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Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXIII
Title:
Scope & Content:: '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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXIV
Title:
Scope & Content:: MEDICAL COLLECTION, viz.:- 1. Brief notes on urines, in Latin, including three series, viz.:-(a) Beg. 'Rufus, subrufus, significant perfectam digestionem'. f. 1;-(b) Beg. 'Vrina rufa significat salutem et bonam disposicionem'. f. 1 b;-(c) Beg. 'In vrina consideranda sunt diuersa'. f. 3 b. 2....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXIX
Title:
Scope & Content:: NARRATIVE, by James Bell, afterwards (1595) a prebendary in Wells Cathedral (see Dict. Nat. Biogr.), of the journey of Princess Cecilia, daughter of Gustavus I of Sweden, wife of Christopher, Margrave of Baden, from Stockholm, which she left with her husband, 13 Nov. 1564, a few days after their...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1565
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXV
Title:
Scope & Content:: SERMON on Ezekiel xxxiii. ii, preached at S. Paul's Cross, London [27 Oct. 1584], by Samuel Harsnet, fellow, of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, subsequently Bishop of Chichester (1609) and Norwich (1619), and Archbishop of York (1628). Printed in 1656 (with Three Sermons by Dr. Richard Stuart; 2nd ed....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXVI
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'THE DIVYNE CLOWDE of Unknowynge': a religious treatise on contemplation, in 75 chapters (table, f. 2). Printed in a modernized form by Father H. Collins, The Divine Cloud, 1871 (see also an article by D. M. M'Intyre in The Expositor, Oct. 1907, p. 373). The authorship is unknown, the attributio...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXVII
Title:
Scope & Content:: THE SAME WORK: a late copy, with modernized spelling, possibly from the preceding MS. Paper; ff. 65. Quarto. 83/4 in. x 63/4 in. End of XVI cent. Belonged to [John, Lord] Lumley (autogr. signature, f. 2). Lumley cat. f. 39 ; not in the other old catalogues.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXVIII
Title:
Scope & Content:: SERMON on 2 (4) Kings xviii. 22, directed against the Church of Rome. Paper; ff. 19. Quarto. 83/4 in. x 63/4 in. Early XVII cent. Not in the old catalogues.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXX
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'THE INSTITVTION of a Christen man', otherwise known as the Bishops' Book: a copy of one of the editions printed (cf. B. M. press-mark 3932. e. 30) by Thomas Berthelet in 1537. In the margins and on inserted leaves (some of the printed leaves being cut out) are draft corrections [by the King] co...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1537-1538
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXXI
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'DAUIDS DELIGHTS or A President for a Prince. Entitled to the thryse-noble, vertuous and most hopefull yonge Prince Henry Fredericke, Prince of Wales.' The writer holds up David as an example to the Prince to follow, illustrating his arguments by many quotations from the Scriptures, especially t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1603-1612
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 C XXXII
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'A DISCOUERIE of the true causes whie Ireland was never entirely subdued and brought vnder obedience of the Crowne of England vntill the beginning of his Majesties happie raigne. By [Sir John Davies,] his Majesties Attorney Generall of Ireland'. Printed in 1612. Paper; ff. 91. Quarto. 9 in. x 6...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1603-1625]
Extent:: 1 item

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