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Things relating toWAR.
Indian Bow;
it is made of
long yet not an Inch broad, the
String very strong and thick. Arrows above four Foot long, of
fine unjointed Cane,
but not feathered:
hooked, about four Inches above the glewed
Swath; tis partly Qua
drangular, and hath on each Side four sharp Points, like
Fish-Hooks.
Persian Bow; tis delicately in-laid, painted
and gilt, yet the
String nothing so good as that of the
Indian Bow; it is 4 ½ Foot long,
and four Inches
thick in the middle, from thence flat, 1 ½ Inch broad. Arrows better than two Foot long, feathered as ours; six of them
only pointed
with Iron, but twelve with Hooks Pheon-like.
Indian Armour; this consists only of three Scales made
of thin Whale-Bone, each about three Inches long, and near 1 ½ broad,
coupled to
the next by three Thongs of Leather on the inner Side,
but very well glazed with black
Varnish on the outer. I lately saw
an entire Suit of this Sort of Armour in the London.
D.
Tomahaw, or fighting Club from
hard Wood, like Box, above two Foot long, tapering from a little
more than an Inch
broad at the Handle, to three Inches at the other
End, where it terminates in a Knob or
Ball eight Inches round: Up
on one Side is drawn an odd Figure supposed to represent one
of their
Idols whose Assistance they implore; upon the Bowing at the End is
a Lizard
nine Inches long, cut out of the same Piece of Wood, arti
ficially enough, considering
its being wrought with Flints by the Native
Indian Kings, lately at London, is drawn
with such an one in his Hand. This was brought me from
by Chr. Gale Esq
Indian Arrow with a Flint Head,
of an Orange Colour, in the
Form of those called Elves-Arrows in
two Foot two Inches long) is only feathered on
two Sides. It was
brought from the John Wood
and the Rest of the Arrows to King James II
Indian Shield, ten Foot and a half in Circumference,
four
Inches above a Yard in Diameter; it is made of light Wood, cover
ed first with
Leather, and then fine Linen Cloth, delicately painted
with Variety of Colours and
Workmanship; at the Center of the Ins
ide is placed a strong Handle of Wood, and about
six Inches from it
one more pliable of Leather; both fastened with Leathern Thongs.
This
was brought from the
ven me by his Brother
Tho. Garway
Indian Target; this is not two Foot in Diameter,
painted
with green and yellow Branches upon a Scarlet Ground; in the Cen
ter is a
Scochean with a Sort of Harpy, or perhaps Lion passant gar
dant Or, in a Field of Vert.
Ground an
Reptils about him; this is much heavier than the rest, and hath the
Sides fastened together by Octangular Brass Studs.
of all the
Indian Shields was sent me by Dublin,
Esq
coloured Silk, embroidered with Gold and Silver; the Concave Side
is covered
with Velvet: It is about two Yards and a half in Circum
ference. Tama inlaid with seven Rows
of white Studs perforated, that seem
hauke
to be the best Sort of Wampampeage, and Brass Annulets. It is a de
sperate Weapon, being armed with a
blewish Marble or Flint, a Foot
long, and sharp at both Ends.
Indian poisoned Dagger, the Hilt is a firm Wood like
Box, very
curiously carved into an Antique Form (perhaps one of
their Idols,
whose Help was invocated;) this hath the whole Body, not the
Head alone, as
that in Grew'spag. 266
waved, whence called by some a
Flaming Sword, near 16 Inches long,
damask'd with Gold near the Hilt.
Turkish Scimiter, the Blade near two Foot
long, an Inch broad
'till towards the End, where it is 1 ½; the black Hilt,
adorned with
blanch'd Metal engraved, is formed into a kind of antique Head:
fenced with red
Leather, which on the Fore-side is cut into Branches,
and laid upon various Colours.
This was presented by the Dey of
Algiers to Hen.
LumleyRussel,
Fleet, lay before that Place, and was given me by his Brother
Geo. Lumley
Spanish Weapon, almost in Form of an Halbert; the Wood is
adorned with Brass Studs, the Iron (which is a
little damask'd) en
graven with the Figure of a Castle, &c.
Perhaps that of Butler
the Charles IIIAn.
Copper Sword, or antique Skeine found
in
Yard long,
besides that Part which hath been fasten'd in the Handle
by six Nails, as appears by the
Holes for them; though the Wood
be consumed, tis about two Inches broad in the Middle,
tapers to
the End. Don. D. Highland
Whinger, 14 Inches
long, 1 ¼ broad; next to the Hilt (which is of Wood
brought in Wreaths)
is gradually smaller
edged, this hath but one, the Back being ½ Inch thick, furrowed, and
hath
24 Holes drill'd through it;
of Leather. Don.
not much different. Don.
Scotch Dirk; it differs from all the former,
the Blade being made
Quadrangular Tuck-wise for pushing; it is
Parcel gilt, 8 ½ Inches
long, the Handle is of Ivory, with a small Cross-Bar of
the same.
In the Sheath are Places for Knife, Bodkin, &c.
large Sword, the Hilt, which is of Wood, with an Iron Pomel,
is above half a Yard long, and the Cross-bar above 1 ½ Foot, the
Blade is four
Foot in Length, and two Inches broad; it seems to be
Edw. the 3d'sGodfrey Haddon
of
was during the victoriousHenry the 6th's
at
Paris, An. Basket-Hilt be
ing not near so ancient.Wheel-lock Pistol, the
Stock and large Pomel curiously inlaid
with Ivory: Given me by Gantlet faced with Velvet, the
Studs gilt. Don. D.
than a Leather Glove, near two Foot long to secure the
Arm: It is
very strong, full half Inch thick. Belt, or Girdle
of Needle-work,
Variety of Colours, lined with Velvet. Don. D.
antique Stirrup, but short of the
where.
Queen Elizabeth's Steel, on
one Side are the Queen's Arms with Gar
ter and Crown, under her Majesty's Bust inlaid and
gilt, with E R.
On the otherAntonio, King of
when he came into
Gift of Harrison
Indian Arrow near two Yards long, of a fine unjointed
Cane,
feathered on two Sides; it is armed with a smooth and flat Stick or
Cane, an Inch
broad, and more than a Foot long, with a sharp Point;
where it is joined with the Shaft
it is kept from cracking with a Swath
or Bandage fastned with
fine Glew.
smooth Cuspis hath a Spike
of hard Wood 14 Inches long, with 16
Notches or Hooks upon one Side, and none upon the
other, which is
round and smooth; both the Present of Fran. Place Arrows from 2 Foot to 2 ½;
triple-feathered, and armed with
Iron.poisoned Arrow, the smallest of all being but nine Inches in Length, and
about
the Thickness of a Crow's Quill. Don.
Ball of Stone shot out of the Cannon called the Queen's Pocket-Pistol, in the late Wars
from Cavalier-Hill into this Street; it is yet above
a Yard in
Circumference. Don. Spur of Charles I
dozen Points 3 ½ Inches
from the Heel, the whole curiously wrought
and gilded.Sword Hilt, the Guard,
or Basket Work
inlaid with Silver, found at Will. Milner Esq Spurs of
the like Workman
ship.Protestant Flayle, given me by a Popish
Recusant. Man of War, which by Means of a covert
Conveyance through the
Body of the Ship, discharges 16 Guns: It was made by Order of
John Thoresby Cannon.
Artillery of
Heaven, viz. a Piece of sturdy Oak Thunder-struck,
shivered into
very small Fibres at
me by Rob.
Plompton EsqPewter
melted and run into small Lumps by Lightning at the June 1700Tin
same Time, yet a Bit of Straw-Work that was by it, not so much as
singed.
(Vide Phil. Trans N° 264.
ning in the Hand of John Seynor, as
he was riding over
MoorDec. 1710
Lightning and Hail, as offered to be
deposed upon Oath before John
Dodgson Esq Bell- from
Metal
Nov. 1711John
Hough Nails
strangely soldered to
gether, taken out of the Ruins of the City of
ral Conflagration
Hall in this House, just under the Musæum, burnt to a perfect Cinder
in the Night,
when the Family were asleep, yet no further Damage
done, kept as a Memorial of a
watchful Providence.Rape-Oil Mill at
Bridge was burnt Oct. 1708
six distinct Lares upon each other; the inmost thinnest, and
gradual
ly thicker to ¼ Inch; given me by
rage and Activity in suppressing the
Flames (which might have en
dangered much of the Town) was very commendable.
Instruments relating to the MATHEMATICKS.
Telescope large and curious, both the Tube turned, and the
Glas
ses grinded by the Rev. and ingenious Tho. Sharp M. A.
Don. Vid.
Globes 15 Inches Diameter. Way-wiser.Magnifying Burning Multiplying Weather
arising out of an artificial Rock, and supported by four Columns:
This was amongst the
Invention with tinctured Water, but is now much
exceeded by the
Mercurial Tubes.
Ivory Multiplication Table; tis about 2 Inches long, and 1
½ broad,
yet can serve for any Sum, from a Farthing to Ten thousand Pounds.
It is
supposed to have belonged to the Priory of
shireWill.
Neville Esq
the Figures are no just Objection against its
Antiquity; for I have
a Book printed An.
Number.Astronomical
dexes and Circles, with obsolete Characters, from amongst
Kirk
Curiosities.
ly fixed upon seasoned Wood, from the same Musæum.Brass, somewhat
resembling a Roman Galley; it seems designed by its
moveable Gnomon, for Dialing, but the Figures are antique
Portable Dial, with a Needle to direct the setting it in any
Place
upon Travel. Don. Column Dial, which being
soiled, and of uncertain
Latitude, was renewed and calculated for this
Town by the ingenious Joseph BlandBeeston.
for the Library Window, by the celebrated Abr. Sharp
Bigness of a Crown-Piece. Don.
ted Brick-Tiles, contrived and made by Addle-Mill
(who sent it me); it prevents a great
Consumption of Hair-Cloths that
he formerly used in drying Oats,
&c.
Houshold-Stuffs, Habits, &c.
Barbadoes Rush-Basket, very prettily woven by
the
men
ed with a deep Tawney; the Caul at the Bottom is of
Thread or
Cotton close and thick woven without any of the Rush Work.
Indian Dish made of the Bark of a Tree, the Bottom,
Sides and
Ends of one entire Piece, only stitch'd at the Corners to bring it in
to Form;
the Rim, which is wrought in little Squares of yellow and
dark Colour, is two Foot
round.
is broad, yet as deep, viz. two Inches.
Kouser,Midgeley
the
Place that can be wrought so fine; it is as
thin as Glass, yet will en
dure the Fire Platter of the same Materials,Kouser is
very
odd, having a Sort of Net-work fixed in the straitest Part of the
Neck, which is to
prevent the flushing out of the Liquor, when the
Natives pour it, at the Arms Length,
into their open Mouths with
out touching their Lips.
German Pot, with three Stories of
ring the Lion,
conquered by
very well
proportioned in Low-Reliefe. Tankard
made of a natural
Knot of Wood, that seems as if engraved by Art. (Don. D.
Plaxton LondSerpentine Marble.gilded Cup
made
of the Skin of an Elks Leg, which, with
the Foot and Cover
(that are carved and gilt) advance the Cup half a Foot above a Yard
high. Don. D. Horn dyed red.
Indian Gurglot, 19 Inches round, made of blewish Clay
full of Mica or Cat-Silver; it is said to
keep the Liquor cool, though exposed
all Day to the Heat of the Sun, and suffocating hot
Winds, that blow
from Eight before, till Four after Noon. (Waldoe
turn'd out of Elm Wood, as fine as Walnut.Juniper;
of Lignum Vitæ, and of a Skale of white
Wood.Coco-nut
cut for a drinking Cup. Indian Bottle made of a Pear-Calablash; it
is about twelve Inches long and fifteen round, though but one
Inch
Diameter at the Neck. Indian Wine
Bottle made of a large round
Gourd two Foot in Circumference, painted of a dark
red Colour with
out, and seems to have been rosin'd within.
Salt-sellars and Ink-horns of different Forms and
Sizes;black Marble polished, but are indeed only the Lancashire Canal-Coal. Don.
son Cohawn, on which is rudely represented a Man on Horse-back,
with Dogs Hunting;
it is a Piece of pure Irish Houshold-Stuff (for Bonny-Clabor or Balcan) not used by the
the Mader: This runs upon Wheels, but has no
need of Girths as the
former, all the four Sides being one entire Piece of hollowed
Wood;
'tis painted with red and black. Dram-cup from
all three sent me by
Mary MarshallPewter
Chalice
of antique Work; tis gilt, and was probably used for the Eucharist
before Silver generally obtained.
digged up at Plaxton
and James I.Copper Candle-
stick
there being a Spire for the Wax Taper, and three Saints inlaid;
the
whole gilt and enamel'd.
Indian Porringer almost in the Form of a
Roman Simpulum, on
ly the Handle not so long.
Indian Cup of Cane-work
admirably
fine, as if Needle-work of fine Thread or Silk (seventy two in an Inch.)
Don.
D.
Jud. Dickenson Lond. Basket of Twig-work very cu
riously wrought
with Branches and Flowers of various Colours inter
mixed, from Stove used
by the
Dutch Vrow for
warming the Feet in Bed.
Don. Rad. Dixon Lond.
Place Muggs made in the Houghton
of his useful
ham
insuperable, because it must be burnt to that Degree,
that the Heat of
the Fire made the Sides fall
ed
the Difficulty, and hath many Years ago actually made several very
delicate Pots of
gether with one of the coarse Mugs and Covers, made purely to pre
serve
them from the Violence of the Fire in baking.
Abbot of Kirkstal's drinking Glass, with waved Stripes of white
Enamel; it is
near a Foot deep, and nine Inches round; yet quite
out-done by a Cup long preserved in
the
tants, to
patronize their Drunkenness, alledge Magnus
stle used to drink in, and present it full
of Liquor to their Bishop the
first Time he comes amongst them. This here was the
Present of my
Cousin Marshals, of
which Family was
the last Person, who diedAbbot of
ing surrendered by his Successor.
Speck of Gold, &c. Rummer, with a Buck-hunting well represent
ed.
enclosed.Glass
Flower-pot overlaid with Bugle Work very nicely,
in Form of one of the Horti imaginarii, with Roses, Daisies, and other
Flowers,
Strawberries, and small Fruits in great Variety of Colours;
by Ruth Thoresby
Abbot of Salt-seller; it hath eight Triangular Salts
placed in the Stock,
which is of coarse Marble or Stone, with a Hol
low for one of Silver in the Top. Don.
Leod.Juniper;
and Maddox
Indian Spoon of very fine Wood tip'd with Silver;
odd
me by
Major Richard Milburn. Cheese-Trenchers, both the
Square, which
turn into the Form of a Book, and a Box.
painted and
gilt, with
than the Cheese, though that be full Three Score.
Norway Cheese of
Goat's Milk 5 ½
Inches broad, odd waved in the Vat. Don. Jews unleavened
the Passover. Don. D.
Burrough Lond.
Cassada-bread made of the Root of a Ricinus
Americanus; the Figure
whereof is excellently engraved in Sloan
Tab. 141. the Description of it, pag. 130. and the Manner of making
Pag. XVIII. of the Introduction
that any Creature drinking of it swells and dies presently, yet Peo
ple who
feed constantly upon this Bread live long and healthfully;
it is taken as Biscuit for
Ships upon long Voyages: This was given
me thirty Years ago by Walter Brearey Cassada or Sciam, brought of late Years from
the Rach. Holdsworth
Oil from the Oil of Earth, good for Pains and
Aches.
sparkles a little; whence it is (perhaps) that it is called the
Philosophers Stone; both these were sent me by
Madox Indian
Sear-.
Cloth Bitumen (before-mentioned) from
be further noted,
that the Inhabitants, who in Camden
only used it as Pitch, now use it for the Cure of green Wounds,
and
commonly sell it at 14 d. a Pound. Besides the Asphaltites,
others
noted by ancient Authors, later Discoveries have found the
Lake at Zant of the
pag. 379 & 235Mevis Bark used for a Vomit:
Ameri that works
can Physick Nutsursum & deorsum.Mirtle Wax; Candle-berries;
Greathead Lond.)Plants,
where there are for Food, Physick,
and Clothing; as Wheat, Mayz,
and Milium, Cloves, Nutmegs enclosed in Mace,
and Cinnamon, Coco-nuts
and Cacao's (Chocolate) Coffee-berries;
and
are made, and washed with the Soap-tree Berries; which, without any
Proportion of Salt lixiviate, Sulphur, or
Oil, wash better than any Castile-Soap, but rot the Linen in
Time:
Turkish Wash-Ball 2 ½ Inches in
Length;
Trales and Branches.
Indian Perfume for washing the Skin.
Tooth-brush from Arabia
Felix, where is a
esteemed the most glorious in the World, visited by infinite Number
of Pilgrims;
for the poorer Sort, of whom these, I presume, are de
signed, being only a Stick, whose
End for an Inch long is parted in
to small Fibres. Don. D. Whale-Bone five
Inches
broad and thirty long. Don. D. Cord made of the
Leaves of the American Aloes. Don.
made of Twig-work,
or split Cane, very fine, a Yard and half long;
it was brought from the Midgeley Lanthorn made of the
Skin of a Fish said to be
the Solpen or
Scolopendra, but is rather of the Piscis
Echinatus triangularis; it is a Yard and a Quarter in Compass. This was procured
also
from the Madox
near five Foot long of
Indian Plants. Don. D. walking Staff, composed
of eight Joints of a Sugar Cane, about seven
Inches distant from
each other.
Indian Cane above two Yards and
a half long, painted
with Variety of Colours, red, blew, yellow,
green and black.
Queen Elizabeth's walking Staff inlaid with
Ivory and Mo
ther of Pearl. Don.
Crown of an
Indian King, the inside is made of split Cane
work, four
Inches broad (besides a Ledge round both the Edges), re
gularly wrought into Squares,
above this is an Arch of the like Work,
waved with black: The Out-side of the Whole is
adorned with great
Variety of Feathers wrought into a Cawl of Packthread that surrounds
are the most beautiful Feathers, Green variegated with other Colours,
and stand out
three Inches quite round the Crown: The next Tire is
Scarlet, the third Yellow, the
fourth Black; the Arch is deck'd with
white Feathers, and hath fifteen Tufts of small
frizled Feathers, in
the midst of various Colours.
Indian Perriwig, made not of Hair, but Feathers, fasten'd into a
very strong netted
Cawl; the Fore-lock consists of short black Fea
thers; the next of Scarlet five Inches
long, but only surrounds the
Fore-heads, and are run through with a Thread to keep them
tight
and close together; then five or six Rows of yellow Feathers quite
round the Head:
The Rest is wholly made up of red Feathers, all
which stand stiff upright, like the
Quills upon an enraged Porcupine's
Breast the red and yellow
Feathers are all of a Length, except three
that are a Quarter long.
Indian Comb for such as have no Wigs; it is a Piece of hard
Wood, seven Inches long and two broad, cut into five
round sharp
Teeth, three Inches long.
of the
Inch; it is 3 ½ long and 1 ½ broad; the Length of the
Teeth are the
Breadth of the Comb, but divided by a strong Reed nailed in the
Middle of
each Side, half an Inch broad, and fixed very close the
whole Length of the Comb.
English Lady's Hat; it is of black Velvet, the Brim but 3 ½ Inches
broad, and the Crown four
high, like a fluted Pillar of Thirty two
Wreaths or Rolls.Straw
Hat about two Yards and a half in Cir
cumference. Don. D. Cloth Hat almost
of the same Di
mensions. Don. Jac.
Coningham
Proto-Quaker called Skimming Dish Hats,
and bore his Testimony
against them; and to confess the Truth, they are almost as Novel
as
his Religion, Brimes being a modern Invention since round flat Caps
were disused. Caster as remarkably little, being but 3 ½ Inches in
the
Breadth of the Brim, and three in the Height of the Crown:Band of
Gold and green Ribband.&c.
Sea-weed, worn when a proud Humour comes upon them. Don. D Vertebræ of Snakes.
Don. D.
Indian Bonnet of very fine curious Workmanship; the
Out-side
consists of six Triangles, of Crimson and Black waved; the Interstices
of
Yellow, with Lines of Black and Crimson intermix'd; the Inside
is of Straw-work, Red,
Purple and Yellow waved after a different
Manner. Don.
Tho. Garway. English Caps; one of red Velvet with
sixteen Rows of Silver Lace;
another of Tissue Cloth of Silver; a
third so lately used as my Grandfather
broidered
with Gold and Silver, thick set with Spangles; the peaked
Lace clear Gold.Literati.
Don.
Indian Cap made of Rushes,
partly of their
Native Colour, and partly dyed Purple, very curiously woven with
indented Rows, and a Tuft like the former. Quoife very richly
embroidered with Gold and black Silk. Don.
therHuttonCross cloth, or Brow-bit, of the like
curious Needle-work, the Flowers of various Co
lours well shaded and richly embroidered;
it was my
Idle;
of Lace, and
different Sorts of Needle-Work. Peaks. Com of various Forms and Heights.
mode-wires
Crance from Garland (as the Word
imports) of Flowers in Silk and Silver, and a delightful Variety of
Colours; it is worn
upon the Head (as the young Lady's Rowls at
present in
was brought me by
S. Madox Tweesers for curling the Hair.Lead Comb to change the Colour of it. Pendants,
the Ears. Jewel of Artificial
Glass, with Sparkles of Gold. Neck of
lacePearl, Amber, Coral and Blew. Indian
Neck-laces of young Oranges: Musk-beads.
Ruff, or Piccadilly, to wear about the
Neck to support the Ruff,
and might suit Elizabeth's
Nail in
the broadest Part. Don. D.
for marking or crisping the Linen. Indian Gorget, or Ruff,
not made of Linen, but Hair
woven together in Wefts; it consists of
10 Rounds, six of the inmost of which are
entirely red, the rest a
yellow white for an Inch in Breadth, and the Remainder of it
red.
The Wefts are sowed together, and bound about with red Cloth; it is
three Inches
broad and 19 long.Peaked Lace of different Forms and
Fineness. Cravat scarce 4 ½ Inch deep, Temp.
Car.
Green.Band Strings, and Knops of Thread, and of Beads both black
and white. Breast-Knot of black Bugles and Snail-work.
embroidered with Silver and Gold;
riously shaded with Variety of Colours. Holland Sleeves neatly wrought
with black Silk.Velvet, which
made by John TyceElizabeth's
Time.
so was Wolsey
land Iron-stays or Bodice, which
W.Goodrick
his Iron Jerkins, of which he is said to have worn three Suits in the
Time of his Hermitage (Cuthbert,
fles for the Gown Sleeves. Cuffs of Cambrick and Lawn, which
in Elizabeth's
not so much as may be had now in one Linen-Drapers Shop
pag. 86.)Dinghen van den Pass
ter was the
first profess'd Starcher in Dolben's
the Army of Charles I
tonsJac. 2
Since worn on the Wast-Coat of a Child of five
Years old; such the
foolish Instability of our Tempers!
Indian Bracelet consisting of 15 double Rows of black
and white
Beads; the Warp of Leather Thongs, a few yellow, blew and stria
ted Beads
intermixed: These Bracelets are sometimes used as Monies in
their greatest Payments. The
Present of Bracelets of
Horn engraved.Elks Claws curiously wrought.
Indian Girdle said to be
wrought of Scarlet with black and white Waves
interwoven upon
thirty Rows of Thongs that seem to be the Guts of an Animal, brought
thence and given me by James
Green
Fans.
four Plates that expand to
(near) a Yard in Circumference, yet folds
up into little more than an Inch broad. Don.
D.
from
Turk above a Foot and half long, and
almost as broad; the Handle is
ish Fan
painted Cane, the Fan it self consists of 18 Swan Quills
expanded at
the broad End, but reduced to a Point at the Handle, from whence it
is
covered with Silks of different Colours.Hymn or Prayer, in
the
Indian Characters express'd in Gold upon a blew Ground,
and made
up into a
of
the said Lady.
Gloves. James the 1stCrimson
Silk, and lined with the same coloured Silk, the Seams covered with
Gold
Edging. Don.
worn by private Gentlemen; witness a
Father's, richly embroidered upon black Silk, and a
deeper Gold
Fringe. Don.
Eliz. Sykes Socrûs meæ: The
Embroidering reaches above
the Elbow.
Leather, lined with Crimson Silk: They were
was of the
I
ton Esq
raised or
emboss'd Work, when Geo.
Thoresby
castle
black Bugles intermixed.
work, and a wrought Lace of both Colours. (Gibson's
Gold, and the third Silver, with Fringes suitable,
ceeded by
Colours and Texture, with Gold or Silver
interwoven, of which
here are three or four Sorts.
ruffled; and heavy Fringe Gloves Pearl Colour and Gold; these were
used in my own Time.ult. Car. 2.
large
Rolls of Ribbands round the Tops and down to the Hand, plain
Crimson Satten, intermixed
with strip'd and flowered, edged with
Gold; (Silk Net-work very
curi
ous, with Gold and Silver Lace, and various coloured Ribbands.
Don. D.
though they will fit a large Hand, are folded up and enclosed in a
gilded Walnut's Shells. Don. Jo.
Ray
added the Lady's Scepter or
useless Busk held in the Hand.
made of Betany two Foot
long. Don. D.
Handkerchief of
der a Crown, (pretended to be the
same he had upon the Scaffold
that most deplorable Day 30 Jan.
48.) Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton
Rector Bervic.William III
as a Relick; it is Purple.
A Sample of fine Cloath, blew on one Side,
and pure Scarlet on the other.Pembroke
ing the first Noble Man of Knit Stockins Anno Cloth-Hose: What was then
so rare, even with the Nobility, was
afterwards so common even
amongst the Gentry, and so extravangantly great, that here is
a
with curious wrought Tops (made to turn down 17 Inches) a Yard
and Quarter in
Compass, so that they were since used (when Trousers
were in
Fashion) to cover the Breeches upon Journies.
Prussian Boot of red Leather for a very lusty
Man, yet the
Heel but an Inch and a half broad. The Gift of the Perrot.
at
all, but a thin Red Leather the Length of the whole Foot. Don.
Iron Plate for the
Heel; as also the first hath. Don. Tho. Whitaker Shoe for the
Meaner; it is made of the Bark of
Trees somewhat after the Manner
of Coal-Baskets in the North of
generally worn by the poor People in
bind it to the Leg by the Cord which seems to be of platted Sedges.
Don. D. Sabot, or
Irish Brogue.Silk
Shoe from
adorned with Needle-work (for which the
mous); as is also the Silk upon the Heel, which is large considering
the
Smalness of the Shoe, for the cripled Lady: This was brought
from thence, and given me
by Midgeley
also the red
5 ½ from the Toe to the Heel inclusive. Slippers from
a Crescent, or Semicircle of Iron for the Heel, (from MolineuxStraw from
per
keyCork Sole an Inch thick, covered with gilded Lea
ther.Charles Savage
Esq
(a younger Son of the Rivers)
who married one of his Daughers and Coheirs.
Stirrup; it is of Cast Iron, the Sole seven
Inches broad; given me
by Pollard Spurs:
Inches long from the Heel to the Rowel.
the same Length in the
Hearn
Vol. of p. 114Gingling
the Neck short, but Rowel very large, three Inches from Point to
Point;Ferdinando Leghs
given me by Sam. Smith
different Form from all the rest: A noted Antiquary tells us, that
from their gilt Spurs, Knights are stiled Equites
Aurati. Selden's Titles of
Honour, p. 437. & p. 474.)
Spanish Cavallero's de Espuela d'Orada, or
Knights of the Golden Spurs, see the same Author, p. 575
Don. D. jointed
Spur, with a six
pointed Rowel, but not made to turn round as all the former do;
and also those of later Times in-laid with Silver, of which here are
two or three Sorts. Buckles as
in the Rowels, from little more than half an Inch to near three Inches
in
Breadth.
Encentris of three
Points in a Plate of
Iron to screw under the Shoe Heel; it is used by both Sexes for
more
secure walking the Icy Streets, or passing the Rivers in
they are sometimes frozen to that
Degree, that the old
denburghCorish
Hoff.
Swedish Spurs, the Rowels of 24 Points,
a
Chain instead of the Under-Leather. Don. D.
Turkish Horse Shoe; it is a flat Piece of
Iron, with little more than an
Inch cut out, and Holes for six Nails. Don.
reign Whip for Posters wrought hollow, &c. Don.
Silk-Purse with Flowers of various Colours over-laid with
covy
Trees, and a purled Edging very curious, of
the like Twig-work,
wrought by the Nuns at
World over for its Height. Don. D.
Irish- Purse
of Purple Leather and Silver
Twist, with a Contrivance not easily
discovered for opening it, made and sent me by
Marshal
of raised Work
embroidered in Gold and Silver, by my Sister
Thoresby
of Colours wrought in Flowers and Humane Figures, in
Tent-stitch,
by
very natural.Point-work
of incredible fineness,
presented by her Grand-Daughters.
coloured &c. inscribed, In Memory of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, murthered the th of October 1678.
Spectacles wrought in Silver and Silk
Flowers,
by Priscilla RawdenGeorge Rawden Ribbands made up
of old, in Form of Roses, &c. within a
Irish Wood
covered with Straw-work of beautiful Colours.Essence Bottle of
the
like Materials, made and sent by Marshal
Figure and Bulk of a Frog in
Don.
Needle-work of the celebrated Frances Matthews
had a Bishop to her
four Sisters married to Bishops, as her self was to
an Archbishop. Book with embroidered Cover of Gold and Purple
Silk. Laces of dif
ferent Sorts with deep Escalops (one of 3
Inches); and what is the Cu
riosity of them, not sowed, but woven or netted in that Form.
of Ribband with these Words in Capital Letters very distinct, The Hand that wears this Fetter, to Bounty is no Detter; yet is the Breadth
of
the whole Ribband not the 8th Part of an Inch, all performed
by the same curious Hand,
and presented by her Grand-Daughter Dorcas Dyneleyfine Linen, that my
sent it, received from Kath.
Breres
Veracity, who died at her House, and
affirmed that it was spun by
Gentlewoman
she lived several Years, bore Children and spun many Webs of fine
Linen; the
said Breres
ceived it from her own Hands.Smoothing
Iron for Linen,
amongst Clitheroe,
Kinsman of the same Name. Wax-work Images in Mourning Habit, to
shew the Fashion of the Nobility and Gentry of
when in that Condition. Don. D. Fruit
very
naturally represented in Wax-work. Don. D.
the Globe that includes them be turned
round. Don. D.
MilnerSpun Glass admirably fine, that I saw
performed at Nich. StrelleyStrelley.
the Cover whereof is admirable fine Work of Scarlet and Silver, done
by Margaret TowneleyEnglish Augustines in
sion (Nails, Pincers, Scourges, &c.) cut out of thin
Plates of Brass and
fastened (with Wires on the In-side) upon an Egg-shell very
dextrously; Madox
cut in Paper, by Hoyl
out of a Card by G. H's.G. H.'s
four Links, full two Yards long, by a
sent me by Hargrave
Assonagh of Escocheon used at the Funeral of the Eliz. Sonan,Does Skin fixed upon a round Hoop
near a Yard in Diameter, adorned with their
Shell-money, viz. Roanoke Silver and Peak
Gold, with some rude Lines and Colours, pro
bably designed as the Arms; brought me from
thence by James Green
wholly divested of its Blackness by
lying many Years over the
tess of
corrupt;
buried 35 Years in the Church at
phreyH. Sligh
discovered, at Albans.July 1683,
Vault there a small Bit of
supposed to be the Alban's
of Cloth of
Gold were then fresh, sent me by Stock
as was
also,
Eliot Canoe, wherein he made his E
scape from
of
by which Means it was saved: He sailed sixty Leagues
without Com
pass in three Days, and had no Sustenance for himself and two Blacks
but a
little raw Flesh; for which signal Service William
the Command of a Man of War. The Canoe
hangs up inGreenwich
HospitalFrancis Drake
surrounded the World;
a little Creek near
Page 229 of this
Book, inscribed, Avant
Darnle, Jamais Darriere, Avant Darnle.
D. Reel
with Silk and Silver Twist wound up
on it, after it was enclosed in a small Bottle; the
Cork is also fasten
ed on the In-side with three Wood Pins, by the Ingenuity of the Miles Gale
of six different Pieces fastened without Glew or Nails,
yet not now
to be severed: As also the best Turned-work Tobacco Stopper, all of
his own
Workmanship. Rhombs composed by the
late
ingenious Virtuoso Tho. Kirk Esq
matical Perpetual Almanack
invented, drawn, painted upon
Glass, and gilded by the same Hand.Astronomical Tables Constellations upon
moveable Spheres, drawn by my said dear Friend's
own Hand.
Chariot of very curious Workmanship, from Ivory. Don. D.
Leod.Box of fifty
Noremberg Cups of Turned-work, admirably
fine. Don. D.
of which the largest is
but 2 ½ Inches Diameter.
a Dozen Chevaliers in Wax-work, that, by multiplying Glasses,
appear
like a Troop of Horse, do march to and fro with Sound of the Trum
pet.Pearl, and Tortoise-shell,
curiously inlaid with a Silver Lock, &c.Octangular Brass
antique Fret-work
well performed.Sphinxes,
in ancient
chac'd Work.
like the finest Turn'd-work, by
Richard (now Columban) Towneley,
of the Order of
Bruno at
Niece Mary Towneley Pelican with
her young Ones, cut in
Wood by
which yet are done with
Expedition when the Manner is observed.
Calumet; it is the most mysterious Thing in the
World among the Savages of the America,
being used in all their important
Transactions; yet is it nothing else
but a large Tobacco-Pipe
made of red, black, or white Marble. All
their Declarations of War and Conclusions of
Peace are sealed, as it
were, with the Calumet; which they fill
with the best Tobacco, and
present it to those with whom they treat about any great
Affair, and
smoke out of the same after them, as we are told by Monsieur
pinp 71, 72.)
is white, and hath embossed upon it three Heads of their Kings, or
rather
Deities.
Walter Raleigh
Case for the Glass wherein it was preserved, which
was surrounded
with small Wax Candles of various Colours. This is of gilded Lea
ther,
like a Muff Case, above half a Foot broad, and 13 Inches high,
and hath Cases for
sixteen Pipes within it. Don. Edv.
Morris
Rectoris Isur. Brigant. Rich. Greenfield
Virginia, An.
Pipes for
their Health. Francis Drake
Year after,
and Pipes were made after the same Fashion. The oldest
Pipes have very small Heads.
Ell long, and a Clay Head, which they lay upon the Ground, hold
ing the other End in
their Mouths.Leather
key
the Tip for the Mouth of Ivory; this is longer than the other, being
to wind about the
Arm or Body of the Smoaker. Don. D.
Jun. Merc. Leod.
Yard in Length.
longer, the Clay Head cast into an
Octangular and much finer Mould Qu. If these be not the same that
some Authors call the
Arabian jointed Tobacco-Pipes.Red Clay, six Inches long be
sides the Head, which is two.Blew or Black of bet
ter Workmanship.Green,dark coloured, part
painted Red.
are only for Ornament) surrounded with very fine Twig-work, but the
Head very rude.
Indian Reed, a Yard and half in
Length, bored to smoak
in. Don. D.
folded up in a Leaf to smoak without a Pipe.
from the Coast of
of white Clay.Steel
(Don. D.
Tho. Thomson Ebor.) is above a Yard long,
and very curious
Mugs.
Wheels.
zilian
per Head capable only to receive the End of Rolled Tobacco. Don.
D.
Pin to pass the Bole. Don. D.
Jac. Coats Lond.
Esca Virginiana, or Stopper of the Royal Oak. Don. Geo.
Plaxton
Box Wood curiously turned, by Gale
and Bones, above a
Death's Head, with Worms crawling upon that
Side of the Face, which hath Flesh upon it
not quite consumed. Don. GeorgeDragon, well performed in viz. the Pope and the Devil one, and Cardinal
with Fool on the
other Side.
Irish Snuff-
from two to six Inches long. Don. D.
a Punch Bowl, of Horn. Don. D.
Indian Cock-spurs, or Gave-locks of Steel, that for the larger Cock is
four Inches long, in a Cane
Case above half a Foot round, with
dian
Indian Cards, with very odd Characters; they are very
small, and clear black
on the Out-side.Astronomical Geographical, Ar;
moricalJugling Cards,Popish Plot.
taken from one of
the Mohawks at An.
Jo. .
Cookson Lond
in
the Haft; upon the Blade is etched,
Tire
man Wilkinson Ebor.
Spanish Pen-Knife, the Blade which is near an
Inch and half broad, turns (as the former) into the Haft, which is
Iron. Don. Chr. WilkinsonArmle.
Work.William Death's Head cut in
Wood.Ivory Chair Cup both so small
that
several Dozens of them were included in a Cup made of an hollow
ed Nutmeg. Baskets curiously engraved, each made of a Cherry-stone. Don. D.
short of that in the Cabinet; and that which Will. Oliver
Emperors, Kings, Cardinals, &c. that cost 300 Pounds
was lately at
Chancery.
(Phil. Trans. N° 285
Steel Saw, as small as a Needle.
the Lead Pipes, by which the River Water is conveyed through the
several Streets at
Don. D. Brass Lamp from
Arm.
Statues, Bass-Relieves, &c.
Hippocapmus, with a Trident in one Hand,
and a Dolphin in the other, resting
upon the Head of the Sea-
Horse, whose Fore-part and Legs are of a dark Colour, the
hinder
Parts and Tail blewish, and scaled like a Fish: The Body of the Deity
is of a
tawny Carnation, the Head is unhappily wanting, only the
Tassels of the Beard extend to
the Breast. It is of Earthen Ware,
and very well performed, about ten Inches high to the
Shoulders, and
the rest proportionable. Tis different from all the modern Sorts of
Earthen Ware that I have observed, which hath made the Descrip
tion more particular, to
know whether the Criticks will allow it to
be of Roman Antiquity; in which Times we are told they had Ima
ges of
their Gods, not only of Silver, Brass and Stone, but Earthen
Ware. I should not have
been so pendulous if I was certain that it
was found at
Curiosities transmitted by Gilbert
young, I cannot be positive.
six Inches round, seems to be ancient and very agreeable to
his Sta
tue at FairfaxAtlas.Emperor's John Thoresby Skeleton in Metal; it is well done, but only to the short Ribs.
and
Liquor, with a Bull's
Head betwixt his Thighs, or perhaps a Rams, re
lating to some Local Custom, like that of
a Flitch of Bacon at Dunmoe in
merry
emaciated
Corps is very well represented in the Winding-sheet.
nine Inches broad, and
Altar-Piece atKirkstall Abbey
of the House; it was found about fifty Years ago, and preserved by Stanhope,
viour'AscensionTemple at Newsam,Three Kings or Magi,Saxon); it is about half
a Yard high, the Drapery well performed;
it was sent me from besidesFountain's AbbeyHincksCuthbert,Oswald the King
by the other, of which see
nearBurnsal ChurchClapham Vicar of
ship, but not enough remaining to express the Story;
sent by Gyles the famous
Glass-Painter
belonged to the Mary'sSam. Carpenter
with this
Inscription in old Letters, Inter nat: Mulier nō: sur:
(surre
xit) maj: Johē: Bapt: It is in Metal, twenty Inches
in Circumference.
by Wolsey's
found in the Ruins of the Charles I
Marble, but
is of the Lancashire Canal-Coal. The Present of the
ThorntonLud XIIII D G Fr: et Nav: Rex. Paul Rycaut
curiously done at Solomon'sTwo Harlots, wherein
are about a Dozen Figures in less than three Inches
Diameter.
and very well performed.Juniper-
Tree,
supported by an Angel, Kings 19
Wood by the celebrated Grindlin Gibbon
six Inches in Length, and four in Breadth.
from it in Silk-work, by Catharine
ThoresbyFirst Parents in Paradice, well de
signed, bought of the Executors of the said
ingenious Gyles
gether with an Excellent
Pillar in order to be scourged, so admirably express'd, that I con
fess, I
cannot look upon it without Concern, and yet dread not the
Scandal of Superstition.
These are each a Foot high.
Matters relating to the
Trinity, wherein the
son
with the Cross
each, and
these Words inscribed, "In this Picture is represented, that
of the
Paul, Rom. 16. v.
27To God the
only wife, through Jesus Christ to whom,
together with the be
Honour, Glory for ever and ever Amen. In the old Edition of the Horæ Beatis: Mariæ (a rare Book in this Musæum), the blessed Trinity is
represented by three Heads.
Upon one Neck of a humane Body,pag.
xx, b. and pag. xlii, a.Assumption of the
described by BurnetHistory of the Reformation
(Vol. II. p.
60.)
Assumption of the
(with Triple Crown, &c.) and
her Immaculate Conception, and to other Saints, to
the Jubilees, &c.
see before.
Pictures, and pretended Relicks:
rounded with a
Glory, the Moon under her Feet, treading upon the
Old Dragon; over her Head the Trinity, as in the first Picture, and
below all Marie conceived without Original Sin.
of the Original of this Feast may be seen in the
rum Paris, An.
painted
and gilt upon red Silk, brought for me from Chr.
Wilkinson
ness of her Face, (painted as a Black-moor) and Brightness of her Gar
ments glittering with Gold are both
unaccountable. The Figure of
the Sole of her Shoe, upon which is
written, ┼ This is the just Mea
Mary,
which is kept in a Monastery of Monks in John the
22d
kiss the Measure three Times a Day, saying three Ave's ┼. This
is just 7 Inches in Length, wanting a Quarter
of an Inch of the Spanish
Original, as printed by
St. Thomas Becket's Murther, who is
represented as
saying Mass at the high Altar, and the
him; it is upon Copper, gilt and enamel'd. Don. D.
Bit of Shrine at
ed
me by Sar.
Speering
fer
with the Milk. Agnus Dei of Silver, with unknown
Relicks therein; on one Side is engraved the old Character for
on the other, the
embossed Heads of
Wafers for the Eucharist; one has the
Figure of
Cross, the other I H
S, with a Cross above, and Nails below. Agnus Dei from Jubilee; it is of pure white Wax inscri
bed, Ecce Ag. Dei qui
tol. pec. mundi. and below Innocen. XII. P. M. An. Iub. S. Felix Valois F. Ord. S S. T. R. C. Crucifix in Brass cast
hollow; a lesser, solid and gilt, very well performed. Cross of Lignum
Vitæ,
brought from an Hermitage upon Serrat
by Pelham
Johnston
me by
of Pearl, that Part
within the white Lines is pretended to be the
Wood of Geat found in a Grave
at
casterCest est la Cruice Ote: d: Tilli: a ki
aime Deu en face merci. Am.
Crosier's Staff; it is of Copper gilt and
enamel'd, in
the Form of a Serpent, the Scales of a changeable Blew, very natural,
but
so is not the Head, which being designed for Shew on both Sides,
has a Face and two Eyes
on each Side. Don. D.
a Priest's Habit, concealed at the Reformation in a
double bottom Ark
near a Chantry in Peter&c. deli
cately wrought in
Silver and Silk of divers Colours; part of the said
Vestment fell into the Hands of one
who burnt it merely for the
Silver's Sake, though she had too much before; but this, and
a Ma
nuscript found with it, were preserved by Pix, or Kirkstal Abbey
rist, or
am since told by a
Person of Honour, that it was for preserving the Relicks, which
Party having been at
that was sent from the Crown of
presumed very knowing in these
Matters; however it comes under
the more general Notion of Vasa Sacra; (Bede, p. 98.Lamp, or
of Copper
engraved in Branches, with this Inscription in old Letters,
(The S in Ihc.
Nazarenus, rex Judeorum fili Dei Miserere mei.Anthony
Bass-Relieve, embracing and
kissing
the Form of a lovely
Child, sits upon his Book; (Reflect.
p. 322.Anthony the Her
mitBell, Book and Pig, the Prayer to him for Cure of the
Inflammation commonly called St. Anthony's Fire, may be seen in theHoræ beatæ Mariæ, before-mentioned, p. 84. b.
ligious House in JacksonHoly Banner, with Spes mea in Deo est; Crown of Thorns,
ments
of Crucifixes, from the Windows of the Parish Church at
But what is most remarkable is a
small Quarry from
(Don.
Goose in a Religious Habit is carrying the Crosier's Staff, &c. the Procession is made up of the like Fowls: This
seems to have been made in Hatred of the Monks, whom the Secular
Clergy abhorred for
encroaching upon their Rights, and being now
repossessed thereof, recriminate, &c.
Beads, or more strictly a Corona
Virginis; it is of fine
wrought Ivory dyed a Crimson Colour.
Number as well as Workmanship.
Ribband near
two Yards long. This was taken from the Image of
the Cary
D.
Number of Ave's that compose the Crown of our Lady; the first of
these hath 53 Ave's (and six Pater Nosters): That which was used
by the RichmondHen. 7thFisher
tell us had 63,
and this last hath 74. if, according to the different
Places,
that the Countess's was after the Manner of
having
ten Prayers for one to her
Works †, wherein he
refers to a particular Form, wherein were 150 Ave's, yet is quite
out-done as to Nubmer by the Jesus Psalter, where
in the Word
give them
their due, in the late Edition of James the IId's
they are reduced to 150. I have both the
Editions.
Penitentiary Discipline from
Vigo, An.
Knots six
or eight Inches distant from each other. Don. D. Jo. Cook.
son Lond
ctureJustinian
Patriarch of
by the Chr. WilkinsonInvention and Exaltation of the Cross, curiously represented in various Figures
in Silver upon tran
sparent Cherubs is Hallelujah in
large Capitals; upon each of
which are Inscriptions in lesser Let
ters, as Crux æterna Dei,
&c. Upon the Head of the Cross Benedictum
Lignum.
loOracle, Diana's Tomb, &c. which may keep me in Countenance
for
reciting what follows. A
the River Jonah's Rock, of which GordonGeorg. Gram. p. 269.)
doubtful whether
the ruinous old Monument, known by that Name,
was erected upon that Occasion; yet it is
highly probable, that this
Scanderoon Bay
Delivery, it being the nearest to
was brought from thence, and given me by
Surgeon to a Man of War for
self broke off
that is shewed to Travellers, as that into which
verted from
amongst the Collections of Sarah
Speering
may be added a
Spots of her Blood, but should have been placed (if
not mislaid) as Snakes amongst the natural Stones.
Seals, Impressions, Copper-Plates, &c.
Cornelian Signets, see the
cient and small
be the old Cypher for
is S or C: But
when I had the Honour (in Company of the Learned GaleSpanheim,
basador from the PrussiaWilliam,
that x is very often used for S, not only upon some ancient Coins,
but Marbles.
with the Cross above and wounded Head and
Nails below, the whole
surrounded with Rays of Glory. But this seems rather designed to
make Wafers for the Eucharist, or perhaps for the Impression upon
certain Books.MargaretSaunca Margaretta. It was
an early Custom among the Christians to
have the Names and Pictures
of their Tutelar Saints cut upon their Signets.Gray-Friars at Ardington Nunnery
inscribed S. Communitatis:
Frm: minor Bedfordi. (Don. D.
Merc. Leod.)
her SonSigillum, as in
the former) Helisadis porisse de Tuba. This, and the former are
Oval, what follows are Circular.Gabriel,
Maria Gracia plena, Dominus
SaviourVirgo Pudica Pia, nostri miserere Maria.
These three were sold
amongst old Metal, but preserved for me by Sam. SmithTalbot upon a Wreath under a
Viscount's.
but more ancient, hath Z between two Crosses, inscribed, Gurdon de Pontfrac: Sent me by the LascelsSeal Ring found atKirkstal-Abbey
cient; it hath a
Demi-Lion upon a Tower. Don. D.
derm. Leod.
Bull of Innocent 6
diety of the Vicaridge of
ted at Avignon, An.
Quire
of that Cathedral, his Seal is inscribed, S. S. Johis: tt: Sci: P. ad
vincula Presbyteri Cardinalis. (Sigillum Johannis titulo Sancti
Petri ad vincula); which Festival was Aug. 1, called also
Lammas-Day from a Cu
stom of the Tenants that held of the Yorke
their Tenure, (Clavis Calendaria, pag. 75. Don. Nicholas the 5th
of Learning; and,
ed, with incredible Charge,
a vast Number of Greek and Latin
Manu
scripts. This Seal agrees with that ofInnocent 6
tal (Lead), but having the
Heads of PaulPeter,
S. P A.
S. P E. Upon the Reverse of the former is
upon the later
in a Vault in
the GibsonBritannia, pag. 743S. Edv. Reg. Angl. ad recogn. debitor. apud Wygan.
out
any Inscription; it hath the Image of a Saint or Archbishop with
the Cross-Keys upon his
Breast. Of that used during the Vacancy of
the
at
edSigil. Cur: Spial: sive peculiar: Jur: scti:
Germani de Selby in Com. Ebor.)Seel Jehan
de Fontan. That of the
AdmiralAn.
Ob. WalkerUniversity. Col
Times for
the Approbation of Ministers, the Original
2 ½ Inches broad, is
with other Curiosities in Possession of my honour
ed Friend
writ, The
Word of God, and round it, The Seal for Approbation of Ministers. For
other Seals of Bishops, Abbots, Cities, &c. See Diploma's,
and ancient Writings.
Copper-Plates.
and inserted in pag. 98.)
Jo. Boulter Lambeth-House or Pallace
of
by the same ingenious Gent.
of uncertain Hands.
Glass-Painter at
Mezzo-Tinto, by the celebrated
with other
Curiosities, of
stem
from the
Mint for coining Brass-Pennies, when
private Tradesman
had Liberty of inserting their Names and Device (this is Beware of the Beare
Don. D. White Clothiers Seale.
therFaulty to mark the Delinquents.
Heathen Deities, Amulets, Charms.
Pagod, or Temple, the Out-side painted with
the In-side wholly gilt, with an
Image therein of very curious
Workmanship, from the
another, and on each
Side Ten Hands (to denote Omnipotency), be
sides the two that are direct before in a
supplicating Posture, somewhat
like Bramma of the
naries Account pag. 20, 21.) Idol from the
so much as Humane in the Figure, yet adored by the Natives of
maica
was brought me by Sam. Kirkshaw
yet more deformed with
a Beasts Head, &c. Don.
Arm.
Amulets.Glain Neidir or Adder-Beads;
sent me by
Lhwyd
Principality in theBritannia, pag. 683, and the Figure of them, pag.
697
curiously undulated with blew, white, and red. These he takes to
have been used by the
Druids themselves, and so handed down from
Parents to Children
every since. It is most certain that the Ignorant
and Credulous are so fond of them,
that they will not part with
them for Love or Money; and not only the Vulgar, but
Persons of
good Education are fully persuaded, that the Snakes make them;
that they are
Preservatives from all Dangers, and that whoever finds
one will prosper in all his
Undertakings.
the Figure of one of Earth enamel'd, with blew, and furrowed on the
Out-side, of which Sort I have
one that was found in the
Burying-Place at
been larger.Jeat,Amber, that
being found singly
in ancient Ruins,Agate, or reddish Stone po
lished, seem to have been applied to the like Uses.Jeat Rings
there is viz. two Inches, or 2 ½ Diameter,
which being too large for
Rings, and too small for Armillæ or Brace
lets, have
probably been used also as Amulets.
ches on the outer Edge, was sent
me by my Lister
if I mistake not, found with
perforated in the
Center doth exactly fit one of these Rings; it was
found amongst the pag.
162
as an Amulet,Cam. Brit. Pag 697
LhywdAdder-Bead
stinguishing Mark of the
Elfes-Arrows of the Flint in the Form of an Arrows
Head, and are
sometimes set in Silver, and worn as Amulets, against being Elf shot,
Phil. Trans. N° 269Fairys (not having much Power
themselves to hurt Animal Bodies) do
sometimes carry Men into the Air and employ them in
shooting Men
and Cattle. This was sent me by Ja. SutherlandEdinburgh.Clegg
byshire
these in Form, but an Orange
Colour.Lhwyd
by
Letters (July High-landers do at this Day use also
the Echinites Galeatus, and the Pileatus, as Amulets; the
former they
call the Stone of Victory, or Duel-stone, and the other they esteem as
efficacious in preventing Damage by
Fire or Water; here is
either Sort.
Customs that have been once received in those darker Ages, here
is a
some of the Vulgar, even in
these Parts of
ed about the Neck of any bewitched Animal, will unspell the Charm.
Don. Jo. Astley
now in this Musæum, was defaced by the
superstitious Conceit of the
Boors, who finding it under Ground, concluded it a Token of
con
cealed Treasure; to discover which they bound Withys or Wreaths
of Straw about the
poor
a Discovery of the Treasure by some Magical Apparition in the Smoke,
which
Notion seems a Relick of the Heathen
ΛιβανομανDivination by Smoke or Incence.
Adder-beads to be met with in
Country having no Snakes; but here is an Amulet from thence
every
whit as efficacious; it is near an Inch long, and of the Colour of Amber.Ancient
Ring, which I suppose be
longed to the Richard Beauchamp Earl of
Device upon his Signet, viz. a Bear with a ragged Staff; for which
see
his Monument in W. Dugdalean agreeable Fate or
Destiny, which may perhaps relate to his Martial Disposition and
Victories in
Iron or Steel very odly twisted with the Brass, on each Side of the Signet
(which is of a third Metal, viz. Copper gilded) is a glassy Ruby.
The Samothracians, who were noted of old for these Practices had
Stars of Iron in their Rings of Gold. On one Side of the said In
scription is the old
Character for
a Cross by each.
There was a vast Variety of Rings or Amulets,
which in the dark Days of Popery were eagerly sought after by poor
deluded People, with different Saints upon them; but the Name of
the SmithPhil. Trans. N°
155 Talisman from the Lord
on one Side is an unintelligible
Character, upon the other in modern
Letters L H with ☿ and
one Side, and an
Anchor of Hope on the other, with crooked Lines
and Figures
round; the former is engraved, this stamped as Money,
both have a Hole punched to hang
about the Neck.
me by Area fill'd with
Planetary Characters, and this
Inscription round, In Deo confido, revertentur Inimici mei
retrorsum: Upon the other Side are A pavore inimici Custodi vitam meam oh tu
Jehova, with ♃ and ♀ in Conjunction in ♓. The Effects
formerly attributed to these Figures were altogether miraculous; the
Spark, for whom
this was erected, expected, by Virtue thereof, to
obtain both Honour and Beauty; that with Merchandizing and Gaming. These are engraved upon Silver;
those
used of old for the Preservation of Cities were Statuary
Telesms made
under a certain Configuration of the Heavens, the most propitious
The
Blind and the Lame hated by David's Soul,
for these Images. And
the brazen-Serpent, which Talisman,
as those who write in
Defence of the Practice, affect to call him)
made in the Wilderness is said to be the
first Occasion, not given,
but taken, of all these Telesmatical Practices, Gregory's Notes upon
the Scripture, p. 41.) Charm, sent
me by Furness,
Soldier, who was slain in a
Skirmish, notwithstanding the Protection
he promis'd himself from this Billet of the
which is thus inscribed,
. Sancti tres Reges,
Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar Orate pro nobis nunc & in hora mortis
nostræ
vres, sorcellerie toute sorte de malefice & morte subite.Charm
may be added another Sort of a Cheat,
one
that
his Tongue was cut off by the
Parts of
Account of his miserable Case writ upon
his Breast, many Justices and
Physicians had attempted the Discovery of the Imposture,
but in
Vain till John Morris
(which he inherited from his Grand-Father Colonel
prized Charles
I.
that the said Youth had learnt beyond Sea the
Trick of drawing his
Tongue so far into his Throat, that it appeared like a Stump only:
Hereupon the said
and the begging Billet deposited here by the said
Morris
was also famous for
Pantomimian or Antick-Dancing,
which Archbi
shop
Curiosities enamel'd, gilt; Paintings, &c.
ParliamentThomas Lord FairfaxChessnut his Charging-Horse, with distant
Prospects of Armies, Gladia
tors, &c.
and in a Scroll,
Sic radiant Fideles: Upon the other Side
is the fatal Battle at
that the Metal, tho' Gold, is but as Dross compared with the Work
manship;
in a Scroll is writ non nobis. The Whole comprised in an
Inch and
half Diameter, yet so exquisitely performed, that the Coun
tenances of particular Persons
may be discovered. It was a Present
from the Parliament to the
with his Materiam superabat opus.
broad antique Gold Richard Duke
of Edw. 4th
was slain
nure of the Land) near
graved the Picture of the
other Saints; and upon the In-side, in the Characters of that
Age, Hour Glass of Copper, of fine
Workmanship, the Figures very
ancient. Talbot within the Garter
under an Earl's Coronet,
engraved upon Mother of Pearl.Charles I
Queen of
cessor's,
being little more than a Quarter of an Inch, yet very
distinct.
The Misery of War, admirably express'd in most noble Painting
up
on a Copper-Plate, near two Foot broad, and 2 ½ in Length, every
Figure merits
a Comment; the various Passions being express'd with
so particular a Pathos, as is
surprizing.
painted upon Board. It seems to be an Original, as the former indis
putably
is.Henry 4Hen. 5Charles 5. Em
perorPhilip, King of Mary,
and Elizabeth,James IAnne;Frederick
K. of Elizabeth,Sophia.Alva,
Oliver Cromwell, quondam-Protector; Pym,Tho. Lord Fairfax, the GeneralKnox
(Don. D. Marvel,BowlesWales
Tho. ParHenry Giles
Colours upon Wood or Cloth.Tho. Gascoigne
per. Not to mention
Family-Pieces, though some are of good Work
manship, particularly one in Miniature to be worn upon the Breast.
figies of famous and
illustrious Persons, which a celebrated Author
recommends to the Curious (a), to supply the Defect of Medals
wherein our Nation hath been too
remiss. Of these I have a Volume
collected by the Fairfax,
the famous
Warriors in foreign Parts that were his Contemporaries at
large. To which I have added
several Volumes of my own collect
ing here and beyond Sea, placed in the following
Method: First, the
then
the Warriours and private
Gentry in a Chronological Series.
sors of their venerable Order, and succeeded by other learned
Dig
nitaries, and pious Divines of both Denominations.
attended by the Literati of the Laity in all Faculties, Physicians,
Philosophers,
Historians, Poets, Painters and other Artists.
learned and pious
tions, the Popes are preceded by their Saints. The
Emperors attend
ed by the Kings of the several Nations, as they are by their Ministers
of
State and Nobility. The Cardinals and other Dignitaries of the Roman Church, are succeeded by the Reformed Divines, &c. amount
ing in all to 1400 or 1500, wherein are many done by the most
ce
lebrated Hands.
Prints, Histories, Maps, &c. shall for Brevi
ty's Sake be wholly waved, (except some Prospects
betwixt
Evelyn Esq
the noted Nanteil, and are not to be met with, save in private
Hands.) But Designs drawn by the Pens of ingenious
Gentlemen
ought to be particularly valued. Of these I have some
noted
Hollars;
the Via Appia, &c. taken by
to
L L D, and Chancellor to four Archbishops of
Native of
Gentleman, particularly
Yorke, Leedes,
Durham, Newcastle, Berwick, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glascow, &c.Entrochi and Astroites,Multangular Tower and Roman Wall inserted in the
best Monument at
etched by
him:
Stories high of Arch-work, which is rare to be had, though
printed.Hen. Gyles
and
Light-HouseFran. Place
has
performed that Cathedral most accurately; as also both the
Churches and Prospect of
curious Pen of the incomparable Mr. Sharp, as he is stiled by the Pub
lisher of some of his accurate Performances (b)b) (a) Math. Tables contrived
after a most comprehensive Way, p. 55
ent to exhibit the Circumference of the Globe of the Earth, so tru
ly as not to err
the Breadth of a Grain of Sand in the whole."
These Artists are only mentioned last,
because still surviving.
painted with exquisite Art in the Parish Church of
J. Permentier
Ouse, Are and
from the
made navigable.
py of the Prophetick Picture, concerning the Kings of
Original is carefully
preserved in the
by one FallAn.
Favour of Howard
this. It is divided into eight Scenes: In the first, the Crosses are fal
ling down
from the Churches, and by the King is writ, A Thief; in
the 2d
they are re-erected by Mary, God for
the Woman: In the 3d the Church is on a Flame, and by ElizabethPersecution.
By JamesA Goer about, a Man killer, with Axes, &c. and some of the Romish
Clergy laid dead. The
preceding four are all crowned, but that of
the 5th for Charles I
mies, &c. The 6th instead of a King hath a headless
Trophy, Can
nons, Swords, &c. The 7th hath a young Prince
at Rest, with his
Sword at a Distance: In the 8th are Crosses erected, the Triple-Crown,
Cardinals Caps, Crosier-Staffs, &c. the later four have no
Words
annexed, nor do they now need any.Will. Kent
an ingenious Artist now at Drawing
this very Year, from all the Students in that Science, for which his
Holiness presented him with two Silver Medals of his own Bust, with Luke
who was
admitted into the
tists
sity was the Present of my worthy Friend
Sam. Gale
late
excellent
ently expects the History of the
made considerable Progress.
Walkier
old, of whom is a remarkable Account in
instructive
Letters pag. 116.)
The said Right Reverend Prelate transmitted it to his Grace my Lord Musæum. Calendar curiously writ and
painted by
An.
born without Hands and Feet. Don. D. Leod.
scription below, writ by himself, when in Cranidge
gave it me, saw him perform it; the preceding are
also attested by
Eye-witnesses.
was born at
belowJonas
Whittington
who was deaf and dumb brone (as he
mistook it for borne), he paints
after the Life in Oil Colours,
and writes well after Copies; but when
his own Conceptions, is much at a Loss in the
Prepositions, Monasyl
lables, &c. All Swiffers, I saw written.
tion of several Columns in
Tallent
cately writ by himself, when he was Fourscore and four Years of
Age,
and sent me by that good old Saint.George BeaumontCharles I
20
or 21 Lines in an Inch. Don. Fran. Drake
Pontfrac
monRob.
Porters
as long winded, yet a Leaf in
8vo. comprizes the whole: It is not
only legible, but
delicately writ, yet so close that 28 Lines come with
in the Space of an Inch. Don.
Gul. Moult LeodSam. Walker
one
Line, and the Condition in another, writ by the curious Pen of Robert Jackson
ly short of that
celebrated Artist, and my kind Friend, John Sturt
of
has, besides many other exquisite
Performances, engraved the Lord's Prayer in so small a Compass,
that a Silver Half-penny covers it; and
the Creed within that of
a mill'd Penny; and both of them, with the Ten Commandments, the
Magnificat, the Prayer for the King and
Queen,
the Prayer for the Royal Family, the Prayer for Clergy and People, the
Prayer of Chrysostom,Blessing,
in the Bigness of the Heads
of their Majesties, upon a Medal,
Saxon Charter transcribed from the
when but 9 ½, at which Age he was very curious at those ancient
Scripts, as I was
informed by the ingenious Elstob
me, which learned Gentlewoman is preparing a noble Edition
of the William ElstobSwithin's
Saxon Laws.
very
ment being shrunk up by a Fire made in the Oven where
it was con
cealed in the Wars.
by Ed. Smith M. A.Latin, Greek and English, very nicely performed upon
Parchment. Don. Jac. TalbotLing. Hebr. apud Cantabrigiensis Prof. Reg.MortonPen-Pipe that he
writ with. Pen made of a Porcupine Quill, Scripta etiam Calamo Acantho-Coiritico. Pens over-laid with Silk and Silver,venerable Pen, wherewith the
rend Mr. Mat. Henry
the Bible, viz. from the Leviticus to the End of the Old
TestamentFolio, in
a very close small
Character: With it he wrote also all the Sermons
(which were not a few) and other Tracts
composed in his own Study,
from Nov. Aug.
thor of those excellent Practical
Expositions.
Inkhorn from
so the Pen which is made of a
Reed. Don. D.
of
Brass with Flowers, inscribed, I was in Sheffield made, and many can, witness I was not made by any Man. ( Ellen Ellis fecit.)
Indian Pencils fixed in Reeds seven Inches long. Don.
D. Indian Pictures of the same Dimension,
very well painted and gilt up
on their Paper.Different Sorts of
Paper from very distant Parts of
the World.yellow
made of the Tree Bambu or Cio, a paler yellow, but somewhat finer;
a Lemon Colour
finer than either:Red
of all is that made of Cotton. German, Venetian, Italianand Venice,
Rome, Con.
stantinople, &cfine
white transparent Paper from In; in Length a Yard, and near a Foot, though scarce two Foot broad.
dia
Don. D.
Indian Paper is writ upon, which
gives me the Occasion
of mentioning the different Characters of seve
ral Nations.
Palmetto-Leaf
or impress'd with a Stile; it is above half a Yard long, and but an
Inch broad:
near 12 in Length; these by a Hole
punched at both Ends appear
to have been designed for a Book, and to be filed upon
Strings.
small Bengall
ditions of
the Bible.
sparent Indian Writing upon diffe
rent Sorts of Red Ink
and Black,Gold upon
blew made up
into a Fan,
before.
of the Sclavonian
Character in a Roll of
Don. D. Book or Scroll of 17
Yards two Foot
long, wrap'd up in Quarto eight Inches broad, from
Onar in the King
dom of
Pen. Don. D.
of
in Arabick writ
in the H.'s
by
whose Translation of the New Testament
into modern Greek, was
printed Anno Jo.
HardyJewish Philactery in Hebrew, in a single Scroll of Parchment, with the four Sentences of
the
Law mentioned by Grew
SocietyEliz.
Bland
mitive Language (wherein she was instructed by the Lord
mont Turkish
Commission, given me by
the said Bland
large,
viz. three Inches broad, and above half a Foot in Length.Divan of Algiers's John LawsonArabick gilded. Don. D.
but note, the Wax, but Ink; the Emperor's Name
being usually written with Flourishes, and in perplexed
Characters;
nor have they any Coat of Arms upon their Seals, there being no
such Thing
as Gentility among them. (Smith
tinopleManx Warrant or Token is
not
to be understood of one under Hand and Seal upon Paper, but of a blew Slate, about the Bigness of a Crown-Piece,with the Deemsters Mark
upon it, which being delivered to the Defendant, he is obliged to
appear. (Vide Cambd. Brit. N. E. p. 1066.
T S M (Tho. Sodor & Man), and upon the other the Governor's Mark,
for the Person charged thereby, being a Soldier,
was not to be forced
from his Post by any Power but the Governor's. The
Bishop of
now as much in Use as ever, and the People pay a readier Obedi
ence to them, than to
an Order under Hand and Seal.
ever printed in the Manx Tongue; so that I have now seven Lan
guages (not to mention
Hebrew, Greek and Latin, or other
learned
Tongues, or the antiquated Gothick, Runic, or Saxon) that are all at
this Day spoken, and printed within Her
Majesty's Dominions, viz. English, French, Welsh, Scotch, Irish,
Manx and Indian.
Places of Impression,
besides
are of
Yorke, Norwich,
Nottingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and
And in the English Tongue
(for it would be an endless Task to recite
those in other Languages) at
Amsterdam, Hague, Delf, Rotterdam, Geand
neva, Basil, Wesel, Cologn, Antwerp,
Doway
Malborow in the Land of Hesse, where was an Genesis
mation; which is so rare that it is omitted even in
theca Sacra
Kind, and tempts me to exhibit a Catalogue of the various Editions of
the Bible, in
Whole or in Part, which are more than are commonly
met with in a private Library in
these remote Parts.