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HEARNE'S 
REMARKS AND COLLF/Zri^^ 

VOL. ir. 



PRINTED B7 HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY 



REMARKS AND COLLECTIONS 



OF 



THOMAS HEARNE 



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VOL. II 
(MARCH 20, 1707 — MAY 23, 1710) 

EDITED BY 

C. E. DOBLE, M.A. 

WOKCKSTBR COLLEGE, OXFORD 



PRINTED FOR THE OXFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 

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VIRO HUMANISSIMO, INGRAM BYWATER, 

AMATORI LITTERARUM, LITTERATORUM HOMINUM AMICO, 

HAEC ANTIQUARII NOSTRI COLLECTANEA 

BONA EIUS VENIA GRATUS DEDICO. 



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THERE is but little that need be added, at the close of this second 
volume, to the few lines prefixed to the first instalment of the 
present edition of Hkarne's Collections. I have already devoted to this 
task very much of the leisure of three years ; and yet we who have under- 
taken to place before the members of the Oxford Historical Society 
this singularly complete picture of an eighteenth-century scholar's life 
can only claim to have made a substantial beginning. 

As regards the text, I have continued to follow the rules laid down for 
my guidance when I first took the work in hand, and have found it 
increasingly diflScult to make many large excisions without seriously 
diminishing the value of the book. I have spared no pains — with after 
all but imperfect success — to present my readers with an accurate repro- 
duction of Heame's manuscript The abstract of the correspondence 
has been made perhaps unnecessarily full, even at the risk of occasional 
repetition, in order to clearly indicate Hearne's sources of information, 
and the use which he made of them. In the notes, I have drawn as 
largely as I was able— thougln much less copiously than I could have 
wished — ^upon material which is still unprinted. Rawlinson's MS. 
Collections for a Continuation of the Athenae Oxonienses — here quoted 
as Rawl. J. quarto and folio— have been consulted throughout. One can 
only hope that a scholar in every way competent for the task may speedily 
be induced to carry on the great work of Antony Wood. I have like- 
wise made a cursory examination of the Ballard collection of Letters, 
which throws more light on Hearne's diaries than perhaps all other 
authorities put together. Often as it has been laid under contribution, 
this vast body of correspondence still contains many a vein of information 
hitherto unworked that will richly repay the historian and the biographer. 
It is no exaggeration to say that, when rendered accessible to students of 
the eighteenth century, the Ballard collection will be recognised by them 
as one of the most interesting and valuable masses of documents for 
certain aspects of their subject which are anywhere extant. I have set 
aside much material collected from printed books, in order to include as 
many illustrative quotations as possible from the sources here indicated. 

It must again be mentioned that the Index is a merely temporary one, 
though it will, it is hoped, be foui^d to contain the greater part of the 



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important names occurring in the present volume. It is proposed to 
issue a full Index on the completion of the work, which is unfortunately 
some years distant ; and we have thought that it would be a waste of 
labour and a vain expense to compile an elaborate and permanent Index 
to each successive portion of it. 

I have only to repeat my obligations to those friends to whom I have 
already professed myself indebted, and to the officials of the Bodleian 
Library, whose patience I must often have sorely tried, but have never 
yet found to fail. Nor must I forget to express my sense of the kindness 
of my critics, who, while ftimishing me with many valuable suggestions, 
have welcomed most generously and indulgently a piece of work of the 
deficiencies of which I am painfully conscious, but which, under circum- 
stances of much difficulty, has been the best which I could ofifer. To 
edit these Collections as they might and should be edited would require 
many years of leisure ; and it was perhaps presumptuous in me to attempt 
' to stand in the gap/ I must be satisfied if each succeeding volume 
shows an advance on its predecessors. And I shall be truly grateful for 
any corrections and suggestions which students of Hearne and his period 
may think fit to send me. Even so, it is scarcely permissible to hope 
that this work will be found wholly worthy of one who to use the words 
of Dr. Thomas Smith — himself one of the most learned men of 
a learned generation — * ran away with burdens upon his - shoulders 
which would crush others to atoms.' 

C. E. D. 

Oxford: 
September 29, 1886. 



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VOL. XIV, 

March 20, 1707 (Th.). Andquae nrbis splendor per Jac. Laurum. 
To be consulted for Livy. — S'. William Whitlock and M^ Bromley have 
written to I>. Hudson signifying the Miscarriage of the Bill for Printing. 

March 21 (FrL). Yesterday was incorporated A.M. M^^. Slevens, 
Master of Arts of Edinborough. He has a Living not far from Oxon^ & is a 
great Favourite of Bp. Burnett's. He is reckon'd by those that know him 
a Leam'd Man, & I am told was requested by two or three Bp« to answer 
M'. Dodwelfs Epistolary Disc, but he declm'd it. His being incorporated 
is an Innovation, for a M. of Arts of Scotland^ us'd only to be Bach, of 
Arts with us. But this is owing to D^^. Lancaster^ Vice-chanc, who is a xo 
second Smooth-boots. 

March 22. H. to Thoresby. Printed : Correspondence tf Ralph Tboreshy^ 
il 48 sq. Hidkes to EC About 31 years ago liickes gave several Roman 
coins and six or seven Roman weights to the Library ; he hears that about ten 
years since they were still in the same bag, and that the weights have now dis- 
appeared. Asks H. to, make confidential enquiries. Dr. T. Smith to H. 
Please look again into Leland for Walter Hilton, under the name of *■ Gual- 
therus Reclusus.' Richard Hampole author of similar works ; wonders that 
some have not been translated by the Benedictines (d. Feast of St. Michael 
1349, and afterwards canonized). Hy. Cuffe, Fellow of Merton, transcriber 
and translator of Cotton MS. Nero D. x. i ^^ rebus gestis in S. ConciJio Nicaeno; 
author of Greek verses prefixt to Camden's Brit. Remarks on J. Vignoli de 
columna Impcratoris Antomm Pit Dissertatio (Rome 1705) ; Bagford and Wallis 
on printing; Sloane's Jamaica \ Letter from Geneva to the University of 
Oxon, with answer. 

March 23. Fra. Brokesby to H. Will make enquiries for Burtoh's & 
Chetwynd's collections for a History of Leicestershire, and will send himself 
several corrections of the Additions to Camden, if an Appendix is designed. 
Mr. Dodwell advises H. to write himself to Gronovius about the inscription. 



' Yet however there is a statute for it and this Statute hath been made ose of upon 
occasion, as for John Keil, &c. tho' it hath been mach damoor'd against. 
VOL. U. B 



% .•':./ HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

M^)i*84 (Mon.). I>. Cheiwood is made Dean of Gloucester, M' 

Cha»iierlayne Daskwood having made some Interest for Member of Par- 

liaife^t for the County of Oxon the next Sessions, in opposition to my 

*%^,lRedUion^ my L^. Guildford \m\. him the following Letter, which, (with 

.. same arguments from the Earl of Abbingdon^ who has tum'd about, & 

/'/'•cfing'd to the Whiggish Interest again, as several others have done,) 

•••' •••*occasion'd him to desist, to the Amazement of several Honest Gentle- 
••••• 

men. 

,•** S'. I would not be understood by this to depart from my Engagements to 

xo you, which I do assure you shall be as firm as ever, if you think fit, not- 
withstanding this, to stand for the County. But consiaering how dubious the 
Event of the Election will be, and the Great Merit of the Duke of Marl- 
borough, & how serviceable it would be to us, and the Nation in general, if on 
this occasion of serving his son, we could oblige him in our Interest, & thereby 
make the whole County more easy, & S' Robert Jenkinson more secure ; I 
take the Liberty to propose to you, the accepting my Interest in Banbury, in- 
stead of that of the County. I do not mean by this a precarious Interest, but 
such a one, as never to oppose you, when you think fit to stand for that Cor- 
poration, and to assist you whenever you shall command me. My Affairs 
20 won't permitt me to wait on the Gentlemen myself; but I should be parti- 
cularly oblig'd to you, if you would communicate this to them, & let them 
know, that I expect no Fruits of this Letter, without they think it for the 
Service of the County, & will readily come into it. 

S', 
I am, 
Your most faithfull 

humble Servant 

Guilford. 
London Mar. ii**». 1706. 

30 I>. Hudson having performed the oflSce of Bursar last year much to the 
Credit of University College, as well as of himself, they have this day 
resolv'd to continue him another year. 

March 20 (Wed.). M'. Badger tells me that he has in his Study 
Hesychius with several MS* notes, critical & valuable, of I>. Gerard 
Langbaine\. 

March 27 (Th.). This Day the R*. Hon^e./^^j^j Cecil Eari of Salisb. 

was created A.M. of this university, being presented by the Orator who 

spoke as usual, upon the occasion. — A New Building on the North 

side of Queen's Coll being now carrying on D'. Hudson has contributed 

^o towards it 20 Guineas. 

March 29 (Sat.). In Pignorius*^ Symbolic Epistles^ 80. P. 12. Art Seld. 
Ep. 44. is a large Defence of Livy against BeniuSy which must be con- 
sider'd in my Preface, 

* If H. writes himself M. A. and Keeper of the Public Library, . . he may 
thence conclude that it will ly in your Power to gratify him when he may 
have Occasion to consult you.' 

March 27. Kent to H. It is true that, being unhappily engaged in mad 
company, he did take a shilling, but not with any intent of listing. Hopes to 
get out of the difficulty. 

Msa*6h 29. H. to Dr. T. Smith. When he sees Tanner, will press him 
to publish his collections on Leland ; H. has already transcribed the Itinerary. 



Maroh 24-April8.] VOLUME XIV, PAGES 2-10. 3 

March 31 (Mon.). The Master of Univers. Coll. has in S^o. a MS* 
containing some oXTuliys Episiles.^Uhe Place M'. Milks has quoted in 
his Answ. to M'. Dodw. p. 108. out oi Justin is read thus in the Paris 

Edition of Rob, Stephens An. 1551 M'. Milles has translated these 

last words, but the other will be punished : Since *tis by God's Pleasure that 
they both exist and are punished^ as if icoXdfoyrai were the future Tense : & 
by his correction & interpunction made nonsense of the Greek, whereas 
as they are commonly printed they are plain and signify thus much, but 
as for the other, (the bad souls) th^ are punished as long as God pleases 
they should both exist and be punished, — Just. 1. 2. v. Valde (inquit 10 
J. Fr. Gron.) suspicor Trogum Pomp, scripsisse nee armoruMy sed 
dominiorumjure vincendos. Vide Gronov. ad Senec. de Constantia sapientis 
cap. 14. 

April 2 (Wed.). Yesterday M' Wtlson, Bp. of the Isle of Man, coming 
to the Publick Library, he was very curious in seeing the MSS*» & other 
Rarities, and told me that lately were found several Urns in the Isle of 
Man under Barrows, full of Bones, & that no Coyns were found near 
them. Without doubt they were Danish, the Danes using to bum their 
Bodies. He also says several Axes were found, which I suppose might 
be Sacrificing or at least Battle Axes. Several Inscriptions also he men- ao 
tion'd to have been discover'd there; but the Letters he could make nothing 
of. Perhaps Runick, Qucere ? He promised to send D^^. Hudson an exact 
copy of yn». 

April 8 (Th.). The Bp. of Man was created I>. of Divinity this day. 
At the same time M'. Shaw, a Gentleman Commoner of Trinity, of about 
6 years standing had his Degree of A.M. given him, by virtue of the 
Chancellor's Letters. He is son of S'. John Shaw Baronett. & has the 
character of an Ingenious Gentleman. — In the window of a Chamber 
on the West-side of the Quadrangle of University College is the Picture 
of M'. Charles Greenwood (as 'tis suppos'd, from the Painting of green 30 
trees by) & in another window some armes,with 1625, the year when K. 
Charles the first came to y® Crown, added. I believe this was M'. Green^ 
wood's Chamber, and perhaps his picture was put in the window, (as also 
the said date and arms, & the Regal Crown of England in the Study) by 
Sir Simon Bennett, a very great Benefactor to Unwersity College, and 
Pupil to the said M'. Greenwood, N.B. Over the Door is put C. G. which 
shows 'twas Greenwood* ^room, — ... A Book in Seldefis Library, . . intit. 
Epistola Fratris Rogerij Baconis, de secretis operibus Artis ^ Natures, if 
de utilitate MagicB. Operd Johannis Dee Londinensis I pluribus exemplari^ 
bus castigata olim, et ad sensum integrum restituta. Nunc verd h quodam 40 
veritatis amatore, in gratiam verce scientia candidatorum foras emissa; 
cum notis quibusdam partim ipsius Johannis Dee, partim edentis, Hamburgi, 



Oxford literary gossip. 'Some time since I was told that King Charles II 
design'd that you should have published the Alexandrian MS*. I would fain 
know what hindred? Mr. Stephens (Exiinburgh) incorporated M.A. (instead 
of B. A. as usual) through influence of D^ Lancaster, &c. New builaings at 
Ch. Ch., C. C. C, Queen's. Intends to examine M'. Badger's Hesjcbhu witii 
above aoo critical notes by D^ Langbaine. 
March SL P. Gordon to H. Hopes to get some subscriptions to Livy. 

B 2 



4 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Ex Bihliopolto Froheniano, Anno C/C. IC, CXF/If, Remember to tell 
Dr. SmM of this, who has not taken notice of it in his Life of Dee. The 
Epistle itself contains 70 pages ; the Notes, 8. Various Readings & con- 
jectures are added throughout in the margin. . . 

April 7 (Mon.). Mr. Humph. Smith formerly of Queen's ColL now of 
Dartmouth in Devonsh. is writing the Life of ]>. Pocock. He has writ to 
Mr. Osborne of Exeter Coll. about it, & tells him 'twill be ready for the 
Press by Midsommer next. 'Tis to be in English. He wants the Name 
of his Tutor whilst he was of Corpus Christi. None of that House can 
10 tell it. He should consult Ant. h Wood's 3d vol. in M^. Tanner's Hands. 
Ask also Dr. Smith. — 'Tis Joan. Verwey, who published a greek 
Grammar, GoudcB 1691. 80. is the Person who designs a new Ed. of 
Hesychius. 

April 10 (Th.). The Master of university tells me that he knows 
several things of D'. Pocock which may be proper to be added in the Life 
of him now doing by Mr. Smith. — Ask Dr. Smith whether the Funeral 
Sermon upon ArchbP. Usher was ever printed. — One Giffard a Non- 
conformist is writing a chronology. I am told he was a Cambridge Man. 
Queer e ? — To be put in the Index of Livy : Calva xxiii. 24. Elicere ad 
2ocertamen xxiii. 26, 27, Contracta cer lamina xxiii. 26. Obstinare animis 
xxiii. 29. 

April 12 (Sat.). The Bp. of Worcester, as I am told, says he was made 
Bach, of Arts the next day after Edge-Hill Fight^ and that he was A.M. 
at 17 years of Age. (See the 2^ Ed. of Ath. Oxon.) — In Rushworth's 
Hist. Coll. Part 2d vol. 2d P. 980. & p. 1348. A Letter of ArchbP. Laud 
to Bp. Hall. Consult it. More correct in Heylin's Life of ArchbP. Laud, 



April 6. Hiokes to 'Mr. Joseph Heam.' Regret at Mr. 'Bushes' 
death. * I have 200 copies of my book at Oxford, of w^^ he was to send me 
up 30, and he had 7^ odd money of mine in his hand, w*'^ he was to pay to 
M'. Presid* of C. C. C. for M'. John Hall, and I do not doubt but it is safe.' . . 
Has written to the Priticipal to send him the final portion of the Gospels through 
Heame. Dr. T. Smith to H. Hopes that Leland de Scriptoribtu & Boston of 
Bury will be published by a competent hand ; will carefully examine Vol. L of 
the LXX. Expected Dr. Bentley or some one under his direction to edit 
Hesychius, Bp. Pearson's emendations &c. of that author being all preserved 
in Trinity College Library. 

April 10. Barnes to H. Asks for a transcript of a few lines from MS. 
Barocc. n. 203. Could have Pindar ready in a fortnight Nearly ready with 
Iliad I-VI ; no proposals from Oxford, so * forced to be content y« work be 
done at Cambr.' Dr. Tudway fully restored by * Duke Marlborough's 
interest.' 

April la. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Sends title of Friar Bacon's Letter dt 
Secretis Operlbus Arth et Naturae corrected by John Dee (Selden, Art. B. 75, 
8vo.), not noticed by Smith in the Life of Dee. Bp. Wilson created D.D. on 
the 3rd inst ; several coins (probably D^ish, with Runic inscriptions) lately 
found in the Isle of Man. Book received from Dr. Charleton ; though printed 



' It was Oct. 35. 



April 8-14.] VOLUME XIV, PAGES 10-16. 5 

p. ^oo.* — Calvin upon a piece of Seneca to be put in the Bodl, Cat. See 
in one of the last vols. 

April 13 (dun.). Quare about a Book, newly published in S^o., calFd 
the Phoenix, which pretends to give an Accoxint of Fragments from 
MSS*», in which the * Author says he has been conversant for about 20 
years. — Mr. Proasi, W. Borscough, Mr Wall, Mr. Smith of Queen'% 
Coll. all Excell* Scholars, yet not of the North. The first ded. his Argu- 
ment about Toleration to the Master of University, !>. Charlett\ but the 
Master's Name mention'd only in some few Copies. The Master put 
him upon that Subject. — Newly printed at the Theatre the Geneva 10 
Letter to our university, with the university's Answer : in two sheets of 
Paj)er in folio. The Letter of Geneva is since reprinted in the Courant 
which came to Town last night, & in the next Courant the Answer is 
promised. Several honest, understanding Members of the university seem 
to be averse both to the design of the Answer itself, & the Publication of 
it. — Mr. Smith, lately of University Coll. has done some good service 
(as the Warden oi All-Souls says, who understands little or nothing of the 
Business) in Endorsing the Papers there. — Newly come out an Answer 
to TyndaU% Rts of the Church, calFd The Wolf Stript, Part lid I am in- 
form'd 'tis done very well. The first Part of the Wolfe Stript^ was done by ao 
Mr. Lesley, & 'tis generally said he is the Author of this : But in one of 
the Courants is an Advertisement intimating that the Author of the Courant 
(who is taken to be M*". Lesley) neither writ nor had any hand in it. — 
The Bp. oiExon, Sit Jon, Trelawny, translated to Winchester. — Remember 
to look into a Tragoedy call'd Sophonisba. 

April 14 (Men.). In the Latin Bible printed at Paris in fol. in most 
magnificent Characters, in 8 vols, are Curious Borders, tayl-pieces & 
Letters, which D'. Mill should have consulted. There is a compleat set 
in Edm, Hall Library. — The D. of Ormond tum'd out from being lA 
Lieutenant of Ireland, & L^. Pembroke put into his Place, & Ld. Summers 30 
'tis sd will be made President of the Privy Council in room of Pembrooke, — 
D^. Potter^% Father, now living at Wakefield in Yorkshire, a Tradesman, is 
a rank Presbyterian, and a continual Frequenter of their meetings. — M'. 
Mattier whilst of C^m/-Church was very forward & much taken notice of 
for his skill in Greek ; but since he is lessen'd (tho* of great Industry) & his 
new Book about Dialects not much admir'd at Westminster or elsewhere, 
that I can hear of. He has a Collection of all sorts of Lexicons, — The 
Ceremoniale for consecrating the Chapel of Edm, Hall was drawn up by 



at the Theatre there was no copy in Bodley. Mr. Humph. Smith wishes to 
know who was Pocock's tutor while at C. C. C. 
April 14. H. tx> Dr. T. Smith. Sends Dr. Wallis's Notes on Oxford 

{)rintingfor Mr. Bagford. In the Ch. Ch. coffee house is a waggish paper 
odged against Milles called A Lesson for the Greek Professor Sfc, (Enclosed are 
* Some Notes cone. Printing by Dr. Waliu, transcribed from a copy of St. Jeromes 
[or rather Rt^nus's\ Expositio/ &c., with remarks by Heame.) 



' 'Ti« also printed in Pryn% Account of the Tryal of ArchbP. Laud. 

• The Publisher s* to be M^ Collins who had a Hand in the Rights of the Church, 



6 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Bp. Fell. The Master of University tells me he has a Copy. The Register 
also of the university can give a sight. — The MSS. of the 4^ Decadoi Livy 
(such as appear hitherto) not vtry antient. See Gronovius*^ Notes ib, 
p. 77. — Dr. Mill has a Sermon in print, publish'd at y® Request of a 
Lady, only an hundred Copies were printed. Qucere} — D^ Walt, 
Charletan has sent down to the Publick Library his Book about Animals 
printed at the Theatre in Bp. Felfs time, in which are a great ntunber of 
MS<^ Additions, which seem to be curious & will be worth printing if the 
university shall think fit to reprint a Book written by one who deserves so 
10 well of us in particular, as he does of all Loyal & Learned Men for his 
signal service done in his younger years. He is now very old, & in great 
want, & a certain worthy Gentleman who took care to have the Book 
convey'd to I>. Hudson put him in mind of some Present from the 
University. 

Apr. 16 (Tu.). Preachers this Easier before the university, Grood- 
Friday M'. Sprat (son to the Bp. of Rochester) of Christ-Church ; Easter- 
day Dr. Baron Master of Baliol\ E. Monday M'. Wallis of Magd. C; 
Easter Tuesd. M'. Rogers of Oriel. This last one of the Woodcock 
Eaters at All Souls on the Martyrdom of K. Charles I«*. had something 
ao against M'. Dodwell very abusive, & little or nothing to the purpose, he 
not seeming to have look'd into either of M'. DodwelH Books. NB. This 
Sermon bears the Character of being one of the worst that ever was 
preach'd in S*. Mari^s^ especially upon this occasion. 

Apr. 16 (Wed.). S^. Simon Harcourt married his Father's maid and 
afterwards liv'd querely at chipping- Norton as I am told. But qtusre 
about this ? 

Apr. 17 (Th.). The Queen has sent a Letter, which is printed in the 
Post-Man, to the ArchbP. of Canterb. to be conmiunicated to the Lower- 
House of Convocation, signifying her displeasure at some of the Members 
30 stiffly persisting in their Opinion about the Power of Adjourning, & 
denying the Power of the ArchbP. in that Point ; and declares that she 
will proceed to the utmost Severity if they continue so longer. — M'. 
Brent, formerly A.M. of Baliol-CoU., now a Minister in Bristol, is 
Author of an Essay upon Lying; and An Oration Sacred to the Imperial 
Majesty of Q. Anne: both done sillily, as I am told. He married a 
rich wife. 

Apr. 18 (Frl.). I am told M^. Francis Fox (conunonly call'd Father 

Fox) of whom I have given a particular Account in one of these Books, 

is turn'd from his Whiggish Principles, & that he has prevail'd in some 

40 measure with Sir Owen Buckingham to do the same, & that he is sorry 

for ever espousing the Cause of the Party*. 

Apr. 19 (Sat). M^. Kennett of Corpus {Basil) publish'd a little Bode 
of Prayers. QucRrel — W^.Prynri% Book m folio by way of Addition 

* June 18. 1 708. He is since tum'd again, & Burnet Bp. of Sarum has given him 
a Living, w«^ was formerly the famous M'. Hooker* s, April aa. 1712. He hath since 
left that Living, the Bp. having given him a mnch better. 



April 14-22.] VOLUME XIV, PAGES 16-24. ^ 

to Judge Coke has very good Tables, one of Religious Houses, which 
will be of use to one that shall write of the Monasteries. M'. Tanner 
I believe did not consult this Book in his Notitia Man. — Just publish'd 
Mr Hunfs Edition of Theodosiuss Sphcerics Gr. LaL 

Apr. 20 (Sun.). Repeater of the jEoj/^r-Sennons this morning was 
Mr. Treheck of X\ Churchy who did it much to his Credit, and put 
Rogers'% Sermon into some form, which it wanted before. — Amongst 
Bp. Barlow'^ Books, in Bih. BodL^ is one . . intitl. Some sweeisipps of some 
spiritual wine^ S^c. Lond. 1649. ^ ^® beginning of which Bp. Barlow 
has added a note signifying that the Author was Abiezer Coppe. But 10 
AnL h Wood has no such thing in his Account of that Person. — 80. Z. 
106. Th, in Bibl, Bod. a Book in which is a commemoration Sermon 
occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Mary Hampson of Taplaiv in Bucks, 
a most virtuous young Lady ; with a short Account of her Life. The 
Author's name not to it. She died in August in 1677. Ask some one 
of that place, or at Maidenhead, about it — M". Win/ord, a curious 
Lady of Worcestershire, and niece to Sir Tho. Cook, who left the loooo 
libs, to Oxon, gave several Coyns and medals to the Publick Library, an 
Account of which hereafter. — Tis said that the D. of Marlh. and Ld. 
Treasurer and some other Grandees of the Court had a design of send- «o 
ing for some Forreigners, or men of the best note for Learning beyond 
Sea and to plant them here in England : but 'twas objected against this 
(i) because they would bring ill Principles with them which might be 
prejudicial to the Nation. (2) That if our own Men were encourag'd 
they would make as good, if not better. Scholars than any could be 
fetch'd from abroad. 

Apr. 22 (Tu.). M'. Milles of Christ-Church last Easter-day, under 
pretence of being ill, desir'd one of the other Chaplains to read Prayers 
for him : which accordingly was done. Yet such was the impudence 
of the man that he appeared in the Hall at dinner, was present at four 30 
a clock Prayers, as also at Supper and at Latin-FTzyeTS at 9 of 
the clock. — This being the day immediately before the Term, M^. 
Milles of X*. Ch. preach'd the Latin Sermon on Ep./ude v. 3. m which 
he discoursed, his way, a great deal against Heresies & new opinions, 
exhorted much to contend for the Faith, told what Faith was & how to 
be preserved, concluded with a complement upon the Queen's Defence 



April 19. Dp. T. Smith tx> H. Early printing. Will endeavour to pro- 
cure for H. Cornelius ^ Beughem's Incunabula Typograpbica (Amsterdam, 1 2^^,^ 
1688) that he may supply defects, especially in English books. Does not expect 
much from M. Verwey's work at Hesychius. Bp. Pearson had not much 
esteem of Schrevelius* cd. ; his papers came to Trin. Coll. from Dr. Gale, who 
received them from Dr. Thane, the Bp's nephew. Quotes Meric Casaubon on 
Pearson from his notes on Hierocles on the golden verses of Pythagoras. 
Was present at Dr. Bernard's Sermon on Ussher. Thanks for information of 
Dee's designed ed. of Bacon's De Secretu Operibtu ; wishes some one could find 
his Speculum Umtat'uy or Apology Jor Roger Bacon, H. would do well to cultivate 
the Bp. of Man. Glad that Mr. Smith of Dartmouth, who consulted Smith five 
years since, is in earnest about the Life of Pocock. Hopes to send H. a copy 
of the reprint of the Life of Cyril Lucar immediately. 



8 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

of the Church of England, her Charity, Beneficence, &c. which made 
People smile, as did his Repetition of the old Arguments, which hundreds 
of Books furnish us with. His Discourse was stuflTd with Anglicism^ 
& now & then he us'd a Greek Expression, as being Greek Professor. 
— A List of the Medals and Coyns w^^ Mrs. Wtn/brd gaive to the Publick 
Library [24-27]. . . . 

Apr. 23 (Wed.). This day the old Proctors went out of their Ofiice, 

& new ones succeeded, vtz. Mr. Tufftm of Mc^d, Coll. and M'. Stephens 

of Merion, M', Carter the Senior Proctor for the preceding year made 

10 a Speech, as usual, upon laying down ; which was handsome enough, 

but not extraordinary, save only that 'twas full of Flattery. 

Apr. 26 (Pri.). 40. A. 17. Art, Seld. Aristotle's Ethics translated by 
Arretine, At the End, this Note printed. Explicit textus Ethicorum 
Aristotelis per Leonardum Arretinum lucidissime translatus correctissi" 
nuque Impressus Oxonijs Anno Dni M.CCCCLXXIX, 

Apr. 26 (Sat). Memorandum, That M'. Milles, after he had ended 
his Latin Sermon at S*. Marie's did not receive the Sacrament as 
usual; which is much taken notice of; as also is his not receiving 
the Sacrament on Easter-dsiy at Christ-Church the reason whereof 

ao is because M'. Hutchins the Chaplain consecrated the Elements^ from 
whom he said he could not receive. — D', Mill after he had made 
his Dedication of his Test to the Queen shcw'd it to the Bp. of 
Worcester y who altered several things in it. After which 'twas com- 
pos'd and given into the Book-binder's hands, but upon the Dr.'s 
Arrival at London, whither the Book when bound is to be sent after him, 
he show'd a Copy of it to some whiggish Friends who quite alter'd it 
again, & 'tis printed over anew. He would not let IK. Hudson or any 
honest principled Man see it before it went to the Press, because I 
suppose 'twouid not please them (but we shall judge of that in a little 

30 time) tho' I doubt not but if D^. Hudson had seen it 'twould have 
been done with more Judgment & more Accuracy : & he might (were 



April 24. H. tx> F. Cherry. Did Mr. Dodwell receive a packet 
of MS. forwarded by H. from his unknown antagonist in the North? Mr. 
Gordon, H.'s old schoolmaster, B.D. of St. Andrews, is at Oxford with intent 
to be incorporated, but the V. C. (whom some Waggs call a second Smooth- 
boots) refuses in all such cases. Mr. Rogers (of the Woodcock Club) 
mentioned Mr. Dodwell in an Easter Sermon, but his remarks made several 
smile, and would be an answer to any learned book. 

April 26. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Mentions an Oxford-printed book not 
noticed by Wood, viz. Aretine's Translation into Latin of Aristotle's Ethics 

S Oxford, 1479, 4***). Notes on other early books in Bodley. Last Tuesday 
r. Milles preached the Latin sermon on Jude 3. Was Abiezer Coppe author 
of Some s<weet Sipps of some Spiritual Wine^ an odd rambling book printed at 
London in 8vo,, 1649 ? Mr. Oddy is engaged on Dion Cassius ; H. has recom- 
mended him to get an exact collation of the MS. at Florence, but fears he is not 
fit for such an undertaking. H. to F. Cherry [April 28]. Still anxious about 
the MSS. sent to Mr. Dodwell. Mr. Milles is told that he will in all probability 
have some great preferment in Ireland. * He was strangely mortify 'd yester- 
day at Mr. Vice-Chancellor's sconsing him, according as the Statute directs, 



April 22-28.] VOLUME XIV, PAGES 24-36. 9 

he i^ot an opiniator) have gathered as much from D^. HudsorC^ altering 
his Title-Page, which before was as long^as some Prefaces, & was hardly 
in one or two Places Latin^ at least 'twsts hardly sense. His Proposals 
also should have been done as D*". Hudson directed, being as they are 
now perfect nonsense in the Judgment of the whole world, even Whiggs 
themselves. — Qucere about M^^. ElliSy formerly of Oriel-College, (I 
suppose James Ellis, who went out A. M. in 1688, July 6) afterwards of 
Camb. & now at Thistleivorth where he keeps a private Schoole purely 
for grounding young Gentlemen, noblemen's sons or Gentlemen of 
some Rank, in Classick Learning, & fittmg them for the University, in 10 
which Faculty he is of considerable Repute. He was for some time 
a non-Juror, but not now I think. — Tom Tanner'^ Wife, Daughter 
to the Bp. of Norwich died lately. She was remarkable for drinking 
of Brandy, She was a short squabb dame, & uncapable of having 
Children, or else Tom not able to do it. After he had married her he 
was forc'd to lay aside Books, She not caring he should follow them, 
& ingage himself in Law Suits, relating to the Chancellor-ship of 
Norwich which the Bp. gave him, which made the poor man wish for 
a Return to Oxon again, tho' 'tis said he shed Tears at the Death of 
his Wife, his dear Wife, dear to him upon many Accounts (as his Letter ao 
to Dr. Charlett words it). It may be he may now take to Leland which 
he promised long since. — Y^,KenneU has been married thrice. His 
present Wife wears the Breeches, and manages him as his Haughty, 
insolent Temper deserves. 'Twould be no hurt if Milles (or MuUes, 
as our Chrisl'Ch. Friends style him) had such a wife, to curry him now 
and then. — Upon George Clarke's Knocker on his Door. [Epigram, 
4 lines.] ... — A Book pr. at Lond, in 8®. in 1685. call'd Chronicon Juri- 
diciale, being a Catalogue of Ld. Chancellors, Ld. Keepers, ^r. for the 
most part extracted from S^. W, DugdaUs Origines Juridiciales, the rest 
taken from the respective offices. — M^. Llhuyd of the Museum show'd 30 
me a very good Coyn of Carausius. S^. Andrew Founlaine should 
see it. 

April 28 (Men.). Yesterday the Vice-Chanc. scons'd all that were 
without their Hoods at S*. Maries and Milles the Greek Prof, was the 
first in the List, to his great Mortification. * Sir Andrew Founlaine is 
made Gentleman Usher to lA, Pembroke in his Lieutenancy of Ireland, 
D', Wyn, Margaret-Professor, is made his first Chaplain. — S^. Edward 



3od for not having a hood at SK Marie's ; But I do not hear he call'd him (as 
he had done the Dean) haughty insolent EcclesUutiek,^ Dodwell tx> H. Has 
received the papers, but finds that his anonymous critic still insists on the 
former mistakes. Is not sorry that Woodcock Club men are pleased to vent 
their displeasure against him. Bobert Boberts to H. Arrangements for 
paying creditors at Oxford ; asks for information concerning Livy with a view to 
obtaining subscriptions. ' The people in these parts [Petworth] are already in 

Eerfect distraction about choosing Knights of y« Shire. Two of y« small 
urrogh towns in this neighbourhood was like to have been drown'd last week 
by wine, cyder and good ale.' 

April 27. German Pole to H. Mr. Brailesford of Brailsford is writing 
the Natural History of Derbyshire. What answers to Ihe Rights <^the Chris' 
turn Church, Dodwell, &c. ? 



JO NEARNESS COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Northey is remov'd from being Attorney General, & Sir Simon Harcourl 
is put into his Place ; and Sir James Mountague is made Sollicitor General 
in room of Sir Simon. — On Friday last died I>. Charleion, about 90 
years of Age, in very poor Circumstances. IK. Hudson mov'd M^^. Vice- 
Chancell. on his Behalf for a Contribution to be made for him from the 
University, but the Vice-Chancellor was too slow in that Matter. » 80. R. 
4. ArL Seid, Icones lUustrium virorum per Nic. Reusnerum, Amongst 
them Argyropylus and the other Greek Grammarians. — About Asinius 
Poinds accusing Livy of Paiaviniiy in the var. Edit, of Seneca Vol. iil 
10 p. 41. — Ibid. p. 61. Scultingius in his Notes upon the i«* Book of 
Controvers. has this Emendation of Livy Epit. 49. Reliquos^ qui in Africa 
mililareni, umbras miliiare. In quibus si manuscripta suffragarentur, 
kgerem, ut umbras voliiare. — . . . 

April 29 (Tu.). Mr. Pullen tells me D', Charleton was originally of 
Magd, Hall. — He also tells me that a Gentleman of Kent formerly gave 
a curious MS* of Virgil in fol. Vellam to Magd, Hall Library, but that 
the Book being lent to D^. Plot it could never be yet recovered, and he 
cannot learn where 'tis now. D^. Plot had also a very curious stone 
which was given to the said Library, but being lent to him he would not 
30 part with it, & 'tis thought it may now be in the Museum. 

May 1 (Th.). This day being the beginning of the Union of England 
with Scotland the Sermon (which should have otherwise been at Merton 
Coll.) was preach'd at S*. Mary's by M'. Bean of Merton, who talk'd very 
extravagantly upon the occasion, and was dislik'd by Whiggs themselves 
who ridiculed him afterwards. There were very few people at Prayers, 
but a great number at Sermon, purely out of design to hear what he 
could say. — I am told by an ingenious Gentieman that several of the 
London Clergy are of M' Dodwell*s Opinion as to the Natural Mortality 
of the Soul and that they think the Book has not been fairly answer'd 
30 yet 

May 2 (FrL). In the Courant is a Protestation of the Lower House of 
Convoc. against the sentence of Contumacy denoxmc'd against them by 
the upper 'House Apr. 10. prox, elaps. — The King of Prussia is upon 
sending to the Publick Library all the Gold medals of his Kingdom 
struck in his time. 

May 1. B. Smith tx> H. The Bp. of Norwich desires a large-paper Livy, 
and oflfers the use of the rare Padua ed. of 1694. Bagford proposes to finish 
his History of Printing with all expedition. Barnes to H. (Quae lux prima 
simul Scotos conjunxit & Anglos, Quod F. F. sit.) Mr. Richard Pocock and 
his MS. Life of Pocock the Orientalist. 

May 8. Dr. T. Smith to H. Though the compilation of a list of early 
printed books may seem a trivial labour, it may have its use ; e. g. when Bp. 
Fell first designed to publish St. Cyprian, Smith lent him a copy of ed. i 
(Spier 1471)} which was extremely useful to him. Was prevented by bad 
weather &c. from being present at Ussber's funeral sermon on Selden. Would 
like to see Milles* Latin Sermon, if printed. Knows nothing of the silly book 
with the fantastic title mentioned by H. ; cf. the Gangrena. Glad the Univer- 
sity has dropped the business of addressing ; remarks on the Union and 
celebration of the event in London. Directions as to 4 presentation copies of 
Cyril Lucar (one to Mr. Samuel Parker, of Holy Well). 



April 28-May 7.] VOLUME XIV, PAGES 35-45. 1 1 

May 4 (Sun.). In the Observaior Vol. vi. Number 15. the Author is 
very abusive of S^". FP*. Whitlock and Mr Bromley, the former he makes 
to be the Picture of 41, 6fc. The latter he treats scurvily upon Account 
of his Grand Tour, & makes use of the silly Index for that purpose. — 
The Master of Umvers. Coll. has a Map of Oxon, ingrav'd and pr. in 
1578. The Author calls himself Radulphus Agasus, QtKsre^} — John 
LaughUm Libr. Keeper of Cambr. writ Prcefatio ad Vinceniium Lirimn- 
sent Cant, 1687. 120. very long. — Case of Divorce of the Lady J?wj^. 
Land, 1673. 120. The Author S'. Ch, Woolesy. — Relation of the De- 
feating of Card, Mazarine & Olrv, CromwelPs Design Lond. 1666. 120. 10 
The Author S^. Ch, Cottrell, - There is in D'. Charlett's Study amongst 
his Miscellanies, Num. 52, a little Book 8^0. cone. y« Table & Altar at y® 
Beginning of which there is a Memorand. y* the Author was M'. Penton. 
The Memorand. by Dr. Charlett, I think. — The None-such Charles. 
Lond, 1651. 80. The Author S^. AnL Weldon, (Q.?) - . . . Rich. 
Badgers Collection of Hen, VIII^w & Q. Eliz^ Episdes. There are some 
Historical Notes. M^. Elstob should have made use of it in his Edit, 
of Ascham. 'Twas pr. at Lond, 1640. 80. — J. Seobaldi Fabricij C. 
Julius Ceesar Nomismaticus. It is upon Dion Cassitis, M'. Oddy should 
make use of it Pr. at Lond, 1678. 8°. — QucBre whether Radulphus 20 
Agasd% Map of Oxon be not y* same with that of Tho, Neale, whereof an 
Account in Anl, h Wood's Ath, Vol I. — Tom Goddard, Chaplain to the 
House of Commons upon their Request is preferred to be prebendary of 
Windsor, there being a Vacancy by the Death of I>. Hearne, lately 
deceased, who was a very honest, charitable Man, & has given his Books 
to his two Curates, besides a considerable Legacy in money. He also left 
a considerable simi to the Poor. 

May 6 (Mon.). Milks, upon I>. Wynni% Declining, is made Chaplain 
to Ld. Pembrooke : with which he is most strangely puff d up, and seems to 
despise almost all people. D^. Hudson talk'd very freely with him about 30 
his Haughty insolent temper, & told him of his ignorance in Greek &, 
indeed all parts of Learning ; but for all that he keeps his conceit, & 
must have this character thai he is one of the conceitedest men living. He 
told Dr. Hudson at the same time that he would not undertake !>. Hody's 
Book because he had not time, & 'twas not finished. But y« true reason 
is because he is not able. — A Sermon of !>. Colet, with his Life by 
Erasmus translated into English, & usefull notes added by Tho. Smith of 
X*. Ch. Cambr. pr. in 166 1. 80. — M^. John Caswell, the Beadle has 
delineated & had printed in Copper upon an oblong peece of paper the 
13 Polyedra invented by Archimedes', usefull for the Understanding 40 
Pa/^. 1. 5. pr. 17. 

May 7 (Wed.). There was lately admitted into the Publick Library 
Mr. Obadiah Oddy, the same Gent, whom I have mention'd formerly 

May 6. H. tx> Dr. T. Smith. Sends the Catalogue of the MSS. found 
by Sir A. Fountaine in the cellar of his father's study in the Middle Temple. 
Sir A. is made Gentleman Usher to the new L<*. Lieutenant of Ireland. Bush, 
the undertaker of Livy, died suddenly ; but the Work goes on. 

> There is one in the Mnaenm, & I have since got one myself. It hath been reprinted, 
but not exactly. 



I a HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

twice. He is upon an Edition of Dion Cassius, He seems to me to be 
a Man of Modesty and Parts, and to have a good notiita of Printed Books 
of all sorts, and especially Philological j but for MSS*» I cannot find he 
has much genius that way, so y^ I am afraid he is not altogether qualify'd 
for the Work he has undertaken. — L^. Keeper Cowper is made L^. High 
Chanc. of Greai^Britain, 

May 8 (Th.). In a little time will come out an Answer to Tyndale% 
Rts of the Church done by D*". Hickes^ from whom is expected much more 
than from the Answer which I>. John Potter has in the Press, it being 
10 well knowne that Potter is a Man not read in this part of Learning, & 
that he cannot be any considerable Divine, much less so great as the 
Party-Men make him, who are always ready to extoll & cry up those who 
are for them however void of Parts, Honesty, or Learning. — D"". Thomas 
Smith has just publish'd a new Edition, with considerable Additions, of 
his Life of Cyrillus Lucaris^ to which he has added an Appendix con- 
taining some things by other Hands on the same Subject and his Sermon 
in Latin preach'd formerly at S^, Maries about Union^ & printed once or 
twice before. 

May 9 (Pri). There was not long since publish'd in English !>. 
3o Morley% (Bp. of Winch^ Discourse about Invocation of S^, written to 
/anus Ulitius : translated from the original Latin, D^. Hickes has a Letter 
prefixed in which he very highly commends the Translation *, and speaks 
something in praise of the Bp. D^ Hicks has also written a Dedicatory 
Epistle to the Dutchess of Ormond of Instructions for a Daughter, written 
by the Author of Telemachus, and printed this year. The translation D'. 
Hickes tells us was made by two Gentlemen unknown to one another. 
— D"". Smith has three or four things in the 3^ Vol. of Miscellanea^ 
publish'd this year. 

May 10 (Sat.). The Assembly of Scotland, tho' press'd to it, refus'd 

30 to set apart a solemn Day of Thanksgiving for the Union. — I am told 

that the Anonymous Gent, in the North who has writ an Answer to M^^. 

Dodwelly not printed, is M^^. Smithy formerly of Brasen-nose Coll. Qucere ? 

(His Name is Leigh.) 

May 11 (Sun.). M'. Tho. Benet B.D. & Master of Univers. Coll. died 

May 8. Bp. of Sodor & Man tx> H. Will communicate anything of im- 
portance from his Island. Dr. T. Smith to H. Thanks for Catalogue of 
Sir A. Fountaine's MSS. ; hopes that be will correspond with H. from Dublin. 
Who is to edit Tacitus ? 

May 10. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Thanks for presents : Beughem is full of 
typographical errors. No verses or orations in the Theatre on Thanksgiving 
Day, but much music at St. Mary's. Has picked up Bp. Hooper's copy of the 
7ejtamentum xii Patriarcbarum (Paris, 1549), *ex dono M'*. Sampsoni' [Dean 
of Ch. Ch.]. Tacitus only put into the Theatre List at the instigation of Dr. 
Charlett. Longs to see the forthcoming Answers to The Rights qftbe Christian 
Church by Hickes & Potter. Mr. Milles to go as \A. Pembroke's chaplain 
into Ireland ; the V. C. has excused his reading this and next term on account 
oif Dr. Hody's book, which he will probably not complete. 

^ I believe the Author of tbe translation was the Reverend M*", Hilkiah Bedford, a 
learned conscientious Non- Juror. 



May 7-ie.] ^ VOLUME XIV, PAGES 46-57. 13 

in 1692, & in his room was Elected Master Ar. CharUti of Trinity-Qo^ 
M*". Bennetts Arms, 3 Demy Lyons Rampant are hanging in a Little Room 
on the North part of the Common Room of Universify Coll. where are 
the Pictures of K. Charles II. 6fc. such a veneration have this excellent 
Society for the Memory of y* King and other Good Men, Friends to the 
Church of Engl, — Leonis Rogani Caetani libri III de urinis. Neap, 1556. 
80 The master of University has a Copy, which did belong to Trinity 
Coll Library, being given there by D^. Kettle^ as appears from his hand at 
3^ beginning. 

May 13 (Tu.). Milles is printing his Latin Sermon which he will be 10 
laugh'd at for by the very School-Boyes, it being in several Places not 
Latin. But he Uiinks it excell*. D^. Potter has writ several Letters to 
some of his Cronies in Oxon. wherein he is confident y^ he shall be D^. 
Jani% successor. 

May 14 (Wed.). I am told D^. Woodward, Fellow of the R(^al Society, 
, and one of y® Professors of Gresham Coll. was originally a Linnen Draper, 
that he serv'd out his time, but being a Man of very quick Parts, and 
having a genious to the Study of Natural Philosophy, Sfc, he procur'd the 
ArchbP to give him the Degree of !>. of Physick, tho' he never was of 
any University. He lately sent down to the University some Copies of ao 
an Ancient Shield, as he has caus'd them to be ingrav'd, representing the 
Taking of Rome by Brennus, and illustrating the whole Story as told by 
Livy, 'Tis a great Curiosity ; but yet for all that there are not wanting 
some ill-natur'd men who run it down as a Banter, particularly D^. 
Crregory the Scotch man who understands just as much of Antiquity as 
he does of Crreek, And yet some are so wise as to hearken to him both 
in this and other Matters, and to take him for an Oracle. — The Writer 
of the Gazette now is Captain Steel, who is the Author of several Roman- 
tick things, & is accounted an ingenious Man. — The Map of Oxon. 
mention'd above as being in D^. CharUtfs Hands was done by Ralph 30 
Agas, as he is mention'd by Ant, h Wood yo\. i. Ath. Oxon. col. 199. just 
before his Account of Neale, but he does not tell us what this Agas was, 
whether a Scholar or Mechanick ; I believe the Latter. D^ Charlett, is 
going to have it engrav'd anew, and to have the Colleges added as done 
in Neale*% Dialogue in Bodley'% Archives, — Things abput Baroo in Ley^ 
cester Rental, by W^, Charitee in Bodl, Bib, In Uie Index, mention'd — 
Indentura de Baro, 

May 16 (Frl.). Just published D^. Potter'^ Answer to TyndaTs Rts. 
Also, Humane Souls naturally immortal, translated from an Original 
MS* in Latin, by S. E, with a Preface by M^. Jer, Collier, — I heard 40 
Milles say last Night that he had seen Authentick Evidences in Hamp- 
shire enough to make two or three Volumes more of the Monasticon 
Angl, and y* he believ'd other Counties would afford a proportionable 
Number. People that heard him, who had skill in these matters, laugh'd 
heartily, he thereby suflSciently showing his Ignorance in the Nature of 
that Work, and discovering that he knew very little of our English Anti- 
quities. — Dr. Langbaine reprinted in 4*0. in three sheets Scofs Tables 
of Oxon. and Camb. Qucere whether they are in the Mus/um, He made 
Additions and Corrections. 



14 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

May 19 (Mon.). Just publish'd in two Volumes, 8®. the Works of 
Mr. Tho. Browncy with an Account of his Life by D^^. Drake. — In D'. 
Charletfs study is Mr. Lydiai% Epist. de atmi Solaris mensuray with MS* 
Additions ^c. by M^^. Lydtaifs own hand. 

May 20 (Tu.). Last night M'. MtlUs being at a Coflfee House, he 
took occasion to reflect upon Christ-Church, and the Government thereof, 
notw^standing a Gentleman was in Company who was a perfect Stranger 
to him, and indeed the whole university. At the same time he said that 
most of the Coyns in the Publick Library are Duplicates, & that he 
lo formerly saw thirty Duplicates of Adrian in the Cabinet. 'Twas ask'd 
him what he meant by duplicates ? To w«h he reply'd Coyns on which 
was the same Head, sufficiently showing his ignorance. He likewise was 
positive that Coyns were of no use in History, and that Baron Spanheim 
had show'd a great Deal of Learning to amuse the world on this Subject, 
but y* he could not see that he had prov'd what he undertook. But 
'tis to be thought Milks never read anything of his Book, & 'tis well 
known he is a stranger as well to this as other parts of Learning. 

May 21 (Wed.). Dr. Hickes's Book against Tyndal is come out, & is 
done with great smartness and Learning & is far above D^. Potter's 
ao which is dull & heavy, and comes no lower than Constantine, & has 
nothing in it but what has been observed over and over. 

May 22 (Th.). M'. Halley being lately at Dinner at S^. Christopher 
Wrentis there came in a Gendeman who said that he being with a certain 
Minister of State he saw De Foe receive some money from him, which 
he believ*d was his pension. — Hen. Earl of Northumberl. died the 
2 2d of May. Quaere in S^. W^^. Dugd. 



May 17. Dr. T. Smith to H. Is satisfied that Fountaine's MSS. were 
collected by Sir E. Coke. The angry common lawyers contributed at least 
as much to the dissolution of the Monarchy as the whole set of the Puritan 
Lords and country gendemen in the following Parliaments. Certain of these 
MSS. would make an additional volume to Spehnan*s Councils. * But wee want 
Bishops of a public spirit to encourage and promote such like designes, w^^ 
would tend to the glory of our Church, and to the advancem* of our Ecclesi- 
astical History.* Is amused by Charlett's trick re Tacitus. The Latin trans, 
of the Testamenti of the XII Patriarchs was by Robert Grosthead. Smith, 
before the Revolution, had the original MS. in Bodley transcribed, Bp. Pear- 
son advising him to edit it. Young Clements and Bowyer, lately appren- 
tices to Mr. Bennett, undertake to procure all the Theatre Books. Sends a 
copy of the King of Prussia's letter of thanks to the Queen re the Frankfort 
celebration. Cannot find that the Rotterdam Fleet has brought any copies of 
the new edition of Strabo. 

May 22. Dodwell to H. M am affrayd the Isle of Man will prove a 
barren subject either for MSS. or monuments, though they may retein several 
customes and Traditions truly antient, but very difficult to be proved so. I 
saw there myself in 8a. a fellow of a Colledg in Cambridge, one Mr. Lolly, who 
had been fixed there many years before, as I understood by a petty canon 
of S*. Asaph, one Mr. Gilbert. If he be still living, and at the chief town 
Castle Rushin, he may, perhaps, acquaint the Bp. with what he has met con- 
siderable for his own time. I saw there in the Castle a small Library of 
fanatick printed Books given them, as I was told, by my Lord Fairfax. But 
the Clergy there have no purses for prociuing rarityes, unless they be much 



May 19-24.] VOLUME XIV, PAGES 57-64. 15 

May 23 (Prid.). D'. Hudson being preparing materials for an Edition 
of Josephus writ lately to Humph, Wanley desiring him to procure two 
MSt« from the Queen's Library from D' Benilty The Keeper, offering 
at the same time any Security for their safe Return. M^. Wanley carried 
the Letter, but Dr. Beniley was so far from hearkening to y® Proposal 
y* he shuflfled saying yt by the Oxon, list of Books preparing for y« Press 
he gather'd this Work would not be ready a great while yet, that in a 
short time the Cottonian Library w^ be annex'd to the Queen's, Sfc, & 
that then D'. Hudson might have the free use of it in the Library, he 
(I>. Beniley) being to be continu'd Keeper, and then he would show all 10 
Civilitys. This was only shift, there being but little Ground for saying 
this ; but he must have some plea for Rudeness and Inhimianity, Sfc, 

May 24 (Sat.). Mr. Nelson {Rob) in a Letter to y® Master of Uni- 
verstfy'CoM. tells hun he has read Dr. Poller's Book, which he likes ; 
but he does not say it contains anything extraordinary. At y® same 
time he calls D^. Hickei an Admirable Book. The three first Quotations 
from Scripture in the Beginning of D'. Poller's Book are wrong & not 
to be found in the Places he directs to. He excuses himself as being 
in hast, & he had no time to look over several of y® Sheets, especially 
the last. I am afraid a great deal of y« Book is taken upon trust. — ao 
Last night came to Oxon one of the Armenian Patriarchs ^ The next 
day he was attended to the Publick Library by D^. Charlell, Provice-ch. 
At the Entrance, D'. Hudson, the Keeper, made him an handsome Com- 
plement in Lalin ; but the Patriarch, being about 90 years of Age, and 
understanding no Lalin, nor Greek, nor any European Language, but 



improved since I was there. We had 3 fellows of our Colledg in my time of 
that Island, and (which was extraordinary) one a Fellow commoner, all Chris- 
tians, which is a frequent name there. One of the fellows Mr. Patrick 
Christian was a very pious Person, and son to him who was shot to death, by 
the Authority of the Earl of Derby as King in Man, for betraying the Island 
to Cromwell in his passage to Ireland, for which the Earl suffered severely. 
Mr. Gilbert was there with Bp. Barrow, who was from thence translated to S*. 
Asaph, and was my friend's immediate Predecessor in S^ Asaph. He told me 
that, in clearing the Castle, they found a roomfull of old leather coyn, such as 
he supposed to have been the current coyn of the Island formerly. But they 
had no regard of it, but threw it away. If the Bp. can retrieve any of it, and 
it have any letters stamped on it, it may be of use to you.' 

May 28. Jo. Abell to H. Will procure him if desired the loan of the ed. 
of Livy printed Moguntiae (he suggests Mons), 15 — . 

May 24. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Wishes Smith had edited the Testaments 
of the XII Patriarchs rather than Grabe, who is too hurried. An Oxford phy- 
sician proposes to edit Caelius Aurelianus de Acutis Morbis, but MSS. are very 
scarce ; hears that Almeloveen has materials. Visit of Thomas, Patriarch of the 
Holy Cross in Gogthan near M^ Ararat (aged about 90) to Oxford & Bodley. 
Query, age and burial-place of Dr. Charieton. Hickes' new book mightily 
extolled here. Bentley refuses to lend Dr. Hudson MSS. of Josephus out of 
the St, James's Library. 

* He is Patriarch of the Holy Cross in Gogthan (near Mount Ararat) in Greater 
Armenia. He subscribes himself in his Speech to the Queen in the last monthly 
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Italian, took but little notice of any thing. He afterwards was carried 
to Dr. CharUtt% Lodgings where he was treated. — M' Milks being 
one time with M'. Perkes of Corpus ask'd him whether he had got e're 
a Clemens ? M'. Perkes ask'd him what Clemens ? Milks said Clemens 
Romanus, No says Perkes, I wonder at that, replyes Milks ; because 
no one can be a divine without him. — L^. Pembroke has given loo libs 
to Christ-Church for carrying on the New Building oi Peck^Water. 

May 26 (Sun.). Being with M'. Leigh of Brazen Nose this Morning 
he read to me part of a Letter from M^. Dodweir% Antagonist in the 
lo North containing an Answer to a Letter of M'. Dodwell to him, in which 
he gave several solutions of what Mr, Dodwell had objected as to infants 
& Ideots. But finding M^. Dodwell peremptory in what he asserted, & 
not to be made to retract his Heterodoxies he was resolv'd to write no 
more to him, & to break off conversation /r^ termino vikB, 

Maj 26 (Men.). Milles's Latin Sermon is just published dedicated 
to Ld Herbert^ son of L^. Pembroke^ to whom Milles was Tutor. 

May 29 (Th.). This day was a Convocation in the Theatre, when 
the ArchbP. of the Holy Cross in Gocthan was created D^. of Divinity, 
and his Nephew Luke Nurigian and M'. Cockburn, son of D^. Cockburn, 

ao were created Masters of Arts. The Day before the ArchbP. presented 
to y^ Publick Library several Books in Armenian which he has caused to 
be printed. M'. Wyat the Orator spoke a speech in his Commendation, 
& presented him, the Queen having been pleas'd to let us be without 
a Professor. During the Convocation several Papers, printed at y« 
Theatre were given to y® D"., noblemen and some others, entitled, 
Reoerendissimi in Chris to Pair is Thomce Archiepiscopi Sanctce Crucis in 
Gocthan Perso-ArmenicB^ Peregrinationis suce in Europam^ Pietatis ^ 
Literarum promovendarum caussa susceptae^ brevis Narratio, Una cum 
dicti Archiepiscopi ad Serenissimam Magnce Britannice Reginam Ora- 

Zotiuncula^ Ejusque Responso, Accedunt de eodem Archiepisco Tesiimonia 
ampla 4" prceclara. Printed upon two sheets, fol. — A Commoner of 
Queen's College, upon y® Restauration of King Charles II, was so over- 
joy'd that he swore a great Oath that 'twas a great sin not to be drunk 
upon that day. 

May 30 (Pri.). Persecutio undecima. The Churches Eleventh Per- 
secution. Lond. 1648, In it an Account of all the Clergy turn'd out in 
London by those Rogues the Puritans. I have by me a List of them 
reprinted lately. Quaere whether it be exactly the same ? . . . — I have 
been told by one who well knows that D'. Llcyd always when he was 
40 Bp. of S*. Asaph would bring his Bible with him and during Prayers be 
continually writing notes in it. — D'. Grabe waited upon the Bp. of 
Sarum thinking he would subscrib'd tow<J» his Excellent Design of the 
Septuagint ; but he refus'd and appear'd cool tow<^ learning, like other 
Scotch Men, who care for nothing but just themselves, & 'tis no matter 
for Learning provided they thrive. This answers to all Scotch Men 



May 28. H. to Dp. T. Smith. Dr. Kenton thought that Mr. Gandy had 
already paid you the [Dr. Bayley's] legacy. The ArchbP, of St. Cross' Ac- 
count of his Journey is printing at the Theatre. 



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here and there one excepted such as Montross, S^. George Machtnzyy and 
John Urry of X' Church, an intire Man. — In University Coll. on the 
North side of the Quadr. the Rt Hand one pair of Stairs over the Door 
a Picture with this Inscription, 

The BP gafe the King Benediction, 
Then by Grace homeward mad^Revenionf 
And by good Politick Provision 
Of an Abbey began Fonndation. 

In the ^ Chamber now Mr. Merrick a Gent. Commoner (juvenis 
probus & modestus), 10 

June 2 (Men.). M^. Basil Kennett is taken into y® Inquisition at 
Leghome notwithstanding her Majesty's Letter for preventing it. Those 
who know of y« Worth of this Gent: wish y« trinmiing Historian 
iJ^*Kenneti) in his room. (I am told since y* he was not in the 
Inquisition.) 

June 8 (To.). Last Friday I>. Frampton of Magd. Coll. was married 
to M«. Molly Levins, Daughter of the late I>. BapHsta Levins, Bp. of 
the Isle of Man, Which M«. Levins is a Beautifull yoxmg Brisk Lady 
of about 16 or 17 years of Age. ... — Memorandum. That ViF.Jokn 
Nevil Fellow of University-Coll, has in his Study several Papers in MS* 30 
(as also a great many in Print) w«^ discover the Knavery and Roguery 
of the Presbyterians and Phanaticks, ^fi^ he will be ready to commu- 
nicate to any one who will be tenacious of a secret For y« truth is he 
is a man of great modesty, and Integrity, and withall of sound, stanch 
Principles, great Judgment, an Omam* to his Colledge, has done great 
service to it, especially when Bursar, regardfull of his Studies, and always 
free to impart what will be in his opinion of use either to Religion or 
Learning. He has a Relation of y« same Colledge, Fellow also, M'. 
Cavendish Nevil, a worthy Gentleman and to whom the writer of these 
Matters is oblig'd upon several Accounts. * M'. Davies of Cambridge 30 



May 81. Br. T. Smith to H. Almeloveen undertook to edit Aurelianus 
so long ago as 1694, so that the way lies open to H.'s friend. Has sent several 
queries to be answered by the Armenian Bishop. Mentions the Latin Cof^fes^ 
jion of Faith printed by Ricaut in his Present State qftbe Armeman Church (1679, 
censured by Dr. Marshal). Smith when living at Constantinople had much 
conversation with Armenians, but did not learn the language, and therefore 

gublished nothing. Dr. Charleton, s. of Walter C, D. D. ; b. at Shipton- 
laliet, Som., Candlemas Day 1620 ; bred up in Magd. Hall under Bp. Wilkins ; 
Ph. Dr. 1643 ; travelling physician to Charles I ; d. April 24, 1707 ; b. a7th, at 
St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Will H. give * Mr. Smith' any assistance in his 
power? Will read Hickes' book next week. Mr. Hanbury has got himself 
appointed Keeper of the Cottonian Library, but will probably have to give 
way to Dr. Bentley. Will H. ask Dr. Kenton to send instructions to Mr. 
Gandy (Bartholomew Square, Old St.) to pay Dr. Bayley's legacy to 
Smith? 

June 1. H. to F. Cherry. Time to secure a roval paper copy of Mill's 
N. T. Sacheverel (brother to the Dr.)*s account ot the Isle of Man much 
better than Challoner's. Will communicate with Dodwell's correspondent in 
the North. Milles' publication of his Latin sermon ridiculed by the Wags. 

June d. Trumbull to H. Returns Dodwell's Prelim. Defence, with 
remarks. 

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is upon an Edition of Tull/s Tusculan Questions. This is the Davies 
whom I have mention'd once or twice before. He has lately put out 
an Edition of Minutius Felix, in which no great Matter. He has some 
conjectures upon him, but trivial, and might have been spar'd and left 
to y® Judgment of others. 

June 6 (Th.). On Saturday last died D' Simon Patrick Bp. of Ely, 
being upwards of 8o years of age, and 'tis said he will be succeeded by 
D'. Moore Bp. of Norwich. — S^. Jon. Trelawny was not declared Bp. of 
Winch, 'till Sunday last. — S^. Basil Fire-Brass a noted old Sinner of 

10 London has shot himself, but 'tis thought twill not prove mortal, as some 
perhaps could wish, whom he has cheated by odd tricks and shams, 
from whence he grew rich, and was able to give 20000 lib*, w*^ his 
Daughter to the Earl of Denbigh ; but notwithstanding this he decay'd, 
thro' Crosses & being reduc'd to some unexpected Extremities, was the 
cause of this Violence on himself — This day I saw at y« Publick 
Library D^. W^. Cave Prebendary of Windsor, who came thither chiefly 
to visit Jy^. Hudson and some other Friends, and he was pleas'd at y« 
same time to tell the writer of these matters, that he wished very well 
to the Edition of Livy now printing at y« Theatre in Oxon. & y* he 

ao should be glad to see all such designs carry'd on and encourag'd as 
they deserv'd. He saw some MSS, and particularly discours'd of one 
viz. Cboniates's Thesaurus which contains a great deal of Ecclesiastical 
History, which the D^. s^ he would run thro' if he could stay in Oxon. 
and had his Health. He recommended the Perusual of tins MS^ to 
M'. Topham of Windsor, then present, who is a Gentleman who has 
Years over his Head, a man of a strong Body, a Lover of Learning, & 
a Collecter of good & curious Books. 

June e (PrL). The Election of Fellow into M'. Smith's Vacancy of 
Brazennose having lately gone cross to M**. Hyde, who would have 

30 brought in another Man from him Elected, who was M»*. Leach, M'. 
Hyde endeavour'd to do some mischief to M"". Thompson the Vice- 
Principal, who was y® Principle Contriver for bringing in Leach, and 
accordingly a little after when the Society were at dinner in the Hall, 
amongst whom were several strangers, M'. Thompson happening to 
talk something ag* Baker of Wadham as to his being a Whig & like 
David Jones in some Respect, Hyde took hold of the occasion, and 
presently inform'd Baker that M"". Thompson had aspers'd him as an ill 
man, and a Vilifier of the Common-Prayer, & was for that reason worse 
than David Jones who was suspended for this reason. Baker writes 

40 presently to Thompson and demands satisfaction in a Legal Manner. 
Mr. Thompson returns Answer y* what he said was in a quite different 
sense, and appeals to the rest of the Company who are willing and ready 
to attest y« same, and y<^ what was said was nothing relating to y« 
Common Prayer, and they are at y« same time ready to make oath y* 
Hyde himself did own afterwards y* the words were not to be understood 
so as Baker had put them. — M^. David Jones is suspended for half 
a vear, because, besides his speaking against the English Liturgy, he 
refus'd to bury a person, who was not brought y® common way to 
Church : which could not be done by reason of a Fish-Pond, M^ Calvert 



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had made in y« way. David would have had the Corps brought thro' 
the Pond, & when it came to be put in y« Ground, he leapt into y® 
Grave & had y« mould thrown upon himself, 'till he could stand no 
longer, & forc'd them to take y« Corps up again, not permitting any one 
else to perform y« Office, so y* it stood unburied for above a week ; 
which being complain'd of, he was proceeded against as usual upon 
such Crimes. 

June 7 (Sat.). S^. Basil Fire-Brass is dead of his wound, & is 
lamented by none. The Reason of his laying violence on himself is y^ 
a Statute of Bankrupt was out against him. » D^ Moor Bp. of Norwich 10 
is nominated Bp. of Ely and a Conge deslier is sent for y* purpose. 
S^. Jon. Trelawny is also declar'd Bp. of Winch. & a Cong, deslier 
order'd also. 

June 8 ^Sun.). This being the L*^. Salisbury's birthday, entering now 
into y« i7«^ Year of his Age, M^. Caesar of Hertford (who was put into 
y« Tower) & several other worthy Gentlemen came on purpose to Oxon. 
to dine with his L<^ship on this occasion. 

June 10 (Tu.). M^. Bean (Charles) A.M. & Fellow of Merton Coll. 
& Chaplain to y^ Earl of Peterborough has printed his Sermon preach'd 
at S*. Maries on the i"* of May for the thanksgiving upon Ace* of the 20 
Union. A poor, sniveling discourse, tho' cry'd up by some mean, 
pitifull Fellows, and in the Preface he insinuates that y« Govemours in y® 
univers. should have taken notice of it, if there had been any thing ill in 
it : But they had more regard to him as he is Master of Arts, and well 
knowing that he has Interest with the scoundrell Low Church Men, who 
perhaps wish*d some of y°* would have concem'd themselves. — 'Tis s^ 
in y« News Letters y* I>. Trimnell, Son in Law to Talbot Bp. of Oxon 
is to be Bp. of Norwich. Yesterday Talbot had a Visitation of his Diocess 
held in y« Church of S*. Marie's Oxon. His Sermon is much commended, 



June 7. Thopesby to H. Mr. Gale can't procure any of the golden 
coins found at *Kigbley.' Has got 4 subscribers for Livy. *As to Dr, 
Johnston^ s design of the Antiquity s of Yorkshire 'tis I fear dead with him ; his 
Characters were so like those of the ancient Runic, y^ his own son y^ ]>. is not 
able to read them. I had for many years a constant correspondence with him, 
yet could seldom read his Lett" under a 3* perusall, 'tis said his bro' the R. C. 
Priest or Monk, has his key, but I presume he dare not appear in Engl^. 
besides his proposals for 5 vols in io\^ discouraged persons, & he grasped too 
much. I am sure I find the Topography & Hist, of this Parish (in the method 
I propose) more tedious than I expected, new matter continually suggesting 
itself.' Has had some severe losses. H. to Dr. T. Smith. My friend has 
not yet resolved to print Caelius. The ArchbP. made D.D. Wishes he had 
known that the ' Mr. Smith ' who was examining MSS. in Bodley was Collier ; 
offers C. his services in transcription, &c. Dr. Hody's books (5-600) received ; 
he was a prodigy of industry. Dr. Gave called on Thursday, on his return 
from the Bath on purpose to see this Ancient Place of Learning once more 
before he died. Was interested in Lfyy, &c. * Fellows of Houses might con- 
sider that the world expects such things from them, and that they were not 
placed in Colleges to spend their spare Hours in Idleness, but to further 
and Advance Learning, which they cannot do better than by entering upon 
Designs of publishing antient Authors.' 

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especially by the Whiggs, as a Rational Discourse, tho' Randal of Oriel 
of wol^ Coll. the Bp. was, does not like him for putting the Papers about 
Convocation upon him to be read. 

June 12 (Th.). On Monday last was published D'. Mill's Edit of y« 
New Test, which is a noble Work, and his Deserts for this undertaking 
will in some measure make amends for his Failings in other Respects. 
The Dedication however is nothing else but a LibeU & Piece of Flattery, 
(done in some p* by y® Bp. of Worcester, D^. Lloyd) & will be always 
look'd upon as such whilst y« Church of England & true loyal Principles 
lo last. 

VOIi. XV. 

June 18 (Pri.). A Copy of a Letter from M' Dodwell in Answer to 
a very long one from an Anonymous in the North, cone, the Nat. Mor- 
tality of the Soul [dated Shottesbrook, April 26, 1707 (i-ii)]. . . . — 
Out of a Letter sent from the said Anonymous to his Friend in Oxon 
cone, the said long letter, which he put into his hands to be convey'd to 
M*". Dodwell 

You may observe how M'. D. has magnify'd the Platonick Philosophy and 
declared the knowledge thereof to be absolutely necessary for the understand- 
ing of the Scriptures. I have therefore endeavour'd to prove that Plato's 

ao Archetypa's, Ectypa's, and Technical Termes are more expedient for y* 
clouding than clearing of the Scriptures. In the next place I've endeavour'd to 
convince him that his magnificat upon Plato is a disparagement to his Cause, 
making it as clear as the Sun, out of Plato's Works that Eminent Philosopher 
did assert the Immortality of the Soul : and that he might not suspect my 
opinion to be singular, I have appealed to TuUy, Alcinous, and Diogenes Lagr- 
tius. And being he pretends a mighty Veneration for the Authority of the 
Primitive Fathers, I've summoned most of the Fathers of the 41*^ Centuries 
(to whom he pays a singular Regard) to attest my Assertion. So far have I 
already dispatch'd, and from these Premises I shall argue ad hominem. Being 

30 (according to his Sentiments) Platonick Philosophy is so necessary for the ex- 
pounding of Scriptures, and the Primitive Fathers were Platonicks in their 
comments upon the Scriptures, therefore Plato affirming the Soul to be natur- 
ally immortall, the Fathers, his suppos'd disciples, yea and the Scriptures being 
a Confirmation of the Doctrine suggested before to Plato, must by an invio- 
lable Consequence declare the Soul to be naturally immortal. Now that 
Plato did maintain the Natural Immortality of the Soul is evident, not only 
from those Arguments by which M'. Dodwell demonstrates the Truth of his 
Hypothesis, but also from his Principles. For the Knowledge of his Actual 
Immortality whereby he supposeth the Soul to be secur'd from the Mortality 

40 of its Nature he often asserts to be the effect of Extraordinary Revelation & 
reserv*d for the Priviledge of the Gospel Peculium. So that Plato living in 
the times of Ignorance, he could never so much as dream of that Actual Mor- 
tality. Therefore the Immortality he did assert must of necessity be a natural 
Immortality. Therefore if the Scriptures were inspired in a Platonick style, 
& the Fathers did understand 'em in a Platonics sense they must by the 
Tutoring of Plato maintain the same Doctrine, and consequently declare the 
Soul's Immortality to be natural and not actual, proceeding from either the 
Pleasure of God, which was never to him reveal'd, or from an Immortalizing 
Spirit, which is the meer Creature of*M^ D's overteeming Fancy. — 

50 King Charles 11^ having given a Commission to a Gentleman to raise 
a Company of Souldiers, & meeting him by chance a little after ask'd him 



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how many he had got? The Gentleman answer'd but ^'^^^ if it please 
your Majesty. The King repl/d, then be sure you keep them : for five 
is the best Company in y® World, alluding to a merry Company which . 
consists better of five than any other Number. . . 

June 18 (Wed.). Yesterday was made Bach, of Phys. M^. Standfast 
of University Coll. This Gent, has some Design of putting out a New 
Ed. of Caelius Aurelianus de acutis Morbis, which is a Book much 
desired, and was some time since attempted by Almeloveen; but not 
finding sufficient Assistance as to correct Copies, & there being no MS* 
y* he could find he desisted : & I believe M^. S. will not proceed unless lo 
he light upon such Copies, tho' he has made some Collections towards 
the Work. 

June 10 (Th.). The Lady Eliz. Seymour, Eldest Daughter of the D. 
of Somerset is married to the Earl of Thomond of y® Kingdom of 
Ireland. — D'. Kennett is made Chaplain to the Queen in room of D'. 
Heme deceased. — Just published The present State of Whiggism, by 
S. S. formerly of Christ Church Oxon. N.B. Christ Church men say 
'twas none of their House. 

June 20 (PrL). I have seen a Letter fix)m M^ S*. Aman to D'. 
Hudson signifying that y® Emperor's Library is in a miserable Confusion, ao 
having no Keeper since Nesselius's Death, which happen'd two or three 
years since, y* the Books are kept in a dark Room in which are no 
Windows, that Germany abounds with no Learned men, what they most 
follow there being Philosophy in which a little skill makes them pass for 
men of Learning, &c. 

June 21 (Sat.). On Thursday Morning died D^*. Sherlock Dean of 
S*. Paul's in the 67*^ year of his Age, & is like to be succeeded by 
Dr. Godolphm Provost of Eaton Coll. 



June 14. H. to Dr. T. Smith. At last Dr. Mill's Test, is publish'd. He 
sends S. a small-paper copy, bound, as a present. Dr. T. Smith to H. 
Despite the superstitions and errors of the Armenians is glad that the Bp. was 
well treated at Oxford. His Map of the World copied from an ordinary chart. 
The legacy has been paid. On June 3, S. entered on his 70th year. Wishes to 
find a competent transcriber for his Latin letters; and for Bp. Pearson's 
Annotations on the Etp, qf St. Jgnatius, which he is anxious to publish. Intends 
to proceed gradually with his English letters. His original papers (inc. Dr. 
Bernard's) he will probably leave to H. Glad H. has made the acquaintance 
of his old friend Dr. Cave. 

June 19. Dr. T. Smith to H. Recommends Dr. Hudson to borrow, or 
get transcriptions from, a copy of Josephus (ed. Basel, 1544) in the St. James's 
Library, containing marginal notes &c., by Isaac Casaubon, about which he 
wrote to Dr. Bernard in May 1693. Sends a list of eleven rare early printed 
books in the possession of Dr. Robert Gray, which may be of use to supplement 
^ Beughem. 

June 2L H. to Dr. T. Smith. The Archbp. and his books. Has ac- 
quainted Dr. Hudson with S.'s intention of publishing Bp. Pearson's Annotations 
on the Epistles of St. Ignatius. There has been no competent amanuensis in 
Oxford since the enforced departure of Mr. Rinman and the other Suede ; but 
H. will do his best when rid of Livy. Is anxious to hear that Hickes has re- 
ceived his presentation copy of Mill. Has lately received from the Bp. of 



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June 28 (Mon.). On Saturday night about 6 or 7 a Clock IK. Mill, 
Principal of S*. Edm. Hall, Rector of Bledchingdon, and Prebendary of 
Canterbury, was seiz'd with a kind of Apoplectical Fit, and died this 
Morning about 7 a Clock having been for y® most part all the time from 
his first seisure out of his senses. He made no Will. He has left y® 
Character behind him of a Learned Divine, a charitable Man to y« Poor, 
and in several respects of a Publick Spirit He died just a fortnight after 
y® Publication of his Testament, & by his Death the Writer of these 
Matters has lost a great Friend. D'. Francis Gregory Rector of Hamble- 

10 don near Great Wycomb is also dead, and y« Rectory comes to D^ 
Charlett of University Coll. who had bought y« next Presentation several 
years since. — M^. Covert a Commoner of Hart-Hall having been denied 
bis Degree of Bach, of Arts 3 times, this day the reason was given to the 
Congregation, viz. That he had asserted that King Charles i" was lawfully 
beheaded^ which was attested before a Publick Notary, by M*". LuflBngham 
& M'. Deering of y« same House. Some exceptions were made to y« 
Evidence by D^. Bouchier, & something else propos'd for mollifying the 
Matter ; but M^. Stevens of All-Souls standing up and making a hand- 
some speech showing y^ he had asserted the same Doctrine several 

ao times, that he was a loose person &c. The reason was approved as 
sufficient by far y® greatest part of the Members of Congregation. 

June 25 (Wed.). This day about 4 Clock Afternoon was buried D'. 
Mill at his Parsonage Church of Blechingdon, in y« Chancell, in y« same 
Grave his Wife had been buried in several years before. He was attended 
by several Coaches and a great number of People, especially his own 
Parish, most of which came to Oxon on purpose to pay this last Respect 
to their Minister who had done so much to y« Poor People of that Place, 
by placing out Children &c. not to insist upon his Benefaction to the 
Qiurch & Parsonage House. The Pall was held up by D^. Turner 

30 President of Corpus, D^. Woodrofe of Glouc. Hall, D^. Dunstar, Warden 
of Wadham, D"*. Pudsey of Magd., D"*. Grabe, and D"*. Irish of All-Souls, 
which were all y® Doctors y* were present, except D'. Crosthwait, who 
did not go to Blechingdon, tho' designed to have been one of y® Pall- 
Bearers. At first six of y® Fellows of Queens were appointed to hold up 
y® Pall, but upon Consideration that matter was new order'd. All y« Hall 
had Rings and Gloves, and y® two Masters (all at present in it) Rings, 
Scarfes and Gloves, as had y« Pall Bearers & y« Fellows of Queens. 
Some others were invited, such as M'. Marshall of X* Ch. M'. Grandorge 
of Magd. &c. & Dr. Hudson was pitched upon to have been one to hold 

40 up y« Pall, but he was out of Town. The OflSce was read by M^ Arch- 
Man ^be Prtneiptes and Duties qf Cbristianity, with a translation in ' Manks'— 
the first piece ever published in that tongue. Mr. Tyrrell has presented to 
the Library 6 vols, of Collectanea of Archbp. Ussher's. 

June 28. H. to Kent. Mill will be sent on payment of ao/- more. Who 
is the new gen. com., Mr. Bromley ? Advises ' AbraJiam ' to be more careful in 
consequence of his late misfortune. ' Give no occasion for their Idle Stories, 
which are hearken'd to so much, even by men of Learning and Sense in other 
Respects, and 'tis done by them purely out of Devotion to Whiggism, which 
prevails mightily, and for y* reason I like to live in Oxon best, where we are 
free from the insults of these Fellows.' 



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deacon Goodwin (commonly call'd D^ Goodwin) who was an intimate 
Friend of Dr. Mill's. 

June 28 (8at^. For Emendation of Authors to be consulted Joan. 
Bertrandi libb. II. de Jurisperitis. . . I>. Mill in his Prolegomena to his 
N. Test has something cone. y« Age of the Author of y® Com. imperf. in 
Math. This he had in a Letter some time since from M*". Dodwell, as he 
has several times told me : but he has not acknowledg'd it here. I think 
Mr DodwelPs Letter is pasted upon the IX» printed Copy of y® said 
Com. 

June 80 (Men.). . . . Fabricius in his Preface to the Northern His- lo 
torians notes y* in Gataker's &c. Edit of Antoninus L. Verus*s EflSgies is 
added by mistake for Antoninus's. 

July 1 (Tu.). About a Week before D'. Mill died he put into y« Pub- 
lick Library 6 Volumes of ArchbP. Usher's Collectanea, and two folio 
MS*. Volumes, which had been also ArchbP. Usher's, containing Divinity 
Lectures per Anon. Which 8 Volumes were given to y® Publick Library 
by Mr. James Tyrrell, but lodged in I>. Mill's hands y* he might extract 
from them what would be to his Purpose in his Edition of y® New Test 
And accordingly in one of them he has given this Memorandum under 
his own hand, viz. ao 

Variantes lectiones N. T. In hoc libro comprehensas & ab Erudito Viro D. 
Jacobo Tirryl, clanssimi Armachani Nepote, ante aliquot annos mecum per- 
amic% communicatas, partim in Editionis mese N. T. corpore, partim in Ap- 
pendice, fideliter exhibui. 

Oxon. Jun. 7. 1707. Joannes Mill. 

July 2 (Wed.) I am told y* D'. Tho. Bray, formerly of All-Souls, 

is a very conceited Person, & y* he was always so : & y* y* School-Master 
who brought him to y* College was likewise much of y« same temper. 
This Bray, has among other trite Books, written in 4*<> a Pamphlett 
wherein he gives a Catalogue of Books usefull for y^ Pastor of a Parish. 30 
— This Day was presented to his Doctor of Divinity's Degree M'. Har- 
war, President of Magd. Coll. — D^. Thomas Wood having prosecuted 
M'. Ayloflfe of New-Coil, upon y« crime of Extortion, & got him ejected 
y® Vice-Ch« Court whereof Ayloffe was a ProctCM*, M^ Ayloffe thereupon 
appeal'd to y« Delegates of Congregation, who, all but D^. Hudson and 
M'. Bicklowe of New Coll. refusd to accept of it; upon which Ayloflfe 



June 26. Jno. Bennett to H. Asks for particulars of Mill's death, an- 
nounced in this day's Post-Bcy, 

June 27. H. to Smith. Particulars of the last illness, death, and fiineral 
at Blechingdon of Dr. Mill. Dr. T. Smith to H. Su^cts that the 
Armenian Bishop's History is the same with the Hutoria originu, progresjuj, et 
mdolu tuUioms Armenae, Auctore Moyse Grammatko (Amsterdam, 8^®. 1696). 
Hoped they might have presented some choice MSS. of the history of their 
country or a collection of their Councils. Pity we have no authentic accounts 
of the plantation and progress of Christianity in Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia, 
&c., such as may still lie hid, probably in the Syriac language. Commends the 
Bp. of Man for publishing the Manx Catechism, and Mr. Tyrrel for presenting 
Archbp. Ussher's collections to Bodley. Laments the death of Dr. Mill, and 
hopes Dr. Hudson will succeed him. 



24 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

appeal'd to ye Delegates of Convocation, who rec^ ye same, and upon 
several Hearings at hsi readmitted Ayloflfe,& declar'd the IX* sentence pro- 
nounced against him by himself, as Assessor, to be unjust and unpresidented : 
which has so nettled Wood y* he has referred y® Cause to y® Chancery, 
and gives out y* he will prosecute Ayloflfe "w^ y« utmost Rigour. — The 
Editor of Caelius Aurelianus should consult Almeloveen's Edition of 
Celsus, in which several References are made by Almeloveen to Aurelia- 
nus. — Mr Llhuwyd in y© Preface to his i^ Vol. of Arch. Brit, lately 
published takes notice of a certain Gendeman who had run down y® Work 

lo as of no great use, there being, as he said but 3 or 4 who troubled them- 
selves about this Subject M^. Llhuyd has decendy reflected upon him. 
'Tis said y® Gentleman is D'. Wynne the Margaret Professor, who never 
was a very good Friend of M'. Llhuwyd's: but others say 'tis Dr. 
Edwards. — The Dean of X* Church design'd for a new year's Gift next 
year Ignatius's Epistles, and accordingly had put his Ingenious and 
Modest Nephew M' Aldrich upon it, who consider'd it a litde, but 
jy, Aldrich understanding from D"". Hudson y* D"". Smith is going 
to publish this work, with Bp. Pearson's notes, that Design is layd aside, 
& we shall have something else. He once design'd that Manuel Phyle 

ao should be y« Book printed from y® Curious MS* of this Author in 
Bodley's Archives ; but what hindered or put a stop to it I know not 

July 4 (Pri). The Shield of D^. Woodward is suspected by some for 
this reason because the Horses are represented without Bridles. Consider 
this. Livy 1. 35. c. 11. has, equi (numidarum scil.) sine frenis, deformis 
ipse cursus. So y* for Horses to be wthout Bridles in Battle he reckons 
strange and imusual. . . . 

July 6 (Sat.). Amongst other Books given by y® Armenian ArchbP. to 
y« PubL Library is a History, at y» Beginning of which y« ArchbP's 
Nephew put y® Following memorand, 

30 Historia Nationis Armenae \, Moise Chorenensi Grammatico, Doctore Ar- 
meno. Anut, 1650. 

Maij 38. 1707. 
Bibliothecae Bodlejanz done dedit Reverendiss. Thomas Archiep. S. cnicis 
in majori Armenia. Per manum ejusd. Reverendiss. nepotis Lucae Nuri- 
gianidis. 

Underneath which is written at y« Motion of D^. Charlett, & by y« 
Direction of y« s^ ArchbP's Nephew, 
Auctorem istius libri floruisse traditur seculo quarto post Xtum. — 
Dr. Grabe says y* if D'. Mill's Picture had been printed before his 
40 Test and he desir'd to write something under it should have been, , 
consummavi opus quod mihi dedisti consummare in terris. D^ Grabe in 



July 5. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Sends a copy of Mem. inserted in the 
Moyses Grammaticus presented by the Armenian Archbp. to the Library ; his 
gift not worth the ^loo worth of books presented by the University at the 
instigation of Dr. Charlett. Mill died intestate ; doubtful how his books will 
be deposed of. Sorrv so many persons regard Dr. Woodward's Shield as ' a 
banter.' Hudson and Thwaites spoken of for Principal. The Dean once de- 
signed for his next New Year's gift Manuel Phile de Ammalihut, whereof there 
is an excellent copy in Bodley's Archives. 



Julya-lS.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 27-34. 25 

y« Prol. to ye first Vol. of y® LXX now just printed amongst other things 
gives an Account of Patrick Young's undertaking this Work & says y* his 
Specimen of it was injudicious, & y* by pretending to alter y* Alexandrian 
Copy in several places he [showed] himself to be rash &c. He also takes 
notice of D'. Tho. Smith's being put upon the same work of whom he 
gives a laudable Character as y* he is well skill'd in Greek & y« Oriental 
Tongues & y* he is an omam* to y« College of which he was fellow & 
every ways qualified for y« undertaking. Quod verissimum, — Silius 
Italicus IV. 148. de a® Bello Pun. Consider y« Place. Something there 
to illustrate Woodward's Scutum. — A Gentleman gave three Coyns to 10 
the Publick Library of Silver. . . . 

July 9 (Wed.). M"*. Tanner's Brother of Queen's Coll. who took his 
Master of Arts Deg. this day tells me that his Bro. is now very hard at 
work upon Leland, & y* 'twill be ready for the Press in a little time. — 
Religious Pictures were printed first. Then Cards. Then Ballads. — M'. 

Higgins has printed his Sermon preach'd at which gave so 

much oflfence. To which is since come out a Postscript by way of 
Dialogue betw. y* ArchbP. of Cant, and himself. — D'. Mill in his Ded. of 
his Test, to y« Q. has reflected upon the memory of K. Charles II. by 
saying he died a Papist, for which the !>. (as well as for some other 30 
thmgs) is much blam'd, & a day before he fell ill he was told roundly of it 
by a very honest Gent of this imiversity, & he took great notice thereof, 
& I believe was sorry for what he had said. 

July 12 (Sat.). D^. Hudson tells me that in Selden's Library is a 
much more compleat Index to y« Scholiast of Lycophron than y* pub- 
lish'd by D'. Potter in his Edit of Lye. the Index of y« Authors to which 
was drawn up by M"". Dechair of Line. Coll. — M'. Dodwell has publish'd 
A Farther Prospect of the Case in View, in a small 8^®. being in answer to 
some objections offer'd since y® Publication of y® former Discourse. 

July 18 (Sun.). This Day being Act-Sunday M'. Tho. Yalden of 30 
Magd. Coll. a litde Effeminate Fantastical Person preach'd at S*. Mary's. 
The Sermon was as he uses to preach nothing but what might have been 
sd by one who has any thing of P*». wt*k)ut Divinity. The Afternoon 
Sermon was preach'd at X* Church by M"". Newton, & 'twas y« Reverse. 



July 18. Dr. T. Smith to H. More and more satisfied that the 
statement of the antiquity of the History of the Armenian Church and 
Nation is false, but knows of no one since the death of Dr. Gise who can 
translate a portion for purposes of comparison. Thinks a present of money 
would have been better than a gift of Theatre books. Glad that Ussber's 
Fariantes Lectumes N, T, are preserved among his collections ; surely Dr. Mill 
should have given him some better title than that of ciaritsimtu. Has * looked 
over the ectypon of Dr. Woodwards Shield with a very transient eye, and is 
satisfied of its genuineness ; ' a Dissertation by one of the objectors would be 
very curious and interesting. Troubled that Dr. Hudson's chances of the 
Principalship are small. Phile de Ammalibus hardly worthy of Dr. Aldrich's 
care or recommendation. 

July 18. Barnes to Hudson. Sends an ' Encomiastic ' to be prefixed to 
Hudson's edition of Dionysius. 



26 NEAJ^NE'S. COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Written in a Window at Woodstock. 

A German Princess once adomM this Isle, 
Another German Princess owns this Pile : 
This equals that in Manners, Birth, Estate, 
Ohl that this Princess shared y* ^others Fate. 

— This Act, among others, Mr. Baker Senior of Wadham Coll. had a 
Letter read for his Degree of !>. of Div. The Convocation was but thin, 
several People, who design'd to have been there, being interrupted. So the 
Letter pass'd. When his Grace was propos'd a certain Gent, a Friend to 
10 ye university denied it ; but y® Proctors however, misapprehending the 
thing (for so we must suppose) pronounced it granted. And he was 
accordingly afterward presented : tho' the Gent, who had denied it made 
some motion to y« contrary, but 'twas too late. 

July 14 (Mon.). Hadr. Relandus's Diss. Miscellaneae, the i»* Part. . . 
Tis a Philological Book. — Historia Hamelensis, defensa k Franc. 
Worgero. . . This book to be consulted cone, y® Story of the Rat- 
catcher, which was printed several years since by Verstegan, whence I 
had y« Rel. in Duct. Hist — On Saturd. M'. Charles King, one of the 
Organists at S*. Paul's Lond. performed in y® Theatre his Exercise for y® 

30 Degree of Bach, of Musick, & y« same day had his Grace : and was 
presented to y* same Degree in Congregation this Day, by M*". Jo. Keil 
A.M. of X* Church, for want of one in y* Faculty to do y® OflSce. The 
Habit he was presented in was y« same w*h yt of a Bach, of Law, it 
being so many years since any one went out in this Faculty, y* no one in 
y® University it seems remembers y« Habit proper for it; nor are y« 
Magistrates so carefiill as to preserve Patterns, as they ought. — M'. 
Holland of Merton Coll. was presented this day to y® Degree of D^. of 
Divinity. — This Afternoon I talk'd at y® Library w*l^ one who belongs 
to y« Queen's Houshold. who tells me y* some time since were found at 

30 Leonhard's Hill near Windsor a great number of Coyns such as Mark 
Antony, Antoninus &c. I had heard of 'em before. But I do not find 
any are rare. But quaere further. — Quasre whether the Historia Marty- 
rum quoted by Bp. Bramhall be in Apologia Martyrum , . — Note in 
Exposit. Hieronymi in Symb. Apost. pr. at Oxon. in 1468. In the Mus. 
Quaere ? 

July 17 (Th.). Yesterday a Gentleman brought to y® Publick Library 
certain Coyns &c. with an Offer of what were wanting to y* Place, 
amongst which were two scales, the Impresses whereof arc put at y« End 
of this Book in wax. One of them is remarkable for y« name of JRoger 
40 dg Bentun, whom I take to be Roger de Bethun mentioned in y« 2d Vol. 
of Mon. Ang. for being a Witness to y« original Paper for Founding y« 
Abbey of Cockersand in Lancashire, in y« time of Hen. II. — This day 
was Elected Rector of Blechingdon, vacant by y® Death of D*". Mill, M'. 
Scott Senior Fellow of Queen's Coll. — There is just publish'd The 11* 
Part of The Pulpit Fool, by John Dunton a poor craz'd silly Fellow. In 



July 14. Barnes to H. Reports progress with bis Homer. 



* She was hang'd. 



July 13-21.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 36-44. 27 

it he gives Characters of y« chief & most Learned (as he calls 'em) of y« 
Low Clergy Dissenters as well as others. 

July 18 (Pri.). D^. Godolphin, Provost of Eaton, is made Dean of 
S*. Paul's. — Memorandum. That M'. Dalton of All-Souls would not 
be dispensed w^, as the other Masters according to custom are, this year 
for one year of his Necessary Regency on purpose y* he might defer his 
going into orders the longer, the Coll. Statutes obliging to take orders two 
years after Necessary Regency is compleated ; tho' I am told by one, who 
knows, y* there was no need for this shift, because y® College Statutes 
allow two years for necessary Regency. — Memorandum. Also y* M'. 10 
Code of y* ColL was presented to y® Degree of D^. of Physick this Act 
Term, tho' he should have staid another year by y« Coll. Statutes, which 
require five years standing Bach, of Phys. before he proceed D^. whereas 
Code is but four. 

July 19 (Sat.). D^. Smoult Fellow of S*. John's Coll. in Cambr. & 
Professor of Casuistical Divinity in y* university is lately dead, leaving 
two Hundred lib*, to y« Publick Library there, two hundred lib*, for y« 
Augmentation of that Professorship, two hundred lib*. Charity for poor 
Clergy Men's Widows, &c. 

July 20 (Sun.). I saw this day a north-Country poor man who said ao 
he went to school with D^. Mill, y* his (ihe D^*) Father is a weaver by 
Trade, y* he has an estate of 7 lib*, a year which D"". Mill his son pur- 
chas'd for him, & y* D^ Mill died in about y« 63d (his great Climackterick) 
year of bis Age. 

July 21 (Men.). Last Week died S^. Rob. Clayton, at Rygate, leaving 
behind him 4000 libs, per an. to a Nephew of very ordinary Education, 
with 40000 libs, to the Hospitals in London & for other charitable uses, 
to attone for his way of getting it, which was, he being but a Scrivener by 
Trade, per opus & usus. — M^. Dodwell has just publish'd a 2^ Edition of 
his Ep, Discourse, — Simon Miller a Bookseller on Ludgate-Hill when he 30 
us'd to be over his Bottle had commonly this Expression come tip aivay, 
whereupon y« Waggs made this Epitaph on him : 

Here lyes Simon clad in day, 
Who while he liv'd cryM tip amay, 

— Mr. Wright who writ y« Antiquities of Rutlandshire (& several other 
Pieces in verse & prose tho' w*^)ut his Name) is an ancient Barrister 
of y® Middle Temple. He was borne at Yamton in Oxonsh, His 
Father being a Parson of y* place & formerly fellow of S*. John's. 
— When D"". Hudson was Bach, of Arts he happen'd to be in company 
(in London) with M'. Dixon then fellow of Queen's Coll. & afterwards 40 
D^. Dixon & Parson of Wey-Hill, & after a free glass or two, he (M'. H.) 
happen'd to discourse w^^** him ab* several Matters relating to y® Coll. 
& one particular he very well remembers is y* he s<^ to M'^. Dixon, he 
wonder'd they did not always make choice of y« best scholars. M'. 
Dixon told him y* if ever he (M^. H.) was Fellow he would cease to 
wonder at that ; for then he would know y* all things were manag'd by 
Parties, Intriegues & self Interest. » Laurence Humphreys translated 
into Latin Origen's Dialogues contra Marcionistas. At y® End of 



28 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

Origen's Works printed at Basil 1571. See Wetstenius's Preface to 
several Pieces of Origen, which he published. 

July 26 (PrL). Memorandum y* M^. Dechair in his Preface to 
Athenagoras calls M'. Worth eruditus admodum editor Tatiani, He also 
acknowledges himself to be obliged to D^ Mill a person he says of great 
name amongst the Literati for some Assistance, as likewise to D"". Potter, 
who, it may be, had some hand in y« Dedication, which is dull & hardly 
latin, at least not very intelligible. The var. lectt. in y® Eton MS* he 
had from M^ Worth, whom I help'd to collate y* MS* at Eton, whither 

10 I went on purpose. At y® same time I took a specimen of y« Hand, 
which M^^. Worth met w**^ since D*". Mill's Death in his Study, & carry *d 
it off, as himself told me, & it may be other Papers. — D^. Grabe in 
his Episde to D^^. Mill has been noted for his Complement to D^*. 
Charlett whose humanity he calls inusifaiam. The same Complement 
he uses to D*". Aldrich in his Preface to y® Oxon. Edit, of y® 11^ Apol. of 
Justin Marty[r] where he calls his munificence inusitatam. In y® same 
Prefece D^. Grabe promises a 3d vol. of Justin martyr to contain his 
Dialogue w**^ Tryphon, also a fourth to comprehend Justin's Supposi- 
titious Pieces &c. In pag. 14. of y* second' Apol. in y® Notes grare 

ao is written for grabe. I believe 'tis full of faults. D"". Grabe in y® 
Preface to y® first Vol. of his Ed. of y® Sept. just now printed makes 
honourable mention of I^. Thomas Smith, whom he takes notice of 
upon Account of his being put upon this Work by K. Ch. 11. which 
however he was forc'd to desist from by reason of y® troublesome times 
coming on &c. At y® same time I^. Grabe speaks of M^ P. Young 
as a man of little Judgment: qd tamen non verum. ArchbP. Usher 
has a note in his Coll. thus, 

Rufhis Festus Avienus in antiquis Codd. Abidenus dicitur, & in Servij etiam 
commentarijs ; ubi (cum de cometis dissent) Avienum scribit fecisse Vergilianas 
30 fabulas lambicis versibus, & historica quaedam ex libris Livianis in libro de 
maritimis secutum se testatur (praeter Annales Punicos) &c. 

In ArchbP Usher's MS* Collections are Excerpta out of y® Saxon 
Annals wtl* some Excell* Observations by y® ArchbP.: which D"". 
Gibson knew nothing of when he publish'd y* Work. — There is 
lately publish'd Modena's History of y® present Jews translated from 
y® Italian by M^ [S]im. Ockley, Author of y® Introductio ad Linguas 
orientales, who has added some Notes of his own to this Translation. 
There is a Dedication prefixed to it to Elias Abenaker of Lond. Gent 
written by John Owen (whose Name is subscrib'd) the undertaker I 
40 think, in which he has reflected upon D^. Bentley, tho' Bende/s Name 
be not added. — Dryden printed a po€m in Memory of y® Coxmtess of 
Abbingdon Lond. 1692. She died in the 33d year of her age. — M'. 
Dodwell's Case in view is grounded upon § 31, & 33*^ of his Preface to 
y® Defence of the Vindication of y® Depr. Bi*. Quaere ? 

July 26 (Sat.). Memorandum y* Taubmannus in y® Preface to his 
Com. upon Virgil's Culex has printed a fragment of DeT-Wtnsbeke, a 



July 26. Dr. T. Smith to H. Please send any further objections against 
Woodward's Shield, ' for I have not yet lost my relish for such like juvenile 



Julyai-a?.] VOLUME XV, PAGES U^BA. 29 

noble Poet of Germany who flourish'd under y« Empire of Fred. 
Barbarossa. In y® same place also he has given another Fragment of 
Wernherus coeval with Winsbeke. — In pag. 338 of y« Comment, of 
y« 8^0. Edition, is P. Scipio Africanus's Epitaph, viz. hkic est ille sitvs, 

QVOI NEMO CEFVI* NEQVE HOSTIS QVIBIT PRO FACTEIS REDDERS OPER^ PRE- 

TFVM. I — There is a IN vol. of Fabricius's Bibliotheca Greca come out 
It comes down to X*. The same Diligence show'd as in y« former 
Indexs of Authors Classical added occasionally, also Fragments with 
Notes &c. — At y« End of y® Bp. of Worcester's Bible is a Table of 
Weights, Measures, &c. taken from Bp. Cumberland. The Bp. makes 10 
a Shekel to be 2 j. ^d. 37. whereas Brerewood makes it half a Crown, & 
Roman Denarius to be y« fourth part of it, viz. *jd, — D*". Mill in his 
Notes upon N. Test. p. 13. insinuates y* some later Person was Author 
of Y» Cattch, Mystagog, 

[Notes from Voss. de Arte Gram. 1. v. c. 3 ; L iii. c. 6 ; 1. iv. c. 17.] 

Remember when Justin is reprinted to note where Civitaiium is printed 
jT* yt is right, & refer to Vossius de Arte Gram. 1. iv. c. 17.... 

July 27 (Sun.). Yesterday was in y® Publick Library D'. Edw. 
Wetenhall formerly of Line. Coll. & afterwards Bp. of Corke & Ross, 
being attended only by I>. Ar. Charlett always at hand upon such ao 
occasions, which Wetenhall, now an old man, has written & publish'd 
several things as a Sermon, 40. of Gifts & Offices in y« Publick Worship 
of God, in 3 parts 8©. The Church Catechism w*l^ marginal Notes 8^0. 
& a Preface to D'. Ez. Hopkins's Expos, on y« 10 Commandments 40. 
— The Dean of Xt Ch. (D^. Aldrich) has read over Obrechtus's Edit, 
of Quinctilian, & he is of opinion y^ 'tis a most accurate, nice Per- 
formance, & exceeds D^^. Gibson's Work at Oxon. who took little Pains 
in it, y« MSS. being collated by young, raw lads not curious nor skillfull 
in such business, nor to be at all rely'd on in y« most critical & un- 
common variations, which they usually pass over as trivial, insignificant 30 
Matters. 

[Note on Quintil. xii. 3.] 

M^ Dodwell in Pag. 16 of his Preface to his Defence of the Vind. 
has these words. Nor does it appear the AbP. chang'd his mind 
aftrwd*. The only thing insisted on by our Historian to prove it, is his 
subscribing a Book (ask M"". Dodwell w* Book it is) set out soon after, 
which teaches y« contrary. — I>. Wettenhall as soon as ever he was 
made Regent Master got to preach before y« university at S*. Maryes, 
for which he was scons'd by y® Vice-Chanc. according to y« Statute of 
not preaching 'till four years standing Master being then strictly observ'd ¥> 
tho', like other things, scandalously neglected since. He was always a 
forward dapper Man, & was once a stickler for King James. When 
young he was School-Master in Exeter. — D^. Hudson having got a 



studyes and entertainm**.' Severe remarks on Dr. Mill's Dedicatory Epistle 
_a scandalous libel on the memory of King Charles II— which he begs of H. 
to keep secret. 



30 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, [1707: 

Warrant for the Delivery of the MS* Josephus in y« Queen's Library for 
his use, Dr. Trimnell had y« Keys of y® Library deliver'd to him by 
D^^. Bentley's order to take it out ; but when he came to look for it, the 
MS* was not to be found, which is supposed to be a trick of Jy. 
Bentley's, who has no great Affection for carr3ring on this Work. The 
Fees which D^. Hudson pays for y« warrant comes to i/. 12s, 6d. which 
would have arisen to six libs, had not the L^. Sunderland abated his 
Fees. The MS. was found & sent to y« Doctor, — D' James Talbot 
who put out at Cambridge in a Beautiful Letter, both in 4*0 and 8^0. 

10 Horace, — is now Chaplain to y« D. of Somerset & Rector of Spofforth 
in Yorksh. He has also printed 77u Chris/tan Schoolmaster &c, & 
Christian Equity in a Sermon : both for y« use of y« Religious Societies. 
— In Burnett's Reflections on y« Oxon. Theses he mentions in pag. 29. 
a sheet well and decently writ (as he saith) to prove that Q. Eliz. was a 
Bastard. Enquire ab* it? — There is lately come out at Amst. in two 
Vols. fol. by Almeloveen an Edition of Strabo Gr. Lat. with Casaubon's 
& others Notes. To which is added Strabo's Chrestomathiae as printed 
at Oxon by D^. Hudson whose Notes are subjoyn'd & to them is pre- 
fix'd M'. Dodwell's Dissertation. 

30 July 29 (Tu.). M^^. Du-Gain, an Irish Gentleman, having been 
inform'd against for words spoken at least four years agoe touching 
upon King William's Memory, after the thing had been moved from 
Place to Place, to his great loss, at length it was brought before the 
Judges last week at y« Assize in Oxon. But y® Witnesses disagreeing in 
their Evidence, & the word infernum (for so 'twas brought in viz. that he 
should say that if there were any Hell he believ*d King William* s Sotd to be 
in it, which they interpreted in/emum) being ambiguous, the matter was 
laid aside, & the Informers came off with no small Disgrace. Yet for all 
that 'tis believ'd they will still prosecute this poor, unfortunate Gent out 

30 of Malice & only to bring him into Trouble & Charges. — John Wood- 
ward of S*. Mary Hall in Oxon. writ a Copy of verses before M'. John 
Middleton's Practical Astrology, pr. at Lond, in 1679. 80. 

July 81 (Th.). Last Sunday was inducted into his Living of Blech- 
ingdon Mr. Tho. Scott of Queen's Coll. — Erythraeus in his Index to 
Virgil in y« word avctor referrs to a great Dictionary of his. Quaere whether 
'twas ever publish'd ? Erythraeus in his Index to Virgil voce concvbitv 
mentions an Index y* he made to Caesar's Commentaries. ... — M^. Milles 
is made D^. of Divinity at Dublin & (as I am told) S^. Andr. Fountaine 
Dr. of Lawe. — . . . There is a MS* of Virgil (an Antient one it is) in 

40 y« Vatican Library very diligently (diligentissime) kept as Erythraeus 
says in his Index to Virgil ; in the word cum. In which place he notes 
y* quum is y® right way of writeihg cum when 'tis an Adverb of time, tho' 
he follows the common way. 

[Miscellaneous notes from the same work.] . . . 

Aug. 2. H. to Dr. T. Smith. General surprise and horror in Oxford at 
the fulsome character of Dr. Mill's Dedication. Particulars of his parentage 
&c. from a North-countryman. Mr. Pearson to have the Principality. The 
Dean has fixed upon Epictetus and Theophrastus for his New Year's gift, to be 
edited by his nephew. Has at last seen the Amst. ed. of Strabo. Dr. Hudson 



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Aug. 8 (Biul). . . . Memorand. y* D^. Hyde's Catalogue should be 
mended, where he says Joannes Nidus Rossius : it should be Joannes 
Victor jRoscius. And give a Note at Janus Ntcius ErythrcBUs y* 'tis a 
feign'd Name {ox Joannes Victor Roscius, 

Aug. 4 (Men.). In 1649 was pr. at Lond. a little Pamphlett 40. intit 
Chris fs Birth not mistimed : or, a clear Refutation of a Resolution to a 
Question about y time of Xfs Nativity, By R, S, pretending to evidence by 
Scripture, That Jesus X* was not borne in Dec, 'Tis neatly written and 
supposed to be done by Bp. Pearson. D'. Hammond * in some part of his 
works mentions it as J. P.*s. Quaere ? ,0 

Aug 7 (Th.). Mr Wasse of Cambridge, now Chaplain to y« Earl of 
Kent, has so swell'd his Salust, which he is publishing with Notes, y* the 
undertaker is quite weary, who tells me y* his Index will be upwards of 
20 sheets. — In the year 1705 Mr. John Dyer y« News Writer having 
inserted in his Letter that at Bristow on y« ^o^ of Jan. they drest up a 
dog & led him out very formally & cut off his head in derision of y« Day, 
he has been forc'd to retract y^ story & to insert his Retraction in his 
Letter of last night viz. That he was impos'd upon by some ill designing 
People, & y* he begs Pardon of y« Mayor, Aldermen & Citizens of 
Bristoll. — . . . 20 

* lately obtained a warrant for y« Delivery of Josephus in MS. in the Q^ 
Library for his use. Accordingly D^ Bentley oraer'd the Keys to be deliver'd 
to D'. Trimnell, but when he came to search the Book was not to be found. 
The Fees on this occasion came to £1 laj. Sd. and they would have arisen to 
5 or 6 libs, had not my L^ Sunderland abated his.' 

Aug. 5. Hiokes to H. Wants for a friend a large-paper copy of Mill's 
Grk. Test, in quires. 

Aug. 8. Dodv^rell to H. Further remarks on his ' Northern Anonymous 
Friend's ' letter. Remarks and suggestions on the fact that the horses on Dr. 
Woodward's Shield are represented without bridles (ofrd pvrfjpog). Asks him 
to look up a point in the Byzantine ed. of Zonaras in the St Jonn's Library. 
P.S. from Brokesby. Will make further enquiries for Burton's papers relat- 
ing to Leicestershire. Hudson to H. Sends an account of his rambles. 
Northampton ; Oundle (' What's remarkable in this place you have in Camb- 
den, unless it be a well, w®^ is call'd y* Drumming-well ; from the beating of a 
Drum in it at some certain seasons. I was told by my obliging Landlord, who 
was y* best and most knowing man in y« Town, y* he heard it beat on y« very 
day we had y« great overthrow in Spain. This matter is so well attested by 
all y« people thereabouts y* I do not in y* least suspect y« truth of it.' Peter- 
borough : [ ' the minster] has lost of its monuments of antiquity by y« barbar- 
ous rage ot y« late times.' . . As I went into y« Ch., just as y® evening prayer 
was ended, I mett y« Bishop, & beg'd his blessing : I told him y^ 1 was a 
Traveler y* came from Oxon, & y* my name was — . He reply'd a very good 
name, & so went his way. I was a little surpris'd at this, & while I was a 
viewing y® Ch. could not but reflect now & then upon 't Yet before I left y* 
place, by w* sudden turn I cannot imagin, y« Bp comes into y® Ch., & offerd 
to show me anything y* might be remarkable in it. I retum'd his LordshP my 
thanks for y^ great civility ; assuring him y^ 1 thought I had seen everything 
y* could gratifie my curiosity in y* place. He then walkt out w**> me, & show'd 
me a piece of Antiquity. . . He then invited me to drink a glass of wine or 
ale w^ him in his House, hard by y® Ch : which I believe had been part of y* 

' See Vol. i8t of his works, pages 536, 537. 



32 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Aug. 9 (Sat.). On Thursday last about 2 in y« Afternoon died M^*. 
Pooly, Member of Pari, for Ipswich, & is much lamented especially upon 
Account of his Excellent Parts, skill in y« Law, & his Loyalty. There is 
some Accoimt of him before in one of these Books. Quaere ? I think 
'tis a Mistake. — This Day about 3 in y« Afternoon was ' admitted Prin- 
cipal of S*. Edm. Hall Mr. Tho. Pearson A.M. and Fellow of Queen's 
Coll. who deservedly bears y« Character of a modest, good natur'd Man, 
and a plain practical Preacher. The Electors were for some time put to 
it, none of ye College being willing to accept it, (the Hall being but thin 

10 at present) unless upon very considerable Terms of Advantage from y« 
Coll. Accordingly therefore at last " they agreed that if M'. Pearson 
would take it he should have y« Option of a Parsonage, and in y« mean 
time have a Pension from y« Coll. equivalent to a Fellowship : which is 
nothing else but an Evasion of the Statute which says none shall be 
socius & Principal at y® same time ui/ra sex menses. It was expected y* 
Dr. Hudson should have been elected by them ; but y« present smooth- 
booted Provost was one of y® chief who formerly got him tum'd by a 
Fellowship, and he thought 'twould be a Reflection upon himself to have 
him made Principal. M^ Hill one of y« Fellows was a great Manager of 

ao this Aflfair, as he was in bringing in D^. Lancaster Provost, tho' if he had 
mov'd for D'. Hudson & y® Provost thought fit to have been of y* mind 
too, we should have had a Man of great Industry & Learning as well as 
Probity to be Head, and the world might have seen several persons train*d 



Lodgings of y« Abbots of y* place. W"* I went in he offer'd me my choice of 
Wine or Ale ; I told him w®** his Lordship pleas'd ; and then there came a 
tankard of excellent drink such as Heddington cannot afford. After a little 
discourse I took my leave of his LordshP, without having an invitation to dine 
with him y« next day. I fancy y« reason was, y* all his daughters w' dispos'd 
of. Four of y™ being married to Clergymen.* Crowland, Spalding, Boston, 
Alford, Theddlethorp. 

Aug. 9. Dr. T. Smith to H. Gives over the sheets of the 6p. of Worces- 
ter's General Chronology as irretrievable. Has received part of Mr. Burton's 
Latin MS. Britanniae Komanorumy and finds that scarce any light can be de- 
rived from it for illustrating the Antiquities of Britain beyond what we have 
already in his printed Commentary on the Itinerary qf Antoninus. Rhenferdius 
writes that he would reprint the Greek Onomasticon of Eusebius Caesariensis if 
he could meet with a MS. to collate Bonfrerius' ed. by. Is any MS. known to 
H. or Dr. Hudson ? ' It is shamefull & scandalous, that no booke can bee 
borrowed out of the Royal Library without paying such exorbitant fees, 
of w^** so little care is taken, & to w«^ accesse cannot bee had without 
great difficulty in the absence of Dr. B. But this is not Dr. Hudson's case 
alone. About a yeare or two since I desired the Keeper of y* Paper- 
OflRce at Whitehall to let mee have a sight of several Papers there, where 
formerly I was readily admitted : but bee made a great difiiculty of it, and told 
mee that hee could not do it without a warrant under the Queenes hand. I re- 
plyed with a just indignation, that I had no other designe, but to serve the 
public, and would not bee at such an excessive charge to satisfy my curiosity, of 
w^^ I should not reape one peny advantage ; and so left him, and never thought 
fit to make any other attempt.' 



1 



The Instnimcnt w«*» was sign*d by y» Provost & Fellows (and was read by M'. 
Thwaites in y« Hall Quadrangle) bean date Aug. Vlli. 
' This was done on Friday the i** Aug. 



Aug. 9-14.] VOL UME X V, PA GES 62-69. 33 

up in good Literature, who would be an ornament to y^ university. — 
Since y« writing this M'. Thwaites tells me M^, Hill was against M'. 
Pearson's having such Terms, and y* himself was y« Principal of the 
Fellows who got y^ procured. — D^ Whitby has just published a Book 
against M' Dodwell's Epistolary Discourse. — Pompey the Great con- 
sulted y« most Learned Persons (A. Gell. 1. 19. c. 14.) whether in y« 
Temple of Victory should be writ tzrtio or terttvm consvl. And when 
they disagreed, he went to Tully, who, that he might not seem to disprove 
the opinions of these Great Men, advis'd to write txrt. See Vossius de 
Arte Gram. 1. i. c. 44. » M^. Higgins's Postscript to his Sermon, in 10 
which y« ArchbP. of Cant &c. is reflected on, has been taken into Con- 
sideration by y« Parliament at Dublin, & they have order'd it to be bum'd, 
which has been accordingly executed. 

Aug. 10 (Sun.). Memorandum. That Col. Allestrey of X* Church was 
Author of y« Song about Mob Elections w^ begins thus, — ^To Cairfax 
hey ! there's Ale & Beef &c. 

Aug. 14 (Th.). Last week Mr. Hickeringall the famous Parson of 
Colchester, who has so long ridiculed his Profession & y^ Xtian Religion, 
as a specimen of his morality was indicted, tryed and found guilty at y^ 
Assizes for Forgery, and fined 400 1. He carryed himself with that in- ao 
decency to y® Court that he was thought to be mad. He was educated at 
Cambridge. — In Oriel Coll. Libr. Foxe's Acts & Mon. Lond. 1570. 
Also Vincentius Bell. pr. in 1474. Tull/s Offices of the i"* ed. in 1465. 
there likewise. At y^ beginning the Possessor notes it cost him but 6\ 
Also Salust pr. ini4i7. [sic] vr^ several wooden Cutts. — John Malveme 
Fellow of Cfriel Coll. in y« Reign of Edw. 3. in 134a. was Author of 
Pierce Plowman's Vision. So in a pr. Copy in Oriel Coll. — This day 
came to y® Publick Library M'. Phil. Stubbs, formerly Fellow of Wadham 
ColL now a Minister in London. He has published some Sermons & 
other Things. He has some Books which he designs to present to y^ Publ. 30 
Libr. He tells me y^ he had sometime since given him a great Heap of 
MSS* Papers, most of them of S^. Hen. Spelman's Writing. Amongst 
them is the History of Sacrilege much larger & fuller than ^ which was 
printed some years since. There are also, as he says, several Papers of 
M^ Jeremy Stephens, who was a compleat Scholar, & a great Assistant 
to S^ Hen. Spelman. 

[Notes on Zonaras Tom. i. Edit. Du Fresnij. Par. 1686. p. 414.] 

There were lately given to y® Univers. of Dublin a Coverings for Urns 
w^ a Busto on each ; on the one is this Inscription. A . AY2IMAX HN 
THN ♦lAANAPON o ePE^AC OHAYMITPHC. the Other has onc comer 40 
broke, & has only the following Letters entire ::::::: NEAN ^ MYHZlwN 
nOAIN : : : : : T1A2 ATTIKGS. 



Aug. 12. Hiokes to H. Approves of the new Principal. Sorry to hear 
Thwaites is * consumptif.' Dr. T. Smith to H. Remarks on the knavery 
of the Oxford carrier, who demanded a shilling while the servant would only 
pay eight pence, so that the parcel was sent off with carriage unpaid. 

^ I believe 'tii the City MTHS in Ionia mention*d by Stephanus, who tells as the 
Nomen Gendle U UTHSinN. 

VOL. U. n 



34 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Aug. 18 (Mon.). D^. Edw. Hannes of X* Ch. one of y« Queen's Phy- 
sitians taken last week w*^ y® dead Palsey.— Yesterday in y® Afteraoon 
D'. John Blackbome of Brazennose, who was formerly noted for a great 
Ringer, upon which subject with y® Assistance of another he published a 
Book, being to preach at S*. Marie's, he happened to be in y« Country 
about 30 Miles oflF at his Parsonage, & did not set out 'till yesterday 
Morning for Oxon, & came too late to be at S*. Marie's, upon which the 
Congregation was dismiss'd by y« Vice-Chancellor without any service to 
y« no smaD scandal of y« university, which will be the greater if the Vice 
10 chancellor shall not punish y« offender as such a stupid, illiterate Man 
deserves & as y® Statute directs. But to show y« Vicechancellor's Civility, 
A y« Respect he has for y® Credit of y« University it must be noted y* 
Mr. Smith, of Brasenose, a man of great Modesty & a known scholar when 
he saw D'. Blackbume would be absent sent to y« Vice-Chancellor by y« 
Beadle & told him he would preach for y« D'. if he would give leave : but 
y« Vice-chanc. bluntly retum'd Answer y* the Congregation had staid 
long enough already, & so went out of Church. 

Aug. 19 (Tu.). The Duke of Devonshire died yesterday in the 67<Jh 
year of his Age & is succeeded in Honour & Estate by his son y« Mar- 
to quiss of Hartington. — In Aringhus's Roma Subterranea 1. iv. c. xxvii : 
& in Fabrettus's Inscriptions p. 1 10. is the following Inscription, which 
shows how zealous some of the Xtians were not to have their Graves de- 
filed after -f^ Deaths: male . pereat . insepvltvs | iaceat . non . 

RESVR6AT | CYM . IVDA . PARTEM HABEAT | SI . QVIS . SEPVLCHRVM . HVNC | 
VIOLAVERIT I . . 

Aug. 20 (Wed.). I am told by M^ Wilkins a Prussian, now a student 
in y« Publ. Libr. that y« Books which go under y« Name of Faustus 
Socinus were written by another Socinus who was unkle to Faustus, and 
a man of Prodigious Parts and a wonderfull clear Head ; whereas Faustus 

30 was not very ingenious, which is y^ Reason that he did not answer y^ 
Books which came out against him. 

Aug. 22 (PrL). The Fellows of Trinity Coll. in Cambridge have con- 
ven'd their President D'. Bentley before them to answer divers objections 
for Acting contrary to Statute. What y« Issue of this Business is I do 
not yet hear. — M'. Baker of S*. John's Coll. in y* University is writing 
the Antiquities of Cambridge as they say, & is reckoned to be a Gent, 
qualify'd for it having made it his Study. — This day D^. More lately 
Bp. of Norwich now of Ely comeing to y« Publick Library, and amongst 
other things talking of Indices Expurgatorij, I brought down to his Lord- 

40 ship the Index Expurg. printed at Madrid whicn stands amongst y« 

Aug. 16. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Has threatened Mrs. Bartlett in conse- 
quence of her over-charge for carriage. Glad to hear that Rhenferdius con* 
templates an ed. of Eusebius* Onomasticon ; sends particulars of a transcript in 
Bodley in a different order from the ed. of Bonfrerius. Mr. Phil. Stubbs has 
many MSS. by Spelman and his assistant Jer. Stephens, including a more full 
and complete copy of the History and Fate qf Sacrilege, Admission of the new 
Principal : H.'s hopes &" fears. 

Aug. 19. The same to the same. Sends a specimen of the transcript of 
the OnomatttcoH from Bernard's MSS. H. to Thoreaby. Printed : Corres- 
pondence qf Ralph Iboresbyf ii. 68 sqq. 



Au«.18-ae.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 69-77. 35 

Divinity Books and has a memorandum of Mr. Wanley's & ]>. Wallis's. 
His L^ship thereupon told me y^^ he had one in his Study, printed at 
Madrid before this but that 'twas in a worse Letter & was less beautiful! 
too. in other Respects. He likewise told me y* M^. Tanner was not very 
forward with his Work of Leland. 

Aug. 23 (Sat.). A Gent, show'd me a Coyn of Constantius y« 
Younger, on which .... const antivs p. f. avg. Constantij Caput. R. glori 

(For GLORIA EXERCiTvs.) Duo milites, inter quos labarum. 

Coyn'd I believe when he vanquish'd Magnentius. — The Duke of 
Devonshire made his own Epitaph which is, Bonorum principum subditus 10 
fidelis, tyrannis infestus. — This Morning about 4 Clock M'. Tho. Holt 
Bach, of Div. & Fellow of Magd. Coll. died suddenly of an Apoplexy. 

Aug. 24 (Sun.). Tis customary ^^ Gronovius not to reply to those 
who Answer his Railings &c. So Perizonius in a Letter to I>. Hudson 
xi Kal. Maj. 1703. — Gottef. Xdanus Goetzius sent D^*. Hudson from 
Leipsick several things relating to y« 3d Vol. of his Geographers, which 
he designed himself to have published if he could have prevailed with any 
Bookseller to print them.— Gottef. Olearius about an Edition of Philo- 
stratus.— Aug. 6, 1700. Dr. Bentley sent D^. Hudson his opinion of an 
obscure Passage in Dicaearchus, beginning Avny n6kis ^aff *^Xkffvh &c. He ao 
also read over y« whole, & made alterations and conjectures.— M^. Badger 
has Justin's Hist cum-ffim. Probo pr. at Ven. per Aid. 1523. 80. There 
was an Edition pr. at CoL Agrip, 1576. Ann. Victor is there, with the 
Emperors Heads in wood, &. y^ var. Sections are in the Margin. 

Aug. 26 (Tu.). To Dr. Woodward, Professor of Natural Philosophy 
at Gresham Coll. 

Hon'^ Sir, — This Morning D'. King of Merton Coll. was pleas'd to com- 
municate to me certain Letters relating to your Antient Shield, a Copy of 
which, as you had caus'd it to be ingrav'd I rec^ by your order some time 
since. I have not as yet had any time to consider it fully ; but at first sight I 30 
concluded it to be done long after y« time of Camillus the Dictator. I do not 
however believe it to be so modem as some would perswade us. Without 
doubt 'twas done by one of y« gens Furia, to revive the Memory of the Dic- 
tators driving the Grauls firom Rome ; and none seems more likely to have been 



Aug. 28. Dr. T. Smith to H. Thanks for specimen of the Onomasticon; 
there is no copy of Bonfrerius in St. Martin's Library. Please find a qualified 
amanuensis to copy the whole ofDr. Bernard's transcript of the MS. in the Library 
of the King of France : H. is on no account to do it himself. Smith will forward 
the specimen to Rhenferdius, and send his instructions hereafter. ' Mr. Stripe, 
a very paultry & injudicious writer, is publishing another Rhapsody, w«^ wil 
onely be valued for the Appendix. Hee has some yeares since, lighted upon a 
ciuious & noble Collection of Papers, w*'** formerly, if I am rightly informed, 
was found in the cabinet of a grandson of a Secretary of the Lord Treasurer 
Burleigh : some of w^'^ hee has formerly printed : and of w®^ hee knows not 
how to make a true and right use.' Hopes well of Collier's Church llutory and 
of Howel's Sjnopsu Canomtm (despite the barbarous Latin of some of his re- 
commenders in the Proposals). Will be glad to learn from Dr. Hudson whether 
there is any chance for Dr. Charleton's book, which he wishes he had purchased 
in Dr. C.'s life-time to help to pay his small debts. Message from Mr. Collier. 
The carrier a lying and exacting creature. 

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36 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

^ Author of it than that Furius Camillus who is mention'd by Suetonius in 
nis Life of Claudius, who was descended from y« Dictator & by his own Mili- 
tary Actions did add fresh Honour to y^ Family, as is observM by Tacitus in 
his Annals. This thing being done so many years after might cause some 
particulars of y« History to be left out, as y* of the Geese. And because the 
Numidians were famous for fighting on Horses without Bridles, the Horses on 
this shield might be represented w^*>out Bridles on purpose to shew that the 
Romans were not at all inferior to them in Guiding their Horses, unless we 
will rather suppose that in this shield the Rules given us by y« Authors of /• 

10 Strategicks are nicely followed, who tell us that for a charge the Antients 
thought it more convenient to use the full natural Strength of their Horses 
without any curb such as is given by y« Bridle, w®*^ y« Greeks call airA pvrrjpos. 
However if neither of these be y« true reason why the Horses are thus repre- 
sented, yet the thing, ought not to appear more al^urd than that of y^ Romans 
being represented on Trajans Pillar fighting with y® Dacians with their bare 
Fists without any Arms. I have by me the Draught of vour Gem which when 
y* Text of Livy is ofif I will consider Sc compare with the votive Shield in 
Spon's Miscellanea. 

I am w^ the greatest Respect, 

ao Sir, 

Your most oblig'd humble Serv* 

T. H. 
£dm. Hall Ozon. Aug. 36. 1707. 

Spon designed to publish a Book which he calls Sicilia vetus Sf nova. 
See his Miscell. p. 176. — To Day D'. King of Merton shew'd me 
certain Letters which he had reed from Dr. Woodward cone, the Shield 
above mention'd, an Account of which follow[s]. 

Illustri & Amplissimo Viro Nicolao Witsen S. D. 
Gisb. Cuperus. 

30 Cum jam in eo essem, ut nummos tuos aureos examinare, & pro modulo 
ingenij mei explicare vellem, ecce intercedit clypeus, cujus ectypum mecum 
Communicasti, & qui servatur in Anglia in Musaeo Woodwardiano. 

Rogasti me, ut quid de eo sentiam, tibi aperirem, Vir eximie, atque illud 
nunc facere constitui, ut inde perspicias, me bonum nomen esse, & dictis pro- 
missisoue fidem pracstare. Nullum igitur mihi dubium, quin historia captae \ 
Gallis Romx in eo summa cum arte sculpta sit ; et quanquam anser non con- 
spiciatur, tamen satis validum indicium est ensis land staterz vel librz injectus. 
Narrabas mihi, nisi plane me fallo, nonnullos hoc insigne opus retulisse ad 
tempus illud, quo Roma incensa & capta est, excepto Capitolio; sed ijs quidem 

40 ego vix assentiri possum ; quia animadverto amphitheatra lapidea, quz Romae 
exstrui primo coeperunt tempore August!, quo ipsius suasu id aggressus est 
opibus & sumptu suo Statilius Taurus A. v. c. 735. teste Dione lib. 51. Antea 
opera ilia magnifica fiierunt tantum ex ligno, uti pulchre docet Lipsius in librOy 
quo Ampbltbeatra iUustrat, qui etiam statuit ipsa ilia lignea videri sero irrep- 
sisse, et baud diu ante tempora Reip. desinentis. Neque etiam tbeatrum lapi- 
deum locum suum obtinere potest tempore captae urbis, si forte quis statuat 
talis operis cemi ruinas, quia primus Cn. Pompejus exstruxit mamuram tbeatri 
jedem^ teste Tacito 14 Ann. 30. id est saxeanty mirorque illustrem Scaligerum 
velle, Ausonium tradere id primo factum esse \ Muraena et Q. Gallio, cum luce 

50 meridiana clarius sit, eum per potentes designare Pompejum, Balbum, & Caesa- 
rem Octavianum, quos mox nominat ; & haec verba Mursma jic et Galltu referri 
per r6—jU debeant ad praccedentia. 

jEdilis olim jcenam tabulatam dabat subito exeitatam, nulla mole saxea ; 
Murana jic &* Galltu ; nota eloquar, Hinc opponit theatris ligneis ilia, qux ex 
lapide constructa, pojtquam potentes &* verentei jumptuum, Sc quae alia ibi se- 



Aoff. ae.] VOLUME XV, pages 77-89. 37 

quuntnr; adeo ut nullam ob causam Tul. Caesar Bulengerus lib. i. c. 14. de 
Theatro fluctuare de hac expositione debeat. 

His splendidis xdificijs annumero columnas, & obeliscos, qui utique Romae 
iUo tempore non fuerunt ; & inde conjectura fieri potest elegans, hunc clypeum 
elaboratum non esse nisi postquam istiuscemodi opera exstrui & obelisci erigi 
ccepenint. 

Quin & yix piito tempore captae urbis sculpendi artem tam excultam fuisse ; 
nisi velis factum scutum esse \ Gracco quodam vel Etrusco artifice ; qui ultimi 
tamen duriores erant, juxta illud Quintii. la Instit. 10. Similis in statuis differ- 
entia. Nam duriora Sf Tbuseanicii proximo Calon atque Egesias, jam minus 10 
rigida Calamis, moliiora adbuc supra dsetis Myron fecit : si modo k statuis ad 
caelatores argumentum deduci & sumi potest. Atque hxc sunt, vir illustris, 
quae mihi in mentem venerunt post inspectum pulcherrimi & antiqui operis 
clypeum. Si ^uid ijs inest, quod tibi placet, erit utique, quod laeter; si non, 
scripta non scnpta putes. Vale. Daventriae, 21 Junij 1707. 

Upon the said Letter !>. Woodward has written, 

V. CI. Gisb. Cuperus Viro ampliss. N. Witsen, Daventriae, 
a I Junij 1707. 
De Clypeo Woodwardiano. Summa cum arte sculptus, vix autem temp, 
ipsius CamiUi, nisi praestitum id erat ^ Graeco vel Hetrusco quodam Artifice ; ao 
sed potius post exstructa Amphitheatra, aevo August!.— pulcherrimi sane & 
antiqui operis Clypeus. (Copia. man<i Excellentiss. D. P. Valkinierij de- 
scripta). 

M"^. Thwaites has a great many good Observations in MS*, added to a 
Copy of Mr. Thompson's (Alias D^. Crosthwait's) Case of Electing 
a Provost of Queen's ColL He promises this for the Publ. Library. 

Celeberrdio Viro Johanni Woodward Hadrianus Relandus. 
Rem mihi gratissimam praestitisti, quod imaginem antiqui illius Clypei, quern 
possides, ad me transmiseris. Conspiciendam illam dedi amicis meis, qui 
istiusmodi Xfi^ayoir veteris aevi delectantur. Miramur equidem singulare 30 
artificium, quo clypeus ille fabricatus est : sed hoc ipsum artificium suadere 
videtur non ad tempora liberae reipublicx Romanae, quibus hae artes ad illud 
fastigium nondum pervenerant, sed ad ilia Imperatorum Romanorum quibus 
cum Britannis res fuit, ilium referri oportere. Nee tamen ulla se indicia mihi 
obtulerunt, ex quibus indubie liqueat sub quo imperatore sit elaboratus. Prae- 
terea, quum ferrum, ex quo constat, minime temporis sit patiens & nummi 
quidam antiqui ferrei, etiam illi qui aere fuerunt obtecti vehementer exesi & 
corrupti ad nos pervenerint, hie autem clypeus rerum imagines accuratissime 
exhibeat, eo magis inclino, ut credam saeculo primo vel secundo post Christum 
natum hujus fabricam esse attribuendam. Quod si ipsum ilium clypeum 40 
manibus & oculis usurpare liceret, certiora forte quaedam se mihi offerrent 
Femim vero, quod non excisum sed malleo ductum & pustulatum redditum 
sit, id an & hodie fieri possit in Britannia vestra, cujus opifices in hac arte fer- 
nim & chalybem elaborandi nobis pracstant, optime poteris edoceri. Ferrum 
apud Romanos olim malleo ductile fuisse certum est : & olim apud Britannos 
vestros maximum ferrum usum obtinuisse ex Julio Caesare constat, sic ut 
nummorum quoque loco ferrum adhibuerint. Si locus ipse h quo Clypeus 
enitus est, mihi notus esset, & qua occasione inventus fuerit, inprimis autem 
si majori pollerem scientia rerum antiquarum, satis facere magis Tuo desiderio 
possem. De qua re si me aliquando certiorem reddere velis, erit id mihi per- 50 
gratum. Vale, Vir Eruditissime, & me ama. Si data occasione duo vel tria ex- 
empla picturarum clypei Tui ad me transmittere volueris, ad amicos meos in 
Gallia & Italia ea deferri curabo, & quid illi sentiant, ad Te perscribam. 
Dabam Trajccti ad Rhenum a.d. VH. Jul. cio. idccvii. 



38 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

(On y« Backside I>. Woodward has written, 

Hadr. Relandus 7 Julij 1707 Ultrajecti. Sfngulare artificium Clypei Wood- 
wardiani. Fabricatus i^ vel a^ post Christum natum seculo. De Roman. & 
Britan. Operibus ferrarijs). 

III. Upon a Letter in French from Mons^. L6 Clerc, thus : 

D. Jo. le Clerc (propria manu) ampliss. V. D. C. Valkanerio. Amst. 38 Junij 
1707. De Ciypeo Woodwardiano. — Esse Clypeum Votivum suadeat ipsa artis 
praestantia. Factus primorum Caesarum aevo, jussu cujusdam nobilis qui talia 
impensa & sumptus sustinere potuit« Opera ferraria apud priscos magis quam 
ID hodie exculta. Clypeus iste est sane puicherrimiun Artis Romanae vetustx 
monimientum. 

IV. On one in French from P. Valkenier, thus : 

Vir Excellent iss. P. Valkenier J. Woodwardo, Hagx & Julij 1707. De 
Ciypeo Woodwardiano. — D. Witzen, uti & ipse D. Valkenier, in eadem circa 
clypeum sententia est cum D. Cupero. I lie Clypeus immanem prorsus ad- 
mirationem movit D. Jac. Gronovio : ut ac D. Perizonio, qui simul cum D. 
Uries, D. la Faille, & plurimis alijs eruditis, hunc clypeum extemplo censent 
esse votivum: & factum vel sumptibus ipsius Camilli, Brenni & Gallorum 
suorum debellatoris, ab opifice quodam Graeco, vel cujusdam h Camilli pos- 
ao teris, in viri istius magni & Familiac Furianae decus & honorem; primorum 
autem Caesarum aevo, cum maxime inclaruerunt Artes apud Romanos, atque 
forsitan istius Furij Camilli qui sub Claudio Imp. vixerit. 

V. Upon one from Basnage to Valkenier, thus : 

D. Basnage. 6 Julij 1707. De C[l]ypeo Woodwardiano. — Clypeus iste opus 
praestantissimum, seculi Augusti, vel sequentis, quum Artes florebant, & ulti- 
mam assecutae sunt perfectionem : non vero Camilli. Opifex facinus adeo prae- 
clarum selegit, quo melius suae Artis Excellentiam ostentaret. Usus hujus 
M onumenti ad demonstrandum Prxlij instruendi apud antiquos ordinem, ar- 
morum, & vestimentorum formas, atque id genus alia. 

30 Aug. 29 (Pri.). M'. Thwaites tells me he has a conjecture upon a 
place of Livy of his own which he mention'd to Charles Bernard &c. who 
approved of it. Get it of him. He says that upon several Accounts he 
has examined the Papers cone. Queen's Coll. viz. it's Foundation, 
Revenues, Benefactors &c. & that he concludes y* y« Ground on the 
North & East part of S*. Peter's Church in y« East once belonged to it, 
but y* 'twas parted with when W"*. of Wickham built New Coll. He has 
a thin Book in FoHo wherein he has abstracts & Observations relating to 
y« Coll. as likewise some cone. Edm. Hall. He has also Corrections of 
y« Coyns, Anglo.-Sax. published by Sr. Andr. Fountaine. In a little 8^0 of 

40 TuUy's Epistles he has some Remarks upon words which he takes to be 
sphalmata. He has observ'd something in Tatian of y^ Oxon Edition 
which neither y« Editor nor D^. Mill seen! to have understood. 

Aug. 30 (Sat.). Vossius in his Book De Philosophia ^ Philosophorum 
seciis says that for Antonius Musa the Physitian is to be writ Ar tortus 
Musay & quotes Valerius Max, LactantiuSy Cceltus Aurelianus ^c, for his 



Aug. 28. Charlett to H. Have you in Bodley any entire regular trans- 
cript of the Records in Ae Tower? 

Aug. 30. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Will transcribe the whole of the Onom^ij/. 
for Rhenferdiusi if necessary. Has no very good opinion of Strype or his 
mode of work. Fears that Collier's book will only be fit for novices. Howell 



Aug. 26-Sept. 4.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 89-1 00. 39 

Authorities. Upon which a certain Gent who has some design of pul> 
lishing CcbIius Aurelianus plumes a little, & maintains y* Vossius is in the 
wrong, as without doubt he is : but then this Gent, is to consider y* this 
Tract of Vossius had not y« last hand & y* 'twas a posthumous Work, & 
'tis belie v'd that in his original Copy was written Anionius, However if 
he did not write Antonius, yet y^ Editor must consider whether the best 
Editions of the Authors cited by Vossius have Artorius & whether it. be 
so in y« MSS. He should likewise consult Books which treat of y* 
nomina Gentilitia of y^ Romans, such as Sigonius, Panvinius, Scaliger, 
Index to Gruter (in which Artorius & Artoria occurr) Fabrettus's Inscrip- lo 
tions &c. — lamblichus's Life of Pythagoras in 4*0 is just published w*^ 
very great Improvements by Kuster who published Suidas. — At nostri 
proavi Plautinos & numeros et Laudavere sales nimium . patienter utrum- 
que . ne dicam stulte mirati. Sic interpimgend. This is M^. Thwaites's 

Conjecture. Alij distingunt post sales. — Horace Ub. I sic 

lege coelo tonantem credidimus Jovem 2 Regnare praesens Divus habebitur 

Augustus Regnare praesens est Phrasaeologia Horatij. This is 

Mr. Thwait's Conjecture, & w*l»out doubt right He had y« Approbation 

of several Ingenious Men, to whom propos'd.— Virgil's -^n. lib. vi 

in y» Vulg. Editt. 'tis credo equidem. M'. Charles Bernard y« Surgeon ao 
conjectures y* it shduld be cedo equidem. — Horace Odar. lib. i. od. . . . 
. . . leuesque Sub noctem susurri, composita repetantur hora . interpretes 
fere composiia h. e. constiluta. At certe per composita intelligit Horat. res 
gtaeie compostas, — M^ Thwaites is now reading Abgarus's Episde to X^ 
& X*'* Answer. He has a design (which I hope he will go tliough w*!') 
of writing them just as he thinks they were writ by Abgarus & X* 

Aug. 31 (Sun.). This Day M'. Pearson Principal of Edm. Hall read 
the Morning and Evening Prayers in Edm. Hall Chapell, as also the 39 
Articles of Religion, & gave his unfeign'd Assent & Consent to all & every 
Thing contain'd in them. 30 

Sept. 3 (Wed.). . . . [Gruter] found great advantage from the Scrinia of 
Commelinus, which he had divers Inscriptions from. Commelinus printed 
this Work of Gruter, and was himself a learned and curious Man. . . . 
Gruter is so exact in what he transcrib'd himself that even he gives the 
false lections and the Position of the letters, whether in a straight or 
crooked line, as he foxmd them, with sic put over. 

[Notes from Grater's Corpus ImcriptUmum and Barthius' Adverjaria,] 
Sept. 4 (Th.). On Monday last y» Duke of Devonshire's Body was 
drawn in great state to his seat in Derbyshire, (A there deposited), one of 
y« Queen's Coaches amongst y« rest attending, and of y® Company was io 
D^. Kennet, who preach'd y« Funeral Sermon, and 'tis likely that, being 
a renown'd Historian, he may write Memoirs of y« Life of this Great Man, 



(the non-juror) ; his bad Latin. Sends a transcript of his letter to Dr. Wood- 
ward, dated Aug. 26, and incorporating DodweU's remarks. He attributes the 
Shield to Furius Camillus mentioned by Sueton. and Tac. P. Stubbs to H. 
Please return the Irish MS. to Mr. Ch. Blake (St. John's), and send to Mr. 
Thwaites (Queen's) for a Missal *part vulgar part Sclavonian ' and two books 
for the Library. Will arrange about the [Spelman] MSS. shortly. 



40 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

famous for Debauchery, Lewdness, &c. — In the Vatican Library was 
once a MS* Virgil in Capitals in which Aetgertus was writ for JEthereus^ 
as is noted by Aldus in his Orthogr. p. 20. where he sa3rs 'twas given to 
the Libr. by Rodulfus Pius, but that when he search'd after it he could 
not find it (tho' he saw it before) & that he believes 'twas stole. 

Sept. 6 (FrL). G)smus dell' Arena writ excellently well of y® Etruscan 
characters, and drew up an Alphabet. Quaere whether printed. 'Tis 
mention'd by Augustinus in his GemmsEd. Gron. p. 61. — Memorand. 
that D^ James (who had good skill in Books) his Cat. of the Bodlejan 

10 Library was done by his own hand, and was alwa3rs reckon'd very exact 
The Cat. of the Books in M^. Selden's Library was done by I>. Lockey 
himself, who was a very curious, nice man, and reckon'd at that time the 
best in the University for Classical Learning. — One John Workman, 
formerly of * All-Souls, and afterwards a celebrated Preacher in Peter- 
borough, lyes buried in Peterborough Cathedral Bp. Couzins was Dean 
of yt Ch. His Wife lyes buried there. Tho. Greaves Medicins Doctor 
lyes buried there. Quaere * about him ? David Llewellin lyes buried there. 
Also Bp. Dove, the first Bp. there (as 'tis sd.) after y« Reformation. 
Quaere ? Rob. Holcate ArchbP. of York fotmded an Hospital at Hemsworth 

ao in Yorksh. in 1555. — A Woman in Lincsh. had 8 Husbands, & the 
last of them had 8 Wives. — Over y« West Door of Peterborough Ch. is 
y« Picture of a Sexton whose name was Scarlet, underneath w«k are these 
verses, 

Yon aee old ilror/r/ZsPictnre stand on high And this Town's Hoose-holdeis in, hit 
Bat at Yonr feet here doth hU Body lie. Life's Space 

His Gravestone doth his Age and Death- Twice over. Bat at length his own time 
time show. 



His Office by these tokens yoa may know. What he for owers did for him y* same 

A scarbabe mighty voice w^ visage grim. Was done. No doabt his soald doth Uve 

• for aye 

30 He had interr'd two Qaeen's w^i>hi this In Heaven tho' here his Body's clad in 
place day. 

— Mr Thoresby has a MS* Copy of y« Statutes of New Coll. which 
belonged to.one of y« Deans of y* House, as appears from y« Beginning 
of y« Book, where is Liher decani Juris &c. He has a MS* of y® Life of 
Wn». of Wickham which beginns thus, Gtd. Wtckam turn tarn illustri quam 
hamsia stirpe & ends thus, ac propagefur. He has likewise an old Edition 
in 4*0 of Pomponius Mela, in a large Roman Letter, w*kout any date when 
or Place where printed. Also Aldus's Edition of Lucretius in 4*0 in a 
Roman Letter in v« year 1500. at Venice. Also Ptolemie's Geogr. Lat 
40 fol. Yen. 151 1, w^ Mapps. Likewise Lactantius de Ira dei & opificio 
hominis in MS*. He has a MS* Treatise of y^ Isle of Man containing a 
Description of y^ Island, of y« Inhabitants, y« State Ecclesiastical, of y® 
Civil Government &c. by Mr. Challoner (tis Printed). Also a MS* w^ 
this tide, A Brief History of y« Original Antiquity, Conqueste, Continew- 
ance, Dissents & Events of y® He of Manne from the first inhabiting 
thereof untill y« same came to y« hands of the English Nation . . col- 
lected translated & faithfully fram'd by S. Stanley. — A laudable Ace* of 

1 He was Fellow after y* King came in I think, & was a very honest man. 
' I have been told that he was Fellow of All-Souls, & that after y* King's Restaura- 
tion he resign*d his fellowship to one Hoskin, as great a Knave as any in England. 
• A verse wanting. 



Sept. 4-10.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 100-108. 41 

Rhenanus in Erasmus's Epistles p. 73. of Froben's Edition w«h I have. 
— Mr. Fairar of Hemsworth in Yorksh. has Xenophon printed HalcB 
Suevorum an, 1540. 8^0. — Mr Fabricius in p. 28. Bibl. Gr. Vol. i. makes 
Iscanius (being talking of Dares Phrygius) & Excestriensis (wcl» signifie 
the same) to diflfer. Fabr. ib. p. 74. calls Hercules's Pillars Abyla & Calpe 
sive ut alij Alyba & Abmna, Quaere whether Alyba & Abenna be not y® 
same wtl» Afyla} Look in Eustath. upon Dionys. — In S^ And^. Foun- 
taine's Sax. Coyns Tab. vi. num. Edw. 19 ntinc. Mp. Thwaites takes it 
to be HVNTiNc. But quaere whether JVever stands for HVN} — There 
is an Account of Erasmus's Works in his Episdes by Hadr. Barlandus in 10 
an Ep. to his Bro. Cornelius. Amongst w<^ is commended his Transla- 
tion of Euripides's Hecuba & Iphigenia. 

Sept. 8 (Men.). Valesius in his Notes upon Euseb. p. 68. has given 
us a new Version of an Epistle of Ignatius, because y« former version had 
mistaken y« sense. — Natalis Comes translated Maeander Rhetor into 
Latin. See !>. Hudson's Preface to his 11^ Vol. of Geographers whether 
he be not mentioned there to have translated Plutarch de fluminibus. — 
... Dr. Wallis has an English Copy of verses on M". Corbett Wife to 
I>. Edw. Corbett, at y« End of her Funerall Sermon preach'd by D>^. Hen. 
Wilkinson & pr. at Oxon. 1657. 80. — Erasmus did not learn Hebrew 20 
'till after he was near 50 years of age. I>. John Colet did not learn 
Greek 'till he was of y*age too, as he insinuates in an Epistle to Erasmus. 
Erasmus tum'd of 50 when he publish'd his noble Edition of S*. Jerom's 
Works, in which 'tis to be question'd whether he be at all outdone by y® 
Benedictines. Quaere ? 

Sept. 10 (Wed.). There is a new Edition come out in fol. of 200 
Pages of Eusebius's Onomasticon, with Bonfrerius's Notes and Improve- 
ments from the MS* at Paris, &c. By M'. Le Clerc. See in the Bibl. 
Choisie for 1707. — * After !>. Jerem. Taylor publish'd his Book about 
Prophesying, which was in 1647, he was not near so much respected by 30 
K. Charles i"*^ & y® Loyal Part of y® Clergy as before, he having in y* 
Book given great Liberty to the Fanaticks, & brings Arguments for 
tolerating them : & to show y® King's dislike of y® Book it was a general 
Report in those times (tho' there be no mention of any such thing in any 
printed Book) that his Majesty tum'd him out from * being one of his 
Chaplains : which Report seems not groundless, because the D^. is never 

Sept. 6. Dodwell to H. Complains that his so-called friends are so loath 
to receive a just Defence. Thanks for the transcript from Zonaras. Br. 
T. Smith to H. It will probably be unnecessary to transcribe the whole of 
the OnomastUon, Sends an extract frx>m a letter of Almeloveen showing that 
he still thinks of editing Caelius Aureiianus, but will be glad to learn whether 
H.'s friend of Univ. Coll. is in earnest. Hears of a proposed new ed. of Stow's 
Survey, in which Strype is to take part ; Stow should have been simply re- 
printed, as a venerable original, and the additions given in a different character. 
H. should contract the sum and substance of his Letter to Woodward into 
Latin, for an Appendix to Livy, or improve it into a little Dissertation. 

> Consider w* M'. PFali has 8* in p. 271 of y* 4K Ed. of his Hist, of Infant Baptism. 

' Tis certain y^ he retired into Wales some time after 8l there writ a Discourse of 
Baptism, See, together w^ a Consideration of y Practise of y Church in Baptining 
Infants ofbelitmng Parents^ &c., w*** was printed at Lond, in 1652. 4**. 



4% HE A RATE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

after in any printed Book mentioned as among y« King's Chaplains, nor 
did he preach afterw<i« before y« King. — In Eutrop. I. vi. where he is 
speaking of Marcus Lucullus's subduing the Bessi is Buztam omnem cepiL 
So in Valesius's Book, who for it corrects Bizuam ^ Scy^iam omnem cepiL 
See his Notes upon Soc[r]ates's Eccles. Hist. p. 53. 

Sept. 11 (Th.). For Pedius Poelus in Nonius is to be read P, JElius 
Patus'. See Ursinus de Fam. Rom. p. 4. — In the MS* (yt^ we call L. 
I. in y® Oxon Edition) of Livy at 1. 28. c. 19. is memimbanU Vossius 
conjectures in his Analog. I. 3. c. 39. that y« ancients us'd memino^ 

10 because he finds meminens in some places ; & this word meminebant con- 
firms him. — In some of the Coyns of King Offa published by S^. Andr. 
Fountaine is sci petri w*'^ were Peter pence coyn'd by King OflFa. On 
three of them is a sword which neither S^. Andrew nor Mr. Thwaites can 
tell y« meaning of. I believe twas put by K. Offa to shew his civil 
Authority ; or perhaps there might be some Jarrs between him and y« 
Pope, & that might cause the King to stand up for his Prerogative, tho' 
afterwards I believe he repented, & perhaps that was one reason of his 
going to Rome & taking upon him y^ Habit of a Monk. — . . . 
Sept. 14 (Sun.). Letter from my ^ Ld. Raby to * * * 

30 My Lord,— I will tell you as a particular Friend, that even without leave 
(which ought to have been had) I did venture the other day to ramble into 
Saxony to satisfy my Curiosity in seeing those different things there, and pene- 
trating as far as I could how Matters stood there, and how our Fate is like to 
be determined by y* Gothick Hero, who with an Handfull of Men makes him- 
self dreaded and courted by all y® Powers of Europe. As for his Person, he 
did not dementir y* Description I had of him. He is a tall handsome Gentle- 
man, but immoderately dirty and slovenly. His Behaviour and Carriage more 
Rustick than you can imagine in so young a man should be ; and that the out- 
side of his Quarters should not belye the Inside, he has chosen the dirty est 

30 Place of all Saxony and one of y« saddest Houses. The cleanest Place is the 
Court before the House where every Body is to alight off his Horse, and is up 
to y« Knees in dirt, where his Horses stand with hardly any Halters, and 
Sackings instead of Cloaths, w^out either Racks or Mangers. The Horses 
have rough Coats, thick Bellyes, thin Buttocks, and switch Tails. The Grooms, 
that look after them seem not to be better cloath'd, nor better kept than 
their Horses, one of which stands always ready saddled for the mighty Mon- 
arch, who runs out commonly alone, and bestrides his Steed, and away he 
gallops before any one else is able to follow him. Sometimes he will go ten 
or twelve of these Country Miles in a Day, which is forty or fifty of our Eng- 

40 lish Miles, now in the Winter time bespatter'd all over with Dirt like a Pos- 
tillion. I should make my Letter too long, if I should tell you his Dress, his 

Sept. 13. B. Boberta (Fetworth) to H. His Oxford debts have kept him 
very poor. Dr. Pelling (his Rector) is about to put out a third book proving 
the existency of a God ; he has also published discourses against Popery. 

Sept. 14. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Has seen an account of Le Clerc's ed. of 
the Onomauicoriy but hopes R. will persevere. * If there be any MS*, of Caelius 
Aur. in Oxon, 'tis known only to Dr. Lyster himself.' Almeloveen has printed 
the Epitome of Strabo with Dr. Hudson's Observations 'verbatim without ac- 
knowledgment. Reported that Mill's Grk.Test.is reprinting in Holland with 
additions under Kuster's superintendence ; this seems * downright knavery.* 
Asks whether it is true that Jer. Taylor was deprived of his chaplaincy to 
Charles I on account of the Liberty of Prophesying. 

> Ask M'. Pearson Principal of Edm. Hall. 



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Eating, Drinking and Sleeping; but not to let it intirely alone, I will tell 
YOU his Coat is plain Blew wiUi ordinary brass Buttons, the Skirts pinn'd up 
behind and before, which shews his Majesty's old Leathern Wastcoat and 
Breeches, which, they tell me, are sometimes so greasy that they may be fry'd ; 
but when I saw him they were almost new ; for he had been a Gallant a little 
before. He had been to see K. Augustus's Queen upon her Return to Leip- 
sick, & to be fine he had put on those new Leathern Breeches, spoke not 
above three words to her, but talkt to a foolish Dwarf she had about a quarter 
of an Hour, then left her. He wears a black crape Cravatt, but y* Cape of 
his Coat button*d so close about it, that you cannot see whether he has any or 10 
no. His shirt and wristbands are commonly very dirty : for he wears no 
Ruffles or Gloves, but on Horseback. His hands are commonly of y« same 
Colour of his Wristbands; so that you can hardly distinguish y"^. His Hair 
is light brown, very greasy and very short, never comb'd but with his Fingers. 
He sits upon any Chair or stool he finds in the House, without any Ceremony, 
to dinner, and beginns with a great Piece of Bread and Butter, having stuck 
his Napkin under his chin ; then drinks with his mouth full out of a great silver 
old fashionM Beaker small Bear, which is his only Liquor. At every Meal he 
drinks about two English Bottles full ; for he emptyes his Beaker twice. Be- 
tween every bit of Meat he eats a Piece of Bread and Butter, which he spreads ao 
with his Thumb. He is never more than a Quarter of an Hour at dinner, 
eats like a Horse, speaks not one word all y* while. As soon as he rises, his 
Life-Guards sitt down at y« same Table to y« same Victuals. His Bed-Cham- 
ber is a very little Dirty Room, with Bare- Walls, no sheets nor Canopy to his 
Bed, but y« same Quilt that lyes under him turns up over him and so covers 
him. At his Beds-feet stands his Close-stool, a sad dirty wooden thing. His 
writing Table is of a slit Deal, w^^ only a stick to support it, and instead of a 
standish a wooden thing with a sand-Box of y® same. He has a fine Gilt Bible 
by his Bed-side, the only thing that looks fine in his Equipage. He is a very 
handsome Man, well shap'd, and a very good face, no stem Countenance, but 30 
he is very whimsical and positive, which makes all y« Allyes afraid of him : for 
he risques himself and his army as easily as another would fight a Duel. He 
has not shown much Generosity to K. Augustus who sent Chart Blanch to 
make a Peace, and to recommend himself to his Friendship, but does still every 
day do very hard things to that poor Prince whom he treats always like one 
he has intirely in his Power, and K. Augustus is as well a bred Man as you 
shall see, and very obliging in his Person and Behaviour, lik'd by every one. 
But now he pays for all his false unfaithfull Politicks, and finds too late that 
one Prince should not intirely submitt to another. But that my Letter is too 
long already I would give you some account of y® Polish Court of K. Stanis- 40 
laus : For being incognito only with a Friend and one Footman, and impossible 
to be known, I would take a Tour to Leipsick, where I not only saw y' King, 
but he very civilly came and spoke to me and my Friend, seeing we were 
strangers. *His Court has much a better air than that of his Maker, and 
his Mother and Wife were there, a Couple of well bred Women, well 
drest, and both spoke very good French. He is a tall handsome young 
Man, with a great Pair of Whiskers in y« Polish Dress, but inclinable to be 
fatt, and a little upon y« dirty as all y« Poles are. He was lodg'd in a very 
pretty Castle, belonging to K. Augustus, but against y* King's will, who will 
never see him and cannot abide to hear him spoke ot, yet the Swedes would 50 
oblige him to see him, which they say he ought to do by y« Treaty. You us'd 
to tell roe (my Dear Lord) you lov'd to hear of my Rambles, and I believe this 
may please you better than my former, being a very true Description of this 
mighty dirty Monarch. 

M'. John* Lancaster, Clericus & Thesaurarius Ecclesiae Cath. Sanim 
' Quaere w^ home ? 



44 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

admitted Principal of Edm. Hall 26 Feb. 1564. He is not mention'd 
in y« List pubUsh'd by Ant. k Wood. Witnesses Tho. Key, M>^. of 
Univ. Coll. Job. Bodye Bac. Leg. Joan. Collins famulus Doctoris ' Wbitt 
& Hen. Crosse Notario, €id prcBmissa vocati if requisHi, M^. Lancaster 
came in Principal immediately after Mr. Ralph Rudd, & before M"^. Nic. 
Cooke. Mr. Tho. Pearson elected Principal anno 1540. Sept 21. was 
certainly Fellow of Queen's Coll. So in the Register of y* Coll. cui tit 
H, pag. 811. — M'. Charles Bernard has but an indifferent opinion of 
Dr. Lyster's Edition of Apiclus. — Mr. Thwaites has a good conjecture 

10 upon the Oxon £d. of Tatian in pag. 32. 1. 15. he thinks that mnxy^pia 
is to be read for avdpto': which seems to be right from y« sense. — 
Quaere, if we have !>. Bernard's Books in Catalogue; he was the 
Brother of Charles Bernard Surgeon, calld in the Dispensary horoscope. 
(This & what follows in the next Page M'. Thwaites's handwriting). 
D'. Edw. Bernard Prof. Astron. Oxon. went into Holland to Heinsius's 
Auction, in his journey he cali'd upon D'. Bernard Physician Lond. & told 
him he was desirous to take his commissions & to serve him (there was noe 
acquaintance before) the D'. (Bernard Lond.) was well pleased and gave him 
Commission for 30 or 40 books, & large prices annexed. The Doctor (Ber- 

30 nard Oxon.) returned and told the D'. of Lond. that the prices ran beyond the 
Commission ; but afterwards the Heinsian Catalogue came over, & the prices 
marginal, & there appeared not one price that came up to the London Doc- 
tor's commission, 'tis plain the Oxon D^ Came to the London to know what 
books were worth buying. — 

In Queen's ColL Reg'. H. in pag. 29. is D^. Barlow's memorandum 
from Ross, or Rouss, of Warwick's Book entit. Quatttor ceiaies Mundt 
(which Book he does not tell us where to be found) that King Hen. V. 
was of Queen's Coll. in y« Chambr. over the Gate (next Edm. Hall) & 
y* his uncle Cardinal Beaufort was his Tutor. The Cardinall's arms 

30 are in one of y« Windows of y® Coll. Hall. — Erasmus in a Letter to 
Cardinal Wolsey pag. 161. of Froben's Ed. of Erasmus's Epistles men- 
tions libellus quidam written by y« Cardinal, but tells us not y« Title. 
No such Book set down by Ant. \ Wood. — D'. Langbain had a Design 
of enlarging Bf. Twyne's Apology for y« Antiq. of Oxon. & Godwin's 
Hist de Praes. AngL in ord"^ to ^ he had collected a Heap of Materials, 
consisting of Letters &a M'. Tho. Tanner told M^. Thwaites (from 
whom this Relation comes) y* Ant. \ Wood told him y* upon D^. Barlow's 
promotion to y® Provostship of Queen's Coll. he came to visit him. 
The Provost being then engag'd put him into a little Room, where upon 

40 y* Table he found three or four Heaps of Paper, w«h Mr. Wood con- 
sulting, found y™ to relate to y« Antiquities of Oxon. An armfull of y™ 
he took home, covering them with one flap of his Gown. After he had 
put them in his little museum of MSS. (as he calls it in his Ath. Oxon.) 
he retum'd to the aboves^ litde Room, whence he took y« Papers. 
After he had staid some time there & the Provost not appearing the 
2* time (his Strangers not being gone) Wood fiU'd his Gown again with 
the Remains of y« s^ Papers, which he carri'd (the Boys hooting him 
thro' the street, especially about Logick Lane) to his own Study. This 
done he returns again to y^ Room where he waited some time, & y^ 

* Lege Kennal. (Ita M'. Thwaites.) * al. hnofl^ia. 



8ept.l4-ie.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 121-132. 45 

Provost when his strangers were gone finding him suspected nothing of 
the Fraud, as being not acquainted with this sort of Learning, & not 
knowing y* Dr. Langbain had any such Papers. 

Sept. 16 (Moxl). Mr. Charles Bernard's Letter to M' Thwaites. 

Dear S*, Sept. xi. 

I thank you for your northern Greek ; but what is y« reason y* a Peda- 
gogue cannot write 6 lines of Latin without discovering his Trade ? For 
surely M'. Banks's Preface was patch'd up out of Winchester Phrases. But 
what think you of primus statuit (ni me longe fallat augurium) Ph. Labbeus 
&c. Was guessing what has been caU*d augury by y« ancients ? Why could not lo 
conjectura have served ? But y* schoolmaster must be metaphorical. 

I have no MS^ of C. Aurelianus & ni me longe fallat augurium, there is 
scarce any to be had in England. I would be glad to know what Editions the 
Gentleman, who intends to publish it, has. I suppose he knows y^ it is almost 
finish'd ah^ady in Holland. I take it for granted that he consults y« Nation of 
Criticks, who have made that sort of Learning their Business. But above all 
Reinesius in his various Lections has not a little. Aurelian indeed is a very 
usefiiU Writer, but obscure (the Misfortune of his Age & Nation) & incorrect. 
& to publish him with advantage requires a Person y* is & has been conversant 
in y* sort of Lore. so 

Anton. Musa is neither scarse nor valuable. I have several Editions of him. 
He is among those publish'd by Aldus. Some have thought Apulejus the Au- 
thor of y^ Peice de Betonica. But 'tis so slight y^ I should hardly attribute it 
to any considerable Man, much less to any ancient. Yet under his name and 
with his Peice de virtutibus herbarum (if at least that b^ his) with some varia- 
tion 'tis publish'd by Wechel at Paris 1529. fol. Humelbergius who com- 
mented upon Apicius & Q^Serenus Sammonicus has thought it worth his 
while to publish them both with notes in 40. & thinks him to be y* same who 
was Physitian to Augustus, but his arguments need no other Confutation but 
y* futility of y« Book. This Humelbergius does indeed explain his Authors 50 
generally very well, & therefore in my opinion his Editions of them are y* best 
and most usefull (not excepting Keuchenius's of Sammonicus, much less Lis- 
ter's of Apicius) but he had always y« luck to publish those that are spurious. 
But you are by this time weary of 

Your affectionate Serv* 

Cha. Bernard. 

Sept. 16 (Tu.). About a Week or Fortnight after S^. W™. Dugdale's 
MSS. came into y« Museum Ashm. Dr. (then M^.) Kennett came there 
with some strangers, and desiring to look upon some of them, he told y® 
strangers y^ he had read them all over. M' . Llhuyd taking notice of 40 
y* said / suppose thai was S^ be/ore they came here. No says D^. Kennett 
since. But says M'. Llhuyd again 77uy have been here but a week or 
fortnight. Which somewhat nettled Kennett, it thereby plainly appearing 
that his way of reading MSS^. is like his good natur'd humble Brother 
Dr. Bentley of Camb. who (besides hi& reading the MS^. Phalaris) when 
he was last in Ozon had delivered to him a^ y® MSS. Horaces in y® 
Bodlejan Library, & a study in y« Picture Gallery was allowed him to 
collate them in. He was there one or two Afternoons & made an End 
of all, & the Book will come out (if ever it does come out) with such 
an Elaborate Collation. — M^. Llhuyd tells me y* Dr. Gibson is now 50 
revising the English Translation of Cambden in order to a new Edition. 
— Di*. Gibson then Bach, of Arts publish'd the Bibliotheca Dugdaliana 
^ Tennisoniana vel Clarendoniana without M^ Llhuyds Permission, whose 



46 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

leave (he being Keeper of y« Ashm. Museum) he ought to have had with 
Respect to S^. Wm. Dugdale's MSS. being put upon y« Business by 
Dr. Ar. Charlett. This Bibliotheca Tennisoniana (ms he very falsly 
calls it) made him gracious w^ ArchbP. Tennison, with whom he con- 
tinues great still & is like to do so while he makes it his Business to 
cringe, flatter, write for y« Whiggs. &c. 

Sept. 17 (Wed.). . . . Memorandum that in Queen's Coll. is a MS*, of Sf. 
Jos. Williamson's Gift containing several Copies from Originals, with y« 
Seals accurately drawn relating to y® Foundations of Religious Houses in 

10 England. Several of them not taken notice of in y» Mon. Angl. 
Mr Hall says there is one of Lynwood's Provincial Printed in 1437. 
* Look into it. They have also a Book w*h S^. Robt Cotton's own Hand- 
writing denoting that it cost above an hundred pounds. Which Book 
Dr. Halton bought of old George West the Bookseller for ten shillings. 
The Book is a Book of Precedents relating to y« Church of Lincoln. 
Rohertus CotUmus Bruccais (Q ?) is writ upon the top of the i" (Q ?) Page. — 
Anionius de fluminibus i. e. Ant. Earl of Rivers translated a Book from 
y« French, call'd y« Sayings of ihe Philosophers which is in Queen's Coll. 
Library printed in an old English Letter, about y« Time of Will. Caxton. 

ao Quaere whether in y« Bodl. Library. — M^. Jo. Arundel A. M. of 
Queen's Coll. gave it there, thinking y* it had been a MS*, there is 
another Book at y« End call'd Gesta Romanorum w*h old Figures in 
wood. There are sevpi. in MS*, in Bodley. — M'. Thwaites, when he 
was Librarian of Queen's Coll. came to y« Bodl. Library, and demanded 
several Books y* they had taken (Q ?) out of Dr. Barlow's Library, in 
number twenty nine, all w^^l^ he took away ^^ him (D^. Hide being 
stupify'd) one of w<*^ was Duglass's Translation of Virgil. But it appeareth 
now y* y« said Douglass hath in it a Treatise call'd The Palaice of 
Honour, which Mr Thwaites tells me (this night) is not in y« Copy in y« 

30 Bodlejan Library. — S'. Rich. Cox lately L<* Chanc. of Ireland is come 
to Oxon to consult Books there for some time & to have y® conversation 
of the Leam'd He has written several Books, & has 19 Children now 
living. 

Sept 18 (Th.). Viro clarissimo eruditissimoque D. Joanni Hudsono S. P. D, 
F. Mich. Lequien, OrdK Pracdicat. — Felici tandem fortuna, die lunae praeterita, 
incidi in hominem qui tuam ad me epistolam Parisios attulerat datam Ozoniae 
Julij 35. Moccvi. nee de ea mihi reddenda prorsus cogitabat Exemplar 

Sept. 18. Jno. Woodward to H. * Tis with great satisfaction I learn y* 
y® Icon of y® Shield was so much to y* Gust of a Gentleman of your Learning 
& good Sense. . . . Twas not to be expected y® Geese should be represented 
in a Piece so small. Besides that would not have squared with y« present 
Scene : but broke in upon the Unity of y« Representation. The Business of 
y« Geese was over before y« coming of Camillus : & what is here set forth is 
only Things as they were at that precise Moment. In w^'^ indeed consists one 
great part of y« excellency of y« Design of y« Artist As to Bridles they were 
not in use at y« Time of that Action ; to w*'^ probably y« Designer bad regard. 
And you see y« Gent, abroad are not positive but y* y« Shield might have been 
done, by some Greek, or Hetniscan, in those Times. I am of another Opinioni 
& rather think it done about y« Time that you do.' 

^ Certainly a Miitake. 



Sept. 14-19.] VOLUME XV, PAGES \Z2'U^. 47 

Dionysij tui Londini relictum dixit, huj usque in causam fuisse D. Bennet 
bibliopolz Londinensis obitum. Immensas vero tibi grates habeo pro tam pre- 
tioso praestantique dono quod mihi destinasti. At non sine nibore audivi, quod 
nuUo meo merito, singulari epistola secundo tomo pracfixa me apud Remp. lit- 
terariam detuleris, tanquam eximium quendam in Dionysij Halicamassensis 
libris elaborandis a^jutorem. quod sane tuae benevolentiae potius argumentum 
erit, quam redditum veritati testimonium, minora sunt quae praestiti, quam ut 
ea solemnitate publican debuissent, eo maxime quod tibi jam ante majorum 
tibi debitor eram. Gaudeo te accuratam Josephi libronim editionem moliri. 
Priusquam enim de Joanne Damasceno edendo cogitarem, antiquitates Judai- 10 
cas in usum meum contuleram cum Regijs codicibus, quorum varias Lectiones 
apposui marginibus exemplaris Grxci Frobenianse E^itionis quod apud me 
habeo. Has tibi ultroneus offero, plures ex collatione Codicum aliorum cum 
libris de bello Judaico & contra Appionem identidem excepturus, si modo mihi 
pollicebere, silentium in posterum exactissimum, ut abs te nusquam nominer, 
ne indicer quidem. Nam clarissimi doctissimique D. Boivin alterius Biblio- 
thecae Regiae custodum frater, vir immanis eruditionis, ^ multo jam tempore 
palam apud omnes significavit, se consimilem Josephi Editionem parare. quam 
pro certo norunt omnes absolvendam non esse, imo nee inchoandam, quamvis 
infinita prope modum eam in rem congesserit. Est enim vir assiduissimi ao 
laboris & ingenij feracissimi, qui annotationes subnotationesque novas in dies 
comminiscatur. Insuper Dissertationem eruditam habeo viri cum genere, 
tum eruditione & scientia illiistrissimi de testimonijs de X^ & Joanne Baptista, 
quae apud Josephum occumint, cui observatiuncuias itidem meas adjeci. quia 
vero tam Dissertatio quam observationes^ idiomate Gallico scriptae sunt, signi- 
ficare mihi poteris, an eas nostra lingua legere pervium tibi futurum sit. Statim 
enim tibi describendas curabo. Puto jam in Angliam vestram penetrasse 
exemplaria Cosmae Monachi Indicopleustae, quem cum Eusebianis piuribus & 
Athanasianis Doctissimus amicus mens D. Bemardus de Montfaucon anno 
practerito publici juris fecit, quin immo unum ipse mihi exemplar tradidit mit- 30 
tendum clarissimo amico nostro Grabio, quod postremae sororis meae, Poloniae 
commorantis, litterac, Londinum jam pervenisse asseverant. Ad Damascenura 
meum quod attinet, ejus Editionem auspicor, & die crastina a 6 Augusti praela 
sudare incipient, quod felix faustumque sit. vix dies uUus labitur, quin claris- 
simi viri, D. Shadwelli reminiscar. Hunc impense colo, teque etiam atque 
etiam rogo ut eum meo nomine velis salutare. Vale vir Honoratissime meque 
tibi tuisque devinctissimum amare perge. 

Parisijs viii Kal. Augusti MDC[c]yii. 

Sept. 19 (Pri.). Last night the Vice-Chanc. catch'd M". Gratiana 
Crook's black Wench in a Gentleman-Commoner's Chamber in Queen's 40 
Coll. & broke open y» Door upon them. Memorandum yt y« s^ Gra- 
tiana Crook is y« Daughter of a Presbyterian.— M>^. Stepney the English 
Envoy to y« State of Holland is dead, & is much lamented by divers for 
his great Parts &c. 

The following note out of University Coll. Treasury. 

Memorandum quod circa annum Domini 800 Rex Alredus alias Alfredusfiind- 
avit Collegium istud, cujus exhibitio sumebatur i Scaccario Regio continue usque 
ad conquestum saltem exclusive. Tunc Willelmus Conquistor pro viribus 
nitens distruere linguam anglicanam, dictam exhibitionem retraxit, nolens 
ulterius nutrire clericos ad pnedicandum fidem in nostro vulgari idiomate : Et 50 
tunc vixere scholares Collegij diu ex sola devotione diligentium linguam nos- 
tram quousque ut sequitur indotabatur. Quod satis evidens quidem ex qui- 
busdam patentibus Uteris munimentis Regijs in bac parte, et quidem ex veteri 
scriptura in fine parvi missalis & alijs archivis Collegij. 

University Coll. lent King Charles the i<* 150 lib*. A Receipt for it in 



48 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

y« Treasury. They maintain'd a certain number of Souldiers at 4». per 
Week for a Month, according to y« King's Letter in y« Treasury. — Tho. 
Ken, formerly Fellow of New CoU. afterwards Bp, of Bath and Wells, and 
ejected for his Loyalty to his Sovereign K. James II. He has published 
a Catechism for y^ use of y^ Scholars of Winchester and a manual of 
Prayers. Quaere what else? — John Ketdewell first of £dm. Hall, 
afterwards chosen Fellow of Lincoln ColL and afterwards made Vicar 
of ColeshiU in Warwickshire in y« Gift of y® lA. Digby, whom he 
infiuenc'd to give up the Large Tythes of y* Place to y^ Vicar, 

lo turn*d out of it at y« damn'd Revolution for not complying w^ the Oaths 
then tyiUnnically impos'd by a sett of Renegado Rascally Parliament Men. 
He writt several Books, as y Measures of Christian Obedience, &c. He 
died not long after he was ejected, but where I do not yet know. Quaere ? 
A Postumous Piece of his was published in 240. by Rob. Nelson Esq^ 
Tis ag* Prodigality. — Dr. Tho. Lamplugh Fellow of Queen's Coll. in y« 
time of King Charles V^, a man of good Character for his Loyalty and 
Integrity in those bad Times. He was one of the Lectiu^rs at Cairfax 
where he always preach'd at 4 clock in the Afternoon on Sundays, and 
all the Honest Loyal Men in Oxon came to hear him. After this he was 

ao Vicar of S*. Martin's in y« Fields & afterwards was preferr'd to y^BPprick 
of £xon, and just before y® Revolution for some Instance of his Loyalty 
(viz. his sending King James an Acc^ of King William's Declaration 
being read by I>. Burnett in y« Cathedral of Exeter. See more in Boyer's 
Life of K. Will. & Bohn's Hist, of y» Desertion) to y« distress'd K. James 
was made ArchbP. of York, that See having been kept voyd for some 
considerable time, w^ he would certainly have been defeated of if all 
things had not pass'd y^ Seals before y® Rogues came into Power. He 
has printed a sermon preach*d before y« House of L^* on Nov. 5. at 
which time Tillotson who got afterwards to be ArchbP. of Cant in Room 

30 of I>. Sancroft depriv'd for his Loyalty preached before y« H. of Com- 
mons quite contrary. N. B. He was Rector of Charleton w«h Living he 
held in commendam for some time w^ his BPprick of Exon, & was suc- 
ceeded in it by I>. Tim. Halton, then Provost of Queen's Coll. He left 
a son Thomas Lamplugh^ who was likewise I>. of Divinity, a little 
sneaking stingy self-interested Fellow who 'tis said hinder'd his Father 
from many good Works which he was naturally inclin'd to do. — Walter 
Skirlaw the Mimificent Foimder of three Fellowships in University Coll. 
was once Prebendary of York & Benefactor to y* Church, — M'. Peter 
Lancaster of Baliol Colledge (A.M.) has translated some Part of Plutarch's 

40 Morals. — Lancaster (Will.) of Queen's Coll. He was originally a little 
Petty Schoolmaster in Westmorland. From yi^ Imployment he was 
taken to wait upon Sir John Lowther (afterwards Lord Lonsdale) at 
Queen's Colledge, where in time he became Fellow. When he was 
a Young Master he was look'd upon as an ingenious Preacher, which 



> He commiinicated a Copy of Alex. Henderson** Death Bed Recantation to D'. 
Hollingworth when the Controversy was hot betw. him & the infamous Toland, who 
pnblisad several papers ag^ King Charles the 1"^* EUcb^ Bao-iAi«j^ under the Name of 
Col. Edm. Lndlow. See D^. Hollingworth*s Defence of King Charles's Book, intit. 
The Character of K, Charles i*^, &c. Lond, 1692. 4*. in pag. i*^. See also the £p. 
Ded. of his Sermon on the 30^ of Jan. in pag. ^^. 



Sept. 10.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 1 4 4-1 54. 49 

Faculty it seems he afterwards lost by his Idleness and Sotting. He was 
a great Favourite of I>. Halton's, by which means he had most of y® 
Pupils in that Coll. whom he shamefully neglected. He was the chief of 
those who manag'd y® Plot for turning Dr. Hudson by a Fellowship, 
having no Regard to any but his Drunken Companions such as y® 
notorious Braboume of Magd. Coll. one Bernard Gardiner, &c. By Dr. 
Halton he was recommended to y« Bp. of London to be his Chaplam, 
who in a little time after made him Vicar of S*. Martin's. In this Station 
having some little Places to gratify the Hungry & necessitous Fellows of 
Queen's, he slighly carry'd on an Interest to succeed D^. Halton in y® xo 
Provostship, as he afterwards did by y« Baseness and Knavery of some 
in y* Society, as is plain to any one y* shall read over y« Case of Electing 
a Provost of Queen's Coll. printed in 4*0. (More of him hereafter.) — 
Lasher (Joshua) Fellow of S*. John's Coll. and Dr. of Physick. He 
married a Barber's Daughter and so liv'd in y« Town as a Practitioner of 
Physick. He was noted for a silly, Puritannical, prick-ear'd Whigg, and 
as fit to be made a Cuckold of as any of his neighbouring Towns-men. 
He has printed a Pharmacopoeia, which he dedicated to D^*. Hough Bp. 
of Oxon who presented him with Cooper's Anatomy, which y« D^. shews 
to his Visitants at y« same time with his Wife. — Paul Latham of Pern- ao 
broke Coll. is perhaps y« Author of two Sermons. Quaere ? — Leighton- 
house (Walter) A.M. aod Fellow of Lincoln-College has printed some 
Sermons qtws vtdesis. — Baptista Levins of Magd. Coll. was Proctor and 
so got the Moral Philosophy Lectureship. He married a Daughter of 
D'. Hyde's, Principal of Magd. Hall, who being a little related to the 
Family of ChanceUour Hyde, this Dr. Levins by the Interest of y« lA. 
Clarendon or else y« L^ Rochester got to be Prebendar)' of Winchester 
& Bp. of Man. He was reckoned an ingenious Man, & a good Preacher. 

— Martin Lister the Author of several Books in Physick, & Editor of 
Apicius. — Adam Littleton Doctor of Divinity of X* Church author of 30 
the Dictionary, and a Volume of Sermons in folio. — Will. Lowth Fellow 
of S*. John's College, afterwards Chaplain to Peter Mew, Bp. of Win- 
chester who gave him noble Preferment. He is y« Author of a litde Book 
about y« Inspiration of y« Holy Scriptures, printed at Oxon by Wilmot. 

— Thomas Lyndsey of Wadham Coll. a Man of a loose Life but ready 
Wit, who afterwds got to be Chaplain to one of y« lA, Lieutenants of 
Ireland, and so was preferred to y® BPprick of KiUaloe. He has printed 
one Sermon. 

Sept. 20. Dr. T. Smith to H. Sorry that Dr. Lister's assurance that there 
Is a MS. of Caelius Aurelianus in Oxford was groundless. Condemns Alme- 
loveen for a want of honest and fair dealing toward Dr. Hudson. Remarks 
on the project of reprinting Mill's N.T. in Holland. *But what can you 
exspect from Dutchmen, who have no regard to conscience, and honesty, and 
equitable dealing, if they stand in the way of their gaine ? I know no remedy 
can be applyed to this threatned evil to Dr. Mills's Administrator, unless hee 
can procure a privilege to forbid the importing of such an impression into 
England : w°*> it will bee difficult & chargeable to obtaine, and it may bee, 
these cunning Knavish Hucksters will so disguise this worke by their additions . 
and alterations, as that it shall appeare to be wholly different.' Jeremy Taylor's 
design in publishing the Liberty ^ Prophesying was apparently good, but the 
consequences mischievous ; ' hee seeming to mtroduce an indifference of re- 

VOL. u. E 



50 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Sept. 21 (Suil). Marcellus lib. Digestor. 48. TituL ad leg. Comeliam 
de Sicarijs &c. amended in Erythraeus's Index to Virgil, voc. lvstravit- 
QVE vir[o]s. Erythraeus writ a Book de Navi. See his Index voc. malvs. 
Julianus y^ Lawyer corrected there voc. ead. Erythraeus writ a Book de 
Insults, See there voc. naxon. 

Sept. 22 (Men.). Zacagnius to I>. Hudson. 

Clarissimo Eruditissimo Viro Joanni Hudsono 
Bibliothecae Bodlejanse Prjcfecto 
Laurentius Alexander Zacagnius 

10 S.P.D. 

Quod sero nimis Uteris tuis respondeam, Vir clarissime, non negligentix in 
exequendis mandatis tuis, sed potius rei difficuHati, varijsque occupationibas 
meis pro tua humanitate velim adscribas. Cum enim in Bibliothecis nostris 
Festi avieni carminum Geographicorum scriptum exemplar, quod cum editis 
conferrem, diu frustra quaesierim, Casinum, Mediolanum, ac Florentiam scripsi, 
ut desiderio tuo fieret satis. Sed nee in harum urbium Bibliothecis ea Festi 
carmina reperiri, certior factus sum ab amicissimis viris, qui ea inquirendi onus 
susceperant. Verum dum tuo jiissu Geographicos Vaticanae Bibliothecae 
Codices perlustro, nactus sum rarissimum exemplar, frustraque i Parisiensibus 

30 Benedictinae familise Monachis quaesitum, Anonymi illius Ravennatis, quem 
an. 1688. CI. Porcheronius Parisijs typis mandavit. Hujus codicis varias 
lectiones libenter mittam, si opus iUud dignum duxeris, quod in tua Geo- 
graphicorum yeterum coUectione locum habeat. Extat etiam in Vaticanae 
Bibliothecae Codice signato num. 173. Gemistius Pletho in Strabonis Geo- 
graphiam cujus operis initium, O^ n^v BoKaaircaf rrjv Kaamatu In altero sign, 
n. 175. Synopsis maris sinuum ex Strabone incerti auctoris, quae incipit, ^r* ^ 
Kaff ^fjtas oiKovfAftnj, In alio signato num. 178. Incerti descriptio tabularum 
Europae, Asiac, & Africae, cujus Exordium, Uavrcus niim^ rrjt c^pwi/r. Denique 
in CckI. sign. n. 208. habentur Theonis Alexandrini tabulae positionum astro- 

30 nomicarum Civitatum insigniorum totius orbis. Habeo insuper in musaeolo 
meo Nicephori Blemmydae avyTOfioT€pa¥ yca>ypa<^iay, quae paraphrasis est 

. Dionysij Alexandrini de situ orbis, hoc initio, Bov\6fAivo£ dq wr iv a-wn^fif, quae 
omnia si inedita sint, tantique esse putaveris, ut ceteris abs te edendis adjungas, 
dabo operam ut accurate transcribantur. 

Josephi Hebraei librum contra Apionem nee Vaticana, nee alia uUa, quod 
sciam, Bibliotbecarum Urbanarum habet. Antiquitatum tamen Judaicarum 
libri XX in tercentorum cirdter annomm Vatican© Cod. sign. n. 984. servantur. 
Decem priores libros exhibet alter Codex sign. n. 1304. recensquidem scriptus, 
sed optimae notae, Fulvij Ursini, ad quem olim pertinuit, observationibus in- 

40 signes. His antiquitate praestant Vaticanus sign. n. 147. & Palatinus sign. n. 
14. hie enim sexcentorum, ille vero quingentorum annomm antiquitatem 
superare videntur ; sed Palatinus incipiens k lib. xi. initio mutilo, reliquos 
usque ad totum xvii. complectitur. Vaticanus vero postremam tantum partem 
Hb. III. & sequentes libros usque ad pene totum lib. XV. continet, ac praeterea 
adnotationes habet in margine aeque vetustas, quarum nonnullae memoriae 
tantum causa factae fuisse videntur. Libri de bello Judaico habentur in Cod. 
num. 983 & 984. Bibliothecae Vaticanae, necnon in duobus alijs pulcberrimis 
Biblioth. Urbinatis signatis num. 84 & 85. itemque in Palatino Cod. num. 284. 
qui omnes ante quingentos ad minus annos scripti fuerunt. Liber de Macha- 

$0 baets in duobus Passionarijs Vat. Bibliothecte annomm circiter septingentomm 
signatis in 819&823. asservantur. Liber de vita sua ad calcem mutilus in 



ligion, or at least . . to con6rme people in their several mispersuasions, & it 
is certaine, that he has written more plausibly in favour of the Anabaptists, 
than any of that Sect.' 



Sopt. 21-26.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 156-169. 51 

roemorato Palatine Codice num. 14. ejusdem Antiquitatibus Judaicis subjun- 
gitur, quarum etiam Epitomen usque ad totam Tbobiae bistoHam exhibet non 
admodum vetus Codex Urbinas sign. n. 95. Hxc tibi nota esse volui Vir 
Clar™«, ut quae adjumenta ad novam Joseph! operum Editionem ex Vat. Bib- 
liotheca suppeditari possunt, non ignores. Vidi in Ambrosiana Bibliotheca 
Mediolani rarissimum Codicem antiquitatum Judaicarum in PhyUira ab anti- 
quissimis temporibus exaratum, de quo etiam egit CI. Mabillonius in Itinera 
Italico pag. la. Hunc, si cum editis conferri curares, literariae Reipublicae 
rem utilissimam faceres, cum ex versione Rufini, si emendatior ejus codicis 
ope haber^r, non modicam, ut arbitror, Josepbi Grsecus contextus lucem 10 
acciperet. Redditum mihi fuit exemplar nitidissimum tuae Editionis operum 
Dionysij Halicamassei, cujus praefationem ut Clar™®. Perizonio^ mihique in- 
scriptam vidi, admiratus maxime sum nobilitatem animi tui, qui officia mea 
longe minora, quam quae tibi jure merito det>eantur, tot tantisque grati animf 
significationibus prosecutus fueris. Erubui quoque, ut par erat, ad eas laudes, 
quibus me pro tua humanitate omasti ; licet non modicam inde voluptatem 
perceperim, non quod illis me parem censeam, sed quia, quo magis tenuitatis 
meae modulum excedunt, eo magis tuam erga me benevolentiam plane singula- 
rem testatam faciunt. Quis enim sese gaudio non efferat, cum \ Viro, qui 
inter Doctissimos primas tenet, se amari ac diligi certissimis argumentis de- ao 
prehendat ? Quantum itaque & pro munere auro gemmisque prxstantiori, & 
pro hac egregia tua erga me voluntate tibi debeam Vir CI™*, facilius potest 
animo concipi, quam verbis ullis explicari. Maximas autem pro tot tantisque 
tuis beneficijs tibi gratias ago, majores etiam habeo ; spondeoque mihi anti- 
quius mihi futurum, quam ut in te excolendo, tibique inserviendo nemini 
cedam. Ab encomijs tuo praeclaro operi debitis tempero, gnarus me quantis- 
cunque illud laudibus prosequar, ne minimam.quidem earum partem fore asse- 
cuturum. Tu interim cura ut valeas Vir darissime et me tui amantissimum 
semper dilige. Romae Id. Maij 1707. Advena quidam Anglus de facie mihi 
tantum notus, postulavit \ me ut cuncta adnotarem, quz ex Vaticana Biblio- 3® 
theca ad iUustrandam Anglicans gentis bistoriam suppeditari possent, idque in 
gratiam ignoti mihi Viri Doctissimi, qui meliori luce donandls antiquis Angliae 
Historicis operam navat. Ego, ut par erat, libenter id oneris suscepi, eique 
nonnuUos Codices indicavi simulque poUicitus sum, me ceteros quoque cum 
ipso communicaturum. Cum autem ex improviso Roma, ut arbitror, deces- 
serit, nam annus fere est cum hoc ^ me postulatum fuit, Rogo te Vir Claris- 
sime ut haec omnia Viro ill! Doctissimo indices, meque eidem offeras ad omnia 
mandata paratum. Clarissimo Grabe plurimam nomine meo salutem dicas 
velim. Iterum vale. 

Superscrib'd, 40 

Prsstantissimo Viro D. Joanni Hudsono Oxoniensis Bibliothecae Pnefecto. 
Oxonium. 

In a Coyn of Ursin's in his Imagines Illusirtum vir, num. 24. is the 
Head of Apollonius TyancBus, in which he is call'd Teaneus badly, see 
Faber's Comment, upon y« Imag. A lection of Cicero defended against 
Manutius by Faber in his Com. there p. 18. — ArchbP. Lamplugh writ 
y« Preface which is printed before the lid. Edition (for 'tis not in y« i"*) 
of D^. Langbain's Review of y* Covenant . . . 

Sept. 26 (Th.). This Morning about nine of y* Qock died M^. Will. 
Thometon A.M. and Principal of Hart Hall, having for some time been 50 
troubled with y« Gout in y® Head. He has left behind bun y« Character 
of a Learned Divine, and a man of very great Probity and Integrity. — 
P. Lathom published a sermon entit The Power of things from God 
preach'd in y« Cath. Ch. of Sanmi June 29. 1683. upon occasion of y® 
Detection of y« late Horrid Plot, ag* ye Life of his S. Majesty. 40. at w^b 

E 2 



52 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

time he was Prebendary of y* Church. — Ace* of y« Churches or Places 
of Assembly of the Primitive Xtians &c. by Sir Geo. Wheeler Praeb. &c. of 
Durham. 120. it contains pages 130. Ded, to D^. Hickes, who was his 
Tutor. — Rich. Blechingdon Bach, of Div. of S*. John's Coll. & Rector 
of Crick in Northamptonsh. in w<J^ Rectory he was succeeded by Arthur 
Buckridge B. Div. of y® same Coll. He was uncle to D^^. Blechingdon 
{Rich,) now Fellow of y* Coll. & Rector of Kingston-Bagpuze in Berks. 
The said M'. Rich. Blechingdon has written at least one Book, which is 
intit Tivo cases resolved, — M'. Edw. Waple Bach, of D. of S*. John's, 
10 of which House he was Fellow & an Eminent Tutor. He was presented 
to the Rectory of S*. Sepulchres, London, in w<^ he succeeded D^. Bell, 
who had enjoy'd it about 40 years (I think). He has published a Com. 
in 4*0. upon the Revelations, & perhaps other things. Quaere? — 
Worldly Benion A. B. of the same Coll. Poetically inclin'd has pub* 
lish'd a Po€m on y« Death of y« D. of Glouc. fol. in 3 sheets intit * * 
* * writ handsomly. He had when in y« Coll. a Rambling Head, & 
where he is now we know not. 

Sept. 26. (Pri). To Dr. Woodward. 

Hon'* Sir, — I thank you for your kind Letter, and y« offer you make of 
ao what Copies of y® Shield I may have occasion for ; and I wish I were able to 
make a suitable Return. I am very unwilling to dissent from a Gen*, of your 
great Sagacity and approved Learning; but I humbly beg leave to think y* 
Bridles were in use among the Romans some considerable time before y* 
taking of Rome by the GauJs, w®** was An, U, C 365. Nor do I know 
of any place to show y* the Roman Authors thought otherwise. Livy speaks 
of y» Numidians fighting against y^ Romans w*^ut Bridles (and they were 
famous for it) but he tells us that it seem*d strange and unusMal to y* 
Romans ; which he would not have done had he been of opinion that Bridles 
were not very soon amongst them. They were famous for War even from y« 
30 very Foundation of y® City. I am inclin'd to think y* the Ancestors of 
Romultu coming from Troy brought this Instrument with them, which cer- 
tainly, as appears from ^ Homer, was in use in the Wars between the Graecians 
and y« Trojans. 'Tis true indeed Livy mentions the Latins as being nides 
artium ; but y^ is to be understood only of the Liberal Arts, he being in y* 
place speaking of the bringing over of Letters by Evander. If he had in y* 
Annals found any the least hint y* Bridles were not early he would have noted 
it ; because he appears to have been very particular in other Respects in set- 
ting down things of less moment. Nor can I imagine y* in Claudius's time 
(when you agree the shield was done) the Designer could be of Opinion y* y« 
40 Romans in Camillus's time were w^ut the use of y® Bridle ; since he saw the 
contrary represented on Coyns (amongst which were those that exhibited the 
triumph of Camillus in a Chariot of White Horses), and other Monuments of 
y* kind, if we may guess from w* we have remaining at present, which, even 
those y^ are andenter than Claudius, constantly make y® Horses in y^ trium- 
phal chariots to have Bridles. But whatever be y* reason of the Horses being 
thus represented, 'tis certain y* Learned World is highly indebted to you for 
y* expence you have been at in the Engraving the Shield : and I am heartily 
glad y^ such a valuable Monument fell into so good Hands. Men of skill k, 

ifudgment will always set a Price upon such Curiosities, and will despise the 
ittle, trivial Objections ignorant Persons may make ag* their being genuine. 
" I am told D'. Gibson is revising his Edition of Camden's Britannia in order to 
a new Impression. I hope he will take care to make good Improvem^. I do 



^ *Et^ hi fvriipin r6anf9$w, IX, w, 475. 



8n>t. 25-20.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 169-181. 53 

not question but y^ he might have several Materials from you which would be 
a great ornament to the Work. I am. 

Worthy S^, 
Edm. Hall. Oxon. Your most oblig'd 

Sept. 26. 1707. humble Serv* 

T. H. 

Sept. 27 (Sat.). Last Tuesd. in y« Evening John Tutchin Author of a 
scandalous Libell call'd ye Observator died in y« Queen's Bench Prison. 
And his Brother Libeller Dan. de Foe is under the Hands of Justice by 
complaint of y^ Swedish Embassador for abuse of his Master. -* The 10 
following Inscription put over the Monument of M'. Robert Philips in 
the Abbey Church at Bath w«h gave great Offence to the time changing, 
sneaking People. The words Veritas and Consiantia put on the two 
Pedestals. This Coll. Rob. Philips conducted King Charles IK to a 
place near Salisbury. See L^. Clarendon — Motto— Tout jour Fidele. | 
Inscriptio. — Exuvias hie deposuit Robertus Philips, | Jacobo a^o Thronum 
possidente | Ducatus & Comitatus Palatini | Lancastriae Cancellarius. | 
Robert! Philips de Monte-acuto I In agro hoc Somersetensi Equitis 
aurati | Filius natu secundus. | Qui regnantibus Carolo 10. Carolo 2^. I 
Et Jacobo 2<lo. I Ecclesise, | Necnon Legalis Monarchist Anglicanse | ao 
Contra omnes Perduelles tam Scotos quam Anglos | Veritas Strenuus 
& constans assertor extitit Constantia \ Temporibus mutatis | non 
mutatus in illis. | Natus i©. Feb. -firae X*l. MDCXVHIo. I Denatus 
210 Junij iErae X^. MDCCVIK 

Sept. 28 (Mon.). M^ Principal Thornton was buried last night about 
six clock in S*. Peter's Church in the East near y« Pulpit There were 
Heads of Houses to hold up the Pall, & some few others at the Funeral, 
besides those of the Hall. The Funeral was handsome enough, but not 
expensive, the Principal dying but in mean circumstances, which was the 
reason he made * no Will, letting the Law have it's course. He was 30 
Rector of * * * Pall Bearers #ere D^. Aldrich (Dean of Xt. O) 
I>. Turner, I>. Paynter, D'. Bayley, D"". Blathwait, & I>. Charlett — 
Memorandum, That M^ Bickford, commoner of Edm. Hall, when he 
was about to leave us came to me and ask'd me whether, since he 
design'd to be a Benefactor to y* Hall Library, it were better to buy a 
Book himself, & see it put in before he went, or put 20 shillings into y^ 
Principal, I>. Mill's Hands, to be layd out in a Book by him. I advis'd 



Sept. 27. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Asks for a more direct answer to the 
query cone. Jeremy Taylor. Mr. Thometon, Principal of Hart Hall, died 
intestate on the a 5th ; succeeded by Mr. G. Smith, of B.N.C. Bagford makes 
but slow progress. Has had some conversation with Dr. Moore, Bp. of Ely, 
who thinks we may wait a great while yet for Tanner's work of Boston and 
Leland. Tanner stops the way for other editors. Has likewise had a conver- 
sation with Hickes. *The Dean of X* Ch. and Dr. Hudson went over lately 
to take a view of My L^ Leominster's Statues in Northamptonsh ... I wish 
they were all engrav'd. 'T would be a considerable Appendix to the History 
of Northamptonsh. now doing by a Gent, of the County.' 



* I nndentand he did make a Will. Ask M'. Heywood of Holywell, who was an 
Executor. 



54 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

him to buy a Book himself, because I could give several Instances of 
Money being lodg'd in Dr. Mill's hands, which he never layd out in 
Book$, or at least if he ever did buy any Books (which however he very 
seldom did) he put extravagant Prices upon them. Particularly M"". 
Francis Cherry gave lo lib*, to buy Books. D^. Mill puts in Baudrand's 
Geography, which he set down at 30s. whereas the Price is well known 
to be but 1 5. and dear at y*, besides two or three more Books he took 
out of his own Study, and put in at Great Rates, &c. which Account 
when M'. Cherry understood he much resented ; & 'tis the reason he has 

10 not been a farther Benefactor. Likewise when S''. Littleton (Quaere ?) 
Powis a few years since gave 5 Guineas to buy Books, D"". Mill buys 
Baronius's Annals in 12 Volumes which he claps into his own Study, 
arfd in room of it puts another Edition in six Volumes not a quarter of 
y« Value, and puts down the Price 5 Guineas. Also he put down Brown 
of the Muscles 20 shills. which cost him but 10, as appears from his 
Name among y« Subscribers printed. However notwithstanding this 
M'. Bickford afterwards talking with M'. Musson the then Vice-Principal, 
he advis'd him to leave y« Money with him, which he did, and 'twas put 
into Dr. Mill's Hands by M^. Musson ; but no Book bought w*l» it from 

ao that time to this. — Every Person when he takes a degree whether y* of 
Bach, or A.M. in Edm. Hall pays 20 shills. for y« use of the Library. 
None of this Money ever la/d out on y* score since Dr. Mill Principal, 
D^ Mill after his coming to y« Hall encreas'd the Fees of A. M. 20 shills. 
the reason because he woidd not have Act Suppers any more. This 
unreasonable, because Act Suppers are never made but when there is a 
Publick Act, which rarely happens. However at y* time when this was 
mov'd by him, there had been an Act Supper, and therefore y® Masters 
easily compl/d, especiaUy when he told them that y® Money should go 
towards y* Library, or should be layd out some other way to y« Ad- 

30 vantage & Credit of y« Hall. This Money all dispos'd of no Body 
knows how.— The following [9] Co3ms found at Clifton in Yorksh. . . . 
These given to y« Library by D'. Hudson, under whose Name to be put 
in y« Index of this Volume [184-186 ; 187-8 blank]. — 

A Copy of the Duke of Devonshire's Epitaph made by himself, and 
order'd to be put upon hisTombe. — Hie jacet | Gulielmus Dux Devoniae 
J Bonis Regibus subditus fidelis, | Tyrannis vero inimicus & invisus. — 
English'd thus, Here lyes | William Duke of Devonshire | A faithfuU 
subject to good Kings, | To Tyrants an Enemy & dreaded by 'em. | 
Burlesqu'd thus. Here lies, William Duke of Devonshire | To bad kings 

40 a doughty Foe \ To good Kings a deadly Friend. — Paraphras'd thus in 
Latin, Hie | JBre alieno obrutus | In setemum, | Jacet, | Gulielmus De- 
vonise Dux | Regum optimis inimicorum infestissimus, | Tyrannorum 
pessimis subditus fidelissimus. | Moerens posuit | Creditorum, Scortorum, 
Aleatorum & Regicidarum J Turba infinita ; I Bipedum nequissimum pro 
rostris laudante | Whito Kennetto. | Mendici, mimi, balatrones, hoc 
genus omne | Moestiun & soUicitum est. — In English thus, Here with 
Debt o'rewhelm'd for ever lies | Devonshire's Great Duke : | To the best 
of Kings the worst of Foes | To Tyrants base a baser slave. | This 
Monument | In token of their Grief | erected was ( By Creditors, Rooks, 

50 Whores, & Regicides ; | KenruH White extolling high | The impious 



Sept. 20.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 181-197. 55 

Wretch for's Piety. — ^Twas originally thus, Hie | Sub sere alieno | In 
setemum jacet | GuUelmus Dux Devoniae, | Bonis Regibus inimicus & 
invisus, | Tyrannis vero subditus fidelis : | Posuit moerens | Creditoram, 
Scortorum, Aleatorum, Regicidarum | Turba infinita. | Mendici &c. — 
Most People believe, for all Lancaster's Frierids denying it, that he did 
when Vice-chanc. favour John Braboum's Pretensions to Hart-Hall; 
this being no more unlikely than that he should some years agoe resign 
the Vicarage of Okeley to this same Braboum, when a great many of 
the Fellows of his own College would gladly have accepted of it. — 
There were formerly i8 Silver Spoons belonging to Edm. Hall. When lo 
Cox was Mancipal lo were stole. D''. Mill made him pay 5 Ub*. to buy 
new ones. But y« Money never laid out. 



Out of a Letter from M'. Charles Bernard to M'. Thwaites dat 
Sept. 28. 

You are mistaken in your conjecture about Artorius. For there was cer- 
tainly such a Man & Physitian to Augustus. Vossius, Casaubon & Lambecius 
are of opinion y* Antonius Musa & Artorius were y« same Person, but they 
are mistaken too. Certain it is that Musa was y® Man y^ cured Augustus by 
altering y* Method of y« former Physitian. Horace could not be mistaken in 
his Name. Suetonius & Pliny & Dion Cassius agree in it, & I question not 30 
but y« Author of y» Tract de Betonica took his Name to recommend his Book. 
That Augustus had another Physitian whose name was Artorius & mention'd 
by several authors, not for healing but preserving him by a dream I think 
there can be no dispute. I will not trouble myself with long Quotations but 
refer you to some Authors for a Proof both of y* Name and of y* Profession 
too. Sec Valerius Max. 1. i. c. 7. Vd. Pat. I. a. c. 70. who both liv'd in 
Tiberius's time. Plutarch in Bruto. Lactantius 1. 2. c. 8. Eusebius is parti- 
cular in y^ time & manner of his Death. Artorius Medicus August! post Ac- 
tiacam victoriam naufragio perijt. I suppose 'twill not be disputed bift y^ y* 
Illness of which Musa cured Augustus hapned a good while after his Victory 30 
at Actium. So y* if what Eusebius says be true, Artorius & Musa could not 
be the same man. 'Tis plain from all the authorities above y^ Artorius was 
Augustus his Physitian before Bnitus's Death, & then Augustus was very 
young. 'Tis plain from Eusebius that Artorius was drown'd A. U. C. 723. and 
from Dion Cassius that y* sickness of which Musa cur'd Augustus was about 
8 years after. So y^ 'tis in my opinion very probable y^ Augustus had two 
Physitians who succeeded one another. Artorius, who preserved him by a 
dream, and Antonius Musa who recover'd him by cooling Medicines. But 
what will you say to an Inscription upon a Cenotaph, (publi^'d by Cha. Patin) 
literis uncialibus, in little ones thus, 40 

Mdpicov *Apr»pioy * kaKkrjfifiahrpf 
6coO }Laivapo^ 2t^aTov *laTp6v 
*H fiovXif 6 Arjfiag t»v 2fivpyal»v 
*ETlftri(rap "Hpwi voXvfM^tas X^^^* 

Why the Smymaeans should pay this Compliment to Augustus his Physitian 
seems to be hinted in y* last line. Had it been for Recovering him from any 
dangerous sickness, surely that could never have been omitted, being a greater 
Complement to Augustus & not less to Artorius than the bare mention of his 
Polymathia. but 'tis much y^ this Artorius should deserve so much from y^ 
Smymaeans for his variety of Learning & yet be mention'd by no author that 5^ 
I know of for any thing but a dream. By this time I hope you are conrinc'd 
that in Scaliger, Gniter & others 'twas no mistake of a letter & y^ Artorius is 
y^ true Reading. The story of Augustus's being sav'd by a Dream is men- 



56 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

tion*d also by Appian but y® Person not nam'd, and by Snetonitxs, who says he 
was amici somnio monitus. 

Sept. 80 (Tu.). The Master of Univ. Coll. has y« Pictures of S^. Geo. 
Mackenzy & 1>. Pococke. These he promises to give hereafter to y® 
Publick Library. — Quaere who was author of the Reasonableness of y® 
Augmentation of Poor Vicarages, printed some time since in Cambr. 40. 

for y« Author [Notes on MSS. &c. of Livy.] — M^ Thwaites of Queens 

show'd me two Coyns to day, both Syrian, one of Seleucus Nicator^ the 

lid Demeirtus II simam'd Nicator, of whom see Justin 1. 39. His head 

10 is on the front, and on y« Reverse is SlAONlfiN, and Europa on a Bull. 

— The Lady Wilmot, Wife of S^. Geo. Wilmot (Quaere whether related 
to mad Earl of Rochester) of Grove near Wantage in Berks, order'd her 
Skull to be preserv'd in Wantage Church, where she together with her 
Husband & Son is interred. Which Skuil is according to her desire 
preserv'd in a Chest in y* Chm-ch, the several Parts of the Skull being 
described and explain'd by a Surgeon. On it are these verses writ as 'tis 
guess'd by herself, viz. 

Ladies when yoa your Perfect Beauties I was as yon are now young fatf and clear 
see And yon must once be as yoa see me 

^o Think *em bat Tenants to Mortality : here. 

- Writers of S*. John's CoU. Oxon. Dr. Abr. Markland, Dr. Sayer Arch- 
Deacon of Surrey (he pubJish'd at least one Sermon) Mr. Coningsby, M^. 
Tho. Parsel, S^. John Packington, Sam Philips, — Asgil (that Atheistical 
Villain, notorious for a Book to prove that we may go to Heaven without 
Dying) S^. Wm. Dawes, Dr. Laurence Smith, M^. Axnbrose Bonwick, M^. 
Blake. ('Tis conjectur'd that the last of these Persons) M^. Blake, pub- 
lished Musaeus's Poem de Herone & Leandro in English, pr. in a collection 
of Poems. Quaere. — D^. Markland (abovesd) wrote a Pofe'm upon y® 
Dutch War, in w^hhe calls the Dutch men Tall koundaboui, &,^\ts much 

30 other language of y* nature, in so much y* it made good sport in y« uni- 
versity, and particularly it was laugh'd at by one Mr. Birstow of All Souls 
ColL who had y« Character of an ingenious, good natur*d man. This 
displeasing the D^. he sometime after, upon news of M^. BirstoVs Death 
in y® ColL caus'd a Paper to be stuck up on (or else over) the Coll. Gate, 
with these verses on it, 

Drankards and Swivers 
Are never long livers. 

This Markland was Chaplain to the late Bp. of Winch. & had ft son 
afterwards of S*. John's Coll. of w«h he became FeUow, since dead. The 
A^ D«". was presented to y« Living of S*. Mary Cross (Quaere) at Winchester 
where he now lives, & is likewise Prebendary of that Chm-ch. . . . 



Sept. 80. Hiokes to H. ' I am heartily sorry for Mr. Thornton's death, 
whose excellencies none knew better than myself. He hath not left a more 
learned, or orthodox divine behind him. He knew the primitive divinity of y« 
first four centuries, and iudged all other writers since the reformation by them. 
As for Dr. Taylors Liberty of Prophecy ... it is certain at the Restauration 
that book was objected ag* him, and hindered him from being an English 
bishop. In truth the good he did by all his other works scarce compensat for 
the evill that hath done.' 



flept.80-Oct.8.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 197-209. 



57 



The Dialogue between the ArchbP. of Cant. & M'. Higgins in verse. 
A new song. To the Tune of * * * 



At length you'l confine us to suffer Sodnus 

To scatter bis Poyson abroad : 
And before you'U »hort a great Man of 
y« Court 
You*ll let him declare there*8 no God. 
Such Books should for shame be con- 
demn'd to y« Flame 
As Toland & Asgill have printed : i© 

Vile Notions you see of the Mystical three 

By EmUn and others inrented. 
Says His Grace tho* such Men have pro- 
vok'd w*»» their Pen 
'Tis the prudenter Way not to know it : 
For Busby in truth has but tickl'd the 
Youth 
By Foolishly guelding the Poet 
M'. Asgil by Fits they say's out of his 
Wits ao 

Which is rather a Case of Compassion : 
He raves of some Trick Sir w«» his Mag- 
num Elixir 
To immortalize Men by Translation : 
As for Tyndal & those who the Church 
Rights oppose 
We may thank the late Bp. of Worcester : 
Neither would we allarm the Bp. of Sarum 
Or my very good Brother of Gloucester, 
Says Higg to his Grace if this be y* Case 30 

Farewell our Religion & Laws : 
We Presbyters fight for y« Churches old 
Right 
But our BP* sneak to the old Cause. 



Th^re happened of late a learned Debate 

Concerning y« Zeal of y* Gown 
Tween Archdeac*n Higg & ArchbP. 
Whigg 
Which much has diverted the Town. 
Says Higg to His Grace I am come to 
your face 
To justify w* I have done ; 
I have preach*d at S^ Brides & some 
Places besides 
Of Matters as clear as y* Sun. 
His Grace then reply*d tho* it can't be 
deny'd 
But vr* you have s* may be true, 
Yet men of your Heats put us all into 
sweats 
And y« Church & the state will undoe. 
You were once of our Party A Williamite 
hearty 
But now you have alter'd your Tone. 
Says Higg 'tis a shame to King W"^** name 

If an Honest Man must not be one. 
It is hard says y« Priest if the Doctrines 
of Christ 
May not be asserted w**» Zeal : 
m summon y^ Crowd & cry out aloud 
What God has been pleas'd to reveal. 
I'm resolv'd to be hot *till yo' L^ip has 
got 
Some Ecclesiastical Birch : 
To whip those y^ cast us as lowasErastus 
In y« Rights of y« Xtian Church. 

Oct. 2 (Th.). S'. Tho. Churchyard in his Sparke of Friendship & 
Warm Goodwill pr. Land, 1588. in the dedication to S^. W. Raleigh men- 
tions a Great Book in Latin printed above 400 years before y* time. In 
1588 the English pronounc'd i hke e. So Laten for Latin. They also 
us'd the Plural for Singular. So there Churchill, the whole Betufiies that 
Paper bringes. (Naudaeus's Life of Lewis the XM to be bought when to 40 
be met w**^.) The Florence Edition of Victorius's Tully said to be y«best 
That at Venice Fabricius calls optima & rarissima, but he is mistaken, as 
it seems. 

Oct. 3 (Pri.). The 3d Booke of y« Maccabees, which is in all Editions 
of y« Sept was translated into English by Gwalter Lynne and printed at 
Lond. 1550. 80. at y« End of his Brief e and compendiouse TadU, in Mamr 
of a concordauncty openyng the waye to y principall Histories of the whole 
Bible. &c. — M'. Penton of New Coll. has a Book printed in English 
& written by my \A, Scales, who liv'd in Edw. IV*^ time. Twas printed 
in or about 1470. — Petrus Erycus Recenius (mention'd in !>. Hickes's 50 
Preface to bis Thes. Lingg. Sept. or else in Pref.Gram. Sax.) writ a Book entit, 
Principium Philologicunt ^ Mysterio renatum. Many things in it are taken 
out of John Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica. Lond. — 80. — M'. Tho. Smith 
sen' Fellow of Braz. Nose, is made Principal of Hart Hall $c was admitted 



58 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

yesterday in the Afternoon. — Historise Romance Scriptores Latini veteres, 
qui exstant omnes &c. Ehrodtmi 1621. fol. Livy is the first, & at y« End 
is a large Index to the whole. 'Tis in Merton Coll. Libr. (Of no value.) 
The Following verses by M'. Hen. Felton formerly of Edm. Hall now 
of Queen's Coll. occasioned by a Ladies making a copy of Verses. 

In Antient Greece when Sappho song But sweeter Notes & softer Layes 

And touch'd w*^ matchless Art y« Lyre, From your Diviner Numbers spring 

Apollo's Hand her Musick strung Such as himself Apollo plays 

And all Parnassus form*d y* Quire. Such as y* Heavenly Sisters sing. 

10 Oct. 4 (Sat.). The Antients sometimes pronounc'd ij as «. So in MS. 
Laud, of Livy. — Two Coyns of Prusias King of Bithynia in Consul 
Rayes Collection. He is mentioned by Livy, & therefore should come 
among y« Coyns there. — M'. Thwaites has made several Discoveries of 
omissions in I)r Mill's Test particularly in Parallel Places. — Ad c. VI. 
Apoc. V. 2. Tis /cal idc in Cod. Bar. not Iht only as expressed in D^. Mill. 

Oct. e (Men.). 'Tis Mr. Dav. Jones who publishes the Yearly Accoimt 
of the State of Europe. — In Arch. C. BodL are divers Chinese Books, 
done up several of them together in Blew Covers after a new manner. 
The Leaves are double, & the dog Letter is upon the fore-edge. 

ao Upon a Brags Plate in S^. John Baptist's Church appropriated to Merton 
Coll. the following Inscription. 

En Gierke Walterus iacet hie * que federe clems | Iste Magistrorrum] voluit 
*num[er]aresuorum | Moribus omatus fuit et natu veneratus | Brigida per sacra 
vocat hunc ad gaudia clara. i M bis x post 1. xl post c quater adde | Quaeso 
preces sutnme pro me clerke clerice funde. 

Paul Tarczali who was Author of Brevis Disseriaiio de vocaiiane Gen:- 



Oct. 4. Dr. T. Smith to H. Does not believe that Charles I. ordered 
Jeremy Taylor's name to be struck out of the list of his Chaplains. After his 
betrayal by the Scots, 'his Majesty was deprived of the assistance of his 
Chaplains : w*''* most unchristian & barbarous t)ehaviour of these Deviles to- 
ward him afforded him in his solitudes & imprisonment just matter of com- 
plaint, and was very irksome to him : of w<''»''he has left to the world his just, 
his pious, his divine thoughts in one of the Chapters of his E?«ca>v.* His * pre- 
terition * at the Treaty in the Isle of Wight not to be imputed to his prejudice, 
as several other eminent persons were omitted. But his good and politic de- 
signs cannot justify his publishing that unhappy book. Condemns Mr. 
Thornton's neglect in not making his will. Hopes Mr. Bagford's History of 
Printing will be of value, though the subject requires t)etter judgment and 
more comprehensive knowledge. Looks forward to Vol. II. of Llhuyd's 
Archaeoicgia, which he finds exceU-jnt, though the generality of subscribers 
are dissatisfied with it. Wishes that H. or some qualified person would antici- 
pate Tanner by publishing Leland &c. Lord Leominster bought the Arundel 
statues of the Relict of the Duke of Norfolk for very little. ' I doubt not but 
that if the Duke had lived, and had been addressed to by Dr. Yerbury, as was 
designed, hee would have given us the Statue of Pallas to place it in our College 
Quadrangle.' Harduin has printed 7 vols, of the Councils, which will not be 
published till the whole is finished ; and Blasius Caryophilus is printing at Rome 
the Greater Prophets out of Origen's Hexapla, 



^ Lege quL ' Ant, H Wood has printed it miniare. 



Oot.8-0.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 209-218. 59 

Hum &c. Oxon. 1672. not taken notice of in Ant. k Wood. — M'. Rob. Con- 
ingsby of S*. John's Coll. Oxon. of which he was Fellow, & after that chosen 
usher of Merchant Taylours' Schoole, at which time he writ and published 
Mythologia sive quarundam fabularum explicatio Gr. Lat. in us. Scholae 
Merc. Sdss. Lond. 1693. He also writ and pr. on a Broad side of a sheet 
of Paper The Contract verbs and verbs in mi at full length : & on a half 
sheet Copper Plate An Explication of y« Greek Abbreviations. About y® 
year 1700. he left Merchant Taylours', being then chosen Head Master 
of y« Free Schoole at Ipswich, where he now lives. 

Oct. 7 (Tu.). The antients pronounc'd cohacii for coacti, — Quaere 10 
yii\x^'Ccitx Anonymus Ravennas be not the same with Jomandes who was Epis- 
copus Ravennas?— There are four Maps in Hebrew; one of Palestine, & the 
other three of the other P*» of y® World, done by Hugh Broughton & printed 
at Amsterdam. M'. Bagford (who is compiling a History of Printing) says 
he never saw but one copy of them, which was at Leyden where he purchased 
them & brought them into England, & are now in y« Hands of Mr. Clavel 
of y® Inner Temple. — Quaere whether the Dean of X* Church had not 
his MS* the Author Walter de MiUemet of M^. Brown Willis? — Some 
time since was printed a Paper of a Collection of Pamphletts in London^ 
which it seems are to be dispos'd of. M'. Bagford is y® Manager. The ao 
Collection commences with y^ year 1638 or thereab*« & reaches to 1666. — 
Memorandum to ask D'. Charlett for y* Part of Caesar's Commentaries 
translated into French by y« present King of France, & printed magnifi- 
cently in a thin folio. — Above stairs D*". Charlett has Roman Urns, &c. 
Ab* fourteen years since on y® North- West of London was found large 
Elephants Bones, amongst y™ Teeth, & near to them a flint like our 
Scotch Elf Arrows, which some Curious Persons are apt to think was y* 
with wch y« Elephant was kill'd. Df. Charlett has it. — Quaere whether 
Leland's Vindication of King Arthur was not in some measure taken from 
Caxton's Life of King Arthur ? See also whether that Book of Caxton's 30 
be in Bibl. Bodl. ? 

Oct. 9 (Th.). On Friday last died M'. William Petit, in y® 71** year 
of his Age ; being one of y« oldest Benchers of y« Inner Temple, and an 
Eminent Antiquary, and made Custos Rotulorum by y« late King William, 
for his Republican Principles. — This Day at one Clock was a Convoca- 
tion for reading the Chancellor's Letter, nominating D^. Lancaster to be 



Oct. 8. Thoreeby to H. Cannot tell what further to desire of Dods- 
worth's MSS. Anxious to visit Oxford. Gives a brief sketch of his projected 
book on Leeds and Neighbourhood. Thoresby to [Hudson]. Compli- 
mentary letter on Hudson's visit to his Museum. ' The famous Spanhemius 
acquainted me yesterday with your safe arrivall at Oxford.' ^o 

Got. 9. John Bennett to H. Suggests that each Bp. should give direc- 
tions to every incumbent in his diocese to transcribe the inscriptions in his 
own parish Church, and to return them to his Lp. Strype not very far ad- 
vanced with his Survey of London, the ' sculptures ' taking so long to engrave. 
* Mrs. Tylliard, whom you may I believe remember in St. Marie's Church, 
having married a Sea-Surgeon in our Parish, because he stay'd abroad about a 
fortnight longer than he promis'd her, thought fit in a melancholy fit to hang 
her self upon y« bed-post.' 



6o HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Vice-Chanc. again for y« Year ensueing, which was unanimously con- 
sented to. After w«h Dr, Lane, made a speech containing a complement 
upon the Chanc. & an Account of Theatre Books the last year, among 
w«^ was D^. Mill's Great Work, which he said was to be applauded by all 
nisi in ipso praelimine contra mores Evangelicos peccasse^ meaning his 
Reflecting upon the Memory of his Royal Sovereign K. Charles 11. & y* 
Parliaments of y* time, as also his Acting contrary to w* himself once 
preach'd up, Passive Obedience. — Bonaventurae Dieta SaluHs. Parisiis 
1499. 80. Impress, per Magistrum Petrum le Dru pro Johanne Petit com- 

10 morante in vico Sancti Jacobi ad intersignium leonis argentei. — See Lan- 
gius 40. L. 15. Th. Seld. p. 298. upon a Place of Livy in y« first Book ab* 
Numa's altering y® Year — , . . M'. Laughton, who once pass'd for a Non- 
Juror, & was very great with most of the Non- Jurors, (& for w«li reason 
Dr. Hickes dedicated a small Piece to him) was in the Rye-House-Plot 
He has brought a son to Line. Coll. who is Gent. Commoner, & Pupil to 
Mr. Hind, to whom he was recommended by D*". Potter. — To be put in 
y® Benefactors' Book of y« Publ. Library. [Benefactions of Hody and 
Mill] . . . 

Oct. 10. (Fri.). Enquire of some of Queen's Coll. w* became of M'. 

ao Tho. Macell s Papers after his Death, he having been of y* College & 
having had y« Character of a good Antiquary. — Tho. Manningham 1>. 
of Div. formerly Fellow of New Coll. now Rector of S*. Anne's Holbome, 
has printed several sermons, three or four of them, when he was Young, 
being in a strange, elevated Style. — John March Bach, of Div. & Vice- 
Principal of Edm. Hall, afterw^* Vicar of New-Castle upon Tjme, has 
a Vol. of Sermons in print, w<^h \ think came out after his death. Quaere 
whether he was not a Non- Juror & a sufferer upon y* Account.— Quare 
about Narcissus Marsh Fellow of Exeter Coll. & Doctor of Divinity, 
afterwards Principal of Alban-Hall, Provost (I think) of Trinity Coll. in 

30 Dublin, and at length after some other Preferments ArchbP of Armagh 
& Primate of Ireland. I think he new modell'd Du Trieu's Logick for 
y« use of y« University of Dublin. Quaere what else he has done, besides 
his buying Longolius's MSS, & Bp. Stillingfleet's Library for y« Library 
of Trmity Coll. — Sam. Masters, Bach, of Div. & Fellow of Exon. Coll. 
has publish'd a discourse, about Afflictions, I think. — Henry Maundrill, 
A.M. & Fellow of Exon. Coll. Chaplain to y« Factory at Aleppo (Q ?), pub- 
lish'd a Book in 8^0. of his Travells, pr. at y« Theatre, in Oxon. — Hen. 
Maurice D'. of Div. & Fellow of Jesus Coll. was Chaplain to ArchbP. 
Sancroft & Rector of Newington near Oxon & was the Lady Margaret's 

A^ Professor of Divinity in y* university, which he held but a very little 
time, dying not long after he was chosen. He has publish'd two Books, 
one against Baxter & y® other ag* Clarkson, & one sermon or more. — 
Matthew Morgan D^. of Laws of St. John's Coll. translated a Life of 
Cornelius Nepos, something of Plutarchs Morals & writ a dedication ta 
one of y® Volumes of y* Work. He also writ a Poem upon y* Death of 
Mr. Boyce, & several other Poems which are of no great Note. — Will. 
Musgrave Bach, of Phys. & Fellow of New Coll, afterw<J" Practitioner in 
Fhysick at Exon. has writ several things in Phy sick.— Quaere whether 

* Qmere? 



Oct. 9-18.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 218-230. 6l 

the things pablish'd under y« Name of M'. Newcome belong to any of 
y«Oxon Newcomes? — Will. NicoUs first of Wadham Coll. & then chosen 
Fellow of Merton, has writ Discourses against the Deists and several 
other things. — There was published some year[s] since a Conference 
between John March & D'. Welwood cone, the Revolution. I believe 
the Author Mr. March. 

Oct. 12 (Sun.). [Various authors corrected in Ursinus de Fam. 
Rom.] Quaere whether ArchbP. Usher's Sermon ab* the RP. of Primogeni- 
ture be in y« Publick Library? — In pag. 231. of Historia Flagellantium, 
printed at Paris 1 700. is mention made of, and an Extract taken from 10 
an old French Writer cone. King Arthm-'s Round-Table and the Gests 
of S'. Lancelot du Lac, published at Paris by Ant. Gerard 1494. i. Julij. 
In y« Publick Library is another Edition in two Vols, the i»t Vol. printed 
at Roan 1488, the other at Paris the same Year. At y« End 'tis s<i y* 
Walter Map was Author. — M'. Cartier formerly of X* Ch. writ an 
Explanatory Discourse upon Hippolytus's Canon, w^h he did at y* 
Request of D'. Mill. (This I have in MS. amongst I>. Smith's Papers.) 
— ChristophOus Dialidius an Hungarian and a student in Oxon where 
he had a Chamber in Glouc. Hall publish'd Xpi^cr/i^m ParaboHco- 
Frophetica Ac. Oxon. 1699. 80. ao 

Oct. 16 (Th.). M'. Penton's Epitaph made by himself. — Here lyes 
what's left of Stephen Penton Rector | Who tho* dead, yet speaketh 
now once for all, | My Belov'd Parishioners ! | Since any of you 
may be y« next I Let every one of you prepare to be so. | To pre- 
pare for Death devoutly receive y« Sacra^ifc, | To prepare ag* sudden 
Death receive it often. | Make your Wills whilst you are well & in good 
Health, | That you may have leisure to dy wisely. | If you hope to dy 
comfortably, | You must resolve to live righteously. | God send us all an 
happy meeting. — ^Bom at Winchester, Fellow of New-College^ Rector of 
Tingewick Com. Bucks, A of Glympton Com. Oxon. Principal of 30 
Edmund-Hall: Rector of Wath, Prebendary of Ripon Com. Ebor. 
Aged * 67. obijt 170. Octobris An©. X**. 1706. 

Oct. 17 (PtL). Demetrius Nicator is always to be read, not Deme- 
trius Nicanor. See Faber's Comm. upon Ursin's Imag. HI. n. 53. . . . 

Oct. 18 (Sat.). M'. Hinton Chaplain of Corpus X^ has a Copy of 
Godwin's Hist of y* Bp« with divers MS*. Adchtions, w«^ will be of 
use to him that shall put out a new Edition. — Franc. Nicholson of 



Oct. IL H. to Dr. T. Smith. Agrees that Bagford wants judgment as well 
as learning ; he will re-write the Life of Caxton. Dr. Lancaster in his speech 
as V .C. for another year gave an account of Theatre books, inc. Dr. Mill's 40 
Test, which he said was to be applauded by all, ' nUi in hso fraelimme contra 
mores Evangelicos peccasset* Has seen Victorius' ed. of Tulf y, Venetian impres- 
sion ; is told, in opposition to Fabricius, that the Florentine excels it. Mr. 
Thwaites has shown him two coins, of Seleucus Nicator and Demetrius H. 
Petrus Erycus Recenius wrote Principium PbHologicum e mysterio renatum, 
containing, H. is told^ many thingsfrom Dee's Monaj Hieroglyph, 

» It 8hw be, 69. 



62 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

Univers. Coll. A.M. preach'd a Sermon at S*. Marye's, somew* favouring 
Popery, w^'l^ he was forc'd to retract. In King James's time he declar'd 
himself a Roman Catholick, and, as 'tis said, has writ several things in 
Defence of y* Religion of which Inquiry must be made. — Will. Nichol- 
son of Queen's Coll. of which he was Fellow and afterwards Chaplain to 
I>. Rainbow Bp. of Carlisle, by whom he was preferr'dtoy® Archdeaconry 
of Carlisle. When he was Undergraduate 'twas observ'd that he had 
good strong Parts, but was a very drunken, idle Fellow. When Bach, 
of Arts he grew a little better and appl/d himself to y® Study of y« 

lo Saxon Language, which made him known to Bp. Fell and D^ MarshalL 
The first of them I suppose perswaded S^. Joseph Williamson to send 
him a travelling into High-Germany, purposely to perfect himself in y® 
Saxon Tongue. When Master of Arts he was pitch'd upon by Moses 
Pitt to do something in the English Atlass, & he did one volume of it, 
'Tis carelessly done, being nothing more than a hasty transcript out of 
other Authors, whom he never mentions. When Archdeacon of Carlisle 
he espous'd y® Interest of S^, Xtopher Musgrave, who had a great hand 
in preferring him to y® BPprick of Carlisle. Before yt time he was look'd 
upon as firm and stanch to good honest Principles, which he has since 

ao most shamefully renounc'd, courting y« favour of y® Logger-head at 
Lambeth. He has printed some Sermons, but very mean and hardly 
remarkable for any thing but his asserting y« Jus Divinum of Monarchy 
& Defending Passive Obedience. This Sermon I think, was dedicated 
to Mr. * * Musgrave eldest son to S^. Christopher Musgrave A: at y* 
time one of y« Clerks of y« Privy-Council. He has writ several other 
things amongst which is his English & Scotch Historical Librarie in 
3 vols 8^0, He was always a Persecutor of I>. Hugh Todd, &, it may 
be, has hinder'd him from doing that service to y« Publick w<5h he was 
inclin'd to, & was expected from him. Something of his Character may 

30 be known from a Pamphlett writ by y« said Doctor in Defence of the 
Curate of Penrith in answer to another Pamphlett writ by M'. W™. 
Pearson archdeacon of Nottingham. — John Norris first of Exon. CoU. 
afterwd" Fellow of All Souls, had always the Character of an ingenious, 
sober and industrious Man. Having an inclination to a married life in 
a little time he quitted his Fellowship for a very small Living in y* 
Diocess of Sarum. He has writ a great Number of Books, the first 
of them I think were a Translation of (Warren's) Amoris Effigies, 
Hierocles's Comm. upon P)rthagoras's Golden Verses, a Piece in Latin 
against Reprobation & Predestination, Miscellanies pr, at y« Theatre, a 

40 Sermon preach'd at S*. Peter's in Lent One Piece was about Penal 
Laws obliging, notwithstanding y« Act of Toleration. (Ask D^. Charlett.) 
Most of bas other things, I think, have his Name, & are printed for a 



Oct 18. Dr. T. Smith to H. The V. C.'s censure on Mill's Epistle too 
mild ; it ought to be censured by the University in Convocation. Will enquire 
after Recenius. Remarks on Dr. Mackenzie's Proposals for printing the Lives 
and Characters qftbe eminent Scotch Writers : he should contract his two large 
folio vols, into a narrower compass, and write in Latin. Sorry that he has 
given Dr. Hudson so much trouble about Dr. Charieton's executrix. Will 
take no fiirther steps in the matter, but cannot help upbraiding the Curators 
for their disingenuity and ingratitude. 



Oct. 18.] VOLUME XV, PAGES 230''2S9. 63 

Bookseller in Comhill near y« Royal Exchange. — John Northleigh 
Bach. Civ. Law of Exon. Coll. has writt several things. Quaere of 
Mr. Vermin of Exon Coll. & y« rest of y* Society. — Tim. Nourse A.M. 
and Fellow of University Coll. a man of Excell^^ Parts & good Learning. 
— WiU. Oldyss Fellow of New-Coil. A I>. of Civil Law, afterwards an 
Eminent Practitioner in Dr'*. Commons. He translated as I think one 
of y« Lives of Plutarch. — Charles Palmer A.M. of Line. Coll. now 
Minister of Toucester, has written several things. — James Parkinson 
A.M. & Fellow of Lmc Coll. a rank stinking Whigg, who us'd to defend 
y^ Murther of King Charles 1"^. & recommend Milton & such other 10 
Republican Rascalls to his PupiUs ; for which & his Maintaining Anti- 
Monarchical Doctrines he was complained of to I>. Tim. Halton then 
Vice-Chanc. who upon a full hearing & proof of what was alledg'd 
against him ventured to expell him. This Parkinson when y« Factious 
Townsmen of Birmingham had got their honest School-master M'. 
Hickes (then Fellow of Magd. Coll. & afterw*^* I>. of Div. & preferr'd to 
a good Living by y« Duke of Bedford whom he was Tutor to in Magd. 
Coll.) unjustly tum'd out, & then petitioned TiUotson archbP. of Cant, to 
recommend another to them, was y® Man that y« said TiUotson, who had 
all y« World to choose out of, treacherously impos'd upon them. In ao 
King Wm'> Reign (when y« sneaking Villains, like Worms upon a Rain, 
crawl'd out of y^"" lurking holes,) he appear'd in Print in a small 
Pamphlett against D^. Halton. — Rich. Parr, Dr. of Div. of Exon. Coll. 
Quaere whether 'twas not he y* was Author of ArchbP. Usher's Life ? — 
Rob. Parsons A.M. of Univers. Coll. now Archd. of Glouc. printed a 
sermon preach'd at y® Fimeral of Mad Earl of Rochester, — Rich. Peers 
A.M. & Stud*, of Christ Ch. afterwards supr Beadle of Arts & licenc'd 
to Practise Physick, was a Man of great & good Parts. He was one 
of those who translated Wood's Antiq". of Oxon. into Latin. He also 
writ a Vol. of y^ English Atlass & translated a Life in Cornelius Nepos. 50 
Quaere whether he did not do one in Plutarch. He publish'd y« 
Catalogue of Oxon. Graduates 8^0. « Rob. Pitt, D'. of Phys. & Fellow 
of Wadham Coll. afterwards remov'd to London where he practis'd 
Physick & has writ some Books, particularly one against y« Apothe- 
caries. — Several of y« Pittis's have been Authors, among w«h I think 
was Dr. Pittis of Lincoln. There was a Pittis who writ y« Visions of 
Purgatory (quaere who). There was a Pittis of New Coll. who writ 
some things. He is mention'd I believe before. — D*. Plott's Life is 
writ by M'. Llhuyd & publish'd in y« III^ vol. of Collier's Dictionary. — 
Edw. Pocock A.M. Stud* of X* Ch. & Son to y« famous D'. Pocock, 40 
translated into Latin out of Arabick Philosophus avrodidaitrof. 'Tis said 
he understands Arabick & other oriental Tongues very well, but wanted 
Friends to get him into y« Professorships of Hebrew & Arabick at 
Oxon, which latter was obtain'd by M^. Wallis who if ever he understood 
y« Latnguage may be suppos'd now to have forgott it, he having y® 
Character of one y^ keeps much Company and few Books, intirely 
neglecting his Studies. 



64 HEARNE'^S COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 



VOL. XVI. 

Oct. 10 (Sun.). M'. Hinton Chaplain of Corpus yesterday show'd me 
all y« Coyns y* D^. Sykes left behind him to be sold to any one yt shall 
think fit to purchase them. There are between two and three hundred, 
but most of them common. There are some Greek ones, as one of 
Athens, two of Hieros, one of w^^l* Gold, one of Antiochus Philopater. 
Three or four of y« Consular, among which two of Scipio Africanus. 
The Imperial ones are Augustus, Claudius, Otho, Vespasian, Antoninus, 
Commodus, Constantine y^ Great, Constantinus, Julian the Apostate, 
Claudius Gothicus, and some of the other Emperours. 
10 [Notes from Ursinus' Illiutrium imagines and Familiae Romaftae.] 

M'. Thwaites has in his study a Copy of Godwin de Praes. with MS*. 
Notes throughout by Bryan Twyne's own Hand. It belong'd to y® 
Schoole-Tower, 'tis likely, where many of Twine's Papers are. At least 
it belong'd to Corpus, the Society of w<* place say they want some of 
Twine's Papers. This w*** y* w*** MS*. Notes in y« Possession of 
M'. Hinton of Corpus will be of great use in a new Edition. 

Oct. 20 (Men.). Cicero and Suetonius amended in Ursinus Fam. 
Rom. p. 273. 

Oct. 21 (Tu.). Out of a Letter from Dr. Hickes to Dr. Charlett, 
ao dated Oct. 11. 1707. 

Since my return I have read over the Excellent little Book of worship- 
ing towards y* Altar, and find, that it was written before y® Great Rebel- 
lion, as is very probable, when that controversy, and others about y* 
Christian Altar were on foot, about 1637. I have not y« book by me, and 
so cannot refer to y« Pages, where y« Notes of y« time* are when it was 
written. I am resolved to print it with a Preface, and I think another 
Edition of it will be seasonable at a time, when so many of the Clergy forget 
y« antient notion of Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar, which are all there treated 
of with much perspicuity, and strength of Reasoning, and when the antient 

30 devout Custom of worshiping towards y* H. Altar is quite laid aside in some 
Cathedrals, and Colleges, and begins to be disused in others, and as I hear, in 
another place, w^^ I sJ^ not name. I formeriy read above 30 years ago a 
little tract in Latin de Adoratione versus Altare, by D'. Duncon, one y* 
followed K. Ch. IL in his Exile, and could I get it, I would print it with y* 
other. Wherefore I pray you to inquire after it in Oxon, and if you meet 
with it procure it for me. D''. Brevint's Christian Sacrament and Sacrifice 
in 1 6*. was printed at y« Theatre in 1673. The £ciimess of y« Letter makes 
me think it was printed by the University, or it may be only by D'. Fell : 
if by the University, I desire to know whether they will give leave it may be 

40 re-printed here ; for in my answer to y« Rights I wished it might be printed 
again, if not I wish they would give it another Edition themselves. Since I 
returned home I met with another Excellent little Book in la*" entitled A 
Modest plea for the Clergy, London 1677. I never saw it, nor heard of it 
before ; if you can learn, who was the author ^ I should be glad to know his 
Name. A second Edition of it with a Preface suitable to these times, 
wherem y« Clergy and Priesthood have so many, as it's sworn Enemies^ 
would be very seasonable. 

* Dr. Tomkins was Author I am told. 



Oct. 19-26.] VOLUME XVJ, PAGES 1-12. 6$ 

This day in a Convocation between 9 and ten of y« Clock my L**. 
Charles Sommerset, Brother to y® Duke of Beaufort, was created A.M. 
and presented by y« Orator, who spoke something in his Praise, as he 
deserves, being a modest, ingenious Gentleman, and, as y® Vice-Chanc. 
s^ when he proposed it, magncB spet. . . . 

Oct. 22 (Wed.). Part of Pliny's Epist. to Trajan ab* y« Xtians is in 
Niceph. Callistus p. 245. Ed. Paris . . — Pet. Ciacconius writ Notes and 
made Emendations from MSS. &c. upon Pliny's Natural History. See 
in his Life published with Caesar's Comm. 

Oct. 23 (Th.V . . . Lewis Du Moulin translated into French Milton's 10 
Apologia pro Populo Anglicano. See the Reply to y« Reflector on y« 
Glouc.shire Petition in behalf of y^ suspended Bp«. &c. Lond. 1693 40. 
p. 59. — M'. Professor Halley has settled y* part of Antoninus's 
Itinerary w^h relates to Britain, and he wishes y*the Peutingerian Tables 
were adjusted according to the Itinerary of Antoninus and y® Rodes put 
into their true Scituation. — M'. Thometon, Principal of Hart Hall, 'tis 
said, was Author of, A Vindication of the twenty third Article of the 
Church of England, from a late Exposition ascribed to my Lord Bp. of 
Sarum. Lond, 1702. 40. three sheets. — M'.* Loveling, Parson of 
Banbury, has printed a Sermon and several other things. He was A.M. ao 
of Trinity-Coll. Oxon. and has married a Widow of good Fortune. Ask 
I>. Charlett, who knows him. — M'. Bolton an imdergraduate of 
Braz.nose, now a quack-Physitian in London, Epitomiz'd all M'. Boyle's 
Phil. Works, and has writ two or three things, as a Discourse ag*. Dr. ' 
Colbach, upon the Circulation of y« Bloud. Ask more of Mr. Lindsey 
of Univers. Coll. 

Oct. 26 (Sat.). W, Penton, Nephew to M'. Stephen Penton, Fellow 
of New. Coll., has bought I>. Mill's Study of Books for about two 
hundred libs. The Matter was in some measure manag'd by M^ 
Thwaites, who has been in this case so unjust to y® Hall as to encourage 30 
Langhome, the Person commission'd by D^ Mill's Father as Adminis- 
trator, to cheat y« Hall, and to carry off those very Books which D*^. Mill 
had bought vt^ Benefactors' Money & put into his own Study. As un- 
just they have also been in other Respects to y« Hall, tho' y^ Writer of 



Oct. 28. Kent to H. Repents leaving Hertfordshire. Wishes to see H. 
but not in Oxford ; would gladly meet him at Woodstock. 

Oct. 25. Barnes to Hudscm. Reports progress with Homer. Speaks of 
Heame as ' your industrious L'rvian Hero.' H. to Dr. T. Smith. Thinks Dr. 
Grabe has presented his Octateuch to the Q^ere this. Knows only Geo. 
Mackenzy (adm. to the Library 170a). Sends copy of Epitaph on Mr. 
Stephen Penton. Helps for a new ed. of Godwin's History of the Bishops 
will be : (i) a copy annotated by B. Twyne in Mr. Thwaites' study ; (2) one in 
the hands of M'. Hinton of C.C.G.; (3) the observations of Dr.Hutton of Aynhoe. 
Mr. Penton of New Goll. has bought Dr. Mill's books for about 200I. Mr. 
Worth carried oflF a whole tninkfiil of papers, and Queen's has got divers. 
Bodley has got nothing ; Mr. Langhome, who managed things for Dr. Mill's 
father, being more for self, than public interest 



> N.B. This Colb. was an Apothecary at Worcester, and has writ a Treatise ab* 
Acids and Alcali. 

VOL. II. F 



66 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

these Matters freely told them what he knew was due to y^ Hall, and 
gave in a note to y^ Principal Mr. Pearson y* he might secure y« Books 
'till the Hall was satisfy'd. But this is little minded ; which indeed ought 
not to be wonder'd at, when they play such tricks in other cases, and 
particularly with respect to a debt they pretend D' Mill ow'd the Coll. 
ever since he was Bursar, of between twenty and thirty libs, for which 
they stopt 24 of his Testaments which were distributed amongst y« 
Fellows : which is a most shamefull, scandalous Act, D^. Mill haveing 
some time since given y® Coll. fifty Ubs. which if he ow'd them anything 

10 (as I have been told he did not) was without doubt design'd as a Paym*, 
with an Addition for their staying so long. D»^. Mill us'd allways to say 
y* he design'd y* y« Publick Library should have all y® Books, whether 
MS* or printed, y* were wanting out of his Study ; but Langhorne has 
had no regard to this, which was certainly his Will, but let y« MS* Papers 
be taken oflf by People who care nothing for D'. Mill's credit, but their 
own Interest. M'. Worth carried off a whole trunk full of Papers, and 
Queen's Coll. got w* they pleas'd before M'. Penton bargain'd or saw 
the Catalogue ; nay the Managers were so poor spirited y* they would 
not let any see y« Catalogue who they thought knew Dr. Mill's Mind, 

^ and were willing to have it fuUfiU'd. Amongst other Books in his Study 
was St Cyprian's Works of Bp. FelFs Edit, which I collated throughout 
with y® MS*, sometime since in Line. Coll. Library, and put y« Varia- 
tions in y« Margin, and y® Life of St Cyprian I collated ^^ a MS* in St. 
John's Library. A Copy of his New test, was there also w<^ I collated 
w*h a MS* in y« Hands of D' Haley. He had also Beza's Copy of y® 
Gospels and Acts accurately writ out, and divers things of that Nature fit 
to be preserv'd in Bodley. — M'. Thwaites, if Mr. Hill pleases, has y® 
first impression of Hervagius's Edition of Li vy, in 1543. — I have been 
told that S'^. W». Dugdale's Short History of the Troubles was seen by 

30 D^ Crosthwait and (as I think) by D^. Lamplugh ArchbP of York in 
I>. Langbain's study, written with D'. Langbain's own hand, whence my 
Friend conjectures, y* D'. Langbaine was y« Author, it seeming unlikely 
that he (who was so great a scholar) should be at y® Drudgery of trans- 
cribing a book, which he himself must know was design'd to be put in y« 
Press in some time, or at least would move it should be. (N.B. D^. 
Hudson has since told me y* only the Parallell at y« End was seen written 
in D'. Langbain's Hand.) — M^ Hill has Erasmus's Edition of y® 
Historise Augustae scriptores, Frob, 151 7. Amongst y™ Eutropius. — 
M'. Thwaites had his Godwin's Bp« from Mr. Brome, who had it from 

40 D*". Barlow's study, with a great Number of other Books & Papers, 
several of which he (unfortunately) burnt — M' Hill has Schonhovius's 
Edit of Eutropius and the Imperij Dignitates printed 1559. 8^0. 'Tis 
collated in the Oxon. Edition. But quaere whether this be not of another 
Impression. He has Dionysius of Halicamass. M^* Hill the Publisher 
of y® Periegesis was once Possessor, and in it appears his Hand-writing, 
& there were once in it several of his Notes, but y® negligent, ignorant 
Bookseller partly cut y™ out, and y® rest he got out with aqua 
fortis 

Oct 27 (Mon.). [Notes firom Franc. Fabritius, Perron's Antiq. Celt^^ 
50 Ursin's FirgiL scriptorum graecorum coUatione illtutrat. &c.] . . . 



Oct. as-Nov. 1.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 12-25. 67 

Oct. 80 (Th.). A Discourse about y© ancient way of binding Books 
in Vossius upon Catullus, p. 51. 

Oct. 81 (Frl). Remember in a new Edition of Plin/s Epistles to 
take in Vossius's Emendations of him in his Notes upon Catullus. In 
pag. 144 there he quotes Vulcatius Gallicanus's Expositions upon Cicero's 
VerrinaB,as unpublish'd but altogether worthy of seeing light. — I have been 
told y* a certain Danish Gentleman looking over the Bp. of Man's Book 
published in y® Manks language, said y* he had never read any of y« 
words in any other language, but y« Tartarian, which have several not 
only like, but exactly ye same with this. — Quaere who was Author of la 
Defence de la Religion Reformee, & de la Monarchic et Eglise 
Anglicane, printed in 1650. 8^0. 'Tis conjectur'd y* 'twas done by 
Durell, tho' others think 'twas rather done by Peter du Moulin the son. 
'Twas translated into English and printed at London in 1660, 8^0 under 
this Title, viz. The History of y English and Scotch Presbytery y &c. — 
It is said that Petavius borrow'd a MS*, of one of the Fathers of a 
certain French Gentleman, in wc^ there were some things directly 
contrary to y® Popish Doctrines, and y* when 'twas retum'd him upon 
looking it over he found the Leaves, in w<^h ye gd Passages were, cut out. 
This was told by D^ Justell to D»". Mix and M'. James Tyrrell. ao 

TSov. 1 (Sat.). Augustinus de nom. p. 4, quotes an Elegant Epistle 
of Cardinal Bembus in w<^^ a Passage of Tully is accurately explained. — 
In Lilly's Almanack for y® year 165 .. is the Hieroglyphick of a Creature 
resembling a Lyoness, pawing upon y® arms of France and y® Half- 
Moon \ having the Letters A R upon its side ; which Lilly declares would 
not be understood 'till y^ year. 1702'. — D'. Richardson, Master of 
Peter House in Camb. and Fellow of Eton-Coll, and formerly Preacher 
to y« Society of Grey's-Inn Lond. died lately. He recover'd 30 libs per 
an. for maintenance of poor sick Scholars, and perform'd several Acts of 
Charity. He was w**»all an eminent practical Preacher, and voted against 30 
Annesley and Windsor, two honest Church of Engl. Gent., as y® rest of 
y« Heads of Houses in y* Univy did. — M^ Tho. Johnson has now in 
yo Theatre Press a second Vol. of Sophocles. This M'. Johnson has 
publish'd several schoole Books, but is of Whiggish Principles and was 
formerly Fellow of King's Coll. in Camb^. and afterwards one of the 
Assistants in Eton Schole. He is married to a Woman of a very 
indifferent Character, whom he has lately divorc'd, and has had y® 
misfortime to have his Goods seiz'd. He was put in Goal, but is at last 



Nov. 1. Dr. T. Smith to H. Criticises Mr. Penton's epitaph. Suggests 
the publication of St. Cyprian's Life by Pontius ; St. Augustin's by Possldius, 
some genuine Acts of the sufferings of primitive Saints and Martyrs, all the 
several pieces of 'St. Hippolytus Portuensis, &c. Mr. Wharton's censure of 
Godwin de Praesulibus Angliae in the Preface to his Anglia Sacra very rash and 
unjust, with something of the juvenile fervor in it. Formed no great good 
opinion of Bryan Twyne's Additions and Animadversions. 



» Which are y* arms of S'. Cloudsly Shovell.^ Quaere ? 

' M*". George Parker reprinted y' prodigious Figure in his almanack for the year 
17... 

F 2 



68 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

got out, and now absconds in Eton Coll. — M*". Weston second Master 
of Eton Schoole is lately made Fellow of y* Coll. in room of M' Upman 
deceased. He is a right ^ honest Man, and of substantial Learning, and is 
succeeded as second Master by (one) M'. Carter. He has put out short 
running notes upon Ovid's Epistles, &c. ... 

Nov. 8 (Men.). On Wednesday last was sennight at 8 Clock in y® 
Evening our Vice-admiral S' Cloudesly Shovell returning with y« Fleet 
from y« Streights was lost with all the rest of y« Crew, about 500 or 600 
Men, the Association being beat to pieces on the Rocks of Scilly. Two 

10 other Men of war, as also a fire-ship or two are missing. This is but a 
dismal Piece of News, and the worse by reason we have had so bad 
Fortune all this last summer both by Sea and Land : and about a Week 
before we had news of four Men of War taken and destroy'd by y« 
French. So y* y® Whiggs will find it a difficult task to silence the Mob 
and keep y« Country from Grumbling at Taxes and other new Imposi- 
tions w«i must be contrived after such Frustration. S'. John Narborough, 
Son-in-Law to S^. Cloudesly, was in y« same ship w*** S^ Cloudesly, as 
also his Brother M'. James Narborough, who made his Will before he 
went out of England, and by it left at least 500 libs, towards y« Building 

jio of Peckwater in X* Church. S^. Cloudesly's Body has been taken up. 

Kov. 5 (Wed.). Nath. Bisbie, D'. of Div. and Student of X* Church. 
This Loyal, Religious Divine had a Parsonage of about 300 lbs. per an. 
which he relinquished after y« Revolution in the time of King William, 
commonly call'd old Glorious, and could never be brought to side w^ 
y® times or take y® oaths, tho' he had as good motive to it as any man, 
having a large family. He died very poor, and has printed a Sermon in 
4*0 on Phil 1.29 entit. Prosecution no Persecution, preached at Bury St. 
Edmunds in Suffolk 22^ March 1681. being y« time of y« General 
Assizes there held. In which he shews himself to be a man of Integrity, 

30 Stedfastness, and true Zeal. — Francis Digby, A.B. of Queen's Coll. 
Oxon. afterwards an assistant to one of y« Masters of Westm. Schoole 
translated * about half Quintius Curtius into English, y« other part being 
translated by * * * *. He was reckon'd an Excell*. Poet, and I believe 

• has several Copies of Verses in print, but one I am sure of y* was spoken 
in y® Theatre by M»^. Tracy a nobleman of Queen's CoU, entit (as I 
think) Regina ad Thermos Baihomenses, Of y® Tracys there were 3 
Brothers Noblemen of Queen's Coll. under y« Tuition of one M^ E. 
Skelton, senior Fellow of Queen's Coll., who was afterwards Chaplain to 
Bp. Barlow, and was preferr'd by him to y« archdeaconry of North- 

40 ampton, and y« Mastership of y« Hospital there, and a good fat Living 
besides, where one S'. W™. Langham lives, a good Grecian. This 
Skelton, as 'tis said, got a great part of Tom Heylin's' Estate by 
Gameing, and being a stout Claretteer kill'd as the Report goes an 
Apothecary at Northampton by hard drinking, and to make his Widdow 
amends for this like an old Doating Fool married her, who to be even w*h 



* But he is now tum'd a great Whig. (Dec. 18, 1711.) 

* Quaere whether he be not y* same Francis Digby y* translated into English 
Xenophon*8 Life of Cyrus, 8»*. 

» This Tom Heylin of X*. Church. 



Kov.1-9.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 25-37. 69 

him for y« Death of her fonner Husband made an End of him in a short 
time. He died suddenly without a Will and so baulk'd y® Men of 
Queen's Coll. who expected all that he had. But by the way it may be 
observ'd y* 'tis not likely he would have left them anything, being turn'd 
by y« Provostship by Tim. Halton and his drunken Adherents upon Bp. 
Barlow's Advancement to y* See of Lincoln. — Tho. Coney A.M. of 
University Coll. and afterwards preferr'd to a good Living near Bridgwater 
in Somersetshire has writ and publish'd a Po€m in folio. He is a man of 
a fair Character in y* Country and of good, stanch Principles, which he 
imbib'd whilst Pupil to D'. Hudson. — ^o 

Epitaph upon Mr. John Dryden : 

Here lyes John Dryden, who had Enemies The other two maintained y* Field : 

three. But had our Poet*s Life been holier 

01dNick.S'.* Dick and Jeremy*. He had knick*t both DevU & y» 
The Fostian Knight was forc'd to 3rield, Collier. 

On Mrs. Davies, Mother in Law to Will. Sherwin y« Beadle : 

Here lyes Mother Davies, who in her grave is, 
And sold Ale and Beer and Pipes and Pots, 
To such sots as 'Gary and Troheer. 

Note y* y« said John Troheer when Bach, of Arts was reckon'd (as also ao 
was Gary) the best Disputant in Oxon. But Troheer afterwards was 
more thsui ever remarkable for a sot. 

Wov. 7 (Pri.). Titus Vespasian a very Eloquent and learned Prince. 
See Pliny's Nat. Hist. 1. i. in y« Preface. 

Nov. 8 (Sat.). This day was y® Visitation of y^ Publick Library. 
Speaker of y® Speech, M^. Terry, Student of X* Church. 

BTov. 9 (Sun.). About 3 years since the Workmen in digging the 
Gardens that formerly belonged to S*. Frideswyde's Oxon. found a 
Crucifix, the figure in Pontifical Robes, enamell'd and gilt, with Stones 



Nov. 8. H. to Dr. T. Smith. ' I am very sensible that Bp. Fell, when he 
was about bis noble edition of SK Cyprian, look'd into all the MSS. in this 
University ; but being ingag'd in Business of another Nature he had not time 
to collate them himself, but committed that care to other People, who, if I 
am not mistaken, were young, and not us'd to this sort of Learning: whence 
it happened that several Lections of moment were omitted, amongst which 
must be reckon'd divers in the MS* of Lincoln Coll. which I collatec^anew for 
Dr. Mill. I wish the Acts of S*. Cyprian were printed with other Acts in a 
distinct vol. in the method you propose, in order to which should be carefully 
look'd over the four antient MS* Vols, given to the Public Library by Bp Fell. 
And tis not unlikely but several materials might be found in some other MSS. 
of this Excellent Prelate that came into the Hands of Mr. Jones of Sunning- 
well, lately deceas'd.' Visitation of the Public Library ; speech by Mr. Terry, 
Ch. Ch. Was Dr. Tomkins author of A Modest Plea for the Cler^ (London, 
8*»., 1677) ; and P. du Moulin jun. of Defense de la Religion Reformee (1650, S®. 
trans. 1660)? Halley about to print a specimen of Apollonius in fol. Grabe 
proposes to put out a new ed. of Mill, and so defeat the designs of the 
Hollanders, but he has too much upon the anvil. 



S'. Rich. Blackmore. * M*^. Jeremy Collier. ' Both of Queen's. 



70 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

in y« Arms and Brest. It came into y® Hands of M'. Edw. Thwaites 
of Queen's Coll. who has been so generous as, amongst other thinges, to 
give it to y® Publick Library, and 'tis reposited in the Physical Schoole 
belonging to y* Place.— . . .aesar. Teste Wormio ad §. XXVIII. 
Epicedij Regneri Lodbrog regis Danorum : deae sunt quae mortis 
rationes gubemare credebantur. Huic affine oxtra faium. Suetonius 
Aug. XCVII. Sub idem tempos, ictu fiilminis ex inscriptione Statuae 
ejus (Aug.) prima nominis littera effluxit. Responsum est; centum solos dies 
posthac victurum, quem numerum C littera notaret, futurumque ut intra 
10 deos referretur ; quod aesar .... Etrusca lingua Deus vocaretur. — 

In y® walls of Bath this broken Stone : itivs. sa | is vx so From M'. 
Thwaites. 

Near y® North Gate . . . 

DEC . COLONAE 
GLEV . VIX I-Jh 

AN . * Lxxxvin 
[Query on the Runic Calendar.] . . . 

In another stone near y® North Gate, Hercules cum clava in dextra, 
laevam elevans. (M'. Thwaites saw it.) — 
ao At y« West-Gate, An Inscription. Two Boys, one holding Comu- 
copie (Quaere ?) From Mr. Thwaites. 

D . H . 

SVCC . PETRONIAE . VIX . 
ANN . Ill . M . lUI . D . IX . VRO 
MVLVS . 3" . VICTSARINA 
FIL . EAR . FEC. 

In y® Burgh Walls a Btoken Stone w^ these Letters left on it : 

*VLIA I ILIA. 

At y« Entrance of y« Abbey Church at Bath, St. Paul's Statue in 
30 Stone, under w«h this Inscription (not all legible) 

furor Sauli conversio Paoli. 



Tooker's Book about y« Kin^s Evil is translated into English by 
cm*** Ask Mr. Thwaites, who says 'tis literally translated w^^kHit acknow- 
ledgment — At a Mill under y® Grove at Bath is to be seen y« Mark 
of an high Water, thus Jvly 12. 1696. high Water-floud (about 5 Yards 
above common Water.) The Mill call'd MonUs Mill 

[Scandalous anecdote of the Lord Grey.] . . . 

Mr. David Whitford (Student as I think of X*. C^) publidi'd in 4*0. 
Musaeus Gr. and Lat a very beautifull Edition. He was Brother to one 
40 Whitford who kill'd Dorislaus 

Wov. 12 (Wed.). . . . The first Stone of S*. Paul's, Lond., was laid 
June ai, 1675. — Rochester w*^ 37 churches, burnt 1137. — 

Nov. 12. Woodward to H. Has been robbed by a confederacy of Irish 
villains of a bank bill of 50/, and several sums of guineas ; * & they have used 

* So M'. Thwaites. But onely LXXX appears on the stone now. 
* » F. Ic^endum, (ut conjicit Thwaitesius)/ 1 VLIA | /TLIA | ff. S, E, 



Nov. 9-12.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 37-47. 71 

Aug. 17, 1689. Th. Street died, aged 69, buried at Westminster. 
Epitaph : 
Here lies the Earth of one that thought Above the Stars his heighten'd mind did 

some goody fly, 

Altho* too few him rightly understood : Hxb happier sp*rit into Eternity. 

M'. Edlin observ'd from dt^ cJ in f 1664 that Great fires would 
happen 'ere 1666 were over, and a plague in — 65, or — 66. — Humphr. 
*Prideaux, D.D. and Stud* of X*. Church, a great Favourite of Bp. Fells. 
He publish'd the Marmora Oxoniensia, a piece of Maimonides, the Life 
of Mahomet, &c. He was preferr'd by Bp. Fell to ye Rectory of Bladon 10 
near Oxon. and by y* Interest of Ld. Nottingham was made Prebendary 
of Norwich and then exchanged the Living of Bladon for one in or near 
Norwich. (Quaere ?) Afterwards he was made Archdeacon of Norwich 
and at length Dean of y*. Church. He is married. — M'. Prince of 
Exeter Coll. writ y® Worthies of Devonshire, and has publish'd a sermon 
or two. — Jonas Proast, A.M. of Glouc. Hall, afterwards made Chaplain 
of Queens, and then Chaplain of All-Souls, who (when there happen'd 
a Contest between D^. Finch, Warden of y* Coll., and M^. Dodwell 
about ye History-Professorship) was tum'd out of his Chaplainship by y* 
sd. Warden, because he voted for M'. Dodwell. Upon which he appealed ao 
to y« Visitor, y^ Archbp. of Cant, and after a great deal of trouble and Pains 
at last was restor'd, and y® Warden was forc'd to make him satisfaction : 
a little after w^^. M'. Proast resign'd y« Chaplainship and retir'd to Edm. 
Hall, and was made official of Berks by his Friend Mi*. Richards, and'upon 
Mr Richards's resigning y« Archdeaconry was made Archdeacon of y*. 
Place. He has writ three Letters cone. Toleration ag*. M'. Lock. — 
Rodderick (Rich.) Bach, of Div. and Student of X*. Ch. He has printed 
a Sermon, or more. He was Brother (I think) to D' Rodderick, School- 
master of Eton. — Sandford (Austin) of Magd. Hall. Quaere whether he 
has not publish'd something ? — Quaere whether one Sclatter of Merton 3© 
did not write somewhat ? — Tho. Spark, D. of Div. and Student of Xt 
Ch. When Master of Arts he put out (upon y® Instigation of Bp. Fell) 
Lactantius w*^ notes, w^^ is but a poor Performance, the Text being 
very uncorrect and y« Notes from MSS. very mean, he having taken no 
pains to collate y™ accurately. He was Chaplain to Ld. Jeflferies, &c. — 
Staynoe (Tho.) D.D. of Trinity Coll. has publish'd some sermons and 
a Book, the title I don't know. (Quaere). He has an Archdeaconry 

such cursed Arts to stave off Prosecution, that I never heard of such an £xer« 
cise as I have met with.' . . ' As to y« Remark you make of y« Horses wanting 
Bridles in y« Shield, I have only Leisure to rejoin y^ twas some time after y« 
Deluge bedfore Horses were commonly taken up and tamed any where : & m 
some Countryes they were not made use of for several Ages. And when they 
were caught, and tamed, twas a great while before Bridles were used : & the 
most ancient Statues of Horses were without any at all The Designer of 
this Shield doubtless had those Statues in View : & foUow'd them in his Design* 
This, in my judgment, was made in y« first times of y« Empire ; and y« Work- 
man aim'd at expressing a Manner more antiaue than that of his own Age ; 
without considering, or perhaps being able rightly t6 inform himself, whether 
Bridles had obtained in y® time of Camillus or not' Looks forward to Livy. 

* He publish'd An Account of all the Bp«, Deans, Be Prebendaries of Norwich from y* 
times of Hen. VHI. to 1706. printed on one side of a Broad sheet. Printed at Norwicn. 



1% HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

and a Church in London. (He is since dead.) — Will. Stevens Bach, 
of Div., of £dm. Hall. He has published some Sermons and a 
Pamphlett in w<^ he reflects on y® Duke of Marlborough, &c. He 
is a Man of very ill Principles and of a loose Life. — One M'. Shipp- 
ling (I think Chaplain of New Coll.) has printed a sermon. — Rob. 
Stubbes of Wadham Coll., A.M. has publish'd several Sermons. — Tho. 
Sykes, Doct. of Div. and President of Trin. Coll. has publish'd a 
Sermon preach'd at y« Consecration of y« New Chapell of y* Coll. 
He was brought in Margaret Professor of Div. upon y® death of D^. 

10 Maurice. D^. Bull was put up against him, but, as 'tis said, had but 
two Votes, viz. Dr. Bury of Exeter and Dr. Mill of Edm. Hall. He 
died very rich, but left very little to publick uses. — Will. Talbot, of 
Oriel-Coll, was preferred by y« Interest of the Duke of Shrewsbury to 
yc Deanry of Worcester upon y® turning out of D'. Hickes, and was 
afterwards made Bp. of Oxon. He has printed several Sermons, has 
been twice married, once after he was Bp. He was before his Prefer- 
ment look'd upon as a very loose Liver, and has but a very little smatter- 
ing of Learning. — D^. Taylor of Trinity Coll. Quaere whether he 
has writ anything? — D^. Taylour of St. John's Oxon. has writ an 

ao History of y* Coll. 'Tis in MS*, amongst Ant. k Wood's MSB. in 
Museo Ashm. — Matthew Tyndale, of AU Souls Coll. Doctor of Law 
and Fellow of y* Coll. He has writ several things, amongst which 
he is reported to be author of y® R*«. of y« Christian Church, a most 
Virulent, poysonous Book, and levell'd against y® Church of England. 
He was always reckoned a great Libertine, both in Practise and Belief. 
In King James's time he turn'd Papist, and upon y« Revolution grew 
a mighty Williamite. — Tod (Hugh) of University Coll. He was 
first of Queen's where he was A.B. and thence chosen Fellow of 
University. From thence he was made Prebendary of Carlisle by Dr. 

30 Smith, Bp. of y* Place. He had a Living from y« L^. Preston. He 
has written y« Antiquities of y® Diocess of Carlisle in English, which 
is in MS*, and sometime since he publish'd Proposals for translating 
it into and printing it in Latin : but he had no Encouragement. He 
has also printed a Pamphlett in Vindication of y« Vicar of Penrith against 
another Pamphlett writ by M'. W™. Pearson, Archdeacon of Notting- 
ham. He was in y« latter end of y® year 1707. for denying the Bp. 
of Carlisle's Visitatorial Power of y« Cathedral and asserting y® Queen's 
R*. and Prerogative prosecuted by that Northern Bear y« Bp. in y® 
Court at Carlisle, and after several Processes Excommunicated. Upon 

40 w«l^ he appeal'd, and there was a Tryal in Hilary Term 170 J, in y« 
Court of Common Pleas, where the Bp. was overthrown to y® great 
joy of all good Men. — Joshua Stopford, B.D. of Bras. Nose Coll. 
Quaere whether he be not Author of y^ Book call'd Rome Pagan and 
Rome Xlian, 8vo. — One Taylour is Author of The two Covenants with 
God and Mankind, Quaere what Taylour ? — Welchman writ A Practical 
Discourse of Dives and Lazarus. Quaere whether not y* same w*^ him 
y* was of Merton Coll. ? — I>. Davenant of Bal. Col. has writ several 
things, as an Essay upon Ballance of Trade, Essay upon Peace and 
War, Discourses upon y« Publick Revenue, Tom Double in two 

^o parts, &c. — Nic. Brady Student of X*. Church has publish'd several 



Nov. 12-18.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 47-57. 73 

Sermons. He was, or should have been, expelFd X*. Ch. for offering 
some Affront to y^ old Lady Abingdon. He afterwards went into 
Ireland, took orders, and got in Dublin to be D'. of Div. and was made 
Vicar of Richmond. — D*". Lucas of Jesus Coll. now a London Divine. 
He has published several Practical Discourses. — Sam. Parker Com- 
moner of Trin. Coll. now a Non-juror in Oxon. He has published 
several Things, amongst w^^ an Abridgment of Eusebius's Ecclesi- 
astical History, as also an Abridgm*. of y* other Ecclesiastical His- 
torians. — D'. Xtopher Potter Provost of Queen's preach'd a Sermon 
before y® Conmaissioners at y« Treaty at Uxbridge, which was never lo 
printed, but is now in MS*, in ye Hands of M". Lamplugh in West- 
minster. 

Nov. 14 (Frl.). In a MS*, comm. upon Juvenal, writ about 5 or 
600 years since, in Bib. Bodl. . . *tis said, Hannibal fuit rex Affrorjtniy 
qutm Cipio avus Cornelia inierfeciL But the Author quotes no 
Authority, as he does not in any other Parts, imless now and then. 
'Tis generally very trivial, and full of monkish Ignorance. At y« 
beginning is a short Account of Juvenal, whom he unskillfuUy makes to 
be call'dy««/ttf because borne in y« Month oijune, 

BTov. 15 (Sat.). . . . Sometime since M'. Dodwell read over Pliny*s 20 
Natural Hist with M' Cherry of Shottesbrooke, and extracted all y® 
Chronological notes out of it, by w*'^. he gathers that this work was 
compiled in y® space of a year, 

Nov. 17 (Men.). Lactantius put out at Cambridge in 8^0 was done by 
M'. Shorting. — M'. Tim. Nourse writ of Natural and Reveal'd 
Religion. Lond. 1691. 80. and of the Nature and Faculties of Man. 
Lond, 1697. 80. — M*". Rogerson writ a Letter to M^. Dodwell, which 
M'. Dodwell answer'd in a Printed Letter which he intides : A farther 
Prospect o/y Case in view, 8^o. 

Wov. 18 (Tu.). Dav. Lloyd, who writ The Memoirs of the Sufferers 30 
w King Charles isfs time, was author also of laying and Dead Men's 
Living words : or, Fair Warnings to a careless World. Land, 1682. I2<>. 
which was afterwards improved by 1>. Jos. Woodward. — Peter Du 
Moulin y« Son was Author of a tract call'd y Devil of Mascon, as 'tis 
^ in the Examination of Dr. Scotis Cases of set Forms of Prayer, y® 
Author whereof Mr. Collins a dissenting Teacher. 4*01^00. p. 19. — 
M^ West formerly of Magd. Coll. was Author (as it seems from y® 
Preface to D«". Atterbury's Sermons in 8^0, 1707) of y® Letter in w*^^^ he 
reflects upon D^. Atterbuiy's Sermon at M'. Bennett's Funeral. 



Kov. 16. Dr. T. Smith to H. Za defense de la Monarebie etc, deserves 
careful attention. Never beard that Dr. Tomkins was author of A Modest 
Plea. Mr. Jones designed several years since to write the Life of his uncle 
Bp. FelL Will endeavour to get into his study Gruter's Inscriptions (price ;^5). 
Hears from Dr. Sloane that he had lent to Mr. Tanner two MSS. of John 
Bale dt Scriptoribus Ordinis Carmelitarum, with directions to present them to 
Bodley when he had used them ; recommends H. to look after them and de- 
mand them. Who was the Fellow of Univ. killed 23 or 24 years since by the 
overturning of a coach between Amiens and Brussels? [Note by H. Mr. Legard. 
He went a travelling with S' John Bland.] 



74 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

BTov. 10 (Wed.). M^ Ayres of St. John's show'd me to-day a Book of 
Heraldry, containing the Arms (neatly illuminated and accurately 
blazon'd in French, with some Historical Remarks in y^ Language, in 
verse,) of all y® Nobles present with King Edw. i** at y* taking of 
Estreveling in Scotland, about y« year 1300. 'Tis a Copy, exactly 
transcrib'd from y« original (writ presently after y« taking of y® Castle) 
& did once belong to M»^. Robert Glover, one of y® Heralds, who attests 
at y® Beginning y* 'tis a most accurate, exact copy. 

Kov. 20 (Th.). Charles Palmer, A.M. of Line. Coll. now Vicar of 
10 Towcester in Northamptonshire has written, A Perswasive to Parochial 
Communion in two Parts. Lond, 1706. 2^ Edition. 8^0. — That 
Piece which is publish'd by 'D^, Wallis under y® Name of Porphyry upon 
Ptolemy's Harmonicks was done by Pappus as Holstenius has remark'd 
from y« Vatican MS*. 

Wov. 21 (FrL). M^. Tho. Bennett, who abridg'd y« London Cases, 
has just publish'd a Book in 8^0 about Sett Forms of Prayers, in w<* he 
has an Emendation of y« Latin Translation of Dionysius Hal. 4r y« Book 
seems to have some Learning in it, but I believe he is but a hasty 
Writer, and wants Conveniency of Books. — There was lately publish'd 

flo a pennv Pamphlett giving an Accoimt of the Tryall of certain Lewd, 
debauc[h]'d Bestial Fellows for Sodomy in London : which Paper, not 
fit to be publish'd or to appear in sober, innocent Conversation, is 
distributed in and about Oxford by one Robert Wats, a Civilian of St. 
John's Coll, & a member (as I am told) of the Religious Societies, & 
great ^^ D'. Kennett, who sent him a Copy of his new Book in Praise 
of y* notorious Debauchee & Rebell y« late Duke of Devonshire ; such is 

. y® Spirit of these Prickear'd, starch, sanctify'd Fellows y* under a Pretence 
of Reformation they will cry up the greatest Villains for saints, & publish 



Nov. 19. H. to F. Cherry. H. is anxious to have his transcript of 
Leland's Itinerary returned as soon as possible. Expects Livy to be finished 
a little after Xmas, Vol. V being almost printed off. Dr. Hudson is collecting 
materials for an ed. of Josephus. Dr. Mill's study sold to Mr. Penton of New 
Coll. for aoogs. E. Smith to H. Has transmitted to Dr. Sloane a dis- 
covery of * a very aroamatic [sic] Shrub peculiar to this part of Norfolk, not 
taken notice of by Mr. Ray or any of our English florists.' Transcribes ' A 
Character of y« English * (1 8 w.) out of Claudii QuUleti CaJiifaedia, sen de ratione 
pulcbrae Prolis babendae poema dtdaeticum (Paris r. 1655). Mentions Inauguratio 
Oltverianay Autore Fitz-Payno Fisbero (London 1654), 'a most elegant 
Heroick peice upon so vile an occasion.' Madam Moidant a neighbour has a 
considerable collection of coins &c. ; Sir A. Fountaine offered sgs apiece for 
some. Particulars of the Church & antiquities of Castle Rising. Hopes he is 
now free of the air of the country, which is very agueish. * My Parishoners 
are wretched poor.' Longs to be nearer Dear London again. Please to 
secure a copy of the small Clarendon now printing at Oxford. 

Nov. 21. H. to Barnes. Lit. news. ' Dr. Mears is in a declining condi- 
tion ; but Peggy, who us'd to look out at Window when you pass'd by, keeps 
up, brisk, fair, & modish.' Dean of Ch. Ch. ' upon y* mending hand.' Mr. 
Hen. Jones, Rector of Sunningwell near Oxon & Broth, in Law to y* Bp of 
Worcester, died lately, and has left about an hundred MSS*» to our Publick 
Library. Suspects the rumour of an Atb. Cantabrigietues to refer to a paper 
which Owen designed to print on purpose to abuse Dr. Bentley. 



Nov. 19-25,] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 58-66. 75 

Books in their Praise on purpose to make other People as bad, and bring 
them into a Knavish Society for carrying on Rebellion and Wickedness, 
wch End they need not fear to get as long as their Clergy make them 
believe they shall be rewarded ex abundanti for it. ^ Since y® Publica- 
tion of y® ^, Penny Paper has been published an Account of y® Tryal of 
Ld. Audley Earl of Castlehaven and two of his Servants .for Sodomy, for 
wch wicked Act y® said Earl was beheaded in y« Beginning of King 
Charles y« i«t*8 Reign. This Book in 4*0 has been handed about in 
MS*, but hardly appear'd in print 'till now, when everything is done y* 
the Rogues can think will be prejudicial to y« Church, and men who are 10 
religioiisly dispos'd. — The Obligations Christians are under to shun 
Vice and Immorality, And to practise Piety and Virtue, shewn from y« 
express words of Holy Scripture, printed first at Oxon. on one side of a 
Broad sheet of Paper, in three Columns, and afterwards several times in 
two Columns. The Author Francis Fox, A.M. of Edm. Hall, commonly 
caird Father Fox. — D^. Gibson published Family Devotion : or, a plain 
Exhortation to Morning and Evening Prayer in Families^ Sec, for y® use 
of y« Inhabitants of Lambeth Parish, of which he is parson. Lond. 
1705. 8vo. — Mr. Watt's (Rob.) of S*. John's wrote and published in 
one page of a broad sheet in folio An Elegy on the Death of y Ld, ao 
Chief Justice Treby, Lond. 1700. (He has also published a small 
Catechism in half a Sheet of Paper, publish'd in 1 708. Done, I suppose, 
for y® use of the Religious Societies of w«^ he is a member.) 

Nov. 24 (Men.). There is lately come out a small Pamphlett in 4*0 
proving that y® Prince of Wales is y® son of S'. Theoph. Oglethorp. 
*Tis done by a Woman lately come from France ; but such inconsistent 
Proofs as have been offer'd before and are ofFer'd now are ridiculous, and 
are rather arguments for his being the Son of K. James. — M^. Llhuyd 
is of opinion y* Elmet is for Elved, There is a Country in Wales call'd 
Elved^ which according to old orthography is writ Elmet, — . . . Lately 30 
come out, Gulielmi Nicholsij Presbyter! Defensio Ecclesiae Anglicanae. 
Praemittitur Apparatus, qui Historiam Turbarum, h secessione ab Ecclesia 
Anglicana, exortarum continet. Lond, 1707. 80. 

Nov. 25 (Tu.). Pliny seems to have travell'd over y« Alps & 
Apennine Hills himself, and to have made experiments there. Vide 
N. H. L I. §. 82. — There is just come out a Book in 8^o pages 255 
intit. The Truth and Divine authority of y® Gospell asserted ag* y® 
Adversaries of reveal'd Religion. The Author s^ to be M^ Vermin of 
Exon. Coll. — 'Tis said that y« Romans us'd Ephippia on their Horses 
first of aH in y® time of Nero. So in De Xiphilin's Epit. of Dio, 4® 



Nov. 22. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Never thought Tomkins was author of 
7be Plea ; gives 5 reasons for thinking that P. du Moulin jun. was author of 
La Defense, ' I never heard before that Mr. Jones design'd to write the Life 
of Bp Fell ; but when I see Mr. Worth I will make inquiry what Progress he 
made in it.' Arc there many new inscriptions in the just-puWished Collec- 
tion ? Will try to retrieve from Mr. Tanner the two books of John Bale, given 
by Dr. Sloane to the Library. 

Nov. 26. P. Gordon to H. Is anxious to have his 6 copies of Grabe's 
Octateuch as soon as possible. Subscribes for Livy. 



76 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

p. 212. Lugd. 1559. 8®. If so no wonder that 1>. Woodward's Shield is 
represented w*** Horsemen wttk>ut Bridles. But I think this is refuted 
in Fabrettus's Inscriptions. Quaere? 

Nov. 27 (Th.). Customary vt^ Vespasian to converse w*^ his Famih'ar 
Friends before day, sometimes in bed. Amongst these Pliny the Elder. 
See Xiphiline ib. p. 243. — M^ Thwaites of Queen's show'd me to-day 
an Antient Seal, on which three Chevronells, on one side a Crescent, on 
y« other a Mullet : round w^^l^ these words, si : comvnitatis : bvrgi. 
DE TRILL. Found in St. Clement's Parish in Oxford. There is a small 
10 place in Devonshire in y« Hundred of Exminster call'd Trill, and I 
believe one of Our Kings might indulge to it y« Privileges of a 
Community, at w«l» time it had this seal. Quaere ? 

Kov. 29 (Sat.). I am told y* M'. W™. Wotton had all or most of the 
Materials for his Reflections upon Aniieni and Modern Learning sent him 
by other hands, as M^^. Halley, M"". Charles Bernard, &c. which is prob- 
able enough, he being but an Empty, Flashy, talking fellow. — The 
Dorians sometimes us'd to write upon Toad-stools. See Xiphiline, pag. 
270. — Adrian y® first Emper. who shav'd his whole Beard. Former 
Emperors only shav'd y® Chin. Ib. p. 274. — The Romans often 
ao puU'd off the Bridles of their Horse in Fight. Vide Livy 1. 40, c. 40. — 
In y® year 981 The Danes destroy'd y« Monastery of S*. Petroc in 
Comwaill. So in y« Saxon Chron. Cott. as quoted by M'. Somner in 
Lex. (voc. Petroces Stow) and S^ W™. Dugd. in Mon. Angl. but 
omitted by D^. Gibson in his Edit, as he has omitted divers other things, 
which are material. So M'. Thwaites, who is admirably well qualify'd to 
give us an Accurate Edition, was pleas'd to shew me. 

Dec. 1 (Men.). M^. Masson, who writ y® Life of Pliny Jun*^. printed 
in y« Oxon. Edition, has just published y« Life of Horace, in which he 
commends D^. Bendey. 

Kov. 29. Dr. T. Smith to H. Satisfied that P. du Moulin was author of 
La defense. When Mr. Jones's MSS. arrive, please try to discover from what 
MS. Ignatii Antiocbeni Ephtolae^ Greece was transcribed ( ? from that in the 
Library of the town of Leicester). In conversation with Bp. Fell about a new 
edition of the Liturgies of St. Basil and St. Chrysostome, Smith acquainted 
him that he had several years before seen in the hands of Mr. Traheme, then 
chaplain to the English Factory at Smyrna, a venerable copy of these ancient 
liturgic books, and suggested that that gentleman, now beneficed in Dorset- 
shire, might have brought the book home with him. The Bishop addressed to 
him for the loan of it and he readily communicated it : * w^'^ hee shewed mee 
upon my next going to Christ Church, where I usually went once a week by 
his kind & obliging desire & order to dine with him.' The design of publish- 
ing this and many other works became abortive by his death. Now, is No. 38 
in Mr. Jones's Catalogue this MS. or a transcript of it ? Is Dr. Hudson still in 
the mind to purchase Genebrard's French translation of Josephus ? Asks for 
account of the death of Mr. Leger, whose name he has recovered. [Note 
by H. Mr. Boyse, formerly fellow of University Coll., and now resident in 
London at S' John Hales's in Dover Street can give an Account. This Mr. 
Boyse tum'd Rom. Catholick in Mr. Ob. Walker's time. Mr. Leger fell 
from his horse in France, being travelling with S' John Bland, and receiving 
thereby hurt in his leg, it put him into a Feaver, of w«^ he died.] 



Kov.26-Dec.e.] VOLUME XV f, PAGES ^^-7 Z. 77 

Deo. 2 (Tu.). Remember to ask !>. Smith whether he knows who 
'twas put y« Concordance of Kircher in y« Bodlejan Archives in order so 
as to answer y« Hebrew. — In 1702 Tho. Brown published Stale Letters 
of lA. Arlington &c. amongst these Letters some of M*^. Cowle/s. — 
Some time since was expell'd Trinity Coll. M^ Knolles a Gent^ 
Commoner only because he made some little observations (not fit 
to be taken notice of in such a manner by men of manly sense) upon 
some of y« Fellows Miscarriages, particularly upon those of M'. John 
Barber (a turbulent sort of Fellow, one that will do the greatest Villany 
for self interest, and has no regard for Reputation), since which he has 10 
taken methods to make an Appeal to y« Visitor ; but that being somew* 
difficult, he being not upon y® Foundation, the Majority of Fellows have 
proceeded to Expulsion of some of those who stand up in his Behalf, and 
they have accordingly actually expell'd D^. Fry and D"". Budgen, the former 
a low-Church man indeed but in all likelihood a man y^ would be a great 
Benefactor to them if civilly us'd, he being very rich and having liv'd all his 
time at y« Coll. the latter an honest Gent, and in a condition too of being 
a good Benefactor if they had dealt prudehdy, which they have not done 
by any means, if we may believe the general talk of y® university, w«l^ 
brings in y« Head D' Dobson, (of whom I have s<l before something ao 
to his praise,) who it seems has in this affair acted like a poor-spirited, 
weak, half-witted Man: notw*l^tanding *tis said he has been with y« 
Visitor, who countenances y® Proceedings ; and for y* reason one of y« 
Fellows, viz. M'. Gwinnett is put out of commons for taking M^. Lewis's 
part, who was M'. Barber's Pupil. — There is just published A Vindica- 
tion of L^. Peterborough's Conduct in Spain, 8^0 by y« most Ingenious 
Dr. John Friend, y« same who writ and published an ingenious Book 
call'd Emmenologia. — I>. Barlow in a Copy of it in Bib!. Bodl. has a 
Memorand. y* D^. Tho. Tully was Author of the Translation of a Brief 
Relation of y« Present Troubles in England, written from Lond. the 22 30 
of Jan. 1644 to a Minister of one of y® Reformed Churches in France. 
(The original in French and D^. Barlow is good authority, because he 
had y« Book by Gift from Tully) printed at Oxon. 1645. 4**^« Inquire 
who was Author of the Brief Relation &c. ? — Inquire ab* Dr. Hickes's 
quotation (in his Pec, Dei^ p. 20) of a Sermon intit. The Lord 0/ Hosis^ & 
who was Author, whom he has not mentioned. 

Deo. 6 (Sat.). There 'is just come out a Six Penny Paper, intit. 
Stricturae breves in Epistolas D.D. Genevensium & Oxoniensium nuper 
editas, iterumque juxta Exemplar Oxoniense typis mandatas. 4<>. — 
Last Wednesday night died the lA, Granvill of an Apoplexy, being a 40 
very Honest, worthy Gentleman, and by his death we have lost a good 
Patriot, and y® Church a good Friend. — About 35 years agoe W, 

Deo. 4. Bagford to H. Remarks about Michael Manzolinus Parmensis, 
&c. Offers of service. 

Deo. 6. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Desires an edition of the Ancient Liturgies 
by some qualified person. Dr. |iudson still wishes to procure Genebrard's 
French translation of Josephus. Can't find much concerning Mr. Ledgard of 
University : consult Boyse, formerly fellow, who turned Papist in O. Walker's 
time. Has read the Latin Strictures upon the Geneva & Oxon Letters. ' Mr. 
Tbwaites of Queen's sent me last week ao impression in Wax of an Antient 



78 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

Ayres, who is now a Fellow-Commoner of St. John*s ColL Oxon. 
translated into English and publish'd a Book call'd The Reuniting of 
Xiians, It was since reprinted, and lately a 3d. Impression is come out 
with great Alterations from M'. Ayres's, and without any acknowledg- 
ment (as M'. Ayres tells me himself) of y® former, just like y® Dutch 
Rogues who print other Men's things as their own without Acknow- 
ledgment 

Deo. 7 (Sun.). Before King Alfred's Life publish'd by Arch*>P. 
Parker is King Alfred's Picture, which is exactly y® same with that made 
10 for Rich, y® 2^ Duke of Normandy, in his Edition of Thomas Wal- 
singham's Fpod, Neustrice, 

Deo. 8 (Mon.). N£. 10. 5 MS. Bodl. a Marianus Scotus fairly 
written on Vellam with a Continuation to y« year 1131 by another hand. 
There are also very large Additions in y« History before y« Continuation 
beginns, not to be found in y® Printed Copies. 

Dec. (Til.). I have been told by an ingenious Gent, of X* Church 
y* Dr. Atterbury was y® Principal if not y« sole Author of y« Book against 
Dr. Bentley, w^l* goes under y« Name of M»^. Boyle. — Thomas 
Walsingham extracted from Radulphus de Diceto. See in his Ypodig. 
20 Neusiriae, p. 45. Ed. Park. — The hole which King Rich. i»fc made in 
ye Wall of y® little Hall when he rose from Dinner upon news of y® King 
of France's invading Normandy, and swore y* he would not turn his Face 
till he had fought w*^ him, was to be seen in Tho. Walsingham's time. 
Vide Hyp. Neust p. 49. — Quaere whether ever any answer was 
publish'd to Scrivener's Actio in Schismaticos Anglicanos? or whether 
y« Passage quoted in y* Strict, breves upon the Gen. and Oxon. Letters 
was ever answer'd by any English Writer ? . 

Deo. 10 (Wed.). This day Mr. Cox and M'. Lewis Gent. Commoners 
left Trinity, upon Account of y« late unjust, unparallel'd Expulsion of 
30 three of y« Members of y* House. M"". Cox was deny'd a Testimonium 
from y® President, & y® latter a Discessit. I have been informed from a 
good Hand y* D^. Fry made his Will about 3 years since & by it left a 
thousand libs, to Trinity Coll. but upon this Rascally Act he bum*t the 
Will in M'. Nourse's Chamber in Kettle Hall : (wWch M«". Nourse has 

Seal, on which three Chevronells : on one side of them a Crescent, on y« other 
a Mullet, and round about sigUlum comvnitatis : bvrgi. detrill. I re- 
tum*d him answer that . . it might not be unlikely that it might be y« Seal of 
the Town of Trill in Exminster Hundred in Devonshire, which, tho' small, 
yet Is y® Seat of a Baronett, & perhaps had formerly the Privileges of a Com- 
munity or Corporation indulg'd to it. Mr. Thwaites is now printing at y* 
Theatre, in a sheet and half, some Observations upon the Coyns publish'd by 
S' A. Fountaine at y» End of Dr. Hickes's Thesaurus. They are to go along 
with M'. Wotton's Abridgment of that Work, which Abridgment is printing in 
London 8°.' ? author of Kircher's Concordance with order inverted in Bod- 
leian Archives ; and of TAf Lord qf HosttJ, a sermon (Hickes' Peculium Dei^ 
p. 307). 

Deo. 8. Dodwell to H. Don't send Almeloveen by the Oxford carrier. 
Your Leland MS. is safe. His Defenses ; no defence can signify anything with 
his censurers. Sorry that Grabe meets with so little encouragement, & that 
prejudices have been taken against his work by the learned men in Cambridge. 



D6c.e-13.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 73-81. 79 

taken his Discessit & gone from Trin. Coll.) — A Notable Instance of 
Inconstancy & Disloyalty, p. 57. Tho. Walsingham's Yp. Neustr. p. 
57. Ed. Park. — Something ab* Oxford iWd. p. 57. Concerning Otho 
y* Pope's Legate bad Treatment at Oxford, see ibid. p. 59. 

Dec. 11 (Th.). In Dyer's news-Letter that came last night was y* 
following Passage : viz. Not only Defoe has plaid the Buffoon in reflecting 
upon my L^, Havershanis Speech, but a Learned Gent, Vice-president 
of a Hall in Oxon, has done something like it by writing a Comment 
on it, which is handed about in MS', 4' '^'^ thought will be printed that 
the Author s Parts may be more conspicuous in y Common-Wealth 0/^^ 
Letters. The said Gent, is M'. Rob. Pearse, Vice-Principal of Edm. 
Hall, (of whose Temper I have given a notable Instance in one of 
the foregoing Volumes) who made Remarks upon and inserted them 
into the Margin of a Copy of the L^. Haversham's Speech which he 
made lately relating to our 111 Success last Campaign; But y« said 
Remarks are of such a natiu-e, consisting of Scraps of Logick, such as 
quo modo probas, lapsus Ungues non est error mentis, &c., that he is 
ridicul*d for them sdl over the University, and is perfectly asham'd of 
them, containing in them nothing of Scholarship, Parts or Breeding. 
No one y* I know of is sorry for him, he having been always observ'd 30 
to be an impudent, haughty, pragmatical, pert Coxcomb; which 
was y« reason of his reflecting upon 5ie Society of Lincoln College in 
a Declamation that he made there: for which reason he was forc'd 
to beg pardon. Some time after which being Bach, of Arts he was 
made by D^. Mill (upon the Recommendation of y* famous Low-Church 
Man, I>, John Potter) Vice-Principal of Edm. Hall, where he now 
continues and is as famous for his Impertinency as ever his two 
renown'd Predecessors were D"^. White Kennett and M'. Tho. Milles. — 
*M^ W. Wynne, A.M. and Fellow of Jesus Coll. Oxon. writ & 
publish'd, The History of Wales comprehending y Lives and Succession 30 
of / Princes of Wales, &c, Lond, 1697. 8^. The greatest part is only 
a translation of Caradoc of Lhancarvaris British History, as 'twas 
publish'd formerly in EngUsh by I>. Powell. — Formerly thought 
unlawfiiU for Kings to enter y« Village Oxford, it being thought y* 
S*. Frideswyde would not permitt it. Yet Henry King of France did 
not mind it, but came and did his Devotion at her shrine. Vide Tho. 
Walsingh. p. 63. 

Dec. 13 (Sat). . . . This Day D'. Hudson declar'd y* half he has, 
in Goods & Money, shall goe when he dies to y« Publick, meaning 
University Coll. and y« Publick Library, & y« Proportion is University 40 

Deo. 11. Barnes to H. Asks him to disperse copies of the Proposals and 
Specimens [for Homer], receipts, &c. sent herewith to the Colleges, Heads of 
Houses, Coffee-houses, &c. Has asked Lord Salisbury to accept the Dedica- 
tion. 

Deo. 18. Kent to H. * Please fix y' Place & Day, for I have forgot y« 
best Inns in Woodstock.' Asks for a testimomum of his good behaviour and 
conformity to the Church of England during his stay at Oxon. Woodward 

* This M'. Wynne was formerly Fellow of Jesus, since dead, and Brother to D*". Rob. 
Wynne, the present Chancellor of St. Asaph. 



8o H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1707 : 

Coll. to have six Parts & y« Publick Library four. What he leaves to 
the Coll. is to be for Scholarships, of which none to be capable but 
such as are bom within y« Province of York. 
' I allow of this, 

witness my hand 
J. Hudson* 
J. Nevile 
Ric. Ibbetson 
Tho. Hearne. 

10 D'. Thomas Crosthwait was then also present. (I>. Hudson is since 
married to a young Girle, the only Daughter of Sir Rob. Harrison of 
Oxford. He was married a little after Easter in 1710. She is about 
25 Years of Age. — May 20, 171 1. 
A little before he died he made a new will in 17 19.) — 
Mr. Lockes Epitaph by himself . . . 

Deo. 14 (Sun.). Remember to ask D'. Wynne or D'*. Crosthwait 
what M'. Thomas, Chaplaine of X*. Church, writ For Dr. Hudson 
believes he was Author of a Pamphlet call'd, Remarks on y Protestant 
Reconciler, A Preface prefixed to a Book of Daille's translated into 

ao English, in which he defends M'. Chillingworth against Knot, and 'tis 
probable he writ Remarks on D^. Stillingfleet's unreasonableness of 
Separation. — M'. Ob. Walker caus'd Ockham's Logick to be printed 
at Oxon. (after he had published his Ars Rationis) and writ a very 
handsome Preface to it. — There was printed at Cambr. a Pamphlet 
in 4*0. in y« year 1642 intit. A Protestants Account of his Orthodox 
Holding in Matters of Religion, Ac. D'. Hudson has it, & to it 'tis 
prefix'd by some body a Memorand. that S^. John Spelman was 
Author. — Quaere who E. Y. is who writ The Parliaments Power in 
Lowes for Religion, pr. at Oxon. in 4*0. 1645. — . . . Livy a very 

30 Religious Man. Vide 1. 43. c. 13. 

Deo. 16 (Men.). Acta S. Polycarpi ab Usserio edita Lond. 1647, 
4^. collata cum MS. membranaceo, admodum vetusto, in Bibl. Bodl. 
inter codd. Baroc. num. 238. fol. 14. b. . . . [pp. 86-93.] 

Deo. 20 (Sat). There is just publish'd a Book intit. 'H Xapir Ao^toti 

to H. Expresses his high opinion of Grabe, H., and Hudson, and hopes tbey 
will one day have their deserts. Dp. T. Smith to H. Remarks on the 
Gentva and Oxford Letters; hopes that Dr. Smalridgeor some other fit person 
will answer the Strictures, Wotton's Notitia of Hickes' Ibesaunu to be pub- 
lished shortly. Though differing on many points from Mr. Cbishuirs views in 
his Oxford sermon. Smith is satisfied with his Appendix. The Apocalyptic men, 
with all their pretences to learning and exact calculation of times, are but one 
degree removed from downright Enthusiasts. For the author of The Glormus 
Name qftbe Lord qf Hosts, see Mr. Foulis's Collections. Asks H. to collate for 
him Ussher*s edition of the Greek Acts qf the Martyrdom of St, Polycarp with 
Baroccian MS. 238 ; he has lost bis own collation, executed some 20 years 
since. 
Dea 20. Barnes to H. Hopes he has received the parcel of 100 Specimens 



' [i-i In D'. Hudson's hand.] 



Deo. 18-23.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES SI-9S. 8l 

a Tim. i. 9. That is, The Holy Spirit the Author of Immortality, 
or, Immortality a Peculiar Grace of y« Gospel, no natiiral Ingredient 
of the Soul ; proved from the Holy Scriptures, and Fathers, against M' 
Clark's Bold assertion of the Soul's Natural Immortality, against 
Scripture, the Doctrine of the Church in the Purest, and most Primitive 
ages of it, and Reason guided (as it ought to be) by the Word of God. 
Wherein the Holy Fathers, and most Sacred Scriptures, are rescued 
from his plain Misrepresentations, and it is solidly proved, that he hath 
not one Sentence of the Fathers, or one Text of Scripture on his Side. 
Being a Vindication of M'. Dodwell*s Epistolary Discourse from all 10 
the Aspersions of y® foresaid pretended answerer. With some Animad- 
versions on M'. Chishul and D'. Whitby. By a Presbyter of y« Church 
of England. (The Author M'. Pittis.) N.B. The said Book is done 
with much smartness. Diligence, Learning and Judgment: and by it 
appears (as indeed Men of Impartiality were before perswaded) that 
M^. Dodwell has & will have much the advantage of his adversaries 
y^ have hitherto appeared publickly against him, they being quite as 
it were ignorant in the Subject, and not conversant with y® Fathers. — 
M'. Norris (John) of All Souls translated into English Hierocles 
upon y« Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans. Lond. 1682. 80. — . , . ,0 

Deo. 23 (Tu.). M^. MiUes (or Mulles) the Rhapsodist having had 
y« Degree of D'. of Divinity conferred upon him at Dublin, since his 
Return into England, according to his usual Modesty, requested y« 
Vice-Chancellor by Letter that he might be presented ad eundem 
in this university : And he has since waited upon the Vice-Chancellor 
upon the same Account in London, in relation to which the Vice- 
Chancellor writ y® following Letter to M'. Thwaites : 

Dear Sir, S. Martin's, Dec. ao. 1707, 

I received yours this Evening, and have since I came to this place received 
two Visits from D'. Milles. The first was so rough, that I would not venture 30 
to see him the second time without a Witness; so I took in M'. Yates to see 
his Behaviour. I told him I could not think of admitting ad eundem a Mem- 
ber of our own University, and therefore he must either take his Degree re- 
gularly, or get y« Chancellor's Letter to Convocation : for that they may do 
what they please. He will bear of neither of these wayes, nor will he (as he 
says) give a shilling for that trifle of a Degree, but will abide by the Degree he 
has or not come to Oxford 'till we allow it there. 
My humble service to M^ Dean &c. 
I am. Dear Sir, 

Your very affect® humble servant .^ 
W. Lancaster. ^ 

and 100 Receipts : it was delayed through the direction wearing off. Com- 
pliments of the season. 

Deo. 22. H. to Dr. T. Smith. Sends a collation of the Baroccian MS. of the 
jlctj qfSt, Polycarp with Archbishop Ussher's edition. Mr. Chishull has not a 
very good character in Oxon. He is taken to task in an anonymous book 
called 7be Holj Spirit the Author of Immortality. * Some time this Christmass 
will wait upon you, with a Letter from M'. Tyrrel, one M'. Wats, a Civilian 
of S^ John's. I desire you would please to have a care how you trust him, he 
being (as you will soon perceive) a pert, conceited, forward person, a thorough 
pac'd Republican, and imploy'd by Dr. Kennett &c. to gather up Pamphletts, 
Stories & the like, which has made him odious in this Place.' 

VOL. II. G 



8a HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

In y« year 1706 Sept when y« Race was at Woodstock & Port 
Meadow, the Duke of Richmond w^ one M^ May and his Chaplain, 
M'. Bradley of St Mary Hall, after two of y« Clock in the afternoon came 
to y« Publ. Library. M'. Bradley brought them to D'. Hudson, who re- 
ceived them with all due Civility, and shew'd them the Curiosities of y* 
Place : after vt^ y« Duke leaving y« Library M*". Bradley came to y« D*". 
inviting him to dine w*^ y« Duke that afternoon at St Mary Hall in y« 
Common Room, where M^ Bradley had provided a dish or two of Meat 
for Entertainment The D^. at y« earnest Request of M'. Bradley went 

10 to St Mary Hall, where he found the Duke, M'. May, Principal Wyat & 
M'. Bradley. Soon after his going thither y« Dinner came in. At Dinner 
time and afterwards the chief Matter of Discourse was ab* y« Duke's pro- 
fessing himself to be a Whigg, his charging y« University in general w*^ 
Tacobitism, and his being for Carter against S*. John Walters in y« City 
Election. The Duke was opposed by y« D'. in all y« said particulars & 
perhaps not without some sharpness & Reflection. But for all that y« 
Company seem'd to part very good Friends, & the duke expressed him- 
self well pleas'd with y« Company & Entertainment ; so y* no one was 
apprehensive of any Mischief likely to follow from it. Yet in the follow- 

jo ing year 1707 in Michaelmass Term there was a letter communicated to 
D'. Hudson from D'. Smalrich, writ to a third person, wherein 'twas said y* 
he had heard it from a Reverend Prelate y* y« said D*". H. in St. Mary 
Hall in Company of the Duke of Richm. &c. should begin a. Health to 
y« Prince of Wales, & reftise to drink another to y« Protestant succession. 
Upon wcli the D'. writ to D'. Smalrich a full Ace* of the whole Matter as 
above related, particularly shewing how improbable it was that he should 
begin such a health, when his design was to vindicate y« university from 
y« Charge of Jacobitism. M'. Wyat who was in Company at y« Bottom 
of y« Letter writ to D'. Smalridge attested y® Truth of every particular, 

30 and that he heard no such Health propos'd in Company. Moreover he 
writ to M'. Bradley ab* this Matter, who gave him a fair answer y* he 
knew of no such thing, and wonder'd what should be y« occasion of such 
a Report Yet it has been spoke particularly by y« Dtie of Marlborough 
at his own Table & in several other publick Places, y* the D'. drank such 
a Health &c. — 

At y« End of Martial MS*. NE. D. 3. 10 is Pliny's Epist 21. 1. 3. which 
is here collated with y« Oxon. Edit ... — (^M'xxt about y« Writings & 
Character of Matthew Scrivener. — The Master of University Coll. has 
Patin's Discourse about Artorius y« Physitian. — Oxford. John Wicliff. 

40 Vide Tho. Walsinghami Yp. Neustriae p. 135. Ed. Park. Et p. 139. — 
Isle of Man. ib. p. 147.— 

D^. Dobson's Letter (in relation to M'. Knollys Gent. Commoner of 
Trinity, expell'd) to M'. John Foyle of the Middle-Temple. 

S', Trin. CoU. Nov. y« 10^. 1707. 

I receiv*d your's, and am not much surprised at y« Resentment you express 
in it. To be sure there have been very false representations made of this 
Matter in which your Kinsman is unhappily concem'd ; but a wise man knows 
how to make allowances in things of this nature, and an honest man will sus- 
pend his censure 'till he has fully informed himself. I know no necessity I lye 

50 under of making a Defence unless I were before a competent Judge : But 
because one of your Quere's is, For what your Cousin was expell'd ? (as you 



Deo.23.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES ^^^\\Z. 83 

affect to call it) I shall give you this short answer. It was because we found 
it impossible for us to enjoy any quiet in the College, while he continu'd with 
us. When a person takes a particular Delight in disturbing the Peace of the 
Society he lives in, and when no admonitions will prevail with him to return 
to a more sober Behaviour ; when he demonstrates a Resolution to persevere 
in that Humour of affronting his Oovemours without any Provocation, I think 
the Removal of such a one (be his Qualitie what it will) absolutely necessary : 
I am certain no Society that pretends to any Government will bear what we 
have born. Yoil ask what Immorality he was guilty of? If by Immorality 
you mean Drinking, Whoring, or Swearing, I charge him with none of those ; 10 
but I charge him with being disobedient and insulting and very abusive to the 
Society ; which I think are Immoralities with a Witness. 

This young Gentleman was one that I think the College was more than or- 
dinary civil to ; & his Carriage 'till of late I thought deserv'd such Treatment : 
But about half a Year since or something more he appear'd strangely altered ; 
and we were all amaz*d to find him so imbitter'd against the College as he has 
shown himself ever since upon all occasions I am sure without any just grounds : 
his sowr'd humour work'd so high as not onfy to show a constant uneasiness 
himself & to infect others with prejudices against the College as if they were 
cheated and abus*d, but to revile us all publickl^ in the Hall, to reflect severely ao 
upon me in particular several times, for no just reason I am satisfied ; and 
pursuing this humour so constantly, that the Fellows whenever they went into 
the Hall expected of course to be affronted by his means : and to give you one 
Instance in which his disobedience will sufficiently appear. When the Dean 
put y* usual Sconce for missing Prayers upon his Name, he struck it off in 
Defiance which you know is flying in the Face of the Government of the Col- 
lege ; and these things we pass'd by in hopes he would in time be prevail'd 
upon to behave himself like a Gentleman, to which end he had several times 
admonitions from myself and others and by his Tutour ; but he went on and 
grew still more insulting. At length to crown the rest, he made a publick lo 
Disturbance in the Chapell, while Divinity Disputations were perform'd, he 
with some others setting up a loud Laugh (an unheard of Insolence) to affront 
the Vice-President in the Execution of his Office ; and to show what we were 
to expect for the future, he own'd the Evening after this publick Insolence in 
the Chapell that he came there with premeditated Designs to af!h>nt y« Vice- 
President, and that he would affront him whenever he met him. I must do 
the Vice-President Justice — That when he (before me and y* other Officers) 
demanded of M^ Knollys, whether he had done any thing to disoblige him, he 
had not any thing to charge him with. Now if these things are to be bom, 
and we must tamely sit down under publick affronts ; we must even give up 40 
all, and never pretend to execute any authority again ; which will be the most 
effectual way to sink the College : for I can't think any Gentlemen will ven- 
ture their Sons here, when we have made ourselves unable to govern them. 

Your former Kindness in recommending Persons to the College (which you 
seem now to repent of) we are really to own with Thankfullness, because no 
doubt you design'd a Benefit to the College by it ; but whether such Recom- 
mendations prove advantagious or not is to be estimated from the Behaviour 
of the Persons recommended. A young Man of a turbulent, mutinous Tem- 
per, that is not only ungovernable himself but makes it his business to infect 
others, and infuse groundless prejudices against the Society, which generally 50 
are greedily imbrac'd by Young Men, and usually propagated 'till 'tis beyond 
the power of any sober Man to stop them, may be really an inestimable damage 
to such a Society as ours. It may be better for us to loose 500^^. than have 
the company of one so prejudic'd and sowr'd against us. I know not what 
satisfaction this may give you or any prejudic'd person; I am very well satis- 
fi'd myself in this matter, as having done nothing but what the young Gentle- 
man himself by his incurable behaviour made necessary to be done. No man 
I hope will think us so void of sense as to disoblige any Gentleman out of 

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84 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

choice without an absolute necessity. We aim'd at nothing but quiet ; if we 
could have had it with M'. Knollys his Company, he had been always very 
welcome to us. If the account of the Battles here added could have been had 
sooner, you had heard from me by yesterday's Post. You need not fear any 
Violence to be offer'd to your Kinsman's Chamber. You shall have no reason 
to expect anything but wnat is civil from us, particularly from. 

Your respectfiill servant, 
W. DOBSON. 

10 M'. Foyle's Answer, to w«h Dobson did not reply. 

I rec'd the favour of your's by which I perceive you will not permit me 
(because you say I only affect) to account my Kinsman a person expeird. 
And since the particuhirs you mention in your letter are such as for which I 
presume your Justice would not inflict such a Punishment on him, especially 
when you have not been so severe on others, who, as you well observe were 
guilty of the same faults ; I hope you will so far gratify me as to let me know, 
whether he be really expell'd or no, whereby you will oblige 

Your very humble servant 

ao J» **• 

Two Testimonies from the College in behalf of y« said M'. Knollys : 

Whereas the Reverend W". Dobson D'. of Divinity, and President of 
Trinity College in Oxofi, on Monday the ay**' of October, 1707. did actually 
expell Henry Knollys, Esq'. Fellow-Commoner of y« s* College, and strike 
his Name out of the Book, that is kept for Registring the Names of the Mem- 
bers of that Society : 

Now least the s^ Henry Knollys, Esq', should suffer in his Reputation, by 
being thought to have been im willing or uncapable of performing the publick 
Exercises of the said College ; We whose Names are underwritten, and we who 
xo li^^e been the publick Lecturers of the said College from very near the time of 
the admission of the said Henry Knollys into the said College, (which is now 
near four years since) do by these Presents declare, that he has all along re- 
gularly and decently perform'd the Exercises, that are appointed Gentlemen 
of his Gown : 

Having moreover acquitted himself with Reputation by constantly attending 
the Greek Lecture for one whole year, altho* that is an Exercise which has 
not in our Remembrance been perform'd by or ever as far as we have been 
inform'd requir'd of Fellow-Commoners. 

In Witness whereof as far as in each Year he has been Auditor to one or 
^o more of us, we set our Hands. 

M'. GuiNNET ) Tutor 
M'. Overton 



M'. Finch * Lectm^"- 



Whereas the Reverend W«. Dobson, D'. of Divinity and President of 
Trinity College in Oxon on Monday the a7*i» of October 1707. did, as we have 
just reason to believe at y* Instigation of John Barber Clerk reputed one of 
the Fellows of the said College, actually expell Henry Knollys Esq'. Fellow 
Commoner of the said College, and did strike his Name out of the Book, that 
is kept for Registring the Names of the Members of that Society, and all this 
50 without, what is requir'd by the Statutes o'f the said College, previous pre- 
caution that we ever heard of to the said Henry Knollys Esq', or any Notice 
thereof given either to his Tutor, or any of his Relations : 

Now this suddain way of Expulsion being the greatest Punishment that the 
said President notwithstanding his pretended arbitrary Power, by which, as 



2)60.28.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 113-130. 85 

M'. Knollys Informs us, the President said he expell'd him, can inflict, and 
what is appointed by the Statutes of the said College to be put in execution 
super crimine Hereseos, Simoniae, Perjurij manifest!, fiirti notabilis, Rapinae, 
Homicidij voluntarij, gravis percussionis socij, vel (quod detenus est) ipsius 
Praesidentis : 

Lest any therefore, who should hear of this formal Expulsion of the said 
Henry Knollys Esq'., Should imagin him to be guilty of these or any such like 
Crimes, and he thereby should causelessly suffer in his Reputation ; We, whose 
names are hereunto subscribed do by these Presents declare, that we could 
never understand, that there was anything alleg'd against him at the time of xor 
this Expulsion more than that he laugh'd in the Chapell of the said College at 
the time of Divinity Disputations, that he kick'd at the Cat of Thomas Hasker, 
Clerk and Burser of the said Coll. which Cat, (as it was said) ran afterwards 
into the Chapell : and that he behav'd himself with Incivility to some of the 
Society, but the Persons, Time or Place were not particularly mention'd to 
him, whereby he was render'd altogether uncapable of making any Excuse for 
himself. 

And we do hereby farther testify, that the said Henry Knollys all the while 
we have known him a Member of our Society, where he has continued for 
near four years, in all which time we have been intimately acquainted, and 20 
frequently conversant with him, hath well and regularly demean'd himself, not 
being known or in the least suspected to be. guilty of Cursing, Swearing, 
Lying, or any other prophane Discourse, immoderate Drinking, whoring, or 
any other Vice or Immorality whatsoever ; which is what we are the more con- 
firm*d in, for that the President himself, (as we are informed) said soon after 
he had expell'd him, and has since given it under his Hand, that he had nothing 
of that Nature to lay to his Charge. 
This Testimonial was sign'd by 

D'. Fry. 

jy, BuDGEN. 30 

M'. Crank. 

M'. GUINNET. 

M'. Overton. * 
M"". Finch. 
M'. Shaw. 
M'. Knapp. 

M^ NOURSE. 
M'. CURZON. 

... A piece of the libri Lintei (namely the former part as publish'd by 
Mi*. Dodwell) in Graevius's Notes upon Suetonius. In Boeder's notes to 40 
Herodian, Dion Cassius emend, p. 372, 408. Eutrop. illustrat. p. 391. 
Horatius emend, p. 419. Ah* y® reading of Abganis, p. 421. — Titus 
Livius, Sarisb. Nug. Cur. 1. 3. c. 10. Pliny Jun. ib. 1. iv. c. 8. — Epbtle of 
Plutarch to Trajan, ib. 1. 5. c, i. — Justin & y« Prologues amended several 
times in Cuper's Observatt. I. 4. c. 10, 11. — See Jo. Sarisb. aht Justin. L 
6. c. 17. [127, 128 blank.] 

Dr. Hudson's Answer to a Letter from D'. Allix. 

Clarissimo doctissimoque Viro D°o. D**. Allix Joannes Hudsonus S, P. D. 

Quantum debeo humanitati Michaelis Lequien, baud ita pridem publice 
testatus sum : quod grati animi ergo factum, palam omnibus est. Cum vero 50 
ita res ceciderit, ut ejus in me beneficiis alius forsan se laesum existimet, non 
possum non ejus voluntati morem gerere : quamvis parum ingenui esse videa- 
tur non fateri per quos profecerim. Qua de re utinam per te certior fiat, 
quamprimum ad ilium rescripturus sis. Hoc ipsum eiiam rogavi Grabium 



86 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1707: 

nostrum, qui vlrum istum clarissimum Uteris siepe interpelUre solet. Subsidia 
ista, quz in Josephi Editionem conquisierat Fellus 6 fMKapirtiSt post mortem 
Bernard! ad nos redierunt omnia. Verum ilia, quz sua & amicorum cura 
comparaverat, utrum comburi jusserit (ut quidam suspicantur) an peregrino 
cuidam (quod ferunt alij) uxor ejus tradiderit nondum mihi compertum. adeo 
ut necesse habeam doctorum auxilia implorare, ut mea qualicunque opera 
tandem prado paretur Josephus : qui mole sua, ut credo, aliorum fatigavit in- 
dustriam. Quin aliquid de tuis si melius depromptum aliquando nanciscar, 
dubitare non sinit egregia qua poUes humanitas. Vale, Vir eruditissime, 
lo meosque in re literaria conatus juvare perge. Dabam Oxonij as Dec. 1707. 

Dec. S4 (Wed.). Harduin of opinion that the Inscription in Gruter 
about L. Metellus, p. 377. is spurious. See Not. ad Plin. 1. 7. p. 127. 

Dec. 26 (Th.). Anno 875. Danos depopulatos esse Pilitos Cum- 
hrosque scribit Fabius Ethelwerdus ; Pictos & Wallmses^ Matthaeus Flori- 
legus ; Pictos & Siraiduiienses Asserius de rebus gestis Alfredi & eum 
secutus Florentius Wigomiensis; Peohtas & Straecled Wealas, Annales 
Anglosaxonici ; Pictos & Strecledmses^ alij Latini annales Asserio per- 
peram attributi. » Hegesip. de excid. Hierosol. I. 5. c. 15. validissimum 
genus hominum perhtbciur^ &c. vox dicta perhihetur subdititia Usserio 
ao (Coll MSS.) videtur, utpote Josephi quae hie agitur orationi minime con- 
gruens. Confer Isidor. lib. 9. Origin, c. 2. — 

* This Translation is ended in a Thorsday the eyghth day of Averyl the year 
of our Lord 1387. the twey year of Richard the second aftir the Conquest of 
Engelonde, the yere of my Lords age Sire Thomas, Lord of Berkeleye that 
made me make this Translation fyve and thritty.' 

(Ad cakem Polychronici MS>. Bibliothecae Stradlinganae, in castro S. 
DonatL) — D, Bowles Doctor of Divinity married the daughter of D. 
Saraford Doct. of Phys. and vice versa, D. Stamford the Daughter of D. 
Bowles, whereupon the 2 Women might say to the 2 Men These are 

30 our Fathers, our sonnes & our Husbands. (Out of Arch^P Usher's MSS. 
Coll. penes Jac. Tyrrel). — ... Ad calcem 4 Evangeliorum in anti- 
quisso. Codice Armachano: Matthaeus versus habet 2700. Marcus 1600. 
Lucas 2900. Johannes 2300. &facittotum 9400. — See whether D^. Lyster 
in his Ed. of Apicius has remarked what Ryckius has observed in y® 84th 
page of his animadv. upon Tacitus . . . Nicandn Alexipharmac. Scholiast, 
p. 97. ^oTi hi rh t\rfiiKhv luiKov, 8 cart pfpdpdutp. (an nostrum Orange ?) 
Usher's coll. MSS. — Henricus Crump scripsit de fundatione omnium 
monasiiriorum AngUcs \ tempore Byrini Dorcestrensis Episcopi ad tempus 
Roberti Grosthed. libello ejus usus est auctor rythmorum qui de vita S, 

40 Edithae scripti sunt in Biblioth. Cotton. 44. muner. 3. — Henry the 7th 
had no title at all to y« Crowne, either by Father or Mother (y® Children 
of Catherine Swinford being illegitimate, and made legitimate by Act of 
Parliament, only for to succeed in their Father's Patrimony, and not to y« 
Crowne: as in y« Parliament Rolles imprinted is in special Tennes 
provided) but only by his wife. Howsoever the vulgar Error runne of 
his joyning the Roses, or 2 Houses together. Usher's Coll. MSS. — In 
Bibliotheca publica acad. Cantabrig. Ex Bezae lib<>. Graeco MS^. 4. 
Evangeliorum . . . [136-138]. — Ex MS©. Biblioth. Bodlej. (de Pente- 
coste) Illi susceperunt (legem) in tabulis lapideis, &c. quum usque ad 

50spiritualem intellectum literae non pertingebant. Sed Spiritus Sanctus 
pNitus est 72 discipulis in corde digito Dei spiritualem intellectum intus 



Dec.28-Jan.8.] VOLUME XVI y PAGES 130-156. 87 

dedicante. Ideoque dies intellectus dicitur, i. Witsoncnday (Saxon) : 
vel item Vitsonenday quod praedecessores nostri omnes lac ovium & 
vaccarum suarum solent dare illo die paaperibus pro Dei amore; ut 
puriores efficerentur ad recipiendum donum Spiritus Sancti. * 

Usher's Coll. MS. 

Scriptum sub signo Praepositurac Civitatis Dublin, a 8® Februar. an®. 17®. R. 
EdT. 4. (with my Cosen Rob. Ussher of Cwinlyn). 



ARLANDUS 


USSHER 


DB 


DUBLIN 


MERCA- 


TOR 


: QUI TUM VIXIT 



ANNA 



xo 



intayled after him to 

1. John Ussher and he dying w*>k)ut Heyres to 

2. Robert Ussher. and so to 

3. Philippo Ussher. 

4. Christoforo Ussher. 

5. Thomac Ussher. 

6. Anna Ussher & Margareta Ussher. 

Arlandus ille dedit ft concessit unam domum in Tenelli vocatft Bumellis 
lane (now Skipper's lane, beneath Schoolehouse hine) pauperibus Deo ibidem 
senrientibus. ao 

An old piece of Plate with him, haying the Scutcheon of the Usshers Armes 
(embraced by a Beare) viz. in a fielde azure, 3 Usshers rods argents. 

Bostonus Buriensis ' in suo scriptorum Catalogo de Alfredo Magno inquit : 
totumfere teJtamentum in Unguam anglicam tretmtulit^ • . . 

Deo. 29 (Mon.). [Note on Justin. 1. xi. c. 10, from Gronovij Obser- 
vatt in Script Eccl. p. 66, p. 113] .. . Enquire about Bp. Andrews's 
notes upon y« Liturgy, which are frequendy quoted . . . 

Dec. 91 (Wed.). Notulae Is. Casauboni in Jos. Scaligeri Canones 
Isagogicos ex Usserij MSS. Collectaneis, penes Jac. Tyrrel armigerum, 
descriptae • . . . [i4a-i56]- 3® 

Jan. 8 (Th.). This day, in the Afternoon, was chosen Fellow of 
University Coll. in room of M^. Greenwood, who has got a Living, M'. 
Baynes A.M. There was no one in y* Coll. that opposed him ; but some 
time since there was one viz. M'. Middleton a Modest good natur'd, 
honest Gentleman, Bach, of Arts, and an ingenious excellent Scholar, 
who appeared against him, & had good Interest : & there was great 
probability that he would have carried it, if they had went to Election so 



Jan. 6. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 84). Thanks for collations of 
the MS. Acts of the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. Will probably leave his 
work upon St. Ignatius, together with Bp. Pearson's Annotations, to H.'s 
care. Has not yet seen the new book, written in defence of Mr. D.'s odd 
hypothesis by one Mr. Pittis, a non-juror. Is heartily grieved for our learned 
and pious friend. 

Jan. 7. H. to Thoresby. Printed : Correspondence tf Ralph Tboresfy, ii. 
88 jqq. — 

' qnem MS. penes m^ habeo inquit Usserius. 



88 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

soon as was expected. But M'. Baynes, having got D'. Radcliflf & some 
others to speak in his Behalf, & M'. Middleton being in a Consumption, 
& standing more upon Merit than any thing else, the Master &c. got the 
Election deferred, from time to time : so y* at last M'. Middleton being 
irrecoverable was forc'd to retire into y« Country, and upon News of 
his being either dead or very near death they proceeded to Election, 
and y« Point (which had been so long contriving) was carried for M'. 
Baynes, who has deservedly the Character of a good Scholar and an 
honest Man, & he may, if he please, prove very usefiill. 

10 Jan. 9 (Fri.). Notae Rich. Thomsoni in Scaligeri Animadversiones 
Eusebianas (^ Collectaneis Usserianis penes Jac. Tynell.) . . . [158- 
168.] 

Jan. 10 (Sat.). On the 7*1* Instant, the Queen declar'd D'. Blackball 
Bp. of Exeter ; S'. Wm. Dawes Bp. of Chester ; and D'. Trimnell Bp. of 
Norwich : and their Cong^ D'filires are order'd to the respective Deans 
and Chapters. At the same time She declar'd D'. John Potter to be 
Regius Professor of Divinity in Oxon. which Place has been kept vacant 
ever since the Death of D'. Jane. 'Twas expected D'. Smalridge, who 
officiated several years for Jane, should have been the Man, but it seems 

ao he is an eloquent, ingenious Gentleman, an Excellent Divine and of a 
deep, rational Understanding ; a true Friend to the Church, resolute and 

. brave, of steddy Principles and not likely to be turn'd as y« Party would 
have : whereas Potter as he is the Son of a profess'd Presbyterian, so he 
has taken care to imbibe republican Principles, & is^withall of a coole, 
heavy, flat temper, ^w<^ the Party usually call moderation & prudence), 
never much appl/d nimself to Divinity, has writ a late dull Book about 
the Church which he designed as an answer to y Rtghis, tho' he has 
specify'd no such thing in the Book, (he being afraid of displeasing 
some great Men of the same Stamp w*l» y« Author of y* wicked Tract) 

30 is of a right flexible Dispositiqn, and every way made to side with y« 
Party Interest. As for the three Bp». they are reckoned good Preachers, 
but for matters of Learning I never heard any thing extraordinary of 
them ; Learning being now reckon*d a very ordinary Qualification for y® 
Mitre, & not suitable with y® Designs hatching against Church 8c 
Universities. The Parishioners of S*. Dunstan's in the West have 
invited D"". Smalridge to accept of their Lecture, worth about 1 30 libs. 
per an. in room of D'. Blackball. I>. White Kennett (that notorious 
Republican, Sc preacher of Rebellious Doctrine) is made likewise Dean 
of Peterborough in room of D'. Freeman deceased, so well does the Q. 

40 observe the motto of Semper eadem, 

Z9SCL. 11 (Sun.). . . . The Letter to a Convocation Man. which 
occasioned D«^. Wake's first Book upon this Subject, was writ by S''. 
Barth. Shower. — Ab* a Lection of Sappho, see Voss. Ep. p. 100. — 
Cone. Scaliger*s Observations upon Josephus, & his Indulging Copjec- 
tures ib. p. 105. — Just printed and publish'd at Lond. 8^°. The 
Mathematical & Philosophical Works of Bp. Wilkins. Prefixed his Life 
per Anon, difierent in several things from Ant. k Wood. — The L^ 
Arundell who collected the stones in y« Theatre Yard designed to have 
writ a description of Athens, perhaps like Gyllius's Byzantium. Vide 



Jan. 8-22.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 156-177. 89 

Vossius's Epp. p. 145. — D'. Bathurst left twenty Pounds to M^. 
Stone's Hospital (in S*. Clement's) yi^^ (as I am well inform'd) was by y« 
D». Executor paid to Delaune (y« then Vice-Chanc.) & (as I am farther 
told) was not in the beginning of this year (1708) paid to the s«l 
Hospital, neither can any body tell when 'tis likely to be paid. 

Jan. 21 (Wed.). M'. Clarke is made Minister of S*. James's, in 
room of D'. Trimnell advanc'd to Norwich, He was oppos'd by a very 
worthy Man D'. Moss. — I. Vossius had a design of giving us a new 
Ed. of Marianus Scotus. In w^i Author ArchbP. Usher also took much 
Pains. Vide Vossij Ep. p. 188. . . . i 

Jan. 22 (Th.). On Monday M'. Wm. Gregg, a Scotch Man, & one 
of y^ Under-Secretaries, had his Tryal for High-Treason, charg'd upon 
him upon account of divers secrets communicated by him by Letters to 
France. To all the Articles he pleaded Guilty, & has had Sentence of 
Death pronounc'd against him . . . 



Jan. 12. Prof. Barnes to H. (Rawl. 24. 10). Asks for collations of 
Tarious MSS. of Homer [Rawl. 24. 11, which bears the same date, and is en- 
tirely occupied with Homer, was evidently addressed to Dr. Hudson.] 

Jan. 17. BL to Dp. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 10). Some of Mr. Jones's MSS. 
missing. * Besides these Books, Mr. Marshall, one of Mr. Jones's Executors, 
permitted us to loo\ over a large Trunk full of other Papers ; but most of 
them are trivial : yet there are some Papers of Bp. Fell cone, the Print House 
w^ will be very serviceable to us in getting the Extravagant Prices at the 
Print-House to be lower'd, which might easily be done if the Curators would 
heartily concur, and be very cautious who they put into John Hall's place, 
now vacant by his Death.' Believes that Dr. H. received the letter in ques- 
tion. ' I design'd this last Xtmass to have taken a little Journey into the 
Country, and had prepar'd a Horse for y* purpose ; but a day or two before 
the time fix'd on I was taken so ill that I was for some time confin'd to my 
ghamber ; but I thank God I am now so well recover'd that I hope to live to 
finish the Work I have undertaken.' The correctors have not been suffi- 
ciently diligent in the new edition of Gruter's Great Body of Inscriptions. 
Please send a line or two on A Description of London, 

Jan. 20. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 26). Sends money for the Almelo- 
ye^n. Complains of unfair dealing in favour of his adversaries. Suggests a 
Vocabulary &c. to Livy, and a Table to Leland. Sorry for the discourage- 
ment of Smalridge ; Potter's notions are generally very right, but he b too 
cautious of offending even public enemies. 

Jan. 21. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. i). Can only spare half a day or so 
for collating MSS. for Barnes at present. * Who to propose in our Univer- 
sity in truth I cannot tell. There is so little Encouragement in this Sort of 
Study that I know not one young man that cares to bestow any time in what 
he is sure not to be the better for in the way of Preferment.' The Dean of 
Ch. Ch. will be a good encourager of Barnes' Homer. Literary notes. 

Jan. 23. Thoresby to H. (Rawl. 10. 54). Subscriptions to Livy. 'One 
of the Clergymen (ot whose slowness to encourage such works of Learning I 
am really ashamed) has given me the slip after I had pd the first subscription 
for him, tho he has pounds for my pence, and no children &c.' Will avoid 
Dr. K.'s tediousness as to private evidences. Hopes to wait on H. at Oxford. 
Who designs a History of Printing ? [On the fly-leaf is a note (55) addressed 
* For The Honourable Albemarle Bertie, Esq., At the Parliament House, 
London,' who had franked Heame's letter to Thoresby, asking for a similar 
favour.] 



90 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [17O8: 

Jan. 24 (Sat.). There was lately, (& I believe it still continues) set up 
at Lond. a Club call'd the Blaspheming Club & Ihe Dtvifs Lighl-House 
Cluby on purpose to run down all Religion, & carry on all manner of 
Debauchery. The present Speaker of the House of Commons's Son was 
one of the persons of it * . . • 

Child's Coffee-House Jan. a 8. 170}. 

To the Bp. of Ely, D'. More. 
My Ld, 

I was surpris'd to hear in this Place that your L^ship introduc'd M'. Step- 
10 hens * to kiss the Queen's Hands for y« Gr. Professorship at Oxon, who, as the 
Gentlemen of that University say, is by no means qualifjr'd for that Profes- 
sion ; he having neither skill in the Greek Language nor Industry to prosecute 
y« study of it. The Oxonians do extremely resent the late Affronts put upon 
'em by y« Court, & do very much blame y* Bps. of your University for in- 
teresting themselves in the Promotion of unworthy Men to Places in their 
University. They stick not to say that you endeavour to raise the Reputation 
of Cambridge by sinking that of Oxofi. The Archbp. of Cant, suffers upon y* 
Account of D'. Potter whom impartial Men openly declare to be not half Vi 
well qualify'd for y« Chair as D'. Smalridge. Who were concerned \x\ making 
30 Milles Professor I know not ; but they say he was as meer an Ignoramus in 
Greek as ever pretended to it : and as for M'. Stephens they will hardly allow 
y^ he can read it, all his Studies lying in Modem Poetry & French Authors. 
If these things be true, my L*, as I fear they are, 'twill be a great discourage- 
ment to Learning in that University, & will perhaps have a malignant Influence 
upon ours ; and when Men that have done something for y* Honour of y* 
University & y* Nation are postpon'd & never regarded, there's little prob- 
ability that y* Young Men will pursue their Steps when they find them only 
lead to Poverty & Contempt. Your L*ship has had the Character of a 
Patron of Learning ; but 'tis to be fear'd that y« Men of Letters will not allow 
30 it you long, when they are convinc'd you are not for advancing the Interest 
of it. I had not presum'd so far as to lay these Matters before you but out of 
Respect to your L^hip, to whom I wish all happiness & prosperity, & remain, 
your 

L^hips most obedient 

& dutifull Servant 

R. O. 



Jan. 24. Dr. T. Smitli to H. (Smith 127. 85). Sorry to hear that the 
Library is like to be deprived of the best part of Bp. Fell's MSS. * In Bp. 
Fell's lifetime the prices of printing at the Theater were very moderate : but 
afterwards the excessive rates you referre to, were brought in by the cunning 
& artifice of John Hall, who knew how to influence his new Masters, and at 
the same time to make a good hand of it to his own profit & advantage.' 
Glad of H.'s recovery, and to learn that Livy vol. vi is in the press. Hopes 
when H. is delivered from this drudgery to put him on a more useful study. 
Very much disappointed with the new ed. of the Imcriptionet Antiquae, En- 
closes letters to and from Rhenferdius, &c., and two inscriptions sent from 
Ireland, for H.'s explication. Mr. Watts a very forward young man. Is it 
true that you are to reprint Barnabas' Epistle, with DodweU's large Commen- 
tary? 



N.B. M'. Stephens did not get the Place but M'. Thwaites. See below, pag. aa8. 



Jan. 24-30.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 177-185. 9I 

To M"". Joshua Barnes of Cambridge. 

From y« Grecian Coflfee House, 

Lond. Jan. 28. 170 J. 
M'. Professor, 
By chance I met with one of your Proposals, with w®^ I was extremely 
pleas'd, being sensible how much it is for y» Honour of our University to have 
so leam'd a Professor in it. I show'd your Proposals the next day to some 
Oxonians who did approve of 'em & applaud your design, & wish*d they could 
be so happy in their University. This surpris*d me a little, & I ask'd 'em the 
meaning ot it. To w«*» they reply'd that their Greek Professorship within the 10 
Compass of one year had been dispos'd off to two Persons by no means quali- 
fy'd for it. For after the death of D'. Hody a silly, empty pretender to Greek 
crept into the Chair ; & now tother day 'twas fiird with one, if it be possible, 
of far meaner Abilities. Upon this we joyntly lamented the decay of Learn- 
ing, & y« little Encouragement y* was given to such as apply'd themselves to 
it. We agreed y* M'. Barnes deserv'd some of y* dignitys in y« Church, in- 
finitely better y» y* Haranguing Tribe y* fills them. Upon y* whole matter 
we concluded y* every one, who had a regard for Learning, should promote 
such designs, as you, & some few others, are willing to ingage in. We resolve 
to promote your subscriptions as far as possible, tho' we are afraid that you 30 
will be a considerable sufferer by y« undertaking. You can never exspect to 
get above 300 Subscribers, & Booksellers will, of course, obstruct what you 
intend. I wish you heartily good success, & llberall encouragement in your 
Studies. 

Your himible Servant 

R, O. 

I hear y* some designs at Oxon are like to prove abortive, ft that their Press 
is like to be utterly niin'd for want of due care & Encouragement. 

Jan. 27 (Tu.). Yesterday Morning M'. Knollys, who was lately 
expell'd Trinity, was restored to y® Coll. & put on his Gown again, 30 
by order of the Visitor, then in Town, & Vice-Chanc. & the President 
consented to it 

Jan. 30 (Pri). Yesterday was install'd Canon of Christ Ch. y« New 
Low Church Professor of Divinity, D'. Potter. — 

Two Inscriptions, upon the Covers of two Urns, which Covers were 
lately given to the University of Dublin. 

ka^aycimaxi-nthn(j)iaanapon 
o©Pe+ac©haymiPhc ^ 

IlilHINNEANMYHZIWNnoAIN 

lll!l!TIAS<ATTIKoS 40 



Jan. 27. Frol Barnes to H. (Rawl. 24. 12). Asks H. and Dr. Hudson 
for a specimen of the Baroccian MSS. of Homer. His undertaking will stand 
him in near ;i^iooo, but he is full of courage, * as conscious that Homer will be 
more himself than in these modem ages ever before.' 

Jan. 81. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 1 1). Remarks on Le Clerc's ed. 
of the Onomasticm. Transcribes from a note-book first impressions on the 
Dublin inscriptions ; he has had a copy showing considerable variations from 
' an ingenious Gent, in this Town.' Sends his opinion of recent promotionSf 



9* H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

Feb. 3 (Tu.). On the 30^ of Jan. The ArchbP. of York (Sharp) 
preach'd before y® Queen, & made a very high Sermon ; the Bp. of 
Line. (Dr. Wake) before the House of Commons, in Defence of Passive 
obedience : & D^. Ayres before the House of Commons a most Excellent 
Sermon, which would have made y® Ears of y« Whiggs glow had 
they heard it; which is the more extraordinary considering who the 
Persons were that got him put up. — The Gentlemen of St Dunstan's 
in the West have unanimously chosen Dr. Smaldridge for their Lecturer, 
& he has accordingly accepted it. 

10 Feb. 4 (Wed.). A Lection of Quinctilian defended by MorhofF. de 
Pat. Liv. p. 502. 

Feb. e (Fri.). M^. Chishull's Book against M' Dodwell's Vindicator 
is published, and in it he has shown the same Gall, Conceit, and 
Malice as in his former. 'Tis done in great hurry, & far from answering 
the Expectations of imbiass'd men. 

Feb. 7 (Sat.). The present Bp. of Ely, D'. More, has a son, who 
was sometime since of Catherine- Hall in Camb. from y^^ place he 
was expeird for his lewd vicious way of Living. — Coyns have 
been frequently found in Stratton-Audley Feilds; which place being 
20 within 4 Miles of Alchester I suppose they are of y« same sort with 
those found there. 

Feb. 8 (Sun.). Just come out, Linguarum VetL Septentrionalium 
Thesauri Grammatico-Critici^ ^ ArchcBologici, Auciore Georgia Hickesio, 
Conspectus hrtois per GuL Wottonum^ S,T.B,, &c. The s^ Conspectus, 
is A trivial, mean, Performance; but every way agreeable to M^^. 
Wotton's Character, of being a conceited Pretender to Learning, & 



that S. may see how little he is biassed by any discourse of the Bp. of Wore, 
or any other great man. Mr. W. a very busy, bustling person. Mr. Dodwell 
will scarcely print Barnabas at Oxford, being displeas'd with Dr. H. about the 
type &c. used in his Dissertation upon the Geogr, Gr, Minores, 

Feb. 6. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 21. 2). Sends a small parcel of books for 
Oxford friends. Messages to Hudson, Thwaites, &c. * Mr. Wanley hath 
lately hapined on some very ould Alphibets antiqe of y* Sorte of printing cut on 
wood which I shall exhebite in my Booke as sone as I have got them, but I 
shall send you a specement of them, and I dare say will please you when you 
se them.' 

Feb. 7. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. 2. 95). Remarks on common friends, 
and Livy ; general news &c. * P.S. I had almost forgot a great peice of News 
from Devonshire, which is y* Marriage of William Bickfond E^q., the Honour 
of Edmund Hall, to a Lady of y« same Country. His Brother is gone down 
to wish him Joy, and see his new Relation. I have heard some Merry Story's 
of his Courtship, but least some of em should be only Invention, I shall for- 
bear to publish 'em.' 

Feb. 7. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 86). The two Greek inscrip- 
tions from Dublin may be depended upon. The new promotions in the 
Church ; the High Churchmen and Universities are justly punished for their 
defection at the Revolution. Masson's Life of Ovid (similar to that of Horace) 
is printed in Holland. There ought to be a Latin answer to the Stricturae 
breves. Praises the Censura temporum ; would like to undertake a larger 
work with a select number of 6 or 7, who may pretend to the title of a Port 
^oyal here at London. 



Feb. 3-14.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 186-193. 93 

we may gather thus much from it that M'. Wotton by thus addicting 
himself to Middle-Age Antiquity, may in time come to have a much 
better opinion of y« Ancient, Classical Authors whom in his Reflections 
upon antient ^ modem Learning he has postpon'd to y« Moderns. 
Upon the Conspectus a certain anonymous Person (whom however I take 
to be M'. ^WiU. Elstob) has made certain Notes, which are for y« most 
part light and are here printed at y® End. There are some other 
things added, particularly two Instruments and M'. Thwaites's Notes 
upon y« Saxon Coyns published by S^. Andr. Fountaine. In w«** M^, 
Thwaites has observ'd divers things very well. — Trogus Pompejus 10 
mentioned by John Wethamstede in some Excerpta out of his Gran- 
arium, see MS. Bodl. NE. F. 2. 18 at y« beg. of y« s^ Excerpta. — . . • 

Feb. 9 (Men.). In order to carry on y« unworthy Promotions, 
the Queen, upon y« Recommendation of y^ L^. Pembroke, (who is 
not a man of y* deep Penetration, nor of y* profound Learning he 
is taken to be) has appointed M^ Tho. Milles the Rhapsodist to be 
Bp. of Waterford and Lismore in the Kingdom of Ireland, in room of 
D'. Foy deceas'd. Of this Place some years since was Bp. D'. Atherton, 
who had y® Misfortune to be hang'd for most infandous Crimes ; but 
there is this difference between y^ present new Bp. M'. Milles & him, ,0 
that whereas Atherton was a man of admirable Natural Parts, great 
Elocution, & equal Learning, and was not at all unqualify'd for 
a Bp, excepting his Want of Honesty, on y® other hand Milles has 
not one Qualification, either as to Parts, Learning, Prudence or Honesty, 
& I do (as also do others) really take him to be the most meanly fitted 
for Bp. that was ever preferr'd in this Manner from y® first Establish- 
ment of Episcopacy in these Parts. 

Feb. 10 (Tu.). Ab*. Gunns, the time of their Invention, see Voss. 
Epp. p. 424. Ep. CCCCLXXXIII.- Peter Needham y* ungratefull Wretch 
(as appears from his Geoponicks, the best part of y« Notes whereof he -^ 
had from the Pub. Library of Oxon. without acknowledgm*) & most 
ranck Whigg, is Nephew to M'. Nicholson of Univ. Coll. who tum'd 
Papist in King Charles y« 11^, time. 

Feb. 12 (Th.). M'. Harley has resigned the Office of Secretary 
of State, & 'tis thought will be succeeded by M'. Dalrimple one of y« 
Scotch Members of Parliament of Great Britain. 

Feb. 14 (Sat.). The Honble. M'. Boyle Chanc. of y® Excheq« 
is put into Secretary Harley's Place. At y^ same time y* M'. Harley 
resign'd there resigned also S'. Thomas Mansell Comptroller of her 
Majesty's Houshold. Since that S^. Simon Harcourt Attumey General 40 

Feb. 12. B. Boberts to H. (Rawl. 9. 36). * These parts are overgrown 
with Whigs, and in prudence I very little thwart them, but conceal my Prin- 
ciples till better times.' Sends directions for paying various small debts in 
Oxford. 

Feb. 14. Dp. Woodward to H. (Rawl. la. 87). Dr. King will show H. 
letters from Gronovius and Cuperus concerning the Shield ; asks for a few 
copies of the engraving. Commends L. Patarol's Series Augustorum, Augus' 
tarum, Caesarum, &c. (Venice 1702). 

^ Not Elstob, but D^ Hickes himself was Author, as I am since informM. 



94 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

and M'. S*. John's Secretary of War have resigned. All wch Resignations 
were made much ag* y« Queen's Desire; but she could not resist 
y® Request & Motion of two Great Men, who manage every thing, y* 
*D. of M. and The \A} Tr. - The Bp». of Exeter, A: Norwich 
were consecrated this day sennight; & two or three days after the 
Bp. of Chester. 

Feb. 16 (Sun.). There is lately printed and publish'd (half a Sheet 
in 8^o.) a Papnphlett call'd Predictions for y Year 1708. By Isaac 
Bickerstaff, Esq'. 'Tis a merry Banter upon Astrology & is much 

10 bought up. I am told an old Gentleman of Camb. is Author. — A 
Second Vol. of y« Phoenix, containing divers scarce Papers, &c. was 
lately publish'd. The Publisher M'. Collins, who is of Deistical Re- 
publican Principles, & 'tis s<* had a very great Hand in y® Rights of 
y Church. — . . . There was one Traheme (Tho.) of Braz. Nose Coll. 
Qusere whether he was author of a Book call'd XHan Eihicks ? — 
Trelawny (S^. Jonathan,) Baronet, was Student of X* Church, and 
from thence made Bp. of Bristol (quaere whether by K. Charles II. 
or 'K. James?) afterwards by King W«a. translated to ye Bpprick of 
Exofi. He was one of those popular Bp«. y* were put in y« Tower 

ao upon Account of King James's declaration for Liberty of Conscience. 
He sat in y* See of Exon several years, & did some good offices for 
y® Church in it, but a great many more bad ones. At length, for 
betraying the Interest of old England & promoting y« Designs of y« 
\A, Treasurer Godolphin, & y« base corrupt Court, he was preferr'd 
to y« Bpprick of Winchester, w^* he was by no means qualify'd for, 
either upon y« Score of Learning, Religion, Probity or even common 
Discretion. One Instance of tiiis may be his taking I>. Newey, 
amply preferr'd in y« Church of Exeter, & a libertine divine, (yclipit 
Dick Duke, who was Prebendary of Gloucester and had a good Living) 

30 to be his Domestick Chaplains, when there were so many worthy Men 
in y« University better fitted for y* Imployment & without y® least 
Prospect of any Preferment He has publish'd a Sermon or two. — 
Tully (Geo.) Fellow of Queen's Coll., Nephew to D'. Tho. TuUy 
principal of Edm. Hall, was a noted, florid Preacher in the Beginning 
of King James 11^'". Reign. A little after he became Fellow of Queen's 
he was made Chaplain to ArchbP. Sterne, who gave him some litUe 

Feb. 16. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 12). Takes the Cemura Temp. 
to be an honest, useful paper. Has also * read over another Paper in V^ writ 
by Mr. Bickerstaff, which is a good Banter upon y« Astrologers and is much 
bought up in this place.' Mr. Hall b resolved to publish Leland de ScriptorihiUf 
which is a pity if Mr. Tanner really intends to put it into the press speedily. 
Mr. Wotton*s conspectus of Hickes* Thesaurus (as also the notes, ?by Wm. 
Ebtob) a very mean performance. Several of Mr. Thwaites' observations on 
the Saxon coins ridiculous. He indulges conjecture too much ; e,g, his view 
that the passage in Quintilian concerning Livy beginning his History with an 
Hexameter Verse is spurious, is wholly unsupported by the MSS. Please 
send remarks on the Greek inscriptions, and on the Fragments of Livy as col- 
lected by H. Vifw of London done by a bookseller; fears that the continuation 
of Weever will not be * an absolute *worA,* 



* Duke of Marlborough. » Treasurer Godolphin. • By King James. 



Peb. 14-20.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 193-203. 95 

Preferment in y« Church of York ; but y« ArchbP. dying a Jittle time 
after M^. Tully returned to Oxoft. and married a beautiful! Woman, 
one M». Witty. While he liv*d in Oxon he U8*d now and then to 
get a turn of preaching before y« University. One of his Sermons 
being very severe against Popery, which is printed, King James caus'd 
him to be suspended from his Preferment in York; which made him 
a bitter Enemy to y« said Prince, and moreover even to Monarchical 
Government it self. Upon y* Revolution, I think, he got a Lectureship 
in New-Castle, and a Living call*d Gateshead near New-Castle. He 
herded with y« Fanetical Tribe of y* Towne, and grew very dissolute 10 
in his Life and Conversation. He has printed two or three other Sermons, 
and a Discourse About y* Government of y« Thought. — Thomas 
Tully, A.M. of Edm. Hall, Nephew likewise to Principal Tully, became 
Chaplain to D'. Rainbowe, Bp. of Carlisle, and was preferred by him 
to y« Chancellorship of y* Church. He was always a Favourer of 
the Whiggish Interest in those Parts, and by the L<*. Lonsdale was 
made Chaplain to y* Mongrel King, call'd William III'. By this 
means he got a good Living, but his Preferment being very remote 
from London I think he quitted his Chaplamship a little after. He 
has printed a Sermon upon y« Funeral of Bp. Rainbow, and added ao 
to it an Account of his Life : both trite stuff and mean Performances. — 
Francis Turner, of New Coll., afterwards Bp. of Ely. Quaere what 
Ant Wood has sd of him? - Tyler (John) of Magd. Coll. now Bp. 
of Landaff. Qu. whether he has printed any thing ? — Tyson (Edw.), 
A.M. of Magd. Hall became a Practitioner of Phys. in London, and 
rais*d himself to some Eminency. After this, by y® Perswasion of some 
intimate Friends, was prevail'd with to commence D^. of Phys. in 
Cambridge. Being a Man of Parts and Ingenuity he prepared his 
Exercise before he went down to y* University; but when he came 
there, (as he himself was pleas'd to tell his Friend and Fellow-Student 30 
Dr. Plott,) they would not let him do his Exercise, but insisted upon 
having his Money instead of it. Which I>. Tyson took so very ill 
y*, tho* he accepted of his Degree, as not knowing well how to avoid 
it, yet he frequently said y^ he could not well look upon himself as a 
Doctor of Physick. He has writ a great many things, partly printed 
in y« Phil. Transactions, and pardy by themselves, a Catalogue of w^^^ 
may be seen in his Book call'd Ouran-Outang. — Matthew Hole, 
late of Exon Coll., hath just publish'd Lectures upon y« Chiu'ch Cate- 
chism, 40. He hath also printed other things. 

Feb. 17 (Tu.). M'. Lesley in one of his last Rehearsals has very hand- 40 
somly and clearly vindicated M'. Dodwell's Ep. Discourse cone, the 
Soul from the Attacks of his pert, ignorant answerers. 

Peb. 20 (Fri.). Mr. Walpoole is made Secretary of War in room of M'. 
St. John's. — Old Glossary for y« Latin Tongue, MS. Laud. D. 47, 
Baroc. 50. p. 109. b, Laud. D. 63, G. 71, Super Art 67. p. 138 b. Mus. 92, 
152. p. 192. Jun. 116. O. Jun. 117. G. — Ad lib. i. Carminum Horaiij, in 
od. ad Iccium in y* last verse 'tis in y» common Editions lendis ; but in 
Lambin's iemnis^ as Victorius would also have it read. See how 'tis in 
MSS. Bodlejanis. 



96 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

Feb. 26 (Th.). Last Week, on Wednesd. died S^. Edw. Seymour, of a 
great Age, at his Seat at Maiden-Bradley in Wilts. He burnt his Will a 
day or two before ; & his Estate comes to his Son, a worthy Gentle- 
man. — . . . Inscriptio de Bacchanalibus explicata . .. . . [204-208.] — In y® 
Coyn ingrav'd by S^. A. Fountaine p. 162. Diss. Ep. on both sides appear 
GO & just under y« Chin xloJo, without v s on one side, or a 8 on y« 
other, as Burghers has represented it ... . 

March 4 (Th.). Cod. MS. Baroc. 47. contains a Paraphrase upon 

Homer in Greek : In wch oftentimes are added in y« Margin & oftentimes 

10 between y« lines by y« same Hand Synonymous Words and Explications 

Feb. 21. Prof. D. Gregory to H. (Rawl. 6. 157). ' In the beginning of 
the last week, before I left Oxford, I subscribed for a Livy in large paper, and 

Eay'd you ten shillings in hand. The Nofe which I then got from you is ^llen 
y hand : but I hope you will by your letter make it up, by owning what I 
now have said.' Please bespeak two large-paper copies of Clarendon in 8vo. 
I presume the University keeps some (as in the former editions) for this very 
purpose to supply scholars that desire it ? 

Feb. 21. • Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 87). Sends notes on the Dublin 
busts. Numerous inscriptions lately transcribed at Aphrodisias by gentlemen 
of the factory of Smyrna, which should be incorporated in a new edition of the 
Marmora. Has again refused to communicate Bp. Cosin's papers to Mr. W — . 
* There is no such man as Isaac Bickerstaffe Enquire. The productions of 
this jocular Author, thousands of w^'^ have been sold here, are pure invention, 
and published to cheat people of their pence, and amuse the mob.' Bp. Nicol- 
son, though cast, will not take off the excommunication of Dr. Todd, who, if 
he were discharged, would set immediately upon printing his Notitia of the 
Diocese qf Carlisle, Wishes that Leland de Scriptoribus were published, though 
he cannot approve of Mr. Hall's disingenuity. Mr. Wotton's Conspectus brevls 
of Dr. Hickes' great work is trivial ; the notes to the notitia in the Acta 
Enuiitorum were written by Hickes himself. Thwaites a man of fancy. 
Hutton's Vie<w of London a slight performance ; has not heard of any design for 
carrying on Weever's Essay all over England. Please consult Actio in H, Can- 
nettum (Life of Camden, xliv). 

Feb. 23. Pat Gk>rdon to H. (Rawl. 6. 109). H. seems to have been out 
of humour when he wrote last ; remarks on H.'s Livy and on Grabe's Penta- 
teuch and Dissertation on the LX X. < I thank you for the account you gave 
me of New-books, tho* they are pretty much out of my way ... I want to 
know what the Learned world saith of Mr. Collier's Church Hist, of great 
Brittain, and how Mr. Echard's Hist, of England takes.* 

Feb. 28. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 1 3). Thanks for notes on Dublin 
busts. A new edition of the Oxford Marbles would be for the credit of the 
University. Remarks on Mr. Watt's * base disingenuous dealing by him.' Mr. 
Hall fit enough to print Leland. Sorry Dr. Hickes should condescend to 
write notes on Wotton's Conspectus brrvis. Several of Thwaites' conjectures 
on the Saxon coins extravagant ; certain additions in the representation of 
the golden piece of Edward the Confessor in our Archives probably due to 
Thwaites, who directed the engraving, and used to sit by Burghers when at 
work. Dodwell now inclinable to print Barnabas. 

Mar. 1. Mary Cherry to H. (Rawl. 4. 78). Thanks for H.'s trouble in 
her late brother's affairs. 

Mar. 4. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 28). Will be able to do all in the 
Bodleian relating to Homer. Sends Iliad Book i collated with. the Baroccian 
MS., and one of Laud's, together with a specimen of the Paraphrase. Literary 
notes. * I think by and by to walk to Heddington, where we will remember 
you both.' 



I«eb.ae-Mapch7.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 203^21 i. 97 

of some Passages in red Letters. 'Tis a Paper MS*, and writ. betw. 3 and 
400 Years since. The Author unknown ; but, as I found upon colladng 
some part, the Interpretation is much like Didymus's, & was in all likely- 
hood taken from it, y^ Author sometimes however using his own Expres- 
sions. — A little time since Mulles writ a Letter to y« Vice-Chanc. 
signifying y* he had designed to preach in his own turn, but y* being 
hinder'd by Business he desir'd him to put up whom he pleas'd. The 
Letter was directed for y« Reverend D'. Lancaster, w*lk)ut any Specifica- 
tion of Vice-Chancellor or Provost of Queen's. Much ab* y« same time 
S'. Andrew Fountaine writ to M^. Thwaites telling him that he had been 10 
with Bp. MiUes & told him y*.her Majesty had pitch'd upon Mr. Thwaites 
for Professor of Greek, & y* he hop'd his L^ship (Milles) would resign y* 
Seals ; but he refiis'd & said he would continue Greek Professor, having 
no manner of reason to do M^. Thwaites any such Kindness, he having 
been a great Instrument in getting his Degree deny'd in Oxon. Thwaites 
writ S^. Andrew a very civil Letter, shewing y* Milles's being deny'd was 
to be attributed to himself, by his affront upon y« University, y* he had 
crept into his Acquaintance without his seeking, & pretended to be his 
Friend for about eight years ; y* he never rec** any y« least real Friendship 
from Milles but y« quite contrary by his undermining, malicious tricks, ao 
(just as he had dealt by M'. Dodwell, whom he has abus'd at y^ highest 
rate, which however W^, Dodw. will pardon in hopes he will prove a better 
Bp. than he has done a Friend) one of w^h was his getting two or three 
Colleges in Oxon to be M'. Thwaites's Enemies by a stoiy told by Milles 
'relating to M^^. Geo. Clarke. — When Mulles was with some Gentiemen y* 
were M'. Thwaites's particular Friends a Discourse arising about Mr. 
Thwaites y« Gentlemen said, y* Mr. Thwaites had undergone his affliction 
with wonderfull courage. Mulles maintained (after his usual way) that 
twas not Courage but Obstinacy. 

[Editions of classical authors in Coll. Coddrington's Study. . .] 30 

March 6 (Fri.). This Morning ab* one Clock died D^. W™. Breach a 
noted Physitian and Student in X* Church. He was buried on Friday 5 
Clock in y« Evening March. 18. He died worth about 5 or 6 thousand 
pounds w<^h comes to his two Sisters & a niece, he dying intestate .... 

Maroh 7 (Sun.). The first Edition of Plin/s Epistles came out at 
Bononia, by y« Care of P. Beroaldus, m y» year 1498, 40. This Edition, 
w«h is very different from all y® Common Editions, contains only 9 Books, 
A yt w«h commonly goes under y« name of y« 8*h is there call'd the 
pth A vice versa, & they are both plac'd accordingly. Foiu* years after the 

Maroh 6. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 8S). Will be glad to see the 
text of Dodwell's edition of the Epistle of St. Barnabas, but is anxious as to 
the commentary. Cannot ye^ determine how to dispose of St. Ignatius. H« 
has thoroughly overthrown Thwaites* conjecture about the golden Saxon coin. 
In Cemura temporum Numb. II. the author flags very much from his first per- 
formance. Hears that Caelius Aur. is printing in Holland. Memoirs of the 
family of Cavendish published by Kennett at the end of the Funeral Sermon 
Ac, for which he received 50 gs. Notes on Cavendish's Life of Wolsey, Is 
An Account of the Examinations and Confessions of the Powder^Traitors in Bodley ? 
Glad to hear that Rights of the Church is to be censured by Convocation at 
Oxford. 

VOL. u. H 



98 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, [1708: 

\o^ Book was Publish'd in 4*0 by Hieronymus Avantius Veronensis, but 
y« order of the Epistles is quite different from the later Editions. (It 
beginns with the Epistle de lacu Nicomedensium (reckoned here Ep. 
XXVII without any Episdes preceding, by vf^ it should seem y« MS* was 
imperfect) cujus princ. Intuenti mihi if fortuna ituB^ ifc, I have this 
bound up w*li Beroaldus's Ed. of y® 9 Books. (The Panegyrick wanting.) 
In y® Margin of y« sd Copy w^^ I have are divers MSS. lections & correc- 
tions by some learned Hand. This Book confirms M^. Dodwell's Opinion 
in his Annales Plin. w^^^ I have formerly look'd over y* Pliny's Episdes, 
10 (qwB h Plinio ipso collects Sfpuhltcata sunt non servato Umporis ordine, L i. 
£p. i) have been put by the Editors into a different order from y* in w^ 
Pliny plac'd y^ himself. — Happening to be w*l» M'. Johnson, the Editor 
of Sophocles, last night he spoke somewhat slightingly of M'. Josuah 
Barnes of Cambridge, & of Mr. Upton late of Eaton, and said that he 
had discovered a great many considerable Faults in M'f. Barnes's Anacreon, 
ic talk'd much of himself. . . . 

March 10 (Wed.). D^. Beveridge Bp. of St. Asaph died Saturday 
Morning last, in y« 71"* Year of his Age. ... — Marm. Oxon. p. 277 . . . 

Maroh 12 (Fri.). [Books in the Bodleian Library on the history of the 
ao Gunpowder Plot &c.]. . . . 

Karoh 13 (Sat). The present Vice-Chanc. (D'. Lancaster) was y® 
Person who preach'd before y® University y» Thanksgiving Sermon 
for y« Birth of y® Pr. of Wales ; & he is the first Mover now for an Address 
tp be made by y® University to y« Q. upon Ace* of an Invasion discours'd 
of. — The Life of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish, one of his 
Gentlemen Ushers, MS. I. 66. Laud. His Picture Engrav'd by Ren. 
Elstrack is pasted in at the beginning, but 'tis not so well done as that in 
Monsieur de Larrey. — That in Bodley's Archives (B. 182.) is a Trans- 
cript, but faulty and wants about a Leaf at y« Beginning. — Not specified 
30 there who was Author. — At 9 Clock this Morning was a Convocation 



March 9. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 27). Loth to venture an opinion 
on the Inscription of Gronovius. Does not desire Dr. Hudson to trouble 
himself concerning Barnabas if the booksellers in Oxford be unwilling to un- 
dertake it. Remarks on Liry, and gives references for his Catonian chrono- 
logy. Mr. Chishull unreclaimable. 

March II. Bagfbrd to H. (RawL ai. 3). Asks for translation of any pas- 
sage in Greek or Latin relating to the antiguity of paper, parchment, or ink. 
Has been very curious in his observations of bindings ; sends remarks on two 
in Bennet Coll. Has sent specimens of old paper (for water-marks &c.), an 
old Josephus for Dr. Hudson, &c. Messages to Thwaites, Gharlett and other 
friends. 

March 13. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawi. 38. 14). Part H of Ceiuura Tern- 
porum very inferior to Part L His Oxford ^end pursues his design of cor- 
recting &c. Caelius Aur. Never much admired anything of Dr. Kennetfs. 
Remarks on MS. copies of Cavendish's Life of Wohty, The only piece in 
Bodley relating to the Powder-Treason S. 10. Jur. Narratio fidelis (4to). 
* This day an Address to the Q^ occasion'd by the talk'd of Invasion, pass'd 
the Convocation, and the Vice-Cbanc. &c. go with it on Monday next The 
Vice-Chanc. was the first mover for it, and drew it up himself: which is the 
more remarkable, because he was the Person that preach'd before the Univer- 
sity on the Thanksgiving day for the Birth of the P. of W. He expects a 



JUW117-20.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 214-223. 99 

in w«i» the Address to y« Queen, drawn up by I>. Lancaster Wmsetf, was 
read & agreed to. 

A NEW BALLAD TO Y« TUNE OF CHICVY GHACE. 

Wn Good Quaen Bess did nik this The General Aoaght 'twixt hopes & fear* 

Laod, High Word* would gain upon her : 

A Ladv of great Fame ; The Queen took Courage, box't his Ears 

There lird a Man of great Connnand, And bid him learn more manners. 
And Essex was his Name. 

He pu£rd & blow*d, complain'd of Fate 

This Essex did some wondrous things, Ajid his hard usage too :- 

By Sea and Land he fought, Swore she should move some Min'sters 10 

He served y* French, drabb*d Spankh of State : 

Kings, But that she would not doe. 
But did not this for nought. 

He Treason hatch d and often spread : 

Places and Pensions, Grants good store When to prevent this Evil, 

The Queen did give unto him ; The Queen enrag*d, lopt off his Head, 

The more he bad» he crav*d y more, ^ And then he was mofe civil. 

Which did at last undo him ; ^^ 

Thus reign'd Queen Bess : thus blest by 

This Earl grew proud A: not content Go^ 

With his too nappy Case : Her Snbjects Hearts she won. 

His power made him insolent. She bid her Generals talk big abroad, 20 

Wliich did y* Queen amaze. But here she'd rule alone. 

March 20 (Bat.). On Monday the Vice-Chanc. Dean of X^ Church, 
ft some other of our Heads went up to London w^ their Address, whkh 
is printed in Last Night's Gazette. — Rich. Crooke of King's Coll. Cam* 
bridge was y« first publick Orator of y* University, a man highly honoured 
in y« Records of y* University. He first brought y« Greek Tongue into 
Germany, & taught y« famous Joach. Camerarius Greek. One Aldrich 
was a famous Man in Hen. Vlllth's time. Quaere what he has writ ? 
(Vide Mountague of Tyths ag*. Selden, pag. 116, ii7,Ed. 1621.)— Some 
say the Author of y® Etymologicon Magnum was Marcus Musurus, but Bp. 30 
Mountague thinks 'twas done by some older Grammarian. Vide ibid. p. 
164. — For original of Paper vide notas in Liv. Ed Oxon. p. 243. — An 



BPPrt<*; and w* will not that do amongst some Men?' Sorry for death of 
Dr. Beveridge, 'About one Clock on friday Morning 5**^ Instant died sud- 
denly D*. W"". Breach Student, and a noted Physitian of Christ Church. He 
made no Will, but left a great deal of Wealth. His Estate goes to his Bro- 
ther, a common Souldier (which service he has been in about 40 years) now 
at Lisbon, and the rest will be divided betw. him and a sister or two.' 

March 20. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 89). ' In these difficult and 
troublesome times, notwithstanding the danger, to w^i^ I am exposed, I thank 
God, I retaine a perfect serenity of mind, am prepared, the grace of God as- 
sisting mee, to undergo the utmost rigour of the new ActSy if they shal thinke 
fit to execute them upon mee : supporting myselfe with that divine Sentence 
of S*. Paul, oSbafUv &Ti rois aycar&at rhv Qf6p ndvra avvtpyti tls 6yaB6v : W* 
containes in it more solid ground of comfort, than all the flourishes of Seneca 
or Emctetus.' Remarks on a just censure of Kennett's reflections on Mary 
O. of Scots and James I. Portrait of Wolsey in the President's lodgings at 
Magdalen. What about Wolsey's Life ? Is amazed at the Address of the 
University. 

* Other[s] read it, And then he wen/ unioy Devil, 

H 2 



lOO HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

Excellt. Picture of Cardinal Wolsey (only half his Face) at S^. John 
Osbom's of Chicksand in Bedfordshire. 

Maroh 22 (Mon.). The French King having set out a Navy to Land 
upon Scotland w*!^ the P. of Wales, (who had promises from a great 
number in y* Kingdom) it miscarry'd by reason of a storm &c. and a Ship 
was taken w*'^ they had lately taken from us, viz. y« Salisbury, in wc" 
were about 700 Men, amongst whom the \A Griffin, a very wordiy honest 
good natur'd Gentleman, the Ld. Middleton's two sons &c. all which 'tis 
expected will be sacrific'd by y« Fanatick Republican Party, (quod avertat 
10 Deus.) 

SUCCESSION OF THE KINGS & Q". OF ENGLAND. 

Bis Will. I Hen. Steph. Hen. | Rich. Jo. Hen. | Ed. tria Richard. 
Hen tria. | bisque Ed. | Rich. Hen. bis. | Ed. Mar. | ^ Elque Jacobus . . . 

March 24 (Th.). This day M' Lindsey was Elected Bursar of Uni- 
versity Coll. for y« Ensuing Year, in room of D^. Hudson, who performed 
that Office for two years with great care & Fidelity, to y« no small Benefit 
of the College. — D'. Kennett in Parochial Antiq. p. 316 has given the 
following specimen of the old Taxation Book by Pope Nicholas, (in Bib. 
Bodl.) [Heame gives the true readings of the MS. as compared with 
30 Kennetrs readings.] . . . 

March 28 (Siin.). This Last Week M'. Edw. Thwaites A.M. & 
Fellow of Queen's had y« Seals brought him for being Greek Professor in 
this University in room of MiUes preferred to y«Bpprick of Waterford. 

Maroh 31 (Wed.). Just come out in London in 80. in a most neat 
Character CI. Quilleti Callipaedia. Formerly printed in France and after- 
wards in Holland at .Leyden under y® false Name of Calvidius Letus. 



March 24. Bev. J. Bear to H. (Rawl. a. 10). [In Latin]. Asks for in- 
formation concerning H.'s forthcoming edition of Cicero, and Dr. Hudson, 
* editorum sui seculi decus.' 

Maroh 28. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 15). Sends a passage fronf 
the old Valor Bentficiorum by Pope Nicolaus in Bodley, parallel with Dr. 
Kennett's transcript in Par. Antiq., to show how * unaccurate ' the Doctor is. 
The hook would have been fuller of faults had not Dr. Mill taken particular 
care of some things. Believes the Glossary to be owing in great measure to 
MS. notes inserted in a copy of Skinner's Glossary formerly in Dr. Mill's 
hands (? where now). Thanks for mem. of Wolsey's picture ; believes that 
the projected Life of the Cardinal will come to nothing. Returns letters, and 
sends copy of engraving of Woodward's shield. 

April 8. B^v. Wilfrid Iiawson (of Galtrum) to Hudson (Rawl. 7. 152). 
Apologizes for his ignorance in applying for his recommendation to Bp. MiUes. 
Describes Dean Steame as *an extraordinary person, Learned & modest, 
& the more extraordinary for y« last Quality w«*» is of so rare a growth in 
y« Soyl & Climate ... I perceive you take Ireland to be still Insula Sanc- 
torum, and because it admitts of no venomous beasts, therefore it cannot har- 
bour humane venom, but perhaps y« less of natural, the more there is of moral 
poyson, especially among an order of men who are bid to be like serpents ; 6e 
ye WUe as Sfc. and for your English plants being translated hither, its very 

1 Al. Elza. 



March 20-AprUU.] VOLUME XVI, PAGES 223^250: .<',, lOl 

April 11 (Siin.). This day being y« day for repeating y« Leni^Ssrmons 
before y^ University y« Business was perform'd by one Hutchins<ii,Fellow 
of Queen's, and Chaplain to S^ Steph. Fox, who did it well enoug6y.lbo' 
the Sermons were but indifferent as being (the three last especially) akliost 
impertinent & foreign to y« time. — M'. Hoadley has lately printed a . 
Sermon in which he has an animadversion on y® last smooth booted, snea^- ' 
ing Oxford Address, drawn up by Lancaster, for whom 'tis impossible to , * 
clear y« Scandal hereby given, it being most absurd, & ridiculous for those :' 
to speak against Revolution Principles who were for it when the Dutch 
Pretender came into England. — lo 

Thd Song call'd, ITte Boards Heady sung every year on Christmas day 
and three or four days before by the Taberders of Queen's Coll., accord- 
ing to ancient Custome. 

The 6oar*8 Head in hand bear I Being thus bedeck't with a Gay Garland 

Bedeck' t with Bayes & Rosemary ; Let ns servire cantico. 

And I pray ye my Masters merry be Caput &c. 

Quot estis in convivio. ^ r. « , . , , , . 

Caput apri defero <^r Steward has provided this 

Reddens laudes dommo. 1° honour of y* King of Bliss, 

Which on this day to be served is 

The Boar's Head as I understand In Reginensis Atrio. . jq 

Is J* bravest dish in all y* Land : Caput &c 



much if a sound healthy one dent degenerate upon y® remove to y* Soyl and 
clymate, but that this air or Soyl should restore or recover one whose out- 
ward hew & Aspect does bewray y* inward distemper & rottenness, would 
be a Prodigy allmost as great as y" Subject we are upon.' Recommendations 
will oblige to the Lord Primate, Bps. Crow, Morton &c. 

April 8. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 90). Has received Pratt's Re- 
flections on Kennett, and is extremely well pleased with H.'s exposure of the 
blunders in K.'s specimen. Will send the papers to H. by a safe conveyance. 
Reported that Thwaites will be Greek professor, through the V. C. and the 
Address. Presumes that Livy will be published by the Act. Would not have 
H. be lavish in his commendation of Woodward. 

April 7. J. J., C[lare] H[aU], Cambridge, to . . . (Rawl. 7. 83). List 
of * The Books now in our Press.' * Not much News stirring among Us. The 
Right Reverend Dr. Moor will settle at His House in Ely for the Summ' very 
shortly, and He makes His Primary Visitation soon after Trinity Sunday. 
Mr. Harvey, Eldest Son to My Lord Harvey Baron of Ickworth, will be ad- 
mitted a Nobleman of our Colledge, a Week or two hence, and the Learned 
M'. Richd Laughton is to be Tutor to Him. We are beautifying our College, 
and the Avenues to it, for the Reception of My Lord of Ely (once Fellow of 
Our House) who will doe Us the Honor to lodge with Us, when He holds His 
Visitation. The Learned D'. Croon, once of Emanuel College, has left aoo^. 
per Annum for Eight Lectures in Algebra, in so many Colleges, of this Uni- 
▼ersity, & Emanuel, Kings, S^. Johns, & Trinity are to be of the Quorum.' 

April 8. Bear to H. (Rawl. a. 11). Orders 3 small-paper Livys. Sug- 
gestions for getting subscriptions for Livy and Cicero. Would like to see ' 
Plutarch published in 1 3 or 14 vols, from the Theatre. Dr. Hudson's Josephus 
will highly oblige the English clergy. 

April [10]. Obadiah Oddy to H. (Rawl. 8. 169). Would be glad to 
hear of a good Hospes at Oxford, as he designs to see H. shortly. Admires 
bis Livy. Dio is finished, except the Index. Please excuse a ' Dithyrambick 
Rhodomontade, as writ over a Glasse, on purpose to make you laugh.' Is 
anxious to get the Florentine MS. collated. 



loa :•. •. HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [17O8 : 

• • •^ 

VOIi. XV 11. 

.,T&fe Printers say they had 18 shillings per sheet for composing lA, 

Clarendon's History. They had 15 shillings per sheet for composing 

•.^ Pliny's Epistles. 16 shillings for Livy per sheet. M'. Thorpe gave but 

***i.o pence per hundred for working off his Plates to Schutzer. The 

%. 't^rinters say ]>. Mill paid io». per sheet for composing the text and notes 

!• at Bottom of y« New Test. Bennett pd 1 2". per sheet for composing 

Thucydides. . . . 

Apr. 14 (Wed.), 1708. 

A Catch upon the Scots. 
10 Three py*d Lice 

Bred at Dundee, 
I took *em up at Edenborough 
And cany'd em all y* country thorough. 
Three, ^c. 

— For M^f. Bugg's Book call'd Goliah he pd but i3«. for Composing, & 
all other things belonging to the Press, and for Paper seven shillings per 
Ream. 

[Gold coins, of Valens and Valentinian, in the possession of Mr. Wase, of 
Corpus.] . . . 

ao Jonathan Swift (Dr. of Div.) was of Hart Hall in Oxon. & writ y® Book 
caird The Tale of a Tub, & that Jocular Pamphlett call'd Isaac Bicker- 
staffs Prcsdicitons, He likewise writ The Dissension between the Lords and 
Commons of Athens <£r Rome at y« Request of L*. Somers & lA, Berkley, 
he being then Chaplain to Ld. Berkley. The Reason of his Writing this 
last Book was y* y* House of Commons had at y* time impeach'd L^. 
Somers, L^. Hallifax, L^. Orford, & Portland. — ]>. Pridej^ux cannot 
now endure to hear of his £d. of Marmora Oxon. notw^tanding he has 
shewn great Learning in it, & far beyond his years, being then very 
young. But w* is the chief thing the transcripts were very negligentty^ 

30 perform'd. — In y« 1 1^. VoL of the Phoenix are two Papers which y« 
Publisher says are suppos'd to be M'. Hales's of Eaton. This was lately 
animadverted upon in one of y* Postmen. Upon w^k in a Post-Man 
since there is An advertisement inserted signifying y* the Authors w^ the 

April 12. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 39). Sends suggestions for Barnes 
* if his edition be intended to improve the Dutch 40 Homer; ' also for Dr. 
Hudson's editk)n of Dionysius Periegetes. 

[? o. April la.] H. to Dr. T. Bvaii^ (Rawl. 38. 16). Thwaites (actually 
Greek Prof.) has the chief hand in printing Leland. ' Mr, W. has troubled 
me two or three times since his Return from London with his nauseous Im- 
pertinences.' Returns inscriptions. Sends list (with notes) of books in the 
Press at Cambridge, including Bentley's Horace, Wasse's Satiiutf Barnes' Homer, 
Needham's Hieroclej, Whiston's New Theory qf the Earth cd. 2, and Sir Is. 
Newton's Principia ed. 2. ^ Specimens were likewise given out some time 
since for a famous and most accurate ed of Lucian's Works, in foL by Mr. 
Moses de Soul. But I am afraid this will miscarry, the Editor being now im- 
ploy'd in y« Family of y« R*. Hon^^® the Earl of Wharton. Ab* two years 
since I sent him the Copy of a very large Letter cooc. one Piece of Lucian 
writ by M'. Dodwelly to M'. Pet. King . ., which M'. D. gave roe free leave 
to let him have.' 



Applll4^a8.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 1*-10. 103 

Publisher depended upon are ]>. Heylin in his Life of ArchbP. Laud, Bp. 
Parker & M^f. Ant k Wood. — Martini \ Baumgarten Peregrinatio in 
^gyptum, Arabiam, Palaestinam & Syriam. North. 1594. 4*®. (Martinus 
k Baumgarten no obscure man & of good credit every way. His Book 
is not very common to be had, nor perchance very commonly known. 
See Meric Casaubon in his Treatise of Use and Custom, p. 34, Ed. Lond. 
1638. M'. Lock in his Essay about y« Understanding, b. i.e. 3. quotes 
the Voyage of Baumgarten as a Book not every day to be seen.) — . . . 
De natura populor. & de linguar. ortu atque immutatione, per Xtophonim 
Besoldum. Tubingen 1632. 40. Tell Mr Llhuyd of this. There are 10 
in it a great many things to his purpose [p. 129 mention of coins dug up 
near Tripoli ; p. 74 piece of a Saracen song.] . . . 

Apr. 19 (Men.). M'. Howell & some other Nonjurors are order'd by 
y« Ld. Mayor of London to have y« Oath of Abjuration tender'd to 'em, 
whereby they will be Papists convict if they refuse to take it, tho' we are 
assur'd on y« contrary y* several Roman Catholicks have taken it, by 
which they must be therefore reckoned as Protestants. — . . . M'. 
Downes of Baliol (Fellow there) a Nonjuror who has travell'd several 
times abroad with young Gendemen writ a small Book about y« Nature 
of Allegiance. His name not to it. . . . ao 

Apr. 21 (Wed.). Yesterday M'. Rob. Watts of S*. John's Coll. fa 
busy, pragmatical, conceited, confident Coxcomb, & Son of a Profess d 
Presbyterian) was deny'd his Degree of Bach, of Civ. Law in Congrega- 
tion. The Reason I hear is this that he said that the Dissenters had as 
much reason to seperate from the Church of England^ as the Church of 
England had to seperate from that of Rome, There are several Witnesses 
to attest the words. Besides other wicked tenets w<* he braggs of as y* 
Sidney & other Rebells were Martyrs, &c. . . . 

Apr. 23 (Pri.). This Morning ab* 3 Clock 1>. Royce, Dean of 
Bristol, Rector of Newington, & Provost of Oriel Coll. (a smooth Preacher, 30 
and a rank Whigg) died, having been struck about a Quarter of a year 
since w*h the Apoplexy. — D^. Levett, Dean of Bristoll and Principal of 
Magd. Hall, was Chaplain to the Earl of Clarendon and was with him in 
his Exile. — M". Wharton, Daughter of S'. Thomas Wharton, a York- 
shire Lady of seven Thousand Pounds Fortune refus'd to be marry 'd to 
an accomplished young Gentleman of three thousand Potmds per annum, 
because he is a Whigg. » One Kannell (Jos.) lately A.M. of Lincoln 



April 17. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 91). Bentley's Horace will 
probably be attacked by Gronovius. Commends St. Chrysostom yrrpl Upwrwrfu 
Is it true that Mill withdrew a draft of a different Dedication at the instance 
of Archbp. Tenison and Bp. Lloyd ? The Smyrna inscriptions have been sent 
to the Earl of Pembroke. Desires H. to send a brief list of his publications. 
Has receiTed through Mr. Lombard (Chaplain to Lord Raby and fellow of St. 
John's) a copy of Leibnitz' valuable Collection qf Writers relating to the History 
qf the Affairs of Brunswick, 

April 22. Barnes to H, (Rawl, 24. 13). Has written a poem--Greek 
heroics of about 200 vv. — to maintain a new point, viz. that Solomon in effect 
wrote Homer. Mrs. Barnes firmly believes Solomon in his Wisdome might 
make so usefull a jest. Advises H. never again to refuse such an offer as that 
of the chaplaincy of C. C. C. 



104 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

Coll. & a person much of y« same sense with Watts of S*. John's has 
published a silly,, snivelling Paper, which he calls The Case of the pretender 
stated^ in a sermon, &c. (He died not long after.) 

Apr. 29 (Th.). D'. W™. Fleetwood, Fellow of Eton Coll. and Canon 
of Wmdsor, is made Bp. of S*. Asaph in room of y^ most Learned & 
Pious ]>. Beveridge deceas'd. W®^ I>. Fleetwood is a man of time- 
serving Principles, a plausible Preacher, of some Learning in Antiquity, 
as appears from his Book, call'd Chronicon pretiosum & his Synopsis 
InscriptiQpum, tho' were it not in such an age as ours he would not be 
10 thought to have neare enough learning or other Qualifications for a Bp. 
— I^st Night between five & six Clock D'. Royce was buried in y® 
Chapell of Oriel Coll. The Speech was made by M'. Ibbetson Fellow 
of y* House, who some time since dedicated an Edition of Marcus 
Antoninus to y® D^. He spoke much in the D". Commendation ; but if 
you will enquire of impartial Men y* knew y® D'. they will tell you he 
deserv'd to have little said in his Praise. 

Apr. 80 (Fri.). On Wednesday last M' W™. Gregg the Scotch Man 
was hang'd for high-treason, tho' nothing was prov'd ag* him; nor 
indeed if any Proof had been offer'd would it have amounted to high- 
ao treason, the Act made in y« Reign of y® late K. W™. (of Glorious 
Memory as they term it) for making it high-treason to correspond by 
Letters with France exspiring w*^* y® late War. — [Note on Livy, 1. 37, c. 
3] ... At y® End of Philelphus's Ed. of Livy. . . . 



AprU 24. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 17). « The Report about D^ 
Mill is true. The Dedication was several times revis'd and alter'd by the Bp. 
of Worcester, who was then in Oxon. When the D'. went to London to wait 
upon the Q^ he left the Book he designed to present to her Maj. in the Book- 
binder's hands w**> Directions, when bound, how to be sent to him. After 
'twas bound he sent a Copy of the Dedication from London (different from 
the other) to M'. Pearce Vice-Principal of our Hall, and desir'd h^ would 
carry it with all speed to the Press, and take care that nobody but himself 
should see it, (particularly he cautionM him to hinder it's coming to the sight 
either of D'. Hudson or me). 'Twas quickly dispatch'd at y« Press, and a 
Copy given to the Binder, wno was forc'd, tho' not without some difficulty, 
(as he has since told me more than once) to take the other out and put in 
this, which has given so great offence to the true Members of the Ch. of Engl.' 
Has heard nothing concerning the Smyrna inscriptions. Wishes that Masson 
* would contrive to be short rather than long, and that his Lives were prefixed 
to the Editions of the respective Authors.' Sends a list of his own works. ' I 
have not yet seen M'. Lombard (who repeated the Easter Sermons at S*. 
Marye's 3 or 4 Years ago) to give him your Thanks.' Death of Dr. Royce. 
Mr. Watts twice denied the degree of B.C.L., and 'tis talked he will be denied 
the third time. He is said to have stiffly maintained in Company that * the 
DLsjenters bad as much reason to separate from the Church qf England , as ^ 
Church qfEngl, hadfromy qf Rome,* 

April 26. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 17). Dodwell's presentation 
copies. Death of Dr. Royce. Note and query on Livy 37. 3. Fears that 
Barnes* Homer will not go on for want of due encouragement, though * no 
man is more able.' It will be a great while before the Cambridge Lucian 
appears. What does Dodwell think of Nor^is on the Immortality of the 
Soul? 



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(PflDSD(£&^flDlfll(£: 

These Letters on a stone found lately under a Walnut tree rooted up 
in the Great Storm at Godstow in the Place where formerly the Chapell 
stood. It seems to have been y« Foimdation Stone of the Chaunterie & 
I believe the part lost had y« Name of y« Founder of y® Nunnery. 
Perhaps the I now remaining is the Initial letter of Ida, or Editha, who 
is sd to have founded it a.d. 1138. ab* y« 3d year of y« Reign of Hen. 2^. 
tho' Tho. Walsingham says (Hyp. Neustr. p. 56. Ed. Park.) 'twas founded 10 
by King John for Nuns to pray for y® Soul of Rosamund his Father's 
Concubine, & so the I will be the First Letter of this King's name. 

May 4 (Tu.). M'. Pittis has publish'd a Defence of his Vindication 
of Mr. Dodwell's Epistolary Discourse^ against M'. Chishuirs Reflections, 
in w«h he has sufficiently expos'd the Confidence, Pride, Ignorance, Envy, 
Malice, &c. of y* Pert Gentieman, & shew'd himself to be a Scholar & a 
man of Parts. His Name is prefix'd. 

May 6 (Th,). This Day M'. George Carter Fellow of Oriel College, 
and a worthy ingenious, sober Gentleman, and a good Scholar, was 
unanimously chosen Provost of Oriel Coll. — To the Charity Schoole at ao 
Windsor the Queen subscribes an hundred pounds per an. & y« Duke of 
Marlborough only five Pounds per annum. (N. B.) — The Register * of 
y« University being to read y« Precept for Choice of Parliam* Men in the 
Convocation of Oxon, w<* was in Latin he read y« words short as written 
(according to y® Lawyers way) & when he came to anno Domini 1 708 he 
read anno Domini in Latin but y^ Date (1708) in English (which made 
them all laugh. 

Letter from D' Smalridge in Behalf of M'. Robert Watts. 

Mr. Vick-Chanckllor,— I am desired by M'. Robert Watts of S*. John's 
College to attest what I know of his Affection to y* Church of England. 30 
I never saw M'. Watts before last Winter nor have I often conversed w**' 
him. He was pleas'd then to visit me twice or thrice at my house, & to com- 
municate to me some Papers which he had drawn up in defence of y* 
University and Church against y« Stricfura brrvej. He hath been very 
diligent and very successful] in collecting numerous Testimonies of forreign 
Reform'd Churches and Divines, in which they declare their Approbation of 
y« Church of England, and their Disapprobation of those who separate them- 
selves from her Conmiunion. He express'd an eager desire ot serving the 



May 1. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 92). Is not surprised that Mill 
was so wrought upon by the 'old Prophet' (Lloyd), as his fickleness had 
brought upon him the name of * Jonn^ fVmd-MUl ; ' he seems to have been 
afraid of P. Simon. Fears that Masson, who is competent and has a copy, 
will publish in Holland the Smyrna inscriptions. Will print St. Ignatius and 
Polycarp at Cambridge if the Greek types at the Theatre are fully employed 
by Hudson and Dodwell Will assist Mr. Wilkins in his Antiquities qf the. 
Church of Alexandria if he proves truly qualified. 



^ Ben Cooper, an ignorant, illiterate, Fellow, who knows not a word of Latin 
hardly. 



Io6 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 ; 

Church, either by writing himself in her Vindication, or by imparting the 
Materials he had gathered to any one else who would make use of them to y* 
good purpose. I spent many hours in looking over his Papers, and in discours- 
ing \vtt» him upon the subject of them, & he seem'd to me both by his 
Writings & by his discourse to have an hearty Zeal for y« Church & a just 
Abhorrence of that Schism which our Dissenters are guilty of in their cause- 
less seperation from it. I found no reason to suspect his sincerity, nor did 
I take him to have the knack of disguising his Sentiments. If there be any 
positive allegation against him I have nothing to say in answer to it, but being 

10 desir'd by him in a Letter which just now came to my hands to certifie w^ I 
knew, I could not in justice deny him so reasonable a Request I shall be 
very glad if anything I have here declared may be of service to one whom 
I am willing to believe, when he solemnly professes to me. That he abhors & 
detests y* ill Principles which he hears are laid to his Charge, & that he will 
always with God's Grace promote y^ Interest of y* Church to y* utmost of his 
Power. 

I am Reverend S' 

Your most humble senr* 

George Smalridge. 

3o Westminster, May y* i**, 1708. 

[M'. Watts* apologia in Latin, pp. 22-25] .. . 

May 7 (Pri.). M' Watts of S*. John's CoL having been denied his 
Degree y* 3^ lime, the reason was given into y« Vice-Chanc. namely y* 
which I have put down above. *Twas this day, in a very full Congrega- 
tion approved of, there being very few that were for him. Twas exspected 
speeches would have been made, w<^ no doubt there would had D^ 
Smalriches Letter been read w^h I have put down above, & M'. Watts's 
Profession of his Abhorrence of y« Doctrine charg'd against him been 
insisted on as 'twas not. The words were spoke last Michaelmass term, 

30 & 'twas just before or after Christmass that he waited upon D'. Smalridge 
with his Papers, being then apprehensive that he should be denied his 
Degree, & therefore he design'd to get a Certificate by this Means from 
y® D^. as he endeavoured to insinuate himself into y« Favour of divers 
other Honest Men, such as D'. Turner, President of Corpus, the Bp. of 
London, &c. But amongst them must not be forgot D^. Thomas Smith, 
the learned non-juror, to whom he carried his Papers much about y« 
time he waited upon I>. Smalridge, but he being sensible y* he might 
make use of his Name to his Disadvantage declin'd the reading of them 
or of lending him any of his own Papers as he requested. — This Day 

40 at 9 Clock Dr. John Potter y« Regius Professor made his Inaugural 
Speech in y« Divinity Schoole, in w«h he begun with the great Concern he 
was in for so weighty and great a Charge conferr'd upon him purely 
w*hout his seeking or Desire. After y* he hinted at y« Qualifications of 
a Divine, & asserted y* considering the universal Learning required 'twas 
impossible to say that there ever was or will be any one compleat in y* 
Profession. Next he proceeded to give an Account, I think from Wood's 
Antiq. of his Predecessors, beginning wth ye last & so carrying them up 
backwards. That done he again express't his unqualification for y« 
Place, yet said y* since Providence had rais'd him to y« Place, he would 

50 make it his whole Business to answer y« Expectations w^h might be 
rais'd of him, & at last laid down y« Heads he would insist upon in his 
Lectures, viz. The Defence of the Holy Scriptures, & y« explaining of y« 



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Fathers, in w«l» he designs to clear y« most obscure Passages & vindicate 
j« fW>m y^ misrepresentations of Heredcks, Schismaticks, &c. 'Twas a 
very flat immethodical, & poor leaden Discourse (such as was made by 
D^f. Hoyle in 1648. when he succeeded D'. Sanderson.) And how he 
can be said to be a modest Man I cannot see, having declin*d nothing y^ 
has been offer'd him, he having now lately had y« rich Parsonage of New- 
ington conferr'd on him (being as good again as Monks risborough, w<^ 
Monks risborough is given to one Mandeville (loaded w*h other Prefer- 
ments) a pitifull, sneaking, whining Puritan, related to y® Loggerhead at 
Lambeth, which he must now leave.) It looks rather y^ he is an am- 10 
bitious, conceited, proud Man. But let us not judge. » 

Books in Merton Coll. Library to be consulted, Parker's Antiq. Brit. 
£ccL Lond. Rob. Stef^ens's Rhetorick Gallice. Simon Bosius in 
Ciceronis Epistolas ad Atticum. 

May 8 (Sat). On Wednesday last a Paper was publish'd in London 
left behind by M'. Wm. Gregg, diflferent from either that publish'd by y» 
Sheriff or by y« Ordinary, which pleases all honest Men. In it after 
asking Forgiveness of God & y* Queen he clears M'. Rob. Harley, 
saying that he knew nothing either direcdy or indirecdy of his corre- 
sponding by Letters with France, 8c that upon his confinement God was 30 
pleas'd so powerfully to touch him y^ he could not prostitute his Con- 
science to save his Life, which plainly implys y* great offers were 
made. * Admiral Bing was Page to the Lady Middleton. » Memor- 
andum that on Wednesday last between 4 and 5 Clock M^*. Watts came 
to me at y« Publick Library and desir'd of me whether I were a Congre- 
gation Man. I told him y* my Regency was expir'd, and y* besides if 
I were he must not expect I should favour a Cause so pernicious to y® 
Church and University. He did not deny but y* he spoke y« Words 
objected against him, A moreover told me yt I and some others 
carried Passive Obedience too high. I ask'd him whether he were for 30 
Passive Obedience ^ He said he was, but in a qualify'd sense, so as y* a 
sovereign Prince might be resisted when it plainly appear'd for y« good 
of y® Country. This Answer made tp me with great Pertness & 
forwardness, & an eager desire of running on farther, mov'd me so 
much y^ I desir'd him to be gone, adding yt I would talk w^ him no 
more. — 

Out of MuDes's (alias Tho. Waterford's) Letter to I>. Arthur 
Chariett :— 

Somebody^ orother has given an account i^/v of a very great Indiscretion, which 
was reported of D'. Hudson that he drank the Pretender's health & Succeu ^ 4^ 



May 8. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. 3. 96^. Subscription lies now under 
great disadvantages, by reason of some knavish tricks that have been played 
here in Town hj some indigent booksellers. Gives ' a short History of that 
Paper call'd Jos. Cannell's Sermon.' Mr. Fox preferred to the living of 
Boscum, Wilts (value j^ioo per annum). 



* That is Malles bimtelf ; Tor I believe the Report would never have went thither 
tmleu be had carried it. 

' Suuiss : that word I suppose was added ^by him, for that was never in y* Report 
cnrnuit in England, y* Health being supposed to have been drunk two ycait agoe. 



lo8 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

which has open'd the Mouths^ of many against the university, and ^my 
having been acquainted <u/^ bim has been mentioned to me by some of the 
chief Men here. Indeed I think the D'. would do very well by advertisement 
or some other publick way to vindicate himself from so scandalous an Imputa- 
tion. 

May 12 (Wed.). This day at one a Clock M'. Thwaites Greek 
Professor made his Inaugural Speech, which was nothing else but an 
History of y* Greek tongue in y« old beaten road, which seems to have 
been y« reason why he kept it private, no one knowing hardly of it till 
10 just before, not thinking he would have chosen this day but Saturday 
which Dr. Hody Ac. us'd to read on. 

Kay 16 (Sun.). This Morning a certain conceited, muddy-headed 
Person, lately fellow of Exeter Coll. called Thomas Wise preach'd at 
S*. Maries before y« University. His Discourse I am told was at least 
an hour and a Quarter long (w<:h is the usual time he allows for his 



May 9. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 18). Mr. Watts has been denied 
his degree the third time, without any public Vmdicator of him, for the rea^n 
already mentioned. Sends copy of a letter in Mr. Watts's favour addressed by 
Dr. Smalridge to the V. C. * Mr. Wilkin has been a student in the Library 
about a year . . He is between twenty and thirty Years of Age, is of a civil, 
Courteous, and modest behaviour; but I do not take him to have either 
Judgment or Learning enough to perform to purpose the Undertaking you 
mention. Josephus is not yet in the Press. Nor is M^ Dodwell willing any 
scholar (if a Bookseller refuses) should put himself to the hazard of being a 
looser by his Barnabas. ApoUonius is going on. There's little else stirring ; 
nor have I any Interest in the Vice-Chanc. (nor am I ambitious of it) to know 
what will become of the Press. D'. Potter made his Inaugural Speech on 
Friday. *Twas a very immethodical, flat Discourse, and far from answering 
the Character given of him by y« Party, who think no Preferments too much 
for him, which is the reason that he has got D*. Royce's Parsonage of New- 
ington. M'. George Carter is Provost of OrieL He was fellow of that ColL 
and was one of the head-Proctors two years since.* 

May 18. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 35. 30). Strahan should by his agree- 
ment have delivered the presentation copies of D.'s last book bound. Hears 
that Mr. Parker has been troubled by the new urgers of the Abjuration. 

May 16. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 93). Thanks for account of 
Mr. Watts ; wbhes that the Congregation had had a greater regard to Dr. 
Smalridge's letter. Had not a high opinion of Dr. Royce. * Formerly there 
was that great regard had to the Heads of Houses in both Universityes, that 
the vacant Bishopricks were usually supplyed hence, but then they were men 
of great gravity, and learning, and made a considerable figure in the Church, 
before they came to bee admitted to so great a share in the govemm^ of it : 
but now the chiefe qualification, as it has been since the Revolution is to be a 
London-Minister, and to bee able to preach a florid Sermon at Court, and by 
theu* flattery insinuate themselves into the favour of great men and women, 
who have an influence on such as can dispose of Church-preferm^.' Thanks 
for account of Wilkins : he should have consulted H. Cannot find a book- 
seller for Ignatius and Polycarp. 

^ The Mouths of none but his & of some others of the same Kidney w*^ him who 
have discarded all Principles of Religion & common Hpnesty. 

' Tis improbable any one in Ireland should be acquainted w^ j* D^ unless Mulles 
had inform'd them. I suppose he meant it has been mentioned to me by some of^ chief 
Men, If so that I am poswaded is a figment of his own, he being us'd to make such 
when in Oxford. 



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Sermon) and most of it against M'. Dodwell, but so wretchedly dull, & 
stuflTd w*^ such bombast, uncouth Expressions, y* it serv'd only to make 
people smile, & to expose himself as a dark, immethodical Prater. Which 
Character he had several times before made good, not only in his 
Sermons, but his Abridgn^* of D'. Cudworth's Intellectual System, in two 
large quarto's, w<^ if printed together would make as big a work at least 
as 1>. Cudworth's Book itself. This Day's Sermon I believe is part of 
a Book he had (as I have been inform'd from several hands) prepared 
against M'. Dodwell, but y« Booksellers miderstood y« Author so well 
that they would not print it. — Memorandum that Fordun publish'd by 10 
Dr. Gale at Oxon. reaches to y« End of y® 1 1*^ Chapter verbatim of y® 
fifth of Elphanslon's History of Scotland in Bibl. Bodl. inter Codd. 
Fairfaxianos. — D^. Langbain left his MSS. Collections to y® Publick 
Library, 2 1 volumes of w^" are now there (besides those given by Ant. k 
Wood) but one volume marked r Aries was lost by Bp. Fell to whom 
'twas lent before they came to y® Library. It came afterwards (as it has 
been hinted to me by one y* knows) into y« Hands of D'. Halton Provost 
of .Queen's Coll. & 'tis likely *tis now in y* College. Quaere ? 

May 17 (Men.). The following words said of England — Anglica 
gens optima flens, pessima ridens. — That vain Gentleman M'. ao 
Edmund Chishull being nettled at y® Reply of M'. Pittis to his last Book 
has publish'd an advertisment in y« Courant y^ he will have nothing more , 
to do w^ him but proceed w**^ M' Dodwell himself, as being assured 
that he shall outdo him in point of Raillery, tho' not in argument. Thus 
one may see y® strength of this pert Gentieman even when he is 
attacqu'd wth his own sort of weapon. — Tho. Ittigius has publish'd a 
Book de Bibliothecis & Catenis Patrum, in w<^h all y« Authors in those 
Books are accoimted for. 'Twill be necessary for rectifying Mistakes in 
the Bodlejan Catalogue. 

May 19 (Wed.). Yesterday was placed in the Publick Library an 30 
Excell* Picture of M'. Selden, purchas'd by y« University. 'Tis put in 
his Library, & y« old one w<^ was there before is remov'd into y® 
Gallery. — 

Made upon certain Whiggish Gendemen drinking at Heddington, by 
two or three honest Gentlemen of X*. Ch. (extempore). 

There's Dunstar ' ye Lowzy, and Royce • y* Boozy, 
With the slye Informer Rye *, 

May 18. Barnes to H. (Rawl. 34. 8). Thanks for H.'s transcripts and 
collations, and remarks on his forthcoming edition of Homer. 

May 19. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 15). Sends the Lections of Iliad II 
(Laud's MS.). ' We drank Mrs. Barnes's and your Health in a glass of good 
Wine, with your Friend of Brasenose and Land-Lord Prickett.' Dr. Hudson 
cannot learn that there is any MS. of the Odyssey in Oxon. 'What you write 
about Solomon's being y* same w^ Homer is a Paradox ; but I do not ques- 
tion but you will make it clear. . . I take care to be very exact in y« Collating 
MSS. and therefore have put down even the most minute Lections.' Sends 
Dodwell's remarks relating to Barnes and his Homer. 



* D'. Dunstar Warden of Wadham. who had then an odd Distemper npon him. 

* D'. Royce Provost of Oriel, a dnmkeo &c. Fellow. 

* One Rye Fellow of Oriel, who is reported (tho* others say 'twas D'. Mill) to have 



no HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1706: 

And White ^ y* Dull that paves it^^ Sknll 
The way for y* Priocess Sophi. 

» Gosselin has writ a Book de Historia veterum Gallorum, or some such 
Book, w<* Bochart has made large learned Remarks upon at y« End of 
Geographia Sacra. 

May 21 (FrL). The Chronicle of Hugo Floriacensis . . to be con- 
sulted for Eutropius &c. as also for Justin's Epit. of Trog. he taking 
several things out of them. See in Rottendorfius's Preface to him. 

May 26 (Tu.). The Chinmey-Sweeper in Disgrace, or A Dialogue 
10 between y« L^. * Bp. of Ely and Tom Negroe, Chimney-Sweeper in S*. 
Margarets Parish. To the Tune of Cheivey Chase. 

All in the City West-mimUr B. Mear ScandaU all t I know him well. 

There does a Prelate dwell ; And ne're saw ought of Evill : 

In Daughters foal and Authors fair, Oft have I heard my Daughters tell 

Long known for to excell. How he's a Knight most citnl. 

So sweet his looks, so glib his tongue, T. But then he breaks the Sabbath-X^y 

His words so soft and smooth ; With wicked Cards and Dice : 

More wily none the vulgar throng Should I but siveep as he does pUy, 

With gentle speech to sooth. He*d hang me in a trice. 

ao Yet when the godfy cause required »• Come leave this High-Church Cmtf; 

True Zftf/ he never lack'd; ^ ^^?'» «, / t»i k.: .l 

And so with heavenly warmfh inspir'd ^ ToSqmreBorl^ Sl^^f ^^' • 

rom Negro thus attack'd. ^^ byliis Power thou shaltsoon 

bcowcr tne Queen m own CJuomcy. 

B. Welcome, good Frund, Tye loog-d to ,. oi m«y I be for erer vkitt 

A ^7*^ "^t ^ T '^ '• M iTJ^TfXfoZ'jtni^ii, 

. , B. Hence ze^>^^il/aif, depart this Room« 

Sir Harry I hope has done vou nght Thou art of T^^-Strain : 

ao And his Respects are paid : My Chimneys with highfying brooa^ 

For he s a true right honest Knight^ -^q longer thon shalt d^ '. 

- And well deserves your Aid. «, r^. i. -4. *v r -.. »j 

^ T. Then be it so the Sweeper cr/d, 

T. Quoth Tom I fear he's not so good For I will never Poll; 

As does your Worship deem : Vour Pills ray Body oft have try*d. 

For oft rve heard a Story odd But I will save my Soul. 

Between his Neke and him. Chimney-sweep, sweep, sweep. 

M'. Bromefield of Univ. Coll. has Rob. Stevens's Edit of Justin's 
Hist, and several Peices of Tully of y« same Ed. 



May 21. Bear to H. (Rawl. 3. la). Orders four copies of Livy ; to be 
40 sent to Mr. Bonwicke's, bookseller, at the Red Lion in St. Paul's Church- 
yard. 

May 83. Barnes to B^. (Rawl. 24. 9). Has come to his old lodgings at 
Cambridge, where he thinks to continue till Homer is quite finished. Hopes 
to hear shortly from Heame, Hudson, Grabe, and other friends, ' especially 
in matters relating to Homer.' 



inform'd against an Honest Gentleman of Magd. CoU. viz. M'. Hart, y* History of w*'^ 
I have given in one of these vol*. 

» The Story in a former vol. * D'. Moose. 

' Thou ne're dialt clean again. 



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All Souls Mallard. 

Griffin. Bustard, Turkey, Capon Because he sav'd, if some don*t fool ut 

Let other hungry Mortals gape on. The place that's callM from t*head of Tolus. 

^5w^A!i'^°f'^*'"'u^°"l''H!f n^!^' Poets say Jove tumM a swan 

^'')}^\ ^^ S"*!^ "^T^^^""^^ ^*^^^ B'lt let 'cm prove it if they can : 

Ol 'the blood of Kmg Edward. As for our jiroof 'tis not at all hard 

It was a swappmg. swapping Mallard. j^at thU was a swapping, swapping 

Stories strange are told I trow Mallard. 

By Baker. HoUingshcad & Stow Swapping he was from BiU to Eye. 

Of Cocks and Bulls, and other Queer Swapping he was from Wing to Thigh: lo 

things His swapping Tool of (feneration 

Thatwcre seenln Ae Reigns of their Kings. Chrt swapped all y* winged Nation. 

Then let us sing and dance a Galllard 
The Romans once admired a Gander To v* Remembrance of jT* Mallard : 

More than they did their chief Com- And as y* Mallard does in Pool 

mander. Let's dabble, duck and dive in Bowie. 

May 31 (Mon.). M'. Tanner sometime since lent a certain Gent, a 
Copy of y® Chronicon Saxonicimi in w<^^ he had inserted in the Margin 
divers notes of his own. The book was not retum'd him; but he 
thinks 'tis in M'. Thwaites's hands, w^^ I really believe true, because M'. ao 
Thwaites once told me he had a Chron. Sax. w*^ MSS. Notes, but he said 
that he added them himself. He would not show me y« Book, ^^ 

May 27. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 33). Directions as to presentatioa 
copies. The schism not yet closed, as he could wish it had been. ' I bad the 
news myself nearer London that Mr. Cherry and I had communicated with 
the Publick when we were In London. But it was news to ourselves.' Who 
18 the German who has written a large book on Natural Immortality ? ' An- 
other little thing of mine on the Dialogue of the Old Man and S.Justin in the 
larger one with Tryphon, will soon be published.' 

May 29. H. to Dr. T. Smith (RawL 38. 19). < We are . . like to have 
another Case of a more hainous Nature brought into Convocation House con- 
cerning a Gentleman of Wadham Coll. who has had the impudence to parallel 
the Actions of the late K.W. with the Sufferings of our Saviour. Our new 
Prof, of Div. propos'd for the Subject of his Lectures The Defence of the 
Holy Scriptures, and y* Explaining the Fathers. . . On Wednesday ia**> In- 
stant at one Clock Mr. Thwaites made his Inaugural Speech as Greek Pro- 
fessor, w<^^ was nothing else but a short, dry Account, in the old Road, of the 
Greek Letters, and the Progress of that Language in the Western Parts of 
Europe, without the least mention . . in it's Praise, or of his Predecessors. 
Nor did he think fit to tell his Auditors what should be the Subject of his 
future Discourses. Not long since walking to Wolvercote I had the Curiosity 
to goe into the Gardens of Godstowe, where one of the men show'd me a 
Piece of a Stone found lately under a Walnut Tree rooted up in the Great 
Stonn. On it are these Letters, 

(EoOfjitofve : bnc : 

<!rMntn{f : i 

It seems to have been the Foundation Stone of the Chaunterie, and I believe 
the part lost had the name of the Founder of the Nunnery. Perhaps the I 
now remaining is the Initial Letter of Ida or Edltha, who is said to have 
founded it A.D. 11 38, about y* 3^ Year of the Reign of Hen. a*, tho' Tho. 
Walsingham says (Hyp. Neustr. p. 56. Edit Park) 'twas foundcKl by King 
John for Nunns to pray for the' Soul of Rosamund his Father's Concubine, 
and so the I will be the first Letter of this King's name.' 

1 It should be O I by y« Blood, ftc. 



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makes y« Suspicion more just. — A Book in 4*0 being a Critical History 
of the Dogmata, Rites, &c. by Jurieu: w**» an Appendix containing 
divers Letters of Cuperus, M^. Masson, &c. lately publish'd in French, 
and since translated into English. 

June 2 (Wed.). D"". Whitby has writ a discourse in Latin, in a 
creeping, obscure style, against I>. Mill's Elaborate Edition of the New 
Testament, & 'tis going to be printed ; but we must not expect much 
from one that has not been vers'd in this sort of Learning, nor hardly 
knows what a MS*, is, or indeed y« use of the Lections w^h may be 
10 gathered from them. — Blanchini has publish'd in folio Jul. Caesaris 
Kalendarium vi^ Hippolytus*s Canon, & Remarks upon Antonini 
Columna &c. — Vigniola has likewise writ upon the Columna in w<^ he 
has also given us divers Antient Inscriptions. 

June 4 (Fri.). Yesterday S^. Charles Cotterell, Master of y« Cere- 
monies, was in Congregation incorporated !>. of Civil Law, having 
taken y* Degr. formerly at Camb. as a Member of Trinity Coll. He was 
presented by D^. Savage of X*. Church who made a short, pertinent 
Speech upon y« occasion. — . . . 

June 8 (Tu.). I>. Frampton y« Depriv'd Bp. of Gloucester died 
ao lately to y« great Reluctance of all good men. — Memorknd. y* y« 
Carmina Marciana in Livy 1. xxv. c. 12. are ingeniously expressed in verse 
by Capellus (as without doubt they were by y« Oracle) in Historia sacra 
& exotica, p. 544 . . — Memorand. to tell y« Editor of Ignatius's Epistles 
that his Epistle to y« Romans in Greek is printed by y« Benedictines in 
a 4*0 Collection from a MS*. I believe it may be seen in Trinity ColL 
Library. M'. Dodwell tells me y* S*. Jerom's order in his de Scriptoribus 



June 2. Dr. Charlett to . . . (Rawl 4. 47). A Livy (lamo.) with Freins- 
hemius' Supplements, copious Index, &c. is printing at Utrecht 

June 4. Bear to H. (Rawl. a. 13). Orders 4 copies of Freinshemius' 
Supplement. 

June 6. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 94). Does not wonder so 
much at the impudence and impiety of the young Gentleman at Wadbam 
College as at the negligence of the Warden &c. who have not expelled him for 
his blasphemous comparison ; but it is now more dangerous to speak against the 
Usurpations of P. O. than against the divinity of our B. Saviour. Wishes that 
Potter would publish Clemens Alexandrinus. Gives particulars of a gold medal 
of Nero found 18 or ao years since near Maldon (Essex), criticising unfavour- 
ably by the way Selden and Gibson. 

June 6. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 8). Sends collations of the 3^ Iliad 
with MS. Barocc. ao3. 

June 7. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 18). Sends two presentation copies 
of Livy. Hopes to see Mr. Cherry this afternoon. H. to Dr. T. Smith 
(Rawl. 38. ao). Remarks on Potter, and Mill's exaggerated Encomiums 
of him, and on Thwaites* edition of Epbraem Syrus as compared with 
that proposed by Grabe. Will be cautious enough for the future with 
Thwaite^ since he appears so shy in this and some other literary matters. 
The Maldon Medal. Glad of S.'s intention for Oxon. Will send on 
June 15, by Mrs. Matthews's waggon, a small-paper copy of Livy. 'Two 
or three days since I heard from a student of X^ Church that the Dean 
« . had got an exact Copy of y^ MS^ of Ignatius's Epistles at Florence, and y^ 
he has implo/d his nephew . . to prepare things for the Press, designing it for 
his next year's new year's GifL • .' 



May 81- June 18.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 47-57. II3 

Ecclesiasticis seems to be the true order in vf^ these Epistles were 
written. He reckons them by one, two, Ac. M'. Dodwell if he had 
time would write a short Dissertation about this Order. — Remember to 
tell those Gentlemen that object that M'. Dodwell's Epistolary Disc. & his 
other Books in Defence of it are useless, y* the Uses of it may be seen 
at y® End of y« Epistolary Disc. & in y« Fragments of M'. Faulkner's 
Letter in the Premonition to y® Discourse, viz. the Accounting for 
Original Sin, Reprobation, Eternity of Hell-Torments, Case of Heathens 
& Infants & Ideots, &c. — Cigalini has writ a very good Discourse de 
Patria Plinij, prefix'd to y« Dutch Edition of Pliny's Nat. Hist, in 3 10 
8vo«. i- The Isle of Athelneie is call'd in a MS*, w^ I have seen (in 
Bibl. Bodl. inter Codd. Digb. ii« f. 157 a. intit. Brutus) Mechelingenia. 
In y* MS*, it is s^ y* King Alfred built a Monastery at Winchester, quod 
multis ditavit possessionibus. — Ibid. In Proverbijs ita eniluit ut nemo 
post ilium amplius. — King Alfred reign'd only 28 years according to 
an old MS. de regibus Angliae, (Laud. C. 22.) f. i. a. — There f. 2. a. 'tis 
s^ Alfred was buried in Hyde Abbey, w*^ut saying any thing of his 
being buried before in Winton Monastery. 

MS. Laud. B. 23. 

Will. Con., Will. Rnphus, Hen. pri., Stephan. Henque secondns, 20 

Ri. Jo., tercius Hen., tris Edward, Rquc sccundus. 
Henricns quajtus. Hen, quintos. Hen. qnoque sextos, 
Edwaidus quartos, Ri. tertios, septimos est Hen. 

June 13 (Sun.). Next Wednesday is appointed for y® Execution of 
y« Ld. Griffin, taken in y« Salisbury, & condemn'd by virtue of a Record 
of outlawry made against him in y« late Reign. When the Record was 
read to him he objected against i^ saying that he went into France upon 
account of his Debts, that he had not been in Coimcil w**^ y« French 
King all y® time of his Absence nor had borne Arms against her 
Majesty, that he knew nothing of his Outlawry, & that he took y« oppor- 30 
tunity of coming into England to settle his Aflfairs &c. But this 
signify'd nothing, so he was order'd to prepare to dye. The Ld. Keeper 
since this has made an Excellent Speech in Council for Mitigation of his 
Penalty, but Ld. Wharton and others are averse & altogether for his 
Death. My Ld Griffin has Petitioned that D'. Hickes and M'. Cook, 
Nonjurors may be admitted to prepare him for Death, but this most 
reasonable Request has been deny*d. — In a Genealogical History 
(Laud. E. 3, f. 10. b.) 'tis said King Alfred reign'd 29 years and a half. 
Ibid. Iste Aluredus fundavit Universitatem Oxon. a^. Domini DCCCLXxiii. 
sed Cantabrigia erat fundata k Cantabro duce ante incamacionem 49 

June 12. Barnes to H. (Rawl. 24. 14). The paper for Homer (imported 
from Genoa) was sent to the Printing- House last week ; the mere carriage of 
it will cost ^10. Hopes to present the world such a piece as they never saw 
before. In his Disquisitions on Homer and Solomon (' w^ some admire^ 
others not comprehending, are afraid, tho' none can answer y^ Reasons, I bring, 
but it must pass only for a Ltuuj PoeticuSf till y® Arguments are canvass'd '), 
he has discovered that King Ebrank founded Oxford University near Solo- 
mon's time ; it was anciently called Cair Minver==the city of Minerva. Mes- 
sages to friends at Oxford. Will venture his reputation and all that he has on 
his Homer. 

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114 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

annis cccLxxxxiiij. & a Philosophis inhabitata. Et sic Cantabrigia erat 
ante Universitatem Oxon. per miUe nongentos vigind & novem annos. 

June 17 (Th.). This day M'. Carter Provost of Oriel accumulated 
y« Degrees of Bach. & Doct. of Divinity, Mr. Boothe Dean of Bristol 
in room of D'. Royce, & formerly nobleman of X*. Ch. was presented to 
his Degree of Bach, of Div. M'. Smith Principal of Hart Hadl was made 
Dr. of Divinity. 

June 18 (Pri-)' Mulles, Bp. of Waterford, was lately seen at Bath, & 
he waited upon D'. Gardiner of All Souls and M^. George Clarke of that 
10 Coll. He told both of them that he was goyig speedily for Oxon, & 
that he design'd to have a tryal for his Greek Professorship, impudently 
afl&rming that he was not rendered unqualify'd by being Bishop. He was 
seen openly to accost and kiss ' a great many Ladies, insomuch that 
divers ask'd what kissing Parson that was ? but were well enough pleas'd 
when 'twas answer'd y* he was the Bishop of Waterford^ saying they were 
glad kissing was Canonical. 

June 19 (Sat.). The L^. GriflSn, who was to have been executed on 
Wednesday, had a Reprieve sent him early that Morning for 14 Days. 

June 20 (Sun.). The Arch^P' of Cant, being talking with some Great 
ao Men who were for saving the Lord Griffin, seem'd much concern'd & 
expressed himself to this Effect, Hei day ! fine Work I that neither y« 
Lord Griffin, nor y« Ld Middleton's Sons, should be hang'd I At this 
rate we shall have noone hang'd I — In MS*. NE. B. i. 6. f. 50. mention 
of a Woman Pope thus : Johannes Anglicus nacione manguntinus sedit 
papa annis 2 mensibus 4. Femina enim fuit 848. — A fragment from 
Trogus in a MS*, of S^. Ken. Digby's, 196. Remember to collate it w*^ 
the same in Justin. There is also a Bill of Costs, w^^ will be usefull for 
improving the 3ook call'd Chronicon pretiosum. — Something for 
Testimony of Livy in Willerm. Gemeticensis p. 1042. — A Great many 
30 very considerable Fragments of Tully & other old Authors in a MS* of 
St. Tho. Bodley. NE. B. 2. i. 

June 14. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. a. 97). Will try to dispose of six 
Livys. Please enclose letters to * my father S'. John Bennett, Serjeant att 
Law, Member of Parliament att his bouse in Essex Buildings in y® Strand, 
and then theyl be frank*t at y^ Posthouse. . . . 'Tis hotly discoursed to day in 
Westminster Hall, that Mr. Wright your Recorder of Oxon will be made a 
Judge, in y® room of Baron Smith, who's gone to Scotland.' 

June 16. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 22). Sends collations of Iliad IV. 
Dr. H. sent B. this week some copies of Livy, which he will probably take out 
in Homers. 

June 17. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 95). Thanks for Livy, re- 
ceived yesterday evening. Expects no great matter from the designed edition 
of several of the Homilies of Ephraem Syrus. Would not advise H. to rely 
too much on the editor's (Thwaites) friendship. Will bring down a list of the 
extant Homilies, compiled by Patrick Young. 

June ai. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 28. 31). * I have inquired at M«. 
Maidman's (the place you once lodg'd at) for a Room, but they are all taken 

• Quid est aut nequius, aut turpius cffoeminato viro? Cicero Tus. Quaest. p. io8, 
cd. Erasm. Bos, (Frob.) 1543, 4to. 

* Tennison. 



Jona 18-38.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 67-67. l\$ 

Jtme 23 (Wed.). This Day was a Convention at S^. Marie's Church 
for Choice of Proctors for the Diocese of Oxon, to sit in Convocation the 
Ensueing Sessions of Parliament. No one thought 'till within about a 
Week that the two old Members D^. De Laune & M'. Moore would have 
been oppos'd ; but at ye Instigation of y« Heavy Arch^P of Canterbury, 
Gibson and some other virulent Enemies to yo Church of England & 
Universities, such as are for bringing in a Comprehension and estab- 
lishing every thing that makes for the Whiggs and Presbyterians clandes- 
tinely made an Interest for our White Liver'd Professor I>. John Potter. 
The Instrmnents they made use of on this occasion were some other xo 
white-liver*d, silly, ridiculous Fellows, such as Rye the Informer of Oriel, 
Goodwin the Leyden !>. of Physick & Archdeacon of Oxon, Hynde of 
Lincoln Coll., a pitifull Pretender to Greek History (of w<^ he has 
given a most dull, empty Specimen lately) & some others ; but when the 
votes came to be cast up it appear'd that M'. More had 78, I>. Delaune 
66, & Potter but 43; so y* notw^l^standing all the Diligence w«h the 
Whiggs could possibly make, & the Sly tricks of getting votes by Proxy 
(a thing wch has not been practis*d before in this place for a great many 
years) &, the threats of ruining some Men if they did not close w^l* them, 
these devilish People have been baffled, and Potter has plainly discover'd a© 
himself to be a poor silly tool, of an ambitious conceited temper, &, fit to 
be rank'd only w*h Mulles, &c. — I have formerly seen in the Bodlejan 
Library a Book in which there is a note that Mulles signifies nebulo, navus 
&c. And the English word moie is the same. So likewise in Saxon. 
And Mr. Llhuyd tells me that they have in one part of Wales the word 
tnaullish, which he says is a silly, insignificant, craz'd fellow. 

MS. Bodl. NE. C. 2-6. f. 2i7a! 

In potn primo purgatnr jg[uttiir h. limo. Sextus vult potos at nemo sit mihi 
Gaudia sunt nobis solennia qaum bibo ' bis. notus. 

Nil valeant vina nisi git potatio trina : Potn septeno frons efficitur sine freno. 30 

Cumqne quater poto hinc ketor pectore Octavo potn sum debilis & sine moto. 

toto. Nono tractatur ut corpus sepeliatur. 
Ad quintum potum mens labitur in para- 

disum. 

up. I desir'd her to recommend me to a place. She mentioned Kettle-Hall ; 
but upon talking with M*". Finch who letts the Rooms out she told me that a 
Gentleman of Hart-Hall had bespoke the only room she had left I have in- 
quir'd at two or three other Places, but w^out Success, 'till at last I met w** 
one at M^ Duell's just by M'. Clements's the Booksellers, which is convenient 
enough for the Library, and I have nothing to object against it only 'tis up 
two pair of Stairs ; but y« Stairs are good enough. D'. Potter puts up for 
Convocation Man here, & the Election will be on Wednesday next. Matters 
have been for some time clandestinely carried on, & the Party have been very 
industrious to get D^ De Laune or our other Member outed, but we hope 
they will be baffled. The Bp. of Waterford is now in England, & is makteg 
for Oxon. He has told several People that he will have a Tryal for the Greek 
Professorship, pretending that 'tis not vacant ; tbo' he withdrew the Caveat 
himself y^ be had put in against it's being filPd up, and besides he was never 
legally possess'd, having neither subscribed before the Vice-Chancellor, nor 
read any Lecture.' Thanks for S.'s very fair account of Livy. Barnes' Homer 
goes on at Cambridge, he having got paper from beyond sea. 

' f. bibero. 
I 2 



?l6 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

. . . About 5 years since was printed a Book in English, 4^. to prove 
that Swallows at Winter fly into y« Moon. 

June 80 ^Wed.). I am inform'd for certain that 'W, Parker is Author 
of the Pamphlett call'd Censura teroporum (And he is so for certain.) — 
MS. N£. D. I. 22. f. 89. a. [Sentence of excommunication against 
* Henricus Derby cum ceteris suis fautoribus.' (Consult Wharton's Anglia 
Sacra, Vol. 2.) 68-71.] 

In a new Edition of Justin in the Annotation about Alexander y« 
Great, in w<^ I have inserted a fragment from a MS*, cone, the Cities 
to built by him, this to be added, or at least taken notice of, from another 
MSt. in Bibl. Bodl. NE. D. 2.1. f. 72. a. 

Is Rex dmn vixit duodenas condidit Set memor est prosa nomina quseqne 

urbes, docens. 

Nomine regali qnxque vocata fiiit : Si cnpis 6 lector illomm nomina scire. 

Versos non patitnr iUanim nomina scribi, Littera quae sequitor nomina concta docet. 

— Prima Alexandria quae dicitur Ypresell, secunda quae dicilur Repo- 
porum, tercia Scithia, quarta Ricontrisa, quinta Yardaco, sexta Busiphalon, 
septima quae dicitur * * * 

A Story cone. Bp. Burnett in the large * Review of y Summary View 

toof y Articles exhibited against y Bp, of St. David's ^c, p, iii. Ask 
Dr. Smith ab* it Tis cone, a namesake's of the Bp'*, of excellent Parts 
and Learning, considering his Years, who came out of Scotland, upon 
ace* of Episcopacy being abolish'd there, to be ordain'd by his L^ship ; 
who refused it, and bid him to return into his own Country, and 
acquiesce in the Presbyterian Discipline. At w^l* the young Gentleman 
was strangely amaz'd, he forsook v® Church of England and embrac'd 
the Roman Catholick Religion, w^t he profess'd at St. Omar's when the 
said Book was writ — To be got into y« Publick Library Dacier's 
Edition of Anselm's Episdes & Eadmer's History. — Ant k Wood to be 

^ inlarg'd &c. in his Ace* of Hadr. Saravia, Vol. i. col. 765. from Saravia's 
EpisUe to the Ministers of y« Isle of Gamsay, &c. at y« End of Burnett's 
Clavi Trab. . . See also Is. Walton's Life of Hooker p. 96. Lond. 
1670. 

June 24. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 19). If Dodwell had staid, be 
might have seen his old friend the Bp. of Waterford. * The day before his 
arrival he got printed Papers stuck up at College Gates signifying that the 
Greek Professor would read the next day at ten a Clock.* . . though ' we never 
have Lectures in Act Term, unless there be a publick Act. . . He lodges at y® 
Angel, but he is not so much as taken notice of hardly by one person in this 
Place, except by D'. Charlett who has invited him to dinner.' The contest 
for Proctor in Convocation ; most of Dr. Potter's votes were by proxy, * a 
thing which the Archbp. admitted of at this time, tho' disus'd in this place for 
a great Number of Years.' Importance of the victory. How many Livys 
does Mr. Cherry subscribe for ? The work is successful in spite of the com- 
bination of the booksellers against it. 

June 26. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 17). Sends the 5th II. by Mr. Whis- 
haw [B.N.C/|. Begs B. to Lay aside all thoughts of making him any pecuniary 
satisfaction for his work ; ' 'tis enough to me that I can any way serve Learn- 
ing.' Return of the old members to Convocation to the disappointment of 
the W— gs. 

' The Author whereof M'. Ferguson^ a Scotch Man. 



June 23-July 7.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 68-76. II 7 

July 2 (PrL). M'. Jones of Sunning-well bequeath'd all his MSS. 
(that are put down in the printed Cat. of the MSSK of England and 
Ireland) to the publick Library. When y^ Cat. come to be examined 
several of them were found wanting, among w«h is Ignatius's Epistles in 
Greek, wch was Bp. Fell's. This very Book I have foimd in M'. 
Thwaites's hands having been lent to D'. Mill, and by y* means it -came 
amongst a great many other Books to him, & ought to be claim'd as a 
Library Book. At y« beginning is the following Memorandimi by Bp. 
Fell's own hand : 

Septembris l^^, A. 1673. cum ex itinere Harburiam Comitatus Leicestrix to 
pertransirem ; codicis hujus copia mihi facta est; eundemque dono dedit 
egregius vir, & de re literaria optime meritus D"'" Johannes Berry, scholae 
ibidem grammaticalis ludimagister. Codicem ipsum Oundleiae, in agro 
Northamptoniensi, apud bibliopolam neglectam, & inter scruta delitescentem, 
pretio satis exiguo redemit. J. Fell. 

I>. Thomas Smith, who is about printing S*. Ignatius's Epistles, tells 
me y* 'tis a Copy of y^ MS*, in Leycester Library, & that there is nothing 
of value in it, 

July 7 (Wed.). * Fees for Degrees in Div. as I had them from M'. 
Wm. Sherwin, inferior Beadle of Div. ao 

The fees of a Bach, of Div. Petty Com. Non. Com. 11 19 10 

To y« Queen 02 00 00 

The Exercise. 

Disputing 3 times, and preaching a Latin Sermon. 

A Dr. of Drv. 
Fees 33 06 04 
Queen 02 00 00 

Exercise Three Lectures. 
Accumulating both Degrees three Lectures only ; and the Fees for both 
Degrees are much the same as to proceed seperately. — In y« year 1660 30 
was printed at London in 8^0. a Sermon call'd Prudent Silence, The 
Author Dr. Cornelius Surges, The whole Title : Prudent Silence, A 
Sermon preached in Mercer* s Chapell, To the Lord Mayor and City, Jan. 
14. 1648. Shewing the great Sin and Mischief 0/ destroying Kings : de* 



July 8. F. Fox to H. (Rawl. 5. 116). How soon will the Bodleian Cata- 
logue be printed ? F. has a prospect of getting some German books for the 
Library, if they can be sent in time to be put into the Catalogue. B. 
Boberts (Petworth) to H. (Rawl. 9. 38). Directions for paying various 
small debts in Oxford, including 91. to ' goody Vesey my bedmaker at X^ 
Church, one shilling to goody Earl a Scout y* belongs to Oriel CoUedge,' 
&c. Hopes to be able in a little time to send H. a larger token to drink, but 
asks him now to take a shilling for himself and Mr. Gunnis. 

July 6. Bev. BenJ. Marahall (Hartlebury Castle) to* H. (Rawl. 8. i). 
The Bp. of Wore, will take the 6 Livys. Please get from Mr. Clements a 
copy of Howel's Synopsij Canonum, Sorry that Dr. Smith has not yet received 
the sheets of the Bishop's Cljronology ; H. may pick them out himself. 



^ Compare this with my folio Book of the University Fees for Degrees, &c. 
I most carefully drew all up after I was elected Superior Beadle of Civil Law. 



1 1 8 HEARNE 'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

horitng/rom taking away our kite Scroeraign ; and deterring all from like 
wickedness. On Amos 6. 13. Anl, ^ Wood newer saw this Sermon; w<^ 
makes him (voL 2. p. 237) cOmmitt a great mistake in making him print 
a Sermon on Amos 5. 13. and another call'd Prudent Silence &c, as if 
they were two different discourses. In this Sermon he says (in the Ded. 
to K. Ch. II.) he was servant to King Charles i**^and K. James i«*. M^ 
Wood only mentions his being servant to K. James. For penning this 
Sermon he says, & for penning a Vindication of the Ministers in and about 
London^ he was threatned to be tried for his Life ; & y* in order thereunto 

?o he was conventcd* before the then House of Commons : when he publickly 
to their Faces said y^ if he had thought in the least that they designed to 
murder the King he would have been hang'd up at his own door before 
he would have stirr'd or spoke a word in their Cause : with other words to 
that purpose cone, his detestation of y* wicked Villany. — In page 245*** 
of y« large Review^ above mention'd, is a hint of another story of Bp. 
Burnet ^which I remember about 8 years since I heard discoursed of, Sc 
was told it in particular by M''. Fr. Fox, who has now got a Living from 
the Bp. concem'd, he being then undergraduate) viz. that he would have 
debauched the Daughter of a person where he had an Interest and 

■© Authority, and tum'd her Father (whose name was M'. Toffts, a Scotch 
Man, & very honest) out of his plac^ and employ, because the Daughter 
had Chastity and Vertue to abhorr his SoUicitations. But afterwards upon 
the young woman's upbraiding him, and threatning to divulge the ways 
and methods, he had us'd for corrupting her, the Bp. did not only both 
get the Father to be restored to his place, and reimbursed him whatsoever 
he had lost, during the time of his dispossession, but moreover plentifully 
rewarded him. 

July 10 (Sat.). Note of some books to be got into the Publick 
Library . . . [78-79]. — M'. Covert of Hart-Hall, who was deny'd his 

30 Degree of Bach, of Arts last year for a great Crime, stood again this Act 
for y« same Degree, and having been den/d three times, the reasons were 
given into y« Vice-Chanc. and were yesterday read in Congregation, & 
are viz. i. That he had not done Juraments. 2. That* he had not been 
resident ever since his Denyal in y« University. 3. That he said if [he] 
had reak'd and whor'd as others in y« University do he should not have 
been den/d his Degree. The last was principally insisted on and was 
approved as suflScient. This yoimg Gentleman after his Denyal last year 
got two Parsonages. — D^. Framton Bp. of Gloucester, a most excellent, 
religious, conscientious Divine, & well beloved by all y« Clergy, of Loyalty 

July 10. Dp. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127.96). Thanks for H.'s and 
Hudson's kindness during his visit to Oxford, ' which instead of a paradise is 
become a wilderness to mee.* But he will ever esteem this little excursion 
very happy, in having procured the printing of St. Ignatius at the Theatre 
Press. Please accept a box of books in recognition of literary services, and 
pass on Spanheim's Cat. of the Leiden Library to Hudson. Rymer has pre- 
sented S. with his sixth volume. Hopes the attempts to repeal the Test and 
Corporation Acts will be defeated. Asks H. to procure for his use the letters 
of Lloyd, Dodwell, Noris, Pagi, FelFs dedication of his St. Cyprian, two letters 
of Bochartus to Clerke, &c. 

' Feb. 5, 1648. 



July 7-U.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 76-84. 1 19 

& Integrity in his Diocess, contrary to what Dr. Fowler, his Williamite 
Successor is, dy'd on Whit-tuesday last, in the ^d^ year of his Age (?), 
and was buried in the Chancell of his Parish Church of Stanley in 
Gloucestershire, at which were present a great number of Clergy-men 
and others of note ; but 'tis observable that D'. Chetwood, y* Whiggish 
Divine, Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, & Dean of 
Gloucester, would not let the College bell ring at his Funeral. It begun 
to be rung by the contrivance of one or two who had a great Respect for 
the Bp. ; but as soon as y« Dean heard it was for the Bp. he order'd it to 
cease. The Bp. had all the Church of England service read at his 10 
Funeral, as he order'd it should by his Will, without any Sermon. — When 
the Prince of Orange was about to land in England Bp. Frampton happen'd 
to meet with M'. Fowler (For I think he was not D^. then) and told him 
that he must needs be sensible of the approaching Revolution, & of the 
Design the Prince had of being King of England, Ac. He told M'. 
Fowler he should be deprived of his BPPrick, as not being able in Con- 
science to submitt to the terms that would be impos'd, & said he believ'd 
he would be put in his place. M' Fowler repl/d. Indeed my L^. I will 
not presume to take the BPPrick as long as your Lordship lives. But as 
soon as ever 'twas oflfer'd him by the Prince of Orange he accepted it ao 

July 11 (Sun.). This being Act-Sunday, D^. John Potter, our Regius 
Professor of Divinity, preach'd in the Morning at Christ-Church upon 2 
Tim. I. 10^ and haih brought life and immortality to light through the 
gospel. His sermon (to speak without any manner of prejudice or par- 
tiality) was worse, if possible, than his late Inaugural Speech. He pro- 
pos'd to show what light the Gentiles had of a future state ; what the Jews 
had of it & how far their knowledge in this particular exceeded that of the 
Heathens, Sc lastly how our Saviour had clear'd this point Sc remov'd all 
the doubts that were entertain'd about it by plainly revealing to us that 
there was not only to be a future state of Rewards and PuniSmients but zo 
that this state shall be Eternal. But alass I in this Discourse, he show'd 
nothing either of Learning or parts. It had been done by Arch^. Tillot- 
son and others to far greater Advantage both in respect of Style and 
argument Besides after a dry, heavy Account he made no manner of 
Application. So that I cannot imagine w* the party can say in his vindi- 
cation, or w* Account Admiral Churchill (Brother to y® Duke of Marl- 
borough) & some others of the party present at the preaching this 
Sermon can alledge in his Commendation, or how they can with modesty 
any longer commend him who cannot upon a common Topick make a 
better Discourse than any the meanest & youngest Master of Arts in 4^ 
Oxon, the sermon that was preach'd in the Afternoon by M'. Heywood of 
S*. John's (who yet is a man but of very ordinary parts and learning) 
being preferable to his. — Memorand. that M'. Wright, who writ y« 
antiquities of Rutlandshire, was author of y« Abridgment of y® Monasticon 
Anglicanum. He likewise translated into English from French the New 
* Description 0/ Paris. 8^0. He also was author of Country Conversations , 
8^0. printed at London for Bon wick about 10 years since*, Dedicated to 
y« Wits. 

* [Lond. 1694. (Dr. Bliss).] 



I20 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

July 14 (Wed.). W, Caswell told Dr. Hudson this Morning that 
the * Vice-Chancellor seriously assur'd him {yt^ some mark of astonishment 
and admiration) that the late Address sent from the University to y« Queen 
upon Ace* of y« Late Expedition on Scotland, cost the University six 
score pounds. — On Friday last the Statutes were read in Convocation 
and approved of for a Professorship of Poetry founded by M'. Birkhead 
formerly of All-Souls Coll. and this day was a Convocation at 9 clock, 
for Electing a Professor, when M'. Trapp of Wadham Coll. a most in- 
genious, honest Gent & every ways deserving of y« Place (he being also 
10 but in mean circumstances) was chosen without any opposition to the 
great satisfaction of the whole University. (It must however be observed 
that this M^ Trapp is somewhat given to cringing and is a great com- 
mender of the Tricks of Lancaster. Sept 29. 1 709.) — A list of Religious 
Houses in England in a Roll, on y« back side, inter Codd. MSS. in Bibl. 
Bodl. Arch. A. 200. 

e. July 16. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. ai). Sends Iliad Z and H. Mr. T. 
Johnson of Eton claims to have discovered a great many mistakes in Barnes' 
ed. of Anacreon, and to have hit on a great many new emendations. Dr. T. 
Smith was lately in town. 

July 16. H. to Thoresby. Printed : Correspondence of Ralph Tboresby^ ii. 
107 sqq. 

July 17. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. a. 98). ' I . . do very much approve 
of your Edition of Livy ; only I think the Paper is not so good as I expected. 
'Tis pity since the English make y« best paper in the World, they wont imitate 
y« Dutch in y* use of it, which adds so much to y« beauty of a Book, & is not 
the least of those advantages which make the Variorum Editions so valuable. 
However Yours is pretty well as Printing goes now.* Hopes to hear about 
the passage in Asser Menevensis. * We expect dayly a further progres of our 
late Victory, which is look't upon here a certain Earnest of a speedy Peace. 
And there is mighty Expectation at Court from y« secret design of y« Imbar- 
kation at y« Isle of Wight.* H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. a a). Thanks for 
letter, box of books, and present of a guinea left with Dr. H. Dr. S.*s book or- 
dered for Press, and paper approved. H. and Dr. Hudson have made some queries 
on the I St sheet. Is satisfied that Bp. Pearson intended his annotations for press ; 
* as for what D'. Ch. . . suggested, I do not at all wonder at it, he being, not- 
withstanding his pretenses, a great obstructer of real Learning, and no true 
friend to any that have a gust for it.' The Leyden Cat was in the Library 
before. S'. W". Whitlock will probably give us Vol. VI of Rymer. Sheets 
of the Bp. of Worc.'s Chronology have been lodged for Dr. S. with Mr. 
Wakelyn an Apothecarie over against St. Martin's Church- Yard. * M'. Covert 
of Hart-Hall, who was deny'd his degree of Bach, of Arts last year (June 33^) 
. . for a very great crime, stood again this Act for the same Degree, and hav- 
hig been deny*d 3 times, the reasons were given into the Vice-Chancellor and 
were read in Congregation Friday y« 9*^ Instant. They are, i. That he had 
not done Juramcnts. a. That he had not been resident in the University ever 
since his former denyal. 3. That he said if he had rak'd and whor'd as others 
in the University do, he should not have been deny*d his Degree. The last 
was principally insisted on (tho* the first is a very good one) and was approv'd 
of as sufficient. This young Gentleman, after his Denyal last year, got two 
Parsonages. . . The same day M'. Covert was deny'd the Statutes for the' 
Poetry Professorship were read and approved of in a Convocation, and on 
Wednesday last M'. Trapp of Wadham Coll. was chosen the first Professor 
without any opposition.* 

^ Lancaster. 



July 14-24.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 86-89. 121 

July 18 (Sun.). Account of y« four great High ways in England in 
fol. 355. b. of y« lid Vol. of Leland's Collections. — D'. Thomas Wood, 
lately Fellow of New-Coil. & Assessor in y« Vice-Chancellor's Court, has 
just publish'd (without his Name added to it) a Letter to a head of House 
in Oxon. being advice to Tutors to instruct their Pupills in the Law, & for 
y* end proposes that fit qualif/d persons should be appointed for Tutors 
in this Study, giving his opinion freely that 'twould be much more credit- 
able to the University, & of more advantage to young Gentlemen, to lay 
their time out upon the Law of this Kingdom, than to study the Classicks, 
Logick, &c. and amongst other things says 'tis enough for 4 or five in y® 10 
university to spend their time in Criticisms, collecting various Readings, 
& the like, which he thinks to be a dry, empty Employment, & of very 
little use. But now it must be noted that this D*". Wood writes of things 
he has no skill in, it being very notorious that he never knew any thing in 
his Life of Classical Learning (so y* when he writ the Notitia Angliae in 
Latin, he was not able to express himself truly and like a scholar, which 
made D'. Wallis say when he saw a sheet of it at y® Press that the Writer 
ought to be sent to schoole again and severely scourg'd) nor indeed of any 
Academical Learning. And though he may value himself much for his 
skill in y« Common Law, (for he is very conceited & proud) yet those 20 
who are the best judges are of opinion that he is but as 'twere a dabbler.— 
The make of King Henry VIII*^'* hand as appears from his own Hand- 
writing in a MS*, in Bibl. Bodl. Mus. 12 . . . 

July 24 (Sat.). M'. Rich. James seems to have perus'd, or at least 
to have consulted, Boston of Bury. See his MSS*. Coll. in Bibl. Bodl. 
Vol. XL p. 134. Vide quoque ibid. p. 190. & p. 240. in posteriore loco 
quaedam ex illo adduxit, dicitque exstare in Bibliotheca Regia. — John 
Hall, chief Printer of y® Theatre-Press, dying just before Christmass last, 
after he had held that place several years, to his great advantage, but w*l» 
no less loss to the University, he having a particular knack of squeezing 30 
from the Persons concem'd in the Press and of soothing them up (accord- 
ing to y« Custom of all blockheads and Rascalls) a little while after y« 
shewing of y« Theatre, which Hall had by particular favour granted to 
him, was given to M'. William Sherwin the Inferior Beadle, & D' Arthur 
Charlett's, & some others, Director, he having the Confidence, or rather 
Impudemce, (which some style Industry) whereof he has no small stock, 
to ask it of a considerable Person, under pretence of being a Friend to 



July 24. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 97). Thanks for Bp. Lloyd's 
Chronological Tables. Approves of the action of Congregation in denying the 
young man of Hart Hall his degree a second time. * 1 knew D'. Birched, for- 
merly of All-Soules Coll. and pityed his weaknes and conceitednes, in leaving 
at his death, as it was then given out by way of legacy a considerable summe 
of mony to the Society of Poets : of w^ I knew no such formed establishment : 
and this is the man, I suppose, to whom you are obliged for the new Profes- 
sorship of that faculty. I should be glad to know two or three t^ftbe Statutes 
if the Foundation^ and what is the annual pension settled for the maintenance 
of it, and how M'. Trap came to be pitcht upon, and chosen so unanimously 
without the trouble of any competition.' Is afraid that Locke's letters will 
tend to the disservice of religion, the edition being procured by one who had 
a great hand in the impious Rights. Please print the text of Ignatius separately. 



132 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

John Hairs Widow. His Request was accordingly granted, & M™. Hall 
& he have jointly agreed to carry on the showing ; M". Hall having all 
along too had y« Management of y« Press : but yesterday such delegates 
as were in Town had a meeting & 'W, Giles Thistlewhait who upon the 
death of Ger. Langbain was chosen by Convocation (to whom the 
Matter belongs) Arche-Typographus & consequendy Superior Beadle of 
Law, was put in possession of his Place (having been kept out of it by 
Hairs being in Possession for many years), tho' tis well known all over y« 
university that he is altogether unqualify'd for that place, since he knows 

lo nothing belonging to Printing, & is a very illiterate Man. But it seems the 
Convocation chose him because the Archetypographus's Place was already 
possessed by Hall (tho* a common Printer & every way unequal) & they 
knew very well that if they elected a learned Man yf he should be 
hindered of it, as M^. Wase had been, & as afterwards myself (viz. in 
1 7|^) was robb'd of it, tho' elected in a very honourable manner by Con- 
vocation, by the Contrivance of I>. Gardiner, I>. Charlett, & D'. Hudson. 
What I have said of 1>. Lancaster on this score is very unjust, he being 
certainly in the right in putting Thistlethwayt in possession of y« place, 
(notwithstanding unqualifyed) to w^h he had been elected by Convoca- 

ao tion. 

July 27 (Tu.). Amongst other things in the Statutes for y« Pofe'tical 
Lecture, 'tis decreed that y« Professor shall have the Place but 5 years, 
that y® same person shall not be chosen above twice, y* he shall not have 
but 25 Pounds a year & y* he shall read 5 times a year, once the first 
tuesday in every full term & once in y« Act time. 'Twas proposed by y« 
Dean of X*. church that there should be Encaenia for young Gentlemen to 
speak verses & speeches once every term ^ ^^ y^ Professor should at y« 
same time make a speech, but that was not comply'd with. 

July 29 (Th.). A Saxon pound about 3 libs, of our Money. King 

30 Alfred gave his 4 Daughters by his Will (see at y« End of Parker's Edit, 
of Asserj 400 libs, which is about 1 200 libs, of our Money. See M'. 
Camden s Remains, p. 167. 

July 31 (Sat.). We hear fi-om Dublin that one M'. Forbes having 
lately taken his Degree of A.M. and treating as usual upon that occasion, 
a health was begun and went round to y« Pious Memory of King William ; 
but he refus'd it & drunk another to y® Memory of one Balfee a notorious 
Rapparee, Executed a litUe before. The Company was very much 

so as to leave time for another revision of the notes : Charlett has written 
for a copy of Bp. White's exceptions to Smith's specimen of Pearson's notes 
(1695). 

July 26. F. Fox tx> H. (Rawl. 5. ii8\ Sends four books for Bodley. 
Suggests an * Index materianim * at the end of the Catalogue. Would try to 
procure any pieces of Mr. Stephens's which are wanting in the Library. 

July 29. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 33). Sends collations of Iliad 6 and I* 
Remarks on the Poetical Lecture. 

July 8L H. to Dp. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 23). Mr. Alsop of Ch. Ch. for- 
merly made interest for the Poetry Professorship, but did not stir for it now 
on account of the smallness of the Salary (;f 35). Sends in confidence an ac- 
count of how the first method of printing the Annotations at the end of every 
Ep. of Ignatius came to be altered ; also some errata in the quotations. Has 



Jiily24-Au«.2.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 89-92. 123 

incens'd & desir'd he would explain himself. He said that he drunk 
Balfee's Health because he professed himself to dye in the Roman 
Catholick Religion, but he could not find that y« other had any Religion at 
all. He was presently after degraded & expell'd y« College, and y« 
Attorney General had orders to prosecute him to y« utmost. 

Aug. 2 (Mon.). Sr. Sim. Dews design'd to have written an accurate 
Discourse of our English Coyns, & to have subjoyned it to y« Decern 
Scriptores, but Death prevented. Vide praefat. Dr. Rogeri Twysdeni ad 
X Script. 

seen a specimen of the Ch. Ch. ed. of Ignatius ; the copy is said by Thwaites 
to have come out of Dr. Mill's study. . 

Aug. 8. H. to P. Cherry (RawL 36. 20). Wishes to borrow for Dr. 
Smith the MS. book of letters written between Mr. Dodwell, the Bp. of 
Worcester, &c. 

Aug. 8. Hudson to H. (Rawl. 7. 76). 
' M'. Hearn — This day I received your letter : w*^^ I shall answer after I 
have given you a short ace* of ray rambles. That morning I left Oxofi twas mv 
luck to meet w*^ J" Busby at home, who entertain'd me very handsomely, « 
oblig'd me to pass y* day w**^ him & y* fair Ladys at his house. Early y* next 
morning I made for Bedford : w«^ is but a very mean place, & as I fancy much 
short of w* it has been formerly. After dinner I sett out for Cambridge : & 
y« heat of y* weather making me call at a little town in y® edge of y* County, 
I mett w**» such incomparable liquour. as would have stopt you from reaching 
y® University that night. In y® strength of it I gott safe to Cambridge : & 
noe sooner was alighted, but Joshuah came bouncing upon me ; his lodgings 
being next door to my Inn. A little after I had Professor Sykes, Davis Sc 
Crownfield : who w*^ o^ merry Greek tosst % bottle & debated some matter 
ab* books & printing. The morning following I went to y' press : w*'^ is a 
pretty, large, & lightsome room : w**» another over it, verjr convenient for 
drying y® sheets. Besides our Friend's Homer, they are a going on w^ Hier- 
ocles & a piece of Tully : w®^ will be beautyfull books, & I believe well done. 
After I had subscribe for Cole's map & given y™ a little money to drink, I 
visited two or three friends & dispatch'd y« little business I had : & then 
I waited on D'. Bentley, who received me w*^» a sort of haughty civility, such 
as it seems is natural to him. I talkt a little w*** him ab* Josephus & y' Col- 
lege-chappell (w«*^ is the statelyest & finest I ever saw) & then w*^* Professor 
Sykes call'd upon John Laugh ton. He did not so much as invite me either 
to eat or drink w**> him ; w®** he might have done w^'^out being in danger of my 
accepting his offerr: neither could he be prevail'd with to take a single copy 
of Livy. Leaving this poor mortal, we call'd on Toshuah, who went w*** us in 
his Jerkin to y® Tavern. Here we had a good dinner y* cost us nothing & 
excellent vrine at so^ a bottle. We sent for Geoponic Needham, & w>^ as 
merry both here & at my Inn in y* evening a^ you can well imagin. Bv four 
in y® morning I mounted Ball & jogg'd on to Thetford : w«i^ is nothing but y® 
poor scantling of an ancient spatious town, as one may conjecture from y® 
mines of a castle & some churches. In y* evening I gott to Norwich, a large 
& beautyfull City, at y* time in all its glory. After a little refreshm* I call'd 
on y« Chancellor, Sc had a great deal of discourse w**> him on various matters. 
I did not forgett to remind him of Antony k Wood : & am in hopes of pre- 
vailing w**» him, to put his book into our hands. He show'd me his copy of 
Leland, & another in Bales's own hand, w*^* several things in it, not to be 
found in o' book, the Queens-men print from : whether he had a better copy 
of Leland, or has interpolated it, I know not. In y« morning, I waited on y« 
Bp & y® Dean, who courteously received me, & invited me to dine w**" him. 
But this I declind, being willing to reach Linn y* night, w®*" I fail'd of, y^ 



124 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

Aug. 6 (Th.). Sir John Spelman the Heir of his Father's Studies. Vide 
S'. Henry Sp. rref. to his family. 

Aug. 9 (Men.). A Week or fortnight since D^. Tyson, an Eminent 
and honest Physitian, and Master of Bedlam Hospital dy*d, worth about 
thirty Thousand pounds. — [Emendations &c. of classical authors from 
Joseph Scaliger's Epistles. . . . ] 



Norfolcians giveing a larger measure to y' miles yo to y' cloth. By eight the 
next morning I arriv'd there, & sent for my old Acquaintance D'. Littel ; who 
show'd me all y® curiositys of y« place, as Kb John's sword, & a Golden cup, 
w*'** M'. Mayor fill'd with SaCk, a noble church, & some mines of a religious 
House. He made me dine w*^ him, & officiously conducted me to y« Ferry. 
I was forc'd to stay so long for y® tide at the Washes I was to pass over, y^ I 
mett w*^ but very poor lodgings y* night. A short & hard bed, & y® stinging 
of y* Gnats occasion'd my rising early y« next morning. But my boy was so 
tir'd, y* I had much adoe to gett him to Boston (w^^ was w***in six miles) y* 
next morning. After Five or six hours rest here, we sallied forth, pass'd by 
y« mines of Bullingbrook castle, & pretty late at night came to this place. I 
need not relate w* noble entertainment is here : it fully answering y« ace** I 
have formerly given you. Florence is y« liquo* we remember o' friends in ; 
& good Port wine & water passes for o' small beer. . . The weath' grows so 
hott, y* I do not wonder at some people's madness. The Low-Ch. men must 
cry up one anoth', or else no body would hear of y' merits. M'. Thwaites is 
out in w^ he says of y* Dean's Ignatius, for I'm sure he has an exact copy of 
y« Florentine MS*, y* must be put in y® Public Library, as soon as y® Dean 
has done w*^* it. My Service to all >• Common-room, particularly to M', 
Dugdale : who I hope wants not yo' assistance. 

I am y*^ 
J. H. 

Aug. 6. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. as. 3a). The excellent person that oc- 
casioned the whole dispute is perfectly of D.'s mind. Remarks on H.'s Pliny, 
Pearson's Adversaria, and Hudson's Dionysius Periegetes. Is Dr. Smith's 
landlord named Smith, or is he his brother-in-law ? Encloses his answer to 
the Thesis against Absolute Monarchy, sent by H. from Perizonius. How 
about the Bp. of Waterford and his professorship ? Is there anything of con- 
sequence in a late ed. of the PerUgesU, mentioned in the Lipsick Acts ? Dr. 
T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 98). Will deal with Charlett's charges in his 
Preface. Sorry that his design is become the ordinary talk of common-rooms, 
but will appeal to the judgment of learned men. Thanks for correction of 
errors in quotations. Much concerned that the sheets cannot be sent him 
before they are worked off. Will stop or modify the work if H. and Hudson 
advise. ' In the chagrin humour I am in, I begin to repent, that I print my 
book at Oxon.' 

Aug. 7. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 99). Please send up all the 
written notes and two printed sheets by Matthews on Tuesday next, and see 
that no use is made of any part of the work for the Ch. Ch. edition. What is the 
expense of a sheet ? Much discomposed about the many false quotations. 

Aug. 9. H. Topping to H. (Rawl. 10. 117). Asks for a letter and Ox- 
ford news. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 24). Very sorry to hear of the 
Waggon's being accidentally burnt upon the road. Sends the substance of a 
letter forwarded by it, containing an account of a conversation with Dr. Char- 
lett and Mr. Wilkins on the subject of Dr. S.'s Ignatius. Dr. C. predicted 
that the University would not vend 300 copies. H. replied that though learn- 
ing was at so low an ebb, yet he did not question but even here in England 
there would be scholars enough to take off the impression. He also com- 



Aug. 5-16.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 93-99. 125 

Aug. 12 (Th.). Mr Howell, who lately published Synopsis Canonum 
in fol. made a dedication of it to y« Earl of Sabsbury, and 'twas printed 
and sent bound in y« Book to my Lord ; but his Lordship having not 
been desir*d this favour, & thinking y« Patronizing a Non- Juror would 
be taken ill by y« Governm* refused to accept it, and 'twas retum'd back. 
So all y® Copies are without it. — Cone. M''. Martin, M^. Spinkes, M'. 
Jones, Mr. Dickson & D^^. Beaches enjoying Benefit of Places tho' non- 
jurors in y« Diocess of Sarum, See Bp. Burnett's Vindication p. 62, 63. 
— The Notes upon and Corrections of Gruter's Inscriptions at y® Ende 
of y® Indexes were made by Joseph Scaliger, who also was Author of 10 
y^ Indexes. See his Epistles, 1. 1. num. 90. p. 254. The Corrections are 
upon above 350 Inscriptions. — Jos. Scaliger transcrib'd all Vettius Valens 
with his own hand. I suppose with a Design to have printed it. But 
from w* copy I know not. Vide Ep. L. 2. n. 1 1 2. — D'. Pocock was 
bom in *S*. Peter's in y® East, Oxon. He was first of Mag^. Hall, then 
of Corpus Xti whence outed for Insufficiency, by y® Visitors ', afterwards 
canon of X* Ch. - Consult W™. Patten's Book, call'd, 2%e Expedition 
into Scotland. — About Vettius Valens see Scaliger's Epist L 2. n. 114. 
He hints there y* he writ at y® same time with Ptolemy, under Hadrian 
and Antoninus. ao 

[Various notes from Scaliger's Epistles . . . 96-98. Wanting in the Public 
Library Delrio against Eusebius' Chron. of Scaliger's ed., and Onuphrius*s 
Book of y« Antiquities of Verona & of y® Learned Men of y* Place.] . . . 

'Twas Thomas Kqmpe, Bp. of London, Sc not Humphr. Duke of 
Gloucester, as is commonly reported, that built, for y« most part, y® 
Divinity Schools at Oxford, as they stood before S^. Tho. Bodley's 
Foundation ; w*^ Walls, Arches, Vaults, Doors, Towers, and Pinnacles, 
all of square, smooth, polisht stone, and artificially depainted the Doctor's 
chaire, to y® lively Representation of y® Glorious Frame of the Celestial 
Globe. Vide Weaver's Funeral Acts & Mon. p. 361. 30 

Aug. 16 (Mon.). There lately dyed in London one Russel a Scrivener, 



plained that Mr. Thistlethwayt had been put into John Hall's place, by which 
the University is not only like to suffer in the disposing of their books, but 
the correcting the press is like to be very negligent. Does not think it will 
be necessary to reprint the first sheets. The Dean has really got an exact 
transcript from the Florence MS. Is very careful in keeping Dr. S.'s papers 
to himself. 

Aug. 12. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 100). Directions as to dis- 
posal of certain printed papers of Rhenferd. Hopes that Messrs. Wilkins and 
Schelswig, with H.'s assistance, will collate the Bodleian transcript of Euse- 
bius' Onomasticon for R. Please ask Petnis Cluver if still in Oxford to pay S. 
another visit. 

Aug. 14. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. toi). Bp. Pearson's citations 
must be set right by some means, and Cotelerius' corrections may be added. 
Ep, ad Romanoj to be printed for Ruinart. Thanks for H.*s concern on his 
behalf. Returns the two sheets by Mr. Clements. Wishes he had staid a 
week or ten days later in Oxford to examine the citations. 

Aug. 16. Barnes to H. (Rawl. 24. 15). Gives a rapturous description of 



* One M'. Hopkins an Apothecary lives now in y* House, near y* Angel Inn. 
[' How so ? when he rec** the living of Childrey from hb College ? P. B.]. 



126 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

who made his will, which is to be seen in Doctor's Commons, beginning 
In nomine Domini, &c. As for my Body I leave it to be disposed of as my 
Friends shall think fit, nor do I care more for my soul, since as Galen 
says man is but an upright beast : I shall fare as well as my Neighbours. 
— [Notes from Scaliger's Epistles. . . . ] 

Aug. 17 (Tu.). Yesterday at three Clock in the Afternoon was 
entertained with a Consort of Musick in y« Theatre a certain German 
nobleman call'd Count Hambledon. This Gentleman was rec^ by y« 
Vicechancellor, (at y« Request of y« Chancellor,) who offered to him the 

10 Degree of D^. in y« Civil Law and order'd a Convocation for y* intent ; 
but this poor Gentleman refus'd y* honour, saying that he had, according 
to Custom, taken* an oath in y« University, where he was educated upon 
his taking his Degree not to take it in any other university w*soever ; 
which however is look'd upon as a Lye, there being no such Instance to 
be produced : & 'tis thought that y« true reason is Poverty, very common 
to y« German Peers, he being not in a Condition to make presents to y® 
Beadles &c. as is usual upon such Honorary Degrees. — We have put 
into y« Publick Library Thomasinus's Catalogue of MSS*8. at Venice, by 
M'. Whalley of Wadham's procurement I have been told by D^. Grabe 

ao y* D'. Hody had it, and yt he borrowed it for him. Quaere about this, & 
how it came to be miss'd in the Examination of his study, it being a great 
Rarity? It consists chiefly of y« MSS*«. of Cardinal Bessarion, who 
made his Benefaction anno 1468. Lawfull by his will for any one in y« 
city of Venice to borrow out of y« Library any MS*, to be transcrib'd, 
read or study'd, upon condition to be immediately restor'd. — Quaere 
ab* John Parry, Bp. of Ossory. he has writ a Recommendatory Epistle 
before S'. James Ware's Book de Hibemiae Episcopis. — [Notes from 
Scaliger's Epistles. . . ] — Consult Tho. Lydiat. 81. H. 10. Med. & 
80. P. 158. Art. Latinam versionem Platonis Timaei fecit Cicero, cujus 

30 fragmentum ad nos venit cura Vallae ad finem Comm. in Ciceronem de 
Fata Ven. 1492. foL Vide Fabricij Bibliothec. Gr. voL 3. p. 23. 



a very charming, ingenious and learned lady, who came into the country 
^Ti\\kr\v TifxtTMprjp diCfjfifvrj, and is now staying with Mrs. Barnes. Yet Homer 
goes on. Designs shortly to put out another specimen, with some of the 
greatest names in the kingdom as subscribers. Three Livys are gone. 

Aug, 17. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 102). 'I spent the greatest 
part of yesterday in reviewing & examining the Bp'« notes of the thiM sheet, 
w«h you say is set. And truly I am so amazed and disturbed at the many 
gross false citations, written by his own hand very plainly & legibly, that I am 
thereby sadly .convinced, that they wil be very prejudicial & injurious to his 
fame, w«*» ought to bee as deare to mee, as my life, & would derive a great 
blot upon my owne, if I should suffer them to passe.' Has accordingly deter- 
mined to stop the press for the purpose of new modelling them. Directions 
for the compositors. Has just learnt how the Bishop could make these gross 
errors. Please send the transcript of the notes in your hands. ' What I hoped 
would have contributed to the winding up of the last scene of my life with some 
credit, gives mee great trouble and perplexity of thought, so that it concemes 
mee to retrieve this great misfortune, w^^ I have brought upon my selfe : for 
I say againe, I wil bee at the whole charge of reprinting y* sheets if there can 
bee no other expedient found out.' 



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Aug. 20 (Frl). The Professorship of Moral Philosophy being vacant, 
(according to y« Statute of y« Founder D' White, formerly canon of X*. 
Ch. of electing every 5th year) Candidates for y® Place were the two 
Proctors M'. Smithurst of Braz. Nose, & Mf. Terry of X*. Ch. and 
M'. Thwaites Regius Professor of Greek and fellow of Queen's Coll. 
The Meeting was this Morning at 9 Clock, when M'. Thwaites carry'd it by 
y® Vice-Chancellor's casting vote. (W*^ Place however he has hitherto most 
shamefully neglected, as he has that of the Greek Professorship, he having 
not read one Lecture in Moral Philosophy, & only one upon the Greek 
Tongue. Octob. i. 1709.)— Diodat's Bible highly commended by Scaliger 10 
in Epistolis pag. 541.* Scaliger in his Epistles (1. III. n. 273. p. 571) 
mentions the Horse matutinae of Berenica Ludronia, which he says is the 
first Book y^ was printed. He saw it himself, & tells us 'twas printed in 
vellam, & y* 'twas hardly distinguishable whether 'twas MS*, or printed. — 
About 3 Books of Conic Sections by Apollonius Pergaeus, which Golius 
procur'd, being translated from Arabick into Greek see Golius's Letter to 
Vossius, inter Epistolas ad Vossium p. 51. 

Aug. 23 (Men.). An Emendation of Strabo in Bp. Pearson's Prolego- 
mena to Hierocles, w<^ is omitted by Almeloveen, who also omitts an- 
other of Meursius taken notice of by y® Bp.— Desire of M'. Dodwell to 20 
say something of Dionysius Byzantius, of whom Gyllius has preserv'd 
some fragments w^^ D^. Hudson designs to publish. Ask him also 
whether Apollonius Pergaeus y* writ y« Conicks be not y« same Apollonius 
that is mention'd in Liw. Also y* he should write something about 
Rufus Festus Avienus. Keinesius has somewhat about him in y® Preface 
(as I take it) to his Inscriptions. — Cellarius's Dissertatio De Po^ftis Scholae 
publicae utilioribus, to be sought after. See Fabricius's Bibliotheca Latina, * 
where he has said something about Ruf. Fest. Avienus & Priscian.— Ask 
M'. Dodwell whether he thinks it proper to publish y« Latin Translation 
y/^ Dionysius of Eustathius's Scholia ? There are two Translations of 30 
them.^ ... 

Aug. 19. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 25). Thanks for the Discourses 
of Rhenferdius. Will enquire who the Danish gentleman is. * We both agree 
that Bp. Pearson's Notes should continue to be printed, and 'tis my opinion 
that, since there is letter for four sheets, two of Text and two of Notes, two 
Proofs at a time should be sent constantly up to you. . . Charges . . we do not 
concern our selves about, it being a University Book.' Dr. T. Smith to H. 
(Smith 127. 103). Has left a letter for Dr. Hudson at the Crown in St. 
Giles's, to be carried to Oxford by the coach ; * w®^ conveyance I never be- 
fore made use of, as being somewhat diffident of the care and honesty of 
Coachmen.' Sends corrections for Ignatius. 

Aug, 21. Bev. S. Clarke to H. (Rawl. 4. 87). Please send a large-paper 
copy of Livy to the Bp. of Ely's house in Petty France. 

c. Aug, 25. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 24). Sends Iliad K and A. Glad 
B. is entertained with the conmany of so charming a lady. * I have enclos'd 
D'. Hudson's method for new Proposals to your Homer, which he would have 
you observe, without any commendation of your own Work. He thinks 'twill 
be a prejudice to you to print any Names of Subscribers in the proposals. 
He would have any two pages that are working off annext to the proposals. 
This plain and unaffected method he thinks will be most for your Credit 
and advantage, and conjures you by all y*» dear and good to observe these 
directions.' 



ia8 NEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

Aug. 28 (Sat.). There is just reprinted in 8^« John Fisher Bp. of 
Rochester's Funeral Sermon upon Margaret Countess of Richmond from 
the Edition of Winken de Worde, collated with a MS*. There is prefixed a 
large Preface giving a farther Account of this Great Lady's Benefactions, 
a List of y« Margaret Professors in both Universities &c. The Publisher 
seems to be M' ^ Baker of St John's Coll. in Cambridge. At y« End of 
y« Preface he mentions a MS*. History of St. John's Coll. done by him- 
self, which may perhaps at one time or other tie publish'd. — Is. Casauboni 
Notae in Josephum, ex coll. ejus in Bibl. Bodl. Vol. 3. fol. 65. a. . . . 
10 [107-146.J 

Aug. 30 (Mon.). Look into Jo. Holtes Lac puerorum. William 
Horman's Vulgaria puerorum. S^. Thomas Elyot's Translation of a 
Piece of St. Cyprian. — Some time since as they were digging the Foun- 
dations of a House at Winchester, an Urn was found, in w«li was a small 
stone, like a seal, on w^l» the following characters : . . . 

BVCELTHM 
MOCOMITE 
FQEIELES 

— Mr. Dodwell has corrected a place of Josephus in his Parenesis, pag. 
ao 23.— Pliny in Epp. & Paneg. corrected & defended by Theod. MarciKus 
in Sueton. See at y« End of Casaubon's Edition. 



Aug. 26. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 26). Please read proofs as 
soon as you can« and consider queries on the other side. Sends An not t. of 
the last four Epistles, which he hopes S. will reform with all expedition ; 
otherwise the Compositors must stand still. Wishes S. had printed the text 
exactly, and not relied upon Voss. who is very faulty. Dr. T. Smith to H. 
(Smith 127. 104). Sends new transcript of the Bp.'s notes on the Ep. to the 
Ephesians, and amendments to notes on the Ep. to Polycarp. Has not re- 
ceived the proofs as promised. Will be guided by advice from Hudson and 
H. whether to proceed or to stop, but hopes they will recommend him to 
proceed. Longs for the return of their former easy, diverting and useful cor- 
respondence. Has desired Wilkins to compare Euseb. Onomojtieon with Dr. 
B.*s transcript 

Aug. 80. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 105). Returns proofs cor- 
rected, with remarks. Expresses great obligations to Hudson and H. [This 
letter is repeated, with trifling alterations, and Nos. 106 and 107 dropped.] 

Sept. 2. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 21}. Perizonius has expressed a 
very good opinion of H.'s Livy ; what Gronovius's sentiments are H. knows 
not yet, but his opinions are * generally very partial, and in opposition to all 
other Men of Learning.' Sends an Anglo-Danic inscription on a stone in 
shape of a seal found in an urn lately dug up at Winchester. 

Sept. 4. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 14). Sends Iliad M and N collated 
with the Baroccian MS. * Mightily pleas'd that the work goes on so success- 
fully, which is owing in a very great measure to the Influence of Mrs. Barnes 
and the other ingenious Lady.' H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 27). Would 
not advise S. to reprint the three sheets ; the Bp.'s Annotations are Adversaria 
only. Sends queries on sheet D of the text Will send by the waggon his 
transcript of S.'s English letter cone. Mr. Seller, and his Lat. letters to Leibnitz. 

* He is certainly y« Publisher. 



Aug. 28-Bept. 9.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 1 05-1 49. 1 29 

Sept. 9 (Th.). The note upon Justin 1. 44. c. 3. about minio to be 
altered, so as it should be read auroque, & a parenthesis in the text. 
Something to Illustrate this place see in Colomesij Krifi. Literar. c. 6 sub 
finem.— Justin lib. 21. c. 3. lin. 15. voc. attamiruL See Tanaquil Faber 
upon Terence pag. 371.— For Authors in Elmenhorstius's Index to 
Apulejus. . . . 

Papebrochius will take some time. ' I am at last come to a firm Re- 
solution of publishing all Tully's Works that are exstant, to which I have been 
drawn partly by the Importunity of Friends, and partly by the good Reception 
the late Edition of Livy meets with from Men of Learning and Judgment : 
which kind Reception truly is the best Encouragement I have to proceed with 
anything more m Matters of Learning. In that I acquiesce, and have already 
begun to collate the MSS. which we have in great variety ; tho' if I had had 
sufficient Countenance I would rather have undertaken something in our 
English History : but that I leave to a better day.' More remarks on Igna- 
tius. M am of opinion that 'tis less trouble to have the MS^ of Eusebius's 
Onomasticon transcrib'd than collated with Bonfrerius. I am sure that would 
be the method I should take. But I will not be positive for others, who 
perhaps may not be so expeditious in writing. It contains 1 5 sheets and an 
half, is a fair legible hand, and the pages not crowded.' Please excuse delay 
In the three Epistles out of Dr. Hudson's MS. ; has not yet recovered himself 
from the late fatigue in publishing Livy. P.S. The Printers demand per sheet 
1 4 J. for composing and 5J. for working it off. ' There are a 6 quires and an 
half of small-Paper, and 4 Quires and 4 sheets of large, us'd in printing a 
sheet ; by which you may make a computation of the whole charge, if you get 
from Baskett what the Paper is a Ream. 'Tis not unlikely but we may get 
an Abatement in the Printers' demands, at least we shall endeavour it, if you 
think fit to print any sheets over again, which the D^ is not against provided 
you are willing to be at the Expense.' 

Sept. 6. E. Gardner to H. (Rawl. 6. 63). Has made enquiries on behalf 
of H. at post-offices in Lombard St. Please send certificate of G.'s B.A. de- 
gree (1702) to be used in taking an M.A. degree at Cambridge, if the fee does 
not exceed 5/. On second thoughts withdraws request, in hopes of obtaining 
the degree easily at his own University when the Queen makes a progress to 
Oxford. 

Sept. 7. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 108). Will reprint the first 
two sheets of notes, if necessary. Has desired Mr. Wilkins not to collate the 
Greek MS. of Eusebius. * I perceive, you are come to a fixt resolution of 
giving us a new edition of all Cicero's works. I admire your courage, un- 
wearyed diligence & patience : under y« difficultyes of w**** worke another 
would sinke. But D'. H. and you run away with burdens upon your shoul- 
ders, w<'*» would crush others to atomes.' Please send copy of proposals when 
ready. Has lent to Mr. D. the Chronological Dissertation about the year 
when St. Ignatius was condemned at Antioch. 

Sept. 9. H. toDr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 28). Remarks on Ignatius. Mr. 
Thwaites has the Moral Philosophy Lecture. The V. C, had promised the 
Dean to vote for Mr. Terry (Ch. Ch.), a particular favourite of the Dean's, 
but himself put up Mr. Thwaites. It may be the Dean is the more earnest 
upon that account in printing of Ignatius. 

Sept. U. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 109). Thanks for transcrip- 
tion of Latin letters. Best to stop printing of Ignatius for a time. Dodwell 
is not dissatisfied with the work so far. Hopes to see H. in London here- 
after. Please send Smith's own Annotations on Friday without fail. ' I pray 
Almighty God to continue to you good and vigorous health, w«*> you are to 
take care of, and not to prejudice by excessive & immoderate study.' The 
same to the same (Smith 127. no). The quickness of the compositors has 

VOL. II. K 



130 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

Sept. 12 (Sun.). !>. Hales, late of Trinity Coll. Oxon. is made 
Physitian, by a great Majority, of Beth[l]ehem Hospital in room of !>. 
Tyson deceased. This Hales was reckon'd a good Physitian, & a Man 
of Parts, whilst in Oxon, & had good Business, but his Reputation began 
to sink upon Account of his using opiats too much, so y* he retired to y« 
great City, where he has established a good character.— Caesar at one time 
kill'd and destroy'd 430 thousand Germans, without y« Loss of one Man. 
See 4th Book of his Comm. de bello Gall. p. 72. Amst, 1644. 

Sept 13 (Men.). Quaere who Author of the Modest plea/or y Clergy, — 
10 See whether in y« Publick Library !>. HeylirCs Reply to D^. Hakewell's 
Dissertation touching y« Sacrifice of y® Eucharist, Lond. 1641. Athen. 
Oxon. p. 1 86.— Quaere about Daniel Hagalsonus Anglo-Britannus qui 
edidit Annotationes in litteras Gregorij XV. Pont. Romani Regi Persarum, 
A Joanne Ciampolo ejus Secretario scriptas. — Prodierunt anno 1627. 8^o, 
Vide in Bibl. Bodl. 80. A. 49. Th. Seld. 

Sept. 19 (Sim.). From M'. Falconar, who occasioned the Dispute 
cone, y® Soul, to M'. Dodwell. 

Honored and excellent Sir,— -I intended many Years agoe to have 
signified by wreating the acknowledgments I owe you for the most beneficial 

20 Instructions I have reaped from your excellent books but the sense of my 
inabilities joyned with the desire of passing my Life in obscuritie hath hitherto 
restrained mee from that expression of my bounden duty. Had I not 
trespassed on modesty first by wreating to M'. Gaderer and then to another, 
some weak exceptions agent that your accurate and usefiill notion cone, y* 
humane Soul, perhapes you had been saved much trouble and to be sure I my 
self had been freed of no litle inward disquiet since I reckoned myself the 
unluckie occasion of at least accessarie to y* bad and unjust treatment you 
mett with. Your wreatings were to me so convictive that I could not but 
practise upon them, yea and perswade all on whom I could have influence to 

30 doe the like : but then that thought (though only revived by you) became ane 
handle to such as raised cavills against your principles, and I being intent to 
have that stumbling block removed therefore wrate once and again. However 
as I ask your pardon for the injuries done you through my unadvisednes and 
misunderstanding : as I entreat your favour which to mee is more valuable 
than that of any other mortall : so I comfort myself with the hope of obtain- 
ing both from one of your goodnes and generositie. I am verie sensible of the 
honor and kindness you have done mee in sending first a copy of the Epistolary 
Discourse and now of late your other two on that subject of the distinction 
betwixt Soul and Spirit. At the first reading of the premonition to y« Episto- 

40 lary Discourse my Mistakes evanished, and then I was perswaded of that which 
I suspected before even my misunderstanding, and this I desired to be signi- 



broken his measures; sends general and running title for his notes, with 
directions for printing. * I thanke you for y* advertisem* you have given mee 
at the end of your letters about the election qfa Moral-Pbilojopby Lecturer, 
Let them do their worst : I feare them not.' 

Sept. 13. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 29). Remarks on Ignatius ; 
does not think it advisable to reserve the Acta and St. Polycarp's Epistle to 
be printed after the notes on Ignatius' Epistles. 

Sept. 16. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 30). Remarks on Ignatius. 
Goes to Mr. Dod well's on Saturday next if the weather prove fair, returning 
on Tuesday night. The roads are so very bad that the journey will be rather 
a fatigue than pleasure. 



Sept. 12-19.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 150-160. 131 

fied to you by that Freind to whom I wrote the second Letter. The pre- 
liminarie Defence I did read long agoe with great satisfaction : but I being 
casuallie in the House of a worthy Gentleman who owns himself your disciple 
when your books came to my hands he snatch'd the just Defence from mee, so 
that as yet I have not read it, he liveing in another County, and not intending 
(as hee writes mee) to restore the book till the next week. Our poor Church 
suffereth not so much by the loss of her secular Interests as by the Enemies 
shee hath as a part of y« Church Catholick. It is obvious that the Presbi- 
terian consider her as it's rival & therefore wisheth and endeavoureth her 
utter extinction. The Libertin insults her more than ever since he hath been 10 
fiimisht with weapons from the book of Rights &c. though 'tis hoped that 
contagion shall be stop't partlie by the answers that are made to it, partlie 
through the aversion which men have to it because of the oblique aspect 
it hath on Christianitie it self. The pious people who follow M. Bourignion 
seem to maintain a necessarie connexion betwixt holienes and everlasting and 
indefective happines and then the consequences to the disadvantage of the 
visible kingdom of Jesus are verie obvious. The generalitie of our Laicks are 
so worn out of all principles by the repeated alterationes made by secular 
powers that they incline tamelie to strike in with any thing which hath the 
sanction of a Law, and in the mean tym Irreligion, impietie and Lukewarmnes 3o 
abound. This lamentable state of things hath moved some serious persons 
betwixt whom & mee there is a Christian Friendship to propose that I should 
draw up a short and plain account of Christian and Church-principles accom- 
modated to the capacitie and genius of our Scots Laicks : but the too good 
reason I have to distrust my own inabilities (even though a presbiter) forbids 
to venture on such ane undertakeing, which if done amiss may prove rather 
hurtfull than usefull to the publick. Nevertheless your advice and direction in 
this matter is humblie and eamestlie craved, to which you may let fall one 
hour of your tym of leisure and send it so as that I may not be seen in it to 

Honored Sir 30 

Your most humble servant & most oblidged beneficiarie 

John Falconar. 

Cambie in Fife July 5*** 1708. 

Sir, If you incline to honour mee with a letture direct for mee at Cambie in 
Fife to y® care of M'. Robert Simpson at y* Post Office, Edenburgh. It will 
be very comfortable to your unknowen Freinds in this place to know if you be 
in good health. For Scotish Laicks I should have wrote Vulgar. 

Out of a Letter to M'. Dodwell dated from Norwich Aug. 13. 1708. 

. . . Most of the considerable Clergy of this Country have given their 
opinion in your behalf, & highly commend the Expostulation. 40 

Out of a Letter from a Clergy-man, dated from Westacre Jul. 27. 1708. 
in Norfolk near Swaflfham. 

... I cannot in y« least question but your adversaries will be glad to be 
silent for y« future, your Notion gaining ground daily, & prevailing with even 
the Dissenters, one of whom an acquaintance of mine, and a Man of good 
Parts, having preach'd it up 5 or 6 Sundays together in his Meeting to y* great 
Satisftiction of his Adherents. 

Some MSSt«. y* I saw in M'. Cherry's Hands. M'. Cherry has a 4*0. 
Book of Buchanan's Epigramms in MS*, fairly written by King Charles 
itt'8 own hand. — He has also a 4*0. Book written neatly in vellam by (Jueen 50 
Elizabeth's own Hand, being a Translation out of French verse into Eng- 
lish Prose of a Book call'd 2X^ Glasse o/y Sin/ull Soul. The Author of 

K 2 



13a HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

this Translation was Queen Elizabeth herself, & she has dedicated it to 
her Mother Queen Catherine, which Epistle Ded. is dated in 1544. At y* 
End a Prayer written in another Hand, but y« Author of it was Q. Eliz. 
The Cover is neatly wrought with a needle by y« Queen herself, in the 
Middle of either side k. p. — He has a Letter of King Charles IK (dated 
at Cologne Nov. io»h, 1654.) to his Brother the Duke of York, to prevent 

. his changing his Religion for y* of Rome. M^, Cherry's is only a Copy 
taken from y« original in the Custody of M'. A. Boyer. — He has also a 
MS*. Collection of Letters which pass'd between Archbp. Laud & Bp. 

10 Williams, all fairly transcribed from y« originals. — The Earl of Devon- 
shire's (Montjoy) ApoUogie for his Marriage. 40. — Commentarius in Libros 
Aristotelis de Caelo. A Thin Paper MSS*. in a late Hand, w^h it Quaes- 
tiones de Anima. — Paraphrasis Epistolse Pauli ad Romanos Andreae 
Melvini, in Latin verse. A thin Paper MS*. — King Henry Vllltl^'* De- 
claration cone, three of y« six Articles, throughout corrected -w^ his own 
Hand. After y* follows a List of Episcopal Sees and Colleges that 
were design'd A. 1539. to be founded by K. Henry VIIl*li upon the dis- 
solution of Religious Houses. (See Bp. Burnett Hist. Ref. Part i. P. 262.) 
— A Paper MS*, fol. neatly bound. Given to M'. Cherry by M' Leigh 

30 Atwood, & it formerly belong'd to M'. Patrick Young. In y« List you 
have the several stipends design'd for y« Officers.— Ey Comance le con- 
tempnement de vaine plaisance fait & compost par Rene Roy de Sealle. 
A Paper MS*, folio neatly bound. — A 40. MS*, of Paper in the Irish 
tongue & Character. — A 40. MS*, in French verse containing the History 
of y® Deposition of Rich. 11^, neatly transcrib'd from an original MS*. w*h 
illuminations to illustrate the several Parts of the History, very usefull to 
understand the Habits of y* Age. The MSS*. above said are M'. 
Cherry's. 

Mr. Dodwell has finished of his Dissertation cone. Dionysius who was 
30 Author of y« common Periegesis above 20 § and has fix'd his Age to y« 
latter End of Heliogabalus. 'Tis remarkable that with Salmasius from 
Festus Avienus he has discover'd a Lacuna at v. 919. which verse is pub- 
lish'd in y® common Editions without any Note of defect. See Salmasius 
upon Vopiscus's Aurelian. M^ Dodwell has observ'd other Lacunae by 
collating Dionysius w*^ Priscian, & he has remarked them in a Copy of 
M^ Thwaites's Edition. Remember to inquire where the Copy of Dionysius 
vi^ MSS*. notes, & Additions of whole verses from a MS. which was in 
Graevius's hands is now; [it] is mention'd in Fabricius's Bibliotheca 
Gr. vol. iii. p. 27. The Edition there is said to be that at Paris in 1577. 
40 40. Look also at y* Place into y« MSS. in y« Bodlejan Library. — M'. 
Dodwell thinks it proper enough to publish a Latin version to Eustathius, 
provided it may not very much prejudice y« sale of y« Book. He cannot 
judge of either of y® Translations because he has not seen them.— 
Cotelerij Monumenta Patrum, in M^ Dodwell's study, with some few 
MSS*. Notes of Bp. Pearson, whose proper Book it was. He has 
Irenaeus with a great Number of MS*. Notes of Bp. Pearson, which I>. 
Grabe did not know of 'till after he had publish'd his Edition. Most of 
'em are collations. Divers are valuable notes of his own. — ^Also Dalleus 
de Scriptis, quae sub Dionysij Areopagitae, &c. with divers Remarks in MS*. 



Sept. 19.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 160-171. 133 

of Bp. Pearson. Reinesius's Inscript. with some small Remarks upon y"^ 
by Bp. Pearson. 

These following MSS. formerly in y® Hands of L^. Bulstrode 
Whitlock : 

I. Ordo Lectionum in Festis Sanctorum manu antiqua. S^, Praefigitur hacc 
nota. Iste liber est Domus Beatse Mariae de Witham. Ordo curtus. ex dono 
Magistri Willelmi Loryng. Pergamen. 

3. An old English History beginning thus — Here may a man here how 
England was first called Albion, and carried down to y® vi yere of Kyng 
Henries Reign the V. Fol. Pergam. 10 

3. Bibliorum exemplar ex Interpretatione Sancti Hieronymi. fol. de^t 
Apocalypsis. 

4. Records le Liver special, de N. qu'on disoit estre brusle. 

5. Of y« Common Lawes of Englande. The first Chapter bearing this 
Title — Authors refuted that helde y® Court of Common Pleas was first erected 
in 9 Hen. 3. That Glanvill the chiefe Justice of England wrot y® Treatise of 
y* Common Law : and y* the chief Justice of England & y« chief Justice of 
y* King's Bench were all one Officer, in two Vols. fol. ending w**^ wardship 
and conversion of King's Service into Socage. 

6. Collection of Orders, Instructions & Letters relating to y* Admiralty 20 
Ordinance & Sea-AflFairs. Foil. 

7. Proceedings in y* Starr Chamber by M^. Isaac Cotton. A Survey of y« 
Court of Starr Chamber by M'. Hudson, Divided into three parts with their 
several and distinct considerations, fol. 

Note about Dionysius's Periegesis. — At vers. 918. in MS*. Baroc. 78. 
before the word Awrckp there is an Asterisk in y® Margin, which I suppose 
might be put to show that here is some defect. In MS. Laud. C. 31. 
vers. 918, & the five following in the same hand, as it seems, but in less 
letters. V. 917. in MS. NE. E. 2. 16. is put in y« Margin by a later 
hand. No note of a lacuna in MS. Baroc. 145. (not 147. as printed by 30 
M'. Thwaites^) 

Order in w°^ D^^. Smith's Edition of Ignatius &c. to be printed. 

I. Epistohe Genuinaefrom Vossius: but that to y* Romans from Ruinart, 
p. 700. 

' 2. Acta Martyrij S. Ignatij, the Greek from Ruinart. p. 696. & y« Latin 
from Archbp. Usher p. i. 

The Testimonia to come before this Epistle. 

•3. S. Polycarpi ad Philippens. Epistola, Gr. Lat. from Archbp. Usher, 
p. 15. 

* 4. S. Polycarpi Acta, Gr. Lat from Archbp. Usher, p. 13. 

5. Mem. y* Bp. Pearson's Annott. are to be put at y« Bottom of y« Page, 40 
his Dissertation de anno Martyrij S. Ignatij to come at y« end of y« said 
Annott. & after y* the D" own notes to be put. 

6. The little notes in y* Margin to be plac'd as he has done them. 

D"". Smith put into my Hands to have transcrib*d, Letters to Pape- 
broch, in number 9. — To Leibnitz, num. 15. — ^A Letter to a Friend cone. 
M'. Seller's notes upon y® Palmyr. Inscriptions. — Reflections upon y« 
Cavendish family. — The History of Isuf Bassa, was written by S^. 

P Four and a-half blank pages foUow.] 

" Before y* Acts of S. Ignatius is to be put D'. Smith's Preface upon them : & hii 
Annotations on y« Acts to be placM at y* Bottom. 
» D'. Smith's Annott. to be put at y* Bottom of y« P. 

* His Notes to be put at y* Bottom. , 



134 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

Thomas Higgons. Pr. at Lond. in 1684. 8vo. — Ask M'. Dodwell 
who was Author of the little book about y« Nativity of X*. It has J. P. 
Quaere whether Pearson ? Also who was Husband to y® Lady Frances 
youngest Daughter to y« Earl of Clarendon. — 

M'. Dodwell has a thick MS^. in folio containing a Comment upon 
the Psalms out of St. Austin and Cassiodore, by Gusilterus Magalonensis, 
whose Preface is published by Mabillon in his analecta, with an Account 
of y« Collector. At y« End of this MSt. is the 4th Book of Thomas \ 
Kempis, at >« End whereof: Explicit liber 4*^" tractans de Sacramento 

10 Altaris. Then follows, Incipit liber quintus de Disciplina Claustralium. 
At the End, Explicit libellus de Disciplina claustralium. Then comes his 
tract de Humilitate, at y« End whereof, Explicit de humilitate quam 
quidem doctrinam composuit quidam Canonicus Regularis de ordine 
Sancti Augustini ad laudem Dei beataeque Virginis Mariae. Next is 
libellus de Spirituali Exercitio. Then, libellus de Recognitione propriae 
fragilitatis. Then, Epistola quaedam satis utilis ad quendam Regularem 
seu Religiosum, de conservatione devotionis &c. After y® Epistle is, 
libellus de Elevatione Mentis ad summum bonum. Afterwards, a Tract 
de mortificata vita pro Christo. — After, Incipit quaedam brevis ammonitio 

ao spiritualis exercitij. At the End of the foresaid Tracts this Memorand. 
Opuscula praedicta composuit frater Thomas Kemper Canonicus Regu- 
laris de ordine Sancti Augustini. After w^^^ concludes the Book, 
Incipit Revelatio facta Sancto Bernardo Abbati k beata Maria virgine 
de dolore ipsius quem habuit in passione dilectissimi filij sui Domini 
nostri Jesu Christi. 

M'. Dodwell has an old English Translation of Thomas \ Kempis, 
printed at Lond. in 1568. But, which is remarkable, the Author of this 
Translation, M'. Edward Hake, does not tell us 'tis a Translation, but 
dedicates it to his Patron as if 'twere his own Book, all the Hint y* he 

30 gives us as being another's being only his Commendation of it. Here 
are only the first three Books, the 4th being quite omitted. 

Sept. 22 (Wed.). Whereas M'. Forbes of Dublin was degraded & 
cxpell'd that university for speaking some words which were judg'd 
reflecting upon y® Memory of y« late K. Wm. (See above July 31), and for 
y* reason a Report was spread y* y« said university encourag'd & foster'd 
divers Persons y* were Enemies to y« Government, the Vice-Chancellor, 
Doctors and Masters in Convocation publish'd a Declaration printed in 
y« Courant of Tuesday last, signifying that they firmly believe y* the 
Safety of y« University as well as of y« Church is perfectly owing to y« 

40 late Revolution, & y« Succession as now settled, & y* they will proceed 
with the utmost severity against any of y^ir Members y* shall speak any- 
thing against y* opinion, & not permitt him to continue amongst them. 

Sept. 22. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 31). Returned last night from 
Shottesbrooke. * M^ D. is mightily pleas'd with the two sheets of the Bp** 
Annott. which you show'd him, being far beyond his Expectation. He wishes 
you had foUow'd S^ Hierom's order ; but I suppose you will give your reason 
why you do not in the Preface.* 

Sept. 28. H. to P. CHierry (Rawl. 36. 22). Thanks for kindness re- 
ceived at Shottesbrooke. Hopes to examine all the MSS. and coins there 
hereafter. The old MS. of English history differs materially from Caxton's 



B^pL 19-29 ] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 171-1 79. 135 

Sept. 29 (Wed«). Scaliger's Epistles p. 571. 

I myself have seen a Book call'd Horm matut'mm the Author whereof was my 
Grandmother Beremca Ludronioy which is the first Book y* was printed after 
the invention of this noble Art. 'Twas printed in vellam, not in y® same 
manner that we use to print in now; but the letters were at some distance, & 
the make of the letter was exactly agreeable to our running Hands : insomuch 
that 'twas very hard to distinguish whether the book was written or printed. 
My Father valu'd the Book very much, not only because it was written by his 
Mother, but because 'twas the first book that ever was printed. The cover 
was of wood wrought over with silk ; but in the middle of each side, & at each 10 
comer were silver Bosses gilt. On the Inside was fix'd a silver Crucifix, with 
the Image of the Virgin Mary & S^ John the Evangelist : & underneath was 
written in a Woman's Hand & in the Italian Language, Berentca dl Ludrone 
della ScaJa, that is Bereniea Ludronia Scaligera ; with some other words in the 
German Language, which I could make nothing of, being then very young 
when I saw the book, & I have not been able to get a sight of it since, 
because 'twas soon after torn to pieces by a Greyhound. 



Horace MS. NE. C. 2. 30. \^ ^^^^ ^gg ^^^^ intaminatis in 

Edd. cum. Notis MSS. D. 2.20. Art. Seld. T. 1. 1. Art. 80. D. 96. Line. 
Lambin. in his Notes upon the Place says that all the MSS. he had seen 
both in Italy & France have intaminatis^ & that those who conjecture 
incontaminatis have no old Book to ground their conjectwe upon. Nor 
indeed have any of our MSS. or Books collated wth MSS. in y®Bodlejan 
Library incontaminatis. There is no doubt but if Lambin could have met 
w*h Authority he would have admitted incontaminatis into y« Text, he 
being very liberal in his Alterations where he has any manner of ground, 
as appears from w* he has done in Tully. — The Scotch Psalms 
printed in 1620. At the latter End is y« Act of Parliament for keeping 30 
the Vth of November in Prose. In the next leaf is the same Act printed 

Chronicle. Perhaps Sir W. Whitelock may present his MSS. to the Library. 
A fragment in a Bodleian MS. proves that the Duke of Lancaster and his ad- 
herents temp, Richard II were excommunicated. *The Archbp. of York was 
the chief Promoter of the Excommunication : which I beUeve to be the 
reason why the D. of Lancaster, then Hen. IV. proceeded afterwards with so 
much Violence against him.' Suggestions for improvement of the new ed. of 
Gibson's Camden's Britannia^ which should be in Latin. Remarks on Diony- 
sius' PeriegesUf and the MSS. and editions of it Early English translations 
of the Imitatio ; the oldest in Bodley (1585) attributes it to Jojiiii Gerson, and 
mentions a yet earlier trans, by Master William Atkinson, but not that by 
Edw. Hake. In this trans, are 4 Books, and the translator says that Book IV 
was translated out of French into English by Margaret Countess of Rich- 
mond. Sorry that Mr. Holden should bring himself into trouble by a too high 
value of himself. 

Sept. 24. H. to Barnes (Rawl 35. 15). Sends collations of Iliad ff and 
O. Is preparing for his ed. of Tully, proposed some years since by Mr. Cock- 
man of Univ., * had not his Eyes fail'd him, occasioned by the Small-Pox.' 

r. Sept. 24. Barnes to H. (Rawl. 24.31). On Monday last returned with 
' the Lady ' to Cambridge : she went for London early next mom, and left B. 
with Homer. Reports progress. Orders some copies of Livy. The Lady 
often had you in her mouth and sometimes in a glass. Near 300 pp. of Homer 
are done. Is lodging with Mr. Crownfield at the Printing-House. 



136 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

in verse to be sung w**» y« Psalms in churches. M'. Bagford, who picks 
up a great many things of this nature, has it. — Enquire about Bp. 
Parker's Bible in English, which he caused to be printed by Rich. 
Jugg. — Delaune's Latin Version of y« Bible a rare Book, printed in 
4*0. by John Mayler, in 153. . Look after it. — M^, Pepys has a Shield 
us'd at y« taking of BuUoign, which since has had the whole History of 
the Siege, & y® taking thereof painted on it by Hans Holben, as is con- 
jectured. — Look upon -^Iredus Rhievallensis, cum varijs Lectionibiis, 
per Gibbonum. 'Tis in University Coll. Library. T. 12. M'. Wood 

10 mentions a 2^ Edition in 1682. of the i"* Vol. of Monasticon 
Anglicanum, & 'tis in University Coll. Library. — De antiquitate Acad. 
Cantabrigiensis. 8®. Lond. 1568. 80. K. 28. Fuller D. 4. 11. — Consider 
whether part of S'. Hen. Savile's Translation of Tacitus's annals was not 
printed at Eton. M'. Bagford gives me a hint y* half of it was printed 
there. — S'. Rob. Diggs a Norfolk Man, & a noted Physitian, but could 
neither write nor read, & yet he had a considerable Collection of Books ; 
but his ignorance happen'd once to be discovered upon his telling a 
certain Gentleman y* he had a valuable & rare book, which y® Gentle- 
man desiring to see, he willingly took it out & look'd upon himself, but 

ao it happened to be y* the wrong End was upwards & so he delivered it (as 
if he had been right) to y® Gentleman. His way of writing Receipts was 
certain odd marks w*'^ pass'd well enough with his Apothecary, who 
knowing y« Distempers of y« Patients prescribed accordingly. He died 
in a poor shabby condition, being taken ill suddenly in y« street, & was 
carried of: An Account whereof you may find in some of y« Publick 
Papers. — Endeavour to get a sight of y® i»<^ Edition of HoUingshead's 
Chronicle, in w^l^ I am told are divers wodden Cutts, & y«^ are some 
Historical Observations which are omitted in y® second Impression. Also 
about ye i«t Impression of Fox's Acts & Monuments, in English, wherein 

30 'tis to be observ'd that y® Interrogatories against Bp. Gardiner are left 
out to y« Number of 60 Pages : & y* y® IN Impression w*!^ Additions, in 
1572, referrs in several places to y® I«*. M'. Wood saw none before y« 
4*1^ Impression. I>. Stillingfleet when he was Dean could not meet with 
y* !■* Impression, which however he made great Enquiry after. There is 
one in Magd. College Library, yi^ is the only one in Oxford. — M^ 
Bagford teUs me that he has seen an Impression of Thomas a Kempis 
in English before y« year 1500, which I would fain see or at least have 
some account of it to know whether y« 4*^ Book be there, & w* y^ 
Translator says of y® work. — Look upon Chaucer's Translation of 

40 Bofithius de Consolatione, in 8^0. pTrJinted at y« Exempt Monastery of 
Tavistoke in Denshire. — The Copy of Petrus Victorius's Ed. of 
Tully yi^ y« Bp. of Ely has was printed at Florence. L^. Sunderland's 
is at y« same place. — 

At y« End of y® Translation of Boethius by Chaucer, (quaere) 40. L. 21. 
Art. m Bibl. Bodl. 

Here endeth the boke of comfort called in latyn Boecius de consolatione 
Phil. Enprented in the exempt monastery of Tavestok in Denshyre. By me 
Dan Thomas Rychard monke of the sayd monastery | To the instant desyre 
of the ryght worsbypfiil esquyer mayster Robert Langdon. Anno d\mdxx v. 

Deo Gracias. 



8ept.a9.0ot.8.] VOLC/ME XV/I, PAGES 179-1S7. 137 

Underneath, in a Field Argent, a cheveronelle sable between three 

Heads erased, Sc under that Robert Langdon. (I wrote a Letter 

afterw<^ to M'. Bagford about the said Book, and I have since printed it 
in Robt. of Gloucester.) 

Oct. 6 (Tu.). M'. Humph. Wanley is writing the Life of Cardinal 
Wolsey, having gotten several MSS**. which will be of great service in y* 
work, not seen by Bp. Burnett, or any who have written heretofore of our 
English Aflfairs, as I have been inform'd. He likewise receives great 
Assistance from Mr. Strype who has a great Collection of MS^. Papers of 
this nature. — M^ Mataire, who put out some time since an octavo 10 
Book cone, the Greek Dialects, is now writing the Lives of the Stephens's 
and an Account of the Books they printed, & he has, as I am inform'd, 
got excellent materials for the work, & made a great many observations 
w«li have not been touch'd upon by any others. — D'. Hen. Hill of 
Corpus X*» Coll. (who was always reckoned a man of whiggish Principles) 
was Author of the Pamphlett calFd A Dialogue between Timotheus ^' Judas^ 
concerning a Pamphlett called, The Growth of Deism in England. Lond. 
1696. 40. — Tully's Select Orations, & his Epistles ad Fam. newly come 
cut w*h notes by Cellarius. The former y, 6d. in sheets & the latter 
2s. 6d, — Orthographia from old Monuments, w*^ Cardinal Noris's Dis- ao 
course upon y* subject newly come out — the price 2s. in sheets. — De 
Mensuris & ponderibus by Eisensmidius. 8^o. 2s. price in sheets. — A Syriac 
Lexicon concordantiale & the New Testament 4*0 both of y™ 30 shillings 
in sheets, at 15J. per Book. 

Oct. 8 (Pri.). I have been told by M'. Bagford that Bp. Walton 
dedicated his Polyglott Bible first of all to Oliver Cromwell (who besides 
the gift of Paper gave 500 libs, for carrying on that most noble work) and 
jt he has seen the Dedication printed ; but y* the King coming in not long 
after he alter'd his Design & made a new one to his Majesty. — There 
is just publish'd a Book in 4*0. call'd Philologia Barbaro-Graeca, by 30 
Michael Langius, 4K in w<^^ is Homer's Batrachomyomachia, in Gr. Lat. 
of w<^ M'. Barnes must have an account. — The Book calFd Anti- 
Normannica, in 8^0. is said by some to be writt by M^. Disney ; the same 
Disney who was hang'd for being concerned in Monmouth's Rebellion. 
Quaere whether one Disney of Lincolnshire, a Justice of Peace, & author 
of a Book, cone. Justices of Peace, (lately publish'd) be not related to 
him? — Yesterday D'. Lancaster, by virtue of y« chancelor's Letter, 
was confirm'd in Convocation Vice-chancellor for y« year 1 708, being the 
3d year that he has born y* office. He made a speech as usual, in which 
he spoke much in praise of the Doctrine of Passive Obedience, & com- 40 
mended y« university for instilling y* Doctrine into y® Young Gentlemen : 
but it must be noted y* this smooth D^. never acted according to this 
Doctrine, but was always for closing as he found it suited with secular 
Interest, & y* he has neither Integrity, nor it is to be fear'd courage 



Oct 8 [?]. H. to Dr. T. Smith. (Rawl. 38. 32). Explanation of his sugges- 
tions on Sheet F of text ; ' I find at X*. Church they are most nice in following 
the spelling of their MS^. and giving the true Reading in the Margin.' 

Oct. 6. H. to Barnes. (Rawl. 35. 16). Sends Iliad n collated with the 
Barocclan MS. We want to see the new specimens. 



138 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [17O8: 

enough to practise it. — M'. Took told S^. Philip Sydenham y* he paid 
Dr. Kennett 200 libs, for his share in y« 3 vols, of English Historians, 
besides about 100 libs, y^ it cost them in treats. * Sir Philip Sydenham 
has Tully's Tusculan Questions printed at Paris cum notis variorum. 
Also TuUy's Fam. Epistles cum Castigationibus per Robertum Stephanum, 
He has also other pieces of Tully. — In the yeari 598, (or 1589, Quaere) 
was printed a Book in 4*0. call'd A Discourse of y false Churchy the 
Author whereof was M'. Henry Barrow. Most of the Impression was 
burnt by publick Authority, as being a very pernicious Book. It has been 
10 within this two or three years reprinted in 8^o. under this Title, A Dis- 
course of y fcdse Churchy or a second part of y Rights of y Christian 
Church. The person that handed it to y« Press was I>. Salmon of Lon- 
don, a Man of Republican principles, a Publisher of several Books in 
Physick, and a great Collector of Books in all Faculties. * 
Epitaph upon John Lilburn, said to have been made by Judge Jenkins : 

Is John departed, and is lilborn gone ? Let them not both in one grave buried be. 
FareweU to both, to Lilburn & to John. Lay John here, lay Lilburn thereabouts, 
' Since they are dead, take this advice of me. For if they meet, they will fall out. 

This Lilburn was buried in y« Quakers Place of Burial in Moor Fields. — 
ao Look after Sir Walter Raleigh's History of Mahomet, which is a rare 
Book, & judg*d by divers men of Learning to be the best Account of y* 
Impostor. — One Slatter writ a Book call'd Palyolbion in verse folio, 
and likewise y® Genealogy of King James y® i»*, from Adam, in a 
Genealogical Method, ingrav*d in Copper. Another. Slatter has publish'd 
y® singing Psalms, some part only I think, in Hebrew, Greek, Latin & 
English : a rare Book to see. Tis ingrav'd, & M^ Short says 'tis the 
best ingrav'd letter he ever saw of y* nature. One X*ian Raves, who 
came from Beriin to collect MSS*». for several Great Men, as Bp. Usher 
& others, has put out an Oriental Grammar, in which he says, he did not 
30 question but in some years he should make our Ingravers in England cut 
the best oriental Letters in the World, of which he has given us divers 
specimens in y« said Grammar. 'Tis a rare Book. This Raves also 
publish'd a Catalogue of y« oriental MSS*«. in y« Escurial. — Look into 
a Book in 12°. call'd The Surfett, in w^h are a great many pretty observa- 
tions relating to y« English History, as particularly he tells us who assisted 
Mr. Speed in compiling his English History, &c. — M^ Bagford has had 
a German printed Book of the Alphabet drawn exactly. It contains 
nothing more y^ the Alphabet, only here and there a sentence in German 
inserted in y« Letters. They are all of a very large size for ye use of y« 
40 Illuminators, & are made up of several figures, as heads of Men, &c. The 
z is made s, exactly agreeable to y* Letter as I have seen it represented 
on divers Coyns, & 'tis so written in some MSS. & particularly in a MS*. 
of Homer inter Codd. Barocc. He has another Alphabet, the letters of 
a stranger form. They are made up in Knotts with scroles of parch- 
ment. He has y« Heads of Aldus Pius Manutius, & Paulus Manutius 
Aldi F. with y« Heads of two others of the Manutian Family, taken from 
y® original Monument at Venice. — 

In y® Bodlejan Library, amongst M'. Seiden's MSS**. . . is a fair 
Copy in paper of Vettius Valens's Antholqgia, 'Tis a folio Book, con- 



Oct. 8.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 187-195. 139 

•taining 292. Pages, and it appears from ArchbP. Usher's Letters, p. 322, 
& from some notes of M' Selden in his Book De Dijs Syris & his Edition 
of y« Arundelian Marbles that it formerly belonged to the famous Mathe- 
matician y<?^ii Dee ; to whom it came I believe after y« Death of Christo- 
pher LongoliuSy who was y« person that got it transcribed for y® Charge 
of about 6 libs. 10 shillings, as appears from y« following Memorandum 
written at y« Beginning of this Book : Curavit hunc lihrum describendum 
Christophorus Longolius precio octingeniorum sestertiorum nummum, hoc est 
vicenis aureis duccUis, De Longueil, 'Tis thought by some that this is y« 
only Copy of this valuable Collection that is now exstant, & y* y« other 10 
more Antient Copy w<5^ belonged to Aldus from wcl^ Longolius got this to 
be transcribed is now unfortunately lost I remember Joseph Scaliger more 
than once mentions a Copy of Vettius in his Epistles, but it does not 
appear whether 'iwas y® same with this of Longolius, or that of Aldus, or 
whether 'twas different from either. 'Tis certain from y« said Epistles 
(1. IL n. cxii.) that Scaliger intended to have set out Vettius Valens ; but 
dying before he could accomplish what he had resolved upon, some years 
since Htutius (as Sir Edward Sherbourne observed) had a design of print- 
ing him at Paris, and D'. Edward Bernard sent him a specimen for that 
Intent : but what hinder 'd him is uncertain. M^. Selden has given us two a© 
or three Fragments in the Books mentioned above, and so has Salmasius 
in his Book de annis climaciericis ; and since that M'. Dodwell has 
publish'd an extract out of him in his Epistolary Discourse cone, y Immor- 
iality o/y Soul, And I think some other Learned Men have mentioned 
him as an Author worth publishing, as he most certainly is, if at y« same 
time Julius Firmicus be printed with him. Immediately after y® Note 
above mention'd cone, y® sum of money Longolius gave for having 
it transcribed is added an Explication of y« several Notes made 
use of in the Book, in which are some different from those publish'd 
by Dufresne in his Greek Glossary. M^. Selden & others have var/d 3® 
about y« time when this Author liv'd ; but it appears from divers notes in 
him y* he liv'd after the time of Anloninus, He mentions Indiclions m 
some places, the use of wcl^ did not begin 'till about y® time of Maxentim. 
There is another note w^h brings him as low as Severus, he mentioning a 
person whose nativity he accounts for in the year 200 after X* or there- 
abouts. And this is y® lowest note I have met with in y* w^l* is the proper 
Valens cited by M^. Selden & others ; for y« latter part of y« work scents 
to have been done by another Valens, one of y« Books in fol. 181, b, 
being call'd fiifflkiov bmtpov, whereas before the 6*1^ & 7*1^ if not more are 
mention'd in due order. There are two considerable notes cone, y® Ap^e 4° 
of this latter Valens, viz. *Y»r<{d«y^ p ^toKkvriavov tros p^iC (or 147) Tw^l*^J 
tis U &p. y, (in fol. 177 b.) which brings him as low as an. X*» 431. And 
in fol. 178. a. he mentions the Death of Valentinian 11^ in y® 36*11 year of 
his Age, by "^ he is brought down to about y« Year 391. — 

Epitaph upon Elizabeth Hampton, who lyes buried in y® Church Yard 
of Hallywell in Oxon. She liv'd formerly in Hallywell Street, where her 
House was daily frequented by divers Young Gentlemen, who were well 
gifted & lov'd to appear very devout. Here they had Prayers, & this de- 
form'd old Maid us'd often to read Prayers her self, & perform other 
Spiritual Exercises ; & wtl^all made them water Gruell, whence they were 50 



140 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

call'd the sect of y« Gruellers. See M'. Wood's Athenae Oxon. in vol. 
Second under Bp. Parker. 

Heavenis hampton Court here*s but a cell. Are now embradng, and have made since 
Where putrid IxmeSy ashes and worms do death 

dwell. Another Virgin Queen Elizabeth. 

This sacred Maid deaf to y* taking charms, Shee needs not us, but dearly miss shall we 

Of all ignoble Love, immortal arms Our she Professor of Divinity. 



Look into a Book of Le Roy's intit out of which Mr. 

Wotton seems to have borrow'd. — Look after a thin Book in folio 
10 call'd y« Customs of London^ in w«^ there is printed an old Ballad call'd 
The Nui'Brown Lass. 

Oct. 18 (Wed.). John Grange writ a Book 8c dedicated it to y« Lord 
General Cecill. &c. I have y« Dedication. See about him. — See 
about John Stockwood, who translated several pieces of Beza into English. 
Bp. Cooper writ a brief Exposition of such Chapters of y« old Testament 
as are usually read in y« Church at Common Prayer on y« Sundayes, &c. 
See if in Ant. k Wood. I believe divers things in our late Expositions 
taken thence. 

Oct. 16 (Sat.). Lately dyed D'. John Batley, Archdeacon of Canterb. 
30 &c. Upon his Death bed he declared himself very uneasy upon Account 
of his having Pluralities. He was a good Scholar, & was serviceable 
formerly to Bp. Fell & others in collating MSS*«. &c. & the Bp. has men- 
tion'd him several times upon that Account. — We have just now rec<l. 
news of the Death of D'. David Gregory our Scotch Professor of 
Astronomy. His Distemper was a Consumption. 

Oct. 9. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 31). Thanks for Festus Avienus. 
When does Hudson intend to begin his impression of it ? 

Oct. 10. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 33). Sends sheet *K of 
Annott. Please send only a single sheet in a letter, * they making me pay 1 2d. 
for the two Sheets and Letter. . . . You need not trouble yourself about y« 
Charge of reprinting the two pages; for there will be some vacant pages 
in y® last Sheet, which will serve for this purpose, without any extraordinary 
charge, the Compositors usually insisting for as great a price in a Sheet which 
has two or three vacant pages as if it were printed full.' Saw this last week 
Sir P. Sydenham in Town, who is wonderfully pleased with Ignatius ; it was 
the first time H. ever saw him, and H. is extraordinary well pleased with his 
conversation. 

Oct. IL E. (Gardner to H. (Rawl. 6. 64). Offers his services, especially 
with Grabe, who is in town. Mr. Kent well approved of where he is. He 
has commissioned the writer to pay si. 6d. to H. 

Oct. 13. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 34). Remarks on Sheets *L and 
*M of Annotations. Compositors hindered by the editor's absence from the 
Press. Paid the pressmen aj. 6d. extra for the last sheet worked. 

r. Oct. 16. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 19). Sends collations of Iliad P 
B. should consult J. M. Langius' Pbilohgia Barbaro-Graeea, News received 
to-day of Dr. Gregory's death. 

Oct. 16. Dr. T. Smith to BE. (Smith 127. iii). Will prepare Preface 
and Indices. Death of Dr. Gregory, in his 48th year. Thoresby to H. 
(Rawl. 10. 57). Sends sut>scriptions to Livy. Is much of H.'s mind as to 
Woodward's noble Shield. * I am sorry y« MS. you enquire of, cannot be 
found at Mr. Savile*s, y* family w<^*» abounded with Learned men in S'. Henry's 
time, seems wholy to have neglected it ever since, there are yet some MSS. 



Oct. 8-22.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 195-201. 141 

Oct. 19 (Tu.). This day at 3 Clock Mr. Trapp of Wadham our 
Poetical Lecturer read the first time in y« Natural Philosophy Schole. The 
Drift of his Lecture was in praise of Po€try, & he concluded with a very 
short but flattering complement on our Vice-Chancellor, who w*lk)ut doubt 
was pleas'd with it. 

Oct. 22 (Pri.). Epitaph upon Bp. Stratford of Chester. 

NicoLAVS STRATFORD s.T.p. | Natus apud HEMSTEAD in Com. Hartf. *nno 
1633 I Factus est | Coll. S. S. TriniUtis Oxon. Socius.— 1656. | Collegij 
Christ! apud Mancunium in Com. Lane. Guardianus. — 1667. | Sanctae Mar- 
garettae Leicestriae in Eccl. Lincoln. Praebendarius. — 1670. | Ecclesiae Asaph- 10 
ensis Decanus. — 1673. | In Ecclesia Aldermanbury London. Concionator. — 
1683. I Ecclesiae de Wigan Rector, & Cestritt Episcopus. — 1689. | Mortuus est 
120. aie Feb. — 170^. | Ex vita, per 18 annos Htc sanctissim^ instituta, I 
Memoriam sui reliquit | Omni marmore perenniorem. | Reformatam Fidem I 
Eruditis contra Pontificios scnptis strenue asseruit, | Ecclesiac Defensor prius 
quam Pater. | Illorum, quos adeptus est, Honorum nullos ambijt | NonnuUos 
sponte deposuit. I Divitiarum adeo erat non cupidus, | Ut post 40 annos inter 
dignitates Ecclesiasticas exactos, | Rem sibi relictam non solum non auxerit, 1 
Sed in tuendis Ecclesiae Ipsi creditac Juribus | Eam libentissime imminuerit, | 
Morum Simplicitate, Caritate in omnes, Pietate in Deum, | Erat plane ao 
Primaeva. | Episcopale munus ei fide administravit, | Ut qui ordinem non 
agnoscerent | Vinim faterentur esse revera Apostolicum. | Laboribus magis 
quamAnnisfractusoccubuit | AChristo,cuiso1iserviebat, | Promissum Dispen- 
satori fido praemium laturus. I Guilielmus Stratford S.T.P. Filius unicus | 
Archidiaconus Richmondiae | .£dis Christ! apud Oxon. Canonicus | Optimo 
Parent! | P. | 

The following Memorand. before y« old valor Beneficiorum in the 
Bodlejan Library, written in a more modem hand : 

Quaere an liber subsequens non fiiit compositus anno vicesimo Edward! 
primi, per inquisitionem factam ratione Commissionis factae Episcopis Winton. 3^ 
& Lincolniae, pro taxatione beneficiorum per totum Regnum Angliac, ut patere 
videtur in archivis Ecclesiae Cathedralis Lincolne, & Recordis in Turri 
Londinens! custoditis, quae videntur concordare. & hie fol. 24. a. 

I know not by whose Hand. Then opposite to this in a different 
Hand: 

v. fol. 34. ubi mentio est Episcoporum Winton. & Line, ub! agitur de 
Hospital! de Sherbum in Dioc. Dunelm. 

Underneath in a third Hand : 

Ranulf. Cestriens. in An. Dn. 1289. 17. Ed. L Circa hunc annum jubente 
Papa Nicholao, taxatae sunt ecclesiae Anglicanae secundum verum valorem : 40 
& vacavit ex tunc taxatio Norwicensis facta prius per Innocentium quartum. 

but lodged in a place w' vast summs of money are deposited y^ makes persons 
loath to desire the sight of them, not knowing who may chance to cpme there 
after them.* Is much discomposed with a cold. 

Got. 18. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Raw!. 38. 35). Remarks on various 
sheets of Ignatius. Thanks for account of Dr. Gregory's death : Mr. Keil 
went up to London on Saturday morning last, with a design to make interest 
for the place. 

Got. 20. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Raw!. 38. 36). Next sheet will conclude 
Ignatius. * Yesterday at three Clock Mr. Trapp deliver'd his first Lecture, in 
the Natural Philosophy-Schoole. He spoke much in commendation of Poetry, 
and of some of y« best Writers in it, and ended with a short but flattering 
compIe°»* upon the Vice-Chanc* 



14^ HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [17O8 : 

See D'. Kennetfs Parochial Antiquities p. 315. cone, this Book, where 
he has given us a specimen, in w^h are most gross Blunders, he seeming 
not able to read y« Hand. (See another Copy being a Roll in Parchment 
in Arch. Bod. 125.) 

In fol. 126. b. of the old valor Beneficionim in Decanatu de Radyng: 

Ecclesia de Beneham Abbatis (f. Abbas) Radyng Rector ix marc. 

(This Church is since destroy'd, & nothing to point it out remains but y« 
Heath, w<^ is call'd Benehanis Heath. But there is another Benham 
Church standing.) 

*o fol. 137. a. 

Ecclesia de Wengrave (now call'd Wargrave) abbas Radding Rector xviii. 

marc. 

Pensio abbatis in vicaria ejusd. indet. xviii.s. 

Ecclesia de Wyneksfeld xii. marc. 

Pensio abbatis Abendon in eadem i. marc. 

Ecclesia de Waltham Sancti Laurencij cimi vicar, indet. Prior de Hurle 

[xx marc. 

Ecclesia de Waltham Abbatis cum vicar, indet. xx.marc. 

Pensio abbatis de Certesey in eadem vs. 
20 Ecclesia de Sottesbroke xiii. marc. 

Oct. 24 (8im.V Yesterday in y® Afternoon died an old Rich, miser- 
able Fellow of Au-Souls, D'. Thomas Sergeant, D'. of Laws. He came 
into his Fellowship in y« Visitation in y« late damnable Rebellion, as being 
a Man of true Republican Principles, and has ever since eat y« Founder's 
Bread w^^ut doing y® least Good yt ever I could hear of. He died rich, 
but made no will. There is an Epitaph upon him that goes about amongst 
some waggs, viz. 

Here lyes Doctor Sergeant w^^in these Qoysters, 
"Whom if y» last Trump don't wake then crye Oysters. 

30 'Twas made upon him some years since, & was occasioned, as they tell 
you, because the Doctor would never answer or come to any one hardly 
that knock'd at his Door ; but if a Crye of Oysters was rais'd he would 
immediately come out, being a great admirer of them, as indeed he was 
of other good eatables as well as Drinkables.— Quaere who translated into 
English Selden's Jani Anglorum facies altera, pr. at Lond. 1683. in a Book 
intit. Tracts written by John Selden of y® Inner Temple, Esquier. D^. 
Hickes in his Pref. to his Thesaurus, p. 26. guesses atD' Adam Litdeton. 

, He is call'd in y« Book Redman Westcot, whom Antony a Wood also 
calls alias Adam Littleton.— Wic-stow which signifies a place of Encamp- 

40 ing or a Fort. — 80. D. 108. The Fragments of the Po^ts, in w^^h some 
corrections of Tully. — Silceaster. Silcestria in agro HantoniensL Sil- 
chester in Hampshire : so called (after M^. Camden) q. urbs magna. ('Tis 
writ Cilcestre in the old Valor Benef. f. 123. a.) Sele, A\ila, palatium, a 
Palace, a Hall, a Prince's Court, or House. 



Oct. 28. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 112). The author of the 
Rehearsal will be able to give us particulars of Dr. Gregory and his sense of 
religion in the last part of his life. Are the Greek inscriptions from Aphro- 
disias in Caria being printed at the Theatre ? 

Oct. 24. H. to Thoresby. Printed : Correspondence <f Ralph Thoresby^ 
ii. I ao sqq. 



Oct. 22-28.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 201-209. 143 

Oct. 26 (Mon.). As if D'. Lancaster, our present Vice-Chancellor (for 
he is continued another Year) had not given sufficient Evidence of his 
being a Person of a smooth, tricking, trepanning, & I know not what, 
principles, he last week made Assessor of his Court D'. Irish of All-Souls 
Coll. a Man of a whiggish Kidney, & ignorant in the Business of y^ Court, 
&c.— Look for y® names of y« Bp«. of Dorchester in M^. Leland's !■* vol. 
of collections, p. 393. See likewise his Itinerary voL 2. f. 10.— The 
speech spoken by Mr Edw. Hales upon y« setting up of King James the 
Ildi Statue in y« Quadrangle of University Coll. 7. Febr. 1686. is in MS*, 
amongst M'. Ant k Wood's Collections in Museo Ashmoliano vol. 103. 10 
f. 58. The said statue was set up wholly at y« Charge of M'. W"*. Rogers 
a very honest Roman Catholick of Gloucestersh. who was once of this 
College, & has always had a most gratefull Respect to that Society. The 
Arms in Dorchester Church were collected by M'. Wood and are amongst 
his Papers also. The said M"". Hales was afterwards kill'd at y« Boyn in 
Ireland most couragiously fighting for his Master King James. The 
Master, D'. Charlett, has y® Speech printed, bound up with Philpot's 
Hist, of Kent.— Cone. Abbingdon vide Dodesworth's Coll. Vol. 106. f. 5. 
— Peter Randall A.M. and Fellow of Oriel College was bom at Tysoe near 
Edge-Hill in Warwickshire. His Father was a noted Grazier of Wealth, ao 
& he has now an Elder Brother the Heir (his other brother of Magd. Hall 
being dead sometime since) & two sisters all three unmarried. His said 
Elder Brother sometime since, things not thriving so well w*h him, as he 
desir'd, & being indebted to y« said Peter Randall his Brother, in the sum 
of two hundred libs., for which the two sisters were bound, attempted to 
cut his own throat, purely out of design, as 'twas thought, which made his 
Brother Peter come down to Tysoe, or at least to Radley, where he setded 
Matters, being however at some trouble, (&, unless I am mistaken, a looser, 
upon account of y« said debt of 200 libs.) & afterwards M^. Randall 
recover'd himself & lives now in very good circumstapces in the said 30 
Parish of Tysoe. — See Claudius Boteroveus's Book intit. Recherches 
curieuses des Monnoyes de France, which is an Excellent Tract & scarce. 
See D^. Hickes's Preface to his Thes. pag. xli. — Sir Simon Dewes writ 
Lexicon Theutonico-Latino-Anglicum, in two volumes, MS*. See his 
Letter to M', Selden in D^. Hickes's said Preface, p. xliii. 

Oct. 28 (Th.). M'. WilUam Whitfield, late of X*. Church in Oxford, 
and now Chaplain in ordinary to y® Queen has publish'd a Sermon, on 
John 18. 36. intit. The Kingdom of Jesus X*, In answer to some Points 
treated of, in the Rts. of the Christian Church, preach'd before the said 
Bp. of Winchester at his primary Visitation at Guilford, July 5. 1708.40 
'Tis a good rational Discourse, & in one place he reflects in short on one 
of Bp. Burnett's Expositions of y« xxxix Articles.— M'. Cavendish Nevill 



Oct. 25. B. Boberts to H. (Rawl. 9. 39). Sends directions for pay- 
ment of other petty debts, including 4J. to *a Shooemaker at Cassington, his 
name I can^ tell, but he is a tall fellow y^ brings Shooes to Oxford very often 
... I have another creditor at Oxford, therefore let no body know my place 
of residence . . . Dr. Felling's Lady dyed suddenly last friday morning . . She 
was never over kind to y* Dr.'s curates. 

Oct 28. H. Topping to H. (Rawl. 10. 118). [In Latin.] Remark 
on antiquities, Thwaites, new buildings at Ch. Ch. and elsewhere, &c. 



144 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

of University College tells me y* he saw lately in Yorkshire an Excellent 
Copy of y® Statutes of New. Coll. supposed to be writ in y« Founder's 
Life-time, & some think 'tis y<* best Copy remaining. 'Twas convey d, as 
they say, from Oxon in the late unparallel'd Rebellion.— M', Dugdale, a 
Gentleman* Conmioner of University College, of very great hopes, tells me 
that his Great-Grandfather Sir William Dugdale drew up an Index to I>. 
Watts's Edition of Matth. Paris, which is at y« End of a Copy of it now 
in his Father's Custody, & y* 'tis much more compleat & perfect than the 
Index of D'. Watts. 

10 Oct. 29 (FtL). Hallywell in Oxon was formerly only a Chapell of 
Ease, as was also Wolvercote, call'd in y« old Valor-Beneficiorum Walgar- 
cote. S*. Peter's in y« East was y« Mother-Church of both. Bmsey 
(call'd there Benesey) was likewise a Chapell of Ease & belong'd to y« 
Prior of S*. Frideswyde. — I have just now seen a Book in 8^o. call'd Acta 
Litteraria ex Manuscriptis eruta atque collecta, cura Burcardi Gotthelffii 
Struvij. Editio 2^. Jence 1706. He is Library Keeper in Academia 
Salana. The said Book is a usefuU Book, and die Author shews 
himself to be a man of skill, particularly in MSS. concerning which 
the first part treats wholly being intit. De Crtterijs Matmscriptorum^ 

20 wherein pag. 5, he takes notice that Lambecius's Catalogue of y® Vienna 
MSS^. is preferable by far to the Oxon Cat. of MSSK because Lam- 
becius has given us a great many things relating to y® knowledge of 
MSS*", whereas y* of Oxon. (as well as some others) only gives us an 
Index of y« MSS*". without telling the time in which they were writ, or 
whether publish'd, & indeed is without any other notes to distinguish the 
value of them. M'. Bagford should consult this Book, in w<^ are divers 
things cone. Vellam, Paper, Ink, &c. He should also consult Petrus 
Maria Caneparius De Atramentis cujusque Generis ^ Ven. 1619. 4®. & 
Lond. 1660. 4*0. — See Thomas Bartholinus de libris legendis Diss. VII. 

30 p. 246. In y« 6^ Century there was an odd way of writing words short 
So in y« Florentine MS*, of the Pandect Dactylioiheca M earn for Dactilio^ 
ihecam meam : In a MS*, of Symmachus sa TEMporis for sat te temporis. 
In a MS*, of Apulejus in lemur ES re/ormant, for in lemures se reformani. 
So Bartholin. & Struvius p. 27. — Read over Joannes Lascares's Epistle 
prefix'd to his Epigrammatarium Graecum publish'd by him in Capital 
Letters at Florence 1484. 4*0. About y« old way of Binding Books there 
pag. 42. § xl.— Thursday last between one & two Clock dy'd His Royal 
Highness George Prince of Denmark in the 55*^ vear of his Age. He 
was buried about 1 2 at Night (Saturday) Nov. 1 3*^ following, in a vault 

40 where K. Charles the 11^ & K. William, & all the Issue he has had by 
the Queen, were buried, in Westminster Abbey.— The Picture of M'. 
Selden in y« Publick Library (lately put in) done by Sir Peter Lilly.— 
Mr. Ralph Freke of Hannington in Wilts gave about 500 Coyns. After 
which- his Brother M'. William Freke of y« same Place gave us at y® same 
time a great number of Coyns together with a most Curious Cabinet in 
yf^ not only his & his Brother's Coyns are now contain'd but likewise 

Oct. 80. H. to Barnes. (Rawl 35. 18). Sends collations of Iliad 2 
and T. 

» D'. Hudson is his Tutor. 



fiept. 28-Nov. 6.] VOLUME XVII, PAGES 209-217. 145 

those which were given by Archbp. Laud, M'. Nourse, Consul Ray &c.— 
Robert Langelande was y« Author of y« XX Satyrs caird Pierce Plowman. 

Nov. 2 (Tu.). 4*0. D. 3. Th. BS. taken out of y® Publick Library by 
Ml". Wiihn. 'Tis upon his Name in the Subscribing Book, and he 
returned it to-day by his Man. — Such Names of Places as terminate 
w^l^ Chester, ceaster, caster, &c. are Roman, we having no instance in 
England of any such Place but what we are sure was a Roman Garrison. 
See Burton's Itinerarie & D'. Gibson's Regular Generales De Nominibus 
Locorum at y« End of y« Saxon Chronicle. — 'Tis commonly said that 
the City Alchester that was formerly in Oxfordshire was so c^'d from id 
Allectus quasi Allectus-Chester. I much doubt it, & am inclin'd to think 
that tho 'twas a Roman City of Note, yet that the first syllable ^ Al \s 
Saxon, compendiose for Atde, Adle, or aethel, i.e. noble : as being a Town 
of Great Note. — -ffllfric in y« Saxon Preface to his Grammar conjures 
those y* should transcribe his Grammar hereafter to be very cautious in 
y« true writing of.it 'Twas customary for authors so to do in y« 
Monkish times as I have seen in divers MSS. some of which have an 
anathema added against such as should be negligent. 

Nov. 6 (Pri.). On Tuesday last were presented to y« Degree of D**. 
of Divinity M'. Thomas Pearson, Principal of S*. Edm. Hall, M*". Yates ao 
of Queen's (who accumulated) & M^. Smith of Queen's. At y« same time 
M'. Hutchinson of that College was made Bach, of Divinity, which had 
been before granted by virtue of y« Chancellor's Letter in consideration 
of his Repeating the last Easter Sermons. » 

Under Sir Thomas Bodle/s Statue in the Publick Library : 

THOMAS SACKVILLVS DORSET. COMES, I SVMMVS 
ANGLIC THESAVRAR. ET | HUJUS ACAD. CANCELLAR. I 

THOM^ BODLEIO EQUITI AURATO | QUI BIBLIOTHE- 
CAM HANC INSTITUIT | HONORIS CAUSA P.P. 

The Head of K. Charles i«t. in Bibl. Bodl. Given by ArchbP. Laud, 30 
w*k several MSS*». July 9^. 1636. cone, which Head he writes thus to y« 
University in a Letter : (vide Hist & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. T. i. p. 
342.) 

Mltto etiam effigiem Sereniss. Regis Caroli, ne fama ejus acre perennior suo 
acre destitueretur. Nullibi autem melius locari potest Rex Musarum Patronus, 
quam apud vos & inter Musas. Volo autem ut in Claustris illis ubi libri mei 
MSS. siti sunt collocetur caput hoc nunquam satis venerandum, ut in memoriam 
vestram revocet, cujus dignatione (sub Deo) factum est, ut iUa, qualia qualia 
sunt, quae in vestram gratiam facta sunt przstare possem. £t ut veluti 
inspector ibi stet, nequis libros quasi sub intuitu Regis positos, uUo modo 40 
violare ausit. 

On Tuesday last the lA. Viscount Hatton, of X*. Church, a most 

TSov. 2. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 113). Intends to send Preface 
and Indices on Monday. Advises H. to collect accounts of learned men, their 
birth, studies, &c. Dr. Gregory and his proposed monument. • I hope, that 
Sir Isaac Newton will take care of his young Godson, Isaac Gregory, & breed 
him up a mathematician ; tho* the Dr. left an estate, & has made, I beleive, a 
pretty good provision for his children.' 

* Alchester ii rather Ealdchester, 
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146 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

Virtuous, Studious & modest young Gentleman, was created Master of 
Arts, and was presented to y« Vice-Chancellor by M^. Wyatt y« Orator, 
who spoke in his Commendation. 

Nov. 8 (Moil). This Day, as usual, was y« Visitation of y« Bodlejan 
Library, when both M"". Terry and Mr. Thwaites observ'd to be wanting 
amongst the MSS*«. S'. Hen. Spelman of Testaments num. * ♦ ♦ 
(Quaere ?) The Speech was spoke by M*". W^. Periam, A.M. and Student 
of X*. Cl^. an ingenious. Modest, candid Gent. & a good Scholar. — 
Upon S'. Cloudesly Shovel's Monument at Westminster, occasion'd by 
10 the Prayer made by the ArchbP. of Cant. & his being cast away upon 
y« Rocks call'd the Bp. and his Clerks : 

As Lambeth prayed, so was y* dire Event, Nor did kind Heaven a wise Petition 
(Else we had wanted here, one Monument.) mode. 

That to our Ships kind Heaven would be To what the Metropolitan did pen 
a Rock, The Bp. and his Clerks did cry Amen. 

Consult George Stiemhielmus's Gothick Glossary, for y® Gothick 
Language. — The Saxons seem sometimes to have pronounc'd Twe as 
we do ge. For they call'd Twede^ Gewade, 

To Mr. Francis Brokesbt. 

ao Reverend Sir, — Three or four Days since I rec^. your Letter by M'. Hayes^ 

. in which you have given an ample Specimen of your great Skill in the Cboro' 
graphical Parts of M'. Camden's Britannia. By y' leave, I will take effectual 
care that it shall be communicated to D'. Gibson, who, I doubt not, will be 
very cautious that none of the Mistakes you have observ'd, pass uncorrected 
in his designed New Edition. I agree with you that 'twill be very proper for 
him to procure an exact Account of the Recovery of the Ground which you 
mention in the River Humbre. Several Years since I collected divers His- 
torical Relations of Places that have been gain'd from Water, which 1 did 
only by way of Exercise, and the better to imprint them in my Memory. 

30 I remember that amongst the rest I observ'd that Sundry Royal Commissions 
had been formerly issu'd not only for repairing the Banks and Sewers upon 
the Humbre, but also for regaining such Lands as had been lost by continual 
overflowing ; of all which S' William Dugdale has publish'd an exact Account 
in his History of Imbanking and Drayning : and there is no question but had 
y« Accidents you mention happen'd before y® Publication of that Work be 
would have added these to the other Instances he has there given. 

I am mtirely of S'. William Dugdale's opinion that the Flints he tells us to 
be found at Oldbury are British Axes. There have been of them found 
at other places, & the other Instruments of Flint, as their Arrow and Spear 

40 Heads, sufficiently show that they made use of Flint, the way of working in 
Iron being quite unknown to tbem. It must indeed be granted that the 
Romans us*d such Flints too for Weapons, and 'twas from them that y« 
Britains leam'd the Art of working them: yet for all that I am inclined 
to think that most if not all these found in this Isle are British, the Romans 
having quantity of Iron & being well skill'd in working of it : whereas the 
Britains were altogether Ignorant in this Art, & if they had been skilled they 
had such an inconsiderable Quantity of Iron that they tum'd it into money as 
the most scarce & pretious Commodity they had. I have seen of their Arrow 



Nov. 6. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 114). Sends in unpaid parcel 
by the carrier an authentic MS. of Cyril Lucar, and his own Preface, Indices and 
Emendanda. Please examine ref. to Hudson and yourself in the Preface. 
Suggestions for printing. 



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Heads my self, we having several of them in our Repositories. They are 
frequently found in the North Parts of England, but more commonly in Scot- 
land, especially near Aberdeene, where they are call'd Elf-Arrows, & they 
think that ,thcy drop from the Clouds. We have an Iron Ax (which was 
certainly Roman) made exactly in y« form of these Flint ones, & 'twa« 
fastened to an Helve in y^ same manner as the Indians use at this day, who 
have likewise Flint-Axes, several of which are lodg'd in M^ Ash^iole's 
Museum. But now tho* I agree with S'. William Dugdale, that these Instru- 
ments found at Oldbury are British, yet you have given me sufficient proof 
that here are Flints near this place, & that therefore he (as well as his 10 
Transcriber in y® Additions to Camden) must be mistaken in asserting that 
there is no Flint in this part of the Country, nor within more than XL. miies from 
hence. I have transcrib'd his very words, because you seem'd to doubt whether 
the Author of the Additions had cited him fairly. Now these Axes found so 
near in some measure prove that 'twas a place of great Antiquity ; but this 
appears most of all from the Ramplres still remaining, & from the Name Old- 
burie, Aldbury or Ealdburie, which I take to be y* same in signification with 
Alchester in Oxfordshire. I know indeed y* the Anonymous Author of the 
History of AUchester, at y« End of D'. Kennett's Parochial Antiquities, 
deduces the Name from AUectus, whom he makes the Founder of it ; but not ao 
to observe that his whole History is built upon Conjecture, that 'tis very 
injudiciously compil'd & that there is no Foundation in any antient writer y* 
AUectus built the place, 'tis certainly more agreeable to the Rules of Etymo- 
logy to make it y® same in signification with Aldechester, Aldceaster, 
or Ealdceaster, of which opinion was also M'. Camden. If we admitt of this 
the Antiquity of y* Place may be carried higher than Carausius ; but I shall 
not insist upon that, as being of little or no moment in y^ present case. 

What you write concerning one Francis Harris, aged 180 years, some odd 
weeks Sf daies, is very remarkable & ought to be enquir'd into. I wish all 
Instances of this Nature in Britain were collected and rang'd together, & as 30 
distinct Relations, as possible, publish'd of the several occupations of y* 
Persons, their Constitution of Body, the particular methods they observ'd as 
to Eating & Drinking, Exercise, &c. This has been done as to Thomas Parr 
by M'. Taylor the Water-Poet, & others. And we have also Accounts of 
others that were very aged, in y« Philosophical Transactions, D'. Plot's 
natural Historic of Oxon & Staffbrdshires, & several other Books, amongst 
which must not be forgotten the LA Bacon's History of Life & Death, which 
is only a specimen of a compleat work. And now you have given me occasion 
to speak of longliv'd persons, I cannot but mention to you w^ perhaps you 
may not have observ'd cone, two very late Instances of this kind. The first 4^ 
is inserted in y® Mercure Galant for January 1708, where we are told of two 
Letters, one written to y« French King & the other to a Great Lady of y* 
Court, both by y^ Marquiss of Aucaze, a Gentleman of Auvergne, born about 
y« year 1598. These Letters were writt by his own Hand, w**»out y« Help of 
Spectacles. His Father liv'd to y* Age of 98, & his Mother to 9a ; so that 
aU three make about 300 years. The second Instance, which is more strange, 
is of one Timothy Blanche, a Merchant in y® South west Parts of France, who 
tho' aged one Hundred and seventeen years & three months, had married 
a Girl of eighteen, & that his said young spouse was suppos'd to be w^ child 
by him at y« writing of y« Letter in which we have this Account, a Fragment 50 
of which is publish'd in one of y» Monthly Miscellanies. 

It seems to me certain y* the Banks you took notice of in Yorkshire for 
several miles together, are Reliques of some of y« Roman ways ; but whether 
they are part of y* Greater ways, or only Branches of them, is very doubttuU, 
all Authors who have written of y« Tracts of those principal ways giving us 
different Accounts of them, & being inclin'd to various Opinions according to 
y« observations they have either made themselves or rec^. from otliers. 
W*i»out doubt D'. Gibson may procure a sight of D», Johnston's large coii-'-- 

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148 NEARNESS COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

lions, in which I suppose are amass'd together w^ver be met w^ relating to 
y® antiquities of Yorkshire ; but 'tis pity the D'. had not had more Regard to 
y<» Benefit of Posterity, & took care to write his Papers in such a Hand as 
might be read by others besides himself. I am assur'd from one that was his 
acquaintance that he us*d a particular cypher for expedition, & that even when 
he did not use characters, his hand at best was very indistinct. 

Your observation that y« names of divers places in England are Appellatives 
is very just and true, and I could add a great number of Instances to those you 
have brought if I were not highly sensible that you are particularly acouainted 

10 with this as well as with other curious Parts of Learning. I shall however 
offer a few, not y* I think I can give you any Information, but purely that I 
may be directed if I happen to committ any mistake not only from your self, 
but those other two excellent Judges, whose conversation you have the Happi- 
ness now to enjoy, M'. Cherry and M'. Dodwell. Wargranx^ (near Henly 
upon Thames) call'd in y® old Vjdor Beneficiorum made in y« time of Edw. i"*. 
Wengra'vey (by an error of the Transcriber) I take to be y« same with IVer i.e. 
War or Man^ and Graf?i grave or place of Burial. Nor is it at all unlikely that 
hereabouts might have been a considerable Battle in y* Saxon times when we 
know several Actions happened in y« Adjacent parts ; and perhaps a great 

ao number might afterwards be buried in this place. Wiifield near Windsor, so 
call'd perhaps from a Battle formerly fought here. Win signifying in Saxon 
Battle^ & always when prefix'd to any Towns name is to be so interpreted. 
Nor should I have any reason to doubt of this Derivation did I not find in y® old 
Valor Beneficiorum that 'tis writt Wynekesfeld ; by which it should seem that 
either some general call'd Wyneke obtain'd a victory here, or else that he was 
y« Chief Gentleman that had any Title to y« Lands of this Place. 'Tis also 
call'd Winekfeld in y® old Register of Abbingdon, in y« Fragments publish'd 
from it in y« Monasticon Anglicanum, the Monks of which place had of ancient 
time a Right to a great Share of y« Wood in this Parish, & 'twas confirmed to 

30 y" by y« Conqueror. Waltbam^ in Saxon Wealuham^ i.e. a woody village. 
Seat, or Habitation. There are several of these in England, & most of them 
are distinguish'd by some word added to them, while Waltham near to y* Place 
where you now are is call'd in the old Valor Beneficiorum and other antient 
evidences Abbot's Waltham. I believe White is a late Addition, upon 
Account that some considerable man perhaps of y^ name was either a Bene- 
factor to y*' Church, or was eminent here upon some other Account fVooley 
in the said parish of White or rather Abbot's Waltham, I think is the same 
with Wulfes'iea'^ (we turning the Saxon iea'^ into ley) i. e. a place of wolves. 
'Tis not at all unlikely that this place was antiently much infested with them, 

40 especially if we consider that the woods were here as well as in all these Chil- 
tem Parts far thicker than they are at present & were a Refuge for Robbers 
(as well as for wild Beasts) which was the reason that the Mannor of Flamstede 
was given by Leofstan Abbot of S^ Albans to a certain valiant souldier call'd 
Thumoth with this condition that he should in lieu of it take effectual 
Methods to have most of y« woods cut down, & the Robbers dispersed which 
accordingly he carefully perform'd. This is related in the Appendix of D^ 
Watts's accurate edition of Matthew Paris ; but I do not remember to have 
found it in any other publish'd Author. Shottesbrooke, or as others write it 
Shattesbroocke, where you now reside, may possibly come from Sceat a comer ^ 

50 & Broca or Brooke, as being in y« comer of a Brook ; or else it may be so 
call'd from the Churche's spire steeple (just as Shaftsbury was according to 
M'. Camden) the Saxons calling such figures Sbqfts, 

Motstone in y* Isle of Wight so call'd firom a certain great stone not far 
from the Place, which is suppos'd to have been a Monument erected for some 
Noble Man there buried by the Romans. This conjecture is the more 
probable because about sixty yards from the stone are some Reliques of an old 
Castle. Now y« stone being call'd Mortis-stone upon Ace* of the Great 
Person there buried, the same name was given to y® adjoyning Town ; and 'tis 



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caird by that Name in old Leases, if we may credit some MS*. Notes of an Anony- 
mous Author now in my Hands. This name Mortis-stone partly by corruption 
of speech, & partly by contraction, was at length tum*d into Motstone, & *tis 
now so pronounc'd. Bath in Somersetshire, so caird {2s all know) from the 
use of the waters. In y« Saxon chronicle we meet w"> it thus written, Ba^ 
Ba^, Ba¥an and Ba^an-cester (whence Badecestre in Henry Huntingdon, the 
Saxon ^ being, by an easy change, tum'd into d.) w*'** answers to y® Present 
name. In y® same Book 'tis call'd Acemarmes'cetutre (or as another copy has 
it Acemanrus'ber't i.e. a City for Reception of diseas*d & sick persons. 

And now I have instanced in Bath, I shall mention a Place about a mile 10 
northwest of it, (which shall be the last Instance I will now trouble you with) 
call'd Walcot, Wal in Saxon signifies a diseas*d or sick person, & ro/, cote or 
coat an House or Habitation. So that I believe that, notw%tanding it be 
now discontinu'd, this Place was formerly made use of for Reception of those 
that were most distemper'd, & that all Acconmiodations for y* End were here 
provided for them, on purpose to prevent Infection at y« Bath, if they should 
be allow'd the Privilege of living there. Perhaps upon Increase of the City of 
Bath the custom might cease. And as it was imploy'd to this use in y® Saxon 
times, so I believe it was so long before. From the Inscriptions found here 
A: publbh'd by M'. Camden, & from others found since his time, it seems to ao 
have .been of note in y« time of the Romans. Some make the Fosse way to 
have pass'd thro' it ; but of that we are uncertain. A little while since was a 
Roman Monument found here, on w«i» is an Inscription, which being com- 
municated to me by M'. Halley, our Savilian Professor of Astronomy, I shall 
transcribe it, on purpose that I may have not only your own but M^ Cherry's 
& M'. Dod well's opinion of it. [See Life of Alfred the Great y pp. a 36 



''^hu, 



Thus S' have I writ down some of my observations, occasion'd by your late 
excellent Letter. I am very conscious of my own Inabilities, & cannot think 
that anything I can offer is worthy your consideration ; yet I am at y® same 30 
time assur'd that what I do will be candidly received by you, & be interpreted 
as a token of Gratitude & Respect. Be pleas'd to give my service to M'. C. 
& M^ D. & to accept the same yourself, from S'. 

Your most oblig'd humble serv^ 

Th. H. 
Oxon. Nov. a a. 1708. 

Out of Mr. Samner's Dictionary. ... — Thirteen Livy's small Paper for 
M'. Ibbetson. Thirteen small stand by the Ladder to be dispos'd of to 
such as want them. Fourteen small Paper in Crabb's Study. Ten 
large in y« same study. If M^ Yalden sends he is to have i large, A: 2 40 
small, and one Septuagint 8^0. Ed. in y« D". Chamber. — If any Bills 
come in y« D". Letters payable in London send them to M'. Fisher 
in New Street near St. Martin's Lane. Ab* 4 days after he is ffon to 
be writ to at M'. Newcomen's at Theddlethorpe to be left w^ M«. 
Browne in Lowthe Lincolnshire. If any letters come signifying that 
Passioneo will be in Oxon in less than a fortnight after the D". Leaving 
it an express Messenger to be sent to him. — The Life of King Alfred 
in Enghsh, if done at y® Theatre according to y« specimen I have had 
set, will come to in all i lib*. 8". per sheet besides correcting, if 750 be 
printed. — Thilo^jt's Dictionarie, improved by John Higgins some time 50 
Student of Oxon, & printed at London 1572. Ant k Wood mentions 
M'. John Higgins by y« by in two or three places as an eminent Potft, 
but has not his Life, nor does he so much as mention this Book. » Old 
Thomas Parr eighty years old before he married. She died after she had 



I50 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

liv'd with him 32 years. He afterwards continu'd widower ten years, and 
then married, out of Affection to bis first wife calFd by y« same Name, 
one Jane, widow. In his first wive's time at y® age of 105 he committed 
Adultery, & did Penance for it. He was of a thick, Robust constitution, 
& very chearfull. His usual drink was Ale, which he drank freely, but 
always in season, & sometimes a Glass of Sherry. S^. John Hawkins the 
first that brought tobacco into England, in y« year 1565 ; but it was first 
brought into use several years after. — [Notes for Smith's ed. of 
Ignatius. . . .1 » 269. and \ small, 49. 4 Sheets large Paper, us'd in a 

xo ^eet of S*. Ignatius. For working a sheet at Press 5s. 14s. per sheet 
composing. — On the first of Jime next will be publish'd an Edition of 
Livy in six Volumes 8^0 printed at y« Theatre in Oxofi with great 
Accuracy & considerable Improvements, from MSS, antient Coyns & 
Inscriptions, &c. The price to Subscribers (who come in before y® first 
of June) being i5». y« small Paper and twenty five the large. Proposals 
are likewise given out for Printing Freinshemius's Supplement to Livy in 
4 Volumes 8^o on y« same Paper w*l^ this Edition of Livy, and the same 
Letter with the Edition of y« lA. Clarendon's History in S^o. 'Tis 
offer'd to subscribers for I2«. 6<*. in small Paper w*l» y« Advantage of a 

to seventh Book, & for 1 7". in large. Such Persons as desire to have these 
Supplements are to pay their subscription Money (viz. 5». for the large 
Paper, & 2". 6^. for y« small) before the 14th of July next to M"". H. at 
the Ptiblick Library or John Qarke at y« Printing House near y« 
Theatre. — . . . Aqua fortis mix'd with water & rubb'd with quickness 
w^ a Brush upon the Coyns, a good way of cleansing. . . 

ITov. U. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 37). Both Dr. Hudson and 
himself are quite satisfied with Dr. Smith's Preface. Will soon begin to ex- 
amine the emendanda. Desires that S. would consider of a new title-page^ 
^ that which you left with me seeming not agreeable at all to the method we 
have observ'd in Printing. I have written in my Paper the following one, 
which you may model as you think fit, but let it be as short as you can.' 
Thinks it would be better that Dr. Gregory should have no honorary monu- 
ftient at St. Mary's. Bagford to H. (RawL a i. 5). Will send one volume 
of the Catalogue. Parcel received. 

Nov. 12. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 38). Sends emendanda re- 
arranged, with query. Suggests change of the word molior in the Preface. 

Nov. 18. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 34). Returns Hudson's transcript of 
Festus Avienus, and his German ed. of Dionysius by Ursinus, with remarks. 
What prospect is there of a bookseller for Barnabas, and on what proposals for 
copy-money and copies? Dr, T. Smith to H. (Rawl. 38. 64). Returns 
H. bis Emendanda, with additions and remarks, and sends amended title-page. 
Thanks Hudson and H. for their expeditious care. Brokeaby to H. (RawL 
3. 116), Glad that H. approves of his proposals for pronnoting the Gospel in 
our American Plantations. Points oiit numerous errors, especially in the 
Maps, in Gibson's ed. of the Britannia, particularly in Staffs, Leicestershire, 
and the East Riding of Yorkshire (where B. had his station for above ao 
years). Remarks on Sunk, an island in Humber, which was observed as a 
novelty about 40 years ago ; and on the recovery of a great parcel of ground 
out of Humber, which was left by the water, adjoining to the commons of 
South Cave. Flintstones at Oldbury, Warwickshire. * The flourishing con- 
dition of Leverpool in Lancashire is taken notice of in the Additions to 
Camden, but not so particularly as is now requisite, it being vastly increased 
in the erecting of new Streets & Buildings since that edition of Camden^ 



Vor. 22.] VOL. XVII, PAGE 2il— VOL. XVIII, PAGE 38. 151 



VOIi. XVlll. 

[Notes on Motstone in the Isle of Wight and Christchurch in Hampshire, 
apophthegms and anecdotes, Latin and English, not in Hearae's handwriting. 
1-35.] 

Bathe, antiently call'd by y« Saxons Ace-mannesceaster, as being a City 
to receive diseas'd A: sick Persons. — Athelney in Somersetshire, or 
iBdelinga ijje, i.e. an Isle of Nobles. — The Saxons also called Bath, 
agreeably to the modem name, BaSan-cester, Badhon, Bad, and Bade. 
Huntingdon calls it Badecestre, the Saxon 8, as frequently, being tum'd 
into d. — Bampton in Oxfordshire, & other places of this name, call'd so, 
quasi collis stipitibus seu trabibus n/erhis. See Gibson at the end of Saxon 10 
Chron. Creeklade does not come from the settlement of Greeks 
here formerly to teach y® Greek Tongue, but from Crecca that signifies 
a River, or Brook that falls into a Greater River, 8c ladian io exonerate. 
For at this Place y« waters fall into the River Thames. — Fabricenses 
stricte dicuntur illi, qui faciunt anna publica, & in publicis fabricis, & non 
alias, ft dantes primicerio, qui reponat in publicis armamentis, large tamen 
sumitur pro omni ferri percussore, quandoque pro tignario. Divers 
colleges of Fabricenses in y« Eastern and Western Parts of y« Roman 
Empire, & I believe there was one particularly assign'd to Britain. They 
were under a Governour or chief Master, who was call'd Primicerius 30 
/tf^ira^, A: sometimes magisier officiorum. They were distinct from the Bar- 
^anirar// (sometimes writt faultily Barbarici & Brabaricarij^vt\ios& Business 
was only to adorn or Beautifie the Instruments made by the Fabricenses. 
And 'twas by one of these Barbaricarij that the Antient Shield of D^. Wood- 
ward & others of that kind was beautified %rith Animals, &c. They were 



besides other things which are observable. It formerly had only One Church, 
that of S. Nicolas, & that only a Chappel to Walton. But since the Town is 
become so vastly populous, they are by Act of Parliament made a distinct 
Parish, and have built another fair Church, dedicated to S. Peter, being con- 
secrated June 29 Anno D*^ 170 — , being but one Parish, the having Two 
Churches, & Two Joint- Rectors, on whom a Competent Maintenance is 
settled by the forementioned Act of Parliament, in the Method by which the 
London-Clergy are provided. Besides, their Trade to Barhado^s the Caribte 
Islands, Virginia, Maryland &c. has bin so considerable, that as their Customs 
have before bin the greatest in England, next to London & Bristol, so in some 
Years of late they have equalled, & possibly a little exceeded, those of Bristol.' 
Mentions a picture of one Francis Harris (at Red Hill near Nottingham), aged 
180 years; and several Banks (like Avesditch Bank in Oxon) in various parts of 
Yorkshire. Suggests that many names of rivers and towns are appellatives. 

Not. 16. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 115). Remarks on title-page 
Ac. of his book. 

Nov. 18. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 21. 4)- The price of the collection is 
700 guineas. Sends one volume of the Catalogue (in la vols.), containing the 
letter A. 

Nov. 2L H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. ao). Sends Iliad Y. Dr. Hudson 
will be an agent for B. for getting subscriptions. BL to Dr. T. Smith 
(Rawl. 38. 39). All but latter part of Preface now finished. The Press is 
very busy printing verses upon the Prince. Hears no more clamours against 
Smith's book. 



I5« HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

also under the Magisier officiorum. The Imperij Nodtia to be consulted, 
quae Fabricas Armorum sigillatim enumerat, turn in oriente turn in 
occidente. The primicerius Fabricae sometimes call'd Trihunus FabriccB^ 
prcepositus Fabricce, & Subadjuoa FabriccB. The Notitia Imperij mentions 
VIII fabricae to have been in France, & it mentions others for other places, 
but none for Britain. The Fabricenses were obliged to make y« Publick 
Arms, & they had a publick salary for it. They were to take care that 
all the Arms they made were implo/d to y® Publick service of the Empire 
& that they were lodg'd in publick Armories, & they were not to work 

10 for any but the Officers under whom they were. — Caresbrook-Castle in 
y« Isle of Wight is call*d in y® Saxon Chronicle Wihtgarabyrig, i.e. 
Wihtgar's Castle. The Isle of Wight was given by Cerdick & Cynric to 
this Wihtgar & Stuffus in y« year 534. — Salisbury call'd in the Saxon 
Annals Searbyrig. Searobyrig. Searebiri. Saeresberi. antiently calFd 
Sorbiodunum, — Eynsham call'd Egones-ham ibid. an. DLXXI. in 
which year 'twas taken vt^ other Towns by Cuthwulf. — Towns 
antiently fortified with Hedges. — So ibid. an. DLVII. & he (i.e. Ida) 
timbrode Behbanburh. seo was aerost mid hegge betyned. & J)ar aefter 
mid wealle. — Ciceter in Gloucestershire, call'd in Sax. Chron. Cyren- 

ao ceaster & Cymceaster, from cyran, i.e. vertere^ flectere ; the Roman Great 
or Consular ways here cutting one anpther athwart ('). 

Begun, Angl. Sax. ongon. To lead, laedan Sax. Had sett, or con- 
stituted, gesette Sax. fought, gefeaht. Here (or this year) Her. Forces 
faerde. fulfilled, gefyld. should, sculan, scoldan. Escaped or burst out, 
atbaerst Thence, banon. gone, agan. lived, leovode. herd or flock, 
hyrde. Belief geleafan. Whole, or sound, halan. got, jeyde. 

Nov. 22 (Men.). Paeaninj liv'd in the time of Diocletian. See 
Selden de Synedrijsvet. Hebr. lib. i. c. 14. pag. 578. 

Nov. 28 (Tu.). D' Crosthwait's verses upon the Birth of y« Prince 

30 of Wales, printed in y« Oxford Collection upon that occasion. 
Salve blande ptier . . . Lux, Calor, atque vigor. 

Nov. 28. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 35. 35). Death of Mr. Holden of a 
violent fever in his head, which never suffered him to enjoy any considerable 
relief by sleep till it made an end of him. * Mr. Rehearser came from the 
Bath (where he had been upon a cure of the Gout gotten into bis Stomach) 
some while before he intended, in complaisance to Dr. Gregory. When he 
came to Maidenhead, he wrote a letter to Mr. Cherry, signifying his arrival 
there, and his design of giving us a visit, when he might be at liberty from his 
necessary Office for the Dr.'s wife, the Dr. himself being then past hopes. 
The next day I saw him at the Grey-hound Inn. But the Dr. was then dead, 
and they were providing for his Funeral in the Chappel, where he was buryed 
in the Chappel by Mr. Blith that night, but after my return home. Mr. Cherry 
staid 'till the Funeral was over, but came home that night, accompanyed with 
the excellent Rehearser. We enjoyed his delightfull and improving conver- 
sation 'till he was called away from us by another Office of Charity. His 
Rehearsals are full of excellent reasoning as well as wit, and very well contrived 
for the Security of our Constitution and good Principles, and the Church, 
and the Personal Reputation of the Clergy attacked by Slanders of the wicked 
Party. I praise God, your information concerning my own ill state of health 

• Q) Not so, but from the river. 



Hov. 22-30.] VOLUME XVIII, PAGES 38-47. 153 

I have seen a Paper printed on one side of a Broad sheet, entitled A 
Letter from a Minister of the Church of England communicated to yf R\ 
Horf^ the L*, Mayor: relating to Thomas White ^ alias Whitebread, who 
was lately executed for High-Treason. 'Tis without date & the Author's 
Name not added. 'Tis veiy remarkable, A: gives an Account of the 
Learning of this White, his feigning himself mad, &c. — Ant. k Wood 
in his Life of John Morwen mentions his opuscula Gr. Lat from another 
author as being in the Bodlejan Library ; but says after all his searches 
he could not find them there himself. I have seen them there in the 
MSS*» of New End. in a thin folio. — 'Tis said one Lambert is to be 10 
made an Irish Bishop, upon the following Account. In the great Tryal 
betw. y« Duke of Montague & the Earl of Bath, this Lambert was y« 
principal Man concem'd in suborning Witnesses m favour of y® Duke of 
Montague. For which after y* Tryal he was indicted & found guilty, & 
thereupon fled into Ireland. . The Duke has already got him Preferment 
to y« value of 800 libs, per an. & 'tis said the Duke gives it out that he 
will have him preferr'd to a Bishoprick. » King Alfred*s translation of 
Bede at the beginning very different from the Original, & therefore trans- 
lated ad verbum by Whelock in his Edition. 

Nov. 27 (Sat.). The Contents of y« beginning of Whelock's Bede ao 
added from a Saxon MS*. Bede seems to have added none himself, no 
MS*, y* Mf. Whelock us'd of it in Latin having them. Without doubt 
they were made by K. Alfred — Wihtred King of Kent committed the 
choice of Bp«. &c. to y« Arch^. of Cant. & would have nothing to do in 
the Governing of y« Church or disposing of the Revenues of it. See 
Chron. Sax. sub an. 694. 

Nov. 28 (Sun.]. The Letter X not in use till the time of S*. Augustin. 
Before they us'd tor it GS or CS, So Isidore & Petrus Diaconus ; but 
wrong as appears from several Monuments of Antiquity. Noris in his 
Orthographia pag. 58. of the late Edition at Wittemberg in 8^o notes the 3<> 
Inconstancy of Jac. Gronovius in his Edition of Livy, sometimes writing 
exsultOy with an ^ as it should be, sometimes exulto^ without an ^, particu- 
larly in L. xxvii. c. 2. 4. » Quodannis anciently for quotannis, & so in 
some very old MSS. w<^ however have both ways. — imperi in old 
Inscriptions, & MSS. the 1 bemg not doubled, nor made long, as we 
observe it sometimes ihperI. The same to be observ'd also m other 
words. See Noris. ibid. p. 67. TuUy is there corrected in several 
places, see pag. 79. from MSS*«. 

Nov. 80 (Tu.). Finis in the Feminine Gender several times in Livy, 
& is confirm'd there from MSS*". So also in some other Authors : and 4^ 
in the Pisan Inscriptions, but in no other Inscription hitherto found out 
as is noted by Cardinal Noris Orthogr. p. 96. — The Antients were of 
opinion that a vowell cannot be doubled. Therefore they did not put 
two vowells together, but Davus they writ Davos, for servus, servos &c. 



had no ground, that I know of, unless possibly the decaying of my sight.* 
Does not promise himself much from Mr. CbishuU's encomiums of his own 
performances. 

Nov. 26. Maurice Atkins to H. (Rawl. 14. 16). Intends to print 500 
small-paper and 35 large, which will come to a guinea per sheet. 



154 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

dfterw^ indeed the first u was made a consonant; but 3^ being doubtfiill 
Claudius the Emperor brought in y« ^olic digamma j. So we have 
XV^IR, VIIjIR &c. but s^r his Death u was us'd as a consonant 
again. ^ 

Athenae Oxonienses col. 186. in Peter Heylin. Reply to I>. Hake- 
well's Dissertation touching the Sacrifice of the Eucharist. Land, 1641. 
4*0. This Piece seems not to have been printed ; for I find it mentioned 
both in M'. Vernon's & M'. Barnard's Life of D^. Heylin as being in 
MS*, but writ in the year 1641. when D'. Hakewell's Book came out 

10 M'. Wood has added several things in MS*, to an interleaved Copy of his 
Athens in the Museum of Mr. Ashmole ; but he has made no iteration 
of this Place, but it stands as printed. •- Bede died in the year 734 
according to y^ Saxon Annals. — 

In the Pisan Table of Lucius Caesar, vers. la 'tis cosesum by a mistake 
of the Cutter for cansensum. And in the last line for omnia is omia. 
Namely there should have been a stroke (— ) over the line for the n. And 
so in the Inscription found at Wolcot, in the volume immediately pre- 
ceding, near Bath the » is wanting by mistake in Fabricieses, or rather 
Fabriceses. — See always in the MSS*«. of Tully how nondum be written 

■o whether seperately non dum, or together nondum. In the Pisan Marbles 
tis seperate, & so Noris says it sh^<^ be, p. 1 20. which is also the opinion 
of Manutius in his Orthography, & he quotes a place of Tully for it. 
Dum tazat also in several Inscriptions. — Impraesentiarum, for in prassentia 
us'd antiently. See Noris ibid. p. 122. — In the Pisan Inscriptions 
Magtstraius is thus divided at the End of the Line MAGIS-TRATUS, 
& not as commonly magi-stratus. — Accents sometimes in Inscriptions. 
So there MA'NIBUS to distinguish the Dij Manes from Manm Hands. 
And PECU'NIA' shewing 'tis the ablative Case, & that the 2^ syllable is 
long. &c. See there in Noris pag. 140. &c. — M'. Thomas Philipot who 

30 writ Villare Cantianiun was of Clare-Hall in Cambridge & was Son to 
John Philipot, Esq' w<^ John drew up the Historical Catalogue of the 
High-Sheriffs of Kent, publish'd w*l» the Villare. M'. Wood, Athenae 
Oxon. vol. IL col. 719. says the Father was really Author of the Villare 
it self, who writ also other Books, and made additions to M^. Camden's 
Remains printed at Lond. 1637. &c. 4*0. See also the first voL of 
Athenae Oxon. in the Incorporations for the year 1640. — 

Particular Care taken by our former Kings to hinder the Incroach- 
ments of the Sea upon Land, especially in Romney Marsh. See Philipot 
in Kent pag. 3. — In the Romans times there was an Earl or Lieutenant 

40 of the Saxon Shore, who was by the Help of Garrisons set all along upon 
the Shore to repress the Incursions of Barbarous People particularly of 
the Saxons, ibid. pag. 8. Such an officer was also in other Parts, & is 
styl'd by Am. Marcellinus Tractus mariiimi conus. The Formalities & 
Ensigns of his Commission instituted about the time of Theodosius II. 
w<^ was towards the Declension of the Roman Government in these 
Parts. — M'. Philipot design'd to publish a particular Treatise concerning 
the Immunities of the Cinque Ports & of their just Right to take cogni- 
zance of the Fishery at Yarmouth, ibid. pag. 14. Quaere whether ever it 
came out. — M'. Daurell and M'. Mersh quoted by M'. Philipot, pag. 41. 

50 as good Antiquaries. Quaere ? — Edward Chowt Esq', a great Patron of 



HOT.80-Deo.4.] VOLUME XVIII, PAGES 47-68. 155 

Learning, ibid. p. 43. — L.S.A. in divers Antient Evidences w^^ signifie 
that such w«^ were given by charter to the Church should be liberce stcuf 
Aldisham. Aldisham is in Kent & had divers Immunities. See ib. p. 44. — 
The Tomb of Catigem, slain by Vortiraer the valiant British King, on the 
Hill w«^ looks down upon Cosenton in Kent, delineated ibid. pag. 48. 
His Brother Horsa, slain at the same time, had such another Monument^ 
since defaced, erected at Horstead near Rochester, ibid. — He there 
quotes, pag. 53. a passage out of Leland's Itinerary, for the Antiquity of 
Richborough, w<* shews that here has been more Roman Money dug up 
than in any Parts of England. See the Place in Leland ; for 'tis cer- 10 
tainly not taken right in Philipot — Original of the Lovelaces, ibid. pag. 
72. where he discourses of Bethersden Lovelace. — Cone. John Capgrave 
ibid. pag. 74. — ^Julaber, or the Place of Laberius Durus's Tomb, see there 
pag. 117. Divers Coyns & other Roman Antiquities found at Chilham. ibid. 
— Ditmarius Mersepurgius's Chronicle lib. 8. there quoted, pag. 161. — Ibid, 
pag. 162. In Memory of y® many Camps that have been here, Certain 
places w*^in this (that is East Greenwich) Parish are called Combes, 
namely East Combe, where that godly good Gentleman William 
Lambert, Esq. dwelt, that gave us the first Description of this Country, 
m his Perambulation, & made this work the more easy to any, that ao 
should endeavour further Progress therein : Facile est inventis addere, 
difficile invenire. — ^An Hospital of M'. Lambert's Foundation mentioned 
there pag. 163. He was the first Protestant that built an Hospital. Other 
Lamberts there mention'd. 

Deo. 2 (Th.). Ignorance very much prevailed in the time of Theodoras 
ArchbP. of Cant, who therefore visited all the English Churches & took 
care to have the True Faith preach'd, the Scriptures read and explained, 
& metrical Arts (or as others say Grammatical Arts) (Stef-crafls Sax.) to 
be taught See the contents to Bede in Wheloc*s Edition ad lib. iv. c. 2. 
^ The Earl of Pembroke is made lA, High-Admiral of England, in 30 
room of P'. George deceased ; the L^. Wharton L^. Lieuten. of Ireland 
in room of L**. Pembroke ; & Ld. Summers L^ President of the Council 
in room of L^. Wharton. — Cone, the Family of the Twisden's (whereof 
was S'. Roger Twisden) see M^ Philipott's Villare Cantianum pag. 172. — 
Edmund de Hadenham, a Chronicler of great Antiquity, ibid. p. 209. — • 
Account of divers Roman Urns found in the Parish of Newington in Kent« 
ibid. p. 249. — Account of the Bp«. of Rochester pag. 290. — Ortelius first 
mov'd M'. Camden to write his Britannia, see y® Preface. — M'. Camden 
himself understood so much of the British and Saxon Tongues as serv'd 
for y« Etymologic of Places names. 4® 

Deo. 8 (Fri.). The three following Coyns [of Nerva, Trajan, and 
Gallienus] show'd me by M^f. Thomas Blake of Oxford . . . The two 
first in the Bodlejan Library, the last wanting. — Ab. Markland of S^. 
John's Coll. Author of a Sermon before the Court of Aldermen at Guild 
Hall Chapell Oct 29. 1682.— Pofims on K. Char. 2*». Restoration, P^. 
Rupert, & the D. of Albermarle's victories ag* the Dutch & the Plague 
& the Fire of Lond. Land, 1667. 40. — Wm. Lowth of S*. Johns, Author of 
Directions for y® profitable Reading of Holy Scripture 1707. 120. 

Deo. 4 (Bat.). [Notes from Camden's BHtanma . . . (58-63).] 



156 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 r 

3>eo. e (Mon.). Twenty 8 Cities of Great Note formerly in this Island, 
besides innumerable Castles of less Account. Bede L i. c. i. 

Dec. 7 (Tu.), and Dec. 10 (Prl.). [Notes from Camden's Britamia.] 
Dec. 12 (Suil). M'. Camden received great assistance from M'. Tho. 
Talbot see Brit. p. 132. — On Thursday last (Dec. 9.) was chosen Fellow 
of University Coll. M'. George Ward, A.M. of the same House. He 
succeeded M'. John Nevil, who lately resigned upon account of a good 
Estate fallen to him. . . . 

[Notes from Camden's Britannia (65-68).] 

lo A great many Roman Coyns Brass & Silver found at Dorchester in 
Dorsetshire, which the vulgar call King Domus's Pennys, vainly believing 
one King Domus built the Town. — The following [6] Coyns, [of An- 
toninus Pius, Hadrian, Titus, Faustina (2^ and Theodosius] shew'd me by 
Mr. Thomas Blake of Oxford. [(2) and (6) wanting in the Public Library.] 
... — In Mon. Angl. T. i. p. 169. are printed the verses that were formerly 
painted in the windows of the Library of S*. Alban's, by which we under- 
stand that there were several classical Authors in it. They are, with other 
verses there printed, (that were put in the windows of the cloyster for the 
better understanding the History of the Figures depicted also in the win- 

ao dows) taken from a MS*, in BibL Bodl. Laud. E. 31. The Pictures also, 
of the several Authors mention'd in the verses of the Library were added in 



Deo. 5. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 25). Sends collations of Iliad «• 
Davies' ed. of the Tusculan Questions is good, and will be useful for Heame's 
ed. of all Tully's works. 

Dec. 10. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 40). Explains a misprint due 
to Smith's marks in the margins being misunderstood ; the sheets are dispersed 
up and down in the Warehouse, so that it would be a matter of some difficulty 
to alter the place with a pen [this was afterwards done]. The V. C. has signed 
the imprimatur with his own hand ; he will talk with Dr. S. next week about 
a gratuity. 

Dec. 12. Brokesby to H. (Rawl. 3. 117). [Partly printed: Lttteri 
from the Bodleian i. 180 jgg.] Mentions Roman mines on the other side of 
the Severn sea, in Monmouthshire, the Remainders of which are brought 
up the Severn to Bewdley, and employed by the artificers of Bromicham 
in making the Plates of fine Locks, it being more pliant than any other 
Iron we have. Gf. Yarrington's Englan^i Improvement by Sea and Land, 
Remarks on longevity ; Mr. Dodwell had an account of a Lancashire woman, 
called commonly the Cricket of the Hedge, who remembered Bosworth Field, 
and B. was acquainted with a woman in Yorkshire who gave out that she was 
seven-score years old. • She was bom before Registers were kept in Country 
Parishes, which was not till the 3* or 4*** year of Q* Elizabetby tho there 
were Injunctions for them in K' Edw^ y« 6^^ Reign. She said her eldest son 
was bom at 52, which raised her age to about 113. This poor Woman's 
Habitation could help little thereto, tho such as she was well pleased with ; all 
being but One Room, a Hearth against the End-wall built of a coars-Stone, 
& a Hole above to let out the Smoke. Her food was plain ; Parsneps boiled 
or soused in Whey, & sweetned with Sugar or Molasses, was a choice great 
Dish with her, & I believe chiefly used by her. A Pigeon, or the like, & a 
draught or 2 of Ale were very acceptable.' Mr. Dodwell considers H.'s de- 
rivation of Wargrave only an ingenious conjecture. Remarks on etymology 
of Place-names (partly communicated to John Ray) ; and full notes on an 
altar found in East-gate Street, Chester, in July 1693. 



Deo. 6-12.] VOLC/ME Xy/II, PAGES 63'S3. 157 

the windows. — The said verses printed in y« Monasticon collated with the 
MS*, in Bibl. Bodl. ... In the ^^ line of the Verses De pictura Presby- 
terij Monasterij supradicli, is a lacuna in the Print, for w^^ in the MS*, 
tis plain juvisse. — Hollingshead's Chron. Vol. III. p. 648. b. William 
Caxton of London Mercer brought Printing into England about the year 
1471 : and first practised the same in the Abbie of Saint Peter at West- 
minster ; after which time it was likewise practised in the Abbies of S. 
Augustine at Canterburie, Saint Albons, and other Monasteries of Eng- 
land. — 

See MSS*. Laud. K. 49. ,0 

King Alfred founded Shaftsbury, as appears from an Inscription pub-^ 
lish'd by M^, Camden pag. 157. from Malmsbury De Gestis Pontif Angl. 
L 2. p. 251. He tells us 'twas wanting in all the Copies he had seen 
except in one of the L^. Burley's. See in the Copies we have in Oxford, & 
account for it in the notes to King Alfred's Life. The Inscription is : 
^Anno Dominicae Incarnationis Aelfredus Rex | fecit hanc Vrbem. 

DCCCLXXX. ReGNI SUI VIII. 

[Notes from Camden's Britannia,] . . . 

The Exemption of Monasteries from Episcopal Jurisdiction was begun 
by S*. Austin the Monk, & frequently practised afterwards. How far ao 
Tavistock was exempted (for there are several sizes of Exemptions, see 
Burnett's Hist Ref. Vol. i. p. 187.) may be seen in the Monasticon 
Anglicanum. — Tavistoke Monastery founded by a certain Earl call'd 
Ordulf, who was father of Elfrid, that afterwards married King Edgar, of 
whom he begot King Ethelred. (Mon. Angl. p. 217. b. 218. a) 'Twas King 
Ethehed who granted y« Exemption (see there p. 218. b & p. 996. b.) in 
Imitation perhaps of his Father Edgar, who was famous for such Grants 
(See Bp. Burnet Vol. i. loc. cit.) & perhaps Ethelred might in great 
measure be mov'd to it by his said Mother Alfthrith, who was livmg when 
y« Grant was made, & was one of those that confirm'd it. (See Mon. 30 
Angl. p. 218. b. 30. the Monastery dedicated to S*. Mary, ib. p. 996. a 
15). — In all y® Greater Abbies there were Persons appointed to take 
notice of the principal occurrences of the Kingdom, & at y« End of every 
Year to digest them into Annals, (see M*". 'Tanner's Pref. to Noti[ti]a 
Mon. & Dr. Gibson's Praef. in Chron. Sax. Also Angl. Sacr. T. i. p. 409.) 
Loss of Learning by y« dissolution of Monasteries. Tanner's Pref. e. 6. 
— Odyham mention'd in a charter in Mon. Angl. p. 219. Perhaps 
Odjam in Hampshire. — Robert Langton, D.LL. of Queen's Coll. in 
Oxford & Archd. of Dorset, Nephew to Thomas Langton (^successively 
Bp. of S*. Davids, Sarum, & Winchester) died in the month ot June 1524. 40 
(Ath. Oxon. vol. i. coL 550. also^col. 26. & col. 638. & col. 641.) 

Deo. 14. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 23). Hopes that Dodwell will 
have his Discourse on the Periegejis, and Barnabas, printed at the Theatre : 
H. will see that everything be done accurately, and for Mr. D.'s reputation. 



* This Inscription is extant in the MS*, of Malmsbury given to y* Bodlcjan Library 
by M'. Seller (Arch. D. 30. Pag. 6a.) & is thus worded : Alfredus cnim rex fecit hanc 
urbem anno incarnationis Dominicae DCCCC.LXXX®, regni vero sni octavo. But in a 
MS*, of Archbp. Lauds (K 49.) I found several leave* were wanting, to one of w«^ 
belong'd this Passage. 



X58 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708: 

Deo. 16 (Wed.V Three Dialects of y« Saxon Language. Consider'd 
by Dr. Hickes. 6ee Saxon Gram. cap. 19. — Presently after y« End of 
the old Translation of Boetius in Bibl. Bodl. follows these words, coUectis 
insequentibus cujuslibet lineae primis litteris, non solum Translatoris, sed 
& Transferri procurantis, nomina cum cognominibus, investigare poteris. 
Then follow the verses mention'd in these words, by which we gather 
that y« Translation was procur*d by elisabet Berkeley. & that y« 
Translator was ioannes waltwnem. — The Langtons of Lancashire bear 
Arms, Azure, an Eagle displayed with two Heads, vert. Of Lincohish. 

10 Quarterly Sable and or, a Bend Argent. Langhton of Lancask Argent, 
three Cheveronels gules. — The Translator of Boetius has a Preface to 
y© ivtt & V^ Book in verse. — D'. Bathurst writ a Letter to I>. Lang* 
bain (to whom S^. Wm. Dugdale had communicated his collections) to 
encourage the Monasticon Anglicanum, &c. see M'. Tanner's Preface to 
y« Notitia Mon. 'Tis printed in some few copies of y® I"^ volume. — 
The Epitome of y* Monasticon Anglicaniuto but an indifferent Perform- 
ance. See there. M^f. Wright y« Epitomizer. — Quaere about Henry 
Crump a Cistercian Monk & Doctor of Divinity of this University who 
writ a Book about the year 1380. cone, the Foundation of all the Monasteries 

30 in England, from the time of S, Birin the first B^. of Dorchester ^ till the 
age of Robert Grosthead Bp. of Lincoln. Quaere whether exstant M'. 
Tanner mentions it there, & doubts whether it be in being. — . . . 
Dea 19 (Sun.), and Deo. 21 (Tu.). [Notes from Camden's Britannia.] 
Deo. 23 (Th.). Lacrima not lachryma in some old MSS. of A. Gellius. 



Mr. Llhuyd has given H. the title of Mr. Cherry's small Irish MS. (once Bp. 
Barlow's). Most of the older historical pieces of the Irish afiairs are of no great 
authority. A knowledge of Irish useful for the early history of Wales and 
Cornwall, as well as of Ireland. An English trans, of Herodotus, in % vols. 
8vo.^ is announced. ^ I am sorry to see so many of our Classicks, both Greek 
and Latin, after the French mode, appear in English ; which is certainly pre- 
judicial to Learning, Young Gentlemen hefng by that means induc'd to neglect 
the Originals, and apply themselves to this more easy way of Reading . . . 
When I was undergraduate I read over both [Herodotus and Thucydides] 
together, and I remember . . . that I observ'd several Mistakes and Omissions 
in Dr. Gale's Edition. He was certainly a very Learned Man ; but all his 
Editions of Books are full of Faults, he not taking due care (which is the 
first and indeed the most considerable thing in an edition) to have them nicely 
corrected.' Will not Mr. Cherry undertake an ed. of Herodotus, adding his 
chronology in the margin ? TAf Character qf a Primiti*ve Bishop (said to be by 
Mr. Pitts, Mr. DodweU's advocate) a rational and learned discourse. Dr. 
Hickee to H. (Rawl. 7. 43). Is now convinced that Heylin's answer to Dr. 
Hakewill was never printed. Hopes it is true that the University intends to 
censure the Rights. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 116). Final directions 
ahout his Ignatius : please send the Ch. Ch. edition. Wishes that H. were 
advanced to a better post in the University. 

Dec. 16. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 41). Congratulates Dr. S. on 
his deliverance from this excellent but troublesome work, and complains of 
the ignorance of Thistlethwayte the Architypographus. The Dean prints a 
small number of his Ignatius, for presentation only, so that H. despairs of 
getting one. Thanks for S.'s kind expressions and for the guinea ; H. does 
not think himself worthy of any promotion, nor is he at all ambitious of it. 

Deo. 28. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 117). The trouble being 



Dao. ia-28.] VOLUME XVIII, PAGES 83-92, 159 

But in MSS. of TuUy de natara Deorom, consulted by Franciscus Philel* 
liis 'twas lachryma ; & so Philelphus would have it. Vide Philologic. 
Epist. cent, unam h Goldasti Bibliotheca, Franc. 16 10. 80. Epist. IV.— 
An Epistle there num. W^ of the same Philelfus to Lapus Florentinus, 
about this verse of Homer, BovXo/i' rycli Xahw a6op ffAfupu fj dwSkttrBai, 
Philelfus tells us i) here signifies j* ^*<^t ^ ^ot au/ as others had trans- 
lated it . . . 

Deo. 24 (FrL). Witney given to Winchester by Alwinus. See Mon* 
Angl vol. L inter Addenda, p. 980. Writ Witteney & Wytteney in the 
old Valor Beneficiorum, fol. 100. b. — In a MS*. Book of S'. Kenelm 10 
Digby's num. 14. in a Note at y« End : No/a quod sunt in Anglia ecclesi» 
parochiales XLV. mil. XI. Villae autem LII. mil IV^w. — A Conjecture 
upon Pliny's Natural History in the Centuria Epistolarum of Goldastus, p, 
50. — Fermannus the Glosser and Interpreter of Rushworth's MS. of 
the Gospels in Bibl. Bodl. (Quere) Doctor Hicks's Thes. vol. I. p. 90. 

Deo. 26 (Sat.), Dee. 26 (Sun.), and Deo. 27 (Xon.). [Notes from Cam* 
den's BritatmiaJ] 

Dec. 28 (Wed.). In the Publick Library amongst S^. Thomas 
Bodley's MSS*». is a MS*, in 8^0. being the Bible in Latin of the vulgar 
Trandation, written in Vellam in a small but neat hand. In the said ao 



now happily over, is not very solicitous for copies. WUI make the V. C. 
a visit next week. Will be glad to see Dr. H. in town. * Your modesty and 
humble acquiescence in your present condition neither will, nor ought to 
hinder your friends from endeavouring to advance you to a better post, that 
you may pursue your studyes with greater ease, and thereby become more 
usefull to the public. I have read over your letter in the last Monthly Mis* 
cellany, and wish, that it had found a place in a better paper. I am very wel 
pleased with your Account of scverai Antiqmtyej given in it, and have nothing 
to except to, but your conjecture about deriving the name of Weycock from 
the Saxon. But bee it so, or not so, you have given the world a good specimen 
of your genius & inclination toward EngVub Hhtory &* Antiquity: w®^ to mee 
is no new discovery, tho* it bee to others; who, I believe, will agree with mee, 
that you seeme as it were to bee cut out for those studyes (you having given 
mee several deare proofis of ft in your letters) — w^''^ you may at your leisure 
boures cultivate without prejudice to your other designes of learning. What 
you say of the Silver coin of Amyntas is considerable. I have not scene the 
Numismata qf Mont^ De IVilde but will enquire for it after the Holydayes.* 
Hopes to get a sight of the Book of Verses presented by the University. Asks 
for particulars of the Ch. Ch. Ignatius, and University news. 

Dec. 24. H. to Bamee (Rawl. 35. 11*). Sends collations of Iliad X, 
and a note in a passage of Homer from Centuria Epistolarum . , ,e Goldasti 
bibliotheca (Francofurt 16 10). H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 4a). Has 
forwarded by Mrs. Bartlett's Waggon five large -paper copies of Ignatius; the 
rest as soon as they can be gathered. Sends extract from Dodwell's letter of 
Nov. 23 relating to the death of Dr. Gregory. 

Dec. 25. Bagfbrd to H. (Rawl. ai. 6). Thanks for the Boetius &c. 
Paper for H.'s book sent away about 12 days since in an Oxford barge. Has 
looked in his Catalogue (which is entirely of stitched books), and can find 
nothing between 1641 and 1661 of the book written by Heylin against Dr. 
Hakewill of the Sacrifice of the Eucharist. It was probably a bound book, 
and therefore not included in his Catalogue. 

Deo. 27. H. to Thoresby. Vnntedx Correspondence of Ralph Iboresby/iL 
135 •'W- 



l6o HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1708 : 

Library are several others in the same hand & in the same volume, & I 
have one of th^ same sort in my Study. At the beginning of this of S'. 
Thomas Bodley's, is this Memorand. 

IT Istum libnim emit magister Johannes Hychecoks de magistro Johanne 
Smyth tunc presbitero parochiali ecclesiac Sancti Jacob! juxta collegium 
Richardi Whytyngton cujus dictus magister Johannes Hychecoks est socius 
perpetuus, pro vi. marcis & xL d. Anno. Domini MP, lxii. (a wrong number) & 
4^ die mensis Junij ejusdem anni hijs testibus Magistro Thoma Englys 
& Magistro Wyllelmo Twyktwyn socijs perpetuis dicti collegij. 

lo There is a number put by a late hand * at the top of every leaf, by which 
we gather that there are in the Book 741 leaves. I believe there was 
something else belonging to the Book besides the Bible, which has been 
left out in the Binding, for at the End is this note, in a hand somewhat 
different & of a later date, as it seems, from that in w^^^ the note above is 
written, viz. There byn ix. c. xix. levys. & a little below is another note, in 
the very same hand, viz. Liber * * * ex legato Magistri Johannis Hych- 
koks Avimculi sui cujus animae propicietur Deus. Amen. The name is 
not added, only the first stroke of the first letter in the Christian Name is 
drawn, which seems to have been an I. I believe the Book was bequeath'd 

ao to this younger Hitchkock by will, & that it came into his hands after his 
Uncle's death, which may be the reason of his pious ejaculation for his 
Soul. — ^Executors of Rych. Whittington John Coventres, John Carpenter, 
& William Grove, who obtained a confirmation of his Will for founding 
Whittington Coll. 10. H. 6. (Mon. Angl. vol. 3. p. 99. b. 41.) . . . 

Dec. 28 (Th.). Master Ralph Germeyne, Precentor of the Church of 
Exeter, gave a chest fcaird from him Germeyne Chest) with 300 libs. an. 
131 6. And the like Benefaction a little while after was made by Rich. 
Grenfeild. Ex utriusque autem cista pecuniam gratis mutuabantur socij, 
interposita tantum de eadem rependenda cautione. (See M'. Wood's An- 

30 tiquities of Oxford in the II<*. Part, in his Discourse of Exeter Coll.) — 
When the last Impression of the Lord Clarendon's History in folio was 
almost finish'd, I told one of the Compositors that he should not begin to 
print the Index (which I drew up) 'till he had receiv'd my Corrections. 
When the History was compos'd the said Compositor came to me, and 
desir'd that I would deliver him my Copy as corrected by me. I told him 
that I would deliver it as soon as I had any Orders from the Vice-Chan- 
cellor. Upon which he told me that 'twas a thing of no concern to the 
Vice-Ch. but said I must write up to London to M'. Baskett who had the 
whole charge of the Impression. I writ up to M'. Baskett, but receiv'd 

40 not the least Answer. Some time after the Vice-Chancellor comeing to 
Town, the Compositor waited upon him, & told him that I had made 
severall Corrections in the Index w<»^ he staid for in order to compleat the 
WorL The Vice-Chancellor bid him come to me, in his name, for the 
said Corrections ; which accordingly I deliver'd. When a sheet was com- 
pos'd he brought it to me to correct. I told him, that M'. Terry had 
corrected the Book it self, that M^f. Hill of Queen's College was the Person 
appointed by the Vice-Chancellor himself to correct the Press for 
university Books, & that therefore I could not pretend to correct this 
without express order fi*om the Vice-Chancellor himself. The Compositor 

* Non venale in the same hand. 



Deo. 28-31.] VOLUME XVIII, PAGES 92-103. l6l 

went a second time to the Vice-Chanc. who sent word that I should cor- 
rect the several sheets, & that I should have due satisfaction for all my 
pains, it being his intent to propose the Matter to the Delegates of the 
Press when they met to set a Price upon the Book. Accordingly I cor- 
rected every sheet, & about 2 or 3 Months after the Price was set upon y« 
Book I caird at M". Halls, M'. Thwaites being then with me, for my 
Money. M". Hall told me that the thing was not so much as men- 
tion'd at y« Meeting of y® Delegates, at least she had no orders for paying 
any Money on Account either of Corrections to the old or new Index. 
Afterwards I mention'd this with some wonder to M'. Thwaites, who 10 
reply'd that I had given an uncivil answer to M'. Vice-Chanc, This I 
should not have taken any Notice of had I not heard of late from a certain 
Person that M'. Thwaites mention'd it anew, as being a reason why I 
should be tum'd by a place in y® University yt^ some Friends of mine of 
great Honesty and Integrity had thought me deserving of (tho* I am as 
far from so thinking as the most maUcious person can think himself). I told 
the whole story to the said person, & added that I thought the Method I 
took was not only out of respect to M'. Terry, but to M'. Hill who was 
order'd to be corrector by the Vice-Chancellor himself. With this he 
said he was well satisfied, & seem'd to be concern'd that M'. Thwaites ao 
should trump up this poor, pitifuU objection against me, inw<^hi had been 
not only a sufferer upon account of Misrepresentation, but also by the 
Loss of the just due for my Pains, having not xt(A, one farthing for the 
said Index of the last Impression (not to mention the being not paid for 
correcting the press in the last Impression in 8^0.) to this Day. But I 
leave the matter, & am sorry M'. Thwaites should pretend to be my Enemy 
who always seem'd to be my Friend. 

Dee. 31 (Fri.). In the Bodlejan Library (NE. A. i.) is a Vellam MS*, (a 
thick Book) in 8^0. written between 3 & 400 years since, being a Miscel- 
laneous Collection, at the beginning of which this Note. Item lego 30 
coUegio Exon, librum in pergameno scriptum continentem tabulam 
Nicholai de Lira super Bibliam & cum c'. & volo quod transeat in communi 
electione librorum. Teste Richardo Smyth. — A little below w^li in y® 
same hand. Ex legatione M. Jacobi Babbe. — At the End : Liber Magistri 
J. CoUis. emptus a Domino W. Palett a^ Dni. 1472. Precium vii. s. — 
Underneath w<^h in another hand: Haec est cautio Magistri Babbe, 
Magistri Merefyld & Johannis Mane posita in cista Germeyne (or rather 
Vermeyne)in 6*0 die mensis Octobris a©. Dni M.CCCC.LXXIXo,& est liber 
cum diversis contentis. &c. Nunc legatur autem & jacet pro. xlvi». viii^. ^ 
In Jesus Coll. Hall y® Picture of Queen Elizabeth. The Inscription 40 
under seems to be the same with that in the Publick Library. It seems 
to be from the Foundation. 



Jan. L H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. lai). Remarks on presentation 
copies of Ignatius. The Monthly Mitcei/any for November has printed p>art of a 
letter of H.'s ; * it contains several misprints, which I do not wonder at^ when 
I consider Uieir usual murdering way of printing at London.' Sends, purely 
in compliance with Dr. Smith's order, a list of the small charges he has been 
at during the printing of Ignatius, which he has transcribed as it stands in his 
Almanack (total, 01/— I ij — 6d—ooq). Will return Dr. S/s papers. H. would 
not have lent those relating to Ephraem Syrus to Thwaites, if be had under- 

VOL. II. M 



i62 NEARNESS COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

Jan. 8 (Mon.), and Jan. 4 (Tu.). [Notes from Selden's Hist, of Tythes.] 
. . . Look into Thomas Elmham's (who was Prior of Leuton) Chronicle 
of Hen. V. 'Tis quoted there pag. lo. as being in Bibliotheca Bodlejana 
MS. . . . 

Jan. 6 (Wed.). The old English Bible in the Bodl. Library was printed 
at Lond. 1535. & stands inter Libb. Seld., B. 3. 4. Th, Seld. 'Tis 
Coverdale's. K. Henry the VHI^ Translation of the Bible, set forth 
An. 1 54 1. K. Edw. WV^. an. 1549, & 1551. Q. Elizabeth's in the 2^, 
Year of her Reign, — Tyndale was martyr'd at Fylford in Flanders in 

10 the latter End of the year 1536. He translated the New Test, first, &, by 
the Help of John Frith, the Banich to Jeremy. That was published by 
itself. — Then he began with the O. T. & finished it from Genesis to 
Nehemiah inclusively, but translated none of the Prophets, but Jonah, 
being hinder'd by Death. He was assisted by Miles Coverdale. — ^Bible 
Anglice Lond. 1537. B. 3. i. Th. by Thomas Matthew. Imperfect — B. i. 5. 
Th. Seld.— Lond. 1539. B. 2. 11. Th. Seld. Revis'd by Rich. Tavemer.— 
W. TyndalFs Works. Lond. 1573. T. 6. 2. Th. His Prologues are upon 
the Pentateuch, Jonas, & the N. Test. Dated An. 1530. Jan. 17. See 
Mar. 364 & 80. B. 224. Line. — Plebes oftentimes taken in old Canons 

20 for Parish Churches. Selden's H. of Tythes, p. in. — Monast. AngL 
Tom. I. p. 980. a. 16. Alwinus episcopus Wintoniae, dedit eidem ecclesiae 
(i. e. Wintoniensi), novem maneria ; Sioneham^ duas Meones^ Neuion *, 
Wiieney, Helingy Melbrok^ Polhampton^ & Hodington, This is taken out 
of Leland's Coll. vol. i. p. 613. — Ivo corrected. Selden's H. T. p, 
1 25. — Consider what the signification of the word cwiran is in D*". Gibson's 
Edition of the Saxon Chronicle, p. 115. D^. Gibson is doubtfull, but 
conjectures that the signification is retro^ & that it comes from cyrran 
redirt, 

Jan. 6 (Th.), and Jan. 7 (Fri.). . . . Look into John de Grandisono's 

30 MS. Life of Thomas Beckett, in Bibl. Bodl. Also into Joannes Angli- 
cus's Historia Aurea in the same Libr. ... 



stood the latter's disingenuity. Coolness and shyness of Dr. Charlett. Has 
been with Wolfius and Schelwig above two hours, and S.'s health was drunk. 
They report that Wilkins is mightily caressed in London by the Archbishop 
of Canterbury, the Bps. of London, Sarum and Ely, and Dr. Grabe. They 
consider the ed. of Ignatius a most accurate performance. 

Jan. 8. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 24). Sends the Monthly Mueellany 
for November last. 

e, Jan. 6. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. a. 104). Talk of the D. of M. 
bringing over a peace with him. ' Wee have had such Weather thb Christmas 
as has not been known, since y® famous Great Frost. The Thames is so hard 
frozen over, that People walk cross continually ; but several Children venturing 
too soon, were drowned. And then it has snow'd so prodigiously, that there 
is scarce any Passage in y« Streets. The Parliament meet on Monday to pro- 
ceed on Ways & Means; but their greatest Difficulty will l)e to raise y« 
Recruits. I wish we might have no occasion for 'em.' Remarks on Dr. 
Gregory's successor, and Trapp, the new Professor of Poetry ; Dr. Sacheverel 
is in Town, and preaches at St. Paul's next Sunday. Queries as to Grabe's 
I-XX and Selden of the Judicature in Parliaments; remarks on Livy, TuUy 
and Homer. 

* It should be Henton, and so in the MSS of Leland. 



Jan. 8-16.] VOLUME XVIII, PAGES 103-109. 163 

Jan. 9 (Suxl). Tame in Oxfordsh. a place of Note in the Saxon 
Times. There Oskytel Arch^. of York dyed, an. 970. Saxon Chron. 
p. 121. 

Jan. 11 (Tu.). Consult Hieron3rmus Ferrarius, qui Philippicas 
orationes Cic. expurgavit. Vide Robortellum de Arte critica. N. 5. • • 

Jan. 13 (Th.). Ptolemy corrected in Camden's Bpt. p. 318. 

Jan. 16 (Sun.). Thomas de la Moor's History of K. Edw. IR was 
written by him in French, and afterwards translated into Latin by Walter 
Baker, alias Swinborne, Canon of Osney besides Oxford. (And so 'tis to be 



Jan. 8. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 118). Has received papers, 
and expects more copies of Ignatius. The V. C. promises that a fit allowance 
shall be made to H. for correcting the press, and shall be thrown into the 
charge of the impression. H.'s account might have been comprised in one 
line. Directions for presentation copies. H. need not be concerned about 
Dr. Charlett's unjust prejudice against him. ' I have several things to say to 
you about your owne studyes from a hint Dr. H. gave mee of your having 
purchased Dr. Hickei' Tbejaunu, I wil onely say to you, w* frequently occurs 
m your Cicero in his letters to his familiar Friends, Faletudinem tuam dtligenter 
eura* 

Jan. 10. H. Topping to H. (Rawl. 10. 119). Thanks for H.'s letter, 
which he will always keep by him as one of the choicest things he has. Has 
written to Mr. Prescott, Register of Chester, asking him to contribute any 
materials that may be of use to H. ; he has a great reputation for his skill in 
coins, &c. 

Jan. 11. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 122). The V. C. expects a 
presentation copy; Dodwell's may hie sent from Oxford. Has declined the 
guinea, which Dr. H. offered him twice, as being still in S.'s debt. The Dean 
gave Dr. H. three copies of the Ch. Ch. Ignatius, one of which Hudson will 
send to S. H. has purchased one by chance, and finds it the best performance 
that has yet come from the hands of his ingenious friend, though far inferior 
to S.'s. Has bought Hickes' Thesaurus ' in large Paper, neatly bound. But 
'twas no small burden to my Purse.* Has been with the Warehouse-keeper, 
to desire him to get S.'s 35 copies ready, but received for answer that he would 
not deliver so much as one book till he had express orders from the V.C. him- 
self, and that 'twas not usual to deliver copies out to any man till books were 
published. * I leave the use to yourself.' 

Jan. 12. O. Oddy to H. (Rawl. 16. 30). Yesterday in company heard 
an Ass upon Record cried up for a man of the greatest learning in the world. 
Applies to Mill the words of Pedo: Quodpotuit tribuhie dedit ; njictoria porta 
at : I Auctor abit operhy sed tamen extat opus. Congratulates H. on undertaking 
Tully, on his situation and opportunities : * here every Wheelbarrow is ready 
to run over a Man of letters. Money, Money is all y* Cry : How go Stocks^ 
& how stands y« Bank.' Our Dio &c. sleeps for the present. Asks H. — who 
is sans complem^ Humanity itself— to look into a few books named, which O. 
had not time to consult. His address is Mr. Ogden's, an Apothecary's, in St. 
Katherine's near the Cays. 

Jan. 13. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 197. 119). Directions as to 
presentation copies. Intends to come to Oxford about May next, to discourse 
with H. at large about his papers. Begs H. not to refuse the guinea sent 
through Dr. H. : M wil take care, that there shal bee no occasion given of any 
cooling, much less of any rupture of the friendship I have with you, on my 
part, & I hope, you wil do the like on yours : w<^^ your scrupulosity forces me 
even against my inclination to suspect. Wishes to have the Ch. Ch. Ignatius^ 
and Leland de Scriptoribus : remarks on the ed. of Ephraem Syrus. 

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mention'd in the Bodlejan Catalogue). See M'. Stow's Annals, Ed. fol. 
p. 227. 

Jan. 10 (Wed.). [Notes from Camden's Brit^ . . . For Pliny's 
Epistles see M'. Dodwell's Diss. Cypr. p. 246. & Reflexions upon his 
opinion in Tillemont's Eccles. Memoirs. Tom. 2. Part 2. p. 18. 80. 

Jan. 22 (Sat.). This Day the Delegates of the Theater Press met, to 
set a Price upon the two Books prmted at the university Charge. The 
first Ignatius's Epistles in 4*0, neatly and accurately printed by the care 
of the Learned D^^. Thomas Smith, who besides his own Notes has 

10 published the postumous Notes of Bp. Pearson. The Price in large 
Paper is four shillings, in small 2". & 3^. The second is Leland de 
Scriptoribus, publish'd from the MS*, in the Bodlejan Library, by one 
Ant. Hall, A.M. & fellow of Queen's Coll., a dull, stupid, sleepy Fellow. 
The price 5*. large & 4*. small. 'Tis in two 8^^ Volumes, & he was 
put upon it by M'. Thwaites, and was assisted by divers of the College 
besides, tho' here is not one new observation in the Book, being done 
purely out of a design of prejudice to M'. Thomas Tanner, A.M. and 
Chancellor of Norwich, who about fifteen years since undertook to 
publish this work of Leland's (which is the only one M'. Leland left 

30 digested for the Press) with large Additions, & a Contmuation ; &, as I 
saw from a Letter shew'd me sometime since, he has been continually 
drudging at it, no one day escaping without some Improvements. So that 
when Mr. Hall put the Book into the Press, it somewhat startled M', 
Tanner, having had no Letter from him to ask his Leave, nor has he so 
much as receiv'd one Line since from him about it, it being M'. Hall's 
opinion that M^ Tanner ought rather to have written to him. But 
however M^f. Hall, & the rest of Queen's Coll. may brag of the Perfor- 
mance, they are & will be condenm'd by all men of Ingenuity & sincerity, 

Jan. 18. H. to Dr. T. Smith (RawL 38. 133). Very much concerned 
with reading S.'s last letter, and is not conscious that he has in the least 
violated his friendship. As there was some part of the two guineas remaining 
he was unwilling to accept a third. The V.C. says there will be a meeting of 
the Delegates very speedily, and that then order shall be given for the delivery 
of S.'s copies. Cautions S. against entering into any correspondence with the 
editor of Leland, or any other of Queen's Coll. Mr. HJall generally condemned 
for nbt conferring with Tanner, who writes that he has spent three times more 
money in procuring materials than he can expect for the copy, and looks on 
Mr. Hall's action as a breach of good manners, especially when there Is such 
a vast quantity of unprinted material in Bodley and other libraries. Mr. Hall 
adds nothing of his own ; he is a great admirer of Le Clerc. Dr. H. sends 
word that there is in Bodley a duplicate of the Swedish Bible (Riga, 2 vols). 

Jan. 20. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 120). Mr. Tanner has been 
very ill dealt with, but be should have published his ed. of Leland 13 or 14 
years ago. John of Boston should be added ; S. has heard that the MS. was 

?rocured for him from Mr. Gale, who is said to have received it from Sir W. 
)ugdale. Mr. Chamberlaine has a Swedish Bible, with several others in the 
modem languages. Thinks the time long till he receives his copies of SL 
Ignatius. 

Jan. 21. J. Bear to H. (Rawl. 2. 14). WUl not H. undertake Tully ? 
Hopes that Hudson goes on with Josephus, and Potter with Clemens Alex. ; 
mightily pleased with the Ch. Ch. Ignatius. Recommends H. to undertake a 
good ed« of Plutarch, in several vols. 8vo. 



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such as are guided by a publick spirit, & are not for discouraging Men of 
known Abilities, such as M^ Tanner is, who is, I really believe, the best 
qualify'd (considering his own Natural Genius, & the Great Assistance 
from M'. Wood's Papers, & other Papers communicated to him by 
Friends) for making this a compleat Work of any Man in England. Yet 
I am very glad the Book is printed, provided he had had M'. Tanner's 
Leave. — Clarke a Priest executed in the Beginning of K. James the 
!■*'•. Reign. He writ a Dialogue between a Gentleman and a Scholar, 
concerning The obedience ^ Loyally of Subjecls towards Iheir King, See 
Stow's Annals Ed. fol. p. 831. — The exact manner of King James's 10 
(!«*'•) Style of Spelling see in his warrant for superseding the Execution 
of Lord Cobham &c. in Stow's Annals. Edit. fol. pag. 833. 

Jan. 25 (Tu.). [Notes from Camden's Briu^ Asser Men., and Godwin de 
Ephcopit.] 

Jan. 28 (Fri.). This day was a Convocation at nine of the clock to 
pass several Letters for Degrees. Amongst the rest was one for M'. Charles 
Heron, above twenty years since of Queen's College. He never had any 
Degree ; but being a Gentleman of Excellent Parts, and of great skill in 
Business, he was taken into Favour by the Bp. of Exon, afterwards Bp. of 
Winchester, Sir Jonathan Trelawny to whom he has been a sort of ao 
Steward, & for his signal service in that office his Lordship has been 
pleas'd to give him two Livings, for holding which he has got the 
Chancellor's Letter for his being made D'. of Civil Law. The Vice- 
Chancellor, a soft, sneaking, designing Person, as I have often hinted, 
was (to advance himself, if possible, to a BPPrick, or Deanery) his Friend in 
the Case ; but the Letter was thrown out by a great Majority, to the great 
Resentment of the Vice-Chancellor, & his Admirers. The same Fate 
had also another Letter in behalf of one Burrough a Doctor of Law of 
Leyden, who desired he might have the Degree of Bach, of Law conferred 
upon him here, purely, as I have been inform'd from good hands, to 30 
qualify himself for a good fat Living in England, w<^ it seems was 
designed for him, if the Project (which wais carried on also by the 
trimming Vice-Ch.) had taken effect But we have had sufficient Experi- 
ence of the mischief of such concessions, particularly from Tim Goodwin, 
that unworthy, illiterate Fellow. 

But notwithstanding this Baulk, the Vice-Chancellor immediately after 
the Denyal sent away to the Chancellor for other Letters, wcl» his Grace 
granted, and they were on Tuesday following, being February the first, 
read in a full Convocation at two of the Clock ; but with this Alteration 



Jan. 24. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 36). Suggests the publication in a 
separate volume of his Discourses on the Bath inscription and on one sent him 
some years since by Mr. Goetz (now Prof, at Leipsick), and also that on 
Dionysius ; the last might also be printed in a fair character together with 
Hudson's forthcoming text, as well as separately, if the Dr. wishes. Messages 
to Schelwig, Wolf, Fabricius and Dr. T. Smith. P.S. by Brokesby. 

Jan. 26. H. to Br. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 124). Sends by the carrier 
3 large- and 25 small-paper copies of Ignatius, beside a copy of the Ch. Ch. 
ed. and a Catalogue. The Delegates have priced the book at 4/. large, and 
2J, id, small. They * were mindfull of correcting, which however I did not 
exspect, what I did being purely out of kindness and respect to you.' 



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that M'. Burrough should have only the Deg. of Bach, of Arts, vi^ was 
granted by a great Majority : and M*". Heron carried his point also for 
3ie Deg. of Dr. of L. tho' with some diflficulty. 

The Vice-Chancellor having gain'd his point, (by great Application & 
Address to the several Heads of Houses, many whereof influenced their 
respective Societies) on Thursday (Feb. 3) Heron was presented to the 
said Degree of Dr. of Laws, but wtlk)ut having his Grace propos'd as 
'tis the sense of several of the University he should have had. This is a 
new Instance of our Ambitious, self-interested Vice-Chancellor's Acting 

io against the Credit & Honour of the University, w<^ must need sink in it's 
Reputation if Degrees are made so easy, & given to those who were 
hardly so much as ever in it, or ever did any service to it, but on the 
contrary are perfect Enemies to it. 

Feb. 4 (Fri.). A Coyn of Domitian's found in the Tin- Works in 
Cornwall, w<^^, not to mention other Pieces of Antiquity, is an Argument 
that the Romans wrought in the Tin-Mines here. See J. Childrey's 
Britannia Baconica^ p. 7. — In St. Cleeres Parish in Cornwall upon a 
plain are six or eight Stones like those on Salisbury-Plain, ibid, p. 24. — 
Upon Exmore, in Devonsh. are also such stones ; and one of them hath 

»o Danish Letters upon it, directing Passengers that way. ib. p. 28. — The 
Hotness & Tincture of the Bath waters proceeds from Bitumen, Sulphur, 
& Nitre, ib. p. 33. — The Countrey about Bath full of Coal-Mines, 
especially about BristoU, & the Southermost parts of Glocestershire, &c. 
ib. p. 32. — At St. Vincent's Rock is a well of warm water, like the Bath 
water which Johnson in his Mercurius Botanicus is of opinion proceeds 
from a vein of Iron, w^^ he conceives to be hid there in the Bowells* of 
the Earth ; but M'. Childrey notes that Iron causes no such Heat to y® 
waters, instancing in other waters where Iron Mines are, w<*h give no such 
Tincture & Heat to them : so he thinks that this Effect here proceeds 

30 from the same cause that y« Bath-waters do. See ibid. p. 36. — Others 

Jan. 80. H. to Barnes (Raw!. 35. 11). Sends collations off". Re- 
marks on Smith's Ignatius, Mr. Prickett has lately buried his wife. 

Feb. 1. H. to Dr. T. Smith. (Rawl. 38. 125). Sends as a present Leland 
In sheets, small paper. The publisher a conceited person. * Your Ignatius 
was fetch'd away from the Theater very fast as soon as the Price was set upon 
it, which made the Vice-Chancellor raise the Price to aj. 6^. the small paper. 
Notwithstanding which the Sale continued brisk ; which Peisly the Book- 
seller t>eing inform'd of, he has bought the whole Impression. I have heard 
some Foreigners give it a great Character ; but, under the rose, the Dean of 
Christ-Church has spoke but slightingly of it, saying, that Mr, Ledgard could 
not read the MS^. This I had from a friend of our's that din'd with him on 
Sunday last. I was Yesterday with the Vice-Chancellor to present him with 
your Book, but he could not be spoke with, being compell'd by the Gout to 
keep his Bed. I was also with the President of Magdalen, but his servant told 
me he was busy.* Dodwell longs to see the book. Dr. H. has had his share 
of the gratuity ordered by the Delegates for correcting. 

Feb. 8. O. Oddy to H. (Rawl. 8. 168). The state of learning here, and 
probably at the other end of the Town among the courtiers, is a state of ignor- 
ance. Says of jfl/red, Macte wrtute esto! Sends respects to Dodwell. Glad 
that the MSS. of Tully answer H.'s expecUtion. Davies* altered title to the 
Tujc, Qusut. seems to him scarce Latin. Three MSS. of Dio must be collated 
—the Florentine, the Vatican, and that of the Augustine Friars at Naples. 



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think that the Heat of the Bath-waters proceeds from certain chalky stones 
wch have been found here & there to work out of the Ground. See ib. p. 
38.— Mendip-Hills in Somersetsh. afford great Abundance of Lead. ib. 
p. 44. — Many Iron Mines in Sussex, ib. p. 57. — No Mines in Kent, but a 
little Iron ab*. Tunbridge, ib. p. 60. — That part of Glouc.sh. beyond the 
River Severn (called the Forrest of Dean) stored with Iron-Mines, 
ib. p. 71. 

Feb. 6 (Sat.). D'. Ilickes does not at all doubt but that the Author of 
Pdrce-Plowman was vers'd in the Saxon writers. See Thes, Lingg, Sept. 
p. 103. Lib. I. & p. 107. j^ 

Feb. 6 (Sun.). Unlawfull to bury within Cities. See Guiherius de Jure 
manium lib. II. c. 33. This true not only with respect to Rome^ but other 
Cities. See there. They buried therefore either near high ways, aui in 
propria fundOy out in locis publice ad sepulturam assignalis vel SO*, aui De- 
curionum decreto dalis. ibid. Yet for Persons of more than ordinary Note, 
after y« Publication of the Laws of the XIL Tables^ 'twas sometimes per- 
mitted that their Bodies should be buryed within the City. See Alexcmdri 
Nigri HistoricO'Mystica Lectio Maniliani Bononiensis Monumenii in 
Caroii Casaris MalvasicB monumen*a Felsinea, p. 298.— 1>. Gilbert 
Burnett Bp. of Sarum has lately buried his wife. It may be observ'd that ao 
this was his third, & that the first was a 5r(?/fA-woman, the Second a 
Dutch-vi, and the last an English woman. — Girl or Gyrl {^^ now denotes 
a wencK) formerly signify'd a Man, See D'. Hickes's Thes, p. 106. It 
comes from the Saxon ceorl, i. e. w'r, mas. 



Feb. 6. Br. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 121). Thanks for present of 
Leland : will send H. his judgment. Expected better things from the editor 
of the Ch. Cb. Ignatius ; mentions an oversight In his own ed. The Cb. Cb. 
editors clearly had the use and perusal of our clean sheets ; the Dean acted 
wisely in deferring his ed. for a year. Pleased with the good sale, and the 
confusion of a certain Doctor [Cbarlett]. Masson's Life of the Younger 
Pliny. Please send binder's bill. 

Feb. 7. B. Boberta to H. (Rawl. 9. 40). Asks H. to *go to one Mr. 
Simmons, a Barber who lives In com market Street near North Gate ... to 
encourage Him to make me a vrig: I am in a manner a stranger to Him, yet 
I writt to Him by this post relating to the matter, w^ I desire of you. Is, to 
give all encouragement you possible can to make me a good one by telling 
Him y^ He will be infallibly paid y* sum I promised Him viz. 30 shillings upon 
demand, w^^ I design (God willing) to commit to y' Hands in order to pay 
Him, by y« time y* y« wig will be finished w«^ I hope will be ready by Lady 
day. I am mightyly grieved y* I can* pay my remaining creditor in y' City, 
who truely is y« only creditor (God be praised) y* I have In y« world, I hope 
to make a good step towards It by Lady day ; at w^^ time I have above ten 
pounds due to me from Dr. Pelling who Is as indigent as myself notwitbstand- 
mg he has nIgh six hundred pounds per annum. I shall make great eifords for 
y« said sum at y* time but I despair of having all.' Please ask Mr. John 
Jones and Mr. Gunnis to encourage this barber to niake the writer a good 
wig. 

Feb. 8. Bamee to H. (Rawl. 24. 17). Thanks for your penultimate 
rhapsody. The great frost retarded the work, and now he Is at Hem- 
inglord, to meet his only brother Jacob, who, after 32 years' absence, 
made a voyage from Virginia, where his wife and children are, only to see the 



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Feb. (Th.). Marius Victorinus, (Art. Gram, in Putschius^ col. 1456.) 
tells us that in Annius, Lucullus, Memmius, &c. the Antients did not 
double the consonants, but they put a note over w<^ signif/d that they 
ought to be doubled.— Tignum me in domicilio suo posuit ^Ifredus Angl. 
Rex. e fossa post octicennium extrahi atque ea, quam vides figura donari 
jussit Hon. Dominus Tho. V. Comes de Weymouth A.D. 1707. — ^AMS*. 
of Matt. Westm. inter Codd. Laud. L. 44. Mus. 193. Fairfax ?o. Hatton. 
97. — Bp. Spratt's Hist, of y® Conspiracy . . . not entered yet in our 
Catalogue. — . . . Bede corrected by Junius, amongst his MSS*» in Bibl. 
10 BodL num. 10. — ^Feb. 4*^ D'. Hudson had of me 6 small Ignatius's & 3 
large, the i»*. at 2s. 9d. per Book, the latter at 4s. 6d. — i. 10 o. . . . 



VOIa. XIX. 

[Notes from Pancirollus, ed. Graevius, on the several kinds of instruments 
made in the Fabricae of the Extern Empire ; also from Cujac. Gothofred., 
Du Fresne's Glossary, Johannis k Felden Jus Publicum Justinianeum, &c. A 
box for M'. Roberts's Wig 6d. For Carriage of his Wig to London 6d.] . . . 

Iron is found in many Places of England^ as in Sussex, Kent, Weredale^ 
Mendipy Walshall, as also in Shropshire, but chiefly in the Woods betwixt 
Belnos and Willocke near Manchester, and elsewhere in Wcdes, See 
ao Harrison's Descr. of Brit. p. 238. Ed. 1587. Is dicitur fabricensis, qui in 
fabricis publicis anna cudit See Vossius*^ Et)rmo!og. voc. faher. 
Besides Pancirollus, see cone, the Fabricenses, & the Barharicarij, Nic. 
Bergierium de Publicis & Militaribus Imperij Romani vijs, lib. iv. § xxi, 
xxii. where he has in substance the very same things that are said by 
J^ancirollus. — . . . See about Fabrigesis or Fabriciesis, and Fabrica & Fab- 
ricia. See about calego in the Bath Inscription communicated to me 
by M'. Halley. — M'. Coytmore of Jesus College subscribed to Homer small 
Paper — los. 

Feb. 12 (Sat.). [Palaeographical Notes from Schoppius de Arte 
30 Critica, Jos. Scaliger's Grammatical Index, &c.] . . . Ursatus, de notis 
Romanorum, . . . tells us that the XX*1^ Legion residing in Britain was 
call'd Valeriana victrix. He quotes the 55th Book of Dio for it. Pan- 
cirollus calls it Valeria victrix, — M'. Thwaites show'd me to-day from a 
very good & antient MS*, in Bibl Bodl, that in S*. PauVs Ep. i. ad Cor. 
c. 13. V. 5. for ovK daxnt^ovti is to be read ov icaux7Mo»**> w*'^ answers exactly 
to the vulgar Latin taken notice of by D'. Mill, but no Greek copie that 
he consulted agreed to this Reading, w*^ seems to be right 

Feb. 18 (Sun.). Points put after words in Inscriptions, that the words 



writer. Considers two pence per sheet cheap ' for such Work and Paper, not 
to say pains,' as characterise his Homer. Messages to the noble Dean &c. 

Feb. 12. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 21.7)* Thanks for Leland and account 
of Boethius. Sends specimen of Gale's ed. of Antoninus' Itinerary. * y« last 
weke I sent you a parsell and among them you have a Statute Booke printed 
at large in y* dayes of Queene Elizabeth which is no smale rarity and not often 
sene in it you may find more stepes of y« Reformation then in any of our 
Church Historys.' 

Feb. 18. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. ia6). Sends some detailed cri- 



Fob. 9-15.] VOL. XVIII, PAGE 120— VOL. XIX, PAGES 4-1 2. 169 

might not be confounded. Yet divers have no Points. Hence very 
difficult to read them as appears from the Chron, Marm, & the Covenant 
between the StnymcBons and Magnesians, And even the two first words 
in the Dedicatio StatwB RegilUz Herodis, published by Salmasius, are con- 
founded, tho' the words otherwise are there all along seperated from. one 
another. The two first words are Acvp' trc, but in the Stone itself 

AEYPITE. Also there MEeHPQNHCI for luff ^p<&in;<r4.— . . . 
Feb. 14 (Men.). [Notes from Pancirollus on the Fabricae &c.] 
Military Affairs in Britain executed by 3 several Officers under the 
Magister Militum of the West, w<^ were Comes Britanniaruniy Comes 10 
Littoris Saxonici^ and the Dux Britarmiarum ; but the whole Island being 
at that time almost overrun by Barbarians we have no Account in the 
Notitia as to the Forces under them, nor the Places, at least very imper- 
fect. — Both Britain & Spain were subject to the Superintencie of the 
Praefectus Galliarum, who had three vicarij, one for Spain, the second for 
Gaul, & the third for Britain. The Vicarius Britanniarum's Symbols were, 
the Draught of those. five Parts of Britain that were subject to the Romans, 
w<^ were call'd Britannia prima, Britannia secunda, Flavia Caesariensis, 
Maxima Caesariensis and Valentia. But this was only as to the Civil 
Government For the Military Government the Immediate Officer next ao 
under the Emperor was the Magister Peditum Praesentalis & the Magister 
Equitum Praesentalis, who had under them six Military Counts of Pro- 
vinces, & XII. Dukes. Amongst the Counts was the Count of Britain, & 
of the Saxon Coast or the Comes littoris Saxonici. Amongst the Dukes 
was the Duke of Britain. The Coimt of Britain's Government was in 
the Southern Parts of the Island; and though here was a Duke of 
Britain, yet it seems that all that Part of the Island which the Romans had 
when the Notitia was made was generally under his Care, and the Duke's 
Government was added for Assistance to him. 
Feb. 16 (Tu.). [Notes on ancient mines in England, from Childrey.] 50 

Look into a Book call'd Yarrington's England s Improvement by Sea ^• 
Land, publish'd above 30 years agoe.— Infinite Quantities of Raw Iron 
made in Monmouthshire in the Forest of Dean. Great Deal of Iron 
Stone there, and Cinders. See Yarrinton's England's Improvement by 
sea and land pag. 57. Great Deal of Pit coals there also, ibid. The best 

ticisms on Hall's Leland, Delivery of presentation copies of Ignatius. What 
S. mentions will be no blemish to his excellent edition. Had already purchased 
Mr. Ma^son's new ed. of his Life of Pliny the younger. See op. cit. p. 44 : 
' 'tis no wonder no lection should be noted, when there is no MS^ in the World 
of the X^ Book now extant that we can hear of. So that several learned 
Men doubt of the Genuiness of it. I have the first Edition of it, which is said 
to be publish'd from a MS^. Yet the Lection agrees with the Vulgar Editions. 
I lent it to Mr. Masson the last time he was in O^ford^ which he acknowledges. 
And 'tis me that he means by his amicus in his Dedication, the Copy of Pagi's 
Letter being communicated by me to him, at the time I was publishing the 
Edition of Pliny.' The binding of the V. C.'s copy came to 5/., the others, 
being plain and lettered, to i/. 6^. apiece. 

Feb. 14. BoAJ. MarshaU to H. (Rawl. 8. 2). The Bishop's thanks for 
Smith's Ignatius ; please keep Grabe's LXX for the writer. The Bishop will 
give H. encouragement for his ed. of Cicero, and will probably subscribe for 
half a dozen. 



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Iron there produc'd, & the Cinders are call'd the Roman Cinders ibid. 
That shews that the Romans made use of them. The sow Iron there 
made of the Iron Stone & Roman Cinders the best in the known world — 
ibid. In Worcestershire, Shropsh. Staff, sh. Warwicksh. & Derbysh. there 
are great & numerous quantities of Iron-works ; and there is much Iron 
made of Metal & Iron Stone of quite different Nature from that in y« 
Forrest of Dean. ib. p. 58. — The Cinders in the Forest of Dean & there- 
abouts (of which our best Iron is made) is nothing else but the Rough and 
Offal thrown by in the Romans' time ; they then having only foot-blasts to 

10 melt the Iron Stone, but now by the force of a great wheel that Drives a 
pair of Bellows twenQr foot long, all that Iron is extracted out of the 
Cinders which could not be forced from it by the Roman Foot-blast 
And in the Forrest of Dean & thereabouts, & as high as Worcester, there 
are great and infinite Quantities of these Cinders ; some in vast Mounts 
above Ground, which will supply the Iron-works some Hundreds of 
Years, and these Cinders are they which make the prime and best Iron, 
and with much less Charcoal than doth the Iron stone. Ibid. p. 59, 60. 
Great quantities of Coal Pits as well as Coppices or Woods where the Iron 
works are. ib. p. 60.— ... Cuthbert Tonstall published St. Ambrose in 

ao Apocalypsin, at Paris. 4*0. C. 104. Th. not taken notice of by A. Wood. 

Feb. 16 (Wed.). [Notes from Isidore Origtnes 1. 19, and Justus Lipsius 
in Epistola de DistincHmibus^ ... — Some think that Pointing began under 
the Emperor Hadrian^ because in Suidas 'tis said of Ntcanor the Gram- 
marian that he writ irtpX ariyftrjt Tov Ka06Kov /Si^Xta cif , and also irtpl ariyfiiis r^ff 
irap* 'OfU7po>, Kal r^s naph KaXXi^ax?* Suidas also [says] that for these Books 

he was by some waggS call'd ^nyiAorlas — €</>* rj npayfuntuf. a'KanT6fA€vos np6t 

rip»p 2Tiyfuxrlat (KoKtiro, But Suidas is to be understood only of some 
endeavours to have it brought in, not that it was allowed off. So that it 
was brought in afterwards, but when Lipsius does not determin, nor 
30 is it certain. He only notes that the best Account he can meet with 
about Pointing is in Diomedes the Grammarian, who calls it Apposiiio 
punch\ which he explains from Cassiodorus, & is much the same with 
what I have given out of Isidore, namely that 'twas three ways. Putean 
also notes, that the Ancients first of all had either no Points, or at least that 
their Points, being full Points, were after every word (Eryc. Putean. De 
Distinct. Syntagma c. iv.) This he proves fi-om Inscriptions, quae 
nulla omnino puncta, aut ad singula verba repraesentant. That there 
were none he instances in Quintilian ibid. 

Feb. 17 (Th.). [Palaeographical Notes from Gniter s Inscriptions.] . . . 

40 Last Saturday (Feb. i2ih) at 4 Clock in the afternoon the Rt 
Honourable the Earl of Salisbury was married in Lincoln* s Inn Chapell 
to the Lady Anne Tufton, 2^, Daughter of the Earl of ThanneL 
Feb. 18 (Frl.) [Notes from MSS. of Tully in the Bodleian Library.] 

Feb. 19 (Sat.). Yesterday was Sennight died D^. Lane^ formerly 
Fellow of Merion College, an Eminent Civilian of D'*. Commons. — 



Feb. 10. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 122). Has been suffering for 
a fortnight from a terrible fit of the gout. Dr. Harwar should have sent his 



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^%arti for ^aantt in Origen's Philosophoumena, taken Notice of by M'. 
Wolfius in his Edition, p. 16. — Our Saviour never laugh'd if we 
believe S*. Chrysostom Homil. v. in Matth. & Salvian. lib. vi. c. 5. de 
Gubernat. Dei, & Lentulus's Epist. to Tiberius. — On Wednesday last 
M^. Caswell, Superior Beadle of Divinity was Elected Savilian Professor 
of Astronomy against his opposer M'. John Keil of X*. Church. 

Feb. 21 (Men.). 'iy¥a<^a¥ for hfva^^¥ in the Baroccian MS. of 
Homer's Iliads (Num. 203.) lib. ult. v. 274. 

Peb. 26 (Sat.). [Notes from MS. Bibl. Bodl. super Art. A. 2. of Tully's 
de DivinatJ ... — Ibid, in the verses out of Accius there is in the MS. 10 
linquier for liquieVy w^'li is the true reading, as even Gruter & Gronovius 
has also noted out of the best MSS. Liquier came into y« vulgg. Edd. 



man to H. after his two visits with the presentation copy. Fully agrees with 
H.*s censures on the publisher of Leland. Bishop Fell intended to publish 
one or more vols, on the same argument. Wonders the Ch. Ch. people are 
not ashamed of their Ignatius. Wishes to be informed of everything relating 
to his own book. Hears that Caswell will succeed Gregory, and hopes that 
H. will succeed the former as Superior Bedel of Divinity. * You deserve 
better : k I was heartily troubled, that you were nominated [/iV] by Archb. T. 
to a fellowship in All-Soules. But however, this wil do better, than the place, 
you are possessed of m the Library : the drudgery of w«^ is not countervailed by 
the accruements of it. I hope, that if you succeed in your just pretensions. 
Dr. H. wil take care that you shal have the same access to y^ Library, as you 
now enjoy.* 

Feb. 26. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 35. 37). Has acknowledged the Ignatius 
to Dr. Smith. Will suffer Hudson to add his Discourse to the ed. of the text, 
provided D. may have a separate ed. in a large print for gratifying his other 
mends, and may be secured against any transpositions or alterations. Please 
let Schelwig know that D. is now on a new Disc. cone. Theophilus and the 
time of his writing. ' Excuse my writing to Mr. Woolf. I have a natural 
averseness to writing. But the present weather, and the badness of my Ink, 
adds very considerably to the averseness of my nature ... 1 would much 
rather discourse than write.' Is not for having his Discourse on the Bath 
inscriptfons mangled. Can H. find a bookseller that will undertake it on 
tolerable proposals ? 

Feb. 26. Matthew Gibson to H. (Rawl. 6. 90). Was presented about 
ten days ago to a living far beyond his expectation. It will however be of 
little present benefit to him ; * the Gentleman that was presented to it about 
40 Years agoe, not being able to take the Oaths which were Injoyn'd at The 
Revolution. But by the Favour of D'. Gregory lately deceased, he had the 
full Enjoyment and Profits of it, which he shall still have entirely for me ; who 
am very amply satisfied with the Honour my Lord has conferred upon me, 
without the least base Thought of doing him any Prejudice in the Rightfull 
Possession of it.* Wishes H. success in his undertakings of Tully, and will be 
proud to collate or to transmit to H. any MSS. or printed copies worth his 
observation in the hands of any gentlemen in these parts. 

Feb. 27. H. to Dp. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 137). . . . * As for M'. Hall's 
Design of another Vol. of English Historians, I believe at present 'tis nothing 
else but amusement, he being a Man of no Industry, it being common with him 
to lye abed 'till very near dinner time, and to drink very freely of the strongest 
liquors. About a Fortnight since I din'd in Queen's College, and being after- 
guards in the Common- Room with Mr. Thwaites, and only two more of the 
Fellows, Mr. Hall's advertisement was mention'd, and they all agreed that it 
should not have been added, they being sure, that he would never do anything. 



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w^^ut doubt because it was so in the MS. from whence the first 
Impression was made, the Mark for the n being wanting in it. . . . 



Mr. Thwaites at the same time condemn'd the latter Part of his Edition of 
Leiand, as being negligently done, which he said might have been done much 
better if he would have condescended to have let him look over the Sheets, as 
he did of the first Part, which he said was very well corrected, and accurately 
perform'd, tho' 1 knew the quite contrary, notwithstanding I said nothing.' 
On Saturday was Sennight the title-page of Ignatius was wrought off in order 
to be sent to London, to have the book published there. ' Above a Year and 
an half since I was offer'd a Chaplainship of C. C. (without any SoUicitation) by 
the President^ who sent one or two of the Fellows to propose it to me, but 
'twas with this Condition that I should keep my Post in the Library with it, the 
Chaplainship itself being not a maintenance. He farther offer'd that I should 
not be oblig'd to take the Oath of Abjuration, which was extraordinary kind : 
but Dr. Hudson would not consent that I should keep the Library ancl Chap- 
lainship together : so I waited upon the President, retum'd him my Thanks, 
and told him the Case. He was extremely civil, and wonderfully urgent with 
me to accept it, advising me to propose the Matter to the Curators. I told 
him I was unwilling to do that, well knowing that 'twould exasperate my kind 
Friend Dr. Hudson. Upon which I declin'd it, and took my leave, after I 
had acquainted him that I intended the next Vacancy to put up for Superior- 
Beadle : at hearing of which he seem'd something concem'd, and plainly told 
me that that Post would be very difficult to get ; yet D'. Hudson had as- 
sur'd me to the contrary, he being the Person that first propos'd it to me, 
saving that my Prospect was certain, and that for that reason I should not 
take the Chaplainship. I therefore follow'd his Advice, as likewise I did when 
another Chaplainship at All-Souls was soon after offer'd, but with the same 
Condition that 1 should not resign my Place in the Library, which Condition 
when D^ Hudson heard he would not in the least submit to. Upon Prospect 
of M'. Caswell's succeeding Dr. Gregory, Mr. Hackett formerly Gentleman 
Commoner of Merton College made Interest for Beadle; upon which my 
Friends desir'd me to move forthwith, which accordingly I did, letting the 
University know that I design'd to appear. My Pretensions were approv'd off, 
and 'twas commonly said that I should certainly be the man. Soon after we 
bad news that Mr. Cooling, Bach, of Law, Fellow and Sub- Warden of New 
College appear'd, and had the Vice-Chancellor, yoiu- College, and a great 
many more on his Side: which prov'd true enough, the Vice-Chancellor 
having got all Queen's, except one or two, and divers others to be for him. 
But notwithstanding this, I should, in the opinion of observing men, have out- 
number'd him, had not M'. Lhuyd of the Museum struck in. Upon notice of 
which, all my Friends agreed that M^ Lhuyd and 1 must adjust matters, and 
not oppose one another, unless we design'd both to loose it I easily assented, 
especially when soon after we had news of the Death of M'. Hackett, whose 
Interest, except two or three, went over to Cooling. In the Evening of the 
same Day that we heard of Mr. Caswell's being elected, I met M^ Lhuyd, 
and tho' upon conferring our Interest it appear'd that I had a Majority of 
Voices, yet because he is Senior, is a man of far better merits than I can pre- 
tend to, and withall because he is my intimate Friend, I fairly agreed to desist. 
I bad not done this so soon had not D'. Hudson that Afternoon in the Public 
Library, and in M'. Halley's Hearing, told me that 'twould be the better way, 
adding that he was sure that all my men would upon that go over to M'. 
Lhuyd, but that not one of Mr. Lhuyd's, in case he should desist, would come 
over to me. But to confront the D'. M^ Halley told him immediately that 
he would be for me, but that he would not vote for Mr. Lhuyd, but would 
stav at home all the time of the Election. And to shew that the Dr. was out 
in his Assertion, several of my Friends since we made up the Matter de- 



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March 2 (Wed.). Leland's Itin. to be consiilted, vol. viii. p. 7. — 
Enquire after Sylburg's Edition of Patres Apologetici breviores printed 
at Paris in 1594. fol. typis Commelinis. — Caligaiionem for Colltga- 
iionem in the abovesaidMS. of Tully, ad lib. i. §. 127. de Divinat. — In Ep. 
I. Cor. c. 13. V. 4 is irf/wrtpcvfToi, the true signification of w*^^ is procaciter 
loquitur, as appears from Ephrem published by M'. Thwaites 323. It 
bears an analogous sense to nappriinaCofuu, with which it is joyn'd. 

March 6 (Sat.). There is newly published Vi/cB Siephixnorum cum 
Catalogo librorum db Hits impressoruMj in a thick 8^0. by M^ Mattaire, 
who writ De Dialeciis grcecis. This book was formerly publish'd by M'. i® 
Almelcveenj but that growing scarse, M'. Mattaire undertook to print it 
again, and his Improvements are so large as to make it seem quite a new 
thing. 

March 6 (Sun.). Last night died M'. Smethurst (James) Fellow of 
Brasnose* College, and Senior Proctor of the university of Oxford, 
leaving the Character behind him of a good Scholar, an Honest Man, 
and of a true and faithfuU Friend to his College, in which he was the 



clar*d for Cooling. I hope however that IVf^. Lhuyd will carry his Point, tho' 
'twill infallibly be with very great Difficulty, especially if Mr. Caswell continues 
Beadle six Months longer, as 'tis said he will, insisting upon the Statute. Thus 
have 1 miss'd of a Place which would have been very agreeable to me, and have 
made my Studys much more easy than they are at present. But I am per- 
fectly contented.' Has disposed of his copy of the Ch. Ch. Ignatius. Learns 
from Mr. Wolfius that S. has made kind mention lately of H. in a letter to 
Wolfius. 

March 1. Maurice Atkins to H. (Rawl. T4. 17). Will pay for cut on 
receipt of plate ; let it be in the title, which please show before it is worked. 
How many sheets does the book make? 

March 6. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 123). Is pretty well re- 
covered. Sorry that H. has desisted from keeping up his pretensions to the 
place of Superior Bedel in favour of Mr. Llhuyd. ' Wee are here under a 
perfect infatuation, and God onely knowes, what will become of the Church of 
E. If it bee further depressed, not to say, ruined, it is no more than w* they 
have deserved, and it is but a natural consequence of their defection. They 
are now striking at the foundations of the Colleges of both Universityes, under 
the pretense of having the Statutes repealed, w®^' oblige the Fellowes to take 
H. orders: but it is visible, that there is a Snake in the grasse, and the de- 
signe is mischievous, upon the Supposition of their being established in the 
times of ignorance and Superstition : w®^ wiU equally hold to diminish the 
number of Dignityes in Cathedrals, and by degrees draw on the sacrilegious 
invasion of their revenues, to maintaine this holy warre against Popery, and 
introduce Presbyterian parity & poverty among our Clergy. Heu pietas, et [sic] 
prisea fides. It is said here that this scandalous & wicked pamphlet came from 
Oxon. thd for a blind the Author gives Cambridge the preference.' Agrees with 
Dr. Hudson that H.'s accepting of a chaplainship would have been inconsistent 
with his place under him in the Library. * Hee is your perfect friend, & I 
beeleive will serve you, when he can or may, to the utmost of his power.' 
Has written a letter to a friend, containing reflections on the Ch. Ch. IgnatiuS| 
to be disposed of as judged fit after his decease. 

March 6. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 9). Sends last Iliad; has taken 
notice throughout of the most minute variations. Dr. H. working for sub- 
scriptions ; he did not speak to Mr. Paul as if himself thought B.'s Homer too 
dear. Death of Mr. Smethurst, B. N. C. Election of Mr. Caswell. 



174 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

chief Tutor. — I>. afterwards Bp. Burnett us'd often to come to S^. 
William Dugdale, on purpose to Benefit himself by conversing with that 
Learned, Religious, and Worthy Kn*. But after he had publish'd his 
History of the Reformation, coming to S'. William, after some Discourse 
had pass'd they fell into the Subject of that History, when S'. William 
plainly and freely told him that he was a Knave, which Dr. Burnett 
resented so much that he left off all Correspondence with him, as I have 
been informed by S^. William's Great Grand-son, now Gentleman 
Commoner of Univ. College. — Last Night was publish'd in Oxford 
lo Dr. Smith's Accurate Edition of S^. Ignatius's Epistles in 4^, & Leland's 
Book de Scriptorib. in 8^0. the last by one M'. Hall A.M. and FeDow of 
Queen's College, in which he has commited most gross Errors as I find 
by comparing only the first Sheet with the MS*, which neither himself 
nor the Persons he imploy'd could read. 'Tis also full of Typographical 
Errors. 

Maroh 7 (Men.). Homer's Batrachom. to be consulted & collated for 
Mr Barnes. See Cod. Baroc. 46. fol. 180. Also num. 50. fol. 358. and 
num. 64. num. 71. is also mark'd in the Printed Cat. but wrong, as like- 
wise is 166. 

ao Maroh 9 (Wed.). [Coin of Vespasian given to the Bodleian Library by 
Mr. Wase of C.C.C, and three coins, (i) consular, (2) of Constantine the 
Great, (3) of Valentinian, shewn to Heame by Mr. Tho. Blake of Oxford.] 

Maroh 10 (Th.). On Tuesday Night about 6 Clock, M'. Smethurst the 
Senior Proctor was buried in Bras. Nose Coll. Chapell. The Speech 
was made by M'. Dod, one of the junior Fellows. — This Morning at 
9 Clock was a Congregation, when M'. Caswell was admitted, by Virtue 
of the Electors Instrument, Professor of Astronomy in Room of D', 
Gregory. 

Maroh 11 (Pri.). This Morning at 8 Clock was a Convocation for 
30 Electing a Superior Beadle of Divinity into the Place of M^. Caswell. 
Upon Prospect of a Vacancy, Mr. Hackett formerly Gentleman-Com- 
moner of Merton-College, afterwards married & lived in S<^. Aldate's 



Maroh 7. Thoresby to H. (Rawl. 10. 56). Mightily pleased with H.'s 
contribution to the Monthly Memoirs. Saw Sloane and Woodward in London* 
* I constantly attended y« R. S. every Wednesday in y^^ Room near his lodg- 
ings at Gresham (^o\ : w' besides my old friends and acquaintance, I met with 
several new ones lately added, as Seign' Cornaro y^. Venetian Ambassadour, 
whose hand & signet (with y« hov^^ Augmentation to his Arms, relating to 
the Union) I have in my traveling Album, togeth' with y« Autographs of y* 
famous Spanhemius (who was surprized with y^ Cat of my Coins, & took ex- 
cerpt a of some rare ones) who resides in y« same Quality from y« King of 
Prussia, S' Isaac Newton, & many other Learned Authors.' Carried up the 
additions and emendations for the new ed. of Gibson's Camden. The Bp. of 
Carlisle told him that the coin mentioned by H. is in the new ed. of Occo and 
Mediobarbus. Remarks on Burgdunum and Burdenbead, Autographs received 
from Sir A. Fountaine. Dr. Hickes has perused his MS. topography, and 
gives him great encouragement 

Maroh 0. J. Spavan (the Savoy) to H. (Rawl. 9. 139). Enquires as to the 
possibility, conditions, expense, &c. of taking a B.C.L. degree at Oxford with- 
out residence, from which he is prevented by the cure of near thirty thousand 
souls. 



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Parish, made some motion for it; upon which the writer of these 
matters was immediately advis'd by his Friends to stir for it, w«h accord- 
ingly he did, as did also M"". Cooling, Bach, of Law & Subwarden of New- 
College. Not long after Mr. Lhuyd, Keeper of Mr. Ashmole's Musdum, 
put in : upon which, he being my intimate Friend, & (to omitt other 
reasons) being my Senior in the university, as soon as we had news of 
M'. Caswell's being made Professor, I met M^. Lhuyd, and, notwith- 
standing I had a Superior Interest, clos'd with him : it seeming impos- 
sible that either of us should carry it, if we stood it out. By this means 
M^ Lhuyd (tho' some of my Friends went over to Cooling^ rais'd his 10 
Strength so much that upon casting up the votes it app)ear'd tnat he had 
20 more than Cooling, M'. Lhuyd having 196, and M'. Cooling 176. 
This Business has been a very considerable Baulk to old Smoothboots 
the Vice-Chancellor, who left no Stone unturn'd to get it for Cooling, 
who nevertheless would not have had near so many if he had not procured 
a great number of bad Votes. This Cooling is a Boon-Companion, & 
good for nothing but eating, drinking & smoking, having not one dram 
of Learning ; w«l» 'tis likely got him so much the more Interest, f Several 
People told me after the Election y* if I had stood it out I should have 
carried it against both M'. Lhuyd and M"". Cooling.) ao 

March 12 (Sat.). M'. Stanley, Fellow of Brazen-nose Coll. is made 
Senior Proctor in room of Mr. Smithurst deceased. He was before Pro- 
Proctor. — On the 9^ Instant died the Duke of Montague, of a 
Pleurisy, in the 71"* year of his Age, between 5 and 6 of the Clock in the 
Afternoon. The same Day in the Morning his Son and Heir the Mar- 
quess of Monthermer was bless'd with a Daughter. — Proposals are 
printed for printing^ by Subscription the Works of that Notorious Repub- 
lican Samuel Johnson, commonly call'd Julian Johnson, in folio. — The 
Grammar Lecture becoming vacant by the Death of the Senior Proctor, 
& a Person to be elected into the same for the remaining half Year by y« 30 
Statutes lying in the Nomination of the Heads and Masters of Halls, a 
Meeting for that Election was held to-day in the Apodyterium, when M^ 
Thead, of New-Inn-Hall, was chosen. 



Haroh 18. Q. Pole to H. (Rawl. 9. 15). Sends money for binding of 
Livy. Has had some difficulty in getting Duetor Hutortctu, Please keep a 
copy of jU/reJ, H. to Dp. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 138). * Since my last I 
was with Peisley, and told him that I supposed the Ignatius was almost gone. 
He said nothing more than that he hop'd 'twould go off in a little time. It 
was not published here till Saturday Night, being the 5^ Instant. Leland was 
published at the same time. I find Uiem both since in the Daily Courant. They 
add them together on purpose that Ignatius may carry off Leland, of whicn 
however there were (as they say) but 500 printed. Because you desire me to 
let you know all circumstances relating to the Fate of Ignatius, I cannot but 
now acquaint you that about a Month before it was finished D^ Grabc came 
to D'. Hudson and desir'd of him that the Book might be put into some 
proper Judges Hands before it was publish*d, particularly the Dean of Christ- 
Church's. The D'. referr'd him to me. Accordingly he came to me, and 
mention'd the same thing, adding withall that some of the Sheets should be 
dispers'd in Book-sellers shops, and he wonder'd you had not given such 
Directions. I told him plainly I had no such Orders, nor could I ever re- 
member to have seen any Instance of it. Besides I told him that I would not 



176 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

March 16 (Wed.). Cod. MS. 2 Caroli Hattoni in Bibliotheca 
Bodlejana est Juvenalis, in membranis, tercentis aut circiter, abhinc annis 
nitidissime scriptus ; cujus ad initium banc notam inveni : Hoc opus est ^ 
me P tiro Camuliano emptum die xiii Decembris M^.CCCCLXXXXI^, in 
civitate London, preHo duorum nohtlium aurt, — Tully himself when a 
Child leam'd the XII. Tables, as a necessary PoCm, which however he said 
afterwards were so neglected, as that no body learned them. Dtscebamus 
em'm pueri xu\ ut carmen necessarium : quasjam nemo discii, De Leg. L. 
". §. 69 

in the least consent to hearken to his Proposal, which tended so much to 
abuse my Friend, and to bring upon me an indelible Mark of Insincerity. He 
still urg'd me, and said that 'twas what he did himself. I told him that sup*- 
pose that was true, yet I could see no reason that you should take the same 
Method, since I was very sensible that you had consulted competent Judges, 
and that you did not use to write in Post- Hast. So I left him, and I did not 
comply in a single tittle. Mr. Caswell was admitted Professor in a Congrega- 
tion at 9 Clock on Thursday Morning last, and next day (contrary to what 
had sometime before been exspected) at 8 Clock was a Convocation for filling 
up the Beadle-ship. M^ Lhuyd had 196, and M^ Colinge 176 Votes. I am 
heartily glad M'. Lhuyd . (who had not a Farthing Salary from the Museum, 
but only made what he could by Shewing, as I do) has carried his Point, which 
is purely owing to my desisting. Most people say I had a much better interest 
than he, and I am pretty sensible of it ; but I would not stand contending, 
since by so doing we should have both infallibly lost it. This is a great Baulk 
to the Vice-Chancellor, who made all the Interest possible for Colinge, who 
has nothing to recommend him but a good personable appearance, without 
one Dram of Learning. Yet for all that most of the Heads of Houses were 
for him. I should be exceeding glad if I had some such post, by which I might 
follow my Studies with greater £^e, and be able to be a Benefactor to that 
Place to which I ow so much, I mean the Publick Library. I had resolv'd to 
have given 5 or ten Pounds per annum to that Place out of my Perquisites if 
I had succeeded, besides what I intended at my Death ; which Resolution 
was made not out of any Vanity, but merely with a true, honest Design of 
promoting Learning. But God knows now when I shall be in any manner of 
Capacity of performing such a service. I submit intirely to his V^ill, and am 
altogether content. I desire you would keep this as a Secret, I having not 
revealed it to anyone besides, that I might avoid (if possible) everything that 
borders upon Vanity, or looks like a Design of purchasing a Place. 'Tis talk'd 
here that one of AU-SouIs Coll. was author of the scandalous and wicked 
Pamphlett you mention, being mov'd to it by reason that the Warden designs 
to declare his and some others Places vacant, upon account of their neglecting 
to take H. Orders, as the Statute appoints.' Hopes to get some day a copy 
of the Ch. Ch. Ignatius. 

e. Max oh 16. Barnes' to H. (Rawl. 34. 30). Thanks for O, received 
about a week since. The work goes on as well as the weather will permit. 
'There is a Zoilus,whom you all know, y^ has, as I hear, talk'd heinously 
of me & y« Work; but because Til forgive him, & so convert him, or 
heap coals of fire on his head, & am sure to m^ke him a Lyar, I'll not tell you 
his Name, thd he has been already known for opposing some.' Messages to 
friends. 

March 10. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 134). Comments severely 
upon Grabe's attempt to prevail on Hudson and H. to put Ignaihuy not long 
before it was published, into ' some proper judge's hands,' and particulariy into 
Dr. Aldrich's. He is troubled that, by the wickedness of the times, he is ren- 
dered incapable of serving H. as he wishes and desires. Remarks on Llbuyd's 



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March 28 (Wed.). There is just published Tully's Tusculan Ques- 
tions, with a Commentary by M'. Davis of Cambridge, in 8^o. To which 
are added divers Emendations by D'. Bentley. — In the Courant for 
last Night is a large Advertisement, put in by Mr. Tanner, signifying that 
his Bibliotheca Britannica will be shortly put into the Press, in which he 
will give a large Account of the British Writers, to the Year i7oo(q) and 
will likewise print Leland and Boston of Bury with it, the former of which 
will be larger than HalFs corrupt Edition at Oxford, by y« Help of a MS*, 
at Cambridge. 

March 26 (Sat.). [Out of Mr. Dodesworth's MSS. Coll. Vol. XXII. 10 
f. 15a. a. E Registro Ayloffe fol. aa. 15 19. aa. Aug. (Will of John Colet, Dean 
of St. Paul's).] 

S'. William Dugdale says that Hen. L^. Norris (who liv'd temp. Eliz.) 
was buried at Rycott ; which is a Mistake, he being buried at Inglefield in 
Berks, as appears from the Parish Register. Consult Mr. Hinton about 
the Year and Day. His 3^. Son Edward is likewise buried there. And 
the Lady Elizabeth Norris Countess of Kelly, who perhaps was his 
Daughter in Law. See Dugdale. 

election, and his obligations to H. for desisting. ' I have several manuscript 
papers of my owne & of others, w*'^ I should bee glad to see printed, before I 
retire into my grave : but I have done w**^ Oxon, where I have met w*^ such 
ill usage : but however, if I should be induced to make anything public, I wil 
have recourse to Cambridge, where I know, I shal be wel received : for I wil 
send no more bookes into Holland to bee defac'd & mangled by ignorant and 
careless Correctors.' Please send, to oblige a friend, a summary of Dean 
Colet's will (a copy of which is in Dodsworth's Collections, 4164. vol. a a. p. 
194 b). 

March 21. H. to Thoresby. Printed : Correspondence qf Ralph Tboresfy, 
ii. 146 sq, 

March 26. D. Evans (Carmarthen) to H. (Rawl. 5. i). Asks H. to 
read over the first three tracts of his book, to correct any errors he meets' 
with, and to give it to a printer or book-seller, only stipulating that the author 
is to receive a certain number of copies. 

Marob 27. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. ia9). Glad that he has had 
some small share in handing so excellent an edition as S.'s Ignatius to the 
public, and that the author ot the Centura lemporum has done S. so much jus- 
tice. Will send a short relation of Dr. C.'s malignancy in a short time, but 
asks for the utmost secrecy, that H. may not be prejudiced, when he appears 
candidate for any vacant place. Renews his thanks for S.'s kindness, and is 
sorry that anyone should be deterred from making use of our Theatre Press, 
which is so very well furnished with types. Sends Dodsworth's extract from 
Colet's will. Remarks on the advertisements of Tanner's Bibliotbeea and 
Davies' ed. of the Tuseuian Questions, with Dr. Bentley's Emendations. * The 
Questions I had before, but it seems the Copies not dispers'd were reserv'd 
for these Additions of Dr. Bentley, which I am now looking over, and I find 
in them several good Conjectures, tho' they are deliver'd with an Air of 
Ostentation.' 

r. March 20. Wolf to H. (Rawl. 2$, 61). Acknowledgments of oflfers of 
assistance. Has seen Cave and Dodwell ; found the latter pi^XioBfiKrjv c/x^v- 
xov, Kai fiovadov ntpmarovu. Much pleased with his elaborate dissertation 
on Theophilus. Thinks that scholars will not be displeased with his view as 
to the order of the books of the ad Autolycum, though objections may be urged. 
Glad to hear of Tanner's intentions with regard to Leland. Has received the 
collation of the Pbilosopbumena of Origen with the Medicean MS., which has 

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March dO (Wed.). D'. Bentley has some Thoughts of publishing 
Emendations upon Terence and Plautus, a specimen of which he has 
given us' in his Emendations upon Tully's Tusc. Quaestt. p. 49, 50, 53. 

Maroh 81 (Th.). We hear from Yeovill in Somersetshire by very- 
good Hands that lately in the hard Season a Poor Woman of that 
Country, going to Chard to sell her Yam, at her Return home fell so very 
ill that she was forc'd to put in at a litde House, and being towards 
Evening she desir'd the People that they would let her sit up by y« Fire 
all Night, she being so very sick as not in any Condition to go home. 

xo This was deny'd. Upon which she went out, and coming to a Hedge 
she was fbrc'd to lye down under it. It snow'd very hard, and in a littie 
while she was almost cover'd with it At last a Man, one of her Neigh- 
bours came by, who seeing her took her up and desir'd she would by all 
means go home, it being not (says he) at so great Distance. She followed 
him a litde way, but being not able to hold out, left him and return'd to 
y« Hedge again, where she lay'd her self down, and the Snow falling still 
very hard she was soon quite cover'd with it Thus she continu'd for at 
least a Week ; so that her Neighbours made great Enquiry after her, but 
no one could give any Account, except y« Man before mention'd, who 

ao however was forc'd to be silent, least he should have been taken up 
upon Suspicion of having made her away. During this Surprise a poor 
Woman of y« same Place dream'd one Night that she lay under an Hedge 
in such a Place. She acquainted her Neighbours with y« Dream, who 
immediately went to y® Place with sticks, which they forc'd thro' the 
Snow. At last one of them upon putting his Stick down thought he 
heard something groun ; upon which he forc'd it down with more 
Violence, which made the Woman cry out, d /or God sake do not kill me. 
She was taken out, to y® great astonishment of them all, and was found 
to have eaten a great Part of her upper Garments for Sustenance. Upon 

30 Inquiry, she told them that she had layn very warm, and had slept most 
Part of the time. One of her Leggs lay just under a Bush, so that 'twas 
not quite cover'd with Snow, by which it became almost mortify 'd, but 'tis 
like to do very well. The Woman is in a chearfull condition, and there 
has been a Person in Oxford, who saw her walk the Street since this 
amazing Accident. She lay under y© Hedge at least seven Days. — 



confirmed his own conjectures. Schelwig is about to leave for Cambridge ; 
Wilkfns left yesterday for Windsor: and Ritter will probably accompany 
W., Pfaff, Lochner, and Feller to Germany. R. Boberts to H. (Rawl. 9. 
43). Hopes the wig is finished : H. will speedUy receive 20/. from M". Owen 
Griffith, the Two Brewers, Hart Horn Lane, near Charing cross ; this he will 
kindly make up 30J. The wig is to be sent with a special charge to the car«- 
rier to take care of it. Congratulations to Mr. Lloyd. * I hope y* y« next 
beadle place will fall to y' lot. Keep y« Dean of X* Church y'* friend then you 
need not Question. . . I am just going to a merry X*^ni»8.' M. Atkins to H. 
(Rawl. 1. 1 34). Has a draught of the Bath inscription cut in copper for Gale's 
book, and suggests its insertion in Alfred. (On p. 2 is a draft letter from H. 
giving his consent, provided that of Mr. Gale be likewise obtained.) 

Maroh 80. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. a. 99). Asks for an answer to his 
last letter. Was a posthumous book entitled John Selden of the Judicature 
of Parliaments an authentic piece of that author ? 



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Just published — The French Favorites, or The seventh Discourse of 
Balzac's Politicks. PubKsh'd by y« Reverend D' Kennett, Dean of 
Peterborough, February i"^^ lyoj. Lond. 1709. 8^., a single sheet, 
pr. 2^, Full of antimonarchical Doctrine, agreeably to y« Tenents of 
y«Dr. 

April 1 (Pri.). Yesterday Morning died D^. Bayly Principal of New- 
Inn-Hall. He was buried in S*. Peter's church in y« Baily, the Sunday 
Night following. . . . 

April 3 (Sun.). In the Courant is an Advertisement, signifying that 
Dr. Kennett had no hand in publishing the French Favourites, but that 10 
'twas done w^-out his Privity. But whether he had or no, 'tis certain 
that 'tis taken from a Book, call'd Balzac's Politicks, translated from 
French by his Brother M' Basil Kennett, & publish'd by y« D"". in the 
absence of M'. Basil, who is now at Leghorne, and the D*". himself writ 
the Preface to that Translation out of w^li there is an Extract prefix'd to 
this sheet in Commendation of the Book itself. — D'. Tyndale the sup- 
posed author of the R*« of the Church was lately summond to appear 
before the Warden and Fellows of All Souls to give in answer why he 
went out of Town without Leave. But upon his appearance he brought 
Witness y* he had leave, in which the Warden and the rest were forc'd 10 
to acquiesce tho* the Warden could not remember y* he had given any 
such leave. 

April 4 (Men.). About 4 Years since I took a Copy of the Life of 
King Alfred, written by S^. John Spelman, from the original MS. in the 
Bodlejan Library, and afterwards added divers Notes to it from MSS. and 
the best printed Authors. Several Years before there had been a Trans- 



April 2. Woodward to H. (Rawl. is. 91). What was the King of 
Prussia's present to the University in recognition of their Act in honour of 
the University of Francfurt? Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 125)- 
Thanks for copy of Dodsworth's extract from Colet's will. A London 
bookseller is going to reprint Colet's Devotions ; does H. know of any ed. 
older than 1640 ? S. read his Monition to a Holy Life and Sermon to the Convo^ 
cation m 1511, many years ago, and did not find the least taint of Popery in 
them. Doubts not that Tanner's Bihiiotbeca will be well received. * I wil 
looke into the new edition of Tuliyes Tujculan Questions^ merely upon the ac- 
count of Jy. Bentleyes emendations. His Horace hangs stil in the presse : & I 
cannot leame, when hee wil publish it. The Waggs of Cambridge, where hee 
is not loved, make sport with this long designed & long exspected edition, and 
pretend to say, w«^ you may bee sure, is an idle phansy, that hee is displeased 
with the common reading of the first verse of the booke, & would have it read 
thus, Mecmnas at avis (dividing y« word) edite Re^ihus : but another replyed, 
that hee had better have corrected it, in favour ot his great Patron, the P. of 
O. Mecxnas Batavis. But I ought not to entertaine you with these fooleryes. 
When ever the edition is made public, Gronovius will fall upon it, who is a fit 
match for him : & it is a question, not easily to be decided, w*^^ of the two is 
the more insolent & haughty Critic* 

April 8. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 25). Printed : Letters from the 
Bodleian, i. 191 sqq, 

April 4. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 48. 128*). Sends presentation copy 
of the Life of King Alfred. 

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lation into Latin made of it by Mr. Christopher Wase, Superior Beadle 
of y« Civil Law in Oxofi. and 'twas publish'd from the Theater Press in 
a thin Folio, with a Commentary, by Mr. Obadiah Walker, Master of 
University College. But several Gentlemen being desirous of the English 
Copy, in w«l^ Language 'twas written by y« Excellent Author, I was for 
that reason induc'd to undertake the Publication. After I had drawn up 
y® Notes, D^. Charlett, the present Master of University College, being 
about to print a List of the Theater Books, sent for me to John Hall's at 
y® Theater, and desired to know of me what was preparing for y« Press. 

lo Amongst other Things I told him of Livy, which he immediately put in ; 
and at the same time I mentioned my Design of printing Alfred's Life, with 
which he was well pleas'd, and put y* in also, and after all at y« Bottom 
of the Paper he put an imprimatur and his Name. This Paper he has 
several times since reprinted, and order'd his Name to stand, and did not 
so much as shew any Dislike of Alfred, but let it continue in the Paper. 
Yet after M^ Lhuyd was elected Beadle, when I waited upon the D^. to 
thank him for his having promised me his first Vote, and upon my 
Desisting for his giving his Vote for my Friend M»". Lhuyd, he received 
me very civilly at first ; but when I came to mention this Life of Alfred, 

ao and to inform him that it was almost finish'd at y« Press, he fell into a 
great Passion, and began to call Names (according to his usual incon- 
siderate, rash Method) adding y* he wonder'd I should print y« Life of 
King Alfred without his Privity. I told him y* I could not imagine he 
would have resented this thing, when he seem'd all along so well pleas'd, 
and put it himself into y® Theater Paper. I likewise said that the Vice- 
Chancellor being in Town when 'twas first put to y« Press, I had his 
Imprimatur, otherwise I should have come to himself. This however did 
not satisfy him, but he continu'd his Raillery, and said he would have me 
call'd to account how I came by y® Copy. I told him y* y® Copy was in 

30 y« Publick Library, free to y® View of any one y* desir'd it. After all he 
said King Alfred was their Founder, and y* 'twas a great Affront upon 
him and the rest of University College for me to undertake the Publica- 
tion of his Life. But alass ! this is a poor, pitifull argiunent, and fit only 
for such as Charlett, who in reality (notwithstanding all his Pretenses) 
rather obstructs Learning and such as encourage it than any ways pro- 
motes it He might have express'd his Rancour rather against the Wise 
author for writing of it, he being a Cambridge man, than against y® 
Publisher, who was always of this university, has been a constant Attend- 
ant in the Publick Library ever since his taking y® Degree of Bachelor of 

40 Arts, was born in y® same County that King Alfred himself was, has for 
about 3 or four Years convers'd every day in University College, and eat 
and drank generally every day with them, insomuch that some took him 
for one of the Society ; so y* he thought the publishing the Book would 
be a Piece of Gratitude to y® College for the Kindnesses he had receiv'd, 
and he thought the Master would have so esteem'd it There was not 
one of the Fellows, or one man else in y® College, that shew'd any Dislike, 
but y® quite contrary. Nor did anyone of them, that y® Publisher knows 
of, ever declare y^ he had a mind or Design to publish it himself, which 
indeed might have been more proper, as he was a Member of that College. 

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ing Asser's Life of Alfred and for writing and printing the Life of Queen 
Elizabeth who was Foundres of Jesus. He might withall have spoke 
ag*- Arch^P. Parker for publishing the same Life by Asser, and against 
several considerable Men besides, which I shall pass by, only note y' he 
might much better have fallen into an angry Fit against his Friend and 
Crony Humphrey Wanley, who is now actually writing y« Life of Cardinal 
Wolsey, without any leave from the Dean of Christ-Church, or any one 
else that we know of of that Noble and Learned Society. But y« true 
Reason of the D'*". Spleen against the Publisher is that he was concerned 
in D'. Smith's Excellent Edition of Ignatius, which Charlett strenuously lo 
opposed and took all occasions to run it down, tho' he had not seen so 
much as one word of it. He knew y* the Publisher was a true Friend to 
D^. Smith, and always took care to vindicate him, when he found him 
aspers'd. This Malice proceeded so far y* when I waited upon him to 
desire his Vote and his Interest for Beadle, he promised me but coolly, 
and he did not so much as speak to one Person in my Behalf or 
endeavour to get me one Vote. So y* I am of opinion that if he could 
have done it with any manner of Credit, he would have voted for Colinge. 
For tho' he afterwards voted for M^. Lhuyd, yet he did not I am per- 
suaded do it heartily, he having all along spoke but scurvily of him, and 20 
I have been told that he wished that Lhuyd and I might have stood it 
both out, which would have been an infallible way to have got Colinge in, 
and to have put us both by. However by this Publication of Alfred, he 
has an opportimity given him of raising a Plausible Story against y« 
Publisher (w<* yet will not be regarded by Men of true sense and Honour) 
of appearing against him whenever he stands for any Place hereafter ; but, 
God be thank'd, the Publisher is far from being discouraged from such 
unmanly Proceedings, but will acquiesce in w*ever station it shall 
please God to place him, especially when he is conscious that he has 
done nothing to the Disgrace of the university, but has always made 3« 
it his Business to act as much as possibly he could for the Honour and 
Credit of it, and he does not question but all candid, impartiall and 
ingenuous Persons will think so. After the Book was finished, I waited 
upon the Master with a Copy of large Paper neatly bound, and offer'd it 
him as a Present ; but he refus'd to accept it, and said he would have 
nothing to do with me. Another reason, as some think, and I am apt to 
think so too, why the D'. is so violent in this Case against the Publisher, 
is that 'tis not dedicated to him ; but y® Publisher thought it proper to add 
no Dedication of his own, but to prefix the Dedication of the author him- 
self to the Prince of Wales afterwards King Charles II. 'Tis probable 40 
had the author had no Dedication the Publisher might have dedicated it 
to y« Doctor and the Society (in which he would have ask'd their Leave) 
but there being a Dedication of the author to so great a Patron 'twould 
have been a Diminution to y® Prince to have fled for Protection to any 
Inferior Person. Nor was this y« opinion only of y« Publisher, but of 
others with whom he consulted. Now tho' there be no Dedication to y« 
Doctor, yet the Publisher has taken care to mention him with all due 
Respect, upon Account of a Book with MSS. Notes, that he shew'd him 
whilst he was drawing up Notes to this Life, which was of some use in 
giving Account of the King's Works, as to Learning ; and he thought this 56 



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would have been kindly taken and interpreted as a mark of his true sense 
of Gratitude : and so it would have appeared to any man that is not 
byass'd by Prejudice and Partiality, and that has any thing of a Spirit of 
Generosity. After he had talk'd at this rate, as is above specify'd, to the 
Publisher, he next day sent for M'. Thistlethwayte the Ware-House 
Keeper at the Theater, and rattled him off for Printing the Book. M'. 
Thistlethwayt told him y* what he had done was done by the Vice- 
Chancellor's Leave and Permission. This did not content him, but he 
said he would hinder y* Publication of the Book. Upon which a Copy 

lo of it was delivered to him by Thistlethwayte (which however ought not to 
have been done) on purpose that he might peruse it, and see if there were 
any thing against Religion or good Manners in it. The Publisher did 
not hear of this 'till some time after ; but when he understood it, he 
immediately concluded that this Malicious Proceeding was purely to ruin 
the Credit of the Book. I had twenty Copies allow'd me, lo large s(nd 
ten small, to present to my Friends ; but I could not get a Book from the 
Theater by Reason of !>. Charktt's stopping them. I went soon after 
to the D'. and desir'd he would be pleas'd to assign some reason for this 
hindering the Books to be deliver'd. He granted that he had done this, 

so but said he had nothing at all to object against the Book or against the 
Additions I had made, but approVd them very well. All he had to say 
against it he said, was ihe method ofpuhlishing it. By which words I 
understood that he would have had his Imprimatur to it, and that it should 
have been done by his Direction, such is the Humour and Vanity of him. 
I desir'd that he would give orders to Mr. Thistlethwayte for Delivery of 
ray Copies. He told me he would, and that he would not in the least 
oppose it's bemg published. After this, I went that afternoon to M' 
Thistlethwayte, but not meeting with him at home, I left him a note, signify- 
ing that D'. Charlett liked the Book and the Notes very well, and that he 

30 would not hinder it's being publish'd, and that therefore I desir'd he 
would deliver my Copies to y® Binder that I should order to call for them. 
When Thisdethwayte retum'd home, upon reading the Note, he went to 
Charlett and shcw'd it him. Charlett could not forbear his Venom, but 
however he consented that the Books should be deliver'd accordingly, 
which was done faithftilly. But his Malice stopp'd not here ; he sent for 
Burghers the Ingraver, and demanded of him by whose orders he ingrav'd 
King Alfred's Head prefix'd to the Book. He reply'd by the Direction, 
and at y® order of the Publisher : at which he huff'd very much, and ask'd 
him whether he was payd for it He said Yes. After which be gave 

40 him a strict charge never to ingrave any thing more from y« Publick 
Library, without first acquainting him with it ; such is the peevish, ridiculous, 
mad temper of this D^. and such his Conceit, as if nothing should be done 
in the university without his authority. I cannot hear that he talks hardly 
with any one about this Matter, but such as are as ignorant as himself, 
and particularly with William Sherwin, fwinerly a Barber, and now one 
of the Yeomen Beadles, a Pert, forward, conceited, unskillfuU Person, John 
Prickett (the Pragmatical Buder of the College) and with one Clarke, a 
Scrivener, and an empty, silly, conceited Fellow. These three Persons^ 
who are his Oracles, he consults in this and other Affairs, and they al 

50 three concurr, and tell it about, that a great Affront is done to y® Master 



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and College by y« Publisher in setting out this tife ; but M'. Hinton of 
Corpus X*J College, who is one of his Favourites, told him plainly that he 
was of opinion that the Publisher had done Credit to both, and ought 
instead of having bad usage to bee incourag'd, and applauded for y« 
undertaking. Nor is this y« only Instance of D*". Charlett's Malignity to 
y« Publisher. About 3 or four Years since th& Publisher had seen a 
MSk. in Vellam in 8^0. of Part of Tully's Epistles in the D"^*. Study, and 
he took a Note of it, and told y® Master that 'twould be of use in a new 
Edition of y* Excellent Author. After Livy was finished the Publisher 
was importuned by D*". Hudson (whose true Friendship, and Generosity 10 
he must always acknowledge) and some others in Oxford & elsewhere to 
undertake an Edition of Tully. 

Now tho' the Publisher was highly sensible of y« DiflSculty of that 
Work, and of y® Immense Pains required in it, yet upon D^. Hudson's 
frankly Promising to assist in it, (whose Readiness and fidelity he has 
found certain hitherto) he did at length comply, and accordingly get him- 
self to collate y« MSS. Some time after he had began this Drudgery the 
Publisher call'd upon D^. Charlett, and desir'd that he would be so kind 
as to lend him the said MS. Episdes of Tully above mention'd. MS^. 
Epistles of Tully / (says the D"".) why what wouldst do with that? The 20 
Publisher reply'd he was prevatVd upon to undertake an Edition of Tully. 
An Edition ^ Tully (says he) to what purpose^ you can do nothing to it, 
there are Editions enough already ; and besides there is one of our awn 
House already about it, viz. M\ Cockman. I told him that several Persons 
of skill were of opinion that a great deal might be done to Tully, that I 
found it by experience myself by examining some Places, That there 
was no good Edition to be easily procur'd & that as to M'. Cockman I 
was well inform'd that tho' he once designed such a thing yet his Eyes 
failing him, & he being ingag'd in Business of another nature, he had 
quite laid it aside ; but however that if he was resolv'd to prosecute it, I 30 
would communicate to him my Collations. After this he said no more, 
but proceeded to talk of other matters, & would not so much as shew me 
the MS. About 3 Weeks since M^ Cockman came to Oxford, and I 
then told him of a Design of Publishing Tully here at Oxford, but y* y« 
Person ingag'd would not do it without his Leave. He said he had 
altogether laid it aside, and that he left any one at liberty to undertake it, 
and should be very glad to see it perform'd. (C)ne of y« chief Reasons 
of Charlett's stopping my Book, as he told the Vice-Chancellor, to whom 
indeed he offer'd no other, was because the Picture at y« Beginning 
differ'd from the other Pictures of him that had been before printed ; w^a 4© 
gave occasion to great Mirth in the University.) 

April 6. Sohelwig to H. [In Latin.] (Rawl. 25. 57.) Has postponed his 
journey to Cambridge in the hope of receiving letters from home. Has seen 
Cave and Dodwell ; the latter has promised him a discourse on Theophilus, 
his views on which he will send to H. Has heard from Wolf and Ritter of 
their safe arrival at Harwich. Three other fellow-citizens will be at Oxford 
about Easter. Will write to Hudson. Any commissions for Cambridge? 
B. Boberta to H. (Rawl. 9. 41). Forced to alter his measures in relation to 
paying for the wig. Entreats H. * upon y« receipt of this to send for M'. 
Symmons, and to acquaint Him from me, 7^ He should send my wig to a friend 



184 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, [1709: 

April 8 (Prl.)- ^'' Busby had two Volumes of Greek Words, collected 
out of divers Authors, w^h were not to be found in Stephens's Thesaurus. 
Yet this no diminution to y« Credit of y* Noble & Herculean Work. See 
Mr. Mattaire's Lives of y® Stephens's, pag. 388.— . . . The Lugd. 
Edition of Robert Stephen's thes. the worst, there under Dimidium, is 
an Error. Dimidium facti qui bene ccepity hahet. Bene is badly inserted 
& not in y« true Edition. Nor is it Horace's. Yet some prefer y® 
Lugd. Ed. Ibid. p. 422. — Doctor John Braboum (lately of Magd. 
College) being with y« Vice-Chancellor (his old Crony) on Thursday 
10 night last, a Letter came from the Earl of Rochester signifying that he 
had y« Grant of y« Principality of New-Inn-Hall ; so y* nothing remains 



of his at London next week with-out fail, & to send me a line by y' next post 
to let me know where He lives, w®** being done, my design is to send D'. Pel- 
ling's man (who is to be at London y® eighteenth day of this month) to this 
person for it w**> six and twenty shillings for M'. Symmons* use, w«** sum I beg 
of you to make up 30 shillings. . . I hope M'. Symmons has used me well, I 
trust all to his honesty.* 

April 10. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 58. 130). I do not question but 
you have receiv'd the small Present of King Alfred's Life. This naturally 
leads me to give you a short Narrative of Part of D'. Charlett's Malignity. I 
transcribed this Life about 4 or 5 Years since from the Original MS. in the 
Publick Library, and afterwards made several Additions to it. Sometime after 
D'. Charlett being going to print a List of Theater Books, he sent for me to 
John Hairs and ask'd me what Things were going forwards. Amongst the 
rest I mention'd Livy, which he immediately put in. I also told him that I 
designed to print Alfred's Life from the MS. He was very well pleas'd with 
it, and presently writ it down in the Paper, which he caus'd to be printed with 
his Name and Imprimatur at y« Bottom. This Paper he has had printed several 
times since, and was so far from being displeas'd at Alfred, that he let it stand, 
and signifyed to no one that he resented it. But when 'twas almost finish'd at 
y« Press, I waited upon him to thank him for the Promise of his first Vote to 
me in y® late Election, & upon my Desisting for his giving it to M^ Lhuyd. 
He was civil enough 'till I mention'd Alfred's being printing, when he fell into 
a great Passion, and said that he would call me to account how I came by the 
Copy. I told him 'twas in y« Publick Library, free to be seen by anyone. He 
insisted that I should have had his Leave. To which I reply'd that I had the 
Vice-Chancellor's Imprimatury and that I thought 'twould have been an Affront 
to y* Vice-Chancellor to have requested any one's License besides : that how- 
ever if the Vice-Chancellor had been absent I would have come to him, be- 
fore I had offer'd to have proceeded ; adding withall that I could not imagine 
he could have resented the printing of it, when he seem'd all along so well 
pleas'd, and put it into the Theater List himself. This did not satisfy him, but 
he dismissed me very roughly, and the next day sent for Thistlethwayte, and 
rattled him off for Printing the Book. Thistlethwayte said he had the Vice- 
Chancellor's Orders. After that he sent for Burghers, and ask'd him who 
order'd him to ingrave the Head. He said the Publisher. He then ask'd 
whether he were paid. He reply'd, Yes. Upon which he gave him express 
Orders never to ingrave any thing more in the Publick Library without his 
Privity and Leave. But Burghers only laughs at this. When he had gone 
thus far, he order'd the Book to be stop'd at y® Theater, and endeavour'd aU 
he could to have it suppress'd, tho' he had no Commission from the Vice- 
Chancellor. Thistlethwayte being concem'd at this deliver'd him a Copy 
(which however he should not have done) to peruse. When I was inform'd 
of this, I waited upon the D'. about the Matter. He acknowledg'd that he 



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now for installing this Gentleman (who is remarkable for carrying on the 
lifting Trade & for being an ignoramus in Learning) than y® Chancellor's 
Letters. 

had put a stop to the Book, but that upon looking it over he was very well 
pleas d both with the Book and the Notes, and that he would not oppose it's 
being published, and that he had nothing to object against it but the Method of 
Printing it. By the Method I suppose he would have had his own Imprimatur, 
had it dedicated to himself (which would have been a Diminution to the 
Author's Great Patron) and have had the Direction of the whole. Upon this 
Answer of the D'*» I calFd at y® Theater and receiv'd the Copies allow'd me. 
After I had got some bound, I offer d one in large Paper (of which there were 
but 35 in all) wrought neatly to him ; but he refiisM to accept it, and said he 
would have nothing to do with me. Had any one of the College pretended to 
have printed this Book, he might have had some Ground for his Violence to 
me ; but all y^ Society were well pleas*d with me, and not one of them had 
any such Design. Nay they thought it a Mark of Gratitude in me, for the 
several Kindnesses I had constantly receiv*d from the College for about 3 or 4 
Years together. But Charlett must have some Plea for his appearing hereafter 
against me upon a Vacancy, if it should please God I should stand. *Tis true 
he promised me in the last Canvass, and he afterwards joyn*d with Mr. Lhuyd ; 
but I really believe he was not heartily for either, I having full Evidence that 
he spoke to no one in my Behalf, and have as great reason to think he was no 
more zealous for M'. Lhuyd, of whom I have always heard him speak but 
scurvily. So that if he could have done it without Disgrace he would have 
appear d for Colinge. ... I have read over all D'. Bentley's Emendations, and 
reduc*d them into two or three Pages for my own Use. I find them much 
worse than I exspected. They seldom agree with the MSS. I have collated ; 
& the best of them were before all observed by Lambin. I have often heard 
of the Emendation of Horace you mention ; but 'tis only fit to create Mirth. 
On Thursday March 3i«* died D'. Baily Principal of New-Inn-Hall, and was 
buried the Sunday night following in S*. Peter's Church in y« Baily. D'. John 
Braboum of your College is to succeed him. O tempora ! 6 mores ! I have not 
yet been able to procure Christ Church Ignatius. I made a Present by the 
Bookbinder of a copy of large Paper of my Alfred to the Dean, thinking to 
have got a Copy by that means ; but I hear of none as yet.' 

April 18. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 38). Thanks for presents of the 
Life of Alfred, H.'s Discourse on the Bath inscription has neither interfered 
with nor superseded D.'s. Intends to expect H. till Tuesday. Explains his 
proposals to Hudson cone. Dionysius ; D. s desire that he would transact with 
the bookseller was not so much to trouble, as to oblige, him. Has almost 
finished his Discourse and Transcript cone. Theophilus Antiochenus for Mr. 
Schelwig. Glad he and his excellent companions have taken so kindly their 
poor entertainment here. P.S. by F. Cherry. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 
36. 26). Has ventured to dissent in his L\fe ^ K, Alfred from Mr. Dodwell's 
opinion cone. Dioclesian's persecution. His ed. of Tully: hopes that Mr. D. 
will digest the Epistles for him in chronological order. If H. visits Shottes- 
brooke at Easter, he will walk, that he may take a view of some places in his 
way, particulariy Ewe-Elme. Mightily concerned at the deplorable accident 
that happened at his cousin Stephen Exlwards*s, who should have suspected 
the woman whom he admitted into his house to be a hypocrite. Longs to see 
Dodweirs Discourse upon the Bath inscription, and recommends him to print 
it at London rather than at Oxford. Remarks on Needham's Hierocles and 
Davies* ed. of Tully's Tuseulan QueJtionj, D'. Bentley's emendations appended 
to the latter work * are ingenious, and worthy D'. Bentley's acumen. The D'. 
has two or three times fallen upon Gronovius, and us'd him very roughly. But 
he was provok'd.to it by Gronovius's first falling upon him, and abusing him in, 



l86 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. * [1700: 

April 14 (Th.). M' Bear, Commoner of Wadham College, and 
Pupil to Republican White, Fellow of y* House, having stood for his 
Bach, of Arts Degree, he was deny'd three times, and yesterday the 
reasons for y« Denyal were read in Congregation, which were, — i. That 
he had asserted that the Birth of King William was a greater Miracle 
than y« Birth of our Saviour. 2. That the Bible was no more penn'd by 
y® Holy Ghost than a common Legend. (3). That God's being said in 
y« Bible to speak to Moses, was nothing but to amuse the People, he 
having really never spoke to him. What aggravated the Matter was that 

10 when he was charg'd to have spoken thus by some Persons, who ask'd 
him whether he was not asham'd and sorry for such Words, he maintained 
that what he said was true and he could not see that there was any hurt 
to assert such Principles. These Reasons were approv'd as suflScient for 
his Denyal by y« Congre[g]ation. ^ This Day, in y« Fore-noon, D^. 
John Brabourn, the Toper, was admitted Principal of New-Inn-Hall. — 
In the Bibliotheque Choisie Vol. 17. Monsieur Le Clerc has a Letter in 
Latin, containing Observations upon D'. Mill's Testament He has 
observ'd a great many omissions committed by y® D^. as well as Mistakes. 
He however speaks well enough of y® Work, particularly of his Discourse 

20 upon S*. John's I^* Epistle, for this reason because y« IX". Arguments for 
the Genuineness of y* Passage are not so strong as those he has collected 
against it, and he believes the D^. himself would have declared for its 
being an Interpolation had he not been afraid of the Clamours of his 
Friends. — When M'. Bear (the notorious Blasphemer, who was deny'd 
his Degree) was ask'd by some what he thought of those Words, so often 
repeated in Scripture, andy* Lord said unto Moses. He repl/d that he 
acknowledged that they were often in the Bible, but that they were words 
of amusement, not as being spoken by Jhe Lord. When he was advis'd 
by his Friends to recant these pernicious Tenets, and to repent for what 

30 he had done, & consider better, he went out of the roome, saying, ^ Tobit 
went out, and his Dog followed him. (He afterwards got his Degree by 
the Connivence of Old Will. Lancaster, that Northern Bear, who has done 
so much Mischief in the University.) 



y« same rude Manner as he has done his betters before. Whether Gronovius 
will retort I cannot tell. I believe not, it being his way to give over when he 
meets with one that will stand stiffly to him. I exspected to have seen him 
before this time upon our Oxford Livy ; but I hope he may be taken off by 
other Business, or at least that y* Booksellers may continue their Resolution 
of printing no more for him, unless he changes his unchristian way of Writing.* 

April 14. Ba^ford to H. (Rawl. 91.8). Fears that H. has made a mis« 
take in attributing the printing of Harding*s Chronicle to Wynkyn de Worde 
instead of to Richard Grafton. Do not return anything B. may send in a 
parcel. ' In a lettle time I shall send you a shet of paper by me Collected 
Relating to y* seuirall Imprison of Chausier which will geue you less troble.* 

April 16. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 126). Thanks for the 
English ed. of Spelman's Life of K. Alfred. Glad that H. has maintained 
with Camden, Walker and Wood the priority of Oxford, as against Us^r, 
Spelman and Stillingfleet. Cannot but wish that H. were not taken off from 
the study of English antiquities by * undertaking an edition of all ^tdlyes voorks : 
but D'. Hudson, whom you deservedly call your Friend Sf Patron^ his judgm^ 
must bee submitted to : & I heartily wish you wel rid and quit of this labor- 



April 14-18.] VOLUME XIX, PAGES 68-75. 187 

April 18 (Mon.). In the ancient form di Bidding ^Prayers, printed 
at y« End, pag. 338. of S^f. Ham. L'Estrange's Alliance of Divine Offices, 
is y® following Passage : y* shulle bydde for tham that this Cherche, honour 
with book, with hell, with vestiments, with twayte; oder with lyght; oder with 
eny oder ournaments to roof oder to grounde with londe, oder with rent wher- 
through God and our Lady, and all halhen of Hevene beth the fairer inservit 
her, oder elliswar. The Transcriber of this Form of Bidding (w^^li was 
taken from a Spare Parchment Leaf put at y« Beginning of y« Summs of 
Guilielmus de Pagna in the University Library at Cambridge, and so 
must be carried as high as the 13*^ Century) has added several Conjee- 10 
tures and Emendations in the Margin, & opposite to y« word twayte he 
has put qucmam vox ista ? signifying thereby that he was ignorant what 
the Meaning of it should be. Nor has S'. Hammond offer'd at any Solu- 
tion. M'. Thwaites of Queen's College is of opinion that the word should 
be thwayle, and that it comes from the Saxon Dweal, i. e. lotio, ablutio, 
dilutio, or from Dwealu. lavacra. Baths, or Fonts. Whereby 'twill betoken 
haptisteria or Fonts, Which is an ingenious Conjecture, and might be 
approv'd of if we could find that the word was at this time us'd to signifie 
so, or if it would agree with the other words w*^ I have transcrib'd. 
They are commanded to pray for those who had made some extraordinary ao 
Benefactions ; but Fonts were ordinary and of Course in every Church. 
The Parish was oblig'd to find them, whether there were Benefactors or 
no. Besides they had nothing of extraordinary in their Work, unless now 
and then. By y« Ecclesiastical Canons they were to be of Stone, and so 
they have been constantly. The Rich Baptisterium indeed of Constantine 
y« Great had within it Silver, & 'twas adom'd with other Riches ; and so 
we read of a few others. But that was reckon'd Princely, & altogether 
against the conmion Course. We must therefore look for something that 
may answer the other Extraordinary Gifts here mention'd in the form, such 
as might strike an immediate Zeal in the several Members to put up their 3® 
Prayers for the respective Benefactors. If we have recourse to the other 
Form of bidding of Prayers, printed by S'. Hammond pag. 181. the word 
must be equivalent to Lamp, For so 'tis express'd : Also ye shall prcty for 

ious worke.* Commends H.'s remarks on the Bath inscription ; doubts not 
that God will raise him up rich and powerful friends, *to make a plentiful 
position for * him. Amazed at Dr. Ch. s rude and barbarous treatment of H., 
who had lost himself in the opinion of his friends if he had dedicated his book 
to such a Fanfamn, Has just borrowed and re-read Colet's Sermon before 
Convocation in 151 1, republished by Thos. Smith, of Christ's ColL Gam. and 
Keeper of the Public Library there in 1661, 8vo. S. maintained a corres- 
pondence with this namesake till the end of the latter's life. Cambridge ed. 
of the Twjf. DUp, and that of Theophilus Antiochenus. * I heard very lately, 
that D'. Woodroff has involved himselfe in great trouble by his last marriage, 
& that the revenue of his Prebend at Christ Church is extended to pay his 
debts. I hope that this latter part of the information will prove a mistake.' 
Thoresby to H. (Rawl. 10. 58). Thanks for Catalogue of Pictures in Bodley, 
&c. Remarks on Roman monuments lately found at the station upon Adel- 
moor (Burgodufium), The monuments lately found have no inscriptions 
legible ; one appears by the discus to have been a portable altar, the other 
perhaps funereal, though the smallness of it amused him till he observed others 
of the like size though firmer materials (these being of the coarse millstone 
rag) in Mr. Wren's and Mr. Kempe*s Museum. 



1 88 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

all those thai have honoured the Church with lights lampy vestment or Bell^ or 
with any other Ornaments^ by which the Service of Almighty God is the better 
maintained and kept. This might be allow'd, if the word did at all answer, 
or could we suppose the word lamp could be so much corrupted. With 
more probability I take the word Twaite to be the same as Thwaite^ h 
being left out or retained at Liberty, as appears from a great Number of 
Instances. Twaite signifies a wood grubbed up and turned to arable, as 
appears from S^". Edw. Coke upon Littleton fol. 4. b. This Arable Land 
being therefore given to any Church, it could not but be reckoned an ex- 

10 traordinary Benefaction, & the Donors accounted as deserving eternal 
Mention, & to be always remember'd in y® Prayers of y« Congregation. 
Such sort of Benefactions were frequently made about ^ \'^ Century, 
when Ignorance had sufficiently prevail'd and the Instruments of y« Bp. 
of Rome had inveigled the People to give their Best Riches to y« Church. 
We then hear of vast Tythes, w<* however since have been by y« Restless 
Fanaticks taken almost quite away. This will sufficiently appear by 
reading over that partial Book, written by M'. Selden and styl'd by him 
the History of Tythes. - 

Oratio habita k D. Joanne Colet Decano Sancti Pauli ad Clerum in 

ao Convocatione. Anno. M.D.XI. (D. 19. Laud) Printed by Richard Pynson, 
in 4*0. The Year when, nor the Place where, printed is not specify 'd : but 
I believe 'twas the same Year that 'twas preach'd in. It was afterwards 
translated into English, and printed with Notes by M^f. Thomas Smith of 
Cambridge, Cambr. 1662. 8^. The Translation is faithfully done, but the 
Publisher gives us no Account how he came by it, or whether he did it 
himself. It seems to me to have been done from this Latin Copy of 
Arch^p. Laud's, because the Latin was not printed with Division into 
Paragraphs, but this Latin Copy has been divided into them since with a 
Pen, to wet this English Translation exactly agrees. Nor is Rom, xii, 2. 

30 (the Place of Scripture in y« first Part of y« Sermon) printed in the Latin, 
but is added by a Pen since in y® Margin, w^^h however the English 
Publisher has printed. The Latin beginns thus, Convenistis hodie Patres 
& viri sapientissimi inituri concilium. And ends, Ite modo in spiritu quern 
invocastis ut ejus auxilio adjuti in isto vestro consilio possitis ea excogitare 
statuere decernere : que sint ecclesice utilia \ que vobis laudi \ que deo honor ii 
Cui sit omnis honor et gloria in secula seculorum, Ahen. There is no Pre- 
face, nor any thing else besides the Sermon. — 

Chaucers in y« Bodlej. Library, MS. — Laud. G. 69. His Canterbury 
Tales. — K. 50. His Canterbury Tales, except y« Plow-man's Tale. — 

4oOf y« Astrolabe Digby. 72. — NE. D. i. 16. Of y« Astrolabe. — Super 
Art A. 32. His Tales. — Archiv. Seld. B. 24. His Troylus, with other 
Pofems of his.— Arch. Seld. B. 30. His Tales.— Seld. Supra 56. His 
Troilus and Cressida. — Seld. Supra 60. His Workes printed by Richard 
Pynson. — Mus. 64. Of y® Astrolabe. — Fairfax 16. Some Po€ms by 
Chaucer, & others. — Charles Hatton. Nimib. i. Chaucer's Works- — 
Junius 9. His Works, with some Marginal notes MS. by Junius.— About 
S'. G. Chaucer in Leland's Itin. Vol. II. fol. 6.— Pedigree of Geflf. 
Chaucer. See at y« Beginning of his Works. Edit. opt. . . . —Chaucer in 
his Man of Lawes Tale, Part 2^. calleth y® Baptisterium the Font-Stone, — 

50 Mauricius at Fontstone they hym calle. 



April 18-28.] VOLUME XIX, PAGES 75-88. 189 

April 22 (FrL). Joh. Frea was of Balliol College in Oxford, See 
LangbatWs Collections in Bibl. Bodl, Vol. 19. p. 40. — MS. Z>i^3. 146. 
Aldhelmus de Virginitate. Exemplar optima & antiquissima manu 
ezaratum. Cum scholijs itidem marginalibus antiquis, & expositione 
Saxontca interlineari vocum singularum ferme perpetua : unde Lexicon 
Saxamcum confecturo ampla messis. This Book belonged formerly to y® 
Abbey of ^33/>^^(w, as appears from the Beginning.— Nov. Test. Luc. 
I. 35. cV aov in the common Editions, &c. Ephraem Syrus in his Serm. de 
Margarita takes notice that those two words were not in some Copies that 
he had seen, tput t&p dtrnypd<l>oiv ov irtpitxtt TOy (K <Tov' and there is a mark 10 
{tfS) in y® Margin of the MS. Baroc. 212. p. 130. b.— There is just pub- 
lished M^ Peter Needham's Edition of Hierocles, printed at Cambridge in 
8^0. Amongst other Notes, are added D^^. Bentley's and M^. Davis's.— 

E MS. in Bibl. Bodl. Mus. 9. EUzabetha Regina Dominae Norn's^ in 
obitum filij t]\is Joannis Norn's militis. . 

Although we have differred long, to represente unto you our graciouse 
thoughts, because we liked fuU ill to yeeld you the first refection of our mis- 
fortunes, whome we have alwaies sought to cherish and comfort, yet knowing 
Dowe that Necessitie must bring it to your eares, and nature consequently 
move both greefe and passion in your hart, we resolved not longer to smother 30 
eyther our care for your sorrowe, or our simpathye of your greefe for his 
Death, wherein that societie in sorrowe may worke diminution : We do assure 
you by this trew messenger of our mind, that nature can have stirred no more 
dolorouse affection in you as a mother for a deare son, then the gratefuUness 
and memory of his services past have wrought in us (his Soveraigne) appre- 
hension of misse of so worthy a servant. But now that Nature's common 
worke is done, and he that was borne to dye, hath payed his tribute, let that 
Christian Discretion stay the flux of your immoderating greeving, which hath 
instructed you both by Example and knowledge, that nothing of this kind hath 
hapned, but by God's Providence. And let these Lines from your loving and 30 
gratiouse Soveraigne serve to assure you that there shall ever appeare Caracters 
of you and yours, that are left in our valewing rightly, all theire faithfull and 
honest Endeavours. More at this time we will not write of this unsilent sub- 
ject, but have dispatched this Gentleman to visitte both your L* and you, to 
condole with you in the sense of your Love, and to pray you that y* World 
may see, that what time cureth in weake Mindes, that discretion and modera- 
tion in you in this accident, where there is so opportune occasion to demon- 
strate true patience and moderation. 

April 21. Sir A. Fountaine to H. (Rawl. 5. 115). Thanks for Alfred, 
which he has read with great pleasure. The coin mentioned by H. may be of 
the great Alfred, though Mr. Walker believes it to be of the Northumbrian 
King. 

April 28. H. to Br. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 131). Glad that any of his 
mean endeavours are pleasing to S. Charlett condemned for his treatment 
of H. as much as for his attempt to suppress and stifle Mr. Thwaites's Dedi- 
cation to Dr. Hickes. Wishes that he had made no mention of him in the 
book. * I did not referr to your Discourse in Vindication of M'. Camden, 
because I was unwilling to bring you upon the Stage.' Sends particulars of 
the English trans, of Colet's Sermon (R. Pynson, 4to), and suggests that it was 
made from MS. Laud D. xix. Dodwell will shortly communicate a discourse 
on Theophilus to Mr. Schelwig. * D'. WoodroPs Canonry is sequester d, but 
y« Treasurer of Christ Church, D'. Stratford, will not pay the Money, for 
which Refusal he is like to come into Trouble. I lately expostulated with M^ 
Thistlethwayte about his Delivering D'. Ch. a Copy of my Book without my 



190 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

April 24 (Sun.)* [Notes from Chaucer in the Gierke <f Oxenfordes Pro- 
logue.'\ . . • 

April 27 (Wed.). See M'. Wood's MS. in Mus. num. 12. being Col- 
lections cone, the antiquity of several Towns & Villages in Oxonsh. 
F. 21. Vol. 29. Rewley Abbey fol. 221.— The Saxon Tongue read in y« 
Monastery of Tavistock usque ad Patrum Memoriam. See S^. Hen. 
Savile's Acct. of y® Foundation of Religious Houses p. i. MS. in BibL 
Bodl. Mus. 9. — Ibid. p. 7. Ruley Carmelitarum Conv. ab Edw. 3. antea 
aedes Regiae. 

Privity^ or any Legal Order. He reply*d he would stand to what he had done, 
and that he should always deliver a Copy of whatever Book is printed at the 
Theater, to any of the Delegates that should be pleas'd to demand it. By 
which you may guess how easy any one of them might come by your Sheets if 
he had a mind to them.' Mr. Bear of Wadham denied his degree for blas- 
phemy. Cannot get from Dr. H. his book of letters. 

April 24. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 27). [Partly printed : Letters from the 
Bodleian^ i. 194 sqo^ Sorry he is obligeid to defer his journey. The new answer 
to the Rights attributed to Mr. Oldisworth, formerly of Hart HalL * *Tis done 
in a bantering way, much like that of D'. Eachard and of my Friend D'. King 
of Christ-Church. I have not read it ; but I find it much commended as a smart 
Thing, and 'tis said it works more upon the Abettors of that wicked Book 
than all the serious Answers that have appear*d.' ... Mr. Bears case. * D^ 
Smallbroke preaches toMorrow upon the General Resurrection at S^ Marie's. 
I design to be there, and if he offers anything against M'. Dodwell 1 shall not 
fail to acquaint you. But I think 1 have heard the Repeater, who is M^ 
Woodrof of Christ-Church, (son to D'. Woodrof ), whom M'. Dodwell has 
seen and talk'd with often at the Coffee-House, say that he has not a Word 
about him, thinking perhaps that his former Discourse remains altogether 
unanswered.' 

April 26. D. Bvuis to H. (Rawl. ' 5. 4). H. may expunge or insert 
what he pleases ; the papers were merely designed for the vulgar, and if H. 
advises he will not print them at all. ' Whether it be the homeliness of the 
language, or the incoherence of the sense or sentences, or the rigorousness of 
them against the magistrates, Dissenters and Grandees, or the inconveniences 
that may redound to me be the reason, I will desire of you to resolve me.' 

April 26. Br. Hickes to H. (Rawl. 7. 44). Thanks for Alfred; best 
wishes for H.'s promotion. Sorry that H. meets with discouragements, which 
must be met by Christian patience and forgiveness. Wishes that H. were set 
to publish useful MSS., which would be more profitable, and more for the 
honour of the University, than new edd. of printed books. [In Rawl. 7. 45, 
r. Nov. 27, 1708, Hickes asks H. to make enquiries without mentioning his name 
for a reply to Hakewills Dissertation touching the Sacrifice rf the Eucharist^ 
London 1641, 4to. (Athen. Oxon. col. 186).] 

April 27. IL Boberts to H. (Rawl. 9. 4a). Wants words to express 
his gratitude to H. * I have sent to M". Griffith . . twenty shillings for M'. 
Symmons's use munday last was seavennight, w^^ I hope He has receiv*d e*re 
this : I have likewise sent to her by yeasterday*s carrier a/. 91. 6d,, vf^^ I desire 
you to send for as soon as possible you can, and to dispose of them after y* 
following manner. Six pence for y« return of the money into y» hands, a 
shilling for M'. Symmons, pray, tell Him y* I receiv'd my wig, and y* it 
answers my expectation pretty well, I shall send him another shilling about 
Miclemas if y« Wig wears tolerable: two shillings 1 give to drink between M'. 
Lloyd, y'self, & M'. Gunnis if in town, you may bring M'. John Jones fellow 
of Jesus CoU : among you, if you think fit. Be pleased accept of six shill : 
yourself; and to give M'*. Law the remaining forty. I am ashamed to desire 



April a4-May 2.] VOLUME XIX, PAGES 89-93. I91 

April 28 (Th.). On Sunday last in y« Morning died I>. Williams Bp. 
of Chichester, of a Mortification in y® Foot.— D'. Gregory, of whom 
before in the preceding Volume, Professor of Astronomy in Oxford died 
September i2*h. last at Maidenhead.— In Bibl. Bodl. inter Codd. Mus. 
num. i»t. — a large Book of Offices for the use of Salisbury. It belonged 
to ]>. Godfrey Goodman Bp. of Glouc. who gave it to y« Library, and has 
noted some things at y« Beginning, and at y« End is a short Account of 
his Life and Prefermt*, &c. written by his own hand, & afterwards printed 
by Ant. Wood, tho' w^^kjut acknowledgm* whence he had it. At y® End 
is also a printed half sheet foL of the Bp«. suflferings in Latin and English, 10 
printed I think in 1650. It was y« original MS. of y® said Offices, and 
y« rest were taken from it. 

May 1 (Sun.). Some things publish'd by M'. Robert Coddrington, 
w«^ are not mentioned by M"". Wood in his Account of him under y« Year 
1665, are accounted for in a Letter written by the said M'. Coddrington 
himself, \9^ I have in my Possession in one of my folio MSS. Collection 
of Papers, where also is his Smcuit hufus ferret in aureum Restitutio, 

May 2 (Men.). In Bibl. Bodl. Mus. 23. The Original MS*, of D^. 
Donne of Self-Murther. It was given by the Author himself to the Lord 
Herbert, to whom he has an Epistle at y® Beginning. The Lord Herbert ao 



you to appear my advocate before Her, she (I expect) will tax me with in- 
justice towards Her, by detaining Her thus long from Her money, but I beseech 
you to satisfie Her y* I have not been able to pay Her, and that I mean 
honestly.* Intends to send her 40J. more about * Miclemas', and 38/., the re- 
mainder of his debt, at Xmas, when he will make her any reasonable allowance 
for not sooner payment. Hopes she has failed to find out his place of abode, 
notwithstanding her diligent enquiry. 

April 80. Dodwell to H. (Rawl 35. 39). The weather alone sufficient 
reason for H.'s not visiting Shottesbrooke. Hopes to see Schelwig, Wilkins 
&c. in London. Has offered Dr. H. as much as he can in reason expect ; ' I 
design, God willing, to have more regard to the ease of the purses of learned 
Men . . than to my own profit.' Will not introduce anything personal into his 
dispute with Smalbroke. P.S. Makes another proposal to Dr. H.— not to 
make his Dionysius a part of his III* Tome, but a Supplement to the other 
editions of Dionysius. 

April 30. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 127). Cannot easily admit 
of H.'s excuse for not mentioning his vindication of the integrity and honesty 
of Mr. Camden in his ed. of Asserius Menevensis. Advises H. to act so care- 
fully as to give Dr. Ch. no provocation. Mr. Schelwig informed S. that Dod- 
well has undertaken the chronology of Theophilus. Mr. Bear should have 
been expelled with all the marks of infamy. The Amsterdam publisher (de 
Lorme) of Harduin*s tracts, carrying a considerable part of his impression 
into France, and hoping for a quick vent there, upon his coming to Paris, was 
seized upon, and sent to the Bastille. P. Simon's Bibliotbeque Critique enter- 
taining, but in the main superficial and trifling. Impatient for the arrival of 
another Holland fleet, to satisfy his curiosity with a sight of Montfaucon*s 
Palaeograpbia Graeea, Remarks on Poncet's voyage to Ethiopia, in the 
Lettrts edifiantes et curietues of the Jesuit Mission in China, East and West 
Jndia, &c., published in French by P. Le Gobien, especially his story of a 
golden wand hanging in the air without any support, in the chapel of a monas- 
tery, of which he writes modestly, not being able to find out the natural cause 
of this prodigious phaenomenon. 



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gave it to y« Library, & has written a Memorandum to signify the same, in 
a neat Hand, at y® Beginning also.— Quaere about a Book intitled. The 
Nullity of the Prelatique Clergy, and Church of England Further dis- 
covered in answer to the Plaine prevarication, or vaine presumption of D. 
John Bramhall in his Booke, intituled 77ie Consecration and Sticcesston of 
Protestant Bishops justified, &c. And that most true story of the first 
Bishops ordination at y« Nagshead verified ; their fabulous Consecration 
at Lambeth with the Forgery of Mason's Records cleerely detected by 
N.N. Pr. at Antwerp, in y« yeare 1659. —Quaere whether M'. Seller (Abed- 
10 nego) be Author (as 'tis said he is in D^. Wake's Catalogue) of a Pamphlett 
intided, A Plain Answer to a Popish-Priest, questioning the Orders of the 
Church of England. Lond. 1689. 4*0. Dr. Charlett says (as I am in- 
form'd) that he publish'd the first Edition. See if that be really so. 

May 8 (Tu.). The Lord's Prayer out of WickliflTs Translation of y» 
New-Test. MS. Bibl. Bodl. Mus. 62. ad Matth. 6.— 

Oure Fadir that art in heuenes halewid be thy name | thi kingdom come to. 

be tbi wille don : in erthe as in hevene | give to us this day oure breed over 

othere substaunce | and forgiue to us oure dettis: as we forgiuen to oure 

dettoures | and lede us not in to temptacioun. but dclyvere us from yvel 

30 amen. 

May 4 (Wed.). This day the Proctors for y® Ensueing year were 
admitted viz. M'. Adderley, A.M. of All-Souls, and M»". Vesey, A.M. of 
Lincoln. The latter the senior. Pro-Proctors admitted were M"". Stevens 
of All-Souls, Mr. Trap of Wadham, and M'. Harcourt of Jesus. M'. 
Harrison of All-Souls was chosen for M^ Adderley's 2^ Pro-Proctor, but 
not admitted because he is Bach, of Law. So it was referr'd to Considera- 
tion. M'. Stanley, Senior Proctor, at his Leaving the Ofiice made a 
Speech, in w^h he spoke in commendation of M*". Smithurst deceas'd, 
something of D"". Gregory and his successor M^ Caswell, all to their com- 
30 mendation, made a complement to Mr. Terry his Brother Proctor, & so 
ended. — What we call now a Floor they formerly called a Barn-Floor^ 
Bemes-flore. See the 3d. Chapter of S*. Luke Edit. Saxon. — wont sefter 
hys gewunan. Ibid. Luke 4th. 



May 8. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 21. 9). H. will receive on Thursday B.'s 
observations on the impressions of Chaucer, all taken from the books them* 
selves which have run through his hands. Begs H.*s pardon about Harding. 
Encloses an Irish Testament for Lhuyd, and wishes to know printer*s name 
and where printed. Has sent this time a parcel of rubbish, but hopes the next 
may be better. 

May 4. H. Presoott (Chester) to H. (Rawl. 9. 16). Some remains of 
a hypocaustum lately discovered in Wales about 10 miles from this place. 
Thanks for Walcoat inscription. Approves of H.*s suggestions for the new ed. 
of Camden, which would make it a great treasury of Roman antiquity, and 
very honourable to Britain. Will consult Occo with Mediol>arbus, and, if he 
finds any of his collection of coins not described there, will transmit them to 
H. or Masson. Hopes that H., in his ed. of Tully, will bear in mind a 
suggestion of Dean Steamers, to put out the Notes and Observations in a dis- 
tinct volume. Dr. Stratford has surprised the writer with a short summons 
of his son to Cb. Ch.; hopes this occasion will bring a train of happy 
consequences. 



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May 6 (Th.). The Easter sermons before y® university were repeated 
last Sunday Morning by M'. Benj. Woodrof A.M. & Student of X*. 
Church. He perform'd very well, much to his Credit and Reputation.— 
The English chid (i. e. rebuke) cidde in Saxon. See Luke 4. 35. With 
might and main, on mihte & on maegne. ibid. v. 36. a Moor, mere, 
beckoned, bicnodon. 

Maye{Prl.). M'. Robert Watts of St. John's College, formerly 
denyed his Degree for ill Words, stood this Day again, and had his Grace 
of Degree of Bachelour of Civil Law.— Campanarum usus in ecclesias in- 
troductus anno Domini 604. See the History of the Church of Lichfield 10 
MS. in Bibl. Bodl. Mus. 65. towards y« Beginning. — Theodorus Arch^P. . 
of Canterbury an Account of him and of his Skill in y® Greek Tongue see 
ibid.— Organorum usus in templis coepit. ibid. viz. in the time of Ethelred 
King of Mercia.— Ephraem Syrus says in a passage of him in a MS*. 
Catena in Genesin in BibL Bodl. Baroc. 76. f. 199. b. that <^ua«(viz. 
avBpwrwri) is vXiyr fji6p4xa<ns. Look in pag. 70. of Camden's Life by D^. 
Thomas Smith.— D^ Wood's Epitaph upon his Wife, made by himself. 

Under this Stone here lyes dear Jenny 
Who married a Doctor, not worm a Guinea. 

May 8 (Sun.). Things missing in y® Anatomy Schoole, after D'. ao 
Sandolin's Dissection. — i. Image of Pallas, Brass. 2. Artemisia Q. of 
Caria. There were two. One is remaining. 3. Priamus. 4. Of the 
Bp» in y® Tower. 5. A small one of Otho. A counterfeit, like silver. 6. 
A large silver Medall of Charles 11^. King of Spaine. and some other things. 
7. sShilling Piece of Silver of Oliver Cromw.— 

Quaere whether the following Book be in the Bodlejan Library, viz. 
Fe/ a Course at the Romyshe Foxe, A Dysclosym or opmynge of the 
Manne of Synne^ coniayned in the late Declaratyon of the Popes olde faythe 
made by Edmonde Boner bysshopp of London. Wherby Wyllyam Tolwyn 
was than newlye professed at paules Crosse openly e into Antichristes Romyshe zo 
relygyon agayne by a newe solempne othe of obedyence^ notwythstandynge the 
other made to hys prynce afore toy contrarye. An alphabetycall dyrectorye 
or Table also in the ende therof to the spedye fmdeynge out of the pryncypall 
matters therin contayned. Compyled by fohan Harryson, I have seen 
this Book in the Hands of M"". Edw. Thwaites of Queen's College, and 
over against Harryson somebody has written with a Pen, alias Bale* Se 
the Image of both Churches pag, i. At the close of the Book, are these 
words. Thus endeth the Manne of Synne zvyth hys Dysclosynge^ collected by 
Johan Harryson^ in the yeare from Christes incarnacyon MJ).X,LIf and 
imprented at Zurik by Olyver fcuobson Anno Domini, 1543. M^ .jr. daye qf^o 
Dccembre, Here also over against Harryson is written by the same hand, 
alicts Bale vide pag, i. And indeed the very stile, w<^ is nothing but 
Raillery and Billingsgate, against Bp. Bonner and other Roman Catho- 
licks, shews it plainly to have been written by John Bale. And he 
acknowledges himself to be the Author, in p. 40. a. where he cites The 

Image of Both Churches^ wc*> bears his Name, in these Words cf 

whom I have written a large volume called the Image of both Churches 
Sec, There are two other Pieces annex'd to this Book, but not said where 
printed, tho' I conjecture that the first was also printed at Zurick. The 

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first is intitled, An Answer e to a papy sty call exhortacyon^ pretendynge to 
avoyde false doctryne, under that colour to maynteyne the same. The other, 
Two Epistles^ one of Henry Bullynger^ wyth the consent of all the lernyd 
men of the Church ofTigury : another of Jhon Cahyn^ cheffe Preacher of 
the Church of Geneve: whether it he lawfull for a Chrysten man to 
communycate or be partaker of the Masse of the PapysteSy wythout offendyn 
God and his neyghboure, or not. The abovesaid William Tolwyn, who 
writes himself Persone of Saynt Antonynes^ it seems had deserted the 
Church of Rome for that of the Church of England, w^l^ so much con- 

10 cern'd Bp. Bonner (who was a most diligent, zealous and learned 
Defender of all the Principles of the Romish Church) and others of that 
Perswasion, that he us'd all methods possible for bringing him back 
again ; and they were so effectual that he publickly renounc'd the Church 
of England, and made this Publick Declaration of that Renunciation at 
Paul's Cross, w^^ Declaration was really, at least for the most Part, drawn 
up by Bonner himself, and 'tis here reprinted and answer'd Paragraph by 
Paragraph. But whereas Tolwyn has delivered himself in a becoming, 
Christian Manner, Bale on the contrary never spares to deliver himself 
with all y« Scurrilitie and venom he could, as if the Cause he undertook 

ao were weak and were not to be defended with better arguments. We have 
this note at y« End of Tolwyn's Declaration, to signify where and by 
whom 'twas printed, viz. Imprynted at London in saynt Sepulchres Parysie 
iny olde bay lye y by Rycharde Lant, Ad imprimendum solum. Which is 
also descanted upon by Bale. 

May (Men.). Arch. Seld. B. 30. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. A 
very good MS. written in Velam, I believe not long after y« time that 
Chaucer liv'd. The order, (i) The Rts Tale. (2) The Millers. (3) 
The Reve's. (4) The Cookes. (5) The Clerke of Oxenford's. The 
six last Verses, are wanting in this MS*. (6) The Wifif of Bathes Tale. 
30 (7) The Freris Tale. (8) The Sompnour's Tale. (9) The Marchauntis 
Tale. (10) The Squyers Tale. The Prologue quite different from the 



May 8. H. to Dr. T. Smith. (Rawl. 38. 13 a). Colet's Sermon in English 
reprinted in the Phcnixy published by M'. Collins, who is so great with D'. 
Tindal. Mr. Schelwig has probably left England ; he is too forward and con- 
ceited. Bear should have been expelled ; * Mr. Watts was sorry for what he 
said, and has behaved himself very well since ; insomuch that on Friday last 
he had his Grace for y® Degree of Bach, of Law without any opposition.' 
Has not yet seen the books mentioned by Smith ; * I long to see the Palaeo^ 
grapbia Graeca ; but our Booksellers are very negligent in getting such curious 
Books, and our Stock for the Library is so inconsiderable that we cannot very 
easily purchase.* Sends copies of two letters relating to Smith's Life of 
Camden, written by Mr. J. Gibbon to Mr. Morgan the Herald- Painter. * This 
M^ Gibbon, who always writes himself Johan Gibbon, is now living in London, 
and I have heard a great Character of him for his Skill in Heraldry, and for 
his excellent knowledge in the Latin Tongue, from M^ Dugdale, a Gentleman- 
Commoner of University-College, and Great-Grandson to Sir William Dug- 
dale. But notwithstanding this, I take him to be a whimsical and craz'd 
Person.' Who was the publisher of the Proceedings in' Magdalen at the be- 
ginning of the Revolution ? 



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Print. In pars 3** we have these verses immediately after And there I 
lefi^ I well agaim begin, w^li are not in the Print, viz. 

Bat I here now wol maken a knotte, And have here sporte, as wel as I 

To the tyme it come nexte to my lotte. And the day passith certeynly. 

For here ben felawesbehynde an hepe truly Therefore oste taketh now good hede. 

That wolden talke ful besily. Who shal nexte telle, & late him spede. 

Then follow the next two verses w«h are printed, but without any Note of 
a Lacuna. (11) The Man of Lawes Tale. (12) The Shipman's Tale. 
The Prologue the same with the Printed Prologue of the Squire's Tale. 
(13) The Prioresse's Tale. (14) The words of the Hostess, with the 10 
Rime of Sir Thopas. (15) Chaucer's Tale. It ends thus, being fuller 
than y« Print, ^ brynge us to the blisse that nevere shal have ende. To 
whiche blisse he us bringe^ that blod on crossefor us lete springe. Qui cum 
patre &c. (16) The Monkes Tale. (17) The Nonnes Priest's Tale. 

ii8^ The second Nonnes Tale. (19) The Cannon's Yeoman's Tale. 
20) The Doctor of Physickes. (21) The Pardoners. (22) The 
Frankeleins. (23) The Manciples. (24) The Parson's Tale, w^'l^ 
concludeth the Book. The MS. concludeth thus. 

Here enden the Talis of Caunturbury, and next thautour taketh leve. 
Now preye 1 to hem alle that herken this litil tretis or rcden I that if ther ben ao 
any thing in hit that liketh hem | that therof thei thanke our lord ihesu Criste 
I of whom procedeth al witte and al goodnesse | and if ther be any thing that 
displesen hem | I preie hem also that thei arecte hit to the defaute of myne 
unconnynge | and nat to my wil that wolde fill fayne have seide better if 
I hadde connynge | For oure booke seith | al that is writen is writen for oure 
doctryne | and that is myne entent | wherfore I biseke you mekely for the 
mercy of god | that ye preie for me | that criste have mercy on me | and for- 
yeve me my gultes | and namely of my translaciones I and enditynges of 
worldly vanytees | the which I revoke in my retractions | As is the booke of 
Troylus | the booke also of Fame | the booke of xxv. ladies | the booke of the 30 
Duchesse | the booke of Seint Valenty. 

This Conclusion conteyning Chaucers acknowledgment of his Faults 
&c. not in the Print. The Booke of Seint Valenty, & the Booke of xxv 
Ladies, (unless it be the same with the Assembly of Ladies) not in his 
Printed Works. 

List of y« Canterbury Tales, alphabetical, from the last Edition ^ 

The Wife of Bathe's Tale. i. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

The Chanon's Yeoman's T. i. a. 4. 5. deest 3. 

Chaucer's T. x. a. 4. 5. deest 3. 

The Cookes T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. • 40 

The Frankeleine's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Freres T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Knight's T. i . a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Man of Laws T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Manciple's T. x. a. 4. 5. deest 3. 

The Marchant's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Miller's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Monke's T. i. a. 4. 5. deest 3. 

The Second Nonne's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

* The mark i. denotes MS. Arch. Seld. B. 30. when only i, or a, &c. is put it shews 
that tale is in the MS. : but deest added it shews that the same Tale is wanting. The 
Mark a. Laud. K. 50.— 3. Cod. super Art A. 3a. 4 Pynsons Edition of y» Tales. 
5 MS. Caroli Hatton num. i. 

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The Nonne*s Priest's T. i. a. 4. 5. deest 3. 
The Clerk of Oxenford's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 
The Pardoner's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 
The Parson's, i. a. 4. 5. deest 5. 
The Doctor of Phisick's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 
The Plowman's T. deest i. a. 3. 4. 
The Prioresse's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 
The Prologues to y* whole, i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Reve's T. i. a. 3. 4. This is call'd The Carpenter's Tale in Cod. 5. 
10 The Shipman's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 
The Sompnour's T. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 
The Squire's T, i. a. 3. 4. 5. 
The Rime of S' Topas. i. a. 3. 4. 5. 

The Plowman's Tale is not in the MSS. If it were Chaucer's, it was 
left perhaps out of his Canterbury Tales, for y« Tartness against the Popish 
Clergy. It is very probable that it was severally written by Chaucer, and 
not as one of the Tales ; which were supposed to be spoken^ & not written. 
For so the Plowman concludeth in the Print : 

To holy Church I will me bow; And for my writeing me allow, 

ao Each man to amend him Christ send space. He, that is Almighty for his Grace. 

The same word of writeing b there used divers times : as, For my 
writeing if I have blame — &, o/my writeing have me excused. ErgOy it was 
not delivered as a Tale told by Mouth, as all the rest were. See a note 
at the Beginning of MS. Laud. K. 50, written by M'. John Barcham whose 
Book it once was, and was presented by him to Arch*>P. Laud, as appears 
from this Note of his at y« Beginning, 

Eminentisso Archipraesuli | Cant. Dno. suo | summe Reverendo | Devinc- 
tissimus | Devotissimus | Johannes Barcham. | 

At the Beginning of the Astrolabe of the last Ed. — 

30 This Booke (written to his Sonne in the year of our Lord 1 391, and in the 14 
of K. Richard a) standeth so good at this day, especially for the Horizon oif 
Oxford, as in the opinion of the learned, it cannot be amended. 

It was therefore written 9 years before his Death, viz. in the 63 Year of 
his age, he being 72 Years old, when he died. See his Life, written it was 
to his son Lewis, whom he calleth his little sonne Lewys, at y« beginning. 

Arch. Seld. B. 24. Troilus and Cressida, and several other Pieces of 
Chaucer. At the End of Troilus is this Note, written in y« same Hand 
with y® Book, viz. Nativitas principis nostri Jacobi quarti anno Domini 
miiijc. Ixxijo. & vij die mensis Marcij, viz. in festo Sancti Patricij 
40 Confessoris In Monasterio sanctae Crucis prope Edinburgh. That w<^ 
is in y® Print call'd The Complaint of the blacke Knight is here call'd the 
Maying and Disporte of Chaucer e. 

The Parson's Tale in Chaucer's Cant Tales in MS. Hatton. (Caroli) 
num. I. w<^ MS. seems to have been written either in the author's Life 
Time, or very soon after, concludes thus : 

Thb blisfuU regne may not (man for not in impressfs) purchase bi poverte 
espirituel and the glorie by lowenesse. the plente of Joy by hungre and therst 
And the rest by travaile and the life by deth and mortificacion of Syn. Now 
prey I to hem all that herken this litul tretise or reden that if ther be any thing 
50 in it that liketh hem that thereof thei thanken our Lorde Jesu Crist of whom 
procedeth alle witte and all goodenesse. And if there be any thing that 



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displese bem I prey hem also that thd arrecte it to the defaute of myn 
unkonnyng & not to my will that wold feyne have seid better, if I hadde 
konnyng for oure boke seith that al that is writen for oure doctrine, and that 
is myn entent. wherefor 1 beseche yow mekely for the mercy of god that ye 
prey for me that Crist have merci of me and foryeve me my giltes And 
nameli my translacions & enditinges wordly vanitees the which 1 revoke in 
my retractions as is the boke of Troilus the boke also of Fame the boke of 
the fyve and twenty ladyes | The boke of the Duches | The boke of Seint 
Valintyns day of the Perlement of briddes | The Tales Caunterbury. tho 
that sownen unto syn | The boke of the leon | And many another boke if thei 10 
wer in my remembraunce & manv a songe | and many a lecherous lay i Of the 
which Grist for his grete mercy toryeve me the syn. But of the trahslacion 
of Boete De consolation and other bokes of Legendes of Seintes and Omelies 
I and moralite and Devocion That thank I oure lerde Jesu Crist and his 
blisful moder and al the Seintes in heven Biseking hem that thei fro ben forthe 
unto my lyves ende send me grace to bewaile my giltes | and to stodien to 
the savacion of my soule | and graunte me space of verrey penitence Confes- 
sion and satisfaction to don in this present life thorgh the benigne grace of 
him that is king of kinges and prest over alle prestes. that bought us with the 
precious blode of his hert | so that 1 may ben oon of hem at the day of doom, ao 
that shuUen be saved and he that wrote this boke also | Amen. Qui cum 
patre &c. 

Chaucer not of OxfordAh.- or Barksh. as Leland supposed, but of 
London, as appears from his Testament of Love. His Father suppos'd 
to be Rich. Chaucer vintner of Lond. in the 23 of Ed. 3. Eliz. Chaucer, m 
Rich. II<^. time, a Nunne, who was perhaps his sister, or at least one of 
his Relations. The nobili loco of Leland & Bale to be understood of the 
Place of his Nativity, he being not of great Buth, as appears from his 
arms, w^h were parted per Pale arg. & g. a Bend counterchang d. Yet 
this argument rejected by the writer of his Life. Chaucer came in withe 30 
y« Conqueror, as appears from the Roll of Battle-Abbey. Some think his 
Father was a Merchant, but y* is uncertain. Tis however certain that his 
Parents were wealthy, otherwise they could not have given their son such 
Education as to render him fit for the Court, & to qualify for Business of 
State abroad. He was educated both at Oxford and Cambridge. 

May 12 (Th.). On Monday last D'. Gardiner Warden of All-Souls 
struck M'. Meredith off the Book from being Fellow of that College, for 
his not going into orders at y® time appointed by the Statutes. — M'. 
Watts of S*. John's presented to the Degree of Bach, of Law yesterday, — 
Memorand. That the 39 Articles of y® Church of England of the i"* 40 
Edition in English mentioned in y« Bodlejan Cat. 40. S. 77. art. Seld. is 
cut out of y* Book by some Rascal and one Leaf of y® same articles in 
Latin pr. at Oxon. 1636. is cut out by y® same hand as it seems. It is 
that Leaf w^h contains y® Article about y« authority of y^ Church, viz. 
art. 20. w<*h in those early editions has not y« first Sentence about Cere- 
monies *. 

This last Book is in Bibl. Bodl. 40. P. 4. Th. . At Cambridge they have 

* This I put down by suggestion of M'. Tyrrell ; but His false there never being 
any Ed. in English of 156a. in the Library, & the Leaf of the Oxford £d. was cut out, 
I think, upon the Account of the Clause's being left out by the Contrivance of D'. 
Prideaux, or some others. Twas reprinted with the Clause, & the Leaf is inserted 
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198 HEARNEi'S COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

the original Copy of the Articles, with the subscribers. The variations 
are marked in Bp. Burnett's Exposition. In y« Bodley Library we have a 
Copy of the articles in Bibl. Seld. printed in Latin in 1563. to w<5h is 
pasted a Piece of Parchment containing the Names of the subscribers to 
y« same articles as confirmed in the synod of 157 1. W^h Names are here 
written by the subscribers themselves. — Betw. fourty & fifty urns dug 
up in the Field of old Walsingham in Norfolk several years since, of 
several Figures, some containing two libs, of Bones, distinguishable in 
skulls, ribs, jaws, thighbones, & teeth, with fresh Impressions of tlieir 
10 Combustion. With other things in them. See S'. Tho. Browne's urn- 
Burial, p. 14. — Troilus and Creseida of Chaucer MS. in Bibl. BodL 
Seld. supra 56. written anno Dni. 1441, anno Regni H. VI. 19. — MS. 
Fairfax 16. contains several Poetical Pieces. Some bear Chaucer's Name, 
others have no Name, but I conjecture that they were however written by 
him, tho' not amongst his printed Pieces, 



Hay 14. Br. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 128). Is unable to visit H. at 
Oxford this term. Desires H. to get his copy of Colet s Sermon transcribed. 
Dodwell inflexible as to his singular opinions ; would have him turn his studies 
to the illustrating of ecclesiastical history and antiquity. Mr. Schelwig of 
Dantzig has left for Holland. * Mr. Wilkin left the towne a weeke before, 
designing to go to Vienna and Rome, and, as I have heard since his departure, 
to Grand Caire, in order, as I imagine, to complete his History of the Church <^ 
Alexandria^ by a conversation with the Coptite Bishops & Priests, from whom, 
I perswade my selfe, hee wil find no great satisfaction. However, the designe 
is laudable : and I wish him health and successe in his peregrination. I know 
not in the least, who is the Author of the Narrative qf the proceedings in our 
College ; he/ore Sf at the Visitation : but I wil venture to tell you at this time 
of day (tho* I would have you reserve it in petto, as a secret) that a friend of 
yours has written an Account of it, so farre as he was concerned, w<* hee wil 
take care to have published after his death in more quiet times, to do some 
right to the memory of the horribly abused and unjustly abdicated King, & a 
little right also to him selfe.* The character of Mr. Morgan in S.'s Life of 
Camden deserved ; Mr. Gibbon*s (Blue-mantle) discourse and behaviour so odd 
as to heighten the idea of him received from his books, especially his Day 
fatality. Has received from Holland Amman*s beautiful ed. of Caelius Aureli- 
anus. H.*s fnend being thus anticipated should reprint e.g. Soranus* Isagoge 
in artem medendi (Basil 1536) ; there is a MS. in the Cottonian Library, Galba 
E. IV. 9. 

May 15. Barnes to H. (Rawl. 94. 19). Thanks for the Batra- 
cbomyomachia^ a noble Kop<avtff to the great work which H. has done with in- 
comparable zeal, pains and fidelity. Is for nothing now but what is taken to 
be Homerical. Sent H. half a piece lately by Mr. Wilkins to drink his health, 
Mrs. B.*s and Homer's. Will do Homer that justice which he has not had 
this aooo years ; he does not expect such encouragement as may be answerable 
to his pains, but assures himself of the commendation of posterity. Landlord 
Crownfleld has brought back the frontispiece, rarely designed, from Holland. 
* None would imagine what service you and I have done Homer.' 

May 16. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 40). Dr. Musgrave, formerly of New 
Coll., who now practises physic in Exeter, writes to desire that some notes of 
his own on the Bath inscription may be printed at Oxford, together with 
Heame's (to be translated into Latin) and Dodwell's. Is inclinable to gratify 
him. * I pray, put D'. Hudson in mind that if M«". Thwaytes's Eustratius were 
the Archbishop of Nice, he will prove equal in dignity with Eustathius of 



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May 18 (Wed.). Leland saith that Chaucer was nobili loco natus, & 
summae spei juvenis. — William Botevil alias Thinne Esq*", publish'd 
Chaucer & dedicated it to K. Hen. VIII. anno 1540. After y* in 1560 
John Stow corrected the same with divers MSS, and added several Pieces 
not printed before. Afterwards in 1597. he added to it several Pieces of 
Lidgate, and drew up an Account of Chaucer's Life, Preferment, Issue & 
Death, collected out of Records in y« Tower & other Places, w<* he 
communicated to Thomas Spight to be publish'd, w^^ was accordingly 
performed. Stow's Annals Edit. fol. p. 326. — Thinne found the Editions 
before his time of Chaucer very faulty, w^l* he therefore corrected accord- 10 
ing to MSS. See his Ded. to K. Hen. 8. His Edition was printed at 
Lond. in 1540. by Thomas Bertholet as appears from Leland. — M'. 
Ashmole p. 227. of his Theatrum Chem. Lond. 1652. 40. has printed Geoff. 
Chaucer's Tale of y® Chanon's Yeoman, and before it he has added 
Chaucer's Picture and Epitaph from Westminster Abbey. Pitts says 
Chaucer was bom of Noble Parents, ahd that Patrem habuit equestris 
ordinis virum, his Father was a Knight. — 

The Plough-Man's Tale. Shewing by y« Doctrine and lives of the 
Romish Ciergie that the Pope is anti-christ and they his ministers, written 
by sir Geffrey Chaucer, Knight, amongst his Canterburie Tales : and now ao 
set apart from the rest, with short exposition of the words & matters, for 
y« capacitie and understanding of y® simpler sort of Readers. Lond. 1606. 
printed by G. E. for Samuell Macham & Matthew Cooke. 40. S. 77. Art 
Seld. There is no Preface, nor any Account of y« Publisher in this 
Copy. At y® Beginning the Author of y® Notes (w^^l^ are very good) 
says, 

In the former Editions of Chawcer this Tale is made y« last, but in the 
latter, set out by M^. Spight's advise, and commendable paines, it is the last 
saving the Parson's Tale, I doubt not but this change is warranted by some 
olde coppies written, as y« corrections also of divers words : and it seems to 30 
be most reasonable, that the Parson's Tale should bee the conclusion of their 
morning werke. 

At y* beginning of y« Tale itself, this argument, A complaint against y« 
pride and covetousness of the Clergy : made no doubt by Chawcer, with the 
rest of the Tales. For I have seen it in written hand in John Stowes 
Librarie, in a booke of such antiquitie, as seemeth to have been written near 
to Chawcer s time. 

The Title Page of our Pynson's Edition of Chaucer's Tales, amongst 
M'. Selden's MSS. is wanting, as is also the date. But there is the 
Preface of M'. Pynson. From y* Pfeface it appears that he printed these 40 
Tales according to a Copy prepared in due Method by M'. Wm. Caxton, 
but I much doubt whether Caxton ever printed all y« Tales, & am of 
opinion that he printed only some Pieces of his works, notwithstanding 
what Stow and others say.— In the Bodl. Library is a Collection of old 
Romantick Pieces, the first of w^h is The story of y® Noble Kynge 
Richard Cure de lyon, pr. at Lond. by Wynkyn de Worde an. 1528. 

Thjcssalonica, and a little his senior, and the eldest Greek commentator on his 
Author. 

May 17. Browne Willis to H. (Rawl. la. 14). Thanks for Alfred. 
Hopes that H. may prosecute those studies which the writers inclination leads 
him to think well of. 



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without y^ Author's Name, but somebody has written at y^ Beginning these 
words, By Jeffree Chawsher Pooet LareL It is adorned with wooden 
Cutts. In the 29*^ Stanza of y« Plowman's Tale thus, 

They halow nothing but for hire 

Church, ne font, ne vestement. 

And make orders in every shire, &c. • 

John Shirley Esqr. lyes buried in S*. Bartholomew's Church Lond. 
He was a great Traveller in divers Countries, & amongst other his Labours, 
painfully collected the works of Geflfrey Chawcer, John Lidgate, and 

10 other learned writers; w^l^ workes he wrote in sundry volumes, to remain 
for posterity : Mi". Stow says he had seen them, and that he had some of 
them in his Possession. See Survey of London p. 416. He died anno 
1456. See ibid, his epitaph. — It must be noted that after M^ Jacob 
Bobart hac^ finish'd his Volume of the History of Plants, he writ a 
Preface to it, which he shew'd the Delegates of the Press ; but they not 
approving of it, because of the Barbarity of the Latin, advis'd him to get 
somebody to mend it, & some of them pitch'd upon M'. (now D^.) 
Hudson ; accordingly the Preface was put into M^. Hudson's hands, & he 
drew it up in proper Latin, & return'd it. 'Twas compos'd as M>*. 

ao Hudson worded it, & a very few Copies printed off, particularly there is 
one of them before M'. Dyer's Copy of y« Book at Oriel College ; but 
Bobart, for reasons best known to himself, had a quite different one 
printed, drawn up partly by himself & partly by others, w<^^ is prefix'd to 
all y® Copies except those very few before mention'd. — I believe the 
Revocation annex'd to the Parson's Tale in some Copies of Chaucer not 
to be genuine, but made by the Monks, who were strangely exasperated 
for the Freedom he took, especially in the Plow-man's Tale of exposing 
their Pride, Loosness and Debauchery, vj^ was occasion'd chiefly by 
their Extravagant Wealth, w<* heighten'd their Lusts, and the Injunction 

30 of an unmarried Life impos'd upon the Clergy, ^^ about the middle of 
the 14*^ Century became general all over England, & made the Clergy 
guilty of abominable Crimes, such as Incest, Sodomy, &c. such especially 
as could not contain themselves. — Pitts mentions among Chaucer's 
Works Oratoris (read orator is) narraiiOy w^h he takes to be the same with 
Pierce Plow-man, and tells us 'tis exstant in MS* at Oxon. and Cambridge. 
He also mentions Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, with his Retractation, as 
being in MS. in the Lord Lumley's Library. 

May 19. H. to T. Bawlinson (Rawl. 33.1). Thanks for List of TuUies ; 
thinks that Rawlinson's^coUection of books is more valuable even than he had 
been led to believe. Will probably follow Gruter in printing the text of Tully, 
and will arrange the Epistles in order of time, adding the numbers according 
to the common order. * We have the Piece you mention of William Thomas, 
and your Brother may command the Use of that and any other Book I can 
procure for him.' 

May 22. H. to Dr. T. Smith (RawL 38. 133). Has employed one to 
transcribe Colet's Sermon. *I am very glad that you mov*d my excellent 
Friend M'. Dodwell to imploy his Studies in Ecclesiastical History and 
Antiquity, rather than in writing Defenses of the Notions he has advanced in 
his late Books, which have given so much Offence, and lessen'd his Reputation. 
I have seen the New Edition of Cxlius Aurelianus. The two ingenious 
Gentlemen, my Friends and acquaintaose, who had once intended to have 



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May 24 (Til). It appeareth from y« Testament of Love that G. 
Chaucer was in some Trouble in the days of Rich. 2*1. where he complains 
very much of his own Rashness in following the multitude, & of their 



publish'd him here have now I believe laid him aside. One of them is Bach, 
of Physick and a Practitioner at Nottingham ; the other is lately retum'd from 
Travelling, having been at Rome, Venice, and several other Places. In his 

Journey he has made Inquiry about the Reputation of the Book, and all the 
^hysitians that he discours*d with condemn d it as an unintelligible Piece, and 
seem'd to wonder that any one should spend his time in setting forth a new 
Edition. What made him chiefly inquired after here three or four Years since 
was his being commended by Baglivi somewhere in his Works, who is an 
Author of good Credit, at least amongst our young Physitians. The new 
Edition seems to be well printed, and it may be correctly ; but 'twould have 
been more agreeable to our Buyers here (who however are very few) to have 
had it in a Volume of about 4J. Price.' Remarks and criticisms on Mr. Roger 
Gale's ed. of that part of Antoninus* Itinerary which concerns Britain, with a 
commentary done chiefly by his father D'. Thomas Gale. D' . Hudson * is not 
one of the Fellows of the College that is great with D*^. Ch. and, unless I am 
much mistaken, is far from approving the Master's Projects ; yet I have heard 
him blam'd by one of the present Fellows, who has otherwise a due respect for 
him, for striking in with the Master against his own Pupil M'. Charles Usher, 
a very ingenious Gentleman, who was expell'd you know some years since for 
certain Expressions that were objected against him that had been spoken two 
years before . . . About a Month before Easter one D^ Sandolans, a Scotch- 
man, came to the University, having been recommended by D'. Sloan, and 
some others, in order to instruct young Physitians and others in Anatomy. He 
apply'd himself to the Vice-Chancellor, and desir*d his Leave that he might 
dissect in the University-Anatomy-Schoole. The Vice-Chanc. granted him 
this Privilege, and upon that Grant (and his having had leave withall from y« 
Professor) I let him have one of the Keys of the Schoole, tho' much against 
my Will, being apprehensive that it being so near the Library it would be an 
offense to Strangers, and there being a great many Curiosities, there would be 
danger of having some of them lost. As I fear*d, so it happen*d ; for continu- 
ing here at least six Weeks, in which time several humane Bodies were cut up, 
it made Strangers shie of coming into the Library, and, what was worse, when 
I came, after they had done, to examin the Things here reposited I found 
some wanting, particularly a small, but antient. Image of Palla, bran ; a Medal 
of Priamus, King of Troy, ipurhus ; a Medal of the Bp» put into the Tower ; 
a small one of Otho, like silver but counterfeit ; a large Silver Medal of 
Charles 1 1 King of Spain ; & a 5 Shill. Piece of Oliver Cromwell, sU'ver. This 
Gentleman had been here the Year before, but then he dissected in another 
Place. I am sorry the Vice-Chanc. was so easy, and the rather because here 
was a Bach, of Physick of our own University, an ingenious, modest Man, who 
would have done it as well (if not better) and much cheaper. *Tis likely you 
may give me some account of the Character of him ; but I cannot charge him 
with having convey'd them of, yet he should have took due care, as he pro- 
mis'd he would, to hinder any one from either mbplacing or meddling with any 
Thing in the Room.* 

May 23. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 134). Sends the transcript of 
Colet's Latin Sermon, which he has collated with the print, and explains his 
method of transcribing. Has given the lad four shillings for writing and help- 
ing to collate. 

May 24. Woodward to H. (Rawl. 1 2. 9a). Thanks for answer to query 
of April a. Read H.'s discourse on the Bath inscription with much pleasure ; 
hopes that when letters flourish with the return of peace, H. will meet with 
suitable regards. Mr. Llhuyd ' has given so many Samples of a Malice to 



aoa HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

hatred against him for bewraying their Purpose. And in that complaint 
w^J^ he makes to his empty purse M^ Speght found ten times more 
adjoyned in a MS*, of it in M"". Stowes hands than is in the Print, making 
therein great Lamentation for his wrongfull Imprisonment, wishing Death 
to end his Dayes. And 'tis plain from a ReCord in y® Tower that the 
J King took GefF. Chaucer & his Lands into his Protection in y« 2<* year 
of his Reign, because there was much Danger from him by reason of his 
favouring some rash attempt of the common People. — Some of his 
Canterbury Tales were translated and penned in the Days of Rich. 2^, 

lo after the Insurrection of Jack Straw, ^^ was in the 4**» year of y* King's 
Reign, & whereof Chaucer maketh Mention in the Tale of the Nunne's 
Prest. — Leofwin Bp. of Lichfield died in the year 1066. Circa ea 
tempora plerique Episcopi erant illiterati, pecunijs & blandicijs potentes, 
vestium apparatu satellitum strepitu muniti, as in the anonymous History 
of y« Ch. of Lichfield, MS. in Bibl. Bodl. Mus. 65. 

May 26 (Wed.). This Day in a Convocation at 9 Clock D'. John 
Cockburn a Scotch Divine, who took his Degree of D"". of Divinity in the 
year 1688 at Aberdeen, and was some time after made Pastor of an 
English Church at Amsterdam, where he has been ever since, and has 

20 lately had a Parsonage given to him in England by the Queen, had a 
Letter from y« Chancellor read that y« Convocation would grant him the 
Degree of Dr. of Div. in this university, w^li was agreed to nemine contra- 
dicente, & he is to be presented in what Congregation he thinks fit. — 
Justin mended by Vossius ad Catullum pag. no. It is of lib. 37. de 
Mithridate. Sic nempe Vossius h libro suo vetusto : Hyeme dein 
appetente, non in conviviOy sed in campo ; nee in avocalionibus, nee inter 
sodales ; sed inter eocequales aut equo^ aut eursu^ out viribus eontendebat, — 
The New Test. .pr. at Dublin in y« House of Mr. W™. Usher by the 
Bridge. The Printer John Frank. 1602. Irish. 

30 May 27 (Pii.). This Day D^ John Cockburn of Scotland, who is 
Uncle to M'. John Keil the Mathematician, was presented to the Degree 
of Dr. of Div. — A Pamphlett printed at London without Date in 4*0. 
call'd The Everlasting Gospel of Repentance and Remission of Sins 
held forth and declared to y« Inhabitants of the Earth that they may 
turn and be converted to the Living God, lest they perish in y« Day 
of vengeaunce wcb is at hand. By Edward Burrough. I have several 
Pieces of this Burrough who was a quaker in MS. — This Day was 
an Election of Fellows at Oriel College. There were three Vacan- 
cies, and 9 Candidates for them. There were 2 of Oriel College 

40 who stood and one of them came in, as being Pupil to one of those 
chiefly concern'd in y« Election ; the 2^ was of Merton and the 3<* of 
Wadham College. Mr. Johnson an ingenious, good natur'd, modest 
Gent, of X*. Cl^. stood and perform'd better at least as well as any ; but 
Interest sway'd (notwt^standing what was given out both before y« Election 
and since) as I have been inform'd by one of y« College, an observer of 
y® Transaction, but perfecdy imprejudic'd (as having nothing to do in y« 

me, of a Stamp so peculiar, & of a Duration so long beyond y^ that humane 
Malice is wont to last, that I confess I think him more an Object of Pity than 
of y^ Scorn y^ he so universaly meets with.* 



May 24-30.] VOLUME XIX, PAGES 126-135. 203 

Election, one way or other) & one of y« Electors has himself declar'd that 
he was engaged sometime before the lime of Tryal by a Gentleman in 
)-• Country. So that both in this as well as other Colleges things are 
managed by Interest, not by Merits. 

May 30 (Mon.). This Morning at 8 Clock Mr. John Caswell, our new 
Professor of Astronomy read a grave Lecture^ being his first Lecture, iif 
the School appointed for that Purpose. — Mr. Rog^er Gale has published 
that Part of Antoninus's Itinerary that relates to Britain, with a Com- 
mentary, drawn up mostly by his Father D'. Thomas Gale. At the End 
is that Part of the anonymus Ravennas that concerns Britain also, with *^ 
various lections. This Book is a thin 4*0 & contains a great many 
Inscriptions, some not publishM before ; tho' it must be noted that they 
are very faultily printed, & that the Book is full of Errors, & it might by 
a carefull diligent Man have been made much more comple^it and 
exact. — P. 49. Sea-Horse of Alfred. Quaere what. Also Horse- 
whale. Consider also the Ships sent by Alfred into the East-Indies, & 
what likely hood there is of it. M'. Tyrrel suspects it. Consider also 
what a Style was, & what y« value. M'. Tyrrel has given his Judgm*. of 
it in his General History, Vol. i. (Pag. 155 of Alfred the Horse- whale.) 
If any additions be made to K. Alfred's Life, in y« Discourse of y« >o 
Jewellers a good opportunity may be offer'd of speaking something cone 
the ancient piece in Dr. Hickes's Thesaurus, where he has given his 
opinion of it. — -^stel. Indicatorium, index, directorium, festuca. a guide 
or directory; it. mamibrium, capulum, ansa, a handle, or steal of any thing. 
See Somner's Lexicon. — See Gregory's Pastoral in Bib). Bodl. inter Codd. 
Hatlon. num. 88. 

May 28. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 129). Thanks for the tran- 
script of Colet's curious and valuable Latin Sermon. S. has laid aside the 
design of writing a Life of Colet. The Italian physicians, by passing such an 
unjust censure on Gael! us, showed their ignorance of the ancient authors. 
Expresses a very high opinion of Cornelius Celsus de Medicina^ which is shared 
by a truly learned author, whose great work is now in the press, and of whom 
more hereafter. Baglivi is of a different mind about Caelius from the common 
herd of Practisers in Italy. S. will send H. a piece of his, printed about a 
year since in Holland. Will communicate to H. Camden*s additions to the 
Britannia made by his own hand in the mai^gin of his last ed. 1607. Hears 
that Dr. Sandelands is a good anatomist, but is sorry that the V. C.'s easiness 
and excessive civility to let him have the use of the Anatomy School has been 
the occasion of the loss of several curiosities there being purloined and stolen out 
of it. Did not one Murer, a German, formerly lie under the same scandalous 
imputation ? Hears that Tanner will ere long send to the press Leland, Bos- 
ton &c. in 2 vols, folio. Thoresby to H. (Rawl. 10. 59). Thanks for H.*s 
agreeable present. Thinks that Dodwell's dissertation on the Bath inscription 
might be spared after H.'s learned performance. Begs for original letters for 
his collection. * This week I procured one of Fox y* Founder of Quakerisme, 
w*'^ is all of a piece with his Will, & shews y* he to w™ books with Quotations 
at least out of Learned Languages are ascribed was not able to write true 
English, a holy Sisters note at the foot of it, is both better writ, truer English, 
Sl a more judicious observation.' 

May 30. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 28). Sends the Monthly Miscellany 
for January, containing Part 3 of his letter, and explains how the list of the 
pictures in Bodley was made and how published ; also copies of the Abstract 
of the late Acts. 



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June 8 (Fri.). The ambitious Duke and Dutchess of Marlborough 
being not content w*^ the noble Palace now building at Woodstock, w^^h 
is like to cost (as it has done already) such an inestimable sum of Money 
to this nation, have got a grant for another near S*. James's, w«^ is 
actually begun the Dutchess herself laying the first stone, on w^^ her 
Jiusbands & her own Name were inscribed with these words also, anno 
pacifico, well is so far from being true that notwithstanding the Pre- 
liminaries of Peace drawn up and sign'd by the Allies the War is like to 
be prosecuted afresh, & the French King will not be brought in all 

lo probability to part with his Honour upon so easy Terms. — MS. Mus. 
1 66. BibL Bodl. Historia Gulielmi Conq. Regis angliae. Quaere annon 
idem sit cum eo qui editus est ad calcem Historiae de Gavelkind \ Sila 
Taylero in lucem protractae? (Est plane idem.) — 40. Th. B. i. BS. A 
4*0. Book, printed in a small Black Letter, containing y® Pentatcucus, Josua, 
Judges, The Psalms, Proverbs, The Book of Wisdom, and the New 
Testament, intire. The Title Page, and Preface, if there ever was any, 
are wanting, and immediately before Genesis is Tabula Historiarum in 
alphabetical order. At y® End, excudehat Thomas BertheUius Regius 
impressor. Anno M.D. XXXV. mense Jul. — A. 7. i. Art in Bibl. A 

ao Collection of several old Pieces translated & printed at Westminster by 
William Caxton, and given to y« Library by Moses Pitt. A.D. 1680. 
They are (i) Cato's Distichs, the Latin all along added before the 
English, & the English is a long Paraphrase and not barely a Translation. 
'Twas Translated out of French by Caxton & pr. at Westm. 1483. i»*. Rich. 
3d & finish'd Dec. 23<*. (2) Bofecius de Consolatione in English by 
Chaucer. Pr. by Caxton at Westm. without date. (3) The Knyght of 
the toure. Out of Fr. into English by Caxton being finish'd Jun. 1. 1483. 
& pr. by him at Westm. y« last day of Jan. following being i^^^. Rich. 3d. 
(4) The Fables of Esop, out of French into English by Caxton 1483. 

30 Also y« Fables of Avian, of Alfonce, of Poge the Florentyn. Before the 
whole is Esop's Life by Planudes. There is no date but I believe they 
were printed anno 1483. being exactly y® same letter with all y« other 
Pieces except Boetius w*^^ is in a different letter, being of a larger size. 
They were all translated out of French, & Esop, & y® other Fables are 
adorn'd with wooden Cutts. — M'. Somner of Gravel-kind p. loi. of 
opinion that King Alfred's Will at y« End of Asser is of a latter Dress 
than suits with y« time of Alfred, & this he thinks plain from the word 
feudum several times occuring there. — Consult Mantinus's Lexicon 
Philologicum for the word Allodium, gafollande in Alfred's Laws. See 

40 for it in Mr. Somner ibid. p. 144. — Socage-land as antientas King Alfred 
according to some. See ibid. f. 132. 

Fifty mancuses or Marks amongst y« Saxons was 26 libs 5. shillings 
of our Money. 

June 2. Bagford to H. (Rawl. ai. 10). Mr. Atkins intends next week 
for Oxford, and will drink a glass of wine with you and pay you what he owes. 
Thanks to Llhuyd for his trans, of the title to the Irish Testament, which has 
given some more light into the antiquity of printing in Ireland. 

June 4. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 35. 41). Fearing that his last letter mis- 
carried, he repeats the substance of it Would be glsid to see the collations of 
M SS. that might improve the text of Dionysius. The discourse to Mr. Wood, 



June 8-6.] VOLUME XIX, PAGES 135-142. 205 

June e (Mon.). In Cowley Church Yard upon a Grave^Stone, 

Death seiz'd me as all other, 
And laid me just by my Mother. 

Upon a Ring of a Man that had married his sixth Wife, 

When she goes to Heaven 
I will have seven. 

The Person who married these seven Wives being ask'd how many 
good ones he had of them, he answer'd^z'^. 

One that married four Husbands put this upon one of her Rings, 

If I am alive lo 

I will have five. 

Upon one who married M". Franck Vein. 
My Love is frank not vain. 



of the Isle of Man, is concerning Incense. H. to Pat. Oordon (Abberley) : 
(Raw!. 28. 77). Sorry to hear of G.'s illness. Tally and the variations in 
Lambin's ed. Alfred is well received, and he has been pressed to publish other 
things of the same nature, but Tully is like to be better encouraged. The 
prospects of peace quite vanish ; H. does not think France in so bad circum- 
stances as is generally represented. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 135). 
Sorry that no more materials can be got of Dr. Colet. Sensible that the cen- 
sure passed upon Caelius Aurelianus in Italy was rash and disingenuous. Pur- 
chased Baglivi on the Pillar of Antoninus Pius a pretty while since, and another 
for Mr. Dodwell, he being mightily pleased with the novelty, and with the 
relation there given of his great friend Cardinal Noris. * I am, as I formerly 
told you, entered upon a great and troublesome Work, which is the Edition of 
Tully, which I continually prosecute, and have already collated all the MSB. 
we have in the Bodlejan Library, and am now collating Lambin's Edition, which 
I find to vary in an infinite Number of Places from the vulgar Editions ; & y* 
Variations are very material, such as alter the Sense and Style, and often agree 
with our MSS. This Undertaking I have ventured upon at the Importunity 
of our Good Friend D'. Hudson ; and several other Worthy Persons in this 
Place. It happens that these Gentlemen, notwithstanding their Great Con- 
cern for carrying on other Parts of Learning, have little or no Relish for our 
English History and Antiquities ; so that at present I cannot cultivate these 
Studies so much as my Inclination prompts me to, by reason of the Depend- 
ence the Meaness of my Circumstances makes me have upon them, and I am 
oblig'd to publish those Books as more immediately fall in with their Fancies. 
But if it please God that I be advanc'd to a beneficial Post, and that I am once 
well rid of Tully, I design then wholly to follow those Studies to which I am 
by nature most inclined, and there is no Book that will be more agreeable to 
me than Camden's Britannia^ which I am sensible might be much improv*d, and 
I am glad that his own Additions are fallen into so good Hands as your's. It 
happens very luckily that you are so shy to Mr. Murer, who is certainly a 
Rascal as he has plainly discovered not only by the Violation of his Oath to 
our Publick Library, from which he stole several Books (which however were 
all happily recover'd) but by other notorious and abominable Crimes. I 
thought he had been out of England, we having not heard of him a great 
while ; but it seems he now lurks in London, and is for making his Acquaintance 
with y^ Learned Men of our Nation. Your Account of Sandolands will be 
kindly received when you can conveniently transmit it.' Sends a list of the 
Doctors of Magd. Coll. from the Buttery Book. Will be mightily glad to see 
Mr. Tanner's long-expected work, for the truth of it is the Queen's College 
edition is a very pitiful performance. 



2o6 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700 : 

One of y» Fellows of Corpus X**. Oxon. being married, put this Posie 
upon his Ladie*s Ring, 

For one C. 

I have lost three. 

... — Cicero mightily commends y® Study of y« Civil Law. He writ 
de Oratore when he was in his declining Age, cum me vires {gtiod/erejam 
iempus adventat) dtficere ccKfassent, See de orat. 1. i. § 199. — Tully 
corrected by Pighius in Valer. Maxim. See Edit. Varior. p. 5. col. i. 
Also by Oliver, ib. p. 7. col. 2. Illustrated ibid. pag. 8. col. i. 

10 June 9 (Th.). M'. James Tj^ell, y« English Historian, tells me he 
was 67 years of «^ age May 5^^ last, being bom in the year 1642. — 
Edward Thwaites, Gentleman, had a great Hand in carrying on y« Tricks 
of Eliz. Barton, commonly known by the Holy Maid of Kent. See 
Somner's antiq. of Cant. Ed. 4*0. p. 71. — Hodie Joannes Ward A.M. 
Collegij universitatis in socionim perpetuonim numerum adscitus fuit. — 
Postquam D. Ar. Charlett, indignus ille Collegij Universitatis magister, & 
qui viris omnibus lileratis risui esse debet, nihil praeter absurda quaedam 
vitae Regis -^Ifredi Magni, hujus Academiae Instauratoris, editori objici- 
endum esse viderat, barbam effigiei libello praemissae plane fictam esse, 

ao nee moribus antiquis congruam asseruit ; quum tamen ab exemplari ipso 
Spelmanniano in Bibliotheca Bodlejana nequaquam discrepet, cunctique 
viri ingenui, modesti, atque harum rerum periti longe meliorem esse 
iconem arbitrentur quam illae quae in ejusdem vitae Editione Walkeriana 
sculptae visuntur. 

June 10 (Fri.). The University of Dublin having expell'd and 
degraded M'. Forbes (as is related in one of y« preceding Volumes) for 
words well were interpreted to reflect highly upon the glorious Memory 
(as they call it) of y« late Dutch King (Usurper) of England, to shew their 
zeal more signally they have made (at y« Motion of y® Commons of y* 

30 Kingdom) an Address to y« present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Thomas 
Lord Wharton, that he would be pleas'd to intercede on their behalf to 
her Majesty that she would graciously consider their Loyaltie, and take 
care y* 5000 libs be bestow'd upon them to erect a publick Library : and 
the reasons they alledge why such a Benefaction seems reasonable to them 
are, their firm Loyaltie & Affection to the late hapfy Revolution sufficiently 
demonstrated by their Proceedings against the said M'. Forbes, and that 
they may be the better enabled to maintain and defend sound Revolution 
Principles. — 

Hac die in Convocatione, hora secunda habita, literae ab Honoratissimo 

40 Domino D. Cancellario lectae erant, quibus petebat ut Comitia solennia 
hoc anno intermitterentiu*. Unanimes consentiebant Doctores & Ma- 
gistri. — Binas literas \ CI. Dodwello nuper accepi, quibus indicat Virum 
ingeniosum, & rei medicae literate peritum, (Collegij Novi olim socium, 
jam vero Exoniae vitam agentem) D. Guilielmum Musgravium Disserta- 
tionem in Inscriptionem prope urbem Bathoniensem baud ita pridem 
repertam conscripsisse, atque petere ut ipse meam qualemcunque disserta- 
tionem, ad calcem -ZElfredi Magni Vitae juris publici factam, in linguam 
Latinam verterem. Hunc nempe in finem ut simul imprimantur, quibus & 
accessurus est Dodwelli in idem monumentum Tractatus plane eximius. 



Junee-lS.] VOLC/ME XIX, PAGES U2''l55. 2oy 

Sed quo minus hoc praestem obstant alia quibus pene sum districtus 
negotia. Quod si Musgravius aliusve quispiam illud peregerit, non 
repugnabo sed potius gratiam habebo, modo sibi in damnum cessunim 
non censuerit bibliopola. Hie loci notandum est D. Thomam Woodium, 
CoUegij Novi itidem socium, Musgravium (quum primum medicus 
evaserit) non solum convicijs consectatum fuisse, sed etiam molestia 
affecisse, libellumque contra eundem, quo, si fieri posset, infamis reddere- 
tur, suppresso suo nomine edi curasse. Quo explorato, prsefectus & 
socij Collegij, Musgravio amici, Woodium istum, ad facinus tantum 
patrandum malevolentia, qua ceteris fere omnibus praestat, sola incensum, lo 
adeo strenue prosecuti simt, ut cum illorum tum Musgravij laesos animos 
precibus mitigare cogeretiu-, & polliceri Collegij statutis & bonis moribus 
se conformem posthac futimim. — Eodem tempore quo de Comitijs 
intermittendis in convocatione litterje periectae sunt, aliae perlegebantur 
ut Joannes Speed b CoUegio Novo Juris Civilis Baccalaureus ad Gradus 
Baccala\u*ei & DoctoVis in Medicina accumulandos admitteretiu*, exerciiijs 
prius praestitis. Hoc concessum, quoniam virum probum, ingeniosum, 
& rei medicae, quam Southantoniae feliciter exercet, peritum esse com- 
pertum habuimus. — Fertur baud ita pridem nummos quam plurimos 
Abbingdonige effossos fuisse prope locum quo stetit Monasterium ; utrum ao 
vero sint Romani, vel Anglo-Saxonici, vel Anglici, id sibi incertum esse 
mihi dixit amicus. 

June 12 (Sun.). Anno Dom. 1636. & 1638. in lucem prodijt Dionysij 
Longini de grandi eloquentia sive sublimi dicendi genere, &c. libellus, 
Gr. Lat. cum Notis per Gerardum Langbainium. Hac in Editione, 
praestantissima quidem, & quae ab omnibus literatis diligenter periegi 
debet, versionem Latinam, ab ipso Langbainio acri, pro more suo, judicio 
accuratam, ex adverso Graeco textui adlocatam habemus, notasque in 
calce. Quod ideo animadvertendum censeo ut distinguatur Editio ab 
alijs plurimis insequentibus minoris longe notae, & ad tyronum tantum 30 
usum accommodatis. — In Valerio Maximo, cap. 2^. specus casu 
accusativo neutroque genere habemus. Vide sis an scribi debeat sptcum. 

Consulendi MSS. 

• 

June 13 (Men.). Una pro ima in quibusd. Codd. Valerij Maximi 



June U. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 35. 4a). Doubts H. lost an opportunity. 
Mrs. D. newly delivered of a son. Better consult Dr. Charlett about Dr. 
Musgrave's business, and write to the latter concerning his proposals. Dr. 
T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 130). Thinks that H. might employ his time to 
better advantage than on Tully. Is of opinion that little stress is to be laid 
upon conjectures, as in the late ed. of the Tuse. D'up. Hears that Le Clerc is 
to publish Livy in la vols. lamo. Thanks for the long bead-roll of the D.D. 
of M. C. Degrees ought not to be prostituted, and something more is requi- 
site than bare standing. The low estate of learning in Italy may be retrieved 
by the present Pope. Horrid neglect and ignorance of the Greek tongue in 
Florence illustrated by a paper of Mr. Ledgard ; cf. a Latin letter written 
some months since on the Ch. Ch. Ignatius, where H. will sec what a little in- 
considerable man Salvinus is, the tantus vir so much magnified in the Preface. 
Will compare notes shortly about Mackenzie's Lhf<s and Characters of the 
mast eminent Writers of the Scots Nation, Asks for news from the Press and 
University. 



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ad lib. II. c. 5 perperam. Vide sis quo modo in MS. Bodlejano 
legatur. 

June 15 (Wed.). Londini ediderunt Specimen Editionis novae 
corporis omnium Poetarum Latinorum, quam longe plures auctores quam 
priores Editiones complexuram promiltunt bibliopolae ; qui tamen Londini 
vix uUos invenient qui opus tanlum corrigere possint. 

June 16 (Th.). Die Veneris proxime elapso obijt D. Edwardus 
Lutwitch eques auratus, Legum nostranim municipalium peritissimus. 
Regnante Jacobo ii^o unus erat Justitiariorum ad Placita coram Rege 

lo tenenda. Vir fuit Justus & bonus, dogmatumque monarchicorum vindex 
acerrimus. — Silas Taylerus ad calcem Tractatus sui eruditi de Gavel- 
kind brevem RelaU'onem de WilUlmo Conquestore h MS. edidit MS. 
iste jam in Bibliotheca Bodlejana adservatur ; olim autem Tayleri erat 
peculium, ut b nota quadam ad initium, D. Thomae Barlovij manu 
scripta, constat Est codex pervetustus, ad ipsius Conquestoris aetatera 
fere pertingens. — Vir Reverendus Josua Barnesius S.T.B. mihi ami- 
cissimus, Grscis Latinisque Uteris doctissimus, praeter alia industriae & 
eruditionis monumenta eximia, scripsit ediditque forma majori vitam 
Edvardi III. Regis Angliae. Opus elaboratissimum, et Anglicano 

ao sermone conscriptum ; ex omnigenis scriptoribus, quibus aliquid de hac 
parte Historiae nostrae conservatur, fideliter consarcinatimi. CI. Tjrrellus 
eam in epitomen redegit, plurimumque laudat. Sed proh dolor ! Bar- 
nesius operae bene navalae laborumque nullam adhuc mercedem accepit ; 
dum aliji homunciones plane indigni, immodesti, parumque docti, ad 
summos evehuntur honores, ut desidia, luxuria voluptatibusque (ne dicam 
libidinibus) secur^ fruantur. 

June 17 (Fri.). Nuper obijt Sulor quidam vestiarius Oxon. nomine 
Marshy & heri vesperi in Coemherio Templi B. Mariae virginis sepultus 
est, anno aetatis 96« ut ex inscriplione Sandapilae imposita constitit. — 
30 Notandum quod quum rarissima esset D. Cypriani Editio Oxontmsts^ 
quam doctiss. Felli, rov fAaKapirov, diligentiae debemus, Baiccoiy hostes 
illi rebus nostris typographicis atrocissimi, i4»ij/(f/(£?</fl»iz denuoexcuderent, 
ijsdem 'quibus Oxoniensis typis, adjecta etiam, ut emptoribus doles 
struerent, Theatri nostri figura. De qua re quum admoniti essent 
Oxonienses, ne in Anglia venderentur exemplaria pro virili cavebant. 
Sibi tamen comparabat exemplar D. Doctor MilU Aulae S. Edmundi 
Principalis, quod cum Codice MS. in Bibliotheca CoUegij Ltncolniensts 



June 16. D. Evans to H. (Rawl. 5. 2). Asks H. to throw his papers 
aside to some obscure part of his study, till E. may be able to come up to 
Oxford and consult what is best to be done. H. to Dr. Musgrave [copy] 
(Rawl. 28. 78). Writes on behalf of Mr. Dodwell and himself in the matter 
of the Bath inscription. Gives free liberty to Dr. M. of making use of his 
Discourse, but has not time to translate it at present. [On the back is a 
copy of * My Answer to D'. Musgrave's Letter,* in Latin, dated iv. Kal. JuL 
MDCCIX]. 

June 16. F. Cherry to H. (Rawl. 4. 56). Introduces a gentleman of 
Ballioi recommended by Mr. Brewster. Disappointed that H. is not coming 
these holidays. Is pretty well recovered, but podwell has been for the last 
ten days very much indisposed. 



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contuii, marginique libri adscripsi discrepandas. Hinc mihi constitit de 
erratis typographicis corrigendiB panim sollicitos fuisse Amskiodammses^ 
& sententias integras quibusdam locis penitus omisisse. — 

Some think Oriail College in Oxford was so calFd corruptly for Aul.* 
i?^a/-College. See M' Somrur's Antiquilies of Canl, p. 205. Ed. vet. 
In Dufresne's Glossary mediae & infimae Latinitatis *tis noted y^ oriel is a 
middle Ag'd word & y* it signifies a Passage. 'Tis not therefore unlikely 
but y* this College might be call'd so from thence, since *tis certain y* 
before the present new Building was erected in former times here was a 
large open Passage. — Aulus Gellius tells us y^ Nigidius writ a great 10 
deal De Scriptura : but all is now lost. Corvinus Messalla writ an intire 
Book about y« Letter S. Passeratius de Cognatione literanun. Probus, 
Magno, & a Porta de Notis. Trithemius de Polygraphia. — Am- 
bassadors in antient times amongst the Romans so modest that they 
generally penn'd down the words Uiey were to speak, & read them from 
the Papers, for fear they should mistake. So Livy, Tertullian, and 
Cicero acquaint us. So did also the Judges. — They writ first of all 
with an Iron Stylus. (Herm. Hugo de Scribendi orig. c. ix.) This par- 
ticularly us'd in antient Inscriptions, especially of the Jews. This Style 
caird in Job xix. by the Name of Caelte. where some however falsely read 20 
certe. This Style made so as that one end was sharp for writing, the 
other obtuse for rubbing out what was wrong, as may be seen from y« 
Figure in Hugo. Then they had a Brass Stylus. Then one of Bone. 
This mightily approved of by the Romans, who made this injunction, 
Ceram ferro ne caedito, as Isidore 1. vi. c. 9. which order however was 
afterwards discontinued : for in the time of Martial they made use of Iron 
Styli. So lib. xv. Epigr. xxi. 

Haec tibi enmt armata suo graphiaria ferro: 
Si puero domes, dod leve monas erit. 

where Raderus says graphiaria signifies only the Sheaths of the Styli, and 30 
not y« Styli themselves as the word is interpreted by Beroaldus and 
Domitius. Instead of these Styli were afterwards us'd calamus, penna & 
penicillus, w^li were brought up after the Invention of Paper and Parch- 
ment. Opmeerus in y« Beginning of his Chron. has these Words : In 
pugillares scrihehanl slylts ferrets : in papyros aulem arundineis calami's, 6f 
poslmodum etiam avium pennis. The first matter on w<^ Letters were 
received was stone and Bricks, whence Josephus tells us of the Pillars of 
Stone and Brick 1. i. Antiq. c. 4. The Babylonians preserved their 
Customs, Laws and Institutes on Bricks; the Phoenicians on Stones. 
Plin. N. H. I. vii. c. 56. So also the Romans & almost all Nations, 40 
whence so many ancient Marbles, cippi, & Stelae. The Danes us'd to 
preserve their Actions on Caules. So Saxo Gram, in Praefat. Hist. Dan. 
Stones succeeded by Leaves of Trees. Plin. says 1. 13. c. 11. that *twas 
first of all writt on Palm Leaves : that to be understood of y« Egyptians of 
whom he there speaks, not of y® Jews. But Henr. Salmuih in Notis 
Pencirolli for palmarum in Pliny reads malvarum, being lead by the authority 
[of] Guilandinus. But Isidore tells us lib. 6. c. vi. that they writ both in mal- 
varum folijs atque palmarum, so palmanun to be retein'd as Scaliger also 
will have it. Sometimes also they writ upon Leaves of Flowers. Afier- 

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wards brought up the Inner Coats of Bark w^h are call'd Libri Arborum. 
Plin. I. xiii. c. xi. They had also Wooden Tables, these succeeded 
libri foHorum, & found out much about y^ same time y^ libri lintei & 
plumbei were. These Tabellae ligneae were call'd Codices & codicilli, a 
caudice arborum, b quibus in scindulas sects. They were found out 
before Paper and Parchment. See Isidore 1. vi. c. 8. & before pugillares 
cerei. Then they had cerei pugillares, k cerae crusta vel malthas. 
Pollux, lib. X. c. xiv. These were also call'd quincuplices from y« 
Number of folia. Martial 1. xiv. Epig. iv. There were also dtrei 

10 pugillares e citri ligno. Martial lib. xiv. And likewise ebumei. ibid. Epig. v. 
These Ebumei pugillares the same y^ Vopiscus calls libri elephantini, 
according to y« opinion of Tumebus & PanciroUus, approved by Her- 
mannus Hugo, de Scrib. orig. p. 94. They writ on lead. Thence their 
Plumbea Volumina. Trithemius Ub. i. breviarij Annal. Franc, tells us 
the Publick Monuments of y« Galls were silver. Dionys. Hal. lib. x. tells 
us y« Romans made y®*' voliunes of Brass, as being more durable than 
Lead. See also Sueton. in Caesare, & Machab. lib. 1. c. viii. Thence also 
mommaentum aere perennius. They had their libri lintei as is plain from 
Livy lib. i. Dec. iv. therefore to be wondered why Tumebus should read 

30 in Vopiscus's Aurelian. lutei for lintei. See Tumeb. lib. 29. c 20. 
especially since Marcianus Capella in y« Prooemium to his Gram, calls 
them carbasini. Philostratus calls them Sindones. Parchment found out 
before Paper. — Thomas Jones of Oswestry in y« County of Salop writ 
a Book caird Of y Heart and its Right Sovereign, &c. Lond. 1678. 80. 
He was of University College, and, if I am not mistaken, after\vards a 
Bp. in Ireland. Quaere ? (He was no Bp.) — 



Upon Innocent y® Eight. 

Octo nocens pueros genuit, totidemque puellas: 
Hunc merito potent dicere Roma patrem. 



30 A Penny amongst y« Saxons 3^. of our Money. Hickes's Diss. Epist 
pag. 109. Five silver Pennys made their Shilling. & Thirty Pennies 
made their Mancus, mancusa or Marc. Some say 4 of their Pennies made 
a Shilling, w«li is false as appears from y« End of jElfric's Grammar. A 
Golden Mancusa contain'd 10 Silver mancusas, or five Pounds 5 
Shillings of our Money. — The Book w«h goes under y® Name of 
Valerius Maximus seems to Vossius to have been only an Epitome of a 
larger Book made by Valerius himself, & he thinks this Epitome is y* 
done by Julius Paris. — Binis decoratus umbilicis. Statius Sylv. iiii. 9. 
^Yfu^op vel oii<f>aKoi Graecis. notat umbilicum. In libris quoque sic dixere 

40 ossea vel ebuma omamenta in medio integumenti exstantia. Martialis, 
lib. V. Epig. vi. Nigris pagina crevit umbilicis. Atque hinc phrasis ilia ad 
umbilicum ducere, & pervenire ad umbilicum, id est finire. Porphyrione 
auctore, non lignei modo, verum & ossei comeive erant. Pingi quoque 
solitos ex Martiale discimus. Libris impositum hoc nomen (volumina 
scil.) quia antiqui eos convolverent ad cylindri similitudinem, ut hodie- 
que faciunt Turcae, non vero in tabellas componerent, plicarentque, quae 
apud nos consuetudo obtinet. — 



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DISSERTATIVNCULA de Voce Anglo-Saxonua -ESTEL^ 
[174-201.].., 

June 18 (Sat). Pluribus abhinc annis Reverendus admodum Pater 
in Christo Guilielmus Lloydius, nunc Episcopus Wigoraiensis, (tunc vero 
Asaphensis) Chronologiam suam Universalera, opus absolutissimum & 
ab omnibus Historiarum antiquaruro studiosis desideratum, prelo Shel- 
doniano mandavit, & triginta, aut circiter schedae impressae erant His 
impressis, alijs studijs se dedens Episcopus, ut ab incepto sisterent typo- 
graphi in mandatis dedit ; adeo ut valde metuant viri eruditi ne hoc opere 
nunquam sint fruituri. Lingua Anglicana scripsit Auctor celeberrimus, 10 
utpote Latino sermone scribere insuetus; alius tamen partem non 
exiguam Latine vertit, ideoque utraque lingua schedas prsedictas impri- 
mendas curavit Auctor doctissimus, qui & ante paucos annos aliud opus 
prelo eidem subjecit, Anglicano idiomate conscriptimi, Explicationem 
nempe Danielis Prophedse, cujus duodecim tantum schedas absolverunt 
operae typographicae, ne pergant ab ipso auctore impeditae. — On 
Monday last the Goods & Effects of John Stevens, Bookseller in Oxford 
were seiz'd upon by his Brother, Fellow of Merton-CoWege, who is gone 
as Chaplain to a Factory beyond Sea. This StephenSy the Fellow, is a 
low-Church-Man, and he has seiz'd on Pretence of a Judgment from his 20 
Brother of 600 libs. w<^ the honest Part of the University reckon nothing 
else but a trick, concerted on purpose to cheat the other Creditors, to 
whom it is said he ows about 2000 libs, and yet he has not been set up 
above 5 or six Years. But he has been always a careless, negligent, 
prating Fellow, a great Spend-thrift, much given to lifting and gossiping, 
an Admirer of Charlett as Charleti was of him, Sfc, Tho' He has 

June 18. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 1 36). < I am, and always was, of 
opinion that 'twould be for the Credit of the University, and that no small 
service would be done to Learning, to have TuUy's Works accurately printed 
at the Theater. The best Editions, namely those of P. Victorias, Lambin, and 
Gruter, are grown very scarse. And Gronovius's is not so common (not to 
mention the Smallness of the Letter) as to hinder the Undertaking. But I 
wish some others, I mean Fellows of Houses, or some Officers of the Univer- 
sity who have good Rewards, would have undertaken thb laborious Work, and 
that it had not fallen upon me. However now I have enter'd into it, I am 
resolv'd to prosecute it, and to carry it on by degrees, tho' I easily perceive 
that 'twill cost 7 or 8 Years Drudgeiy. I was inform'd above 2 Years since 
of Le Clercks Project. Yet that did not at all influence me to lay aside what 
I had begun. 1 have been since told that the Bookseller upon appearing of 
the Oxford Edition has put a Stop to that Undertaking, with abundance of 
Indignation, that we should be before hand with him. All that Le Clerck in- 
tended was only some Notes, I suppose some Conjectures, of bis own, and the 
Text was to be in a small Letter. If he shall think fit to proceed, I exspect, 
as well as you, that his usual Malice will not fail him, but that he will reflect 
upon our Performance ; but I shall little regard one that is known to be so 
disingenuous in his Character, which need not be wondered at, since he is a 
Person of very loose Principles, and no great Friend to the Christian Religion.* 
Commends S.'s prudence in keeping the paper on the subject mentioned till a 
more convenient season, when it will be greedily bought up and read by all 
true scholars, such as are not biassed by prejudice and ill nature. Mr. Thwaitus 



' This Disc, is printed in Vol. 7 of Leland's Itin. 
P 2 



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printed several things at the Theater-Press, yet I cannot learn that he has 
paid hardly any thing of University Dues, in which he is like to come off 
now, having such Doughty Patrons as his Friend Charlett, 

June 18 (Sun.). D. Guilielmum Piersium Cantabrigiensem nuperrime 
vidi, qui binas Tragoediarum Euripidis edidit. Huic edition! vitam 
Eurtpidis praemisit, ^ Banusij\ quern tamen nunquam citat, ejusd. Auctoris 
vita exscriptam. In notis ipsis quoque ^ Bamesij editione non pauca 
descripsit, suppresso veri auctoris nomine. Est quidem Piersius vir 
doctus, sed in Barnesium ingratus, quem amicum semper expertus esL 

10 Eum saepe calumniatur, sannisque excipiL Nee mmus Piersius con- 
temnit Antiquarium nostnmi diligentem & eruditum Anionium h Wood, 
cujus Athenas Oxonienses nugis & mendacijs refertas esse asserit. 
Aliter autem sentiunt viri candidi justique renun sestimatores, qui & 
summo labore nee minore judicio Aniiquiiaies Oxonienses consignatas 
esse notant Sed hinc illae lachrymae I Avum vel abavum patemum, ni 
fallor, Piersij, primiim Episcopum Sarishuriensem deinde Archiepiscopum 
Eboracensem^ paullo liberalius quam par erat bibisse animadvertit Woodius\ 
non tamen negat ilium alioqui virum fuisse integrum, & melioribus Uteris 
non leviter imbutum. Dolent insuper Caniabrigienses neminem apud se 

ao exstare qui Historiam 4' Antiquitates suae Academiae scribat, & de 
Auctoribus ejusdem praeclaris commentarios conficiat. — A great 
Commendation of John Bingham's Translation of, & Notes upon 
JEiians Tacticks in M'. Somner's Antiq, of Canierh, p. 267. where 
also he observes that it was dear and scarse. In the same Book. p. 277, 
Mr. Somner observes that Pits took his Book de Scripiorib. out of Baie^ 
& that 'twas in his time more common than Bale ; but now 'tis more 
scarse, & indeed is written in a much better style than Bale. — Inscriptio 
apud Somnerum ibid. p. 283. novo & insueto modo interpuncta. — 
Anno M : DC : lxxx : iv. prodienmt h Theatro Sheldoniano Calij Lactantij 

30 opera. Hanc Editionem nitidissimam Thomae Sparks, -fidis Christi 
alumni, sed nimis negligentis, curae debemus. Accedit ad calcem cl. 
DODWELLI Dissertaiio de Ripa Slriga. Post paucos annos haec 
editio rara facta erat. Inde cl. Hudsono Lactaniium denuo edere in 
animo erat. In quem finem k Thoma Milles^ homine illo arrogante. 



has declared his opinion that Bp. Pearson neyer designed any of his notes on 
Ignatius for the press, and that they should have been etemauy stifled. ' Our 
Booksellers in Oxford are very negligent in getting curious Books. You have 
in that respect the Advantage much of us in London. . . . John Stevens, one of 
our Booksellers, a negligent, busy, prating Gossip, and great with Charlett, broke 
the beginning of this Week, having not been set up above 5 or 6 Years. He 
is in debt about 2000 libs, but his Brother, one of the Fellows of Merton 
College, a rank, low-Church-man, being gone a Voyage as Chaplain to a Factory, 
seiz'd all under Pretence of a Judgment for 600 libs, but this is reckon'd a 
low-Church Trick. Be it as it will, this sneaking Bookseller printed a great 
many Things at the Theater-Press, but never paid any Dues to the University, 
nor is like to pay any now, having had Charlett & such People for his Patrons, 
Some time since the Warden of All-Souls struck out M'. Meredith from being 
Fellow ; and M'. Adderly, the Junior Head-Proctor being next upon the Roll, 
he designs to be ordain*d tomorrow to prevent Consequences, tho* no Man 
talk*d more warmly against y* Warden's Proceedings in this Case, and was more 
vigorous for Breach of Statute, than he.* Mr. Dodwell very ill of the colic 



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exemplar sibi comparavit. Hoc sedulo perlegit accurateque interpunxit 
Quo facto, librum in mus^o Protobibliothecarij Bodlejam\}sih\xs assignato 
reposuit. Sed ostio non obserato, paullo post librum ab aliquo subreptum 
fuisse deprehendit Nee eum recuperare potuit. Ipsum Milles, invidia 
ac malevolentia ductum abstulisse suspicamur. utpote qui & alios non 
seme! perfide fraudaverit. — Guilielmus Selling, Ecclesiae Canluariensis 
Prior, andquarius erat peritissimus, summaque industria in Italia scriptores 
veteres ciim Grcecos tum Latinos, quoscunque potuit, redemit & in 
Angliam translulit. Codices hosce quantivis pretij in Bibliotheca Can- 
iuaricB reposuit. Venun non diu post obitum ejus incendio fatali, quod 10 
servulorum aliquot temulentorum incuria contigit, in maximum rei 
literarige damnum omnes perierunt : in quibus fuerunt M. Tullij Ciceronis 
libri de repuhlica zb eruditis tantopere desiderati. Y ide Somn^ri Antiq, 
Cantuar. p. 395. 

June 21 (Tu.). Januarij 150 an. m:dcc:— . ad studendum in 

Bibliotheca BodUjana admissus erat Honoratiss. Dominus D. Joannes 
Carteret Baro de Hawnes in agro Bed/ordiensi* juvenis ingenij acu- 
tissimi, monm:i suavissimorum, &, in primae classis scriptoribus, cum Grcecis 
tum LatiniSy supra annos versatus. In aede Christi studijs dedilus vitam 
agit. ubi non ita pridem inter alios quos sibi acquisivit melioris notae 30 
libros, primam Caroli Sigonij Editionem Z Livij Historianmi mihi 
ostendit. — A Place of Tulles Timceus in Meibomius upon Nicomachus's 
Musick, pag. 50*1^. -p Tullij Tusc. Quaest lib. i. c. 7. An tu egressm 
porta Capena, cinm Calatini, Scipionum, Sermliorum, Metellorum Sepulchra 
vides, miseros putas illos ? Ad quem locum sic vir sagacissimus Chris' 
iophorus Wase in Notis quibusd. MSS. k filio ejus coll. Corporis X*'. 
Oxon. socio, mihi muluo datis : Porta Capena quh Capuam itur. Veteres 
deftmctis monimmta secus viam posuerunt; ornamento locis publicis nescias 
an viatoribus majori documento, — Hoc ideo notandum doxi, quia nonnulla 
de antiquo in vijs publicis sepeliendi more in dissertatione ad calcem 30 
JElfredi MagniYiXs^ observaverim.quo loco & caussam hujus consueludinis 
adduxi. Praeter dictas notas MSS. exemplari cuidam impresso Tullij 
Tusc, Quastionum adjectas, alias etiam chartas k patre sibi relictas luce 
dignas habet filius. 

June 22 (Wed.). Mr Stozt/s Summary quoted by Somner p. 335. 
Antiq, Cant. W^h Summary I think was printed cither in 120. or 8®. and 
contains an Epitome of his Annals. (N.B. It hath been printed several 
times both in 8'o & 120.) 

June 23 (Th.). M^. Tho. Beckonsal, A.M. Rector of * * * in 
Oxfordsh. & lately Fellow of Brazen-nose Coll. died last Week at his 40 
Parsonage suddenly, having been for a great while in a Melancholly, 
hippish Condition. He has published a Sermon upon y« Resurrection, 
preach*d at S*. Mary's Oxon, A Book about y® Law of Nature S^o. & a 



June 20. Dr. Musgrave to H. (Rawl. 8. 15a). Thanks H. for his civility 
in the matter of the inscription. What is the earliest mention of the words 
Belgium or Belgae as signifying any part of Britain, or of the British people? 

June 21. T. Davies to H. (Rawl. 4. i x i). Sends directions from the 6p. 
of Ely to bid for certain books on his behalf at the ensuing auction. 



ai4 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700 : 

Pamphlett about the Press, k perhaps other things. — We hear that I>. 
Martin^ Warden of -^ifr/<?«-College, is dead in the Country. — The 
Records at Cambridge burnt in y« Rebellion of Jack Straw, in Rich II^'* 
time. See Mr. Somner% Antiq. Cant, p. 356. 

June 24 (Fri.). Inter alios libros, in quibus edendis, modo institutum 
hoc promoverent Academicorum principes, operam suam pollicitus est cl. 
Grabius, paullo post quam hue accessisset, non reticeri debent Ephrcemi 
Syri Homiliae. Ut hoc onus doctus quispiam subiret exoptaverat 
eruditiss. Caveus in Hisioria Literaria ; quod Grabium non mediocriter 

id stimulavit atque excitavit. Aliquid impertijt temporis huic negotio, & 
permulta, quae necessaria fore praeviderat, hinc illinc congessit Sed re 
paullo accuratius perpensa, ab eo solo qui linguae SyriaccB sit peritus 
editionem castigatam exspectandam esse intellexit. A proposito igitur 
resiliit, & in alias res animum defixit ac intendit. Verum post unum 
alterumque annum de EphrcBtno in publicum emittendo cogitavit vir cL 
Joannes Millius, S.T.P. & Aulae S. Edmundi Principalis. Emn ad finem 
quaecunque in Bibliotheca. Bodlejana GrcBce exstant sumptibus proprijs \ 
Sueco quodam, cui Nomen Wandalinus, describenda curavit. Postea 
aliquanto Oxonium venit D. Joannes HofmannuSy multae sedulitatis homo, 

30 & Syriace doctus. Hujus igitur fidei opus mandavit, atque ut prelo pro 
virili pararet hortatus est. Non pauca collegit adnotavitque HoJmannus\ 
sed quum inops esset, nee fautores studiorum vix ullos haberet, longe 
citius quam vellet Oxonio discedere cogebatur. Collectanea non seciun 
tulit, sed D. Millio concredidit, qui pollicitus est se ad Hofmannum ea 
transmissurum quamprimum peteret, quibus & apographum Graecum 
adjecturum esse ajebat, si facultates joperis hujus in lucem proferendi 
Hoffmanno suppeterent. Mensibus paucis lapsis obijt Mttlius; sed 
intestato. Hinc factiun ut libri ejus impressi pretio vili venderentur, 
ceteraeque res miserandum in modum distraherentur. Quod dolis 

30 adscribendum Collegij Reginae sociorum, Langhornij praecipue cujusdam 
& Edvardi Thwaitesij\ Codices plerique MSS. in Thwaitesij manus 
devenerunt ; in quibus erant Ephrcemi Syri Apographum MiUianum & 
Annotationes Ho/manniance, Thwaitesius his sul^idijs fretus, Ephrcemi 
Editionem, typis ijsdem quibus & Millius in Nofoo Testamento usus, 
adgressus est; nullis tamen notis, praeter lectiones quasdam variantes, 
adhibitis, vel versione Latino. Quod ^ Reginensium moribus nequaquam 
abhorret ; quibus nimc dierum solenne est aliorum lucubrationes invadere. 
Postquam de hisce rebus certior redditus fuerat HoffmannuSy ad cl. 
Grabium aliosque literas misit, quibus petebat ut schedas suas k 

4® Thwaitesio impetrarent Is tamen non tantimi pertinaciter abnuit ; 
verum etiam Grabium petulantissimis verbis insectaius est, coeptiunque 
opus prosecutus, in magnum suum probnun atque dedecus ad imibilicum 
tandem fere deduxit. — Baculum istum h tigno quodam domicilij 
iELFREDI MAGNI, Anglorum regis, fieri jussit Hon. Dom. THO. 
Vicecomes de Weymouth ; qui & alias hujus domicilij partes ^ fossa in insula 
iEthelingiana post tot secula erui curavit — Bede's Eccl. Hist. Laud, H. 38. 
Digb. loi. 211. ^E. B. 4. 10. Super D, i,Art. 20. Mus. 47. Fairfax is. 
Hatton 81. Barlov, 39. — In MS. Mus. in the Margin by a later hand is 
added Grantebrig Schola a Sigeberto Rege, Hatton s MS*, is at least 600 

50 years old, & over against the Place is added by a hand almost of the 



Jxm 88-25.] VOL. XIX, PAGE 219— VOL. XX, PAGE 3. ai5 

same Age, Notand. Sigeherius primus instituit scolas in quibus pueri 
erudirmiur ; which shews the sentiments of men of that Age, viz. that 
Sigebert founded only Grammar Schools, for if by Schola a University 
must be understood, then he founded several, w<^ is absurd. . . . — ^The 
Letter m oftentimes omitted in words, see Schurzfleischij Orthographia 
pag. 28. The Letter N often omitted also. ibid. p. 29. abrotanum for 
ambrotanum to be considered. 'Tis Kind of Herb in Pliny, ibid. voc. 
abrotanum. The word Alemannia to be considered there. Something 
under it for correcting Dion Cassius. — Bath call'd Akemanchester, i.e. 
CBgroiorum urdsj from the great concourse of Sick Persons from all Parts 10 
oi England. See Burton* s comm. upon Antoninus' s Itin. through Britain, 
p. 257, Gul. Malmsb. De Gestis Ponti/, 1. 11. says Julius Ccssar was the 
Author of the Baths at Bath. Yet *tis certain he never came to these 
parts of the Island, ibid. p. 258. therefore he could not institute the order 
of Knights of the Bath, as the same author, Malmsb. says he did. ibid. 
Ligio II Augusta resided here, as appears from some Sepulchral or 
funeral Monuments, ibid. p. 261. — Gruter ccccxxxi. 5. t. lollivs. t. 

LOLUI. MASCVLVS | IHIVIR. BONDICOMKNSIS | HIC. PROPTER. VIAM. POSITVS | 

VT. Die ANT. PRAETiRivNTES | LOLU. VALE. | . .. — . Mr. Baraby of Trinity 
Coll. and M'. Monroe of Balliol did exercise Friday (being the second ao 
day) April 15th in Schola Anatom. Pd. nothing to me. Nor was I 
paid the term before for two Gentlemen's Dispp. Ask Major or 
Newlin. ... 



VOIi. XX. 

Resp. Romana minus debuit Scipioni &c. quam Catoni qui bellum 
gerebat cum vitijs. 

June 25 (Sat.), 1709. Heri D. Martini, CoUegij Mertonensis custodis, 
cadaver ex agro Dorsetensi, ubi animam efflavit, Oxonium adductum est, 
& in sacello D. Joannis BaptisicB ecclesiae adjuncto, ac Mertonensibus as- 
signato, hora decima postmeridiana humatum. Ad exsequias cohones- 
tandas nuUi praeter aflf nes quosdam vocati fuere. Loculo ligneo corpus 30 
inclusum in tumulum decem pedes altum dimissum est. Et in his, ut 
fertur, votis ipsius satisfecerunt ; qui etiam ne sibi monumentum exstrue- 
retur testamento ultimo prohibuit. Nee absurde. utpote cujus memoria 
omnis tolli funditus ac deleri oporteat. Homo enim erat vinolentus & 
indoctus, suum quaestum tantummodo coluit, atque Fundatoris leges omnes 



June 26. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 131). Thwaites a creature of 
C. : his opinion on Pearson's Annotations valueless. The publisher of Ephraem 
Syrus should be very careful and exact in his Preface and Notes. Remarks 
on Lc Clerc's ed. of Grotius de Vmtate religionu ChrUtianae, with his discourse 
de eligenda inter diijentientes CkriHianoj 4ententia. He has the impudence to 
dedicate the book and additions to.Archbp. Tenison, whom he flatters and 
admires as he does the rest of the Ben^h : half the money which they present 
him with for his dedications would be better spent on one or two honest 
Church of England men in each University for confuting his heterodoxies. 
We are in a fair way to have our religion, and the discipline and government of 



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ac instituta conculcari quasi pennisit * Castri sive ards Oxomensts 
plurima exstant rudera, & collem paullo edidorem conspicimus, ex quibus 
omnibus liquet locum fuisse peramplum & augustum. Turris quaedam 
integra manet, prope quam, ut opinor, MaHldis virago ilia Anglica^ 
Henrici IId». mater, albis vestibus induta, ut specie nivei coloris hostes 
falleret, noctis silentio egressa est oppido Oxonienst, \ Stephana rege 
arctissime obsesso, & scapha per Thamesim vecta, ad arcem Wallingford" 
tensem pervenit, atque ibi k suis in arcem accepta est. Castrum hoc k 
Roberto de Oili exstructum fuit ; turris vero, de qua dixi, nunc in comita- 

io t(is ergastulum convertitur. Magnis aggestis molibus, fossisque in 
altitudinem perductis, praemunitimi erat. In vicinia, ad occiduam castri 
partem, visitur S. Thoma capella sive ecclesia, regnante Stephano idee 
sedificata, quod Oxonia obsessa in ecclesiam S. Georgij parochialem intra 
castrum conditam ingressus non pateret Nee procul positum fuit in 
campis peramoenis, aquis placidis cinctis, coenobium ampUssimum (ut ex 
parietinis quibusdam videre est) Osneiense\ cujus ante aliquot annos 
campanile cemebatur superbum, quod in rebellione nupera exsecranda & 
detestabili penitus dirutum fuit ac excisum. Inter fodiendum in reliquias 
antiquas saepe incidunt coloni, quarum unam alteramque magni pretij in 

So ^dis C^m//Thesaurario jam conservari fertur. Ad partem septentrion- 
alem Ecclesiae S. ThomcB ab Edmundo^ Cornubiemi Duce, fundata erat 
Abbatia de Rewley seu de loco Regalu Monasterium hocce longe minus 
fuit quam Osneiense, sed in loco aeque commodo & amceno situm. In 
chartis aliquibus vetustis Osneia Septentrionalis vocitatur. Et hie etiam 
in hortis vicinis nummi aliaque antiquitatis monumenta crebro eruuntur, 
in quibus numerari debet lapis quadratus ab hortulano ante quinque annos 
repertus, & nunc in Schola Medicinae Oxonij publica repositus. Ex hoc 
antiquitatis venerandae monumento constat capellam istius abbatiae ab 
Ela Longespee, Warewici comitissa, erectam fuisse ; de quo tamen roen- 

30 tionem non fecerunt D. Guilielmus Dugdalius alijve, qui de ejus vita quid 
prodiderunt D. Antonius d Wood in Collectaneis MSS. de Urbis 
Oxoniensis Antiquitatibus, quae in Mus^o Ashmoliano collocata iterum & 
saepius inspexi, Elcc cor in hac Abbatia sepulturae traditum esse autumat. 
Verum hac de re non constat Hoc tamen exploratum habemus, earn 
honorifice fuisse inhimiatam in ecclesia Monasterij de Osenty^ quod 
itidem plurimis beneficijs muneribusque omaverat. Vestigia complura 
restant abbatiae de Loco Regali in ruinas lapsae, & secundiim emissarium 
capellae sive ecclesiae pars baud exigua spectatur. In cubiculorum fenes- 
tris Apostolorum imagines depictae cemuntur, & parietibus, quibus affixa 

40 fuit janua, Fundatoris incisa conspiciuntur insignia. 



the Church suffer by such kind of Dutch Divinitv, as our civil govenunent and 
constitution has done already by the Dutch invasion and the sad consequences 
of ft. Le Glerc has added two letters of Dr. Newton {ewvtye at Florence), 
who signs himself " Henricus de Nova Villa," containing testimonies of H. Gro- 
tius' esteem for the Church of England, which were already known from Ham- 
mond, Pierce, &c.' Sorry for Dodwell's ill state of health. Is the original 
instrument of the XXXIX Articles, subscribed by the Bishops and Assessors 
of the Lower House of Convocation 1563, in Bodley? S. heard formerly 
that Mr. Davis of Sandford, sometime chaplain of C, C. C, bad it in his pos- 
session. 



June 25-29.] VOLUME XX, PAGES 3-22. 217 

June 27 (Mon.). Heri vcsperi cum D. Siephano locutus sum, Scoto illo 
Britarmo qui, Vice-cancellarij nostri studio & technis, ad gradum magistri 
in aitibus baud ita pridem evectus erat. Vir iste, quem laudibus omant 
nonnuUi, multa legisse videtur, pauca digessisse. Audax est, loquax, & 
vanus ; suas laudes crepat, peritiamque in Uteris Hebraicis Arabicisque 
ostentat. 

June 28 (Tu.). Tribus abhinc septimanis prodijt (majori formd im- 
pressa) historiae Angh'cance Epitome, scriptore Bulstrodo Whitlock equite 
aurato. Y.^6\\. Jacobus Welwood, Medicinae Professor, qui de auctore & 
opere quaedam praemisit, Nonnihil quoque praefatus est Guilielmus Pen, 10 
armiger, sectae tremulorum (quos vulgo Quakers vocamus) antesignanus, 
& insulae Tamaic(B Praefectus. . Opus istud \ C Julio Ccesare usque ad 
Caroli Il^regniun pertingit. Wehoood antedictus est ^ secta Fanaticorum, 
& paucos ante annos rerum Anglicarum commentarium brevem juris 
publici fecit, qui tyronum tantum manibus teri debet. Nam continet 
plurimas fabulas ineptas & aniles. 

June 29 (Wed.). Die Lunae proxime elapso in Ecclesia omnium Sanc- 
torum OxonA\xm\AQ mandatus est D. Woodcocke^Thit^o^^ Presbyterianusi 
Quamvis in hominimi congressu pauca loqueretur, vir tamen erat non 
imbecilli ingenij. Sibi in uxorem duxit puellam teneram, formosam, 20 
atque bene dotatam, ipse aetate provectior & paupertate laborans. lUius 
matrem eiun jam antea subinde compressisse non desunt qui asserant, 
Praeter alios qui funus deducebant, aderant bini Ecclesiae -4ug^/ri-a/i^ pres- 
byteri.— In ecclesia de Ashbury in Com. Berk\ 

Continet hsec fossa de Walden ossa /oannis, 
Quem Deus ad Celsa ducat perpetois annis. 

— D. Joannes Potter S. S. Theologiae Professor noster Regius, (quod 
munus factiosis debet quorum pro virili partes fovet,) cujusdam Venner 
filiam in matrimonium nuper duxit : feminam quidem bellam & amplam, 
sed k Venner illo rebelli insigni, regnante Carole II^o. suspenso, oriundam. 3« 
Ad cubicula sua in aede Christi non multis abhinc diebus adduxit maritus, 
ubi diligenter prospicere oportet ne forsan k Juvenibus stuprum patiatur.* 

Ingenioso pariter ac doctissimo Viro 

GUILIELMO HUSGRAVIO 

The. Hearnius S. P. D. 

Literas tuas, Vir cl. humanitatis & beneTolentiae plenas, accept ; gratiasque 
tibi ago quas eo nomine debeo. Dissertationem tuam in Inscriptionem Batbo^ 
nieruem videre vehementer aveo. Hoc antiquitatis venerandae monumentum 
nuper etiam edidit cl. Rogerus Galetu, Thoma rov fMKapirov ill. ad pag. 134, 
Antonini ^r Britanniam Itineris, Patris commentarijs illustrati. Nullas tamen 40 
ad Inscriptionem explicandam adhibuit notas. Quin & valde metuo ne forsan 
earn mendose publico dederit. Ab exemplari enim HaUejano, quod in Disser- 
tatione ad calcem jEifredi Magni vitae secutus sum discrepat. Plura non dico. 
In praesentia non vacat excutere auctores qui de Belgarum vetenim rebus 
gestis commentarios confecenint. Ex Julio autem C^tare constat Belgas in 
Britamtiam priscis temporibus commigrasse. Belgarum item nostrorum memi- 



June 27. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 137). Sends two copies of the 
List of Theatre Books, but the number of works in the press is so small that it 
is almost a shame to do so. 



ai8 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

nerunt Ptolemmus & Ant<minus. Ipsi uti & ceteri Britanni Celtarum quondam 
pars erant. Responsionem tuam ad meas literas hodie peramicam cum d. 
Dodwelloy qui niri habitat, communicavi. Graviter per aliquot dies ex intes- 
tinis laboravit vir ille doctissimus; sed jam pene convaluisse intelligo. Vale. 
Oxonij scribebam IV. Kal. Jul. M : DCC : ix. 

July 1 (Fri). ^ Die Mercurij proxime elapse inter horam decimam & 
undecimam vespertinam anno aetatis 49. de vita migravit amicus meus 
optimus & pereruditus Edvardus Lkuydius, Mus^i Ashmoleani Custos & in 
S. Theologia Bedellus superior. Morbus erat pleuritis. Accessit asthma 

ID quo per plures annos affectus fuerat, Hora 8^*. hujus diei de eligendo 
Bedello convocatio est habita, Praeter D. Colinge \ Coll. Novo, candi- 
datus erat harum rerum scriptor, cui tamen (quum eum desererent non- 
nulli, & Vice-cancellarius, socijque collegij Reginae, a quibus bene meritus 
fuerat, adversaries sese praeberent acerbissimos) prius quam eligendi hora 
adstaret, incepto desistere visum est : quod ut faceret hortabantur amici, 
in quibus praecipui sunt -^is Christi Decanus, Canonici alumnique, & 
UniversitatiSy Orielensis^ LincolnimsiSy Corporis Christi atque Jesu Collegi- 
onim socij ; qui omnes fere (in gloriam suam immortalem I) non tcmcre 
suffragia ferunt. Notandum est quod contra decori praescriptiones 

ao electio habita fuerit antequam Lhuydij corpus inhumaretur. Hoc Vice- 
cancellario adscribendum, qui plane praesenserat se ea ratione quo minus 
amici plurimi, ruri commorantes, ad me adjuvandum Oxonium proficis- 
cantur obstare. Sepultus autem est Lhuydius hora nona vespertina ejusd. 
diei in templo S. Michaelis Oxon. funus concelebrantibus amicis ^ Collegio 
Jesu^ & Academiae Bedellis. 

July 2 (Sat.). Ad domum quandam, ubi Choava venditur, (vulgo 
dicitur SpringhalTs Coffee House) in platea alta Oxonij^ prope 
Aulae B. MaricB vicum, fornix pertinet amplus, qui olim ad Aulam 
adjacentem, BulkeUy-Hall vocatam, cujus pars in pharmacopolium 

30 convertitur, speclabat. Fomices istiusmodi Cellaria appellabantur, 
ut \ rentalibus pluhbus, quae citat WoodiuSy patet Sunt etiam 
Aulae, ni fallor, vestigia prope tabemam librariam, in ipso nempe 
angiportu qui ad Collegium Wadhamense ducit. — Nuperrime prodijt 
Libellorum supplicum Historian ab Anonymo Anglicl scriptus. Adula- 
tionem, blanditias, assentationem atque levitatem Anglorum nostro- 
nma depingit; sed non satis accurate rem tractavit Auctor.— At the End 
of a Book intitled Five captious Questions^ propounded by a Factor for the 



July 2. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl 38. 138). Doubts not but Ch. and 
Thw. (who are very great, and visit one another once a day at least) have 
concerted the matter to run down the Bishop's Notes on Ignatius. Sends copy 
of a paper in Latin by a foreigner, relating to Thwaites' ed. of Ephraem, and 
showing his disingenuity. Has but a mean opinion of Le Clerc, and does not 
wonder that Archbp. Tenison and others of the same strain exhibit hirge sums 
to him for his flattering Dedications. * On the 2 3* of last Month we receiv'd 
News of the Death of D'. Marten, Warden of Merton College. He died in 
Dorsetshire, and was buried on the 25*>> of the same month in Merton College 
ChapeU, at 10 Clock in the Evening. None but Relations were at the 
Funeral, which People wonder at, it being usual for Fellows to be invited. 



' He died on the 30*^ Day, early in the Morning, about one Clock, as I hare expressed 
in my Preface to the a* vol. of Leland*s Itinerary. 



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Papacy^ answered hy a Divine of the Church of God in England^ ^c. Lond. 
1673. 4*°- ^s printed a Letter of Sir Lucius Carie lord Viscount Falkland 
to M", F, M. An, Dom, 1636. upon the same Subject ; but not noted by 
Ant. h Wood. 

July 4 (Men.). In colle Heddingdoniano est fossa quaedam cujus aquam 
particulis petrosis repletam esse notavit D. Plotius, Et quidem ante 
paucos annos res multas incnistatas h!c lod collegi. Sed nuper sepe 
ex viviradicibus h!c facta, scaturiginem obturarunt agri domini. Juxta 
banc fossam vestigia aliqua comparent particular viae antiquae, quam 
Ickenild vocabant. Chervellum flumen, ponte super eo aedificato, transijsse 10 
videtur; deinde se extendisse ad Bellositum antiquum, in S. ^gidij 

Hb Grave was 10 foot deep, and there is not to be any Monument or Inscrip- 
tion over it. So he order'd, as 'tis said, by his Will. But enough of this 
Gentleman, who was no better a Governour than Scholar. Since that we have 
lost a very valuable Man, M'. Edward Lhuyd, Keeper of the Ashmolean 
Museum and Superior Beadle of Divinity, who was taken with a Pleurisy on 
Sunday last in the Afternoon, and died on Wednesday following between 10 
and 1 1 Clock in the Evening, in the 49*** Year of his Age. What contributed 
to the Distemper was an Asthma, which he had had for several Years. By his 
Death you and I have lost a dear Friend, and Learning has suffered in no 
small degree. On Friday Morning at 8 Clock was a Convocation for Election 
of a Beadle. There were only 2 Candidates, M'. Colinge and myself ; but 
finding that I should certainly loose it by a considerable Number, I desisted 
the same Morning before the Election came on, being advis'd so to do by my 
best Friends, and so Colinge has at last gain'd his Point. I must upon this 
occasion gratefully acknowledge the Favours I received from Christ-Church, 
University, Oriel, Lincoln, Corpus Christi, and Jesus Colleges, who were 
almost all unanimous for me, and I might have succeeded with ease, if some 
Friends had not deserted me, and the Vice-Chancellor had not appointed the 
Election so soon ; which as it was to my Prejudice, so was it a Disrespect to 
the Defunct, who was not buried till 9 Clock in the Evening after the Elec- 
tion. M'. Colinge knew of M^ Lhuyd*s Sickness, whereas I had not the least 
Notice of it, 'till the Day after his Death. By this means Colinge had 
secur'd a great Number of Votes, which he ows in a very great measure to y« 
Industry of the Vice-Chancellor, the Warden of All-Souls, the Master of 
Balliol, & the Fellows of Queen's. If the Election had been deferr'd till this 
Morning, as it was exspected, it should (for the Vice-Chancellor promis'd me 
ev^thing should be transacted fairly) I had got a great many Votes from 
London, & elsewhere; but the Vice-Chancellor was too sensible of the 
Advantages, which Colinge had over me by a speedy Election, & it was wish'd 
that in the former Canvass the Election had been two days sooner, by which 
M'. Lhuyd (notwithstanding all we could do for him) would have infallibly 
miss'd of tiie Place, a great Part of his Interest lying abroad, whereas 
Colinge's were near at hand, excepting some few. M'. Lhuyd lyes buried in 
the Church of S*. Michael. His Body was convey'd from the Museum (where 
he died) and was attended by the Members of the Common- Room of Jesus 
College and the Beadles.' Knows nothing of the original instrument of the 
39 Articles. 

July 4. Bamea to H. (Rawl. 24. ac). Hopes that Heame will go 
through the Hymns. Explains delay. Thanks Charlett for his zeal. ' I told 
one who talk'd of Eizrvir'j Edition, as sufficient, y^ it was like a Woodden 
painted Cheese, at Cbeeiemongen* Shops, in London, for one, y* never eat any, 
as good, & more durable, y° a true Cheese ; but y* for a Judge & a learned 
Man, y* would see Homer, in his puris Natural'tbus, never any Man, y« aooo 
yeares has seen such a One, as our Work . . will certainly be.' 



2ao HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, [1709 : 

campis situm. Hinc progrediebatur, prout suspicor, ad oppidum Witney ; 
ubi nummos aliquot Romanos non ita pridem erutos fuisse k Radulpho 
Trumbullo, A. M. Ecclesiae de Witney tunc temporis rectore, didici : qui 
& paucos eorundem mihi donavit. Atque hinc colligitur oppidum vetus- 
tius esse quam innuit Camdenus, lUud forsan condiderunt Romani, quibus 
propugnacula ac praesidia prope vias publicas collocare solenne fuit. 

July 6 (Wed.). Lapidum fodinse HeddingdoniancB variae sunt, nee 
mediocriter extents^. Antiquissimae etiam fuisse videntur. £x his fodinis 
saxa adportarunt quibus in aedificando B. Petri in oriente lemplo usus est 

10 GrymbalduSy quern fundatorem nominat fragmentum Assert)' Menevensis 
insigne ^ Camdeno editum. Neque ea lacinia spuria est, ut volunt Canta- 
brigienses, Saxa ilia politissima fuisse ait Asserius; quae tamen si cum 
nostri seculi opificijs conferantur, pro rudibus & infimae quasi notse haberi 
debent. Ceterum exinde liquet lapidibus in aedificijs priusquam iV(?r- 
manni ingrederentur usos esse Britannos^ contra quara censet Guilidmus 
Somnerus in libro praestantissimo de CantuaricB Antiquitatibus.— D. Gil- 
hertus Bumettus in prima quam ad Honoratissimum Robertum Boileum 
dedit Epistola ^ MS. eximio Vegetij locum in omnibus vulgatis Editionibus 
depravatum feliciter emendavit (Vide Burnett, pag. 4. Edit. 3). Ibi & 

ao quaedam h Codicibus MSS. cum GrcEcis tum Latinis de loco insigni, (in 
prima ^,Joannis Epistola,) ad SS. Trinitatem spectante adduxit. Haec 
ob oculos habuit D. Joannes Miltius^ citavitque in annotatione ad S. 
Joannem prolixa. 

July 7 (Th.). C\. Jacobus Tyrrettus 4*"™ Volumen Angtiie Histories Uni- 
versalis absolvit, & nunc in Introductione scribenda occupatur. In hac de 
tribus regni nostri in Parliamento statibus agit, & quicquid alij de hac re 
dixerunt in compendium redigit. Deinde quid ipse potissimum sentiat ex- 
promit, inferiori nempe clero nunc temporis jus non esse in comitijs 
magnis sive Parliamentis assidere. Inde occasionem captat doctissimum 

30 Atterburium refutandi, & cl. Wakij sententiam, quantum potest, tuetur. 
Insuper quae sibi objecit in thesauro Linguarum Septentrionalium cl. 
Hickesius refellit. A Richardi \\^, depositione usque ad Rtformationis 
tempus pertingit hoc volumen, quo totum terminatur opus. 

July 7. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 43), D'. Musgrave designs to print his 
Notes at Exeter. * As to what you say concerning the Saxon word ^stele, 
' methinks you had better kept it in one word, as you say it is in the MS. than 
have divided it into two. You may see the footsteps of that word in the 
name of the admirable Gentlewoman M". Astel. The Saxon diphthong is 
£ in Edward and A in Alderman, indifferent to either. And in the excellent 
Du Cange's Glossary of Latine words you will find Astula, or Hastula signify 
a chip or segment of wood cut off from a greater piece. He quotes also 
Adamnanus de locis SS. T. which we have not here, for that way of writing 
it * Astola, as in Alfrede. I take it therefore for a segment of wood indented 
in the cover of the Book (whether in the middle of the Boss, or at the edg) 
and of another colour, that might make it taken notice of, like the Opus 
Musiviim with stones. And that the sum of 50 marks was written in it as the 
fine vthich should be incurred by the Person who should alienate the Book 
fronn the Minster, or tear the Astele from the Book. All the Punishments 
almost of that Age were reduced to Pecuniary sums, as you may see in Lam- 



Ln Adamnanus *tis kasteltae, w^^ I take to have been splinters or small spears. 



July 4-9.] VOLUME XX, PAGES 33-49. 221 

July 8 (Pti). Hestema die Collegij Mertonensts socij tres viros elige- 
bant, viz. D. Holland, S.T.P. D. Conanl, LL.D. & D. King, M.D. quorum 
unus Collegij in custodem sive guardianum ab Archiepiscopo Cantuariemi 
nominandus est — Malmsbur. lib. n. c. 7. ad finem. Quiaprivala ultltias pub- 
lico datnno non prajudicai, immo dispendium publicum privato commodo prcB- 
ponderat, Haec verba consideranda. lh nan redundare censet cl. Tyrrellus. 
Sed retinent Codices MSS. Bodlejani,^\xi Rogeri A^ Hoveden Annalib. p. 
655. lin. 12. quodfidem portabit domino Richardo regi AnglicB, Vox regi 
in Codice vetusto, (quem inspexit cl. Tyrrellus, inter MSS. Greshamenses) 
desideratur; sed exstat in Codice Laudino antiquo licet mutilo. In 10 
proxima pagina dux vocatur in Codd. impressis, quibus consentiunt MSS. 
^T>, JBume/lus in Epistolis ad Boikum disciplinam Genevmsem plurimum 
laudat, & Calvinisiarum eruditionem supra modum effert. Nee hoc 
minim. Idem enim & ecclesiam Scoio-Britannicam amplissimis verbis 
alibi ornavit. 

July 9 (Sat.). De voce astula vide Adamannum, 1. n. c. ii. de locis SS, 
Edit, h Greizero, & Mabillonio Tom. iv. SS. Ordinis Bened. pag. 499. 
Hesychius astelas, vitis speciem esse ait: <l>€pfua, A tfpioi dcrr^Xar, rht iic 
axoivotv liktKotuvas. AsHlla, astula, & has tula occurrunt apud Du Fres^ 
nium, Hispani astillas, Occitani estallos vocant, quae Greed «cap<^i7, Lalim 20 
assulas. Ex quercu Mambre, sive Abraham, hastellarum particulae excisae, 
& ad diversas orbis provincias asportatae. » In Bibliotheca Bodlejana ... est 
Codex membranaceus ante quadringentos annos probe spriptus, qui 
praeter BedcB Ecclesiasticam Historiam, Wilhelmum Malmsburiensem de 
Gestis Regum Anglorum, & Martini Poloni Chronicam, anonym! cujus- 

bardus's Archaeonomia. There is a price set upon the head of every sort of 
Person in the Kingdome, the King himself not excepted. I know not what 
you mean by the ^ Spintheres, sparks of fire, mentioned in your Contents. 
I am apt to think you meant Sphinderes for the ligaments by which the Books 
were bound.' Wants a passage from Montfaucon*s ed. of Eusebius' Commen- 
tary on Isaiah (I. 13), and Menardus on Gregory's Sacramentary, for the 
purposes of his work on Incense. H. may send his answer by Madame 
Wright's coach, which is to meet her at Nettlebed on Monday. 

July 8. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 132). Has received two copies 
of the list of Theatre l)ooks : cannot but deride the vanity of the man who 
puts his name to the licence ; which is in itself a thing silly and ridiculous. 
Thanks for the paper of the honest and ingenious foreigner : will bear it in 
mind in judging of the learning of the editor of Ephraem Syrus. Is afraid 
that the Whig interest will put by D'. Bateman a second time as Warden of 
Merton. Heartily sorry for the death of M^ Llhuyd : wishes that H. could 
succeed him. Had he finished VoL II. of his Arcbaeolqgia Britamuca, and 
what curious papers does he leave ? Almeloveen has written to S. that he may 
expect a copy of Casaubon's Epistles by the next convoy from Holland. D'. 
Lister's excellent book, Dtssertatio de Humorihtu, is finished at the press. 
Many will envy him his discoveries, but truth will make its way. 

c. July 0. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 21.11). Sends a parcel containing two 
scarce books, printed respectively at Canterbury and South war k, and M'. 
Atkins' present of Gale's Antoninus. Thanks for information about Aesop's 
Fables printed by Caxton. Glad to hear that the Alfred is well received. 

' My word is Spinthera, made nse of by Plantus. It signifies clasps. Mr. Tyrrell 
is against this opinion of Mr. Dodwell, and agrees to either of the opinions I have 
ofierd in my Discourse upon the word. 



224 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

Usserij mentis emotionibus, de quibus charta quaedam ante multos annos 
prodijt ; cujus mentio facta in Aubretj miscellaneis pag. 145, ubi & chartae 
illius auctorem hallucinatum fuisse innuit Aubrgus, (Chartam dictam errata 
multa complecti ipse Tyrrellus mihi dixit, qui & Aubretj sinciput non 
sanum fuisse ajebat). — D. Bradius in HistoricB AnglicatuB Parte i™». 
pag. 283. locum h G, Malmsburiensi citat. Sed Bradij versionem sus- 
pectam habet cl. Tyrrellus, qui & mihi indicavit vocem ordinare idem valere 
quod cansecrare sive coranare, 

July 18 (Men.). Aslel nomen gentilitium antiquum, ut mihi liquet 

10 ex Guilielm Charitee Registro Novo Monasterij B. Mar ice de Praiis 
L^ceslricB^ in Bibl. BodL inter Codices iMudtnos H. 72. f. 194. b. — 
Anno MDCcvii h Theatro Sheldoniano \iXO^\]i Edvardt Lhuydij Arch(Bol(^t(B 
BrttanniccB Volumen primum, forma majori excusum. De linguis anti- 
quis Brilannkis agit, summaque industria, ad earum intellig^tiam expe- 
diendam, Grammaticas atque Lexica composuit auctor. Volumine altero 
quicquid ad Britannorum Historias & mores spectat complecti instituit 
Sed mors importuna eum occupavit antequam collectanea hie illic disjecta 
in ordinem disponere liceret Nee quisquam fere in vivis est operi 
eximio absolvendo idoneus. Ceterum ut cuncta prospere procederent, iter 

ao per Cambriam, Hiberniam^ Scoltam & Britanniam Armortcam cum amico 
quodam fecit, cuncta monumenta ad propositum suum facientia lustravit, 
& innumera pene, ab alijs minus observata, congessit Praeter volumen 
praefatum ArchcBologice Britannica, libellum praestantissimum de Fossilibus 
lingua Lalina edidit Lhuydius ; uti & Additamenta ad Camdeni CambruB 
descriptionem. (in Gibsoni Camdeni Editione Anglicana inclusa) plurimas- 
que in Acih oocielatis Regalis Phtlosophtcis Disserlationes. Lhuydius 
vir erat ingeniosus, modestus, rerum naturalium indagator indefessus ac 
peritus, & qui in Antiquitatum Britannicarum scientia omnes mortales 
superabat. 

30 July 20 (Wed.). E collegio Orielensi est socius quidam, in Artibus 
magister, cui nomen Jacobus Davenanlius, De eo nonnuUa in antecedente 



intestate, and his curiosities go to Lewis Price, of Cardigan, Esq^ * There 
are never wanting persons who think themselves qualify'd for any vacant Post 
in the University, and there are several who put in for the Museum ; but we 
cannot tell yet whom the Delegates will pitch upon. M'. David Parry, A.M. 
who traveird with M**. Lhuyd, and was always intimate with him, and has serv*d 
under him divers Years, is one of the Competitors. He seems to me to be 
best qualify'd ; if he would but be industrious, and apply himself to Business.' 
Would t>e glatd to see the new ed. of Casaubon's Epistles. * D'. Lister Is an 
honest, learned Physitian. I have a great opinion of him, and will inspect hb 
new Book as soon as finish'd. I believe he has much better Skill than some 
of his Profession, such as D*". Ratcliff &c. who decry him, and say that he is not 
qualify'd for a Physitian, as having his head turn'd the wrong way.' Contents 
of the Introduction to the forthcoming Vol. IV of Tyrrell's General History tf 
England. Gibbon's Day-Fatality reprinted at beginning of Aubrey's MLieel' 
laniej. Asks for diort account of Aubrey, who seems to H. to have been * a 
crazed man.' 

July 19. J. Urry to H. (Rawl. 11. 4). Has received a letter from Ox- 
ford saying that there has been a plague amongst Wardens, Beadles, and Pres- 
byterian ministers, and is very sorry to find LIhuyd in the list of the dead. 
Please send a full account of him, and who are hb executors. 



Jtdy 16-22.] VOLUME XX, PAGES 74-95. 225 

quodam volumine. Annum septuagesimum aut circiter vir iste implevit, 
eratque ex intimis Timoihei Haltoni, CoUegij Reginae propositi, familiari- 
bus. Cum Haliono meliuscule quam sat erat bibere solebat ; quam bibendi 
consuetudinem ad banc diem retinet, cum Vicecancellario nostro GuiL 
Lancaster^ cujus astutias & nequitias miris effert praeconijs. Non desunt 
qui ajant Davenantium hunc bene doctum esse, & in Academiae Oxon- 
iensis Statutis versatissimum. Apage istiusmodi adulatores 1 Alij enim 
longe peritiores integrioresque eum parum eruditum esse censent. Est 
porro homo malignus, invidus, & qui in viros probos ac honestos ita in- 
cenditur, ut omnes calumniandi & nocendi occasiones captet. — Hesteraa xo 
die David Parry A.M. in Mus^i Ashmoleani custodem electus fuit. 

July 22 (PrL). D. Gilberlus Burneiius p. 175. Epistolarum ad 
Boyleum innuit se suspectam habere historiam de Vdi^zjoannay citatque 
Martini Poloni Chronicon MS, quod in Anglia viderat, in quo ait locum 
ilium quem vulgo adducunt desiderari. Vide an etiam desit in Codicibus 
Martini Oxoniensibus. — Guilielmus Charitee^ Prior Monasterij augusti 
& amoeni B. Maria de Pratis Leycestrice, chartas omnes atque codices ad 
dictmn monasterium pertinentes smnma ciu-a excussit perlegitque; &, 
exinde librum ingentem composuit, quem inscripsit : JRentale Novum 
Generate Monasterij B. Maries de Pratis Leycestr, Opus hoc eximium aQ 
inchoavit Anno D. m.cdlxxvu®. Regis Edwardi IVt» 1 70 & ad exitimi per- 
duxit A.D. M.D.u<> aetatis suae lxxxi<>. ^ Monasticae vitae habitu suscepto 
Lxino. cujus exemplar, ab auctore ipso maximam partem exaratmn, in 
Bibliotheca Bodiejana, beneficio maximi praesulis & sanctissimi martyris 
Guiiietmi Laudiy jam exstat. Quod sane rerum Anglicarum scriptoribus, 
alijsque rei antiquariae studiosis magno usui esse potest. Nam auctor 
erat (ut cuilibet librmn evolventi constabit) vir probus, sapiens, sagax, 
diligens, & qui complura in monasterimn benigne contuHt. Unde mirari 
subeat nihil apud Lelandum^ Bateum Pitseumve de eo memoratum oc- 
currere ; aut demum apud Guilitlmum Burtonuniy agri Leycestrensis de- 30 
scriptorem luculentissimum. — Ilia, quae de Guilielmo Charitee praecedunt, 
chartis aliquot, ex optimo ejus Rentali \ me descriptis, praefixi ; quibus & 
sequentem adfixi titulimi : 

COLLECTANEA 

ad Ecclesiam de libumeby, & Capellam de Stougbtorty in agro Leycejtrenjt, 
spectantia, Ex Rentali Novo Generalif k Guilielmo Charitee confecto, & in 
Bibliotheca Bodlejana adservato, in gratiam D. Georgii Beaumont, Baronetti| \ 
T, H. A. M. fideliter excerpta ac descripta. xi<». KaL Sextileis m.dcciix®. 

D. Joannem Holland, s.t.p. custodem sive Guardianum Collegij Merton- 
ensis instituit Archiepiscopus Cantuar iensis, ^o 

July 28. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 133)' Sorry that Llhuyd had 
not digested the materials for Vol. II ; and hopes that Dr. Hudson will secure 
his papers for Bodley. Wishes that Mr. Parry (his assistant) may succeed 
him. What Mr. Tyrrell designs against Dr. Hickes might easily be refuted if 
the wickedness of the times allowed. S. told him on his publishing bis Biblio^ 
tbeca Politico that neither Dr. Brady nor himself had a mind to be hanged to 
gratify his challenge. How far down does he deduce Vol. IV of his Hlttory qf 
England} * Your censure of M'. Aubrey is just, as to his published Mlseel' 
lanfes, Hee shewed mee his manuscript papers before they were printed: 
w«^ I disliked extremely, and would have had him left out several chapters, and 

VOL. II. Q 



22,6 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

July 24 (Sun.). Faucis abhinc diebus bibliothecam Bodlefanam ad^t 
Maximilianus Misson^ GalluSy qui ante paucos annos de Itinere suo in 
Italiam duo volumina lingua Gallica evulgavit Haec deinde in sermonem 
Anglicanum (ab auctore forsan ipso) conversa sunt, quaterque impressa. 
Aliud volumen prelo parat. Vir est navus & industrius, summaque 
humanitate praeditus. * Intra aream castri Oxantensts sunt domi antiquae 
reliquiae, quam aulam fuisse ajunt ubi judices sive justitiarij Assizarum 
olim assidebant. Quum autem anno mdlxxyiio. morbo quodam 
exitiali, ex carceris foetoribus oborto, perplures morerentur, ad Quadrivium, 

10 vulgo Cairfax, tribunal transtulerunt ; quo loco etiam hodie istiusmodi 
conventus habentur generales. 

July 26 (Tu.). Aula Gloucestrensis Oxonij multa prae se fert antiqui- 
tatis vestigia. Loco amoeno & ^ civium strepitu remoto sita est ; aream- 
que habet spatiosam plane ac magnificam. Insignia hie illic apparent 
gentilitia ; atque exiguo inde intervallo ad partem orientalem distat monti- 
cuius peramcenus, in quo aedes omatissimae & sane regise olim conspicie- 
bantur ubi Richardus i™™ rex ille magnanimus, nascebatur. Quin & 
ibi domus fiiit splendida ac opulenta religiosorum usibus dicata, quam 
cum alijs id genus aedificijs Henrici vm^. manus sacrilegae tandem diruere. 

BO Capellae hie loci exstructae partem quandam adstantem modo vidi ; unde 
occasio mihi oblata majorum nostrorum erga Deum pietatem laudandi 
atque admirandi, & vice-versa eorum scelera damnandi atque detestandi ; 
qui sub specie religionis, monasteria, & quaecunque alia monumenta 
Supersdtionem Papalem, ut inquiunt, olentia summo fasddio nee minore 
violentia funditus sustulerunt. Ad domum banc quam vulgo the Beau- 
mont vocant, saepius ventitare solebant reges nostri una cimi magnatibus. 
Hie nempe festa solenniora nonnunquam celebrabant ; id quod & in alijs 
suis Palatijs, non Londim positis, baud raro faciebant. Hisce secedendi 
aedibus aliquando coronabantur reges, qui olim plusquam semel corona 

30 cingi consuerunt. Adeo ut mirer D. Tyrrellum opinari atque asserere, 
AnglicB moderatores andquitus non reges appellatos fuisse donee 
coronarentur. 

mended several places in the rest : but my advice was rejected, nor could I 
prevaile upon him by any argum^ or entreaty. In his latter yeares hee in* 
dulged too much to his phantasy, & was wholly addicted to the whimseyes of 
Astrologers & Southsayers, & such like ignorant & superstitious writers, w«** 
have no foundation in nature, philosophy, or reason. Hee was very intimate 
with M'. Ashmole, and one of his great admirers. Otherwise hee was a very 
ingenious Gentleman, & abstracting from those foolish notions, w^'^ have only 
idle tradition to support them, could do wel enough upon a better subject, 
vr^^ his history qftbe antiquitjes of JViltsbire. his native country, tho' imperfect &, 
unfinished, dos fully show : w*''^ I hope is deposited in the Museum. Hee was 
borne to a very good estate, & of a very gentile family, & honourably allyed : 
but living profusely & farr above his quality, in France for several yeares, & 
afterwards here at home, run out of it, and suffering himselfe to bee cheated by 
knavish Bailiffes, whom hee trusted with the management of it, hee became 
miserably poore, and lived at last wholly upon the charity & bounty of his great 
relations.' Will send H. on Monday a presentation copy of Lister de Humori- 
bus. This man has Dr. R[adcliffe] in the utmost degree of contempt, and 
looks upon him as a sottish and ignorant blockhead, who has no other way left 
of revenging himself but by his silly and scandalous railing at him,' Returns 
to Dr. Hudson his copy of the Ch. Ch. Ignatius. 



q-uly 24-80.] VOLUME XX, PAGES ^5-125. %%^ 

July 29 (Fri.). In Bibliotheca Vaticana Virgt'ltj exsisint Codices litteris 
uncialibus scripti, quos Burnettus Sansbun'ensis Episcopus inspexit, si 
fides Epistolis ad Boyleum adhibenda, quibus multa inseruit fiitilia plane 
ac insulsa. * HeidelbergcB videre est Erasmi tumulum, in quo lamina 
anea cum inscriptione absque eflSgie. 

July 80 (Sat.). Basilia %vji\. picturae optimae vestigia quam fecit artifex 
ille exquisitus Hans Holbcmius. Mortis choream vocant. Mortem nempe 
exhibet cunctos hominimi ordines tollentem atque delentem, eo fere modo 
quo & repraesentatam videmus in tertio Monastici Anglicani y^MssSxity & 
in Dugdalij S. Pcudli Ecclesiae Cathedralis Londtni Historia. lo 



HiJ^, James Wright had once a valuable Transcript of M^ Leland^s 
Itinerary, which he has told me was written about the time of Queen 
Elizabeth, and had no lacunae in it, being taken from the originals before 
they took wet, as is supposed. But, to his and all curious and learned 
men's Regret, the said Transcript was unfortimately burnt (with the rest 
of his Books) in the Fire at the Middle Temple in the year 1678. — 

See the following Names in Burnetts Travells, i. Erasmus p. 272. 
Holben's Death's Dance, p. 273. Basil, ibid, the Library there, the 
Library oi Bern, p. 274. The Medals and Library at Basil, 274. The 
Library at Strasburgh, 283. the Germans h2udly skill'd in MSS. 288. — . . . ao 
James Wright Esqr. who writ and publish'd the Antiquities oj Rutland 
in a thin folio, & divers other Pieces, some of w^^h i have specify'd in one 
of the preceding volumes, has lately printed at London Phoenix Paulina, 
A Poem on the new Fabric Ji oJS', PauTs Cathedral, 4*0, He has also 
made short strictures upon Mr. Wood's Athenae Oxonienses, which are 
by him in MSS*. — The old Duke of Ormondes Picture in the School 
Gallery was done by one Ashfield from the original drawn by Sir Peter 
Lilly, The said Ashfield also drew the Pictm-e of Dun Scotus in the 
same Gallery, from his own Invention. M"". Ashfield had a great Genius 
for Painting, especially for Craons. He liv'd in Holbom Rowe in 30 



July 30. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 140). Mr. Parry has got the 
custody of the Museum. Of the six Electors, the Principal of B. N. C. having 
been non compos a great while could not vote, and the Prof, of Physic * was 
absent, as he generally is, it being his custom to do the Duties of his Place by 
a Deputy, & tai^ploy his time in whimsical Projects.* Mr. Tyrrell does not 
think it possible (or anyone to give a fair answer to his arguments about the 
Succession in his new Vol. ; but H. plainly told him that he believed they 
might all be confuted with very great ease by the gentlemen more nearly con- 
cerned, if they had liberty of speaking. Thanks for account of Aubrey, and 
for the present of Dr. Lister's excellent book de Humoribus, Believes Dr. H. 
could easily get a copy of the Ch. Gh. Ignatius. * D'. John Holland being 
nominated by the A^p. of C. Warden of Merton College, he came into Oxford 
on the a6*i> Instant, attended by several Hundreds of People, who rid up high- 
street and so through %\ Mary-Hall-Lane : at which time most of the Bells in 
Town rang. No one remembers that ever any Head of a House was brought 
in in so great State and Pomp. He was admitted the next Day, and I believe 
will make a better Govemour than his Predecessour. But as for Parts or 
Learning he has very little, and upon that account is conunonlycall'dDif///oi&if. 
But these are Qualifications not minded nowadays.' 

2 



aa8 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

Lincoln's Inn Fields. He was a sober Person, & suspected to be a 
Roman Catholick. 

'Twas reported by Tradition in Oxford that Shakespear as he us'd to 
pass from London to Stratford upon Avon, where he liv'd & now lies 
buried, always spent some time in y« Crown Tavern in Oxford, which 
was kept by one Davenant who had a handsome Wife, & lov*d witty Com- 
pany, tho' himself a reserved and melanchoUy Man. He had born to 
him a Son who was afterwards Christen'd by y® Name of W™. who prov'd 
a very Eminent Pofe't, & was knighted (by y® name of S^. William Dave- 

lo nant) & y® said M'. Shakespear was his God-father & gave him his name. 
(In all probability he got him.) 'Tis further said that one day going from 
school a grave Doctor in Divinity met him, and ask'd him. Child whither 
art thou going in such hast ? to'wch the child reply'd, O Sir my God- 
father is come to Town, ^ I am going to ask his blessing. To v/^ the D'. 
said, Hold Child ^you must not take the name 0/ God in vaine, 

Henry Sampson formerly Provost of Oriel College gave several MSS. 
to that Place and particularly Eusebius's Ecc. Hist, written about 500 
Years agoe in Latin. 

The Testament in Modem Greek, printed at Lond. by Benj. Mott, in 

ao 1703. 8^o. 

Dr. Friend commended by the Ingenious and learned I>. Lister in his 
Book de humoribus in the Preface. — . . The last Provost of Oriel Col- 
lege, Dr. Royse, gave all the Books to the Library of the said College 
that should be found wanting in it ; which are accordingly plac'd there. 
The Number of them appears from the Benefactors' Book to be 389. — 
Mr. Tyrrell's Discourse about Convocations in his Preface to his in^. vol. 
produces matters of Fact for valid Proofs, when sometimes it is plain they 
are not to be allow'd of as Proofs. — Sir John Spelman of opinion that 
the King or Queen makes the !•*. Estate of Parliament, as appears from 

30 his two Printed Discourses quoted by me in the Advertisement before my 
Discourse upon y® Bath Inscription. — Abbey of S* Mary de Pratis at 
Leycester founded an. D. ii43.nofaithfull memorand. of their Rents for 
an 100 years after. So the MS*. Rental by Charitee. — ... A fair 
Copy of the Statutes of Queen's College in D'. Hudson's Hands given 
him, to be put into the Publick Library, by Dr. Crosthwait — On 'Tues- 
day July 26th Dr. Holland, Warden of Merton Coll. came into Oxford in 
great Pomp, attended by about 500 People, who rid up high Street and 
so through S* Mary Hall Lane. Most of tlie Bells in the Town rung. 
Admitted y® next day. — . . M'. Adams of X*. C\ for me for Beadle, 

40 as he promis'd July 5*h i yog. — . . Joannes filius Laurencij Serthe de 
novo sedificari & reparari curavit capellam S. Bartholomaei prope Oxon. 
He gave 18 Marks towards it, & was upon that Account admitted one of 
the Brethren of the Hospital notwithstanding sanus by command of Edw. 
III. 14 year of his Reign. The Chaplain here was to be Priest and had 
six Marcs per an. allow'd him. Margaret wife of Edw. !■* Founder. 
Afterwards restored by Edw. II. 



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VOL. XXI. 

About verse 250 of Dionysius's Periegesis d/i^roio, in all the Editions. 
Quaere whether so printed in D'. Hudson's. Mr. Thwaites thinks it 
should be dfjajToio, & confirms his conjecture from Eustratius published 
by himself, in which 'tis 6€pos. about the 30. ^fXXor; fUv vriaoun, irtpidpofxos, 
it ought to be n€pidp6fios in that place, as 6(v^p6fAOf. — M^. Thwaites's Conjec- 
tures are both wrong, and against the Authority of the MSS*». 'Afi^oio 
is right for harvest, and agrees with the Paraphrast's 3tpovs, Repetition not 
to be stuck at in Po€ts. ntpidpoftos is taken actively, and is very agreeable 
to the mind of Dionysius. 

Aug. 1 (Men.), 1700. Notas breves insequentes e margine exemplaris 10 
Honuri Odyss, Bair, & Hymn, in Bibliotheca Bodlejana exstantis, & im- 
pressi Veneitjs^ (in aedibus Aldt, & Aftdreae Asulani soceri. M.D.xxmi. 
mense Aprilis, 8^0.) in gratiam amicissimi doctissimique Viri Josuae 
Bamesijy S. T. B. literarum Graecarum apud Cantabrtgienses Professoris 
Regij (cujus Honuri operum Editionem nitidissimam & accuratissimam, 
jam sub prelo sudantem, avide exspectant eruditi omnes) excerpsi & de- 
scripsi. [2-9.] ... — Nuper prodijt carmen lepidum & ingeniosum, 
a juvene quodam fe collegio Jesu *, ut fertur, concinnatum, cui titulus 
HoglandicB Descriptio, Henrici cujusdam Sacheverelli, S. T. P. fe collegio 
Magdaknensi superbiam, inscitiam morumque pravitatem breviter sed ao 
egregie perstringit. Sacheverellus iste, vir ignarus, vinolentus, loquax, 
audax, crebro in templo B. MaricB Virginis coram Academicis conciones 
habuit ; quo tempore vultum ipsius plenum furoris, oculos sceleris, ser- 
monem arrogantiae fuisse omnes norunt. Oestro nimirum percitus verba 
contumeliosa & pulpito sacro prorsus indigna effutijt ; nonnunquam etiam 
fanaticos & rebelles, ac si honestus homo esset, convicijs lacessivit. Verum 
est plane simulator improbus, ut b pluribus ejus liquet facinoribus, quae 
viri integri exsecrantur ac detestant. 

Aug. 2 (To.). S. ColumhcB Vita ab auctore anonymo lingua Cornu-- 
hiensi conscripta & in sermonem Anglicanum ab erudito quodam versa. 30 
Haec penes D. Roscarrock olim fuit, qui & cl. Camdeno communicavit, 
unde S. ColumbcB oppidum in agro Cornubiemi \ S. Columbano Scotorum 
Apostolo celeberrimo nomen sumpsisse didicit Vir eruditissimus. — 



August L H. to Prof. Bamea (Rawl. 35. 36). Sends notes from a copy 
of the Odyssey printed at Venice 1534 ; and will send variations of the Batra- 
cbomjomachia printed at Venice some years earlier, if desired. Dr. H. and 
himself have drunk B.'s and Mrs. B.'s healths two or three times with my Lord 
Carteret, a young nobleman of Ch. Ch., a subscriber to Homer, and a great 
proficient in Greek and all polite learning. 

August 2. H. to F. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 30J. Thanks Mr. C. and Mr. 
Griffith, to the latter of whom he is especially obliged for the first beginnings 
of a liberal education, for their interest in his candidature for the Beadleship. 
The V. C. took occasion to spread about that H. is a Roman Catholic, a Non- 
Juror, an Enemy to the Government, &c. It would have been an agreeable 



* Quodam {ut suspicor) j€dis XH alumno. 



a30 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

S. ITenfigerm {qnem S. Mungo vocant Septentrionales nostri) vitam scripsit 
JoscelinuSy Abbatise de Fournes in agro Lancasirensi Monachus. In 
Bibliotheca Cottoniana adservatur. Sed incertum utrum etiam exstet vita 
ab ipsius disdpulo S. Asapho, prodente Baleo, concinnata.— De S. WM- 

fridcR miraculis varij scripsemnt auctores, ut retulit D. Gutlielmus Ntcol- 
sonus, qui tamen de ejusdem vita h, D. Humphreys, nunc Episcopo Here^ 

fordensi consignata nullam mentionem fecit Vidit cl. Dodwel/us, qui & 
mihi denarravit Incertum an jam exstet £am cum alijs Chartis &. 
Codicibus quamplurimis surripuit nebulo quidam ; sed vitam tandem recu- 
10 peravit Episcopus, ut & aliquot chartanim quas sustulerat homo ille 
nefarius. 

Aug. 8 (Wed.). De JElfredi BedcB Historiae Versione Anglo- Saxonica 
vide GuiL Nicholsonum in Vol. II. Bibliotheca Historic^ AnglicatuB, p. 37. 
Ibi dubium esse innuit an rex ille Magnus ejus revera Auctor fuisset — 
Joannes Spelmannus Henricum Patrem, virum sane magnum & judicio acri 
praeditum, in lingua Anglo-Saxonica superasse videtur. In Concilijs 
nostris edendis Henrico strenue laboranti manus auxiliares praebuit 
Jeremias Slephanus, praebendaque tanquam praemio bene navatae operae in 
ecclesia Lincolniensi^ martyris illius Sanctissimi Guilielmi Laudi beneficio, 
ao donatus tV2X,^Edmundus HoUyngus Eboracenus^ Anglus libellum edidit, 
inscriptum, De salubri studiosorum victu, IngolsL 1602. Videsis inter 
libros Lincolnienses in Bibl. BodL J. 76. 80. 

Aug. 4 (Th.). Doctus quispiam Conciliorum Anglicanorum novam sus- 
cepit Editionem. Id innuit D. Nicholsonus Bibl. Hist. Vol. II. p. 43. 
nomine tamen celato. 

Aug. 5 (FpL). S. Neoii vita carmine scripta in Bibliotheca Magdcden- 
ensi exstat. Auctor, quicunque fuerit, minus elegans, opusculumque futi- 
libus & ineptis fabulis refersit.— Penes D. Nicholsonum Episcopum 
Carleolensem est Codex MS. de vita S. Wil/ridi, cujus auctorem P, Bles^ 
30 sensem fuisse censet Is enim istiusmodi librum scripsit, notante Baleo. 
Idem est ciun Pilsij Petro Ripponensi.^ hnno m : dc : Lxin. Leodij prodijt 
liber cui tit. Annales Ecclesice BritanniccB. Michahlis Al/ordh Societate 
Jesu nomen fert; sed venmi nomen est Griffith, ut indicavit Antonius 
Wodius in Athenis Oxon, Vol. II. p. 387. 

Aug. 6 (Sat.). De litibus inter Henricum I & Anselmum librum scripsit 
Joannes de Sarisburia, In quo & multa alia ad Anselmi vitam spectantia 
lectori exhibuit. Hunc scriptorem plurimum laudat Petrus Blessensis, 
In Bibliotheca Lambethana exstare videtur sub nomvat Joannis Camot- 
ensis. Sic innuunt Vir eximius Henricus Whar tonus Angl. Sac.Vol I. p. 



post because he would not have been obliged to take the Abjuration Oath, 
which he is resolved never to do. His 'Alfred had like to have been suppres- 
ised, chiefly because they said 'twas dedicated by him to the Prince of Wales. 
But it proved to be the Author's own Dedication.' 

August 6. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 134). Will forbear giving 
his opinion about Domina and ordinare till T.'s Introduction is printed, which 
doubtless tends to the same evil purposes as his former books. Wishes that 
some regulations were made as to University discipline and study. * But I do 
not pretend to set up for a Reformer.' Hears of little or nothing brought 



Au«.a-9.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES 13-29. 231 

109. & Guil. Nicohonus Bibl. Hist. Vol. II. p. *j'^,^Mauncius Chanceius 
(nonnullis ChamneiuSy alijs Chawneius) de D. ThomcB Mori, Fischeri^ 
episcopi RoffensiSy octodecimque ordinis Carihustanarum (quern & ipse 
Chanceius amplexus fuerat) monachonim miserijs atque passionibus fuse 
disseruit Opus prodijt anno mdlo. MoguniicB in 4*0. cum hoc titulo; 
Historia aliquot nostri Sceculi Mariyrum. Libros tres compkcti zM Joannes 
Pitseus, perperam. 

Aug. 7 (Sun.). Baptista Pigna QucBstiones SophocUas scripsit : ubi de 
tota doctrina Tragica, de SeneccB vitijs, de GrcBcorum Tragicorum virtuti- 
bus,iusetractavit— ^w/c?/f/fj doctrina & judicio cum ceteros omnes, turn 10 
seipse quoque superat, in his Hbris, quibus dicendi rationem pulcherrima 
doctrina explicavit. ^Joannes Checus & Thomas Smithus, Cantabrigienses, 
viri eruditionis immensse, & qui omnes fere facile superassent modo ad 
scribendum sese dtdidASsexit,^ Aschamus notat quendam Oxoniensem in 
Epistola secunda ad Sturmium quasi minus eruditum, & in Auctoribus 
optimae notae mediocriter versatum. — Reginam Elizaheiham amplissimis 
laudibus cohonestat D. Aschamus, illiusque industriam simul & ingenium 
in re literaria promovenda eleganter describit in Epistola II. ad Sturmium. 
Gallice Italiceque ac Anglice locuta est, Latine expedite, proprie, con- 
siderate. Graece etiam saepius collocuta est cum viris eruditione prae- ao 
Claris. Cum Aschamo perlegit integrum fere Ciceronem, magnam partem 
71 Livij, E quibus propemodum solis duobus auctoribus Latinam 
linguam hausit. Aschamus nummis antiquis delectatus & in ijs non 
leviter versatus. 

Aug. 8 (Men.). Anno m : DC : xcm. prodijt Errorvm aliquot ac defec- 
tuum in Burnetii Reformationis Arctic ana Historia Specimen, ab Antonio 
Harmaro, id est, Henrico Whartono scriptum. Libellus quidem optimus & 
\ viris eruditis, omnibusque acquis rerum arbitris, magni aestimatus. 
Damnat eum Nicolsonus, & convitia in auctorem fundit, illimique levia fere 
& docto indigna observasse ait. Sic iste, homo tumidus & superbus 1 30 

Aug. (Tu.). Nicholsonus praefatus indicium nobis publice fecit 
virum quendam, doctrina & judicio prseditum, prelo parare novum de 
Episcopis nostris commentarium, in quo Parkeri (seu potius Joscelint) 
Godwinique mendas innumeras correctas dabit, jurisque publici faciet 
quicquid in Codicibus MSS. & optimae notae scriptoribus editis h re sua 
futurum esse judicaverit. Quisnam vero sit plane nescio. Id constat, 
doctissimum Huttonum de Ayno in agro Northantoniensi pliuima h libris 
MSS. volumina congessisse, & non pauca de Episcopis notasse. Sed in 
lucem proferendi ilium nondum incessit cupido.— D. Thomas Chandlerus 
olim Collegij Novi custos sive guardianus, necnon Ecclesiae Bathoniensis 40 
ac Welknsis Cancellarius, tractatum scripsit, cui tit De laudibus Bathonim 
^ WellicB. Sic Antonius h Wood in Antiq, Oxon. Hinc illustrari potest 



over by the last fleet from Rotterdam. Another vol. of Rymer to be pub- 
lished by Allhallowtide. 

c. Aufi^ostT. Bagfbrd to H. (Rawl. ai. as). It is not true that H.'s 
book is being reprinted. — .'s not visiting H. was due to forgetfiilness, for 
' he was kept warm in the head all the time he was in Oxford.' Glad that H. 
is to put forth Leland's Itinerary. 



23% HEARN£S collections. [1709 : 

Historia^/j^/zV^/w.— A Wager was laid some years since that there is no 
such Translation of St. Paul's Epistles in vi^ he is calFd a Knave of 
Jesus X^y as is commonly said. Upon \i^ search was made in the old 
Translations of both of our Universities, & it could not be foimd — M'. 
Dodwell has written a discourse, not yet printed, intided, A Discourse Con- 
cerning the Use of Incense in Divine Offices ^ wherein it is proved^ That that 
Practise^ taken up in the middle Ages, both by the EcLstern and Western 
Churches, is, notwithstanding, an Innovation from the doctrine of the first 
and purest Churches, And from the Traditions derived from the Apostles. 

10 Serving also to evince, That, even the Consent of those Churches, of the middle 
Ages, is no certain Argument, that even the Particulars, wherein they are 
supposed to consent, were faithfully derived from the Apostles. Against the 
modern Assertors of the Infallibility of oral Trcuiition in a Letter to a 
Friend. ^Joannis Masson viri literati magnique nominis mentio facta in 
Sturmij Epist. ad Aschamum quadam. Aristotelis de Rhetorica libros ex- 
plicare perpetuis disserentium sermonibus statuit Sturmius. ibid.^Jana 
Graia decimum quintum annum nata Platonis Phaedonem Graece legit, 
Aschamoque, illam audienti, smimiam admirationem injecit. Qua etiam 
setate sic locuta est & scripsit Graece, ut vera referenti vix fides adhiberi 

ao posset 

Aug. 10 (Wed.). Liber iUe eximius de Ecclesice BritanniccB Antiqui- 
tatibus, qui Matthceo Parkero, Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi vulgo tribuitur, 
^ Joanne Joscelino, viro erudito & rei antiquariae peritissimo revera compo- 
situs fuit. Plura tamen instrumenta porrexit communicavitque ParkeruSy 
& opus relegit atque castigavit.— -^ftg'i? Todd S. T. P. non ita pridem 
Collegij Universitatis socius, nunc Ecclesiae Carleolensis Prebendarius, 
paucis abhinc annis sermone Anglicano Diecoeseos Carleolensis Historiam 
industria magna conscripsit, & ejusdem exemplar in Bibliotheca, ad 
Decanum capitulumque spectante, reponendam curavit. Plerisque earn 

30 inspicientibus pergrata fuit. Inde de ea in LcUinam linguam transferenda 
cogitavit auctor praestantissimus, specimenque versionis publico dedit Sed 
quominus procederet strenue obstitit Episcopus Carleolensis, aliorum 
laudibus invidens.— In Ecclesia Cathedrali Cicestrensi conspiciuntur S. 
Wilfridi ejusque successorum Picturae, eo plane ordine quo eos exhibuit 
Godwinus.^ln Bibliotheca Collegij Magdalenensis Oxon, adservatur Codex 
MS. per auctorem anonymum de Gestis ^ Ritibus Cler, Cambrensis. 
Hinc, ni fallor, Diecoeseos Menevensis status vetustus non parum illustrari 
potest. — A Priest with his Shoes and his Chalice dug up in the Cloysters 
of Chester-C2X\it6i2X within the Memory of Man. — For Justin consult 

40 Heideggerus's Historia Sacra pag. 646. He says that y« Story of 
Semiramis is all false. — Remember to tell M'. Barnes that in Dionysius 
Longinus ntpl vylrovs are several verses of Homer read otherwise than in the 
common Editions. — Os femoris humani, 4*^**' pedes longum, in schola 
anatomica Oxonice adservatur, tribus annis ab incendio illo fatali in 
templo quodam Londini tQossMm. Nuper in America repertum erat os 
femoris septemdecim plus minus pedes longum, quod jam exponunt 
Londini, una cum ejusdem corporis dente quatuor pondo. Sic mihi 
retulit sacerdos quispiam, qui & de hac re tractatum brevem scripsit. — 
D. Maninghamum, Capellae Windesoriensis Regiae Decanum, in Episcopum 

50 Cicestriensem, loco D. Williams ante menses paucos defuncti, nominatum 



Aug. 9-12.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES 29-45. 233 

esse audimus.— Mr DodweU\% of opinion that the story of Semiramis is 
groundless. Herodotus makes her about 420 years before his own time, 
& Ciesias says that the Assyrian Monarchy lasted 13 hundred years. 

Aug. 12 (Fri.). In Bibliotheca Cottoniana est optimae notae Catalogus 
eonim omnium qui Ecclesiae Dunelmmsi Benefactores unquam exstiterunt, 
ab Edmni nempe regis aetate usque ad Henrici VIII. tempora. De hoc 
libro egit doctissimus Smithus in Hisioria Sf Synopsi Bibliotheca Cotioni^ 
ancB^ p. 38. Litteris Anglo- Saxonicis antiquis folia quaedam ad initium 
sunt exarata. Regem ^thelstanum monumentum hoc venerandum ali- 
quando possedisse conjicimus. Nam in prima pagina ejus conspicitur 10 
nomen, quod \ se ipso scriptum fuisse suspicantur eruditi. — Scripsit eru- 
ditissimus Dodwellus, Amicus integerrimus, Dissertationem, pro more suo, 
accuratissimam de Dionysij Periegelce aetate & patria, quam brevi prelo 
Sheldoniano mandabit cl. Hudsonus, D. Edw, Thwaitesius h coUegio 
Reginae in sua Dionysii editione Paraphrasin vetustam fe codice Baroc- 
ciano publico dedit. Hanc hie illic citat cl. DodwelluSy qui & notat earn 
Eustraiio (Episcopo forsan Nicceno, quique Emtaihium paullulum aetate 
superat) tribuendam esse. Juniorem Caracalld Dionysium fuisse probat. 
Nonnunquam Dionysium ej usque Scholplasten egregie explicat, & multa 
loca in aliis auctoribus illustravit. Vocem ©Was in v. 803 \ Prisciano v. 77 1. ao 
mal^ mania verti notat, idemque quod -fy seu t^ox^oi valere h Grammaticis 
innuit Hinc urbem Byzantinam moenibus mulctatam fuisse cum scriberet 
Dionysius colligit. Id autem factum k Septimio Sever 0, Ex^wV/i(?docet 
Dionysium sub Elagahalo scripsisse. In parte posteriore Dissertationis 
Corinthium fuisse ostendit. — Iste etiam Vir cl. Dissertationem pereruditam 
& satis luculentam contexuit, De Theophilo Aniiocheno, vero Librorum ad 
Autolycum Auctore^ illiusque JEiate ; Et de vero eorundem Librorum or dine, 
Hunc laborem suscepit sustinuitque in gratiam D. Schehviggij ]\is^vl\% 
Hamburgensis, \ quo novam Theophili editionem exspectamus. In hac 
dissertatione notae plurimae occummt curiosae, quae litibus non paucis inter 30 
viros doctissimos dirimendis inservire queant. Tillemontium docte refut- 
avit, & Severi persecutionis initio scripsisse demonstravit. — Reverendissi- 
mus Cardinalis Polus ajebat, teste Aschamo^ Epist. pag. 46. b. Ed. Lond, 
MrD'.LXxvni. se semel 2000. aureorum consimipsisse, mittendo certo 
quodam homine in Poloniam^ qui Ciceronis libros de Rep. perquirerct : 
quorum illic inveniendorum spem quidam ei fecerat. Sed frustra. — 
Cardinal Pole spent several Years in gathering and obtaining from divers 
learned Persons, the various Readings, Emendations, Castigations, ^r., of 
Cicero's works, with Intention to have published a compleat Copy of them, 
but death seizing on him unexspectedly, in the 58*!^ Year of his Age, that 40 
good work was stopped, and what are become of the Papers of Correc- 
tions is uncertain. See Wood's AihencB Oxon, vol. i. col. 93. — Manu 
eleganti scripsit Regina Elizabethan de qua praeclare Aschamus in Epistola 
ad Sturmium, Epp. p. 50. b. ubi & vocem quemadmodum, propria ipsius 



August 12. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 31. la). Mr. Atkins seems willing to 
undertake Leiand, but would like to see it Asks for a small abstract of cer- 
tain passages in Lambecius' Bibliotbtca relating to printing. Please tell Mr. 
Clarke of All Souls that B. has got a Hall's Chronicle at his service ; Mr. 
Wanley some time since desired to procure one foriiim. 



234 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

Reginse manu scriptam^ memorat, quam nempe Uteris inclusam Sturmio 
misit. 

Aug. 13 (Sat.). Heggius quidam * i Collegio Corporis ChrisH Oxon, 
vir non mediocris eruditionis, de Riiibus ^ MonumentU Ecclesice Durul- 
mensts libellum composuit, quern in lucem produxit D. Davisius de Ked^ 
welly. Sed haec Editio mendis scatet. Exemplar, ab auctore ipso 
nitidissime scriptum, habet, ni fallor, D. Tannerus, qui & se denuo 
editurum olim promisit. Legendam futilem appellat Whilus Kenneltus^ 
tergiversator ille celeberrimus, in cl. Somneri vita ; sed sententiam temere 
lo protraxisse putant 21^],^ Dionysium Halicamass(tum credit Rogerus As- 
chamus (Epistt. pag. 52. b.) ilium fiiisse ipsum Dionysium, qui docuit in 
aedibus CtceromSj A cujus frequens mentio est in epistoliis Ctceronis: 
Cicero ejus probat eruditionem plurimitoi, mores non item. 

Aug. 14 (Sun.). Testimonium de Cictronis Officijs elegans & peram- 
plum in ^^r^axn/EpistoIa quadam ad Reginam Elizabetham (inter Epistt. 
p, 90.) quae hujus libri studio vehementer delectabatur. — D^. Kenmtt has 
written and published several small Pieces for the use of the Children of the 
Charity Schools, in one of w^t his Brother M^. Basil Kennett\\2& put a Trans- 
lation o{ Solomon' s\\x\.\xo\x& Woman, very ingeniously and handsomely done, 
ao —Mr. Dodwelts ii^. Son living (but y® s'^ born) named William, was bom 
the 10*^ oi June last 1709. being the same day that the Prince of Wales 
was born, in 1688.— I have been informed that the notes to the Amster- 
dam Edition of Clement's Epistle which have the Letter B. annexed are 
D'. Bernard's. The Gentleman that related this said he had it from Le 
Clerk himself the Editor. — M'. Prescot of Chester was of Trinity Coll. at 
Dublin^ & was Pupil to D'. Aclon.^The Lady Backhouse second wife of 
the present L^ Clarendon. — The Book call'd Antidodwellism is an English 
Translation of Grotius de cana done by M' Wn*. Baxter ^ who publish'd 
Horace, Anacreon, &c. 

Aug. 18. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 141). * We do not exspcct any 
such Encouragement at Oxford for publishing Books as M'. Rymer has at 
London, tho' I durst venture any Wager that the Pains we lay out in our Un- 
dertakings are far greater than his, tho' they may not be thought so by such 
who are unadequate Judges. He has the honour of the Work, but the trouble 
of transcribing the several Papers, & of correcting the Press, is owing to others, 
unless I am very much misinform'd ; so that his Skill is to be judg'd of when 
his Critical Supplement comes out. But I do not say this by way of lessening 
his Character ; for certainly he deserves well of the Publick, and I am heartily 
glad that such a Work goes on with so good Success/ Tis very seldom that 
H. now goes into the Theatre Printing- House ; but he understands that they 
have just begun to print Beveridge on the Articles & Potter's ed. of Clemens 
Alexandrinus. Has not near so great an opinion of the learning of the latter 
as the Party have, amongst whom there are not many competent iudges of 
true learning. Dodwell has brought to Oxford his Dissertations on Theophilus 
Antioch. and the Periegesh, Has lately seen two thin books in quarto, printed 
at Florence, and sent over into England by Maggliabecchi (to whom they are 
dedicated), to a learned man in these parts, viz. the Hodmporicon of Anvbrosius 
Camaldulensis, and De varia Lectione Adagij BdfifM 2apdwiaK6v, by Paulus 
Nurra Caralitanus. Critical remarks on the latter. 



1 His Book was the Life' of S^ Cothbert, Sc not that published by M'. Davies. 



Aug. ia-17.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES 46-66. %2,^ 

Aug. 16 (Mon.). In Bibliotheca Bodlejana exstat Missale vetustum 
Lattnuniy characteribus Anglo-Saxomcis partim scriptmn. Ad calcem 
plura habentur de vita Leofrici Episcopi Exontensis. Reliquias item 
recenset quas quo tempore liber fuit exaratus possidebat ecclesia Exoni- 
ensts, ^The Statue of Homer described by Cedrenus in vol. i. p. 369. 
amongstthe Byzantine Historians. —D. Doctor Parsons, Diecoeseos Glouces- 
irensis Cancellarius, magno labore nee minori judicio, si fides Guilielmo 
Nicholsono in Bibliotheca Hisiorica, de Ecclesia Gloucestrensi volumina 
bina contexuit, quorum primum inscripsit, De Ahhaiia antiqua Sf Ecclesia 
hodiema Cathedraii Gloucestrensi librum memor^^em ; alteram vero, Die- 10 
cctseos Gloucestrensis Visitationem Parochialem, Opus hoc, Anglicano 
sermone consignatum, non pauca, memoratu prorsus digna, complectens 
incepit absolvitque auctor dignissimus hortatu viri pereraditi & integer- 
rimi Henrici Whartoni, (Reverendiss. Domino D, Guilielmo Bancroft^ 
Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi k Sacris Domesticis) qui & multa ex eodem 
juris publici facere instituerat, in quodam Anglice Sacrce volumine; 
sed fata non siverant 

Aug. 16 (Tu.). Robert Scott, Stationer in London in the time of 
King Charles 11. and a great Dealer with Bp. Fell, D'. Fate and others 
in relation to the University Press, after he had lived for several years in ao 
great Reputation, at last broke ; w^^^^ was occasion'd by the Knavery & 
Roguery of one Mulles^ who was in his debt loooo libs, of w<^ he paid 
him only 500. — Lichfeldice natus est Elias Ashmole, insignis ille 
Antiquarius. Hujus Urbis descriptionem & historiam edere designaverat ; 
in quem finem chartaram vim ingentem coacervavit, quae in mus^o ejus 
Oxonij jam conservantur, ut \ catalogo nuper impresso constat. Haec 
pars Historiae nostrae non param illustrari potest h chronico Lichfeldensi^ 
cujus exemplar bonae notae in Bibliotheca Bodlejana reponitur beneficio 
viri doctissimi Abedn, Seller i, qui moriens legavit. De eo in Prolegomenis 
ad Angliam Sacram egit Whar tonus, qui ob oculos habuit. — M*". Dodwell 30 
of opinion that the Acts of Ignatius published by Ruinart, and since by 
Dr. Grabe in his Spicilegium Pair. vol. II. and by D'. Smith, in his 
Excellent Edition of Ignatius* s Epistles, are spurious; and he has 
endeavour'd to prove it in his Diss, upon Theophilus Antiochenus, § 19. 

Aug. 17 (Wed.). Monumenta Sepulchralia in Ecclesia B. Paulli 
Londini Cathedraii omnium primus edidit ^ Hugo Hollandus, cl. Camdeni 
discipulus, & poeta non incelebris. Prodijt hie libellus Londini m : dc: xiv. 
Non commemorat Woodius in Athenis Oxoniensibus, qui tamen aliomm 
Hollandi opusculomm indicem exhibuit Ceterum tenue hoc pensum si 
cum cl. Dugdalij Historia istius Ecclesiae conferatur. Is enim incredibili 40 
industria monumenta omnia htc exstantia fideliter describi & exsculpi 
curavit, & quicquid in Codicibus antiquis hue pertinens reperiri potuit 
excerpsit, & k primis jactis fimdamentis serie continua ad avoram usque 



Aug. 17. H. to Thoresby. Printed : Correspondence of Ralph Thorejfyt IL 
19a jq. 

^ Not Hngh Holland but Henry Holland published SV Paul's Monum^ & he is 
mentioned by M'. Wood Ath. Oxon. Vol. i. col. 4a5. 



IjiS H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

tempora Ecclesiae hujus magnificat & peramplae historiam deduxit. » 
D^. Richard Stanihurst in his exceUent work de rebus Hibernicis lib. iv. p. 
1 70. has given a character of Sirangboe^ who did very great Service in the 
Conquest of Ireland by Hen, II. where he also gives us an account of the 
Death of his Son, as he received by Tradition, there being not the least 
mention of it in Gyraldus Cambrensts, He there tells us that this Son of 
Sirangboe was a Young Gentleman naturally addicted to war, of a Courage 
far beyond his Years, and by the great Deeds of his Father spurred on to 
undertake an Enterprise which, if it had succeeded, would have raised his 

10 Fame far beyond anything that his Father had attempted. It seems the 
Irish Nobles being extremely mov'd at the Conquest of Lemster by 
Sirangboe, combined together to hinder the Progress of his Arms, & to 
cast off all obedience to the English. Accordingly they rais'd an Army ; 
w<^ when Sirangboe understood he was resolv'd to oppose them with the 
utmost vigour. Upon the Day of Battle Strangbois Son came to him, & 
earnestly desired of his Father that he would be pleas'd to permitt him to 
have the Guidance & Direction of the Army, pathetically telling him the 
consequences of a victory & what Influence it would have in raising his 
Fortune. The Father was a wise and experienced General & had a fore- 

30 sight of the Issue if such a trust were conmiitted to him. He plainly laid 
open the numbers of the Enemy & showed the Disparity between the two 
Armys. The English troops were thin & pretty well worn out ; the Irish 
were very numerous & divers of them fresh & exasperated with the Desire 
, of revenge. However the father consented to the desire of his Son, but 
withall told him that as he was the Instrument of bringing him into the 
world. So he would be the instnmaent of his Death if he miscarried in this 
Rash Attempt, The Son went against them with full assurance of 
Victory ; but at the first onset his Courage faiFd him, & he retum'd with 
great Fear and Trepidity to his Father, who, out of a Religious observ- 

30 ance of his Protestation, immediately cut him in two with his sword, & 
prosecuted the Battle himself with new vigour, & obtain'd a compleat 
victory. The whole Story is commonly reported to this Day, & there is 
a monument in the Church at Dublin dedicated to y« Holy Trinity in 
commemoration of the Father and Son. There is a marble Statue of 
Sirangboe & on the left side of it another marble Monument of the Son, 
representing him holding up his Bowells with both his hands in the 
Posture as 'tis supposed he was when he was thus cut in simder by his 
Father. Sianyhursi cites this Monument as a confirmation of the Tradi- 
tion ; but it seems to me rather that the monument was put up long after 

40 the Fact, purely upon Account of the Story, & to conform with it. But 
it may be this is only surmise. The Monument should be exactly and 
nicely view'd and a Judgment made whether it be agreeable to that Age. 
It seems to me that if there had been any such thing Gyraldus Cambrensis, 
who is extremely particular in other Affairs of little moment, would have 
related it, & I believe it could not have pass'd without an Inscription, 
especially if we consider the Character Strangboe had rais'd amongst all 
sorts of People. His Funeral was solemniz'd by the greatest Personages, 
& if there were any Monument rais'd to his Memory they would not in all 
likelyhood have let it pass without an Epitaph answerable to his Courage 

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to decay in time, & that the Present Monument was erected in complyance 
to the conmion Story. 

Aug. 18 (Th.). Whiti Kennetii Aniiquitaies Parochiales laudibus ex- 
omat D. Ntcholsonus Bibl. Hist. vol. II. p. 145. Verum alij judicij eum 
expertem esse notant, frustraque instrumenta innumera pene congessisse, 
quae lectorem discruciant magis quam erudiunt. — Lambecius lib. i of 
Bibl. Vindob. p. 31 gives an Account of the original of the Emperor's 
Library. He there tells us that aU the Emperors from Rudolphus I. to 
our times have been naturally addicted to the promoting of Learning, & 
that Maximilian I. was not only a great Warrier, but like Julius CcBsar 10 
writ commentaries of his own Atchievements. He farther there notes that 
under his Father Frideric, who began to Reign a.d. 1440. humane Liter- 
ature began to flourish in Germany pardy by the Invention of Printing, 
which he says happen'd about the said year 1440, and partly by the 
Restauration of the Greek tongue, wc*^ was chiefly owing to Rudolphus 
Agricola, (the Disciple of Theodorus Gaza) who after the taking of Con- 
sianlinople by Mahomet II. 1453* with several other learned men travell'd 
into Italy, After that he tells us that the above mentioned Maximilian I. 
about y« year 1495. took care to collect whatever MSS. and printed 
Books of value he could and placed them in a particular Room ; w«*^ it ao 
seems was the first original of this Excellent Library. In pag. 116. he 
mentions y« same thing of Maximilian I"*'«. care in erecting a Library 
and collecting all manner of Books both written & printed, & he confutes 
NaudcEus's Error in attributing this Act to Friderick II. whereas he 
ought rather to have given it to Friderick III. as commonly call'd, tho' 
he be really Friderick V. — And as for those few Books that are correct, 
thro' the Oversight and Diligence of those that have the care of Discipline, 
they are very rarely to be bought, being either very diligendy kept and 
preserv'd by the owners, or else when the owners dye they are greedily 
taken away by those who know the true value of them. Those that are 30 
to be bought are extravagandy dear, if compared with the Prices of our 
Books. Then he gives an Account of some oriental Books he had 
purchas'd, part of which he designed to print. — Stephani Gunton 
Historiam Petroburgensem magnifice laudant Nicholsonus & Kennettus, Sed 
in ea judicium requiro. — Fragmentum quoddam fe MS. /osephi Devonij, 
Fxcestrensis po^mate, quod vulgo Daretis Phrygij nomen fert, edi(Ut 
praestantissimus Langbainius in notis ad Longinum, Vide pag. 169. 
Editionis Tolliana, In hoc fragmento laudat Baldwinum Cantuariensem^ 
cui po€ma ipsum dicavit. In pag. 155, 156, 157. a Letter of Fronto 
DuccBUs^ in which mention of some Books design'd to be pr. at Paris, 40 
In pag. 185, 186, 187, &c. an Epistle of Peter de Valle to Tengnagelius 
about Oriental MSS. He notes that Books in the East are scarse by 
reason of the want of Printing; & such as they have are not very correct 
upon account of the ignorance & carelessness of the Scribes, w<'^ may be 
also attributed to their over hastiness in writing, occasioned through 
avarice. — Quaere about an Edition of Osorius de Nohilitate Civili ^ 
Christiana by Ascham, He seems to have prepar'd for the Press such a 
thing, as also Aristceas & Apollinarius upon the Psalms, Vide Epistt p. 
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Aufir. 10 (Fri.). Petnis Lambecius Hamburgensis xxxv. annos natus 
. Bibliothecse Vindobonensis Volumen i^^om edidit. 

Aug. 20 (Sat.). Textus Roffensis^ antiquitatis venerandae monu- 
mentum optimum, Leges multas complectitur \ Lamhardo praetermissas. 
Bello fimestissimo civili grassante curae D. Rogeri Twysdeni concreditum 
fuisse h Dugdalij constat Ortgintbus Jurididalibus, Chronic on Clous tri 
Roffensis in Monaslico Anglicano saepius vocitatur. — Lucas Holstenius 
Romae sepultus. Epitaphium ejus habemus impressum in libro i™^ 
Lambecij Catalogi Bibl. Vindob. p. 12. Obijt anno aetatis Ixv. 
10 Aug 21 (Sun.). Sententiaram ex Cicerone & Poetis priscis libelluna 
coUegit Rogerus Aschamus, quem D. S[eJcretario B, obtuliL vide Epp. p. 
165. 

Aug. 22 (Moil). In tabeUa Schol. Anat. Oxon. Ante annos multos 
dum agrum Cantianum perlustraret D. Roberius Plot, LL.D. prope 
Sittingburne in urnam banc vetustissimam (jam casu quodam misere con- 
tritam & confractam) forte fortuna incidit ; ubi & alia baud pauca vene- 
randae antiquitatis monumenta a colonis eruta fuisse compertum habuit. 
Carbonum etiam & ossium vim ingentem hie loci invenit, quorum aliquot 
hac in schola, una cum patina, qua in sacrificijs usi erant antiqut, reponi 
ao curavit. Inde judicium fieri potest in ilia parte C^w///' corpora combussisse 
Romanos. Quin et eodem tempore eflfossum fuit vasculum lachrymale 
oblongum, fictile, colli angustioris, in quo lachrymas pro defunctis fusas 
olim colligebant Romani, easque cum reliquis inferijs, tumulis mandabant. 
Hoc item habemus. 

Aug. 23 (Tu.). E Bibliotheca Cottoniana Historiam Winloniensem, k 
Thoma Rudburno concinnatam, in lucem produxit Henricus Whartonus^ 
in qua & plura de Episcopis occumint. Eandem continuavit Joannet 
TrusselluSy prout monuit Anlonius h Wood. Haec continuatio ut tandem 



Aug. 20. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 135). Expresses a very high 
opinion of Rymer and his work : wishes that he would now give to the world 
his Volumen blstorico'critieo'curiosum (of. his Preface to Vol. I and Three Let- 
ters to Bp. Nicolson). Hopes that Beveridge's Exposition of the XXXIX Ar^ 
tides will be very carefully examined before printing at Oxford; he was 
generally looked upon in London as a Calvinist on many points. Hopes to 
see Dodwell on the UtpiriyTjais and his ed. of St. Barnabas. What is the 
opinion in Oxford of the Hodctporicon of Ambrosius Camaldulensis ? Would like 
to see Nourra of Cagliari*s Description of Sardinia^ and would go, 'as lamish as 
I am, the whole length of London, to find out another copy of that Specimen^ 
you mention to be sent to Oxon.' The little mistakes which he may discover 
in Cluver will not diminish from the fame which the latter has justly acquired ; 
cf. also Holstenius' Annotations (Rome 1660). Has bought Montfaucon's Pa* 
laeograpbia Graeca for 35/. ; thmks that H. and two or three others could 
publish an equal or better work out of the Bodleian and other English libraries. 
' But you, it seemes, are tyed & staked down to luUy : tho' I hope that at your 
leisure-houres you apply your mind to the study of English History : of w«>» you 
have given so good a specimen, that not onely here, but at Cambridge, you 
have raised a great expectation of your after-performances in this kind of 
curious and usefuU learning : to w^^ by your genius and inclination you seeme 
most addicted, and for the carrying on of w^h you are very equal and fit in your 
present station. Let this suggestion of mine sinke deep into your memory, and 
never be forgotten, after I shall bee turned into mold.' 



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cderetur optandum. Utpote quae res gestas usque ad D. Curlt tempora 
deduxit. Sed non temere exspectanda, quum episcopi nostri & magnates 
sint fere nullius eruditionis, & (quod maxime dolendum) viros revera 
doctos contemnant & derisui habeant. 

Aug. 24 (Wed.). In the year 1640. came out at London a Book in 
Quarto intitled, The Chiles Patrinumy laid out upon the good nurture or 
tilling over the whole Man. In two Parts, &c. Written by that most 
abominable & Prophane Fanatick Hezekiah Woodward, Which Book 
was published again the same year at London in 4*0, the first Part of 
which, containing the Introduction, I have, but the Title is alter'd thus, 10 
Vestihuluniy or^ A Manuduction towards a Faire Edifice by their Hands ^ who 
are designed to open the way thereunto, &c. — Libros tres de vita Laurentij 
Medices luculenter scripsit Nicolaus Crottus. 

Aug. 26 (Th.). In Archivis Cantuariensibus inter Codices Guilielmi 
Lambardi chartas plures ad Ecclesiam Wigomiensem pertinentes exstare 
censet cl. Hickesius. De Episcopis Wigomiensibus librum scripsit 
Joannes Rossus. Dlius meminit Joannes Pitseus, p. 683. Citat 
etiam D. Plotius in Hist. Nat. Staff, p. 407. Sed quonam in loco 
nunc reponatur mihi incertum. Historiam item Episcoporum Wi- 
gomiensium Anglice composuit D. Abingdons. De ilia videsis Nichol- ao 
soni Bibliothecam Historicam. Stylo ineleganti & plane nidi con- 
cinnatam esse autumat, optatque ut D. Hopkinsius, vir eruditus & in 
Antiquitatibus patrijs versatissimus tandem aliquando expoliret & mendas 
aliquot, quae hie illic occurrunt corrigeret. Sed eventus non respondit 
optatis. Nam paullo post (proh dolor ! ) re intacta obijt Hopkinsius. — 
Alcuini tractatum de Pontificibus & Sanctis Ecclesiae Eboracensis orbi 
erudito primus indicavit cl. Mabillonius. Deinde edidit doctissimus 
Galeus, una cum alijs id genus monumentis. Chronicam Pontificum 
Eboracensium scripsit Thomas Stobaeus. Exstat apud decem Scriptores. 
E Richardo de Hexham plurima descripsit auctor Ule. Encomijs tamen 30 
amplissimis omant Gesnerus, Baleus atque Vossius. Praestantissimus 
Usserius Historiam Episcoporum Eboracensium anonymam citat in 
Antiq. Brit. p. 25. Ubi exstet non liquet. In Bibliotheca Cottoniana aliam 
habemus, quam Registrum vocat Nicholsonus. De rebus Eboracensibus 
fuse tractat ab Henrico I. usque ad Edv. I. Binae etiam aliae ibi adservan- 
tur historiae, quae consuli debent ; ut Matthaei Huttoni taceam collectanea, 
chartasque quas viri inprimis eruditi summo cum labore congesserunt 
Omnes autem, ni fallor, superat Rogerus Dodes worth, cujus volumina in 
Bibliothecae Bodlejanae Archivis custodiuntur. 

Aug. 26 (Pri). The Government having thought fit to receive into 40 
the Kingdom a great many thousands of poor Palatines, to be maintain'd 
here by Contributions, and to be settled in all Parishes in England, we 
may exspect the Consequences of these Concessions from a late Instance 
of the Actions of about 40 of these poor People at a place within 2 miles 
of Harrow on the Hill : where it seems 3 or four honest Englishmen 
being got together, and being drinking a Pot or two of Ale, they happened 
to see the said Palatmes go by, and of course they made some Reflec- 
tions upon the Receiving of these People into the Kingdom ; which 
being heard by one of the Palatines, he gave a hint to his Companions, 
& they all immediately came into the Room, beat the Persons in a very 50 



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rude and inhumane manner, and were about to have cut their Throats, 
but the Constable being call'd in and a number rais'd they were over- 
powered in their Attempt ; but instead of receiving condign Punishment 
when they were had before a Justice of Peace they were dismissed with a 
soft Reprimand, & the answer given for this Easy Penaltie was that being 
Forreigners they were ignorant of our English Laws, & 'twould be a peice 
of Barbarity to make them subject to it as yet. — I hear Mabillon's i«t. 
Vol. De re Diplomatica is reprinted with divers Additions left behind by his 
own Hand. The Publisher is Ruinart, who has written a large Preface 

, 10 in vi^^ he has vindicated Mabillon from the Objections made against him 
by Dr. Hickes in his Thesaurus Linguarum Septentrionalium. This it 
seems he has done candidly, as he had before us'd Mr. Dodwell in his 
Excellent Preface to the Acta Martynmi. — Henrici Chicheleij Archie- 
piscopi Cant, vitam scripsit Arthurus Duck. Edidit D. Bateus ctmi alijs 
virorum clarissimorum vitis Londini i68i. 4*0. Joannis Mortoni Archii- 
episcopi itidem Cant, vitam scripsit D. Buddenus, Novi Hospitij Oxon, 
Principalis. Prodijt Londini 1607. 8^0. Mortonus vir erat sapientissimus, 
& Regibus, sub quibus vixit, subditus fidelissimus. De Matthaei Parkeri 
consecratione e Bibliothecae Corporis Christi Archivis narrationem eden- 

ao dam curavit Academia Cantabrigiensis. Prodijt 1688. 4*0. una cum binis 
concionibus coram Academicis ^ Domino Edwards habitis. Joannis Whit- 
gift vitam, ut fertur, scripsit D. Georgius Paul. Nimquam vidi. Citat 
autem Godwinus, nee sine laude. Vide de Praesulib. p. 223. Meminit & 
Nicholsonus; sed neque ipse viderat. — Newly come out Henrici 
Norisij S.R.E. Cardinalis Paraenesis ad V.C. Joannem Harduinum S.LP, 
Opus postumum. Accessit ejusdem Thraso, sen miles Macedonicus, 
Plautino sale perfrictus, operd Annibalis Corradini Veronensis. LotuL 
1 709. 8^. Occasioned by a Letter printed by Harduine against Cardinal 
Noris*s Excellent work de Annis & Epochis Syro-Macedonum, w<^h was 

30 published under the Name of Eumenius Pacatm. The Cardinal had 
prepar*d it before his Death, and copies were dispers'd in writing amongst 
some Friends, one of w^^^ has now thought fit to publish it. Praemittilur 
Cardinalis vita ex Italica Lingua in Latinam versa. He us'd to study 14 
Hours a day at Rome. w<^ he continued for a great many years, even 'till 
he was advanced to the degree of Cardinal, w^^ was in 1695. Obijt No- 
risius Anno m:dcc:iv. anno aetatis Ixxiii. Vita ejus edita Romae, inter 
illustrium Arcadum vitas, anno 1708. Part i. p. 199. k Joann. Mario 
Crescimbenio, Canonico. Atque inde desumpta erant quae Tractatui 
docto postumo praefiguntur. Per Arcades autem intelligcbant Academicos, 

4oquos sic vocabant. There is also prefix'd a Letter, translated out of 
Italian, to Franciscus Mediobarbus Biragus. Here he shews several of 
Harduin's Mistakes particularly in Chronology, & by it it appears that the 
Cardinal imderstood Greek, tho' I have heard it said by some Learned 
Men that he did not. 

Aug. 27 (Sat.). Galfridi Plantageneti, Henrici II<^ ex illegitimo coitu 
filij, vitam habemus in Bibliotheca Cottoniana, Auctore Gyraldo Cam- 



Aug. 27. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 14a). Stands corrected in his 
opinion of Rymer. ' I cannot see at present why any one, considering the 



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brensi. Richardi Scropi Archicpiscopi Ebor. Declarado contra Henrici 
IV*». facinora nefaria exstat in Whartoni Anglia Sacra, qui & dementis 
Maydestoni de Martyrio ejusdem narrationem divulgavit. Cardinalis 
Illustrissimi Thomae Wolsaei vitam scripsit D. Cavendish. Non semel 
prodijt. Discrepantiae baud leves in quibusdam MSS. esse dicuntur. Sic 
notat Nicholsonus Bibl. Hist. Vol. II. p. 166. — Harduin an Affected 
Person. In Noris's Paraenesis p. i. Uses bad Language to him. 2. Noris of 
a quite contrary temper. 7. He accuses Noris of sending a few Copies 
of his Book to Friends before the Publication, that they might correct the 
Errors, & assist him with new Materials. This false. A himdred were dispers'd 10 
& publish'd & plac'd in Libraries. 8. 9. Noris acknowledges always from 
whom he received assistance. 10. Contrary to what Harduinc did. 10. 
Harduin finds fault with an Explication of a Coyn, attributed by Noris to 
Nero p. 14. Yet Harduin full of Errors about it. 17. — Christopher 
Johnson, M.D. & Master of Winchester School writ Ranarum & murium 
pugna, Latino versu donata ex Homero. Lond. 1583. in ab^. 3sh. in 4^. 
He was a most Ingenious Man. See Wood VoL I. p. 251. — The univer- 
sity of Francfurt upon Oder having printed in two Volumes in Folio the 
History of theu* imiversity, & a Catalogue of the Books in their Library, 
comprehended in one volume, and in another Distinct volume all the sa 
Exercise perform'd at the Celebration of their Last Secular, the King of 
Prussia was pleas'd to take care that a Copy of each volume curiously 
bound should be transmitted to the university of Oxford, to be plac'd in 
the Bodlejan Library, as a Testimony of Gratitude for the Honour 
the university of Oxford did them in having a Performance of Exercise 



Circumstances I am in, should exspect any Work relating to English History 
from me. Such undertakings ought to be carried on by those who have plen- 
tiful! Fortunes & suitable Posts. Besides the late Opposition I met with from 
Persons of the blackest Malice has made me cautious how I enter upon new 
Experiments. So that what I do this way in all probability will be only for 
my own private Satisfaction ; tho* I cannot but tell you that I have some 
Things in my view that upon prospect of a favourable Reception I might 
easily be induc'd to make publick. Tully I have promised, at the Desire of my 
Friends, in my Prefece to Livy ; & I find 'tis exspected. For which, & some 
other reasons, I do something at it every day, but 'tis a Work so extensive & 
of so troublesome a nature, that I often fear I shall never be able to go through 
with it They have not begun as yet to print D'. Beverege's Expojition in 
good earnest, the Paper being not sent by the Bookseller, who was lately at 
Oxford himself & agreed about the Letter & Form. The copy is now in the 
hands of one M'. Hill, a Master of Arts & Fellow of Queen's College, who, it 
seems, is to take care of the Press ; but I think I know him so well that I may 
safely say he will not trouble himself about examining anything in the Book, 
but will take whatever is said upon trust. But I have been told it has been 
sifted already.' Criticises Dodwell's two Dissertations, which are too tedious, 
though containing a vast deal of curious learning. He argues against the 
genuineness of the twbole of the Acts of Ignatius. * 'Tis the great Unhappiness 
of this excellent learned Person that he will neither be advis'd, nor expunge 
any thing he has once written.' Threw by the Hodatporieon as dry, rough, 
and little entertaining. On a slight inspection, accepts S.*s view of the Palaeo- 
grapbia Graeca. Sorry that the notes marked * B.' in Le Clerc's ed. of the 
Epistle of Clemens Romanus are by Dr. Bernard. Asks for farther light in 
this matter. 

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in the Theatre the same year of the Secular purely for the sake of tiie 
university of Francfurt and to commemorate the Foundatioi\ & Increase 
& Flourish of the same ; which said two volumes came into the Vice- 
Chancellor's Hands, & from his to D' Charlett's, & so they were handed, 
about from one to another (that being the way of oiu* Heads of 
Houses, excepting the Excellent Dean of X*. Church & one or two more) 
& they were not brought into the Library 'till this Day, when the Vice- 
Chanc. was pleas'd to send them. — Caium Caesarem magnos inter 
Deos k Gentilibus Samaritanis cultum fiiisse asseruit Norisius. Contra 
10 tamen sentit Harduinus, eoque nomine arguit Norisium ; qui sententiam 
ac asserdonem suam tuetur in Parsnesi, p. 19. Firmat h Philonis legatione. 

Josephum hominem planum ac fraudulentum nimcupat Harduinus. 
lummum supra dictum Domitiani non Neronis esse ait Harduinus. quern 
egregie refiitat Norisius pag. 42. Neroni etiam assignarunt Antiquarij 
Parisienses, qui nummos Regios in ordinem redegerunt Norisius num- 
mum ilium Samaritis apud Sebasten adscribendum putavit, qui ab 
Harduino ad Caesarasam refertur. Modeste opinionem suam protulerat 
Norisius, & se dubitare fatebatur. Sibilat autem Harduinus, summaque 
cum arrogantia virum plane doctissimum contemnit convicijsque Isedit. 
90 — Syri masculi ab anno aetatis duodecimo ad Ixv. teste Ulpiano triinUo 
capitis obligabantur. p. 55. ac insuper, ut ait Appianus in Syriacis ceniesi- 
mas solvebant. Herodem Ascalonits filium illummet esse censet Hardu- 
inus qui Csesareae diris cruciatibus exdnctus dicitur Actorum Apost cap. 
II. perperam. 60. Herodiadum geneabgia, e niunmis c^misque auctori- 
bus exhibebit Nicolaus Toinardus. 68. 

Aug. 28 (Sun.). Dronius ditissimus veterum nummorum possessor, 
idemque illorum interpres scientissimus. ibid. p. 68. Commodus anno 
primo imperij post excessum patris inijt annum aetatis vicesimum, & in 
omnibus nummis juvenili facie, & imberbis scalptus visitur. 7 a. A Piece 
30 of Pliny de Julia Traducta taken by Harduin from Noriss without acknow- 
ledgment, reckoning himself the first Author of the Explication. 82, 83. 
These Coyns of Probus w^^ have cons, on them Harduin explains by 
conservator. Falsely. It should be consvl. as Noris has plainly prov'd, 
89. In p. 9 1 . he has two Coyns of Probus, on the face side of the first ncp. 
PROBvs AVG CONS. H., & on the Reverse, conservat avg t. xxi. On the 
other, on the Face side imp. probvs avg. cons, l and on the Reverse, 
virtus avg xxi. a Coyn of -SJmilian p. 94. on the Reverse pbttrpi. p. p. 
These Letters t. r. p. i. signify Trihuniiia potestaie primum, Harduinus 



Auf:. 28. Qt, Pole to H. (Rawl. 9. 14). Directions as to payment for 
binding of Livy, for Alfred^ &c. Please explain the contradiction that Pearce, 
so famous for all sorts of learning, continues Principal, and yet does not fill the 
hall with wranglers and philosophers. * I am glad to hear that good eating &c. 
mends in Oxon but as to D^ Sacheverefs Principles, if the Venison has made 
no greater Alteration in your Heads of Houses, than a place has in him the 
Duchess will have no reason to think it well bestow*d : the D', being related 
to our Sheriff, who is of y® same name, preached the Assize Sermon at Derby, 
but by that, no Man has any reason to think that he is tum*d ; it is to be 
printed at the Request of the Grand Jury. I have read your Poem caird 
Hoglandiae Dejcriptioy but can find nothing in it except that the Author would 
perswade us that Hampshire Bacon is as good as Welsh Cheese.' 



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inquit in nummis cons, semper esse conservator, ridicule, ut constat e 
Norisio p. 95. — Hence if my Discourse upon the Bath Inscription be 
reprinted I may take occasion to mention the iVs being left out in Coyns 
or kept in pro arbitrio ; & perhaps sometimes a Mark might be put over. 
— Harduin ignorant in the Roman Fasti p. 97. He accuses Noris of 
having stolen most of his things from himself, by w^h it seems he had not 
so much as read the Cardinal's Books, p. 103. or else that he was resolv'd 
to impose upon his Readers. The Epocha of the Antiochians began a.v. 
Romae 705. not 707. as Harduin will have it. 103. Harduin finds fault 
with Noris's Grammar, w«l» however is retorted upon himself, and whereas 10 
he says Noris should have writ suboluit for suholevit^ he shews from Pris- 
cian that 'tis both ways. And confirms it from good Authorities. — 
About a week since came to Oxford, and put up at the Grey-Hound, six 
of the pretended Prophets, call'd Camisars, namely 2 men 3 women and 
a Girl. One of the men was about 50 years of Age, & the other, whose 
name is Thomas Lardner, about 30. They continu'd 3 or four days in 
Town without any Discovery ; but at last the women had Agitations, & 
abundance of People went to see them. The two men were Scribes only, 
and writ down the words spoken by the women, and would read the 
several Sentences to those that visited them. News being brought to the ao 
Vice-Chancellor of these Transactions between three and four a Clock 
yesterday in the Afternoon he went to the Grey-Hound, where he found 
vast crouds of People, scholars as well as others, whom he dismiss'd 
immediately, and order'd these dehided wretches to go quickly out of 
Town, under Penalty of being sent to Bridewell which they promis'd to 
do upon Monday following. The women were all young, & the Girl not 
above 13 or 14 Years old. The said M'. Lardner was formerly a Cam- 
bridge Scholar, whence he was expell'd for Lewdness and Debauchery. 
About 2 years since, as he also acknowledg'd now himself, he was in 
Oxford, & was a great companion of one M'. Parsons's of Magd. College, 10 
a young Gentleman of a loose Life, and little Sense, who is since taken 
from the university upon Account of his Extravagances. As for Lardner 
himself he is a man of Parts, and has got a ready knack of Defending the 
whims & Tricks and Fancies of these Poor deluded People. The Girl 
has no Agitations, & is seemingly modest She is however lead by them 
to yield to their Immodest Actions, & having some Beauty she is a proper 
Instrument to gain upon their Affections, w«h she has particularly done 
upon one Gordon, a scotch Man and one of the Sect. Her name is Ann 
Topham, and she has receiv'd a great Sum of money (as the rest have) 
from Sir Richard Bulkeley, to carry on this cheat, not to mention other 40 
sums continually disburs'd by others upon the same Account. But their 
Tricks will more manifesdy appear from several Books lately printed in 
order to lay open their Snares and Wickedness and Immorality, and 
amongst the rest ought to be consulted a Paper just printed at Oxford in 
half a Sheet, call'd News from the Prophets^ in three Letters: or, A Dis- 
covery, They could not foresee. From the originals now in the Bodlcyan 
Library, ^^ Paper was printed by Leon. Lichfield late last night. The 
Letters were procur'd and conmiunicated by M'. Thwaites, Fellow of 
Queen's College, & Greek Professor in this University. It seems he got 
them yesterday whilst he was present at the Grey-Hound, and he was 50 

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wiUing to do this piece of service to the Christian Religion & the Publick 
as to have them printed, that by these Letters People may see what little 
Pretenses to the Spirit of God these Persons have, whilst they speak 
nothing but Blasphemies and manifestly declare that what they do is 
nothing else but a sly method to carry on Debauchery and Loosness. 
As for Facio who is the Author of the first Letter, he is one of the 
principal Persons engag'd in this undertaking. He is a Man of strong 
natural Parts, is a most excellent Mathematician, & has no mean Skill ia 
several other Parts of Learning ; but it has been always observ'd of him 

lo that he is a sceptick in Religion, a Person of no virtue, but a meer 
Debauchee. He was formerly a Director to y« Duke of Bedford, whilst 
he was of Magd. Coll. in Oxford, who, by his Means, imbib'd odd 
Principles, grew a great Gamester and Spend-Thrift ; but since Facio left 
him, & since he is grown to Maturity, he has laid aside this way of Living, 
& is become a prudent and sober Gentleman. During the time Facio 
was with him, he got by his Insinuation and cunning a vast sum of Money 
from the Duk^, & made all the Provisions possible for his futiu-e Advan- 
tage. Sir Richard Bulkely was once look'd upon as a sober, grave and 
Religious Gentleman. He had a design of building a College in Ireland, 

90 and he often writ to D*". Mill upon that score, the D^. being the Man it seems 
who was to be implo/d in frammg Statutes for the Government of it 
This the D^, himself told me more than once, and read to me some of 
Sir Richard's Letters, -w^ I remember were honest Letters, and by their 
Drift appeared to tend to a good End. But since that time he is grown 
an Enthusiast, & one of the chief Promoters of these miserably de- 
luded People, and to shew his zeal the more publickly has writ a vindica- 
tion of them. — Harduin tells Noris he does not imderstand Greek, and 
therefore impossible for him to consult Eustathius upon Dionysius's 
Periegesis. Noris defends himself against this Reproach pag. 122. of his 

30 Paraenesis. Harduin's Immodesty & Abuse of Learned Men complain*d 
of in the Leipsick Acts for 1690. p. 438. Harduin stole from others, 
particularly from Valesius*s notes upon Eusebius. 132. Yet in his Pre- 
face to Pliny he professes a detestation of such Practises. 135. See also 
another Instance of Theft p. 136. & 140. Notarum in Plinium magnam 
partem surripuisse videtur Harduinus, ex codice nempe quodam k doctis- 
simo Episcopo Monspelliensi illustrato, ac ab eodem BibliotheceB Claro- 
montanae legato ; qui Codex nunc ibi desideratur, ab ipso Harduino, ne 
detegerentur fraudes, clam subductus, id quod suspicantur eruditi. 151. — 
Harduin took a great deal from Cuperus, see pag. 158. &from Salmasius. 

40 158. without Acknowledgment. He took also from Baron Spanheim, 
without confession. Nay he has foUow'd him in the t3rpographical 
Faults. For whereas the Printers had printed S. Hieronymus in vita 
Hilarij for Hilarionis, Harduin has quoted it so too. He upbraids Toinard 
for being so tedious in publishing his Historia Herodiadum. This owing 
to his Deliberation. 168. 

Aug. 29 (Men.). D. Joannes Buddenus de Guilielmi Patent, cui 
Waynfleti Agnomen fuit, vita obituque librum composuit, stylo plane 



Aug. 29. P. Gk>rdon to H. (Rawl. 6. no). Hoped that H. would next 
have publish*d Frenshemius*s Supplement to Livy. Suggests that in his Cicero 



Aug. 28-80.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES ^2'\00. ^45 

elegantL Laudat Godwinus; licet earn nunquam inspexisse videatur. 
utpote qui auctorem Guilielmum Buddenum vocet, quum tamen satis 
liquet nomen fuisse Joannem. Joannis Fischeri Episcopi Roffensis vitam 
scripsit Richardus Hall S.T. P. Exstat impressa, ut opinor. Ejusd. 
Episcopi vitae k Georgio Lillio scriptae mentionem fecit Henricus Whar- 
tonus. Quid autem sibi vclit me sane fugit. Nihil aliud fortean [sic] est 
praeter encomium illud quod in Lillij vironun illusthum elogijs habetur. 
— The Pretended Prophets went out from Oxford this Morning at five 
a Clock. The names of the four Females are Betty Hughs, Mary 
Turner, Ann Topham and Anna Maria King. They went up Shottover 10 
Hill, & as they went out of Town they happened to differ. The youngest 
seem'd very much displeas'd, & said that she would never have submitted 
to their Allurements if she had thought they would have serv'd her in such 
a manner, & that she knew enough of every one of them as would hang 
them if she should discover. — In the Thraso seu Miles Macedonicus, 
pr. with the Paraenesis, Noris calls himself Annibal Corradinus 
Veronensis. Rarissimum numisma Honoriae Valentiniani II I^ sororis. 
182. 

Aug. 80 (Tu.). Harduin asserts that the Books w^** go under the 
Names of Cardinal Noris, and Francis Sparaverius, were really written by ao 
Octavius Ferrarius. See in the Thraso p. 1 85. where confuted. — Maliciously 
asserts that the Cardinal's way of studying was to read Indexes. 188. 
Pelagius mentioned in Augustin's Epistles a Monk, and call'd by 
Pope Zosimus a Laick, as all those were call'd, even Monks themselves, 
that were not clerici. 190. Harduin asserts that no Laic us'd to be styl'd 
frater, & yet the said Pelagius, who was a Laic, is so styl'd by S*. Augus- 
tin. And the Cardinal has given other Instances. All Monks, whether 
in orders or not. styl'd Fratres. 190, 191. Accuses him of studying 
Indices again. See p. 192. The Cardinal shews himself skiU'd in 
Granunar in an Instance that Harduin had accus'd him of as being false 30 
Grammar. 'Tis about the word Jubeo which from the best Grammarians 
& from Plautus the Cardinal has shewn is elegantly joyn'd with an accusa- 
tive Case, when the conjunctive Mode follows. Thus Plautus's Menaech. 
Act. 5. 5. 51. Tu servas jube hunc ad me feranL And in Sticho. Act. 
2. 2. ^1, Jube f amnios rem divinam mihi apparent. •— Guilielmi de Wick- 
ham vitam plures scripserunt auctores, h quibus primus fuit, ut videtur, 
Thomas Chaundlerus, CoUegij Novi Custos sive Guardianus. lUud 
praestitit Dialog! forma, stylo elegant! & acuto. Eam demum in epitomen 



H. should leave out a great many .various readings, and give none but what are 
material ♦. * But I know that yo' Oxford Friends & yo'self know much better 
what's fit to be don in these cases than a poor Countrey-Parson.' What has 
become of Dr. Grabe*s Vol. II ? Sorry for H.*s late disappointment ; censures 
the V.C.'s partiality. [♦ Heame notes : * This is only a general objection, & 
what I have heard offer'd against all Books with Emendations & various Lec- 
tions. I was aware of it when I began Livy. Here is not an Instance brought 
out of any one of my observations to shew they are useless. You should have 
referr*d to some Place. I consider*d every Passage particularly, & they all 
appeared manifestly to me to have some use. The Design of Readers is va- 
rious, some for History, others for Grammar, &c. Vossius has collected a great 
Part ot bis Ars Grammatica from the most minute Lections/] 



246 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700 : 

redegit quispiam. Ab auctore ipso id factum putant nonnulli, ut apud 
Whartonum videre est, ubi exstat. (vide Angl. Sac. Vol. II. p. 355.) Ibi 
etiam habemus libri alterius fragmentum, unde de toto judicari potest 
In quo quasdam de The. Bekintono, Bathoniensi & Wellensi Episcopo, 
atque auctoris patrono. Bekintoni in legib. civilibus peritiam laudat, 
sed de ejusdem contra legem Salicam script© (id quod Henrico Vlto sum- 
mopere placuit) nihil dixit. Proximus accedit Dominus Doctor Martyn 
Cancellarius Wintoniensis. Multa h Chaundlero descripsit Illud tamen 
non agnoscit Deinde Doctor Johnsonus, Novi Coll. aliquando socius, 

10 & Schol» Wintoniensis moderator, carmine Latino de Wickhamo scripsit 
Saspius prodijt una cum alijs tractatibus. Vide Athen. Oxon. Vol. I. p. 25 1 . 
Quicquid de lUustrissimo &celeberrimohoc viro protulit Godwinus \ Josseli- 
no accepit, sed celato Josselini nomine. Quamobrem nostrorum sermoni- 
bus nonnunquam vapulare memini. Johnsoni carmen praefatum ad calcem 
Richaxdi Welleij (scu potius Willis) Londini 1573. impressum fiiisse 
innuit Woodius. quod procul dubio verum. Sed in exemplari Bibliothecae 
Bodlejanae k me inspecto desideratur, nee ad manus meas adhuc per- 
venit. 

Aug. 81 (Wed.). D. Whittynghami, quondam ecclesiae Dunelmensis 

ao Decani, & unitis de illis qui Davidis Psalmos in linguam Anglicanam ver- 
tenmt, vitam scripsit Anonymus quidam. Hanc olim penes se habuisse 
testatur Antonius k Wood, Hist. & Antiq. Oxon. lib. U. p. 34. Consulas 
etiam velim Nicholsoni Bibl. Hist. p. 175. voL II. Nunc in musto 
Ashmoleano, ni fallor, conservatur. Bemardi Gilpini Rectoris de Hough- 
ton vitam perpolite scripsit D. Georgitis Carletonus, Episcoptis Cices- 
triensis, & Gilpini aliquando discipulus. Prodijt Londini i6a8. 4^0. 
Et deinde inter Batesij Collectanea. — About the fourth Century names 
of women ended with the Terminations of men oftentimes, as appears 
from Ecclesiastical Writings. So Melania is sometimes call'd Melanius, 

30 & Albina Albinus. See Thraso Maced. of Cardinal Noris, p. 225. where 
this opinion is confuted. Yet Harduin of it ibid. — Above a week 
since died D'. Francis Carswell, Vicar of Bray, in Berks, and Rector of 
RoDMiham [w] in Oxfordshire. This D^. was an old curmudgeon, of an 
unsettled Head, a great Pretender to Learning, and by his way of Living 
scrap'd up a great Deal of Money. He had two Daughters, the Elder of 
wch was married three or four years since to M'. Winder's Eldest son of 
Bullocks Hatch near Windsor. The Doctor was remarkable for keeping 
up to the only Proverb of the County of Berks that the vicar of Bray will 
be vicar of Bray still, for which he is particularly noted by honest Tom 

40 Brown in His Preface to his Dialogue between David Jones, M'. Hickering- 
hill and William Prynn's Ghost. He was reported to have a very good 
study of Books, but I believe 'twill fail very much of the Character. He 
has two Sermons in print, preach'd at Assizes, w«h sermons contradict 
one another. A litde before died D'. Cawley Rector of Henly in Oxford- 
shire, w<^ Dr. Cawley was always looked upon to be an ingenious Man, 
but of a temper inclined to Law Suits, y/^^ run him into Debt and brought 
very considerable Troubles upon him. He has a small Discourse in 
print of about five sheets in Quarto, being a Case concerning his letting 
out his Archdeaconry of Lincoln for a certain sum of money per annum 

50 to a Surrogate, w<^h is well enough written, tho' it cost him a large sum of 



Aug.80-Bept.2.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES 100-11 1. %At^ 

Money and much more AfiUctions in the carrymg it on, it continuing 
under suspense for several Years. The Rectory of Henly is in the Bp. 
of Rochester's Gift, and the Bp. has conferred it on M'. Charles Aldrich 
M.A. and student of Christ Church, nephew to that Great and Good Man, 
D^ Henry Aldrich Dean of that Church. This Mr. Charles Aldrich is a 
Gentleman truly deserving of preferment as being endued with modesty. 
Parts and Scholarship. He has done eminent service to the Republick 
of Letters by putting out Homer's Odysses, two or three Pieces of 
Grotius, Epictetus, and a neat Edition of Ignatius's Epistles done from 
the MS^ in Greek at Florence. w<^ Edition however of Ignatius does not lo 
interfere with the beautifiill and accurate Edition of the same Apostohcal 
Author put out the same time by the truly learned and conscientious and 
Religious I>. Thomas Smith, formerly Fellow of Magdalen College and 
now a non-juror, which he has adorn'd with y® Postumous Notes of Bp. 
Pearson as well as with divers critical and very Learned Notes of his own ; 
which render it an inunortal work. 

Sept. 1 (Th.). Litteras \ Christo ad Agbarum & vice-versa ab Agbaro 
ad Christian in Archivis Edessenis revera compertas fiiisse censet cL 
Simonius, Critic. Hist. p. lao. Genuinas esse putat Grabius in vol. I. 
Spic Patrum, ubi & objectiones a viris doctissimis adductas refutavit. CI. ao 
Whelocus schedulam antiquam, monasteriorum nostrorum dotationes ante 
Conquestoris in Angliam ingressum complectentem, citat. Eodem volumine 
compactam quo & ^Ifredi versionem Bedae Ecclesiastical Historiae para- 
phrasdcam se invenisse ait ; de ea tamen ne gru in Bibliothecae Cottonianse 
Catalogo ab eruditissimo Smitho edito. Excidit forsan nebulo quispiam. 
Fertur item alicubi exstare narrationem historicam vetustam Monachorum 
ordinis Benedictini catalogtun ab Edgaro usque ad Gul. Conquestorem 
exhibentem. — The Bp. of Oxford has given the vicaridge of Bray to 
one M'. Brown formerly M.A. of S*. Mary Hall, & at present vicar of 
Shiplake near Henly : w^h M^ Brown was once Curate to D'. Carswell. 30 
He is a person of no note for Merit, but 'tis likely he is of the true Stamp 
for Principles. 'Tis given out that the vicaridge of Bray is not worth 
above 3 score libs per annum; but this is only to palliate their Error in prefer- 
ring worthless Persons, it being very certain amongst those that know that 
large Parish that 'tis worth above twice that value. — C. Sempronij liber 
de Divisi[o]ne Italiae, qui exstat, figmentum merum. Voss. de Hist. Lat. 
p. 35. — Sextus Gellius de Origine Gentis Romanae, \ Schotto editus, con- 
sulendus. — Cellarius novam Editionem Velleij Paterculi publico dedit, de 
qua in Actis Lipsien. Emendationes' exhibuit non paucas, ab alijs 
omissas, Dodwellique praefixit vitae Vellejanae Synopsin. — PoUsiur apud 40 
Ennium pro potest PoUrahtr etiam olim pro poterat, Voss. Hist Lat* p. 
38. Statilius Ru/us in codicibus antiqiiis pro Rutiltus Ru/us. ib. 39. 

Sept. 2 (FtL). Henricus Cnrnip, anno circiter 1380. ordinis Cister- 
ciensis Monachus, & in Academia Oxon. S. T. P. de Fundatione Monas- 
teriorum in Anglia cunctorum, ^ Birino nempe, primo Dorcestriae 
episcopo, usque ad Grostestum, Lincolniae episcopum, continua serie 



Sept. 1. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 21. 13). Thanks for account out of 
Lambecius. Mr. Atkins is removing into a new house, and therefore not at 
leisure, though willing to undertake Leland. 



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Historiam scripsit; opus longe desideratissimum, sed quod ne penitus 
deperdatur valde metuunt eruditi. Videsis Hist. & Antiq. Oxon. lib. I. ad 
an. 1381. & 1391.& lib. II. p. 61. Nicholsoni Bibl. Hist. Vol. II. p. 181. 
Tanner! praefat. ad Notitiam Monasticam, pag. 8, 9. Guilielmus Buttoner 
(quem alij Buttonium, alij Guilielmum de Wigornia vocant) de 
Civitatibus, Monasterijs, Abbatijs, deque Longitudine & Latitudine eorum 
conscripsit. Hunc tractatum, quem Antiquarijs nostris magno usui fore 
auguror, in Bibliotheca Collegij Corporis Christi Cantabrigiae delitescere 
ajunt ; verum hoc in opere aliorum non pauca assumenta esse assenint 
10 nonnulli ; sed niun fides illis sit adhibenda me plane latet. 

Sept. 8 (Sat.). In one of these volumes I have put down Langius's 
Philologia Graeca, and noted that at the End of it is Homer's Batrachomy- 
omachia, w^^ I thought might have been of some use to M"". Barnes in his 
new Edition of Homer, now very forward in the Press at Cambridge. I 
have since look'd into this Book, & find that the Batrachom. is printed 
here m the modem Greek, and the old Greek omitted, & that the Author 
has made no Emendations. The intire Book it self is trite, and seems to 
have very few if any usefull observations. — M^^. Thwaites tells me he is of 
opinion that inverse 160. of Dionysius's Periegesis for cicrir is to be read 

JO fWdr. But as this is contrary to the MSS. so is against all the Editions, 
and Mapps, and the Scope of the Author, as it seems to me. & is no better 
than his Conjectures upon some Places of Livy, towards the Beginning, 
-^'^ he enter'd in the Margin of the Oxford Edition. These I saw before 
that Edition came out, & I consider'd them, and found that none of them 
were to be approved of, he taking too great a Liberty, and indulging too 
much to his Fancy ; but what is worst of all he has struck in some Places 
several Lines together out of this Excellent Historian, as being, in his 
opinion, nothing but Interpolations. W^h method of correcting an author 
is bold, and daring, and ridiculous. Yet his Frend Stevens the Scotch- 

30 man likes it, & is well pleas'd when he advances any thing of this 
Nature ; but this is no wonder since both these Gentlemen are much of 



Sept. 8. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 136). < You having some while 
since purchased D*". Hickej*j Theiauruj, you may in a yeare or two's time with- 
out any great fatigue or difficulty, make yourselfe Master of the Saxon Jan- 
guagCf w*^*» wil bee highly necessary to the attaining a perfect knowledge of 
our Engl'ub History, w®** may perchance tume more to account hereafter, than 
the publishing of Classic Authors^ w°^ have been done so wel already. ... I 
have received a full account from the Bookseller about his publishing D^ 
Bevereg^s Exposition on our Church Articles at Oxon. Hee tells mee, that hee 
onely designes to print the first Article for a Specimen, & there stop : for the 
case in short lyes thus. This cunning man bought of Dr. B.'s executor all bis 
MS. papers, as Sermons &* Discourses, with the Exposition among them, for vr^ 
hee gave about sixscore pounds : of w«*» easy bargaine hee has found a mighty 
advantage already, & will bee continually adding to it : hee having sold several 
thousands of copyes. And I doubt not, but that hee would get vastly by the 
Exposition, if his copy were entire. But D'. Stanly, Nephew to the Author, 
retaines by him the Exposition of nine of the Articles, w<* at present at least hee 
wil by no meanes, or upon any consideration, part with : pretending, that his 
uncle wrote them for his own private use, without designing them for the 

{>resse. But I think, that pretense ought not to bee alleged or allowed. But 
et them fight it out at law : for there it must be determined.* Remarks on 



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the same Temper. This M^. Thwaites was one of the Fellows of Queen's 
College that were violent against M^^. Thompson when he appeared for 
Provost of Queen's against D^. Lancaster, & was, as he is now, very 
positive that the words h socijs in the Statute were to be understood not 
only of actual Fellows, but of both Actual Fellows and such as had been 
Fellows; wcl» is as ridiculous as to interpret Tull/s words in Epp. 
Famil. 1. III. Ep. I. ex ma's domesiicisy atque intimis /amiliartbus, not of 
those that were then, but such as had been formerly of his familiar Friends 
and acquaintance, not to mention other Instances. — Consult the MSS. 
about Tully de Senectute §.52. Ed. Gronov. and see whether it be not in 10 
all the Copys acino vinaceo. It should be read aa'nt vinaceo in the 
opinion of Ludolfus, mention'd by Faber in his Dicti[o]nary voc. vinacea. 
Sed valde dubito. Ex acino vinaceo habent omnes codices quibus usus est 
Lamb. Sic & Bodlej. MSS. acino vinacei tamen edidit Lambinus. Vinaceo 
etiam in Roberti Stephani libris, vinaceusque inter adjectiva posuit. Sed 
nullum exemplum ex alijs auctoribus adduxit. Acinus vinaceus item in 
Nizolio. Non meminit Paraeus, alias diligentissimus. ~ Si forsan aliquis 
tertium edendi volumen Monastici Anglicani laborem in se susceperit, non 
pauca subsidia prsebebit Tanneri Notitia Monastica ; in qua messem satis 
amplam codicum, chartarumque indicavit, de quibus nihil commemora- ao 
tum in voluminibus quae prodierunt habemus. Sed nee omnes exhibuit 
Tannerus, utpote cujus opusculum antequam evulgaretur Bibliothecae 
Cottonianae Catalogus juris public! factum fuerit. Exinde libros aliquot 
notavit Nicholsonus, quorum ope augeri potest Tanneri notitia, qui & ipse 
plurima adjecit^ut nuper mihi retulit amicus quidam integerrimus. Adeo ut 
Editionem novam jure merito exspectemus, quum exemplaria pleraque sint 
divendita,raroquein Bibliopolijscompareant. — Fastoscapitolinos, quorum 
fragmenta saepius edita habemus, non ab ipso Verrio Flacco sed ab 
aliquo recentiore conscriptos fuisse censet Pighius. T. Pomponium Atticum 
auctorem volunt esse nonnuUi. Dissentiunt tamen Vossius alijque. Auc- 30 
tor quicunque fuerit Attici libros secutus est. L Voss. de Hist. Lat. p. 58. 

Sept. 4 (Sun.). P. Nigidius Figulus post Varronem Romanorum 
doctissimus. — Franciscus Floridus Sabinus III de bello civili libros Caesari 
abjudicat Lib. I. Subseciv. Lectt. c. 3. & lib. II. c. 2. Imo Lud. Carrio 
ne quidem VII libros de bello Gallico Caesaris esse putat. Temere 
uterque, & inscite. Hoc unum in Julio Caesare culpandum est. quod in 
ijs, quae jure optimo merito verterentiu* ei vitio, non satis interdum veritati 



Dodwell and his studied affectation of singularity in matters both theological 
and philological. He mentioned to S. several months since his doubts as to 
the genuineness of the entire Acts qftbe Martyrdom if St. Ignatitu, * D^ Ber- 
nard very unadvisedly parted to my great trouble with his Paris -edition of the 
Seriptores Apojtolici by Cotelerius, & was whedled into it upon some meane 
considerations by the flattery & artifice of an Agent of the Huguetans, before 
they set upon that worke. I was soon satisfyed, that they had made use of 
the Doctors short notes & scholia, w®** hee cast into the margin of his booke : 
but whether they have dealt honestly & faithfully by him, is now scarse pos- 
sible to bee knowne : the booke, w*'^ they so easily & craftily published, being 
In their hands : & the whole depends upon M^ Le Clerc's questionable inte- 
grity.' Whiston's Sermons and Essays are full of wicked and heretical doc- 
trine ; and yet this man and his books remain uncensured ! 



250 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

litarit — Julij Celsi Commentarij de vita Julij Caesaris primum prodienint 
anno mcccclxx. — M. Brutum recte forsan Csesar filium nominavit Cum 
xnatre enim ejus Servilia consueverat. — Comelij Nepotis fragmenta 
diligenter collegit Andreas Schottus. Cornelius Nepos librum de vitis 
Illustribus non scripsit, sed Aurelius Victor idque primus deprehendit 
Schottus. E Nepote tamen pleraque desumpsisse videtur. — Oratio ilia in 
Ciceronem, etsi \ Fabio tanquam Sallustij laudetur, tamen, quod res in- 
dicate omnino est alicujus declamatoris: forsan Porcij Latronis, vel alterius 
alicujus ex illis, quos nominat M. Seneca in Suasorijs, & Controversijs. 

lo Vide Voss. de Hist. Lat. p. 71. Orbilius Horatij Praeceptor. — C. Asinij 
Pollionis ad Ciceronem Epistola exstat lib. X. ad Fam. Primus Latinorum 
fuit, qui gesta Graecorum Latine scripsit, si fides Suidae. Famae Ciceronis 
infestissimus. — ^Augustus fecit indicem rerum \ se gestarum. Luculentum 
ejus fragmentum ex lapide Ancyrano transcriptum superest. Quam varia, 
quammulta praeterea scripserit, non difficile est conjectare ex aureis reliquijs 
quas undique coUegit, notisque iUustravit, summus vir, Janus Rutgersius, 
var. Lectt. 1. II. c. 19. — M. Valerius Messalla scripsit de littera ^. Aldus 
Senior epistolfi e& quam Perotti Comucopiae praemisit testatur Trogi inte- 
grum opus apud amicum quendam exstitisse, qui & ejusdem se copiam 

ao facturum esse promiserat. Sed Aldo imposuit. nee puto ullibi haberi. 
Particula tamen ejusdem ante tria secula in Bibliotheca S. Mariae de Pratis 
adservabatur, si catalogum Bibliothecae illius sequamur kGuilielmoCharitee, 
viro plane industrio & erudito, confectum. — Libellum qui sub nomine Fene- 
stellae hodie circumfertur \ Dominico Flocco Florentino, secretario Ponti- 
ficis Romani, & Canonico Florentino, revera scriptimi fiiisse agnoscunt 
docti. Ejusque nomen Codices quidam MSS. fenmt. — C. Julius Hyginus 
recte scribitur, non, ut alij, Higynus, vel Higinus. Nam ut ex vyuU Korh, 
ovyKomjp vytia dicitur: sic ex vyi€iMt6t fiierit vyiuf6s. Hoc autem Latine 
sit Hyginus, vel Hygenus, prout in vett. Monumentis Veronensium id 

30 nomen exaratum invenitur. Hinc patet vel litteram aliquando simplicem 
multum facere ad Auctores antiquos emendandos, nee negligendam esse 
tanquam rem levem, utcunque aliter sentiant viri plerique. Hygenus qui 
Gromatica scripsit diversus ab Hygino cujus Astronomicon habemus, ut 
monuit Vossius p. 93. — Hoc interest inter memorialia & memorabilia. Me- 
morialia sunt res veteres memoria proditae. Graeci vocant tnrofuniftoimfftaTtu 
Memorabilia dicuntiu-, quae digna sunt, ut memoriae tradantiu*. Memori- 
alia apud aliquos memoriae audiunt. — Fragmentum edidit Wolf. Laxius lib. 
I. Comm. Reip. Rom. c. VIII. quod Velleij (sc. Paterculi) nomen fert. perpe- 
ram,ut notat Vossius de Hist. Lat. ubi & animadvertit idem exstare in Abb^te 

40 Urspergensi, unde, ut videtur, excerpsit ille, cui debet Lazius. — Valerius 
Maximus Tiberij vixit aetate. nee tamen terse loquitur. Alia id genus ex- 
empla adduci possunt. Ciceroque ipse conqueritur corruptum non 
parum fuisse nativum ilium colorem sermonis Romani, ob receptos in 
civitatem tot exteros. Voss. p. 1 1 3. Sed epitomen Valerij tantum habemus, 
ut conjicit Vossius, quam fecit Julius Paris, vel saltem C. Titius Probus. 
Brutidius Niger inter Historicos numeratur qui elogio prosecuti sunt M. 
Tullium. — Claudius Caesar Historiam scripsit. Fragmentum unum & 
alterum citarunt Grammatici veteres, quae inter fragmenta Claudij Quad- 
rigarij retulerunt viri eruditi, donee distinxerit Is. Casaubonus. — Mueianus 

50 per e scribendum non per t, ut volunt alij. Ita enim in veteri lapide. 



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Greece etiam Movcmvor & \ Mucius venit Mucianus, ut ab ^milius ^mili- 
anus, k Licinius Licinianus. — Asconius Pedianus qui sub Vespasiano 
floruit alius ab eo qui annott. scripsit in Ciceronis orationes. — Laurentij 
Vallensis Elegantiae quiun jam in honore esse coeperint, nonnulli, in- 
vidia & malevolentia suflfusi, eos jam olim in Germania repertos 
fuisse in vulgus sparsere, & scriptos insuper esse Uteris fugientibus ac 
fatiscentibus : tandem certis indicijs cognitum fuisse Asconij Pediani esse 
opus. Hujus calumnise meminit Mariangelus Accursius in Diatribar. suar. 
defensione, cui Tesiudo nomen fecit. — Q. Curtius liv'd in the time of 
Vespasian, as is prov'd from a Passage in him by Vossius, in w^^ men- 10 
tion made of his flourishing times, w^l^ must be understood of the famous 
Peace in the time of Vespasian, of w^^* thus in Vespasian's Coyns, paci 

ORBIS TE&RARVM. 

Sept. 6 (Men.). Guil. Gillinghamus Cantuariensis anno circiter 
1390. de iUustribus ordinis sul scriptoribus tractatimi scripsit, referente 
Joanne Pitseo, p. 552. Scripsit item de rebus Cantuariensibus. Perier- 
unt ambo. Anno i6i9.prodijt in minori forma liber, sic inscriptus: Can- 
gregationts Anglicana ordtnis S, BenedicH Trophaa^ auctore Edwardo 
Maihew, Joannis Pitsei quondam disdpulo. Pitsei hbrum MS. de virts 
Apostolicis Anglicanis frequenter citat ; quem nunc in Archivis Ecclesiae ao 
de Liverdune servari fertur. Modeste de Scriptoribus Benedictinis egisse 
notavit Usserius, Hist. Eccles. Brit. p. 216. De obitibus & laudibus Bene* 
dictinorimi Anglicanorum qui post reformationem exstiterunt librum con-* 
cinnavit Tho. White, alias Woodhop, Monachus Duacensis. Obijt ipse, 
peste correptus, Duaci anno 1654. Exemplar istius libri penes se 
habuisse inquit Antonitis \ Wood, Ath. Oxon. Vol. I. p. 415. Jam, 
proculdubio, inter alios codices, quos Mus^o Ashmoleano legavit, adser- 
vatur. 

Sept. 6 (Tu.). Haud ita pridem vir cl. doctissimusque Martinus 
Lister novam editionem Apicij librorum de re culinaria publico dedit ; sed 30 
quum cxx tantummodo exemplaria imprimenda curaverit, de eo iterum 
edendo illico cogitavit cl. Almeloveenius. Observationibus itaque quibus- 
dam adjectis, quae Listeri acumen diligentiamque efliigerant, acceptisque 
ab eruditissimo Fabricio Hamburgensi lectionibus variantibus h Codice 
MS. vetusto erutis, prelo mandavit, strenueque opus prosecutus est : 
quod tandem absolutum Listero ipsi dicavit consecravitque. Editio haec 
nitida jam in Bibliopolijs nostris prostat, in quibus & conspicienda nova 
Editio magnifica Coelij Aureliani, quam itidem Almelovenij industriae 
partim debemus. A viro isto, quicquid objiciant obtrectatores malevoli, 
omni laude dignissimo alia exspectant eniditi, e quibus Medicina anti- 40 
qua non panim illustrari potest. 



de Temperantia. 



Alex, de Balinghem \ 
Ferd. de Castro Palao 
Joach. Garcaeus 
Mart, Magisier 
Georg, Marengus 
Jo. Joubertus. 

Imperator M. Claudius Tacitus tanti Taciturn Historicum fecit, ut 



252 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, [1709 : 

imaginem illius in omnibus collocaret bibliothecis : librosque ejus decies 
quotannis describi, inque archivis publicis collocari juberet, ne deperirent. 

Sept. 7 (Wed.), dementis Reyneri Apostolatus Benedictinorum in 
Anglia, liber magna industria compositus, & in quo non mediocrem 
eniditionem exhibuit auctor. Eum tamen Joannis Jones (sive Leandri 
de Sancto Martino) coUectaneorum ope atque usu non leviter adjutum 
fuisse non desunt homines docti simul atque fide digni qui asserant« 
Collectanea autem ilia b Bibliotheca Cottoniana pleraque descripsit Jones, 
quam quum b Guilielmi Laudi, Martyris familiaribus esset, saepius adijsse 

lo constat. Vide Smithi Hist. & Synops. Bibl. Cotton, p. 38. Cetemm 
alij refenmt Reynerum usum esse chartis Augustini Bakeri, quas plurimis 
voluminibus grandibus comprehensas atque compactas S Codicibus 
Cottonianis & ipse collegerat. Vide Ant. \ Wood Ath. Oxon. Vol. I. p. 
515. & Vol. II. p. 388, Verum utcunque se res habeat, id certissimum 
est, Joannem Barnesium Reyneri opus refutasse, eum in finem Oxonij, ut 
Bibliothecae Bodlejanae beneficio frueretur, commoratum. ^ Vita Plinij 
Veronensis, quae Suetonij nomen fert, non genuina. Vitam Suetonij 
scripsit Sicon Polentonus. Sed ea vix assis est : etsi doctissimus Pighius 
non veritus sit illam, emblematis instar, annalibus suis inserere. Com- 

ao memorari debet in Catalogo Bodlejano, — Consulas Lelandum de Elvano 
Avalonio. Balaeus ait eiun scripsisse librum de origine Ecclesiae Britan- 
nicae, sed de hac re fides esto penes auctores. Multum enim metuo 
ne fucum fecerint lectoribus. — Fragmentum illud de accentibus quod 
Editionibus vulgg. Censorini de Die natali annecti solet alij auctori quam 
Censorino attribui debet Censorinus tamen ipse de accentibus librum 
scripsit; quem tamen integrum viris doctis perijsse videtur. 

Sept. 8 (Th.). There is just published a Book in 8^0. containing 
Essays and Sermons, by William Whiston A.M. and Professor of Astro- 
nomy at Cambridge. Tis a most pernicious Book, comprehending 

30 several strange Doctrines about the Trinity, and odd Explications of 
Scripture, particularly of points of the greatest moment. He has also laid 
down Rules for study of Divinity, and given a Catalogue of such Books 
as he would have read. He is a Despiser of modem Commentators, and 
would have young divines go to the Fountaine Head, and from thence 
draw Explications of the Scriptures themselves, without depending upon 
or even regarding late Expositors, tho' never so good. Which Method 
of study if practised would soon make a vast number of Hereticks and 
Schismaticks, and, 'tis to be fear'd, a great many of our Divines would 
prove as bad as M'. Whiston himself. He has now in MS. a Discourse 

40 about the Trinity; w<^ I do not question but he will publish as soon as 
possible. He tells us 'lis at present in the Hands of some great Divines, 
who are to read it over and alter it if they think fit. One of these Great 
Divines is the ArchbP. of Canterbury ; but I am afraid some of these 
great Men countenance this bold and Heretical writer. 'Tis said I>. 
Grabe is to answer him ; & indeed he has reported in Oxford himself that 
he has been desir'd to do it. If he does, I doubt he will make but an 
indifferent piece of work of it, he having some odd Notions himself, and 
besides he is far from being a rational or a clear writer, as may partly 
appear from his Additions to Bp. Bull s works, w^h are nothing comparable 



Sept. 6-10.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES 130-140. 253 

to the Bp'» Discourses themselves. — Ordinis Cisterciensis monachis 
originem dedit Robertas Harding, Anglicus. Anno circiter 1220. hujus 
ordinis monachus quidam, nomine Hugo Kirkstede (vel potius Kirstall) 
memorabilia de viris Anglicis, quotquot nempe hunc ordinem amplexi 
fuerant, in unum fasciculum coUegit. Id testatur Joannes Lelandus. 
Meminit & Pitseus, p. 297. Pitseus insuper notat in Bibliotheca Rippo- 
nensi se vidisse libram inscriptum, Historia rerum h monachis Cisterciemibus 
gesiarum, ab eodem auctore concinnatimi. Baleus autem inquit illi opem 
tulisse Serlonem abbatem Fontanensem ; in quo hallucinari inde constat, 
quod non coaevi fuissent. — Libellus de origine Gentis Romanae, non 10 
est Aurelij Victoris, cujus duobus libris praemitti solet, sed alicujus, qui 
fiierit post Aurelium. Scripsit idem auctor de origine Gentis Patavinae, 
ut ipse testatur in initio prions libelli. — Avienus totum Livium Jambis 
expressit Non alius ab eo, ut videtxir, cujus libelli duo hodie versibus 
exarati exstant : nempe ircpiiTyiycrir, sive orbis descriptio, & wtpinXovSf sive 
de ora maritima. Theodosij Imp. aetate vixisse ex Hieronymo colligit 
Vossius, de Hist. Lat. p. 190. An dissentiat Dodwellus, mihi incertum. 
Versus aliquot in Dionysij Periegesis hodiemis desiderari exemplaribus ex 
Avieno liquet Idque ostendit Dodwellus. Nee dissentiunt Codices MSS. 
Dionysij Oxonienses, quorum unus & alter asteriscis signantur, hoc plane ao 
indicantibus. Sed dissimulavit Thwaites. 

Sept. 9 (Pri.). Tullius in Epistolis ad Famil. lib. ix. Ep. 22. Caudam 
antiqui penem vocabant: ex quo est propter similitudinem penicillus. 
At hodie penis est in obscenis. At vero Piso ille Frugi in Annalibus suis 
queritur, adolescentes peni deditos esse. Quod tu in Epistola appellas 
suo nomine, ille tectius penem. &c. — In Fol. 69. of Leland's Itinerary 
is the word suarning. In M^ Burton*s Copy 'tis snarving. I cannot tell 
the signification of it, but guess it should be starving. — De rebus gestis 
ordinis Canonicorum Regularium S. Augustini scripsit Galfridus Hardib, 
Canonicus Leycestrensis, & Edvardo III*^^ anno 1360. a secretioribus 30 
concilijs. De illustribus viris ordinis S. Augustini egit Joannes Cap- 
gravius, hujus ordinis aliquando Provincialis. Vide Pitseum pag. 492. & 
p. 672. Thomae Eclestoni liber de adventu Minorum in Angliam in multis 
habetur Bibliothecis. Alium etiam librum ipsum scripsisse, de ordinis 
nempe impugnatione per Dominicanos, innuit Pitseus, p. 442. quem 
tamen prioris partem esse conjicio. In operibus Francisci ^ Sancta Clara 
de Fratribus istis fuse tractatur. Quin & de illis qui Londini sedem fixe- 
runt notitia pauUo uberior h Registro cujus meminit Antonius k Wood 
(Hist. & Antiq. Oxon. lib. I. p. 68. 71. &c.) peti potest. 

Sept. 10 (Sat.). There is now printing at the Theater Press the 40 
works of Clemens Alexandrinus in Gr. and Lat. with Annotations, by D^". 
John Potter, our Regius Professor of Divinity. This Edition is to be in 
two Volumes in folio. One volume to be most if not all of Notes, the 
Publisher having it seems not Judgment to distinguish between what is 



Sept. 10. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 144). Speedily threw aside 
Whiston's late book with abundance of indignation ; hears that Dr. Grabe 
designs, at the instigation of the Archbp. of York, to answer this bold and 
heterodox writer. G. a man of no small vanity and far from a clear and a 
rational writer, though he has deserved highly from religion and the republic 



254 HE A JUNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

proper to be put in the work and what not ; and therefore he prints the 
Annotations of all those that have written upon this Author at large, not 
omitting even Hervetus*s large Commentary, w^^ is fit for none but 
Novices and such as love scholastic Writers. He has also heap'd up 
a vast deal of notes collected from Philosophical writers and others, w<» 
I suppose he will also call a Commentary, just as he has his riff-raff notes 
upon Lycophron, w^h niight very well have been spared, there being 
hardly anything of moment in them but what had been before taken 
notice of by Meursius. Nor are his Greek Antiquities any better, there 

lo being not one new observation, by w<^ one may discover anything in him 
of true Learning. And tho' his English book concerning the Church be 
much cry'd up by the Party, yet those that have read it considerately, & are 
unbyass'd, and know how to judge fairly will tell you the whole was done 
before in short by Archbp. Usher. However by this loose and voluminous 
way of writing this Gentleman has rais'd a Reputation, w<^ is no wonder 
since amongst Readers there are so few Judges. A shew of Learning 
passes with them for profoundness, and Quotations at second Hand for 
great Diligence and general Reading. — Londini nuperrime prodijt 
Numismatum aniiquorum Sylloge, Libellus hie, in Quarto, uti dicunt, 

9o impressus, selectiora literatae Antiquitatis monumenta complectitur. 
Onmia autem in mus^o editoris nunc adservantur. Tabulas sex aeneas, 
arte exquisita confectas, prsemisit. Numismatum elegantissimorum Bl 
rarissimorum ect3rpa ists reprassentant, ut & inscriptiones paucas vetustas, 
quas rei antiquariae studiosis pergratas fore videtxu*. — D. Andream Foun- 
taine, virum ingenio & eruditione praeclarum, edidisse ajunt nonnullL 
Verum aliter sentio, eo argumento potissimum ductus quod nummum 
quendam eximiae raritatis omissum esse videam, quem tamen penes se 
habere ex Uteris ipsius ad me scriptis colligo. Ad illas responsionem 
misi. Ibi sententiam meam de nummo protuli, quae tum D. Andreae turn 

3oillustri Spanhemio, cui patefecit, perplacuit. Hoc mihi ipse Andreas 
indicavit. — B. Hieron)nfnus non solCim Eusebij Chronicon vertit, sed 
multa etiam inseruit. atque inde, ubi desierat Eusebius continuavit — 
N.B. The Book above mentioned ab* Coins was done by M' Wren Son 
of Sir XtopJier Wren. 

Sept. 11 (Sun.). PauUinus Episcopus Nolanus po^'ma de regibus 
edidit, in quo libros Suetonij in compendium redegit. — Hormestce nomen 

of learning for his work on the Alexandrian MS. and some of the Fathers, 
Who is the editor of Num'umatum antiquorum Sylloge f H. thinks not Sir A. 
Fountaine, as it omits a scarce coin of Domitian, about which H. wrote to 
Fountaine four years since a letter which was shown to Baron Spanheim, and 
approved of by him. Mr. C. Aldrich has become Vicar of Henley (aoo/. a 
year) on the death of Dr. J. Cawley, and Mr. Wro. Browne, M.A., St. Mary 
Hall, a worthless person, but a rank Whig, Vicar of Bray (200/. a year) on the 
death of Dr. J. Carewell. ' The D'. died rich, and has left the Character be- 
hind him of a covetous Person and of having an unsettled head. He has pub- 
]ish*d two Sermons preach*d at the Assizes, which contradict one another. 
He was remarkable for always keeping up to the Proverb (occasioned by the 
Conduct of one of his Predecessors) that the Ficar qf Bray will be Flcar ^ Bray 
jtUlJ Mr. Thomas Tanner, with whom H. spent three hours this evening, 
hopes to finish the work of our English writers by the end of winter, and has 
ready ed. a of his Noiitia Monastica with considerable improvements. 



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inde Orosij libris historianim apponi censet Vossius, quod jam olim 
dominum exemplaris cujusdam in frondspicio ejus, ut fieri solet, nomen 
suum scripsisset Hoc fiiisse Hormtsda, vel simile : id postea inscriptionis 
factum esse partem ab imperito librario. — Folio aliquot Orosij Apologias 
de arbitrij libertate ex Augustino adsuta. vide Voss. de Hist. Lat. p. 204. — 
Uranius, seu Uraninus, (qui in libris nonnullis Oranius, vel etiam Osanius 
vocatur) librum reliquit de vita B. Ambrosij. Exstat apud Surium. — 
Hilarius, discipulus B. Augustini, & Episcopus Arelatensis, de vita 
Honorati decessoris sui scripsit Edidit Vincentius Barrali, ^ MSS. 
Lerinensibus. Ejusd. sermo de miraculo B. Genesij martyris exstat apud 10 
Surium. — Theodoricus in quibusd. MSS. pro Theodosius. — Collationes 
in aliquot Codd. pro coUectiones. — Prosper Rhegiensis forsan legi debet 
apud Beds Eccles. Hist lib. I. c. 10. pro Prosper Rhetor. Sic Vossius 
de Hist Lat p. 215. — Paschasinus, LUybaei in Sicilia Episcopus, Isidoro 
perperam Paschasius dicitur. Epistolam scripsit de quaestione paschali, 
& fontis miraculo. Est inter Leonis Episcopi urbis, ad quern & 
scripta fuit, Epistolas num. 63. — Idacius, vel ut alij Itacius, Chronicon 
scripsit Lemicensis in Galla&cia fuit Episcopus. Fuit & alter Idacius, 
qui Priscilliani sequalis, & adversarius infestissimus fuit. Tritthemius 
utrumque confimdit Non liquet, ejus, an alterius Idacij, sit opus adver- 30 
sus Varimudum, in Bibl. Patrum Tom. IV. — Exstat vita S. Hilarij 
Arelatensis, ex antiquo codice membranaceo monasterij Lerinensis in 
chronologia sanctorum, & abbatum, illustriumque ejus monasterij virorum 
k Vincentio Barrali Salerno in lucem edita. Nomen auctoris non 
additur ; non dubitant tamen viri docti, quin is sit Honoratus, Episcopus 
Massiliensis. — Tascius Victorianus in nonnullis libris Roscius vocatur. — 
Faustus, Abbas Lerinensis, ac Maximi in Episcopatu Rhegiensi successor, 
homiliam scripsit de vita hujus Maximi. Exstat inter homilias Eusebio 
Emisseno adscriptas, ex cura Jo.Gagneij Lovanij editas. Alij Emisseno ipsi 
tribuunt Sed Savaro in notis ad Epistolam plane ostendit Fausti esse. — 30 
Ennodius corrupte nonnullis vocatur Euodius. — ^Eugippius, seu Eugipius, 
vel Eugepius, vel etiam Eugippius, scripsit vitam S. Severini. Legitur apud 
Surium. Tom. i. ad Jan. 8. Honorio Egippius corrupte dicitur, comip- 
tiusque Philippo Bergomati Egesippus nOmi^atur. — Dionysius Exiguus 
transtulit vitam S. Pachomij Abbatis. Hodieque exstat Praefatio 
Dionysij in eam frustra quaeratur in Lipomano ac Surio. Sed reperitur 
in vitis SS. Patrum, etiam illis^ Rosweydo editis. — B. Fulgehtij, Ruspen- 
sis Episcopi, vitam scripsit ejus discipulus. Habes apud Surium a. d. i 
Jan. — ^Jomandes II Sigeberto vocatiu* Jordanus. In libro de regnorum & 
temporum successione res Romanas k Romulo usque ad Augustum plane 40 
exscripsit h quatuor libris Annaei Flori : unde multa in Floro, ex Jomande ; 
in hoc item, h Floro possunt emendari. — Caesarij Arelatensis vitam scrip- 
serunt tres ejus discipuli, Cyprianus, Messianus ac Stephanus. Prioris 
libri, cujus auctor fuit Cyprianus, partem maximam edidit Surius. Tom. 

4. a. d. 27 Augusti. Supplevit deinde ex optimis Codd. Vincentius 
Barrali Salemus. — De Placidi aliormnque martyrijs scripsit Gordianus. 
Opus exstat apud Lipomanum Tom. iv. & apud Surium T. v. die 5 Oct 
Famulus erat B. Placidi. — ^Venantij Honorij vitas B. Hilarij aliorumque 
quorundam Sanctorum exstant apud SuriuuL — Bandoniniae liber de vita 

5. Radegundis reginae habetur apud Suriiun. T. 4. ad 13 Aug. 50 



256 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

Sept. 12 (Hon.). They are printing at the Theater-Press Bp. 
Beverege's Exposition upon the XXXIX Articles of the Church of 
England M^. Rich. Smith a London Bookseller bought all the MSS. 
Papers of the Bp'* Executor for the sum of 3 score Pounds, by w«h he 
has made a very considerable Gain, having already printed several 
volimies of Sermons and other Tracts, of w<*^ a great many Thousands 
have ab-eady been bought up, and the sale continues brisk still. But for 
this Exposition, the 9 last Articles are not come into the Bookseller's 
Hands as yet, the Executor being unwilling to part with them because, he 

10 says, the Bp. design'd these Discourses only for his own private use and 
not for the publick : which whether true or no I cannot tell. I am apt 
however to think that he had not put his last hand to them, and those 
that look after the Press ought to be particularly carefull about the whole, 
& to see there be nothing inserted that will at all redound to the dis- 
honour of the Church of England, w^h some are fearfull of, because 
it was observed that the Bp. (notwithstanding his great Learning) was 
formerly in some Degrees a Calvinist. The Bookseller having not been 
able to procure the latter part of the Exposition, he is resolv'd to print 
the first Article by itself as a specimen, and accordingly 'tis now going on 

20 by the care of one M^. Hill a large Fellow of Queen's College. — 
Willhelmus de Coventria de adventu Carmelitarum in Angliam scripsit. 
E libro verba quaedam adduxit Baleus, eumque inspexisse videtur. Deinde 
Willhebnus Greenus Cantabrigiensis h Bibliothecis Angliae plerisque quae- 
cimque ad virorum h carmelitico ordine clarissimonim vitas spectant 
coUegit, & in lucem edidit sub hoc titulo, Hagtologtum Carmelitarum, Vide 
Pits p. 493, 662. Quin & tandem Robertus Baleus (inprimis h fratribus 
Norvici Carmeliticis, deinceps vero Bumhami priori, ubi & obijt a.d. 1503.) 
Annales breves ordinis sui scripsit. Joannes etiam Baleus de ordine 
hocce, h quo ipse quondam fuit, forsan historiam condidit Nam 

30 Tannerus noster id genus aliquid se vidisse D. Nicholsono retulit (Vide 
Bibl. Hist. p. 201. Vol. II.) Sed auctoris ipsius studio, postquam reformats 
religionis professor evaserat, pars longe maxima deperijt — There is 
now printing at London in two folios Corpus veterum Poetanun Latin- 
onun, upon a good, neat Letter, and upon fine Paper. I am told one of 
the Persons that takes care of the Press is M'. Mattaire, who is a notable 
Man and a good Scholar, & so the work is like to be a better Perform- 
ance than I once imagined it would be. — In the year 1698 came out at 
London in 8^®. a small Book, intit An Essay concerning CrittccU and 
curious Learning : In which are contained some short Reflections on the 

40 Controversie betwixt Sir William lemple and M^, Wotton ; And thai 
betwixt IT, Bentley and M\ Bcyl By T. R. Esqr. I think this T. R. 
is M^^. Thomas Rymer, who is now Historiographer to the Queen & has 
publish'd several usefull volumes from the Records in the tower of the 
Foedera between English and Forreign Princes, & is going on with other 
volimies. But whoever is the author of this snoall Book, 'tis a very poor 



Sept* 12. Fro£ Bamee to H. (Raw!. 24. 21). Thanks for notes and all 
services. Reports progress with the Hymns, &c. Wants as many names as 
possible of Oxonian sut>scribers. Will probably need 200 more reams of paper. 
Service and thanks to Lord Carteret. 



8ept.ia-l3.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES 150-159. %$"] 

and mean Performance, & the Author has abus'd the most worthy and 
Learned D^ Aldrich Dean of Christ Church in pag. 64. as he has also 
the rest of that Society for several Pages together. — Haraeus Surij vitas 
Sanctonmi in Epitomen redegit Vide earn. — Photij major auctoritas 
quam Cedreni. Nam & emunctioris est naris, & majoris eruditionis, atque 
industriae. — Joannes Abbas ^ nunc Joannes Biclariensis, (utpote conditor 
Biclariensis monasterij) nunc Joannes Gerundensis (quia episcopus evasit 
Gerundensis) continuavit Chronicon, ubi Victor Timunensis desierat. 
Divulgavit Henricus Canisius in antiquis lectt. — Isidorus Hispalmsis 
idem est qui Isidorus Junior in multis codd. Inscriptionibus vocatur : ut lOf 
& ^ Sigeberto, Tritthemio, & alijs. — Synodus Spalensis eadem cum 
Synodo Hispalensi, Spalis enim dixere pro Hispalis, & Spania pro 
Hispania. — Audoe'nus perperam Tritthemio dicitur Andoi'nus, — ^Elerius 
Cambrius in literas retulit vitam S. Wenifridae: Inde pleraque hausit 
Robertus Salopiensis, qui annis post prope quingentis ejusdem Sanctae 
Virginis vitam composuit. — Hildephonsus (perperam aliquibus Alphonsus) 
Toletanae sedis Episcopus. — ^Jonas, patrid Scotus, Columbani aliorumque 
nonnuUorum Sanctorum vitas consignavit, quae in Suriana coUectione 
leguntur. Non desunt autem qui eas Bedse male adsignent. — Eleutherius 
Dorcestrius, Anglus, quartus Visosaxonum, seu occidentalium Anglorum ao 
Episcopus, conmientarium condidit de origine monasterij Malmsburiensis. 
Videsis quid de eo retulerit Godwinus. — ^Julianus, Archiepiscopus Tole- 
tanus, vitam scripsit S. Hildephonsi. Eam mutile Aloysius, integrius 
vero perfectiusque edidit Surius. NonnuUi male confundunt cum JuBano 
Pomerio. — Adamannus Scotus (vel ut alij, Adamnanus) de locis terrae 
sanctae librum scripsit. Hunc tamen & Beda cognoscimus Arcnulpho, 
Episcopo Gallicano, potius tribuendiun esse, utpote k quo omnia acceperit 
qui \sic\ operi huic inseruit Nonnulli Adomnanum, alij Adamandum ap- 
pellant. Quaedam vitae Sanctorum Bedae falso tribuuntur in tertio operum 
tomo, ut indicavit Vossius de Hist. Lat p. 263. — Felix Crolandiensis, 30 
claruit sub Ethelbaldo, Merciorum rege, anno 730. Scripsit vitam 
Guthlaci reclusi, & Epitomen vitae Guthlaci, item gesta abbatum Guth- 
landiae. Epitome quam dixi eadem ipsa esse videtxir quam habemus 
apud Surium a. d. xi. Apr. — ^Anso Belga, monachus Monasterij Laubiensis, 
vitam S. Ursmari Episcopi scripsit. Quam rudius expressam postea expo- 
livit Ratherius, Veronensis Episcopus. Sic expolitam edidit Surius. — M'. 
Peirce the Fanatical, Presbyterian Preacher of Salisbury, who writ several 
Things against D^. Wells, is writing a Book in Latin by way of Answer 
to Di". Nicholson's Latin Book concerning the Church of England. 

Sept. 18 (Tu.). Libri IV. de Imaginibus ab Alcuino scripti, sed editi ¥^ 
sub nomine Karoli MagnL Prelo eos primus divulgavit Eliphilus, hoc 
est Joannes Tilius, Meldorum Episcopus. — Paulus Diaconus Longobardus 
praeter alia egregia opera de Episcopis Metensibus scripsit. Exstat MS. 
Eoque ex opere videtur omnino esse illud fragmentum de Amulpho, quod 
ex MS^. codice Surius Amulphi vitae subtexuit; quodque testamento 
Karoli M. subjunctum legimus in Annalibus Francorum \ Pithoeo editis. 
— De S. Ludgero, sive Ludigero, exstant apud Vossium de Hist. Lat. p. 
276. Josephi, qui Alcuini discipulus fuit, versiculi Latini : quos etiam, 
sed non adscripto nomine auctoris, praemisere edition! vitae Ludgeri quae 
k Joan. Cincinnio, typis Quentelianis, edita fuit. Vita Ludgeri, ^ Monachis 50 

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S. Salvatoris Trajecti scripta, exstat apud Surium, a. d. 26 Mart Sed 
ibi ea monachis Coenobij Werthinensis, seu Werdinensis, perperam tribui- 
tur. — ^Abassinorum rex Presbyter Joannes ^ errore vulgari profluxit, quo 
prest^tanus idem credebatur 2x: presire Jean, Atqai preslegianus vox est 
Persica, ac notat Apostolicum, Vide Jos. Scaligenim lib. vii. de Emendat. 
temp. c. eo, quod est de computo Ecclesiasticx). — ^Joamies Rossus, Anti- 
quarius Norvicensis, de Universitatibus nostris scripsit. Eum saepius hac 
de re citat Lelandus; agnoscit tamen exemplar quo utebaturmancumfuisse. 
Penitus deperijsse credit Antonius ^ Wood, Hist. & Antiq. lib. ii. p. 77. 
»o Nee unquam exstitisse putat Twinus. Meminenmt etiam scriptores nostri 
ejusdem Rossi tractattks contra Historiolam CantaWgiensem. Prions 
tantummodo fragmentum esse censeo. Sed & illud intercidit. Porro 
Lelandus ipse de Academijs nostris scribere instituerat, in quo libro de 
lite insigni inter Oxoniam & Cantabrigiam mota finienda poUicitus fuerat 
operam vero lusit. futilia enim & puerilia sunt qud& hoc de argumento in 
collectaneis habentur ; neque puto meliora in chartis ejus MSS. exstitisse. 

Epitaphiom in 
Samuelem Parkerum S. T. D. 
nuper Episcopum Oxoniensem 
20 <llc ao Martij 1687. 

demortmini. 

I. 

Hie sitos est Samuel Parker 
Archi-Diaconus Cantuariensis, 
Episcopus Oxoniensis ; 
Qui Patrem, & Matrem, & Fratres desemit 
O ter-felicem I 
Si pro Christo. 

a. 
30 H&c alien! 

Raptor honoris, 
Usque libronim 
Vana minantum 
Fntilis Autor, 
Ore bilingnis 
Fronte bicomis, 
Conditur nm& 
Samuel Oxon. 

In the Minster at Lincoln upon I>. Honywood, Dean of the said 
40 Cathedral. 

Here lyeth the Body of Michael 
Honywood, Doctor of Divinity ; 
who was Grand-childe, & one of 
367. the three hundred sixty-&- 

seven Persons, that Mary 
wife of Robert Honjrwood Esq. 
did see (before she died) 
lawfully descended from her. 
i(S. viz^. sixteen of her own Body, 

50 114. One hundred & fourteen 

Grand-children, two hundred 
338. & thirty-eight of the third 

9. (xeneratioQ, & nine of the Fourth. 

D'. Honjrwood was eighty-five years of Age, & died in the year 1682. 
De Walqfrido Strabone halludnatur Tritthemius, quum Walafridum 



Beptia-14.] VOLUME XXI, PAGES 159-167. %^^ 

Abbatem S. Galli, & Strabonem monachum Fuldensem, diversos esse ar- 
bitretur. — ^^gil, sive Aigil, seu Eigil scripsit vitam S. Sturmis, seu 
Sturmij, aut Sturmionis, Fuldensis Ecclesiae archimandritae, & conditoris. 
Hanc % MS® Cod. Bambergensi primus in lucem protraxit Christophonis 
Brouwenis, S. J. Presbyter. — Aimoino Monacho, egregio historiarum 
Francicarum scriptori libros de miraculis S. Benedicti tribuit. male, nam 
hi auctorem habent Ammoniimi, seu Aumonium ; qui vixit temporibus 
Ottonis III, circa annum 990. At Aimoinus floruit temporibus Carol! 
Magni, Ludovici Pij, & Lotharij. — Haymonis martyrologium MS*^"» in 
Monasterio S. Galli apud Helvetios adservatur. Wandelbertus, diaconus, 10 
& monachus Prumiensis, mart3n*ologium heroico carmine concinnavit. 
Facile autem ijs accedit Vossius, qui censent, esse hoc opus, quod inscri- 
bitur Ephemerides BedcB ; inque primo legitiu" Bedae tomp. Saltern Bedae 
esse non possit, cdm referat aliqua, quae post ejus tempora contigerunt. 

Sept. 14 (Wed.). Hincmarus Archiepiscopus Rhemensis, aliter dic- 
tus Ingmnarus, vel Igmarus. Epistolas aliquot ab eo scriptas edidit Bu- 
saeus. Alias etiam. bonc^ publico divulgavit Joannes Cordesius. Notitiam 
quam scripsit villae Novilliacse edidit Sirmondus, ac Flodoardo subnexuit. 
Almannus Gallus in plerisque Codd. Almantius nuncupatur. — Paschasius 
Radbertus perperam aliquibus Paschalis dicitiu*. Possevinus vocat Rad- ao 
bertimi Paschasium. vitam scripsit S. Adalardi, quae in Sylloge Suriana 
exstat Vitam S. Adelhard<B inquit Possevinus. — Hubaldus Caroli Calvi 
temporib. vixit Alijs Hugbaldus, vel Hucbaldus dicitiu*. — Memoran- 
dum to inquire after the Life of Sir Thomas More written by J. H. 
(whom Mr, Wood takes to be Hoddesdon) & pr. at Lond. in 1662. 
It seems to have been mostiy taken from Rowper's Life of Sir Thomas 
More, which we have in MS* in the Bodlejan Library in Archive 
B. 24. Bodl. & from Stapleton's Book de tribus Thomis & from S'. 
Thomas's Grandson's Life of him the said &". Thomas. — Just come 
out a Poem, in six cantos, call'd The Dispensary. The Author D^^. Garth. 30 
Dedicated to Anthony Henley, Esq. There are prefix'd Encomiastick 
verses upon this Poem by C. Boyle, Chr. Codrington, Tho. Cheek & H. 
Blount. (It had been published formerly, but faultily & without the 
Author's Knowledge.) — In Bibliotheca Cottoniana Volumina xxi. plus 
minus exstant ad Antiquitates & Privilegia Universitatis Oxoniensis 
spectantia. Exinde non pauca excerpsenmt antiquarij. Ceterum char- 
tarum quae ex istis voluminibus impressae habentur nulla majorem fidem 
meretur quam Historiola Oxoniensis, quae proinde saepius prodijt (Vide 
Tho. Key Assert. Antiq. Oxon. in princip. & Hist. Oxon. lib. I. p. 4. &c.) 
Willhelmus Wircester, Worcester sive Buttoner Polyandrum Oxomenstum 40 
Ac. scripsit; in quo virorum claronun, quotquot hac in Universitate 
educati atque excuM fuerant, catalogum accuratum exhibuit. Twinum 
hoc usum fuisse conjicio, (vide Apolog. 1. 11. § 144.) licet jam omnino 
intercidisse videatiu*. Assertionem Antiquitatis Oxon. refutare conatus 
est vir undecunque doctissimus Joannes Cajus Cantabrigiensis. Unde • 
auctor aliud opusculum composuit, sic inscriptum, Exanun Judicij Cania-' 
brigtensts cujusdam, qui se Londinensem dicit^ nuper de origine uiriusque 
AcademicB lafi, Nunquam juris publici factum erat ; sed ejusdem apo- 
graphum jam olim vidit Antonius k Wood, (Ath. Oxon. Vol. I. p. 137) ex 
cujus tamen verbis luce indignumesse nonabsurde colligamus.»Hericus, 50 

s 2 



afio HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

seu Ericus, monachus Benedictinus, Altissiodorensis, sex libros carmine 
scripsit, qiiibus complexus est vitam B. Germani, Altissiodorensis £pis- 
copi. Primus in lucem protraxit Lutetise anno 1543 Petrus'Pesseliaerus, 
Altissiodorensis monasterij coenobita. — ^Asserij vita ^Elfredi Magni ex 
MSS. Anglicanis expressa, ac Tiguri excusa primum fuit anno 1575. — 
Sub Luitprandi nomine editus est Liber de pontificum Romanorum vitis. 
Sed cujus inscriptio non injuria suspecta sit, cum liber is ex Anastasio sit 
excerptus. 

Sept/ 15 (Th.). Antiendy Men of Note that were laid in Cofl5ns of 
10 Stone and Marble, were buried no deeper in the Ground, than the 
Breadth of a Plank, to be laid over them even with the surface of the 
Pavement. A great many such formerly in the Church at Durham, but 
most of them most sacrilegiously taken up & imploy'd to profane uses 
by William Whittingham Dean of that Church, and one of the transla- 
ters of the Psalms into Meter, those I mean w<^ have W. W. before them, 
and the translater of the Geneva Bible, & some other things ; but tho' he 
was a Reformer yet he was a Calvinist, of a warm, unsettled Head, & did 
a great many unworthy things. — Reckon'd a crime formerly to be 
buried very near the Shrine of S*. Cuthbert at Durham. Anthony Beek 
io Bp. of Durham, the first that was buried pretty near him. See the Rites 
and Monuments of the Ch. of Durham, written by Anonymous & publish'd 
by Mr. Davies of Kidwelly, pag. 3. There was a window in that Church, 
in w<^ was painted the whole History of the Life & Miracles of S*. 
Cuthbert pag. 5. Another window w^l^ the whole History of Joseph, 
ibid. — Briani Twini Antiquitatis Academiae Oxoniensis Apologiam 
plurimum laudarunt viri \ partium studio alieni. Molem tamen indi- 
gestam vocat Thomas Fullerus in Historia sua Cantabrigiensi, libro 
futili, fabularumque anilium, ut & ceteri ejus libri, plenus. Neque aliter 
de auctore hoc locutus est Antonius k Wood in Athenis Oxoniensibus, 
^ooblitus sane quod antea dixerat, (in Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 11. 
p. 241) in eo nempe Itbro prater subach'ssimum judicium, efiam varia 
lectionis indida passim spargi, Sed forsan Woodij verba htc loci mutavit 
Fellus, 6 fiaKoplrrj^ ; qui plura in opere illo resecuit, alia vero refinxit & in 
methodum redegit. Quo nomine contumelijs eum insecutus est Woodius, 
in patronum suum, sanctitate & eruditione conspicuum, plane ingratus, 
ceteroquin probitate & aequitate praeclarus. 

Sept. 16 (Prl.). Last week the Duke of Beaufort's Lady was brought 
to bed of a Son and Heir, to the great Joy of that noble Family ; but 
, this Joy was soon tum'd into Mourning by the Death of that noble Lady 
40 on Saturday night, she being the 11^ wife of the Duke, and was a woman 
of very great virtues. — In Cod. Baroc. 119. Herodoti libellus de vita 
Homed, f. 98. — Thwaites, one of the Families of chief note in North- 
alvertonshire within the Bishoprick of Durham. See M^, Leland's 
Itinerary, vol. i. fol 76. Of this Family was Thwaites formerly Master 
of Balliol College. — Eodem anno, quo prodijt Twini Apologia, in 
lucem editmn est liium in I/aliam, \ Joanne Sansbury sive Sandsbury e 
collegio Divi Joannis Baptistae conscriptum; in quo uniuscujusque 
collegij, una cum versiculis, repraesentantur insignia, libellus quidem non 
magni momenti, uti nee ille qui paullo ante prodierat, Nicholai scilicet 



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* Fitzherberti Oxaniensis in Anglta AcademicB description Utroque tamen 
admodum delectantur peregrin!. De Antiquitatibus Oxoniensibus Dis- 
sertationem scripsit Leonardus Huttonus, ex aede Christi Canonicus. 
Jejunae tamen & leves sunt ejus observationes, si fides Antonio ^ Wood, 
qui inspexerat. Sed hallucinatur Wood. Optimse sunt. Scripsit & 
idem auctor aliud opusculum, Hisioriam nempe Fundationum Ecclesia 
Chrfsti Oxon, una cum Episcoporum, Decanorum Sf Canonicorum ejusdtm 
catalogo, Nondum typis mandatum, nee ubi exstet mihi liquet. Forsan 
in Archivis Mdis hujus magnificae reponitur. Usui fore puto maximo 
in vita illustrissimi Cardinalis Thomae Wolseij conscribenda ; quam, ut 10 
ajunt, in se suscepit Humphredus Wanleius, ex Arthuri Charietti fami- 
liaribus. Plura item ad Wolseij Historiam pertinentia cum e codicibus 
MSS. turn b libris impressis collegit Browneus Willisius, armiger, non 
ita pridem ex aede Christi superioris ordinis commensalis ; vir probus, & 
in antiquitatibus patrijs supra annos versatus. — S*. Cutiibert's* Shrine, 
one of the most sumptuous Monuments in all England. See Antiq. of 
Durham, p. 6. The Jewells & other Reliques belonging to St. Cuthbert's 
Feretory the richest in all this land, p. 9. 

Sept. 17 (Sat.V Occo Scharlensis posteris prodidit origines Frisiae. 
Sane fidei non plus meretur, quam Hunibaldus Francus, aut Gaufredus ao 
Britannus, & similis farinae scriptores. — Ethelwoldus Wentanus, Anglus, 
monachus Gloscaniensis, librum edidit de Abbatibus Lundisfamensibus : 
& alterum de regibus, regnis, & episcopatibus totius Angliae : alium item 
de tempore regum Britannorum. Exstant MSS. in Cantabrigiensis Aca- 
demiae Bibliotheca Publica. — !>. Cawley writ a Pamphlett call'd The 
Case 0/ Founders Kinsmen : with relation to the Statutes ^ ' ♦ » ♦ College, 
in the university of^¥t « « pr. at London, 4*0. without Date, occasioned 
by his Son's standing for a Fellowship of All-Souls college, w«li he miss'd 
of. Dr. Cawley also writ a Pamphlett about Surrogates. — In the year 
1687. was publish'd in twelves at the Hague, Familia Caesarum Augusta, 30 
acciu^ta methodo descripta, ad inferendum lumen Historiae Augustae 
scriptoribus ; Tadto praesertim, Suetonio & Dioni Opera & studio Godo- 



Sept. 17. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 44). Thanks for pamphlet relating 
to the false Prophets. Has finished his Discourse on Incense. Suggests that 
H. should undertake a collection of the Ancient Offices of our Islands. Mes- 
sage to Mr. Lombard of St. John's cone, a passage in Maximus Tyrius, Diss, 
xxxi. p. 372 of the Oxford ed. 1677. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 137). 
Thinks that Whiston, the impudent Arian, should be refuted ; strange that 
recourse must be had to a foreigner, and a Lutheran, and such a one as stiffly 
refuses to communicate with us in our most holy office and service. Knows 
nothing of Num'umatum Antiquorum Sylloge ; is it by the late Archdeacon Bat- 
tely ? Casaubon's Epistles and Petronius Arbiter (ed. Burmann) have been 
imported from Holland this convoy. * Whilst in Holland, not to say, else- 
where, they pretend to give us new and correct editions of the Greeke & Latine 
classic and antient writers, they have no regard to the growth of learning, w«** 
is stunted & overborne by such bulky annotations, w«*» would take up a 
mans whole time to read, w«*» ought to bee employed in better & weightier 
arguments.' 

^ Fallor. Malta, notatu digna, alibi frastra quserenda, habet FitzHcrbertus. 
=* All Souls. » Oxford. 



262 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

fredi de Peschwitz. After the Table he has added Historical Notes, to 
confirm every particular. This Book ought to be consulted by M**. 
Oddy, who it seems has writ himself about the Stemmata of the 
Emperours. He ought also to look over J. Glandorpius's Onomasticon 
Historise Romanse, to which is added praecipuarum familiarum Stenmia : 
Printed at Francof. 1589. folio. But what will perhaps be of most use to 
him is £1. Reusneri Genealogicum Romanum De Familijs praecipuis 
Regum, Principum, Cdesarum, Imperatorum, Consulum item, aliorumque 
Magistratuimi ac procerum Imperij Romani, ab u. c. usque ad haec 
to tempora praesentia. Franc. 1589. Fol. 

Sept. 18 (Sun.). Ex libro nigro quodam de Antiquitate Academiae 
suae mira proferunt Cantabrigienses ; in quo & Historiola reperitur, quae 
nuUam plane fidem meretur. Volumen integrum chartas ac privilegia 
complectitur ; historiolam autem dictam seculo proxime elapso inseruit 
Guilielmus Buckenham, Collegij Caij Magister, & Academiae Cantabri- 
giensis Vice-Cancellarius. De Urbe Caer- Grant k Grantano, Cantabri 
filio, condita hie narratio insulsa habetur. Centum sunt ibi praeterea 
ejusdem farinae fabulae. Profecto nihil imquam legi vanius, inquit 
Lelandus (Com. ad Cygn. Cant, voce Granta) sed neque stultius aut 

ao stupidius. Missas igitur facio has Antiquitatis delicias. Sic Antiquarius 
eximius, qui Academiae Cantabrigiensis quondam Alimmus fiiit Quin 
& auctoritatem ejus magni aestimandam esse fatentur Cantabrigienses. 
Neque haec temere dixit Lelandus. Codices omnigenos incredibili dili- 
gentia consuluerat atque evolverat, & quid de quoque judicandum sit 
consulto pronunciavit Plura apud Twinum & Woodium habebis, uti & 
apud vindicem ilium Antiquitatum Cantabrigiensium acerrimum Joannem 
Cajum. Neque levia exspectamus ^ viro pererudito Dno Bakero, qui per 
plures annos Antiquitates Cantabrigienses excoluit, & chartarum CoUec- 
taneorumque vim magnam congessit — Alfricus, sive Elphricus, cogno- 

^o mentoGrammaticus,anno aetads xxiii condidisse diciturChronica Saxonica, 
quae inprimis agebant de Ecclesia Cantuariensi. Haec MS*, superesse 
ajunt Cantabrigiae in collegio S. Benedicti, ubi & alia ejusdem, iddem 
MSS**. reperiuntur. Exinde forsan non pauca excerpta sunt quae in 
Gibsoniana editione leguntur Chronici Saxonici, cui tamen nullum 
auctoris nomen praefigitur; utpote quod \ pluribus, pro illorum temporum 
ratione, consignatum fuerit. In Abbatia Abbingdoniensi innumera id 
genxis olim adservab^ntur, sed temponun injuria Laiconmique manibus 



Sept. 18. H. to Prof. Barnes (Rawl. 35. 37). Sends collations of Hero* 
dotus' Life of Homer from a Baroccian MS. (of about 350 years since). 
Advises B. to add Porphyry's Ztynffiora 'Ofu^piica and Plutarch's Discourse on 
Homer. [On fly-leaf Dr. Hudson endorses H.'s suggestions ; would not have 
Prolegomena, and would like to see the Preface before publication. Sends 
advice about subscribers, and asks 6. to help in getting-in payment for Livys. 

Message to Mr. Oddy. * M'. Topham & y« scoundrel D us'd you I hope 

better y° another y« D. of Richm* did me w«»» I once happen'd to be in com- 
pany w*>». He rais'd a story (for w<^*» there was no colour) y* we drank a health 
to y« Pretender : w*^** was spread all England over, nay Ireland too, purposely 
to defame me, & hinder me from having any Preferm*. But if they knew how 
little sollicitous I am in y* matter, they w^ not trouble y' heads w**» me, who 
scorns y« IlUterati & all they can doe for him.' 



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sacrilegis, Fanadconim pnecipue, in magnum rei literariae (proh dolor !) 
damnum perierunt * Boston! Buriensis scriptorum nost[r]orum cata- 
logo usus est, & pag. 346. opens de Historids Latinis in vita Joannis de 
Garlandia citavit, & p. 349, in vita Haymonis Cantuariensis Archidiaconi. 
« Conferenti Hermanni Contract! Chronicon cimi Beda patebit, 
Chronicon Bedae totum pene ad verbum exscripsisse : quod et Vasaeus 
observavit, de rebus Hisp. cap. 5. * Bp. Lucy, as 'tis thought, has 
discovered the Name of an Author de Ecclesia. *Tis in Queen's Coll. 
Library, and the Author's Name he says was Loe (ut accepi, inquit ille, 
quicunque demum fiierit). The Title of the said Book is Quertmoma xo 
EccksicB, pr. at Lond. 1592. 4*0. And the Note at y« Beginning is, Is qui 
confecit querimoniam Ecclesia dicebcUur Loe, uti accepi, — Matthaeus Paris 
scripsit de Gestis Brytonimi. — Will Howell's Institution of General History 
printed in one vol. in folio at Lond. 1662. * David Lloyd epitomiz'd 
Plutarch's Lives in English & printed them in a large 8^0. at London, 
dedicated to the Duke of Monmouth, the Duke being then 15 Years of 
Age. — An extraordinary collection of Heraldry Books, with curious 
Additions in MSS*. in some of them, in Q. College Library, amongst 
Sir Joseph Williamson's Benefaction. They stand in the second Stall of 
the right Hand. — The first Specimen of the English Polyglot, in Queen's ao 
Library inserted in U. 14. 24. Printed by Flesher. Bp. Jewell's works 
pr. at Lond. 161 1. There is a Dedication to K. James, written by D^. 
John Overall Dean of S*. Paul's as I find noted in a copy of it in Q. 
College Library. E. 13. i. — Theoderit of Froben's Ed, Bas. 1535, in 
Queen's Library of Bp. Barlow's Gift. Quaere whether in the Publick 
Library? — Captain Stevens's Spanish Dictionary Folio published in 
1706. The same who translated Marianus' Spanish History. — The 
Lawes and Acts of Parliam^ of King James i*^ & His Successours, pr. 
at Edinb. 1597. (Qu^re.) At the End Skene upon Terms of Law. — 
The Horae Subsecivae : or Death inflicted on Roman Catholicks, not for zo 
Religion, but for Treason, pr. at London 1664. 4*0, was written by 
William Denton. Only the Initial Letters W. D. put in the Title Page. 
A Notable Paper in MS^. relating to this Book in a copy of it I have 
seen in Queen's library. It begins thus, 

Oxford Broke the Urinal i*th Case 

D'. Ashworth's Man Denton And lost a Groat more than his Feet. 

An Errant was sent on I will not say this was that Mountebank* 

To make a Lady*s A — sneeze who sent the good Lady Mazy Bishop 
Bat at Brackley Race into &c. — 

In 1674. was dug up in the Grounds of Sir Thomas Spencer at Yamton 40 
near Oxford a Stone with Chinese Characters. I have seen a Copy of 
them in a loose Piece of Paper in a Book in Queen's Library, (viz. Bib- 
liotheca Vaticana by Rocco) C. 11. 26. — Quum Marianus Scotus suo 
sevo meliores habuerit codices, quam hodie supersint, non pauca ex eo 
in Eusebio, Cassiodoro, atque item Beda, & alijs, possunt emendarL 
Mariano Scoto Notidam Imperij Roman!, opus praeclarum, adscriptum 
it doctissimus Cujacius. De qua re per litteras consule cl. Dodwellum, 
& pete ut sententiam paucis scribat Sulcardus Westmonasteriensis sub 
Guiliehno Conquaestore claruit, ac praeter Sermones, & Epistolas, chronicon 
edidit. Decessit circa annum mlx : hodieque Westmonasterij lapis in 50 



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templo inscriptum habet, svlcardvs monachvs. et chronographvs. — 
Ingulphus Historicus perperam nonniillis Indulphus dicitur. — ... I have 
by me The Georgicks of Hesiod translated elaborately out of Greek into 
English by George Chapman, pr. at London in a thin Quarto in 1618. 
There was another Chapman, (descended from this George Chapman, 
as is supposed,) a Pretender to Poetry. He liv'd in mad Earl of Rochester's 
Time, and being at the Bath when the Earl was there, and Queen 
Catherine being in the Cross-Bath, he the said Chapman made the 
following verses upon that Bath: 

10 The Name of Cross quite lost it hath. 

It shaU be called Qoeea Catherine's Bath. 

To which Rochester reply'd: 

The Name of Cross not lost it hath, 
Chapman's the changling not the Bath. 

But as for George Chapman the Translator of the Georgicks he was 
always reckoned amongst some of the best of our English Po^ts. He 
flourished in the time of K. Jam. & K. Ch. i. and died 12 May. 1634. in 
the 77^ Year of his Age, and had a monimient erected to his Memory at the 
charge of his great Friend and Admirer Inigo Jones. He was buried in the 
ao Yard on the South side of the church of S*. Giles in the Fields, He has 
been highly celebrated for his excellent Translation of Homer. There 
was one Henry Chapman of Magd. Hall in Oxon. who was admitted 
master of Arts, he being then advanced in years, by order of the Presby- 
terian Delegates, Nov. 24. 1649. which was chiefly done upon account of 
his bemg recommended by testimonial Letters from D'. John Wallis, the 
Mathematick Professor, who was always an Admirer of Fanaticks and 
Presbyterians. 

Sept. 10 (Hon.). Pitseus ait Nicolaimi Cantelupum, Cambro-Britan- 
num Historiam Cantabrigise scripsisse. Carmelitanmi Northantoniae 

30 Prior fuit, obijtque a.d. 1441. (vide Pits p. 635.) Usserius Magnus banc 
eandem esse putat cum ilia quam in libro nigro exstare paullo superius 
observavimus, ideoque Cantelupi Historiolam frequenter citat de Lucij 
atque Arthurij Regimi ad Cantabrigiam BenFeJfactionibus. Nee dis- 
sentiunt antiquarij nostri recentiores. At Fullerus tractatum quendam 
adfert (Hist. Cant. p. 65, 66.) de Academiae Cantabrigiensis Privilegijs 
antiquis paullo vetustiorem, scriptimi nempe a Thoma Markantio, B. 
Petri Domiis sive Collegij socij, & Procuratoris Junioris a. d. 141 7. 
Librum himc qualem qualem inquit ab Auctore ipso Academiae donatum 
fuisse, & summa cura per annorum aliquot spatium in capsula hunc in 

40 finem parata conservatum ; tandem vero ab impijs quibusdam hominibus 
surreptum, & deletum. Sic iUe, nugarum aliarum complurium inventor 
pariter atque narrator, quas nihil moror. — M'. Thwaites tells me that 
he is of opinion that the SyUoge Numismaium antiquorum lately printed 
at London was done by Mr Wrenn*, (Son to S'. Christopher Wrenn) 
who, it seems, has a valuable Collection of Coyns. — There happen'd 
on tfie first of this month a bloudy Battle between the AUyes and the 
French near Mons. It lasted for about 9 Hours, with very great 
Obstinacy. At last the French, afler they had slain about 19 thousand 

' It was so. 



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of the Allyes, with the loss of only 7 thousand men on their own side, 
thought fit to retire, which they did in very good order. The French after 
this Action and great Slaughter of our Men made great Rejoycings and simg 
Te Deum, as they had reason ; and the Duke of Marlborough & Prince 
Eugene & the rest of the Allies made also Rejoycings, & news was dispatch'd 
into England and other Parts of a most compleat victory, & Forms of Prayer 
and Thanksgiving are drawing up upon this occasion, as if gaining the Field 
were suflficient to attone for such a prodigious Loss. As this has been the 
most obstinate so it has been the most direfull Battle to England that has 
yet happened, and there is not, in the opinion of all honest men, any the 10 
least reason of Bragging. Private Letters frequently come which give most 
impartial Accounts, and we are well assured that from the greatest to the 
meanest Officer hardly one escap'd but what was either slain or very 
much wounded. Prince Eugene himself being in the list of the latter. 
Amongst others that signaliz'd themselves on this occasion must not be 
forgotten the young King of England, who fought under the character of 
the Chevalier S*. George, & 'tis by that Title he passes. He shew'd 
abundance of undaunted Courage and Resolution, lead up his Troups 
with unspeakable Bravery, appear'd in the utmost dangers, and at last 
was wounded. This Act cannot but deserve the highest commendation, 20 
tho' 'tis slighted and undervalu'd by his disloyal & rebellious English 
Subjects, who are for magnifying nothing but what makes for the 
Interest of the Duke of Marlborough, whom some call King John 
the Second : w<^ Duke tho' he be a good Souldier, yet all his Atchiev- 
ments will never satisfy for his shamefull Desertion of his Royal Master, 
K. James the IL at Salisbury Plain, from whom he had received so many 
favours as one would think could never have been forgotten by any one 
that pretends to any Sparkle of Humanity. 

Sept. 20 (Tu.). . . . Joannes Lelandus se Sigeberti vitam scripturum 
pollicebatur. Sed re infecta obijt. Quod si perfecisset, non melior 30 
utique fuisset quam Arthuri Regis vita, in qua fabulas miras & legendas 
incredibiles exhibuit. Cajus tamen eas magni facit, vir alioquin judicio 
acerrimo praeditus. Eopse anno quo Caij liber prodijt, edebatur Regina 
Liter a ^ sive de adventu Regtnce Anglice ad Academiam Caniahrigimsem. 
(Lond. 1568. 8^o.) Eo plane modo scriptus est hie tractatus quo & Wakij 
nostri Rex Platonicus, Regnante etiam Elizabetha in lucem productus 
fuit Rectorum & Cancellariorum Academiae Cantabrigiensis Catalogus, 
cum Mauritio (qui Constantino Magno imperante vixit) exorsus, atque ad 
an. 1585. perductus. Impressus Cantabrigige per Thomam Thomasium. 
Nondum vidi. Auctor autem erat Matthaeus Stokys, Academiae Bedellus 40 
& Registrarius. De Simondsij D'Ewesij concione in Regni comitijs habita 
non est quod loquar. Curta est, & argumenta futilia, & auctore (Viro 
pererudito & in antiquitatibus versatissimo) prorsus indigna offert. * 
Mr. Thomas Newcourt, who lately published, in a large Folio, an Account 
of the several Churches in Middlesex, (and is now about those of Essex) 
was formerly of Wadham College. He received some Assistance from 
one Mr. Alexander, who is Secretary to the Bp. of London. The said 
Mr. Newcourt is a non- Juror and a man of true Integrity. — Guilielmi 
Gemiticensis libros VIL de Gestis Normannorum (ex quibus tres primi 
potius Dudonis dici merentur) ab interitu vindicavit Guilielmus Camdenus. 50 



266 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

— G. and D. sometimes confounded in MSSt>, Thus we find Guide 
for Guigo. — Bostonus Buriensis citatus in VossIq, p. 383. de Historicis 
Latinis. — I have been infonn'd by a very learned Divine of the Church 
of Englahd, a man of very great Honesty & Integrity, that the Books 
published by Dr. Grabe (the Lutheran,) are full of faults, and that he does 
not understand the Fathers he has just put out, and moreover that he 
thinks him so far from being qualified to answer M' Whiston the proud 
Heretick that he does not believe he has thoroughly studied any of the 
main Points insisted upon by him. — Robertus Salopiensis, sive de 

10 Shrewsbury (teste Joanne Capgravio in Catalogo Sanctorum Angliae) sub 
Stephano rege floruit, ac post Wenifridae e Cambria translationem in 
Salopianum monasterium, cujus antistes erat, opus de vita ejusce vir^;inis 
condidit. Edidit Surius, sed nomine auctoris non apposito. Conjecit tan- 
tummod[o] Roberti esse. Consentit Vossius. £x fine enim constat non 
fuisse Elerium Cambriimi, qui & ipse circa annum vizit 660, vitamque 
Wenifridae posteris prodidit Satis tamen verisimile est Robertum ex 
Elerio pleraque exscripsisse. — Radulphus de S. Albano, abbas fani S. 
Albani, floruit sub eodem Stephano rege, ac prseter vitam S. Albani 
carmine ex antiquis concinnavit histonam Alexandri Magni. In Bib- 

jo liotheca Bodlejana inter Codices Laudianos adservatur Codex MS*'**, 
circa hujus regis tempora exaratus, cujus specimen in Editione Justini 
Hislorici exhibui. Continet Alexandri magni res gestas, nee nomen prae- 
fert Auctoris. Conjecerint forsan nonnuUi himc ipsum esse Radulphum 
de S. Albano. Sed conjecturis hisce non temere faveo. Nam iste codex 
Epitome potius videtur majoris opens. Quin & doctus Tractatus Radul- 
phi quinque libris comprehenditur, & ^ nonnullis Galtero Hemlingtono 
tribuitur. 

Sept. 21 (Wed.). Ponticus Virunnius Galfridum Monumethensem in 
epitomen redegit, fabulis, quae sibi videbantur, praeteritis. Adversus 

30 Guilielmum Neubrigensem, & Polydorum VergUium, Galfridum tuetur 
Joannes Lelandus. Nee penitus Galfridum rejiciendum esse censet cL 
Vossius de Hist. Lat. p. 393. Si forsan quispiam culpari debeat, is est 
Gualtherus Archidiaconus Oxoniensis, quem h lingua Britannica fideliter 
transtulit Galfridus. * Joannis Sarisberiensis vita Thomae Becketti 
superest in Bibliotheca Vaticana. Videndum an unquam impressa fiierit? 

— Laurendus Dunelmensis, sub Henrico II. orator vehemens, nee 
aspemandus po^ta, librum de S. Cudberto composuit. Multa ejus ex- 
stant in Collegi[o] BalliolensL Forsan & liber dictus. * . . . Guiliehnus 
Rameseye vitam Birini, Dorcestrensis Episcopi, scripsit. Carmine, ut 

40 opinor. Vixit auctor sub Hen. II. — Giraldi Cambrensis Topographiae 
Hibemiae (quam insulam ipse peragravit) prima pars agit de situ regionis, 
ac loci natura ; altera de mirabilibus, ac miraculis, quae ibi contigenmt : 
tertia de incolis, eorumque gestis. Huic tripertito volumini triennium se 
impendisse, ipse ait, Praefat. in Descript. Camb. Praeterea fecit libros 
duos de expugnata ab Anglis Hibemia. Huic operi biennio se intentum 
fuisse, idem refert Ibidem. Scriptor est mire fabulosus, ut plerique alij 
hujus aevi. — Rogerus de Windeshora & Rogerus Wendoverus idem 
auctor. Pro diversis habet Pitseus. perperam. — Matthaeus Paris vivere 
desijt anno 1259 ad quem annum & chronicon sive Historiam suam per- 

50 duxit Quae itaque sequuntur usque ad annum ultimum Henrici III, hoc 



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est annum domini 1273, ab alio auctore (quern Guilielmum Rishanger 
fuisse plerique opinantur) adjecta erant. Sic notavit vir doctissimus D. 
Wattsius, Matthaei Paris editoris \sic\ diligentissimus. — Anno 1287 floruit 
Guido de Columna, qui Chronicon magnum, libros 36 complectens, con- 
scripsit. Item multa tradidit de regibus & rebus Anglorum : estque id opus 
inter ea, ex quibus sua hausit Robertus Fabianus, Anglus. Fabiani tamen 
Chronicon nunc temporis parvi gestimandum esse monuit Jacobus 
Tyrrellus V.C. in Praefatione Historiae universalis Angliae vol. I. — Ger- 
vasius Ricobaldus Ferrariensis Historiam scripsit, cui tit. Pomerium vel 
Pomoerium, Hujus libri exemplar MS. habuit Petrus Scriverius, qui 10 
Pomarium legendum esse conjecit, adsentiente Vossio, de Hist. Lat p. 
465. Multa in hoc opere ex Livio hausit auctor. Vixit is anno 1300. 
edere statuit Scriverius. Videsis num fecerit? Dignus plane editore 
erudito, qualem fuisse Scriverium Vossius alijque viri candidi censent. — 
Thomae de La-Moore vita Edvardi Ildi scripta fuit sermone Gallico. 
Latine autem vertit Gualthenis Baker, Canonicus Osneiensis. Edidit 
Guilielmus Camdenus. 

Sept. 22 (Th.). Joannis Bostoni Catalogum Scriptorum Britanni- 
corum olim possidebat Reverendissimus Usserius. A quo forte mutu5 
accepit Jo. Ger. Vossius, qui multis locis citavit. Alium ejusdem auctoris ao 
multo minorem brevioremque catalogum adduxit Antonius ^ Wood, 
(Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. vol. I. p. 58.) Sed prior praeferendus. 
Usserij apographum fuit omnium optimum, notante Nicholsono. Hujus 
mentionem factam reperio in Collectaneis Usserianis MSS. penes cl. 
Tyrrellum. Ubinam autem nunc exstet non liquet. In Bibliotheca 
Jacobaea ante aliquot annos custodiebatur exemplar quoddam; verum 
nunc desideratur. Surripuit nempe quispiam. Id Antonium ^ Wood 
abstulisse non desunt qui conjiciant. Absque caussa & injuste, ut 
censeo. Hoc tam certum quam quod certissimum Thomam Tannerum 
exemplar habere ; sed neque illud constat an sit transcriptum recentius 3® 
vel paullo antiquius. Ab eo Editionem exspectamus. E Bibliotheca 
Woodiana, ni fallor, comparavit ; unde & alias chartae non infimae notae 
illi in manus tradebantur. Eiun nimirum in finem ut juris publici tandem 
aliquando faciat. 

Sept 28 (FrL). Benjaminus Mareschallus, A.M. & JBdis Christi 
alumnus, sed qui vitam in doctissimi Lloydij, Episcopi Vigomiensis (cui 
affinis est) aedibus fere degit, tabulas binas Historicas prelo parat. Idem 
iste est Mareschallus qui cl. Grabio in Unguis orientalibus, dum in octa- 
teucho edendo occuparetur, opem tulit. Tabulae istae Historiam sacram 
atque civilem una cum chronologia accurate exhibebunt. Nam ne lapsus 40 
majoris moment! accidant cavebit ipse Lloydius ; h cujus collectaneis 
chartisque deducit & excerpit Mareschallus. Optandum potius esset ut 
quispiam, rei chronological peritus, (qualis nempe, si quis linquam, est 
cl. Dodwellus,) collectanea ipsa digerat & in lucem edat, eo plane modo 
quo schedas circiter triginta ante multos annos imprimendas curavit 
ipse Lloydius. Danielis Prophetiae Explicationem exorsus item est Lloy- 
dius, duodecimque schedas typis Academicis excusas habet; sed ne 
ceterae absolvantur obstant negotia alia leviora quibus (proh dolor I) se 
ipsum dedidit praesul iste eruditissimus. * The Earl of Clarendon 



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assassinated in 1668. at Everues in Normandy. So a Letter I have seen 
in Mr. Rawlinson's hands of S*. John's, written by one Mr Oliver to M'. 
William Griflfin in that year. 

Sept. 24 (Sat.). Triginta abhinc annis Johnsonus quidam, fe CoUegio 
Lincolniensi commensalis superioris ordinis Inscriptiones fere omnes, 
quae m Ecclesijs Oxoniensibus exstant, coUegit. Londini nunc temporis 
vitam agit. Syllogen banc continuat beneficio juvenis cujusdam h collegio 
D. Joannis Baptistae ; qui & alia antiquitatis monumenta saepe ad ilium 
transmittenda ciuat. In quern finem mihi est incertmn. In Antonij k 

10 Wood Codicum MSS. syllabo Inscriptionum in Ecclesijs civitatis Oxon. 
uti etiam in alijs agri Oxoniensis ecclesijs mentio habetur: sed mus^i 
Ashmoleani custodes deperditum esse librum ajunt, & ad oculos suos 
nunquam pervenisse. Forsan apud Tho. Tannerum est, vel Arthunmi 
Charlettum, qui, quamvis id mihi non semel pemegaverit, Antiquitatum 
Universitatis Oxoniensis exemplar penes se habet Anglicanum; quod 
tamen quasi in musdo conservaretur Ashmoleano recenselur. Tanta 
nempe est fraus Charletti, qui procul dubio plures libros possidet, qui ad 
Bibliothecam Bodlejanam & museum antedictum jure spectant. Idem 
forte de Tannero dicendum, & Humfredo Wanlejo, qui primas tenent 

30 apud Charlettum. Id mihi exploratissimum est in Charletti Mus^o esse 
Inscriptiones permultas antiquissimas Romanas, quas ad Bibliothecam 
Bodlejanam pertinere conjicio, & h cl. Bernardi libris k Wanlejo in 
Charletti gratiam furtim ablatas fuisse. 

Sept. 26 (Sun.). Quillett's Callipaedia, printed lately several times at 



Sept. 24. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. 2. 100). Regrets the gap in their 
correspondence. Hopes that Mr. Foxe's wife may prove better than his pre- 
decessor's. Met last week accidentally in Essex their old fellow-coUegian 
Mr. Kent. Our late signal victory costs us a great number of brave men. 
(Rawl. 2. 103, from the same to tiie same, bears date July 17 ; the year is 
clearly 1707). H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 144). Suspects that the 
Num, Ant, Sylloge was really printed at Amsterdam for David Mottier. An 
M.A. suggests that it is by a son of Sir C. Wren. Has a much better opinion 
of Almeloveen than a great many have ; has lately seen his Apicitu. Fabricius' 
Supplement to Vossius de butoricu Graecit et Latinu, Dr. Lancaster to be 
continued V.C. for another year, to the no small dissatisfaction of a consider- 
able part of the University. The next New Year's gift is to be a Latin trans, 
by Mr. Fairfax, M.A., Student of Ch. Ch., of a small piece in Italian relating 
to the Roman antiquities. * I have seen Bunnannus's Petronius, and I am 
confirm'd in my former Sentiments of him that he is a Person of no deep 
Understanding. 'Tis a shame he should give us a new Edition of such a filthy 
Autlior loaded with all these Comments. 'Tis better to publish such Authors 
without any Notes. And I hope those who shall print y* Greek Epigrams in 
D^ Bernard's MS*, which we have will do it without a Translation, they being 
for the most part lewd, and to be pcrus'd only by Persons of Discretion. In- 
deed the Dutch Learning is generally at a low Ebb, & they certainly take the 
wrong Method in heaping up notes upon notes. Any cla^ical Author will 
appear much plainer with short critical Notes and Explications, than with long 
tedious Discourses written merely for Ostentation. And I wish all would 
agree in this Point.' Is reading C. M. Pfaffii Dhsertatio critica de genuhtu 
Itbrorum N, T. lectionibtu, which contains some good observations, but is in the 
main light and trivial. Points out certain errors; e.g. it was Hoffman, not 
Edwards, to whom Mill alludes at p. 152 a of his Prolegomena, 



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London, was publish'd by M'. Thomas Rawlinson, a few years since 
Gentleman-Commoner of S*. John's College in this university. The 
Book being very rare in England, & not to be met with in any Librarys 
with us, it was at last found in this Gentleman's Collection of Books 
(w^l» is a very large as well as a very curious one, w«^ he is also con- 
tinually augmenting) & twas printed by his care, he correcting the press 
himself. 

Sept. 26 (Hon.). Anno 1704, prodijt Londini loannis Inetti S. T. P 
liber inscriptus, Origines AngUcaruB^ sive EccUsicB Anglicance Hisioria^ ab 
eo anno exorsus quo hoc de argumento librum suum terminavit cl. 10 
Stillingfletus. Alteram etiam voluraen absolvit Inettus. Hoc nunc sub 
prelo Sheldoniano sudat. Idiomate Anglicano utrumque concinnavit. nee 
ineleganter scripsit auctor iste, vir plane probus ac integer, sed qui 
k scriptoribus recentioribus frequenter pendet, neque vetustiores ac 
meliores perscrutatur ac excutit Inde non raro citationes mendosae 
comparent. £x hoc opere pauca, si forsan ulla, ab aUjs auctoribus quos 
editos habemus intacta exspectari debent. Codices enim MSS. non 
inspicit, Eachardum Cantabrigiensem, virum iddem ingenio praeditum, 
imitatus. Putant nempe Tyrrellum aliosque satis superque in collectaneis 
congerendis insudasse, idque tantummodo superesse ut in methodum ao 
reducantur, & plurima quae absurda ac ridiciJa videntur prorsus rese- 
centur. Sic isti. Sed frustra, ni fallor. Nam homines revera eruditi 
omnia ob oculos rectius poni censent, ut de illis melius judicari queat. 

Sept. 27 (Tu.). Mulles Bp. of Waterford has been at the Bathe for 
about a Quarter of a Year, being quite weary of Ireland, where he is 
mortally hated by the Generality. He sneaks and sharks about at Bathe, 
where the Clergy & honest men do not care to keep him company. Yet 
this thin, meager, illnatur'd, illiterate, low-church Bp. is courting one 
M». Pontin, a Gentlewoman of about 1 7 years of Age and reckon'd the 
most celebrated Beauty at Bath. This is carried on so far as that her 30 
Father has given his consent, & some stick not to say that the Business 
is already done. By this Match Mulles will be render'd in all probability 
as miserable as he can well be in this world, he being of a most jealous, 
suspicious temper, and he will be continually afraid lest Intrigues should 
be made upon his wife. 

Sept. 28 (Wed.). . . . Nicolai Threveth vel Thriveth (vulgo Trivett) 
Catalogus regum Anglo-Saxonum durante Heptarchia habetur MS**" 
Oxonij in Mertonensi Collegio. dignus forte qui in lucem prodeat. — 
Gualteri Burleij opus, de vitis & moribus philosophonmi prodijt in lucem 
nascente typographia, nee anno, nee editoris nomine apposito, typis sane 4® 
admodum rudibus, ut tiun fieri solet. Hujus editionis unimi & alterum 



Sept. 28. H. to F. Cherry (RaVl. 36. 29). Acknowledgments to Mr. C. 
for his kind visit. Entirely agrees with Dodwell that a collection of Offices 
from our old MSS. would be highly serviceable to the Church ; the likeliest 
method for getting such a thing published would be to print it by parts by way 
of Appendix to other occasional Discourses, such as that about Incense, ci. 
Burnet's Rrformation, Wake on Convocation, &c. But H.'s hands are quite 



%^o HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700 : 

exemplum vidi. Quinet exemplaria MSS*». ejusdem non pauca exstant, 
e quibus nonnulla in Bibliotheca Bodlejana instnicdssima, si quse 
unquam, possidemus. Imperitus plerumque auctor, & Livium poetam 
tragicutn ^ Livio Historico celeberrimo non secemit Ut demnm 
ceteros ejusdem errores, non paucos, taceam. de quibus Vossius. Erat 
tamen ingenio praeditus, imperitiaque aetatis qua vixit infelicitati tri- 
buenda. 

Sept. 20 (Th.). Joannes Strypeus ad umbilicum fere perduxit Joannis 
Stovei Descriptionis Civitads Londinensis Editionem suam novam, 

10 quam avidissime exspectant Antiquitatum nostrarum cultores. Idem ille 
est qui non ita pridem Annales Ecclesiasticos in lucem protulit. Ad 
Reginge Elizabethae annos duodecim priores spectant. Qui liber licet 
paullo inelegandori stylo concinnetur plurima tamen alibi frustra quae- 
renda complecdtur. Stoveo autem Descripdonem Londini pro statu 
hodiemo adjecit, & monumenta, quotquot in ecclesijs exstant, exhibuit ; 
ea iddem forsan exhibitiirus quse in Ecclesijs prope Londinum reperi- 
untur : id quod olim praesdtit Stoveus, ut in Edidone optima videre est 
Illud edam erudids gradssimum erit si Guilielmi Stephanidis sive Fitz 
Stephani Descripdonem urbis hujus amplissimae pariter ac nobilissimae 

ao vetustam ad codicum MSS. fidem repurgatam & recognitam denuo nobis 
dederit. Alia item id genus monumenta, ni fallor, delitescunt Haec 
iddem Strypei diligendam merentur. Neque alibi commodius quam 
apud Stoveum edi possunt. Stovei denique vitam praemissurus est Editor, 
si chartae cuidam quam perlegi, & nunc temporis penes me adservatae, 
fides sit adhibenda. — Dispiciendum num unquam prodierit Amalri 
Augerij Chronicon PontificaJe? Exsddt MS. in Petri Scriverij Biblio- 
theca, ubi & evolvit Vossius. Vide de Hist. Lat p. 486. — Joannis 
Rochefordi, nobilis Angli, (qui Henrico IV. regnante clarescebat) Flores 
Historiarum, h Matthaeo Westmonasteriensi maximam partem collect!, in 



full with bis Tully, which will probably ^ come out with short Notes, such as 
not only settle & correct the Text but explain it where there is a necessity. 
The Generality of Readers are now quite tyr*d with the tedious Notes in the 
Variorum Editions, in which we have Comments upon Comments to illustrate 
Things that are of themselves plain & obvious ; ' cf. the new ed. of Petronius 
Arbiter. Employs his leisure hours in revising his transcript of Leland's Itinf 
rary^ to which he will make considerable additions from the Bodleian MSS. 
Remarks on Olearius' ed. of Philostratus ; Almeloveen's ed. of Isaac Casau- 
bon's Epistles, and of Apicius (only lao copies of Dr. Lister's ed. were printed) ; 
Fabricius* Supplement to Vossius de Hhtorich ; Ruinart's new ed. of Vol. I of 
Mabillon de re diplomatiea ; Numlsmatum antiquorum SjfUogej C, M, Pfaffii Dis^ 
lertatio critica. * M'. Pfeff . . is a young Gentleman of about twenty five Years 
of Age. He was a Student last Winter in the Bodlejan Library, and left Ox- 
ford at the same time that M'. Schelwig did, and I think he was one of those 
that accompany'd M^ Schelwig and M'. Wolf in their Journey to Shottesbrook, 
where you and M'. Dodwell were pleas'd to receive them with great Humanity 
and Kindness.' Dr. Hudson's Dionysius quite printed off: Mr. Dodwell's Dis- 
sertation &c. must go with the third Vol. of Geographers. * The Bishop of 
Waterford is about marrying the most celebrated Beauty at Bathe, where he 
has been for about a Q^rter of a Year. Her name is Pontin, & she is about 
17 or 18 Years of Age. Some think the Business is already done^ her Father 
having given consent*' 



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Bibliotheca Collegij Omnium Animanim Oxonij adservatur. Quod ideo 
notandum duxi, quoniam Brianus Twinus in Apologia, quam pro ilia 
Academia magno cum judicio pariter atque industria scripsit, raro inve- 
niri ait. — Vossius ubi vitam Bostoni Buriensis adhibuit nobis now 
indicavit quonam in loco exstct Catalogus ejus Scriptorum ecclesiae, 
eximius plane, & qui in lucem prodeat prorsus dignus. Opere hoc 
laudem magnam retulit. Vossius tamen Codicem hunc perlegit, & 
multa exinde descripsit. — Poggij Florentini translatio vetus quinque 
librorum Diodori Siculi. Male. Nam Interpres revera fuit Jo. Phreas 
Collegij Balliolensis socius. Archetyponque manu ipsius Phreae scriptum, 10 
jam exstare in Bibliotheca Collegij Balliolensis ait Brianus Twinus, 
Pag. 371. — Prodijt Pictavij anno 1479. Breviarium htstonale, ut 
homines bonis prcBieritis discant vivere, ^ malis exemplis sciant prava 
vitare, Incipit autem, Decet viros virtuosos, &c., liber est carissimus, & in 
paucissimis adservatur bibliothecis. Vidit Vossius in Bibliotheca Antonij 
Thysij, nee aliud exemplar unquam adspexit. Auctoris nomen incertiun. 
— Vide num unquam editum ftierit opus anonymi auctoris de laude Bra- 
bantiae, de quo egit Vossius de Hist Lat. p. 50 b. ubi & p. 207. indicat 
exstans se inspexisse in Bibliotheca Amstelodamensi. Vossio vivente 
ineditum erat. — M'. Bowack is the Person who put out the two slight 20 
Pieces in Folio of the Antiquities of Middlesex. 

Sept. 30 (Pri). Eutropius, Historiae Romanae Breviarij Auctor, ab 
anonymo auctore Ravennate citatus pag. 55. — Fenestrae Bibliothecae 
& capellae Collegij Balliolensis eleganter depictae cerauntur, una cum 
plurimis versiculis ac sententijs virorum insignium, quorum impensis 
fenestras positae fuerunt, nomina exprimentibus. In his omnibus descri- 
bendis & illustrandis multum desudavit Henricus Savagius in Collegij 
Historia, quam Balliofergum inscripsit. Sed ibi mendae innumerae com- 
parent, prout nobis indicavit Antonius Woodius. Savagius nempe hoc 
opus invita Minerva suscepit. Quin et Woodius ipse saepius cespitavit. 30 
Sphalmata tamen istiusmodi Editoribus tribuenda esse monuit Woodius in 
Athenis Oxoniensibus. Quoad majorem eorum partem id verum esse 
non difficulter concesserim ; at ipsimet cetera adscribenda esse autogra- 
phon inspicienti patebit. Ita Guilielmus Smithus h CoUegio Universitatis 
baud semel retulit. qui insuper me docuit Woodio solenne fuisse h Briani 
Twini chartis quaecunque ad rem suam faciebant excerpere. nee tamen 
nomen Twini agnovit. Sed num Smitho sit credendiun, non constat ; 
utpote qui Twini chartas nunquam consuluerim. 

Oct. 1 (Sat.). Tullius ipse Concertationes quae vulgo Quaestiones 
vocantur, Disputationes Tusculanas appellat in Epist. ad Atticum, lib. xv. 40 
n. 4. — Georgius Trapeztmtius admodum senex obijt, & literarum 
penitus oblitus. Antea fuerat vir ingenio eruditione praestans. — Alex- 
ander ab Alexandro testatur se in adolescentia Philelphum jam senem 
audijsse Tusculanas Ciceronis Quaesdones enarrantem. 



Oot.1. Dr. T.Smith to H. (Smith 127. 138). Commends Almeloveen 
for his ed. of Casaubon's Epp., and for sending copies to Bodley and to Dr. 
Hudson. Pfaffius's Dissertation written after the old High-Dutch way, a mere 
farrago collected chiefly out of Dr. Mill. The long citation out of Mr. Dod- 
well was wholly new to S.; who laid aside the Paraenesis after reading the first 



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Oct. 2 (8im.). Julius Pomponius Lsetus purs dictionis amator, ft 
Historiae veteris scrutator diligens. Linguae Graecse prorsus imperitus. 
Earn propterea attingere ausus non fuit, ne qud peregrinitate L^tinam 
contaminaret Libri ejus consulendi, is praecipue qui ad Inscriptiones 
pertinet, quas summo studio coUegit ; in Lllo tamen libro stylus non tarn 
purus quam in ceteris operibus. — Hermolaus Barbarus, vir undequaque 
doctissimus, adeo k fastu alienus erat, ut saepe, sicubi dubitatio oborta 
esset, proximos, ac familiares consuleret, atque adeo a quovis discere 
paratus esset. Obijt anno aetatis suae 39. * May 15. 1665. was an 

10 ancient monument of a curious Frame discovered in some Fields three 
miles from Bath. Quaere whether about Walcot, and what it is, and 
whether any Inscription to point out the Occasion ? Tis mention'd in 
the Historian's Guide. * Vossius in his Book de Historicis Latinis 
mentions several Authors as writing in Latin, who really writ in English. 
By well it appears that he did not consult the Authors themselves, but 
took what he said upon trust. Thus he mentions Lydgate and Hardmg 
for instance, both of w«h writ in English. — Antonium Nebrissensem, 
virum omnigena eruditione praeditum, oppressit repentina paralysis, ciim 
ad septuagesimum septimum aetatis annum pervenisset, tanto quidem 

f o corporis ingenijque vigore, ut nihil de studiorum labore onmmo remitteret ; 
&, ut natura mulierosus, ad supremum usque diem venereis uteretur. •» 

Found at Glascow an. 1690. 
Glascovij in Ara b valli Grahamici ruderibus effossa circa annum 1690. 



I MP. C. T. AELIO 
H ADRI ANO. ANTO 
NINO. A VC. P. P. 
VEX. LEG. VI. VIC 
P. F. OPVS . VALLI 
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30 Oct. 8 (Hon.). From the old Valor Beneficiorum in the Bodlejan 
Library it appears that formerly there were two Churches in Oxford that 



30 or 40 pp. Received from the publisher a copy of ed. 3 of Apicius, which 
is chiefly to be valued for the various readings, collected from a most ancient 
MS. in the Vatican Library. We here look upon Dr. L. as a stout high- 
church-roan ; why is a considerable part of the University dissatisfied with his 
being continued V.C. a fourth year ? When will Ephraem ^"fry^s be printed 
off? The publisher will please restore Patrick Young's papers when the book 
is finished. Your young spruce conceited German deserves to be severely 
corrected for his unjust censure on Dr. Bernard about his tabula Literaria. 



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were dedicated to S*. Michael. They are distinguish'd there by the 
Names of S*. Michael's in the North & S*. Michael's in the South. 

Oct. 4 (Tu.). Wheat now at 141. per Bushell in London, & about 12*. 
per Bushell in Oxford, and all Things else rise in Proportion. A Great 
Pestilence now at Dantzick, and in several northern Parts. — Exstat in 
Archivis Bibliothecae Bodlejanae libellus, k Thoma Nelo, HebraVcae linguae 
Professore Regio, concinnatus, ac inscriptus, Dial<>gus in advenium RegituB 
serenissinuB DomhuE EUzahetfuB gratidatorius, inter eandem Reginam Sf 
Dominum Robertum Dudkeum Cotniiem LecestricB ^ Oxoniensis Academics 
Cancellarium, Quem scribendi libellum occasionem praebuit Serenissimae 10 
Elizabethae ad Academiam Oxoniensem iter, ubi summo cum gaudio & 
applausu recepta fuit, plurimumque delectabatiur Exercitijs Scholasticis 
tunc temporis in ipsius gratiam prasstitis, uti etiam collegiorum aliorumque 
aedificiorum pulchritudme atque magnificentia. Exhibet autem iste Codex ' 
pra^tantissimus Collegiorum & Scholarum imagines, & uniuscujusque 
Historiam carmine descripsit auctor ingeniosus & pereruditus, qui & 
ceteris suis operibus laudem summam reportavit. De hoc libello in lucem 
proferendo nuper cogitavit Arthurus Charlettus, & Michafe'li Burghers, 
calcographo nostro Belgico, in mandads dedit ut imagines delinearet 
exsculperetque. Sed nondum id perfecit Burghers, utpote qui ne sibi 26 
pro tanto labore pecuniae non numerentur valde metuit — Homer many 
ages before Hesiod, according to Tully de Senectute, § 54. Ed. Gron. nor 
do the MSS. vary. — King Richard i^ sumam'd Coeur de Lyon was 
Bom in the Palace call'd the Beaumonts at Oxford in the Year 1157 on 
the Day of the Assumption of the B. Virgin Mary, in a Chamber, over 
w<^ afterwards the Carmelite Fryers (namely after they became possess'd 
of the said Palace by gift of Edw. 11.) built a Bell-Tower or Bell-Fery, 
w<^ they us'd, out of Glory that so Royal a Prince should be bom there, 
in after times to shew to Travellers. The Entrance into the Area or 
Court of the said Palace or Carmelite House is to this day call'd Fryers' 30 
Entry, -^ This Day was brought to University College a Statue of the 
present Queen of England done at Full length, (with the Crown and 
Scepter,) to be put over the Gate of the College. *Tis the gift of one 
M^. Ward Brother to M^. Ward that is now Junior Fellow. Most of y« 
Fellows were for placing the said Statue in the Inside of the College by 
King James's ; but Arthur Charlett out of his vain Glory would have it 
without side that he might be the more taken notice of. Upon w<^ these 
Extempore verses were made by one of the By-Standers : 

O Arthur, Oh I in vain thon tryes 

By merits of this Statue for to rise. 40 

Thou'lt ne're an Exaltation have 

But that on Prickett's shoulders to the Graved 

* About Autumn last year was admitted a student in the Publick Library 
Christoph. Matth. Pfaflius, a Person of great Candor & Humanity. This 
young Gentleman (for he is not above 25 Years of Age) has just pub- 
lish'd a small Book in 8^0 call'd Dissertatio Critica de Genuinis librorum 
Novi Testamenti Lectionibus, ope Canonum quorundam criticorum 
feliciter indagandis & a spurijs secemendis : Ubi & inter alia de Joannis 
Millij collectione variarum Nov. Test Lectionum modeste disseritur. 

* See vol. xxii. 17 [Dr. Bliss]. 
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a74 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

Printed at Amsterdam. Dedicated to the Duke of Wittemberg, who was 
pleas'd to take early notice of the Author upon account of his forward 
Parts & laudable Industry. The Author thinks that there are a great 
many very antient MSS. of the New Test, as yet preserved in the East, 
vi^ if consulted all corruptions of these sacred Books might be heal'd. 
His chief design in the Book is against the Deists, shewing that this 
variety of Lections does not make for them, since there are so very few 
of them w<^ are material, and those w^** are do not relate to the doctrines 
of Religion. Le Clerk has a Book in MSS. upon this Subject, & also a 
20 Discourse upon some Texts sent him by M'. Lock. M^. Pfaflf wishes 
they may both be published. But I wish otherwise, M^ Le Clerk & Lock 
having been both of ill Principles. 

In pag. 8. M'. Dodwell cited about St. Ignatius's not distinguishing rightly 
between the genuine Gospel of St. Matthew, and the interpolated one made 
use of by the Ebionites. P. a a. He does not approve of what D'. Smith says 
de Prologo Hieronymi in Epistolas Catholicas. Yet agrees with D'. Smith ft 
D'. Mill about the words of St. Joh. Ep. i. v. 7. Hobbes of opinion that the 
Canon of the New Test, was not settled 'till after the 3 first Centuries, p. 24. 
M^ Dodwell of opinion that the Canon was establish'd not very soon, but 

ao confuted by Basnage. P. 24. Basnage has also some Errors in that particular. 
Ibid. Toland of M'. DodweU's opinion, ibid. But confuted by Richardson, as 
also is Basnage, & by an anonymous Author, p. 25. That Anonymous Author 
was Stephen Nye, a man of Learning, ibid. Robert Jenkins's Reasons about 
the Antiquity of the Canon of the New Testament commended, p. a 6. (Quaere 
whether this Robert Jenkins was not a Non- Juror). In pag. 38 a passage out 
of Ignatius's Epistle ad Philadelph. The Author 01 this Dissertation of opinion 
that apx«u> is the true Reading not ap^dia as in the Medicean MS^ Yossius 
also of that opinion (as is also D''. South) in his Notes upon the Place, tho' in 
his Responsio ad objectiones nuperae criticae sacrae he is for Jpxoia. ib. p. 29. 

30 Hieronymiu it Camus vel d S, Fide a feign'd name for Father Sraion. under that 
Name F. Simon's Judicium de tuipera Is, Vossij ad iteratas Simonif objectiones Re^ 
sponsione came out. p. 30. Father Simon has plainly shewn that dpxfia is the true 
Reading, ibid. D'. Smith's Interpretation of Ignatius's words produced pag. 
3i.*A^iJcra for i$fiKTa to be read. p. 3a. So also D'. Smith. But D'. Nicholb 
conjectures Saiprra^ absurdly. M^ PfafF approves of M^ Dodwell's Interpre- 
tation of y« Place in his Paraenesis §. a 3. w^ he has transcrib'd at large, and ciXis 
M'. Dodwell vir stupendae eniditionis. p. 3a. — In pag. 41, 4a. He taJces notice 
that St. Paul was the primary Author of St. Liike's Gospel, for w^ some 
reason may be gather'd from a Tinu iv. 11. This is certain that these words 

40 ^ior 6 €pyaTTjs rov fuaOov avrov tan occur in i Tim. v. 18 & Luc. x. 7. (I 
remember that several years since M'. Dodwell gave me a notable Remark 
concerning these words, & desir'd me, I being then at Shottesbrook transcrib- 
ing his Paraenesis, to communicate the Observation to M^ Grabe, then about 
his Spicilegium ; w®** accordingly I did by a Letter written to M^ Milles, now 
Bp. of Waterford ; but I believe Milles never told him of it, & not putting 
down the Memorandum in any other place I have now quite forgot it). The 
original Copies of the Test, as well as old all lost. p. 44. Yet none continu'd 
so long as that of St. John's Gospel, ibid. 'Twas preserv'd in the Church of 
Ephesus till the 4^ Century. So Peter Alexandrinus, cited by Petavius in his 

50 Uranolog. f. 397. of opinion that they were call'd CathoUck epistles because 
written to many churches, and for that reason to be communicated to them, 
tho' D'. Mill denyes this conununication of the Catholick Epistles, ibid. p. 48. 
Yet the D'. brings no reason for his opinion, ibid. M'. Pfaff not of M'. Dod- 
well's opinion in his Paraenesis §. 34. that these Epistles were Apostolical 
writings & writings of the Archetypal & heavenly church, ibid, nor does he 



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believe that the catholick church is that w«i» triumphs in Heaven, ibid. p. 49, 
M'. Dodwell of opinion that the Authentical Hebrew Copy of St. Matthew's 
Gospel is referr'd to by St. Ignatius ad Philadelph. §. viii. See his Parxn. 
p. 99. The copy of St Marc's Gospel at Venice doubtfuU from the Eaten and 
worn Fragments now remaining whether written in Latin or Greek, p. 51. 
So those who have consulted it. ibid. (Yet I remember that M^ Maximilian 
Misson in his travells after a great deal of poring and comparing several scraps 
together inferred it to be written in Greek.) The Roman MS* older & pre- 
ferable to the Alexandrian one. p. 53. & therefore what D^ Mill says of it as 
being of no great Authority is very rash & unjust, ibid. p. 53. — D^. Mill upon 10 
that account was not very sollicitous in collecting the variations of it ibid. 
And therefore without doubt his work on that score is very imperfect ibid. 
He follows in that point Father Simon, whom he also in other Places follows 
too much. ibid. The Roman copie written laoo years since, & so D'. Mill 
elsewhere of opinion, p. 54. D^ Grabe almost of y® same opinion with D'. 
MilL ibid. Schelstrate thinks 'twas written 1400 years since. It certainly 
agrees with y® Letters in the Statue of Hippolytus. p. 55. The Alexandrian 
MSS. written, according to D'. Grabe a little before the year 296, or not long 
after. D'. Mill not accurate in collating the Alexandrian MS^ He depended 
at first upon Huiss's Collations. Afterwards he collated himself, and added his ao 
New Observations in the Appendix. Yet negligently, as appears even from a 
considerable Reading in Apocalyps. xxii. 1 1. The common Books have diicai- 
wand. But the Alex. MS. has ^iKcuotrvvriv noitjvarv. This Lection (w^^ is valu- 
able) omitted both by Huis & Mill, yet observed by D^ Bull in Harm. Apostol. 
Diss. L c. L §. 6. p. 4. D^ Bernard the first that laid down rules for judging 
of the Age of MSS. The D'. a Man of great Reading but little Judgment, 
p. 65. He speaks well of Monfaucon's Palaeographia Graeca. p. 66. Mon- 
faucon calls die Gospel according to St. Mark at Venice a Latin MS. & notes 
that 'twas written by St. Mark's own Hand. A Lection of Matth. i. 11. out 
of a MS*, written in the xi**^ Century, taken notice of by Monfaucon. That 3® 
MS* in Bibliotheca S. Joannis de Cari>onaria RR. PP. Augustinianorum Nea- 
poll — Beza's Book of the Gospells and Acts at Cambridge tho' very ancient 
yet one of the very worst Books of the New Test exstant, as being corrupted 
and deprav'd, & corrected according to the vulgar version. The Librarian a 
very ignorant Person, p. 75. — D'. Mill may be corrected in Pag. 166 b. of his 
Prolegom. from Montaucon's Diar, Ital. p. 308. about Perron's MS*. D'. 
Mill has very few Lections out of the MSS*" in y« Emperor's Library, w^** 
however he might have obtain'd with Ease. p. 85. He has given the Lections 
of one (viz. num. xxviii.) in the Appendix to his Testam*. but his Account of 
it is very unaccurate in Proleg. p. 367. a. For it contains the whole N. Test 40 
& the Apocalypse is not wanting, as D^ Mill insinuates, a^. 'Tis not written 
in capitals Letters, as he says. 3^^. 'twas not San-George Ashe that collated 
the Book for D^ Mill but Gerard van Mastricht, who communicated them to 
Ashe. p. 86. Boeder had a most Excellent MS* of the New Test, the Lections 
whereof were never yet gathered, tho' perhaps Boeder might follow it in his 
Edition of the N. Test 1660 (what this Author M^ Pfaff has said ab* MSS. is 
all taken from D'. Mill & others, & he seems to have little or no skill himself, 
nor to have seen hardly any MSS. He appears also empty & shallow in most 
things.) D'. Mill collated very little of what the Bp. of Ely has. I know not 
for what reason. See pag. 100. D'. Mill finds fault with Robert Stephens for 50 
not giving us all the Lections of the MSS. made use of by him ; but without 
reason, p. 105. The New Testament printed at Paris in 164a with a great 
number of Lections, w^'^ Edition is pass'd by by D'. Mill p. 1 10. Jo. Saubert, 
not Salbert as F. Simon and D'. Mill call him, put out a very good Ed. of the 
new Test at Hehnestadt in 1672, where he has given a very good Judgment 
of the Lections collected by him. p. no. The Lections collected by Zacag- 
nius, w^ are very considerable, omitted quite by D'. Mill, w*** is to be won- 
der'd at p. 11 a. The Author commends D'. Mill's Diligence and Learning. 

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p. 113, 113. notwithstanding w^^ a vast number of Defects in his Edition, ibid, 
b^. Mill had a design of printing another Edition of the New Test, from the 
Alexandrian, Cambridge, Bodlejan & Claromontan MSS. exactly, p. 114. — 
So D^ Bentley tells us in his Epistle to D'. Mill ; but D'. Mill seems after- 
wards to have changed his mind, he having nothing of it in his Prolegomena, 
p. I t6. Kuster about a new Impression of D'. Mill's Test, now at Amsterdam 
m w«^ he will give also new Prolegomena of his own, and the Lections from a 
great many MSS. not mention'd by D'. Mill. p. 1 17. The Apocalyps in Cop- 
tick in the Bodlejan Library, tho' D^ Mill says otherwise, p. lai. D^ Mill in 

to pag. 153. a. tells us of one, whose name he does not add, skiU'd in Coptick. His 
words are Vir baud vulgaris in hac literarum parte eruditionis. M'. Pfaff says 
'tis one Edwards an English man he means, who he also says has now forgot 
the Language. This is both false. The Person meant is M'. Hoffman a 
Forreigner, who was resident in Edm. Hall when the D'. writ these words 
and he often assisted the D^ nor has M^ Edwards forgot the Coptick as he 
asserts, being misinform'd I suppose by one Wilkins a Prussian who studied 
lately in Oxford & pretends to give us the Coptick Testament. But he is far 
from being a man of Judgment. See pag. 121. He calls Father Simon 
stupendx eruditionis vir, the same character w**** he had bestow'd upon M'. 

so Dodwell, After D'. Jo. Fell's Edition of the Greek Testament came out, a 
certain illustrious Person (whose name M^ Pfaff has not thought fit to men- 
tion) design'd another Impression of it, & propos'd to publSh Canons for 
judging of the Genuiness of Lections, a thing never done yet. He published a 
specimen of that Edition. This Edition I think never came out. The Canons 
M^ Pfaff has now given. See pag. 123. They are in number xxxviu In 
Matth. xi. 16. Many copies have Mpoa for iraipoit. Not observ'd by Mill. 
The mistake arose from Pronunciation, p. 146. D^ Mill says in the most 
antient MSS. are no Abbreviations. False. Himself hath observ'd some, 
p. 150. And therefore contradicts himself, p. 151. Some Abbreviations in 

30 the Alexandrian MSS. p. 153. In i Cor. xiii. 3 icav^^<ra>fuu the right Reading 
not Kav;^o-<ii>fuii, as in some MSS. particularly in the Alexandrian. Hermannus 
Wits writ an Eloqu[e]nt Dissertation against D'. Bentley. He intitles it de 
monte Agar, & 'tis against D'. Bent ley's Emendation of GaL iv. 25, w«^ 
Emendation however D'. Mill approves of, and yet not one MS* countenances 
it. Such is the Boldness of D'. Bentley even in sacred Books. See pag. 185. 
The Hereticks corrupted the New Testament, notwithstanding D'. Mill's 
opinion that they did not w^^^ opinion of his is singular, p. 191. D'. Mill of 
opinion that the word tv6i»s in Mark ii. 2. should be left out, & yet 'tis exstant 
in most MSS. p. 205. D'. Mill also in Error in Rom. i. 32. where he would 

40 have the vulgar Lection chang'd, because the Fathers have otherwise. But 
most MSS. have the conunon Reading, & therefore to be retain'd. 207. In 
I Pet. V. 13. a word wanting to be joyn'd with trvvfieXcfer^. D'. Mill thought 
Peter's wife was to be understood. For w°*» he could give no probable reason. 
From the Antient versions, and from QCcumenius, and from the margin of 
Lincoln Coll. MS^ it appears that ^KKXtja-la is wanting. 211. D'. Mill some- 
times too much rely'd upon citations of Fathers. 215. In Matth. ii. 18. In 
some MSS. as also in most versions 6orjpog #cal is omitted, agreeably to the 
Hebrew, says D'. Mill, but badly, for tne Hebrew expresses it. So that the 
D^ seems to have an Eve only to the Latin Translation of the Hebrew, who 

50 did not sufficiently understand the Hebrew. See pag. 228, 229. A great 
character of D'. Bentley's Critique, in p. 243. where he approves of D'. Bent- 
ley's conjecture upon Gal. iv. 25. But P^ff is a very poor Judge in these 
Matters as yet, & pronounces from hear say & the opinions of others. 



The Palace of the Beaumonts in Oxford was a most delightful] Seat, 
A was often frequented by the Kings of England. Part of it was stand- 
ing three or four years since. I guess it to have been a Piece of the 



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Chapell, but it has since been destro/d to make room for a large Pile of 
very slight Building erected by D"". Benjamin Woodrof, Principal of 
Gloucester Hall and Canon of X^. Church, a Man of whimsical & shallow 
understanding. — Robert Fludd, or Robertus de Fluctibus, as he styles 
himself, M.D. was of S*. John's CoU. in this imiversity. Most of his 
Books are written in Latin, & are very voluminous, but as they are upon 
strange subjects, so is the Language of them mean and barbarous & the 
Author seems to have had little or no Judgment Yet he was much 
admir'd by the famous M'. Selden, chiefly, I think for this reason, because 
he was of the Rosa-Crucian sect, and addicted himself to Chymistry, of lo 
w<^ Mr. Selden himself was an admirer, as may partly appear from some 
<rf his MSS. in the Bodlejan Library. The said D'. Fludd gave some of 
his Books to the Bodlejan Library, particularly his Philosophise Amphi- 
theatrum, at the beginning of which he has put the following Inscription 
with his own Hand : 

Almse sui intemi Matri, snavique charitatis 

spiritualis proli, Academise Oxoniensi, abiqae 

per mtmdnm celeberrimse, Rob. Fludd, 

Armiger, in Medidna Doctor, primaeyos 

hosce, quales quales, animi sui fiructos, 20 

Guasi debitam stue gratitudinis victimam, 

Altari ipius sacrato inprimis praebendam, 

lubens bbens, ofierre gestit 

There is come out at Florence a small Piece in Quarto written by way 
of Letter to the Famous Maggliabecchi, the Duke of Tuscany s Library 
keeper, intitled, De varia Lectione Adagij B4ififAa 2apdmaK6v Tinctura Sar- 
diniaca DissertaHo, auctore D. Joanne Patdo Nurra Caraliiano J. C. 
PatricB EcclesicB Canmico. FloreniicB M:DCC: VIII, Pag. 6. he notes y* 
in Ptolemy lib. IIL c. 3. is Pupulum for Populomum or n<m\i>inov. Tinc- 
tura Sardinaica a better Reading than Tinctura Sardiam'ca. pag. 14. 30 
Strabo explained there pag. 19. The Author observes that nobody had 
noted the words before him. Luccu Holstenius noted to be in a great 
mistake p. ai. Suidas also explained there p. 16. the common Expositors 
being in the wrong. He also in that place notes that in Jul. Pollux lib. 
V. c. IV. is XtVoi^ Sapdioi^v linum Sardianum for linum Sardinianum, The 
like notes of other Authors. In pag. 36. He notes an Error in Cluver in 
his Interpretation of a Place of Diodorus Siculus. He also mentions an 
Error of Ortelius pag. 27. Cluver noted of an error likewise in pag. 29. 
Cluoer not very accurate in the Affairs of Sardinia, p. 31. He notes 
there that Cluver makes Boaria and Bovenna, of which there is mention 40 
in the Peutingerian tables to be Isles w<^ he says are certainly nothing but 
Rocks, and that he himself saw them to confirm the Assertion : and yet he 
notes that Schelstrate followed Cluver in the error. Claudian explained there 
pag. 32. & Caspar Barthius's Explication noted to be wrong. — A Fault 
in the Dauphin Edition of Virgil corrected from Heinsius, pag. 36. The 
city Olhia, now destroy'd, call'd Phausina in the Roman Martyrology I5d. 
of May, for w^^ our Author reads Faustina with Vitalis Tom. II. Annal. 
Sardinia, But the Generality have Pausania, Spanheim mistaken, pag. 
43. In pag. 44. he takes notice that the Common Interpreters of 
Lycophron verse 796. Khrrpt^ dvcraXO^s t^Xkairos 2apdo¥uajs i.e. Insanabilis 50 



278 NEARNESS COLLECTIONS. [1709! 

acuko piscis Sardonict\ are mistaken. For whereas they say piscis Sardani'^ 
cus here is the pasHnaca marina he says that 'tis Xbi^ purpura Sardiniaca : 
and he says that all Authors favour the Interpretation who note that 
Sardinia is famous iox purpura & that therefore iht purpura is very pro- 
perly caird piscis Sardonicus. An Anonymous Author publish'd by Jac. 
Gran, cited pag. 51. & a passage out of him produced ; which Author 
notwithstanding barbarous has a great many excellent & usefull things in 
him. In pag. 5a. he notes that in pag. 8. lib. i. of Achilles Tatius is 
badly read purpura LydicB for purpura Lyddce. BdfifjM ZopdcvMuc^ to be 

10 read in both Places of Aristophanes, as in Erasmus's Book. pag. 54. Ibid 
he notes that DaUchampius has badly tum'd the Poet Plato in AthencBus 
pag. 48. c. 9. Ed. Lt^d where he has oslro Sardiano for osiro Sardiniano^ 
tho' Casaubon rectifyes the Mistake, & ascribes the error to the Trans- 
criber of DaUchampius. P. 55. He notes that in Hesychius for Bd^ifui 
Sapdavfoic^v is to be read '^a\k\uL "Sapdivuucbv, notwithstanding Salmasius and 
Ez, Spanheim be of a different opinion. In the same Place oiHesychius 
2apboi is to be read for SapdcVi, of w^h opinion was also Erasmus, From 
the End of this Curious Book, Vf^ is full of Learning, it appears that the 
Author designs a Description and History of Sardinia, in order to w<* 

ao he has collected a great many excell* Observations. — At Florence is also 
newly publish'd in 4*0 this Book following, Beaii Amhrosij Ahbatis 
Generalis Camaldulensis Hodoeporicon h Nicolao BarSholini Bargensi CJl. 
congregalionis Mairis Dei PubliccB luci asserlum. Ex Bihliotheca Medicea 
ad Illuslrissimumj ^ Amplissimum Dominum Magliabechi Serenissimi 
Magna EtruricR Duds Cosmi III, Bibliolhecarium, &c FlorenluB, Ae 
LuccB apud Marescandalos Fr aires. Superiorum permissu. — The best 
of Proclus*s works were his Commentaries upon Timceus, — Brevis vita 
Homeri sub Procli nomine prodijt cura Leonis Allaiij in libro de Honuri 
vita. Hanc conjecit Fabricius ex priore Chrestomathias Procli Ubro de- 

30 sumptam esse. — Opus in Timcatm k Proclo anno setatis 28 elaboratum, 
ipso Marino teste. Hujus operis libri quinque exstant, impressi : ceteri 
(quorum numerus incertus) perierunt In hisce Commentarijs Longi- 
num ssepe refellit. Pluribus scatent mendis, quorum aliquot correxit 
Fabricius, & spes est virum doctissimmn tandem aliquando Lectori 
erudito emendationes conmiunicaturum.— Procli com. in Platonis libros 
de Republica prodijt Tiguri 80. 1542. Latinitate donatus k Gesnero^ 
qui inscripsit. Apologies quotdam pro Homero Sf arte Podica &c. Codici 
Mediceo Procli Comm. in Remp. Platonis adtexta sunt quaedam Schdia 
nescio cujus auctoris hactenus ar«Kdora. — Procli Hypotyposis Astronomi* 

40 carum positionum saepius lucem vidit Sed Lambecium onmes Editiones 
fugerunt Unde ineditis accensuit. — Bainbridgij Procli Spherae editionem 
laudat Fabricius. — Procli Comm. in Hesiodum baud semel editi. Hos 
suppletos vidit Fabricius h codice quodam MS. eximio in Bibliotheca 
Gottorpiensi Serenissimi Holsatise Ducis. — Procli vfr6funif»a th Skov r^v 
"Ofurjpov. In Homerum integrum commentarms temporis injuria perijt 
Solenne fuit junioribus Platonicis in Poetarum Principem commentari, ut 
observavit Holstenius in Porphyrij vita. Scripsit item Proclus lltpi tm^ 
vap 'Of^pf ^wv, sive De Dijs afmd Homerum. Quod opus quoque inter- 
cidit. — Aschami Epistolae inprimis prodierunt cura £. Grantij tribus 

5olibris comprehensae. Deinde quarti libri adjectione locupletavit, & 



Oot. 4-6.] POL. XXI, PAGE 257-VOL. XXII, PACE 3. 279 

Sereniss. Reginse Elizabeths majestati Qtramque Editionem dicavit. 
Aschami praeclanim in litteris conscribendis artificium. Praemisit carmen 
non inconcinnum de Aschami laudibus auctor ingeniosus & acutus. 
Prasfationem Graniij sequitm* carmen encomiasticmn Thomae Wilsoni 
Legum Doctoris & Reginae Elizabeths k secretis. Deinde in Aschami 
laudem sylva per Guil. Camdenum, Historicum ilium plane immortalem.— 
Gravis saepe subit dolor ob ajnissos illos libros Dionys. Halicamassei, 
quos doctissime & fiisissime scripsit de Imitatione & oratoria & Historica. 
Hos libros ipse Dionysius caeteris suis omnibus anteposuit — Laurentius 
Pignaaureolus [xzir] Horatij librum de arte Po^tica rara doctrina magnoque 10 
judicio ut & Aristotelis de Arte Rhetorica libros explicuit. — M'. 
Randall of Oriell Coll. has a Tully with Lamhitis Emendations put in the 
Margin. In Folio, VoK a^™". Cost 3 libs. — M'. Carter IR Master of 
Eatoti'^^^ycXt. M'. Newboraugh Head Master of ^a/(wi-Schoole. His 
Father was Minister of Milver Stoke in Shropshire & his Brother Minister 
of Stanton-Lacy in y® same County. — . . . D'. Hudson at Theddle- 
thorpe near Lowthe where he will stay till Thursday come sennight 
A Letter next Friday may reach him. AJfter that he will be at M'. Spin- 
all's at Pauler's Pury near Towcester on Sunday or Monday following. 
A letter on y« Friday after he leaves M'. Newcomen's will come to «o 
him. ■» • . • 

VOL. xxn. 

Oct. 6 (Wed.), 1709. M'. Thomas Rawlinson of the Middle Temple 
has got a Copy of Weaver's Funeral Acts & Monuments, with large 
MSS«. Additions by M^. Weaver's own Hand. — In Sir Thomas Bod- 
ley's Library is a Copie of Milles's Catalogue of Honour in large Paper, 
examin'd and corrected by M"". Camden & the Author himself, as 
appears from the following memorandum at the Beginning written with 
Mr. Camden's own Hand: Examined, and the Printers Errors and 
Translator's mistakinges in sundray Places corrected, by William Camden 
alias Qarentieulx chiefe Kinge of Armes, and Tho. Milles, Head- 3» 
Customer of Sandwich & the Member-Portes in Kent, the Publisher 
heerof ; and by him dedicated to Posterity in Sir Tho. Bodle/s Library 
of Oxforde. — A Young Gentleman, call'd John Herman Schmincke 
has written a Letter from Utrecht to Dr. Hudson to get the MSS**. of 
Eginhardus's Life of Charles the Great collated with our MSS. he 
designing, it seems, to put out a new Edition of him. But I exspect no 
great matter from this Gentleman, no more than I do from some other 
of the spruce, flattering Gentlemen in these Parts of the World. Tis an 
odd way of setting up for Authors and Publishers of Books from the 
Collections of other Men, as they generally do in these Countries. — 4® 
Magnimi sibi nomen paravit Paullus ^milius Veronensis opere inclyto 
de rebus gestis Francorum, cui annos xxx impendisse dicitur. — Nicolaus 
Locenicus k Venere, Baccho, & Somno nimio, admodum sibi temperabat. 
Obijt annos natus 96. — A certain worthy Gentleman writes me word 
from London that they there look upon D*". Lancaster cu a stout high- 
Church-maity and are very glad to leame^ that hee would be continued Vice- 
chancellour a fourth Veare. He also desires to be acquainted for what 



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reasons a considerable Pari of the Unwerstfy is dissatisfyed luiih it. In 
answer to ^^ it may be observed that this !>. Lancaster is a Person who 
drives at nothing but' Self Interest, and is a Man of no steddy Principles, 
being of an ambitious, haughty Temper, and will act any way if he find 
'tis for advancing him to a higher Post The most impartial and most 
honest Part of die University think that he has dealt very unworthily in 
contriving to get Thisdethwayt to be made Keeper of the Ware-House 
at the Theater. They cannot think that a man in his Post can be 
sincere when they see him break his word and be regardless of solemn 

xo Promises. They believe that he has no regard to the Honour and 
Reputation of the University, when they see that he is for promoting 
ignorant People, and uses all his Power to prostitute the Degrees of the 
University: of which he has given two most notorious Instances, in 
raising a Congregation of Men of his own stamp, to vote that M^ Stevens 
a Scotch man (who never resided a day in the imiversity, or was ever 
enter'd of it) should have the Degree of Master of Arts conferr'd upon 
him ; and in procuring a Letter from the Chancellor that one Heron, an 
Undergraduate who formerly was in the University for about 2 Years, 
and no more, should be created I>. of Law. W^h Letter was deny'd ; 

to but the Vice-Chancellor immediately sent for another, w^ came down 
very speedily, & the Business being managed with secresy, it was, tho' not 
without great Difficulty, carry'd for him, & he was accordingly soon after 
presented to that Degree. Wcl^ instance itself is enough to ruin Lan- 
caster's Character amongst aU sober and virtuous Men, it being suf- 
ficiendy known that Heron is a lewd, debauch'd Person, notwithstanding 
he is a Gendeman of good Parts and Sense. Moreover this Lancaster 
permitts D'. De Laime to run away with some Thousands of Pounds of 

?9 imiversity money ; he was the very man who brought in M'. (now D*".) 
earson to be Principal of Edmund-Hall, and let him keep his FeUowship 

30 after the half Year was expired, w<^ yet he should not by the Statutes 
have done. And what is the more remarkable in this Act is that 
Lancaster was the very man who managed the Business of turning 
Dr. Crosthwait out from being Principal because he insisted upon his 
Fellowship with the Principality, and he got Dr. Mill put into the Hall 
for that reason. Besides Pearson does not answer the Exspectadon of 
any conscientious Man. This Lancaster also was the Man who preach'd 
the Thanksgiving Sermon before the University for the Birth of the 
Prince of Wales, and yet afterwards drew up the Address against him, to 
[o]mitt other Objections. — In the North of England when a man com- 

40 plains they say he camples. Cample i. e. to complain, Costrely i. e. vas 
cenophorum. from cisterna or cisUrnella, In the north they say a costrel 
of Tarr for a barreU of Tarr, A Custard non a gustando sed k cheese 

, /or/. Emps piece a word us'd commonly in Lincolnshire. It signifies 
a great or no small Portion. M'. Thwaites of opinion that 'tis the same 
with Alms piece ^ seu Elemosynaria pordo. Almes is the word in most 
parts of the North, w^^h we call Alms in one syllable. — Bigott ab Anglo 
Saxon, voce begettan. Sic cl. Thwaitesius in Additt. ad Skinneruni 
suum luculentissimis. qui insuper notat vocem Bittackle non a Belg. 
Bitte, morsus & Tackle^ sed ^ Gallicis vocib. Battan-aiguille lintris, 

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Oct. 6-6.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 8-12. 281 

ab EUmosynarium, & Amerce mercedem significare idem valere quod ad 
niercedem innuit. Byspel homo nihili; Ita Angli Boreales. Aby vel 
byj. & Spel sermo. Sic quoque Thw. qui & multas nostras voces ad 
obrussam vocum Grsecarum, Latinarum & Anglo-Saxonicarum exegit. 
Canopy from ««w)* & t^. — Penes Praesidem Divi Joannis Baptistae habetur 
Codex MS. recentior, inscriptus, nativitas Sf vita if mors Thomce White 
mititis aurati^ D, Joannis Baptists collegij fundatoris, Auctore Griffino 
Higgs dicti Collegij alunmo & Artium Baccalaureo. Carmine panxit, & 
multa, notatu digna, & ab alijs, ni fallor, scriptoribus intacta complectitur. 
hie liber, in folio, uti dicunt, compactus. — M'. Rawlinson of the Middle 10 
[Temple] has a MS*, in ^h^ is contained Phaednis's Fables, a Piece of 
TuUy, &c. 

Oct. e (Th.). This Day at one of the Clock, that old, hypocritical, 
ambitious, dranken sot, Will. Lancaster Provost of Queen's College was 
admitted Vice-Chancellour, being the 4th Year of his entering upon that 
office. 'Twas done (as usual) by virtue of the Chancellor's Letters, w«*» 
styl'd him a Person of extraordinary Conduct and Prudence, and said 
that the University had had sufficient Experience of it. After the Letters 
were consented to by the Convocation, w^Ii was the thinnest Convocation, 
that ever I knew in my Life, upon such an occasion, there being but 20 
one * Noble-man at it (who is a very poor one, namely S' Christopher 
Powell of Queen's College) and a small number of Masters, this haughty 
Gentleman made a speech, or rather a Libell, void of Religion, Modesty, 
Sense & common Civility. The Burthen of it was a most scandalous 
and uncharitable Reflection upon Christ-Church, as if they were bitter 
and inexorable Enemies to the University, and were for undermining & 
destroying it's Privileges, and setting up a Court in Distinction to that 
of the Vice-Chancellor. The occasion whereof is nothing else but a 
Cause relating to D^. Benjamin Woodroflfe, against whom a suit had 
been commenced for Debts, and D^. Stratford Treasurer of Christ-Ch. 30 
had orders for Paying part of them, and was for Refusal prosecuted in 
the Vice-ChanceUor*s Court, the Penalty of w<* however he avoided by 
standing stoutly up for the good of his own College, the Privileges of 
w<sli he knew well enough to be broke in upon by this Instrument of 
Prosecution. And this was also the sense of that august Body, and they 
had theu- Evidences to produce, and for that reason they appealed to 
Chancery, as they ought to do when their Charter freed the Dean and 
Chapter as such from being subject to the Vice-Chancellor's Court. 
Nor did they only in this but likewise in another Instance stand up 
closely for the Interest of their own College, and that is the hindering 40 
one Hoard from alienating a Piece of the CoUege Ground at the Castle, 
well he would have given away in perpetuum under the Pretence of 
Charity and of Erecting a Chapell & maintaining a Chaplain for the 
good of the Prisoners. This courageous maintaining the Privileges and 
Titles of the College (for the Point was carried for X*. Ch.) exasperated 
smooth-Boots, and some others so much, that they could not think 
of a more effectual way to be reveng'd than that the Vice-Chancellor, the 
said smooth-boots, should make a libell (for I cannot call it any other, 

* There was one Inferior Nobleman besides. 



aSil HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

by the Statute) in ^n^ he gave such words as were not proper to be 
utter'd in such a House as the Convocation, or be so much as mention'd 
to a venerable Society. So that it happen'd very luckily that there were 
so few Auditors, especially of Persons of y® younger sort who might have 
been infected by his Billingsgate and rancorous Language. After this 
Part of his speech was over he was pleas'd to touch upon the Case of 
All-Souls College, some one of v/^ had lately made an offer and writ a 
Pamphlett to get the Statute annulTd whereby the Fellows of Colleges 
are pblig'd to Uke Holy orders. In this Part the Vice-Chancellor spoke 

lo false Latin. Next he was pleas'd to mention Dr. Wynnes Lectures of 
Jesus College as being learned and instructive, but spoke in vain because 
of the fewness of Audtors. He also mention'd 1>. Potter's Edition of 
Clemens Alexandrinus, w«li he did not question but would be done to the 
honour of the University. And after that he insisted in two or three 
words upon M'. Halle/s Labours in putting out the ancient Mathe- 
maticians: and then he concluded with some transactions against the 
Citizens, and two or three flattering words, on purpose to insinuate him- 
self into Favour. It must be here observ'd that whereas he spoke now 
well of !>. Wynne he spoke very scurvily of him sometime agoe, and 

ao was pleas'd to run down M'. Lock in the Convocation-House, whom 
nevertheless D^. Wynne always gready Admir'd, & was at the Pains of 
abridging his Essay of Humane Understanding. The above-mention'd 
Dr. Stratford, Steward of Christ Ch. is son to Dr. Stratford that was 
lately Bp. of Chester, and the Heir of his Virtues as well as Estate. He 
is a Gendeman of a generous, Publick spirit, has a true Regard for men 
of merit, and makes it his Business to get such preferr'd, he hates ail 
sneaking and tricking Persons, and highly resents the several Acts of the 
present Vice-Chancellor & some others who have most shameftilly post- 
pon'd the Credit and Interest of the University to their own private, selfish 

30 & ill Designs. 

Velleij Paterculi verba (lib. i. c. 6J Assyrtj prtnctpes omnium gentium 
&c. adpoptUum Romanum pervinit h glossemate esse suspicantur nonnulli. 
Retinent codices MSS. nee abjicienda esse censet cl. Vossius de Histo- 
ricis Latinis p. 618, 619. ubi & aliorum banc in rem sententiam protulit. 
— Ad Cnoheri urbem (in agro Suffolciensi) vel, ut nunc vocant. Burgh- 
caslle Romanorum numismata subinde ennmtur. 

Oct, 7 (Frt). The Statue of the Queen, mention'd in the Close of 
the preceding Volume, was put up Yesterday over University College 
Gate next to High-Street, and cost about 50 libs., or perhaps 40 libi., 

40 tho' others say 80 libs, to magnify the Gift. 'Tis observ'd to be but 
clumsily done, and to have some disproportions in the Members. — 
There being no Roman coyns found at Oxford, & there being no mention 
of it in the ancient Itineraries, it seems that 'twas not a place of note in 
the times of the Romans; but to overthrow that Argument it may be 
considered that other Accounts make it to be much older, notwithstanding 
there are not wanting those who with great vigour oppose these Authors 
as fabulous & of no credit; which whether so or not I shall not now 
insist upon. I have however been told of Coyns that have been found in 
New-Parks, across yi^ one Branch of the Roman Ikenild way pass'd, 

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Oct. ^7.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES \2-2\. ^83 

discovered lately, some of w<^ were given me by M"". Trambald Rector 
of the Place : by w<* it seems that Witney was of a much earlier Date 
than Edward the Confessor, beyond whose time M^ Camden had met 
with no authentick Memorial. Oxford was in the time of the Romans 
caird Bellesitum or BeUositum and was situated more north-west than 
'tis at present And 'tis likely there might have been anciently more 
Memorandums of it's State in their Times, w<^ might be destroy'd by 
the Danes & other barbarous People. — In one of the old MSSt« of Tully 
that I receiv'd from Merton-College is a tract De Paupertate w^li is 
ascrib'd to Tully by the very same Hand that writ the whole MS^. 10 
I suppose he went upon the Authority of the Book whence he copied it, 
he being himself very ignorant of the Latin Tongue, as is plain from the 
prodigious Corruptions both in this tract & in the other Parts of the 
Volume. The greatest Part of this Tract if not at all [p'c] is a Collection 
of Sentences about Poverty out of Seneca, of whom there are several 
Pieces in this Book. — Ad Caster, olim Venta Icenorum, in agro Nor- 
folciensi pauculi Romanorum nummi subinde fossoribus se exhibent 
Parietinae etiam conspiciuntur quae suo ambitu quadrato xxx. plus 
miniis jugera complectuntur. 



Oct. 8. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 145). Mr. Dodwell wasput upon his 
Paraenesu by Grabe and Milies when H. was a fneshman. H. was sent for to Shot- 
tesbrooke to transcrit>e it, and writ over two copies, but had forgotten the passage 
about Ignatius till reminded of it in reading Pfaffius. Condemns Pfaffius' reflec- 
tion upon Dr. Bernard, ' whose Learning and Judgment far exceeded almost 
everything that I have hitherto seen produced in Germany, notwithstanding it be 
so large a Country.' * D'. Lancaster was admitted V.C. for a fourth Year on 
Thursday by a Convocation which was held at one of the Clock. 'Twas one 
of the thinnest Convocations that ever I knew, there being very few Masters 
present and only two inferior Noblemen, one of which was Sir Christopher 
Fowell Baronett of Queen's College, tho' there t>e several Noblemen resident 
at Christ Church, besides a great Number of Masters. The Chancellor's 
Letter cbaracteriz'd Lancaster as a Person who had manag'd his Office with 
no small Conduct and Prudence, of which, he said, the University had had a 
late Instance. After the Letter had been read and consented to, the V.C. made 
a Speech as usual, which some honest and obsendng Men call a Libell, as being 
for much the greatest Part a severe and unjust Reflexion upon the whole So- 
ciety of Christ-Church, and in particular upon D^ Stratford the Treasurer, 
chid9y on account of the late Proceedings relatmg to D'. WoodrofFe. He 
also reflected upon AU-SouLs College, as casting their Pearls before Swine. 
And in this part he was observ'd to speak false Latin. He commended the 
Lectures of D'. Wynne of Jesus, which he said were elegant and learned and 
wanted nothing but Auditors. Yet formerly he decry'd this Gentleman as 
being a Lockist. He said nothing of the Press, only took notice of D^ Pot- 
ter's Clemens, which he did not question but would be a Master-Piece, and of 
the Labours of D'. Halley in publishing the ancient Mathematicians. He 
concluded with two or three flattering Expressions, purely to insinuate him- 
self into Favour. 'Twas the worst Speech I ever heard in the Convocation- 
House. • . 'Tis certain what I said in my last Letter that a eoniiderabU Part qf 
the Univerjity u dsjjatufied with it. Nor are the reasons inconsiderable. For, 
among the rest, they observe (i) That he was the very Man who was so for- 
ward to draw up an Address with his own Hand against the Chevalier S^ 
George, tho' he had formerly preach'd before the University a Thanksgiring 
Sermon for his Birth, (a) He has often since he has been V. C. broke hb 



a84 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700 : 

Oct. (Sun.). Ad Brancaster in agro Norfolciensi, viculum nunc 
temporis nisticanum, Romanonim nummi antiqui sxpius eruuntur. 

Oct. 10 (Mon.). Some time since came out a Book call'd A View of 
the English Constitution, with respect to the Sovereign Authority of the 
Prince, and the Allegiance of the Subject. In vindication <f the Lawfulness 
of Taking the Oaths, To her Majesty, hy Law required Lond. 1709. 
There have been two impressions of this Book, w^^^ was written by 
William Higden, M.A. who was always reckon'd a man of Parts 
ft Honesty, & he stood oUt and refiis'd the Oaths 'till of late. This 

10 Book has been cry'd up as unanswerable by a great many, especiaUy by 
those who are for repubHcan Principles and would perswade us that our 
Government is not Hereditary. But as D^. Hickes answer'd Johnson's 
Life of Julian, w<''h was also said to be unanswerable, with great strength 
of Reasoning and clear matter of Fact, so some judicious Person has just 
given us an answer to this Book of M^. Higden's, and quite baffled him» 
and overthrown all the Arguments he has brought both from Law and 
History, & plainly made out that this is an Hereditary Kingdom & that 
Allegiance therefore is only due to those in the Lineal Descent & not to 
those who break in upon the true Heirs, however they may be coun- 

ao tenanc'd by Great Subjects & be confirm'd by Parliamts. — Cambori- 
tum call'd by y® Saxons Grant-ceaster & Gront-ceaster ; Gron signifies 



Word and fail'd in hb Promises. (3) He has prostituted the Degrees of the 
University (as in the case of a certain Scotchman, who is great with Bp. Bur- 
net, and of a certain undergraduate, who had never been above two years of 
the University, and whom he got to be created D'. of Law.) (4) He got M'. 
(now D'.) Pearson to be made Principal of Edm. Hall and permitted him to 
keep his Fellowship all along after the half- Year was expir'd, contrary to the 
express Words of Statute, tho' he was the man that got D'. Crosthwait re- 
mov'd for pretending to keep a Fellowship and the Principality, and 'twas he that 
was the chief who carried the Election for D'. Mill afterwards. (5) It cannot 
but be highly resented that he should make Thistlethwayte Keeper of the 
Theater-Pre^ since he and all people know he is a most illiterate, worthless 
Person. (6) He has let D'. De Laune run away with near 3000^** of the 
University Money. This I think may satisfy you in your Request.' Will be 
Klad to see Vavasour's works. Mr. Thwaites will look out S.'s papers by 
Monday next 

Oct. 9. Bagfbrd to H. (RawL 21. 14). Has sent a copy of Mr. Stmt's 
Arch, in Prospective, imperfect, but to be valued for the two titles by him made 
with a pen before the book was finished. Also two editions of the Imitatio ; 
one Latin, of which he wishes to know title and date in English, with H.'s view 
as to the author, particulars of impressions &c. ; the other in English (1585), 
which B. thinks was printed beyond sea. Frofl Barnes to H. (Rawl. 24. 
18). Intends to print Porphyry's (iTr^fiara 'Ofifiputd, Plutarch's Life of Homer 
(which he takes to be by Dionysius Halicamasseus), Herodotus' Life of Homer 
and Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi. Does H. know of any MSS. of them ? Hopes 
to get more than 50 subscrit>ers from Oxford. Copies of his Prospectus too 
lavishly dissipated there. Is now employed on the Indexes. Engages looo/. 
and reputation in the work. 500 reams almost done ; sends eras for 80 more, 
at 2j. 6//. per ream. * I take no notice in all y* Work of my Hypothesis Sle- 
lomo, 'Omelos, "Oiir^pou The World can't bear it, but I may take a time, when 
Malice may not turn it to my Disadvantage.' In answer to Dr. Hudson's re- 
quest, remarks that he ' cant dun folks.' [On back is a draft of a letter 
from H. to Dodwell, dated Oct. 13, asking for information for Barnes &c.] 



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a fenny Place, From Grant-ceaster (now only a little Village) the present 
Cambridge had its Rise. 

Oct. U (Tu.). There is just publish'd The Serviiour : A Poim, Written 
hy a Servitour of the University of Oxford^ and faithfully taken from his 
own original Copy, &c. London. 1 709. 8^0. in a single Sheet of Paper. 
M'. Richard Rawlinson Gentleman-Conmioner of S*. John's College, and 
Brother to M'. Thomas Rawlinson, whom I have often mentioned, tells 
me that he had the only Copy that he knows of in England of this Po^m, 
and that he lent it to one M'. Giles A.B. of S* John's College, who he 
thinks got it printed. — Goodmanchester or rather Gormonchester in la 
Huntingdonshire so call'd from Gormon the Dane to whom 'twas given 
by King iElfred after he had concluded a Peace with him. 'Tis the same 
with Antoninus's Duroliponte or rather Durosiponte, and here are found 
divers Roman Coyns. — Thomas Rawlinsonus Armiger, h CoUegio 
Divi Joannis Baptistse Oxonij nuper commensalis superioris ordinis, nunc 
legum nostrarum municipalium in Templo medio Londini studiosus, 
librorum cum manuscriptorum timi impressorum summa industria nee 
minore judicio vim magnam collegit; alios, quotque melioris not» 
nancisci poterit, collecturus. Juvenis iste, optimis sanctissimisque 
moribus omatus, Ecclesise Anglicans jurium contra Fanaticorum rabiem ao 
assertor strenuus, ut de suo & de postero seculo praeclare mereatur, viris 
literatis in auctoribus primae classis edendis occupatis manus auxUiares 
praebet, & quicquid in mus^o suo delitescit prompte porrigit Nee me 
haec temere dicere inde liquet quod cl. Mattairius in Stephanorum vitis 
concinnandis se plurimum Rawlinsono acceptum referre palam fecerit 
Quin & ipse Rawlinsonus, antistites aliosque in artis typographicae 
primordijs majorum gentium homines imitatus typothetanmi mendis 
corrigendis se nonnunquam immiscet. Inde factimi ut Quilletti Callipce- 
di<By carminis venusti, sed quod in bibliopolarum nostrorum offichiis nus- 
quam comparebat, exempli apud se forte fortuna adservati copiam 30 
faceret, operarumque sphalmata propria manu castigaret. — 

Inscriptio Tumuli Ailwini Monasterij Ramseiensis in comitatu Hunting- 
doniensi ftmdatoris. h Camden. Brit. p. 368. . . . 

Oct. 12 (Wed.). I have in my study three or four Editions of the 
Book wc^ goes under the Name of Thomas k Kempis de Imitatione X**. 
One of them has some other Pieces printed with it, & it bears the Name 
of John Gerson. All the four Books are printed. I see in the Bodlejan 
Catalogue that there are two Impressions of this Book mider y« name of 
John Gerson. The first without Date 40. G. 56. Th. And the other pr. 
in 1585. without the Place's Name being added. 80. F. 33. Th. 40 

Oct. 13 (Th.). Thomae k Kempis de Imitatione, libri iv<"^ vetusta 
impressio habetur inter Codices Laudinos B. 38. Prodijt nempe a.d. 
1485. 

gdexMS.LaudD.4. ) Codices isti Thomam i 
Seld.suprl*93. i kempis continent 

The foresaid Edition of Thomas a Kempis has all the 4 Books, but 
neither the Printer's Name nor the Place where printed are specified. 
Nor does it appear from any Note in the Book that Thomas k Kempis 



a86 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

was Author, however express'd that he was so in the Catalogtie. At the 
End is added : 

Explicit liber de imitacione Jhesu Christi, conscriptus ^ quodam viro reli- 
gioso, qui forte ob humUitatem suam noluit sibi asscribere hujusmodi librum per 
proprium suum nomen. Ela tamen racione quia ignoratur compositor praesens 
liber non est refiitandus. cum juxta Senecae dictum, non te move at [j/V] dicentis 
autoritas. nee quis dicit, sed quid dicatur diligenter attende. Ex quo in hoc 
libro valde utiles continentur doctrinzi si quis secundum eas Tivere conetur, 
omni dubio 'semoto vitam setemam possidebit, Summa ergo cum diligentia 
10 hie liber est diligendus. 

The MS. B. I. 4. Laud, was written about the time of Henry the 6*^ 
but has no name to it, only a more modem hand has added Joannes de 
Kempis. It contains the four Books. — Neither is there any name to the 
MS^. of Thomas k Kempis in Seld. supra. 93. Tis there indtled Musica 
Ecclesiastica, and it contains only 3 Books, at y« End of y^ last whereof 
is this Rubrick, 

Scriptus erat liber iste anno Terfoi incamati Jhesu millesimo quadringente- 
simo LXixo. Et anno invictissimi Principis & domini nostri Domini Edwardi 
del gracia regis Angliae & Franciae ac veri & indubitati heredis Regum Cas* 
ao tells & Legionum octavo. 

The said Rubrick is written in the same Hand with the whole Book. 

Oct. 14 (Pri). One John Charlet Doctor of Divinity gave five 
Pounds towards the Building of y« Publick Schools and Gallery at Oxford. 
Quaere whether he was any way related to busy Charlett Master of 
University College ? 

ROBSRTO Graio Scoto 
Londini Medidnam profitenti 

ARCHnULDUS PiTCARNIUS ScotUS 



«Q . Ble qui tenii latitat Britannis, 

Solns, aut nuUo sapiens amico, 
Ble qnam debet miser inque felix 

Viveic, Grai? 

Andijt nimqnam meditante Scoto 
Carmina Eoas domitura tigres, 
Proximum ant Phoebo Prionim caneotes 

Dulce camcynas. 

lUe quid credat redeontia astra 
Soils ac I^mue sibi dedicaii, 
Aa Se nisi at solnm misenunqae possit 

Ssepe videret 

Quid putes mt nunc animl esse soli, 
Postque tot raptos inopi sodales, 
Te fer^ solo supenuite, Te, ca- 

rissime Grai? 

Namque nos liquit decus illud seri 
Scotici, sic Dt voluere, liquit 
R^;i8e stirpit decus atque lama 

Gregorianse. 



Oot. 18-14.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 31-42. 287 

Ille Neatoniim incolwmein lubenti 
Narrat Eudidi Siculoque Divo, 
Miraqne August! dooet almus AngU 

Coepta stnpentes. 

Deinde Peigseiiin redacem novnmque 
Acris Hallei studijs ; aed ipse 
Quam graves nuper tulerit labores 

Dicere parcit. 

Ista neqnioquam memoramiis : Ble 

Immemor nostri, patrncKjiie gandens, jq 

Nos ope & cnra sapientis orbos 

Liquit amicL 

Carroina ista pauUo obscuriora panxit Archibaldus Pitcarn Medicine 
Doctor Glascoviensis, qui etiam, ni fallor, nonnulla edidit (Qusre ?). 



The following Verses upon the Picture hanging in the Presidents Hall 
of S*. John's College. 

Cemitnr hie Thomas Whitus sub imagine picta, 

Cemitnr hac vita melins snb imagine vera : 

£t pater 8c prsetor £x>ndini miles in illo, 

Provides Ozonise iantor, ftmdator in ilia. 

Bristollij decns eximinm, laos prima Redingae ; '^ 

Gloria Tunbrigis, tibi Causa Coventria famse. 

Urbis honos, Orbis pmdentia^ gemma senectse. 

Under it S"". Thomas White's Arms, and immediately after Auxilium 
meum k Domino. 

Edm. Marten de antiquis Monachorum Ritibus libri quinque. Tomis 
duobus. Lugd. 1690. 40. — Idem de antiquis Ecclesiae Ritibus libris 
quatuor, Rotomagi 1700. 1703, & Lugd. 1706. 4K in 4 Volumes. Both 
Uiese Works taken from MSS*«. 

In y« Year 1637. June i4*h the most reverend and learned Archbp. 30 
Laud made an excellent Speech in y^ Star Chamber at y^ Censure of 
John Bastwicky Henry Burton & Will. Prinn; concerning pretended 
Innovations in the Church. Which Speech was printed the same Year 
in Quarto at London. I have seen a Copy of it in y« Hands of M'. 
Richard Rawlinson of S^. John's College with marginal MSS^. Notes 
added throughout. These Notes Mr. Rawlinson transcrib'd from 
another Copy of them in y« Hands of his Brother of the Middle Temple, 
and this last Copy was taken by Sir Peter Pett from a Copy that he found 
in the Study of John Williams Archbp. of York, to whom he was Heir 
and Exsecutor. It seems they were written by Archbp. Williams's own 40 
Hand, but 'tis imcertain who was the Author; nor is it very material to 
inquire since they are a most vile, abominable Libell upon the most pious 
Martyr, are stufiTd with nothing of Reason or Learning, nor drawn up 
with any tolerable Judgment or Discretion. And yet some Fanatical, 
republican, antiepiscopsd Persons have been so pleas'd with them that 
they have offer'd a considerable sum of Money for them, on purpose 
I suppose to bring a Disgrace upon y« Character of that Great and Good 
Man, w«h they never will be able to do amongst^any sober, understand- 
ing and honest Men. 



288 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

Oct. 16 (Sun.). The ancients did not only add Anathemas at y« End 
of y«r Books to any that should steal or abuse them, but oftentimes they 
pronoimc'd a Curse upon such as should carp at y« Composition of y* 
Book. Thus in y® Bodlejan Library in Archiv. B. num. 38. there is a 
Paraphrase on y« Psalms in English verse, and at y® End this Anathema, 
Quicunque altenaverit anathema stL Qui adpat carmen sit maledicus. 
Amen, — In. Arch. B. 90. M^ Nic. Fuller's Hebrew Concordance, 
given by himself & written perhaps by his own Hand. That part of his 
Will w<^h relates to it is added at y« Beginning, & is, I give and bequeath to 

10 Sir Thomas Bodies Library in Oxford^ my new Translation in Latin of 
the Hebrew Concordance^ w*^ manifold Notes therein, though not throughly 
perused nor perfected by me ; that yf any good thing be found therein^ y may 
be forth-coming for the studious Reader, — Queen's College claim Edward 
Lord Herbert Author of y« Life of K. Hen. Vin.h &c. to y^ Society, 
whereas he was really of University Coll. & Edw. Herbert of Queen's was 
diflferent from him, as is noted by M^ Wood. The lA, Herbert gave 
his original MS*, of y® Life of K. Hen. 8*h to y® Bodlejan Library in 
1643, & twas printed in 1649. the Year after his Death. — At the Begin- 
ning of y® old Statutes of Oxford in Bodley's Archives A. 91. A short 

ao account of y® University's being translated from Grekelade to Oxford, 
formerly call'd Belle-situm. Ant k Wood has printed it in pag. 4. Hist. 
& Antiq. Oxon. but very faultily. 

Oct. 17 (Men.). One Hummelston was Sweeper to y® Custom-House, 
& got thereby a great Sum of Money, and by his Will he left a good 
Part of it to build a Church in Lincolnsh. call'd Hummelston. Quaere ? 

Oct. 18 (Tu.). M'. Thwaites is of opinion that in v. 377. of Diony- 
sius's Periegesis for tnoXiacraTo should be read diroKtvaro, and confirms his 
conjecture from y® Paraphrast w®^ has ar6pBrj<r€, as 'tis also in a Gloss in 
one of y® MSS*». in y® Bodlejan Library. But all y® MSS*». as well as 
50 Eustathius & Priscian are against him« -* Bo^thius's Picture in an old 
MS*. ofhim^E. A. i. 17. 



Oct 15. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 139). The Numhmatum anti* 
quorum Sylloge by Mr. Wren, who went in the train of Bentinck to Paris soon 
after the Peace of Ryswick. He is but a dabbler in this sort of learning, 
though bis industry and curiosity are very commendable. Hopes in a month 
or two to be able to give a full account of Battely's papers about the Roman 
antiquities in Kent. We were afhtid here that the disgusts of Ch. Ch., arising 
from their being disappointed of their expectation of the Moral Philosophy 
Lecture, would have been so prevalent as to put Dr. Lancaster by. Approves 
of the two answers to Higden, but fears that the authors may get into trouble 
by indictments and informations, as it is very dangerous to expose and over- 
throw the principles of the Revolution. Can H. find time to transcribe, 
within two or three months, the copies of from 40 to 50 letters of Smith to 
Mons. Almeloveen ? 

Oct. 18. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 35. 45). Sorry for report of the death 
of Mr. Schelwig, who was indeed Greek Professor at Dantzick. Please pro- 
cure Pfaffius on Mill. Sends hearty wellwishes to Barnes' good design, but 
excuses himself cone. Plutarch's Life of Homer, as not having * his and your 
gift of quickness.' * I know not when I can hope to find what Ruinartus has 
written against M^ Dean unless I find it with you in Bodeley, who cannot get 



Oct. 1-20.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 43-55. 289 

Oct. 19 (Wed.). Saxa ilia stupendse magnitudinis in planitie campestri^ 
quae Sarisburiam iindique cingit, non viva esse, id est, nataralia & excisa, 
sed factitia ex arena pura, & unctuoso aliquo coagmentata censet docdssi- 
mus Camdenus. Quam sententiam argumentis validissimis labefactavit 
vir ingenio & eruditione conspicuus Inigo Jones, openim publicorum 
regnante Jacobo i™^ curator. Is enim summa cura monumento hocce 
lustrato, & cunctis quae in orbem complectitur saxis delineatis, non multo 
post de eodem librum plane aureum emisit In ultimam antiquitatem 
penetravit auctor clarissimus, codicibus qui restant undique conquisitis 
& excussis veterum in urbibus, templis, alijsque aedificijs condendis i^ 
normas oculis subjecit, & antiquarijs nostris in his tenebris cespitantibus 
lumen ssepenumero pra&tulit. His praelibatis, deinde, calculis recte sub- 
ductis, aperte ostendit substructionem istam insanam Romanis deberi, 
illisque hac in insula commorantibus in templi locum cessisse. Opus 
hoc eximium plausu arripiebant & excipiebant omnes literarum amantis- 
simi. Neque hanc opinionem, scriptorum gravissimorum testimonijs 
fultam, coarguere quispiam ausus est, donee Gualterus Charletonus, 
medicus imdequaque doctissimus, necnon Regibus Carolo i^^y ejusque 
filijs Carolo & Jacobo subditus fidelissimus, k Danis erectum fuisse 
probatum iverit. Id prgestitit in libro hac de re in lucem edito : quem 29 
demum argute & docte refellit Joannes Webbius, armiger, idem ille qui 
de lingua primseva librum optimum composuit Quicquid asseruerat 
Jones, strenue ac nervose tuetur, atque Romanorum hoc opus fuisse 
pauUo fusius exposuit. Quid quod htc loci nulla indicia compareant quae 
ut Danis tribuatur suadeant ? quum tamen non raro Romanorum numis- 
mata eruantur, quae illis adscribendum esse non parum firmant 



In Hallywell Church-Yard, Oxford. 

Anna Rainksia. 

Virgo pia prudensque vale in Christo 
a die quarto Maij A.D.' cididxc post annos xvi. 30 

Mens. IV. Dies rv. Innocentia admirabili 

actos, Caremus te lux domus nostras 

Te multum desideramus animo sequent!. 

Edvardus Bemardus i{i Anna Rainesia 

avunculus ^ Lydia b soror V mater. 

Oct. 20 (Th.). There is just come out An English-Saxon Homily on 
the Birih'Day of S'. Gregory : anciently used in the English-Saxon 
Church. Giving an Account of the Conversion of the English from 
Paganism to Christianity, Translated into modem English^ with notesy 40 
&c. By Eliz. Elstob, Lond. S^o. Which Book tho' it bear the Name 
of M». Elstob yet is chiefly owing to her Brother M"". William Elstob, 
lately Fellow of University College, & now Rector of S*. Swithun's in 
London. This small Work is designed to promote and advance Saxon 
Knowledge ; but I am much mistaken if it will not have a quite different 



his 40 against myself, nor his other Editions of Authors.* Could answer H.'s 
Reply if he had leisure and the conveniency of the Press. 



* 1690. 
VOL. n. u 



ago HEARNE^S COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

effect, ft make it look mean and little. The long, tedious J)edication and 
Preface, containing above three-score Pages, the Latin Letter of M'. 
Elstob to his Sister, occasion'd by his turning this Homily into Latin, 
(printed also here) the Bedrol of Subscribers names at the End, with 
several other Particulars, are such odd Flights of Vanity that they do and 
will make the Book ridiculous, and Expose bodi Brother and Sister to the 
Reflexions of those who are always ready to run down and despise such 
vain, affected Performances. But leaving this Farrago of Vanity, I must 
here observe that the Answer to M"". Higden's Book y* I have mentioned 

lo above (p. 21. &c.) is done by way of Discourse between A. & B. & who- 
ever was y® Author he has shewed himself to be a Man of Religion, 
Honesty, Integrity, & true Courage. 'Tis done with great Strength of 
Reason, Learning, & Judgement He has thoroughly detected the 
Sophistry of M"". Higden & clearly overthrown whatever is alledg'd by 
him in behalf of his wild Notion about Possession's giving a Title to 
Allegiance, and withall he observes that Oaths are to be taken in the 
same sense that they are impos'd by the Legislators, & that those Gentle* 
men who take them only for the Sake of Preferment & have secret 
Reservations within themselves will have a most dreadfull charge to 

90 answer for at one time or other. We have too many of these now in 
England who have violated their Oaths to their undoubted Sovereign 
King James and struck in with those who are Usurpers, to whom they 
have likewise taken Oaths in opposition to him to whom they were before 
oblig'd by the same sacred tyes of Conscience. Besides this Answer 
I understand there is another came out done with y^ same Skill and 
Smartness. Which tis impossible for M'. Higden and all his Lawyers 
together to reply to ; and therefore 'tis fear'd that some other Mediod 
will be taken to run down these two honest & learned Gentlemen, by 
endicting them as Enemies to y® Government & by that means draw 

30 upon them a great deal of Trouble and Charge. A certain Master of Arts 
waiting very lately in the Morning upon 1>. Charlett at his Lodgings in 
University Coll. found before him a new Book, which he took up, and 
said, Whatf Master, Ihts is an answer to Higden ? Ay, reply'd Charlett, 
such a one as it is, done in the usual method observed by Non-Jurors. The 
Gendeman said, I am of opinion thai ^ Preface at least was written by 
If, Hickes, Say you so, says Charlett, and went on no farther, he having 
some small Interest with D"". Hickes, for whom however I believe he 
cares no farther than he perceives 'twill be for his own Interest, and in 
all probability he would have all y« Non-Jurors punish'd with y« utmost 

40 Severity, it being his Business now to act and talk for y® Whiggs on 
purpose that he may get Preferment, which however he will hardly 
obtain, notwithstanding his Project of Setting up Statues, &c. — One 
M'. David Bell, A.M. in Scotland & a Divine in the Diocese of Carlisle 
having by the Interest of the Bp. of that Diocese & some others in y^ 
same Parts procured y« Chancellor's Letters that he might be admitted to 
y« same Degree in this University, they were read this Day at two Clock 
in Convocation, & were deny'd by a great Majority. 'Twas reported 
about that he was recommended by the L^. Clarendon and some other 
very honest Gentlemen, & so 'twas expressed in the Papers sent to the 

50 several Houses, w<^ made some inclinable to him, but upon Reading the 



Oct. 20-22.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 66^6. %^1 

Letters in Convocation 'twas found to be nothing but a trick of y« Vice- 
Chancellor and some of his Cronies, that he might be advanc'd to this 
Degree at Oxford on purpose to render him the better qualify'd for two 
Livings; and y» Vice-Chancellor was y« more zealous in his Behalf because 
it seems he is somewhat related to D''. Thomas Pearson Principal of Ednu 
Hall. — Juxta Herlaxton viculum in agro Lincolniensi, seneum vasculum 
patrum memoria inquit Camdenus aratro erutum fuit, in quo cassis aurea 
antiquissimae formae gemmis distincta reperta, quae dono data Catherinae 
Hispanae Henrici Octavi dotariae. 

Oct. 21 (Pri^. Mr Rob. Watts of S*. John's has publish'd, A Discourse lo 
concerning the Lawfullness and Right manner of keeping Christmassy and 
other Christian Holy-days^ by way of Question and Answer. Intended for 
the Use of a Charity-School, Lond. 1708. 8^0. in a sheet and half. M'. 
Watts reports that the Bp. of Ely, Dr. More, is pleas'd with this little 
Book, and that he has desir'd him if he reprints it to do it bj way of 
Epistle to the Religious Societies. In pag. 6. he quotes D^. Smith's 
Account of y« Greek Church about strict and Religious Observation of 
y« Festivals & Fasts of y« Church, &c. 'Tis a very silly, ridiculous paper, 
unskillfuUy taken from Nelson & two or three more. — Just printed on ' 
one side of a half sheet of Paper, The Lady's Journ^ to Oxford^ or the ^ 
secret History of a Silver-Chamber-Pot. 

Oct. 22 (Sat.). W, Thomas Allen A.M. and Fellow of University 
College having been lately in Kent he procur'd there an old MS*. Latin 
Glossary, written in an obscure hand upon vellam : which MS*, he has 
been pleas'd to give to y« Writer of these Matters. We have two or 
three in the Bodlejan Library written much about y® same Age, and Du 
Fresne made use of several in his Excellent Glossary mediae & infimae 
Latinitatis ; but I cannot find that either ours or his were in y« same 
nature of this w«l^ I had from Mr. Allen, -91^ is done by way of Etymo- 
logy Sc contains divers curious particulars that I do not remember to have 30 
seen anywhere else. The Author derives baratrum from voro, and 
insinuates that 'twas formerly pronounc'd voratrum. B & V. we know 
are confounded in MSS*". & perhaps after voratrum they might call it 
varatrum & then baratrum. Bacilla, w<* he says are vascula apta ad 
rotandas pruinas vel carbones, he derives from veho, quasi vectilia. They 
therefore pronounc'd it formerly vacilla, 

Oct. 22. H. to Dr. T. Smith (RawL 38. 146). Spanheim mentions Mr. 
Wren's collection of coins in his great work. Has bought the Sj^Jtogt, but 
finds it merely a dry list. Mr. Higden resolves all he has to say into Posses- 
sion. The Answer to it managed between A. and B. is done with much 
learning and judgment ; and when H. came to look again upon Higden, he 
wrote in the title-page Prodijt respomum ad bunc libellum^ in quo quicqwd asse^ 
ruit Higdcnus egregie rrfutan)'tt auctor anonymus. Two or three gentlemen of 
honesty plainly declared the other night that they were of opinion that Mr. 
Higden's compliance was purely out of a principle of interest. An M.A. tells 
H. that * going to D'. Charlett's, he found lying upon the Table a new Book, 
which he took up and said, Wbat^ berets an Answer to Higden^ Master f Ay, 
replyes the Master, sueb a one as *tis^ done in tbe usual way tbat tbe Non-Jurors 
tak^* The book is said to lose its character very fast. Will gladly transcribe 
S.'s letters to Almeloveen. Looks upon Mrs. Elstob's ed. of the A. S. Ho- 
mily on the Birthday of St. Gregory as < nothing but a farrago of Vanity/ 

V 2 



a9% HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. . [1709 : 

Oct. 24 (Moil). There is lately Publish'd Secret Memoirs and^ 
Manners of several Persons of Quality ^ of both Sexes, From the New 
AtalantiSf an Island in the Mediteranean. 8^o. There are two Impressions 
of it already. This Book gives a lively Description of y« abominable 
Corruptions of humane Nature, & exposes the abominable Vices of 
several Great Persons, under fictitious Names ; w*'*^ makes y* 'tis not so 
easily understood. There is a Key handed about, a Copy wherof follows : 

The Characters mention'd in the Memoirs of the New Atalantis. — Page la. 
.... S' Cloudesly Shovell, Lord Torrington. 13 Marquess of Caer- 

^o marthen. 14 L^ Dursley. 21 Duke of MarlboTrojugh, Mrs. 

Wright, Dutch, of Cleveland. 22. K. Charles 11*. 23. M» Godfrey, The 
Ship Lenox. 24. His Motto, Fidelu sed infortunatus, 26. Sarah Jennings 
Dutchess of Mariborough. 30. Jermin, Lord Dover. 41. Duke of Mon- 
mouth, K. James, Prince of Orange. 44. L* Portland. 50 Mrs. 

Howard, Maid of Honour to Queen Mary. 51 lA Woodstock. 73. 

. . . . L* Berkley (now Portland). 85 Duke of Buckingham. 88. 

.... M» Coke of Norfolk. 89 M'.Coke. 107 S' Edmund 

Bacon. 114 Lady Emly. 131 Bish. of Sarum. 133 

L* Cholmondeley. 134 S' Robert Howard. 135 Duke of 

JO Shrewsbury. 154 Quainton-Meadow Race, L^ Wharton, Duke of 

Somerset. 155 Duke of Richmond. 156 L* Wharton. 157. 

» . . . . CoUonell Shrimpton. S' Richard Temple. 158. D'. Egerton, who 
married M". Field the Poetess. 163. Hyde Parke. 165. Duke of Ormond. 
166. Lady Eliz. Vere. 167. L* Thanet 168. Duke of Albemarle, M». 
Finch of Kent before Kingmill, Maid of Honour. 171. Duke of Grafton, 
M™. Knight, now Onslow, Lady Ann Popham, L,^ Carlisle. 172. Earl of 
Nottinghaun, M'". Hammond. 173. L* Dursley. 175. Henry S*. John, M". 
Granville. 178. LAJ Hyde, Duke of New-castle. 179. Duke of Beaufort, S'. 

tames of the Peak. 180. M". PeashuU, L^ Kent. 182. S' Rich. Temple,. 
A^ Renelaugh. 183. L* Hallifax, Vice-Chamb. Coke of Derby. 184. M". 
Laurence. 186. IM, Withers. 187. M'. Steel the Gazzetteer. 194. M'. 
Manley the Cornish Member. 197. M". Newington, S' Tho. Laurence. 
198. M'. Lee Warner of Bucks brother to Coll. Lee of Canterbury, L^ Lau- 
rence of Chelsea. 202. M'. Withers of y« Custom-House. 203. Coll. God- 
frey the Son. 205. Dutch, of Marlborough. 206. L* Fitzharding. 210. 
Bracegirdle and Barry. 211. S' R. Blackmore, D'. Garth. 213. lA Somers, 
old S' W™. Cowper, L* Chancellour Cowper, Councellor Cowper. 214. M™. 
Cullen. 217. M'. Sambrook. 219. Sarah Stout the Quaker, ^m 

The Judgment and Decree of y« University of Oxford, Past in their 
40 Convocation July 21. 1683. &c was drawn up by D^. Jane. 'Tis 
reprinted at y® End of a X^uarto Pamphlett intit. Proteus Ecclesiasticus : 
or, Observations on D*". Sherlock's late case of Allegiance, &c. in a Letter 
to Mr. P. W. Merchant in London. Lond. 1691. 4*0. . In Liv/s Epit. 
52. for Bimido admodum somebody reads pumulo admodum. Which 
Lection I take to be wrong. 'Tis certainly against y» Authority of MSS. 
Puero admodum is much righter, and is warranted by a good MS. made 
use of by Delrius, as I have noted in y® Oxford Edition. — We hear 
from Northampton-shu-e that a man there of 22 years of Age, without 
Feet and Arms is married to a woman of 69 Years of Age, without 
50 Legs, only stumps, and as deaf as an Adder. 

Oct. 26 (Til). Sir Thomas Moore was famous for his Learning 
before he was twenty Years of Age ; and he was envy'd upon y* account 

* The Author M». Manley. 



Oct. 84-27.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 68-86. H^i 

by some malicious Persons, particularlj by Gennanus Brixius a German, 
who writ a reproachful! Book against S'. Thomas, call'd Antimorus. 
This Book was answer'd by S'. Thomas, & publish'd, but soon after 
receiving a Letter from Era^us that 'twould be more commendable to 
let such a rancorous Adversary alone, he endeavoured by all means pos- 
sible to get all y® Copies again & to suppress y® Book; so y^ it is 
become exceeding scarse & is very rarely seen. See The Life of S'. 
Thomas More written by his Great Grandson M' Tho. More, pag. 24, 
25. Which Life is done most admirably well, & is scarse. — Lsunbin 
had so great a Veneration and respect for Peter Ramus that he died 10 
presently after Ramus meerly for sorrow at the Loss of so great a Man 
& so Learned and true a Friend. — Mihi videtur, auctorem verum 
libelli, de quo supra, p. 54, &c. contra Higdenum pra^tantissimi esse cL 
Georgium Hickesium, virum, si quis in Anglia, doctissimimi, integerrimuniy 
sagacissimum, & ab ambitione & honorum atque divitiarum cupiditate 
(tanta est ejus virtus modestiaque) procul remotum. (M'. Gandy is y* 
Author, as he teUs me himself.) — I have Thomas k Kempis de Imita- 
tione X*» in 120. It contains all y« 4 Books, John Gerson Chancellour 
of Paris is said to be the Author at y« Beginning of y« first Book, and so 
at y« End of y« fourth. 'Twas printed at Paris by John Petit living in jo 
St. James's Street in year 1505, the 5th day of May. 

Oct. 26 (Wed.). Doctor Whitforde a very holy and grave Man, and 
Chaplain to Fisher Bp. of Winchester, translated the Following of Christ 
into English, as is noted by M'. More in the Life of S'. Tho. More, p. 54. 
He does not there tell us y« Author of y* Book. Quaere whether that 
translation be not y« same with that which is said to have been done by 
Margaret Countess of Richmond and Mother to King Henry VII*1^? 
Dr. Whitford eminent in King Hen. Vllth's Time. The said Transla- 
tion of Tho. k Kempis is not mention'd by Ant. k Wood, who has 
however given an account of D'. Whitforde as an Oxford Man. It must 30 
be different from y« Countesses's because she is said to have translated 
only y« 4^ Book. !>. Whitforde himself mentions his being desired to 
translate this little Book, w«h he calls Gersons. This he does at y« End 
of his Book call'd The Pype or Tonne of the Lyfe of Perfection, pr. at 
London in Fleete streete by Robert Redman dwelling in saynt Dunstones 
Parysshe next the Churche. anno 1532. the 23 daye of March. We have 
a Copy of this Book of Perfection in Selden's Library corrected through- 
out I believe by D'. Whitfordes own Hand. — Quaere nirai unquam pro- 
dierint * in Ciceronem epitaphia k duodecim, non mediocris, ut videtur, 
eruditionis viris confecta. Exstant in Codice vetusto, in membranis 4» 
scripto, Bibliothecae Mertonensis Oxoniae. Codex iste, k scribd linguae 
Latinae perito exaratus, Ciceronis non pauca continet ; uti & Palladij de 
re rustica Ubros, quos utinam aliquis, ad banc rem idoneus, ciun Editioni- 
bus impressis accurate conferret ; quippe qui stylo paullo elegantiori (sic 
enim judicant eruditi) sint scripti, & in bibHopolijs raro inveniantur. 

Oct. 27 (Th.). Just come over from Holland Menandri & Philemonis 
Fragmenta Gr. Lat. cum Notis H. Grotij & Joan. Clerici. 1 709. 4*0. — 
On Friday last stood for y« Degree of Master of Arts M'. F. Littleton 

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094 NEARNESS COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

Fellow of AH-SooIs College, and about 14 or 15 Years standing in the 
University. His Grace was denied, as also 'twas in two Congregations 
immediately following. Upon which the reasons were given in to y* 
Vice-Chancellor. There were only two deponents upon this occasion. 
The first alledg^d that in February last coming in the Coach from London 
with the said M'. Littleton he heard the said M'. Littleton defend the 
Book caird The Rights of y Christian Church, particularly tfiat Part of 
it in which y« Author endeavours to prove that the Original of Govern"*, 
was from the People. (2) He farther depos'd that the said M^ Littleton 

10 at the same time defended Fornication. (3) He lastly depos'd that M^ 
Littleton at the same time acknowkdg'd that he had a hand in drawing 
up the printed Paper which offers reasons why the Statutes for taking 
Holy Orders in Colleges should be alter'd. The other Deponent, who 
was in the Coach at the same time, averr'd that he heard Mr Littleton 
speak words in defence of the RK of the Christian Church, but that he 
was not sure whether he spoke them as being his own opinion or others. 
(2) That he acknowledg'd that he had dispers'd several Copies of the 
above mention'd Paper relating to the Statute for taking Holy Orders. 
This Morning at Nine Gock was a Congregation, and the several 

90 Reasons being read and the Suffrages taken it appeared that being not 
thoroughly made out they were not reckoned as sufficient for turning 
Mr. Littleton by his Degree, and therefore his Grace was pronounc'd 
granted. 'Tis observable that upon this occasion there was not one Head 
of a House present but y« Vice-Chancellor, nor one D^. of Divinity except 
D^. Hudson. This whole Transaction is reckoned by the Generahty to 
have been manag'd purely out of Malice, and out of a partial Design 
of pleasing and caressing the Warden of All-Souls, D'. Gardiner, between 
whom and divers of the Fellows of that College there is great Enmity, 
w^ is carried on with y« utmost heat and Fury on both sides ; and it 

JO hi4>pening that this M'. Litdeton being a bitter Enemie to y« Warden, 
the Warden out of Revenge has taken aU occasions possible to get him 
out of the College, & in order to that contrived to have him tum'd by 
his Degree. And to this End his old Crony D^. Charlett &, some others 
have so concerted y« matter as to have these above mention'd reasons 
produc'd and sworn to ; which reasons had they been better made out 
would have been highly sufficient for not only turning him by his Degree 
but expelling him the University. It must however here be observ'd 
that y« said M'. Littleton is really guilty of several imprudent Expres- 
sions, w<^ tend to shew him a Favourer of the Principles in the Rights. 

40 (But notwithstanding all this 'tis the Opinion of divers honest Gentlemen 
in the University that his Degree should have been stop'd, and y^ at 
the same time they should have proceeded to condemn that Wicked 
Book in Defense of w<^ Mr. Littleton unhappily spoke the beforemen- 
tion'd Words; and they think moreover that this Concession will highly 
reflect upon y« University & y* the Author, or Authors, and Abettors of 
this Book will triiraiph and declare y* y« Book is approv'd of by y« 
University. But this ought not to be wonder'd at since 'tis too notorious 
y^ y* University has in several late Instances shew'd its Defection from 
the Principles and Doctrines y^ it once strenuously and most vigorously 

50 defended.) 



Oot. 27-29.] VOLUME XXII, PACES 86-99. 295 

Oct. 28 (PpL). In Bibl. Bodl. KE. A. 4. i. Several Pieces of S*. 
Augustin in an old Hand on VeUam, a fair MS*. At the End, in red 
Letters, Hunc librum scripsii frater Willhelmus de Wodecherche, laicus 
quondam canversus Pmtis Roberti. Cujus am'ma in pace requiescaL Imme- 
diately under w^^l* in a somewhat different Hand, Liher scancicB \sic] MaricB 
de Ponte Rohertu Qui eum abstulerit^ aut vendiderii, vel quolibet modo ah 
hac domo alienaverity vel quamlibet ejus partem absaderit, si/ anathema 
Maranaiha. Amen. This Book came afterwards into y« possession of 
John Bp. of Exeter *, who hath struck out y« said Anathema, and writ 
under, Ego Johannes Exon Episcopus nescio ubi est domus pradicta; nee 10 
hunc librum, abstuliy sed modo legittimo adquisivi, N. B. Robertsbridge 
was a Cistertian Abbey in Surrey built to the honour of the V. Mary. 
See Notitia Monastica p. 224. — In ^. B. 1. 15. There is jr® i*t Book 
of Thomas a Kempis. Written much about y« time of Hen. Vlth. The 
other Books have been there but cut out, and perhaps other Things 
with them. — I have heard it reported by M'. Thwaites of Queen's 
College that besides those Reasons that were read in Convocation against 
Mr. Littleton, there were others given into the Vice-Chancellor and 
sworn to, w«h were more clearly & strongly made out than those read. 
But the Vice-Chancellor, upon what account God knows, thought fit to so 
conceal them. 'Tis withall said by some who know Littleton very well 
that the Tenour and Course of his Life for several Years has been agree- 
able to those loose and wicked Expressions above recited, and moreover 
I heard a Master of Arts of some standing say that when he was lately 
examined for his Master of Arts Degree he could not answer or say any 
thing to one Question in ten, and yet the Masters set their Hands to his 
Certificate, particularly M'. Shippen of Brazenose Coll. which is the 
father to be observed because this Shippen appears Candidate for y» 
Principality of Brazenose in Case of a Vacancy, w^h is exspected the 
Principal having been for a considerable time under a Great Indis- so 
position. 

Oct. 29 (Sftt.). This Day at nine of y« Clock was a Congregation, 
when Mr. Littleton of All-Souls was presented to y® Degree of Master 
of Arts. At this time a very ingenious Gentleman of Christ Church, 
Mr. Fairfax, a Young Master of Arts, and student of y* Place, made an 
excellent Speech, in w^h he desir'd of y« Vice-Chanc. that, whereas 



Oct. 28. R. Boberts to H. (Rawl. 9. 45). Thanks for accommodating 
matters with Mrs. Law. Please send to Mr. F. Cox (at the sign of the Chichester 
In Southwark) for 2/. or. 6</. Hopes at Xmas to be able to send H. a token 
to drink. Sorry to hear that Llhuyd was succeeded by Cooling ; but hopes 
that H. will succeed Mr. Cox. [March 17, 17x5, Roberts is expecting a letter 
from Mr. Gunnis relating to his wig by every post.] 

Oot. 89. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127.140). Remarks on Mrs. Elstob's 
ed. of the Saxon homily ; she should not have been allowed to digress so much 
Sn praise of Austine the Monk, and in dispraise of the British Bishops, who, all 
things considered, were better Christians than himself and his associates. Has 



* Perhaps John Voyisey alias Harman in y* time of Hen. 8. tho* the Hand 
more anciont. 



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M' Littleton had got his Degree notwt^tanding y« abominable Words 
he spoke, he would be pleas'd to give leave that that wicked Book call'd 
y« Rights of y« Christian Church might be brought before the Convoca- 
tion, that so it might be censur'd by them and all Scandal taken off from 
y® University, and y* by this Means a stop might be put to y« Rumour 
w<^ is like to be rais'd that this Act of letting M^ Littleton have his 
Degree is y« Act of y« University, whereas 'twas only y« Act of some 
inconsiderate, hair-braind Persons. They say the Vice-ChanceUor 
promised he would do what he could. But I exspect no such matter 

<io from one of his Principles. He is reported, and I am apt to believe it, 
to have been for Littleton; and besides, do w^ they can, they cannot 
remove y* Reproach, when the Heads of Houses stay'd away, and did 
not oppose, being fearfull and thinking y* it might be against y^ secular 
Interest. Christ-Church are always couragious, and ready to do what 
they can for y« Good and Benefit and Credit of y« University, and y^ 
Dean is highly to be commended for taking care that this ingenious 
Gentleman should speak this speech. All y^ College was against 
Littleton ; but notwithstanding that 'tis said that there were not above 
1 8 against him and that 50 were for him. If y» Vice-Chancellor were 

«o heartily against Mr. Littleton, he might have produced the other reasons 
against him, and have by that mediod hinder'd his Presentation; but 
alass 1 he is of a pittifull, sneaking, complying Temper, always wavering 
and willing to joyn with any that are like to promote his own private 
Ends. In short, I take him to be a man of litde or no religion. 

Oct. 81 (Men.). When M'. Littleton was standing for his Degree he 
said to several Persons he did not matter it if he was deny'd, since he was 
sure to have most of y® Yoimg Masters for him, when it came to a tryal. 
— There are publish'd Proposals for reprinting in one Volume all y* 
, Works of M'. Sam. commonly call'd Julian Johnson, that antimonarchical, 
30 Republican Divine, who was so much admir'd by all y® Friends of y* 
late Revolution. — Ethelwerd seems to have had a more intire Copy of 
Julius Caesar than is now exstant. For in lib. 4. c. 4. There he says, 
Hiherniam peiunt, Britatmidem oltm h Julio magno CcBsare vacatam. But 
y« word Hibemia for Ireland occurrs nowhere in y« present Commen- 
taries. See Mr. Selden's Mare Clausum p. 120. 

Nov. 1 (Tu.). Prodijt Thom« Rymeri cura Foederum inter Reges 



heard one of the greatest complying Bishops, who is the civilest of the party 
to the Non-jurors and is ready to do us all manner of services, cry up Higden's 
pamphlet as an extraordinary piece, and as it were unanswerable. The Go- 
vernment now regard his performance as a great disservice, as what justifies 
any prosperous usurpation. The Coje of AlUgitmce to a King in Possession 
(1690), and other tracts written about the same time, overthrow the idle and 
scandalous reflection of the knave mentioned by H., that the Dialogue man- 
aged between A and B is done in the usual way that the Non-jurors take, 
which way is certainly most suitable to the fundamental constitution of an 
hereditary monarchy, to the law of nations, &c. ' But woe wil betide mee, if 
this letter, in w®*^ I write so freely, should be broken open or ^ into any 
hands but yours.' Releases H. with thanks from his promise to transcribe 
Smith's Latin letters. 



0«st. aO-Nov. 4.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 99-1 1 3. 297 

Angliae aliosque Principes Volumen nonnm. Opus hoc summo judicio 
coUectum Historiarum & Antiquitatum Anglicanarum studiosis maximo 
fore Usui auguror. Quin & Rymeri conatibus fauturos esse eruditos 
omnes spero, Deumque O. M. obnixe precor ut vitam ejus prosperam 
longamque reddat. Nam coUectione ista ad umbilicum perducta anno- 
tationes in eandem criticas scribere in animo habet, aliaque antiquarijs 
gradssima in lucem proferre. 

Nov. 2 (Wed.). There is a second Answer come out to Mr. Higden's 
Book, w«h is done with y® same smartness with the first Answer, and I 
take the Author to be M'. Lesly*, who is a very Great Master of 10 
Reason. These two Answers put M'. Higden to abundance of Trouble, 
and he is not able to make any just reply. Nor is the Government like 
to thank him for his Performance, since he resolves all into Possession, 
and makes all Usurpers have a tide to Allegiance, not excepting even 
Oliver himself. 

Nov. 3 (Th.). On Monday last about 4 Clock in y« Afternoon died 
the R* Hon^e Henry Earl of Clarendon, after a fortnight's Indisposition. 
He is succeeded in Honour by his Son y® lA, Combury, now in America. 
This Noble Lord was Steward to the University of Oxford, and eldest 
Son of the Late Lord Chancellor of England. He was so true to y« Oath ao 
of Allegiance y* he had taken to King James, who had married his 
Sister, y* he did not close in y« least with the Revolution, but stood firm 
to y« last, tho' he almost wanted bread to eat, and yet y« Queen, his 
Niece, durst not relieve him, for fear of some great Subjects, who hate 
y« very name of an honest Non-Juror. — The Author of the Atalantis 
is said by the Generality to be M". Manley formerly belonging to y« 
Play-House, and an old sinner, tho' the Book be carried on under all y® 
semblance of Virtue. 

Nov. 4 (Pri). There being 4 Fellowships vacant in All-Souls College, 
there was an Election this last week for filling them up. There were 30 
a great many Candidates ; but y® 4 Persons pitch'd upon are M^. Isham 
of Christ Church, Mr. Neusham of Merton, & M'. Webbe and M'. Stead 
of Balliol-CoUege. The first of these 4 is Bach, of Arts, and was before 
Gentleman-Commoner. He is son to Sir Justinian Isham, and has y^ 
Character of being a Gentleman of excellent Parts, of very good 
Learning, considering his standing, and of being indued with honest 
Principles. The last, M'. Stead, is Bach, of Arts of considerable standing, 
and he obtained his Point with great DifiSculty, notwithstanding he had 
appeared five times before. And here I cannot but touch upon y« 
Honesty and Sincerity of D'. Gardiner the Warden of All-Souls. This 40 
Gentleman has shewed himself in several Instances to be of the same 
tricking, false, insidious Temper with his Brother Epicuraean D'. Lan- 



Nov. 4. Bagford to H. (Raw!, ai. 28). Mr. Atkins is content to print 
H.'s book on his terms. Sends a roll of catalogues, with a parcel containing 
an imperfect Boethius (? printed at Tavistock), list of books printed by Aldus, 
&c. Mr. Floyd's friend [?] to transcribe the Selden MSS. relating to music, 
for i2d. per sheet. 

^ He is the Author. 



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eomes H 
U. A.B. ■ 
be a I 



caster* I sball now only give one Instance, beinf what naturally eomes 
in in mentioning this late Election. Mf, Nourse of University Coll. A,B- 
an ingenious^ Young Gcntkman, one who has approv'd himself to be a 
Person of Sobriet}', Innocence and Scholarship* standing last Year 
amongst other Candidates for a Fellowship of AH -Soy Is, he found so 
great Encouragement yt y« Warden and all j^ Fellows that were on his 
side declared unanimously for M^. Noarse, and y* Warden and l^iese 
Gentlemen were so much the more zealous for him because he id a 
Founder's Kinsman. However the Majority of Fellows being against 

10 y« Warden, he was not aWe to carrj'' it for I^U, Nourse, and so let it 
come to a Devolution, The matter therefore being brought before 
Tennison of Canterbury^ after abundance of grave Deliberation and 
Consulcationj and after y* several Candidates had spent considerable 
Sums of money in aUending and waiting upon him, without any Regard 
to conscience or the Statutes of y® Founder, w^ are express about 
Founder's KinsmeUj he put by M^. Nourse ; and did not stick to tell 
him that he was an impudent young Man for pretending to such Claim, 
and yet his Pedigree had been plainly made out at y^ Heralds* Office. 
This Piece of injustice made much noise^ and y^ Warden and his Party 

ao exckim'd against it as a most hainous Crime, and a notorious Breach of 
Trust. Yet to keep M^ Nourse in countenance, the Warden promised 
him to be his Friend the next Vacancy, and he told him y* he need not 
fear Success, since he should certainly the Year following have y« 
Majority of Fellows on his side, as indeed it prov'd. Accordingly there- 
fore M"*, Nourse siood again this Year, and he did not so much as dream 
yt y^ Warden would be against him* But when y® Matter came to he 
open'd he declared himself against Mi", Nourse, as did also most if not all 
of the Warden's Party, to >* Resentment of all men of Integrity ^d 
Religion, So that now most begin to think that 'twas not real Kindness 

30 that influenced him last Year to be for Mr. Nourse, but pure self-lnlerest» 
he well knowing that M^ Nourse was y® best Insiniment (as having the 
best claim) to make use of against his adversaries in y« College, This 
M^ Nourse, whose Circumstances also strengthen his Title to a Fellow* 
ship, is related to the famous and religious Si publick-spi riled W, Nourse 
that was formerly fellow of University College and, besides the oibcr 
Good he did in it, became a Benefactor to the Library there, as also he 
did to >^ Bodlejan Library. But 1 have made mention of him formerly. 



Noir, 6, H, to Dr, T, Smith (RawU 38. 147), When he can meet with 
a copy of fhf Qast tf JlUgiance to a King in Poj^fulm^ he will carr+- '^ - rtrse 
it. Gives a full account of the proceedings in the matter of Mr, \ urii 

of All SoulsV * After M'. Littleton had thu^ obtained his Gnit - 1 ,nd 

circuited ; but 'tis remarkable that in his Visitation M^. Ai3i -j-w 

accompany 'd him all round the University, to his immort ,. j... .„_. .ujd 
against the Rules of Discipline estabUsbM m the Statutes,^ He was prcitnied 
Oct, 39, when Mr. Frnrfiix* of Ch* Cb. (*for Christ-C^hiirch, as they genenillf 
vole for thi r the University, were against him/) made a most In- 

genious sfh' . the V,C. of his prumise to bring the Rljttti before 

Convocation, Tbt V.C answered that he would do what he c^ vc 

this booic cacidemncd, Thwaites says that there is little in lS/f , -ti- 

ccrning Ephraem Syrus; but a more industnoui person \vould ha^G Ih4>u4thl 



4 



Hov. 4-e.] VOLUME XXIT, PAGES 1 1 3-128. 299 

Wov. e (Sun.). In y« Year 1677, ^^c. 14. M^. W™. Nicols of Christ 
Church took the Degree of Master of Arts. He was afterwards preferr'd 
in the Diocess of Chester, where he now lives. He has writ several 
Things, vi^ he designs for the Press, particularly a Discourse in Latin 
in VI. Books concerning the Original and use of Letters. But this being 
done in verse, perhaps it were most advisable for the Author to hinder it 
from coming abroad, unless he think fit to put it into Prose, and take care 
to make some curious Observations, such as have not been taken notice 
of by Hermannus Hugo, and others ; w^^ 'tis likely he is able to do, being 
a Man of some Learning, and having been formerly much conversant in 10 
MSS*". For (well is the chief reason I mention him) when he was at 
Christ-Church he was Amanuensis to Bp. Fell, who had a great kindness 
for Mr. Nicholls. He collated MSS. and did other Drudgery of that 
nature for the space of at least 7 Years. When the Bp. was upon his 
Noble Edition of S*. Cyprian Mr. Nicholls had y« chief trouble in collect- 
ing the Lections from MSS*». w«^ much impaired his Health. D»". Mill 
(then of Queen's Coll.) D'. Burton of X*. Church, Mr. Massey of Merton 
(afterwards made Dean of X*. Ch. by K. James) and M'. Nicholls were 
y® persons who together with Bp. Fell collated the MSS*" of S*. Augustin 
(of vi^ we have great variety & of very good note) in the Bodlejan ao 
Library and other Libraries in Oxford for the Use of the Benedictins at 
Paris. The Lections were sent to Paris by the Bp, and a most noble 
Edition of S*. Augustin came out some time after, done w^ singular Care 
and Judgment, with Emendations from y« above-mention'd MSS*«. and 
others, tho' there is not that due mention made of the Assistance that Bp. 
Fell and others very generously gave as ought to have been ; nor is there 
a distinct Account given of y« several MSS*«. As Mr. Nicholls was much 
belov'd and favour'd by Bp. Fell, so he was made privy to a great number 
of Particulars relating to the Affairs of that Excellent Prelate that either 
none or few besides knew of, and he is the only Person now living that 30 
can furnish any qualify'd Person w*h abundance of Materials for writing 
his Life. I have heard Mr. Nichols say that he knows much concerning 
the Author of y» Whole Duty of Man, and of the writing of the other 
Pieces which go under his Name, but that he will not discover so great 
a secret ; this however he said that the Lively Oracles was written not 
by one, but by divers hands. He said withall that the Primacy of 
Ireland was offer'd to y® Bp, w<5h he modestly dcclin'd. He saw y« very 
Letter the Bp. sent upon this occasion, w°h he said was written with 
wonderftill humility Sc prudence, and that the Bp. shew'd how unfit he 
was for so high a Post, when he found himself to be unqualify'd for that 4® 
wct he had accepted already. When the Bp. and D'. Bathurst and M'. 
Nicholls were going once to London, amongst other Learned men then 
discoursed of was Bp. Pearson, whom the Bp. said he believed to be the 
most learned Man then in the World. This, I think, was much about y« 



otherwise. They contain a reference to an Arundelian MS. which he should 
have consulted. Jas. Wright to H. (Rawl. 12. 141). H. may command 
his utmost endeavours with regard to Leland. Wishes to purchase a copy of 
Somner's Saxon Dictionary, 8vo., said to be printed at Oxon by a gentleman 
of Queen's Coll. 



300 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709: 

time that Bp. Pearson writ his Annales Cjprianici, w<* was y« last Work 
he did, and being done with wonderfull Accuracy, it quite turn'd him, & 
destroyed his Memory, woh he could never after recover. Several have 
reported, and continue still to report, That Bp. Fell was for y« BiU of Ex- 
clusion. Mr Nicholls being ask'd by D^. Hudson concerning this 
Report, he reply'd that the Bp. kept this as a secret ; but nevertheless, he 
sayd, he believ'd that the Bp., tho' he well foresaw the Mischiefs that were 
like to follow, was against it, he having often heard him spake against 
it with much Concern. The only time he remembers to Imve seen the 

10 Bp. in a Passion was after Dr. Barlow became Bp. of Lincoln, and 'twas 
for this reason that I>. Barlow did not ordain in his own Diocess, but in 
Lincoln College, within Bp. Fell's Diocess just as if he design'd it on 
purpose to affront him. One Morning, being just before the ordination, 
Bp. Fell went early to Lincoln College, where Bp. Barlow then was, and 
expostulated the Case very warmly with him, told him that 'twas a shame 
for him to act thus, that 'twas against the Canons, and that he would have 
him punish'd. Barlow reply'd that he would justifye what he did, and 
that he did not value his Threats. Upon yt^^ Bp. Fell went away with 
much Indignation, and just at the College Gate he met D'. Marshall for 

20 whom he had a very great Respect, yet now he told him also that he 
would make him sorry for what he had done in admitting Bp. Barlow to 
come and ordain in the College within his Diocess, without his Permission. 
What became of the Matter afterwards I know not ; but this is certain 
that he had but an ill opinion of Barlow, whom he look'd upon as 
a Calvinist and a time-server. Which opinion was well grounded, 
Barlow being of an unsettled mind, & for striking in with y* Government 
w«k was uppermost, and he afterwards sneak'd and cring'd to the 
Usurpers of y« Revolution in 1688, and writ pitiftill, weak Reasons for 
taking the Oaths to them in the Margin of some of his Pamphletts that are 

30 since come into the Bodlejan-Library. He was thought to be of the 
Calvinists Principles wth Respect to Election and Reprobation, whence 
it was yt once when Bp. Fell, D'. Lamphire and some others were going 
by Queen's College, one of the Company tnention'd going in to see D*". 
Barlow, as being a piece of Respect and good-manners. Upon ^^^ D'. 
Lamphire (who was otherwise look'd upon as a grave Person and far 
from being Jocose) said he thought 'twould be the best way to pass by 
without going in. For said he, my Lord j/(?« know^ & so do y« rest here, 
that D^, Barlow loves prcBterition^ and will not think ill of as upon that score. 
This made them laugh, and so they went on without making him a visit 

40 Thomas Chace, a York Man by Birth, was Master of Balliol College 
12. H. 4. about An. D. 1410. & being Chancellor of the university in 1427. 
4. H. 6. or later, he built the lower Part of Balliol-College Library, ad- 
joyning to y« Hall (at w^^ time perhaps y« Hall it self was built) & at y« 
same time the upper Part thereof, adjoyning to the ChapeU, was built by 
Robert Abdy Master of the College, about w*"^ time, that w^^ is now the 
Masters HaJl, was built by B. Gray (the Great Furnisher of Balliol- 
College Library with rare MSSt«.) as appears by his Coat of Arms 
engraven in stone upon the three Brachets, under the out-side of the Bay 
window thereof. The Make of the Building shews it to have been the 



ITov.e.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 128-144. 301 

Chapel, and to have been done after y« Mode of those Times ; & tis not 
unlikely but that George Nevill contributed either to y® Building or 
Glazing of it, since his Coat of Arms is yet to be seen in the West- 
Window of the same Place ; together with Beauchamp's Coat of Arms* 
who was Earl of Warwick before this George Nevill's Brother: But 
Beauchamp's Heirs Males failing, the Earldom of Warwick devolved to 
his Sister, whom Nevil marrying, he was created Earl of Warwick in her 
Right. (Qusere.) There were several Benefactors in those times to 
Balliol College, whose names are mention'd in the Windows of the 
Library, & their Bounty was mostly imploy'd in Building, and partly in 10 
adorning the College with windows, or enriching the Library with Books. 
In the East Window of the Library, looking into the Chapell, is the 
Picture of S* Katherine, in the right Light thereof, with her wheel before 
her, and her sword behind her, with this Motto, 

Si servids d, tos tegit aula Dei. 

In the other Light is Thomas Chase and his Fellows adoring her, with 
this Motto : 

z. Hie tibi dans celis Thomam Chase comitantes. 
a. Hanc patrona velis mniiire domain famolantes. 

In the first Window, on the South side of the Library, is the Coat of ao 
Arms of George Nevill (which are the same with those in the Masters 
Hall aforesaid, and on the Top of the Divinity-Bedeirs Staff, which he 
gave) in Pale with the Arms of his Archiepiscopal See, in the first Light : 
and in the second Light of the same Window, is a Coat of five Annulets 
argent, in a Field Gules, quarter'd with chequy, Or and Sable, with this 
Motto in a Wreath about them; viz. the first about the first, & the 
second about the second. 

I. Fige dies cnrsnm nee perdat rirgo trinrnphnm. 
a. Conditor ecce mei SIdpton Ricarde foisti. 

(It must be here noted that the said Nevil was ArchbP. of York, & that 30 
the Difference of the Arms of Canterbury and York is this : Canterbury 
bears a Staff in Pale Sol, & upon the top of that a Cross Pat^e Luna, over 
all a Pall Luna, but not fringed. But the antient Arms of York differed 
from these, in that the Cross on the Top of the Staff was Sol, & the Pall 
was fringed, as there may be seen : though the Arms of the same See be 
at present clean another thing. When this changed is uncertain. The 
Heralds at this day do not paint the present Archiepiscopal Arms of 
Canterbury in any thing differing from those anciently appropriated to 
the See of York.) 

The two Coats of Arms in the second Window, on the same side, have 40 
likewise these verses in a wreath about them, viz. The first, the first; & 
the second, the second, 

I. Inditus ille Thomas Horrow fenestratnit me. 
a. Ad tempus meqsis vodtati rite Decembris. 

The third Window in like manner hath two verses : 

I. Gandeat nnita totalis & hec comitiva. 

a. Claram luce fore Caipenter nempe Johannes. 

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the Picture of John Herys, not of John Carpenter. Johannes Harnsius 
primus SfprcBcipuus Thomce More seer eiarius^ I679- eon/essor, obiji Namurci 
regnanie Eliz, scripsii collectanea ex Sanctis Patribus. But he is thought 
to be another Herys. 

The fourth Wmdow, in the first Light, hath a Coat that bears Pale of 
nine Pieces Azure and Gules, over all a Chevron Argent, charged with 
three Crosses pomet^es Or, and a Mitre on the Point, with this Motto. 
I. Me tuns Antistes Vigomia fecit honore. 

The second hath this motto; viz. 

lo a. Conditor ipse mei Walter Ricaide fhistL 

The fifth window hath Bp. Gray's and Abdy's Arms, with this Motto, 

I. Hos Deas adjecit, Deus his det gandia cell 
3. Abdy perfecit opus hoc Gray presal 8c Ely. 
Under is, 

I. Orate pro bono stata Magistri Jobannis Spens. 

The sixth Window. 

I. Hi duo mitrati pro donis sint memoratL 
a. Sint consommati celesti sede locati. 

The seventh hath in one light, the Arms of Thomas Percy Earl of 
ao Worcester, which are the same with the Earls of Northumberland in 
University College Hall : and those of Nevil Earl of Warwick in the other 
Light, with these verses in wreaths about them, 

I. Snnt benefactorei Comites hie nobiliores. 
3. Laceat etema Lux his reqniesque supema. 

The Eig[h]th is in honour of William Firbit of Bridlinton in York- 
shire. 

Firbit Wilhelmns semper sit morte retentns, 

£t Bridlintone domos additur extra corone. or conunnne [in margin]. 

The Ninth, 
30 Has aliqnando fores vitro clausere priores . 

Claustri Mertone vigent mercede corone. 

The tenth hath a Scheme of the Holy Trinity in one, and the Blessed 
Virgin Mary with the Babe, in y« other ; given by Robert Brotliber of 
Malvern in Worcestershire, with these verses. 

Gilberti Brotliberi Malvemensisque Johannes. 
Continnis annis placeat socijs ministrare. 

On the north side of the Library, the first window hath the Arms of 

Bp. Gray, w^b are a Lyon ramp. arg. in a Field Gules, a Border engrail'd 

argent : and Abdy's Ajrms, w<=b are a shield arg. a chevron sable, betw. 

40 three Eagles displayed of the second. The verses in wreaths about 

these are, 

I. Conditor ecce novi stmctus bnjns ftiit Abdy. 
a. Presnl & buic £di Gray, libros contolit Ely. 

Below this is, 

Orate pro bono statu anime Magistri Robert! Abdy Magistri bujos Collegij, qni 
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The second window hath Anns, and these verses about them in 
wreaths, as all the other have ; viz. 

I. Me fecit sodus hie Stanhop nempe Radtilphiis. 
a. Militis esto memor Wodden Dens optime tutor. 

The Third window hath Nevill's Arms in Pale with those of the Sea 
of York, & by themselves in the other. 

1. Sit presal ahna tibi reqnies sine fine Georgi. 

2. Me fordas vitream Stavelj Wilhelme ienestram. 

The fourth window hath these verses in a wreath about the Coats of 
Arms. 

I. -^^— — Somniim ' 

a. Me Petrns Pekkam vitravit sponte fenestram. 

The fifth window hath likewise about the Arms, 

Aspera flabat hyems bmmoso frigore fervens. 
Cum Miniorita vilis fait ista fenestra. 
Beneath is, 

Orate pro Johanne Barton, quondam socio hajos domos. 

The sixth window hath the Arms of Tho. Chace, which are a Shield 
arg. charged with three Talbots Heads erased sable. The verses are, 

ao 

I. Condidit banc edem Tbomas Chace meqae vitravit 

a. Huic saperis sedem des sibi natc David. 
Below is. 

Orate pro statu & anima Magistri Tbomse Cbace de Ebor. Th. Professoris, Cancel- 
larij Hibemise, Oxon. 8c S. Pauli, London, olim hie Socij foitris mei. Anno Dom. 
1431. 

The seventh Window's Verses imply, That Clifford Bp, of London was 
a greater Benefactor, than to own the glazing of a Window. 

I. Clifford Ricardos Antistes Londoniensis. 
a. Fasis expensis tale non avit opns. 

Given by Nich. Herbury, Archdeacon of Gloucester, therefore under- 30 
written thus; viz. 

Orate pro anima Magistri Nich. Herbury, quondam Archi: Gloucest. 

The eighth Window, given by Jo. Patrick, valet of the Wardrobe to 
Humphrey Duke of Lancaster and Gloucester, hath the Dukes Arms, 
w^ are those of England, but bordered argent, with these verses *, 

Nov. 7 (Mon.). The Earl of Clarendon was buried in K. Hen. 
Vll.tb's Chapell in Westm. Abbey on Friday last in y« Evening. — 
Librum eximium de dominio maris edidit Seldenus anno 1635. Sed 
eum inceperat regnante Jacobo i"*o, qui ut scriberet hortatus est, imo 
jussit. Sic niminim ipse Seldenus monuit in praefatione. Neque id 40 
reticuit Antonius k Wood ; qui tamen Petrum Heylin ea de re citat 
Meminit Heylin in Laudi sanctissimi vita ; ubi & alia de Seldeno lectu 
digna habet. Nonnulla ezscripsit Woodius. Hinc inde numismata 
ontiqua occumint, quae explicuit Seldenus. In ijs AUecti nummus con- 
spicitur triremi insignitus. Unde liquet triremem in aversa parte ideo 

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pQsitam fuisse, quod maris Britannici imperium usurpasset AllectusJ 
Idem & de alijs nummis observandum, ac praecipue de iUo plane rarissimol 
quern olim |:>ossidebat D. Sjkes collegij SS. Trinitatis Oxon. prgefecm3,l 
in Archivb Bodlejanis reposito, Ibi cea in parte antica legilur^ pro cak» 1 
ni fallor ; & in parte postica triremis visittirj quam victoriam aliquam^ ah , 
historicis, qui supersunt. non memoratam denotare conjecerat cl dod^I 
WELLUS. Male autem vir doctissimus. Nam ad maris dominium s|jec*l 
tare h Seldeno satis manifestum. Quin & auGtores plurimos illustravitj 
Seldenus, & passim emendavit. In posteriore parte de rebus nostrisl 
10 Anglicanis pra;cipue agit, & tributum illud, Dam^gMum vocamtn, pro 
pecunia^ classi navali solvenda, accipiendum esse docet. Classis autem 
ilia in maris Britannici dominio asserendo occupaia ernt. Nomen suum 
h. Danis inbuium antedtctum duxii, sed in temporibus sequioribus pro 
tributis ad Danes nihil pertinentibus saepe utebantur scriptores nostri* 

Hov, 8 (Tu.). The Visitaiion of the Bodlejan Library was to day, as 
usual The Speech u'as spoke by W^. Rich. Sadlington A.M. and 
Student of Christ-Church. 

Ifov, ID (Th.). M™. Manley, who formerly belonged to the Play- 
Housei and is said to be y^ Author of the i»* Part of j-® New Atalantis,! 
30 is taken up and cotnmitted to New-Gate by y^ Queen*s Order, and y^ j 
4 th Impression J being just wTOught off, is seiz'd on, and y* Book ia now j 
become scarse. The 11^. Part is nothing near so well done, & is said lo I 
be by another Hand, — This Day at nine Clock was a Convocation, j 
in w«^*» Letters from the Chancellor were read thai one M^ Lewis, a 
Gentleman-Commoner of New-Coil of something above a Years siandingp 
might be made Bach, of Ci\il-Law upon Condition that he pay all Fees | 
& perform all Exercise* This Request was consented to. The majority] 
of Votes w^as but small, & without doubt he would have been deny^c^ had I 
not the old Hypocrite of Queen's, according to his usual Custom^ irick'd I 
30 even in this Aifair. For the Notes about this Matter were sent about to 
Colleges and Halls three Weeks ago, when People seem'd generally 
dissatisfy 'd with the Request: which the V ice-Chancellor peroeiving 
he deferred having a Convocation *till this Morning. A great many 
People thought the Thing had been drop*d, and they did not dream 



Kov. 10. D. Hvana to H, (Rawh 5, |), Begs H/5 pardon for passiii^ 
through Oxford last summer without seeing him ; the reason was w^ant of time, 

caused by the exigency of a long suit in Chancery. * M^, J ; CoUirr sent mt 
word about 3 months ago for to come & speak with him, but y* lacobiles are 
so discountenance here in London, that upon second thoughts ne would tiot 
be seen afterwards, as M*"- Sare of gray's Inne his friend told me* Lajt 
Saturday being y* V*** of Novemb. D i Sachevereii your mighty Boanerges 
thundcrd most furiously at pauFs against y** phanaticks for Condemning y« 
King of high treason against his supream subjectSj as he express*^ it He 
spoke very freely of y* toleration Act^ Si charged y* Mayors and M i-kimtes 
with want of ^eal for y* Church, & playd particularly & cxpres^■ 
t»f Kifum : whom he hoped wa* no great friend to poprT v Tu- -1 
! ^ on the Articles one w** think he was halte y 

!t 30 Clergymen in y* Quirc^ & among y*' R 
tti >t.i who is lately come over to our Church, Saehevertii i 
Corivetiion, levelled bis arguments & anathemas most virui fiL 

imd y* whole tiibe of em : in $0 much that AH y^ Con|pn*|^aUaii w«ir^ >k^t 



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305 



that 'twould have come on this Morning, otherwise the House would 
have been fuller, and the Letter would in all prolMbility have been 
thrown out, iho' he held tnade great Interest, and his Friends had can- 
vass'd about for him. Tis true there have been Precedents of such 
Concessions of late ; but the most sober, thinking Part of the university 
well perceiving that these Requests are like £0 be frequent, and to be 
made a common Practise, (to y^ noiorious & Scandalous neglect of 
Discipline.) they are resolv'd to put a stop if possible to the farther 
Progress of these FavourSj w*^li us'd to be allow'd to noble- men only, and 
to those that had deser\*ed well from the university by some signal under- » 
taking* Whereas this I^ewis is so far from having a title to any such 
Claim that neither himself nor any of his Relations (that 1 can leam) ever 
did any service for y« university for w^li he might be allow'd such an 
eilraordinary Favour, Some, who were for this Grant, in defence of 
ihemseives said that by it he is like to do no mischief to the university, 
having no vote thereby in the Convocation House, being secur'd by a 
good Estate so as he is in no need of any Preferment But in oppo- 
silioa to this it may be observ'd that one AI^. Curson of Trinity College 
who bad y« Favour of the Degree of D^, of Law conferr'd upon him 
lately is now admitted into D™. Commons, tho' at y« same time the same ao 
Plea of being Heir to a good Estate was made for him, & his Friends 
were sure he would make no benefit of y® Degree. We know of several 
that are in orders, and yet have much better estates than M'* Lewis, who 
now, if he think fit, may take orders being capacitated for noble Prefer- 
ment, without any more trouble. And what should hinder him from 
making use of y* opportunity if it should offer I cannot well see. 
Wiihall we frequently see men of very good Estates in time strangely 
decay, and y^ same accidents may happen to M^. Lewis as well as to 
others. The University therefore cannot be too shy in conferring their 
Favouns, And truly if such favours be granted at all they should rather a«> 
be made to men of small Fortunes, such as are not able to live in y« 
university; I mean upon supposition that the Persons of higher Rank 
take orders or put themselves into other Posts by \'irtue of their Degree, 
for otherwise if we were certain they would make no benefit of it the 
Preference should be given to those of more bberal Fortunes. A great 



agen at the terrour of his Inveterate expressions. The whigs says he are 
Conformists in faction, halfe Conformists in practise. Si ncia Conformists in 
Judgment, formerly they Labour**! to Bring y« Church into y» Conventicle, but 
now they Bring y* Conventicle into y*' Church, which wiil prove its inevitable 
ruine His text was this w^^ord: In peiiils among false brethren, & his Ser- 
mon upont was so violent that 1 think my L** Mayor & Court of Aldermen 
will hardly desire him to print it: but if it be printed, He endeav^ to gel it 
you, provided I happen to be then in Town. David Jones is a soft mild 
Preacher in tlfimparison to this; and now I speak of D. Jones, last Sunday I 
was prtMching at Aldgate Church, from whence 1 was Invited by a gentleman 
of my Acquaintance to Come Sc see a miracle in y** t^yeens Bench prison, viz, 
to see D, Joncs» but yesterday I was prevented, for I met him accidentally in 
Wcstmin&tcr Hall^ ^ hardly knew hini, his Complexion w^ere so alterdj he 
^hitw^ me his head, ^ his Goalblack hair was turned milk white of a night he 
said tor y** greatness of his troubles.' 

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many other things might be offer'd upon this occasion; but I omitt 
them, and leave them to time, w^'h will ^ew the Consequences. 

K'ov. 11 (Frl.)» Quaere whether be rightest, PhaUreus Demetrius or 
Demetrius Phalereus ? Tully De finibus bon, ^ mat. lib. V. § 54. Ed. 
Gron. has Phalereus Demetrius. And so the MSS. (Phalereus Demetrius 
the best way. See Menage upon Diogenes Laertius, who would have it 
according to y« MSS. Laertius Diogenes.) — On Saturday last, being the 
day of the Powder-Plot, D'. Sacheverel preach'd at S*. Paul's, where he 
thunder'd most furiously against the Fanaticks for condemning the King 

10 of High-Treason against his supream Subjects, as he express'd it. He 
spoke very freely of the Toleration Act, and charg'd the Mayors and 
Magistrates with want of Zeal for the Church, and playd particularly and 
expressly upon the Bp. of Sarum, whom he hop'd was no great Friend to 
Popery, but by his Exposition (he said) on the Articles one would think he 
was half chanell'd over. There were about 30 Clergymen in the Quire, 
and among the rest the Minister of Battersea, who is lately come over 
to our Church. Sacheverell having heard of his Conversion, levelled his 
arguments and Anathemas most virulently against him, and the whole 
Tribe of 'em; insomuch that all y® Congregation shook again at y« 

aoTerrours of his Inveterate Expressions. The Whiggs, says he, are 
Conformists in faction, half Conformists in practise, & non-Conformists 
in Judgment; formerly they labour'd to bring the Church into the Con- 
venticle, but now they bring the Conventicle into the Church, which will 
prove it's inevitable ruin. His text was, In Perills among false Brethren, 
and his Sermon was so violent (David Jones being a soft, mild Preacher 
in comparison of him) that when some afterwards mov'd the Lord Mayor 
and Court of Aldermen to have it printed the Proposal was rejected, & 
indeed deservedly he being only a man of much noise but little sincerity. 
He preach*d upon the same Text at S*. Maries formerly, & perhaps it 

30 might be the same Sermon, with some Alterations and Additions. — 
When D^. Potter's Edition of Clemens Alex, comes out, there should be 
a Book writ to supply his Omissions, w*^ this Title Professoris Col- 
vinistici Prateritiones in nupera Editione Clementis Alexandrini, 

TTov. 12 (Sat.). Notwithstanding the Majority of y« Court of Alder- 
men at London were, when propos'd, against printing D*". Sacheverell's 
Sermon, yet 'tis now actually in the Press at London. — There is just 
publish'd the Exposition of Ae first article of the Church of England by 
y« late D'. Beverege Bp. of S*. Asaph. There is an Advertisement printed 
at y® Beginning of it in the Title page signifying that this is only done 

4® for a specimen, and that the rest will be carried on if this be approv'd of 
by Men of Learning and Judg™*. This first Article is certainly well 



B'oT. 18. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 141). Relies not only on the 
integrity, but also on the prudence and secrecy, of H.^ friendship. The 
Cambridge men have set Oxford an example how the author of the Rights 
should be treated, in depriving Mr. Whiston of his mathematical Lecture. 
Wonders at Thwaites* negligence in giving no account of the MSS. of Ephraem 
Synis ; he was not worthy of the civility shown him by S. in communicating 
to him the papers of Mr. Young. Heartily laments the loss of his excellent 
friend^ the Earl of Clarendon, High Steward of the University, who died of an 



ITov. 10-14.] VOLUME XXII, PAGES 166-180. 307 

done, and I wish the rest may be perfonn'd as well ; tho' there is good 
reason to fear the contrary, the D'. having been formerly inclined to 
Calvinism, and I believe this Work was done in his Younger Years. 
But whether it be perfect or not, or whether or no there be any thing of 
Heterodoxy, 'tis certain the Executor has got at least the last nine 
Articles in his Hands, and cannot at present be prevailed upon to part 
with them, pretending that the Bp. never designed the Work for the Press, 
that it has not had his last Hand, and that 'twill be an indelible Disgrace 
to y^ Great and Learned Person. And in this Resolution he is counte- 
nanced by some of the Whiggs, and particularly, by the Friends of Bp. io 
Burnett, who are very sensible that 'twill be far better than Burnetts Ex- 
position, & that 'twill discover several gross Errours in it, that Bp. being 
of Republican, Presbyterian Principles, and having but very little skill 
in either Prophane or Sacred antiquity, much like the Generality of 
the Low Church Herd, even the Bp» themselves not excepted, who 
content themselves with making Flashy, Empty Harangues, full of 
false Doctrine (if nicely examin'd) as well as void of true Eloquence 
& common Learning. — Memorand. That D'. Hammond writ in Latine 
two large Volumes in Quarto of the way of Interpreting the New 
Testament, with Reference to the Customs of the Jews & of the ao^ 
first Hereticks in the Christian Church, and of the Heathens, especially 
in the Grecian Games, and above all the Importance of the Hellenistical 
Dialect, into w<^h he had made the exactest Search, by yf^ means in a 
manner he happened to take in all the Difficulties of that sacred Book. 
Of this Work M'. Wood has made no mention, and yet 'tis accounted 
for by Bp. Fell in his Life of D"". Hammond pag. 57, 58. where he also 
acquaints us that 'twas that w^^ gave rise to the D'*". Annotations upon y» 
New Testament in English, a great many of w*^^ are the very same in 
substance with divers pt" of this Work. It afterwards came with several 
other MSS*8. into the Bodlejan Library by the Gift of the Reverend M'. 30 
Henry Jones Rector of Sunningwell in Berks, and I have a Copy of it 
myself, written I think (as is also that in Bodjpy) by the D^". own Hand. 

Nov. 18 (Suzl). On the 27^^. Instant will be sold by Auction at 
London the Library of the famous Sir Hen. Sptlman^ together with the 
Library of S'. Edm. Kir^ M.D. In this Collection, besides several 
curious printed Books in all Faculties, are 3 score MSS*». of S^. Edm. 
King's, and about 200 MSS. of Sir Hen, Spelmarm^s. Which MSSK of 
Sir H, Spelman are said to be ancient, & most curiously written and im- 
bellish'd. 

Nov. 14 (Men.). D^ Rich. Busby, the most Eminent School-Master 40 
that the last Age produced, besides a Latin and Greek Grammar writ 
a small Hebrew Grammar, which after it had been handed about in MSS^. 



asthma in his 7 and year on Monday Oct. 31 at 4 in the afternoon, and was 
buried on Friday Nov. 4 at ten o'clock at night in Westminster Abbey^ none 
being invited but the six noble lords who sustained the pall. Hears that 
Kuster has received a 00 guineas for the dedication of his Aristophanes to 
Lord Halifax. P.S. — Since sealing his letter, hears that Whiston has only 
been turned out of a lectureship in a parish church at Cambridge by Bp. 
Moore. 

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and continually transcribed for the use of the Boys of Westminster schoole 
was printed at y« Theater above a Year since in 8^0. in a sheets and an 
half, or thereabouts. M^. Gagnier, a French Gentleman, who lately pub- 
lished Josephus Ben Gorion from the Theater Press, and is now a Teacher 
of y* Hebrew Language in Oxford, and is esteem'd by able Judges to be 
a compleat Master of it, has publickiy affirmed That he thinks this Epitome 
to be the best that has been yet made, and that 'tis preferrable both to 
Buxtorfs and Schickard's. I have been informed by one that was lately 
Student of Christ-Church and once a Scholar to I>. Busby that he also 

^owrit an Arabick Grammar, w^'^ Language was likewise taught in that 
schoole, the Di*. having some skill in it. The I>. was for introducing 
also some other Languages into his School, on purpose that it might be 
said y^ most, if not aU, learned Languages were taught in it, being acted 
in this Affair purely by whim. And, I have often heard it said that tho' 
he was a truly learned man in Classical Learning, yet he indulged strangely 
to his Fancy, and was extremely whimsical, and that his severe Discipline 
was chiefly owing to this Temper. After his Latin Grammar came out 
he was continually altering of it, almost every hour, and 'twas usual with 
him to make his Scholars get those alterations by heart, tho' they had 

90 been masters of his Grammar before. When any Scholars came from 
other Schools, tho' they had read over and got by heart Lilly's Grammar 
several times, yet he would always make them set about his own, and 
spend time in getting it off intirely. I have also heard some, that knew 
the Dr. very well, say that he was a better Judge of other Men's Com- 
positions than a good Composer himself, tho' he was certainly a very 
clear-headed Man. 

TTov. 16 (Til). De Sylvano Morgano h cl. Thomae Smithi Vita Guil, 
Camdeni pag. 70. 

Identidcm Pictores, cum Camdenus h Pictore csset prognatus, ut artis suae 
30 honori consulerent, tabulam ad vivum expreitom, hi & illi in conclavibus ap- 
pensam habuere : ambae igni perierunt. ^lo-oy vero, antequam fatale illud in- 
cendium maxime deplorandam Urbi stragem intulisset, amore & admiratione 
Camdeni captus Sylvanus Morganus, professione Pictor, at liberalibus disci- 
plinis egregid excultus, genealogianimque admodikm peritus, quod liber ejus 
de Gnomonieay & Sphmra^ ut ita cum venii reddam, GentUitatis ostendunt, quan- 
tum artifex manus cxprimere poterat, curavit delineandum : nee est hoc con- 
tentus, aliud fieri jussit, quod multiplici & quidem curioso omatu adauctum pro 
insigni prae foribus habet. m. 

The Earl of Clarendon dyed of an Asthma in the threescore and 
40 twelfth Year of his Age. He had been a long time before grievously 
afflicted with the strangury, and then, with an involuntary flux of Water : 
which being stopt, a humor fell upon his Lungs, which caused a Short- 
ness of Breath, and put an End to his Life. His Brother, the Earl of 
Rochester, as 'tis thought with the Leave of the Great Lady, to whom 
they are so nearly related, took care to have him interred in the Grave of 
his Father and Mother, with all private Decency in Westminster Abbey, 
none being invited but the 6 Noble Lords, who sustained the PaD, viz., 
Dukes of Ormond and Beaufort, Earles of Berkshire and Essex, Barons 
De la Ware and Berkly of Stratton. This noble Lord dyed on Monday 
^o the 31 Octob. 4 of the Clock in the Afternoon, and was buryed on the 



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Friday following 4 Nov. at 10 of the Clock at night. — Kuster has 
printed his Aristophanes in Holland, which he dedicates to L^. Hallifar, 
to whom the Publisher has sent a Copy or two, there being no other yet 
brought over : and I am informed, that he has receiv'd a Present of two 
Hundred Guineas for his Dedication, such a profound Respect have we 
for forreigners, & such lavish Rewards have they for slight Perfor- 
mances I — Dr. More, Bp. of Ely, has tum'd M'. Whiston out of a 
Lecture, which he had in a Parish Church in Cambridge. 

Nov. 16 (Wed.). Henry Jenkins, a Yorkshire Man, departed this 
Life the 8*^^ Dec. 1670, being then 169 Years old. He remembred the 10 
Battle of Flowden-Field, wcl^ was fought 9*1^ Sept. 151 3, very well, and 
us'd to relate the Particulars of it. His Age was clearly made out. Old 
Parre lived 152 Years nine Months; so he exceeded Parr 16 Years. As 
to the Way of Living of Henry Jenkins, in the last Century of his Life, 
he was a Fisherman, and used to wade in the Streams. His Dyet was 
coarse and sour. But towards the latter End of his Days he begged up 
and down. He hath sworn in Chancery and other Courts to above 140 
Years Memory, and was often at the Assizes at York, whither he gener- 
ally went afoot: and several of the Country Gentlemen have affirm'd, that 
he frequently swam in the Rivers after he was past the Age of one hun- ao 
dred Years. 

N^ov. 17 (Th.). In the Year 1690 was printed a small Book in 120. 
caird The Secret History of the Reigns ofK, Charles II. and K, James II, 
Neither the Author's name, nor the Names of the Printer and Bookseller, 
nor that of the Place where printed are added. Whoever the Author was 
he was a most vile, antimonarchical Rascal, one who had thoroughly 
imbib'd republican Principles, and had so little Respect for crown'd 
Heads as to asperse and vilifye the best of Kings, King Charles i»*, whom 
he has in several Places represented as a Roman Catholick, at least as 
a Favourer of the Romish Religion, and of being guilty of the Irish 30 
Massacre. But he falls most heavily upon his two sons, King Charles II. 
and King James II. of whom he cannot speak one good word, but he all 
along makes them to be the worst Enemies that ever the Kingdom had, 
and he does not make y« latter only to be a Roman Catholick, but even 
y® former, who he says was acted in every Thing by Popish Principles, 
and that he drove at nothing else but y® Ruin of these (for he will not 
call them his) Kingdoms. 'Twas to this End, he says, that he gave him- 
self up to Debauchery, and that he wag'd War with the Dutch. The 
Dutch he mentions as the best Friends to England, and the Prince of 
Orange was, in his opinion, one of y« Greatest Heroes that ever liv'd, one 40 
of the best of Men, and one of the faithfullest & most religious Friends 
that England ever yet had. These and abundance of other Particulars 
he hath foisted into this Libell, w«^ ought to be burnt by y« Common- 
Hangman, & will be despised by all honest Men, such as are true Lovers 
of y®*' Country, are mov'd by Conscience and have a true sense of 
Allegiance and Loyalty, and are not willing to favour and countenance 
those who under a Pretence of Popish Tyranny are for bringing in 
Traytors and usurpers, and for turning our well established Government 
into Confusion. 



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About 3 Weeks since a Person at Heddington near Oxford opening 
the Surface of the Ground in the Back-side d* the House found a Gold 
Ring, curiously wrought, on the outside of which is the Figure of 
S^. George treading upon a Dragon, with his Spear run into jo I>ragon's 
Mouth. In y« Inside of the Ring are ingrav'd in Letters, much like 
those we see on Plates upon old Grave-Stones, these Words, En kai, desio, 
Yor understanding which it must here be ofcserv'd that in former times 
there were sevend Gold Rings made for the Use of Knights of the 
Garter, which thej receiv'd at their first Instalbnent, and afterwards they 

10 generally presented them to their Relations and Friends, to be worn by 

' them in Memorial of so great an Honour conferred upon them. They 
had often the same motto with the Garter, and were therefore call'd 
Garter-Rings, being cast into the Figure of Garters ; but then others 
were of a different Make, and had different Mottos, according to the 
Pleasure of the several Knights for whom Designed, & having on them 
the Image of St. George they were call'd George Rings. And 'tis of 
this latter sort of Rings I take this to be which we are now considering. 
The K«»*. was a Gcndeman, in all probability of great Probity and In- 
tegrity and his Daughter being young, and endued with singular Virtues 

ao and incomparable Beauty, by which she lay lyable to temptadon, he was 

' pleas'd to give her this Ring, adom'd with the Figure of S*. George and 
the Motto above mentioned ; which he thought might be one Means of 
securing her against all Dangers and of preserving her Innocence. Her 
Name was Catherine, and the Word desio^ however obsolete, is properly 
enough us*d to signify one that stands behind. Whenever his Daughter 
should happen to be subject to any Temptation, and be set upon by any 
lewd Persons, he would have her think upon S*. George, that Great 
Patron of the English, and call upon him, & believe that he was always 
behind her to guard and protect her ; which if she did she might assure 

30 her self that he would as infallibly rescue her from Danger as he had the 
beautifull and Virtuous Young Daughter of Nemo a Lybian King from 
the Jaws of the Dragon to which her Father had been oblig'd to set her 
aside for a sacrifice. — I easily foresee that in opposition to what has 
been said it will be objected that the Figure upon the Ring is very 
different from the Common Pictures of S*. George, and that it rather 
agrees to that of S*. Michael, who in the MSS*. Breviaries, curiously 
illuminated, in the Bodlejan Library is represented standing upon a 
Dragon, and having his Spear (the upper Part of which, like this on the 
Ring, is in form of a Cross) run into his Body. In reply to which it 

40 must be noted that y« Painters and Ingravers very often in these Cases 
, foUow'd their own Directions, and vary'd as they thought convenient 
Adrichomius's Map .of the Tribe of Asser represents the Dragon at 
some Distance from S^ George's Horse, contrary to the common Pictures 
which represent him trampling upon it. I have seen some Pictures 
ingrav'd in the same manner as S*. George is plac'd upon the Ring. 
And that which is mention'd by Nicephorus to have been at Con- 
stantinople varied from others that we read of, and there are miraculous 
things related of it. But not to insist any farther upon this, which might 
be farther confirm'd by variety of Instances, 'tis sufficient for our present 

50 purpose that even our Modern Figures oif S*. George varie from the 



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more ancient ones that are found in MSS^. Books of Divine OflSces. 
I have seen several very curious and valuable ones in the foresaid 
Bodlejan Library, and in them the Libyan ICing's Daughter is represented 
kneeling, sometimes before and sometimes behind S*. George; which 
Circumstance is left out in all our modem Pictures. But suppose that 
this Circumstance were observed in our modem Pictures, and suppose 
withall there was no difference between them and the ancient ones, yet 
we cannot imagine that all these Circumstances could be put upon this 
Ring in w^h so small a Part is allow'd for the Figure: Not now to 
mention that the adding the Horse would have look'd too assuming in a id 
signet, for which this part of the Ring seems to have been us'd. As for 
the latter Part of the Objection I see no reason why the Cross might 
not as properly be represented upon the upper Part of the Speare of 
S*. George as S*. Michael ; especiaUy if we consider that some of the 
Legends attribute this Heroical Act of S*. Cireorge in some Measure to y« 
virtue of the Holy Cross with w«J^ he several times sign'd himself: and 
the Romanists have so great an opinion of the Effect of signing with y« 
Cross, as that it makes a good part of their Holy Oflfices, w^^h is laudable 
enough & what is countenanced by the earliest Antiquity if they did not 
make it so frequent as to be look'd upon as superstitious. For strength- ao 
ening what has been said in behalf of S*. George it may be added that 
as he was very early highly respected by the English, (insomuch that 
Churches and Chapells were dedicated to lum) so he hath had a more than 
ordinary Veneration paid to his Memory ever since King Edward III. an. 
1349. by calling earnestly upon S*. Edward and S*. George, chiefly the 
latter, obtained a compleat Victory over the Enemy: the Year after 
which foUow'd the Institution of that Noble Order of the Garter, dedicated 
to S*. George also : by which he became possess'd alone of that special! 
patronage, as the more military Saint; v^^ in the former Invocation 
might seem to be divided between S*. Edward and Himsel£ What 30 
additional Honours after this time were made to S*. George (more than 
that the English, in imitation of the King, call'd upon him as their 
Advocate of Victory) I think needless to recite here ; this however I will 
note that some time after their were Gold Pieces coyn'd to his Memory, 
which were call'd George NobkjSy and M'. Camden in his Remains tells 
us that they had on one side of them the Picture of S*. George with this 
Impress tali dicata stgno mens fluchiore nesciL And these Nobles and 
the George Rings are of much y« same Age. — 

Thomas Aquinas took a great Part of his prima secundcBy & secundd 
secundcB out of the i"* and 3d Books of Vincentius Bellovacensis's Specu- 4® 
lum Morale, 

Nov. 19. Matthew Gibson to H. (Raw!. 6. 9a). Printed : Letters from 
the Bodleian, i. 197 sqq, B. Boberts to H. (Rawl 9. 44). Has recovered 
a/, or. 6^. given to an acquaintance six weeks ago for H., who will now receive 
it from Mr. Manning, an attorney at Petworth. Prays H. to persuade Mrs. 
Law to be at rest two months longer, when he hopes to be able to give her 
full content. Believes that she has not yet found out his place of abode. 
H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 148). * I am very carefiill to preserve all your 
Letters to myself, and I am so cautious in this Affair that I do not pennitt the 
Person that tyes up my other Papers to have one of them. And therefore I 



31 a HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

Nov. 21 (Moil). The Chancellor having been pleasM to nominate 
the Earl of Rochester High Steward of y* University in room of the 
L^. Clarendon deceased, the Letters Patents for that purpose were read 
in Convocation this Day at 2 Clock and were approv'd and confirmed by 
y« University. Formerly the Orator of y« University us'd to make a 
speech upon this occasion, and y* Present Orator M'. Wyatt, a very 
honest Gentleman and Principal of S*. Mary Hall, made it when the 
Earl of Clarendon was confirmed, and it appears now in y« University 
Register. He had also drawn up a speech now, sitting up almost a 
lo whole night to do it, but two or three Hours before the Convocation 



take that trouble wholly upon my self, and I past them into a Book I have 
prepared for that purpose, being sensible that hereafter, perhaps when 

YOU AND I ARE IN OUR GRAVES, TilEY WILL BE OF ADMIRABLE USE IN THE 

History of these Times. The remissness of the Heads of Houses in Mr. 
Littleton's affair chiefly on account of some members of their Societies that 
were candidates for Fellowships at All Souls'. * D'. Tyndale gives out that 
the Election hasiiilly answer'd his Exspectations and that he could not for his 
Life have pitch'd upon four Persons more agreeable to his Mind.' As soon as 
notice was given of the death of the Earl of Clarendon, some persons who are 
very desirous of preferment proposed the Duke of Marlborough for High 
Steward; but they were laughed at. Will be glad to see Kuster's ed. of 
Aristophanes. Wishes that Lord Halifax and other noblemen would but be 
half so generous to their own countrymen. Foreigners * are now so much 
admir'd that they are made Tutors and Govemours to young Gentlemen, as 
if our own Nation did not produce Persons capable of such an Undertaking.' 
* M'. Halley has so near finish'd his Apollonius that he has not above 5 or 6 
Sheets to do. This Great Man afterwards has a Design of putting out a new 
Edition of Ptolenw's Geography, in order to which he sevend Years since col- 
lated Mercator's Edition with a MS^ in the Imperial Library. He is the most 
proper Person I can think of at present for this Undertaking, and from what 
I have often heard him say I very easily perceive that the Edition put out by 
Bertius is full of Faults. It were to be wish'd our other Savilian Professor 
would lay out his time as much for the Publick ; but I exspect nothing consi- 
derable from an Hypochondriacal Person, tho' he talks of Menelaus's Sphae- 
ricks, of which we have one MS* in Latin, and two in Hebrew. The Hebrew 
are under the Name of Myleus. I know of no Copy in Greek, nor do I re- 
member that any one is mention'd in D'. Bernard's Synopsis, which you were 
pleas'd to publish to the no small Advantage of those that are learn 'd in these 
Studies. We long here to see D', Sacheverell's V**^ of November Sermon 
preach'd upon these Words, In perils amongst false Brethren, Upon which 
Words I remember he formerly preach'd at S*. Marie's, and 'tis said 'tis the 
very same Sermon, only with some Alterations and Additions. It makes a 
great Noise, and several give out that he will be prosecuted, but that you 
know best at London.' The first Article of Bp. Beveridge's Exposition is 
published. Thoresby to H. (Rawl. 10. 60). Has delayed answering in the 
vain hope of receiving from parson P. a dissertation on certain odd-fashioned 
and antique instruments of brass. ' As the Servants of M'. Ellis of Kiddall 
(father to the present high Sheriffe of y® County) were plowing at a place 
called OsmomltJbieA, near the noted Bramham-moor, they discovered 5 or 6 
brass Instruments, w^'^ are of different sizes, from litle more than 3 to 4^ 
inches in length, & from ij to aj in bredth.* [Description printed in * A Dis- 
course concerning some Antiquities lately found in Yorkshire. In a Letter 
to Mr. Thoresby of Leeds:' Philosophical Transactions No. 333 ; Leland's Itine- 
rary Vol. I ; Catalogus operum Tfaiomae Hearnii, No. xvii.] 



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Arthur Charlett, who sat as Vice-Chancellor (Smoothboots being out of 
Town) sent for y® Orator, and gave orders that there should be no 
speech, to y® no small Resentment of y« Orator, who, notwithstanding his 
present Infirmities, has been a Man of Excellent sense. 

Nov. 23 (Wed.). Yesterday being appointed for a General Thanks- 
giving by y« Government for the late Glorious Victory (as the Duke of 
Marlborough and his Friends are pleas*d to style our prodigious Loss) 
near Mons ; it was observed by y« Whiggs and Courters of Preferment 
very solemnly and with much shew of Religion. The chief Design of it 
is to amuse the People and to make them believe we have had a wonder- 10 
full Success on purpose to get large Summs of Money from them that 
the War may be still prosecuted to y® Benefit of y® Duke of Marlborough 
&c. — At yo End of D'. Huntington's Epistles D^. Smith has published 
Dr. Edw. Bernard's Catalogue or Synopsis of antient Mathematicians. 
This is also published since by Fabricius of Hamburgh in the third Book 
of his Bibliotheca Graeca pag. 564. — Dr. Smallbrook by the ArchbP. 
of Canterbury's Option (he being Chaplain to his Grace) is made Canon 
of Hereford, which was once discoursed of for M'. Basil Kennett 

Nov. 24 (Th.). Amongst other Auditors of D"". Sacheverell's Vtt of 
November Sermon was M'. William Bissett, who two or three Days after ao 
published Remarks upon it; but they are loose and silly, just like the 
other Pieces that he has printed. This M^. Bissett is a Man of Parts, 
but he is a perfect Enthusiast, as he has been a great many Years. He 
was of Westminster School, whence he was elected into Trinity Coll. at 
Cambridge, where when he had been about two Years, going one Day 
into y® Fields and returning home he dedar'd amongst y® Society that 
he had a Thing to communicate and propose to them that mightily con- 
cerned the Interest of the College, and he desir'd that it might be offered 
in a Full Meeting. He being a man of Parts and look'd upon at that 
time (tho* otherwise since) to be a Scholar, they consented and accord- 3® 
ingly they were all conven'd. After which M'. Bissett was sent for. 
He told them that being in y® Fields he had seen a very strange Vision, 
which portended dismal Things to y* College unless such and such 
Regulations (which he mentioned) were immediately made. This was y« 
first Hint of his Enthusiasm, and y« Effect of it was y* y« Society bid him 
prepare for a Livelyhood and look after his future advantage, for he 
should never come in Fellow there, as he did not. He afterwards 
became Minister of a Place in Northamptonshire, and is Brother of 
S*. Katherine's Hospital near y« Tower of London. This vain Man 
is withall a downright Republican and an admirer of y® Principles io 
advanced in Julian Johnson's Books, and he is so hated by y« neigh- 
bouring Clergy in Northamptonshire that not one of them will ever give 
him a sermon, — M*". Blincoe of All-Souls Coll. (son to Judge Blincoe, 
who married a Daughter of D^. Wallis's,) being one of those who are 
concern'd for the late Paper about altering that Part of College 
Statutes which relates to Fellows taking Holy Orders, and being very 
well satisfied that the Warden of All- Souls would put y* Statute in 
Execution against him unless he should qualify himself by being ordain'd, 
to prevent any such Consequence has apply'd to my Lord Sunderland, 



314 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700: 

who being a Libertine has written a Letter to y« ArchbP. of Canterbury 
Visitor of All-Souls in y« name of y® Queen, signifying that 'tis Her 
Majesty's Pleasure that M'. Blincoe, being her Majesty's Ofl&cer in 
decyphering Letters, when there is occasion, (for which he has two 
hundred Pounds per annum) I say he has desired him by Letter to use 
his Power that M'. Blincoe may not be oblig'd to take Holy orders, but 
that the Statute may be dispens'd with in that behalf; which Letter his 
Grace has sent to the Warden, and the Warden has communicated it to 
the Society, telling them at y^ same time that as to his own part he 
lo neither assented nor dissented to the Request. 

Nov. 26 (Pri.). Pitharati Archontis mentio apud Ciceronem de Fato 
§ 19. numeri Gronoviam, Hujus Archontis meminit cl. Dodwellus in 
tabulis ad calcem Diss, de Cyclis. Sed Diogenem Laertium non Cicero- 
nem citavit. — In Eadmeri Editione Seldeniana multa cum in Praefadone 
tum in notis atque Appendice occurrunt, notatu digna & quae Historias 
Be Antiquitates Anglicanas plunmum illustrant. Stylo sane paullo ob- 
scuriori scripsit & contexuit Seldenus, sed eruditionem stupendam recon- 
ditamque ubique ostendit ; quod & de reliquis ejus scriptis observandum. 
De voce Domesday in Praefationis pag. iii. agit, & in paginis sequentibus 
ao de tabulis illis quae hoc nomine veniunt & Westmonasterij etiamnum 
adservantur in lectorum doctorum gratiam congessit & in lucem protulit. 
Balaeum tuetur pag. viii. docetque Joannem Picardum nimia injuria 
ventosae inscidae eum postulasse. 

Nov. 27 (Sat). This Morning preach'd at X*. Church D'. John 
Potter, our Regius Professor of Divinity. 'Twas a flat, tedious Discourse, 
of above an hour long, upon these Words, Luke xiii. 23, 24. Then said 
one unto him^ Lord^ are there few thai be saved? And he said unto them. 
Strive to enter in at y strait Gate : for many, I say unto you, wilt seek to 
enter in, and shall not be able. After something by way of Preface 

30 tending to shew that 'twas not necessary to inquire who the Person was 
that ask'd, or what was the occasion of asking this Question, he pro- 
ceeded to the Duty enjoyn'd, namely to endeavour to attain to eternal 
Happiness by entering in at the strait Gate. On this occasion he 
consider'd first what is meant by the strait Gate. Secondly what by 
striving to enter in at it. And thirdly he insisted upon the Difficuldes 
of entering in at it. On the first Head he observ'd that Heaven in 
Scripture is often call'd a House, and that therefore by the strait Gate must 
be understood the Gate to Heaven. This he illustrated by the ancient 
Philosophers account of the Way to Virtue, and he brought a Greek 

40 sentence from Aristotle. As to the lid Head he observ'd that that would 



Nov. 26. Dp. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 141 *.) His right eye has ex- 
tremely failed him for some days, and he is filled with sad fears and abodings. 
Designs to put into H.'s hands all his letters and papers — thereafter, though it 
be 40 years hence, to be deposited in the Public Library. He is now in his 
7 and year, and even now enjoys good health. Of all the calamities of human 
life, he has a natural dread and horror of blindness. Fiat 'voluntas tua, Domhie, 
cum m'uerieordia. ' I pray God Almighty to blesse you with health & long life, 
and to advance you to a better post, & to raise you up worthy friends to sup- 
port you & encourage you in your studyes.' 



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be best understood by explaining the 3^ General 1^ or rather by 
considering them both together. Accordingly therefore he insisted at 
large on the several Difficulties, both as they relate to Faith and 
Practice. And here he exspatiated upon all y« Duties of Religion under 
a great many Divisions, taken from the whole Duty of Man and other 
Authors, and took occasion once to reflect upon the Ceremonies & 
Indulgences of the Roman Catholicks but saying not one word of the 
Dissenters and Sectarists & of their Malice and Enmity to y« Church. 
This done he insinuated y^ from what had been said it was plain that 
a Religious and virtuous Life was difficult, and that therefore the way 10 
to Happiness must be narrow and strait After this he advanc'd another 
Topick & that was Reconciliation of some Texts of Scripture where the 
Xtian Religion is represented as being easy. In this point he was long, 
and had several divisions, but y« sum and substance of all was that first 
Christian Religion is easy by reason it is freed from the Jewish Cere- 
monies. 2<My a Christian is freed from the troubles to which a vicious 
man is expos'd. 3^y a virtuous and Religious Course of Life never 
wants supports under whatever Afflictions, & this interferes with the 
former Division. 4^^ that there are Eternal Rewards proposed to Good 
Men. Abundance of other Particulars were mov'd by him, & towards ao 
y« Conclusion he had another sentence of Greek from Aristotle. He 
dos'd with y« latter Part of y» Words of y« Text. — . . . 



VOL. xxm. 

Not. 28 (Mon.)» 1709. [Notes on the Britons, from Camden's Britannia, 
pp. 7-ia]. 

Nov. 29 (Til). M^ Sherringham in his Book de Origine Gentis 
Anglorum dissents from M'. Camden and divers other Authors who are 
of opinion that the Britains had their original from y® Gauls, and both 
from Gomer the Son of Japhet ; and he inclines to Geffry of Monmouth 
who deduces them from y« Trojans : and accordingly he explains Caesar's 
words of those that dwelt near the Sea having their original from Belgium 30 
only of y« Trojans passing thro' Gaul to come into Britain. (See pag. 
7. & seqq.) and he defends Geffry's account, which however seems still 
absurd to me ; nor can I well see how Britain should continue uninhabited 
so many Years when Gaul so near it had been peopled long before, and 
as Countrys fill'd 'tis certain Colonies were sent out farther to seek new 
Habitations. — In another Place however (see pag. 123.) he acknowledges 
that the Gauls and Britains were much alike, and were gentes cog- 
natse, nations of y® same original, w<* yet a little before he shews must 
be thus understood, namely that Gaul was thinly inhabited when Brute 
came thither, A that he and his Trojans soon conquer'd it, built a City, 40 
dwelt there for some time, & when they had sufficiently peopled it past 
over into Britain and settled here. Which is neither likely, nor does it 
agree with other Authors whom he quotes at y« same time. Nor can it 
be imagin'd that Brute would quite desert Gaul for a Country of less 
extent and of less Profit — Boxhorn was of opinion that y® Scythian 
was y« Primitive Language & y* all others was deriv'd from it, agreeable 



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to w* Justin has insinuated of y^ being y« first Men. He was ridicurd 
by several for this opinion, & yet he proceeded in y« Defence of it, and he 
is so far from being without even modern Patrons that (not to mention 
others) Cluver has asserted that the CeltoScythae, i. e. the Illyrians, Ger- 
mans, Gauls, Spaniards, Britains, Suedes, & Norwegians us'd one and y« 
same Language. ^^ he confirms from a great many words, & from y« 
authority of y® ancients. And others, amongst whom is Salmasius, have 
afiirm'd that the Germans had their original from y« Getae & Daci. See 
Geor. Horn's Preface to Boxhom's Origines Gallicae. 

lo Nov. 30 (Wed.). The Columna Trajana contained the Representa- 
tion of all Trajan's Exploits against y® Dacians. In num. 56. of columna 
Trajana are Hastae, spicula lata habentes, quae sicilices veteribus dice- 
bantur, ut inquit Festus, & Ennius ; incedit veles vulgo sicilicibus latis. 
But these Javelins with broad heads were quite different from y® monu- 
ments found in Yorkshire near Leeds. — The Heads of the long spears 
of y® Romans were made of Brass. See there num. 58. Their Axes us'd 
in their Sacrifices represented there num. 78. They agree w**' y« 
Modern, & were fix'd in y« same Manner y* we use. — In num. 93. The 
form of an Ax for cutting Trees to pieces that y« souldiers might the more 

ao easily carry them into their Tents. These of the same form also w*^ y« 
modem, but they were either Brass or Iron. See Plin. lib. vi. c. 56. 
Penthesilea is there said to have been y« first Inventress of this Instru- 
ment. — Form of their Malletts like ours. See there num. 113. — The 
Shoes of y« Dacians, like our modem ones, covered all their Feet, not like 
y® Roman Shoes. See ibid. n. 116. — The Dacians us'd only shields, 
swords, & Bows in Battle. See n. 134. — The form of y« Roman Pila exacdy 
represented there n. 141. & in other Places. The Top was Iron, & twas 
triangular, but picked & sharp at top. — In num. 167. The manner of y« 
Romans fortifying their Tents, where some of y« souldiers are represented 

30 cutting or polishing y« stones with Malletts & chissells made either of 
Brass or Iron. These Chissells seem to have been much like those found 
in Yorkshire. The Manner of the souldiers kissing the Emperor's Hand 
num. 177. The souldier there takes hold of y« Emperor's right hand 
stretched out & kisses the back part. Reckon'd a very great favour to 
kiss the Emperors hand. — The form of y« Roman Axes again for 
cutting down Trees in num. 186. And of y*"" sacrificing Axes in 
num. 187. agreeable to y« former. — Some of y^ Roman Horses repre- 
sented without Bridles in full speed with their Riders against y« Enemy, 
ibid. num. 199. — In some fights the Dacians us'd clubs and acinaces. 

40 See num. 207. and Buklers, and no other weapons. — Common Roman 
Axes. See there n. 208, 209. — Form of Axes again num. 252. In castris 
autem muniendis utebantur ligonibus, rastris, qualis, alijsque utensilium 
generibus. — their Axes and Mattocks in n. 257. & in n. 290. — There is 
no mention made of authors, by what Names the British arms were 
call'd. The Gaulish Weapons are Spaiha, Gessum, Lancea, Spamm, 
cateia, Matara or mataris, Thyreos, and cetrum or cetra, — The Spatha is 
call'd by y« Italians Spada, and by y« Spaniards Espada, and by Isidore 
Spata, & he says 'twas a two-edged sword, with w«h they cut & did not 
thrast, for Polybius & Livy say it had no point. — Festus derives Spamm 

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to Isidore, is a weapon made of y® softest metal, which, by reason of it's 
weight, did not fly far, but with great force break forth wherever it lit. 
Bochart thinks the cataiae are the ingentes clavae made mention of by 
Ammianus lib. 31. — Matara were their Darts flung out of their Charriots. 
It is also call'd Mataris and materis, but by Hesychius, madaris. Strabo 
says it is a kind of Weapon, call'd Palta ; and Pollux saith, Paltum was 
a Medish Dart. — Gessum was a kind of sharp-pointed spear-dart, which 
they used to push or dart with as they saw occasion ; It was made of all 
Iron (as Hesychius witnesseth) and every Man carried a Couple of them 
in his hand. — Cetrae were a short sort of shields. The Mauri called them la 
citurae, according to y® old scholiast of Juvenal. — lUyrios, Germanos, 
Gallos, Hispanos, atque Britannos, unam eamdemque inter se habuisse 
linguam, varijs tantdm dialectis distinctam, veterum probatur auctorum 
testimonijs, unde certissimum indicium, praedictos populos omneis unius 
ejusdemque gentis Celticae, ab Aschenare propagatae, fuisse nationes. 
Cluver., Germ. Antiq, 1. 1. c. 5. — Diodonis Siculus lib. v. tells us y® Spathae 
were very long. The Spata was two edged, & 'twas perhaps broad at 
top, but then 'twas different from y© Yorkshire Monuments, which had 
not two Edges. — Vegetius also lib. 1 1. c. 15. tells us of y® Semispathae. — 
Polybius tells us lib. iii. that they slash'd with y« Spathae A so Livy ao 
XXXII. Ramus however in his Book de moribus veterum Germanorum 
will have it y* y« Spatae were us'd both to push and slash, but contradicted 
by Cluver Germ, antiq. 1. i. c. 44. p. 349. nor indeed has Ramus any 
Proof of his Assertion. 

Dec. 1 (Th.). Some of y« antient spears had two heads, one according 
to y« usual way, the other somew* different, but then neither of them was 
broad, as may be seen by y© figure of one of them given us in num. 155. 
of Leonardus Augustinus his Gemmae & sculpturae antiquae ex Edit. 
Jac. Gronovij Franeq. 1694. where also we have y« form of y® Dagger 
made use of by Lucrecia in stabbing herself num., 83. like y® other 30. 
Roman Daggers ; and of y® safcjrificing knives which had not broad 
Tops. See num. 139, & 141. — Q. Lepta praefectus fabriim. Sic Tullius 
Epist, ad Fam. 1. 3. num. 7. Mention of y» Praefectus fabriim Corcyrae 
in y« 8*h Epistle ibid. 

Deo. 1. J. Bennett to H. (Rawl. a. loa). Sorry that Grabe will be taken 
off from his great work to answer Whiston. ' I dont question but that you 
have seen D'. Sachcverers bold discourse at S*. Pauls on y« 5*^ November. I 
had the Curiosity to hear it, & so can assure you tis Verbatim as twas preacht. 
It lasted a fiill hour & a half, & was delivered with all the Assurance & Con- 
fidence, that violent Preacher is so remarkable for. I could not have imagined 
if I had not actually heard it my self, that so much Heat, Passion, Violence, & 
scurrilous Language, to say no worse of it, could have come from a Protestant 
Pulpit, much less from one that pretends to be a Member of the Church of 
England. If I had heard it in a Popish Chappel, or a Conventicle, I should 
not have wonder'd : but in a Cathedral, it greatly surprized me. Pm sure 
such Discourses will never convert anyone, but I'm afrayd will rather give the 
Enemies of our Church great advantage over her ; since the best that her true 
Sons can say of it, is that the Man is mad ; and indeed most People here think 
him so.' Asks for a list of writers on English antiquities, in addition to a few 
specified which he has. Will send Mr. Kent's address when he gets it. Bp. 
Milles has paid him a visit All discourse of peace is blown over. Is informed 



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Dec. 2 (FrL), This Morning very early began a Fire in y« Scrape 
Trencher's Room of Exeter College. This Room being adjoyning to 
y^r Library all y« Inner Part of y« Library was quite destroy'd & only 
one stall of Books or thereabouts secur'd. The Wind being low Bx. there 
being good assistance it was extinguish'd by eight Clock, otherwise it 
might have burnt the Publick Library vfi^ is not many yards distant from 
it on y« East side. This Library was formerly the College Chapell, 
which so continu'd 'till y« year 1625. The Wind at this time was West 

* Tho' y« writer of these memorials be not at all given to superstition, 
10 and does not easily give credit to y® great number of Instances that are 
given in miscellaneous Discourses of Dreams; yet he cannot but here 
observe two considerable Accidents that happen'd to himself. The night 
in which the Fire broke out at Exeter College he had little sleep, being 
strangely disturbed with the Apprehensions of Fire, which seem'd to him 
to be so near as to come to the Hall (Edm. Hall) & to catch the upper 
Part of it. This Apprehension continu'd violent, & he had only a sort 
of an interrupted broken sleep, 'till such time as he was call'd up to go 
to look after y® Library. Some years before a fire broke out at Edm. 
Hall, just behind the Chamber where he then lay. 'Twas suppos'd that 
>o it began to gather about 9 Clock in the evening, tho* it did not flame 
out 'till about i in the morning. After Prayers (which is at 9 clock) he 
had about 10 such an apprehension of Fire that he durst not go to bed, 
but was resolv'd to sit up. However at last he prevail'd upon himself to 
go to bed, where he slumber'd & did nothing but dream of Fire, till 3 
Clock when the Cry of Fire was all over the Town *. — 

The ancient Britains (those I mean call'd the Picts) usually lived to y« 
age of six score. So Speed out of Plutarch. See Speed 1. 1. c. 7. This 
he attributes to f^ going naked & hard usage, the cold keeping in y« 
Natural Heat. He ascribes their going naked chiefly to their Ignorance 
30 of making Cloath^ ibid. Speed gives us y« Figures both of y® more 
ancient Britains before they were civiliz'd and those that were civiliz'd. 
But tells us not whence he had these Pictures. — In §. 1 3. of this Chapter 
he acknowledges that y« Picture of y® civiliz'd British Woman is fram'd 
according to y« Description of Boadicea. Her spear not like y« other 
Spears. And from y® next §. it appears that he fbrm'd the other Figures 
according to his own Fancy. Herodian tells us that they had narrow 
shields and short spears, at y« End whereof (saith Dio) was a little Bell 
like a Ball. They had also short swords hanging at their naked sides. ^ 
S^. Wm. Dugdale in pag. 778. mentions divers flint-stones found at Old- 
40 burie, about four Inches and a half in length, curiously wrought by Grind- 
ing, or some such way, into y«Form there exprest ; the one End shaped 
much like y« Edge of a Pole Axe, w^l^ makes S^. Wm. conjecture, that, 
considering there is no Flint in all that part of y« Countrie, nor within 
more than 40 Miles from Oldbury, they being at first so made by the 
native Britains, and put into a hole, boared through the side of a staflf^ 
were made use of for Weapons, inasmuch as they had not then attain'd 

that some misunderstandings between the V.C. and Dr. Aldrich have deprived 
us this year of an Oxford Almanack. 

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Deo. 2.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 20-29. 319 

to the Knowledge of Workinfi: Iron or Brass to such uses. — D*". Plot 
in his Natural History of Staffordshire in 10. §. 9, mentions British arrows 
and Darts headed with Flint as also Flint lustrum^ like those accounted 
for by S*". Wm. Dugdale, which last y« D^. takes to be British Axes. He 
mentions Brass ones of y« Romans in form of those found in Yorkshire. 
The I>. reckons these last (see §. 19.) to have been y® brass Heads of y« 
Bolts of Catapultae. He mentions others there §. 20. which he takes to 
have been y« Heads of Roman sacrificing Axes. See Petri Bellorij & P. 
Bartoli admiranda Romanarum antiquitatum vestigia. Also Lud. Mos- 
cardi musei lib. 3. c. 174. — D''. Leigh in his Natural History of xo 
Lancashire lib. i. p. 181. mentions such both stone and Flint found in 
Lancashire. He takes notice that D^ Plot is in y« wrong in making of 
y™ to be Roman sacrificing Axes, the one the seciuis lapidea & the other 
the securis cuprea, & as to himself he believes them to be Indian, such 
as they now use in forming their Canoes and barking their trees. — 
Gallorum arma fuere spatha, gessum, lancea, sparum, cateja, matara, 
thyreos & cetrum, Diodorus hb. 5. pro gladijs autem magnas habent 
spathas ferreas. His Romani usi deinceps. Vegetius : Habebant gladios 
majores quos spathas vocant Spatam definit Isidorus gladium ex 
utraque parte acutum^ id est tUrrofiop ancipitem. Hoc caesim feriebant, ao 
non punctim, dm t6 firjdafjMs KivnjfUL t6 $i4>os ^X'^f'Vy quia mucrone carebat, 
ut scribit Poly bins lib. 2. Ita etiam Livius lib. 32. Gallis praelongi 
gladij, ac sine mucronibus. — Gessum, gesum vel gaesum quidam pro 
hasta sumunt. Est tamen hastile aut jaculum potius quam hasta. Festus, 
gesum grave jaculum. Hesychius : ra«<rAff, tfi^iov dXoatdripop jaculum 
totum ex ferro. Proinde singuli bina gerebant. — Sparum Gallici teli 
genus. Festus a spargendo dici vult. — Lancea quid sit nemini ignotum. 
Cateja Isidoro genus est Gallici teli ex materia quam maxime lenta, quae 
jactu quidem non longe propter gravitatem evolat, sed qu6 pe[r]venit, vi 
nimia perfringit — Matara teli Gallici genus. evp€6s idem quod scutum, 30 
hoc est clypeus oblongus, ita dictus, ut multi volunt, h, similitudine januae. 
— Cetra brevioris clypei genus. Videsis Boxhornij libr. de Originibus 
Gallicis. c. 11. p. 22, &c. 



Deo. 8. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 149). ' I was seisM with a Fit of 
Melancholy upon reading your last Letter, by which I receiv'd the sad News 
of a Distemper that is fallen into your right Eye ; bat I hope that by the Care 
of your Physitians and the Blessing of God you will be able to conquer it. 
And I heartily pray that you may have a perfect Restoration of your Limbs, 
that we may still have the benefit of so good, so pious, and so learned a Man ; 
which ought to be the more desirable because in this Age we have few, very 
few, that couragiously and zealously stand up in Defense of the true Religion 
and for the Promotion of Letters. Whatever Papers you shall think fit to put 
into my hands I shall n\ost carefully and punctually observe your several In- 
junctions, and I shall always have a true and just Regard to your Reputation. 
I exspect little Encouragement in my Studies and Undertakings, which notwith- 
standing I prosecute and carry on purely for the good of the Publick. Even 
several, upon whom I once rely'd, I have found to be unsincere, and are glad, 
when they want substantial Objections, to strike in with the common Allega^ 
tion of being an Enemy to the Government and inclined to Popery. But, I 
thank God, I am not at all troubled at this, when I see so many truly Great 



320 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1700 : 

Deo. 6 (Mon.). Notwithstanding the great Clamours y* were rais'd 
against I>. Sacheverell for his Vth of November Sermon, and y« Threats 
that were pronounc'd by some of the Whiggs against him, yet 'tis come 
out verbatim as 'twas preach'd. And to confirm what he said about the 
Doctrine of Non-Resistance there are reprinted two old Sermons of Bp. 
Burnett, in w<^ the same Doctrine is advanc'd as high, notwithstanding 
this Bp. for secular Ends has since renounced this Doctrine, and declar'd 
against it, as several others have done for the same Ends: and D'. 
Sacheverell himself is not to be excus'd he having taken y® Oaths, 

10 whereas Resistance is allow'd upon no account, and what is usually 
sd about y® abdication is all sham and Trick, the King having no more 
abdicated than his Brother King Charles IK did when he was forc'd to 
retire out of his Kingdoms. This Dr. Sacheverell preach'd Yesterday 
sennight at Lowthbury Church, where was so great a Concourse of 
People that they had like to have puU'd down the Church Doors and 
Windows to hear him. D''. Moss and D^. Smalridge excus'd themselves 
from preaching before the L<*. Mayor and Aldermen on y« Thanksgiving 
day, upon account of y® ill Treatment D'. Sacheverell had met with for 
his late V*h of November Sermon. Here it must be noted y* D'. 

2o Sacheverell as he is a man of little or no Learning so he is remarked for 



and Good Men suffer upon account of the same Objection. I am perfectly 
content in my present Station, being satisfied that 'tis much better than I de- 
serve ; and therefore those Persons who out of Envy and Malice and other ill 
Motives endeavour to make me uneasy and to do me a Mischief will find them- 
selves not a little mistaken.* Several valuable MSS. in Spelman's Collection 
should be bought for Bodley, but our money is low. The collection of printed 
books is not so good as H. expected. *Our Chancellour having been pleas*d to 
nominate the Earl of Rochester for High Steward of the University, he was 
confirm'd in Convocation on Monday Nov. aist. M'. Wyat, the Orator, had 
sat up almost all night to make a Speech upon this occasion ; but a little before 
the Convocation began D^ Charlett, who sat Vice-Chancellor, order'd him not 
to speak it, to the no small Resentment of the Orator, who spoke a Speech at 
the Confirmation of the Lord Clarendon, and 'twas enter'd in the University 
Register. Yesterday morning very early a Fire broke out in the Scrape- 
Trenchers Room of Exeter College. The room was adjoyning to their 
Library, which soon took Fire, and the greatest Part of their Books were 
burnt, there being only one or two Stalls that escap'd. It had almost taken 
hold of their new Buildings just by. But the greatest Danger was the Publick 
Library, which is not removM above i a Yards East from their Library. The 
Wind being in the West, it would have carried the Flame directly upon 
Selden*s Library ; but there being good Assistance, and the Wind not very 
high, the Fire was extinguished a little after eight of the Clock. This is a very 
great Deliverance, and 'tis to be ascrib'd to God*s Providence that this Noble 
Magazine of Learning was not destroyed. There are other old Buildings on the 
North side of Exeter Library, (which is almost consumed), and Selden's Library 
is not separated from them above a Yard or two. So that the Deliverance is 
rendered so much the more signal. I wish these Buildings and other Houses 
that are near the Publick Library were all down, that it might be the more 
secure. We want Engines very much, which I hope the University will take 
care to provide, and to use all other Remedies they can think of for preserving 
this immense Treasure.' 

Dec. 5. H. to Thoreeby. Printed : Correspondence qf Ralph Tboreshy^ ii. 
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3>eo. 6.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 39-45. 321 

several Blunders and odd mistakes in this Sermon, and particularly for 
his making Comets to burst their Ords, which is reckoned as absurd as 
what he once observ'd in another Sermon about Parallel Lines meeting. — 
Mr. Camden in y« Close of his Discourse concerning Stone-Henge tells 
us that a certain Table, or Plate of Metall, as it had been tin and lead 
commixt, was found in or by the Monument, in the time of King 
Hen. 8. wherein were ingraven many Letters, but in so strange a 
Character that neither Sir Thomas Eliot, nor M^. Lilly, Schoohnaster of 
St Paul's, could tell what to make of it ; and so took no care to preserve 
it. They were certainly runick in y« opinion of D^. Charleton, & the loss 10 
of them was afterwards much lamented by the famous Olaus Wormius. 
See Charleton's Stone-Henge restored to the Danes, p. 28, 29. — 

Mus. Wormian, pag. 354. Ex Cimbria duos Cuneos xneos transmisit D. 
Axelius Jugl, sub teni ibidem inventos. Major longitudine superat uncias 
quinque, latiore parte tres. Ex angusto enim corpore desinit in aciem latiorem. 
Alter paul6 minor est, sed crassior, ad latera eminentias quasdam habeas, ut 
manu firmiter apprehendi & firmari possit. Usum in bellis habuisse arbitror, 
cum cominus pugnabant. Si foramina habuissent quibus manubria indi po- 
tuissent, securiculas fiiisse arbitrarer. 



On a Table in y« Physick School Oxon : *<> 

The broken arn, inclos*d in thb Box, was dug np with a great many others, some 
of which were of different figures, several years since in the Field of old Walsingham 
in Norfolk. The Bones, ashes, &c. are wrapped ap in two Pieces of conrse Linnen, 
and were contained in two Urns, one of whioi is wanting. The Lionen is in the same 
Figure with the urn. The smallness of the Bones shews that they are the Reliques of 
Children. Some think the Urn is Danish, but it seems rather to have been Roman, 
it being customary among the Romans after the Bodies were burnt to wash the Bones 
with Wine and milk, and afterwards the Women wrapt their Children in Linnen, dry*d 
them in their Bosoms, & then put them into Urns to be bury'd. Sometimes we find in 
Urns, Lacrymatories, Lamps, &c. & here we have amongst the Ashes Part of a Lamp, 30 
w«^ was preserved in one of the urns. 

D'. Humphrey Prideaux Dean of Norwich a few Years since printed 
on one side of a broad Sheet, Tlhe Bishops, Deans, and Prebendaries of 
the Cathedral Church of Norwich in an exact Series 0/ Succession from the 
new-Founding of that Bpprick, and Cathedral Church, by King Henry 
VIII. to iht present year 1706. Printed at Norwich in 1706. — 

The Contents of what is written in a fair Table of Parchment that 
formerly hung in the Lodgings of y« Principal of Edmund Hall. 

Nomina Benefactorum qui ad hujusce domus(nempe aulae S^ Edmund! Oxon.) 40 
commune Refectorium de novo ab imis fundamentis exstniendum sumptus 
contulenmt A.D. 1659, aut alio quovis nomine in aulam beneficos se exinde 
praestiterunt. 

Propositus & scholares Collegij Reginae Oxon. 30^. 00 00 

D". Georg. Stonehouse de Radley in agro Bercheriae Baronettus 06 00 00 
Georgius Bates Medicinx Doctor inclytus hujus Aulae Togatus olim, In col a 
tunc: medicus Regius dono contulit id 00 00 

Guil. Parsons de Langley Park in agro Buck. Armiger 05 00 00 

Tho. Gore de Aderton in agro Wilt. Armiger pro tintinnabulo dedit o5 00 00 
Geo. Bond de Ogbourne in agro Wilt. 03 00 00 

Johann. Finch de Fiennes in Parochia de White- Waltham prope MaicJetihead i 
armiger oj 00 00 

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Ranulphus Sanderson Rector de May-Hill in agro Hantoniae, Collegij Reginae 
olim socius (vir optimus) donavit 20 oo oo 

Thomas Tullie Principalis plus minus a 00 00 00 

Joannes Rawlinson S.T.P. aulae quondam Principalis legavit aulae sex libras 
annuatim percipiendas ex ^ndis quibusdam in Cassington prope Oxon. lectionis 
Theologicae publice ibidem habendz salarium, sed in pnesentia ad Aulam re- 
deunt annuatim 4 tantum librae. 

Richardus Lyde S.T.P. & ecclesix Cathedr. Sarum Ganonicus dd. in usum 

Aulae 1660. 20 00 00 

10 Pracpositus & Scholares Collegij Reg. donarunt ad coSmendas aedes in parte 

oriental! Aulae in usum perpetuum Principalis pro tempore A.D. 167a. as 00 00 

Quo etiam fine erogatae sunt viginti iliac librae ^ D. D" Hyde donatae ; reli- 
quum de suo numeravit Tho. Tullie Principalis SS. Th. Professor, Regiae 
Majestati \ sacris, & hujus aulae nuperrimd Principalis, aedificiorum, studiorum 
instauratione, librorumque donatione, pecuniarumque suanim erogatione, unus 
instar omnium commemorandus. 

On the 2^. Column. 

Nomina superiorum Ordinum commens. qui libros vel numeratas pecunias 

poculorum argenteorum vice contulerunt. 

^^ Littleton Powys super. Ordinis commens. in usum aulae loco poculi argentei 

numeravit 1664. 05"^ 00 00 

Tho. Littleton Armiger super, ord. Commens. eodem nomine 1665. 05 00 00 

Guil. Holcroft super, ord. commens. eod. nomine 1665. 05 ^**«. 

Franciscus Charleton Armiger, & Guil. frater super. Ord. Conomensales 

praeter unum poculum argenteum 1 666. 05 00 00 

Edvardus Swift Armiger super. Ord. Commens. eodem nomine 1666. 

06 13 04 
Johan. Gell Armiger super. Ord. Commens. in cochleij * argenteis 1666. 

08 00 00 
30 Pauletus Piggott super. Ord. Commens. loco poculi argentei 1666. 05 00 00 
Tho. Horton anniger, & Guilielmus frater super. Ord. commens. in pecun. 
1667. & 1668. 09 15 00 

Edvardus Massey super. Ord. Commens. loco poculi argentei 1667. 05 00 00 
Johan. Stocker super. Ord. Commens. eod. nomine 1667. 05 00 00 

Jacobus Butler Armiger super. Ord. Commens. eodem nomine 1 668. 06 00 00 
Johan. Goodwin armiger super. Ord. Commens. eodem nomine 1669. 

05 00 00 

Johannes Archer eques auratus dedit loco poculi argentei pro filio suo 
anne super, ord. Commens. quinque libras, quibus ad cellae cerevisiariae 
ibricandae sumptus levandos quindecim addere pro sua benignitate ei placuit 
1672, in toto ao 00 00 

Guilielmus Parry super. Ord. Commensalis 1673 05 00 00 

Johannes Laughton armiger 1673 05 00 00 

Geo. Huntley Armiger 1673 05 00 00 

Edvardus Maurice super, ord. Commens. loco poculi argentei 1678 05 00 00 
Persius Fineux super. Ord. Commens. poculum dedit argenteum cum oper- 
culo soluto — 1674. 

On ye Hid. Column. 

Nomina Extraneorum aut in Aula non commorantium, qui pecunias aut 
50 Libros, aut aliud aliquod in usum Aulae donarunt. 

Honoratissima Domina Marchionissa (post Ducissa) novo-Cast. donavit 
operum suorum varia Volumina in Fol. 
Joh. Maynard Rector Collegij Exoniensis opera Bellarmini a VoL Fol. • 

* CochleaHbus potios. 



D60. 5-70 VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 45-57. 3113 

Richardus Hype, A.M. GoUegi} Mertonensis socius, hujus aolae oUm studio- 
sus, donavit Rosini Rom. antia. corpus 4^. 

Thomas Tullie Prin(iipalis oonavit Biblia Vatabli a Vol 4^* 

DaUlie's Right use of the Fathers 4*0. Cowell's Interpreter 4***. 

Justini Martyris opera fol. 

Glossarium Spelmanni foL 

Spelmamii Concilia ad Normannorum introitum foL 

Bocharti Geographiam sacram. foL 

Strabonis Geographiam. fol. 

|3r These Benefactions upon the Building of the Present Chapell were 10 
all enter'd into a fol. Book in Vellam by y« Care of M'. Stephen Penton 
then Principal, in w<^ Book are a great number of other Benefactors, 
which were constantly enter'd 'till of late, when there has been a strange 
neglect, that has given much offense to several Gentlemen that were 
otherwise inclined to be Benefactors. 

Deo. 7 (Wed.). No Fabri Murarij on the Columna Trajana. See 
Raphaelis Fabretti Explicationem columnae Trajanse p. 208. — The 
Legionary Physitians in the Army at that time were freckon'd amongst 
the Souldiers, and perform'd Uie Office of Souldiers as the rest 
did, notwithstanding their Liberal Education. Fabretti has accoimted 20 
for one there in pag. 207. The Picture represents him cum lorica sep- 
tum alterique medicas manus admoventem. (And the same was custom- 
ary with other Artists. They did not only practise their several Profes- 
sions upon occasion, but acted as souldiers. And that is plain from the 
Pillar.) Non solum enim castra munire, fossam praeducere & sarcinas 
ferre dum in agmine incedunt, passim milites cernuntur : (ita ut absurdb 
sane dicatur ad num. 96. milites Fabris murarijs ad munitionem castro- 
rum inservire ; ubi enim ibi quos Fabros murarios vocare, & k militibus 
discemere possint ? ) Sed ijdem, opus Fabri lignarij exercent circa eadem 
castra num. 113. & 200, ac in structura pontium num. 98. 114. & 117; 30 
ijdem naves aedificant num. 303.; ijdem lapides caedunt num. 167., vias 
sternum num. 191., calcem preparant, murosque ducunt num. 167. ; ijdem 
Ballistas advehunt num. 170. & 202.; ijdem currus & camicas agitant, 
& veterinorum curam gerunt num. 196. 270. 273. 183. & 308 ; ijdem 
aquatum, frumentatum, lignatum, & pabulatum proficiscimtur, ut num. 
107. 218. 278. 128. & 213. ; ijdem denique absque servonmi calonum ope 
onera bajulant, ut num. 34. 157. 176. 180. S19. 220.6 296., atque equos 
ad potandum adducunt. Quae omnia, vilia ut plurimum munia, per 
caculas, ac mancipia, & inutile Marti (ut ait Silius Ub. v.) lixarum vulgus 
exerceri solita, restitutae \ Trajano disciplinae tribui debe[n]t. ibid. pag. 40 
208.) — Amongst the Roman Artists, Marmorarij\ Quadratarijy Structores, 
Sculptoresy Tignarij\ &c. Structores, id est, aedificatores seu fabri murarij; 
unde canales structilts a Vitruvio lib* 8. cap, 7. & siructilis forma Palladio 
lib. 9. c. 1 1, appellantur, qui calce ligatis latenbus fabricantur. A Patemo 
in d, I, ulti, dejur. immu, buctdarum structores appellantur. See Pancirollus 
de corporibus Artificum pag. 18. Tomi III^ Graevij Thes. — The Lorica 
worn by the better sort of Souldiers. The poorer Souldiers who were 
rated under a thousand Drachms, instead of the Lorica, wore a Pectorale, 
or Breast Plate of thin Brass. — The Romans fortified their Camp with 
a Ditch and Parapet, vi^ they term'd Fossa and Vallum ; in the last, some 50 
distinguish two Parts, the Agger and the Sudes. The Agger was no 

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more than the Earth cast up to form the vallum ; and the Sudes were a 
sort of wooden stakes to secure & strengthen it — The more eminent 
soldiers were call*d Evocati. — The Presses of Badius Ascensius & Winkin 
de Worde very uncorrect. Sir H. Savil complains of them at y« End of 
his ExcelR Discourse de Militia Rom. 

Dec. 8 (Th.). There died very lately the L^. Portland, and he was 
buried last Week in King Hen. Villi's Chapell at Westminster, it being 
his desire to be interred near to the Body of his Dutch Master the late de 
Facto King of England W™. Hid. by whose Favours he grew prodigious 
xo wealthy, so that 'tis said he died possessed of an Estate in England and 
Holland to the value of eight hundred Thousand Pounds. — The 
Romans very diligent and expeditious in erecting their Bridges over 
Rivers. The Bridge over the River Isara made by Cn. Plancus in a 
day's time. See his epistle to Tully in TuUy's Epp. ad Fam. 1. x. 
n. 21. — The Romans placed their Tents by Rivers. See Tully lib. x. 
Epp. fam. n. 34. 

Deo. 10 (Sat.). Bp. Barlow in his Directions for the Study of Divinity 
recommends Notitia Episcopatuum totius or bis MS. in Archivis Laudints 
/. 17. BibL BodL Quaere whether it has not been printed? ('Tis I think 
20 in Beveridge's Codex Canonum.) 

Deo. 12 (Men.). There are just publish'd the two Sermons above 
mention'd preach'd formerly by Bp. Burnett, the one intided The Royal 



Dec. 10. Dp. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 142). His sight causes him in- 
creasing anxiety. ' It renders mee very uneasy, that I am taken off from my 
studyes, w«*", next to the divine assistence, have been my support & comfort 
in the midst of my private sufferings, as wel 'as of the public confusions 
brought upon us by the wicked Revolution.* Begs H. (despite the quickness 
of ]iis eye and hand) to send mere breviates of his materials. ' The Whiggs 
are rampant, & thinke to carry all before them. The Author of the ^bearsal 
rensi'ved He the general Postscript , one M'. Stacy, has layd their villainous designes 
against the Monarchy & Church open : w^^ made them mad and foame at the 
mouth : and they were restless, til they got the poor man taken up, and his 
papers suppressed. And D'. Sacheverells two Sermons, especially that on the 
5th of Novemb : have encreased their rage : but hee is a Stoic, and all their 
lampoons & Satyres make no impressions upon him : and besides, hee finds a 
good support in the Church party. I say nothing of his performances : but I 
wish hee had conducted himselfe with juster measures of prudence & sobriety 
of temper.' "Will be glad to see a new ed. of the Spbaerica of Menelaus, 
though he expects nothing extraordinary from the new Professor. Believes that 
many MSS. formerly in Spelman's collection have been disposed of, or that it 
is not so curious as was at first generally thought Remarks on the MS. voL 
of Josephus of the translation of Epiphanius Scholasticus. The Duke of 
Ormond did worthily in nominating the Earl of Rochester High Steward, and 
the University in unanimously confirming the choice. Where was Dr. 
Lancaster? Was the new High Steward actually confirmed in person and 
admitted by oath ? * A Gentleman coming to see mee on Monday morning 
acquainted mee with the great danger the public Library was in, by the fire, 
w«^ happened in Exeter College, the report of w«** at first strooke mee with 
horror & damped my spirits ... I pray God to preserve that immense treasury 
of learning from any such dismal and deplorable accident, til the last and 
. general conflagration of the universe.' 



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Marfyr & the other SvhjecHonfor Consdence sake. They were preach'd 
in y« Year 1674, ft printed at y« same time, but being grown scarse it has 
been thought proper to reprint them, and chiefly for this reason because 
this Bp. is one of those that has appear'd hot and violent agsiinst 1>. 
Sacheverell and the Doctrine delivered by him, and yet the Bp. himself in 
these two Sermons has maintained the Doctrine of Passive Obedience & 
nonResistance with great strength of argument, and carried it as high as 
ever any one did, even to the suffering the most Bloudy Persecutions. 
But this was in a Reign when he thought that by preaching it he might 
get Preferment, but afterwards when the Revolution happened and y® 10 
Usurper got the Crown he then forsook the Doctrine, as some Thousands 
besides did, preach'd and writ against it, as if what he had asserted before 
was all Mistake, tho' he knew well enough 'tis the Doctrine of y« Church 
of England. 

Deo. 18 (Tu.). Benefactors to University College. 

George Abbott Archbp. of Cant, gave two silver Vessells for y« Communion^ 
and 100 libs to y® Library. 1632. — S' George Radclilfe to the Building 100 libs. 
1635. — John Glyn Serjeant at Law lol. 1655. — S' George Gourthrope lol. 
1655.— Robert Packer E^q' aol. 1655. — Philip Packer lol. 1655. — S' George 
Pratt 5I. 1655. — Dudley Palmer lol. 1655. — S' W"*. Portman Baron* 61. 1655. ao 
— The Hon">i« Rob* Boyle lol. 1655. — George Holman Esq' 5I. 1655. — Edw. 
Wray Esq. aol. 1655. — ^Joshua Crosse S.T.P. lol. 1655. — Henry Wilkinson 3I. 
6s. 8^. 1655. — John Wall S.T.P. lol. 1655. — Francis Johnson 40I. 1655. — Ed- 
ward Terry lol. 1655. — Will. Offley LL.D. aol. 1655. — Edward Anderson 5I. — 
Edward Farrar 5I. 1655. — Thomas Thornton 5I. 1656. — Rich. Griffith 5I. 1656. 
— Anthony Fidoe 3I. 1656. — Thomas Harley 5I. 1656. — Sampson Eyton 5I. 
1656. — Will. Woodward 5I. 1656. — Nathaniel Ingelo S.T.P. 40I. 1656. — John 
Prestvich 7I. 1656.— Will. Lenthall 5I. 1656.— Hugh Peters lol. 1656.— Martin 
Nowell lol. 1656. — . . . Young 5I. 1656. — Francis Haywood 5I. 1656. — 
Will. Day al. 1656.— John Holder S.T.P. 5L 1656.— Walter Cave 5I. 1656.— 30 
. . . Shepheard Serjeant at Law al. 1656. — . . . Adams 5I. 1655. — . . • 
Warner 61. 1655. — S' Peter Wentworth lol. 1655. — . . .Andrews 5I. 1655. 
— ^John Bradshaw Serjeant at Law aol. 1655. — . . . Warner 61. 1655. — . . . 

Squire 5I. 1655. — Thomas Hariey 5I. 1655. — Capt Cressett al. 1655. — 

Vikes Hook & Sanders il. los. 1655. — ^John Cartwright Esq' aol. 1655. — John 
Ray aol. 1655. — Rob. Holman 5I. 1655. — Anna & Eliz. Hoyle lol. 1655. — . . . 
Haywood and Tipping 5I. 1655. — Thomas Thornton 5I. 1655. — Tho. Cupper 
5I. 1655. — John Hody 5I. 1655. — . . . Bangor al. 1655. — Arthur Tilliard il. 
1655. — . . . Snape al. — . . . Maidstone il. 1656. — S' Orlando Bridgman 50I. 
i66a. — S' Thom. Chichley Baron* lol. i66a. — Dudley Palmer Esq' lol. i66a. 40 
— Leonard Bilson Esq' aol. 1663. — John Walker Esq. lol. 1666. — John 
Packer M.D. 5I. 1666.— Tho. Strowde al. 1666.— Abraham Woodhead 5I. 1666. 
— . . . Gresham 5I. 1660. — Roger Stere lol. 1666. — Edward Cotton 61. 1667. — 
Timothy Nourse a brazen Candlesticks to the Value of a libs. 1670. — George 
Holman Jun' Esq' 5I. to the Library 1670. — Robert Packer Es<^ to the 
Library aol. 1670. — Philip Packer Esq'. Do. 5I. 1670. — ^John Packer M.D. do. 
5I. 1670. — John Brown Esq. Do. lol. 1670. — John Wafter Ditto lol. 1670. — 
Edward Hooper Ditto 5I. 1670. — Thomas Gape Ditto 5I. 1670. — ^John Darby 
D.D. Ditto 5I. 1670.— Richard Clayton D.D. Ditto aol. 1673.— Thomas Pierce 
D.D. Ditto 5I. 1670. — ^James Heme Ditto aol. 1670. — John Crosse Do. 7L 50 
1670.— John Prickett Do. lol. 1670.— John Theyre Do. 5I. 1673. — ^Tho. Rad- 
clifF aol. and a great Deal more before Ditto. 1670. — John Fell D.D. Ditto 5I. 
1670.— Richd AUestree D.D. Ditto 5I. 1670.— Charles Hales Ditto lol. 1610 
[j/>]. — Abraham Woodhead Ditto 15I. 1670. — Bolton James Ditto lol. 1670. — 



326 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

Edw. Button Ditto lol. 1670. — Nathanael Chiles Ditto 5I. 1670. — SanuNalton 
S.T.P. Ditto 5I. 1670.— -Edwin Sandys A.M. Ditto 5I. 1670.— Timothy Noursc 
Ditto loL 1670.— Richd Clayton S.T.P. to the East side of the College Build- 
ings aoL 167a.— John Fell S.T.P. Ditto 5I. 167a.— Edw^ Drope S.T.P. Ditto 
5I. 167a. — Ranulph Sanderson Do. 5L 1673. — Abraham Woodhead Do. 5I. 
167a. — Edw<* Farrar Do. 5I. 167a. — Joseph Lodge Do. 5L 1670. — Will. Pindar 
Do. 5I. 167a. — John Ledgard Do. lol. 1674. — S' Thomas Laurence A.M. 
Baron*. Do.aol. 1675. — Nathaniel Boyse Do. 5I. 1675. — Barnabas Long S.T.B. 
Do. 5I. 1675. — ^John Bateman M.D. Do. 5I. 1675. — John Prestwich Do. 3I. 

10 1675. — Tho. Adams Do. 5I. 1675. — Henry White Do. 5I. 1675. — Obadiah 
Walker Do. aol. 1675. — ^Tho. Thomson Do. loL 1675. — Matthew Price Esq*" 
aol. 1675. — Leonard Bilson Esq' Do. aol. 1675, — John Wildman Do. 5I. 1675. 
— . •• Shalman Do. 5I. 1675. — . .. Wolveridge Do. aol. 1675. — George Price 
Do. 5I. 1675.— S' Gilbert Clerk Do. lol. 1676.— . . . Bennett Do. aol. 1676.— 
. . . Paul Do. 5I. 1676.— S'. Tho. Clayton M.D. Do. lol. 1676.— Rob. Whor- 
wood Do. 5I. 1676. — Edw. Hooper Esq' Do. lol. 1675. — John Crosse Do. 5I. 
1675. — ^John Brown Do. 5I. 1675. — Richard Martin il. — Richard Hill Do. 5I. 
1676.— Gilbert Sheldon Archbp. Cant. Do. 50I. 1676. — ^John Dolben Bp. 
Rochester Do. aol. 1676.— Tho. Thinne Esq' Do. aol. 1676.— Tho. Willis 

ao M.D. Do. aol. 1676. — Tho. Lamplugh Bp. of Exon. Do. lol. 1676. — Hen. 
Compton Bp. of London Do. lol. 1676. — Will. Pindar A.M. 100I. and all his 
Books to the Library i68a. — ^John Hopkins Do. 50I. i68a. — ^John Ledgard 
A.M. by his Will all his Books Greek & Latin to the Library 1681.— Robert 
Plott LL.D. erected the stone of Ring Alfred, and gave many MSB. to the 
Library i68a.~Obadiah Walker erected the Stone Statue of St. Cuthbert 
Bp. of Lindisfam 1686. 

To THE Chapell. 

Tho. Smith S.T.P. lol. 1685 & i68a.— John Radcliffe the East Window of the 
Chapell ^ich cost looL 1687. — Tho. Bateman A.M. Books to Value of aool. 

30 none of them being there before 1689. — Edw. Carew 40I. 1688.— Will. Rogers 
of Gloucestershire the statue of K. James y« a* 1687. — ^Albermarle Bartie to the 
Marble Pavement of the Chapel 50I. 169a. — ^John Hudson Do. id. 1693. — John 
Siscr Do. 5I. 169a.— Hugh Todd S.T.P. Do. 30I. i69a.--Arthur Charlett S.T.P. 
Do. aoL 1694. — ^John Farrer Esq' Do. lol. 1694, — Will. Smith Do. aol. 1694. — 
Hugh Todd S.T.P. Do. 5I. 1694. — John Hiukley Do. aol. 1694. — ^John Boraston 
Do. 5L 1694. — Rich^ Farrer Do. 5I. 1694. — Tho. Hooper Do. 5I. 7s. 6d. 1694. — 
Samuel Threapland M.D, Do. 5I. 1695. — Francis Neville Elsq'. Do. 3I. 1695. — 
S'. George Tempest Baron*. Do. 5I. 1695. — John Rookes 'E^ Do. 5I. 1695. — 
Joseph Bingham A.M. Do. 5L 1695. — Edw^ Jeffreys Do. aol. and y« Painting 

40 of the Sham Window whereon the History of Lot's Wife is described 1695. — 
Rober[t] Jones A.M. to the Library 40 libs, to buy Books for the Librarian to 
accommodate the poorer Scholars of this College, also al. 3s. to buy two Salt 
Sellers for the use of the Master and Fellows, also 5I. per annum for a Speech 
on King Charles's Martyrdom annually. 

This is y« Account of the Benefactions as I had it from a Copy that 
was taken from the original in y^ Possession of the Master of this Royal 
College, but I am very sensible that in it there are several Defects, and 
particularly with Relation to D^. Hudson who has been a much greater 
Benefactor than is here represented, as will appear by looking over the 
50 Memorandums of him in the preceding Volumes. 



Dao. 18-16.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 69-84. 327 

Verses spoken at Brazen Nose College on Shrove-Tuesday by ye 
Butler, who after presenting a spice Bowie of ale and speaking these 
Verses, has money given him by the House. 

These by Mr. Shippert. 

With age and Sickness thoo^ onacdve grown 

My Daty still shall in my Vene be shown, 

And while my Strength and sprightly heat decays 

My gratefiill Muse still her attendance pays. 

For Aristotle surely will ne're admitt, 

From want of Health to argue want of witt. 10 

Thos old and blind the Grecian Homer song, 

His Muse was like his Phcebos ever young. 

But though my Rhimes should heavy be and dull, 

My Bowl shall still be good, shall still be full. 

For while this yearly Tribute here I bring 

Tis much at one; whether I say or sing. 

And if the Criticks should my Verse expose, 

The Bowl sounds well in downright honest prose. 

Her*s none of your new fangled StuflF brought from Vigo, 

This comes from y« Cellar where Michael and I go. ao 

For this generous Liquour we nere cross the Main 

Nor want either Commerce with France or w**» Spain. 

Old England affords us whatever we lack. 

Give us Ale; and a fie; for their Claret or sack, 

Then in true En^ish Liquor, my Masters begin 

Six Godowns upon Rep. to our true English King. 

In this orthodox Healtn let each Man keep his Station 

For a Whig will conform upon such an occasion. 

Deo. 15 (Th.). On Tuesday last upon motion of M' Dolben . . . 
the House of Commons took into Consideration the two Sermons lately 30 
published by D^. Sacheverell, the first preach'd at y® Assizes of Derby and 
call'd The Communication o/sin, and the latter preach'd at S*. Paul's on 
the 5th of November and intitled The Perills of false Brethren, Several 
Sentences were read, & after a long Debate 'twas voted that the said 
Sermons are scandalous, malitious, seditious, &c. and they order*d the 
Doctor and the Bookseller (Henry Clements) to attend the House the Day 
following. — 01 temporal 0! mores! Whatever is really the Doctrine of the 
Church of England and preach'd as such by any Divines must now be nm 
down as sedidon & I know not what by self Interested Persons, such as care 
no farther for our Constitution than as it serves their private advantage. 4^ 

As for the Doctor's Sermons it must be granted that there are in 
them several Imprudent Expressions, & it is thought by divers honest 
men that his sincerity is not to be rely'd upon, yet for the Doctrine of 
them it is certainly consonant to our articles and Homilies, and if they * 
will condemn any Man for preaching it they first of all ought to destroy 
both articles and Homilies & form new ones agreeable to their own Schemes. 
— Dr. Stanhope the Present Dean of Canterbury is married to a young Wife, 
Daughter to Captain Wager . . . Such a strong Inclination have y« low 
Church Tribe to Flesh and Bloud that even old Age it self, the Highest 
Advance in y® Church, and the strongest Tyes of Conscience will not 5® 
engage them to a strict, rigorous Piety, but they are resolv'd to give the 
greatest scandall. 

Dec 16 (Prl). The Resolution of the House of Commons against 
Dr. Henry Sacheverell*s Sermon is this, viz. Resolv'd that the said tivo 



328 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

Books are maliiious, scandalous^ ^ seditious hdeUs, h^hfy reJUcitng i^xm 
her Mqfesty and Governmeniy the late happy Revolution^ the Protestant 
Succession as hy Law establishedy and upon both Houses of Parliament^ 
tending to alienate the Affections of her Majtsty' s Good Subjects ^ and to create 
fecdousies and Diversions among them. It must be observ'd that tho' in 
this Resolution both these Books are stil'd libells yet Objections were 
made against the Epistle Dedicatory only of the Assize Sermon, and 
therefore when ]>. Sacheverell on Wednesday attended the House and 
was caird to the Barr the Questions put to him proceeded only upon the 

xo 5th of November Sermon and the Epistle Dedicatory of it to my Lord 
Mayor, & upon the Epistle Dedicatory of the Assize Sermon which is 
to a near Relation of the Doctor's, a man of Wealth and Integrity. The 
Doctor acknowledg'd that the Sermon upon the 5th of November was 
preached by him, and that both the Epistle Dedicatory of the Assize 
Sermon and this Sermon upon the 5th of November were written by 
him, & that both were printed, and publish*d by his Direction. Being 
order'd to withdraw, it was resolv'd by the House that he be impeach'd 
for high Crimes and Misdemeanours. Then he was call'd in again, and 
being ask'd what he had to say against y^ said Impeachment he was 

ao heard, and being again directed to withdraw, they ordered M'. Dolben 
(the Member who first mov'd the Prosecution) to go to the House of Lords 
and at their Bar in the Name of aU the Commons of Great Britain 
impeach the said D'. Sacheverell of High Crimes and Misdemeanours. 
The Lord Mayor of London (to whom the 5th of November Sermon is 
dedicated) was also examined whether (as the Doctor has insinuated in 
y« Dedication) he commanded the said Sermon to be printed, to w^'h he 
reply'd that he neither commanded, desir'd or countenanced the printing 
of it, tho' the contrary be well known. Henry Clements the Bookseller 
being examin'd he declar'd that he received the Copys of the 5th of 

30 November Sermon with the Dedication and the Epistie Dedicatory of the 
Assize Sermon from D' Sacheverell, and that he printed and published 
them by his Direction. Then Clements being dismiss'd till such time as he 
be call'd for again, the House appointed a Committee (amongst whom is 
S'. Peter King, one who has written a Rhapsodical History of y® Apostles 
Creed, and is much cry'd up by the Party for his Learning tho' he never 
receiv'd any Litterary Education being bred up to a Mechanical Calling) 
to draw up articles of Impeachment against the Doctor, and they order'd 
that they have Books, Papers and Records, and to sit de die in diem till 
the Matter be dispatch'd. Then they moreover order'd the Doctor to be 

-40 taken into Custody of a seijeant at arms. 

When these Resohitions had been made against y« Doctor, as a farther 
Proof of their Intentions, and that y« World mij^ht be no longer kept in 
ignorance that they are intirely for a Common- Wealth, they resolv*d that 
M'. Benjamin Hoadley, Rector of S*. Peter's Poor, London, hath done 
most eminent service to her Majesty and Government in defending the 
late Revolution and the Principles upon w«h 'twas founded, and that by 
his Writing upon that Subject he has highly merited the Favour of the 
House, and they therefore order'd that an Address be immediately 
presented to her Majesty to desire that She would be pleas'd out of 

50 Consideration of the said M'. Hoadley's Great service conferr upon him 



Dao. 16.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 84-99. 329 

some Dignity whenever it shall fall. That Posterity may know what sort 
of Person this M'. Hoadly is, I must here beg leave to observe that he 
is a man of good natural Parts and has good Command of his Reason, 
that he has not much Learning, but however pretends to great Depth, 
and is positive and bold in all his assertions. He has written two or 
three Books concerning the Reasonableness of Conformity to the Church 
of England, against M'. Calamy and the other Dissenters. These Dis- 
courses were approved of by all true sons of the Church of England, 
and had he stop*d here he would have come of with a very clear, un- 
spotted Reputation. But having done with that Topick he set himself 10 
upon the Subject of obedience to the Civil Magistrate and printed a 
sermon upon it preach'd on Rom. 13. i. which Sermon was condemned 
by all honest men as full of most poysonous, republican Doctrines, 
against our Homilies and stuflTd with such arguments as if granted the 
most wicked Revolutions and Rebellions (not excepting that under 
Oliver Cromwell) might be defended by them. Upon "^^ several inge- 
nious and learned Gendemen thinking that much dishonour would be 
derived upon the Church of England unless his Sermon were reply'd to, 
they were pleased to answer it and to take to pieces all y« Fallacies in it ; 
w^^ nettled Hoadley so much that he printed another Discourse intitled ao 
77ie Measures 0/ Submission io the Civil Magistrate consider' d^ in defense 
of his Sermon, which is reprinted at large in this Book. This occasioned 
divers other smart Discourses against him, which he reply'd to in his con- 
fident, haughty, positive way, and was not pleas'd to confine himself to 
his declared adversary, but to fall heavily upon D^. Blackball the present 
Bp. of Exeter for a sermon preach'd & printed by him in defense of 
Non-Resistance. The Bp. vindicated himself and several besides writ in 
his Behalf, and they thought that no one would have presum'd to have 
desir'd the Queen to have advanced one that has published such Doctrines 
as will destroy all Government, and bring in all manner of Confusion. 30 
But then it must withall be consider'd that the Persons to whom these 
orders and Resolutions are owing are not all y® Commons of Great 
Britain, but only some few. For when these Proceedings wertf manag'd 
there were but 55 in the House, whereof there were 50 against D^". 
Sacheverell and 5 for him ; (the latter of w^t were S^. William Whitlock 
and M'. Bromley Burgesses for the university of Oxford, M'. Annesley 
Burgess for the university of Cambridge, M"*. Oglethorpe and one more) 
so that it may properly enough be call'd a 2d Rump Parliament, which 
word Rump had it's name first from M'. Clem. Walker in his History of 
Independency printed in 1648. and was given to those scandalous, head- 40 
strong, rebellious members that strenuously oppos'd the King and ex- 
cluded the Honest Members from acting in the House, whom they voted 
as Enemys to the Kingdom, and things are come to that pass now that 
y« Honest Members are always outvoted and therefore they leave the 
others to themselves, w«li we here stile a Rump. 

Deo. 17. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 1 50). Heartily sorry to hear of the 
increase of S.*s distemper. * I have read over both D"^. SachevereH's Sermons, 
that were formerly preach'd at S*. Marie's, and which have exasperated the 
Party to that high degree as to bring it before the Parliament, and to put the 
Author to trouble. I am sorry he was not nwre prudent and wary in the handling 



330 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1709 : 

Dec. 22 (Th.). Her Majesty's Answer to the Common's Address in 
Behalf of M'. Hoadley is, Thai she will lake a proper opparlumfy to gratify 
them in their Requests — The Whiggs and Presbyterians grow so very 
rampant that they do not scruple openly to advance and countenance 
strange odd Doctrines and the most abominable Vices, w<^ gives occa- 
sion to the Dissenting Ministers to be very free with our Liturgy in their 
Sermons. One of ihem lately preach'd diat there is no more sense in 
the Common-Prayer than in a Dog's Legg, that 'tis all rank Popery, and 
abundance of such Ribaldry, for w<^ Words he is under a Prosecution, 
lo but 'tis thought he will come easily off. 

Deo. 24 (Sat.). D'. Sacheverell having petition'd the House of Com- 
mons that he might be admitted to Bayle, a Committee was appointed 
by them to search Precedents relating to Affairs of this Nature, which 
was done accordingly, and the Report was made by Mr. Dolben (the 
same who first mov'd for the Prosecution of the Doctor) on Thursday 

of each. Methinks they should first of all condemn our Articles and Homilies, 
and then proceed to the Doctrines delivered in the Sermons. But by that they 
would lay themselves too open, tho' 'tis plain enough to sober deliberate 
Persons that they wish such a thing were done. Books written by Tyndal^, 
and Atheists, and Deists, &c. must remain uncensur'd, but what touches the 
wicked Revolution must be immediately branded as Sedition.' Mr. Caswell 
grown cold vdth regard to Menelaus* Sphaericks. ' Mr. Gagnier, who teaches 
Hebrew in Oxford, has look'd into the MSS. of Huntingdon, and he gathers 
that the Hebrew was translated from the Arabick, as 'tis most probable the 
Latin was also.' Spelman's MSS. ; £. of Rochester confirmed in ahitntia ; 
Ch. Ch. Ignatius. Mr. Daubuz, author of a Latin Discourse on the Passage in 
Josephus cone, our Saviour, offered to Kuster his critical Notes on Aristophanes 
on condition that he would publish them entire by themselves : K. refused, so 
Daubuz keeps them in bis own hands. Exeter College said to have lost by the 
late fire near aooo/. * Divers honest Men suspect D'. Sacheverell's Sincerity. 
He has all along cring'd to D^ Lancaster, and acted in some Points upon that 
score much to his Disgrace. I shall only mention one Instance. Sometime 
since when there was a Place to be dispos'd off in the University, one of the 
Candidates put him in mind of a promise that he had made some time before 
that he would be his Friend provided he appear'd when there was a Vacancy. 
He acknowledg'd the merits of the Person, but understanding that Christ- 
Church were for him he declar'd that tM an Angell should eome from Heaven 
jet be would not be for bim if CbrUt-Cburcb appear* d in Ins Beba\f* 

Deo. 20. Bac^rd to H. (Rawl. ai. 15). Mr. Atkins has so many books 
on his hands that he cannot undertake Leland. Suggests that the Pomponius 
Mela was printed at Paris about 1500. 'About y® a Angels soporting the 
Sheld I find tbem not Vsed ether by the Germans Itallians flandresens nor y^ 
Spanyards. ¥• french have ofiten Vsed y« Angels as Soporters to Arms as 
at first y« Vnhiarsatie of Oxfords Armes ware soported by two Angeles as 
may be sene by some Bookes printed at Oxford [by] Wynken de Word but 
I shall make a furder sarch.' Sends a parcel containing several old titles. 
Thanks for letter relating to the Imitatio. 

Deo. 28. H. to Thoresby. Printed : Correspondence <^ Ralph 7boresby, ii. 
aio sqq. 

Dea 24. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith lay. 143). Remarks on a Speci- 
men of an Armenian Grammar, by one Schroder, a Hessian. Hears that 
Bentley has contributed very much to the illustrating and improving of Kuster's 
Aristophanes, Who is Mr. Daubuz ? Advises H. to read Burmann on Le 
Qerc in ha tedious preface to Petronius. Le Qerc still defies the Dutch and 



Deo. 22-31.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 100-107. 331 

last; upon w^ a Debate of several Hours arising, and the Question 
being put whether he should be admitted to Bayle, it was carried in the 
Negative. Yeas 64, Noes 114. Twas observed that on Sunday last in 
most of the Churches in and about London the 3 first Staves of the 
64th Psalm were sung. In w^ Psalm David prayeth for Deliverance, 
complaining of his Enemies : and he promiseth himself to see such an 
evident Destruction of his Enemies, as the Righteous shall rejoyce at it. 

Deo. 26 (Men.). Twas not the 64th but y« 58th Psalm that was 
sung on the Sunday mentioned just before. In this Psalm David re- 
proveth wicked Judges, describeth the Nature of the wicked, and devoteth 10 
them to God's Judgments, whereat y« righteous shall rejoyce. 

Deo. 80 (Fri.). Colomesius was a very bad Preacher, tho' a learned 
Man. He is call'd by some French Writers, the Great Author 0/ small 
Books, — Mr Charles Usher Bachelor of Arts of University College, 
and fellow elect of the same House, is Author of A Letter to a Men3>er 
of the Convocation of the University of Oxford containing the Cctse of a late 
Fellow Elect of University-College in that University, Lond. 1699. 4I0. 
in 4 Sheets. He had been elected Fellow of that House, but Arthur 
Charlett the Master got him tum'd by and expell'd the University, for 
reasons that may bee seen at full in the said Case, w«h is now exstant in ao 
the Bodlejan Library, inter libros Line. B. 26. 18. Inquire who 'tis that 
is meant there by M^. K, a second Tom, Tanner, p. 19. Inquire also who 
Mr M, is in pag. 25. 

Deo. 81 (Sat.). The Reverend Dr. Browne, Provost of Trinity-Col- 
lege at Dublin, is made Bp. of Corke. I think he is the same that has 
writ an ingenious and liational Discourse against Toland. Quaere ? — 
David Doyd of Oriel College has published several Books, some of w°h 

French ministers and professors who condemn his divinity and critique, which 
here are too much applauded and supported. Please send a transcript of Bp. 
Fell's £p. Ded. intended to be prefixed to his ed. of St. Cyprian ; will give a 
full account from a learned friend of how it came to be omitted. Will keep 
up his correspondence with H. as long as he is able. Excuse reflections on the 
proceedings against Sacheverell, which might be interpreted a crime contra 
tnajestatem popuU Anglicani assembled in the House of Commons. 

Deo. 26. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. as. 46). Ver^ well pleased with Pfaffius. 
*The Booksellers dare not now undertake anythmg but Pamphlets, but by 
subscription, which is a way I never affected.' Is coming to Oxford principally 
about Wolfius de Manicbaeismo, which he wishes to show to the Archbp. of 
Dublin. ' My slowness in writing, now worse than ever, by the decay or my 
sight, and the gloominess of these short days, make me more willing to dis- 
course than to write what I have to say to Rempis.' Wharton was extra- 
ordinarily well fitted to give an opinion as to the authorship of the Imitatio, as 
he was so conversant in the MSS. of these kingdoms. 

Deo. d8. Thoresby to H. (Rawl. 10. 60). Asks H. to send his letter on 
the antiquities lately found to Dr. Sloane or Dr. Woodward for the PbiJo' 
sopbical iramactions. Has no thoughts of publishing anything himself upon 
the subject. Hopes Mr. Nevile received his letter with Mr. Plaxton's waggish 
verses. 

Dec. 8L H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 151). The Author of the 
Specimen of the Armenian Grammar and his work. Remarks on Kuster's 
Aristophanes ; full title of Daubuz* Discourse ; Petronius &c. The Ch. Ch. 
New Year's gift a reprint with trans, and additions of Palladius' Account of 



33% HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

he was asham'd of. One of them containing Memoirs of those that 
sufFer'd for y® Cause of King Charles I"*, bares his Name, & is in folio, 
but 'tis a slight, injudicious Performance. At the Beginning is a Copper 
Plate containing the Pictures of King Charles l*^, and the chief Sufferers, 
vi<^ has been lately reprinted on one side of a Broad sheet, but much 
better done, & it hangs up in the Chambers of several honest Gentlemen. 
— Memorandum that by A.C. in Ant k Wood's Aihenae Oxon. Vol. II. 
col 457. is understood Arthur Charlett, who got from the Printer (by 
means of his (Ar. Ch".) great Crony John Prickett) M' Woodhead's two 

10 Discourses cone, the Eucharist. This Arthur Charlett now Master of 
University-College, receiv'd the Sacrament last Sunday, being Christmas 
Day, in University-Coll. ChapelL As soon as all the Service was over, 
and he was come out of the Chapell into the Quadrangle, he thought fit 
to ask the Boursar whether he had invited any one to Dinner upon that 
Day ? He said he had invited only one, a Friend of his, and he mention'd 
his Name. Upon w^l^ Charlett chang'd Countenance, & look'd as pale 
as Ashes, and presently after he told him that he could not dine that day 
in the Hall if that Person dined there. Which Uncharitableness and 
Malice is owing wholly to this that the said Person ^ did not consult Char- 

30 lett about Printing a certain Book, which not only the Person himself 
but all others that are impartiall Uiought he ought not to do, the Vice- 
Chancellor having given License for the Printing of it, and 'twas so far 
from being requisite to have any one's else Leave that the asking of it 
would have been an open Affront to the Vice-Chancellor. 

Jan. 2 (Men.), 1710. Rich. Izacke Esq. & Chamberlain of y^ City of 
Exeter writ y« antiquities of that Place. Printed at Lond. 8^0. in 1677. 
'Tis badly done. In p. 66. he mentions an university at Stanford near 
Oxford, wch is a gross Mistake for Stanford in Lincolnshire. — In M'. 
Fairfax's Study at University-College Tully's Works in 8^0 by Boulierius 
30 in 9 Volumes, pr. at Lyons in 1560. 



Rome. Grabe is answering Whiston : H. has copied a passage for him out of 
the Bodleian MS. of Hermas's Pastor. About 50 sheets of Part H. of Inett 
are printed oflf at the Theatre. Keep's Monuments qf Westmimter is reprint- 
ing. ' M'. Brome, who drew up the Index's to D^ Hickes's Thesaurus^ has 
collected a vast Number of Materials relating to the Antiquities of Hereford- 
shire, which he designs to write, but 'tis fear'd that he will not be prevail'd upon 
to make the Work publick. He is certainly well qualify'd. Almost two Years 
since I sent him by a Friend two large Volumes of MSS^ Papers concerning 
the Church of Hereford, which he has still in his hands, and I believe may be 
of use in the Undertaking. About a fortnight hence will be publish'd a Dialogue 
between the Devil and D^. Tyndale^ written by M». Abel Evans AM. and Fellow 
of S*. John's Coll. They say 'tis done very ingeniously, and that D'. Tyndale 
is dejected at it.' Has reminded D'. H. of the Ep. Ded. to St. Cyprian. 

Jan. 6. Dr. Woodward to H. (Rawl. la. 93). Would be glad to see 
H. in London. Did Parry come to town ? Where is Dr. King ? Has been 
reading H.'s notes upon Livy, Does not understand Thoresby's account of 
the ancient weapons lately discovered, but will gladly ^ow H. any in his 
collection. 

' Who is the same that writes this Remarks [sic]. 



Jan 2-7.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 107-118. 333 

Verses by M'. Plaxton occasion'd by a certain stingy, miserly, irreli- 
gious Person of Leeds in Yorkshire's selling his Vote for a good round 
sum of money. 

To Fallacio the Goldfindbr. 

I. When Gold slept in it's native ore, 4. Few Mortals made of Flesh & Bloud 

An harmless look Ac Power it bore. The force of Guinea have withstood 

Unwak'd 'twas gentle metall ; In Church, Court, Camp or City. 

Being rous*d by Kings & Tyrant grew. Now coyn'd it bears a Royal Face, 

Took lawless force, bid Truth adieu, Four Crowns Ac Scepters it displays, 

Resolv'd where *t came to beat all. Rules all, the more *s the pity. ^^ 

a. When Stamp Imperial did appear, 5. Fallacio with one Foot i* th* Grave 
'Gainst Law 't began to domineer, Charm'd by it's Looks becomes a slave. 

Each day it's Rule grew wider ; Falls down and do*s adore him : 

And well it might, Men did it call Ah let him bring again the Pelf, 

By Potent names, Angel, Pistol, Repent before he hangs himself^ 

Jacobus, Sultan, Ryder. As Judas did before him. 

3. When pow'rfull Guinea came in play 6. The Sin and Sum are near the same. 
Angels & Sov'ralgns straight gave way They're Partners both in Crime & Shame, 

To it's Almighty Powers : For each betray'd his Master. 

It Bishops made, Judges and Priests Judas for Thirty Pieces sold, ao 

Tum'd Faith & Consdenoe into Jests Fallacio for a Purse of Gold, 

And Women into Whores. As sure as God 's in Glon'ster. 

Jan. 4 (Wed.). Burmannus at y« End of his tedious Preface to his 
V e Edition of Petronius Arbiter has passed a censure upon Le Clerc, 
especially for his late Edition of Pedo Albinovanus. But Le Clerc still 
defies the Dutch and French Ministers and Professors, who condenm both 
his Divinity & Critique, ^n^ are in England very much applauded and 
supported by illiterate, Whiggish Pretenders. 

Jan. 6 (Th.). On Sunday last died Sir Thomas Littleton, formerly 
Speaker to the House of Commons. He was of a pleasant, facetious 30. 
Temper, and frequendy us'd to divert the House with a merry Story, 
which was always i propos. He was Treasurer to the Navy. — Tullia 
(M. Tullij Ciceronis f.) peperit puerum cjrra/Ai^Maibr, sed perimbecillum. 
Vide Tullij Ep. ad Atticum 11 x. n. 18. 

Jan. 7 (Sat.). Last Week died the R*. Reverend Father in God 
William Lloyd the deprived Bp. of Norwich, at his house at Hammer- 



Jan, e. H. to P. Cherry (Rawl. 36. 31). Prevented by illness from 
being at Shottesbrooke this Xmas. Kuster's Aristophanes ; the fire at Exeter 
Coll. ; Tully ; the plague in Polaod ; Ch. Ch. ed. of Palladius' AtUiquit'tes qf 
Rome (not more than 170 copies printed); messages to Dodwell cone. Origen, 
the Discourse on Incense, Wolfius, &c.; Chrysostome de Sacerdotio; Barnes' 
Homer (a noble work, and the Cambridge gentlemen say 'tis one of the most 
creditable performances that ever yet came from their Press) ; Jas. Wright on 
Whiston ; Prideaux on Tithes ; Le Clerc's Fragments — mischievous character 
of his * Divinity and Critique ;' *Ibe Apparition, by Abel Evans ; compliments of 
the season. 

Jan. 7. Brokesby to H. (Rawl. 3. 118). Wolfius presented his book 
de Manicbaeijmo in sheets to Mr. Dodwell, who has lost pp. 16-32. Will H. 



334 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

smith, in a good old Age. He was a Man of excellent Learning, and of 
a most sanctified Life, every way like the primitive Fathers, as may be 
seen in Dr. Hickes's Thesaurus. 

Jan. 8 (Sun.). D"*. Sacheverell since his Confinement has been 
chosen Lecturer of Newinton-Butts, worth 8o libs, per annum. — D'. 
Hickes has published a 11^. Vol. of Letters against the Roman Catholicks, 
to well he has prefix'd a long Preface, in w^a he has deservedly expos'd 
Dr. Kennett ; but his other Characters, especially that of Dr. John Potter, 
are fulsome and far beneath him, it being look'd upon as a Piece of 
10 Indiscretion to cringe to low, fanatical Fellows. 

Jan. 9 (Mon.). There is come out a Pamphlett to lay open the tricks 
that were us'd in inserting that Passage in the XXXIX Articles concerning 
Ceremonies, done certainly by some Fanatical Fellow. I remember M'. 
James Tyrrell consulted our Bodley Books (in some of w°^ 'tis cut out) 
I suppose for the Author of this Paper. 

Jan. 11 (Wed.). In Vavasor de ludicra diet, several Things about 
Tully. 

Jan. 12 (Th.). The Committee firom the Rump Parliament, having, 
after abundance of Deliberation and Consultation and sifting D^". Sache- 

ao verell's Sermons from one end to the other, drawn up Articles of Im- 
peachment against him, the said D'. Sacheverell, they were reported to 
the lower House on Tuesday last by Mr. Dolben, the informer, (2^. Son 
to the late ArchbP, of York of that Name) and they are four in Number, 
viz. (i) That he had reflected upon the Principles upon which the late 
Revolution was founded, and by which it was obtained. (2) That he 
had spoke against the Indulgence and Toleration, and had reflected upon 
ArchbP. Gryndal, as if he endeavoured to bring in the Geneva Discipline. 
(Perhaps Tennison of Canterbury out of his great Sagacity may think 
himself meant thereby, he being a zealous Patron of Le Clerck & others 

•30 of his Stamp.) (3) That he had preach'd that the Church of England is 
in Danger, whereas the Parliament in 1 705 voted it to be in a safe and 
flourishing Condition. (4) That he had reflected upon her Majesty's 
Government and Ministry. 

Jan. 14 (Sat.). The above specified Articles against D'. Sacheverell 
being read a 2K time on Wednesday the ii**». Instant, a Debate there- 
upon arose in the House whether the Report should be recommitted. Yeas 
131, Noes 232. So 'twas carried in Uie Negative, and afterwards the 
Articles were order'd to be ingross'd. Then the ingross'd Articles were 

have the sheet transcribed so as to be fit for binding up with the printed part, 
and get the book bound in Oxford ? D. intends to present it to the Archbp. 
of Dublin, who is therein attacked. Hoped that H. would visit Shottesbrooke 
last Xmas. Hana Bloane to H. (Rawl. 9. 64). Has several of the Roman 
brass instruments, but without the loop; the last from Kent, supposed to be 
used by the Romans in their catafmltae, 

Jan. 14. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Raw!. 38. 153). Apprehensions at not 
receiving a letter from 8. at the beginning of this week. Dodwell continually 
writing answers to letters cone, the Schism. Glad Hickes has lashed Kennett 
in the Preface to Vol. H. of Letters against the Roman Catholics, but some of 
his characters are fiilsome and beneath his reputation. Hears that Mr. Harris, 



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read Article by Article and agreed to and sent up to the Lords, where 
they were read on Thursday & consented to without any Alteration, and 
the same Day D^. Sacheverell was order'd to be taken into Custody of the 
Black-Rod, and leave was given him to tender his Bayle, & time allow'd 
to put in his Answer to the Articles. M'. Harley and some others spoke 
long and well upon this occasion in Behalf of the D^^. but the Party not- 
withstanding outdid them & carried their Point. 

Jan. 16 (Mon.). On Thursday last when ]>. Sacheverell appeared 
before the House of Lords he humbly proposed four things to their Lord- 
ships, (i) That he might be allowed a Copy of the Articles of his Im- 10 
peachment. (2) That time might be granted him for putting in an 
Answer to the Articles. (3) That Councel might be permitted him. 
(4) That he might be admitted to Bayle. The 3 first were immediately 
granted, but the last was deny'd, by reason 'twas not ask'd in a regular 
method by Petition. Upon which the next Day, he took care to have a 
Petition, w<^ was the same Day presented by the Earl of Rochester, and 
his Request was granted. Then they required of the D^ 2 Sureties, each 
to be bound in a Recognizance of 3000 libs., & the Doctor himself as 
chief in 6000 libs. The D^. nominated D*". Lancaster, our Vice- 
chancellor, and one D'. Paul * Boes, (a Civilian) lately Fellow of All- ao 
Souls College, and now Rector of New-Rumney in Kent They both 
approved themselves by Oath to be worth three thousand Pound a man, 
and their Bond was accepted, and the D^ was allow'd 'till Wednesday 
next to put in his Answer, tho' 'tis thought a longer time will be granted 
upon Application. — The truly venerable D'. Lloyd, the deprived Bp. of 
Norwich, dyed on New Year's Day last, in the 73d Year of his Age. He 
was a very wise Man, and an undaunted Confessor of this depressed and 



author of the Lexicon TecbnUum, is digesting Plot's papers relating to the 
Natural History and Antiquities of Kent : wishes a person more adequate to 
the work were employed in it. The text of Barnes* Homer finished : it is 
greatly commended in Hughes' notes on St. Chrysostome de Sacerdotio, ' I 
find by the Advertisements that there is a Pamphlett come out call'd Priejt' 
erqft in Perfection, which is against the Passage in the XXXIX Articles that re- 
lates to Ceremonies. I have not seen it. I remember, that M^ James Tyrrell 
(who absconds for Debts) last Summer came to the Publick-Library to con- 
sult our old Copies, . . . but, to our surprise, we found that in two or three of 
the antientest the les^, which contain'd this Passage, was cut out by some 
Knave or other.' Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 144). Fell on his right 
arm and shoulder in returning from prayers on the afternoon of New Year's 
Day, and has scarce been able to hold a pen in his hand till very lately. * The 
same day, my misfortune befell mee, dyed the truly venerable Bp. Lloyd of 
Norwich in the 73^ yeare of his age : a very wise man, & an undaunted Con- 
fessor of this depre^ed & afflicted Church : upon whose life rolles M'. Dod- 
well's odd hypothesis in his due in view. What will bee the consequences of 
it, time only must shew. I went to Hammersmithe on H. Innocents day to 
receive this good Bp* last blessing : and it added to my paine new degrees of 
trouble that I could not attend upon him to his grave ... I hope you wil con- 
tinue to oblige mee with the Sentiments of y^ University about D'. Sacheverel : 
for it is the common cause of y* Church for which hee is like to suffer.' 



> [Corrected by D'. Bliss to Richard,] 



336 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1710 r 

afiBicted Church. Some learned and pious Non- Jurors went on 
Innocents Day to Hammersmith to receive the last Blessing of this 
good Bp. 

Jan. 17 (Til). A Castle at Odiham, in Hampshire, in the time of 
Rich. lid. who sent one of the Sheriffs of London prisoner thither in the 
15th Year of his Reign. See Stow's Annals p. 306. col. 2. — M'. Stowe 
calleth the Book compiled by an anonymous Author, and conunonly 
known by the Name of Caxton's Chronicle a fabulous Book. AnnaL p. 
307. col. 2. 

10 Jan. 19 (Th.). An. 1398. K. Rich. IK kept his X^mass at Lichfield, 
where he spent in the X*mass time 200. tunns of Wine, and 2000. Oxen 
with their Appurtenance. See Stow p. 318. col. 2. — M'. Abel Evans, 
Bach, of Div. and Fellow of S*. John's College has written & just pub- 

- lish'd an ingenious Po€m in English caU*d The Apparition, by way of 
Dialogue between the Devil and Dr. Tyndale. D'. Kennett and some 
others of the Trimming, diabolical Principles are brought in as sharers 
with Tyndale. This Po€m is printed in about 2 sheets and half in 8^. 
by Leon. Lichfield at Oxofi. This Evans was once a rigid low-Church 
Man, as will appear from what I have formerly said of him, but now 

aoturn'd honest — Votes of Parliament to make it High-Treason to 
imagine either the Death or Deposition of the King. See at the latter 
End of Rich. IK". Reign in Stow's Ann. p. 318. col. 2. — Mackmur, an 
Irish Rebell, in the time of Rich. IL had a white Horse, which cost him, 
as was said, four hundred kine. He rid upon it without Saddle or other 
Furniture, and would ride down the steepest Hills on it with that Swift- 
ness, that the Beholders said they never had seen Hare or Deer to have 
run so fast. So Stowe. — The Bp. of Carlisle (i.e. Merks) the only Bp. 
that inviolably preserv'd his Loyalty to K. Rich. 11^. Stowe. — On Tues- 
day last Dr. Sacheverell desir'd longer time for giving in Answer to the 

30 Articles of Impeachment against him. He is allowed 'till Wednesday 
next. 

Jan. 17. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 47). Suspends his final resolution with 
regard to the principles of the Case in Vienu till the receipt of certain inform- 
ation. Wants a transcript of a sheet of Wolfius de Mamcbathmo, or a complete 
copy of the book, for the Archbp. of Dublin. What is the design of Pfaffius 
de Separatumof Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 145). Has not yet the 
entire and easy use of his arm ; his dimness, too, grows worse and worse, 
and in a few days he fears he shall be deprived of the total use of his 
right eye. Presses H. to transcribe and send him a copy of the XXXIX 
Articles which is in Bodley's Library among Selden*s books, with the original 
subscriptions of the Clergy annexed to it, and explains the cause of his anxiety 
to possess it. ' I hope, that M'. Dodwel wil not bee inveigled by any artifice 
whatever, to make any new disturbance in the Church by defending his odd 
notions in his Case in view. Let him acquiesce as it becomes him, and not 
Dictator-like pretend to . . direct us, how wee should behave ourselves in this 
juncture.' P. S. Sends full particulars just received from Mr. Harbin, of the 
ed. of the Articles (in Latin, 1563) in Bodley, to which he has referred above. 

Jan. 18. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 146). Is unable to write on 
literary subjects, as he intended. Will respite the trouble of H.'s writing till 
the 28th inst. ; meanwhile let him read Collins' villanous pamphlet, Priejtcrqft 
in perfection. H. is the only person he forces himself to write to. 



J«i. 16-28.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 140-149. 337 

Editions of the XXXIX Articles in the Bodlejan Library : 
Articuli Religionis XXXIX in Synodo Londinensi, anno 1562. Anglice 
40. S. 77. Ari. Seld. Et Lat. Oxon. 1636. 40. P. 4. Th. ut & Anglice 
Ibid, 40. P. 4. Th. (& B. 9. 10. Line.) — Latine, cum annexis omnium 
Clericorum Convocationis Chirographis MSS*>«. 8®. Z. 41, Th. Seld, 
Latine item — 80. Z. 16. Th. Seld. & impress. Lond. 1575. 4«>. A. 46. 
Th. Et Anglice Land. 1633. B. 2. 3. Line. Et Lond. 1662. C. 8. 22. 
, Line. Et Lond. 1699. 8©. Y. 23. Th. 

Jan. 20 (Pri.). W™. of Wickham buried in the Church of S*. 
Swithen's Winchester, the great Body of which Church he built. See 10 
Stowe. p. 331. coL 2. — Richard Scroope Archbishop of Yorke, with 
several of the Temporal L<^. conspir'd ag*. K. Hen. IV. in the 6*h, Year 
of his Reign for deposing K. Rich. II. and yet this Scroope was one of 
those that before were engag'd against K. Ri. II. He was beheaded by 
K. Hen. IV^h's, order. Stowe p. 332, 333. — ^John Leiland quoted by 
Stowe. Ann. p. 334. col. 2. & p. 335. col. i. 

Jan. 21 (Sat.). Titus Livius writ an History of Hen. V. and dedicated 
it to Hen. VI*^. 'Twas written in Latin, and afterwards translated into 
Engl, per anon. See Stowe ibid. p. 339. col. 2. K. Hen. V*h studied at 
Oxon. in New-College imder the Governm* of Henry Bewfort his Uncle ao 
on y« Father's side, then Chanc. of Oxford, after Bp. of Winch, ib. p. 
342. col. I. 

Jan. 23 (Men.). Several Hundred Copies of D'. Sacheverell's Sermon 
have been sold in Scotland, and the Doctrines greedily swallow'd by 
several People. And 'tis like to produce a great Number of Converts un- 
less a most vile, antimonarchical Book (taken from Doleman and other 
pernicious Discourses of that kind) w^h is newly written & publish'd by 
M'. Hoadly be carry'd over as an antidote against it. 



Jan. 21. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 155). All three letters received. 
Will very shortly send a full account of the controverted passage in the aoth 
Article, so far as concerns the books in the Bodleian Library. Dr. Woodward 
to H. (Rawl. 12. 95). Thanks for H.'s letter of the 9th inst. Glad to hear 
of his Tully. Will subscribe to Barnes' Homer. Some of Beveridge's friends 
say that his work on the XXXIX Articles was not intended for publication. 
Sloane has read before the R. S. H.'s letter on the brass instruments from 
Bramham Moor ; the writer has several of that sort. Please direct Sloane to 
erase the passage wherein H. mentions Clamours agaimt tbe Antiquity ^ my 
Shield. 

Jan. 28. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Rawl. 137. 147). Would like to see a 
sober and judicious answer to Whiston, who doubts not but that, in seven years, 
the Ch. of England will be of his mind ; but still thinks that Grabe is not fiiUv 
qualified. Finds nothing extraordinary in Inett's Origines Anglicanae, though 
the Curators of the Press, by undertaking the book, seem to entertain a more 
favourable opinion of his pextormance. Mr. Collier is labouring hard in pre- 
paring Vol. IL of his History. Will borrow the new ed. of St. Chrysostom 
frcpl UfMovvrit for the purpose of examining the prefixed Dissertations. Dr. 
Hickes has sent S. Vol. II. of his Controverjial Letters, which have done 
good, and will do more, as a preservative against Popish emissaries, now so 
busy. Expresses dissent, however, from several propositions laid down in the 
discourse of A proper and real Sacrifice in the Eucharist. When writing about 
the original ' Instrument of the Convocation ' last June 35, he had a ^nt 

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338 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

Jan. 24 (Tu.). An Excellent Pamphlett against y« Parliament pr. 1648. 
4*0 in a single sheet, intit. Ecce the New Testament &c. C. 15. 3. Line, fit 
to be reprinted as justly answering the Acts of y« Present Pari*. 

Jan. 25 (Wed.). An. 14 16. in a Parliam* began y« 15**^ of March 
the half Pence of Janua (commonly call'd Galley-half pence) were forbid 
to be iis'd as lawfull Payment amongst y« English People. See Stow, 
pag. 352. col. I. Quaere in the Statutes what sort of Money this was ? — 
K. Hen. V. gave a Copy of Matt. Westminster's Flores Hisioriarum^ very 
feirly written and curiously illuminated, to Westminster Church. Stowe 
io p. 362. col. 2. 

Jan. 26 (Th.). Serjeant Pratt, M*". Raymond, S'. Simon Harcourt, 
and Mr. Phipps having been assign'd by the L^. for Council to D^. 
Sacheverell, on Saturday last the two former sent their servants (soon 
after one another) excusing themselves from farther assisting him, to the 
great surprise of y« D'. & it may be to his Prejudice. 

Jan. 27 (PrL). Thomas Montague Earl of Salisbury slain at Orleance 
in 1427. 6. H. 6^. He was buried by his Progenitors at Eisham in 
Barkshke. Stowe, pag. 369. col. i. 

Jan. 28 (Sat.). On Wednesday last !>. Sacheverell deliver 'd his 
30 answer to the Articles of Impeachment against him into the House kA 
Lords, w<* was long, containing 19 Presses of Parchment, and took up 
three Quarters of an Hour in reading. They were sent down to the 
House of Commons, who read them the next day, and referr'd the 
Reply to them to the Committe that drew up the Articles, who are 



remembrance of a parchment roll, belonging to Mr. Davis, formerly of C. C. C 
This however contained the letter of the Barons of England to Pope Boniface, 
temp. Edward I., about the business of Scotland. 

Jan. 26. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 154). Will send on Jan. 27 a 
parcel containing (i) An Account qfour BodUjan Copies ^/i&f XXXIX Articles^ 
stitch'd up in Marble Paper. (2) A Copy of Ignatius of the Cbrist-Cburcb Edition 
[cost H. IS, 6^.]. (3) A transcript of the Ep. Ded, of the Oxford St. Cyprian. (4) 
S*s papers relating to Epbram Syrus. ' I understand that M'. Do^ell is at 
present concem'd to get some informations concerning Facts necessary for 
determining justly by the Principles of tbe Case in Fiew. He thraks himself 
obliged, in Equity, in the mean time, to suspend his Resolutions that he may 
qualify himself for resolving according to the Event of those Informations. 
That respite is not like to be long, and then we shall quickly know by his 
Practise what Determination is agreed upon. Sedate proce€^dings will, he 
thinks, best secure unanimity. M'. Parker's wife already beginns to go to 
Church, tho' ever since she was married to him she joyn'd in the separate 
Meetings. M'. Clements tells me he believes that M'. Parker himself will 
also quickly act in the same manner, waiting only for M^ Dodwell, whose 
opinions in this Case he takes to be right, and thinks that he ought to guide 
himself by them. I understand too that others believe now that the Schism 
is clos'd, unless new Objections are started. We are uneasy about D^ 
Sacheverell ; but 'tis not safe entering into Discourse about him, in this 
hazardous Conveyance of Letters.' 

Jan. 28. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 148). Acknowledges receipt 
of parcel. Gives particulars of a design of three or four friends to write a just 
and solid answer to Collins. H.'s services towards this good undertaking shall 
be duly acknowledged. Harbin is hxterested hi the work. 



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to sit where they please. The I>. has vindicated all his Points from 
Councils, Fathers, the 39 Articles, and Homilies, and from the most 
learned Bi». as well such as are deceas'd as those that are living. 'Twas 
observ'd that when he took Coach at Westminster Hall Gate some 
Persons were so impudent (to s{>eak in the canting phrase) as to huzza 
him. — There is reprinted Arch^. Usher's Book call'd The Power 
commumcaied by God to the Prince^ and the Obedience required of the 
Subject, Which excellent Book, with the Preface written by Bp. Sander- 
son may serve as a just Confutation of the Hodlejan (damnable) Doctrin. 
This Book was first printed in the year 1661. in 4^ at London from 10 
the Author's original MSS*. by the ArchbP'* Grandson by the mother's 
side James Tyrrell Esq'., who has dedicated it to King Charles 11^, and 
by it it appears that M'. Tyrrell was at that time an honest Gendeman, 
and had a right Notion of the Duty owing to the Father of his Country, 
notwithstanding he has since most shamefrilly deserted those good Prin- 
ciples and taken up with those that are for deposing Kings and taking 
up arms in Rebellion against them, & has publish'd Books in Defence of 
the Doctrine. ^ An. 1436, a good Sheep sold for a Peimy, and a Cow 
for 12^. Stowe p. 375. col. i. — Queen Katherin, Wife to Hen. 5*^ and 
Mother to Hen. 6*k died an. 1437. (the 1^^ of H. 6.) and was buried at ao 
Westminster, in our Ladies Chapell ; but her body was taken up by Hen. 
7 th when he built his Chapell, & not after buried, but remained above 
Ground in a Coffin of Boords, behind the East End of the Quire. Stowe 
p. 376. col. I. — ^John Leland quoted in Stowe pag. 377. col. 2. — Anno 
1438 (17 H. 6.) Wheat sold in some Places for 2«. 6<l. per Bushell, & 
Wine at 12^. per Gallon, w^h was reckon'd an extravagant Price. Ibid, 
p. 377. b.— King Hen. 6*^ is call'd Founder of All-Souls Coll. m the 
Charter by reason of his giving several Lands belonging to Priories alien 
to it. Stowe p. 383. b. — M'. Stowe complains of his being accus'd 
falsly by a wicked servant, pag. 385. b. — At y« End of Pliny's Epistles 30 
in Bibl. Bodl. Arch. A. 151. is Humfrey Duke of Gloucester's own Hand 
Writing. 

Jan. 29 (Sun.). Wheat at 12^. per Quarter, and 14*^., and Mault at i6<J. 
& 17^. per Quarter in 1454 (an. 33. H. 6.) A farmer wanting Money in 
y* Year sold 20 Quarters of y« best Wheat for twenty shillings. Stowe, 
pag. 398. a. 

Jan. 30 (Mon.). Sir Seymour Pile is taken into Custody for drinking 
Di*. Sacheverell's and some other Healths ; and will be admitted to Bayle 
to morrow. — This Day died D'. Thomas Crosthwaite of Queen's 
College, leaving the character behind him of a learned orthodox Divine, 40. 
and an undaunted sufferer for his Allegiance to his undoubted Sovereign, 
and his adherence to the Doctrine of the Church of England. He was 
buried in Queen's Coll. Chappell on Wednesday night following, between 
nine and ten of the Clock. ^ This Day being the Martyrdom of King 
Charles i»* there preach'd at S*. Marie's M'. Nath. Whalley, M.A. 
and Fellow of Wadham Coll. His text was 2 Kings, viii. 13. And 
Hazael said^ But what, is thy servant a dog^ that he should do this great 
thing. The Words were spoken by Haniel to the Man of God who 
foretold the Mischiefs that should befall the Israelites, by the Hands of 
Hazael when he ^ould become King of Syria. This Prediction startled 50 

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340 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

Hazael, and he seem'd to abhorr the very thoughts of It ; but yet when 
he succeeded in the Kingdom he acted just as it had been foretold, pro- 
ceeding by Degrees to the Height of Cruelty. Hence M'. Whaliey took 
occasion to shew the Progress of Sin, and prov'd that Men of the most 
consummate Wickedness are generally calm at first and that they go on 
step by step, and he instanc'd in the Members of Parliament in 1641, 
and took notice that many of them appeared modest at first and would 
not be thought to be Friends to Rebellion, tho' at last they became the 
Leaders of the Rebells and the greatest Sticklers against the King. This 
to done he took occasion to reply to the most material arguments made use 
of by M'. Hoadley for the deposing doctrine, and plainly shew'd that all 
legal Magistrates howsoever wicked have their Commission from God. 

Jan. 81 (Tu.). John Leland cited by Stowe Annals p. 413. a. 

Feb. 2 (Th.). Monday last being the Anniversary for the Martyrdom 
of King Charles i«* the Doctrine of Passive Obedience was preached up 
in all the Churches in and about London, and the Churches rang with 
the Hainousness of the Crime of murdering that excellent Prince in all 
of them except before the House of Commons, before whom preach'd 
Dr. West late of Magd. College who was for abolishing the Observation 

ao of the Day ; so y^ the thanks of the House for his Sermon was difficultly 
obtain'd. For a debate arising about it twas at last carry'd that thanks be 
retum'd hun, and that he be desir'd to print the Sermon. Yeas 124, 
Noes 105. ^ In Archivis Bibliothecse Bodlejanae Nicetae Choniatas 
Thesauri Orthodoxae Fidei exemplar Graece adservatur ; codex grandis, 
nitidus, & plane magnificus, quemque dum ipse auctor adhuc in vivis 
esset descriptum fuisse non desunt qui sentiant. Sed ex scribendi ratione 
characterumque forma, ut & folijs chartaceis, quibus constat, annos 
trecentos non superare conjicio. Totius operis epitomen solummodo 
complecti cum ex quinque libris prioribus, quos publico cum doctissimis 

30 notis Latine dedit Petrus Morellus, tum ex cmientorum syllabo, quem idem 
ille vir clarissimus juris publici fecit, mihi satis liquere videtur. Codex 
noster in libros, pro auctoris methodo, non discinditur ; nee uUibi, quan- 
tum colligere possum, Bogomilorum in eo fit mentio ; de quibus tamen, 
si fides indici Morelliano, pauUo fusius in libro vicesimo disseruit 
Nicetas. — George Darrell of All-Souls College drew up a Catalogue 
of the Chancellors & Proctors of the university from the Year 1268 to 
1604 (inclusive) in w*^ last year he was Proctor himself. 'Tis exstant in 
a MSt. Book of our old statutes in Archivis Bibl. Bodl. A. 161. but not 
taken notice of by Ant k Wood in the short account he has given of 

40 M'. Darrell. — Sir James Tjrrrell the Person who, by command of King 
Rich. 3d took care to have K. Edw. 5*^* and his Brother the Duke of 
Yorke murder'd in the Tower. So S^. Thomas More in Stowe pag. 
460. a. This Tyrrell afterwards was beheaded on Tower-Hill for 
Treason, and the Agents under him in this wickedness came to bad 
ends, one of them rotting away piecemeal. 



Jan. SL Bagfbrd to H. (RawL 21. 16). Mr. Kempe has lately met with 
a helmet which is a greater rarity even than Dr. Woodward's shield. Will 
send at his leisure the story of the Shield Gallery at Whitehall. 



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Feb. 4 (Sat). M'. Dolben having reported from the Committee the 
Replication to D^. Sacheverell's Answer, there was a Division whether 
the same should be esteem'd a just Reply. Yeas 182, Noes 88. So 'twas 
carried in the affirmative, and the Reply was order'd to be ingross'd. 
This Reply as it is voted just, so at y« same time !>. Sacheverell's 
Answer {^f^ is done with great Skill, and is altogether agreeable to the 
Doctrine of y* Church of England, & conform to Acts of Parliament 
in former Reigns) was voted impertinent, to contain Reflections upon 
the House of Commons, to be unbecoming a Person impcach'd and 
ag' the Precedents of Proceedings in such Cases. — We have in the 10 
Bodlejan Library amongst y« archives (Arch. A. 199. Bodl.) a long 
Parch™* Roll containing a Genealogy in English from the Creation 
to the time of Rich. UK at y« Beginning of w<^ are these Words. 

And for the more bh is to he understanded 4* knvwen that man m bU first Crea^ 
cion was made immortall nat by nature as AnngelieSy as nat beyng qf power to dye^ 
but by grace^ that is to say by possibilite nat for to have died. For if be bad kepud 
Innoceney be sbould bave bad no knowlege of detb, but tbat immortalite in tbe 
wbicbe Man was create is nat qflyke nature as tbat tbat is for to com, for tbat 
Immortalite in ^vbicbe man 9vas made 9vas of power nat for to dye, Tbis tbat it 
to com is never qf power to dye. for <wby it is impossible 8fc, Sfc, Sfc, ao 

A Picture of King Alfred there with an Imperial Crown, & a scepter in 
his right Hand, & a Globe in his Left, sitting in a Chair of State. Without 
any Beard. Tis said here that King Alfred was a personable Man, — 

In Arch. A. 181. is a long Roll printed on Paper containing an 
Account of the Feasts at the Inthronization of Arch^P. Warham of 



Feb. 4. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 155). Agrees with S.'s Judg- 
ment of Inett. D^ Charlett, our most implacable Enemy, was the chief per- 
son who procur'd the printing of it at the Theater. From queries sent to H., 
he infers that the Doctor is not qualified for the undertaking. People begin 
to be clamorous about Dr. Grabe's laying aside the LXX. to attack Whiston. 
Approves S.'s explanation of the passage in Justin Martyr relating to the 
Eucharist. 5f r. Harbin's correspondent here is Mr. Green, M. A., Ch. Ch., 
who received his information by word of mouth from H. * On Monday last 
. . in the Afternoon died D'. Crosthwait of Queen's College, and was buried 
on Wednesday Night following in the Chapell belonging to the College between 
9 and 10 of the Clock. There was a Speech spoken at his Funeral by M'. 
TickelA.M.ofthat College, in which he commended the Doctor for his Learning^ 
and Constancy, and for his Tranquillity of Mind to the last. The Doctor left 
his Books to the College, with a small Estate, he was possess'd of, of about 30 
libs, per annum. No one was invited to the Funeral but those of the College/ 
Mr. Kempe and his ancient helmet. Pritius engaged on the N. T. in Greek^ 
with the most considerable of Dr. Mill's lections, and the parallel places. 
Basnage carries on his design of an improved ed. of Canisius' Lectiones Anti^ 
quae. Longs to see Dr. West's (he is only a Lambeth Doctor) sermon on Jan. 
30, in which he is said to have offered at reasons why the observation of the 
day should be abolished. Why was the Ep. Ded. to St. Cyprian suppressed ? 
Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 127. 149). Many thanks to H., who, instead of 
a few Minutes and short Historical Exceipts, has surprised S. with a book, 
containing large collections, with observations of his own. Is chiefly con- 
cerned for Mr. Hilkiah Bedford, but the four who are engaged in the reply to 
Collins are Bp. Trimnel, Dr. Smalridge, Dr. Fr. Atterbury, and Dr. Gibson* 



[P. 163 in the MS. is followed by p. 124*.] 



34» HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

Cant. & Arctf^P. Nevill of York, with several other things. There is 
fix'd to it this priiUed Paper, viz. Certayru versis writtene hy Thomas 
Brooke Gentleman^ in the tytne of kis Imprysommtni^ the daye before his 
Deaihe at Norwich, the 30 of August 1570. Seane and allowed ac- 
cordynge to the Quenes Majesties Injunction. Imprjmted at Norwich 
in the Paryshe of Say net Andrewe by Anthony de Solempne 1570. — 
Also fix'd to it, An Admonition to all suche as shall intends hereafter to 
enter the State of Matrimony Godly, and agreably to Lowes, Set forth 
by Arch^. Parker, and Imprinted at London by Reginalds Wolfe, Anno 
"^^ Domini 1571. — There is also ArchbP Cranmer's Constitution, agreed 
to by the Bp«. &c. concerning the Number of Dishes & the Expences 
to be made at the Treats of the Arch^. A: Bi». — Also there is Convivium 
in Installatione Radulphi de Bourne, Abbatis S, August, Cant, anno 
Domini 1309. Et domini Reg, Edwardi secundi 2, printed too. ' — At 
the End of the abovesaid Account of Arch^. Warham's Inthronization 
is this Memorandum, viz. 

Memorandum that in the selfsame yeere Anno Domini 1504. when William 
Warham was intronizated, Matthew Parker was borne, the vi. day of August 
next before, who beyng preferred to the sayd Archbyshopricke, & consecrated 

ao in the same the xvii day of December in the yeere of our Lorde 1559. findyng 
the sayd Palace, with the great Hal, and al edifices therein, partly burned and 
fallen doune, and partly in utter mine and decay, dyd repayre & reedifie agane 
al the Houses of the same, in the yeeres of our Lorde 1560. & i56i.asiti8at 
this day. The charges & expences whereabout amounted to the summe of 
xiiii. hundred and vi. poundes, xv. s. iiii d. as appeareth by the particuler Booke 
drawen of the same. 

The Provision at the Inthronization of Archhp Nevill was this, 
Wheat 30P Quarters — Ale 300 tunne — Wyne 100 tunne — of Ipocrasse one 
Pipe — Oxen 104 — Wild Bulles 6. — Muttons 1000. — Veales 304--Porke8 304 — 

30 Swannes 400 — Geese 2000 — Capons 1000— Pygges 2000. — Plovers 400. — Quails 
100 dozen — Of the Foules called Rees 200 douzen— Peacocks 104 — Mallards 
& Teals 4000 — Cranes 204 — Kydds 204 — Chickens 2000 — Pigeons 4000 — 
Conies aooo— Bitterns 204 — Heronshawes 400 — Fessants 200 — Partridges 500 
—Woodcocks 400 — Curiews 100 — Egritts 1000— Staggs, Bucks and Rocs 500 
and more — Pasties of Venison cold 4000 — Parted Dishes of Gdly looo^PUin 



< Mr. Harbin is onely an Assistent to Smalridge A Atterbury, as hee has been 
formerly, & a very usefiill one too, by communicating to them many choice 
papers, w<* were formerly M'. Seldens, w«^ hee had the good fortune to light 
upon among Sir Matthew Hales's Collections, who was one of M^ 6eldens 
Executors, w«*» hee had the use & perusal of by the favour of that Judges grand- 
Son.' Believes that Atterbury's pen will be made use of In drawing up the 
designed Answer. Remarks on Le Clerc's favourable estimate of Heame and 
his Livy, and his virulent attack on Burmannus, who, S. is told, has been de- 
prived of his Professorship at Utrecht for immorality. Mr. D. Wilkins, in a 
letter from Vienna of Jan. 4, gives an account of the deplorable confusion 
among the books and MSS. in the Emperor's library — that Gentilotti, a Nea- 
politan Gentleman, the Keeper of It, for^e three years he has l>een in that 
post, has not had a farthing of salary ; no new books, either from England, 
Holland, France, or Italy, brought in there these ten years, the revenue of it 
being employed In the wars. Fell's Ep. Ded. to St. Cyprian was regarded as 
to the prejudice of the rights of metropolitans. Glad that H. has at last pro- 
cured for him a copy of the Ch. Ch. Ignathu. Has In some good measure 
recovered the use of his hand and arm, but bis eyes continue still very bad. 



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Dishes of Grelly 3000— cold Tartes badced 4000 — Cold Custards baked 3000-* 
Hot Pasties of Venison 1500 — Hot Custards aooo^Pikes and Breams 608 — 
Porposes and Seals 12 — Spices, sugered Delicates, and Wafers, plenty. Besides 
all sort of Fish in prodigious plenty. 

Feb. 6 (Mon.). The Replication to I>. Sachevereirs Answer being 
carried up to the House of Lords, they order'd his Tryall to be upon 
Thursday next at the Bar of their House. Upon this there was a 
Division in the House, whether he should be try'd by a select Committee 
or by the whole House in Committee, Yeas 180, Noes 192. So that 
now 'tis to be done by the whole House, and Scaffolds are to be rais'd 10 
for that purpose. — On Saturday last in the Evening died D'. John 
Hall Master of Pembroke Coll. in this University ^ w<* he was elected 
in 1664) Bp. of Bristoll (being consecrated at y^ beginning of the late 
Revolution) and formerly Margaret Professor of Divinity in this Uni- 
versity. He was a learned Divine, a good Preacher, and his Lectures, 
while Professor, were look'd upon by the best Judges as excellent in 
their kind. But notwithstanding all this, as to Principles he was a 
thorough-pac'd Calvinist, a defender of the Republican Doctrines, a stout 
and vigorous advocate for the Presbjrterians, Dissenters, &c. an admirer 
of whining, cringing Parasites, and a strenuous Persecuter of truly ao 
honest Men as occasion offer'd itself. — Common Prayers in Bodley. 
Lond, 1552. *L. 7. 4. Th. et A. 11. 9. Line. Lond. 1549. *L. 7. 5. Th. 
et ♦K. I. 15. Th. et *B. 6. 21. Th. Seld. Lond. 1632. 40. C. 7. Th. 
Seld. Lond. 1565. 80. C. 35. Th. Seld. Lond. 1559. *K. i. 14. Th. 
Lond. 1627. *A. 20. 15. Th. Lond. 1607. *A. 10. 15. Th. Lond. 1571. 
80. Z. 103. Th. Lond. 1634. *K, i. 16. Th. Lond. 1639. ♦U. 4. 
II. Th. 

Feb. 7 (Ttt.)- Mr. Stow tho' a very diligent Man yet fortune did 
not favour him, and therefore he complains when he is accounting for 
the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, pag. 499. a. Annds. 30 

Feb. 8 (Th.). The House of Commons have address'd the Queen 
that Dr. Sacheverell may be try'd in Westminster-Hall, to w^h she has 
consented, & S^ Christopher Wrenn is order'd to prepare Scaffolds in order 

Feb. 6. Thoreaby to H. (Rawl. zo. 62). Has written to both Woodward 
and Sloane about the brass instruments, ' & I can assure you by Letters from 
both hands (I wish I could not say, both partys) y^ they each strive for y* 
honour to introduce it at Gresham CoL' Perhaf^ ' upon a<^ tho'ts & hearing 
of some Animositys in y« fraternity/ H. may think it more convenient to print 
the Dissertation at Oxford. The Bp. of Carlisle asks that a copy may be sent 
to him through his son at Queen's. All relations are well at Holbech, we met 
last week at the funeral of good old Alderman Lawson. 

Feb. 7. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 156). Will endeavour to give 
Mr. Bedford satisfaction with regard to any queries he may be pleased to pro- 
pose. Cannot do too much for Dr. Smalridge and Atterbury, having received 
from Ch. Ch. so many signal favour^ as claim a perpetual acknowledgment ; 
but is sorry they have joined themselves with two of Whiggish principles. 
Thanks Le Clerc for his fair dealing towards himself in the Bibl'wtbeque Cbw'u. 
Sorry that Burmannus is so immoral and loose a man. Thwaites probably 
conscious that his Bpbr^m is a mean performance. Bp. John Hall died last 
Saturday evening. He is said to have left all (except some legacies) to a near 
relation, a Presbyterian minister in Gloucestershire. 



344 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 r 

to y« Tiyal in that Place, the Queen herself designing to be present — 
Gothofr. Voigtij liber postumus de Altaribus vetenim Xtianonim. Just 
published at Hamburgh by Fabricius 8^o. with the Author's Life. — 
M'. Kuster who publish'd Strabo has lately put out an Edition of 
Aristophanes, in which is a Scholiast upon Lysistrata from a MS. in 
Bibl. Bodl. sent to the publisher by D'. Bentley and I>. John Potter, 
(our spruce Regius Professor of Divinity in Oxford.) This was first 
transcribed by ]>. Bernards Care, and from his Copy taken by the Care 
ofDr.Bendey. 

'o Feb. 18 (Mon.). In the South Porticus of the Quire of X*. Church 
Oxford is a Monument in the wall, at a small distance from the Ground, 
with an Inscription to the memory of D' Robert King the first Bp. of 
Oxford, and the last Abbat of Osney. This Monument was formerly 
in the North Porticus, as appears from Godwin and Wood- In the 
Window over the monum*. is the Bp. painted in fiill length, very 
neatly. — Yesterday were preach'd at Christ-Church before the Uni- 
versity two most excellent Sermons by the Dean ' and D^. Stratford. 
The latter preach'd in the Morning upon these Words, to the poor the 
Gospell is preacHd\ and the former upon these, Watch therefore^ for ye 

^® know not in what hour the Son of Man cometh. Both Sermons were 
managed with great Perspicuity, and the several Transitions were eas^ 
and natural, and there was not the least affected Oratory in either, and 
yet every thing agreeable to the most pure eloquence. 

Feb. 16 (Wed.). On Monday Mommg last the Corps of the Bp. of 
Bristoll (after it had layn in state several days) was convey'd from 
his Lodgings at Pembroke Coll. (where he died) to Bromesgrave in 
Worcestershire, in order to be buried in the Church there, at which 
Place he was bom. This Morning at eight of the Clock came on the 
Election for a Master of Pembroke College. The two Candidates were 

30 M'. Colwell Brickenden & Mr. Will. Hunt, both of them formerly Fellows, 
but at present Country Divines. The former t€)ok the Degree of Master 
of Arts in 1687, and the latter in 1696. Both of them have the Re- 
putation of being honest Men, and endued with true Church of England 
Principles ; but then there is this Difference between them : M'. Brick- 
enden has seven Children, M'. Hunt not above two or three; Mr. 
Brickenden is an illiterate Person, M^. Hunt is a man of Learning; 
Mr. Brickenden is a boon Companion, or, as some style it, a Sot, 
M'. Hunt is a Man of Sobriety &, Discretion, and came reconmiendcd 
by the Letters of the Bp. of Bathe and Wells, and divers Men of Figure, 

40 Learning, Temperance and Virtue. In reference to this Election I must 
here note that M'. Hunt had infelHbly carried it had it not been for the 
Defection of one M^ Mouldin, who has had hitherto the Character of 
a man of Honesty. This M'. Mouldin had several times solemnly 
promised to serve M'. Hunt when a Vacancy of the Headship of Pem- 
broke-CoU. should happen, and 'twas upon this Consideration that the 
Master of Balliol-CoUege (of w<^ Coll. M'. Hunt has an ingenious 
Brother Fellow) made a First Kinsman of his Cook of that College, 
telling M^*. Mouldin expressly at the same time that 'twas with Intent 

» Aldrich. 



Feb. 0-18.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 143*-154* 345 

and exspectation that he should appear for M'. Hunt if he thought fit 
to stand for Master of Pembroke Coll. M'. Mouldin gratefully ac- 
knowledged his Favoiw, and promis'd upon the Word of an honest Man 
that he would oblige the Master in his Request to the utmost of his 
Power, and that nothing should draw him from giving his Vote for 
M'. Hunt. But when the time of Tryal came, whether upon Prospect 
of the Rectory of S*. Aldate's in Oxofi (wc*» belongs to Pembroke Coll. 
A wch I>. Hall enjo/d for several Years) or for sake of a Wife, or 
whether it was upon any other secular Interest, 'tis certain that a little 
before the Election he went over to M^ Brick^nden's Party, and there 10 
being 13 Electors in all, 7 voted for Mr. Brickenden and 6 for M'. 
Himt, who would have had 7 had not M'. Mouldin most shamefully 
and scandalously broke his word, and deserted his Friends when 'twas 
exspected he should have done a kindness and have shew'd himself 
to have a sense of gratitude. — . . . Ciceronis Oratio optima qu» 
longissima. Vide Pinedi Aimott. ad Steph. de Urbib. p. 418, 62. 

Feb. 17 (Pri.). Tyndale's Bible printed beyond Sea in the Year 
1530* or thereabouts. See M^. Stow's Annals p. 553. col. 2. 

Feb. 18 (Bat.). Two of I>. Sacheverell's Council having deserted 
him, he lately made a Petition to the House of Lords signifying to their ao 
Lordship's that Affair, and withall intimating that others were afraid to 
serve him, and he desir'd that their Lordships would order him for his 
Council in the room of those that had left him, D"". Henchman, (a 
Civilian) M^. Dod (who is a Low-Church Man), and Mr. Duncan Dee 
* * * which Request was granted. — The Title Page of the Lat. Ed. 
of the Articles in 1563. Ariiadi de quibus in synodo Londinensi anno 
Domini, juxta eccUsicB Anglicance computationem, M.D.LXII^ ad tollendam 
opinionum dissmsionem, 4* firmandum in vera Religione consensum, inter 
Archiepiscopos Episcoposque ufriusque Provincice, necnon etiam universum 
Clerum convenit Regia author Hate in lucem editi, Londini, Anno 30 
Domini M,D,LXIIL At the End, Excusum Londini apud REGINALD VM 

Feb. 16. Hilkiah Bedford to H. (Rawl. 3. 15). Thanks for H.'s assist- 
ance and kind offers. Three copies have been found of English Articles a<> 
157 1, with the clause in them; surprised that Art. XXIX. is left out in the 
Latin ed. of 1563. There can be no doubt of the label affixed to one of the 
two copies of that year being the original subscription of the Conyocation of 
1 57 1, but B. would like to have some of the hands tested. Thinks that it may 
not be proper, on H.'s account, to mention Mr. James Tyrrell in his book. 

Feb. 18. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 150). We are now returning 
to our former stated course and method of correspondence every other Satur- 
day. Very sorry for the death of his old friend Dr. Crosthwaite. * God for- 
bid, that hee, whom you call our imflaeabU enemy, should do you any mischief 
or prejudice for my sake, either whilst I am living, or after I am retired to my 
grave : but as for roee, I despise his impotent malice, A: pity his ignorance in 
all kinds of good literature, & detest his knavery A: scandalous trimming — for 
these 35 or 36 yeares, w<^^ is his just character : and so let us trouble ourselves 
no more about him for the future. Wee ezspect here, that a Low-Church-man 
wUl succeed into the vacancy of the Episcopal Seat of Bristol : it may bee, such 
another as D'. Trimnel, who, in his late itUy Charge to the Clergy at Norwich 
at his Visitation, bos betrayed the rights 6r* eomtitutions of the Chrutian Church, 
9f has overt hrowne the Chrutian Sacrifice and oblation in the Sacrament rfthe 



346 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

Wolfium, RegicB Majest in Laiinis iypographum. ANNO DOMINL 1563. 
The 39*1» Article is in both the Copies we have in Bodley. — The Title 
Page of the Latin Ed. of the Articles in 1571. Ariiculi^ de quibus con^ 
venit inter Archiepiscopos, ^ episcopos uiriusque prcfvincicB^ ^ clerum 
universum in synodo, Londini, An, Dom, 1562. secundum computaiionem 
ecclesia AnglicancB^ ad tollendam opinionum dissentionem^ Sf consensum in 
vera religione firmandum. JSdiii authoritate serenissima RegifUB. LON- 
DINIf apud Johannem Dayum Typographum, An, Doniini 1571. — The 
29^^ Article is omitted in the Edition of 1563. * BanhoL Bousfeildus, 
foA. M. Coll. Regin. Oxon. Praepositus, an. 1575. electus. Hie autem 
praepositum sponte exuit. Vide Ant k Wood Antiq. Oxon. vol n. 
p. 116. a. Busfellus scribitur k se ipso in schedula annexa Articulis 
impressis ann. 1563. in BibL Bodl. — Johannes Pierse Decanus Ecclesiae 
X*i. Oxon. anno 1571. Sic in schedula supradicta. — Several things 
in Erasmus's Epistles A. i. 45. Art. concerning the Style &c. of Tully. 



Eucharhty ^ the powerftdl effect &* exercise qf Priestly Absolution. What are 
wee not to feare from these degenerous Clergymen, but that they should re- 
nounce the divine right of the Episcopat, & degrade themselves into Presbyters, 
& content themselves with being Presidents & Moderators of Assemblyes, in 
complyance with the Schismatical Kirke of Scotland, to make the Umon be- 
tween the two kingdomes more complete ? -D*". fVesfs Sermon is justly abhorred 
by all, who wish wel to y® Church of England, & are just to its establisht 
doctrine of non-resistance ^ & have the memory of the blessed Martyr, K. 
Charles I. in due veneration. This weeke were published Reflexions upon it, 
honest enough in the maine, but a little trimming, as to the Revolution, w®^ 
Stumbling block this Author can never remove, tho hee treats the Haranguer 
before the H. of C. over gently, yet hee has said enough to overthrow & con- 
found his felse Suggestions & lying insinuations in favour of the Grand Re- 
bellion, and make him ashamed of himselfe, if hee bee not altogether hardned. 
There was a great opposition against giving him thanks for his performance : 
& it is to me a wonder, that they did not addresse to y* Q. to preferre him to 
some great dignity in the Church, as they did for that Rascal Hoadly. The 
Whig-party is so prevalent in the House, that they carry all things before 
them : & certainly without a miracle of Providence, the Dissenters, however 
of so many denominations, by their assistence, are united in the same wicked 
designe of ruining the National-Church, and laying all things open and ia 
common. I will enquire about the old Roman Mmet, now in the possession of 
M'. Kempe, who is very curious in collecting of Medals & other Antiquityes, 
yn^^ he sells to a great advantage ... By what I have seen of Pritius, I cannot 
entertaine any beeleife, that his designed edition of the N. T. wil bee done to 
any good purpose for want of judgment. D'. Mill's vast heap of various read- 
ings wil afford never-failing materialls to y* dull Germans to exercise their 
industry upon. To satisfy your curiosity about what M^ Bedford has pub- 
lished, I know but of two things, w^ hee has done Udely, & they are both 
Translations, of the History of Oracles, and the Continuation if it, out of French : 
for the exactnes and elegance of w<* I referre you to D'. Hickes's account <£ 
it, printed before y« History : but the Prefaces shew him to bee a man of good 
judgm^ & learning. Other little things, w^^ hee has published, his great 
modesty will not suffer him to owne. Hee has spent several yeares, since 
the Revolution, in France & Italy, in the coropsmy of young Gentlemen, 
committed to his conduct: w^^ trust bee discharged with great care & 
fidelity to the great satisfaction of their Parents and Relations. Hee is a 
Gentleman of an excellent understanding, & steddy in his principles, & to say 
no more of him, is very wel quaiifyed for the worke, w<^^ hee has undertaken.' 



F«b. 18-28.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 164*-162* 347 

. Fab. 19 (Sim.). The Picture of Geofrey Chaucer in a MS*, of his 
Tales in BibJ. Bodl. super Art. A. 32. ^ An old Print of our Saviour, 
with words of a very old print underneath in a MS*, in Bibl. Bodl. super 
Art D. 5. Mr Bagford to be shew'd this when he comes to Oxford. — 
Theodoricus Rood of Cologn was a Printer at Oxford in the Year 1481. 
at wcli time he printed Alexander super 3*i'>m lib. de Anima. 'Tis in 
BibL Bodl. — Registrum G. in Queen's College, containing the Accounts 
of the College, in w^^^ the Name of Barthol. Bousfield (writ there Bows- 
fellus) several times occurrs written by his own Hand, and it exactly agrees 
with the Hand in the Parchment Scroul of the Bodlejan Library in 157 1. 10 
— Look into Ingulph Ed. Oxon. p. 479. about a Charter concerning the 
Tythes of Wool (decima Lanae) of Crowland Abbey, & try if that Charter 
can now be found anywhere. — 39 Articles in Queen's Coll. Library. 
N. 12. 20. S. II. 5. See also w* there is in the VoL F. 6. 29. — Vesii- 
bulum idem quod vestiariuniy ut liquet ex fragmento Statutorum Warhami 
Episcopi tunc temporis Londinensis, penes cl. Edv. Thwaitesium \ ColL 
Regin. Oxon. — Spelman's Glossary in Queen's Coll. Library with D^ 
Barlow's MSS*. Notes, in ^^ he has observ'd divers words that are not 
in the printed Copies of Spelman, and perhaps not in Du-Fresne. par- 
ticularly y« Word Nutrimen w°^ he explains from Pet. Pithceus & Le ao 
Maistre. It signifies tythes of Hogs, Lambs, &c. F. 16. 13, — Some- 
thing about Livy, Eutropius and Pliny in Jac. Lydius in Passionem X**. 
Mar. 406. At the Beginning of yj^ Book are also very curious observa- 
tions upon some Part of the New Testament, chiefly relating to the 
Readings, w^li Doctor Mill should have consulted. 

Feb. 20 (Koil). Cicero often cited in the Scriptores Historian Augustas 
per Sylburg. A. 3. 6, 7, 8. Art 

Feb. 22 (Wed.). See an Account of ye Invention of Printing in 
Gregorius Queccius de nobilitate A: pra&stantia Hominis p. 226. A. 6. 11. 
Art. » Tully cited &c. in the Scriptores Historian Augustas per Gruterum. 3^ 
A. 4. L9. Art — Burton upon Antoninus. A. 4. 15. Art. 

Feb. 28 (Th.). Jos. Brookbank writ The well-tuned organ ; or a DiS' 
cussion of the Question Whether or no Instrumental and Organical 
Musick be lawfull in Holy Publick Assemblies ? Aff. Lond. 1666. . . 
In w«l» Year also came out his Book call'd A Breviaie of our Kin^s 
whole Latin Grammar y vulgarly call'd Lillie's. 8^o. . . The former Book 
to be mentioned to M*^. Dodwell who has written and publish'd an 



Asks for notice when Ephnem Syrus is published. ' This weeke I ventnred to 
go into the Strand to the French Booksellers, to look into y* new edition of 
Arutopbanej : & perchance the same curiosity may carry mee into 6^ Paul's* 
Church-yard, to tume over the leaves of the devout Syrian Homilist, when 
I heare, it is sent hither from Oxon.' 

Feb. 21. Dodwell to H. (Raw!. 35. 48). Thanks for transcription of 
the sheet of WolHus. £)r. Woodward got his shield as old iron in an iron- 
monger's shop. D. suggested that it was modem, but the £)r. assured him 
that it had been twice patched with modem tron, so that it could not be later 
than the time of Charles the Great. Encloses a copy of the Bath inscription 
as engraved for Dr. Musgrave*s book. Buddaeus, of Jena, has written against 
Dodweirs Paraenes'u, 



348 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [vno : 

Excell* Discourse upon Church Musick. — M'. John Twells, School- 
master in the year 1683. published in 8^0 at London Grammatica Refor- 
mata, or a General Examination of y« Art of Grammar. In the Preface 
to ^^ Book there is a distinct and exact Account of the Compilers of 
our common Grammar. — On Friday last died the R*. Reverend and 
truly learned Doctor George Bull, Bp. of S*. David's, and he is to be 
buried, if he be not buried already, at Brecknock. 

Feb. 24 (Pri.). S^. Robert Jenkinson one of the Members of 
Parliam*. for the County of Oxford dying lately, and a new Writ being 

10 issued for an Election of a new Member, the Sheriff declar'd the Day for 
Electing to be on Wednesday last The t^^'o Competitors were Sir 
Robert Jenkinson, Son to the late Sir Robert, and ^. Thomas Read. 
The Election began between i and 2 Clock on Wednesday in the After- 
noon, and did not End 'till last Night There were above 2600 pol'd 
upon this occasion, and there had been more had not the Small-Pox, w«h 
is now very rife in Oxford and fatal, hinder'd them from coming. 
Others were also upon the road for Sir Robert Jenkinson, but they were 
countermanded. Sir Robert having no occasion for them. For he carry'd 
it against his Antagonist by 169 Voices, to the great Joy of all truly 

ao honest Men. This S^. Robert Jenkinson was a few Years since Gentle- 
man-Commoner of Trinity-College. He is a Gentleman of great Virtues 
and of singular Integrity and Probity, of a courteous, affable Temper, a 
Lover of his Country, and an Enemy to Rebellion; but as for Sir 
Thomas Read he is a Young Gendeman that never had any Litterary 
Education ; he is a stanch Whigg, a loose Debauchee, and has little or 
nothing of Religion. These qualities are so notorious that even the 
Minister of his own Parish would not without some diflficulty give him 
his Vote. And yet some Clergymen appeared for him such as that 
white-liver'd Fellow Tim. Goodwin, the illiterate, impudent Archdeacon 

a© of Oxford, and others whose Names I shall not now specify ; but I can- 
not however pass over our present ambidexter Vice-Chancellour, 1>. 
William Lancaster, who tho' he had no vote yet gave his Interest for Sir 
Thomas Read, being desir'd to do it by the Duke of Marlborough. Now 
Lancaster being a Man of wonderfull ambition, and having an extream 
desire to be a Bp. he comply'd with the Duke's Request, to the no small 
Astonishment of several who had conceiVd well of him upon account of 
his late Stipulation for !>. Sacheverell. Yet these Men would not wonder 
if they did but consider that Lancaster obtain'd leave first of all from the 
Duke of Marlborough, and other great, hungry Courtiers, before he 

40 appeared Bayle for the Doctor, these powerfull Men assuring him that 
that Act should do him no Prejudice. This I have had from several 
honest, understanding Persons ; and Lancaster's stickling for Sir 
Thomas is a plain Confirmation of it The Whiggs and Presbyterians 
are strangely nettled at Sir Robert's gaining this Point, it being now highly 
probable that the L^. Rialton, (a sniveling Gentleman of not half the 
sense with the late poor spirited Dick Cromwell,) will be thrown out the 

Feb. 24. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 157). Sends for Mr. Bedford 
a collation of the Latin copies in the Bodleian of the XXXIX Articles of 
1563 and 1571. 



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next Election. The Whiggs made upon this occasion their utmost 
Efforts, and one of them, M"". Bray who has been Parliament Man several 
times, had the Front as to say at Sir Robert Jenkinson's own Table 
sometime since that /Ae Floud-GaUs of the Treasury (of England)f^a«/</ 
he set open to pour out money for making Interest in behalf of Sir Thomas^ 
and others of that Stamp, — Petr. Kirslenius has critical Notes upon the 
Gospel of St. Matthew &c. ^^ D'. Mill should have consulted, they 
being deriv'd from Collations. It stands B. 3. 11. Art 

Feb. 26 (Sun.). M'. Whalley has printed his 30*^ of January Sermon 
preach'd at S* Maries. He has left some things out at the latter End 10 
wch were Rules to be observ'd by such as should undertake an answer 
to Mr Hoadly's Book. The Sermon is an excellent Discourse, such as 
none can find fault with but Whiggs and partial Men. The Arguments 
are close and home, deliver'd in a plain, familiar style, without any vain 
affectation or gloss to set them off. 

Feb. 28 (Tu.). M^. Smith lately Student of X*. Church, & commonly 
caird Captain Rag, has just printed a most ingenious Po^m to the 
Memory of M'. John Philips who died last summer, to y« great Re- 
luctance of all those who were acquainted with his good humour & 



Feb. 26. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 158). Does not doubt but that 
Bp. Hall's successor will be such another as Dr. TrimneU. Dr. West's Sermon 
a most vile, scandalous pamphlet. Has not yet seen the Reflexions upon it« 
Divers in Oxford do not stick to commend Mr. Hoadl/s last book. ' I cannot 
as yet learn particularly the Age of D^ Crosthwait. 'Tis said he was upwards 
of 3 score and ten. He was very easy all the time of his Sickness, and did not 
shew the least Discomposure of Mind. The Friday immediately before his 
Death D^ Hudson was with him, and he was pleas'd to declare unto him that 
he had acted always upon Principles of Conscience, and that he had no 
Troubles upon him now when he came to dye. Sometime after this M'. Hill, 
one of the present Fellows, a Man of Revolution-Principles, came to him and 
ask'd him whether he would receive the Sacrament. The D'. said ay^ if you 
will ghte it in my vjay, M^ Hill told him he would give it him in the <way of 
the Church of England, Wbyy that is my fway^ reply'd the Doctor ; and accord- 
ingly 'twas administred to him by M^ Hill. But 'twas observ'd that as soon as 
the D'. had receiv'd he call'd for Drink : whence some conclude that he was 
not then in his Senses. This M'. Hill, 'tis said, b the Person that contrived 
the Doctor's Will, otherwise perhaps we might have got some of the Doctor's 
Books to our Publick-Library. He had a large collection of Books ; so that 
I believe they could not be worth less than between two and three hundred 
Pounds, which with his Estate of about 30 Pounds a Year must be reckon'd 
by equal Judges a good Benefaction. But notwithstanding this they are so 
ungrateful!, as to say his Books are not worth above 25 libs, and to give out 
that the Doctor's Donation is not half a Recompence for the Kindnesses he 
receiv'd from them ; but how he that is tum'd out of his Fellowship (which is 
a Freehold) and hardly permitted to have a Chamber in the College, and is 
ridicul'd and scoflTd at in the Common Room by Persons a great nuny Years 
his Juniors (as I have observ'd the Doctor was, when I have been present) can 
be properly said to be so much indebted as they give out, I leave to yourself to 
judge.* Funeral of Dr. Hall, and election of Dr. Brickenden as Master of 
Pembroke. The election of.M.P. for the county. Some say that Dr. 
Lancaster expects the vacant Bishopric of St. David's. Mr. Harbm may rely 
on H.'s readiness to assist him. 



350 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

most admirable Parts, y/^^ suflficiently appear in his Splendid ShUlrng^ 
Bleinheimy Syder^ &c. M^. Smith has writ divers other ingenious 
Pieces. 

March 1 (Wed.). ... In the most antient printed Books, as well 
as in MSS*«. written about y« time that printing began, the common 
distinction is only this mark, viz. (|). as for example, Nm ea solum quce 
timenda erani \ sed omnia \ m aliquid vos timeretis \ oppugnata domus \ &c. 
in Tully. and so in several stones. — This being the Day for electing 
Proctors according to the Caroline Cycle, M'. William Denison A.M. 
ko & Fellow of University College was elected by that College (that being 
one of the Colleges for this Year.) to the great satisfaction of that 
Society & the university. This is the same Gentleman of whom I have 
made mention in a former Volume for his most excellent Performance 
m repeating the Easter Sermons at S^. Marie's. 

March 2 (Th.). Arias Montanus for his Edition of the Royal Bible 
was accus'd to the Pope as an Heretick. Upon w^l^ he writ his apology 
in Spanish, w^ is now preserv'd as a Great Rarity in the Oxford Library, 
& ought to be printed. See Colomesius's Opuscula, p. 76. — 

Monday last being the Day w^li the Parliament, or the supreme Power 
«o of the Nation, as they both style and reckon themselves, had appointed 
for the Tryal of D^. Sacheverell, Scaffolds were erected by theu* Order in 
Westminster-Hall, and in the Morning the Dr. was conve/d thither by 
coach, attended with six other Coaches and a vast Concourse of People, 
all crying out and wishing long Life and Prosperity and a safe Deliver- 
ance to the Doctor. He was also pray'd for by Name at S*. Bride's 
and several other Churches in London the Day before, as he likewise 
was in some Churches in the Country. His Sermon on the fifth of 
November and the Preface to his Assize Sermon in Derbyshire, with 
the Articles of his Impeachment and his Answer were severally read, 
30 and the Crimes alledg d against him were manag'd by the advocates 
of the Party with all the aggravating Circumstances that could be 
invented by Diabolical Malice. The Doctrine of Passive Obedience 
was decr/d as a pernicious, slavish Doctrine, and Offers made in a 
sly manner for destroying the Articles of the Church of England, at 
l^st that article in w<>h the Homilies are enumerated. The Queen was 
present both on Monday and Tuesday, when they went through the 
two first articles of Impeachment, and di the rest I shall have occasion 
to speak hereafter when we hear further. The Mob both in London 
and elsewhere (as well as the most considerable Persons of Distinction 
40 that are fam'd at all for Integrity) are altogether for the Doctor, and 
they expressed themselves with the utmost fury when he was convey'd 
to Westminster Hall and from thence against iht Presbyterians, Whiggs 
and all that large Tribe. The D""/" Counsel are not permitted to speak 
'till the advocates of the Party have gone through aU the Articles, and 
exerted themselves as far as possible their venom will carry them. ^ 

The most Pious, humble, meek and truly Reverend, as well as learned 
Bp.^ of Norwich dying lately, and there being now no Nonjuring or 
deprived Bp. that insists upon his Rights, and the Schism therdfore 

1 Lloyd. 



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being clos'd, according to the Principles of ihe Case in vieWy & the 
Best books that have been written on that subject, M*". Dodwell, M'. 
Cheny, &c. with their whole Families now go to Church again to y* 
great Joy of all that are concem'd for union. M*". Dodwell was at 
Church, with M^ Cherry & both their Wives and Children on Sunday 
last, and the Bells were rung upon that occasion.. This was at Shottes- 
brooke in Berks. (NB. I did not know then that the Non-juring Bp*. 
had continued their Succession. T. H. Dec. 31. 1732.) 

Maroh 4 (Sat.). The Managers against D^*. Sacheverell finished all 
the Articles on Thursday, and the Evidence was summ'd up by M^ i^ 
Lechmore, a man of Parts but a most vile, stinking Whigg. He did 
it in about half an hour's time, and told them that in some extraordinary 
Cases, such as that of the late wicked Revolution, Resistance is lawful! ; 
w<* Distinction gives a handle to Rebellion whenever a Majority shall 
judge the Case to be extraordinary, and that y^ Affairs of the Nation 
require it. There were 15 Spiritual Lords, and loi Temporal L^. 
present. As for the Doctor he was conve/d backwards and forwards 
to Westminster HaH by a most prodigioiis Conflux of y^ Mob, all 
shouting and crying out for him, and falling upon those that did not 
pull off their Hatts to y« Doctor as he pass'd by. They are so zealous ao 
for him, that they have puU'd down several Meeting Houses of the 
Dissenters in London, amongst w^k is the Meeting House of that old 
presbyterian Rogue Daniel Burgess. The Mobb had proceeded farther 
had not the Train-Bands been rais'd that folbw'd them from Place to 
place. One time the D^. was conve/d privately in a Chair on purpose 
to avoid the Mobb, but they soon found him out, and began their usual 
Huzzas and acclamations, such as /he Church, the Churchy no forty one^ &c. 
The Materials of Burgess'es Meeting House were convey'd into one of 
the Fields and with them a huge Bonfire was made, and the Tub in 
w«k he us'd to hold forth was plac'd on y« top of the Pile. Upon this 3© 

Maroh 4. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 151). Has handed to Mr. 
Bedford the XXXIX Articles in Latin, collated by H. with the two Latin 
copies of 1 563 and 1 57 1. He has finished his answer to Collins's villanous pam- 
phlet, with the exception of the Preface. Has of late been sorely afiSicted with 
the strangury, and H. and Dr. Lister, whom he consults with by letter as a 
physician, are the only persons he corresponcte with. ' I exspect, when the tryal 
of Sacheverel is over, and judgm^ pissed upon him, they wil endeavour to impose 
an oath upon the Clergy ft Universities, and force all to renounce the Slatnsb 
Doctrine, as they call it, of Non'reiittence, under the penalty of a forfeiture 
of their preferments : w<^ has been so exposed & ridiculed by several of the 
Haranguers in Westminster Hall . . . M'. Kfilboumes last Sermon on y« 30*** 
Jan. in this critical conjuncture preached & published, has provoked the Whigs 
almost to an outrage : & the foolish Mob, who have appeared in great multi- 
tudes, attending upon D'. Sach. in his going to & returning from his tryall, 
besides their riotous misbehaviour in pulling downe Meeting-houses, wil en- 
flame the reckoning, & wil bee aggravated in the Severity of the Sentence, 
intended to bee passed upon him. I heard a Gentleman say, who understands 
the Court wel enough, that D'. L. was in a faire way to bee Bp of Bristol. 
This was before the newes came of Bp. Bulls death : and if the great mans 
hiterest, Marlborough, bee prevalent enough it is not unlikely, hee may bee 
either the one or y^ other : n>r no man courts his favour, or has flattered him 
more, or, as I have reason to beleive would bee guilty of baser complyances . . • 



352 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

occasion the Commons have address'd her Majesty that she would 
issue her Royal Proclamation against Papists, Nonjurors &c. as if they 
were the occasion of this Ryot & the Doctor himself is reckon'd the 
principal Cause of it. — Maffeij Opiniones A. i. 7. Line, in w«J» TuUy 
is often corrected. — A Piece of Painting found among y« Goods of 
a Gentleman of Colchester deceased, done upon Leather with a square 
Wooden Frame about i foot and a quarter long and i foot wide, the 
Picture of an old Man from the Breast upwards (supposed to represent 
God the Father) that of our Saviour on his right, & of the Virgin Mary 
10 on his left, but both small. The old man hath two X's on his Neck 
ft something like a Bible in his left Hand with a X on the outside, & 

over his Head these Characters CTB^ ♦ HklKOXlS, over X*. these fC-XC. 

over the Virgin these Mj&A« 



A Poem found on the Queen's Toilet. 

O Anna see the Prelude is begun. 
Again they plav the Game of forty one. 
And he's the Traytor who defends thy throne. 
Thus Laud 8c thus thy Royal Grandsire dy'd. 
Impeached by Clamours and by Faction try*d. 
Hoadly*s cry d up who dares thy Right oppose 
Because he crowns the Mob, and arms thy Foes. 
O stop y* dire Proceedings er'e too late, 
And see thy own in poor Sachev'rers fate. 
Fatal Experience bids thee now be wise, 
At him they strike, but thou'rt y* Sacrifice, 
Let one bless*d Martyr of thy Race suffice. 



The Thanksgiving. 

In sounds of Joy your tuneful! Voices raise. 
And teach v* People whom to thank 8c praise. 
Thank prudent Anna's providential Reign, 
30 For Peace & plenty both of Coyn 8c Grain. 

Thank y« Scotch Peers for their firm unbought Union, 

Thank Bp* for occasional Communion. 

Thank y* Stock-jobbers for your thriving trade. 

Thank mst Godolphin y* all debts are paid. 

Thank Marlborou^'s zeal y* scom*d y* proffer*d treaty, 

But thank Eugene y* French Men did not beat yon. 

Thank your own selves y^ you're tax'd & shamm*d. 

And thank th* Almighty if you are not danm*d. 

40 Among y* High-Church Men I find there are several. 

That stick to y* Doctrine of Harry Sacheverell. 
Among y* Low-Church too I find y* as oddly 
Some pin all their Faith on Benjamin Hoadly. 

I pray give mee a short account of the Author of the jMaritiofif as whether 
hee is in orders, of what standing, & where educated. His poeme is written 
with great wit, good sense, & wonderful! honesty. It is wel if he comes not 
into trouble by his sly reflexions on the H. of C. The Whigs are triumphant, 
and thinke to carry ill before them : but I hope, the Church & y^ monarchy 
wil not bee run downe so easily, as they presume & imagine.' Conjures H. to 
leave out the word learned in making mention of S. in his letters to others, as 
this character does him a prejudice. 



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But we moderate Men do our Judgment suspend, 
For God only knows where these Matters will end. 
For Sal'sbury, Burnett & Kennett White shew 
That as >• times yary so principles go. 
And twenty Years hence for ought you or I know, 
'Twill be Hoodly the High, and Sachevercll y« low. 

Karoh 6 (Sun.). Every Parson and vicar, as well Bishops &c. call'd 
Prelate in the Canon Law. — 

Conjecture about the Letters in pag. 185. over the Picture there 

mentioned. 10 

As for this Picture I cannot judge of the time when twas made, 
because I never saw it, nor heard of any other Circumstances relating to 
it than those which are above expressed. I do not, however, at all doubt 
but it did belong to a Roman Catholick, who contriv'd it according to 
his own particular Humour and Fancy. The Letters are put to signify 
certain Words, but what those Words should be is not to be understood 

but by conjecture, only those four Letters \t. yCt, do without all doubt 
signify ^itiaovt Xpunr6s. We have those Abbreviations often in MSS*". 
and in stones, as well as the Constantinopolitan Coyns ; tho' in stones 

for XC. we have more frequently X P C, which is seen as well in Latin ao 
Inscriptions as Greek. The Latins thought fit to make use even of 
Greek Letters upon such an occasion of mentioning of our Saviour. 
Web may suggest that Latin Letters are sometimes mixt with Greek. 
And here I also once thought that the p was nothing but a p, and that 

M]5A stood for Maria peperit for parturiji) Dominum, or rather L€(nt6rriw 
or Despotam, Despota was us'a for Lord from the Greeks amongst the 
Latins after the seat of the Emperour was translated to Constantinople. 
Particular Accounts of the use of that word and it's peculiar Signification 
may be seen in M^ Selden's Tides of Honour, and perhaps some light 
also received from the Curiosities lately published by Monfaucon in his 3^ 
Paleographia Graeca. What chiefly lead me into this Supposition is the 
A) w^ I took to be d, but I now believe that 'tis a, and that the /> is 
a p, so that all the three Letters are an Abbreviation of Mopto. And this 
is the most natural and easy Interpretation, as will sufficientiy appear to 
those who are conversant in MSSt>. The hardest Interpretation is of 
the middle Figure, w<^ represents an old Man, and is thought by those 
that have view'd it to represent God the Father; and perhaps they have 
good reasons for their Opinion. But for my own part at present I do 
not take it for Grod the Father, but only another Representation of God 
the Son, painted in such a Posture as that it may denote to the Beholders 4^ 
that he was much older than the common accounts will have, w<^ make 
him to be 33 Years of Age ; which Accounts are certainly right with 
Respect to the time of his conversing upon Earth ; but then as he was 
God he was from all Eternity, & the Contriver of the Picture in all likely-- 
hood had his Godhead in his view, & would intimate that he was as old 
as the Father himself, that he was the logos or the word, that the old 
Testament as well as the New relates to him, and that several of the 
Prophesies do concern his Crucifixion. Hence occasion might be taken 
lo fix the figure X on his neck, and on the Book, w<^ is supposed to be 
a Bible. The Adding the Bible also illustrates the thing so far as to 50 
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354 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

shew that our Saviour is concerned in both Testaments. From hence 
I conjecture that the Letters over the '^ Figure are thus to be explained : 
CT for Sravpir, betokening our Saviour's Cross, and pointing to the 
Mark X. The Abbreviation b2^ I take to be nothing but BcjSXia, 
having reference to the Book in the left hand. I have sometimes seen 
J> for /9 in MSS*». but if it be a latin B 'twill not be absurd, considering 
that the Letters of both Languages, as was before hinted, are often mix'd 
together. The HklKOXlC I take to be a compendious Expression for 
^v Kvpios 6 \6yos. In y« same Inscriptions the letter <r is sometimes made 

10 different ways, viz. 2 and C. & C. Of this we have an excellent Instance 
in the Theater Marbles, particularly that to Aurelia Fausta, erected to 
her Memory in the time of Marcus Antoninus, & now standing behind 
the Apodyterium of the Convocation-House just by the League between 
the Smymaeans & Magnesians, but if there were no Inscriptions or other 
Instances to confirm the ways of writing us'd in this Pict\u*e, yet 'tis 
enough that the Contriver was left at his own Liberty to make use of 
such Characters as best suited with his Design, and the Obscurity he was 
resolv'd should be couch'd under them. Since the writing of what goes 
before I have been inform'd that there are no Rayes round the Head of 

2o the Middle Figure, such as are plac'd round the Head of such Pictures 
as are made of oiu* Saviour, whereas there are rays round the Head 

of the other w^l^ has over it fC. 5Ct, But it must be observ'd that this 
is a Circumstance that is sometimes omitted, and is now and then seen 
about the Heads of those Pictures w<^ are design'd to represent God 
the Father. Thus in the MS*. Historical Part of the Bible, preserv'd in 
y^ Archives of the Bodlejan Library, and most curiously illuminated the 
Picture of the father is at the Beginning in full length, and round his 
Head are seen such Rayes, as our Saviour and his Aposdes are often 
seen to have about them. In other MSS*« (particularly Missals and 

30 other Divine Offices) I have seen the Rayes both of our Saviour and his 
Apostles left out ; as also I have in such Pictures as are made of our 
Saviour according to the Descriptions given of him in the Letter of 
Pontius Pilate to Tiberius ft of Lentulus to the Roman Senate; w<^ 
Letters however spurious are yet preserv'd in old MSS*». and have given 
occasion to divers superstitious & credulous Persons to draw our Saviour 
according to the Accounts there deliver'd. 

March 6 (Mon.). On Friday the advocates for I>. Sacheverell began 
their Defence. They went that Day only upon the first Article, and 
answer'd all the arguments alledg'd by the Adversaries against the 

40 Doctrine of Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance. Sir Simon Har- 
court was the first that spoke. His Speech and Defence of the Doctor 
lasted two Hours. He defended the foresaid Doctrine without any 
Reserve, and came off with much Applause. The other advocates spoke 
also very well. Next day Passages out of the Homilies, Councils, 
Fathers, Civilians, Common Lawyers, & Acts of Parliam* were produced 
and read. The Prince of Oranges Declaration was likewise read. They 
are to proceed on the other Points to day. The Mob was quell'd by the 
Militia, and several of them are committed, and a Proclamation is come 
out offering a Reward of an hundred Pounds to any one that shall dis- 

50 cover and secure any one of the Fomenters and Abettors of the Riot 



MMdfc5-7.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 195-206. 355 

All Roman Catholicks and Non-Jurors that have Families and are 
Householders are commanded to go no farther from London than 
5 Miles, and such as have no Families to go out of London ten miles, 
and not to come nearer to the City than that Distance. The Oaths are 
also order'd to be tendered to them, and such as refuse them are to be 
prosecuted with the utmost Rigour. A Debate arose whether the word 
Republicans (who are certainly the Cause of all this Mischief) should be 
put in ; but that was rejected by a great Majority. The Whiggs and all 
the Party may by this time see the ill Conseauences of the Doctrine 
advanced by them of the Original of Government s being from the People, 10 
and their chief Writers, such as Hoadly, the Review, Kennett &c. ought 
to be punish'd with the utmost Rigour for maintaining such arguments 
as give the People a Power of taking up arms, when they shall think fit. 
K &ese Gendemen could have been found out they had without all doubt 
felt the Eflfects of their Doctrine. The Mob would have either torn them 
in Pieces, or made them undergo very great Disgraces. For they were 
strangely incens'd, insomuch as they did not spare the Master-Builder of 
the Conventicle-Houses in London. They were going to throw him 
into y« Fire, alledging this for a sufficient reason, that he had set up 
Houses in opposition to the national Church. But they were mercifull, ao 
and only burnt his Night-cap, that he might remember what Danger he 
had escapU 

The Dean* of JC*. Church has a small Quarto MSS*. consisting of 14 
Pages, written in a bad Hand, and containing Certayne Observaiions of 
Charles Fettiplace his Vcyadgejfrom Aleppo to Constantinople by Land, In 
it are some good hints, but not worth printing ; tho' of use to one that 
writes an Account of Uie Places there noted. — If Pliny's Epistles be 
reprinted I must remember to collate the two Epistles concerning his 
Uncle, with Froben's Edition of them prefix'd to the Natural History. . . 

March 7 (To.). Vincentius Bellunensis has a great many Things of 3o 
Tully in the 4*h Tome (I think) of his Speculum Historiale. 



A Ballad upon thb Oxfordshire Election, accounted for above 

PAG. 163, &c. 
I. 
We are told by tke Town that a ' Man of great Note 
For the sake of Laun-Sleeves is atuming his Coate : 
Yet in his excuse my dear Friends I must grant ye^ 
There are twenty good reasons in a sede vacante: 
And Bristolb* a Mitre may be pat to his Mind 
Where the Tab and Cathedral so lately were joyn'd. 40 

Mareli 7. Barnes to H. (Rawl. 24. 16). Is engaged on the Indexes ftc. 
to Homer. Has not yet met with suitable encouragement, but his zeal for 
Homer and his own reputation surmounts all. Has paid nearly 500/., all but 
65/., and will have to pay about 30/. for the frontispiece^ which he expects 
every day from Holland. Has not yet touched Mrs. Barnes's purse, for fear 
of breaking her heart. Can Dr. Hudson raise 100/.? Can't yet think of a 
patron, and has not written a word of preface. 

* D'. Hen. Aldrich. * D'. William Lancaster, Vicc-ChanccUour of Oxford. 

* Vacant by the death of D'. Hall. 

A a 2 



356 JIEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

a. 

Tho* his old* solid Grace was preferred cross the Water 
For nicking the Tvde, & well trimming the Matter; 
Yet does it not follow that the Church of S^. Martin, 
Makes her Rectors all Prelates for being micertain. 
But we find of late days the high Road to Promotion 
Is to pay our Great Dnke, not the Church your Devotion. 

3- 

Henceforth Alma Mater must submitt to the City, 
10 Let her Doctors grow dull and the Aldermen witty. 

Let the Scarlet and Gown yield to Cloaks & white Border 
Since our learned Vice-Can joyns Non Con y* 'Recorder. 
V/ith Dissenters he votes for a low Legislatur 
And the Print of Geneva has Guils imprimatur. 

4- 
But if his grand Patron Be most bounteous Requiter 
Should forget to reward his good Friend w^ a Mitre, 
And wipe out old Scores wim Words sweet as Honey, 
As he did the past Service for the Son of Volpone, 
20 Why then may we say our defeated Projector 

Has paid for the Lord, and is still but a Rector. 

5. 
Give me the poor 'Vicar in y* Country resideing 
That saddles bis Nag, and neVe mres him in ^ riding. 
For the worthy Church Member Heads in a strong Party, 
Religion's his Guide 8c y* Cause makes him hearty. 
The great ones at Court by Terrors can't sway him, 
And the Hopes of Lawn Sleeves will never betray him. 

6. 
30 Hereafter in story it will look but odly 

That our Oxford Vice-gerent should run in w*** Hoadly. 

The Whigs must all think the Church under Hatches 

When the Court nicks his Conscience as Tompion* our Watches. 

Not weather-Cock Kennett such turning can snow, 

To, bail High-Church one day & y* next vote for Low. 



If the Life of King Alfred be reprinted I must remember to add some- 
thing out of the 3<l. vol. of M'. Leland's Itinerary fol. 72. concerning the 
Burial of King Alfred. — One M^ Palmer^ a Divine, is suspended by 
the Bp. of London, by virtue of an Order from the Queen, for praying for 
40 1>. Sacheverelt^ Deliverance from Persecution in her Majesty's Chapelle. 
— MS. in Bibl. Bodl. supra D. Art 59. containing Libri duo Collationum 
24 Patrum Sanctorum per Jo. Cassianum, &c. This was once M"*. Fox 
the Martyrologist's Book, and his Name by his own Hand appears at y^ 
Beginning. — A very old MSB*, of Prudentius's Works in Bibl. BodL 
supra Art D. 69. Tis one of those Books that Leofrick gave to the 
Church of Exeter as appears from a Memorandum of that Age at y« 
Beginning. — Supra Art. D. 80. a very fine Latin MS^. of the Canons 
of y« Apostles, w^h once belong'd to y« Church of Exeter. At the End 



» D'. Tennison. * M'. Wright, a great Whigg. 

* He means the ingenious M'. Aldrich Panon of Henly, who brought np a good 
Number for S' Robert Jenkinson. 
« A £unons Watch-Maker. 



MMob 7.] VOLUME XXIIT, PAGES 206-21 6. 357 

of w<^ this Note, Hunc lihrum legaoit Walierus Gyhfys, EcclesicB Cathe^ 
dralis Exan. Canonicus dum vixit in Ustanunio mo ad usu (lege usum) 
ejusdem EcclestcB^ ibidem perpeiuo remansurum : quern qm'dem liorum execu-- 
tores dicti defuncH deliberarunt Decano ^ Capitulo EccUsice Caihedralis 
prcBdicfcB iercio die Mensis Septemhris anno Domini millesimo CCCCXIIII^. 

— Supra D. Art 99. The Gospells in Latin in Capital Letters. — 
Supra Art D. 104. The Bible in Latin written in an andent Hand. At 
Uie End in a large and pretty old Hand : Orate pro Magistro Wdlelmo 
Cieve, in utroquejure Bac. BristotlicB nato^ LondoH conversante, ac Roger i 

Sf Elizabeth parentum efusdem, (Vel legendum ac Rogero ^ Elizabeth '® 
parentihus gusdem, vel acpro animdbus Rogeri^ Elizabeth parentumejusdem.) 

— Supra Art D. 113. Rich. Hampole in Job, cum alijs quibusd. At 
the Beginning, Istum librum dedit Decano ^ Capitulo Ecclesice Cathedralis 
beati Petri Exon, Magister Johannes Stevenys quondam ejusdem EcclesicB 
Canonicus, cathenandum in eorum commum lihraria post obitum Magistri 
RogeriKeys. Etquicuncque ilium sine licenaa prcedicti Capituli abstulerit^ vel 

folium inde resciderit, anathematizetur eo facto. 

In the same Book, at y^ End in a more modem hand than j^ Book 
itself: 

In aula Lancbston. ao 

Supra tabulam Talettorum. 
Whoso loveth wel to fare. Bot he have the more good 

Ever spende and never spare His heer wol growe thnrgh his Hood. 

Supra tabulam clericorum. 

Whose comyth to any Hows And but a wol do so 

Ne be he noo^t dangerous Reson wolde accorde therto 

Tak that he fyndith To take that he bryngith. 

Supra tabulam garciorum & operariorum. 
In another mannys hons Miche desire for to have 

Ne be thou never coveytons For that is the condicion of a Knave. 30 

Supra tabulam generosorum & armigerorum. 
Whoso wol his worship save To say y» best that he can 

Honest maners he most have Of every man in his absence 

Hit falleth to a Genteiman And say hym soth in his presence. 

In fine aulae sic : 

Pauperis in specie Christus cum venerit Bonum est adiscere dum juventus duimt 

ad te Nam stultus est qui nil scit Sc nil scire 

Hoc partiri ^ sibi quod dedit ante tibi. curat. 



On Sunday last at three in the Afternoon dyed the L^. Chief Justice 
Holt, after a long Indisposition, in the 68*^ year of his Age. He died 4o 
rich, was reckoned an honest Man, and was as great a Common Lawyer 
as ever fiU'd that Place. — On Monday I>. Sacheverell's Council went 
upon the 3 remaining articles of his Impeachment, and a great many vile 
Books were read in relation to the toleration. They all spoke very finely, 
and finished the whole on Tuesday, when all was clos'd by the Doctor 
himself in an elegant and Pathetical Speech, w^k drew tears from several 
of the auditors, both Men and Women. The Queen herself was present. 



* Forsan partire. 



358 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

and was very attentive. The Doctor's Speech lasted an hotit and twenty 
Minutes. 

March (Th.). The 39 Articles confirm'd by Parliam* in 1571. 
See Statutes in 130. Eliz. cap. 12. — The English Creede, consenting with 
the true auncient Catholique^ and apostolique Church in al the points and 
articles of Religion which everie Christian is to hnezve and beleeve that 
would be saved. By Thomas Rogers. The first Parte containing only 19 
Articles. At London imprinted by John Windet for Andrew Maunsel at 
the brasen Serpent in Pauls Church Yard. 1585. fol. The second 

io Parte came out afterw^*. being printed at London 1587. fol. by Robert 
Walde-grave, for Andrew Maunsell, at the Brasen Serpent in Paul's 
Church- Yard, and it contains the Remaining articles. The Articles in 
both Parts are printed At large, and I observe that the controverted 
Clause in the 20*^ is exstant in this Book. M'. Wood (Athenae Oxon. 
Vol. I. col. 341.) mentions another Book, with almost y« same tide, viz. 
The English Creed ; wherein is contained in tables an exposition on the 
articles w^'^ every man is to subscribe unto. Where the articles are ex- 
pounded by Scripture, & the Confessions of all the reformed Churches & 
Heresies are displayed. Lond. 1579. & 85. fol. M^. Wood seems to be 

90 mistaken, & this very Book seems to me to be the same with that I 
mention'd. M^ Wood perhaps took y« Title as he had found it in some 
Book, where Catalogues of Books of Divinity were mention'd, & the 
Titles of the Authors not kept to. The Book I mention'd has all the 
particulars mention'd, nor is there in the Preface the least mention of a 
former Edition or of another Book of the same Nature. Nor does the 
tide-Page mention a former Edition. In the Preface he mentions only 
the first Part as coming out in 1585, & sajrs that the other should come 
abroad, if it so should please God, in good time. The Preface is dated 
at London the 6. of Februarie, Anno 1585. The latter Part of the Tide: 

30 the first Parte in most Loyal maner to the Glorie of God, credit of our 
Church, and displaceing of all Haerisies, and errors, both olde and newe, 
contraries to the faith, subscribed unto by Thomas Rogers. The first 
Part inscrib'd to Edmund (Scambler I believe, and not Freak) Bp. of 
Norwich. The 2nd. Part to Sir Christopher Hatton, lA. Chancellor of 
England. He was made L^ Chancellor in 1587. What makes me think 
these Books the very same is that they are not distinguish'd in the 
Antiquities of Oxford. — Catalogue of English printed Bookes : which 
concemeth such Matters of Divinitie, as have bin either written in our 
owne Tongue, or translated out of anie other language : And have bin 

40 published to the Glory of God, & edification of the Church of Christ in 
England, by Andrew Maunsell, Bookeseller. Lond. pr. by John Windet for 
Andrew Maunsell, dwelling in Lothburie. 1595. in 2 Parts folio. In pag. 
5. at the word Articles : Articles whereupon it was agreed by the Arch- 
bishops and Bishops of both provinces and the whole clergie in the con- 
vocation holden at London 1562. for the avoydinge of diversities of 
opinions, and for establishing of consent touching true religion, printed 
by Richard Jugge. 157 1. in 4. — Articles wereupon it was agreede by the 
Archbishop of Cant, and the other Bishops of the same province in the 
Convocation holden at Westminster. 1575. touching the admission of apt 

50 and fit persons to the ministery and establishing of good orders in the 



March 7-18.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 216-225. 359 

Church, printed by Rich. Jugge in 4. — The same title of the Book in 
1579. with that in Wood. But I believe that 'tis a false print in Maun- 
sel, because I do not find that he mentions the Book printed in 1585. 
w^'h without doubt he would had these been two dififerent Books. This 
of 1579. he has under Creed. The 2\ Part is of mathematicks, &c. — 
Mr. Tho. Ofield A.M . was a Benefactor to Oriel-Coll. He was Fellow 
and gave several of his Books when he died. — M"". Randal of Oriel 
College has Tull/s Works in two Tomes folio printed at Lyons apud 
Petnmi Santandreanum, with Lambin's Annotations and Emendations. 
He has also the Edition printed at Amsterdam and Leyden in two 10 
Quartos by the Junior Elzevirs, accurante Schrevelio. Gruter's Notes in 
this Edition at y« Bottom of the Page. — Mr. Thomas Ward A.M. & 
Fellow of Oriel Coll. has taken a great deal of usefull Pains in compar- 
ing an Edition of our Liturgy printed in fol. by Robert Barker in 1636. 
with the modem Editions. The Variations are enter'd in the Margin and 
in leaves inserted, and the Book is the proper Possession of M^. Randal 
of that College. 

March 11 (Sat.). On Thursday the Managers against ]>. Sachever- 
ell began to make their Reply to the Defence that hs^ been in his behalf 
by Sir Simon Harcourt, Ac. ao 

March 13 (Mon.). On Friday the abovesaid Managers finished their 
Reply. The whole was clos'd by Sir Thomas Parker, Serjeant at Law, 
and one who stands fair for being Ld. chief Justice of England. He 
was very severe against D'. Sacheverell, and us'd very ill Language upon 
the occasion, calling him an Impostor, a false Prophet, and said that he 
had forfeited his Orders, with abundance of other stuff. Afterwards the 
Lords proceeded to the Debates, but were stopp'd at y« Beginning by 



March 11. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 159). Glad that Mr. Bedford 
has finished bis excellent undertaking. < D'. L. by bis base Complyances, and 
by his Cringing to the Party, purely for the sake of Preferment, has lost bis 
Reputation so much amongst honest Men, that divers speak of him with aa 
much if not more contempt than they do of D». White Kennett. He has 
been sufficiently expos'd upon account of the late Election, particularly in cer- 
tain Verses, which are handed about, and intitl'd A Ballad upon the Ox/ordibirt 
BUttion, the two last Verses whereof are these : 

Not weather-cock Kennett such turning can show. 

To bail High-Church one day, and the next vote for Low* 

The author of the Apparition is Mr. Abel Evans, B.D., St. John's. His 
Sermon of Aug. 33, 1705, with its allusion to the Memorial, ' S6me time after 
this M^ Evans took occasion in a Speech he spoke publickly in the Hall of 5^ 
John's College to reflect upon and asperse D^ De Laune the President, and 
most if not all the Society. For which he was deprived of his Chaplainship, 
The Dutchess of Marlborough order*d him Venison, and tho' he was a loose, 
ranting Gentleman, yet he Was mightily caress'd ; 'till at last he forsook his iU 
Principles, reform'd his Course of Life, declaimed against the Party, and exerted 
himself with much warmth in behalf of those whom he had vilify 'd before* 
Upon this he was restor*d to his Chapkainsbip, and he set himself to write the 
ingenious Podm before mention'd, which perhaps may bring him into trouble/ 
Burmannus is about an ed. of Silius Italicus; Spanheim lately sent to Dr, 
Hudson to get the only Oxford MS. of this author — that in Queen's Library — 
collated for his use. 



360 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

the Ld Nottingham, who proposed this Question to the Judges, whether 
by the Laws of England in all Prosecutions and Indictements for Crimes 
and Misdemeanours by words or writing the several Particulars of the 
Criminal ought not to be specify'd in the Indictement, and the Judges 
declared themselves unanimously in the Aflirmative. Then the Debates 
began and after three Hours spent in them the L<^. came to this Resolu- 
tion that in the Tryal they would act according to the Laws of England, 
& the Laws, Usage and Customs of Parliament. 

March 16 (Wed.). In Bibl.Bodl. super Art D. Ac. 121. MS.— Rich. 

10 Ringstede super 29. Capita Parabolarum Salamonis — At the beginning of 
the Booke, CaiheneHir juxta Holkotte super Sapientiam Salamonis ; and 
just under, Nunc lihrum dederuni ^ disposueruni Executores Ustamenti 
boruB memortcB Edmundi Lacy nuper Exoniensis Episcopi EccIesicB Cath. 
Exon, cathenandum in magna lihraria ejusdem EcclesicB in perpetuam me- 
moriam, W^^ last Note is also at y« Beginning of MS*, super Art. D. 1 23. 
— In the Bodlejan Library is a MS^ containing the Epistles of Gilbert 
Stone, & divers other things (super Art. D. 123) in w«l^ at page 292. b. is 
Planctus Universitatis Oxon. contra Laicos, tempore magni conflictus. 
These verses were made at the time that the said great Conflict happened, 

flo w«h was in 1354. beginning upon S*. Scholastica's Day, at w*'^ time were 
also other verses made, w«h may be seen bound up with some MSS*». 

March 16 (Th.). On Saturday last the Queen made Sir Thomas 
Parker, (one of the Managers against !>. Sacheverell, and Member of 
Parliament for Derby, and Serjeant at Law) L^. Chief Justice of England 
in room of Sir John Holt, and he was sworn on Monday. He is 
reckon'd a good (tho' not an honest) Lawyer, and is about 45 or 
46 Years of Age. 'Tis likewise * said that her Majesty has nominated 
one D'. Bradford, Minister of S*. Mary le Bow, and Prebendary of 
Westminster, Bp. of S*. David's, and one D^. Barton*, Vicar of Christ 

30 Church, Bp. of Bristoll, both w^h she has done at the Recommendation 
of the heavy Arch^ of Canterbury. Barton was formeriy of Corpus 
Christi College Oxon. They are both obscure Men, of no note for 
Learning, having never shewed one single specimen of it. They are 
Jiowever now cr/d up by the Whiggs, and are characterized to be 
Scholars, Men of Piety, Prudence, and moderation, and 'tis like enough 
they are moderation Men in the sense y* the Party take y« word, that 
is such as are against the Church of England, Men that are lukewarm, 
will sit still and let y® Enemy prevail without opposition, and will brand 
those that either write or discourse in defense of the Church of England 

40 and against her Enemies as men of turbulent spirits. Incendiaries of the 
nation, and Creators of Jealousy in her Majesty's Good Subjects. But 



March 16. Thoresby to H. (Rawl. 10. 64). Cannot find among his 
miscellanies a copy of the Articles, Latin or English, before 1600. Has tran- 
scribed a substantial answer to Priestcraft in Perfection by our excellent 
Recorder M^ Thornton. Trespasses upon the Fast Day rather than miss a 
post. Domestic news. 

» But not truly. 

■ Not so. Bp. Hall was succeeded by D'. Robinson, afterwards Bp. of London. 



March 18-18.] VOLUME XXIII, PAGES 225-237. 361 

tho' the Queen has nominated D^. Barton, 'tis said he declines, and now 
some other low Church Man must be pitch'd upon, such another 
perhaps as that Rascal Ben Hoadly, who 'tis discours'd is to be Pre- 
bendary of Westminster in room of I>. Bradford, and 'tis further talk'd 
that a Mandate is sent to Cambridge to create him D^ of Divinity. — 
On Monday the Lords began their Debates again about D^. Sacheverell's 
Case, and a Committee was selected for searching Precedents. Wch 
Precedents were reported and read the Day following, some of w^^ had 
the Particulars of the Impeachments specify'd, and others not. so y* 
'tis fear'd 'twill still go very hard against y® Doctor. — On Sunday 10 
last dining with D^. Aldrich Dean of Christ Church, that Great Man 
was pleas'd to make very honourable mention of D"". Olearius, and to 
give a great Character of his late Edition of Philostratus, the notes to 
w«li he says are excellent, and amongst other things he observ'd that 
the Publisher had shew'd in some of them good Skill in ancient Musick, 
of w«h no man is a better Judge than this Excellent Dean, as may partly 
appear from the Excellent Remarks of his in the Marmora Oxoniensia 
publish'd by D'. Prideaux. 

March 18 (SatA The Lords having debated a great while about 
D'. Sacheverell's Case on Tuesday 'twas voted in their House whether ao 
'twas necessary that the several particulars of his Impeachment should 
be incerted in the Inditement, and 'twas carried in the Negative. — 
The Dr. has printed his Speech spoken at the Bar of the House of 
Lords on March the 7*^, and dedicated it to their Lordships. The 
Cause of his printing it is upon Account of it's having been misrepre- 
sented, & of several false Interpretations being put upon it. He touches 
in the Speech upon all the Articles and Branches of his Accusation, 
and takes notice of some things that had been omitted by his Managers. 
He had been said to have preach 'd up the Doctrine of Resistance at y« 
same time that he preach'd against it, y* is (as some explain'd them- 3© 
selves) he preach'd up Non-Resistance to the Pretender and Resistance 
10 her present Majesty. For clearing w<* he appeals to his publish*d 
Writings, and declares himself to have taken the oath of Allegiance 
to her Majesty and the oath of Abjuration against y® Pretender. In 



Maroh 18. Dr. T. Smith to H. (Smith 137. 15a). ' Sir, — I thanke you 
for the large account you give mee of M'. E. Author of the ingenious poem, 
caird y< Apparition, I am very glad that bee has some while since relinquished 
his Whig-principles & notions, and his vaine & loose way of living, & is now be- 
come an honest, virtuous, & good man, & I hope wil alwais continue so. It 
pleases mee exceedingly y* Burman of Utrecht, whether upon pure conviction 
of mind & conference, or dissuaded by his friends, has utterly abandoned his 
impious designe of publishing y® Priapm'ia carmifia, to v^^ his wanton phantasy 
had formerly carryed him, & is now resolved to shew his judgm* & skill in 
Philological learning or Subjects of a more important & innocent nature : th5 
I wish, hee had chosen a better Author, than SUiuj Itaiiciu, The latter end 
of y* last weeke a learned friend left with mee for a few dayes two pretty thick 
octavo volumes, very lately reprinted at Lipsick from the Paris-copy, entitled, 
Bibiiotbeea SaerUy seu Syllabus omnium fere saerae Seripturae editionum ac verJto^ 
ftum — almost in all languages, adjunctij praejtantifjimij codd, MSS, done by Le 
Long, Prefect of the Library ot the Convent of the Oratorians at Paris. A 




36a HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

short he asserts his Innocency, protests himself firm for the House of 
Hanover & the succession in the Protestant Line as by law establish'd, 
shows his Sorrow for the Loss of the Duke of Gloucester, and words 
the whole in such terms as one would think cannot but move his Judges 
to acquit him. — I have been told by a certain Master of Arts, a Divine 
A: Fellow of a College in Oxon. that Le Clerc's Late Edition of 
Menander and Philemon, in Greek and Latin, is full of faults. — In 
Bibl. Bodl. Art. C. i. 7. is Wemerus Roleuincke's Fasciculus temporara 
in a Broad but thin folio, done by way of Tables. At the End, Fas- 
10 aculus temporum a Carthusiense compilatum Informam cronicts figura/um 
Usque in annum 1478. A me Nicolao Goiz de SeUzsiai impressum. See 
about it in Vossius de Historicis Latinis. 

Maroh 19 (Sun.). Tell M*". Barnes of Berglerus's Edition of Homer 
in 2 8^0.'" in Greek & Latin, in a small Letter. He has corrected the 
Translation. — Dr. Adam Litdeton made a great many Additions to 
Seberus's Index of Homer, contained in 5 Interleav'd Volumes. So 
I have gathered from the Catalogue of D'. Littleton's Books sold by 
Auction in 1695. at London. What is become of it I know not. *Twas 
not bid for in y® Auction, as appears from the priz'd Catalogue w«h I 
30 have seen. 

March 20 (Moxl). On Friday last 'twas carried in y« House of 
Lords that the Commons had made good in all Points their Charge 
against D^ Sacheverell, and now nothing remains but sentence. There 
were only 11 Bp«. present, whereof a, viz. Bp. Burnett of Sarum and 
Bp. Talbot of Oxon spoke against the Doctrine of Passive obedience, 
and the Bp. of London, D'. Compton, and the Bp. of Bathe and Wells, 
D'. Hooper, spoke for it, but not as the D^. had manag'd it The 
Sentence, w^h 'tis exspected will be severe, is to be pronounc'd to 
morrow. The Clergy may thank themselves for these sad troubles 
30 occasion'd by their Defection in giving up the Doctrine of Non-resist- 
ance and Passive-Obedience in the late Revolution, and tho' they now 
insist upon it, yet 'tis only a reproach to them, & they are only laugh'd 
at for it, and 'twill be impossible for them ever to heal the Scandal they 
have brought upon themselves, and they must now be forc'd to acknow- 
ledge that the Non-jurors were the only truly honest Men &. the best 
Friends to the Church of England. — . . . The Descent of the Family of 
Bruce by M^ St. Loe Kniveton. In the Ashmol. Museum inter Codices 
Woodij num. 77. in Quarto. C. 6. It contains 90 Pages written in a 
large Hand, &. some of the Pages not full. At y« Beginning is a Gcnea- 



work of great industry and labour : but my bad eyes wil not suffer mee to look 
into it, so as to enable mee to judge of the accuracy of his performance. 
This booke you cannot wel bee without in the publick Library. What bee 
sayes of the English Biblia Pofyghtta, & of our Oreek editUms tf f N. 7. 
esieeiaJfy of that (/ Dr, MUU, deserves to bee considered & enlarged upon. 
This edition, as it is new modeHed ft disposed in a better order by Kustems, I 
perceive by this Author p. 509 is published very lately at Amsterdam : w<* i 
do not heare is yet bronght over into England. I have written so fan* with 
great uneasines ft difficulty, ft at present am not able to write more. — I am. 
Sir, Your humble Serv* T. S.' 



aUfoh 18-21.] VOL. XXIII, PA GE2Z7—VOL. XXIV, PAGE ^. 363 

logical Table, w^^ I think is y« substance of wt is contain'd in the 
Book, w<^t is nothing but extracts out of printed Books, MSS^. Charters, 
&c. — Some Remarks on Mr. Whiston's Dissertation about X**" Ascen- 
sion &c. with a Postscript on M' Dodwell's opinion for the Natural 
Mortality of the Soul. By John Wright, M.A. Rector of Kirtpn, in 
Nottinghamshire. Lond. 1709. a small 8^0. . . . 

VOL. XXIV. 

March 21 (To.), 1710. The Antients us'd Brass Arms before Iron 
ones. Hence Hesiod, x^'f ^ tlpyd(orro, fUXas d* ovk ^trtt^ (rUifipot, i.e. 
JBre laborabant, necdum ferrum erat nigrum. Gsesa were darts proper 
to the Gauls, as the Sarissae were to y« Macedonians, and y« frames to 10 
y^ Germans. Servius also notes y^ the Gauls call'd valiant and couragious 
Men by y« Name of gsesi : and Plutarch y* mercenary souldiers were 
call'd by y«» gaesatae. See Caelius Rhodiginus Van lectt. L xxi. c. 18. — 
The antients were of opinion y^ there is more virtue in Brass than in 
any other Metal. And y* was y^ reason y* they us*d Brass Instrum**. 
in their Sacred Offices. Hence Virgil, Curetum sonitus crepitantiaque 
aera. And Corminius in y« ii<^ Book de Italia notes y* y^ Tuscans 
us'd a Brass Plowshare when their Cities were built And amongst y« 
Sabins y« Priests were shav'd with Brass Instrum**. And 'tis well 
known yt the Antients made use of Brass Instrum*> when y« Moon ^o 
was in Eclipse, thinking y* by y« beating of y™ she would die more 
easily be brought from Labour. Besides others even Livy himself 
takes notice of this Custom, in y® xxvi*** Book. cap. 5. See Rhodigini 
var. lectt L xxix. c. 6. — The following Inscription writ at y« End of 
an old Edition of Sallust in Bibl. Bodl. printed at Venice per Baptistam 
de Tortis m cccc lxxxi. die xxiii. decembris, in w<^ Edition are added 
divers Lections from MSS*». by some Learned Hand. 

H08P€8 Q D€IC0 PAVLVM€8T ASJa - AC P€LLl€l€ 
HIC €8TS€PVLCRVM: HAV PVLCRVM PVLCRAI F€MINAI 
NOMEN PAR€NT€S NOMINARVNT CLAVDIAM 3o 

8V0M MAR6ITVM CORD6 DIL6XIT SOVO 
GNAT08 DV08 CREAVIT: HORH WO ALTERVNC 
IN TERRA LINQT: ALIVM 8VB T€RRA LOCAT 
S6RMONC L€PIDO: TVM 6TIAM INC688V COMODO 

DOMVM S€RVAVIT 

LANAM FCCIT 

DIXI AB€I 



In the Bodlejan Library C. 4. i. Art. is a very thick folio, being a 
Chronicle from the Beginning of the World to the Year 1475. at w«*> 
time 'twas printed at Lubeck by Master Luke Brandis de Schase. The 
Title is Epithoma Chronicorum sive rudtmentum navictorum, and it de- 
serves to be particularly considered by M'. Bagford. There are Pictures 

^ Sapra lin. sed eadem, nt yidetnr, deleyit maous. PAVLVlf €ST ASTA AC PCLLieic. 



364 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 1 

in it of Cities, Towns and Persons, & at y® Beginning are Genealogical 
tables, much like those that were done by M^. Speed, or rather M'. Hugh 
Broughton, and are commonly prefixed to our Bibles. — M'. Camden 
gave a Copy of y® folio Edition of his Britannia to the Bodlejan Library 
himself, and at the beginning he has writ this Memorandum with his 
own Hand: Almae Matri Academiae Oxoniensi hoc qualecunque 
ePEliTHPiON Guilielmus Camdenus Clarenceux qui plura debet L. M. S. 

Maaroh 28 (Th.). On Monday the lA. Chancellor took the opinions 
of the L<^. one by one whether D^. Sacheverell was guilty or not guilty 

10 of the Crimes charg'd against him, and 'twas carried by a Majority * of 
17 Voices that he is guilty. Six Bp«. were for him & 7 against him. 
The next day Sentence was pronounc'd against him, w«^ is that he be 
suspended from preaching for the space of three years, w«h was carried 
ag* him by a majority of six voices ; but 'twas withall carried by one 
Voice that he be in Uiat time capable of any farther Preferment. He 
is likewise to exercise any of his other Priesdy offices besides Preaching ; 
but his Sermon is order'd to be burnt by the common-Hangman, and 
the Ld. Mayor and Sheriff are to attend. 

This Moderate Punishment caus'd Bonefires and Illuminations to be 

ao made in London, it being contrary to what was exspected by any People 
after the severe Proceedings against him, and the extravagant Favours 
shew'd to those that had been the most warm against him. But this 
Mitigation must be owing in some measure to the D^* Speech, in w^^^ he 
has flatter'd the Lords, declar'd himself for Revolution Principles (that is 
a Friend to the late Settlement), acknowledges that he has taken the Oath 



March 28. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 35. 49). Thanks for favours received 
from H. Hopes the helmet may prove to be the fellow of Woodward's shield ; 
remarks on bucculae, and the fabriea of the Bath inscription. Glad that 
Wolfius has got the professor's place. * My eyes do very much discourage my 
Studyes, though 1 have no other so gratehiU employment of my little time.' 
Two words (aliigladios) omitted in H.'s Livy xliv. 34. * I hope the good news 
ccmc. Dr. Sache\eril will reach you before this can do so.' 

March 23. Bagford to H. (Rawl. 21. 17). Sends a piece of St. Augustine 
(Argentine 1489, tol.), of Thomas Aquinas (1478), Marbath's \sie\ Concordance 
(Gralton 1550), &c. Asks for translations of portions of them. Does not 
believe in the alleged origin of printing at Haarlem. Expects that several 
shields similar to Woodward's will in time be produced. Believes that the 
Shield Gallery at Whitehall was erected in the days of Henry VIII, like the 
Harness Gallery at Hampton Court, built by Cardinal Wolsey but now de- 
stroyed. * King Hen y« 8 was y« Gratest prince in Europe and was Courted 
by all y^ pottentats : as if you remember y* story Raphall when he had finished 
y^ Cartutunes desined for a set of Hangitu for y* pope or y® Emperor : I will 
not be sartane they nether would or inded could not purshas them his deroandes 
being grat but was aduised to offer them to y* King of England, our Kg. H. : 
y« 8 whou bought them & now remane at Hamton Court.' Perhaps the 
shields were purchased by, or a present to, Henry VIII, or the Cardinal. 
Believes that the shields and helmet came out of the Shield Gallery at White- 
hall or the Tower of London, whence they were taken in 1648. H. to F* 
Cherry (Rawl. 36. 32). Writes by Mr. Gunnis; the V. C. grown rather 
meaner, in honest men's opinions, than Dr. Kennett * We cannot sufficiently 

' 69 L^ ag* him, Sc ^2 for him. 



Haioh 21-26.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 5-17. 365 

of Allegiance to her Majesty and broke through the other wicked Oath 
call'd the Abjuration Oath, says that there was no Resistance in the late 
happy Revolution, (so he calls it, according to the common Cant) w^l^ is 
in effect to allow Rebellion in some Cases, there being nothing more 
plain than that that was such, and by consequence he contradicts what 
he had asserted in his Sermon namely that Resistance is lawfull upon no 
account w*ever. This is likewise the observation of several others, who 
think the D^ has receded. There are withall some other things* in his 
Speech w«l^ plainly show that he is not a man of that Integrity he would 
be taken to be, tho' it must be granted he has shewed himself in this Case 10 
to be a brave, bold Man, and in the main truly honest, and he has 
merited the Applause of all good Friends to the Church of England and 
Monarchy. — 

A list of the Names of the Peers who gave Judgment in D^ Sachev- 
erell's Tryal, March 20*^ 17JJ 

March 24 (Pri.). Last Night and on Wednesday Night were Bon- 
fires in Oxford for Joy of D^. Sacheverell's being delivered with so gentle 
a Punishment, and the Mob burnt a tub, with the Image of a tub Preacher, 
in one of them. — Yesterday one Bear of Wadham Coll. of whom I 
spoke formerly, renounced his Blasphemous Expressions (spoke by him a a® 
Year before) in the Apodyterium before the Vice-chancellor & Proctors. 

March 26 (Sat.). Yesterday Morning died of a Palsy or Apoplexy, 
Dr. Stephen Fry, an eminent Physitian and lately of Trinity College, from 
wch he was expell'd (as I have given an Account before.) He died 
very wealthy, and left a thousand Pounds to M'. Stone's Hospital in S*. 
Clements's Parish Oxon. He was Son to John Fry, one of King Charles 
the i»*'s Judges, of whom there is large mention in Ant. ^ Wood's Athenae 
Oxon. Vol. 2. Col. 246, 247, 248. — In Bibl. Bodl. supra Art. M. 129. 
a MS*, containing divers Tracts of Richard Hampole's, at y« End where- 
of in a Hand of the same Age, Ricardus Rolle fferemtta de Hampole^ qui 3® 
obijt anno Domini M.CCCJCLJX, ^ jacei tumulaius apud SanctimmiaUs 
de Hampole, — I have by me a Book in folio call'd Aurelij Augusiini 
opuscula plurima, of an old print. At the Beginning is an index in MS*. 

deplore the fate of D'. Sacbeverell. But the clergy may thank themselves in 
a great measure for these troubles.' Reproduces, almost verbatim. Dr. Smith's 
remarks on the subject in letter of March 4. Le Long's Bihliotbeca Sacra; 
Kuster's new modelling and improving of Dr. Mill ; Dean Aldrich's opinion tk 
Olearius' Pbilojtratus, Mr. Schelwig has escaped the plague. Small-pox very 
rife and fatal here. 

March 26. H. to Dr. T. Smith (Rawl. 38. 160). Thanks for the relation 
cone. F. Le Long's BibUotbeca Sacra. The author inserted an account in the; 
DmIj Courant of June 9, 1708, requesting that any gentlemen having papers 
or observations on the same subject would communicate them to him. H. 
remembers to have seen a large List of our English Bibles dniwn up by 
Wanley and Bagford, on purpose to be sent to Paris [cf. Bagford to K. 
Rawl. a I. 26, undated]. Hears high conunendation of Olearius' ed. of Phib- 
stratus, while Kuster's Aristophanes and Le Clerc's Fragments of Menander 
and Philemon are said to be full of faults. Sends a transcript of a remarkable 
inscription from a Sallust printed in folio at Venice by Baptista de Tortls in 
1 48 1, which he may consider and publish hereafter [printed, Leland'$ Uimrary^ 
v. 137]. 'We are glad to hear that the Sentence against D^ Sachevorell is 



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366 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

and two notes of former owners of it, one of Leonard Ardem who 
bought it for gs. 4d. & the other of John Powell who purchased it for 33. 
'Tis printed upon very good Paper, in a black Letter, the words abbrevi- 
ated. The last part of it is Possidonius's Life of S^. Augustine. 'Twas 
printed at Argentine or Strasbourg at y« Expense and by the care of 
Martin Flach in the Year 1489, 13 Kal. of April (or the 19^ of March) 
and are said to be correcdy primed, according to y® Note and verses, 
(according to y« Custom of y« first Printers) annexed, w^l^ verses do also 
intimate Uiat whereas the Taste of Readers is various, some delighting in 

10 Poetry, others in Philology, & others in Divinity, he has endeavour'd to 
oblige the latter by printing these Pieces of Augustin together to be pur- 
chased at a cheap rate, & performed w^ y^ utmost diligence by the said 
Martin, who was noted for a nice, accurate Printer. — I have also the 
3<l. Part of Thomas Aquinas's Summs, printed upon very fine Paper, and 
in a clean Letter, (the great Letters whereof are illuminated throughout 
with much Pains) in y« Year 1478. the day before the Ides of Maij ('tis 
printed pridie Madij) (i.e. the 14*1* of May) in 1478. The Name of the 
Place is not specify'd, but the Printers names are express'd at y* End, 
where likewise y« Date appears, viz. Jo. de Colonia & Mathen de Gheret- 

«o zem who were co-partners and are represented to be viri providi, pru- 
dent and accurate Persons. Perhaps the Book was printed at Cologn. 
But quaere in Beughen. It has additions also to y® 3d Part of the 
Summs. Beughen mentions this 3d Part to have come out by it self in 
the very same Year above specify'd, but he does not tell us where 'twas 
printed. Nor indeed could he guess where 'twas printed ; tho' he men- 
tions several Pieces of Aquinas to have been printed at Cologne, & 'tis 
not at aU unlikely that this was one, if we may guess from^ y« Sirname of 
one of y« Printers. — I have likewise The Concordance of the Bible 
compiled by W^.John Marheck, who was Bachelour of Musick at Oxford, 

30 according to M^. Wood's Fasti, (Athen. & Fasti Oxon. Vol. i. col. 704.) 
who also mentions divers other Books written and publish'd by him. 
This Concordance, w^^ is in Folio, was printed by Richard Grafton in 
the Year 1550. & is the first Concordance that ever was publish'd in 
English. 'Tis now become scarse. The whole Story about it may be 
read in Fox's martyrology. Vol. 2. pag. 461. of the last Edition at Lon- 
don 1684. where you will also find the 'Troubles the Author underwent 
for it He was assisted in this Work by M^ Rich^. Turner, of whom 
Mr Wood has given an account Vol. i. Athen. Oxon. CoL 91. So M'. 
Wood, but Marbeck deny'd to y« Bp of Winchester that any man assisted 

40 him in this Book. See Fox VoL 2. p. 462. Marbeck was but illiterate^ 
understanding very litde Latin, as appears from the Process against him 
and his own Confession. From Mr. Fox it appears afterw^ (pag. 464,) 
that Marbeck was put upon the Work by Turner, w^k might make M'. 
Wood say he assisted him. He was come but to the Letter M ^ndien he 

not so severe as was exspected. I am apt to think that the Mildness of his 
Punishment is in some degree owing to his Speech, which tho' well penn'd y^ 
I observe that in it he has flatter'd the Lords, speaks well of the Revolution, 
and in that Case plainly gives up the Doctrine of Passive-Obedience and Noa- 
Resistance, acknowledges that he has taken the Oaths of Allegiance and 
Abjuration, and declares for the Successioo as settled by Act of Parliament' 



MttToh 26-27.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 17-31. 367 

was examin'd and troubled by the Bp of Winchester in 1543. — See ibid, 
p. 464. He gives special and undenyable Proof y* he was y« Compiler 
himself of this Concordance, ibid. In y« Dedication of the Concordance 
to King Edw. VI. he saith he never had any Litterary Education, being 
altogether brought up in the College of Windsor in the study of Musick 
and playing on Organs. M^. Wood is not positive whether he was Bach, 
of Musick or not, y« Register being defective. 

March 26 (Siin.). Not only one, but both I>. Sacheverell's Sermons 
are order'd to be burnt, and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex with 
y« Ld. Mayor are to see it done. The day fix'd is to morrow at eleven 10 
of y« Clock. 

Haroh 27 (Hon.). The Business of I>. Sacheverell's Tryal being 
finish'd, on Thursday last the Lords order'd the Decree of the University 
of Oxford (against Blasphemous Books, and anti-monarchical Tenets &c.) 
made in the Year 1683. & the Cambridge Address at y^ same time, to be 
burnt upon this Day together with D'. Sacheverell's Sermons. Which 
ought not to be wonder'd at, since most of those very People that agreed 
to y* Decree acted in y« late Revolution quite contrary to it, and this is 
only to ridicule and upbraid them. The Commons also ordered that the 
Collections of D'. Sacheverell, of vi^^ there are two Editions, out of ao 
Books and Sermons in Defence of Passive Obedience, and to represent 
the horrid Blasphemies &c. advanc'd of late, be burnt by the common- 
Hangman on Saturday last, w«li was accordingly done. They likewise 
order'd that the Rights of y* Christian Church with the Defenses of it, & 
a Book (written by one Clendon, common-Lawyer, and an old Villain,) 
call'd Persona, w«l» is to expose and render mean and ridiculous the 
Doctrine of y« Trinity, be burnt also by y^ Hands of y« Common Hang- 
man, and an address is agreed upon to be presented to her Majesty y* 
she should be pleas'd to order y* the Attorney General do prosecute the 
authors & Publishers of these 8c other Blasphemous Books. — M^. 30 
Bromley has mov'd that an Address be presented to her Majesty y* she 
would be pleas'd to issue her Royal Proclamation for a general Fast to 
implore God's Blessing, and to avert his Judgments w<^ are to be fear'd 
upon account of y* horrid Blasphemies, irreligion and Prophaness ad- 
vanc'd and publish'd in several late Books & Pamphletts ; upon w^h a 
Debate arose about a Clause to be inserted relating to D^ Sacheverell, 
viz. that the said Blasphemies, Irreligion, and prophaness, have in a most 
irregular, insolent manner been propagated by him during his late Pro- 
secution, and 'twas carried by a considerable Majority that it be inserted. 
— The Sheriff and Grand- Jury at the Assizes for Gloucester have 4a 
drawn up a very remarkable Address to her Majesty, signifying that they 
will stand by her with their Lives and Fortunes in Defence of her 
Majesty's Person and Government, and that they will to y® utmost of 
their Power maintain the Protestant Succession, and appear upon all 
occasions for the Church in opposition to antimonarchical, schismatical, 
seditious and factious Persons, and all others that are Enemys to the 
Church and Government ; w<* Address 'tis said is to be presented by the 
Duke of Beaufort. — In y« VV^ Volume of Livy I have publish'd an old 
Inscription of the Acts of Pompey the Great, see pag. 259. I find the 
same since publish'd in Mazocbius's Epigrammata antiqu» Urbis printed 50 



3^8 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

at Rome 1521. folio . . but 'tis not near so correctly and exactly prin- 
ted as I have publish'd it from the MS*. I made use of; the Variations 
however should be specify'd upon a proper occasion. 

Maroh 28 (Tu.). We have in Bibl. Bodl. . . Summa AstrologuB JudictaUs 
de iiccidmtibus Mundi^ qucB angUcana vulgo nuncupaiur Joannis eshcuidi 
viri anglici peritissimi. So both at the Beginning & at End of y« Book, 
but corrupdy. For it should be Joannis de Estenden as appears from an 
old MS*, in the same Library. 'Twas printed at Venice in 1489. by y« 
Care and at y« Expense of John Lucilius & Franciscus Bolanus. The 

10 Great Letters are illuminated. — The first Edition of Silius Italicus came 
out in folio at Rome in 147 1. (See Fabricij BibL Lat p. 400.) We have 
in the Bodlejan Library a folio Edition of him printed at Milain in 148 1. . . 
w<^ is the 2^ Edition of this author, and not mention'd by Fabricius. 'Tis 
much more correct than y« first Edition, being corrected by Petrus Justinus 
Philelfus, & it ought to be exactly compared by Petrus Burmannus, who 
is about an Edition of this Author. At the End of it this Note . . . 
Whence it also appears y* he had a hand in y« first Impression. At the 
Beginning of this Edition is Pliny's Epistle lib. 3. num. vii. cone. Silius 
Italicus, \i^ ought to be nicely collated, there being in it very considerable 

30 Variations from the common Editions. 

Haroh 28 (Wed.). We have in Bibl. Bodl the first Edition of 
Suetonius, printed at Paris in 147 1. (or as Fabricius, in 1470.) w«h 
deserves to be accurately collated. It stands inter Codd. art D. 2. 13. — 
We have in Bibl. Bodl. . • Aristotle's Ethics ad Nicomachum, Politics, 
Oeconomics, Magna Moralia, & his Moralia ad Eudemum printed in 
Greek by Aldus at Venice in 1498. Mense Junio. 'Tis upon Vellam, and 
was given to y« Publick Library by Ralph Warcupp Esq^. the most 
accomplished Gentleman of y^ age he lived in, as you may see in the first 
Vol. of M'. Wood's Athenae Oxon. In the Beginning of this volume of 
30 Aristotle M'. Warcupp has written, 

Nan tibi forma libri spectoftda tst ckan Rodolph* 

Exterior^ aua sunt interiora vide, 
Jnteriora viaens evadt, doctior^ intus 

Mumra musarum^ muita secreta latent. 
Solius externa fonrnE spectator ineptus^ 

Tegmine, ncn studijSf namque peritus hatno, 
ft underneath 

Clar'usimo omni erudftionis genere Fsro, 7bomm Bodlmo, &* celebre prmdemtim 

nomen suls mentis turn apud Illustriss, Germamm prineipes, turn apud Beigas adepto^ 

40 BUfUotbeem Oxomensis Instauratori, Rodolpbus Ivareuppus de Engiisb in Com, Oxom, 

armfgeTf unus Justiciariorum pacts Dominae Reginae in eodem Com, Oxon, &* Aedli 

Cbristi quondam alumnus ^ Memorise &* oAservantise ergo D,D, 

March 90 (Th.). On Sunday I>. Sacheverell read Prayers, and D^. 
Binckes preach'd for him. One Mr. Lloyd has presented the D'. to 
a Living of two hundred Pounds per annum. — On Monday between i a 
and one of the Clock his two sermons were burnt by the Hands of y* 

March 28. Bamei to H. (Rawl. 24. a a). Has received names of sub- 
scribers. Has taken more pains than ever yet was done to any Greek author. 
Please collate Porphyry's (ip^/Mira, which B. prints rather to please Dodwell 
than himself. Remarks about his subscribers and his edklon. 



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Common Hangman, and at y« same time was burnt y^ Oxford 
Decree, lately reprinted in English under y« Title of a Confutation of 
M"". Hoadley, but I do not yet hear y* the Cambridge Address was burnt 
according to order. » About Letters being omitted in Inscriptions, 
particularly the Letter N, see Joan. Baptista Fontejus de prisca Caesiorum 
Familia, p. 163. . . 

liaroh 31 (Fri). Colinaeus Printed Aristode's Logick in Latin at 
Paris 1543. & there is a shield hanging from a tree, & charged with 
a knot, and supported by two Rabbits. Tell M'. Reynolds of Corpus of 
this. See the Book F. 2. 6. Art. — . . . i^ 

April 1 (Sat.). On Thursday last the Gloucestershire Address was 
presented to y« Queen by M^. Allen Bathurst, being introduc'd by the 
Duke of Beaufort. Her Majesty rec^ it very graciously, and M'. 
Bathurst had y« Honour to kiss her Majesty's Hands. The L^. Mayor of 
London has commanded a stop to be put in the City to Bonefires, 
Illuminations and other publick Rejoycings for I>. Sacheverell ; but y^ 
like have been in all parts of England, and they are still kept up, and in 
Oxford M'. Hoadly was burnt in Effigie & the Mob burnt his Book, as 
they did also D'. West's silly, ridiculous Sermon. — Notae in Porphyrij 
ZijTTifAaTa 'Ofiripucii, & in ejusdem opusculum de Nympharum antro. Has ao 
autem notas ex Editione principe Romana, anno 151 7. in 4^. impressa, 
& cum Editione Henrici Stephani, Homeri Operum Editioni magnifies 
anno 1566 praemissd, k me collata, summa cura hausi. Ob oculos item 
habui Editionem Romanam an. 15 18. 4^, Basileensem 1551 folio, ut 
& de Antro libelli Editionem Holstenianam, quae Romae in 8^<>. anno 
1630 prodijt. N.B. Libelli isti sic inscribimtur in Editione principe 

Romana : Uopff^piov ^cXo<7-($<^ov 'OfAtipudL (fjrrrnum. Tot; avrov Hop^piov ircpl 
rov cy 'Odviracif rwr yvf»/(f>Stp Sprpov, Porphyrij philosophi homericarum 
qusestionum liber. Et de Nympharum antro in Odyssea opusculum: 
Leonis decimi Pon. Max. beneficio h tenebris erutiun. impressumque 30 
Romae in gymnasio Mediceo ad Caballinum montem. cum Privilegio ut 
in caeteris. m.d.xvii. Idem quoque tituhis in Editione Romana an. 1518. 
servatur. . . . [44-65]. 

April 3 (Hon.). About the Coyns w«h represent Cicero see Lazius's 
Resp. Rom. . . — In y« City of Rome they spoke more finely and 
elegandy than in Provinces, where their Expressions were vulgar and 
mean. See Tully's Ep. Fam. 1. 11. n. xL 

April 6 (Th.). We have recdv'd news lately of the Death of the L<'. 
Charles Somerset, only Brother to the present Duke of Beaufort. This 
young Gentleman was lately of X^. Church Oxford, and he died at Rome 40 
in his Travells of the Small Pox, to the great Reluctance of all that knew 
him. He was a Gentleman of a most affable, winning, good naiur'd 
Temper, of great Probity and Integrity, of singular Generosity ^ and 
adom'd with all other Qualifications that might make him valuable ; and 
what made them more conspicuous was a natural Modes^, easily dis- 



(I 



April 1. Dr. T. Smith to H. Printed (with memorandum of Heame) ; 
Heanie's Coiiection of Curious Ditcourjes 396. 
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cemible in all Companies, w<* could not but draw Respect. He left 
500 libs, to Christ Church to carry on the Building of Peckwater, and 
the rest he left, as 'tis said, to his Sister. 'Tis reported that he is to be 
brought into England and buried in Westminster Abbey in a simiptuous 
manner. 

April 7 (Pri.). Antonius or Antoninus prefix'd to y« famous Itinerary. 
This Itinerary contains bare Names, with y« Number of Miles from stage 
to stage, being the stages commonly made use of by y^Souldiers, aL the 
military Ways. About the Itinerary Tables (Maps) see Vegetius lib. 3. 

10 de re militari c. 6. Such an Itinerary Table is y« Peutingerian Table pub- 
lish'd by Velserus, and Ortelius, w^h is far the best Monum*. of y« kind 
exstant The author of y« Itinerary w«li goes under y« Name of Antoni- 
nus uncertain. Without doubt he was a Geometrician, one who understood 
Places well. 'Twas perhaps enlarg'd in y« time of Antoninus Pius, and 
publish'd anew by his command, and thence bore his Name, tho' cor- 
ruptly writ in most Books Antonius, just as Constantius and Constantine 
are oftentimes confounded. So And. Schottus in his Preface to Anton* 
Itinerary of Surita's Edition, wherein however he takes Notice y* Surita 
thought that the author was Antoninus y« Son of Severus by reason y*y« 

to Places in Britain are mention'd in it. But in all this we are uncertain. — 
It seems certain y* 'twas compil'd for the sake of Generals, souldiers. 
Proconsuls & Praetors travelling into y^ Respective Provinces y* they 
might not err in their Journeys. Vegetius tells us such an Itinerary was 
necessary upon yt Account, & so does Ambrose Serm. in Psalm. 118. 
But they did not use the shortest and most direct ways, as they do now a 
days, but those that were most worn and most secure, w<^ are call'd regie 
& militares viae & solita Itinera by Ammianus. Concerning the viae 
stratae see Galen lib. 9. methodi cap. 8. 

April 8 (Sat). I>. Wm. Nichols, lately Fellow of Merton College, and 

30 author of several Books, such as a Reply to D'. Bury's Naked GospcU 

some Discourses ag^ Design, &c. has just publish'd in a large folio, an 

Explication, Paraphrase and notes upon the Liturgy of the Church of 

England, in w<^h the Liturgy is printed at large, and he has ransack'd all 

D^. Comber, L'Estrange and others, & from them hastily compil'd this 

Farrago and would fain make y® World believe that all is the Result of 

his own Reading. He has printed y« Names of subscribers, w^'h are 

a great Number of Persons, such as do not, y« Majority at least of them, 

know how to distinguish between Books of value & those that are trivial 

and of litde or no authority. This D^. Nicholls is a vain, conceited, low- 

40 Church Divine, and a meer scribler. At the End of this Book are 

. a great many additional notes, some of w<^ are large ones of Bp. Couzins, 

commimicated to him by I>. Hickes, and I do not question but these are 



i 



April 8. Bedford to H. (Rawl. a. 16). Thanks for letters of 18th and 
19th ult. Dr. Hutton of Aynhoe mentions an original subscription of Articles 
in James I's time, with a book sewed to it, which he bought and restored to 
Bodley ; will H. search for it ? Printers very dilatory. Dr. Atterbury has 
been to Cambridge to examine MSS., and Kennett is likewise engaged on an 
Answer. 



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good ones ; but then there is here and there one occurring of I>. Mills, 
vf^^ were found in the margin of a common-Prayer Book in his study. 
But these are nothing else but little extracts out of y® Fathers and 
Councils, and far from being worthy of Printing ; so y* by publishing 
them both D'. Nicholls, and the Person that communicated them, who was 
M'. Pearce now Vice-Principal of Edm. Hall, have onlyexpos'd I>. Mill, 
and done no manner of service either to Religion or Learning. 

April 8 (Sun.). The Speech y^ Bp. Burnett of Salisbiuymade against 
Dr. Sacheverell in y« House of Lords, is printed at London in S^©. It 
contains nothing but a History of Passive Obedience, done with much xo 
Falsification & daub'd with abundance of false Paint (as is usual with this 
Scotch-Man) & in it he endeavours to reconcile his present Acts with y^ 
Sermons he preached in King Charles l\^\ time in defence of Passive 
Obedience. This he does by declaring that he had several secret 
Reserves at y* time, when he could not safely utter them, & y* he was 
even then of y« same mind he is now if y« times would have bom it. 
This Evasion will carry off all Knavery and Villany. But this is just 
enough that he says of y« university of Oxford, namely that divers of 
them at y« Revolution acted contrary to y« Decree they had not long 
before agreed to and confirm'd in Convocation. This is a Blot that will ao 
stick upon that renown'd Body, & they will never be able to wipe it off. 
— The Itinerary begun, as it seems by one of the Antonini, & enlarged 
afterwards by other Emperors. 'Tis certain it could not be finish'd by 
one of the Antonini, because it mentions Constantinople & several other 
Citys founded long after y« Death of the Last Antoninus. See I>. Gale's 
Com. upon it pag. i. Antoninus Caracalla seems to have been y« Person 
who had a great hand, & perh^s he was y® first, in this Itinerary. 'Twas 
in his time the Romans were bounded by the limit mention'd in y^ 
Beginning of y* Itinerary on the other side of y« Wall of Severus. See 
ibid. pag. 5, 6. Ptolemy's Geography corrected there pag. 1 2. zo 

April 10 (Men.). Whereas the scandalous, abominable, Author of 
the Paper call'd y Review has most maliciously asserted and publish'd 
in Print that D^. Sacheverell should speak words in the Reign of y« late 
King William, signifying that he the said King W™. ought to be dewitted, 
and that he hop'd he should Hve to see it done, and further whereas he 
has said that these words were spoke to one M'. Everard of Brimingham 
\sic\ in Company of 3 other Persons, one of w^ was M'. Everard's Father 
in Law, as a Confutation of this assertion there is a Certificate printed in 
the Courant shewing that D^. Sacheverell never spoke any such Words 
in Company of M^". Everard*s Father in Law, & the other two Witnesses 4® 
appeal'd to. Their Hands are annex'd, & the original Certificate, w^li 
was sent voluntarily, is now to be seen at M^. Hen. Clements^s Book- 
seller of London. — Quaere whether Gale's Commentaries lately publish'd 
in Quarto be not almost exactly the same publish'd by the D'. himself in 
folio in y« Historians. An Argu"** to shew they are in pag. 20. of y« 
Ed. 4*<>. cone. Alcuine. (NB. E)^. Gale in the Historians has only pub- 
lish'd Surita's Notes.) 

April 11 (Tu.). About the cross Ways, not in a direct Manner, 
made use of in Antoninus's Itinerary, see Gale's Com. p. 79. — The 

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UK Iter is not in Vossius's MS^. of the Itinerary, so that it is probable 
that it was added by some more modem Itineraior. See pag. 82. 

April 12 (Wed.). M^. Wasse of Cambridge has just publish'd his 
Edit, of Sallust, with long & tedious 8c indeed unnecessary Notes, in 
Quarto, the large Paper is 14s. at y» university Price, & the less 9s, 
— There is just come out The Case of Trinity Coll, in Camhridgty in 
about 6 Sheets of Paper in 8^0, by way of Letter from I>. Bentley, 
Master of that College, to the Visitor of it D^. Moore, Bp. of Ely. 
Occasion'd by a Petition from several of the Society against I>. Bentley's 
•lo arbitrary way of Governing, and in order to redress the Grievances 
caus'd since he became Head. — Vindomis, i. e. Silchester, in Hamp* 
shire is omitted in Antoninus's Itinerary, tho' I believe it was in it 
originally, being in the direct way between Winchester & Henly. See 
Gale's Com. upon the Itin. pag. 106. But it occurrs in another Place of 
the Itin. See ibid. 

April Id (Th.). There is handed about an ingenious Po^m, (done 
by an anonymous Author,) called The Impeachmmi^ or the Nation mad^ 
occasion'd by the late Tryal of I>. Sacheverell, in which the Managers 
against him, and indeed all his Enemies, are expos'd and represented as 
90 phrensical, craz'd, irreligious, pharazaical, knavish Persons. The thing 
is well worth Prindng, but it goes as yet only in MS*. — The Bucula 
(so 'tis writ in a vellam MS*, of Lincoln College, and not buccula) men- 
tion'd in TuUy de Divinatione lib. i. c. 48. (of the old number.) by w^h 
place it appears that this sort of Shield was formerly accustom'd to be 
lodg'd in Temples. That mention'd in that Place was in Honour of 
Juno Lacinia; no wonder therefore if 'twas of the Bucula sort that us'd 
to be made in Honour of Jupiter. Such I take to have been the famous 
one of !>. Woodward. 

April 14 (Fri). M'. James Wright publish'd his Antiquities of Rut- 
33 landshire in the Year 1684. in a thin fol. In the Preface he promises an 
Appendix of additions and Alterations, provided any such could be 
made. Accordingly in the Year 1687. he publish'd an Appendix in 
2 sheets and an half in folio, I suppose by way of Correction and 
Addition, but tho' we have the Book it self in Bodley, yet we want the 
Appendix ; nor did I ever hear the Author (tho' I have discours'd with 
him several times) mention any such Appendix. He told me when I 
discours'd with him that he was Author of several Books, & some of 
them he own'd to me, & specify'd the Tides, & I have them down in a 
preceding Volume. When I enter'd into Discourse with him he always 
4<> blam'd Ant. \ Wood as an injudicious, partial Man ; I believe because 
Anthony has spoke but scurvily of him, as being asham'd of what he 
writ, & as if he did them purely to get a litde Money, w<^ M'. Wright 
resents, and I believe deservedly enough, he appearing to me to be a 
candid, good-natur'd, honest Ciendeman; and his Antiquides of Rutland- 
shire done very well. 

April 15 (Sat.). An Inditement is found by the Grand Jury at the 
Assizes of Stafford against one Sparry a dissenting Teacher of Burton 
upon Trent for saying that the Liturgy of the Church of England has 



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no more sense in it than there is in a Dog's Leg, and some other Words 
highly reflecting upon it. — Editions of Antoninus's Itin. in Bodl. Bibl. — 
80. A. 9. Art without Date, & Place.— Par. 1512. 8©. A. 57. Art Seld.— ^ 
Amst 1618.B. 3. 15. Art.— Lug. B. 1618. L. i. 2. Art Seld.— Flor. 1519. 
80. M. 10. Art Seld. cum Com. Suritae. — Col. Agr. 1600. 80. A. 27. Art 
Seld. — Et cum Codd. MSS. collatum. Col. Agr. 1600. 8®. D. 116. Line. 
Et 80. D. 132. Line. — Iter Brit cimi. Comm. G^lei. Lond. 1709. 40. U. 4. 
Art B.S. — The Greeks us'd to put a Gold Crown upon the Heads of 
Persons of y« best Quality when they buried them. See P. Victorius's 
Var. Lectt 1. 11. c. 7. where he confirms it from Tully pro L. Flacco. — 10 
The following [5] Coyns, of the Lesser Magnitude in Brass [of Tetricus 
and VictorinusJ, sheVd me by M'. Bradford Fellow of Balliol Coll. 
They were found near Frome in Somersetshire ... All these Coyns 
struck in the time of the 30 Tyrants. 

April 16 (Sun.). The Notitia Imperij was written in the time of 
Theodosius IR — This Day being Low-Sunday, the Repeater of the 
foiu- Easter-Sermons at S*. Maries was M^. Francis Bagshaw A.M. of 
X*. Church, a very honest, good-natur'd Gentleman. He performed 
well, & far beyond Exspectadon, he having had for a considerable dme 
a very severe Cold, and being withall a Man of Modesty, & of a weak aa 
voice. The Sermons were hkewise extreme tedious, and contained in 
them Things that were far from being close & were almost forreign to 
the Occasion. This gave M'. Bagshaw no small trouble in reducing 
them into Method, and in lopping off several Particulars, especially in 
the 3^. and last Sermons, w«^ were preached by a Gentleman of Mag- 
dalen College & one of Queen's. M'. Bagshaw finding soon after he 
had undertook this Business that the Cold he had contracted and the 
Weakness of his voice would not permitt him to go thorough without 
abundance of Inconveniency waited upon the Vice-ChanceUor and 
desir'd to be excus'd ; but the Vice-Chanc. out of his singular Humanity 30 
blundy deny'd him y« favour, and withall would not allow him those 
Privileges that had been granted to former Repeaters. — Several Things 
ignorantly inserted in Antoninus's Itinerary by busy Persons, that were 
not in the original, authentick Copies. See Gale's Com. pag. 120. Other 
Places seem to have been left out by the unskillfiill, negligent Librarians. 
Ibid. p. 121. 

AprU 17 (Men.). There are just reprinted Bp. Stillingfleet's Works 
in VI. Volumes foho. To which is prefix'd an Account of his Life, and 
at y^ End of it is his Epitaph from the Monument, erected by his Son, 
in the Cathedral of Worcester. The Epitaph was drawn up by I>. Rich. 40 
Bentley formerly Chaplain to the Bp. and succeeded in it by Mr. Tim. 
Goodwyn, now the snivelling, sneaking, Archdeacon of Oxford. It was 
observ'd by the best Judges that when Proposals were publish'd for 
reprinting these Works several of them should be left out, as being not 
worthy to appear, & inferior to the Bp** Character, who tho' he was an 
able Divine & a learned Man, yet he advanced in some of his first Books 
some odd Opinions, w<^ gave Distaste, & I have heard one of his great 
acquaintance & Friends, since deceas'd, often say that the Bp. was a 
hasty Writer, & never thorou^y considered the subject he undertook^ 



374 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

nor nicely examined the Authorities he made use of, for w«h reason they 
are not to be depended upon. — A Paper come out call'd Fair Warnings 
printed on one side of half a Sheet fol. against Passive Obedience. 

April 18 (Tu.). Newly Published Britannia^ A Po^ humbly inscrWd 
to the Lll (Not Guilty) Lords. Folio in two or three Sheets of Paper, 
printed at London. The Author, whose name is not expressed, in short 
commends & Extolls those noble Lords who voted D^ Sacheverell not 
Guilty of the Crimes & Misdemeanours laid to his Charge. — This Day 
in the Morning died of a dead Palsy M^. Jonas Proast A.M. & Arch- 

lo deacon of Berks, being near 3 score and ten Years of Age. He was 
originally of Queen's Coll. afterwards of Gloucester-Hall, & at length 
Chaplain of All-Souls Coll. w^'h he left upon Account of Troubles he 
received from D"". Finch, the late Warden, and then retir'd to Edmund- 
Hall, (as I have told you at large formerly) which he also left after some 
time, and then dwelt in several Places in the City of Oxford, having 
been troubled for some years with an Asthma. He was a truly honest, 
wise Man, and a good Scholar, but was reserved in his Conversation 
and of very few Words. — In Bibl. Bodl. supra Art. N. 12. Valesii de 
Tharanta Practica, 'Twas given by Thomas Trapham, as appears 

^ from this Memorandum at the Beginning : Ex dono Thomae Trapham 
chirurgi licentiati Oxon. qui etiam Sceleton publicum paravit in usum 
Academise anno Domini 1634. » An Inscription at Bathe cone, a 
Person carried thither from Gloucester, perhaps for y« Recovery of his 
Health. The Inscription says he died in the 80^ Year of his Age. 
See Gale upon Antoninus pag. 129. 

April 19 (Wed.). There is just printed in half a Sheet 8^. Baron 
Lovell's Speech or Charge to the Grand Jury of Devon, delivered at the 
Castel of Exeter April ^, 'Tis a most vile, malicious Paper, highly 
Reflecting upon the Honest Part of the Nation, & particularly upon D^ 

30 Sacheverell, whom he calls an incendiary & an inconsiderable Felkrvo. He 
styles the Doctrine of Passive Obedience a damnable Doctrine and 
acquaints them that the Queen is resolv'd to prefer only such Men as are 
against that Doctrine, Men of moderate Zeal & such as preach up Love 
and Unity. He recommends to them the Example of the Bp. of Exeter, 
& is warm upon the Topick of the Great Stirrs up and down y« Nation 
occasion'd by y« Tryal of I>. Sacheverell — This Day in a Convocation 
at one of the Clock the Proctors for the last Year laid down their office, 
and new ones were admitted, viz. M^. Dennison of university College and 
M^. Williams of Exeter College. M^. Dennison's ProProctors are M^ 

4® Lindsey and M'. Neville both of University Coll. and M*". Williams's are 

Mf and M' Thome both of Exeter Coll. M'. Vesey of Lincohi 

College, the Senior Proctor for last Year, made a Speech as usual upon 
laying down his Office, three Parts of which was a flattering & nauseous 
Commendation of the Vice-Chancellor, in w<^ amongst other things he 
took notice of his late Act in behalf of I>. SacheverdL He call'd those 
who had happened to say anything against the Vice-Chancellor (w«h 
indeed a great many have and continue to do) homunciones. He also 
mentioned the Death of M^. Lhuyd, and wt he said on that score was just. 
He said something likewise upon D^. Gregory's Death & M'. Caswell's 



April 17-21.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 94-108. 375 

succeeding him ; but not a word of the Press (unless a slight word or two 
upon ApoUonius) nor of any considerable thing done in the university. 

April 20 (Th.). £ litteris cl. Zacagnij ad cl. Hudsonum Romae Kal. 
Apr. XDCcx. datis. 

Nunc te monitmn vole, Vir cl»«, eztare in pnestantissimo cod. Evangelionim 
Bibliothecas Vaticano-Urbinatis signato num. a. testimonium Dionysij Longini 
de S. Paulo in hacc verba conceptum. 

Aoyyipog 6 Kal pffrvp rffv r&v fuydkay priT6pap arrapv^iirfaty avv€Ta(€v ovrwr. 
KopwvK d* ?(7ro> Xoyov vavrhg Kal (bpoyriparos iXkfjyucov ArjfioaOitnjg Avalas Al^ 
trx^^ts 'ApiOTC^ff 'lo-aioff Ti/iapxo£ laoKparrfs ArifAWTB€tnjs 6 Kal KplBiPOs Scyo^y, 10 
irpoff TovTois naOXoff 6 Tapo-cvr, Zyrwa ksX vp&r6v <l>tjfu irpoiardfupop d6yfmTot 
rn'on-odciKTov. 

April 21 (Fri). This Day in a Convocation at nine of the Clock an 
Address of y« university to the Queen was read, and agreed to. 'Twas 
long & bad, & indeed, instead of being agreeable, contrary to the Oxford 
Decree. D^. Lancaster Vice-Chanc. D'. Charlett, D^. Holland (warden 
of Merton) D'. Adams (Rector of Lincoln) D'. De Laune (President of 
S*. Johns) D' King of Merton Coll. D"". Baron (Master of Balliol) D'. 
Pearson (Principal of Edm. Hall) & about ome or two more were the only 
Doctors present at this Convocation, where the Writer of these matters ao 
appeared not as an Assenter to, but as an Observer of what relates to, 
this Address, w«l» he thinks will at some time or other redound to the 
Disgrace of the University. — 

Mr. Josiah PuUen of Magdalen Hall has a Parchment Roll containing 

I. The Picture of our Saviour Christ. 

II. The Picture of S\ Veronica holding in her Hands the Napkin sent to 
her, (according to the story related in the Romish Legends,) by our Saviour, 
with the Print of our Saviour's Face on it. On the right side of the Napkin 
is in red Letters salve sancta FACi£S,and on the left Side in red Letters also 

NOSTRI REDEMPTORIS. 3^ 

III. The Figures of the 3 Nails which fastened our Saviour Christ to the 
Cross. 

IV. The Figure of the Crown of Thorns. 

V. The Figure of our Saviour's Heart wounded with the Lance. 

VI. The Figures of our Saviour's Hands and Feet. 

VII. The Figure of our Saviour's Coat without Seam. 

VIII. The Figures of the Dyes thrown by the Souldiers for our Saviour's 
Coat. 

IX. The Figures of the Scourge & Rod with w^^ our Saviour Christ was 
punish'd. 4^ 

X. The Figure of the Cock w®^ crow'd when S*. Peter deny'd our Saviour, 
with the Pillar on w^^ the Cock stood. 

X I, The Figure of the Hammer with w*''* the Nails were fasten'd to the Cross. 

XII. An Indulgence in red Letters of Pope Innocent, without specifying 
w<^ of the Innocents, as follows : 

P0p€ Innocent hath graunthed to what man or woman that dayly worchyppeht tht 
V, pryncypall woundes ofoure Lorde Ihesu Crystt with v Pater nosters^ v Aves and a 
Crede, pyteously beholdyng or remembryng the armys of Chrystys Passyon schall have 
the vii. partes of there penaunce released yn thepaynys of Purgatory , <md vU petyeyom 
ryghtwysly asked : 50 

Thefyrst he schall not dye none evyll deth. 

The it, he schall not be slayne with no wepyn. 

The m. he schall not passe oute ofthys wordyll withoute the Sacrament of holy 
chyrche. 



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[1710: 



77u iiii.fals wytnesse schall notgnve hym. 

The V, he schall have suffycyent goodes and honest lyvyng. 

The vi. he shall not be wrongfully yuged. 

The vii. he schall be defend3from all toy eked Sprytes by the Grace of God. 

XIII. The following Prayer in black Letters: 

Ihesufor thyne holy name. 
And for thy bytter Passyon, 
Save usfrofke Syn and schame, 
Andfromme endles dampiuuyon, 
> And bryng us to the blysse. 

That never schall have ende, 
Swete Ihesu, Amen, 

XIV. The Virtues of the Cross, represented in the following manner in red 
Letters : 



IN NOMINE IHE S V SIONO : SIONO 



Thys Crosse 
XV tymys 

metyn ys the lenght 
of oure Lorde Ihesu 
cryst, and what day 
ye locke thereon and 
blesse yow therewith 
there schall no wykked 
spryte have no pow- 
er to hurte yow, no- 
ther thunder nor lyte- 
nyng, ne tempeste on 
londe, nor upon watyr 
schall not greve yow, 
nor ye schall not be 
overcumme with youre 
enemy bodyly ne gost- 
ly ne comberyd with no 
fendys. And ycf a Woman 



S 



NO 



S 



ME 



5S 



TA 



55 



YOV^ 



S 



have thys Crosse on 
hyr whan sche tra- 
vellyth of chylde sche 
schall sone be delyverde, 
and the chylde schall 
have crystendum and 
the mother puryfy- 
cacyon of holy chyrchc. 
Seint * Cyriase and 
Seint Julitte desyred 
thes petycyonys of God, 
and he graunted 
them, as hyt ys re- 
gesteryd yn Rome 
at Saynte John La« 
terens. antip*. 



' In the margin Bp. Barlow, 
to whom the Roll once belonged 
has writ : Sanct, Quiricum ^ 
Julittamintelligit, Vid.Bctronij 
Martyrologium Rom, ad diem 
i^Junij lit, B, 



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XV. Then is added as follows in black Letters, according to the orthography 
there made use of : 

Salve decus pervulorum, mile regis angelorum^ O Cirite cum beate genitrue tua 
Juliita. Christus &* Maria nos salvet mortis in hora, K. Speciosa est in conspectu 
domini, ^. Mors seculorum \sic\ ejus, 

ORACIO : 

Dens qui gloriosis maitiribns tnis Cirico & Jalittse dira nephandi jndicis tormenta 
snperare tribmsti, michi famnlo tno hmnilitatem & yirtntem gloriowe longitndinis tnae 
& venerabilis crads tni predosi corporis et sanguinis tui, & per omnipotencias tuas ft 
virtutes, per intercessionem omnium sanctorum tuornm concedas midii trinmphum 10 
omnium inimicorum meomm, ut possim semper retinere constandam. Per Christum 
dominum nostrum. Amen. 

XVI. A Prayer to the Cros^ in black Letters, and before it in red Letters 
and in English thus : 

Whosoever sayth thy s prayer folowyng devowtely^ there sehall no wyked spryte have 
power to hurte hym, nor hi sehall not be combred withfyre ne w<ityr. 

The Prayer it self is: 

Crux Christi sit semper mecum. i{f Crux Christi est quam semper adoro. Crux 
A Christi i{i superat gladium. Crux Christi A sohet tnncula mortis. Ctux }^ 
Christi est armatura invincibilis. Crux Christi * est via dr» Veritas. Super creu- ao 
cem diznnam i{i aggredier iter. ^ Crux Christi ^ impedit omni malum, »¥« Crux 
Christi A dat omne bonum. Crux Christi •!• auferat penam atemam. ^ Crux 
Christi A salva me, >Ji Crux Christi sit super me. ifi ante me &»post me. quia 
antiqus hostisfugit ubi te vidil, i{i In nomine patris i{i ^filij ^ et spiritus sasuH, 
Amen, 

On the Backside of this Roll Bp. Barlow has written : 

Orationes {prasertim ultima ilia ad Crucem) sunt prorsus impia, Deo patri et 
seUvatori nostro Jesu Christo, cum S. Spiritu gratias quas possumus maximas {licet 
quales &» quantas debemus non possumus) agamus ; eo quod fro infinita sua benigni- 
tale, i tenebriSf super stitione^ ignorantia^ Sr* tyrannide Poftti/uijs, communicata Evan- 3® 
gelij luce, nos licet indignos liberaverint. yhoiro. 

This Roll, written by an ignorant Scribe, I believe about 300 years agoe, 
before it came into D'. Barlow's Hands, belong'd to D'. Langbame, who at 
the beginning of it has written : 

Lege &* luge majorum vices, qui ignorantid cad superstitionibus hujusmodi obnoxij 
agebant: tuasgaude, qui ab his liberaris, sed vide interim ut Christo liberatori ser- 
vias in sanctitcUe &*justitid coram ipso omnibus dieb, tuis, 

April 23 (Sun.). M'. Proast was buried in the Evening of Wednesday 
last in Maudlin Parish Church Oxon. in w^ Parish he died. He left all 
he had, w<^h was near a thousand Pounds, if not full so much, to a niece 40 
of his, whom he had maintained for several Years, & who liv'd with him. — 
For Antoninus's Itinerary, as revis'd and inlarg'd by .ffithicus, see Bergierius 
in his Excellent Work de publicis & militaribus Romanonim vijs lib. 
in. c. 6. also Fabricius in the Illd. Edit, of his Bibliotheca Latina pag. 176. 
— To the Memory of Festus Avienus, Son to Rufiis Festus Avienus the Poet 
there is a Monu»^ of excellent Note in Spon. pag. 99. by w«h perhaps the 
Age of y« Po«t may be guess'd at — Not only Fabretti, but Begems writ 
upon Tabula Iliaca, vf^ illustrates the Trojan Antiquities. Begems came 
out in 4^. at Lips. 1699. » Register Books began in the Year 1538, 
the 30*h Year of King Henry VIIIth'B Reign. Stowe's Annals pag. 575. 5® 
col. a. — Mr. Leland mentions the four Great stones near Borough 
Bridge in the first Vol. of his Itinerary fol. loi. & says he could find no 
Inscription on them. He takes them to have been Trophies of y* 



378 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

Romans. — Shew I>. Hudson a Passage out of Malela w<* must be 
compar'd with Eustathius. 'Tis cited in Prideaux's notes upon Mann. 
Oxon. pag. 51. — In the Year 1698. one Mr John Husey, Pastor of a 
Congregational Church in Caml^dge, preach'd a Sermon against Free- 
will, & confinn'd his Doctrine from one of y« Collects in our Liturgy, for 
vr^ he was prosecuted and tr/d at y« Assizes at Cambridge, but was 
acquitted. Afterwards that Part of his Sermon relating to our Liturgy 
was printed in half a Sheet of Paper in folio, in w^ there is ah Account 
yt y« Author designed to print several Sermons upon Quinquarticular 

10 Points, as also another large Work. — The Basis of the Statue to the 
Memory of Aurelia Fausta in y« Theater Yard has an Inscription w«^ is 
printed by I>. Prideaux with large notes ; but y« Statue it self is wanting. 
It stands by the Covenant between the Smymaeans and Magnesians, & is 
judg'd to have been cut and erected to her Memory in the time [of] 
Marcus Antoninus. 'Twas by order of y^ City of Smyrna, styi'd here 
Metropolis, & to be the most splendid and most beautifull City of Asia, by 
^fi^ is to be understood Proconsular Asia. — According to y« old 
Custom amongst y^ Romans, when any Person was murder'd all that 
liVd in y« same House were to be brought to punishment See Tacitus 

ao XIV. 43. also xiii. 32. & the Case of Marcellus's Death in Tully's Fam. 
Epistles 1. IV. n. 12. & Cellarius's Notes at y« Place. — M'. Dodwell 
tells me by Letter that he much questions whether Cassides were in use 
amongst the Romans before the time of Tacitus, thinking that they were 
only Galeae before. But what makes against his opinion is the word 
Cassis in Julius Caesar's Com. de bello Gallico, L vn. c. 45. of Junger- 
mannus's Edition ; where he speaks thus : prima luce magnum numtrum 
impedimmtorttm ex castris mulorumque product , Ique ijs sir amenta deiraht\ 
mulionesque cum cassidi'bus^ equiium specie ac simtdatione^ collibus circumvehi 
jubet, — For Cassis in Propertius there is Cassida in the Nominative Case, 

30 and in Festus Cassila; and so the MSS^. of Festus, but Vossius in his 
Etymologicon in voc. Cassis is of opinion that Cassida is to be read for 
Cassila in Festus, tho' he grants that D & L are oftentimes changed & the 
one put for the other. Virgil has Cassida in the nominative : JEn. xl v. 
774. Aureus ex humeris sonat arcus, & aurea vati Cassida: — Servius 
Uiere says that 'tis for Cassis, & that Virgil us'd the Accusative for the 
Nominative. But Valerius Probus on the contrary says that 'tis really the 
nominative Case and not y® accusative, and that Virgil declin'd it haec 
cassida. In Varro also we have compeda for compes, & chlamyda for 
chlamys. And Festus Itonida for Itonis. Festus says : Cassidcm anh'qm 

40 pro caiside ponihanL So this Place is to be read in the opinion of Luc 
Fruterius lib. 3. Verisim. cap. 5. 'Tis in Gruter's Fax artium. In MSS. 
we have lepulas for lepadas, diviliae for dividiae, & laptilis for dapsilis. ^ 
From Dr. Davis's Welch Dictionary, Bwlch, incile. pL Bylch. Adjective 
sumitur, fractus, incisus. imde Fcem. Bolch. — Latus, a, um; Llydan, 
ehang, ehelaeth, &c. The word Cassis mention'd in Plautus. 
Trinimi. 10. 98. Mihi & pharetram & sagittas sumpsero, cassidem in 
caput — 

Quaere what is the Signification of this Mark in Mann. Oxon. pag. 70. 
Num. 1 1 1. 'Vers. 6, namely, H^^p. 'Tis in the Marble of Septimius 

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April 28.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 118-136, 379 

with those at Smyrna, viz. SMYPNAN OAYMmA H'fp. M'. Selden does 
not know what to make of it. — Quaere whether Claudius Agathemonis 
a most famous Physitian be mention'd in any Books. There is a monu- 
ment to the Memory of him and his wife fix'd in the west Wall of the 
Theater Yard, by which it appears that he was a Man of great Business, 
and y* he had extraordinary Success. — A Charter of King Edward the 
Confessor's quoted in my old Writings for a Lawday of the Dean & 
Canons of Hereford ; But this Charter I believe to be recent. — 

In Bibl. Bodl. Super Art. immediately after O. i^. is a large Vellam 
MS*, being y« Bible in French, but 'tis not mention d in our Catalogue 10 
(I think). — Customary with the ancients for the Masters or Mistresses 
to put up monuments to their servants or slaves. So in the Theater 
Yard Annaia Ferusa is said to have put up a monument to her Bondchild 
Annaius Firm, who died in the 6^ Year of his Age, being, as is there 
expressed, just 5 years 2 Months, 6 Days, and 6 Hours old. — King 
Edward the VI^'» Injunctions, printed by Rich. Grafton at London in 
1547. together with his Homilies. They are in Bibl. Bodl. inter Codd. 
Seld. 4*0. J. 6. Th. On each side of the Binding of this Book, are the 
Arms of England & France ; and above them a Rose, supported by two 
Angels, above one of which is a Flower de Luce, and above the other a ao 
Cross ; and round about are these verses, Hcec rosa virtuiis de Coelo mtssa 
SerenOj AeUrnum florens regia scepira feret, — In the Month of June 
1544, an. 36 H. VIII, the Letanie or Procession was set forth in English, 
with Commandment by the King to be generally used in every Parish 
Church. See Stow's Annals p. 587. a. — ^Account of a False Accusation 
against M^. Stowe. Ibid. p. 588. b. — Colleges, Chauntries and Hospitals, 
and other Places specified in a certain Act, given to King Hen. VIII. in 
y® 37*^ Year of his Reign an. D. 1545. See Stowe's Annals p. 589. b. 
but with condition that he order them to the Glory of God and the Profit 
of the Common- Wealth, ibid. — One W™. Foxley slept 14 days and 15 30 
Nights, & lived 41 Years after, ib. p. 591. a. — The Gospell and Epistle 
commanded to be read in English in 1547. the first Year of K. Edw. VI. 
Ib. p. 594. b. — The same Year Texts of Scripture first written upon the 
Walls in Churches. Ib. p. 595. a. — ^A Benedictine Nunnery at Littlemore 
near Oxford dedicated to S^. Nicholas. — The Maimor of Sandford near 
Oxon given to y« K<». Templers by S^. Thomas de Sandford K*. A. D. 
— & so it became a Praeceptory. 

In the Year 1623 Richard Tomlins (of the City of Westminster) Esq', 
founded the Anatomy Lecture at Oxford. By Virtue of the Statutes of 
this Lecture the Regius Professor of Physick is always to be the Reader. 40 
The Salary settled upon it was 25 Pounds per annum; which was after- 
wards, namely in the Year 1638, enlarg'd. The chief office of the 
Reader is every Spring time, immediately after the Assizes are ended, to 
procure an intire & Sound body of one of the Malefactors then condemn'd 
or hang'd; or, if that cannot be done, to get an intire and sound Body of 
some other Person ; which being thus procur'd he is oblig'd to have it 
prepar'd and cut up by some SkillfiiU Surgeon, after which he is to read 
in the Physick School, or some other Place, four distinct Lectures at four 
different times, (two Hours at each time) & the body being before him he 
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380 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

plain the several Functions and Uses of each Part in an humane Body. 
These four Lectures are to be performed in the Space of two days, im- 
mediately following one another ; and when they are done the Lecturer 
out of his Salary is bound to take due & effectual care to have the body 
decently buried, for which he is to allow fourty Shillings; as he is with- 
all oblig'd to pay the Surgeon three Pounds for his Help and Assistance 
in the operation. These Lectures are all to be publick, and the Persons, 
as in other Lectures of the University, to be present are assigned by the 
Statutes ; which likewise give the Lecturer a Liberty, as he shall think 

10 proper, of explaining other parts of anatomy more distinctly within Term 
time to his Several Auditors ; only with this Proviso that every Term 
time he be under an indispensable obligation of reading publickly three 
times upon the Bones. 

Now as all these Lectures are to be publick so the Professor of Physick 
is bound to read in his own proper Person ; but if there be any just 
hinderance he is then bound to depute some other leam'd & proper 
Physitian to perform this Oflfice. But if the Deputy be unqualif/d, then 
the Vice-chancellor and two Proctors for the time being, or any two of 
them, are to nominate and appoint one that is sufficient, the Deputy him- 

ao self having no Power and Authority to nominate and constitute another ; 
contrary to what is now practis'd, when D'. Hoy being Regius Professor 
of Physick, and consequently Anatomy Reader, and being a great way 
distant from England, he has constituted D^. Tadlow to be his Deputy, 
who being either unwilling or else unable to do the Duty of the Anatomy 
Lecturer has nominated and appointed another Deputy, who is M'. 
Monroe, Bachelor of Physick, and lately of Balliol Coll. This Deputation 
has been approv'd of by the Vice-Chancellor, D^, Lancaster, who (as will 
appear by and by) may very properly be call'd a Northern Bear; and he 
has not only approv*d the Deputation, but also, contrary to the Statutes, 

30 instead of injoyning him to read publickly, he allows him liberty of read- 
ing in the Publick Physick School privately, & to receive large Fees of every 
Person he reads to, without insisting at all upon the Publick Lecture, or 
taking care to imploy the Money left for that purpose to it's proper use. 

In prosecution of this unstatutable Concession, and of his open neglect 
of publick Discipline, and as a notorious instance of irregular proceeding, 
he gave express orders to Mr. Monroe to come in person and demand 
the Keys of the Library Door and Physick School from the Relater of these 
Matters, by which he might be able to go into and outof the Physick Schoole 
when he pleas'd. Accordingly on Monday Morning last*, between the 

40 Hours of eight and nine of the Clock, M^. Monroe came to the Relater by 
Virtue of the said orders, and demanded the Ke3rs; which the Relater per- 
emptorily denied, and told him that he would open the Doors no otherwise 
than as the Statutes direct, having then respect both to the Bodlejan and 
Anatomy Statutes. M'. Monroe having receiv'd this Answer, waits upon the 
Vice-Chancellor and acquaints him with it ; who gave him fresh Orders 
to come and demand the Keys again in his Name. These new Orders 
were executed by M'. Monroe on Tuesday following in the Afternoon 
between two and three of the Clock, when M'. Monroe receiv'd from the 
Relater the same Answer, only with this Addition that as 'twould betray 

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his Trust to deliver up the Keys, so he had no obligation to open the 
Door unless upon account of a Publick Lecture, which was to be per- 
form'd in two Days time ; and besides he show'd to him the Inconveni- 
ences of dissecting Bodies in the Physick School, not only as it gave 
offence to those that visited the Library by being so very near to it, but 
as it was now tum'd into a Repository, and persons not at all sworn to 
the Library being admitted as Auditors the things were in danger of being 
lost, as is plain from an Instance last year, when D^ Sandolands, no 
member of the University, dissected ; at w^ time a Brass Statue & several 
Medals and Coyns were convey'd off and were never yet restored. 10 

M^. Monroe did not heed this, but still insisted upon his orders, saying 
that he was D'. Tadloes Deputy. The Relater told him that by the 
Statutes I>. Tadloe could not depute, he being only a Deputy himself. 
To this Mr. Monroe repl/d that 'twas not the Relater's Business to ex- 
plain the Statutes; to w^^ he receiv'd Answer, that there needed no 
Interpretation, being very plain and easy: butsupp)ose that there was any 
DiflBculty or doubt it was to be solv'd not by the Vice-Chancellor singly 
himself, but conjunctly by the Vice-chancellor, the Warden of New- 
College, the Rector of Exeter, the Principal of Jesus, the Anatomy 
Lecturer, and the two Proctors, or any four of them, whereof the Vice- a« 
chancellor for the time being is necessarily to be one. Having receiv'd 
this Answer, and finding the Relater fully resolv'd to keep the Keys in his 
own Hands, he went off. 

Next day being Wednesday the Relater went himself to the Vice- 
Chancellor, between the Hours of 5 and 6 of the Clock in the Afternoon. 
He found him viewing the Workmen at the new-Building in Queen's- 
College now carrying on. 

As soon as the Relater came up to him he acquainted him with the 
Conunand that M'. Monroe had brought in his Name. The Vice- 
Chancellor said it was his Command, and he exspected that it should be lo 
submitted to without any Demurr. The Relater told him he could not 
deliver up the Keys, wc** were intrusted to him, and that by that means 
he should betray his Trust Upon this the Vice-Chancellor grew very 
furious and outragious, and utter'd a great many virulent and opprobrious 
Expressions, and withall said that I>. Hudson and the Relater acted as 
they pleas'd in the Library; which last expression was spoke by him upon 
occasion of the Relater's saying he could not deliver the Keys into any 
other Hands but D'. Hudson's from whom he receiv'd them. The Vice- 
chancellor then requir'd the Relater to deliver the Keys into his own 
Hands, saying that he would get new ones made, w<:h he would deliver 4^ 
himself to M'. Monroe. The Relater told him he could not do it. He 
then said he would take the Kejrs from him. The Relater reply'd that 
the Keys could not be taken from him without a reason given, and that if 
that was done it must be by the 8 Curators of the Library, whereof himself 
is but one, and that even then too the Keys are to be retum'd to D^. 
Hudson, who has the Charge not only of the Library itself, but of the 
Gallery and the Physick School, both Places being within the Precincts 
of it, and the things given to either being reckon'd as part of it's Treasure 
and the chief of them are upon that Account enter'd in the Library 
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Then the Relater proceeded to acquaint the Vice-chancellor with the 
Statue, Coyns, and Medalls being purlojn'd last year, and to tell him 
that the School was only designed for publick Lectures, that great offence 
was given last year to strangers that came to the Library, who could not 
endure the smell that was caus'd by the Bodies being cut up ; that this 
Year there was like by such operations to be greater offence by reason of the 
Rifeness of the small Pox,tho' indeed last Year the Persons concerned were 
so inhumane as to let the Bodies of children lye so long in the school that 
worms bred in them ; and lastly he told him that as to himself he was 

<io under no obligation of opening ^e Door but in case of publick Dissec- 
tions. This only serv'd to increase and not to alleviate the Passion of 
this unreasonable Man. He said that he was the Govemour of the 
University, that he could turn pubUck Lectures into private and private 
into publick, when he thought convenient, that he could see no Excep- 
tions that could be made by Visitants of the Library, and that as to the 
Coyns & Medalls being lost he look'd upon them only as Trincketts, 
with abimdance of other the like Stuff, by which may be clearly seen that 
he has no relish of true Learning, & knows nothing of it, when he spakes 
[stc] so slightly of Coyns & MedaUs, than which there is nothing that 

oo gives a greater Light to History and Antiquity, and for that reason some 
of the Greatest Men of late Years have imploy'd themselves in writing 
upon that Subject. He moreover declared that as for the Gentlemen pre- 
sent he could not suspect or think that they would take away any thing ; 
but he rather believed that either I>. Hudson or the Relater had sold and 
made away with them purely for the sake of a little Money. 

He then demanded the Keys again but y« Relater den/d them as 
before. Upon wcl» he said he would be at the School himself. The 
Relater said he would wait upon him when he pleas'd, but for delivering 
up the Keys he had no authority to do it He then fell into a greater 

30 Passion than before, vented abundance of scurrilous Language (and all 
this in presence of the Workmen) and dismissed the Relater abruptly and 
in such a rude manner as is not prq)er to be told, more indeed out of 
respect to the Character of the Vice-chancellor as such, then out of any 
Prospect of Disadvantage to the Relater. 

There is no doubt but that M' Tomlins, when he founded this Lecture, 
foresaw himself the Inconveniences that would ensue from the Physick 
School's being so near the Library ; but there being no vacant School, 
and Anatomy being so nearly related to Physick, he thought it proper to 
settle it there : tho' for preventing as much as possible any Mischiefs and 

40 Disadvantages, he left the Lecturer at Liberty to dissect in any other Place, 
w«l» for that reason has been generally done, and only the Part of anatomy 
concerning the Bones has been performed in the School w<^^ can cause no 
offence. Besides when the Lecture was first founded, perhaps the Stair- 
Case into the Library next Exeter College (for so it was formerly) might 
not be remov'd, and new Passages made into the Library where they are 
now. 

One would have thought that the Vice-chancellor instead of depriving 

the Relater of the Perquisites of his Place (w<^ tho' very mean, and 

indeed almost beneath the Degree of A.M. were it not for the Benefit of 

50 Study in the Publick Library, yet chiefly arise from the Anatomy school) 



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should have endeavour'd to make him some retribution for the Injuries he 
did him lately by getting him tum'd by a benefical Post in the Univer- 
sity : And one would have exspected that a Person of the least Humanity 
instead of abusing him, should have received him with kindness and have 
proposed a method for making him some reasonable Satisfaction for the 
several Services he has done in the Library & University for several years, 
& is continually doing for both Places ; for w<^ however he never receiv'd 
any other Gratuity than a bare Salary of eight Pounds per annum. But 
this being a matter w*'^ so nearly concerns the Relater, he judges it more 
agreeable to the Rules of modesty to leave it to the Reflexion of others, 10 
than to make any more observations upon it himself. 

April 24 (Men.). The Statue of Marcianus in the Theater- Yard has 
a girdle about it, such a one perhaps as the common Souidiers us'd to 
wear, if it be to the memory of a common Souldier, and not of a Person 
of high rank, as it rather seems to me : tho' whoever 'tis 'tis certain 'twas 
erected not for the highest Acts of Virtue, in w^^ Cases Cities us'd to 
erect Statues at y« Publick Expense, but 'twas for the lower and more 
ordinary Acts of it, in which Cases the Friends of the deceas'd us'd to 
raise Monmnents by Leave from the Emperor. 'And so in this Monu- 
ment 'tis plain from the Inscription that the statue was erected & put up ao 
by Marcianus's Wife, who had obtained a Power from y« Emperor or at 
least from his Lieutenant. 

April 27 (Th.). There is just publish'd on a single sheet of Paper 
in S^o. & in a very small Letter A Vindicaiim of the B^, of Salisbury and 
of the Doctrine of Passive obedience ; in w<* are some Reflexions on a 
speech w^h goes under his Lordship's name. This Paper is said to be 
writ by D"". Atterbury ; tho' I rather believe it to have been done by 
Dr. Hickes or one of his Principles. But whoever was Author, 'tis done 
with great smartness, and the Bp. of Salisbury is very severely, yet jusUy, 
reflected upon throughout. The Author maJces the writer of y* speech, 30 
w°l^ goes under Burnett's Name, to be guilty of the greatest Knavery 
& to be govem'd by Diabolical Principles. He cannot think the writer 
of y« speech to be a Bp, because of the Doctrines deliver'd in it that are 
against the Doctrines of the Church of England, against Scripture, 
Fathers, Councils, and never maintain'd or defended by any true or- 
thodox Bp, but wholly owing to Rebells, men of unstable, hellish Minds, 
and govem'd by self Interest, such as will cut their Fathers throat to 
possess his Estate & take up arms against y^ L^. anointed to be exalted 
to temporal Dignity, & to have a share in his undoubted Rights. 

April 28 (Pri.). Just publish'd in S^o. upon good Paper & in a large 40 
Letter. The Managers Pro and Con, Or An Account of what is said at 
-Child s and TonCs Coffee-House for and against D", Sacheverell, 'Twas 
writ by some Whiggish Rascal, one that is an inveterate Enemy to y« 
Church of England and Monarchy. He has abus'd I>. Sacheverell in 

April 26. H. to Barnes (Rawl. 35. 5). Remarks on list of subscribers; 
on Berglenis' ed. of Homer; on the Tabula Iliaea. *D'. Hudson is married 
to the Daughter of Sir Robert Harrison K* of this City. She is a good 
natur'd, virtuous young Woman, and is like to make him a good Wife.' Dr. 
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384 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710:* 

such a manner, as one would think he were bred in the same Place where 
old Will. Lancaster was. He is also angry that Mr. Dodwell's Book 
about the soul was not produced in D^. Sacheverell's Collection of 
Blasphemous, Immoral & loose Books. 

May 1 (Men,). I>. Sacheverell being presented to a Welch Living, 
by one M'. Lloyd, of about 200 libs, per annimi, w^h is consistent wi3i 
his Fellowship of M agd. Coll. he has recommended Mn Trapp for his 
Successor in his Lecture at Newington in Surrey, who is accordingly 
elected. 

io May 2 (Tu.). The University Address being carried to London 
yesterday was sennight by our Whiggish Vice-Chancellor & some few 
other Heads of Houses and the two Proctors, they were on Thursday 
magnificently entertained by the Duke of Ormond our Chancellor, and the 
next day they were introduc'd to her Majesty, who received them 
graciously, and all of them, even John Prickett, one of I>. Charlett's 
Lacqueys, were admitted to kiss her Majesty's Hand. But 'tis no wonder 
that a whiggish, flattering, cringing, complying Address should be so well 
receiv'd. It had been contriv'd accordingly by the Vice-Chancellor, who 
sometime before having at his Lodgings in Queen's College got M^ 

30 Whalley of Wadham, one of his Great Cronies, together with S^. Christopher 
Powell, a yoimg whiggish Baronett of Queen's College, Pupil to M"". Hill 
who was also present, and Mr. Whalley declaring his Mind to the Vice- 
Chancellor that he thought 'twould be highly proper at this Juncture 
to have a most loyal address, exactly conform to the Oxford Decree, the 
Vice-Chancellor repl/d that he would act nothing against the Sentiments 
of his Superiors, that if he found they were for it at Court he would 
manage the Point for an address suitable to their Tempers. This I had 
from M^ Hill himself the same day. The next day being Monday, old 
Lancaster posts up to London, concerts the Matter with the Duke of 

30 Ormond and some other Great Men, and finds that an Address, manag'd 
prudently as they style it, (that is to make the Queen have other titles 
from the People, besides her Hereditary one) would be kindly accepted. 
He returns m all hast to Oxford, calls a meeting of Heads, and having 
got an Address penn'd every way agreeable to the Inclinations of his 
whiggish Friends, such a one as he thought would not prejudice his Aim 
at Preferment, he took care to have it agreed to, and pitch'd upon such 
Attendants as he found would agree in the carrying his Point — An 
Act pass'd the last Sessions intit An Act for y« Encouragement of 

April 29. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 95. 50). Thanks for copy of Ongen's 
' Pbslosopbumena, His unbound and imperfect copy of the Lipjtek Acts for 1707. 
Remarks on Hudson's Dionyshu ; on Schelwig and the Dissertation on 
Theophilus Antiochen. ; on cajsulej, galeae, the fabriea armorum, Ac. ' Wolf 
to H. [in Lat.] (Rawl. 95. 58). A few months after leaving Oxford, was 
appointed Prof, of Philosophy at Wittenberg. Schelwig Prof, of Philoso^y 
at Sedan, vice Groddenius, dead of the plague; Lochnerus at Rostock; 
Pfaffius is travelling in Italy with the heir of the Duke of WUrtemberg. Some 
observations of Casaubon and Faber on Pausanias from the Library of the 
late Schurfleischius (from a Paris MS.) to be published shortly. ' Ecqnid vero 
Tua Musa molitur ? Indefessa certe et pertinax Tua industria nUiili nisi quod 
ingenio elaboratum sit et perfectum polliceri videtur.' 



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Learning, by Vesting the Copies of printed Books in y* authors or 
Purchasers of such copies, during the times therein mentioned — Bares 
date from the \o^ of April last — The Author or Bookseller who shall 
print any Book already printed shall have the sole Liberty of printing for 
21 Years to commence from the said lo**^ day of April — the Author of 
any Book or Books already composed & not printed nor published to 
have the sole privilege of printing y« same for 14 Years, to be reckon'd 
from the first day of Publishing — Those y* offend ag*. this act to forfeit 
their Books, unless they have obtained leave from the Proprietors, & shall 
forfeit one Penny for every Sheet, the one Moiety to go to y« Queen the i© 
other to the Person that sues — No forfeiture imless the Book be first 
entred in y« Register of Stationers — For every Entry six Pence to be 
paid — The Clerk's Fee for a certificate of Entry sixpence — After the 
2^ day of March no unreasonable Prices to be set upon Books — Nine 
Copies of every Book in the best Paper to be delivered to the Ware- 
House Keeper of the Company of Stationers at the Hall of y« Company 
for y« use of the Queen's Library, the Libraries of each University of 
England, the Libraries of the four Universities of Scotland, the Library 
of Sion College, & the Library of Advocates at Edinburgh — ^For default 
to forfeit, besides the value of the said printed Copies, five Pounds for 30 
every Copy not so delivered, as also the value of y^ said printed Copy 
not so deliver'd, — Suit for the Offence to commence within 3 Months 
next after it is committed. 

May 4 (Th.). A Tryal of several of those that were concem'd in y« 
late Ryott at London having commenc'd, & divers of them being foimd 
guilty, amongst others one of the Queen's Watermen was condemn'd for 
high-Treason, but the Queen has pardon'd him at y« Intercession of 
4 Indian Kings that are now in England being come from the West- 
Indies to concert and establish an Allyance against y« French. 

May 5 (PrL). M'. Proast is succeeded in the Archdeaconry of Berks 30 
by M"". Richard West formerly Fellow of Magdalen Coll. and afterwards 
a doctor of Divinity of Lambeth, and famous for his preaching up anti- 
monarchical, rebelhous doctrines, for w^ he is mightily approved by the 
Bp. of Sarum, who thinks he cannot be better rewarded for his Pains 
this way than by advancing him to Spiritual Preferment instead of a 
Gallows. — M'. Allen of University College has given me the Copy in 
Plaister of Paris of an old Seal, which was found lately and is now 
in possession of M' Cole, who publish'd the Map of 20 Miles ro\md 
Oxford. This Seal is very broad, and round it are these Words, 
^igillum SlicatDi Keuil : comitU : JKEIarfDici : Domini glomotgancie ft 40 
morgancif. This is the famous Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick, who 
perform'd such noble and almost unparallell'd Actions in the Differences 
between the Houses of York and Lancaster. 'Tis to his valour that 
the Duke of York, afterwards Edw. IV., ow'd his Advancement to the 
Throne, and he continu'd a fast Friend to him for some time, and did 
him extraordinary Service; but at last he deserted him, espous'd the 
Interest of Henry VI, and nds'd a very strong Party in his Defense ; 
but coming to a BatUe, he was slain in it, as he was most couragiously 
fighting on foot, having sent away his Horse a littie before. This was 

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the only time he fought in this manner, it being his usual Custom always 
to fight upon an extraordinary good, swift, strong Horse, accoutred and 
arm'd in die same Posture that we see him represented here upon this 
Seal, where we see him have a sword in his Right Hand, in the Nor- 
mannic Form, and in the left he has a Shield with a Cross Saltire and 
a File of 3 Points. • On his Head he has a Coronett and a Visor over 
his Face; w<^ Visors are of a late date and are different from the ancient 
Buculae amongst the Romans, w<^ were properly Shields and did really 
belong to the Cassides, w<^ are of great Antiquity, even beyond the time of 

'® Julius Caesar, who mentions them in his Vllth Book of the Gallick Wars, 
May 6 (Bat.). Coll. Handasyde, Governour of the Isle of Jamaica, 
w<^ is a Post of great Income, almost as much ^ Ireland, has resigned 
the same, having held it for several Years. This Gentlemen has two 
ingenious Sons, of very great Hopes, Gentlemen-Conmioners of University- 
College, Pupills to I>. Hudson. — Just printed at London in 8^o. of 88 
Pages, The true State of Trinity College (Cambridge) in a Letter to a 
Residing Fellow of that Society: wherein the trifling Impertinencies^ 
malicious Aspersions^ and bold Falshoods oflf. Bentley^ are answered in 
such a manner as they deserve. In this Pamphlett D'. Bentley's arbitrary 

ao Proceedings in Trinity Coll. his Imbezzling and destroying the College 
Revenues, cheating the Fellows and spending their Money upon unneces- 
sary Buildings &c. w*^k>ut their Consent, his haughty, imperious Behaviour 
towards those of the Society that were for acting according to Statute, his 
expelling others by his own Power, w*lk>ut the joynt Consent and Appro- 
bation of the Fellows as he was by statute obUg'd, with abundance of 
other most notorious, abominable, ill natur'd Practises are freely displa/d 
& laid open in the Language D^ Bentley himself always makes use of. 

May 7 (Sun.). M'. George Stubbe A.M. and Fellow of Exeter 
College, and sometime since of University Coll. an ingenious Gentleman, 

30 has published a Po^'m of two or three sheets in folio call'd The Laureli and 
the Olive, Inscribed to his dear Friend and Acquaintance Mr. Bubb 
a Gentleman Commoner of Exeter Coll. who is likewise an ingenious 
young Gentleman, & has a Copy of verses before this Po€m in two Pages 
to M'. Stubbe, and he has a very good Copy of verses in Latin in the 
Oxford Collection upon the death of Prince George. — This Day M^. 
Rawlinson of S*. John's College shew'd me an old Seal, with this Inscrip- 
tion : MATER : DEI MEMENTO MEi : & the Figure of the Virgin Mary with 
our Saviour in her Arms, & underneath is the Figure of a Man in a pra3ring 
Posture. It was found in the Garden of one M»". Clarke in S*. Giles's 

40 Oxford, and when I first saw it I was of opinion that it belong'd to some 
Religious House, and that it was their Conmion-SeaL But what House 
to ascribe it to I found difficult, it not occurring amongst the Cutis of 
the Arms of Religious Houses prefix'd to the Notitia Monastica, nor do 
I at present remember to have seen it put to any antient Evidences that 



May 6. Dr. H. Frideauz to Dr. Hudson (Rawl. aS. 60). Intended the 
part of his book on 7itbei lately published to be merely a Preface to Part II, 
but has been compeUed to desist by grievous illness. Thinks he has said as 
much for the Clergy's rights as can be said upon defensible principles, and 
whoever goes beyond doth his cause more hurt than good. 



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I have hitherto consulted. I guess'd however that it was the Seal of 
some Religious House dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and I began to 
think of Rewley Abbey (for the Anns of Osney are known to be quite 
otherwise) dio' I could not be positive for want of Papers to w^k the Seal 
of that House is fix'd. Nor does any such figure appear in the Remains 
of that House as they stand at present This was what I surmis'd at 
first view ; but I now begin to be of another Perswasion, and to believe 
that this Seal did not belong to any Monastery, College, or Corporation, 
but that it was the Seal of a private Perscm ; for notwithstanding Rewley 
was dedicated to S*. Mary, and the Person be represented in a praying 10 
Manner, (w^ may seem more particularly to relate to that House, as the 
Founder of it had receiv'd so many signal Favours, w^h he attributed to 
her Intercession, during his Adventures in the Holy War, and as the 
Monks thereof might exspect equal Blessings by a constant Perseverance 
in Prayer and other holy Exercise, applying themselves always to the 
B. Virgin) yet the Name of the Place being not added, it seems to me to 
be a plain Indication of it's being only a private and not a publick or 
common-Seal, yt^ us'd to have sigillvh and the Name of the Place 
added after. And tho' the Seals sometimes ev6*i of Private Persons, as 
that of Roger de Bentun, which we have in the i*hysick Schoole, had the ao 
Names of the Possessors added with the word sigHlvm. prefixed, yet that 
was left to the Liberty of the Person himself, whereas the Seals of Reli- 
gious Houses, Colleges & Corporations, seldom if ever were without them 
in the more early times. Belonging therefore (for so I think) to some 
private Person, the occasion of the Figure was a most devout, holy & ardent 
affection for the Christian Religion, and 'tis likely that the Seal was made 
during the Holy Warrs, and that it bdong'd to a Person actually ingag'd in 
them, and to shew his Devotion the more clearly, & to imprint it the more 
firmly in the minds of those that took part with him he might cause the 
figure of the person directing himself to the B. Virgin to be plac'd under- 30 
neath. Just above him there is another Figure w<^ seems to be such a 
separation as are seen in Churches to divide the Body of the Church from 
the Presbytery. Being without this Division it may perhaps suggest that 
the Possessor of the Seal was a Lajrman, the Priests only and men set 
apart for Divine Offices being anciently permitted to sit in the Presbytery. 
The make of the Letters indeed appear not so very ancient, & the Seal is 
very well preserv'd ; but then I observe that tho' another sort of m, made 
in a round manner, in the Saxon Form, was in fashion in the more early 
times, yet we had the same m as soon as the time of Henry II, as is plain 
from the above mention'd Seal of Roger de Bentun, who was one of the 40 
Witnesses to the Instrument or Charter for founding the Abbey of 
Cokersand in Lancashire, as we are inform'd by the Monasticon Angli- 
canum, vol. II. p. 631. In w«h Seal of Bentun the other Letters are like- 
wise equally elegant with those in this, in reference to w^'h we must 
further note that over the Head of the Virgin Mary is this Mark ^, which 
I think stands for the mark of the Cross. Yet I must confess diat I do 
not remember to have seen in any Seal, Inscription, writing or other 
Monument such a sign of the Cross, tho' we have various Forms in the 
Monasticon & in Dr. Hickes's Dissertatio Epistolaris, as well as other 
curious Tracts. But 'tis not very material whether the Person to whom 50 

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the Seal belonged was one of those military Persons that joyn'd in the 
Holy wars. For in those superstitious times upon all other occasions they 
addressed themselves to the H, Virgin, as the best Refuge and Defence. 
Yet before the Norman Invasion they seem sometimes to have apply'd 
themselves immediately to our Saviour, without any address to the Virgin 
Mary. Thence perhaps 'tis that upon the famous Instrument of Gold, 
(publish'd by D'. Hickes,) w^h was made by the Care of King ^fred, we 
have the Image of our Saviour (for so I take it) without the additional 
Figure of the B. virgin. I think that was one of his JBstel's put upon the 

^o G)pys of Gregory's Pastoral. Upon all these Copys he seems to have 
plac'd the Figure of our Saviour, as his great deliverer from the Danes. 
But 'twill be no wonder that he should leave out y« Virgin Mary, since 
he relinquish'd some of the gross Errors of the Church of Rome, as is 
evident from S^. John Spelman's History of his Life. However notwith- 
standing K. iElfred gave them so much light, & in some Degree destro/d 
and abolish'd some superstitious and even darling Errors, yet they soon 
reviv'd & were maintain'd with much greater obstinacy, insomudi that 
strange, & even blasphemous Petitions were made to the Cross, and the 
virtues of it mark'd out and display'd in writing, and Indulgences granted 

?o to such as sign'd themselves with it This may partly be seen in an old 
vellam Roll, written above 300 years agoe in English, & Latin, & now in 
possession of M'. Pullen of Magdalen Hall, at y« Beginning of w«li are 
several superstitious Pictures of our Saviour, St. Veronice, the Crown of 
Thorns, &c. This Practice of signing with the Cross was so much in 
vogue, that no Inscription upon any Grave stone was without it, being 
sometimes put at the Beginning of die Monument in this Manner ®, & 
sometimes at y^ End of it thus + , and sometimes both at the Beginning 
and End. And 'twas also follow'd in Books of Chymistry, especially in 
such as deliver any Rules for Charms, of w<»^ we have considerable Num« 

30 bers in our Oxford and other Libraries. 

May 9 (Tu.). There is just publish'd a 2^. Edition of I>. Wakes 
Translation into English of St. Clemens's Epistles, Ignatius's Episdes, &c. 
in w«h are great Improvements, & a very good Account is given in the 
Preface of D^. Smith's Edidon of Ignadus. 

May 10 (Wed.). D^. Barnard's Account of the Death of D'. Atherton 
BP.ofWaterford having been lately reprinted, on purpose to do disservice 
to Religion and to bring a Disgrace upon the Episcopal Order, there is 
just come out in a smdl 8^0 a ^ Pamphlett to clear the Bp. from the 
horrid Crimes charg'd against him, at y« End whereof is an Appendix 
40 containing some Letters to y^ same purpose. 

May 11 (Th.). Last Week being two or three times with M'. Tho. 
Bennett of Colchester, an ingenious & solid Writer against the Dissenters, 
he told me that the late M^ Abednego Seller as he was a very learned 
Man, so he had made large Additions to Dr. Cave's Historia Literaria, 
w«^ are extraordinary good, and have been communicated to y« D^. who 
'ds hop'd will make all due acknowledgment & attone in some measure for 
his not mendoning of him with honour before in the former Impression, 

" Tis but a poor Pamphlett, & was done by y present Bp. of Waterford, Thomas 
Milles, an Injudicious, conceited writer. 



May 7-18.] VOL[/ME XX/V, PAGES 1B7-202. 389 

towards w<^ M'. Seller had been also a great and usefull assistant, as 
I have hinted in the 7*^ Page of the VI*h volume of this Diary. 

May 12 (Fri.). This Morning at half an hour after 5 Clock died of 
the small-Pox M'. Daniel Osborne, A. M. and Fellow of Exeter-College. 
He was a sober, honest, religious Man and a very good Scholar, and a 
diligent Tutor in the College. He was buried in the Chapell of the 
College in the Evening of the Day following. — Quaere about these 
Words in Seneca's Epp. 1. i. n. i. cer/e reparabUia—poHcmiur. M"". 
Thwaites conjectures arteue parabilia. — 

The Names of the four Indian Kings, lately come over into England : 10 
(Anno 17 10.) 

Te Yee Neen Ho Ga Prow, ) of the 
Sa Ga Yean Qua Pra Ton, / Maquas. 

(i) Elow Ch Kaom— ) (i) The River Sachem. 

(2) Oh Nee Yeath Ton No Prow / (2) The Ganajohhore, Sachem. 

May 13 (Sat.). There is published An Answer to the Address of the 
University of Oxford, Also An Address to the Oxfordshire and other 
Addressers. — ... On Thursday Morning last between 3 and 4 Clock died 
my truly learned and excellent Friend D'. Thomas Smith, in the three 
score and twelfth Year of his Age. He died an undaunted Confessor ao 
of the poor, distressed, and afflicted Church of England, and always 
stood stiff and resolute to the Doctrines of it as laid down in our Articles 
and Homilies. As he was a man of very great Learning, so he was 
withall modest, humble, and wonderfull commimicative, of indefatigable 
Industry, and of more than ordinary Curiosity in discovering and pre< 
serving the Writings of learned Men, especially those of our own 
Countrey, w«h is much indebted to him for the Lives of divers of them, as 
weU as for several other usefull & good Books. — 

A Key to the IK Vol. of the Atalantis. 

Pa. 7. Prince of Majorca. D. of Ormond and the Lady Harriat Gran- 30 
ville, alias Vere. P. 10. The Midwife^ — M". Richards. P. 12. Sigis- 
mund ft beautifull Mistress. K. Charles 2^. Dutch, of Cleveland & her 
5 Children. P. 15. Dutchess of Portsmouth. P. 16. D. of York and 
D. of Monmouth. P. 17. Countess of Sunderland. Duke of Marl- 
borough, Ld. Ross, M«. Tofts. P. 19. Harriat — Daughter to the L^. 
Brook. Henriquez. — K. William. P. 28. \,\ Romney, the old old 
chevalier, S^. E^. Seymour. P. 39. Widow Lady, Lady Howard, & D. 
Shrewsbury. P. 41. D. of Ormond. P. 42. Prado. St. James's Park. 
Count Biron, L^. Grodolphin. P. 46. The Lady Loxington \sic\ P. 48. 
Euphelia, M". Froud. March, de Lerma, The Lady Fretchville, Marq. 4® 
de los Minos, L^. Henry Scott. P. 49. Marchioness of Sandomire, the 
lady Sandwich. P. 50. Vice-Roy of Renis Lady, Lady Wharton, Lindamire, 
M". Tofts. The Writer, Countess of Dorchester, The Chevalier Pierro, 
L^. Portsmouth. P. 51. Lady Caermarthen, Mompellier, D'. Garth. P. 52. 
Daphne, M'. Griffen alias Manley. Fortunatus, The D. of Marlborough. 
P. 54. Roscius, Mr. Betterton the famous Actor. . P. 55. Daphne, — M«. 
Griffen married to M'. Scarton a Divine. P. 58. Tuilleries, S*. James's 
Park, D. of Buckingham, the New House for the D. of Marlborough. 
P. 59. Spark. Ld. Ossulston, Ld. Albemarle. P. 69. Don Juan, S^. 



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Rob*. Howard. P. 96. S^. James of the Peak. P. 113. Count Biron, 
L^. Godolphin. P. 118. K. James's Queen, P. of Orange Queen Mary 
ft P. of Denmark. P. 119. Duke and Dutchess of Marlborough, P. of 
Wales. P. lai. Duke of Candida, D. of Shrewsbury. P. 134. Prin- 
cess of Orange. P. 144. A general the greatest of the Age, lA, Peter- 
borough. P. 145. Lady Mary ChurcUll married the present D. of 
Mountague. P. 147. Hilaria, M". Marsham. P. 148. Geronimo de 
Haro, Secretary Harley. P. 151. An old Antimonarchical pretended 
Patriot, Arch^P. of Canterbury. P. 164. Duke of Beaufort's House at 

10 Chelsea. P. 169. M». Parker Daughter to the Lady Ash. P. 172. 
Mr. Peyson married to the Lady Granville. P. 178. M'. Pack of Kent, 
or Sir Tho. Powis. P. 180. D. of Beaufort, Dutchess of Ormond, M'. 
Tho. Yalden. P. 183. Don Marcus. St. Tho. Williams. P. 197. 
Dutchess of Beaufort. P. 203. A Minister and Favourite, the old lA. 
Hallifax. P. 205. Lady Macclesfield married to M^^. Frett P. 206. 
Lady Carlisle. P. 207. Lady Eflfingham, M". Cross. P. 209. Earl 
of Dysert. P. a 10. General Talmash. P. 214. L^. Huntington. 
P. 215. M". Heneage, D. Devonshire. P. 216. E. of Rivers. P. 217. 
Mistress^ M^*. Calinston, Old out of Fashion lA. lA. Haversham and his 

ao Lady, lA. Conningsby, Lady Diana Cassett. P. 240. D. of Rox- 

' borough, Dutchess of Roxboroug^ Daughter to y« Earl of Nottingham. 
P. 242. Duke of Northumberland. P. 244^. That Baron, lA. Byron. 
P. 245. a certain chevalier, L^. Hervey. P. 246. M™. Collier, Sir 
Rich<*. Temple, L^. Mohun. P. 250. Barsina, M«. Laurence, Prince 
of Sira, D. of Shrewsbury, Squat dapper Gentleman, lA. Fanshaw. 
P. 252. lA, Mohun and his Lady, Earl of Macclesfield. P. 254. L* 
Conway. P. 255. Duke of S*. Albans, P. 256. Old projecting 
ChevaHer; S^. Humphrey Mackworth. P. 257. That Country: S^. 
Tho. Colepepper, Lady Withers. P. 258. Judge Withers. P. 261. 

30 those 2 renown'd Politicians, L^. Somers & lA, Hallifax. P. 262. Old 
Earl of Sunderland. P. 264. lA, Hallifax. P. 265. lA. Ranelaugh. 
P. 265. Earl of Dorsett P. 269. L^. Barnard & his Son, M'. Vaines's 
Widow, M^ Jollys's Daughter. P. 270. L^. Peterborough. 




This is the forme.of the Stone cone. Godestowe Chauntery. 



lCayl8,14.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 202-216. 391 

In Wolvercote Church a Grave stone, on w<^ a Brass Plate, with this 
Inscription : 

Ingens Oxonij Rainoldos gloria, notns 

Frateroa fajnft, nee minns ipse sua: 
Mocinns fortunse, yirtntis major alnmniis, 

Hie, sed parte sni deteriore jacet. 
Mens coelnm migravit, ut hine quoqne pnemia felix 

Sumat, virtntes eeperat unde soas. 

And upon the stone itself: 

Hie jacet Edmnndns Rainold in aitibus magister. Obijt at NoYembr. anno 1650. 10 
statif sue 9a. 

This Stone seems to have been a grave stone before the Reformation, 
ft to have been first laid to the memory of some charitable Person during 
those times. And afterwards, the old Plates about it being pull'd ofif, it 
was made use of again, and new ones put on to contain the Inscriptions 
aforesaid, and another signifying that the Person referred to was a Man 
of extraordinary Charity also. For on the Western End of it is a large 
oval Vacancy, on w«h a Plate was once fix'd, that is since remov'd, and 
round about are these words: Manimn suam aperuit inopi & palmas 
extendit ad pauperam (lege pauperem). ao 

Since the writing of what goes before concerning the Grave-stone at 
Wolvercote, which is in the Chancell of the Church, I have changed my 
mind as to it's being a Grave-stone before the Reformation, and I now 
think that 'twas made purely for the sake of M'. Edmund Raynolds, who 
was A. M. of Corpus Christi College, and Brother to the famous D^. John 
Ra3niolds, with whom he held a publick Disputation before Robert Earl 
of Leycester, an. 1584. and gain'd great honour by it. He was a Roman 
Catholick, and 'tis for that reason that the Plate of the Round form 
resembled those of the Roman Catholicks, and the Inscription or Words 
round it were ingrav'd in the manner practised by them. He was also a 3o 
Man of eminent Charity every way answerable to a good Estate, which 
lay at Wolvercote, and was left by him to his Sister's Son named Matthew 
Cheriton Esqr. This M"". Raynolds being of a different perswasion from 
his Brother John for that reason left Corpus X**. Coll. and retired to 
Gloucester-Hall, where he became a great and noted Tutor, w«^ Imploy- 
ment he follow'd several Years, to the no small Improvement of his 
Fortune. 

May 14 (Sun.). This Day sennight the Bp. of Salisbury preach'd in 
the Cathedral of Sarum upon the 13*1^ of the Romans concerning the 
Authority of Princes, in explaining the words whereof he was very bold 4© 
and went contrary to the best Expositors, and maintain'd the Doctrine of 
Resistance, w<^ was much resented by the Auditors. Thursday follow- 
ing his Ld.ship ascending the Pulpit of S*. Thomas, and preaching in the 
same strain, M'. Mayor and the Aldermen took their Hatts off the Peggs, 
went out of the Church with the rest of the Congregation, and left his 
L^.ship to preach to the Walls. — 

Ex Origenis contra Celsum Cod. MS. in BibL Collegij Novi, ante 
annos 300, aut circiter, ut opinor scripto : 



39* HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

Bpxovm iv TJ iKKkriaUf. * rrjs Korii Bthv narpUios, Xry» dc fj tuckijaias \ry6fitPoi, ^ 
Kol &pxovai Korh rh imh rov 6€Ov nportrayfAMva, ovdcF irapck rovro iMokvvmnts 
rSav BtTtav v6fu»p, 

> Notes concerning Godestow, occasion'd by the Fragment of the 
Stone found there mentioned above. 

The Benedictme Nunnery of Godestow was founded by one Ida or 
Editha, a very devout and pious Lady, who at the same time built a con- 
venient Church, which was consecrated to the Honour of the Virgin 

"o Mary and S*. John Baptist in the Year 1138, which was y« fourth Year 
of the Reign of King Stephen. The Ceremony of Consecration was per- 
form'd with great Solemnity by Alexander Bp. of Lincoln, the King 
himself, the Queen, the Archbp. of Canterbury, and several others of the 
Nobility as well as Prince Eustace, the King's Son, being personally 
present at it At the same time many & large Contributions were made 
for Endowment of the Church and Nunnery, and Editha her self became 
the first Abbess, tho' we do not find what Contributions were made by her. 
Without doubt they were very considerable, she being in all probability a 
Lady of Wealth and Fortune. This is certain that the Ground upon 

30 which this Religious House stood was not originally her's but belonged to 
John S*. John's, who gave it to this Lady in Frank-Almoigne for ever. 
So we are informed by the Monasticon ; where likewise the several Con- 
tributors or Benefactors at the Dedication, w^l^ fell out upon Easter-Eve, 
are specify'd out of the Register of Godestow, one of which was Elwine 
Fitz Godegose, who impropriated to it the Church of S*. Giles in Oxford, 
that himself had founded a little before, and gave besides 18 Solidats of 
Land lying above South-Bridge in Oxford. 

We do not find where this Ida was buried; but without question 'twas 
at Godestowe : and when I formerly saw this Broken Stone, which was 

30 rooted up in the late great Storm in 1 703, 1 was inclined to think that 
'twas part of the Stone that was erected to her Memory upon accoimt of 
this Benefaction, or at least that it was to the Memory of King John, who 
is said by Thomas Walsingham (in his Hypodigma Neustriae p. 56. of 
Arch^. Parker's Edit) to have been the Foimder of the Nunnery, there- 
by depriving Ida of the Honour due to her, and fixing it upon one of the 
Sons of King Henry 11. to whom Rosamund Cliflford was Concubine, & 
was here buried. Walsingham further adds that the occasion of the 

^ *Tvd r$f in Cod. MS. Baroc. paoUo reoentiori, uti etiam in Edit Hoescheliana. 
Hoeschelius tamen nnus indusit, utpote qui forsan vocem banc in aliquot codidbos 
desiderari viderit. Retinuit etiam in Interpretatione Latina ; nee aliter in Ed. Cant 
per Spencemm. Sed in yersione Latina ante Geleninm deest. £t recte qnidem t6 6vd 
legi pnto. 

' Sic l^^dnm & distinguendnm ex Edit. Hoesdi. viz. Kot ct fyx^^"^ <^ itaXSas dfX' 
orrct ip ry itucXjfaiiff (inr6) r^s mtrd tfcdr mrplSot, Xiyv 82 rijs iiacKif<rUu, iickty6fuyoc 
6pxovai Mardi rd bird rov $tov nporerayfUva, oif^v irapd rovro fiok^worrts rw Strwr 
v6fuay, Qnomodo 8c plane in codice Barocciano, in qno k mox post i)fiwr ad initinm 
sententise commate distingnitnr. Hsec obserravi in gratiam Viri Reverendi Thomae 
Bennetti de Colcestria in agro Essexiensi, qni contra Presbyteranorum alioramqne £c- 
desise Anglicanse hostinm disciplinas multos scripsit libros, alios non minoris notae si 
conatibustaveat Dens scriptunis. 

^ See more of Godstow at the End of the Vol. [Dr. Bliss.] 



Mityl4.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 216-228. 393 

Foundation was that Prayers might be made for the soul of the said 
Rosamund. But Walsingham is so to be understood, as if he meant it 
only of an Addition or Improvement that was made by the King to the 
Nunnery, and not that he was the first or principal Founder, it being 
plain from the Register that he was not 'Tis likely he added a Chauntery 
or Chapell for one or two Priests, and made a suitable Allowance for 
performing the proper Offices in behalf of Rosamund. This being so, I 
now rather believe that the Stone was placed in Memory of this Benefac- 
tion and not of the other. For if it had reference to Ida, 'twould not be 
styl'd a Chaunterie but either a Nunnery, or Church. There is one 10 
thing indeed which looks as if the Stone could not have regard to either, 
and that is the meanness of it, and the Position of the Letters, bemg 
plac'd round, as far as we can judge by what remains, just in the same 
manner that we see in old Grave-stones : whence I begin now to suspect 
that it was nothing else but a Grave-stone, laid flat upon the Groimd. 
Yet it must withall be granted that the Person over whom it was laid was 
a Benefactor to the Place, and either erected a Chaunterie {^une Chaunterie) 
himself at his own proper Charges, or else joyn'd with another in doing 
such an Act of Charity. Whoever it was his Name seems to have begun 
with an ly as we may gather from that letter which is plac'd just above 30 
the Cross, on the left hand. But we having so small a part of the Stone, 
'tis impossible to determine any way from it, unless other Monuments of 
the same Nature and Antiquity could be found here to compare with it. 

From the Monasticon's mentioning Elwine Fitz Godegose as the 
Founder of S*. Giles's Church, we may inferr that the old Church dedicated 
to the same Saint, and founded some Ages before, and made use of as 
the University Church, had been destroy 'd long before: perhaps that might 
happen in the time of the Danish Warrs. Godegose was a Man of a 
publick Spirit, and much addicted to Piety ; w^h was the sole Induce- 
ment to these charitable Works. Besides those mention'd by the 30 
Monasticon we might in all likelyhood find others of as good consider- 
ation if we had a liberty of inspecting coaeval Monuments, and amongst 
them we might perhaps find some others of them at Godestowe. 

As to the present remains of the Nimnery of Godstow, they serve to 
little other purpose than to shew that 'twas of no small extent, and to 
raise in us a Veneration for the Sanctity, Piety, and Generosity of our 
Ancestors. On the North side there is a good part of one side of a 
Tower (perhaps the Tower of the Church) standing, and on the East- 
side is a small room, on the floor of w^l^ lye two Stone Coffins, and on 
the Wall just above them are painted the common Verses, in Latin and ¥> 
English, which are handed about in Memory of Rosamund. 'Tis com- 
monly said that one of those Coffins was that in which Rosamund her self 
was laid, and the other that which was for her Keeper. But this we are 
to look upon as no more than the fiction of the Vulgar. 'Tis however 
likely that the Coffins were dug up here, and were those in which two 
Nunns, or two other Persons (for others were interr'd here besides the 
Members of the Nunery) had been buried ; but for Rosamund her self, 
she was wrapt up in leather and put into a Coffin of lead, according to 
the Custom of those times, as we are expressly told by Hoveden, fol. 405. 
b. io« ^ She was first of all buried in the Middle of the Quire, and, as the 5^ 



394 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710 : 

same Author acquaints us, her Tomb* was covered with silk and surrounded 
with Lamps and Tapers ; but 'twas after some Years remov'd out of the 
Church, by the express order of the Bp. of Lincoln who thought it a 
most heinous Prophanation of the Church that the Body of so debauch'd 
a Woman should continue in it. After this Removal it continu'd at rest, 
till about the time of the Reformation, when M' Leland, in some of his 
Collections in the Cottonian Library, tells us 'twas taken up, with this 
Inscription Tumha Rosamunda ; but he has not thought fit to inform us 
what became of it ; tho' tis probable it fell into the Hands of some Zealots, 

10 who would not permitt any thing to escape their Fury and Indignation 
that savour'd at all of Popery. 

John Brompton and Ranulph Hygden take notice of Rosamund's 
Tumb at Godstow at the same time that they are accounting for her 
Amours and Intriegues with King Henry 11^. and they tell us that tho' it 
was only two foot in Breadth (so I translate tnensurcB hipedalis) yet it was 
of most wonderfuU contrivance, being adorn'd and beautified in the 
most artificial Manner in use at that time. For on it were represented 
the Figures of all sorts of Champions, with all kinds of Anhnals done to 
the best Advantage. Cista ejusdem puellce vix hipedalis nunsurcB^ admira* 

ao hilis architecturcB ibidem cernitur; in qua conflictus pugiluMy gestus anima- 
Hum, volatus avium^ saltus piscium absque homims impulsu conspiciuntur. 
Which Words* are not strictly to be taken of the Coffin it self, but of the 
outward ornamental Parts of it, w<^h D^. Plot in his Natural History of 
Oxfordshire chap. ix. §. 144. takes to have been Wood. Notwithstanding 
these Ornaments were comprehended within a very narrow Compace, yet 
they were exceeding beautifull and struck the Eye almost beyond any 
other Work of that Age. These Authors are also to be understood erf" the 
state of the Tomb as it was in their time, and not as it continued in the 
Church, whence it had been carried a great while before they flourish'd. 

%o *Tis likely that after it's Removal it was plac'd in a very decent and comly 
Chapell or Chaimtry adjoyning, and that the same divine Offices were 
solemnly and constantly practis'd in behalf of the Soul of this unfortunate 
Lady that had been observ'd before during the time that the Body had 
hiyii in the Church. Nor did the Bp. of Lincoln find fault with or in the 
least condemn these devout Acts that were done by the direction of her 
pious Friends and Ancestors; all he resented was the Abuse to the Church, 
at least the most Holy part of it, by permitting a Lady that had been so 
infamous for her Lewdness to remain in it There is one Objection which 
seems to make against her Coffin being plac'd afterwards in a consecrated 

40 Chapell, and that is the odd posture of the Figures of Men and Animals 
insinuated by the aforecited Authors to have been about the Tomb, 
which do not very well agree with a consecrated House, and with the 
Reverence due to it 'Tis therefore more likely that at that time the 
Tomb stood in the Chapiter-House of the Nunns, (as D'. Plot likewise 
observes,) and that these Ornaments had been contriv'd after it's Removal 
from the Church, pardy by the Assistance of Rosamund's Relations, and 

' Bromton says the same also in the Reign of K. Rich. I. 

' Or, it may be, the Word cista is to be understood of some chest y^ had belongM 
to Rosamtmd h was still preserv'd in Bromton h Hygden's time, & so will not relate 
to her Coffin or tumb w^ is mention'd just before by Bromton, who calls it tumba. 



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partly by the Help of others, on purpose to please the Eyes of those who 
frequently came to view her Tomb, and to see a place that was much 
noted for so illustrious a Lady. 

Tho' Rosamund was buried at Godestow, yet she died at Wodestock, 
in a most spacious & large Apartment, wrought in all respects like a 
Labyrinth, tfiat King Henry IK had caus'd to be made for her. This 
Death was not violent, as is commonly said to be in the printed Romance, 
which ascribes it to Q. Eleanor's Contrivance, but was natural, (and that 
soon after she was settled in the Labyrinth,) as we are expressly in- 
form'd by John Brompton. The chi^f reason, it may be, of her being 10 
buried at Godestow was the great Aflfection her Father Walter Clifford 
bare to that Place, to which he was a Benefactor, and was there after- 
wards buried himself, close by his Wife, who died, I think, before the 
Death of her Daughter Rosamund. 

May 18 (Th.). We have amongst D^^. Bernard's MSS. (Num. 10.) in 
BibL Bodl. Itber Ceyhnicus^ writ with a style upon the Leaves of Trees. 
It consists of 28. Leaves, and cost the I>. 5*. Num. 2. Bemardi, is a 
MS*, containing the Notes of John Fred. Gronovius upon Tully's Offices. 
They were dictated by him in a private School at Leyden. — De more 
veterum, qui suis in agris plerumque busta sibi facere consuerant, ao 
accurate ac fuse disputatur apud P. Victorium in var. Lectt. 1. xiv. c. 21. 
ubi morem istum h lapidibus antiquis in Italia crebro erutis prseclare 
illustrat. — Just published A IJd Part of Mr. Oldisworth's Answer to 
the R* of y Christian Churchy which he intitles A Dialogue between 
Timothy and Philatheus, — Peter NicoUs, Fellow of Merton College, 
left Ant Wood a legacy of 40 shills. So himself testifys at y« beginning 
of his vols, of Gazettes in Mus. Ashm. 

May 19 (Pri.). This Morning died D'. John Meare, Principal of 
Brazen-nose Coll. He had been once Vice-Chancellor, but was never 
noted for Learning or any thing else. He was buried in the College- 3«> 
Chapell on Sunday Night following. — Just published, The Duty of 
being grieved for the sins of Others, a sermon preach'd in S^. Martin's 
Church in Leicester, April 26*^, 1710, at y« visitation of the Archdeacon 
of Leycester, by Edw. Wells, D J). Rector of Colesbath in Leicestersh. 
8vo. D'. Wells hath also published just now in a single sheet Folio, A 
Letter to a Friend concerning the Great sin of taking God's name in 
vain: &c. « 

In the Bodlejan Library we have two Copies of the Latin Articles, 
printed in 1563, one of which has a Scroule annex'd, and has Corrections 
with a Pen, w^^h I sent to M'. Bedford at London. The other has also 4© 
Corrections with a Pen, but the Margin being cut too much some of the 
Letters are wanting. These corrections contain'd in the Book without 
the Scroul, which stands amongst Mi". Selden's Books, 8vo. Z. 16. Th. 
are as follow : 

May 15. Dr. Woodward to H. (Rawl. is. 94). His time has been taken 
up with three public lectures in the College of Physicians. Barnes will be 
welcome in town. Glad that there is likely to be so effectual an answer to 
Priestcraft in Perfection. Dr. Harris and his collections towards a Nat. Hist, 
of Kent ; will H. contribute anything in his power? 



396 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

Art. I. The Comma after Deus is struck out, and the Words after 
invisibilium are mark'd to make a distinct §. 

Art. II. After essetque is added hosiia, with this note . . ic etiam . . 
rrigiiur, for sic etiam corrigitur, which referrs to the printed errahtm at 
the End. 

Art. VI. The Corrections are the same as in the other Copy, unless 
it be that 4 is not added after majores, nor i a after minores. 

Art X. 'Tis corrected grata sunt for grata sint. 

Art XI. Domini is added in the margin with a note that 'tis to be 
to repeated after Servataris. 

Art XXI. 'Tis corrected ex hominihus canstent. 

Art XXII. In the margin against the last Words of the Article are 
these letters .... itur .... but what the rest should be I cannot guess, 
unless it be that itur should be legitur^ and that MS. seems also to have 
been one of the other Words. 

Art. XXVI. The word donorum is mark'd under, & in the margin 
against it is written .best (for abesl) MS. 

Art. XXVII. Suspitientes, (so 'ds read in the first £d.) is mark*d 
under, and in the Margin is written sic . . . MS. 
ao Art. XXVIII. Medium autem quo corpus Christi accipitur if manducatur 
in coenat fides est : the Words in coma are mark'd under, & in the Margin 
is written S'. in MS. But good part of the margin being, as I noted 
before, cutt off, it does not appear whether ^ was prefix'd to sunt, that 
the word might be desunt. 

Art. XXXIII. public^ is mark'd under, & in the margin is written 
, , . bii . . . mj w<5t perhaps should be pubiicam. These Corrections, 
(if we may guess from the Letters MS, w«li are added to some) were 
taken from a Manuscript, and if they do not agree with the MSS. at 
Cambridge, we may inferr that they were taken from another, which 'tis 
30 probable was more authentick, and it may be the true Original. 

That Copy with the Scroule is indorsed twice, but in a Hand, I think, 
some Years after 1 57 1 . The first Indorsement is : The Subscription of the 
lower House of the Convocation of Canterburie. The other is. The 
Subscription of the Lower House. — 

I>. Atterbury, Dean of Carlisle, being in Towne, I have transcrib'd 
for his use from a Bodlejan MS. (num. 3499.) An Advertisement touching 
the Controversies in the Church of England, which was written by an 
Anonymous Author in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, & takes up about 
6 or 7 sheets of my writing. I also transcrib'd for him from a MS^. in 
40 Mr. Wood's Collection in the Ashmolean Museum ; (number'd in our 
Catalogue 8494.) A Petition of the Clergy of London to the Convocation 
complaining of the smaliness of their Benefices A J), 1580. — Just publish'd 
in 8^0. price 6^. Some Considerations humbly offered to the Bf. Reverend 
the L^. &. of Salisbury, occasioned by his L"* ships speech, upon the first 
Article of IT. SacheverelVs Impeachment. Ac. — A Copy of Articles in 
the School-Tower. (Oct. 13. 16 15. Term. Mich. Ends with July i3**>. 
1638. Restor'd to y« Library Aug. 10. 1705. by !>. Chariett, who had 
receiv'd it from D^. Hutton April io*l». 1705. The Articles printed in 
English in 16 1 a. 4*0. by Rob*. Barker.) This Note relates to a Copy of 



May 19-21.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 2^-256. 397 

the 39 Articles, (printed in English in 161 2) in the School Tower, yr^ 
has the Names of Graduats that subscribed for the time I have mentioned. 

May 21 (Sun.). The Reverend and learned Dr. Thomas Smith, 
whose Death I have mention'd above (May 1 3*^^) was buried on Saturday 
Night (May 13*^) between 10 and 11 Clock in S'. Anne's Church, 
London. He left the Writer of these Matters an excellent and large 
Collection of MSS*. Papers and Books. — 

Out of a Letter I rec^ from my Father George Heame of White 
Waltham Berks last Week, dated the lotl^ Instant: 

As to the old Building in Feen*s Ground {in the Parish IVhite-JValtham, Berks) 10 
I have made Enquiry of Francis Williams, who rented the Ground where the Remains 
of the Ruins are, and caused some of them to be digged up a considerable Depth, and 
he says there were severall great Stones that were broken, but that w^ you say the 
Gentleman mentioned he says seemM to be a made Stone to support some arched Work, 
'tis thought under ground ; and that they never took up. I saw part of it myself when 
the Ground was open, and it look*d like artificially made Stone, such as I have read the 
Romans could make formerly, and I am apt to think it was a Roman Work. 'Tis a 
pretty large piece of Ground, whereon the Building stood, and the Tile Shores and 
oroken Pieces of Pavements are just as they be in Weycock, and all old antique Ruins 
that I have seen about us, viz. in Berry-Grove» Teresh-Garden and Stouts, are the same, ao 
Remains of broken Tiles. The tradition amongst old People that now are dead was 
that the Building in Feens Ground was a Market Town before Maidenhead was built, 
and that the Market was on Mundays, but I suppose this to be a Fable, but I believe 
whatever it were, it was demoUished in the generall Destruction made by the Danes. 
They say there were some old Copper Coyns found there in digging, such as usually 
are in Weycock ; but I cannot hear who hath any of them as yet, but you may be sure 
when I can I will send you some of them, or any other I can meet with. 

Over the Porch-Doore of the Church at Sandford near Oxford : 
Condidit me domina Eliza : Isham— Anno—Gratise 165a. 

Porticus Patrons: 30 

Thankes to thy Charitie Religiose Dame, 

W^'^ found me old & made mee new againe. 

At the old Nunnery House at Sandford found a Piece of Brass, with 
an Eagle on it; as also a small broken Box of Wood, & therein the 
Fragment of an Image of a Woman, perhaps the Virgin Mary, (with a 
broken Image of a Man in her Arms, vr^^ is Perhaps our Saviour. On 
the Inside of that Part of the Lead of the Box (for there is only Part 
remaining) that is now to be seen, there are these Letters MAR. 

In the Church of Sandford nothing extraordinary, unless several 
Grave-Stones of several of the Powells, to whom the Manoiu- House, 40 
and several Houses at Sandford belonged, as they also do to the present 
M'. Powell. The chief Monument is in the South Wall of the Chancell, 
as follows: 

Sepulturam hie habuit | Spe felicis In ztemam vitam resurrectiolnis vir 
clarissimus Gulielmiis Powellus de parjco Rolestonensi in par. de Tutbury in 
comitatu | Staffordiensi, eques auratus frater Edmund! | Powelli Armigeri, 
hujus Manerij quondam do | mini Serenissimx hujus regni reginse Elizabe|thae 
stipator nobilis atque augustissimis ejusidem regibus Jacobo Caroloque primo 



May 20. Dodwell to H. (Rawl. 25. 51). Wishes that H.'s collections 
concerning cassis among the Romans had been larger. Would gladly discuss 
the matter with him at Oxford, but for the news of the small-pox being there 
and being very mortal. 



398 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. [1710: 

cursus I Tatuburiensis in comitatu praedicto, curator | regius qui tertium ft 
octogedmum aetatis | sux annum agens xvii. Calend. Jan. anno Domini 
M DC I Lvi. yitam cum ztemitate commutavit | in perennem cujus | memoriam 
necnon indebitae ejus erga ilium | observantiz pizque gratitudinis testimo- 
nium I (quipp>e parci illius Rolestonensis, ac caetera-lrum praedicti Gulielmi 
facultatum haeres ab | eodem in totum assem constitutus) Johan|nes Powellos 
armiger, hujus Manerij dominlus ac ejusdem Gulielmi pronepos monimenjtale 
hoc marmor posuit dicavitque | anno Domini mdclxi. 

Upon a black Marble on the Floor of the Chancell : H. S. E. | Johannes 
xo Powell Armiger. | qui obijt 19. die Septembris | anno Domini 1678. On 
the left of which on another black-Marble Grave-stone : H. S. £. | Anna 
Betham Vidua | Ricardi Betham & filia | Edmundi Powell annigeriy 
hujus Manerij quondam D^. | Obijt aS^^. die Feb. anno D^i 1692. j 
Anno aetatis 86*0. — ^The present M^. Powell has had two Daughters & 
a sons buried in the said Chancell (w<* belongs to the Powells) over 
whom is a Grave stone of black-Marble, just below the other two stones. 

May 22 (Mon.V Pighius*s Annals has been printed twice, first of all 
in one Tome ana afterwards in 3, and 'tis the second Edition is to be 
rely'd upon. — In the Beginning of Peter Victorius's Epistles Ac. 

ao printed at Florence (apud Juntas) 1586. (whereof we have a copy in 
Bibl. Bodl. K. i. 15. Art) is Victorius's Picture done from a wooden 
Cut, in the 87*^* Year of his Age. — 

Hermannus Hugo de Militia equestri antiqua & nova, in folio (printed 

by Plantin) in five Books. Sciremus forte, si Sarmenis equitis liber 

extaret, quern Plinius primum scripsisse de Equitatu refert lib. 34. c. 8. 
Several things about riding without Bridles towards the Beginning of this 
Book. — Cassis mention'd in Juvenal Sat xl v. 103. & in Sat vii. v. 33. 
& in Sat X. v. 134. In this last place Joannes Britannicus in his Scholia 
makes cassis the very same with gaUa, — M' Halley a great Assistant 

30 to M' John Houghton, F.R.S. in his usefuU and excell* Papers call'd 
A Collection for Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, M'. Houghton 
oflen quotes him with great Honour and Respect, and has published 
some of his Letters. — M'. Dodwell's Brother, I think, was destroy'd bj 
Gun-Powder. Quaere whether 'twas at Limerick Febr. 12. 1694. when a 
Magazine of Powder took fire, and destroy'd and blew up a great Part 
of the City, wherof there is a printed Account J. i. 19. Art 

May 28 (Tu.). There is just published in 8^o. a Third Answer to M''. 
Higden's late Book, which is written by an anonymous but judicious and 
learned Writer, and 'tis entitled The English Constitution fully stated, &c. 

40 ^ Lubin's Interpretation of huccula in Juvenal Sat x. v. 134. is t^men 
ferreum bucca per quod spiritus ducitur cassidi fractcB aSiarens. £si 
autem (inquit) hoc loco buccula^ buccarum legmen. Das Visier, * Tell 
M^ Dodwell about the Cassides in Vegetius lib. i. c. 16. 'Tis the conmaon 
Accotmt relating to Childrens slinging stones & striking a Mark. In 
Stewechius's Notes there are Figures of the Legionary Souldiers from 
antient Monuments. — At the End of a MS*, in old English : Iste liber 
constat Willelmo Smyth sacerdoti cujus animae propicietur Jhesu, quern 
post obitum suum Johannes Horder emebat Have merci of yo^ soule 
& love wel god. Jhesus so mot it be amen. — The Book itself (yt^ is 

50 now in possession of M"". Rawlinson of S*. John's) was written by Walter 



Mayai-28.] VOLUME XXIV, PAGES 256-282. 399 

Hilton, as appears from the conclusion thus, Explicit liber Magistri 
Walteri Hilton de vita contemplativa. Jhesu miserere . . . Jhesu miserere. 
In it this Memorandum at y® Beginning, Hunc librum & librum vocatum 
gratiam Dei qui est in custodia Willelmi Carente habeant Abbatissa & 
Conventus Shafton^ in succursum animae Johannis Horder. The Beginning 
of y^ Book, In the Name of our Lord Jhesu Christ stand stedfast &c. — . . . 
Amongst D^. Bernard's Books (MS. num. 9.) we hz\t,/oan. Fred. Gronovtj 
Excerpta Terentiana, Cod. MS. Bernardi ii. is a MS* containing the 
same Gronovius's Notes upon Part of Tully. — . . Gnomon Renati Guillonij 
Vindonis. Which is a very excellent and usefull Work for all such as 10 
would be skiird in the true Pronunciation of Words in y« Latin Po^ts. . . 

Priory of Sandford or Litlemore. Vol. 3. p. 13. The first Charter of 
Roger de Thoeni, who gave 20 Acres of Land at Moderul. The 2^ is of 
Roger de Sanford in the Reign of Hen. H. He gave the 3^ Part of the 
Isle in Keniton between Keniton and Sanford. The Church dedicated 
to S*. Nicholaus. The 3d. is of the same in the same Reign granting 
terram de Begheii. This confirmed by the King. By it he also granted 
one Acre — in Bruholls. 4^ of Tho. Bussell of Samford, who gave 
one virgat containing 16 Acres & half in y® fields of Samford to God 
& to S*. Mary & to S*. Nicholaus of Littlemore. anno 1254. 8©. H. III. 10 
^^ of Rob. Abbat of Abbingdon who gave to the same (God, Mary, 
Nich.) all the Tyths in Beywurth Com. Berk of the Demain of Hugo de 
Sanford. 6*1^ of Roger de Quency Earl of Winton by w^li he quitclaim'd 
to the Nunns suit to his Court at Chinnore. 7th of Geffry de Vanci 
by -w^ he gave Lands in Lewartone to God & S*. Mary & S*. Nicholaus 
& S*. Eadmund of Sanford. A Prioress & Nunns. — Bulla Innocentij 
4*1 Rom. Pontif. per quam relaxat x dies de injuncta poenitentii omnibus 
qui ad constructionem Ecclesiae de Litlemore manus porrexerint adju- 
trices. The Bull directed to the diocess of Lincoln, Ely & Sarum. 
From 1242 to 1254. Benefactions made in the time of Edw. i»*. — 30 

Godstow Ch. dedicated by Alexand*" Bp. of Line. temp. R. Steph. 
Founded by Editha. Ded. to the V. Mary & S*. J. Baptist. She was 
the first Abbess. Dedicated an. 1138. anno 4*0. R. Steph. A Parochial 
Church. The King & Queen, Arch^P. of Cant &c. present at the Ded. 
Wlgaricola. S*. Giles's Oxon. impropriated to it. K. Stephen granted 
them a Fair for 3 Dajrs together at the Feast of S*. John Bapt The 
Land of Godestow given in free Almoigne for ever to Ida or Editha by 
John S*. Johns. Confirmed by K. H. II. & R. I. S*. Giles's Church, 
Oxford founded by Elwine Fitz Godegose (Mon. Angl. Tom. i. p. 526. 
& p. 528.) regnante R. Steph. vel forsan pauUo ante ejus Regnum. 4® 
The same Elwine impropriated it, & also gave to Godestowe 18 solidatae 
of Land on the other side of the City of Oxford above South Bridge. 
(The Tomb of Rosamund buried first in the middle of the choire, but 
order'd to be remov'd thence by Hugh Bp. of Line. an. 1191. (Hard, 
fol. 405. b. 10.) The Tomb at y* time was cover'd with silk, & sur- 
rounded with Lamps and cerets. Tapers. (She was buried without the 
Church.) Leland tells her Tumb was taken up alate (Mon. Angl. T. i. p. 
528.) with this Inscription Tumba Rosamunds. Her bones were closed 

^ AnShaftsbnryf 



400 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, VOL. XXIV, PP. 282-287. [1710.] 

in Leather & cover'd over with Lead. The Cross perhaps y* stood there 
put up soon after she was buried to desire Passengers to pray for her 
Soul. Walter Cliflford and Margaret his wife, Father & Mother to 
Rosamund buried also at Godestow. Isabell countess of Clare confirm'd 
the Donation of Maud her Mother, Countess of Clare, who gave one 
Mark of silver, to pray for the Souls of her Father & Mother & her 
Husband Roger Earl of Clare. Clifford's wife died first. He a benefactor 
for her's and his Daughter's Soul. John S'. John's for the Souls of his 
Father, & Mother, & ancestors. Hyp. Neustr. p. 56. Ed. Park. — 

10 Anatomy Lecture foimded An. 1623. by Rich. Tomlins Esq. The 
Regius Prof, of Physick is the Reader. Every Spring he is to take care 
as soon as the Assizes are done to have a Body (either one of the male- 
factors hang'd or some one else) to be dissected by a skillfull chirurgeon, 
& to shew the office and use of y^ several Parts in 4 distinct Lectures, in 
the Physick School, two Hours at a time, namely between 9 & 11, & 
2 & four, the chirurgeon all the time to assist. Every Michaelmass term 
he is to read three distinct Lectures upon the Bones. He may also at 
other times (if he think fit) more fully explain any p* of Anatomy or of a 
Sceleton. His Salary 25 libs, per an. The Chirurgeon to have 3 of it 

ao He is also to pay 40 shiUs. for removing & burying the Body in a decent 
manner. If die Prelector be negligent & do not provide a sufficient 
Deputy, then the Vice-Chancellor & Proctors for the time being, or any 
two of them is to nominate & appoint one, & to assign w* Portion 
of Money out of the said Pension they shall think fit The necessary 
Auditors, all Students of physic & all Surgeons in the university. If any 
Controversie Arise about the meaning of y® Statutes 'tis to be determin'd 
& decided by the Vice-Chanc. the Warden of New College, the Rector 
of Exeter, the Principal of Jesus, the Anatomy Lecturer, & the Proctors, 
or any four of them (whereof the Vice-Chancellor for the time being 

30 necessarily to be one) provided that the Determination do not alter or 
change any essential mater or Clause in the Statutes, & if it be not 
decided within 15 days, or if there shall be any doubt of greater Moment, 
then 'tis to be determin'd & ended by the Convocation of the said 
University. The Founder design'd to augiunent the Pension. The 
chirurgeon to be nominated by the Lecturer. — 

The Schools began in 16 12. which yr Sir T. B. dy'd. The Western 
part of the Library began 30 March 16 13. The first Professor of 
Anatomy, Doctor Clayton, Reg. Profess, of Phys. & the first licens'd 
Chirurgeon M'. Bernard Wryght The Lecture Salary inlarg'd in 1638. 
40 . . • M'. Tilly preach'd an Excellent, seasonable Sermon at S*. Mary's on 
Sunday May 14*^. morning. On the same Day M'. Harris at the Temple 
upon Luke 9. 55. . . — March 25^^. 17 10. D^ Pearson of Edm. Hall 
subscrib'd for M'. Barnes's Homer, 10 s w<^ was pd next day to I>. 
Hudson. — . . . Octob. 7th 17 10. Paid the Sweeper of the Library 10 s. 
being with 10 s I lent him the whole due for last half year. !>. Hudson 
then sent a Copy of Homer of M'. Barnes's Edit to M'. Seal, w^h M«*. 
Barnes presents me. 



NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



voii. xrv. 



This volume is paitially interleaved with a copy of ' Mercvrivs Oxomensis ; or, the 
Oxford Intelligencer, fir the Year of our Lord 1707. By M. G. London, Printed 
for E^>ert Sanger at the Post-House at the Middle- Temple-Gate m Fleet-street, 1 707. 
Price Six Pence.' 48 pp. This Almanack is the onl^ opus ascribed to Dr. Charlett 
in the Bodleian Catalogue. His authorship of this or similar works is alluded to in the 
University Miscellany 17 ; * There will shortly be publishM a Treatise of Fairs by the 
Learned Masted of Un — fy College, as an Appendix to his Almanack.* 

Page 1, line 11. A second Smooth-boots. See pp. 8, 3a, loi, 175, 281, 313. — * Dr. 
Van Slyboots* is introduced in King^s Voyage to CajanuU^ *Habbakkuk Slyboots' 
in The History of John Bull, and 'Humphiy Slyboots' in TcUler 63. Dr. Brewer 
(Dictionary of Phrase and Fable) quotes Adventures of Abdalla (1729) 32, and 
remarks that ' Boots is a corruption and contraction of the French butor, a blockhead 
or dolt, our butt* [?] Webster refers to Goldsmith. Cf. Speech that was intended to 
have been spoken by the Terrae-Filius (1713) 11 : * Proximus mihi occurrit Slyboots. 
And he Good Man too has been barbarously used ; never did Poor Man take more 
pains to be a Bishop than he has done, almost as much as his neighbour the V. C. 
[Gardiner] did to be Queen's Chaplain : At Dijs aliter visum est. But No One can 
say it was his Fault' See also Spectator 43. 

1. 16. For "Walter Hylton, see Kettlewell Authorship of *De Imitatione,* 89 sqq., 
and Rep. Hist MSS. Comm. 33. His Scala Perfectionis hzs been thrice printed — in 
1507, 1659 (by A. Woodhead), and 1869. — ^AU the known lacts regarding the life of 
Richard Bolle of Hampole are given by Mr. Bramley in the introduction to his 
edition of Hampole's Psalter (Clarendon Press, 1884), PP* ^* ^^9'» ^^^ a list of his 
works which have appe^ired in print at p. x. sq. He does not seem to have belonged 
to any order, nor was he actually canonised, though Jan. ao was appropriated to nis 
memory, llie date of his death is correctly given by Dr. Smith. 

2. I. For a sufficiently full account of Dr. Knightly Ohetwode (ob. 1730), see 
Atterburys Epist, Corr, (1789) i. 430, where a letter is printed from the Earl of 
Sunderland to the Dean uiging him to support Dean Willis for the Prolocutor's chair 
in opposition to Atterbury ; rf. p. 119 infra, 

2. a. On the subject of this election W. Bishop wrote to Charlet^ March I7, 1707 
(Ballard xxxi. 41) : ' This Afternoon I was assur d y* the whole afl&ur mention d in y' 
last, was projected, began, and ended, by the L* Guilford, y* He has ordered His Bro' 
to desist at Banbtiry, and M'. Daswood is to be choose there.' 

2. 30. Dr. Hudson was likewise at this time taking pupils ; see letter of Bp. 
Hough to Dr. Charlett in Wilmot's Life of the former, p. 147, dated April la, 1707. 
Dr. W. Smith wrote to Charlett (Ballard xvi. 37) : ' Mr. Allen it seems being full of 
complaint, of y* hard usage he has mett with, in being putt by the Bursars place y* last 
Election. But I will say no more of him, least y* justest censure might seem to pro- 
ceed in me from partiality or ill will. But who ever shall sett y* Collie acct" once 
strait again; I think the whole society will be much to blame to suffer any single man's 
n^ligence to lett them run again into disorder.' From the same collection (xxi. 91) 
we learn that Charlett*s official income in 1704 was £109 10s, j^. all told. 

8. 14. Bp. 'Wilson was consecrated in 1698, when the See of Sodor and Man had 
been vacant for five years. For these Danish burials, cf. Chaloner Description of the 

VOL. n. D d 



40a HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

Isle of Man lo. The Runic monuments^ of the Island were etched by William Kimie- 
brook in 1 841. Though the tract mentioned p. 32 was the first publicatum in the 
Manx language, Bp. John Phillips (1605-1633) is said to have translated the Bible and 
Common Frayer into Manx (Sacheverell Account of the Isle of Man 117). A History of 
Man was long expected from Bp. Wilson (Thoresby Ducatus Leodiensis 388). 

4. 5. The Rev. Htimphry Smith had already applied to Locke for informatiim on 
the Life of Pocock ; see Fox Bonme's Life of Locke 1. 57 soq. and refe. According to 
Walker Sufferings of the Clerp (quoted m Twells* Life of Pocock fed. 1816] 8), 
Pocock*s tutor in C. C. C. was Gamaliel Chase of that Collie. Humphry Smith was 
the author of several sermons, chiefly against the Dissenters. There is a letter from 
him Ballard xxxiv. 34 ; and the whole Imtonr of Twells' Life is related Uf. vol. zxviii, 
which contains letters from Pocock, £. and J. Pocock, Twdls, &c. 

4. 40. For references to Tudway^s case, see vol. i. 279, 383. Dr. Bardsey Fisher 
writes (Ballard xxiii. 33, May 3, 1707) : * I doubt not but you have heard of D'. Tud- 
ways beinf restored, soe y* he is now altogether as he was before the misfortune fell 
upon him. 

5. 10. The original cause of the ' Oeney* and Oxford Lettera * seems to have 
been an uncomplimentary reference to Geneva in the Oxford verses on the death of the 
Duke of Gloucester (1700). In the Exequiae DesidercUissimo Principi Gutieim^ 
Gtocestriae Duci ab Oxomensi Academia soluiae (Oxford 1700), in a copy of verset 
addressed to the Lord Keeper Sir Nathan Wright, Ad. Langley, A.M., Ch. Ch., 
wrote : — 

'Ah cave sincerum ne Tybris polluat alveum, 
Ne Lemana sacraa squallida fcedet aquas.* 

This provoked a letter from the Pastors and Professor* of the Church and Universihr of 
Geneva to Henry [Compton] Bishop of London, dated Nov. 26, 1700, explaining their 
loyal attitude towards the Church of England, and their adoption of Conartus* transla- 
tion of the Psalms. The Bishop in his reply (dated March 31, 170X) accepts their ex- 
planation, and apologises for ' some undecent reflections* upon Geneva in me aforesaid 
verses, which are not examined by the University, and are only subject to the supervision 
of the Mendus, ' the Composition thereof being most conmionly committed to such 
young Scholars, as have a Genius for Poetry.' The prejudice against the Church of 
Geneva has, he assures them, much abated. Here tne matter rested, until, in May 
1705, the Pastors and Professors addressed a second complaint to the Archbishop 
of Canterbniy, and likewise to the Bishop of London, complaining that thev had been 
again accused, in Strenae Oxonienses, of * standing in opposition ' to the Churdi 
of England. [In the Bodleian copy. Dr. R. Rawlinson has appended to the word 
Strenae in the letter to the Bishop of London the following note : — * a mistake for 
Pietas Oxon. in Obit. Gul. et Gratulat Inai^. Annae. Sheet D E F. a.T The Bishop 
replied, April 30, 1706, saying that the ill-feeling dated back to the reign of Queen 
Mary, and to the difficulties caused by Goodman, but that the Heads of Colleges for the 
future ' will take great care to the best of their Power, to prevent and stifle such like 
inconsiderate expressions.* (The Bishop was evidently unaware of the £ftct that the 
poem in which tne offensive passage occurs bears the signature oi Johannes Ro^trs^ 
S, 71 /'., CoU. Magd, Prctses t The verses complained of are these : — 
' niam 1 ne fredet \sic'\ tetricse affectata Gemws 
Penula, purpureae aut speciosa superbia Romae* 
The Pastors, &cr thereupon expressed themselves very well satisfied with the result of the 
Bishop's intervention with the University, and iht same day (vii. Cal. Oct. 1706) wrot* 
to the University, expressing their satisfaction at the Bishop's assurance of the good- 
will and affection of the Unlveivity towards them. The answer of the University was 
approved in Convocation Feb. la, 1707 ; and the Letter of the Pastors with this teplj 
was printed in Latin {imprimatur dated March 26, 1707) and in Fjiglish (folio, with 
Dr. Charlett's imprimatur ^ May 16, 1707). The whole Correspondence, which is bj 
no means uninteresting, was published in English in Several Letters from the Pastors 
of the Church of Geneva^ to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and 
the University of Oxford, with their answers to them (London, 1707). 

The reply of the University called forth Stricturcu breves in Epistolas D,D. Gent" 
vensium &* Oxoniensium nuper editas (London, 1707), which is shown by Calamy's 

I Canon TayWs article in Manx Not*'B0ok Na a has drawn special attention to them while 
these lines are passing through the press. 



NOTES TO VOLUME XIV. 403 

Lift ii. 56 to have been by John Spademaa (see The Nonconfarmisf s Mtm9rial\\^2\ 
ii. 436), whose name is written in a contemporary hand on the Bodleian copy of the 
translation (4to, 1708), entitled Some Brief Remarks ^ &^c. The Strieturoi was in its 
torn answered by Dr. £. Wells in Epistola ad authorem cmonymum libelli non ita 
pridem editi ; cut tUulus Stricturae, Sr'c. (Oxonii, i6[7]o8). 

Whiston, in his Three Tracts (174a), pp. 13-22, gives an account of the modifica- 
tion of the Formula Consensus, consisting of 64 articles, by the Council of aoo of 
Geneva in 1706, and adds a translation of a congratulatonr letter (dated May 23, 1707) 
addressed to the Clergy of Geneva in answer to theirs of April 22, from Frederic I of 
Prussia, who ' had the reuniting the Protestants ' much at heart, and considered that the 
' wall of partition * had, by the action of the Church of Geneva, been broken down. 

The two following letters from William [Wake] Bishop of lincohi to Dr. Charlett 
(Ballard iii. ao, 41) relate to the correspondence between the Pastors and Professors of 
Geneva and the University of Oxford : — 

I. 

* Buckden April : 21"*. 1707. 

« HON^ S^. 
' The last pott brought me the two letters you were so kind as to send to Mr. Sare ^ 
for me. I have carefully read them both, &: do not see what any one can justly complain 
of in the Substance of tnat w«^ you will give me leaue to call ours ; If some words or 
phrases seem to be too severe, 1 heartily wish those whom they toudi, had never given 
any Occasion for Them. 

< But how will Mr. Dodwell & his Freinds like yo' fr«e declaration of your Opinion 
concerning those forreign Churches who want Bps. ; & by that meanes have no Minis- 
try, no Sacraments, su(£ as you allow Those of Geneva to have ? As to our practise 
abroad. We went, ordinarily, every other Sunday to Charenton ; but none of us ever 
received the Holy Eucharist there*. In this they were more free with us : I have given 
the Sacrament to some of their Ministers publickly in our Chappell ; & to mons'. 
Menard in particular, while he was actually One of the pastors of y* Church at 
Charenton. By Certificats from their Ministers & Antients (w*»>out w« I never did 
it) I have many times both baptized their Children, &: Buried their dead : And I never 
heard any exception taken ag^ it. How ready those of Geneva were to concent to the 
Bp. of Sarums ofl&dating opSily in One of their Churches, & Giving the Holy Sacram* 
to our English in that Citty you have doubtlesse heard : And some of their Ministers 
have more than once declared their desire to have Episcopacy restored amongst 
Them. 

' I heartily thank you for your welcome present on this Occasion to me & remain, 
* Reverend S', Yo' very affectionate Freind & Bro'. 

*W. Lincoln. 

* Dr. Charlef 

n. 

• Reverend S', 

' Yours of the 23^^ of May, & since that the Letters mentioned I received. I con- 
fesse I caimot but still think that our Universities answer is well-drawn, and ought not 
to give any just Offence to Any. Our Case, as to a full satisfaction of Communion w**" 
the forreign Churches, is in my opinion very different from Theirs with respect to Us. 
They caimot except ag* Our Ministers, nor the validity of the Ordinances w«^ may be 
supposed to depend upon it. Our Clergy are certainly duly Ordained ; w*ever Theirs 
are who want Episcopall Ordination. And tho* the Case be vastly different between 
communicating w^ The Protestants abroad, &: Our Seperatists here at home ; yet I 
belieue no One who could haue the Opportunity of an Episcopall Church, even in forreign 
Countrys, would make any doubt whether He should chuse to partake of some of the 
Gospel! ministrations w*^ that, or with Those of the Presbyterian way. My charity 
leads me to think & Hope, & Judge, the Best of Them ; But yet I caimot think y"» so 
Conformable to, at least, the Apostolicall Pattern & Establishment, as if they were 
setled on the same Episcopall Constitution y^ our Church is. You see how freely 

1 The famoas bookseller. See Ballard uod. 34, 36, 37, 51, &c ; and for many letters from him, 
Ballard xlv. 

^ W. Bishop relates the following anecdote (Ballard xxad. 40 ; March 10, 1707) :— ' The L' Claren- 
don having an Apothecary One Morning to give Him a glister, & desireing to be dismist as 'soon as 
Conveniently His L-rdship could, being a lay Elder & to be at Ordination to lay on his hands w*^ 
the Presbyters y* Morning, gave y* disgust not onely to his Lordship but to most of the laymen then 
in Fr. y* nothing could bnng 'em to communicate with y* Hugen** & soe let it rest.' 

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404 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, 

I commimicate my thoughts to you ; & without leisure to write correctly, or almost to 
review w* I scribble. I?ay do not expose my Words ; My Sense I shall never be un- 
willing, or afraid, to Own. 

*Iam, 
*Good S', Yo* very affec** Fremd & [torn] 

•W. Lincoln. 
•June: 3* 

' 1707.' 

Bishop Hough's opinion, which is to much the same effect, will be found at pp. 147 
sq, of his Life by Wilmot. Again, in Ballard xiii. 24, Thwaites, remarking on the 
Observator's criticisms of the CMord Letters, suspects that Bentley is at the l>ottom of 
the critique : * 'tis not soe bad latin, as they would make it tho* 'tis not worth while 
to observe the scurrilities of such a fellow ;' and Wanley writes (xiii. 71, April 33, 
1707) : * lam abundantly convinced of the charitable 8c honorable Sentiments which the 
Pastors of Geneva have for the Church and Hierarchy of England, from the sight of 
Letters known to be written by them some years ago.' He proceeds to thank Dr. 
Charlett for his &vours to the Bishop of Man (j«/ni p. 3). Bing^iam (xv. 8, May 
39) remarks : * All Persons are extremely well pleased w**' y™, especially w*** vour 
Answer, both for the Matter So the Composure of it M^ Lamothe [cf. No. 43] hath 
lately publish'd a Book in French, w<* he calls the Fraternal Correspondence of y*Ch- 
of E. w"» other Ref. Ch. & in a Letter tells me he has sent me a Copy to M'. Watts of 
S*. John's ColL [c£ infra 9011.] w*'^ I have not yet received.' The well-known non-juror 
Capt. Hatton writes on May 31 (xxxiii. 11) tiiat the Letters 'have and wUl make 
a very great noise. That from y* Professors of Geneva, and y« Universities Answer 
therto. But at y* same time 1 must tell you, y^ I am one of thos who do declare, 
Nolumus doctrinam Ecclesiae Anglicanae mutari ; and therfore cannot approue of y* 
modish union betwixt the Temple or Kirke of Gcaieva, and y* Church of England, nor 
7* Jesuitical equivroc]ating expression w^ hazards y* great and deserved reputation of 
some of our vhi celeberrimi* Charlett's kinsman, W. Bishop, has several rets, to this 
subject (Ballard xxxi. 31, 38, 39). In No. 38, March 5, 1707, he writes : * This Morn- 
ing I was w^ Our Friend Dr. H — ks : He ordered me to acquaint You, y* being at 
present very busie w*^ the Press, He cant write to You, but will as soon as He has 
leisure, as allsoe to acquaint You, y* the Bp. of Oxf* Yesterday as He was told by one 
y* heurd Him quoted Yo* University Answer to the Geneva L**, to justice their 
owneing the Kirk of Scotland. He is very sorry, & soe are many More y the Univo^ 
sity answered y^ L'* at y* time, & after y^ Manner : to tell you the truth all Indifferoit 
People stile y' Answer to y* L** brimming & think it contradictory : the Bp. own'd 
some differrence between y* Kirk of Scotl<* 8c Geneva : but the owning the lawinllnes 
of conformeing w*^ Geneva must necessarily own the lawfulness of owning the same 
lawful w*** the Scotch Kirk. He s*. All People y* have a hearty Concern for the 
Episcopacy, are grieved at the University^ Answer here : and when it is Printed, There 
will be Queries end sent You : for my part I cant reconcile ; antiqua ilia Ecclesiae per 
Episcopos gubcmandae ratio, quam Apostoli a Christo Ipso ndei nostrae Authors 
eclocti & pleniori S^ Spiritus mensurU perfusi instituerunt &c Sc Authoritate plusquam 
humand fundatam disdplinam, &c. with tanquam legitimis Pastoribus aut sacramentis 
rit^ administratis penitus destitutas w^ w^ goes before 8c after : however I am very 
sorry it should be made use [of] to justifie the lawfulness of joyning w*"* the Scotch 
Kirk Sc for the abolishing in y* Kingdom Episcopacy Sc I pray w* Necessity does 
Geneva lye under now, mayn't they have Episcopacy from us: or suppose Goveroois 
Temporal should forbid Baptiseing, giveing y* Sacram*, or useing any liturgy, most y* 
be termed ineluctabilis necessitatis lex, or are Gods Ministers excus'd from doetng their 
duty by their Loss of their temporalities : Pardon Dear S' y* Freedom, You will hear 
en6 of y* L'* from all Quartern, 8c y* L'^ quoted on all Occasions to invalidate the 
necessity of Episcopal Ordination. God Almighty turn every thii^ for his Glory 8c the 
Good of the Episcopal Church.' And again on March 6 : ' As for the Geneva L^ 8c 
Answer there are several Copies about Town, in the other Parties hands, 8c the Presby- 
terians 8c Low Ch — ch congratulate the Universitie comeing over to Them, viz y* 
Episcopal Ordination is not necessary 8c y* there may be a true Church w^out it^ 
for Thus They enterpret Y' answer: had there bin in the answer any thing of Y' not 
approveing of Geneva discipline, or of the Necessity of Episcopal Ordination, it would 
have been more clear, for if X^ and from Him His Apostles ordaind Episcopal 
ordination, as necessary, y» sure Presbyterian ordination b not valid, 8c if wee Com- 



NOTES TO VOLUME XIV. 405 

xnunicate w^^ sach, silre not as a Church, established by X^ &: His Apostles, unless He 
& They Established a different Churches : y« is w^ several in Coffee-Hooses say, & 
the Bp of O. & his Party cry up the answer, but w*^ a sneer, as alloweing owneing the 
Kirk of Scof^ notw^^tanding y* abolishing Episcopacy : Thus I freely tell you the 
talk of the Town.* These are all the criticisms for which I can find space ; 
but Charlett seems to have sent the Letters indiscriminately to all his correspondents, 
who were L^on, and among their acknowledgments I have noticed those of Tanner 
(iv. 43) ; Archbp. Narcissus Marsh (viii. 6) ; Bp. Lindesay, Killaloe {ib, 38) ; Bp. 
Williams, Chichester (ix. 45) ; Potter {jib, 58) ; Lord Weymouth (x. 32) ; Dr. Delaune 
(xxi. 109, no, III) ; Dr. Bardsey Fisher (xxiii. 33) ; Dr. Gregory (xxiv. 31) ; Hans 
Sloane (1^. 47) ; C. Goodall (i^. 67) ; W. Ayerst Txxvii. 11) ; Dean Younger (xxxiv. 
46) ; Charles Leslie {jA. 51) ; Samuel Wesley {ib, 60) ; Archdeacon Perdvall (xzzvi. 
17). These references are very fiar from exhaustive. 

5. 34. The long delay in filling up the See of "WinoheBter is veiy frankly explained 
in a letter of Addison's, dated Nov. 15 [1706], and printed in Rebecca Warner's 
Epistolary Curiosities ^ and Series, p. 235 : * The bishoprick of Winchester will not be 
disposed of, as it is said, 'till the next session of Parliament is over ; which may prob- 
ably have a good effect on the bench of candidates for it.' Bp. Trelawny was Atter- 
buiys patron, and much information about him will be found in voL i. of the latter 
prelate s Correspondence. See also the * Trelawny Papers' in Camden Miscellany vol. ii.; 
Ellis Corresp. i, 4, 233 ; 1st Report Historical MSS. Comm. 5a, 3rd Report 193 (a 
characteristic letter from him to Prior) ; Ballard Letters ix. 35-39 ; Oliver Bishops of 
Exeter 157 sqq, 

6. 6. Heame mentions Oharleton with honour in the Preface to Peter Langto/fs 
Chronicle^ $ xx. That learned physician and antiquary was at this time 87 years of 
age. The book here referred to is his Onomasticon Zoiton^ ed. 3 of which was pub- 
Ikhed at Oxford in folio in 1677. Dr. Gregory, writing to Charlett June 7, 1707 
(Ballard xxiv. 31), sajrs, ' No body will adventure to tell me whether they think Uiat 
D' Charltons Onomasticon Zoon will bear another impression ; most encline to think it 
will not, even with the advantages you mention : but I shall inform myself further as 
occasion offers & acquaint you.' His death is mentioned p. 10 infra. Dryden ad- 
dressed a poem to him in 1663. A letter from him to E. Floyd (dated Sept. 29, 
169 1), cone a robbery of the Ashmolean Museum, is in Ballard xviii. i. 

6. a 7. For a summary of the proceedings in this Convocation, see Lathburv's History 
403. — O. Brent, M.A. 1691, rector of Ch. Ch. Bristol, d. I7a9, likewise published several 
sermons. He was a nephew of Bp. Bull ; Rawl. J. 40. 3. i ; fol. 16. 305 sq, — Francis 
Fox, vicar of Pottem, Wilts ; of St. Mary's Reading 1734 ; prebendary of Salisbury 
1 713, res. 1730. Nidiols, Lit. Anec, viii. 439, quotes Coates' History of Readinj( 
116. Boscomb (see infra X07) was Hooker's Wiltshire Rectory. See Rawl. J. 40. 3. 
a86; fol. 17. 133. 

7. 13. This sermon is dedicated to Lady Hampson, mother of the deceased. In 
the Bodleian is a copy of ^ plain and Compendious Relation of the Case of Mrs. Mary 
Hampson (London, 1684). This ill-used lady was wife of H. Hampson, son of Sir T. 
Hampson, of Taplow, Master of the Statute Ofhce, and one of the adventurers in the 
draining of Fenlands. — The subject of Milles' sermon was De officio eorum qui defide 
certant. A cursory inspection of the copy in the Bodleian leaves the impression that 
Hearoe's estimate is a pretty correct one. 

7. 44. The Life &* Death of the Most Reverend and Learned Father of our Church 
Dr. James Usher ^ . . published in a Sermon at his Funeral at the Abby of West- 
minster, Aprill 17, 1056. And now re-viewed with some other Entailments, by 
Kioholas Bernard, D.D. and preacher to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, was 
published 1656. In the Preface the writer remarks ' that his Highness had extended 
now to his, whcU was before intended to himself, in the grant of some of the lands of the 
Primacy of Aim&gh. in Ireland, for ai years^ 

9. 6. For Mr. James Mlis, see i. p. 19, 1. 41, and n. — I. ao. Tanner's letter to 
Charlett, here referred to, is preserved in Ballard iv. 44, dated April 11, 1707 — 
' a kind wife, who was very dear to me upon many accounts. Among other virtues, 
she very little hindered my Studies and very much respected all my Friends, Pm sure 
She had a great esteem for Dr. Charlet, lov'd to read his letters and often chid me for 
not writing to hinu' — 1. 35. It was during his stay in Ireland in this capacity that Sir 
Andrew Fountaine first made the acquaintance of Swift ; see Forster's Life 189 and 



4o6 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

passim. Cf. Rawl. J. 4« 4. 340; fol. 17. 131. 'Totam Hollandiam, Gallkm. 
Gennaniam, et Italimm saepe et cnm lucro sao ingenti peragratos est, Nmnismata anti- 
qua et nova omnis generis modnli et.pretii ipse mercator emit Tendiditqiie> pictuimmm 
ad utile sniun admodmn sciens, antiquitates Tanas, easdem predosas snmptibos snis 
alionimqne collegit . . . Constitatns est Praefectns fabricae ad monetam cudendam io 
Torre Londinensi, loco Gualteri Carey. Nnmisma penes me R. R. maximf moduli 
ejnsdem Andreae effigiem referens cnm lenmiate — Andreas Fountain Equis auratms 
anglus — 1 7 1 5— ex altera parte Pallas cum attribntisy ad latns deztmm altaria com bnstis, 
statnis, nnmismatibns et colnmnae fragmento, ad sinistrum arma £uniliae gentilitia, et 
colnmnae caput, sub pedibus libri, et peigameni — ^A. SBLVi. p.* [r. r.] 

10. 33. Charles Bean, M.A. 170a (Rawl. J. 40. 3. 186 ; fo. 18. a8). This maligned 
but haimless discourse (on Acts vii. a6*a8) was afterwards published ; ' Malice and 
Scandal have at last forced it from me.' The remark below illustrates Macaulay's note 
on the distinction between the town and country clergy ; cf. Lift o/KettUwell 313, and 
on the whole subject Overton Life in the English CnuncA 305 sf. Wake writes, Feb. 

5 [1691], Ballard iii. a6 : * The scene is much changed from what it Once was. We 
know w^ Censures we must expect from our own Brethren, as well as Reproaches from 
our Adversaries, The London Clergy are now the Obnoxious Men of all y* Ch. of 
EngH; & all y* thanks they have for twice defending of it, ag* y* Dissenters 

6 Papists, is to be ridiculed l^ those y* never gave ymselves any great trouble w** 
£ither. Y* issue of this day, the Novus Reformator Vapulans, tho* pretending to 
attacqu<» a madman, yet was 'really designed to expose the whole party of a Coovoca- 
tion to scorn and ridicule.' Cf. Hickes in Ballard xii. 138 (May 35, 1714) : 'I would 
never have any clergyman govern himself by the practise of the clergy in London, 
where I may say, as Justinian said of Rome, Non quae Romae facta tatn spectamda 
sunt, quam quae fieri debent. Certainly there are not more irregularities committed 
by the clergy in any part of the nation, than in this city.* 

11. I. The Observator was conducted by Tutchin, who died in September of this year. 
A note by Mr. Bromley himself on a copy of the edition of 1705 containing the Index, 
together with Dr. Parr's comment, is printed in Bibliotheca Parriana, Dr. Parr 
wrote : ' I think it a proper act of respect and kindness for the Bromley family, for me 
to put it in possession ot the Rev. Mr. Davenport Bromley, upon the express canditioo 
that he never sells it nor gives it awav, that, after reading it, he seals it up carefully, 
and places it where no busy eye, nor thievish hand can reach it' For letters from Wm. 
Bromley to Charlett, see Ballard xxxviii 73-ioa ; and for the chief facts of his life the 
Diet, of Nat, Biog. He does not seem to nave always been a very ardent Jacobite, for 
on Oct 7, 1 701 (Na 74) he mentions a report that ' Dr. Wallis is writing an account of 
the P. of W., he nas detected the Imposture from several original letters, some of which 
he has decjrphered.* 

11. 6. Agais Map of Oxford. — Of this celebrated map of Oxford, made by Ralph 
Agas (see Diet, of Nat, Biog.) in 1578 and engraved by ' Augustinus Ryther Anglus ' 
in 1588, only one copy is now known to exist, which was presented to Heame in March 
I7a4 by Thomas Baker, the Socius Ejectus of St John's, Cambridge, and is now in the. 



eian, but in poor condition. Charlett's idea (p. 1 3) was carried out in 1 7a8 by Robert 
Whittlesey, and other reproductions were made in 173a by Williams, in i8a3and 
1843 by Skelton, and in 188 1. [f.m.] The following note by Heame is hi Ballard xli. 
16 : ' I have heard M^ Dodwell say that Ant. k Wood several times show'd him an 
old Map of Oxon. made not long after Printing first began in Oxon. which I sup- 
pose came afterwards into M'. Tanner's hands, or else was lodg'd in M'. 
Ashmole's Museum. I think I have heard two or thiee other Gentlemen say they have 
seen the same. As I remember, they said it was upon Wood ; which I the rather be- 
lieve because ingraving began some time after, as may be seen from the first Specimen 
of it in one of Archb^ Laud's Books.* Then follows a note on Radulphus Agaso in 
another hand. ZTeale's Collegiorum scholtsrumque publicarum Ac€tdemiae Oxonunsis 
topographica delineatio was published by Heame in 171 3. See Wood-Bliss Atkenae i. 
576. A facsimile was issued in i88a. 

11. 13. This was Stephen Fanton, of whom there is some account in GoL 
Neubrigensis Historia 78a sq.^ edited by Heame in 1719. The sermon mentiimed in 
i 47 of the present ed. was probably by Henry the nephew oi Stephen Penton. There is 
a copy of Stephen Penton s will in Rawl. J. fol. 18. aoo. The testator remarks : 
''Because I know not how to gett good wine, I leave nothing to be drank at my funcrall . . 
I thank God I have more fieinds than Guineas.' 



NOTES TO VOLUME XIV. 407 

12. 8. The work of Dr. Hiokes here referred to is Two Treatises, one of the 
Christian Priesthood, th< other of the Dignity of the E^copal Order, Formerly 
written, and now published to oMate the erroneous opinions, fallacious reasonings, 
emd bold a$ki false assertions, in a late book, entituled, * The /lights of the Christian 
Church^ WUh a large Prefatory Discourse, wherein is contained an answer to the 
said book. It is referred to in Hickes* letters to Charlett of Sept. 33, 1707 and April 
S3, 1708, Ballard MSS. vol ziL Some authorities for the Life of Hidces, which wUl 
be welcome to all students of the histoiy of hit period, are brought together in Notes 
and Queries 6th S. xii. 401.^1. 15. Dr. Smith's bio^japhj in his Acco%mt of the State of 
the Greek Church under Cyrillus Lucaris, likewise published in Latin, and aiter< 
wards expanded into Collectanea de Cyrillo iMcario (i707)''Still remains the great 
authority for the biography of Cyril Lucar, to whom England is indebted for the 
Codex Alexandrinus. See also A. Pichler Geschichte d, Protestcmtismus in der Ori- 
entalischen Kirche im I'j. Jahrhundert: oder,der Patriarch Cyrillus Lucaris und 
seine Zeit (Munich, 1863).— 1. 48. Hilkiah Bedford's Life is in the Dictionary of 
National Biography. I cannot find, however, that he was ever chaplain to Bp. Ken. 
For 3ret another trans, from his pen see Life of Bonwicke 213. Letters from him are 

S reserved in the Rawlinson MSS. (see Index), and in the Heame Corresp. The 
ate of his consecration (probably March a a, 1720) is given by Perceval {Apostolical 
Succession 224) as Jan. 25, 1720, or April 6, 1721, the consecrators being Hawes, 
Spinckes and Gandy. There are details of his death — ^the date, Nov. 25, 1724, is 
omitted in the Dictionary article — in Reliq. Heam. ii. 210; see likewise Index to 
same work. Bolingbroke somewhere speaks of ' the antique erudition of Bedford.' 

13. I. ThonuM Bennett, Master of University 1691-2, was Proctor when James II 
visited Oxford in 1687 ^Life of Wood 280-8).— 1. 15. These statemenU are confirmed 
by the careful biography of 'Woodward (1665-1728) in Ward's Gresham Professors 



sale of the colonel's effects, in 1768, it was sold to Dr. Wilkinson for forty guineas, 
alone with the letters, &c., relating to it * (Chalmers). The statement in the Gentle- 
mans Magazine 1768, p. 92, that it fetched y^r hundred pounds, is clearly erroneous. 
The dissertation alluded to by Warburton (Elwin-Courthope Pope x. 286), which the 
editor has failed to identify, is of course Dodwell's De Parma equestri Woodwardiana 
Dissertatio (1713). See also Nichols* Illustrations iv. loi. — Bcntley must have had a 
high opinion of Woodward, to judge from the company in which he places him : ~ 

'Who Nature's treasures would explore, 
* Her mysteries and arcana know, 

Must high as lofty Newton soar. 

Must stoop as delving Woodward low.* 

18. 7. The Life of Balph Kettle, D.D., is one of the most entertaining in Aubrey's 
series {Letters from the Bodleian ii. 417 sqg.). 

18. 25. As to the state of learning in the Scotch Universities, Tanner writes (Ballard 
iv. 47) : ' I had a good deal of discourse w^ one of our Parliam^ men these Holydays, 
who had come down very full of the cheapness of Education in the Scotch Universities 
— 25^ per onn. — and in 3. or 4. years time to go thro' the whole Encyclopaedia — I 
told him that the fine Gentlemen of that Nation w^ he met w^ at S* Stephens Chappel 
had not their Education at home — nor at the rate he mentioned — that the ordinary 
sort of Scholars there bred up were very empty and ignorant out of their Systems, and 
insufferably pedantic w^^ that little they get in them — and many of them lewd and 
vitious — We have but few in this Country — but one I sent packing since the vacancy 
for scandalous practices.' 

18. 28. Steele held the post of Gaxetteer from May 1707 to Oct 17 10. (Steele's 
Letters i. 18.) His salary was ' 300/. a year, paying a tax of 45/.' For the circum- 
stances of his resignation, see Tatler vi. 95 ; Dobson's Steele 54, 118. He was suc- 
ceeded by Dr. WiUiam King the Satirist 

14. 2. Tom Brown had died in 1704. His works were eight times reprinted {Diet, 
of Nat. Biog. vii. ao sqq^. See Dr. Johnson's estimate of them in his Life of Dryden 
150-1 (Wame's ed.). Of Dr. Ja«. Drake (who died March 2 in this year) we have 
already heard as author of the Memorial of the Church of England and Historia 



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Anglo-ScoHca^ and as the re-publisher of Lticisters Commonwealth. An assailant of 
Higgins remarks that ' Dr. Drake . . never apprehended the Church of England to be in 
danger y till he found himself disappointed of being a CommUsumer of the Sick and 
Wounded,^ A propos of the mentions of the Memorial in vol. i. the following letter to 
Charlett should have been quoted (Ballard xxxiv. 85) : — < Reverend Sb, — Bei^ willing 
to contribute what I can to y* support of y* Govenmient I have out of Duty ^ven In- 
formation to R. Harley Esq. One of her Majesty*s Principal Secretary*s of State y* yon 
receivM by the Carrier a great parcel of y* Memorials of the Church & distribnted 
them about y* University ; but at y* same time to do you what service I can, I give 
you this Notice y* if you have a ndnd voluntarily to inform y* Govenmient what yon 
know of y* Author or Authors. It noay perhaps prevent a prosecution for what You 
have already done.— I am Rev* S' Y' Humble Sorant John White. London. Jan. 
33. 170}.' — It is quite true that Defoe, who was in Scotland in 1707, was acting at a 
paid agent of Harley (see Minto*8 Life 70 s^a.) ; the next year he was in commimi- 
cation with Lords Godolphin and Sunderlana (see FrivcUe Corresp, of the Duchess of 
Marlborough^ 6r»c. [1838 J, iL 255 sg^,), 

15. 8. On April a6, 1707, Sloane wrote to Dr. Charlett {Letters from the Bodleian 
i. 166) ' Here are great dedgns on foot for uniting the Queen^s libra^, the Cotton, and 
the Royal Society together.' These designs were realised in the same year by the 
passing of an ' Act for better securing of Her Majesty's purchase of Cotton House in 
'Westminster* [for 4500/.]. Some most important entries r^arding the earlier and 
later history of the Cottonian Library will be found in the Calendar of Treasury 
Papers (1702-7) pp. 204, 382 ; 435, 444, 476, and (1708-1714) 361, 362, 615. Sir 
C. Wren remarked, ' Both these libraries mif ht be purged of much useless trash, but 
^is must be the drudgery of librarians, &c? In 1708, the St. James's Library was 
removed to Cotton House, and Mr. Wm. Hanbuiy, brother-in-law of Sir J. Cotton, 
resigned the librarianship of the Cottonian Library in &vour of Dr. Bentley, receiving in 
the end handsome compensation. C£. Edwards Founders of the Brit, Mus. L 143 sqq. 

15. 13. This letter of Bobert ITelaon is printed in Letters from the Bodleian L 
166 sqq. Potter apologises to Charlett for the misprints, Ballard iz. 58. 

15. 31. For the visit of the Armenian Patriarch to England, see Macray Annals of 
the Bodleian 136-8; and letters of introduction to Charlett from Bp. Compton in 
Ballard iz. 31, and from J. Chamberlayne (editor of the Present States see Ballard 
xvii 70, 71), in voL xvii. 69 of the same collection. 

15. 37. The Manx Note-Book, No. i, contains a genealogy of the OhxiatimnB or 
Christins. See the < History and Antiquities of the me of Man,' by James [Stanley] 
Earl of Derby, in Peck's Desiderata Curiosa ii. 439 sqq., and Bullodc's Hist, of the 
Isle of Man 81 sqq, 

16. 19. In Ballard zxvi (13)* I find a complimentary letter in Latin (dated July 30, 
1 709), addressed by Lucas Nurigianides Perso-Armenus to Charlett on this occasion. 
—1. 3a read Archiepiscopo, 

17. 10. The following paragraph has been accidentally omitted: — ^^ Prooessionale 
ad usnm Ecdesiae Sarum. Pnnted by Peter Kaetz at Antw, 1533. 15 Oct At the 
End is a note signifying that 'twas corrected by Christopher EndovtensiSy and that 
there are in it botute notulae 8c bonae ligaturae & stationes picturatae^ 

17. II. Some account of Basil Kennett's adventures as chaplain to the English 
£Eu:tory at Leghorn 1706-17 11 is given in the Life of Bishop White Kennetty pp. 53 
sqq. He was only saved from the Inquisition by a venr forcible letter from Lord 
Sunderland. There are particulars of his life and worics in Rawl. J. 4<». i. 99 sqq., 4. 
1 7 sqq. ; fol. 17. 365 sqq. — Dr. Frampton was the nephew of the deprived Bp. of Glou- 
cester; Dr. Bapdst I<evini Bp. of Sodor and Man 1685-1693. There is a careful 
biography of Dr. and Mrs. Frampton in Blozam Magd. Coll. Register iv. 57 sq, Ac 
Bp. Levinz m. in 1680 Mary d. ot Dr. J. Hyde. See RawL J. fol. 17. 135. 

18. 7. Bp. Fatrlok, who records in his interestine little autobiography (p. 193) his 
completion of his 8oth year Sept. 8, 1706 'in health and strength, having few bodily 
infirmities, and the full use of my reason and understanding,' was succeeded by Bp. 
Moore, of black-letter celebrity. 

18. 9. Basil, fonrth Earl of Denbigh, m. Hester d. of Sir Basil Firebrace 1695, 
d. 1717. For Sir Basil Firebrace, see lidex to Lnttrell, and Treasury Papers (1703-7), 
388, 473. He was Sheriff of London 1687 ; M.P. for Chippenham 1691; committed 



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to the Tower 1695, released 1696 ; created a baronet 1698 ; arbitrator between the 
old and new East India Companies 1701; received 10,000/. stock from the former 
1703; nonsoited in a trial for about 100,000/. from the two companies 1704 ; awarded 
23,500/. by the old Company 1705. According to Luttrell, he 'mn himself into the 
belly with his sword.* — ux. Oaye was at this time almost 70 years of age. A I^tin 
trans, of Books I-V of Choniates' Thesaurus orihodoxae Fidei sive Panoplia dog- 
mtUica was published at Paris 1580, and the arguments to the whole in Fabridus' 
BUfliotheca Graeca. The MS. referred to is Bodleian MSS.: Roe xxii. x.— For 
David Jones (d. 1724) see Wood-Bliss Athenae iv. 663, 666. He was the author 
of several sermons separately published, and is one of the heroes of the amusing 
satire by Tom Brown, entitled Novus Rcformator Vapulans : or^ the Welch Leuite 

Tossed in a Blanket, In a Dialogue between Hick of Colchester ^ David J — nes 

and the Ghost of Wil, Pryn, (London : Printed for the Assigns of Will, Pryn, next 
Door to the Devil, 1691.) He is there spoken of as ' young Boanerges ; ' cf. die com- 
paiison between him and Dr. Sacheverell hereafter pp. 305, 306, and his own remarks 
in his ve^ characteristic Farewell Sermon (16^3). He is mentioned in Dunton*s 
Ufe and Errors i 370. There is a good deal of'^disjointed information about him in 
the entries in RawL J. 4^ a. 194 ; 3. 179. (He must not be confounded with another 
David Jones, of Magd. Hall.) R. R. notes : *■ See MSS. proceedings ag* him in the 
Vice Chancellor's Court at Oxford am* my papers' (cf. Luttrell iv. 644). And in fol. 
ao. 398 sqq. he writes : ' by his litigipus unwarrantable behaviour [he] tried all that 
belonged to him. His parish paid a Curate, and the parishioners of Lombard Street 
starved him out.' Then follows the presentation of the Churchwardens of Marcham, 
Berks, exhibited at the Visitation of Archdeacon Proast, April a8, 170X, which raises 
a strong presumption of Jones's insanity. In Dec 1697, Smalridge had written of him 
{IllustrcUions of LitercUure iii. a68) : * Our Church was very much crowded on Sunday, 
to hear David Jones, who answered our expectation in the impetuousness of his voice, 
the femtasticalness of his actions, and the ridiculous meanness of his images and 
expressions,' &c Kennett writes (Ballard vii. j.3) : — ' I saw David Jones yesterday in 
Westminster Hall a poor Prisoner, but he look d bigger and bolder than any Council 
at the BaiT. The Judges in Common Pleas adjounrd his cause to this day, and w*>^ 
great difficulty prevailed w*^ Him to pay 10* to his keeper for another night's custody : 
I doe not vet hear how they dispose of Him, but I presume they will remit him to 
your Castle, unless they prefer him to B . . m, where I really thhik there lies many a 
wiser Creature.' 

19. 37. A sketch of the life of Bp. Trimnell, with references, will be found in 
Atterbury's Epistolary Corresp. v. 344 sqq. — To the references to Dr. H'athaniel 
Johnston given in Vol. i, we may now add Atkinson Ralph Thoresby^ the Topo- 
grapher; hts Toivnand Times (Leeds, 1885), Vol. i. 81, &c., a useful and entertaining 
commentary on Thoresby's Diary and Correspondence, — Collier, Hickes and Leslie 
were not so strict in the matter of assumed names, &c., as Kettlewell ; c£ the Life of 
the last, p. 471. — For Body's bequest to the Bodleian, see Macra/s Annals 136. 

20. 4. The delay in the publication of this great work had long been a subject of 
jest in Oxford. In 1703 the Terrae Filius had remarked, 'Dr. Mill hath made his 
Icut Will, but I fear will never have done with his Testament^ {University Miscellany 
[1713], p. 4). The * Libell * in the Epistle Dedicatory, to which we shall find frequent 
reference hereafter, is as follows : — ' Per annos plurimos, jam ad Tuum usque Impe- 
rium, onmia erant Nobis in turbido. Hostis ille, quicum bellum jam geritur, ConsUia 
nostra perverterat ; Senatum, omnia, nummis aliisque artibus corruperat ; Principe 
ipso dudum in Ulius, et (quod pauds tum notum) etiam Pontificiorum partes pertracto. 
Hiac inflammati summis inter se inimidtiis e Reformata Religione Subditi : his auc- 
toritatem regiam ad ipsum usque a{rrt(owri6njTot fastigium extoUentibus, quo Etdesia 
et Monarchia forent in tuto ; iilis contra (quibus suboluerat forte aliquid de Regis in re 
Religionis animo) in arbitrariam Regum dominationem palam ac pleno ore debacchan- 
tibus; omnibus vero ferali odio inter se divisis, ac in mutuam veluti armatis pemiciem. 
Nempe hoc volebat Ithacus. In isto rerum turbine abrepto Carolo, venerunt 
Fomani, suasque hie sedes posuerunt Hos autem licet spintu suo difflarit magnus 
ille Princeps Auriacus, imo vero et in Solium jam evectus ipse fuerit ; valebant tamen 
eadem, quae ante, Consilia,' eta On June 16, Dr. Lancaster, writing to Dr. Charlett 
(Ballard xxi. 45), expresses his fears that it will be thought that he licensed Dr. Mill's 
' admirable dedication.' And on June 7 Dr. Gregory wrote to the same (Ballard xxiv. 
3) : 'Dr. Arbuthnot has gott from the Queen the copy that Dr. Milles gave her Majesty : 



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and if yoa will send me up a copy of the Epiitle that is pnblick, I shall send yov It 
back again collated with this, if there be the difference of a point betwixt the two.* 
Dr. Charlett was evidently cognisant of the story concerning the change in the Dedi- 
cation which is afterward told by Heame. In Ballard x. 33 Ld. Weymonth hopes 
that, could Dr. Mill have foreseen his sudden death, he would [not] have left behind 
him sQch reflections as Dr. Charlett mentions, ' since he is not now capable of a 
Bishopric* (June 37, 1707). 

*4t* At the end of this volume are a London [sheet] Almanack for 1707, notes of 
three errata in Mill, &c. ' Remember to write immediately to Peter VcuuUraa about 
the Bacchanal ' 



VOL. XV. 

Page 21, line ai. Von ITMael published a Catalogue of the Greek and Oriental 
MSS. in the Vienna Library in 1690. He succeeded Lambecius, and was himself 
succeeded by Garelll. He was accused of rendering access to the library very difficult, 
whence a satirical epitaph upon him, ending Patet Bibl. Vindobonensis | nam | 
Nessslius latct. Edwards Memoirs of Libraries ii. 387, 391. — Sherlook had 
been one of the best-abused men in Enp^land in his day; see Macaulay ii. a6a sqq. 
The author of the Life of Frampton wntes (p. 186): ' Among the priests that stood 
out the Master of the Temple was of the greatest note, who for some reasons now in 
print, but one more prevalent perhafs and now in the grave^ thought fit to comply.* 
Cf. Life of Kettlewell 303 sqq. ; History of Faction 65 ; Duntoo's Life and Errors L 
365. — Dr. Henry OodoU>hin, brother of the Lord Treasurer, was Provost of Eton 
1695-1733, and Dean of St. Paul's 1707-1726. See Lit. Anec. viii. 391. 

22. I. An account of Dr. Mill's death, from an eyewitness Dr. Worth, is printed in 
Todd*s Memoirs of Brian Walton^ DJ). i. 79 x^.-^^ongratulations to Dr. Oharl^tt 
on his rectory will be found in Ballard MSS. iii. 43 (from Bp. Wake), xiL 96 (from 
Dr. Hickes), xxiiL 26 (firom Dr. Roderick), xxiU. 36 (from Nelson), xxxi. 3a (from 
W. Bishop), &c 

23. I. Heame*s sneer turns upon the fact that Goodwyn was a Doctor of the Umuer- 
sity of Leyden. 

23. a6. For Dr. Thomas Bray (6. A. All Souls, 1678^, see RawL J. 4®, 3. 131 sqq., 
and a full account in fol. 16. 373 sqq. ; Diet, of Nat. Btog. vi. 339 sqq. ; and the weU- 
known Life and Designs. His Bibliotheca Parochialis was published in 1697. It 
was through him that Heame was offered the appointment of missiooary and provinda! 
librarian in Maryland in 1700 {Letters from the Bodleian i. 117 sqq^. 

23. 32. Refierences to this (the earlier) AylifRe case will be found m Dr. T. Wood's 
letters among the Ballard MSS. (xxii. 81, 80). On Feb. 6, 1709, he < intends to hold 
Ayliffe's nose to the grindstone ; * but on May 37 following he informs Charlett that 
his affair with Ayliffe is < at end,' the latter having received Her Majesty^s pardon. 
See also W. Bishop in Ballard xxxi. 45, 46 ; and ii. i ao sqq. Of a second case, which 
ended in Ayliffe's expulsion, we shall hear c^uite enough hereafter. See RawL J. 4^. 3. 
39 ; fol. 16. 108 sqq. \ Diet, of Nat. Biog. ii. 379 sqq. 

25. 13. In Ballard iv. 38, 48, 50 &c are references bv Tanner to his projected 
edition of Leland. The brother was John Tanner. — ^It is generally acknow- 
ledged that playing-cards were printed in the 14th century, and me celebrated '' St. 
Christopher* in the Althorp Library proves that "images" of the Saints from wooden 
blodcs appeared at least as early as 1433 * {Caxton Celebration Catalogue 45). — ^There 
is an analysis of A Farther Prospect of the Case in View in Brokesby*8 Life of Dod- 
well ii. 479 sqq. — Talden was at this time chaplain to the Duke of Beaufort. See 
Johnson's Lives of the Poets 396 (ed. Wame); Toiler v. 440 ; For»ter*8 Svnft 331-5 J 
Craik's S-L'ift 17a. He was a friend usque ad aras of Atterbury, and Heame*s depre- 
ciatioEx of him is therefore remarkable. 

26. ? jqq. This epigram is printed with variations in Whig and Tory, ad fin. — The 
Try ail ami Examination of Mary Moders, otherwise Stedman, now Carleton {stiled 
The Gtorm&n Priiioess)y^r having two Husbands, viz.. The, Stedman of Canterbmry, 
and John Carleton, appmed in 1663 ; the Memoires of Mary Carleton, interwoven 
with itmtf^e and pleeuant Passages from her Birth to her Execution in 1673 (she was 



NOTES TO VOLUME XV, 411 

executed Jan. a a, 167I); and the Lift and Character of Mrs. Mary Moders^ , , ,the 
famous Gentian Princess ; being an historical Relation of her Birth and Fortunes^ 
with the Havock and Spoil she committed up<m the Publick in the Reign of Charles II 
together with her tragical Fall at Tyburn^ 1678 \sic\ at a later date. There are 
several pamphlets relating to her in Bodley. Pepys notes, May %% 1663, ' Then with 
Creed to see the German Princcsse, at the Gate-house at Westminster ; * June 7, * after 
church, my Lady Batten inveighed nughtily against the German Princess, and I as 
high in the defence of her wit and spirit, and gl^ that she is cleared at the Sessions ; ' 
and April 15, 1664, * To the Duke s house, and there saw " The German Princesse '• 
acted by the woman herself; but never was an3rthing so well done in earnest, worse 
performed in jest upon the stage. And indeed the whole play, abating the drollery of 
him that acts her husband, is very simple, unless, here and there, a witty sprinkle or 
two.' (Pepys here reminds one irresistibly of Boswell's visit to Mrs. Rudd.) 
See also Granger Biographical History iv. aai sq. Perhaps some of our Cam- 
bridge friends can ezpliun the allusion in the Terrae-Filius* Speech of 1703 ( University 
Miscellany, p. 8) : * You \i,e, Cantabrigienses] must not expect to be treated, no, not 
80 well as yon did the German Princess in Theatro Cantao. Anglic^ the Black Bear 
Inn.' 

26. 6. June 19, 1707, Dr. Lancaster wrote to Dr. Charlett (Ballard xxi. 46): 'I 
have had the players and Pinkerman {sic"] with me, but I have refused everybody leave 
to show at * [the Act] ; and on July a6, Nelson remarks (Ballard xxiii. 37) : • We are 
very much pleased in town with the VC resolution is not suffering the players to have 
an opportunity to corrupt the youth of y University.' Tempora mutantur / 

26. 15. The story of the pied piper of HameUn is told by Howell in Familiar 
Letters I. vi. 49, and by H. More Antidote against Atheism (167a) 100, as well as by 
Verstegan. Ct Notes and Queries 3rd S. it 41a, 4th S. iv. 364 sq. &c., where numer- 
ous authorities are quoted, including Erichius Exodus ffcunelensisy Schoock Fabula 
HamelensiSy Grinmi Deutsche Sctgen i. 330, P. Gasparis Schotti Physica curiosa 
45a, &c. Mr. Browning*s poem scarcely needs mention here. 

27. ao. On music in Oxford at this time, see Collectanea (Oxf. Hist Soc.) i. 304 sq,, 
Wordsworth Social Life 197 sqa,, and esp. Scholae Academicae 336. On July 10, 
1707, Dr. Gregory wrote to Charlett (Ballard xxiv. 3a) : 'At the Act 1703 I gott Dr. 
Wallis to write me a long letter from Soundess, where he then was, about D'* of 
Musick. You know he forgott nothing. He expressly says that the Savilian Pro- 
fessors have nothing to doe with a Bat(3iellour of Musick. That even when he takes 
his Doctors degree the Proctor proposes the Grace, and a Master of Arts presents the 
person. And the Savilian Professor, whose turn it is, performes the Ceremony in the 
Theatre, only when there is a publick Act. He says that he Created two, one in S^ 
Maries, and one in the Theatre when it was first opened, and S' Christoi>her Wren one, 
in S^ Maries. He says he presented the last in Congregation to his degree, but never 
a Batchellor.' 

26. 45. The reader of Dnnton's Life and Errors will probably agree with Heame 
that the author was strongly tinged wiUi insanity. But his sketches of contemporary 
booksellers and divines are of very considerable value ; and as the anticipator in his 
Athenian Mercury of Notes and Queries he deserves a niche in the Temple of Fame. I 
do not find a work of his called The Pnlpit Fool, but in the case of an author of 600 
pojects it would be dangerous to assert a negative. His Whipping'Post had appeared 
in 1706. 

27. 6. Probably the most familiar instance of a difficulty in the interpretation of 
College Statutes on the point of NeooMaiy Besenoy is that related in Marie Patti- 
son's Memcirs %(i*j sqq.—^r, Dalton was one of the ' Woodcock Club.' It appears, 
by the way, that Clare College, Cambridge was the scene of a ' calve's head ' outrage 
Jan. 30, 1 714 (and Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 11 a). Dr. T. Smoult, of St. John's, 
first Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy, occupied the Chair from 1 683-1 707. 
— Dr. Mill was bom near Shap, Westmorland, and was entered at Queen's as a servitor 
in 1661. —For Bir Robert Cla^^n, see Granger Hi. 397, Dunton i. 353, Life of Mr. 
T. Firmin 56 sqq. — Jm. Wright was likewise the autibor of two poems on St Paul's 
Cathedral (1608 and 1 709); Annals of the last seven years of the reign of Charles U ; 
an epitome of the Monasticon ; Historia Histrionicay &c. Mr. W. Harrod projected 
a new ed. of his Rutland in 1788. 

28. 41. Dryden is said to have received 500 guineas for this poem. Eleonora, 



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Countess of Abingdon, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Lee, of Ditchley, died suddenly 
May 31, 1691. — For Herr von ^Windabach, called *The Winsbeke,' see Scherer's 
History of German Literature L aia (English ed.). 

29. ip. Dr. 'Wetenhall (Bp. of Cork 1679, of Kilmore 1699; d. 1713 aged 77) was 
the anthor of Hexapla Jacotnua : a Specimen of Loyalty towards his Majesty King 
James II in six pieces (Dublin 1680), as well as of numerous other works. Sec 
Athenae iv. 56a; Cotton's Fasti Ecclesiae Hibemiccu i. aa9 sq,\ Ballard Letters, 
Index; Noble's Granger ii. 104; art, in Chalmers; and Rep. Hist. MSS. Conun. 
44, &c. 

80. 8. Dr. J. Talbot, Trinity, was Regius Professor of Hebrew 1699-1703. His 
Horace was published in 1699 (4^) and 1701 (4^ and la^o). The types used in this 
work were procured by Bentley from Holland (Wordsworth Sckol, Academ, 383). 
Dr. Talbot's epitaph at Spofforth, where he died Oct. ao, 1708, is given in IM. Ancc, 
iv. 174. 

80. ao. In the Calendar of Treasuiy Papers 1 708-1714 (voL cv, 49) p. 10, is an 
entry dated Feb. 16, 170}, relating to this trial: 'Report of Mr. William Borrett to 
Uie Lord High Treasurer, as to [relaxing] the forfeiture of the recognizances of certain 
persons bound for the trial of Walter Ducaine at the Oxford assizes, for speaking 
seditious and scandalous words.' The case is mentioned in Oxford during the last 
Century 93. 

81. 35. For the Dramming 'WeU at Oundle, see Brand-Ellis Popular Antiquities 
ii. a6a, who quotes Travels of Tom Thumb 174, and Baxter Certainty of the tVorlds 
of Spirits 157. Baxter wrote in 169 1 : — 'When I was a School-Boy at Oundle in 
/Northamptonshire ; about the Scots coming into England^ I heard a Well, in one 
Dobis Yard, drum like any Drum beating a March. I heard it at a distance : Then I 
went and put my Head into the Mouth of the Well and heard it distinctly, and no 
Body in the Well It lasted several Days and Nights, so as all the Country-People 
came to hear it. And so it drummed on several Changes of Times. When King 
Charles the Second died, I went to the Oundle-Ossria at the RamAim. in Smithfield ; 
who told me their Well had drumm'd, and many people came to hear it And I 
heard, it drumm'd once since.' Cf. Glanvil, Sad, Triumph, (1681), Part iL 89 sqq. 

81. 4a. Dr. Bichard Oomberland was Bishop of Peterborough 1691-1718. He 
is now perhaps best remembered by the attractive picture of him drawn by his great- 
grandson of the same name in his Memoirs 3 sqq.^ despite his De Legibus Naturae, 

82. a. Heame had recorded Fooley's death in error at vol. L p. ao3 supra. 

88. 10. The P. S. to Higgina' Sermon (published at one penny) is in the form of a 
dialogue between the Archbp. and Mr. Higgins. Needless to say that the victory does 
not remain with the former. It contains some interesting references to contemporary 
persons and things. It was ordered by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parlia- 
ment assembled in Ireland to be burnt by the conmion hangman July a9, 1707 (MS. 
note in Bodleian copy). Higgins was taken into custody on the Secretary of Stete*s 
warrant Feb. a8, 1 707. One critic remarks of him that he was ' fumish'd with a large 
stock of Assurance^ and an Itinerary Sermon,* In this famous discourse he atta& 
Asgill ; Toland (* the Cafs Foot of the Party ; tho* I am sorry his Paws have not yet 
felt the Fire'); and Emlin ('That [the Toleration] Act takes away some Penalties 
Inflicted bv former Acts on Dissenters ; but not in the least Repeals, or Weakens one 
Tittle of the Act of Uniformity, which God be praised is Yet in Force '). ' Notes of 
Mr. [Francis] Higgins' Conference with the Archbp. of Canterbury, 1707,* on which 
the r. S. was founded, are printed in and Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. a44. 

88. 17. We have already mentioned Edmund HiokeringilL as one of the inter- 
locutors in Tom Brown's Novus Reformator Vapulans. See Thoresby Corr, L 447, iL 
8 ; Athenae iv. 314, 663 ; Noble's Granger)!. 136 ; art in Chalmers ; Index to Luttrell, 
&c. He had published in March 1 70^ A Letter concerning Barretry, Forgery , and the 
Danger and Malignity of partial Judges and Jury-men (£>dleian, Pamph. 370), whidi 
fully explains the general enmity which he inspired, and alleges the ' forgery* to have 
consisted in his altering, as Commissioner, the rate-books brought to him by the 
assessors for the parish of Wix, in which be was a land-owner. He seems to have 
been, even after death, a thorn in the side of his diocesan (Bp. Compton).— Philip 
Btubbs (Wood-Bliss Athenae iv. 74a), in 1691 repetitioner of the four Easter sermons^ 
which he performed to the applause of all, Archdeacon of St Albans 1 715-1738. His 



NOTES TO VOLUME XV. 413 

manner of reading the service at St James* Garlick-Hill is highly commended by 
Steele in the SptctcUor, No. 147. He published nnmeroos sermons. See Noble^s 
Granger iii. no. He was the son of another Philip Stubba, Vintner, whose daughter 
Elizabeth m. Ambrose Bonwicke (see Mayor's ed. of the Life). 'In November 1730 
He presented a valuable collection of MSS. to the University of Oxford wrote by 
S'. Henry Spelman, and Mr. Jeremy Stephens in vindication of our Monarchy, 
Hierarchy, Universities, Spiritual Courts, Tythes, and against Sacriledge (some sup- 
posed to be lost in the nre of London in 1666.) which were kindly received and 
nandsomly bound for their better preservation in the Bodleian Library * [R. R.] : 
Rawl. J. 4^ I. 41, 3. 380; fol. 19. 91 saq, — The first ed. of Sir H. Bpelman's 
(1562-1641) work on Tithes was published posthumously in 1647, by Jeremy 
Stephens, who had also assisted in the preparation of Vol. L of the Concilia^ and 
who afterwards b^an to print his History of Sacrilege. Stephens was Prebendary 
of Lincoln 1639-1^^5, editor of works of Cyprian, Gregory the Great, &c, and author 
of an Apology for the ancient Right and Power of the Bishops to sit in Parliaments, 
See Athenae iii. 670. Spelman's Ilistory and Fate of Sacrilege was published in 1698. 

88. 38. I am indebted to the kindness of Pro£ Mahaffy for a reference to Proceedings 
of the R, Irish Academy, No. 27, Jan. 25, 1841, 49 sqq,, where there is an article on 
these inscriptions by Dr. Todd. Heame s versions are both inaccurate. 

84. I. Sir E. Hannes survived till July 22, 1710. For an anecdote of him, see 2nd 
Rep. Hist MSS. Comm. 69 ; also, Rawl. J. 4«. 2. 74. 

34. 3. John Blaokbume, D.D. 1704, is not noticed in Rawlinson*s Collections. 
For bell-ringing see Wordsworth Social Life 164 sqq, 

84. 28. The uncle here referred to is of course Iiaelius Booinns of Siena (1525- 
1562), the correspondent of Melanchthon, Calvin, Beza, Ochino, &c. (Toubnin 
Memoirs of Faustus Socinus x. sqq,), who is generally regarded as the author of the 
opinions afterward propagated by his nephew. Of David 'Wilkina we shall hear 
much hereafter. 

84. 33. The grievances of the Fellows of Trinity at this time are set forth in Monk's 
Life of Bentley L 200 j^^., Jcbb's Life loi sqq. The crisis did not become acute till 
more than two years later. — The Index Expurgatorius has been mentioned, voL i, 
14 j^. 

86. II. Thomas Holt (Bloxham Magd, ColL Register vi. 15), M.A. 1683, was the 
senior demy expelled in 1687; restored 1688; Bursar 1698. 'A.D. 1707. Aug. 
Tho. Holt, S.T.B. Socius, subitaned morte abreptus est * V. P. R^. 

86. 39. The work which Btrype now had in preparation was his Annals of the 
ReformatioHy published in 1709. Posterity has scarcely ratified Smith's depreciatory 
estimate. Strype was a correspondent of Charlett, and his letters to the Master are 
preserved in Ballard xv. 31-40. 

86. 25. This was Charles King, D.M. 1693. See Brodrick Memorials 297. He 
is of course distinct from C. King, Mus. Bac. 1707, mentioned in Rawl. J. 4®. 4. 226. 

87. 25. This annotated copy never came into the Bodleian. The object of Francis 
Thompson's pamphlet (1704), the materials for which were supplied by Oroathwaite, 
is to prove, that ' we can, in Conscience, Vote for none, but those who are actually 
Fellows'' (p. 3o\ ' The Sututes are so clear in this Point, that 'tis matter of Wonder, 
that any should appear for the Provostship, who is not Actually Fellow ; nor can I 
give any other Reason, that they should be Canvass'd for, than that for many Years 
our Statutes have been so closely kept from the Society, that the very Senior Fellow, 
who is by Statute to Govern the College, in the Provost*s Absence, never could have a 
Sight of them, firom his Admission into the Society, till about Three Weeks before our 
late Mr. Provosts Death, and that from another Hand ' (p. 6).- 

89. 12. Thwaites* Horatian conjectures do not seem happy; but Cedo equidem 
(Virg. jEn, vi. 849) is the reading of the Palatine MS. It is only fair to Heame to 
say mat ' leuesque * is a misprint for ' lenesque.* 

89. 24. There is a summary of ' the mass of ecclesiastical fiction which has grown 
up round the name of Abgar * in Smith- Wace Diet, of Christian Biograthy i. 6. Bp. 
Samuel Parker, Cave and Grabe had all shown an inclination to accept these letters as 
genuine. 



414 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

89. 3a. Jerome Ootnmelin died at Heidelberg in 1598. He was a firiead of 
Scaliger and Casanbon : lee Pattison's Casaubon, aainit, 

89. 38. William, third Earl and first Bake of Bevonahire, was bom Jan. 25, 
1641. See Index to Macaulay, and Collins* Peerage (1768) i. 311 sqq. This sennon 
of Kennett*s gave rise to a warm controversy, of whicn there is a sufficient accomit in 
the Life of Kentutt 36 sqq, ; cf. An Answer to Clemens AUxandrinu^s Sermon upon 
* Quia Dives saivetur/ with Nichols' notes, in King's Works iii. 37 sqq, Dunton's 
pamphlet was entitled The Hatard of a Death-bed Repentanee, fairly argued, &c. 
There is an allusion to Kennett*s Deoication in Pope Imitations of Horace^ Ep. ii. 
320 sqq, I have noticed anecdotes, &c, of the Duke in TatUr i. 41, Gibber's Apology 
58, 61 sqq,, Ellis Correspondence (see Index), Calamy's Life and Times ii. 78. Oddly 
enough, m 1704 Dunton (^Life and Errors 3io) had written a somewhat fulsome pane- 
gyric on his life and character. Very soon after the publication of this sermon Kennett 
was appointed Dean of Peterborough. ' This Preferment,' writes his biogmpher, • (the* 
not so much to be envied) rais'd the fiercer Spite and Malice of the Party against him: 
Libels and peevi^ Sennons pointed at him. They got young Men to tune the Oxford 
Pulpit, and let out their Press at Oxford to the printing, or re-printing a sony Libd 
of ^OQstJohn Dunton, against the deceased Duke, and his fimend Preadier. . . . Had 
the Preacher not been a Constitution-Man, and a fVkig-VlhieT, nothing in the Seimaa 
wou'd have appeared either odious or shocking.' The Sermon maintained its 
notoriety to the dose of the century, and is quoted m Mrs. Geoxge Bericeley's Preface 
to her son's Poems, ccclxvii, where some particulars of the Bishop's descendants are 
given. There is a bibliography, See, of Kennett in RawL J. 4*. i. 68 sqq. 

40. 9. Thonuw James published ed. i. of his Gitalogue in 1605. ^ ^^* continn- 
ation by him of the classified index passed through the hands of Dr. Hudson, Dr. A, 
Hsdl, Heame, and Rawllnson into the library ; and in 1613 he prepared an alphabetical 
catalogue, which still remains in the Library in MS. Ballard xliv. consists of letters 
addre^ed to him. — Thonuw Iiookey was the predecessor of Hyde as Librarian^ 1660- 
1665. See both names in Index to Macray s Annals,—!. 13. For the tombs here 
mentioned, see History of the Cathedral Church of Peterborough (1790) 67 sqq. The 
Rev. John Workman was rector of Peakirk, Nonhants, and Vicar of Haniiltoa. co. 
Rutland. Dr. Greaves is said to have been deprived under the Coomionwealth, and 
succeeded by Heron of Wadham, who, however, was replaced by Sir Christopher Wren, 
the Warden's nominee (Burrows Worthies of All Souls 207 sqq.). For Cosin's wife 
(Frances, daughter of Marmaduke Blakeston, d. March. 25, 1042), see Smith's Life 
of that prelate 4. Dove was Bishop 1 601-1630. He was a favourite of Queen 
Elizabeth, who punned on his name, Harlngton Nugae Ant. ii. 206, Athenae it 802. 
His tomb was demolished in 1643. The porUait of Scarlett, with the inscription, is still 
familiar to visitors to Peterborough ; he died in 1594, aged 98, and had buried 
Catherine of Aragon and Mary Queen of Scots. The misdng line is, ' Second to none 
for strength, and sturdy limb ; ' 

40. 32. In the Catalogue of Thoreaby'a MSB. at the end of Ducatus Leodiensis, 
No. 15 is ' Statuta Coll. Novi Oxoniensis, 4 Gul. Wykeham Whiton. Episc. ftmdat.' 
No. 16 is thus described : — ' Historica descriptio complectans vitam ac res gestas 
beatissimi viri Gulielmi Wicami quondam Vintoniensis Episoopi, & Angliae Canoellarii, 
& Fundatoris duorum Collegiorum, Qxoniae & Vintoniae. This is modem (writ 
about 1597), ^°^ ^c Statutes seem as ancient as the College itself. I bought them 
out of the Library of Mr. J. G. LL.B. sometime Fellow of NeuhCollege.^ At the third 
day's sale of the ' Museum Thoresbyannm ' in 1764, the latter with seven other MSS. 
realised 8x. 6</. (Rashley) ; and ' Three Treatises of the Isle of Man, One of them finally 
wrote and beautifully illuminated ' i is. 6d. (Edmonds). Two of these are numbered 80 
(Chaloner) and 129 (S. Stanley) in the Ducatus, The third may be No. 52 : * An Act 
of Parliament passed j /ac. i, for assuring 6c establishing the Isle of Man npoo 
William Earl of Derby, and the Heirs Males of his Body.' The remaining MS. is 
No. 96 : *■ Lactantii Firmlani ad Donatum de Ira Dei, cap. 24. ft ad Demetrianum 
de opifido hominis, cap. 21.' 

41. 18. For Dr. Bdw. Corbett, see Fasti il 117, &c., Brodrick Memorials of Merton 
283 and Index. He and his wife (^ Margaret, d. of Sir Nathaniel Brent) were buried in 
Great Haseley Church, Oxon {JSome Remarks on the Church of Great Haseley 81). 

41. 21. The passage referred to is printed in Knight's Life of Colet (1823) 15 : 



NOTES TO VOLUME XV. 415 

* Applicmbo me, si patieris, et adjnngam Uteri tao ; txhibeboqne me tibi discipulum, 
etiam in disceado Graece» qnanquam jam provecta aetate, et prope senex.' 

41. 30. Charles the First's dislike of the Liberty of Prophesying is hinted at in Sir 
Philip Warwick's Afem&ires (1703) 301 sq, I find no special mention of it in the 
Lives by Heber and Willmott See Aihenae iii. 786. A propos of Dr. Smith's re- 
maik at foot of p. 50 infra it may be noticed that Hammond in his Letter of Resolu- 
tion to six Queres of present Use with the Church of England * characterizes Taylor's 
presumptions against Paedo-baptism ' as ' the most diligent he had met with ' (Heber's 
Life xxTiii x^.). 

42. 10. Iiord Baby, afterwards Earl of Strafford, will be familiar to most readers 
from Mr. Cartwright's Wentworth Papers, With this accotmt of Gharles XII, 
Augostns and Stan^nS) compare the two letters to Mr. Stepney from Dr. (afterward 
Bp.) John Robinson, dated respectively Danzig, Sept. i, 1706 and Leipzig, Dec. 18, 
1706, and printed in Rebecca Warner Epistolary Curiosities and Ser. 333 sqq. Dr. 
Bobinoon was at this time in the army of Charles XII, with the character ol Envoy 
Extraordinary. There is a petition from him (1708 or 9) in Col. Treasury Papers, 
1708-14, p. 85. Ballard vi. 40, Gibson suggests that * Dr. Robinson of Sweden might 
do good service as Bishop of Carlisle : His late Majesty alwa3rs designed it for him.' 
The same volume contains three letters from Lord Raby to Mr. Stepnev (pp. 216 sqq.), 
dated Berlin, Dec 14 and 25, 1706, and March 5, 1707. There is a half4ei4:th 
portrait of Charles XU at Wentworth Castle^ Lord Raby's seat. This letter was 
probably addressed to Ld. Godolphin. 

42. 49. For KfLster'a ed. of Mill, for which he consulted la MSS. unseen by the 
latter, see Atterbury's Epist. Corr, ii. 130 and note. The Preface is followed by a 
letter of Le Clerc cone. Mill's work. Cf. Ballard iv. 63- 

48. 55. Thomas {not John) Iisnoaster was Treasurer of Samm 1559, <^^ Archbp. 
of Armagh 1568 (Cotton s Fasti \\i. 19), when he preached his own consecration sermon 
in Ch. Ch. Dtiblin ; d. 1584, and was buried in St. Peter's Drogheda. Bndde became 
Principal c, 15^6 ; Cooke was admitted May a a, 1569, 'the Hall having been void of 
Scholars several 3rears before.' 

44. 9. Of Liater's Apicius only lao copies were printed — at the expense of 1 8 per- 
sons, including Archbp. Tenison, Ld. Somers, (Montagu) Ld. Halifax, Bp. Moore, Bp. 
Hooper, Harley, Sir K. Bulkeley, Sir Christopher Wren, Isaac Newton, John Flam- 
steed, Hans Sloane, &c. I possess the author's presentation copy inscribed * For my 
Lord Treasurer [Godolphin J by his most humble and most obeoient Servant Martin 
LiSTEK.' Another inscription which will be of interest to many readers is : * Joannes 
Griffiths Coll: Wadh: Soc. Nov. 9. 1833. £ bibliotheca desideratissimi viri (^ulielmi 
Toumay S.TJ*.' See Rawl. J. 4*. a. 94 ; Macray Annals a88. 

44. a6. For Henry the Fifth's connexion with Oxford, see Joannis Rossi antiquarii 
Warwicensis Historia Regum Angtiae^ ed. Heame, p. ao7 sq, of ed. a. — Barlow 
succeeded (Gerard Langbaine as Provost of Queen's in 1658. 

45. 18. The first word should be * usefull.'— There is a memoir of Thwsites in Lit. 
Anec, iv. 141 sqq, (cf. Rawl. J. 4^ a. 136), and some particulars of O. Bernard's library 
ib. iv. 104. When Thwaites s leg was amputated, Bernard was the operator. The new 
ed. of the trans, of Camden's Britannia mentioned below was not published till 17a a. 
Librorum MSS. in duabus insignibus Bibliothecis^ altera Tenisoniana Londini, altera 
Dugdaliana Oxonii, Catalogus, edidit E.G. app^ed in 169a, immediately after the 
publication of Gibson's ed. of the Saxon Chronicle. Dr. Tenison had then been newly 
appohited Bp. of Lincoln.— Dr. Roderick had written, July la, 1705 (Ballard xxiii. 
34) : ' Y* text of D'. Bentley*s Horace has been long printed, but his notes 8c 
cnticisms grow so upon his hands that it will be a great while before they will be 
wrought of for publication.' 

46. 8. This MS. is No. Lxxxviii in Mr. Coxe's CaUlogue of the (Jueen's Coll. MSS. 
— ^The MS. of Sir B. Ootton'a mentioned below (No. Liv) is Liber Praecedentium ad 
curias ecclesiasticas spectasttium. — Three editions of Earl Rivers' trans, of the Dictes 
and Sayings of the Philosophers were printed by Caxton, in 1477, 148 1, and c. 1490 re- 
spectively (Blades Biogr. and lypog. of W. Caxton ed. a, Index). — ^There is a copy of 

Oavin Douglaa'a Palis of Honoure in Bodley (London ri553] 4to) Nov. 14, 1710, 

Swift wrote in Utitjoumed to Stella : * Sir Richard Cox, tney say, is sure of going over 
lord chancellor, who is as errant a puppy as ever eat bread. Nov. 15 he mentions a 



4l6 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

visit to Sir Chancellor Cox-comb ; and on the a3)-d he writes : < Cox is not to be 
your chancellor : all joined against him.' See also Notes and Qturics 7th S. i. ao8 ; 
Ballard viii. 39, xxiii. 41. Letters from Sir B. Ck>z to Charlett are in BEiUard xi. 47- 
53 : in one he writes that ' five in six of all the nobility and gentry in Ireland are for 
preserving the Test.' In xxxiv. 94 (Sept. 18, 1707), J. Dawson> introducing him, 
speaks of ' his pleasant humour and sense. He is a gentleman of great worth and 
integrity, and much valued amongst us for a great many good qualities he is master of, 
and especially for being a lover of his Country, and of his Church.* — Michel lie Qnien 
(i66i'i733) published his ed. of Joannes Damascenus in 1712.— Stepney d. at 
Chelsea, aged 44. His Life was written bv Johnson. In 1706 he had been 
transferred from Vienna to the Hague; smd Aug. 28, 1707, Luttrell writes: 'Mr. 
Stepney, our envoy in Holland, is expected here b^ the next pacquet boat, having the 
bloody flux, in hopes his native air may recover him.' Many of his letters are pxinted 
in the Lexington Papers, and the Hill Correspondence ; and letters addrased to him in 
the Wentworth Papers 10 sqq. (from the Stepney Collection in the Brit Mus.). 
Warner's Ep. Cur, 2nd S., 69 sqq, &c., 2nd Rep. Hist MSS. Comm. 71, &c He 
was a member of the Kit-cat Club. 

47. 45. Heame gave the substance of this memorandum in his ed. of Spelman's Life 
of King Alfred^ 146 ir., and 196 if., for which he is very severely taken to task by Wm. 
Smith Annals of Univ, Coll, 207 sqq. The whole subject b fully treated by Mr. Jas. 
Parker Early History of Oxford 52 sqq. — The CoU^ likewise presented Charles I 
with plate weighing (nib, 6oz. $d. (Gutch Coll. Cur, i, 237). 

48. 3. In VoL i, note on p. 326, 1 ventured to express an opinion that Dodwell's 
evidence on pp. 324, 326 was conclusive as to Ken 8 authorship of A Letter from a 
Prelate to a Prelate, In Notes and Queries (ith S. xii. 151, the Dean of Wells remarks 
that the passage in question ' is practically, I think, decisive, in favour of the genuine- 
ness of the letter.' He quotes an entry in the MS. Catalogue of Longleat by Ken's 
chaplain Dr. Harbin (1702) in which the Letter is likewise attributed to Ken. 
Further interesting re&. to Bp. Ken will be found in Atterbury Epist, Cor, i. 280, 282 ; 
Warner Ep. Cur. 1st S. 132 ; Life of Kettlewell ^21 sqq. ; 2nd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 
10 ; Calendar of Treasury Papers (1702-7), 97, 98. At the last ref. will be found an 
abstract of a letter dated March 12, 1706, from George [Hooper] Bishop of &Uh and 
Welb to the Lord [High Treasurer]. 'A great indisposition, for which he was directed 
to go immediately into the country, had kept him from coming abroad some wedc& 
Th& had deprived him of the ordinary opportunity of waiting upon his Lordship, and of 
presenting Bishop Kenn's humble thanks for the bounty received through his Lord- 
ship. He enclosed Bishop Kenn's letter, and wished to know if his LordShip thought 
fit to order any part of the royal charity for Bishop Kenn to be paid into hk (the 
writer's hands) before he left town, or whether anyone should be deputed to receive 
the whole at Lady-day. [Then follows Bishop Ken s letter.] He says he had no title 
to the continuance of the royal bounty but his Lordship's unmerited goodness to him, 
which he besought God plentifully to reward, and if his Lordship should forbemr to 
continue it, the discontinuance would not obliterate his (the Bishop's) grateful sense 
of past favours.' — Nelson published Kettlewell's Fvoe Discourses on so nuu^ important 
Points of Prcutical Religion, with a Preface, in 1696 (see Secretan's Life 0/ Nelson 
52). Kettlewell's Life by Lee, which was published separately in 8va 1718 as well 
as prefixed to the fvorks, is, with all its defects, one of the most valuable authorities 
we possess for the history of the original Nonjurors. There is a less favourable 
estimate in Overton Life in the English Church 93 n. — For a sketch of Archbp. 
Iiamplugh (1615-1691) see Salmon's Lives of the English Bishops 369 sq. ; Athcnae 
iv. 878 ; Oliver Bishops of Exeter 155 sqq. He does not appear in Prof. Burrows' 
Register of the Visitors. His son Thomas, also of Queen's, was M.A. 1685, B. and D.D. 
1 701 ; Archdeacon of Richmond 1695 ; Preb. of York 171 2-1 747. — ^Walter Sldrlaw 
was Preb. of York 1370, Bp. of Lichfield, and Bath 1386, of Durham 1388, d. 1405 (see 
Wood-Gutch Colleges and Nails 46). — J. Iiasher (D.M. 1679) published his Pharma- 
copcms et chymicus symmystae in 1698. See Rawl. J. 40. 3. 256 : • Professoris Regii 
medicinae deputatus, et mortuo apud Jamaicanos [Thoma Hoy] Professor ipse regios ' 
[R. R.] — There are three Sermons in the Bodleian printed Catalogue under the name 
of F. Iiatham, Preb. of Sarum 167 2-1687 (RawL J. 4^ 4. 31), and two under that 
of "W. IieightonhouBe (f^. fol. 20. 323). — Baptist Iievini was brother of Sir 
Cresswell Levinz, one of the counsel for the Seven Bishops, and of Dr. W. Levinz, 
Regius Prof, of Greek and President of St John's. See Bloxam Register ofMagtd. 



NOTES TO VOLUME XV. 417 

ColL V. 355-359, &C., Athenae iv. 882. — Iiittleton's (1627-16^4) best-remembered 
work was Linguae Latinae Liber Dictionarius quadripartitus (x^8). See Athenae iv. 
403, and Lit. Anec. v. 208 sqq, &c, — ^Wm. Iiowth (1661-1732), Preb. of Winchester 
1696, published his Vindication of the Divine Authority and Inspiration of the O, 
and N, Testament in 1692, ed. 2 1699. See Rawl. J. 4®. 2. 223 ; foL 18. 55 sqq. — 
For Bp. Iiyndeaay, cf. i. 187 n., and Ballard Letters viii. 30 sqq. — There is an 
anecdote illustrating the unscrupulousness of Dutch printers in 1 703, m Derham's Life 
of Ray, prefixed to Ray's Select Remains (1760), p. 77. Fell's ty prion was reprinted 
in Hollaiid without ' additions and alterations ; ' cf. p. 208. 

51. 50. 'Wm. Thornton (M.A. Wadham) had been Principal since 1688. Rawl. 
T. 4«. 5. 172. *See pag. 731. of the Index of Mr. Tho: Heames works added to the 
il^ vol. of Adam de Domerham Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniensibus. Oxon. 
1737 ocL* [R. R.] The administration bond (cf. p. 53. 1. 30) is dated Oct. 7, 1707.— 
The book mentioned over the page seems to have been Bleohynden's only 
publication. See Rawl. J. 4^ 4. 248 sqq. — E. "Waple, Archdeacon of Taunton 1682, 
d. 1 71 2, and was buried in St. John's Coll. Chapel (Wood-Gutch 564). Thirty 
of his Sermons were published in 17 14. In Rawl. J. 4<». 4. 33 sqq. are extracts 
from his will, &c ; see also fol. 19. 234 sqq. (236 is a pen-and-ink drawing of his 
monument). 

68. 7. Tutohin died in the Mint — in consequence, it is said, of a beating inflicted 
by some victims of his scurrility — at the early age of 44. Dunton wrote exaggerated 
panegyrics on him {Life and Errors 356, 427) ; see also Roberts* Life of the Duke of 
Monmouth ii. 211 sqq.'. Atterbury Ep. Corr. i. 304; Forster's Life of Swift 250; 
Luttrell, Index. A Pastoral was published on his death, Cat. of the Hope Coll. 12. 
It is scarcely necessary to quote Pope's lines {Dtinciad iL 147 j^.) : * Earless on high, 
stood unabash'd De Foe, | And Tutchin flagrant from the scourge below.' 

58. II. Ck>l. B. Fhilii>8 was a joint commissioner with Evelyn to execute the office 
of Lord Privy Seal in 1685. For his share in the escape of Charles II after Worcester, 
see Clarendon vi. 539 sqq. ; Boscobel Tracts 174, 273, 358. There are refs. to other 
members of the family in Henry Ld. Clarendon's Diary and Corresp. 

66. 1 1. I find no mention of Iisdy Wilmot'i skull in Lysons' Berkshire, — A. Mark- 
land, M.A. 1668, Preb. of Winchester 1679-1728 ; Rawl. J. 4*. 5. 122. — T. Bayer, 
M.A. 1677, Archd. of Surrey 1689, Preb. of Winchester 1700, d. 17 10. — Bobt. 
Ck>ning8b7, M. A. 1688, see p. 59 infra ; Rawl. J. 4®. 4. 20.— T. Parsell, M. A. 
1701 ; Rawl. J. 4«. 3. 51.— Sir J. Pakington (see voL i. 125) published a Speech 
in favour of the Bill against Occasional Conformity. — For Sam. Philips, see Rawl. J. 
40. 2. 267. — Sir "Wm. Dawes, afterward Archbp. of York, migrated from Oxford to 
Cambridge, after about two years' residence at the former University. He was a 
pupil of Ambrose Bonwicke, at Merchant Taylors' ; see Mayor Life of A. Bonwicke 
116 ; Rawl. J. 4^ I. 215 ; fol. 20. 172. — Iianrence Smith, D.CX. 1686, published 
Conversations in Heaven 1693; Rawl. J. 4^ 4. 8 ; fol. 21. 115. — Gh. Blake, M.A. 
1 69 1, published a Latin trans, of Musaeus 1694. He was afterwards sub-dean, &c. 
of York, and died 1730 ; Rawl. J. 4^ 5. 84. 

67. 1. This DicUogue is a poetical rendering of the Postscript to Higgins' Sermon 
(p. 33 supra). — Gwalter Iiynn, printer to Edward VI, is mentioned by Strype 
Cranmer i. 568 sq. and Memorials II. i. 229, 310 (Oxford ed.). He is said to have 
translated out of 'high Almayn The Bepnning and End of cdl Popery and Popish 
Kingdoms,^ There are two editions of his Concordance, dated respectively 1550 and 
1563* — lK>rd Scales, afterward Earl Rivers, was the patron of Caxton and translator 
of the Dictes and Sayings 1477. 

69. II. Jomandes or Jordanes and Anonymus Valesii were contemporaries, and were 
both ecclesiastics of Ravenna ; Hodgkin Italy and her Invaders i. 43 sq., and iii. 289. 

69. 19. The reference is to the £unous Thomason collection of Civil War Tracts, 
which was formed by George Thomason, of the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Church- 
yard (d. 1666). Its history is told by Edwards Memoirs of Libraries i. 455 sqq. It was 
bound by the collector in chronological order in 2220 vols., and contains perhaps from 
33,000 to 34,000 separate publications. The curators of the Bodleian refused to purchase 
it, though strongly urged to do so ; and it was finally bought by George HI for £300 (!) 
in 1763, and presented to the British Museum. There are some interesting particulars in 
a letter of Wanley to Dr. Charlett (Ballard xiii. 72), dated Nov. 10, 1708. ' As to the 

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41 8 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS, 

CollectioD of Pamphlets you wa^ pleai'd to Command me to enquire after, they chiefly 
relate to the Seditions rais*d, or propagated between the yean 1640 & 1660, with the 
several Loyal Papers publish*d during that Interval ; But perhaps, the Collectioo is not 
to be confined within that Compass of Time, nor to those Subjects alone. There are 
likewise, the Autographs, from whence some of them were printed (which may still be 
of use,) and MSS. of other Authors upon the said Subjects, which were never Printed 
at all. The Books are well bound, and preserved in Presses ; and the Titles of them 
are entred into a Catalogue consisting of i a Volumes in folio. You may imagine, that 
they are not closely written, for indeed, fewer Volumes would contain them. They 
were collected by the Command of King Charles II. & by the great Charge, & Industry 
of his Bookbinder, but not delivered, because there was no money to pay for them. 
And a considerable parcel of Printed Rabbinical Book% had the same mte ; i.e. to lie 
hid in the same Bookbinders boxes, ever since. Another Parcel there is> besides the 
former, being books which belong to the Royal Library. Some finely bound in Turkey 
Leather, & Gilt, & others half finished, or but begun, but which were Detaind upon 
account of Debts due firom the Crown. The Right to the two first Parcels, Le. to the 
Pamphlets (as they are called) and to the said Rabbinical Books, is (as I am told) in 
several Persons, claiming firom the above-mentioned Person. And they are now (or 
were not long a^o) in me Custody of one M' Sissen a Druggist at the Red Cross in 
Ludgate-street Tis said th^ would have taken looo^^ ready money for the said 
Pamphlets, & Rabbinical Books ; and proportionably cheaper for either Parcel. The 
owners have a respect for M' Ba^ord, and as I hear, he ha*s a better Interest with 
them, than any other Person that I know.* Cf. Tanner*s complaint (Ballard iv. 45): 
* That varlet H. Wanley came down into this Country and privily carried of the 
best Library in the Diocese for the Use of Secretary narley (I mean S' Simonds 
Dcwes*s).* See Phoenix Britannicus 556 sq, 

69. 27. For 'elf-arrows,* see Murray New English Dictionary y art. * Arrow-head,* 
B.; Gentleman* s Magazine Library, * English Traditional Lore,* 13 ; Notes and Queries 
1st S. i. 500 ; Brand-Ellis Popular Antiquities ii. 337. I do not find a copy of The 
Noble Histories of King Arthur and of certain of his Knights in the Bodleian 
Library. 

59. 3a. Wm. Pettyt, or Petyt, b. 1636, was the author of Ancient Rights of the 
Commons of England (1680), Miscellanea Parliamentarian Jus Parliamentarium 
(posthumously published 1739), &c. He was buried in the Temple Church. His 
collections are preserved in fiie Inner Temple Library. See Lit, Anecd, v. 130 s^q^ 
where his epitaph, which is of portentous length, is given in full ; and Illustrations 
iv. 71. Luttrell ungrammatically notes (vi. 219): 'Yesterday dyed William Petyt, 
esq., who Was for manv years keeper of the records in the Tower, and not long since 
resigned it by reason of old age, and is now enjoyed by Mr. Topham, memt)cr of 
Parliament for Windsor.* It will be remembered that Anstis proposed to Heaine that 
the latter should remove to London with the object of editing Petyt*s MSS., for which 
purpose Petyt had left i^oa. There is an abstract of the Petyt MSS. in the Secood 
Report of the Historical MSS. Commission 151 sqq. 

60. 5. Lord Weymouth approved of Dr. Iiancaster's rebuke, for on Oct. 2 a he 
writes (Ballard x. 37) : ' I heare the V. C. has done his Coate right in discountenancing 
the liberty D'. Mills tooke in reflecting upon y* memory of y* late K» Charles, ft 
though being dead it cannot correct him, it is seasonable to restreine y* living from 
such meane artifices.' 

60. 1 a. [Charlwood] Iiawton is mentioned by Hickes in Ballard Letters xt 100. 
He was the author of Civil Comprehensions (1705), A Second Letter concerning C. C. 
(1706), A letter formerly sent to Dr. Tillotson^ &c. and The Jacobite Principles Vinds- 
cated, three of which are reprinted in the Somers Tracts. Hickes writes of him in the 
Preface to his Thesaurus (p. xlvi) : * Charlwood Lctwton anniger, juris consultus : Qui 
seposito partium studio, ex omni populo bonos diligit, k bonis omnibus dilectus. Qui 
etiam pro amicitia, seu potius charitate sua, quae angusta aut contracta res est, miseros, 
perinde alienos, quam propinquos, tam qui diversum, quam qui idem secum de rep. 
6c religione sentiunt, adjuvare studet. Qui denique animum tam moderatum, 
beneque constitutum habet, ut aliorum iierre opiniones, qui suas nequeunt, facile 
possit.* Rawl. J. 40. 6. 247. 

60. 20. T. Machell, M.A. 1671, was the author of a Letter to Sir W. Dngdale on 
some antiquities found at Kirkby-Thore, Westmorland {PkiL Trams. 158), ami left in 



NOTES TO VOLUME XV. 419 

MS. a Treatise on the antiquities of that county {Athenae iv. 53a). Six volumes of his 
M3S. are preserved in the Cathedral Library of Carlisle ; see and Rep. of Historical 
MSS. Commission 1 24, with the important prefatory remarks by Bp. Nicolson. See also 
Index to Tanner MSS. — T. Maxmingliain, M.A. 1677, succeeded Burnet as Preacher of 
the Rolls 1 684, and Bp. Moore as Rector of St. Andrew s Holbom ; Dean of Windsor 1 709 ; 
Bp. of Chichester 1709 ; d. 172a. He was the royal chaplain who * did not chuse to 
whistle the prayers of the Church through a Key-hole.' Athenae iv. 555 ; Lit. Anec. i. 207 ; 
Rawl. J. 4«. I. 30. Dr. Lancaster writes 1695 (Ballard xxi. 60): *Dr. Manningham 
preached yesterday at the Clergy Sons Feast and in his prayer among S^ Martyrs & Con- 
fessors praised God for John late A.B.C. his Grace by name.' Aug. 1 7, 1709 {ib, 100) Dr. 
Jonathan Edwards remarks : ' It would have been matter of surprise at any other time, 
to have seen D'. Manningham advanced to the See of Chichester, but we live in an Age 
wherein many strange things come to pass.' — J. Haroh, M.A. 1664, was not a non- 
juror {Athetuu iv. 373). The work referred to below (61. 5) is .^ VindicoHon of the 
present great Revolution in England : in five Letters passed betwixt James Wellwood, 
M,D. and Mr, John March, viear of Ne^oeastle upon Tyne, occasioned by a sermon 
preach* d by him on Jan. 30, 168^, for passive obedience and non-resistance (1689). See 
p. 466 infra. — For Arohbp. Marsh see Boase Register 74, Athenae iv. 498, &c. — 8. 
Masters, M.A. 1669, published in 1689 The Duty of Submission to Divine Provi- 
dence. (Athenae iv. 385 ; Boase Register 75 ; Rawl. J. 4^. i. 45). — H. Maundrell, 
M.A. 1688, chaplahi at Aleppo 1695, d. 1701. (Pearson Chaplains to the Levant Co, 
34 sq.y Boase Register 8a ; Rawl. J. 4^. a. 81).— M. Morgan, M.A. 1674 ; see Athenae 
iv. 711. The poem alluded to was an elegy on the death of Robert Boyle; Rawl. J. 
40. 4. 231. — W. Musgrave, D.M. 1689 {Athenae iv. 556) was a correspondent of 
Heame's. See Munk Roll of the R. Coll, of Physicians i. 486 sqq,, a peoiliarly full 
and interesting article; and Rawl. J. 4<^. a. 95, aaa. — I find sermons under the 
names of Henry Newcome (Edm. Hall, M.A. 1673), and Peter Newoome (B.N.C. 
168 1 ) in the Bodleian Catalogue. The former was Rector of Middleton, Lanes., aiKl 
the latter Vicar successively of Aldenham and Hackney. There are particulars of H. 
Newcome in Rawl. J. 40. 3. ai6, 4. 348, fol. 18. 138 sqq. ; and of P. Newcome in 40. 
3. 70, fol. 18. 14a. The former published The ComplecU Mother ^ or an earnest 
perswasive to all Mothers {especially those of Rank and Quality) to nurse their own 
Children (Lond. 1695. Tw.) R. R. notes : * This is one of the most useful and 
entertaining Tracts on this excellent Subject, that ever was read.* — "W. NichoUs, M.A. 
1688 (Brodrick Memorials of Merton 398, Athenae iv. 481), wrote an Answer to 
Bury's Naked Gospell, A Short History of Socinianism, Sec. See also p. 75 infra, and 
RawL J. fol. 18. 233. 

61. 8. There is a copy in Bodley of ITasher's Rights of Primogeniture (1648). — 
"Walter Map's relation to the Arthurian Legends is popularly explained in Morley's 
First Sketch of English Literature 57 sqq. — Heame has omitted the latter part of 
Dialithus* title : * de infausto Fausti Socini asseclarum exitu illustrata.* There was a 
second ed. in 1701. — F. Nicholson, M.A. 1673, was the author of an Appendix to 
Woodhead's Discourse on the Eucharist. There are particulars of his Life (including 
an account of this Sermon, which was delated by Drs. Wallis and Bury^ in Athenae iv. 
449. — Bp. Nioolson is well known by his Correspondence, pub. by Nichols in 1809 ; 
there is some account of Dr. Hugh Todd, also of Queen's, in that work i. 17, 43 sqq. 
&C. ; and of the Bishop*s squabbles with him, Atterbury, Hoadly and others. For 
the former see Rawl. J. 4®. i. 45, a. la. — For John Norria of Bemerton it will 
suffice to refer to Boase Register 113, Burrows Worthies of All Souls 267 sq.^ 
Overton Life in the English Church a8a sq.y Athenae iv. 584. There is an interesting 
letter of his to Charlett, dated April 9, 1707 (Ballard xx. aa), in which he states that 
' the clear income of his parsonage was not much above threescore and ten pounds a 
year, all things discharged.' — J. Northleigh, B.C.L. 1681, Boase Register Index, 
Athenae iv. 50a. — For T. Nourae, see Index to Vol. i. — W. Oldys, D.C.L. 
1667, d. 1708, contributed the Life of Pompey to a trans, of Plutarch, in which 
Dryden took part He was Advocate of the Admiralty to James 11 and William 
III. His i^itural son, who bore the same names, attained considerable distinction as 
a man of letters: see Lit. Anec. Index.— O. Palmer, M.A. 1685, published A 
Perswasive to Parochial Communion, A Disswasive from Imprecations and Cursing, 
and a Defence of Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance. Cf. infra 74. — For Jaa. 
Farklnaon (M.A. 1675) see Athenae iv. 571, and MS. Wood 18 D, 51 a-58b. He was 
expelled by Dr. Halton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, 1683, * according to orders received from 

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420 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

the superior power ' (c£, Locke's case), and published an account of his expnlsioii 
1689. — For John Hiokes, see Bloxam Magd. Coll. Register vi. i sq. Dr. WiUes 
writes, June 30 {s. a.) (Ballard xxv. la) : * I hear y* y* new Trustees for Birmingham- 
School have confirmed M'. Hicks for his life, & y^ he will be a fit person for you to 
solicite for your chappell. y» major part of y* new Trustees happen to be of y* Gentle- 
mens side, & so they confirm all y» methods y* Gentlemen proposed.* — H. Parr 
was Ussher*s chaplain and biographer: Boase Register 67. — For a remark on 
Fanons' Sermon, see Sir Thos. Browne*s Works (ed. Sohn) iil 470. — Wood's opinioii 
of Bichard Peers was not so ftivourable as Heame's ; see Athnuu iv. 290 ; Wood's 
Life^ Index ; Prideaux' CorresporuUnce, — There is a Life of Dr. B. Pitt (d. 1 712) in 
MueJc i. 445 sq, ; cf. Athenae iv. 737, Rawl. J. 40. 3. i6i. — T. Pittis d. 1687, Atktmae 
iv. 220. — ^Wm. Pittis, Fellow of New. Coll., RA. 1694, d. Nov. 1724 (Rawl. J. 4« i. 
248 sqq.\ was the author of the Lives of Radcliffe, Sir Stephen Fox, the Earl of Halifax, 
and Dr. South. In the Preface to the second of these works he complains of having been 
included among * Mr. Curll's hacks * and * Triobularian \sic'\ ScribUrs^ He likewise 
wrote an Epistolary Poem to Dryden (1699) ! Ichabod (saucily fathered on Bp. Ken 
under the title oi Expostukttoria); The Widow LtUterelts Cry for Justice 172a 
(Luttrell was the only son of Mr. Luttrell the famous Painter in Crayons) ; Horace 
Ode 5 Book iv. imitated, &c. On K. James IPs death ; On the death of Mr. Dryden ; 
Reasons for a War with France (for which he was taken into custody, and admitted 
to bail, Dec 3, 1714), Poem to Mr. Tate on the taking of Namur^ History of the 2nd 
and 3rd Sessions of the Parliament of 1710 ; South's Maxims ; Case of John Dormer 
Esq. and Thos. Jones y* Footman; Rapes of lAeson and Lord Drummond ; The Mitre 
and the Purset &c, and 'made posthumous works for Tom Brown and Mr. Butler;* 
was concerned in the Letters from the Dead to the Living with Tom Brown and Cap> 
tain Ayloffe, &c. Another T. Pittis (of Trinity) was M.A. 1694.— For B. Pooock the 
younger and this translation, see Twells Life of Dr. Pocock 284, and other refs. in the 
Index ; Athenae iv. 651, and Ballard Letters, vol xxviii. 
*«* Between pp. 18 and 19 is inserted a leaf with Hearoe's handwriting as follows : — 

*Sat June 21. 1707 Alcraf. A small short 

body, but pretty big. two marks upon 1^ & privy parts near y* gutts. & a stripe upon 
y* lip. Eyebrows hairie & pufft mark on right hand forehead brest or guts suck of two 
nurses brown colour lustie & strong complexion well proportioned somew^ fiat yreful 
diligent double minded painful bold hot of mind & spitefiill but soon appeased Sl 
through anger for awhile will spare for no talk, a great flux before 32 years old, at 3a 
danger of death also at 80 (die at 86) good fortune a sonne at 30, at 38 in pretty good 
circumstances a desire for 3 husbands. She shall be envied & be hurt with a sword 
much vexed with the ColUck let her beware of water at 38. She shall suffer peril by 
neighbours She shall loose her first husband & not be grieved thereat because he wiU 
love another mans wife. At 30 she shall suffer danger by hot burning ircm but shall 
w^ difficulty escape. Before she be married she shall dream of two young men & 
£smcy she lies with each by turns, her desire being so eager she knows not w^ to choose 
or love best. Good days Mond. Thursd. & Frid. Evil dav Tuesday. Wedn. Bl 
Saturd. indifferent, better fortune to^*^ the South his Chamber door & bed to be 
placed that way only a little chamber a little bed to hold but one a stool a table & 
candlestick.' 

VOIi. XVL 

Page 64, line 1 1. There are numerous copies of Gkulwin de Praesulibus in the Bod- 
leian Library, with MS. annotations by Sir G. Buck, C. Bush, G. Laingbaine and A. 
Wood, C. Godwvn, W. Etwall, T. Delafield, Camden Twyne and A. Wood. Bp. Wren, 
Twyne (Bp. Barlow's copy), Matthew Hutton (transcribed by Heame), J. Anstis and 
S. Drake, J. Blackboume, Bp. Kennett, R. Gough, &c. The original of the letter 
here printed is in Ballard xi. 100. 

65. a. Iflord Oharlea Somerset d. in Italy in 1710, aged 21. His inneral 
sermon was preached by Basil Kennett — BenJ. Iioveling, Line., B.A. 1694, appears 
in the Bodleian Catalogue as the author of five sermons (1703-17), directed 
particularly against the (fakers. Rawl. J. 4^ 3. 124. — Bich. Boulton published in 
1699 ^^ Examination of Mr, John ColbatcKs Books. See RawL J. 4^ i. 169, 
a6a ; 4. 82. Ck>lbatoh, who was knighted in 1716 and d. 1729, b best remembered 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVI. 4^1 

by his app^mmce in the Dispensary, See Munk's Roll i. 517. — ^Jan. a, 1709, 
Bingham writes to Charlett (Ballaid xv. 9) : ' Mr. Penton of New ColL is unani- 
mo^y chosen Fell, of Winton in y* room of M'. Fines.' 

66. a I. Prof. Sanday deals with Oxford MSS. of Oyprian in Appendix ii to Old- 
Latin Biblical Texts, No. II. pp. 133 sqq, — Mr. Gough is said to have possessed a copy 
oiT>MZ^sXe% Short View of the late Troubles in England {i6Si), with MS. Notes by 
the author, Lit. Anecd, v. 363 ; his copy, with MS. Notes by P. Le Neve, is in Bodley. 
— "Wm. Hill (1619-1667) originally pnblished his ed. of Dionysius Periegetesin 1658. 
See Athenae iii. 800. — Dp. T. BicliardBon was Master of Pcterhouse 1609-1733. He 
succeeded Bentley as Vice-Chancellor in 170a. — Dixey 'Windsor, Fellow of Trinity 
(d. 1743), was Burgess for the University in six successive Parliaments 1705-1733 ; 
Luttrell (vi. 166) records May i, 1707: * The lord Windsor*8 regiment of horse is 
taken from him, and given to coL Massam. . Capt Dixey Windsor, brother to his 
lordship, . . who had a troop in the said regiment, is also displaced.' See Collins' 
Peerage iv. 95 (ed. 1768). — Arthur Azmesley represented the Univ. of Cambridge in 
the Parliaments of 170a to 1708, and became fifth Earl of Anglesey 1710; d. 1737 
(Collins iii. 353). See two letters from him, Ballard x. 95, 96. 

On Johnaon's Sophocles^ see Lit. Anecd. ii. 313 sq., viii 410. 

68. 7. On the circumstances attending the death (or murder) of Sir Cloudeslj 
Shovel, see Notes and Queries, passim, e.g. 6th S. x. 150, 350, 433 sq., especially 
518. Shovel's Life and Actions was published in lamo., 1708 ('a very mean per- 
formance by some catchpenny fellow,' wrote Edward Lord Oxford). The best authority 
on the subject is J. H. Cooke, The Shipwreck of Sir C. S. on th4 Scilfy Islands 
(Gloucester 1883). Sir Cloudesly m. the widow of Sir J. Narborough, so that his step- 
sons are here alluded to. His coat of arms (see p. 67) was 'two crescents and one 
fleur de lis' {N. &* Q. 6th S. x. 518).— N. Biabie, Ch. Ch., M.A. 1660, Rector of 
Long Melford, Suffolk, appears as a non-juror in the Appendix to Kettlewell ; he died 
1695. {Athenae iv. 640 ; and esp. Rawl. J. 4®. 4. 113.) — For F. Digby, B.A. 1677, see 
Athenae iv. 586; he translated the Cyropaedia jointly with John Norris. — ^The 
paragraph about John (not E.) Skelton bears only a very distant resemblance to the 
facts. He was Archdeacon of Bedford 1679, Preb. of Lincoln 1683, d. 1704. — T. 
Coney was Rector of Chedzoy 1698, of Bath 1733, Preb. of Wells 1716, d. 1753 ; he 
published a few devotional works, dating from 1710 to 1747, and a Pindarique Ode 
upon her Majesty s happy Accession in 1703. See Rawl. J. 4°. 1. 113 and fol. 16. 433. 

70. 1 1 sqq. For these inscriptions, their history, explanation, &c., I need only refer 
to Scarth Aquae Solis 10 sqq. They were afterwards published by Heame in Leland 
Itinerary ix. 154 sq., and had previously appeared in Camden's Britannia and in 
Guidott's Discourse of Bath. 

70. J8. D. Whitford, M.A. i66o, published his ed. of Musaeus, &c 1655. Accord- 
ing to the History of King-Killers (ed. 1719) part v, p. 18, Dorislaus' head was cleft 
asunder with a broad-sword by Col. Walter Whitford, son of Dr. Walter Whitford, of 
Monckland in Scotland, Bishop of Brechin. There is a very interesting Life of him in 
Athenae iii. 1016. Details of the career and murder of Dorislaus will be found in 
Notes and Queries 4th S. iii. 367, 585 ; iv. 40 sq. See Peck Dtsid. Cur. 433, and 
other refs. ut sup. There are many allusions to his son in Mrs. Green's Calendars. 

71. 8. Prideaux' Norfolk living was Saham Tony (res. 1694). His friendly relations 
to Bp. Fell are mentioned in the early part of the Life of Prideaux. He married Bridget 
Bokenham 1686. Readers of his Letters to Ellis publiwed by Mr. £. Maunde Thompson 
will remember his pathetic remark apropos of his marriage, * I little thought I should 
ever come to this.' Tanner wrote concerning Prideaux to Charlett, April 11, 1707 
(Ballard iv. 44) : * Some Gentlemen that come to me now and then, would fein have 
the Court send you a Cht Church man from this Neighbourhood [vi^r JaTie]— or for 
fear that should not send him far enough hence — think that as he is a Cornish man the 
BP* of Exeter would do well — But having purchased 700^' per ann within lo. tnik 
of this place— he seems resolved to set up his staff here — And tho' at present her and I 
are very good friends, yet upon a translation (w«»» is not improbable, if the 1>p of Ely 
should drop) every body here would wish another member of the Church in this See. — 
I can assure you you are in £«ivour at present.' The following paragraph from the 
same letter is not uninteresting : * You were very obliging, in taking so much uouce of 
the piece of Stuff I troubled you with — ^your kind acceptance of it made \\ much more 
valuable, than it was in itself— I bought more of it at the same time of the Mak 



4aa H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. 

who I believe let me have it at the same price, as he could sell it to the Merchant or 
Mercer, w<* was as I remember 2». 3^. per yard. The Weaver that I bought it of is 
look'd upon here to be as ingenious a man at invention of New Flowers and Works as 
any we have and to understand our trade as well as any — who I remember when I paid 
him told me — that notwithstanding that loss of the main branch of our trade to Spain 
and the West Indies, he could make it appear that there is Sooooo*^ worth of Woollen 
Stuffs sold in this City in a year — Before that I thought ioooo**» per week to be the 
utmost extent — but we have carried the trade farther North than ever, to the Baltic and 
Archangel — and the Dutch have found ways to vent vast quantities in Germany.' — 
John Prinoe, B.N.C., B.A. 1664 (Boase Register 74, Athtnae iv. 6o8>, published his 
Worthies of Devon 1701, Rawl. J. 4*'. a. 280 : * This is an unfinished work, and the first 
volume, but the author was so much discouraged at the undeserved ill reception it mett 
with, that he never ventured the rest to the press.* — For Jonaa Proaat, see Index to 
Vol. i. and Ballard xxxv. i-io.— B. Boderiok, M. A. 1672. — O. Boderick was elected 
Provost of King's 1689 under circumstances reseinbling those of Magdalen, Oxford, two 
years previously (Lyte Hist, of Eton CoU, 275 sqq.\ For letters from him to Chaxlett, 
see Ballard xxiii. 14-27.— Anselme Sanford, M.A. 1676 ; E. Bclater, M.A. 1679 
(Brodrick Memorials 296), do not seem to be known in literature. — T. Spark, M.A. 
1679. Dodwell contributed a Dissertation * de Ripa Striga ' to his Lactemtius (1684). 
See Athenae iv. 368. — T. Stasmoe, M.A. 1666, Archd. of Caermarthen 1677, d. Feb. 
1708. Aihenae iv. 678 ; Rawl. J. 4®. i. 166 (R. R. notes : 'Staynoe son of a Taylor. 
Dr. Adams preached his Funeral Sermon.') — "W, Stephens, M.A. 1670. Rector of 
Sutton ; Dunton's Life and Errors i. 369. See the refs. to him in the Duchess of 
Marlborough's Letters (1838) i. 45 sq. He was only saved from the pillory by the 
intercession of the Duchess. Athenae iv. 790; Rawl. J. 4®. 3. 237. — B. Stabba, 
M.A. 1660. — T. Sykes, Athenae iv. 679. — For Bp. Talbot see Nicolson Ep. Corr, 
307 ; Nichols Illustrations i. 417 sqq. ; Whig and Tory 2nd S. 2 * Faithless, when 

Irurest bids him shift the Scene, I And just as good a B— — as a D n.* Athtnae 

iv. 507 ; Rawl. J. 4°. i. 58, 4. 188. — M. Tindal, Athenae iv. 584; Burrows Worthies 
of All Souls Index.— J. Stopford, d. 1675, Preb. of York and Rector of All Saints* 
in that city, was author of Pagano-Papismus and The Ways and Methods of Pome's 
Advancement. Athenae iii. 1053.— Hugh Todd, Rawl. J. 4«. i. 125, Athenae iv. 535. 
Several letters of his to Charlett are preserved in the Ballard Collection xviiL 2-1 1 ; 
see also Bagot CoL James Grahme, of Levens 5, and Tenth Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 
Appendix, part iv., 341-3. — B. T^elchman, Athenae iv. 481 ; Rawl. J. 40. i. 138 'As 
chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry a dispensation passed the great seal 
3. Augt. 1736, to hold Lapworth and Solihull together, a monstrous plurality I Quid 
non auri sacra fames V Cf. fol. 18. 233 * A very diligent & Industrious Tutor whilst 
at the College, a true Orthodox Church of England man, & in short, a good Scholar 
and a good Christian.' The fullest account of him is in fol. 19. 273. — O. DaT^nsnt 
(1656-1 714) ; Athenae iv. 476, Rawl. J. 40. 1. 185 sqq. — It is needless to say that this is 
the Dr. Brady (1659-1720) whose name is commonly associated with that of Nahum 
Tate. See Rawl. J. 40. 3. 261, 4. 310, 5. 305; fol. 16. 248-265.— BichArd lauoaa. 
Vicar of St. Stephen's Coleman St. Athenae iv. 722, Rawl. J. 4<». i. 215, 3. 376; d. 
1716, and was buried in Westnunster Abbey. — S. Parker, RawL J. 4^. i. 400: 
filius Samuelis Oxoniensis Episcopi, noluit Auriaco Prindpi fidem dare, et inter 
Oxonienses aestimatus vixit et hydrope correptus obiit 14 Julii 1730' [R. R.] — Obp. 
Potter, Athenae \K\, 179. 

78. 30. There is a Life of David Iiloyd (1625-1691) in Athenae iii. 3^ sqq. — 
Bich. V7eat, Magd., Preb. of Winchester 1706, Archd. of Berks 1 710, d. 1710 : KawL 
J. 4«. 1. 1 14. Dr. John Scott was rector of St. Giles's in the Fields (d. 1694), Athenat 
iv. 414. — For these MSS. of Bale, see Tanner Bibliotheca Brit. 69. — ^There is a reference 
to the attack on this Sermon in Atterbory Ep. Corr. L 395. 

74. I. For Philip Ayrea see Rawl. J. 4*. i. 197, 5. 220.— O. Palmer, M.A. 1685, 
d. 1735: Rawl. J. 4^. I. 180,5. I05* — ^' "Watts was Vicar of the historic parish of 
Little Gldding 1715 : Rawl. J. 4^. i. 219. We shall hear a good deal of him here- 
after. The case here mentioned is reported in full in the State Trials iii. 401 sqq. — 
Payne Pisher figures in Pepys' Diary, July 14 and 28, 1660. Dr. Bdmund Gibson 
was successively Bishop of Lincoln and London : Rawl. J. 4®. i. 31, 375 ; fol. 20. 219. 

76. 24. The tract referred to is Mrs. Frances Shaftoe*s Narrative of her heing in 
Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe's Family^ thcU the pretended Prince of Wales was Sir 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVI. 423 

Theophilus's son, and she was truk*d into Frame and barbarously used to make her 
turn Papist and Nun, in order to prevent a Discovery (small 4to. pp. 30)- 

76. a I. This event is mentioned by Davies Gilbert, Parochial History of Cornwall, 
in the account of Padstow, iii. 277 sqq. ; see Earle Two Saxon Chronicles Parallel 1 28. 
Padstow was the seat of the Prideaux family, and the birthplace of its most illustrions 
member, Humphrey. — There is a Life of John MsBSon (d. c, 1750) in Chalmers, and 
some scattered notices in Lit, Anecd. (see Index). He published his Vitae Horatii, 
Ovidii et Plinii junioris in 3 vols. 1 708-1 709. — For some particulars of Philip Tre- 
heme (chaplain at Smyrna 1 670-1 674) see Pearson Chaplains to the Levant Co, 32 sq, 

77. 4. These letters of Oowley^s, written from Paris 1650-1653 (when the poet 
was Secretary to Lord Jermyn) to Bennet afterward Earl of Arlington, relate prin- 
cipally to the state of affairs in Scotland. They occupy pp. 130-160 of Miscellanea 
Aulica, a collection of unpublished State Treatises forming a sequel to the Cabala, the 
Correspondence of Ld. Arlington, of Sir Wm. Temple &c. — There is a life of Dr. 
John Freind (d. 1728) in Atterbury Ep, Cor, iii. 431 saq, Samuel Wesley wrote of 
• afflicted physic,* * She mourns with Radcliffe, but she dies with Freind.* Freind had 
likewise published in 1701 a Latin letter on some cases of convulsion occurring in 
Oxfordshire : Munk Roll ii. 49 sqq. Dr. King contributed a pleasing sketch of him to 
the TcUler ( Works ii. 305).—' John Qranville, second son of John, first E. of Bath ; 
created Baron Granville of Potheridge, co. Devon, 9 March 1702; ob. 1707, x./., 
when this title became extinct ' (Nicolas Synopsis), 

78. 12. Marianas Sootua has been edited by Waitz (1844), in the Mon. Germ. 
Hist, ; and 'Walaingham by T. H. Riley in th^ Rolls Series ^1863-4). For Balph 
de Dioeto see Bp. Stubbs* Lectures (1886) 122, &c. — Matthew ScrlTener is only 
incidentally mentioned in Athenae (see Index) ; I do not find any answer to this 
particular work. The reference is to [Spademan] Stricturcu breves p. 27. He wrote a 
pamphlet on drinking healths (1685), ^ subject which was hotly debated in Ireland at 
a later date ; cf. Craik Swift 305. 

79. 7. Iiord Haversham's 'jeremiad* of this year is printed in his Memoirs (1711) 
26 sqq, — ^W. Wynne (Rawl. J. fol. 21. 232, 40. 2. 302) was son of a secretary of Sir 
Leoline Jenkins, and published a Life of Sir L. J., and a History of the Treaty of 
Nimeguen. [R. R. notes : ' I have two volumes m fol. MS. mostly wrote by S' Jos. 
Williamson Secretary of State, being instructions & letters to S"f Leoline Jenkins, to 
which those printed are answers, and those in my possession, tho' valuable, were never 
printed.*] Cf. 2nd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 130. — For the editions and translations of 
Caradoo of Lhancarvan see Macray Manual 13. — ^The story of St. Frldeawide has 
been sympathetically told by the Rev. Francis Goldie, S. J. (Bums and Gates, 1881). 
As Algar had been stricken with blindness on approaching the city, no monarch until 
the reign of Henry III dared to enter St. Frideswide*s Church. Even Edward I is said 
to have turned back from its walls (p. 20). — lK>cke*8 epitaph is printed in Fox 
Bourne's Life ii. 561. — ^There is a full account of Samuel Thomas, chaplain and 
chantor of Ch. Ch., Preb. of Wells, and a non-juror (d. 1693), in Athtnat iv. 390. — 
Oocham's Summa totius logicae was printed at Oxfoni in 1675. 

79. 37. The following paragraph has been accidentally omitted: — *Ask Mr. 
Dodwell what MSS" he knows in Bib. Bodl. of Euseb. de locis Hebr. or of 
Hieronymus*s Interpretation of them, besides one in Greek which was D' Bemard*s 
& one in Latin amongst Fairfax's Books num. 5.* 

81. 13. The Character of a Primitive Bishop (1709) is likewise attributed to 
J. Fittia. Tanner writes (Ballard iv. 54). Dec. 14, 1709: *Mr. Piia, the author of 
the Character of the Primitive Bp, has at last reconciled himself to the Oaths, w*^ he 

took before me on Saturday last. He continues very bitter ag^ D"* H s/— The 

original of Dr. Lancaster's letter is in Rawl. Letters, 7. 151. 

82. 2. Charles first Duke of Biohmond, only son of the Duch«&s of Portsmouth 
by Charles II, d. 1723.— Hudaon, it will be remembered, succeeded Wyau as Prin- 
cipal of the Hall on the resignation of the latter in 171 2. Savile Brad ley was M.A. 
1700. — There are some particulars of these races in Vol. i. p. 287 ; sec al&o MaH- 
borough Corresp, i. 66, Merton Walks 14. — Dp. Hudaon^a supposed indiscreiiDn ii 
alluded to by Dr. T. Milles in Ballard Letters viii. 71 (the passage is auoted by 
Heame, p. 107 t'/f/ra).* There are some letters from Dr. Dobaon to ckartett b 
Ballard xxi. 106 &c. In 1709 appeared.^ Letter from a Student in Oxf§rdt$ll§^ 




5 



424 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

Friend in the Country. Containing a short Account of the late Proceedings of Trinity 
College in thcU University. (London : Printed and sold by H. Hills in Black-frTmn* 
near the Water-side. i6 pp.) Tanner wrote to Charlett (Tan. 23, 1708) : * Mr. Wright 
. . tells me of mighty heats at ^our old College, and that they and his College 
Brasenose have a mind to have their Visitors among them * ; and later he remarks that 
he never saw the Trin. Coll. pamphlet, bat is ' glad to hear things are easy again 
among them.* He likewise mentions some squabbles at Cains Coll. Cam. (Ballard iv. 
47> 50). So too Dr. Roderick, May a a, i709<Ballard xxiii. 27) : 'I wi^ yon had 
sent y* printed ace* of y* disturbances in Trifi. C. as well as jf* Vice Ch» Censure, I 
8h<* have made no ill use of it nor be sure been pleased w*'* y* mutinous behaviour of 
turbulent persons ag^ their Superiors.' And W. Bishop (Jan. 16, 1708 : xzxi 45): 
* There is one M' Shaw here in Town a Son or Relation of one S' T» Shaw y* was 
Gentleman Com' of Tri : Coll : y* has left y* College and reports y* all the rest of y* 
Gentlemen Com'* either have or will doe soe to, M' Swift asked me about it I satis- 
fyed M' Swift, and He will He says talk w*^ S' J» about it, pray let me know y* 
Particulars as to y* Gentlemi^ who has a fair Character here, y* I may satisfy M' Swift 
who is a man as much for discipline & has as great a respect for y' Body as any One 
I know, & has as much sense to back w^ He says as most I know; I am often 
attacked upon y* subject, & I think I never left anv one y^ would but think seriously 
unsatisfyed. Pray let me know pray M' Shaws Stanoing and Character, and y* numba 
of Those y* have left y* House : M' Swift is a Man of business & Large Acauaintance, 
and may doe the Collece justice & has courage to doe it, when He is throly apprii*d 
of the state of y* Afiair. At p. 2\sq. of A Speech that was intended to have been 
spoken by the Terrae-Filius (1713) is the following * Receipt for a Head of a House of 
the Dobson kind. Recipe an Old Heavy Country Parson, extract all Remains of 
common Sense, and common Honesty ; and then put in Gravity, Formality, Hypocrisy, 
and Pretended Conscience, of each a Large Quantity. Add of Stupidity q, suff. Fiat 
Compositio simplex : Give him the Degree of Doctor in Divinity, and' then, b. Caput 
Morluum, N.B. The Use of this Sort is to vote and act cu the others bid 
them* 

86. 36. A glance at Skeat's Dictionary shows that orange is really for nartnge^ 
being derived from the Persian ndranj. Prof. Skeat also pronounces unhesitatingly 
in favour of the explanation of Whitsunday as White Sunday. — In 1. 51 the ^ in d^us 
has been misplaced at machine. — For Henry Orump, see Nicolson English Historical 
Library 143 ; Hardy Descriptive CcUalogue iii. 13a. 

87. 6. References to the authorities for the history of the family of Usher or 
XTsalier will be found in Marshall Genealogists Guide (ed. 1885) 627. 

87. 33. BenJ. Baynes, M.A. 1707. I cannot find that he published an3rthing, bat 
letters from him to Charlett are preserved in Ballard, xxviiL 116 sqq. 

88. 13. Oflbpring BlackaU, Bp. of Exeter 1708-1717, is best remembered by his 
controversy with Hoadly, Tatler ii. 94. 161 ; Whig and Tory (iii) 31 ; Dunton Ufk 
and Errors 668 ; Oliver Bishops of Exeter 160 sq. — Sir Wm. Dawes succeeded 
Sharp as Archbp. of York in 1714 ; see Life of Sharp i. 3aa sqq. ; Whig and Tory 36 ; 
Dunton Life and Errors 365, 669 ; supra 56. He was brought up by Kidder : Cassan 
Bishops of BcUh and Wells ii. 13a. — There is a Life of Bp. Trimnell in Atterbury 
Ep. Corr. V. 244 sqq, — It was long before the Queen could be induced to pass over 
Smalridge in favour of Potter; see Atterbury Ep. Cor. i. 306, 313, 330 sq., 350, 505 
(his Life), v. 5, 27a ; iii. 433, iv. 391, 353 ; Marlborough Corresp. ii. 17. 52 ; Duchess of 
Marlborough's Conduct 175 sq, — There is a Memoir of him, with many of his letters, 
in Nichols Illustrations ^ 225 sqq. For Kennett*s appointment, see his Life 38. 

89. 6. Full particulars of Dr. Samuel Clarke, whose Life was written by Whistoo, 
will be found in Chalmers. Dr. Johnson read some of his works in the last dayi of 
his life. — For W. Gregg, see Stctte Trials xiv. 1371 sqq, ; cf. TcUler iii. 9 with reft., 
Marlborough Corresp. i. 128, ii. 15 ; Warner Ep. Cur, 2nd S. 47 sqq. His cousin was 
British Minister at Copenhagen : Lexington Papers 17 &c. (Dr. J. H. Burton*s state- 
ment. Reign of Q. Anne ii. 33, that ' he had no title to any social position above that 
of the labouring community/ seems an exaggeration.) This incident led to the 
expulsion of Harley from the Ministry, and the publication of Swift's Remarks upon a 
Letter to the Seven Lords who examined Gregi see Craik Life of Swift 146 ; Calendar 
of Treasury Papers (1708-14) lao, &c. Greg is mentioned Ballard x. 38. 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVI. 425 

89. 35. Tanner wrote, Jan. 23, 1708 (Ballard iv. 47) : — ' I am sorry for John HalVs 
death, especially if it be like to embarrass the affairs of yonr Press vr*"^ farther difficul- 
ties: a mechanical man that understands bnying Paper, treating w*^ Booksellers, 
looking after Compositors and Pressmen that they do their Work well &c. seems to be 
fittest to succeed him.* 

90. 2, According to Whiston {Memoirs 155) there was a Club at Court in the reign 
of George I called the Hell-Fire Club. Capt Wm. Smith, only son of John Smith, 
Speaker at this time, died without issue. Kennett (Ballard Letters vii. 88), anno 1721, 
expresses his disbelief in ' Hell-fire Clubs, Mohocks and the Calye*s Head Club.* 

90. 47. The following letter from Robert Watts to Charlett seems worth printing in 
extenso, (Ballard Letters xxv. 43-56 are from Watts : this is No. 44.) He cUitcs 
No. 45 * From my Father's a Grocers at the Signe of y* two Sugar-Loaves & King's 
Armes in Watling-Strcet y« comer of Bow Lane.' 

'London Feb. 6. 170}. 

* Reverend Sir, 

* I have hitherto forebore writing to You, in expectation of a little Book w<* 
will shortly be publish*d w**» the Bp. of London*s Approbation, for y* Use of y* 
Charity Schools here, to be learnt & perform'd by y* Charity Children at their 
Quarterly Examinations. It is now in v^ Press 8c will be calFd as I am inform*d 
Farther Instructions for Children that nave learnt the Church Catechism, As soon 
as it is publish*d I will send a parcel down to M'' Thomas, together with an Ace* of y* 
Methods of Quarterly Examinations in several of y* Charity Schools here which have 
been promis'd to me a pretty while. The Cloaths w^ the Vice-Chancellor has bespoke 
here tor 50 Boys are as I hear now making, & will be finish'd in a month*s Time or 
thereabouts. 

I have made Enquiry after y* Authors of y* several Treatises w** You desir*d me & 
am informed that y* Author of y* Observator is M' Ridpath y* Author of y« Flying Post : 
The Author of y* late Paper which has been some time since dropp'd, viz. The 
Observator revived was one Pearce an Exchange Broker some time smce concerned in 
y* Paper call*d Legions Address & forc*d to fly on that Ace* into Holland. The 
publisher of y* Phcenix is a Presbyterian Bookseller nam*d J. Darby in Bartholomew 
Close who has told me y* he was chiefly assisted therein by y* famous M'. Collins y* 
Author oiy^ Use of Rectson in Propositions 8lc & D'. Tindal's familiar Acquaintance. 
The same J. Darby lately publish'd y» 3 Vol of State Tracts in fol. relating to the 
Revolution. He came to me by means of a Letter w^ I left for him at a CofTee-House 
8c I offered to help him to some Tracts in Vindication of y« Ch. of England, w^** are 
very scarce, 8c he promis'd to come to me for *em, but has not yet been so good as his 
word, but I will shortly carry *em to him ; but he told me he should not publish another 
Vol. till next Winter. 

I have procur'd some new Materials for a Disc, concerning our Affiection for v* 
Protestant Churches beyond Sea particularly J^ Brief fir a Charitable Collection for 
y* Protestants of Oberbarmen^ iny* Dominions ofy^ Elector PaUUine to enable ^em to 
build a Church there, together w*^ y^ Letters of y^ A. Bp. of Canterbury and y* Bp. of 
London to their Clergy in behalf of it, as also y* copy of her Majestie's Letter to y* 
K. of Sweden in behalf of y* Calvinists in Silesia w«*» was publish'd in yesterda]rs 
Courant. M'. la Mothe is desbous that I should publish a Disc, on this Subject in 
English while he designs to publish a Continuation of his in French, but I fear I shall 
not be able to finish it during my Stay here. 

As to my Answer to y* Strictura, if by suspending it You meant forbearing to 
publish it here, it was not more than what I designed from y* very time I began to (&aw 
It up, having promis'd to let You, & if Yon uought fit y* Vice-Chanceflor 8c other 
Heads of Houses see it first tho* I had rather D*". Smalridge or some other would 

gublish an answer to it. I have finish*d it, but have not yet shewn it to any one, but 
[r. U Mothe has promis*d to get D'. Smalridge to appoint a Time next Week for me 
to meet *em 8c to lay it before 'em. 

I know not how any one could inform You (as M^ Thomas has told me from Yon) 
that an Answer to j* Stricture would shortly be publish'd by y* Direction of y* Vice- 
Chancellor. I have not given any Occasion for such a Report, neither could D*". Smith 
from whom I suppose it originally came, collect anything of that Nature from my 
Words. I observed Y' Directions in my Behaviour towanls him, 8c knowing his 

> Ct Lifir ofBp, Ketrnttt 113 iqq. 



426 NEARNESS COLLECTIONS. 

Temper hmnotued him as much as possibly I could. M'. Tyrrel had Tery amplr 
recommended me to his Acquaintance, 8l I told him of my Discourse cone, ye JndgmN 
of y* foreign reformed Churches cone. Episcopacy, & gave a short Abridgm* of it by 
Word of Mouth w**^ w^'^ he seem'd wonderfully pleas'd. I afterwards ask'd him 
several Questions cone Peter du Moulin &c., & shew'd him a Catalogue of Books w^ 
I wanted to peruse, w**» all w<* he seem'd wonderfully pleas'd, & commended my 
Diligence. Afterwards he askM roe whether I had seen y* Stricture. I told him yei 
& a^er he had said it was wrote very weakly I told him it was wrote by M'. Spademan 
w**» he at first would scarce believe. Upon his saying he hop'd y* University would 
take care to get an Answer wrote to it, I told him that I had prepar*d some Materials 
for an Answer but whether I should publish it or no I could not telL & I then told him 
that since some in y« University had disapprovM of our Answer to y* Geneva Letter 
after it was pass'd in Convocation & sent away, as if it gave up y* lus divinum of 
Episcopacy it was thought proper to publbh something by way of Vindication of that 
Passage AlUnissimum est a nostrd Charitate &c. & I humbly desir'd him to favour me 
^th ye Copies of Bp. Cosins' Letters to M*". Cordel w*** he had told y* World he had 
in his Custody. Upon this Remiest he grew a little angry to my great Surprize, & 
inunediately ask*d me whether I was acquainted w**» y« B**. of Salisbury, & began to 
pass several very injurious Reflections upon that part of y* University w<» approv'd of 
that passage. I assured him that there was no ill design pretended by y* ifnivenity, 
that they still had as great a Veneration for y* Ch. as ever, & as any could have, 
& particularly for y* divine Right of Episcopacy, & that they intended to give no 
more Advantage to our Schismatics than any of y* best Defenders of y* Ch. had dooe 
already, & even Bp. Cosins himself: All this would not satisfy him, but he must write 
down to Oxford to know my Character, because as he said it was a Matter of great 
Consequence. I could not get a Copy of 'em after all I did or could say. In short I 
humoured him as much as possibly I could, & staid with him as long again as 
I intended because I would not interrupt him in his Discourse : & I must needs profess 
I never was in company w^i^ so great a Humourist before. It was upon this Occasion 
that after he had pressed me very much I told him that I made Collections for this 
Purpose by yo^" Directions & plainly told him that y* Vice-Chancellor knew nothing of 
it, unless you had acquainted him w^*^ it, but should see this Answer before I publish'd 
it. If no one else would undertake one. I went to his House yesterday both morning 
and Afternoon but could not find him at home, so cannot tell what Character M'. 
Heme has given of me to him, but hope to know shortly & to let him see what 
Disservice I intend the Church by shewing him y* Discourses, which M*". Thomas lent 
you, before You did me y Honour to send for me, to y' Lodginges, which I luckily 
brought along with me from Oxford. There is a short ^siswtx publish'd to y* 
Strictura in a little Tract call'd Censura Temporum just publisn'd by one of 
D^ Smith's Kidney but I cannot yet learn by whom. Mr. la Mothe humbly desires to 
know, whether y* Approvers of y* University's Answer understand that passage 
Alienissimum est a nostrd Charitate in that Sense w^^ y* Author of y* Censura 
Temporum puts upon it 

London Feb. 7. 170J. 

Rev. Sir, I wrote as above yesterday morning, before I went out of Town to 
pay a Visit : at my Return I heard that D^ Smith had in my Absence call'd upon me» 
& therefore I forbore concluding it & sending this last night upon hopes of paying him 
a visit this morning : but a very great Cold w^ I caught yesterdiay & y* s^den 
change of y« Weather oblige me to put it off till next Weac after w®*» You shall hear 
further from Me. 

I was very lately in company with M'. Strype, who gave me a Copy of y* Proposals 
for printing his Annals of y* History of Religion and other remarkable Occurrences in 
y* Ch. of Eng. during y* \*, twelve years cf Qu. EliusbetKs happy Reign, in w«* he 
told me were abundance of curious Letters & Papers hitherto unpublish'd & desir'd me 
to write to Oxford for Subscriptions. He told me y* Book was quite ready for y* Press 
but was desirous to have about 40 or 50 more subscribers first. Designing to print but 
100 more than shall be subscrib'd for. He desires no Money, till y* Books are 
deliver'd, but only y« Names, Qualities and Places of Abode of such as are willing to 
take it when publish'd at y* Terms of y* Proposals, w<* 1 have not sent because 
I suppose they may be had of y* Oxford Booksellers : If You, or any that yoa shall 
speak to on this occasion are willing to be subscribers I will wait on M'. Strype with 
your Names, &c. 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVI. 427 

I hear y* long expected History ofy* ejected Church Clergy will very shortly be put 
toy* Press. 

1 was very lately at f Office of y* Society for propagating y* Gospel of w«* M*". de la 
Mothe was lately chose a Member : & find that it meets daily with £ncoiirage<«^. Among 
y* late Benefactions to it, I found 3oo£ given to it by y^ A. Bp. of Armagh, 100^ by 
S'. Rob*. Atkins, 30^ by y* A. Bp. of Cashels, ad)C by y» Countess Dowager of 
Northampton, & ac^ per year lately promised byy* A. Bp. of Tuam, & find what You 
told me that D'. Edwards had given 50/C to be paid in 5 yearly pa3rments. 

I desire that M'. Thomas would be pleased in his next to tell me how much 
y* Subscription Rolls of j* University & Town do amount to. The 3 new Bp*. were 
this Day confirmed at Bow-Church, & to morrow are to be consecrated at Lambeth. 
D^ Bradford who is made Canon of Westminster in y* Room of Dr. Brevall lately 
deceased being appointed to preach y* Consecration Sermon. 

The Author of j* Review has lately gave a most scandalous Relation of an Indignity 
offered to y Picture and last Speech of K. W". at Oxford ; I should be glad it were 
false, that I might Refute his impudence in y^ point as I have already w^^^ Relation to 
y* Weather Cock * & y* carrying of y« Silver Tankard instead of a Lanthom '. 

I Beg your Pardon for writing thus much, and conclude w**» assuring You that you 
may conmiand, while I stay here any Service of y^' most obliged, 

humble Servant 

Rob. Watts. 

The Presbyterians here are much dejected by hearing from their Correspondents 
at Scotland, that y* Surpliss is us'd & our Liturgy read in most if not all y* 
Episcopal Meeting Houses there & that [seal] have been opened since y* com- 
mencem^ of y* Union. I have not yet seen w* y* Author of y* Ace* ofy* Govemm* <&v. 
ofy^ Kirk of Scotland yosX publish'd says in rdation to this point. 

[Addressed:— To the Reverend D'. Charlet 

Master of University College in Oxford, These.] 

98. 16. The profound significance of this appointment will be at once perceived 
when it is remembered that Mllles' competitor was Jonathan Swift, and that the 
scale was only turned against the author of TAe Tale of a Tub by the personal 
intervention of Archbp. Sharp. Swift wrote to Archbp. King (Feb. 5, 1 708) : * Your 
grace knows long before this, that Dr. Milles is Bishop of Waterford. The court 
and Archbishop of Canterbury were strongly engaged for another person, not much 
suspected in Ireland, any more than the dioice already made was, I believe, either 
here or there.' (Scott*s Swift [1814] xv. 263.) See Forster's Swift aio sqq. ; Craik 
145. There is some account of Bp. Milles and his family in Lit. Anec. ii. 159. See 
also Rawl. J. 40. 5. 75 ; fol. 18. 103, ai. 36. He died in 1740, leaving his fortune to 
his nephew Jeremiah Milles, afterward Dean of Exeter.— Mr. Axon contributes to the 
Dictionary of Nat, Biography a sufficient accoimt of Bp. Atherton (d. 1640). 

98. 34. The secret history of the important political events here alluded to is given 
by Swift in a letter of Feb. i a to Archbp. King ( Works ^ xv. 265 5qq,\ Mrs. Ma^m 
was the lever which Harley was now using, and which, though the instrument broke 
in his hands for the present, he was to employ herea^ with signal adroitness and 
success. 

94. 8. Heame's earliest information with regard to the identity of Isaac Biokentaff, 
Bsq., was not very trustworthy, but he soon learnt the true author (p. loa infra). 
Swift's Predictions speedily became known all over Europe, and were burnt by the 
Inquisition in PortugaL The best-known among them is that of the death of Partridge 
the Almanack-maker. Swift is said to have taken this ncm de guerre^ rendered even 
more familiar by the Taller, or * The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff,' from a lock- 
smith's sign. The Predictions^ &c., are printed in Scott's Swifts ix. 151 sqq. See 
TcUler (ed. Nichols), i, pp. ix, xxxvi x^., la, 66 sqq, laa; v. 439; Forster's Swift 
aai sqq, 

> Cf. R. J. Leslie Li/e o/Chas, Leslie 355 sq. ; Rekearsai (ed. 1750), L 263, 277 *f ., 380 sgq,^ 356 
sq., 411 sq. ; ii. 177-182 ; Review iL in, 150, 307, 365; iii. 103. 

> The Tankard afllair (see vol. i. p. 236) is thus alluded to in an 'Advertisement ' at the end of 
A speech that was intended to have 6een spoken by the Terrae-Filin* (17x3) * At the same place are sold 
the Famous, tho' New Invented, Illuminating Dark Lanthoms, for Heads of Houses, made spick and 
span new, out of New College Tankards. N. to prevent counterfeits, these are to be had only at this 
place and Dr. Ch— ts, the M— r of University CoUc^'— Ballard vii. 66, Dr. White Kennett 
sends fMHne books by this Mr. Watts, whom he * takes to be a very industrious and sober man.' 



\ 



4a8 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. 

94. 13 sqq. Thos. Traheme d. 1674 ; his life is in Atfunae^ iii. 1016. — ^Tho*. Vewey, 
Ch. Ch., M.A. i68a, Chancellor of Exeter 1706, Preb. of Winchester 1713, F.ILS., d. 
1723. See Nicolson Ep. Corr, 314; Atterbury Ep. Corr. i. 339, 333. — Biobmrd 

- - ' • ' ' - - - - - :'withr 



Duke figures in Jolinson's Lives of the Poets, who remarks that ' with the wit he 1 
to have shared the dissoluteness of the times ; for some of his compositions are sndi as 
he must have reviewed with detestation in his later days, when he published these 
Sermons which Felton has commended.* He became Rector of Witney 1710, and died 
1 71 1. See Syrift Journal to Stella Feb. 14, 16, 171 1 ; Atterbury Ep. Corr. L 13. — 
There is a very favourable account of Geo. Tully (d. 1695) in Athenae iv. 433 ; for 
Thos. TuUy see ib. iv. 792. He was Preb. of Carlisle 1684; Dean 1716 ; d. 1737. 
The life of Bp. Bainbow was by Jonathan Banks, B.A. Cam. — Wood has a pretty 
full life of Bishop Turner {Athenae iv. 545). See also Miss Strickland's Lives of the 
Seven Bishops 150-233, and Baker-Mayor Hist, of St. /bhn*s, Cambridge, Index. — 
J. Tyler, M.A. 1686, Dean of Hereford 1692, Bp. of Llandaff 1706-1734 (Bloxam 
Magd. Coll, Reg, ii. p. dxiv, Athenae iv. 597, Rawl. J. 4*. 6. 304). 

lliere is a life of Dr. B. Tyson (d. 1708) in Munk Roll i. 436 sqq, ; Athenae iv. 
780, Rawl. J. 4«. 3. no. He is the Cams of the Dispensary, — For Matthew Hole, 
Rector of Exeter 1710-30, author of Practical Discourses on various Parts of the 
Liturgy of the C, of E,, &c., see Boase Register 75, 313, Fasti ii. 344. 

96. I. Sir B. Seymour, d. Feb. 18, has been sketched once for all by Macanlav. 
See also Manning Lives of the Speakers 361 sqq. He had been M.P. uninterruptedly 
since 1667 (Boyer^s Annual List of Deaths).— CoA, Baroc. 47 is Miohaells Fselli 
Junioris in Ilicidem Homeri Paraphrasis (sec. xv.). 

97. 31. "W. Breach, D.M. 1687. Administration was granted March 35, 1708 
(Griffiths Index to Wills). 

98. 31. We shall hear much of Dr. Lancaster in the sequel. According to Rawl. J. 
^, I. 65 sq., his only publications were a 30th of January Sermon before me House of 
Commons (1607), and a Recommendatory Preface to The Door of the Tabernacle (1703). 
Many of his letters, chiefly written during his Vice-Chancellorship, will be found in 
the Ballard Collection, xxi. 38 sqq, — Cavendish's Life of IVolsey has been many times 
printed — first in 1641. There is a copy in the Gough collection of the ed. of 1667, 
collated with various MSS., &c. — Particulars of the intended invasion, and its defeat 
by Sir Cjeorge Byng, will be found in Luttrell, vi. 373 saq. The measures 
referred to by Dr. Smith in the next page were for increasing the stringency of the 
abjuration oath, and for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act The royal assent was 
given on March 11, to Acts for the further security of H. M.*s pexson and govern- 
ment, and to empower H. M. to secure and detain suspected persons. (Cf. p. 103, 
11. 1 3 sqq. infra, ) The Secret History of Col. Hookers Negotiations in Scotland, in 
favour of the Pretender, in 1707, with a translation of Letters containing a Narrative 
of the Pretendcf's Expedition into Scotland in 1708, and his Return to Dunkirk, was 
published in 1760. See also Boyer Reign of Q. Anne 334 sqq, T. Cockman, writing 
from Rome, May 33, 1708, O.S. (Ballard xxL 81), says: 'These People, ft par- 
ticularly y* Brittish Papists, were mighty uppish upon y* attempt made upon Scotland : 
they had 3 days solemn prayers, y* Pope, y* Queen of Poland, and many Cardinals 
going to *em in their several churches for good Success : and yon'l imagin they are pro> 

g:>rtionably dejected at y* disappointment, & under grievous apprehensions of their poor 
rethren*s being persecuted.* (The word * downish,* by the way, occurs in xxxvi. 34.) 

99. 24. Mr. Mullinger sketches the career and character of Bichard OroUe {c. 1489- 
1558, Greek Reader 1519, Public Orator 1522) in his University of CamMdge, i. 537 
saq., &C. ; and at p. 499 mentions Bobert Aldrich, the friend of Erasmus, and Bp. of 
Carlisle 1537^1557. His Black Book of the Garter was published by John Anstis in 
1 724. See Mr. Gairdner's article in the Diet, of Nat. Biog. voL L — ^The editic princeps 
of the Etymclogicon Magnum, with a prefiace by Musurus, was pub. at Venice 1499. — 
Granger (i. 92) states that all the heads of Wolsey are in profile, which is attributed to the 
fact that the Cardinal had lost an eye.— It will be remembered that Dr. Smith had at 
one time contemplated a Life of Miuy Q. of Scots ; see his letter to Ken in Strickland 
Lives of the Seven Bishops 397 sqq. 

100. 6. For this event, see Luttrell vi. 381. There is a note only on his condem- 
nation in State Trials, 19. 736. Lord Griffln finally died in the Tower Nov. 17 10. 
Lord Clermont and Oapt. Middleton were released on bail, after three yeai«* im- 
prisonment Dr. T. Bayley wrote to Dr. Charlett June 18, 1708 (Ballard xxi. 19) : 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVII. 429 

Mr. Bromley *■ told me . . . that there had been a counsell the day before about my L**. 
Griffin ; & it was considered, whether he should be executed that morning, or reprived 
for 14 days. The L*^. Chancellor was for a reprieve ; The L<^. A.Bp. of C. for execu- 
tion, the rest of the Board were divided, tho the greater part were for a reprieve, & the 
Queen herself joyning with them, that was concluded on: Tho there was one of the 
honorable Board that urged with some warmth that the L^. Middleton's sons must not 
suffer because they were too young, & the L<^ Griffin must not suffer because he was 
too old, & that at this rate they should have noe body to suffer. I went from M''. 
Bromley to the Coffee House near S'. James's House, & there two or three of the 
colonels that had orders the day before to attend at the execution knew nothing of the 
reprieve, and they with their companies did attend at the place, & the scaffolds were 
filled with Ladies & Gentlemen, but they came all back again without seemg any 
thing.' — The first ed. of the Callipatdia was printed at Leyden 1655 ; the second, with 
Quillet's name, at Paris 1656.-— iStrype, writing to Charlett April ao, 1709, remarks 
(Rawlins' transcript is in Ballard, xv. 32) : — ' I wonder y* famous first founder of Xts 
Church Cardinal Wolsey hath been thus long w^out some public ace* of his Life Sl 
Acts, & of y* noble Foundation of his — a Duty methinks long incumbent upon that 
ColL ; Tis true there hath lately stolen forth a 2^ edit, of Cavendish : but as I make 
no doubt you know very wrong, erroneous, and imperfect : as I have found by compar- 
ing y« MSS. I w<* fain know w* good MS. copies remain in yo' University of y* Book. 
It might be improv'd considerably. It is pitty it is not thought on.' 

100. a6. The following passage has been accidentally omitted : — 
* There was one John Young in Hen. VIII***'" time sacrorum scriniorum Magister, 
styl'd by Erasmus in his Dedication of some Pieces of Plutarch to him, whence it 
appears y* he was a Man of Learning. » A great Commendation of Cardinal Wolsey in 
Erasmus s Dedication of a Piece of Plutardi to him. » An Inscription ab* Neomagium 
or Noviomagum in Petr. Montanus's Epistle to Ger. Noviomagus. See Ger. Novio- 
magus's Historia Batavica, p. 5. . . . 

April 6 (Hon.). Mr. John Norris has just publish'd a small Book in 8^^ in two 
Parts call'd a Philosophical Dispute cone, the Immortality off* Soul^ occasioned by Mr. 
Dodwell's Epistolary Discourse. 'Tis ingenious & the Question clearly stated, shew- 
ing that considering the Nature of things as they are at present the Soul must be natur- 
ally immortal, tha considering it abstractedly and as to it's first original, 'tis only 
positively immortal as it depended upon the pleasure of God whether it shl<* be immor- 
tal or not.-Df. Wallis's Epitaph ' 

100. 40. The same correspondent eloquently writes Sept ao, 1714 (Ballard xxxvi. 
104) : ' If the most exalted character humane nature can aspire to be that of a Publick 
Spirit (w<* is but another name for Heroick vertue) that age & that Alma mater which 
(as at one birth) brought forth a Lindsey, an Atterbuiy, a Smaldridge, a Lancaster 8c 
a Charlett, animas, guales non candidiores terra tulU : must be the most renowned of 
all times 8c places.' 

101. a. Miohael Hutohinaon, M.A. 1700, Preb. of Lichfield 1703. He died at 
Hammersmith, 1740. There are some interesting particulars of his life in Rawl. J. foL 
17. 334.— 1. II. See ' The Custom of the Boar's Head at (Jueen's College,' Oxonictna 
ii. 51 sqq, A very similar carol was printed by Wynkin de Worde in i5ai (see Gul. 
Neubrigensis Historia^ ed. Heame, 744 sqj), Cf. also and Report Hist. MSS. Com- 
mission, 84 h, — There is a full account of 'Wm. Oroiine (d. 1084) in Ward Gresham 
Professors 330 sqq. The Lectures were founded by his widow (d. 1 706). There is a 
letter from Evelyn to him printed in the Evelyn Correspondence, and dated July 11, 
1663, in which Evelyn offers him the post of tutor to the two children of Henry 
Howard, afterwards Duke of Norfolk. His funeral sermon was preached by Dr. John 
Scott (p. 73 supra), and printed. 



vol.. XVIL 

Page 102, line 10. The following poem, preserved in the Ballard Collection (xxix. 39), 
is perhaps equaJ in merit to the parody of a familiar nursery poem quoted by Heame : — 
*Cain, in Disgrace with HeaVn, retired to Nod; 
A place no doubt as faj removM from God, 



430 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

As Cain conM wish; — which makes some think he went 

As £u- as Scotland, e'er he pitched his Tent; 

And there a City bnilt of ancient Fame, 

Which he from Eden Edenbnrgh did name.' 
108. 13. Laurence Howell {c. 1660-1730) published his Synopsis Cctnonum in 
1 708-1 710 ( 7'atUr V. 1 8). See Life of Kennett 160, Life of KcttUwell 391, Calamy's 
Life and Times ii. 358 ; Lathbuiy history of the Nonjurors 253, 367 ; Lit, Anec. 
Index. He was of Jesus Coll., Cambridge, and was not ordained priest (by Hickes) 
till 171 a. — Theophilus Downes, M.A. 1679, pub. Declypeo Woodwardiano strictunu 
breveSy an examination of Sherlock's Case of Allegiance^ and a Discourse cone, tlu 
SignificcUion of Allegiance, Athenae iv. 476 ; Rawl. J. 4®. a. 193. — Some references 
have been given for Dean Boyse in vol. i. ; and for Jos. Cannel may be added RawL 
J. 4". a. 33a. There has been some correspondence in Notes and Quiria, 7th S., "vols, 
i. and ii., on Barnes* theory that Solomon wrote the fluid and Odyssey, 

104. 4. For a contemporary view of Bp. Fleetwood, see Dunton's Life and Errors 
366. The Preface to his Sermons (separately printed in Spectator, No. 384) was 
described by Dr. Johnson as 'overflowing with \Miiggish principles.* There is a 
characteristic anecdote of him in Whiston Memoirs 305. He is somewhat leniently 
handled in * The Seven Extinguishers,' Whig and Tory (iL) 6. — Dan. Iiombard (see 
103. 43 sup.\ b. 1679, ^-^ 170I1 Rector of Lant^glas, Cornwall, 171 4. RawL J. 4*. 
4. 135; fol. 18. 50. 

105. I sqq, Heame has dissertations on Godstow in Leland's Itin, ii 74 sqq.., and 
Gul. Neubngensis Historia 730 sqq, — Dr. G. Carter d. 1737. 

105. 33. There is something wrong here. Benj. Cooper, of Meiton, Registrar 1659- 
1 701, was succeeded by his son Geo. Cooper, also of Merton (M.A. 1689). There are 
two papers in the himdwriting of the former in RawL C. 431. Is it possible that 
Heame's feeling towards the Registrar was a personal one ? At all events. Dr. Lan- 
caster, writing June 14, 1707, of the appointment of a new Registrar, remarks (Ballard 
xxi. 44) : — * I know Mr. Hem is your friend, & wish I could say any thing more ft* 
him. All that I know of Him besides is that He was to do C^odlibets, and I am sure 
He vras not up four minutes, tho he knew I was in the Schools to be at that Exercise. 
Sir, I would desire you not so much to look after a Roister that knows books as one 
that keeps a good Conscience. I wish you*d tell him my thoughts of him, though I 
know you will not tell them to any else. / would once have the University not to look 
after friends so much as menfit for places. Master, if I were with you I believe I could 
say something that would move you upon this subject. The place is not without both 
Honor and profit, and I y^^ certainly nnd out one of Honor Honesty and Ability for 
it. It*s a place of great Trust and a Man that has no sence of Oaths or the Honor of 
the University should not enter into my thoughts for it.' And June 16, he adds r • I 
confess I should have endeavour'd to have found out a Civilian for R^^, considering 
the condition of the V. Ch'«. Court where I find the Acts mangled in Transcribing for 
want of a little Learning in that law or some thing Else.' The remark about <^od- 
libets reminds one of and Rep. Hist MSS. Comm. 338 : 'In fact we see y* all y* exer- 
cises perform'd at Oxford at y* publick scholes are mere trifles, at yt^ sometimes only 
y* doorkeeper is present' — For Joahua Hoyle, Master of Univ. and Regius Profiessor 
of Divinity 1648-1654, see Athencte iii 383 ; Masson Milton it 519. 

108. 13. T. "Wiae, M.A. 1694, Preb. of lincohi 1730, d. 1736: Boase ^^^>/^ 84 ; 
RawL J. 4®. T. 147 j^^.— Some very interesting letters of David 'WiUdna of a later 
date are printed in Pficolson's Epist, Corr, 436, 430, 434, 436 sqq., 456 sqq., 533, 
539» 541- 

109. 13. Two MS. volumes formerly belonging to Oerard Iiangbaine are now 
numbered 148 and 156 in Coxe's Catal. of Univ. Coll. MSS.— The book of Ittigios 
(1 643-1 710 : Prof, of Theology at Leipzig) here mentioned, was pub. at Leipzig, S**., 
1707. 

110. 34. Bp. Moore's love of dabbling in physic is thus satirised in * The Seven 
Extinguishers ' ( Whig and Tory (ii.) 3 sqq.) :— 

'A Quack-Divine this motly P succeeds. 

That more of Galen^ than the Bible reads; 
That Herbs and Plants^ instead of Texts^ pursues, 
A Gossip for Prescriptions, and for News; 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVII. 431 

As he^ from House to Home, for Patients stroles, 
And kills their Bodies, who shonld save their Sools ; 
While h€ the Tide of Contradiction stems, 
* By preaching np the Doctrines he condemns; 
Ajid for a new Translation in his Eye, 
Takes part with such as Gospel- Truths dieciy^ 
The Sir H— referred to was probably Sir H. Button Colt, Bart, M.P. for Westminster 
in the Parliament of 1705, but replaced by Thos. Medlicott in that of 1708. 

111. I. sqq. The Mallard, it need hardly be said, has justice done him in Worthies 
of All Souls ^ 429 sqq. His portrait is familiar from the title-page of the Complete 
Vindication of the Mallard (1750). 

112. 5. There are some remarks on the subject of Mill and Dr. "Wliitby in Atter- 
bury Ep, Corr. ii. 125 »., 130. — This was Sir Charles Lodowick (son of Sir Charles) 
Cotterell ; see 2nd Rep. Hist MSS. Comm. 82 sqq. He was succeeded m 1710 by his 
son Clement. — There is a pathetic account of the death of Bp. Frampton (May 25) in 
the recently published Life. Many references to him occur m the Tanner and Rawlin- 
son MSS. — The notes on the next page were afterwards incorporated in Heame*s ed. of 
Spelman's Life ofK. Alfred (p. 168, &c.), for which he was now making collections. 
— T. Oooke, B.D., an undereraduate of Magd. Hall, afterwards of St John's, Cam- 
bridge, Baker-Mayor Hist. 0/ St. John* s 542, &c. 

114. 4 sqq. The Hon. Bobt. Boothe, M.A. 1684, was younger son of Lord Delamere; 
d. 1730. Dr. Thoa. Smith (of Hart Hall) d. 17 10.— This anecdote of Bp. Milles was 
related by Dr. Gardiner in a letter to Dr. Charlett, June 14, 1708 (Ballard Letters, xx. 
11). The kissing is said to have taken place ' in the face of all the world at the 
Portico.' — For Baron (John) Smith, mentioned below, see Foss Judges of Englctnd 
617. He 'is distinguished by having held a judicial seat in eadi of the three 
kingdoms.' 

115. 4. Farther refs. to Dr. DelAtme will be found in Nicolson Ep. Corr. 437 ; 
Atterbury Ep. Corr. i. 85, 135. There are several letters from him to Charlett in 
Ballard, xxi. 108 sqq. Readers of vol. i. will have no difficulty in understanding the 
purport of Dr. Deiaune*s Declaration, printed at p. 126 b. of the 2nd Rep. Hist. MSS. 
Comm. Sept. 7, 1708, Lancaster wrote : * Dr. Delaune has the most Lodgings, and 
greatest choice of Houses, of any man this day in London.' See Rawl. J. 4®. i. 165. 
* He died at S' John's College in Oxford of a dropsy, under which he had long 
laboured, on 24 May, 1728. And was buried in the College Chapell on the 26th. He 
was a finished polite gentleman, a florid preacher, a good companion, but too fond of 
grandeur, profuse in his expenses, to keep up his publick character, and addicted to 
cards and dice, to supply which extrava[ga]nces he scrupled not to lay hold on the 
publick money, as well as to disperse much belonging to his family, who suffered 
severely from his mismanagements.' — Tho. Hine, 1 683-1 748 (Rawl. J. 4«. 4. 341, 
fol. 17. 274), Vicar of Lillingston Lovel, Oxon., where he was buried, and also (1733) 
of Sibbertott, Northants, M.A. 1703, pub. London, 8vo, 1707, The History of Greece, 
Vol. /, containing the space of about 1660 years from the first PlantcUion of Grace 
to the Peloponnesian War (ded. to the Lord Keeper). In the Preface he acknowledges 
obligations for revision, &c, to Dr. Potter. He likewise pub. in 171 7 a Sermon on Sie 
Divinity of Christ Two letters from him to Rawlinson are printed in Rawl. J. 17. 
274, in the second of which he gives a full account of his father Richard Hine. 

117. 32. In addition to the ordinary sources of information regarding Dr. O. Burgess 
may be mentioned ist Rep. Hist MSS. Comm. 108 a. 

118. 16. Heame is here once more descending to the level of Atterbury, who {Ep. 
Corr. i 241) deliberately sends to Bp. Trelawny what he himself styles *a very scan- 
dalous story indeed ' about Burnet One is reminded of Addison's words in the TcUler, 
No. 237 : * Is it possible, thought I, that good men, who are so few in number, should 
be divided among themselves, and give better quarter to the vicious that are in their 
party, than the most strictly virtuous who are out of it. Are the ties of fiEu:tion above 
those of religion?' But the reader of Lake's Diary will be aware that not even the 
blameless lite of a Sancroft availed to protect him from calumny. — For ' Juramenta,' see 
Wordsworth Scholae Academicae 217. — Dr. Smith had long contemplated an ed. of 
Bp. Pearson's annotations on the Epistles of St Ignatius, and had had a specimen set ' 



432 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

up and proposals printed in 1695 : see his letters of Aug. 2a — Sept 14 in that year to 
Dr. Charlett, Ballard xvi. a-^. 

119. 13. There is a brief account of the relations between 6p. Frampton and his 
successor in the life, 21% sq. Of the former there is an attractive account in the Life 
of Kettlewell 403 sqq, (see his letter in Appendix Ixvi., and cf. Life of Bull 87). 
Dunton has a somewhat exaggerated eulogy of Fowler in Life and Errors 363. 

120. 6. Henry Birkhead, b. 1617, was fellow of All Souls: Atheruu iv. 573. — Dr. 
Jos. Trapp, described by Swift as a * coxcomb,' sold the copyright of Part I of his 
Praekctiones to Bowyer in 1710 for ao/. : see Lit, Anecd, L 40, &c. There is a full 
bibliography of his works in Kawl. J. 4«. i. an sqq., 473 sqq.\ fol. 19. 167. 

120. 40. Dr. Bourchier*s opinion on Covert's case will be found in Ballard xxU. 73. 
It leaves the impression that the action of Congregation in the matter was grossly 
unjust and oppressive. In Ballard ix. 46 (Dec. 11, 1707}, Dr. Williams Bp. of 
Chichester asks for information about the affair. 

121. a. We have heard of Dr. T. 'Wood in vol. i. See also RawL L 4*. i. 38a sqq. 
He died i7aa : 'he will be wanted in the Country where he died, as I hear from many. 
—Bishop to Charlett, July 17, 1733 ' [R. R.]. For letters from him to Charlett, sec 
Ballard xxii. 77 sqq. 

122. 33. The story of Forbes' expulsion is related in almost identical terms in Lot- 
trell vL 331. There is an allusion to it in and Rep. Hist MSS. Comm. 345. 

123. a 7. For Cornelius Ordwnfleld, nominated Printer to the University of Cam- 
bridge 1705, pensioned 1740, d. 1743, see Bowes Biographical Notes on the [Cam- 
bridge^ University Printers a 86. 

123. 37. For letters from Jo : Iiaoghton to Dr. Charlett, of earlier date (1687-9), 
see Ballard xxiii. 1-13. 

125. 16. Heame's account of the relations of the Parliamentary Visitors to Fooook 
is not quite accurate. The great Orientalist was finally deprived of his Canonry, Oct. 
34, 1650, for not taking ^e engagement (Twells* Life 133). He afterwards got 
into considerable difficulties with the Commissioners * for ejecting of ignorant, scan- 
dalous, insufficient, and negligent ministers.' It will be remember^ that, long before, 
one of his Oxford friends, passing through Childrey, enquired of the parishioners what 
sort of a man was their visitor, and received for answer, ' Our parson is one Mr. Pocock, 
a plain, honest man ; but, master, he is no Latiner 1 ' — Kemp was Bishop of London 
1450-1489. 

126. 18. For Tomasinus' Catalogue of Card. Bessarion's MSS. presented to the 
Library of St. Mark, Venice, 1468, see Edwards Memoirs of Libraries it 379 sq, — 
John Parry, son of Edw., Bp. of Killaloe, Dean of St. Patrick's 1666 ; Bp. of Ossory 
1673, d. 1677 (Cotton Fasti ii. 44). 

127. I. The history of Whyte's professorship is concisely told in the Honours 
Register. It is only fair, however, to add that in Pointer s Academia Oxoniensis a 
continuous succession of professors is given to the compiler's own time, ending with the 
not undistinguished name of William Derham, D.D. See Woxdswoith Studia Aca- 
dimica 133 for the state of things in 1790. 

128. I. There are some interesting particulars of this book in Masters' Memoirs of 
T, Baker 18 sqq. Baker had intended to write a Life of Bp. Fisher, but ' durst not 
venture, since Right cannot be done him, without giving great Offence.* Those who 
interest themselves in the history of Elnglish culture and of the English Universities 
will not need to be reminded that Baker's History of St. JohtCs has in our own 
day met with an editor worthy of the work and its author. 

129. 8. Heame's intention of publishing an ed. of Cicero was never carried out, thoo^ 
he must have had his materials nearly ready in 1715, when he issued ' Proposals for 
printing by subscription Marcus Tullius Cicero,' printed as Appendix I. to the Life 
(177a). The ed. was to be limited to 100 copies, at ten guineas per copy, and the 
work was to be put to press at Lady-day 1716. But Heame had long shown an in- 
creasing predilection for the study of English history and antiquities, and was already 
at work on his ed. of Spelman's Life of K. jElfred. 

180. Bichard Hale, M.A. 1695, d. 1738, was a liberal bene&ctor to die Collie of 
Physicians. Munk's Roll ii. 48 ; Rawl. J. 4«. i. 384, 4. 334. < Towards the latt^ end 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVII. 433 

of the rule of George I. beftg instrumental in the protracting the life of Mahomet by 
his great Skill and care, he was offered a Patent of Baronetship, and the post of 
Phjsitian to George I., which he nobly, civilly, and prudently refused.' [R. R.] 

131. 33. Oolin Falconar was Bp. of Moray 1680-6; and Wm. Falconer, cons. 
1741, Bp. of Edinburgh 1776, d. 1784 (Keith Cat. of Scottish Bishops).^YoT Francis 
Cherry's MSS., 4a in number, which passed into the Bodleian Library in 1739 by the 
bequest of his widow, see Reliquiae neamiamUy iii. 209 sqq.^ and Macray's Annals 
53, 151. — At p. 133 I. 31 for * Ey* Heame should have written 'Cy.' 

185. 44. According to Mrs. George Berkeley in the PrefiEu:e to her son's Poems 
cccbud, Holden was in some way connected with the ro3ral family. * Would James 
the First have acted by a Scot, as good Queen Mary and Queen Anne did by a very 
worthy relation of theirs, a Mr. Holden, who was many years clerk to old Mr. Cherry, 
the Counsellor. He always dined at the second table, died at Shottesbrooke House, 
and lies interred in the church. Queen Anne allowed his aged mother twenty pounds 
per annum, and she went to Court once in the year in her new grey gown, (she was a 
widow ;) and her Majesty always spoAe kindly to her, and called her Cousin Holden. 
The Queen was not a Scot.' 

186. a6. The first ed. of Holinshed was published in a vols, folio, 1577, and ded. 
to Sir W. Cecill; that of Foxe's Acts and Monuments, folio, by John Daye, 156} 
(Lowndes). 

137. 3. In this letter to Bagford {Robert of Gloucester 596 sqq.\ Heame has 
summed up the results of his researches on Chaucer, some of which are represented in 
the present volume. 

187. 14. H. Hill, M.A. 1667, appears to have published nothing else (Rawl. J. 4*. 
5. 208). 

187. 35. Todd, Memoirs of Brian Walton, D.D., quotes a statement of Walton's to 
the effect that the Council of State held out hopes of advancing £1000 towards begin- 
ning the London Polyglot Bible; but as in his Preface, while acknowledging the 
exemption of the paper from duty — not the gift of it — Walton makes no mention of 
such a benefaction, it seems doubt&l whether he ever received any portion of it It is 
true that, in 1659, the last two leaves of the Preface, containing an acknowledgment of 
the favour of the Protector and his Council, were cancelled, and a Dedication to Charles 
II. was inserted. A full account of the whole transaction will be found op. cit, 59, 83 
sqq., and the Dedication itself is reprinted 340 sqq. (In a note on p. 36, vol. i., I inad- 
vertently spoke of the Polyglot Bible as mfour vols. The work was, of course, com- 
plete in six vob. ; see an analysis of it, ib. 77 sqq.^ 

187. 33. "Wm. Disney printed the Duke of Monmouth's Declaration 1685, and was 
executed on Kennington Common June 39 ; Luttrell L 348-50, Howell State Trials 
XL 465 sq. I do not find that he was related to John Disney (1677-1730), so well 
known by the prominent part which he took in the Societies for the Reformation of 
Manners. 

188. 7. Henry Barrow's Brief Discourse of the False Church was published in 
1590 ; the author was hanged in 1593. See Dr. Grosart's very interesting life of him in 
the Diet, of Nat. Biog. iii. 397. "Wm. Salmon published Synopsis Medicinae 1671, 
Pharmacopoeia Londimnsis 1678, and other medical works ; Dissertations on Water 
Baptism and the Lord's Supper, 1700-1700. A priced catalogue of part of his 
library is in the Bodleian (pp. 119). The sale began Nov. 16, 1713, and there were 
1789 lots. Thos. Ballard, bookseller, describes Salmon's Library as 'a Collection 
which apparently is as valuable, both for Quality, Condition, and Number of Volumes, 
especially in Folio, as any that ever was transported to an Auction-Box, or sold sub 
ictu Mallei: 

188. 15. This epigram of 'the magnanimous Judge Jenkins' on the 'famous for 
his infamy John lUlboume ' is giv^n in a slightly different form in Athenae iii. 358. 
For Raleigh's [I] Life of Mahomet (1637) see Brushfield Bibliog. of Sir W. R. p. 33 a. 
— Wm. Slatyer (i 587-1647) pub. PcUae- Albion or the History of Great Britanie 
(1631), Genethliacon, sive stemma regis Jacobi (1630), and The Psalms of David in 
four Languages and four Parts, set to the Tunes of our Church (1643). See Athenae 
iii. 337 ; Bumey History of Music iii. 59. Wood carefully distinguishes him from two 
William Sclaters^ father and son, contemporary authors of sermons and minor theo- 
logical works.— Ohr. Savius (1613-1677): Athenae iii. 1130; Twells Life of Poc^k 

VOL. II. F f * 



434 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. 

60, 138, 219. I find no mentioD of hu Cat. of Orient^ works in tli« Escnriml in 
Edwards* Memoirs of Libraries. Ballard xxxviii. i is a copy of a portioo of an 
unsigned letter from Madrid (dated Nov. a a, 1689) giving a lamentable accovnt of 
Spanish scholarship at that time. The Spaniards, the writer says, are incredibly ignorant 
and incurious. There are not half so many books in the Escurial as in the B.N.C 
Library. The MSS. suffered very much by Uie fire in *7i, and they have not had time 
since to put them into order, but thev lie in a room in confused heaps without any 
CaUlogue.— The author of The Sur/ett, ace to Halkett and Lang, was Dr. Philip 
King, son of Dr. John King, Bishop of London (i6ii-i6ai). 

138. 49. For Vattius Valens see vol. L p. i. Hnet's high opinion of Bernard, 
and his still higher opinion of Thomas Gale, is expressed in his Memoirs {fii, 
Aikin) ii 188, 285. 

140. I. Wood tells ns {Athenae iv. aa6) that Samuel Parker (afterward Bishop 
of Oxford), comine up to Wadham in 1656, 'did, according to his former breeding, 
lead a strict and religions life, fasted, prayed with other Students weekly tc^ether, and 
for their refection feeding on thin Broth, made of Oatmeal and Water only, tbey 
were commonly called GrewelUrs, He and they did also usually go every W^, or 
Oftner, to an House in the Parish of HcUywell near their College, possessed by Bess 
Hampton an old and crooked Maid that drove the Trade of Laundrey ; who being 
from her youth very much given to the Presbjrterian Religion had frequent meetings 
for the Godly Party , especially for those that were her Customers.* Her house was 
that commonly called the ninth house belonging to Merton Coll. Gruel was a 
favourite prescription with the Toiler for madmen and those possessed with the 
spirit of party (ii. 55, v. 39, vi. 209, 213, ed. Nichols). — The Customs of London was 
reprinted by Francis Douce in 181 1, 4to. — John Grange published only The Golden 
Aphroditis (1577). — John Stookwood, Master of Tunbridge Sdiool, published 
several works, diiefly school-books. — Thos. Cooper (Bp. of Lincoln 1571, (^ Win- 
chester 158A, d. 1594. author of the Thesamrus^ pub. lus Brief Exposition 1573. See 
Athenae i. 007 ; Harington Nugae Antiquae ii. 87.- 

140. 19. There is a Life of John Battele7, author of Antiquitates Rutupinae^ in 
the Diet, of Nat, Biog, ; cf. Rawl. J. 4®. 6. 213 j^^.— Two letters from Dr. Arbothnot 
to Dr. Charlett, describing the circumstances of Dr. GregorT'a death, are printed in 
Letters from the Bodleian, i. 1 76 sqq, from the originals, Ballard xxiv. 63^ 64. Sir 
Isaac Newton's testimonial is No. 13 in the same vol. ; and Nos. 18 to 33 are original 
letters from Gregory to Charlett. A letter from Dr. Smalridge to Charlett on this 
occasion is in Ballard vii. 13 (printed in Nichols Illustrations iii 279). In Ballard 
viii. 7 and 9, are remarks by Archbp. Narcissus Marsh on Gregory and Halley*s pro- 
poseo ed. of Apollonius Pergaeus* Conical Sections, on the death of the former (whom 
he wishes to see succeeded by Caswell), and the high qualifications of tiie latter 
(letters of March 3, 1708, and Jan. ii, 17 >9). 

141. 6. There is a letter from Bp. Stratford, expressing strong approval of tke 
Society for the Reformation of Manners, in Nicolson kp. Corr, 170 sqq. 

142. aa. Thos. Bargeant, D.C.L. 1666. His epiUph (conceived in a deferent 
spirit fix>m that given by Heame) is in Wood-Gutch Colleges and Halls 303, iHiere ft 
is said of him that ' plusquam L annos infra ^regia hsec moenia sponte delitnit.* He 
was 75 years of age. His name does not occur in Burrews* VisUors" Register, His 
will is entered in Griffiths' Index to Wills 55. 

148. 36. "W. Whitfield, Preb. of Canterbury 1707, d. 1717. See Rawl. J. 4*. 5. 
354. He was Vicar of St Giles's Cripple^te, * ubi obiit coris et litibns Parochianorum 
injustis plusquam annis oppressus ' [R. KJ. 

144. I a. Heame has an account of Binae7 in an Appendix to GuL Neubrigensis 
756 sqq. Prince George's funeral expenses {CaL of Treas. Papers Dec. 8, 1708) 
amounted to £6|o 17s. 7|d, of which £9 6s, 8d. was for embalming the body. Sir 
Cloudcsly Shovel s funeral cost £687 5s. 9d. ib. (1708-14) 4. See Steele's Litters, i 
64 sqq. John Dunton perhaps exceeds all the Prince's other admirers: Life ated 
Errors 335-7. There are some remarks on the Queen's behaviour on the occasion in 
the Duchess of Marlborough's Cottduct aaa x^^.— Balph Fz^ke's gift to the library 
was made in 1657 ; Macray Annals 88. Wm. Freke {Book^Lort Oct 1885) was his 
son. This Iiord Hatton was the son of Christopher Lord Hattoo, to whom moat of 



NOTES TO VOLUME XVIIL 435 

the letters printed by Mr. E. Maunde Thompson in his Selections from the Hatton 
Correspondence (Camden Soc. 1878) were addressed, and who died 1706. 

146. 6. This MS. of Spelean was never recovered, and is now missing in the 
Bodleian collection entitled t Musao: it stands as No. 3693 in the Catal, MSS'*^ 
Anglict et Hibemia^ pars i (Oxon. 1697, fol.). [F. M.] 

146. I a. Mr. Macray writes to Notes and Queries (6th S. xL 137) that he has been 
unable to discover the passage referred to in this epigram. Tlie 'Bishop and his 
Clerks' became proverbial: e.g. Dec. 14. 1710, Sir Simon Harcourt wrote to 
Charlett, alluding to the wreck of the Whig Ministry on the Sacheverell case : ' Every 
Mariner that is knowing will avoid the dangerons Rocks termed the Bishop and his 
Clerks ' (Ballard x. 71).— The neater part of Brokesby*s reply is printed in Letters 
from the Bodleian i 180 sqq. He afterwards very carefully worked up his materials, 
which were published by Heame under the date of May 16, 171 1, in Leland Itin. vi 
76 sqq, 

150. 16. The addition of FreinBliemius was very possibly suggested by Charlett, to 
whom Dr. Gregory had sent word (Ballard xxiv. 33, June a, 1708) of a Livy printed at 
Utrecht by Van de Water in lamo., with Freinshemius' Supplements, Index, &c. 



VOL. XV 111. 

Page 158, line 3. ThomM WUte, alias Whltebread, was one of the victims of the 
Popi^ Plot. He was executed at Tyburn, June ao, 1679. See i"/^^ Trio/r vii. 311. 
Scroggs charged the jury and Jeffireys passed sentence. — The Life of John Morwen is 
in Athenae i. 195, and a I^tin poem by him on Bp. Gardiner in Heame Curious 
Discourses Appendix ad fin.-^Yox Balph Iiambert, see Cotton's Fasti, Index. He 
was Precentor of Down 1703, and Dean 1709; Bp. of Dromore 171 7, of Meath 
I7a7;d.i73i. He publisned a Sermon on Isaiah lix. 7, 8 (1708), and a trans, of 
Abbadie La Viriti ae la Religion rifornUe. — There are several entries in Evelyn's 
Diary respecting this case, tinder June 18, 1696, he writes: *The famous trial 
between my Lord Bath and Lord Montague for an estate of £11,000 a year, left by the 
Duke of Albemarle, wherein on several trials had been spent £30,000 between them. 
The Earl of Bath was cast on evident forgery.' See also Luttrell, Index. The whole 
case turned on the question whether Ann Clarges* first husband was not living at the 
time of her marriage to General Monk. See Burke Extinct Baronetages 1 16 ; and 
Notes and Queries and S. xii. 384, 44a, 536 ; 3rd S. i. 137 ; 561 S. iii. 314. 

156. 41. This statement is inaccurate. The duty of keeping parish registers was 
imposed on the parochial clergy by a royal injunction, publiSied by Cromwell, as 
Vicar-General, on September 39, 1538 (see Waters Parish Registers in England 5 sqq^ 

157. 38. For T. Iiangton, cons. 1483, Bp. of Salisbury 1485, Windiester 1493, d. 
1 501, see Athenae it 688 sqq.x for the Langton family, Marshall Genealogist's Guide 
37a ; and on the degree of Doctor of Laws, Bp. Stubbs Lectures on Mediaeval and 
Modem History 330 sq. In Ballard xxxi. 36, Bishop writes : * Col. Hatton asks how 
you present your B« or D' of Law, as B. or D' of the Canon & Civil Law, or B. or D' 
of the Imperial Laws.' 

158. 48. Ballard xv. a8 is a letter from Dr. Inett to Charlett in commendation of 
Mr. Thistletbwaite as corrector of the press. 

159. 47. A propos of paper, the following extract from a letter of J. Willes to 
Charlett (Ballard xxv. 15) is not uninteresting. * I thank you for your sheet of Ensum 
paper, I suppose some of y* paper-makers have better skill, or else one undertaker in 
London, one Mr. Cudworth y* lives about y* Temple, Would not have gotten 40,000". 
this year, principally by y* paper and linnen manifactures. W'' I was last at Lidifield 
there came 3 undertakers to set up y* Linnen manifacture there, they demanded some 
publick building to be allowed them for a work-house & store-house, yS because 3^* 
poor would be some time before they would learn to spin well, y* dtty would main- 
tain all their poor for one year & let them have y« promt of their work, & after one 
year they would mantain all y* poor y* were able to work for ever, & would employ 
500 persons, if so many to be found, & did not doubt but to make linnen worth los. 
per elL' I may add a passage from a letter of Dr. Lancaster's to the same, dated 

F f 2 



43^ 



HEARSE'S COLLECTIONS. 



Jan. 1 6, 1 71 5 (Ballard xzi. 59): 'pray Sir will yon do as much as send to 
Sir Wilkinson of Queens and let your serv* tell Him M' Basket will send down 
His paper on Monday for Aristotles £thicks. tho I can tell Him that the Brownish 
paper He returns is the better paper to print upon. All my Paris Editions are on 
paper of the same Danny Colour, and those Editions (for that reason for one) excell 
all other. I never heard English printeing blamed so much for any thing as the P^pcn 
being too White. But as for Mr. Wilkinson, I suppose He has promised his Snbscribeis 
very White paper and they must have it. Master, I have found by Experience that 
Eyes are very good things, and yet I will not say that I found it out fizst, for they say 
Old Friar Bacon knew it and even some antedilvuians [sic] lived long enough to have 
discovered it. Now Brown paper preserves the eye better y" WWte, ai^ for that 
reason the wise Chinese write on Brown. So the Egyptians, so Aldus and Stevens 
printed, and on such paper or Velom are old MSS. written. Savil publish'd his 
Chiysostom with a Silver Letter on Brown paper, and when Authors & Readers agree 
to be wise wee shall avoid printing on a Glareing white paper.* — Heame has notes in 
Leland Itin, v. 123, 124 on 'We70O0k and the coin ot Amyntaa here referred to. 
— 1. 41. For in read on. 

160. 25. See Boase Register of Exeter Coll, vii. *The "scriptorium" of » gre»t 
monastery answered to a modem printing house for the multiplication of books. "Diese 
valuable works were unhappily sometimes pledged in the various University '< diests " 
when the CoU^e, which was very poor, wanted money. . . There is constant mentioo 
of these ^' Chests." Ralph Germeyn . . . founded a chest of £10 in 1316 for makingloans 
to poor scholars in the College, and some years afterwards Richard Grenfield Kector 
of Kilkhampton in Cornwall founded a similar chest Robert Rygge did the same 
towards the end of the century; in 1589 we hear of Bosisto, Helme, and Eveleighe 
being appointed " Keepers of the Germin chest*' ' See also refs. in foot-note, and p. 
I ; and Brodrick Memorials tf Merton Index s. v. ' Chest* — For "W. Merifeld. J. 
B»bbe, and John Mayne, who were contemporaries at Exeter, see Boase Register 25. 

162. 2. Thomas de Blmham*s Chronicle was published by Heame 1727, and in 
the Rolls Series 1858. For Leuton read Lenton, For the Life of Becket by John 
Grandison, Bp. of ^eter 1327-1369, see Hardy Descriptive Catalogue iL 356. 

162. 40 sqq. On Jan. 25 Luttrell writes (vi. 399) : * The frost that bqgan on 26th of 
the preceding month, continued for above a fortnight with great violence here in 
Engumd and in foreign parts, where several were froze to death in many conntriea, and 
there were very great snows ; but about the 11 or 12 of this month the weather bn^ 
and the snow melted very gently, but in 2 or three days after, before the snow was 
quite gone, it began to freeze again, and froze very hard after, and.a good deal of snow 
fell a^dn ; and mis very day it snowed all day, and there was a very high wind, which 
blew the snow upon the ground up in the air like a whirlwind.' And on Jan. 39 : 
• Yesterday the weather b^^ to give and the snow to melt, so that it was a very 
gentle thaw, and continued the same all this day.* There was another severe frost on 
Feb. 6, which lasted till the 18th. Cf. Wentworth Papers 68. 

163. 8. The Chronicle of Galfridus le Baker, of Swinbroke, was published by Dr. 
Giles in 1847. ^^ ^"^j ^^ believe, be shortly re-edited from the Bodleian MS. by Mr. 
E. Maunde Thompson for the Clarendon Press. See Macray Manual of British 
Historians 38. 

164. 13. Letters of Ant. Hall to Dr. Charlett are preserved in Ballard xviiL 23-27. 
See also Rawl. J. 4®. i. 230 sqq. 

165. 7. "Wm. Clarke was executed at Winchester, for his participation in 'die Bye,* 
Nov. 29, 1603. He wrote, on behalf of the secular clergy, a reply to Parsons^ 
Manifestation, Gillow Bibliographical Diet, of English Catholics L 488 sqq, ; 
State Trials ii. 61 sqq, 

167. 22. See Trench Select Glossary s, v, 'Girl;' Skeat Etymological Diaicnary^ and 
Piers Plorumtan, Student's edition, ii. 21. 

VOIi. XTX. 

^^ This volume formerly belonged to Hen. Beresford, of St John's, 1687. At 
the becinning is a list of Latin words, alphabetically arranged; and at the end, 
when the book is reversed, is a similar list of Greek words. 



NOTES TO VOLUME XIX. 4^J 

Page 168, line a a. These notes on Fabricensesy Barbaricariiy &c, were worked up 
bj Heame in * Remarks upon a Roman Inscription foond near Bath,' printed at the 
end of the Life of Alfred, aa8 sqq.-A. 35. This reading does not seem to be noticed 
in subsequent editions of the Greek Testament. The commentaries give other instances 
of ircpircpcircTai, on which Heame has a note at p. 17s 1. 5 infra, 

170. 7. There are some interesting particolars of these ancient dnderheaps in Iron- 
Making in the Olden Times, by the Rev. H. G. Nicholls, pp. 7 sqq, 'Their 
character/ he writes, ' is peculiar, exhibiting by no means complete fusion, but rather 
semi-yitrefaction by roasting ; the ore retaining, not unfrequentlv, a large measure of 
its original weight and form, explained . . by charcoal being tne fuel employed. . . 
Water-power was rarely, if ever, resorted to at this remote date, since cindere are sel- 
dom found near brooks or streams.' 

170. 45. Thos. Iiane, B.A., of St John's Camb., incorp. Ch. Ch. 1678 ; M.A. 
Merton 1683 ; B. and D.C.L. 1686. See Brodrick Memorials 2^. 

171. 5. So early as Oct. 7, 1708, Dr. T. Wood wrote to Charlett (Ballard xxiL 8a) : 
' If Mr. Carswell is made Professor, I hope that you and my friends will assist my 
brother Hackett, who will be a candidate lor his place ' (see p. 17a infra), 

178. 8. There is a life of Maitteire in Lit, Anec, iv. 556 sqq. See also RawL J. 
4^ 1. 169; fol. a I. 14. Almeloveen's De vitis Stephanorum was published at 
Amsterdam 1683. 

1 78. 43. The pamphlet referred to is Reasons for the Reftal of that part of the Statutes 
of Colleges in the universities of Cambridge and Oxford which require the taiing of orders 
under a Penalty, In Rawl. J. 4« 3. aSs, it is attributed to W. Blencoe (cf. 5. 97) ; 
' scripsit et dam edidit,' writes Rawlinson, but the entry was apparently at once 
deleted. See Smalridge in Ballard vii. 14 : — ^ We have had a great deal of Noise in 
Town ab* y» Repeal of y* Founders Statutes requiring Fellows of Houses to go into 
Orders. A Paper was preparing in Answer to the prmted Reasons (as they are call'd) 
for such a Repeal. But that Matter seems now to be drop'd ; all the BP* and sev' 
Members of y* H. of C. (who might be thought favourers of such a Repeal) having 
declared Openly and Warmly ag* It. The Sp^er has promised to do all He can to 
prevent such a Bill's being brought in, & to Oppose it, if mov'd. Yo' Mr. Bertue, 
who was at first a great Promoter of it, has, I am told, graciously promis'd to press 
it no farther. You will think Yo' selves oblig'd to send Him the thanks of the 
College at least, if not of y« University for this Act of Condescension.' So also C. 
Dod to Thwaites, Feb. a4, 1709 (Ballaiti xxxiv. 50) : ' Some fiactious, seditious fellows 
of Colleges, not far from ours, have printed a scandalous paper entituled Proposalls 
for repealing those Statutes which require fellows of Colls, to take orders, they have 
been very buisy in dispersing y" about the court of requests and sollidtine the members 
to be for it. Twas to have been propos'd to day in the house ; the Whiggs seem to 
be very hot for it, they wou'd likewise have the fellows tmn'd out of their fellowships, 
after soo many years, these are glorious projects indeed, the Chief Author of y«, is 
Tom Dalton, (a glorious fanatical! Heroe upon my word,) who wou'd bring all things 
into Anarchy, & confusion. In short, this is their danmd way to puU the University 
(a place that I shall allwajs have a great veneration & respect for) in pdces, for by 
altering the least Statute, is striking at the whole foundation, & twill be a precedent to 
tear y« all in peices, (which I hope in God will never happen) they have desired me 
to sollidte those members of my acquaintance, to espouse their cause, but I've given 
them a very rough deniall.'— Again, Kennett writes, Feb. a6, 1709 (Ballard vii. 67) : 
' There is a Bill projected upon a silly Paper w^ you have seen, to alter the Statutes 
in both Universities w^*^ oblige the Members to goe into Orders. I confess I am by 
no means for it ; for beside Uie danger of medling w^ the old Constitution, I doubt it 
may be of ill Effect to break in upon the Will and Wisdom of Founders and Bene- 
factors. Nor is it so just to tiUce away the Encouragements allotted to the Studies of 
Divinity ; nor vrill such an Exemption from Holy Orders tend to any thing so much 
as to the Breeding up Sparks and Beaux instead of grave Divines.'^Cf. ix. 36 (where 
Trelawny, in 1710, recommends Sir R. Onslow to his derny as Knifht of the Shire, 
on the ground that he stopped this Bill, which is denied by Bromley, Nov. 9, 1710 
(xxxviii. 86) ; and xxiii. a7 where Dr. Roderick writes : * I hope y« attempt against 
our Statutes ab' H. Orders is quasht, thd I doubt it has still too many secret abettors 
vf^ may open upon tome unlucky oppertunity, I am glad y* first movers are banlkt 
by an imiversal contempt & scorn at home.' 



438 n EARNERS COLLECTIONS. 

For the later history of the morement see Wordsworth Social Lift 343 sqf. 

174. 10. Dr. Hickes wrote Jan. ag, 1709 : ' I intend to read the notes in Dr. Smiths 
Ignatius very diligently, and then iudg between him and the late Bishop of Pet«-- 
borough, who is the Bishop described in his preface.' 

175. 3. J. Oolinge is introduced in Rawl. J. 40. 6. aaa as the anthor of 'Ultimnm 
Tribunal et monitus ad opportunam et maturam ante diem mortis resipiscentiam, in 
usnm extranei Lectoris.' 

176. 33. Kioh. Theed, New Inn Hall, B.A. 1703 ; Hart Hall, M.A. 1706. 

178. I. Bentley's Emtndatiom of Plautus from his copy of Gronovius were edited 
by Prof. E. A. Sonnenschein in the Anecdota Oxonimsia Series, 1883.— C£ A Trtu 
cmd Particular Account of the most surprising Preservation of three Wom€n buried 
in the Snow for 37 Days^ by Ignazio Somis (ia""»., 1768). See also Letters from the 
Bodldan i 193 n. 

179. 41. Cf. Annotations on the ' Taller,* [by W. Wagstaffe, 1710], quoted in 
Taller^ ed. Nichols, iii. 4a. ' The airy, perhaps, and facetious, who are enemies to 
all solid learning, will be very ready to ouarrel with the Annctator, for making some 
remarks that are purely literaL Bnt Uiese know not what it is to be a Unguist, a 
uholiast, and a writer of notes. They never heard of the controversy about uniting 
and disjoining the syllables of the word cUauis in the first line of Horace's Odes' 

180. a9. It is clear that Charlett was anxious to find occasion against Heame on 
account ofAlfredt and it is possible that Heame had been guilty of anticipating a scheme 
of the Master*s. Tanner wrote to the laUer (Ballard iv. 51, June 10, 1709) : ' I dos*t 
find any mention of the folio Edition of the English Alfred, w^i^ you hinted at in your 
last.* I take the following extracts from two letters of Dr. Wm. Smith to Charlett 
(Ballard xvi. 37, 40). * June aa, 1707. As to yo' enquiry concerning the lives of 
King Alfred I cannot return any positive answer ; but what number soeer were left 
thev are now all deposited in the Treasury: for tho they had been severall times 
collated 8c bundled up in dosens or scores ; yet y* Curiosity of new Comers into y* 
Library still Cutt y* Strings & broke y"» loose again; w«* was the occasion of 
y removall into a place where they will be safe & secure, it is but opening one handle 
8c yon may easily compute the number of y* whole. Nether will y* value be moch 
lessend by printing y* life in English except it be with Notes 8c then I imagine wht>- 
ever publishes it, will fall foul on some of M' Walkers annotations, as being in some 
places derogatory to the hon' of y* Author. There was none ever sold save a veir 
few ; since y* fint dispcMall of y* Copys into booksellers hands.* And again, Mar^ 
31, 1709. * I allways conceived that M' Spelman (sonne to S' Hennr) did either by 
will or some verball order bestow the MS. you mention (being the Life of their 
reputed founder) upon the College 8c that they were accordingly possesMd of it imme- 
diately upon his death. But whatever way they came b^ it f am sure it was in their 
Custody before I had any the least knowledge of the jmvate affairs of y* College, 8c 
had it lent me to peruse when I was Bach, ci Arts. He makes K. Alfred the fbimder 
as well of y* Univeisity as the College & tho M' Walker has taken him to 
task for endeavouring to refute M' Cambden*s interpolation as spurious, in hb 
Edition of Asserius Menevensis, 8c has fallen foule on Arch Bp Parkers memory, yet from 
the account y* M^* Twine gives of his own defence when in his life time challenged 
by learned men for this forgery his defence is so very lame that I am forced to acqnitt 
the A B* and lett the suspidon of indirect proceeding if there were any lay at his 
door, as far as my judgm* may make any decision in this case. M' Wase the beadle 
translated the book, 8c it was published in latine first bee. the College did not doabt 
of y* Sale of it in English tho there were an Edition in latine, but not vice versa. I 
never heard of any other Copy and if there be any other extant, I believe it was 
clandestinely procured from our original!.' Dr. Charlett certainly liked to see hb 
imprimatur on * Theatre Books ; ' it appears, eg.t on the Oxford and Geneva Letters. 
It is also true that he had a weakness for Dedications ; on Oct. ao, 171 3 (Ballard xiL 
131), Dr. Hickes (in answer obviously to the Master*s application) writes that he 
would gladlv have dedicated his Sermons to Charlett if the latter had written sooner, 
and wifi dedicate Vol. II. to him if Mr. Spinckes thinks it worth his pains to prepare 
another vol. 

182. 45. For Oharlett's life and character, see the account in Relifuiae Heamiastae 
i. ai8 sqq,, which is chiefly based on Ra^dlns* letter in Rawl. J. fol. 16. 367. The 



NOTES TO VOLUME XIX. 439 

infomiAnt at Cambridge meatiooed p. aai was Thomas Baker (see Ballard xxz. a). 
It most be admitted t£it Charlett has benefited posterity more by his fondness for ' a 
nomerons correspondence * than if he had published many volumes. It may be men- 
tioned that many intimate details respecting him may be gathered from W. Bishop's 
letters, which fill vols, xxxi-ii of the Balli^d collection. Nov. a;, 1707, Sir Simon 
Harcoort wrote (Ballard x. 70) : * I wish I coud make you as successfuU in the 
Widow yo" hinted at . . ; Follow Chancers Rule & prosperity may attend You. In 
that affair Consideration is very necessary before an Attack, w* her Age & expecta- 
tions are, & whether You w*^ one thousand can have a good prospect if you engage 
her w^^ ten ; but after the Hare is started, deliberation whether You shall follow her 
or not, is not the manner of Hunters, but if the Doggs are not in fault, they allwaies 
runn her down & humble her.' The Oxford wits were never tired of ridiculing the 
singular trio, Charlett, Sherwin, and Frickett. To instances which will be found 
elsewhere, we may add University Miscellany 4 and 1 1 ' Avolaverunt unk Prickettus, 
Sherwinus, C — s, tria, sequ^ veneranda capita. . . Pricketti compotatorem, Shervini 
pupillum, Principalis Meares, vel saltem filiae tutorem. . . Cum Aldrichio High Church- 
man, cum BentUio Low Churchman, cum Tindallo no Churchman.* The mention of 
Bentley recalls a letter of Thwaites (Ballard xiii. 51, Jan. 16, 1697) • Christ Church men 
begin to talk, y* D*. Charlett has been concerned on both sides of the Controversy between 
y*" & D^ BenUey, in animating one ag** the other, & in y« last election of a parliam* man, 
tor the University, he was deeply engaged for two parties — he canvassed for Clarges, 
while a grave man sat bv, & read a I^t' of his, in w^ he promised Life & Limb for S' 
W™ Trumbal.' Sherwm figures in the ' Advertisement at the end of the Terrae 
Filius* speech of 171 3. < This to give notice to all Cxentlemen and others, that if they, 
their Wives, their Children, or Servants want a Doctor's D^ree, they may repair to 
the Apodyterium, where Mr. Sherwin will give constant Attendance. If they cannot 
come themselves, he will faithfully execute their Commissions. There are the very 
best Degrees, firesh and newly imported, and such as no other dealers have besides the 
Ordinance ^ AH other sorts ot Degrees are there likewise sold ready made, at 
Reasonable Prices.' See also Ant, Alsopi Odarum libri /I {1^52) 19 sf^, 

188. 34. There are some interesting letters from J. and T. Oookman to Charlett in 
Ballard xxi. 73 sf^. For J. Cockman see RawL J. 4^. 5. 81 ; and for the latter 4<>. a. 
a8, 4. 163. 

184. 8. Dr. J. Brsboome, Rector of Charlbnry, d. 1736. See Bloxam Magd, 
Registers vi. 36 sqq. John Hutton, in the letter quoted immediately below, remarks 
that he has ' no opinion of him.' 

186. I. May 3, 1709 (Ballard xxxv. 67) John Hutton writes to Charlett: *I haue 
not seen any of y* fine six-peny Papers y« mention, but am mighty glad to hear y* 
Bv of Lincoln has done so well at Brasin Nose College. . . And if it would not look 
like Flattery, I would heartily thank you for y' own steady and Good Conduct not only 
in y» late Section of a Beadle, but also in y stoping v« Decree of y* Blasphemous 
Wadamite, & thereby Encouraging y* worthy Efforts of Mr. Whaley.' 

187. 4. I think there can be little doubt that twayte is here a misprint for twayle, 
i. e. towayU. Mr. Cox Quotes {Forms of Bidding Prayer 33) a similar list of bcne- 
£Eu:tions : * boke, belle, chalyce, or vestement, surplys, auter cloth or to7vayle, londes, 
rentes, lampe or lyght.* The Librarian of the Cambridge University Library cour- 
teously informs me that he cannot, on a rapid examination, trace the copy of the 
Oculus Sacerdotis nere referred to. Most of the MSS. were rebound in the last century, 
and it is possible that the leaf in question may have been displaced or even lost. 

187. 43. The secret of some at least of Dr. 'Woodroffe's pecuniary embarrassments 
is told in the Calendar of Treasury Papers 1703-7. In Ixxx. 113, we read that 
£1105 was due to him from the Crown on account of the Greek youths, * which sum he 
sought might be reimbursed to him, or that a prosecution for a debt might be staid, he 
being proprietor of a rock salt pit in Cheshire.' See also Ixxxvii. i^a, xcv. 11, xcvi. 
104. In xcviL 37 it is stated that he had for six years been at the whole cost of the 
maintenance of these Greeks (except £400 of royal bounty), and his charges had been 
between £3000 and £3000. The petition is endorsed by Godoli>hin. ' 15 Jan. 170^. 
Process staid till next Michaelmas term.' Dr. Woodroffe was b. ' in his own vault in 

> 'Ordinantia is a Meeting of the Heads of Hooms (whkk4hey tfaemselvet call by that Name) held 
every Nightat the Lodgings of one or other of them, to tettle the Church, disturb the Univeruty, and 
of late to abuie the L— d Cliaa6--r H— t.' Terrm* FiHutT Spttek, 17x3, p. i. 



440 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

the Church of St. Bartholomew's behind the Exchange, 25 Tuly 1711.' (Rawl. J. 4* 3. 

( followinfi: (from the Tc 



63). In The University Miscellany (ed. 2, 171 3), is the following (from the 
Filius* Speech of 1 703) : — * Quid exisiimasy Captain, de hoc Quaestiom, an Tempus 
est ens reale ? Qui coneionans metitur tempus per Hour-glass and makes nothing of 
it, & takes up money super Bond, and pap neither Prindj^e nor Interest, illi tempus 
est ens reale y sed datur quidem Head of a House, dr»r. PM, Dr. Woodroffius est quidatm 
Head of a House. Sed Dr. Woodroffius^ <Srv. Ergo^ P.M. Qui condcnaiur daller 

than H e of Brazen Nose, and longer than H r and H s of FemhtdU, 

concionatur per Hour-glass and makes nothing on't Sed Dr, IVoodroffius, Ergo 
negalur minor. Jmpossibile quidem est V 

188. 19. There b an analysis of this Sermon, with notes, in Knight's Life ofColef 
160 sqq.y and the Sermon itself is printed, with an early translation, at pp. 339 sqq. 
The text was £p. to Romans xii. a. 

189. 40. See Spelman Life of Alfred (ed. Heame) 164 ; and Appendix C (pp. 366 
sqq!) to Mr. Parker's Early History of Oxford, * On the Coins supposed to have been 
struck at Oxford during King iElfred s Reign,' and cf. Mr. F. York Powell's review in 
Academy May 15. 18S6, p. 337. 

189. 5a. Dr. Stratford did get into very considerable trouble: see Dr. Lancaster's 
letter of June 11, 1709 (Ballard xxi. 53) ; and that of Jos. Woodward («*. xxxiv. loa), 
which are given below in full. In xxi. 5a, Dr. Lancaster states >that he has retained 
Mr. Parrot for the Univ. < Dr. Smalridge says I have stated the Cast wrong to the 
Heads, and Dr. Str — d sa3rs I stated the case wrong to Sir Ed. Northev, tho it was 
the Dean & Canons that stated that Case themselves, and the Chapter Clark brou^it 
that case to Town and delivered to Sir Ed. N. with His own Hand. 



xxi. 53. (June 11, 1709.) * (N.B. Every word I say of Dr. Str* b moltiplyd and 
sent to Town. Just since I wrote D' Smalridge has bin with me and I have allowd 
him to reveale the Secret.) 

* I am mightily pleased with yours of Thursday wherein you have taken so roadi 
pains to satbfie me that I did not sign the Warrant ag* Dr. Stratford ; it was some 
diversion to me, and in reouital if you will keep it private give me leave to divert yon 
again on the same Head. I knew very well I nad no hand in that or anytmng 
rdating to the Court since I gave sentence ag* Woodrof Oct. a^. And thb my lord 
of Ormonde knows too. You must tmderstand D*" Stratford bemg a person of great 
intrigue and art, just after He came to thb Town stole privately from D' Smalridge 
and went to my Lord of Ormonde. Hb Grace was pleased as privately to do me a 
very great Honor and come to me ; where smileing He told me D' StratforA had bin 
with liim. Upon thb I asked my lord if he could haue the patience to hear me if I 
should give him a Relation of that whole proceeding. And it being what He desired I 
related to Him the whole state of the Case, and added what I had been told they had 
reported to my friends of the hard Usage they had from me, and with what wrath ag* 
Stratford I had signed the Capias and bid the Bailifs take him as he went to prayen 
and carrv Him to Gaol in hb Hood 8c Surplice. This I had from Dr. Smalridge, and 
this I told my Lord, needed no answer ; but to let hb Grace know how false these 
repnorts were, I had not since Oct. 39 till thb day done any Act in Court, or in Relation 
to it ; that they could not but know I did not sign the Warrant to take the Tr*". for 
they must have seen whose hand was to it But I said I was content to bear the 
Blame of signeing it without being so Civil as to signifie to the Treasurer before hand« 
because I looked upon what the Court had done to be right, and that I was ready to 
take upon myself what the Officers had well done, as thinking mv self obliged in honor 
& Conscience to screen them and to stand between them and the Dbpl^sure of the 
Dean & Canons, who being persons of power and Interest might some time hurt the 
Inferior Officers of Hb Court but they could not hurt me. Since thb thev haue, as I 
am inform'd, told the Duke the Story of the Hood & Surplice and of my Incivility if 
not Injustice, in not acquainting SXx^ that I was about to sign the Capias. And do yon 
Judge what my Lord must think of them^ since He knew what I had to say upon 
that fact 

> The Com o/B, Woodrtffe, D.D. gives mn mccoont of his imrchase of the manor of Marboxv, for 
t^fioolf in 1705. He was oiuible to complete the purchase, ana after a Uwsait the estate was mmgiw6 
to Lofd Rirefs, the next bidder, who like Dr. W. had married one of Che < * 



NOTES TO VOLUME XIX. 441 

' Dr. Smalridge has often blamed me for not ^ving the Treasurer notice of the 
Capias &c. and because He insisted so much upon it, I sent to you to know what the 
H&Euis of Houses thought of it ; for I knew I should be blamed even to them. About 
ID days ago Dr. Smalridge was urging it again. I told Him I could fully satisfie 
Him provided he w^ keep my Answer secret, and tell no body ; and on that Condition 
I told Him all the story how I had no hand in the doing it &c. Ever since. He has 
daily heard me Railed at and is ready to burst with His Secret, but I have still 
persisted that He should not reveale, though I haue shew'd Him that it is impossible 
but Stratford should know He lyes, because He must haue seen the Warrant and whose 
Name is to it. I declared to D' Smalridge that I would continue to own it, because 
as far as I was able I would screen the Omcers. He said that was only to show in 
what Contempt I had Sti-atford &c Pray keep this to your self & Dr. Woodward, 
for I would not for any thing have the Duke*s name so much as mention'd.* 

n. 

'Oriel College, 

'7 June 1709. 
* Worthy S', — The Warrant to arrest the profits of Dr. Woodroffs Canonry was 
decreed by Mr. Vice Ch' on the aa^ of June 1708 ; & made out by me the same day, 
and was executed on Dr. Stratford on the i^f^ of the same June. The Decree 
adjudging those profitts to M^ Hide & Foulkes till their debt due from Dr. Wood« 
roff 01839!. 15s. cod. should be paid, was read, & signed by M' Vice Ch^ on the a9^ 
of Octob. 1708; but the Monition for Dr. Stratford to pay that summ (th6 taken out 
from me soone after the Decree passed, when (as I have been informed) the plaintiffs 
were treating fairly w**» Dr. Stratford to pay the mony w**'out trouble) was not 
executed on him 'till the 4*** of January last, and after that time, the Warrant to arrest 
Dr. Stratford was not Decreed, till the is*"* of April 1709, when it was ordered by Dr. 
Irish, (tho not taken from me till Saturday the 10 of April), Mr. Hyde still continuing 
to use faire meanes to induce Dr. Stratford to pay the money as you was informed this 
morning by Worthy S', 

Yo*" humble servant, 

Jos. Woodward.' 

191. I. Dr. John Williama (Magd. HaU, M.A. 1658), the friend of Tillotson, 
was cons. Bp. of Chichester 1695. He preached the third Series of Boyle's Lectures, 
succeeding Bentley and Kidder. There is a letter from him in Evelyn's Correspondence 
on the subject of Wotton's projected Life of Boyle, and three others in Ballard ix. 44-46. 
See Athenae iv. 769, Rawl. J. 40. i. a 18, 3. 175, and the refs. in Chalmers. Also for 
Dr. Ooodman, Bp. of Gloucester 1635, dep. 1640, d. 1656, Gardiner Hist, of Eng- 
landf Index; Ath. ii. 863. He had been a Roman Catholic since 1636; so that 
Gauden*s characterisdc justification of him in his Ecclesiae Anglicanae Suspiria 637 
is not borne out by the facts. His best-known work is his Court of King James the 
Firsts first published from the MS. in the Bodleian by the Rev. J. S. Brewer 1839. 
There are copies of two short lives by himself in Tanner MS. cii. 

191. 19. Dr. Donne's Biathanaios, a Declaration of that Paradox, or Thesis^ that 
Self Homicide is not so naturally Sin, thcU it m<^ never be otherwise^ was published 
by his son in 1644. Walton, in the Life, describes it as 'an exact and laborious 
treatise, wherem all the laws violated by the act are diligently surveyed, and judi- 
ciously censured : a treatise written in his younger days, which alone might declare 
him then not only perfect in the civil and canon law, but in numy other such studies 
and arguments, as enter not into the consideration of many that labour to be thought 
great clerks, and pretend to know all things.' The original draft of Iiord Herbert's 
Life and Reign of Henry VIII, with corrections, &c. by the author, is preserved in 
Jesus College Library, and his DicUogue between a Tutor and his Pupil in Bodley. 
He wrote an elegy on Dr. Donne. See Athenae ill. 339. 

192. 34. Three letters from Bagford to Charlett will be found in the Ballard 
Collection, xxx. 54-56. Heame acknowledges his obligations to Prescott, Leland 
Itin, vol. ii. p. iii. 

198. a. B. Woodrofto, jun., was Canon of Worcester i7aa, and of Winchester 
I7a6; d. 1770. It may be mentioned that the 'Repeaters place' for 1711 was 
offered by Charlett to Robt. Watts, who is mentioDed just below. He declined it 
for himself, but recommended for it Mr. Rawlins, A.B. of Harvard, (if he could be 



44^ H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. 

granted the degree of M.A.), who had come to England expressly to recehre episoopaJ 
ordination. On Jnly 4, 17 15, he writes that he would then gladly undoteke the 
' Repeater's place ' (Ballaid xxv. 48 sqq,), — For the works of John Bale, tee Cooper 
Athenae Caniabrigienses i. 225 sqq.^ and for W. Tolwyn, ib, i. 303 and Index to Strype. 
194. 25. These notes on the editions of Ohaucer were intended to be commnnicated 
to Harley (later. Earl of Oxford). See abstract of letter in the possession of the 
Marquis of Bath (3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. I98tf): •1709, May 28, Oxford. 
Thomas Hcanu to Lord Oxford : concerning Chaucer ; and the various editions and 
copies of his poems. (8 folio leaves.) He cites MSS. — Cod. Fairfiix, 16. — Cod. 
Hatton, I :— Seldcn*s MS. B. 30. Bodl.' 

196. 24. For J. Baroham, see DicU of Nat. Biog. iii. 214 sq. ; AthtncLe iii. 35. 

197. 36. March 22, 1709 (Ballard x. 43), Lord Weymouth, after expressing his 
satisfaction at Lhuyd*s success, adds : ' I wish y' Neighbour has not bin too hasty in 
citing D'. Tindall to take orde^, least it should revive y* designe of altering the 
Statutes of CoUedges, w<* I feare would have found too many freinds.* 

197. 40. We shall find some further entries hereafter on the subject of the XXXIX 
Articles. For the present it must suffice to refer to * An Historical Account of the 
XXXIX Articles from the first promulgation of them in AfDLIII to their 
final establishment in MDLXXL With exact copies of the Latin and English 

MSS., and Facsimiles of the Signatures of the Archbishops and Bishops, &c. &c. &c. 
By John Lamb, D.D., Master of C.C.C, Cambridge (1829).* From a letter of 
Dr. Hickes, Jan. 28, 1710 (Ballard xiL 112), we learn that Dr. Clarke*s thoughts 
^cre then employed on Art. XX. 

198. 10. Sir Thomas Browne's Hydriotaphia was originally published in 1658. 
One may hope that Dr. Greenhill will hereafter add to the obligations under which 
he has laid all admirers of this great thinker and master of language by giving ns 
an edition of the Um-BuricU, — D. "Wilkins wrote to Charlett from Leipzig on 



Nov. 24. 1709, giving an account of the Jubilaeum to be celebrated at the University 
on Dec. ^. (Ballard xxx. 57.) Ayerst, April 5, 1710 (N.S.), sends extracts from 
a letter of Wilkins written from Rome, in which he gives an interesting account <ii 



some Italian men of letters, esp. Coronelli the cosmographer. Cf. Kemble State 
Papers and Letters 274. — On the fly-leaf of a copy of the Impartial Relation in the 
Bodleian Library, WokxI has written : * Mr. Tho. Collins school master of Magd. 
Coll. hath several times told mee Mr. Hen. Fairfax was author of this following 
Narrative ; * and on the title-page, ' I have enquired, but cannot leame by whome/ 
— Dr. Smith's account of the Pro^edings at Magdalen 1 686-8 is included in the deeply 
interesting volume prepared for the press by Dr. Bloxam which forms one of the ianics 
of the Oxford Historical Society for the present year. — Letters from Dr. MosgrsTe 
to Dr. Charlett are preserved in the Ballard Collection, xxiv. 75-85. 

200. 14. Jacob Bobart, jun. (1641-1719), published vol. iii. of Morison*s /^il^fis 
PUuttarum in 1699. Sec Diet, of Nat, Biog, v. 286. 

201. 37. For ' Palla ' read < Pallas.*— For Usher's case, see his Letter of 1699 (4^)- 

202. 12. Iieofwin was consecrated 1053 and d. 1067 (Stubbs R^istrum), Cf. 
p. 193 supra. — J. CkKskbiim, who was likewise a nephew of Patrick Scougall, cons. 
Bp. of Aberdeen 1664, was afterwards Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex. He had already 
published Bourignianism detected^ and was likewise the author of a Specimen if 
Remarks on Burnet's Own Time i^Life of Calamy i. 45, 450). He died 1729: see 
Rawl. J. 40. 2. 286 ; Ballard xxv. 45.— Bdward Bnrrongh d. in Newgate 1662. 
His works were published ten years later under the title of The Memorable Works of 
a Son of Thunder and Consolation. There was an ed. of the tract here referred to 
in 1684. Memoirs of him were published in 185 1. See Bickley George Fox and 
the Early Quakers 91 ; Index to Sewel*s Hist, ef the Quakers ; Diet, of Nat. Biog. 
vii. 443 sq. 

204. 4. On Sept. 23 in this year, the Duke wrote to the Duchess : * I propose to 
make my cotirt to you this winter, by being very much pleased with the very great 
advance you have made in your building at London.' Marlborough Corresp. i. 230. 
See also the Madresfield Court Letters 20 soq.^ where the Duchess states (1710) that 
since the Lease was made she had paid /;22,ooo for that building, and before she 
could use it she mutt pay £10,000 more at least, Wentworth Papon 89 ; and Uie 



NOTES TO VOLUME XIX. 443 

reft, under 'Marlborough House* in Cvjmisi^^irCi Handbook of London,^ Ax 1. 30 
read 'Gavel-Kind.' 

206. I a. ID. Thwaytes was the author of A miraculous Work of laU done at 
Court'Of'Strtte in Kent, published to thi deuoute people of this Tyme for their 
spiritual Consolation (1527), of which there does not seem to be a copy in Bodley. 
He was afterward attainted, but escaped capital punishment. See the article on 
Elizabeth Barton in the Diet, of Nat. Biog. iii. 343 sqq, 

208. 8. Sir ID. Iiutwyohe was dismissed at the Revolution. He was buried in 
St Bride's, Fleet Street (Foss Judges of England, Noble's Cont. of Grander i. 169). 
For SUm Taylor (1634-1678) see Athenae iii. 1175. His History of Gavelkind 
was published 1663; ^^ Common-good in 169a; and his History ana Antiquities 
of Harwich and Dovercourt^ mudi enlarged &c. by Sam. Dale, in 1730. — Bp. 
Nicolson's estintate of Barnes* History of Edward III in his English Historical 
Library p. 80 is somewhat less favourable than Heame*8 : ' Mr. Joshua Barnes has 
diligently Collected whatever was to be had (far and near) upon the several Passages 
of this Great King*s Reign. His Quotations are many ; and (generally) his Authors 
are as well chosen, as such a Multitude can be supposed to have been, rlis Inferences 
are not always becoming a Statesman ; and sometimes his Digressions are tedious. 
His deriving of the famous Institution of the Garter from the Phoenicians, is ex- 
treamly obliging to good Mr. Sammes : But came too late it seems, to Mr. AshmoUs 
knowledge . . . in short this Industrious Author seems to have driven his Work too 
fast to the Press, before he had provided an Index, and some other Accoutrements, 
which might have rendered it more serviceable to his Readers.' 

209. 4. Prof. Skeat {Etym. Diet.) explains oriel as — * any portico, recess, or 
tmall room, which was more private and better ornamented than* the rest of the 
building,* and derives it from aureolum * gilded or ornamented with gold.' The first 
etymology mentioned by Heame, however absurd, would appear to be a very ancient 
one from the early deed mentioned in Parker s Handbook for Visitors 66.--On Job 
xix. 34, where it has been doubted whether celte or certe is the right reading, see 
Notes and Queries 5th S. ix. 463, x. 73. The Athenaeum points out that the word 
oelte occurs in the Glossae in Sidonium edited by Mr. R. £llis in the ' Anecdota 
Oxoniensia' (vil 3 » p. 50, 11. 7 sq^,)i * caelum hoc caelum ut hoc celte celtis 
instrumentum est quo caelatur, i.e. sculpitur.' 

210. 33. Thos. Jonea, M.A. 1651, likewise wrote Rome no Mother-Church to 
England (1678). Elymas the Sorcerer (i68a), &c. He died 1683 ; Athenae iv. 51. 

211. I. For the most recent discussion of the word 'aestel,* see Notes and Queries 
6th S. ii. 386 ; iiL 14 ; iv. 75. Prof. Skeat's conclusion (at the second reference given) 
is : ' it seems to be nothing but the Low Lat. astuUu (Ducange), put for Lat assulae, 
thin boards.* 

211. 18. Henry Stephens, Fellow of Merton 1693, was afterwards chaplain at 
Oporto and Vicar of Maldon 1714. Hit pretensions to preferment are familiar from 
the persistent recommendations of Archbp. Boulter; see that prelate's Letters, esp. 
i- 353 ^99' He was at last appointed Prebendary of Winchester 1733, and d. 1739. 
He is mentioned in Brodrick Memorials of Merton 399. See also Rawl. J. 40. 
I. 139 ; fo. 19. 65 (where is a letter from him). 

212. 4. Wm. Piers, fellow of Emmanuel and rector of N. Cadbury, published his 
ed. of the Medea and Phoenissae in 1703. For John Piers, Bp. of Rochester 1576 
and Sarum 1577, Ard^bp. of York 1589, d. 1594, see Index to Stirpe, and Athenae 
ii- 835, where Wood remarks that at Quainton * 'twas usual with him to sit tipling 
in a blind Ale-house with some of his Neighbours.' — Mr. T. Baker's intention to 
publish Athenae Cantab, has been already mentioned; see also Strype to Charlett 
(Ballard xv. 31). — Oapt. J. Bingham's trans, of Aelian was published in two parts, 
1616-31. — T. Spark, M.A. 1679, was chaplain to Judge Jeffreys, who gave him 
several pieces of preferment ; d. 1603. He likewise published Notoi in libros VI 
Novae Historuu Zosimi 1679. {Athenae iv. 368.) 

218. 13. It need hardly be mentioned that a substantial portion of the De ReptUdica 
was discovered by Angelo Mai among the palimpsests in the Vatican in 1833, and 
printed at Kome in the same year. Selling was prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 
1473-1494. 



444 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS, 

John second lid. Osrteret succeeded his father 1695, became Earl GruiTille 1744 ; 
d. 1763. Rawl. J. fol. 10. X2o: * Went into Germany with K. Geo. II. was at the 
bottle of Dettinghen in Gennany, in which the French left the Field, and his Lp. 
wrote such an account of it, as was very deservedly burlesqued in verse in the public 
newspapers/ [R. R.]— T. Beoonsall, M.A. 1686 ; see Rawl. J. 4*. i. 394 ; Ballard 
iv. 48. 

VOL. XX. 

Page 215, line 26. For Bdmtmd Marten, M.D., stt'BtoAnc)s.Afemcrials of Mirtom 
Coll. 170. He died at Mapperton, Dorset (Wood-Gutch Colleges and Halls la). 

216. I sqq, A few particulars of the history of Oxford OasUe, Oaenej and 
Bewley Abbeys, &c will be found in Appendices to the Life of Heame (177a) 
1 29 sqq,y together with references to other works of Heame in which he has dealt 
with the subject more at length. The engravings of them which were executed for 
him by Burners are given in the Ectypa Varia, See also Skelton*s Oxmua anliqua 
restaurata. Plates 113, 115, 117, 134, 135; King Vestiges of Oxford CastU^ and 
Wood-Peshall Ancient and Present State of the City of Oxford \ but above all Parker 
Early Hist, of Oxford 20a sqq. For the inscription of Ma I^ngeapee see Inland 
Itin. ii. 7 a sqq. 

217. 8. The book here referred to is entitled Annals of the Universe <&-r. Penn 
should have been described as Pennsylvaniae Praefectus. Welwood'a (i65a-i7i6) 
Memoirs of the most material Transactions in England for the last 100 years pre- 
ceding the Revolution in 1688 has been frequently reprinted. £d. a (the earliest in 
Bodley) appeared in 1700. See p. 466 infra. — It will be remembered that Pepys met 
Venner on his way to execution Jan. 19, 1661. 

218. 8. There is a good account of Iihuyd in Chalmers. Two letters £rom him 
. to Charlett are preserved in Ballard xiv. 44 j^. ; see also Indexes to Rawlinson and 

Ashmolean MSS. ; Rawl. J. 4®. i. 404, a. 70 ; Letters from the Bodleian^ i. 115 sq., 
134 sqq. ; Lit. Anec. Index, esp. i. 165 sqq. ; and Illustrations i. 316 sqa. and Index ; 
Correspondence of John Ray (ed. Lankester 1848) aia &c., and Appenoix B (pp. 48a 
sqq.) ; Nicolson Ep. Corr. as, 51 &c. ; Notes and Queries 4th S. vii. 4a, 5th S. iv. 
€^ ; Britton Memoirs of John Aubrey Index ; &c. 

218. a9. A portion of Bulkeley Hall is represented in Skelton, Plate 146. It was 
originally called Tackley's Inn, and was bought by Adam de Brome for the purposes 
of his foundation. See Wood-Gutch under Oriel College ; Wood-Peshall 108. 

219. 5. Cf. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxfordsh. 34 ; and for the Roman roods in the 
neighbourhood of Oxford, St. Grymbald &c., Parker Early Hist, of Oxford, Map at 
end, pp. 45 sqq., &c. 

221. 4a. July 18, 1707 (Ballard x. 34) Lord Weymouth hopes <Mr. Lloyd*s next 
Volume will bee more enterteining, for this is but drye, to old men who pretend not 
to leame Languages, though they are vsefull Books for Libraries.* And Ballard xxxix. 
14, Moses Williams writes to Wanlcy, July 19, 17 14: Mr. Llwyd's MSS. *are se- 
questred by the University & will be set to sale about 3 quarters of a year hence. The 
MSS. Fossils, printed Books, &c will be sold all together Sc My Lord Mansell is to 
have the first refusal of them. M**. Llwyd's Debts are about £80 ; & whoever will 
pay them, may (as far as I understand) have all his Effects. If ybu think to buy 
them, your best way will be to take a trip down [to Oxford] to see them. . . . There 
are 6 large Voll. of Irish MSS. in folio. Hyfrcock Hergerst is put into Jesus College 
Library.* 

222. 8. On St. Bartholomew's Hospital see Oxoniana i. 191 ; Wood-Pediall 
a73 sqq. ; Leland Itin. ii. 90, and refs. — 1. 3a, for ' frates * read * fratres.' 

223. 8. Britton*s interesting Memoir of John Aubrey, E.R,S., was published by the 
Wiltshire Topographical Society in 1845 ^^^ ^s Wiltshire collections in i86a. See 
also the art. in Sie Diet, of Nat. Biog. ii. aa4 sq. ; Ballard Letters xiv. 46 sqq. 

228. ai. This combination of offices reminds one of Tann^s own remark in Ballard 
iv. 46, that he has * thought pretty often of the saying of the Terrae Filius of S' Tim. 
Baldwin of our Coll. that he was Omniusn Animarum Socius, omnium Episcoporum 
Canceliarius, et omnium horarum homo.* 



NOTES TO VOLUMES XX, XXL 445 

223. 3a. There are many letters from Dennison to Charlett in Ballard xzi. &c., 
and in it. 55 Tanner mentions the fact of his beine Proctor as an inducement to 
himself to come to Oxford for the purpose of taking his D.D. degree. See Index to 
Ballard Collection. 

224. 31. Jas. Davenant, M.A. 1664. Dr. Hickes gives a more favourable account 
of Dr. Halton in the Dedication to his Spirit of Enthusiasm exorcised (1680). 

225. 11. In Ballard xviL 36, Nov. 11, 1708, Anstis writes that Lhnyd suggested 
Pftny for the Bedell's place in case of a vacancy, and recommends him to Ch^ett. 

225. 13 sqa. The principal literature bearing on the < Pope Joan* myth is indicated 
in Notes a$u[ Queries ist and and S. (see Index) ; c£ 3rd S. i. 459. — For "W. Oharyte, 
•ee Nichols* Leicestershire Index, and the letter from Secretary Windebonk to Robt 
Arden, dated April 5, 1635, i3. iv. 1049, peremptorily demandmg the surrender of the 
MS. oi the /dentate to the King, on the ground that, * being a record of great con- 
sequence, it is not fit to remain with a private num.* The RentcUt is instanced by 
Heame, Leland's Jtin, (1710) voL i, p. IL 

226. a. Francis M. Misaon, an exile from France on the Revocation of the Edict 
of Nantes, likewise published The Sacred Theatre at Cevennes (1707), but is now 
remembered by his Memoirs and Odsertfotions in his travels over England, trans, by 
J. Ozell i7i9.~There is a very full account of the Black Assise at Oxford in the 
Antiquary Feb. 1886, pp. 49 sqq. ; see also Waters Parish Registers 6a sq., and refs. 
— For Olouoester Hall and Beaumont, see Oxoniana i 188, iv. 147. — On the 
significance of the ceremony of coronation see Stubbs Const. Hist. (Libr. ed.) L 1 70 
sqq. Richard I, John and Henry III were all crowned twice ; t^., esp. i 566. 

226. 49. The follovring uncomplimentary verses on RadcliiTe are preserved in 
Ballard xxxi 54:— 

*An Answer to a Qu. tt^ Taxes shall leave off. 
When Radclifife gives His vbits to the Poor, 
Or serves his Friend and slights His golden oar. 
When dyin^ Patients on Him may depend. 
And find his Conscience and his manners mend, 
When Bath shall court Him, and Her Waters Freeze, 
Make Him their God, His haughtv Head to please, 
then, then, shall Taxes cease.* 

227. 6. The Basle Dance of Death was painted c. 1443, by an unknown artist, and 
is long anterior to Holbein. It is said to have been destroyed by a mob in 1806. 
Douce Dance of Death (1833) 3^ ^9^' 

227. 41. For Dr. Holland and his Wardenship, see Brodrick Memorials of 
Merton Coll. 147 sqq., 170; and for IDdmnnd Ashfleld, Walpole Anecdotes if 
Painting', Diet, of Nat. Biog. iL 169. 

228. 3. This storv of Davenanfs parentage is hinted at in Letters from the Bod» 
leian ii. 303. See Halliwell-Phillips Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare (ed. 3) 184, 
and especially ' The Davenant Scandal ' 553 sqq,, where it is conclusively disproved. 



VOL. XXL 

Page 229, lin^ 10. The origin of the Hogtandiae Descriptio (London 1709, 16 pp.) is 
told m Chk\mtis Biographical Diet., art £. Lhuyd. It was composed at Lhuyd*8 
suggestion by T. Richimls (Jesus, M.A. 17 14), in answer to Musctpula, written by 
£. Holdsworth (Magd., M.A. 171X) 1709, at the instigation of SacheverelL (A 
translation of the latter by F. T. was published in the same year under the title of 
The Welsh Mouse-trap, and several others subsequently; while the former was 
' imitated in English * 1711.) The Hoglcmdia was corrected by Lhuyd and Anthony 
Alsop. It bears a picture of a boar on the title-page, and the dedication (' Domino 
H — S— .*) cpntains a hit at a famous bull (p. 321 infra^ of Sacheverell's \^Liniae 
veluti siH invicem paralUlae, quae, Te judice, (quicquid inepti contra garriunt Mathe- 
matici) ab eodem centra ducuntur*^, and compliments on his incomparable modesty and 
accuracy. A propos of the Muscipula, Sir K. Cox wrote to Charlett, Tan. 6, 1709 
(Ballard xi 53): 'When I tell you. That the care of 7 children and la Grand- 



44<5 H EARNERS COLLECTIONS. 

children, dos soe Imploy me that I cannot be Master of mj Self or my Time, I have 
given you snch a description of An Ecclesiasticall Mouse-trap, Hiat if the Wdib 
Animall had half soe much notice of the Mnscipidum Tafiyes In^niom Engine 
would not have met with the Success and Applause it did.* For E. Holdsworth 
(d. 1746), see Lit, Anecd. iii. 67 sqq, \ Rawl. J. 40, 4. 77, fo. 17. ago (where is a 
complimentary acrostic made on him in Lord Digby*s family)* and Spence Ohserva^ 
tions, Anecdotes and Characters (ed. Malone) 270 &c. 

282. 3. See 'Wanle7*B exposure of the fraudulent manipulation of this pasage io 
Letters from the Bodleian i. 95 sq, 

234. 38. There is a life of "W. Baxter in Diet, of Nat. Biog. iiL 438. 

234. 31. Full particulars of the 'encouragement' afforded to Bjmar for the pub- 
lication of the Foedera will be found in the CaUndar of Treasury Papers^ 1702-1714 
(see Index to each vol.). The total coat of producing 250 copies iH VoL XV was 
£832 5J. a/., and of Vol. XVI ^642 17/. od. 

234. 44. Dr. Jonathan IDdwarda wrote to Charlett, Aug. a6, 1709 (Ballaid 
xzL 100) : * Mr. Dodwell is in Town and frequents Jenny's Cofieehonse, twice every 
day, which occasions a great resort there to hear him discourse of Patriarchal power 
and Government, but cannot bear any opposition.* 

235. 3. The Leofric Missal was edited by the Rev. F. E. Warren, B.D. for the 
Clarendon Press in 1883.— Roger North gives an interesting account of Bobert OooH 
bookseller, of Little Britain, in his Life of Dr, John North (4to ed. 240), and states 
that he lost above half his means through Milh* failure. (Heame*s spelling Mvlks 
shows that he has the Bishop of Waterford in his mind.) He sold the library of 
Sir R. Wyseman in 1686, and his own was sold by Millington in the following year 
(Zf/. Anec. iii. 612 sq.\ 

236. 3 sqq. There are some notes on Strongbow and his monument in Notes and 
Queries 1st S., vi. 313. 

237. 33. Symon Ghmton'a (Prcb. of Canterbury 1 646-1676) History of the Church 
(^ Peteriurgh^ with a Supplement by Symon Patrick, was published in 1686. White 
iCennett, afterwards Bishop of that see, wrote large additions in a cop^ now preserved 
in the Cathedral Archives {Lit. Anec. i. 398), and there are copies with notes by Bp. 
Cumberland, W. Cole &c., in the Bodleian. 

238. 3. The Textus Roffensis was published by Heame from a MS. in the libiaiy 
of Sir Edward Dering, Bart, in 1720. — ^Walter Ourll, Bp. of Wiuchester 1632, 
d. 1647. Tmssell'a Continuation of Samuel Daniel's History of England was pub- 
lished 1636. 

239. 40. The Palatines figure largely in the literature and history of this period ; 
see e.g. Taller^ ii. 65, 179, 282, and iii. 355 ; Marlborough Corresp. (1838) ii. 321 ; 
Calendar of Treasury Papers 1708-17 14, p. xv and Index; 2nd Report Hist MSS. 
Comm. 234, 249, 25T ; Notes and Queries ist S. xi. 87, 172, 251 ; 3rd S. L 252 ; 
IVentworth Papers 96, 270. W. Bishop writes to his kinsman Charlett, Sept 8 [?] 
1709 (Ballard xxxL 54): 'There arc near 3000 Palatines: R: C: y* are returoeing 
home ag<», y^ petition*d the Queen y* since they were encouraged to come hither, &. 
as They thought from Her Maj^ & had a promise for the Free Exerciseing of Their 
Religion, but not performed, w>> now here ; Her Majestie out of Her Goodness & 
justice would be at the Charge of sending Them home, w^ is laid before the Com- 
missioners, 8c they agree to it, find them shipping 8c allow 20 shillings p bead 
for their maintenance back to their own Countrey.* "Hieir poverty was proverbial : <./. 
Plaxton writes {Thoresby Corr. ii. 198) : < I am sure it [gold] has little footing at 
Barwick, where we are all poor Palatines and Camisars, t. e. hazdly worth a shirt.* 

241. 18. There are several mentions of the Frankfort volumes in Ayerst's letteis 
to Charlett (Ballard xxvii. 20, 21, 24). See also Wordsworth Scholae Academicae 5^. 

243. 13. We have another account of the expulsion of the Modem Prophets from 
Oxford in a letter of Thwaites to Charlett, dated Aug. 28 [1709], 9 a clock (Ballard 
xiii. 257) : * The Prophets are at the greyhound, on Friday after 5 days' (or 6,) re- 
sidence, they made y^lves known, by stnnge convulsion*s U abrupt talk, ycstoday 
I was there at three. 100 masters of A. I thiiuc might be there, & 150 more, we stay'd 
an hour, but noe motion, there are four proph^ck women as the two men call y^. 
one di the men was a Scholar of Cambr. ne is cunning, & has temper, his name is 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXI, . 447 

Lardner. the other*s, Jackson, when Lacy's warning was read by one of the men, 
some of us objected too much, 8c hindred the coming of what they call the Spirit or 
voice, (they haue more names for it.) In the mean time the V. C. came and dispersed 
us. I can*t express the confusion, bnt in 3 minutes he made the house easy, the 
Prophets were to march by his order in an hour» but their linnen being out, &c. they 
stay till tomorrow. They are become the Constable's ward, some letters have bin 
found, w^^ noebody may have sent you ; I have enclosed them, printed liUratim, 



Jf:?:^?:£::!-«-G«yhoond. 



• Ed. Edinburgh. 
A***. 
Molt Moult* the Chym.* 

Gregory had written June 2, 1708 (Ballard xxiv. 33), H propos of the predicted 
resurr^tion of Dr. Emes from the dead : ' The Camiaius are <^uite confounded ; 3ret 
they say Mr. Lacy has written a very insolent Apology. This is the first time I 
beleeve since the Creation, that Scaffolds were made to see the resurrection of a 
dead man.* 

A popular account of the French Prophets will be found in Burton Hist, of the Reign 
of Q. Anne ii. 343 sqq. The anecdote which he quotes from 'some contemporary 
publication ' about the ' nolle prosequi ' is related by Spinckes 77u New Pretenders to 
Prophecy examined 488. This treatise, which was published together with Hickes* 
Spirit of Enthusiasm exorcised 9siA [F. Leigh's] Hist, of Montanism, may be recom- 
mended to all who desire information respecting La(^ and his followers, and a pretty 
complete bibliography of the subject may be compiled from the author's copious refer- 
ences. See also an important article on ' Cavalier and the Camisards' in Kemble State 
Papers and Letters 384 sqq. At p. 426 sqq. is some account of Nicholas Fatio of 
Douillens, a geometrician of European reputation and the occasional cause of the quarrel 
between Leil^itz and Newton. Dr. Burton has not identified him, merely remarking 
that * Mr. Facio * was • perhaps a foreigner.* There is a long letter by him in [Seward'sj 
Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons iv. 419 5qq,\ and Nichols h^ some interesting 
particulars of him in his ed. of the Tatler, vi. 422. See also Kemble op. cit, 426 sqq, 
Fatio died in 1753 {Notes and Queries, 3rd S. viii. 171). Some very interesting letters 
(dated 1699) from Sir B. Btilkeley, regarding his design of endowing a college or 
colleges in Ireland, are printed in full in the 2nd Report of the Historical MSS. 
Comm. 238 sq. Tom D'Urfey ridiculed the Camisards in a wretched comedy entitled 
The Modem Prophets : or New Wit for a Husband ( 1 709) ; and they were attacked with 
weightier weapons by Hoadly and Calamy. Some very curious details of Lacy, Fatio, 
and Bulkeley are given by Calamy in his Historical Account of my own Life ii. 71 sqq., 
95 'f^-t <^ 197 * these passages are indispensable to the student of this curious phiue 
of religious enthusiasm and imposture, with which I had hoped to deal more fully. 
See al^ Tatler (ed. Nichols) i. 118 (with numerous references), 320; ii. 14, 79 ; Whig 
and Tory iii 10 (The Marionite Prophets, who lately pretended Divine Inspiration) ; 
Letters by J, Hughes, ^cm, 182 ; Whiston's Memoirs 1^6 sqq.; Rehearsal (ed. 1750) 
iy. z8i sq., 235. In King's Works iL 264, the French prophets are oddly enough 
classed with Bp. lioyd, of Worcester, their great opponent. The name ' Camisard' is 
derived by Littr^ from camisa or camisia, either because the assailants put on their 
shirts over their uniform in order to recognise one another, or because in their nightly 
surprises the^ caught the enemy in their shirts. Kemble jprefers to regard it as^' way- 
farers ' or 'highwaymen,' from camis a road or way. One of the Utest glimpses of 
these Prophets occurs in Ballard xiL 121, where Hickes writes, under date of July 24, 
1 711: 'The paper of w«^ I here send you a true copy, was taken down by Capt" 
Hatton at the foot of the staires in going up to the room (a danceing school at the 
Blue bore in Holbom) where the prophets meet, every Sunday, whither he went out 
of Curiosity to hear them. There is a License from y Bishopfs Court for this meet- 
ing, accorduie; to Act of Parliament, which has made it Twenty pounds penalty, on 
any Person y^ disturbs y* same. Peace Officers will secure them. There was abonnd- 
ance of Quakers w^ them. I suppose they are both united.* 

246. 32. Mrs. Berkeley, in the Preface to her husband's Sermons (1799) p. x/^., 
mentions that he was only the fifth Vicar since ' the famous Vicar, Simon Semion. . . . 
His two immediate predecessors, the Rev. Dr. Caswell and the Rev. Mr. Brown, both 

* Sm OUamj, L4ftt U. los. 



448 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

enjoyed it more than half a century.* She likewise tells an amnring story of James I 
and the Vicar and Curate of Bray in his time. Dr. Carswell is mentioned Leland 
Jtin. ▼. 115. 

246. 44. The death of Dr. Oawley and the appointment of his successor are men- 
tioned in a letter from Robt. Clavering to Chariett, of Aug 24. 1709 (Ballard ix. 78). 
There is a Life of Charles Aldrich in Rawl. J. 40. i. 385 sqq., fol. 16. 10; he di«l 
Not. 8, 1737. < He left his library to his successors Rectors of Henley and in it were 
several curious books. Being left executor to his uncle dean Aldrich s will (who died 
Dec' y« 14. 1 7 10) some papers being missing he commenced a suit in Chancery ag* 
D' Stratford the issue of which we were told in some of the publick papers was as 
follows, viz. 1 715. May 3. Mr. A. made a submission for his t^each of priviledge in 
filing a bill in Chancery ag* D*" Stratford Canon of X* Church Oxford, and was fined 
one nundred pounds, four score of which was inunediately remitted by D' Bourdiier 
Professor of Civil Law and Judge of the Vice Chancellor's Court, and a short speech 
was made by D' Arthur Charlet Provice Chancellor then in Court' . . . His ed. of 
Ignatius ' was one of dean Aldrich New Years gifts printed at his expence, and an 
acc^ of the MS. frt>m which it was printed may be seen pag. 183, 184. in the two 
Letters between S' Henry Newton Envoy at Florence and himself printed by S' Hairy 
at Lucca 1710. 4K of which book and its castrations as I have more than one copy, 
mention shall be made, when I come to speak of S*" Henry Newton formerly of Merton 
College ' [R. R.]> In the article on Dean Aldrich (fo. 16. 16), there is a list of his 
New Year's gifts in C. Aldrich's handwriting. • He d. at London Dec. y* 14 . . . 
during w<^ Interval of bringing Him down It was that D' Stratford rumaged the 
Study.* 

248. 39. On April 27, 1709, the Rev. J. Johnson wrote (Ballard xv. 46) : ' I am glad 
to hear of my Old Friend M^ George Stephen : He is the Prodigy of his Country, 
I mean the most Learned, & Honest Scot, that I ever had the honour to be acqnaintwl 
w^ ; but w* I most admire him for is Disinterestedness, for w^ he is the Miracle of 
a North-britainer.* — In ix. 4a (Aug. 26, 1704) J. Waugh expresses his anxiety that 
Dr. Lancaster should be elected Provost. Francis Thompson's pamphlet on the election 
has been already mentioned in the present volume. 

258. 37. The passage in which this word occurs is printed in the /tin, L 53: 
' Suaming and choking of the Haven, and Fier defeudng much of the Toun hath beoe 
the Decay of it* It is strange that the obviously true raiding should not have occoned 
to Heame, viz. j»arfiiiic^,« swerving (as always in e^. ed. i of Hooker*s EccUsiasHcai 
PolitUy 

254. II. Jan. 3, 1708, W. Bishop wrote to Chariett (Ballard xxxi. 43^: 'Hickes 
considers Potter as high and orthodox as to the power and discipline of die Chnrdi 
as any man, [and] says that he only wanted the polemical part to qualify him for being 
deservedly in the Chair, but he would in a year^ time be perfect master on*t Hidces 
is exceedingly taken with the easiness of Smalridge's conversation, the solidity of his 
judgment, and the extent of his learning.' And Jan. 29 he expresses his opinion that 
the Oxford Letter ' lost Dr. Smalridge Uie Professor s Chair, not being liked by either 
High, Low, or Middle at home or abroad.* . . . 255. 4. For Folio re^ Folia. 

256. a. In Ballard xv. 47 (Aug. 17, 1709), J. Johnson writes: ' I am glad to hear, 
that we are to have an Exp. of the 39 Articles from such a hand, as that of B». 
Beveridge. I have run over D' Wells* Specimen, & like the designe excellently wdl : 
& I hope a person of his Learning, & Juagement will correct some considerable Erron 
in the celebrated Notes of M' Lock, & others : but the 3 Epistles, w^ the Specimen 
containes have few, or none of those Texts, that are controverted by the several parties 
of Learned men amongst us. I scarce believe that the D' has hit upon the true sense 
of Gal. iii. 20, tho* he is not so far from it as Mi* Lock.* In No. 45 (Mar. 30) he had 
written: *By perusing it [Dr. Grabe's Octateuch in 2 vols.; cf. infra 267. 38] in 
several places I find what the D' had said frilly verified, viz. that tne Alexandr. (at 
least in Uiose places that I have had occasion to examine) is praeferible to the Vatican ; 
but I find, that we cannot pass our Judgement on the whole, or understand the 
excellency of the performance to perfection til the whole is completed, de we have 
the D« Notes.* 

257. 37. There is a life of James Feiroe, a terribly voluminous writer, who after- 
wards took the latitudinarian side in the Nonconformist dissensions at Exeter, in 
Chalmers. See also the mentions of him in the Life of Calamy iL 363 &e. 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXI. 449 

258. 3. There are numerous refs. to Frester John in N^es and Querits (see 
Indexes) ; cf. Baring-Gould Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (187a) Z2sqq, 

269. 3a. For Oodrington see also Rawl. J. 4<». a. 77 sqq. On July as. 1710 Matthew 
Hutton wrote (Ballard xxxv. 77) : * A few such Legac^s as Col. Codringtons would 
make your Colledges Palaces, Sc your Fellows never able to live in a country Parson- 
age house.* 

260. 14 sqq, "W. WUttixiglism (i 534-1579), Dean of Durham 1563. ^etAthenae 
i. 446; Index to Strype; Hutchinson*s Hist, of Durham ii. 143 x^f. He translated 
iiye of the Psalms (inc. the 119th) in *• Stemhold and Hopkins.* Antony Bek was 
Bp. of Durham ia84-i3i i. For his life and character it is sufficient to refer to Canon 
Creighton*s article in the Diet, of Nat, Biog. iv. 134 sqq. 

The second wife of Henry Somerset Duke of Bsaiifort was Lady Rachel Baptist 
Noel, d. of the £. of Gainsborough. His first wife (d. 1705) was Lady Maxy Sack- 
Tille, d. of the Earl of Dorset. In 171 1 he m. thirdly the d. of the Duke of Leeds. 
His untimely death in 17 14, when he who ' had often been too hard for the strongest 
Liquors, fell a Sacrifice to the weakest,' throu^ taking a draught of oat-ale when over- 
heated, is familiar to readen of the Ufe ofKadeliffe, — Bobt. Thwaites was Master 
of BalL 1451-61 ; < he was Chancellor of Uie University, Dean of Aukland, and gave 
several MSS. to the Library of this College* (Wood-Gutch). For the family of 
Thwaites, see Marshall Genealogist's Guide 608. 

260. 46. For John Bansbnry see Athenae ii. 58 (Dr. Bliss gives extracts from the 
probably unique copy in Bodley) ; N. Fitzherbert*s {Ath. ii. 120) Oxon, Acad, Descr, 
was reprinted by Heame in Leland*s Itin. vol. ix, and Leonard Hutten's {Ath, ii 53a) 
Dissertation was printed by the same editor in Textus Roffensis a 75 sqq, 

261. II. Wanley himself writes to Charlett, Nov. 10, 1708 (Ballard xiii. 7a) : < As 
to your conferring with M'. Dean of Christ-church about my Intention of Publishing 
an account of the life of Cardinal Wolsey, I return you many Thanks. But if my 
Intentions shall have the Honor of his Approbation, I shall go much &rther than the 
setting of Cavendish in his own true light. For that Author was not made privy to 
very many important Affairs which concem*d his Master, or pass*d thro* his hands : 
and whidi have not been fully set forth (for ought I haVe yet found) to this day. 
When the Parliament sitt*s, I will not fail to wait on M'. Dean with my Book, and 
crave the benefit of his Advice thereupon.* 

264. a. The following passage has been accidentally omitted : — ' Bostonus Buriensis 
a Vossio dtatus de Hist. Lat. p. 365. 489. — Florentius Vigomiensis Chronicon ex 
Chronids ab initio mundi usque ad an. D. 11 18. composuit. Alius continuavit usque 
ad an. 11 63. Utrumque e bibliotheca sua primus publicavit Guilielmus Howardus, 
nobilis Anglus : cujus nomen memorari debet in Catalogo Bodlejano.* 

264. 46. There is a good deal of truth in this account of the Battle of MalpUKLuet, 
Marlborough's last great victory. It is described by the Duke himself as ' a very 
murdering battle.* ' I believe there never was a battle,* he writes, * in which there 
has been so many killed and wounded as in this, for there are very few prisoners, 
considering the greatness of this action.* 'There never was a battle of so many 
regular troops in which there was so great a slaughter on both sides.* ' I believe it 
the chief cause of my illness, to see so many brave men killed with whom we have 
lived these eight years, when we thought ourselves sure of a peace.* Marlborough 
Corr. ii 363 sqq,^ 380 sqq. See also Taller Nos. 63, 64. For a discussion of Marl- 
borough's conduct at the Desertion, see Saintsbury Marlborough (* English Worthies * 
Series) a6 sqq, 

264. 45. A copy of the Sylloge in the Bodleian has MS. additions and corrections 
by the author. Christopher "Wren (1675 -1747) was M.P. for Windsor 171 a and 
1 714. He collected a great part of the materials afterward pub. by his son Stephen 
under the title of Parentalia, See particulars of his Life in L. Phillimore's Sir 
Christopher Wren : his Family and his Times. I must demur to the statement {op, 
eit. p. 78) that Dr. Wallis 'was employed by the Parliament to decipher the King's 
cabinet of letters taken at Naseby.* Dr. Wallis's denial of the story is printed in 
Heame*s ed. of Peter Langtofk's Chronicle^ with the explanation that no deciphering 
at all was required. The following characteristic letter from Dr. Wallis to Charlett 
(Ballard xxiv. 3, Feb. 1699) has not, so fiar as I am aware, been yet printed : — 
' . . . I thank you also for yo' news & could not but be surprised a little y^ three men 

VOL. n. 6 g 



450 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

tU so iiuiioiise in their generatioiis as those yon :meiition A: of so difeent (^wdoos 
shonld goe out of j* world all together ; if they should meet, how they would wonder 
to see Siemselves in y* same place there« & to meet so pnnctoally at y* same time; 
for I suppose y* old Master will goe directiy to his place without touching at poiga- 
tory, haiong had so long a time to repent, & dense himself; besides being a peisoa 
of so many & great merits, he may be so courtiouse, as to take all y* company ji^ took 
their exits at y* same time along with him y* direct road by applying some of his 
supexnumerary good works to them if they want any, for it w^<^ loock a little churlish io 
a fellow txavailler to break company, & so fare them well, for I doe not intend to 
follow them yet, thoi^h I cannot get on my shoe. I had rather ccmtinue ignorant 
now they agree this affair, y^ could neaver agree hear in any thing, then goe to tee.* 

265. 17. I do not find that the Chevalier distinguished himself at Malplaqoet. For 
his conduct at Ondenarde, see Swift's Works (1814), x. 435 sqq. <To a steeple on 
hig^ The battle to spy. Up mounted these clever young men ; But when fircon the 
spire, They saw so muoi fire, Most cleverly canoe down again,* &c. 

267. 45. Lord Weymouth wrote to Charlett June 4, 1708 (Ballard x. 40) : 'I finde 
by y Cata[lo]gue y« BfJ. of Worcesters Booke is still sub Prelo ; w<* shews it does 
not sudare with it, noe more, than the Author in finishing it.* 

271. 37. For Wood's criticisms on Savage and his Battiofergus^ see Athenai iL 
957 m- 

278. 5. Strong measures were adopted by Parliament this year with the object dL 
lowering the pnce of com. Tanner writes to Charlett firom Norwidi Dec 14, 1705 
(Ballard iv. 54) : — ' Our Farmers and Countrey Gentlemen that have their Estates in 
their own hands having reckon'd upon great prices for their Com, are much out of 
humour w^^ the Parliam* for hindring its Exportation, yf^ has almost sunk the price 
to half what it was befote. They alleged in their Petition to y* H. of C. that theic 
was 5 times the Quantity of Barley and Oates produced here last year, than this City 
and County can consume — that *tis a discouragem* to their breaking up and improving 
their barren Ground — and that twas the export of Com that supplied this Countzy 
w^ ready money to pay the, Queen and Landlord. They have exported some yeas 
at y* single port of Yarmouth near looooo Lasts of all sorts of Grain — ^w^ produced 
always ready money. But on the other hand the deadness of trade and the deamess 
of Com press'd the poor of this City as much as other places ; and the Mob begun to 
play some unlucky tricks, in w°^ 'twas thought they were underhand conntenanc*d by 
the Brewers, who have a g* share in the Magistracy of this town.* 

273. 6. I9'eale*8 {Aihenae i. 576) Topographical Delincatum was published by 
Heame 17 13 at the toA. of DodweU De Parma equestri DissertoHo. The illustratioas 
likewise appear in the Ectypa Varic^ and the whole work was reproduced by photo* 
lithography in i88a. 

273. 27. Heame*s etymology of belfry is of course, though ancient, uttedy unhit- 
torical : see New English Dictionary p. 781. 

277. 4. For Bobt. Vludd, see Athenac u. 618. 



VOIi-XZII. 

Page 280. line 40. For cample, cosfrel, emps piece, and bis/fei see Halliwell's Archmk 
Dictionary. Of these etymologies of Thwaites's, * the less is said the better.* — Thoa. 
Bawlinaon (eldest brother of Dr. Richard Rawlinson), 1681-1725, was a great book- 
collector, and a last friend and correspondent of Heame's. We shall hear much of 
him in the sequel. He is said to be the original of Addison*s ' Tom Folio ' ( Tatler 
Nos. 158, 160 with Nichols* notes). Atterbury dedicated a Sermon to his &ther 
Sir T. Rawlinson, Lord Mayor of London 1706 {^Ep. Corr, i. 395). 

284. 8. For Higden and the answers to his book, see Lathbury Sist, of the Nm- 
jurors 22^ sqq. 

285. 3. A long extract firom the Servitour is given in Wordsworth SocieU Li^ loi 
sqq. It contains ad init. a reference to the Trinity troubles : ' Of Oxford Act, and 
Doctors bantered ; | A Master that Expulsion ventur*d ;' and sums up thus : ' A clever 
Servitour*s a Fiction, | Tlie Words imply a Contradiction : | For think of all yon can 



NOT£S TO VOLUME XXII. 451 

in Fools, I Meer Bumpkin^ and the meaneit Soah, | Ridieoloot, and 'twill concur, | la 
thii its Center, Strvitour* We may quote here Ehr. Johnson's criticism of Maittttire*8 
Vitae SUphanorum (Boswell's Lift, ann. tjBo ad inii,) : < Maittaixe's account of the 
Stephani is a very heayy book. He seems to have been a pnzzle-headed man, with 
a large share of sdiolarship, but with little geometiy or logick in his head, without 
method, and pooessed of little genips. He wrote Ladn vcises from time to time, and 
published a set in his old age, which he called Senilia ; in whidi he diews so little 
learning or taste in writing; as to make Carteret a dactyL' 

285. 35. On the sabject of the Imitatio, tiie well-known Captain Hatton [both 
Dr. Bliss and Mr. Kettlewell misprint ' Hatton*] writes (Ballard xxxiii. 11), May 31, 
1707 : ' And pardon me, if I now acquaint you tiiat I was very much surprised, that 
in y* note you sent me, you was pleased to say, you was mad to find Obadiah Walker 
mentioned in a letter of mine in Print — I assure you 8^ I was very much displeas*d when 
I saw y* letter made Publick. Not that I had therin mcntion'd his name, But not 
in y least suspecting M' Lee wou*d haue prijited it ; I had writ it in a very loos and 
negligent stile. As for M' Obadiah Walker, tho I as sealously disaprone (as any 
man can") his Popish Tenents, and Practises* yet I must erer declare, that I thought 
him to be (what he was and is generally reputed) a very learned man. And in a 
Point of learning w«^ had no reguard to y* Popish religion, I thinke it ao greater 
a crime in me to cite him than it wou*d be in you to owne y^ you had been aquainted 
w*^ Abendana^ y* Jew, and had had fsmiliar confierenoes w*^ hina, and discours*d him 
in some points of learning. And truly bad you y self enquired of me what I had ever 
heard relating to y* Controversy who was Author of y* Booke de Imitatione Christi* 
I should not haue thought it any offence to haue cited M' Walkers opinion, w^ I 
cou'd scarce refrayn mentioning, for I never knew any man more oonvefsant thoia 
than he was. He was at Paris at y* time when it was moat warmly debated, had aa 
intimate aquaintanoe w^ y* famed Naudseus and other y* cheif msmacers therin. And 
I have ther at my father's House heard him, and D' Qoatreman an ^iglish Benedictin 
Monke (who had signalis'd himself in y^ dispute) with some eagerness debate whither 
Thomas a Kempis or Gessen was author of the Booke de Imitatione Christi. Having 
given you this account of y* knowledge I had how conversant M' Walker had been 
m y^ controversy, I suppose 'twill be a sufficient Apology y* I cited him, when I haH 
occasion to mention it, especially when several others (upon y* hint I £aue) who are 
with you in Oxford haue justify'd what he said.' See Kettlewell Aulhorship of the 
* De Imitatione* 90 sqq., 115 sqq,^ &c. 

286. a a. Another member of the feunilv is mentioned by Tanner (Ballard iv. 5^) 1 
' I can't tell whether I ever gave you this hint out of the Ixistitution book of B' Smith 
of Lincoln. Dominus Gregorius Charkt presbiter institutus in EccL de Harpeden 
{Archid, Oxon.) ad praesentationem Geo, Forster Mil, 10. Aug, 1511.' 

286. aS. There is an account of Archibald Fitcaime (i65a-i7i3) hi Chalmers. 
He had published before this time his Dissertationes medicae (advertised in the Flying 
Post Sept ia-15, 1 713, a copy of which is in Ballard xxix. 136), &c Ruddiman 
brought out in 1727 Selecta Poemata Archibaldi Pitcaimii et aliorum, I possess 
some of his Latin poems printed on broadsides and some in MS. ; they are chiefly 
remarkable for ttoeir Jacobite sentiments, and are, it must be owned, * paullo obscu- 
riora.' The Bobertua Oraiua to whom this poem is addressed is possibly Robert 
Gray, M.D., F.R.C.S. 1687, d. ante 1701 (Munk Roll of the CoUeze of Physicians i. 
454). See Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides (ed. Dr. G. Birkbeck Hill) 58 ; Kemble 
State Papers and Corresp, 319. 

289. 17. Diyden, it will be remembered, took Oharlaton's side in this controversy. 
See hb Imes, ' To my honoured friend. Dr. Charleton, on his learned and useinl works ; 
but more particularly his treatise of Stonehenge, by him restored to the true Founder ^ 
(1663):- 

< Through you, the Danes, thefr diort domimon lost, 
A longer conquest than the Saxons boast 
Stonehenge, once thought a temple, you have found 
A throne, where kings, our eartnly gods, were crowned.' 
For a description of Stonehenge in i66a, see Ray's Itisuraries 50a sq, ; he counted 
94 stones in alL Cf. Guest Origines Celticae ii. an sqq, 

289. 37. Many paiticulan of the BlBtobs will be found in Nichols' Literary Amoo* 
1 For Abeodana im Tanner xzL 1x6. 

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45ii HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

dotes and Anecdotes ofBowyer. There are letters from Wm. Elstob in Ballaxd xtH. 
32 sqq,^ and from Eli^beth in xliii. 1-51 (7 and 3a contain biographies of hendf aznl 
her brother respectively). The book here mentioned is well printed, and one of the 
copper>plate initials contains a portrait of Miss Elstob. Swift alludes to her in TalUr 
63, as ' a certain lady, who is now publishing two of the choicest Saxon nords, wliich 
are said to have been in as great repute with the ladies of Qaeen Emma's oomt, as 
the Memoirs from the New Atalantis are with those of oon.* Nichols remarks oa this 
passage : ' She certainly was the first of her country-women who, in the prime of life 
and the bloom of beauty, enga^ in the frightful study of the obsolete Anglo-Saxoa 
language and northern antiquities. It is probable, says Mr. Pc^gge, that she will also 
be the last' See Tatier (ed. Nichols) v. 395; Index to Tanner MSS., and to 
Thoresby's Diary and Corresp. ; Rawl. J. 40. a. 2}fi sqq.^ fo. 17. 93 sqq. 

290. 37. Hickes, in his letters preserved in Vol. xii. of the Ballard MSS., re- 
peatedly expresses his obligations and gratitude to Charlett It is clear that Chadett 
was very urgent for preferment after the change of Ministry ; see e.g. Dr. Arbothnot's 
letters to Um on toe subject (Ballard xxiv. 65 j^., Sept 14 and 18, 171a); Lord 
Weymouth (Ballard xxxvi. 6, Jan. 16, 17 n) recommended him to the Archbp. of 
York for the Deanery of Ripon, but His Grace had already obtained it for one of his 
chaplains; and letters from W. Bromley {ib, xxxviii. 89 sqq,) assure him of speedy 
promotion, which, however, never came. There were many rumours of his trimming 
about this time: his cousin W. Bishop wrote (Feb. 14, 1710; xxxi 55), that there 
was great talk at London that ' C. and others in his post at Oxford were shifting sides 
in hopes to recommend themselves to the Low Church* and that interest,' and adds 
sharp expostulations ; but in his next letter, of Feb. ao, Bishop expresses his joy at 
receiving C.'s explanation, and states that the chief informant against the Oxfofd 
heads was Lord Abingdon. 

291. 10 sqq. Watts alludes to this tract in his letter of Jan. 8, 1711 (Ballard xxv. 47). 

292. I. The author of this very unedifying work is familiar to all readers of Swift, 
and of the Tatier \ see Nichols* ed. L 394, 413 ; ii. 331 ; v. 61 sa.^ 311, 448, and vL 
330. See also Steele's Corresp. i. 374 ; Luttrell vi. 505 sqq,, 546. Mrs. Manley's friend- 
ship with Swift, and her intimacy, quarrel and reconciliation with Steele, have pre- 
served her memory. The New Atalantis is mentioned in the Duchess of Marl- 
borough's Corresp, i. 336 j^^. King (ii. 134) speaks of 'the fluency of its style, and 
the tenderness of its love-expressions.' It is mildly described as 'a satire on the 
Whigs,' by De Morgan Newton : his Friend: and his Niece^ who has some curious 
remarks about her. But hardly anything can be wider of the mark than Heame's 
criticism of the New Atalantis at p. 397, that ' it is carried on under all the semblance 
of virtue.' 

292. 36. The Oxford Decree in favour of Passive Obedience and Non-resistance 
was published July ai, 1683, the day of Lord William Russell's execution. It is said 
to have embittered the last da3rs of Algernon Sydney. An English translation ap- 
peared immediately after its publication, and was reprinted in 1710 as an answer 
to Hoadly Of the Original of Government ; and it was followed in the same year by 
University Loyalty^ &c, a comment upon it from the Whig point jpf view. There is 
a good account of the Decree in the Life of Kettlewell 68 sqq. Tjie Dean of Glou- 
cester (Dr. Jane) is mentioned as the author, and a summary history of the Decree 
given, in An Account of Mr, Parkinsons Expulsion from the University of Oxford in 
the late Times (1689) 17. See the epigram on Jane (Janus bifrons) in Wordswortii 
Social Life 605 sq,^ and Amherst Terrae Filius 2S sq, Cf. Cunningham /fist, ii. a86. 

298. aa. For Dr. Whitford, see Athenae i. 13a sqq. ; and for the early English 
translations of the Imitatio Kettlewell 498 sqq. 

There is a very interesting account of Le Clerc's ed. of the Fragments of Menander 
and Philemon, and the bitter controversy to which it gave rise, in Monk's Life of 
Bentley L 367 sqa : ' This work, the demerits of which have never been paralleled, is dedi- 
cated to the Eaxl of Shaftesbuiy, author of the Characteristia,^ Bentley's reply, pub- 
lished under the name of ' Phileleutherus Lipsiensis,' was completed on Dec 13, 1709. 

295. a8. Heame has no direct mention of the B.N.C. difficulty in connexion with 
Dr. Meare, which had caused Dr. Wake, Bp. of Lincoln and Visitor of B.N.C., great 
aearchings of heart Wake's letters (Bollard iii. 48 x^^.) contain a good deal of in- 
formation on this matter. Feb. 15, 1709, he writes that he would not think of re- 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXIL 453 

moying the Principal of B.N.C. merely on account of the infirmities of his age, and 
has no regard either to Dr. Smith or to the V. P. March a a, 1700 : ' I suppose before 
this you mive had a full account of the very strange behaviour of some of the fellows 
of Brasen-nose College towards me. As soon as they gave me an ace* of the death 
of their Vpr. I wrote to the Sen' fellow to call the Seniors together ; & to offer y"^ my 
help, by a favourable Interpretation of their Stat, de Electione Vprincip. to proceed 
to a Choice, w***^ as their Statute now stands they could not make. Iney refused to 
accept my kindness ; they elected w^ut it ; Ag* the protestation of their Brethren, 
& after y« Senior domiis had dissolved the Meeting.* April 5, ' I am still at a losse 
to guesse why Men who seem to have so much desired a new Vice-principall, should 
have refused my offer of putting y™ in a way to chuse one, that would have been 
w**"out controversie.' April 19. * I blesse God I got safe hither with my family on 
Fryday last : I was the very next day applied to from four of the senior fellows of 
Br. Nose College in a new case, w*'^ I confesse gives me some trouble. It is that of 
a fellows going out of Town, to let another into the Seniority to vote for him, in the 
concern of a College office, in w«^ He is expresly forbidden to Vote for Himselfe. I 
make no difficulty but y* this b so directly contrary to the Statute of Election ; to the 
founders Intention, & even the fellows Oath ; y* it ought by all meanes to be pre- 
vented for the future. But how shall we know whether a fellow absents himselfe for 
this purpose ? Shall his absence on such Occasions be a sufficient presumption ag* 
Him? I wish you w<* advise w*** some of y*" Civilians on that point, & let me know 
their opinion. For, indeed, if somew* be not done for this unfortunate College, it 
will I doubt come to mine.* May i a : < I am obliged to you for Dr. Bouchiers opinion 
in the case of Brasen nose College. The D' is certamly in the right y* there is no 
Occasion for the Visitors taking notice of the ill practice there mentioned, till he is 
call'd to do it : But, I think, I told you y* I feared I should be called, by an appeal 
from the College, to settle this great point : And indeed thus far they are in the 
right, (w** I doubt you are none of you aware of) y* if they do not settle it before 
a new Election, & the same trick should be play'd y™ again, the Visitor cannot help 
V™ afterwards ; nor vacate the Election upon such an ace*. For He is expresly forbid, 
by Statute, to look into the method of the Election ; but must take it meerly as it is, 
by the majority of the Seniors, presented to Him ; and confirm it in so many days, 
or it will stand good w**»out his Approbation.* Finally, July ay : *1 should be glad 
to know how the principall of Brasen-Nose do*s : I suppose M'. Freeman's going off, 
will put an end to all disputes about his successor.* In iv. 51 (June 10, 1709) Tanner 
expresses himself ' heartily glad the Bp of line has hit on those measures at B.N.C. 
which are thought right by the wise and good part of the University.' 

297. 10. Heame's remark recalls Dr. Johnson's observation, ' Leslie was a reasoner, 
and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against * (anno 1 784), and the remarks of 
Johnson's friend Psalmanazar {Memoirs 2^ sq,). Surely Johnson's insinuation against 
the character of the Nonjurors generally, reported by Boswell, under date of March a7, 
1775, was merely due to a desire of an argumentative victory at the moment — The 
second Iiord Olarendon is well known to us by his Diary and Correspondence. It 
speaks volumes for his honesty, that after holding all but the highest offices of State, 
he died poor. His son, Edw. Lord Combury, described by LuttreU as ' now a prisoner 
for debt at New York,' d. 1733. 

298. a. In Ballard xvii. 34 sqq. are letters from J. Anstis to Charlett in the matter 
of this claim of J. Nourse. In 34, Anstis proposes that his own collections on the 
subject should be printed at Nourse's expense ; (35) he has sent Mr. N. to Judge 
Powell ; (37) he encloses a letter from the Archbp. of Cant., reading ceteris paribus, 
instead oi principaliter et ante omnes. In (38) he states that N. has appesded. * Upon 
this Appeal I thought it not amisse for Mr. Nourse to intimate the same to his Grace 
by an Epistle, insisting on his right, which I drew for him yesterday morning, as on 
the other side, which pray do not shew to any saving Dr. Clarke & Dr. Code ; His 
Grace received him bv telling him that if he had not more ingenuity than manners He 
was not fitt, (though he never read over his Epistle 8c with difficulty received it) And 
used the poor Gentleman ... in such a manner as is too long & not fitt for me to 
repeat ; Dale went with him, and lost his Noble Courage, though upon his asking 
wherein was the defect of good manners, the answer was, that he had brought him 
a packet of letters, whereas he called Ciod 8c men to witnesse no recommendation 
diottld have any effea on him, and run on on caetcris parjbus &c. which diews he 



454 MEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

hmd not read the StAtntes.* The later histoiy of the ' Foondcr^s kin * coutie fc tiy is 
fnllj told by Prof. Borrows in IVorthiis of All Souls 406 sqq, 

800. 10. See the interesting Life of Bp. Barlow hi the Diet, of Nat, Bu>g, liL SS4 
sqq. He ' resided so constantly at the episcopal palace at Bnckden, near Hmitingdon» 
and was so little seen in other parts of the diocese, that he was contemptaonsly styled 
the " Bishop of Bngden,** and charged with never having entered his cathedraL*— 
Dr. Marshall, the Orientalist, was Rector of Lincoln 1673-1685.— /Va^m>tMff seems 
to have been an equivalent for *■ reprobation * in Calvinistic theology. Richardson 

a notes Whitby On the Five Points Dis. i. Introd. : * They on whom God hath passed 
lis act of reprobation, or of preterition, may believe and repent, and therefore may 
be 8aved.*~On the Library of Balliol ColL, see Wood-Gntch ColUges and Ham 
89 sqq. 

801. 30. On the arms of Canterbiuy and York, see Notes and Queries ist S. 
▼iii. 34,. Ill, 30a. 

808. 3a. Dr. Savage is anzions to explain that the inscriptions above given do not 
leuretent the high-water mark of Balliol latinity at the time, and adds (p. 7a) : ' The 
islse Metre and Gnunmar, is not to be ascribed to the ignorance of the times (which 
prodnoed to numy Learned Men, even in this CoUedge, Ubi tunc tempcris nobiUum 
Juvenum corona Celebris renascentem imbibebat eloqiuntiam . . .) bat to the Glazicis 
or othen^ who composed sach as these according to their own understanding, or soioe 
traditional Conceptions. There's one Marble Grave-stone in the Chnrch of St« 
^urien, near the Lands-end in Comwal, which having a Cross on it, the Feopls 
take it to be some Deans Grave-stone (for the Parson is now call'd Dean of Burtem^ 
and it had once Prebendaries too, as Mr. Camden writes) but that it*s no soch 
matter, that which is engraven in the border thereof, doth sufficiently testifie : The 
tiue reading thereof may be this, Clarie la femme Geffrei/De Bolleit ' gist icy, /Dieu 
de Fame ayet mercie I Qui prient pour Fame aurontfDix jour de pardon en ce momd\ 
I shewing my Transcription to a Gentleman a Roman Catholick, and an Antiquary, 
asked him, Who promised that ten days of pardon to whomsoever should pray for 
her soul ? He answered. That it was a traditional thing, and ad pUuUum sculpioris^ 
who might have put 100 days as well as ten, had he pleased : The Application is 
easie.* 

808. 44. Dr. Kennedy published a woric on Carausius and Allectos, and a gold 
coin of the latter, in I'jffi {Lit, Anecd, iL 383); and in the same year P. C. Webb 
printed A Short Account of Dasugeld, The Danageld ' from 11 63 ceased to sroear 
as a distinct item of account in the Pipe Rolls * (Stubbs Const, Hist. i. sat), llirae 
brass coins of Allectus bearing a trireme on the reverse are entered by Wise in his 
Catalogue of Coins in the Bodleian p. 81. Cf. Akerman Coins of the Romans relating 
to Britain 146 sqq. : * The most common [reverse] is that with a galley filled with 
rowers, and the legends Laetitia Avg., and Virits Ave, the latter l^end being 
most nequent. A ship was the favourite type for a state among the Romans. . . 
The Laetitia is an empty compliment to the self-created emperor whose vessel 
soon foundered. When the Virtvs accompanies this type, it would appear to 
denote that Allectus felt conscious of the advantage he possessed, in the fleet which 
guarded the shores of his island.' Cf. L 139. 

804. 48. The Vicar of Battersea at this time was the Rev. Nathaniel Gower, 
instituted Oct. ao, 1701, on the presentatioQ of Sir Walter St. John, died at Bath 
I7a7, set 59 (Manning and Bray Surrey [1814] iii 341). 

806. 8. We are fortunate in ponessing a plan to tiie 'mighty maze * of literatnre, or 
rather of printed matter, bearing on the trial of Saohe^erell in Mr. Madan*s BibHo- 
graphy (Oxford : Printed for the author, 188^). The main facts of the case^ and the 
marvellous change in English policy of which it was the occasion, are univenally 
familiar. Heame's view of the Doctor—tinged, it is clear, by personal feeling — is 
nnifonnly un&vourable, and it is throughout Vtat cause, and not the man, that attracts 
his sympsthy. Some account of David Jones, with whom he is here compared, has 
been given in the note on p. 18, 1. 36 supra. In Dr. King's Vindication of the Rev, 
Dr, H. Sachevertll in answer to Bisset's Modem Fanatuk (King's Works, iL 949) 

1 BolUit is a place in that Parish, which I had occasioD to know, accompanying some Frioods that 
have Esutes in the Parish. (Savage). 
> C£ CamdMi Britmmim {U, Gough 1769) vol L pkle 1. 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXIIL 455 

'Whig' uks : *■ Bat pray was not this Sermon of the Doctor's "a common hack at 
Oxford,** as Bisset affirms, p. 31 7 * To which < Torv * replies : ' I have indeed heard 
the Doctor preach upon the same subject at Oxford some years before he preadied 
at St Panics ; but two thirds of the Sermon, at least, were new, and suited to the 
occasion of the day on which he preach'd ... I do think the Clergy have the same 
liberty in their Sermons, as the Queen has by law in her Fleet ; they may build upon 
the old Keels, and keep themselves within the Statute.* This Sermon was preadied 
at St Mary's, Dea 23, 1705 (vol. i. p. 138). The facts of Sacheverell's career are 
to be found in Rawl. J. 4^ i. 88 (with engraving of medal), a. 139 sqq, ; 3. 372 ; 
fol. ai. 94 j^^. 

808. 3. There are many mentions of Oagnier in the Ballard Letters. For the 



Learning, to accept of y* employm* on those terms above mentioned [48^! per annum], 
and if at any time you dislike him, I will willingly receive him again. It is y^ \sic\ 
translated ifengorion & publisht his venion wi£ very learned Notes ; w^ will be of 
great Use against y* Jews, when they come to be considerd as they deserve.* In the 
next letter, Nov. 10, 17 10, we find Gagnier still with the Bishop, having ten pupiU 
and £20 a year. See also RawL J. 4^ i. 157, fol. 17. 155. 

809. 23. There was a second ed. of this book in the following year in The Secret 
History of the four last Monarchs (8vo). 

810. 13. For Ghurter-Bings see W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 193 (quoting Ash- 
mole's History of the Order of the Garter), 

818. 19. Bisset published Remarks on Dr, Sacheverelts Sermon (1709), which 
provoked replies from ' Amiens * and Wm. Jones (Madan, ~ ~ 



*reirs Sermon (1700), which 
1, Nos. 37 /yf.) ; and, in 1710, 
^. King (Nos. 130 sqq.\ In 



The Modem Fanatiek, which was answered by Dr. W. King (Nos. 130 j 
1 71 1 the town was amused by Mr, Bissefs Recantation in a letter to the Rev, Dr, 
Henry Sacheverell, which was a forsery of Dr. King's, aided, as in the Vindication^ 
hj C. Lambe and Dr. SachevereU. He was also introduced in A Dialogue between 
Dr, Henry Sach — ell and Mr, William B—sset^ written secundum usum Billingsgate^ 
1 71 1 (No. 198). Bisset was Rector of Whiston, Northamptonshire, and d. 1747 : see 
King's Works it i8z, and Life in Diet, of Nat, Biog. v. 102. 

818. 43. For the significance of the Warden's action with regard to Blencow^, see 
Burrows Worthies of All Souls 347-363. Sir J. Blencowe (1642-17 26) m. Anne, 
eldest d. of Dr. Wallis. His third son, William (1683-171 2), was histructed by Dr. 
Wallis in the art of deciphering. See their Lives in the Dut. of Nat, Biog. iv. 210 sq. ; 
also Ballard vi. if, 25 ; xx. 39 ; xxiv. 6 (endorsed ' Dr. Wallis to the A:^, of Cant 
Sept aa, 1700^ ... an Autograph of his & copy'd by D'. Charlett & sent to A. Bp. 
of Cant, in bis own name ab^ y* art of Deciphering & teaching young M'. Blencowe 
of All Souls Coll & Son to y* late S' John Blencoe Judge of f Common Pleas 
Westm'.' 

VOII.XXIIL 

Page 818, line i. There is an allusion to this fire in a letter of John Johnson in Bal- 
lard XV. 49 (Dec. 16, 1709) : he laments the loss of Exeter College Library, but blesses 
that Providence which preserved the Bodleian. See also Oxoniana iv. aa4. 

824. 6. William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, d. at Bulstrode, Bucks, Nov. a 3, 1709, 
in the 6ist year of his age. 

827. I. Brcuenose Ale Verses, These verses, still annually produced on the limited 
subject of ' Brasenose Ale,' are one of the most curious customs of the University. 
The usage is probably at least as old as the 17th century, and at first the poem was 
made and reated on Shrove Tufiday by the Butler of the College, who received £^ for 
them : in this century the habit has been to have them written by undergraduates, pnnted 
by the Butler, and distributed in Hall. The verses preserved by Heame are the 
earliest copy known, and must be even earlier than 1 70J) (cf. L 19), inasmuch as Edward 
Shipperv was Butler from 1659 ^ ^l^b ^^1' Collections of the verses were privateW 
printed in 1857 and 1878, the latter containing the copies for 1806, 181 1, 1815— 16, 

1 To this point the endorsement is Charlett's ; the rest is by Rawlins. 



456 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

1820—31, 1834, 1826—77, besides the one here quoted. See the introduction to the 
latter edition (by Thomas Humphry Ward, M.A.) and the Saturday Review^ Dec 28, 
1878. [F. M.] 

827. 39. John Dolmen was the son of the Archbp. of York (1683— 1686) of his 
names. He was M.P. for Liskeard, and was a disciple of Bp. Trelawny in matteis 
ecclesiastical (Nicolson Ep, Corr, 376). There are some savage attacks on him in 
W?u^ and Tory (i) 5, 9, 11, 14, 38 ; (iii) 19, (iv) 37. Among these are two elegies 
on his death at Epsom, May 38, 17 10. In The History of the Imp — nt, the question 
is asked: 

' Was the Doctor less touch*d in his Brain, 
To stuff his Discourse with Gun-powder; 

Or Do-hen, who fir'd the Train, 

And made it bounce louder and louder?* 
W. W. Wilkins, Political Ballads ii. 84, quotes the following epitaph upon him : — 
' Under this marble lies the dust Of Dolben John, the chaste and just : Reader, read 
softly, I beseech ye. For if he wakes, he*ll straight impeach ye ! * 

827. 47. There is an article on Dean 8tanhope*8 Common-place Book in the 
Saturday Review, May 15, 1886, pp. 670 sqq. He died 1738, aged 68, and couM 
hardly be said to have reached < old age in 1709. 

828. 44. The hero of the Bangorian controversy was at this time only 33 jtax% 
of age, and was known in literature by his tracts against Calamy, his atUdc 00 
Atterbury on the subject of the latter's funeral sennon on Bennett the bookseller, his 
political sennon, and his apology for the views set forth in it There is a parody 
of Bp. Blackairs reply to Hoadly in TatUr Nos. 44, 50. &c. (with Nichols* Notes). 
See also Life of Calamy ii. 335 ; Dunton*s Life and Errors 671 ('He is distin- 
guished by a lite that's clean. His answering Blackall is his only stain ') ; Life of 
Kennett 165 sqq.\ Letters by Hughes &c. i. 51, 154, 389; Memoirs of Whiston 343, 
Whig and Tory 7 (* A cripprd Priest, whose Intellects are lame As his Supporters *) 
&c. For Offspring Blackall, Bp. of Exeter 1708— 17 16, see the Di^t, of Nat. Biog. 
V. 117. 

832. 9. Prickett, the hero of the poem printed voL i. p. 107 sqq, of this edition, 
frequently appears in the Ballard Corresp. from Jan. 29, 1698 onward, xxzviii. 8 
is a letter from him, giving an account of a disturbance at St. Peter's in the East 
(1703); see also v. 70, 100-103, and W. Bishop's letters in zxxi (133 contains a 
request * to desire Mr. Prickett to send in a Gally-Pot, 4 or 6 p* of Your best Oxfoid 
Sossages, if the Wheather permit'; and 134 a statement that <Mr. Prickett* accusa- 
tion of selling Candles is in every-ones mouth here, y* converses with Oxford.*). Mr. 
Prickett cleiued himself to Charlett*s satisfaction in the matter of the candles. In 
C. Usher's Letter (1699) ^^ appears in company with Wanley the Servitor [alias the 
informer^, Dennison (Usher's successful competitor), and Mr. Woods, A.B. ; and their 
* cabals m the cellar' are mentioned. Usher seems to admit that he described Prickett 
as * Pimp-master-general to the Lodgings.* W. Bishop (Ballard xxxL 33) mentions 
< the mighty potent Mr. Prickett' In Ballard xvi. 19 (1693) W. Smith describes how 
' We new thatchd M** Prickett at Henley 8c obliged him to appear & converse in 
y^ disguise all day on Thursday ; But y'* was a Storm rose y* night at home y* blew 
away all o*" pains, and retumd him back to his silver hairs y* next morning.' In 
xxi. 81 T. Cockman humbly begs that Charlett would order Mr. P. to get a Preacher 
for him. 

833. I. The Rev. O. Flazton was presented by Ld. Gower to the rectory of Ber- 
wick-in-Elmet, near Leeds, in 1703 (Atkinson KcUph Thoresby L 430); llioresby^s 
Diary i. 434, &c. In 171 3, T. ' called to see parson Plaxton's grandmother [?], aged 
88, vet cant to admiration.* ' Notwithstanding his jocular temper and satiriad wit, 
(which displeaseth some and pleaseth many,) he b very commendably serious and 
industrious in his cure, and hath brought his parish to an excellent order* {Diary 
ii. 187). Many of his letters, which leave a most pleasing impression of the vrriter, 
are printed in Thoresby's Corresp, vol. ii. Some further particulars of his life, with 
refs., are given In Atterbury Ep, Corr, ii. 56 n. — For Sir T. Iiittleton, Speaker 
1698-1699, see Manning Lives of the Speakers 400 sqq,\ Burnet Ovm Time (1823) 
i. 403 sq. Sec He held the Treasurerehip of the Navy from 1699 ^^ ^* death, — ^To 
the refs. to Bp. Lloyd already given may be added Tessopp Dtocesan Hist, of Nor^ 
wick 310 sqq,; Life of Kettlewell 429; D'Oyly's Life of Sancroft, diap. xi. The 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXIIL 457 

date of his death is wrongly given as Jan. 30 in Lathbniy History of the Nonjurors 
309 ^91* 

834. 37. SacheTerell*8 ref. to Orindal called forth a tract of 30 pp. entitled A Brief 
and True Character and Account of Edmund Grindal, D,D, sometime Archbishop of 
Canterbury^ published to rectify some Misapprehensions taken up of that most Reverend 
and Godly Prelate Sic. (1710). — There is a life of Sir Hans Bloane in Edwards' 
Lives of the Founders of the British Museum i. 274 sqq, Charlett's letters to him 
are preserved in MS. Sloane 4040, and some of his replies to Charlett in Ballard 
aodv (38-50). 

886. 37. The history of Bp. Merks afterward attracted considerable attention from 
controversialists: see Life of Kennett 143, 161, 163. 'That great Lay Dictator,* 
Mr. D[odwell], had years before expostulated with Bp. Frampton for 'going to the 
pnblic prayers of the Church/ Life of Frampton 203. 

838. 5. *• These galley-half^nce were a coin of Genoa, brought in by the galley- 
men, or men that came up in the galleys with wine and merchandise, and thence 
called galley-halfpence, broader than the English halfpenny, but not so thick, and 
probably base metal, because two years afterwards a statute (13 Hen. IV. cap. 6.) was 
made to confirm the former law, considering the great deceit, as well of the said 
galley halfpence as other foreign money.' Notes and Queries, and S., iv. 253 ; cf 5th 
S. ix. 336, 437. 

839. 37. Luttrell notes (vi. 540) : * Yesterday Mr. Kettilby mov'd the queens bench 
court for a habeas corpus for sir Seymour Pyle, Mr. Westby of the 6clerks office, and 
Mr. NichoUs, a wholesale grocer, who were committed by the secretary of state for 
drinking Dr. ^acheverels h^lth, and by force imposing it upon others, and this day 
admitted to bail.' 

840. 19. B. 'West^ M.A« 1693, was chaplain to Bp. Burnet He succeeded Jonas 
Proast as Archdeacon of Berks, and d. Dec 3, 1716. See RawL J. 4^ i. 114; Le 
Neve's Fasti ii. 636. 

840. 35. For Qteo, Darrell, see Fasti i. 333, Athenae iii 554, &c. On Nathaniel 
VThaley (M.A. 1701), see RawL J. 4^ 2. 260; 3. 448; Cotton Fasti iii. 375. He 
was Rector of Armagh 1730. 

841. 25. Heame has reprinted in Leland's Collectanea (1715) vi. 2-42 : *The great 
feast at the Intronization of George Nevell, Archbishop of York ; the service to the 
Baron-Bishop within the close of York ; several Observations about the prizes of 
Com and Wine, and about provision for the Poor ; Intronizatio Willielmi Warham, 
Archiepisc. Cantuar. anno Henrici VII vicesimo ; fees at the said Intronization, with 
other things of the same kind, particularly a Note about Math. Parker; Convivium 
in Installatione Radulphi de Bourne, Abbatis S. August. Cant. Anno Dom. 1309. 
& Domini Reg. Edwardi secundi V* ; A Dietarie, or several things about the prizes 
of Victuals, with injunction for temperate living, 1315 ; and Verses written by Thomas 
Brooke Gent in the tyme of his Imprisonment, the day before his death, who sufieryd at 
Norwich, the 3a of Aug. 1570.' Wm. Warham was Archbp. of Cant 1503-15 33 ; 
Geo. I^eville, of York 1464-1476. 

848. II. Calamy has an interesting note on this Bishop {Life i. 271 sq^, Mr. 
Thomas Gilbert, 'an ancient [Noncoi^ormist] divine, who then [1693] lived privately 
in Oxford,' *■ statedly attended the preaching of Dr. Hall, Bishop of Bristol, (of whom 
he was a great admirer, and who, he commonly used to say, preached like Dr. Preston, 
the famous Puritan,) [see BalVs Life of him, edited bv Mr. K W. Harcourt, 1885] 
one part of the Lord's day, as he did on Mr. Oldfield, at the Meeting, the other. 
Some few of the Dissenters in Oxford used to do so too. This Bishop Hall was one 
of eminent piety, but not much esteemed by the young wits of the University. He 
catechised at St. Toll's, near his College, every Lord's day evening, and I sometimes 
heiml him. He could bring all the Catechism of the Westminster Assembly, out of 
the Catechism of the Church of England. I never heard Mr. Gilbert applaud any one 
more than this bishop ; a letter of whose, to Mr. Risley, the Nonconformist, which 
I have inserted in my Account of the ejected Ministers, plainly shows him to have been 
of an excellent spirit' John Hall was elected Master of Pembroke 1664 ; was 
Margaret Prof, of Divinity 1676-1691, and dying at the age of 77 was buried at 
Bromsgrove. He held the Mastership and the rectory of St Aldate's till his death, 
^ee Athenae iv. 5^00; Nash Worcestershire i 163. Dunton Life and Errors 363 



458 NEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

remaiks : ' he his attained to great Emioenoe of Learning and Moderation, and ia 
an ornament to the Church of England.' His will was proved Feb. 35 (Griffiths 
Index to Wills), He was severely attacked in the Terrae-Filins Speech of 1703. 
He was succeeded in the See of Bristol by Dr. John Robinson, atterwaids Lord 
Privy Seal and one of the plenipotentiaries at the Treaty of Utrecht The quarrel 
between Sloane and Woodward alluded to below was of long standing : see some 
particulars of it in Edwards Founders of the Brit, Mus, a86. The death of Mr. 
Lawson is mentioned in Thoresby Corr, iL 145. 

844. 4. We learn from a letter of Dr. Roderick of Feb. 24, 1706 (Ballard xziii 35) 
that Kiister*8 Suidas was not a financial success. ' Y* name of Dr. Kuister minds me 
of acquainting you that we have a great stock of his Suidas*s a very valuable Work 
l3nng on our bands, Our London booksellers will not help us and we cannot manage 
a forreign trade being mainly by exchange of books instead of money, w^ we want 
most to cleer y« Presse debt to y* University, if you coud put us in a way of getting 
of some of them it woud be a kindnesse.* Charlett writes to mudi the same effect of 
the Oxford Press in I7i8 (and Report Hist MSS. Comm. 354 d): < As to onr'preste, 
we can never engage further than for fair types, good workmen, and reasonable prioea 
for the use of our materials or utensills, the vending of books we never could compasse, 
the want of vent broke Bp. Fell's body, public spirit, courage, purse, and presse, and 
so it did even the great Lewis 14, who was fain at last to sell, as ^. Fell did, all 
his fine Louvre editions of the classick authors, councills, &c by lotts or auction.' 
Oct 3, 1709 Tanner wrote (Ballard iv. 53) : < They find the want of Matrices at their 
Tress in Cambridge, their Latin Small-Letter being worn out, so that Dr. Bentley^s 
Horace and other things stand still till they can have a new fund of Letter from 
Holland. Where I here [sic] they are reprinting Dr. Mills Testam^.- Mr. Knstar 
takes care of the Edition and adds the collations of la. MSS. the D*". had never seen.* 

847. 3a. See the Life of Brookbank in the Diet, of JViat. Biog, vt 415. He was 
likewise an early spelling^reformer, on the lines of Milton, James Howell, and W. 
Dugard. 

348. 7. See Ndson Life of Bull 474 sqq. — Sir B. Jenkinoon continued to repie- 
aent the county of Oxford in the four following Parliaments. He m. Miss Scarboroagb» 
Maid of Honour to the Queen, in 171a. Lord Rialton lost his seat in 1710. 

849. 16. The Lives of Bdmimd Smith (r. 1668-1710: RawL T. 4^ a. 85) and 
J. Fhilipa (1676-1 708 : Rawl. J. fol. 18. ai5) were written by Dr. Johnson, who gives 
• A Prefatory Discourse to the [former's] Poem on Mr. Philips, with a diaracter of 
his Writings,' from a MS. in the Bodleian. * Captain Be^g was a name whif^ [Smith] 
got at Oxford by his negligence of dress.' 

860. 15. Benedict Arias Montanua (i5a7-i5o8), a native of Estranadoza, edited 
the Antwerp Polyglot, published by Chnstopher Plantin inB vols, folio 1569-1573. 

351. 6. A pleasing article on Shotteabrooke, entitled ' A Country Village in the 
Beginning of the 1 8th Century,* appeared in Longman^ s Mageui$u, Mardi 1886, 
pp. 487-500, firom the pen of Canon Overton. 

351. 9. Rawl. J. fol. ai. 96 is endorsed by Dr. R. Rawlinson 'Applications of 
Classical passages to the managers &c. ag* Sacheverell by Tho. Rawlinson.' These 
are as follows : G. Sarum — Hie est Leviatluin vaegrandis BeUua famae. Audio Davis, 
[cf. Book'Lore, May and June 1886, pp. 166 sqq., i sqq,"] — B. OxoN. spargexe voces In 
vulgum ambiguas & quaerere consdus anna. — Wake, quod si non noca[i]sset mortoas 
esset. — TOMPSON. Venalis Curio Linguae. — Lbchmore. SedLJnguftmeliorDrancea. 
— Sir Jno. Hollis. Stat magni nominis Umbra. — Stanhope. Et quae modo 
foemina texgo Passa marem est aune esse marem miramur. — S^ P. K. Com sic 
obtrudi non potest itur ad forum.^WALPOLB. nequicqnam patrias tentasti Inbricus 
artes. — Trim NELL. Acheronta movebo. — l^, W». Rams enim fenne sensus com- 
munis in ilU Fortunl— CONINGSBY. Suagnine veseitur atro.p— Jo«. Dolbbn. Hinc 
•ubitae mortes. 

851. 18. For the riots which occurred during Sachcverdl's trial, see Corrup. of 
the Duchess of Marlborough ii. 406 sqq. Godolphin's view of tiie trial while it was 
in progress may be gathered from pp. 390 sqq, 

351. a3. Dr. Biirgeaa and his tub are venr £uniliar in the literature of the period. 
He is introduced in Taller Nos. 66, aa9 (with Nichols' note). See also King's 
Works ii. 191, 365, and ill 313 ; Dnnton Lift and Errors 16^ ('Were it not tar 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXIII. 459 

some little Comedy, and too much fineedom of expression, he might well be reckoned 
one of the first-rate Preachers of the Age *) ; Brown Novas Reformator Vapulans iv. 
23 ; IVhig and Tory 7 (« Upon tht burning of Mr, Burga's Pulpit *), 14 (* the fiery 
Tryal of Burges's Tub *), 11 (ii.) {^ A laie Dialogue between Dr, Burgess, and Daniel 
d*Foe^ in a Cyder-Cellar near Biilingsgate, concerning the Times *), 14 (iv.) ; Wilkins 
Political Ballads ii. 81. He died in 1713, aged 67. 'Henley's gilt Tub* is men- 
tioned in Dunciad ii. a, where the ed. of 1729 notes that ' the polpit of a Dissenter 
is nsnally called a Tub/ 

852. 14. This poem is printed with variations in Whig and Tory, p. 3 ; TJu 
Thanksgiving is by no means identical with the piece of the same name at p. 8 of that 
collection. 

858. 10. Mr. W. R. Morfill has kindly examined this inscription for me. He 
informs me that there can be no doubt as to the Interpretation of the contractions 
for Christ and the Virgin respectively ; and he is of opinion that the other symbols 
(which Heame, being no Slavonic scholar, has somewhat inaccurately reproduced) 
stand simply for the great Slavonic saint, Saint Nicholas. 

858. 30. For * Bellunensis * Heame probably meant to write ' Bellovacensis.* 

354. 40. See Smalridge*s account of Sir S. Harcourt*s speech (from Ballard viL 
16) in Nichols Illustrations iii 380 sq. But I do not think that the transcript is 'in 
Dr. Charlett's hand.* 

856. 35 sq. The concluding couplet of this poem seems to have become proverlHal, 
and is quoted by the Terrae Filius of 171 3. 

857. 40. Sir John Holt was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench April 17, 
1689. He is introduced as ' Verus ' in TatUr 14. See Foss Lives of the Judges 351 sqq, 

857. 45. There are in the Ballard Letters at least two accounts from eyewitnesses 
of Saoheverell's defence. Wm. Bishop, xxxi. 57, says that the Doctor spoke above 
an hour and a quarter : ' the (J — n, the A : B : of Y : w*^ many of y« . . Nobles all in 
Tears, and All y* She*, many went to their Homes not onely crying but sobbing. 
Never such a speech nor such a Court nor such a Concourse of People especialy of 
y« best Rank : S' P— r K— g th6 a Man y ag"* y« D' owned as I am told it was a 
speedi of jr* finest Omtory y* He ever read or h^ml in any Language & deliverd as 
well, w**' all due life & Courage joyned w**» due & decent Modestyj soe y* y« D' was 
not wanting in any one thing, either in pronuntiation or action y* became His Gown 
or the Circumstances He was under: His Enemies own it was well deliverd, but 
made by y* Universitie of Oxford, as I heard one y* day say, being asked whether y« 
D' had mide His speech, y^ answer was He read a speech an Hour & half long but 
it was made by y* Universitie of Oxford : y« was in a great Coffee House & for w<>^ 
He had a great Gr— n.' Cf. xxxiv. 49, C. Dodd to C^harlett : * On tuesday last the 
D'* Councell ended, & then he made his Speech : w«^ took up near a hours : *twas 
the most moving, eloquent, & unanswerable speech, that e're was heard. I assure 
you it made both sex*s weep ; especially the Ladies in Generall were full of sorrow, 
& their tears flow*d very plentifully.* He then describes the speech of Sir T. Parker, 
who called the Dr. 'an Impostor, a false Prophet, and said he had forfeited his 
orders, and was not to be treated as a clergyman * (cl 359 infra), 

859. 38. The sub-title of the Apfaritim will indicate the nature of its contents : 
A Dialogue betwixt the Devil and a Doctor concerning the Rights of the Christum 
Church, A few lines firom the end of the poem, which possess an independent 
interest, may suffice to give an idea of the geno-al character of the satire :— 

' Georpe Fox to Lacy had some Warnings groan*d. 
But his stiff Scribe was no where to be found : 
The fool himself can neither Write nor Read ; 
The Motions of his Chops I did not heed . . . 
OHver^s Porter stop'd me at Hell's Door, 
And in my Ears this Prophesy did roar. 
A certain circumflex Enthusiast Knight, 
Of Britain^Great, a very little Wight, 
Sir R-~d ^[ulkley] called ; bid him but wait. 
When Emes does rise, his Worship will be Streight 
In Winter, when at C-nst-nis You meet, 
Pray tell that Club, I Kiss their Qoven Feet» 



46o HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

And at the CoMs-Head- Feast ^ when next Yon Dine, 
Accept these Flasks of AcheronHck Wine : 
The Toast— be Honest NoU's good Health and Mine, 
rie have a Brace of ^uke]s within the Sennight, 

Spite of the Doctrine of that Doctor K . 

From me, as from a Friend, his Rererence tell, 
WeVe Men of Sense and Quality in HelL* 
Abel Evans likewise published (Oxford, 1713) ' Vertumnus : an Epistle to Mr. Jacob 
Bobart, by the Author of the Apparition,* the key-note of whicn is struck in the 
first couplet : — 

'Thank Heav*n at Last our Wars are o'er; 
We're very Wise, and very Poor.' 
860. 18. These verses, by Tryvytham or Trevytham, were printed by Heame in his 
Life ofRuhard II, app. ii, $44-358. Wood quotes some lines m the Annais under 1 377. 
860. 33. Sir T. Parker, b. 1666, Baron Parker of Macclesfield 1716, Lord Chan- 
cellor 1718-1735, Earl of Macclesfield 1721, d. 173a. See Foss Lives of the Judges 
499 ^99' — '^^ word * Moderation ' had acquired a special meaning in the cant of the 
day. In 1704 was published Moderation truly stated; or a Review of a late 
Pamphlet, entitVd, Moderation a Virtue, and in 1705 The History of Factum, alias 
Hypocrisy, alias Moderation, Addison gives the word a good sense in his ' ecde- 
tiastical thermometer' Taller No. aao; cf. No. 357. On the other hand, Atterbuiy 
Ep, Corr, i. 131, 133, writes that Lord Nottingham ' is thought to be as deep as any 
body in all the new methods of moderation,' and that 'me spirit of moderation 
prevails to an immoderate d^iee, and the Church is dropped by consent of l>odi 
parties.' Kennett was on the side of Addison {Life 103, 135). The word constantly 
recurs in Whig and Tory : — 

'There's Heresy, Schism, and mild Moderation, 
That's still in the Wrong for the Good of the Nation.' 
One poem is entitled ' The Rary-Show, lately brought from the flaminj? Isle of Modera- 
tion, all alive,' and another ' Moderation unmask'd.' Cf. Abbey & Overton L 40a sq. 
868. 3. Bentley's lines on 'Whiston, in ' the only English verses which he is known 
to have written,' express as lenient a judgment as it is possible to take of that erratic 
genius >— 

' Who travels in religious jars, 

(Truth mixt with error, shades with rays,) 
Like Whiston, wanting pyx or stars, 
In ocean wide or sinks or strays.' 



VOL. XXIV. 

Pace 868, line a8. This celebrated Epitaph of Olaqdia was reprinted in Kearneys ed. 
of Leland's Itinerary, in the Appendix to vol. v. (pp. 137 sqq^, and is No. 1007 in 
the C. /. Z. The best editions read in 1. 1 peUige, 1. 5 horune alterum, L 7 asttem for 
4tiam, [F. M.] 

864. II. Hence the favourite joke at the time that the Church was 'at sixes and 
'Sevens.' Whig and Tory 16 [cf. 34, 11 (iii), 16 (iii)] : 

* Six B — ps were for him, but seven more wise, 
Have sav'd their own Bacon in Low-Church Disguise. 
Their Votes so divided, as plainly does shew. 
At Sixes and Sevens Religion does go.' 

870. 39. W. Nichols, of Merton (Brodrick a98 ; Rawl. J. 4*. i. 470), seems to 
have been chiefly remarkable for the inordinate length of his title-pages. 

871. 34* In 1690, Archbp. Sancroft and four Bishops published a protestation, 
complaining that a certain libeller ' barbarously endeavours to raise in the whole 
£nfi[ush nation such a fury, as may end in Dewitting us (a bloody word, but too wdl 
understood).' (Z«> ofKettlewell 356. a62.) Cf. Whig and Tory 35 (ii) (« Their Friend 
William, whose Reward was old Sorrel, Ought to have been dewitted, but not crownd, 
with Lawrel'), 39 (ii), 44(iv) ; King's Works ii 335 sq. ; oL Davies Supp, Gloss, s, v* 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXIV. 461 

878. 30. The singularis humanitas of Boyle*s Pre&ce to the Epistles of Phalaris 
repeated by Alsop at the close of his Fabularum Aesopicarum Delectus , had passed 
into a proverb when Heame wrote. It was Stillingfleet (mentioned jnst below) who 
said of Bentley, ' Had he bot the gift of humility, he would be the most extraordinary 
man in Europe.' His epitaph by Bentley is given in the Life of Stillingfleet (1710) 
150 sq, 

874. 9. To the references given to Froast in vol. i. it may be added that he is 
frequently mentioned in the Ballard Letters, and that Nos. i-io in vol. xxzv consist of 
letters by him and documents in his handwriting. Rawl. J. 4<>. 6. 384 is a copy of 
a letter by him offering to attest on oath an account of Tindal*s open avowal of infi- 
delity. His death is mentioned by Tanner (Ballard iv. 55), who adds : * Periiaps the 
Archd. of Sarum may &11 to the share of our old neighbour J. Hoadly, who was 
Usher of our Free-School here, till he went to Salisbury. 

874. 37. Baron [Salathiel] IiotoU's Charge is No. 149 in Mr. Madan*s Bibluy- 
graphy. It was ridiculed by Swift in a poem printed in Works (1814) x. 437 sqq, 

876. 13. All the notes on Oxford and the neighbourhood which occur toward the 
close of the present volume were afterward worked up by Heame in ' An Account 
of several Antiquities in and about the University of Oxford * appended to vol. ii 
of his ed. of Leland*s Itinerary, Thus Josiah Pnllen's roll is mentioned op. cit. 7a ; 
Sandford Church and Manor dfcc. (379, 397 sqq. post), 92 sqq, ; the stone from Godstow 
chantry (390 /of/) 74 sqq. ; and the Wolvercote grave-stone (391 post) 80 sq, 

878. 15. Oonsol Bherard's letter to Charlett, dated Smyrna, March 25, 1709 
(Ballard xxvii. 6), may be here quoted* (Its successor is given in Nichols Illustre^ 
tions i. 347.) ' The greatest part of y* inscriptions Mr Chishull designs to print were 
copied in a voiage I made w^ some of y* factory three years past to visit y* seven 
diurches of Asia. We made an excursion to Geira (Aphrodisias of j* antients) 
where we copied near an hundred. I have since met w^ some very usefuU ones at old 
TeiuMy a days jorney hence ; & assoon as o' convoy is departdl, design (if I can 
possibly make a company) to go along y* shoar as far as Hidicamassus, & return by 
Geira (to correct those already copied), Mylassus, Tralles &a so y* w*^ what I have 
in my house found here, (w*^ I design to pres* o' university) & what I may expect to 
meet in other parts, I believe will ftirnisn another volume in folio.* In the same 
volume (No. 3) is a letter from Sherard to Wanley (dated Sept 13, 1698), on a 
different topic : ' As to Musick, I sent last time from Ital^ as much as cost me above 
30 pistolas. My L^ Marquess is making a noble collection, y* nothing of that kind 
will be wanting in EngW. Here is nothing composed for y* Bass viol, nor Flutas, 
they not being us*d in this country. CorelTi who comes once a-week to my L<*, is 
printing on copperplates 12 solos, bnt will not be out till y* holy year, for w**» 
reason he*ll part w^ nothing. Some others not inferior to many of his by Sig^ 
Nicolini, I shall get copied.* No. 5 (July 25, 1707) gives an account of a new island 
in the Archipelago. 

880. 21. The Terrae Filius of 1703 had remarked : * Abest Creedus, quia bibit Ox- 
Eyes'^ cum Bedelli uxore ; abest demum Anatomiae Professor, because he*s afraid to 
see a Skeleton.' His successor of 171 3 lays peculiar stress on Dr. Lancaster's northern 
origin : * Vir septentrionalium septentrionalissimus, omnia praeter PaupertcUem Patriae 
rettnens : From Northern Climes Old Slyboots came,* &c. 

888. 24. The VindiccUicn is No. 82, and 77ie Managers pro and con No. 162 (5edi- 
tions) in Mr. Madan*s list — ^Tanner wrote (Ballard iv. 55), May 15, 1710 : ' I find I 
shall never see D^ Hudson here afain in his way to the Lincolnshire Widow, he 
having fix*d upon a younger nearer the Library.* 

886. 14. The number of presentation copies ' was Increased upon the Union with 
Ireland to eleven, but finally reduced to five* (Macray Annals of the Bodleian 12% sq.), 
March 15, 1706, W. Bromley had sent to Charlett a copy of the * Bill for the better 
securing the rights of copies of printed books* (Ballard xxxviii 81 a). — ^There is an 
interesting letter from BenJ. Ck>le (cf. L 30 Sec) describing a visit to Cambridge, 
in Ballard xxxviii i (Feb. 15, 1708), from which I take the following extract 'This 
day sennight I went to see Oxford in Cambridge, le. Pjrthagoras Schoole ', a very 



i Cl[,Ox/arddmriM£ the Imst Century 6$: 'AtCorpusChristi were drinking-cnps and glasses, which, 
from their shJ4>e, were called ox-eyes. ** Pol, me oz-eye-disds, aoiici," punned a young tippler as he 
was being helped to bed.' * CL OxgmioMa it 15. 



46a HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

Ancient Building as appears 1^ the Sttong but nide Pillan ft Arches almM vader 
Gronnd. Tis an Estate of abont loo Acres of Land belonging to Merton Coll. Oxoa 
who keep Court here once in 3 years. ... At Hunting L*^*^ ^ 4 Churdi yaids 3 
Steeples a Churches ft i parson, one of j* Churches at w«*» O. Cromwell was Bap- 
tised being destroyed by himsdfe.* — For the story of the King-Maker it is almost 
impertinent to refer to Lord Lytton*s Last of the Barons. In the novel, the Eail is 
maide to stab his charger Saladln. 

886. II. Ck>l. Handasyde's intention to resign the govemoiship of Jamaica is 
noticed in the Duchess of Marlborough*s Corresp. (1838) ii. 285. He is frequently 
mentioned in Calendar of Treasury Papers^ 1 702-1 714. E^, p. 3^7 ( 1 71 1) is * a peti- 
tion of Brigadier Thomas Handasyd to the Queen. He had served the Crown nearly 
37 years, received sevend wounds, and endured great hardships from the climates oJt 
Newfoundland and the West Indies. He prayed relief for himself and r^[iment, wfaidi 
had served there eight years.* Cf. New Hist, of Jamaica (1740) 370 sqq. 

For Bentley's position at this time, which had been rendered more difficult by the 
State of political affairs, see Monk Life a8i sqq,^ where this pamphlet b aotioed.^* 
Tanner vm>te (May 15, 1710 : Ballard iv. 55) : < Here is a most terrible War broke 
out at Trinity College, Cambridge— both sides are got into print— to w* I must refer 
you, and don*t question but the Adventure of the ^uare Cap ft old rusty Sword wfll 
make you smile.* — George Stobbee, M.A. 1707, chaplain to Mediuen and Bnbb 
Dodington at Madrid ; see Boase Register of Exeter Coll. 86 sq. We are told is 
HutchliDS* Dorset that 'his first wife was taken in by the Fvenca prophets.* — 'Mr. 
Bubb * is no less a person than Bubb Dodington the diarist, afterwards Lord Md- 
combe. He was b. 169a, and * assumed by Act of Parliament, in pursuance of the 
testamentary injunction of his maternal uncle, George Dodington, Esq., of Eastbury, co. 
Dorset, the surname of Dodington ' (Burke Extinct Peerages). There is a life-lflce 
picture of him in Cumberland's Memoirs i 181 sqq. 

386. 45. Tanner has several refs. to Frldeanx on Tithes, and to the Dean's health 
in Ballard iv. 51-55. See Life of Prideaux 115 sqq,, where the nature of his illness 
is explained. Ou June 10, 1709, 9 or 10 sheets of his book were printed off; Aug. 
lo, he was complaming sadly of ms Printer, who would not do a sheet of his book a 
week ; by Dec. 14 it was finished. May 15, 1710, Tanner wrote: * As for the busi- 
ness of Tithes I think he has hit right — but his additional project of his Act of Pai^ 
liam* I never saw nor heard of till in print, where if I could have pzevaird it never 
should have been ~ for I fear there are many unguarded general Expressions in it ag* 
my Friends the Curates, (who as little deserve those luud expressions, as any other 
number of Clergymen) w^^ ill men will be too apt to apply to the whole Order.* 

888. 41. For T. Bezmet see Diet, of Nat. Biog, iv. 238 sq. He was, like most of 
the literary divines of his day, a correspondent of Chariett; tnree letters of his are pre- 
served in Ballard xxiii. 29-31. Dr. Roderick writes {jib. 24) : ' Mr. Bennet is a maa 
of parts, leamizig & spirit enough ; he is y* Champion against y* dissenters of all sorts 
at Colchester : Iwish he would encounter their Goliah Hickeringill * Tsee Rehearsal, 
ed. 1750, ilL 207 sqq.). And (26) : ' he is a serious learned man of good design, but of 
a somew^ morose temper, w^ be sure his frequent contentions with y* Colchester Dis- 
senters were not likely to sweeten ; thd there may be too much reason for his reflection 
on Cathedral practise, yet there was no need he sh^ make it so ruggedly and reproach- 
ftillv to J* Governors of those Church's.* His own letters confirm these strictures : in 
(30; he dwells on his severe injuries from the ^shop of London, for whidi he may 
thank ' his servant Skelton, ft y* raskally gang of foreign black coats, with some 
worthless English Clei?y.* In No. 31 (Aug. 9, 1709), he states that a presbyter of 
the Church of England has written reflections on his discourse of-jomt prayer, diicfly 
in defence of pulpit prayers. Dr. Edwards has taken him to task in his Prtiacker, Part 
III, but has been still more ui^ust to ' that great Saint y* Author of y* Whole Doty of 
Man.* 

888. 43. A life of Abednego Seller^ Vicar of Charles, Plymouth, 1686-90, has 
been latdy printed for private circulation by the Rev. J. Ingle Dredge. 

389. 4. For Daniel Osbom, M.A 1693, see Boase Register 85.~The Indian 
Kings have been already mentioned 385. 28 supra. See Tatter No. 171. and notes 
in Nichols* ed. iv. 394 ; v. 9, 39 ; vi. 380 : Spectator No. 5a Their lodging at tlit 
Crown aad Cushion, King St, Covent Garden, is mentioned in CaL ^ Trmsmy 



NOTES TO VOLUME XXIV. 463 

PapiTs (1708*1714) ; and ib. oxxL 43 is a Petition of Abral»m Schavler, inhabitant 
of Albany, prov. New York, setting forth his services since 1668 £qv the whtj of the 

et>vinoe. He had mastered the langna|[e of the Indians, and was always employed as 
terpreter by the Com'* for Indian affairs in the city of Albany, and had received no 
compensation. He had come over as interpreter to the four Sachems of the Five Na- 
tions. (Dated April ap, 17 10, and minuted ' loo^ for his pains & charges as inter- 
preter to y* 4 Ind*>* Sachems, &c., p*'.') There is an account of the Sachems in 
their own country in Dnnton Life and Errors 116 sqq. They had an interview with 
the Queen April 19; visited Greenwich, Woolwich, Whitehall &c. April ai ; were 
present at a review in H]rde Park April a6 ; and were entertained by the New England 
kc. merchants April a8 (Luttrell vi. 571 sqq,), 

889. 19. It is impossible to reach without regret the close of Dr. Thomaa Smithes 
correspondence with Heame, which had been maintained since Nov. 9, 1703, and 
which reflects so much credit both on the young scholar and the old. I luiow of little 
that can be added to the admirable Life of Smith, which is given by Dr. Bloxam in his 
Rtgistir o/Magd, ColL iii. i8a sqq. He is barely mentioned in Rawl J. 4». 3. 174. 

891. 43. There is probably an allusion to this £sbnlous incident in Tanner's letter in 
Ballard iv. 55 : * £^ the by, what a sad story that rogue J. Dier has picket up about 
his old Friend my L^ of Sarum and the Wonhipfhll M'. Mayor.* 

892. 5. Heame printed a ' Discourse about fair Rosamund and die Nunnery of 
Godstowe, with occasional notes about Binsey,* at the end of his ed. of Gulielmi Neu- 
brigiensis Historia (i 719) pp. 730/^^. For the connexion of Fair Rosamund with 
Woodstock, see Marshall Early History of Woodstock Manor 49 sqq, 

895. a4. 'W. Oldiaworth possibly adapted the title of this work from Eachard's 
' Dialogue between Philautus and Timothy/ in which Hobbes was attacked. Kennett 
attributed Part I of the Dialogue to Swift fBallard vii. 66) : * The new Dialogue be- 
tween Timothy and Philautus in Answer to tne Rights of the Ch. is soon expected from 
the Press. It is known to be vrritten by M'. Swift the merry Author or at least the 
indiscreet Publisher of the Tale of a Tub. He may peihaps well enough expose the 
absurdities of an ill Book, but I doubt he will do no service to Religion, nor any hon- 
our to his function.* Oldisworth afterward succeeded Mrs. Manley as editor of 
the Examiner. See Rawl. J. 4^ 5. 108 sqq.^ esp. the letter there ouoted from Alder- 
man Barber. 'For many years before he dy'd, he liv*d upon the Charity of his 
Friends ; he had several Sums of me, (without Vanity I may say so to you ;) and 
poor Man run into Debt with every Body that wou*d trust him; and at last 
would get into an Alehouse, or Tavern Kitdbin, and entertain all Comers ft 
Goers with his Learning and Criticisms. He at last was sent to the King's Bench 
Prison for Debt, where he dy*d, and Mr. BL the Non-juring Parson, that was Corrector 
to Mr. Bowyer*s Press, came and told me he was dead, and I gave him a Guinea to 
bny a Coffin for him. This is all I know of that unhappy Man, who had great 
Abilities, and might have been an Ornament to his Countiy.* The following title, 
in Rawlinson*s huidwriting, which closes lus bibliography of Oldisworth, is somewhat 
more humorous than we often meet with in the Continuation of the Athenae, ' The 
advent[ures] of honest Joh. Cole y* merry old soul of his antipathy of White. How 
he became Presid^ of y* Japanners Comp. Chairman of a Society of Chimny Sweepers, 
Patron of y« BUcks of Waltham, Clark of Blacksmiths Hall & a Bladcw. Hall 
factor. His affections for y* Ch. and y* small cole men. His turning undertaker 
& his Travels through y* Cfoal Mines. His Intriegnes with several black Eyed Girls 
and Marriage with a Blackamoor at Bladcwall. His black Jokes or smutty Songt. 
His death and burial upon Black Heath under a black thorn & his Epitaph by an 
Antegoa Black in the Creolian style.* Swift writes of him in the Journal to Stella^ 
March la, 1713 : *The chancellor of the exchequer sent the author [«= editor] of the 
Examiner twenty guineas. He is an ingenious fellow, but the most confounded vain 
coxcomb in the world, so that I dare not let him see me, nor am acquainted with him.* 
He likewise wrote a Life of Edmund Smith (see note on 349. 16 supra), 

895. 38. Heame*s collections on this subject were utilised by T. Bennet of Colches- 
ter in his -fixf ay tfn /^ X^A7A'.<4f^i^ (171 5). See Bennet's letter of Oct ay, 171a, 
in Ballard xxxiiL 39, in which he states that he is preparing a work on the subject, ex- 
^ hibiting the text both in Latin and English, exactly collated with all the andent copies 
both Latin and English, and will shortly send a padcet to * Mr. Heain * for that purpose. 



464 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS. 

896. 43. The Considerations, which nm through throe editions, form Na 81 in Mr« 
Madan*s Bibliography of Sacheverell. 

897. 8. The substance of his iather*8 letter is given by Heame in Leland*s Itim, 
(17 10), vol. i. p. X., where the writer is referred to as * Another Person, whom I do and 
ought ahac^s to honour^ 

898. 30. There is a ref. to Honghton's worlc in Lit, Anecd, L 449 sq 

898. 33. Some interesting letters of Dodwell are printed in the and Rep. of the His- 
torical MSS. Commission 240 sqq. ; there are five in MS. in Ballard xxxiv. 1-5 ; 
and copies of two letters from him to Francis Lee, dated 1698 and 1701, in RawL J. 
fol. ao. 1 79. A MS. note in my copy of Brokesbv*s Life states that there was (since 
1847) a laige mass of his correspondence in the hands of Mrs. Dodwell of Pinckney 
Green. He was m. June 34, 1694, so that Ballard zxv. 4 (dated only June y>\ in 
which Dr. J. Willes of Lichfield writes, ' We have been much Alarm'd here with 
strong reports of M'. Dodwell*s Amours if not Marriage, its what I least expected 
from nim/ was probably written not later than that year. His younger son William 
was afterwards Rector of Shottesbrooke and Vicar of White Waltham, and is frequently 
mentioned in the Memoirs of G. Monck Berkeley (see also RawL J. foL 17. 39 sqq.\ 

\* In this volume is preserved * D'. Hyde's letter to D'. Hudson about augmenting 
the a*' Library Keeper's Salary, &c. taken out of Heame*s MSS. Num. 34.' See Letters 
from the Bodleian, L 173 sqq. 



ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA TO VOL. U 

Page 2, line 13. For Jonathan Bdwarda, see Rawl. J. 4*. 3. 74 ; foL 30. 185. 

6. 16. For this coin of Amyntaa see Leland Itin, v. 134. 

17. 39. The career of Fsalmanasar has since the appearance of voL i. been ex- 
haustively treated by Dr. Hill in his ed. of ^s,vrt\Wfohnson, vol. iii. pp. 443 sqq, 

22. 43. For F. Cherry read T. Ohenr (as in Letters from the Bodleian L 119 n.) ; 
Leland Itin. v. 134 sq, 

42. 37. For Letters of Whl Smith see Ballard xvL 7-81, in several of which bis 
amoval is alluded to. 

46. 23. This was afterwards printed in full in the Appendix to the CoUectum of 
Curious Discourses^ as was likewise A. Morse*s letter, supra 3. 33 sqq, 

49. 19. Since the publication of vol. i, an interesting Life of Susanna Wesley by 
Eliza Clarke has been published by Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co. (' Eminent Women 
Series*). 

61. 6. W. Pittis, author of the Life of Dr, Radcliffe, published (1717) Memoirs 
of the Lift rfSir Stephen Fox, Kt„from his first Entrance upon the Stage of Action 
under the Lord Piercy, till his Dececue, whicA will repay perusaL 

61. 36. Under Sir fohn WcUters, the entries relating to him in Swift's Journal to 
Stella should have been mentioned. 

67. a. For Antony Alaop see Rawl. J. 4^ a. 180 ; foL 16. 57 sqq, 

66. 16. The mention of Oxford botany suggests the newly published work of Mr. 
G. Claridge Druce on The Flora of Oxfordshire, which would have delighted the 
soul of Bobart and his successors. 

67. a. In a similar spirit Gibson remarks (Ballard v. 39), ' Obadiah Walker has too 
much of the spirit of an Antiquarie and a great Scholar, to think stealing of M^ 
any great sin.* 68. 37. For * Quoiles,' Heame should have written ' Qtuue's.* 

74. 7 sqq. For Shottesbrooke, "White "Waltham, Weyoock, &c. see ' An Ac- 
count of some Antiquities between Windsor and Oxfoid,* Leland Itin. v. 109 sqq, 

87. 4. For ' Homack* read 'Womock,* and see the article in Chalmers. He was 
Bishop of St Davids 1683-6 ; Salmon Lives of the English Bishops 334 sqq, 

91. 51. * Huish* is a mistake of Heame's for George Hughes: see The Noncon* 
formisfs Memorial (i8oa) ii. 56 sqq, 

1 A few foither oocrectioos and additioat are iocoipocated in the Notes to the present vohune. 



ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA TO VOLUME I. 465 

100. 13. Yotjacia est aUa see the Teirae Filins' speech of 1703 in 77^ University 
Miscellany (cd. 2. 1713). 

106. 32. Johnson's opinion of Addison's Italy will be fonnd in Bosweirs Life^ 
April 7, 1775, and Tour to the Hebrides, ed. 3, 320. 

106. 46. The Cambridge man who was made by Bp. Talbot Chancellor of the 
Diocese of Oxford was Dr. T. Ajlofie, Regius Professor of Laws 1 703-1 714 ; Nicolson 
Ep. Corr. 214, Atterbnry Id, L 64. In Ballard xxxi. 49 (April 20, 1708), W. Bishop 
writes that ' D'. Woods will be the Chan' if the Bi* Tutor does not insist to have it.' 

111. 12. read 'and after he was confined to his bed/ 

182. 12. Mr. Parker's Academy is introduced in The Ox/ord Dialogue (1705). 

153. 23. Compare the remark of the Terrne Filins of 1703 {Umiv. Miscell, 16) : 
' Magdalen Hall have painted their Gates, and are in hopes of seeing their IMndpal 
the next Act, which perhaps may be this time seven Years.* 

162. 3. This letter b now Ballard iii. 38. For Sir S. Dewes' Library, see iv. 45. 

166. 6. There is a Life of Hugh Bronghton in the Diet, of Nat, Biog, vL 459 sqq, 

186, 17. See Calendar of Treasury Papers 1 708-1 714, p. 97. 

191. 41. There b a ret to Sir Bowlaad Gwyxme hi Kemble State Papers^ &c. 
323, and a letter from him ib, 382. 

194. 44. Particulars of the Life and Worlcs of Bllah* Smith are given in RawL J. 
4« 3. 2-12 ; foL 19. 43. 21. III. 

197. I. In Ballard xiL 64 b Dr. Bouchier's opinion on NicholaGn's case. 

220. I a Sir B. 'Waronpp and hb daughters are mentioned in the Terrae Filius' 
speech of 1703, p. 11. See also Ballard zi. 74-95. 

228. ID. For Boger AHham see Rawl. J. 4<». i. 396 ; foL 16. 61 sqq. 

230. 6. There are some particulars of B. Ooleire in RawL 1. 40. 1. 107, 4. 116 ; foL 
16. 394. Kennett refers to * the common scandal of sea chaplains,' Ballard vii. 51. 

280. 34. There are some particulars of the life of James Badger in Rawl. J. 4*. 
5« 235» fol* 18. 234. 'Schoolmaster of New College School above 30 years, one of 
V* most famous Schoolmasters in England. Several Heads & Fellows of Colleges 
in thb University had been his Scholars. He had an excellent Memory & g(X)d 
Judgment & a compleat Method of teaching. Indefatigable in his School, & had 
a great Command of his Passions, wou'd first find out a Boys Temper & then 
midce suitable Applications either in a Mild or Rough way. He had a most curious 
Collection of the Classic Authors & the finest EcUtions. His Study was sold for 
500 guineas to S** Thomas Seabright I don't know that he publishd any other Book 
but hb Synopsb communium locorum. (1709).' J. Pointer to R. R. 

231. 24. Tanner writes (Ballard iv. 48) : ' What yon tell me of M' Becons, b very 
surprizing. I did not think so much ill nature and spleen and matrimony had been 
consbtent.' 

248. 44. Heame has some mention of thb MS. of the Monk of Evesham at voL ii. 
94 of Leland's Itin, 

252. 12: Gndios' library b mentioned in a letter of Leibnitz, Kemble State Pafers^ 
&C. 470. — 1. 39. For H. Beverland see RawL J. 4«». 4. 300. There b a letter from 
him in Ballard xxvL 16 (Sept 20, 1692). 

257. 19. Mr. W. R. Morfill has obligingly pointed out that Philip Ayres figures 
in Campbell's Specimens of the British Poets (ed. 1845) 287. Cf. 315. 37 infra, 

297. 30. George Parker and hb Almanack are mentioned in a letter of Thwaites 
to CharleU (Ballard xiiL 24). 

800. 9. For Joseph GhpeenhiU's Art of Embalming c£ Lit. Anecd. i 506. 

805. 12. Letters of Creech are preserved in Ballard xix. 26 sqq. ; No. 32 b hb 
Agreement with Abel Swallow for hb Lucretius, 

305. 35. There b a fragmentary and, it must be added, very on&vonrable account of 
Iiord Orewe in Rawl. jT fol. 16. 456 sq. Some very important detaib will be fonnd 
in An Examination of the Life and CharaUer of Nathanael Lord Crewe (1790). ' 

VOL. II. H h 



466 HEARNE'S COLLECTIONS: NOTES. 

821. 19. For Sir J. Floywr, see Rawl. J. 4». 4. 69 sqq,, and 6oiwell*s Life tf 
Johnson, ad iniL 

822. a;. The Terrae FUln* of 1703 had not a high opinion of Dp. Hoy's dcill : 
* Dr. Hoy, aicut ipse alt, aegrotmn invisit, vel qnod acger optarerit, aegrotat ipse.' 

888. 31. There is a very important life of ITranoia Ii6e in Rawl. J. 4». a. 196 sqq. 

888. 36. Scheuchzei's Itinera Alpina is mentioned in Ballard zxiv. 7a. 

860. 30. Delete last paragraph, 

868. 45. For * Surrey* read ' Survey.' 864. 35. For 16H read i6H- 



, g. Dr. Wblwood (RawL J. 4<». ai. 191 a). S^ p. 419. 

< In y' letter you desire an wx^ of D^. Welwood his Birth 8tt. but his obscurity 
in his own Country is soe great, y^ 3rou will as soon find the head of Nilus as the 
origine of soe obscure & despicable a person. As to hb Education he was bred at 
Edinburgh as Under-Clerk in order to be some petty Sollidtor, & having by this 
Imployment got a little mony, his Ambition cheifely 8c partly the Genius of the 
Nation prompted him to travell. After he had travdra a uttle way in France 
Be Holland he returned to Edinburgh, & he who a little before was noe better than 
a Clerk or Scrivener, pretended to be a D' of Phjrsick who had taken that degree at 
Rheims in France, being not over well beloved by the College of Physitians at 
Edinburgh partly upon the acd* of his £uiaticisme 8c partly upon the ace" of his 
pride 8c impudence, they sunmon'd him to an examination before they would allow 
him to practise. When he offered himself to their examination, the first Question they 
proposed was this, Quodnam est vitium Presbitarum? he replying nothing D'. 
Burnet the Physitian a fjimatick himself 8c a Friend to all such salv*d his crecut w^ 
saying they would have noe reflections upon any mans Religion. D'. Burnet it seems 
was as ignorant as Welwood, otherwise he might have given a wiser Answer as yon 
may leam from y Physitians y* make this Inquiry, the next question they put to 
Welwood was quaenam est differentia inter Spinam dorsi et Spinam addam. he knew the 
Spina dorsi but noe Doctor but such as Welwood would have rendered Spina Adda 
the shin bone when in that learned sdence it signifies barberies, for his ignorance he 
was denied a license ad practicandum, 8c soe came to seek his fortune at NewcasUe 
in the reign of the late K. James, when we had noe magistrates but Papists 8c Fana- 
ticks, his businesse here was to insinuate himself into tbic £svour of these a &cUoos 
as he join'd himself w^ the Fanaticks & frequented their meetings, soe upon all 
occasions he studied to ingratiate himself w^ the Papists conversing 8c caballing w*^ 
them being as forward as any to assist in taking of tne Test 8c penal Laws, 8c drink- 
ing w^ great zeal confusion to the P, of Orang at his coming over as youl finde by my 
a^ letter ; the truth of w^ can be proved by some that were i^esent his practise 
here was nothing, soe that having contracted some debts, he stole out of Town & went 
to London by sea, having not money enough to bear his charges by Land, at Loodoa 
he printed those letters w^ passed betwixt him 8c me, only to get a penny, 8l main- 
tan'd himself by scribbling till the B^, of Salisbury inade him the New Ohservatcr. 
I never heard of any estate he had in Scotland, & his base Arts to maintane himself^ 
proclaims he has none, he was found in France by the B*. of SaUshury 8c having 
been his Guide there in some part of his Travels, Sc his Countriman,the B^ has shown 
him more Idndnesse than he deserved ; 8c not only soe, but is himself of the dub^ A 
furnishes him w*^ some observables to raise his reputation, as for his being an nnder- 
derk at Edinburgh you may leam from the Ceue of the afflicted Clergy of Scctlamd 
towards the end, written as supposed by S^ Geo, Makenw, who is now in the South 
8c able to give a lar^, I believe not a better character of him. as appears from that 
Pamphlt the Case 01 Afflicted clergy at the first part As for the Book and getting a 
license I fear it will be too late, & soe we will let it sleep, Story will be shortly at 
London 8c recdve it of yon : thm is noe creditt to be got by writing ag^ such an 
Adversary, pray according to y' promise conceal the name ; of S*" 

• Y' fidtiifull Fr. 8c serv* « John Ma&ch. 

* Feb. 10. oa* 

* For M'. John Weld, Book seller at London near the Temple Gate.' 



INDEX. 



AbcU, J., 15. 
Ab^aros* Epistle^ 39, 247. 
Abingdon, find of coins at, 
ao7, 363. 

— Earl of, a. 
Act, an, 54, 306; Act Sun- 
day, 119 ; Act Suppers, 

54- 
Act of Parliament in verse^ 

135- 
Adanis, Dr. Fitzherbert, 375. 
Adderley» R., 193, 313, 398. 
Addresses, from Gloncester, 

367, 369 ; from Oxford 
University, 375, 384, 389. 

Aelfric, 363. 

'AesteV 303, 311, 3 30 j^., 

388. 
Agas, Ralph, 11, 13. 
Alchester, 93, 145, 147. 
Aldrich, Ch., 34, 30, 347, 

^54. 35^- 

— Dr. H., 34, 38, 30, 30, 
53» 59» 99. "a, 166, 185, 
347, n^t 344, 355, 361, 
365. 

Alford, Michael, 330. 
Alfred, King, 78, 113, I33, 

157, "89, 303, 304. 341, 

388. 
AUectos, coin of, 303. 
Allen, Thos., 391, 385. 
Allestrey, CoL, 33. 
Allix, Dr. P., 67, 85. 
Almanacks, 67. 
Almeloveen, 15, 17, 34, 30, 

41. 43, 49. 78, 331, 351, 

368, 371, 388, 391. 

Alsop, A, 133. 

Ambrosias Camaldnlensis^ 

334, 338. 378. 
Amyntas, silver coin of, 159. 
Anathemas in MSS., 145, 

a88, 395, 357. 
Andrewes, Bp. L., 87. 
Annesley, A, 67, 339. 
Antoninus* Itinerary^ 370, 

371. 37«, 373, 374, 377- 
Antonins Nebrissensis, 373. 
Aphrodisias, Greek inscrip- 
tions from, 96, 143. 
Apollonins Peigaeus, 137. 



Aretine, L., 8. 
Argyropylns, 10. 
Arias Montanns, 350. 
Armenia, Christianity in, 33, 

25. 

Arthnr, King, 59. 

Articles, the XXXDC, 197 
sq,, 316, 319, 334, 335, 
33^, 337, 338, 341, 345 
^^M 347, 348, 351, 358 J^.. 
3^, 370. 395 ^9- 

Anmdel, J., 46. 

— Lord, 88. 

Ascham, R., 331, 333, 333, 

334, 337, 338, 378. 
Asgill, T., 56. 
Ashfield, Edmnnd, 337. 
Ashmole, Elias, 336, 335. 
Asserios Menevensis^ 330, 

360. 
Atherton, Bp., 93, 388. 
Atkins, M., 153, 173, 178. 

304, 333, 347. 397, 330. 
Atterbnry, Dr. F., 73, 78, 

330, 34ijy.,343,37o,383, 

39<5. 
Aubrey, J., 333, 333, 334, 

335 sq,, 337. 
Aopiistinians, history of, 353. 
Avienus, 353, 377. 
Ayliflfc, J., 33. 
Ayres, Philip, 74, 78, 93. 

Bacon, Roger, 3, 4, 7. 
Badger, Jas., 3, 3, 35. 

— K, II. 

Bagford, J., i, 5, 10, 53, 58, 

59, ^i, 77, 9«, 98, 136, 
137, 138, 144, 150, 151, 

168, 186, 304, 331, 331, 

247, 297, 330. 34P» 347, 

3^3, 364, 3^5- 
Baglivi, 301, 303, 305. 
Bagshaw, Frands, 373. 
Baker, Angnstine, 353. 

— Galfridoi le, 163, 367. 

— Thos., 34, 138, 363. 

— Dr. W., 18, 36. 

Bale, John, 73, 75, "3. 193 

sq., 313, 353, 356. 
' Barbaricarii,' 151, &c 
Barber, J., 77. 84. 
H h 2 



Barcham, J., 196. 

Barlow, Bp., 7, 44, 46, 66, 

68.77,308.300,334,347, 

376 sq^ 
Barnes, John, 353. 

— Joshua, his Homers &c., 
4, 9^ 98, 103, 104, 109, 
113. 115, "3, 137, "8, 

137. 174, 198, 308, 313, 

339, 333, 3^, 388, 333, 
335, 3^a, 369, 383, 395, 
400. 

— letters of, 4, 5, 35, 36, 65, 
79, 80, 89, 91, 103, 109, 
no, 113, 113, I3C, 135, 
167, 198, 319, 356, 384. 
368. 

— letters to, 74, 89, 01, 96, 

109, 113, 114, 116, I30, 
133, 137, 138, 135, 137, 

1^0, 144, 151, 156, 159, 
166, 173, 176, 339, 363, 

383. 

Baron, Dr. J., 6, 344, 375- 
Barrow, Bp. I^ 15. 
-H.,138. 
Barton, Eliz., 306. 

— Dr. S., 360 sq, 
B^ett, J., 160. 
Bftsnage, J., 38, 341- 
Bateman, Dr. J., 331. 
Bath, 149, 151. 315, 364. 

— inscriptions, &c., at, 70, 
154, 165, 178, 187, 193, 

198, 30I, 303, 306, 308y 

ya, 347, 364, 374- 

— Earl of, 153. 
Bathnrst, Allen, 369. 

— Dr. Ralph, ^ 158, 399. 
Batteley, Dr. JT, 140, 361, 

388. 
Battersea, Minister of, 304, 

306. 
Baumgarten, Martinns ^ 103. 
Baxter, W., 334. 
Bayley, Dr. T., 53, 179, 185. 
Baynes, Bej., 87, 88. 
Btan, C, 10, 19. 
Bear, J., 100, 101, no, ii3» 

164. 

— (Wadham), 186, 190, X9i» 
365. 



468 



INDEX. 



Beaufort, Duke of, a6o, 367, 

Beanmont, Sir G., 225. 
Beckington» Bp., 246. 
BeckoDsal, T., 213. 
Bedford, Hilkiah, la, 341, 

343. 345» 346» 34^, 351. 
359. 370. 395- 

Bell, David, aoo. 
Benedictines, history of, 251 

sq. 
Bennet, T. (Colchester), 74, 

338. 
Bennett, J., 23, 59, 9a, 107, 
114, lao, i6a, 178, 268, 

317- 

— Sir Simon, 3. 

— Dr. T., la, 13. 

— Thos., 14. 73. 
BenUey, Dr. R., 4, 15, a8, 30, 

31. 3a. 34. 35. 45. 74. 7^. 
78, 103, ia3, 176. »77. 
178, 179, 185, 180, 330, 

344. 37a. 373. 38?- ^ 
Bentun, Roger de, ao, 387. 
Benyon, W., 5a. 
Berkenhead, Dr. J., lao, lai, 

laa. 
Bernard, C, 38. 39, 44, 45, 

— Dr. E., 35. 44. a34, a4i, 
349. «83, a89, 31a, 313, 

344. 395. 399-,. ^ 
Benghem, Comeuns a, 7, la, 

ai, &c. 
Bereridge, Bp., 98, 104. 

— on the Articles, a34, a38, 
341, 348, 356, 306, 31a, 
337. 

Bibles in the Bodleian, i6a. 
< Bickerstaff, Isaac,* 94, 96. 
Bickford, W., 53, 54, 9a. 
Bickley, B., 33. 
Binckes, Dr. W., 368. 
Binsejr, 144. 
Birmingham, 150. 
Birstow, Dr. (All Sonls), 56. 
Bisbie, Dr. Nath., 68. 
Bisiet, W., 313. 
Black Assize at Oxford, aa6. 
Blackall, Bp. Offspring, 88, 

94.3^9. 374- 
Blackbnme, Dr. J., 34. 
Blackmore, Sir K., 69. 
Blake, C, 56. 
-T.,156. 
Bland, Sir J., 73, 76. 
Blathwait, Dr., 53. 
Blechingdon, R., 51. 
Blencowe, W., 313 sq. 
Booths head Song, Ttu, loi. 
Bobait, Jacob, aoo. 



Bodleian Library, Visitation 

of, &c., 146, 304. 
Bodley, Sir Thos., las, 145, 

370.400- 
Boetios, 158. 
Bonwidce, Ambrose, 56. 
Booth, Dr. Rob., 114. 
Boston of Bory, 4, 53, 87, 

lai, 164, 177, aa3, a63, 

a66, 267, a7i. 
Bouchier, Dr. T., a a. 
Boolton, Rich., 65. 
Bousfield, B., 340, 347. 
Bowack, J., a7i. 
Bowes, Dr. R., 335. 
Bowyer, J., 14. 
6oxhom*s Ortgines GnUiau, 

ZH ^y-, 319- 

Boyle, H., 93. 
Boyse, N., 76, 77. 
Braboum, Dr. J., 49, 55, 184, 

i8r, 186. 
Bradford, J., 373. 

— Dr. S., 360 sq. 
Bradley, Savile, 8a. 
Brady, J., aa4, aas. 

— N., 7a. 
Brailsford, — .,9. 
Bramhall, Bp. J., 19a. 
Brancaster, 384. 
Bray, Dr. T., 33. 
Breach, Dr. W., 97, 99. 
Brent, C, 6. 
Brickenden, Dr. C, 344 sq.y 

349. 
Bristol, 31. 

Briianma, a Poem, 374. 
Brokesby, F., i, 31, 146, 150, 

156. 165. 333. 
Brome, W., 66, 33 a. 
Bromley, Rt Hon. W., i, 11, 

3^9. 3^7- 
Bromton, J., 394. 
Brookbank, Joseph, 347. 
BroDghton, Hogh, 59, 364. 
Brown, Tom, 14, 77, 346. 
Browne, Bp. P., 331. 

— Sir T., 198. 

— W., 247, a54. 
Bruce, Family of, 36a. 
Bnbb [Dodingtonl, G., 386. 
Buckingham, Sir O., 6. 
Buckridjge, A., 52. 
Bngge, Francis, 102. 
BuuTeley, Sir R., 343, 244. 
Bull, Bp. G., 72, 252, 348, 

35»- 
Burgess, Dr. Com., 117 ^^. 
— . Daniel, 351. 
Burghcastle, 38a. 
Burghers, Michael, 96, i8a, 

184, a73. 



Burleus, G., a6o. 

Burman, P., 368, 33©, 333. 

34a. 343. 359» 3^1- 
Burnet, Bishop Gilbert, i, 6, 
16,30, 117,118,135,167, 

174, 330, 331, 333, 225, 

a37.3o6.307,3»o,334iy, 
36a, 371, 383, 385, 391. 

Burrough, Edw., 165, 303. 

Burton, Dr. T., 399. 

— W., 31. 3a. 235. 
Bury, Dr. A., 73. 

Bust^, Dr. R., 184, 307 

Biuh (bookseller^, 4, 11. 
Buttoner, W., 348. 359. 
Byng, Admiral, 107. 

Caelius Anrelianus, 15, 17, 
19, 31, 34, 41, 43, 45, 49, 
97. 98, 198, aoo, 303, 305, 
151- 

— Rhodigmus, 363. 
Caesar, Ch., 19. 
Caister, 383. 

Caius, Dr. J., 359, 362, 365. 
Calvin, J., 5. 

Cambric^, antiquity oi, 314, 
363, 304, 365, 385. 

— in 1708, 133. 
Camden, W., 365, 379, 389, 

331. 

— his Briiatmia, &c., 146^ 

147. 155. 156. 157. >58. 
159. 1^3, 164. 165, 180. 
191, 193, 303, 205, 285, 

315. 364. 
Camisars, 243, 245. 
Cannell, Jos., 103, 107. 
Canterbury and York, arms 

of the Sees of, 301. 
Capgrave, J., 253, 266, 
Carausius, 9. 

Carmelites, history of, 356. 
Carswell, Dr. Frauds, 346, 

254. 
Carter, Mr. (Eton), 68, 279. 

— Dr. G., 8, 105, 108, 114. 
Carteret, Tohn Lord, 213, 

229, 256. 
Cartier, M., 61. 
Caryophilus, B., 58. 
Casaut>on, Isaac, 21, 87, 128, 

224, 261, 271, 384. 

— Meiic, 7. 
'Casside8,'378, 384, 386, 397, 

398. 

Castlehaven, Earl of, 75. 

Castle Rising, 74. 

Caswell, Prof. J., 11, i2o> 
171, 172, 175, 176, 192, 
ao3, 3". 324. 330, 374- 



INDEX. 



469 



Cave, Dr. W., 18, 19, 177, 

183, 388. 
Cavendteh*s Life of Wblsey, 

97, 98, 341. 
Cawley, Dr. J., 346, 354, 

361. 
Caxton, W., 157, 304. 
' Celtc,* 309. 
Censorinus, 353. 
Censura Temporum, 93, 94, 

97, 98, 116, 177. 
Chamberlaynei J., 164. 
Chanceins, M., 331. 
Chandler, Dr. T., 331, 345. 
Chapman, George, 364. 

— H., 364. 

Charitee, W., 13, 334, 335, 
338. 

Charity Schools, 105, 334. 

Charles II, 16, 30, 35, &c. 

Charlet, Dr. J., 386. 

Charleton, Dr. W., 4, 6, 10, 
17. 35» 6a, 389, 331. 

Charlett, Dr. A., 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 
11,13,14,15,16,33,34,38, 
a9»38,46> 53i h^yh9MM^ 
83, 88,107, ii3> i<6> I3<>> 
131,133,134,143,163,163, 
177, 180 x^^., 184 j^., 187, 

193, 301, 306, 307, 311, 
313, 315, 3l8, 319, 331, 
361, 368, 373, 390, 391, 

a94» a96> 3i3. 33i, 333, 

34i» 345, 375, 384, 39^- 

Chaucer, notes on, 136, 188, 

190, 194J sqq,, 198-303, 

347. 
Cheny, Francis, 54, 153, 308, 

351- 

— his MSS., 131 sq, 

— Utters to, 8, 16, 73, 74, 

104, 113, 116, 133, 139, 
134, 157, 163, 179, 185, 
190, 303, 339, 369, 333, 

3^4- 

— Mary, 96. 
Chester, 333. 
Chetwode, Dr. K., 3, 119. 
Chicheley, Archbp., 340. 
Childrey's Britannia Baton" 

ica, 166, 169. 
Chinese books in Bodley, 58. 
Chishnll, £., 80, 81, 93, 105, 

109, 153. 
Choniates Thesaurus, 18. 
Christian, Manx family of, 15. 
Chronicle, unpublished, in 

the Bodleian, 331. 
Churchill, Admiral, 1 19. 

— Sir T., 57. 

Cicero, de Republican 313, 



— notes for Heame*s pro- 
posed ed. of, &C., 3, 61, 
67,114,139,135.138,170, 
183, 186, 300, 305, 306, 

311, 313, 338, 341, 349, 

370^ 371, 383, 393, 334, 

334, 346, 347. 359, 3^, 

378. 
Cistercians, history of, at 

Ripon, 353. 
Claroidon, Edward Earl of, 

367 ; Heame*s Index to 

the History, 160 sq, 

— Henry Earl of, 334, 390, 
297, 303,306/^., 308, 3", 
330. 

Clarke, — . (scrivener), 182. 

— George, 9, 97, 114. 

— S., 89,127. 
-W., 165. 

Claudia, epitaph of, 363, 365. 
Clayton. Sir Robert, 37. 

— Dr. T., 400. 
Clements, H., 14, 115, 117, 

3^7, 328. 338, 371. 

Clendon*s (J.) Persona (cf. 
Luttrell, vi. 561,600), 367. 

Clerical fellowships, propos- 
ed abolition of, 173, 176, 
383, 394. 313. 

Clifford, Rosamund, 393-395, 

399^^- 
Clifton (Yorks.), coins found 

at, 54- 
Club, the Blaspheming, 9a 
Cluver, P.. 338. 
Cockbum, Dr. T., 303. 

— P., 16. 

Cockersand Abbey, 36, 387. 
Cockman, T., 183. 
Code, Philip, 37. 
Codex Alixandrinus, 3. 
Coddrington, Rob., 191. 
Codrington, Chr., 97. 
Coke, Sir £., 14. 
Colbatch. Dr. J., 65. 
Cole, Benj., 385. 
Colet, Dean, 1 1, 41, 177, 179, 

187, 188, 189, 194, 300, 

301, 303, 305. 
ColiMe, J.. 173, 173, 175, 

176, 318, 319, 333. 
Collier, Jeremy, 19, 35, 38, 

69, 304, 337- 
Collins, A., 5, 94, 194, 335, 

336, 338, 341, 351. 360. 
Cologne, works of Aquinas 

printed at, 366. 
Colomesius, 331. 
Columba, St., 339. 
Coiumna Trajana, notes on, 

316 sq., 333. 



Commelin, J., 39. 
Common Prayer, editions of 
the Book of, in Bodley, 

343. 
Compton, Bp. H., 363. 
Conant, Dr. J., 331, 333, 
Coney, T., 69. 
Coningsby, Rob., 56, 59. 
Constantius, coin of, 35. 
Convocation, proceedings in, 

6, 10. 
Cook, Shadrach, 113. 
Cookes, Sir T., 7. 
Cooper, Benj. (Registrar), 

105. 
Coppe, A.. 7, 8. 
Copyright Act, 385. 
Comaro, Signor, 174. 
Corpus Poetarum Latinorum, 

a new ed. of, 308. 356. 
Cosin, Bp., 40. 
Cotterell, Sir Ch., 11, 113. 
Cotton, Sir R., 46. 
Courant, The, 5, 10, 134, 

>75. 177, 179, 3^5- 
Covert, — . (Hart Hall), 33, 

118. 130, 131. 

Cowper, Lord, 13. 
Cox, Sir R., 46. 
Cranmer. Archbp., 343. 
Cricklade, 151. 
Crook, Gratiana, 47. 
Crooke, R., 99. 
Croone, Dr. W., loi. 
Cross, virtues of the, 376. 
Crosthwaite, Dr. T.. 33, 37, 
66, 80, 153. 338. 380, 384^ 

339. 341, 345, 349. 
Crownfield, C, 123, 135, 

198. 
Crump, Hm 86, 158, 347. 
Cuffe, H.,i. 
Cum and quum, 30. 
Cumberland, Bp. R., 39, 31. 
Cuper, G., 36, 37. 
Curll, Bp., 339. 
Cnrzon, Ch., 305. 
Customs of London, 140. 
Cyprian, Fell*s ed. of, 66. 

Dalton. T., 37. 
Dance of Death, the, 337. 
Daneeeld, 304. 
Darrell. G., 340. 
Dashwood, C., 3. 
Daubuz, C, 330, 331. 
Davenant, C, 73. 

— Tas., 334 sq. 

— Sir W„ 339. 

Davies, R., 17, 18, 123, 166, 
177, 189. 

— T., 313. 



470 



INDEX. 



Dawes, Archbishop Sir W., 

56, 88, 94. 
Pechair, E., 25, 28. 
Dec, Duncan, 345. 
— John, 3, 4, 7, 57, 61, 

139. 
Defoe, Daniel, 14, 53. 
Delatine*8 Latin Bible, 136. 
Delanne, Dr. W., 89, 114, 

a8o, 284, 359. 375- 
Dennison, W., 223, 350, 374. 
Deyonshire, Doke oi, 34, 35, 

^39»54,74»97. ^ 
Dewes, Sir Symondi, 123, 

143, 265. 
• Dewitting,* 371. 
Dialithns, C, 61. 
Diceto, Radnlphns de, 78. 
Digamma, the 154. 
Digby, Fr., 68. 
Diggs, Sir Robert, 136. 
Dionyaus Byzantios, 127, 

— Periegetes, 132 sq., 233, 
234. 

Disney, J. and W., 137. 

Dixon, Dr. T., 27. 

Dobson, Dr. W., 77, 82/^^. 

Dod,T., 174. 

Dodd, Samuel, 345. 

Dodsworth, Roger, 239. 

Dodwell, Henry, i, 8, 16, 
n^ 35, 37, 28, 29, 30, 71, 
73. 81, 85, 87, 90, 92, 97, 
98, 108, 109, 112, 113, 
116, 127, 128, 133, 134, 
I39» 156, 157, 177, 183, 
185, 190, 198, 200, 205, 

206, 208, 212, 230, 231, 

333, 333, 234, 235, 238, 
2^, 2^1, 248, 253, 263, 
267, 269, 270, 271, 283, 
384, 3M, 333, 334, 33^, 
338, 347, 351. 363, 368, 
378, 384. 398. 

— on the Soul^ I, 3, 6, xo, 
I7» 3o, 33, 92, 95, 108, 
109, 113, 130, 131. 

— Letters of, 9, 14, 31, 41, 
78, 89, 98, 102, 108, III, 
124, 140, 150, 15a, 165, 
I7i> »85, 191, 198, 204, 

207, 220, 261, 288, 331, 
336, 347, 364, 384, 397. 

-W.,234. 

Dolben, J., 327, 328, 330, 

334, 34»- 

* Domesday,' 314. 
Donne, Dr. J., 191. 
Dorchester (Dorset), 156. 
Dove, Bp., 40. 
Do¥mes, Theophilus, 103. 
Drake, Dr. James, 14. 



Drake, Montagu, 223. 

Drydra, John, 29, 69. 

Dublin, Greek inscriptiont 
at, 33, 90, 91, 92, 96. 

Du Gain, Mr., 30. 

Dugdale, Sir W., 9, 45, 66, 
144, 146, 147, 164, 174, 
177, 216,235, 318 j^. 

Duke, R., 94. 

Du Moulin, L., 65. 

— P., 67, 69, 73, 75. 
Dunster, Dr. T., 22, 109. 
Dunton, John, 26. 
Durham, the Church of, and 

its benefactors, 233, 260, 

261. 
Dutch printers, 208. 
Dyer's News-letter, 31, 79. 

Echard, L., 269. 
Eclestone, T., 253. 
Edward the Confessor, chai^ 
ter of, 379. 

— the Sixth's Inju$utwns, 

379- 

Edwards, Dr. Jonathan, 24. 

EikoH Basilike, 48, 58. 

Elections, 2, 9. 

Elf-arrows, 147. 

Elizabeth, Queen, 189, 233. 

EUis, James, 9. 

Elmham, Thomas, 162. 

Elstob, E. and W., Angh- 
Saxon Homily,, 289 sq.., 
391, 395 ; W. Elstob, II, 

93,94- 
Elvanus Avalonius, 252. 
Ephimem Syrus, 214, 215, 

218, 221, 272, 343, 347. 
Epitaphs, posies, &c., 205, 

258, 289. 
Erasmus, 41, 44, 227, 293. 
Erythraeus quoted, 50. 
Estenden, J. de, 368. 
Etruscan language, the, 40, 

70. 
Etymolcguon Magnum^ 99. 
Eutropius, 271. 
Evans, Abel, 33a, 333, 33^, 

35a, 359, 3^1. 

— D., 177, 190, 209, 304. 
Exeter, books once belonging 

to the Church o^ 350x^., 
360. 

Fabian, Robert, 267. 
< Fabricenses,' 151, 168. 
Fabricius, 23, 29, 41, 57, 

127, 251, 268, 270, 278, 

313, 344, 3^8. 
Facdo, Nicolas, 244. 
Fairfax, C, 268, 295, 298. 



Fair Warning, 374. 
Falconar, John, 130. 
Fanar, Mr., of Hemswoith, 

41- 
Fees for Divinity Degrees, 

117. 
Fell, Bp. J., 6, 10, 62, 66, 

^, 71, 73, 75, l^f 89, 90, 

109, 117, 140, 171, 208, 

323, 335, 360, 299, 307, 

343. 
Felton, H., 58. 
Finch, Dr. Leopold, 71, 374. 
Firebrace, Sir B., 18, 19. 
Fisher, Bp. J., Strwum on 

tki Lady Margaret, 128; 

345- 

— Payne, 74. 
Fitzherbert, N., 261. 
Flach, Martin, 366. 
Fleetwood, Bp. W., 104. 
Fludd, Robert, 277. 
Forbes, Mr. (of Dublin), 122, 

135, 3o6. 
Fountaine, Sir A., 9, 11, is, 

14, 30, 41, 42, 74, 78, 96, 

97, 189, 254. 
Fowler, Bp. E., 119. 
Fox, Francis, 6, 75, 107, 117, 

118, 122. 

— Geo., 203. 

— J., 35^, 3<56. 
Foyle,J., 82x^. 
Frampton, Dr. M., 17. 

— Bp. Robert^ 112, iifl^ 
119. 

Frandscus k Sancta Clara, 

353. 
Frankfort celebration, the, 

14, *79» 341. 
Frea,J., 189, 271. 
Frederick I, King of Pmasia, 

10. 
Freind, Dr. J., 77, 228. 
Freinshemius' Supplenient to 

Livy, 150, 244. 
Freke, Ralph and W., 144. 
Frome, coins found near, 373. 
Fry, Dr. Stephen, 77, 78, 85, 

365. 
FuUer, N., 288. 

— Thomas, 260, 264. 

Gagnier, J., 308, 330. 
Gale, R. and T., 7, 201, 203, 

339, 371- 
< Galley halfpence,' 338. 
Gandy, H., 16, 17 ; his answer 

to Higden, 284, 290, 293. 
Gardiner, Dr. Bernard, 5, 49, 

114,197,294,297,298. 
Gardner, £., 129, 140. 



INDEX. 



471 



* Garter rings,' 310. 
Garth*g Dispensary, 359. 
Gavelkind, 304, 308. 
Geneva Letters, 1, 5, 80, 

356- 
GeoflErcy of Monmonth, 366. 
George, Prince of Denmark, 

^^ 

* George nobles,* 311. 

* George rings,* 310/^. 

' German Pnncess,* a, 35. 
Germeyne's Chest, 160, 161. 
Gerson, John, 135, 385, 393. 
Gesta /^omanorum, 46. 
Gibbon, J., 194, 198, 333, 

334. 
Gibson, Dr. £., 38, 39, 45, 

75, 76, 146, 147, 150, 157, 

363, 341. 

— Matthew, 171, 311. 
Giffard (engaged on a Chro^ 

Gillingham, W., 351. 
Gilpin, Bernard, 346. 
Giraldns Cambrensis, 336, 

340, 366. 
Glasgow, inscription found 

at (1690), 373. 
Gloucester, Humphrey Duke 

oU 339- 
Goddard, T., 11. 
Godolphin, Francis Earl of, 

7»94- 

— Dr. H., 31, 37. 
Godstow, inscription at, 105, 

I", 390» 393 sqq., 399. 

400. 
Godwin, Bp., de Praesulibus, 

44,61,64,65,66,67,165, 

331, 333, 340, 345, 346. 
Goetzius, 35. 
Gogthan, Patriarch of^ 15, 

16, 17, 3i, 33, 34, 35. 
Goodman, Bp. G., 191. 
Goodmanchester, 385. 
Goodwyn, Dr. T., 33, 115, 

165, 348» 373. 
Gordon, — . (B.D. of St. An- 
drews), 8. 

— Patridc, Letters from, 3, 
75» 96, ao5, 345. 

Grabe, Dr. J., 15. 16, 17, 33, 
34, 38, 65, 69, 75, 78, 
i75» "4, a47> n^> 253, 
366, 367, 383, 317, 333, 

337» 341. 
Grandison, Bp. J., 163. 
Grandorge, Dr. J., 33. 
Grange, J., 140. 
Granville, Lord, 77. 
Graves, Thos., 4a 
Gray, Robert, 386. 



Green, W., 356. 
Greenwood, Ch., 3. 
-W.,87. 

Gregg, W., 89, 104, 107. 
Gr^ory, Prof. D., 13, 33, 
96, 140, 141, 143, 145, 

I50» i5a» 191. J9a» 374- 

— Dr. Francis, 33. 
Griffin, Lord, &c, lOO, 113, 

114. 
Grindal, Archbp., 334. 
Gronovius, 35, 138, 153, 179, 

i85» 395» 399- 
* Gmellers, the,* 140. 
Gruter, J., 39, 73, 89. 
Guildford, Lord, 3. 
Guise, Dr., 35. 
Gunpowdo- Plot, the, 98, 

Gunton, S., 337. 

Hackett, Mr. (Merton), 173, 

174- 
Hale, Sir Matthew, 343. 

— Dr. Rich., 130. 
Hales, £dw., 143. 

— John (of Eton), io3. 

— Sir John, 76. 

Halifax, Lord, 307, 309, 313. 

Hall, Antony, 46, 94, 96, 

164, 169, 171, 174, 177. 

— Bp. John, 343, 344, 345, 

349» 35i> 355- 

— John, 4, 89, 90, 131, 133, 
136, 180. 

Halley, Pro£ E., 14, 65, 69, 
76, 173, 383, 383, 313, 

398. 
Halton, Dr. Tim., 46, 48, 49, 

63. 69, 109, 334. 
Hambledon, Count, 1 36. 
Hamelen, Piper of, 36. 
Hammond, Dr. H., 31, 307. 
Hampole, Richard, i, 357, 

365. 
Hampson, Mary, 7. 
Hampton, Elizabeth, 139. 
Handasyde, Col., 386. 
Hannes, Dr. E., 34. 
Harbin, Geo., 336, 338, 341, 

343,349- 
Harcourt, Sir S., 6, 10, 93, 

338, 354* 359* 
Hardib, G.. 353. 
Harding, Robort, 353. 
Hardouin, J., 58, 86, 191, 

340, 341, 343, 343, 344, 

345, 346. 
Harley, Robert, 93, 107, 335. 
Harrington's Descriptum of 

Britain, 168. 
Harris, Dr. J., 334 sq,, 395. 



Hart, T., 110. 
Harwar, Dr. J., 33, 166, 
Hasker, Thos., and his cat, 

85. 

Hatton, Lord, 145. 

Haversham, Lord, 79. 

Heame, George, 397. 

Hbarnb, Thomas, Letters 
of, I, 3,4,6, 8,11,13, 15, 
16, 17, 19, 31, 33, 33, 34, 
3o» 34. 38, 43> 53, 53, 61, 
65,69,74,75177, 81, 87, 
89» 9i» 94» 96, 98, I03, 

104, 108, 109, III, 113, 
114, 116, 1 30, 133, 133, 

134, 137, 138, 139, 130, 

134, 135, 137, 140, 141. 

143, 144, 146 sqq,, 150, 
156, 157, 158, lOi, 163, 
163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 

171. 173, 175, 177, I79» 
184, 185, 189, 190, 194, 

300, 30I, 303, 306, 308, 

311, 317, 318, 333, 337, 

339, 334, 336, 340, 363, 
363, 368, 369, 383, 391, 
398, 311, 319, 330, 339, 
330, 331, 333, 334, 337» 
338, 341. 343, 348. 349» 
359> 364* 365, 383. 

Letters to, i, 3, 3, 4, 

7. 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 
19, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 31, 
33, 33. 35. 38, 39. 41* 43, 
46. 49» 56, 58, 59. 63, 65, 
67, 70, 74. 76, 76, 77. 78. 
79. 80, 87, 89, 90, 91, 93, 
96, 98, 99, I03, 103, 105, 
107, 108, 109, no. III, 
113, 113, 114, 117, 118, 
130,131,133,133,134,135, 
136, 137, 138, 139, 135, 
140, 143, 143, 145, 1^6, 
150. 163. 156. 158, 103, 
163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 
168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 
174, 175, 176. 177, 178. 
179, 183, 185. 186, 187, 
189, 190, 191, 198, 199. 

301, 303, 304, 307, 308. 
313, 319, 331, 334, 335, 
330, 331. 338, 343, 348, 
356, 361, 368, 371, 384, 

388, 396, 397. 399, 304, 

306, 3'i. 3", 314, 317. 

334* 330, 331, 333, 333» 

334* 335. 336, 337f 338, 

340. 341, 343, 345, 347> 
361. 360, 301, 364* 368, 
369. 370, 384, 395. 397- 

Heinsius, D., sale of his 
library, 44. 



47^ 



INDEX. 



Henchman, Dr. Humphrey, 

345. 
Henry V, 44,^37. 
Henry VII, 86. 
Herbert of Cherbury, £dw. 

Lord, 191, a88. 
Herlaxton, 391. 
Hermokos Barbams, 373, 
Heme, Dr. J., 11, 21. 
Heron, Charles, 165 sq,^ a8o. 
Hexham, Richard of, 339. 
Heylin, Dr. P., 130, 154, 158, 

I59» I90> 303. 

— T., 68. 

Hefajyvrood, T., 119. 
Hidceringill, K, 33. 
Hickes, Dr. G., la, 14, 15, 

ai» 53. 57» 60, 78, 96, 
163, 174, 335, 239* a40> 
348, 38^ 390, 393. 334, 

337» 346, 37o» 383, 387, 
388. 

— Letters of, i, 4, I3, 31, 
33, 56, 64, 77, 113, 14a. 
143, 158, 167, 190, 330. 

— Dr. J., 63. 
Higden, R., 394. 

— W., 284, 388, 390, 391, 
393, 396, 397, 398. 

Higgins, F., 35, 33, 57. 
Higgs, Griffin, a8i. 
Hill, Dr. H., 137. 

— J., 3a» 33» 66, 160, 161, 
34i» 356, 349, 384- 

— W., 66. 

Hilton, Walter, i, 399. 
Hinton, [IThos.] (Chaplain 

ofC.C.C.),6i,64,65, 183. 
Hitchcock, J., his MS. of 

the Vulgate in Bodley, 

160. 
Hoadly, B., loi, 338 sq.y 

330, 337, 340, 347» 349, 

355, 361, 369- 
Hobbes, T., 333. 
Hody, Dr. H., 11, 13, 19, 60, 

91, 108. 
Hofiooann, J., 314. 
Hoglandiae Descriptio, 339, 

343. 
Holden, Matt., 135, 153. 
Hole, Matthew, 95. 
Holgate, Archbp., 40. 
HolUnd, H., 335. 

— Dr. J., 36, 331, 335, 337, 
aa8, 375. 

HoUyng, Edmund, 33a 
Holt, Sir J., Lord Chief 
Justice, 357, 360. 

— Thos., 35. 
Honywood, Dr. M., 358. 
Hooker, Richard, 6. 



Hooper, Bp. G., 363. 

Horace, notes on, 135. 

Hough, Bp. J., 49. 

Houghton, J., 398. 

Hoveden, Roger, 393. 

Howell, Laurence, 35, 38, 
103, 135. 

Hoy, Dr. T., 337, 380. 

Hudson,Dr. J., i, 3, 3, 6, 8, 9, 
10, II, 15, i8, 31, 33, 33, 
35, ^7, 39, 30, 31, 3a, 35, 
41, 43, 49, 54, 59, 63, 65, 
<><5, 09, 77, 79, 80, 83, 85, 

100, 104, 107, 118, 130, 

133, 133, 137, 138, 149, 

173, 175, 183, 186, 191, 

198, 300, 301, 305, 313, 

235, 333, 363, 370, 379, 

384, 394, 300, 326, 349, 

359, 375, 378, 381, 383, 

383, 386, 400. 
Hummelston, 388. 
Humphre3rs, Bp. H., 33a 

— L., 37. 
Hunt, J., 7. 

— W., 344 j^. 

Hussey, J. (Cambridge), 378. 
Hutchin, Hugh, 8. 
Hutchinson, Michael, 145. 
Hutton, Leonard, 361. 

— Dr. Matt, 65, 331, 339, 
370, 396. 

Hutton's View of London^ 

94,96. 
Hyde, Dr. T., 31, 46, 49. 
Hynde [Hine], T., 115. 

Ibbetson, R., 104, 149. 

Ignatius, Epistles of, 34, 113, 
117, 118, 133, 13^, 135, 
139, 158, 163, 160, 167, 
171, 173, 174, 175, 307, 
347, 343. 

Imitatio ChrisH, 134, 135, 
384,385J^.,393, 395, 330, 

331- 
Impecuhment, The, or the 

Nation Mad, 373. 
Index Expurgatorius, 34. 
Indian Kings (Sachems), the, 

385, 389. 

Inett, Dr. J., 369, 337, 341. 
Ingulfus, 347. 
Innocent VIH, 3ia 
Irish, Dr. J., 33, 143. 
Isham, J., 397. 
Ittigius, T., 109. 
I»cke, R., 333. 

James, Dr. Richard, I si. 

— Thos., 40. 

Jane, Dr. W., 13, 88, 393. 



JenkinsoD, Sir Rob^, 348, 

349, 
Jerome, St, Expositio, 5, 

36. 
'Joan, Pope,' 114. 
John of Salisbury, 330, 366. 
Johnson, Chr., 341, 246. 

— Samuel ('Julian'), 175, 
384, 396, 313. 

— Thos., 67, 98, 1 30. 
Johnstone, Dr. N., 19, 147. 
Jones, David, 18, 58, 305, 

306. 

— Henry, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 
89, 117, 333, 307. 

— Inigo, 364, 389. 

— John, 353. 

— Thos., 2ia 
Jomandes, 59, 355. 
Joscelin, J., 231, 346. 
Joscelinus, 330. 
Justell, Dr., 67. 

Justin, notes on, 39, 116, 

129, 333. 
Juvenal, 73, 176, 

Keep's Monuments of West- 

minster, 333. 
Keil, J., I, 36, 141, 171, 303. 
Kempe's Roiilan helmed 341, 

346, 3^4- 
Kempis, Thomas ^ 134, 136, 

385 j^., 293, 295. 
Ken, Bp. T., 48. 
Kcnnett, Basil, 6, 17, 179, 

334, 313. 

— Dr. White, 9, 17, 3i. 39, 
45, 74, 79, 81, 88, 97, 99, 
100, loi, 138, 143, 147, 
179. 334, 337, 334, 33^* 

,, 355. 356, 359, 364, 370. 
Kent, Abraham, 3, 33, 65, 

79, 140, 368, 317. 
Kettel, Dr. R., 13. 
Kettlewell, John, 48. 
Key, Thos., 359. 
Ki]^, C. (Mus. Bac.), 36. 

— Dr. C, 35. 36, 331, 333. 
333, 375- 

— Sir Edmund, 307. 

— Sir Peter, 338. 

— Bp. Robert, 344, 

— Dr. W., 190. 
Kirkstede. Hugh, 353. 
KnoUys, H. (Trin.), 77, 8a 

Kuster, L., 39, 43, 307, 309, 
3", 330, 331. 333, 344« 
363, 365- 

Lad/s Journey to Oxford^ 
The, 391. 



INDEX. 



An 



Lambedus, 144, 337, 338, 

347, »78. 
Lambert, Bp. Ralph, 153. 
Lamphire, Dr. J., 300. 
Lamplagh, Ardibp. T., 48, 

— Et. T. (jan.)» 51. 
Lancaster, J.. 43. 

— Peter, ^, 81. 

— Dr. W., I, 8, 3a, 48 sq^ 
59, 61, 98, 99, 101, lao, 
laa, ia9, 137. 143, 165, 
166; 175, 176, 186, a 19, 
aas, a49, a68, a7a, 379 sq., 
a8i, 383 j^., 388, 391, 394, 
296, 398, 304, 313, 334, 
330» 348, 349» 35i> 355. 

359, 3»4. 373, 374> 375, 
380, 381, 383. 384. 

Lane, Dr. T., 170, 
Langbaine, Dr. Gerard, 3, 3, 
13, 44, 66, 109. 158, 307, 

W, 377- 

— Gerard (jmi.), I33. 
Langham, Sir W., 68. 
Langhom. T., 65, 66. 
Langton, Robt, 157. 
Lardner, T., 343. 
Lasher. Dr. Josh., 49. 
Lathom, Paal, 49, 51. 
Land. Archbp., 4, 145, 353, 

387, &c. 
Laughton, J., 11, 133. 

— Rich., 1 01. 
Launceston, 357. 
Laurence of Durham, 366. 
Lawson, Wilfrid. loa 
Lawton, Charlton. 60. 
Leather money, 15. 
Lechmore, N., 351. 

Le Clerc, J., 38, 41, 91, 164, 
186, 307, 311. 315, 334. 
374, 303, 330, 333. 343. 
343. 363, 365. 

I-cdfl^ard, J., 73, 76. 77. 

Le Gobien, P., 191. 
Leibnitz, 103, 138, 133. 
Leigh, Dr. Ch., 319. 

— T., 13, 16, 30. 
Leightonhouse, W., 49. 
Lcland, J., 353, 353, 358, 363, 

365, 394, 399 ; <^ S^P- 
toribus, 3, 4, 9, 35, 35, 53, 
58, 94, 96, 133, 164, 167, 
174, 175; Itimrary, 73, 
78, 173, 337, 331, 333, 353, 

360, 370, 356, 377. 
Leofric, Bp., 335, 356. 
Leominster, Lord, bis statues, 

53, 58. 
Le Qnien, M., 46. 



Leslie, Charles, 5, 95, 143, 
153, 397. 

L*£strange*s Alliance of Di- 
vine Offices^ 187. 

Levett, Dr. W., 103. 

Levinz, Bp., 17, 49. 

Lewis, Francis, 304 sq, 

Lhuyd, £., 9, 34, 45, 58, 63, 

75, 103, "5, 173,173,175, 
176, 180, 181, 184, 185, 

301, 304, 318, ai9, 331, 

333, 334, 335, 374. 
Liberty of Prophesying, The, 

41, 43, 49, 56. 
Lichfield, MS. History of 

the Church of, in Bodley, 

193, 303, 335. 
Lichfield, L., 343. 
Lilbum, J., Judge Jenkins* 

epitaph on, 138. 
Lindsey, S., 65, loo, 374. 
Lister, Dr. M., 43, 44, 49, 

86, 331, 337, 338, 351, 373, 

351- 
Littlemore, 379, 399. 
Littleton, Dr. A., 49, 143, 

363. 

— F., 393-396, 398, 313. 

— Sir T., 333. 

Lively Oracles, The, 399. 

Liverpool, 150 so, 

Livy, notes for Heame*8 ed. 
of, &C., 1,3,3,4,6,10, 16, 
18,43,56,58,60,74,89,96, 
loi, iia, 114, I30, ia8, 
150, '53, 180, 345, 393, 
364, 367, &c 

Lloyd, David, 73, 363, 331. 

— Bp.W. (Norwich), 333 J^- 

335 ^f •, 350 ^q- 

— Bp. W. (Worcester), 4, 8, 
16, 30, 39, 33, 104, 105, 

117, I30, 169, 311, 367. 

Locke, John, 374, 383. 
Lockey, Thos., 40. 
Lombard, D., 103, 104. 
London clergy, the, 10, 108. 
Long, James Le, 361, 365. 
Longevity, 147, 151, 156, 

309. 
Loveling, W., 65. 
Lovell, Salathiel, 374. 
Lowth, W., 49, 155. 
Lucar, Cyril, 7, 10, I3, 147. 
Lucas, R., 73. 
Lutwych, Sir £., 308. 
Lydiat, T., 14. 
Lyndesay, Bp. T., 49. 
Lynn in 1708, 12 j^sq, 
L3rnne, Walter, 57. 

Mabillon, 339, 340. 



Machell, T., 60. 
Mackenzie, Dr. G., 63, 65, 
307. 

— Sir G., 17, 56. 
Maihew, £., 351. 
Maittaire, Michael, 5, 137, 

173, 356, 385. 
Maldon, coin of Nero found 

at, 113. 
Mallard, The All Souls, 11 1. 
Malplaquet, Battle of, 364 

sq-, 368, 313. 
Man, Isle of, 3, 15, 17, 40. 
Managers, pro cmd con. The, 

383. 
Manley,Mr8., New Atalantis, 

393. 307, 304, 389 sq. 
Manningham, Bp. T., 60, 

333. 
Mansell, Sir T., 93. 
Manuel Phyle, proposed ed. 

of, 34, 35. 
Map, Walter, 61. 
Marbeck, J., 364, 366. 
March, J., 60.61. 
Marcianus, statue of, 383. 
Marianus Scotus. 78, 89, 363. 
Markland, Dr. A., 56, 155. 
Marlborough, Duke and 

Duchess of, 7, 35, 83, 99, 

304, 365, 313, 313. 348, 

351, 359- 
Marsh (shoemaker), 308. 

— Archbp. Narcissus, 60. 
Marshall, B., 3 a, 117, 169, 

367. 

— Dr. T., 63, 300. 
Marten, Dr. Edmund, 314, 

316, 3l8. 

Massey, J., 399. 

Masson, J., 76, 93, 104, 105, 
169, 193. 

Masters, S., 60. 

Matthew Paris, 366. 

Maundrell, H., 60. 

Maurice, Dr. H., 60. 

Meare, Dr. J., 74, 337, 305. 

Memorial of the Church of 
England, 359. 

Meredith, Roger, 197, 3i3. 

Merks, Bp., 336. 

Middleton, E., 87, 88. 

MUl, Dr. John, 5, 6, 8, 17, 
30, 31, 33, 33, 34, 35, 37, 
38, 39, 30, ^3, 49, S3, 5^ 
55, 58, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 
69, 73, 79, 100, 103, 104, 
105, 113, 117, 133, 163, 
186, 308, 314, 330, 344, 
368, 371, 380, 384, 399, 
34^ 346, 347, 349, 3^3, 
371. 



474 



INDEX. 



Millemet, Walter de, 59. 

Miller, Simon, 37. 

Milles, T. (afterwaids Bp.), 
3.5>7»8»9»io»ii. la, 13, 
14, 16, 17, 30, 79, 81, 90, 

91. 93> 97» !<»» 114, "5. 
116, 134, aia, 369, 370, 
a83, 31 7» 388. 

— Thos. (of Sandwich), 379. 
Milton, John, 63. 
Minorites, history o^ 353. 
Misson, M., 336. 

* Moderation,* 360. 

Modest Plea fir the Clergy, 

^, 73» 75> *30- 
MonasticoH Anglicamum^ 13, 

387, 39a. 399- 
Monro, J as,, 380, 381. 
Montagu, Duke of, 153, 

175. 
Montague, Sir Jas., 10. 
Montfaucon's Palaeographia 

Graeca, 191, 338. 341, 
Monthly Miscellany^ 159, 

161, 163, 174, 187, 303. 
Moore, Bp. J., 9, 10, 18, 19, 

34* 53» 90» 9«» loif "o, 

291. 307» 309* 37a- 
More, Sir Thomas, 359, 393 

sq. 
Morgan, Dr. Matt, 60. 

— Svlvanus, 308. 
Morley, Bp. G., I3. 
Morton, Ajchbp., 340. 
Morwen, J., 153. 
Moss, Dr. R., 89, 330. 
Motstone, 148, 151. 
Mott, R, 338. 
Moulden, J., 344 sq, 
Murer, — ., 303, 305. 
Musgrave, Sir Chr., 63. 

— Dr. W., 60, 198, 306 sq^ 
308, 313, 317, 330, 347. 

Musson, J., 54. 

Narborough, James and Sir 

John, ^. 
Ncale, Tho., 11, 13, 373. 
Needham, Peter, 93, 133, 

189. 
Nelson, Robert, 15, 48, 391. 
Neot, St, 330. 
Nevile, Cavendish, 17, 143, 

378. 

— John, 17, 156. 
Neville, Archbp. G., 343. 
Newborough, /., 379. 
Newcome, P. and H., 61. 
Newcourt, Thos., 365. 
Newcy, Dr., 94. 
Newsham, T., 397. 
Newton, Dr. H., 316. 



Newton, Sir Isaac, 145, 174. 

— R., 35. 

Nicetas* Thesaurus Ortho- 

doxae Fidei^ 340. 
Nicholls, Peter, 395. 

:;:P';^'^''75.37o^- 

Nidhoison, Frana, 61, 93. 

— Bp. W. (Gloucester), 357. 
Nicols, W., 399 sq, 
Nicolson, Bp. W., 63, 73, 96, 

174, 330, 331, 335, 337, 

339. 340, 341, 348, 349, 
^ 356. 343. 
Noris, Cardinal, 305, 340, 

341, 343, 343, 344, 345, 

346. 
Norris, John, 63, 104, 189. 
Northey, Sir E.. 10, 
Northleigh, J., 63. 
Norwich in 1^, 133. 
Nottingham, £arl of^ 360. 
Noune, F., 78. 
-J., 398 

— Tim., 63, 73- 
Nurigian, Luke, 16. 
Nurra, P. Caralitanus, 334, 

338, 377 sq. 

Observatory The^ li> 53- 

Ockley, S., 38. 

Oddy, O., 8, ii, loi, 163, 

ioi5, 363. 
Ofia, King, 43. 
Ofield, T., 359. 
Oglethorpe, Theoph^ 339. 
Oldisworth, W., 190, 395. 
Oldys, Dr. W., 63. 
Olearius, G., 35, 370, 361, 

365. 
Oriel, etymology of, 309. 
Origenis cotitra Celsum, 391. 
Ormond, Duke o( 5, 384. 
Osborne, Daniel, 4, 389. 
Oundle, the dnunming-well, 

31- 
Oxford : 

OhorohM : — 
Collection of inscrip- 
tions in them, 368. 
Holywell, 144. 
St Frideswyde's, 69. 
St Giles's, 393 sq., 399. 
St John Baptist, 58. 
St Michaers, 373. 
St PeterVin-the-East, 

38, 144. 330. 
St Thomas's, 316. 
Oity, &c : — 

Beaumont, 336, 373, 376. 
' Bellositum,* 383, 388. 
Bulkel^ Hall, 318. 
Carfax, 336. 



Castle^ The, 116, 336, 

381. 

Friars* Entry, 373. 

HeadingtOQ Hill, 319, 
330. 

Osney Abbey, 3 16, 387. 

Rewley Abbey, 316, 387. 

Roman roads, 319, 383. 

St Bartholomews Hos- 
pital, 333, 338. 

St. Gileses, seal found in, 
SS6 sqa. 

Springhial*s Coffee- 
house^ 3 18. 

Stone's Hospital, 89^ 

365. 
Oollegea and Halls :— 
BallioU 300-304. 
Brasenose, 18. 
— Ale, 337. 
Christ Churd), 14, i6. 

68,361,381,344,370. 
Exeter, 160, 161, 318, 

330, 334, 33P» 333- 
Jesus, 161. 

Magdalen, 194, 198,305. 
New CoU^ 38,40^ 144. 
Oriel, 33, 303, 333, 338. 
Queen's, 3, 38, 44, 46. 

loi ; notes oo books 

in the library, 363, 

St^John's, 73, 387. 
Trinity, the distnihanoes 

at. 77 sqq. 
University, 3, 3, 13, 17, 

47» 373, 383, 335 ^. 

Edmund Hall, 5, 54,3x8, 

331 sqq. 
Gloucester Hall, 336. 
St Mary's Hall, 83. 
UniTeraity : — 
Anatomy School, 193. 

301, 303, 333, 338, 

_379W- , 
Divmity Schools, 135. 
Physic School, Slc, 331, 
379» 381, 383, 400. 

Decree of 1683, 391, 

367. 3^ 37i> 375^ 
384. 
St Scholastica*s Day, 
conflict o^ 360. 

Oxford Almanadc, the, 318. 
Oxfordshire Electiem [of 

1 710], Ballad on^ 355. 

359- 

Padstow, 76. 



INDEX. 



475 



Pakington, Sir J., 56. 
PaUtmeSy the poor, 259. 
Palladius* Antiquities of 

Rome, 331, 333. 
Palmer, Rev. — ., 356. 

— Ol. 63. 74. 

Parker, Archbp. M., 136, 181, 
331. 33a, 340. 

— Bp. S., 358. 

— Samuel^ 10, 73, 108, n6, 
338. 

— Sir T., 359, 36a 
Parkinson, Jas., 63. 
Parliament (1648), pamphlet 

against, 338. 
Parr, Dr. R., 63. 

— Thomas [Old], 149 sq. 
Parry, D., 234, 335. 

— Bp. J., 130. 
ParseU, T., 56. 

Parsons, Dr. Robert, 63, 335. 

Passioneo, D., 149. 

Patrick, Bp. S., 18. 

Patten's Expedition into 
Scotland, 135. 

'Paul, a knave of JKSUS 
Christ,' 333. 

Paynter, Dr., 53. 

Pcarse, Robt, 79, 104, 371. 

Peanon. Bp. J., 7, 14, 31. 
133 j^., 399 sq, ; his An^ 
notations on the Epistles of 
St, Ignatius, 31. 87, 97. 
1 30, 135, 136, 137, 138, 
"9. 133. 140, 164, 313, 
315, 3l8, &C. 

— Dr. T. (Princ. of Edm. 
HaU, 1540), 44. 

— Dr. T. (Princ of Edm. 
Hall. 1707), 30, 33, 33. 39, 
66, 145, 343, 380, 384, 

a9i» 375. 400- 

— Archdeacon W., 63. 
Peirce, Jas.. 357. 

Peisley (bookseller), 166,175. 
Pelling, Dr., 43, 143, 167, 

184. 
Pembroke, Lord, 5, 9, 11, 1 3, 

16. 93. '55- 
Penn, William, 317. 
Penton, Hy., 57, 65, 66. 

— Stephen, 11, 61, 65, 67, 

323. 
Pepyt, Samnel, 136. 
Periam, W., 146. 
Perizonios, 333. 
Perkes. Edmnnd, 16. 
Petavios, 67. 
Peterborough in 1707, 31, 

40. 
Pett, Sir Peter, 387. 
Petty, Sir W., 333. 



Petyt. Wm., 59. 

Pfaff. C. M., 368, 370, 371, 

373. 283, 388, 336, 384. 
Philipot, T., Villare Canti" 

anum, i$2 sq. 
Philips, R. (mont at Bath), 

53. 

— Sam., 56. 
PhilUps, J.. 349. 
Phipps. C, 338. 
Phoenix, 7 he, 5, 94, 103, 

194. 
Piers, Archbp. John, 313 

(Harington Nugat Ant. 

ii 344). 
Piers, Dr. J., 346, 

— R.. 63. 

— W.. 313. 

Piers the Plowman, 33, 145, 

167. 196, 199, 300. 

Pighius, 353, 398. 

Pigna, Bapt, 331. 

PUe, Sir S., 339. 

Pitcaime, Dr. Archibald, 386 

sq. 
Pits, notes from, 351 sqq,, 

364. Ac. 
Pitt, Moses, 63, 304. 

— Dr. Rob.. 63. 

Pittis, J,, 81, 87, 105, 109, 
158. 

— W., &C., 63. 
Plaxton, G., 331, 333. 
Pliny, notes on, 65-67, 75, 

76, 97, 164, 169, 35R. 
Plot, Dr. Robert, 10, 63, 95, 

338. 339» 319. 335, 394- 
Pocock,^ Dr. £., 4, 5, 7, 10, 

56, 63. "5. 
Pocock, £. (jnn.), 63. 
Poem found on the Queeris 

Toilet, 353. 
Pointing, history of, 170. 
Pole, German. 9, 175, 343. 

— Cardinal R., 333. 
Pomponios Laetns, 373. 
Pooley, H., 33. 
Portland, Earl of, 388, 334. 
Postman, The, 6, io3. 
Potter, Dr. Chr., 73. 

— Dr. John. 5, 13, 13, 14, 15, 
35, 38.60,79, 88, 89, 90, 91, 
106.108, 1 1 1, 1 15, 1 16, 1 19, 
317, 334, 3531^.. 383, 383. 

306. 314 ^f, 334, 344- 
Powell family, of Sandford, 

397 sq, 
Powell, Sir Chr., 381, 383, 

384. 
Powis. Sir L., 54. 
* Praeterition,' 300. 
Pr*tt, J., 338. 



Prescott, H., 163, 193, 334. 
Present State ef IVhiggism, 

31. 

' Prester John,' 358. 
Prickett, J., 109, 166, i83» 

373, 33a, 384. 
Prideaux, Dr. H., 71, I03, 

133, 331, 3<>i, 378 Jq-, 

386. 
Prince, J., 74. 
Printers' charges, i, 103, 139, 

150. 
Printing, invention of, 337. 
Pritius, 341, 346. , 
Proast, Dr. Jonas, 5, 71, 374, 

377, 385. 

Proclns, 378. 

Prophets, the French or Mo- 
dem, 343, 345, 361. 

Prynne, W., 6. 

Pudsey, Dr. A., 33. 

Pullen, Josiah, lo, 375, 388. 

Qnaken, 317. 

Qnillet's Callipaedia, 74, 100, 
368, 385. 

Raby, Lord, letter from, 43 

Radcliflfe, Dr. J., 88, 334, 

336. 
Rainbow, Bp., 63, 95. 
Raines, Ann, 389. 
Raleigh's History of Maho^ 

met, 138. 
Ralph of St Albans, 366. 
Rameseye, W., 366. 
Ramus, Peter, 393. 
Randall, P., 30, 143, 359. 
Raves, Chr., 138. 
Rawlinson, R., 385, 387, 386, 

— T., 300, 379, 385. 
Ray, Consul, 58. 
Raymond, R., 338. 
Raynolds, Edmund and J., 

391- 
Read, Sir Thomas, 348. 
Rehearsal, The, 143, 153. 
Relandus, H., 37. 
' Repeaters,* 7, loi, 104, 145, 

190, 193, 373. 
Review, The, 371. 
Reyner, Clement, 353. 
Reynolds, Joshua, 369. 
Rhenanus, B., 41. 
Rhenferdius, 33, 34, 38, 90, 

137. 
Rialton, Lord, 3, 348. 
Richardson, Dr. T., 67. 
Richmond, Charles Duke of, 

83. 



476 



INDEX. 



Richmond, Margaret, Coun- 
tess of, 128, 135, 303. 

Rights of the Christian 
Church, The, 5, 9, I3, 13, 
88, 94»97> "I, 158, 190, 
294, 396, 398, 306, 367, 

^.395- 

Ring, a noteworthy, 310. 
Rishanger, W., 367. 
Rivers, Earl of, 46. 
Robert of Shrewsbury, 366. 
Roberts, Robert, 9, 43, 93, 
117, 143, 167, 178, 183, 

I90»395, 3"- 
Robertsbridge, 395. 
Robinson, Bp. J., 36a 
Rocheford, J., 370. 
Rochester, Earl of, 308, 313, 

330, 334, 335. 
Roderick, Dr. C. and R., 71. 
Roger of Wendover, 366. 
Rogers, N., 6, 7, 8. 

-V..143. 
Rogerson, J., 73. 
Rood, Theodoricns, 347. 
Ross of Warwick, 44. 

-J., 358. 

Royal Society in 1709, 174. 

Royse, Dr. G., 103, 104, 108, 

109, 338. 
Rudbum, T., 338. 
Rudolphus Agricola, 337. 
Rufinos, S., Latin version of 

Josephus, 333. 
Rninart, 340, 370, 388. 
' Rump,' ' Rump Parliament,* 

339* 334- 
Rymer, T., 118, I30, 334, 

338, 340, 356, 396 sq. 

Sacheverell, Dr. H., 163, 

339, 343, 304 j^., 306, 313, 
313, 3i7» 330, 3a4> 325. 
337* 338, 339* 330, 33i» 
334* 335» 336, 337» 338, 
339» 34i» 343» 345» 348, 
350> 351, 354. 35^, 357 J/., 
359» 360, 361, 3^3, 364, 
365* 3671 368, 369* 37i» 
373, 374» 383* 384* 396. 

Sadlington, R., 304. 

St Albans, 156. 

St Davids, diocese of, 333. 

St John, Henry, 94. 

St Paul's, 335. 

Salisbury, James Earl of, 3, 

19, 135, 170. 
Sahnon, Dr. W., 138. 
Salvinns, 307. 
Sampson, Dr. H., 338. 
San<uord-on- Thames, 379, 

397 sq., 399- 



Sandolands, Dr., 193, 30i, 

303, 305, 381. 
Sanford, A., 71. 
Sansbury, J., 360. 
Sare, R., 304. 
Sargeant, Dr. T., 143. 
Savage, Dr. H., 371, yyosqq, 
Savile, Sir H., 136, 140, 334. 
Saxon Chronicle quoted, 153, 

^ 153. 

Sayer, Dr. T., 56. 

Scaliger, 87, 88, 134, 135, 

"7, i35» I39» 309, 358. 
Schelwig, Gottf.,183,185,189, 

191, 104, 198, 333, 370, 

388, 365, 384. 
Schmincke, J. H., 379. 
Sclater, E., 71. 
-W.,138. 
* Sconsing,* 8, 9, 39. 
Scots, Catch upon the^ 103. 
Scott, Robert, 335. 
— Thos., 36, 30. 
Scrivener's Actio in Schisma- 

ticos AnglicanoSf 78, 83. 
Scriverius, 367, 370. 
Scrope, Archbp., 341. 
Secret History of . , . . K, 

Charles II and K. Janus 

II, 30?- 
Sclden, J., 10, 109, 139, 143, 

143, 144, 178, 188, 377, 

396,303J^-,3i4»343,353, 

379- 
Seller, A., X38, 133, 193, 

335, 388 sq. 
Selling, W., 313. 
Servitour, The, 385. 
Seymour, Sir £., 96. 
Shakespeare, W., 338. 
Sharp, Archbp. J., 93, 353. 
Shaw, J., 3. 
Sherlock, Dr. W., 3i. 
Sherringham's De Origint 

Centis Anglorum, 315. 
Sherwin, W., 69, 117, I3i, 

183. 
Shippen, £., 395. 
Shippeiy (butler B.N.C.), 

337- 
Shottesbrooke, 148, &c 
Shovel, Sir C, 67, 68, 146. 
Shower, -Sir Bartholomew 

(Rawl. J. 40. 5. 93), 88. 
Sike, Prof. H., 133. 
Silchester, 143, 3^3. 
Silius Italicns, 368. 
Simon's Bibliothiqut Criti- 
que, 191. 
Sittingbourae, 338. 
Skelton, £., 68. 
Skirlaw, Walter, 48. 



Slatyer, W., 138. 

Slavonic inscriptioD, &&» 

353-4- 
Sloane, Hans, 73, 74, i74f 

334. 337. 343- 
Smalbroke, Dr. R., 190, 313. 
Small-pox at Oxford (17 10), 

348, 365, 384, 397- 
Smalridge, Dr. G., 80, 81, 

88, 90, 93, 105, 106, 330, 
341 sq., 343. 

Smethurst, Jas., 137, 173, 

174, 193. 
Smith, Edmund, 349. 

— Elisha, 10, 74. 
•— Humphry, 4, 5, 7. 

— Dr. Jos. (Queen's), 145. 

— Laurence, 56. 

Smith, Dr. Thomas, 4, la, 34, 
35.38,77,94,106,117,134, 
165, 166, i8i, 347, 353, 
391, 308, 313, 365, 388, 
389,397- 

Lcttersof, 1,4,7,10, 13, 

14, 31, 33, 38, 33, 33, 35, 
49, 58, 63, 67, 76, 80. 87, 
93, 96, 97, 99, 103, 105, 

108, 113, 11^, 118, 131, 

134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 
139, 140, 143, 145, 1^6, 

150, 151, 158, 163, 164, 
167, 170, 173, 176, 179, 
191, 198, 303, 307, 331, 

335, 330, 338, 348, a6i, 
371, 396, 306, 314, 334, 
330, 335, 336, 337. 338, 
341, 351, 361, 3^ 

Letters to, 3, 4, 5, 1 1, 

13, 15, 19, 31, 33, 30, 34, 
43, 53, 61, 65, 69, 77, 81, 

89, 94, 96, 100, loi, loa, 
104, 108, III, 113, 114, 

I30, 133, 134, 137, 138, 

"9, 130, 134, 137, 140. 

141, 150, 151, 156, 158, 
159, 161, 163, 164, 165, 
166, 168, 171, 177, 179, 

184, 186, 194, 300, aoi, 

305, 311, 317, 318, 333. 

337, 334, 340, 353, 391, 

398, 3", 319, 339, 331. 
334. 336, 338, 341, 343, 
348, 349, 359, 3^5- 
-.Tho.(B.N.C.), 18,34,53, 
57; "4- 

— Thomas (Camb.), ii, 187, 
188. 

— W., 5, 371. 
Smoult, Prof., 37. 
Sodnus, F., 34. 
Solomon, 38L 
Somers, Lord, 5, 155. 



INDEX. 



477 



Somerset, Lord Ch., 65, 369. 
Somner's Canterbury, ai3 

sqq., 320. 
Sophonisbay 5. 
Soul, Moses de, loa. 
Spademan*s«S'/m/»m^ breves^ 

77. 78, 80, 92, 105. 
Spanheim, BaroD, 14, 59, 

174, 354, 391, 359. 
Spark, Dr. T., 71, 212. 
Sparry, — . (of Burton-on- 

Trent), 330, 373 sq, 
Spavan, J., 174. 
Speed, J., 307, 318, 364. 
Spelman, SirH., 33, 34, 307, 

320, 334, 347- 

— Sir J., 80, 134, 338, 330 ; 
Life of Alfred, 149, 153, 
179 sqq,, 184 sq., 3o6, 356, 
388. 

Sprat, T., 6. 

Stacy's Rehearsal revived, 

3^4- 
Standfast, W., 31. 
Stanhope, Dr. G., 337. 
Stanihnrst, Dr. R., 336. 
Stanley, T., 175, 193. 
Staynoe, Dr. T., 71. 
Stead, J., 397. 
Steame, Dean, 100. 
Steele, Richard, 13. 
$tephens (tG.), i, 3, 317, 

248, 380. 

— H., 8. 

— Henry and John, 31 1, 31 3. 

— Jeremy, 33, 34, 330. 

— R., 32. 

Stepney, George, 47. 

Sterne, Archbp., 94. 

Stevens, W., 72. 

Stillingfleet, Bp., 373. 

Stokes, Matt, 265. 

Stonehenge, 289, 321. 

Stopford, Joshua, 72. 

Stow's Atmals, 336 sqq,, 339, 
340, 343» 377i 379; Sur- 
vey, 41, 270. 

3trabo, 127. 

Stratford, Bp. N., 141, 283. 

— Dr. W., 189, 193, 381, 
383, 383, 344- 

Strongbow, 330. 
Stravios, B. G., 144. 
Strype, J., 35, 38, 41, 59, 

137, 370. 
Stnart, James (Chevalier St. 

George), 75, 365, 380, 383, 
Stnbbe, Geo., 386. 
Stnbbes, Dr. R., 73. 
Stubbs, Ph., 33, 34» 39- 
Suetonius, editio prince^^ 

368. 



Sunderland, Lord, 313. 

Surfeit, The, 138. 

Sunus, notes from, 355, 357, 

358, 359, 366. 
Swallows in winter, 116. 
Swlit, Jonathan, 103. 
Sydenham, Sir P., 138, 140. 
Sykes, Dr. T., 64, 73, 304. 

Tadlow, Dr. C, 380, 381. 
Talbot, Dr. Jas., 30. 

— Bp. W., 19, 73, 363. 
Tanner, J., 35. 

— Dr. T., 3, 4, 7, 9, 35, 34, 
44, 53, 58, 73» 75» 94, i"» 
"3, 157, 158, 104, 177, 
303, 305, 323, 234, 248, 
249, 254, 256, 367, 268. 

Tarczali, P., 58. 
Tavistock, 157. 
Tayler, Silas, 208. 
Taylor, Bp. Jeremy, 41, 42, 

49, 53, 58. 
Tenison, Archbp., 46, 107, 
"4, "5, 352, 298, 313, 

^314, 355. 

Terry, T., 69, 127, 129, 146, 
100, 161, 192. 

Test Acts, attempt to repeal, 
118. 

Testaments of the 12 Patri- 
archs, 12, 14, 15. 

Textus Roffensis, 338. 

Thanksgwing, The, 353. 

Theed, R., 175. 

Theodore, Archbp., 155. 

Theophilus AnticK:henus,333, 

Thistlethwaite, Giles, 133, 
135, 158, 183, 184, 189, 
280, 284. 

Thomason collection of pam- 
phlets, 59, 151. 

Thompson, Francis, 249. 

Thoresby, R., 40, 332. 

— Letters of, 19, 59, 89, 140, 
174, 187, 303, 312, 331, 

343, 3^* 

— Letters to, 1, 34, 87, 120, 

14a, 159, ^11 1 335, 330, 

330. 
Thome, Jas., 374. 
Thornton, Dr. W., 51, 53, 

56, 58, 65. 
Thwaites, £amily of, 260. 

— E., 32, 33, 38, 30, 41, ^2, 
44, 45, 45, 55, 5<>, 58, 01, 
04, 05, 66, 70, 76, 77, 78, 
81, 93, 94, 97, 100, loi, 
102, 108, III, 112, 114, 

117, 123, I2A, 127, 129, 

133, 133, 14^ 161, 164, 



168, 171, 173, 173, 187, 

189, 193, 198, 311, 314, 

3X5, 218, 229, 233, 243, 

248, 249, 253, 280, 284, 

288, 295, 298, 306, 343, 
347. 

Tickell, T., 341. 
Tillotson, Archbp., 48, 63. 
Tilly, W., 400. 
Tindal, Matthew, 14, 72, 

179, 3", 330, 33a, 336. 

(See also Rights of the 

Christian Church.) 
Tobacco, 150. 
' To Cairfax hey ! there^s 

Ale 6r* Beef: 33. 
Todd, Dr. Hugh, 62, 73, 96, 

333. 
Toland, J., 49. 
Tolwyn, W., 194 sq, 
Tomasinus' Cat. of AfSS. at 

Venice, 136. 
Tomlins, R., 379, 383, 400. 
Tompion, 356. 
Topham, Ann, 343, 345. 

— K., 18 (see Rawl. J. 40. 6. 
38). 

Topping, H., 134, 143, 163. 
Tracys, the (of Queen's), 68. 
Trapham, T., 374. 
Trapp, Joseph, 120, 121, 141, 

193, 384. 
Trebeck, A., 7. 
Treheer, J., 69. 
Treheme, T., 76, 94. 
Trelawny (Bp. Sir J.), 5, 18, 

19, 94, 165. 
Trill (Devon), 76, 78. 
Trinmell, Bp., 19, 88, 94, 

341, 345, 349- 
Trivet, N., 269. 
Trumbull, Ralph, 17, 220, 

383. 
Trussell, J., 338. 
Tub(-pulpit), 351, 365. 
Tudway, Dr., 4. 
Tully, Geo., 94. 

— Dr. T., 77, 94. 

— T. iym.), 95. 
Turner, Bp. Frauds, 95. 

— Dr. T., 32, 53, 106. 
Turton [Tuffton], W., 8. 
Tutchin, T., 53. 

' Twayte ^ [? twayle], 187. 

Twells, John, 348. 

Twyne, Brian. 44, 64, 65, 67, 
358, 359, 260, 262, 271. 

Twysden, Roger, 238. 

Tyler, Bp. J., 95. 

TyrreU, Jas., 22, 33, 67, 81, 
86, 87, 197, 306, 308, 3 30, 
331, 333, 334, 336, 337, 



478 



INDEX. 



328, 267, 269, 334, 335, 

339» 345- 
Tyson, Dr. E., 95, 124. 

Union, the, between England 
and Scotland, 10, 12, 19. 

Upton, — . (Eton), 68, 98. 

Uiry, John, 17, 224. 

Usher, C, 201, 331. 

Ussher, Aichbp., 4, 7, 10, 
^3, ^5, 28, 61, 80, 81, 86, 
87, 88, 89, 139, 224, 239, 
aSi, 354, 264, 267, 339. 

Valesins, 41, 42. 

Valkenicr, P^ 38. 

V€Lhr Benejuiorum^ Thi, 

141, 272. 
Vermin, G., 63, 75. 
Vcrwey, T., 4, 7. 
Vesey, W., 192, 374. 
Vettios Valens, 125, 1381^. 
Victoiins, P., 398. 
Vienna, Imperial Library at, 

ai, a37, 342. 
Vincentins BeUoracensis, 

3"» 355- 
Voedns quoted, 33, 38/^., 
42,67,247,249—251,253, 
^55, 357, 259, 266, •267, 
270, 271, 272, 282, 362. 

Wake, Isaac, Rex PlaUmiau, 
265. 

— Bp. W., 88, 92, 220, 388. 
Walker, Obadiah, 80, 180. 
Wall, W., 41. 

Wallis, Dr. John, 1, 5, 35, 
41, 74, 121, 264, 313. 

— J.(»Ligd.),6,63. 
Walpole, R., 95. 
Walsingham, Thomas, 78, 

70,82, 105, 392 j^., 400. 
Walters, Sir J., 82. 
Waltham (Berks), 148. 
Walton, Bp. Brian, 137. 
Wanley, Hmnphr^, 15, 35, 

92, 137, 181, 233, 261, 

a68, 365. 
Waplc, E., 52. 
Warcapp, Ralph, 368. 
Ward, G., 156. 

— L, 206. 

— T.,359- 

Warfaam, Archbp., 341, 342. 
Warwick, Richard NeWUe, 

Earl of, 3851^. 
Wase, Chr., i8a 
Wasse, J08., 31, 372. 
Watts, Robert, 74, 75, 81, 

90, 96, 102, 103, 104, 105, 



106, 107, 108, 193, 197, 
291. 

Waynflete, Bp., 244. 

Webb, J., 297. 

Webbe, J., 289. 

Weever's Funeral Monu- 
ments, 94, 96, 279. 

Wdchman, E., 72. 

Weldon, Sir A., 11. 

Wells, Dr. Edw., 257, 395. 

Wdwood, Dr., 61, 217. 

Wentanns, E., 261. 

West, Dr. R., 73, 340, 341, 

,„346, 349. 369, 385. 

Weston, S., 68. 

Wetenhall, Bp., 29. 

Weymouth, Lord, 168, 214. 

Whalcy, Nath., 339 ^^-i 349» 
384. 

Wharton, H., 230, 231, 235, 
2.^8, 245, 246, 331. 

— Thomas Lord, 155, 206. 

— Sir Thos., 103. 

Wheat, price of (1709), 273. 
Wheeler, Sir Geo., 52. 
Wheelocke, A., 247. 
Whiston, W., 249, 252, 253, 

261, 266,306/^., 309, 317, 

33a, 337» 341, 363. 
Whitby,Dr.D., 33,81, 112. 
White, T., no, 186. 

— rWhitebread], Thos., 153. 
Whitelock, Bulstrode, MSS. 

of, 133, 217. 
White Waltham, 397. 
Whitfield, W., 143. 
Whitford, D.. 70. 
Whitgift, Archbp., 240. 
Whitlock, Sir W., i, 11, 120, 

135. 339- 
Whitsunday, 87. 
Whittingham, Dr. W., 246, 

260. 
Whole Duty of Man, The, 

299. 
Whytfopde, Dr. R., 293. 
Wig, the history of a, 167, 

168, 178, 183, 190. 
Wilkins, D., 34, 105, 108, 

162, 198, 342. 
WiUdns, Bp. J., 88. 
Will, curious, 125 sq, 
William III, 95, 104, 324. 
Williams, Archbp. J., 287. 



Bp. J., loi, 232. 
ilbams, W., ; 



Wilbams, W., 374. 
Williamson, Sir Jos., 46, 

62. 
Willis, Browne, 50, 199, 261. 
Wilmot, Lady, 56. 
Wilson, Bp.T., 3, 4, 7, 1 2, 22, 

67. 



^^^nchester, inscribed am 

found at, 128. 
Windsor, Dixie, 67. 
Windsor, find of coins near, 

Winford, Mrs., 7, 8. 

Winifred, &, 230, 257. 

Winsbeke, 28. 

Wise, Thos., 108. 

Witney, 220, 282 sq, 

Wolf,C.,i62, 171, 173,177, 
aaa, ayo, 331, 333. 33^. 
347. 304. 384. 

Wolscley, Sir C, 11. 

Wolsey, Cardinal, 137, 181, 
261. 

Wolvercote, 144, 391, 399. 

Wood, Antony, 7, 11, 13, 
44. 59. ^3. 7a. "6. "8, 
"3, 136, 140, 14a, 143, 
149. 153, 154. »^. 165. 
170, 190, 191, 212, 216. 
218, 219, 227, 230, 231, 
a33, a35. a38, 341, 246, 
248, 251, 252, 253, 258, 
259, 261, 262, 268, 271, 
a88, 293, 303, 307, 332, 
340, 344., 346, 358, 365. 
306/^^368,372,395. 

— Dr. Thos., 23, 120, 193, 
207. 

'Woodcock dub,' The, 6, 8, 

9- 
Woodcock©, — . (of Oxford), 

217. 
Woodhead, Abraham, 332. 
Woodhop (T.), aHas Wood, 

asi- 
Woodroffe, Dr. R, 22, 187, 
189, 277, 281, 283. 

— B. (jun.), 190, 193. 
Woodstock, 25, 82, 204, 

395* 
Woodward, Dr. J., 13, 70, 

93, loi, 174, 179, 201, 

33a, 337. 343. 347. 395 ; 
his shield, 13, 24, 2«, 28, 

31. 35-7. 39. 4». 4^. 5*. 
71. 75. 7^. 9i. 140, 337. 
340, 364, 372. 
Woodward, Hexddah, 239. 

— J. (St Mary HaU), 3a 
Worcester, the Church and 

Bishops of, 239. 
Workman, T., 40. 
Wormius, Olaus, 321. 
Worth, W., 28, 65, 66, 75. 
Wotton, Wm., 76, 78, 80, 92, 

94. 96, 140. 

Wren, Sir Chr., 14, 343. 

— Chr. (jun.), 254, 264, 268, 
288, 291. 



Wrifht, Bernard, 400. 

— Jas., 37, 119, aa;, 399, 

333» 37a. 

— John, 363. 

-W.,356. 

Writing, ancient, ao9J^. 

Wyatt, W., 16, 8a, 146, 313, 

320. 
Wyclif, trans, of the Lord*s 

riayer, 19a. 



INDEX. 

Wykchara, Williana of, 38, 

Wynne, Dr. J., 9, 11, 34. 

a8a, a83. 
— R. and W., 79. 

Yalden, T., 35, 149. 
Yarrington*8 EnplantTs Im- 

prcvenunt^ 156, 169/^. 
Yates, Dr. T., 145. 



479 

Yeovil, strange occurrence at, 

n8. 
York, Archbishops of. &c, 

239- 
Young, Patrick, 35, a8, 114, 
a7a. 

Zacagnius, letters of, 50 sq,^ 
375- 



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