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A VOLUME of Miscellaneous Papers and Letters of the xvith and xviith centuries; many of which are originals, and relate to events during the revolution in England. The contents are:-

" The protestations of the peers and nobles of the kingdome of Bohemie and marquisatt of Moravia, convenied in a full committee at Prage, the 2nd of Sept. 1415, made against the Councell of Constance, for burning of Johne Huss and imprisoning and cruell burning also of Jerome of Prage; " copied from the original " in the custodie and librarie of D. William, Guild minister of Aberdeene;" in Latin, f. 1 ;-Fragment of a military treatise; of which the chapters now remaining relate to the maintenance of a Duke, Earl, Baron, and Banneret, in battle; with other precepts and " advisements of warrs," f. 3;-Note of the privileges of the Earl Marshal], f. 5;-" The names of the officers that served in the camp in Kent [and rate of daily wages to each], delyveryd unto me by Sir Moylle Fynche, 1588," f. 7;-

" Dies Jubilæus, seu Oratio in admirandam nostram et in æternum memorandam ,ab horrenda illa Romanorum 5 Novembris, 1607;" stated to be in the writing of Tho. Elston, f. 9;-Grievances complained of by the Commons, and submitted to the King, June, 1610, f 11 ;-Fragment of an account of charges for victualling vessels, in April and May, 1619; signed by Sir John Wolstenholme, Sir Nicholas Fortescue, J. Osborne, and W. Pitt, f 13;-Order of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York, releasing Owen Mendeth from a sentence of excommunication, IS July, 1619; signed by Matthew Dodsworth, Chancellor to the Archbishop, Lat. f. 14;-Autograph signatures of Edward [Vaux, Lord] Harrowden, and Henry Neale [of Northampton], cut from a parchment deed, dated 1624, f. 15;-Minutes of a Council of War, held at Oxford, 26 Jan. 1642, recording regulations for protecting the Kino's person, f. 16;-Letter of Sir John

Stawell to John Ashbourneham; Bridgewater, 30 Jul. 1644, f. 18;-Sir Richard Grenville to Edw. Walker, Secretary of the Council of War to the King; Plympton, 19 Sept. 1644, f. 20;-William May, Sir Henry Killigrew, Piers Edgcumbe, William Coryton, Walter Langdon, and William Scawen [Commissioners for Cornwall] to the same; Liskeard, 15 Aug. 1644, f. 21 ;-

Henry Barker, receiver of sequestrations in West Yorkshire, to the committee for sequestrations at Ditchmarsh, 1644, f. 25;-Col. Edmund Wyndham to Sir John Culpeper, Master of the Rolls; Bridgewater, 28 Sept. [1644], f. 24;-The same to Lord [Digby?]; Bridgewater, ult. Sept. [1644], f. 26;-Col. Conyers Griffin to [George] Lord Digby [afterwards 2nd Earl of Bristol]; Langford [co. Wilt], 12 Nov. 1644, f. 27;-Three letters from Sir Thomas Bendyshe, Ambassador to the Porte, addressed to the King, respecting Sir Sackville Crow, the late Ambassador; Pera, Constantinople, 12 Nov., 26 Nov. 1647; 10 May [1648], f. 29;-The Committee of the Scottish Parliament, etc., to Charles I.; Edinburgh, 18 July, 1648; with the King's answer, 31 Jul. 1648 (copies), f 34;-Votes of both Houses of Parliament, refusing to [David?] Lord Carnegie, and Sir Alexander Gibson, a safe conduct from Scotland to the King, and granting it to Sir James Carmichael; dat. 21 Sept. 1648; signed by John Browne and H. Elsynge, clerks of Par. liament, f. 36;-Draft of a letter from Charles I. to [John Campbell] Earl of Loudoun, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, of the prospects of a peace with the Parliament; Newport, Isle of Wight, 9 Nov. 1648, f. 37;-Minutes of Proceedings of the Privy Council of Charles II. relative to a treaty with the Scots; Castle Elizabeth, Jersey, 13 Dec. 1649;-11 Jan. 1650; with corrections, f. 39;-Minute of an order of the Council of State, upon the petitions of Huet Leat and Randolph Manwaring; Whitehall, 15 Jul. 1652, f. 41;-Letter of J. Norton to his sister Lady Norton [widow of Sir Rich. Norton, Bart. of Rotherfield?]; Southwick [co. Southt], St. Peter's day, 1655, f. 43;-W. Mills to Mrs. Elizabeth Huson, 4 March, 1659, f. 44;-

The same to Mr. Huson, respecting Maj.-Gen. Robert Overton's arrest, and other public matters, 11 March, 1659, f. 46;-Five letters from James Mowbray (three of them under the assumed names of Scot and Grey), to Sir Edward Walker, respecting Gen. Monk's designs, and other public topics; Paris and London, 7 Jan.-19 March, 1660, f. 48; - Nicholas Browne to the same, as Garter King of Arms, sending a list of families whose arms he quarters; Delft, 3 March, 1660, f. 57;-List of ',the Lords of the Councell now sworne," 31 May, 1660, f. 59;-Sir John Berkeley to Sir Edw. Walker, as Secretary to the Council of War; Exeter, 25 Aug. [1643?] f. 60;- "Copy of Prince Rupert's narrative of the causes of the miscarriages in the management of the late war [in 1666], in answer to a demand from the House of Commons," f. 62;-Copy of a similar narrative, by [George Monk] Duke of Albemarle, f. 64;-Copy of au order of the Privy Council, regulating fees to be taken by the Lieutenant of the Tower, for the custody of prisoners; Whitehall, 23 Sept. 1668, f. 69;-Original draft of letter from Sir Edward Walker to Sir Edward Hyde [afterwards Earl of Clarendon], respecting his Discourse against William Lilly, and particulars of Lilly's early Life; Hague, 12 June [1652?], f. 70;-Petition from Bevill Skelton, late Envoy Extraordinary to the Emperor of Germany, to the Commissioners of the Treasury, for payment of money due to him, 29 Jan. 1680, f. 72;-Bill of sums claimed by the same; with note of allowance, signed by Sir Leoline Jenkins, f. 74;-Letter from Capt. J. Baynes to [-Pickeringe]; Edinburgh, 24 Jan. 1681, f. 76;-Copy of a warrant for an augmentation of Arms to Sir John More, Knt., late Lord Mayor of London, 28 Sept. 1683; certified by Rob. Devenish, York Herald, f. 77;-

Names of the Commissioners for the Peace in the counties of Bedford, Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, Rutland, and Lincoln [circa 1644], f. 78;-Draft of a warrant for a bill of grant of the office of Clerk of the Privy Council to Sir Edward Walker [1644?], in the handwriting of Sir Edw. Walker, f. 80;-Note of the revenue of the kingdom of Naples; with a short memorandum of the number of troops, and list of garrisoned castles; also of the number of churches and monasteries in the City of Naples, with the number of persons maintained in the religious Houses there; Engl. and Ital, f. 81 ;-Draft of "The oath of a Privie Councellor," f. 82;-" The oath of allegiance, and oath of supremacy," f 83. Folio. [15,750.]