At Worcester, on Wednesday--“After divine service his Grace was attended in great order with drums, trumpets, the city-waites, haut-bois, flutes, and other wind music, together with harps, Welsh and Irish, viols, violins, and other stringed instruments, to the Town Hall.” His Grace was numerously and handsomely attended, being himself “in glorious equipage.” While at Troy, near Monmouth, on the 20th of August, his Grace viewed the County Militia Regiment; “several of the principal gentry” on the occasion “placing themselves in the front of the stand of pikes. Doublings, countermarches, wheelings, variety of exercise, and good and close firings were made.” He returned to Badminton after nine weeks’ absence, “extremely satisfied with the good order in which his Grace found the militia,” also “with the reception and entertainments in all places of the progress.” The MS. has been printed for private circulation, under the title of “An account of the progress of his Grace, Henry the First Duke of Beaufort, through Wales, 1684. And Notitia Cambro-Britannica. By T. Dineley. Edited by Charles Baker, Esq. 4to. 1864.” [G] The Earl of Northampton, who fell at Hopton Heath, left five sons in arms for the King. The young Earl fought as gallantly as his father for the cause. [H] See page 328. [I] The MS. being defective on this side, the particular sums of money cannot be ascertained. [J] The cipher follows on the same line, and agrees in character with the cipher-writing on page 180. See Comment on Article No. 5, in the “Century.” [K] “An Exact and true Definition, &c.” Appendix C. [L] Brit. Mus. 12. El. 75. 10. [M] See page 287. [N] Appendix D. [O] See page 257, and Appendix F. [P] Appendix H. THE CENTURY OF INVENTIONS, WRITTEN IN 1655; BY EDWARD SOMERSET, MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. BEING A VERBATIM REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED IN 1663. * * * * * “He was a man, take him for all in all, We shall not look upon his like again.” * * * * * WITH An Introduction and Commentary BY HENRY DIRCKS, ESQ., CIVIL ENGINEER, AUTHOR OF “PERPETUUM MOBILE, OR HISTORY OF THE SEARCH AFTER SELF-MOTIVE POWER;” “CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF ELECTRO-METALLURGY;” AND “THE LIFE OF SAMUEL HARTLIB;” ALSO INVENTOR OF THE “DIRCKSIAN PHANTASMAGORIA,” PRODUCING THE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS POPULARLY CALLED “THE GHOST!” INTRODUCTION.