In the afternoon we visited the Theatrum Anatomicum, or as it is called here and as is also written up over the door, the Schola Anatomica. For what we in Germany name auditorium they call schola, for instance: they say schola theologica, medica, juridica, philosophica, &c., for our auditorium theologicum, &c. In reality it cannot be styled theatrum anat.anatomicum as there are no seats. It is merely a great hall in which objects of interest, which partly do not belong here at all, are hanging around the walls, as, for example, works of art and so on. It could rather be called natural history museum or art gallery. Borrichius in Epist. ad Barthol. Cent IV. Epist. XCII. p. 525, says with truth that it is not to be compared to the Leyden Theatrum Anatomicum, although there are many beautiful things to be found here. We noticed the following: — A disgusting big head or skull of a walrus with great long teeth. A strange abortion of a calf which had been carried by a cow for many years and at last saw the light of day thus malformed. Two small loaves from the siege of Oxford, now all wormeaten. In a case, all kinds of Indian and other articles of dress, amongst them those from Davis StreetStrait of which Benthem speaks, p. 327. Also many other trifles such as a pair of boots which belonged to Augustus King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. An Italian lock, that jealous husbands in Italy put on their wives, and such like. Several very large calculi of men and animals, amongst which was the one mentioned by Borrichius. It is said to weigh two pounds, but is not nearly so large as a child's head. It was found after her death in a woman from Woodstock, not far from here, and cut out. The great corn or clavus, of which Benthem treats on the above-mentioned page 327. It looks more like a big nail than a bunion or com. Dr. Plot mentions it in his Natural History of Oxfordshire. Further on is one of Queen Elizabeth's shoes without a heel. The lower jaw of a woman, which has a large growth like a walnut. She is said to have got this from severe tooth-ache. A cane or stick, hollow and filled inside with quicksilver, such as some of the traitors carried to kill Charles I. When the traitors were discovered, all the prisoners were found to have the same weapons. A petrified, or rather incrusted, skull even larger than the one we had seen in Cambridge, though the stone or material was not so firm as in that, and the cranium was no longer whole. A plaster of Paris cast of a human foot which in place of toes had only two knobs or excrescences. The junior Librarian, Tho. Hearne, a young man still and a scholar, who is industrious and highly cultured, is in charge of this Schola Anatomica and shows it to strangers, but in these matters he is such an ignoramus that he gave out that this cast was the natural foot itself.

A large 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. Hen. Pawson Merc. Leod. A curious Spur of Sir Ferd. Legh's, a Colonel for K. Charles I. the Rowell of a dozen Points 3 ½ Inches from the Heel, the whole curiously wrought and gilded. General Fairfax's Sword Hilt, the Guard, or Basket Work inlaid with Silver, found at Nun-Apleton, and given me by Will. Milner Esq; present Lord of that Mannor. Spurs of the like Workmanship. A Protestant Flayle, given me by a Popish Recusant. A small 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 Mr. John Thoresby. A small Cannon.

A Ruff, or Piccadilly, to wear about the Neck to support the Ruff, and might suit Queen Elizabeth's strictest Proclamation, being but a Nail in the broadest Part. Don. D. Corn. Lee. A Brass Instrument for marking or crisping the Linen. An 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. A laced Cravat scarce 4 ½ Inch deep, Temp. Car. 2. A Point Cravat a Foot deep, in the same Reign; its Ribband of Gold and Green. Band Strings, and Knops of Thread, and of Beads both black and white. Breast-Knot of black Bugles and Snail-work. Stomacher embroidered with Silver and Gold; another of Silk with Flowers, curiously shaded with Variety of Colours. Holland Sleeves neatly wrought with black Silk. Sleeves of black Velvet, which Stow tells us was first made by Mr. John Tyce and Englishman near Shoreditch, in Q. Elizabeth's Time. As Heliogabalus was the first who wore Silk Cloths in Rome, so was Cardinal Wolsey the first Clergyman who did the like in England. A pair of Iron-stays or Bodice, which Mrs. W. of L. obliged her Daughter to wear; not so constantly, I presume, as St. Goodrick did his Iron Jerkins, of which he is said to have worn three Suits in the Time of his Hermitage (Legend of St. Cuthbert, p. 81.) Holland Puffles for the Gown Sleeves. Cuffs of Cambrick and Lawn, which in Q. Elizabeth's Time was so rare that all the Merchants in London, had not so much as may be had now in one Linen-Drapers Shop (Stow, pag. 86.) when Mrs. Dinghen van den Pass, a Flemish Knight's Daughter was the first profess'd Starcher in London. Archbishop Dolben's Buttons of Indian Peas tipp'd with Silver, probably when he was in the Army of King Charles I. Button-Molds of antique Forms. Buttons of Gold and Silk, large enough for a Wedding Coat, 1 Jac. 2. Since worn on the Wast-Coat of a Child of five Years old; such the foolish Instability of our Tempers!

A Handkerchief of K. Charles the First curiously marked with C under 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. A Piece of King William III. last Coat, sent by another Hand as a Relick; it is Purple. A Sample of fine Cloath, blew on one Side, and pure Scarlet on the other. The Earl of Pembroke is noted for being the first Noble Man of England that wore Knit Stockins Anno 1564, even the Kings of old wearing 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 Pair 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.

The History of ----- found at or near Yorke; it is good Workmanship, but not enough remaining to express the Story; sent by Mr. Gyles the famous Glass-Painter. An antique Head in Marble that belonged to the Virgin Mary's Shrine at York Minster; sent me by Mr. Sam. Carpenter the Statuary. John the Baptist's Head in a Platter, with this Inscription in old Letters, Inter nat: Mulier nō: sur: (surrexit) maj: Johē: Bapt: It is in Metal, twenty Inches in Circumference. The Heads of Otho and Vitellius in Plaister, from Aldburgh. Don. D. Eliz. Aldburgh. The first twelve Roman Emperors, done in Plaister by R. Th. Cardinal Wolsey's Head very well performed in Wood, found in the Ruins of the Archbishop's House at Cawood. Don. D. Jo. Etty Architect. The Head of King Charles I. seems to be black Marble, but is of the Lancashire Canal-Coal. The Present of the Lady Thornton. Lewis le Grand in Plaister, inscribed, Lud XIIII D G Fr: et Nav: Rex. Sir Paul Rycaut, the Learned Consul, in Wax, very curiously done at Hamburgh, K. Solomon's Judgment upon the Two Harlots, wherein are about a Dozen Figures in less than three Inches Diameter. Another half a Yard in Circumference, both of Metal and very well performed. The History of Elijah under the Juniper-Tree, supported by an Angel, 1 Kings 19. It is well performed in Wood by the celebrated Mr. Grindlin Gibbon, when Resident at Yorke, six Inches in Length, and four in Breadth. The same History wrought from it in Silk-work, by Mrs. Catharine Thoresby (my Mother-in-Law). A Mould for the History of our First Parents in Paradice, well designed, bought of the Executors of the said ingenious Mr. Gyles, together with an Excellent Statue of our Blessed Saviour, as bound to a Pillar in order to be scourged, so admirably express'd, that I confess, I cannot look upon it without Concern, and yet dread not the Scandal of Superstition. These are each a Foot high.

There are none of the Adder-beads to be met with in Ireland, that 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. To these may be added an Ancient Ring, which I suppose belonged to the famous Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, having his Device upon his Signet, viz. a Bear with a ragged Staff; for which see his Monument in Sir W. Dugdale's Hist. of that County: The Motto is anang apta, an agreeable Fate or Destiny, which may perhaps relate to his Martial Disposition and Victories in France: It is composed of Links of 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 Inscription is the old Character for Jesus; and on the other, Christ, with 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 Jesus was a standing Charm, not only upon them, but even amongst the Turks, as appears by Dr. Smith's Letter, Registered in the Phil. Trans. N° 155. A Silver Talisman from the Lord Fairfax's Curiosities, on one Side is an unintelligible Character, upon the other in modern Letters L H with ☿ and Ⅱ. Another with a Globe and Cross upon 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. A third (sent me by Robert Plompton, of Plompton, Esq;) hath the Area fill'd with Planetary Characters, and this Inscription round, In Deo confido, revertentur Inimici mei retrorsum: Upon the other Side are Jupiter and Venus embracing each other, inscribed, 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 Mercury was for Success in 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 that could be for the Time and Place. The Blind and the Lame hated by David's Soul, 2 Sam. 5. 8. are by some Learned Interpreters taken for these Images. And the brazen-Serpent, which Moses (the 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.) I shall conclude this Matter with a Charm, sent me by Capt. Furness, who saw it taken out of the Pocket of an Irish Soldier, who was slain in a Skirmish, notwithstanding the Protection he promis'd himself from this Billet of the three Kings of Cologn, which is thus inscribed, Sancti tres Reges, Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar Orate pro nobis nunc & in hora mortis nostræ. ""Ces Billets ont touch‚ "aux trois testes des Saints Rois a Colonge ils sont pour les Voyageurs "contre les malheurs des chemins, maux de Teste mal caduque, fievres, sorcellerie toute sorte de malefice & morte subite." To this Charm may be added another Sort of a Cheat, one Walter Freazer pretending that his Tongue was cut off by the Turks, had imposed upon most Parts of England, during his four Years Vagrancy, begging with the Account of his miserable Case writ upon his Breast, many Justices and Physicians had attempted the Discovery of the Imposture, but in Vain till Mr. John Morris of Leedes, by his assimiliating Temper (which he inherited from his Grand-Father Colonel Morris, who surprized Pontfract Castle for K. Charles I.) discovered the Cheat; and 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 Freazer was sent first to the House of Correction, and the begging Billet deposited here by the said Mr. Morris, who was also famous for Pantomimian or Antick-Dancing, which Archbishop Usher tells us was first used at Rome, An. I P. 4579.

THEThe Houses of Parliament curiously enammel'd upon Gold. Thomas Lord Fairfax the General of their Forces, upon Chessnut his Charging-Horse, with distant Prospects of Armies, Gladiators, &c. and in a Scroll, Sic radiant Fideles: Upon the other Side is the fatal Battle at Naseby. All three are express'd with so much Art, that the Metal, tho' Gold, is but as Dross compared with the Workmanship; in a Scroll is writ non nobis. The Whole comprised in an Inch and half Diameter, yet so exquisitely performed, that the Countenances of particular Persons may be discovered. It was a Present from the Parliament to the General, and was purchased by my Father with his noble Collection of Medals. Materiam superabat opus. A very broad antique Gold Ring, supposed to have been that of Richard Duke of Yorke (Father to K. Edw. 4th), being found in the Place where he was slain (which is to be perpetually fenced in, by Vertue of the Tenure of the Land) near Wakefield Bridge: Upon the Out-side is engraved the Picture of the Virgin Mary, with our Saviour and two other Saints; and upon the In-side, in the Characters of that Age, pour bon Amour. The Frame of an Hour Glass of Copper, of fine Workmanship, the Figures very ancient. ATalbot within the Garter under an Earl's Coronet, engraved upon Mother of Pearl. The Head of K. Charles I. painted to be set in a Ring. That of Christina Queen of Sweden, curiously enamell'd in the same Compass; her Successor's, Carolus Gustavus, of great Value, because in a less Compass, being little more than a Quarter of an Inch, yet very distinct. Two Hands conjoined, in white Enamel.

The Survey of the Rivers Ouse, Are and Calder, made by those sent from the Trinity-House at London, when the two later Rivers were made navigable. A Map of Yorkeshire in less than 2 ½ Inches. A Copy of the Prophetick Picture, concerning the Kings of England; the Original is carefully preserved in the Vatican; it was carried to Rome by one Thomson a Priest, about the Year 1626. My late pious Friend Dr. Fall, Præcentor of Yorke, saw it there, An. 1670, and by the Favour of Cardinal Howard procured a Copy of it, whence I took this. It is divided into eight Scenes: In the first, the Crosses are falling down from the Churches, and by the King is writ, A Thief; in the 2d they are re-erected by Queen Mary, by whose Picture is writ, God for the Woman: In the 3d the Church is on a Flame, and by Queen Elizabeth is writ, Persecution. By King James in the 4th, A 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 King Charles I. is at a Distance from his Head, with Armies, &c. The 6th instead of a King hath a headless Trophy, Cannons, 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. A Drawing of Mr. Will. Kent's, an ingenious Artist now at Rome, where he won the Prize of 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 St. Luke on the Reverse: He was also the first of the English Nation who was admitted into the Great Duke of Tuscany's Academy of Artists, which is an Honour to his Native County of Yorke: This Curiosity was the Present of my worthy Friend Mr. Sam. Gale (Son of the late excellent Dean of Yorke) from whom the learned World impatiently expects the History of the Cathedral of Yorke, wherein he hath made considerable Progress.

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.

Bishop Hall's Paraphrase, Fol. 1633. Lond. Title, A plain and familiar Explication (by Way of Paraphrase) of all the hard Texts of the whole Divine Scripture of the Old and New Testament. (Ded. to K. Charles 1.)

As to the Book of Common-Prayer, here are the first Edition of Qu. Elizabeth, which is very rare, and another 1580; which having collated with other Editions, ancient and modern, I have noted the Alterations in the Margent: That of K. James's (wherein the Thanksgivings were first inserted) the Persons then prayed for, were K. James and Queen Anne, Prince Charles, Frederick Prince Elector-Palatine, and the Lady Elizabeth his Wife (Mother to the Princess Sophia.) The Scotch Prayer-Book in K. Charles the 1st's Time, printed at Edinburgh 1637, Folio After the K. and Q. follow Prince Charles, and the rest of the Royal Issue (Royal Progeny in the English Books.) Liber Precum publicarum in usum Ecclisiæ Cathedralis Christi Oxon. 12°. 1660. Oxoniæ. This being before the Act of Uniformity took Place, the Queen Mother is not mentioned. The Thanksgiving upon 5 Nov. as well as 29 May, and the rest that are placed after the Psalms, was never, I suppose, printed and bound up in the same Volume with the Prayer-Book 'till the Restoration. In the Book it self, the Prayers for the Parliament, and All Conditions of Men, and the Collect of General Thanksgiving were added, many of the other Collects were altered, and Lessons changed, the Epistles and Gospels were according to the New Translation, which before were in the Old, (witness that 2d Phil. that in the Name of Jesus every Knee should bowe). In the Folio Edition (of which here is a curious one, the Present of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Yorke) is added the Form and Manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. And for the Honour of this his Native Country, be it remembred that the Learned and Judicious Dr. Rob. Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln, did either entirely form and word many of the new Collections and Additional Offices, or at least did more therein than any single Man of the Convocation, by whom he was also desir'd to draw up the Preface. See his Life by Iz. Walton, and as to the true Place of his Nativity, pag. 78. of this Book.

41. Miscellanies. 1. De Attornatis & Apprentitiis Legis. Querela contra Johanem Regem Scotiæ. 2. K. Edward VIth's Grant of Chantrys in the North. Thomaso Campanello's Discourse of Spain's universal Monarchy. An Oath imposed upon the Protestants in the Palatinate, and other Parts of Germany. The Jesuits Exposition of the 1st and 2d Psalms. A Waggish Description of Scotland. 3. Memorable Proceedings in Parliament 1611. K. James's Speeches to several Parliaments, with the Duke of Buckingham's, Lord-Keeper Williams, Sir Hen. Yelverton's, &c. both the Petitions to the King, with his Majesty's Answer to that called the Apologetick Petition. 4. Considerations upon the Treaty of the Marriage with Spain; the Spanish Inquisition, and Hostilities between England and Spain, from 1558 to 1588. Gerard de Malines Spanish Mercury. 5. Inconveniences by the Heralds giving of Arms. An Answer to the Reasons for that Usurpation. Discommodities that may come into an Army for want of Ensigns and Banners. 6. A Discourse of the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Parliament: Protestation of the House of Commons 1621. Notes of divers Speeches in the said Parliament: Remonstrances. A Kalendar of Ships taken by the Enemy. The Archbishop of Canterbury's Letter to K. James concerning a Toleration. Petition in Parliament concerning Religion. 7. K. Charles Ist's. Speech, 18 June 1625. A Petition for a Fast; the Commons Remonstrance 1628. The Lord's Propositions; An Answer to the Grievances: Petition of Right: Last Remonstrance for Tunaage and Poundage, with several Speeches of both Parties. An Abstract of the Earl of Northumberland's Commission. The Earl of Castlehaven's Speech at his Execution.

45. Miscellanies. Q Elizabeth's Speech to her last Parliament. Letters of the Earl of Essex, Lord-Keeper Egerton, Duke of Lenox, with later Transactions in the Reigns of K. James and K. Charles, 1st and 2d of both Names; as also during the Interregnum; the Ministers Reasons against the Engagement: Committees Proceedings against Mr. Case. Proposals for propagating the Gospel in India. Colonel Venable's Instructions from Oliver for subduing the West-Indies.Lady Tirrel's Letter concerning her Father Archbishop Usher's Predictions. Justices of Peace for the West-Riding of the County of Yorke, who were put in and left out by several Revolutions.

69. The Names of all the Towns, Hamlets and Granges within the Liberties of the Honor of Pontfract, parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster. King Charles the Ist's. Charter for making the Town and Parish of Leedes a free Burrough or Corporation, to be governed by one chief Alderman (the famous Sir John Savile); nine Burgesses (John Harrison Esq; the Benefactor, John Sykes, &c.) and 20 Assistants, (Ben. Wade Esq; W. Busfield, &c.) Deed for five Parts of the Bailywick, from Mr. Harrison to Trustees for the Corporation. Assignment of the Londoners to Rich. Sykes, John Harrison, Sam. Casson, and other Lords of the Mannor of Leedes for the Remainder of the Lease of 99 Years. Deeds for the Reversion, and other Matters relating to the said Mannor. Indenture of Agreement between Richard Earl of Burlington and Corke, and the Mayor, Aldermen, Commonalty, and Parishioners of Leedes about the Modus Decimandi for the Tythe of Hay; and a large Schedule of the Particulars that every one is to pay.

This reminds me of another Branch of the Curiosities that I begun to collect of late Years, viz. Original Letters, and other Matters of the proper Hand Writing of Persons of all Ranks, eminent in their Generations. It begins with the Kings of England, and contains the Signs Manual of K. Hen. 5, Hen. 6, Edw. 4, Rich. 3, and Hen. 7. K. Henry the 8th, Queen Katharine Par's Letter to the Admiral, K. Edw. the 6th's to the said Queen; the entire Letter of his own Writing, so one of his Sister the Lady Elizabeth's, both delicately writ: Qu. Elizabeth's Original Instructions for the Lord Evre, Warden of the middle Marshes. Mary Queen of Scots, when Prisoner in Yorkeshire; K. James the 6th of Scotland, the same when King of England; his Daughter Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia: K. Charles the Ist's Letter to the said Queen; the Commeatus for Sir John Burrough, Garter: K. Charles II. when in Exile (to the Provost of Edinburgh); and after his Restoration: His Order for erecting a Monument in Westminster-Abbey for K. Edw. 5, and his Brother, whose murdered Corps were then discovered at the Tower. Prince Rupert, James Duke of Yorke, the same when King of England; William-Henry Prince of Orange, King Will. 3. Qu. Mary 2. and her present Majesty Qu. Anne, whom God long preserve; Prince George, Duke of Glocester, and Princess Sophia, to the Bishop of Sarum.

The Original Charters of Edward I. King of England, to William de Vescy; and of John King of Scotland to John de Insula, under the Great Seals of their respective Kingdoms. Letters Patents of K. Rich. 2. K. Henry 8. with this additional Inscription upon the Seal, In terris Supremi Capitis Ecclesie Anglicane; which Title was also recognized by the Clergy, as appeareth by an Indenture of Rob. Prior of Nostell. Queen Elizabth's with the Great Seal of England; and another with that of the Dutchy of Lancaster. K. James I. and his Consort Queen Anne. K. Charles I. and II. Only those of K. Rich. 2. and Jac. I. have lost the Seals. Of the Royal Family, here are Charters of Edm. Earl of Lancaster (second Son of K. Hen. 3.) and John, Constable of England, and Regent of France (third Son of K. Hen. 4.) Of the ancient Nobility, Alice Lascy's (Lacy) Confirmation of Aberford Mills, the Original of that mentioned by Dr. Kennet (Par. Ant. p. 280.) sealed with three Garbs, An. 1274. Johan de Warenne Counte de Surr. a toutes, &c. de la vile de Wakefeud, 7 Ed. I. The Arms Checkie.

The Mr Throsby mentioned above was Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S., the Leeds Antiquary, in the catalogue of whose museum, printed in 1712, occurs the following entry:— "But the most noted of all the Humane Curiosities is the Hand and Arm cut off at the Elbow, positively asserted to be that of the celebrated Marquis of Montrose, whose Quarters were disposed of to several cities of Scotland, whence this was brought. It hath never been interred, has a severe wound in the wrist, and seems really to have been the very hand that wrote the famous Epitaph (Great, Good, and Just) for K. Charles I, in whose cause he suffered. Dr Pickering would not part with it till the Descent into Spain; when, dreading it should be lost in his absence, he presented it to this Repository, where it has more than once had the same Honour that is paid to the greatest ecclesiastical Prince in the world."[1]See Ducatus Leodiensis, by Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S., p. 431.