus de Membris DOMINI.' 
 
 A treatise on the anthropomorphic language of scripture, to which are 
 appended brief notes upon the end of the world. 
 Begins : 
 
 Omnipotens Deus, Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... ipsa dies judicii. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 423 
 
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 This title is on p. 13, the first 12 pages being occupied by an index. The 
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 The last 'additiones ' are those of the chapter held at Tours in 1531. 
 
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 1 . ff. 1 — 4. ' Magna Carta de libertatibus Anglie.' 
 and ff. 4 — 5. ' Carta de Foresta.' 
 
 2. ff. 5—10. The same as § 1, in French. 
 
 3. f. 10. ' La confirmacion le rey Edward.' 
 
 The date is ' A Londres. le x iour Ooctobre {sic) Ian de nostre regne xxv.' 
 
 4. f. 11. ' Mentencia cartarum.' 
 It begins : 
 
 En le nom Com nostre seigneur le rey 
 
 5. f. 1 1 5—13. a. ' La Lettre du fiz le Boy.' 
 After the salutation, begins : 
 
 Com nos chiers et feans... 
 At the end is the date, ' Done a Londres le disme ior de Octobre Ian del 
 regne le Rey Edward xxv.' 
 
 This letter and the following are noticed by Brady, History, fyc. in, p. 60, 
 and the king's letter referring to them is printed in the Appendix, N. 34. 
 b. ' La Lettre du Conseyl.' 
 After the names of the councillors, it begins : 
 
 Com seit fait entendant au fiz nostre seign' le Rey... 
 At the end is the date, ' Done Llondres le an de grace m. cc. lxxxxvij. et 
 du regne le Rey Edward xxv.' 
 
424 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 6. f. 13 b. ' Bulla papalis super reuocacoe ordinacionum ex- 
 tortarum tempore R. E. fil. R. H. et sentenciarura super his 
 prolatarum.'' 
 
 Begins : _ 
 
 Clemens. ..Epo Couuent'r et Lich...Regalis deuocois integritas...? 
 Printed in Rymer, Foidera, i. 978. (Ed. 1821). 
 
 7. f. 14 b. ' Composicio facta inter Archni Oxonie et vDiuer- 
 sitatem eiusdem. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Me d quod die lune prox' post festum see Scolastice virginis anno dni 
 milllo ccc mo . xlv to ... 
 The copy is imperfect, ending : 
 . . . subsint turn dci Rectores 
 The leaf that was marked 15 has been cut out. 
 
 8. f. 16. Memoranda of ten commissions for the collection 
 of Tenths and other taxes, received by the Prior and Convent of 
 St Katharine at Lincoln in the years 1291 — 1307. 
 
 9. ' Nous Robt. . .arcevesque de Oanterbur 1 . . .evesque countes 
 et barons . . . ordinoms . . ,' 
 
 The above is from the preamble, which begins (f. 17) : 
 
 Pur coe qe par mauueis counseil et desceyuaunt nre seign' le Roi.... 
 
 After the ordinance, ending '. . .la desoretion des ditz assignez,' is the first 
 line of a royal letter, ' Edward, &c. . . . saluz sachez,' with a blank space 
 on f. 24. 
 
 Printed in the form of Letters Patent in Brady, History, S;c. Vol. in. 
 Appendix N. 52. pp. 36—48. 
 
 10. ' Taxaciones ecciarum facte per dnm Norwyc' in dioc' 
 Line''.'' 
 
 This list on if. 25 — 60 is divided according to archdeaconries : it appears 
 to belong to what is called the Norwich Taxation which was made circa 
 1253: see the Preface to the edition of 'Taxatio Ecclesiastica circa 1291/ 
 published folio, 1802. 
 
 It is followed on f. 61 by 
 
 ' Nomina exemptorum in dioc. Line' and 
 
 'Beneficia spectancia ad collacionem Epi Lincoln, in dioc. Lincoln.' 
 The latter list is repeated with variations in a later hand on f. 62. 
 
 11. Copies of Papal Bulls and Episcopal Letters relating to 
 the See of Lincoln. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 425 
 
 There is an imperfect catalogue on f. 63, of the contents of ff. 64 — 77. 
 It may be sufficient to state that in Nasmith's catalogue, in manuscript, the 
 particulars are distinctly given : that some of this collection are named in 
 Tanner, Notit. Mon. Lincoln, xlix. ; and the more important documents are 
 to be found in Wilkins, Concilia, Wharton, Anglia Sacra. 
 
 12. ff. 77 b — 86. Copies of the following documents : 
 a. ' Fundacio hospitalis de Mera.' 
 
 6. ' Fundacio domus see Trinitatis extra Northampton que dicitur 
 domus sci Dauid.' 
 
 c. ' Statuta dni Roberti Line. Epi facta indicta domo.' 
 
 The titles of them only are here given. See Anglia Sacra, u. 325. 
 
 d. ' Regula fratrum Hospitalis sci Johis Bedeford.' 
 
 e. Four documents relating to ' Dauentre,' 1269 — 1290. 
 
 f. Regula Hospitalis S. Joannis de Lutterworth. 1306. 
 
 g. Regula Hospitalis ' Sci Leonardi Bedeford.' 1306. 
 
 h. ' Carta Abbatis et conuentus de Grimesby concessa Willo Colbern.' 
 1303. 
 
 i. ' Memorandum de processione facienda apud Sanctum Albanum.' 
 
 k. ' Obligacio fratrum (heremitarum) sci Augustini facta pro indemp- 
 nitate eccie sci Jacobi de Grymesby.' 1307. 
 
 I and m. Two other documents by the Bishop of Lincoln relating to the 
 same as k, and dated in 1307 at Buckden. 
 
 13. ff. 87 — 105. L Repertorium de ordinacionibus vicariarum 
 Lincoln, dyocesis factis temporibus dni Hugonis de Welles et 
 successorum suorum Lincoln, episcoporum.' 
 
 The list is divided according to archdeaconries, and ends with the entries 
 of the ' Archd. Oxon.' respecting ' Godeshull' and ' Stangtone ' Under the 
 latter name is written ' Arch. Bucks.' as a correction See § 10. 
 
 14. ff. 106—110. ' Ordinacio domus de Merton.' 
 
 From the date at the end this appears to be the second code of statutes 
 (1267). See the Preface to and the Note on p. 37 of the Statutes of Merton 
 College, Oxford, in Vol. I. of the Statutes of the Colleges of Oxford, 1853. 
 
 15. Stitched on to f. 110 is a document endorsed. 
 
 ' Exoneratio ecclesiarum de Wobon et Stubton a pensionibus 
 quas solebant solvere capitulo Lincoln. Et appropriatio ecclie de 
 Hambledon eidem capitulo. 1 
 
 The Bishop's letter is dated, Middelton juxta Oxon. Apr. 16. 1272. 
 Pontif. 14. 
 
 16. ff. Ill — 2. A table of the contents of the volume. 
 The title of § 6 has been supplied from this table. 
 
426 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 17. f. 112 5. 'Bulla [dementis VI.] pro reconc" ecclie 
 lincolniensis.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Deuocois tue precibus... 
 
 This is dated at Avignon 22 May, Pontif. 10. [1351], and is recited in a 
 letter of the Bishop's dated Buckden, March 1st, 1354. 
 
 See the ' Bulla Innocentii Sexti...' printed in Wilkins, Concilia, in. p. 29. 
 
 588 Dd. x. 29. 
 
 A quarto, on vellum, containing ff. 439, in double columns, 
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 BlBLIA VlTLGATA SANCTI HlERONYMI. 
 
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 Hebrews. 
 
 The usual prologues begin f. I, and end f. 3, after which the leaf con- 
 taining the first three chapters of Genesis is lost : a leaf is also lost after 
 ff. 220, 301 and 355, this last containing the beginning of St Matthew. 
 
 After the last verse of the Revelation is the distich : 
 finito libro sit laus et gloria Christo 
 et nunc pro scripto reddatur cena magistro. 
 
 The last four leaves contain a canon of the lessons, and other scribbling ; 
 and at the end is written, * Iste liber constat Simoni Ffelbrycio heredibus et 
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 ' A Survey or the Sciences in theire Vertues and Vanityes, 
 theire Fullnes and Defects ' 
 ' or, the Soule seeming by contemplation vanish'd from the Body, 
 the Body suppos'd in search of the Soule.' 
 
 The dedication, addressed ' to the Reuerend and right wor th D r John 
 Oldesworth,' bears the name of ' Rob. Dauenport.' The ' sciences ' considered 
 are Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry, and Astronomy 
 (the 'trivium ' and ' quadrivium '). 
 Begins (p. 7) : 
 
 Where sweete freind shall I find you, gon in quest of true felicity ? 
 Ends (p. 25) : 
 
 Obedience is no bondage where wee love. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 427 
 
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 1. Galfredus Monumetensis de Gestis Britonum : im- 
 perfect. 
 
 The MS. begins (f. B i.) in Lib. i. c. 15 of the editions (see No. 329) : 
 
 hostes celeriter invasit. Audaciores pro inde surgentes... 
 And breaks off in Lib. x. c. 12 (f. K. vm.) : 
 
 ... isti tunc libertatem quam illi eisdem demere [affectabant]. 
 After an imperfect paragraph which ends with the date ' anno dni m". 
 xxvi°.' there follows (f. O. i.) : 
 
 Robertus frater ducis ricardi iuuenis... 
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 . . .a duce normannorum Will'o superatus est. 
 
 The next column begins : 
 
 In diebus scissimi regis Edwardi et confessoris anno eiusdem penul- 
 timo Haroldus... 
 The signatures between O and S are wanting. 
 
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 fredericum qui nunc ad imperium sublimatur. 1 
 
 Begins (f. T. m.): 
 
 Dominus nr ihc xpc primus et summus pontifex.... 
 Ends(f.V.iv.): 
 
 Istius tempore christiani Damietam ceperunt, sed saraceni earn 
 
 postea recupauerunt. 
 The signature V is only in 4 : and Y in 6. 
 
 3. Daretis Phrtgii de Excidio Troj^e Historia. 
 
 After the 'Epistola Cornelii' as in the editions, (12 mo Amsterd. 1630, 
 and 8° Lond. 1825) the MS. begins (f. X. i.) : 
 
 Peleas rex peloponense (sic) essonem fratrem habuit. . . 
 
 After the section, ending ' Hucusque historia Daredis frigii,' which cor- 
 respond to the final words of the editions, follows another, beginning, 'Quis 
 
428 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCBIPTS. 
 
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 pentessileam. Explicit excidium Troie.' 
 
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 E mist quer e cors e poer. 
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 (2) Begins (fol. 3 a): 
 
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 (3) Begins (fol. 3 a): 
 
 Tant suy a beau soiur 
 Frai chanconele damur. 
 
 Ends (fol. 5 6): * 
 
 Si les comand amalfee 
 Tuz iur eient il maldehee. Amen. 
 
 (4) Begins (fol. 5 6) : 
 
 Qvant le tens se renouele e reuerdoie cy bois. 
 Ends (fol. 6 a): 
 
 Mes a deu uoil lalme vendre, e a ma dame mun cors. 
 
 (5) Begins (fol. 66): 
 
 Ky vout sauer del mapemund 
 La forme de trestut le mund 
 De terres e de regiuns 
 E de citez les propre nuns. 
 Breaks off (fol. 245): 
 
 Certes nent est home pur uerite 
 Kar il auentist par sun peche. 
 
 591 Dd. x. 32. 
 
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 The volume has formerly been bound in wood and with clasps. 
 
 1. 'Hie incipit liber Britonum qui vocatur bryutus (sic) 
 
 DE GESTIS AnGLORUM.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 429 
 
 The text begins and ends as in the editions (see No. 329) : 
 
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 ... upon the whole Israel of God. 
 
430 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 ff. 25 — SO contain questions in Mathematics, and rules for the extraction 
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 Expositio de maximo et minimo habet longas disputationes... 
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 ...non est sine transmutatione. Finis. 
 
 2. f. 46. Contains a list of ' Tractatus Doctissimi Cesaris Cremonini 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 431 
 
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 Intentio Averrois est disputare de superbia et seternitate intellectus 
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 4. ff. 44 — 47- ' Tractatus de Prineipio individuationis.' In two Lec- 
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 Qua;stio de prineipio individuationis... 
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 ...Aristoteles hoe optime consideravit. 
 
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 ' Mosis Amyraldi PrjElectiones in Capp. III. iv. Ep. ad 
 Roman-OS.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 In eo hffic sunt : 1°. Enunciatio ... 
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432 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 " QeoKpirov f3ovKo\nca.' 
 
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 will be found in Gaisford's edition. After this follow two poems which 
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 1. 'ie Guide de la Terre aux deux," a series of spiritual 
 directions in prose, translated out of English (pp. 1 — 55). 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 433 
 
 2. ' Le Cosur du Coeur Chrestien,'' an ' alphabet de chansons 
 spirituelles,'' in irregular stanzas. 
 Begins (with a fresh pagination) : 
 
 A genoux, O mon Cceur, 
 
 Adore ton Seigneur. 
 Ends (p. 101) : 
 
 Oil mes espris bienheureux et contena 
 
 Y verront le Dieu fort. 
 
 S. ' Le Flageolet Chrestien du Berger de Lucerne? written 
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 Begins (p. 154) : 
 
 Sacrez ambassadeurs. 
 Ends (p. 158) : 
 
 Luy seruent de Patrons, de Peres et de Docteurs. 
 Subjoined is another short piece (pp. 158 — 161), entitled ' Testament 
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 The writers were all Huguenots, and one of them speaks of his father 
 (p. 109) as ' Mons r Jollyuet advocat en Parlement.' 
 
 602 Dd. x. 44. 
 
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434 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins, in rubrick : 
 
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 2. if. 104—111 a. An Alphabetical Catalogue of Herbs. 
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 Pillule by foremete. . . 
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 ...and gyf it hym to gargarismyng. 
 
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 therefor kepe it well... 
 
 Ends: 
 . . do this 9 dayes and it shall hele. 
 
 5. if. 116 6 — 118. ' Thesaurus pauperum.' 
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 Ends : 
 
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 6. ff. 119— 123 a. ' Liber Edmundi.' 
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 membris of the body, &c... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...ut probatum est a meipso, &c. 
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 7. f. 123 a. ' Item de Regimine Sanitatis.' 
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 8. if. 1236— 128 a. 
 
 A discourse, in rhyme, on herbs. 
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 Of herbys now I 
 
 Will yow telle by and by 
 
 As I fynde wrytyn in a boke 
 
 That in borowyng I betoke 
 
 Of a gret ladyes preste, &c. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 435 
 
 Ends: 
 
 It dryvyth away all foul moysteris 
 And distroyeth venym and wykyd humoris 
 It distroyeth the morfew 
 And dispoyling to the leper. 
 
 9. ff. 128 6—136 a. Various Receipts in English. 
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 with aqua vitse as here folowyth... 
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 ...lewke warme to bed ward. 
 
 10. ff. 136 b — 137. ' Precious Waters for dyvers Syknessis.' 
 Begins : 
 
 This ben, &c. 
 Ends: 
 
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 11. ff. 138 — 139 6. Various Receipts for given Complaints. In English, 
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 12. 139 b — 148. A Treatise on Urines. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 It is to be knowyn that ther be... 
 Ends: 
 
 . . .is signe of myche yvyll beyng in the stomake. 
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 In the same volume are two loose sheets, containing notes 'Concerning 
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 604 Dd. x. 46. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 F F 2 
 
436 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 605 Dd. x. 47. 
 
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438 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 JoHANNIS CLIMACI ScALA PaRADISI. 
 
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 . . . 7rpo8vjj.a>s e^ofiokoyrjaafievav . . . 
 Ends (in Grad. xxvn.) : 
 
 . . . rives fiev Xva (rwovSaioi . . . 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 439 
 
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440 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 What follows, unto the middle of p. 61, may be described as an abbre- 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 441 
 
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442 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 1. ff. 1—62 6. 
 
 Thesaurus Pauperum. Receipts for various complaints. 
 This MS. agrees very nearly in arrangement and substance with a work of 
 the same name by Petrus Hispanus, printed at Frankfort, 1576. The first 
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 the MS. are chapters not in the edition, and some in the edition not to be 
 found in the MS. 
 Begins : 
 
 Ad pustulas capitis sanandas. Lavetur sepe capud, &c. 
 Ends with two prayers : 
 
 Domine Jhesu qui es omnium vera salus, &c. 
 Deus qui mirabiliter homines creasti, &c. 
 
 Explicit Thesaurus Pauperum. 
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 2. ff. 62 b — 80 6. Uniform with the preceding. " Quedam capitula Tro- 
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 Begins : 
 
 De nimia caliditate, &"c.... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...infantis nutrimento non est conveniens. Explicit. 
 
 3. ff. 80 6—82 a. " Liber de necessariis ad differendum in practica 
 necessaria ad differendum secundum practico. secundum Magistrum R." 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Electuaria frigida ad caliditatem curandum competentia, &c... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...aque calide. Explicit. 
 
 4. ff. 82 a — 84 ft. " Libellus magistri cardinalis docens purgare quatuor 
 
 humores." 
 
 Begins : 
 
 O Medice accedens ad infirmum quem nunquam vidisti... 
 
446 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCEIPTS. 
 
 Ends : 
 
 ...hec omnia diligenter considera et attendas. 
 ff. 85 — 88 are wanting : also f. 90. f. 89, and the latter part of f. 84, are 
 parts of a treatise, or of two treatises, uniform in style with the rest. 
 
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 Homo de humo factus est, constat ex humoribus, &c.-- 
 Ends: 
 
 ...quod isti et humores. 
 ff. 93. 96—98. 117, 118, are wanting. 
 
 6. ff. 94 to f. 119. A Latin-English Dictionary of herbs ; incomplete ; 
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 7. ff. 119-128. 
 
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 Begins : 
 
 For a cold stomak. Tak a good quantite of sauge... 
 Ends with a charm for toothache, in a later hand : 
 
 ...but if the payne be benethe, then pricke it beneathe. 
 
 8. ff. 129 — 133. Receipts in English and Latin, some medical, but 
 many for ignis inextinguibilis, volatilis, &c, and other philosophical pre- 
 parations : 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ad capiendas aves.. 
 Ends: 
 
 ...and use this medicine no longer. 
 
 9. f. 134]a. This page is a fragment, and utterly irregular. 
 
 10. f. 134 b — 139. ' Liber de Angelis Annulis karecteribus et ymaginibus 
 planetarum.' A tract on astrology. 
 Begins : 
 
 Ad mea principia tibi dico salve Maria quod Bokenhamus.... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...signorum scribere omisi quod Bokenhamus. 
 
 11. ff. 140—144. Irregular Medical Notes, in Latin and English. In 
 f. 142, the writing is displaced on account of a copy of a letter, without 
 signature or address, referring to a copy of ' ane Inglische buke cald Mort 
 Arthur.' 
 
 12. ff. 145 — 153. An incomplete Latin-English Dictionary of Herbs. 
 Three of the leaves of this part are of parchment. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Alleluya . panis cuculi . payn de cuculle. Wodsowre . stubwort. 
 Ends: 
 
 Quinquefolium fyveleved gres. pentafilon. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 447 
 
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 A paper book, in quarto, with the title 
 ' Eegole de la lingua Thoscana. 1 
 
 The dedication is to ' il Signore Arrigo Herbert by 'Michel Angelo Florio 
 fiorentino,' and is dated, ' In Londra il di xxi. d'Agosto. md. l iij.' 
 
 It is paged by signatures in 4, from a to hh. 
 
 Scribbled on a blank page is ' Fraunces Talbott;' and on another, 'Anne 
 Talbott.' 
 
 673 Dd. xi. 47. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 76 pages, in good preservation. 
 ' The Statutes op the Oedeb op the Garter. 1 
 It is a copy on paper of the same statutes as are contained in Dd. x. 47 
 and Dd. x. 59. At the beginning there is a list of the first knights of the 
 order in the 23 Edw. III. 
 
 It is bound up with the 6 following MSS. 
 
 674 Dd. xi. 48. 
 
 A quarto, on paper, containing 16 leaves, of which 8 are 
 blank, with about 28 lines in each page. Date the xvnth century. 
 A Law-Note Book. 
 On the outside are the names Kitchyn and And. Henley. 
 
 675 Dd. xi. 49. 
 
 A small quarto, on paper, of 10 leaves. 
 Vindication of a Sermon preached at Cambridge on Good 
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 The author's name appears to have been Bewick. 
 
 676- Dd. xi. 50, 51, 52. 
 
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 Three quartos, on paper, the first of 6, the second of 8, and 
 the third of 6 leaves. Written in the xvnth century. 
 
 Three Latin Poems, by Thomas Cooper, dedicated to Ma- 
 gister Oulsworth. 
 
 1. 'Vindici^! Templi Sancti Pauli.' 
 Begins: 
 
 Mutantur Oh quam tempora, et nos iis simul ... 
 Ends: 
 
 Capita ut levemus, quod prope est redemptio. 
 
 2. ' Principatus est divina Ordin atio a nemine violanda.' 
 
448 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Parere Regi cur volet pios Deus ? 
 Ends: 
 
 Sic Christianus vincit, et patiens simul. 
 3. 'Rex Suecorum, vivus an mortuus: in usum ecclesiae.'' 
 After the dedication 'Magistro Dulsworth,' by Thomas Cooper, is a second 
 title, ' Ventilatio incerti illius et contrarii rumoris de regis Snecorum morte 
 et vita,' preceding 35 Elegiac couplets, beginning, 
 
 Fama diu dubiis volitauerat anxia pennis 
 In vivis Suecus mortuus anne foret. 
 Ending : 
 
 Sic utrinque cadat fallacis gloria carnis 
 
 Vt soli restet gloria sola Deo. Amen. 
 
 679 Dd. xi. 53. 
 
 A paper book in quarto, of about 160 pages, forming 
 Two Law Common-Place Books. 
 
 Of each the handwriting is of the xvnth century : one consists of short 
 notes which are scarcely legible, the other is more formal. 
 
 680 Dd. xi. 54. 
 
 A small octavo, on cotton paper, in bad preservation and in 
 many places illegible, now consisting of 292 pages (paged), con- 
 taining from 20 to 30 lines in a page. It consists of two parts in 
 different hands: the one more boldly written, ending p. 196, 
 and seemingly more ancient than the other (beginning p. 197), 
 whose characters are far more minute, and in which the con- 
 tractions are more extensive. Both however are very late, and 
 probably belong to the xvth century. The earlier MS. has 
 the titles and initial letters rubricated and slightly ornamented : 
 the other is quite plain: in both various additions are made 
 by later hands. The first leaf is written in a different hand to 
 either of the others. 
 
 A 'recueil' in Latin has been added by some Frenchman, 
 probably by J. B. Hautin. 
 
 Several leaves are missing in the MS. and were absent when 
 the book was paged. 
 
 1. ' Mauricii Imperatoris Epitaphhm.'' (Recueil.) p. 1. 
 
 The Greek title has become illegible: the only word that can be de- 
 ciphered is the first, da~uix<f)opov. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 449 
 
 6 MavpUios 6 /3ao-i\eis p,axecrao-6ai, 
 and concludes with the epitaph in elegiacs, written by his wife Constantina, 
 of which the first line is : 
 
 A8" eya q TpiraXaiva Kai apiporepav fiacrikyav. 
 
 2. A fragment relating to Justinian, the son of the Emperor 
 Mauricius, partly illegible. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 on evpov eis ftijfia rov (ro(j)ov 'icraa/a'ou tov 'lovariviavov, k.t.\. 
 The concluding part is illegible. The fragment is followed by another 
 of 4 lines (almost illegible), in which occurs the word Ovakeptavor. 
 
 3. Sia tivwv eupe9rj tj iarpiKij eiriaTrifxti. p. 2. 
 Begins : 
 
 irp&Tos psv 'AttoAXgji' icjievpev airf/v Kai eSaKev avTrjv t<5 mnoKev- 
 ravpa. . . 
 
 Ends: 
 
 'EpatrlarpaTos leal 'Ao-KKrjwiaSrjs. 
 This page contains also a recipe npbs dgvSopKias, and two or three other 
 worthless scraps. 
 
 4. Dialogues and otheh woeks op Lucian. pp. S — 111. 
 The titles of Lucian's works, when not bracketed, are supplied by the MS. 
 
 (1) Hpop.T)6ea>s Kai Ato'f. (Vol. I. p. 204, Reitz.) p. 3. 
 
 This MS contains some excellent readings in various places, where it has 
 been collated with the edition of Reitzius. As several of Lucian's Dialogues 
 have the same title, those contained in this MS. are referred to their 
 proper places in his edition. Various scholia are also found throughout 
 the MS. 
 
 (2) UopSfiias ko.1 Mevlwrrov. (Vol. I. p. 423, R.) p. 4. 
 
 (3) Kpoia-ov Kai UXovtcovos. (Vol. I. p. 336.) p. 5. 
 
 (4) MeviWou Kai Kepftepov. (Vol. I. p. 420.) p. 6. 
 
 (5) Mcvtimov Kai 'Eppov. (Vol. I. p. 408.) p. 7. 
 
 (6) TAevimrov Kai AIokov. (Vol. I. p. 412.) p. 7. 
 
 (7) Mei/iWov Kai TavraKov. (Vol. I. p. 406.) p. 10. 
 
 (8) Mtv'nrirov Kai Xeipavos. (Vol. I. p. 434.) p. 11. 
 
 (9) MeviWov Kai Telpeo-Lov. (Vol. I. p. 445.) p. 11. 
 
 (10) Mei/iWov Kai Tpoipcoviov. (Vol. I. p. 338.) p. 13. 
 
 (11) 'Eppov Kai Xapavos. (Vol. I. p. 341.) p. 13. 
 
 (12) nXoiravos Kai 'Eppoi. (Vol. I. p. 343.) p. 14. 
 
 The MS. has lost a leaf here, and this dialogue is incomplete, the codex 
 containing only the beginning. 
 
450 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 (13) [Tepflovos Kal UXovravos.] (Vol. I. 346.) p. 15. 
 Incomplete : the MS. contains only the latter part. 
 
 (14) Awyevovs Kal 'HpatcXeW. (Vol. I. p. 402.) p. 15. 
 
 This dialogue wants two or three lines at the end, for the MS. has here 
 lost one or more leaves. 
 
 (15) [A\e£av8pov km $t\iWou.] (Vol. I. p. 394.) p. 17. 
 Contains only the last few lines. 
 
 (16) Aioyivovs Kal 'A.\e£avbpov. (Vol. I. p. 389.) p. 17. 
 
 (17) KarairXovs fj Tvpavvos. (Vol. I. p. 620.) p. 19. 
 
 (18) 'U<pato-Tov teat Aids. (Vol. I. p. 224.) p. 32. 
 
 (19) 'Eppov ml y\lov. (Vol. I. p. 229.) p. 33. 
 
 (20) 'A<ppo8iTTis Kal SeX^f. (Vol. I. p. 231.) p. 34. 
 
 (21) 'A<f>pob[Tr}s Kal "Epatros. (Vol. I. p. 233.) p. 36. 
 
 (22) "EpcBTos Kal Aio's. (Vol. I. p. 205.) p. 37. 
 
 (23) Aios Kal Tavvp^Sovs. (Vol. I. p. 208.) p. 38. 
 
 (24) "Upas Kal Aids. (Vol. I. p. 213.) p. 41. 
 
 (25) Ai6s, 'Aa-Kkrjmov, 'HjOatcXe'ous. (Vol. I. p. 235.) p. 43. 
 
 (26) 'Eppov Kal AnoXkavos. (Vol. I. p. 238.) p. 44. 
 
 (27) TcSi/ avrav. (Vol. I. p. 241.) p. 44. 
 
 This dialogue appears in the MS. as continuous with another having the 
 same title in Reitzius' edition, Vol. i. p. 245. 
 
 (28) "Hpas Kal AtjTods. (Vol. I. p. 243.) p. 46. 
 
 (29) "Upas Kal Aios. (Vol. I. p. 247.) p. 48. 
 
 (30) "Upas Kal Aids. (Vol. I. p. 216.) p. 49. 
 
 The MS. is imperfect, and only contains about two-thirds of this dialogue. 
 
 (31) [Tloa-eiSavos Kal 'Eppov.] (Vol. I. p. 227.) p. 51. 
 Contains only the concluding sentences. 
 
 (32) KukXgotos Kal IIoo-€i§c5i/os. (Vol. I. p. 291.) p. 51. 
 
 (33) AvtiKoxov Kal AxihXevs. (Vol. I. p. 399.) p. 53. 
 
 (34) AlaKov Kal IIpcoTeo-tXdou . (Vol. I. p. 410.) p. 54. 
 (3o) liXovrcovos Kal Upa>Teo~t\aov. (Vol. I. p. 426.) p. 55, 
 
 (36) Awyevovs Kal MaucroiXov. (Vol. I. p. 429.) p. 57. 
 
 (37) 'AttoWcovos ko.1 'Eppov. (Vol. I. p. 280.) p. 58. 
 
 (38) Qemv Kpioris. (Vol. I. p. 252.) p. 59. 
 
 (39) Mei/fXdou teal Upaniais. (Vol. I. p. 298.) p. 94. 
 
 (40) Xloo-eihwvos Kal AeXepi'i/<oi\ (Vol. I. p. 307.) p. 94. 
 
 (41) Uoaeihavos Kal "ipihos. (Vol. I. p. 314.) p. 95. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 451 
 
 (42) Savdov Kai GaXdcrcnjs. (Vol. I. p. 316.) p. 96. 
 
 (43) Hepl tov TjXcKTpov Kai tusv kvkvoiv. (Vol. III. p. 87.) p. 97. 
 
 (44) QaXapis nparos. (Vol. II. p. 187.) p. 99. 
 
 (45) $a\apis Seirepos. (Vol. II. p. 201.) p. 107. 
 
 (46) 'Hp68oros fj 'AeWcox. (Vol. I. p. 831.) p. 111. 
 
 This dialogue has lost its middle part, one leaf being wanting. 
 
 5. An unedited declamation, perhaps by Libanius. 
 
 Tit. avriXde tls els ttjv aKpoTroXiv cos diroKTevav tov Tvpavvov, Kai 
 avTov pev ov% evpev, tov 8e vlov avTov airoKTelvas Kareknvt to £l<pos 
 iv tc5 o-wpaTf iXdcov 6e 6 Tvpawos Kai tov vlov tScoi* jjdrj veKpov tc3 
 avTov £l(pet eaVTOv aneKTeivev cureT 6 dveXQnv Kai tov tov TVpdvvov 
 vlov dvsXatv yipas, coy TvpavvoKTOvos . p. 113. 
 No declamation having any such title is mentioned by Westermann in 
 his Geschichte der Beredsamkeit in Griechenland und Rom., but the author is 
 very possibly Libanius. 
 Begins : 
 
 Avo Tvpdvvovs anoKTe'ivas, a> av&pes 8imo-Ta\, fuSs qpepas tov piv 
 ij8rj nap^rjKOTa tov 8c aKpd^ovTa, h.t. X, 
 
 Ends: 
 
 xnr ipov (povevopevos Kai TirpoxrKopevos . 
 
 6. ' Aiftaviov.' 
 
 Tit. Ava-KoXos yqpxis XaXbv yvvalKa iavrbv irpoo-ayyekXu. p. 125. 
 Liban. Vol. iv. p. 134, ed. Reiske. 
 
 7. ' Tov 'ApuTTelcSov ei? 'Esrewvea eTrncrjoeios.' p. 142. 
 Aristid. Vol. i. p. 120, ed. Dind. 
 
 8. A neXeTrj of Severus, without the author's name. p. 144. 
 
 Tit. Tivas civ e«re Xoyovs axovo-as iv a8ov 6 'AxiXXebs t6j» Tlvppov 
 7rop8yo~avTa T7)V Tpoiav. 
 Begins : 
 
 etye ttjs (pvo~eG>s. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 tco!/ fiapfiapcov to "IXiov. 
 Contained in Walz's Rhetores Greed, Vol. i. p. 546. 
 
 9. ' SejS^ou aofpicTTOV 'AXe^avSpews yOoTTotiai. 
 
 Tit. Tivas av cme Xoyovs MeveXaos tov 'AXe£dv8pov ttjv 'EXivrjv 
 apTraa-avTos. (Rhet. Grcsc. Vol. I. p. 543, ed. Walz.) p. 145. 
 
 10. 'Tov avrov. 
 
 Tit. Tivas av eiwe Xoyovs "EKTop aKovo-as iv ahov Uplapov o-vyyev- 
 o-ao-Bai AxiXXfi. {Rhet. Grcec. Vol. I. p. 554.) p. 146. 
 
 gg2 
 
452 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 11. By Severus, but without the author's name. 
 
 Tit. iroiovs av \6yovs emev 6 ['HjpaKXi/r rov II(piK\vp.evov p.tra$a- 
 \6vtos irapa rr)V pdxrjv <«" T V" olneiav apvovpevov pop(j)^v. p. 147. 
 Begins : 
 
 ijrnj^fyij rois ttparp/ rj rvxi <aff Iva rav dydvav. 
 Ends: 
 
 irpbs rfjv dvalpetriv. 
 Contained in Walz's Met. Gr. Vol. i. p. 641. 
 
 12. 'To? Aifiaviov.' 
 
 Tit. rivas av eme \6yovs iropvr) craxppovycrao-a. p. 149. 
 Lilian. Vol. iv. p. 1044, ed. Reiske. 
 
 13. ' Toy avrov. 
 
 Tit. rivas av eijrf \oyovs 'A^iXXfur opav TLevBeaikeiav pera Bdvarov. 
 p. 150. 
 Id. Vol. IV. p. 1026. 
 
 14. ' Aifiaviou aofpiarTov. 
 
 Tit. IIpeo-fifVTtKoc rrpos rovs Tpaas. imkp rrjs 'EXivrjs McveXaos. 
 p. 151. 
 Id. Vol. iv. p. 1. 
 
 15. ' At/3i/.' (i. e. Aifiaviov.) 
 
 Tit. rivas av e'iiroi Xoyovs IIo\v£evr) dirayopivt) irpos o-cpayqv. p. 162. 
 Id. Vol. iv. p. 1037. 
 
 1 6. By Libanius, but without his name. 
 
 Tit. rivas av Anov Xoyovs A'ias dqbaipeSevrav rav 'AxiXXeiW oitkov. 
 p. 163. 
 Id. Vol. iv. p. 1038. 
 
 17. By Libanius, but without his name. 
 
 Tit. rivas av Airoi Xdyous A'ias peril rrjv paviav cra><ppovi]o-as. p. 164. 
 Id. Vol. iv. p. 1041. 
 
 By some accident the scribe has under this title copied another 
 declamation, whose proper title is A'ias p*XXu>v iavrov diroo-cpdrTeiv. See 
 Vol. iv. p. 1059. 
 
 18. By Libanius, but without his name. 
 
 Tit. rivas av carol Xoyovs SciXos liav noXepov i£(oypa<f>T]pcvov iv rois 
 robots rrjs iavrov oIkius. 
 Id. Vol. iv. p. 1021. 
 
 19. Aifiavios. lovXiai'ip TrpoafpwvijTiKO^.' p. 167. 
 Id. Vol. i. p. 405. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 4,53 
 
 20. By Libanius, but without his name. 
 
 Tit. rival hv ewroi Xoyovs o MevoiiceiJf. p. 180. 
 Id. Vol. iv. p. 1045. 
 
 21 . By Libanius, but without his name. 
 
 Tit. HBoiroiia. rivas av envoi Xoyovs 'Av8popi)(T) dvaipedevros "Ek- 
 ropos. p. 181. 
 Id. Vol. IV. p. 1011. 
 
 22. Aifiavlov. 
 
 Tit. A^iXXe'cof airoXoyia ore tjkov oi wpe'o-/3ei£ irapa 'Ayafiifivovoi 
 auroi 7rpeo~/3euo~ajUez/oi. p. 183. 
 Id. Vol. iv. p. 47. Imperfect: ends with the words K ai o-axppoum (Vol. iv. 
 p. 60). 
 
 Scholia on the above peKerripara are found in various places. 
 
 23. An orthographical treatise, without title, very much in- 
 jured, p. 197. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Twit bia rov eta. 
 Then follows a bare list of words ending in eia : as aio-^poxepSeta, a'Seta, 
 (&c. line 1). Similarly (1.13), we have Ta Se 8m roC e ypa<p6p.eva: axqvia, 
 ao-mrm, &c. : the last few lines consist of grammatical observations, as the 
 difference between tyaXtop (an ornament for horses), and V'eXioi/ (an orna- 
 ment for ladies) according to this treatise. The last words are 
 
 )3o/)eaff, irapa to (sic) (3opa 6 rp€<fio>v Ka\ av^cov rovs Kapnovs. 
 Taken from the Btym. Magnum. See Steph. Gr. Thes. p. 2777- Ed. Valpy. 
 
 24. ' 'Evvaywyri itai e^riyrjais wi' envrjaOr) laropiaiu o ev 
 aytois TruTpo<j rj/juvv Vprf'yopio's ev tm irpioTw arr/XiTevTiKio.' 
 (Without authors name), p. 197. 
 
 This is the treatise ascribed to Nonnus by Billius, &c. : it is published by 
 Bp Mountague in his edition of St Gregory Nazianzen's Invectives against 
 Julian. (See Bentley's Phalaris, Vol. i. pp. 94 — 97. Dyce's edition). The 
 present MS. contains the commentary on the First Invective down to the 
 end of c. £/3. nepi rov naXapjj'Sov, p. 147, Ed. Mount. : after which (fol. 
 217, 1. 15) it proceeds continuously with the conclusion of the commentary 
 on the Second Invective, c. X. irep\ rov Kazirov teal UvpitpXeyeBavTm (p. 17] ; 
 Ed. Mount.) : and so goes on to the end, with some transpositions and varia- 
 tions. The text differs a good deal from that of Mountague in several places. 
 
 25. ' ' E^tjyrjiTK 'iGTopiwv twv ev tw els BaaiXeioi' ewl 
 
 Tacpia,: p. 219. 
 
 Apparently by the same author as the preceding treatise : it gives 
 accounts of Cecrops, iEacus, Heracles, Iphigenia, the Thessalian Cave, the 
 
454 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCBIPTS. 
 
 ring of Gyges, Midas, Abaris, the river Alpheus, the Salamander, Orestes 
 and Pylades, the Cretan Labyrinth, Minos, Egyptian Thebes, Mausolus, the 
 Pyramids, &e. 
 
 This seems to be an unedited treatise, but probably is the same as one of 
 those mentioned in Cave's Hist. Lit. Another copy of this work is 
 contained in Gg. i. 2. 
 
 26. ' 'Swaywyt] /cat i^qyrjcns wv envtjaOrj 'taropiiov o ev 
 
 dyiois 7rarp6s rj/udov Tprfy6pio<s ev r<p eU to <P&jTa Xoyip.' 
 
 p. 225. 
 
 Imperfect, the MS. having lost one or more leaves. Probably unedited. 
 
 27. A treatise on Greek Dialects, slightly imperfect at the 
 beginning. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 AioXlr 'las Kal Koivr/, 'Ardls fitv KaXeirat airb 'ArBidos rrjs Kpavdov 
 8vyarp6s, AioXis an AloXov tov "eXKtjvos, k.t.X. p. 229. 
 Ends: 
 
 ret aivdera prfpara 8ia\vovo-i (sc. "laves) Kal p.era£v riSiatriv aWo 
 TV oloV) \eaiv Kara ravpov edijdas, avri tov KareS^oNas, Kara b eKTavev 
 'HfTi'tova avri tov KaTeKTavev. p. 233. 
 This production is very much taken from the Tex"tKa of Johannes Philo- 
 ponus, but does not exactly agree with that treatise. 
 
 28. ' Ylepl twv ev Xe^eai TraQtov.' p. 234. 
 Begins : 
 
 nd6r] eloAv ev rats \e£eo-i SeKaoKTm, iwia [lev Kara npoo~6^Ki\v, ivvea 
 8c Kara eXKeiiffiv evavria tjj npoo-Q-r\Krj- otov npodeais, a<paLpe(ris, k.t.X. 
 Ends: 
 
 anoKonfj he to evavTiov orepjjms <7uXXa/3^s Kara to reXos* oiox 
 ISpaiTa, I8pa>. p. 235. 
 
 Derived from Tryphon's work, having the same title. See Museum 
 Criticum Cant. Vol. i. p. 32. 
 
 29. ' Ylocroi elaiv tii 7roirjTiKoi Tpoiroi' p. 235. 
 Begins: 
 
 Uoltjtikol Tpimoi eicri Ke • aKkr}yopia, p.eTa<popa t Karaxp?jo~is t K.r.X. 
 Imperfect, ends in the middle of the account of eXXeiijns. 
 
 eXXeii^is 8e eori Xoyos 6 firj Kara to nXrjpes (pepop.evos, k.t.X. 
 Probably a fragment of a work by Tryphon, or rather of some Byzantine 
 compilation made from it. See Fabr. Bibl. Graec. Vol. vi. p. 351. Ed. Harles. 
 
 30. A miscellaneous collection of short poems without title 
 or author's name, imperfect at the beginning, p. 237. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 455 
 
 Begins (abruptly) : 
 
 npos elo-efieo-Tepovs re ml <ro(pa>Tepovs. 
 At the bottom of the page a fresh piece begins : 
 els tovs Svo dytovs Qeob&povs, 
 of which the first line is : 
 
 as ayxtvovs rjv 6 ypa(pevs Tav eiKovav. 
 
 Then follow other short pieces entitled dpoifiaiov els tov da-dpaTov, j; Ik 
 tov BacriXeiou Serjtns npbs tov XpctrTnv, ms ex toO XIpo8p6pov, &c. in very- 
 bad metre. Mention is made in one of them of y wavo-£@ao-Tos Avyovcrra 
 Qeoo-copa. Perhaps Athanasius of Mount Athos is the author of these poems. 
 See Fabr. Bibl. Gr. Vol. xi. p. 76 (Harl.) 
 
 31. 'Uepi rmv Teaaapuiv aToiyelwv oirep Koivcovovai irpos 
 a\\rj\a, oiroiov eyei exacrTov iSiivfia.'' p. 240. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ta pev o-Toi%£ia Teo~o~apa ettrl' npaTov drjp, SevTepov 7r0p, rp'iTov yrj, 
 TtTapTov vSap- Kai 6 pev drjp ctrri 6c-ppbs teal vypbs, k.t.X. 
 Then follow the reo-o-apes x"^ ' 1 - '■ viz. aTpa, x°^V' X V H-° S ' 4 > ^yi m '• after 
 them the reVo-apes avepoi. This (as well indeed as almost every other 
 grammatical treatise which follows) belongs evidently to the very worse 
 period of the Byzantine school of grammarians, such as Manuel Moschopulus, 
 and the like. 
 
 32. ' Ylepl Kwrjaeoos ^v)(yi$,' and other matters, p. 240. 
 Begins : 
 
 'K.ivrjo'is tyvxrjs icrrl KVKktKrj pev 77 els eaVTrjv elaodos, k.t.X. 
 This is followed by a short account of the divisions of the soul (Koyio-pbs , 
 Bvpos, imBvpia), and the divisions of the passions, the divisions of nania 
 (p. 243), of Kivrjo-is, of vopos, of prjropeia, of \^e£Sor, of evepyeaia, of IcvrpiKi], 
 &c. which it would not be worth while to describe particularly. 
 
 33. ' To? Xa/3piov T6T paaTiya? p. 251. 
 Begins : 
 
 apois ovos Trapr/yev dpyvpovv j3peras. 
 
 These are the fables published by Neveletus' in his Fabulce Variorum 
 Auctorum, Frankf. 1660, under the name of Gabrias. See Tyrwhitt's Dis- 
 sertation and Bentley on Phalaris (Vol. 11. pp. 227 — 233) for an account 
 of them. 
 
 They are accompanied by scholia and explanations of a very worthless 
 description. 
 
 34. A miscellaneous collection of moral precepts, and gram- 
 matical remarks on them, addressed to children, p. 258. 
 
456 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Upel, a ovtos, iravTt jrpoVtx* Kal da>Ka>v rovrcf ine&o-Taao, k.t.X. 
 Upon which follows a commentary, 
 Upu : Ta> ffpeafivripa, «.. i . \. 
 In the course of the treatise, the writer says : 
 
 pitcpa toIs [UKpois vp.iv, a irdtSes, irpootitaheyopai.. 
 As a specimen of the style of information, may be taken the following 
 (P-271): 
 
 Spa Kal tovto' rpia elat yivq iv rots dvopaa w i ) apcreviicbv, ftjAvKov <ai 
 ovSerepov. 
 Many pages of this treatise have been struck through with a pen as 
 being utterly worthless. 
 
 35. ' IlejOi trpoQeaewv, irepi fiapfiapuTfiov, 7repl eirippqfia- 
 
 to.1/,' &c. p. 273. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 irpoBitrtis: tj} piv (fxovfi oKTiOKaibena elcri, rat Se (rypaivopiva 
 eTTTaKaideica. 
 
 Then follows a chapter on barbarism (p. 277), beginning, o Papftapwpos 
 iv Xf|f(rt yiverai orav it; are^yias irapa<p8aprj i) avWapfj, and another 
 wepi iTuppr)p.aTa>v : begins, tovto pavdave ort in rasv oktco pcpmv tov \6yov 
 napayovrai to. iTnpprj para. i£ ovnparos olov fiorpvs @OTpv86v (p. 779). 
 
 Perhaps this should be considered as a part of the preceding work. Some 
 remarks appear to be partly borrowed from the grammar of Dionysius 
 Thrax. See Fabr. Bibl. Gr. Vol. vi. p. 311. Ed. Harles. 
 
 36. ' IlejOt \oyoypa(pias, nepi eiriaTokwv, irepi ariywv 
 eisaycoKiKwv.' p. 280. 
 
 This is the same treatise that is contained in Dd. v. 29. pp. 101 — 130 : 
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 p. 128, 1. 30, of the last named MS. 
 
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 ' A prayer, &c.' beginning : 
 
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 The whole has been printed in Tillotson's Works, London, 1752, Vol. 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 457 
 
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458 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 459 
 
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 1686. 
 
 The grammar begins (p. 6) : 
 
 Compendium Grsecae Gram. 'Opdoineia. Literae Grsecorum ypap.- 
 para sunt viginti quatuor. 
 Ends (corruptly) : 
 
 poet, civ pro ex : airai vttcu imip pro anb, irapa, {mep, vtto. t*\os 
 rijs ypa^paTLKrjs eXkaSos. Thomas Wheeler. 
 On the first blank leaf is written, ' Thomas Wheeler his booke Ano Do. 
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 2. 'Sir Edward Cooke's Treatise of Bailb and Main- 
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460 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 Compendium Latins Grammaticje. 
 
 The first two leaves contain ' Regulce generates scholce.' 1. Cogita. 
 2. Loquere vere, clare, Latine, &c, and mention the portions of grammar 
 which the scholars are to learn daily. 
 The Grammar begins (p. 1) : 
 
 Grammatica est ars congrue loquendi. Partes grammaticse sunt 
 quatuor. 
 Ends (p. 42): 
 
 Vox vero adversativa est ritu grsecorum pkv, Se. Finis. 
 
 After the grammar follows Etymologia rnetrim, occupying a little more 
 than a page. This grammar is doubtless the one used in Thomas Wheeler's 
 school. See Dd. xi. 66. 
 
 695 Dd. xi. 69. 
 
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 Notes concerning the descents of many English families 
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 1645. 
 
 696 Dd. xi. 70. 
 
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 of many leaves, consisting of several tracts on paper and on parch- 
 ment, written in different hands, the treatises on paper being pro- 
 bably of the close of the xvth century; those on parchment are 
 apparently somewhat later than the others, and may perhaps be 
 referred to the beginning of the xvith. 
 
 1. A treatise of 25 paper leaves, unpaged, illwritten, muti- 
 lated at both ends, on The First Cause, by some late philosopher, 
 each page containing 20 lines : it begins at X (§ 30), and ends 
 at r<9 (§ 99). 
 
 The commencement of § 30 runs thus : 
 
 avro npoiov ano rtvos Ka\ iirurrpecpov kvkKiktjv c^ci rf/v ivipyuav. 
 el yap a<p' ov Ttpoeuriv els tout* CTTHTTpccpei, avvairTei Tjj apxi? ™ reAof. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 461 
 
 kul en Se pia Ka\ TOffls 17 Kwrjcns, rijs fiev airo rov pevovros rijs Se 
 
 irpos to pevov yevopivrjs. Sdev 817 iravra kvkKco npoeuriv airo tcov alrlcov 
 
 e7rl Ta alrla. 
 
 The very rare word avdviroo-Taros (see Suic. Thes. s. v.) occurs at pp. 10, 
 
 11 of the MS. : it is also used by Damascius several times in a very similar 
 
 treatise, aitoplai. ko.1 \io-ets. See pp. 53, 197, 217, 218, 222. (Ed. Kopp.) 
 
 2. A collection of Scholia, &c. on various authors, consisting 
 of 203 paper leaves, paged, neatly written, with many contrac- 
 tions : (the 2nd leaf is marked 3 instead of 2 : but the pagination 
 of the MS. is followed in the following description) each page 
 contains about 33 lines. The initial letters are rubricated, the 
 larger ones nourished. The MS. supplies the Greek titles. 
 
 (1) Scholia on tfie Hecuba of Euripides, fol. 1. 
 
 These scholia on Euripides are mutilafed. They commence at Hecuba, 
 v. 71, pfh.av(mTcpvya>v : they are not fully contained in the Glasgow Edition, 
 though some of them have a common origin. 
 Commences : 
 
 ILekavoirripvyas e\pr]Ke tovs ovelpovs, Sid pev tov peXavos, to o~kotclv6v 
 km SvoSidyvacTTOv StjXcov, Sid Si to>u KTcpvyaiv to Ta^y Ttjs airciv 
 acfiavelas Kai els to prj ov npoxcop^cTecus. 
 
 (2) irepl tcov perpcov av ixPV°' aT0 Ei/Mjri'8ijs e'v 'EkA/St) SpdpaTi. fol. 7. 
 Commences : 
 
 7/KG) veicptov Kevdpcova Kai o~kotov irvkas. rj e'lcrOecris rov Spdparos 
 Kepie^ec vtixovs vrf . lapfitKovs Tpiperpovs aKaTaXtjKTOvs, cop TeXevraXos • 
 <f>8elpei decov rts Trjs vapoiff etrrpa^tas. "AytT a iraZSes tt)v ypavv irpb 
 Sopcov. crvcrTrjpa eneicroSiop, ck kcoXcov avawaurnKav rai SoktvXikcov 
 peptypevcov CTTTOvSeiois, k.t.X. 
 This treatise is likewise only partially incorporated into the scholia of 
 the Glasgow Edition. 
 
 (3) o-xoXia els to TZlpuriSov Spdpa 'Opecrrqs. fol. 10. 
 
 (4) perpa oh expr/craTO Eu/juriSijt iv 'Opeo-Tfl. fol. 14 6. 
 
 (5) o-^oXia els to 'EipmiSov Spapa <&ow'uro-ai. fol. 18. 
 
 (6) nep\ perpcov ols exp'jeraTO TZipiiriSr]s ev Qoivicrcrais. fol. 20 6. 
 
 Much the same remarks are to be made of the scholia and metrical com- 
 mentary upon the Orestes and Phcmissee that have been made on those upon 
 the Hecuba. 
 
 (7) tr^oXia els to 'Apio-TOffiavovs Spapa UXovtov. fol. 25. 
 Begins : 
 
 loTeov on Ta tov Spdparos irpoo-cona nenXacrpeva fieri napa Toil 
 noirfTov. XpepiXos yap diro tov XP* ot Kal r ° a lpvK\a> (to ana™) 
 etprjTat. 
 
462 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Many of the scholia in this and the following plays agree a good deal 
 with some of those printed in Bekker's and Dindorf 's editions. Foil. 26 and 
 27 are misplaced and belong to the following treatise, and should be placed 
 after fol. 39. 
 
 (8) irepl fierpav oh e^p^aaro Apio-ro<pdvi]s iv t<5 IlXouria. fol. 39 b. 
 
 (9) vTrodeo-is 'A.pio-To(pdvovs vecpeXmv. fol. 40. 
 
 This hypothesis begins in the same words as that marked No. vi. in 
 Bekker's edition : but is much longer, and consists principally of matter 
 contained in the other hypotheses. 
 
 (10) (rxoKia els to vecpcXaiv dpapa Apio-ToKpdvovs. fol. 40 5. 
 
 (11) 7rfpi fiirpaiv ols ixp-qaaro 'hpio-rorpavrfs iv ra ve(pi\ais. fol. 53. 
 
 (12) virodeo-is Apio-To(pdvovs PaTpd^iov. fol. 57. 
 
 The two hypotheses (which have much in common with those in Bek- 
 ker's edition), are followed by scholia, some of which are considerably 
 different from those which are printed : but they seem to be of little value. 
 
 (13) irepi perpcov ols ixPV°~ aT0 ApiaTocpavr/s iv /3arpa^oir. fol. 72. 
 
 (14) 7rfp\ Kwpatdias. fol. 76. 
 Begins: 
 
 Ka>/4G)o7ai Xeyovrai tcl t&v KapiKav iroiypara, as Ta tov 'ApiffTO- 
 (pdvovs, "Kparlvov, Mevdvdpov xai t&v ojioltav. evpedrj 8i t] Ktapadla (a>v 
 <pao~iv) i£ alrias roiavTTjs. 
 Ends: 
 
 apa to avTO eXeyov /cat CTpoqbrjv Kai npooipiov. 
 
 This is not exactly the same as any of those published by Dindorf, 
 Aristoph. Vol. iv. pt. 1, but agrees in part with the scholiast on Dionys. 
 Thrax, &c. p. 30 sqq. : only our MS. is much fuller. 
 
 (15) irepi iroiTjTtiv km twv avraiv TCoipaTav. fol. 79. 
 Begins : 
 
 OTi ol kot i£o%riv TrotTjTai Tecrcrapd Tiva yva>pio~paTa e^ovcrt, on^oi/ 
 ijpwiKov, pvdov aWrjyopiKov, io~Topiav TraXaidv Kai noiav ~k££iv. iyevovTO 
 Sc e ovopacrTol, Havlacns, Ti.do-avbpos, AvTipaxps, "Oprjpos, Kai 'Hcr/oSos. 
 Ends: 
 
 Kai pfjv Kai rj wpda-prjo-is o-ripetov elptjvris rjv evSalpovfS pev yap ol 
 avBpayrroi iv elpqvy KaKobaipoves Bi yivovTai iv tg> ttoXcjixg). fol. 80, b. 
 Taken in great measure from Isaac Tzetzes. See his Prolegomena to 
 Lycophron (Ed. Pott.) 
 
 (16) (1776 ttjs a 'iXiddos cr^oAta. fol. 81 a. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 dXX' el per Sdcrovcri yepas (Iliad, I. 135). to o-\fjpa eWeurriKov 
 Xelirei yap to rjcrvxacras iravaopai. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 463 
 
 These scholia on the Iliad are imperfect if not mutilated. Fol. 86 a 
 (the other side of which is blank) ends at II. 11. 251. Fol. 87 contains 
 scholia on Iliad xxiv. 2 sqq. ending at v. 499 : but is followed by fol. 88, 
 which has scholia on Iliad xxm. 1 sqq. and which are continued to the end 
 of the book. These leaves are probably transposed : at fol. 87 b are « Is AiSw 
 oti'x<h, consisting of 10 elegiac lines, beginning : 
 
 apx€TV7rov Aibovs ipiKvfjios, a> £ive, Xevtratis 
 flKOva, ideated (#e(77reo"i<a) KaAXeV \ap.Tropivav. 
 
 (Anthol. Plan. Gr.Tom. n. p. 672, Ed. Jac. Lips. 1814.) 
 followed by four elegiac lines, entitled: 'Ap^i'ou ds tovs Tto-o-apas ayavas. 
 which do not appear under his name in the Palatine Anthology, but the 
 Epigram is marked abia-irorov. (iv. p. 122.) 
 
 Begins : 
 
 T€(T(rapes eio\v aya>ves av 'EAAaSa, recraapes ipo'i. 
 
 The MS. is henceforward written in a different hand, and contains about 
 22 lines in a page : the paper also is a little smaller, but the pagination is 
 continuous : a page is blank here and there at the end of a treatise. 
 
 (l7) ArjfX7)rpLov tov TpiKkiviov 7repl peTpcov ols t)(pJ](raTO 2o<poKkrjs iv T(0 
 Alias Maariyocpopos bpapart. fol. 8.9 b- 
 
 (IS) roO avTov Arjp.riTpiov tov TpiKkiviov ncpl ptirpaiv ols ixpyo-aro 
 2o(j>oi<Xrjs iv ra 'HXe'jcrpa Spapari. fol. 99 6. 
 
 (19) tov avTov Arjp.rjTpiov Tpu<\ivlov nepl pirpav ols ixpyvaTo 2o<poi<\ijs 
 iv 'Avnyovi] . fol. 107. 
 
 (20) toO avrov Arjprjrpiov TptiiXivlov wcpl u-irpuv ois ixp^aaTO 2o<poK\ijs 
 iv t<2 OlSlirovs (i.e. the CEdipus Tyrannus) Spapari. fol. 116. 
 
 In addition to metrical observations on these plays are some others inter- 
 spersed : 
 
 also nepl twv iv tw OiSiVoSos Upaparos (sic) o-xripArmv. fol. 122 6. 
 
 These works of Demetrius Triclinius (written in beginning of xvth 
 century) are published by A. Turnebus, and by Dindorf in his Scholia on 
 Sophocles. 
 
 (21) irepl iytckiTiKav ovoparav Kal prfparav. fol. 124. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 lareov OTI Ta. iyK\iTiKa. ovk iaTiv iv toXs oktoi pepeo-iv nXX' iv Trivre 
 p.6vov, ovojxaa-i, prjp.acn, avTavvplais, itnpp-qpao-L, Ka\ o-vv8eo-p.ois . 
 Ends: 
 
 l&oii yap to Kavx<» Kaunas devrepac bv crv£vyias iv Trj anofiuXfi tov k 
 irpvTTjs iyevero. 
 By Johannes Charax Grammaticus. Edited in the Thesaurus Cornu- 
 copia of Aldus, p. 226. 
 
 (22) 2x<^' a " s T0 2o<pon\eovs A'ias p.aaTt.yo(j>6pos 8pap.a. fol. 126. 
 Begins: 
 
 UeXpav tip ix6pa>v\ *) dn€ nfipao-dtjvai rav ix6p&v Ka\ wv Kara 
 
464 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 aov /irixavaivTat jrpoXa/3eu» {jjTOVvra ra irp\v r) iradctv paOelv Kal (j>v- 
 Xa£ao~dai' tj ovtos, k. t. X. 
 Enda: 
 
 varepov Be IBovtos tovto ytvofievov. fol. 146. 
 Not the same scholia that are given in Brunck's edition, but those pub- 
 lished in Dindorf's Scholia on Sophocles, Vol. n. pp. 329—357. 
 
 (23) S^oXki dirb tov 'HXeKTpas Bpaparos 2o(poKXeovs. fol. 147. 
 Begins : 
 
 <nv 7rp68vp,os] avrrj y yevtKTj ov Ka6a o'lovral rives eVn, Xeyovres, av 
 els 6eav eXBelv (tovto yap \ap.{5avovo~w e^taQev) rjo~6a npo&vpos. 
 Ends: 
 
 els ttjv eK 7rpoy6va>v aoi 7rpoo-i]Kovo-av evBaiu.ovtav. fol. 166 b. 
 These scholia are published in Dindorf's Scholia on Sophocles, Vol. n. 
 pp. 359—382. 
 
 (24) o~%6Xia eK tov \vTiyovqs Bpdp,aTOs 2o<poK.Xeovs. 
 Begins : 
 
 \vTVyovrj cplXav] prj Xd/3i?s els to <p[\a>v e£a>8ev imep. fol. 167. 
 
 Ends: 
 
 Bia to HoXweUr) aBairrov pfym. fol. 182 6. 
 
 (25) a^oXia els to OlBlirovs Tvpavvos SorpoxXeovs Bpapa. fol. 183. 
 Begins : 
 
 i£eo-Teu.p,evoi] ort ov p.6vov e'o-Teqbavapevoi. 
 Ends: 
 
 pi]Bev Beivov 7re7rov6cos. fol. 204 6. 
 The scholia on this and the preceding play are by Demetrius Triclinius, 
 and are published by Bindorf, Vol. 11 pp. 278 — 327. 
 
 (26) irepl twv BioXZktwv. 
 Begins : 
 
 IBov 0-01 Kal tos BiaXeKrovs eyxeipifa, veav p.01 navTcov qbiXoXoyaTare- 
 
 nepi <&v o re QlXotvovos 'ladvvrjs eirovrjae Kal Tpixpcov 6 ypapp,aTtKos, Ka\ 
 
 aXXoi jroXXoi, ols wavy irepl to. /3i/3Xia 8<arpi/3jj Kal ao-KTjo-is yeyovev, 
 
 oilwco Be tis pexpt Kal Trjpepov to irav eKao-Trjs tSv BiaXeKTtov eyvdpure. 
 
 This tract, several times edited, is imperfect, ending abruptly Kaff \mo- 
 
 o-ToXtjv, in the section which treats of the Ionic dialect. It is ascribed to 
 
 Gregorius Corinthus. 
 
 3. A tract, on vellum, consisting of 15 leaves, of about 
 28 to 30 lines each, besides a blank one at the end : the hand- 
 writing is neat, comparatively free from contractions, much re- 
 sembling the Aldine types ; the initial letters and the headings 
 are rubricated, the larger ones flourished. At the bottom of the 
 1st page in a later hand is written, 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 465 
 
 'Collectanea de linguarum differentia et aliis. 1 
 
 (1) irepi StaXexrcDv. fol. 1. 
 Begins : 
 
 dtakeKTOi ela\ nevre, las, ar&ls, ftapls, alokis Kal Kotvrj. e^ei 6*e 
 €KCL<TTT] dtaXeKTOS oiKtiov ISiapa b ev avvo^ret Ka/Vcos imodet^opat. 
 
 Then begins a synoptical view of each dialect : 
 
 rj lets to. els as \rjyovra ovopara (Is rjs rpeirei, '"Eppelas 'Eppeirjs, 
 Saxrias 'S,a>crir]s. 
 Taken from the rexviKa of Johannes Philoponus. 
 
 (2) irepi pa^a>8las. fol. 7. 
 Begins : 
 
 t'i ecru pa\jfa>8la; iroirjpa epireptetKrjtpos Tiva vir68eo-iv Kal aXX<BS' 
 pepos rod o\ov irotr/paTos, k. t. X. 
 This has a good deal in common with the Scholia on Dionysiua Thrax. 
 (Bekk. Anecd. Grac. Vol. u. pp. 765—769. 
 
 (3) irepi eyKkwoptevav. fol. 9 6. 
 Begins : 
 
 loreov on ra eyKkivopeva evplcKerai ev ovopatri Kal ev dvTtavvpiais 
 Ka\ ev prjpao~iv Ka\ ev eTripprjpacri, Ka\ ev crvvbeo-pots. ev ovopao't pev to 
 tis ev iracrats rats nrdo-eo-LV. 
 Edited in the Thes. Cornucopia of Aldus, pp. 229 — 230. 
 
 (4) irepi fiapfiapurpov teat cro\oiKto-pov. fol. 12 6. 
 Begins: 
 
 lo-reuv 8e on 6 fiapfiapio-pos yiverai ev \e£et OTaj' e| drexvias irapa- 
 (pdaprj 77 eXkjjviKr] \e£is, k. r.X. 
 This and the three preceding are contained in Bibl. Canonic, n. 13 
 (p. 10, Coxe's Catalogue). 
 
 (5) irepi twv emraTtKav popiav. fol. 14. 
 Begins: 
 
 eiriTartKa popia elcfiv eirra. a, 8a, fa, Xa, fiov, apt. Kal epi. a. agvkos 
 oXij fj iro\££vkos, k.t. X. 
 
 (6) irepi tcbv o~Tep7]TLK&v popl<ov. fol. 14 0. 
 Begins : 
 
 o-reprjTiKa popm irevre. a, vrj, va, vrj, vo. awpodvpos 6 pfj ex<ov 
 irpoBvptav. 
 
 (7) to <is, iroo~a o-rjpalvet. fol. 14 6. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 X/y. tI ko.1 tl; irapafio\r}v, k.t.\. 
 
 4. A tract on parchment, containing 32 leaves, beautifully 
 written in a minute hand of the same general character as the 
 
 H H 
 
466 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 foregoing, each page containing 27 lines, with numerous inter- 
 linear and marginal scholia, written in red. 
 
 ' 'HtpaiaTiiDvos ey-)(eipidiov. fol. 8. 
 
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 MS. has been collated by Bentley, and its readings are given in Gaisford's 
 edition. See Prsef. p. iii. 
 
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 Miscellaneous Law Precedents. 
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CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 467 
 
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 h. pp. 133 — 6. Four French Songs, of which the first begins : 
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 Cloris soudain que je vous voy.' 
 and the last : 
 
 'Berger il faut que tu me dis 
 La cause de ta maladie.' 
 i. pp. 137 — 142. Verses, Anagrams, and Inscription relating to the 
 Duke of Buckingham. With the exception of ' Georgius Villerius, Anagr., 
 Regis Vulgi illusor,' and the laudatory Latin epitaph, these are all printed, 
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 m. pp. 309— 323. 'The Maiors and Shriues of London,' 1189—1634. 
 p 326. ' Aldermen of London, 1633, and their wards.' 
 
 n. pp. 327 — 366. 'Diploma nouum Caroli Regis anno quinto Regni 
 sui M. Brit. 1629.' 
 
 o. p. 370. The Will and Epitaph of William Noy. 
 p. pp. 371—374. ' Psalmi Dauidici, Anglice traducti, et Gallicis nu- 
 meris accomodati per G. H. Nouembr. 1629.' 
 
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 The counsell of th' ungodly, nor in throng 
 Of synners stands, nor with the scorner sitteth. 
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 s. pp.31— 76. Extracts from Thuanus, Holinshed's Chronicle, and 
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468 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 Wythe thys medysyn a frenche man heled it... 
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 Begins : 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 469 
 
 pp. 4 — 17- ' Meditations concerning prayers to Almighti 
 God for the safetie of England when the Spanierds were come 
 into the Narrow Seas. August, 1588. 1 
 
 pp. 19 — 37. ' Meditations concerning thanckes to Almighti 
 God for delivering England from the crueltie of the Spanierds and 
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 pp. 39 — 47. ' Part of a letter sent to a Christian knighte 
 employed in the service of her Majestie, in the Lowe Countries, 
 1585, conteyning som comforts and instructions towching that 
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 ' Certain choice Chapters out of the Ten following Books to 
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 poeticall, martiall, politicall, historicall, astrologicall, &c. translated 
 out of that worthy Spanish gentleman Pedro Mexia and Mr 
 Francis Sansovino that famous Italian ; as also of those honorable 
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 sieur de la Manche, counsellor unto the king, Claudius Gruget, 
 Parisian, &c. collected by Thomas Lane. 1 
 
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 A small quarto, on vellum, 238 leaves, about 26 lines in 
 each page, in a good state of preservation, handwriting not uni- 
 form, but ascribable to the xmth century. In Nasmith's Cata- 
 logue it is described as ' Liber Monasterii S. Albani.' 
 
 A Collection of Poetey, chiefly on sacred subjects and in 
 Latin . 
 
 1. 'De vita et passione beat) Thome Cantuariensis archi- 
 episcopi.'' 
 
470 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins (excluding ' Proemium,' fol. 1 b) : 
 
 Impugnare Dei sponsam non desinit hostis. 
 
 2. ' De translatione bead Thome martyris.' 
 Begins (fol. 25 a) : 
 
 Sub modio lumen, census sub clave sepultus. 
 To this poem are appended (fol. 29) some remarks on Latin grammar. 
 
 3. ' De quibusdam Eeuelationibus post Martirum leati Thome 
 
 martins.'' 
 
 Begins (fol. SO a) : 
 
 Eeclesie matris in planctum vertitur omnis. 
 
 4. ' De quodam Hamone." 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 31 a, col. 2) : 
 
 Olim piscator hominum quasi piscis ab hamo. 
 
 5. 'De electione cujusdam de qua in fine defuit consensus. 1 
 Begins (fol. 31 b, col. 1): 
 
 Labitur ex facili quicquid natura, sophia. 
 
 6. ' Querimonia de Priore Cantuariensi, eo quod non favora- 
 bilem se prebuit carmini suo.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 31 6, col. 2) : 
 
 Sepe quiescentem iuuit meminisse laborum. 
 
 7. ' Ad imperatorem Fredericum cujus comraendat pruden- 
 ciam.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 32 a, col. 1): 
 
 Coram principibus nisi multis ceca favorem. 
 This and the two following pieces were addressed to the anti-papal 
 emperor Frederic II. who died 1250. 
 
 8. ' Captat et probat dominum Fredericum fore sibi placa- 
 bilem.' 
 
 Begins (fol 32 b, col. 2) : 
 
 Principis ut summi sinat excellencia dicam. 
 
 9. ' Item ad Fredericum Imperatorem quedam persuasio.' 
 Begins (fol. 33 6, col. 1): 
 
 Nequam tua gesta vacant, O maxime rerum. 
 
 10. A treatise in verse on the quantity of Latin syllables: 
 the handwriting different, title wanting. 
 
 Begins (fol. 35 b) : 
 
 Quinque uocales sunt a prior eque secunda. 
 Ends (fol. 37 6) : 
 
 Invenies aliqua Grecorum nomina longa 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 471 
 
 11. ' Versus magistri ff[enrici] Abrincensis de Corona 
 spinea, de cruce et ferro lancee, quibus rex Ludovicus Franciam 
 insignivit.' 
 
 Begins (f. 38) : 
 
 Creuit in immensum cruras exaltatio, fines. 
 
 Ends (f. 44 b) : 
 
 Sancto maiestas et gloria nunc et in euum. Amen. 
 
 The author of this piece, and probably of many others in the volume, 
 was Henry of Avranches, the 'archipoeta' or poet-laureate (1245 — 1264) of 
 Henry III. of England: see Warton, i. 45, 46, ed. 1840, and a letter from 
 Baron de Perche, date May 21, 1846, appended to the present MS. : cf. 
 below, §§ 28, 30, 43. 
 
 % 12. A poem (without title) in praise of the Blessed Virgin 
 (Les ix joies Nostre-Dame). 
 
 Begins (fol. 45) : 
 
 Reine de piete Marie 
 
 En ki deitez pure e clere. 
 Ends (fol. 46 b) : 
 
 Of les nefs ordres mansiun 
 
 Doint il en cele haute iglise. 
 
 The author of this poem was Rutebeuf, a French Trouveur, who died 
 in 1310. It is printed with numerous variations in the CEuvres Completes 
 de Rutebeuf, ii. 9 sq. 
 
 13. ' Predicatio beati Andree apostoli pendentis in cruce ad 
 philosophos Achaie, in qua probatur unum esse principium, i. e. 
 unum Deum et non plures esse deos.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 47) : 
 
 Humane menti cum naturaliter insit. 
 Ends (fol. 50 b) : 
 
 Fecit et architipo tribuit quod sensilis esset. 
 
 14. *■ Prophecia sanete Hyldegardis de novis Fratribus. 1 
 
 Begins, (fol. 51): 
 
 Ecclesie dicit pastoribus Is qui erat et qui est. 
 Ends (fol. 57 b) : 
 
 Cismatis hanc medio subtraxi tempore — 
 Respecting the abbess Hildegard and her works see Neander, Ch. Hist. 
 vn. 300 sq. Bohn's ed. 
 
 15. ' Libellus Donati [the Roman Grammarian J metrici 
 compositus de Nomine, 1 etc. 
 
472 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins (fol. 58) : 
 
 Integra conficitur oratio partibus octo. 
 Ends (fol. 60 b) : 
 
 Ut pape, tristis ut heu, sen quod conforme sit istis. 
 
 16. ' Vita sancti Guthlaci confessoris.' 
 
 Begins (fol. Gl) : 
 
 Omnimodos quanta uirtute subegerit hostes. 
 Ends (fol. 92 a) : 
 
 Et uirtus et nunc et semper quod omne per euum. 
 The poem is dedicated to ' H. de Longo Campo abbatem Croylandi' 
 (1191 — 1236). Its author may have been William of Ramsey, who flou- 
 rished about that period : see Bale, De Scriptor. Britain. Cent. hi. § ix. : 
 Monasticon Anglicanum, new ed. it. 101. 
 
 17. ' De translatione veteris ecclesice Saresburensis et con- 
 structione novae. 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 92 b) : 
 
 Ecclesiam cur transtulerit Salisburiensem 
 Presul Ricardus insinuare uolo. 
 Ends (fol. 96 a) : 
 
 Presulis affectus artificiumque fides: 
 The date of this translation was 1220 — 1258, so that a marginal note, 
 ascribing the authorship of the poem to William of Ramsey is inaccurate. 
 Tanner (Bibliotheca, p. 363) conjectures that it was written by Henry of 
 Avranches : cf. above, § 11. 
 
 18. * Versus de allegationibus et responsionibus habitis inter 
 Innocentium papam et Romanos, vnde Oto imperator et Frethe- 
 ricus ad invicem litigabant.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 96 b) : 
 
 Sancte Pater tua Roma tibi depono querelam. 
 Ends (fol. 104 b) : 
 
 Ut deponamus, et restituamus Otonem. 
 Otho IV. was excommunicated by Innocent III. in 1211, and succeeded 
 by Frederic II. The author of the poem took the side of Otho and was a 
 fearless censor of the pope. 
 
 19. ' Vita 8. Fredemwndi regis et martyris.' 
 Begins (fol. 105) : 
 
 Anglorum rex Ofa fuit, regina Botilla. 
 Ends (fol. 113 6) : 
 
 Sit laus et uirtus et honor per secula cuncta. Amen. 
 This ' Life' is also ascribed to Wm. of Ramsey by a marginal annotator 
 of recent date : cf. Wright's Biogr. Brit. Liter, n. 424. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 473 
 
 20. * Vita S. Birini episcopi et confessoris.'' 
 Begins (fol. 113 6): 
 
 Et pudet et fateor quia turgeo magna professus. 
 Ends (fol. 125 b) : 
 
 Sancto, maiestas et gloria, nunc et in enum. Amen. 
 This ' Life' is dedicated to Peter [de Rupibus], bishop of Winchester, 
 and is therefore later than 1204. The author was Wm. of Ramsey : Wright, 
 as before, p. 424. 
 
 21. ' Vita S. Edmundi regis et martyris.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 125 b) : 
 
 Plus uolo quam ualeo regis memorando triumphos. 
 Ends (fol. 136 b) : 
 
 Sancto, nunc et per secula laus et honor. Amen. 
 By Wm. of Ramsey : Wright, as before. Two short Proses, in leonine 
 verse, are added on the same subject. 
 
 22. ' Versus de 8. Thoma archiepiscopo.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 137 b) : 
 
 Archileuita Thomas et cancellarius Anglis. 
 Ends (fol. 142 6) : 
 
 Et laus et virtus et sine fine decus. Amen. 
 
 23. 'De Sanctis martyribus Crispim et Grispiniano.' 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 142 6) : 
 
 Imperii sceptrum consorte Diocliciano 
 
 Nactus ad exicium Maximianus erat. 
 Ends (fol. 148 6) : 
 
 Sanctorum sanguis tortoris inebriat ensem 
 
 Ascendunt anime corpore {sic) trunca jacent. 
 Two fragmentary pieces are subj oined in the same handwriting. 
 
 24. Latin Fables, in verse. 
 
 Begins (fol. 149 b) : 
 
 Jurat anus flenti puero ni supprimat iram. 
 Ends (fol. 152 a) : 
 
 Vite presentis, forma sequentis, hiems. 
 
 25. ' Tractatus de Epiphania Domini.'' 
 
 Begins (fol. 153 a) : 
 
 [S]idereus splendor illuminat aera cuius. 
 Ends (fol. 153 b) : 
 
 Rex populi rector nardus odore uigens. 
 
 26. A page of leonine verses without title. 
 
474 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 27. Verses of a laudatory kind addressed ' Domino episcopo 
 Dunebn. Ric. de Mar." 1 [i. e. Marisco], who was bishop of Durham 
 between 1217 and 1226. 
 
 28. ' Liber de generatione et corruptione materise, compositus 
 a magistro Hen. Abrincensi poeta : 1 handwriting different. 
 
 Begins (fol. 156 a) : 
 
 O clara cleri concio lux cujus lucet clarius. 
 Ends (fol. 165 a) : 
 
 Non solum distans aliis a motibus iste. 
 
 29. Latin Epigrams, on the names of individuals, e.g. 'Ro- 
 bertus Passeleue,' ' Radulphus de Nouilla vel Nova Villa episc. 
 Cycestrensi.' 
 
 Ralph Neville, bishop of Chichester and chancellor of the realm, died in 
 1244 ; and Robert de Passelewe was vice- treasurer in 1233. 
 
 SO. On the relative merits of the ' miles' and the ' clericus.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 166 6) : 
 
 Ut tenebris lux prefertur preuisa dierum. 
 Ends (fol. 169 a) : 
 
 Equior an clarus clerus, an equus eques. 
 
 A marginal note of great antiquity (fol. 167 6) ascribes this piece to 
 Henry of Avranches. He was probably the author of the whole series from 
 fol. 156 to fol. 174. 
 
 31. i Ad Galfridum de Boclandia 1 (Buckland). 
 
 Begins (fol. 169 a) : 
 
 Liberat a uiciis liber omnes, liber es ergo. 
 
 32. ' Defesto omnium Sanctorum? 
 Begins (fol. 169 6) : 
 
 Ecce dies toti mundo celeberimus, ecce. 
 
 Other short pieces follow (171 — 174) in the same handwriting, with the 
 titles 'Ad Stephanum,' 'De Epiphania'(as before, $ 25), 'Ad Engelbertum,' 
 ' De nomine Engelbertus,' ' Ad Eustachium.' 
 
 33. ' Vita et Passio 8. Oswaldi regis et martyris.' 
 
 The Prologue begins (fol. 175 a) : 
 
 In noua fert animus antiquas vertere prosas. 
 Ends (fol. 187 a) : 
 
 Et uirtus et nunc et semper et omne per euum. 
 The author was probably a monk of Bury, as may be gathered from the 
 'invocations' prefixed to his work. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 475 
 
 34. ' Sermo Regis duobus cyrurgicis temerariis presumentibus 
 curare crus confractum Johannis Mansel.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 188 a) : 
 
 Cum sis Romanus, Cincy, tuus est mihi vanus 
 Sermo, nisi sanus sit hie eger et in pede planus. 
 John Maunsel, chancellor of St Paul's, was made a member of the royal 
 council in 1244 (Carte's Hist, of England, n. 80). 
 
 Some fragments are inserted at this point, the last (fol. 190 a) apparently 
 referring to the quarrels of the archbishop of Bordeaux and Simon de Mont- 
 fort, in 1253 (Carte, n. 98). 
 
 35. ' Ad Milonern procuratorem Vallium Spoleti et Anconie 
 removendum propter accusationera.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 190 a) : 
 
 Vatum et ducum gloria 
 Milo cujus in pretore. 
 
 The person here addressed was bishop of Beauvais. Respecting the cir- 
 cumstances, which occurred in 1230, see Muratori, Annali d'ltalia, xi. 73, 
 Milano, 1819. 
 
 Annexed is a short ' Prosa de beata Virgine.' 
 
 36. ' De quodam preside diffamato et accusato super incon- 
 tinentia et dilapidatione : et scribitur eidem.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 191 a) : 
 
 Presul Agrippine vir magne, vir inclite, qui ne 
 Inuidia tristi fieres imfamis (sic) adisti 
 Ytaliam sponte... 
 
 37. ' De discordia dapnosa [damnosa] que orta fuit.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 191 6) : 
 
 Summa Dei natura boni cur deseris orbem 
 Cur sinis humanum degenerare genus. 
 The discord seems to be the same as that mentioned in the title of $ 35. 
 The reigning pope was ' Gregorius,' i. e. Greg. IX. (1227—1241). 
 
 38. ' Ad predictum Milonern accusatum coram papa.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 192 a) : 
 
 Hactenus inuidie te Milo luna momordit. 
 
 39. Several short pieces, chiefly Proses. 
 
 40. 'Ad predictum [Milonern] a custodia sua amouendum. 1 
 
 Begins (fol. 194 b) : 
 
 Ovo quali quanto possum te Carmine tanto. 
 
476 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 41 . ' Pro quibusdam falsis predicatoribus vagis nebulonibus, 
 qui inter mala docuerunt prohibitum fuisse ne clericus aliquis vagus 
 hospitium in Alemannia reciperet.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 195 b) : 
 
 Miramur de Germania de cuius solent gramine. 
 Ends (Ibid.) : 
 
 Recte dixit Wormaciam quasi vermium aciem. 
 
 42. ' Oontroversia inter Cor et Oculwm? 
 
 Begins (fol. 199 b) : 
 
 Quisquis cordis et oculi 
 
 Non sentit in se iurgia. 
 Printed among the Latin Poems commonly attributed to Walter Mapes, 
 ed. Wright, 1841, p. 95. 
 
 43. ' Super Vita beati Francisci versus magistri Henrici 
 Abrincensis.' 
 
 Begins (fol. 200 a): 
 
 Gesta sacri cantabo ducis qui monstra domandi. 
 Ends (fol. 220 a) : 
 
 Sancto maiestas et gloria nunc et in euum. 
 
 This poem is dedicated to pope Gregory IX. and must therefore have 
 been written before 1242. 
 
 705 Dd. xi. 79. 
 
 A small parchment book, containing 102 pages, with 34 lines 
 on each, written in the xmth century. 
 
 ' Incipit Liber Iulii Solini de mirabilibus mundi, studio 
 et diligentia Theodosii principis. 1 
 
 This is the rubric to the 'prefatio,' beginning : 
 
 Iulius advento (sic) Fratri Salutem. Cum et aurium dementia... 
 The MS. does not contain ' Solini Epistola ad Antium ex vetustissimo 
 codice descripta,' given in the Aldine edition (1518), from which it otherwise 
 differs but slightly. 
 
 It ends : 
 
 • . . Ideoque non penitus ad nvnevpationem sui congruere insularum 
 qvalitatem. 
 
 The writing of the first 16 pages appears to be of a somewhat later date 
 than the rest. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 477 
 
 706 Dd. xi. 80. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, with writing only on the first 28 
 pages, of the xvnth century, intended to form 
 A Common-place Book. 
 It is bound up with the following MS. 
 
 707 Dd. xi. 81. 
 
 A small quarto, written on paper, in a legible hand, of about 
 the middle of the xvnth century, in English, and containing 
 20 folios, numbered. 
 
 Copies of orders made in the Star Chamber Court, temp. Eliz. 
 It commences : 
 
 Thomas Egerton Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli Angliae Intr. sexto 
 die Maii Anno tiicesimo octavo Regins Eliz. 
 
 708 Dd. xi. 82. 
 
 An octavo, on parchment, containing 98 ff., with 20 lines in 
 each page. It has ornamented capitals, occasionally illuminated, 
 and borders. Date about 1 430 : catchwords occur at every 
 8th leaf. 
 
 The Prymeb in English, according to Sarum use. 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 Domine labia mea aperies 
 Lord opene thou my lippes. 
 Ending : 
 
 Here enden comendacions. 
 After the Hours, follow the 7 psalms, 15 psalms and Litany : and then 
 the Vigilise defunctorum and Commendationes Animarum. Each psalm or 
 prayer is preceded by a rubrick, giving the first few words in Latin. 
 
 This MS. was collated by the Rev. W. Maskell, and the various readings 
 given in the notes to his edition of the Prymer, in the Monumenta Ritualia 
 Ecclmai Anglicance, Vol. n. : a description of the MS. will be found in 
 p. xxxiv. 
 
 709 Dd. xi. 83. 
 
 A small quarto, on parchment, of 121 leaves, (catchwords at 
 8th leaf) written in the xvth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1 14. 'AUGUSTINUS DE VERA ET FALSA PENI- 
 
 TENTIA. 1 
 
478 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Quantum sit appetenda. . . 
 Opp. Paris, 1836, vi. p. 1621. 
 
 2. ff. 14 — 19. 'Ejusdem ad Penitentes' Sermones 
 
 DUO. 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Quam utilis sit et necessaria ... 
 Ibid. v. pp. 2001—2020 and 2244—2246. 
 
 3. ff. 19 — 23. Ejusdem 'de gaudiis electobum et sup- 
 
 PLICIIS DAMNATORUM.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Tria sunt sub oranipotentis Dei ... 
 Ibid. vi. pp. 1443—1450. 
 
 This is the treatise 'De tribus habitaculis,' usually considered the work 
 'incerti auctoris.' See Hh. i. 4. § 3. 
 
 4. ff. 23 — 28. -Johannes Crisostomus de penitentia 
 
 COMPENDIOSA.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Provida mente, profundo cogitatu ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... venire ad requiem claritatis superne. Amen. 
 
 5. ff. 28 — 31. ' Inquisitio conpessionis qualiter sa- 
 
 CERDOS DEBET INQUIRERE ET QUIBUS MODIS.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Si scienter Deum offenderit ... 
 Afterwards follows a paragraph ' De iv. impedimentis confessionis,' and 
 then 7 Latin Hexameters, ending : 
 
 In cruce sum pro te qui peccas : desine pro me. 
 
 6. ff. 31 — 57. ' Penitentia secundum Magistrum Odo- 
 
 NEM.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Penitentiam agite . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... ad hanc gloriam perducat nos Deus in Christo, qui &c. 
 The author was probably Odo de Ceritona (Shirton). See Tanner. 
 
 7. ff. 57 — 64. ' Tractatus de Oonfessionibus audi- 
 
 ENDIS.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Penitens accedens ad confessionem . . . 
 Ends with 5 Hexameters : the last being 
 
 Et servet caute sensus cum pectore renes. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 479 
 
 8. ff. 64 — 92. 'Capitula extracta a Florario Bar- 
 tholomew viz. De compunctione, de confessione, de penitentia, 
 de peccatis mortalibus, de peccatis venialibus, de conscientia. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Compunctio ut dicit Basilius ... 
 Ends : 
 
 . . . tuo jugiter amore langueamus. Qui cum Deo &c. 
 Perhaps from the treatise of Bartholomaeus Iscanus de Penitentia. See 
 Tanner. 
 
 9. ff. 93 — 96. ' Meditatio in passione domini.' 
 Begins: 
 
 Quam magna et immensa multitudo ... 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . et sine fine laudatura per benedictum et piissimum filium &c. 
 
 10. ff. 97 — 101. ' Meditationes beati Anselmi Cant. 
 Archiepiscopi. 1 
 
 Begins: 
 
 'ferret me vita mea ... 
 Ends: 
 Opp. Paris, 1675, pp. 207—209. 
 
 11. ff. 101 — 119. ' Meditationes beati Bernardi. 1 
 Begins: 
 
 Multi multa sciunt ... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... et omni populo amabilis appareas. 
 Opp. Paris, 1839, Vol. n. pp. 661—691. At the end follows the para- 
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 v. August. Opp. Vol. vi. App. 
 
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 Begins: 
 
 Veneranda sacerdotum dignitas . . 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . vel magis quam petimus. 
 This section is in a later handwriting than the rest. 
 
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480 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 711 Dd. xi. 85. 
 
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 712 Dd. xi. 86. 
 
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 713 Dd. xi. 87. 
 
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 Jovis ' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 481 
 
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 fir was an holy man... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...ever in Godes sygt. 
 
 2. ff . 2 — 8. 'hE Abbeye op )>e Holy Gost and of god 
 
 CONCIENCE. -1 
 
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 My dere broper and suster. . . 
 
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 ...forw the bysechyng of his moder dere seynte Mayre. Amen. 
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 fe myth of J>e Fadur almygty 
 
 ]>e wytte of ]>e Son ahvytty .. 
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482 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 4. ff. 162— 179. ']>e Sermon )>at a Clerk made \k-, 
 
 WAS CLEPUT AlQUYN FoOWY OF WaRWYK. 1 
 
 Begins: 
 
 Herkene)) all unto my speche 
 Hele of sowle I wyll fern teche... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 In trowpe love and in charite 
 Amen, Amen, so mot it be. 
 
 5. ff. 179 — 185. ' How ich Cristenman owe for tc 
 hafe a remembraunce of )?e passion of our Lord Jesi 
 
 Criste.' 
 
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 Of alle J>e joy us fat in J>is worlde may be 
 
 fiat J>orw wyt to man myth be ordeyned and wroute 
 
 A swete lofe j>owt is praised of me, 
 
 For alle o]>er joyus I sette at nowte... 
 Ends: 
 
 But dere Lord porw thy passion grante me to wynne 
 
 fe blisse J>at evermore schal be 
 
 At my dej> forgeve me my sinne 
 
 Ich byseche }>e my Lord in Trinite. 
 
 6. ff. 186—196. Of the Lord's Prayer. 
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 God of Hesus fat sittest in trone 
 And evere is prest to mannes love. 
 Ends: 
 
 For love of his moder dere 
 
 Amen synge we alle in fere. Amen. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 483 
 
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 731 
 
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 n2 
 
484 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 2. 'Petrus Pomponasius apud Contarenum de natura 
 
 anim^e human*.' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Intelligere non est sine phantasia. fol. 141 . . . 
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 [Egre^diens in se ipsum reflexus. . . 
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 ...quedam vero in accione ejusdem : ut est... 
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CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 485 
 
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486 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 1. ff. 1 — 111. A Treatise on the Sacrament, witt 
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 2. ff. 114 — 198. ' Unser liever Vrouwen Salter.' 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 487 
 
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 Romulus Ronies first founder was the base sonne of a licentious 
 
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 746 Dd. xii. 29. 
 
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 pp. 1 — 27, on ' Cartesii Meditationes ; " in Latin, 
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CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 489 
 
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 2. ff. 3 — 16. 'Op wedded Men ande ]?er Wywes ande 
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490 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 491 
 
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492 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 493 
 
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 1. ff. 1 — 6. i De tribus principiis nature? Opusc. 31. 
 
 2. ff. 7— 20. ' De natura materie? Ibid. 32. 
 
 3. ff. 21 — 30. ' De productione forme substantialis in esse? 
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 Sententiam solempnem. . . 
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 . . nee est ab alio : sed omnia ab ipso. Qui, &c. 
 
 4. ff. 31— 57. 'Degenere? Ibid. 42. 
 
 5. ff. 57, 58. ' De principio individuationis? Ibid. 29. 
 
 6. f. 59. ' De indiciis astrorum? Ibid. 26. 
 
 7. ff. 60—72. ' De esse et essentia? Ibid. 30. 
 
 8. ff. 73—86. ' De universali? 
 Begins : 
 
 Universale esse satis planum est... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...et hec de universalibus dicta sufficiunt pro presenti. 
 
 9. ff. 99— 109. ' De oppositis? Ibid. 36. 
 
 10. ff. 109 — 112. ' De natura accidentis? Ibid. 41. 
 
 11. ff. 112—117. ' De causa diversitatis secundum nu- 
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 This is part of Opusc. 70 ibid. Super Boetium de Trinitate. 
 
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 forma que sequitur addendo vel minuendo in singulis prout Deus inspiraverit. 
 Sequuntur eciam preces dominicales.' 
 Begins : 
 
 In J>e pater noster be}> vi byddyngs ... 
 Ends : 
 
 ... in syknesse and in helfe. ... 
 
 3. ff. 33 — 92. ' Stimulus Conscience, 1 by Eichard of Ham- 
 pole. Imperfect. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 pe myth of pe fader Almyghty . . . 
 Ends: 
 
 ... pat of no3th haj> made alle fynge. 
 See Dd. xi. 89. § 3. 
 
 At the end is a note relating to the accession of Edward IV., dated 1460, 
 and afterwards the sequence ' Salus eterna indeficiens mundi vita'.... 
 
 787 Dd. xn. 70. 
 
 A paper book, in quarto, consisting of 116 pages, neatly 
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 and the end. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 507 
 
 ' Index Librorum Gr^ecorum, qui servantur calamo ex- 
 arati in Bibliotheca Palatina Electorali.' 
 
 At the end is ' Da vide Hamaxurgo Vindelico librario.' 
 
 t Dd. xn. 71. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 » Dd. xin. 1. 
 
 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 > Dd. xiii. 2. 
 
 A large folio, on vellum, beautifully and distinctly written 
 before the middle of the fifteenth century, in a large bold hand, 
 mostly in good preservation, except where the illuminations, and 
 even whole leaves (as fols. 208, 209), have been cut out. It con- 
 tains (besides two blank leaves at the beginning) 309 leaves, 
 paged, but the pagination is incorrect, fol. 45 being followed by 
 fol. 50, where however nothing has been cut out : each page is 
 in double column, each column containing 47 lines. The larger 
 initial letters are variously coloured and flourished : but the illu- 
 minations prefixed to each treatise are cut out, with few excep- 
 tions. A leaf or more at the beginning is wanting : the words on 
 the first page are partly obliterated : but it opens with several short 
 epitaphs on Cicero, consisting of 68 lines, beginning with a pen- 
 tameter : 
 
 Nil agisj Antoni : scripta diserta manent. 
 Vulnere nempe uno Ciceronem conficis : at te 
 Tullius seternis vulneribus lacerat. 
 The last two lines aTe 
 
 Qui sexaginta completis et tribus annis 
 Servitio oppressam destituit patriam. 
 These lines on Cicero's tomb are by the Duodecim Poetce Scholastici of 
 Paris (circa a.d. 1200) : they are published by Meyer, Anthol. Lat. Tom. i. 
 pp. 164—166. 
 
 The MS. supplies the titles of the works of Cicero which it contains. 
 
 1. M. T. Ciceronis de Senectute ad Atticum, fol. 1. 
 It is here divided into two books. 
 
 2. Ejusdem de Natura Deorum, libb. iii. fol. 9 b. 
 
 3. Ejusdem de Divinatione, libb. ii. fol. 52. 
 
 4. Ejusdem de Fato, fol. 81 b. 
 
508 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The commencement of the treatise ia contained in this MS., which is 
 wanting in Orelli's edition, Vol. 4, pars 2, p. 219. 
 
 The work, however, ends abruptly with the word naturaliter, as in 
 Orelli's edition : and the scribe adds in the margin, Deest vsque adfinem libri 
 fol. 86 b. At fol. 87 occurs the remark, ' Ut autem intentio auctoris Tulli 
 in libris de Deorum natura, de Divinatione, et fato melius intelligatur liber 
 B. Augustini de Civ. Dei quintus diligenter respiciatur.' Then follows a 
 long citation from lib. v. c. 9, of the abovenamed work (t. 7, p. 122, ed. 
 Benedict), comprising most of the chapter: also another from lib. vi. c. 2 
 (p. 147). See Cambridge Journal of Class and Sacr. Phil. Vol. 2, pp. 97, 98. 
 
 5. Lucullus {%. e. Academ. Prior, lib. ii. Vol. 4, pt. 1, p. 6 — 
 60, ed. Orett.) fol. 88. 
 
 6. Ex libris ejusdem de republica aliisque fragmenta queedam 
 ex Augustino, 106 b. 
 
 The title in the MS. runs thus : ' Verba Willelmi de Malmesbury collecta 
 ex libris Augustini, et Tullii Ciceronis in istis dicta etiam exprimuntur.' 
 
 Neither Cave nor Wright notices William of Malmesbury 's labours on 
 Cicero. The remarks begin thus : Cicero in initio xecundi libri de Divina- 
 tione dicit se fecisse quatuor libros Academicos. 
 
 William proceeds to say that the first two books, and also his Hortensius 
 and Republic, are not found in England : accordingly he gives whatever he 
 can discover ' de materia et intentione ' of the latter out of Augustine. 
 
 7. Ejusdem Timeus, fol. 108 b. 
 
 Contains the mutilated treatise, ending with the word dabitur, as in 
 Orelli's edition. 
 
 8. Ejusdem de Paradoxis liber, fol. 114. 
 
 Contains some prefatory observations taken from the Saturnalia of 
 Macrobius. 
 
 9. Ejusdem Oratio pro Milone, fol. 118. 
 
 10. Ejusdem Oratio pro Cneo Plancio, fol. 128 b. 
 
 11. Ejusdem Oratio pro Marco Ooelio, fol. 139 5. 
 
 12. Ejusdem Oratio pro P. Sylla, fol. 1475. 
 
 13. Ejusdem Oratio pro Cneo Pompeio [i. e. pro lege Ma- 
 nilia], fol. 156". 
 
 Proceeds regularly up to fol. 161, to the end of § 51, p. 454, Orelli: after 
 which follows the latter part of the oration pro CcecinA, beginning by § 05, 
 and proceeding to near the end, where the leaf is mutilated. 
 
 14. Ejusdem Oratio pro Marco Marcello, fol. 164. 
 The first leaf much mutilated. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 509 
 
 15. Ejusdem Oratio pro Quinto Ligario, fol. 166 5. 
 
 16. Ejusdem Oratio pro rege Deiotaro, fol. 170. 
 
 17. Ejusdem Oratio in Pisonem [i.e. pro Osecina] fol. 174, 
 initio mutila. 
 
 Begins $ 05, Vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 426, ed. Orelli, and proceeds to the end : so 
 that the MS. contains the same part of this oration twice over. 
 
 18. Ejusdem Oratio in Catilinam prima, fol. 177. 
 
 19. ... . . secunda, fol. 180 5. 
 
 20 tertia, fol. 183 6. 
 
 21 quarta, fol. 186 5. 
 
 22. M. Crispi Sallustii in Ciceronem Oratio, fol. 189. 
 
 23. M. T. Oiceronis Invectiva in Sallustium, fol. 190. 
 
 24. Ejusdem Orationes Phillippicse XIV, fol. 192. 
 Contains also some prefatory observations. Grievously mutilated in 
 
 many places. 
 
 25. Ejusdem de Officiis, libb. iii. fol. 238. 
 The first leaf much mutilated, several others slightly so. 
 
 26 Ejusdem Disputationum Tusculanarum, libri v. fol. 270. 
 
 Prefixed are various remarks, partly taken from Jerome, (see torn. 7. 
 p. 387, ed. Bened.) and other ecclesiastical writers. 
 
 " Per manus Theoderici Nycolai Werken de Abbenbroeck liber explicit 
 anno domini mcccc. 44, alias 1444." 
 
 Many marginal notes occur throughout the MS. 
 
 791 Dd. xiii. 3. 
 
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 792 Dd. XIII. 4. 
 
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 'Rabanus Maurus de Univeuso'; or ' Ethimologiarum 
 
 LIJBKI XXII. ' , 
 
 This is the first volume of the work, and contains the first ten books, 
 with their capitula: the second volume is that marked Dd. vm. 13. See 
 p. 341. It corresponds nearly with the editions ; but at the end of lib. x. 
 
510 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 there is a passage not found in the editions, beginning, ' Ipse est enim primus 
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 all, 51 lines. 
 
 On the last two leaves are astrological tables by a later hand, headed, 
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 Composuit sapiens, sompnia conjiciens.' 
 
 These two volumes together contain the same as Dd. i. 30, with which 
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 any edition, even where the printed text was known to be faulty. See lib. v. 
 cap. 7. 
 
 793 Dd. XIII. 5. 
 
 A folio, on vellum, containing ff. 258, with 25 lines in each 
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 the xiv th century. 
 
 Libri Jebbmi^b, Threnobum, et Ezechielis Vulgatse editi- 
 onis cum Glossa Ordinaria marginali et interlineari. 
 
 The MS. is imperfect at the commencement, beginning, Jer. i. 6, 'a 
 domine deus ecce nescio loqui quia puer ego sum.' 
 
 Jeremiah occupies ff. 1 — 96, the Lamentations ff. 96 — 136, and Ezechiel 
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 It begins, f. 1, with the Prologue, the initial letter being cut away, 
 Prater] Ambrosius michi tua munus[cu]la perferens, &c. 
 
 Ends in the middle of Rev. xvii. 4 : 
 
 plenum abhominacione et inmundicia fornicationis. 
 
 All the beginning of Genesis to Chapter ix. 22 is cut out, and the whole 
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 curious architectural border. 
 
 The books occur in the usual order, except that the Acts follows the 
 Epistle to the Hebrews. 
 
 795 Dd. XIII. 7. 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 511 
 
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 A folio, on paper, of 216 pages, in good preservation. 
 
 The accounts of the lands and possessions of Thomas late 
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 March 20, 1571 and June 30, 1573, by William Cantrell from 
 June SO, 1573, and the feast of St Michael, 1578, and by Robert 
 Buxton during the year following. 
 
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 the Commissioners for taking ... the Public Accounts &c.' (Folio, London, 
 1702). 
 
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 between the feast of St Michael, 1694, and the feast of St Michael, 1695.' 
 
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 dom upon the accompts brought in before them, so far as they have been 
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 15. 'Observations made by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasurer 
 upon the Accounts.' 
 
 16. ' The Reply of the Commissioners for stating of the Publick Accounts 
 to Observations made by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on the 
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 Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled.' 
 
512 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 805 Dd. XHI. 17. 
 
 A large folio, on paper, of about 60 leaves, forming 
 
 Liber Omnium Declarationum Computorum Eeceptorum 
 
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 pro anno finito ad festum S. Michaelis, 1640. 
 
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 806 Dd. xiii. 18. 
 
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 dates of passing the several parts of the accounts are in the years 
 1 630 and 1631 . See Dd. xm. 32, and Ee. in. 7. 
 
 807 Dd. xiii. 19. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 12 pages, in good preservation. 
 
 ' The accompt of Richard Pulley gent, receiver of the Re- 
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 of the Rheine by virtue of an Ordinance of Parliament... for one 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 5] 3 
 
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 A folio, on paper, of 150 pages, in good preservation. 
 
 1. The particulars of the Lands, Manors, &c. to be 
 granted by the king to his E. H. the Prince op Wales, 
 a.d. 1610, with a certificate of the rents payable to the Prince 
 from the Principality of Wales and the Duchy of Cornwall. 
 
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 Thorns 1655.' 
 
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 maneriorum, terrarum et tenementorum, rectoriarum, pensionum, 
 porcionum ac aliarum possessionum quarumcumque tarn spiritua- 
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 sive hospitalibus in Com. praedictis [Somerset, Dorset, Devon et 
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 rodiis sinodalibus procuracionibus et redditis resolutis ac aliis 
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514 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 1. Moot Cases, in number 313, stated. 
 
 2. A Reporte of the Judgment and part of the Arguments of 
 Shellies case, addressed to the righte honorable Sir Thomas 
 Sackvill, Knight, Lord Buckurste. a. d. 1581. 
 
 3. Reports of Cases, chiefly in the reigns of Henry VIII. and 
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 A large paper book, in folio, containing on 42 pages, written 
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 ' The Declaration of Names of such Shjpps as did serue in 
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 memorie Kinge Henrie the eighte : untill the xi th daie of Julie in 
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 as shall appeare distinctlie perticularlie heareafter followinge.' 
 
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 Compare the list in Derrick's Memoirs of the Royal Navy (4to, 1806), 
 Appendix No. 40, and p. 309. 
 
 See also Archceoloyia, vi. § xxiv. : and compare the Indenture of 1512, 
 in Rymer, Fcedera, xiii. 326. 
 
 81* Dd. xiii. 26. 
 
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 in 1533, 
 
 The Eecord of the Proceedings at twelve Sessions of the 
 Papal Commissioners in the matter of the Divorce of Catherine 
 of Arragon from Henry VIII. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 515 
 
 Begins : 
 
 In dei nomine Amen per presens publicum Iustrumentum cunctis 
 appareat evidenter quod vltimo die mensis Maii Anno dni secundum 
 cursum et computacoem ecclie Anglicane millesimo quingentesimo 
 
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 mensis Octohris. Anno dni secundum cursum et computacionem Ecclie 
 Anglicane Millesimo Quingentesimo Tricesimo tertio.' Mention is also made 
 of a seal which has been torn off. Every leaf of the Record is signed ' R. 
 Watkyns.' 
 
 This document appeal's to have escaped the notice of Rymer, but is refer- 
 red to by Lingard and others. 
 
 sis Dd. xiii. 27. 
 
 A folio, on v.ellum, containing 34 leaves, with 9 sets of musical 
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 A collection of Latin Hymns and Canticles with Musical 
 Notes, The initial letters are gilt ; the first words of the hymns 
 and the name of the tune being inserted in red. 
 
 It begins with the hymn Ave Dei patris filia, and ends with one of 
 Thomas Aschwell, Exultavit spiritus mens. On f. 31 is written ' God save 
 kyng herry.' 
 
 It is bound up with the following MS. 
 
 816 Dd. xiii. 28. 
 
 A small paper book, in folio, 40 leaves. 
 
 Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of Wards in the 
 reign of Jas. I. 
 
 817 Dd. xiii. 29. 
 
 A printed folio, mdclxxvii. 
 
 ' Pharmacop^ea Londinensis. 1 
 The work is bound up with 20 additional leaves, on which there are MS. 
 directions, by different physicians, for compounding various preparations, 
 with records of cases, copies of letters in reply to consultations, &e. There 
 are also marginal notes. 
 
 Among the signatures the principal are Thomas Warton and F. Clayton. 
 
 ll2 
 
516 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 818 Dd. xih. 30. 
 
 A folio, on paper, of 25 leaves, printed. 
 
 The Book op Job, according to the LXX. printed from the 
 Codex Alexandrinus, London, 1637, with MS. notes, containing 
 various readings from the Complutensian, Aldine, and Roman 
 editions, the Catena Patrum, a MS. ' Dm Lindselli,' and another 
 in the Bodleian Library. 
 
 It is bound up with the two following MSS. 
 
 819 Dd. xiii. 31. 
 
 A paper book, in folio, containing documents which, with the 
 exception of the first, were written by various hands of the xvuth 
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 1 . On two leaves, in a contemporary handwriting, 
 
 The Articles agreed on betwixt the earl of Murray and 
 the Lords of the Secret Council and others of the nobility and 
 estates of Scotland. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 At Edinburgh ye [xxij] day of August ye 3ere of God, m v° thre 
 
 score sevin 3eris. The lordis of secreit counsall 
 
 There are a few additions by a contemporary hand : but otherwise the 
 text is that printed under the above title by the Maitland Club, Illustra- 
 tions of the Reign of Queen Mary (4to, 1837), pp. 283—6. See also under 
 No. 153, 2. 
 
 2. On S3 pages, written in French about 1685, 
 Grievances of the Protestants in France from the infraction 
 
 of the Edict of Nantes. 
 Begins : 
 
 L'Edit sous la protection du quel les Protestans de France ont vescu 
 
 paisiblement 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ...Et qu'ils n'ont pas autant de tort de se plaindre des violations de 
 l'Edit de Nantes que Messieurs du Clergd ont accoutume de le dire. 
 See Histoire de l'Edit de Nantes. . par Elias Benoit. 4to. Delft. 1693-5. 
 
 3. On pp. 3. ' Extraict des regrea. du Conseil d'Estat. 1 
 
 Concerning seven English vessels which had been detained. 
 
 At the "|end is the date 'Le xix Auvil mvi c . soixante dixhuict. signe 
 Colbert.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 517 
 
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 made over to some Roman Catholic Chapter in England, with the 
 names of the donors between 1630 and 1662. 
 
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 The Lord Richard of Chalcedon in the presence & by the advise and 
 consent of divers PP oversed the fund of the Chapter in manner and 
 forme following . . . 
 
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 d'Angleterre pour la commerce en la dite Baye.' 
 
 ' Reponses donnees par Messieurs les Commissaires de France, 
 a ce Memoire pour la Compagnie Francoise de Canada.' 
 
 ' Repliques a ces Reponses pour la Compagnie Angloise de la 
 Baye de Hudson. 1 
 
 These are followed, in the same handwriting, on 4 pages, and 
 in parallel columns, by 
 
 ' Titres produicts de la part de la Compagnie Francoise de 
 Canada sur les pretentions pour le droict de Commerce en la Baye 
 de Hudson, Riuiere et port de Nelson.' 
 
 ' Response de la Compagnie Angloise de la Baye de Hudson 
 en forme de Contredicts a ces titres.' 
 
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 respecting the interest of Henry Flynt in an estate demised to him 
 and others by Anthony, Bishop of Norwich, in April 1680. 
 
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 7. On 14 leaves. Several papers relating to the Dean and 
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 dated 1682, 1683, and 1684. 
 
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 to be G-eneral of his Army, dated ' at Westminster the seaventh 
 day of March in the fowerteenth yeare of our Raigne.' 
 
 Printed in Rushworth, Hist. Coll. u. 835—8. 
 
518 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 9. On 6 pages. A Copy of a Treaty of Peace and Amity 
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 of Death translated out of French by the B. of M— ' (Earl of 
 Mulcaster). 
 
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 ' Reponse de la Compagnie Angloise.' 
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 tatem.' Imperfect. 
 
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 The Queene must be supported by two Bishopps from the west 
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 Ends: 
 
 After they both putt on their orownes imperiall and soe goe to the 
 Pallace. 
 Compare with these directions the narrative in Leland's Collectanea, t. iv. 
 p. 223 (ed. Hearne). 
 
 At the end of the form for the king, mention is made of the ' Abott of 
 Westminster.' 
 
 14. On two leaves, in the same hand as the preceding, ' The 
 Ghristning of Queene Elizabeth? 
 
 This account is printed from the MS. of C. C. C. C. as an additional piece 
 to Leland's Collectanea, 1. 1. p. 663 (8vo, 1770). 
 
 820 Ld. xiii. 32. 
 
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 of a sale in Fee Farm of Lands to Ralph Freeman, Esq. and 
 others by King Charles I. a.d. 1630. It is similar to Dd. xiii. 18 
 and Ee. in. 7. 
 
 There are six pages at the end concerning some similar sale. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 519 
 
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 'A brief state of the Incomes and Issues of their Majesties 
 Publick Revenue from the 5 th day of November 1688 to the 
 29 th of September 1691 with Memorandums made by the Com- 
 missioners constituted by one Act of Parliament made in the 
 second year of their Majestys reign, entituled An Act for appoint- 
 ing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take and state the 
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 1. Arguments at two Conferences of Committees of both 
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 S r Dudley Diggs, M r Littleton, and M r Selden. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 My lords : I shall I hope auspiciously begynne this conference this 
 day with an observacoii out of holy storye. In the dayes of good kinge 
 Josiah . . . 
 
 See Parliamentary History, 4 Charles I., 3 St. Tr. 1—234, and Sel- 
 den's Works (fol. 1726) in. 1958. 
 
 2. ' The Earle of Oxons Case for the his {query, high) Cham- 
 berlaineship of England. 1 
 
 See Cruise, On Dignities, p. 101. 
 
 3. An incomplete Treatise on the Bights and Privileges of 
 the House of Commons. 
 
 There is no title ; the first heading being, ' The choise of the speaker, his 
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 4. ' The prhiledges or speciall Rights belonginge to the Ba- 
 ronyes of England," 1 by John Selden. 
 
 This is the beginning of a long title of a work often printed. The last 
 chapter (13) has the heading, ' Making deputies of places of Trust comitted 
 unto them.' 
 
 There are a few additional and marginal references by other hands. 
 
520 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 A paper book, in folio. 
 
 1. M r Littleton's and M r Selden's Arguments for the Liberty 
 of the person of every Free Man delivered at a Conference with the 
 Lords, with an Introduction by Sir Dudley Diggs, the objections 
 of M r Attorney, and Replies. 
 
 A blank space is left for 'M 1 Littleton's Presidents.' See the preceding 
 Number, § 1. 
 
 2. ' That the Kings of England have bine pleased usuallie to 
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 in Parliament of Marriage Peace and Warre.' 
 
 See Somers' Tracts, iv. 121, and Cottoni Posthuma, pp. 13 — 39. 
 
 3. ' The Proceedings or a Journall of the Passages in the 
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 yeare of our Soveraigne Lord Charles King of England &c. be- 
 gunne the 20 th of January and ended the tenth of March in the 
 same yeare, 1628.' 
 
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 A small parchment book, of above 330 leaves, written about 
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 diuersis viris nobilibus ffeofatoribus.' 
 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 521 
 
 The foliation has been altered at different times by the writer as he 
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 276. 
 
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 in Kybalstreet, and Watford.' ff. 256—60. 
 
 s. ' De villa de Bekenesfeeld.' ff. 261 — 6. 
 
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 u. ' E. collegii vocati magne Aule Vniuersit.' On ff. 330 — 2. 
 
 The last 3 leaves have not been marked by the author. 
 
 2. A meagre Chronicle in Latin ('de cronicis Anglie 1 ) 
 reaching to the year 1432 ; handwriting as before. 
 
522 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins (fol. 2676): 
 
 Haec sunt nomina regum Anglorum Christianorum. 
 
 Ends (fol. 275 b) : 
 
 Multi lollardi aut heretici insurrexerunt in partibus rcgni... 
 
 3. Metrical extracts, on the same subject, commencing with 
 the arrival of Brut. 
 
 Begins (fol. 277 a): 
 
 Herkeni}) hederward lordynges 
 Ye pat wollen her of kynges 
 And I wol telle 30W a noon 
 How Yngelond furst by gon. 
 Towards the close of the chronicle the rubrics are in prose : one of the 
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 bokes weren brent as many as a man my3t here.' In the earlier part the 
 versifier drew his materials from Geoffrey of Monmouth, or possibly from 
 La3amon's Brut. His work is printed in a somewhat different form by 
 Ritson, Metrical Romances, 11. 270, sq. Lond. 1802. 
 
 4. ' De Prophetia Merlini? 
 Begins (fol. 308 a): 
 
 Sedente itaque Vortigerno super ripam. 
 Ends (fol. 314 a): 
 
 Inter sydera confident. 
 Translated into Latin by Geoffrey of Monmouth ; see Dd. vi. 12, § 1, 
 and the preface to Dr Giles' edition. 
 
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 1. ff. 1—73. A Sermon on Gal. iv. 4, 5. 
 Begins, after the text, with : 
 
 S 1 . Aust. in his 5 epi. ad Marcel, tells us of a certaine young man, ... 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 523 
 
 2. ff. 74 — 90. A Sermon on Zech. ix. 9. 
 Begins, after the text, with : 
 
 What is here spoken by the prophet, is as S e Matt, witnesseth 
 in v. 5. . . . 
 
 828 Dd. XIV. 5. 
 
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 Twenty-one Short Poems on Subjects chiefly connected 
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 Miscellaneous Observations, Anecdotes, &c, collected by 
 Andrew Henley. 
 
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 83i Dd. xiv. 8. 
 
 A small octavo, on paper, 72 leaves, of which more than half 
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524 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 Sermons on S. Matt. vii. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 35; S. Matt. v. 16; 
 Rom. vi. 21 . 
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 ... to doe more solemnly pennance in. 
 
 834 Dd. xrv. 11. 
 
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 Miscellanea: Sermons, Latin Poems, Notes from various 
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CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 525 
 
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 887 Dd. xiv. 14. 
 
 A small paper book, written in a small and neat hand of the 
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 ... verumetiam suffocat prorsus extinguitque. 
 
 838 Dd. XIV. 15. 
 
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 Sermons on Rom. ii. 14 ; S. Luke xiii. 13 ; S. Matt. v. 3 ; 
 Acts xvii. 31 ; Joshua xxiv. 15 ; S. John xiv. 26. 
 
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 in the College chappel above a yeare before.' 
 
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 prefixed : the Chancellor's name is ' George Duke of Buckingham,' for 
 which in a note is substituted ' James Duke of Monmouth our Chancellor 
 elect.' This would fix the date to 1674. 
 
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 A duodecimo, on paper, paged, of 387 leaves, closely written 
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 8 *° Dd. xiv. 17. 
 
 A small paper book, in 8vo, of which the writing and the 
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 Miscellaneous Notes, &c. 
 
 Nearly in the middle of the book is the collector's signature, ' Andrew 
 Henley/ and at one end a memorandum of the birth of Andrew his second 
 son, of which the date has been thrice altered from 1663 to 1662. 
 
526 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
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 Reports of Oases in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 842 Dd. XIV. 19. 
 
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 Usage of Parliament alphabetically digested. 
 
 843 Dd. xiv. 20. 
 
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 and are of the xivth century: §§ 3, 4 have about 50 lines in a 
 page, and are of the xvth century. 
 
 ff. I, 2, and 275 are mutilated, and after f. 262 three leaves have been 
 cut out. 
 
 1. ff. 1—258. ' SUMMA SUPER LIBROS SeNTENTIARUM ' 
 
 per Petrum de Tarantasia, postea Innocent. V. Papain. 
 
 The commencement has been torn away. The second chapter begins : 
 
 Primo debemus ostendere Deum esse... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... dignetur Jesus Christus dominus noster. Qui &c. 
 This has been published, Tolosa?, 1652. See Cave. 
 A note from Boethius de Trinitate, and others of no value, are appended 
 by a later hand. 
 
 2. ff. 260 — 262. Extracts from the 'Liber de gestis sum- 
 morum Pontificum.'' 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Leghnus in libro^illo... 
 Ends: 
 
 • •■custodes vigilarent instantius. 
 
 3. ff. 263 — 265. ' Meditaciones beati Bem&rdi? 
 Begins : 
 
 Multi multa sciunt... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...qui vivit et regnat in infinita secula. Amen. 
 Opp. Paris. 1839. ii. 661—691. 
 See for another MS. Dd xv. 15, § 4. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSC1UPTS. 527 
 
 On f. 263 are four paragraphs, continued from the three lost leaves. 
 The first three relate to Astronomical questions ; the last to the things ' que 
 necessaria sunt ad cognicionem sacre Scripture.' At the foot of the ' Medi- 
 tationes ' is a paragraph on Sensuality. 
 
 4. ff. 266 — 275. Paragraphs on subjects of Theology (much 
 abbreviated, and difficult to decypher)- De circumcisione, de cessa- 
 cione legalium, de Baptismo Johannis, de Baptismo Christi, &c. &c. 
 
 5. ff. 276 — 279 b. De Spiritu et Anima. Imperfect. 
 Begins : 
 
 Quoniam dictum est mini... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ...olfaciendo audiendo videndo... 
 
 S. Aug. Opp. Paris, 1837, vi. pp. 1139—1170. 
 
 The next 3 pages contain various Theological notes. 
 
 6. ff. 283, 284. Canons Ecclesiastical. A fragment. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 ...Et quia non solum luxuriant... 
 
 Ends: 
 
 ...et qui comedunt et bibunt, &c. 
 
 7. ff. 284, 285, A Sermon on Bev. xii. 1. 
 
 8. ff. 286 — 288. -Sermo Augustini de Tempore' apparently 
 spurious. 
 
 Admonet doniinus noster J. C. nos non debere... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...dicat Christus Petro intra gaudium... 
 
 9. ff. 289 294. ' Tabula super iv libros Sententiarum.'' 
 
 An Index of Contents to § 1, above. 
 
 10. ff. 294—297. A poem in rhyming quatrains. The 
 title has been added by a later hand, ' Defensio fratrum Mendi- 
 centium per Jo. Peckham? 
 
 Mentioned by Tanner, with a reference to this MS. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Christi vicarie monarcha terrarum 
 Vir martiris ecclesie cella Scripturarum 
 Magister justicie meta causarum 
 Mee querimonie aurem prebe parem... 
 
 Ends : 
 
 ... Hanc qui contravenerit declaracionem 
 Incursurum meruit se dampnacionem , 
 Nee habere poterit relaxacionem 
 Nisi prius fecerit satisfaccionem. 
 
844- 
 846 
 
 528 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Dd. xit. 21—23. 
 
 Three paper books, in 1 2mo, written by Dr Lightfoot. The 
 title of the first is, 
 
 'A Journal of the Proceedings op the Assembly op 
 Divines convened for the Worke of Reformation in the Church, 
 by the Authority of Both Houses of Parliament, anno 1643. 
 Upon the Discipline and Liturgy.' 
 The title of the third is, 
 
 ' A Further Journall of Passages in the Assembly from 
 Easter, 1644.' 
 
 The last entry in this Journal is ' Tuesday Decemb. vlt. The first weeke 
 kept me at Munden. This day our worke was about Church censure.' 
 
 See Lightfoot's Whole Works, (ed. Pitman) vol. xiii. See also Dd. xiv. 
 28, § 4. 
 
 At the end of the book, reversed, are notes of Sermons, &c. 
 
 847 Dd. xiv. 24. 
 
 A small long 18mo, on paper, in very good preservation : date 
 about 1640. This MS. contains 120 pages, each ruled for five 
 staves of four-line music. On 56 of the pages there are harmonized 
 dance-tunes, similar to those in MS. 43 : the remaining pages are 
 not used. 
 
 848 Dd. XTV. 25. 
 
 A Collection of Small Tracts, now bound up in 3 volumes, 
 12mo. 
 
 1 a. pp. 1—9. ' The Memorial of S r Thomas Fairfax General 
 of the Parliament Army, written by himself: 1 it is headed, 'A 
 Short Memoriall of some things to be cleared during my com- 
 mand in the army.' 
 
 It begins with the extract printed in The Fairfax Correspondence, n. 
 408, 409 (8vo. London, 1848). Has the rest been printed ? 
 
 b. pp.20 — 59. 'A Short Memoriall of the Notherne Actions 
 during the War there from the yeare 1642 till 1644.'' 
 
 This was printed under the title 'Short Memorials of Thomas Lord 
 Fairfax. Written by himself,' 12mo. London, 1699, and reprinted 8vo. 1815. 
 
 2. ' Nicolai Carri Novocastrensis Angli Graecse Linguee in 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 529 
 
 Academia Cantabrigiensi Professoris Kegii de Scriptorum Britan- 
 nicorum paucitate et studiorum impediments Oratio.' 1 
 
 According to the title-page this is a copy of the Oration printed in 
 London, 1576. 
 
 3. A paper book, in 12mo, of 90 pages, containing 
 Genealogical Notes concerning many noble families of 
 
 England. 
 
 It exactly resembles Dd. xn. 55, and appears to have been a note-book of 
 the same person. 
 
 4. A duodecimo, on paper, of 34 leaves, with about 26 lines 
 in a page. 
 
 ' A Cronolige of the state of the Church, wherein is sett downe 
 the most principal things mentioned in every age from the 
 beginning of the worlde untill this day. J. B. anno domini 1658.' 
 
 Imperfect. Perhaps a translation. It is only carried down to the ivth 
 century &.. d., and the succession of the Popes terminates with Sabinianus, 
 a.d. 605. 
 
 5. A duodecimo, on paper, of 51 leaves, with the date 
 June 23, [16] 72. 
 
 A treatise on Justification. 
 
 6. A duodecimo, of 43 leaves, some blank, containing on 
 ff. 1—30, 
 
 A Divinity Common-Place Book, with heads of Sermons. 
 
 7. A duodecimo, on paper, consisting of 33 leaves, of which 
 the last two are blank, each page containing 1 5 — 25 lines, ap- 
 parently of the early part of the xvnth century, written in a 
 careless scrawling hand. 
 
 A Greek-Latin-English Vocabulary, followed by some re- 
 marks on Latin Syntax in English. 
 Begins : 
 
 De partibus corporis. M ao "X aA, 7 HO, axilla, the armpit. 
 Ends: 
 
 multis gradibus. 
 
 8. p. 96. 'A Defence of the House of Scotland against the 
 title of the House of Suffolke, wherein is declared the intreste of 
 the title of Scotland to the succession of the crowne of England.' 
 
 The author's name (S 1 Rob. L Knight) has been partly obliterated. 
 
 9. The collections of one of the name of Somers, or perhaps 
 
530 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 of more than one of the same family, as is probable from the 
 notices of Births and Deaths, mostly of the earlier part of the 
 xvn th century, inserted in the volume, which consists of prayers, 
 controversial divinity, poems, and church history. 
 
 At the end is 'a catalogue of all my bookes 1636 ' — a list of answers to 
 some questions of his daughter — among them, ' whether Papists should goe 
 to heauen or no when they weare deade,' and a 'Dreame' 1617. 
 
 849 Dd. xiv. 26. 
 
 Two small quarto volumes, comprising 
 
 1. On paper, 10 leaves, with about 30 lines in a page, 
 written in the xvnth century. 
 
 Documents relating to 'the Confession of Faith? subscribed by 
 Jas. VI. his household, 'the General Bande? and 'the Acte of the 
 Secreit Counsaill.'' 
 
 2. On paper, 23 leaves, written from both ends. 
 
 ' Oertaine Annuall Tyths for St. Austins and St. Ffaiths united 
 payd quarterly. The quarter ending at Michlmas 1689. 1 
 This is followed by private accounts of a household, 1691, 2. 
 
 3. On parchment, of 52 leaves, imperfect at both ends. The 
 last three leaves are misplaced, and should follow f. 43. Written 
 in the xivth century. 
 
 Paragraphs in Latin and English, Prose and Verse, on 
 Subjects of Divinity : with prayers, &c, from the fathers, Richard 
 of Hampole, &c. 
 
 Only paragraphs xv — lxvi. remain. 
 Among them is the hymn : 
 
 Swete Ihu Criste to the 
 I a synfulle wreche 3elde me. 
 See Dd. viii. 2, § 1. 
 
 4. On paper, 21 leaves, each page consisting of about 
 18 lines, neatly written in rather a large hand, apparently of the 
 xvii th century. 
 
 'La Vie d'JEsope tiree des anciens auteurs par Monsieur de 
 
 Meziriac? 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Comme il est arrive. 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 531 
 
 Ends: 
 
 de la langue fran9oise. 
 By Claude Gaspar Bachet de Meziriac. It is contained in his collected 
 works published at La Haye in 1716. 
 
 5. On paper, 27 leaves. 
 Heads of Sermons. 
 
 6. On paper, 54 pages. 
 Bulesfor Study: in Latin. 
 
 7. On paper, 50 pages. 
 
 Notes and Extracts from various authors. 
 
 8. A Book of Accounts, like those in § 2. 
 
 9. ' Epistolarum Liber illustrium et Epigrammatum selec- 
 torum:'' authore J. 0. Coll. Trin. Cantab, circa a.d. 1638. 
 
 850 Dd. xiy. 27. 
 
 A collection of Tracts, bound in 3 vols. 
 
 1 . A quarto, on paper, of 76 leaves. By the same author, 
 and in the same handwriting, as Dd. xn. 63, which see. 
 
 ' Summarium quoddam de vanitate simul et falsitate sec- 
 tariorum, et etiam de stabilitate soliditate et firmitate Catholi- 
 corum collectum ad lucubrationem Johannis de la Vache sive 
 Vachellin usum fratrum dubitantium. a.d. 1629. 1 
 
 2. A similar quarto, of 26 leaves. 
 
 'A Christian treatise of the brevity of the life of man, by 
 Lucas Trelcatius the younger, professor of Divinity in the Uni- 
 versity of Leiden in Holland, son of Lucas Trelcatius the elder, 
 translated out of Latin into English by R. S. 1665. 1 
 
 3. A similar quarto, of 24 leaves. 
 
 A Latin Sermon, on 2 Cor. ii. 16. Imperfect. Of the xvnth 
 or xvinth century. 
 
 At the top of the page is written in a late hand, ' This was Mr Sand- 
 croft's Clerum for B.D.' 
 
 4. A smaller quarto, of 12 leaves, on paper. 
 Two Theses in Theology, with a prayer prefixed. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ambrosio non stirpe magis... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...paratos concludo. 
 
 M M 2 
 
532 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 5. A quarto, of 21 leaves, on paper. 
 
 'The [honest Mariner's] Devotion and Jonah's Creed in a 
 dreadful storm ; a Sermon preached at St Dunstan's Church in 
 Stepney, on Sunday in the afternoon, February the 24th, 1705, 
 by John Jenings, M.A., Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge.' 
 
 From a note in another hand on the fly-leaf it appears that the Sermon 
 was preached in St Mary's Church, Cambridge, Feb. 13, 1702, and at the 
 Charter-House Chapel, London, May 21, 1703. 
 
 6. A small quarto of 12 leaves, on paper. 
 A Sermon on 1 Timothy vi. 3. 
 
 7. A small quarto of 1 2 leaves, on paper. 
 
 l A reply to somewhat of Bishop White on the Sabbath.'' 
 Begins : 
 
 Those Characters of Lawes simply morall... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...they might have escaped death. 
 
 8. A small quarto, on paper, of 41 leaves, written in the 
 xvith century. 
 
 * Visitatio Collegii Anglicani de urbe sanctissimi domini nostri 
 dementis Papse Octavi jussu per illustrissimum ac reverendum 
 Cardinalem Segam Episcopum Placentinum 2°. jam peracta 
 a.d. 1596.' 
 
 This begins with a'Praefatio ad summum Pontificem:' then follows a 
 list of the students, and Index of the chapters of the Brief, containing the 
 Visitor's decisions on the various points in dispute. 
 
 9. A small quarto of 28 leaves. 
 
 ' A Treatise proving by the King's Laws that the Bishoppe of 
 Borne had neither right to any supremacy within this Realme? 
 ' Londini in sedibus Thom. Berthelet regii impressoris excusum.' 
 It has a preface and table of contents at the end. 
 Begins : 
 
 Allthough before this time... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...high judges thereof. 
 
 10. A small quarto of 17 leaves, on paper. 
 
 ' A Treatise of Christian Peregrination and holye monuments.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Pilgrimage coming of the latine word... 
 Ends : 
 
 . . be all honour and glorye for ever, Amen. 
 
CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 53JJ 
 
 11. A quarto, on paper, of 27 leaves. 
 
 "The Touchstone of Truth, wherein veritie by Scripture is 
 plainely confirmed, and error confuted. 1 
 Begins : 
 
 And these words... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...and drink of this Cuppe. 
 
 12. A quarto, on paper, of 11 leaves. 
 
 A Sermon on Eev. xii. 1, 2, hy Edward ClerJce. 
 
 13. A quarto, on paper, of 57 leaves. 
 
 ' Besponsio ad Epistolam hominis cujusdam ordinis honesti et 
 splendidi, sed factionis JesuiticK, a cognato suo, A. 0.' 
 Begins : 
 
 Accepi literas tuas... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...haudquaquam calumniam sed Jesuitam. 
 
 14. A small quarto, on paper, written in the latter part of the 
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 Two Anonymous Translations from Galen. 
 if. 1 — 14. 'A Treaty made by G-alene concerninge 
 the best Constitution of the Body. 1 
 
 ITf/ji dpicrTTjs KaraaKevTjs tov acofiaros rjfiaiv. Galen. Opp. Ktihn, 
 Tom. rv. p. 737. 
 Begins : 
 
 Whiche is the beste constitution of our bodye 1 
 
 Ends: 
 
 in dewe proportion the on to the other. 
 
 ff. 16 — 24. 'A Treatye made by Galen intituled Of a 
 
 G00DE HaBITE. 1 
 
 ILepi evegias. Galen. Opp. Kiihn, iv. p. 760. 
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 We use to give the name of habite. . . 
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 . . . respiration, for ye coolinge of them. re\os. 
 
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 A Letter from John Durie to a friend on the pacification and 
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 Dated ' Westminster, this 31 March 1634. 1 
 
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 in the Explicit, 
 
534 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 ' Soliloquia heati Ysidori Episcopi? 
 Opp. ed. Rom. 1802. t. vi. pp. 472—623. 
 Begins : 
 
 ...doloris non reperio argumentum... (p. 475 in printed ed.) 
 Ends: 
 
 , . places in secula seculorum. Amen. 
 The MS. differs considerably from the edition. For another MS. see 
 Hh. i. 4, § 5. 
 
 This is followed by 4 more leaves of similar character, ' Xeno- 
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 An ' Inquirie what wee are to say of those wicked thoughts 
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 Begins : 
 
 It is not all persons... 
 Ends: 
 
 ...to struggle with in this. 
 
 19. A quarto, on paper, of 11 leaves. 
 A Sermon in Italian, on Matt. xii. 58. 
 
 Three leaves follow, apparently in the same hand, containing 
 
 Theological Notes in Latin. 
 
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 2. Written on 72 pages, in the xvnth century. 
 
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 Of this tract there are many editions. 
 
 3. On 28 leaves. ' The Fore-runner of Revenge upon the 
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 James of happie memorie king of Great Brittaine and the Lord 
 Marquiss of Hamilton and others of the Nobilitie, discovered by 
 me George Eglisham one of King James his phisitions for his 
 
 Majesties person above the space of tenn yeares Franckfort. 
 
 Anno Dni 1626.' 
 
 See Somers' Tracts, V. p. 437 ; and under Ee. u. 32, § 17. 
 
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 convened by the summons of the two Houses of Parliament to 
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 of the Church of England anno 1643.' 
 
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 (d) 'His Ma tieB declaration at Whitehall, 23 March, 1623.' 
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536 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 (e) ' The Prince and the Duke of Buckingham : their speeches 
 24 Feb. 1623.' 
 
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 ... Sed tamen clam a monachis ad ipsum archiepiscopum accusatus 
 xxi". 
 The MS. wants therefore the Prologus and the last three paragraphs of 
 the edition (folio, Lond. 1723) by Sparke, pp. 1—94. In place of the title 
 is, ' Hugo White collected this little Manuscript.' 
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 ' Some considerations concerning Episcopacies 
 
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 The whole passage occurs in Isid. Etym. lib. vu. c. 6. (t. 3. p. 325. 
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CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 545 
 
 After a prologue of 44 lines, beginning : 
 
 Mente concipio laudes conscribere 
 
 Sacrate virginis que nos a carcere 
 
 Soluit per filium genus in genere 
 
 Mire mirificans effectus opere, 
 the poem follows in 161 quaternions, of which the first is 
 
 Ave virgo virginum parens absque pari 
 
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 ffae nos legem domini crebro meditari 
 
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 taken. The present MS. contains a few more stanzas than the latter, but 
 omits the verses of the Psalms before each stanza. It was written by John 
 Peccham, Archbp of Canterbury from 1278 to 1294. See Tanner, Biblioth. 
 in v. Peceham. 
 
 2. ff. 16—25. ' Orationes devote ad honorem domini nostri 
 ihu xpi et laudem ipsius matris marie virginis gloriose? 
 
 3. ff. 26 — 65. Confessiones ad Deum, Orationes ad sanctam 
 Trinitatem, ad Spiritum sanctum, &c. 
 
 4. ff. 66 — 72. ' Formula honestb vite ' auctore Martino 
 episcopo Dumiensi. 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 Gloriosissimo atque tranquillissimo regi mironi martinus humilis 
 eps salutem. 
 This treatise is printed in the Magna Bibliofheca veterum patrum, A grip. 
 Col. 1618. T. vi. P. 2. p. 237 sqq. It was also published separately at Basle 
 in 1545. Martinus afterwards became Bp of Braga, and presided at the 
 councils held there in 563 and 572. Miro was king of Gallicia. For another 
 MS. see Hh. iv. 13. § 11. 
 
 5. ff. 72 b — 76. ' Incipit constitucio Senece de moribus.' 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 Omne peccatum actio est. Actio autem omuis quod voluntarium est. . . 
 Ending : 
 
 nunc intergemiscit socios tue beatitudinis. 
 This, falsely ascribed to Seneca, was also written by Martinus Dumiensis : 
 it is printed in the Mag. Bill. vet. pat. T. vi. P. 2. pp. 240, 241. The last 
 paragraph is not in the MS. 
 
 6. ff. 77 — 86. 'Speculum peccatoris.'' 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 Quoniam carissime dum in hujus via vite fugientis sumus... 
 
 N N 
 
546 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Ending : 
 
 quomodo novissima tua prudentia provideas. 
 Explicit speculum Peccatoi'is. 
 For other copies of this treatise see Ee. vi. 7. § 0. Ff. ii. 20. § 2. Ii. i. 31. 
 § 4. Ii. vi. 15. § 1. and in English Ff. v. 45. § 3. It was written by Richard 
 of Hampole, and is printed in the Benedictine edition of St Augustine, App. 
 to Vol. vi. pp. 155—160. 
 
 7. ff. 87—95. ' Ex libello leati Anselmi qui excipit de syno- 
 nimis beati ysidori episcopi? 
 
 Beginning: 
 
 Quid agis o homo... 
 Ending : 
 
 vivit et regnat deus per infinita seculorum secula. Amen. 
 This is St Anselm's ' Exhortatio ad contemptum temporalium et deside- 
 rium seternorum.' Opp. ed. Paris. 1675, pp. 190 — 193. 
 
 8. f. 96. A Litany of the Passion. 
 
 Beginning: 
 
 Ave ihu xpe verbum patris filius virginis... 
 Ending: 
 
 ut cum angelis tuis laudem te in secula seculorum. Amen. 
 
 876 Dd. xv. 22. 
 
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 877 Dd. xv. 23. 
 
 A very small book, about 2 inches square, with an illumina- 
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 A Manual of Prayers for the use of young persons, in 
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 Begins : 
 
 Pour ce que Tun des premieres ... 
 Ends : 
 
 ... et gloire a tous jours-nais. Ainsi soit il. 
 
 878 Dd. xv. 24. 
 
 A 24mo, on parchment, containing ff. 213, with 15 lines in each 
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 ' HoRE BEATE MARIE VlRGINIS SECUNDUM USUM AnGLIE.' 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 547 
 
 On the first leaf, otherwise blank, is written ' Codieis istius olim Johannes 
 Burwell hems.' The next twelve contain the Kalendar ; followed by an illu- 
 mination of our Lord, the 15 Oos, and commemorations of SS. John Baptist, 
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 nation of a point in the Passion. After Compline, f. 109, begin the seven 
 penitential psalms, with a curious vignette of the Last Judgment ; then the 
 gradual psalms with the Litany. Then the Officium Defunctorum with the 
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 heaven, f. 179, the Commendationes animarum ; then an illumination of 
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 The first 12 leaves contain the Kalendar ; an illumination of the Annun- 
 ciation follows, and the Hours begin f. 14, having an illumination of a point 
 in the Passion before each Hour. The penitential psalms begin f. 64, the 
 gradual psalms in f. 73, and the Vigiliae mortuorum in f. 86, the previous 
 illumination having been lost ; and the commendationes animarum in f. 113 
 ending with the prayer, ' misericordiam tuam domine sancte,' &c. 
 The last leaf contains in a later hand a Litany of the Passion, 
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 Corpus xpi salva me 
 &c. 
 and the name John Webbe. 
 
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 See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 
 
 881 Dd. xv. 27. 
 
 A square duodecimo, on paper, of 39 leaves, of which the 
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 apov -yprjaewi, Kai ri twv ev avrw Karayey pafxixevwv Gr\\i.a.ivei 
 
 'eKCtCTTOV. 
 
 The Treatise consists of a procemium and 14 sections, preceded by a table 
 of contents. 
 
548 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Ttpooipnov. Tfjv £v ra> a&TpoXdpa rrjs im<pavelas iS-cnikaxTiv, Kal 
 T<ov iv avTG* Karayeypafj.fiivoii' tcls alrtas . . . 
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 There is a preface by Maximus Murgunius, in the form of a dedication, 
 
 ' t<3 eKkapirporaTa Kal fieyaKowpeTreo-TaTa avSpl Kvpim 'IaK<<5/3<» to> Tep- 
 
 t i 
 HivLva. 
 
 Beginning : 
 
 oi pey iroXXoi twv avdpvmav ois rj na<ra tov /3iou wovdfj... 
 
 Ending : 
 
 . . . ippcop.eva>s p,oi 8ia/3to)7;r ifrvxjj re Kai awfiari irptcrfiecov ejcXafMrpo- 
 
 Tare - 
 
 Here follows, by the same author, a complimentary Greek epigram, to 
 the same : 
 
 'Hvye (pavordrov \apirpbv creKas rjekioio... 
 
 . . . eiV/ca aa>v apera/v, eivtKa trcbv ^apiVtov. 
 
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 'Off the Art of Discerning Men, continued by James 
 Boerey of the Inner Temple, esquire.' 
 
 On p. 212 is ' Hue usque James Boerey, 1666.' 
 
 883 Dd. XV. 29. 
 
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 apparently of the xvth century. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 48 a. A summary of the early part of Genesis, 
 followed by an Account of the natures, &c. of 42 animals. 
 
 In Spanish, as also §§ 2, 4, 5. 
 Begins : 
 
 Dio cree lo eel e la terra... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... del Settenas. 
 
 2. ff. 48 6 — 93. ' Lo tracta de li pecca? On Vices. 
 Begins : 
 
 Sant Johan reconita... 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 549 
 
 Ends : 
 
 ...Parolla de Dio, &c. 
 
 3. ff.J)7 — 132. 'Z)<? imposicione Penitentie: 
 Begins : 
 
 Sequitur videri que debeant. . . 
 Ends : 
 
 ... de peccatis dolere. 
 
 4. ff. 133—168. A treatise On Sins. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Alcuus volon ligar. . . 
 Ends : 
 
 ... Al besognos misericordia obrey? . 
 
 5. ff. 169—176. A treatise with the title ' Herman: 
 Begins : 
 
 Langlus dis a herman... 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . Canon eu la fossa. 
 
 6. ff. 178 — 188. ' De officio viri et uxoris? 
 Begins : 
 
 Non tantum cives debent... 
 Ends: 
 
 . . . Christum hoc faciat rex. 
 
 7. ff. 189 — 220. De Apostolis, de penitentia, &?c. 
 Begins : 
 
 Post gloriosam Christi ascensionem... 
 Ends: 
 
 ... effectum hec ille, Amen. 
 
 8. ff. 220 — 227. Tabula parabolarum, and various notes on 
 points of theology. 
 
 9. ff. 229—236. 
 
 Theological Notes in Spanish, imperfect. 
 
 °84 Dd. xv. 30. 
 
 A small square 24mo, on parchment, of 247 leaves, written in 
 the xvth century. In Spanish, except § 1, which is Latin. 
 
 1. ff. 1 — 4. Six Psalms, with the beginning of St John's 
 Gospel. 
 
 2. ff. 5—23. ' Glosa Pater Noster." 
 Begins : 
 
 O tu lo nostre payre... 
 
 3. ff. 23—38. ' Tre$enas i. ii. Hi. iv? 
 Begins : 
 
 Frayre sabent.. 
 
550 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 4. ff. 38—47. '■Doctor.'' A Treatise on Confession. 
 Begins : 
 
 Isidori dis la confession... 
 
 5. ff. 48 —55. ' Penas? On Penance. 
 Begins : 
 
 Dio cree lome... 
 
 6. ff. 55—63. ' Li goy de Paradis." 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Dio done anos loben... 
 
 7. ff. 63 — 78. ' La Pistola de li amiei 1 
 Begins : 
 
 Atuit li fidel amie... 
 
 8. ff. 78—117. Poems, entitled 'Nouvel Contort,' 'Nouvel 
 Symon,' ' Nobla lecon,' ' Payre eternel,'' ' Barca. 1 
 
 Begins : 
 
 A quest nouvel confort... 
 
 9. ff. 122 — 225. On the Commandments, followed by para- 
 graphs on various Virtues and Vices. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Lo prumier Comandament... 
 
 10. ff. 225—247. Sermons. 
 Begins : 
 
 Mas yo die anos. . . 
 The MS. is imperfect at both ends. On the first and last leaf is written 
 ' Albert possesseur/ and at the foot of the first page ' A Mons r . Morland par 
 son serviteur...l636.' 
 
 885 Dd ' XV - 3L 
 
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 xvith century. In Spanish. 
 
 1. ff. 1— 13. ' De la Confession: 
 Begins: 
 
 Confessa di nostre peca ... 
 
 2. ff. 14 — 16. ' De la tremor del Segnor? 
 Begins: 
 
 La temor del segnor 
 
 3. ff. 17 — 53. ' Trihulacions,'' in 7 chapters. 
 Begins : 
 
 Motas sou las trihulacions... 
 
CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 551 
 
 4. ff. 53— 63. A life of- Job: 
 Begins : 
 
 Baron era en la terra ... 
 
 5. ff. 63— 101. A life of Tobias: 
 Begins : 
 
 Tobia fo del terp... 
 The MS. concludes with a fragment of ' la noble leycon/ filling a page 
 and a half, the last words being, 
 ...non po saber sa fin.. 
 
 886 Dd. xv. 32. 
 
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 1. ff. 1 — 3. A fragment on Diseases. 
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 ... mem de chascun . . . 
 
 2. ff. 4 — 56. On Tribulation, from S. Isidore. 
 Begins: 
 
 Las tribulacions da questa vita... 
 
 3. ff. 57—61. On Man's State. 
 Begins : 
 
 Dio bat home... 
 
 4. ff. 62 — 70. On Sadness or Sorrow. 
 Begins : 
 
 Salamon dis non donar tristitia . . . 
 
 5. ff. 70 — 86. On the means of Salvation. 
 
 Begins : 
 
 Atuit li fidel lumes... 
 
 6. ff. 87—91. ' De Penitential a fragment. 
 Begins : 
 
 Lo es cosa necessaria . . . 
 
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 1. ff. 1—40. A treatise on Latin Grammar. 
 Begins: 
 
 Interrogationem factam . . . 
 Some leaves are occupied with other matter ; e.g. ' Flores Legum :' and 
 three are blank. 
 
552 CATALOGUE OP MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 2. ff. 41 — 60. Extracts from Proverls, Ecclesiastes, and 
 Ecclesiasticus, with some at the end from S. Gregory. 
 
 3. ff. 61 — 68. A religious Poem. In Spanish. 
 It is headed ' Mettra ceueehe.' 
 
 This is followed by a fragment occupying one leaf, ' Liber Arithmeticus.' 
 
 4. ff. 70 — 92. Miscellanea ; in Latin. 
 
 On the states of human life, virtues, vices, followed by ' Versus morales,' 
 ' Exhortation de bien vivre et bien mourir,' in French ; ' optima consilia,' &c. 
 
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 Versions of various Books of Soeipture, with a Gloss on 
 the Gospels of St Matthew, St Luke, and St John, in the 
 following ordt;r : 
 
 St James (a fragment, containing the last chapter) ; St Peter, Ep. i. and 
 Ep. ii. as far as the beginning of chapter ii., then a Gloss on the above 
 Gospels, beginning in the middle of the 7th chapter of St Matthew; 
 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, Epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philip- 
 pians, Timothy, Titus ; Hebrews, ch. xi. ; Proverbs, ch. v. ; Wisdom, 
 ch. v. ; Acts of the Apostles, down to ch. xxvi. 4. 
 
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 52 lines in each column. Date, the xvth century. 
 
 Biblia Vulgata Sancti Hieronymi. 
 
 The first 4 leaves are blank ; the usual prologues follow, and Genesis 
 begins f. 8. The prologue to St Matthew follows the end of Maccabees in 
 f. 351 without any break : the Revelation ends f. 440 b, and the rest of the 
 volume is occupied by the index of names. 
 
 It was given to the University in June, 1817, by the Rev. Dr Seale, late 
 Fellow and Tutor of Christ's College. 
 
 END OF VOL. I.