F. ff. 121-152. Miscellaneous loose notes, jottings and ‘Historicall Extracts’; 1650-1682, n.d. Partly Latin and French. Included is a small pamplet on the ‘Estat du Revenue des Eglises de France’; n.d. [circa 1630s], docketed ‘Polit’ by Evelyn.
A. ff. 1-27v. Memoranda; circa Feb. 1636-Jan. 1639. Imperfect. Partly Latin, Greek, French and Italian. The surviving sections include notes of contemporary and historical events in France and Spain, the French language, together with a list of addressees of letters written by Browne on 1 No...
D. ff. 61-104v. Miscellaneous reading-notes, minutely written in a tall oblong notebook with marbled wrappers similar to (E) below, consisting of a front flyleaf and 44 numbered pages. Latin and Greek. The observations are divided into numbered centuries, of which the second is carried as far as...
E. ff. 105-120v. Miscellaneous reading-notes later enclosed in or folded into a tall oblong wrapper similar to (D) above; n.d. [circa 1646-1651, etc.]. Latin and Greek. A docket (f. 87v) in Evelyn’s hand on the tall oblong marbled wrapper within which the loose leaves were folded describes it...
B. ff. 28-54. Memoranda; 1641-1650. Partly Latin and French. The journal, kept sporadically from 30 July to Oct. 1642 and Apr. 1649 to Aug. 1650, is interspersed with political notes, list of addresses and books, and inscriptions and verses in Latin. Paper: ff. 27. Four unbound but sewn g...
C. ff. 55-60. Memoranda, with entries, partly in pencil, mostly circa 1643-1660, with additions circa 1672. Partly Latin, Greek and French. Paper: ff. 26. Marbled paper covers, with green silk tie. 108 x 56 mm.