48 JOHN GOODYER 



wish to compare notes with his friend Coys. His descrip- 

 tion of 'Jacea capituHs hirsutis Boelii' certainly implies 

 that it was taken on lo October 162 1 in Coys' own garden. 

 And a letter from his friend, Laurence Davis, about gold 

 weights addressed to him at Droxford on 9 November, 

 implies that he was home again then. 



To my very loving freind Mr. John Goodier at j L. S. ) 



Droxford give this. \^ / 



Mr. Goodyer I have sent you by Maye yo'' gould waights w**^ 

 those other that you desired extraordinar\-, only the Klz. Angell 

 serves both for the Edward & Elzabeth waight, theye cost 6'. 

 And yo"" peice I could gett but <S' lo'* for; the Remaynder I have 

 returnd by Maye. And I am gladd to have this occasion to expresse 

 my desire to bee esteemed. 



Yo'' ever loving freind 



Laurence Davis. 

 I praye remind mee kindly to yo' fellows 



Patience, Mr. Parker, and Henry Henly. [MS. f. 9 



This letter was endorsed by Good3-er ' Rec. 9 November 1621 ' 

 and annotated ' rec. 3^ againe '. 

 6 



His last work this winter was to distinguish between ' the 

 Yew bearing Acorns and berryes' and ' the Yew with only 

 flowers '. 



A number of the papers in which Sir Thomas Bilson's 

 affairs are mentioned belong to 1621 and 1622. Shopping 

 notes occur on IMS. f. 46. ' Morgan is to doe the fan of 

 a pinke color '. ' The fans handell is to be doble gilt '. 

 Among the things to be purchased are ' 20 }ards of galome 

 lace ', buttons, fustian, cambic, oyle skins. 50 needles, and 

 other such feminine gear, p. 382. The addresses ' Little 

 Minories ' and ' Barbican ' on the same paper indicate that 

 business had again taken him to London. 



1622 



The principal journey of 1622 was to Oxford. It is not 

 difficult to find o^ood reasons for the visit. The relations 

 that existed between Magdalen College and Goodyer's 



