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Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King's Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library; Together With an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late Fire There are in the Cottonian Libra r y, fbur other Char r, and aljb fiur of Edward without Originals. The y had indeed, S eeurity again/tjbrging of Lea/esfor Nears, other Inflruments, by writing the ford cir O graph U M two I ndentures or Tallies, which were written on cut a/under in the midfl of that Word, jo that the u per ha'lfof its Letters jhould go along witl. The one, and the lower hal wit the other. Of whiehjhrtjev eral old ones are flill remaining; particularly her 3 P, 32, and 6 5 of the la/l named Book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King's Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library; Together With an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late Fire; One Hundred and Fifty Specimens of the Manner of Writing in Different Ages, From the Third to the Fifteenth Century, in Copper-Plate Nil/3 the finding out a quicker way of Writing for ordinary Regine/i. This ey had itch Pens and Ink as we have. But I aiy'wer; When is fir found out, Men generally wonder, that it was not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.