Elizabethan Manuscripts and Documents-continued. 5 HEREFORDSHIRE.-Doc. signed by Thos. Conyngesbye and Thos. Harley, 2nd May, 1599, being on order for the payment of £42 for conduct money and for conducting 200 men into Ireland, addressed to the Deputie-Lieutenant of the co. of Hereford, 15s Sir Thomas Coningsby was M.P. for Hereford, 1593 and 1601; founded Hospital at Hereford, 1614. 6 MANOR COURT.-Account of the Proceedings at the Manor Court held for the Manor of Mapledurham, April 26, 1594, with names of the jurors, &c. business transacted related to digging stone and marle in Weston, cutting an oak in Weston, maintaining gates, &c., 10s 6d 7 The NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.-Doc. signed by Thomas Stanhope, a Justice of the Peace of the County of Nottingham, dated October, 1574. 10s d 8 PARSONS (Robert, Jesuit Missionary) I EICESTER'S COMMONWEALTH. Manuscript of the end of the sixteenth century, 42 leaves including first blank, written in a neat secretary hand, with the names in red ink, folio, bds., £4 10s (circa 1600) 9 PECKE (Thomas) Portion of a Document (15 long lines), by the Garter principall King of Arms, granting arms to Thonias Pecke, Lord Mayor of Norwich, 10s 6d 10 SPEECHES, ORATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIA NTAINING MENT temp. QUEEN ELIZABETH, 1575-80. AN IMPORTANT VOLUME CO 66 (circa 1586) everal The first piece in this volume is well knewn, being Sir Nicholas Bacon's Oration to Queen Elizabeth exhorting her to marriage, but a great many other pieces appear to be unknown, including s others by Sir Nicholas Bacon. Among the contents will be found the following:An Oration made by the Lorde Keper to the Queenes Matie in her Gallery at Westminster exhort. her to mariage. inge The Aunswere given in the Queenes person to the Lo. Mayor when he was presented. An Oracion made to the Queenes Matie by the Lord Keper concerninge her mariage and the successic of the Crowne. The Effecte of the Speche used by the sayde Lorde Kep. unto the Queenes Matie at such time as her Highnes firste called him to serve. The Speache used by the Lo. Kep. some dayes before Christmas anno 1559 at the Councell board concerninge an ayde required by the Scotts for the removinge of the French out of Scotland. A Speache used by the Lo. Kep. in a Councell in the end of mdsom. terme, 1562, when it was brought in question whether the entervewe betwene the Q. Matie and the Scotish Q. were convenient to be allowed of or noe. The effect whereof he spake in July to the Q. at Greenwich. Followed by several other Speeches by the Lord Keeper, 1575-1576, and then with reports of Proceedings in Parliament, 1575 to 1586. 11 TACITUS.-The Historie of Cornelius Tacitus. The Life of Julius Agricola, written by Tacitus. Annotations upon the Life of Agricola. Annotations 12 VARAMUND (Ernest) THE TREWE AND PLAYNE REPORTE OF THE This work was published in Latin, with a fictitious imprint, "Edinburgi, Anno Salutis humanæ, 1573," 4to. And an English translation was printed in the same year "At Striveling, in Scotland," sm. 8vo. The name of the translator of the " Striveling edition is not known. It is not the same as this translation, by Rycharde Goldesburgh. The work has been attributed by some to Theodore Beza, and by others to Hubert Languet. n 13 ABERCROMBY (Sir Ralph, famous General) A.L.s., 1 pp., 4to, Edinburgh, October 7th, 1797, addressed to a Lady, with reference to her sons, 6s 14 AINSWORTH (William Harrison) A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo, August 1st, 1872, addressed to " My dear Mr. Parker," relating to a vist to Wolverhampton, 6s 15 ALBUM, CONTAINING A FINE AND IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ABOUT 16 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, ONE HUNDRED FRANKED 66 containing an Interesting Collection of about a hundred and Eight Autograph Letters signed (many being of Famous Artists) and a Hundred and Fifteen Signatures. the A.Lrs. s. include Edwin A. Abbott; William Black; Prof. Blackie; Count Bernstorff (2); Lady Charlotte Bury (A.L. in 3rd person); M. E. Braddon; C W. Shirley Brooks; Princess Christian; Mrs. Craik (Dinah Maria Mulock); Sir Charles Wentworth; Lord Granville: King George II. 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Gladstone, John Gilbert, Charles Gounod, Douglas Jerrold, Benjamin Jowett, Charles Kingsley, Lord Palmerston, &c. All neatly mounted in 4to volume, half morocco, £2 10s 17 ALBUM, containing a Collection of about one hundred Autograph Letters Signed, One Hundred and Fifteen Franked Envelopes, and Forty-five Signatures. The A. Lrs. s. include Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Lord Derby (3rd person), Cardinal Manning, Sir Stafford Northcote, Lord Coleridge, D. M. Craik, Prof. Cairns, Henry Morley, Bishop Boyd Carpenter, Dean Farrar, C. H. Spurgeon, Lord Lister, Prof. Max Müller, Lord Bulwer Lytton, Sir Charles Hallé (A.L. in 3rd person), Joseph Joachim, Sir Walter Besant, J. G. Lockhart (part of A.L., with sig. in full), Queen Victoria (A.L. in 3rd person), Duchess of Teck, Dr. Croly (initials), Madame Sainton-Dolby, William Howitt, Mary Howitt, Thomas Chalmers, a fragment of manuscript in the handwriting of S. T. Coleridge, &c. 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All mounted in sm. 4to volume, half morocco, £1 12s 18 containing a number of Poems by well-known Authors, including Andrew Marvell, Coleridge, Bishop Heber, Lord Bulwer Lytton, Samuel Rogers, Richard Montgomery, &c., and others which appear to be original; also Seven Original Drawings (two coloured) and Six Engravings, 4to, morocco, binding rubbed, 5s 19 ALEXANDER VII.-VITA D'ALESSANDRO VII., PAPA, a most extensive history of his reign at the Vatican, from the Colonna Library, thk. 4to, vellum, £1 12s This manuscript is said to have been written by the Papal Secretaries in the Vatican during the year 1600. 20 ARISTOTLE.-The Works of Aristotle, translated into English from the original Greek by Wm. Wither Beach, Esq., Vol. I. (contains the Categoricks and the De Interpretatione), 155 leaves, clearly written, folio, half calf, 10s 6d (1767) 21 ARNOLD (Matthew) A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo, Education Department, Whitehall, 1885, addressed to Mr. Myhill on educational matters, with franked envelope, 10s 6d 22 ARTISTS-viz.: Sir Edward J. Poynter, A.L.s., 2 pp., 8vo, July 12th, 1886; Sir W. B. Richmond, A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo, Nov. 1897; and H. Stacy Marks, Auto. 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Lrs. s. of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wolseley (2), and Lord Halsbury, with autograph signatures of Sir Redvers Buller, and the Marquis of Salisbury, 12s 6d the lot 27 BETICA, &c.-The History of the Country of Betica, and the Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses, Books 9, 10. 17 and 18, manuscript, written in a childish hand, covering 170 pages, sm. 4to, vellum, autograph signature inside cover "Miss Kew," lettered on back, "English Themes," 58 circa 1800 28 BIRMINGHAM. - Commonplace Book, containing an immense amount of interesting information relating to Birmingham and Staffordshire, from the earliest times, including chronological extracts from Barclay's Dictionary, Fuller's Worthies, &c., topographical surveys, geological data, accounts of the establishment of the churches and schools, municipal buildings and streets, a history of the Paget family, accounts of the neighbouring towns of Wolverhampton, Lichfield, Worcester, &c., manuscript covering 866 pages, closely written, thk. 4to, half morocco, £2 28 CENT. XIX. 29 BODINI (Joannis, 1530-1596) De Abditis Rerum Sublimium Arcanis, Libri sex, Guos ex probato MS. viz Egregius De Senicour transcripsit. Anno Circiter, 1730, Parisiis, beautifully written manuscript covering 391 pages, folio, oak bds., half covered leather, monastic style, front bd. broken and binding worn, £1 15s CENT. XVIII. Endorsed on fly-leaf, "Cet ouvrage a été achetté à la mort de M. De Selicourt la Somme de 140 francs, par M. Antoine Hunée Ribéiro Sanchés 1st Medecin, D'anne Gran, et D'Elisabeth Petrowna Imperatrice de Russie." 30 BODLEY (Sir Thomas, Founder of the Bodleian Library) Document on Vellum of the early part of the Seventeenth Century, with the autograph signatures of Sir Thomas Bodley, Sir John Poyntz, Henry Finch and Walter Wentworth being an assignment of rent charges to Sir Thomas Bodley and his partners, countersigned by Richard Sherwood, John Croston, Isembart Christopher, and two others, with the seals of the partners, two damaged, £2 28 CENT. XVII. 3s 31 BRADDON (Mary Elizabeth, Novelist) Quotation from her popular Novel, “ Aurora Floyd,” in the Author's handwriting and signed, 1 p., 8vo, n.d. 32 BRIGHT (John) Interesting A.L.s., 3 pp., 8vo, January 23rd, 1861, endorsed Private," addressed to M. De Léancourt, concerning the encouragement of peaceful relations between England and France, 78 6d 33 66 A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo, March 6th, 1883, addressed to W. B. Church, in answer to a resolution of the trades council who desire Bright's support to a certain bill, 5s 34 BROWNING (Robert) Fine A.L.s., 3 pp., 8vo, Paris, Oct. 16, 1851, addresssd to "My dear Ward." Browning enquires as to whether Ward had received a parcel of books he had sent him, also speaks of his holiday abroad and mentions Carlyle, £2 10s 35 36 37 "We got away from London, I should tell you, a fortnight ago, and jouinied hither by the long Dieppe and Rouen way, but merrily enough, for (I'd have you to know) Carlyle was of our party. After some infructuous lodging hunting, we chose the sunny side of the Avenue here, resolving not to mind its remoteners from the centre of life and good things-The weather is fully Siennese and almostFlorentine; but people write from England that you have a capital time of it also," etc. A.L.s., 2 pp., 8vo, Warwick Crescent, October 27th, 1872, to his brother, Reuben, concerning the trustees of some stock, mentions his son, £1 128 "It will be greatly more convenient than that Roberts' name should be associated with mine, for many reasons-as he has nothing to do with the dividends . . . only an eventual interest in the money, etc. A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo, June 21st, 1881, addressed to "My dear Mrs. Moscheles," regretting his inability to accept an invitation, £1 1s A. Note s., 1 p., 8vo, 19 Warrick Crescent, July 14th, 1873, addressed to My dear Reuben," giving him Joseph Arnold's address, 7s 6d 66 38 BRYDGES (Sir Samuel Egerton, Antiquary and Author) Very Interesting A.L.s. (signed Chandos of Sudeley), 4 pages, folio, Geneva, 19th and 20th Nov., 1834, closely written in double columns, addressed to Mr. Cochrane, with reference to his autobiography, an interesting letter, full of literary gossip, with address and postmarks, 12s 6d "I will get back from Macrone the Autobiographical MSS.-who can have no occasion for them-he is too much occupied with the Milton to take up other subjects. I believe I will find a few more anecdotes of Mrs. Montagu to relate; chiefly literary with some of Mrs. Carter, . . . I shall also have a few piquant words to say of Hannah More a woman of a most ridiculous vanity and selfconceit!.. I wish a Review could be established called The Impartial Journal-which should reject all influence from politics :-. . . It would succeed!-- There has not often been a period when more extraordinary characters have appeared than in the last 50 years. I doubt if Napoleon's character is yet understood-I am sure that of a much less man-Canning, is not, nor Byron's; nor, perhaps, Scott's :-nor Coleridge's !-Burke's begins at least to be fairly appreciated. I should like to see a good History of the Reign of Geo. 3, none such has yet been written. the secret of the American War, so long continued with so little success, is,-that the King would have his own way upon it, and that no minister was allowed to dictate to him on that subject," etc. I believe 39 BRYDGES (Sir Samuel Egerton) Interesting A.L.s. of 2 pp., 4to, closely written in double columns, Geneva, 29th and 30th of January, 1836, addressed to Mr. Cochrane, relating to Sir Samuel Brydges' autobiography, his edition of the Fairy Queen, Allen Cunningham's The Lives of the Poets, Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets, &c., with address and postmarks, 10s 6d 40 41 "It is now more than thirteen weeks since I have been confined to my bed. I cannot exist without some literary occupation-If I attempt it, my mind preys upon itself, and consumes me! What The Lives of the Poets I can do easiest is Biographical character, as Poetry is out of fashion. I leave to Allan Cunningham. Beg him not to omit my favourite Dr. Sneyd Davies, nor John Bamfylde, and I hope he will give a conspicuous place to old Lord Buckhurst. Never was any Book more wanted than a good collection of Lives of the British Poets.-And never was a more mischievous Book than the Work by Johnson. Half a century has now passed away; and yet its poison has not been expelled. If the Public approves my notes on Milton, I think I could do at least as wellperhaps better on Spenser," etc. Very Interesting A.L.s. (signed Chandos of Sudeby), 4 pp., 4to, closely written, in double columns, Geneva 23rd-24th December, 1835, addressed to Mr. Cochrane, Waterloo Place, an important letter, full of literary gossip, with address and postmarks, 10s 6d "Death has been busy with celebrated names - Crabbe, Coleridge, Spencer, Lamb, Mrs. Hemans, Sothebey, Mathias and Hogg of all these, I like the poetry of Mrs. Hemans best. I am anxious to read what Allan Cunningham has to say on these poets or versifiers. Perhaps, however, he will not come so low! I have much to say on the English Poets, but as Cunningham has undertaken the task, I forbear, yet I am anxious to give a new Edition of Spenser-with a Life-I wish YOU would hazard it. I would prefix to every Canto critical Introductory Remarks-without these, the Fairy Queen will no longer interest the popular reader, yet Spencer must always (with the exception of Shakespeare) stand next to Milton-and with the recommendation that his genius is quite of a different kind from Milton's-more fluent, more copious,-not so sublime, but more varied. No one can understand the metrical force and buoyancy of the English language, who is not familiar with Spenser. With him it reached a richness, beyond which, I think, it has never gone! - Almost all poetical invention ceased-not with Spenser-but with Milton," etc. A.L.s., 1 p., 4to, written in double columns, Geneva, 22nd October, 1833, addressed to Messrs. Cochrane and Macrone. Sir Samuel suggests the publication of a new periodical, with address and postmarks, and a portrait, 78 6d I "As you have been accustomed to the publication of a Periodical, I suggest to you the following:-A Literary Journal of 3, 4 or 5 sheets to be published the 15th of every month, when other Journals do not come out and if necessary, twice a month, viz., 1st and 15th Its price must thus be low. would undertake to furnish the matter on such terms, as might be agreed on; and I have a friend in London who would undertake the management. The matter should be: 1, Biographical; 2, Political; 3, Moral; 4, Critical; 5, Antiquarian; 6, Imagination; 7, Poetry; 8, Antiques or History; 9, Literary, Obituary, etc All should be original, and in a high style. The politics would be Whig! etc. 42 BUCKLAND (Rev. 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