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557 WILLIAM

DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. - ORIGINAL LETTER TO SIR JOHN LIGONIER. Dated Inverness, May, 1746.

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A LONG AND VERY INTERESTING LETTER, ENTIRELY IN HIS
OWN HAND, AND WRITTEN SOON AFTER THE BATTLE OF
CULLODEN, TO WHICH HE ALLUDES IN THE FOLLOWING
PARAGRAPH: Yesterday I received your kind congratu-
"lations on our victory, would to God the enemy had been
worthy enough for our troops. Sure never were soldiers
"in such a temper. Silence and obedience the whole time,
"and all our manœuvres were performed without the least
"confusion."

558 WILLIAM DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. ORIGINAL LETTER TO LORD ALBEMARLE. Dated Hague, April 5, n. s. 1748.

It appears to relate to the Siege of Breda.

"Prince Wolfenbüttle will have acquainted you with my "orders, that in case there should be the least likelihood of "the town's being besieged, you should immediately move out "all the British troops into the field to camp, but not leave "one single man of His Majesty's troops for the defence of "the town."

559 FREDERICK

PRINCE OF WALES.-AN ORIGINAL LETTER TO LORD ALBEMARLE. Dated Kensington, September, 1736.

It is entirely in his own hand.

"Of few people I should like to receive an obligation, but I
"should like to receive it of one whom I love as well as
"Lord Albemarle."

560 THE ORIGINAL MARRIAGE CONTRACT BETWEEN
HIS SERENE HIGHNESS FREDERICK PRINCE OF HESSE
CASSEL, AND THE PRINCESS MARY, DAUGHTER OF KING
GEORGE II. Dated May 8, 1740.

The signatures attached are very numerous, and consist of the
autographs of all the most celebrated persons of rank at that
period. It is on parchment.

561 THE DUKE OF SCHOMBERG.-ORIGINAL LETTER to some
person unknown, requesting protection and employment for
his Son in England. Dated Lisbon, 2nd of June.

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English History, &c.

562 ORIGINAL LETTERS from SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, 1734; from
LORD GODOLPHIN, 1714; from LORD BINDON to PETER

LE NEVE, about Directions of Warrants to the Kings at
Arms; others signed by GENERAL WADE, 1701; SIR
CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL, &c., 1745.

563 KING GEORGE I.-Original Sign Manual, countersigned by Lord
Stanhope. Sept. 6, 1720.

564 KING GEORGE II.-Original Sign Manual, countersigned by the Duke of Newcastle. March 25, 1752.

565 KING GEORGE I.—An Original Order, with his SIGN MANUAL, addressed to LORD CHANCELLOR MACCLESFIELD, dated Göhrd, the 14th October, 1723, to cause the Great Seal to be set to the Treaty of Charlottenburg, &c.

It is countersigned by LORD TOWNSHEND.

566 FREDERICK PRINCE OF WALES.-An ORIGINAL Note concerning the Marquess of Winchester being made Groom of the Stole.

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567 King George II.—An ORIGINAL LETTER, entirely in his ou hand, and dated St. James's, 27 March, 1753.

It is in French, and addressed to some person unknown. 568 A DEDICATION TO KING GEORGE II, IN GERMAN, partly written in letters of gold. folio, bound in purple velvet. It is subscribed by "Andreas Beyer, Kupferstecher, Regensburg, 26 December, 1730."

569 The PRINCESS AMELIA, AUNT OF KING GEORGE III.-ORIGINAL LETTER addressed to Lady Sophia Egerton, all in her own hand, and dated Gunnersbury, August 25.

570 KING GEORGE III.-Two ORIGINAL NOTES TO LORD SANDWICH, ENTIRELY IN HIS OWN HAND, and very interesting. 571 KING GEORGE III.-Two ORIGINAL NOTES TO LORD SANDWICH, ENTIRELY IN THE HANDWRITING OF HIS MAJESTY. 572 KING GEORGE III.-AN ORIGINAL NOTE TO LORD SANDWICH, dated 1st March, 1765. The same document contains the autographs of LORD SANDWICH and MR. STUART MACKENZIE.

573 KING GEORGE III.-AN ORIGINAL NOTE TO THE DUKE OF LEEDS, written and signed by the King, and dated Windsor, April 28th, 1789.

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574 THE LATE Duke of KENT.-ORIGINAL LETTER TO THE EARL OF BANBURY, promising his attendance at the House of Lords, upon the Banbury Peerage case.

Dated Kensington Palace, 12th June, 1810

575 THE LATE PRINCESS AMELIA.-ORIGINAL LETTER TO MRS. BINGLEY, relating to the health of Miss Goldsmith.

576 ONE OF THE ORIGINAL STAMPS TO HAVE BEEN USED IN AMERICA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STAMP ACT OF 1765. Very few of these stamps are now extant.

577 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.-A parcel.

folio and 4to.

Letters from Admiral Lestock, 1746, relative to the Attack on
L'Orient, &c.

Idée de la Personne, de la Manière de Vivre, et de la Cour du
Roi de Prusse, 1752.

Report concerning the Forest of Whittlewood, 1792.

Letter from a Missionary at Pekin, &c.

Relating to the Province of Surat, in the E. Indies.

Mr. Hearne's Narrative of a Journey made Inland from Prince

of Wales's Fort, from Dec. 1770 to June 1772.

Of the King's Power of Pardoning Impeachments, by Heneage,
Earl of Nottingham.

Regulation of Pilots, &c.

Sir Wm. Hamilton on the Kingdom of Naples, 1774.
Relating to the Elopement of Mrs. Fawkener, 1784.
Relating to the Dissolution of the Savoy, 1702.
Total Expulsion of the French from Maritime India.
Mr. Porter on the Silver Coinage, 1804, &c. &c.

ECCLESIASTICAL MANUSCRIPTS:-RITUALS,
MISSALS, &c. &c.

579 RITUALE SECUNDUM USUM SARUM. ON VELLUM.

12mo. Press III, No. 1

The written leaves are 120. Mr. Astle refers the date of this
MS. to the year 1450.

To the first line of each psalm is added the intonation,
according to the Gregorian chant and gamut, on four lines
ruled in red ink.

Ecclesiastical Subjects, &c.

8vo. Press III, No. 2 The written leaves are 135. Some of the pages have richly ornamented margins and initial letters, with miniature illuminations. It is of the fifteenth century.

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581 EVANGELIA.

8vo. Press III, No. 3 The written pages are 342. It is divided into 150 chapters, beginning from the first of St. John, and written in the form of a concordance, in which the corresponding passages of the four Gospels are reduced into one narrative, observing the order of time. It is all in one hand of the reign of King Henry VII.

582 "THE OFFICE OF THE VIRGIN." ON VELLUM.

4to. Press III, No. 4 The written leaves are 152, bound in red velvet. Twentythree pages are splendidly illuminated. The eight first. leaves contain a calendar, and the name of the writer is thus given on the third page, "Nomen ScriptorisRichardus Wantonus, Plenus Amoris." It is of the fifteenth century.

7583 THE OFFICE OF THE VIRGIN. ON VELLUM.

8vo. Press III, No. 5

The written leaves are 65, bound in red velvet.

Every page of this MS. is beautifully ornamented in gold and colours. The illuminated miniatures are very numerous. The Calendar is in French, and not older than the fifteenth century. It belonged to the Duchess of Savoy in 1714. 584 OFFICIUM B. VIRGINIS. ON VELLUM.

12mo, in red velvet binding. Press III, No. 6 The written leaves are 237, of which 30 are finely illuminated with miniatures, and the margins ornamented with wreaths of flowers in gold and colours. It is of the fourteenth century.

585 OFFICIUM B.VIRGINIS. ON VELLUM. 12mo, Press III, No. 7 The written pages are 446, of which 30 have illuminated miniatures, and many of the margins are profusely and beautifully ornamented. The prayers at the end are in French, and the last miniature is marked in French with the name of the Irish Saint Fiacre, who was the Patron Saint of Meaux. It is of the fifteenth century.

On the cover is stamped the name of " Nicolas le Camus."

The written pages are 312; many of them are ornamented
with miniature drawings and illuminated margins. It is of

the fifteenth century.

587 PRÆCES PIE. ON VELLUM.

4to. Press III, No. 8

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Press III, No. 9 The written pages of this MS. are 314; some of them are illuminated in gold and colours, and with miniature drawings representing the principal Festivals of the Virgin, the Miracles of our Saviour, &c. It is of the sixteenth century. 588 "HEURES DE LE DOLEUR, ET COMPASSION DE LE GLORIEUSE VIERGENE MARIE, &c."

ON VELLUM.

4to. Press III, No. 10 The written leaves are 82. Several of the pages are richly ornamented. It is in Latin, with the exception of some of the titles in red ink, which are in French.

From the miniatures it appears that Baptism by immersion was still practised in France in the fourteenth century. The rites of the Gallican Church, and the habits of the Clergy and Mendicant Orders are pourtrayed in ornaments which describe the French ecclesiastical costume of that age. At page 78 of the Rubric we are informed that at the request of Philip, King of France, Pope Boniface the Eighth has granted 2000 years of pardon to those who will recite the prayers that are inserted there.

589 OFFICE DE LA VIERGE. ON VELLUM. 12mo. Press III, No. 11 The written pages of this very beautiful manuscript are 366. The miniature drawings are very exquisitely finished, as are some of the margins which are ornamented with flowers and insects, on a gold ground. It is of the fifteenth century. 590 OFFICIUM В. M. VIRGINIS SECUNDUM CONSUETUDINEM RoMANÆ CURIÆ. ON VELLUM. 12mo. Press III, No. 12 The written pages are 542. Several of them are beautifully illuminated with ornaments of the fifteenth century. The volume is closed with scolloped silver clasps. The miniature drawings represent different Festivals of the Virgin, as the Annunciation, Purification, &c.

591 OFFICIUM B. M. VIRGINIS. ON VELLUM.

The written pages are 334.
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