Scope and Contents (1) ‘A Speech delivered in the Starre-Chamber by Sr Francis Bacon to all the Judges, on the last daye of Trinity Terme, 1617.' (2) 'The Resolutions [18 in number] of all the Judges in England upon severall questions against Popish Recusants. Trin. 2 Car. Regis.' (3) Ninety-one 'Articles given in Charge to the Grannd Jury concerninge Forrest Causes’. This differs from the Charge given in Manwood's Forest Laws. (4) 'Wraynham his Case in the Starre Chamber for slaunderinge the Lord Chancellor...

Scope and Contents 1. ff. 48. 'Thyngs touchinge the Quene of Scots.'2. Foolscap folio, of 10 leaves, ill­-written in the reign of James I. A Disquisition on the Origin of the Family of Stuart. On the first leaf is the following: 'A note tending to know his Majesties pleasure touching the conteyned controversie of Walter Stuart.' The object of the controversy is to prove that 'the very same Walter was one of the lawfully begotten sons of the most noble prince Trahaearn, son of Caradoc, King of North...

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An English translation, with additions, of a portion of the Annals of Zonaras. This is divided into three portions, styled History xvii, xviii, and xix, Of Judith, Of Tobias, and Of the kingdoms of Media and Persia. It is probably translated from Cousin's French Translation. There are corrections throughout in a different hand. this is a portion of Lady Wenman's translation, of which the rest is in Dd.01.18 and Dd.01.19.

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Probably made from 1st French edn (The Hague, 1684). Translation apparently unprinted. fos xiii, xiv, 395, 396: blank. fo. 397v: 'Bufin' (17th cent.) and scribbling in Italian.

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Early notebooks, notes for Cook's lectures, and material relating to Theocritus.

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Vol. I, 502 folios: (p. iii) title; (p. vii) list of contents to both volumes; (p. 1) dedicatory epistle to Cosmo de' Medici, Duke of Florence; (p. 11) preface; (p. 15) text. The volume ends in Bk XI on p. 359 of the printed edition of 1721. The companion volume is missing.

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Beg.: 'I intending (Deare sonne John) to spend ...' Ends: '... and weepe for the Miseries of others.' Unprinted. Dated 1667 at p. 176. On flyleaf: 'Isaac Hodgson' (in 19th cent. hand).

Scope and Contents Contents: Geoffrey Keating, MS copy of his History of Ireland, printed by Irish Texts Soc., 4 vols, London, 1902-14; 'Ionnsuighe Mhuighe Leana', text belonging to the 'short recension' of the MS described by K. Jackson, Cath Maighe Léna, Dublin, 1938; 'Cath Mhuighe Muchroimhe', not the version edited by W. Stokes (Revue Celtique 13 (1892), but probably that in modern Irish mentioned by him at pp. 428-9; Toruigheacht Cheallachain Caisil, MS version of text edited by A. Bugge, Oslo, 1905;...

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Oval Indian stamp at fo. 85v. Attached at end are 3pp. of notes on villages in the district.

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A facsimile transcript (including coloured initials) of the Leabhar na Huidri made by Eugene O'Curry, 152 folios. The transcript was probably made for Dr J. H. Todd, whose bookplate is inside the front cover and who has made occasional marginal notes in pencil. Notes by the transcriber are on on slips attached to fos 127 and 139. Many leaves are left blank to indicate gaps in the archetype.

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(pp. viii-196) Suffolk; (pp. 215-365) Cambridgeshire. Both counties ordered alphabetically. The vol. has been ruled for accounts. p. 295: 'I was here [Impington, Cambridgeshire] Ap. 9, 1726', with (p. 296) sketch of Impington Church. Stamps, inscriptions, and bookplates of Blomefield, Craven Ord, and Sir Thomas Phillipps.

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Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.

Scope and Contents The first part of the History of Guatemala written in 1690 by Francisco Antonio de Fuentès y Guzmán and dedicated to Charles II of Spain, 526 folios. The work is divided into a dedication (fo. iv), a preface (fo. 1v), sixteen books of text (fo.7) and a summary of contents (fo. 518). On fo. 487v is a rough plan of the town of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico, with rough drawings of buildings. On a fly-leaf is the name 'J. M. Bolio M. 1916', and on fo. i is the following note: 'The concluding two...

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Appended by Abraham Ecchellensis to his edition of the 'Chronicon Orientale', Paris, 1651. The extracts are from chs 20 (fos 1-15), 4 (fos 16-19), 6-9 (fos 20-67), 11-19 (fos 68-162), 21-3 (fos 163-87), and are written on the recto throughout. There are a few notes on the verso, in the same hand: in Latin at fos 49v-50v, 59v, 62v, and in English at fos 53v and 67v, as well as at foot of fo. 1. Verso otherwise blank, as are fos 188-92. Index in same hand at fos i-vi.

Scope and Contents Ff. 10–19 are misplaced between ff. 39 and 40. 1. f. 1. 'An advertisement written to a Secretary of my Lord Treasurers of England by an Englishe Intelligencer as hee passed through Germanie into Italie, concerninge another booke newlie written in Latine and published in divers languages and countries against her Majesties late Proclamation for search and apprehension of Seminarie Preists and theire Receivers.—Also of a lettre written by the Lord Treasurer in defence of his gentrie and...

Scope and Contents 1. f. 1. 'The narrative of his Highnesse Prince Rupert to the House of Commons in Parliament concerning the miscarriages in the late warr.' 2. f. 5. 'The Narrative of the Duke of Albemarle,' on the same subject. 3. f. 13. Proceedings of 'the Committee appoynted to inquiere into the miscarriages of the late warre, Febr. 13, 1667'. 4. f. 21. 'The Scheame of the Managment of the Customes, 1671, in London.' 5. f. 28. Accompts payable to the Bishop of Norwich from certain...

Scope and Contents 1. f. 1. 'Coronatio Edwardi Secundi post Conquestum.' At end is written, 'Ex libro quodam veteri Domini Henrici Sydnei.' 2. f. 2. 'De honore et conductu qui fieri solet Regi Scotorum, quotiens venerit in Angliam ad mandatum Regis Angliae.' 3. f. 2. • De discordia inter Wilhelmum, regem Scotorum, et H. [Hugh Pudsey], Dunelmensem episcopum.' 4. f. 2. 'De coronatione regis Ricardi primi.' The account here given relates to Richard's second coronation, at Winchester, in 1194....

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Written in an early nineteenth century hand, and possibly a translation, 182 folios. Fos i, xi, 169, and the verso throughout are blank.

Scope and Contents An anonymous historical compilation in two parts, each preceded by a preface, and copiously annotated. Book I (fos 1-56) comprises 47 chapters, consisting of annals of the history of Ireland to the time of Conn Cedchathach, said by the author to be taken mainly from the works of Keating, O'Flaherty and Warner, and serving as the introduction to Book II. Book II consists of translations from Irish of (1) the narrative of the battle of Maighe Lena (fos 58-92), from a manuscript of the 'short...

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The work consists of the family histories and arms of the principal families of the state of Florence. There are eight sheets of foolscap inserted, (not attached) containing the arms of many Italian families, also another sheet containing a Relazione dell' ultima Infirmita e della morte di Luigi xiv Re di Francia. It is dedicated to Ferdinand I., Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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'Delle historie memorabili contiene le Guerre d'Italia de' nostri tempi', possibly in the author's own hand.

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A collection of letters to Lord Acton, nearly all relating to the Cambridge Modern History. The principal correspondent is his co-editor W.A.J. Archbold; the remainder are for the most part potential or actual contributors to the History, replying to Acton's invitations to take part or writing about their contributions. Appended are a further letter of A.W. Ward, 1914, and one of Herbert Butterfield, 1964, relating to the collection, and a few miscellaneous papers. 291 items.

Scope and Contents 1. Family papers The papers contain material relating to the Actons of Naples: Commodore John Acton, his nephew J.F.E. Acton and H. Acton, a midshipman; material concerning the Dalberg family, particularly the family property on the Rhine, at Herrnsheim; a few manuscripts relating to Lord Granville; and the 1st Lord Acton's personal papers, including those covering his early years, his parliamentary career and interest in Ireland, relations with his family, and the period of his life spent...

Scope and Contents Comprised of biographical materials, material related to Needham's time at Cambridge, documentation of his work with the Sino-British Science Cooperation Office (SBSCO), materials relatd to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), documentation of research, publications, lectures and broadcasts, visits and conferences, records of involvement with societies and oganisations, documentation of work in politics and interest in religion and society, and a...