Alexander Neckam (1157-1217), Corrogationes Promethei. Neckam was abbot of Cirencester and a scholar. His work comprises a treatise on grammatical criticism (ff. 150r-157v) followed by a scriptural commentary (ff. 158r-196r). Prohemium, rubric (f. 150r): 'Incipiunt corrogatio/nes Promethei. ...
Collection of sermons and theological tracts (imperfect)
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The collection includes (f. 66) two contemporary additions relating to medicine, a charm (item 1) and a short verse on humours (item 2). Two short chapters (ff. 84, 119-11v; items 3-4) discuss the formation of the fetus and birth in theological rather than medical terms. The cataloguing of the m...
A poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I, A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624, and other texts
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Contents: 1. A poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I, Hymnus pastoralis in laudem serenissimae Reginae Elizabethae, ex Anglico sermone in Latinum traductus (ff. 1r-4r); 2. Correspondence between Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and Sir Francis de Vere (ff. 6r-9v); 3. A Discourse of the B...
Correspondence between Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and Sir Francis de Vere.
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Includes a letter from Henry Percy (b. 1564, d. 1632), Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Francis de Vere (b. 1560/61, d. 1609), and De Vere's reply, see Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1601-3: With addenda 1547-65 (1870), Queen Elizabeth - Volume 283: April 1602: Letter from Henry Perc...
A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624
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A Discourse of the Buisines of Ambyona in Anno Domini 1624,relates to the Ambyona massacre of 1623 in which ten Englishmen in the service of the British East India Company were tortured and executed by agents of the Dutch East India Company on Ambon Island (now Indonesia).
The History of the reigne of King Henry the 8th, King Edward, Queen Mary and part of Queen Elizabeth
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A chronicle entitled: The History of the reigne of King Henry the 8th, King Edward, Queen Mary and part of Queen Elizabeth, incipit: 'The books which are written doo in their kinds...'
The order and form of the entry of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, into Canterbury before the investiture of William Wharham as archbishop of Canterbury on 9 March 1504
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The order and form of the entry of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, into Canterbury before the investiture of William Wharham as archbishop of Canterbury on 9 March 1504 (The order and forme of the comminge of Lord Edwarde Stanfford Duke of Buckingham into Caunterbery the daye before Introni...