A letter from Philip Lempriere at Bath, 13 Feb. 1777, to Wm. Baker. He says that the wits and poets used to meet in a public house in Gray's Inn Lane, the sign a Cat, the man who kept it was called Kit; and they kept the name when they removed to the Devil or Rose Tavern, Temple Bar; he is not sure which.

The Kit-Cat Club, a poem, by R. B. Four leaves, 8vo.

The thanks of the literary world will be given to Mr. Baker for allowing an inspection and description of his most interesting collection, containing so many radiations from those who have left "long trails of light

descending down." And I thank him much for giving me the use of the volume in the room where hang the portraits of the members of the Club with which his ancestor's name is so intimately connected. Although Dryden's letters were known to Sir Walter Scott (see Scott's edition of Dryden's works), yet, as the contents of this volume are little known, it was thought better to briefly notice the contents of the letters of Dryden as well as of the others.

ALFRED J. HORWOOD.

THE ORIGINAL CHARTERS, PAPERS, DEEDS, AND LETTERS OF CHARLES MICHAEL BERINGTON, ESQ., OF LITTLE MALVERN COURT,

(First Notice.)

In the library of Charles Berington, Esq., is contained a very large collection of early documents, ranging from the time of King John to the end of the last century. The greater portion of the collection has reference either to the history of the various families of which their owner is the representative, or to the property of which these families were the proprietors and occupants. Within a comparatively recent period large masses of these papers (especially the earlier ones) have perished by damp and otherwise; the portions however which remain are very considerable numeri. cally, and of great interest and value. Their importance consists not so much in the light which they throw upon the general history of the nation, as upon the illustrations which they afford of the inner life of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and in this respect they are worthy of a careful examination. The entire series has recently been most liberally submitted to my inspection by its owner, who is most anxious in every way in his power to forward the interests of the Commission. But the collection is too extensive to be exhausted in the course of a single visit, and I find it necessary in my present report to limit my notice to a general statement of the nature of the papers as they were presented to me, reserving to myself the privilege of a more systematic examination at some future period.

In dealing with these documents it may be convenient to classify them under certain chronological divisions, commencing with the Charters and papers anterior to the death of King Henry VIII.

The earliest Charters which have occurred among the bundles already opened are those which relate to grants made to the monastery of Little Malvern by Silvester, bishop of Worcester, and his successor in the same see, Walter de Cantilupe, confirmed by the earl of Glouces ter of the period.

Charters relative to Presthemede, of the time of Edward I.

Charters relative to tenements in Newcastle-underLyme, temp. Edw. III.

"Licence of Walter, abbot of Westminster, granting the request of John, prior of Little Malvern, to found an oratory at Bockebury, provided that the rights of the mother church of Longedone be not injured. Dated at Chaddesleye, 13 kal. Jun. 1289.

Charters respecting lands and tenements in Pershore, temp. Hen. VI.

Charters respecting lands in Leghe, granted by Alart Pepe, of Leghe, temp. Edw. III.

Lease of a tenement in Kersaltone, co. Surrey, "foranenst the cross," with a schedule of household necessaries left in the same (curious), dated 27 Hen. VII. Letters and papers connected with the proceedings of the Council appointed by King Henry VII. for the management of the affairs of Prince Arthur and the Princess Catherine, his wife, while resident at Bewdeley. Among these may be mentioned the following:

A letter from "H. Worcester " to the Princesse grace's counsail, without date.

Letter of John Russell, secretary to the said council, in answer to the above letter. Letters (several) from John, bishop of Exeter, to the

same.

Letters from Walter Devreux to the same. Letter (holograph) of Thomas Audley, to "his brother "Russell, secretary with the Lady Princess." Letters from the Commissioners for the pacification of the Marches of Wales.

Rules for the pacification of the same.

Various letters and papers of the time of Henry VIII. Letter of William, Lord Wyndesore, to his cousin Russell, 35 Hen. VIII.

Depositions respecting the will of Thomas Holgrave. Charters granted by the abbey of Gloucester, 28 Hen. VIII.

Letter (original) of Clement, abbot of Evesham, to "Mr. Secretary."

Depositions in a suit (23 Hen. VIII.) betwixt Thomas Foliatt, Esq., and John Frauncis.

Taxation of the subsidy for the first year, viz., 27 Hen. VIII. in the limits of John Russell and William Gower, Esqrs.

Various letters from Thomas Crumwell to Sir John Russell, Knight, and others, mostly undated, but one bearing the date 7 Dec. 30 Hen. VIII.

Appointment of Harry Russell, Esq., to be "Foster" of the late priory of Little Malvern, 23 Hen. VIII., with draft of his letter respecting the same.

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'A device to make sure the manor of Hardwick;" two plans.

Quietus given to John Russell, farmer, of Werepedyll, 24 Hen. VIII.

Lease of lands and tenements in Calais (5 Dec., 12 Hen. VIII.), by Sir William Barber, Knt., to John Russell, of the Frith, co. Surry, "squier."

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Grant of tithes of corn in Besford, by "Johannes episcopus Politensis, abbas Wigornia," to John Russell, Esquire, for his good counsel, 29 Hen. VIII.

Lease by the same abbot of Worcester, to John Rus sell, vicar of S. Andrew's of Pershore, of "Pershore Myllys," 18 Hen. VIII.

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Rentale terrarum et tenementorum nuper prioratus Minoris Malverniæ.

Petition to the King for grant of restitution to Sir Richard Brunton and Joanna, his wife, daughter and heir of William Stanley, Esq., son of William Stanley, Knt., of lands, &c. forfeited by him. No date.

Letters-testimonial embodying depositions respecting the will of Thomas Holgrave, Gent., in 1527.

Grant of lands in Solihull, co. Warwick, by Richard Boteler, to Sir Edward Ferrers and others, 9 Hen. VIII. Documents connected with lands, &c. in Solershope, co. Heref., 24 Hen. VIII.

Account Book, containing the personal and private expenses of Thomas Holgrave, 15 Hen. VIII. (A curious volume.)

Letters to and from the family of Brocton (or Brough ton), of Henley, co. Salop, from the reign of Hen. VIII. Letters and papers connected with the descent of tenements and lands in Barrowe, co. Wigorn., between Henry Russell and Charles Brocton, 1 and 2 Philip and Mary.

Leases of lands in Ellefield, temp. Philip and Mary. Letters-patent of Philip and Mary, granting to Henry Russell, Esq., and Charles Brocton, Gent. (in consideration of the faithful service heretofore rendered by the said Henry Russell, and of 4131. 18s. 6d. paid by the said Henry Russell and Charles Brocton), the demesne and manor of Little Malvern, with its appurtenances, &c., Barrowe, &c. Dated at Westm., 26 Sept., 1 and 2 Philip and Mary. The original, with the royal seal appended.

Household Book of Henry Russell, "since the death "of my mother."

General quitclaim, by John Webb, of London, Gent., of all debts due to him by Rowland Russell, of London, Gent., 40 Eliz.

Book of payment of Easter Dues of Little Malvern, 37 Eliz.

Another for A.D. 1609. Another for A.D. 1614.

Letters from Richard Pigot, "from his chamber in "Oriel College," to Mr. Henry Russell, Little Mal

vern.

Letters from Matthew Berew to Henry Russell, principal of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, 20 Eliz. Letters of William Berowe of Bullocks Hall, county Hants.

Letters of John Higford, 1593.

Letters of John Halsey, 1601, 1604.

Letters of John Chapman, 1607.

Letters of Thomas Chamberlain, 1639. Letters and papers relative to a suit about a farm in Long Wittenham co. Berks, claimed by S. John's College, Oxford, 1583, among which are several letters of the Privy Council.

Letters, chiefly domestic and personal, from members of the families of Russell, Packington, Grove, Waterhouse, Berkley, Leigh, Halsey, Uvedale, Walwyn, Monington, Throckmorton, Molyns, Gunton, ranging from about 1580 to 1680.

Domestic papers connected with the families of Monington and Williams of Holywell, Flintshire, A.D. 1720

1723.

Letters of Mary Cross, Frances Clifton, and other inmates of the English Convent at Rouen, to Mr. Monington and Mr. Williams of Holywell, 1734-1795. (Interesting notices of the French Revolution.)

Letters and papers respecting the relics of Queen Clementine Sobieski (with the relics themselves), given to "this convent by Felix, bishop of Ipres, Oct. 4th, "1765."

Letter of Sister Mary Rosa Howard of Norfolk, about the relics of Queen Clementina, dated, Brussells, Aug. 29th, 1742.

Attestation of relics presented by the said Sister Mary Rosa (with the relics themselves), by Joseph Habert, bishop of Ipres, dated 18 Sept. 1772, the relics having been presented, 12th May 1741.

Attestation as to a portion of the hair shirt of St. Thomas of Canterbury (with the relic itself) by Nicholas Leyburn, vice-president of Douai, Edward Everard, S. T. P. and Joseph Morgan, dated, 9th March 1676.

Papers of the very Rev. Prior Williams, last prior of the English Carthusians of Nieuport, Flanders (originally of Sheen), who died, 2nd Jan. 1797, at Little Mal

vern.

Papers relating to the temporalities of the English Carthusians of Nieuport.

Proceedings of the Committee for sequestration of Papists and Delinquents as regarding Thomas Russell of Little Malvern, April 1649.

Speech of Fr. David Lewis, executed at Usk, Aug. 27, 1679.

Documents connected with the period of the Commonwealth.

Letters of Richard Pigot, Fellow of Oriel College, to Thomas Habington, the Worcestershire Antiquarian.

History of the priory of Little Malvern, by Rowland Reade.

Letters of Dorothy Lacon, 1647.
Letters of J. Grove, 1605.

Letter of Edward Penant, Avignon, 1765.

Mr. Berington permits me to state that he will be happy to afford every facility which I may require for the inspection of these portions of his papers which as yet remain unexamined; and further, that he is anxious to forward by every means in his power the objects contemplated by the Commission.

Jos. STEVENSON.

THE MANUSCRIPTS OF COLONEL MYDDELTON-BIDDUlph, CHIRK CASTLE, Denbighshire.

The Manuscripts and greater portion of the old library are at present in a vaulted stone chamber on the first floor. The manuscript volumes are very few ; the letters are numerous, but only a few of the time of Charles 1 are of public interest. On the partition some years ago of the vast estates of the Myddeltons, I think it most likely that great portions of the MS. correspondence went to one or both of the other coheiresses.

A 4to volume in English, 16th century, 227 leaves and one leaf of table, intituled, "History of the Kings "and Princes of Wales :" begins, "After that Cadwalla"der the last King of the Britons descending from the "noble race of Trojans Ends (at 227a), "and "at this year the King built the castle and town of "Beaumarys. After this there was nothing "done in Wales worthy memory, but that is to be redde “in the English Chronicles." At fol. 4 the author refers to Sir John Price's apology against the calumnies of Polydore Vergil.

A 4to volume in English, paper, 15th century, 33 leaves, imperfect at the beginning. It consists of medical recipes.

A folio volume in Latin, paper, 16th century, begins with fol. 64, and ends with fol. 85. It is a book of the Gaol Delivery of Newgate in London, for the 32nd and several succeeding years of Henry 8. It gives the names of the prisoners, their pleas and sentences, in very brief entries.

Books of orders at Quarter Sessions for Denbighshire from 1647 to near the end of the century; and a multitude of Rolls of the Quarter Sessions at Wrexham in the 17th century.

Queen Elizabeth's instructions to Henry Earl of Pembroke, President of the Council in Wales; dated at Windsor, 15th Sept. 1586; and a few other papers in other years relative thereto.

A 4to volume, paper, 17th century, contains lay and religious poems in English and Welsh.

A 4to volume, paper, 17th century, contains historical and genealogical notes in Welsh; about 180 leaves.

A folio volume, paper, 17th century, contains an account of the subscriptions of persons in all the parishes in London to the subsidy, 1643 and 1644.

A fragment of an 8vo volume, vellum, 14th century, beginning with fol. 55, and ending with fol. 100. It ends imperfectly in the 4th chapter of Articulus Septimus. It is a treatise on virtues and vices. The 19th chapter, De Elemosina, begins "Sanctus Judocus ex regno Britonum;" there are other English examples. Among the letters and miscellaneous papers, I noticed the following:

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1583. June 11. A notary public's declaration of Sir Henry Norris, captain of a company of English soldiers in Anvers, confessing that he owed to Sir William Middelton, an English merchant resident in Anvers, 371. Flemish.

1636. June 19. Jonathan Edwards at Oxford to Walkyn Kyffin at Chirk. The King intends to come here (Oxford), and they are extremely strick to keep the city cleare and free from the sickness [in London] against he comes; on August 29th he will be here.

1636. Aug. 31. Jonathan Edwards to his brother, John Jones. He gives an account of the King's coming to Oxford, his reception and behaviour, the procession of the authorities, presentation of Oxford gloves to the King, his weariness at one speech, and satisfaction with another. A long and interesting letter.

1637. July 11. John Kyffin to Sir Thomas Middelton at Chirk. He is summoned to Chirke Castle and charged with half a musket; he has parted with all his property, except a pittance, to his two sons, therefore asks that he may be struck out from the list, and that they may be substituted.

1638. A long list of officers and gentlemen that have served abroad and are elected for His Majesty's service (to go into Scotland, 1638).

1639. May 27. Sir Edward Broughton of London to Gerrard Eyton. After matters of business he gives reports of the King's intended movements towards Scotland.

1644 and 1645. Various lists of men in differen regiments. Receipts for ammunition and arms by various captains.

1647. November 1. A letter from Chirk to Sir Thomas Middelton at Carew House in the Strand, about the charge on the Castle and the quartering of troops there by the Parliament.

1668. June 7. A news-letter from London. 1706. July. A note of a great storm in the county of Denbigh. Above thirty county bridges must be necessarily rebuilt or repaired.

1608. Nov. 2. A note of Muster of the clergy at Whelford; giving their names, the arms for which they were liable, and whether they were furnished

or not.

It is worth noting that during the forage for MSS. in the old tower a very fair copy of Caxton's edition of the Polycronicon was discovered; it has six leaves of the table at the beginning, and wants all after the 4th chapter of the last book (the last book being Caxton's own composition). In other respects the volume seems perfect.

In the Library are a few old letters laid down in a volume. One is a holograph letter by Charles 1, intimating his intention to come to Chirk Castle, and one by John Watts, giving an account of the defence of the Castle against the Rebels.

The Manorial Records are abundant. Among then is a very long roll for Moghaut, 34 & 35 Edw. 3. Under the heading "Irrotulamentum pro magistro "dil Halstan" is the following entry:-"Jevan ap "Madoc Keffyn cepit firmam fraternitatis hospitalis "Sancti Johannis infra marchiam Powys pro 41. hoc

anno plegio Madoc Keffyn patris sui solum ad festa, sut pena 208. ad utrumque diem; et "nisi fecerit concedit quod introat super se heredes "et executores suos pena et districtione super hoc "provise, &c."

Of the 13 Richard 2 is a large roll, Computus of the bailiffs of Richard, Earl of Arundell, and accounts of the farmers of the demesne there.

And a great number of court rolls of the times of Edw. 3 and Richard 2 and later, for Chirk and Moghant, including one of 1655 for Chirk and Chirkland, while the estate was in the hands of the Protector.

Colonel Biddulph's hospitality and attention during my stay at his magnificent border Castle made me regret that the Manuscripts there were not still more numerous. A packet of interesting Civil War letters was a short time since carefully put aside, and unfortunately is not for the present at hand.

ALFRED J. HORWOOD.

COLONEL CAREW'S MSS. AT CROWCOMBE COURT.

Colonel Carew possesses a manuscript of the tenth century of great value and exquisite beauty. It is a copy of the Evangelia according to St. Jerome, with parallelisms according to the canons of Eusebius* of Cæsarea, who flourished in the early part of the fourth century, and who seems to have formed a sort of harmony of or concordance to the four Evangelists, which he divided into ten canons or tables, classing the events accordingly as the narratives occurred. In the left-hand margin level with the text St. Jeromet places the references to the like narratives in the other gospels, numbering from 1 to 10, thus,

1. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

2. Matthew, Mark, Luke.

3. Matthew, Luke, John.

4. Matthew, Mark, John.

5. Matthew, Luke.

6. Matthew, Mark.

7. Matthew, John.

8. Luke, Mark.

9, Luke, John.

10. Solus, i.e., when the passage only occurs in one Evangelist.

The following examples will fully explain my meaning:

I. () M'. xxxvii (b). Mt. cxxxiii (b). L. lxxvii (b). J. cviiij (b).

II. (^) M'. ccci. Mr. clxxxii.

L. cclxxxviii.

III. L. lviii. Mat. xc. J. cxvii. et cxxxviiii.

IV.

J. xci.
Mt. cciiij.
M. cxii.

V.

L. ccxxxi.

M'. cclxxii.

"Illis autem, qui foris sunt, in parabolis omnia fiunt, ut videntes videant, et non videant ; et audientes audiant, et non intelligant. Ne quando convertantur, et dimittantur eis peccata. Et ait illis. Nescitis parabolam hanc? et quomodo omnes parabolas cognoscetis?" (Mark iv. 11-13.)

Qui autem tradidit eum, dedit illis signum dicens, Quemcumque osculatus fuero ipse est, tenete eum. Et confestim accedens ad Jesum, dixit: Ave rabbi, et osculatus est eum. Dixitque illi Jesus: Amice, ad quod venisti? Tunc accesserunt, et manus injecerunt in Jesum et tenuerunt eum. Et ecce unus ex his qui erant cum Jesu, extendens manum, exemit gladium suum et percussit servum principis sacerdotum et amputavit auriculam ejus. (Matt. xxvi. 48-51.)

Non est discipulus super magistrum, perfectus autem omnis erit si sit sicut magister ejus. (Luke vi. 40.)

Et animam meam pono pro ovibus meis. (Joh. x. 15.)

Verumtamen inimicos meos illos qui noluerunt me regnare super se adducite huc, et interficite ante me. (Luke xix. 27.)

a The number of the Canons of Eusebius. The number of the Capitula in the Canon.

The "Canones, sive Indices decem Harmoniæ Evangeliorum," with the Epistle to Carpianus in explanation of the system upon which they are constructed, are printed in Greek and Latin in Gallandis Bibliotheca Patrum, ii., 533-545. Concerning them see the Prolegomena, c. 19., § 2. and § 1., 5-9. They are given in Latin, in the version of St. Jerome, with the Epistle to Carpianus in Greek and Latin in St. Jerome's works, tom. x., p. ii., 667-682.

It may be remarked that those chapters and verses occur here which are omitted in the Vatican and the Sinaitic Codices.

VI.

Mt. clxviiij. Mr. lxxxiiij.

VII. Mt. clxxxv. J. ccv.

VIII.

M'. lvi.
L. lxxxviiij.

IX. L. celxii.

Et assumens eum Petrus, cœpit increpare illum, dicens: Absit a te, Domine, non erit tibi hoc. (Matt. xvi. 22.)

Amen dico vobis, quæcumque alligaveritis super terram, erunt ligata et in cœlo. Et quæcumque solveritis super terram, erunt soluta et in cœlo. (Matt. xviii. 18.)

Et exeuntes prædicabant ut pœnitentiam agerent; et dæmonia multa ejiciebant, et ungebant oleo multos ægros, et sanabantur. (Mar. vi. 12, 13.)

Intravit autem Satanas in Judam, qui J.cxiii. et exxiiii. Cognominabatur Scarioth, unum de duodecim. (Luke xxii. 3.)

Then begin the Capitula, or brief abridgment of St. Matthew's Gospel, unfortunately imperfect, as it ends with the events recorded in chapter xxv. v. 33 of the present version; this is followed by a very elaborate illumination of St. Matthew writing his Gospel. Then follows an illuminated page containing the words: "Liber Generationis Jesu Christi.' Then comes the Gospel of St. Matthew, which also is unfortunately imperfect. The verse 22 of the Vulgate, chapter ix., commencing, "Multi dicunt mihi," breaks off after "in tuo nomine dæmonia ejecimus," and the rest of chapter 7, to the middle of v. 18 of chapter 9.

Afterwards St. Jerome's Argumentum on St. Mark, which is followed by the Capitula, the last page of which and the portrait of St. Mark, with the page containing the illumination of the first verse of his Gospel, together with the first page of the Gospel are evidently missing, as it begins with the 17th verse of the first chapter, “Et "dixit eis Jesus."

St. Mark's Gospel is followed by the prologue or argument to St. Luke. Then come the Capitula. Then the illumination of St. Luke.

Immediately after the illumination of St. Luke there is another page also highly illuminated for the first twenty one words of the gospel, but an ornamental Q§ alone occurs. Then follows the Gospel itself.

After St. Luke's Gospel is the prologue or argument to St. John's Gospel, followed by the Capitula.

Then the illumination of St. John writing his Gospel, which is followed by another illumination of the first verse: "In principio verbum et verbum erat apud "Deum et Deus erat verbum.' Then the Gospel itself

This is printed in the preface to the Vulgate, p. liij. Paris, 1855. Pope Damasus held the Holy See from the 1st Oct. 366 to 10 Dec. 384 St. Jerome was for a short period his secretary.

+ Printed in the Maxima Bibliotheca veterum Patrum, tom. iii, p. 265. The Capitula represent the short analysis generally placed at the commencement of each chapter of the authorised version.

§ Quoniam quidem multi conati sunt ordinare narrationem, que in nobis completa sunt rerum: sicut tradiderunt nobis, qui ab initic ipsi viderunt.

The

list of lessons from the gospels read on Sundays and feast days at that time, extending over 27 pages. It is nearly the same as the Roman Breviary. following specimen will explain its nature: Incipit capitulatio evangeliorum :[I]n vigilia Domini de nocte secundum Lucam, capitulo primo:

In illo tempore exiit edictum a Cæsare, usque: Pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis.

Mane prima secundum Lucam capitulo tertio. In illo tempore pastores loquebantur adinvicem. Usque: Sicut dictum est ad illos.

In die natalis domini secundum Johannem capitulo primo. Initium sancti evangelii secundum Johannem : In principio erat verbum, et verbum erat apud Deum. Usque Plenum gratiæ et veritatis.

In natali sancti Stephani secundum Mathæum, capitulo ducentesimo quadragesimo. In illo tempore dicebat Jesus turbis Judæorum: Ecce ego mitto ad vos prophetas. Usque Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

[In natali sancti Johannis Apostoli secundum Johannem, capitulo ducentesimo tricesimo secundo. In illo. Dixit Jesus Petro, Sequere me, conversus Petrus vidit illum. Usque: Et scimus quia verum est testimonium ejus.

In natale Innocent[i]um secundum Mathæum, capitulo sexto. In illo tempore. Ecce angelus domini apparuit in somnis Josepho. Usque: Quoniam Nazaræus vocabitur. [I]n natali sancti Silvestri, die tricesimo primo mensis Decembris secundum Mathæum capitulo ducentesimo In illo tempore. sexagesimo tertio. Dixit Jesus discipulis suis. Vigilate ergo quia nescitis diem. Usque: Super omnia bona sua constituet eum.

În octabas Domini ad sanctam Mariam ad martyres secundum Lucam, capitulo tertio. In illo tempore. Postquam consummati sunt dies octo. Usque: Priusquam in utero conciperetur.

[Dominica prima post natale Domini, secundum Lucam capitulo tertio. In illo tempore. Fuit Joseph et Maria mater Jesu. Usque: Et gratia Dei erat in illo.

In vigilia de Theophania secundum Mathæum, capitulo sexto. In illo tempore. Defuncto autem Herode. Usque: Quoniam Na[z]aræus vocabitur.

[I]n Theophania secundum Mathæum capitulo quarto. In illo tempore. Cum natus esset Jesus in Bethleem Judæ. Usque: Per aliam viam reversi sunt in regionem

suam.

In octabas Epiphaniæ capitulo decimo tertio secundum Mathæum. In illo tempore. Venit Jesus a Galilæa in Jordane ad Johannem. Usque: Hic est filius meus in quo mihi complacuit.

[D]ominica prima post Theophaniam secundum Lucam In illo tempore. capitulo tertio. Cum factus esset Jesus annorum duodecim usque: Et gratia apud Deum et homines.

After the Capitulatio Evangeliorum is the well-known letter addressed to King Alfred by Fulco, Archbishop of Rheims, who held that see from A.D. 883 to A.D. 900.

The object of the letter is to introduce to King Alfred a priest named Grimbald, whom he praises highly for his piety and learning. Fulco's Epistle has been printed more than once. Michael Alford* first made it public in the year 1663 in his Annals of the Church of England, published in Latin under the title of "Fides Regia Britannica, sive Annales Ecclesia "Britannica." He states that he extracted the letter "e manuscripto codice Annalium Wintoniensium, qui "Liber de Hida appellatur."t

The second publication of Archbishop Fulco's letter was in the year 1722, by the Rev. Francis Wise, in his edition of Asser's Life of Alfred the Great, and was probably derived from the present manuscript. He says, "Epistolam Fulconis Rhemorum Archiepiscopi mihi benigne impertivit V.R. Thomas Ford, A.M. Eccl. de "Banwell in agro Somersetensi Vicarius, et Eccl. Wel"lensis Præbendarius, qui illam (in fine vetusti MS. Evangelii scriptam, atque in latrinam tantum non detrusam) ab interitu peropportune vindicavit. Hanc nunquam vidit Flodoardus, utcunque alias in scriptis "Fulconis recensendis diligens inquisitor."

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Now at the end of Colonel Carew's manuscript these words occur, "Tho. Ford, his book, 10th Sept.," which I think goes far to establish the fact that Wise derived his copy of Archbishop Fulco's letter from this identical manuscript. How it descended to the family to which it now belongs I have not yet been able to ascertain.

* Alford was an assumed name. Griffith was his surname. †The Liber de Hyda has been published in the Government Series under the direction of the Master of the Rolls.

Mr. Ford was appointed to the vicarage of Banwell, 3rd Feb. 1712, and to the prebend of Wedmore in Wells, on the 18th April 1721.

A list is added of the principal verses, paragraphs, and words which are omitted in the older MSS., such as the Sinaitic (middle of fourth century), Vatican (middle of fourth century), and Alexandrian (middle of fifth century), with the results of a collation of the corresponding portions of the Carew MS. Various readings or mistranslations are not noticed.

The references to the Sinaitic, Vatican, and Alexandrian MSS. are taken from Tischendorf's New Testament.

Ch. v. vi. 13.

xv. 8.

xvi. 2 & 3.

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This passage, "when it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather; for the sky "is red. And in the morning, it will be "foul weather to-day; for the sky is red "and lowering. Ye know how to discern "the face of day; but can ye not discern "the signs of the times?

Omitted in some of the earlier MSS., but it is in the Carew MS. and in the Vulgate. 'Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."

xvii. 21.

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xviii. 11.

xx. 16.

xxiii. 14.

xxvii. 35.

vi. 11.

vii. 8.

vii. 16.

ix. 24.

ix. 29.

ix. 44.

ix. 45.

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Omitted in the Vatican, the Vulgate, and the Carew MSS.

"And every man went unto his own "house."

Not in the Sinaitic or Vatican, but in the Carew MS., and in the Vulgate.

The whole of the first 11 verses, containing the account of the woman taken in adultery, are omitted in the Sinaitic and Vatican MSS. but they occur in the Carew and the Vulgate.

viii. 59.

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x. 26.

Not in the Sinaitic or the Vatican MSS., nor in the Carew or the Vulgate.

"Two men shall be in the field, the one "shall be taken and the other left."

xiii. 32.

This verse is not in the Sinaitic, Vatican, or Alexandrian MSS., but it is in the Carew and the Vulgate.

xvi. 16.

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"And there appeared an angel unto "him from heaven, strengthening him." "And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down "to the ground.'

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These two verses are not in the Sinaitic, Vatican, or Alexandrian MSS., but they are in the Carew MS. and the Vulgate. "Struck him on the face and."

The Sinaitic and Vatican MSS. omit these words, but they occur in the Carew and in the Vulgate.

"Me, nor let me go."

Not in the Sinaitic or Vatican MSS., but in the Carew and Vulgate.

"For of necessity he must release one "unto them at the feast."

This verse is not in the Vatican or Alexandrine MSS., but it is in the Carew and the Vulgate.

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Going through the midst of them, and so passed by.'

Not in the Sinaitic or Vatican, nor in the Vulgate or Carew.

"As I said unto you."

The Sinaitic and Vatican MSS. omit these words, and they are not in the Carew MS. or the Vulgate.

"If God be glorified in him."

Omitted in the Sinaitic and Vatican MSS., but found in the Carew MS. and Vulgate.

"Because I go to the Father.” Omitted in Sinaitic and Vatican MSS., but found in the Vulgate and Carew MSS. The whole of the Chapter is in the Carew MS. T. DUFFUS HARDY.

MSS. LATELY IN THE POSSESSION OF MRS. COLLIS,

LEICESTER.

By the kindness of the Rev. Edmund Knight, Vice-President of St. Mary's College, Oscott, I have had the opportunity of examining some early writings, the property of Mrs. Collis of Leicester. A note of the more curious of these papers is given below.

I. "Th'order of Common Praier. The Ministracion "of Christes Holye Sacramentes and of Christian "Disciplyne, usede in the Englishe Congregacion "at Frankeforde,"

This MS. consists of 26 folio pages in a contemporary English hand. It consists of the following parts :