English manuscript, written in about 1621-1630

File

MS. Douce 70

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises:

(fol. 1) 'Orders for his Highnes [prince Henry's] Court, given at Richmond the 16th of October 1610. Especiall ordinances ...': beg. 'For that I am now upon the point.'
(fol. 7) 'Au Essay of a King', beg. 'A King is a mortall God.'
(fols. 9, 13a) Two speeches by lord keeper John Williams, bp. of Lincoln, Oct 9 & 27, 1621.

Dates

21 Leaves

MS. Douce 70

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21644

Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.

On paper

8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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