Add MS 41616

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, viz.:-

(1) 'The Royall Slaue / A Tragicomedy / The Scene Sardes / Acted before the King at Oxford', [30 Aug. 1636], [by William Cartwright]. Of earlier date than the printed edition of 1639, and wanting the Prologue and Epilogue dedicated to the University of Oxford, the later Prologue and Epilogue written for the Hampton Court performance before the King and Queen, and the opening portion of Act 5, scene vii. It has been suggested by W. W. Greg, Dramatic Documents from Elizabethan Playhouses, pp. 363-364, that this was a presentation copy for Charles I. Another MS. is at Woburn. ff. 1-24.

(2) Tracts concerning the war with Spain, 1625-1626; 1626, viz.:-

(a) 'A Discourse of the Miscarriages of o two late Expedicions [to Spain], and the Cares propounded for the future'. ff. 26-29;-(b) Proposals for the interception of the Spanish and Portuguese merchantmen, and for land attacks against Spain. ff. 29 b-35 b. The name 'Cap: Buttler' occurs on f. 25. This is presumably Capt. Nathaniel Butler al. Boteler (Dict. Nat. Biogr., v, p. 442), Governor of the Bermudas, who took part in the expeditions to Cadiz and the Island of Rhé, and who is doubtless the author of all these tracts. One of the proposals-a project for the use of the Bahamas as a base for such an attack (f. 29 b)-appears to be another version of the tract, apparently autograph, in Oxford, Bodleian MS. Tanner 73, f. 518, which is signed 'Nath: Butler'.

(3) Petition of the maire and jurats of Bordeaux to the French King against the imposition of new 'daces' and dues at Blaye [dépt. Gironde], [? 1626: cf. Duval and Courteault, Inventaire Sommaire des Registres de la Jurade, vol. iv (Archives Municipales de Bordeaux, ix, 1909, p. 447)]. French. ff. 36-41b.

(4) 'Discorso del Flusso, e Riflusso del Mare', [by Galileo Galileil, dedicated to Cardinal [Alessandro] Orsini; Rome, 8 Jan. 1616. Another copy is Sloane MS. 3193. Printed in Le Opere di Galileo Galilei (Edizione Nazionale, 1895), v, pp. 377-395. Italian. ff. 42-55. Paper; ff. ii + 55. Folio. XVII cent. Binding of boards covered with calf, stamped with the book-stamp of the 9th Earl of Northumberland. Hist. MSS. Comm., 6th Report, App., p. 307, no. 69; Leconfield sale-cat., lot 28.

Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland: Arms of, on bindings: 16th-17th centt.

Heraldry: Arms of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, on bindings: 16th cent.

includes:

• ff. 1-24 Drama: W. Cartwright, 'The Royall Slave', a tragi-comedy: circ. 1636.: Copy.
• ff. 1-24 William Cartwright: The Royall Slave', a tragi-comedy: circ. 1636.: Copy.
• ff. 26-35 b Charles I of England: Tracts on the war with Spain: 1626.: Copies.
• ff. 26-35 b Nathaniel Butler, alias Boteler; Governor of the Bermudas: Tracts on the naval war with Spain: 1626.: Copies.
• ff. 26-35b Navy; England: Tracts rel. to employment of, against Spain and Spanish fleet: 1626.
• ff. 29 b-3 1 Bermuda Islands: Tract by Capt. N. Butler on the use of, as a base for attacks on the Spanish West Indian fleet: 1626.: Copy.
• ff. 29 b-35 b passim Philip III of Spain: Proposals for intercepting Spanish West Indian fleet: 1626.: Copy.
• ff. 29b-35 b passim Shipping: Proposals of Capt. N. Butler for intercepting the Spanish West Indian fleet: 1626.: Copy.
• f. 36 Bordeaux, France: Petition of the Mayor and Jurats to Louis XIII: [1626?].: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 36-41 b Louis XIII of France: Petition from the Mayor and Jurats of Bordeaux to: 1626 (?).: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 36-41b Blaye, France: Petition of the city of Bordeaux against new dues at: [1626?].: Copy.
• ff. 42-55 Galileo Galilei: 'Discorso del flusso e riflusso del mare': 1616.: Ital.: Copy.