67. More on the Black and Red books, and on Mr. Smith's work, who used to be called puzzle-cause and the blackness of darkness. Sept. 27, 1728. fo. 97.
68 Thanks Mr. West for a present of two books and three nutmegs.-Gives some account of one of these books, viz. An Ecclesiastical Protestant Historie.- Supposes Mr. Aynsworth to have had a hand in the catalogue of Dr. Woodward's books.-Dr. Friend's books likely to be Oct. 20, 1728. fo. 99.
77. Thanks Mr West for a present of Twining's book about though the author be a meaner antiquary than he could have imagined.-Mentions the Cotton MS. of Ross's [supposed] Life of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, which Mr. West had misconceived to be a Life of Guy. Feb. 19, 1728. fo. 113.
91. That he has not yet seen the rhapsody de re nummariâ, nor has any keen appetite to read any thing by the author of it, &c. Aug. 15, 1729. fo 137. This is the Mr. Smith mentioned in art. 66 and 76.
95. Wonder's how Mr. Le Neve came to write "in such scraps."-That he died very rich, but that he [Hearne] cared for nothing but his collection of manuscripts which he is desirous of having secured for the publick.-Some particulars of' the late Mr. Whiteside. Nov. 22, 1729. fo. 145.
97. Some remarks on Mr. Le Neve's will and collections; on Mr. Anderson's plates, and on the catalogue of books belonging to the late Dr. Grey, with whom Hearne corresponded when engaged with his Fordun. -That Lord Oxford had purchased some work by Bale, with the author's own MS. notes, which he...
100. That Sir W. Cordell's arms appear in all the copies of Saxton's maps.-He is informed that Dr. Stratford left part of his books to the libraries of Christ Church and Manchester College, and the rest to Dr. Robert Freind. Jan. 23, 1729. fo. 154.
103. More on Saxton's maps.-That he has heard some knowing men say that the copies not coloured are preferable to the other's.-Some particulars relating to Rastell's Chronicle.-That the age of Rich. III. is not mentioned in any of our published writers, though it appears from William Wyrcester t...
105. That he had hoped Mr. Le Neve's epitaph was spurious, but is, satisfied by Mr. West to the contrary. -That he has not seen Mr. Le Neve's Creed, which he desires may be sent to him.-Some remarks on the Chronicle of the Brute, sometimes called Historia Regia. May 7, 1730. fo. 163.