A Surprizing Representation of the Trinity, wherein the first Person is drawn as an Old Man with a triple Crown; the second with the Cross, and the third as a Dove, with Rays of Glory about each, and these Words inscribed, "In this Picture is represented, that of the Apostle St. Paul, Rom. 16. v. 27. saying, To God the only wife, through Jesus Christ to whom, together with the Holy Ghost, 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. is that of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary described by Bishop Burnet in his Excellent History of the Reformation (Vol. II. p. 60.) as that of the Trinity, but is strictly that of the Assumption of the Virgin, who is represented between the Father (with Triple Crown, &c.) and the Son. Of the Medals relating to her Immaculate Conception, and to other Saints, to the Jubilees, &c. see before. What appertains to this Place are certain Superstitious Pictures, and pretended Relicks: As a Picture of the Virgin Mary surrounded 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. Two different Accounts of the Original of this Feast may be seen in the Legenda Aurea Sanctorum of Jac. De Varagine; of which I have a rare Edition printed at Paris, An. 1475. The Picture of our Lady of Loretto, and her Son, painted and gilt upon red Silk, brought for me from Spain, by Mr. Chr. Wilkinson of Armley, Chaplain in a Man of War. The Darkness of her Face, (painted as a Black-moor) and Brightness of her Garments glittering with Gold are both unaccountable. The Figure of the Sole of her Shoe, upon which is written, ┼ This is the just Mea sure of the Foot of the blessed Virgin Mary, cut out by the Shoe which is kept in a Monastery of Monks in Spain. ┼ Pope John the 22d hath granted 700 Years of Indulgence to all those who will 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 Rivet, and set forth with Licence.

An Essay of Mrs. Walkier's Writing, who was blind from a Year old, of whom is a remarkable Account in Bp. Burnet's excellent and instructive Letters (pag. 116.) The Distich is, Linea si titubet, Lector, literæq; vacillent, Noris quam fallax sit sine luce manus. The said Right Reverend Prelate transmitted it to his Grace my Lord Archbishop of Yorke for this Musæum. A Calendar curiously writ and painted by Matthias Buckinger of Koningsberg (An. 1700) who was born without Hands and Feet. Don. D. Gul. Cookson Arm. Præt. Leod. A different Sort of his Writing given me by Alderman Dodgson. His Picture (the Copper-Plate said to be engraved by himself) with an Inscription below, writ by himself, when in Holland: Mr. Cranidge, who gave it me, saw him perform it; the preceding are also attested by Eye-witnesses. The Name and Motto of Jean Francois Blanchet, who was born at Bern without Arms. Hans Valery's Picture and Writing below, 1709, when at London and Leedes. Mr. Jonas Whittington's, 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, Monasyllables, &c. All these, with the Swiffers, I saw written. The Continuation of several Columns in Mr. Tallent's Chronological Tables, delicately writ by himself, when he was Fourscore and four Years of Age, and sent me by that good old Saint. Sermon Notes of Mr. George Beaumont, who suffered for K. Charles I. so close writ that there are 20 or 21 Lines in an Inch. Don. Rev. Fran. Drake Pontfrac. A Sermon or Mr. Rob. Porters, a N C. who are frequently reflected upon 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 within the Space of an Inch. Don. Rev. Gul. Moult Leod. A very small Writing of Mr. Sam. Walker's of Leedes. A Bond in Court-Hand in one Line, and the Condition in another, writ by the curious Pen of Mr. Robert Jackson also of Leedes, who engraves well, though infinitely short of that celebrated Artist, and my kind Friend, Mr. John Sturt of London, who is famous for his Skill and Dexterity in Graving, and 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 St. Chrysostom, and the Blessing, in the Bigness of the Heads of their Majesties, upon a Medal, 1693.