Add MS 4797

MILLES COLLECTION. Vol. XLIV (ff. i + 138). Historical collections covering periods from fabulous times to 17th cent. Clarendon MS. Vol. 55. There is a list of contents at ff. 2-3. Also included are:-

(1) Two poems; 16th cent:-(a) The first 11 lines of 'The aged lover renounceth love' by Thomas, Lord Vaux, beginning 'I loth that I did loue'; (b) 'My Hart I gave thee not to doe it paine' by Sir Thomas Wyatt. Vellum. f. 4.

(2) List of Kings of England and of the Saxon Kingdoms, 5th cent.-temp. Henry VIII; circa 1509. With additional notes concerning the reign of Henry VIII in another hand; circa 1513. Latin. Vellum. ff. 4b-6.

(3) Obits of the FitzGerald family, Counts of Desmond; circa 1560. Latin. Vellum. f. 7.

(4) Leaf from the Register of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Dublin; 14th cent. The register is now Bodleian Library Rawlinson MS. B. 498 (Clarendon MS. 13). See E. St. J. Brooks ed., Register of the Hospital of S. John the Baptist, Irish MSS. Comm. 1936, pp. xxiii-xxiv. Latin. Vellum. f. 8.

(5) Treatise in English upon herbs, arranged in alphabetical order; 14th cent. It begins 'Agnus castus ys an herbe that men clepeth Tutseyne' and ends at the entry for 'Labrum veneris'. Vellum. For an edition of a version of this text see Essays and Studies on English Language and Literature, VI: Agnus Castus, ed. Gösta Brodin, Upsala, 1950. Other MSS. of this text may be found in Add. MS. 4698, Arundel MS. 272, Harley MS. 3840, Royal MS. 18 A. vi, Sloane MSS.

7, 120, 135, 297, 962, 1315, 2460, 2948, 3160, 3489. ff. 79-86.

(6) Documents forged by Robert Ware; circ. 1678. ff. 131-137:-

(a) Memorials of Sir Henry Sidney and Sir William Cecil concerning the reformation, said to be taken from the Cotton Library. See T. E. Bridgett, op. cit., p. 213. ff. 131-136; (b) Letter written to Charles I at Oxford; 10 July 1644. f. 137.

includes:

• f. 4 Poetry ENGLISH: Thomas, Lord Vaux: verses: 16th cent.
• f. 4 Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux; poet: Verses by: 16th cent.
• f. 4 Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder; poet: Verses by: 16th cent.
• f. 4 Poetry ENGLISH: Sir T. Wyatt: verses: 16th cent.
• ff. 4b-6 England General Chronicles and History: List of kings, 5th cent.-Henry VIII: circ. 1509-1513.: Lat.
• f. 5 Alson Plunkett: Name written: 17th cent.
• f. 6b James Barnewall: Name written: 17th cent.
• f. 7 Fitzgerald family; Earls of Desmond and Kildare: Obits of: 1205-1560.
• f. 8 Dublin; Hospital of St. John the Baptist: Leaf from the register of: 14th cent.: Lat.
• f. 8 Chartularies: Leaf from a register of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist: 14th cent.
• ff. 18-19b, 24-25b, 29-31b, 34b-35b, 36b-37, 38 Sir James Ware, d 1666 the younger; historian: 'An Essay to the Annales of King Henry the VII': 1648.: Autogr. draft.
• ff. 39,40 See of Raphoe: List of bishops to 1600,: 17th cent.
• ff. 61-62 Sir Peter Carew, soldier: Claim to lands in Cork and Kerry: circ. 1566.
• ff. 79-86 (imperf.) Medicine and Surgery: Two versions of the medical herbal beg. 'Agnus castus': 14th and 15th centt.
• ff. 131-136 Sir Henry Sidney, Lord President of Wales, and Lord Deputy of Ireland: Memorials ascribed to, forged by R. Ware: circ. 1678.
• ff. 131-137 Robert Ware, son of Sir J Ware, the younger: Forgeries made by, for the purpose of religious propaganda: circ. 1678.
• f.132 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Supposed memorial by, forged by R. Ware: circ. 1678.
• f. 137 Charles I of England: Supposed letter to, forged by R. Ware: circ. 1678.