Begins: Her bygynus pe knowinge of xx colors of urines. Ends: it signifiez pe flux of blod. 5. ff. 27 a-29 b. On the same sheet, uniform. Begins: Her begyns pe takyns pt ypocras pe leche wrot. Ends: And also gif he loket hidoslich [sic] and terreth his clothus as man þat frentik hit betakyns p' he schal dye pe same day. Hic Explicit Ypocras. 6. ff. 296-30. Various Receipts and notices. 7. ff. 31-68 a. A book of Receipts, 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 pe heved ake. Take and sethe verveyne, &c. Ends: And also of pe seed of þat 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 pe 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. Condicions pat we ow to kepe in pe dome of ureyns...... 347 Ends: ...And perfor hit is ful perelus. 9. f. 90. A table of 30 eclipses with figures and the times and durations. The last date appearing is 1443. Dd. VI. 30. A paper book, in quarto, containing 142 pages, written in a small hand, about the close of the XVIIth century. 1. pp. 1-9. A portion of a treatise on Logic. Laboramus dialecticorum varietate, opprimimur turba, et nisi Dii quærimoniis nostris tandem succurrant, Aristoteles plures habebit commentatores quam contextus. Nostra erit operosa illa volumina emedullare .. 2. After some blank leaves are on pp. 19-24 two commentaries 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, Mr Thurmans Musick Speech,' and a 'Second Speech. pp. 53, 4. In obitum Thomæ 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. Quæstio erat, An somnus qui est mortis imago sit omnium sensuum ligatio.' pp. 70-81. 'Oratio...a Domino Fuller, Prævaricatore Cantab. Quæstio, An anima hominis sit rasa tabula.' At the end is, Dixi Thomas Fuller e Coll. Sydn. Cantabrigiæ. pp. 81-9. Two speeches, addressed to the Ladyes (by the Prævaricators). pp. 91-3. 'Oratio habita a Domino James (e Coll. Magd. Oxonii). Quæstio erat, An recte fecit Polus histrio qui Electram Sophoclis acturus...' pp. 94-101. Prævaricatio Magistri J. Vintner, Cantab. Quæstio, An corpora cælestia..' 348 349 350 pp. 101-4. 'Oratio habita in Academia Marpurgensi... Dixi Joh. Martinus Portius, Mano-Francf.' pp. 104-119. 'Oratio habita a Magistro South in Templo B. Mariæ dic Saturni Comitiorum... Dixi Robertus South, A. M. ex æde X1, 1657.' Printed in Op. Posth. Lat. pp. 21-45. pp. 120-3. 'Oratio habita a Domino South pro Magistri gradu in Schol. Oxon. Quæstio 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. Dd. vi. 31. A small quarto, on paper, of 31 leaves, about 24 lines in a page, of the XVIIth century. 1. ff. 1-12. 'An Doctrina Trinitatis sit mysterium a seculis absconditum quod divini verbi patefactione hominibus innotescere debuit.' Auctore Thoma Pisecio. Anno 1605. f. 1b contains the dedication to his brother Martin Pisecius a Martowic. Begins, f. 2 a: Progrediamur tandem ab humanis. Ends, f. 12b (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. 1. pp. 636-642. 2. ff. 316-18b. 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. Dd. vi. 32. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. Dd. vi. 33. An octavo, on paper, of 185 leaves. SERMONS and notes of Sermon preached at Redgrave in Suffolk and elsewhere between 1670 and 1680. Probably by Samuel Foster, S. T.B., previously Fellow of Caius College, who died in 1680, after being Rector of Redgrave for 32 years. His tombstone is in the chancel of the church. 352 353 354 355 A thin, oblong paper book, in folio, bound up with No. 352, consisting of 12 pages besides the title. It begins: THE SENATORS REMEMBRANCER.' 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. 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. Dd. vi. 36. An octavo, on paper, handwriting of the xvIIth 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.; and of the Ordinatio Forestæ, 34 Edw. II.' (1306). Dd. vi. 37. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. Dd. vi. 38. A quarto, on paper, handwriting of the xvth century. 'An account of the POSSESSIONS OF THE CROWN:' imperfect. Also (at p. 5), 'De Libertate Ecclesiæ et totius Angliæ observandæ, Leges Henrici primi, filii Conquestoris." Iste tractatus transcriptus est ex libro rubeo Scaccarii, existente in Custodia Remuneratoris reginæ et incipit ibidem. Fol. 41. Pages between 8 and 15 are wanting, and all after p. 112. 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. 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.' 10 ff. 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. 357-359 360 Dd. vi. 40-42. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. Dd. vi. 43. A quarto, on paper, 39 pages (excluding blanks), of about 28 lines each; handwriting of the xvi1th century. After a song of Cowley's, beginning Come, poetry, and with you bring along,' it contains 6 THE HISTORY OF ENEAS AND DIDO'S LOVE, translated out of y fourth booke of Virgill, by Mr Sydny Godolphin.' Begins (p. 3): Meanwhile the queene fanning a secret fire 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 |