Add MS 15226

A MISCELLANEOUS collection, in prose and verse, of the xviith century, written in various hands. The following pieces may be noticed:-

Sonnets by N. Tomkyns, f. 1 ;-Verses on the death of Henry, Prince of Wales, f. 4;-Stanzas in praise of music, by W. Shakspeare, (his eighth Sonnet,) f. 4 b.;-Latin verses in Burghley Chapel, f. 5;-Stanzas on opinion and religion, by W. M., f. 5 b. ;-" The desparinge complainte of wretched Rawleighe for his treacheries wrought against the worthie Essex; whereunto is annexed his Caveat to secure courtiers," in verse, f. 6 b. ;-Musæus, translated out of the Greek, by R. Moore, 1630, f 16 b.;-" Verses made when my Lord Cooke was made Highe Sheriffe of Buckingham,", f. 22 b. ;-Sonnet by George Tucke,f. 24b.;-Verses upon the death of Danyel Birkehead, D.D., Prebendary of Durham, by Henry Chomley, 1624, f. 24 b. ;-Verses of Dr. Donne on the Eucharist, f. 25 b. ;-Verses on the death of James I., f. 26;-

Epitaph upon the death of T. A., by H. Chomley, f. 26 b.;-." Uppon Felton's hanginge in chaynes," by the same, f. 28;-Verses by Dr. Donne, f. 29; -Latin and English verses on the arms of Scott, f. 29 b. ;-Letter from Qu. Elizabeth to Sir Amias Paulett, who had the charge of the Queen of Scots, f. 34 b.;-Letterfound in the pocket of William Doddington, " after hee hadd throwne himselfe off from St. Pullchers churche and broke his necke," f 35 b. ;-Letter from Paull Tompson, M.A., to the Master and Scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge, when he lay in prison for clipping of gold, f. 36; -Letters of Francis Throckmorton and Anthony Babington to the Queen, after they were condemned, ff. 36 b. 38;-Long Letter written by J. R. from Leethmoore, containing a description of Scotland, dat. 26 June, 1627, f. 39; -Letter of James I. for the delivery of the Earl of Southampton out of prison, dat. 1 Apr. 1603, f. 46 b. ;-Extracts from Thomas Shelton's tachygraphy, f. 48;-Letter from the Great Turk to the Emperor, concerning his declaration of war, 19 Nov. 1663, f. 55;-Letter from the King of Morocco to the King, " when Salley was taken by Captayne Ramsborowe," f. 57;-Receipts to make coffee and chocolate, f. 59 ;-The Lord's Prayer in fifty different languages, f. 69;-" The History of Sampson, by Fra. Quarles," ff. 71 b. 85 ; -London's Plague-sore discovered," etc., by John Tillinghast, 1665, in verse, f. 80;-Elegy on John Tillinghast, f. 84 b. ;-Extracts from the Relation of the Life of Francis Quarles., by Ursula Quarles, his widow, f. 98 b. ; -Excerpts out of King James's " Remonstrance for the right of Kings," etc., f. 102 b.;-Translations of two of Ovid's Epistles, f "7;-Miscellaneous extracts, f. 124;-Medical receipts, f. 148 b. Duodecimo. [ 15,226.]