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John and others. Proved 1C72. (P.C.C 23 Euro.)

WILLIAMSON. Richard Williamson, o London, in his will, 1646, refers to hi brother Roger, residing in Virginia, wit! children. (P.C.C., 189 Twisse.)

JONES Will of William Moulte, date( 1653, speaks of " when I came to Varginaye, and refers to "a letter to James Jones, a Accomack, for brother Francis Mowlte a Ashby Fawell, Leicester." Proved 1657 <P.C.<X 249 Ruthen.)

NICHOLSON. Hannah Nicholson, of New oastle, " who has never received a legacy o 200. left her in 1763 by her son Edward Nicholson in Virginia." (Hist. MSS. Com mission, Report XV., Appendix 10, p. 95.)

PARKHURST. Will of George Parckhurst of Ipsedge (Epswich), Suffolk, bound on 2 voyage to Virginia in the ship Primrose -dated 1634, proved 1635. (P.C.C., 14-15 Sad ler.)

STEVENS. Erasmus Stevens sailed to Boston in 1683 in the ship Rose. An account of the voyage and the doings of the sailors at Boston. (John Knepp's Journal, British Museum, Egerton MS. 2526.)

SAUNDERS. William Saunders, of Poole, Dorset, in his will, dated 1788, mentions " my brother at Massachusetts Bay, America.'' <P.CC., 215 Cal vert.)

WEEDON. William Weedon, of London, igent., in his will, 1686, refers to "my nephew William Weedon and my niece Ann Weedon, spinster, late of Pocomoke River in Mary- land." (P.C.C., 215 Fane.)

MAY. In his will, 1684, Alexander May, of Clanfield, Oxon, yeoman, leaves "unto my son Alexander 20^., to be paid one month after his returne from Virginia if he shall -ever come to demand the same." (Consistory Court of Oxford, A. 399.)

MILLS. The will of Thomas Mills, of Exeter, Devon, dated 1652, mentions " my only child William, who is now (as I suppose) in Virginia," with wife and children. (P.C C., 178 Brent.)

KIRKLAND. The will of Moses Kirkland, of South Carolina, was proved in London, 1789. (P.C.C., 377 Macham.)

POWELL. The will of Francis Rhod, other- wise Rhodes, of Golden Square, Westminster, working goldsmith, dated 1803, refers to "Thomas Powell, Doctor of Physic, of Stale- burgh High Hills, South Carolina, America, but now in London." (Consistory Court of London, fo. 317 b .)

LOVE The will of William Love, late of South Carolina, was proved in London, 1789. <P.C.C, 432 Macham.)

WINCH. William Winch, of London, Vir- ginia merchant, in his will, dated 1739, refers to "my present wife Fanny Parke Winch, the daughter of John Curtis, of Virginia Esq." (P.C.C., 56 Browne.)

GEORGE F. T. SHERWOOD. 50, Beecroft Road, Brockley, S.E.

EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE. I do not know whether the passage transcribed below has ever before been noticed. It is taken from 'The Epistle Dedicatorie' to "Robert Earle of Leicester" in Dr. Meredith Han- mer's translation of * A vncient Ecclesiastical Histories of the First Six Hvndred Yeares after Christ,' written by Eusebius and others, and "Printed by Richard Field, dwelling in the Blackfriers. 1607." According to the title page, this is "The third Edition, 5 ' and the 'Epistle Dedicatorie' is dated "From Shordich the 15. of December. 1584." The few critical observations which Dr. Hanmer indulges in are peculiarly interesting, and the passage is reproduced exactly as it is in 'he original :

"Here your Lordship shall find zealous prayers, sorowfull lamentations, godly Epistles, Christian decrees and constitutions. The father admonishing the spnne, the mother her daughter, the Bishop his clergie, the Prince his subiects, one Christian con- irming another, and God comforting vs all. Manie low a daies had rather reade the Diall of Princes, vhere there is much good matter : the Monke of Bury, full of good stories : the tales of Chaucer, vhere there is excellent wit, great reading, and good lecorum obserued: thelifeof Marcus Aurdiu*, where there are many good Morall precepts : the familiar and golden Epistles of Anthonie Oweuarra, where here is both golden wit and good penning : the tories of King Arthur: the monstrous fables of TCiragantua : the Fallace of pleasure, though there ollow neuer so much displeasure after : Reinard he Foxe: Beuis of Hampton : the hundred merrie ales : Skoggan : Fortunatus : with many other in- ortunate treatises, and amorous toyes written in English, Latine, French, Italian, Spanish, but as or bookes of Diuinitie, to edifie the soule and in- truct the inward man, it is the least part of their are, nay they will flatly answer, it belongeth not o their calling to occupie their heads with anie uch kinde of matters. It is to be wished, if not 11, at least wise that some part of the time which s spent in reading of such bookes (although rnanie f them containe notable matter) were bestowed in eading of holy Scripture, or other such writings as ispose the minde tospirituall contemplation."'

An old autograph is always to me a matter f interest. There are two in my copy of be above work, undoubtedly belonging to be periods corresponding to the respective ates. They are both written, in a fine bold and, on one of the fly-leaves, and I should e glad to learn if anything is known of the

riters : " Walter Slocombe his Booke."