361

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 1. p. 71, ed. 1714.

A fly-leaf at the beginning of the MS. contains the names of 'Wm Godolphin' 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.'

Dd. vi. 44.

A duodecimo, on paper, of 303 leaves.

ff. 45-55, 96-182, 211-277, and two or three more are 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

363

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 hornes doe weare and blowe them not,

Some cookowldes are and knowe yt not.'

In the beginning occurs the name 'Thomas Everard.'

Dd. vi. 46.

A duodecimo, on paper, 116 pages.

CONTRACTA RENATI DES CARTESII FELTONEANA,' 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.

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

366

367-370

371

Dd. vi. 48.

A small long quarto, on paper, in good condition: date the close of the xvith or beginning of the xvi1th 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.

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 century.

DUTCH POETRY.

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.'

Dd. vI. 50-53.

See Catalogue of Oriental MSS.

Dd. vi. 54.

A duodecimo, on paper, 36 leaves, about 30 lines in a page. A LIFE OF HENRY NICHOLAS, the fanatic; v. Tanner, Bibl. p. 544.

It appears never to have been printed The handwriting is of the xvIIth century. The latter half of the volume is blank. The title-page is as follows:

'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 fellowelder with H. N. in the houshold of love: translated out of Base Almain, Ps. XLVI. 66. Acts xiii. 6.'

Begins (after the Preface, Forasmuch as J. Tobias...):
In the eighth year of the age of H. N. ...

A 12mo, of 109 leaves: the first 14 of parchment, and in double columns, of 36 lines each: the rest of paper (except ff. 56, 57, 70, 71, which are also of parchment), and in single columns, with from 30 to 35 lines in the page.

f. la:

In nomine Yesu Christi Amen. Incomincia lo libro dicto Quadriga Spirituale scripto in vulgare con le allegatione literale per communa utilita de omne conditione de pe composto dal venerabile e excellente fratre, fratre Nicolo da Osmo delo ordine dey fratri minori nel мCCCCXXXVII.'

Begins:

Dice lo apostolo. Quello lo quale...

Ends, f. 109 b:

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.

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 CHERONEI PHILOSOPHI LIBELLUS DE FUTILI LOQUACITATE A GRECO IN LATINUM PER JOANNEM CHRISTOFERSONUM CONVERSUS.'

Prefixed is a letter to Mary, afterwards Queen of England. Honoratissimæ illustrissimæque Principi D. Mariæ, Regiæ Majestatis Sorori, Joannes Christofersonus perpetuam optat felicitatem.

It begins:

Non sum nescius, Princeps illustrissima...

The letter occupies 8 leaves, after which follows the Latin Version of Plutarch's entire treatise #epì ddoλeoxías, (beginning Ardua plane et difficilis, ending sed dolore etiam caret et molestia,) and then the Greek text: the last words of the MS. being

ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄλυπον καὶ ἀνώδυνον.

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.

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.

A similar volume of REPORTS from Hilary, 17 Jas. I. to Mich. 18 James I.' and in the same handwriting.

A duodecimo, on paper: handwriting of commencement of XVIIth century.

A DICTIONARY OF LAW TERMS; English and French in parallel columns.

'Abate' to 'Yard land.' pp. 127.

Last leaf torn.

378

379

An octavo, on paper.

Dd. vI. 61.

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.)

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.

HORE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS.

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 Devota 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