In the British Museum, among the Cotton MSS. (_Tiberius_, E. X.), is preserved a MS. called "The history of King Richard the Third, comprised in five books, gathered and written by Sir G. Buc, Knight, Master of the King's Office of the Revels, and one of the gentlemen of his Majesty's Privy Chamber." This MS., which appears to have been the author's rough draft, is corrected by interlineations and erasements in every page. It is much injured by fire, but a part of the dedication to Sir Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundel, &c., still remains, together with "an advertisement to the reader," which is dated "from the King's Office of the Revels, St. Peter's Hill, 1619." This _history_ was first published in 1646, by George Buck, _Esquire_, who says, in his dedication to Philip, the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, "that he had _collected these papers out of their dust_." Here is evidence that the work was not _published_ by the original compiler; besides, how can Mr. Corser reconcile his author's knighthood with the designations on the respective title-pages of _The Great Plantagenet_, and _The History of Richard the Third_? In the former the writer is styled "George Buck, _Esquire_," and in the latter, "George Buck, _Gentleman_." It is difficult to account for Mr. Corser's omission of these facts, because I am well assured, that, with his extensive knowledge of our earlier poets, my information is not new to him. That there were _two_ George Bucs in the seventeenth century, and both of them poets, cannot, I think, be doubted. Perhaps they were not even relations; at any rate, Mr. Corser's account of the parentage of _one_ differs from mine entirely. "He [Sir George Buc] was born at Ely, the eldest son of Robert Bucke, and Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter Lee of Brandon Ferry; the grandson of Robert Bucke, and Jane, the daughter of Clement Higham; the great-grandson of Sir John Bucke, who, having helped Richard to a horse on Bosworth Field, was attainted for his zeal."--Chalmers' _Apology_, p. 488. The MS. now in Mr. Corser's possession occurs in the _Bibliotheca Heberiana_, Part xi. No. 98., and I observe, by referring to that volume, that the compiler has the following note:-- "This MS. is entirely in the handwriting of Sir George Buck, Master of the Revels in the reign of James I., as prepared by him for publication. The initials G. B. correspond with those of his name, and the handwriting is similar to a MS. Dedication of his poem to Lord Chancellor Egerton, which is preserved at Bridgewater House."