'Haveing declar'd this I hope y^t the King who is now will not let my Children suffer on this Account. And to this I put my hand this fifteenth day of July, 1685. 'MONMOUTH. 'Declar'd by Himselfe, & sign'd in the presence of us. 'Fran. Elien. [_Turner_]. 'Tho. Bath & Wells [_Ken_]. 'Tho. Tenison. 'George Hooper.' Beside it is placed the Proclamation of James II, ordering the apprehension of all persons dispersing the Declaration issued by Monmouth upon his landing in England; dated but one short month previously, June 15, 1685. The same volume contains two letters from Monmouth to the King, begging for his life, and one to the Queen. These have been frequently printed. 20. A Sanscrit roll, written at the end of the last century, containing extracts from the _Bhagavadgita_; with paintings representing the incarnations of Vishnu, &c. In a wooden case. One of the Frazer MSS. 21. A magnificent folio volume, containing a series of illustrations of Scripture History from Genesis to Job; written about the beginning of the fourteenth century. Each page contains, in double columns, four pairs of miniatures painted, in medallion-form, upon a gorgeous ground of gold; the first of each pair represents some historical scene, which the second treats allegorically, and applies to the condition of the Church or of individual Christians. Two other volumes are to be found in the British Museum, and in the Imperial Library at Paris. 22. A small oaken platter, bearing the following inscription: 'This Salver is part of that Oak in which his Majesty K. Charles the 2d, Concealed himself from the Rebells, and was given to this University by Mrs. Lætitia Lane.' The donor was the daughter of Col. John Lane, the chief agent in the King's escape from Worcester; she died in 1709[377]. 23. Specimen of Javanese writing, being a letter from a Javanese Chief to the Resident of Soorabaya. The seal bears the date of 1780. 24. Small specimen of an Arabic MS. 25. A fragment in large Persian characters. 26. A specimen of Malabaric writing, upon a palm-leaf, three feet in length. 'Aug. 9, 1630. Ex dono Jo. Trefusis, generosi Cornubiensis, e Coll. Exon.' 27. A Russian painting upon a shell, representing a female saint called S. Parasceve, ἡ ἁγια Παρασκευη, who is found in the Greek Menology, but whose history is believed by the Bollandists to be a pious fiction. 28. A Hebrew _Bible_, beautifully written in the fourteenth century; in triple columns, with the Masoretic commentary written in very minute characters, and frequently in fantastic figures, round each page. One of the Oppenheimer MSS.