The Misery of War, admirably express'd in most noble Painting upon 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. Belshasar's Feast, excellently painted upon Board. It seems to be an Original, as the former indisputably is. The Heads of K. Henry 4. and K. Hen. 5. Charles 5. Emperor, and his Son Philip, King of England and Spain. Queen Mary, and Q. Elizabeth, K. James I. and Q. Anne; his Son-in-Law Frederick K. of Bohemia, and Q. Elizabeth, Mother to the Princess Sophia. The Duke of Alva, Oliver Cromwell, quondam-Protector; Mr. Pym, and Tho. Lord Fairfax, the General. Wicliffe, Tindal and Knox (Don. D. S. Wainwright); Dr. Donne, Mr. Marvel, Mr. Bowles, and Mr. Wales. Old Tho. Par, and Mr. Henry Giles, the noted Glass-Painter; all these in Oil-Colours upon Wood or Cloth. Sir Tho. Gascoigne in small upon Copper. Not to mention Family-Pieces, though some are of good Workmanship, particularly one in Miniature to be worn upon the Breast.

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.

The Byble whych is all the Holy Scripture, in whych are contayned the old and newe Testament truelye and purely translated into Englyshe by Tho. Matthewe 1537, and now imprinted in the yeare of our Lorde MDXLIX. (Folio London) by Tho. Raynalde and Will. Hyll. Of this Edition see Fox's Mart. 2d Vol. p. 434. And Strype's Mem. of Archbishop Cranmer, p. 82. That the Name of Tyndall (who was burnt for reputed Heresy) might not prejudice the Book, the Name of Tho. Matthewe (Prebendary of St. Paul's, who dedicated it to the King) was used, tho' Tyndall had translated all but the Hagiographia, which was done by John Rogers, the Proto-Martyr, in Qu. Mary's Reign, who added Notes, &c. After the Kalendar and Almanack, follow an Exhortation to the Study of the Scriptures; the Summ and Contents of the Holy Scripture; Description of the Kings of Juda, and what Prophets were in each Reign; a Table of principal Matters; Names of the Books, and Number of Chapters; a brief Chronology; Prologues to the Pentateuch; Jonah and Romans, and Notes at the End of each Chapter. In the Tables of Epistles and Gospels, several Popish Festivals are crept in again, as St. Nicholas, St. Lawrence, the finding and Exaltation of the Cross.