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48 Tubeuf, to the said Sieur Petit.

From there I led him to the first mezzanine floor of the three large rooms which are on a level with the wardrobe, and, after having called his attention to the fact that it was entirely filled with books on medicine, chemistry, and natural history, in volumes of all sizes, showing him also that many were piled on the floor for lack of room on the shelves, I closed the door and locked it fast with a double turn, and gave the key to the said Sieur Petit.

Then I took the said Sieur Tubeuf to the second mezzanine floor, full of Bibles in all languages; to wit, Greek, Hebrew, and other Oriental tongues,