Then come two manilla leaves, on both sides of which is written the decree of the Consistorial Court. These leaves and the manilla sheet pasted on the inside of the front cover were evidently inserted after the decree was passed. Next comes a leaf (apparently the original first leaf of the book), and on it are verses, signed "A. M.," on the death of Mrs. Bradford. The next is evidently one of the leaves of the original book. At the top of the page is written the following:-- This book was rit by govener William bradford and given to his son mager William Bradford and by him to his son mager John Bradford. rit by me Samuel bradford mach 20, 1705. At the bottom of the same page the name John Bradford appears in different handwriting, evidently written with the book turned wrong side up. The next is a leaf bearing the following, in the handwriting of Thomas Prince:-- TUESDAY, June 4--1728 Calling at _Major John Bradford's_ at Kingston near Plimouth, son of Major Wm. Bradford formerly Dep Gov'r of Plimouth Colony, who was eldest son of Wm. Bradford Esq their 2nd Gov'r, & author of this History; ye sd Major John Bradford gave me _several manuscript octavoes_ wh he assured me were written with his said Grandfather Gov'r Bradford's own hand. He also gave me a _little Pencil Book_ wrote with a Blew lead Pencil by his sd Father ye Dep Gov'r. And He also told me yt He had lent & only lent his sd Grandfather Gov'r Bradford's History of Plimouth Colony wrote by his own Hand also, to judg Sewall; and desired me to get it of Him or find it out, & take out of it what I thought proper for my New-England Chronology: wh I accordingly obtained, and This is ye sd History: wh I found wrote in ye same Handwriting as ye Octavo manuscripts above sd. THOMAS PRINCE. N.B. I also mentioned to him my Desire of lodging this History in ye New England Library of Prints & manuscripts, wh I had been then collecting for 23 years, to wh He signified his willingness--only yt He might have the Perusal of it while He lived. T. PRINCE. Following this, on the same page, is Thomas Prince's printed book-mark, as follows:-- This Book belongs to The New-England-Library, Begun to be collected by Thomas Prince, upon his entring Harvard-College, July 6 1703; and was given by On the lower part of a blank space which follows the word "by" is written:-- _It now belongs to the Bishop of London's Library at Fulham._ There are evidences that this leaf did not belong to the original book, but was inserted by Mr. Prince. At the top of the first page of the next leaf, which was evidently one of the original leaves of the book, is written in Samuel Bradford's hand, "march 20 Samuel Bradford;" and just below there appears, in Thomas Prince's handwriting, the following:--