OR, THE
TOPOGRAPHY
OF THE ANCIENT AND POPULOUS
Town and Parish
OF
LEEDES,
And Parts Adjacent in the
WEST-RIDING
OF THE
County of YORK.
WITH
With the pedegrees of many of the Nobility and
GENTRY, and other Matters relating to those
Parts; Extracted from Records, Original Evidences,
and Manuscripts.
By RALPH THORESBY, F. R. S.
To which is added, at the Request of several Learned Persons,
A Catalogue of his MUSÆUM, with the Curiosities Natural and Ar-
tificial, and the Antiquities; particularly the Roman, British, Saxon,
Danish, Norman, and Scotch COINS, with modern MEDALS.
ALSO
A Catalogue of Manuscripts; the various Editions of the BIBLE, and
of Books Published in the Infancy of the ART of PRINTING. WITH
An ACCOUNT of some unusual Accidents that have at
tended some Persons, attempted after the Method of Dr. PLOT LONDON Printed for Maurice Atkins, and Sold by Edward Nutt at the Middle-Tem-
ple Gate in Fleet-street MDCCXV. 429
ACATALOGUE
AND
DESCRIPTION
OF THE
Natural and Artificial
RARITIES
IN THIS
MUSÆUM And first of HUMANE. BURNT Bones found in a Roman Urn near Peckam in Surry,
given me by the Learned Dr. Gale late Dean of Yorke, who
presented the Rest, with the Pot they were found in, to the
Royal Society. Others lately found in their Burying-Place at Yorke, without Boutham-
Bar: Also the Ashes of a Child in a small Urn, above Twenty of
which were placed round a large one, that was supposed to contain
the Remains of their common Parent. The Custom of Burning the
Dead ceased about the Time of the Antonines, who re-introduced that
of Burying: And one Part of the said Roman Sepulture was employ-
ed to that Purpose, where in digging for Clay, there was found nine
Foot deep a remarkable Lead Coffin, enclosed in another of strong
Oak Planks; the Bones were entire, though probably interred 1500
Years ago; a Thigh Bone, and the lower Jaw (furnished with all the
Teeth) were preserved, and afterwards given me by Mr. Montague Gyles. 430
A Fragment of an
Egyptian Mummy, the Flesh converted into aSort of black Rosin by the Oil or Gums used at the embalming, which
hath so incorporated it self, that the very inmost Part of the Bones
are of as black a Colour, as if burnt. Here are also Samples of three
different Sorts of Linen Cloths, wherein it was wrapped, each of
deeper Tincture than other, the outmost painted with Blue. Given
me by Mr. Kemp of London, who hath two entire Mummies with
Hieroglyphicks. Part of a Sort of Mummy found at or near Chester. Don. Hen.
Prescot Arm. Whether from the Nature of the Soil where it was
found, or by embalming, I have not heard; but some Ground is of
such a Nature, and particularly a sandy Desert in Africa, that Hu-
mane Bodies laid in the same, do not in the least corrupt, but be-
come like Mummies. (a)(a) Gordon's Geogr. p. 300.. The Ribs, Vertebræ, Skull, (the largeness whereof is observable) and
other Bones of a Humane Foetus, extracted from the Navel of a poor
Woman at Coxwold, An. 1701. By Mr. Birbeck of Yorke, who present-
ed them to me. An Account of this remarkable Case and Cure is al-
ready published. (b)(b) Phil. Trans. N° 275. Paper stain'd to a perfect Claret Colour, by the
Urine of Capt. Croft of Leedes. The fatal Stick cut out of the Body
of Edmund Preston of Leedes, the noted Butcher, thought to be the
best Footman in England; he died of the Wound he received by it in
skipping over a Hedge after some strayed Sheep, An. 1700. A Shred
of a Man's Skin, extreamly thick, being tanned. A remarkable Calculus, consisting of several Coasts or Crusts, taken out
of the Bladder of Dr. Robinson of Burniston: Upon his Dissection
were found 35, some as large as Nutmegs or small Wall-nuts; it much
resembles Bezoar. Given me by his Relict, who is Great-Grand-Daugh-
ter to the famous Archbishop Toby Matthews. Fourscore Stones of different Forms and Bigness, some an Inch and
a half long, others roundish and rugged, voided from the Penis of
an aged Minister, Mr. Creswick of Beghall, and sent me by his Execu-
tor Mr. Priestly, who had a Box containing about Six hundred of
them; they are dark coloured and gritty. Some large Stones voided,
and others cut out of the Urethra of Joshua, the Son of Thomas Spurret
of Leedes; two very odd ones taken out of the right Kidney, and
two very large found in the Bladder when he was dissected Nov. 1711.
by the ingenious Mr. S. Pollard, who presented them to me: One of
them weighed near two Ounces, is 5 ½ Inches in Circumference one
Way, and 4 the other. These are whiter and smoother than the Rest,
but broader. But the most remarkable is one voided 16 Febr. 1710. by Anne
Moorcraft a poor Widow, yet living in the Alms-House at Wakefield
when she was three Months above Fourscore Years of Age. It is yet
(though Part wasted) 4 ½ Inches in Circumference one Way, and
above half a Foot the other. This was the acceptable Present of the
Reverend Mr Scot Vicar of Wakefield. A small smooth Stone of a Straw Colour, taken with Two hundred
more out of the Gall-Bladder of Mrs. Varey of New Castle under Line.
Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton, Rect. Bervic. Three Balls voided by Stool, by Allice Hollings a poor Girl at Raw-
den near Leedes, one smooth and glossy, the Colour of a Hasle Nut;
the other two rough and gritty, of an obtuse Triangular Form, 5 ½ 431
Inches round, yet swim in Water, being of a light, fuzzy Matter, intermix'd with a gritty, in distinct Coats one above another alter-
nately. See a further Account in the Phil. Trans. (c). (c) N° 291. Don. Dor. Ward.
Another in the form of a Heart, lately voided by an antient Person at
Ardsley, and sent me by Dr. Craister. Two very large, taken from
Will. Coldell, and sent me by Capt. West, with an Attestation under
the Hand of the Surgeon: One of them is six Inches the one Way,
and seven the other, almost in Form of an Echinus, or Helmet Stone;
they weighed nine Ounces when first evacuated (10 May 1693.) and
were removed by Diet-Drink with an Alkaly Powder, &c. (d). (d) Phil. Trans. N° 304. From
these we may see the Danger of Swallowing the Stones of Fruit.
Here are some Plum-Stones voided by Mrs. C. (with one of these Balls
that endangered her Life) though she had not of twelve Months eaten
any of that Fruit. In the Philosophical Transactions, N° 297. is registred an Account
of the Bolton Boy (Nath. Hulme), upon whose Thumbs, Fingers and
Toes, grew certain Horny Excrescencies, which fell off once a Year.
He was living An. 1704, had shed them five or six several Times,
and had then both his Hands armed with them: Those upon his Toes
he kept under by continually cutting, that he might be able to wear
Shoes. The Reverend Dr. Wroe, Warden of Manchester College, obli-
ged me with one of these Horns, which is three Inches long. A late
Author has given us the Picture of Mary Davis of Chester, with two
growing upon her Head, An. 1680. (e)(e) Dr. Leigh's Hist. of Lanc. and Chesh. Tab. VII. . And in the Bibliotheca at
Edinburg, I saw a remarkable Horn, and transcribed this Account of
it, which is engraven upon a Silver Plate fixed thereunto.
This Horn was cut (by Arthur Temple Chyrurgeon) out of
the Head of Elizabeth Love, being three Inches above the
Ear; before these Witnesses Andrew Temple, Tho, &c.
14 May 1671. It was growing seven Years; her Age
Fifty.
The Keeper of the Library told me it was nine Inches long. In this Repository are two others, though not so long as that from
Bolton, yet much more solid confirmed Horns, cut from the Toes of
Dr. Rousel of Leedes, half an Inch thick at the Root, and two Inches
long. A Pugill of the Dust (unmix'd with Earth) of a noble Countess,
not easily distinguish'd from common Dust and Ashes. 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 Marquiss
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 1st. 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 Ec-
clesiastical Prince in the World. 432
QUADRUPEDES.
Of Quadrupedes Viviperous, particularly
First, such as are Multifidous.
THEThe Foot of a great White Bear, eight Inches broad, which is
two Inches larger than that in the Repository of the Royal So-
ciety; yet that was even supposed to have been as big as a Bull (f)(f) Dr. Grew's Musæum Regal. Soc. p. 12. .
Don. Franc. Burdet Barti. The Skeleton of a Greyhound. Don. Jo. Errington. Arm. The Quills of a Porcupine, 10 ½ Inches long, alternately Black
and White from End to End, but the Black commonly of a triple
Proportion. These were pluck'd by a Virago from a living Porcupine
at Leedes. The Pizle of a Hippopotamus (the Behemoth mentioned in Job) twen-
ty Inches long, the Glans being now dryed, but seven Inches round.
Don. Franc. Bourdet Barti. A young Cat (littered at Leedes) with Six Feet and Two Tails ha-
ving two distinct Bodies from the mid Back. Don. Jer. Crainidge,
Merc. Leedes. The Skin of a Civet or Musk Cat, or Rat, rather for the Smallness.
A white Mole. A white Mouse. A white Squirrel, with brown
Streakes. Viviperous Quadrupedes that are Bifidous. THEThe Horns of a Roe Deer of Greenland, little more than an Inch
long, so strangely does the Climate alter the Bulk of some Ani-
mals; the Deer in New Mexico being so big, that they breed them up
to draw with, as we do with Oxen. The Skull and Horns of a Deer
from - - - - the Horns 2 ½ Inches length, the Knobs about the middle
of them. Horns of a Spanish Ram, wrinkled and twisted 18 Inches long, the
Tips a Yard, wanting six Inches, distant; the lesser Horns wind round
in a Semicircle 13 Inches by the Ambit. The Horns of a Scotch Cow, in Length nine Inches and a Quarter. One of the five Horns of a Cade-Lamb at Leedes, eighteen Inches
and a half long. Don. Jos. Ibbetson Alderm. Leod. Two Horns of an English Sheep, each naturally formed into three
Circular Hoops or Rings, like the Cornua Ammonis. Two Horns, each
6 ½ Inches long that grew out of the Foot of a Sheep kill'd in the
Shambles at this Town. Don. Bart. Towers Pharm. Part of the Horn of a Rhinoceros, blackish, smooth, and quite
thorough solid. Don. D. Dan. Waldoe. That part of the Rhinoceros's
Horn that being near the Head is very porous. Don. Jacob Cay. M. D.
The Leg of an Elk two Foot two Inches long. Don. Isaac Blacburn
Pharm. Hart's Grease. Stag's Horn, and Foot. A Boor's Tusk. Camels Dawn or Hair. Laughton-Wool from the Isle of Man, remark-
able because not to be met with at any certain Place; but that one
only Sheep of a whole Flock hath of this dark coloured Wool.
Don. R. R. D. Episc. Sodor and Man. 433
Two large Teeth, the one white, the other dark coloured, but
of what Animals uncertain; three Inches in length, and four by the In-
dentings round. Don. D. Sar. Dodgson. A prodigious Tooth of an Elephant; it is eleven Inches in Circum-
ference, besides what hath been broken off. The Bones of this Crea-
ture are frequently exposed as Humane, and this accordingly pass'd as
a Giant's Tooth, but is one of the Grinders of an Elephant; and per-
haps of the very same Animal mentioned in the Additions to Derby-
shire (g)(g) Camden's Brit. N. E. p. 497. ; whence this was brought, and given me by Dr. Hayford
Wainwright. The Horn of an Anonymous Creature, curiously wreathed; it is
black and shining, 3 ½ Inches in length, and 1 ½ thick at the Root,
whence it tapers to a sharp Point. The Tail of a very large scaly
Creature; it is 14 Inches in length, consists of 13 Rounds, each gra-
dually less than other, from four Inches Diameter, where it joins the
Body to half an Inch at the Extent of it: In the midst of each of
these Rounds is a circular Line indented; which, with certain trans-
verse Lines, form two Rows of small Partitions or Cels, from 10 in
the smallest to 35 in the largest Round. Both these, with other valuable
Curiosities from India, were sent by Sam. Molineux, of Dublin, Esq; Of Balls or Stones taken out of Animals. A Naked and round hairy Ball taken out of the Stomach of a
Calf. A large incrustated Ball found in the Stomach of an Ox at Hallifax.
Don. Rev. Nath. Priestley. Another from Yorke. Don. Rev. Jo. Hotham.
Upon the Receipt of this, I cut one of them asunder; it is three
Inches Diameter; the shining Cover is very thin, and an incredible
Quantity of Hair close wrought therein, by the Motion of the Sto-
mach which in these Creatures are very strong and frequent, where-
by the Hair is compacted together, as Wool by the Workman's Hand
in making a Hat. The Hair of this is brown, whereas another in
this Collection (sent from Ireland) is very black. Another from
Mr. Ducing, the Coast bright, as though polished. But the largest of
all was taken out of a Cow of B. Ainsley's at Leedes; it is above a
Foot in Compass, and more compress'd than the former. A small one, with the like shining Cover from a Sheep, and three
out of one Lamb kill'd in the Shambles here: These are about an
Inch and half Diameter, and are compos'd of Wool, as the Cows of
Hair; but these three want the thick shell-like Cover. Five smooth Stones found with above fifty more in a Bag near the
Heart in the upper Ventricle of a fat Cow, that was kill'd An. 1701. at
Adwick near Doncaster, and were brought me thence by Jasper Blyth-
man Esq; Recorder of Leedes and Doncaster. Four larger found in
the Belly of an Ox in Craven, and sent me by Step. Tempest Esq; they
are four Inches round. And to quit these Matters at once; in the Belly of a Trout from
the River Wherfe, was found a Stone rough and oblong, near 2 ½ Inches 434
one Way, and three the other, sent me by Robert Hitch Esq; Twenty
nine Escalop-shells, taken out of the Maw of a Plaise at Dr. Midgley's of
this Town. And a few of the Echinus Kind from another Fish at
Dr. Richardson's. Oviperous Quadrupedes. A Land Tortoise, 6 ½ Inches long, and 5 ½ broad. The Shell of a
Tortoise curiously chequer'd, so ridged on the Back, that the Con-
vexity of the Shell is equal to its length, viz. 6 ½ Inches. Don. Gul.
Thornton Mil. A flat one from Barbadoes; the convex Work is com-
posed of Black and Citrine, 13 entire round, or rather Pentagonal Fi-
gures, besides the Halves at the Edge. Don. D. Netherwood. A scaly Tortoise high ridged, a Foot and half long. (Don. Gul. Mo-
lineux Arm.) Another but 13 ½ Inches, yet near as broad, viz. 9 ½ Inches.
The Pizle of a Sea-Tortoise 12 Inches long and 2 ½ round. Their Em-
braces continue a whole Lunary Month, as a grave Author tells us
(h)(h) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 38. The large Sea-Tortoise brought from the Isle of Ascension in South
America, by Dr. Midgley of this Town who presented it to me; it is
near a Foot above three Yards in Circumference. The Natives make
Boats of the Shells. For this ingenious Traveller (to whom I am obli-
ged for several Curiosities) having been five Voyages in the East-
Indies, his Nephew Mr. Robert Midgley Minister of Hulsingor, composed
this Distich. Hæc mihi lustrantem Regionibus orbis Eoi, Heu procul a Patriis dissita mira focis, Tot sævos doluit quondam tolerasse labores, Jam bene defunctos commemorasse libet. A Crocodile, six Foot wanting three Inches in length, the same Ani-
mal that is call'd the Leviathan in Job: There are some in Panama
100 Foot long. Of the Worship of the Crocodile, see Origen Contra
Celsum, p. 258. Don. D. Archer, Lond. A young Crocodile, 21 Inches
in length. Don. Sam. Molineux, Dubl. Arm. The Senembi or Iguana, a Sort of Lizard, so called in Brasil; it is
three Foot long within an Inch, the fore Legs but three, the hinder
eleven Inches. Don. Car. Towneley de Towneley Gent. Another sent
me by Mr. Molineux, hath not so great a Disproportion, the hinder
Legs being 13, and the fore eight. A young One of the same Kind,
the Body little more than five Inches. The Skeleton of another. Don.
D. Hall, Bervic. The Gouana it seems is of the same Kind, only more remarkable for
the Length of the Tail, which is three Times and half the Length of
the Body; for this is but eight Inches, whereas the Tail is three
Inches above two Foot. Don. D. Sam. Stubbes. The Scaly Lizard, or Lacerta Indica Squamata (i)(i) Musæum Wormianum, p. 313. ; it is three Foot
and half in length. Don. D. Jac. Simpson Leod. A small Lizard from
Africa called a Scenck, used as an Antidote against Poison. Don. Sam
Molineux Arm. 435
SERPENTS.
THEThe Skin of a Rattle-Snake, checquer'd,
brown and Ash colour-ed, four Foot within two Inches long, tho' the Rattle, if en-
tire, is but of six Joints. Don. D. Tho. Wilson Merc. Leod. Another
curiously variegated, but without Rattle, and two Inches shorter. Don.
D. Sar. Wainwright. Amongst the Curiosities sent me by Mr. Molineux,
there is one larger than either; and whereas an ingenious Author
saith, they seldom exceed a Yard and Quarter, this is a Yard and
half in length; the Rattle consists of ten Cells. Here is a Rattle of
four only; and another of eight that was brought from Pensylvania.
Don. Aar. Atkinson, Leod. A String of the Vertebræ of English Snakes. The small Ash coloured Serpent from the East-Indies, called the Am-
phisbœna. The Skin of a large Snake, likest that of Ibibacoca, as described by
Dr. Grew (a)(a) Mus. Regal. Soc. p. 50 ; it is eight Inches thick, and is checquer'd white and
black alternately. BIRDS. First, Of Land-Fowls. THEThe Bird of Paradise, call'd Manucodiata, or the Bird of God,
by the Natives of the Molucca Islands, who worship them. It
was not long since generally believed, not by the Vulgar only, but
the greatest Naturalists themselves, that they wanted Feet; and I late-
ly saw one, that, to countenance this Error, was mutilated; but all
Persons are now sufficiently convinced that this is false, both by
the Testimony of Eye-Witnesses, and the Birds themselves brought
over entire, as this was from Java, by Dr. Midgley, who presented it
to me. A Plume of long Feathers of another Manucodiatæ of the same
Species. A White Peacock. The Claws of an Eagle. The Claws of an Eng-
lish Eagle taken at Ackworth Park near Pontfract: It is stronger than the
former, tho' the Talons not so crooked. Don Jac. Blades Merc. The Skeleton of a Swallow very nicely done. Don. D. Walt. Calverley
de Calv. Barti A Chicken with four Legs hatch'd at Leedes. Don. D. Jac. Simpson.
Another Chicken with four Legs, and as many Wings; this, to pre-
vent the Fate of the former, I put into Spirits of Wine. Don. D.
Kath. Norton. The Thigh Bone of a Pullet from Dublin, which after
it had been broke, knit again of it self, the callous Matter having
perfectly cemented it, after which it grew very fat. Don. Rev. Jos.
Wilkinson. A Batt. An Ispida or King-Fisher. The German Silk-Tail, a rare Bird omitted by the Ornithologists, but
described in the Phil. Trans. N° 175. It is a Bird of Passage, yet two
of them shot in this Parish, An. 1702. Don. D. Sanf. Nevile. A very
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Large Quill of an Anonymous Bird. It is little short of the Cunter
(Phil. Trans. N° 208.) the Quill Part being above five Inches long,
one of these Birds will assault and kill a Boy of ten or twelve Years
of Age, and two of them attempt and devour a Bull or Cow. Double
feather'd Quills. A Feather of an African Hen. A Feather taken out
of the Coffin of Robert Braybrook Bishop of London (who died of the
Plague, An, 1404.) when his Body was taken up after the Fire of Lon-
don. Don. D. Tho. Ireton de Ireton Arm. A Crow with White Feathers in the Wings. Don. Hen. Gyles. The
Head of a Wood Pecker; the Bill but two Inches, yet the Tongue above
six, though now shrivel'd and dry; these they dart forth to catch
Insects. Some very beautiful Feathers of curious Colours, from the East-
Indies, perhaps of the Tomineio's or Sun-Birds. Don. Tho. Garraway, Leod. Of Water-Fowls. THEThe Leg of a Web-footed anonimous Palmipede. The Coulter-
Neb, or Puffin. Clusius's Anas Arctica, a Sea-Fowl, yet found alive
upon the Moors near Hallifax, and sent me thence by Dr. Threapland.
The Bones of the Heads of two very different Birds, the sharp point-
ed, and the broad-beak'd. The Wing-bone of the Elk or wild Swan.
The Leg of a Stork. The Foot of a Soland Goose from Scotland;
they breed in no Place about Britain, but the Basse Island in Edinburgh
Frith. The Coot or Fulica of Kin to the Water-Hen, shot upon the
River Are at Leedes. Don. D. Gul. Cookson Merc. EGGS. THEThe Egg of an Ostrich very smooth and white, above 15 Inches
in Circumference, almost of a Spherical Figure. Pieces of the
like Shells, by which it appears, that the Thickness is answerable to
its Bigness. The Egg of a Sea-Mew (or perhaps of a Guillemot) Ash-
coloured, tinged with blackish Spots, acutely, conical, and larger than
that of a Hen, from a noted Island not far from Lancaster, called the
Pile of Foudres, where great Flocks of divers Sorts of Sea-Fowl year-
ly breed. Variety of Eggs of different Forms, Sizes and Colours, with
and without Spots. In the Miscellanea Curiosa. N° 68. and the Journal de Sçavans (b)(b) Phil. Trans. N° 230 , is
the Relation of a small Egg found within a great one; such an Ovum
in Ovo was sent me by Mr. Nich. Fenay of Fenay, the larger Egg hath
nothing extraordinary in its Form or Size, but the inner is more Sphe-
rical, and very small, about the Bigness of that of a Pigeon, but as
solid a Shell as the outer. The Egg of a Hen with a thick Knob, or
Lump growing at the small End; whereas that in the Repository
of the Royal Society is at the greater (c)(c) Grew's Mus. R. S. p. 78. 437
FISHES, Viviperous.
A Thin Slice of the Sea-Unicorn's Horn,
white and solid; the Pre-sent of Mrs. Dorcas Dyneley, to whose Great-Grand-Mother, Fran-
ces, then Daughter-in-Law to Archbishop Parker, and after the Wife
of Archbishop Matthews, Queen Elizabeth gave this very Piece. The Scapula, or Fin of a Whale 3 ½ Foot long, and about four broad
at the Skirt. A Rib of a Whale. Don. Gul. Cookson Arm. Prætor.
Leod. The Pizle of a Whale, in Length a Yard and a Quarter, and
at the Glans above a Foot round, though now shrunk up and hard as
Horn. A round Bone of a Whale seven Inches Diameter, but little
more than one thick. Don. D. Fran. Place.Whale-Bone as it grows
under the Tongue of the Whale. Don. D. Geo. Lumley. The Gill of
a Grampus (Grand-poise, Magnus piscis) taken about the Yorkeshire Coast,
a Foot long; the Fish it self was 19 Yards in Length. Part of the
Fin of another great Fish, vulgarly called a Bottle-Nose, 25 of which
were at once cast upon the said Shore. The Tooth of a large Fish cast
up near Hull, seven Inches long, and six in Circumference. A Sample
of white and of the black Skin. A young Saw-Fish, above a Yard long besides the Saw, which is more
than a Foot; the Head is very flat, the Saw armed on each Side with
24 Spikes. The Saw or spiked Snout of another, which is above two
Foot long, hath 28 Spikes on one Side, and 29 on the other: But
the largest was sent me by Sir William Thornton; it is seven Inches
above a Yard in Length, and more than half a Foot in Breadth at the
Basis; the Fish, to which this Yard belonged, was above five Yards
long. The Jaws of a young Shark. Those of another somewhat larger;
and the Jaws of a Great Shark (Don. Jo. Bearcliffe Pharm.) these are
near two Yards wide; there are four, and in one Place five Rows of
Teeth visible; they are white, broad and indented. A dark-colour-
ed serrated Tooth of a Shark from Maryland. Don. Ric. Richard-
son M. D. A most remarkable one petrified; the bony Part is two
Inches and a half long, smooth and shining, besides the Root which
is rugged. Now comparing this, with those in the Head of an entire
Shark, amongst the Curiosities of the Royal Society, (which are not
half an Inch in the Animal that is two Yards long (d)(d) Idem, pag. 91. , and it will
appear, that the Shark, to which this belonged, hath been above thir-
ty Foot in Length. The Gula of the Shark is so wide, that a Man
may be swallowed entire; and some are of Opinion, that Jonah was
in the Belly of one of these Fishes three Days and Nights (e)(e) Dr. Sloan's Voyage to Jamaica. pag. 23. . The
Vertebræ of a Fish (perhaps a Shark) it consists of thirty five Joints,
with two Cavities in each for the Inarticulation of the Ribs. The Head of a Dolphin a Foot broad. The Fins of a Dolphin two
Foot three Inches; and the Tail of the same nine Inches long, and
as much between the Tips. Part of the Skin of a Seal or Sea-Calf. The Egg of a Thornback, or
rather the Bag, or Case of the Egg, smooth, black, and shining, six
Inches long, or near four over. Others less, called Fairy Purses. A young Sturgeon, half a Yard in Length. Don. D. Jud. Dickenson
Lond. A Scale of a large one near half as long. 438
Oviperous FISHES.
THeThe Sea Porcupine, it wants the Head, yet it is 14 Inches in
length, and near two Foot in circumference, armed round about
with sharp Needles above an Inch long. The Sea Urchin near six
Inches long, this is entire, by the same Token there are no Teeth in
the Head, but each Chap consists of a single and sharp-edged Bone.
Don. D. Gul. Franceys Alderm. Derby. The Gurnet. The Scorpion Fish, the Fins very sharp and prickly. A
larger of the same Kind. The Piscis Triangularis cornutus, or the Hor-
ned Coney Fish: It is figured in Wormius's Musæum, p.274. This here
is a Foot long, six Inches high, near three over the Belly, from
whence it riseth up to a very sharp Ridge on the Back; the Head
somewhat like that of a Coney, whence the Name, Nose flat, Mouth
little and round; the Horns are half an Inch long; the Crust or
Shell is all over adorned with Hexagonal Figures; the protuberant
Lines white, the Ground dark-coloured. Scaled FISHES. THEThe Aper or Capriscus, the Head well-described by Bellonius (f)(f) Bellonius de Aquatilibus, p. 311.,
Os parvum ostendit in quo dentes albi, humanis æmuli, in gyrum siti
sunt, for which Cause the Mariners call it the Old Wife Fish; from
the Likeness that the foremost Bone upon the Back, hath to a File.
Dr. Grew, whose Description is very accurate (g)(g) Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 113. , calls it the File Fish.
The Scales are separated by cancellated Lines, Lattice-wise, rough cast,
with little round Knobs. Don. D. Tho. Wilson, Merc Dublin. A Flying-Fish, the Hirundo of Bellonius, their long Fins enable them
to fly 200 Paces, when pursued by the Dolphins, Boneto's, &c. They
seem to be a Kind of Herrings, as a Learned and Ingenious Author,
who calls it therefore, Harengus alatus, informs us (h)(h) Dr. Sloane's Voyage to Jamaica, p. 27.. Don. Jab.
Cay M. D. The Head of a Fish from Holland, of the same Form with
the Serpens Marinus of Dr. Sloane (i)(i) Idem, Tab. 1. Fig. 2. , the under Jaw is longer than
the upper; in both are many sharp Teeth. Don. Sam. Cookson Merc.
Leod. Four Gore-Fishes, near two Foot long. Don. Pauli Smith Civis
Lond. They (as also the former) seem to be the Acus major of Bel-
lonious. Sesquipedales in Oceano capiuntur duorum pollicum crassitudine, quamvis tenuibus obseptas (k)(k) De Aquat. p. 163. . Exanguious FISHES. THEThe Claw of a Great Lobster. Another better than a Foot long,
and 13 Inches round, which, with the Meat weighed two Pounds
four Ounces: Ratably the Lobster hath been near a Yard long. It
was sent me by Mr. Molineux of Dublin, together with The Molucca Crab, which is nine Inches broad, and the Triangular
Tail seven long, though broken off: In Nova Francia they pile the
Shafts with them. The Prickled Crab, or Cancer Asper, so called be-
cause of the Spikes that grow upon his Back: They breed near Nor-
way, but this was found upon the Yorkeshire Coast, and sent me with
Star-Fishes, &c. by Mr. Dixon Vicar of Mask. Crabs-Fyes, a crustaceous 439
Stone found in the Fish, and brought me from Prussia by Mrs. Sus.
Madox. The Inmate Crab, or rather the Cancellus, or naked Shrimp of
Dr. Grew (l)(l) Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 121. of which only the fore Parts are armed, with crustaceous
Plates like the Lobster; but the hinder Part being naked, he always
houses himself in either an empty Shell, or cohabits with other Fishes
in theirs. The Bone of a Sepia or Cuttle-Fish. A Star-Fish of five Arms, from the Devonshire Coasts. Another
somewhat different from the Yorkeshire: As also one of six, and ano-
ther of thirteen, commonly call'd the Sun-fish; it hath five Arms,
each hollow in the middle, and narrow next the Trunk; the upper
Part full of innumerable Prickles, or little Knobs; the Arms are scarce
so long as the common sort, yet near four Inches in Circumference.
Don. Sam. Molineux Arm. Other Matters relating to Fishes not reduceable to the former Heads,
viz. the Skin of the Maw of the Fish taken at Macasser, Febr. 1680.
the Fibres do curiously and naturally resemble a Tree with its Stem,
Branches, Leaves, &c. The Skin it self is very thin, whitish and trans-
parent, and the Veins that compose the Stem, are now a black, rather
than dark red, as I presume they were at first; and those that form
the Leaves are a Sort of deep or faded green, variegated. The Figure
of it may be seen in the Phil. Trans. (m)(m) Phil. Trans. N° 227. . Dr. Midgeley of this Town,
who presented it to me, receiv'd it at Batavia from the Man that took
it out of the Fish. A Fragment of the Bones found under Ground near 30 Feet deep
in a Bed of Sand at Greenwich in June 1712. supposed to be of a large
Fish, they not corresponding either with Humane or Quadrupedes.
Don. Jac. Petiver, F. R. S. SHELLS, whirled and singled. THEThe Broad-lip'd Wilk 13 Inches long, the left Lip so spread and
undulated, that it is above half a Yard in Circumference. The
Spiked Wilk (Murex Aculeatus) near a Foot long; the Whirl consists
of eight Rounds with Spikes gradually less. Another as large from
Sir William Thornton, and three of different Sizes (of which one is a
Foot and half round) from Mr. Molineux of Dublin. A Wilk with
both the Lips deeply wrinkled and furrowed; and the Right Lip so
expanded, that it is as broad as long, and in Circumference more than
double, viz. 13 Inches: The Turban is compressed and the Body of
the Shell so convex, that it is four Inches high though little more
than five in Length. The Benefactor last mentioned sent me also a
remarkable Wilk, that hath on one Side six large Spikes, or Feet, as
they are called in the Murex Carocoides, and one at the End; from
whence to the End of the Whirl, which is knobbed above half a Foot,
one of the Spikes is an Inch and half long. The Square Wilk or Buc-
cina Romboidea: It is spiked, and hath also a Canale or guttered
Horn about an Inch long, which is half the Length of the whole Shell.
A very pretty spiked Wilk of seven Rounds, four Inches in Length. 440
Of the
English Marine Shells, mentioned by Dr.
Lister (a)Cochlearum Angliæ, p. 154., here are all the several Sorts of the Wilks, viz. 1st. the largest; it is five Inches
long, the Shell white, thick, and very heavy; his 2d Sort with deep
Furrows, and striated, one larger than his, (viz. six Inches in Circum-
ference) and one less; but these being old are white within, not
Purple, as when new gathered: These are from Scarborough. A small
one from the Dublin Shore, not half an Inch in Length. His 3d Sort
are a much thinner Shell, yellowish, and without the waved Fur-
rows. The 4th hath the Turban prolonged into eight Rounds; it is
white and finely striated, about two Inches long, and as much in Cir-
cumference; others of fewer Circumvolutions. His 5th is the thickest
Shell of all, considering the Size, which is but an Inch and half in
Length. A Greenish Shell that answers his last. These, and almost all other Shells wind from the Mouth towards the
Left Hand, but Dr. Sloane obliged me with one (found at a consider-
able Depth under Ground) that turns quite contrary Way, viz. to
the Right; it is of a deep Orange or Chestnut Colour; as is also ano-
ther lately received from Roger Gale Esq; which was found in a Cliff
near Harwich, that falling down discovered a considerable Bed of them,
all turn'd the same Way. This hath a Hole perforated very pro-
bably by the Purple Fish, as that learned Gentleman conjectures from
this Passage in Pliny, (Lib.9.) Lingua Purpuræ longitudine digitali, qua
pascitur perforando reliqua conchylia, tanta duritia aculeo est. The next Sort of the English Sea-Shells, mentioned by that celebra-
ted Naturalist (b)(b) Idem, pag. 160. , is the Buccinum crassum, whose Turban is extended
to a great Length. This, as his, consists of twelve Spiral Wreaths,
and the Space betwine the Lines is Concave or Hollow: It is a Shell
rarely found, is three Inches long, whereas the other Sort is but one,
and very thin: They are frequently met with upon the Dublin Shore
(whence these were sent me) and after a Storm upon the English Shore
about Lancaster, &c. This hath also twelve Wreaths, and is whitish.
Here is another that is red, and one that came from Jamaica of a very
dark Colour. A large one with the Rounds of the Turban swelling,
and double to the biggest of the English in Circumference, viz. four
Inches. Of the turbinated Shells with many Whirles, here is one very
curiously striated, with transverse Lines, and rostro recurvo. It was
given me by the Reverend Mr. Stonestreet of London, who hath a most
noble Collection of Shells. Others with bossed or knobbed Turbans
of various Colours, inclining to red, yellow and white; and as to
Size from a Quarter of an Inch to two inches in Length. Cochlea Margaritis æmula (c)(c) Museum Wormianum, p. 257., the great round mouth'd Snail of a Pearl
Colour. It is the largest of the turbinated Shells, half a Yard in Cir-
cumference; the Pearl Colour of the inside is natural, of the outside
artificial. Another, smooth and very beautiful, but not entire. Ano-
ther, Cochlea cælata, engraved and painted with various Colours and
Figures. The Nassau cochlea, with dark Spots upon a Chestnut co-
loured Ground, from Mr. Stonestreet, together with a third Shell, viz. The Cylindric Rhomboid Cochlea, with white Spots upon a dark
Ground. Another with dark upon white. Here is also a third very
curiously variegated, with triangular Figures white upon black: It is
four Inches in Circumference, though but two in Length: The Tur-
bans of all these are very little exerted above the Plain of the Shell. 441
But here is a very rare one given me by
Dr. Pelham Johnston, who brought it from Spain, that may fitly be stiled, Cochlea immerso turbine;
for the Rounds of the Turban, which in most Shells is prominent, in
this are turned inward, and sunk within the Body of the Shell, which
is seven Inches long, and 14 Round; it is white, smooth (except the
Spikes upon the Whirl) and Oval. Dr. Lister, among the English Marines, gives us two of the Trochi,
figura conoides (d)(d) Cochl. Ang. pag. 166. . Here are both the Sorts, white with red Spots,
the larger is little more than half an Inch in Length, yet two Inches
round. These of half Inch broad are the largest that are found in
our Seas; Another but Mr. Molineux obliged me with a very curious one that
is better than four Inches in the Basis, and as much in Height, in a
Piramidal Form: It is of a Pearl Colour, only the broadest of the six
Rounds is undulated with Crimson: These differ from all the Rest of
the turbinated Shells, in that the Circumvolutions are neither Con-
vex or Concave, but even and smooth. Another Shell of the former
Sort, with Convex Whirls waved with Pearl Colour and Black. Of the Land and River Shells, mentioned by Dr. Lister, here are
the Citrine Snail-Shells, and sad coloured singly, the White with dark
Stripes, broad and narrow, Yellowish and Olive-coloured. Also of the
compress'd Kind, with the Navel-like hollow, and Variety of Colours
Crimson, Green and Dark, curiously waved, frequently intermix'd
with Pearl Colour, generally half Inch broad, as he writes, but one
a compleat Inch. The River Shells are thicker, and as to Colour, here
are of the dark Ash, brown, yellow, red, white and strip'd. The Ne-
ritæ also, whose Turbans are mightily depressed, almost flat, and of
the turbinated Shells; some very small, not a Quarter of an Inch long,
and of different Colours, white, faint red, deep, and light yellow,
and Ash coloured. The mailed Sailer, both within and without of a Pearl Colour. Venus Shell, Concha Veneris vel inverecunda; this is white and large,
with both Lips furrowed. The bunch back'd Venus Shell, it is dark co-
loured. The long Venus Shell, with white Spots upon a bay Ground.
Another somewhat less. The high back'd with Purple Spots upon a
white Ground. Another with the like Spots upon a dark-coloured
Ground; all the before-mentioned are about seven or eight Inches
in Circumference. Here is another Sort about an Inch long, or a little more or less; those
whose Lips are white, are stained with dark Spots upon the Backs,
which are a Bay Colour, except the white Ridge: Others are of an Orange
Colour, all with furrowed Lips and smooth Backs. But there is a
third Sort very small, not above the third Part of an Inch in Length,
white or inclining to a pale Red that are found in the North of Eng-
land, where they are called Nuns; these are full of small Furrows
with transverse Lines: This Sort is particularly called Entalia. Those
from Jamaica have a deeper Furrow round the bunched Back, and
Knobs upon the Margent. Here is one with a very sharp needle-like
Spike upon the Back of it. The smooth ones are used by the Italians
for polishing of Paper, and by the Egyptians for smoothing Linen. The Round Sea Urchin, or Button Fish from the Scarborough Shore,
with and without the Prickles, one little more than an Inch in Dia-
meter. Another a Foot in Circumference, with ten Orders of the
little protuberant Studs: These were anciently eaten raw as Oysters; 442
they are brownish inclining to red. A Fragment of one from the
Irish Coasts curiously variegated, white Specks upon a Purple Ground,
intermix'd with Red. Part of another very thick and strong, with
large Knobbs or Bosses, I suppose from India. The Mare-Maids Head, Echinus Ovarius: These are very rare and
much less than the former; of four from the Indies, not one above
an Inch Diameter; one less than that of Dr. Plot's (e)(e) Hist. of Oxf. engraved, Tab. V. Num. 6. , of which he
questioned whether the Shell of any Animal in Nature could exactly
correspond. Don. D. Jud. Dickenson Lond. A very curious Echinus of a
larger Sort, that is seven Inches round, and adorned with ten equi-
distant double Rows of larger and smaller Spikes alternately. Don.
D. Rac. Boyse Dubl. The Maiden-Head, an Echinus from the Irish Shore
very thin and brittle. Don. Rev. Jos. Wilkinson, Dubl. The Sea Ear, Auris Marina, or Mother of Pearl, the outside brown
and rugged, but the inside of a very beautiful Pearl Colour: Here
are six of them, the least two Inches and a half long, and the largest
near five: They have Holes at the Side (none fewer than six, or more
than seven) whereby the Animal admits or expels Water at Plea-
sure. The Goldsmiths in France split them into thin Plates, and
beautify Cabinets with them. They are brought from Guernesey as well
as Italy. The Limpet or Patella from half an Inch to near two Inches long,
one almost transparent and white. Another thick and dark coloured.
Some almost flat; others very Convex. Some almost smooth; others
striated with deep Furrows: One from the Seat of the Animal, which
is white, curiously variegated, with Orange and Olive to the Edge. Of SHELLS Double and Multiple. THEThe Sea-Wing, Pinna; it is an Inch above two Feet in Length,
and a Quarter of a Yard over; it is somewhat larger than
that in the Repository of the R. S. and is esteemed the largest and
longest of all shells. The Multiarticulate Oyster, the Convex is smooth and stained with
Chestnut upon white, with 14 small Joints upon the Base, the Mar-
gin is furrowed and toothed within; it is well figured by Dr. Grew (f)(f) Mus. Reg. Soc. Tab. 12. .
The large Oyster. The little Oyster very rugged and thick. The
Shell of another, part whereof is wrought like the Escalop. Another
crusted over with various Windings, like the Lapides Vermiculares, or
Worm-Stones. Others of the Pearl Colour within. Another plated
with Valves, of a paler Pearl Colour. ESCALOPES. HEREHere are all the Sorts mentioned by Dr. Lister (g)(g) De. Cochl. Marinis, Tab. 5. . viz. the large
one with 14 Ridges and as many Furrows, with the Striæ in
straight Lines from the Head to the Margin, enclining to a Red, four
Inches in Length and 4 ½ in Breadth; another five broad; a third
less, but of a different Colour, yellowish. His 2d Sort is curiously
striated with twenty Ridges; it is red, spotted with white: This
strictly corresponds with his in Length, almost two Inches, larger
than which he had not seen one. But here is a very fine one with 443
a Purple Blush within, that exceeds it in a 5th Part: And a third that
is less than either, yet a like Number of Furrows. The Doctor's third
Sort is easily distinguish'd from all others by its Narrowness being
but one Inch broad and almost two in Length. A Scallope from the
Irish Shore, the largest I have seen, being above half a Foot in
breadth, and near two Foot in Circumference. Don. Rev. Jos. Wilkin-
son Dubl. Twenty of the small Scalopes, some striated, others smooth,
with Variety of Colours, single strip'd, and spotted, about half Inch
broad. Dr. Grew mentions the Coralline Scallop without Ears. Here
is one that answers his Description, save the Colour, which is Orange.
But the most remarkable of all is an Ash-coloured one, from the Top
of the Apalatæan Mountains, that part Virginia on the West, from
the Rest of the American Continent; upon which Mountains great
Numbers of them, and other Shells, are found, which is an undeni-
able Argument of an universal Deluge. Don. Roger Gale Arm. Even the smallest Pecten or Scallope, hath Auriculæ, whereas the lar-
gest Pectunculus, or those of the Cockle-kind, want the Ears. Of Cockles, here are the white, brown, and blew, or deep Ash-co-
loured, differently striated. The large Cockle with Prickles, or Pectun-
culus echinatus, from Tees and Scarborough after Storms, and from the
Irish Shore; it is above two Inches broad, (three by the Convexity)
hath 20 deep Furrows, and upon the intermediate Ridges certain sharp
Prickles, ten upon a Ridge: This is well delineated by Dr. Lister (h)(h) Idem N° 35. .
Another of them 6 ½ Inches in Circumference, the Striæ in these are
from the Head to the Margin. One of the common Size without
Prickles, and hath also transverse Striæ towards the Margin. Another
with eighteen of these Circular Lines from Side to Side, and those so
deeply furrowed that they almost obscure those from the Head
to the Margin; one Side of these is much shorter than the other.
The small white Cockle hath the Shell equally extended on both
Sides: Of this Sort here is an entire Cockle, only a Quarter of an
Inch long, yet hath 26 Ridges. The Carolina Dish Cockle; it is two Inches above a Quarter of a Yard
round, will contain near half a Pint of Water; it has 36 of the
like Ridges, with the Pectunculus echinatus, but none of the Aculei;
it was brought from thence, and given me by Chr. Gale Esq; her Ma-
jesty's Attorney General in Carolina. A very thick Shell four Inches broad, with ten Ridges, of which
the middlemost is very high; one End of the Shell is compress'd;
it is white with Purple Spots. As to the Muscle Kind, the common Sort are 2 ½ Inches broad, and
little above one in Length (i)(i) Idem, p. 182. ; but here is one that is full two Inches
long, and four in Breadth: In other Things it agrees with the Vul-
gar being on the out-side, Ex cæruleo niger, and within albescit ex cæru-
lea: It was sent me from Ireland. A Muscle Shell from Bermuda's;
it is of the usual Size, but different Colours, viz. reddish and yel-
low. The ponderous thick shell'd Mussel from the rapid River Tees
near five Inches broad; the thin and light ones from Ponds and Still-
Waters: The largest that so curious and inquisitive a Person as Dr. Li-
ster had met with, was two Inches and 3 ½ (k)(k) Idem, de Cochl. Fluviat. p. 146. . But one here is 3 ½
one Way, and half a Foot the other; it is Yellowish and Green
without, and a shining Bright within. Another somewhat less, but
beautiful, strip'd with green, yellow and dark Colour. 444
Other Bivalves that suit the 19th, 20th and 21th. in the 4th Table of the Cochl. Marin. The 22d also, which is remarkably thick and
almost round, with small Circular Lines on the Convex Side, and up-
on the Hinge within are two or three Protuberances or Teeth, with
Cavities betwixt to receive those of the other Valve: Some of these
are near a Foot in Circumference, others but six Inches; and as to
Colours, Dark, White and Yellow. The 23d is slender, with small
Striæ from Side to Side. One that hath also transverse Lines from the
Head to the Margin. The Sheath-Shell, as it is commonly called, because of its Form; it
is improperly called a Long Shell, because, saith a noted Author, the
Length of a Shell is properly from the Navel to the Edge directly
opposite (l)(l) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 143. , and the Breadth between the two Sides thence produced,
so that this Shell is but one Inch in Length, and seven in Breadth.
Most of these are white, but where the Cuticula remains it is greenish,
and curiously variegated with white and dark Colours, as in Dr. L's
Figure of it (m)(m) Dr. Lister de Cochl. Marinis, Tab. 5. 37. . The Bivalve of the Tellina Kind, differ from all the Sorts of the
Pectunculus, in that they are of a Rhomboide Form, longer from Side
to Side, than from the Head to the opposite Margin. One here strict-
ly answers the Colour of Dr. Lister's (n)(n) Idem, p. 190. , Ex viola purpurascens; three
other very beautiful transparent Shells, but larger (near three Inches),
one clear white, the other two variegated with Crimson. Small ones
of this smooth transparent Kind, little more than half an Inch broad.
Others a little rounder, and of various Colours, White, Blew, Pur-
ple, and with brown Stripes. The laminated Tellina is of a more solid,
thicker Substance, liker the common Cockle, but consists of three or
four of those Lamina which gradually encrease in Breadth, from the
Head to the Margin. Of these I gathered great Variety in Holland,
35 Years ago, which do yet retain the Beauty of their different Co-
lours, some regularly shaded with lighter and deeper Tinctures at the
Edge of each Lamella. Here are of them from half an Inch to above
an Inch and half in Breadth. I shall conclude these with the last of Dr. Lister's Bivalves (o)(o) Idem, Tab. 5. 39. , which
is a thin white Shell striated both Ways, and sometimes, tho' rarely,
found at the Mouth of the River Tees. After the double Shells, or with two Valves, there remain some
which are made up of several Shelly Pieces, conjoined as the Balanus
and the Concha Anatifera. The Balanus or Conick Centre-Shell is in
Shape somewhat like a Tulip, the Shelly Plates being pointed at the
Top, and standing up as so many Leaves; they always grow fixed
to some other Body: Here is one fixed to a Stone; another to an
Oyster Shell; several upon a Barnacle, and no less than 18 small
ones upon a little Limpet in less than the Compass of an Inch; which,
I suppose, to be the Species that Dr. Grew (p)(p) Grew's Mus. R. S. p. 148. calls the Spunge Centre-
Shell: But the Form is best discovered in the Balanus Major; two of
which are upon that remarkable Escalope from Virginia before-men-
tioned. The Barnacle or Concha Anatifera Britannia, is the other plurivalved
Shell, that by a long Neck, somewhat resembling a Wind-pipe, sticks
to, and breeds upon any Wood or other Matter floating in the Sea.
It hath in it some Cirrhi, which have been fancied to resemble a little 445
Bird, which was formerly believed to grow to the Bigness of a Goose.
See the old Notion expressed by a very ingenious Gentleman in the
Phil. Trans. (q)(q) N° 137. But the most judicious and rational Account (there
being no such Thing as Equivocal Generation in Animals) is given
by my honoured and kind Friend Dr. Sloane, in his Voyage to Ja-
maica (r)(r) Dr. Sloane's Voyage, p. 32.. INSECTS. Of Insects, with naked and with sheathed Wings, and of
creeping Insects. A Learned and Pious Author justly conjectures, that of the Papillio's
or Butter-flies, there are no less than 300 Sorts, that are Na-
tives of this Island, himself having observed and described 200
Kinds in the Compass of a Mile or two (a)(a) Ray's Wisdom of God in the Creation, p. 9. . Another ingenious Au-
thor, in these Parts of Yorkeshire observes, that what seems to be a
Powder upon the Wings of a Butter-fly (which sticks to the Fingers
when you catch them) is really an innumerable Company of extream
small Feathers, not to be discerned without a Microscope (b)(b) Dr. Power's Microscop. Ob. p. 7. . Here
are several Sorts of them with curiously variegated Wings, admira-
bly beautiful for their Colours or Texture; one Sort hath round
Specks of Silver naturally laid on. These are all English, and were
Part of the Collection of the late ingenious Tho. Kirke Esq; who gave
me them; the Lady Copley hath the Rest. A very large one from
the Indies; the inner Wings blue, with yellow and white Studds
very beautiful. The Adders-boult, or Dragon-fly. A Fly sent me by the Reverend Mr. Hall of Fishlake, An. 1699. with
this remarkable Account, That in May the same Year, at Kerton in
Lincolnshire, the Sky seem'd to darken North-Westward, at a little Di-
stance from the Town, as though it had been with a Shower of Hail-
stones or Snow; but when it came near the Town it appeared to be
a prodigious Swarm of these Flies, which went with such a Force to-
wards the South-East, that Persons were forced to turn their Backs of
them, to the Wonder of those that were abroad and saw them,
particularly the Minister of the Town, from whom my Friend had the
Relation. A great winged Locust; it is the first Sort described by Moufet (ic), (ic) Insectorum Theatrum, p. 117.
having greenish Wings stained with black Spots. Don. Rev. Jac. Co-
ningham V D M. The Head of a Stag-Beetle or Flying Hart, as they are called in Vir-
ginia and New-England; it is considerably larger than the English
Sort, the Horns near an Inch and half long. Of its shrill chirping,
see the Phil. Trans. N° 127. Entire Flying Stags; it hath its Name
from the Horns, which are branched exactly like the Stag's. These are
of English Extraction, and by some called ..., from a park in
Dorsetshire, whence these were procured for me by Patience Ward Esq. 446
The broad gilded Beetle, Cantharis latus, exactly described by
Dr. Grew (d)(d) Mus. Regal. Soc. p. 168., a Golden Green on the Back, and like burnished Copper on the
Belly. The Cantharis vulgaris, or common slender Spanish Fly, a plea-
sant Green. A small one with Crimson Wings, but green Head,
all three of an inexpressible Splendor, and pleasant to the Eye (e)(e) Moufet, p. 145.. A Scorpion, the Head lies hid in the Breast, it hath 8 Legs, and a
Tail of several Rounds; these are sometimes armed with one, some-
times with two Stings. Don. Jab. Cay M. D. Bombyx, the Silk-Worm in all its Changes (undergone at this Town)
the Egg, the Worm, Aurelia, Slough and Butter-fly, with some of the
Silk very fine, wound by the Gentlewoman that kept them, Mrs. Eli-
zabeth Skyes. PLANTS, with the several Parts of them. A Noble Collection of above 800 dryed Plants, wherein are many
very rare Foreign ones collected by my honoured Friend Dr. John
Nicholson of Yorke, and presented to me by his Relict: I shall enu-
merate some of those that I take to be more rare, as they occur in
the Book, Geranium Creticum, or Candia Cranes-Bill; Brassica marina,
Sea Colwort; Argemone lutea Cambro-Britannica, yellow, wide Bastard-
Poppy of Wales; Urtica Romana, Roman Nettle; Lamium America-
num, Archangel of America; Clematis Panoniæ, Bush-bower; Hormi-
num Clusii, Clusius's wild Clary; Nigella Romana, Roman Fennel Flow-
er; Rubarb from Spain and Candia; Flamula Jovis, Virginian Lady
Bower; Lysimachia lutea Virginiana, Tradescant's Tree Primrose; Geni-
sta Hispanica, Spanish Broom; Flos Adonis, Adonis's Flower; Cancalis
Hispanica, Spanish Bastard Parsley; yellow Arabian Mustard; Spanish
Gum Succory; Faba Veterum, Greek Bean; Cerinthe Plinii, Pliny's red
Honey Wort; Nasturtium Indicum; American strange white Dasy; Spanish
Catchfly; Thlaspi Dioscoridis; Mentastrum tuberosum Clusii, Horminum
Creticum; Lychnis Chalcedonica, or single White Flower of Constanti-
nople; Lysimachia Virginiana maxima; Melilotus Italica; Flos Africa-
nus minor; Cnicus Clusii; Scabiosa Indica; Lychnis viscosa Italica; Tele-
phium legitimum Imperati; Betonica major Daniæ; Noli me tangere vel
Persicaria Siliquosa; Impatient codded Arsmart; Palangium Virginianum
Tradescanti; Camelina; Hedysarum legit. Clusii; Malva Hispan; Virga
Aurea Arnoldi; Pimpinella America; Cicularia Palustris; Panax Coloni;
Linaria Alpina; Cacalia Americana; Melissa Molucca; Agnus Castus;
Doronium Americanum; Dulcamara Virgin. Absynthium Austriacum; Oxis
Indica; Plumbago Plinii; Melissa Turcica; Eryngium Monspeliense; So-
lanum magn. Virg. Eupatorium Amerc. Reseda Italica; Aster Virginia-
nus; Petrosolinum Macedonicum; Balsamina fœmina; Doria Virg. Cirium
Montanum; Scabiosa Indica; Botrys Americana; Seseli Æthiopicum fru-
tex; Jasminum Americanum; Halinus Latifolius; Mentha Germanica;
Amomum Virginian. Phalangium Creticum; Polium montanum album;
Lobus Creticus; Hedera Virginiana two Sorts; Meum Italicum; Larusti-
nus Lusitanica; Rhus Choriaria; Ficus Indica (Indian Fig), Ischæmon
Indicum; Origanum Canadense; Thlaspi supinum Creticum; Sena Indica
vera; Scorpoides Mathioli; Chrysanthemum Valentinum; Doronicum majus
Officinarum; Hyosciamus Creticus; Aparine major Plinii; Arbor Vitæ; 447
Holostium Mathioli; Gramen Pernassi; Anagallis aquatica Lobelii (3 & 4
Sorts); Thlaspi fruticosum insanum Mechlen; Lotus arbor (Nettle Tree);
Anthillis Hispanica; two Sorts of Scorpion Grass; Arbor Judæ (Judas's
Tree;) Hypericum Lobelli; Pomum amoris; Melissa molucca; Apocynum
Americ. Jasminum Americ. Syringa alba; Alsine bac. Virginiana; Locusta
(the Locust Tree); Aster racemosus Virg. muscus Cupressi; Alcea Cretica;
Libanontis (Herb Frankincence) Natrix Plinii; Mirabile Peruvianum;
Tragoriganum Creticum; Trachelinum Americ. Jasminum Catalonicum;
Nux Staphyllodendrum; Herba mimosa (Sensible Plant;) Trifolinm fragi-
ferum, Mr. Goodyer's Marsh-Saxifrage; The Irish Strawberry Tree; Her-
ba Paris, with five Leaves. Those which follow shall be reduced so far as I am able, because of
the different Names of the same Plant in several Authors, to the ac-
curate Method of the Learned Dr. Sloane, in his Catalogus Plantarum in
Insula Jamaica; by whose Kindness I am furnished with 30 different
Sorts of these very rare exotic Plants; others were brought me from
the same Island by Mr. Sam. Kirkshaw Merchant. Corallina Opuntiodes, and the Corallina major, called also Bandstrings
from the Fashion; both from Jamaica. The Arbuscula Coralloides of
Clusius from the Coasts of Norway. Don. Jab. Cay M D. Several Sorts
of the Coralline Shrubs, incrustated Plants, from the English Shore:
But the most curious of them is that Corallina alba, discovered by the
ingenious Mrs. Ward of Gisburgh in Yorkeshire. Others Submarine
Plants of different Colours and Substance, growing upon Stones.
Warted Sea-wrack, with greater and lesser Bags, or Vesicular Knobs.
... A pounced Plant, two Inches broad and half a Foot
long, part folded up; it grows upon a Rock, or rather is fast-
ned to it, for they receive no Nourishment from the Rock, but the
Sea Water, and such Nutritive Bodies as it is impregnated with. A great Sea Fan above a Yard high, and in some Parts two Foot
and half broad, of a very fine Texture. Other lesser Fans as well as
the more open, as of the closer Net-work; one without the Crust;
to some of these are fixed the Nests of a certain Insect, as small as a
Bean or Pea. One with stronger Purple Stems, they grow at the Bot-
tom of the Sea in all the hot West-Indies (f)(f) Dr. Sloane's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, p. 56., and are used to fan the
richer Sort, when they eat, and to keep away Gnats and Muscato's.
Small yellow Flowers from the Norway Coasts. Don. D. Sus. Maddox.
Sea-blobber. Spunge. Different Sorts of Fungus. Oryza, Rice an Ear
of it, as it grows in Jamaica; it is used not for Food only, but Drink,
even an inebriating Liquor called Arack being made of it (g)(g) Idem. p. 104.. Mil-
lium Indicum, or Guinea Corn of Dampier. An Ear of Virginian Wheat,
the Stem is about two Inches round, the Ear (composed of many small
Branches) half a Foot long, the Grain as small as the former. Don. Hen.
Pierse Barti. Two prodigious long Ears of Wheat that grew at Bir-
shall near Leedes, which have Out-branches from the main Stem. A
Stalk of Oats with about 200 Grains in the Ear, that grew at Leedes.
Some of the supposed Wheat that came down in a hasty Shower near
Leedes 29 May 1681. and of that rained 26 July 1702, different from
the former, and both from real Wheat, being Seeds of Ivy-berries
(h)(h) Phil. Trans. N° 186., or other Plants hoarded up by the Birds. Several Spikes, or Heads of Mayz or Indian Wheat, most are about a
Span long, and consist of 8 Rows, in each of which are usually above
30 Grains (i)(i) Id. N° 142. by Governour Winthorp. : But here is one that hath 47 in a Row yet remaining, 448
but by the Sockets it appears to have had above 50. In the Northern
Parts they have a peculiar Kind called Mohauks Corn that is less. Here
is one that I take to be of this Sort, which, tho' at its full Growth is
but half the Bigness of the former, yet hath it twelve Rows, and in
each of them 32 Grains. The most usual Colours of Mayz are white
or yellow; but there are also of Red, Blue, Olive, Greenish, Black,
Speckled and Striped; most of which Colours I have in one single Ear,
they are therefore only Varieties, not distinct Sorts. Mr. Will. Tolson
gave me one that he raised at Leedes, of Seed that he brought from
those Parts of the World: In this the Beard is visible, which is not
in those that are full grown. It is said to grow six or eight Foot in
Height, but my Friend brought me one from Pensylvania that is 12
or 13 Foot long, with a Sort of Flowry Excrescence or Particle at the
Top; it is jointed like a Sugar Cane. Don. Aar. Atkinson. Feather-Grass the Gramen Plumosum of Jo. Bauhinus. A few Joints
of a Sugar Cane. A Reed from Virginia of 13 Joints, the Internodia from 2 ½ Inches
to half a Foot in Length. Don. D. Fr. Place. A Rush, that by the frequent transverse Partitions seems a Kin to
the Juncus cyperoides creberrime geniculatus. Ricinus Americanus (the first of Dr. Sloane's (k)(k) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 38., the Fruit of the
Nambuguacu (l) or Oylnut-Tree; the Oil is not used for Lamps only,
but in Medicine; it is of the Bigness of a Horse Bean, smooth and glos-
sy, (l) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 217.Ash-coloured with black Specks. The American Physick-nut (m)
(m) Hugh's Amer. Physician, p. 81.,
of the like Size, but dark brown, with white Veins where cracked.
Ricinus Americanus tenuiter diviso folio, this is the entire Fruit, inclu-
ding in distinct Cells, three of the Seeds. Nux vomica, this is a thin,
flat, white Fruit, an inch and half round. The Bark of the Root of a
Tree from Mevis in the West-Indies; the Planters give it to their Slaves
for a Vomit, a Thimbleful is a Dose. Don. D. Faire Pharm. Lond.
The Root of Cassada from St. Thomas's Island. It was some Matter
of Wonder to me, to think how many People, perhaps one 4th
Part of the Inhabitants of the whole Earth, should venture to
eat Bread made only by baking the Root of Cassada, which is one
of the rankest Poisons in the World both to Man and Beast,
when raw (n). (n) Dr. Sloane's Introd. Nat. Hist. of Jam, p. 25. Nicotiana major Latifolia, Tobacco, a Branch of it, the Leaves and
Stem as it grows. Don. A. Atkinson. From the West-Indies it was pro-
pagated to the East-Indies, and in all Places hath very much betwitched
the Inhabitants from the more polite Europeans to the barbarous Hotten-
tots (o)(o) Id. Nat. Hist. of Jamaica. p. 146.. It was brought into England by Sir Francis Drake, An. 1586.
the Portuguese call it Herba Santa, because it is a Counter-Poison. The
Seed of Tobacco, bright brown, and extreamly small; it is mixed with
five Times as much Ashes when it is sown. Here are also Samples
both of the Hyoscyamus Peruanus, and of the English Tobacco. York-
shire Hemlock, eleven Foot high, though heedlesly cut down at a Di-
stance from the Root. Also Mallows full three Inches broad from the
same Place. Don. D. Tho. Rayner de Brotherton. Leguminous Herbs. Phaseolus maximus perennis, or the Great Bean of
Jamaica. The Small red spotted Bean. The Jamaica white Peas, like our
Rouncivals. The white Bonavist or Egg-Pea; it hath a Milk white Hi-
lus or Eye almost surrounding it. The red Bonavist is somewhat 449
less. The largest white Phaseolus with a black Eye, commonly cal-
led the Horse-Bean. These are the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, in
Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, where the Plants are most curiously
engraved. Sir Robert Sibbald's Nux Indica ex qua Pyxides pro pulvere
sternutatorio parant; the mealy Part is taken out of this at the Hilus in
order to its being made a Snuff-Box: They grow beyond Mount Dia-
blo in Jamaica, and are cast on Shore on the Orkney Isles (p)(p) Phil. Trans. N° 222.. As also
is the Phaseolus Brasilianus, call'd in Jamaica the Horse Eye Bean, from
the black Ledge that almost surrounds it; it is better than an Inch
Diameter, and of a dark Colour: They are sometimes tip'd with
Silver, and worn for Buttons (q)(q) Dr. Sloane's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica. the 8th and 9th.. Another Sort, larger, compress'd
and lighter coloured; the Hilus is not now black. Phaseolus maritimus
semine fusco striato, the Sea-Bean, oval, brown, with Clay coloured
Spots, dangerous to eat. Phaseolus Glycyrrhizites, or wild Liquorice.
A round Scarlet Pea, adorned with a black Spot upon the Seat of the
Placenta; they are stringed and worn as Bracelets: They grow also
in Madagascar and China, where they use them as Weights (r)(r) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 233. It is Dr. Sloane's 12th, and the preceding his 10th.. Some
of them are said to be black all over, which may account for some
of that Colour and Size, sent me under the Name of Indian Shott.
One of a much larger Kind, that is half Scarlet, and half Black; it
weighs 14 of the said small Guiney Peas. Those that are called the
French Beans, both of the red, and of the white, from Jamaica. A
lesser Sort of Kidney, brown striked with black. Two Pods of the
Callavance, or Jamaica red Peas, the Cods are of a dark reddish Co-
lour with a Swelling over every Pea, which seem to be small, of
the Bigness of our Vetches. This is the 18th of Dr. Sloane. The Pha-
seolus erectus major. Here are also the small Gallivant Peas, or perhaps
the Phaseolus erectus minor, not so big as the least Field Pea, white with
a black Eye. Arachidna Indiæ utriusq; tetraphylla, Earth-nuts or Pin-
dalls; they are brought from Guinea to feed the Negroes with in their
Voyage from thence to Jamaica. Ananas, a Leaf of the Pine-Apple-Tree of Dampier, the Fruit is used
by Way of Desert. Alcea maxima fructu pentagono, a Pod of the long
Okra, of a Piramidal Form, but slender. Alcea maxima fructu decagono;
this Okra is of the same Form, but considerably thicker, being near
half a Foot round; it contains many small Seeds, in ten long Cells.
Both these Sorts were given me by Mr. Sam. Kirkshaw, and are ex-
cellently figured in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. Tab. 133. Cucurbita Sphærica, a large round Gourd, two Feet in Circumference,
dark coloured. Some Gourds are so big, that cut in two they serve
for Paniers (s)(s) Nat. Hist. Jam. p. 225.. Cucurbita longa Recurva; it is of a Straw Colour po-
lished, 7 ½ Inches round where thickest, and 13 long. Cuc. lage-
naria minima, the round Part about the bigness of a Tennis-Ball; a
smaller of a darker Colour. The inner Rind of a larger Gourd;
these are often used as Vessels for Gumms, rather than Earth or
Wood (t)(t) Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 230.. The Seeds of Gourds, flat and oval, black, red and white;
they are sometimes mistaken for Coloquintida, the Shells for some
Time giving a Purging Quality to any Thing put into them. Colocyn-
this Belly-ach Weed. Aloe folio mucronato, the Fibres wrought like Hemp, near eight Foot
long: The Indians with these Threads have broken Prisons and Chain 450
of Iron (u)(u) Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. p. 247, rubbing the same Place with fresh Threads, as the form-
er breaks. Cloth is made hereof, little inferiour to Linen, and
Nets to fish withal. At the End of every Leaf grows a sharp Point
like an Awl, that is used for a Needle to sow withal; one of the
Leaves with the said Needle-like Point, from the Hortus Botanicus at
Chelsea. TREES, with their Fruits, &c. THEThe Manchinel Apple, fair to look upon, on the Tree, but so
rank a Poison, that the Land-Crabs feeding upon them will
poison such as do eat them, though they are innocent enough of
their own Nature. The Cannibal Archers poison herewith their Ar-
rows, with which, if they do but draw Blood, the Wound is incu-
rable; they flourish all the Year, having Blossoms, green Fruit, and
ripe on them, at the same Time (x)(x) Hugh's Amer. Phys. p. 87.. Juniper Wood from Prussia. A Coco-Nut. A larger, Don. D. Briggs. Part of the Husk. A Nut
entirely surrounded with the thick fibrous Cover, half a Yard in Cir-
cumference. Don. D. Guil. Thornton Mil. Another near two Foot
round, which is the largest Sort (a)(a) Hugh's Amer. Phys. p. 61., the Rind is nigh an Inch thick,
saith the same Author; but this is above an Inch and half, near two in
one Part. An Oval Coco-Nut-shell, five Inches long, cut for a Cup. An
Orbicular Shell, cut for the like Purpose, near four Inches Diameter.
The Coco is one of the most useful Trees in the World, out of whose
Husk all Manner of Ropes and Cables are made; of the Shells, Ladles,
Wine Bottles, &c. The inmost Cover is eaten as a very pleasant Meat,
its Liquor drunk as a clear, sweet, and cool Drink; from hence also
they obtain their pleasant Sura; this standing an Hour in the Sun
becomes good Vinegar: Of it also they make their Brandy (after it is
distill'd) which is the first Running, and their Wine which is the se-
cond: From hence also they have a Sort of brown Sugar called Jagra,
from the Kernel when fresh they press a Milk, used with all their
Rice-Meats; of the dried Kernel they make Oil both to east and to
burn: Of the Leaves of the Trees are made Sails for Ships, Covers
of Houses and Tents, and Summer Hats. Of the Wood they make
Ships without Nails, sewing the several Parts together with the Cords
made of the Husks of the Net (b)(b) (a) Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 199.. The Kernels of the Coco-nut, of which Chocolate is made, small at
one End, about the Size of Almonds, but not so flat. In some Parts
of the West-Indies, these Cacaos pass for Monies, and are given to the
Poor; and with the Chocolate the Indians treat Noble Men that pass
through their Country. Don. E. Tyldsley. Of the inner Rinds of the Lagetto Tree, are made Mantles (c)(c) Sloan's Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 137.. My
honoured Friend Dr. Sloan gave me a Specimen of this, that raises the
Admiration of all that behold it, being like a delicate fine Gaws or
Crape, woven by the greatest Artist. Musk-berries, and a String of
them. Don. D. Sam. Kirkshaw. Hazel-nuts, two and three (triorchis)
growing together. A Cluster of 15 grown Nuts from Holbeck in this
Parish. Don. D. Tho. Kitchingman Alderm. Leod. Another of 40 Nuts
(but not full grown) sent me by my Lord Fairfax's Sister, from Denton,
where they grew. A Hazel-Nut that grew at Theobalds, near 40 Years
ago; it is three Inches round. 451
Indigo. Coral Arbor. Scarlet Beans from Jamaica, about the Bigness of Kidney Beans. A Branch of the Corallium nigrum better than half
a Yard long, dark coloured and smooth, little thicker than a Goose
Quill. Lobus Echinatus fructu flavo (d)(d) Idem, pag. 144.: One Orbicular, and deep Yel-
low; the other more oval and lighter Colour. Another fructu cæsio;
two of the Ash-coloured Nichars: These, though originally from Ja-
maica, are frequently cast upon the Scotch Islands (e)(e) Phil. Trans. N° 222.. A Pod of the Cassia Fistula of the Shops, that comes from Egypt
it is smooth, and two Inches round. The Cassia Fistula Americana, or
Cassia Brasiliana. This rare Plant (Don. D. Jab. Cay M. D.) is three
Inches above half a Yard in length, and five in Circumference; is cu-
riously vein'd from End to End; it is Piso's Tapyracoynana. Christa Pavonis, a Pod of the Wild Sena, or Spanish Carnation or
Flower-Fence of Barbadoes. Cor Divi Thomæ, a dark coloured Lobe in
the Form of a Heart. Quæ. Whether the Fruit of the Mountain Ebony,
the Arbore di S. Thomaso (f)(f) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 150., Arnotto, Lignum Asbestinum, or the Rou-
cou; thin Shells or Husks with Seeds, smaller than a Vetch, and when
fully ripe of a Crimson, or dark red Colour: The Native In-
dians paint their Bodies with it, thinking it makes them look more
terrible in Battel (g)(g) Hugh's Arm. Ph. p. 56.. Acasia Americana Aldin; it is a Pod of a Sort
of wild Tamarinds. Others like thereto, given me under the Name of
Popanax; the Tree hath so terrible sharp Prickles, that Tradition says,
our Saviour's Crown of Thorns were made of them. Another Sort
of Acasia arborea major Spinosa; this wreathed Cod strictly answers
Dr. Sloane's Description, Siliquis varie intortis (h)(h) Cat. Jam. Plant. p. 152.. The Sensible Plant,
Herba mimosa, vel herba casta Americana, both the Plant it self, and
two of the Pods, which are small, and have little black Seeds, when
the Leaves of the Plant are touch'd, they presently fall down, whence
the Name of Sensible Plant (i)(i) Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 234.. A Cod with the Wool and Seeds of
the Cotton Shrub; it is trivalvous, not unlike a Tulip. Another lar-
ger with four Leaves: Of these are made the fine Callicoes, &c. Silk-
Cotton with the Seeds; this is not so white as the other, (nor are the
Seeds black) but rather of the Colour of raw Silk, and hath a Gloss
like it; it is extream soft and fine. Of this, it is supposed, the Chi-
neses make their soft, thin Paper; and it is probable many of our
English Plants yield a Down that would be altogether as fit for the
same Purpose (k)(k) Idem, p. 215.. Canella alba, the Bark of the wild Cinnamon Tree from Jamaica; the
Seed of it, being the last Arbor bacifera Aromatica of Dr. Sloane (l)(l) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 165..
A Piece of the Root of the true Cinnamon Tree, brought from the East-
Indies, by Mons. Herman the late Botanick Professor at Leyden. Don.
Jab. Cay M. D. A Branch of Cloves. Don. D. Ha. Sloane, M. D. & R. S.
Sec. Nutmegs enclosed in Mace as they grow. Don. D. R. Dixon Lond.
Coffee-Berries, the Plant is well described in the Phil. Trans. N° 208.
and in N° 256, is a very handsome Discourse of its first Use amongst
the Arabians and Turks, and since, the Europeans: Of its Vertues and
Political Uses, read before the Royal Society, by my late Friend
Mr. John Houghton, who computes that the three Kingdoms expends
yearly therein 20586 Pounds; which, if all sold in Coffee-Houses,
would amount to 61740 Pounds. But to return to the West-Indies,
Chr. Gale Esq; sent me from North-Carolina some dried Yawpon, which
the Indians in those Parts use for Thea, but is not very agreeable to 452
the Generality of English Palates; the Form of the Leaf is not un-
like that of Box. The Date-stone altogether solid. The Fruit of the
Palm-Tree yielding Wine and Oil. Three Plates of a Palmeto-Leaf, a Foot long and 1 ¼ Inch broad;
these by a Hole punched at each End, seem to have been filed with
others to compose a Book: The Arabians and Indians make use of
these to write upon; by Impression with a Stile, here is one three
Quarters of a Yard long that is so writ upon. The great Mammee
Fruit, it is six Inches round, flat on one Side; and convex on the
other, very rugged; whereas the Mammea Sapota is smooth and po-
lished. The Fruit of the Myrobolamus. The Stone of the yellow Plumb
of Jamaica; it is three Inches round, and overspread with a netted
Work of fine woody Fibres closely interwoven. Sope-Berries, the
Fruit of the Prunifera Racemosa, washing as white as any Castile Soap
(m)(m) Phil. Trans. N° 36., but they rot the Linen in Time; they are as big as Musket
Bullets; the Negroes constantly wash with them. Pomifera seu prumi-
fera Indica nuce reniforma; the Cashew in Shape almost like a Hares Kidney;
the Oil is excellent to cure malignant Ulcers, and the Kernels accounted
so great a Dainty, that for their Sakes the Natives sometimes go to
War, the Victor keeping possession of the Place till they have pluck'd
the Trees upon it all clean (n)(n) Grew, p. 215..Ficus Indica, the Indian Fig. The Fruit of
the Red Guavaga Tree, brown with black Stripes, round as a Gall,
(of which Ink is usually made,) but somewhat bigger (o)(o) Hugh's Amer. Physic. p. 44.. Malus
Granata vel Punica, the Pomgranate, it grows in the Hedges at Jamaica.
Anona maxima, the Sour-Sop, or prickled Apple of Ligon. The Bully,
the Fruit of a different Anona, somewhat larger than the former.
Arbor cucurbitifera Americana, the Calabash, one better than half a Foot
Diameter: A lesser Triangular black Calabash, cut for a Cup. The Fla-
gon Calabash; it hath a Head near a Foot round, and a Belly above
half a Yard in Circumference, divided by a short Neck, somewhat re-
sembling an old fashion'd Flagon; it is of its Native Straw Colour.
Malus Aurantia: A String of thirty young Oranges from Jamaica,
where they grow naturally in the Woods, in Orange-Bay There are
no other Trees than these, which stand so thick, that they almost touch
one another for many Miles (p)(p) Idem, p. 46.. Having thus dispatched such as are mentioned in the accurate Cala-
talogus Plantarum Jamaic. Mader. Barbadoes, &c. and those I could red-
uce thereto, I shall proceed to others that I could not, or have since
been received. The Rose of Jericho, a dry and ligneous Plant, all
the Branches whereof are crumpled and closed up together, yet if
infused in Water, will expand it self, as this did, three Inches. Some
Imposters choose to make the Experiment on Christmas-Eve, to make
the Credulous believe it will only spring at that Time; whence it is
by some call'd the Angelical, or the Christmas-Rose. The Gift of Seignor
Altchribel, who brought it from the Desart of Judea. He gave me al-
so a Rod, from a Mountain in Arabia, inaccessible, save to the Natives,
who pretend it is sprung from Moses's Rod. And also a Sample of
the Wood from Mecca, of which the Turks make Tooth-Brushes. Manna
gathered in the Wilderness, where the Children of Isræl travelled.
Don. Ric. Hey Merc. Leod. A Cone of Cedar, said to be from Libanus.
A Fragment of the Wood of the Cedar that is indisputably so, being
brought from that noted Mount, by Dr. Huntington, and given me
453
by his Nephew, perhaps the Cone
may rather be from America, than Lebanon, where very few now remain: A great Traveller is said to
have found one there, as big as seven Men could Compass (q)(q) Dr. Brown of Scripture Plants.. A Locust,
or Piece of Cassia Fistula, the Cod and Fruit near eight Inches long,
and four broad. Another about six and three. Another less. A dif-
ferent Lobe, much thicker than the greatest, though neither so long
or broad as the least. Pine-Apples and Firre-cones. A Fragment of the Royal-Oak at Boscobell, where King Charles II.
was miraculously preserved. Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton Rect. Ber. (for-
merly of Donington, in which Parish it stands.) And of the Holy
Thorn at Glastenbury. Don. D. Sam. Gale Lond. Elm curiously grain-
ed, as fine as Walnut for inlaid Cabinets from Bede's Sylva Elmetæ
in this Neighbourhood. Lignum fossile, or Pitwood of different Co-
lours, great Quantities are dug up in the Levels in Yorkeshire and Lan-
cashire. Some also from the Mosses upon Blackmoor in this Parish. Nuts
also, dug up with Wood in the Isle of Wight. Don. D. S. Maddox.
Fir-cones, Burnt Wood, and Hasel-Nuts, from the Mosses in Cheshire.
Don. D. Jo. Woodward M D. P M G. A twisted Branch either natural
or rather made so, by some convolvulous Plant. Don. Sam.
Molineux Arm. The Figures of Plants upon Stone or Coal, are more
frequently found; but here is the real Plant it self taken out of a
Lime stone Rock at Downham in Craven; and given me by Dr. Har-
grave of Coln. A Holly Leaf, whereof the Skin, and parenchymous
or pulpy Part, being either rotted, or eaten away by Insects, the
Texture of the Leaf appears admirably fine, the surrounding Fibre
being very strong in this Plant contributes much to the Fairness. It
was therefore the more suprizing, when I found the like delicate
Skeleton of one of the tenderer Plants, which is very curious. A
Slice of Wood full of small Holes, visible to the naked Eye, and so
close to each other, that it is surprising how it hangs together, the
woody Remains being as small as Lines drawn with a Pen, like the
Limphæ ducts and Air Vessels, as drawn in Dr. Grew's Anatomy of Plants.
Don. D. El. Aldburgh de Aldburgh. Candle Berries from Mary-Land, a Candle made of them. A Cake
of pure Green Myrtle-wax from Carolina (extracted from the Berries)
such as the Candles there are made of. Nux unguentaria or Oil-bean.
Stirax. A Virginian Acorn Cup, an Inch and half Diameter, the Sides
very thick, and composed of a great Number of very hard Scales,
the Acorns themselves are steep'd, boil'd and eat with Flesh or Fish
(r)(r) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 208.. Glandes Ilicis, the Acorns of the Ilex Esca Virg. or Virginian Tin-
der. A Fishing Line of an Indian Plant about five Foot long. Dying Woods. Brasil; the Name discovers it is imported from South
America. Redwood from Guinea, arbor quæ vel Brasiliensem rubedine su-
perat (s)(s) Dr. Sloan's Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 213.. Logwood, which is a deeper Colour, and distinct from the
next, viz. Campeche, Lignum Campechianum, Sanders. Quæ. if not a
Sort of Brasiletto. Fustick from Jamaica, Pannos eleganti & pertinaci
colore flavo tingit. Don. D. Abr. Fenton. 454
Formed STONES.
THEThe late Mr. Lhwyds curious Tract
Lithophylacii Britannici Ichno-graphia (s)(s) Lond. 1699., being the most comprehensive of any Author with-
in my Compass, I shall endeavour to reduce these to his Method, on-
ly he beginning with Chrystals and Diamonds, I shall premise the Mar-
garitæ Cumbrenses. Some of these Pearls have as good a Water as the
Oriental: Here are also three different Colours of those called the
Sand-Pearls, which are as useful in Physick as the finest, though not
so valuable for the Beauty. A double or Twin-Pearl of the finer Wa-
ter; a Dozen of which were sent me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle,
who hath been a First-rate Benefactor to this Collection of Natural
Curiosities above 20 Years ago. By the learned Sir Hen. Savile's Notes
(t)(t) Tacitus's Life of Agricol., it appears, that Pliny run into the same Mistake as Tacitus, which
is neither so agreeable to the Sentiments of Julius Cæsar, who was
tempted by their Beauty (as Suetonious positively affirms) to invade
Britain, and dedicated a Breast-plate all studded or cover'd over with
British Pearls to Venus Genetrix, nor to the express Testimony of ve-
nerable Bede (u)(u) Bede's Eccles. Hist. Lib. I. C. I., who esteems them (as King Alfred renders it) the
Old English?. A transparent Onyx with Moss included in Part of it. Don. D. Jo.
Boulter Arm. Rock-Crystal, half a Foot round one Way, and within half an Inch
of it, the other. It was brought me from Milan by Dr. Jabes Cay,
who observed therein the Modus Concrescendi in the Middle, different
from that of the out-side. Sometimes there remains a small Drop in
the Middle of a transparent Peble that will never take the solid Form.
Of the Iris or lesser Crystals, here are several Sorts, as those called
Downham Diamonds, from the Place in Craven where they are found.
s S ome are very small, others larger and very great, an Inch and half
round; from Dr. Hargrave of Coln. The like Sort of Diamonds from
Harrowgate Spaws near Knaresborough: They are found at the Mole-hills
(near the Sulphur-well) after Rain; as are also those at Downham.
Brindle-stones from the County of Kerry in Ireland, transparent and large,
near two Inches in Circumference one way, and above 2 ½ the other.
Two others of a pale Amethistine Colour. Don. D. M. Marshal, Dublin.
The Iris minima Cambrensis from the Isle of Anglesey. Don. R R. D D.
Episc. Carl. The Bristol Diamonds, of different Degrees of Transpa-
rency, and Sizes, of which one very much resembles that engraved
Lh. Tab. I. 15. Pseudo-Adamantes from Kings-Weston in Gloucestershire:
Other three Samples very fine from the same Place. Don. D. Jo. Wood-
ward M. D. Some of these are very transparent. A Rock of the
like, but more opace, about a Foot in Circumference; but from whence
I know not, it being given to my Father about 40 Years ago. Crysta-
lized Spar very curious from the Iron-ores in Cumberland from the Be-
nefactor last mentioned, from whom I received most of the Spars that
follow. Spar from Worksop Lead Mines in the Peak. Another from a Mine
called Burntwood; and a third with Chirt, from Oldfield; and also
from the Queen of Scot's Pillar at Pool's Hole, all in Derbyshire. Spar
from the Lord Lonesdale's Lead-Mines in Westmoreland. Another not 455
unlike it from Alderman Iveson's Coal-Mines near Leedes. A Sparine
Crustation from Okey-hole in Somersetshire. Another Sort out of a
Quarry at Sherburn in Gloucestershire: Another crystalized from a
Quarry near Oxford, and one very fine from Nent-head mines in
Cumberland. The common Stalagamites, one very curious, like Lh. Tab. I. 50.
Another crystalized in the Form of a Rasp-berry. Other of a ruder
Species, course like the Stone they adhere to. The Stalagamites mamil-
laris opacus: This I brought from the Petrifying or Dropping-well at
Knaresborough; it is near a Foot long. The larger hollow Stalactites
or Water-pipe (x)(x) Grew, p. 301., from the same Place; this hath three of those
Pipes, each large enough to receive a Goose-Quill, and a transverse
one that passeth horizontally. One of the Stalactites or Lapides Stil-
latitii, as Dr. Plot calls them, (y)(y) Nat. Hist. Oxon, p 96., that seems to have hung from the
Top of a Vault, and is seven Inches round where it hath joined the
Roof, yet has a small Hole quite thro' it; part of another, of a ve-
ry fine Sparine Substance, but hath no Hollow. The specifick Diffe-
rence betwixt the Stalactites and the Spar is, that the former is always
opacous and never angular. The latter always or usually perspicuous,
and never round (z)(z) Grew, p. 306.. The Moon-stone or Selenites Rhomboidalis of Dr. Plot (a)(a) Oxon, Tab. II. Fig. I.; it generally
consists of ten Planes, four long, as many short, and the two Sides:
Here are six different Sizes from less than half an Inch to two Inches,
sent me by the Reverend Mr. Cav. Nevile, Fellow of University Col.
Oxon. And one larger than any from the Bishop of Carlisle, which
hath also two smaller Selenitæ immersed about half Way in the Body
of the large one. A Selenites that seems like the half one, split the
long Way, so hath but six Planes. Others not so regular. One
of the longer Sort and thinner: Others from a Clay Pit at Richmond
in Surry, from Shotover Hill near Oxford, from Northamptonshire, found
in Digging a Well at Oundle, and from the Worksop Mines, all five
from Dr. Woodward's noble Musæum. Talcum aureum Indiæ Occidentalis. Don. R R. D D. Episc. Carl. Be-
sides this Gold Talk from the West-Indies, here is what I take to be
a Sort of Silver English Talk, but know not the Place. Muscovy
Glass. Of CORALLS. Corallium fossile exalbidum; the first of the English Coralls, Lh. 92.
from Witney in Oxfordshire, from the Benefactor last mentioned.
A Branch like that from Shipston Sollers in Gloc. Lh. 94. A larger
Sort sent me from Ireland. A porous Species of Coral, like Impera-
tus's Madrepora, Lh. 104. The second Sort of a Coral mentioned in
Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, white, smooth, with many crooked
Branches not above an Inch high (b)(b) Jam. p. 51.. The next Sort Corallium al-
bum porosum maximum; this is of the tapering Part towards the
Top, thicker than the little Finger, about five Inches long, hath
but one Joint, the muricated Prickles are convex below, but Hollow
above, fit to receive Nourishment from the Water, but whether from
the East or West-Indies I know not. A lesser Sort of white porous
Coral, that hath half a Score Branches in less than five Inches. The
Doctor's 4th, Corallina Opuntiades, one Leaf growing out of another, 456
tyed together by a Sort of stony Thread.
Pounced white Coral from the Coast of Norway; it is above four Inches in Circumference,
full of small Holes upon the Surface: It was broke from the Rock
that my Friend's Ship struck against. Don. D. S. Madox. Two Bran-
ches, but conjoined in Places, of curious starred white Coral, with
many lesser Branches intermixed. Don. Rev. D. Baxter V D M. The
Root of Red Coral, growing upon a Rock, but the Branches broken off,
that there remains not above an Inch in Height of each Branch,
which is smooth, solid and red, as are also the spreading Branches
of the Root. Another very ponderous and rugged, having the Foot
Stems of above 20 Branches, some of which are four Inches round. Lapis Astroitidis, commonly called the Brainstones; they are fre-
quently found in the Seas about Jamaica, as big as a Man's Head;
this is half a Yard in Circumference one Way, and two Foot the o-
ther: It is curiously undulated; the Ridges in this are very high,
and the transverse Striæ very fine, the winding of the Waves imi-
tate the Gyri or Aufractus of a Man's Brain, whence the Name.
A small one very fine, given by Dr. Lister to my Father, not unlike
Point-work wrought by the Needle. A larger sent me by Mr. Char.
Towneley of T. with the Top rising high and round; the Furrows in
this are small. Another I bought at London, which is very curious,
and being two Inches thick on one Side; the thin Plates, which com-
pose the small Cells, and the Formation of the Stone is better dis-
cerned. A white Corall sent me from Ireland, with flat Lamina; it
resembles the Astropodium ramulosum of Lh. Tab. 14. 1132. c. A Mush-
room Corall somewhat compress'd, striated above, the inner Part be-
low; it is of a like fine Texture, with the small Striæ of the Brain-
stone. A fungus Lapideus in Form of an Hemisphere, a larger Starry
Fungites, both sent me, with other valuable Fossils, from Roger Gale Esq;
Astroites or starred Stone, a thin one with less perfect Stars, shewing
their Original when beginning to grow or sprout up at the Bottom
of the Sea (c)(c) Dr. Sloane's Nat. Hist. of Jam. Tab. XXI. Fig. I.. A large porous Convex Astroites, a Foot in Circumfe-
rence, wholly composed of radiated Stars, like Fig. 4. in the same
Table. Some of these Sorts of Coralls are frequently found in Eu-
rope, and particularly in England. I have one Sort from North Leach
in Gloc. with very fair Stars, though it seems by the Lightness to
be petrified Wood. A solid Corall, with concave Stars, very fair.
Another, like Mr. Lhwyd's Astroites pyxidatus seu faviginosus from Ox-
fordshire. A slender Branch of white Corall from Ireland. A Myce-
tites surrounded with Astroites. (d) Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 305.Lapis Cribriformis or Sieve-stone (d), a
perforated brown Stone. (e) Nat. Hist. Oxon. p. 139. A Porpites Plotii (e), & Lhuidii (f) from
the Bishop of Carlisle. (f) Lith. Brit. N° 142. Another Button-stone more compress'd, but
very fair; from Mr. Gale, Specimen minus & elegantius, Tab. 3. 151. Lithophyta, five of them having the Impression of Plants, from Men-
dip Cole-Pits Com. Somers. As many from those at North Byerley
Com. Ebor. The Gifts of my honoured Friends Dr. Woodward and
Dr. Richardson, some of which are upon Coal-Slate, others upon a
harder Stone; of these are the Filix florida, sive Osmunda regalis, Fi-
lix Mas dicta, Filix Fæmina. Here is also Lh. ignota Planta Mineralis,
Neurophyllon carbonarium dicta, N° 184. but from whence I remember
not. But the most distinct are those in a hard Iron-stone from the
Newcastle Coal-Pits, called by the Miners Cat-heads, which contain a 457
Fern Leaf, or Polypody very fair; they are found in a particular Stra-
tum, and being struck with a Hammer very readily part in two, and
discover the Plant, which is very prominent on one Side, and con-
cave on the other: Of these I have from two Inches to five in Length,
the longer hath fifteen Leaves on each Side the middle Rib; one of
them is broader and contains four Plants, resembling Lh. Trichomanes
Minerale 191. Don. D. Jab. Cay M.D. But the most durable of any of
these impressions is one found at Rochdale in Lanc. upon a very hard
Iron Stone, whereupon are three of the said Plants very fair. Don.
Gul. Clayton. Arm. The Florentine Marble naturally adorned with the Representation
of Trees, which appear very fair, not only upon the polished Su-
perficies, but (being casually broken) quite through the Body of it.
Don. Jab. Cay M.D. Delineations of Shrubs upon Stones from Sher-
burn Com. Gloc. Don. Jo. Woodward M D. And of Trees very cu-
rious in dark Colours, upon a white Stone, from Don. H. Sloane
M D. Of the Nautelites, by the Ancients called Cornua Ammonis (for its
resemblance of the curled Horns of the Ram, worshipped by the
Name of Jupiter Ammon in the Deserts of Africa:) Here are various
Sorts, of different Colours, Figures and Sizes, from less than half an
Inch to half a Foot in Diameter; but all so curled up that the Tail
of the Snake is in the Center of the Stone. The small Sort, whose
Parts are protuberant and swelling to a Round; of these are both
the Ash-coloured, and the brown (from my Lord Bp of Carl.) the Striæ
of each Colour are single near the Center, but presently divide into
two Lines, but terminate in a single Lineation. Of the same Form
are a greater Sort that are six Inches in Circumference, and very fair.
These of the Ash-coloured Stone, appear in Places to be adorned with
a shining brazen Armature, as is more evident by an Arch, or Part
of another of the same Kind. A Segment of a large one with
single Striæ of an Iron-stone; it is 4 ½ Inches round. One that is
more thinly striated, but the Lineations are larger and more promi-
nent, like N° 10 in Dr. Plot's 5 Tab. Nat. Hist. Oxon. On the other
Side is no Figure, being of Dr. Lister's 9th Sort (g)(g) De Lapid. turbin. p. 212, ex altera tantum
parte ad umbilicum cavus. Of those that are depressed; here is one of
five Wreaths, three Inches broad; and another near half a Yard in
Circumference, which was the largest I could conveniently bring
from Whitby; both these which are an Ash or blewish Stone are of
the Cornua Ammonis pertusa, being perforated at the Center; they have
also a Crest or sharp Ridge, like the Spina Dorsalis; on each Side of
which is a Furrow or Channel. A Fragment of a small one with as
many Wreaths. The Segment of a larger, being half a Foot round;
my kind Benefactor, Dr. Woodward, received it from Whitton Com.
Linc. as he did three Samples of the lesser Sort from Lansdown, near
Bath. My Lord Bishop of Carlisle sent me, amongst others, the smallest
I have seen, being but a Quarter of an Inch broad, yet fairly striated.
A larger with six Wreaths. Mr. Sutherland of Edinburgh sent me a
small compress'd one, found about ten Miles from the City. But
here is another Species, considerably different from all the former,
the middle Part being sunk in, or depress'd to a great Depth; the
outmost Wreath is above two Inches broad, the Center on each
Side is dip'd in, an Inch deep; it is near eight Inches in Circumfe-
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ferencerence. A small one of the same Sort, but one Inch broad, and of a shining Colour. Here are also the Matrix or Beds they are lodged
in, somewhat globular, and without any Impression on the convex
Part, but finely striated within, after the Form of the Stone it self.
The most remarkable of which was given me by Dr. Sawry of Yorke,
who received it from Whitby; it is a Congeries of them in an oval
Brass Lump (as commonly called) a Quarter of a Yard round, contain-
ing the gilded impressions of seven of them. Fossile Shells and Stones of the Turbinated Kind. THEThe Cochlites of four Wreaths, part of the Shell remains upon
the Clavicle of one of them. Don. Rog. Gale Arm. The Buc-
cinites, the small striated one of Dr. Plot (h)(h) Nat. Hist. Ox. Tab. 4. 2.. A larger, plain; both
from my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. All above are Stones, but here are
also the Shells both of the Cochlea Kind, and the Buccina, fill'd with
Pyrites, from a Clay-Pit at Richmond in Surry. Don Jo. Woodward
M D. As also others from the great Sand-Pit at Woolwich in Kent.
The smallest Turbinites from Northamptonshire, and three Turbinated
Stones, with a plain Superficies curiously turned in the Form of a
Spiral Cone, like a Scrue or Steel-worm for drawing Corks out: One
of half an Inch long, hath five solid Wreaths. These were from the
Portland Quarry. One of near three Inches taken out of a great Stone
at Oswald-kirk Com. Ebor. Don. D. Fr. Place. But the largest of all
the Buccinites (above three Inches round) was sent me with many rare
Fossils, by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. It is Dr. Lister's 14th (i)(i) De Lapid. Turb. p 216..
Some curious ones very small, from Scotland. Don. D. Jac. Suther-
land. The Bivalves. The Ostracites maximus rugosus & asper (k)(k) Idem, p. 236.; one of
these is a Foot round, and weighs near ten Ounces, was sent me by
Dr. Cay, whose Account of their Vertue in Nephritic Pains is inserted iu
in the Phil. Trans. N° 230250. Samples of the lesser Sorts (Don. D. Jo.
Woodward) from North Leach, Sherburn, and Barrington in Gloc. with
one of the oblong, narrower, and smaller Sort from the same Quarry.
A single Valve of the white Stone Ostracites, given me by Dr. Plot,
and an entire one well formed of the blewish Colour. A mighty
thin compress'd one, yet hath both Sides. A lesser Sort, striated, white
and Ash-coloured: One of a yellow Colour, for they vary according
to the Delf they are lodged in. A Sort of Tree-Oyster from Barring-
ton Quarry. The Shell of one found on the plowed Lands near En-
sum-ferry Com. Oxon. A smaller Sort with thick Striæ. Ostrea minima
echinata from Northamptonshire. Don. R R. D D. Episc. Carl. (l)(l) Mr. Morton's Nat. Hist. Tab 3. Fig 4 & 5.. Gryphites from little more than one to four Inches, both of the blew,
and white Stone, oblong, very thick, and wrinkled. Here are also
of a darker brown, and deeper blew, or ash-colour: Besides the Places
mentioned by Dr. Lister (p. 239.) they are found at Scarborough in
Yorkshire, where they are called Miller's Thumbs. Of this Conca Ru-
gosa, here are some of those found near Worcester, and Oxford; others
from Sherburn Com. Gloc. Whitton and Horbling Com. Linc. and from
Scarborough and Hull Com. Ebor. One of those sent me by the Bi-
shop of Carlisle, being worn smooth on the convex Side, reminds
me of what the Learned Dr. Woodward infers (m)(m) Dr. Woodward's Nat. Hist. of the Earth, pag. 254., That the Antedelu-
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vian Sea, ebbed and flowed before the Deluge, and by the
Access and Recess reduced the Gibbose to a flat, &c. In this Musæum are other
Proofs of the Truth of that Inference. From that excellent Author
I received also a Piece of the Shell of the Pinna Marina, which he
had from the Chalk-Pits in Kent; and another from Crick Com. Nor-
thampt. I have also of it from the River Tees. The said Benefactor obliged me with a Pecten from Sherburn in Gloc.
Another from a Quarry near Oxford, as the Rev. Mr. Cave Nevile did
with a large one from a Delf of a Stone at Heddington Com. Oxon.
And with Parts of the real Shells of the lesser Escalops, from the same
Quarry, some filled with, others adhering to Stone. And the Rev.
Mr. Hardy sent me one of the deepest furrowed Pectenitæ from Hor-
bling Com. Linc. Dr. Woodward sent me also two very curious Im-
pressions of the Escallop Shells upon Stones, from Lansdown near Bath
and Oxenden Com. Northampt. And one upon Flint from Hamptsted-
Heath; with those of other Bivalves from Sherburn and Farmington,
Com. Gloc. I have also a Pecten full of cristalized Spar, curiously
striated, from Bathmell Com. Ebor. Another taken out of a Block of
black Marble, by Mr. Carpenter of Yorke. My Lord Bishop of Carlisle was pleased to send me also seve-
ral Species of the very rare Pectunculites, as well of those curiously
striated, as of the smoother, whose Shells are of the Chalk: Some of
the striated have neat, thin Margins, others thicker approaching to
the Terebratula. Pectunculi from Northamptonshire, Sherburn in Gloc.
Bakewell in the Peake, and from Portland, and two very large, with
a smooth Surface, like polished black Marble. Don. D. Jo. Woodward
M D. Cochlea maxima, the real Shell of the larger Cockle, six Inches
in Circumference, that Mr. Nevile gathered with other Fossil Shells, as
well as Formed Stones, from Heddington Quarry Com. Oxon. Other
Stone Bivalves; one of a dark Colour, with a wry Beak, and one
Part of the Margin further extended than the other Part, which is
round; found at Halton near Leedes: A larger, with this peculiar,
that there is a Hollow betwixt the two Beaks. The Bucardites (so
called from its Likeness to a Heart) from Oxford and Lincolnshire. Cur-
virostra, the small Sort striated, Lh. 716. The Musculitæ from Humber, of a whitish Stone; one of the blew-
ish very natural and regular, retaining the exact Form of the Muscle-
shell, wherein it was originally moulded: Both these are of the lar-
ger Species, and were given me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. Of
the lesser Sort of the Muites I have, by the Kindness of Dr. Woodward,
from three different Places in Glocestershire, viz. Boulton of the Waters,
Farmington and Stow. The compress'd Muscle. The Tellenites: These are distinguishable enough from the Pectun-
culi by their oblong Form; but from the Musculites, and some Sort
of the Ostracites, it is more difficult to distinguish them. Very fair
ones from Scotland. Don. D. Jac. Sutherland. Tellina minima, Nat Hist.
of North, Tab. VI. Fig. 12. The Trigonella: The Name discovers its
Triangular Form; the larger and lesser Species. Don. R. D. Episc.
Carl. These have a smooth Surface, and bright. The Terebratula are
striated, more gibbous, and the Margin thicker, with the middle Part
depress'd or elated. The Stones divested of their Shells, Margine si-
nuato, Lh. 830. from Boston Com. Linc. Don. D. Hen. Thomson. A
small one found in the midst of a large Stone at Coxwold School
Com. Ebor. Don. D. Hey. A very large one, five Inches in Circum-
ference, from Dr. Hargrave of Coln. Others of different Sizes, Lh. 829. 460
with transverse Striæ. A thin Shell including Chalk, with the Bill
perforated (whence the Name.) Don. Rog. Gale Arm. The Pholas amyg-
daloides. Lh. 878. The Solenites, so called from its resemblance of the
Solen or Sheth-shell (n)(n) Lister, p. 192., or perhaps Conchites Mytuloides (o). This and
(o) Lhwyd, N. 878. the Pholas were from Heddinton. Don. Rev. Cav. Nevile. The Concha anomia rarior vertice rostrato, both the smooth and lightly
striated; one filled with Chalk, the other with Stone. Don. Roger
Gale Arm. The Beak of one Shell extends beyond the other Valve.
Others from the Chalk-Pits in Kent, of the larger and smaller Sort,
from Dr. Woodward, and from Guilford in Surry, from Dr. Cay. A
Bivalve upon the Ludus Helmontii. A Stone composed of two distinct
Bodies, a blewish Ash Colour, and a yellowish Wax Colour, whence
Dr. Grew calls it, the waxen Veine (p)(p) Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 311., from Mr. Gale. A different Lu-
dus Helmontii, that Dr. Woodward received from Scarborough. The
Otites or Auriculares. as called by Dr. Plot (q)(q) Nat. Hist. of Oxon. p. 130., from its resemblance
to a humane Ear. Of Shells amassed together into great Stones by a petrified Cement,
and of the Places where they are found beyond Sea, see a learned
and pious Author (r)(r) Ray's Trav. p. 117.. Of such as are found in England, most of
these that follow were the Present of the Learned Dr. Woodward. A
Mass of Stone with Shells in it, from King's-Weston Com. Gloc. Ano-
ther different; a third from the Lady Guise's at Greatworth Com.
Northampt. And another from Crick in the same County. One from
Sir Ra. Dutton's Park at Sherburn. Another from Portland; and one
most curious from Purfleet in Essex, wherein are great Variety of per-
fect Shells, of different Forms and Colours, very beautiful. Another
with Fragments of Entrochi in it. And one (sent me by Tho. San-
ders Esq; from Staffordshire, with many Cavities; in one of which
is the resemblance of a Pair of winding Stairs. The Impressions also
of Shells upon Clay, from Cumberland; upon Stone, from Dudley Com.
Staff. and upon Coal (which I could never find but once) from the
Pits near this Town, and one upon a Flint very curious. Of the ECHINITES. HEREHere are various Sorts, as well of the naked Flint, as of the
perfect Shell, different both in Figure, Colour, and Substance;
some including Flint, others Chalk, or Stone, I shall begin with the
first of Mr. Lhwyd's N° 910. Echinitæ laticlavii maximi fragmentum.
The Echinus Ovarius very curious from Sittingburn in Kent, sent me
(with eleven other Varieties) by D. Woodward, who hath a most no-
ble Collection. A small one from Heddington Quarry near Oxford:
These are curiously studded or embroidered as it were. Don. Rev.
Cavend. Nevile M. A. The Echinites Galeatus, with the Shells very
perfect: My Lord Bishop of Carlisle sent me four Sorts of the Echinites
from the Chalk-Pits near Gravesend. A large one found 100 foot
deep at Green-hith in Kent, full of Flint, from Dr. Woodward. Ano-
ther full of Chalk, from Roger Gale Esq; with another of a lesser
Size. A large Flint formed in one of this Sort, divested of the Shell.
The Echinus Pileatus including Chalk; another from Northfleet in Kent,
and a third from Purfleet in Essex. A lesser Sort from Nittlebed in Ox-
fordshire, and from a Chalk-Pit near Greenwich. Of these, by the 461
vulgar call'd Cap-stones
(from their Likeness to a Cap laced down the Sides (a)(a) Dr. Plot's Nat. Hist. Oxon. p. 92.. Here are several that are quite divested of their Shell;
they are for the most Part of the common Ruble Stone, but one
(given me by Dr. Plot) of a black Flint; all of them have five dou-
ble Rows of Points that center at the Modiolus. Of the compress'd Kind,
here is part of a large flat Echinus Spatagus, from the Fields near Bur-
ford Com. Oxon. Of the lesser Species from Heddington, and of the
Stones or white Flint without Shells, but with five Rays, as Dr. Plot's
(b)(b) Idem, Tab. II. 14.. The Echinites Cordatus very curious, from Gravesend. Another
from a Chalk-Pit, near Croyden in Surry. Another with Flint adhe-
ring to it from North-fleet in Kent; a third from Hertfordshire, and
one that was found 200 Foot deep, in sinking a Well in the same
County. The Echinites Pentaphylloides, from Burford Com. Oxon. The
Umbilicus not in the Center, but inclining to one Side (c)(c) Id. Tab. II. 9, 10. And Lhywd, N° 971.. The Ra-
dioli of the Echinites; they are ridged and channelled the whole
Length of the Stone, and the Ridges purled with small Knots set in
the Quincunx Order; they mostly consist of a bright shining Sub-
stance, not unlike the Selenites. Dr. Plot takes them for the Lapides
Judaici (d)(d) Idem, p. 125.. By the Kindness of my Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and
Dr. Woodward, I am furnished with Variety, as to Colour, white and
dark; as to Form, round and compress'd; and as to Size, from near
two Inches, to little more than half an Inch in Length; and from
two Inches round to less than ½ Inch. Some have a Kind of Pedicle,
or Knob at one End; others not only want that, but are quite dive-
sted of their Parts, having a smooth Superficies. The Aculei, or small
Radiolus, from the Chalk-Pits of Kent, Essex and Surry; the larger
from Oxfordshire, but the thickest of all were sent me by R. Gale Esq;
and seem to be the largest Cucumerinus of Lhwyd. The Right Reverend Prelate before mentioned, hath obliged me
with almost all the Varieties of the Entrochi, that are described by
Dr. Lister and Mr. Beaumont in the Phil. Trans. N° 100 and 150, from
the Trochitæ, or single Joints, to the Number of 38 or 40, in an En-
trochus of near 2 ½ Inches in Length; and as to Thickness from little
more than a Pin, to near three Inches. As to the Form, here are per-
fectly round, exactly Oval, and the Compress'd of different Degrees.
Some more gently, others so crush'd (even to the 16th Part of
an Inch) that the Cracks are visible. The Joints or Vertebræ of some
are strangely dislocated, and in Part slip'd off, as it were, yet adhe-
ring to the other Part. Some of the Joints are thick; others so ex-
treamly thin, that they are scarce the 24th Part of an Inch, for I have
one of ¾ of an Inch in Length that hath 19. Some again are but
seemingly joynted, others, and those the greatest Part are really so,
and the Sutures indented. Some even of the longer Stones are with-
out Notches; others thick set with such Marks, whence the Branches
of these Rock Plants have issued; but of these out-Branches there
seldom remain above two or three Joints. Besides, those that are
exactly Cylindrical (equally thick at both Ends), here are some of
the Branches tapering at the smaller End. Upon the Surface of many
are drawn very fine and small Rays from a Point in the Center to
the Circumference. The Pith in the middle of some of them is
round, of others, oval; and of the Form of a Cinque-foil in the
midst of the Rays in others, and some have six Inlets. To those which
are Concave, a protuberant Point in the Center of others doth cor-
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respond. In some the Pith is quite gone;
these being put upon Strings are called St. Cuthbert's Beads in the Holy Island, whence Dr. Cay
procured me some: He afterwards sent me one, the Medulla whereof
is the Pyrites. Some are almost smooth, others have a raised Edge in
the Middle of the Joints; others have a sharp Ridge betwixt two
smooth round Joints, and so alternately; and some (though rare to
be met with) have a Circle of Knots, or small Protuberances in the
midst of each Joint: Here is also a red Entrochus with a white Pith,
growing upon a Rock of a reddish Colour. The Volvola is fitly joined to the Entrochus, being not only Cylin-
drical, but in other Respects like them, save without Rays or Joints.
Of these here are not only those of equal Thickness quite through,
but that taper at both Ends, Lh. doliata seu cadiscum referens elegantior,
N° 1163. and his Volvola utricolata. The whiteness of these reminds
me of what I had omitted, the various Colours of the Entrochi, which
are white, brown, red, and ash-coloured, both light and deep. Here
are another Sort of Stones that I take to be a Species of the Volvola,
but are not only of a different Colour, viz. blewish or ash coloured,
but are surrounded with a Coat or Crust that is frequently found in
Part pil'd or broken off. Here are the Cylindrical and the Tapering;
the smaller Sort, and one from Holy Isle above two Inches round. Of the Asteriæ, or Star-stones. HEREHere are most of those observed by the learned and accurate
Dr. Lister, in this his Native Country, together with others
from Westmoreland, Glocester, (Lassington-stones), and Northamptonshires.
Mr. Moreton's third Sort called Peter-stones. Here are of the Litorales,
as well as Arvenses, but the most of them from the Foot of the York-
shire Woulds. The largest of them is scarce an Inch and half long,
wherein are 17 Joints; but here are others with so very thin Joints
that there are 16 of them in ¾ of an Inch. Some are very small,
yet of five Rays, others an Inch and half in Circumference. The
single Joints have sometimes the fairest Figures of the Stars, consist-
ing of five Angles; the middle of each of which is a little hollowed,
and the Edges more prominent and thick furrowed, by which the se-
veral Joints are knit together, the Ridges and Furrows being alternate-
ly let into one another; in the Center of the five Angles is a Hol-
low or Point. Of these, piled one upon another, are made pentagonous
cylindrical Columns. Dr. Plot says, to the Number of 15, in which
Number yet he wants 7, that is, he found none of 5 Joints, nor of
7, 9, 11, 12, 13 or 14 (e)(e) Plot's Oxon, p. 86.. But I have a distinct Column of every
Number, from the single Joint to 18; and in them most of the
Sorts so accurately described by Dr. Lister (f)(f) Phil. Trans. N° 112., except with the Wires
adhering; but here are of the Wires, though broken off, both in single
Joints, and longer Pieces, which are very small, slender, and of a
round Figure, being set together not by indented Suture, but per har-
moniam (g)(g) Idem, p. 277., like the Antennæ of Lobsters. Others smooth from the
Shore of Hull. Most, if not all of these Columns, are visibly bent
and inclining. The Angles of some of them are more obtuse, of
others more acute, and consequently deeper chanell'd, than where the
Angles are blunt and round. Here is also a third Sort that is very 463
rare, which have five
flat Sides without any Indentings in the Form of a Star. Some of both Sorts have a small Pin-hole in the middle
of each Joint, betwixt Angle and Angle. Others the more rarely
have a Knot, or Joint of Wires remaining at some of the Holes.
Some again have each other Joint more protuberant, or standing fur-
ther out than the intermediate ones. The Asteriæ are of different Co-
lours acording to the Matter they are found lodged in, as white,
brown, blewish and ash-coloured. A ferruginous Body that seems to
be Lh's. Siphunculus cylindracius ferruginosus, N° 1212, from Welsale in
Staffordshire. A much less from the Shore of Hull. Ichthyodontes Cuspidati, or Glossopetræ of different Sizes, from a Quar-
ter of an Inch, to an Inch and half, both of the smooth and serrated,
and of several Colours, viz. white, yellow, sad Colour, blewish and
black, the larger Sort filled with rough Stone of their different Co-
lours, though the Teeth themselves be smooth, bright, and shining.
One of that Sort called Ornithoglossum, from its Likeness to the Mag-
pies Tongue, Lh. 1266. All from my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. The
Plectronites, so called from its resemblance to a Cock-spur adhering to
Chalk; see the Figure Phil. Trans. N° 200. Fig. 13. sent me by Roger
Gale Esq;. As also Glossopetræ from the Isle of Malta, where they are
called Serpents-Tongues, though they are in Reality Sharks-Teeth. Ano-
ther sort of Fossil Teeth are the Scutellati or Grinders, commonly cal-
led Bufonitæ; of these here are all the three Sorts, from the said
Benefactors, viz. Orbiculati, Umbonati, and Scaphoides; some of the
two former Sorts are filled with Stone, but the Name of the last shews
it to be hollow; and in Figure somewhat resembling a little Boat
of that, with one End narrower than another: See Fig. 12. in the
said Trans. These Bufonitæ are of various Colours, a brighter and
deeper brown, blewish and dark black, all bright and shining; one
hath an Areola upon the Convex Side, surrounded with Rays. Ano-
ther sort from Malta, called the Vipers Eye; the Gift of Seignior Alt-
chribell; the black Speck in the middle, which is very protuberant, is
surrounded with a Circle of pale Yellow, and that with another of
blewish White; the rest of the Stone is black; these are frequently
set in Rings. The same Italian Gent. gave me another Stone, which
he brought from the Red Sea, and is said to be a Fish's Eye; it is a
Kind of Pisolythus, the Humours of the Eye, with the Tunica Uvea,
and the Iris, are not ill-represented (h)(h) Grew's Mus. Reg. p 258.. Hither also may be referred
the Oculi Cancrorum, a crustaceous Stone, said to be taken out of Crab's
Eyes; of these I have both the blewish and white, of a less and lar-
ger Sort, better than 1 ½ Inch round, which Mrs. Sus. Maddox brought
me from Prussia. Mr. Lhywd next to the Bufonitæ placeth the Siliquastrum Phaseolatum, so
called because it resembles the Pod of a Bean or Pulse; the Surface
is black and shining, the lower Side, where it should join the other
Valve is a white Stone; it is the first Fig. in Phil. Trans. N° 200.
His second is a broader Species, which he Names Siliquastrum lupinatum
the inner Part of this is a reddish Stone. Some here are different
only in Colour, brown or black, others in Form, being more Gibbose.
Here are also the smallest Sort: Most of them sent me by my grand
Benefactor, my Lord Bishop of Carlisle. To these Siliquastra, or ra-
ther (to use the local Word) single Swads, being but one Valve, may
fitly be added the entire Beans; one of these (Don. Jab. Cay M. D.) 464
both in Form and Colour resembles the great Garden Red Bean; the other is lesser, and dark coloured, but both of them; as many of
the finer Pebles, are a sort of Touchstone. A third represents a com-
press'd Bean, and is of a bright brown Colour. The said ingenious
Physician sent along with it, the Triorchis, or Stone resembling Three
Nuts. To which may be added another in the Form of a Nutmeg,
and which is most curious, one from the East-Indies that doth so na-
turally represent Half a Nutmeg, as well on the Inside, as without,
that many Persons will not be persuaded by their Eyes, that it is o-
therwise, till their Taste convince them of their Infidelity. Don. D.
Tho. Wilson Merc. Dublin. A Stone very like a Gall for making wri-
ting Ink, and another to half a Ball of Gascoigne Powder. But to return to Mr. Lhwyd's Method, from whence these Resem-
blances of Fruits have made me swerve. Ichthyospondylus clepsydratus,
one of white Stone resembling a Joint of the Back-bone of a Fish.
Another, that by the Colour may be called Anthracinus, but from the
Form is called the Fairy-hower-glass. Don. R R. D D. Episc. Carleol. A
blewish Stone with the Spine and Ribs of a Fish perfectly impress'd up-
on it: Twas found in a River in Craven, and sent me by Major Daw-
son. Another of white ruble Stone from Stowel in Glocestershire. These
are both hollow like a Mold, but here is one that is very rare, being
protuberant, and having the very Bones themselves, eleven on either
Side. The Spina dorsalis very curious, little more than an Inch long.
I know not where else to place what relates to the Members of other
Animals, and some to the Parts of Humane Bodies. Of which one
hath the fancied Resemblance of a (deformed) Face, with a Cavity
on each Side for the Ears; it is a blewish Stone: Another of a
bright shining Yellow, doth better correspond with that of a Kidney;
and a third of a white Stone, with the Testicles; given me by
Dr. Plot, who calls them Orchites or Lapides Testiculares (i)(i) Nat. Hist. Oxon. pag. 127.. In the
same Table VII. Fig. 8. he represents a Sort of Toad-stone quite
different from the Bufonites before-mentioned, being a reddish Liver-
coloured real Stone, convex above, and concave below: This here
is 2 ½ Inches round, and of the dark Red. Another of a yellow Co-
lour from the River Tees. The Belemnitæ are the last Classis in Mr. Lhwyd's Lithophylacii Britan-
nici Ichnographia: Here are of different Sizes and Colours, from little
more than ½ Inch to to to 4 ½ in Length. Dr. Plot's of that Dimension
was but 1 ¼ round, but this is 2 ½; yet but a Fragment (nor was that
of Dr. Lister's any other) (k)(k) De Lapid. pag. 226. of the Yorkeshire Belemnites maximus ni-
ger. An entire one of the same Dimensions from the Hedington Quary
Com. Oxon; it is hollow for 1 ½ Inch at the Base; it enclines to a
Yellow, and when vehemently rubb'd takes up a Straw like Amber,
which the black one will not do, though as large. Don. D. Rog. Gale
Arm. A lesser from Cricklade Hill Com. Gloc. radiated like a Star
from a closer Center. Another from Croydon Chalk-Pits in Surrey.
Don. D. Jo Woodward M. D. One that in three Inches Length is not
much thicker than a Goose Quill; and another that in less than one
Inch in Length is very near two in Circumference. The Medulla in
one of the hollowed Belemnites consists of a white Sort of Selenites or
Spar. The Generality of these Thunderbolts, as the Vulgar call them,
are of a Conical Figure, from a thick Basis tapering to a Point: But
amongst some sent me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle, there is one 465
Cylindrical, or equally thick from End to End; and another that is thickest in the Middle, and gradually slenderer to both Ends: The for-
mer of these hath the Rima or Chink, the whole Length, which
the second hath only at the Basis; and another at the small Point,
but the Generality want it. As to Colour, here are the black, whi-
tish, ash-coloured, reddish, brown and Amber-coloured. Dr. Grew, amongst the Regular Stones in the Musæum of the Royal
Society, reckons also the Lapis Amianthus, and the Hæmatites. Of
the former of these, called also Asbestinus, and the Thrumstone was
made the incombustible Cloth; it consists of glossy, parallel, fine
Threads. It was anciently spun and woven into Sheets, wherein the
Bodies of the Emperors were wrapped, to keep the Ashes entire from
those of the Funeral Pile. The Art is of late revived, and a Spe-
cimen of the Cloth presented to the Royal Society, who made the Ex-
periment; and instead of being consumed in the Fire, it came out
entire and more refined. There is lately found of this Stone both
in Scotland and Wales, of which an incombustible Paper was made at
Oxford (a)(a) Phil. Trans. N° 172.. Don. Hans Sloane M D. The Hæmatites or Blood-stone:
Dr. Lister affirms the English to be as good, if not better, than that
brought from the East-Indies. Another which seems to be the Hæma-
tites, that admits a good Polish. Of STONES Irregular. ASAs Gems are chiefly distinguished by their Colours, and Formed or
Regular Stones by their Figures, so the Irregular by the different
Degrees of Hardness. But as some Gems were premised in the pre-
ceding Paragraph, before the Crystals and Diamonds, with which
Mr. Lhywd begins his Catalogue, so must others here before the Mar-
bles: As an Amethist more deeply tinctured than the former. The
Sardins or Cornelian, of which more amongst the Antiquities; as also
of the Turcois (a blew Stone) which have been engraved, and used
as Roman Signets. The Mocho Stones, half a Dozen of different Co-
lours or Mixtures, polished and curiously marked; one with a Plant,
the rest with Variety of Colours. The Agate (so called from the Ri-
ver Achates in Sicily, near which it was first found) some very light,
clear, others, variegated with waved and figured Veins of different
Colours, Yellow included in Blew, &c. To these Exoticks Dr. Wood-
ward added two Specimens of English Agate, viz. from Gravesend in
Kent, and Belford in Darbyshire, which looks well when polished.
To the Onyx (before-mentioned) may be added a Peble of Kin to the
Onyx; the Stone it self is semiperspicuous, round a Point in the Cen-
ter is a Circle of white, which is surrounded by another of red, and
so alternately five Rings. (b) Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 287. Emery or Smiris is said to be the hardest of unfigured Stones, and
is therefore used for the polishing and cutting of all Gems, except
the Diamond. But perhaps Porphyry is to be excepted, which is a
Body so exceeding hard, that the Art of working it is supposed to
be quite lost (c)(c) Phil. Trans. N° 217., by a learned Pen, which gives an Account of the
noble Porphyry Pillars, yet remaining in the Ruins of Palmyra or Tad-
466
mor in the Desart, built by K. Solomon, 2 Chron. 8. 4. This here is dark coloured, adorned with white Spots, well polished. To this fo-
reign Porphyry, I shall add one that I brought from Mount Sorril in
Leicestershire, where is great Variety of Colours, so that the House
built of the rough Stones look very beautifully, though not a squared
one to be met with it is so hard to be wrought. It was not with-
out Difficulty that I got a Sample broken off; one Part is a pale red,
the other dark coloured, with shining Particles. That ingenious Ar-
tist, Mr. Place of Yorke, got a Piece polished to grind Colours upon,
for which it exceeds Marble. In the same Tour I observed a Sort of black Marble, the Product of
the same County; of which I saw several Gravestones at Leicester,
and seems capable of Improvement: Of this I have a Specimen, and
of the Sussex Marble, which abounds with white turbinated Shells,
and is therefore called Marmor Turbinites, by Dr. Cay who sent it me.
Of the Florentine Marble adorned with Trees, see before. Here is a
Murrey coloured Marble with white Specks, very beautiful and well
polished. Also the Kilkenny Marble from Ireland; it is black with
whitish Clouds. This with a Sample of the black Irish Slate, was sent
me by Mrs. Marshal of Dublin. A different black Marble, with less
white, by Sam. Molineux Esq;. Another Sort from Bolton in Craven,
of which I have seen a Chimney-piece at the Lord Fairfax's at Den-
ton, that looks very well. Two Samples of Darbyshire Marble (Don.
Jo. Battie Arm.) one pale Red, with white Veins; the other curious-
ly variegated with black, white and sad Colour, in which is the Fi-
gure of a Pyramid, &c. Of which Sort is a very curious Chimney-
Piece at Alderman Atkinson's in this Town. A Marble Table with the
exact Figure of the Belemnites upon it. To Marble may fitly be added Alabaster, which some Naturalists
account marmor incoctum sive imperfectum: Of this here are clear white
of different Thicknesses, and white, with red Veins, and brown Spots,
dug up at Fairburn near Ledston in this Neighbourhood. A globular
Flint, of the Colour of Amber without, and a large Oval one, that
within hath a Spar-like Substance, sent from Newcastle, by Dr. Cay.
Lapis Armenius, or a Sort of Native Blew, of which Cæruleum nativum,
see Dr. Plot (d)(d) Nat. Hist. of Oxon, pag. 57 & 161.. Don. Rog. Gale Arm. Crystalline Pebles from the Durham Shore. Don. Jo. Woodward M D.
Other transparent Pebles of very different Colours, white, yellow,
brown, pale and deep Red: Others opace, remarkable only for their
Form; some exactly Globular, others Oval, and another equally
compress'd on the opposite Sides. One divided by a circular Zone,
on one Side of which it is clear white, and upon the other yellow;
and in the transparent there are Light and Dark like two distinct Bo-
dies in the same Stone. In the Slate-delfs of this Parish are sometimes
found globular Stones; one here (two Inches in Diameter) is surround-
ed with a Hoop of Iron-stone, of a quite different Colour and Con-
sistence from that within. A black Ball from the Coal-mines: And a
dark colour'd granulated Ball from Ireland. White Cylindrical Pillars in a dark coloured Stone from Towneley
in Lancashire. Don. Car. Towneley Gen These are near two Inches
round. Another of a bright glossy black, with white Cylinders as
small as Brush Iron. But the most remarkable is a Boulder, acciden-
tally broken in paving the Court of William Cookson Esq; the present
Mayor of Leedes, whereby were discovered two Mathematical Figures, 467
viz. an Oval
within a Quadrangle in red Lines upon a yellow Ground. Kircher, in his Mundus Subterraneus, gives an Account of certain Geo-
metrical Figures, naturally imprinted upon Stones; but I have not
the Opportunity in these remote Parts to consult that Author. A
transparent Peble with the exact Resemblance of a Coat of Arms,
viz. an Orle of three Pieces with an Inescochean. Another Peble hath
an Orange Oval in a white Stone. A blewish Stone with twelve Rows
of protuberant Lozenges, set most regularly in the QuincuuxQuincunx Order.
Another which hath been a Mold as it were to the former, the
Squares being hollow, and the Rows protuberant; it was found at
the Coal-Pits near Beiston, and given me by Alderman Askwith. A
white Stone from Weetwoodside with Rows of perforated Holes regular
ly placed at half Inch distance from each other. A Cylindrical Stone
wrought quite round, with Ridges and Furrows the length Way of
the Stone, the Rigs (to use the Local Word) thick set with Knobs.
A small one of 29 Rigs that was found in the midst of a great Stone
near Kirkstall, and given me by Mr. Tho. Dinsdale. Another with
transverse Wreaths, and a Protuberance above the Neck, that, with-
out much Stretch of Fancy, resembles the Head of a Quadruped.
Another with Rows of Holes, and in the midst of each a small raised
Point. A large one near half a Yard long, and a Foot thick, of the
like Work, but as to the Form, tapering like the Branch of a Tree; and
seems, by a Seam, and part of a Joint remaining near the Top, to
have had an Out-branch springing from it, which would tempt one
to think that even these large rough Stones do sometimes shoot forth
like the tender Rock-Plants in Mendip Hills, so accurately figured by
Rich. Waller Esq; (e)(e) Phil. Trans. N° 150.. These I had from Madam Leighton's Quarry at
Great Woodhouse. A large round Stone, but somewhat compress'd,
deeply chanell'd, not unlike the Radix of those Rock-Plants: This
(which was brought me from Craven) is almost a Yard in Circumfe-
rence, fit for so large a Stem as the last described. Don. Rev. Mil.
Gale. Two small ones, with white Veins or Chanels, the larger
about three Inches round, the other not two. Some of these might
perhaps have been more aptly placed amongst the Formed Stones, but
their Circumscriptive Form not being Regular, they were omitted. The White great Glist, the Sparks of a bright, silver Colour. A Red
Daze, or Small Glist. A brown Daze full of the small Sparks of the
Mica, from the same Benefactor's Quarry at Great Woodhouse. A blew-
ish Convex Stone full of the said Sparks of Cat-Silver. A soft Sort
that sticks to the Fingers. A harder Stone that is striated with Silver. A dark coloured Stone with red Veins, and black Clouds, with
some shining Particles; it was found with three more near a Brook
in the North of Scotland, Fourscore Miles from Edinburgh, whence
it was sent me by Mr. Ja. Sutherland, Intendant of Her Majesty's Phy-
sick Garden there, who sent one to Mr. Lhywd for the Musæum at Ox-
ford; and another to Mr. Charlton for his at the Temple in London; the
Curiosity of it is, that it smels strong of Violets, or the Florentine Iris
Root; and if put in warm Water communicates its Scent thereto,
without diminishing its own. A Lough Neagh Stone sent me from Ireland by the late Reverend
Mr. Tho. Jackson. It is a Piece of Holly petrified, but whether by the
Water of the Lough, or the Soil where it is found for about two
Miles round it, is uncertain: See Phil. Trans. N° 158, and N° 174. A 468
Fossil sent by the Name of Petrified
Wood from
Portland Quarry. Ano-ther from Crick Com. Northampt. And a third from an Encrustating
Spring near Harrington in the same County, all presented to me by the
Learned Dr. Woodward. Petrified Moss from the Dropping-well at
Knaresborough in the West-Riding of the County of York, which a no-
ted Physician says, is the most famous Petrifying Spring in the Kingdom
(f)(f) Dr. Wittie's Scarb. pag. 54.. White Pumis-stone; there are also Ash-coloured and black, near
Mount Vesuvius. Cinders from Mount Ætna, both of the Black
and Red. Don. Tho. Sanders Arm. Other Sciarri, more Metallick. The
like from Vesuvius, brought thence by my kind Friend Dr. Jabez Cay.
This Sample hath more of the Pyrites in it. Sparkling Metallick Ashes
from the same Volcano. A vitrified Substance almost in the Form of
Garlick or Lilly-Root. In the Phil. Trans. N° 296, is an Account of
the vitrified Cinders of a great Hay-rick burnt upon Salisbury Plain:
Here is the like from Sir Edw. Blacket's at Newby in this County. Cin-
ders from Almonbury, when old Cambodunum was burnt by the Pagans,
of which see Bede and the new Britannia: It appears by these that
the Flame was so vehement, that the Earth was melted rather than
burnt. Of Metals and Metallick Bodies. A Mineral from the East-Indies said to be Gold Ore, but suspicious.
Don. Tho. Garway. A very rich Gold Ore from Hungary, curi-
ously shot into many angular Points, that seem to be pure Virgin-Gold.
Given me by Will. Calverley, with a very rich Lead Ore that seems to
contain much Silver in it. A rich Lead Ore from Wales, from whence
Silver is extracted: It is from the Mines wherein Sir Carbery Price,
and of late Sir Humphrey Mackworth were concerned. Don. D. Gu.
Plaxton. Variety of Copper and Lead Ores from very distant Mines, and some
of Tin with Mundick and Pyrites; most of them the Gift of the learn-
ed and ingenious Dr. Woodward, as a Copper Ore from Westmoreland;
another (with Spar) from Cornwal; a third from Mr. Basset's Mine;
a 4th (with Tin in it) from a different Mine of Mr. Basset's; a 5th from
Sir. Will. Godolphin's, all in the said County; a 6th with Spar pretty
rich in Tin. A Copper Ore from Devonshire; and another from Cheshire.
One from the Mines near Richmond in Yorkeshire. Another very rich.
Don. R. Gale Arm. One that I brought from Talentire in Cumberland.
Another sent me by Ste. Tempest of Broughton, in Craven Esq;. But the
greatest Curiosity relating to this Metal was sent me from Sweden by
Mr. William Sykes Merchant, An 1688, when (and never else, as I am
informed) several of them were found in the Copper Grove at Fallum:
it is a most regular Octoedra, hath six angular Points, and consequent-
ly eight solid Triangles, or as many Pyramids joined in Base; the Fi-
gure of it may be seen in the Phil. Trans. N° 277. It is not unusual
for Metals, as well as their Fluores or Spars, to strike into various and
exact Mathematical Figures, wherein Nature seems to attempt what
she hath brought to Perfection in this, which is the most curious, and
in the Opinion of most competent Judges, beyond any Thing that 469
hath been seen in its
Kind. My Lord Bishop of Carlisle
obliged me with a Specimen of Lead Ore and Sulphur pick'd up at the Out-bursts
of their several Veins that have begun to shoot out in such regular
Forms. Lead Ore from Mendip Hills in Somersetshire. A rich Oar from the
Mines of Charles Bathurst Esq; near Richmond in Yorkeshire. A good
Lead Oar found in casting down a Bank near Shipscar Bridge at Leedes,
where never were any Mines; as neither at Secroft, yet I have a Sam-
ple of rich Oar found there. Oar, Chirt and Spar from Oldfield; the
like from Burnswood, both in Derbyshire. That Sort of Lead called
Steel-Oar from Austin Moor in Northumberland. Potters-Lead Ore from
Bristol in Gloc. Another from Winston in the Peak of Derby. Black-Lead Ore, as it is usually called, though, by the Way, our
common Lead is the true Black-Lead, and so called in Opposition to
Tin, which is the White-Lead. This is not allowed by Dr. Plot to
have any Thing of Metal in it (g)(g) Phil. Trans. N° 240., but esteemed a Sort of Ochre. This
was brought me by Mr. John Clark from Crosthwait Parish near Kes-
wick in Cumberland, said to be the only Place where it is found in Eu-
rope (h)(h) Fuller's Worthies, pag. 215., as New-England is in America: So that this Nigrica Fabrilis,
as Dr. Merret calls it (i)(i) Merret's Pinax inter terras, p. 218., so useful for Painters, &c. is the peculiar
Product of Old and New England. A large Piece of the like. Don. D.
Sam. Molineux Arm. Tin Ore very good from Cornwal; another from Devonshire. A
Mixture of Tin, Mundick and Spar, from Cornwal. This Island affords
the most and best in Christendom (k)(k) Fuller's Worthies, pag. 195.; and it is rationally conjectured
by Expositors, that the Tin traded for in Tyre, Ezekiel 27. was export-
ed hence. A learned and pious Divine well observes, that we do not
find any where in Scripture so many Nations named together (l)(l) Mr. Mat. Henry's Excellent and Practical Exposition of the Old Testament, Vol IV.,
whereby much Light may be had as to the first Settlement of the Na-
tions after the Flood. Iron Ore that I brought from Egremont in Cumberland, from whence
it is transmitted to Ireland, where it is smelted. A Piece of an Iron
Bolt found in a Stone Quarry, and now returned to Iron-Ore again;
this being a Property that Iron hath, and no other Metal, as Dr. Li-
ster observes in his Journey to Paris. Don. Ja. Cay M. D. A Ferrugi-
nous Body from beside Worcester; and another from a Clay-Pit at Rich-
mond in Surrey. Don Jo. Woodward M D. Brush-Iron found at Leedes; it is composed of strait, round, long
Stiriæ about the Thickness of a small Knitting-Pin, bolt upright, like
the Bristles of a stiff Brush. Antimony from Prussia. Mundick from Cornwal. A Marchasite very
curiously variegated from Cole-Orton Coal-Pits in Leicestershire; all three
from Dr. Woodward. A very fair and large Marchasite given me at
Whitehaven in Cumberland, by the ingenious Will. Gilpin Esq;. An Or-
bicular Marchasite tuberated about the Bigness of a Hand-Ball. Ano-
ther from the Chalk-Pits near Cherry-Hinton in Cambridgeshire. Don.
R. Gale Arm. A granulated Marchasite growing on an Ash-coloured Stone
pointed into Right Angles. The Tabulated Marchasite flat and plain,
like a Table; these are found, naturally squared and polished, in the
midst of Lime-stone Rocks in Craven, whence it was sent me by the
Rev. Mr. Rob. Hesketh. The Cubick Marchasite, little more than a Quar-
470
ter of an Inch Square: It seems to attain the Perfection of its
Figure in a Cube. The Pyrites from Camel-Cross (five Miles from Kighley Com Ebor)
upon the highest Hill betwixt the East and West-Seas, as is evident
from the Springs running thence into both of them. This is called
Mundick by some, but is really Pyrites, in the Opinion of that great
Naturalist, Dr. Lister: But these Names are frequently confounded,
as he truly observes, Qui vero Pyritæ in stanni fodinis habentur, a no-
stris metallariis MUNDIC & MAXY appellantur (a)(a) De Fontibus Medicatis Angliæ, p. 28.. A Pyrites from
the Fields near Leicester. Another found near Dudley-Castle Com.
Staff. Part of another, from the Shores of Scarborough; and another,
with brassy shining Particles, from Whitby Shore; and a remarkable
one from Weymouth: All five from Dr. Woodward's noble Store. A
round Pyrites full of little Knobs of an Iron Colour. A Cylindrick one
from the Isle of Wight. Don. D. Jud. Dickenson Lond. A beautiful
Composition of sparkling Pyritæ of Marchasite. A white Spar and
Ash-coloured Chirt in Lares. Don. D. Rog. Gale Arm. Of Mineral Principles, SALT, SULPHUR, and EARTHS. SALSal-Fossilis, or Rock-Salt, both white and reddish, from Cheshire,
where the first Rock of Natural Salt was discovered about Lady-
Day 1670 (b)(b) Phil. Trans. N° 66.. A Sort of Mineral Salt found in the Coal-Mines (ad-
hering to a Brass Lump) near Coln Com. Lanc. whence it was sent me
by Dr. Hargreavs: It was found shot into Needle like Chrystals three
Inches long, but now as small as Dust, with shining Sparks. Vi-
triol, white, blew, (Roman Vitriol) and green. Copperas very fine,
made at Hallifax (where the Pyrites are more plentiful) by Mr. Geo.
Green of Leedes. Verdegriese. Alom shot into Angles. Amber; a Piece of Opacus Yellow; a large Piece of Yellow Amber
very clear and fine, which the ingenious Mrs. Sus. Maddox brought
me from Prussia, with a Piece of pale Yellow, of White, and of Citron
Colour, together with Fossil Amber from the same Country; and one
Bit, that being broke discovers four distinct Colours in less than half
an Inch. Amber with a Flye enclosed, the Feet and Wings extended
very distinct. One with a Spider as perfect, that Mr. Tho. Denison
brought from Prussia, and presented to me. An oblong Piece,
wherein both a Spider and a Fly are immersed. Don. D. Moisis Ash-
enden M. D. Jet, or Geat, called Gagates from Gaza a River of Lycia, where it
was first found; this is from Cleveland in the East-Riding of this
County, whence it was sent me by the Rev. Mr. John Dixon Vicar of
Mask, being accidentally mislaid with Canal-Coal, and Black Irish-slate,
I knew not how to distinguish it, but by its attracting Straw or
Feathers upon rubbing it, which neither of the other could do,
whence probably it was first called Black-Amber (c)(c) Cam. Brit. N. E. p. 751, Attritus rapit hic
teneras, ceu succina, frondes. 471
The Lancashire Canal or Kennel Coal, of which there is a plentiful and profitable Mine at Haigh near Wigan, when polished it looks like
Marble. Coal being nothing but Bitumen hardened and concocted
under Ground, I know not where better to insert a Sort of Liquid
Bitumen that floats upon a Well at a Place from thence called Pitch-
ford in Shropshire, whence it was brought me by the Reverend
Mr. John Gardner of Chester. Terra Sigillata with Turkish Characters, like that in Wormius (d)(d) Mus. Wormianum, p. 9.,
only this is marked upon both Sides, that but upon one. Terra
Lemnia, the red Lemnos, Earth, so close and coherent as not to co-
lour the Fingers. Armenian Bole, first brought to Rome in Galen's
Time, when the Plague raged. Terra Japonica, both red and brown,
and dark-coloured. Don. D. Jo. Hunter. Terra Fabrilis Rubrica, Ru-
brick or Ruddle, very good from Edlington near Doncaster, the Seat of
my honoured Friend Robert Molesworth Esq;. Here is also a yellow
Ochre, but so gritty that I suspect it is not that from Oxfordshire,
which is accounted the best in the World (e)(e) Plot' s Nat. Hist. Oxon, p. 55.. This Dr. Plot suppo-
seth may in Process of Time be converted from yellow Ochre to Ru-
dle first, and after to Black Chalk, by a certain Transmutation so much
spoken of by Naturalists. However that be, this brings us to the
Chalks, of which here are the Red and the Black both used in Draw-
ing. Terra Saponaria, Fullers Earth from Kent; it is vulgarly cal-
led Walker Earth, for the Reason before-mentioned, pag. 82. To-
bacco-Pipe-Clay that burns white and clear, from Wortley in this Pa-
rish, of which see Page 196. Of the Clays, Argilla; Dr. Merret (f)(f) Pinax Rerum Nat. Brit. pag. 219.,
besides the White, mentions also the Ash-colour, Blew, Yellow and
Red. Of a Sort of red Argil, full of Mica or Cat-Silver, I found a
great Quantity near the Coal-Mines of John Gascoigne Esq; cast up in
making a vast Drain betwixt Parlington and Berwick in Elmet; and at
the same Depth, viz. 12 Foot, that for the same Reason that Fossil-
Wood is called Noah's-Ark, may be concluded an Antedeluvian Nut
A delicate fine white Sand from Lisbon. 472
Artificial Curiosities.
Things relating to WAR.
ANAn Indian Bow;
it is made of Brazil Wood, full two Yards long yet not an Inch broad, the String very strong and thick.
The Arrows above four Foot long, of fine unjointed Cane,
but not feathered: One of them is armed with a Fish's Bone,
the other with a Piece of hard Brazil Wood, sharp pointed and
hooked, about four Inches above the glewed Swath; tis partly Qua-
drangular, and hath on each Side four sharp Points, like Fish-Hooks. A 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.
The Arrows better than two Foot long, feathered as ours; six of them
only pointed with Iron, but twelve with Hooks Pheon-like. A Piece of 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 Tower of London. Don.
D. Fran. Place. A Tomahaw, or fighting Club from North-Carolina; it is a yellowish
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
Indians. One of the four Indian Kings, lately at London, is drawn
with such an one in his Hand. This was brought me from Carolina
by Chr. Gale Esq; Attorney-General for her Majesty. An Indian Arrow with a Flint Head, of an Orange Colour, in the
Form of those called Elves-Arrows in Scotland. This Arrow (which is
two Foot two Inches long) is only feathered on two Sides. It was
brought from the Indies by Capt. John Wood, who presented the Bow
and the Rest of the Arrows to King James II. Don. Step. Tempest de
Broughton Arm. An 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 East-Indies by Capt. John ap Rice, and gi-
ven me by his Brother Mr. Tho. Garway of Leedes. 473
A small
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. Another Shield, hath upon a black
Ground an Indian painted and gilt, with several Quadrupedes, and
Reptils about him; this is much heavier than the rest, and hath the
Sides fastened together by Octangular Brass Studs. But the finest
of all the Indian Shields was sent me by Sam. Molineux, of Dublin,
Esq;. The Convex Side is wrought in Circular Wreaths of Crimson-
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. The same Benefactor obliged me also with a curious Tama-
hauke inlaid with seven Rows of white Studs perforated, that seem
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. An 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 Dr. Grew's Mus. pag. 266. the Blade is
waved, whence called by some a Flaming Sword, near 16 Inches long,
damask'd with Gold near the Hilt. A 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: The
Scabbard consists of two Pieces of Wood, covered with blew Cloth,
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 Capt. Hen. Lumley, when Admiral Russel, with the English
Fleet, lay before that Place, and was given me by his Brother
Mr. Geo. Lumley of Yorke. A 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 Xixona in
Valencia, where it was taken by Capt. Butler (who gave it me) when
the English reduced that Place to the Obedience of King Charles III.
An. 1706. A Copper Sword, or antique Skeine found in Ireland; it is half a
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. Gul. Jackson Dubl. A Highland Whinger, 14 Inches
long, 1 ¼ broad; next to the Hilt (which is of Wood brought in Wreaths)
is gradually smaller ro the very Point: The Copper Dagger is two
edged, this hath but one, the Back being ½ Inch thick, furrowed, and
hath 24 Holes drill'd through it; the Scabbard is antique chas'd Work
of Leather. Don. Elk. Hickson Merc. Leod. Another from Ireland
not much different. Don. S. Molineux Arm. A 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. A 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 474
used about
K. Edw. the 3d's Time. The
Gift of Mr. Godfrey Haddon of Leedes. Another with the Year 1444 engraven upon it, which
was during the victorious Henry the 6th's Reign, who was crowned
at Paris, An. 1431, but has been altered since, the gilt Basket-Hilt be-
ing not near so ancient. An old fashioned Wheel-lock Pistol, the
Stock and large Pomel curiously inlaid with Ivory: Given me by
Sam. Atkinson of Leedes Gunsmith. A Gantlet faced with Velvet, the
Studs gilt. Don. D. Is. Blackburn. It is more pliable (tho' of Iron)
than a Leather Glove, near two Foot long to secure the Arm: It is
very strong, full half Inch thick. A Belt, or Girdle of Needle-work,
Variety of Colours, lined with Velvet. Don. D. Brian Dickson. An
antique Stirrup, but short of the Abbot of Kirkstal's, of which else-
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 other Antonio, King of Portugal, with R P. and the Year 1581,
when he came into England to implore the Queen's Assistance: The
Gift of Mr. Harrison of Yorke. An 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. Another that instead of the
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 Mr. Fran. Place of Yorke.
Other Arrows from 2 Foot to 2 ½; triple-feathered, and armed with
Iron. One adorned with Gold Lines. Don. S. Molineux Arm. A poi-
soned Arrow, the smallest of all being but nine Inches in Length, and
about the Thickness of a Crow's Quill. Don. J. Perkin's Arm. 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. Mil-
ner Esq; present Lord of that Mannor. Spurs of the like Workman-
ship. 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. I know not where better to place what relates to the Artillery of
Heaven, viz. a Piece of sturdy Oak Thunder-struck, shivered into
very small Fibres at Plompton (near Knaresborough ) whence it was sent
me by Rob. Plompton Esq;. A Pewter Candlestick, in several Places
melted and run into small Lumps by Lightning at the Quarry-Hill in
Leedes, 27 June 1700. A Piece of a Tin Vessel burnt through at the
same Time, yet a Bit of Straw-Work that was by it, not so much as
singed. (Vide Phil. Trans N° 264.) The Stick that was fired by Light-
ning in the Hand of John Seynor, as he was riding over Bramham-
Moor to Leedes Market, 12 Dec. 1710, in a severe Storm of Thunder,
Lightning and Hail, as offered to be deposed upon Oath before John
Dodgson Esq; Mayor of Leedes, who gave it to me. A Piece of Bell-
Metal from Southwell, when that stately Minster was burnt by Light-
475
ning 5 Nov. 1711,
brought thence and given me by Mr. John
Hough. Hither also must be referred a Mass of Nails strangely soldered to-
gether, taken out of the Ruins of the City of London after the gene-
ral Conflagration 1666. Don. Hen. Gyles. A Piece of Cieling Ceiling of the
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. Also Part of an
Hour-Glass taken out of the Fire when the Rape-Oil Mill at Leedes
Bridge was burnt 3 Oct. 1708. It is bended like Parchment, five or
six distinct Lares upon each other; the inmost thinnest, and gradual-
ly thicker to ¼ Inch; given me by Mr. William Barstow, whose Cou-
rage and Activity in suppressing the Flames (which might have en-
dangered much of the Town) was very commendable. Instruments relating to the MATHEMATICKS. A Telescope large and curious, both the Tube turned, and the Glas-
ses grinded by the Rev. and ingenious Mr. Tho. Sharp M. A.
Don. Vid. F. Sharp. Two excellent Globes 15 Inches Diameter. A Way-wiser. A Mag-
nifying Glass. A Burning Glass. Multiplying Glasses. A Weather Glass
arising out of an artificial Rock, and supported by four Columns:
This was amongst the Lord Fairfax's Curiosities, and was of the first
Invention with tinctured Water, but is now much exceeded by the
Mercurial Tubes. An 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 Beauchief in Derby-
shire; whence it was brought me by Will. Neville Esq. The Form of
the Figures are no just Objection against its Antiquity; for I have
a Book printed An. 1493, with those of the like Form in the Golden
Number. An Astronomical Instrument of Copper, with various In-
dexes and Circles, with obsolete Characters, from amongst Mr. Kirk's
Curiosities. Two Circular Tables of Numbers, Sines, Tangents, nice-
ly fixed upon seasoned Wood, from the same Musæum. Another of
Brass, somewhat resembling a Roman Galley; it seems designed by its
moveable Gnomon, for Dialing, but the Figures are antique Non-latin character for 4,
S for 5, Λ for 7. A Portable Dial, with a Needle to direct the setting it in any Place
upon Travel. Don. Jo. Boulter. Arm. A Column Dial, which being
soiled, and of uncertain Latitude, was renewed and calculated for this
Town by the ingenious Mr. Joseph Bland of Beeston. A declining Dial
for the Library Window, by the celebrated Mr. Abr. Sharp. W. Foster's perpetual Almanack, engraved upon a Copper-Plate, the
Bigness of a Crown-Piece. Don. Bart. Shuttleworth. A Sort of perfora-
ted Brick-Tiles, contrived and made by John Robinson of Addle-Mill
(who sent it me); it prevents a great Consumption of Hair-Cloths that
he formerly used in drying Oats, &c. 476
Houshold-Stuffs, Habits, &c.
A
Barbadoes Rush-Basket, very prettily woven by
the Indian Wo-men, the Rushes partly of their Native Colour, and partly dy-
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. An
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. Another, not so long as the other,
is broad, yet as deep, viz. two Inches. A Kouser, and other Patna-Ware, brought by Dr. Midgeley from
the Great Mogul's Country, where it is said there is but Clay in one
Place that can be wrought so fine; it is as thin as Glass, yet will en-
dure the Fire. A Bason and a Platter of the same Materials, and other
drinkiug drinking Vessels of somewhat different Forms. But the 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. An antique German Pot, with three Stories of Sampson (as conque-
ring the Lion, conquered by Dalilah, and carrying the Gates of Gaza)
very well proportioned in Low-Reliefe. A Tankard made of a natural
Knot of Wood, that seems as if engraved by Art. (Don. D. Gul.
Plaxton Lond.) Another of the Serpentine Marble. A large 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. Jac. Greenwoad. A standing Cup of Horn dyed red. An 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. (Dr. Waldoe's Gift.) A Cup
turn'd out of Elm Wood, as fine as Walnut. Another of Juniper;
of Lignum Vitæ, and of a Skale of white Wood. A small Coco-nut
cut for a drinking Cup. An Indian Bottle made of a Pear-Calablash; it
is about twelve Inches long and fifteen round, though but one Inch
Diameter at the Neck. An 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. Several Vessels, as Salt-sellars and Ink-horns of different Forms and
Sizes; one supported with four Plaisters, that seem to be black Marble
polished, but are indeed only the Lancashire Canal-Coal. Don. Tho. John-
son. A 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 English there; as neither is
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. A wooden Dram-cup from Ireland,
all three sent me by Mrs. Mary Marshall of Dublin. A Pewter Chalice
of antique Work; tis gilt, and was probably used for the Eucharist
before Silver generally obtained. The Mouth of a very ancient Eure
digged up at Berwick and sent me by the Rev. Mr. Plaxton. A Bason
and Eure that were used since the Union of the Two Kingdoms by
K. James I. as appears by the Royal Arms enamel'd. A Copper Candle-
477
stick of an antique Form, which probably
belonged to an Abbey, there being a Spire for the Wax Taper, and three Saints inlaid; the
whole gilt and enamel'd. An Indian Porringer almost in the Form of a Roman Simpulum, on-
ly the Handle not so long. An 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. A small Basket of Twig-work very cu-
riously wrought with Branches and Flowers of various Colours inter-
mixed, from Enghien in Flanders. Don. Jo. Boulter Arm. A Stove used
by the Dutch Women at Church and Market. A Dutch Vrow for
warming the Feet in Bed. Don. Rad. Dixon Lond. One of Mr. Place's delicate fine Muggs made in the Mannor-house at
Yorke; it equals the true China-Ware. Mr. Houghton, in the 8th Vol.
of his useful Collections, tells us, there were very good made at Ful-
ham, but all flat, the Difficulty in making a hollow Dish was thought
insuperable, because it must be burnt to that Degree, that the Heat of
the Fire made the Sides fall: But this ingenious Gentleman surmount-
ed the Difficulty, and hath many Years ago actually made several very
delicate Pots of English Materials. This Specimen was his Present, to-
gether with one of the coarse Mugs and Covers, made purely to pre-
serve them from the Violence of the Fire in baking. The 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 Orcades, which the Inhabi-
tants, to patronize their Drunkenness, alledge St. Magnus their Apo-
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 Arthington, whose Mother was a Coheir of the Marshals, of
which Family was the last Person, who died Abbot of Kirkstal, it be-
ing surrendered by his Successor. A Glass waved white and blew;
another clear white, both which passed for Chinese in the former Age.
A marbled Glass of many Colours, handsomly variegated, with a
Speck of Gold, &c. A Rummer, with a Buck-hunting well represent-
ed. A Cut Glass. A double Glass, wherein different Liquors may be
enclosed. A 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 Mrs. Ruth Thoresby, about the Year 1650. The Abbot of Kirkstal's 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. Jac. Blades Merc. Leod. A
Spoon of Juniper; and others of a white Wood brought from Prussia
and Lithuania (with one in a wooden Case or Sheath), by Mrs. Mad-
dox. An Indian Spoon of very fine Wood tip'd with Silver; a very
odd one, with a wrought Handle, brought from Portugal, and given
me by Major Richard Milburn. Cheese-Trenchers, both the Square, which
turn into the Form of a Book, and a Box. A Box of round ones,
painted and gilt, with English Rimes that seem to be 150 Years older
than the Cheese, though that be full Three Score. A Norway Cheese of
Goat's Milk 5 ½ Inches broad, odd waved in the Vat. Don. J. Turner.
Bread from the Coasts of Barbary. The Jews unleavened Cakes for
the Passover. Don. D. Burrough Lond. Cassada-bread made of the Root of a Ricinus Americanus; the Figure
whereof is excellently engraved in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica
Tab. 141. the Description of it, pag. 130. and the Manner of making 478
it, Pag. XVIII. of the Introduction. The Juice of it is so
poisonous 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 Mr. Walter Brearey Merchant. A fine Piece of
Cassada or Sciam, brought of late Years from the Indies by Mrs. Rach.
Holdsworth. An Oil from the East-Indies called Oil of Earth, good for Pains and
Aches. An East-Indian Composition, somewhat like Rosin, but
sparkles a little; whence it is (perhaps) that it is called the Philoso-
phers Stone; both these were sent me by Mrs. Madox. Indian Sear-
Cloth. Of the Liquid Bitumen (before-mentioned) from Shropshire, may
be further noted, that the Inhabitants, who in Mr. Camden's Time
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 Lake Asphaltites, and
others noted by ancient Authors, later Discoveries have found the
Lake at Cuba in America, and Zant of the Venetians (Gord. Geogr.
pag. 379 & 235.) Of the Mevis Bark used for a Vomit: The Ameri-
can Physick Nut that works sursum & deorsum. Of the Mirtle Wax;
the Candle-berries; and a Candle made thereof. (Don. D. Greathead
Lond.) and of other Indian Fruits, see before amongst the 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; Plants used there as Tea, Liquorish,
and Cotton, both Silk and Wool, of which Garments and Hammocks
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: To which may be added a
Turkish Wash-Ball 2 ½ Inches in Length; another round, wrought in
Trales and Branches. Indian Perfume for washing the Skin. A Tooth-brush from Mecca in Arabia Felix, where is a Turkish Mosque
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. Seb. Alchribel. A carved Whale-Bone five Inches
broad and thirty long. Don. D. Lid. Hough. A Cord made of the
Leaves of the American Aloes. Don. D. Jo. Sharp. An Indian Lanthorn
made of Twig-work, or split Cane, very fine, a Yard and half long;
it was brought from the East-Indies, and given me by Dr. Midgeley of
Leedes. A very odd Lanthorn made of the Skin of a Fish said to be
the Solpen or Scolopendra, but is rather of the Piscis Echinatus triangula-
ris; it is a Yard and a Quarter in Compass. This was procured also
from the East-Indies, and given me by Mrs. Madox. Two Fishing-Lines
near five Foot long of Indian Plants. Don. D. Jo. Boulter Arm. A
walking Staff, composed of eight Joints of a Sugar Cane, about seven
Inches distant from each other. An Indian Cane above two Yards and
a half long, painted with Variety of Colours, red, blew, yellow,
green and black. A Piece of Queen Elizabeth's walking Staff inlaid with Ivory and Mo-
ther of Pearl. Don. Sam. Molineux Arm. The 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 479
and covers the Cane-work; those of the lowest Tire next the
Face 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. An 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. An 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. Another that approaches nearer the Form
of the Europeans, having about forty Teeth in the Compass of an
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. An 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. A Straw Hat about two Yards and a half in Cir-
cumference. Don. D. H. Pawson. A Cloth Hat almost of the same Di-
mensions. Don. Rev. Jac. Coningham. These are such as George Fox the
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. A Caster as remarkably little, being but 3 ½ Inches in
the Breadth of the Brim, and three in the Height of the Crown:
Yet a Wedding Hat of one of the same Generation, the Band of
Gold and green Ribband. Other Hat-bands of Silver; of Bugle Work,
&c. A Lithuanian Hat-band of Straw Work, with a Knot of white
Sea-weed, worn when a proud Humour comes upon them. Don. D
S. Madox. A Hat-band of three Rounds made of the Vertebræ of
Snakes. Don. D. Geo. Sorocold. An 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 Thoresby's Time, richly em-
broidered with Gold and Silver, thick set with Spangles; the peaked
Lace clear Gold. A black square Cap worn by the foreign Literati.
Don. S. Molineux Arm. An 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. A Quoife very richly
embroidered with Gold and black Silk. Don. Walt. Calverly Bart. Ano-
ther of Judge Hutton's Lady. Don. Alb. Dodson Arm. A Cross cloth, or
Brow-bit, of the like curious Needle-work, the Flowers of various Co-
lours well shaded and richly embroidered; it was my Aunt Idle's Mo-
480
ther's, and given me by the said pious Relict of
Alderman Idle; others of Lace, and different Sorts of Needle-Work. Widows Peaks. Com-
mode-wires of various Forms and Heights. A Crance from Prussia; it is a most beautiful 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 England) on the Wedding Day at Conningsberg, whence it
was brought me by Mrs. S. Madox. Tweesers for curling the Hair.
A Lead Comb to change the Colour of it. Pendants, and Drops for
the Ears. A Jewel of Artificial Glass, with Sparkles of Gold. A Neck-
lace of Pearl, Amber, Coral and Blew. Indian Neck-laces of young Oranges:
And of Musk-beads. 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, cu-
riously 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 Eng-
land. 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 Puf-
fles 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 Daugh-
ter 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. But-
tons 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! An 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 Alderman Massie's Widow.
Bracelets of Horn engraved. Others of Elks Claws curiously wrought.
An Indian Girdle said to be Anna Sonam's, a Queen in Maryland; it is
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 Mr. James Green of Leedes. 481
Fans. One of Wood from the Indies; it is composed of twenty four Plates that expand to (near) a Yard in Circumference, yet folds
up into little more than an Inch broad. Don. D. Sam. Stubs. Another
from Prussia the Ivory curiously inlaid. Don. D. S. Madox. A Turk-
ish Fan above a Foot and half long, and almost as broad; the Handle is
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. A Hymn or Prayer, in the
Indian Characters express'd in Gold upon a blew Ground, and made
up into a Fan for Madam Lettice Molesworth, Sister to the Earl
of Bellmont, Governour of New England and New Yorke. The Gift of
the said Lady. Gloves. A Pair of King James the 1st's embroidered upon Crimson
Silk, and lined with the same coloured Silk, the Seams covered with
Gold Edging. Don. Tho. Tomlinson Arm. In the next Reign such were
worn by private Gentlemen; witness a Pair of my Wife's Grand-
Father's, richly embroidered upon black Silk, and a deeper Gold
Fringe. Don. Eliz. Sykes Socrûs meæ: The Embroidering reaches above
the Elbow. Another Pair somewhat shorter, embroidered upon the
Leather, lined with Crimson Silk: They were Mr. Fran. Layton's, who
was of the Jewel House to K. ChurlesCharles I. The Gift of his Son Tho. Lay-
ton Esq;. A Pair of the common Size, but richly embroidered with
raised or emboss'd Work, when Mr. Geo. Thoresby was Sheriff of New-
castle in Northumberland. His Wife's, which are deepy escaloped, have
black Bugles intermixed. One of fine Holland, with black Silk Needle-
work, and a wrought Lace of both Colours. (Mrs. Gibson's Gift.)
Three other Pairs of the embroidered and raised Work; two with
Gold, and the third Silver, with Fringes suitable, These were suc-
ceeded by those that were top'd with narrow Ribbands of various
Colours and Texture, with Gold or Silver interwoven, of which
here are three or four Sorts. White Gloves, with broad black Lace
ruffled; and heavy Fringe Gloves Pearl Colour and Gold; these were
used in my own Time. Womens at the same Time (ult. Car. 2.) had
large Rolls of Ribbands round the Tops and down to the Hand, plain
Crimson Satten, intermixed with strip'd and flowered, edged with
Gold; (A. Th's Wedding Gloves). One of Silk Net-work very curi-
ous, with Gold and Silver Lace, and various coloured Ribbands.
Don. D. An. Plaxton. A Pair of Gloves so delicately thin, that
though they will fit a large Hand, are folded up and enclosed in a
gilded Walnut's Shells. Don. Rev. Jo. Ray. To their Gloves may be
added the Lady's Scepter or useless Busk held in the Hand. A Lace
made of Betany two Foot long. Don. D. Hotham. A Handkerchief of K. Charles the First curiously marked with C un-
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. 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 be-
ing 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. 482
A large
Prussian Boot of red Leather for a very lusty
Man, yet the Heel but an Inch and a half broad. The Gift of the Lady Perrot.
Another from Turkey, of yellow Leather as large, yet hath no Heel
at all, but a thin Red Leather the Length of the whole Foot. Don.
S. Molineux Arm. A little one for a Boy, from Prussia, with a small
Iron Plate for the Heel; as also the first hath. Don. Rev. Tho. Whita-
ker V D M. These are for the richer Sort. Here is a Shoe for the
Meaner; it is made of the Bark of Trees somewhat after the Manner
of Coal-Baskets in the North of England, but much coarser; they are
generally worn by the poor People in Lithuania and Prussia, who
bind it to the Leg by the Cord which seems to be of platted Sedges.
Don. D. Sus. Madox. A Sabot, or French Wooden Shoe. An Irish
Brogue. An English Shoe of very antique Form. A Silk Shoe from
Tywan, a City of Formosa; it is made of Crimson and yellow Silk,
adorned with Needle-work (for which the Formosan Women are fa-
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 Dr. Midgeley of this Town. A Pair of
Portuguese Shoes for a Gentlewoman, the upper Leather pink'd; as is
also the red Turkey Leather upon the Heels. Don. S. Molineux Arm.
A very odd Shoe, the Heel six Inches high, yet Length of the Foot
5 ½ from the Toe to the Heel inclusive. A Pair of Slippers from Turkey,
a Crescent, or Semicircle of Iron for the Heel, (from Mr. Molineux.)
One of Straw from Dantzig. Don. D. Jo. Jac. Smidt. A Persian Slip-
per, very curious Workmanship. And one from Prussia of red Tur-
key Leather; the Cork Sole an Inch thick, covered with gilded Lea-
ther. A blew Satten Slippper, with Silver Lace, for Charles Savage Esq;
(a younger Son of the first Earl of Rivers) given me by my Brother,
who married one of his Daughers and Coheirs. The Abbot of Kirkstal's Stirrup; it is of Cast Iron, the Sole seven
Inches broad; given me by Mr. Pollard of New-Lath near Kirkstal.
Spurs: One of Copper gilded, with a remarkable Neck, above six
Inches long from the Heel to the Rowel. There is a Danish Spur of
the same Length in the Bodleian Repository at Oxford; of which see
Mr. Hearn's ingenious Discourse of Antiquities annexed to the first
Vol. of Leland's Itinerary, p. 114. A Gingling Spur; it is of Brass,
the Neck short, but Rowel very large, three Inches from Point to
Point; the Danish Rowel hath six Points, this only five: That of
Sir Ferdinando Leghs (of which before) hath twelve. Both these were
given me by Mr. Sam. Smith Bell-founder. Another gilt Spur of a
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.) Of the Spanish Cavallero's de Espuela
d'Orada, or Knights of the Golden Spurs, see the same Author, p. 575.
Don. D. Godfr. Haddon. An odd Sort of a 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. There is almost as great Variety in the Buckles as
in the Rowels, from little more than half an Inch to near three Inches
in Breadth. A FotFoot-prodder a Sort of 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 Prussia, where
they are sometimes frozen to that Degree, that the old Duke of Bran-
denburgh mustered Ten thousand Men upon the Ice at the Corish Hoff. 483
Don. D. S. Madox. Modern
Swedish Spurs, the Rowels of 24 Points, a Chain instead of the Under-Leather. Don. D. Sigbr. Rosenbuch. A
Turkish Horse Shoe; it is a flat Piece of Iron, with little more than an
Inch cut out, and Holes for six Nails. Don. S. Molineux Arm. A Fo-
reign Whip for Posters wrought hollow, &c. Don. J. Boulter Arm. A Silk-Purse with Flowers of various Colours over-laid with Mos-
covy Glass, and a Sort of Net-work Lace, made of the small Twigs of
Trees, and a purled Edging very curious, of the like Twig-work,
wrought by the Nuns at Teneriffe, the Pike whereof is famous all the
World over for its Height. Don. D. Hen. Bayns. An Irish-Purse
of Purple Leather and Silver Twist, with a Contrivance not easily
discovered for opening it, made and sent me by Mrs. Marshal. One
of raised Work embroidered in Gold and Silver, by my Sister Abigail
Thoresby. And another of curious WorkmaushipWorkmanship, and great Variety
of Colours wrought in Flowers and Humane Figures, in Tent-stitch,
by Madam Savage; the Tassels of Gold and Silver, with Fruitage
very natural. Also a Piece of Point-work Lace, (wrought by the Nuns)
of incredible fineness, presented by her Grand-Daughters. A Blood-
coloured Ribband with Death's Head, Swords, &c. inscribed, In Me-
mory of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, murthered the 12th of October 1678. A Case for a Pair of Spectacles wrought in Silver and Silk Flowers,
by Mrs. Priscilla Rawden (who gave it me) Sister to the memorable
Sir George Rawden. Knots of Ribbands made up of old, in Form of
Roses, &c. within a Japan Wax gilded. A Screw Box of Irish Wood
covered with Straw-work of beautiful Colours. An Essence Bottle of
the like Materials, made and sent by Mrs. Marshal of Dublin. The
Figure and Bulk of a Frog in Needle-work of Silk, very natural.
Don. Hen Pierse Bart. Curious Needle-work of the celebrated Mrs. Frances Matthews, who
had a Bishop to her Father, an Archbishop to her Father-in-Law, had
four Sisters married to Bishops, as her self was to an Archbishop. A
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. A Knot
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
Mrs. Dorcas Dyneley. A Shred of fine Linen, that my Friend, who
sent it, received from Mrs. Kath. Breres, a Person of good repute and
Veracity, who died at her House, and affirmed that it was spun by a
Gentlewoman after her (reputed) Death, and real Burial; after which
she lived several Years, bore Children and spun many Webs of fine
Linen; the said Mrs. Breres was well acquainted with her, and re-
ceived it from her own Hands. An antique Smoothing Iron for Linen,
the Box four Inches deep being for Charcoal not Iron-heaters: It was
amongst Mr. Webster's Curiosities of Clitheroe, and was given by his
Kinsman of the same Name. Wax-work Images in Mourning Habit, to
shew the Fashion of the Nobility and Gentry of Poland and Prussia,
when in that Condition. Don. D. Sus. Madox. Variety of Fruit very
naturally represented in Wax-work. Don. D. Scarborough. The like in
Glass: Two Doves of white Enamel that stand up right, though
the Globe that includes them be turned round. Don. D. Jan.
Milner. A Basket, a Bird, and Spun Glass admirably fine, that I saw
performed at Nottingham by Mr. Nich. Strelley, the last of Strelley. 484
Glass-bubles with Water and green Tincture included. A Table-Book the Cover whereof is admirable fine Work of Scarlet and Silver, done
by Mrs. Margaret Towneley Chanoness Regular at the English Augustines in
Paris. Don. D. Fran. Kennet. The Instruments of our Saviour's Pas-
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;
Mrs. Madox brought me it from Prussia. Two Histories very neatly
cut in Paper, by Mrs. Hoyl in Craven. A Chain near a Yard long cut
out of a Card by Sir G. H's. G. H.'s Daughter. Another very fine of thirty
four Links, full two Yards long, by a Gentlewoman in Craven, and
sent me by Dr. Hargrave of Coln. An Assonagh of Escocheon used at the Funeral of the Princess Eliz.
Sonan, Sole-Daughter and Heir Apparent of Ann Sonam, a converted
Indian Queen in Maryland: It is a Does Skin fixed upon a round Hoop
near a Yard in Diameter, adorned with their Shell-money, viz. Roa-
noke Silver and Peak Gold, with some rude Lines and Colours, pro-
bably designed as the Arms; brought me from thence by Mr. James
Green a Native of this Parish. A Shred of the Velvet Pall, now
wholly divested of its Blackness by lying many Years over the Coun-
tess of Shrewsbury's Coffin in the Vault at Sheffield. A Ribband un-
corrupt; and Hair white and fresh from a young Gentlewoman's Head
buried 35 Years in the Church at Leedes. A Fragment of Duke Hum-
phrey's Coffin, brought by Mr. H. Sligh from the Vault, then newly
discovered, at St. Albans. In July 1683, was taken out of another
Vault there a small Bit of Leather, being Part of the Boots of one
supposed to be the Abbot of St. Alban's 500 years ago; his Vestments
of Cloth of Gold were then fresh, sent me by Mr. Stock of Manchester;
as was also, A small Fragment of Capt. Eliot's Canoe, wherein he made his E-
scape from Petty Guaves in the West-Indies, and gave the Governour
of Jamaica Notice that the French were coming to surprize that Island,
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 K. William gave him
the Command of a Man of War. The Canoe hangs up in Greenwich
Hospital. A Truncheon of Sir Francis Drake's Ship, wherewith he
surrounded the World; Queen Elizabeth order'd it to be drawn up in
a little Creek near Deptford, whence this was sent to my Father. Part of the Venerable and Royal Bed, mentioned Page 229 of this
Book, inscribed, Avant Darnle, Jamais Darriere, Avant Darnle. Don.
D. Cyr. Arthington Arm. A 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
Rev. Mr. Miles Gale, Rector of Kighley, who also sent me a Hexapode
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. A Body of thirty Rhombs composed by the
late ingenious Virtuoso Tho. Kirk Esq; F. R. S. Other larger Mathe-
matical Bodies. A Perpetual Almanack invented, drawn, painted upon
Glass, and gilded by the same Hand. As also Astronomical Tables and
Constellations upon moveable Spheres, drawn by my said dear Friend's
own Hand. A Chariot of very curious Workmanship, from Germany, made of
Ivory. Don. D. Tho. Kitchingman Jun. Merc. Leod. A Box of fifty
Noremberg Cups of Turned-work, admirably fine. Don. D. Mar. Claverley. 485
Another Nest of them containing an Hundred, one within another, of which the largest is but 2 ½ Inches Diameter. A Cabinet with half
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. Another Cabinet of Ivory, Mother of Pearl, and Tortoise-shell,
curiously inlaid with a Silver Lock, &c. An Octangular Brass Box of
antique Fret-work well performed. A Silver Box, with four Sphinxes,
in ancient chac'd Work. A Box of Leather very curiously wrought
like the finest Turn'd-work, by Mr. Richard (now Columban) Towneley,
of the Order of St. Bruno at Bourfonten in France; sent me by his
Niece Mrs. Mary Towneley. A Pelican with her young Ones, cut in
Wood by a lame Danish Soldier; nothing worth Notice but the Wings,
which yet are done with Expedition when the Manner is observed. The Head of a Calumet; it is the most mysterious Thing in the
World among the Savages of the Continent of the Northern 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 Henne-
pin (p 71, 72.) who had perished but for one of them. This here
is white, and hath embossed upon it three Heads of their Kings, or
rather Deities. Sir Walter Raleigh's Tobacco-Box, as it is called, but is rather the
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. Rev. Edv. Morris,
Rectoris Isur. Brigant. Sir Rich. Greenfield, upon his Discovery of
Virginia, An. 1585, observed the Indians smoaked Tobacco in Clay-
Pipes for their Health. Sir Francis Drake brought it into England the
Year after, and Pipes were made after the same Fashion. The oldest
Pipes have very small Heads. A Turkish Pipe of a hard Reed above an
Ell long, and a Clay Head, which they lay upon the Ground, hold-
ing the other End in their Mouths. A Leather Pipe also from Tur-
key twisted about with Brass Wire; the Head is of Box Wood carved,
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. Tho. Pease
Jun. Merc. Leod. A Venetian Pipe of four jointed Reeds, painted, a
Yard in Length. Another of ten Joints, much finer painted, and
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 joint-
ed Tobacco-Pipes. A Virginian Pipe of Red Clay, six Inches long be-
sides the Head, which is two. Another of dark Blew or Black of bet-
ter Workmanship. A third Green, and a 4th dark coloured, part
painted Red. An Indian Pipe of three Reeds in Breadth (two of which
are only for Ornament) surrounded with very fine Twig-work, but the
Head very rude. A very fine slender Indian Reed, a Yard and half in
Length, bored to smoak in. Don. D. Tho. Garway. Also Tobacco
folded up in a Leaf to smoak without a Pipe. An odd figured Head
from the Coast of Barbary. Don. Rich Cranidge. This is black; another
of white Clay. A Steel Head, with Plate over it for Security. Don.
Godfr. Haddon. Fine Dutch Pipes of different Sorts; of which one
(Don. D. Tho. Thomson Ebor.) is above a Yard long, and very curious 486
Workmanship. A short one, of the same Clay
with the Nottingham Mugs. A Carriage of nine Pipes Heads, joined in one Bole upon
Wheels. A large Head that will hold more than them all, fit for a Bra-
zilian Priest's Offering, who blesseth the People with its Smoak. A
Japan Reed curiously inlaid with Mother of Pearl, with a small Cop-
per Head capable only to receive the End of Rolled Tobacco. Don.
D. S. Molineux. A small Pipe of white Glass scarce large enough for a
Pin to pass the Bole. Don. D. Jac. Coats Lond. Esca Virginiana, or Tinder from Virginia. The Gift of Dr. John Sharp.
A Box and a Stopper of the Royal Oak. Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton. One of
Box Wood curiously turned, by Parson Gale. Another with Hour-Glass
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.
Jac. Mickleton Arm. One of Glass with Silver enclosed in it. Don. D.
Jo. Plaxton. St. George and the Dragon, well performed in Silver.
Another in Brass somewhat different. And one with four Heads,
viz. the Pope and the Devil one, and Cardinal with Fool on the
other Side. Irish Snuff-Boxes made in the Form of Brogues and Shoes,
from two to six Inches long. Don. D. Marshal. An antique Ladle for
a Punch Bowl, of Horn. Don. D. Fr. Place. 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 In-
dian Characters. The Present of Mr. Tho. Garway. As also two Indian
Cards, with very odd Characters; they are very small, and clear black
on the Out-side. The Astronomical Cards, the Geographical, and Ar-
morical; those from Vigo. Jugling Cards, and the Popish Plot. A Knife
taken from one of the Mohawks at London, An. 1710. Don. D. Jo.
Cookson Lond. Another, being a Spanish Knife with the like Brass Studs
in the Haft; upon the Blade is etched, Du Can. en Sevi. Don. D. Tire-
man Wilkinson Ebor. A Spanish Pen-Knife, the Blade which is near an
Inch and half broad, turns (as the former) into the Haft, which is
Iron. Don. Rev. Chr. Wilkinson Min. Armle. A Box of curious turn'd
Work. Another Japan'd, with the Heads of K. William and Q Mary.
Death's Head cut in Wood. An Ivory Chair and Cup both so small that
several Dozens of them were included in a Cup made of an hollow-
ed Nutmeg. Two Baskets curiously engraved, each made of a Cherry-
stone. Don. D. Sus. Tomlinson. These are very fine, tho' confessedly
short of that in the King of Denmark's Cabinet; and that which
Dr. Will. Oliver saw in Holland, where upon were 124 Heads of Popes,
Emperors, Kings, Cardinals, &c. that cost 300 Pounds English, and
was lately at London, there being a Law-suit commenced about it in
Chancery. (Phil. Trans. N° 285.) A Steel Saw, as small as a Needle. Rings of the different Sizes of
the Lead Pipes, by which the River Water is conveyed through the
several Streets at Leedes, one of which is a Foot in Circumference.
Don. D. Geo. Sorocold. A Brass Lamp from Ireland. Don. S. Molineux
Arm. 487
Statues, Bass-Relieves, &c.
NEPTUNENeptune upon the 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 Aldburgh, (from whence my Father had many Roman
Curiosities transmitted by Mr. Gilbert the Vicar) but being then very
young, I cannot be positive. The Head of Seneca in Plaister; it is very large, a Yard within
six Inches round, seems to be ancient and very agreeable to his Sta-
tue at Rome: This was amongst the Lord Fairfax's Curiosities. Atlas.
An Emperor's Bust. Helena's. Laocoon and his Sisters.
Archbishop Dolben's, from his Tomb. Mr. John Thoresby's the Antiquary. A
Skeleton in Metal; it is well done, but only to the short Ribs. Venus
and Cupid in Wax-work. A Sort of Bachus, or Antick, pouring out
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 Dun-
moe in Essex: It is of Wood, and hath in old Characters Belly
merry In a different script. The History of Joseph of Arimathea's entombing our Saviour, whose
emaciated Corps is very well represented in the Winding-sheet.
There are eight Statues in Alabaster (Parcel gilt) in the Compass of
nine Inches broad, and thirten thirteen long. It is supposed to have been an
Altar-Piece at Kirkstall Abbey, where being concealed at the Dissolution
of the House; it was found about fifty Years ago, and preserved by
Justice Stanhope, and sent me by his Relict. The History of our Sa-
viour' s Ascension supposed to have belonged to the old Temple at New-
sam, being found in an ancient Building there. Don. D. Bywater.
The Offerings of the Three Kings or Magi, (Old English in the
Saxon); it is about half a Yard high, the Drapery well performed;
it was sent me from besides Fountain's Abbey by Mrs. Hincks. St. Cuth-
bert, with a Book in one Hand, and the Head of St. Oswald the King,
by the other, of which see Cressy's Church Hist. XV. 361. It was found
near Burnsal Church, and given me by the Rev. Mr. Clapham Vicar of
Bradford. The History of ----- found at or near Yorke; it is good Workman-
ship, 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: (surre-
xit) maj: Johē: Bapt: It is in Metal, twenty Inches in Circumference.
The Heads of Otho and Vitellius in Plaister, from Aldburgh. Don. D. 488
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 de-
signed, bought of the Executors of the said ingenious Mr. Gyles, to-
gether with an Excellent Statue of our Blessed Saviour, as bound to a
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 Romish Superstition. A Surprizing Representation of the Trinity, wherein the first Per-
son 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 Ho-
nour, 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 sur-
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. Two different Accounts
of the Original of this Feast may be seen in the Legenda Aurea Sancto-
rum 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 Dark-
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-
489
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. The Story of St. Thomas Becket's Murther, who is represented as
saying Mass at the high Altar, and the Russians breaking in upon
him; it is upon Copper, gilt and enamel'd. Don. D. Sam. Smith. A
Bit of Marble from his Shrine at Canterbury, and a Fragment of paint-
ed Glass (thicker than the Marble) from the same Cathedral, sent
me by Mrs. Sar. Speering of London, who also gave me a Sort of Wa-
fer, or Past, with a Crown impress'd upon it, said to be made up
with the Virgin Mary's Milk. An Agnus Dei of Silver, with unknown
Relicks therein; on one Side is engraved the old Character for Jesus,
on the other, the Holy Lamb. Another small one of Brass, with the
embossed Heads of St. Igna. Loyola, and St. Franc. Xaverius. Two
Wafers for the Eucharist; one has the Figure of our Saviour upon the
Cross, the other I H S, with a Cross above, and Nails below. An
Agnus Dei from Rome the last Jubilee; it is of pure white Wax inscri-
bed, Ecce Ag. Dei qui tol. pec. mundi. and below the Lamb, Innocen.
XII. P. M. An. Iub. 1700. Upon the Reverse the Picture of S. Felix
Valois F. Ord. S S. T. R. C. Another less, and somewhat different.
A Jubilee Ring of blew Glass and Enamel. A Crucifix in Brass cast
hollow; a lesser, solid and gilt, very well performed. A very small
one in Silver. A Madonna in Copper. A small Cross of Lignum Vitæ,
brought from an Hermitage upon Mount Serrat in Spain, and given me
by Dr. Pelham Johnston. Another brought from Jerusalem, and given
me by Seign. Sebast. Altchribel. This is inlaid with Ivory and Mother
of Pearl, that Part within the white Lines is pretended to be the
Wood of our Saviour's Cross. A small one of Geat found in a Grave
at Leedes. The Draught in Oil Colours of the noted Cross at Don-
caster, whereupon is inscribed, ┼Cest est la Cruice Ote: d: Tilli: a ki
aime Deu en face merci. Am. The Head of a 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. Sam. Smith. Part of
a Priest's Habit, concealed at the Reformation in a double bottom Ark
near a Chantry in Leedes: It has three Pictures of St. 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 my Father. The Pix, or
huel-bozhusel-bozhuel-boxhusel-box (a little Iron Locket) from Kirkstal Abbey for the Eucha-
rist, or haliᵹe huelhalige husel, as I apprehend from Linwood's Const. Prov. but
am since told by a Person of Honour, that it was for preserving the
Relicks, which Party having been at Rome, with the last Ambassador
that was sent from the Crown of England to the Pope, may well be
presumed very knowing in these Matters; however it comes under
the more general Notion of huel-fauhusel-fatu, or Vasa Sacra; (Wheelock's
Bede, p. 98.) As also doth the Foot of a Lamp, or leoh-æleoht-faet; it is
of Copper engraved in Branches, with this Inscription in old Letters,
(The S in Jesus like C) Ihc. Nazarenus, rex Judeorum fili Dei Miserere mei.
The Figure of St. Anthony in Padua, in an Oval Copper very well per-
490
formed in Bass-Relieve, embracing and
kissing our Saviour, who in the Form of a lovely Child, sits upon his Book; (see Patrick's Reflect.
p. 322.) Don. Jo. Boulter Arm. The Picture of St. Anthony the Her-
mit, with his Bell, Book and Pig, the Prayer to him for Cure of the
Inflammation commonly called St. Anthony's Fire, may be seen in the
Horæ beatæ Mariæ, before-mentioned, p. 84. b. This came from a Re-
ligious House in Derbyshire, and was given me by the Rev. Mr. Jack-
son Rector of Addel: It is painted upon Glass, as is also the Holy
Banner, with Spes mea in Deo est; the Crown of Thorns, and other Frag-
ments of Crucifixes, from the Windows of the Parish Church at Leedes.
But what is most remarkable is a small Quarry from York-Minster,
(Don. Hen. Gyles,) wherein a 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. A Set of Beads, or more strictly a Corona Virginis; it is of fine
wrought Ivory dyed a Crimson Colour. A lesser Set, of different
Number as well as Workmanship. A much finer Set upon a Crimson
Ribband near two Yards long. This was taken from the Image of
the Virgin Mary at Alicant, and brought thence by Capt. Cary. Don.
D. Fr. Middlebrook. I must confess my self at a Loss for the strict
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 Countess of Richmond (Mother to K. Hen. 7th), Bishop Fisher
tell us had 63, and this last hath 74. if, according to the different
Places, Rome held then the Medium, for the Cardinal saith expresly,
that the Countess's was after the Manner of Rome. Of the Virgin's
having ten Prayers for one to her Son, see a noted Vicar of Leedes
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 Jesu is repeated in the 15 Petitions 450 Times: But to
give them their due, in the late Edition of King James the IId's Time
they are reduced to 150. I have both the Editions. A Penitentiary Discipline from Vigo, An. 1702. It is of Hair with
Knots six or eight Inches distant from each other. Don. D. Jo. Cook-
son Lond. Incence from the same Place. Don. D. E. Aldburgh. A Pi-
cture of God the Father, as an old Man in the Clouds, with Justinian
Patriarch of Venice, and other Saints below, brought me from Spain
by the Reverend Mr. Chr. Wilkinson. The Invention and Exaltation of
the Cross, curiously represented in various Figures in Silver upon tran-
sparent Horn; upon a Cross surrounded with 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 Benedi-
ctum Lignum. In the Musæum Tradescant are mentioned Pieces of Stone from Apol-
lo's Oracle, Diana's Tomb, &c. which may keep me in Countenance
for reciting what follows. A Stone from Jacob's Well, Another from
the River Euphrates. A Bit of that called Jonah's Rock, of which
Mr. Gordon well observes (Georg. Gram. p. 269.) that, though it be
doubtful whether the ruinous old Monument, known by that Name,
was erected upon that Occasion; yet it is highly probable, that this 491
individual Part of
Scanderoon Bay, was the very Place of the Whales
Delivery, it being the nearest to Nineveh of any in the Levant. This
was brought from thence, and given me by James Winter of Berwick,
Surgeon to a Man of War for Turkey. Also a Bit of Stone that him-
self broke off Lazarus's Tomb. A small Fragment of the Pillar of Salt
that is shewed to Travellers, as that into which Lot's Wife was con-
verted from amongst the Collections of Mrs. Sarah Speering. To these
may be added a Stone from St. Winifred's Well, with the indelible
Spots of her Blood, but should have been placed (if not mislaid) as
St. Hilda's Snakes amongst the natural Stones. Seals, Impressions, Copper-Plates, &c. FORFor the Cornelian Signets, see the Roman Antiquities. A very an-
cient and small Stone to be set in a Ring 1 h x, which I take to
be the old Cypher for Jesus, the only Difficulty is in the later, which
is S or C: But when I had the Honour (in Company of the Learned
Dr. Gale) to be known to his Excellency Baron Spanheim, then Am-
basador from the King of Prussia to K. William, I presently learned
that x is very often used for S, not only upon some ancient Coins,
but Marbles. A large Copper Oval with IHS, in modern Characters,
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. A Seal in a smaller Oval with the Portraiture of
St Margaret inscribed in obsolete Characters Saunca Margaretta. It was
an early Custom among the Christians to have the Names and Pictures
of their Tutelar Saints cut upon their Signets. The Seal of the Gray-
Friars at Bedford, tho' found at Ardington Nunnery in Yorkeshire: It is
inscribed S. Communitatis: Frm: minor Bedfordi. (Don. D. Sam. Ibbetson
Merc. Leod.) The Seal of the Prioress of Tuba, round the Virgin Mary with
her Son is inscribed S (for Sigillum, as in the former) Helisadis porisse de
Tuba. This, and the former are Oval, what follows are Circular. A large
one of Copper with the Angel Gabriel, and the Salutation, ┼ Ave
Maria Gracia plena, Dominus tecm tecum. Another with the Virgin and our
Saviour with this Legend, ┼ Virgo Pudica Pia, nostri miserere Maria.
These three were sold amongst old Metal, but preserved for me by
Mr. Sam. Smith Bell-Founder at Yorke, with two lesser of later Dates,
one hath the Duke of Yorke's Head with D Y under a Ducal Coronet.
The other a Talbot upon a Wreath under a Viscount's. A small one
but more ancient, hath Z between two Crosses, inscribed, Gurdon de
Pontfrac: Sent me by the Reverend Mr. Lascels Lecturer at Pontfract.
A Brass Seal Ring found at Kirkstal-Abbey, but seems not very an-
cient; it hath a Demi-Lion upon a Tower. Don. D. Jo. Rontree Al-
derm. Leod. A Bull of Pope Innocent 6. to induct Will Donke Priest into the Me-
diety of the Vicaridge of Rotherham, and expel Robert Maplebeck, da-
ted at Avignon, An. 1361. which Year John Thoresby, Archbishop of
Yorke, Cardinal, and Chancellor of England, laid the first Stone of the
Quire of that Cathedral, his Seal is inscribed, S. S. Johis: tt: Sci: P. ad
vincula Presbyteri Cardinalis. (Sigillum Johannis titulo Sancti Petri ad vin-
cula); which Festival was Aug. 1, called also Lammas-Day from a Cu-
stom of the Tenants that held of the Cathedral of Yorke to bring a 492
live Lamb into the Minster on that Day, in Acknowledgment of
their Tenure, (Clavis Calendaria, pag. 75. Don. Jac. Torre Arm. The
Seal of a Bull of Pope Nicholas the 5th, who was a great Restorer
of Learning; and, Constantinople being taken in his Time, he collect-
ed, with incredible Charge, a vast Number of Greek and Latin Manu-
scripts. This Seal agrees with that of Innocent 6. not only in the Me-
tal (Lead), but having the Heads of St. Paul and St. Peter, above which
S. P A. S. P E. Upon the Reverse of the former is Innocentius P P V I
upon the later Nicolanus P P. V. The Impression of the Seal found
in a Vault in the Church at Beverley, with the Ashes of St. John of
Beverley, and the Inscription recited in Dr. Gibson's Edition of the Bri-
tannia, pag. 743. Impressions of other Seals, ┼ S. Edv. Reg. Angl.
ad recogn. debitor. apud Wygan. Another found at Beverley but with-
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 Archbishop of Yorke. Prerogative Court at London. Surrogate
at Lincoln. Peculiar at Selby (with the Effigies of St. German, inscrbedinscrib-
ed, ┼ Sigil. Cur: Spial: sive peculiar: Jur: scti: Germani de Selby in Com.
Ebor.) Another inscribed, Seel Jehan de Fontan. That of the Spanish
Admiral, An. 1588: Given me by Mr. Ob. Walker, late Master of Uni-
versity. Col. Oxford. And to mention no more; that used in the late
Times for the Approbation of Ministers, the Original Seal in Silver is
2 ½ Inches broad, is with other Curiosities in Possession of my honour-
ed Friend Robert Parker, of Carlton, Esq;. In a Book expanded is
writ, The Word of God, and round it, The Seal for Approbation of Mi-
nisters. For other Seals of Bishops, Abbots, Cities, &c. See Diploma's,
and ancient Writings. Copper-Plates. The noted Gate-House at Wærton, engraved by Hollar,
and inserted in Thoroton's Hist. of Nottinghamshire (pag. 98.) Don. D.
Jo. Boulter Arm. Lambeth-House or Pallace, etched by Mr. Will Lodge
of Leedes. Also some Italian Ruins, with a distant Prospect of Rome,
by the same ingenious Gent. St. George and Dragon, and other two
of uncertain Hands. The Picture of Mr. Henry Gyles, the famous
Glass-Painter at Yorke, wrought in Mezzo-Tinto, by the celebrated
Mr. Fran. Place, when that Art was known to few others. Bought,
with other Curiosities, of Mr. Gyles's Executors. Ticho Brahe's Sy-
stem very well engraved upon Wood for the Printing-Press. A Dye
from the Mint for coining Brass-Pennies, when private Tradesman
had Liberty of inserting their Names and Device (this is Beware of
the Beare 1670, round that Animal) upon their currant Monies.
Don. D. Jac. Dawson. One Stamp inscribed, White Clothiers Seale. Ano-
ther Faulty to mark the Delinquents. 493
Heathen Deities, Amulets, Charms.
A Pagod, or Temple, the Out-side painted with Japan black Varnish; the In-side wholly gilt, with an Image therein of very curious
Workmanship, from the East-Indies: It has three Heads one above
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 Malabarians, of which see the pious Danish Missio-
naries Account (pag. 20, 21.) Don. D. Jo. Boulter Arm. A deformed
Idol from the West-Indies; it is of white Stone, but scarce any Thing
so much as Humane in the Figure, yet adored by the Natives of Ja-
maica (who had fled with it to the Mountains of Leguanee) whence it
was brought me by Mr. Sam. Kirkshaw Merchant. Another of black,
yet more deformed with a Beasts Head, &c. Don. Sam. Molineux
Arm. Amulets. Glain Neidir or Adder-Beads; here are two from Wales,
sent me by Mr. Lhwyd, of which see his accurate Description of that
Principality in the Britannia, pag. 683, and the Figure of them, pag.
697. One is of blew Glass with white Snakes upon it. The other
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 said Author gives also
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 Roman
Burying-Place at Yorke, and the Fragments of a smooth one that hath
been larger. One of Jeat, and another of Amber, that being found singly
in ancient Ruins, and another of a Sort of Agate, or reddish Stone po-
lished, seem to have been applied to the like Uses. Of the Jeat Rings
there is another Sort much larger, 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. A thin one with Not-
ches on the outer Edge, was sent me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle,
and a thicker waved, was given my Father by Dr. Lister; and both,
if I mistake not, found with Roman Antiquities. A round flat Stone
perforated in the Center doth exactly fit one of these Rings; it was
found amongst the Roman Monuments at Adle before-mentioned, pag.
162. A Brass Head like that found in Denbighshire, and is engraved,
as an Amulet, Cam. Brit. Pag 697. save that this hath an Helmet. Mr. Lhywd takes the said Adder-Bead Amulets, to be a notable di-
stinguishing Mark of the British Nation, and the Elfes-Arrows of the
Scotch. These are of 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° 269. For their Opinion in this Matter is, that the
Fairys (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 Mr. Ja. Sutherland of Edinburgh.
Another I received from the Reverend Mr. Clegg near Buxton in Der-
byshire, where they are frequently plowed up, and are there called 494
British Arrows. Here is also an Indian
Arrow armed with a Flint like these in Form, but an Orange Colour. Mr. Lhwyd also informed me
by Letters (July 1702), that the 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 one of
either Sort. And to shew how difficult it is to obliterate superstitious
Customs that have been once received in those darker Ages, here
is a Stone that, because it hath two Holes naturally formed therein,
some of the Vulgar, even in these Parts of England, apprehend, if ti-
ed about the Neck of any bewitched Animal, will unspell the Charm.
Don. Rev. Jo. Astley. An ancient Statue, the Remains whereof are
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 Roman Knight, and burnt him in Hopes of
a Discovery of the Treasure by some Magical Apparition in the Smoke,
which Notion seems a Relick of the Heathen Λιβανομαντεία, or Divinati-
on by Smoke or Incence. 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 be-
longed 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 In-
scription 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, re-
vertentur 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 495
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, fie-
vres, 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 sur-
prized 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 Archbi-
shop Usher tells us was first used at Rome, An. I P. 4579. Curiosities enamel'd, gilt; Paintings, &c. THEThe Houses of Parliament curiously enammel'd upon Gold. Thomas Lord Fairfax the General of their Forces, upon Chess-
nut 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 Naseby. All three are express'd with so much Art,
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 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 Te-
nure of the Land) near Wakefield Bridge: Upon the Out-side is en-
graved 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 496
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 Suc-
cessor'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 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. Belshasar's Feast, excellently
painted upon Board. It seems to be an Original, as the former indis-
putably is. The Heads of K. Henry 4. and K. Hen. 5. Charles 5. Em-
peror, 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 Cop-
per. Not to mention Family-Pieces, though some are of good Work-
manship, particularly one in Miniature to be worn upon the Breast. To these may be added the Collection of printed Heads and Ef-
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 Lord Fairfax, containing about 150 Heads chiefly of
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
Kings and Queens of this Island, and others of the Royal Family;
then the Nobility, according to the Reigns they flourished in, with
the Warriours and private Gentry in a Chronological Series. The
Archbishops and Bishops are introduced by the Martyrs and Confes-
sors of their venerable Order, and succeeded by other learned Dig-
nitaries, and pious Divines of both Denominations. The Judges are
attended by the Literati of the Laity in all Faculties, Physicians,
Philosophers, Historians, Poets, Painters and other Artists. Some
learned and pious Ladies are interspers'd. As to those of other Na-
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. Other Collections of Prints, Histories, Maps, &c. shall for Brevi-
ty's Sake be wholly waved, (except some Prospects betwixt Rome and
Naples, both delineated and etched by the learned and ingenious John
Evelyn Esq; who presented them to me with his Picture engraved by
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 Originals of the
noted Hollars; others by the late ingenious Tho. Kirke Esq; and a 497
Map of Skireake by his Clark, Mr. John Marsh. Several Prospects from the Via Appia, &c. taken by Mr. Will Lodge of Leedes, in his Journey
to Rome, and presented to me by the late worthy Hen. Watkinson
L L D, and Chancellor to four Archbishops of Yorke, who was also a
Native of this Town: Other Prospects by the said ingenious young
Gentleman, particularly Yorke, Leedes, Durham, Newcastle, Berwick,
Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glascow, &c. The Tables of Entrochi and Astroites,
the Multangular Tower and Roman Wall inserted in the Phil. Trans. The
best Draught of the Monument at London, was both delineated and
etched by him: He drew also the noted Bridge in Languedoc three
Stories high of Arch-work, which is rare to be had, though printed.
Mr. Hen. Gyles's Historical Draught for Windows. Tinmouth Castle
and Light-House, by that excellent Artist Mr. Fran. Place of Yorke, who
has performed that Cathedral most accurately; as also both the
Churches and Prospect of Leedes. Some Math ematical Bodies by the
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., which "are suffici-
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. A
Draught also of Moses and Aaron, and the Giving of the Law, as
painted with exquisite Art in the Parish Church of Leedes, by Mons.
J. Permentier. 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 Co-
py 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 fal-
ling 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 Ar-
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. 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 Ar-
tists, which is an Honour to his Native County of Yorke: This Curio-
sity was the Present of my worthy Friend Mr. Sam. Gale (Son of the
late excellent Dean of Yorke) from whom the learned World impati-
ently expects the History of the Cathedral of Yorke, wherein he hath
made considerable Progress. 498
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 In-
scription 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, Monasyl-
lables, &c. All these, with the Swiffers, I saw written. The Continua-
tion of several Columns in Mr. Tallent's Chronological Tables, deli-
cately 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 Ser-
mon 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 with-
in 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 infinite-
ly 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. A Saxon Charter transcribed from the Textus Roffensis by Jacob Smith,
when but 9 ½, at which Age he was very curious at those ancient
Scripts, as I was informed by the ingenious Mrs. Elstob, who gave it
me, which learned Gentlewoman is preparing a noble Edition of the
Saxon Homilies; as her eminent Brother, the Reverend Mr. William
Elstob, Rector of St. Swithin's London, is engaged in that of the Saxon
Laws. Part of a Writing in a large engrossing Hand, and part of the
very same so small, as scarce to be read without Spectacles, the Parch-
ment being shrunk up by a Fire made in the Oven where it was con-
cealed in the Wars. A Specimen very finely writ with a Tobacco-Pipe,
by Ed. Smith M. A. being Part of the Lord's Prayer in Latin, Greek and
English, very nicely performed upon Parchment. Don. Rev. Jac. Tal-
bot D. D. Ling. Hebr. apud Cantabrigiensis Prof. Reg. A small one, very 499
fine upon Paper, by Mr. Morton of Leedes, with a Pen-Pipe that he writ with. A Pen made of a Porcupine Quill, Scripta etiam Calamo A-
cantho-Coiritico. Other antique Pens over-laid with Silk and Silver,
which must all give Place to that venerable Pen, wherewith the Reve-
rend Mr. Mat. Henry writ the far greatest Part of his Expositions of
the Bible, viz. from the Beginning of Leviticus to the End of the Old
Testament (except one Sheet) which makes four Volumes in Folio, 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. 1705 to Aug. 1712, when I procured it from the pious Au-
thor of those excellent Practical Expositions. An Inkhorn from Moscow very curiously painted and gilt; as is al-
so the Pen which is made of a Reed. Don. D. An. Banks. Another
of Brass with Flowers, inscribed, I was in Sheffield made, and many
can, witness I was not made by any Man. (Ellen Ellis fecit.) Two Indian
Pencils fixed in Reeds seven Inches long. Don. D. Hum. Wanley. Two
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. A coarse Sort of yellow Paper from China, perhaps that
made of the Tree Bambu or Cio, a paler yellow, but somewhat finer;
a Lemon Colour finer than either: Red Paper and Blew; but the finest
of all is that made of Cotton. Samples also of the ancient German,
Venetian, Italianand French Paper, from 1470 to 1500; and of the
English some Centuries before. Modern Paper from Venice, Rome, Con-
stantinople, &c. An entire sheet of fine white transparent Paper from In-
dia; in Length a Yard, and near a Foot, though scarce two Foot broad.
Don. D. Ju. Dickenson. Some of the Indian Paper is writ upon, which
gives me the Occasion of mentioning the different Characters of seve-
ral Nations. A Plate of the Palmetto-Leaf writ upon, or more properly engraved
or impress'd with a Stile; it is above half a Yard long, and but an
Inch broad: Others, not writ upon, are an Inch and half deep, and
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. A
small Writing or Ticket upon a darker coloured Paper-Reed from the
Bay of Bengall Of a different one from Malabar, see the various E-
ditions of the Bible. The Chinese Characters and Language upon tran-
sparent Paper, with two Pictures. Indian Writing upon diffe-
rent Sorts of Paper with Red Ink and Black, one in Gold upon
blew made up into a Fan, of which and others upon a Cane, see
before. A different Character upon white Paper. An Example
of the Sclavonian Character in a Roll of Paper about 14 Foot long.
Don. D. Sam. Ibbetson Merc. A Book or Scroll of 17 Yards two Foot
long, wrap'd up in Quarto eight Inches broad, from Onar in the King-
dom of Canara in the East-Indies; it is to be writ upon with a Slate
Pen. Don. D. Tho. Wilson Merc. Part of a Letter writ by the King
of Bantam upon a reddish Paper. Don. D. Sa. Speering. Several Lines
in Arabick writ in the Lord H.'s Lodgings in Cambridgeshire, An. 1700,
by Hamet Cardanash, Ambassador from the Emperor of Moroco. Don. D.
Jac. Talbot D. D. An Autograph of Seraphim's, a Native Græcian,
whose Translation of the New Testament into modern Greek, was
printed Anno 1693. Don. Rev. Jo. Hardy. A Jewish Philactery in He-
brew, in a single Scroll of Parchment, with the four Sentences of the
Law mentioned by Dr. Grew, amongst the Curiosities of the Royal
Society, writ at my Request, and given by that learned Gentlewoman, 500
Mrs. Eliz.
Bland of Beeston in this
Parish, who hath taught that Pri-mitive Language (wherein she was instructed by the Lord Van Hel-
mont) to her Son and Daughter. A Turkish Commission, given me by
the said Mrs. Bland, the Paper is thick and smooth, and the Seal very
large, viz. three Inches broad, and above half a Foot in Length.
The Divan of Algiers's Pass to Sir John Lawson the Admiral 1663, in
Arabick gilded. Don. D. Rob. Stephens Arm. This has a small Seal,
but note, the Turks seal not with 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. (Dr. Smith's Observa. of Contan-
tinople, Phil. Trans. N° 155.) So the Manx 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.) This hath upon one Side
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 Right Reverend
Bishop of Man, from whom I received this Curiosity, writes they are
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. The said Learned Prelate honoured me also with his Excellent Tract,
The Principles and Duties of Christianity, &c. which is the first that was
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. And as to the
Places of Impression, besides London and the two Universities: Here
are of those printed at Yorke, Norwich, Nottingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh,
Aberdeen, and Dublin, with Cambridge, and Boston in New-England.
And in the English Tongue (for it would be an endless Task to recite
those in other Languages) at Amsterdam, Hague, Delf, Rotterdam, Ge-
neva, Basil, Wesel, Cologn, Antwerp, Dowayand Malborow in the Land of
Hesse, where was an Edition of Genesisat the Beginning of the Refor-
mation; which is so rare that it is omitted even in Le Long's Biblio-
theca Sacra, which yet is the most accurate of any I have seen in that
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. 501
A CATALOGUE OF THE UariousVarious Editions OF THE BIBLE IN THIS MUSÆUM.
BIBLIABiblia
Sacra cum Epistola Jeronimi ad Paulinum, de omnibus di-vine historie libris, & prefacione ejusdem St. Hieronimi. Note,
the Books of the New Testament are placed in this Order;
The four Evangelists, Acts, the Epistle of St. James, of Pe-
ter 2, John 3, Jude, those to the Romans, Corinth. 2, Galat. Ephes.
Phil. Colos. Laodiceans, Thess. 2, Timo. 2, Titus, Philemon, and Hebrews,
the Revelations. But that noted Passage, 1 Jo. 5. tres sunt qui testimo-
nium dant in celo, pater, verbum, & spiritus, &c. stands fairly in its due
Place in the Body of the Chapter, though it be wanting in that of the
Bodleian Library, N° 2700, where the Books are thus placed. In the
Beginning are added in a later Hand, Tables to find the Epistles and
Gospels from the first Sunday in Advent, with the Canticatamin in Feriis quam
Festis & Dominicis diebus, and at the End a Table for finding Easter. Another Latin Manuscript Bible in Folio, but more imperfect, where-
in the said Passage is only added in the Margent. St. Jerome's Latin Bible, as commonly called, in Quarto, tho' that
which he translated out of the Originals is lost: This is only what
he had formerly corrected (Vide James's Corruption of the Scriptures,
pag. 276.) To this is added, the Interpretation of Proper Names in 502
53 Pages, and Annot. de
omnibus epistolis & evangeliis omnium dierum & Fastorum totius Anni. The Latin Bible in Octavo, upon very fine Parchment. Don. D. Ra.
Dixon. Another in Twelves (minuto Charactere), but wants the Psalms, which
were frequently writ in a distinct Volume. Don. Rev. D. Procter.
Ebor. Psalterium antiquum (literis majusculis) Folio. The Psalms are not di-
stinguished either by Numeral Letters, or Figures, save a larger Ca-
pital (whereof some illuminated and gilt) at the Beginning of each
Psalm, but neither Rubrick, Gloss or Prayers to Saints, as in some
later. The Gospel of St. Mark, Folio. Expositio Bede famuli Christi super
Marcam Evangelistam. Note, That of above 70 of this venerable
Author's Works in the Bodl. Libr. there are but two of this, though
above a Dozen of his Church. Hist. To this is added, Quarundam
dictionum ethimologia Ysiodori. Two Fragments, one of the Gospel of St. Luke, in very large Cha-
racters, with a Commentary in a Column on each Side. The other
on Part of the Revelations. The Bible in Latin Verse, Quarto; before which a Preface, frequens
sodalium meorum petitio cum quibus conversando florem infancie exiguum li-
brum Geneseos stilo metrico depingerem, &c. but without Author's Name. The preceding are Manuscripts, the printed succeed. The Latin Bible, with Lyra's Gloss, in 5 Vol. Folio. Printed at Ba-
sil, An. Dom. 1498. Prima pars Biblie cum glosa ordinaria & expositione
Lyre literali & morali, necnon additionibus ac replicis, continens Genesim,
&c. Secunda Pars super libros Josue, &c. the 3d Vol. begins with Es-
dras (the Capital Letter painted, gilt, and illuminated, as in MSS.)
the 4th with Esai. and the last is upon the New Testament: In this
Edition the Acts are placed after the Hebrews. But this last Volume
is of the Strasburg Edition, Anno 1492. exactum est Argentine insigne hoc
ac inusitatum opus Biblie, &c. Charactere vero impressum habes jucundissimo,
expletum deniq; Anno incarnate deitatis MCCCCLXXXXII. honor in-
victissime trinitati, necnon intemerate Marie Jesu Xpi gerule. Amen. The Epistles 4to, in a very ancient Character, without Year, Place,
or Printer; neither are the Pages numbred, the Picture also in the Ti-
tle evinceth, that Chalcography was then in its Infacy, Epistol. beati Pau-
ap. ad Romanos 2, Chorinthios 2, Galatas 1, &c. Epistolar. Canonicar. An-
notatio Jacobi Apl. Epis. 1, Petri 2, Joh. 3. Judi 1, with St. Jerom's
Prologue before each. A Latin Bible in 8vo. printed at Venice, An. 1501, entitled, Liber
vite, Biblia cum tabula Alphabetica, & cum singulis suis locis concordanti-
bus, &c. After the Heptateuch follow Ruth, Regum 1 & 2, Liber primus Malachim id est Regum 3 & 4, Paralipomenon vel Chron. 1 & 2. O-
ratio Manassis, Esdras 1, Neemie qui est Esdre 2, Esdras 3&4, Tobias
Judith, Hester, Job, Psalterium, Proverbia, Ecclesiastes, Cantica Cantico-
rum, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Oratio Salomonis, Esaias, Hieremias, Thre-
ni Hier. Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel, Osee, Johel, Amos, Abdias, Jonas,
Micheas, Naum, Abacuch, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, Malachias, Ma-
chabeorum 1 & 2. The New Testament in the present Order, save
that the Acts follow the Hebrews; at the Beginning of each Book is
left a Vacancy for the Capital Letters to be illuminated with the Pen-
sil. Emendata per doctissimum in sacris literis baccalareum Petrum Angelum 503
de Monte Ulmi; ordinis minor.
Seraphici Francisci, impressa veroin felici Venetorum civitate, sumptibus & arte Paganini de Paganinis Brixiensis
Anno gratie millesimo quingentessimo primo pridie nonas Maii. A Latin Bible in Folio, Paris 1507. Biblia cum pleno apparatu, sum-
mariorum Concordantiarum & quedruplicis repertorii, sive indicii, numeriq;
foliorum distinctione tersissime ac verisissime rursus Parrhisiis a Philippo Pi-
gouchet impressa. The Books both of the Old and New Testament ran-
ged as in the preceding. At the End is added, impressum est inclyto Pari-
siorum gymnasio per Philippum Pigouchet in arte impressoria dissertissimum,
&c. In the Conclusion are added, Interpretationes nominum Hebraycorum. St. Paul's Epistles, 4to. with Bruno's Exposition, Paris 1509. Bruno-
nis expositio admodum peculiaris in omnes divi Pauli epistolas, quas eo acu-
tius tempestate nostra penetravit nemo, &c. Epistola ipsius Apostoli ad Lao-
dicenses nunc primum in lucem prodit, &c. (Barth. Rembolt 1503.) The Bible in Folio at Lions 1516. Biblia cum Concordantiis veteris &
novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum necnon & additionibus in marginibus
varietatis diversorum textuum, ac etiam Canonibus antiquis quatuor evangelio-
rum novissime autem addite sunt concordantie ex viginti libris Josephi de
Antiq. & bello Judaico excerpte. It has Cuts: At the End are Verses,
Biblia sum presens, &c. nec in orbe mihi similis. Another Edition in Folio, with Wood Cuts, but different from the
former, Lugduni 1527. Per Jac. Mareschal, (the former was per M. Jac.
Sacon) Emendata magis scaturit nunc Biblia tota. Que fuit in nullo tempore
visa prius, &c. Genesis (from 26 to 50 Chap. inclusive) 8vo. Paris 1528. cum ex-
pos. a fratre Gul. Pepin ordinis Predicatorum in conventu Ebroycensi. His
Sermons upon the Epistles and Gospels are not mentioned, because
only select Portions of Scripture, not entire Chapters. The 21 Epistles of the N. T. 8°. Antwerp 1529. Elucidatio in omnes
Epistolas Apostolicas, quatuordecim Paulinas, & Canonicas septem, una cum
textu ad marginem adjecto, &c. per fratrem Franc. Titelmanum Hassellen-
sem, Ord. fratr. minor. sacrarum Scripturarum apud Lovanienses prælecto-
rem. The Pentateuch in English 8vo. printed at different Places as the
Times would permit; at the End of the fyrst Boke of Moses called Gene-
sis, is added, emprinted at Malborow in the Land of Hesse, by me Hans
Luft, the Yere of our Lorde MCCCCCXXX the xvii daye of January.
To this is prefixed W.T (Mr. Tyndall the Martyr) to the Reader, and
a Prologe sheweinge the Use of the Scripture, wherein he answers the
Popish Objection, that they wott not what moare profite is in many geftes
of the Scripture, if they be read without an allegorye, then in a tale of Roben
Hode. At the End is a Table expoundinge certaine words. Exodus is
printed in a different Character; the Person, Time and Place con-
cealed, W.T's Prologue is premised, wherein he compared such as go
about to purchase grace with Ceremony, to soche as sucke the Ale pope to
quench thirst. There are the Figures of the Altars, Lavers, High-
Priests, &c. W.T's Prologue is also prefix'd to the thyrde boke Leviticus,
and so to Numeri the fourthe, which is printed in the like Character
with Genesis, but no Place, Time, or Printer named; nor in Deutero-
nomye, which is in the white Letter, as are also the 2d and 3d Books,
and, I presume, were printed privately in England. This Pentateuch
was the acceptable Present of Mr. Richard Beard of Shrewsbury. The
ingenious Mr. Wanley's Pentateuch is all in the Roman Letter, but
Numbers. 504
The New Testament in 8vo. in two Columns, English and Latin; in the 1 Peter 2, it is rendred to the Kynge as to chefe heade. By the
Smallness of the Latin Column it appears to be the Paris Edition,
wherein Bishop Bonner, then a pretended Protestant, assisted Cover-
dale. The English Bible in 4to. but printed beyond Sea, as appears by the
Form of the Letters; every other Page is numbred in Capital Numer-
al Letters. The Psalter of David, Solomon's Ballets, and the first four
Chapters in the Lamentations are divided into small Sections, like
Verses. What is not in the Hebrew, though it be in the Septuagint, is
not made Part of the Chapter, but an Apparatus thereto; so 1 Chap.
of Proverbs begins at the 8th Verse of the present Edition. Tyndall's or Coverdale's Bible in the greatest Volume, a large Folio,
the Time and Place of the Impression uncertain for want of the first
general Title, those before the other Parts not informing us of either.
Fear of the Inquisitors Abroad, and Popish Prelates at Home made
them frequently omit the Time and Place where they were printed.
But another Difficulty in drawing an accurate List of the Bibles at
the Beginning of the Reformation, ariseth from the Age and Defects
of the Books themselves, which too often want the first and last
Leaves, where those Notices are only to be met with. There are small
Pictures in the Historical Part of the Old Testament, but not of the
New; in the 1 Sam. 6. instead of Emerods are five golden arsses. The Bible in Quarto for private Families; but neither the Titles to
the 2d, or 3d Part of the Old Testament, to the Hagiographia or New,
let us know where or when it was printed: It hath no Pictures, but
there are Contents prefixed to each Chapter in this and the preceding
(Folio), which were not in the former Quarto. A Fragment of the New Testament in 4to. that seems to be very
ancient, there being no Numbers on either Sides of the Leaves. Af-
ter the Acts is a compendyous and briefe rehearsall of all the contents of the
bokes of the New Testament, in metre; it was probably one of the for-
mer Editions, of which the greatest Part of the three several Impres-
sions were burnt. The New Testament in English, printed Anno 1536. Quarto. After
the Title prefixed to the Epistles is a large Prologue, there are small
Pictures in the Gospels, and larger of the Visions in the Revelations.
At the End are added the Pistles taken out of the Old Testament,
which are read in the Church after the Use of Salisburye, and a Table
to find the Epistles and Gospels. Novum Testamentum per D. Erasmum Roterodamum verissime recognitum;
at the End is added, Basiliæ apud Johan. Bebelium, additis figuris super
Apocalypsi per Hubertum Somerem. No Date, but there were eight Edi-
tions at Basil in 8vo betwixt the Years 1521 & 1541. Before the
Gospel is Elenchus Capitum. The Newe Testamente both in Latine and Englishe, eche correspondent to
the other after the vulgare Texte, communely called St. Jeromes. Faithfullye
translated by Johan Hollybushe. Anno MCCCCCXXXVIII. &c. prynt-
ed in Southwarke by James Nicolson, set forth wyth the Kynges moost gra-
cious lycence. It is in Quarto, and was chiefly designed for the Priests,
who were enjoined to study every Day a Chapter, confering the
Latin and English together. After the Almanack for 18 Years (com-
mencing 1538) follows the Calendar; and at the End is a Table of
Epistles and Gospels for Holidays, wherein are yet retained, the 1, 2, 505
and three Mass at
Christmass, four Lady-days, St. Georges, and after All-Hallows (or All-Saints) that of All-Souls. Biblia sacra juxta germanam Hebraici idiomatis proprietatem, nunc pri-
mum adjectis in singula capita per brevibus argumentis, atq; locorum Scriptu-
rarum concordantiis, summa fide, &c. Interprete Xante Pagnino Lucense.
Accessit præterea liber interpretationum Hebraicorum, Arabicorum, Grecorumq;
nominum. This Santes Pagninus was the first who in these later Ages
translated the Bible out of the Original Hebrew and Greek; the first
Edition was Anno 1528, in Quarto; this 2d is in Folio 1541, Coloniæ
ex Officina Melchioris Novesiani. Novum Testamentum omne tertio jam ac diligentius ab Eras. Roterodamo
recognitum, non solum ad Græcam veritatem verum etiam ad multorum utri-
usq; linguæ codicum, eorumq; veterum simul & emendatorum fidem, postre-
mo ad probatissimorum autorum citationem, emendationem, & interpretatio-
nem. Quisquis igitur amas veram Theologiam, lege, cognosce, ac deinde ju-
dica. Neq; statim offendere siquid mutatum offenderis, sed expende num in
melius mutatum sit. Nam morbus est non judicium damnare quod non in-
spexeris. Addita sunt in singulas Apostolorum epistolas Argumenta per Eras.
Rote. This is in 8vo. but no Year or Place of Impression appears in
the Title. 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 (Preben-
dary of St. Paul's, who dedicated it to the King) was used, tho' Tyn-
dall 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 Chap-
ter. In the Tables of Epistles and Gospels, several Popish Festivals
are crept in again, as St. Nicholas, St. Lawrence, the finding and Exal-
tation of the Cross. Another Edition of the English Bible in Folio, of the very same Year
1549; but by the different Character, and that Shiboleth tank for
thank, it appears to have been printed beyond Sea, and, I presume,
at Zurick; Mr. le Long mentioning one in Fol. Tiguri (1549 vel) 1550.
This hath distinct Titles before the 2d and 3d Parts of the Bible, the
Apocr. and N.T. with some Notes that are not in the former; for I
have not only collated, but read over entirely both the Volumes. In
the Tables of principal Matters is asserted, that the Word Masse is not
in the Bible, that forbidding Marriage is the Doctrine of Devils; in both
these Editions the Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after those of St. Pe-
ter and St. John, and before those of James and Jude. This later
hath a register of the Names of the moost famous Persons in Scripture. The New Testament in 4to. dedicated to K. Edw. 6. by Rychard
Jugge, prynted with the Kynge hys most gracious priviledge. St. Hierome's
Lives of the Evangelists with their Pictures and other Cuts, Map of
the Land of Promise, Carte Cosmographie of the Peregrination of 506
St. Paul placed before the order of
tymes; at the End of the 2d booke of St. Luke called the Acts of the Apostles. This Edition is the first where-
in I have observed the Lessons (and those the 2d only) added to each
Day in the Kalendar. Don. D. Tho. Cornforth. The New Testament in Englishe after the Greeke Translation, annexed
with the Translation of Erasmus in Latin. Whereunto is added a Kalendar,
and an Exhortation to the readyng of the holy Scriptures made by the same
Erasmus, wyth the Epistles taken out of the olde Testament both in Latin and
Englyshe, whereunto is added a table necessary to finde the Epistles and Gospels
for every Sonday and Holyday throughout the yere, after the use of the Churche
of England nowe. Excusum Londini in officina Thomæ Gaultier, pro I. C.
pridie Kalendas Decembris, Anno Domini M. D. L. (Octavo.) Note, that
in the annexed Tables the Saints Days are reformed, and (except
St. Mary Magdalen) reduced to the present Number and Order, and the
Epistles and Gospels strictly the same as now used; and upon Christ-
mas Day the 1st and 2d Communions are placed instead of the three Masses,
which were now rejected. By the Injunctions of this Pious Prince,
all the Clergy, under the Degree of a Batchellor in Divinity, were
to be furnished with, and diligently read in the New Testament in La-
tin and English: And even in the Articles in Convocation 1575, the
Archdeacons were to appoint every Parson, Vicar, &c. under the De-
gree of a M.A. a certain Task at his Discretion; and at the next Vi-
sitation, examin how they have profited. (MSS. Gul. Petyt in Arch-
bishop Grindal's Mem. p. 61.) The Epistle to the Romans, with a Paraphrase in Italian, 8vo. Le
dotte e pie parafrasi, sopra le Pistole di Paolo a Romani Calatied Ebrei. non
mai piu vedute in Luce, di M. Gian. Francesco Virginia Bresciano in Lione
M. D. LI. Robert Stephans's Bible in a very neat small Character, 8°. An. 1555.
Biblia. R. Stephanus Lectori, En tibi Biblionum vulgata editio, in qua juxta
Hebraicorum versuum rationem singula capita versibus distincta sunt, numeris
præfixis qui versuum numeris quos in Concordantiis nostris novis & integris
respondent, &c. Oliva Roberti Stephani MDLV. In this Edition is
added, Index testimoniorum a Christo & Apostolis in novo testamento cita-
torum ex veteri. Testamenti novi editio vulgata. Lugduni apud Joan. Frellonium, (in
16°, with Cuts) 1560. The New Testament in English, in 8vo. The Tables, Maps, Notes,
as in Jugg's Quarto Edition. The Almanack for 34 Years commenceth
1561. Quatuor Evangelia & Actus. Lat. 8vo. cum figuris The Pictures
are somewhat less than in Lossius's Annotationes Scholasticæ in Evangelia
(8 Lipsic. 1560.) The Bible in Englishe, that is to say the contentes of all the holy Scriptures
both of the olde and newe testament, according to the translation that is ap-
pointed to be read in Churches, Imprinted at London in white Crosse street by
Richard Harryson An. Dom. 1562. This is in Folio, and after the Ka-
lendar hath Archbishop Cranmer's Prologue (reprinted by Mr. Strype in
the Appendix to that Archbishop's Life), and before the New Testa-
ment the Table of Epistles and Gospels. The Prophesie of Daniel with Bullinger's Exposition, dedicated to
five English Bishops, Horn, Jewell, Sandys, Parkhurst, and Pilkington.
Fol. Zurick 1565. Daniel Sapientissimus Dei propheta, &c. expositus ho-
miliis 66. Heinrycho Bullingero Tigurinæ Ecclesiæ ministro. 507
The English Bible in 4to. 1569, as
appears by the Title of the N.T. in which Year Archbishop Parker's noble Edition of the Bible was
first published, yet is this the Old Translation. The singing Psalms with Tunes in 16°, before which is prefixed St. A-
thanasius of the Use and Virtue of the Psalms in 99 Particulars; and
at the End are added Forms of Prayers; but the Title being defective,
it is uncertain whether it be the Geneva Edition, or not. The Epistle to the Hebrews, 8vo. Enarratio epistolæ ad Hebræos præ-
lecta a D. Geor. Majore Witebergæ. Ex Officina Jo. Lust. 1571. The Revelations, 8vo. Explicatio Apocalypsis Johannis perspicua & brevis
tradita & recognita a Doctore Davide Chytræo. Vitebergæ (Jo. Crato) 1575. The first Book of Moses called Genesis, with the Commentary of John
Calvine, translated out of the Latin into English, by Tho. Tymme Mini-
ster, 4to. Lond. 1578. Sanctorum Apostolorum Acta ex Arabicâ translatione latinè reddita: ad-
dita obscurorum aliquot difficiliumq; aliquot locorum interpretatione: per Fran-
ciscum Junium Biturgem, 1578. apud Johan. Mareschallum. Lugd. 8vo. Jesu Christi D N Novum Testamentum, Theodoro Beza interprete. addi-
tæ sunt summæ breves doctrinæ in Evangelistas & Acta Apostolorum. Item
Methodus Apostolicarum Epistolarum ab eodem Autore cum brevi phraseon &
locorum difficiliorum expositione, ex majoribus Annot. &c. 8°.Lond. 1579,
dedicated to Henry Earl of Huntington. Junius and Tremellius's Bible 4to. 1580. Testamenti veteris Biblia Sa-
cra sive libri Canonici priscæ Judæorum ecclesiæ a Deo traditi, Latini recens
ex Hebræo facti, brevibusq; Scholiis illustrati ab Immanuele Tremellio &
Fran. Junio. Accesserunt libri qui vulgo dicuntur Apocryphi latinè redditi &
notis quibusdam ancti a Fr. Junio. multo omnes quam ante emendatius editi,
&c. Novum Testamentum e lingua Syriaca latino sermone redditum Interpr.
Im. Tremellio. 4to. Lond. 1580. Hen. Midleton. This Book was once
the Property of Sir Hen. Hobart, Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas,
who has added Marginal Notes upon certain Places, and in the void
Pages the Nativities, &c. of his twelve Sons and four Daughters. The whole Booke of Psalms collected into English Metre, by Tho. Sternhold,
Jo. Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrue, with apt Notes to sing
them with all, &c. Fol. London, by John Day cum gratia & privilegio Re-
giæ Majestatis, Anno 1580. This is the first I have seen bound up with
the Prayer-Book or Bible; it hath contents to each Psalm. The Epistle to the Romans 8°. In Epistolam D. Pauli Apostoli ad Ro-
manos notæ ex Gasparis Oleviani concionibus excerptæ & a Theod. Beza edi-
tæ, &c. Genevæ 1580. The Epistle to the Galatians and Colossians, with the Commentary
of John Calvin 4to. 1581. Lond. The former dedicated to the Bishop
of London; the latter to Dean Nowel, &c. by the Translator R.V. (Ri-
chard Vaughan, I suppose, who was afterwards Bishop of London.) The entire Epistle to the Hebrews with Junius's parallel Places in the
Gospels, Acts, and 13 Epistles of St. Paul. Sacrorum Parallelorum li-
bri tres: is est comparatio locorum Scripturæ Sacræ qui ex testamento vetere
in novo adducuntur. 8°. Lond. Geo. Bishop. No Date, but bound with
his Ecclesiastici sive de natura & administrationibus ecclesiæ Dei. 1581.
Francofurti. The first xxi Psalms translated and expounded, by D. Vict. Strigelius,
englished by Ric. Robinson 1582. Lond 4to. entituled, Part of the Har-
mony of King David's Harp. 508
The Hebrew Bible (without Points) in a neat small Character (in
16°.) to the End of the Kings; I presume one of Plantin's Editions 1582,
or 1584. The Reader will pardon the inserting of the next, though a small
Portion of the Scripture, being a great Curiosity. Ane fruitful medi-
tatioun contening ane plane and facill expositioun of ye 7, 8, 9, and 10 ver-
sis of the 20 chap. of the Revelatioun in forme of ane Sermone set doun be
ye maist christiane King, and synceir Professour, and cheif defender of the
treuth, Iames James the 6th King of Scottis. 2 Thess. 1. 6, 7, 8. For it is
ane righteous Thing with God, &c. Impremit at Edinburgh be Henrie Char-
teris MDLXXXVIII. cum privilegio Regali. It is but two Sheets in
4to. The Translation of the Scripture as well as the Meditatioun is in
the Scotch Dialect; witness the Orthography, quhen, quhilk, quhois,
quhair, &c. It is bound up with The entire Book of the Revelations, printed in 4to. at Edinburgh
1593, with A plaine Discovery of the whole Revelation of Saint John set
downe in two Treatises, &c. by John Napier Lord of Marchistoun younger. Job, the 1st and 2d Chapters, with an Exposition of them by Hen.
Holland, 4to. Lond. 1596. The New Testament in Spanish 8. An. 1596. El Testamento nuevo
de nuestro Sennor Jesu Christo. En Casa de Ricardo del Campo MDXCVI. The Book of Job, with Merlin's Comment. 8. 1599. Jiob, Petri
Merlini Commentariis illustratus analytica methodo in gratiam studiosæ Ju-
ventutis conscriptus. The Bible, that is the Holy Scriptures conteined in the old and new Testa-
ment translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the
best translations in divers Languages, with most profitable Annotations up-
on all the hard Places, and other things of great Importance. It is a thin
Quarto in a small Character, no Time or Place of Impression mention-
ed, but is that Edition which is commonly called the Geneva Bible,
as being translated by M. Coverdale, and other English Exiles there, of
which see Mr. Strype's Life of Archbp Parker, p. 205. Certain Places
in the Pentateuch, Kings, and Ezechiel, are illustrated with Figures, and
two profitable Tables are annexed of the Interpretation of Hebrew
Names, and of the principal Matters in the Bible: Also the Order of
Times, to which the Revelations are referred, with Fr. Junius's Anno-
tations upon that Book. The N.T. is englished by L. Tompson. This
is the first Bible in this Collection that is divided into distinct
Verses. The New Testament in English, in 8. with Beza's Epistle to the most
famous Prince Lewys of Bourbon, Prince of Conde, with the rest of the
Nobles, who have embraced the true Gospel of Christ. This is also
divided into Verses, and hath large Marginal Notes, and parallel
Scriptures. Printed by Chr. Barker. The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ translated out of the vul-
gar Latine, by the Papists of the traiterous Seminarie at Rhemes, with Ar-
guments of Books, Chapters and Annotations, pretending to discover the Cor-
ruptions of divers Translations, &c. Whereunto is added the Translation out
of the Original Greek, commonly used in the Church of England, with a
Confutation of all such Arguments, Glosses and Annotations, &c. by Wil-
liam Fulke D.D. printed by Rob. Barker, Printer to the Queen. Lon-
don. Folio, 1601. The New Testament in Latin Verse, by John Bridges, Bishop of Ox-
ford. Sacro-sanctum Novum Testamentum Domini Servatoris nostri Jesu 509
Christi, in Hexametros versus
ad verbum & genuinum sensum fideliter in lat. linguam translatum per Johannem Episcopum Oxoniensem, 8. CIƆIƆCIIII. Hugh Broughton's new Translation of Ecclesiastes 4to. 1605. Tit. A
Comment upon Coheleth or Ecclesiastes, framed for the Instruction of Prince
Henry our Hope. The Holy Bible faithfully translated into English out of the Authentical Latin
diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greek, &c. with Arguments for dis-
covering of Corruptions in some late Translations, &c. by the English College of
Doway, 4to. Doway 1609, by Laur. Kellam. The first Tome of this
Romish Translation ends with Job. Paraphrasis Psalmorum Davidis Poetica, Auctore Georgio Buchanano Scoto.
ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii. CIƆ. IƆ. CIX. in 16to. The New Testament in Greek and Latin, in 16°. Aureliæ Allobrogum
apud Jac. Stoer MDCIX. An Edition of the English Bible in 4to. with Notes, Arguments, 1614
and before the N.T. Questions and Answers touching Predestination,
&c. and at the End two fruitful Concordances or Tables Alphabetical.
This is the old Translation, and printed by Rob. Barker the King's
Printer. The Psalms in French, 4. Le Livre des Pseaumes de David. a Londres
par Johan Bill 1616, annexed to the French Version of the English Li-
turgy: To which may be added the Spanish Los Psalmos de David, in
the Liturgia Inglesa 4to. Augustæ Trinobantum CIƆ. IƆI. IXIIV. A Confutation of the Rhemists Translation, Glosses and Annotations on
the New Testament, &c. by Thomas Cartwright, sometime Divinity Reader
of Cambridge. 1618. Folio. but no Place, or Printer named. The New Testament in English 8vo. 1618. by Bonham Norton, &c. In
this is, The Pith or Contents of the N.T. with Arguments, Notes, Tables,
of Epistles and Gospels, with the singing Psalms and Tunes 1619. St. Paul's 2d Epist. to the Thessalonians, with an Exposition, by Tim.
Jackson M. A. Preacher at Wragbie in Yorkeshire, 4to. 1621. dedicated to
the honourable and religious Knights, Sir Tho. Wharton, Sir Tho. Went-
worth, and other five Yorkeshire Knights. The New Test. in French, by the Pastors and Professors of the Church
of Geneva, in 24. A Sedan 1622. Jean Jannon. Mr. le Long in his Bibliotheca Sacra (Part 2d. pag. 310) mentions
Fragmenta Biblica ex Veteri & Novo Testamento, Saxonice, a Gul. Lisle e-
dita 4. Lond. 1638. The Title is, A Saxon Treatise concerning the Old
and New Testament, written about the Time of K. Edgar, by Ælfricus Abbas,
1623, 4to. Of which I have also the other Edition 1638, entitled,
Divers ancient Monuments in the Saxon Tongue, written seven hundred Years
ago, shewing, that both the Old and New Testament, the Lord's Prayer, and
the Creed, were then used in the Mother-Tongue, &c. whereunto is added
a 2d Edition out of Ælfric's Homilies, of a Testimony of Antiquity
touching the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our Lord. Of which
here is also the former Edition in 8vo. Printed by John Day, with an
Attestation subscribed by Archbishop Math. Parker, and fourteen
Bishops. The first nine Chapters of Zachary, with an Exposition by Will.
Pemble, 4to. Lond. 1629. The whole Book of Ecclesiastes, with an Analytical Exposition, by
Will. Pemble, 4to. Lond. 1632. Bishop Hall's Paraphrase, Fol. 1633. Lond. Title, A plain and fami-
liar 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.) 510
The whole Book of Psalms, with the Hymns Evangelical, and Songs
Spi-ritual; composed into four Parts, with such Tunes as are usually sung in Eng-
land, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands, &c.
by Tho. Ravenscroft Batchellor of Musick, 8°. Lond. 1633. The Psalms of K. David, translated by K. James 1636. Fol. London,
with the Tunes. The Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, according to every Fa-
mily and Tribe, with the Line of our Saviour Jesus Christ from Adam, by
J. S. (John Speed), 8°. 1636. with the Common-Prayer and Apocry-
pha. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, newly tran-
slated out of the Original Tongues; and with the former Translations dili-
gently compared and revised, by his Majesty's Special Command. Appointed
to be read in Churches, 4to. 1637. Lond. with the Translators Epistle
Dedicatory to King James, and their Preface to the Reader The
Apocrypha and Psalms, (with Pictures.) A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems, by Geo. Sandys (Knt.) (viz. Job,
Psalms, Ecclesiastes, &c. Fol 1638. Lond. A very noble Edition of the Bible in Folio, 1639. By Robert Barker
the King's Printer: With this are bound up the Genealogies, and Book
of Common-Prayer; the Apocrypha, J. Downham's Concordance, and the
Psalms in Metre. Joan. Spelmanni Psalterium Davidis Latino Saxonicum vetus. Quto. 1640.
Lond. with MS. References in the Margent, by Francis Whyte Esq;
Recorder of Leedes. This Curiosity, of which the King of France is
noted to have one in his Royal Library at Paris, (Le Long's Bibliothe-
ca Sacra, Tom. II. pag. 452 and 529) was the acceptable Present of
Rich. Witton Esq;. The Psalms of David in four Languages, and in four Parts, set to the
Tunes of our Church, by Will. Slatyer 1643, in 12°. The Hebrew, Greek,
Latin and English Metres, are curiously engraved upon Copper-Plates.
This first Portion, or Nocturne, consists of 22 Psalms, but, I presume,
no more were engraved; and this is so rare, that the Oxford Histo-
rian's Silence as to the Year of its Impression (wherein he is commen-
dably critical) implies he had never seen one. The Book of Psalms in Metre, with the reading Psalms in the Mar-
gent, 8vo. Tho. Brightman's Revelation of the Appocalypsis, and his Exposition of
the last, and most difficult Part of the Prophecy of Daniel, 4to. 1644, but
no Place or Printer named. The Canticles, or Song of Songs, opened and explained by John Cotton,
8vo. (1645.) The Psalms in Latin, with Lectiones in omnes Psalmos Davidis, & utri-
usque epistolæ Divi Petri Apostoli explicatio Gul. Amesiii. Lond. 1647. 8vo. Diodati's Annotations upon the Holy Bible, expounding the difficult Places,
2d Edit. 1648. Lond. 4to. delicately bound, painted and gilt, with
the Lord Fairfax's Arms, &c. being perhaps a Present to the General.
But this, and those commonly called the Assemblies Annotations upon the
Bible, in 2 Vol Fol. scarce come within the Design of this Catalogue,
not having the Words of the Text entire, and continued. I say com-
monly called the Assemblies, but it is most certain that many Episcopal
Divines, as Bishop Richardson, Dr. Featly, &c. had their Parts there-
in, as appears by a List of the Authors transmitted to me, An. 1696,
by the Learned Dr. Sampson, a Person of Learning and Curiosity, and
particularly knowing in those Affairs. 511
Pope Clement's Bible with Cuts, 8°. Venice 1648. Biblia Sacra vulga-tæ editionis Sixti V. Pont. max. jussu racognita atq; edita. Venetiis apud
Juntas & Baba 1648. (with the Authority of Clement 8.) Dr. James
in his Treatise of the Corruption of the Scriptures, Fathers, &c. pag.
273. observes some of the "infinite Varieties, Contrarieties, Con-
tradictions and Oppositions between two Bibles set forth by two
Popes (Sixtus 5. and Clement 8.) within two Years; both com-
manded to be read and followed upon such Pains are are mention-
ed in their several Brieves." An Edition of the Latin Bible in 12°. with an Index Biblicus an-
nexed. Luther's German Bible in 12°. Luneberg 1653. Biblia das est die gantze
Heylige Schrifft, Altes und Newes Testaments. Verdeutchet durch D. Martin
Luth. The Book of Psalms in Metre, close and proper to the Hebrew. By Will.
Barton M.A. Lond. 1654. in Twelves. The English Bible in 24°.
Lond. by John Field Printer to the Parliament. The New Testament in Dutch, 1654. Amsterdam, in 16°. Het Niewe
Testament, &c. volgens het besluyt van de Synode Nationæl, gehouden tot
Dordrecht 1618 and 1619. The annexed Psalms are 1655. The Eng-
lish Bible in 12°. Lond. 1657. By Hen. Hills and Jo. Field, Printers
to his Highness. A Practical and Polemical Commentary upon the whole 15th Psalm, by the
learned Christ. Cartwright of Yorke, 4°. 1658. The Holy Bible, &c. in 24°. Lond. By John Field one of his Highness's
Printers, 1658. Another Edition with the very same Title, yet printed in Holland,
where I bought it, but find that it is very faulty. Psalmi aliquot Davidici in metrum latinum traducti, cum adjectione de-
cem Psalmorum ad notas suas musicas compositorum in usum Academiæ.
Oxoniæ 12°. 1660. The Holy Bible, 8vo By John Field, 1661. London, with Downham's
Concordance. The New Testament, 4to. translated into the Indian Language, and or-
dered to be printed by the Commissioners of the united Colonies in New-Eng-
land, at the Charge, and with the Consent of the Corporation in England for
the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians, 1661, 4to. Cambridge.
Dedicated to K Charles II. The Old Testament 4to. 1663. Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Bib-
lum God naneeswe nukkone testament kah wonk wusku Testament. ne quosh-
kinnumuck nashpe Wutteneumoh Christ noh ascowesit John Eliot. With the
Psalms also in the Indian Tongue in Metre. Quatuor DN. Jesu Christi Evangeliorum versiones per antiquæ duæ, Go-
thica scil. & Anglo-Saxonica. quarum illam ex celeberrimo codice Argenteo
nunc primùm depromsit Franciscus Junius F. F. Hanc autem ex codicibus
MSS. collatis emendatius curavit Thomas Mareschallus, Anglus: cujus e-
tiam observationes in utrumq; versionem subnectuntur. Accessit & Glossa-
rium Gothicum, &c. 4to. Dordrechti 1665. The New Testament in French, in 12°. Mons 1667. The New Testament in High-Dutch, 8°. Luneburg 1668. A Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David, by Sam. Woodford, 4to.
Lond. 1668. I have also in Manuscript, the Psalms of David, the Song of Solo-
mon, and other Parts of Scripture done into Verse, by Tho. Lord Fair-
fax (the General) with a Poem on Solitude. 512
Synopsis criticorum aliorumque S. Scripturæ Interpretum.
operâ Matthæi Poli. Londinensis, in five Volumes Folio, the Royal Paper: The 1st
Vol. 1669. the 2d 1671. the 3d 1673. the 4th 1674. and the last
1676. De C L Psalmen des Propheten Davids, nyt den Francoyschen in Neder-
lantshen dicte overgeset door Petrum Dathenum; en tot gemack des Sangers
op cenen sleutel gestelt, &c. Leyden 1675, in 24°. The Book of Job, with the Exposition and Practical Observations of
Joseph Caryl, in two Volumes, Folio. London 1676 and 1677. The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testament,
faithfully translated into English Metre, for the Use, Edification and Com-
fort of the Saints, in publick and private, especially in New-England,
5th Edit. 1680. Lond. in 12°. The Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans. A Catalogue of those Scriptures
that are mentioned, but not inserted in the Bible, &c. with some Scriptures
(said to be) corrupted by the Translators. Lond. 1680, in 8°. Don. D.
Eliz. Bland. The Hundred and nineteenth Psalm, with One hundred and ninety
Sermons upon it, by Tho. Manton D. D. Fol. Lond. 1681. The New Testament with Annotations, containing, 1st. an Interpretation
of all difficult Phrases and Words; 2d. Parallel Scriptures, to which is an-
nexed the Harmony of the Gospels, by Sam. Clark, S.F. 4°. Lond. 1683. Annotations upon the Holy Bible, wherein the sacred Text is inserted, and
various Readings annexed, together with the Parallel Scriptures, &c. 2 Vols.
Fol.Lond. the former by the learned Mr. Matthew Poole 1683, the la-
ter continued by other Divines, 1685. The New Testament in three Languages, French, Dutch, and Eng-
lish, 12°. Amsterdam 1684. Leabhuir na Seintiomna, &c. The Books of the Old Testament translated
into Irish, by the Care and Diligence of Dr. William Bedel, late Bishop of
Kilmore in Ireland, 4to. Lond. 1685. The Psalms of David in Metre, &c. more plain, smooth and agreeable to
the Text than any heretofore; Allowed by the Authority of the General Assem-
bly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and
Families, in 12°. Edinburgh 1686. Le Bible qui est toute la Sta. Ecriture du Viell & du Noveau Testament,
8°. Londres 1687. Les Pseaumes de David mis en rime Francoise, par Clement Marot &
Theod. de Beze 1686. The Welsh Bible in Folio, 1690. Oxford. Y Bibl cyssegr-lan, sef yr
Hen Destament ar Newydd. Rhydychain, MDCXC. A Century of select Psalms, turned into Metre for the Use of the Char-
ter-House, London: By John Patrick Preacher there, 12°. Lond. 1691,
the 5th Edit. A Survey of the Bible, or an Analytical Account of the Holy Scriptures;
containing the Division of every Book and Chapter, &c. By Sam. Clark,
M.A. 4°. Lond. 1693. The New Testament, with Mr. Baxter's Paraphrase and Notes, Doctri-
nal and Practical, &c. the 2d Edit. 8°. Lond. 1695. Heptateuchus, liber Job, & Evangelium Nicodemi; Anglo-Saxonice.
Historiæ Judith fragmentum; Dano-Saxonice. Edidit nunc primum ex
MSS codicibus Edwardus Thwaites e collegio Reginæ. 4to. Oxoniæ e Thea-
tro Sheldoniano, An. Dom, MDCXCVIII. Typis Junianis. Don. RR.
DD. Episc. Carleol. 513
The Psalms of David in Metre: By John
Patrick D.D. 8°. Lond. 1698. The new Edition of the Bible in 4to. to which is added the Bishop
of Worcester's learned Collection of Parallel Scriptures＊, So I am informed by the R. R. Bishop of Peterborough. an Epitomy
of Archbishop Usher's Chronology, An Index to the holy Bible, or an Ac-
count of the most remarkable Passages in the Old and New Testament, point-
ing to the Time wherein they happened, and the Places of Scripture wherein
they are recorded. And Tables of Scripture-Measures, Weights and Coins;
with an Appendix containing the Method of calculating its Measures of
Surface, hitherto wanting in Treatises of this Subject, by the R. R.
Richard Lord Bishop of Peterborough. Memorandum, That though
Measures of Length and Capacity had been learnedly treated upon
before, yet this of the Measures of Surfaces is a new Discovery,
for which the World is obliged to the said learned Bishop Cum-
berland. Mr. Matthew Henry's Exposition of the Old and New Testament, where-
in the sacred Text is inserted at large in distinct Paragraphs, and illustra-
ted, &c. with the memorable Pen, wherewith the far greatest Part of the
Volumes in Folio was writ. The Gift of the Reverend Au-
thor, 1712. Orationis Dominicæ Versiones fermè Centum, 4to. but no Year or Place
of Impression mentioned. Don. D. Banckes. From the Number of 40
Languages, wherein it was first printed at Riga, An. 1662. my ho-
noured Friend John Chamberlayne Esq; F.R.S. hath advanced it to near
200, which I hope he will oblige the World with an accurate Edition
of, his great Knowledge in many Languages (evident in his curious
Tract of the Genius and Potestas of the English Tongue ϯ Lettre a un Gentilhomme Allemand touchant le Genie & la Force de la Langue Angloise, 4to. 1708.) rendering
him every Way qualified for it. I shall conclude this Catalogue with two Curiosities, the Gospel of
St. Matthew, admirably well engraved in 8°. by that celebrated Artist
Mr J. Sturt of Lond. and 'tis great Pity there was not suitable Encourage-
ment to proceed in the rest of the New Testament. To which may be
added, The Passion of our Saviour, and a Pindarick Ode on the Suffering God
(by Mr. Fra. Bragge) engraved by him on 52 Copper-Plates. Don pre-
dicti Johannis Sturt. Part of the Gospel in the Malabarick Language
and Character, brought to London, Anno 1710, and given me by Henry
Newman Esq; Secretary of the Society for promoting Christian Know-
ledge, to which all good Men with Success answerable to so excellent
a Design. It is written, or rather impress'd with a Stile upon a single
Plate of the Palmetto-Leaf, one Inch broad, and ten in Length. The Learned le Long, to the various Editions of the Bible, adds a
Chapter of the Concordances, but this, as to the Latin, is before-men-
tioned, as Concordantiæ, or Index Biblicus, and some of the English:
But I shall add others that I have which he wholly omits, as that
of Robert Fitz-Henry, of which here are two Editions in 4to. 1578, and
1613, by Chr. and Rob. Barker, the former Printer to Qu. Elizabeth,
the later to K. James. He also omits the noted Mr. John Downam's
Concordance to the last Translation, allowed by his Majesty's special Privi-
lege to be printed and bound with the Bible in all Volumes. Here are both
the Folio Edition 1639, and that in 8vo. 1663. Also Mr. Sam. New-
man's (who resided in these Parts of Yorkeshire) An. 1650, Fol. Lond 514
of which the later Editions are commonly
called the Cambridge Con-cordance: That of Rob. Wickens was printed at Oxford, 8vo. 1655. As to the Book of Common-Prayer, here are the first Edition of Qu.
Elizabeth, which is very rare, and another 1580; which having col-
lated with other Editions, ancient and modern, I have noted the Al-
terations in the Margent: That of K. James's (wherein the Thanksgi-
vings 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 pub-
licarum in usum Ecclisiæ Cathedralis Christi Oxon. 12°. 1660. Oxoniæ.
This being before the Act of Uniformity took Place, the Queen Mo-
ther 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 Arch-
bishop 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. To these English may be added a French Version of the Common-
Prayers. La Liturgie Angloise, &c. 4to. à Londres par Jehan Bill-- 1616.
And a Spanish one in 4to. Liturga Inglesa, &c. Augustæ Trinobantum
(London) CIƆ. IƆI. IXIIV. This being after Queen Anne's Death,
there is only mention (after Jacobo nuestro Rey) of Principe Carlos, Fe-
derico el Principe Elector Palatin, y la Princesa Ysabel su muger, (for Eliza-
beth sa femme in the former.) But there is a gross Mistake of the Press
in Los Maytines, the 2d Petition of the Lord's Prayer [venga tu Reyno]
being left out by an intollerable Neglect of the Supervisor. 515
A CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THIS MUSÆUM.
This is the more necessary to be added, because it is con-siderably increased, since the former Catalogue was print-
ed at Oxford, An. 1697 (a)(a) (a) Catalogi Libr. MSS. Angliæ. &c. Tom. II. Part I. pag. 229, &c. Of nine of these, see the
Beginning of the preceding Catalogue of the Bibles. To
Bede upon Mark may be added his Ecclesiastical History. FOLIO. 10. Venerabilis Bede libri quinque, ecclesiastice Historie de gestis Ang-
lorum. This venerable Author will appear in his perfect
Beauty, when the Reverend Dr. Smith, Prebendary of Durham,
will be pleased to oblige the Learned World with his accurate
Edition thereof, and his own most instructive Notes thereupon.
The Recapitulatio ends at the Year 734, with Bishop Tatwin's Death,
the Catalogue of his Works with the Martyrology, and Cuthbert's
Epistle (which Whelock places in the Beginning) concludes this
Manuscript. 11. Interpretationes Hebræorum nominum per literas A. B. et C. frag-
mentum. 12. This MSt. contains. 1. Liber XL Omeliarum beati Gregorii Pape
Urbis Rome. 2. Petri Archidiaconi Lond. Remediorum vitiorum 1 &
2 pars in libris XII. 3. Venerabilis Bernardi Clarevallensis Abbatis, 516
libri 5, Exhortationum. 4. Cantica Canticorum cum gloss.
interlin. & Bernardus super Canticum præfatum. Many of the Letters painted
and gilt. Don. Rev. Rob. Midgeley de Coxwold. This once belong-
ed to John Vicars Rector of Newton near Tadcaster. The Cata-
logue of whose Library I shall add from his Autograph, to gra-
tify the Curiosity of such as desire to know the Rates of Books
before the Art of Printing was invented.
Opera divi Hieronomi, in 4 libris
xxxiii s. iiii d.
Opera Sti. Gregorii, in uno libro,
xiii s. iiiii d.
Opera Sti. Bernardi, in uno Vol.
viii s.
Opera Tridonis, in 4 libris, x s.
Opera Epiphanii, x s.
Opera Anselmi, vi s.
Opera Plutarchi, vi s. viii d.
Opera Bede, in ii libris, x s.
Opera Macrobii, xii d.
Opera Cipriani, in ii libr. iii s. iiii d.
Sermones Jacobi Voraginis in ii
libr. ii s. viii d.
Opera Sti. Augustini in 6 Volumi-
nibus, iii l.
Opera Chrystostomi, in 3 libr. xxx s.
Opera Sti. Ambrosii, in uno Volu-
mine, x s.
Opera Sti. Hilarii, vi s. viii d.
Opera Dionisii Chartusiani, in 5 libr.
xxxiii s. iiii d.
Opera Basilii magni, viii s.
Opera Cirilli, in ii libr. x s.
Opera Dionisii Areopagiti, vi s. viii d.
Opera Originis in ii libris, viii s.
Opera Hamonis, vi s.
Thomas de Aquino super Sententias,
in iiii Voluminibus, iiii s. And in a later Hand is added the Glebe belonging to the said
Rectory of Newton-Kine. 1563. 13. Scala Mundi. Auctores ex quibus extrahitur, funt, 1. Brutus de
gestis Britonum. 2. Venerabilis Beda de gestis Anglorum. 3. Willie-
lmus Malmsburiensis de gestis Anglorum. 4. Will Pictavensis Can-
cellarius Parisiensis. 5. Frater Martinus Pænitentiarius Papæ.
6. Johannes de Porta. 7. Gildas. That this is a Book of great
Value appears by the Character given it by a Right Reverend
Author, who all will allow to be a most competent Judge, and
who is pleased to mention it, with others of great Value re-
ferr'd to by Archbishop Usher, Mr. Selden, &c. (b)(b) Bishop of Carl, Hist. libr. I Vol. pag. 199.. Note, Tho'
it ends many Years before the Reformation (viz. 12 H. 6.) yet in
the Catalogue of Popes is inserted Johannes Papissa, with the same
Hand as the rest of the Book. 14. De Natura et Generibus Pecudum, Piscium, Avium, Arborum &
Hominum. 15. Statuta Collegii Novi Oxoniensis, à Gul. Wykeham Winton. Episc.
fundat. 16. Historica descriptio complectans vitam ac res gestas beatissimi viri
Gulielmi Wicami quondam Vintoniensis Episcopi, & Angliæ Cancellarii,
& Fundatoris duorum Collegiorum, Oxoniæ & Vintoniæ. This is
modern (writ about 1597), but the Statutes seem as ancient as
the College it self: I bought them out of the Library of Mr. J. G.
L L B. sometime Fellow of New-College. 517
17. Corpus Christi Playe in antique English Verse, by Tho. Cutler and Rich Nandycke; take a Taste of the Poetry in the Crucifixio Christi. Sir knyghtis take heed hydir in hye zee wootte your self als wele as I has geven dome yat yis doote schall dye. sen we are comen to Calvarie this dede on dergh we may noght drawe howe lordis and leders of our lawe Sir all yare counsaile wele we knawe lat ilke man helpe nowe as hym awe. Some of the Trades themselves in the several Scenes are anti-
quated, as are the Names of others, Bowers and Fletchers, Wef-
feres, Cappers (Hatters added in a later Hand) Estrereners, Gyrdil-
lers, Tyllethekkers, Spicers, Shavers, Parchmynners, Shermen and
Wyne-drawers were of old, but Merceres added at the End as mo-
dern, Richard the Father of Bishop Morton of Durham, being
the first of that Trade, at least in these Northern Parts of Eng-
land (c)(c) c Fuller's Worthies in Yorke, Pag. 229. Don. Hen. Fairfax Arm. 18. A Book of Musical Compositions pointed to Tunes in four Parts,
by Robard Fairfax Doctor in Musick (d);(d) d Wood's Fasti Oxon, I Vol. pag. 652. Sir Tho. Phelyppis, Will.
Newarke, Gilbert Banastir, Will. Cornysh jun. Ric. Davy, Sherring-
ham Browne, and Edm. Turgess. 19. Inquisitiones factæ coram Johanne de Kirkeby. Thesaurario Dom.
Edw. fil. Hen. This is an ancient Transcript of Kirkby's Inquest,
9 Edw. 1. In a later Hand is added a Strete collected 7 E. 6. in
the Liberty of Craven, Bradforthedale, and Bolland. The Blanche-
fermes of several Wapentakes. Extracts from Domesdayæ Book;
And the Valowe of all the Castels, Manors, Londes and Tenements
of Henry Lord Clifford, and Erle of Comberland, which is belongyn
to the honor and Lordeship of Skipton in Craven for one hole yere
endying at the Feast of Seynte Michæll th'Archangel in the iiid
yere of Kyng Henry viith. 20. An English Version of Kirkby's Inquest, with other Matters in-
terspers'd; as, An Inquisition taken at Wakefield, 22 Mar. 9 E. 4.
before Tho. Brough Knt. &c. for divers Wasts within that Lord-
ship; the Extent of the Soke of Wakefield, An. 1300. the Bond-
men, &c. K. Edw. the 2d's Writ and the Return, certifying the
Burroughs and Villages in the County of Yorke, and their Lords,
9 E. 2. K. Hen. the 8th's Gift of the Priory of Syningthwaite to
Robert Tempest Esq;. 21. An Astronomical Treatise in a very ancient Character, Saxon and
Irish intermixed with the Latin: Several Draughts relating to
Eclipses, &c. Don. D. Gul. Jackson Dublin. 22. An Astrological Tract, beginning imperfect; 2 Liber Ptholomei
de significationibus 7 Planetarum, & capitis & caudæ Draconis per
12 domos Zodiaci, ubi reperiuntur de Saturno. 3 Liber Zæl de sig-
nificatione Planetarum; Liber Zæl de conjunctionibus, de Elmanack
solis. 4 Massahala de ratione Celi & Stellarum. 5 Ptolomeus de Na-
tivitatibus hominum, de regionibus Signorum per totum orbem. 6 Al-
bumazer de Aspect. Planetarum. 7 Johannes de Sacro bosco de Sole &
Planetis. Tractatus Geometricus de Astrolab. 518
23. Fundatio Abbathiæ de Kirkstal. The List of the Abbots
till 1304. Transcripts of Deeds in St. Mary's Tower at Yorke, and
others in Possession of Walter Stanhope Esq; collated with two
MSS. lent me by that eminent Virtuoso Rich. Towneley of Towne-
ley Esq; with others neither in the Monasticon, or Mr. Towneley's
MSS. Also the Copy of the Surrender of the Abbey 22d Nov.
31 Hen. 8. From the MSS. of the excellent Rich. Thornton Esq;
late Recorder of Leedes. 24. Part of an ancient Terrier relating to Estates at North and South-
Cave, Drenton, Newton Muncton, Crock, Wychington and Wykeley. 25. Certain Errors upon the Statute of Vicesimo quinto Edwardi Ter-
tii, of Children born beyond the Seas, conceived by Sir Anth. Brown
Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas, and confuted by Sir Will.
Fairfax Justice of the same Bench. 26. The Names of the Monasteries, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals and
Cells, within the Diocess of Yorke, and of what yearly Revenues
they were, (which amounted to the yearly Sum of Twenty
thousand, six hundred and sixty Pounds.) The Names of all the
Benefices within the Diocess of Yorke, with the Names of the Pa-
trons; as also the Valuations of the same, together with the
Prebends, Hospitals and Vicarages, in the Gift of the Archbishop
of Yorke, with a List of such as being taken away were granted
into Temporal Hands. 27. An Inventory of all the Jewels, Plates, Copes and Vestments, and
other Ornaments, as well within the Revestry of the Cathedral
Church at Yorke, as appertaining to the high Altar there, taken
in K. Edw. the 6th's Reign. The Names and Characters of the
Archbishops, from Paulinus to Archbishop Hutton; the Names and
Valuations of the Monasteries, &c. (which according to this
Rentall amount to 19440.) The Houses of Religion, Churches, &c.
in the City of Yorke. Sheriffs of the County from 1 Hen. 7. to
10 Car. 1. with the Majors, Bailiffes, and Sheriffs of the City, from
1273 to 1640. Don. Rev. Jo. Frogget Rect. Kirk-Deighton. 28. The Royal Descent of the Kings spronge from the Saxons Blood,
from Egbert the first entire Monarch, to Queen Elizabeth, with
the Coats of Arms in Colours. Also the Alliaunce and Match-
ings betwixt England and Fraunce, whereby England's Titell to that
Crown appeareth: Lastly, a brief Declaration of the Raignes
and Dispositions of the Kings from the Conquest. 29. The Arms of the Nobility in each King's Reign from William the
Conqueror to Edw. 4. painted, with an Account of their Mar-
riages and Issue. 30. An Alphabetical List of the Names and Arms of the Nobility and
Gentry, with the List of those in Yorkeshire 1590. The Sheriffs of the
same County from 1155 to 1663. A short List of the No-
bility and Gentry in the Bishoprick of Durham. The Knights
that dwelt between Tyne and Tees, Temp. H. 3. The Northern
Gentry whose Names end in Son, by Rich. Glover Somerset He-
rald 1584. Knights of the Garter from the Foundation of the
Order to the Earl of Stafford, Temp. Car. 1. The Roman Stations
in the North of England, the ancient and modern Names. Char-
ters relating to Fountain's-Abbey. This, and the preceding
were formerly the Books of Mr. Barth. Towers of Leedes (and
were presented to me by Mrs. Hinks his Daughter) but hath
been perused by the Rev. Mr. Hen. Fairfax Rector of Bolton-Percy, 519
whose Hand occurs frequently, and who hath
added, The Lords Presidents of the Council at Yorke, from the first Erection of that
Court 1544 to the Earl of Stafford. 31. Certain selected Chapters translated out of Nicholas Machiavel
his three Books of Discourses, viz. Eleven Chapters out of the
first, fifteen out of the second, and out of the theard Book 12
Chapters. 32. A large Manuscript (about 1200 Pages) writ by a Romanist
who owns himself to be a Voluntary Exile for Religion in Qu.
Elizabeth's Reign, against the Spanish Monarchy, as the common,
and only Perturber of Christian Peace and Tranquillity. 33. A compendious Abridgment contayning the Principles of Martial Dis-
cipline, selected and gathered out of the beste and moste approved Au-
thors, by Hugh Parlor Gent. dedicated to Will. Lord Cobham, Lord
Chamberlayn of England, and Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports. 34. A Discourse of Ambassages compiled by Sir Henrie Unton (who was
twice Ambassadour from Qu. Eliz. to the King of France) which
treats of the good Gifts an Ambassadour must be endowed with,
both as to the Body and Fortune; of the Number of Ambassa-
dours, of his Preparation for, and Behaviour in his Journey, and
before a straunge Prince, during his Abode in a straunge Land,
and at his Departure; that Ambassadours are safe by the Law of
Nations; whether excusable yf found to practise any Thing
against it during his Ambassage. Of the Intercepters of Am-
bassadours Letters; and, lastly, of the Privileges of Ambassadours
in their own Country after their Return. 35. Instructions from Qu. Elizabeth for Sir Francis Walsingham Am-
bassadour in France, with Letters to and from the Lord Burleigh,
Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho. Smith, and other Chiefe Ministers of
State, about the French Affairs, and the Queen of Scots, An. 1570,
71, 72. 36. The Visitation of Yorkeshire 1584. This was when the noted
R. Glover Somerset Herald, and Marshal to Norroy King at Arms,
visited 26 Eliz. To this are since added other Collections in He-
raldry, by R. Thoresby. 37. Miscellanies. The Archbishop of Yorke's Process to the Bishop
of Duresm for summoning the Convocation 1586. Notes for Cor-
rection and Additions of Statutes for the Cathedral Church of
Duresm; the Form of the Exercise in the Diocess of Chester 1588.
Archbishop Hutton's Opinion of certain Matters like to be called
in Question before the King 1603, touching Appropriations, the
Government of the Church, Common-Prayer, &c. Exceptions
against the Canons 1607. How Faltes may be reformed in this
Jurisdiction of Yorke 1611. Articles concluded at Cambridge 1619.
High-Commissioners for the Province of Yorke 1620. The King's
Letter to Archbishop of Yorke about Preachers; the King's Injun-
ction, and Archbishop's Letter to the Bishops of his Province
thereupon 1622. Mr. Swinburn's Opinion concerning Lecturers
Licences, &c. many of them endorsed by Archbishop Toby Mat-
thew's own Hand. Matters relating to the Spanish Match 1623.
Articuli Matrimoniales inter Sereniss. Car. Princ. & Mariam Infan-
tam Hispan. Don. Tho. D. Fairfax Bar. Cameron. 38. Libri Pascales of the Learned Rob. and Alex Cook, and others,
Vicars of Leedes in Queen Elizabeth's Time, and since. The First
Register of Births, Weddings and Burials. Temp. Hen. 8. 520
39. The Boke of Accompts maide and begun by the Church-wardens
of the Town and Parishe of Leeds, in the yere of our Lorde God 1583,
Annoq; regni Reginæ Elizabethæ 25° to the Year 1628. The Ori-
ginal subscribed by the Vicars and most eminent Inhabitants,
Danby, Beeston, Hopton, Folkyngham, Hardwick, Harrison, Robin-
son, Sykes, Casson, Busfield, Hillarii, &c. The Gift of Alderman
Hicks, four Times Chief Magistrate of Leedes. 40. This Volume contains many Tracts, 1. A Treatise of Baronage,
their Privileges and Concerns in Parliament. 2. A Collection of
such Things as the Earl of Salisbury, Lord Treasurer, thought fit
to offer to K. James I. upon the Calling of a Parliament, with
some of his Speeches to both Houses; with the first and second
Part of his Lordship's Treatise to his Majesty, and his Conside-
rations upon his Majesty's Estate 1610, with the Propositions
made thereupon by the King to the Lords of his Council, and
their Advice upon the said Propositions. 3. Several Speeches of
the Lord-Keeper, Sir Nicholas Bacon, from the Year 1558 to 1571
inclusive. 4. His Oration in the Name of the Nobles, moving
her Majesty to marry, with other State Affairs of that Age: Ar-
guments in Parliament that Noblemens Persons be attachable for
Contempt. 5. His Letters to the Queen, and several great States-
men. The Recreation of his Ages, his Prayer, Poems, &c.
6. Queen Elizabeth's Letter to Sir Amyas Pawlet, relating to the
Scottish Queen; the Particulars of her Arraignment in Fodring-
hay Castle, 12 Oct. 1586, with divers Letters, and the Account
of her Execution, 8 Febr. following. This Book by the Arms up-
on the Cover seems to have been the Lord-Keeper Williams's,
when Bishop of Lincoln, but was bought of the Lord Fairfax's
Executors. 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 Eng-
land 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 Parlia-
ment: 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 Can-
terbury'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, 521
with several Speeches of both Parties. An Abstract of the Earl of Northumberland's Commission. The Earl of Castlehaven's Speech
at his Execution. 42. The Pedigrees of many of the Gentry of Yorkeshire, with their
Arms painted; it concludes in Queen Elizabeth's Time. Don. Rev.
Geo. Plaxton Rectoris Bervic. 43. A true Storie of the Catholicke Prisoners in Yorke-Castle, their Be-
haviour and Defence of the Catholick Religion, when they were carried
by Force to hear the Protestants Sermons, An. 1608, with certain
Reasons against hailing Men by Strength and Violence to Sermons that
in Conscience they abhorre. Sir Christopher Wharton Priest, is said to
have approved this Libel, which the Author saith was finished,
An. 1601. in festo Cathedræ Sti. Petri Apostoli; yet in a Catalogue
of their Martyrs, printed permissu Superiorum, An. 1608. He was
by their own Confession executed at Yorke 18 May 1600. Did he
rise from the Dead to approve this Libel? as they write two
Bishops did, to subscribe the Council of Nice. Note, The English
Martyrology referr'd to in this Note (which is added in the MS.
by the Learned Rob. Cooke B D) is in this Musæum, by the same
Token that Henry Garnet, who was executed for the Gun-Powder-
Treason, is in the List of the Martyrs. This MS. was the Gift
of Alderman Stanhope. 44. Mr. Sampson Erdeswick's History of Staffordshire writ towards
the later End of Q. Elizabeth's Reign, containing the Antiqui-
ties of the same: With a Postscript added 1673, shewing that
in little more than sixty Years, one half of the Estates had
changed their Owners, &c. Don. Rev. Gul. Tong. Coventr. 45. Miscellanies. Q Elizabeth's Speech to her last Parliament. Let-
ters 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. 46. A Rentall, or Computus of the Archbishop of Yorke, from Mich.
last of Eliz. to Mich. 1st of K. James. It is the Original examin-
ed by Auditor Johnson. The Present of Mr. Fran. Taylor, who
married a Grand-Daughter of the then Archbishop Dr. Mat.
Hutton. 47. Vox Populi, or News from Spain, translated according to the
Spanish Copy. Observations on Holland. A Letter, or Apology,
written by the Count Arundel to the Lord Treasurer Burleigh,
touching his Title of Comes Imperii. (Don. Rev. Jo. Hall.) Iter
Boreale, by four Clerks of Oxford. 48. A List of the Nobility of England 1605. Officers of the Courts
of Revenues, Exchequer, Receipte, Wards and Liveryes, with the
Fees of each; Officers and Ministers of Justice; Council of the
North; the Admiralty, Navy, Armory. Officers at Arms, the Mint,
Wardrobe, Butlerage, Revels, Surgeons, Artificers. Officers and Servants
in the King's Houshold, Jewel-House, Chapel, &c. (their Fees 16868 l. 522
10 s. 7 d. Per An.) Towns of War, Castels, Bulwarks, and Fortres-ses in each County, and in the Islands. Keepers of the King's
Houses, Castels, Parks, Forests and Chases. A Table of the gene-
ral Muster in England and Wales, the Number of Able Men and
Armed Men in each County. Don. Jos. Shepherd Leod. 49. A Collection of Presidents in the Law, in two Volumes, during
the Reigns of Qu. Elizabeth and K. James. As the Gyfte of an
Advowson or Presentation to a Parsonage, &c. 51. Letters of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans,
and Lord High-Chancellor of England, written during the Reigns
of Qu. Elizabeth and K. James. Don. D. Ric. Hewit de Stockton
Gent. Note, Those in the later Reign are since published and
illustrated; with an excellent Historical Introduction and Obser-
vations by Rob. Stephens Esq;. 52. An Act of Parliament passed 7 Jac. 1. for assuring and establish-
ing the Isle of Man upon William Earl of Derby, and the Heirs
Males of his Body. 53. The Survey of the Mannor of Leedes, 9 Jac. I. when it was
Part of Q. Anne's Jointure. Generalis supervisio manerii de Leedes
& omnium & singulorum terrarum, tenementorum, redituum, exituum
& membrorum ejusdem manerii, &c. capt. apud Leedes & Prænobilis
Gilbertus comes Salopiæ, capitalis Seneschallus Curiæ Dnǣ Reginæ ma-
nerii predict. 54. Mr. Ralph Beeston's Manuscript relating to the Beestons of Beeston
1609. when that Mannor was sold to Sir John Wood; with Ser-
mons or Discourses upon certain Texts of Scripture. The Ori-
ginal given me by his Kinsman Mr. Bryan Dixon. 55. Minerale, sive corpus subterraneum, arca rerum Fossilium Johannis
Kentmanni, de Gemmarum nominibus, natali solo, coloribus, viribus. 56. The Order of Fortification and Approaches; the manner of defend-
ing a Town or Fort besieged; the Manner of Approaches upon
a Sea Town; of stopping a Breach made by the Sea; of taking
in drowned Land, with a Kalendar, by the Governor of Breda,
1619. 57. A Discourse of Dæmonology, by the learned Edw. Fairfax, of Ledees
Esq; with a Narrative of the Witchcraft, wherewith his Family,
then at Fueston in the Forest of Knaresborough, was exercised An.
1621. Don. D. Jacobi Simpson. 58. The new Light of the Church of Scotland, Dialogue-wise between ane
ancient Romane-Catholick, much resembling a very precise Scotish Puri-
tane, and a new Scottish Formalist Protestant, An. 1623. 59. Kirkby's Inquest, 9 Edw. 1. with the Returns then, and 24 Ed. 1.
The Feod. Militum, with the Proportion of each Town in several
Wapentakes, to the publick Lays and Assessments betwixt 1620
and 1630. 60. Bishop Chapel's Methodus Concionandi; the Original Writ by his
own Hand, and presented to me by the Reverend Mr. Fr. Drake
Vic. Pontfract. Churches that is appropriate Places for Christian Wor-
ship both in and ever since the Apostles Times. The Name Altar or
Θυσιαϛήειov, anciently given to the Holy-Table, both by Joseph Mede
B.D. Don. Rev. Tho. Perrot M. A. A Discourse between a Mini-
nisterMini-
ster and a weak Believer about Justification, dedicated to Sir Ra.
Hopton; and a Poem One Thing or Nothing, to Hen. Earl of Marl-
borough, by J. R. (John Rogers, I presume, of Dedham in Essex)
both curiously writ by Mr. Booth Vicar of Hallifax. 523
61. A Paraphrase upon the Gospel of St. Matthew, from Chap. 12.
to 22 inclusive, containing Doctrines and practical Inferences or
Uses, by Rich. Perrot B. D. Vicar of Hull. Part of the Pen-
tateuch gathered into Questions and Answers. Thirty two Tables,
Tab. prima de Scriptura, 2 de Deo, &c. 32 de Chronologia. Don. Rev.
Tho. Perrot M. A. 62. Sir Sackvile Crow's Book of Accompts, from the Year 1622 to 1628
inclusive, containing the Receipts and Disbursements of the pri-
vate Purse of the Duke of Buckingham in his Voyages into Spain
and France; with the Charge of his Embassage into the Low-
Countries; with the Monies received upon the Pawning the King's
and his Grace's Jewels: Preparations for the Voyage in the Isle
of Rees; with Monies received and paid for the use of the Royal
Navy. 63. The Proceedings of the Lord President, Thomas Viscount Went-
worth (afterwards Earl of Stafford) and Council in the North, from
7 Sept. 1629 to the 15 Jan. 1632, in two Volumes, being the
Books of Compositions for the Mannors, Lands and Goods of Re-
cusants; the Originals subscribed by the Parties compounding. 65. The Book of Compositions for the Lands, Goods and Arrearages of
Recusants convicted within the Counties of Yorke, Lancaster, Stafford-
shire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland,
and Westmoreland. This is a fair Transcript for the Use of the
Court, as it seems, and was presented to me with the former, by
Mr. Tho. Craven late Mayor of Rippon. 66. The Proceedings of the Justices of Peace for the West-Riding of
the County of Yorke, in the General Quarter-Sessions, from Oct.
1629 to Jan. 1632. Don. Jos. Shepherd Leod. 67. Descriptio Hominis, secundum Physicos; secundum Philosophos,
Tabulæ, &c. At the End is a Transcript of Part of Kirkby's
Inquest. 68. A List of Crown-Lands concealed in several Counties. Perambu-
latio Forrestæ de Galtres, An. 1630. The Bounds of the King's
Demeasns and Mannors of Easingwould, Huby, Sutton, Haxby, Wig-
ginton, Strensall, Towthorp, Stillington, Shipton, Overton, Skelton,
Rockliffe, Cliffton, Bowtham, Beningborough, Newton, Alne and Tol-
lerton. The Names of the Towns within the Liberty of St. Ma-
ry's of Yorke. The Boundaries and Circumference of the City of
Yorke. An old Composition for Snaynton in Pickeringlith. A De-
cree of Penley Crofts in Her Majesty's President Court in the North
1593. An Inventory of the Jewels. Plate, Vestments, &c. in the
Cathedral at Yorke. The Names of the Colleges, Churches, Religi-
ous Houses, &c. within the City and Suburbs of Yorke. Lands
in Clifton Lordship belonging to St. Olave's Parish. An Extract
from Doomesday-Book. A Writ of non molestando for Wakefield, be-
ing ancient Demayne. Rate of Taxes for the several Wapentakes,
primo Eliz. Lord Newcastle's in the Civil War, and Lord Capel's,
for 6000 l. Part of 90000 l. Kirkby's Inquest with the Returns,
9 & 24 E. I. This MS, which I bought with others at Yorke,
seems to have been the Collections of Chr. Hildyard Esq; Master
in Chancery, and Recorder of Heddon, who died at Yorke. 69. The Names of all the Towns, Hamlets and Granges within the
Liberties of the Honor of Pontfract, parcel of the Dutchy of Lan-
caster. King Charles the Ist's. Charter for making the Town and
Parish of Leedes a free Burrough or Corporation, to be governed 524
by one chief Alderman
(the famous Sir John Savile); nine Bur-gesses (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 Remain-
der of the Lease of 99 Years. Deeds for the Reversion, and o-
ther Matters relating to the said Mannor. Indenture of Agree-
ment between Richard Earl of Burlington and Corke, and the
Mayor, Aldermen, Commonalty, and Parishioners of Leedes a-
bout the Modus Decimandi for the Tythe of Hay; and a large
Schedule of the Particulars that every one is to pay. 70. A Terrier of such Land and Houses in the Soake of Horn-Castle,
as belong to the Bishop of Carlisle, taken 1639, attested upon
Oath, by Mr. Tho. Gibson Vicar of Horn-castle, &c. An Account
of certain Chantries in the Cathedral of Yorke, that seems to
be Part of a Visitation in the Reign of K. Hen. 8. or Edw. 6. 71. The Number of Pewes in the New Church at Leedes, and Names
of the Possessors, with the Sums they paid each half Year, both
to the Incumbent and Lecturer, during the Life of the noble
Founder of that stately Fabrick. This is the Original subscribed
by the Aldermen (Dawson, Allenson, Thoresby and Isles) who
were empowered by Mr. Harrison to assess upon the Seats Eighty
Pounds for Mr. Todd, and 60 l. per An. to Mr. Saile; with the
Original Subscriptions of the Magistrates, Sir Will. Lowther Sen.
and other principal Inhabitants. 72. A Volume of Sermons of the said Mr. Todd's, Mr. Saile's (the
Vicars) and Mr. Stable's, writ by Mr. Massye. 73. Another Volume of Mr. Sam. Webley's Sermons (Lecturer at the
old Church) writ by Alderman Massye. 74. A very large Miscellany upon various Subjects, Sacred and Civil,
Abbeys, Affliction, Aqueducts, Astronomy, Attributes of God, &c. To
which are annexed Verses upon several Occasions, by Tho. Lord
Fairfax, upon Solitude. Moses's Song, and Solomon's, &c. of the
General's own Writing. A Transcript of his History of the late
Wars: And of a Manuscript of the Reverend Mr. Sharp's so far
as relates to those Times. The Country's Appeal to the City
1679. 75. An Account of Contingencies disburs'd by Warrants from his Excel-
lency the Lord General Fairfax, from Dec. 1646. This is the Ori-
ginal, examined and attested by Mr. Rushworth, &c. 76. Notes and Observations of Mr. Robert Nesse of Leedes, late Ser-
geant at Mace, concerning the late Wars, given me by himself:
His Notes relating to the Corporation, Charters, Election of Al-
dermen, Mayors, &c. The Gift of Alderman Milner. 77. An Account of what was receiv'd (viz 339 l. 18 s. 9 d. ½.) and
paid to the poor visited People, when the Plague was at Leedes,
An. 1645. The Number of the Weekly Bills from 12 Mar. to
18 Dec. amount to 1325. Sir Ingram Hopton's Estate and Com-
position at Goldsmiths Hall. Mr. Harrison's Letters relating to
his Sequestration 1649. The Augmentation to Armley Chapel.
What Chapels within the Parish of Leedes were certified by the
Commissioners 1650, as fit to be made Parochial Churches. Col-
lections for propagating the Gospel in New-England, paid to and
by Alerman Thoresby, as Treasurer for the Wapentake 1653. Ori-
525
ginal Orders about the Cloth-workers Company, signed by
my said Grand-Father, and other Justices. Papers concerning the
Election of a Burgess in Parliament for Leedes. Letters and Papers
concerning the Charter, when Mr. Skur impleaded the Corporation,
as disaffected to the then usurped Powers. Papers relating to the
Contest about the Vicarage of Leedes 1661, when Mr. Bowle's was
presented by one Party, and Mr. Lake (afterwards Bishop of Chi-
chester) by the other; with several Sheets of Original Subscrip-
tions. 78. The History of the Surprize of Pontfract Castle, by Colonel John Mor-
ris Governor of the said Castle for K. Charles I. and II. An. 1648.
with the Trial of the said Col Morris and Cornet Blacburne, with
their Behaviour and Speeches at their Execution at Yorke, 23 Aug 1649.
The Original writ, by Mr. Castilion Morris, late Town-Clerk of
Leedes, whose Present it was. 79. Jus Gentium est Jus Naturæ: Or the Original State of Government,
according to the Civil Law of Nature, proving there is no particular Form
of Government by Divine Right, since that of the Jewish State, &c. by
a Graduate in the Civil Law. 80. A Treatise of the Isle of Man, containing a Description of the
Island; of the Inhabitants; of the State Ecclesiastical; of the
Civil Government; of the Trade; and of the Strength of the
Island, by James Chaloner 1653, dedicated to Thomas Lord Fair-
fax, then Lord of Man, and of the Isles, wherein he celebrates
his Lordship's Respects to Antiquities, in patronizing with Purse
and Countenance, Mr. Roger Dodsworth, in that his singular Piece,
the Monasticon. 81. Miniatura, or the Art of Limning, the Manner and Use of the
Colours, both for the Picture by the Life, Landskip and Histo-
ry, dedicated to that Lord's Daughter, Mary (Dutchess of Buck-
ingham), by Daniel King. That Lady's Lute-Book. 82. Annatationes in Novum Testamentum ex H. Hammondo, by the Rev.
Mr. Rich. Kaye, out of whose Library I bought the best MS.
Bible, Lactantius, and other valuable Books. The History of Per-
sons and Places mentioned in the Old Testament, writ by Mr. Sam.
Ibbetson, when Pupil to Mr. Chr. Nesse. Mr. Belton's Notes from
various Authors, and Mr. Rich. Beavot's Common-Place-Book. 83. The By-Laws, Rules, and Ordinances of the Company of Clothiers,
engrossed upon Parchment. This is the Original confirmed by the
Judges, Sir Tho. Twisden, and Sir Chr. Turner; as are the additio-
nal ones 1671, by Sir Will. Wilde, and Sir Ty. Littleton. Don.
Gul. Nevile Arm. 84. The Commissions of K. James I. and K. Charles II. (in the Years
1619 to 1660) to enquire into all the Gifts to Charitable Uses,
within the West-Riding of the County of Yorke, together with
the Returns so far as relates to the Town and Parish of Leedes,
and Extracts from the Book of pious Uses, by Mr. Bryan Dixon,
who gave it me: To which I have added, the Decree out of
Chancery, concerning the Advowson of the Vicarage at Leedes; with
Transcripts of other Deeds, from 32 H. 6. transcribed from or
collated with the Originals in the Archives of St. Peter's Church
there; Bequests to the Lecturer of the Parish Church. To the
Free-School, High-Ways, Poor, &c. The Charter of Charles II.
to incorporate the Town and Parish of Leedes under a Mayor,
(Thomas Danby Esq;) 12 Aldermen and 24 Assistants. The List,
of the Aldermen by the first, and Mayors by the second Char-
526
ter, &c. The Sheriffs of the
County from I Jac. I. Extracts from Domesday-Book, from Mr. Smale's MSS purchased by Rich.
Thornton Esq;. The Wills of several Benefactors John Harri-
son Esq; Mr. Hillary, &c. Sir John Nelthrop's, Sir John Goodrick's
Benefactions (from the Original Writings courteously lent me by byby Sir Hen. Goodrick Bart.) Sam. Sunderland Esq; and too many o-
thers to recite here. The Decree out of the Dutchy for the Toll
of Corn of Leedes Market. K. Hen. the VIIIth's Letters Patents to
discharge the Inhabitants of this Town and Parish from paying
Tolls for Goods: From the Original. The Case of the Vicar of
Leedes, as to the Claims of Tythes of Wood and Rape, with Arch-
bishop Hutton's Award. A Survey and Rentall of the Lands be-
longing to the New-Church at Leedes, 1684. Hamelin's and Earl
Warren's Charters to Wakefield, with other Matters relating to that MannorManor. The Survey of the River Are when made navigable
1699, from Alderman Milner's near the Bridge at Leedes to Wee-
land, 31 Miles, 2 Furlongs, 83 Yards, and 60 Parts. Notes con-
cerning the Charity-School founded at Leedes 1705. 85. The Informations, Examinations, and Confessions concerning the Yorke-
shire Plot 1663, under the Parties own Hand. This is the Ori-
ginal taken before Sir Tho. Osborne (afterwards Duke of Leedes)
Sir Jo. Dawney (afterwards Lord Downe), Sir Jo. Goodrick, Sir Jo.
Armytage, Sir Godfrey Copeley, Sir R. Mauleverer, Sir Tho. Gower,
Sir Tho. Wentworth, Sir Rob. Hildyard, and other Justices who
have attested the several Informations, under their own Hands.
The Present of the Judges Associate. 86. A Collection of the Pedigrees and Descents of several of the Gentry
of the West-Riding of the County of Yorke 1666, by Mr. John Hop-
kinson of Losthouse near Leedes: With the Continuation of some,
and Addition of others, by the learned and ingenious Richard
Thornton Esq; and Ralph Thoresby. Note, this is placed amongst
those in Folio, because the Original whence I transcribed it, is so,
(though this Transcript be in 4to.) to do the worthy Author
justice. 87. An Alphabetical Table relating to the Law, by Sir John Nelthorp,
an eminent Benefactor, as well as Lawyer; (another in French;)
Certain Rules and Maxims therein contained begins Ecclesia non mo-
ritur, sed moriuntur Ecclesiastici. The Original of his own Wri-
ting. 88. A Register of the Weather, from Febr. 1670 to Sept. 1673, by the
learned Tho. Kirke, of Cookridge, Esq; F.R.S. This is the Origi-
nal. The Art of Limning either by the Life, Landskip or Histo-
ries, by the said ingenious Gent. 89. A Journal kept by the Rev. Mr. John Ryther, of his Voyage from
Venice to Zant 1676. His Voyage from Zant, in the Lat. of 37.
37, to London in the Lat. of 51. 32. N. Another from Sardinia
to England; from the Straight's Mouth, i.e. Cape Spartel, Lat. 35.
5. to England. From London 1680, to the Coast of Cormandell,
and Bay of Bengale in the East-Indies. From Fort St. George 1681
to Cape Bono Esperance, from St. Helena to England. The Original
Don. Rev. Gul. Moult VDM. 90. Lecture Sermons, from Psalm 90, 12, preached at Leedes Oct. and
Nov. 1677, by the Rev. Mr. Tho. Sharp M. A. A Treatise con-
cerning Divine Comforts, from Psalm 94. 19. by the said learned 527
and pious Author. This latter is since printed from a Copy somewhat different. 91. Miscellanies. A Collection of Speeches in Parliament, relating to
the Bill of Exclusion, &c. collected by my Brother Mr. Jer.
Thoresby. Alphabetical Lists of the Names of the Dissenters
in the Parish of Leedes drawn by Alderman Headley, with
their Convictions, Fines, &c. 1683. His Notes of supposed un-
due Proceedings, and unreasonable By-Laws, with the Quo War-
ranto brought against the Corporation 1685. His Petition to
the King, and Testimonial, to which my Hand was counterfeit-
ed. These Papers of Mr. Headley's were given me by Mr. Bryan
Dixon, whose Name is amongst them devoted to Ruin, yet af-
terwards singled out as the only Person he durst confide in, at
his Death. Proceedings in Mr. Massy's Mayoralty. Persons con-
vict for prohane Swearing. Oringinal Letters from the Archbi-
shop of Yorke, &c. concerning the Vacancy of the Vicarage of Leedes,
at the Revolution. Alderman Mitchel's List of the Names and
Qualities of the Inhabitans of Beeston 1695. The Names of the
Mayors of Doncaster, from 1493 to 1698. (Don. D. Jo. Lucas.)
With some Historical Remarks. The Charge and Discharge of
all his Majesty's Jewels, and Plate, 1662, belonging to the Jewel-
House. (Don. Jos. Shepherd.) Dewit's Epitaph. 92. Notes from the Accounts of a Nobleman's Stewards, concern-
ing Payments to the Hospital at Tadcaster, St. Saviour's at Roth-
well, St. Luke's Preb. in Pontfract, the Churches at Ardsley, Bat-
ley and Woodkirk. 24 93. Natural and Political Observations upon the State and Condition of
England 1695. 1st, As to the Number of the People; 2. The
Proportion of England in Acres and People to France and Hol-
land, to Europe, and the World in general, with a Calculation
of the Number of People now in the World. 3. The seve-
ral Distinctions of the People, as to Males and Females, married
or unmarried, Children, Servants, and Sojourners. 4. Of the
several Ages of the People. 5. The Origination and Encrease of
the People of England. 6. The Annual Income and Expence of
the Nation, as it stood, An. 1688. 7. The several Sorts of Land
in England, with the Value and Product thereof. An Estimate
of the Livestock of the Nation. 8. The Beer, Ale and Malt
consumed in England; and the Revenue of Excise arising there-
by. 9. A Calculation of the Poll-Bills, and some other Taxes,
and what may be raised by some Commodities not yet taxed.
10. The State of the Nation 1695. The State of France and Hol-
land, An. 1688 and 1695. The State and Condition of three Na-
tions, of England, France and Holland, compared one with ano-
ther as to the Years 1688 and 1695. From the Papers of the
ingenious Jabez Cay, of Newcastle upon Tine, M.D. The Present of his
Relict. To which might be aded the Number of Christen-
ings, Marriages, and Buryals in the Parish of Leedes, from the
Year 1572 to the Year 1694, as I extracted them from the Parish
Registers. The like from those of Bradford, Ripley, Brotherton,
Swillington, Rothwel, Berwick in Elmet, Ledsham, Whitkirk, Bol-
ton-Percy and Sprotborough, as I had Opportunity to consult them;
with particular Notices of the Families of the Nobility and Gen-
try, and of learned Men born or beneficed in those Parishes; with
others from Cockermouth, Scaleby, and two of the four Parishes 528
in Newcastle transmitted to me by my dear Friend, Dr. Ja.
Cay. To which may be added, 94. Extracts of all the Dignitaries, and other Clergies. Promotions
within the Province of Yorke, with the Times of their Admis-
sions, from Aug. 1606 to May 1711, from the Original Books of
Subscriptions in his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Yorke's Regi-
gistersRegi-
sters Office; when by his Grace's Favour I had the Oppor-
tunity to consult the said valuable MSS. from which I pro-
cured several Notices of Learned Authors, that I had in vain
sought after at both Universities. But I shall conclude this
Catalaogue with a most valuable Curiosity. 95. His Grace my Lord Archbishop of Yorke's most accurate Treatise,
I. Of the Silver Coins of England; wherein, 1. Of the several
Pieces; 2. Of the Fineness of our English Coins: 3. Of the diffe-
rent Weight of our Coins of the same Denomination in the several
Reigns, arising from the Increase of the Price or Value of Silver.
4. Of the Impresses or Stamps upon our Coins. 5. Of the In-
scriptions. 6. How to distinguish the Coins of the several Kings
of the same Name (as two Williams, eight Henrys, six Edwards,
and three Richards.) II. Observations on the Golden Coins of Eng-
land; 1. Of their Fineness, which we call the Standard; 2.
Of the Proportions between Gold and Silver, with Respect to
their Values; 3. Of the several Pieces from the first Coining of
Gold to the Reign of K. Henry VIII. 4. Of the Stamps and In-
scriptions of the foregoing Pieces. 5. Of the several Pieces from
the first of Hen. VIII. to this Time: 6. A farther Account of
those Pieces as to the Impresses and Inscriptions. 7. A Table of
the present Rates of Gold for the more easily finding the Value
of the old Pieces. III. Observations on the Scots Money; 1. Of the
Scots Weights and Standards: 2. Of the Scots Sums compared
with the English, and the different Proportions they bore to one
another in the several Reigns; 3. Of the several Scots Pieces.
IIII. Of the Irish Coins, to K. James IId's inclusive. Don. R. R. DD.
Archiepiscopi Ebor. To this may be added what I had the Ho-
nour to receive from another Noble Lord, the Right Honour-
able Thomas Earl of Pembroke, viz. An Account of the fourteen
distinct Sorts of the Silver Monies of England, from a Farthing to
the Twenty Shillings Piece; and who are said by our Historians to
coin the first of each Sort; with what particular Exceptions are
in his Lordships inestimable Musæum: For Example, whereas
K. Edw. Ist. 3d. and 6th. are said to Coin the first Silver Far-
things, Groats and Crowns, his Lordship hath a round Farthing
(not the 4th Part of a Penny broken, as had been usually cur-
rant before) of K. Hen. 3d's. A Groat of Edw. I. and an English
Crown of Henry VIII. 529
Manuscripts in Quarto.
96. Lactantii Firmiani ad Donatum de Ira Dei, cap. 24. &
ad De-metrianum de opificio hominis, cap. 21. 97. Petri Rigæ (canonici regularis S. Dionysii Remenis) liber dictus
Aurora continens Paraphrasin S. Scripturæ versibus Hexametris &
Pentametris, Prologus ostendit Egidium Parisiensem & in ordinem
redigisse, & de suo nonnihil addidisse. 98. Sermones de temporibus, & tractus super missa, & quales oporteat Sa-
cerdotes esse qui divina celebrarent mysteria ut docet nos spiritus sanctus.
Bernardus de dignitate Sacerdotali. 99. Liber Sanctæ Marie de Bellalanda, fragmentum est, Letania S. Ber-
nardi Abbatis, de votiva Sacerdotis ad introitum. 100. Abbreviatio Chronicorum Angliæ tempore Edw. I. ad annum 1280,
in old French. 101. Glossarium vetus, incipit his verbis Difficiles studio partes quis biblia
gestat, pag. ultima. Zorobabel, &c. Hic ego doctor compegi Scripta
Sacrorum, &c. Donum Chris. Gale Arm. 102. Manipulus curatorum in quo pernecessaria officia eorum quibus Anima-
rum cura commissa est, pertractantur. At the End is added, Doctis-
simi viri Domini Guidonis de monte Rocherii liber qui Manipulus Cu-
ratorum inscribitur, finit feliciter. Impressus Parisiis per magistrum
Voalricum Gering. Anno Dom. millessimo quadringentessimo septuages-
simo octavo. Die vero quarta mensis Junii. That it seems to be tran-
scribed from the Edition, printed at Paris 1478. There are three
Leaves of Paper, and two of Parchment alternately quite thro'
the Book. At the End is an Account of the Fraternite of our La-
dyes Psalter in the Cite of Colen, to which our Fader the Pope Sixtus
that now ys hath granted that who soo will say the said Psalter ones in
the weke praying for the bretheren and sisteren shall have 15 yer and 15
lentes graunted to him at the Petition of Elizabeth late quene of Enge-
londe (viz. Hen. the 7th's Queen.) There are also Charms for pain
in the Head or Teeth. And a Table calculated from a Farthing to
30 Shillings, what each Sum makes in the Week, Month and
Year. 103. A Latin Treatise about the Law, writ about K. Edw. 3d's Time,
but is imperfect. 104. Cronica fratris Martini Papæ Penitentiarii & Capellani; it contains
the History of the Emperors from Augustus to the Vacancy after
Frederick 2d, and the Popes to Honorious 4, An. 1283. Note, the
Book is perfect till, pag. 191. where the History of Pope Joan was
probably inserted, there being nothing defective in the whole
Book but that Leaf, and the other that answers it. It belonged
to the Friars Minorits at Doncaster, and was probably torn out
after the Reformation, against which they were so zealous, that
the Prior of Doncaster was executed, An. 1547. 105. An Almanach, that by the annexed Canon magistri Johannis de
Liveriise, seems to have been, Anno 1340. To which is added
an English Treatise of the disposicion of the seven Planets, and 12
Signes, in the Cercle that is cleped in the Zodiac, of the Election of
Hours, &c. Don. D. Tim. Manlove. 530
106. A Book of Astronomical and Astrological Tables about 1435,
found at Holbeck. 107. Of the Werldes unstabilnes and maners of Men yat yere in es. Of
Dede, Dede is to drede. Of the payne of Purgatory, the whilk
spekis of the day of Dome; of tokyns yet before sall come, the sext part
spekis of the paynes of Hell. This was found with some curious
Vestments concealed in a double bottom'd Ark near a Chantry
Leedes. 108. 1. The tyllinge of trees aftir Godfray uppon Palladie. 2. A Tretee
of Nicholas Bollard departid in 3 Parties; 1. of gendrying of Trees;
2. of graffyinge; the third forsoth is of altracions. 3. A Treatise of
Cookery in old English, but the Title French, Le maniere pour rost
buller & frier diverses Pessons. 4. The parayllous dayes of the yeere.
5. Medecynes of maister William du Jordyne gyven to kyng Henry Re-
gent and Heuter of the Reume of Fraunce. 6. A moste piteous Chro-
nicle of thorribill dethe of James Stewarde last kyng of Scotys, nought
long agone prisoner yn Englande yn the tymes of the kynges Henrye the
fifte and Henry the sixte translated out of Latyne into oure mo-
ders Englishe tong bi your symple Subject John Shirley. (this was
K. James the first of Scotland.) 7. An approbate Treite for the Pe-
stilence studied by the gretteste doctours of Fisike amonges th Universitie
of Christen nacions yn the tyme of Sante Thomes of Caunturbury. 8. The
desirid peace betwene Sigismonde Emperour and Kyng Henry. 9. The
Boke cleped les Bones Meures (translated out of French by your
umble Servyture John Shirley of London Anno 1440) comprised in
five partys, the 1st partie spekith of Remedie that is against the sevyn
dedlye synnes; 2. the Estate of holy Church; 3. of Prynces and of
Lordes temporal; 4. of comone peple; 5. of dethe and universal dome.
10. The Governance of Kynges and Princes, seyd the secrete of secretes
the whych Arestotle made and direct hit to Alexander the grete conque-
roure of the worlde. This MS. came from Selby, and is said to
have belonged to the Monastery there. Don. D. Tho. Wilson Merc.
Leod. 109. The Legend of Ladyse, viz. Lucrese, Adryana, Phylomene, Phylles,
Yparmystre, and Sysmonda in old Englishe Rhime (knafe for servant.)
Don. D. Sam. Smith Ebor. 110. A Cartulary, containing a Composition of the Vicaredge of Salton
recorded in the exchequer in Yorke. Ancient Charters of Will. Earl
of Albemarle, &c. of Lands in Edistone, Holme, Habeton, great
Bargh, Geveldale, Stayngrave and Scarlets, little Broughton in the
North-Riding of Yorkeshire, with Deeds relating to the Prior and
Convent of Hagulstad (St. Andrew's at Hexam.) 111. Speculum Christiani, Latin and English, Parchment and Paper in-
termix'd. The Commandments, &c. in very old Verse. The
like in Corpus Christi Col. Oxon. is ascribed to John Watton. By a
latter Hand are added several Arguments in Defence of the Ro-
man Catholick Church. Don. Rev. Jo. Astley V.D.M. 112. The Lives of Jesus Christ, and of certain Saints. 113. An Exposition of the Creed, Sacraments, Commandments, Lord's-
Prayer, &c. This seems to be the first Draught of one of the
Learned Men concerned in drawing up that noted Tract, after-
terwardsafter-
wards printed (An. 1543), with the Title of the King's Book,
with which I collated it, noting where the Additions were
made. Don Rev. Jo. Astley V.D.M. At the End of this is ad-
531
ded a Proclamation for Punishment of unlawful Assemblers
against the Kyng's Majestie. 114. The History of the blessed Jesus, from the Evangelists, and an-
cient Doctors, in English Verse, compiled by Robert Parkynn Cu-
rate at Adwick in the Street (Athewike super stratum) near Donca-
casterDon-
caster, An. 1548. Don. Rev. Jo. Hall Vic. Gisburn. 115. The Behaviour of Mr. John Bradford Preacher, and the young Man
that suffered with him in Smithfield, named John Leafe, a Prentice,
which both suffered for the Testimony of Christ; with Letters of
Mr. Bradford, and other Martyrs. Don. D. Tho. Reyner. 116. A Chalenge against the Protestants by one Catholick. The Christmasse
Bankett; Devout Prayers for seake Persons 1561. With the Sycke-
mans Confession for his Synes. A Confutation of Mr. Jewel's
Sermon preached at Powles 1560, by Mr. Rastell. 117. A learned Answer to the Popish Queries, Whether the Protestant
Church be a true Church? And where it was before Luther? 118. Polychronicon & parambulationes Forestarum factæ tempore Regis
Henrici filii Johannis Regis in Com. Huntingdun Lancast. Gloucest.
Leicestr. & Notingh. Dorse. Somers. Oxon. Surrei, Sussex, Berks.
Buckingh. Wilts. Salop. Wygorn. Hereford. & Essex. Northampt.
Cumbr. Bucks. Eborac. Memorandum, The Chronicle hath the Pe-
digree of the King's from Brute, but the History only from the
Arrival of the Saxons circa, An. 444. There are other Peram-
bulations of the Forrests added 29 Edw. I. Com. Staff. Hunt. Wy-
gorn. and Roteland. Then follow the Charters of Edw. the Con-
fessor, and Will. the Norman to Westminster. The Foundation of
the Abbey at Tewksbury, by Oddo and Doddo of Mercia, with the
Series of the Abbots to the Year 1400. Lastly, Europæ descrip-
tio ex Orosio ab Alfrido rege in Anglicam sermonem traducto. In the
Saxon Language and Character. To which are annexed Nomina
regum Merciorum, cum regnorum spatiis & terris quas Weogorniensi
monasterio contulerunt. Et Nomina Episcoporum Huicciorum cum ter-
ris quas monast. S. Mariæ Wigorniensi dederunt. Catalogus Episc. Se-
lesiæ & Cicestriæ. This is the Original Writ by the Hand of the
noted Lawrence Nowel, Dean of Litchfield, the first Reviver of
the Saxon Tongue (1565), and was the acceptable Present of
the Rev. Mr. Tim. Hodgson, Chaplain to the pious and chari-
table Lady Hewley. 119. Lectures of Roger Manwood Esq; (afterwards Chief Baron) 1567.
Rob. Moonson Esq; concerning Tythes 1565. Ordinances by the
Lord Chancellor Bacon for the more regular Administration of
Justice, &c. A Commission to Sir Julius Cæsar, &c. to determine
causes in Chancery. Lord-Keeper Williams's Speech 1621. Can-
cellaria 21 Jac. I. The Sentence against Sir Tho. Lake, Sir Fran-
cis Bacon's Speech when he took Place as Lord-Keeper or Lord
Chancellor. This was formerly Judge Hutton's. 120. A learned Treatise of the Forest Laws; what Things make a Fo-
rest; the Difference between a Forest, Chase, Warren and Park; Ex-
tracts from the Records of the Pleas of the Forest. Expositio an-
tiquorum vocabulorum. To which are added in a later Hand, Cu-
stomes in London in cur. viz. (Rainesford.) Don. Rev. T. Hodgson. 121. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester's Common-wealth, since printed
(1641), but perhaps not without Mistakes, if strictly collated;
the very first Page of the printed Book, faith the Book of Justice, 532
was evil penned; this MS. (which was writ in Qu. Elizabeth's Time) that ytt was not yll penned. 122. Certayne Tables showing the breake of the daye, with the Twilight,
the riseing and setting of the Sunne, the lengthe of the daye and night,
for every daye throughoute the yeare for ever, servinge for the Eleva-
tion of the Pole 54 gr. and 30 mi. Whereunto is joyned a Discourse
of the yeare with the Description of the 12 Monthes and Signes, and
also a lytell Treatise of the 7 Planets, wythe other Rules and Tables
serving for a general Calendar, for ever, collected by Oswald Whit-
tington Student in the Mathematicks. Finished at Denton 1584, and
dedicated to Sir Tho. Fairfax, one of Her Majesty's honourable
Council established in the Northe. 123. The trew Coppye of the Erle of Arundle his Letters sent from the Tower
to the Queene 1585. Judge Jenkyn's Answer, when Prisoner in
the Tower, to the Committees, 29 Apr, 1647. Excerpta from
the Lord Cook's Speech at the Arraignment of the Rebels about
the Gun-Powder-Treason. 124. Accounts in the Time of the first Lord Eure, whereby the Rates
of Wages, Provisions, &c. may be known. 125. Commentaria in primam 2æ. D. Thomæ Aquinatis, per R.P. Augu-
stinum Justinianum Societatis Jesu. Romæ 1586. Tractatus de Virtu-
bus. de Vitiis & Peccatis. de peccato Originali. de Legibus. de Gra-
tia. de Justificatione. de Merito. de habitibus in communi. 126. Sapientia Solomonis. Drama Comicotragicum; formerly Qu.Eli-
zabeth's own Book. 127. A Golden Chain, or the Description of Theology conteininge the Or-
der of the Causes of Salvation and Damnation, according to God's
Word; Written in Latin by Will. Perkins, and translated by another
1591. 128. A Discourse of War, written by Sir Roger Williams Knight, with
his Opinion concerning some Parts of the Martial Discipline. 129. A briefe historie of the Original, Antiquity, conquest, continewance, dis-
sentes, and eventes of the Isle of Manne, from the firste inhabiting
thereof, until the same came to the handes of the Englishe Nation, col-
lected, translated, and faithfully framed by Sam. Stanley; dedicated
to Hen. Earl of Derby. 130. A Treatise shewing how to erect a publique and increasinge Treasurie
for Virginia. 131. Orthodoxæ assertiones seu Articuli Lambethani, quos deductos esse ex
confessione Angl. & a patribus maximè Augustino, collatione factâ osten-
ditur. Letters that passed between Archbishop Piers of Yorke, and
Edmund Hopwood Esq; concerning the Lancashire Puritans, with
their Letter to the Archbishop, and their Character, by the said
Justice. A Letter 1595, about an effectual Course with the Pa-
pists there. A Letter from 12 Justices to K. James 1604. Don.
Rev. H. Newcome V.D.M. Luke Hutton's Repentance; a Poem:
Dedicated to Hen. Earl of Huntington. 132. The Arms of Queen Elizabeth, and the Knights of the Garter,
in the Year 1599. Very nobly painted and gilt upon Parchment,
bound in Velvet. 133. A Memorial of the happy Life, and blessed Death of the Right
Hon. and religious Lady Isabel Lady Darcy of Aston. Upon the
Death of Mrs. Eliz. Gower. A Poem or certain choice Meditations,
by the Ladie Anne Southwell upon the Decalogue. A Poem beginning
Each Woman is a briefe of Womankind. Another called England's 533
Warning, by J.
S. Thanksgiving after the Sacrament, and other Poems of Fines. Lady Jackson her Autograph, given me by
her Grandson N. Mauleverer Esq;. Others of an uncertain Hand,
with Latin intermixed. 134. De hominio disputatio adversus eos qui scotiam feudum ligium Ang-
liæ, Regem Scotorum eo nomine hominium Angliæ debere asserunt. This
learned Treatise writ by Sir Tho. Craig, Author of the Book de
Feudis, was translated into English, and printed 1693, with the
Title of Scotlands Soveraignty asserted. 135. A learned Disputation betwixt Robert Cook B.D. Vicar of Leedes,
and a Popish Priest, before his Majesty's Council, and other
Learned Men at Yorke, An. 1610. A large Collection of Notes
against Popery, from various Authors. Their Plots against Queen
Elizabeth, against K. James; the Gunpowder Treason 1605. Ex-
tracts from K. James Basilicon Doron, &c. by Mr. Calvert of Yorke. 136. Oratio de Fundatoribus Academiæ & Collegiorum in Universitate An-
dreapolitana, a D. Rob. Hovæo, An. 1617 habita. Disputationes logi-
cæ in Aristotelis Organon in metaphysicam, &c. 2 Vol. per Rob. Ares-
ken in Academia Glasguana Phil. Professorem 1663. 137. The Defense of the Religion Reformed, by Passages out of the Holy
Scriptures, opposed to a Book entituled, The Defence of the Catholick
Truth (by Mr. Fr. Blovin, Advocate in the Parliament of Bordeaux)
by Gilbert Primrose, Minister of God's Word in the Church of Bour-
deaux. Quære, whether pen'd originally in French or English by
the said learned Doctor; for it was printed, An. 1619, at Berge-
rac, in French. 138. Tho Parishoners clayme for their Vicars mayntenance. A Treatise
shewing that by the laws of this land, perpetual Vicars ought to be or-
deyned and sufficiently endowed in every Church whereof the Parsonage
is appropriated or impropriated. That the Ordinarys in their several
Diocesses have sufficient Power to ordeyn and endow them, &c. by Tho.
Proctor of Greys-Inn Esq; 1624. Afterwards of Newhall near Or-
ley, where he writ the Epistle Dedicatory to Archbp. Neale 1638.
Don. Rev. Tim. Hodgson. The Original recommended by Sir
Tho. Widdrington. 139. The Book of Accounts of David Dysert of Thorner, near Leedes,
from 1623 to 1628, Car. Reg. 4to. intermix'd with Prayers and
Thanksgivings of the said pious Scotchman. Don. D. Jos. Ibbetson
Alderm. Leod. 140. A Catalogue of the Nobility of Ireland, from Geo. Fitz-Gerrard,
Earl of Kildare, to Roger Boyle, Baron of Broghill, Nov. 1627.
with their Arms and Crests painted. Don. D. Car. Towneley Gent. 141. Sermons preached about 1630, by Mr. Hooker, Shepherd, Rogers
of Rowley, Reyner of Lincoln, Collier of Bradford, Anderson, Micke-
thwait, Roberts, Shaw, &c. To which are added Rules of the
New Creature. 142. Roger Dodsworth's Sancti & Scriptores Eborum, &c. 1631. With other
Collections, as Carta Regis Stephani de confermatione Monasterii de
Birlington. Gethling prope Richmond monast. fundat. Hacanos
nunc Hacknes monast. Sanct. Robertus de Knaresburgh. Whitby idem
quod Pharense Cænobium. Don. Tho. Dom. Fairfax Bar. Cameron. 143. Somewhat towards the discovery of the sinfulness of the Covenant,
whereunto is prefixed an Answer to the Exhortation printed before it.
By one of the King's Chaplains, as it seems. 534
144. Transactions temp. Car. 1. Advice to a Favourite. Sir Dud. Digg's Introduction to the Commons Arguments about the Li-
berty of the Subject. Objections of the King's Council. Sir Edw.
Cook's, and Mr. Selden's Argument. Petition of the Commons,
and Remonstrance of the State of the Kingdom. His Majesty's
Answers and Declaration. The Business of the five Members;
Militia; Declaration of Lords and Commons. The King's Mes-
sage to both Houses upon his Removal to Yorke; their Petition,
and Message to the King. Sir Jo. Hotham's Refusal to let the King
into Hull; Declarations and Votes thereupon. Don. D. Sam.
Walker. 145. The Rev. Mr. Will. Cook's Rencounter with Hugh Peters, when
he would have usurped his Pulpit: The Original Writ by the
said noted Mr. Cook. Don. Rev. Mat. Flenry V.D.M. A Para-
phrase upon the Song of Solomon, by Tho. Lord Fairfax. His Au-
tograph. A Sermon of Dr. Isaac Barrow upon I Sam. 2. 20. since
printed; but this is the Original delicately writ by his own Hand.
Don. Rev. Gil Atkinson Rect. de Methley. 146. The sacred History of queen Hester in a most serious and pious
Poem, &c. by Fran. Lenton M.A. 1649. 147. Burgus de Leedes. Liber Recogniz. ab anno 1649, ad an. 1660,
for the true making and searching of Broad Cloth, according to
the Statute of 39 Eliz. Don. D. Lund. Cleric. Pacis. 148. Ministers Proposals 1651, for Regard to all good Men, though
of different Judgments. A Form of Prayer in Scripture Phrase.
Advice to the Ministers of Aberford, Saxton, Fenton, &c. against
promiscuous Administration of the Lord's-Supper 1655. Mr. Burd-
sal's Sermon at Berwick 1657. 149. Encomion Heroicon. England's Worthies, or the States Champions,
in honour of his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax Knt. &c. in a Poem of
three Parts, by John Windover, a London Apprentice. 150. Forty Sermons of Mr. Rob. Todd, Minister of the New Church
at Leedes, writ by Mr. James Moxon 1651. 151. A Vol. of Sermons of Mr. Will. Styles Vicar of Leedes, writ by
Alderman Massie 1655. 152. The Soul's Husband first and second, or the Soul's Marriage to Christ
upon the Death of the Law. A Writ of Error, or a friendly Exa-
mination of a Question deeply concerning married Persons: Both by
Mr. Elk. Wales of Pudsey. A learned Discourse upon the 28th
Chap. of Prov. by the same Author: All of them writ by
himself. 153. Ars dialectica, 2 libris. Also a Practical Treatise of Religion,
by Way of Question and Answers, by Mr. Edw. Hill of Hothers-
field. Don. D. Jos. Hill. 154. Will. Ickorngill's Address to the Parliament 1658, relating to
the West-Riding. The Panther-Prophesy and Appartions 1661.
J. C's Testimony of the two Witnesses; the Law from Mount
Sinai, and the Law out of Mount Sion. Vocation of Pastors.
Sermons, &c. 155. A Book of Prospects, of the most remarkable Places in the
Ilse of Man, some printed, others drawn with a Pencil, the Map
dedicated to Tho. Lord Fairfax, as Lord of Man, and the Isles. 156. A Book of Devotion, for the Sick, wherein the Litany, &c.
are adapted to that Purpose. Don. D. Guil. Dickenson Lond. 535
157. The History of K. Edward the 2d, his Misfortunes, &c. (im-perfect.) A seasonable Argument to persuade all the Grand Jurys in
England to Petition for a New Parliament, or a List of the Pensio-
ners. A friendly Reply to a Treatise entituled, An expostulatory, but
friendly Adhortation to that part of the Ministers of England, who
(being true to the Doctrine) are not yet reconciled to the Rites and Ce-
remonies of the Church. A brief Examination of the New Oath. By
Jo. A. A Tract of the Incapacity of a natural Man to think, will,
or do any Thing that is truly good, and acceptable to God, &c. by R.R.
(viz. Mr. Ralph Rhymer.) Of decent Things lawful to be done in
God's Church. 158. Funeral Sermons for Algernounn Earl of Northumberland, 1668.
Tho. Lord Fairfax, 1671, by Mr. Stretton. Mr. John Thoresby, 1679,
by Mr. Sharp. Ursula Lady Barwick, 1682, by Mr. Corlass. A
Poem upon Mr. Bowles Death, 1662. Sermons at the Funerals of
Mr. Edm. Hough, 1691, by Mr. Will. Corlass; and Mr. Philip Hen-
ry, 1696, by Mr. Fran. Tallents. A Pastoral Elegy for Dr. Tim.
Manlove, 1699, by Mr. John Turnbull. 159. Nummorum Antiquorum Thesaurus; by the Rev. Mr. Stonehouse,
Rector of Darfield Com. Ebor. Upon whose Death the ancient
Coins and Medals, of which this contains the Chronological
Series, were purchased by Tho. Lord Faifax, of whose Execu-
tors, Mr. John Thoresby purchased both those, and his Lordship's
own valuable Collection; all which are part of the preceding
Catalogue. To those of the said three noted Antiquaries are now
added what I have been able to procure at my own Expence, or
by the Kindness of my Friends, for near Forty Years past. 160. The Usefulness of Bp. Wilkins Universal Character, shewing, 1. the
Usefulness of the Philosophical Tables; 2. Of the Natural Philoso-
phical Grammar; 3. Of the real Character and Philosophical Lan-
guage; 4. Of the Alphabetical Dictionary; and, lastly; Concerning
the Way wherein this Universal Character is to be learned; dedi-
cated to the Earl of Bristol, by Dr. Jos. Glanvile. 161. Scarborough Spaw spagyrically anatomized, by George Tonstal M.D.
This was printed 1670; with Recomendatory Verses, by Mr. Il-
lingworth, President of Emanuel College; and Mr. Jo. Thoresby of
Leedes. De morbis humani corporis, by Rich. Perrot B.D. and
Licent in Physick, his Autograph. A Book of useful Receipts
and Medicines. 162. Memoirs of the Rev. Mr. Woodcock, with Collections from his
M. S. Notes, containing Historical Passages, Remarkable Providen-
ces, &c. transcribed by my honoured Friend, Dr. Sampson of Lon-
don, whose Legacy it was. 163. Johannes Godartius of Insects, done into English, and methodized,
with Addition of Notes, by Martin Lister M. D. 1672. This is the
Original M. S. and was the Present of Tho. Kirk Esq; who tran-
slated part of it: The Figures were etched upon Copper by
Mr. Place, and the Book printed at Yorke, 1682; though only
150 Copies for the Curious. 164. Astronomical Tables, by the said ingenious Mr. Kirk, F. R. S.
A Treatise of Horsemanship, and another of Algebra, writ, or
transcribed by him. Musical Compositions. 165. A Sermon of Antichrist, preached at Christ-Church Dublin, Nov. 12.
1676. by the R. R. Henry Jones, Lord Bishop of Meath (since print-
536
ed in Ireland.) The Present of Sir Hen. Pierse Bart. (whose
Au-tograph it is) Great Grand-Son to the said Bishop. 166. Memorable Transactions in Parliament, 1678, relating to the
Impeachment of Tho. Earl of Danby. The secret History of
Whitehall, from the Restoration to the Abdication. Memoirs of
the most material Transactions in England, for the Century pre-
ceding the Revolution, 1688. Some of them transcribed from
printed Authors, by Tho. Hutton Esq; and were given me by his
Son-in-Law, Mr. Fr. Taylor. 167. Considerations and Observations upon a Treatise called, Good Advice,
passing for Mr. Penn's: Delicately writ by Mr. Hemingway, late
Clerk to Sir Walter Calverley, whose Present it is. 168. The Rev. and Learned Mr. Sharp's Answer to Dr. Owen's Query,
Whether Persons who have engaged unto Reformation, and another Way
of Divine Worship, &c. may lawfully go unto, and attend on the Use
of the Common Prayer-Book in Divine Worship, &c. The Original
of his own Writing. His brief View of the Civil War, in its
three Scenes on the Parliaments Side; 1. of Conformists; 2. of
Covenanters; 3. of Cromwellists. 169. His Sermons upon Luke 13. 24. John 5. 39. Isai. 5. 3. Ephes. 4.
30. Hebr. 4. 16. 2 Chron. 7. 14. and John 4. 10. preached at
Leedes 1686, &c. A Sermon of Mr. How's, Galat. 6. 8. 170. Annotationes in vitam Ælfredi Magni, per Dom. Johan. Spelman.
These learned Notes were writ by Francis Whyte Esq; Recorder
of Leedes, 1684. Don. R. R. D. D. Episc. Carleol. 171. An Essay on the Memory of Queen Mary the Second 1694, by the
R. R. Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum. His Lordship's Sermon, from
2 Chron. 9. 8. The Original's of his Lordship's own Writing.
Don. predict. R.R. D.D. Episc. Sarum. 172. Cases of Conscience, about Sincerity, Temptations, sinful Thoughts,
by Mr. Sam Clarke Sen. The Analytical Survey of the Bible, by
Mr. Sam. Clarke, Jun. (since printed) from Jer. 4. to Acts 25.
Both the Tracts are the Authors own Writing. Don. D. Clark
S. F. & N. 173. Nine Sermons upon Rom. 16. 27. by the Rev. 174. The Immortality of the Soul asserted, and practically improved,
with some Reflexions upon a pretended Refutation of Dr. Bentley's,
by the Rev. Mr. Tim. Manlove (Med. Licent.) of Leedes V. D. M.
His Autograph's Gift. 175. Manlove revived, or the Immortality of the Humane Soul asserted,
and vindicated against his Opponent, by a private Hand. A Catechism,
or Summary of the Principles of the Christian Religion. A sober and
pacific Examination of some Notions that Mr. Layton hath lately print-
ed to prove, that the Soul of Man is mortal, &c. by Joshua Hill Mer-
chant; who was also the Author of the two former Tracts. The
Originals given me by Mr. Winchester his Executor. 176. A Book of Memorandums and Recognizances, taken by Alder-
man Massie of Leedes, Annis 1696, 97, and 98. Don. D. Craven
Alderm. Rippon. 177. A Voyage from Cork to the West-Indies, An. 1702. by Albany
Dodson Esq; of Kirkby-overblows (Ore-blowers) Com. Ebor. 178. An excellent Answer to Priestcraft in Perfection; by the learned
and pious Rich. Thornton Esq; late Recorder of Leedes. Also his
Reasons for taking the Oaths to Her Majesty Qu. Anne. 537
179. Miscellanies; 1. A Transcript of Leland's Itinerary for
Lancashire and Yorkeshire; from a Copy taken 1658, and courteously com-
municated to me, An. 1696, by his Grace my Lord Archbishop of
Yorke. Note, the entire Itineraries of that noted Antiquary are
since most accurately printed, with curious Notes and Additions,
by Mr. Hearne at Oxford, in nine Volumes. Extracts from two
M.S. Folio of Mr. Chr. Towneley; lent me by Ric. Towneley Esq;
with Transcripts of what relates to Kirkstal-Abbey, &c. The
Inventory of the Jewels, Plate, Vestments, &c. in Yorke Min-
ster, collated with other Copies. Compendium Compertorum per
Doctorem Legh, & Doctorem Layton in visitatione Regia Domorum
Religiosarum, in Comitatibus de Northfolk, Darby, Nottingham, Yorke,
Durham, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancaster and Chester; from a
Book lately found in the Duke of Devonshire's Library at Hard-
wick, which had been copied for the Use of the Earl of Shrews-
bury, temp. Edw. 6. from the Original, which was destroyed in
Qu. Mary's Reign: This Transcript for the County of Yorke was
from a M.S. lent me by Mr. De la Pryme F.R.S. 180. Extracts from the Day-Book, a curious M.S. of my honoured
Friend Dr. Hen. Sampson, and from Mr. Heywood's Diaries. Me-
moirs of Dr. Sam. Winter, not in the printed Narrative. The
Life of Mr. John Shaw, Vicar of Rotheram, from the Original,
writ by himself. Mr. Reyner of Lincoln, from his Diary, &c.
The Life and Death of Archbp. Tobie Matthews, by Dr. Sampson;
and of Mr. Elk. Wales of Pudsey, near Leedes, which I collected
from Registers, M.S. and Original Papers in this Musæum. 181. The Life of Mr. John Bois, one of the Translators of the Bible,
by his Grand-Son, Dr. Anth. Walker. The Memoirs of Bishop
Bentham, and Dean Nowell. Also the Characters of Mr. Jer.
Whitaker, John Foxcroft, Rob. Johnson, Rich. Clayton, Ol. Bowles,
Tho. Mickethwait (Father of Sir John, the noted Physician) Hen.
Wilkinson, sen. and jun. Joshua Hoyl, William Rathband, and Theo-
dore Bathurst, Yorkeshire Members of the Assembly of Divines,
transcribed from Dr. Sampson's Papers. 182. Transcripts from Domesday-Book, by the Favour of my honoured
Friend Peter le Neve Esq; Norroy King at Arms; and from ano-
ther M.S. the Index, &c. both deposited in the Court of Exche-
quer at Westminster, as much as the Extremity of the Season would
permit me in the memorable Frost 1708. Extracts relating also
to Yorkeshire, from the Learned Bishop Stillingfleet's Original M.S.
now in that inestimable Treasury, the Library of the truly Noble
Earl of Oxford, which, by his Lordship's Favour, I had the Li-
berty to peruse and transcribe. The Life of the Right Honou-
rable and Memorable Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork, from
the Original (which that accomplish'd Lady, the Countess-Dow-
ager of Burlington, favoured me with the Perusal of) writ by
his Lordship's own Hand. The Minutes of the Royal Society at
their Weekly Meetings, during my Abode in London. 1712. Note, That from Number 178 inclusive, are of my own tran-
scribing. 538
Manuscripts in Octavo.
183. An ancient Breviary, continent. collecta Dominicarum &
feri-arum totius Anni. This once belonged to the Church of
New-Abbey (or St. Marys de dulci corde) in Galloway, founded by
Dirnorgilla, the Mother of John Baliol King of Scots, and seems
to be very particular in the Scotish Saints: The learned Bishop
of Carlisle hath noted (Scot. Hist. Libr. p. 234.) that St. Kentingern,
or St. Mungo's Day, is Jan. 14. 184. Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum usum Sarum; (amongst other
Saints is Tho. Becket Archbishop of Canterbury.) Don. Rev. Edw.
Clark M. A. 185. Another somewhat different, the Capital Letters and Letany cu-
riously gilt. Don. D. Scopeholm. 186. A Treatise of Natural Philosophy in old French. It was given
to the Priory of Bolton, by Hen. Lord Clifford, Father to the first
Earl of Cumberland, and after its Dissolution reverted to the Fa-
mily, as appears by some Verses made by the second Earl before
his Marriage with the Lady Eleanor, Daughter of Charles Brandon,
Duke of Suffolk, by Mary Queen of France. 187. De Laudabil. Virtutibus libri 9. & epistola Sti. Bernardi super re fa-
miliari gubernanda, &c. 188. A tretis compiled of a pore caitif, of ye bileeve, ye ten heestis,
and ye pater noster; and, lastly, dyverse chapitris exciting men
and wymen to hevenli desyr. 189. De Virginitate, in honorem Domini nostri & in venerationem quin-
que Plagorum, &c. Quinque Salutationes beate dei genetricis Marie
cum quinque Orationibus quas qui cotidie, &c. ab omnibus adversitati-
bus, periculis & peccatis & malis ab ombibus spiritibus immundis li-
berabitur, &c. English Verses, welkum Lorde in fourme of brede,
&c. A Calendar. Oratio sancta quam beatus Augustinus angelo di-
ctante scripsit. Le Chapeleyn en la messe, &c. cuilibet dicenti hanc ora-
cionem, &c. duo millia annorum venie conceduntur per Bonefacium pa-
pam sextum ad supplicationem Philipi Regis Francie. Letania. Psal-
terium a beato Jeronimo dispos. ab Angelis dict. &c. with other Tracts
bound together. Don. D. Car. Towneley de Towneley Gen. 190. Vita Sancti Silvestri urbis Rome episcopi. Vita S. Cuthberti. Tran-
slatio beati patris Cuthberti a Symeone pie memorie composita, quomodo
post CCCCXVIII annos corpus ejus incorruptum sit inventum. VitVita
Sanctor. Mart. Leucii, Tyrsi & Galenici. Passio, Sancti Potiti mart.
SanteSancte Columbe Virginis & Mart. S. Ascle mart. S. Margarete Virg.
& mart. Doctrina patris Alcuini. Don. Rev. Comb. Leech V.D.M. 191. Historia Regum Britanie a Bruto ad Oswaldum & Pendam. Don.
Rev. Jos. Hill Roterodam. 192. An ancient Calendar of 14 Col. on one Page, and 25 on the
other, cont. numer. Dierum. initium Aurore, finis crepusculi, medium
noctis, med. dici, altitud. merid. locus solis & ortus. hora planet. with
the Golden Number, Dominical Letter, Saints Days, &c. 193. Horæ beatæ Mariæ, &c. Don. Franc. Smith Arm. 194. Baltasar Castalionus Charus ad Sacratiss. Brittanniæ Regem Henri-
cum, de Guidoubardo Monetario Urbini Duce; delicately illumina-
ted, &c. Don. Rev. Tho. Perrot M.A. 195. The Bible in Figures, the Pictures are printed, but Descriptions
Manuscript. 539
196. The History of the Old and New Testament, in seven Tracts,
by the Rev. Mr. —— of Grinton Com. Ebor. 1601. 197. A Tract upon the Scriptures, in Questions and Answers, par-
ticularly what is required and forbidden in each Commandment. 198. A Book of Rates, of all the Towns in the West-Riding of the
County of Yorke, in Taxes, &c. 199. Christmass Cheer, or two Sermons preached upon the 25th of
December, and the Day after, 1606, by P.S. Quere, Whether
by Peter Smart of Durham, or Peter Saxton of Leedes? 200. The Rev. Mr. Arthur Hildersham's Diary, Nov. 21. 1612. to Oct.
18. 1613. The Original given me by his Grand-Son Mr. Franc.
Tallents of Shrewsbury. 201. Sermon Notes at Cambridge 1615, of Mr. Sibs, Balcanquall, &c.
upon Holydays, writ by Mr. Elk. Wales, with his own Sermons
afterwards in Yorkeshire, upon special Occasions; as the Irish
Massacre 1641; setting up Church Government, 49, at the New
Church in Leedes. Ordination Sermons, &c. 202. Sermons preached at the Exercise at Hallifax, by Dr. Favour
Vicar there, Alex. Cook Vicar of Leedes, Mr. Coyler of Bradford,
Mr. Lister of Wakefield, Elk. Wales of Pudsey, Sam. Wales of Mort-
ley, Josh. Hill of Bramley (Father to Joseph of Rotterdam) Edw.
Hill of Hothersfield, John Jackson of Berwick, Will. Styles of Pont-
fract, Mr. Nutter of Sir John Savile's, Rathband, Barlow, Gibson,
Wilkinson, Boyse, Power, &c. in three Vols. writ by the two Bro-
thers, Elk. and Sam. Wales. 203. Mr. Boyle's Catechism, wherein he catechized the Congregation
at Hallifax. His Principles for the poor People there. Notes of
nine Sermons preached by Mr. Marsden at Coley 1622. 204. Gleanings gathered after God's olde Reapers, Wheat then, but Tares
now, written by a Romanist, An. 1614 or 24. 205. Collections of Mr. Francis Evers, Jesuit of the (supposed)
Faults in the Protestants Bibles, &c. 206. Sermons of the Rev. Rich. Perrot sen. B. D. Vicar of Hull. 207. Epitome Gram. Hebr. per D. Amydæum. This is the Autograph
of Rich. Perrot jun. B. D. and was given me (with the former) by
his Nephew Mr. Tho. Perrot M.A. 208. Mr. Wales's Sermons at Publick Fasts, 1625. Thanksgiving af-
ter the Plague, 1625. At the New Chapel at Hunslet, 1629. The
Exercise at Leedes, 1632. Upon the Holyday Lectures there,
1636. Sermons at Yorke-Minster, Manchester, Farneley Chapel, &c. 209. The Reverend Mr. Chr. Cartwright of Yorke, his Tract of the Deca-
logue. Extracts from Kimchii de Radicibus Hebr. From Bishop San-
derson, Dr. Gouge, &c. 210. The said learned Authors, Orationis Dominicæ expositio. De an-
tiquis Psalmorum versionibus. De nomine tetragammato, &c. Tabula
Diversitatis in numeris quæ est inter Græcos & Ebreos in vitis Patrum.
Extracts from the Writings of the Fathers, &c. 211. His Sermons before the Sacrament, upon Christmass Day, 1634.
A Latin Tract in symbolum Apostolicum. Synopsis variarum sententi-
arum antiquarum de descensu Christi ad inferos, &c. 212. His Sermon upon Easter Day. Extracts from Bishop Usher's
Stat. & Success. Ecclesiarum Christianorum. From Selden, Perrot, Sla-
ter, and Carlton, of Tythes. Gataker of Lots. Fenton of Usury.
Annotationes in Iliados Homeri. De Atheniensium & Romanorum
Magistratibus. Ex Paulo Jovio in descriptione Britanniæ. Ex Geo.
540
Lillii Chronico Anglo, Saxonum, &c. ad an. 1547. Of the several Orders of Knighthood; Degrees of the Nobility, Precedency, &c.
from Segar Norroy. 213. The Tryal of Faith. Sermons preached by Mr. John Angier of
Denton Com. Lanc. 1643. 214. Tractatus de Meteoris. Et de Machinis Spiritalibus, cum figuris. 215. A Prosopopæical Dialogue between Unesimus, and his dear Friend
Onesephorus. The Apparator and Professor in Metre Dialogueæwise. 216. A List of the Inhabitants of the Town and Parish of Leedes, ca-
pable of paying the Vicars Dues, &c. drawn up, An. 1639, when
Mr. Hillary was the Alderman. Don. D. Jos. Pinkey. 217. A Common Place-Book in Latin, wherein are also many Re-
marks in the Italian Language, by the Rev. Mr. John Jackson of
Berwick, formerly of Marsk. Don. D. Hardcastle Bervic. 218. The History of the Civil War, from 1641 to 1646, wherein are
some Things which are omitted in printed Authors, and others
more particularly described; as the Taking of Leedes 1643. It
seems to have been the Property of the noted Corn. Bee, who
printed the Decem Scriptores, &c. 219. The first Register of St. John's Church in Leedes, bought of the
memorable old Clerk, after it was fair transcribed into the New
Register. 220. A Catechism Preparatory to the Communion, 1646, by Mr. Styles
of Hull. A close writ Sermon, 17 Lines in an Inch, yet quite
out-done by some Sermons (sent me by the Rev. Mr. Drake Vicar
of Pontfract) writ by Mr. Geo Beaumont, who was executed there
for his Loyalty, An. 1648. In these are 21 Lines in an Inch,
yet very legible. Prosopopæia Britannica.Britains Genius, or
good Angel personated: Reasoning toughing the Games now
playing, &c. Presaging future Things discovered by Terræ Fi-
lius, 1648. Sermons preached in Ireland, 1648, &c. by Mr. Geo.
Walker, Archdeacon of Derry, whose Son was the memorable
Governour thereof, An. 1689. (His Autographs.) 221. The Works of Hermes Trismegistus, divided into 17 Books, written
(most delicately indeed) by John Raymond of London, 1649. This
was printed the Year after with the Title of the Divine Pymander of
Hermes Trismegistus; with an Enthusiastical Epistle pretending it
to be the oldest, (some Hundred of Years before Moses) and the
best Book in the World, not excepting any Christian Writer. 222. The Epistle to the Ephesians opened, in three Vols. by Mr. Elk.
Wales: Fifty seven Sheets close writ in a neat, small Hand, be-
ing the Original writ by that pious Author; as are the follow-
ing Tracts; The happie Hearer; the Epistle to the Philippians opened;
The Fall of Man, from Gen. 3. and his Recovery from Acts 26,
(500 Pages.) A Vol. upon the 119th Psalm, with his Sermons
at the Exercise at Leedes. Those at Hallifax, with his Tract of
the Office, and Maintenance of Ministers. His Writ of Error, sol-
ving a Case of Conscience deeply concerning married Persons
(the Original of that which was afterwards printed.) Exhorta-
tions before the Sacrament, &c. These eight are bound; and large
Treatises of the indefatigable Authors, with as many more, un-
bound. 230. Sermons preached at the New Church in Leedes, by Mr. Rob.
Todd, the first Incumbent. 541
231. Funeral Sermons for the leaned Mr. Chr. Cartwright of Yorke, and Mr. Rathband, by Mr. Edw. Bowles, with others, by that
noted Author upon remarkable Occasions, as the Election of
Knights for the County at the Restoration. An Assize Sermon 1660,
&c. The Original writ by his own Hand. Don. Rev. Tho. Per-
rot, M. A. 232. A Book of Medecines and Phisical Receipts of several eminent
Persons: Also Mr. Nath. Jackson of Berwick's Notes upon certain
Herbs. 233. Sermons of Mr. Styles, and Dr. Marm Crooke Vicars of Leedes:
Mr. Blackbeard and Mr. Stables Lecturers there. 234. Notes of Sermons preached by Mr. Wales, Mr. Stretton, Mr. Top-
ham, Mr. Barret, &c. writ by Tho. Lord Fairfax, the General. Al-
so of Mr. Cartwright's, and Mr. Bowls, writ by the Lady Fairfax
Daughter to the Lord Vere. Others writ by their Daughter the
Dutchess of Buckingham. 235. De Morbis Capitis, by Dr. Sam. Pullein, Son to the Archbishop
of Tuam. Don. R. Brandling Arm. 236. The Diary of Mr. Yardley Vicar of Astley, An. 1668. Don. Rev.
Gul. Tong V. D. M. 237. Poor Man manuducted, and Free-will manacled, by Rich. Fallowfield
of Holbeck Gent. It was printed after the Restoration; but this
is the Original. Don. D. Rob. Hetherington. 238. Tho. Lord Fairfax of the Shortness of Life; his Version of the
Canticles, and the Songs of Moses, Exod. 15. and Deuter. 32. into
Metre. Mr. Sharp's Poem upon the Eruption of Mount Ætna,
1669. A Sermon of Dr. Manton's; Mr. Bowles upon the Resto-
ration; Mr. How (the first that he printed); Mr. Phil. Henry the
first Lecture at Wem. All Six are the Originals of the Authors
own Writings. 239. A Volume of the Prayers and Sermons of some eminent Divines
of both Denominations, taken in Short Hand, by Robert Brown
of Leedes, Glasier. 240. The Painters Voyage, giving an Account of the famous Paintings
in England; englished from the Italian Copy, by Mr. Will. Lodge
of Leedes; whose ingenious Workmanship the Pictures of the
most eminent Masters, the Map of Italy, and the Frontispiece of
his English Edition, are a Specimen. Also Tabula Araneorum cum
Titulis. 241. Forty Theological Tables; I suppose Mr. Frankland's. Analysis
Burgersdicii Collegii Physici per Tabulas depicta. Extracts from Gale's
Courts of the Gentiles. An Alphabetical Construction of each
Word in Qui mihi; by Rob. Garnet of Leedes M. A. 242. Sermons of Mr. Caryl, and Mr. Mallory at London, Mr. Bloom,
&c. in the Country. Also Scotch Sermones, preached at a Com-
munione within the Parish of Airngray, by Mr. Blakader, &c. 243. The Life of Mr. John Angier of Denton Com. Lanc. by Mr. O.
Heywood, with Notes and Additions, by Mr. Newcome of Manche-
ster, &c. Sermons of the said Mr. Angier, Mr. Sharp, of Leedes,
Mr. John Firth of Mansfield, Mr. Edm. Hough Vicar of Hallifax.
And Advice to an only Child, by Mr. James Creswick of Beghall;
the Originals of their own Writing Don. D. John Priestley. Note
the first and last of these are now printed. 244. A Description of the County of West Meath, by Sir Henry Piers of
Tristernaugh, in the said County, Baronet, done at the Request of 542
the R. R. Dr. Anth. Dopping Bishop
of Meath. It is the Original, and was presented to me by his Grandson Sir Hen. Piers Bart. 245. Sermons writ by the Learned Authors own Hands, viz. Dr. Hop-
kins Bishop of Derry. (Don. Rev. Geo. Hickes D. D.) Mr. Killing-
beck, Vicar of Leedes; Mr. Lamb of Hull; Mr. Lambert of Hun-
slet; Mr. Skargill of Holbeck, and Mr. Croft of Chelsey. 246. Sermons of Mr. Collins of London, 26 in one Vol. 14 in ano-
ther, and 10 in a third, all taken in Characters, and transcribed
by a pious Gentlewoman. 247. The last Diary of the Pious Mr. Hen. Stubs, when he had been
above 50 Years a Minister, yet abundant in Prayer and Preach-
ing, 1678. Heads of some of his Sermons. Don. D. S. Stubs fil. 248. ΛOIƊOPOMAΣTIΞ. or the Duelling Doctor defeated, Being a Po-
lemical Essay to shield Mr. Baxter, and the Non-Conformists, from the
Decretorial Arms of Dr. Hook, in his Satyrical Piece, entituled, The
Non-Conformists Champion his Challenge accepted; concerning Govern-
ment, War, Liturgy, Gift of Prayer, Things indifferent, Reordina-
tion, &c. by T. J. M. A. (The Just Man's Advocate) alias Mr. Tho.
Sharp, whose Autograph this is, and was given me by his Widow. 249. Mr. Smith of Eland's Letter about Non-Conformity, and
Mr. Sharp's Answer thereunto. Both are the Originals, that of
Mr. Smith (Author of the Patriarchal Sabbath, &c.) was given me
by Mr. Jon. Priestley, and Mr. Sharp (Author of Divine Comforts)
by the Rev. Mr. Nath. Priestley. Mr. Sharp's Practical Sermons up-
on several Subjects, which Persons of all Denominations will al-
low to be excellent. Mr. Mat. Henry's Sermon upon Jos. XXII.
22, 23. His Autograph. Don. D. Gul. Tong. Mr. Whitaker's Ser-
mon at the Funeral of Mr. Sharp. Don. Auth. 250. A Diary of Mr. Oliver Heywood, whereby it appears that in one
Year he preached 105 Times, besides the Lord's Days, kept 50
Days of Fasting and Prayer, nine of Thanksgiving, and travel-
led 1400 Miles in his Master's Service. Don. D. Jon. Priestley.
Extracts from other Diaries; and an excellent Sermon of Mr. Pe-
ter Williams of Yorke (1675) which shews his Candour and Mo-
deration. 251. A Companion for Prayer, by Rich. Alleine (now printed) deli-
cately writ. 252. Alderman Askwith's Account of the Cavalcade, when the Peace
was proclaimed at Leedes, Nov. 3. 1697. Mr. Jer. Thoresby's Tran-
script of the Epitaphs and Inscriptions out of those collected in
my Travails. 253. Rules for the Lord's Day, Days of Humiliation and Fasting, pub-
lick and private, concerning the Lord's-Supper, Christmas Medita-
tions, upon Death, &c. The first Draught of that excellent Trea-
tise afterwards printed with the Title of a Method of Devotion.
This is the Original writ by the ingenious and pious Author
Mrs. Elizabeth Burnet. In this are also a Soliloquy upon her La-
dyship's Return to her Closet at Salisbury, Apr. 9. 1703. A Prayer
for my Lord Bishop her Husband, whose most acceptable Present
it was. 254. Memoirs of the Family of Gale, particularly of the learned
Dr. Tho. Gale Dean of Yorke, and Christopher Gale Esq; her Maje-
sty's Attorney-General in North-Carolina, 1703. A Description of
the Parish of Kighley, writ by the Rev. Mr. Miles Gale Rector
there, whose Autograph and Present it is. 543
255. A Treatise concerning the Decrees of God, by the Rev. Mr.
Ma-thew Smith of Mixendon near Hallifax, Author of the true Notion
of imputed Righteousness, and our Justification thereby. Auth. Don. 256. An Account of the Voyage to Spain 1705, and thence to the
West-Indies, An. 1706, by the Rev. Mr. Chris. Wilkinson Minister
of Armley in the Parish of Leedes. 257. A Diary, giving an Account of the rising and falling of the Ba-
rometer, the Point of the Compass the Wind was upon; and some
Account of the Temperature of the Air, as Rain, Snow, Frost,
Mist, &c. from October 1710. till Dec. 1713. by Mr. John Mit-
ton of Barkisland near Hallifax. Authoris Donum. 258. A Transcript of Archbishop Toby Matthews's Diary, from the
Year 1583 to 1623, from the Original, which his Grace the late
Archbishop of Yorke was pleased to lend me; as also Spanhemius
de raris Numismatis. Dr. Nicholson Lord Bishop of Carlisle con-
cerning the British and Saxon Amulets and Coins. 259. Thomas Lord Fairfax's Memorials of the Northern Actions du-
ring the Wars there, from 1642 to 1644 inclusive: Also of Things
to be cleared during his Command in the Army afterwards: His
Epitaph, by the Duke of Buckingham his Son-in-Law. Also an
Account of the Voyages of Dr. Brian Fairfax, who printed the
Lord Fairfax's Memorials. In the same Book are also Copies of
Poems upon the Death of Ferd. Ld Fx, the Lady Fairfax 1665,
by the Lady Cary, and Lady Widdrington. Fax fui nec arsi. 260. The Government of the Town of Leedes before it was made a
Corporation, drawn up by John Harrison Esq; from whose Auto-
graph (penes Alderm. Tho. Dixon) I transcribed it. His Letter
to Baron Rigby. His Prayer. This is not amongst those printed
at the Request of his Friends 1647, (by Mr. John Jackson of Ber-
wick.) Londons Exequies 1666, by the Learned Mr. Tho. Sharp.
His Verses for and against Sleep (printed through Mistake as
Cleavlands.) His Epitaph upon Mr. Elk. Wales, and Mr. John
Thoresby. 261. The Continuation of the Chronological Table of the Archbi-
shops and Bishops within the Provinces of Canterbury and Yorke,
from the Year 1632, where Mr. Jackson leaves of, as I collected
them from Manuscript Registers, and printed Authorities. The
Arms of the Yorkeshire Gentry of the three Ridings, as I writ
them 1709, from the Arms painted in the Windows in the great
Gallery at Medley Hall, where they were set up by Order of Ba-
ron Savile, An. 1588. A Catalogue of the Yorkeshire Gentry col-
lected 1638; from Mr. Scudamore's MS. collated with the Dean
of Rippon's. The Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, from the
Foundation of each See, collected from Sir James Ware, and the
Continuation, &c. Not to mention the Nobility of England since
the first Edition of Heylin's Help to History. 262. The Journal of Thomas Kirk Esq; of Cookridge, An. 1677, thro'
most Parts of Scotland. (a Tour of 963 Miles.) N.B. This is
not his waggish Description of Scotland that was twice printed,
but more solid Observations. The Window-Tax for the Wapen-
takes of Morley, Aggbrigg, Osgoldcross, Staincross, Strafford and
Tickill, viz. the Number of Houses in each Town and Hamlet at
10 s. at 6 s. and at 2 s. the empty Houses, the gross Sums paid,
and the Names of the Gentry in each Place, as I extracted them
from the Collectors Book 1704. The Vicarages under 50 l. per 544
An. within the
Archdeaconry of Yorke, taken at Leedes,
An. 1707, by Vertue of a Commission from his Grace the late Lord Archbishop of
Yorke. From Number 258 are my own Transcripts from noted Manuscripts,
&c. communicated to me by my honoured Friends. It is not expedient
to mention the Volumes of Inscriptions and Epitaphs collected in my
Journies, or any Things that are more immediately my own Produ-
ctions. But Books published in the Infancy of the Art of Printing,
being frequently inserted in Catalogues of this Nature, as particular-
ly appears by that choice one of the Lord Bishop of Ely's (in Cat. li-
brorum Manuscriptorum Angliæ, Tom. II. p. 379. &c.) in his Lordship's
inestimable Library, which I have often beheld with Admiration, I
shall insert a few of those valuable Remains that have fallen to my
Share, which were printed before the Year 1500. Herein I shall omit
a Fragment of the Liber de consolatione Theologie per fratrem Johannem
de Tambaco, An. Dni. M. CCC. L XVI. as either the Time when the
Author wrote it, or a Mistake in the Press, none pretending to shew
any printed Book of that Antiquity. And Guido de Monte Rocherii,
mentioned N° 102, amongst the Manuscripts, though every first and
last Leaf in a Quaternio, being Parchment, is no conclusive Argument
to prove it so; the Printers as well as Writers of Books sometimes
intermixing Parchment with the Paper for Strength's sake; and I have
a Mass-Book printed after the same Manner, so late as the Year 1516. Ancient Printed Books. Jacobi Januensis legenda aurea, alias Historia Longobardica vocitata. Im-
pressum Parisiis per Udalricum Gering, &c. An. Dom. 1475. The
learned Mr. Thornton hath an Edition of this Tract (Legenda San-
ctorum Jac. de Voragine natione Januensis) printed in Quarto 1594; and
the Bishop of Ely another, in Folio, 1496. Breviloquium fratris Bonaventure, and his Biblia Pauperum, printed
at Venice in 4to. An. 1477. The Capital Letters painted as in MS. Liber Pandectarum Medicine Doct. Mat. Silvatici (Morton). Venice
Fol. 1480. Manipulus Curatorum, Guid, de Monte Rocherii, Folio; to which is ad-
nexedan-
nexed tractatus Joannis Andree super arboribus consanguinitatis, &c. (Lo-
vanii impress.) and Tractatulus Thome de Aquino, de Arte & vero modo
predicandi. Impress. in Civitate Gebonnensi, 1481. Don. Rev. Tho. Croft
M.A. Epistolarnm beati Pauli Annotat. 4to. No Place nor Time mentioned. Regimen Sanitatis; Arnoldi de villa nova Catholon. Printed at Louvain
4to. no Year expressed; ThorMus23910but the Place is particular, In domo mag. Jo-
hannis de Westfalia, who printed the foregoing Tract, de Arboribus Con-
saguinitatis. To this Regimen is added Liber quem mensam Philosophicam
vocant. 4to. The Pylgremage of the Soule traslatid out of Frenche into Englysshe, and
emprynted at Westmestre, by William Caxton, and fynyshed the Sixth Day
of Juyn the yere of our Lord MCCCCLXXXIII, and the first yere of
the reigne of Kynge Edward the Fyfthe. Stow tells us this Will. Caxton,
Mercer of London, brought Printing into England, and was the first 545
that practised it; and that Wesminster
was the first Place, about 1471. K. Edw. 5. reigned but one Month and twelve Days. Le Livre Royal, or book for a Kyng reduced out of French, by Wyllyam
Caxton 1484. Fol. The Figures are painted. Don. D. Jo. Astley V.D.M. Statuta Provincialia & Synodalia Trajectensis, laboriose correcta ad lau-
dem Dei complet a sunt arte impressoria sub Anno Dni. MCCCCLXXXIV.
in festo Sancti Odulphi per Gerardum Leengoude. 4to. With this is the
Synodus Dioecesana Cameracensis celebrata, An. 1567. And a rare Col-
lection relating to the Church of England, that some late Pamphlets
have rendered more valuable, as the Articles agreed upon by the Arch-
bishops and Bishops of both Provinces, &c. An. 1562. Printed by Chr.
Barker, 1581, cum Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis. In the 20th Article is
the Clause of the Church's Power to decree Rites and Ceremonies;
yet must I acknowledge that it is not in the Latin Edition printed by
John Day, 1575, Authoritate Serenissimæ Reginæ: Which is also in this
Collection, with other choice Tracts, as Liber quorundam Canonum dis-
ciplinæ ecclesiæ Anglicanæ, Anno 1571. Also Capitula sive Constitutiones
Ecclesiasticæ per Archiepiscopum, Episcopos, &c. Cant. Prov. 1597. Also
Visitation Articles, by the Archbishop of Yorke, viz. Toby Matthews;
printed 1623. Sam. Harsnet 1629. and Rich. Neale 1636. Together
with Archbishop Laud's 1634, and Bishop Williams for the Diocess of
Lincoln 1641. Quadragesimale & Adventuale de arte moriendi, quod Morticellarium au-
reum nuncupatur. 4to. Destructorium Vitiorum a cujusdam Fabri Lignarii filio. Printed at
Cologn 1485, in a very large Folio. The Author's Name appears to be
Alexander an Englishman, and particularly of Worcestershire, the 25th
Cap. 6 Partis, and the 17th of the 4th. Liber de Sacramentis Christiane fidei, & liber secundus de incarnatione
verbi, & impletione & exhibitione gratie dei, &c. per Hugonem de Sancto
Victore. Fol. 1485. Argentine. The Contemplation of the blessed lyfe of our lorde Jhu, translatid out of
the Laten of Bonaventure. Also a shorte treatyse of the highest and moost
worthy Sacrament of Christis blessed body; and the mervelyes thereof. Folio,
(imperfect.) Higden's Polychronicon, printed by William Caxton, who having chaun-
ged certayne Wordes, which in these dayes be neither usyd, ne understanden,
(Lib. Sept. p. CCCLXXXX.) added the last Book of his own Com-
posure, 'till the yere 1460. Fol. Divi Aurelii Augustini Hypponensium presulis preclarissimum opus de Civi-
tate Dei, una cum commento Thome Valois & Nicolai Trivech, &c. impres-
sum in alma universitate Lovaniensi, &c. ingenio ac industria Joannis West-
faliensis, An. Dom. 1488. Grand. Fol. The Judycial of Uryns, &c. gadered out of the Sentencyals of all Au-
ctours of Phisicke in iii bokes wyth a tabull. Fol. The Boke of Eneydos compyled by Vyrgyle whiche hathe be translated out of
Latyne into Frenshe, and out of Frenshe in to Englishe, by me Willm Caxton.
Fol. 1490. Johannis Scoti in quatuor Sententiarum opus preclarissimum, &c. recogno-
vit Tho. Anglicus impress. Venetiis ductu Jo. Colonie, &c. Folio. Johannis Nider Sermones de tempore Quadragesimale, & Sermones de
Sanctis. Fol. Ortus Sanitatis, cum Figuris, Fol. continen. tract. de Herbis, de Ani-
malibus vitam in terris ducentibus, de Avibus, de Piscibus, de Lapidibus,
& tractatus de Urinis. 546
An English Herbal, Fol. with wooden Cuts, imperfect.
The Miroure, or Glass of Helthe (against the Pestilence.) The Tresure of pore Men (Medicines, &c.) The boke of Seyinge of Urynes, imprynted
at London in Foster Lane, by John Waley. An Herbal pr. in the Flete-
strete by Wylliam Copland: All bound together, 8vo. no Year mentioned,
but two of the Tracts before Pages were numbred. Antonini Arohiepiscopi Florentini opus excellentissimum trium partium hi-
storialium seu Cronice. Fol. Nuremberga anno incarnata Deitatis 1491. Lyra upon the New Testament. Fol. An. 1492. Argentine. Breviarium secundum usum ecclesiæ Eboracensis Anglicane. impress. Vene-
tiis, An. 1493. Octavo. This is perfect and a great Curiosity, con-
taining the Temporale, p. 1. Calendarium Psalterium, p. 209. Commune,
p. 265. and Sanctorale, p. 301. Waltere Hylton's scala perfectionis, englished and printed (by Com-
mand of Margaret Countess of Richmond, Mother to K. H. 7.) in Wil-
lyam Caxton's hows by Wynkyn de Werde. Anno Salutis 1484. To which
is annexed the traytte abreged of the arte to lerne well to deye; translated
oute of Frenshe in to Englishe, by Willm Caxton MiiiiClxxxX. Sebastianni Brant Stultifera navis Narragonice. 4to. Argentine A. 1497.
Here is also the English Version of the Ship of Fooles. An. 1508. Fol. Vita Christi Salvatoris nostri juxta seriem evangelistarum cum multa eru-
ditione, santaq; doctrina diligenter ac succincte collecta a religiossimo viro
Ludolpho laudatissimi ordinis Carthusiensium in Cenobio Argentinensi professo.
Fol. 1497. Paris. At the End of the Register the Author is called
Leucolphus de Saxonia. * Expositio Hymnorum secundum usum Sarum. Also Expositio Sequentia-
rum seu Prosarum secundum usum Sarum in ecclesia Anglicana per totum an-
num cantandarum. 4to. An. 1498. Of Lyra upon the Old Testament, in 4 Vols. Fol. Basil 1498. see
before in the various Editions of the Bible. Pomponii Melæ Cosmographi, libri tres 4to. T. Lucretii Cari, libri sex.
Venetiis apud Aldum, An. 1499. vel M. D. Valerius Probus de literis
Antiquis, 8vo. Eusebii Cesariensis ecclesiastica historia, 8vo. Paris, but no Year ex-
press'd. It would be too tedious to mention those of the next Century, else
there are some very rare to be met with, that were printed both be-
fore and after the Reformation, as a Mass-Book with the Word Papa,
and the Festival of St. Thomas of Canterbury, expunged upon the me-
morable Visitation 1548. Portiforium seu Breviarium secundum usum ec-
clesie Sarisburiensis (Paris 8vo. 1533.) And the Manuale (4to. Lond. 1555).
In the Sponsalia the Words to be bonere and burum in bedde, and at the
bord, are used in their Primitive Innocency, ab AS, bocrum obediens.
Fructus Temporum in English, compiled at St. Albans, An. 1413, and
printed in Powlys Chyrche yarde, by Julyan Notary, 1515, Fol. Henricus
8. adversus Lutherum, 8vo. This noted Tract printed 1537, common-
ly called, The Bishops Booke, being subscribed by two Archbishops,
nineteen Bishops; see Mr. Strype's Mem. of Archbishop Cranmer, p. 52.
Bishop Bonner's Articles, An. 1554. (of which see Bishop of Sarum's
Hist. Reform. 2d Vol. p. 289.) with Bishop Bales's Declaration. A Warning agaynst the dangerous Practises of Papistes, supposed to be
writ by Secretary Cecil, or Sir Tho. Smith: The Bishop of Ely hath
the like, and another rare Tract writ during the Rebellion in the
North 1569. Archbishop Hutton's Sermon preached at Yorke before
the Earl of Huntington (President of Her Majesty's Council) and o-
547
ther Noblemen. Index librorum Prohibitorum
Authoritate Pii 4. Sixti 5, and Clem. 8 Paparum, 1597. Index Expurgatorius, 1599. Another in
4to. 1619. Ptolomy's Geography with Maps, Fol. 1511. Venice. Phrisius's Edition,
1522. Argentor. The Almagestum seu magna constructio, Fol. 1515. Ve-
nice; with Vincent Wing's Manuscript Notes. G. Battista's libro insegna
à scriver ogni sorte lettera, Antica, & Moderna, & con un breve & util
discorso de la Cifre. 4to. Rome 1561. Marolois's Perspective contenant la
Theorie & Practique, Fol. a la Haye 1614. Also his Geometrie, necessaire
a la Fortification, (both with excellent Cuts) Hagæ-Comitis 1616. Goltzius of the Greek and Roman Coins, in 5 Vol. Fol. Du Choul
(the same that Rosinus in his Antiquities calls Gul. Brassicanum, because
Choul in French signifies Brassica, or Colewort) sur le castramention & dis-
cipline militaire des anciens Romains. Also des Bains & Antiques exerci-
tations Grecques & Romains; and lastly, his Discourse. de la Religion des
anciens Romains. 4to. Lyon 1580 and 81. Anton. Augustinus Archiepis-
copus Tarracon. de Nummis Romanorum. Fol. 1617. Antwerp. cum Ico-
nibus. Helmarius upon the Gold Medals of the Duke of Arschot, 4to.
Antv. 1627. The Figures engraved upon Copper-Plates, by Jac. de Bie,
the same curious Artist who did those of the said Archbishops. Jac.
de Wildes selecta Numismata, 1692. Amstel. The Present of the truly
Noble Tho. Earl of Pembroke. And Mr. Wren's Numismatum Antiquo-
rum Sylloge Populis Græcis, Municipiis, & Coloniis Romanis cusorum:
The learned Author's Present. Pedro Martyre Tratado de las cosas maravillesas de Roma adornando de
muchas figuras, &c. 8vo. Rome 1610. Laurus's Antiquæ Urbis splendor,
Fol. Romæ 1612, with the Figures of the Temples, Amphitheatres,
&c. very well engraved upon Copper-Plates, with the Additions 1628.
Perac's J. Vestigi dell' Antichita di Roma, raccolti & ritratti in perspettiva,
Fol. Rom. 1621. Boysard's Roman Antiquities, in 3 Vols. Fol. Fran-
cofurt 1627. The Statues, Altars, &c. very well performed. Mar-
cucci Grandezze della Citta di Roma Antiche & Moderne, 8vo. Rome
1628, in four Languages with Cuts. Roma illustrata, Romæ veteris
cum nova collatio, 8vo. 1650. Lugd. Bat. Raccolta di le piu illustri & fa-
mose citta di tuttta il mondo, 8vo. It consists of 130 Prospects. Urbium
præcipuarum totius mundi theatrum, by Geo. Braun and Fr. Hogenberg, in
5 Vols. Folio, large Paper, delicately gilt and painted. Romanorum Pontificium effigies, engraven upon Copper-Plates, by Jo.
Bap. de Caveleriis, 8vo. Rom. 1585. Icones Heroum Bellica virtute maxi-
me illustrium. Elogiis illustrat. a Val. Thilone, 4to. Basil 1589. Verhei-
den's Præstantium aliquot Theologorum, qui Rom. Antichristum præcipue
oppugnarunt, effigies: quibus addita elogia librorumq; Catalogi. Fol. 1602.
Hagæ-Comitis. H. Holland's Herωologia Anglica, hoc est Clarissimorum &
doctissimorum aliquot Anglorum (ab An. 1500, ad 1620.) effigies, vitæ,
&c. Fol. Boxhornii monumenta illustrium Virorum & elogia. Fol. Amstel.
1638. with the Monumenta Sepulchralia veterum Romanorum ære incisa.
Weever's Funeral Monuments, and Vincent's Catalogue of the Nobility,
with Dodsworth's MS. Emendations. The Saxon Coins are well represented in the Tables annexed to the
Latin Edition of King Alfred's Life, by Sir John Spelman, and better in
the Learned Sir Andr. Fountain's Numismata, annexed to Dr. Hicks's
Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus; the noble Present of the
most learned Author. With these larger Volumes I shall mention a
small Tract, because writ by a learned Foreigner upon a singular Cu-
riosity in this Musæum, de Argento, Runis seu literis Gothicis insignito, 548
sententia Nicolai Kederi, Regii Antiquitatum
Collegi, quod Holmiæ est As-sesoris, 4to. Lipsiæ 1703. Ogilby of K. Charles the IId's Coronation, is only mentioned for
the Sake of some Verses upon the Horse the King rode on in that Ca-
valcade, writ by Tho. Lord Fairfax, the General, who bred and pre-
sented him to his Majesty. The learned Dr. Wotton was pleased to send
me Æschylus's Tragedies, with Mr. Stanley's MSS. Emendations. Here
are also Mr. Hunt's Clavis Stereometriæ, with certain Problems perform-
ed by the curious Pen of Mr. Abr. Sharp. Stow's Chronicle in 24°, since
advanced to a Folio; and Camden's Britannia in 8vo, and 4to. which I
bought for the Sake of the learned Author's Autograph. AUTOGRAPHS. This reminds me of another Branch of the Curiosities that I be-
gun to collect of late Years, viz. Original Letters, and other
Matters of the proper Hand Writing of Persons of all Ranks, emi-
nent 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 Admi-
ral, 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, War-
den of the middle Marshes. Mary Queen of Scots, when Prisoner in
Yorkeshire; K. James the 6th of Scotland, the same when King of Eng-
land; 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. Autographs of the Nobility, in the several Reigns, with the Titles
of Ailesbury, St. Alban, Albemarle, Anglesey, Antrim, Ardglass, Arlington,
Arundell, Ashburnham, Ashley, and Audley; Baltimore, Bath, Beaufort, Be-
lasyse, Benet, Berkley, Bindon, Bolton, Bridgwater, Bristol, Broghil, Brook,
Bruce, Brudenell, Buckehurst, Buckingham, Burleigh, Burlington, and Butler;
Cardigan, Carlisle, Carmarthen, Castle-Island, Cavendish, Chaworth, Chesterfield,
Chichester, Clancartie, Clare, Clarendon, Clifforde, Clinton, Cobham, Coleraine,
Coningsby, Conway, Corke, Cornwallis, Cottington, Coventrye, Cowper, Craven,
Culpeper and Cumberland; Danby, Danvers, D'arcye, Denbeigh, Denny,
Derby, Devonshire, Dorchester, Dorset, Dover, Downe, Dunbar and Dun-
garvon; Egglingtoun, Elgin, Ellesmere, Essex, Evre, and Exeter; Fairfax,
Falkland, Fauconberg, Feversham, and Frecheville; Gallway, Gerard, Go-
dolphin, Gower, Granard, Grandisone, Grevile, and Guernsey; Hallifax,
Hamilton, Hartford, Hartington, Hawley, Herbert, Holdernesse, Holland,
Hollis, Howard, Hunsdon, Huntington, Huntingtour, and Hyde; Jermyn,
Jhonston and Irwin; Kelley, Kent, Kildare, Kilulta, and Kingston;
Langdale, Lauderdale, Leedes, Leinster, Lenox, Leven, Levenstein, Leyce-
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ster, Lexington, Loftus, Lonsdale,
Loudonn, Lucas, Lyone, and Lyncolne; Maccklesfield, Manchester, Mansfield, Mar, Marlborough, Earl Marshals of
England and Scotland, Masserene Maynard, Melfort, Melros, Middlesex,
Middleton, Montague, Montgomery, Mordant, and Mulgrave; Newcastle,
Newport, Norfolke, North, Northumberland, and Nottingham; Oliphant,
Ormonde, Ossory, and Oxford; Paulet, Pembroke, Perth, Peterborough,
Pierrepont, Plymouth, Portland, Preston, and Purbeck; Queensberry; Rich-
mond, Rivers, Roxborough, Russel, and Rutland; Salisbury, Sandwich, Sa-
vils, Say and Seal, Scarborough, Schonberg, Seafield, Shaftesbury, Sheffield,
Shrewsbury, Somers, Somerset, Southampton, Spencer, Stamford, Sterlin,
Strafforde, Strange, Suffolk, Sunderland, Surrey, and Sussex; Thanet, Tho-
mond, and Totness; Vere, and Verulam; Warrington, Warwick, Wemys,
Wentworth, Wharton, Widdrington, Willoughby, Winchester, and Worcester.
Here are some subscribed by the Lords of the Privy-Councel at White-
hall; Lord-President, and Council at Yorke; and Lord-Deputy and
Council at Dublin: From Q. Elizabeth's Time to the last Day of King
James, when the Warrant could not be executed. Papers subscribed
by the Commissioners of both Kingdoms in the late Wars. Oliver
Cromwel's Instructions to the Lord Fauconberg, when sent Ambassador
to the French King: Richard's Letter to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford.
These several Governments set up in that memorable Year of Confusion,
before the happy Restoration of the Royal Family: 1. Richard's Pro-
tectorship; an Instrument subscribed by Hen. Laurence, President
22 Apr. 59, in the Name of his Highness, and the Council: 2. The
Committee of Safety, dated at Wallingford House, 10 May, subscribed by
Vane, Lambert, Ludlowe, &c. 3. Council of State; B. Whitelocke Presi-
sidentPresi-
dent; upon the New Great Seal round the Cross and Harp is inscri-
bed, The Seale of the Council of State appointed by Author. of Parl. 4. A
Committee of Officers, Ten in Number, Disbroue, &c. 22 Oct. Whitehall.
5. A New Council, Oct. 29. agreed to be stiled, The Committee of Safety.
6. Fleetwood from Wallingford House, 3 Nov. he was named with others,
1 Nov. to consider of a Form of Government. 7. The New Council of
State, 10 Jan. (the Act to constitute it had pass'd, 2 Jan.) James Ha-
rington President: Others by Nic. Love, and Hen. Neville Presidents.
8. A Letter from Whitehall, subscribed by General Monk, and the o-
ther Officers, 21 Febr. the very Day the Secluded Members were resto-
red. 9. Commissioners from the Council-Members of the Healing
Parliament, that brought in the King, subscribed by Annesly, Fairfax,
Monk, Harley, Pierrepont, Ant. Ashley Cooper, Waller, Widdrinton, &c.
Letters of the Lord Fairfax about the Meeting at Yorke; Order of the
then Council to prevent it: Many Letters of Monk's: Orders to disarm
the disaffected Persons: Original Instructions, &c. Of the Bishops before the Reformation, here is only Fisher, of Ro-
chester, and of the Roman Church since, Cardinal Howard, and Bishop
Leyburn. But of the Protestants (at the Reformation, and after) Arch-
bishop Cranmer the Martyr; and four Parchments containing the Sub-
scriptions of Archbishop Parker, (of which his Mem. p. 62.) and most
of the first Sett of Qu. Elizabeth's Bishops, when they took the Oath
of Supremacy. These, and their Successors, are digested Alphabeti-
cally; Abbot, Atterbury; Barckley, Barlow, Bentham, Best, Beveridge,
Boyle, Bramhall, Brideoake, Bridgeman, Bullingham, Burnet; Compton,
Cosins, Cox, Cumberland; Davyes, Dolben, Doping; Fell, Fleetwood, Fow-
ler; Gardiner, Geste, Goodman, Grindall, Guning; Hacket, Hall, Harsnet,
Hartstong, Hooper, Hopkins, Hough, Humfreys, Huntington, Hutton; Jewel,
Jones, Juxon; Ken, Kidder, King; Lake, Lamplugh, Laud, Leighton,
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Lloyd, Loftus; Margetson, Marsh, Matthewes, Merrick, Mewe,
More, Mor-ley, Morton, Montague; Neile, Nicolson; Palliser, Parker, Parkurst, Pa-
trick, Pearson, Pilkington; Rainbow, Ravis, Reynolds, Robinson; Sandys,
Scory, Sharp, Sheldon, Smalridge, Sprat, Stern, Stillingfleet, Stratford; Tay-
lor, Tenison, Thornbrough, Tillotson, Turner; Usher; Wake, Walker, Wal-
ton, Watson, Wettenhall, White, Whitgift, Wickham, Wilkins, Williams,
Wilson, Worth; Young. Before we leave the House of Lords, the Judges and Barons are to
be mentioned; to whom are added some of the Lord Chancellors,
Keepers, and Deputies of Ireland; Allibon, Atkyns; Bacon, Blencowe,
Bridgeman; Coke, Cox; Davenport, Dolben; Egerton, Eustace; Fitz-
Williams; Glynn, Gregory; Hale, Hatton, Holloway, Holt, Hutton, Hyde;
Keble; Jefferys, Jenner; Lisle, Littleton, Loftus, Lutwyche; Nevil, North;
Parker, Parsons, Pemberton, Perrot, Popham, Porter, Powel, Powys, Puck-
ering, Pyne; Raynsford, Rokeby; Savile, Scroggs, Smyth; Thorp, Treby,
Trevor, Turner, Turton, Twisden; Ventris; Walcot, Ward, Whitlock,
Wright, Wylde, and Yelverton. Of private Persons, the oldest is Sir Henry Wentworth to Sir W. Cal-
verley upon the Landing of Perkyn Warbeck 1497. Garter Wrythesley
concerning the Funeral of Qu. Elizabeth, Wife to Hen. 7. Mr. Tho.
Perkyn concerning Muskelborough Castle. The following Names are
taken out of a vast Number of the Clergy and Laity, as more emi-
nent for Learning, Benefactions, or military Atchievements, &c. Allestree, Alsop, Ambrose, Ames, Angier, Annesley, Ashe, Ascham, Ashmole;
Barnes, Bates, Baxter, Beaumont, Bentley, Bernard, Blackmore, Bladen,
Bodley, Bolton, Bonnel, Boswel, Bowles, Boyle, Bromley, Buchanan, Burket,
Busby; Calamy, Camden, Cartwright, Castel, Cave, Cawton, Chadderton,
Chamberlayn, Chancy, Charlotte, Charnock, Chetwynd, Chillingworth, Clarges,
Clark, Clarkson, Collings, Collier, Dodsworth, Dodwell, Doolittle, Dor-
rington, Drake, (Sir Francis), Dryden, Dugdale, Duport; Edwards, Ent,
Evelyn, Elstob; Fairfax, Firmin, Flaherly, Flamsted, Flemming, Floyer,
Fox, Frankland; Gale, Du Gard, Gascoigne, Gibson, Gilpin, Glisson, Go-
dolphin, Goodall, Goodwin, Gouge, Gower, Gumble, Gurnall; Halley, Ham-
mond, Hampden, Harley, Harrison, Henry, Herbert, Herne, Heywood, Hickes,
Hickman, Hickeringil, Higden, Hill, Hildersham, Hobbes, Hody, Holder, Hook,
Hooker, Hopkinson, Howe, Hudson, Humfreys, Hyde; Jacomb, James, Jen-
kins, Jenkyn, Johnson (Ben.), Johnston; Keith, Kennet, Kettlewell, King,
Kirke, Knox (Capt.), Kymberley; Lambarde, Langbain, Lenthall, Le-
Neve, Le-strange, Lesley, Lewys, Lightfoot, Linacre, Lister, Littleton,
Lhoyd (Hum. and Edw.), Loggan, Lower; Mack-Martin, Madox,
Manton, Marshall, Marsham, Marvel, Mather, Matthewes, Mead, Mickle-
thwait, Midgeley, Mildmay, Milner, Molesworth, Molyneux, More, Morice,
Morisone, Morgan, Morland, Morton, Morris, Mountague; Nalson, Nal-
ton, Nelson, Newcome, Newcomen, Nowel (Alex. and Laur.), Nye; Ogle,
Oley, Olliffe, Otteley, Owen; Pearse, Pearson, Penn, Penton, Pepys, Peters,
Petiver, Petyt, Plot, Pococoke, Pool, Potter, Preston, Prideaux, Primrose,
Pryor, Purcell, Pymm; Radcliffe, Ralegh (Sir Walter), Randolph, Raye,
Rawdon, Rosewell, Rogers, Rule, Rushworth, Russel (Admiral), Rycaut,
Rymer; Sacheverell, Sampson, Savile, Scobell, Sedgewick, Selden, Sharp,
Sherburn, Sherlock, Shepard, Shovel (Sir Cloudesley), Shower, Sibbald, Sid-
ney (Sir Phil.), Simpson, Skelton, Sloane, Smith, South, Southwell, Spragge,
Spelman, Steel, Stephens, Stretton, Strype, Suckling, Sutherland, Swinburn;
Talbot, Tallents, Tanner, Temple, Thursby, Thwaits, Todd, Towneley, Travers,
Tuckney, Twisse, Tyndal, Tyson; Vernon, Vicars, Vincent, Vyner; Wales, 551
Walker, Waller, Wallis, Walsingham, Wanley, Ware, Washington, Watson,
Webster, Wentworth, Welwood, Wharton, Wheatley, Wheeler, Whiston, Whit-
acre, Whitby, Whitchcote, Whitlock, Whyte, Widdrington, Wild, Williams,
Williamson, Wittie, Wolseley, Woodcock, Woodward, Worthington, Wortley,
Wotton, and Wren. Of the Kings, Princes, and learned Men of other Nations, here are
of Henry the Great, King of France, when King of Navarre. Lovis 13.
to Charles, Prince of Great Britain: Another to the Prince of Condé
from the Camp before Rochelle 1628. Lewis 14. a mon frere le Duc de
York; the whole Letter writ by the King's own Hand; Marie Terese,
Queen of France to the same. Christian 5, King of Denmark. Fred.
Henry Prince, and Amelie Princess, of Orange (Grand-Father and Grand-
Mother to K. Will.) Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia, and her Daughter
the Princess Sophia, to John Chamberlayne Esq;. Jean Gullieaum Electeur
Palatine, and Anna Electrice Palatina, to Robert Nelson Esq;. Also the
Bishop of Meaux's noted Letter to the said learned and pious Gentle-
man. Le Prince Seneschal de Ligne, to Sir Andr. Fountaine. Part of
the King of Bantam's Letter to K. Ch. 2. Hamel Cardanash, Ambassador
from the Emperor of Morocco (in Arabick.) The most noted of the
rest follow Alphabetically. Alexander (Jo. the converted Jew). Allix. Ahneloreen. Amman. Balu-
zius. Barberine (Cardinal). Benzelius, Librarian to the King of Sweden.
Berkelius. Beverland. Bignon. Boherellus. Boivin. Boln. Boucher. Buxtorfius.
Camelus. Cappellus (Lud. & Jac.) Chardin. Chevreuse. Colbert. Creqny. Le
Clerc. Dallæus. Daubuz. Elsevier. St. Evremond. Fabricius. Ficoroni.
Golius. Gomaius. Grabius. Grævius. Gronovius. Gruterus. Haak. Hart-
man. du Hamel. Heinsius. van Helmont. Herman. Heysigius. Huetius (Epis-
copus Abrincensis). Hornius. The Hungarian Exiles. Jablonski. Jessenetus.
Justel. Kneller (Sir Godfrey). Kusterus. Leibniz. Lequien. Longinus.
Luther. Mabillon. Magliabechi, Libr. to the Duke of Florence. Melanch-
ton. Menckenius. Mercurianus (Soc. Jesu Præpos. Gen. 1574). Merian.
(Maria Sibille). Montaubon. Morell. Muratt. Olearius. Passionæus. Pa-
stores, Seniores & Deputati Ecclesiarium Evangelicarum convallium
Pedemontanarum. Perizonius. Picques. Pluscho. (the Danish Missionary).
Polanus Prisius. Ræmund. Ravolsus. Relandus. Rivet. Rivinus. Rostgaard
(Librarian to the King of Denmark). Rudbeck. Ruinurst. Rulæris. Ruysh
(Pater & Filius). Saravia. (Hadr.) Sarrave. Scaliger. Scheuchfer. Scklo-
gelius. Sector. Seraphim (a Græcian Bishop). Simonides. Screvelius. Sibrand.
Sladius. Spanhemius (Fred. & Ezec.) Spon. Symon. Taylard. Tollius.
Tournefort. Triglandius. Valkenier, Verwey. Vigani. Villara. Vossius. Weste-
nius. Witsen. Wulserus. Zacagnius, Keeper of the Vatican Library, and
Ziegenbalgh, the Malabarian Apostle Gratitude to my Benefactors obligeth me to acknowledge to whose
Kindess I am obliged for some of the most valuable of the said Ori-
ginals, viz. to the most Rev. his Grace the late Lord Archbishop of
Yorke, the Right Reverend Bishops of Sarum, Carlisle, and Man; the
Rev. Mr. Atkinson, Banks, Boyse, Calamy, Chorley, Clarke, Coningham, Cooke,
Cressey; Daubuz, Deering, Drake, Dwyer; Fall; Gale (Dean of Yorke,
to whom, and to Dr. Hudson the greatest Number of the Learned Fo-
reigners are directed) Gibson; Hardy, Hickes, Hill, Hough, Hudson,
Humfrey; Milner; Nalson, Noble; Pearson, Plaxton, Priestley; Smith,
Stretton, Strype (for some very valuable temp. Reg. Eliz.) Talbot, Tal-
lents; Wasse, and Wilkinson. And of the Laity, Mr. Bayns, Blythman,
Brenand, Sir Walter Calverley, John Chamberlayn Esq; Mr. Churchill; Rob.
Dale, Jo. Dyneley, and John Evelyn Esquires, the Executors of the Lord 552
Evers; Tho. Lord Fairfax, Barwick, Tho.
Robert, and Bryan Fair-fax Esqrs; Roger Gale, and Will. Gilpin Esqrs; Sir Andr. Fountaine; Jo.
Hare, and Rob. Hitch Esqrs; Mr. Holmes, and Houghton; Tho. Kirk Esq;
Dr. Lister, Mr. Lhwyd, Sir Will. Lowther, Sir John Middleton, Robert
Molesworth Esq; Robert Nelson Esq; Peter le Neve Esq; Norroy; Hen.
Newman Esq; the Right Honourable Sir Tho. Parker, Lord Chief-Ju-
stice; Will. Petyt Esq; Mr. Petiver, Dr. Richardson, Tho. Rymer Esq;
Dr. Sampson, Theo. Shelton Esq; Sir Phil. Sydenham, Robert Stephens Esq;
the Hon. Mr. Wentworth; Sir Geo. Wheeler, and Dr. Woodward. Ancient WRITINGS. To the Autographs before mentioned may fitly be added two
Manuscripts, viz. the Album of Lambroc. Thomas, Cambro Brita-
nus, An. 1636, which I purchased of his Countryman: As also the
other of an Hungarian, entitled, Viridarium nominibus Illustrium ac claris-
simorum, Virorum, concinnatum a Paulo P. Jahz-Berenii Ung. (1657.) adorn-
ed with the Names of many learned Professors, Alting, Arnoldus, Box-
hornius, Cocceius, Commenius, Diemerbroech, l'Empereur, Eyssonius, Frencellius,
Fullenius, Heinsius, Heerebord, Heurnius, Junius, (Fran. F. N.) Moll, Pasor,
Polyander, Pynaiker (exlegatus Africanus), Voetius (pater & filius), Vor-
stius, Vossius (Ger. Jo.), Winsenius. And of our own Nation Basire,
Cawton, Conant, Cromleholm, Hurst, Pocock, Owen, Reynolds, Seaman, Wal-
lis, Wilkinson. In the Original Bead-roll of Roger Norreis, Abbot of Lilleshull temp.
Ed. 3. (Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton Rectoris de Berwic in Elmet) may
be seen a great Variety of Hands, writ in the same Age, there being
in a large Parchment Scroll, the distinct Titulus of above 180 Reli-
gious Houses; some curiously engross'd, others so miserably writ, as
to be scarce legible; but all agree in Writing Dompnum for Dominum,
as some ancient Authors insert p in sumpsit. Other Manuscript Rolls. Chronicon Regum hujus Insulæ cum eorum ge-
stis notatu dignioribus ab adventu Bruti usq; ad conquestum ducis Normanniæ.
It is a large Scroll, above 30 Foot long. Stemma Regalis Augustissimi Monarchæ Jacobi Magn. Brit. Fran. & Hib.
Regis, &c. it is curiously delineated upon Parchment from Malcolme,
and St. Margaret, to Prince Henry 1604. Don. D. Jo. Boulter Arm. Pedi-
gree of Brooke Baron of Cobham. The Original Subsidy for the Wapen-
take of Skyrake granted to K. Hen. 8. An. 1549. subscribed by John
Gascoigne Esq; &c. Commissioners. Don. D. Cyr. Arthington Arm. The
third Subsidy to K. Ja. I. for the said Wapentake, subscribed by Sir
Tho. Fairfax, and Sir Hen. Goodricke Knts. 1605. A List of the Lord
Mayors of Yorke (and short Historical Notes) from 1488 to 1588;
all upon Parchment. A long Scroll in the Sclavonian Character. Don. D. Sam. Ibbetson
Merc. Leod. A Manuscript in the Turkish Language Character and Paper, said to
contain an Account of the Siege of Buda, 'till the 2d of Sept. 1686,
when it was taken by the Christians. The Present of Tho. Grim-
stone Esq; whose Kinsman brought it from that Siege. Letters Patents for creating Sir John Saville Knt. (the first Alder-
man of Leedes) Baron Savile of Pontefract. Instructions to (his Son) 553
Tho. Viscount Savile Baron of Pontefract and Castlebarr,
Lord-President of his Majesty's Conncil at Yorke. A Patent for Arms and Crest grant-
est to Marm. Cooke D. D. Vicar of Leedes, and Prebendary of Yorke,
and his Brother Will. Cooke L. L. D. subscribed by Sir Will. Dugdale
Garter, and Sir Tho. St. George Norroy. Diploma's for Degrees under
the University's Seal. Other Instruments under the Hands and Epis-
copal Seals, of Edwyn Sandys, and Matt. Hutton, Archbishops of Yorke,
Ben. Laney Bishop of Ely. Burgess-Bills under the Seals of the City
of Sanct-Androis: The Burghs of Kirkealdie and Cupar, for the Hon.
Colonel Charles Fairfax. (Don. Tho. Fairfax Arm.) That of Crail for
Capt. Johne Heatfield, the zeir of God ane thousand ses hundreth fifty four
Zeires; all in Scotland. And in Ireland, the City of Kilkenie for Sir
Hen. Piers Bart. whose Present it was. A Diploma under the Seal of
the Royal Company of Archers in Scotland, upon Admission of Mr. James
Kitchingman, Alderman of Liege (Leedes.) Don. ejusdem Alderm. These should have been preceded by certain ancient Deeds of Gift
of Lands, &c. to Kirkstall-Abbey, but that they are to be exempli-
fied according to the respective Dates &c. if it please God to spare Life
to proceed to the Historical Part. Here are also several relating to other
Religious Houses that shall readily be communicated to any Gentleman
that will please to oblige the World with another Volume of the Mo-
nasticon Anglicanum: As to the Abbot and Convent at Rivaulx. St. Ma-
ry's, and Convent at Malton; the Hospital of St. Peter at Yorke; the
Prioress and Nuns of St. Clements; St. Mary Magdalen, and Monks at
Bretton; St. John's at Pontfract, and Monks there; St. Mary's at Boul-
ton, and Canons there. The Prioress of Thikheved. The Nuns of
St. Marys at Siningthwait, to the Canons of the Premonstratensian Or-
der of St. Mary's at Nebo; to the Prior and Convent at Drax; to the
Churches of St. Cudbert at Martun, and All-Saints at Haxey. Conven-
tio facta inter ecclesias de Kirkstall & Stæ Trinitatis Ebor. Others from Ant. Beck Bishop of Durham, and Patriarch of Jerusa-
lem; from the Prior of St. John's of Jerusalem, with the Seal of the
House, An. 1300. The Abbot of Peterborough. The Priors of St. Ni-
cholas of Drax. (The Present of Rich. Wynn Esq; Serjeant at Law), and
St. Oswald of the Nostell, (NoꞅꞆle, corona, capital:) The Abbot of Der-
ley: Minister of St. Roberts juxta Knaresburgh; the Prioress of Wallyng-
Wellez, all with the Seals of the respective Houses; and this last al-
so attested by Will. Foxholes, both Papal and Imperial Notary. Others
also from Hen. Bowet Archbishop of Yorke, and the Pope's Legate.
Martin Colyns L. L. D. and Treasurer of that Cathedral; and William
Chaplain of St. Mary's at Leedes, which are also with Seals appendant. Conventio inter Abbat. de Lillishull & Edelinam filiam Durandi sacerdo-
tis. (Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton.) The like betwixt R. Fauconberg, and
the Prioress at Apultun. Other Writings from Dam An Goldsmyth Prio-
resse of the Monastery of our Lade in the Park of Carlton near Wallyng-
Welles. Sir Tho. Newport Knt. Preceptor of Newland. Rob. Hallowe
Prior of St. Trinity's, Yorke; and one very curiously illuminated and
gilt, from John Prior Donius Salutationis matris Dei ordinis Cartusiens.
prope London; but the Seals of these are wanting. A Dispensation from Rome, An. 1402, for Tho. Hyppon and his Wife,
to chuse a fit Confessor. (Don. D. Geo. Hippon.) A Grant of the Suf-
frages of the Prior of Mount-Grace to John Hodghsone, his Parents, &c.
An. 1520. Indulgences from Will. Sutton miles, magister de Burton or-
dinis militie S. Lazari Jer. From Rob. Prior Ordin. beate Marie genetricis
Dei de monte Carmeli in provincia Anglie: From Will. Thornburgh L. L. D. 554
&c. This last is printed upon Parchment, An. 1504, (save the Name of the Purchaser Tho. Hammond) and concludes, Absolvo te ab omnibus
penis Purgatorii que & tibi in purgatario debentur propter culpas & offensas
contra deum commisisti, & te restituo illi innocentie in qua eras tempore
quo baptizatus fuisti. In nomine Patris & Filii & Spiritus Sancti. Amen.
Donum Rev. Marm. Fothergill. 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 Eng-
land, and Regent of France (third Son of K. Hen. 4.) Of the ancient
Nobility, Alice Lascy's (Lacy) Confirmation of Aberford Mills, the Ori-
ginal 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. It would be too tedious to recite those of private Gentlemen with
their Arms in the succeeding Reigns, and the Diversity of Tenures;
as reddendo mihi & heredibus unum par. albarum cirotecarum pretio unius
oboli. libram cumine. libram piperis. ad vestimenta & necessaria convenienda.
Some are prohibited (I presume before the general Restraint by the
Statute of Mortmain, 7 Ed. I.) from giving or selling viris religiosis &
Judeis. Many Grants are made libera (or pura) viduitate, & legitima
potestate, and some pura Virginitate: Here are also some for the Custody,
Wardship, and Marriage of Heirs: Others for the downright Sale of their
Natives and Servants, cum sequelis & catallis. The last of the former
Sort is the Letters Patent, 4 Car. I. for Oliffe Sole-Daughter and Heir
of Jo. Dyneley Esq; (Don. Tho. Rymer Arm.) A Patent for Free-War-
ren, 7 Jac. I. Les noms des qui meureront en la batail a Agincourt l'an mile ccccxv. An-
cient and memorable Wills, and Inventories, particularly Testamentum
Will. Bround. de Newport; sent me by the Rev. Mr. Plaxton, with the
Writ de Thelonio non solvendo, which himself sued out of the High-
Court of Chancery, and is a Privilege belonging to all Clergymen
by the Laws of England. Letter of Administration from the Steward
of the Manor of Leedes. Copies of Court-Rolls, when the Right Ho-
nourable Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury, Will. Earl of Pembroke, and Sir
Tho. Savile (afterwards Earl of Sussex) were High -Stewards of the said
Manor: Others relating to the Manor of Leedes-Kirkgate, when be-
longing to Trinity's at Yorke; Rob. Halows and Fran. Speight Priors. A Deed of Gift of Lands to the Church at Haxey. (Don. Jac. Torr
Arm.) with all the Essentails of a Deed, in less than eight Lines, and
those scarce half as many Inches in Length, and not two in Breadth;
Hæc fuit candida illius ætatis fides, & simplicitas, quæ pauculis lineis omnia
fidei firmamenta posuerunt. The Date of Deeds Antiquity often omit-
ed, faith Sir E. Coke, but they were commonly added in the Reigns
of K. Edw. 2. and E. 3. and ever since (Inst. I. p. 6.) But in this
Collection are several in the Reign of K. Edw. I. and some in Henry the
3d's, particularly one relating to Kirkstal-Abbey, An. 1239. In all 555
these the Names of the Witnesses are entred in the Continent of the Deed, after the Words Hiis Testibus, writ with the same Hand that
the Deed is: Of which here are several Instances in every Reign (ex-
cept R. 3.) from Edw. I. to Hen. 8. inclusive. When a Deed requi-
red a Counter-part, it was engross'd twice in one Parchment, with a
Space between, wherein the Word Chirograph, or part of the Alphabet,
was writ in Capital Letters, and then either indented or cut directly
through the midst of the Letters: Here are Instances of both. In
some the Terms Forinseco servitio & fossato, (of which see Dr. Kennet's
instructive Glossary) are expresly mentioned: Also the Word Gersu-
ma, Earnest of a Bargain yet called in those Northern Parts Arls,
from the Saxon Aꞃ æs, Brass or Copper, given in Hand to confirm the
Contract. To these more ancient Instruments may be added the more modern
(though now also antiquated.) Attachments under the King's Signet
by his Council in the North at Yorke. Privy-Seals for Loans temp. Jac.
& Car. I. Bonds; Executions, and Writs in English, under the several
Titular Administrations of the Keepers of the Liberties of England 1652.
Oliver Lord-Protector of the Commonwealth of England 1657. A Fine in
English, under the Great Seal of the said Keepers 1659: And English
Writs in the Name, and after the Restoration of K. Charles II. To the Roman Monuments before-mentioned (p. 159, &c.) may be
added, another Sepulchral Monument, since procured from the
same Place, whereupon are three Demy-Statues in Bass-Ralieve, but
the Inscription not legible, and Part broken off; it is now about a
Foot and half Square. Also a Commemorative Monument framed
Altar-wise, only six Inches in Breadth, and 18 in Height: Upon the
Top are three Rolls, but no Discus, else it had passed for an Altariolum;
for I never saw any other Sort of Roman Monument so small, till I
had the Favour to see Mr. Kemp's noble Collections at London, wherein
are some of this Size. The Altars indeed were sometimes of a very low
Stature, little bigger than Salt-cellars; and sometimes even by noted
Antiquaries, mistaken for them; but these have always a Hollow (for
Incense) upon the Top, which helped forward their wrong Conjecture
at their Primitive Use. Which Aræ are therefore justly distinguished
from Altaria. Aræ dictæ ab ariditate, quia in iis adoletur ignis: Altaria
ab alendo, quia igni adduntur alimenta. At the same Place was also found
a Roman Altar, here deposited, the Discus or Hearth is very large for
the Size of it, which is but 14 Inches high, and of Breadth propor-
tionable, but the Inscription is obliterated. As to the Name of that Roman-Station upon the Moor near Adel-
Mill, I am now enclined to think it was Burgo-dunum, because that
having lately by the Favour of my honoured Friend Peter le Neve Esq;
Norroy, had the Perusal of that famous Record, Domesday-Book, in
her Majesty's Court of Exchequer at Westminster, I find near Adele, be-
twixt Cucheric and Echope, a Place called Burghedunum. Of the Roman
Burgi, both Camden, Burton, &c. make frequent mention, and the Si-
tuation of the Place upon a Hill, sufficiently accounts for the Termi-
556
nation; some scattering Houses at a distance do still retain the Name of Burden-head. Here is also a Roman Altar, found at or near Pierse-Bridge, whence
my Father procured it; tis mentioned as his by our common Friend
Dr. Lister (Phil. Col. N°4.) and the Figure of it already twice en-
graved, viz. in the new Editions of Camden's Britannia (p. 782.) and
Antoninus's Itinerary (pag. 50.) it is but 11 Inches in Height, and eight
in Breadth. The distinct mention of CONDATI or CONDATE
(for by the Distance from the Side there seem to have been liniolæ an-
nexed to I) would almost tempt one to believe, thar Consley in that
Neighbourhood was the ancient Condate, which Camden placeth in Che-
shire, but that the learned Mr. Gale's Reasons add Strength to the former
Conjecture. It will not however be denied, but that Consley as well as
Congleton was in all Probability then called Condate; and I am the more
confirmed in my Opinion (p. 161.) that the Romans had several Cities
of the same Name, because my said honoured Friend Roger Gale Esq;
informs me that the Ravennate Geographer hath no less than five
Alauna's. The last Line, as I take it, is to be read ex jussu solvit libente
animo. The Image of Jupiter Ammon very well performed in solid Brass;
it is little more than four Inches long, whereas that found in the Ruins
of the Picts Wall, and lately in the Lord Lonsdale's Possession was
rather more than six. Mercury with the Chlamys over his left Shoulder, but the Head
broke off; the rest like his Statue in Boisard's Rom. Ant. Part 4. Tab.
80. Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton. Pallas or Vesta in Copper gilded. Another Deity, but so corroded
with Rust that it is not distinguishable. (Baruch. 6.23.) The Head
of another with a Helmet. A Roman Triumph in Bass-Relieve, admirably well designed in so
small a Compass as one Inch in Breadth, and three in Length. It
was sent from Italy to my late Lord Archbishop of Yorke, as a great
Curiosity, and by his Grace presented to this Musæum. The Story of Adonis devoured by a Wild Boar issuing out of a
Wood, of like curious Workmanship in Bass-Relieve, scarce an Inch
Square; it seems to have been designed as an Amulet or Talisman. Don.
D. Jo. Boulter Arm. Of the same Size is the Head of Julius Cæsar delicately emboss'd in
Wax upon Copper: This was amongst the Lord Fairfax's Curiosities,
and had been the Reverend Mr. Stonehouse's, who placed it in the
Front of his Medals, with this Inscription, Julius Cæsaris ectypum in
cerâ, ex antiquâ Carneolâ. Four Cornelian Signets, one hath the Head of Augustus with a ra-
diated Crown. Another hath Dea Fortuna, with a Rudder of a Ship,
to denote Government, in her Right Hand, and a Cornucopiæ in her
Left to signify Plenty. The third is a large one, and hath a winged
Victory, with a Palm, with the like Gubernaculum, and Abundantiæ-cor-
nu. The fourth seems to be an Emperor or General in a Martial Ha-
bit, with the Paludamentum, &c.
Whether all the four came to my Father from Aldbrough, I am not
certain; but the three next, viz. an Onix and two Cornelians were
found at Baie near Rome, and were brought thence and presented to
me by Richard Ellis, of Nocton, Esq; the first hath a Pomgranate;
the second Piety with an Altar, and the third a Horse, as upon the
double Denarius, N° 8, p. 281. This antique Signet is different from 557
all I have seen being engraven upon the Convex Side of the
Stone. Here are also a very small Onyx and Cornelian but 1/8 of an Inch
broad, whereupon are Mullets of six Points. Certain Molds for counterfeiting the Roman Monies (that wretched
Art it seems being in Vogue 1500 Years ago) found by the Labourers
in delving at Thorp upon the Hill, near Lingwel-yate 1697. They are
curious Impressions of their Coins upon very fine Clay, each hath a
Rim half the Thickness of a Denarius on either Side the Piece with
the Impression; and a Notch upon one Edge, which being joined
with the like Nick on the next, makes a round Orifice to receive the
Metal; each of these hath generally two Heads, or as many Reverses;
so that placing one for Example, with Alex. Severus's Head on one
Side, and his Mother Julia Mammea's on the other, betwixt two Pieces,
with Reverses, it compleats both; so that one with Heads, and ano-
ther with Reverses, are placed alternatim for a considerable Length,
and then all pasted over with an outer Coat of Clay, and a little
Ledge on either Side the Orifice to convey the Metal into the long
Row of Holes; as appears by some thus placed that were presented
to his Grace my late Lord Archbishop of Yorke: His Grace shewed
me also a small Vessel of the same Materials, about the Bigness of the
smallest sort of Crucibles for melting the Metal. All the legible In-
scriptions I have met with are of Emperors about the same Age, when
indeed the Roman Monies were notoriously adulterated, as is obser-
vable in any Collection of their Coins. Those that the Reverend
Mr. Clarke, and Will. Ingram, of Thorp, Esq; procured for me, are in-
scribed, IVLIA. AVGVSTA, with her Head on one Side, and Se-
verus's on the other, inscribed - - - - - PERT. AVG. IMP.VIII. A-
nother hath IMP. IIII. A Piece with Reverses, hath CO S. I. P. P.
with Victoria alata; and on the opposite Side, PM. TR. P. XXIII.
COS. III. P P. with the Figure of one of the strange Beasts exhibited
in the Publick Shews. One with Sev. Alexander's Head hath C. M.
AVR. SEV. ALEXAND. AVG. Rev. PVDICTIA. The like
upon a Severus. One with HILARITAS. on one Side, and AN-
NONA. AVG. on the other. Another hath a Victory on the Rev.
of one of the Antonine's. Another TR. P. III. COS. III. and tranq
VLITAS. a broken one hath only COS. II. PP. Another PM.
TR. P. II. COS. Some of these are of a blew, others a while Clay,
and all very dexterously performed, but whereas in the Phil. Trans.
N° 234, it is questioned whether this Age could produce a genuine
Diadumenianus, I must retract that Passage, for since that was printed
the truly Noble Earl of Pembroke, shewed me one in his inestimable
Musæum; and, if my Memory fail not, I saw another in that of the
ingenious Sir Andrew Fountaine. A Fibula Vestiaria found in digging Clay at the Brick-kilns without
Boutham-bar at Yorke, which was the Place of Roman Sepulture, as is
evident from the great Number of Urns with Humane Bones and
Ashes found there yearly; and the very Name which imports Burn-
ing in the British Tongue. Another Fibula Romana, given me by
Mr. S. Smith of Yorke, the noted Bell-Founder, that hath the Acus entire.
In the Phil. Trans. N° 176, is the Figure of a Fibula, amongst other
Roman Antiquities; and two of another in Camden's Britannia N. E.
pag. 697. These all agree in the Materials which is Brass, but differ
a little in the Form, particularly the Ring in this is not moveable,
nor indeed needs to be so, for the Use Mr. Lhwyd conjectures, there be-
ing a distinct Place for the fastning of the Acus or Tongue of the Buckle. 558
The Figure of the more perfect is exhibited in the Table; as also
that of a Roman Key of Brass, found at the Place before mentioned.
It is made in the Form of a Ring to wear upon the Finger. Another
somewhat different. In the Philosophick Transactions, N° 176, is
the Figure of an old Roman Brass Ring marked XXXV, for a Slave to
wear. Here is one with M for a much greater Number, of the same
Metal, but whether of the same Antiquity, I dare not be positive.
One of Copper, that by lying many Ages in the Ruins of the Roman
Station near Adel, hath got that curious Varnish so much valued upon
their Monies. Rings or Bracelets of Jet are also sometimes found with the Roman
Urns: Here are the Fragments of one given to my Father by Dr. Li-
ster, and of another to me by my Lord Bishop of Carlisle, the one is
near half an Inch thick, and waved upon the outer Edge; the other
half a Quarter and indented, both polished, and even within; they
are about 2 ½ Inches Diameter, so that tis no easy Matter to tell what
they were originally designed for, (except perhaps as Amulets) because
they could never be worn either as Armilla, or Anuli. A small Stone
found with the Roman Monuments near Adle, which is of the Form of
a little Grind-stone, fills most exactly the Cavity of these Rings; as a
large Ring or Bracelet of Copper wreathed (found in the Roman Dormitory
at Yorke) doth almost surround them, being eight Inches in Circum-
ference. At Yorke was also found a Roman Panuelium, or Shuttle, 3 ½
Inches long, yet not one broad in the very middle; the Hollow for
the Licium, being but a Quarter in Breadth, shews that it was either
for Silk, or very fine Linen; for I think their incombustible Winding-
Sheets could not be made so fine. Here is a Piece of the Lanuginous
Stone, or Mineral Amainthus, or Asbestinum, of which they were made.
Dr. Plot hath a learned and ingenious Discourse (N° 172. in the Phil.
Trans.) upon Trial of a Piece of incombustible Cloth presented to,
and exposed to the Fire, before, the Royal Society. Of the tessellated Pavements, or Dice-like Squares of Stone or Brick,
wherewith the Romans used to pave the Place, where they set the Præ-
torium, or General's Tent, &c. Here are various Specimens of different
Sizes and Colours (white, red, blue, yellow, and black) and from very
distinct Places; as from the ancient Isurium (Aldbrough) from a Quar-
ter to half an Inch Square: Also some of a larger Sort, dark colour-
ed and red, which I took from a checquered Pavement discovered
there, An. 1702, within a Stable; these are an Inch Square. I saw the
by Musaic Work (in May 1703) as laid by the Romans. Some of both
Sizes as sent me Mr. Midgeley of Beverley, from a Pavement lately disco-
vered in those Parts, which hath not yet met with a Person of Curio-
sity enough to give the World an Account of it. Four of those from
the noted Stunsfield Pavement near Oxford, concerning which the in-
genious Mr. Hearne hath a learned and curious Dissertation, annexed
to the 8th Vol. of Leland's Itinerary. Lapides tessellati pavimenti apud
Roxby in Com. Lincolniensi, An. Dom. 1699 reperti. Don. D. Rog. Gale
Arm. The very Learned Dr. Gale, late Dean of Yorke, sent me two
conjoined, and some of the painted Plaister from the same Place; of
which see the industrious Mr. de la Pryme's Account in the Phil. Trans.
N° 263, though the Passage of Dr. Lister's he refers to, is in the Phil.
Collections (N° 4.) not Transactions. A Specimen of the Roman Plaister
at Buxton, mentioned by Dr. Leigh in his Nat. Hist. (Lib. 3. p. 42.)
Stones of the larger Sort from a tessellated Pavement discovered by the
Reverend Dr. Pearson at Kirkby upon Wherfe, near Tadcaster: A Piece 559
of eight of them with the Floor and Cement, as set by the Romans. Don. D. Gul. Pearson Canc. Ebor. Some of the smaller sort set in a
finer Cement, sent me from Ireland by Sam. Molyneux Esq; with some
Fragments of the Coralline and white Urns, which leads me to ano-
ther Branch of the Roman Plasticks. That great Naturalist Dr. Lister distinguisheth the Roman Urns (Phil.
Col. N° 4.) into three different Sorts, viz. 1. Such as are of a blewish
Clay Colour, having a great Quantity of coarse Sand wrought in with
the Clay: 2. Others of the same Colour, having either a very fine
Sand mix'd with it, full of Mica, or Cat-Silver, or else made of a
Clay naturally sandy: 3. Red Urns of fine Clay, with little or no
Sand. These, as another celebrated Author rightly observes, are all
of a very handsome Make and Contrivance, and are one of the many Instances
that are at this Day extant of the Art of that People, of the great Exact-
ness of their Genius, and Happiness of their Fancy. (Dr. Woodward's Let-
ter to Sir Chr. Wren annexed to the 8th Vol. Of Leland's Itinerary,
pag. 13.) Of the first Sort, here are Fragments of the Theca Numma-
ria, found full of Coins near Fleet in Lincolnshire, An. 1701, of which
see Phil. Trans. N° 279. Of the second are those of an Urn found
at Yorke in Mr. Gyles's Garden in Micklegate (not Midselgate, as mis-
printed in the said Phil. Col.) Of the third Sort (viz. the Red) there
seem to be two Degrees, if not distinct Sorts, a coarser, which yet are
red quite through, and the finer sort, which are wash'd over with a
Kind of Varnish of a bright Coral Colour, and for Distinction are
called the Coralline Urns. To these mentioned by the Learned Do-
ctor, may be added some that are clear white, of which I have Part
of the Rim of a very large Vessel that I brought from Ribchester
Com. Lane. 1702. A Piece of a Vessel containing three or four Gal-
lons, found at Aldbrough 1707; and others of different Forms that I
gathered at Burgdunum in this Neighbourhood, which seem to be made
of that Sort of white Clay, since made Use of for Tobacco-pipes, of
which we have some at Wortley in this Parish, of which see, pag. 196.
Some of these of the white Clay are wash'd over with the blew Co-
lour, as appears when they are broken, and some with a dark Colour;
as are also some of the coarser Blew, with Red. An entire Roman Lamp that I bought at London; another some-
what maimed, but of finer Workmanship, that was dug up at Yorke,
upon the Bottom is FVGARI. VV. The Mouth of a Præfericulum,
given me by Dr. Woodward. The Mouth of a large Vessel found at the
Station last mentioned, which even in the thinnest Part (of which
here is also a Specimen) is an Inch thick, but the Handles are half a
Foot or seven Inches round; one of these, though of the coarsest
Clay, hath had an Inscription, of which only the three last Letters
OMS remain. The fine Coralline Urns are rarely without the Ar-
tificer's Name, in rais'd Letters impress'd with a Stamp at the Bottom
of the Patera, or other Vessel used at their Sacrifices or solemn Festi-
vals; for I think these, which are of very curious Workmanship,
were rarely used as Sepulchral Urns. Upon a Fragment of one of
these is the Lion catching at his Prey; upon another the Statue of
Hercules, with the Lions Skin cast over his Left Arm. One inscribed,
DOVIICCVS. Another QVINT. IM. These were from Yorke.
Others of the like Materials from old Galatum, sent me by the Lord
Bishop of Carlisle, (inscribed REGINVS.) from Chester, by Henry
Prescot Esq; from Aldbrough and Ribchester, by the Rev. Mr. Morris,
and Mr. Hargreaves; and some were found at Burgdunum in this Neigh-
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bourhood. One found by Roger Gale Esq; in the Bank of Trent by Littleborow; and another with TRIO upon it, sent me by Sir Godfrey
Copley; and lastly, one found in digging for the Foundation of the
present Fabrick of St. Paul's at London, whereupon is a humane Statue
very well designed with a Præfericulum, or other Sacrificing Vessel, in
his Right Hand: These are all very curiously wrought in Bass-Relieve,
and were made in Molds, of which I saw one in the Learned and In-
genious Dr. Woodward's Musæum at Gresham-College. Here is also one
of the dark coloured Clay, with a Heart upon it; and another with
a Capricorn. Of the Sepulchral Urns, here is one that contains almost a Gallon;
another scarce a Quart, but of a very neat Make; a third almost of
the same Form, but considerably less, full of the Ashes of a Child, in
the greater are larger Bones with the Ashes. Others less than that,
and of different Forms and Colours. A very small red Urn from
Yorke, where 14 or 16 of them were found surrounding a large one,
and were supposed to contain the Ashes of the Parent and Children;
all these are broad and open at the Top to receive the Bones and
Ashes. Those with the narrow Necks, were, I presume, for Liquids.
A Pottle Bottle of the coarse Red from Isurium; I was well pleased to find it
entire, that I might observe the Difference betwixt the Roman Congius
(of which I take this to be strictly the half) and our Gallon; and this
comes the nighest Mr. Greave's Computation, containing three Pints
and a Half, the Winchester Measure. One of a finer Clay from Yorke,
with a Handle; this is Red; but here is also one of the Blew, and a
third of the clear White Clay that I brought from the same Place; it
hath a Moulding about the Neck. A flat Vessel about five Inches Dia-
meter, and one deep, that I supposed was originally designed as a Co-
ver to a Sepulchral Urn of the like Dimensions; this is of the blewish
Clay, and from Yorke, part of one of the White from Burgodunum. With the Roman Urns are often found Fragments of Glass Viols,
of that Sort which is commonly called Lacrimatorys. Of the Roman
Glass Ware, I have from London, Yorke, Aldbrough, and the Station
near Adle; the blewish Green, and some of the White are very thick,
viz. above a Quarter of an Inch. Part of a Lacrimatory from Isurium,
it hath been three Inches Square. The Handle (half a Foot long) of
a large Vessel, found at St. Paul's; thick white Glass from the same
Place. A Piece remarkably thin for those Ages, found five or six
Yards deep in the Roman Wall at Aldbrough: A Rim of one wrought
Hollow; fluted or furrowed Glass, sent me by Sir Godfrey Copley,
with a Lump of Metal that seems to have boiled out of a Crucible,
from the Ruine of the said Wall. When Christianity encreased, the Custom of burning the Dead
begun to cease, and was little practised by any in the later Times of
the Antonines, the same Place without Boutham-bar at Yorke was con-
tinued for their Sepulchre; as appears by Humane Bones, that have
never passed the Fire, digged up there. It will not appear strange
that these Bones should remain so entire, as they appear to be by the
lower Jaw, and Thigh-bone in this Repository, to one that hath seen
in what a stiff Clay they are interred, and at how great a Depth;
these particularly were nine Feet deep, whereof six were Clay, and
three a black Earth: The Lead Coffin, which was about seven
Foot long, was enclosed in a prodigious strong one made of Oak
Planks, two Inches and a half thick, which besides the Rivettings
were tack'd together with Brags, or great Iron-nails; some of which 561
I have by me, they are four Inches long, the Heads not Die-wise,
as the large Nails now are, but perfectly flat, and an Inch broad:
Here is one somewhat different, tis half an Inch broad and thin,
somewhat in the Form of a Wedge, and the Head not round as the
other, but somewhat like the modern Draw-nails; but the rest of the
old ones are Square, the four Sides of an equal Breadth. Many of
them are almost consumed with Rust, and so is the Out-side of the
Planks; but the Heart of the Oak is firm, and the Lead fresh and
plyable, whereas one found the year before (viz. 1701,) is brittle
and almost wholly consumed, having no Planks to guard it: Here is
a Sample of each of them. The Bones are very light, tho entire;
but the double Coffins were so heavy that they were forced to drag
them out of their old Dormitory, where they had lodged 1500 Years,
with a Team of Horses. There was digged up at the same Place a Sort of Coffin made of
Clay, I have by me Part of the Bottom, which (for the Convenien-
cy of baking, I presume) was divided into several such Parts; this
is entire as first molded by the Romans, is 14 ½ Inches long, and al-
most 11 broad at the narrower End, and nigh 12 ½ at the broader:
This was the lowest Part for the Feet, the rest were proportionably
broader to the Shoulder; it is an Inch thick besides the Ledges, which
are two in Thickness, and one in Breadth, and extend from the nar-
rower End to within three Inches of the broader, where it is flat from
Edge to Edge, and somewhat thinner for the next to ly upon it.
Which several Parts seem to have been joined together by a Pin; for
at the End of each Tile is a Hole that would receive a common Slate-Pin,
the Ledges are wrought a little Hollow, to receive the Sides, I presume;
and at the Feet are two contrary Notches to fasten the End-piece.
This Bottom I should conclude to have consisted strictly of eight such
Parts, from a like Character 8 impress'd upon the Clay by the Sandapi-
larius's Finger, before its baking, but that I doubt numeral Figures can-
not plead that Antiquity in these European Parts; though it appears by
a Letter of Dr. Wallis's (Phil. Trans. N° 266) that they were used in
England, An. 1090. Here are also Fragments of such a Coffin found
at Burgdunum. In the said Place of Roman Sepulture at Yorke, was discovered a re-
markable Hypogæum, An. 1696. It was large enough to receive three or
four Corpses, and was paved with Bricks, scarce two Inches thick, yet
8 ½ in Length, and as many in Breadth, being Æquilaterally Square.
Upon this was a second Pavement of the like Bricks, to cover the
Seams of the lower, and prevent the working up of Vermin.But
those that covered the Vault were the most remarkable that ever I
saw, being about two Foot square, and of a Thickness proportionable.
These being indisputably Roman do obviate the most material Obje-
ction that some made to the Antiquity of the Stunsfield Pavement, from
the Squareness of the Bricks found with it. Here is also deposited another Sort of Roman Bricks, that I discove-
red in my Survey of this Parish, amongst the Ruins of Kirkstall-Ab-
bey, which come somewhat nearer those mentioned by Vitruvius, be-
ing eight Inches broad, and almost double the Length: Here are
also lesser Tiles (or Chequered Pavements) three Inches square, that
I had from the same Place, and from Burrow-bridge near Isurium; but
some of the like Dimensions (or rather larger) that were found at
Leedes, seem by the Painting upon them to be of a later Date, though
now obsolete. In the same Abbey I observed another Sort of Bricks, 562
of the Shape of those now in use, but much larger, being near 11 Inches in Length, and five in Breadth, yet but two in Thickness.
These seem to have been laid when the Monastery was builded, which
being about the Year 1147, shows the great Antiquity of Bricks in
these Parts, they being in use about 550 Years ago. By that which
a Servant brought me thence, they appear to be strictly of the same
Length and Breadth with those in the Wall of London; as the very
accurate Dr. Woodward hath described them (p. 17. of the before-men-
tioned Letter), only these being rather older than that Additional
Work (built probably about K. John's Time) upon the Foundation of
the Roman Wall of that City, are thinner by half an Inch, being
therein more like those of the Romans. Such of their Bricks as have Inscriptions upon them, are very rare-
ly met with: I have made a most diligent Inquest after those that
Camden mentions at Grimscar near Eland, but can find no more Re-
mains of them, than of the noted Inscription, Paulinus hic prædicavit
& celebravit, at Dewsbury, which was not to be met with upon the
strictest Scrutiny, I could possibly make, when I went purposely to
the Place. This shews the Necessity of Repositories for such vene-
rable Remains. But though those of the fourth Cohort are lost, yet
good Hap hath brought to my Notice and Possession one of the ninth
Legion's, which the learned Sir Hen. Savile in his Notes upon Tacitus,
shews to have been in Britain in Galba's Time, and that it was also
Hispaniensis; but that it, as well as the VIth and XXth, was also cal-
led Victrix, or that it resided at Yorke, was not known before; and
yet both are evident from the Inscription upon this Brick found there,
in Mickle-gate, not far from Trinity-yard, where was digg'd up the
Funeral Monument of the Standard-Bearer of the said VIIII Legion
(which Way of Writing 9 is frequent upon the Roman Monies); of
which see the Phil. Trans. N° 305, and the curious Oxford Livy (Vol.
6. p. 181.) The said Sepulchral Monument was happily rescued
by Dr. Bryan Fairfax, from the brutish Workmen who had broke it
in the Middle, and were going to make use of it for two Throughs, as
they call them, to bind the Wall; but by that worthy Gentleman's
Direction it was walled upright, with the Inscription and Effigies to
the Front, and is since removed to the Gardens of Sir Hen. Goodrick
at Ribston. This Brick had been several Times made use of, with
broken Stones and Brick-bats, by Mr. Smith in making Moulds for
casting Bells. Upon my Enquiry after Inscriptions in that ancient
City, he recollected himself that he had seen some old Letters, but
thought the Brick was lost, though upon Search we found the Piece
which is inscribed, LEG. I X. VIC. This is also an Argument of the
Peace these Parts enjoyed at that Time, which I take to be the later
End of Severus's Reign, making Bricks, casting up High-ways, &c.
being the usual Employment of Soldiers at such Vacancies. Sir Hen.
Savile was of Opinion, that this Nona Hispaniensis in Britannia, was
one of those established by Tiberius, Caius, or Claudius, or peradven-
ture in the later End of Augustus; but however, that it was certainly
here in Nero's Reign, and that Pet. Cerealis was then Lieutenant there-
of, is indisputably evident from Tacitus, (Lib. 14. cap. 10.) where
he gives a lamentable Account of the Slaughter of Seventy thousand
Citizens, and Confederates, by the enraged Boadicea, in which Num-
ber was the Foot of this 9th Legion, Cerealis with the Horse hardly
escaping. I shall add a Passage in a Letter I received from the ingeni-
ous Mr. Hearne, of the Bodleian Library, because it relates to an Au-
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thor rare to be met with in these remote Parts: "I am mightily
pleased with the Inscriptions you sent me relating to the 9th Le-
gion, there being now no Room to doubt about the place of Re-
sidence; a Thing which was unknown before; and for that Rea-
son, those who have written about the Roman Legions, have said
nothing about this, but leave us quite in the dark; only Ursatus
[in his Book de Notis Rom.] does remark that it must be somewhere
in Britain, because Tacitus tells us, that when the Colony at Cama-
lodunum was destroyed by Boadicea; Pætilius Cerealis Legate of the
IX Legion, came to their Assistance; but yet he makes no mention
of its being stiled Victrix." Another of these inscribed LECXXVV. This was the Present of
Henry Prescot Esq; of Chester, where the 20th Legion was seated to be
a Check or Barrier to the Ordovices. This Legion was stiled Valens
Victrix. In some very ancient Roman Monuments, and particularly
the Columna rostrata, erected in the first Punick War against the Car-
thaginians, and yet preserved in the Capitol, is an unaccountable
Change of Letters, as of G into C, U to O, &c. as Macistratos for
Magistratus, (Brerewood Inq. into Lang. p. 53.) so in this Brick Lecio
for Legio. And in an ancient Coin in this Collection Divos Julius for
Divus. Other Instances, as Conjuci for Conjugi, may be seen in the in-
dustrious Mr. Lhwyd's Archæologia Brittanica, pag. 25. The Letters up-
on this, and the former Brick are not engraven, as upon Stone, but
impressed with a Stamp about five Inches long, and 1 ¼ broad, which
leaves a Cavity in the Brick with raised Letters; as are also those small
ones upon the best Coralline Pateræ. Pieces of Roman Tile from Rib-
chester, with Lines alternately raised and furrowed. Also an Iron
Nail from Anchor-hill there. Pieces of small Iron Instruments, found in
the Urns at Ingham in Norfolk, but so corroded that the Form is not
to be distinguished. A round Stone Ball found in the Ruins of the Roman Wall at Ald-
brough, used for Exercise and Diversion; it seems to be their Harpa-
stum with which they played, by dividing into Companies, and
striving to throw it through one anothers Goals. A Wood Pin found
with other Roman Reliques under the Foundation of St. Paul's London,
it is rather thicker than the common Wires for knitting Stockins up-
on, but only 2 ½ Inches in Length; the Head is wrought in a fur-
rowed Spiral Line. A small Instrument of Copper that seems to
have been one of the Res turpeculæ or Priapi, worn by the Roman Chil-
dren against Fascination. The Fragments of a Bead of Earth, not un-
like the Druid Amulets, or Snake-beads: An entire one curiously
wrought with transverse Lines, and painted or glazed with a blewish
Green. They were both found with Pieces of Copper Wire in the
Roman Burying-place at Yorke, but whether used as Ornaments or A-
mulets is doubtful. The Snake-beads formerly described are of Glass. One of the Brass Instruments found near Bramham-moor, as the Ser-
vants of John Ellis, of Kidal, Esq; were plowing (An. 1709.) at a
Place called Osmond thick; there were five or six of them of different
Sizes, from little more than 3 to 4½ Inches in length, and from 1½ to
2½ in breadth; they are somewhat in the Form of a Wedge, as pro-
ceeding from a thin Edge, which after so many Ages is tolerably sharp
to 1½ or two Inches at the thicker End, where they are hollowed to
put upon a Shaft; each of them hath an Ear or Loop. Some sup-
pose them to have been Arrow Heads, or Axes of the ancient Britains;
others, of the Roman Catapultæ: I think they are as much too light for 564
the latter, as they are too heavy for the former; and therefore take them rather to have been the Heads of Spears, or walking Staves of
the civilized Britains; and though of different Form from those de-
scribed by Speed (Hist. of Brit. cap. 6.) yet by the Loop in the Side
we may better conceive how those Ornamental Labels were fastned
than by the Pictures, as there exemplified. They are placed here a-
mongst the Roman Antiquities in deference to the Judgment of the in-
genious Mr. Hearne of Oxford, who hath bestowed an elaborate Dis-
sertation upon them, which hath had two Editions, (Phil. Trans
N° 322, and in the first Vol. of Leland's Itinerary.) He supposes
them to have been Roman Chissels, used to cut the Stones and other
Materials, that were judged serviceable for building the Camps. Ano-
ther of the brazen Cunei, or Celtes, somewhat longer, and not quite
so broad. A Tintanabulum, or Roman Bell, probably their Æs Ther-
marum; tis near a Foot in Circumference. Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton. In the Roman Sepulture at Yorke, was also digg'd up Part of an A-
quaduct of red Clay, consisting of many Pieces wrought in a Cylindri-
cal Form, each a Foot long, and four Inches Diameter, and are
wrought in the Form of a Scrue, or Spiral Line on the In-side, and
hath a narrow Neck at one End, to put into the open End of the
next. Having procured two of these, and as many Parts of the Clay
Coffin before-mentioned, I deposited one of each, with the Shield de-
scribed, Phil. Trans. N° 241, in the Repository of the Royal Society,
then at Gresham College, now near Temple-bar.. The Shield is in the Form of the Roman Parma, but not so large,
this wanting three Inches of two Foot in Diameter. Their votive
Shields upon Columns or Palm-trees inscribed, VIC. AVG, or DAC.
PAR. &c. in their ancient Medals are of this Form, as to Roundness.
But this hath round the Umbo, or protuberant Boss in the Center
(which is made of a Convex Iron-plate about eight Inches over, and
wrought hollow on the in-side to receive the Gladiator's Hand), 14
Circular Equidistant Rows of Brass Studs of that Size that 262 make
a Circle of five Foot wanting three Inches (for that is the Circumfe-
rence of the Shield) there are proportionably in the inner Circles to
the Center, the inmost of which is placed upon the Umbo: The rest
upon as many Circular Plates of Iron, each about half an Inch broad.
That which I cut open to observe the Texture, had certain cross La-
mina that passed on the Back of the Circular Plates from the Rim,
where they were about 1/3 of an Inch broad, to the Umbo where they
were contracted into a less Compass. The inner Coat next these
Iron-plates is a very thick, hard, strong Leather, upon which is a se-
cond Cover of the same; and upon the out-side of this are plated the
Iron Pins that run through the Brass Studs, which are cast purely for
Ornament's Sake. The next Cover is a Linnen Cloth, but discolour-
ed, though perhaps not with Age only, but sour Wine and Salt, or
other Liquid, wherein it seems to have been steeped; and lastly, up-
on the said Linnen is the outmost Cover, which is of softer Leather.
All these Coats that compose the Shield are bound together by two
Circular Plates of Iron; a thin narrow one near the Center, and a
broader at the Circumference; both which Rims do also fasten the
Handle, which is of Wood, and hath also eight smaller Plates upon
each Side the hollow for the Hand, about three or four Inches long,
to secure it. This is not flat, as that in the Musæum of the Royal
Society, but absolutely Concave; and from the Skirts of the protu-
berant Boss in the Middle, riseth gradually to the Circumference near 565
three Inches Perpendicular. The Circular Plates not being fasten'd with Cross Lamina upon the Back (as that), but each upon the outer
Edge of the other, which occasion its rising in that Concave Manner.
This I apprehended to be a Roman Shield, Phil. Trans. N° 241, but
none of their Authors mentioning the Iron-plates, and the Leather
of this which I procured since, being more soft and pliable, than
can well be supposed of so great Antiquity, I am ready to think they
belong to some later Northern Nations, and shall be thankful for
more particular Information. The Defect in the Umbo of this is sup-
plied by one lately sent me from the North, by the Rev. Mr. Coning-
ham, which hath the Cuspis entire; this, with a smaller Boss it stands
upon, is near four Inches more protuberant than the first Umbo.
This, though more than a Foot less in Circumference than the former,
hath an equal Number of Circular Rows of small Brass Studs. A Roman Vessel of that Sort commonly called Lacrimatory's, of the
red Clay, and another of the blew, both from their Burying-Place at
Yorke, the former six, the later four Inches high. Wormius calls one
of the like Materials and Form, Urna Lacrymalis terrea (Musæum, pag.
347.) Vasculum oblongum, colli Angustioris, ventre ampliore, longitudine 5
unciarum. In Moscardus's Musæum is the Figure of a Brass Head, of the Bolt of
a Roman Catapulta. Dr. Plot mentions the like in Staffordshire, the Fi-
gure of which Tab XXXIII. Fig. 5. exactly suits one of them found
in Craven, about six Years ago, and was the Present of Ambrose Pud-
sey, of Bolton, juxta Bolland, Esq; in whose Grounds it was digg'd up
by the Labourers as they were making a Fence, near the Moor now
called Monnebents, perhaps from the Saxon Monec, monachus and bene
a Prayer, except some notorious Slaughter of the Monks in after Ages
might deduce it from beneoτen interficere. This is seven Inches long,
and 2½ broad at the Edge, which was placed foremost for Execution,
and is yet sharp and piercing, the wooden Stem was fitted into the
Hollows of each Side of it, where it is an Inch and half thick. This affords me a fit Transition to the Heads of the British Arrows,
which are of Flint, an Inch and half long, and an Inch over the
broadest Part, exactly in the Form of a bearded Arrow, jagg'd at each
Edge with a thick Stem in the midst. These are sometimes found in
England, but more frequently in Scotland, where they are called Elves-
Arrows, and worn by the Credulous, as Amulets. The Indians do to
this Day head their Arrows with such like, as appears by one in this
Musæum, of an Orange coloured Flint. Here is also a larger Flint
Head without Grains, more like that which Dr. Plot supposes to have
been the Head of their Mataræ or British Darts which were thrown by
those that fought in Essedis (Nat. Hist. of Staff. p. 396.) It was found
among the Roman Monuments near Adle-mill. Amongst the British Curiosities, I had formerly placed the Securis La-
pidea, or rather Marmorea, sent me by Stephen Tempest, of Broughton, Esq;
but the ingenious Mr. Hearne of Oxford hath bestowed a learned Dis-
sertation upon it (premised to the 4th Vol. of Leland's Itinerary) to
prove it rather Danish. It was found, An 1675, in an Urn ten Inches
Diameter, and therewith a Brass Lance, and a Hone to sharpen it. The
Mallet's Head is the most curious and entire that ever I beheld; it is
of a speckled Marble polished, six Inches in Length, 3½ broad, and
seven in Circumference, even in the Middle, where what is want-
ing in Breadth is made up in the Thickness, and is very artificially
done, as if it had been a Roman Improvement of the British Work. 566
It is wrought to an Edge at one End, though each of them is blunted with Use, and a sloping at the Side, in the Forms expressed in the
Table adjoining, whereof one represents the full Side of it, the other
the Edge, that the Eye for the Manubrium to pass thro' (which is
near an Inch and Quarter Diameter) may be better discerned. I sup-
pose it to have been a Mallet wherewith the Priests slew the Sacrifi-
ces, and fancied it to be the ancient British, rather than any later In-
habitants of this Island. It being reasonable to suppose, that the Abo-
rigines in each Country, before the use of Metals was common, would
make Use of Stones, Flints, Shells, Bones, &c. formed in the best
Manner they could, to the various Uses they designed them. And it
is usual for such Instruments or Utensils gratefully to retain even in
different Languages, the Memory of the first Matter they were made
of, as Cochleare a Spoon (though of Metal) because Cockle-shells were
first used to the Purpose. So Candle-stick, or Staff, (for it is canδŗ-
τæꝻ in the Saxon Monuments;) so likewise Hookes (Amos IV. 2.) in
the Original is Thorns, with which they used to pierce Fish, before
they had the Skill of applying Iron to that Use. And to give but
one Instance more, the Sharp Knives (Joshua V. 2.) used in Circum-
cision, are by our Saxon Ancestors (who received their very Names
from their Weapon Sex or Seax, culter, gladius) called ŗτœnene ŗæx
(Mr. Thwait's Saxon Hept.) which in the Original is Knives of Flint,
which is more agreeable both to those Parts of the World, where
there was but little Iron, and to that Operation, wherein the Jewish
Doctors say that sharp Flints or Stones were used. So, as to the Mat-
ter in Hand, the ancient Britains (with whom Iron was so rare, that
Cæsar tells us, they used it for Money) made their Arrow Heads of
Flint, and probably their Mallets for Sacrifice of Stone or Marble.
But because I cannot easily allow my self to dissent from the learned
Mr. Hearne, who argues that the Position of the Urn with the Mouth
downwards is peculiarly used by the Danes, and that a Mallet in-
stead of a Scepter was put into the Hand of their famous God Thor,
"who was supposed to be a God of much greater Power than the
rest, and therefore he was most esteemed, and the Honours paid him
were more considerable than those paid to any besides. His Domi-
nion was believed to be Universal, and the other Gods were look'd
upon as subject to him. Nothing of Moment was undertaken or
transacted without Addresses and Supplications first made to him.
And it was reckoned a very great Honour to have Instruments made
in such a Form as put them in Mind of him." Thus far I heartily
concur with that learned and ingenious Author, and believe that their
Sacrificing Mallets might be made in that Form, rather than any other
Instruments, with respect to that great reputed Deity; and I do sup-
pose this to be one of them, rather than a Battle-Axe belonging to a
Soldier of inferiour Quality; for seeing their other Military Instru-
ments in Metal are frequently met with, why should not also their
Battle-Axes of Stone, the common Soldiers being the most numerous
Part of an Army, it is therefore much more probable in my slender
Opinion that it belonged to their Sacrifices before their Conversion to
the Christian Faith. The Lance found in the same Urn is of Brass,
scarce an Inch broad, but seems by its Tendency to a Point to have
been three in Length. It is sharp enough to shave a Sabine Priest. The
Cos Olearia is of a blewish Grey Hone, only half an Inch in Thickness,
though three long, and near one broad, in all its Parts equal. There
were also certain Instruments of Bone, but mostly reduced to Ashes, 567
though not by the Force of Fire, but Effect of Time; the Ends of those that remained, were bored through with the same Instrument (as it
seems by the Size) wherewith the Lance and Hone are, but for what
Use they were originally designed I cannot divine, only an Inch in
Length remaining; it tapers like a Bodkin, is but a Quarter of an
Inch at the broader End. In the next Field was found near thirty
Years afterwards an Iron Instrument half a Yard in Length, whether
one of the Secespitæ of the Romans, who had several Stations in these
Parts, or a Danish Weapon, I cannot determine. And of the same
Metal an old Spur four Inches long; it was found 2½ Yards deep
in digging for the Foundations of a Bridge. And in the Year 1700,
a Brass Buckle or Fibula, with this peculiar, that the Acus is a fifth
Part longer than the Diameter it is made for. All these Antiquities
were sent me by the said worthy Gent. Ste. Tempest Esq;. Of a very
curious Danish Spur, see the Description before, p. 482. Mr. Camden takes Notice of British Brass Swords found in England
and Wales, to which I may add that others are digg'd up in Ireland,
and the Isle of Man, that which I received from Dublin is mentioned
already, pag. 473. Since which I have been honoured with some va-
luable Curiosities from the Learned Bishop of Sodor and Man, amongst
which is one of the Brass Swords, of which several have been found
in that Island. Some of the Roman Monuments before-mentioned are now placed
in the Form of an antique Alcove, which is covered with an Arch of
Marble, of very curious Workmanship, which once belonged to a
Shrine in the Lady's Chapel at York-Minster, which Archbishop Thoresby
(as Bishop of Godwin tells us) adorned with Images and Pictures of
excellent Workmanship, and removing the Bodies of several of his
Predecessors, which were buried scatteringly about the Church, en-
tombed them there in seemly Manner, leaving a Place for himself in the
Middle. This Chapel, without any regard to the venerable Remains
of the Founders of that noble Cathedral (one of the most glorious
under the Cope of Heaven) was destroyed at the Reformation. Yet
even then this noble Monument found so much Favour for the delicate
Workmanship thereof, to be spared, and was enclosed betwixt two
Walls in a private House in that Neighbourhood; where being disco-
vered of late Years, it was sold by Parcels to Statuaries, and others
for common Use; and large Pieces of very curious Carvings lay ex-
posed in the Præcentor's Lane, where I have often beheld them with
Admiration, and been reminded of that of the Psalmist, A Man was
famous according as he had lifted up Axes upon the thick Tree; But now
they break down the carved Work thereof with Axes and Hammers, Ps. 74.
6, 7. Don. D. Bowling de Ebor. The fore Part of the Alcove is a-
dorned with antique Woodwork, Coats of Arms, &c. from Glasten-
bury-Abbey: And above them all IHS crowned, in raised Work. 568
TABLE OF ANTIQUITIES.
1. Statue of Jupiter Ammon, pag. 556.
2. Vesta.
3. Neptune, p. 487.
4. An Altar, p. 556.
5. A Roman Brick, p. 562.
6. Another, p. 563.
7. A Roman Key, p. 558.
8. A Fibula, p. 557.
9. Cuneus, p. 563.
10. Catapulta, p. 565.
11. Geat Ring or Bracelet, p. 558.
12. A Sepulchral Urn containing near a Gallon, p. 560.
13. Another, near a Quart.
14. A small one, full of the Ashes of a Child.
15. A small red Urn.
16. One of blue.
17. Another of different Form.
18. One of those commonly called Lacrimatory's, p. 565.
19. One of white Clay.
20. A red Pottle containing half a Congius, p. 560.
21. Part of a Vessel that seems to have been a Patera.
22. One of the Parts of a Roman Aquæduct, p. 564.
23. A Bead of Earth curiously wrought, p. 563.
24. Another of blue Glass with white Snakes, of that Sort call'd Adder-beads or Druid Amulets, p. 493. 25. Another curiously undulated with white, red, and dark blue. 26. The Figure and Bigness of the Head of a British Arrow,
p. 493, and 565. 27. The like of a Dart, p. 565, both of Flint. 28 and 29. The Head of a Marble Mallet, p. 565. 30. A brazen Lance, p. 566. 31. A Shield, with Brass Studs, p. 564. 32. Kendall's Medal. Of the Roman Triumph, and the History of Adonis in the preceding
Plate, see Page 556. 569
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My Friend Mr. Jonathan Priestley's MS. Additions to
Mr. Turner's Hi-story of Providences, furnishes us with a later Instance, and a Native of
England, Jeremiah Street (a Wiltshire Man born) who, May 22. 1703.
was shew'd publicly at Halifax, for his extraordinary Stature, I
could, saith he (who is himself a proper Person), stand under his
Arm-hole, and above an Inch to spare, and with my Hand could
just reach the top of his Head. He was seven Foot and five Inches
high, but corpulent and unhealthy, and falling sick at Bradford,
was interredburied there 13 June 621
From the manuscript Collection of my old friend Mr. Jona-than Priestley, of Winter-Edge, near Halifax, I have Notice of one James
Sagar, who married at fourscore, and yet lived to lead his Grandchild
to Church.