f. f. 79. Hales.

'From Argentyn the third of Decemb. 1551.' John

Thanks for admonition, will 'doe as ye teache,' &c.; defends the use of eipwveía; speaks of Sturmius' publication, and of money being wanted.

g f. 81. Chek.'

From Westm', 1552, 26 of February. John

Thanks for 'most strange newes which you sent me from Argusta vindelicorum 13 Octobr. 1552;' asks for copies of any epitaphs and pasquils, sends one; mentions the D. of Somerset's trial; your friend Brigham.

6. A collection of Extracts made in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, with especial reference to the limitation of the succession and the exclusion of the Q. of Scotts,' who 'by vsurpinge the title and armes of this Realme hathe lost her right if she had any to the Crowne of England.'

The first paragraph (f. 83) is headed 'De Scotia,' and is followed by an extract from Malcom's Laws, 'de successione Regis,' and references to the early history of Scotland.

Various extracts relating to the meaning of 'civitas' are then given, and are followed by a discussion of the laws of succession to the crown, ending (f. 100):

...semethe discretly done for the Q. Matie to avoide all craftye and subtil cavillacons of lawers supersticon quemadmodum nec iuuant nec

A folio, on paper, of 28 leaves, of which three at the beginning and one at the end are blank. Date the xvi1th century. It is considerably injured by damp.

TRATTATO DI FORTIFICATIONE: Dell' Ecomo. Sigor. GALILEO GALILEI, Matematico, nello studio di Padova."

See Memorie e Lettere inedite finora o disperse di Galileo Galilei, ordinate &c. dal Cav. Giambatesta Venturi. Modena, 1818; which work was originally undertaken for the publication of a copy of this treatise, belonging to the editor. The MS. corresponds nearly with the abridged form of the work, i. e. it does not contain the passages in the printed edition marked with inverted commas. The xxv questions which the editor decides to be spurious appear here under no other name than Galileo's; as well as a list of things requisite in a siege. The figures for the latter chapters of the work have never been drawn.

A paper book, in folio, of which articles 1 and 2 were written by one hand, and 3 by a second, of the xvIIth century.

1. p. 1. Answers to four Queries concerning the lawfulness of lay-impropriations.

Begins:

I. As to the first Quære concerning the right of alienating sa[cred things] to lay persons or converting them to secular uses.

The VIth and last head begins:

You are to endeavour... that your husband may be clearly convinced...

Compare Sir Henry Spelman's Larger Work of Tythes, Preface, p. lxiii. (Fol. 1727).

2. pp. 8. A letter concerning the using or forbearing of the established Liturgy,' written after Naseby fight.

Begins:

Sr. Whereas you are desirous to know what my judgment and practice is...

It wants all after

...they may securely exercise theyr Presbyterian tyranny over

33. Answers to motives for entering the Roman Ca

3. pp. 33.

tholic religion.

Begins:

Mot. 1. Bicause perpetual visible possession...
Ends:

...though not soe easily as they might be with them, if they were but as they ought to be.

A small paper book, in folio, bound up with the preceding numbers, and consisting of 55 pages written.

'An HISTORICALL and LEGALL DISCOURSE upon a case taken out of the 26 Ass. fol. 20 by Recorder Fleetewoode.'

A paper book, in folio, torn and imperfect, now containing, on 75 leaves written in the xvth century, a part of

THE DICTES or Sayinges of PHILOSOPHRES."

506

507

Begins, in the account of Omer:

berithe vpon hym. ij vesselles oon bifore and a nother bihynde in (th)at bi foore is the errours...

The text is very nearly the same as MS. 1413. § 2. and gives in their proper place the sayings of Socrates respecting women: see Dibdin, Typog. Antiq. 1. 59. A figure of each philosopher is given at the beginning of his sayings. Among the scribblings on the wide margins are the names of 'Wyllm Crosbye,' 'Robart Crosbe,' and 'Edward Kempston,' former owners of this book.

Ends in the saying:

And a nother saithe he yat luffithe the in vayne love and for worldely thingis schalle hate the bi the same maner, bot he that hatithe the for

From the remains of the original pagination it would appear that one leaf is wanting at the beginning and another at the end of the volume.

Dd. IX. 19.

A small folio, on paper, in bad condition, but neatly written, in a hand of the xvi1th century, now containing 344 leaves unpaged each page containing about 25 lines (more or less). The MS. has lost some leaves at the commencement. The last three leaves are duplicate.

'COMMENTARIA Excellentissimi D. D. CESARIS CREMONINI CENTENSIS, PATAVII PRIMO LOCO PHILOSOPHIAM PROFITENTIS, IN SECUNDO ARISTOTELIS DE ANIMA.'

Begins:

Subjungit Philosophus dubitationem.

Ends:

ut de altero dicat de quo proponebat.

The work is divided into 133 lectures, of which the first and part of the second are wanting. The date at the end is, Die 18 mensis Aprilis hora 20 1609. The colophon supplies the title. See Dd. v. 28.

Dd. Ix. 20.

A paper book, in folio, containing 580 pages, for the most part blank.

A COMMON-PLACE BOOK, written in the xviith century.

On p. 1, below the name 'Jacobus Whitlock,' is 'Librum hunc in duas diuisimus partes, in prima de vita et moribus in secunda de natura et rebus occultis disseritur.'

A paper book, in folio, of which about the first 80 pages form
A COMMON-PLACE BOOK, written in the xvIIth century.

At the end of the book reversed are 11 leaves of writing of which 6 written in 1556 were intended to form part of 'A Book of Precedents.'

On f. 1 is the note, I intend to make this boke A boke of precedents for my sonne Jeffrye Palmer, and euery precedent to bee written w' my owne hande.' Accounts follow on ff. 1-6.

On f. 8 is, 'An elegie upon the deathe of the righte worthye St Thomas Griffine, Knighte,' which begins:

I labor not to know why Griffine died

For all that breathes must all his fatte abide.
On ff. 9, 10, 'An Indenture of mortgage of a manor.'
On f. 11, are forms of conveyance dated 1611.

1. Arguments upon the CASE of SHIP MONEY in 1638. 2. A continuation of, and partly written in the same hand as, Dd. 1. 86. § 5.

3.

Causes in Chancerie gathered by Sir George Carye, one of the Masters of the Chancerie, anno 1601.'

This is a tract of 80 ff. written in a hand of the period.

A folio, on paper, 39 leaves, some of which are blank; about 26 lines in a page; handwriting of the xvith century.

ENGLISH AND LATIN VERSES BY SIR THOMAS KNYVETT.

It contains translations from Ovid, several Latin epitaphs on the Lady Catharine' nuper Durauentani comitis filiæ,' and other miscellaneous pieces, one of which is dated 1568. The author died in 1622.

On the first page of the MS. the following note occurs :

'Anno ante Nativitatem Christi quadringentisimo octogesimo septimo editum fuit castrum Norwici per regem Gurguntum [Caer-Gunt], ut patet in record.'

511

512

513

514

515

Dd. Ix. 24.

A paper book, in folio, containing 27 pages, written in the XVIIth century,

STATUTA COLLEGII LINCOLNIENSIS OXON.

For other MS. copies see the Preface to the edition in The Statutes of the Colleges at Oxford.' 8vo. 1853.

Dd. IX. 25.

A folio, on paper, of 48 leaves, in good preservation.

1. Courts held for the FOREST OF BARNWOOD in Buckinghamshire, in the reigns of Rich. II. Hen. IV. Hen. V. Hen. VI. and Edw. IV., and a few notes relating to the reign of Philip and Mary. p. 2.

2. Extenta manerii de BORESTALL facta 15 Hen. VI.' and 26 Hen. VI. p. 53.

3. A perambulation of the King's FORESTS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, 26 Edw. I.—p. 85.

Dd. IX. 26.

A folio, on paper, of 101 pages, in good preservation.

'NOMINA MANERIORUM, honorum, castrorum et aliarum possessionum illustrissimo principi et domino, domino CAROLO PRINCIPI WALLIE, Duci Cornubiæ et Eborum ac Comiti Cestriæ per seperales literas patentes domini Regis nunc Jacobi concessorum ; nec non omnium villarum et hamlettorum infra maneria honores et castra prædicta in seperalibus comitatibus Angliæ inferius mencionatis.'

Dd. IX. 27.

A large folio, on paper, of 27 leaves, in good preservation. A survey of ENDFIELD CHASE, taken by a Commission from the Lord Protector, 1656. Addressed on the original paper-cover To the Committee of Appeale,' and entitled, Endfield first Certificate. Comonwealth."

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Dd. IX. 28.

A small folio, on paper, of 22 leaves, in good preservation, but rather dirty and a little injured at the edges.

The CHARTER granted by King Charles I. to the city of LINCOLN, in the 4th year of his reign.

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