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COPIES of historical letters, and other papers, of the XVIIth cent., viz.: 1. "Sir Walter Rawleighes letter to his Maiestye after the Retorne of his voyage from Guyana," f. 3.

2. "King James his extemporary speech at the first touchinge of a diseased child of the kinges evill att Woodstocke, 1603," f. 4.

3. "Sir Walter Rawleighes short Apologye;" published in his Works (Oxf. 1829), under the title of "a letter of Sir Walter Ralegh to my lord Carew touching Guiaua," Vol. VIII. p. 502, f. 5.

4. Letter of Sir Walter Raleigh to Sir Ralph Winwood, Secretary of State; dat. "from St. Christophers one of the Ilands of the Antillianes;" 21 Mar. 1617, f. 8.

5. "Sir Walter Rawleigh to his sonne:" in nine chapters. Published in his Works (Oxf. 1829) as "Instructions to his son and to posterity." Vol. VIII. p. 557, with a short tenth chapter, not here included. f. 11.

6. "Sir Walter Rawleigh to his sonn," and his "lettere to his wife the night before he looked for his execucion att Winchester, 1603," ff. 16 b, 17.

7. "A letter from Kinge James to the Lord Maior of London and the Aldermen, at his first cominge to the Crowne of England, 1603," f. 18.

8. "A letter written from Queene Elizabeth to Sir Amias Powlet, keeper of the Scottish queene," f. 18 b.

9. "A coppie of the letter sent to the Lord Mounteagle the daie before the powder Treason: beinge the fourth of November 1605," f. 19.

10. Heads of the charges brought against Lord Bacon by John Wrenham, a suitor in Chancery, and laid before the king in the form of a "booke" in 1619, f. 19 b.

11. "The Censure of the Lords and Commons in parliament vpon Sir Giles Mompesson [Clerk of the Council] for his monopoly of innkeepers. March 1620." f. 20.

12. "A coppye of a letter which the Divell sent to the Pope of Rome [Urban vui.];" about 1625, f. 20 b.

13. Definition, in rhyme, of the "foure sorts of melancholy men," f. 21.

14. "His maiesty's directions and commaunds given at Newmarkett, 10 Marcij 1622, to the prince his 2 Chapleynes concerninge theire service in Spayne," f. 21b.

15. "Queene Anno Bullen to Kinge Henry the 8. Found amongest Cromwells papers;" dat. "From my dolefull prison in the tower 6t^o Maij [1536]." f. 22.

16. Note dat. 3 Sept., enclosing the following article, regretting that it had not been sent to "Dr. King, for the use of the well-meaning but erring Lord Chancellor," [? Lord King, Lord Chancellor 1725- 1733], and mentioning the writer's "house at Frist," f. 23 b.

17. "The Cause why his maiestys subsedyes are lesse then heretofore, and the meanes to remedye it" [temp. James I.], f. 24.

18. Challenges between Edward, 2nd Lord Bruce [of Kinloss] and Sir Edward Sackville [afterwards, 1624, 4th Earl of Dorset], "who foughte in Zeland 1614 [a mistake for 1613], where Bruce was slayne," f. 25 b.

19. "A coppy of a letter sent from the most reverend Father in God Edmond Gryndall, Archbishop of Canterbury, vnto Queene Elizabeth" [20 Dec. 1576. See Strype's Life of Grindal, Oxf 1821, p. 558]. f. 26.

20. "Of the precedencye of Doctors and Masters of the Chauncerye before Serieaunts att Lawe, with the arguments for both sides, collected by Sir John Hayward, one of the Masters of the said Courte, and answered by Mr. Francis Tate of the Midle Temple;" 22 June, 1604, f. 33.

21. Note on "the invention of Gunnpowder and ordinance . . by Bartholomew le Noir [Berthold Schwarz] a German Monke," etc., f. 36 b.

22. "Sir Walter Rawleigh to Sir Robert Carr [afterwards, in 1613, Earl of Somerset], 1608, vpon hearinge that he had begged his mannour and Castle of Sherborne. From the Tower." f. 37.

23. "A letter from the Lord Keeper [Sir Thomas] Egerton [afterwards, in 1603, Lord Ellesmere, and, in 1616, Viscount Brackley], to [Robert Devereux] the [2nd] earle of Essex," followed by the Earl's reply; written on the 15 and 18 Oct. 1598, ff. 37b, 39.

24. "A letter written by Robert Deuerex late earle of Essex to Queene Elizabeth vpon his comaund to goe for Ireland" or rather, shortly before leaving Ireland, f. 40 b.

25. Extracts from Lord Bacon's Essays, arranged under subjects, alphabetically from "Adversity" to "Custome and education," f. 41.

26. "The Kinges speach in parliament, 17^o Marcij 1627" [1628]: followed by speeches of the Lord Keeper and Speaker, Sir Thomas Wentworth [afterwards, in 1640, Earl of Strafford], and Sir Edward Coke, and a parliamentary petition; 17-25 Mar. 1628, ff. 45, 45 b, 48, 48 b, 49, 51, 52, 53.

27. Religious sentences, etc., some of which are written over a petition "to the right honourable the King's maiesty's Councell in the Marches of Wales," in pursuance of a private debt, f. 54 b.

28. Table showing the weight of various gold ooins, English and foreign, in Oct. 1619, f. 73. Paper; XVIIth cent., with one paper (f. 25 b) of the XVIIIth cent. Quarto.

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f. 3 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Letters to James I.: 1603, 1618.: Copies.
f. 3 James I of England: Letter to, from Sir W. Raleigh: 1603.
f. 4 James I of England: Speech, on touching for the evil: 1603.
ff. 5-17, 37 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Letters to his son and others: 1603-1617.: Copies.
f.8 Ralph Winwood, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands, Secretary of State: Letter to, from Sir W. Raleigh: 1618.: Copies.
ff. 8-10 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Account of his voyage to Guiana: 1618.
ff. 8-10 Guiana, South America: Account of Sir W. Raleigh's voyage to: 1618.
f. 18 James I of England: Letter to the City of London: 1603.
f. 18 London, England: Letter to the Lord Mayor, etc., from James I.: 1603.: Copy.
f. 18 b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Sir A. Powlet: 1586.
f. 18 b Sir Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey; keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: n.d.: Copy.
f. 19 James I of England: Letter to Lord Monteagle respecting the Gunpowder Plot: 1605.: Copies.
f. 19 William Parker, Baron Monteagle; afterwards 1st Baron Morley and Monteagle: Letter to, respecting the Gunpowder Plot: 1605.: Copy.
f. 19 b Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Complaint against, by J. Wrenham: 1619.
f. 19 b John Wrenham: Complaint against Lord Verulam: 1619.
f. 20 Sir Giles Mompesson, Clerk of the Council: Censure by Parliament: 1621.
f. 20 b Satires: Letter from the Devil to Urban VIII.: circ. 1625.
f. 20 b Urban VIII; Pope: Letter to, from the Devil: circ. 1625.
f. 21 Melancholy: Definition of four sorts of melancholy men: 17th cent.
f. 21 b England, Ecclesiastical History: Directions to the chaplains of the Prince of Wales, for their service in Spain: 1622.
f. 24 Henry VIII of England: Letter to, from Qu. Anne Boleyn: 1536.
f 25 b Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset: Duel with Lord Bruce of Kinloss: 1613.
f. 25 b Edward Bruce, 2nd Baron Kinloss: Duel with Sir E. Sackville: 1613.
f. 26 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from the Archbishop of Canterbury: 1576.
f. 26 Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1576.: Copy.
f. 33 Sir John Hayward, Master in Chancery: Tract on precedency: 1604.
f. 33 Precedency: Of precedency among lawyers, by Sir J. Hayward and F. Tate: 1604.
f.33 Francis Tate, of the Middle Temple, London: On precedency: 1604.
f. 36 b Gunpowder: Note on B. Schwarz's invention of: 17th cent.
f. 36 b Berthold Schwarz, Monk: Note on his invention of gunpowder: 17th cent.
f. 36 b Ordnance: Note on invention of gunpowder and ordnance, by B. Sehwarz: 17th cent.
f. 37 Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset: Letter to, from Sir W. Ralegh: 1608.: Copy.
ff. 37 b, 39 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Correspondence with Lord Essex: 1598.
ff. 39, 40 b Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letters to Sir T. Egerton and Qu. Elizabeth: 1598.
f. 40 b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Lord Essex: 1600.
ff. 41-44 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Extracts from his Essays: 17th cent.
ff. 45-54 Charles I of England: Speeches in Parliament: 1627-1628.
ff. 45 b-54 Thomas Wentworth, Viscount Wentworth; Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Speeches in Parliament: 1628.
ff. 53, 54 Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice: Speeches in Parliament: 1628.
ff. 54 b-72 Theology ENGLISH: Religious sentences: 17th cent.
f. 66 Army; England: Lists of officers of regiments: 1678.
f. 73 Numismatics: Table of weights of English and foreign gold coins: 1619.

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