621 622 11. 16; xi. 18); but it is neither that of Ponticus Virunnius, nor of Alured of Beverley. The writer appears to have had other sources of information besides the above history. The continuation, which is after the manner of Chronicon Henrici de Silegrave, (8° Caxton Society, 1849), includes events of the 14 Henry VI. (1436). Ends abruptly (p. 160); Sic ergo omnipotenti deo laus digne attribuitur a pplo anglicano qui sua gracia sibi sepius suos suppeditat inimicos. Some blank pages ruled as the preceding remain in the volume, which towards the end has suffered from rats and damp. There are marginal notes indicating that the MS. has been carefully read. Dd. x. 63. An octavo, partly on paper and partly on parchment, of 103 leaves, with about 31 lines in a page, written in the xvith century. f. 1 contains an index of chapters. 'BONAVENTURA DE VITA DOMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI.' Begins (after the prologue, 'Inter alia virtutum ...'): Cum per longissima tempora... 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Contains 70 leaves, of which 39 are blank. A NOTE BOOK, and record of prescriptions, by De Mayerne. Dd. x. 66. A quarto, on vellum, containing 481 ff. in double columns, with 36 lines in each column. It has rich illuminated initials and borders. Date, 1435. Catchwords occur at every 8th leaf. A beautifully written BREVIARIUM SECUNDUM USUM SARUM. After two blank leaves begins the Ordinale, occupying nearly 2 leaves; then follow the Dominical and Ferial offices, no distinction being made as to winter and summer. A leaf is lost between ff. 30 and 31. After the 25th Sunday after Trinity follow the offices for the day and octave of the church's dedication, and at the end of this, f. 201: Explicit Temporale secundum usum Sarum noviter compilatum in laudem et honorem dei cui sit honor et gloria in secula seculorum amen. Anno do' millesimo cccemo xxx° quinto. Then follows a list of the chief feasts of the church of Salisbury, the times when the paschal candles are to be lighted, modus dicendi gratias, benedictiones, &c.; after which occurs the distich Qui scripsit scripta, sua dextera sit benedicta Est dbxkd nomen, cui felix det Deus omen. The Kalendar follows, then, f. 210, the Psalter and Canticles, the Litany, and after a blank page in f. 264b, the Commune Sanctorum, with several lections not found in the printed breviaries: the Proprium Sanctorum begins as usual with the vigil of S. Andrew, f. 292, and ends f. 457, with SS. Saturninus and Sisinnius. For St Osmund a note in f. 369 refers to the Commemoratio unius episcopi et confessoris; and for the services for the Visitation of the B. V. and the Transfiguration of our Lord, notes in ff. 361, 385 refer the reader to the end of the volume, where they occupy the last 24 leaves. A second hand begins at f. 250, a third at f. 258, and a fourth at f. 458. The volume ends f. 481 a. On the first blank leaf at the beginning is the name Damazs Swguato. * [? david.] 625 626 627664 665 666 Dd. x. 67. A paper book, in quarto, containing on 146 pages 'An humble remonstrance to his Maty against the tax of Shippe Money imposed, laying open the illegality, injustice, and abuse and inconvenience thereof." Begins: Most Gratious... We your poore and loyall subiects of this your realme of England, now grieved and oppressed... The title differs slightly from that of the tract attributed to W. Prynne, in Watt, Bibl. Brit. 780 b. Dd. x. 68. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. Dd. xr. 1-38. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. Dd. XI. 39. A quarto, on paper, of 104 leaves, many of which in the middle of the book are left blank, the writing beginning at both ends. The MS. is irregularly paged, the figures not marking the true numbers of the leaves as they stand. A Note Book of Edmund Castell: see Dd. vi. 4. The notes are miscellaneous, chiefly Æthiopick: occasionally Arabick or Hebrew with English renderings: part also is in cypher. Some of the leaves had previously contained anecdotes, &c. from classical and other sources, in pale ink, and a straggling hand, which are still legible under Castell's notes. Dd. XI. 40. A small paper book, in quarto, bound up with the two following Numbers. 'Names expounded of certein regions and places, such specially az though sum of them straunge and distaunt by space, yet familiar and common in speech, heereby the better too vnderstand the cauz of the name and qualitie of the place,' by W. Patten, 1584. The dedication to 'Syr Thomas Bromeley, Knight, Lord Chauncelour of England,' is dated and signed by the author*. The work is written in an engrossing hand. At the end is 'Hic anchora fixa maneto.' *Compare his 'Calender of Scripture... London 1675,' in Watt, Bibl. Brit. 737 m. 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'Registre contenant les Actes des Colloques des Eglises de l'Isle de Jersey commences au mois de Septembre, l'an du Seigneur mil cinq cente, et septante sept, et finissant le quatorzieme iour du mois de Nouembre en l'an mil six cente et quatorze.' This title is on f. 1. On f. 2 commences: Colloque tenu a St Sauueur le iour de Septembre et continue le 19° d'octobre 1577 en pres de Monsieur le lieutenant, M' de la trinite et M' de Maufaut, auec les Ministeres et Anciens. Spaces are left for the dates of this Colloque and the next. The names of the 'Ministres' and 'Anciens' first appear (f. 131) in the report of the 'Colloque tenu le 27 decemb. 1605, and are given on all subsequent occasions. Dd. XI. 44. A quarto, on paper, 118 leaves (including blanks), about 20 lines in each page, handwriting of the latter half of the xvith century. 671 AN ALBUM, Containing sonnets, love-songs, dedications, &c. chiefly in French, and belonging, it would seem, to a young Flemish nobleman ('Jacobo Marnixio Santaldegondio,' or 'Jacques de Marnix, zoone van Myn H. Philips de Marnix, H. van S. Aldegonde ;' see fol. 49, a, and Wilhelm Broes, Filip van Marnix, Amsterdam, 1840). Many of the sonnets are addressed to Flemish ladies by the owner, and other pieces to himself by different scholars of his acquaintance. The dates are generally about 1580. Dd. XI. 45. A small quarto, on paper, of the xvth century, paged throughout. A Collection of MEDICAL TREATISES, variously written, but nearly of the same date. 1. ff. 1-62 b. 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 two chapters of the book are wanting in the MS.; and towards the end in 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. On the same page is Cura Fistule,' with a charm. 2. ff. 62 b-80 b. Uniform with the preceding. "Quedam capitula Trotule de passionibus mulierum." Begins: De nimia caliditate, &c.... Ends: ...infantis nutrimento non est conveniens. 3. ff. 80b-82 a. Explicit. "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 b. "Libellus magistri cardinalis docens purgare quatuor humores." Begins: O Medice accedens ad infirmum quem nunquam vidisti... |