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PARKINSON 



surface to bring into view the following letter, signed by him. It 

 is a unique possession, as being the only signed specimen of his 

 hand-writing known. 



Parkinson. 



o 



To the worthy Gentlewoman 



Mr''^ Geeres Seal 



geve these. 



Good Mrs. Geeres, I hav by this messenger sent you the ij trees wherof 

 I tould when we were last together at yor howse. I brought them thither on 

 the Saterday you were so earnest with me to come to dinner where I thought 

 to have met with you, but missing you I carried them home again & laid them 

 in the ground wherin they have been safe without taking any harme. I do 

 also think that then you would have pleasure, and with that you promised & 

 have long expected it. I pray you doe not weaiye me with deseyre which 

 is worse then denyall as you please appoint Mr. Codemer to doe it speedily. 

 So shall ever remaine, 



Yors JOHN PARKINSON. 



[MS. f. i68 v.] 



A comparison of the text of several of the notes with passages 

 printed in the Theatrinn in i 640 confirmed the view that they are 

 indeed the author's own notes, and were probably the actual notes 

 used by him in the preparation of his book. Some of them are 



