Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. — John Shaqi
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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"Memorand. Mr. Prynn presented this worke of his to the Lds. Sep.
2nd, 1644, ye same day that ye poor Archbp. was to make his
recapitulation, divers Lords holding it in their hands all the
while, &c."
And beneath this, apparently in the same hand, is written:
"This I suppose was written by Mr. Dell, secretary to Archbp."
It is inferred that this memorandum had been made by Mr. Dell on the
Archbishop's copy, and transcribed together with the notes.
Now the Queries I have to make are these three:
1. Whether any copies of Prynne's _Breviate_ are extant, having, in the
last line of the ninth page cited above, the misprint _city_ for
_cup_?[1]
2. Whether any information can be given which may lead to the discovery
of the copy containing the original notes of the Archbishop, of which
the Warrington copy is a transcript?
3. Whether any allusion to the fact of the Archbishop having made such
notes is made by any cotemporary writer? Antony Wood, Wharton, and
Heylin do not mention it.
In respect to the second Query, I presume to ask every one who has
access to a copy of Prynne's _Breviate_ to look into it, and see whether
it contains MS. marginal notes. I do so, because in so many cases copies
of works stand in their places in libraries unopened, and with contents
unknown; the knowledge of their special value having perhaps been
possessed by some curious collector or librarian, but not being noted
down, having died with him: and the owner of the volume, should it be
found, will receive his reward in the consciousness of possessing a
treasure, such as it is, which before he knew not of--some of the last
writing of a great man, imprisoned and anticipating death, who was
engaged in vindicating himself from misrepresentation and calumnies,
part of which had adhered to his memory till these notes came to light.
For the identification of that volume, should it be found, and for the
information of your readers, I will transcribe the first paragraph of
the _Breviate_, with the Archbishop's _marginalia_:
"Hee was borne at _Redding_ in _Barkshire_, _October 7, 1573_, of
poore (a) and obscure (b) parents, in a cottage (c), just over
against the (d) Cage: which Cage since his comming to the
Archbishoprick of _Canterbury_, upon complaint of Master
_Elveston_ (that it was a dishonour the Cage should be suffered to
stand so neare the house, where so great a royall Favourite and
Prelate had his birth) was removed to some other place; and the
cottage (e) pulled downe, and new-built by the Bishop."
(a) "All this, if true, is no fault of mine."
(b) "My father had born all offices in ye town save ye mayoralty."
(c) "The howsing wh'ch my father dwelt in is rented at this day
at thirty-three pounds a year."
(d) "The Cage stood two streets off from my father's house all his
life time, and divers years after, as many yet living know. By
whom it was remov'd into yt street, and why out again, I know
not."
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