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431. Royal MS 17 A XXXII

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Royal MS 17 A XXXII
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TRACTS on astrological and medical subjects, in English, viz.:- 1. 'Here begynnyth the Boke of Astronomy and of Philosophie constructe and compilat of the wiseste philosophers and astronomyers that euer were sethe the worlde was bygonne, that is for to sey that in the londe of Grece was an Engl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

432. Royal MS 17 B IV

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Royal MS 17 B IV
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'THEATRVM ACADEMIARVM or the Universitie of universities, containinge all such Academics as doe at this daye florish in our christian worlde . . . by Samuell Lewkenor, gentleman': a description of the universities in the several countries of Europe, dedicated to Lord Lumley, 8 Aug. 1599. The aut...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1599
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1 item

433. Royal MS 17 B XI

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Royal MS 17 B XI
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'OF SUCCESSION to the crowne of England', by Henry Hooke, of Lincoln, 'verbi diuini minister' (f. 3). This tract, written originally in the reign of Elizabeth, while defending the unwillingness of the Queen to name her successor, proceeds (f. 12) to urge the claims of James VI of Scotland agains...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1603-1625]
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1 item

434. Royal MS 17 B XII

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Royal MS 17 B XII
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'TWO SERMONS of oppression, affliction, and pacyence, preached by Roger Hutchynson' on the epistle for the 2nd Sunday after Easter (1 Pet. ii. 19-25), with dedication to Sir Harry Sydney [al. Sidney], gentleman of the King's privy chamber [afterwards Lord Deputy of Ireland]. Dated, Eton College ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1552
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1 item

435. Royal MS 17 B XXXIX

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Royal MS 17 B XXXIX
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'CERTEYNE NOTES touching the disputacions of the bisshoppes in this late parliament assembled [14-18 Dec. 1548] of the Lordes Supper.' Printed, in modern spelling, with introduction and notes, by Rev. F. A. Gasquet and E. Bishop, Edward VI and the Book of Common Prayer, 1890, Appendix v, P. 395....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1548-1549
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1 item

436. Royal MS 17 B XXXVIII

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Royal MS 17 B XXXVIII
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'A PROGNOSTICATION for the yeare 1560 writinge (sc. written) in the French tonge by Mychell Nostradame [Michel de Nostredame] and translatyd into Englishe With the author's dedication to Claude of Savoy, Count of Tende and Sommerive, Admiral of the East Seas, Governor of Provence, whom he eulogi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1560
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1 item

437. Royal MS 17 C XVI

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Royal MS 17 C XVI
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TRANSLATIONS by Henry Parker, 10th Lord Morley, addressed 'to the moste nobil and vertuous Lady Mary' [afterwards Queen Mary] during the lifetime of Henry VIII (cf. 17 A. XXX, &c.). In the preface the translator alludes to the princess's proficiency in Latin, when she was 'skante cum to xii ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1528-1547
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1 item

438. Royal MS 17 C XXIII

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Royal MS 17 C XXIII
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'A TOUCHSTONE or triall of witches discoveringe them by scripture': consisting chiefly of passages of Scripture to be repeated by the suspects after the preacher. At the end are a few notes on other tests for witches. Paper; ff. 7. Quarto. 81/2 in. x 61/2 in. Early XVII cent. Not in the old cata...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
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1 item

439. Royal MS 18 A VIII

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Royal MS 18 A VIII
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SIX PSALMS (xix, lxxii, lxxx, civ, cxxxvii, cxlviii), translated into English metrical verse, by an anonymous author, from the Latin metrical versions of George Buchanan (d. 1582), which are also given. Preceded by the translator's prologue, beg. 'I haue writt what ensues out of my obedience to ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

440. Royal MS 18 A XIX

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Royal MS 18 A XIX
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'A PETITION DISCOURSORY' to Henry, Prince of Wales, by Henoch Clapham [pastor of an English congregation at Amsterdam 1595-1598, vicar of Northbourne, co. Kent, 1607-1614, cf. Hasted's Kent, iv, p. 156, and Dict. Nat. Biogr.]. Written from prison, where, he says, he has been sent by the Bishop o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1604
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1 item

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