Add MS 47132

EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCXIII (ff. i+141).

(1) Tracts, etc.:-(a) 'Theologia Rationalis', by Thomas Sydenham, physician (d. 1689). Other copies are in Sloane MSS. 3828, ff. 162-171b, and Add. MS. 6469, ff. 107b-116b. An incomplete version was printed from a manuscript in Cambridge University Library (Dd. iii. 75) in The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D., translated . . . with a Life of the Author (Sydenham Society) by R. G. Latham, 1850, ii, pp. 307-322. ff. 2b- 10b;-(b) Letter from John Tillotson, Dean and (1691) Archbishop of Canterbury, to a friend [Nicholas Hunt, of Canterbury] dying of cancer; 16 Jan. 1687/8. Printed in J. Henshaw, A New Year's Gift: Meditations, Miscellaneous, Holy and Humane. . . to which is added ... A consolatory Letter by Dr Tillotson ... 1704, pp. 145-154, and in other editions. Another copy is in Add. MS. 5105, f. 24. ff. 11, 12;-(c) 'Instructions for reading the History of England', by Thomas Barlow (Bishop of Lincoln 1675); 30 Oct. 1656. Printed as an appendix in J. Taylor, Commentarius ad L. decemviralem, 1742, pp. 47-72. Another copy is in Sloane MS. 3828, ff. 189-204b. ff. 13b-26;--(d) 'A Vindication of the Government in Scotland during the Reign of King Charles the 2^d', by Sir George Mackenzie, King's Advocate. Printed with the same title in 1691. Another copy is in Sloane MS. 3828, ff. 104-116b. ff. 26b-37b;-(e) Extracts made by Abraham Hill from R. Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, 1666. Another copy is in Sloane MS. 3828, ff. 92-95. ff. 38-40b;-(f) 'The Importance of Dover Harbour', by Sir Henry Shere al. Sheeres; 1686. Printed by Shere as an appendix to his edition of A discourse of Sea Ports, 1700, which he attributed to Sir Walter Ralegh. Other copies are in Sloane MS. 3828, ff. 185-188b, and Add. MS. 42075, ff. 29b-34. ff. 41-44;-(g) Papers relating to the first expedition to Darien; 1698-1699. Printed in G. P. Insh, Papers relating to the ships and voyages of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies, 1696-1707 (Publications of the Scottish History Society, 3rd ser., vol. vi), 1924, pp. 78-97, 100-107. ff. 44b-57;-(h) 'The present State of Algiers'; 1675. According to a note in another copy (Sloane MS. 2755, ff. 52-57) the account derived from Samuel Martin, Consul in Algiers. Printed in The present State of Tangier... to which is added, The present State of Algiers, by G. P., 1676, pp. 71-135. ff. 58-65;- (i) 'A Scheme, or Methods for the reduction of Canada', by John Nelson, Sept. 1696, supplementing his letter to the Duke of Shrewsbury (see Vol. CCXII, ff. 17-2lb) and agreeing in substance with memoranda printed in Hist. MSS. Comm., Report on the MSS. of the Duke of Buccleuch, ii, part ii, 1903, pp. 729-733, and in Calendar of State Papers: Colonial Series: America and West Indies, 1696-1697, 1904, pp. 138-140. ff. 66-67b;-(j) Tract against repealing the Test Act in Ireland, by Marmaduke Coghill, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland 1735-1739; Nov. 1733. ff. 70-80.

(2) Narrative by Sir Robert Southwell, as Envoy to Portugal, of the deposition of King Alfonso VI and the appointment of his brother Pedro as Regent in 1668. The account is briefer than that contained in Vol. CCXIV, ff. 38-157, but gives fuller details of Alfonso's early life. ff. 81-98. Some leaves are excised between ff. 67 and 70.

includes:

• ff. 2b-10b Thomas Sydenham, d 1689 physician: Theologia Rationalis: n.d.: Copy.
• f. 11 John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to N. Hunt: 1688.: Copy.
• ff. 13b-26 Thomas Barlow, of Queen's Coll., Oxon; Bodley's Librarian, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln: Instructions for reading the history of England: 1656.: Copy.
• ff. 26b-37b Sir George Mackenzie, King's Advocate: Vindication of the government in Scotland: circ. 1691.
• ff. 26b-37b Political Tracts: Sir G. Mackenzie, 'A Vindication of the Government in Scotland': circ. 1691.: Copy.
• ff. 41-44 Sir Henry Sheres, alias Sheeres alias Shere; Surveyor of the Ordnance: Tract, 'The Importance of Dover Harbour': 1686.: Copy.
• ff. 44b-53b Captain Robert Pennicook: Journal of voyage to Darien: 1698.: Copy.
• ff. 44b-53b Voyages and Travels: Capt. R. Pennicook: journal of the expedition to Darien: 1698.: Copy.
• ff. 44b-57 Darien: Papers rel. to first expedition to: 1698-1699.: Copies.
• f.54 Captain Richard Long, RN: Letter to the lst Duke of Leeds: 1699.: Copy.
• ff. 58-65 Algiers, Africa: 'The present State': 1675.: Copy.
• ff. 58-65 Samuel Martin, Consul in Algiers: Memorandum on Algiers attrib. to: 1675.: Copy.
• f. 66 Canada: Scheme for its reduction, by J. Nelson: 1696.: Copy.
• f. 66 John Nelson, New England statesman: Scheme for the reduction of Canada: 1696.: Copy.
• ff. 70-80 Ireland: Tracts, etc., rel. to: 1641-circ. 1734, n.d.: Copies.
• ff. 70-80 Political Tracts: Tract against repealing the Test Act in Ireland, by M. Coghill: 1733.: Copy.
• ff. 70-80 Marmaduke Coghill, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland 1735: Tract against repealing the Test Act in Ireland: 1733.: Copy.
• ff. 81-98 Alphonso VI of Portugal: Memoirs and despatches of Sir R. Southwell conc. his deposition: 1666-1669.: Copies.