23. A collection of poems by different authors on various subjects. (Latin.) Among these are, Sir H.Wotton's Hymn made in an unquiet night during his sickness at Venice; two Elegies on the death of Dr. Eden, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; two others on Sir William Courten, and an Epitaph by ...
24. The copy of a prophecy concerning plague and fire in the city of London, related by Mr. John Sadler of Warmweil, in the county of Dorset, a learned and pious man, in the year after the return of King Charles the Second, and certified by Cuthbert Bound, Minister of the above parish.
40 (see also item 39). Various extracts from the works of Conrad Gesner on the history of birds, fishes, plants, &c. Collected by Mr. Hickes for his own private use.
6. Miles Fry, a madman (who calls himself Emanuel Plantagenet), to Lord Burghley; saying he has an embassage from God to the Queen his (Fry's) mother, he himself being the son of God and Queen Elizabeth, but was taken from her by the angel Gabriel and carried to one Mrs. Fry to be kept by her fo...
15. Johnson's frantic address to the Queen, mentioning his high relations, and hoping the Queen will restore him to his honours and possessions. See Art. 13.
17. Two strange letters to the Queen and Lord Burghley, imploring relief, yet called new-year's gifts, by the mad author Roger Crimble, an Irishman, Jan. 3, 1593.