Notes on St Matthew's Gospel. English, seventeenth century

Unattributed notes and reflections on St Matthew, vi.9-13. No date [seventeenth century].

Jean Daillé, 'Concerning the right use of the Fathers'. English, later seventeenth century

[Jean Daillé (1594-1670)]: incomplete anonymous translation into English of his Traicte de l'employ des saincts peres (Geneva, 1632), Book 1, Chapters 1-5. No date, but perhaps post 1650 from the hand.

William Johnson, 'Valetudinarium'. Latin and English, seventeenth century

William Johnson, of Queens' College Cambridge (1610 or 1611-1667): 'Valetudinarium', a Latin comedy, perhaps written for Commencement or some other University occasion, c. 1635. According to sources in Emmanuel College the play was performed there in 1637 (info. De Groot, 1996). See A. H. Nelson, Records of Early English Drama, Cambridge, ii, 925-. The MS is apparently in three hands. Acts III and IV are in one hand. Act V and the fragments of Act II at the beginning are in a second hand.

Political collections. English, seventeenth century

1. 'To all true hearted Englishmen dwelling in their native Soyle'. Address by an Englishman living abroad to his fellow countrymen, relating to the work and processes of the late dissolved parliament, perhaps c. 1630. Beg.: 'Howsoever (my deare Countreymen) it is my hap to abide on this side the Seas'; ends: 'such Knights and Burgesses as will have lesse zeale for the Ease and Freedome of the Subjects then had the Knights and Burgesses of the late parliament'. 4 pp. Some corrections.

Ecclesiastical tracts. Latin, seventeenth century

Tracts: 'De Conciliis' (fos 3r-30r); 'Liber secundus de conciliorum auctoritate' (fos 30r-54v); 'De ecclesiâ militante' (fos 55r-65r); 'De notis ecclesiae' (fos 65v-98v); 'De Romano Pontifice' (fos 99r-118v).

Thomas Scott, Vox Populi. English, c. 1620

[Thomas] Scott: 'Vox Populi, or, Newes from Spaine ... translated accordinge to the Spanish coppie which may serve to warne both England and the United-Provinces how farr to trust to Spanish pretences. Imprinted in the yeare 1620'. STC 22098-22101. An embellished account of Gondomar's reception by members of the Spanish Council and others in 1618.

Thomas Barlow, 'Autoschediasmata'. English, after 1675

Thomas Barlow (1607-91, Bishop of Lincoln): 'Autoschediasmata, De Studio Theologiae 1674' (p. 1). Beg.: 'Theology (or Divinity) is a Science (Or Prudence) conteining our Knowledge of God'; ends: 'for all of Them (some very few excepted) are in the possession of (Sr) your affectionate Friend and Faithfull servant N. N.' It is dated at the end 21 Mar. 1674 OS.

Commentary on Galen or similar medical work. English, late sixteenth century (?)

An extract from an unidentified medical tract, apparently a commentary on Galen. A single surviving quire marked 'A'. Beg.: 'Not soe easely: and an ague is kindled of the converscion of naturall heate into a fyerye nature ...'; ends: 'yf then by that avoydence which is only accomplisshed'. The extract runs from the end of section 16 to section 38, each section commencing with a passage from Galen. It deals principally with diet and purging.

John Varney, A call to religious unity. English, 1680

Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 'Liber Actorum'. Latin and English, c. 1664 and earlier

'Liber actorum et rerum memorabilium Aulae Trinitatis incipit Anno dom' 1557'. Recording land sales, leases, admissions to fellowships, fellowship oaths, a list of admissions 1557-1641, with occasional lists of the Fellowship, and other college matters. Properties of drinks and meat at fo. [i verso]. Final entries 1660-4 at same folio, at fo. [5v], and at fo. [22v]. At fos [21v, 22r] prayers and psalms for 5 November and the Commemoration of Benefactors.