It only now remains that I should describe the Manuscript, which is preserved in the Royal Collection at the British Museum, and marked 18 B. XXII. It is written in a paper book, which is formed of four quires of paper, each consisting of six sheets, and is of the size of a modern quarto volume. The quires are marked in the lower margin with the signatures of the scribe: the first quire consisting of six sheets, placed within one another, and marked j. ij. iij. iiij. v. vj.; the second also of six sheets, marked .a.i. .a.ij. .a.iij. .a.iiij. .a.v. and .a.vj.; the third, b.1. .b.3. .b.4. .b.5. .b.6.; the fourth .c.1. c.2. c.3. c.4. c.5. c.6. Thus it is seen that the sheet containing the leaf b.2. and the attached leaf (b.11. as it might be called) is lost: and this loss occasions the defects which will be found in the present volume at p. 50 and p. 68. In front of the volume are bound three leaves of vellum, on the last of which is fastened a slip of the like material, inscribed, apparently Edwarde w [iiij?] wych ys bold On the back of the same leaf is the name of _Symond'_ _Samson._ At the foot of the first paper leaf is the autograph name of _Lumley._ _i. e._ John lord Lumley, the son-in-law of the last Earl of Arundel, into whose {lvi} possession the volume probably came by purchase in the reign of Elizabeth or James the First. On the leaf .c.2. is the autograph name of _Robert Savylle_. On the last leaf are many scribblings, and attempts in drawing grotesque heads and figures, apparently done about the time of queen Mary. Among them occurs again the name of _Symeon Sampson p._ Also those of _Richarde Dyconson_ and _Edward Jones of Clemente in the Jor of_ ---- and these sentences, John Twychener ys booke he that stellys thys booke he shall be hangid a pon a hooke and that wylle macke ys necke to brake & that wyll macke ys neck awrye A nyes wiffe & a backe dore makythe } outon tymys a Ryche man pore. } In the name of the father of the Sonne and the holey Gost. So be itt. Jhesus nazerinus Rex iudior[=u] fillij dei miserere mei. Jhesus.) God save the king o^r souu'ain lorde. Jhesus Nazarinus. God save king p. & mary. O gloryous Jesu o mekest Jesu o moost sweteste Jesu have m'cye on us. Quite at the bottom of the page is the name of _Edward Banyster._ * * * * * LETTERS ADDRESSED TO SIR JOHN FASTOLFE. (Royal MS. 18 B. XXII. f. 44.) From JOHN APPULTON, captain of Pontdonné and the Haye de Puis.