I return this day to _Leyden_, and there see Mr. _De la Faye_, brother of the English minister of that place; and with him visit _Jacobus Gronovius_, professor of eloquence and history, and at this time _rector magnificus_; from whom I receive a copy of _Mynhéer Cosson’s_ inscriptions, among which are some not published in the _Memoria Cossoniana_. February xix. We now leave _Leyden_, and go back to _Rotterdam_, where his Excellency is lodged at the _Doole_ for about eight days, and then removes to _Winestreet_. During this time I become acquainted with Mr. Richard Davis on the _Heering vliet_, the chief promoter of the new episcopal English church, now building at the upper end of that _vliet_. I observe whatever is remarkable here, particularly the statue of _Erasmus_, and the house of his birth; and likewise pay a visit to _Mons. Bayle_. March vi. I attend his Excellency to the _Hague_, and the next day, being Sunday, I go to _Rotterdam_, there preach to the episcopal congregation, and return to the _Hague_ that evening. The day following I walk from thence to the _House_ in the wood, which is a fine summer retirement, neatly built, and furnished with good painting, by _Frederic Henry_, Prince of _Orange_. March x. I depart with Dr. _Timeni_ for _Leyden_, where I now propose a long stay. And here I contract an acquaintance with Mr. _Neufville_, an ingenious and polite gentleman, master of a good library, and a curious collection of antiquities. With him also and Dr. _Timeni_ I visit several of the professors, as _Gronovius_, _Perizonius_, and _Triglandius_; and see likewise the library, and especially the manuscripts of this university. Among other curiosities in the _museum_ of Mr. _Neufville_, I observed the following inscriptions, cut in marble tablets. CONSIMILES FRATRVM TRABEAS GESTAMINA HONORVM TERTIA QVAE DEERANT ADDIDIMVS TITVLIS. This, which follows, is on a stone opposite to the former. DILECTAE PROBVS HAEC PERSOLVO MVNERA MATRI RESTITVENS STATVIS PRAEMIA QVAE DEDERAT[142]. D. M. P. CAESIO EVTYCHETI FIL.B.M.Q.V.A.XXII.M.X.D.XXIV. H. III. FONTEIVS EVTYCHES ET LEPIDVS PARENTES D. .... RIO CVRATORI VIAE .. ET ALIMENTORVM ..I PVBLICAE AECIANENSIVM .. RICVLANORVM .. OVINCIAE ASIAE .. ARIO O. K. FLAMINI COS. AQVARVM ET M ......... ELECTO AD IVDICAND. SACR .. RECTORI ITALIAE REG. IR .... CVRATORI COLONIAR. SPL .... LVGDVNENSIVM CAL ......... CALENORVM XIIVIR ROM .... This, which follows, was on a gemm. ΔΡΑΚΩΝ ΘΕΑΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΑΛΚΙΜΟΣ ΤΟΞΟΤΗΣ ΑΘΗΝΑ. On the opposite side was a bent bow, with a quiver and arrow, as likewise a serpent twining about the bow; and on the right side was ingraven the word ΑΝΤΙΨΙΛΟΥ. March xvii.